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José with his late father who was deprived of congratulating his son on his Landslide victory,

Incumbent Mayor of Jávea, José Chulvi, must have been as surprised as anyone else, that he retained control of Jávea Townhall, not with a coalition, but with almost 60% of the votes. Few (other than PSOE Militantes) thought he could get close to 50%, let alone exceed it by more than 20%

In the municipal elections on Sunday 24th May, José Chulvi gained 61% of the votes, giving him an overwhelming endorsement for his style of government.

True, for 4 years he has relied on Oscar Anton looking after finance, Juan Ortola with responsibility for police, Pere Sapenna with building control and Juan Luis looking after sport - even though they were councillors of other political groups.

Chulvi has won the Jávea election with an absolute majority of 14 of the 21 council seats, after receiving more than 5,000 votes, representing 61% of those who voted, which was 2% fewer voters thanb in 2011. There must have been the feeling that José or Oscar would “walk it” so there was no need to vote.

The XD and CPJ coalition has won 16.44% of the vote with 1,347 votes PP only won 2.10% of Jávea votes, leaving them in opposition with 2 councillors.

Had PP done as well locally as they did elsewhere, former

SabadellCam bank employee could have been the first Alcaldesa (lady Mayor) of Jávea.

Compromis only received 615 votes, gaining a single seat on the Council. Ciudadanos, represented in Jávea by former Solbank manager Juan Carlos Generoso, failed to get enough votes to be elected, though his party did well nationally.

Jávea has a history (perhaps because it is the largest village in Spain) of voting AGAINST the trend of the rest of Spain.

These are the new Councillors: 1 José F. Chulvi PSOE 2 Isabel Bolufer PSOE 3 Antonio Miragall PSOE 4 Doris Courcelles PSOE 5 Quico Moragues PSOE 6 Pilar Zamora PSOE 7 Paco Torres PSOE 8 Marta Bañuls PSOE 9 Cesc Camprubí PSOE 10 Kika Mata PSOE 11 Ximo Segarra PSOE 12 Montse Villaverde PSOE 13 Jose Luis Luengo PSOE 14 Josefa Gisbert PSOE 15 Oscar Anton XD Coalition

16 Juan Ortola Coalition 17 Juan Luis Cardona Coalition 18 Tere Bisquert Coalition 19 Tere Ern Partido Popular 20 Juanjo Garcia Ptda Popular 21 Vicent Colomer Compromis Lynn Cobb (PSOE Nº 11) is missing from the list but may be a likely replacement for Yvonne on the Help Desk (a salaried position).

We are grateful for the report of www.javeamigos.com for distributing their thoughts on the internet: It was the result nobody could have predicted yet it would seem most people wanted - José Chulvi's PSOE clinches 60% of the vote in the municipal elections to win 14

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Landslide victory for ‘Team Chulvi’

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seats and take full control of the council. As soon as the first few results started to come in, there were audible gasps as it quickly became clear that the socialists were sweeping away all before them, dominating every count by a huge majority. As the final result came in at just before 10.00pm, the PSOE had attracted 5,655 votes with Oscar Antón's Coalición XDCPJ a very distant second with 1,591, Tere Ern's PP third with 1,050 and Compromís and C's Ciudadanos even further behind. It was a historic event, the first time a single party has gained overall control of the council in Xàbia for more than 30 years and almost certainly the largest ever number of seats.

The Chulvi effect continues.

The polling stations had opened at 9am and the day couldn't pass without some drama. At the IES Nº1, news broke that a voter had managed to slip 2 envelopes into the ballot box at the same time, an action that caused the box to be removed and another put in its place. There were rumours of people voting twice in different boxes and even a fracas between supporters of PSOE and Podemos. The foreign vote was disappointingly lower than expected with provisional numbers suggesting that less than 30% of the 3,782 who were registered to vote actually did so. The overall turnout was 58.62%, just over two points lower than 2011.

Within minutes of the results being confirmed, José Chulvi was embraced by his wife Monica and several of his supporters as well as other party candidates, including Juan Ortolá from the Coalicíon XD-CPJ and Vicent Colomer from Compromís. Down in the Casa del Poble in the Placeta

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del Convent, supporters had already gathered to welcome José as he took the short walk from the Ayuntamiento building to the PSOE HQ. Disco music and fireworks kicked off the party with Chulvi ensuring that the 13 other representatives received the same credit as they gathered on the stage in front of their HQ. His supporters cheered as he made a short speech, threatened to ‘stagedive’ into the crowd and then was last seen calmly playing football with youngsters in the square. This is the Chulvi effect, badly misjudged by the other parties it would seem.

He promised to be a man for the people and it has been clear that the almost twothirds of the voters agreed with him. It has been a historic evening. But now the hard work resumes ...

Residents of Jávea awoke on Monday morning to witness a major upset in the Valencian Community. The PP that used to control the Mayoral seats in the three capital cities Alicante, Castellon and Valencia - have seen their majorities cut.

The big winners overall, were the Compromis and Podemos parties, with Monica Oltra of Compromis seemingly set to take over the Mayoral seat in Valencia City.

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I would first like to thank everyone who placed their trust in us and all those who have believed and supported XD (Democratic Xàbia) for four years as well as those who have made up the project XD - CPJ. I also want to thank the whole team of the Coalition, the 24 candidates, members of both parties and all those who placed their confidence in us.

I wish to congratulate the Socialist Party PSOE - PSPV and its candidate José Chulvi, for the historic result.

Our first conclusion is that Jávea has decided to place all their trust in the Socialist Party and especially its candidate Jose Chulvi, so I will continue to support the municipality from the background but always looking out for Jávea.

I cannot conclude without thanking everyone who worked on election day and all candidates who attended the announcement.

Sincerely

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Benidorm installs pioneering Wi-Fi on the beach

During the months of July and August Benidorm will launch a pilot project of free wi-fi in a section of the Levante beach and the viewpoint of El Castell. In addition to providing free internet access the facility will provide feedback on people’s' tastes, interests and habits which will help the design of marketing strategies and promotions. The scheme, promoted by Cellnex and the Fundación y Nuevas Tecnologías, has already been employed successfully in Barcelona and Palma de Majorca.

Restriction on number of carrier bags for consumers

New European Union rules could further reduce the numbers of plastic carrier bags used in member States, according to a report by Eroski Consumer, part of the Spain-wide supermarket chain which originated in the Basque Country. The directive of April 29, number 2015/720,

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says the 28 countries must either reduce the number of carrier bags each person is allowed to take home from the supermarket, or limit the number given out without charge.

El País and the Guardian initiate of climate change sharing between global media

An unprecedented alliance of news publishers including the Guardian, El País, Le Monde and China Daily have agreed to share climate change content to raise awareness in the run-up to the next UN summit. More than two dozen publishers from around the world – from the Sydney Morning Herald to India Today and the Seattle Times – have agreed to scrap licensing fees for climate change content so that members of the alliance can freely republish articles. The initiative, called the Climate Publishers Network, aims to create a global pool of content to provide a resource for publishers to widen coverage ahead of the UN climate change summit in Paris in December.

Pine beetle plague has killed 1.5 million trees in the Valencian Community

The Ministry of the Environment estimates around one and a half million trees in the Comunidad Valenciana have already been destroyed by infestations of the pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda. The trees have been made vulnerable to attack by the continuing drought, which reduces the ability of pines to make protective resin. Control efforts are to remove dead and dying

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trees, and use chemical traps to capture the adult beetles. Up until the middle of May, the Valencian Government had removed 120,000 pines, most in Valencia province. The only real solution to the problem however, is a return to normal rainfall patterns.

Valencia pays high price for corruption

With public debt levels of around €40 billion – equivalent to 40 percent of its GDP – the regional government of Valencia is only able to pay its bills thanks to financing from a special fund set up by the central government. A child born in Valencia today comes into the world owing €100,000, while around a third of the region’s population, spread across the three provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón, lives close to the poverty line…“In no other region in the developed world are so many politicians facing investigation or trial for corruption.

Forest Fire in Val de Ebo and Pego

High winds and very high temperatures fanned the flames of a forest fire in Val de Ebo on the Solana de Garrofar early in May. The fire, which started at around 10.45am seems to have originated as a result of burning stubble. The flames forced the CV-714 road to be closed. A total of 14 aerial firefighting planes and helicopters and ten fire engines were involved and villas in Pego were evacuated because of the smoke.

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Valencia on red alert for heat

The arrival of an area of low pressure into Galicia in the middle of May lowered thermometers across much of Spain after the country suffered its hottest May day in 30 years. The exception is the Valencia region, which faced the worst of the high temperatures.

The Aemet state weather agency issued a red weather alert – the highest on the three-level scale – for Valencia province, warning temperatures could reach 42ºC in coastal areas and 38ºC inland. The region’s other two provinces, Alicante and Castellón, were on orange alert – the second-highest level – with temperatures of 39ºC expected. The unseasonal hot weather is the result of a body of hot, dry air moving in from Africa that caused thermometers to rise “between seven and 15 degrees more than usual, practically across the entire Iberian peninsula,” according to Aemet.

Jávea schools seek permission to change school hours

The Trenc de Alba and Port de Jávea’s schools have asked permission to change their schooling hours from 9.00am nonstop until 2.00pm, so they are in line with the Graúll and Vicente Tena schools which for the past year have been using these hours in a regional pilot scheme.

The education sector has seen the benefits of this schedule in the reduction of absenteeism, academic improvements, the reconciliation of work and family life and family satisfaction. The Town Council unanimously supported their request, which has been passed to the Valencia Department of Education.

Lighthouses into hotels?

An article in El País describes the national project to turn lighthouses into hotels, including Jávea’s Cabo de San Antonio Lighthouse, a project which has received much criticism. Quote: "The majority of Spain’s lighthouses have been computerised and are no longer manned by keepers, which means they are empty. Since the government announced its plans in 2014, it has received requests to convert around 20 of them into hotels…

Opposition to the plans has come from some environmental groups, which note that many of the sites are located in highly protected areas. Civic associations have also criticised the plans for closing off the lighthouses to local community use.

Concerns have been raised as to the economic viability of the conversion projects. David Moré, a respected

scholar who has studied Spain’s lighthouses, says the idea of turning them into hotels comes from Scandinavia. “But the lighthouses there are much bigger; in Spain I don’t think they will be viable,” he says, pointing out that most Spanish lighthouses only have two keepers' residences, and that the original building needs to be respected. “In short, the economic interests of the Ports Authority have taken precedence over technical criteria,” he concludes.

Driving and parking fines up 80% during Spain's financial crisis, three-quarters of which are issued by townhalls

Parking and driving fines increased in number by more than 80% during the main 'crisis years', according to a study by motor insurer Línea Directa.

Between the years 2000 and 2006, a total of 16 million fines were handed out, compared to nearly double – 29 million – from 2007 to 2013 inclusive.

A survey contained within the study shows 92% of drivers – 24 million in Spain - consider parking and traffic fines to be 'a clear way of making more money’, since they do not believe driving standards have got worse to such a degree or car-owners have suddenly become more careless about parking They also refer to the fact the amounts charged for parking fines have rocketed – from around €40 in 2006 to between €200 and €300 in 2012.

Spain has the world’s most competitive tourism industry

Spain has the most competitive tourism industry in the world, a global study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has found. For the first time the country has come out top of a list of 141 nations analysed in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, issued every two years by the same organisation behind the Davos Forum.

The report takes into account 90 individual indicators measuring elements such as a destination’s natural and cultural resources, its health and hygiene conditions, its travel infrastructure, its security levels, its price competitiveness and its adaptation to new technologies.

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Animal Crackers

I was looking at a dictionary of idioms the other day when animals started springing off the pages.

No, I hadn't taken a drink too far, and it didn't have pull-outs or flop-ups or whatever, as most children's books seem to have these days in the absence of a story-line. I just kept noticing that we refer to animals a lot when we express ideas that have little or nothing to do with the fauna with which we share the third stone from the sun.

The first to come buzzing off the page was: “to have a bee in your bonnet”, which I would have thought would mean to be in danger of being either stung or pollinated, but in fact means to have an obsession or fixed idea about something. You can also make a bee-line for the door, which doesn't mean that you visit several bright objects on the way there, dripping honey, but that you go straight there.

Odd! Bees apparently are confused with crows, who are apparently used to measure direct distances between places as they fly, although you would be wasting your time following a crow around with a yardstick, as they apparently often perch on pigs in order

to approach their prey unawares and hang around motorways because the vibrations bring earthworms to the surface. Either way your measurements are going to be pretty unreliable.

I also like the expression to kill 2 birds with a stone in the hand (or at least I think it goes something like that). This is apparently considered to be a good thing, and is no doubt the system adopted when putting battery hens out of their misery.

And as for birds of a feather sticking together, well what do you expect? It's only logical that uni-feathered birds unable to fly would stand around together like a bar full of grounded old R.A.F. pilots reminiscing.

I got a bit confused with passing the buck, which is presumably a way of getting a hernia at a stag party, or maybe our American cousins had something else in mind when they invented that one.

Cats, despite their popularity on this green and pleasant land, don't get treated very well linguistically. We used to use them to beat our disaffected sailors.

