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Mayor assumes responsibility for Tourism

The Vicente Tena School in Jávea has launched a new pilot project in response to the needs of many parents who, for work reasons, need to leave their children in school before 9 o'clock. This is the programme "Matinera School", an extension of time (from 7.45 to 9 pm) with supervision of teachers and a special instructor who takes care of children and even gives them the opportunity to have breakfast in the centre itself.

Aware of the problems of many families to balance their work and family life, the School managers have worked with the company which handles the dining room and has reinforced the supervision of the teaching staff, as occurs during extra curricular evening activities.

"It is the policy of the center, provided that no extra activities remains at the center a group of teachers to make things easier or if things go wrong," says the director Isabel Henarejos.

Councillor for Education, Montse Villaverde, has congratulated the school on the initiative to help reconcile the work and personal lives of parents, and give a new option for children to feel less of a nuisance..

The school added this matinera to their continuous journey project, which was introduced last year as a pilot. "We are open to consider all requests from family members, provided they can be carried out responsibly and thinking about the good of the children."

The Mayor of Jávea, José Chulvi, made a small reshuffle in his cabinet to take responsibility for tourism.

Taking responsibility for Tourism, Jávea is aligning itself with municipalities in Dénia and Teulada-Moraira.

With this change, the former head of Tourism, Pilar Zamora, will continue to lead the departments of Heritage and the district of Arenal, as well as taking responsibility for office management and consumer health, an area which is particularly sensitive since their active participation in associations such as APHID.

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Advertising rates .

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4,6,12 Agenda 21 September Council meeting 3,15 Bob Yareham Draws a Tie. 7 Carlos Baos, . .

26-28 Crowdfunding for the future 10,11 29 Driving Medical in Jávea Don’t be alone at Christmas 16 Duty Chemist Rota .

32 Emergency Phone Numbers 2 Flu jab time again .

29 Gas Bottle price drops .

22 Guardia Civil update .

18-19 Humour . .

9,14 ITV unit visits Jávea .

7 Jávea Postcodes .

2 Pension Liberation .

22 PP try to get Jávea unity vote 3 Satellite News . .

8 Spotlight on Carl Locksmith 24,25 Subscription form .

30 Sunday morning invitation 9, 32 Toddlers start school at 7.45am 1 Townhall supports cancer cause 29 UK Magazine Service .

17 When in Rome 12,13,20,22 Woman to Woman .

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JAVEA POSTCODES

Most towns have a single Postcode: Jávea has 4, but Correos discourage their use, claiming it is better to use 03730 (where 50% will be wrong) rather than the code for your area, which ‘some’ will get wrong.

Adsubia 03739 Alborada 03739 Arenal 03738 Cala Blanca, Urb 03738 Cansalades 03738 Cap Martín 03738 Capsades 03739 Catarroja Partida 03737 Cerezos, Los 03739 Colomer 03737 Costa Nova, Urb 03738 Ermita, Urb 03737 Eurocondal, Urb. 03737 Fontanella 03737 Frechinall 03738 Granadella, 03738

Las Laderas 03738 Lluca 03739 Mandarina, La 03739 Media Luna 03738 Montgó 03737 Montgó Carrasquetes 03737 Montgó Toscamar 03737 Panorama, Urb 03738 Pinosol 03739 Portichol 03738 Rebaldi 03739 Rimontgó 03737 Seniola 03737 Tarraulla 03739 Tosalet, Urb. 03739 Tosals 03737 Toscal 03738 Trencall 03738 Valls 03737 Valls Carrasquetes VA-CA 03737 Valls Planets VA-PN 03737 Valls Tosal VA-TS 03737

Everywhere else 03730

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Given the situation of persistent drought and high water consumption recorded in recent weeks that forces to have the desalination plant producing at full capacity, the Municipality of Jávea calls on citizens to make responsible use of water and avoid: Water gardens and agricultural areas in the day.

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Any unwarranted abuse of drinking water.

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There were only 7 points on the Orden del Día or Agenda for the September meeting

Point 1 Minutes of the meeting of 27th August were approved.

Point 2 Councillors approved the decisions taken by the Mayor under the powers delegated to his office since 25th August.

Point 3 Councillors approved the list of suppliers to the Townhall whom the Treasurer had decided not to pay (usually because their invoices had not been presented in the correct electronic format).

Point 4 The Treasurer had circulated his report on the 3rd quarter of 2015. Tere Ern, leader of the Partida Popular sought clarification of the statement indicating that Councillors had access to the Townhall financial database, but was told the only person who had full access was the Treasurer, who apologised for any misunderstanding.

Point 5 The accounts for 2014 were approved as being a true and complete record.

Before proceeding to Questions and Answers, Tere Ern the PP Leader expressed concern that Catalunya was holding elections on Sunday 27th September, aimed at determining local support for independence from the rest of Spain, with Tere stressing that Spain is a great nation both in unity and heritage. Spain is a nation where there is Freedom of Speech, a strong and charitable nation which has overcome the disastrous recession. In being democratic it respects the views of the people and guards the Constitution. The PSOE spokesman said they would abstain from

respect of location, illumination and height.

Trees outside Av. Pla, Bloque 5 were so tall they almost reached the 6th floor.

An Expone had been submitted to create a file at the Townhall a year ago, but no action had been taken.

