Le vita utile del Station Spatial se extendera usque 2020.

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Le paises que participa in le mantenimento del Station Spatial International approbava le extension de su periodo de vita utile, annunciava le chef del programma de volos con personas a bordo del agentia spatial russe, Alexéi Krasnov.

“Le operation del station ha essite extendite usque 2020, e le moneta es disponibile pro continuar su functionamento”, diceva Krasnov in un conferentia de pressa, accentuante que ben que le operationes del station se trovava programmate originalmente pro terminar in 2016, il non habera ulle necessitate pro accordos additional pro mantener lo in functionamento usque 2020.

Le socios principal in iste projecto es le Statos Unite e Russia. Canada, Japon, le Union Europee. E, plus recentemente, le Brasil e Ukrania anque ha state a participar in le programma.

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La vida útil de la Estación Espacial se extenderá hasta 2020.

Los países que participan en el mantenimiento de la Estación Espacial Internacional aprobaron la prórroga del plazo de su vida útil, anunció el jefe del programa de vuelos tripulados de la agencia espacial rusa, Alexéi Krasnov.

“La operación de la estación ha sido prorrogada hasta 2020, y se asignarán fondos para que continúe su funcionamiento”, dijo Krasnov en una rueda de prensa, subrayando que aunque las operaciones de la estación estaban programadas originalmente para terminar en 2016, no habrá necesidad de acuerdos adicionales para mantenerla en funcionamiento hasta 2020.

Los socios principales en este proyecto son los Estados Unidos y Rusia. Canadá, Japón, la Unión Europea. Y, más recientemente, Brasil y Ucrania también han estado participando en este programa.

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The useful life of the Space Station will be extended until 2020.

The countries participating in the maintenance of the International Space Station have approved the extension of its period of useful life, announced the head of human spaceflight program of the Russian space agency, Alexei Krasnov.

“The operation of the station has been extended until 2020, and funds have been allocated to continue its operation,” Krasnov said at a news conference, stressing that although the operations of the station were originally scheduled to end in 2016, there will be no need for additional agreements to keep it operating until 2020.

The key partners in this project are the United States and Russia. Canada, Japan, the European Union. And, more recently, Brazil and the Ukraine have also been participating in this program.

Un equipa de linguistas de Harvard sta a documentar le linguas maya.

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Parlante anglese fluentemente ma con un accento legier, Pedro Mateo, qui travalia in le facultate del linguistica del Universitate Harvard e cuje lingua native es le q’anjob’al, un lingua maya que sta a devenir extincte, diceva que quando ille esseva un puero, il habeva insignias ubique sur le muros de su schola dicente “Non parla linguas native”.

Quando ille esseva un puero (e, tristemente, mesmo nunc!) iste linguas esseva symbolos del povressa e de culturas primitive. Le professores de su schola voleva que lor studentes usava solmente le espaniol proque on lo considerava le lingua del progresso e del prosperitate.

“Le major parte de nos voleva evitar le discrimination”, diceva Mateo, addente que mesmo pro parlatores native del linguas maya, lor uso mesmo nunc pote portar un “connotation negative”.

Nunc, con le professor de linguistica Maria Polinsky e plure collegas sue in su laboratorio, Mateo sta a adjuvar a preservar, promover, e comprender melio le linguas del familia maya.

In maio e un altere vice in junio, Mateo e altere membros del laboratorio linguistic visitara Mexico e Guatemala pro colliger datos sur le grammatica e le architectura del linguas ch’ol, chuj, e q’anjob’al.

Linguistas experte como Polinsky e su equipa explora le designo e le structura de linguas in un effortio pro comprender como e pro que certe linguas es simultaneemente multo differente e multo simile. Le studios de linguas como iste dialectos maya adjuva a explicar como functiona le cerebro human mesme.

In le America Central, iste equipa de Harvard travaliara con communitates local pro observar e registrar le linguage de infantes e le manieras que lor patres parla con illes. Adultos sovente parla de manieras assatis differente con infantes que con altere adultos in omne le culturas del mundo, e le linguistas de iste equipa vole cognoscer como iste linguage special adjuva un infante a apprender su lingua materne.

“Sovente on crede que parve infantes parla de un maniera simple e incorrecte”, diceva Jessica Coon, un membro del equipa de Polinsky. “Ma le errores que illes face es consistente e pote inseniar nos multo sur le structura del linguas que illes apprende a parlar--e anque sur le structura general del linguage human.”

