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Ted Purdom, from San Anselmo, California, graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in English and enrolled in an overseas language program, aiming to learn Spanish. He ended up in Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic islands off the east coast of Spain, for the nine-month program. A friend told him about another program that placed American “language coaches” in Spain, called “Auxiliares de Conversación,” (conversation assistants), run by the Spanish Ministry of Education. So that November he opened The Bridge English Academy in Manacor, converting a former wine store into classrooms to give English language courses to locals. Then there’s the fact that the islanders’ first language isn’t Spanish, but Mallorquin, a dialect of Catalan.
Persons: he’d, Ted Purdom, , Purdom, , , – Lluïsa, Apollonia, Neme Jimenez, iStock, ” Purdom, Llombards, Dennis Fischer Organizations: CNN, University of Oregon, Spanish Ministry of Education, Mallorca, English Academy, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: California, Mallorca, San Anselmo , California, Balearic, Spain, Spanish, Oviedo, Asturias, Mallorca’s, Palma, Manacor, American, kickstarting, San Francisco Bay, Francisco, Bay
Remains found in a tomb in northwestern Spain are likely to belong to a ninth-century bishop believed to have helped create the Camino de Santiago, one of Christianity’s most popular pilgrimages, a new study has found. News of the discovery reached King Alfonso II of the neighboring region of Asturias, who marched with his court from Oviedo to Santiago. The 90 mile royal pilgrimage established what is today known as the “Primitive Way”, the oldest path used by pilgrims of the Camino, or Way of St. James. Theodomir’s existence had been hotly debated until 1955, when Spanish archaeologist Manuel Chamoso Lamas discovered a tombstone underneath Santiago de Compostela’s cathedral inscribed with his name. Perez-Ramallo told El Pais newspaper that there was a “98% likelihood of it being Theodomir.”
Persons: Bishop Theodomir, Theodomir, James the, King Alfonso II, James, Manuel Chamoso Lamas, Patxi Perez, Perez, Ramallo, Organizations: Norwegian University of Science, Technology, El Pais Locations: Spain, Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Asturias, Oviedo, Spanish
Ángeles Flórez Peón was 17 when she braved mortar and artillery fire to bring food to her fellow Republican volunteers in the trenches of northern Spain during the Spanish Civil War. At 18, she was a nurse tending to the wounded in the doomed effort to save Spain from a military takeover. Ms. Flórez Peón died on May 23 in a hospital in Gijón, Asturias. The Spanish press, which first reported her death, called her the last remaining militiawoman of the Spanish Civil War. Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist prime minister, paid tribute to her on social media, writing, “105 years of dignity, commitment and struggle for equality, liberty and social justice.”
Persons: Ángeles, Peón, Flórez Peón, Pedro Sánchez, Organizations: Republican, Nationalist, Socialist Locations: Spain, Asturias, Gijón
CNN —Paul Auster, the acclaimed American author of “The New York Trilogy,” has died at age 77. A host of media outlets reported that Auster’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden. Auster began translating the works of French writers when he moved to France after graduating from Columbia University in 1970. Major recognition came after the publication of “The New York Trilogy” – a series of experimental detective stories – in 1987. An early experience of how life can change in an instant played a major influence on Auster and his writing.
Persons: CNN — Paul Auster, , Auster, Jacki Lyden, Auster’s, Siri Hustvedt, Hustvedt, , Paul, Timothy Fadek, ” Auster, Prince, Asturias, Booker, Paul Auster Organizations: CNN, The, Columbia University, American Academy of Arts and, Ordre des Arts, des, Booker Locations: Newark , New Jersey, France, “ Cancerland, Brooklyn , New York
Although I was born in Mexico, I spent most of my life living in the US so moving to Spain was a big difference. I've lived here for 14 months and I have a much better quality of life in Spain than I had in the US. Living in Spain has shown me there's a different way to existI love the work culture in Spain. I definitely miss my friends, but I wouldn't let that keep me from life in Spain. Correction: January 9, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the person who moved to Spain.
