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Monday, December 31, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
ZAZ: Je veux - En français (avec de soutitres en espagnol)
J'ai inclus des vidéos en françáis parce que j'aime aussi cette langue et que "je veux" que mes élèves aiment apprendre d'autres langues.
Monday, July 9, 2012
1BAC:ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD | OFFICIAL RELEASE | 2011 (subtitles in Spanish)
You can choose to see the Spanish subtitles if you go to the Youtube link above
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
GAY PRIDE 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Spain's 90s greed is at the root of its banking crisisA collective madness over property speculation made us poor and jeopardised our future. Spain must secure a partial bailout
You can read the whole article on:
'Spain is now a country with a million unsold properties [and] hundreds of housing developments left unfinished.' Photograph: Arturo Rodriguez/AP
Spain's banking crisis did not come out of the blue. In the 1990s the Spanish suffered a bout of collective madness. Interest rates fell from 14% (with the peseta) to 4% (with the euro) in a matter of weeks. In 1998 the centre-right government passed a law that significantly increased the amount of land for development. Developers got rich, selling the idea that everyone was going to win because property would always go up – never down – in value. German banks financed Spain's savings and commercial banks, which needed extra funds for high-risk mortgages. Greed made us rich for a while – but then it made us poor, and jeopardised our future.
Spain bailout terms 'to be agreed within a week'Urgency reflects growing consensus that Spanish collapse might start chain reaction that could topple Italy and destroy the euro
Read the whole article on:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/spain-bailout-agreed-week
Experts say Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s attempts to avoid external control of the country's economy are doomed to failure. Photograph: Andrea Comas/Reuters
The first planks in a dramatic bailout for Spain will be bolted together this weekend, with a final figure on the size of the rescue package to be ready within a week, according to sources in Brussels and Madrid.
The moves towards bailing out the finance sector of the eurozone's fourth biggest economy reflect a growing consensus that a Spanish collapse must be averted to prevent a devastating chain reaction that could bring down Italy and destroy the single currency. There were fears that this would spark a global downturn extending to the US and China, and both countries urged Europe to move swiftly to fix its long-running debt crisis.
Spain's savings banks' culture of greed, cronyism and political meddlingThe behaviour of executives at Spain's savings banks or cajas is now coming under scrutiny as the sector prepares to seek taxpayer bailouts
Read the whole article on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/spain-savings-banks-corruption
Attempts to investigate Bankia, the country's fourth largest lender that absorbed a number of savings banks, have been blocked by the ruling People's party. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters
As European taxpayers prepare to rescue Spain's ailing banks, anti-corruption prosecutors, academics and regional parliaments are uncovering a tale of greed, cronyism and political meddling that has brought many of the country's leading savings institutions to their knees.
With the fourth biggest lender, Bankia, demanding €19bn (£15.4bn) and authorities now admitting a further €9bn is needed by two former savings banks – CatalunyaCaixa and Novagalicia – concern is focusing on both the mushrooming bill and the way banks have been run.Court investigators are also scrutinising payments to former senior executives and the part-flotation of Bankia, in which 350,000 small investors saw two-thirds of their money wiped out.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Underworld - Between Stars (Special Version)
I drive too fast
under a full moon
save the best to last
under a full moon
and pray you don't crash
under a full moon
when the head's too far out of whack
step back, step back
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
on the telephone ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
I got you on my brain again, again
and I hear your voice on a northbound bus
chinatown to chinatown
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
on the telephone ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
will you hold my camera
will you press release
will you capture me
as the lights go down
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
all the telephones ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
(step back, step back)
don't wait for me, I'm always late
it's in my blood, in the stone
I feel the world go round, I feel the world go round
under a full moon
save the best to last
under a full moon
and pray you don't crash
under a full moon
when the head's too far out of whack
step back, step back
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
on the telephone ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
I got you on my brain again, again
and I hear your voice on a northbound bus
chinatown to chinatown
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
on the telephone ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
will you hold my camera
will you press release
will you capture me
as the lights go down
and the hope of the world
rides with one man
everybody crying
all the telephones ringing
we hold our breath, we spin around the world
you and me cling to the outside of the earth
under a full moon
(step back, step back)
don't wait for me, I'm always late
it's in my blood, in the stone
I feel the world go round, I feel the world go round
Sunday, May 13, 2012
B1: article about Spanish Indignados in The Guardian, May 12, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/13/spain-protests-indignados-first-anniversary
Spain's indignados return to the streets amid fears of crackdown
Protesters plan four-day campaign to mark the anniversary of Madrid's 'occupy' movement
Demonstrators occupy Puerta del Sol in Madrid last year in May. Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
The exhibition at Madrid's Ateneo cultural centre is full of precious artefacts carefully conserved to tell the story of a remarkable event in Spanish history; a moment when the world looked on in amazement at the eruption of a new utopian movement for change.
