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Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party....
After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room.
Those who remained talked about their kids.
The first guy said, 'My son is my pride and joy. He started working at a
successful company at the bottom of the barrel.
He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb
the corporate ladder and now he's the president of the company. He became
so rich that he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday.'
The second guy said, 'Darn, that's terrific! My son is also my pride and joy..
He started working for a big airline, then went to flight school to become a pilot.
Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of
its assets He's so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.'
The third man said: 'Well, that's terrific! My son studied in the best universities
and became an engineer.
Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire..
He also gave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his
birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion.'
The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from
the restroom and asked: 'What are all the congratulations about..?'
One of the three said: 'We were talking about the pride we feel for the
successes of our sons... How about you..?'
The fourth man replied: 'My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper
at a nightclub.'
The three friends said: 'What a shame... What a disappointment.'
The fourth man replied: 'No, I'm not ashamed. He's my son and I love him...
And he hasn't done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and he
received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top
of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends.'
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This bulletin presents estimates of the quantity bought (volume) and amount spent (value) in the retail industry for the period 30 June 2013 to 27 July 2013. Unless otherwise stated, the estimates in this release are seasonally adjusted.
Users are reminded that the figures contained within this release are estimates based on a monthly survey of 5,000 retailers, including all large retailers employing 100 people or more. The timeliness of these retail sales estimates, which are published just two weeks after the end of each month, makes them an important early economic indicator. The industry as a whole is used as an indicator of how the wider economy is performing and the strength of consumer spending.
Most recent month on a year earlier | Most recent 3 months on a year earlier | Most recent month on previous month | Most recent 3 months on previous 3 months | |||
Amount spent (Value) | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||
Quantity bought (Volume) | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | ||
Value excluding automotive fuel | 4.9 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | ||
Volume excluding automotive fuel | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
In July 2013, the quantity of goods bought in the retail industry (volume) increased by 3.0% compared with July 2012. The amount spent (value) increased by 4.9% over the same period. Since July 2012, non-seasonally adjusted data show that the prices of goods sold in the retail industry (as measured by the implied price deflator) increased by 1.8%. More information on how the implied price deflator is calculated can be found in the background notes.
To enable a comparison of change, figure 1 shows the quantity of goods bought in the retail industry (all retailing sales volumes) and the amount spent (all retailing sales values) as indices referenced to 2010.
Both the volume and the value of retail sales grew steadily between January 2004 and January 2008. The volume of retail sales grew by 10.6%, while the value of retail sales increased by 13.8%. The difference between these two figures was due to price increases, with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increasing by 8.1% over the four years. Average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) increased by 14.6% over the same period, implying that real household earnings were increasing.
Between January 2008 and July 2013 (the most recent month for which data are available), the volume of retail sales grew by just 4.0%, with the majority of the growth coming from the latest 6 months. At the same time, the value of retail sales rose by 17.2%, CPI increased by 19.2% and average weekly earnings (excluding bonuses) increased by 10.6% (although these data are only available up to June 2013). This highlights the extent to which prices have grown since the onset of the economic downturn as well as the squeeze felt on households' real income.
The retail industry is divided into four retail sectors:
Predominantly food stores (supermarkets, specialist food stores, and sales of alcoholic drinks and tobacco);
Predominantly non-food stores (non-specialised stores, textiles, clothing & footwear, household goods, and other stores);
Non-store retailing (e.g. mail order, catalogues and market stalls);
Stores selling automotive fuel (petrol stations).
In July 2013, for every pound spent in the retail industry:
42 pence was spent in food stores;
41 pence in non-food stores;
6 pence in non-store retailing and
11 pence in stores selling automotive fuel.
Using these as weights, along with the year-on-year growth rates, we can calculate how each sector contributed to the total year-on-year growth in the quantity bought.
Figures 2 and 3 show the contribution of each sector to the quantity bought (volume) and amount spent (value) in retail between July 2012 and July 2013.
In July 2013, all the main sectors: food stores; non-food stores; non-store retailing and petrol stations, contributed to the increase in quantity bought (volume).
Sales within the food and non-store retailing sectors provided the largest contribution to the increase in quantity bought (volume) in the retail industry in July 2013.
In the non-food sector, sales within department stores increased by 3.1% in July 2013 compared with July 2012. Over the same period, sales within textiles, clothing & footwear increased by 1.4%.
