Hello Everyone, Welcome to our November edition, What a busy month. We had prepared a four page feature of Valencia, but, due to an influx of extra advertising, have had to put this back a month or two, along with some of the advertising. It seems that every few months we have to expand the magazine. What next!! The highlight for us last month was our trip with friends, to Murcia, to watch Queen, our favourite band. You will see the MABS article on page 66 where Peter & his wife Linda provided a lovely meal in aid of the Cancer Support Group. Just to let you know, Peter tragically died a few days after returning to the UK. Next month will be our Christmas edition. Please book your space as early as possible so that all changes can be made by Friday 12th November, thank you Have a good month Barry & Sandra
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Wordsearch Sudoku
G.A. Train timetable Map of Alicante
Map of Gran Alacant Map of Santa Pola Bus timetables
Our little dog from the front cover has hidden herself away in the magazine, can you find her? Last month she was among the Moors & Christians.
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If you have any more questions or wish to book an appointment please contact Val at the Salon on 966695067.
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We at your Gran Alacant Advertiser continue to bring you all of the news from the Gran Alacant Councillor, Loreto Cascales, as we have since May 2005.
Gran Alacants Fiesta weekend got off to a brilliant start on the Friday night, where “Reckless” the top local band, were performing at the sports centre. This event coincided with the last performance from the band, as this was their final gig. Saturday saw petanque tuition and your chance to learn to dance, also at the sports centre among other activities. Sunday, which is now an annual event. Running races for all ages starting from the G.A.carpark. In an earlier issue of our magazine we were asked if we could get a
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sign removed on the post office roundabout which was making it dangerous to use the zebra crossing. Hopefully you will have noticed that this has now happened, and the sign has been moved a few metres up the road. We do get very good feedback from our Council meetings, when residents, through us, ask for things to be actioned. Gran Alacants new park, of three options discussed, a plot has been chosen and the plans are drawn up. We were asked not to say this month where it is, as it was only agreed on after the Mayor and our G.A. Councillor Loreto had surveyed the areas concerned during the later part of October. Even better news is that there is to be a second park to come out of next years funds. The park which is to be built now will cost around 300,000 euro. The plans are already for the second Park but, this will happen within next years budget do to the fact that it will be a larger park therefore the cost will be alot higher. The major landscaping of the area next to the Clot which we mentioned in an earlier edition, will begin once the money has been released from the provincial Town Hall of Alicante (Diputacion de Alicante).
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The problem of dog excrement is a major problem to us all and unless culprits can be caught in the act, it is very difficult to solve. We have volunteered the idea of putting up signs, warning the dog walkers to the amount the fine will be if they are caught. This may be a deterrent. The trees that have been planted along Avda Escandinavia from the Municipal Office down to the Post Office, are Piñonero Pine´s, which have taller trunks, we mentioned the concerns to Loreto about the dangerous pine tree caterpillars, and she has assured us that as these trees are close to the road, they will be regularly sprayed against the caterpillars. The abandoned car we also mentioned in an earlier edition, has now been removed. We also spoke to Loreto about a drain continually being blocked with sand on Avda Polonia, after a phone call to Agua Gest from Loreto, it was arranged for them to ring us at 11.30am the next day, and, at 11.30am the next day the phone rang for us to meet them, which we did, unfortunately when they saw the drain they explained that it did not connect to any pipe work and there was nothing they could do at that time, we will talk to Loreto about this and see if anything can be done. If you have problems with drains in the road, you can always phone a 24hr service on 902 250 170, where there are English, Spanish and French speaking people. Rubbish..if you are concerned about areas of rubbish that you would like to be cleaned up, please email us a
picture and where it is and we will help to get it sorted, if we can. A builders van, regularly seen dumping rubbish outside residents houses, has been photographed, and action will be taken. If you have photographic proof of this kind of thing, please let us or the council have the evidence. You may have noticed the graffiti’d wall in the Santa Pola market car park. This wall was given to graffiti artists to do as they like with it, incouraging them to use this wall rather other walls in the area. Another wall, near to the artificial football ground is to be handed over to the grafitti artists and they have been asked to paint sporting events. We have been asked why there could not be a school car park next to the school to ease the traffic congestion whilst children are being dropped off and picked up. Its down to money of which none has been allocated this year for such a car park. As you drive from the GA Centre towards the school, there is a left turning on the brow of the hill that is dangerous to turn into and exit from, due to the speed of vehicles coming from the right on the brow of this hill. We have asked if perhaps a speed hump could be sighted around that area, before there is a serious accident. Comments have been made implying that the train is dangerous. All paperwork and
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Hi everyone this month I would like to talk about a new treatment that I have been introduced to and one that is great for relaxation and general health.