The prospect of confrontation with a rightwing government preoccupied with controlling protests has pushed some on the left into a trench mentality.
One indication has been the emergence of a Twitter hashtag, #HolaDictadura, or HelloDictatorship, claiming the clock of political freedoms is being turned back to the days of General Francisco Franco.
"I lived through Franco's time, so I know what the dangers are," said pensioner Julio Llorente as he visited the Ateneo exhibition. "The PP is taking us back to that sort of world."
"If they want to criminalise non-violent protest, they might as well declare Gandhi and Martin Luther King to have been terrorists," he said.
The clampdown on protests comes after a year in which unemployment has risen to 24%, a return to recession and, in recent days, the nationalisation of the fourth biggest bank, Bankia. Spain is at the centre of the eurozone crisis and Rajoy's government is fixated by the threat of violent protest.
"We cannot allow fooling around with rocks or molotov cocktails to push up bond yields," said secretary of state for security Ignacio Ulloa after Spain sent 8,000 police, and spent €1m (£800,000), to protect the 22 board members of the European Central Bank when they met at a luxury Barcelona hotel earlier this month.
"Only with security will Spain get itself out of this difficult situation."
Faced with a police crackdown, it is not clear whether Spaniards will find the enthusiasm to rekindle the spirit of last May. "The beginning was fervent and passionate, but participation has dwindled over the year," admitted Sara, a trainee teacher who joined a culture group that emerged from the Puerta del Sol demonstrations. "But it has served to awaken a whole lot of people."
In fact, hundreds of small groups– covering everything from stopping banks repossessing homes to setting up co-operatives – have kept the flame alive, often braving the cold to meet and debate in neighbourhood squares. "It was inevitable that the movement would fragment and disperse. We never wanted it to become a political party, but preferred to welcome all sorts of ideas and create something new" said Octavio, a writer from the same group. "We have kept going, meeting wherever we can. Some of our group's assemblies have been in railway stations or the metro."
Ideas have been swapped over a myriad of internet sites, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds with cyber-assemblies that continued the trademark popular open meetings of last May that saw the Puerta del Sol hailed as a new incarnation of the ancient Greek agora, or debating place.
Older protesters, many with years of activism behind them, are delighted by the new generation that has emerged. "Over the past 30 years things have been winding down," said 67-year-old Concha, a retired philosopher. "But this new generation is so much better educated and prepared than we were."
One of the classic posters conserved in the Ateneo reads: "Mum, this is what you taught me to do. Thanks!" A scrawled addition from an anonymous mother reads: "I always knew you were listening, but I am so happy to hear you say it."
But this is no tribute to the distant past. The nylon tents, hand-painted cardboard signs and posters telling people to share their "dreams of a better world" are only a year old. They come from Spain's indignado movement as it marks its first birthday by reclaiming the streets and defying a rightwing government that has pledged to stop it reoccupying Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.
Police helicopters clattered overhead as indignado marches headed towards the square. Several thousand people were taking part in a good-humoured demonstration that included a loud birthday party and chants of "the people united will never be defeated". There were similar demonstrations in Barcelona and other cities around the country.
As the indignados began to gather, a tense standoff was developing with riot police, who were under orders to prevent them staying overnight. Those instructions came from the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy, whose People's party (PP) triumphed in November elections. It has not just vowed to prevent the indignados from camping out, as they did for weeks after taking over Puerta del Sol last year, but is preparing tough public order laws. "We are calling for respect for the law and responsibility," said the deputy prime minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría. "This government will make sure the law is obeyed." As the deadline to leave Puerta del Sol expired, the square was still packed with the chanting indignados showing little desire to go home. "I'm staying here all night," said Emilio Torres, who came equippied with a tent and a sleeping bag. "I don't think they will dare get rid of us."
