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Spanish News

• Marbella Welcomes Obama Family
  The visit to Marbella of the US First Lady, Michelle Obama and her youngest daughter Sasha has caused huge excitement amongst the Marbella population. The town hall of Marbella has installed a huge billboard at one of the busiest points of the N-340 road in San Pedro de Alcantara reading “Welcome Obama Family” and in smaller [...]
  Maria Sullivan
• Catalonia Bans Bullfighting “Tradition”
  The Catalan Parliament has approved a ban on bullfighting Wednesday with 68 votes in favour, 55 against and 9 abstentions. Catalunya becomes the second Spanish autonomous community to veto bullfighting, after the Canary Islands, who banned bullfighting in 1991. The citizen platform Prou! (Enough!) that collected 180,000 signatures has stated that the ban by the Catalan parliament [...]
  Fahad Majidi
• Temperatures in Spain to Increase 6ºC by 2100
  The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the Ministry of Environment have presented future projections of climate change effects in Spain. The forecasts show a general tendency for an increase in temperatures as well as a tendency for less rain. With temperatures set to rise between 3 and 6ºC, “Madrid would become like Sevilla and Sevilla like the Desert [...]
  Ana Pozuelo
• Distorted Realities of the Spanish Property Sector
  A recent article on a property website declared that the “number of internet searches by Brits for property overseas has increased exponentially in the last 12 months, according to a study conducted by an estate agent consortium”. The survey in question came from Primelocation.com showing that “June 2010 saw 151 per cent increase in the number [...]
  Maria Sullivan
• Spain’s Catalunya To Vote On Bullfighting Ban
  Lawmakers in Catalonia will vote on a bullfighting ban this week. The vote on Wednesday comes after animal rights activists collected 180,000 signatures on a petition calling for the assembly to decide on a motion on the ban. Various indications suggest that a majority of the 135 regional lawmakers are in favour of the motion. If [...]
  Fahad Majidi
• Eva Longoria Plays Host to Spanish Celebrity Couple
  Iker Casillas and girlfriend Sara Carbonero attended a dinner at Eva Longoria’s Los Angeles home. “Great dinner at my house with the crazy Spaniards @alejandrosanz and Iker Casillas, el campeon del mundo for Spain!” she wrote. Eva Longoria posted photos of the group on her Twitter and Facebook profiles. The Spanish celebrity couple are enjoying a romantic holiday [...]
  Rajat Anand
• Confirmed: Michelle Obama To Visit Marbella and Mallorca
  After days of speculation, rumours and contradicting media reports, the White House office of Michelle Obama has confirmed, the First Lady will be visiting Spain with her youngest daughter Sasha. US President Obama will not be travelling to Spain. The communiqué also confirmed an official visit to the King and Queen of Spain. “The first lady [...]
  Maria Sullivan
• Campus Party 2010 Boots Up in Valencia
  Around 3,4000 tech lovers booted up their computers today as the 14th Campus Party began in the Museo de las Ciencias in Valencia. The participants will be able to connect to the web at speeds of up to 10 GB and enjoy conferences held by tech personalities including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Bob Allen the [...]
  Sarah Sonez
• Two Spanish Students Stamped To Death at German Music Festival
  A stampede at the Love Parade, a German Music Festival, left 19 dead and 350 injured over the weekend. Among the dead are two Spanish students. The two students from Tarragona and Cambrils, both aged 22, were amongst the 19 deadly victims of the human stampede that occurred at the Love Parade music festival in Duisburg, [...]
  Sarah Sonez
• Spanish Municipalities on the Brink of Bankruptcy
  The collapse of the Spanish property sector and bad management has led to over 400 out of the over 8,000 municipalities in Spain to stop paying their water, electricity and telephone bills. According to sources from the FEMP (Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces) the next step will be that salaries will stop being paid and [...]
  Maria Sullivan

