Spain dig fails to find poet Lorca’s remains

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Spain dig fails to find poet Lorca\’s remains

Excavations in southern Spain have failed to find the remains of Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca, whose 1936 killing became a symbol of a brutal civil war, a forensic report said on Friday.

Digging got under way last month on the rocky hillside believed for decades to have been an unmarked grave, and the failure casts doubt on whether Garcia Lorca\’s body will ever be found.

«No remains of human bones have appeared or other signs belonging to civil war graves,» a report by the University of Granada\’s Archaeology Department said.

Accounting for around 100,000 still presumed dead and missing in the 1936-39 Civil War, mostly shot by right-wing supporters of Francisco Franco, still divides Spaniards.

Few cases are as poignant, though, as that of Garcia Lorca, and investigations were delayed for decades by the civil war, 40 years of dictatorship, an uneasy transition to democracy and legal wrangling.

Local authorities ordered the excavation as part of a broader investigation into the remains of civil war victims.
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Pág. 48 y 49: “Nunca hubo enterramientos”
Pág. 50: “Basarse en la historia oral y en un solo informante es un error”
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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

Those students who think aloud while solving such problems can so faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it. Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the subject also contributed to its solution, according to the study by Spain’s University of Granada (UGR).

The researchers analysed in depth the work of last-year students of the degree in mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated to solve a problem and were recorded on video so their speech could be studied later.

This work has been conducted by the professors Jose Luis Villegas Castellanos (of the University of the Andes, Venezuela) and Enrique Castro Martinez and Jose Gutierrez, of the University of Granada, says an UGR release.

This research work has revealed, that the ability in the management of representations (such as talking aloud or drawing the problems) ‘is closely related to the success in problems solution’.

These findings were published in Revista de Investigacion Psicoeducativa and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology.
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«Nunca hubo enterramientos en la fosa de Alfacar»

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«Nunca hubo enterramientos en la fosa de Alfacar»

La excavación que comenzó el pasado 29 de octubre en el Parque Federico García Lorca de Alfacar (Granada), donde se creía enterrado el poeta granadino, ha concluido sin que los arqueólogos que han trabajado en la zona hayan encontrado restos humanos en todo el perímetro. Tras la prospección, han llegado además a la conclusión de que en el lugar no hubo nunca ninguna fosa.

La consejera de Justicia, Begoña Alvarez, precisó que las «evidencias científicas» que han determinado esto último es la distancia existente entre la superficie y la roca localizada en su día, de tan sólo 40 centímetros, cuando una fosa estaría al menos a 1,5 metros de profundidad, y el hecho de que no se haya encontrado «ni un sólo hueso, ni una esquirla, ni tampoco casquillos de bala, ni ropa».

La titular de Justicia explicó que la excavación se ha realizado en torno al monolito, donde el georradar detectó seis posibles fosas, por los testimonios históricos que le aportó en su día la Asociación Granadina para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica, que contaba con la petición de exhumación de Francisco Galadí. «No hay fosas ni nunca las ha habido, pero no lo considero un fracaso, al contrario, es un impulso, porque se va a escribir la historia por fin con la ciencia. El trabajo no es baldío, es un punto de reflexión. Ahora los investigadores contarán con este material científico», dijo.

Los trabajos comenzaron el pasado 29 de octubre, pero la excavación arqueológica se inició el 2 de noviembre y finalizó el 16 de diciembre. Con el objetivo de preservar la intimidad y seguridad de los trabajos, se procedió a la instalación de una gran carpa metálica y se arbitraron medidas de vigilancia privada 24 horas para garantizar las actuaciones acometidas en la zona.

En total, se ha rastreado una superficie de 267,75 metros cuadrados y se ha extraído un total de 75,76 metros cúbicos de sedimentos. Todo el trabajo arqueológico ha sido acometido de forma metódica y sistemática por un equipo compuesto por cinco arqueólogos de la Universidad de Granada, coordinados por Francisco Carrión.

Según consta en el documento que el equipo ha aportado ya a la Consejería, al que se unirá uno más exhaustivo, la conclusión principal es que «en toda el área excavada nunca se realizaron fosas de enterramiento, ni han existido restos óseos humanos. Esta seguridad viene avalada por el trabajo arqueológico, que no sólo no ha encontrado ni indicios ni restos, sino que además el estudio de la estratigrafía es contundente y no dejar lugar a duda alguna».