Presumably the other 8 tails were previously taken from (hopefully) deceased felines. Our Estate Agents apparently swing them to measure living space in rooms and on hearing that telltale thud confirm that the aforementioned space is adequate to rent to students. We grudgingly let them out of bags when we are finally forced to reveal our darkest secrets, although as far as I can see, the darkest of all dark secrets would be having a cat in a bag in the first place. I tried it for a full weekend (purely in the interests of science) and I and my neighbours can assure you that at no point was its presence a well-kept secret.

Dogs suffer similarly. We live a dog's life (i.e. one where you don't work, pay no taxes and have absolutely no responsibility when bringing up your children) and consider ourselves harddone by. A place goes to the dogs when it deteriorates, despite the fact that most rich, residential areas seem to be inhabited exclusively by loud, large salivating dogs with mouths full of pain, or so you find out if you dare to walk down one of their leafy streets. Nevertheless, if a cat has nine lives, every dog has its day, (notice its day not its days; you only get one shot at the coconut!)

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Donkeys get a mixed deal, working like a donkey (well they wouldn't work like civil servants, would they?), but living for donkeys' years.

The Dutch word for donkey is "ezel", which was used to refer to a clothes horse and later found its way into English as the artist's easel; a roundabout route unless we remember that donkeys were for a long time the only serious form of transporting goods, and presumably for drying out wet clothes after crossing a river.

Ducks contribute greatly to our ability to sneer at other people. If you get a duck in cricket your face will turn the colour of orange sauce, and if you are a lame duck in business then it's time to think about a career in politics, or even teaching! We also use duck as a verb. Apparently the casualties among beaters and sundry servants on many an upper-class twit duck-hunting expedition was so great, that when the ducks flew, it was enough to loudly acknowledge the presence of one to send the humble entourage ducking and diving into whatever muddy ditch was available.

If something is rotten in the state of Denmark then it's probably fishy. And if you fish for an answer as to who killed his brother and married his brother's wife, then probably like Hamlet you will feel like a fish out of water, unlike Ophelia, who felt like a non-fish in water, but that doesn't sound as catchy.

After Hamlet's uncle had finished shedding crocodile tears over his fratricidal activities, Hamlet (the black sheep of the family and all-round dark horse) became a fly in the ointment, like the ointment Claudius poured into his brother's ear. (With apologies to those who aren't familiar with the plot of Hamlet, and greater apologies to those who are).

Speaking of horses, dark or otherwise, we all have at some time received news from the horse's mouth.

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For many years in the Jávea area in order to receive BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 etc you had to invest in a high quality 2.4 metre satellite dish. It really was as simple as that!

I and my colleague Peter spent many, many hours testing various satellite dishes and the associated LNBs before we hit on a winning combination that we could recommend with confidence.

This involved producing quite a large concrete base to mount a substantial metal plinth to support the satellite dish, that had to be resistant enough to the occasional high winds we experience.

On occasion they were installed on flat roofs which required very careful planning.

Of recent times all this has changed as now we find that the final satellite transponder 2G is finishing its journey to complete a new set-up that is expected to operate for 12 to14 years.

This means that in the area of interest to Jávea residents and surrounding districts, reception signals have improved dramatically and the days of advising interested people to think in

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terms of acquiring a 2.4 metre satellite dish are finally over!

It is now generally accepted that a 1.4 satellite dish is capable of receiving the BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 etc and also the majority of the Sky offerings. In certain areas however a 1.2 metre satellite dish will offer quite good reception, however, depending on how the signals fall, it can be trial and error and of course in adverse weather conditions,without doubt the 1.4 type does outperform.

I should mention at this point that I often still receive calls requesting advice on removing a 2.4 metre satellite dish.

My advice is very simple: the larger satellite dish will always outperform the smaller sizes and therefore unless for aesthetic purposes it poses a problem, then carry on using it and in poor weather you will be one of the last to manage a longer viewing time.

Moving on from this, it is always worth remembering that we usually manage to get the occasional thunder and lightning, which can cause havoc if it occurs in close proximity to your home. My advice would be, play safe and remove your satellite connection from the rear of your satellite receiver.

Easy to say, often quite difficult to carry out, especially if it involves trying to reach the rear of your receiver! For those who have experienced this, it can prove quite a traumatic experience!

Of recent times I have noticed quite a swing to deciding to drop the Sky offerings - which are quite costly - and providing you are happy to restrict your viewing to the more traditional stations, like BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel Four and Five etc., it is possible to greatly reduce the financial outlay without compromising on quality. You will find yourself with excellent quality viewing and it’s well worth doing the maths!

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Taxing people who are better off is not the simple answer - an explanation.

Once a week, ten friends meet at the same restaurant for lunch and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this…

The first four men (the lowest earners) would pay nothing, the fifth would pay £1, the sixth would pay £3.

The seventh would pay £7, the eighth would pay £12. The ninth would pay £18, the tenth man (the highest earner) would pay £59. So that’s what they did.

The ten men seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner of the restaurant said “Since you are all such good customers I will reduce the cost of your bill by £20”. The bill for the ten men would now cost just £80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected, they would still dine for free, but what about the other six? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get a fair share? They realised that £20 divided by six is £3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up actually being paid to eat lunch.

So, the restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using, and he proceeded to work out the amounts that each should now pay.

Thus the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving), the sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33% saving), the seventh now paid £5 instead of £7 (28% saving), the eighth

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now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% saving), the ninth now paid £15 instead of £18 (17% saving) and the tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (15% saving).

Each of the six was better off than before and the first four still ate for free.

But once outside the restaurant the men compared their savings. “I only got a £1 out of the £20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got £10!” “Yes, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a £1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!” “That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get £10 back, when I got only £2?

The wealthy get all the breaks!”

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all ...this new tax system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next week the tenth man didn’t show up so the nine sat down and had their lunch without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them to pay even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction.

Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just might not show up anymore. In fact, they might start having their lunches overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. from Stephen Burke

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Once there was a little boy who lived in the country. They had to use an outhouse, as a toilet, and the little boy hated it because it was hot in the summer, cold in the winter and stank all the time. The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a stream and the boy determined that one day he would push that outhouse into the stream.

One day after a spring rain, the stream was swollen so the little boy decided today was the day to push the outhouse into the stream. So he got a large stick and started pushing. Finally, the outhouse toppled into the stream and floated away.

That night his dad told him they were going to the woodshed after supper. Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why. The dad replied, "Someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn't it, son?" The boy answered “yes.”

Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn't get into trouble because he told the truth."

The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't in that cherry tree."

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Rafalet fire quickly extinguished

A forest fire broke out on the upper slopes of Rafalet (above the houses on calle Mar de Barents) on the afternoon of Thursday 30th April. A quick response from the fire-fighters kept the fire under control and prevented it from spreading over the top of the hill. Even so some 4000 hectares was burned. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Spain to invest 421€ million in aquaculture

Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, MAGRAM, Isabel Garcia Tejerina, announced that 421 million Euros will be allocated to the Multiannual Aquaculture Strategic Plan 2014/2020. The plan outlines how aquaculture will be conducted in coming years in the framework of the new EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

The strategic guidelines of the Plan are: Simplify and standardise the legal and administrative framework; Reinforce representation from the sector; Increase Spanish aquaculture production by improving sector planning, and Select new areas of aquaculture interest.

Spanish wine: good - but sold too cheap

Spaniards make a lot of very good wine, but they sell it at the price of a bad wine.

This same product is later commercialised by France and Italy at much higher prices. The explanation for Spanish wine’s inability to fetch the market prices that experts agree it deserves is many-fold: a lack of good salespeople with language skills, weak distribution networks, over-abundant harvests and low-paying customers.

Another reason is the fact that Spain specialises in bulk wine.

Unbottled Spanish wine is used by bars, supermarkets and sangria makers across the globe.

Last year, Spain sold 1.25 billion litres of bulk wine, a 38-percent rise from the previous year. Three-quarters of that amount is sent to France, Germany, Portugal and Italy, “It is much easier to sit in your office and wait for a French agent to come to you with an order, than to go knocking on doors in Singapore,” a spokesman said. “The sales agent who goes abroad finds clients, but also finds out what people are drinking outside our borders, whether they prefer sweet wines, red or white, in a bottle or in a plastic bag, and that kind of information is essential in order to adapt our supply.”

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Spanish Climate will become more like Morocco's

Important crops will be impacted Andalusian olives, lemons in Valencia and even the country’s vineyards in La Rioja could all be at risk if temperatures rise to equal those of Morocco, according to the report ‘Cambio Climático en Europa 1950-2050 (Climate Change in Europe 1950-2050)’

by Spanish climatologist Jonathan Gómez Cantero.

Spain, has experienced a rise in temperature of 0.5 degrees during every decade since the beginning of the 20th century. Add to this the decrease in rainfall since 1950 and you have a country that has become both significantly warmer and drier.

Hot PAI - New proposals to develop the Saladar

Jávea Townhall has received a new Integrated development proposal (PAI Plan de Accion Integrada) for urban development of the Saladar. This will be a tricky issue for the new administration to tackle after the forthcoming elections.

The new General Town Plan (PGOU) has yet to be finalised and we are still operating under the 1990

regulations, which identifies the Saladar as an urbanisable area, although it is prone to flooding, and measures have to be taken to deal with this if any project is to be approved.

Townhall technicians are currently looking at the proposals which will be presented to the town's Consultative Committee on the environment and urban development before being considered by Councillors.

Jávea among the 50 towns worst hit by the crisis in Spain

The CSIS (Centre for Scientific Research) has produced an atlas of the crisis and calculated various indices to gauge how badly various towns have been hit. Jávea is considered to have suffered a "major impact". Hardest hit towns were those which based their tourism on massive and dense construction of secondary residences for a middle class population. There is still a surplus of properties - Denia alone has 26,000 vacant properties. Those less affected had a more diverse economy, renewed industry, some export capacity, and a basis for innovative business. These towns tended to be in the Atlantic coast Provinces and Navarra.

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Bob Yareham’s Animal Crackers Continued from page 7

relates to the fact that experts who examine a horse they want to buy usually look at the teeth, which are apparently revealing as to the state of the horse's health. We are also instructed not to look a gift-horse in the mouth, as if looking in the mouth were a polite way of refusing a gift, although the Trojans, who accepted a Greek horse apparently should have looked in its mouth (or any other available orifice) something it apparently didn't occur to them to do after several years of caution-annulling, intense slaughter.

Now we are warned of Greeks bearing gifts. A pity Princess Elizabeth didn't look that one in the mouth!

Horses are also victims of sadistic types who flog them when they are dead, otherwise I can't imagine why the expression should have come about.

Perhaps that's why Richard III offered his kingdom for a horse, maybe his followers had flogged them all to death out of boredom at not having any charity work to participate in, or just driven them too hard on the polo field.

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the straw that breaks their back some silly sausage starts trying to shove them through the eye of a needle.

I have never smelt a rat and hope I never do. Nor do I have the remotest wish to wake up one morning and find one sniffing me and calculating my nutritional value. Apparently in Britain rats are out of control due to all the fast food being dumped on the streets after the pubs close. Well, I would have thought there was a simple solution there! Don't close the pubs! If people are driven to drink and fast food, obviously the rat race is to blame.

To rat on someone is to inform on them, so is to grass. Perhaps someone who collaborates with the forces of law and order is a snake in the grass. Such collaboration, also known as singing, could certainly be their swan song.

The British are said to favour underdogs, although personally I wouldn't like to be involved in anything taking place under a dog. The British are also fond of the hair of the dog. Despite this fondness for canines we do our best to keep the wolf from the door, especially when it’s dressed in sheep's clothing.

I could go on but I'm dog-tired and in need of a cat-nap. See you later alligator.

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WOT’S IT LIKE ON A SUNDAY? Contributed by Bishop Clive Read

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The Health Service in Spain is every bit as good - and many say MUCH better than in the UK, but no matter the level of professionalism and skill of the doctor or nursing staff - if you don’t speak Spanish, ‘Murphy’s Law’ says those who care for you will not understand English or Spanglish.

What they DO understand on the Costa Blanca, and instantly recognise, is the Booklet “Tell the Doctor” which lists all the words and phrases you are likely to need during your visit to the Health Centre or Hospital.

The book is NOT intended to replace a competent Interpreter for those visits when accuracy and understanding are essential.

Originally compiled by Jenny Bussey, founder of Jalon Valley HELP, copies can be obtained from the OASIS HELP CENTRE, C/. Toni Llido 5 (at the rear of La Caixa bank in the Port) for 6,50€ a copy.

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is no rota or pressure) and thank God for It’s hard for Ann and I to remember being God or for some special way in what it was like not to go to church on a He has met their need in the past which Sunday, though there were periods week. when we were working 5 days a week Often a Psalm will be read, then a for employers, and our son Peter was a portion of the Bible, and it’s then that we child, that we put church (and God) on all venture into the unknown. On a recent the ‘back burner’.

Sunday, Lyn read some Scriptures from When we came to Spain we went to the the Bible that had been a particular 10am Sunday service in Calpe, 12noon in encouragement to her during the week.