HOPI EAR CANDLING
Hopi Candles are used to relieve ear, sinus, nose, throat and head problems as well as stimulate the lymph and metabolism of the body.
Although there is evidence that many ancient civilizations used ear candles it was mainly through the Hopi Indians of North Arizona that this treatment became more widely known. Hopi means “peaceful people” and for many centuries the Hopi lived in harmony with nature and Mother Earth. The candles were traditionally used by Shaman healers and by the Indians in healing rituals and ceremonies, to cleanse and harmonies energy fields and to drive out negative energies as well as physical clearance therapy for problems relating to the ear, nose and throat. What does it treat? Hopi Ear Candles should be considered for: • Irritations in the ears (otitis) • Catarrh and sinusitis • Snoring • Migrains • Glue ear (although not if grommets are in place) • Colds, flu and sore throats • Rhinitis/hay fever • Noises in ears (tinnitus) • Excessive excitement and stress • Relief of pressure before flying or diving NB Hopi ear candles will not be used if there is a perforated ear drum, grommets or infection in the ear. If you are interested, have any questions please call me at my salon (see advert below) Next month I will discuss Skin Care. See you then Dott
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We install and provide different TV systems for European channels in Spain.
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WE INSTALL THE NEW DIGITAL SYSTEM AVAILABLE IN SANTA POLA AND GRAN ALACANT
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Javier for more details on: Mobile: 660 631 380 Tel: 966 1075 48 Fax: 965 4117 93 E-mail: info@diginova.es A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Lidl customers. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends. Here's how the scam works: Two very hot 20-21 year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windscreen with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look.
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GRAN ALACANT – GA0067 Ground floor apt, south facing, 2 bed, 1 bath, aircon, furnished, communal pool. 105,000€
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When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead they ask you for a ride to Alicante. You agree and they get in the backseat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet. I had my wallet stolen June 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th, 24th & 29th. Also in July on the 1st, 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and very likely again this upcoming weekend. So tell your friends to be careful. P.S. the todo shop has wallets on sale 2.99 each
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Q1999 A two floor quad type property offering living room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and sun solarium. In immaculate condition. Benefitting from a communal swimming pool. Price: 139.000 euros
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T2086 A mid terrace extended property briefly comprising conservatory, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom with a full suite and sun solarium with outstanding views. Being offered fully furnished. Price: 92.500 euros
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The “Liberty Seguros” advert in La Marina
directions are not on the map on page 12, but are on the map in their advert. For Subway & Marina’s Hair & beauty see the map on page 12
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Dear readers! No Moors and Christians parades this month, however there is still something to go and have a look at. The biggest fair in the Costa Blanca that takes place is in Cocentaina 30th October to the 2nd of November, Cocentaina is next to Alcoy. The fair is divided in many areas: medieval,
street market, agriculture trade, typical products and more. You will be able to find all kind of products there. You will need, at least, half a day to see it all. Also there are pilgrimages and fiesta in La Nucia, Tibi, Onil, Benidorm. Bye- bye friends.
The Winery (below) and Spicy Paradise (opposite) are both at the end of the road that holds the Gran Alacant Thursday market. (see the map at the back of this magazine) The Winery holds all of our excess magazines, so if you can’t find a copy, just call here.
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At a packed Condomina Football Stadium at Murcia, on 24th October the fans were treated to a tremendous performance, from your magazine owners favourite band, no other than QUEEN. With Paul Rodgers now fronting the band, we were treated to many of the old favourites, plus tracks from their new album, “The Cosmos Rocks”.
Sorry, but as we love Queen and we own the mag, we just had to include the above. (so there)
MAVI (below) & NOT JUST DESSERTS, (opposite) are both located in the Sierra Mar complex, opposite the farmacia and just off the road that holds the Thursday market. REFER TO OUR MAP ON PAGE 76
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Definition of a bachelor: a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable.
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The learning of the Spanish Language supplied by Matthew Brock
SLS
Lessons of the Month Lesson (beginners): LESSON OF THE MONTH - October Posted By teacher Lesson (beginners) Auxiliary verbs Here are a few extra notes on auxiliary verbs for beginners. The differences between the Spanish and the English use of auxiliary verbs cause a lot of difficulty, and although I have mentioned this concept on the SLS videos, it is worth doing a recap here. An auxiliary verb is used with another verb, and helps that verb with its meaning. For example, ‘I have written’ has the auxiliary verb ‘I have’, and then another verb, ‘written’. The word ‘written’, on its own, would not be very helpful. It is the auxiliary verb that gives you a lot of the information of its meaning. In English we use a lot of
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auxiliary verbs, and in Spanish not so many. Herein lies the problem. There are lots of cases where you use one in English, but you don’t in Spanish. Let me give you some examples. To make the future tense in English, you use the auxiliary verb ‘will’ with the appropriate verb. In Spanish, you simply put the appropriate ending on the verb, and this gives you the future tense. The same thing happens with the conditional tense. In English we use the auxiliary verb ‘would’, and then the verb, whereas in Spanish you use another ending. If you have looked at the videos on questions and negatives, you will have seen other examples. To form these sentences in English, we use the auxiliary verb ‘to do’, whereas you simply inflect your voice to create a question, and use the word ‘no’ to form a negative. However, there are two examples where the English and Spanish use of auxiliaries are similar, but I will look at those in the next newsletter. Matthew Brock is a professional language teacher and the teacher on our online SLS video courses at www.spanishlanguagesite.com.
