WALKING

"Three days a week, a man comes very early in their PSE-EE in Bilbao loaded with books. Click the button on the elevator up to the floor and climbs directly to the office of Secretary General of the party. Everyone knows it. Greet those in its path. "Egunon" course. Is it the person who today still can and must, admonishing every time confuses the Socialist candidate in full lehendakari crest of the wave.
The man with such power of recrimination knocks on the door with ease and reached the office of Patxi Lopez. The Socialist and the head of Biscay, José Antonio Pastor, have everything ready. Books, pens and notebooks on the table. The 'maisu' has arrived. "Egunon", "egunon." Students Pastor Lopez and open books. Begin to recite. Start the class of Basque. Hour and a half away. "

This is El Correo Digital Vizcaia published today.

Just a couple of thoughts and questions that arise from reading one of the already famous encroachments (147) Claudius Romeo.

First. Normal Do you think that the president of a country does not speak or understand the language?

The president of this country, "Lendakari" which will be chosen in a few days does not speak Basque. Yes, "Patxi Lopez" should always speak Spanish and addressed his people in a language that is not in the country. It has flat thing, to become the President of a country without speaking their own language.

Do not tell me that is not a record. If anyone knows any case I appreciate it because I said I have not been able to locate any. It is an exceptional case, which only people succeed and / or specialized groups such as Spanish and French, real experts on getting ravaged country with the utmost brutality described as democratic.

I do not laugh because the Catalans have just gone the last election of a President. Yes, it is well known that the president does Catalonia, Catalan is spoken four days, as soon as difficulties because thousands of people from more distant places and possibly less residence time in Catalonia, the talk better than This specimen has fallen over also so democratically.

Two. This will seem normal in a democratic country?

It seems to me that the issue is very serious, very serious. If the Catalans and Basques are not able to change this phenomenon imposed by the Spaniards, is that we are unhappy, without personality or national identity and deserve ruthlessly destroy us because we are unworthy citizens of our respective countries.

Both of the other, Spanish and French, have devoted all efforts throughout most of its history, the Catalans get paid. Put clear and Catalan, we can only consider our enemies and this is the only treatment that can be devoted to these unpresentable neighbors.

(Claudio Romeo, 28 March 09)

I guess I do not need to add much more. For my part, I only say that this view entirely ratify and we have a long way to go to make Catalonia (and Spain) a normal, decent and democratic. While cases like these occur will not be normal and never go anywhere.

Tags: Basque Country , Patxi Lopez

STIGMA The word comes from Greek and means: SIGNAL, March. Has several meanings according to the dictionary, but we are interested here is the first: | | 1. Indelible mark or sign. Baldness was considered a stigma of nature Plan SB 173. Especially: a) made ​​of red-hot iron brand as a sign of shame or slavery. Attribute that turns the wearer into a different person and very attractive, so the socially discredited. The word comes from the Greek στίγμα 'signal flag'. 'S North American writer Susan Sontag is a book I read many years ago, called "Illness as Metaphor." She was always a controversial writer for his critical reflections on society, war, politics, et. Always had visions of innovative things that clash with many ways to think of the society of his time. It was a very critical society in general and the North American particular.En in this book speaks of prejudices that groups have on certain diseases. His thoughts about the disease and the accompanying negative metaphors made mainly from his leukemia, the disease that led to the grave. He spoke of tuberculosis (disease most famous of the nineteenth century), AIDS and especially cancer. In these, possibly the leprosy as a disease typical of primitive times and mental illnesses as representing time actuals.Tota very serious disease prevention is seen. But we wondered why we look so a prevention, so afraid, so negative charge? And for what reason we are putting in the same drawer mental illness today? I guess it must be because every day we discover more about the human brain and the emotions that move the person. But this does not cure but can certain types of mental illness. We are still in the era of the mystery, the discovery of por.De metaphors associated with a serious illness, Sontag points out a particular undoubtedly the most harmful: the military metaphor. The body is seen as a battlefield; pound body against cancer of the great struggle that frequently goes up. Unlike tuberculosis, a condition very localized and very controlled until recently, cancer represents the horror of invasion generalized skirmishes with unpredictable and brutal therapies represent a kind of counter militar.Fins recently, cancer disease was taboo for excellence, which persisted in their malignancy and still wins despite multiple medical science offered on many other ailments. The writer sums up: "The thought of death as tuberculosis decorative, often lyrical. Cancer is a strange and even shocking topic for poetry, and is expected to return unimaginable beauty this disease. "Illness as Metaphor is also a wonderful reflection on the social stigma: a serious disease is still suffering merely to become a clinical infamous brand. At the beginning of his book, Sontag speaks of the disease as the night side of life as a citizen uncomfortable, adding: "Every person born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the healthy and the sick in the kingdom . Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later everyone is obliged, at least for a time, to identify themselves as citizens of that other place. " The stated purpose of the writer is to strip the disease burden metaphorical harmful only begets discrimination, segregation and stigma, ostracism and great for the patient, that is, for those who do not register with enough aplomb the world of health. Technorati Tags: Disease , Social Relations

Tags: Disease , Social Relations

I will say that I'm obsessed with Cacheiro. I have already spoken to him a few times on this blog. But it is a fascinating character who follows me after many years.