Jávea and 6pm in Benidorm, as well as Tony, her husband, shared the following alternate Tuesdays in Torrevieja at 5.30pm thoughts the New York author Regina - and that was when there was no Brett, had entitled motorway between Oliva and Ondara, and SAYINGS ON LIFE to the South it terminated at San Juan.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

Anyone who comes into the Oasis Help Centre between Monday and Saturday, for 2. When in doubt, a chat or buy one of our 30,000 greeting just take the next small step. cards at 1€ each, might ask themselves 3. Life is too short what happens there on a Sunday. To start to waste time hating anyone. with, like the other 6 days of the week, we 4. Your job won't take care of you are there at 10am to open the doors and when you are sick. Your friends and make final preparations for the early parents will. Stay in touch. arrivers. Some come to reserve their place 5. Pay off your credit cards every before going off for a coffee, and others Continued on page 16 month. like to come early and contemplate on their expectations and the reality of life during the previous week.

Before the start of the meeting, Ann provides musical accompaniment from the Casio keyboard and we sing some Don’t miss out on our News and Views if you live ‘choruses’ - like hymns but shorter and overseas or would prefer to jave a copy delivered usually merrier - so to your Jávea Jome. people don’t feel as if they are entering a mausoleum when they Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arrive. Then it’s time Postal Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for a hymn and Ann tries to pick one that is well-known, but if you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . don’t know it this week, you will by the ........................................... time we sing it on another Sunday.

Ann opens the Postcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . proceedings with a The Annual Subscription for 2015 is 12€ in Spain, prayer, thanking God and £20 (UK cheque: A2Z Publications) to UK. for sending Jesus and Send to: Apartado de Correos 227, VERGEL 03770 (Alicante) welcoming God (in the Person of the Holy Further details available from: Spirit) into our clive@cliveread.com or phone 669 386 702 presence. Then others will pray aloud (there

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As a new grandmother, I am very protective of my daughter Meredith's baby girl. One cool afternoon I dropped by to see my grandchild. Meredith and a friend had taken little Allison for a walk in her pram and were just coming up the street. As soon as they reached me, I bent down to admire Allison and, in my fussiest voice, remarked, "Your little head is cold. You should have a hat on."

My daughter looked knowingly at her friend and said, "You owe me ten Euros."

Farewell...

The staff at our office was hosting a farewell luncheon for a retiring colleague. As we prepared to go to the restaurant, we discovered the giant balloon we purchased for the retiring 'guest of honour' wouldn't fit in the car.

Determined to bring it along, we simply held the balloon out the window as we drove to the luncheon location.

However we weren't prepared for the glares and dirty looks we were getting from pedestrians and adjoining cars at every intersection. As the long line of traffic in front of our vehicle began to turn, we discovered that our car was right behind a long funeral procession.

There was really nothing we could do but hold on to our balloon with its large farewell message: "GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN".

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Woman: Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes

Woman: How many beers a day?

Man: Usually about 3

Woman: How much do you pay per beer?

Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary!)

Woman: And how long have you been drinking?

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Man: Correct

Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man: Correct

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Denia/Jávea/La Sella areas.

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The tendency to rely on new political movements to succeed has held throughout the Community, and is even reflected in the result in Benissa, where incumbent Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello scored the largest number of seats: 8 (like Jávea’s Juan Moragues in 2003) but a coalition of Socialists, Podemos, and Ciudadanos could unseat him.

Rita Barbera - who has used a holiday home at the first entrance road to Tosalet - was ousted as Alcaldesa of Valencia after 24 years. PP gained 10 seats, PSPV 5, Compromis 9, Ciudadanos 6 and Podemos 3. If Podemos, Compromis and Cuidadanos can agree on policy, they would hold a majority of 18 seats, leaving PP and PSPV with 15.

Jávea maintained its reputation for being out-of-step with the rest of Spain!

In 2003 when Eduardo Monfort took control of Jávea there was only one other town in Spain that voted CDS/Bloc.

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Valencia was in the hands of Socialists.

The Valencia Community (despite PP corruption) has swung to Partida Popular (Blue) with only three isolated pockets of Socialism (Red) El Ports, L’Horta Oest, and Vinalopo, with Compromis winning in a slice that divided Alicante from Valencia (Yellow) La Plana Baixa, La Ribera Baixa, El Comat, Vall d’Albaida and Marina Alta.

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Continued from page 13 6. You don't have to win every argument.

Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone.

It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others.

You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. What other people think of you is none of your business.

16. Take a deep breath.

It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood, but the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion.

Today is special.

22. Over prepare then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words "in five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.

But don't worry, God never blinks.

Then it was the turn of Lesley to ask: Have you ever wondered why the most irritating people in the world seem to ‘home-in’ on you?

Indeed it is surprising how many there are, the supply seems endless.

Thought 1 - Could it be that to the wrong person we are annoying, but to the right person we are wonderful.

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Thought 2 - We all have our way of dealing (or, in most cases, NOT dealing) with these people but the only thoughts I can offer are: 1) Don’t marry them.

2) If you did, pray for Lesley deliverance.

3) Think carefully before you contemplate extreme measures; or 4) Avoid them - I have had other ways suggested to me, but as this is my church I’ll not repeat them.

5) Seek God’s guidance.

Don’t ask which of the foregoing I have (or have not) done - or considered, but the last suggestion should be the first, Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing!

But my thoughts this morning are of other things in life that can irritate, bite, spread disease, frighten, revolt, etc. (Yes, God’s smaller creatures such as mosquitos, ants, fleas, cockroaches, flies, snakes, rats, spiders, etc. etc. to tell us about the purpose of God’s little creatures with the question: Continued on page 21

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DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

About forty years ago when Clive and I lived in the UK, we had a friend called David who was a prominent preacher in different churches. One day he was booked to speak at a local church and was late arriving. The deacons of the church were getting anxious because David was usually so punctual and one of them went outside to greet him when he arrived. Just before 11am when the service was due to start, a scruffy tramp in a long dirty overcoat with two big carrier bags entered the church, walked to the front and sat on the front row, waving and shouting "hello" to people who caught his eye. There were lots of tuts and glances from members of the congregation to show they were not happy that this scruffy tramp was sitting

by Ann Read

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in the church with them. The other deacons were not happy that the tramp was so near the front of the church where David would be preaching so one of them went to the tramp, tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to leave his seat at the front and sit near the back. With that the tramp got to his feet, turned around and faced the congregation and threw off his dirty scruffy overcoat to reveal David in an immaculate suit and tie.

David preached that day on not judging people by their appearance or behaviour.

When they thought they had a scruffy tramp in their church, they wanted him removed because he was not dressed in Sunday best as the other people in the congregation, but when he took off his coat and revealed that he was in fact David their guest speaker, it was alright for him to stay.

I think most of us have been guilty of judging people from time to time. When

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I was a lot younger if I was introduced to someone who resembled a person from my past who I couldn't get on with, I found myself telling myself I was not going to get on with the new person either, just because of the resemblance. I was reading a story recently that brought back memories of an incident that happened to Clive and I many years ago. This is the story I read: Following a puncture that one of our daughters had on her way back to college a few years ago, we were parked at a petrol station unloading Mary’s boot to retrieve the spare wheel. We were three hours from home and still three hours from our destination with Randy and me in our car and our two daughters in Mary’s car.

Mary’s boot was filled with "back to college" items, which she and her sister Amy were helping their father stack on the pavement. I was preparing to also help when someone appeared out of nowhere as I stepped out of our car. A stranger with dirty, stringy, greasy hair and a wild look in his eyes that instantly made me uneasy – asked if he could help, and I promptly replied that my husband was putting the spare wheel on the car and we didn’t need any help. I was thinking to myself, I hope he accepts this answer and walks away. He basically gave me the creeps.

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Is it LEGAL to change a wheel on a motorway?

We have received many questions asking whether it is legal to change a wheel on the motorway?

Avoid to change a wheel if you have to be on the lane. It is LEGAL to change a tyre on a motorway, but do not do so if the conditions are unsafe or the weather is bad. On this photo you can check how the driver has put the triangles and used the high vis jacket, but she is on the lane of the motorway changing the wheel.

This is strictly forbidden, so if there is no enough space, it is not allowed to do it, so you need to call the recovery truck and transport your vehicle to a safe place to change the wheel.

World's first self-driving truck takes to the highways in Nevada

If you hanker to be a driver of a brandnew Daimler truck, there's bad news for you: the job doesn't exist anymore.

The Freightliner Inspiration, the world's first self-driving semi-truck, is now undergoing testing under real road conditions in Nevada. It's not yet on sale.

However, the US state has certified two Freightliner Inspiration trucks to mix with regular traffic on public roads.

Self-driving vehicles in the USA have a RED licence plate.

Prior to the current testing, the selfdriving truck covered over 16,000 kilometers on a test circuit in Germany.

Daimler, the world's biggest truck maker, says self-driving trucks will help freight companies save money on fuel and boost safety on the roads. In 2014

Daimler's rival, Google, announced the creation of self-driving cars, without steering wheel or pedals. It's hoped that automation in freight transportation has as much potential as driverless cars.

The truck maker says autonomous vehicles will be connected to their environment and other road users to such an extent that they will avoid areas with heavy traffic, reducing traffic jams on highways.

Despite its weight, the Inspiration truck is a smart vehicle. It maintains a safe distance from other vehicles on the highway and doesn't attempt to pass slower cars. A radar unit centred in the front bumper of the trailblazing truck monitors the road both at close and long-range. The long-range sensor goes out to about 250 metres, according to Daimler. The area in front of the truck is also monitored by a stereo camera (which has a range of about 100 metres) mounted above the dashboard. The steering gear installed in the Inspiration has been road-tested in Mercedes-Benz trucks since 2011.

Daimler says the Inspiration will “significantly change” the job of truckers, creating career opportunities for drivers to become what the company calls “transport managers”. Autonomous driving will also relieve drivers from long-distance routes.

“Autonomous driving will fuse truck and driver into a team more than ever, and into a meaningful, effective and highly economical combination of man and machine,” the truck maker says.

The company says that drivers will remain “the boss in their vehicle” because the technology of the Freightliner Inspiration still requires the presence of a qualified truck driver with valid commercial driver's license in the cab and on the gauges.

Daimler is not the only company to challenge automation technology for heavy-duty trucks. Sweden's Scania (a unit of Volkswagen) has been developing the so-called platooning on roads system that allows several trucks to move in tight convoy with a sole human driver in the lead vehicle. Apart from fuel savings, one of the major advantages of platooning is a reduction in traffic congestion, Scania says.

Watch a video of the new selfdriving truck on this link: http://www.antena3.com/…/nevadaaprueba-circulacion-primero

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THE SPEED LIMIT IS NOT A TARGET

The Highway Code says: The speed limit is the absolute maximum and does not mean that it is safe to drive at that speed irrespective of the conditions.

Driving at speeds too fast for the road and driving conditions can be dangerous. You should always reduce your speed when: - The road layout or condition presents hazards such as bends.

- Sharing the road with pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, - Particularly children and motorcyclists.

- Weather conditions make it safer to do so.

- Driving at night, as it is more difficult to see other road users.

As a driver or rider your speed is your responsibility. Reduce your risk when driving it is good advice to: - Check your speed regularly and adjust for the speed limit, the conditions and for vulnerable road users.

- Know the speed limits and look out for signs.

- Slow down when entering built-up areas.

- Allow yourself more journey time.

- Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear.

You can never control the consequences if you speed.

Did you know you need to ride with your lights on at all times?

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The Guardia Civil tells us Continued from previous page

It is a legal requirement that Motorcycles must have their lights on at all times when on the road. When we talk about Motorcycles, we mean with an engine size more than 50cc. Moped and Scooters up to 50cc, the use of the lights is advisable but not mandatory.

Warning of Speed Cameras

Getting caught speeding is one of those times when we all perhaps feel a little bit guilty, but our strongest emotion is often towards those who have caught us breaking the law, almost disbelief at the audacity of the reporting officer for having the downright cheek to fine us, when it is in fact usually the driver who is in the wrong.

Spotting a camouflaged car may be a hobby for some, although many others are still oblivious until the uniformed officers flag them down or a fine arrives in the post.

Seasoned experts may well know what to look out for in some vehicles, whether it is a nipple like protrusion coming from the front of the car, a slim silver box perched on the window, or a person on board in bright clothing watching a screen, spotting a radar car was not quite as easy as it seemed.

In addition, there have also been a lot of hoaxes about new hidden radars in the past, a favourite being a picture of a Skoda car with a radar hidden in the roof box. Although in actual fact it was a real photo, the car was not Spanish.

We do know where it was from by the way, but we’ll not spoil that surprise.

Although it was not common practice, there have been occasions of radar equipment hidden behind dustbins or parked cars, between trees or in tunnels, but now all of this is a thing of the past, as the DAG promote their new transparency method of operation in speeding clampdowns.

We have already published an article detailing how the DGT is starting to publish the location of mobile radars, with 305 routes published in the two areas under focus already. This information is in addition to the publication of fixed cameras, which they have done for some time. By the summer, the DGT aim to publish the location of 1,200 routes where mobile radars will be in place at some point.