In July 2013, all the main sectors: food stores; non-food stores; non-store retailing and petrol stations, contributed to the increase in amount spent (value). The main contribution came from the food sector.
In July 2013 the quantity bought in food stores increased by 2.1% compared with July 2012. This is the highest growth since April 2011. Over the same period the amount spent increased by 5.7%. This is the highest growth in the amount spent since September 2011. Even though the prices of goods sold in this sector increased by 3.4% compared with July 2012, feedback from supermarkets suggested that the sunny weather boosted sales across a range of products, including food, alcohol, clothing and outdoor items.
Figure 4 shows average weekly spending within the food sector over the last 6 years (seasonally adjusted). This indicates that average weekly spend within food stores (supermarkets) has increased steadily over the last 6 years, and has reached the highest value on record in July 2013.
In the July 2013 four week reporting period, the amount spent in the retail industry was £27.9 billion (non-seasonally adjusted). This compares with £34.2 billion in the June 2013 five week reporting period and £26.6 billion in the July 2012 four week reporting period.
This equates to an average weekly spend of £7.0 billion in July 2013, £6.8 billion in June 2013 and £6.7 billion in July 2012.
Average weekly spending online (internet sales values non-seasonally adjusted) in July 2013 was £586.6 million. This was an increase of 10.7% compared with July 2012.
The amount spent online accounted for 9.5% of all retail spending excluding automotive fuel.
As expected, more was spent online in the non-store retailing sector than any other sector. Spending online now accounts for 63.7% of total spending in this sector. In the food sector 3.2% of spending was online. This sector has the lowest proportion of online spending in relation to all spending.
Internet sales estimate how much was spent online through retailers across all store types in Great Britain. Figures are non-seasonally adjusted and the reference year is 2010=100. Table 2 shows the year-on-year growth rates for total internet sales by sector and the proportion of sales that each sector makes to total internet sales.
Category | Year on year growth % (Value NSA) | Proportion of total sales made online |
All retailing | 10.7 | 9.5 |
All food | 10.3 | 3.2 |
All non-food | 7.0 | 7.8 |
Department stores | 25.9 | 8.8 |
Textile, clothing & footwear stores | 8.0 | 9.5 |
Household goods stores | -5.6 | 5.3 |
Other stores | 1.2 | 7.3 |
Non-store retailing | 13.9 | 63.7 |
Percentage change over 12 months | Average weekly sales (£ billion) | ||||
Quantity bought (volume) | Amount spent (value) | Average store price | |||
Predominantly food stores¹ | 2.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | |
Predominantly non-food stores² | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | |
Non-specialised stores³ | 3.1 | 2.2 | -0.9 | 0.5 | |
Textiles, clothing & footwear stores | 1.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |
Household goods stores | -2.3 | -2.8 | -0.5 | 0.6 | |
Other stores | 4.8 | 4.3 | -0.4 | 0.9 | |
Non-store retailing | 18.1 | 17.7 | -0.1 | 0.4 | |
Fuel stores | 1.5 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | |
Total | 3.0 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
Table 4 illustrates the mix of experiences among different sized retailers. It shows the distribution of reported change in sales values of businesses in the RSI sample, ranked by size of business (based on number of employees). This table shows, for example, that the largest retailers, with 100 or more employees, reported an average increase in sales values of 5.0% between July 2012 and July 2013. In contrast smaller retailers employing 10 to 39 employees reported an average increase in sales of 6.1%.
Number of employees | Weights (%) | Growth since July 2012 (%) |
100+ | 78.2 | 5.0 |
40-99 | 2.5 | 24.8 |
10-39 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
0-9 | 12.6 | -1.3 |
The reference table, Business Analysis (18.5 Kb Excel sheet) , shows the extent to which individual businesses reported actual changes in their sales between July 2012 and July 2013. The table contains information only from businesses that reported in July 2012 and July 2013. Cells with values less than 10 are suppressed for some classification categories; this is denoted by n.a. Note that 'large' businesses are defined as those with 100+ employees and 10–99 employees with annual turnover of more than £60 million, while 'small and medium' is defined as 0–99 employees.
Improvements to be introduced next month
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What's New
The results from the annual seasonal adjustment review have been implemented in this month's release.
