Data from Spain’s Health Ministry showed a total of 525,549 cases as of Tuesday, including 29,516 deaths. In comparison, France has recorded 367,174 total infections and 30,732 deaths, while Britain has 352,451 total cases, including 41,643 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracking project. … [Read more...] about Spain Leads Western Europe With 500K Coronavirus Infections
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Ashleigh Barty will not defend her French Open title, announces she will not travel to Europe
The French Open is normally the second major in the tennis calendar year, traditionally beginning in late May and ending in early June. This year's tournament was moved because of the coronavirus and now starts later this month. Wimbledon was canceled because of the pandemic earlier this year. … [Read more...] about Ashleigh Barty will not defend her French Open title, announces she will not travel to Europe
Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school
The demand now is that online education becomes standardized with an official digital learning program that will help students keep up with the coursework at least through December, during the first trimester of the academic year. They also say that laptops and other equipment should be handed out to narrow the technology divide between families. … [Read more...] about Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school
Spain heads back to school, but the pandemic is exposing inequality
Worse still, if classes can't be run safely, parents' association representative Morillas worries that public school students may be forced to return to online learning. She fears that would leave them lagging behind their peers in private schools which may be able to stay open. … [Read more...] about Spain heads back to school, but the pandemic is exposing inequality
Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about the taste of wine
It’s not surprising that French words dominate the American wine imagination; most of this country’s wine tradition is imported from France. But these terms carry considerable class baggage with them. Some of the most common wine descriptors refer specifically to food preparations from the annals of classical French gastronomy: pate de fruit (a jellied fruit candy), coulis (a fruit sauce), fleur de sel (very fancy salt). To understand these tastes, it’s not enough to enter the words into Google translate — it actually requires a lived experience of Michelin-starred dining. It took me years of hearing “pate de fruit” in a wine context before I could actually find one to taste. … [Read more...] about Wine’s diversity issue starts with the way we talk about the taste of wine