The inner open space at Jávea Park had become a rubbish tip for lazy people for more than 25 years and the Townhall had regularly been asked to resolve the problem.

The Mayor explained it was private land and it was suggested the Townhall clean the area and send the ‘Bill’ to the Community of Owners.

Bar ‘Casa Angel’ in the Port had requested permission to construct decking that had been unanimously rejected at the March meeting of Councillors. Details of the infringement had been notified to the Ministry, which had since become the subject

of an application for building permission.

At urbanisation La Corona there was a problem with street lighting but Councillors heard the problem would be resolved in October. The short meeting was brought to a close.

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supporting Tere’s motion, as did Cesc Comprubi, who is a Catalan.

Oscar Anton (Xabia Democratica) said he could not understand how anyone could be against a statement on Nationhood, no matter the election result. He also agreed Spain was a great nation.

Mayor Chulvi said he had no argument that Spain was a great nation but expressed the view that PP should not have raised their motion during a meeting of Jávea Councillors.

Motions affecting Health, Education and Refining Health Care are much more important locally than the result of an election in Catalyuna.

Tere asked “What about the Zapatero years?” and was told by Jose Chulvi that mistakes had been made, but local Socialists had not raised the Motion. Partida Popular and Xabia Democratica voted in favour and against were the rest of the Councillors. Cesc abstained.

Questions: JuanLu referred to illegal advertising boards in Jávea and though he had been assured that action was being taken, even more were being erected. PSOE said two erected near the Cemetery were the subject of investigation.

JuanLu congratulated the Town on the ‘Mobility Event’ when people were asked not to use cars but cycle or walk, and hopes there will be greater advertising next year and improved participation.

Oscar said the new sign on the edge of the carpark at Consum had been the subject of an Expone a while ago, but the fact that the roadside sign is now illuminated is causing a nuisance to nearby neighbours. There were a number of infringements in

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PP PROPOSES UNITY OF SPAIN

All Councillors at the September meeting supported a proposal by Tere Ern of the PP that Spain should remain united and that no region should be permitted to claim independence, threatening "the rule of law and the cohesion of Spain", The motion was announced with great fanfare by the spokesperson for Partida Popular, Tere Ern. In

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Valencia calls for 'as many refugees as possible' for region

Valencia's regional government has called for president Mariano Rajoy's cabinet in Madrid to agree to accept more refugees from the war-torn Middle East than the 2,000 he has proposed to date, saying if every town in the eastern federal community housed one family, this alone would cover more than 1,000.

If each of the Comunidad Valenciana's 550 towns and villages took in just one Syrian family, Rajoy's proposed 2,000 would be comfortably covered – and Spain has 16 other autonomously-governed communities, meaning the country could accommodate 34,000 refugees without noticing and at very little extra cost.

Xàbia refurbishes schools for the coming school year

The Town Hall has spent 65,000€ on repairing and refurbishing the town's public schools so they are fit for the 3,282 students enrolled for classes in the

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2015-16 school year. Repairs include painting, cleaning, a bathroom for the disabled, changed doors, leak repairs etc. In addition, the local police and Education department have got together to finalise safe routes for children to walk or bike to school, instead of taking the car, and technical details to deal with parking and traffic changes at school opening and closing times.

Vicente Tena school introduces touch tablets

Vicente Tena school began the new school year with the use of tablets (computers) in the fifth primary level.

After attending various courses and conferences, the ICT coordinator recommended introduction of new leaning technology to those thought most likely to benefit.

Other schools began the process as early as 2013 but slow internet speeds lessened the opportunity. "We are fortunate to have a mother, and computer professionals, who help families to become familiar with this new tool, and have also prepared a meeting with the parents of the classes involved for the whole community"said the centre's director, Isabel Henarejos.

Vicente Tena also highlighted the work of AMPA that is now in its third year.

"We are a centre that believes in equality and we all have to have the same opportunities to develop the potential of every child. We are excited, we are a good team and we are going forward slowly but surely" concluded the director.

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grown faster in 2015 than they have since 1971, slashing the country's trade deficit. Exports went up between January and July by 5.5%, the greatest hike seen for the same period in 44 years.

Sales of goods to Saudi Arabia increased by 42.8% and to Egypt by 28%. Overall figures by the end of July stood at just over €148.6 billion, reducing Spains negative foreign trade balance from €13.7bn to €12.87bn.

Motor vehicles, chemical products and foodstuffs are the most-exported goods.

All time record for tourism in Spain

Spain received an all-time-record 47.2 million tourist visits during the first eight months of this year, a 4.1% rise from 2014, according to a report recently released by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

The figures, compiled through the ministry’s Tourism Border Movements Survey (Frontur), also show that a record number of 9.2 million visitors from other countries spent their vacations somewhere in Spain last month – a 1.6% rise from August 2014 figures. Britain and France accounted for most of the tourists in the eighth month of the year.

Legislation for sustainable commerce in the pipeline

The Valencia Government's Department of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and labour is preparing a new law on Sustainable Trade which "will value urban local shops", regulate shopping hours and the development of

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large commercial areas in relation to the impact these cause on the land, environment and heritage.

The idea is to promote businesses close to urban areas, and thus contribute to the maintenance of urban centres.

