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November concerts of the Jazz Festival in Malaga City:
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– Sunday 12th, 13:00, Curro Román Auditorium (Málaga East) – Carlos Sarduy & The Groove Messengers, with Carlos Sarduy (trumpet), Rolando Luna (piano), Aaron Puente (bass) and Rodney Barreto (drums). {Video Link}
17:00, Plaza de la Inmaculada (Churriana) – Anachronic, with Ana Villalba (vocals), Fali Martínez (guitar), Stefano Tomaselli (sax) and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Baca (double bass).
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SPANISH ELECTIONS
EU Has “Serious Concerns” Regarding The Legality Of The Sanchez Amnesty Plan And Delays In Responses To Earlier Information Requests Regarding The Spanish Court System: {Translation, summary}
– The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has asked the acting government for “detailed” information on the amnesty law being negotiated by the PSOE and Junts to enable the investiture of Pedro Sánchez and about which “serious concerns are expressed”. “I would be grateful if you could provide me with more detailed information, in particular on the personal, material and temporal scope of this planned law,” Reynders wrote in a letter addressed to the acting ministers of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, and Justice, Pilar Llop. Letter is below.
– “The EU cannot look the other way when the principles it claims to defend are trampled upon. The government in office is erasing justice with the stroke of a pen by amnestying convicted, prosecuted and fugitives”, said the PP spokesperson in the European Parliament, Dolors Montserrat, in a message sent to the EU executive on Tuesday. “The Spanish government in office, after pardoning those convicted, lowering the crime of embezzlement and abolishing sedition as a political payment, announces that it will give a massive political amnesty that flagrantly violates the rule of law and will cover 10-year crimes, including the embezzlement of public funds, against independent judicial decisions, in exchange for votes for the investiture”, summarised the MEP, who also reminds the EU Commission that the measure covers “terrorist organisations”, she says, such as the CDR or Tsunami Democratic. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5188702/0/bruselas-pide-explicaciones-detalladas-gobierno-espanol-por-amnistia/
Document source: https://twitter.com/AdrianVL1982/status/1722328369163837572
ANDALUCÍA
More Traffic? Vehicle registrations in Andalucía grow by 48% in October: {Translation, summary}
– In Andalucía, 14,190 vehicles were registered in October, according to data compiled by the Spanish Leasing and Renting Association (AELR). This represents an increase of 48% compared to the 9,574 cars registered in the same month last year.
– One highlight is the strong growth of operations financed by leasing, which in Andalusia have soared by 128%.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1430206/los-vehiculos-matriculados-en-andalucia-crecen-un-48-en-octubre/
AXARQUÍA
Poop Police Seeks Informers- Axarquía village cracks down on dog mess problem with confidential hotline:
– Benamargosa town hall in the Axarquía, on the eastern side of Malaga province, has announced that it is getting tough on pet owners who fail to pick up their dog’s mess. It has published a notice, signed by the mayor, Salvador Arcas, saying that the council will impose a fine of up to 500 euros on owners who don’t comply.
– The town hall has also set up two phone numbers for residents to put in “anonymous complaints” via WhatsApp to “send us photos or videos showing these dogs or their owners so we can begin the process of fining them” the notice reads. (Just wait until kids start sending in deep-fake photos of the mayor, with his dogs leaving poo on the Ayuntamiento lawn. -Ed.)
– The town hall has also launched a public awareness campaign with the message ‘You forgot something’, reminding residents that “it is mandatory to pick up your dog’s mess and pour water with vinegar or a similar product where your animal urinates”. The town hall is giving away dog poo bags in a plastic dog bone shaped holder and reminds residents that they must walk their pets “in a civilised way”. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/axarquia-village-cracks-down-dog-mess-problem-20231107182541-nt.html
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Comares will celebrate the II Campos de Cámara Region Festival on November 19: {Translation, summary}
– The day in Comares will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a free miller’s breakfast in the municipal facilities of Comares, to start at 10:30 a.m. with a walking route through the streets of the municipality and the surrounding area to discover its architectural riches and singularities, starting from the Puerta de Málaga.
– At 12:00 it will be the turn of the threshing and threshing singing demonstration at the Puerta de Málaga and at 13:00 the day will be enlivened by Comares style maragatas and verdiales singing groups, with the Arroyo Conca band. There will also be a re-enactment of a sultana pica.