Understanding the data
Quick Guide to the Retail Sales Index (116.9 Kb Pdf)
Interpreting the data
The Retail Sales Index (RSI) is derived from a monthly survey of 5,000 businesses in Great Britain. The sample represents the whole retail sector and includes the 900 largest retailers and a representative panel of smaller businesses. Collectively all of these businesses cover approximately 90 per cent of the retail industry in terms of turnover.
The RSI covers sales only from businesses classified as retailers according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC 2007), an internationally consistent classification of industries. The retail industry is division 47 of the SIC 2007 and retailing is defined as the sale of goods to the general public for household consumption. Consequently, the RSI includes all Internet businesses whose primary function is retailing and also covers Internet sales by other British retailers, such as online sales by supermarkets, department stores and catalogue companies. The RSI does not cover household spending on services bought from the retail industry as it is designed to only cover goods. Respondents are asked to separate out the non-goods elements of their sales, for example income from cafeterias. Consequently, online sales of services by retailers, such as car insurance, would also be excluded.
The monthly survey collects two figures from each sampled business: the total turnover for retail sales for the standard trading period, and a separate figure for sales made over the Internet. The total turnover will include Internet sales. The separation of the Internet sales figure allows an estimate relating to Internet sales to be calculated separately.
Definitions and explanations
The value or current price series records the growth since the base period (currently 2010) of the value of sales 'through the till' before any adjustment for the effects of price changes.
The volume or constant price series are constructed by removing the effect of price changes from the value series. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is the main source of the information required on price changes. In brief, a deflator for each type of store (5-digit SIC) is derived by weighting together the CPIs for the appropriate commodities, the weights being based on the pattern of sales in the base year. These deflators are then applied to the value data to produce volume series.
The implied deflator or the estimated price of goods is derived by dividing the non-seasonally adjusted value and volume data to leave a price relative. In general, this implied price deflator should be quite close to the retail component of the CPI. More information on the implied price deflator can be found in the Quick Guide to Retail Sales (116.9 Kb Pdf) .
Use of the data
The value and volume measures of retail sales estimates are widely used in private and public sector organisations both domestically and internationally. For example, private sector institutions such as investment banks, the retail industry itself and retail groups use the data to inform decisions on the current economic performance of the retail industry. These organisations are most interested in a long term view of the retail sector that can be obtained from year-on-year growth rates. Public sector institutions use the data to assist in informed decision and policy making and tend to be most interested in a snapshot view of the retail industry, which is taken from the month-on-month growth rates.
Information on retail sales methodology is available in Retail Sales Methodology and Articles.
1. Composition of the data
Estimates in this statistical bulletin are based on financial data collected through the monthly Retail Sales Inquiry. The response rates for the current month reflect the response rates at the time of publication. Late returns for the previous month's data are included in the results each month. Response rates for historical periods are updated to reflect the current level of response at the time of this publication.
Overall response rates (%) | |||
Period | Turnover | Questionnaire | |
Jul | 91.6 | 63.8 | |
Jun | 96.7 | 77.3 | |
May | 98.9 | 79.5 | |
Apr | 98.9 | 78.0 |
2. Seasonal adjustment
Seasonally adjusted estimates are derived by estimating and removing calendar effects (for example Easter moving between March and May) and seasonal effects (for example increased spending in December as a result of Christmas) from the non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) estimates. Seasonal adjustment is performed each month, and reviewed each year, using the standard, widely used software, X-12-ARIMA. Before adjusting for seasonality, prior adjustments are made for calendar effects (where statistically significant), such as returns that do not comply with the standard trading period (see section Methods, Calendar effects), bank holidays, Easter and the day of the week on which Christmas occurs.
The data collected from the retail sales survey estimate the amount of money taken through the tills of retailers; these are non-seasonally adjusted data. These data consist of three components:
trend which describes long-term or underlying movements within the data;
seasonal which describes regular variation around the trend, that is peaks and troughs within the time series, the most obvious in this case being the peak in December and the fall in January;
irregular or 'noise', for example deeper falls within the non-seasonally adjusted series due to harsh weather impacting on retail sales.
To ease interpretation of the underlying movements in the data, the seasonal adjustment process estimates and removes the seasonal component to leave a seasonally adjusted time series consisting of the trend and irregular components.