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NEWS..CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 vehicle permissions have been seen and approved by the Town Hall. A unique event hopefully has taken place on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th October. We will have pictures in our December issue. There is an open area on the Santa Pola sea front, seaward from the Council Offices, where a boat is to be sited after it is lifted from the sea. The boat is to be part of a permanent museum area to tell the story of the fishermen and the sea. We realise you will be reading this magazine after the event, but it will be worth a trip into Santa Pola to see the result. Also in Santa Pola, the final part of the refurbishment of the Castillo in the square has taken place. This final part
180ʼs - X1 Ray (Flannaganʼs) George (Destinationʼs X) Nigel (Shooterʼs B, now A) Rob (Bar Sioux) Tony (Shooterʼs B)
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in the jigsaw cost 354,000 euro. On November 9th, Loreto Serrano, the Santa Pola Town Hall councillor for tourism, is to travel to London to be part of a Tourism Fair, to help promote Santa Pola. During the summer, again in Santa Pola, it was found that many of the foot wash aparatus were not functioning properly. All 20 of them are to be renewed in time for next summer. The steps at the Carabasi Bars stairway are being repaired again. Let’s hope that this time they will not be vandalised Also the railings are being repainted, and garden areas are to be created along with a general tidy up. Lee and Brett, the owners of Not Just Desserts, were looking out of the kitchen window and could not help but photograph the palm tree resting on the electric cables!!! They called it “ONLINE DATING”!!!!
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Go for the younger man. You might as well, they never mature anyway.
Fred returned from a doctor's visit one day and told his wife Doreen that the doctor said he only had 24 hours to live. Wiping away her tears, he asked her to make love with him. Of course she agreed and they made passionate love. Six hours later, Fred went to her again, and said, " Now I only have 18 hours left to live. Maybe we could make love again?" Doreen agreed and again they made love. Later, Fred was getting into bed when he realized he now had only eight hours of life left. He touched Doreen's shoulder and said,
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"Please? Just one more time before I die." She agreed, then afterwards she rolled over and fell asleep. Fred, however, heard the clock ticking in his head, and he tossed and turned until he was down to only four more hours. He tapped his wife on the shoulder to wake her up. "I only have four hours left! Could we...?" His wife sat up abruptly, turned to him and said, "Listen Fred, I have to get up in the morning! You don't."
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IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT LA PALMA THIS WINTER SPECIAL OFFERS FOR NOVEMBER - REDUCED PRICE DRINKS, BEERS, WINES, SPIRITS
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES WELCOME Fish and Chip Supper and Quiz Every Fortnight starting Friday 3rd October A choice of Cod, Haddock, Plaice or Scampi and a glass of House Wine 10 euro p.p Good Food, Good Fun not to be missed. Prizes to be won 4 course CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH Adults 55 euro Children 35 euro including wine. Booking essential Call in or phone 966 699 812 NEW YEARS EVE PARTY 15 euro per person Hot and cold buffet Book now to avoid disappointment Call in or phone 966 699 812 STARTING FROM NOVEMBER LA PALMA’S CURRY CLUB Set mixed starter: Poppadoms, pickles & chutneys Choose from 4 different Curries incl. Veggie Plus Dessert and a glass of House Wine only 14.95 p.p. Menu will change every fortnight The Set Menu will be available for non curry fans
FREE RAFFLE EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT get TWO FREE TICKETS with Every Meal and ONE FREE TICKET with EVERY DRINK you purchase NOT HUNGRY !!! JUST CALL IN FOR DRINKS ONLY AND JOIN IN. THREE GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON 1ST PRIZE- A DRINKS HAMPER 2ND PRIZE- SET PRICE MEAL FOR TWO 3RD PRIZE- SUNDAY DINNER FOR TWO MUST BE IN BY 9.30pm TO ENTER DRAW
Have you tried our SET PRICE MENU Great choice, great value, great food only 15,95 euro incl. a Carafe of Wine Served Every Night, Menu changes weekly 10% discount for Seniors
CHRISTMAS MENU available Bookings now being taken Enquiries phone 966 699 812
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Q: Where can men over the age of 50 find younger, sexy women who are interested in them? A: Try a bookstore …
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Mejia was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, 'Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it , you cannot qualify for this job.' Mujibar said, 'I am ready.' The manager said, 'Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green .' Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, 'Mister manager, I am ready' The manager said, 'Go ahead.' Mujibar said, 'The telephone goes green, green, and I pink it up, and say, ' Yellow ', this is Mujibar.' Mujibar now works at a call center. No doubt you have spoken to him. I know I have.
