The word of the day ...LEG

Tottenham was overpowered (dominado)  by Real Madrid in the first LEG of their Champions League quarter-final.



Barcelona produced a Champions League masterclass as they took a giant stride towards the semi-finals by crushing Shakhtar Donetsk at the Camp Nou

Barca must still survive the second leg in Ukraine on Tuesday to complete their passage into the last four and if they do, they will almost certainly meet their great rivals Real Madrid, who dismantled Spurs 4-0 in their first leg.

The word of the day ...RISE

Short use example: Japan nuclear radioactivity rises

Another one: Sea Level rises As temperatures rise


The words of the day the last days were
                                            Obama says war not for regime change

                                             Fatal blast in a army factory
                                            Guau! She looks stunning
                                            Today is a wonderful day everything are going to be all right, I’m upbeat
                                            The match resumes (starts again) after the break.
                                            Witnesses from Japan and Libya are telling to foreign media
                                            Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races
                                            There are many long queues in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass                                           
                                            Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                            Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                                            Earthquake: (- hits japan)
                                            Protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )
                                            Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day ...REGIME

Short use example: political regime is the form of government.

Another one: Obama says war not for regime change


The words of the day the last days were
                                            Fatal blast in a army factory
                                            Guau! She looks stunning
                                            Today is a wonderful day everything are going to be all right, I’m upbeat
                                            The match resumes (starts again) after the break.
                                            Witnesses from Japan and Libya are telling to foreign media
                                            Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races
                                            There are many long queues in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass                                           
                                            Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                            Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                                            Earthquake: (- hits japan)
                                            Protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )
                                            Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day ...BLAST

Short use example: Fatal blast at arms factory


Another Barajas was the last ETA bomb blast .., I think


The words of the day the last days were

                                         Guau! She looks stunning
                                         Today is a wonderful day everything are going to be all right, I’m upbeat
                                         The match resumes (starts again) after the break.
                                         Witnesses from Japan and Libya are telling to foreign media
                                         Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races
                                         There are many long queues in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass
                                         Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                         Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                                         Earthquake: (- hits japan)
                                         Protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )
                                         Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day ...STUNNING

Short use example: A stunning performance from the Red Bull's Pilot who did a perfect race with a pole-to-flag victory


Another one: guau!!!!!!!!!!!!! she looks stunning (Extremely impressive and attractive)


The words of the day the last days were

                                         Today is a wonderful day everything are going to be all right, I’m upbeat
                                         The match resumes (starts again) after the break.
                                         Witnesses from Japan and Libya are telling to foreign media
                                         Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races
                                         There are many long queues in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass
                                         Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                         Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                                         Earthquake: (- hits japan)
                                         Protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )
                                         Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day ...UPBEAT

Short use example: Ferrari upbeat for Australian GP

Another one: Today is a wonderful day everything are going to be all right, I’m upbeat


The words of the day the last days were

                                                      The match resumes (starts again) after the break.
                                                      Witnesses from Japan and Libya are telling to foreign media
                                                      Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races
                                                      There are many long queues today in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass
                                                      Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                                      Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                                                      Earthquake: (- hits japan)
                                                      Protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )
                                                      Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day today is ….RESUME

Short use example: Work resumes at Japan nuclear plant


Another one: The match resumes (starts again) after the break.

The words of the day the last days were

                                                Witnesses from Japan and Libya are all day speaking to foreign media

                                                Fake Rain for more entertainment F1 races

                                                There are many long queues today in tokio supermarkets, lines of people waiting for water glass

                                                Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final

                                                Back (Verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia

                                                Earthquake: (- hits japan)

                                               Arabic protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )

                                               Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day today is ….FAKE

Short use example:

Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone says

there is growing support for using sprinkler systems to wet (fake rain) F1 tracks in order to make races more entertaining.



Another one:

Some academies sells fake pilot licenses...this is a illegal issue



The words of the day the last days were:

                                      Witnesses from japan and libia are all day speaking to foreign media

                                      Queue: there were many long queues today in Tokyo supermarkets
                                      
                                      Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal

                                      Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia
                             
                                      Earthquake: (- hits japan)

                                     Arabic protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )

                                     Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day today is ….WITNESS

Short use example: The Witness was there and told to the police everything she saw


Another one: Witnesses from japan and libia are all day speaking to foreign media




The words of the day the last days were


                       QUEUE: There are many long queues today in tokio supermarkets

                       Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                       Back  (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia

                       Earthquake: (- hits japan)

                      Arabic protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )

                       Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)

The word of the day today is... QUEUE

Short use example:         (no so short today)