They plan also to generate an environment favourable to entrepreneurship and small and medium sized enterprises, and optimise the efficiency of the public sector.

There will also be legislation developing commercial management in a coherent way, with spatial and sustainable planning (PATSECOVA), an Action Plan for business in Rural Environments (PACER) and Plan for quality commerce and crafts will also be promoted.

71% of young workers in Spain are on temporary contracts

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says Spain has the highest proportion of 15-to-24-year-olds who are forced to accept part-time contracts. A young Spaniard takes an average six years to find a permanent position, compared with two years in Denmark. “The share of youths neither in employment, education nor training ranks near the top of the OECD, surpassed only in Mexico, Greece and Italy.”

Jávea’s Hiking group organises mountain walks for children

The "Centro Excursionista de Xàbia" is organising a programme of mountain walks once a month on Sundays from October to May. Participating children have to be more than 9 years old, or if younger checked to see if the route is suitable for them. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or tutor. All routes will be in the Marina Alta area,some requiring bus transport which will be free for the children, and €10 for the child's minder. All the valley walks and one planned for the Vall de Pop in Benichembla will also be opne to the general public.

Mercadona boss opens new business support and training centre in Valencia port

A huge office complex for start-up firms, a business school offering undergraduate and master's degrees and an outpost of a company which invests in new ventures has opened in Valencia's old America's Cup marina at the hands of the region's richest resident, Mercadona supermarket founder Juan Roig. Two of the giant warehouses which were used as a base for

international sailing teams in 2007 and 2008 have been turned into a complex known as the Marina de Empresas ('companies marina') thanks to a 30 million €uro investment. It has been described as the largest 'entrepreneurial nerve centre' in the Mediterranean. This 'trading pole' cluster is expected to get at least 1,000 people hoping to start their own businesses off the ground, and by 2017 will have helped set up over 200 new firms. Juan Roig says he has 'received so much' from his family, the national supermarket chain he runs, and from society as a whole, that he felt it was 'time to give something back' to the community.

Spains Exports register highest growth in 44 years

Spains's international markets have grown faster in 2015 than they have since 1971, slashing the country's trade deficit. Exports went up between January and July inclusive by 5.5%, the greatest hike seen for the same period in 44 years. Sales of goods to Saudi Arabia increased by 42.8% and to Egypt by 28%. Overall figures by the end of July stood at just over €148.6 billion, reducing Spain's negative foreign trade balance from €13.7bn to €12.87bn.

Motor vehicles, chemical products and foodstuffs are the most-exported goods.

All time record for tourism in Spain

Spain received an all-time-record 47.2 million tourist visits during the first eight months of this year – a 4.1% rise from 2014, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. The figures, compiled through the ministry’s Tourism Border Movements Survey (Frontur), also show that a record number of 9.2 million visitors from other countries spent their vacations somewhere in Spain last month – a 1.6% rise from August 2014 figures.

Britain and France accounted for most of the tourists in the eighth month of the year. for full story see:

Legislation for sustainable commerce in the pipeline

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The idea is to promote businesses close to urban areas, and thus contribute to the maintenance of urban centres.

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When I woke up this morning the sun was singing and the birds were shining.

I felt wonderful; in fact I felt more gruntled than I had in a long time. Now however all that has changed, now I am feeling distinctly disgruntled. The reason for this change of mood is that I have just given an English class. This proved to be a very unpleasant experience, as a result of which, whereas earlier I was feeling fed down, I am now feeling decidedly fed up.

Perhaps I am just immature; after all, if a mature person demonstrates maturity and a simple person personifies simplicity, then surely to act like an adult denotes adultery?

Some time ago I had the joyful experience of watching one of our water sports; Wimbledon. Is it pure chance that we have so many ways to say nil, nought, zero, o, love or a duck, or is it to avoid repetition when outlining our sporting achievements since 1966.

And on the subject of numbers; why is it that the ‘v’ in five feels the irresistible urge to become an ‘f’ in fifteen and fifty? Is this because we are always f-ing and blinding?

We British have invented many sports, and yet we have never really exerted ourselves when it comes to new vocabulary.

In swimming for example, can anyone explain to me which parts of the body are used to achieve the breast stroke? Or how somebody steaming through the water with arms a-flailing resembles a colourful flying insect?

Would it really have been so difficult to explain that if you don’t win or lose a game then you need to wear something formal around your neck or get some paper and pencils and make pictures?

And for a nation that spends most of its leisure time on the 19th hole staring into ‘glasses’, how come we couldn’t think of a different word for our spectacles?

English is a strange language, even for those of us condemned to speak it. We often hear cinema heroes telling us that they have had a “close shave”. Could you please tell me what other shaves are available? Have you perhaps devised a way to shave by remote control? And does someone who has a close shave escape by the non-existent skin of his teeth?

We assert that we are “full of beans” as if this were an attractive quality rather than a sad reflection on our ability to conquer nations of sublime culinary levels without having any of their talent rub off on us whatsoever!

Some of my countrymen maintain that the greatest contribution of the English language to philological advancement has been the introduction of the doublebarrelled irrelevance of expressions such as: willy nilly, roly poly, hanky panky, wishy washy, topsy turvey, shilly shally and I could go on until I’m bleu in the face but I think I have made my point.