– From 2:30 p.m. onwards, typical lunches will be served in local restaurants in the centre of the village. The most typical dishes of the municipality are those of the mountains, tomato soup with grapes, migas, gachas, maimones, goat, gazpachuelo and homemade local wine, bread and sweets. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/comares-celebrara-el-19-de-noviembre-la-ii-fiesta-comarca-campos-de-camara/
MALAGA CITY
Home Invasions Increase In Puerto de la Torre, Resident Patrols Ineffective Deterrent: {Translation, summary}
– Neither the patrols that the residents themselves continue to organise every night {pic} to scare off burglars nor the police presence have been enough to put an end to the burglaries in the Urbanización Puertosol, in the Puerto de la Torre neighbourhood of Málaga. The homeowners’ association has reported new burglaries that took place this past weekend.
– In the words of the residents’ spokesperson, “the burglars, who used to wear balaclavas, now walk around with their faces uncovered and with total impunity”. Residents claim that in one month they have suffered eight break-ins at their homes and three completed robberies. Meanwhile, a group of neighbours continue to go out into the streets every night with the intention of deterring those responsible for the robberies. They are aware of the risk they run by confronting thieves, but they feel “forced” to do so by the fear that the homeowners, many of them elderly, have of violent thieves accessing their homes. They fear returning to their homes and encountering, as has already happened to some, an intruder inside.
– The community has private security, but the guards have no weapons “nor can they arrest any burglars”, despite catching them breaking into the properties.
– In the words of one of the neighbours, the perpetrators of these assaults, “who are the same ones who have been acting since the summer”, have all the houses in the area “under control”. “We go out and in less than 5 minutes they are inside”, he complains. In one of the latest cases, which occurred last week, it took them just 25 minutes to “empty” a house. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/Vecinos-puerto-torre-denuncian-asalto-patrullas-vecinales_0_1846315361.html
RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA
The Rincón de la Victoria Tapa Route consolidates its digital guide linked to Google Maps with the 30 participating restaurants: {Translation, summary}
– The Tapa Route will be held from November 10 to 19 with around thirty different tapas between 2 and 3 euros, which will be awarded with close to 3,000 euros in total.
– The Mayor of Rincón de la Victoria, Francisco Salado (PP), has assured that “we are taking a fundamental step to implement the digitalisation of the Ruta de la Tapa. The aim will be to register visits to the restaurants, that can be stamped from your mobile device in future editions”.
– The participating restaurants are: Alma Playa, Avante Claro, Baluarte, Bendita Katalina, Brasería Puerto Niza, Buen Día, Casa Celia, Casa Eduardo, Casa Flores, Chambao de María, Dos Hermanos, El Camino, Jul, La aldea del Arte, La Chalaúra, La Finca, La Ola, La Taberna, La Terracita, La Vaca Lola, Las Conchas, Las Dunas, Liceo Playa, Lo de Vito, Los Curros, Marina Playa, Paladar Cubano, Pin Pam Pum Tapas, Rincón K’Naya, and Sabor a Campo.
– Tapas will range from truffled black angus niguiri, artichoke confit with Malaga Salchichón carbonara, crispy suckling goat with rosemary honey on a mini salad of lamb’s lettuce, sultanas and goat’s cheese flakes, to suckling pig and cheese ingot, Malaga Virgen glaze, crispy skin and caramelised apple, tuna in red butter with micro mix and black salt, among others. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/la-ruta-de-la-tapa-de-rincon-de-la-victoria-consolida-su-guia-digital-vinculada-a-google-maps-con-los-30-restaurantes-participantes/
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HEALTH
Drug that can halve breast cancer risk offered to 289,000 women in England: Anastrozole is to be made available to women who have been through the menopause and have family history of breast cancer. Post-menopausal women who have either seen relatives develop breast cancer at a younger age or several relatives develop it will be able to access the treatment. The NHS says that in the first instance they should visit their GP, who may refer them to a breast cancer or family history clinic. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/07/drug-that-can-halve-breast-cancer-risk-offered-to-289000-women-in-england
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Spanish women have the highest life expectancy in the OECD of 88.5 years: {Translation, summary}
– Among the 38 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Spain has the highest life expectancy in women with an average of 88.5 years, compared to the OECD average life expectancy in women which is 83 years, according to the latest report ‘Health at a Glance 2023’ published by the OECD on Tuesday with data from the year 2021.
