November 06, 2015 Storms, winds, lash Texas, search for 2 missing to continue The Weather Service said it had tracked other possible twisters on Saturday in or near La Porte and Friendswood, near Houston. Two people are confirmed dead and two others are missing as severe storms plagued Central and Southeast Texas on Friday. November 06, 2015 England lose two wickets in 284 run chase Shah had Ben Stokes stumped in the next over for 12 to spark celebrations in the field as Pakistan Read more [...]
Injury Bug Affects Miami in the Long Term The Dolphins were a relatively healthy team going into their Week 8 matchup with New England.  You can't say the same thing about their Week 9 matchup with Buffalo, as the injury bug hit the Dolphins hard in their loss to the Patriots, and they will feel the ramifications for some time to come.  James suffered a toe injury against the Patriots and will miss Sunday's game against Buffalo. He posted a picture on his Instagram account Read more [...]
Google would like to wish the residents of Galicia, Spain a happy Clitoris Day! Wait, what?! A town hall situated in northwestern Spain was left in shock after an error on Google Translate turned their wholesome, nutritious celebration into a more x-rated event. The town of As Pontes, Galicia, celebrates its annual Rapini Festival in honor of the luscious, leafy green vegetable better known as broccoli rabe in the US. This spinach-like veggie is often served steamed, stewed, or seasoned Read more [...]
Representatives of Magrama and ACERGA agree quota exchange. (Photo: Magrama) Change in quotas allows horse mackerel fishery reopening SPAIN Friday, November 06, 2015, 01:50 (GMT + 9) After holding discussions with representatives of the Association of Read more [...]
The particular vegetable, a local delicacy, is known as grelo. In As Pontes, in the north of Spain, grelo grows in abundance, serving as one of the main ingredients for all of the town’s delicious food. It meant the town’s “Feria do grelo” or rapini festival – held every February with tastings and awards for the best grelos – became “Feria clitoris” in Spanish. However, people in Galicia speak a mixture of languages, with a few using the local Galician language and others the countrywide Read more [...]

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As local organizers sought to promote next year's festival, which will take place February 15, town hall staff relied on Google Translate to give them the Spanish language translation of "Feria do grelo" (Rapini Festival) on the town's website, The Local, reports Spain's La Voz de Galicia.The Guardian added that the translated announcement read, in part: "The clitoris is one of the typical products of Galician cuisine". Rapini, a traditional Galician dish, is a subspecies of turnip and is the southern Read more [...]
Spanish Town Celebrates 'Clitoris' Festival, Thanks To Google Translate Error Details Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 06:55 "The clitoris is one of the typical products of Galician cuisine - according to an embarrassed town after a Google Translate mishap. The annual event is held to celebrate the rapini, a green cruciferous vegetable where the edible parts are the leaves, buds, and stems. The buds somewhat resemble broccoli, but do not form a large head. With the Read more [...]
Grelo, if you haven't heard, is a leafy green vegetable that resembles spinach. In As Pontes, in the north of Spain, grelo grows in abundance, serving as one of the main ingredients for all of the town's delicious food.Since Galician grelo is grelo (or los grelos) in Spanish, we're none the wiser as to where the tiller comes in. That wouldn't be unfortunate, really, but it is because Galician isn't Castilian Spanish.What should have read "Feira do grelo" (Rapini Festival) actually went up as "Feria Read more [...]
A town in northwestern part of Spain has been embarrassed after Google Translate committed a mistake, promoting its local festivity as 'Clitoris Festival.' Local officials appear serious in filing an official complaint against Google.(Photo : Justin Sullivan | Getty Images) It seems that Google has just embarrassed residents of the Galician-speaking town As Pontes, located in the northwest region of Spain, as Google Translate mistakenly promoted a local culinary festival as a "clitoris Read more [...]

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