In addition, the option of hiding radar equipment was taken away in February, now the radar must be visible.

But not only that, the camouflaged radar cars will also be carrying an information board which the officers will put on the road warning drivers of their presence.

Although the sign may be somewhat discreet, around 30 centimetres across, it is intended to warn drivers that they are in a current speed trap area. The signs will also be placed near to the standard speed warning signs on the road too, and will be visible at least 100 metres before the radar, so you will have enough time to check what speed you’re driving at, bearing in mind the new margin of error with the new law is 7%.

So every opportunity is given to you to

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ensure you know the maximum speed and that you are complying before the radar, and there is no excuse that you “didn’t know the speed limit”.

With the intention of speed traps being to ensure that drivers adhere to the maximum permitted speed, the overall aim is of safety. Speed checks are always on roads with a high incident rate, many of which have seen fatal incidents in the past and many of those with excessive speed as a contributing factor.

Although the DGT website will publish the location of the radars, they will not be the precise position that the officers are located, but rather a route over a fixed distance. Therefore, if a driver checks the location, it is hoped that they will be conscious that somewhere out there a speed trap is waiting, and so their speed will be reduced over more of the route than if the driver just happens to spot the radar or sign.

By warning drivers of their presence, it is hoped more drivers will slow down and roads will become safer as a result.

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Can I park here?

(In front of the garages)

If the owner of the garage has not asked for a VADO, of course you can park, unless there is a traffic sign which prohibits it, installed by the Townhall.

Many of you think that if you park in front of these garages it is inconsiderate, but you should know that the garage owner has the possibility of getting a VADO (paying a fee each year) but have not applied for one.

In this case the garage owner can not get angry if vehicles park in front of their garage. Some of them use their garage as a store and is the reason they have not asked for a Vado.

If there is no VADO sign displayed, the garage owner can do NOTHING if you park in front of their garage. The police can only fine and remove your car when the garage has a VADO sign displayed.

Are you planning to drive in other European countries?

Do you know what equipment (Triangles, High Vis Jacket and aid kit) it is compulsory to carry in your car when you are abroad? Please have a look at this illustration

Carrying chidren on a bike

1. - "How many child seats can I carry in a bicycle?"

- Only one child seat with one child.

2. - "Until what age can I carry passengers in the child seat?"

- When the rider is adult, he can carry a child until 7 years old in a child seat.

We remind you that in spite of the child use a restraint seat in the baby seat, they MUST use helmet anywhere anytime. The adult can choose if wearing the helmet or not, depending where he is riding.

- City = Helmet advisable - Outside city limits (Roads)= Helmet compulsory (Riders over 16 years old).

Here you have the law, which is applied: REGLAMENTO GENERAL CIRCULACIÓN Artículo 12 Normas relativas a ciclos, ciclomotores y motocicletas 1. Los ciclos que, por construcción, no puedan ser ocupados por más de una persona podrán transportar, no obstante, cuando el conductor sea mayor de edad, un menor de hasta siete años en asiento adicional que habrá de ser homologado

Is it OK to carry your child in a trailer? Is it compulsory to use the helmet in the trailer?

The Reglamento Circulación in the article 12, says the following: "Bicycles cannot carry people in the trailer".

There is an exception: each Townhall will be able to allow it under the area of its jurisdiction, but never on the roads outside the city limits.

Article 47.1 of the Ley Seguridad Vial has been modidfied and says the following: A bicycle rider or passenger who is under 16 years of age must wear a helmet everywhere.

The children in the trailer are considered passengers so they must use helmet.

Change on marriage laws ignores social justice

Parliamentarians in Australia are urged to more carefully consider the ethical consequences of redefining marriage as another prominent MP changed positions.

“Marriage is the foundation of family,” Lyle Shelton said, “the rights and interests of children ought to be immediately put at centre stage of all family policy.

“Redefining marriage would redefine family. Same-sex marriage and samesex parenting are inextricably linked.

“By definition two parents of the same-sex cannot parent a child without first removing that child from either its mother or its father.

“Every time a child loses their mother or their father, whether by family breakdown, death, desertion, it is a profound tragedy.

“Marriage rights are rights to family and children.

“Politicians should not pass laws that encourage and facilitate separating children from either of their biological parents merely to satisfy the desires of adults.

“Let’s not make a grave error of judgement on the marriage debate. To champion marriage as a society is to champion social justice for our children.”

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Why did He create them!

Firstly, I don’t know - no one KNOWS - but we do know he used them to make a point and on many cases to cause catastrophy - for example, the plague of locusts.

Secondly, I do know that God’s does nothing without purpose: so these flying, creeping things, are for a reason.

Thirdly, I can say that there is no creature on earth that I fear as much as a human being, and the capacity they can have for evil.

Fourthly, I am not a botanist, emtomologist or expert: these are the ramblings of my personal thoughts.

On the whole, I can rub along with God’s smaller creatures - I have been caught by Ron (my late husband) talking to greenfly and telling them that if they leave my roses alone I will not spray them, and I like ladybirds and tolerate wasps that eat greenfly.

Regretfully, the greenfly don’t listen, and Ron always thought I was rather odd!

Ants I have (at the moment) six cats and one dog. When I feed them it has to be separately. For as in human society, status and competition is all important so window sills are competed for to achieve a peaceful meal. Bella (the dog) eats at floor level - she knows her place!

But I do not have ants in my house there are millions of them in the garden and I do not kill them.

Any food left over is a target for ants from April to November. Ants have strict working hours and have a siesta, depending on the position of the sun, and they retire at sundown.

I put small pieces of leftover cat food in the extreme corners of the window sills, and the ants do not come in. Yes, I feed ants - but Ann did believe I was odd!

Ants are amazing! I like to watch their industry. They are ordered in their society. They all have their job to do and do it to the best of their ability - even unto death. They clean and polish all day collecting seeds, pollen, etc. and take it home to feed the family. They tirelessly do God’s work in keeping order and removing stale food, dead insects, etc. Clearing away the rubbish which has potential for disease, they are

an example of God’’s teachings.

Cockroaches appear somewhat feckless, as they are attracted by food, but are not selective. They just like anything remotely edible. They are a sign of not being careful about cleanliness. Unfortunately, if you live in a block of flats, they can move around the building through pipes and ducts and you could end up entertaining your neighbour’s cockroaches. I have seen cockroaches breeding in a cutlery drawer (not my drawer I hasten to add) and it is no wonder disease can be spread, even on to knives and forks. I thank God for sending cockroaches to remind us to clean up after ourselves or else.

Mosquitos are a tenable infliction, because they suck blood. I am delighted to say they find my blood repellant but I know many people to whom they make life a misery. You can be clean or dirty, live anywhere, and they can spread diseases. Jesus spoke of Living Water the protection of His fresh and clean water of hope and life, whereas mosquitos breed in sluggish, stagnant water of death. God has only wanted us all to have fresh LIVING water, both physically and metaphorically. He laid down strict rules of life to keep pollutants away from fresh - Living water, but our society and thrived on ignorance and polluted this basis of life itself, and mosquitos continue to breed adinfinitum, and so will disease. God, in His infinite wisdom has sent waterborne creatures to eat mosquito larvae and flying creatures to eat mosquitos by day - birds - and by night - bats. There!

Sorted! But no . . . for we have to help ourselves and bad practice ensures the survival of this unpleasant insect.

Flies “Dear Father - why did You create flies?” Flies are attracted to moist animal and human waste. They lay eggs in it and the grubs hatch and eat the waste. 36 hours and no dead, dirty carcasses, detritus, etc. Result? Disease gone, grubs gone, GREAT! Wrong! more flies, more waste, repetition when they walk all over our food. What’s wrong with washing our hands - what’s so difficult about that, we’re not in a drought centre? God created flies to clear waste - not pass disease onto the food we leave lying about. The

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instructions are in the Handbook - the Bible - and it’s there to be read.

Spiders I know there are arachnaphobics - my mother was one but she didn’t want me to grow up with the same problem. Mummy blamed God for all the problems in her sad life, but her Mother was a positive Christian woman who praised God daily for helping her cope with her even sadder life. Grandma always quoted “If you want to live and thrive - let a spider run alive.” And Mummy bravely taught me to love spiders and to pick them up which I do to this day. We all know why God made spiders, don’t we? To make webs to catch insects, but I think he wanted us to learn from them too. The beauty of the web on a damp misty morning; the strength of the thread which gives life to her eggs but death to others. And what about the patience as she quietly waits for her next insect.

Beauty, Strength and Patience are just three of the spider’s qualities, and there are many more.

Just as God gave us so many qualities and gifts - how often do others see them? Do we forget to shine our light on those who may not know or understand about our Dear Jesus?

Rats and Mice I have to admit that I like both! A friend of mine had an exlaboratory white rat called Basil (my first husband had the same name and proved himself a rat). Basil rat was intelligent, loving, funny and spotlessly clean (shame about husband number one).

I also struck up a relationship with a vine rat who lived in the unconnected Telecom junction box in the pavement

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to everyone who has looked after loved-ones in Spain After caring for my mother (who herself cared for my father) I have looked after some lovely people in the UK as an Agency carer.

If YOU are a caring person and interested in carework in England on a 2 week on / 2 week off rota, I’d like to hear from you? Interviews and training here in Spain. For more information ring 616162324 or eMail jacqui.javea@hotmail.com

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Continued from previous page outside my villa. Not being connected for three years enabled “Teley” as I called her, to chew all the cables in order to build a comfortable nest for generations of babies.

I also had the amusement of watching the irritated Telecom staff who had to renew yards of cable when finally connecting us to the outside world. I managed to smuggle her out before they laid down poison and moved her nest of babies to a safe location.

I know rats and mice spread disease, but if God’s words on cleanliness and order were followed - this would not be the case. We leave rubbish lying around and the rats/mice are attracted to it - so we need to clean-up our act. “Teley” was spotlessly fastidious. She had no dust in her corners. She cleaned her home and brought up her babies in a safe and loving environment. She never ceased personally grooming herself and her babies. Rats and mice breed at the rate of available food - less rubbish less rats.

Finally Snakes. Yes, OK, I do like snakes - they are warm and tactile to the touch. I don’t think they were created to be pets but they have their place in God’s grand order. Snakes can be harmless or dangerous. The snake in the Garden of Eden was persuasive and Eve succumbed. But snakes - are well snakes (no deception), No lies - what you see is what you get. But Eden’s snake could be heard - he practised deception.

I believe snakes are here to remind us of the devil. He is not here to be run over - because you don’t like snakes, because he has an important purpose in life. When you see a beautiful writhing God-given snake - God is asking us to look at ourselves and to be reminded that the devil is waiting to curl around us and lure us into temptation - don’t blame the snake, he is God’s way of reminding us of good and evil.

So, to sum up: I believe ALL God’s creatures have a God-given purpose, whether you like them or not, and when you think about it - are they any more irritating or dangerous than human beings?

The congregation gave Lesley a standing ovation for her first contribution as a member of the New Oasis Ministry Team.

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After the sermon, whether consisting of one speaker or more, attention turns to the focus of Christian Worship: Holy Communion Holy Eucharist The Last Supper Bread and Wine when everyone present is invited to remember the death of Jesus, in the same way as He did on the night before His crucifixion.

Saul of Tarsus, an extremist Jew, became a Messianic Jew (who recognised Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah) after being blinded on the road to Damascus to arrest those known as “People of the Way” - or followers of Christ.

The change in Saul’s outlook and thinking was so great that his name was changed and he wrote large parts of the New Testament, including the words: on the same night in which He was betrayed, Jesus took bread after giving

thanks, and said “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Jesus wrote similar words about the wine and urged recipients to examine themselves, before partaking.

The meeting ends as St. Matthew’s Gospel records “When they had sung a hymn, they went out. . .”

By this time it is usually around 12.15pm, and one of the Ministry Team will make-up a short closing prayer, after which everyone forms a circle - holding hands - and commits each other into the care and protection of God until the next time they meet.

Then it is time for free refreshments.

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Jávea Townhall has received heavy public criticism for insensitivity in constructing a concrete ‘cemetary’ in memory of a Jávea midwife who brought more than 3,000 local babies into the world.

The idea of a commemorative space was applauded, but the lack of seating, shade and equipment to encourage children to play, suggested the designers were totally disconnected to the needs of the area and the achievements of the woman whose life the open space was celebrating.

There had been many previous projects to turn the space into yet another facility for pensioners, and the tribute to Maria was welcomed but seen as inappropriate.

The event, began with a musical performance by drummer Miriam Llerena, and was attended by family and friends of Dona Maruja.

Her widower, Miguel Serrat, thanked the people of Jávea for their

tribute to his wife. For it’s part, the Mayor, José Chulvi, said "this public space overlooking the sea in your neighbourhood is a sincere tribute, full of affection", adding "it is so little compared to what she did for Javienses,"said the mayor.

Chulvi added “in addition to honour the memory of a great family servant, this woman is also a way forward in the model of people we want: friendly and open to all.” The Mayor called on all residents to fill life to this place, you enjoy it and feel like a good place to meet friends, take the kids, rest or watch the sea.”