In the non-seasonally adjusted retail sales index we see large rises in December each year and a fall in the following January, but these are not evident in the seasonally adjusted index. This peak in December is larger than the subsequent fall but the trend and irregular components in both months are likely to be similar, meaning that the movements in the unadjusted series are almost completely as a result of the seasonal pattern.
3. Calendar effects
The calculation of the RSI has an adjustment to compensate for calendar effects that arise from the differences in the reporting periods. The reporting period for July 2013 was 30 June 2013 to 27 July 2013, compared with 1 July 2012 to 28 July 2012 the previous year. Table 6 shows the differences between the calendar and seasonally adjusted estimates.
Year on year percentage change | ||
Value | Volume | |
Calendar adjusted | 4.7 | 2.8 |
Seasonally adjusted | 4.9 | 3.0 |
1. Basic quality information
The standard reporting periods can change over time due to the movement of the calendar. Every five or six years the standard reporting periods are brought back into line by adding an extra week. For example, January is typically a four-week standard period but January 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002 and 2008 were all five-week standard periods. The non-seasonally adjusted estimates will still contain calendar effects. If the non-seasonally adjusted estimates are used for analysis this can lead to a distortion depending on the timing of the standard reporting period in relation to the calendar, previous reporting periods and how trading activity changes over time.
The non-seasonally adjusted series contain elements relating to the impact of the standard reporting period, moving seasonality and trading day activity. When making comparisons it is recommended that users focus on the seasonally adjusted estimates as these have the systematic calendar related component removed. Due to the volatility of the monthly data, it is recommended that growth rates are calculated using an average of the latest three months of the seasonally adjusted estimates.
When interpreting the data, consideration should be given to the relative weighted contributions of the sectors within the all retailing series. Based on SIC 2007 data, total retail sales consists of: predominantly food stores 41.5%, predominantly non-food stores 41.3%, non-store retailing 5.7% and automotive fuel 11.5%.
2. Standard errors
The standard error of an index movement is a measure of the spread of possible estimates of that movement likely to be obtained when taking a range of different samples of retail companies of the same size. This provides a means of assessing the accuracy of the estimate: the lower the standard error, the more confident one can be that the estimate is close to the true value for the retail population. An approximate 95% confidence interval for the index movement is roughly twice the standard error. The paper 'Measuring the accuracy of the Retail Sales Index' (1.04 Mb Pdf) , written by Winton, J and Ralph, J (2011) reports on the calculation of standard errors for month-on-month and year-on-year growth rates in the RSI as well as providing an overview of standard errors and how they can be interpreted.
The standard error for year-on-year growth in all retail sales volumes is 0.7%. This means that the year-on-year growth rate for all retail sales volumes falls within the range 0.3 ± 1.4% with a probability of 95%.
The standard error for month-on-month growth in all retail sales volumes is 0.4%. This means that the month-on-month growth rate for all retail sales volumes falls within the confidence interval -0.1 ± 0.8 with a probability of 95%.
3. Summary quality report
A Summary Quality Report (114 Kb Pdf) for the RSI.
This report describes, in detail the intended uses of the statistics presented in this publication, their general quality and the methods used to produce them.
4. Revisions triangles
Revisions to data provide one indication of the reliability of key indicators. The table below shows summary information on the size and direction of the revisions made to the volume data covering a five-year period. Note that changes in definition and classification mean that the revision analysis is not conceptually the same over time. A statistical test has been applied which has shown that the average revision in month-to-month statistics are not statistically different from zero.
A spreadsheet giving these estimates and the calculations behind the averages in the table is available on the ONS website.
Revisions between first publication and estimates twelve months later (percentage points) | ||||
Growth in latest period (per cent) | Average over the last five years (mean revision) | Average over the last five years without regard to sign (average absolute revision) | ||
Latest three months compared with previous three months | 1.8 | -0.27 | 0.36 | |
Latest month compared with previous month | 1.1 | -0.13 | 0.40 |
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One day, I ventured out onto our city pier here in Venice, Florida, for a little snook fishing. When pursuing beach snook, one need not travel far, for they are at the water's lip, feasting on the backwash of sand fleas, which are little round crabs that resemble an armadillo with the legs of a flea.