"This is meant to finish at 10 o'clock, but we are calm," said one police officer in the square.The prospect of confrontation with a rightwing government preoccupied with controlling protests has pushed some on the left into a trench mentality.
One indication has been the emergence of a Twitter hashtag, #HolaDictadura, or HelloDictatorship, claiming the clock of political freedoms is being turned back to the days of General Francisco Franco.
"I lived through Franco's time, so I know what the dangers are," said pensioner Julio Llorente as he visited the Ateneo exhibition. "The PP is taking us back to that sort of world."
Officially, indignados – whose protest last May set an example followed by "occupy" campaigners from Wall Street to St Paul's – are allowed in the Puerta del Sol for a maximum of 10 hours during the four days of planned action. But that looked unlikely to happen, with organisers hoping sheer numbers will prevent police from moving in to stop a continuous demonstration that started on Saturdayand is due to end on Tuesday.
"People will stay, that much is obvious," said charity worker José Ignacio Blasco, who spent his evenings and weekends in the Puerta del Sol last May. "Violence is what authorities want because it is what they understand, but this movement is pacifist. That is exactly what they find so difficult."If they want to criminalise non-violent protest, they might as well declare Gandhi and Martin Luther King to have been terrorists," he said.
The clampdown on protests comes after a year in which unemployment has risen to 24%, a return to recession and, in recent days, the nationalisation of the fourth biggest bank, Bankia. Spain is at the centre of the eurozone crisis and Rajoy's government is fixated by the threat of violent protest.
"We cannot allow fooling around with rocks or molotov cocktails to push up bond yields," said secretary of state for security Ignacio Ulloa after Spain sent 8,000 police, and spent €1m (£800,000), to protect the 22 board members of the European Central Bank when they met at a luxury Barcelona hotel earlier this month.
"Only with security will Spain get itself out of this difficult situation."
On that occasion Rajoy's government also suspended Europe's Schengen agreement so that it could reintroduce border controls to keep foreign protesters away – although there were no arrests or incidents in Barcelona.
Similar fears saw a press helicopter working for El País newspaper, which had been given the go-ahead to record the demonstration marking the end of a 29 March general strike, ordered away by interior ministry officials in Madrid. On the same day, photographs of violent protests by a handful of radicals in Barcelona featured on the front page of the New York Times.Interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz was forced to admit that some police officers appeared to have used excessive force after they pursued students and schoolchildren protesting against education cuts around the streets of Valencia in February. On that occasion, local police chief Antonio Moreno called the young protesters "the enemy".Faced with a police crackdown, it is not clear whether Spaniards will find the enthusiasm to rekindle the spirit of last May. "The beginning was fervent and passionate, but participation has dwindled over the year," admitted Sara, a trainee teacher who joined a culture group that emerged from the Puerta del Sol demonstrations. "But it has served to awaken a whole lot of people."
In fact, hundreds of small groups– covering everything from stopping banks repossessing homes to setting up co-operatives – have kept the flame alive, often braving the cold to meet and debate in neighbourhood squares. "It was inevitable that the movement would fragment and disperse. We never wanted it to become a political party, but preferred to welcome all sorts of ideas and create something new" said Octavio, a writer from the same group. "We have kept going, meeting wherever we can. Some of our group's assemblies have been in railway stations or the metro."
Ideas have been swapped over a myriad of internet sites, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds with cyber-assemblies that continued the trademark popular open meetings of last May that saw the Puerta del Sol hailed as a new incarnation of the ancient Greek agora, or debating place.
Older protesters, many with years of activism behind them, are delighted by the new generation that has emerged. "Over the past 30 years things have been winding down," said 67-year-old Concha, a retired philosopher. "But this new generation is so much better educated and prepared than we were."
One of the classic posters conserved in the Ateneo reads: "Mum, this is what you taught me to do. Thanks!" A scrawled addition from an anonymous mother reads: "I always knew you were listening, but I am so happy to hear you say it."