Placeta Comare Varó Maruja is located across the street from La Grava, in the Port neighbourhood. It is a space on two levels with dry stone wall, a bench and a stepped area, so it may also be used for small outdoor cultural performances.

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Letting with the option to purchase: It can be the solution

Increasingly many clients request our assistance in regard to leases and lettings with the option to buy, as at this moment this formula is increasingly being used, due probably to the difficulty of access to credit and bank loans, or job instability, or because property prices seem to be stable, etc.

Personally I think it could be a very good choice, depending on the circumstances, it could be the best or only option to reach an agreement between parties.

It allows the seller / landlord to obtain an income, rent, while waiting for the property to be sold. Also, it is possible to agree a premium to be paid to have the option to purchase, to be paid by the tenant for having the right to purchase the property for a certain period of time. If finally the right to purchase is not exercised, this premium would be kept by the seller. In some cases, however, the parties can agree an option to purchase free of any premium for having the option.

On the other hand, it allows the tenant and potential buyer, among other advantages, to live for a time in the property before buying it. In this way, they can see if it really fits with his/her needs, and invest the money paid for rent on a possible purchase, etc.

Lettings with an option or right to purchase, are a double contract, two in one. On the one hand the tenant is allowed to live in the property for the time agreed in exchange for a rent to be paid, and on other hand, for the period of time agreed by the parties, the tenants will have the opportunity to exercise their rights to purchase the property, deducting all or part of the lease rents paid.

This dual contract must be drafted very carefully, and as always we recommend you seek the advice of an expert lawyer, as you must make sure that your interests are protected both in relation to the letting and the purchase.

Amongst other points, it is essential to make absolutely clear:

l The property or properties object of the lease and option to purchase, its description, status, etc. l Price, and other conditions relating to the sale.

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l Rent to pay during the letting period, who will bear the cost of supplies, local taxes, kind of rental to be agreed, etc. l Length and term of the rental agreement (here we must be careful with forced extensions), and period during which the tenant could exercise his/her right to purchase. l If the right or option to purchase will be free or if the tenant will have to pay a premium. l The amount or percentage of the rent that will be deducted from the purchase price.

Finally it must be noted that such contracts could be registered at the Land Registry in Spain, and if it is a secondhand property that finally is purchased, Transfer Tax would apply as with a normal resale.

Who should pay for repairs during a lease contract?

In lease contracts, one of the most common sources of conflict and problems is determining who should repair what is broken during the rental term.

The law governing urban leases in Spain is the Urban Leases Act, Law 29/1994 of 24th of November. In relation to repairs and maintenance obligations of properties, the law says in its Article 21, titled: Conservation of the property, that: The Landlord (home owner) is obliged to make all necessary repairs to keep the house in habitable conditions, to be able to use it for the use agreed, except when the deterioration or repair is attributable to the tenant.

If the work to be performed cannot wait until the termination of the contract, and has to be carried out during the lease, the lessee (tenant) is obliged to bear it, even if it is very annoying or even if they cannot use part of the house. Article 21 says that if the duration of the works to be done takes more than twenty days, the rent to be paid shall be decreased in proportion to the part of the property that the tenant cannot use during the repairs.

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The article also states that "minor repairs due to the ordinary deterioration caused by the normal use of the property shall be borne by the tenant".

This last part referring to "minor repairs" to be paid by the tenant, is the source of many problems between landlords and tenants, as it is difficult to determine clearly what is meant by small repairs due to the regular use. A recent article from the legal magazine ‘SEPIN’, illustrated some recent court decisions from Spanish courts, and what they understand can be considered as small repair due to ordinary use, to be paid by tenants: - The Malaga Provincial Court in its judgment of 6th of October 2011, said that it is a small repair arranging for a coffee machine to be installed in the premises, and the tenant must therefore pay for it.

-The Provincial Court of Madrid, said that the humidity caused by poor sealing of the bathtub is not the responsibility of the landlord and the tenant has to repair and pay for such work, considering it as minor repairs resulting from normal and ordinary use, according to its judgment of 29th of June 2009.

- The Provincial Court of Valencia, understands that it is the responsibility of the tenant to repair the boiler, as its reparation is due to the ordinary use of it, and should be considered as small repairs, in its judgment of 15th February 2003.

However, it can be very interesting, if you are signing a lease or rental contract, to negotiate and correctly word the property contract, to expressly agree what must be repaired by each of the parties, as these repairs can be significant, costly, and provoke conflict between the parties to the contract.

If you need legal or court advice on a lease, whether it refers to a home, business premises, etc., please contact us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) Spanish Law firm solicitor attorney barrister.

Denia, Costa Blanca Marina Alta White & Baos 2015 – All rights reserved.

Permission granted to Jávea Jeard to reproduce.

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Just as I said we didn’t need any help, Randy told me he couldn’t get the last lug nut off, and he had tried with every wrench in his toolbox. Aaron, or should I say, Crazy Aaron as the girls dubbed him, pipes up, “I’m a mechanic. I can help you. There’s a car spares store down the road, I can take you there to get the right tool.” Randy reluctantly agreed and jumped into a beat up old pick-up truck with Crazy Aaron and headed to the store.

They came back a little later and Crazy Aaron popped that last lug nut off with the new tool. Randy whispered to me, “He drives like a psychopath! I’m so glad we’re back!” Aaron proceeded to put the spare wheel on, he seemed eager to help, and Randy pulled me aside to softly tell me that while they were driving to the store, Aaron had shared that he had recently lost his job. Randy told me he wanted to pay him generously for helping us. I had cash in my purse and Randy took out more than I would have guessed Aaron’s help was worth.

But God had already convicted Randy to give him above and beyond what seemed the appropriate amount.

Aaron with the stringy, greasy, dirty hair and wild look – had tears in his eyes and his voice trembled when he saw how much money Randy was giving him. He said to us, “You have no idea what you have done for me today! Thank you so much!”

I felt about an inch tall. My rush to judge Aaron now had me swimming in shame.

I appologised to him for brushing him off so quickly when he first arrived on the scene. And what was he doing on the scene? He had run out of diesel and was able to coast to the same petrol station where we pulled into after the puncture.

He had to call his dad and plead for money to put diesel in his truck. His dad had just arrived and given him twenty dollars and told him, there wasn’t going to be any more where that came from.

Then, Aaron turned around and saw us and came over to help. I still think about that day and wonder, did God send Aaron to help us, or us to help Aaron?

The answer is both. God crossed our paths to help each other and to meet our needs – and He also taught me not to make quick assumptions about people.

You know, when Aaron smiled, he didn’t look so scary anymore. He left us with a smile that day as he drove off in his pickup truck, driving a little reckless if you ask me. We all smiled too, as he drove away, absorbing the events that had transpired that hot August afternoon and wondering how long we would have been stranded there unable to get the

wheel off if Aaron hadn't turned up when he did.

Clive and I had a similar experience in America about ten years ago. We had flown to Dallas Fort Worth airport from Spain and were booked into a Day's Inn at Richardson, about 40 kilometres from the airport. We arrived at the airport very tired and fed up late at night and proceeded to locate our hire car which in itself was a nightmare. We finally completed the paperwork and were taken out to the car and handed the keys with a map on how to get out of the airport grounds. We set off and drove round and round trying to find our way in the dark and we finally found ourselves on a main road driving away from the airport.

We drove on and on and realised we were hopelessly lost, despite the fact that we had a map, in fact we weren't even on the map any more, we had driven out of the map area. We finally spotted a petrol station and drove in.

Clive told me to go inside and take the map, show the person inside where the hotel was we were heading for and get some directions.

I went inside and started to speak to the man behind the counter but he just looked at me blankly as I showed him the map. "Can I help" said a voice behind me, and turning round I saw a young scruffy, long haired youth that looked as if he was high on drugs and he had such a wild look in his eye. I showed him the map, and he looked intently at it for a few moments then said "I can tell you how to get on the right road for your hotel" and proceeded to go into very detailed instructions which didn't mean a thing to me.

"Please could you come outside and speak to my husband who is the driver and give the instructions to him?" So out he came, swaying all the time and I thought he was going to fall down at any time. He looked in the open window of the car, saw all our suitcases and said "You have come a long way and are very tired aren't you?" We had to agree and after trying to tell Clive the instructions which were very complicated the wild young man announced "No, it is too complicated, you are never going to find the way onto the right highway to get to your hotel, I will take you there, if you follow my car."

Well, what were we to do? I got in the car and told Clive, "Don't go down any dark roads, don't follow him into any strange places, and keep your window shut at all times because I am not at all happy with putting our trust in this man." I had heard of so many stories of tourists being beaten up and robbed and it was obvious from our suitcases and

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accent that we were foreigners. I was very uneasy to say the least.

The youth got into a beat up old car and was joined by another man in the front seat. "Great" I thought, "He's come mob handed." We drove for a few minutes and he pulled into a dark car park and Clive followed him before we realised it. He and his companion parked the car and got out. "This is it I thought, please God keep us from getting hurt." The two men got into another car that was parked nearby, started the engine, put the lights on and off we went. Well we drove up roads, down roads, round roundabouts, down dark roads (we had no option) and the journey in the black of night just went on and on. Clive had his mobile phone very close to him, he had already dialled the emergency number for the police and all he needed to do was to push the send button. Fat lot that would have done us I said to myself, in the middle of nowhere, not even knowing where we were!

I thought the journey would never end!

We had been driving for about twenty minutes through the narrow dark streets, when we saw a petrol station on the right hand side, and the car ahead slowed down and pulled into the station and we followed. The youth got out of the car and came over to speak to us. "If you go to the next roundabout, turn left you are on the right highway to take you directly to your hotel." We got out of our car and thanked him profusely. I had already taken some of our dollars out of my handbag to give him for his help.

When I tried to push the money into his hand he took his hand away and refused to take it. "No, I don't want your money.

I could see when you arrived at the petrol station you were tired and fed up and had obviously been travelling for many hours and I wanted to help you."

We asked him to take the money to put fuel in his car but he still refused. As he said goodbye to us he thrust a piece of paper into my hand and said "I don't think you will have any difficulty now finding your hotel, but if you do get lost again, this is my mobile telephone number, just give me a call, tell me where you are and I will come and find you."

We followed his instructions and within a couple of minutes we were on the right road for our hotel and twenty minutes later, at 2.30am we arrived at our Concluded on page 28

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Spotlight on Jávea People

This column is all about the people in our community and their everyday lives and connections to the area of Jávea.

Last month we turned on the Spotlight and featured two leading local politicians, Mayor José Chulvi and his Deputy, Oscar Anton, who were both beginning their election campaigns.

This month’s spotlight focuses on a special friendship which looks at how two ordinary childhood friends took different career paths after leaving school. One became a technical architect while the other became a world famous tennis star. How many of us can say that we still have our childhood friends around us, yet incredibly these two friends have remained loyal to each other despite having different lifestyles, and so our story looks at the friendship between Jordi Torres Marti and David Ferrer.

At this point I must say that a lot of people in Jávea lay claim to knowing David Ferrer very well, however I do know the friends in the Penya La Comuna Jávea, are special to both Jordi and David.

Jordi was born in Denia on the 1st April 1982 to Ceferino Torres and Isabel Mart and a day later on the 2nd April 1982, David Ferrer Ern was born to Jaime Ferrer Sapena and Pilar Ern Cholbi.

Written by Ian Amer

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The boys celebrate their birthday one day apart and this pattern has followed through with their other halves.

David’s fiancée Marta was born on the 4th June and Jordi’s wife Ana was born on the 5th June 1982. The coincidence carries on as both girls studied at the same University in Valencia, they were both studying to become opticians around the same time but surprisingly they had never met each other until the boys introduced them.

Both Jordi and David went to different schools in Jávea where Jordi attended the Vicente Tena School and David went to Trenc D’Alba. Jordi and David met through mixed friends at both schools and after a few meetings at the local tennis club it wasn’t long before they started to build up a friendship of their own.

Jordi remembers as a child that David was always very competitive and he didn’t like to be beaten at any game.

Once in a school race David managed to come in fourth place but an absent minded teacher, who was awarding trophies for the winning top three places, had forgotten who had come in third place. So the teacher shouted out

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Although the friends went to different schools they would meet up after school to play video games and join in with other friends playing around the town and port. The same mix of friends in 2008 formed a Penya called

David, Jordi and La Comuna Jávea

La Comuna Jávea. The mothers of the boys unwittingly named the Penya, La Comuna meaning The Commune, after they compared their young long haired sons to that of a gathering bunch of hippies.

Both Jordi and David liked to play football and so the duo joined a local five a side team. They both enjoyed playing football and by all accounts David was a very good player. The team played in a five a side league and enjoyed some success winning trophies but David’s tennis was progressing and so his attentions became focused on his tennis training.

As the boys progressed into their early teenage years David and his family moved to Tavernes, near Gandia, where they settled for a few years before moving on to Barcelona. David attended the Centro Alto Rendimiento (CAR) sports institute and after his studies and training returned with his family to Jávea. The two friends shared their time but it wasn’t long before David’s coaching became full time with his weekends being reserved for playing in amateur tournaments.