Persons: Jeronimo Noriega, It's, I'd, Europe — I'd, I've, I'm, it's, Geronimo Organizations: Service Locations: Spain, Oviedo, Asturias, Northwest Spain, San Antonio, United States, Europe, Mexico, America, cafés
Although I was born in Mexico, I spent most of my life living in the US so moving to Spain was a big difference. When my family decided we needed a change, we chose Spain because it felt like a natural fit — my grandparents spent their lives living between Spain and Mexico. AdvertisementOnce I started getting more comfortable in the local dialect, I felt more comfortable living in Spain. Living in Spain has shown me there's a different way to existI love the work culture in Spain. Correction: January 9, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the person who moved to Spain.
Persons: Jeronimo Noriega, Noriega, , It's, I'd, Europe — I'd, I've, I'm, it's, Geronimo Organizations: Service Locations: San Antonio, Northwest Spain, Spain, Oviedo, Asturias, United States, Europe, Mexico, America, cafés
MADRID (AP) — The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, swore allegiance to her country's Constitution on her 18th birthday Tuesday, laying the groundwork for her eventual succession as queen when the time comes. Leonor de Borbón Ortiz recited the same oath as her father did when he — then prince — turned 18 in 1986. Leonor became crown princess when Felipe VI was proclaimed king on June 19, 2014. The royal family — Leonor, younger sister Sofia, Felipe and Queen Letizia — arrived at the parliament building escorted by a mounted squadron of Spain's Royal Guard. Juan Carlos, 85, who abdicated in 2014, left Spain for Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, in 2020 amid a cloud of financial scandals.
Persons: Princess Leonor, Leonor de Borbón Ortiz, , , , Leonor, Felipe VI, ” Leonor, — Leonor, Sofia, Felipe, Queen Letizia —, King Juan Carlos, Leonor’s, Juan Carlos, Queen Sofía, it’s, Letizia, Gen, Francisco Franco, Juan de Borbón, Alfonso XIII, Franco, Princess, Joseph Wilson Organizations: MADRID, Deputies, Spain's Royal Guard, Royce, United Arab, Asturias Foundation, Associated Press Locations: parliament's, Madrid, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Pardo, Spain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Second Republic, Zaragoza, Wales, Barcelona
OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — American actor Meryl Streep on Friday received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Arts Award at a ceremony presided over by the Spanish royal family in the northern city of Oviedo. “Empathy may be a radical form of outreach and diplomacy useful in other theaters of endeavor” she said. Others honored at the ceremony were bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami, who won the literature prize and U.S. biologists Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg and Bonnie Bassler, who received the scientific and technical research prize. Sports award winner, Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge, said in a speech that running for him was much more than a physical exercise. “We must make our world a running world, because a running world is a happy world.
Persons: Meryl Streep, Streep, , Haruki Murakami, Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg, Bonnie Bassler, Gordon, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, Nuccio Ordine, Eliud Kipchoge, , Joan Miró, Princess Leonor, _____ Ciarán Giles Organizations: Asturias Arts, Diseases, Sports, Kenyan Locations: OVIEDO, Spain, American, Oviedo, Scottish, Spanish Catalan, Madrid
OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — For Japanese author Haruki Murakami, the bloody conflict in the Gaza Strip is a horrendous example of how our world is divided by walls, both physical and metaphorical. And I’m also aware that the Palestinian situation that I saw when I visited Israel is miserable,” Murakami told The Associated Press in an interview. “In my novels, walls are real walls. But of course they are also metaphoric walls at the same time,” the 74-year-old writer said. “When I’m writing a novel, my head is filled with bugs, but I still write novels using the brain,” he said.
Persons: Haruki Murakami, , I’m, ” Murakami, Murakami, Asturias, Princess Leonor de Borbón, Spain's King Felipe VI, Princess, , ” “ Kafka, Charlie Parker, Norwegian Jon Fosse, “ I’m, Mari Yamaguchi Organizations: Associated Press, AP, Bird Locations: OVIEDO, Spain, Gaza, Israel, Berlin, Spanish, Oviedo, Friday's, Asturias, Japan, Norwegian, Princesa de Asturias, Tokyo
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What José Andrés wants you to know about Spanish food
  + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
At least, that’s what Andrés says in his docuseries “José Andrés & Family in Spain,” streaming on Discovery+ and now airing on CNN. Each episode focuses on a different territory, and as his daughters eat and learn about Spanish food, the audience eats (with their eyes) and learns, too. A rice dish made in a paella pan with pork belly — notably not true Valencian paella, according to José Andrés. Those small plates and delectable tidbits have become a staple part of restaurant culture beyond Spain and Spanish food (see: Asian tapas). “(Tapas) is not food,” Andrés noted in his conversation with Acosta.