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Local vehicle owners may be interested to know that the Mobile ITV unit will be visiting Jávea between October 19th and 6th November.

It is no longer possible to “turn up on the offchance” and “hope there is a space”. It is necessary to phone 902 108 368 and give them the matricula of the vehicle for which you need the test. When asked which ITV station you would like, choose Jávea and the operator will offer you the next vacant appointment. If not convenient, say so, and an alternative will be offered that suits ITV and your vehicle.

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Satellite and Electronic News

As I write it's raining heavily and more is forecast. To many this means spending more time in front of the TV which some of the elderly are not too keen on, and now the nights are drawing in.

Another reason for switching on the 'Box'!

Having lived in Jávea twenty four years or so, it's quite surprising how Jávea has changed. My first introduction to Jávea was 43 years or so ago and like many, my Wife Jean and I fell in love with the place, as did our three small Daughters. In those days we coped with car and caravan, but it did not take long before we purchased an Apartment.

As I got to know quite a few people, word spread that I was a Lecturer in RTVE at Bradford College and had been invited to work for the British Council in the Middle East! I was very involved with satellite reception and found I was also working along with Americans, so it became very competitive.

This created a fantastic opportunity to hone our skills and we pooled information to create a ‘Knowledge

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Base’ - each depending on the other. It was a tremendous experience in all the various methods available at that time.

Of course if you transmit information to a satellite (like a mirror in the sky) you need a transponder to direct the signal back to earth and another to decode it until it is a signal you can see or hear, on a TV or radio. This led to stereo sound and coloured pictures.

These days it seems that every few months some clever person has developed an even better method that adds to the viewers pleasure, or does it ?

Many of the people I chat with, very often complain they do not understand how the new ‘Telly’ really works or for that matter how the dammed satellite receiver operates. Often I am told that only their Grandson can get it to work.

Perhaps that striked a cord in your household?

To add to this we find several local companies offering systems that at first glance appear to be very competitive in price for the range of programmes they provide.

At the same time I hear rumours within the trade that some are experiencing problems. I was offered a good deal recently to invest in local technology, but it’s something I put on the ‘back burner’ for now.

This brings me to the many offers to receive a TV signal (with or without a phone line) that can look quite tempting, but in the main they are on a contract basis and this is where I suggest, with respect, you do the Maths one of my favourite subjects.

For those who enjoy the Telly and are quite content with what the UK offers, including BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 as well as ITV 1, 2, 3 etc not forgetting Channel 4 and of course Five, Sky News is also there as is a range of other Free-To-View programmes. Why do I mention this?

Simple, depending on the area where you live, it is possible to receive them on a satellite dish that can be fully installed for as little as 220 €uros (you may have one already that can be pressed back into service!)

Very competitive prices can be offered on a satellite receiver. A very reliable one is on offer for 189 €uros, that is a total of 409 €uros. It is possible

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My engineer husband is meticulous but mild-mannered. While our new house was being built, he would leave notes for the workmen, politely calling their attention to mistakes or oversights. Two weeks before we were to move in, the floors still were not finished, the bathrooms were not tiled, and necessary fixtures were not installed. I was sure the work would never be completed in time. However, on moving day, we found that the house was ready to receive us.

Curious as to how this miracle had been accomplished, I went and checked where my husband always left his notes for the workmen. Posted prominently on the living room wall was my husband's last note: "After September 15, all work will be supervised by five children".

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A young man asked, "Will you marry me?"

"No," the lady replied, "but I admire your good taste."

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One of my first assignments as a trainee in an auto-body shop was a car needing a new bumper and some door repairs. I spent hours doing a perfect job, but when the owner came to pick it up, he wasn't pleased.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Pointing to the side of the car, he complained about the paint not matching, uneven gaps between panels, and a host of other problems. He demanded an explanation.

"The repairs were to the other side," I told him.

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Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

I know a man who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop anytime.

How does Moses make his tea?

Hebrews it.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

This girl said she recognised me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.

Debby punched’in her boyfriend's new phone number - and a woman answered.

"Is Mike there?" asked Debby, confused.

"Umm, he's in the shower," the woman responded.

"Please tell him his girlfriend called," Debby said and hung up.

When he didn't return the call, Debby dialed again. This time a man answered.

"This is Mike," he said.

"You're not my boyfriend!" exclaimed Debby.

"I know," he replied. "That's what I've been trying to tell my wife for the past half-hour."

"Sir, your daughter says she loves me, and she can't live without me, and she wants to marry me."

"And you're asking my permission to marry her?"

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I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put it down.

I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

A dyslectic man walks into a bra.

PMTjokes aren’t funny. Period.

Why were the Indians in America first?

They had reservations.

Energizer Bunny arrested: Charged with battery.

I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

What does a clock do when it is hungry?

It goes back four seconds.

I wondered why the cricket ball was getting bigger. Then it hit me!

Broken pencils are pointless.

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SWISS CABLE CROWD FUNDING SCHEME

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EARN UP TO 14% RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT FROM AS LITTLE AS 300€uros Dear Reader,

SWISS CABLE is launching during the next couple of months, a Crowd Funding scheme that will allow it to expand, as well as improve customer service. We believe it is a good opportunity for anyone interested in investing in telecoms in the Marina Alta area and would like to offer it first to our customers and Jávea Jeard readers.

www.swisscable.es/site/investor/ The first project we propose is a “wireless extension” to neighbouring areas: Moraira, Benissa and Orba.