An old woman, in a Tripoli bank a couple of weeks ago.
There were two long queues - one line of people for men and one for women. She stood in the men's queue.
The men urged her to move to the women's section. "Why?" she challenged.
A man told her: " this line is for men, women is the other one".
She loudly replied: "No. All the men are in Benghazi." Con dos …

There are many long queues in tokio supermarkets and gasolineras after the earthquake                         




The words of the day the last days were

                                                           Beat (verb): Sporting Beats Almeria or Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells final
                                                     
                                                           Back (verb): U.N. Baks a no–fly zone over libia

                                                           Earthquake: (- hits japan)

                                                           Arabic protesters ( - in egipt and túnez )

                                                           Radioactive leak (- in nuclear japanish plant)
                                                     

mushrooms in asturias

this is my first stroll or walk in forest looking for mushrooms




suddenly a little city appeared in front of us

this one was like chocolate

there were a lot of theses red ones with white dots



 
 ARI was crazy



 
 More cities



 
 And more



 
 The pink one





 
 Mira la castaña de encima para ver lo grande que era



 
 Estas si no estabas atento las pisabas sin darte cuenta





 
 esta me hizo gracia

esta es la típica guapa que ye mas mala que..., había mogollón

estas eran chiquitinas y estaban en un tronco

 esta parecia que estaba al reves

al final pillamos unas pocas de chantarelas que eran las que supimos reconocer ...y ...

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A few key facts about City Hall

A few key facts about City Hall (http://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall/the-building)

From how high it is to who was involved in building it, here are a few key facts about City Hall:
desde la altura hasta quien lo hizo, aqui van unas cuantas caracteristicas sobre el ayto londres

Height of the building:Altura del edificio
45m

No. of floors: nº de plantas
10 floors above the ground 10 plantas sobre rasante

Gross floor area: superficie construida
185,000 sq ft/18,000 sq m (approx)

Net lettable floor area: superficie útil
130,000 sq ft/12,000 sq m (approx)

Steelwork: acero
Structural frame - 2100 tons estructura de acero
Reinforced - 1950 tons armaduras

Concrete (core): hormigón (CORE?)
13,100 sq m (lo mide en superficie?)

Cladding:
7,300 sq m of triple glazed low emissivity coated clear glass, incorporating shading devices

Heat insulation: aislamiento térmico
Average value= 0.7-0.8 W/m_.k valor medio

Angle of glass front inclination: ángulo inclinación frente vidrio
31 degrees

Diameter of circular glass facade: diámetro de fachada vidrio circular
45m

Environmental strategy: estratgia medioambiental (sostenibilidad)
Windows open for natural ventilation, bore hole water cooling, heat recovery, displacement ventilation system, no chillers required
Las ventanas abren para ventilación natural, geotermia, recuperación de calor, sistema de ventilación desplazado, no se necesitan enfriadores de agua

Energy consumption: Consumo energético
Energy consumption for the GLA's environmental systems is less than half levels in DETR good practice office guide. El consumo eléctrico del sistema sostenible del ayto es menor que la mitad de los niveles de la guia de las buenas practicas en oficinas del ministerio de ambiente
The radical shape of the building minimses the surface area (approx 25 per cent less than an equivalent rectangular building). It is self shading and the high performance facade ensures excellent energy efficiency.

Electrical consumption:
Greatly reduced as a result of using cold ground water instead of refrigeration to air condition the building. Saving use of mains water, the water is extracted through two bore holes from the water table beneath London and is used to cool the building and is then used for flushing the toilets.
Muy reducido como resultado del uso del frio del agua del subsuelo en vez de refrigeradores para el aire acondicionado. El agua se extrae a través de dos tubos perforados del agua del nivel freatico bajo londres y se usa para el frio del aire y luego para las cisternas de los sanitarios.

Architect:
Foster and Partners

Construction Managers:
MACE

Structural, services, facade, fire, communications and acoustics engineers:
Arup & Partners

Cost consultants:
Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green & Wall

Landscape architects:
Townshends

GRAnada GRAfiti

esta a mi me recordó a luna


y este el que mas le gusto a ari
































aqui se ve mejor pero esta foto no es mia








el viejo de abajo a la izquierda no es grafiti es reflejo de la ventanilla del bus



estos no son todos los que vimos... ni siquiera los mejores,
solo son parte de los que se vinieron en la cámara.
y si no mira lo que he encontrao en la red


Noche Vieja 2010. GRANADA.

que sea un buen año...al menos ya empezó bien,
especial dedicatoria a los colegas canarios

sadly I put the "quitometro" out

I've stopped my last attempt to give up smoking
Say... on Tuesday the 1st-dec-10
54 weeks have past since I gave up smoke the 15th nov-09
I've saved 1.300€ aprox.

Apologize, to people whose trust in me but...
I promise you start a new attempt very soon.
I hope this one will be the last.
...maybe not.