One of our readers sent us this picture of their cat. No need for a litter tray. Clever!!!!
in conjunction with the advert on the page opposite.
LIFETIME MORTGAGES It is a well known fact that people are now living longer than ever. We have a much healthier diet, we exercise more and take a much keener interest in life than say our grandparents did. We want to enjoy our lives, even when we are in our eighties and ninties and why not. WHAT A LIFETIME MORTGAGE COULD DO FOR YOU A lifetime mortgage will give you the opportunity to release some of the equity from your Spanish home for you to do with as you wish. This could give you the resources needed to enhance your lifestyle and do some of the things you have been dreaming of. Maybe that world cruise you have always promised yourselves or maybe a brand new car. I am sure your list is endless with all the things you would love to do if you had the money. Well, now you can by letting your property pay you back for all the years of hard work you have put in, creating it. The Lifetime Mortgage is not tied to any investment product. HOW THE LIFETIME MORTGAGE WORKS The Lifetime mortgage allows you to release equity some of the equity from your Spanish home, enabling you to borrow money as a single cash lump sum. You are able to use this money for any purpose and it does not have to be repaid during the life of the mortgage. You will make NO monthly repayments. Instead, the interest compounds and is added to your mortgage each month. The mortgage is secured on against your Spanish property and the amount you owe and the interest due is only repaid from the sale of your property when you pass away, or permanently move out of your home. It is a practical way of unlocking some of the value that has built up in your home without having to move. You are not selling or giving away a share of your home, and therefore you will retain full ownership of it, and as the owner you can continue living in it for as long as you wish. If you are borrowing with your spouse or partner, the mortgage will only need to be repaid following the last surviving partner dying or selling the property. The excess of the sales proceeds over the amount required to repay the Lifetime mortgage belongs to you. The Lifetime mortgage is available to UK, Irish and European Union nationals, if they speak and understand English and who own their own home in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands or the Balearic Islands. If you currently have an outstanding mortgage, this will need to be repaid either before or at the same time that your new Lifetime Mortgage begins. The minimum age at entry is 60. You will remain the owner of the property so you are within your rights to sell it or move to another property at any time. NO NEGATIVE EQUITY GUARANTEE In the event of your home being sold for less than the value of your mortgage and the interest owed, you or your beneficiaries will not be required to make up the shortfall. This guarantee provides prospective clients and their future beneficiaries with complete peace of mind.
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November OFFER 10% discount on all colour work. ONLY on production of this voucher.
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phone: 608 64 11 21 Fully refurbished Watch live sport on our NEW plasma TV’s Upstairs Games room SNOOKER TABLE (bookings only) 2 POOL TABLES both with monthly medal competitions. Mondays and Tuesdays “FUN SNOOKER & POOL” ALL WELCOME plus DARTS, TV’s and THE INTERNET
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GRAN ALACANT’s The big fiesta weekend on Gran Alacant was blessed with perfect weather. All events in the first two days were held at the Sports Centre. The first evening saw the last ever performance by local band “Reckless”, who turned in their usual brilliant performance. There was food and drink for all to enjoy, and
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many people on GA turned up, all nationalities together, enjoying the evening. Other events were held all through the weekend even down to dancing tuition which was well attended, as all of the events. Sunday saw all of the running events held at the GA Centre car park. From races for the little ones, right through to the
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FIESTA WEEKEND experienced runners in their 10,000 metre race. The police were present directing operations around GA during the longest race, conducting the traffic around the runners whoʼs route covered much of the bottom of the urbanisation. There were trophies provided as well as medals, tea shirts etc. A big stall was provided
containing plenty of water and fruit for the runners, before and after their events. Master of ceremonies was Jose Blasco, who writes the Tourist Information page for our magazine.
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The Carabasi Bars Complex down the hill by the Nature Reserve The Carabasi Bars provide you with all manner of entertainment and enjoyment. Restaurants, bars, live entertainment, quizzes, karaoke etc etc. You can even start to book your Christmas lunch.
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Sandhills
Important Notice is closing for the winter period. Re-opening early next year.