David and Jorge

“Who came third?” On hearing this David immediately put up his hand and was therefore beckoned forward by the teacher to collect the third place trophy when in fact this was not rightfully his to claim. Can you imagine being that poor schoolboy who ran hard to come third and lose out on his trophy because he didn’t raise his hand in time to beat Mr Ferrer. I bet this schoolboy now tells the story over a beer and it is now his claim to fame.

Meanwhile Jordi was studying for his future at the Antonio Llido Institue in Jávea and during this time he met his future wife Ana.

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Continued from previous page By the time the duo reached their late teenage years both Jordi and David had developed different lifestyles and each spent more time focussing on their respective career paths. You would have thought their friendship would have eventually fizzled out but for the grace of the early mobile phone, helped the two friends stay in contact with each other which in contrast were very different from my 1970s childhood communication days.

When a school friend moved away in my neighbourhood during the 1970s keeping in contact was either by means of a written letter which often consisted of a few scrawled lines or if you could scrounge a few shillings together you might make the long walk to the nearest phone box to keep in touch but let’s be honest what child would keep this up for long. On one particular occasion a good friend from the group said his parents were moving back to London and that he was going to take up acting. It seemed an eternity as each week passed we would hear him say “next week I am leaving here to go and live in London.”

The day finally came around when we said our goodbyes and we all promised him that we would make the effort and keep in contact but it never happened.

As soon as Gary moved away the thought of having to write a letter or walk to the phone box was not so appealing to us young 14 year-old boys and so we moved on without him. The group eventually split up as we all grew up and took to our different career paths unlike Jordi and David.

Did Gary make it as an actor? Yes he did. The 14 year-old, Gary Hedley, studied acting at the Barbara Speake stage school in Acton, West London. He changed his name to Gary Love adopting the surname from his estranged father and soon appeared on the TV in commercials. His first major role was appearing as a bully called Jimmy

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After appearing in Grange Hill he gained other parts in mini serials like Jack the Ripper, Never the Twain and Birds of a feather. His big break came in 1991 when he appeared as Sergeant Tony Wilton in the ITV series Soldier, Soldier and this success followed on when he appeared in Martin and Gary Kemp’s film The Krays playing a main character named Steve, Ronnie’s boyfriend in the film. He has now become a successful film director working on episodes of Casualty and Waking the Dead and is married to actress Collete Brown of Holby City fame.

Remarkably the friendship of Jordi and David survived the pressures of time because they made it a joint effort in keeping in contact which for me sums up the true meaning of a friendship.

As David was progressing with his tennis so it was that Jordi completed his studies at the Antonio Llido Institute and he found a job working for a large construction company. Unfortunately when the crisis hit the once buoyant construction industry dried up almost overnight and so Jordi was eventually made redundant.

Jordi then decided to go to University and take up further studies and took a course in technical architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. After qualifying in 2007 Jordi joined forces with his technical architect father and so learning from his father’s experience while sharing his own computer knowledge skills, he and his father became a working partnership and which is still going strong today. The company is called Arquitecto Tecnico and is based in the port of Jávea. They provide the townhall and local residents with their architectural services and are involved with many different forms of projects including the overseeing of building works where they ensure the builders adhere to the architect’s plans. Jordi’s father was the technical architect for the Jávea Sports Centre opposite the offices

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David and Jordi in their bearskins

of the Guardia Civil. If you are considering any building works around your home then you might like to consider calling Jordi and his father on 625 072 052 as they can provide sound advice and save lots of headaches when dealing with the Townhall for building permissions.

Jordi and his father also provide building surveys for their energy efficiency rating. They begin by measuring up the floor area, checking the condition of the windows and other insulated areas of the building and then they certify the energy rating. They have also worked on a number of projects including the internal refurbishment and transformation of a number of commercial buildings.

As Jordi was bedding into his career with his father so David was hitting the sports headlines both nationally and internationally and in the year 2000 decided to go professional. His ranking on the singles circuit was 90 out of 100 and then, in 2003/04, he progressed into the top 40. After more wins, in 2006 he slotted into the top 10. Today he is ranked as number 8 singles player in the world.

David is a great tennis player and has had significant wins on all types of court surfaces which there are four types, Clay, Hard, Grass and Carpet courts each requiring a different style of play. He has won the Davis Cup with the Spanish team three times and won tournaments at all levels which include the Association of Tennis Professionals ATP250, ATP500 and Masters 1000 and is the most decorated non Grand Slam Champion in the world.

At the time of writing this article David had just finished competing in the Rome Masters 2015 where he made it through to the semi-finals but was Continued on page 27

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Continued from page 26 unfortunately beaten by Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Whenever David is playing in a tournament he often asks Jordi to accompany him, all expenses paid of course, and so Jordi obliges when he can. He gets to fly first class and so I asked Jordi where in the world had, he accompanied David. “I have been to Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Japan, New York and London and later this year I am hoping to attend the tournaments in Germany and Sweden but we will have to wait and see if I can find the time to go” said Jordi.

I asked a few questions avoiding anything too intrusive.

“When you accompany David do you get to see the sights of these different countries?”

“Oh yes” said Jordi, “I always find the time.”

“Does David not mind you seeing the sights after all I thought you would be watching him play?”

“I do watch him play but if it’s a

short trip I say to David that I am off visiting.”

“What does David think about you sightseeing when he is playing?”

“David does not mind he says that I should take advantage of the moment and so I do.”

“Do you get jealous of David with his fame and fortune?”

“No not me, I like my life as it is and after all I cannot play tennis as well as David so I would never make any money.”

Jordi says David is rather forgetful and has been known to leave his clothes behind in hotel rooms and has lost three or four IPads. Recently on an overnight flight between Kuala Lumpur and China he lost his mobile phone. “The cabin crew were supposed to be helping us find his phone” laughed Jordi, “but instead wanted autographs and photos instead. While the first class cabin became a photo session for David I was busy looking for his phone which I found down the back of his chair. David does remember certain things though for example if my wife or I have a doctors Continued on page 29

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We had gone to be ordained as Deacons in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Church - but that’s another story - for another time.

What a remarkable young man God had put in our path and how wrong we were to be so suspicious of him. I was convinced he was going to take us to some dark place and take all our luggage and money. But no, he turned out to be our guardian angel that night.

We had prayed to God when we left the airport for guidance on to the right road but we didn't know He (God) was going to send us such an unlikely person to help us.

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Clive and I learned a lesson that night, not to judge people by their appearance because we can be so wrong. Many times since that incident, we have come across needy people, often dressed in scruffy clothes and we try to help them as much as we can, always remembering the kindness and concern that young man in Texas showed to us.

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Continued from page 27 or dentist appointment he will always phone us to ask how we got on.”

“Is David ever agitated with autograph hunters?” I asked, “People do not always respect the fact that sometimes David might be having a private meal with friends but to be fair he always obliges his supporters and takes the time to have his photo taken or signs an autograph without any protest.

You have to remember that he is used to it and being famous across the world he does realise that if he is out and about it is very likely that someone will recognise him.”

I then asked Jordi to go through the motions and explain what happens before David plays a major competition like Wimbledon.

“After arriving at our destination the first thing we do is to check into the hotel. After checking in we make sure transport for the tournament has been booked and then we are usually escorted to our rooms.

“Typically on the morning of the competition, David will wake up at 9am and then gets into his tracksuit and goes off in search of his breakfast. He will eat an egg white omelette, cereals with milk and toast. He will then eat some fruit and have a café latte, after which he returns to the hotel room and packs his tennis bag.

“We are then picked up and driven to the tennis club or tournament grounds where David then undertakes light physical exercises, later he is joined by his coach who supervises his light workout schedule.

“After this he returns to the club house and takes a shower in his private room.

“Between 1pm and 1:30pm he goes to the restaurant where he will eat pasta or rice or a mix of pasta and rice with vegetables. Sometimes he may have a piece of chicken.

“After lunch he goes back to his private room and sleeps for about 40 minutes. The coach or I will wake him up but to be honest I don’t know how he does it. If I were David I would be feeling nervous before the game and if I had only slept for a short time it would tire me out for the rest of the day.

“David then goes to the gym and warms up before meeting and entering the court with his opponent.

“During the game Jordi is treated to a seat in the player’s box and so will watch the game with Marta and the coach.

“After the match finishes the players are interviewed by the media and then the player’s procedure is usually to sneak off for a warm down and shower

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before going into the clubhouse for a drink and chat.

“Later in the evening we are picked up and taken back to our hotel where we get ready for dinner.

I asked if Jordi had met Andy Murray, “yes” he says, “I have met most of the tennis stars. David also likes Andy and says he is a real gentleman.”

Although David has won many awards and trophies in an honest way remembering the earlier schoolboy story, I asked Jordi if David had got better in accepting a defeat. Jordi said “Not exactly he is still the same as when we were at school he hates losing but it is this thought process that keeps him on top of his game.”

Jordi eventually married his long term girlfriend Ana in the Chapel near the Townhall in Jávea on the 25th May 2013 where he had a few best men including David.

A week before Jordi and Ana’s wedding David organised a secret stag party in Ibiza where Ana’s part was to secretly pack Jordi’s bags. After Jordi finished work he went home but was suddenly loaded into a car and whisked away to Denia where David and other friends were waiting. They boarded the David and Marta ferry and sailed across to Envissa, Ibiza and Ana who are expecting their first where Jordi was later dressed up as baby later in the year and of course we Borat (originally played by Sacha Baron Cohen in the film Borat). Sporting a would like to wish David the very best moustache and mankini (male version of of luck at Wimbledon this year. a one piece bikini made famous in the film Borat) Jordi and the boys hit the pubs of Ibiza.

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THE RESULTS

PSOE: 5,655 votes (59.99%) secured 14 council seats (2011: 2,380 (25.37%) 6 seats)

Coalicíon Xàbia DemocráticaCiudadanos por Jávea: 1,591 votes (16.88%) secured 4 council seats (2011: 2,331* (24,85%) 5 seats)

Partido Popular: 1,050 votes (11.014%) secured 2 council seats (2011: 2,070 (22.07%) 5 seats) Compromis: 713 votes (7.56%) secured 1 council seat (2011: 1,059 (11.29%) 3 seats)

Ciudadanos (C's): 334 votes (3.54%) no council seats (2011: n/a)

Electorate 16,272

(2011: 15,845)

Total votes cast 9,538 (58.62%) (2011: 9,634 (60.8%))

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"It's hard to understand"

It's hard to understand sometimes, but easy enough to see. I try to make sense of things and fail to comprehend the magnitude, width and depth of all that is mine. Still with all of that clearly in front of me, I find myself whining still, because I don't have this or that.

It wouldn't take much to see those around me lacking even the things that I enjoy and I am nowhere near a wealthy man by the world's standards. I have a simple house, a car, food, a wife and family who love me. I couldn't boast of a yacht, six figure income, tailored suits, shoes made in Italy, or more bathrooms than bedrooms in my home.

Some of you may think that's not much.

Still others may read that and say, I rent a small apartment with one bedroom that sleeps six. I can't afford to buy my child a toy boat to play with and my income is below the poverty line.

As for clothes and shoes I thank God for the Salvation Army and my church.

That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.

I wake up in the morning and I can't feel my feet sometimes. I walk slumped over from muscle pain until I walk long enough not to feel it.

Some of you may say it's just old age, get used to it.

Others may be thinking that's

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That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.

A friend moans about the fact he doesn’t see one son at all and the other just calls, but is too busy to drop by.

Some of you say they have their own life, let them live it. Be grateful, mine is in his 50s and still living here.

Others might say at least you have a son. I lost my son to war and my daughter to cancer. Didn't your oldest survive his cancer? You ought to be grateful he's alive.

That's hard to understand, but easy enough to see.

I sometimes question God. Some might say so do I. Others might add, me, too.

Still He loves all of us, doesn't he? He never gives up on us, does He? He sees more in us than we do, gives even when we don't deserve it. He provides. He guides. He lifts us up when no one else is there to do so. He forgives. He listens.

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Jávea Jeard Straight Talking

by Lee Hodges, Independent Financial Adviser

Buyer Beware

Pension liberation is finally with us. The UK Government have at last recognised that a person’s pension pot is owned by that person, and have now granted permission for the pension holder to extract the full monies as and when they reach their official retirement date – the earliest age being 55.

However, pension liberation only applies to what are known as ‘defined contribution’ (DC) schemes. These are pension arrangements that do not guarantee a specific level of income at the point of retirement.

The level of pension available from a DC scheme depends on how much is invested, the performance of the underlying assets/funds into which the pension is invested, and annuity rates applicable at the time. This is in stark contrast to a ‘defined benefit’ (DB) scheme, which calculates your annual pension based on your level of service.

The UK Government see DB schemes as offering a greater value at retirement than a DC scheme, and because encashment of such schemes could be put under considerable strain on the monies retained for pension funding, they have omitted such schemes from liberation.

As a direct result of the potentially immense sums of money needed to keep DB schemes fully funded, it is

If you have Scallops vouchers you are unable to use, you can leave them in the box outside the OASIS CENTRE (in C/. Toni Llido, at the rear of La Caixa bank) and we will see that their value is not wasted.

It costs you nothing to give away what you cannot use.

interesting to note that many companies that previously offered DB schemes, have switched to the less onerous DC scheme.