Only in 12 days...
I smell smoke
my clothes too
I have whooping cough.
Tobacco's sold at bars...(more coffee more beer more money)


Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow ...
I'll try to give up it again
so I'm going to celebrate it at balcony...
smooking a cigarette...
or maybe two.

business lenguage to go. " job interview"

this is the best I've ever found at web to learn English
you can download MP3 with different courses
you can also download the scripts of the courses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/talkaboutenglish/2009/02/090211_tae_bltg.shtml

the very best I've ever seen

I started with the course "business language" and at the first class was JOB INTERVIEW
there were the most important chunks of language (frases como hechas) I learnt
thank you for coming
did you get here all right? llegaste bien? has encontrado bien el camino...algo asi.
make yourself comfortable ponte cómodo
move up the ladder ascender en el curro
do you feel supported by your team? te sientes arropado por tu equipo?
if you faced this situation...what would you do? si te enfrentas a esta situación...qué harías?
I'm strongly motivated and a very much self started fuertemente motivado y con mucha iniciativa
I firmly believe that I've people skills firmemente convencido de que tengo habilidades personales
highly committed fuertemente comprometido
good team player que trabaja bien en equipo
that's pretty much all I want esto es todo lo que queria preguntarte ...de buen rollito

paella recipe

Last weekend we arranged to meet some friends at the Llamón (Ana parent’s home in town)
Unfortunately it was raining on Saturday morning
And they decide not to come.
It was a pity
But…we also had lunch an dinner
So I did the same paella that I had thought at first.
And I’m going to tell you how I did the paella…
(To keep going on practice with my English, so please correct me if I'm wrong)

I asked Mary for garlic, onion, pepper and tomato source.
Then I got out to buy all the rest of the products I need for good meat paella.
A bag of mushrooms, half a rabbit, half a chicken, Half a kilo of pork (another day I translate it to pounds), a sausage packet
I also bought the rice of course, and a couple of white Galician wine, and bear for the cooker.
When I looked for a “paellera” (a large shallow pan with two handles), I found nothing in all the LLamón,
Then I realize I need something circular and big to cook the paella too.
So I got out (again) to get the kitchen stuffs.
I got it in a local store, a 40cm diameter ring, with connect tube to the butane gas cylinder.

Now, yes…I got it, unbelievable!

First the stock, so I put in a pan, one leek, onion, carrot and a bit of pumpkin, salted water with a bit of olive oil…I boil it for 20 minutes.
At the same time I prepare the outside kitchen stuff, and I put it below the stairs because it was probably raining again.

I lighted the ring and put on the pan with a bit of olive oil.
Then diced the vegetables, next I brown it.

After doing it I put the vegetables out and I began to fry the meat, first the sausage and pork

Rabbit and chicken the next


Finally I mix everything into the pan and added the tomato source and the stock.
I counted the stock mugs I put it because the race is in function of the stock.
When the stock was boiling I took the race in the pan. I put 4 mugs of rice and 9 mugs of stock

And I waited


This was the final result.

I'd like you to meet my kitchen assistant

More to follow...

biarch

I’m glad and surprised looking at this web
http://www.biarch.eu/web/guest/theinstitute/facilities
It’s a institution set up by architects and backed by public and private capital
(ayuntamiento BCN – Caixa Cataluña - zona franca-universidad-COAC)
They are the most important trust (patrocinadores) or the only ones
It’s in a middle way between school and company
It’s made up to speak about architecture
They have a master’s degree programme too
I imagine it costs a lot

What clever this Catalans are!!!!!!!!
Really I’m green with envy…
I like them.

relative pronouns and adverbs

I like people who are honest.
She's reading a book which makes her laugh
The boy whom you met is my cousin (No se debe usar mucho o nada)
Her room is one whose door is locked
She is in the room the door of which is locked
I don't understand what you're saying
He said he's lazy which is true (perezosa)
The day when he arrived his family wasn't there
We live in a place where the sun shines
I don't know why he's so angry

technical vocabulary

affordable; asequible
bargain; ganga, oferta con mucho descuento
blueprints; planos, proyecto
budget; presupuesto
building site; solar
even numbers; numeros exactos
faucet; grifo
feature; caracteristicas
flat lot; parcela llana
foot; pie (0,3 m aprox)
fundation; cimentacion
furnace; caldera
house red; vino de la casa
in the red; en números rojos
inch; pulgada (2,54cm)
lot; parcela
overrun; exceso
overspending; gastizo
plumbing; fontaneria
plug; enchufe
shape; forma
square foot; pie cuadrado (0,3*0,3 m2 aprox)
story; planta (piso de un edificio)
wasted material; desperdicio de material