El lugar ha estado protegido por dos carpas y en él se buscaban los restos de los banderilleros Francisco Galadí –a petición de su nieto– y Joaquín Arcollas –que había sido reclamado por la CGT-A y la Unión Nacional de Banderilleros–, que se cree que fueron fusilados junto al poeta. También se intentaba localizar, a instancias de sus familiares, al inspector de tributos Fermín Roldán y al restaurador Miguel Cobo. La excavación no tenía como finalidad encontrar a García Lorca, de cuya muerte hace hoy 73 años y cuatro meses, ni al maestro republicano Dióscoro Galindo, si bien sus descendientes se habían reservado el derecho a identificarlos.
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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

Those students who think aloud while solving such problems can so faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it. Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the subject also contributed to its solution, according to the study by Spain’s University of Granada (UGR).

The researchers analysed in depth the work of last-year students of the degree in mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated to solve a problem and were recorded on video so their speech could be studied later.

This work has been conducted by the professors Jose Luis Villegas Castellanos (of the University of the Andes, Venezuela) and Enrique Castro Martinez and Jose Gutierrez, of the University of Granada, says an UGR release.

This research work has revealed, that the ability in the management of representations (such as talking aloud or drawing the problems) “is closely related to the success in problems solution”.

These findings were published in Revista de Investigacion Psicoeducativa and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology.
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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

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Loud thinking helps solve maths problems quickly

Those students who think aloud while solving such problems can so faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it. Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the subject also contributed to its solution, according to the study by Spain’s University of Granada (UGR).

The researchers analysed in depth the work of last-year students of the degree in mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated to solve a problem and were recorded on video so their speech could be studied later.

This work has been conducted by the professors Jose Luis Villegas Castellanos (of the University of the Andes, Venezuela) and Enrique Castro Martinez and Jose Gutierrez, of the University of Granada, says an UGR release.

This research work has revealed, that the ability in the management of representations (such as talking aloud or drawing the problems) “is closely related to the success in problems solution”.

These findings were published in Revista de Investigacion Psicoeducativa and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology.
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Medio Ambiente localiza en Sierra de Baza una especie de mariposa desaparecida desde 1993

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Medio Ambiente localiza en Sierra de Baza una especie de mariposa desaparecida desde 1993

Un equipo de trabajo formado por la Consejería de Medio Ambiente en colaboración con la Universidad de Granada ha localizado en el Parque Natural de la Sierra de Baza una población de mariposa \’Apolo\’ (Parnassius apolo filabricus), especie de la que no se detectaban ejemplares en dicho enclave desde 1993.

Según informó la Consejería de Medio Ambiente en una nota, este importante núcleo poblacional «podría ser el último perteneciente a esta subespecie endémica», cuya localización ha sido producto de 17 años de tareas de prospección realizadas en los entornos considerados más propicios para este animal dentro de las sierras de Baza y Filabres.

Una vez encontrada esta población de mariposa \’Apolo\’, los esfuerzos de la Consejería de Medio Ambiente se centran ahora en intentar incrementar la densidad de ejemplares en este entorno.

La medidas puestas en marcha a tal efecto se desarrollan en el marco del Programa de Conservación de Invertebrados Amenazados de Andalucía, dirigido por la Administración ambiental y, entre sus principales actuaciones, se incluye la puesta en marcha de una iniciativa para la cría en cautividad y posterior reintroducción de la mariposa \’Apolo\’ en el Parque Natural de la Sierra de Baza.

Con este objetivo, los técnicos medioambientales capturaron cuatro hembras a partir de las cuales se extrajeron, haciendo uso de una jaula o caja de reproducción, un total de 130 huevos.

Una vez que los huevos eclosionen y las orugas alcancen su tercera o cuarta fase de desarrollo, los ejemplares serán liberados inicialmente en el interior de cercados específicamente adaptados y localizados en el medio natural. Posteriormente, las mariposas se emplazarán en hábitats óptimos dentro de fincas públicas incluidas en el Parque.

La identificación de los ambientes más propicios para la suelta de estos ejemplares se ha realizado a través de un modelo de selección de hábitat que ha tenido como punto de partida el estudio de la población recientemente descubierta.