I've learned that if you really want to catch a monster snook, nothing beats fresh-caught herring. So, after filling a bucket with a half-dozen of the baitfish, I grabbed my 7-foot rod, baited up and lowered my line down into the surf. My bait wasn't in the water more than a minute and bam, fish on! Into the pilings it went, around the barnacles and out the other side. Fish gone; not on.
In 20 minutes, I had fed a number of snook, but had nothing to show for it but an empty bait bucket, so I headed out to the middle of the pier with my sabiki rig to catch more bait. I spent over an hour filling two buckets with tasty herring.
Armed with my bounty, I went back to my snook spot, rigged another herring and lowered it to the water. Soon, from under the pier, a shadow appeared. Slowly circling its prey, this snook had to be at least 30 inches long. With a flash she engulfed my offering. This one was mine! She charged up the shoreline, leaped out of the water and darted for the rocks under the pier. I tightened the drag and played her for close to a half-hour before she began to tire. I finally hoisted her from the water, hand over hand, praying my line wouldn't break from the strain. At last, there she was at my feet for all to admire.
Despite my accomplishment, I was about to learn a valuable lesson. Never keep your line tight when unhooking a fish, especially a big one with lots of fight! Trying to look professional to the circle of tourists who had gathered around me, I grabbed the snook by its slippery lip and tried to disgorge the hook. I should have opened the bail on my rod and kept the line loose, but hindsight is 20/20, and I did not.
The snook flipped, shook her head and released that 3/0 circle hook all by herself. The onlookers glared at me in utter amazement.
I was pointing out that I was going to release the fish when I realized what had shocked them. As I picked up the snook, I saw a strange, out-of-focus object in front of my face. I turned to drop the fish over the pier and noticed my rod was following me and there was a burning sensation in my nose.
Somehow, the hook had rebounded straight from that fish's mouth to enter one side of my nose and come out the other. No wonder all those around me looked disgusted! I quickly cut the line and grabbed a handful of ice cubes. I placed the cubes on my nose till it was numb, took out my wire cutters and snipped the end of the hook to pull it out. Wow, people pay money for body piercing and this fish gave me one for free—payback time, I guess.
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Almería | |||
Motto: «Muy noble, muy leal y decidida por la libertad ciudad de Almería» (Very noble, very loyal and determined towards freedom, city of Almeria) |
Coordinates: 36°50′25″N 2°28′05″W / 36.84028°N 2.46806°WCoordinates: 36°50′25″N 2°28′05″W / 36.84028°N 2.46806°W | |||
Country | Spain | ||
Region | Andalusia | ||
Province | Almería | ||
Comarca | Comarca Metropolitana de Almería | ||
Founded | 955 | ||
Founded by | Abd-ar-Rahman III | ||
Government | |||
• Body | Ayuntamiento de Almería | ||
• Mayor | Luis Rogelio Rodríguez-Comendador Pérez (PP) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 296.21 km2 (114.37 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 27 m (88,58 ft) | ||
Population (2012) | |||
• Total | 191,443citation needed | ||
Demonym | almerienses, urcitanos | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 04001-04090 | ||
Area code(s) | (+34) 950 | ||
Vehicle registration | AL | ||
Website | http://www.aytoalmeria.es (Spanish) |
Almería (/ˌælməˈriːə/; Spanish: [almeˈɾi.a]) is a city in Andalusia, Spain, situated in the southeast of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.
Almería originated with the need for a better defence system that the Arab towns in the area had. It was Abd-al-Rahman III who founded the Alcazaba (the Citadel), which gave this city its name: Al-Mariy-yat (the Watchtower).1
The city was founded by Calipha Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba in 955 AD. It was to be a principal harbour in his extensive domain to strengthen his Mediterranean defences.
Its Moorish castle, the Alcazaba of Almería, is the second largest among the Muslim fortresses of Andalusia, after the Alhambra.
In this period, the port city of Almería reached its historical peak. After the fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Almería continued to be ruled by powerful local Muslim Taifa emirs like Jairan, the first independent Emir of Almería and Cartagena, and Almotacin, the poet emir. Both Jairan and Almotacin were fearless warriors, but also sophisticated patrons of the arts. A silk industry, based upon plantings of mulberry trees in the hot, dry landscape of the province, supported Almería in the 11th century and made its strategic harbour an even more valuable asset.