For this we require at least 70,000€.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How much will I get?

SWISS CABLE considers 3 probable scenarios with a different net PAYBACK:

Our Crowd Funding scheme, will use the online platform www.fundedbyme.com, to allow anyone to invest as little as 300€uros to fund our expansion, with the possibility of earning up to a 14% return on the investment.

The scheme works as follows: Investment process Public information at

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We have spoken to many of our customers during recent months and have received commitments of around 30,000€ from 10 interested people. We now seek commitment for the remainder of the 70,000€ before going online. This will open the project to thousands of investors worldwide so we fully expect the whole amount to be subscribed.

Our current agenda is as follows: You can find extended information on our first project at:

www.swisscable.es/site/investor/w ireless-extension/ Required password: beam

Alternatively, you can call into our office and ask for Sharon, who will explain to you the scheme and answer any questions you may have.

We are also planning to organize public presentations in selected venues during October and will announce the venues and dates as soon as they are arranged.

Based on a 1,000 €uro investment, we estimate: 50% probability for scenario 1 (2 years exit) 40% scenario 2 (5 years exit) 8% scenario 3 (perpetual dividends) www.swisscable.es/site/cont/uploa ds/2015/04/paybackscenarios628x313.jpg

A 1,000€uro investment could provide a payback of 1.255€ur net within 2 years in our most probable scenario.

Once the income from the assets is a reality, we plan to involve a High Street Bank to accelerate the payback to our investors. We believe it will be easy, once the new customers are acquired and cash flow is generated, to prove that SWISS CABLE can change investment at a 14% rate for bank loans at a lower rate.

Question: How can I recover my investment?

SWISS CABLE will pay dividends when the income from the invested asset covered by the scheme has been received.

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Contnued from page 10 We will facilitate a secondary market for the issued “economical rights” where you could sell your investment or rights to a third party.

In any case this is regulated by Spanish laws and we will follow the current law.

Question: Will you issue shares?

SWISS CABLE group will issue “Share economical rights” (S.E.R.) based on the Spanish legal figure of “DERECHOS ECONÓMICOS SOBRE PARTICIPACIONES SOCIALES CLASE B o C” that SWISS CABLE Group (legal name RONDA SOFT SL) will create in SWISS CABLE (SUIS BOGA TELECOM SL) equity structure with the funds provided in the scheme.

We will issue one S.E.R. for every 100 €uros invested. When we reach 70,000€ or more in the scheme we will issue 700 or more S.E.R. documents. Every document will be independent and signed by SWISS CABLE . It will hold the economic rights of dividends and pay back of initial investment rights.

Together with the S.E.R. the investor will sign the standard contract common to all investors in the scheme. The contract will be signed between SWISS CABLE operations (SUIS BOGA TELECOM SL CIF B54530738) and SWISS CABLE Group (RONDA SOFT SL CIF B53086229) and the investor.

Question: Is this a loan?

No it is not a loan. It is similar to an equity investment. SWISS CABLE will pay dividends on the income from the assets invested.

We plan to use the investment to fund telecom coverage extension and believe the new customers generated will fund the dividends.

The main risk for the return on any investment is customer purchase.

This always has a risk.

Our experience is that High

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investment in a Crowd Funding scheme?

Minimum investment starts at 300 €uros in our scheme.

Average investment usually is in the 500 €uro to 1,500 €uro range.

Above average investments are between 3,000 €uro and 10,000 €uro.

Street Banks will not fund the type of investment we require.

This is also why SWISS CABLE is looking for small and medium enterprise equity risk funding and we believe crowd funding platforms are the ideal method to develop this type of funding, and fits our needs.

Question: How do you guarantee I will recover my investment?

We believe income from the investment in telecom assets will be more than enough to pay the expected dividends from investors and return the investment.

It is also in SWISS CABLE’S interest to pay expected dividends as the company needs a source of funding for future projects and extend our geographic coverage. Meeting our obligation to current investors is the best way to ensure future investors.

SWISS CABLE has also a track record of paying its financial commitments with investors and banks.

Question: How long will the dividends be paid?

SWISS CABLE will pay dividends until the 14% gross return on investment is reached or permanently if not.

Achieving the 14% return could happen in a minimum of 6 months, or 2 years or 5 years or in 10 years or longer. We are not in a position to set a redemption date but it is in the best interest of SWISS CABLE to minimise the length of time.

When the 14% return on investment is fully paid the contract will be finished and dividends will no longer be paid.

Question: what is the average

Question: Who controls the money that is spent in telecom assets to increase coverage?

SWISS CABLE is an Audited company by the Spanish State validated auditor Mr. Arcadi Antoni Pérez Marcuello (www.heroi.es) from the “Registro Oficial de Auditores de Cuentas (http://www.icac.meh.es/)” R.O.A.C. approved. The amounts invested will be under his supervision. Our external advisor who is a British certified accountant will also review the scheme accounts.

SWISS CABLE management will supervise and direct investments following the contract signed with the Crowd Funding investors making sure it is invested in the correct telecom equipment and assets.