Spanish News

• Electronic Cigarette Spokesman - ‘Deadliest Catch’ Josh Harris & inLife Regal July 29, 2010
   Josh Harris is inLife’s latest e-cig spokesman Meet Josh Harris, son of the late Capt Phil Harris featured in the No.1 rated show on The Discovery Channel, ‘The Deadliest Catch’ and now an official spokesperson for the inLife Regal 2 e-cig (electronic cigarette).   Josh, who recently appeared on the Jay [...]
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• Spanish News|San Juan|Benalmadena|Ibiza July 29, 2010
  Playa de San Juan on the Costa Blanca was the scene of a tragedy last week when 6 year old boy died in a swimming pool on one of the urbanisations there.The child was pulled from a swimming pool and the emergency services did manage to bring him around.Sadly he died later in hospital at [...]
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• Alicante|Oil Slick On Beach July 29, 2010
  The Alicante beach of Albufereta was forced to close last week because of a diesel oil slick. The 50 metre slick was spotted by lifeguards when it had reached about 80 metres from the shoreline.It was approaching the shore very quickly. The lifeguards raised a red flag which warned swimmers not to go into the water and [...]
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• Spanish News|Deaths at German Music festival July 29, 2010
  Twenty young people died in a stampede at the german Music festival in Duisburg last week and two of them were Spanish. They were killed when a huge crowd of music enthusiasts ,estimated at 1.4 million attempted to gain access to the event through through a tunnel. This event is one of the largest of Europe´s electronic [...]
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• Spanish News|Deaths at German Music festival July 29, 2010
  Twenty young people died in a stampede at the german Music festival in Duisburg last week and two of them were Spanish. They were killed when a huge crowd of music enthusiasts ,estimated at 1.4 million attempted to gain access to the event through through a tunnel. This event is one of the largest of Europe´s electronic [...]
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• Benidorm|Jewish Community July 29, 2010
  Last week in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca,40 people attended a lunch at the Jewish Community Centre in the town.It will be the last meeting until September. At the luncheon was a special guest,the founder and former president of the Communidad Israelita de Alicante. The theme of the luncheon was Spanish and Spanish food was followed by [...]
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• Costa Blanca News|Lions Clubs of Benidorm July 29, 2010
  Caritas and the Lions Club of Benidorm on the Costa Blanca have asked hotels and leisure chains in the town to help them by donating non-perishable foods to the charities.There is an ever rising number of families in Benidorm that are on the poverty line and are finding it difficult to feed their families. There has [...]
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• Spanish News|The Economy July 29, 2010
  The IMF and the EU have given their full support to the Spanish government over the economic measures that they have had to take recently.However the opposition Partido Popular has not been as enthusiastic in its reception of the measures taken. The new law was passed by 168 votes for and 8 against with the  PP [...]
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• Spanish News|The Economy July 29, 2010
  The IMF and the EU have given their full support to the Spanish government over the economic measures that they have had to take recently.However the opposition Partido Popular has not been as enthusiastic in its reception of the measures taken. The new law was passed by 168 votes for and 8 against with the  PP [...]
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• Spanish News|Burquas,Bombs And Explosives July 29, 2010
  Last week in the Spanish parliament there was a surprise result when MP´s voted 131 to 129 in favour of urging the government to ban the covering of faces in public places.This would mean any headgear or any head garment which would prevent identification in a public place.The motion was brought by the Partido Popular [...]
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• La Alzambra – Forging Ahead in the Crisis!…Part 2
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Spanish News

• Torres says he's committed to spearheading Liverpool's revival July 29, 2010
  Spanish striker Fernando Torres has told Liverpool that he will shun the prospect of lucrative moves away from Anfield and is committed to spearheading the club's revival.
• Air-traffic controllers claim they have been 'forced' back to work July 29, 2010
  AROUND two-thirds of the air-traffic controllers who all went off sick at once have returned to their duties, meaning chaos and delays in airports across Spain have been dramatically reduced. But aft...
• Love Parade victims laid to rest July 29, 2010
  AROUND 200 people turned out to the funeral of Clara Zapater, who died on Saturday in a stampede at the Love Parade festival in Duisburg (Germany). Zapater, along with Marta Acosta Mendoza, both aged...
• Spanish arrest warrants for US soldiers July 29, 2010
  A Spanish judge re-issued international arrest warrants on Thursday for three US soldiers over the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq seven years ago by American tank fire.National Court judge Sa...
• Fabregas mulling Arsenal or Barcelona July 29, 2010
  Cesc Fabregas in the Arsenal jersey. (Getty Images) BARCELONA (Reuters) - Cesc Fabregas is torn between staying with Arsenal or moving back to Barcelona and has said he is still in real doubt over w...
• Spain Nearing Accord With Solar Producers on Reducing Subsidies July 29, 2010
  July 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Spanish government and solar power producers are moving toward an agreement aimed at reducing subsidies to the industry and reining in electricity prices without damaging th...
• Sailer storms to 100m gold in Barcelona July 29, 2010
  BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – German sprinter Verena Sailer produced the race of her life to win 100m gold at the European championships after a photo-finish with France's Veronique Mang on Thurs...
• Spain gives $10 million for solar power heating in hospitals July 29, 2010
  SIDON: Lebanon’s first project for solar power heating at government hospitals was launched in Sidon on Thursday, with the cooperation of the Spanish Embassy.
• Juan Antonio Roca assets start to be sold off July 29, 2010
  The Málaga Provincial Court is supervising the sale of the assets of the man at the centre of the Malaya case The sale of seven vehicles from Juan Antonio Roca’s private collection has raised just ...
• Spain judge orders arrest of US troops suspected of shooting journalist in Iraq July 29, 2010
  news archive ] in Iraq. Couso, a television cameraman, was killed in 2003 when a US tank fired into the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The 3rd Division infantrymen named in the warrant, Sgt. Shawn Gibson...

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.