Contested by the emirs of Granada and Valencia, Almería experienced many sieges, including one especially fierce siege when Christians, called to the Second Crusade by Pope Eugene III, were also encouraged to attack the Muslim 'infidels' on a more familiar coast. On that occasion Alfonso VII, at the head of mixed forces of Catalans, Genoese, Pisans and Franks, led a crusade against the rich city, and Almería was occupied in October 1147.
Within a decade, however, Almería had passed to the control of the puritanical Muslim Almoravid emirs, and not until the late 15th century did it fall permanently into Christian hands. The city surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando and Isabel, on December 26, 1489.
The 16th century was for Almería a century of natural and human catastrophes; for there were at least four earthquakes, of which the one in 1522 was especially violent, devastating the city. The people who had remained Muslim were expelled from Almería after the War of Las Alpujarras in 1568 and scattered across Spain. Landings and attacks by Berber pirates were also frequent in the 16th century, and continued until the early 18th century. At that time, huge iron mines were discovered and French and British companies set up business in the area, bringing renewed prosperity and returning Almería to a position of relative importance within Spain.citation needed
During the Spanish Civil War the city was shelled by the German Navy, fact reaching London and Paris' press about the "criminal bombardment of Almería by German planes".2 Almería surrender in 1939, being the last Andalusian capital city to fell into Francoist forces.
In the second half of the 20th century, Almería witnessed spectacular economic growth due to tourism and intensive agriculture, with crops grown year-round in massive invernaderos – plastic-covered "greenhouses" – for intensive vegetable production.
After Franco's death and popular approval of the new Spanish Constitution, the people of southern Spain were called on to approve an autonomous status for the region in a referendum. While the referendum were approved with 118,186 votes for and 11,092 votes against in Almería province,3 an absolute majority of all 279,300 registered electors was needed, and the result in Almería was just 42%. The Government impugned the result,citation needed and Almería remained part of the present autonomous region of Andalusia.4
Main sights
- The Alcazaba, a medieval fortress that was begun in the 10th century but destroyed by an earthquake in 1522. It includes a triple line of walls, a majestic keep and large gardens. It commands a city quarter with buildings dressed in white colours, of Muslim-age aspect.
- Almería air raid shelters, underground galleries for civilian protection during the Spanish Civil War, nowadays, the longest in Europe open for tourists.
- The Cathedral has a fortress-like appearance due to its towers, merlons and protected paths, created to defend it from Mediterranean pirates. Originally designated as a mosque, it was later converted into a Christian church, before being destroyed in the 1522 earthquake. In the 16th century it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style, whilst keeping some of its defensive features.
- Renaissance church of Santiago, built in 1533, with tower and portal decorated with reliefs.
- Chanca, a group of houses carved into rocks.
- Castle of San Cristobal, now in ruins. It is connected to the Alcazaba by a line of walls.
- Museum of Almería. Includes findings from Prehistoric, Iberic, Roman, Greek ages and Muslim objects, mostly from the Alcazaba.
- Paseo de Coches, a modern seaside promenade with gardens and palms.
Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Population | 169,027 | 168,946 | 170,994 | 173,338 | 176,727 | 177,681 | 181,702 | 189,798 | 187,521 | 188,810 | 190,013 | 190,349 | 191,443 |
People and culture
Famous natives of Almería include Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, who in 1873 was the third president of the First Spanish Republic, as well as several musicians, including the composer José Padilla Sánchez, whose music was declared of "universal interest" by Unesco in 1989, the popular folk singer Manolo Escobar, renowned Flamenco guitar player José Tomás "Tomatito" and Grammy Award winner David Bisbal; the champion motorcyclist Antonio Maeso moved to Almería as a child.
The Irish folk-rock group The Pogues paid tribute to Almeria in "Fiesta," a rollicking Spike Jones-flavored song on the band's third album, If I Should Fall From Grace with God.
Although administratively annexed to the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, in Southern Spain, some people of the provincewho? have shown a clear desire for regional autonomy in different referendums. The insular effect produced by its geographical situation has made several customs, accents and history different from the rest of the Autonomous Region of Andalucia.citation needed
Almería hosted the Mediterranean Games in 2005. The city has 2 football teams: UD Almería, which plays in Spanish First División following promotion in 2013 and CP Almería, in regional division.
