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Spanish News

• Unemployment in Spain Soars by 61,000 in August
  Unemployment figures in Spain have seen a rise of 61,083 in August, the first increase in four months according to a report released Thursday by the Labour Ministry. The 61,083 new unemployed or 1.56 per cent increase brings the total number of unemployed to 3,969,661. The rise has been a dent in the positive four-month trend of falling [...]
  Ana Pozuelo
• Intelligent Video Surveillance for Torrevieja
  The Vyriato (Intelligent Video and Radar Assertive Torrevieja) scheme is one which shall involved the setting up of intelligent surveillance equipment and remote control of traffic signals throughout the city of Torrevieja. It’s a bold initiative by local government with the aim of making the city a safer and more secure place to live in. [...]
  Keith Nicol
• Barcelona Already Ahead in the Title Race After Santander Win
  After scoring a sensational 34 goals in La Liga last season, it took Lionel Messi just three minutes to get off the mark this time around. The little Argentine – along with World Cup winners Andres Iniesta and David Villa – hit the back of the net in Barcelona’s 3-0 win away to Racing [...]
  Andy May
• Jose and Pep to Dominate in “Exhibition League”
  Last Season in La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid bagged an incredible 195 points between them, out of a possible 228. You can see why some people claim Spain’s top division is an ‘exhibition league’, a league which will only be won by the country’s top two teams. 2010/2011 will be all about which side [...]
  Andy May
• 1,500 People Evacuated as Huge Forest Fire Rages in Ibiza
  A huge forest fire has destroyed over 100 hectares of nature on the popular tourist holiday island of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands on Sunday. The fires forced emergency services to evacuate over 1,000 people from a beach by boat where they were celebrating an open air party as well as local residents from 40 [...]
  Gisele
• The Very Original Dancing Queen
  The Capital Theatre is situated in Rojales; a typically sleepy Spanish town engagingly close to Orihuela Costa and Torrevieja. That this 700 seat venue should be packed says much for the performance due to be staged by the celebrated Raquel Peña and her Flamenco Company. Glowing with anticipation the audience’s passion for [...]
  Michael Walsh
• Boats Back in Seville’s Plaza España
  After almost ten years of drought in the moat surrounding Plaza España in Seville, the local council have finally given in to public demand. The boats are coming back. Plaza España was built in 1928 as part of the Ibero-American exhibition and has since been one of Seville’s most famous tourist attractions. Plaza España, designed by [...]
  Barry O'Leary
• “Illegal Acts” in Shakira’s Barcelona YouTube Video
  A video posted on YouTube could cost Shakira a fine say sources at the Barcelona city council. Barcelona authorities are evaluating whether to fine Shakira for dancing with her fans in a fountain and driving a Harley Davidson without a helmet. Shakira is currently in Barcelona filming her latest videclip. The Columbian singer was dancing in [...]
  Ana Pozuelo
• Apple Store Location in Barcelona Confirmed
  After months of speculation and high hopes for Apple fans in Spain, the wait appears to be over. The first Apple store in Spain will open in September in Barcelona’s La Maquinista shopping mall according to real estate sources. Up until today, the Apple brand operated through local authorized dealerships, such as K-tuin or FNAC and the [...]
  Ana Pozuelo
• Heavy Rain in Spain Leaves Three Dead
  Three people have died in the province of Cordoba as a result of heavy rains last night, according to sources from the Guardia Civil and the Junta de Andalucia. Two people died as their SUV got washed away by a flood in the municipality of Aguilar de la Frontera, one of the worst affected areas by [...]
  Maria Sullivan

Spanish News

• Spanish News | Skyscanner Survey September 2, 2010
  Spanish resorts come in third on a recent survey about favourite places to visit in the world. One of the favourite places for tourists to visit is France and it tops the list after a survey done by Skyscanner which is a flight search engine. In second place comes the United States of America.China,Turkey and Italy are [...]