Cacheiro left many drawings, pottery but much to my knowledge, very little writing. I hope that the research group was formed in Montevideo to recover the memory of the great Uruguayan potters can provide more about this unique artist.

Cacheiro was a very culte.Sempre explained that he had learned both Spanish Republican intellectuals who have to take refuge in other countries. With whom he had much to do with Jose Bergamin was always said that he had learned everything, but mostly he learned the meaning of culture and dignity that should be an intellectual. Always said that we can not sell for a mess of pottage.

Cacheiro explained in an interview he made the head of the bed was a very good book: "To hell with culture," Herbert Reed. He said that this book said many interesting things and placed in the right place.
Cacheiro also left the formal culture, this culture which culture becomes a commodity.

He says in the interview:

"DB - Sign that you say something that has to do with his work and his life: culture, when it becomes a commodity. They say there I do not know if it is true, that their works are sold and resold at times and far reaching, and go to Europe. I just care that you, and not charged for it.
TC - I did a lot of "toritos" I was asked to export to Argentina. At that time I needed to have a means of transportation to the place where I lived a little distanced from where I wanted to go. And I did. I wake up every day to do the same, to do the same, to do the same. And that allowed me to buy a truck.
Then I was asked again to do the same. I ended resisted. I did not want getting up every day to do the same. I thought it was a little immoral.
Picasso, with its sharpness, he says things that make sense: "I prefer to copy others and not myself." And it hurts when you see yourself you're doing it. "

Reading this I think how many artists have come to prostitution in order to sell, act and live as "marajàs." And the local, provincial, government contract (purchase) artists often have them along and acquire a dubious reputation. This is the great representative of the Albert Boadella, which has gone to Madrid, Catalonia but denies putting the service of Hope Aguirre, who uses as much as possible for your benefit. One day as I shall speak more at length in the order I answered the Boadella made a reproach to me via email for statements he had made. But leave it for another day ....

That Cacheiro would have said "prostitution." And I say so.

Tags: CULTURE , Thomas Cacheiro

Bridge and cathedral of Solsona. Painting of James Adam

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Speaking of church easy. While talking about it, not so much. The church also gives enough reasons for people-whether Christian or not is critical. On the right we have. But the duty to review.

Luckily, there are bishops, priests and lay people who feel free to say what they think. It is the same freedom of God's children that makes them say what they think. The Forum Ondara is one of those areas where free delivery is expressed views on the church, especially, but also other aspects of life.

If one enters its website http://ondara.galeon.com/ can see that his thoughts are deep and wise.

"Ondara Forum is open to all priests of the Diocese of Solsona where we are often to help each other in the exciting task of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus in exercising the freedom to think and say about the church and the world in a spirit of communion with the whole church and all humanity to which we intend to use. Communion that does not want to be uniform, but one faith in plurality and difference, as always are the gifts of the Spirit of God.

We live and the way we want to be present in the beginning of the third millennium, based on the past experience of hope, having hope that the result gave us the Second Vatican Council, despite regressive attempts in recent years.

We want to keep active in the new circumstances, always involved with those who fight for renovation idea that we have captured in the diocesan paper "The Missionary conversion."

Now comes the time for first communions Basque state that is how people live these events. That is 80% comedy.

Is needed, particularly with parents of children in First Communion, tell them what will their children is not a story but it is the foundation of our hope. It is also said that comedy is not what you do but profound ignorance of what the First Communion and Christianity in general, and remain in what is seen and sold.

Tags: Church

In recent weeks, international prices of food have gone down to levels "normal" after being in the clouds a good number of months. But the FAO on the occasion of World Food Day stresses that hunger continues to grow. This is perhaps not a crisis that so many headlines as financial or oil, but is more cruel because many lives are at risk.

I thought this to me from a story I heard a few days ago: a restaurant in Barcelona has decided to remove the menu price. Anyone who wants to can go to eat and when to pay, they will bring about where everyone can put whatever you want. The owner said that until now was not the unhappy results.

So should ask ourselves is necessary to keep paying for both lunches and dinners are many restaurants? Prices are really unfair, if we look at the prices of raw materials? You must first world I spend much food while starving other worlds? We talk of crisis: but we know life to adapt our crisis?

No one knows what is going hungry until one day passes. No one knows what is going to walk one day run out car. No one knows what the crisis until it runs out of work and his life changes completely.

