The weather is a bit funny right now. It´s clammy and overcast. Let´s get the forecast.
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| Scattered Clouds | Partly Cloudy | Partly Cloudy | Scattered Clouds | Clear |
Let´s find out if the money markets have changed. Well, they are steady with the Euro changing at 88 pence against the GB pound which is worth 1 euro 13 today.
I spent the afternoon walking in Calpe yesterday trying to get my head around the various developments with the radio situation. We have been having meetings for almost three months and seemingly getting nearer with every day. However, we have suffered many disappointments on the way. The radio world right now seems obsessed with playing music in the cheapest possible way and not in providing vital news and information to the community. After our terrible experiences with the fires around La Nucia when we had no access to news when we needed it most I feel compelled top battle on. We are a group of likie minds who know the information gap has not yet been filled. Moreover, the radio here on the Costa Blanca has no remit to sell music. Therefore, we don´t have to be obsessed by charts. We´re still battling…..also I received a call whilst I was in Calpe telling me of the death of one of my friends in Benidorm. Dennis was known on my show as the Roving Reporter and I first met Dennis when he was celebrating the birthday of his partner Gerry who died a couple of years ago. We´ll miss you Dennis.
On the way home we visited the beautiful Russian Orthodox church that can be seen from the N332 as you travel between Altea and Calpe. I have dedicated a page to the church and I thoroughly recommend a visit to everyone. The building is gorgeous.
Now to a more serious idea.I´m sure it must have happened to you. The phone rings and before you pick it up you know who is at the other end of the phone. Well, I´m getting really interested in the subject of telepathy and the area of the sixth sense and this type of material. I´m sure there´ll be those who think I´m cracking up but we do often have moments in our lives when we know what´s coming even before it gets here. If there is a development here I´m upn for it! Anyway, if you´re interested here´s a taster.
Exercise 1: A New Way of Being
This first exercise is a pleasurable and powerful life-changing tool. The effects of daily stress associated with materialistic obsession (and its by-products: anxiety, isolation, frustration, fear, anger and depression) can be dissolved by this technique. It is, at the same time, simple and profound. It increases greatly the vibratory rate of your non-physical Higher Self. Its premise is “smile at the world and the world will smile back at you.”
As you go about your daily activities, from the moment you get up in the morning up to the the time that you go back to sleep, constantly imagine that you are smiling inwardly at your outer reality as you go about your daily activities. Imagine that you are smiling from the deepest recesses of your mind and chambers of your heart, and that you are projecting this happiness and smile outward through your eyes and expression. No matter what the circumstances are, you will increasingly find that your eyes will be smiling and so will your mouth.
At the same time, imagine that your heart constantly expresses a great inward smile filled with pure joy of being alive.
After two weeks or so, you will notice significant changes. Not only in the way you interact with the ‘outside’ world, but also in how the world acts and projects its reality toward you. Your fears will begin to abate and an inner feeling of peace and love will emerge. Notice how people seek your presence and ‘Inner Love’.
Here´s the link to the source of this material.
Here´s today´s Spanish news. Please visit the links to the original stories.
Spain Press Review – Friday May 22 2009
The official start of campaigning in the European elections is underway, but it is corruption which dominates many front pages again………El Mundo has a photo from the general strike in the Basque region yesterday and shows how union members were shouting at a woman who was going to work at El Corte Inglés in Bilbao. ABC has a dramatic photo of members of the regional Basque police force, La Ertzaitza, in line outside El Corte Inglés, and considers that Patxi López and his government won the day, describing the General Strike call as a complete failure…………………………….I am behind a lawful, just and peaceful strike but if someone feels compelled to work they have the right to do so
Spanish Oddities
Five Iberian Lynx born in Lugo Zoo
The five cubs were born the same day from two different mothers………………..what a fabulous day for the zoo and all of us
Spain Sports News
Fernando Alonso considers he has a good opportunity in Monaco
The Spaniard has hit out against plans to limit the budgets of the teams next year……………..I like Alonso. It doesn´t seem so much about the drivers this year as about the cars. Come on Fernando and Jenson!
National
Ten degree fall in temperatures in Spain this weekend
A storm will bring rain to most parts of the country on Saturday…………..Stormy showers are most likely in the north, as well as inland in Andalucía, although the Costa del Sol could escape the rain entirely, or only suffer a light shower on Saturday. Light showers are also forecast for the canaries…..…………I am looking forward to a drop….I´ll have a swim today and put my trunks away for a week or so!