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• Alfaz del Pi | Woodland Fire September 2, 2010
  Last Thursday near Alfaz del Pi the residents of four houses between the El Romerol urbanisation and Forum Mare had to be evacuated from their homes because of a woodland fire.Also the Nostrum complex had to be eevacuated from their properties. About 5000 square metres of pine forest was destroyed but fortunately no property was destroyed [...]
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• Callosa d´En Sarria | Forest Fires September 2, 2010
  Seven hectares of countryside was destroyed last week when fire broke out at the Tossal de Molla near Callosa dÉn Sarria. Fire crews were called from as far afield as Denia and Benissa as the blaze spread towards the village. Helicopters,water planes and special vehicles were all sent speeding to the area from the regional emergency headquarters,to [...]
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• Callosa d´En Sarria | Forest Fires September 2, 2010
  Seven hectares of countryside was destroyed last week when fire broke out at the Tossal de Molla near Callosa dÉn Sarria. Fire crews were called from as far afield as Denia and Benissa as the blaze spread towards the village. Helicopters,water planes and special vehicles were all sent speeding to the area from the regional emergency headquarters,to [...]
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• Calpe | Toddler Drowns September 2, 2010
  Each year along the coast of Spain there are tragic accidents with toddlers drowning in swimming pools.This week a 3 year old boy drowned,while on holiday,in a Calpe swimming pool. You never think that your child is going to fall into the pool and drowm.However it only takes a very short period of time for these [...]
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• Benidorm | Lottery Win September 2, 2010
  Nuesta Señora de la Almudena church in Benidorm has 92 parishoners who are better off by just over 6000 euros a piece this week. The Benidorm residents won a share of the Spanish national lottery.The winning ticket was 02415 and was sold to the syndicate at the lottery office on Calle Los Almendros. Each “decimo” ticket won [...]
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• Santa Pola | Municipal Aquarium September 2, 2010
  The Santa Pola Municipal Aquarium was opened in 1983 and it houses over 50 different types of Mediterranean fauna. Its objective is to educate people about the wildlife in the sea around the Costa Blanca coastline.It covers over 700 square metres,of which only 200 square metres is designated for visitors.The rest is taken up by the [...]
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• Santa Pola | Municipal Aquarium September 2, 2010
  The Santa Pola Municipal Aquarium was opened in 1983 and it houses over 50 different types of Mediterranean fauna. Its objective is to educate people about the wildlife in the sea around the Costa Blanca coastline.It covers over 700 square metres,of which only 200 square metres is designated for visitors.The rest is taken up by the [...]
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• Cartagena | MedCup September 2, 2010
  The Cartagena ( Murcia ) leg of the Audi MedCup sailing regatta got underway last week. Artemis ,the Swedish team did well in the intial practice runs.Racing conditions were not easy for the boats and the temperatures were very high.The skipper of Artemis stressed the lightnes of the winds and the heat. The British team ,Team Origin,came [...]
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• Spanish News | Organ Transplants September 1, 2010
  Death on Spanish roads has dropped and alongside that there has of course been a drop in the number of organs available for transplantation. In Andalucia the number of organs available for donation has dropped by 10% in the first half of 2010 and the number of organ transplants performed was down by 18%.This is according [...]
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• Stats for Andalucia Travel Guide end August 2010
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Spanish News

• Reducing emergency arrival time by 10mnts can save a third of road deaths September 2, 2010
  Spanish researchers have concluded that by reducing the time between an accident taking place and the arrival of the emergency services from 25 to 15 minutes, risk of death can be reduced by one-third.
• Russian nightclub fire-starter arrested in Barcelona September 2, 2010
  A RUSSIAN businessman faces a lengthy prison service after being charged with the deaths of 156 clubbers who lost their lives in a disco fire in the city of Perm in December. Konstantin Mrykhin was a...
• Young mum charged over death of newborn twins released pending trial September 2, 2010
  A 22-YEAR-OLD girl arrested just a few hours after giving birth to twins who were found dead in her flat has been released pending trial. The judge handling the case took a statement from Francisca S...
• Capel keeps Spain in the frame September 2, 2010
  Diego Capel kept Spain in the running for a place in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs, ending the 100% record of Group 4 winners the Netherlands in the process.The Sevilla FC win...