The economy of Almería is mostly based on agriculture, which is located mainly in the western part of the region. Numerous greenhouses produce tonnes of fruit and vegetables, more than 70% of their product being exported to the rest of Europe.
By land, Almería can be reached by the A-7 Mediterranean Highway, which connects the Mediterranean area with the Spanish A-92 that unites it with the rest of Andalusia.
- See also main-article Port of Almeria
By sea, the port of Almería has connections to Melilla, Algeria and Morocco, and also tourist cruises in the Mediterranean. It also has a marina with moorings for pleasure boats. Currently the port of Almería is being expanded with new docks and transformed into a container port to take large-scale international shipping and thereby increase its freight traffic. It normally connects with the following destinations:
- Acciona: Ghazaouet (Algeria), Oran (Algeria), Nador (Morocco). and Melilla.
- Comarit: Nador.
- Comanav: Nador.
By air, Almería is served by Almería Airport, the fourth largest in Andalusiacitation needed with domestic and international connections to Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Melilla, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Brussels, Dublin and Swiss, German and other EU airports.
Due to its arid landscape, numerous spaghetti westerns were filmed in Almería. According to Christopher Frayling, the author of Once Upon A Time in Italy: The Films of Sergio Leone, some of the sets are still there.5 These sets are located in the desert of Tabernas. The town and region were also used by David Lean in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), John Milius in The Wind and the Lion (1975), and others.
One of Almería's most famous natural spots is the 6 Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park. This park is of volcanic origin, and is the largest and most ecologically significant marine-terrestrial space in the European Western Mediterranean Sea. With one of the most beautiful and ecologically rich coasts of the western Mediterranean and an area of 380 square kilometres it is one of Spain's natural jewels. The Cabo de Gata Natural Park runs through the municipal areas of Níjar, Almería and Carboneras. Its villages, previously dedicated to fishing, have become tourism spots for those interested in nature. One of the greatest attractions of the Cabo de Gata Natural Park is its beaches.
Almería has a hot subtropical arid climate (BWh, according to the Köppen climate classification) and it is the driest city in Europe. The dry season (although there is no real wet season) occurs during the hottest months, as in the Mediterranean climate.
The only area in Europe with this climate is the coastline around Almeria, from approximately Almerimar to the west, to Carboneras to the east. Beyond this very small subtropical area the climate is temperate (mean annual temperature less than 18°C) semi-arid (for instance in the Tabernas desert where the temperature is 17.9°C).
Almería has hot summers and mild winters; it has one of the sunniest, warmest and driest climates in Europe. It experiences the warmest winters of any European city with a population over 100,000, and hot and dry summers with no precipitation between June and September.
Almería enjoys about 2900 hours of sunshine annually with over 320 sunny days a year on average (6 hours of sunshine in January and 12 in July). The city has an average of only 26 days with precipitation annually.
During the winter, daily maximum temperatures tend to stay around 18 °C (64 °F). At night, the temperature rarely drops below 8 °C (46 °F). Precipitation even during the wettest months is rare, this falls in short showers or thunderstorms.
During the warmest months - July and August, the sky is clear and sunny and no rainfall occurs. The typical daily temperatures are around 33 °C (91 °F) during the heat of the day. However, this is often influenced by the Levante wind, a hot dry easterly wind that blows from the interior desert that makes temperatures soar to 38 °C (100 °F) or higher. These can also carry dust or sand. The minimum temperatures stay around 24 °C (75 °F) during July and August. Heatwaves in Almería are quite common; Almería reached up to 43 °C (109 °F) in August 2011.7
Climate data for Almeria (airport) | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.1 (79) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.1 (70) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.91) |
21 (0.83) |
15 (0.59) |
20 (0.79) |
14 (0.55) |
10 (0.39) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
12 (0.47) |
28 (1.1) |
28 (1.1) |
23 (0.91) |
196 (7.72) |
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 191 | 191 | 228 | 250 | 299 | 322 | 338 | 312 | 257 | 221 | 187 | 176 | 2,965 |
Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología8 |
Crystal Cave
In 2000, a team of geologists found a cave filled with giant gypsum crystals in an abandoned silver mine near Almería. The cavity, which measures 1.8x1.7 metres, would be the largest 9 geode ever found. The entrance of the cave has been blocked by five tons of rocks, and is under police protection (to prevent looters from entering). According to geological models, the cave was formed during the Messinian salinity crisis 6 million years ago, when the Mediterranean sea evaporated and left thick layers of salt sediments (evaporites). The cave is currently not accessible to tourists.