Whilst it may seem very tempting to extract monies from your pension pot, you need to remember what the pension pot is intended for.

It is designed to provide you with an income in retirement, with such income payable for the rest of your life. Poverty in old age is a real concern, and the much discussed issue surrounding pension liberation is that plan holders will encash and spend, rather than use the monies for their intended purpose.

There are numerous ways that a pension can be purchased, but for the benefit of this article we will merely compare the alternative options to a straightforward annuity.

Someone retiring today at age 65, with a pension pot of £100,000, could achieve an annual annuity of around £4,000, after taking 25% as a pension commencement lump-sum (PCLS).

If the full £100,000 is used to purchase an annuity (no PCLS is paid), then you could receive around £5,400 per annum. These figures assume that there is no escalation in the annual payment each year, no ongoing spouse benefits in the event of death, and no payment guarantees. In other words, it is a simple and straightforward annuity without any add-ons. If add-ons are selected, then the pension payment will reduce, and often quite dramatically.

If the full £100,000 has been used to purchase the simple annuity, the annual return, based purely on the amount invested against the income paid, is around 5.40%. If you had elected to take your PCLS, then the investment of £75,000 would equate to an annual return of around 5.30% - not much of a difference in this example.

As guaranteed annual returns go, they are not bad; and in addition, you have to bear in mind that as you have purchased an annuity, you will not have to worry about stock market performance or changes in interest rates.

The rate you will be paid, will be paid for the rest of your life, no matter how long that is.

Whilst an annuity is not right for everyone, serious consideration needs to be given to the benefits it provides when compared to other options at retirement.

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For example, rather than purchase an annuity, you could make regular withdrawals. Such withdrawals could be structured to provide an income based on the amount you actually require, which could be higher, or indeed lower, than an annuity would provide. If a withdrawal arrangement is established, your pension pot will need to be invested which means you will be reliant on the performance of the stock market. To meet the amount you wish to withdraw, as well as cover the numerous charges inherent in a drawdown plan, your pension pot will need to be somewhat aggressively invested.

This is in contrast to an annuity, which is generally linked to treasury bonds, cash and other fixed interest investments. They are therefore considered low risk. Your drawdown portfolio will need to be invested largely in equities to have any chance of meeting income requirements, charges and combating inflation. There is no point in selecting drawdown as your retirement option, investing in low risk assets, and seeing your portfolio diminish due to annual fees and charges.

You will have to take on investment risk; the risk that wasn’t present with an annuity, and such investment risk could result in large reductions in your pension pot.

What we have spoken about so far are two ‘real’ pension choices; purchasing an annuity or electing to use ‘drawdown’. Both have pluses and minuses and you should discuss the pros and cons with your adviser. For example, if ‘death benefits’ are important, then ‘drawdown’ could be a better option. If you just want a regular income without any add-ons, perhaps you are single and living alone, an annuity could be the way to go. The real message here is to obtain professional advice before making a decision.

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LEE HODGES DIPPFS HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN SPAIN SINCE 1997. HAVING ACHIEVED THE DIPLOMA IN FINANCIAL PLANNING, HE IS NOW WORKING TOWARDS ‘CHARTERED’ STATUS. FOR

TRULY PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ADVICE, CALL LEE ON 966 463 876, OR EMAIL HIM AT LEE@LEEHODGES.ES. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADVICE, AND IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE AUTHOR TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THIS ARTICLE. E&OE.

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up to 2.50% per annum. If you withdraw monies that take the value below the amount invested, your charge percentage Buyer Beware: pension liberation will escalate, which ultimately means will bring ethical issues. I am wondering you will require greater investment that how many of you have already received returns. calls from advisers wishing to speak To give you an example: if your with you about pension liberation, and withdrawal takes the value of your offering you the opportunity to extract portfolio to 50% of the amount monies, establish an offshore you invested (£100,000 invested, investment, and take an income; all the £50,000 withdrawn, leaving £50,000) while telling you that your monies are your annual charge will double in 100% accessible. percentage terms. If we assume an A product often used in Spain is the annual fee of 1.50%, based on £100,000 Spanish Portfolio Bond. There is you will pay £1,500.

If the value is nothing wrong with this product, reduced to £50,000, you will still pay provided it is used in the right £1,500, which now equates to 3%. circumstances. Pension liberation is What this ultimately means is that your unlikely to be the ‘right circumstance’. underlying investment portfolio will now The Spanish Portfolio Bond (there need to achieve an extra 1.50% are a few versions available from minimum 3% - before you see any different companies) is a tax efficient increase in value. This very much means investment designed, in the main, to taking on higher investment risk. provide you with capital growth over a Another reason why a Spanish minimum 5 year investment term.

Portfolio Bond would not be suitable Monies can be extracted before the end pension liberation is the overall of the 5 year term (in most instances) charges against the level of income but such extractions are withdrawals of required.

Let’s assume you require an capital, and not income. A tax certificate income of 5% per annum, which using will be issued by the offshore company our simple £100,000 investment equates administering the Bond, detailing the to £5,000.

Again, to keep things simple, tax paid and how it is calculated. we shall assume annual charges etc.

Whilst access is normally permitted amount to 1.50%, which means we need during the ‘term’ of the product, the to return 6.50% per annum minimum to charges payable during the term are avoid capital erosion. based on your initial premium invested, Ultimately, to meet the minimum or the current value, whichever is the 6.50% return, you will be seeking to higher. In other words, if you invested invest in higher risk equity funds, high £100,000 today and extracted £50,000 yielding bonds, and other vehicles which tomorrow (which you could aim to produce high returns. Always theoretically do), the charges would remember that risk and reward come apply to the amount invested of hand in hand. £100,000.

There will be numerous alternative Charges for a Spanish Portfolio investment options available to you if Bond can range from 1.50% per annum you really do wish to liberate your pension.

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perhaps the ‘pot’ is small and will not provide any ‘real’ benefit and could be better used elsewhere.

There are a number of providers that will be only too happy to receive your pension pot, but there are some extremely important points that you need to consider: 1. Ensure that you obtain unbiased and professional financial advice. Pension liberation can seem like a very good idea, but there are numerous caveats that need to be discussed.

2. Ensure that you are made fully aware of the charges you will have to pay.

Pension liberation will not be cheap, and the product into which you will be advised to invest will contain its own charges, which can be very high.

3. Ask what is in it for your adviser.

Generally, but not always, the products used for pension liberation pay heavy commissions. Your adviser should be willing to discuss this with you, and his/her commission should be detailed in the Suitability Report.

4. Discuss at length your attitude to investment risk. Your ability to not only absorb the risk inherent in the underlying investment portfolio, but your full understanding of what this means to you is important. If falls in value make you uncomfortable, then annuity purchase will possibly be your best option.

For a sensible discussion about Pension Liberation, or indeed investing in general, call me on (0034) 96 646 3876, or eMail me at

lee@leehodges.es

AUSTRALIA

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"Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge into the girting sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight", proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory but they can't spell either.

The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place.

Where other landmasses and sovereign lands are classified as continent, island or country, Australia is considered all three. Typically, it is unique in this.

The second confusing thing about Australia is the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep. It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. However, there are few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them all.

But even the spiders won't go near the sea. Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on), under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else. A stick is very useful for this task.

The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants.

A short history: Sometime around 40,000 years ago some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and a lot of them died.

The ones who survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories.

Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north. More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in autumn (failing to take

account of the reversal of the seasons), ate all their food, and a lot of them died.

About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since. It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter, since they can lie, cheat, steal and litigate (marks of a civilised culture they say), whereas all the Aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.

Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on 'extended holiday' and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside their boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.

There is also the matter of the beaches. Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the world, although anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock and has venomous barbs sticking out of its back that will kill just from the pain) and surfboarders.

However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk.

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger.

Faced with insurmountable odds and impossible problems, they smile disarmingly and look for a stick. Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrugated iron, string and mud.

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Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the land "Oz" or "Godzone" (a verbal contraction of "God's Own Country").

THE IRRITATING THING ABOUT THIS IS THEY MAY BE RIGHT.

TIPS TO SURVIVING AUSTRALIA

Don't ever put your hand down a hole for any reason WHATSOEVER. The beer is stronger than you think, regardless of how strong you think it is.

Always carry a stick.

Air-conditioning is imperative.

Do not attempt to use Australian slang unless you are a trained linguist and extremely good in a fist fight.

Wear thick socks.

Take good maps. Stopping to ask directions only works when there are people nearby If you leave the urban areas, carry several litres of water with you at all times, or you will die. And don't forget a stick.

Even in the most embellished stories told by Australians, there is always a core of truth that it is unwise to ignore.

HOW TO IDENTIFY AUSTRALIANS

They waddle when they walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in their wallet or purse.

They pronounce Melbourne as "Melbin".

They think it makes perfect sense to decorate highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.

They think "Woolloomooloo" is a perfectly reasonable name for a place, that "Wagga Wagga" can be abbreviated to "Wagga", but "Woy Woy" can't be called "Woy".

Their hamburgers will contain beetroot. Apparently it's a must-have.

They don't think it's summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.

They believe that all train timetables are works of fiction.

And they all carry a stick and say "have a good die mate."

The preceding is by Douglas Adams of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fame, sent to us by Richard Pollock

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What could be nicer than dining alfresco in a charming walled courtyard and then enjoying a hugely entertaining play in an intimate and very comfortable theatre just a few steps from your dining table?

Monday to Saturday - 6th to 11th July - Jávea Players' Summer Show offers a remarkably pleasant way to spend a summer's evening.

Dinner will again be served in the lovely Plaza Baix by the highly regarded Bar Imperial. A first course of patas bravas, jamon and queso, croquetas de bacalao and enslada mixta; your choice of costilla de cerdo or grilled dorada; postre and a half bottle of wine.

Afters will be a barbecue in the garden of the Bulbins on the stage of the Casa de Cultura. No ordinary barbecue this. Teddy Bulbin would be mortified if you thought it was. He sees himself as being something of a barbecue king, a man who barbecues steaks to heavenly perfection. And, could any barbecue that is the creation of Alan Ayckbourn be ordinary? Of course it couldn't. A man who has been knighted for delighting

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theatre audiences with his inventiveness and wit for more than fifty years doesn't do ordinary. He doesn't do one act plays often either – just four so far. So, this barbecue on the Casa de Cultura stage really is a bit special. It is highly entertaining too.

The Alan Ayckbourn barbecue is a frivolous comedy of fun, infidelity and food fights. It is called 'The Kidderminster Affair' because this Midland town is where the infidelities took place. In a Travelodge would you believe? Well, where there's a will etc.

The Bulbins and their guest and near neighbour, the Bottlecamps find little to laugh at as the secrets of the Kidderminster Travelodge are revealed but you will. Plenty.

Dinner at 7pm in the Plaza Baix each evening. The cost of your evening, dinner and this new Alan Ayckbourn play is just 15 euros and that includes a 1 euro donation to Cartitas and The Harvest Store. Book early on 96 647 2876 or boxofficejp@gmail.com

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"Yes," said Sam, "I saw him plainly take the goods."

The lawyer asked Sam again, "Sam, this happened at night. Are you sure you saw my client commit this crime?"

"Yes" said Sam, "I saw him do it."

Then the lawyer asked Sam, "Sam, you are 80 years old and your eyesight probably is bad. Just how far can you see at night?"

Sam said, "I can see the moon, how far is that?"

Now I'm not prepared to discuss the validity of such a statement in court. But this story does serve as a reminder that some people are content to be concerned with what they can see up close and forget what they can see from afar.

For example, it is a common sight to see someone walking along with their eyes

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focused only on the ground a few feet in front of them. They end up seeing all sorts of things - coins, buttons, pieces of trash. But they miss out on all the beauty of the world around them.

We keep our eyes on TV ads, store displays and our next door neighbours and focus on all the "things" we think we need, and fail to see the things that really matter.

I challenge you to drive through a busy part of town without focusing on the cars in front of you and those behind you, but on the physical needs of the people to your right and your left. I challenge you to look beyond the things of this world to those things on a higher plane.

"Since you were brought back to life with Christ, focus on the things that are above where Christ holds the highest position. Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things" (Colossians 3:1-2).

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A Sense of Uncertainty

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One thing the May 24th elections has brought to Spain is a pervading sense of uncertainty.

In Valencia, Rita Barbera said she would remain in office until June 13, and then gracefully retire, leaving Juan Ribo in charge, who has already announced what he intends to do: go through the accounts!

As for who gets to be the next President of the Valencian Community, the fight is on - and it’s a very real one between Ximo Puig for the Socialists and Monica Oltra for Compromis, both of whom state they intend to rule, which is rather head scratching to say the least.

Who will be the referee in all this? Well, outgoing President Alberto Fabra has stated that he will try and do it, but it seems that the two aspirants are so daggers drawn it’s difficult to prise them apart.

Equally, the main trio in Alicante are also creating a lot of dust over who gets the job: Miguel Pavon of Guanyar Alacant, Naxo Bellios of Compromis or Gabriel Echevarri of the PSOE, whilst in Castellon City every single political combination is possible: the PP has eight seats, the Socialists 6, Ciudadanos 5, Compromis 4 and the local Castellon Party 4, so do the maths yourself: 14 seats are needed to get a majority, so

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add, subtract, divide, and multiply and you might just come up with the winning combination. Beats El Gordo or bingo doesn’t it?

