20130418

Ministry sacks diplomat in Boston for closing consulate hours after bombings

Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday sacked its consul in Boston, Pablo Sánchez-Terán, for “failure to meet his consular obligations.” The decision was made after the diplomat closed the Spanish consulate office at the usual time on Monday, despite the bomb attacks at the city’s marathon having taken place just a few hours earlier.
El Pais

Ministry sacks diplomat in Boston for closing consulate hours after bombings

Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday sacked its consul in Boston, Pablo Sánchez-Terán, for “failure to meet his consular obligations.” The decision was made after the diplomat closed the Spanish consulate office at the usual time on Monday, despite the bomb attacks at the city’s marathon having taken place just a few hours earlier.
El Pais

20130417

What is meditation?

"The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well. Meditation is the road to enlightenment."
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 
Sogyal Rinpoche

 
Aprender a meditar es el mejor regalo que puedes hacerte en esta vida. Pues sólo a través de la meditación puedes emprender el viaje hacia el descubrimiento de tu verdadera naturaleza y encontrar así la estabilidad y la confianza que necesitarás para vivir, y morir, bien. La meditación es el camino hacia la iluminación"
El Libro Tibetano de la Vida y la Muerte
Sogyal Rimpoché

What is meditation?

"The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well. Meditation is the road to enlightenment."
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 
Sogyal Rinpoche

 
Aprender a meditar es el mejor regalo que puedes hacerte en esta vida. Pues sólo a través de la meditación puedes emprender el viaje hacia el descubrimiento de tu verdadera naturaleza y encontrar así la estabilidad y la confianza que necesitarás para vivir, y morir, bien. La meditación es el camino hacia la iluminación"
El Libro Tibetano de la Vida y la Muerte
Sogyal Rimpoché

Food for thought

Food for thought

Rephrasing


1. In spite of bad weather, everyone nejoyed the fair
Athough

2. She is a more imaginative chess player than her sister
She plays

3. You mustn´t touch the rocker switch, the supervisor told the men
The supervisor instructed

4.Never understimate the importance of a good family life
The importance

5.The punch was so hard that that it broke the boxer´s nose
It was

6.I closed the door and a shot rang out
Hardly

7. Brewers use hops and malt to make beer
Beer