Un secunde componente de lor travalio involve le “ergativitate”, un characteristica universal in le linguas maya que es multo differente de lo que on trova in le linguas europee.

“Le ergativitate es un maniera de codificar lo que es subjectos e objectos accusative in le linguas europee”, diceva Polinsky. Illa offereva un exemplo de un traduction de duo asseverationes maya: “Me iva. Io comprava café.”

“Illes ha duo manieras de dicer ‘io’ que se associa directemente con verbos como ‘vader’ e ‘comprar’”, diceva illa.

In ultra, in le major parte del linguas maya le prime parola de un asseveration es un verbo, un characteristica in circa 10% de nostre linguas.

Pro studiar le ergativitate mayan, Polinsky e su equipa disveloppa un serie de picturas create con le adjuta de un artista maya que monstra plure scenas.

In un designo, un serpente morde un pullo. Al latere de illo, un pullo morde un serpente. Le linguistas monstra iste picturas a un varietate de personas e tunc face sonar un asseveration in maya ambigue. Illes tunc nota le preferentia de lor subjectos e le quantitate de tempore que illes necessitava pro seliger un pictura in vice del pictura alternative.

“Nos sta a essayar a determinar lor preferentias inter iste serie de picturas”, dice Polinsky. Lor preferentias nos insenia multo sur le structura de lor lingua.”

Le equipa ha un certe sentimento de urgentia in su travalio. Il ha nunc 30 linguas maya que se parla, ma le numero de iste linguas se reduce rapidemente. In 1976 il habeva circa 50.000 parlatores de Chuj, pro exemplo. Il nunc ha solmente circa 40.000.

Ultra acquirer nove cognoscimentos sur le linguas maya e le linguistica in general, le membros de iste equipa anque spera inspirar le communitates de mayas in le quales illes travalia. Per inseniar a lor informantes a colliger e traducer le datos linguistic que illes collige, iste linguistas spera inspirar in illes un sentito de feritate, demonstrante a illes que lor linguas es vehiculos importantissime de communication.

Polinsky diceva que illa e su equipa spera que lor exemplo de studiar seriemente le linguas de iste gente les inspirara a recognoscer le valor de illos e a preserver los.

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A team of Harvard linguists is documenting the Mayan languages.

Speaking English fluently but with a slight accent, Pedro Mateo, who works at the department of linguistics at Harvard University and whose native language is Q’anjob’al, a Mayan language that is becoming extinct, said that when he was a boy, there were signs everwhere on the walls of his school saying “Don’t speak native languages.”

When he was a boy (and, sadly, even now) these languages were symbols of poverty and and of primitive cultures. The teachers at his school wanted their students to use only Spanish because it was considered the language of progress and prosperity.

“Most of us wanted to avoid discrimination,” Mateo said, adding that even for native speakers of the Mayan languages, their use even now can carry a “negative connotation.”

Now, with the linguistics professor Maria Polinsky and several of her colleagues in her laboratory, Mateo is helping to preserve, promote, and better understand the languages of the Mayan family.

In May and once again in June, Mateo and other members of the linguistics laboratory will visit Mexico and Guatemala to collect data on the grammar and the architecture of the Ch’ol, Chuj, and Q’anjob’al languages.

Expert linguistis such as Polinsky and her team explore the design and the structure of languages in an effort to understand how and why certain languages are simultaneously very different and very similar. The studies of languages like these Mayan dialects help explain the workings of the human brain itself.

In Central America, this Harvard team will work with local communities to observe and record the language of children and the ways their parents speak with them. Adults often speak in rather different ways with children than with other adults in all the cultures of the world, and the linguists on this team want to find out how this special language helps a child learn his mother tongue.

“It is often believed that little children speak in a simple and incorrect way,” said Jessica Coon, a member of Polinsky’s team. “But the errors that they make are consistent and can teach us a lot about the structure of the languages that they are learning how to speak--and also about the structure of human language in general.”

A second component of their work involves “ergativity” a universal characteristic in the Mayan languages that is quite different from what is found in European languages.

“Ergativity is a way of codifying subjects and accusative objects in European languages,” said Polinsky. She offered an example of a translation of two Mayan sentences: “Me went. I bought coffee.”

“They have two ways of saying ‘I’ that are associated directly with the verbs ‘to go’ and ‘to buy’,” she said.

Also, in most of the Mayan languages the first word of a sentence is a verb, a characteristic of about 10% of our languages.