What does seem evident is that a huge STOP will be put on the privatisation of Valencia Trade Fair grounds, whilst a large illuminated GO sign is over the recreation of Canal 9, which was closed down by Mr Fabra as it was in too much debt and cost far too much to run (but don’t ask Mr Puig or Ms Oltra where the money is coming from to do this).

Meanwhile the four grand old men of Valencian politics have managed to retain their seats following the firestorm last Sunday: Jaime Pascual remains the Socialist Mayor of Alqueria d’Asnar after being first elected in 1979. .Jose Luis Segui of the PP remains in charge of Almudaina, his 43rd consecutive year on the job. The other two old-timers who remain in their posts are Felipe Miralles (PSOE) in Benimantell and Jose Rocamora (PP) in Granja de Rocamora. Meanwhile another sense of uncertainty has arisen - this time within the ranks of the Valencian branch of the Partido Popular after Mr Fabra stated he would continue to head the party until the General Elections have taken place later this year.

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Local painter Beatrix de Bartolomé is exhibiting her work at Galería Artefactus, in C/. Mestre Angel Palencia 6 from the inauguration at 7.30pm on 5th June.

INFINITE MOMENTS is her journey to capture in watercolour the beauty and attraction of Jávea.

Living in Jávea, Beatrix has held numerous exhibitions in Spain and overseas, and has been selected in the important Queen Sofia prize for Painting and Sculpture, winning several awards and citations as she demonstrates her ability to constantly improve on the techniques she uses to capture Jávea’s seascape and the various backdrops that Jávea provides. We all look and appreciate the beauty that is Jávea but few of us have the ability to reproduce as if we were a camera. The gallery is in the road to the right of the Correos post office.

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contributed by Oscar Ricor LEGAL REQUIREMENT rem shall require possession of the FOR AN ADVERSE thing in good faith POSSESSION CLAIM TO and pursuant to just title for the REAL ESTATE period provided in PROPERTY IN SPAIN the law.

We have recently dealt with a new case related to adverse possession.

Adverse possession is one of the several legal ways to acquire title in Spain.

(Purchase, inheritance, donation, etc.)

However, considering the few occasions where a Solicitor can encounter cases of this peculiar nature, we would like to share our experience with you. This is the initial enquiry received from our client; “Hi, I am thinking about initiating legal proceedings but need advice and a quote. I have been using a house in the Valencia Region as a holiday home for some time (we are not resident in Spain). I signed a private purchase agreement with the original owner in 2008, but he passed away before we could transfer the deeds into my name at the Notary. His only heir is his son who lives in the UK but has never wanted the property and has never inherited. Is it possible to change the Deeds into my name under the law of adverse Possession. We pay all the bills and taxes on the property and have redecorated it. The son will not oppose any move, indeed he has never been outside the UK. Can you please advise me and quote for the full proceeds.”

OUR ADVICE:

In the first place, the acquisition of land under the doctrine of adverse possession is recognised in the Spanish civil jurisdiction. This means, that under certain restricted conditions, a trespasser might come onto your property, occupy it, and gain legal ownership of it after a period of time. The legal term for this is "adverse possession".

The acquisition of land under the doctrine of adverse possession is expressly recognised mainly in the following articles of the Spanish civil Code; “- Article 1,940. Ordinary prescription of ownership and remaining rights in

.- Article 1,941.

Possession must be in the capacity of owner, and must be public, peaceful and uninterrupted. .- Article 1,957. Ownership and other rights in rem over immovable property prescribe by ten years’ possession among present persons, and twenty among absent persons, (i.e living in a foreign country), in good faith and with just title. .- Article 1,958. For the purposes of prescription, foreign or overseas residents are deemed to be absent. If part of the time the owner should have been present and another part absent, two years of absence shall be deemed one year in order to complete the ten years of presence required. Absences for less than a whole continuous year shall not be taken into account for the calculation. .- Article 1,959. Ownership and other rights in rem over immovable property also prescribe as a result of thirty years of uninterrupted possession, without requiring any title or good faith, and without distinction between persons present and absent, save for the exception provided in article 539.

Therefore, in a nutshell, to qualify as adverse possession, the following twofold criteria must be met: 1) Possession must be in the capacity of owner and it must be public, peaceful and uninterrupted. This means that the trespasser ought to possess the property physically and exclusively (possession cannot be shared with strangers or the registral owner) and subsequently treat it as if he or she were the sole owner.

Proof of possession can also be established by documenting the trespasser's efforts to maintain and make improvements to the property. (For example, by paying the local rate IBI to the SUMA, utility bills, etc).

2) The trespasser must also possess the property without interruption for a certain period of time, (in other words, the trespasser cannot give up use of the

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property, return to it later, and try to count the time that the property was abandoned as part of the "continuous" possession time period). The limitation period will vary according to the following scenarios: a) With good faith and just title, 10 years if the owner lives within the Spanish jurisdiction. b) With good faith and just title, 20 years if the owner is absent. (i.e the owner lives abroad). c) Without good faith and just title, regardless of whether the owner lives nearby or is absent, 30 years.

As you can see, where there has been good faith, prescriptive title may be acquired just after ten or twenty years. However, where good faith cannot be proved, the limitation period will be extended to thirty years.

(For clarification purposes, “just title” means that the process of handing over the property has been done in a rightful and legitimate manner, i.e a squatter who illegally breaks in a property could never have just title).

Regarding our client’s case, our advice has been to sign before the Spanish Notary an AFFIDAVIT STATEMENT, (acta de manifestaciones in Spanish), enclosing all the necessary documents and written evidence, aimed to prove his good faith, as well as to determine the starting date (dies “a quo”) of his prescriptive right, such as the title, (the purchase agreement), and the rest of all the banking receipts

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proving the yearly payment of all the IBI receipts since the original registral owner died, utility bills, etc.

This affidavit will be very helpful in order to prove to the Judge in due course his title, good faith and proof of uninterrupted possession. Subsequently, he will be able to initiate the legal proceedings aimed to register the property into his name in 20 years instead of having to wait 30 years.

The only potential risk for our client is that in the meantime, family relatives of the deceased previous owner could decide one day to deal with the inheritance in order to claim the full ownership of the property before the 20 years have elapsed.

We hope this information is useful and should you have any additional question about this or other legal matter, please visit any of our two websites: www.ricorabogados.com or www.englishsolicitorinspain.com Alternatively, you can also contact us by e-mail at ricorsolicitors@yahoo.co.uk and we will reply back to you as matter of urgency.

Mr Oscar Ricor “NON-PRACTISING ENGLISH SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND AND WALES”, under the “Solicitors Regulation Authority” (SRA) SRA number 519196 and practicing Spanish Solicitor

The Voters have Spoken June/July 2015 Nº 26

There must be as many reasons for not wanting Anton to be the next Mayor, as there were Brits who couldn’t be bothered to a) apply to vote, or b) go out and vote. Anton deserved better but was magnanimous in defeat, immediately congratulating José Chulvi, with whom he’d worked so hard and closely for the past 4 years.

Looking at the list of PSOE new Councillors, it’s hard to see an Oscar Anton, Juan Ortola, Juan Luis Cardona or Pere Sapena among them. They set the bar so high that many an olympiad would be intimidated.

Xabia Democratica - because of its natural age-group of supporters - saw the social (fund raising) side as important as being elected IN BULK to run the Town. They seemed happy to be ‘King Makers’ to another Party, even if it was given responsibilities the PSOE didn’t want. XD have nothing of which to be ashamed. Every resident owes them gratitude for four years of selfless dedication.

After conceding defeat - and no doubt receiving text messages suggesting he should commit political suicide - using Dignitas.

In “Thanking” his supporters, Oscar wrote: Dear Friends; I want to thank all the people who have trusted us during these last four years and especially the XD team and CPJ, I am very proud to have worked side by side with you. I must first of all thank the councillors; Juan Ortola Bas, Teresa

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Tere Bisquert and especially my good friends; Pere Sapena who I consider to be the best Town Planner in the history of Xabia and JuanLu Cardona, a tireless worker and extraordinary person.

Special thanks to Llanos Lopez Cardona, Cesar Rodriguez and Yvonne Henry, good managers and even better people. I also wish to say thank you to the members of XD who have supported us and to the many who voted for us.

The people have decided that it will be Chulvi who governs and directs the future of this town with a very significant victory.

The coalition won four seats on the Council for Oscar Anton, Juan Ortolá, Juan Luis Cardona and Tere Bisquert, with 1,591 votes.

In 2011, we and those who joined us in coalition had 5 councillors after 2,300 voters had chosen us. We lost around 30% of votes between 2011 when we were unknown, and 2015, José Chulvi now holds 14 seats in the governing Council. The opposition including our Coalition councillors is now 7. Pere Sapena sadly will no longer be part of the Javea Council.

The people have decided to give all power to the PSOE. It has been a great privilege to have served this town and I am proud of all we have achieved. I am also pleased to say that we leave "the car with the tank full of gas".

In concluding, I congratulate Mayor Chulvi on a great victory and wish him every success for the future.

My best regards to all of you. Óscar Antón.

As we ‘go to press’ - there are rumours, and in Jávea there are always rumours - José wants to confirm his commitment to the ‘Help Desk’ but not with his bilingual private secretary being there every morning, so offered Oscar a ‘paid Townhall part-time employee’ if Oscar would choose Yvonne and allow her to manage the Help Desk. Others have suggested Lynn Cobb should look after it (as she was Nº 11 in the PSOE list of candidates - but omitted from the list of successful Councillors. Only patience will reveal the answer to these questions and the Townhall is in a state of ‘limbo’ until Councillors are sworn in on Saturday 14th June. Normally Councillors choose who they want to be the Mayor, but this year, the choice was made by the voters.

Now it is time for me to update the list of Councillors to whom we deliver a FREE copy of Jávea Jeard every month.

Some friends remain on the Council and others have returned to the sidelines.

Politics is a hard and ungrateful mistress to serve. CR

NEW BABY BLUES

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I knew very little about the kind of depression that can hit shortly after giving birth and there was no one to give me advice so I tried to ignore the hopeless feelings that washed over me.

My baby was not to be fooled crying enough for both of us. Since he had a hernia the doctor warned us not to let him cry or the intestine could get pushed out and twisted, so I constantly rocked him, worrying over him and chastising myself, wondering why I was being such a wimp.

This was my third child so I expected things to go smoothly, but the opposite seemed to be my fate. I was puzzled over the sad feelings I was experiencing. We had two girls and now we had a boy. That should be cause for celebration. Why then did I feel on the verge of tears? I ached to talk to my mother, to speak with her and get her advice, but illness had caused her to change her address - to I know not where.

I searched my mind for the answer to the depression I was experiencing.

Could it be happening because there were seven years between my last two children or perhaps I was still tired from the harsh winter? Was I crying because the baby kept on crying or was the baby crying because I was crying? He seemed to cry incessantly and he had some health problems but the doctor said

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everything was fixable. What was there to feel sad about?

I began thinking about the short time I’d been in the hospital and the one nurse in particular who was overflowing with good advice and a positive attitude.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if she would just call and say, “how are you?” I thought to myself. Knowing that wasn’t going to happen I plotted ways in my mind to find her and ask her advice. I was able to find her phone number through another lady and wished I could just find the courage to dial that phone. But I couldn’t and didn’t. I reasoned: “people just do not do things like that.”

Two nights later the baby woke and needed attention. I sat with him in the dark of the living room nursing him and then burping and rocking him. So exhausted I felt tears burn my eyes, I sat in the middle of my own personal pity party, aching for some kind of help and knowing there was none.

Suddenly I felt a tap on the shoulder and a little voice said, “Mummy let me hold him for you!” It was my youngest daughter, Laurie. Why she was up at 3am I didn’t ask, but I slipped the baby into the open arms of my seven year old, laid my head back and fell asleep.

I don’t know how long I slept, but I awoke with a start and there she was still rocking her brother. I felt refreshed and as I took back the baby, I softly

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Seven-year-old children seldom get up in the middle of the night to patiently sit and rock a baby. My young daughter was showing her willingness to help at any time and her action gave me hope that if I asked help of the nurse she would also give it.

The next day I called the nurse and cried with relief when she not only remembered me but offered to stop by and bring me a book about nursing. She explained what I was going through was not uncommon and sounded so genuinely caring as she spoke. “I’ll be over a little after 4pm. In the meantime” she said, “put on some music you really like and open the curtains. Let the sun in and ask someone to stay with baby Jason while you go out for a walk alone.”

Things didn’t get better instantly, however knowing there was someone who cared enough to reach out to help, honestly lifted my spirits. Everything she suggested was soothing and it didn’t feel like I was still living in a dark pit.

As I look back, I realise that in my despair I couldn’t seem to see how to alter my situation, but the actions of my young daughter gave me clarity, and the catalyst I needed. Her offer to help was like salve to an open wound, and her kind words remain with me even now, “Let me hold him for you Mummy.”

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