A summary of the regional news for Andalucía from the August edition of the Seaside Gazette.
Daily Archives: August 15, 2010
NLP Life Skills
by Mette Owens •
NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. I have heard that term many times not knowing what it was exactly. So I decided to ask our own Gazette gal, Nicola Westby, to enlighten me seeing as she is a counsellor and NLP-qualified, master practitioner.
Reform in Traffic Law.
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
The Ministry of the Interior and the Traffic Department (Dirección General de Tráfico or DGT) have recently issued information regarding the new traffic laws that came into force in May.
Party, Party, Party!
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
The Seaside Gazette brings its readers the first edition of a monthly column, dedicated to resident German speakers
First Impressions Last?
by Editor •
If your daughter came home and told you she was dating a boy who had a skinhead haircut and lots of tattoos, one of which was a picture of Jack the Ripper, the masked murderer from London in the 19th century, what do you think you would say? No chance!
World Cup Hangover
by Marianne Lindahl •
I am not ashamed of admitting it: I am a soccer-crazy grandmother with a typically female approach to the game. I watched every game on television during the World Cup and I know the names and peculiarities of all eleven players in the Spanish national team La Furia Roja. Apart from the Spaniards, my favourite teams were Uruguay and Argentina.
Quite Prickly
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Adding to Axel’s last article, we just received our new drugs formulary and very reassuringly the pharmaceutical industry has made big strides in improving your health by adding 2,500 new medications over the course of the last four years. That is more than one a day, so a daily trip to your pharmacy should become part of your routine to check what is on offer.
But this month’s subject is an old one, however in a new light: childhood vaccinations.
Turismo Takkuss
by Mette Owens •
There is an exciting new business in town called Turismo Takkuss. Takkuss is the Greenlandic expression for “See you.” It is owned and run by Laust Hojbjerg, originally from Denmark, and his Moroccan wife Sofia. Since opening on June 15th, this Activity Tourism Agency has been busy steady. I spoke with Laust to learn a…
Creature Feature
by PerrosSi •
Come and get your kittens, two for the price of one or maybe I should sell them by the kilo? Just kidding! They are all outside now, playing with naughty blades of dry grass daring to sway in the breeze.
1001st Post
by Editor •
Well, we have just clicked up our thousandth post on the new Seaside Gazette website, making this article the 1001st post, which is not bad, seeing as this online version of the Seaside Gazette has only been going since April 2009 – a little over a year. At the moment we have around 1,700 visits…