Persons: José Andrés, Andrés, it’s, that’s, , ’ ” Andrés, CNN’s Jim Acosta, , , you’ll, Tapas, ” Andrés, Acosta, Andrés —, CNN’s Acosta, jamón, bravas, King Alfonso XIII, It’s, Liz Clayman, José, Cook, Chef José Andrés Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros ., Warner Bros, Moors, Posada, la Villa, consejo Locations: Spain, Naples, Italy, Nice, France, Valencia, doesn’t, Spanish, Catalonia, Barcelona, Andalusia, Madrid, consejo, Asturias, lima
CNN —Two gold necklaces dating from around 2,500 years ago have been found by chance in northwestern Spain by a worker for a local water company. Sergio Marciandi was working in Cavandi, Asturias, on August 29 when he spotted a gold necklace among some rocks. Archaeologists are excited about what further study of the necklaces could reveal. Museo Arqueológico de Asturias“It’s really impressive,” said Arias, who added that the find could boost our understanding of the Iron Age, the period in which they were made. While other gold necklaces from the Iron Age have been found, most were discovered in the 18th and 19th centuries, when limited archaeological techniques meant much of the information about their provenance was lost, Arias explained.
Persons: Sergio Marciandi, Pablo Arias, Arias, “ It’s, , , Marciandi Organizations: CNN, University of Cantabria, Asturias Archaeological Locations: Spain, Cavandi, Asturias
MADRID (Reuters) - An overnight fire in a care home for the elderly in the northern Spanish region of Asturias killed one person and injured 27, emergency services said on Wednesday. The fire started on the first floor of a three-storey building, emergencies services said. When firefighters arrived, flames had spread through the first floor of the building. The fire was specially intense in the room where rescuers later found the victim. A 46-year-old worker was in serious condition, while 26 people suffered slight injuries, the emergencies services said.
Persons: Emma Pinedo, Inti Landauro, Nick Macfie Locations: MADRID, Spanish, Asturias
Dozens of fires have already been put off by emergency services in Asturias and the neighboring region of Cantabria over the past two days. [1/6] Firefighters use a controlled burn to tackle a wildfire in Setienes, Asturias, Spain, March 31, 2023. In the past, intentional fires have often been linked to pastoralists seeking to gain more grazing land for their cattle. The densely-forested mountainous region is one of Spain's rainiest areas, though fires are common in March, according to the regional government. A combination of scarce rainfall, high temperatures and winds has placed most of northern Spain at a high wildfire risk.
MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - More than 100 wildfires broke out in Spain's northern Asturias region on Thursday, most of them started on purpose by arsonists and others, authorities said, as temperatures soared to record highs. Flames raged near a road as cars drove by in Asturias, a lush region with rainy oceanic climate, local TV footage showed. Spain registered its hottest March 29 on record on Wednesday, with temperatures exceeding normal levels by seven to 14 Celsius (44.6-57.2 Fahrenheit), the meteorological agency AEMET said. The Canary Islands registered temperatures more common for the summer, with 37.8C in Tasarte, Gran Canaria. Other regions in the Basque Country and some parts of central Spain also recorded record temperatures for the time of year.
Spain's Princess Leonor to do military training for three years
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] Spain's Princess Leonor speaks during the ceremony of the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities at Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Spain October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Vincent West/MADRID, March 14 (Reuters) - Princess Leonor, 17 and the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne, will undergo three years of military training starting in August, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday. "As in all parliamentary monarchies (the heir) has to have a military background and a military career," Robles said after a cabinet meeting. The princess will receive her first year of training at the Army Military Academy in Zaragoza, then go to a naval school, which includes sailing the Juan Sebastian Elcano training tall ship, and finish her studies at the General Air Academy. The government and the Royal House have agreed her "very intense" military training will precede university studies, following in the footsteps of her father in the 1980s.