To study Mayan ergativity, Polinsky and her team are developing a series of pictures created with the help of a Mayan artist that show several scenes.

In one drawing, a snake bites a chicken. At its side a chicken bites a snake. The linguists show these pictures to a variety of people and then play an ambiguous Mayan sentence. They then note the preference of their subjects and the amount of time that they need to select one picture over the other one.

“We are trying to determine their preferences between this series of pictures,” Says Polinsky. “Their preferences teach us a lot about the structure of their language.”

The team has a certain sense of urgency about its work. There are now thirty Mayan languages that are spoken, but the number of these languages is rapidly going down. In 1976 there were about 50,000 speakers of Chuj, for example. There now are only about 40,000.

Beyond getting new knowledge about the Mayan languages and linguistics in general, the members of this team also hope to inspire the Mayan communities in which they are working. By teaching their informants to collect and translate the linguistic data that they are collecting, these linguists hope to inspire in them a sense of pride, showing them that their languages are important vehicles of communication.

Polinsky said that she and her team hope that their example of studying seriously the languages of these people will inspire them to recognize their value and to preserve them.

Le conservative Partito Popular ha facite le ganios le plus grande in le electiones local espaniol.

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Con le 72% del votos contate, le conservative Partito Popular ha emergite como le ganiator del electiones municipal regional celebrate iste domenica in Espania con le 37,07% del votos.

Le governante Partito Socialiste Obrero Espaniol ha perdite con le 27,82% del votos.

In su prime valoration del resultatos, le vicesecretaria del Partito Popular, Ana Mato, lo qualificava como “Un grande victoria electoral”.

“Si on confirma iste datos, on parlarea de un nove epocha politic in Espania”, diceva Mato in un conferentia de pressa.

In iste electiones regional, le Leve Unite ha 5,88 pro cento del votos, le Nationalistas Moderate Catalan de Convergentia e Union ha un 4,26 pro cento, e le Coalition Independentista Basc Bildu ha un 2,36 pro cento.

Le electiones habeva loco in le presentia del pression de milles de manifestantes “ultragiate”, concentrate desde ante un septimana in le principal placias del pais pro exiger un regeneration politic.

Ben que multes timeva que ille protestas se reflecterea in un plus grande abstention inter le votantes que le traditional, le Ministerio del Interior ha indicate que le taxa de participation esseva 63,31 pro cento, un pauco plus grande que illo registrate in le electiones de 2007.

Iste electiones local se observa como un proba pro le electiones general, que habera loco in martio del proxime anno. Illos es le primes a nivello national que se celebra post le grave crise que affice Espania desde 2008 e pare reflecter un falta de confidentia in le governamento de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

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El conservador Partido Popular ha hecho las mayores ganancias en las elecciones locales españolas.

Con el 72% de los votos escrutados, el conservador Partido Popular se perfila como el ganador de las elecciones municipales y regionales celebradas este domingo en España con el 37,07% de los votos.

El gobernante Partido Socialista Obrero Español marcha atrás con el 27,82%.

En su primera valoración de los resultados la vicesecretaria del Partido Popular, Ana Mato, lo calificó de “una gran victoria electoral”.

“De confirmarse estos datos se estaría hablando de una nueva etapa política en España”, dijo Mato en una rueda de prensa.

En estas elecciones regionales, la Izquierda Unida tiene un 5,88 por ciento de los votos, los Nacionalistas Moderados Catalanes de Convergencia i Unió tienen un 4,26 por ciento y la Coalición Independentista Vasca Bildu tiene un 2,36 por ciento.

Las elecciones se realizaron en la presencia de la presión de miles de manifestantes “indignados”, concentrados desde hace una semana en las principales plazas del país para exigir una regeneración política.

Aunque muchos temían que esas protestas se reflejaran en una mayor abstención entre los votantes que la tradicional, el Ministerio del Interior ha indicado que la participación fue del 63,31 por ciento, ligeramente mayor a la registrada en las elecciones del 2007.

Estos comicios locales se observan como un ensayo para las generales, previstas para marzo del próximo año. Son los primeros a nivel nacional que se celebran tras la grave crisis que afecta a España desde 2008 y parecen reflejar una falta de confianza en el gobierno de José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero.

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The conservative Popular Party has made the biggest gains in the local Spanish elections.

With 72% of the vote counted, the conservative Popular Party has emerged as the winner of the municipal and regional elections held this Sunday in Spain with 37.07% of the vote.

The ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party lost out with 27.82% of the vote.

In an initial assessment of the results, the Deputy Secretary of the Popular Party, Ana Mato, called it “a great electoral victory.”

“If these results are confirmed, we are talking about a new political era in Spain,” said Mato in a press conference.

In these regional elections, the United Left has 5.88 percent of the vote, the moderate Nationalist Catalan Convergence and Union Party has 4.26 percent, and the Bildu Basque Separatist Coalition has 2.36 percent.

The elections were held in an enviroment of pressure from thousands of “outraged” demonstrators, who had gathered together for a week in the main public squares in the country to demand a political regeneration.

Although some feared that the protests would be reflected in a higher than usual abstention rate among voters, the Ministry of Interior has indicated that the turnout was 63.31 percent, slightly higher than in the 2007 election.

These local elections are seen as a dress rehearsal for the general elections scheduled for March next year. They are the first ones at a national level held after the serious crises that have affected Spain since 2008 and seem to reflect a lack of confidence in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s government.

Mandela retorna al loco ubi ille viveva durante su infantia.

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Le ex-presidente de Sudafrica Nelson Mandela ha retornate desde su residentia in Johanesburgo a Qunu, in le provincia del Cabo Oriental, ubi ille passava le prime annos de su vita.

Mandela, de 92 annos, viagiava desde le aeroporto in un convoy de dece e duo vehiculos, accompaniate per un equipa medic complete post que emergeva timores sur su sanitate al comenciamento de iste anno, quando ille esseva transportate al hospital a causa de un infection respiratori acute.

Le presidente sudafrican, Jacob Zuma, diceva que ille se trovava satisfacite que Mandela se trovava sufficientemente ben pro viagiar.

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Mandela regresa al lugar donde pasó su infancia.

El ex presidente de Sudáfrica Nelson Mandela ha vuelto desde su residencia in Johannesburgo a Qunu, en la provincia del Cabo Oriental, donde pasó los primeros años de su vida.

Mandela, de 92 años, viajó desde el aeropuerto en un convoy de doce vehículos, acompañado por un equipo médico completo después de que se suscitaran temores sobre su salud a principios de este año, cuando fue llevado al hospital por una infección respiratoria aguda.

El presidente sudafricano, Jacob Zuma, dijo que estaba satisfecho de que Mandela estuviera lo suficientemente bien como para viajar.

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Mandela returns to the place where he lived as a child.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has returned from Johannesburg to Qunu, a small town in the Eastern Cape where he grew up.

Mandela, 92 years old, traveled from the airport in a convoy of twelve vehicles, accompanied by a full medical team after fears were raised about his health earlier this year when he was taken to hospital for an acute respiratory infection.

South African President Jacob Zuma said he was happy that Mandela was well enough to travel.

Enorme manifestation antinuclear in Suissa

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Plus que 20.000 personas in Suissa prendeva parte in le manifestation anti-nuclear le plus grande in le pais in decadas.

Le marcha habeva loco presso le Kernkraftwerk Beznau, un del usinas nuclear le plus vetule de Suissa e de Europa.

Le activistas exige le clausura de cinque reactores nuclear de Suissa, dicente que omnes es vetule e non se conforma con le requirimentos de securitate moderne.

Le governamento suisse suspendeva omne le planos pro construer nove usinas nuclear post le crise in le usina de Fukushima, in Japon. Le mercuridi illo facera un annuncio sur le futuro del energia nuclear in le pais.

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Enorme manifestación anti nuclear en Suiza

Más de 20.000 personas en Suiza tomaron parte en la manifestación anti nuclear más grande en el país en décadas.

La marcha se realizó cerca del Kernkraftwerk Beznau, una de las plantas nucleares más antiguas de Suiza y de Europa.

Los activistas exigen el cierre de cinco reactores nucleares de Suiza, diciendo que todos son viejos y no cumplen con los requisitos de seguridad modernos.

El gobierno suizo suspendió todos los planes para construir nuevas centrales nucleares después de la crisis en la planta de Fukushima, en Japón. El miércoles se hará un anuncio sobre el futuro de la energía nuclear en el país.

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Huge anti-nuclear demonstration in Switzerland

More than 20,000 people in Switzerland took part in the largest anti-nuclear demonstration in the country in decades.

The march took place near the Beznau Kernkraftwerk, one of the oldest nuclear plants in Switzerland and Europe.

The activists are demanding the closure of five Swiss nuclear reactors, saying that all of them are old and do not meet modern safety requirements.