Continued on page 16

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Agenda 21

Continued from page 6

environment favorable to entrepreneurship and small and medium sizes enterprises, and optimise the efficiency of the public sector. There will also be legislation developing commercial management in a coherent way, with spatial and sustainable planning (PATSECOVA), an Action Plan for business in Rural Environments (PACER) and Plan for quality commerce and crafts will also be promoted.

WHEN IN ROME

Work commitments usually dictate when we are able to take our summer holidays and as the first week in September looked to be a quiet period, we decided this would be the week we would use for our short break.

The burning question in July was should we opt for a city break away or stay at home and catch up on a few things? After a few discussions we both decided we deserved a break and would therefore visit Italy. As this was our first visit to Italy we decided on seeing Rome because of the history, and we knew that St Peter’s Basilica and The Vatican Museums would also be of interest to us.

After arriving in Rome in the early evening on August 31st, we managed to navigate our way through the crowds

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and street vendors to our hotel. The hotel manager was very attentive towards us and provided us with a detailed map and some tips on how we could walk around Rome and see all the places of interest. We told him that we had already booked our Rome and Vatican passes and that we had to collect them from St Peter’s square in the morning. He then proceeded to scribble the route onto our map and assured us it was no more than a 40 minute walk from the hotel.

After a good night’s sleep and a sweet pastry continental breakfast we set off with the map in hand and walked to St Peter’s square. Our route took us past many interesting places like the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore which incidentally houses five relic pieces from the crib of Jesus, The Colosseum and The Roman Forum, and St Peter the Apostle’s prison. The walk probably took nearly 2 hours by the time we had taken some photos along the way.

Arriving at the tourist offices in St Peter’s square around 11am we found the queue was thankfully very short. The reason I use thankfully is because Rome is well known for its very long queues, especially around anything touristy.

After confirming our details with the receptionist at the tourist office we were soon given two small wallets containing a pocket size map and our passes that would give us free transportation and free entry into the Vatican and other Continued on page 13

A year in the life of a Spanish town Xabia / Jávea

Words by the late Charlene Quince and photos by Billie Cook is still on sale at HUMPTY DUMPTY (Javea Park) LA RULLA and OASIS HELP CENTRE (both in the Port)

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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.

Tell the Doctor is also published in French and German, but the OASIS generally only stocks the (blue covered) English edition. The latest edition has been updated with medical terms that have only recently come into use.

Copies in the other published languages are normally available at Humpty Dumpty newsagents on the main road in Jávea Park.

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places of interest.

As we were leaving, Linda cheekily asked the receptionist if The Pope was at home! One of her cheap jokes where she expected an answer like “Not today, but we will let him know that you asked after him.”

Instead the receptionist asked her colleague a question or two in her native Italian and then asked us to wait at the counter. After a few minutes the receptionist returned to us with a couple of blue tickets she passed to us.

Linda asked “what are these?” The receptionist said with a smile on her face

“Be here tomorrow morning for 7.30am because these tickets give you access to the seated area so you can see The Pope.”

Both Linda and I looked at each other in disbelief and a thought of whose calling the jokes now started to cross our minds. Linda said to the receptionist “Is this a joke? Please tell me this is not a Continued on page 20

THE DEAF BOOKKEEPER

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A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Guido, has cheated him out of $10,000,000.

His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place.

It was assumed that Guido would hear nothing and would therefore never have to testify in court.

When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about the missing $10 million, he takes along his lawyer, who knows sign language.

The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the money is."

The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, "Where's the money?"

Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about."

The lawyer tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about."

The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's head and says, "Ask him again or I'll kill him!"

The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him."

Guido trembles and signs back, "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed at my Cousin Bruno's house."

The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?"

The lawyer replies, "He says you don't have the guts to pull the trigger."

Don't you just love Lawyers?

Pretty Smart

The two ladies were sitting in the living room, waiting for their hostess, who was slightly delayed. The daughter of the family was with them, on the theory that she would keep the visitors occupied during the wait.

The child was about six years old, snub nosed, freckled, buck-toothed and bespectacled. She maintained a deep silence and the two ladies peered doubtfully at her.

Finally, one of them muttered to the other, "Not very p-r-e-t-t-y, I fear," carefully spelling the key word.

Whereupon the child piped up, "But awfully s-m-a-r-t!"

Picture Perfect

When I had a job at the photo-developing counter of a pharmacy, the film was sometimes developed incorrectly. If this occurred, we did not charge our customers.

Once a man came to pick up his pictures, which were marked $0.00, indicating that not one of them had turned out right. The customer asked to see the photos, and when I noticed the

Are you ready for More HUMOUR?

odd splotches of colour all over the pictures, I apologised profusely.

"Oh, no, these are fine," he said happily. "I'm a microbiologist. These are my bacteria cultures."

The Speeder

A traffic policeman on patrol one night, watching the 30-mph zone on the edge of town, suddenly saw a car come blazing by his hideout. Quickly grabbing at his radar gun, he clocked the fastmoving vehicle at 87 mph!

The officer took off after the speeder and soon had the car pulled over on the side of the road. Expecting trouble with such a reckless driver, the patrolman approached cautiously.

To his surprise, the driver of the offending vehicle was a little old lady, barely tall enough to see over the steering wheel.

"Ma'am," the officer began, "do you know how fast you were going?"

