Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (Matthew 5:6)

At first we felt rather disappointed. Nobody had bothered to tell us Jon Lee Anderson was not coming to the talk. All of us had made a huge effort to attend the conference and there was only one interviewer - Gervasio Sánchez- who was a real dark horse. Never ever had I imagined the shocking pics and info he kept in his laptop: the proof of so much disgrace, pain an unjustice being suffered abroad. As his talk went on, I wondered why South America, why Iraq, why had he been working for so long in faraway places...? And eventually he told us about his recent decision to stay for the next 5 years in Spain, following the controversial issue of the Spanish Civil War exhumations.
I did not agree with his disbelief in New Technologies. It is precisely because of them that alternative ways of doing journalism can be spread all over the world. We left the place convinced of the discouraging context of corruption and cowardice around us, being the media controlled by economical interests and greedy politicians. I wasn't starving any more when I took the bus home. I even felt 20 years younger thinking that there was hope of some kind if people like Gervasio do exist in the world. Congratulations for such a worthy and extraordinary working life. His incredible laptop contained hundreds of stories of broken lives who deserve at least a moment of respect and consideration from us.

A talk with Jon Lee Anderson

Jon Lee Anderson (California, 1957) wil be visiting Alicante in one of the cultural events organized by the C.A.M. entitled "El Mercado de la Verdad". Two famous journalists: Gervasio Sánchez (Córdoba, 1959) and himself, will discuss about the implications of the media and the journalists in the telling of the real truth when dealing with armed conflicts or humanitarian actions which eventually become human catastrophes.

Here's a link to a talk with Jon Lee Anderson which was recorded as a podcast (30th June, 2008), you can read the transcript while listening to the mp3. I find it an interesting warm-up activity before next Tuesday's talk in the C.A.M. We can't miss it!

You may have probably heard of wikileaks, a controversial website launched in 2006, whose main interest is expossing oppressive regimes all over the world. Julian Assange - an Australian journalist- shows himself as one of the main representatives (=director?) of this international organization which publishes anonymous submissions (also called leaks= filtraciones) preserving the anonymity of sources.

INGLÉS PARA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN- Nuevo plazo de inscripción

En su novena edición, este monográfico amplía sus horas para poder adaptarse a todo un curso académico -
DURACIÓN: 19 octubre 2010 - 20 mayo 2011
HORARIO: todos los martes y 4 viernes (18:00-20:00)en el aula 4I (4º piso)
Tasas: 213,60 € (50% F. N. y/o minusvalía acreditada)
CERTIFICACIÓN OFICIAL 60 HORAS
INFORMACIÓN y MATRÍCULA:
Secretaría de la EOI Alicante (C/ Marqués de Molins 56-58)
COMIENZO DE CLASES: martes 19 de octubre de 2010
Sesión informativa sobre el curso: martes 5 de octubre en el aula 4I
Información: dolores.alemany@ua.es

"Facebook password reset confirmation customer support"

It is the name of the new virus which is being sent to millions of Facebook users.
The e-mails of the 400 million Facebook users are the target of the computers hackers who created this virus. But don’t panic, the personal of Facebook is working in a new system of security, at the moment, they recommend you to delete e-mails which are unknown.

It is expected that hackers will be successful and that 40 millions of computers will be infected.

Beware Facebook-ers!

David Cameron is the leader of the Conservative Party and ex-Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom. He has occupied both positions since December 2005.
The Tory leader is a charismatic man and his party has focused on areas such as education, local government, poverty, unemployment and international development.Cameron presents himself as the "modernizing" leader of the Conservative Party.
He is the present Prime Minister in the UK.

cuts, cuts, cuts

The prime minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, announced today in the Congress that the salary of civil servants is going to be reduced by an average of 5 % this year and that it will not be raised in 2011; pensions will be frozen in the near exercise and the help of 2.500 Euros for birth will be suppressed from January 1. With this set of measures, which are completed by another salary cut of 15 % between the members of the Government, who knows what comes next!!!. We feel even more shocked than he looks in the photo!

We are the champions...

About 100.000 people celebrated the victory of Atletico de Madrid in the Neptune fountain after winning the European League title.
Atletico Madrid had been cursed into a slumber for ages and finally on May 12 bad luck went away.

For the first time since 1996 the team has won a recognizable title: the European League, Europe second most prestigious club competition, achieved by Atleti after beating Fulham.

Fernando Torres recently said, "Atletico fans are prisoners of a feeling, that of their colours". This has been a reward to Los Colchoneros. The next appointement for an important football final is the Copa del Rey.