We continue to live above our means in almost all areas and we do not even have noticed. Man, unlike the animals to eat until satiated. Eat without hunger. Throw away food, burning, destroyed the market reasons. That I have not ever fully understood, although I have explained. As I understand it from a bottle of wine it can pay 1000 euros. I understand I will die without it.

So we are still animals in so many things and this feature of them, so good and we should have kept it turns out that we have abandoned. Maybe we have to relearn the animals!

Technorati Tags: Food , Economy , Crisis

Tags: ECONOMY , Food

Heard a conversation a few days ago. One person asks another for their disabled child and does so with the following terms:
- "How is your son? Will is better? Notice any improvement?"
This makes me think about what is natural for many people equate disability with illness, or physical disability, sensory or intellectual.
It is true that some people with intellectual disabilities are associated with different pathologies. Down syndrome, for example, must be very aware of heart disease. In other cases, such as the son of this lady l'epilèpsia have a higher incidence. But that does not mean boys and girls with whom I work, are sick.
There are still parents who are convinced that doctors conceal the "cure" for their child.
It should always be politically correct with the language?. She says you do not need to be so careful with colloquial terms that end up not being able to express ourselves spontaneously as to what we can offend collective.
But sometimes the language distorts reality. Not long ago, these boys and girls who were talking about "retarded" or "insane." Today, terms such as "improved", "care", "therapy" do nothing but become recurrent platitudes about disability fight against both those who live from within.
The media sometimes do not help much in this regard, but much improved. Keep an exquisite care whenever there is a story about the source of this or that gene associated with disability and their hypothetical "cure" can lead to false-or at least distant in time, expectations for desperate parents .
I read somewhere that disability is a "condition of life." I like this definition because it is also being high or low, have blue eyes or dark, right or left be ...
And just look at Xavi, Laura and Nuria to verify their joie de vivre, their (hyper) activity exhausting his perfect body, his eyes sparkling, his sentiments so noble ... to realize that can call in many ways its decline, we hang them old or new labels, but of course "disease" is not a label attributed to them.

Tags: Down Syndrome

When we go to the Arab countries, one of the things that attracted the most attention are the markets and how to buy and sell what they have. Especially striking constant haggling between the selling and buying. It is their traditional way of, accepted by everyone and that everyone knows the rules well.

Now that it has come here too because our markets have many stalls selling Arabs. Many of us also we have become accustomed to haggling. Here and there were too used to me personally, I was always kind of a shame. As a child I had seen my father do and I had never liked. I still do not like me. Posts bargained haggling, we do not know if you buy, if you take the hair or big business has done in his life. I mean when one has clear references the target price of the price of a cosa.d a thing. Of course we should also talk about whether things have price targets: Someone said that the price of something is what the buyer wants to pay. Maybe ....

All this is a long introduction to say that Catalonia is immersed in an authentic "Persian Market", a marketing avorridor with the state. Already on too long and I think the whole thing is a joke.

First, we know very well here all the historical debt. Was calculated for active and passive. There are estimates high, medium and low. Or so it seems possible to reach an agreement.

And the reason is only one: there is no equal level in marketing. One party has the power and the money and the other urgent need. It is as if one is starving, it will pay for a piece of bread. And in Catalonia are raving, saying if you want something, you have to accept what we give or not, nothing!

And here is where all the fraud, theft, the chutzpah, or as we like to call it. No equal can not do anything. Well, if nothing we can do: we stand as a country. But this is still a cabo, something unattainable. For dignity might one day be made.

But dignity is still in Catalonia?

Mummy of the Chachapoyas culture displayed in the "Museo de la Nación" of Peru. "The cry" the painter Edvard Muunch (1893), National Gallery two photos that apparently have nothing to do with each other, have one thing in common reflect anguish, anxiety, fear, despair ... Some say Munch was inspired to paint a mummy in his painting "The Scream" In reality, Science has determined to remove much of merit in Norwegian artist, author of the famous Frame. The official version of the painter on his masterpiece is that it was the result of an anxiety attack. "I was taking a walk with two friends, the sun already went down and suddenly the sky turned blood red as [...] I sat still, shivering from anxiety, and I heard a scream through infinite nature, "Munch wrote in his diary in January 1892.Jo I could see and experience anxiety attacks and the truth is that they suffer. Suffers much attack sufferer and those who want help and do not know with ho.Però, what is anxiety? We aptly describes Dr.. Ricardo Ros. Anxiety is a response that we humans (and animals) when the brain finds that there is a danger that threatens our vida.Però what if our brain interprets it as something dangerous that is harmless? Immediately sends symptoms of anxiety, as if the danger was real. If there is a real danger, anxiety is that we flee or avoid this situation, that is, to help us out perill.Podríem said there are two types of anxiety: positive anxiety, which is due to hazards real anxiety and negative response to fears that are only in our imagination. The first is good for us and mobilize us to find a solution, while the second is negative because it prevents us from blocks and take him to the gratification vida.Dr. Ricardo Ros Bachelor PsicologiaEtiquetes Technorati: Anxiety , Health , Mental illness , Psychology

"The most egregious of bad things to bad people, it is the silence of good people"

(Mahatma Gandhi)

In Uruguay they want to repeal the Law of Impunity. Within 30 days there will be a plebiscite to repeal a law unconstitutional, but force the country, which completely violates human rights.
It is time to correct this mistake, the fear of that product
time, and the wound closed forever, in addition to using all
possible ways to find the remains of the disappeared.
So hard to repeal these laws, other past dictators? It seems so. In many Latin American countries have tried and all have very close and always has been.