– According to the data, life expectancy at 65 is the highest for women in Spain (23.5 years longer) and for men in Iceland (20.5 years longer). The lowest for women is in the Slovak Republic (17.1 years longer) and for men in Latvia (12.7 years longer).
– Moreover, Spain exceeds the average life expectancy of OECD countries for both men and women, with an average life expectancy of 83.3 years, second only to Japan with 84.5 years, and the OECD average of 80.3 years. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1430207/las-mujeres-espanolas-tienen-la-mayor-esperanza-de-vida-de-la-ocde-885-anos/
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Spain’s Health Services help you pay for a new treatment to quit smoking- how much does it cost, who can take it and when will it be available: {Translation, summary}
– Recigarum, a drug that broadens the range of options for quitting smoking and is now available in Spanish pharmacies. However, a doctor’s prescription is required.
– Its main active ingredient is cytisine, a plant alkaloid extracted from trees – the same as that used in Todacitan – and was used during the Second World War as a substitute for tobacco, as well as to treat illnesses such as constipation, insomnia and migraines.
– The cost of ‘Recigarum’ is 111 euros, exactly the same as the cost of Todacitan, the other smoking cessation drug in Spain. Of the total price, the patient contributes between 40% and 60%, depending on his or her income. The treatment is only financed once, i.e. there is only one quit attempt per year, for smokers with a minimum consumption of ten cigarettes per day and a high level of physical dependence.
– The treatment consists of taking one hundred 1.5 mg tablets for 25 days. First, you start with six tablets a day – every two hours – and end up taking only one. The packaging of this medicine is the only one that includes a blister pack with a visual schedule to help adherence.
Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5188529/0/sanidad-financia-un-nuevo-tratamiento-para-dejar-fumar-cuanto-cuesta-quien-puede-tomarlo-desde-cuando-estara-disponible/
TECH
The Great Digital Transition- the new learning problems after leaving manual writing: {Translation, summary}
– Keyboards, word processors, ChatGPT, voice assistants…In an era dominated by electronic devices and digital keyboards, handwriting is experiencing a marked decline, raising concerns about learning challenges affecting students of all ages. Writing and dictating on electronic devices and keyboards has become the norm, and this shift has raised concerns about students’ learning disabilities and cognitive development. Studies and experts have documented the negative consequences of this digital transition on education and cognitive development.
– Renowned author and education expert Daniel Willingham, in his book “Why Don’t Students Like School?”, argues that handwriting is an integral part of human cognition and learning. He says handwriting stimulates memory and comprehension, as it involves multiple brain processes. His research suggests that handwriting encourages the formation of stronger connections in the brain and improves information retention.
– A study conducted by Princeton University, published in the journal Psychological Science, found that students who took notes by hand during lectures performed better on comprehension tests compared to those who used electronic devices. Handwriting encouraged greater concentration and active participation in note-taking.
– To address these challenges, some educators advocate reintroducing handwriting into the curriculum, encouraging practice and handwritten note-taking. They also stress the importance of balancing the use of technology with the preservation of handwriting as a fundamental skill. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1430029/la-transicion-digital-los-nuevos-problemas-de-aprendizaje-tras-dejar-la-escritura-manual/
SCAMS
Arrested for fraud and violent burglaries of elderly people’s homes by pretending to be pregnant: {Translation, summary}
– The Mossos arrested on 1 November in the Baix Penedès (Tarragona) a woman accused of eight thefts in flats, a violent robbery, two frauds and two robberies with force in homes of the elderly, in which she pretended to be pregnant and need to drink water or use the bathroom to access the interior. According to the Mossos d’Esquadra on Wednesday, the 40-year-old woman, who has about 40 previous convictions, had a prison warrant in force on the day of her arrest, three outstanding arrest warrants and a hundred court summonses for similar offences.
– The scam: Once the victim was chosen, she would follow a victim to their home to collect information about them, such as their name, and thus initiate a minimal relationship of trust and closeness. Then, once she had gained the trust of victims, she approached them at their home and, with the excuse of being pregnant, asked them if she could come in to drink a glass of water or use the bathroom.
Once inside the house, and taking advantage of the victims’ limitations, she would steal money and jewellery. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1430096/detenida-por-estafa-y-robos-violentos-en-domicilios-de-ancianos-simulando-estar-embarazada/
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