Spanish region spent $276 million on trains before they realized they were too big to fit in the tunnels. The president of Cantabria, a region of northern Spain, called the error an "unspeakable botch." Two senior officials in the Spanish transport industry were fired earlier this week after local news outlet El Comercio reported last month that the government had spent €258 million (about $276 million) on unusable trains. Renfe — the country's national train operator — ordered the trains in 2020, granting the manufacturing contract to the transport manufacturing company CAF. This is not the first time there have been sizable train troubles in Europe: in 2014, a French rail company spent billions of euros on trains that were "too wide" for the tracks.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Helen Taylor, a 40-year-old virtual assistant living in the Asturias province of Spain. But from my research, I realized that "virtual assistant" is an umbrella term for a lot of different work. Associates work for a lead virtual assistant who hands over the tasks they may not have the time or ability to complete. I started by offering clients tasks I knew I could do. I start work early so my clients in London can start at 9 a.m. with a clean inbox.
"It always rains a lot here, it's very cold and it's January and it feels like summer," said Bilbao resident Eusebio Folgeira, 81. French tourist Joana Host said: "It's like nice weather for biking but we know it's like the planet is burning. Scientists have not yet analysed the specific ways in which climate change affected the recent high temperatures, but January's warm weather spell fits into the longer-term trend of rising temperatures due to human-caused climate change. "The record-breaking heat across Europe over the new year was made more likely to happen by human-caused climate change, just as climate change is now making every heatwave more likely and hotter," said Dr Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London. French national weather agency Meteo France attributed the anomalous temperatures to a mass of warm air moving to Europe from subtropical zones.
On his new TV show, celebrated chef José Andrés goes into a restaurant kitchen in Spain and confronts a massive moray eel. “Nothing can be more simple and more sophisticated at the same time.”That eel is just one delicious moment in Discovery+’s “José Andrés and Family in Spain,” which follows the chef, restaurateur and humanitarian on a food tour through his homeland with his three American-raised daughters, Carlota, Inés and Lucia Andrés. The elder Andrés — who has drawn attention to Spanish food and helped put a spotlight on humanitarian disasters with his World Central Kitchen — can hardily contain himself. “Happiness happens when you mix different people and different colors and different places all in one plate,” José Andrés says onscreen. “Spain is the excuse,” says José Andrés.
MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Saturday they had seized 32 tonnes of packaged marijuana with a street value of at least 64 million euros ($63.74 million), which they said was the largest amount ever found in Spain or internationally. Police raided a series of farms and production plants across Spain in an operation called Gardens. "The Civil Guard has seized the largest cache of packaged marijuana found so far," Spain's Civil Guard said in a statement. "It was equivalent to approximately 1.1 million plants." Police said the gang dried the marijuana plants, packaged them and sent them to parts of Spain, Switzerland, Holland, Germany and Belgium.