I do not need to go so far. Here we have something similar with the issue of mass graves, of Salamanca papers, or the removal of Francoist symbols.

Ashamed that even now you can go through streets where there are plaques hanging declared fascists. And a statue of Franco retired fairly recently.

From this little corner of the world and even from this small corner of the blogosphere, I wish that my friends Uruguayans do well and can get the signatures necessary to win the plebiscite and that each family can know where their missing family and put in the public eye all the nonsense dark times of dictatorship.

Tags: Democracy , Dictatorship , Justice

"The owner made the young man and the young man is the master." This saying means that the Catalan way of being in the upper single influence on the subject, and vice versa.

The word itself means MOSSO as someone who is at the service of someone else and that is something we should not forget. Of course that is probably used in general, I apply it to today squaddies especially after seeing what happened those days police charges citizens. And I mean: the people. Because there were not only students receive. Received journalists, people passing on the street, women with children, the elderly, etc.

Without going into the merits of the question of whether or not it had to be evicted, what I mean is the following:

First. The action of the Police was disproportionate. When action is taken should ensure that there is extralimitacions. We complained, for example, when Israel bombed Palestinian bombs and kill all that were down, they were civilians or sigui.Aquí was similar.

Two. The Police have heads that command. I do not know if you know these heads are sent or influenced by someone. What is certain is that the leaders have not been able to send or Police have failed to obey. All assignments are delicate. But the police is quite delicate. The law is the law and must be enforced at all levels and in all situations. I always have to be right: you can not be tough with tender with others. The Police are at the service of citizens. Of all citizens, also those who are at home and are bothered by noise from street fights, drug trafficking or that someone is circulating wrong.

Three. Such actions hurt the eye in a developed country where the media are not so many have come to gratuitous violence. Should review protocols and see how they do other police. Even though they say that our police have a "high degree of readiness" is seen and shows that is not true. A small group of students causing them problems. What happens when you are fighting a large group of people?

Four. And finally: You should not really ever that other proverb: "Police came to the house took from us." Politicians should not forget that they serve the people and a director who does their job well, you know that if you happen to have some dignity ..

Tags: Citizens , Democracy , Palestine , Poilicia

"The owner made the young man and the young man is the master." This saying means that the Catalan way of being in the upper single influence on the subject, and vice versa.

The word itself means MOSSO as someone who is at the service of someone else and that is something we should not forget. Of course that is probably used in general, I apply it to today squaddies especially after seeing what happened those days police charges citizens. And I mean: the people. Because there were not only students receive. Received journalists, people passing on the street, women with children, the elderly, etc.

Without going into the merits of the question of whether or not it had to be evicted, what I mean is the following:

First. The action of the Police was disproportionate. When action is taken should ensure that there is extralimitacions. We complained, for example, when Israel bombed Palestinian bombs and kill all that were down, they were civilians or sigui.Aquí was similar.

Two. The Police have heads that command. I do not know if you know these heads are sent or influenced by someone. What is certain is that the leaders have not been able to send or Police have failed to obey. All assignments are delicate. But the police is quite delicate. The law is the law and must be enforced at all levels and in all situations. I always have to be right: you can not be tough with tender with others. The Police are at the service of citizens. Of all citizens, also those who are at home and are bothered by noise from street fights, drug trafficking or that someone is circulating wrong.

Three. Such actions hurt the eye in a developed country where the media are not so many have come to gratuitous violence. Should review protocols and see how they do other police. Even though they say that our police have a "high degree of readiness" is seen and shows that is not true. A small group of students causing them problems. What happens when you are fighting a large group of people?

Four. And finally: You should not really ever that other proverb: "Police came to the house took from us." Politicians should not forget that they serve the people and a director who does their job well, you know that if you happen to have some dignity ..

Tags: Citizens , Democracy , Palestine , Poilicia

Yesterday, we went with some friends to walk the bridge and making the day-that was recovered in the lake of Ivars. We had a great time.

It has achieved the goal of filling it completely. Thanks to the abundant rainfall this winter and the snow mountain pond is now full. It's beautiful. Give good view.

I think people Pla d'Urgell we should be happy and grateful to have recovered something we had taken our. The recovery of historical memory also involves here: retrieve people, facts, documents, landscapes, etc..