ALL: 1000 horas (band from Córdoba) tribute to 12M demos
Cicerón es una canción que habla precisamente de la situación política y social que estamos viviendo actualmente. No queríamos quedarnos fuera en esta ocasión y hemos decidido expresar en este vídeo como vivimos la manifestación del 12-M en 2012 en Madrid.
Cicerón (Cicero) is a song precisely about the social and political situation we are living at present. We didn't want to stay outside on this occasion and we have decided to express with this video how we are living the demonstration taking place on May the 12th, 2012 in Madrid.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
ALL STUDENTS: ART GALLERIES
If you like art, paintings and museums, the folowing is an excellent links that allows you to see them in detail.
googleartproject.com
googleartproject.com
Friday, April 13, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Dø - Too Insistent (Official Video)
Too Insistent
The Do
What's wrong with you
What is it you want
What's so special about me
I'm ordinary
And you're too insistent
You are too insistent
Don't you stop
An instant
I know not
Why won't you let me go
Why won't you let me go now
Just let me grow
I'm still a tiny toad
What's wrong it's been so long
Is it me you're after
Days and nights, and light-years
And still no disaster
You are so persistent
Oh we're so persistent
Should we act like people
Who say they have
Seen it all they're so
Indifferent, I know not
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
People they want to know
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
They want to know
I'm still a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
People they want to know
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me go
Why won't you let me know now
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know now
What is it you want
What's so special about me
I'm ordinary
And you're too insistent
You are too insistent
Don't you stop
An instant
I know not
Why won't you let me go
Why won't you let me go now
Just let me grow
I'm still a tiny toad
What's wrong it's been so long
Is it me you're after
Days and nights, and light-years
And still no disaster
You are so persistent
Oh we're so persistent
Should we act like people
Who say they have
Seen it all they're so
Indifferent, I know not
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
People they want to know
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
They want to know
I'm still a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know
Why won't you let me know now
People they want to know
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me go
Why won't you let me know now
I'm such a tiny toad
Why won't you let me know now
Monday, April 2, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Visit Wales (Full Program)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
BLOG: if you want to read Charles Dickens' books and about dickens on his 200th anniversary you may find this link interesting
http://dickensblog.typepad.com/
other interesting links:
http://dickens.fi/dickens.html
http://www.dickensmuseum.com/
http://www.dickens2012.org/
http://charlesdickenspage.com/
http://www.dickensfellowship.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dickens/
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
ADVANCED: David Gallo shows underwater astonishments
You can choose to see the video with subtitles in English or Spanish by choosing the language button on the link.
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html
Monday, February 20, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
ADVANCED: Madeleine Peyroux - Between The Bars
Stay up all night
Things you could do
You won't but you might
The potential you'll be
You'll never see
Promises you'll only make
Drink up with me now
And forget all about
Pressure of days
Do what I say
And I'll make you okay
And drive them away
Images stuck in your head
People you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I’ll keep them still
Drink up, baby
Look at the stars
And I'll kiss you again
Between the bars
Where i'm seeing you there
With your hands in the air
Waiting to finally be caught
Drink up one more time
And I'll make you mine
And keep you apart
Deep in my heart
Separate from the rest
Where I like you the best
Keep the things you forgot
The people you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still
Friday, February 3, 2012
SONG: "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Citizens! True Romance
what are we doing here
This little heart
Racing through the gates
Lighting up my cigarettes and counting out the change in our pockets
Tell me love
Will we ever know ourselves?
True romance
True romance
Oh my love
Keep your eyes on the road
I am asleep to the lights up ahead
What kind of minds are these that the gods and the television gave us
Hold me love until we disappear again
Here we are
True romance
Here we are
True romance
You hold in your hands true romance
I found a place to make a stand true romance
Never knowin where you came from
Or where to go, true romance
Never knowin where you came from
Or where to go, true romance
Or whatever I wasn’t thinking
WhenI let you go
Now tell me what was I thinking
When I let you go
True romance
True romance
Here we are, true romance
True romance
Here we are
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
1BAC:A very famous British series: The Royle Family The Golden Egg Cup (With English Subtitles)
part 1 (10 min)
part 2 (10 min)
part 3 (10 min)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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