We would like to thank all our customers for their support and custom and look forward to seeing you all in 2009! I have never written asking for your help before, but I really need your advice. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs; phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with 'the girls' a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, just some friends from work, you don't know them.' I try to stay awake and look out for her when she comes home, but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, I have never aproached the subject with my wife. I think deep down I just did not want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to finally check on her. Around midnight, I hid in the garage behind my golf clubs so I could get a good view of the whole street when she arrived home from a night out with the girls. ' When she got out of the car she was buttoning up her blouse, which was open, and she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on. It was at that moment, crouching behind my golf clubs, that I noticed a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood. Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the pro-shop where I bought it?
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Your opportunity to rent a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, modern Town House for a golf holiday in Spain, at the prestigious.......
La torre Jack Niclaus, Polaris World Complex. To view the resort go to: www.polarisworld.com then go to Our resorts - La Torre To rent the house: phone (0034) 606 596 723
* Fifteen minutes from San Javier airport. * Car rental from the airport. * 2 more courses within a 10 minute drive. * Free courtesy bus to take you to each course. * Under 30 mins to the beaches of Mar Menor and Murcia City centre. Front of house.
The view from the lounge The view from the balcony, overlooking the 15th tee.
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WELCOME to QUESADA
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Only 5 minutes from Gran Alacant.
Take the N332 towards Alicante. The first right signed El Altet takes you to a roundabout. Take the first exit. When you arrive at the first set of traffic lights turn left for Eurocars or right for La Confiteria.
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What a spectacle
The VOLVO boat race in Alicante turned out to be. The harbour area was turned into a purpose built village, with various companies exibiting their businesses. The main reason for all of this, was the race itself which started out on Saturday 11th October for the race around the world. Before the start, various off shore races took place within the Alicante port, a rehearsal for the real race. In their round the world race, in port races will also be held in Singapore, Qingdao, Rio, Boston, Galway and Stockholm. It was interesting to also see in the port, an old schooner and a modern day liner, in among all of the racing boats.
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Welcome to the monthly computing column brought to you by Dave the Computerman (MCSE)
Dave The Computerman.
Passwords
During the course of my IT career, it never ceases to amaze me how many times people tell me that “They cannot remember their mail password”. Passwords are meant to keep people out of our private space, but are meant to be EASILY REMEMBERED by us. Some people go to extraordinary lengths to make a password instantly forgettable. How many of us can remember the password we use to sign into our mail? Lots of people use Outlook or Outlook express to log in to get their mail, but WHEN (Not IF) your hard drive fails, how will you reset your mail programme to download your mail if you cannot remember the login details? Yes we need passwords, but let´s keep this in perspective. For emails we do not need any great security (emails are easily, and often, read by the government all the time, as they are sent in plain text). So for our email account we use one password, and for our banking site we use something similar, but this needs to be a little sharper to stop someone easily guessing it. Remember though, that once you are signed in to your bank´s server, you should see HTTPS in the address bar and a padlock symbol as you are signing in. Your bank will then use a certificate server to encrypt all transmissions whilst you are logged in, thus the password is merely used to sign in to their secure server. Let´s assume that Bill Gates wants to sign in to his emails so he uses bILLgATES as his password to sign in. Simple to remember but not too obvious. Passwords are ALWAYS case sensitive, thus whenever capital letters are used they must remain capitalised. Most of us do not keep top secret files in our mail accounts and so we do not need a high level of security, we just want to keep nosey people out. Now let´s assume that Bill wants to go into his bank account (let´s be honest we would all like to get into that). Now he needs to up his security, but still keep it memorable, so now he uses a mixture of numbers and letters, possibly 8iLLG4TE5. He is still using the basic Bill Gates but is substituting numbers for certain letters. Still memorable and yet a password cracker would take a while to get it. Remember also, that the only person who needs to know the password is you, your bank will never ask you for the password in an email, nor will they EVER send you a link to follow, in fact you should NEVER follow a link purporting to come from a bank. Always type the address of your bank or building society (assuming there are any left by the time this column appears) into the address bar yourself. As our magazine´s proprietor found out to his cost, your email provider will never ask you to sign in and change your password either. Why would they? They can get into your account anyway. If you cannot remember your passwords, create a document/note and write hints to help you remember them. DO NOT write the password itself. For instance, my email password is the date I joined the armed forces, thus my hint is forces day. My login is my old dog´s name, thus pet is the hint. Save the document as something like hints.txt, and if you need all your passwords to be reset you now have an easy way of remembering them. Be safe, be secure, but be reasonable. Computing should be fun. Keep smiling, until next month. I hope that you find the column useful and if you have any further questions, or need assistance please call me on 637 554579 or contact me at gacomputerman@yahoo.es
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Two Irish hunters got a pilot to fly them to Canada to hunt moose. They managed to bag 6. As they were loading the plane to return, the pilot said the plane could take only 4 moose.