• Spain is contender for FIFA team of century September 2, 2010
  FIFA's official analysis of the 2010 World Cup finals has suggested that Spain could be team of the century. The Iberians won the footballing extravaganza in style on African soil in July to back up t...
• U-verse offer more Spanish channels September 2, 2010
  CORPUS CHRISTI — AT&T's U-verse added 19 new Spanish language channels to its lineup, bringing the total number to 56. Among the recently added channels are Azteca America, Cine Mexicano, ...
• Spain Bond Auction Lifts Euro Ahead Of ECB September 2, 2010
  The dollar was mostly lower versus major rivals Thursday, sinking versus the European single currency ahead of the conclusion of the European Central Bank's monthly meeting later in the session.
• Spain Bond Auction Lifts Euro Ahead Of ECB September 2, 2010
  The dollar traded mostly lower Thursday, sinking against the euro as the currency market showed little reaction to the European Central Bank's decision to hold interest rates steady.
• World champions Spain the team they all want to beat September 2, 2010
  With memories of winning the World Cup still fresh, Spain play their first competitive game since South Africa against minnows Liechtenstein tonight.In a venue with a capacity of just 8,000 – 82...
• Russian wanted for night club fire held in Spain September 2, 2010
  MADRID (Reuters) - A Russian businessman who fled his country after being held responsible for the death of 156 people in a night club fire has been arrested near his home in Barcelona, Spain, police ...

Spanish

• Kathy Krajco's Attempt at Censorship December 10, 2005
• US air marshalls kill bomb alert passenger December 7, 2005
• The Wonderful Wicked WikiPedia! December 5, 2005
• Update on the Current Delay August 24, 2005
  For anyone who might miss my comment attached to the previous post, here's the text again:"Thanks everyone for your kind support! I must apologise for having been so quiet for so long. Unfortunately I have been very busy with a number of things which could not wait and, even now, I have just completed 'phase one' of redecorating our kitchen. Over the next few weeks I hope to get it together so that another podcast emerges even though, at the moment, I have to fight a path through the rubble and building materials to even get to my Mac and I only have a very vague idea of where the mixer and the mic might be."
• Downloading Older Podcasts Using iTunes July 1, 2005
  Open up iTunes and click on "Podcasts" in the left-hand pane - it should be the first item after "Library". If you can't find the "Podcasts" item you almost certainly need to update your iTunes to the latest version. Now you will either see the colourful podcast directory or a list of podcasts you have already subscribed to. In the latter case you need to click on "Podcast Directory" towards the bottom left of the right-hand pane. On the left of the right-hand pane you'll now find a search box above the words "Search All Podcasts". Using this box, type in "Really Learn Spanish" and hit [enter]/[return]. You'll now get two entries for "Really Learn Spanish" - one I believe is a mirror of sorts which does not appear to update and you'll want to avoid subscribing to it. The good one is the one that has "johan.vanrooyen@gmail.com" as the artist. Just click on the "Subscribe" button and you'll be taken to your subscriptions page or whatever it's called. The most recent podcast - currently no. 5 - will start downloading automatically. You can download the others by clicking on the "Get" button next to each individual podcast. In order to have easy access to podcasts on your iPod you first need to update your software and then go Settings>Main Menu>Podcasts>On.