A fin de incrementar la capacidad de carga del medio en estas áreas, se trasladará y sembrará un número suficiente de plantas de la especie \’Sedum tenuifolium\’ que sirve de sustento para las larvas de este emblemática mariposa en las poblaciones andaluzas.
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Pág. 31: Sólo hallan “latas y algún tapón de litrona” donde se creía que estaba Lorca
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Talk aloud to tackle mathematics!

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Talk aloud to tackle mathematics!

Can’t solve a mathematical problem? Just talk aloud and see your troubles disappear, suggests a new study.

The University of Granada (Spain) study, which has been recently published in the journal «Revista de investigación psicoeductiva» and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, found that those students who think aloud while solving a mathematical problem can solve it faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it.

Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the also contributed to its solution.

To reach the conclusion, the authors analyzed in depth the work of three last-year students of the degree in Mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated separately to solve a problem and were recorded in video to study their speeches aloud later.

Although the researchers warn that the amount of information about the individual\’s conduct available to be analysed when he speaks while solving a problem is higher than when he does not do so; their work has proved that this is an effective system and it «provides a valuable database to identify many of the contents, processes and strategies used solution of problems».
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Grave of murdered Spanish poet remains unknown

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Grave of murdered Spanish poet remains unknown

The body of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca remains missing after a high-profile excavation in southern Spain failed to find human remains.

Garcia Lorca was executed in 1936 at the start of the Spanish Civil War and his killing became a symbol of General Francisco Franco\’s brutal regime.

Local authorities had ordered excavation of a hillside near Granada believed for decades to be a gravesite for execution victims.

It was the site that Manuel Castilla, a Franco supporter who claimed he had helped to bury Garcia Lorca, had pointed out to Irish historian Ian Gibson in 1966.

But no remains of human bones have been found, according to a report by archeologists from the University of Granada.

Work crews dug down 40 centimetres and then hit rock, reports said.

Garcia Lorca was an acclaimed poet and playwright who penned Blood Wedding, Poet in New York and Gypsy Ballads.

He was captured in August 1936 and shot for his suspected leftist sympathies, along with a teacher and two anarchists. More than 100,000 people went missing during the 1936-39 civil war.

Efforts to find where he was buried were delayed by 40 years of Franco\’s dictatorship and Spain\’s uneasy transition to democracy.

The poet\’s family had opposed the excavations but the families of other people believed to have been killed with him had supported efforts to find the bodies.
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Talk aloud to solve mathematical problems quickly

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Talk aloud to solve mathematical problems quickly

Cant solve a mathematical problem\’ Just talk aloud and see your troubles disappear, suggests a new study.

The University of Granada (Spain) study, which has been recently published in the journal «Revista de investigacin psicoeductiva» and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, found that those students who think aloud while solving a mathematical problem can solve it faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it.

Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the also contributed to its solution.

To reach the conclusion, the authors analyzed in depth the work of three last-year students of the degree in Mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated separately to solve a problem and were recorded in video to study their speeches aloud later.

Although the researchers warn that the amount of information about the individual\’s conduct available to be analyzed when he speaks while solving a problem is higher than when he does not do so; their work has proved that this is an effective system and it «provides a valuable database to identify many of the contents, processes and strategies used solution of problems».
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Talk aloud to solve mathematical problems quickly

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Talk aloud to solve mathematical problems quickly

Can’t solve a mathematical problem? Just talk aloud and see your troubles disappear, suggests a new study.

The University of Granada (Spain) study, which has been recently published in the journal «Revista de investigación psicoeductiva» and the Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, found that those students who think aloud while solving a mathematical problem can solve it faster and have more possibilities of finding the right solution that those who do not do it.
Likewise, drawing or making a pictorial representation relating to the also contributed to its solution.

To reach the conclusion, the authors analyzed in depth the work of three last-year students of the degree in Mathematics of the UGR, who were isolated separately to solve a problem and were recorded in video to study their speeches aloud later.

Although the researchers warn that the amount of information about the individual\’s conduct available to be analyzed when he speaks while solving a problem is higher than when he does not do so; their work has proved that this is an effective system and it «provides a valuable database to identify many of the contents, processes and strategies used solution of problems».
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