ACTIVITIES AT THE GRAN ALACANT LIBRARY
The two lads objected strongly. 'Last year we shot six. The pilot let us take them all and he had the same plane as yours.' Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded. However, even on full power, the little plane couldn't handle the load and went down.
Wednesday 12th of November at 5.00 pm Information lecture for European residents, about the last will and testament in Spain, at the International Library of Gran Alacant.
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Somehow, surrounded by the moose bodies, Paddy and Mick survived the crash.. After climbing out of the wreckage, Paddy asked Mick, 'Any idea where we are?' Mick replied, 'I think we're pretty close to where we crashed last year.'
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The
entertainment SCENE in and around
gran alacant Saturday 25th October saw the debut to Gran Alacant of a talented music duo named Omega. Flannagan's Bar was the venue for their first and hopefully not last appearance for the couple who usually gig in and around Benidorm. Armed with an electric violin, bass guitar and a laptop, classic tracks from Neil Diamond to more recent bands like Travis filled the room and lifted the spirits of the locals. (Too many spirits were lifted last night by myself as I struggle to write this the day after). Be sure to make the effort to go and see Omega as I am sure the rest of the bars will book them once word gets around. Their set is rich and diverse, from old to new, popular to less known, and
doesn't feel contrived, almost off the cuff to suit the moment. Tony Hall was at hand to spin us onto the dancefloor during an interval and off again at the end of the night. ( I'm still spinning now!) Never again, until next time. THE VERDICT: 1 - 10 Rating: 9 Bar Prices: 3€ for a pint of Fosters Return Visit: Liverpool play Chelsea today, I predict a 2-1 win for the reds. TastyFox Promotions
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K9 Club Dogs For Adoption
TWO OF LAST MONTHS DOGS HAVE BEEN HOMED!!!!
Rubia is a 3 year old Greyhound cross. She is a little shy but gaining in confidence each day.
Tilly is a 2 year old Fox Terrier. She is very well behaved, loves attention and is house trained.
Scruff is a 4 year old Spanish Sheepdog cross. He is good with cats and dogs and loves attention.
Tom is a 2 year old Breton Spaniel. He loves people, is house trained and likes other dogs and cats. For more information please call 676447682 or 654628884 Email: info@petsinspain.info Website: www.petsinspain.info
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Ever since I was a child, I've always had a fear of someone under my bed at night, so I went to a shrink and told him . . . 'I've got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there's somebody under it. I'm scared. I think I'm going crazy.' 'Just put yourself in my hands for one year,' said the shrink. 'Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears.' 'How much do you charge?'
'Eighty dollars per visit,' replied the doctor. 'I'll sleep on it,' I said.
Six months later the doctor met me on the street. 'Why didn't you ever come to see me about those fears you were having?' he asked. 'Well, Eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money! A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money that I went and bought me a new pickup!' 'Is that so! With an attitude he asked and how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?'
'He told me to cut the legs off the bed! - Ain't nobody under there now ! ! ! '
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BLOOD TESTS: THE MYSTERY UNVEILED part 2 continued from last month -Kidneys: we evaluate their function by testing creatinine (CREA), which is a 100% specific renal test, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), whose results may also be modified by the diet and some diseases. In 99% of cases, when CREA levels are over 3-4 times the normal, that means the kidneys have stopped working and is time to stop our pet from suffering… -Pancreas: we will check some enzymes this gland produces, such as amylase (AMYL) or lipase (LIPA). A very useful test is trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI). Very low TLI levels mean exocrine pancreas insufficiency (the digestive part of the pancreas is not working ok. The failure of the non-digestive part of the pancreas is the diabetes, and the diagnosis is performed just by testing blood glucose, as seen before), and if they are too high the problem may be a pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas, very dangerous). Apart from these very specific tests for some organs, there are some other ones that are non-direct indicators of some diseases. In this case, for making a right diagnosis we will take into account all the results together plus the animal external symptoms plus the physical exploration. Some tests such as cholesterol (CHOL), and triglycerides (TG), are very commonly used in human medicine as direct indicators of obesity related diseases, but in animal medicine they are a highly valuable non-direct indicator of thyroid disease despite they are not metabolic products of the gland at all. Something similar happens with ALKP: apart from evaluating directly the gall bladder, is a good non-direct indicator of Cushing disease (see other articles). -SEROLOGY. Serological test are normally extremely specific for every disease, and most of them are 99% reliable detecting infectious agents. For
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example: leishmaniosis (mosquito disease), ehrlichiosis (tick disease), cat AIDS and leukaemia. Serology is also useful for detecting autoimmune diseases, and, of course, for the rabies vaccinal antibodies titration for the Pet Passport. Some serological tests are very simple to perform at the practice (ready to use commercial tests), and we can have the results in 5-10 minutes, but some other ones must be performed by a qualified lab. Those ones are usually expensive, and it takes several days to have the results back, for example in case of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) for detecting leishmaniosis or chlamydiasis (a human transmissible dangerous parrot disease. See the “exotic pets” article). This one is a DNA-test similar to the ones performed by forensics in case of a rape or murder, so it’s a very expensive and slow one, but the reliability is practically 100%. Of course, for these sophisticated tests, some special conditions, such as bringing the animal to the practice on diet, or maybe after having a few grams of an specific food, or maybe having the blood collected before and after one injection for comparing the two results, etc. That’s very important for evaluating the results, because, in some cases, the results are related to an adult individual who has been on diet for a few hours, and any change of this condition may imply a wrong interpretation of the results.