National
High demand for new dependency law in Spain
The Health Minister has announced a national electronic prescription system before the end of the year……The Minister used her appearance to announce new measures, on the development of a new Public Health Law, and another on Food Safety regulations. She also said that new sexual health and healthy pensioner programs are to be started, and said that the health card system with electronic prescriptions would be established in all regions of the country by the end of this year……………..Societies are judged on how they care for the sick and the elderly and those in need…..These measures have to be a good thing…..
Canarias
Case archived against Canary Islands President
José Manuel Soria had faced bribery charges
National
Madrid military barracks in isolation after Swine Flu outbreak
Six solders have been admitted to hospital with mild symptoms……There is concern about a possible spread of this bout of virus as groups of schoolchildren visited the site on Monday and Wednesday this week. Minister for Health, Trinidad Jimenez, confirmed the outbreak and said that all six affected had mild symptoms and were receiving treatment. She said that 107 cases of the A(H1N1) virus had now been confirmed in Spain, but with the exception of the six soldiers no one remained in hospital.
National
Constitutional Court rules that Inciativa Internacionalista can stand in the EU election
The new Basque party had been banned because of alleged links to ETA
National
Prison for father who placed a video recorder in the family bathroom
The man said he wanted to see if one of his daughters was suffering from anorexia and was making herself sick….Jorge M.V. accepted the sentence, the lowest possible for such a crime. He was also ordered to pay 1,080 € compensation to his ex wife and 3,000 € to each of his daughters.
National
Video campaign wars for Euro election in Spain
The Partido Popular has responded to the recent Socialist video which placed them on the far right in Europe….An opinion poll published on Thursday and carried out by the Centre for Sociological Investigation gave a slight lead in votes to the Socialists, but had them tied with the Partido Popular in the number of seats in the European Parliament at 23 each……….This is not a good time for politicians after the UK parliamentarians have shown the degree of deceit. This is a really close one according to recent polls….
Costa del Sol
Torremolinos driver fined thousands for trying to bribe a traffic officer
He must pay 7,200 Euro for trying to avoid the traffic fine…….Identified by EFE as a 43 year old driver from Estonia, he was stopped for suddenly swerving from the Torremolinos exit straight across to the third lane of the A-7 motorway. He failed to indicate his intention and, when stopped, offered one of the Guardia Civil officers all the money he had in his wallet: 920 €.
Costa Tropical
Granada to the coast in less than 40 minutes
The final stretch of the A-44 motorway is finally open
National
Ex Spanish PM speaks out over proposed abortion reforms
Aznar’s sarcastic remarks about the Equality Minister’s qualifications to legislate on human life led the Minister to ask what value he put on human life when he took Spain into war in Iraq
National
Francisco Camp’s tailor tells the court the suits were paid for by the Orange Market company video
It came after another arrest was made in the Gürtel corruption case
Costa Blanca
Man injured in Alicante fatal shooting discharged from hospital
Police continue the search for the suspect who opened fire and….
Con
(cohn’) (preposition) – with; although
- Quería una hamburguesa con queso. – I would like a hamburger with cheese.
- Córtalo con un cuchillo. – Cut it with a knife.
- Con tal de que… – Provided that…
- Y con eso… – Even so…
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for Con.
Let´s get today´s famous birthdays………and what a list it is….these are the ones we should know..
Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859
Laurence Olivier 1907
Charles Aznavour 1924
Bernard Shaw 1940
Bernie Taupin 1950
Morrissey (The Smiths) 1959
Naomi Campbell 1970
A little sample of events occurring on this day in history……..
1455 – King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans, during the War of the Roses.
1841 – Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.
1849 – Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock.
1859 – The creator of “Sherlock Holmes,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born.
1939 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the “Pact of Steel.”
1955 – A scheduled dance to be headlined by Fats Domino was canceled by police in Bridgeport, Connecticut because “rock and roll dances might be featured.”
1969 – A lunar module of Apollo 10 flew within nine miles of the moon’s surface. The event was a rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
1972 – U.S. President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit Russia. He met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1972 – The island Ceylon adopted a new constitution and became the republic of Sri Lanka.
Here´s a bit of music history………
1958, Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport to begin his first British tour, along with his new bride, 14 year old third cousin, Myra. Although advised not to mention it, Lewis answered all questions about his private life. The public’s shock over Lewis’ marriage marks the start of a controversy leading to his British tour being cancelled after just 3 of the scheduled 37 performances.
Ten Thoughts to Ponder
Podcast to follow around 3 pm with a chat on Skype with Tom Hunter about Johnny Gentle
