Lousy deal for pregnant workers in Spain

Check out this excellent piece from Mr Mead, whose views on (international) politics may suggest it’s time he was checked into the municipal dog pound, but whose social reporting is often very good.

PSOE to legalise illegal beach developments

I’m just curious: did PSOE secretary general José Blanco know this disgraceful amendment to coastal protection legislation was going to be introduced when he purchased an illegal apartment on a Galician beach, or is this all about saving Andalusia’s socialist president for life Manuel Chaves’ illegal and still undemolished beach hotel?

LEXIS WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR SOCIALIZATION, INFORMATION AND THE EXPRESSION OF ATTITUDES

Thanks to our good friend, Anon of Andalusia, for this excerpt from the requirements for those wishing to participate in public exams in order to become a teacher (bolds and caps original): Topic 11: LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC FIELDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. LEXIS WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR SOCIALIZATION, INFORMATION AND THE EXPRESSION OF ATTITUDES. TYPOLOGY…

Comparison of Spanish and English development law and practice

Over at Charles Svoboda’s blog for Abusos Urbanísticos No. Its anonymous British lawyer author concludes that The hope is that the authorities will use [the hiatus caused by the bust] to introduce laws and controls that will respect European norms including the rights to private property, the protection of the environment, public contracts, etc. and…

On preparing an anthology of English-language nursery rhymes for a Pyrenean baby

Dead space is a newish horror survival game set on board a stricken interstellar mining ship. You play an engineer fighting a polymorphic, viral infestation which turns humans into grotesque alien monsters. Reviewing it Seth Schiesel asks: When did fear become fun? I’ve been thinking about that a lot as I’ve played Dead Space, the…