A worthy people want to preserve their dignity should also give importance to these things. Need to grow economically, must recover and preserve the language, customs and what has always been ours. Also landscapes that once destroyed by interests, not always too clear. Generally whenever economic interests of individuals. Just see some beaches and some parts of mountain paradise before now and made a mess.

I think it would be unfair if we do not make a special mention and recognition grateful to Mayor Ramon Ivars Guiu Mary, who was the driving with his stubbornness, his desire and his enthusiasm for this beautiful reality that is now the lake.

It is beautiful, but it will be with future projects to introduce horses reeds, put boats for rides in the water and planting trees. Now, it needs to take all of us know and respect it. Therefore it is necessary to repeat the scene saw yesterday, a group of young children, with their teachers and guides made a visit to the pond where discovered, perhaps for the first time in his life, fauna and flora of the country.

For many years it can do similar work!

Tags: Ecology , Ivars and Vila-Sana , Fauna , Flora

The flowering almond tree

Half of the mountain air

I see a flowering almond tree.

Rejoice, white flag

days that I have no delight!

You announced that the peace

between sun, clouds and winds ...

You're still the best time

Pro you all the joy.

- Maragall -

Capitalizing on that bridge I work, we stayed with a group of friends went to celebrate spring by taking a little sun, air and lunch in fora.D here a while go to the Lake of Ivars. We will walk, bird watching, see the almond blossom, Charles, breaks the monotony of the day and releases primavera.Oblidarem this world for a while every day and we will post some passing cloud to go for a walk. We will see how life begins again and maybe take oxygen continuously and desire for a season més.Bona spring amics.Etiquetes Technorati: On foot , Lake of Ivars , Maragall , Walking , Spring

Tags: Walking , Maragall , Walking , Spring

The name of the disease comes from the god Priapus .

Wikipedia says:

Priapism is an erection maintained and painful penis unrelated to sexual stimulation. This only affects erectile corpora cavernosa of the penis , so that the spongy bodies do not participate (the glans penis is flaccid, so). The corpora cavernosa are engorged and can not properly evacuate the blood they contain, which can clot and maintain the process.

The word derives from the Latin Priapus , a god of male fertility .

Priapism can be primary or secondary and may be due to various causes, such as anemia, sickle cell, the myeloma multiple, the polycythemia , the MS , prostatitis , urethritis , amyloidosis , malignancy , alcohol , marijuana , androgens , steroids , and other contributors or triggers.

Spontaneous remission is possible, but priapism prolonged duration of more than two or three hours is tributary of urgent medical attention. The main result of prolonged Priapismo is erectile dysfunction permanent.

The great philosopher Immanuel KANT all time was prolonged priapism.

So far the encyclopedia. Now I add:

The great philosopher Kant had priapism. But Catalonia also has: with the issue of the statute, the issue of funding, with a thousand unresolved issues or willing to solve.

From Madrid we were taking Viagra because we holding erect erect. Especially not cease tension, which lowered the "thing." Hardened and should continue to drill until the next election when .... And then we play back ourselves to believe the lies repeated forever. Catalonia is not a range, or a region or a nation is a chronic disease. Catalonia suffers from priapism. See, but:

-We keep going as we painfully erect. It was a holding without remission. Well we have to live, right?

-D'estímuls not receive any bonuses or a long time. We just sold blows. And shut up! Forgive us the life we ​​have always and still be grateful. Makes embarrassed to hear some leaders like Mr. Catalan PSC. Zaragoza, Mr.. Fernando and others. At least they could silence as Mr. Montilla, who never has anything to say.

-The corpora cavernosa (the darker) are what make the fact. The spongy (assets) are not involved. Catalan society is silent, still. Only the politicians are the ones who create and destroy, the promise and promise things that never arrives.

-Meanwhile, we're drowning with our own blood. For some communities the funding comes at the right time. With loyal communities can meet. Not us. Catalonia has always been unfair, they say. We are a non-conformist and not ever have enough. Better that we become the idea that such things are incurable. There is nothing to do. Dysfunction is permanent. I do not even need to go to the doctor.

I only ask that we bury a coffin pretty well. Oh! and the Madrid government paid funerals. It's the least we can do.

Tags: Humor

On February 8 was a post talking about "the good seed", a book made by people Castellnou of Seana on teachers who had the town after the war to date.

http://blogs.avui.cat/jaumepubill/category/castellnou-de-seana/

That day was a short review of the event and promised that I would talk when he had read the book. I have already read and I enjoyed it. This book is more in the collection Castellnouencs Studies, directed by my cousin Michael Galitó Pubill quite rightly deserves and always the interest of many people in the village, the region and of a good friend of the group of people people.