Şapte cercetători care au dezvoltat câteva dintre vaccinurile împotriva COVID-19 au fost recompensaţi miercuri cu premiul Prinţesa de Asturias pentru Cercetare Ştiinţifică şi Tehnică pe anul 2021, la care optau 48 de aspiranţi de 17 naţionalităţi, relatează EFE.Cercetătorii recompensaţi sunt biologul ungar Katalin Karikó; imunologul american Drew Weissman; medicii germani Ugur Sahin şi Ozlem Tureci; biologul canadian Derrick Rossi; vaccinologul britanic Sarah Gilbert şi biochimistul american Philip Felgner, scrie agerpres.ro Potrivit deciziei juriului prezidat de fizicianul spaniol activitatea celor şapte cercetători constituie un excelente exemplu al importanţei ştiinţei de bază pentru a ajuta la protejarea sănătăţii la scară globală.Conform membrilor juriului, cercetătorii recompensaţi anul acesta au condus, prin activitatea lor îndelungată în cercetările de bază, la aplicaţii inovatoare precum obţinerea într-un timp extraordinar de scurt, de vaccinuri eficiente pentru a lupta împotriva pandemiei de COVID-19.Decizia juriului arată totodată că dezvoltarea tehnologiei inovatoare a ARN mesager, precum şi producţia de vaccinuri bazate pe adenovirus, deschid calea plină de speranţă spre utilizarea lor în alte boli infecţioase.Anul trecut, matematicienii francezi Yves Meyer şi Emmanuel Candes, belgianca Ingrid Daubechies şi australianul Terence Tao au fost recompensaţi împreună cu acest premiu pentru contribuţiile lor revoluţionare şi importante la teoriile şi tehnicile moderne de procesare matematică a datelor şi semnalelor.Este cel de-al şaselea premiu Prinţesa de Asturias decernat miercurea acestea după premiul pentru Arte acordat artistei sârbe Marina Abramovic, pentru cariera sa de peste 50 de ani în arta performativă, premiul pentru Comunicare şi Ştiinţe Umane acordat ziaristei şi scriitoarei americane Gloria Steinem, simbol al feminismul în SUA; premiului pentru pentru Literatură cu care a fost recompensat Emmanuel Carrere, jurnalist, scriitor, scenarist, critic şi regizor francez şi premiului pentru Cooperare Internaţională, acordat pe 16 iunie organizaţiei CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education o Campana para la Escolarización Femenina) mişcare panafricană ce investeşte în educaţia tinerelor şi a fetelor.Ceremonia de înmânare a premiilor Prinţesa de Asturias va avea lor în octombrie la Oviedo, într-o gală solemnă prezidată de regii Spaniei. Premiile Prinţesa de Asturias sunt atribuite anual unor personalităţi din domenii foarte diverse: arte, cooperare internaţională, ştiinţe sociale, comunicare, sporturi, cercetare ştiinţifică şi litere.Fiecare premiu Prinţesa de Asturias constă într-o reproducere a statuetei concepute de Joan Miro - simbol reprezentativ al premiului - un cec în valoare de 50.000 de euro, o diplomă şi o insignă.
Persons: Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, canadian Derrick Rossi, Sarah Gilbert, american Philip Felgner, Yves Meyer, Emmanuel Candes, Ingrid Daubechies, Tao, Gloria, Emmanuel Carrere, Joan Miro Organizations: Education Locations: Asturias, canadian, american, Prinţesa, SUA, francez, Oviedo, Spaniei
Temperaturi de aproximativ 6 grade Celsius s-au înregistrat în această iarnă la Moscova, un record pentru luna decembrie. Cea mai călduros loc din Australia a fost înregistrat în oraşul Ceduna din sudul Australiei, unde temperatura a fost de 46,5 grade Celsius, potrivit Biroului de Meteorologie. Estul Australiei s-a confruntat cu incendii devastatoare în ultimele trei luni, potrivit oamenilor de ştiinţă, din cauza secetei prelungite şi a încălzirii globale. Printre ţările afectate s-au numărat şi Venezuela, cu 26.000 de incendii de vegetaţie, Bolivia, cu peste 17.000, Columbia şi Peru. În urma seismului, 51 de persoane au fost ucise, 10 persoane sunt în continuare date dispărute, 750 de oameni au fost răniţi, 100.
Persons: France, Crăciun, Anne Hidalgo, Gavin Newsom, Richter, Cutremurul, Uraganul Dorian, Dorian, Taifunul Organizations: Mediafax, NASA, Catedrala Notre, Notre, Autorităţile, Geologic, Cutremurul, Grand Abaco Locations: Moscova, Amazoniană, Siberia, Australia, Europa, Australia Australia, BoM, ţara, Ceduna, Australiei, Oodnadatta, Perth, Australia de Vest, Europa Centrală, Vest, Franţa, New South Wales, Australia de Sud, Brazilia, Venezuela, vegetaţie, Bolivia, Columbia, Peru, Americii, Sud, America de Sud, Statele Unite, Evia, Spania, Asturias, Cantabria, american Los Angeles, Santa, California, Dame, Paris, Insula, Noua Zeelandă, Insula Albă, Albania, Tirana, Durrës, României, Iran, Tark, Iranului, locuinţe, mulţi, Geologic american, Teheran, Alborz, Azerbaijan, San Bernardino, american California, Ridgecrest, Bahamas, Arhipelagul Bahamas, Grand Abaco, Caraibe, Grand, Nassau, Japonia, Chinei, Zhejiang, China, Shandong, Indiei, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, India
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