Leo Volkov defies gravity in the Wind Games 2016 in the wind tunnel at Windoor, Empuriabrava, Spain. He won first place in Freestyle Music.
Watch the amazing action in the video below:
A selection of interesting tidbits from the Spanish media ... in English.
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Spanish Woman Who Held Peace Protest Outside The White House For 35 Years Has Died
Concepción Picciotto, who was born in Galicia, Spain and is believed to have staged the longest ever protest in United States history, has died at the age of 70 years old.
More commonly known as Connie or Conchita, the Spanish woman died in a women’s homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. on January 25 and is believed to have been 70 years of age.
She set up a tent on Lafayette Square
directly opposite the White House, and home of several Presidents of the
United States, over a period of 35 years... read the full story
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Spaniards spend less on fast food than most EU countries
According to a new study, Spaniards are only beaten by Italy in buying the least fast food in Europe.
The study was run by the EAE Business School to analyze consumption habits during 2014 and the results are now out. Reportedly each person in Spain spends on average only €42.60 a year on fast food, with only Italians spending spending less.
According to Marta Riera, author of the report, explained there are two reasons for this.
“The fast food market is smaller in Spain than in the rest of Europe, and we are also more aware of the importance of consuming healthy products; we have the Mediterranean diet, and we make less use of these kinds of places.”
While Spaniards spend less than most Europeans, they do, apparently spend more at each individual fast food restaurant visit with the average amount being €4.26, which is almost double that spent in the UK and Germany and triple that spent in the United States.
Among the various Spanish regions, three stand out for buying the most fast food - the Balearic and Canary Islands and Madrid - spending on average €98, €61 and €50 per inhabitant per year, respectively. The study attributes the higher figures to the amount of tourism in these areas. The regions that spend the least include Extremadura, La Rioja, Valencia and Aragon at between €20 and €30 a year.
During the period between 2008 and 2014, fast food spending did increase by a modest 5.73 percent, but the study sees the figure shooting up by around 50 percent in the next five years, what with economic recovery and the new and healthier fast food lines being introduced by major suppliers. Home delivery services being set up in various regions and an increase in the number of fast food establishments were also taken into account.
As to the fast food preferred by Spaniards, hamburger, pizza and sandwich joints are the most popular with McDonald's taking the lead with a 40 percent market share and around 500 restaurants all over Spain. Next in line is Burger King, the Pans & Co. sandwich chain, Rodilla and KFC. These companies rack up 74 percent of the Spanish food market.
On a more global scale, the Japanese reportedly spend the most on fast food at an average €231.35 per year per inhabitant, closely followed by Americans and Australians. Indians reportedly spend the least at an average of €9.30 per year.
Source: El Pais
Photo via Flickr by Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez/CC BY 2.0
Famous bullfighter under fire for image of himself holding his baby while fighting a bull
One of Spain’s most revered bullfighters has caused controversy for posting an image of himself holding his five-month old baby while fighting a bull.
Francisco “Fran” Rivera Ordóñez has been keeping a low profile in the bullfighting scene since suffering a severe goring from a bull on August 19th last year, the day his wife gave birth to his second child, baby Carmen... read full story on Blasting News
The following meme has resulted from the news in the media:
Monday 25 January 2016
6.3 magnitude earthquake shook up Málaga coast on Monday morning [Updated]
At 5:22 a.m. on Monday a strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude shook up the Málaga coast and was felt in other Andalusian provinces, including Almeria, Jaén, Granada and Seville.
UPDATE: A video is now included below, taken in Melilla as the earthquake struck.
The writer awoke in Fuengirola to her bed shaking and a cord on the bedroom blind knocking against the window frame. A few moments later, the bed shook again. Naturally there was little sleep after that.
The writer awoke in Fuengirola to her bed shaking and a cord on the bedroom blind knocking against the window frame. A few moments later, the bed shook again. Naturally there was little sleep after that.
It was initially reported by the National Institute of Geophysics that the intensity of the quake was 5.6. Half an hour later, they updated it to 5.9 and even later it was reported that the earthquake was at a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale. A smaller tremor was felt a few minutes later.
This is similar to what happened on January 21, when the coast was shaken up by a 4.8 magnitude quake, considered to be at that time the largest in a decade in Málaga. Now it seems the record has been broken yet again.
The epicenter of the earthquake (marked with a red star in the image above) was in the Alboran Sea between Al Hoceima and Melilla on the North African coast, at a spot close to Thursday's earthquake. It was shallow, with a depth of no more than 10 kilometers.
While the Malaga coast has had no reports of damage so far, in Melilla, where it was felt more strongly, cornice and facade damage occurred on buildings in the city, along with some landslides. Some building have no electricity.
The Diario Sur quotes Agustín Gonzalez, who hails from Málaga and works as a teacher in Melilla, as telling them early this morning:
"We had a tremendous scare. I'm dressing to go out because on the radio firefighters have recommended leaving our homes. Other teachers from the institute are without electricity and have taken to the streets with their families."
According to the Local, in Morocco a 12 year-old boy died of heart failure after suffering a panic attack during the earthquake, while a 35 year-old was injured after jumping out of a second-floor window during the quake.
Someone in Melilla managed to catch the moment the earthquake struck on video:
More about the earthquake
The epicenter of the earthquake (marked with a red star in the image above) was in the Alboran Sea between Al Hoceima and Melilla on the North African coast, at a spot close to Thursday's earthquake. It was shallow, with a depth of no more than 10 kilometers.
While the Malaga coast has had no reports of damage so far, in Melilla, where it was felt more strongly, cornice and facade damage occurred on buildings in the city, along with some landslides. Some building have no electricity.
The Diario Sur quotes Agustín Gonzalez, who hails from Málaga and works as a teacher in Melilla, as telling them early this morning:
"We had a tremendous scare. I'm dressing to go out because on the radio firefighters have recommended leaving our homes. Other teachers from the institute are without electricity and have taken to the streets with their families."
According to the Local, in Morocco a 12 year-old boy died of heart failure after suffering a panic attack during the earthquake, while a 35 year-old was injured after jumping out of a second-floor window during the quake.
Someone in Melilla managed to catch the moment the earthquake struck on video:
More about the earthquake
Source: Diario Sur
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