Liliana Aldeguer Cerdán col.nº 793 English translation by Sergio Reina Esteban col.nº 747 Do you want us to write aboutsomething specific you would like to know about your pet? E-mail us: vetexotics@msn.com
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One of the great benefits of recent years is Internet Forums. These Forums have given us easy access to information about the wide world and the activities of its inhabitants. The “Gran Alacant Advertiser” is excessable on all of these sites, making our advertisers and all information, available to thousands of readers, in addition to our printed copies. WISDOM BY THE LOCALS FOR THE LOCALS
On a local level, residents of, and visitors to, the Gran Alacant area are already benefiting greatly from a newly founded local site - www.granalacantforum.es here local and national information is posted by local people for local people. The Forum's simple aim is: "To provide a friendly internet meeting place for residents of, and visitors to, Gran Alacant, in order to enrich our lives with words that inform, educate and entertain." Its motto is 'Rhetoric with Respect'. As you would expect, you and your opinions will be treated with respect. No one need be hesitant in writing something for members to read. Simply show respect and receive respect. Of course you don't need to write anything, maybe you'd prefer to be a reader and use
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as you would a daily newspaper. It is great for that too.
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Salsa Parties get your friends and family, guests and customers feeling hot, hot, hot. We can arrange a salsa night for you at home or in your bar or restaurant. We arrange it all - dancers music and food.
CONGRATULATIONS to David & Natalie at Casanova on the birth of their baby daughter
Bars and restaurants have no outlay at all, only profits for your bar and a great night. so call and book a night to remember 690 057 493
Superb house for rent or sale www.freewebs.com /myhouseforrentinspain
One of Gran Alacant’s forums have just had a photo competition and we are pleased to print, the winning picture, as voted for by the forums members. The winner of the competition was Mark Cluer. His prize, a meal for 2, kindly donated by Tracey, the owner of the “Sunset Bar”.
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The Royal British Legion in Gran Alacant held its
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phone: 9656 98 376 (answer phone available)
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first Branch meeting in the Carabassi Bar on 7th October 2008. There was a good turnout of members, and visitors. Volunteers were asked to put their name forward to become part of the Committee Members. The function of Committee members is to play an import role in the Branch as they are needed to get the Branch up and running. Not enough people volunteered, however, more are unrgently needed. Suitable premises preferably with a private room are also being sought to allow the Branch to prosper and move forward. It was decided to hold various social events, such as quizzes, lunches, visits to near and far places and a dinner dance in the New Year. The next meeting will be held in the Carabasi Bar on Thursday 6th November 2008 at 7.30pm. This is because Thursday was considered a more suitable day, due to not clashing with football! New members are welcome and you do not have to be ex-service personnel to join. Barbara Turnbull Secretary
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@ Em Dear sir, I read with interest and total agreement the emails concerning dog mess published in the October edition of the Advertiser. I would like to raise another, equally disgusting problem, that is threatening to turn Gran Alacant into a slum - the rubbish deposited on the open areas. This accumulates mainly just beside the pavements and is not only unsightly, but also poses a health hazard. Everything from broken tiles, plastic bottles, tin cans, plastic bags (full and empty) - there must be tons of the stuff!! Is this rubbish ever collected? If not, who is responsible for keeping these areas tidy? It really is time to act on these issues and I think it is up to the police to make an example of the criminals responsible for the dog mess, rubbish and the graffitti. Name and email address supplied
Dear Sir, I just felt i had to contact you about the planting of the new trees in Avd Escandinavis. Like everyone else we were very pleased as we thought it would enhance the area until we saw they were planting the notorious pine trees therefore comes the problem of the prossesional catapillars, so near to the path that is used by so many people with young children and dogs!! Many holiday makers have no idea of the dangers of these catapillars. As the catapillars eat all the greenery, we will be left with the unsightly large twigs, that you see everywhere, and with the danger going to be caused to our children and pets,we would be better of without the trees. WHY couldn't we have some of the pretty trees they have planted at the