Talk about local issues runs the risk of becoming trapped in locked interests, small and local. But it is also true that the general topics never have any interest if they do not touch the heart and roots of specific people. Each person is. Every country and every people is different. But there is a common root, common interests, a common desire to make certain issues are neither specific nor general: they are simply important issues.

And one of these issues is that of education. We've all had teachers in our life that have left a deep imprint. Sometimes very deep! Both deep, which have often led the vocation of many people around the world. Great men have done what they have done and what they have been through their teachers, who at one point in his life knew that track emerging vocation and those emerging concerns about a certain thing.

The book of which I speak today consists of three parts:

First. Our teachers. There is a list of teachers who passed through the town and gives voice to some teachers who are still alive or some of their children.

Two. Students. There are contributions from a group of students where there are memories, anecdotes and stories very much alive and interesting.

Three. Identities. The group writing the book makes a number of interesting comments, they want to be a collection of everything and put something around the school environment a sad war, how it was coming out of that stale climate and closed (not because of teachers, specifically) and how the town has been clever to give that power to a small town teachers and children Castellnou.

All in all, a very interesting book, but it will for many more comments. Since there are more days than sausages .... just tell you to continue!

We Castellnou of Seana , Education , School

Nikosia is the last divided city. For walls, ideas, religions and cultural gulf course.

We believe that, one way or another, we all have a certain geography Nikosia within the body and mind. Someone broke in two in Nikosia, but we always travel on both sides of the border. And it is this dualism from this swing that tell our story, which is as real and legitimate as any other.

This is what they say about people who made a season already has begun an innovative experience, original, breaking boundaries and borders. I recognize that not too many know what it is, nor knew of its existence. But what little I could see and hear me surprisingly positive. I think it is an experience that should be disclosed.

Nikosia is a program made by those people who suffer from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Airs every Wednesday through Contrabanda Radio and the Internet. This project is a system of rehabilitation for the mentally ill.

You have some addresses if you wish to learn more.

http://www.vilaweb.tv/?video=4799

http://ayudanikosia.blogspot.com/

http://pod-serve.com/podcasts/show/radio-nikosia

Tags: Mental illness , social relationships

What nature does not, (University) Salamanca not granted.

I remembered this phrase today when some colleagues told me they were going to Salamanca to a seminar, conference or something. I have to say, in advance, that comment was not for them. Want to be a reflection, in a general comment on the world of university studies and its relationship with work life and life in general.

Reminded me that I had a teacher who had the habit of distributing best students go to famous universities. Saying you'll go to Rome, you, in Salamanca, you, Comillas, you at the Sorbonne ... and so would better predict the future of students. The truth is that very few guessed the future and we all did what we could to life without going to great universities. To put it another way: the best college is life itself and, ultimately, is best taught.

This Latin phrase, anyway, I think it is deep enough and tells us a whole bunch of things that I want to discuss:

First. When there is no wood, little furniture will. If there is no basis, as we do. If one does not have a minimum of intelligence, as much as we want students to go and we can go to the best universities and you can do many courses as you like donkeys so we will be as at the beginning.

Two. The most intelligent are more who have studied or are those with the most titles on the wall. Intelligence is not only knowledge, but how to apply this knowledge to life in general.

Three. I've met people who gave illiterate thousand times many people with university degrees. Common sense, skills, knowledge in practical life, good memory, effort, etc.. Have done well in life without having gone to school. But they put everything you need to live and to live happily. Of these people might say: "Quod non dat nature, reddere care potest (what nature does not give the effort we can provide.)

Four. Academia and the business world in our country have never even been together too well understood. In this sense, the USA and some other countries give us a thousand times. There are studies to work a day in a company. And many companies now go directly to college to get your employees.

5. The University of Salamanca was once very prestigious. Person who had the opportunity to study in Salamanca had considerable social prestige. I somehow wanted to say: "Although the monkey is in silk, is sure cute." Or what is the same: a person meant donkey, but they did a fine way with a Latin proverb, which is always better. And while n 'is another saying that in the same sense: "What fue ass in Rome ass again." Or this one: "I read mares, it leaves Wise"

6. The studies do miracles. Studies are needed and special gifts for all jobs and professions. So it seems important to recover the training, so abandoned and despised for a number of years.

"For this steel chair with Raíces y comienzan that are in, and they continue to be and they continue, largo tiempo fue las Costas recorriendo River. Seleccionando for Y después I was building a. And if you look, you are da yo no account of I can've invented eso. crearon Lo los materiales

These days I visited a friend who is 40 years old Catalan who lives in Uruguay. There we lived together two or three years and it was through him that I met Thomas Cacheiro.

Sitting on the couch and made repassàvem people "paisito." We looked to put on IPL. Before us we had three ceramic Cacheiro common friend and we go about it, inevitably.