The Swiss government suspended all plans to build new nuclear plants after the crisis at the plant in Fukushima, Japan. On Wednesday it will make an announcement on the future of nuclear energy in the country.

Le numero de votatantes in le electiones espaniol esseva plus grande que lo que on sperava.

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Le participation de votantes in le electiones municipal e regional que habeva loco iste domenica in Espania augmentava un 1,7% sur illos de 2007, secundo le Commission Electoral.

On timeva que il haberea un basse participation a causa del effecto del mobilisationes massive de discontentos durante le ultime septimana.

Le manifestantes, qui exprimeva un rejection al classe politic actual e exige un “profundisation” del democratia, ha dicite que illes mantenera su campamento in le placia Puerta del Sol de Madrid pro un altere septimana.

On spera que iste electiones debilitara le governante Partito Socialiste de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, que on considera responsabile pro le profunde crise economic e le profunde nivello de disempleo, le plus grande de lo que on cognosce como le zona euro.

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El número de votantes en las elecciones españolas fue mayor de lo esperado.

La participación de votantes en las elecciones municipales y regionales que se realizan este domingo en España aumentó un 1,7% respecto a las de 2007, según la Comisión Electoral.

Se temía que hubiera baja participación por el efecto de las movilizaciones masivas de descontento durante la última semana.

Los manifestantes, que expresan un rechazo a la clase política actual y exigen una “profundización” de la democracia, han dicho que mantendrán su campamento en la plaza Puerta del Sol de Madrid por una semana más.

Se espera que estas elecciones debiliten al gobernante Partido Socialista de José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero, a quien se responsabiliza por la profunda crisis económica y el alto desempleo, el mayor de la llamada zona euro.

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The number of voters in the Spanish elections was higher than expected.

Voter turnout in municipal and regional elections taking place this Sunday in Spain increased by 1.7% compared to 2007, according to the Electoral Commission.

It was feared there would be a low turnout because of the effect of last week’s massive demonstrations of discontent

The protesters, who expressed a rejection of the current political class and demand a “deepening” of democracy, have said they will maintain their camp in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol plaza for another week.

It is hoped that these elections will weaken the ruling Socialist Party of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who is considered responsible for the deep economic crisis and high unemployment, the largest of the so-called euro zone.

Obama diceva que le Statos Unite poterea mandar altere attaccos como illo que occideva bin Laden.

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Le presidente del Statos Unite, Barack Obama, assecurava que ille mandarea un operation simile a illo que terminava in le morte de Osama bin Laden si un altere leader militante esseva trovate in Pakistan.

Ben que le Statos Unite es consciente del soveranitate de Pakistan, diceva Obama, su pais non poterea permitter le culmination de planos active contra le interesses vital del Statos Unite sin prender alicun action.

Le morte de bin Laden a manos de fortias statounitese in un citate Pakistani le 2 de maio ha causate un certe tension in le relationes inter le duo alliatos.

Obama anque diceva que ille recognosceva que serie conversationes con le talibanes poterea esser necesse finalmente pro terminar le violentia in Afghanistan.

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Obama dijo que los Estados Unidos podría ordenar otros ataques como el que mató a bin Laden.

El presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, aseguró que ordenaría una operación semejante a la que terminó en la muerte de Osama bin Laden si otro líder militante fuera encontrado en Pakistán.

Aunque los Estados Unidos es conciente de la soberanía de Pakistán, dijo Obama, su país no podía permitir la culminación de planes activos contra los intereses vitales de los Estados Unidos sin tomar alguna acción.

La muerte de bin Laden a manos de fuerzas estadounidenses en una ciudad paquistaní el 2 de mayo ha causado una cierta tension en las relaciones entre los dos aliados.

Obama también dijo que reconoció que serias conversaciones con los talibanes podrían ser necesarias en última instancia para poner fin a la violencia en Afganistán.

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Obama said the United States could order other attacks like the one that killed bin Ladin.

The U.S. president, Barack Obama, said he would order an operation similar to that which ended in the death of Osama Bin Laden if another militant leader was found in Pakistan.

Although the United States is aware of the sovereignty of Pakistan, Obama said, his country could not allow the finalization of plans against the interests of the United States without taking any action.

Bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. forces in a Pakistani town on May 2 has caused a certain tension in the relationship between the two allies.

Obama also said he recognized that serious talks with the Taliban could finally be needed to ultimately stop the violence in Afghanistan.