• iTunes June 29, 2005
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• Keith Lard Makes a Valuable Contribution April 30, 2005
  "I've been watching a lot of Friends dubbed into Spanish, which is good because I already know who everyone is and what's going on because I've seen most of them before in English. They do speak very fast, and the deadpan delivery makes it hard to tell which bits are meant to be funny, but the canned laughter helps. I'm picking up lots and lots of little phrases and fragments, and I get excited when I understand a whole chunk at once. I think there are two skills involved in listening: the first is actually decoding a continuous stream of speech into its component words, and the second is knowing what those Spanish words mean. It's the first skill that really benefits from a lot of listening. What used to be high-speed noise seems to magically crystallise after a while into well-formed Spanish sentences. Even if you don't understand the sentences completely, you can get valuable context to help you guess the words you don't know. And as he points out, you always get things in context. Certain phrases and constructions crop up absolutely all the time, and you just learn them as blocks or templates which you can use to build sentences. If you start off by learning grammar, and you know past participles are formed by taking the infinitive stem and adding '-ado' for -AR verbs and 'ido' for -ER/IR verbs, you might have trouble remembering whether it's 'he olvidado' or 'he olvidido' for 'I forgot'. You have to remember which kind of verb the infinitive is and work forwards from there, and you could still get it wrong. On the other hand, if you listen to a lot of Spanish, you've probably heard people say 'he olvidado' a million times, and you never once heard them say 'he olvidido', so you just know. It's this 'just knowing' which gives you a big confidence boost. Words, phrases and sentences arrive in your brain fully-formed and correctly pronounced, without you having to laboriously construct them from grammatical rules and then double-check that all the adverbs agree and so on. Similarly with listening comprehension, after a while you start understanding things as blocks of meaning, not individual words. Translating word by word into English is much too slow when people are speaking at full speed - you need to hear the Spanish, understand what's being said without mentally working out an English translation, and immediately be ready to listen to the next bit. It's a little bit Zen because you need to stop trying so hard to understand and just let the sounds come in. I could liken it to Magic Eye for the ears, because it's when you stop struggling and let your subconscious brain get on with it that it suddenly happens. At first in flashes, but then in bigger and bigger chunks until you can understand whole sections of dialogue. When you're not focusing on mentally translating into English, you've got time to absorb context and body language and facial expressions which all help convey what's being said."
• Bad Editing on Really Learn Spanish 5 April 18, 2005
  Having uploaded the last cast and having listened to it (in that order!) I now realise how appalling the editing is - my apologies. I will rerecord and re-edit it and upload it again at the same time as I upload the next podcast. One of my other options was to fix it straight away which would have been the best but I have to go to work now and I anticipate a busy week ahead. The other option I discarded was to upload it next weekend, for example, but then people may think they've downloaded podcast no. six and might be disappointed or angry or whatever at discovering all they got was another version of no. five.
• Really Learn Spanish - 5 (14:56) April 17, 2005
  Third Anniversary of the 48 Hour Coup in Venezuela Dinner Table Conversation Which Books to Read (following on from Podcast 1) Dave Slusher has a Good Idea and an Invitation *** THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED First Transcript: Que hay una mano invisible: el mercado que todo lo arregla. Mentira, mentira, mil veces mentira. Claro que hay otros caminos y en Venezuela lo estamos demostrando. He tenido que aguantar las más grandes presiones internacionales, pero no me importa nada. Si algún día me toca bajar al quinto infierno para defender el pueblo bolivariano de Venezuela pues me iré al quinto infierno para defenderlo... Second Transcript: Quiero hacer un llamado, y esto es quizás lo más importante que yo quiero decir hoy. ¿Hoy es domingo, ya? ... Domingo, ¿qué fecha? ... Catorce de abril. Yo, pues he estado incomunicado en las últimas horas y no tenía ninguna información, tenía una angustia muy grande. Y lo primero y más importante que digo a todos los venezolanos es que vuelvan a sus casas, que vuelva la calma. Ustedes venezolanas, ustedes venezolanos que me adversan, pues advérsenme. Yo no puedo... trataré de que ... de hacerlos cambiar, ojalá. Pero ustedes no pueden adversar esta constitución. Porque esto es un libro para todos, es como el Popul Vuh, aquel libro de los Maya. El Popul Vuh, el libro de todos, el libro de la comunidad. Tienen que reconocer todo esto. Y sobre todo algo. Oye, no se dejen envenenar. No permitan que los envenenen, ¡con tantas cosas y tantas mentiras!
• The Next Podcast (5) April 11, 2005
  Apologies for the long delay. I have now started work on the next installment of Really Learn Spanish and it should go out by Monday the 18th. As the last podcast concentrated heavily on grammar, this time I'll talk about dinner table conversation and look at which books you might want to read in Spanish.