Not long ago I already mention Cacheiro in a post in this blog.

http://blogs.avui.cat/jaumepubill/2008/11/16/tomas-cacheiro/

Today I'll let you talk to him through a text of an interview he did in 1999. If you want to read all of it,-which I recommend, you can do so at:

http://www.espectador.com/text/clt06073.htm

"Yo Cai Paso Averías a bit as subversive.
And much propaganda about the cae gente inocente
that, after, sleep las primeras Victims "

IN PERSPECTIVE
Monday 06/07/99.
DIEGO Barnabas:
"No stem formas in mud,
Others villages that have been created.
Yo just stalk the land
tierra me what I should dado.
Mineral, Water and Fire,
forming tu mundo, Potter.
From the TOP of the World,
ese mundo es el primero.
If the district takes its tiempo,
no tiene el tiempo tailored.
Porque ese tiempo del Barro
tiempo is for life. "

This is one of the texts Cacheiro Thomas wrote them, something that could be perfectly well as a "certificate of identity" or, at least, a way to present themselves, from presentarlo. Ese text accompanies the catalog of exhibitions was opened in Montevideo pasado viernes 4 de junio, in Municipal Subway. Texts, as well as a su trabajo in ceramics at Maderas of your work and your life, you're creations are in representados descubriendo that we are here this morning, as well, with the catalog to view.
Thomas Cacheiro tiene 78 años. Thirty Three and nation, and is one of the most ceramists destacados of our country.

Cacheiro vive in Paso Averías at the waterside Cebollatí, ya unos cuantos years ago. It is then that there Radic debiera dejar su actividad as docente in tiempos of the military dictatorship, which, obviamente means a contrariedad in your life, a moment of disgust. This circumstance vivir lo Except in this place, in which there's very few people, no?

"Yo Sali barrels, juntaba Lena pescaba, llevaba semejante life of the ellos. Empecé And as soon as I apparently over ellos, Abriendo condom in relations"

TC - Yes. Search pobladito not there a hay passes of 50 people. And the majority are very gente mayor. Because the place does not pay for a Mistress puedes vivir. No hay de trabajo Media. La mayor parte de los inhabitants are Jubilados, older people, who are radicados in its place, with a minimum Viviendo very elementary.
Gente that quiero mucho, mucho relacionamos us with that. When you come any Creciente and leave me Debo place, not a place where you've got me I can not stay. Y eso hoy matter. Anyone in las casas de ellos Pido quedarme for a corner, and lo tengo. Open heme a very generous friendship, which cost me a bit to the top. Because there Cai yo a bit as subversive. And much propaganda about the cae gente inocente. That, after, sleep las primeras Victims. Eso lo dice muy bien Picasso Guernica empapela long as the pony, the first victim of the bullfight.
Y el tiempo fue reponiendo me in relationship with esa gente porque yo Sali barrels, juntaba Lena pescaba is to say, a life llevaba semejante of the ellos. And as soon as I empecé apparently in ellos, condom be Abriendo relations. I do not know if I explain myself.
DB - ¿Y usted fue "subversive"?
TC - Well: I resisted the dictatorship. ¿Eso is subversion?
In some medida, which is linked to this world of culture, art is a bit stranger in the city, is not a typo middle Extraño adapting them to Social mechanisms. In toda form of art, cuando incluye is something new, it is natural that the town rechace. Ya lo dice Plato, and remind him with cierta Frequency: if the artist that I can fit the denomination of artist-hay to expel the city porque Rompe the social pact. And the cities Tienen a secret pacts.
Yo sólo fue say no dictatorship which I expel me trabajo. Because it hurt me more than hurt me and I doliendo striking, I repone Although the condom that affect them mis-alumnos quedarme fue sin mis classes that eran my lifestyle. Dar a class of teenage previous history of art ... ah that would be! And the art in the mature communication. ¡Iba Cuántas times in class that estaba convencido prepared for Trat ese subject, and at the time of exponerlo Daba account of me not! Daba account that I had to check in more deeply and Others angles from the thing.
Y muchas veces con miedo iba a class of not being prepared. And the communication I iba Abriendo caminos, speaking of that llegaba me home and anotaba descubiertas things in class with the Dialogue of Boys. Eso fue muy importante.
And ... how can le voy a decir? It was my way of life, more than my livelihood. Apartarme hurt me much of eso.
DB - Pero eso no le impidió estudiando follow. You are estudiando Clicked-thru.
TC - Yes. In a cabecera leg libro tengo muy bueno that "culture with the Devil" by Herbert Reed. Dice Set in me and so mucha muchas cosas.

....

"God DID the man of clay
y fue su paso very fragile.
For me thirsty for God
hice me of clay vase.
Despite wake up
Please note that before the dawn,
between souvenirs and bushes
I shall sin quedando hours.
It hallaron a cacharro
the age ADVISED a village;
age but not be
Averías the populous.
Do not pretend con mis verses
hablar in profundo tone.
A potter no sabe
ver el mundo con palabras.
For animarme to offer
what verseando sostengo
tengo el tiempo I dudado
tengo las razones that. "
...

