Tag: spain
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#MorningMonarchy: July 7, 2016
Fear-based politics, horse heads and dead hair + this day in history w/sliced bread and our song of the day by Ages And Ages on your Morning Monarchy for July 7, 2016.
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The Medieval Christian King Inspired by the Muslim World
“If I had been present at the Creation,” the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, “Many faults in the universe would have been avoided.”
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#MorningMonarchy: February 5, 2016
Backing bands, Eurovision and silent discos + this day in history w/United Artists and our song of the day by Choir Of Young Believers on your Morning Monarchy for February 5, 2016.
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Spain’s King to Hand over Job to His Son
from washingtonpost.com: Spain’s King Juan Carlos announced Monday that he will give up his job in favor of his son. Juan Carlos follows in the footsteps of two other heads of state. Last year, the Dutch queen and the Belgian king stepped down so their sons could take over. More surprising was last year’s decision…
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Spain becomes first country to rely on wind as top energy source
from aljazeera.com: Spain is the first country in the world to draw a plurality of its power from wind energy for an entire year, according to new reports by the country’s energy regulator and wind energy advocacy group Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE). Wind accounted for 20.9 percent of the country’s energy last year —…
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Prehistoric Cave Prints Show Most Early Artists Were Women
(Note: This is our first #MediaMatriarchy post.) from nbcnews.com: Alongside drawings of bison and horses, the first painters left clues to their identity on the stone walls of caves, blowing red-brown paint through rough tubes and stenciling outlines of their palms. New analysis of ancient handprints in France and Spain suggests that most of those…
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#PumpUpThaVolume: Episode007 – Walked On The Water
“♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫” on @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode007 – Walked on the Water was recorded live on RevereRadio.net and features brand new #SongOfTheDay sounds from Lower Dens, Mirel Wagner, Pontiak, Chicha Libre, Light Asylum, Glen Hansard, Jennifer Castle, Diamond Rugs, Spain, DIIV, MaLLy, Congo Sanchez and Black Mountain… because it can’t be…
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gmo cultivation drops in eu, except in spain and portugal
from food freedom: In the European Union, only eight countries (out of 27) commercially grow GMOs. Cultivations, however, decreased steadily since 2009, except in Spain and Portugal this year, where there is a slight increase. A brief overview of the different official data is collected below. In Spain and Portugal, plantings of genetically modified Bt…
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Ratzinger Visit Triggers Violent Protests In Madrid
Tens of thousands were in the streets Wednesday night, to protest their tax dollars being used to host the leader of the Catholic church. The scene turned violent in short order, with police and angry youths clashing openly in the streets.
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sonic, burger king now serving hamburgers, fries & beer
from christian post: “I’ll take the number one, with fries and a…beer?” That’s right, a new item that fast food chains are experimenting with, in a limited number of locations, is the selling of alcohol in some restaurants. Two Sonic restaurants in South Florida, one in Miami and the other in Fort Lauderdale, will begin…
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e.coli won’t have ‘significant impact’ on organic food industry
organically grown food leading to added health concerns from bloomberg: A deadly E.coli outbreak that is being blamed on sprouts grown without chemicals probably won’t dent people’s support for the organic food industry in the long term, according to London-based analyst Organic Monitor. The outbreak has killed 22 and made 2,263 people ill, according to…