"I was just getting her up around 90, I believe, officer," the old lady answered calmly, peering up at him through her bifocals. "Why, what seems to be the problem?"

Shocked, the officer returned her comment, "What seems to be the problem? Why, this is a 30-mph zone!

That's the problem. Didn't you see the sign?"

"Oh sure," the old lady returned, "That's why I'm driving so fast. I'm just trying to follow its instruction."

Dumbfounded, the officer was momentarily speechless.

"Just what sign are you talking about, ma'am?" he asked, when he finally recovered.

Smiling up at the officer, the old lady placed a gentle hand on his wrist and said, "Why, the one that said 'Speed Zone Ahead' of course!"

Door Mishap

The door of the science labs at my highschool opens outward, and a number of students have been whacked by it.

To prevent any more mishaps, one of the teachers stuck a warning on the door advising people not to stand too close.

There was also a comic strip attached showing a student being hit by a door being opened.

One day I was pushing a cart into the hall and opened the door extrawide.

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To my horror the door struck a student standing outside.

After determining that he was all right, I asked why he was behind the door even though the warning was there.

"I was reading it," he replied.

Ten-Thousand Roaches

A woman phoned a pet store and said, "Send me ten-thousand cockroaches at once."

"What in the world do you want with ten-thousand cockroaches?" asked the clerk.

"Well," replied the woman, "I am moving today and my lease says I must leave the place in the same condition I found it."

Don’t want to Listen

Barb’s granddaughter was in kindergarten. There was a boy in her class that wasn’t listening to teacher.

The teacher said to him, “Since you don’t want to listen, go and sitat the table by yourself.

After a few minutes, Barb’s granddaughter raised her hand and said, “I don’t want to listen either, can I sit with him?”

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her preamble she repeated more than ten times that Spain was a great nation, threatened by the independence campaign mounted by some politicians in Catalonia.

Spokesperson for the PSPV and Planning Councillor, Isabel Bolufer stressed that the full City Council of Jávea "is neither the place nor the way" and said that "at no time has this City Hall said anything against the unity of Spain."

Compromís spokesman, Vicent Colomer said the PP motion reminded him of other times and "this motion here will ensure a sterile debate."

For his part, Councillor for Citizens Jávea, Juan Ortolá said they would abstain from voting and Socialist Councillor, Cesc Camprubí said he would personally vote against it, because "in this country there has to be dialogue between any two parties," alluding to the fact that the Madrid central government has refused to even sit down with Artur Mas. He also recalled that Spanish nationality cannot

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be lost and the Spanish Civil Code can not be ignored, in a reference to a "lapse" by the Prime Minister in an interview with Carlos Alsina of Onda Cero.

Spokesman for Xàbia Democratica, Oscar Anton, declared his support for the motion and he believed Jávea would be the first municipality to officially declare it was in favour of the unity of Spain and wondered "how can anyone say that you do not agree with it. " The motion was put to the vote and received a majority in favour.

Consum have erected an illuminated sign outside their supermarket that breaches local byelaws, with the light generated being a nuisance according to local neighbours at night and illuminates the roundabout (for which Consum have responsibility under the building approval for their new supermarket and roundabout. in a way that The Councillors meeting lasted barely half an hour with half the time taken by debate of the PP motion on Unity in Spain.

In the questionsand answers section, Xàbia Democratic Councilman Juan Luis Cardona, asked about huge billboards that have been placed some developers to advertise their buildings, and some posters are not permitted in accordance with the law. Planning Councillor, Isabel Bolufer said files alledging infringement of planning, but did not part for further information.

Bolufer too, had to answer another question by Oscar Anton, about the billboard at the Consum roundabout that serves to illuminate the roundabout at night, but annoyed local residents and

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drivers.

The Mayor could not provide details and invited the council to seek advice on how it should respond, given that planning approval was granted for the new supermarket and roundabout by a previous government. The other nearest supermarket is in the same situation, although it has not been denounced by any neighbour.

Questions from the public The last item in any monthly meeting of Councillors, since José Chulvi became Mayor was a genuine invitation to anyone who had sat in the public seats, to raise a point of concern.

A resident of Jávea Park asked the Townhall to be more diligent about the mountain of rubbish on the ground that borders the Civic Punt and wants the Council to clean the area and then submit the bill to the Administrators of the Community of Owners for payment.

Mayor, José Chulvi said he was aware of the problem, but "it is not easy," and Security Councillor Pepa Gisbert pointed out that the small area of land to which the complainant referred, involved as many as four Communities of Owners. The Mayor thanked the complainant for their question and said the Townhall was exploring what steps they could take to fix the problem.

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Those interested have until 4 November to obtain details at the Social Centre of Jávea.

The Department of Social Welfare, is again, offering a holiday programme for people over 65 or pensioners 60 years of age and living alone, to spend the upcoming holiday season on an official holiday away from Jávea.

"Do not be alone at Christmas" is specifically aimed at the elderly residents who are unable to spend the days of Christmas with their family or friends and can help themselves to perform the basic activities of daily life.

This year the venue is a hotel in Oropesa del Mar from 23 to 27 December with services of socio-cultural activities, medical services and transport included.