At the heart of the clay
Dream a dormant form.
Dream that mis manos Acuna,
Dreaming dreams of life.
Platforms and platform mis manos
rondando back in the neighborhood:
Velan the soul slept
Dreaming in the neighborhood is.
No Tienen pause mis manos
long as the neighborhood is Awake.
Mi vida no tiene pause
command is not desert me. "

-------
Transcription: Fernando Iglesias
Edition J
orge Ramon Garcia
Photos: Catalogue of the Municipal Government of Montevideo

Tags: Thomas Cacheiro

Today I have made a couple more languages. And today, like every Saturday we will some time in the afternoon with the Ahmed for a chat in a kind of language do not really know what it is. Saturday is the best day that I do not work for me. He always does well because he had a serious accident a long time ago and that does not work.

And we are going to have a coffee or a walk and, meanwhile, talk about what needed. This is the end. It is also true that it would be better if there were some basis Catalan. The couple is to improve the Catalan and that one has to get used to using it.

But I'm not complaining. Although we have not divorced and I hope that in time we do not. He made his efforts, the truth is not very large. I say that look more Catalan TV and listen radio. Does not have many opportunities, he tells me, so to speak Catalan with Moroccans living, not working and not Catalan friends. The Catalan do not understand it too. I have translated many things yet.

And this is what I complained the other day that talked about the same subject and would like to delve a little today. Our social network is becoming less Catalan people as they grow and become different. Schools saved a bit of time and the situation. At least up to the children learn Catalan and is able to speak it. I mean the base is there. Another thing is that then uses this language learned at school.

It is at this point when we think that when councils and civic associations should put their efforts. The groupings, sports clubs, associations of all kinds and various private companies is where they should spend more efforts to make social life could be made into Catalan. If we go to the movies and there are movies in Catalan will not do anything. If we go to a bar and the bartender does not understand a Borrallo of Catalan will not do anything. If we go to a football school and the common language is Spanish, will not do anything. If we make some effort to speak in Catalan together all these newcomers that want to learn, will not do anything.

Much has been written on the subject and not get too Experts agree how to do things. But I think the Catalan government should make more efforts and more pressure on Madrid. And he put more money and more resources for more games like PP Citizens only do they put sticks in the wheels steadily. These parties are a disgrace!

The Catalan-language like any other, never be imposed, but it should help if you do not want to die of starvation and become language museum or a dead language like Latin. From Madrid there will not help. And possibly also helps us in Brussels. A task that will make us pertocarà Catalans.

, Politics

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I Espinàs is a character that has always fascinated. I've always admired and I read, valuing it as a great writer. If we were a normal country, the Espinas be after a lot of everything, with prizes dojo.Fa that I read many years. But like most of the books that he is traveling on foot. My blog is called WALK, partly in tribute to him. I think the 20 books he has written travel on foot, at least 15 have read .... I do not remember well, but I have always enjoyed reading it. It is for those who like prose to me, seemingly simple, with a plain and colloquial, descriptive details small yet profound. Speaking of anonymous people, things vulgar feelings. But does simply that's what these books apart costa.En the person is the Espinàs: simple, human, quiet, versatile, ironic, thoughtful, intelligent ... Now just published: 'In Murcia foot ' ( Joseph M. Espinas Ed. Campana ) its twentieth trip to the south of Valencia. Has already served 82 years and still continues writing and walking as gods. The work is part of a series that began publishing over fifty years and Joseph M. Espinàs could not have picked a worse place to draw the attention of readers, "said the editor of the Bell, Elizabeth Martin: 'In books Espinàs no plot hook.' So how is it that has so successfully? Martin himself says: "The grace of the Espinas is music that gets behind the words and literary matter what becomes apparent is vulgar. '

Here all journeys 'WALK'. I invite you to read some, but if you have not already and see what stuck.

Stand by Pallars Aran Valley (first edition 1957), 'Walking Priorat' (first edition 1962), 'Stand by Segarra' (first edition 1972), 'Stand by Terra Alta' ( 1989), 'Stand by Camilla "(1990),' Walking the High Mastership '. (1991), 'Walking paths ash' (1994), Stand by Alcalatén (1996), 'Stand by Matarraña' (1996) 'Walk by the County and the Navy "(1996),' Walk for Castile '(1999)' Walking the Basque Country '(2000)' Walk through Extremadura '(2001)' Walk by Galicia '(2002)' Walk by Andalusia '(2003) 'Walking on the Costa da Morte "(2004),' Stand by Mallorca '(2005),' Stand by Aragon '(2006) and' Stand by High Country" (2007.) Technorati Tags: Josep Maria Espinas , Walking , Travel , Literature

Tags: Walking , Josep Maria Espinas , LITERATURE , Travel