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roundabout and the avenue going into Santa Pola, is it just that these are the cheapest!! Please could you bring this up at your meeting with Loreto Cascales as i'm sure many people will be concerned at the dangers. Yours Sincerely, Name and email address supplied
Dear Barry and Sandra After our recent visit to GA and reading the Advertiser, we thought we would just share a few of our views with you. It was lovely to see the school up and running, but our concerns are firstly with the traffic and parking and secondly with the Dog Excrement. We feel that both of these problems could be solved by turning the waste land oppisite our house into a Car Park, Play Area and park, which I believe has already been suggested. The Car Park could be used for the school at the relevant times and then for the Play Area and Park the rest of the day. This would help the traffic situation considerably and make it safer for the children all round. With regards to the Dog mess, we were concerned as many of the children play on the waste land after school and we feel that as so many people use this as a Dog toilet the health issues must be taken into account. I am sure that if it is turned into a recreation area, the Dog walkers would still use it, but hopefully be responsible for their dogs and pick up the mess and place it in bins which could be provided, or face the consequences of a fine. Kind regards Name and email address supplied
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WORDSEARCH
WORDSEARCH “Learn your Spanish”
all English words beginning with “B”
search for the English word and its Spanish counterpart
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SUDOKU ANSWERS ON NEXT PAGE
To solve the puzzle each 3 x 3 box, each row and each column must contain all the numbers 1 to 9.
While the rules of this logic puzzle may be simple, there are numerous strategies to help you solve Sudoku. For hints and information visit www.sudoku.org.uk DOODLE AREA
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Timetable for the GA Train The train has been covered by transparent awnings to make the journey worthwhile in the windy weather and the chilly mornings and evenings. The 'real train' is taking it's time in making and the new scheduled touchdown is in the new year.
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Below, and on the next two pages are maps of Alicante, Santa Pola and Gran Alacant, to help find your way around and to see the location of our adverisers
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TEMPORARY SCHOOL
TOLDOS LA MARINA
Churchills Darbys Chippy Vet GA Exotics Flannagans Simple Spanish Mortgages Patagonia no.3 Steak House Saffron
PLAZA MAYOR Baileys Bar
NAN KIN CHINESE RESTAURANTS II and VIII
HOMEFINDERS/SOLEIL HEATHER CRAFT BUDDIES GRAN ALACANT SERVICES LA PALMA
NEW SCHOOL
22 CARABASI BAR COMPLEX (DOWN THE HILL) CASANOVA - SANDHILLS PHOENIX - JOES - OCEAN 11 CARABASI BAR SHOOTERS SUNSET BAR - OʼDUILLS SILVER SPOON YELLOW SUBMARINE
PATAGONIA no.6 STEAK HOUSE
TOPTONE ECLIPSE
BAR SIOUX
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TOURIST INFORMATION
NOT JUST DESSERTS SENSE LLIMITS MAVI HAIR & BEAUTY PATAGONIA no.2 STEAK HOUSE
DESIGNER DEPOT
25 THE WINERY 25 SPICY PARADISE 27 MAXCOOP SUPERMARKET 28 SUPERVALU SUPERMKT 29 MERCADONA SUPERMARKET 29 BEER HOUSE above MERCADONA 30 MEDICAL CENTRE POLICE STATION G.A. COUNCILLOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES NEW LIBRARY 31 SPORTS CENTRE 32 THURSDAY MARKET 34 NEW NANKIN Vlll CHINESE RESTAURANT 44 POST OFFICE 46 AMOROS 49 NEW SCHOOL 51 BAR SIOUX 52 RAFFLES PIANO BAR 53 LEMAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOP
P U T YOU R B U S I N E S S . . . .O N T H E M A P. . . .
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. . . . P U T YO U R B U S I N E S S . . . .O N T H E M A P Map to help you to find your way around Santa Pola. It also includes our advertisers
1. McDonalds 2. Market and red cross bus stop 3. Main Elche street 4. Castillo 5. Town square 6. Tourist info Police station Town hall 7. Fishing port 8. Post Office
9. Tourist info 10. Nan Kin Chinese Rest 12. Salt Lake museum 13. Civic & Social Centre 14. 15. Casa de Cultura 16. Lyneli hair
18 Santa Pola Marina. 19. Bailen 20. Aquarium 21. Suma Office 21. 22. Public refuse tip 23. site for New swimming pool 24. Indoor market 25.
27. New police station 28. Model boating lake 29. Pola Max shopping centre
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