Sister cities
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See also
- ^ http://www.spain.info/en/ven/otros-destinos/almeria.html
- ^ Abella, Rafael La vida cotidiana durante la guerra civil: la España republicana. p.254 Editorial Planeta 1975
- ^ "Referéndum de ratificación de la iniciativa autonómica de Andalucía - Constitución española". Congreso.es. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ "Referéndum del Estatuto de Andalucía - La Voz Digital". Servicios.lavozdigital.es. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ Frayling, Christopher. "'Once Upon A Time in Italy': The Films of Sergio Leone". NPR. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ "Exploring Cabo de Gata - Nijar in Almeria, Spain - best beaches in the world !". Unique-almeria.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ "Meteo Almeria- Current weather Almeria".
- ^ "Valores Climatológicos Normales. Almeria / Aeropuerto".
- ^ "What is a geode? The giant geode found in Pulpi gives an unexpected answer". Unique-almeria.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
External links
- TourSpain Almeria
- (English) Almeria City Guide
- (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Almería
- (Spanish) Almería, Historia y Turismo
- images and information about the Almería area
- Cabo de Gata Natural Park. Almería. Spain
- Maps of Almería
- (Spanish) UD Almería (Football Team)
- "Almería's History"
- Almeriaclips - Videos musicales rodados en Almería - Music videos shot in Almería
- (Spanish) Almería - Diputación Provincial de Almería
- (Spanish) Cabo de Gata - Níjar Natural Park
- Businesses of Almeria
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Performs responsible administrative and secretarial support for the Downtown Development Board, the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board and the Appearance Review Board. An employee assigned to this position is responsible for attending meetings, preparing notices and other documents, assembling board packets, recording and typing minutes, maintaining records, tracking calendar to ensure documents are filed and processed on time and in accordance with legal requirements, and providing information on policies and procedures to staff and citizens. Work is performed under general supervision of the Administrative Specialist and is reviewed while in progress and results achieved.
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Prepares notices, agendas, material and related reports for meetings; posts and/or publishes legal notices City's website within the appropriate time requirements; prepares board member packets; compiles supporting documents for agendas.
Prepares and distributes board meeting notices, records meeting minutes and resolutions.
Attends meetings of the Board, records minutes making sure that all actions, motions, and decisions are duly noted; ensures a quorum and parliamentary procedures followed; transcribes minutes including a description of Board's insights; type and distributes minutes for approval; ensures compliance with all legal requirements.
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Ed Balls: Osborne's goal of balancing books now in tatters
by Danielle Levy on Dec 05, 2012 at 13:51
Chancellor George Osborne's goal of balancing the books now lies in tatters, according to shadow chancellor Ed Balls.
Speaking in the wake of Osborne's Autumn Statement, Balls pointed to economic contraction this year, and described current economic conditions as the longest double dip recession since the Second World War and a slow and prolonged recovery.
'Far from securing a recovery, the economy has flatlined since 2010,' Balls said.
Balls said Osborne has failed to meet his goal of a balanced budget and reducing national debt by the end of this parliament.
'Their one goal to balance the books is now in tatters,' he added.
'The chancellor confirmed the prime minister's pledge to balance the books by 2015 will not be met by 2015 or 2016 or 2017 either. The fact is there will be more borrowing next year and the year after. We will look at the details when we get the figures,' Balls continued.
Balls also pointed to Osborne's previous comments the deficit plan is on course. 'The chancellor said the deficit plan is on course. "We will not waver. He is not wavering, he is drowning Mr Speaker. The chancellor can now try and claim failure on growth, borrowing and debt, breaking his own fiscal rule.'
The shadow chancellor also questioned the OBR's figures, pointing to independent forecaster's expectations of a £6 billion rise in debt figures and asked the Liberal Democrats why they rescinded on their Mansion Tax plans, which were not announced in the Autumn Statement as many had expected.
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Mr Balls.
I very much doubt there is anything anyone could do to solve our economic woes. You could do no better. If you care about the economy get on board with the chancellor and at least try to work with a solution instead of sabotaging it at every opportunity.
Oops I forgot. You are a politician and are in it for yourself
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