The municipal department of social services in Jávea has opened registration to participate in the programme. Those interested must apply before November 4 at the offices of the second floor of the Community Centre (requesting appointment on the phone 965 794 142, extension 1808).

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(but men are welcome)

In my article last month I said I would tell you about our special trip to Sheffield to hear Cliff Richard in concert at the Sheffield City Hall to celebrate our 55th Wedding Anniversary on the 1st October.

Monday the 28th, we left home at 7.30, drove to Alicante and parked our car with Claus. They took us to the airport by mini-bus and our adventure began.

As Clive has great difficulty with steps, walking and standing, we booked (for the first time) assisted package with the airline and I must say they were amazing. We checked our suitcase in at the Ryanair desk which is located just inside the airport door and they asked us to wait for a few minutes while they arranged for someone to accompany us through the airport. Within ten minutes a very pleasant young lady turned up, filled in all the appropriate paperwork

by Ann Read

who writes for us after one retirement and before her next

which allocated Clive a wheelchair. She pushed him through into the security section and my heart sank when I saw the huge queue of people waiting to go through security. We were taken through a staff door which took us directly into a security desk where there was only one person waiting and within a couple of minutes we were through - no waiting!

Clive was then pushed into the departure lounge until it was time to board the plane. A young man came to collect him and we were taken out to the plane. (Clive told me he feared Ryanair would throw him a rope and the cabin crew would drag him up the stairs!) but a special lift took us up into the door through which food enters.

Unfortunately the flight was delayed half-an-hour which caused us to miss our coach from East Midlands airport to Sheffield Meadowhall. When we originally booked our flight, it was

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scheduled to leave an hour earlier so booked our coach from the airport knowing we had 90 minutes spare time to allow for delays and collecting luggage etc. About two months ago we were told the departure time had been changed but decided not to change our coach for a later one, but hoped half-anhour was sufficient after landing to collect luggage and make our way to the coach, which was a short walk away.

The plane landed twenty minutes late and we missed our coach by ten minutes which meant a wait of over two hours for the next one. On arrival at Meadowhall, we were told Travelodge hotel was a short walk away, but they didn't mention that some of it was uphill which was difficult for Clive dragging the suitcase. On arrival at the hotel we found our room wasn't ready so we had to wait for half-an-hour until it had been cleaned. Apparently house-keeping hadn't turned up for work that day and the remaining staff were fighting all day to get rooms ready for occupation.

Next morning a disaster happened!

Clive's computer had a software problem and wouldn't work. I took pity on him and offered the use of mine while I went to the Apple store in Continued on page 21

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MORE CHECKS ON SEATBELTS and CHILD SEATS

The seatbelt is a fundamental element of vehicle safety and reduces the risk of death by 50%. Not wearing a seatbelt, along with alcohol, drugs and inappropriate speed is one of the principal factors in road fatalities and serious injuries.

The use of a seatbelt is mandatory for all occupants of a vehicle, in both the front and rear seats, and the number of passengers allowed to be carried is equal to the number of seatbelts. In other words, if there are only two seatbelts in the back, only two passengers can be carried.

Children shorter than 1.5 metres in height are also required to use appropriate restraints in vehicles which match their height and, in some cases, weight.

Children under 12 years of age are not allowed to travel in the front seat, unless using a properly fitted and approved restraint, with the only exception being when the child’s height is equal to or greater than 135 centimetres, in which case they can use the normal seatbelt.

In the rear seats, people whose height does not reach 135 centimetres must use a properly fitted child restraint system suitable for their height and weight. People whose height is equal to or greater than 135 centimetres and no greater than 150 centimetres, may either use a child restraint system suitable for their height and weight or the fitted seatbelt.

According to the DGT, 70% of children in cars are not properly protected. The correct use of child restraints helps reduce injuries from an accident by 75%. Incredibly, nine out of ten children in serious or fatal crashes were not using child restraints correctly.

In the last campaign in March, over 5,000 adults were fined for not wearing their seatbelt. In addition, a staggering

287 children under 12 were found travelling without any kind of restraint, 70 of whom were in the front seat, 217 in the rear.

Large vehicles may need extra road space to turn or to deal with a hazard that you are not able to see. If you are following a large vehicle, such as a bus or articulated lorry, be aware that the driver may not be able to see you in the mirrors.

Be prepared to stop and wait if it needs room or time to turn.

Checking Your Tyres

You should check your tyres at least once a month and before and after long trips.

It’s easy to forget that tyres are the only point of contact between your vehicle and the road. That is why it’s extremely important to preserve the quality and performance of your tyres to ensure both your safety and your mobility.

Safe Following Distance

Exactly how far should you be, behind the vehicle ahead, so that you can still stop safely if that other vehicle has a tyre blow out or if it hits an obstruction?

Allow at least a two-second gap between you and the vehicle in front on roads carrying faster-moving traffic and in tunnels where visibility is reduced.

The gap should be at least doubled on wet roads.

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Do you know what to do when you see lights and sirens approaching?

Jávea Jeard If an emergency vehicle is approaching and is sounding an alarm or showing flashing lights, you must move out of the path of the emergency vehicle as soon as you can do so safely.

Tips for assisting our emergency services response vehicles: 1. Do not panic.

2. Slow down (but do not break rapidly).

3. Use your indicators. (Emergency lights to warn other drivers).

4. Be aware of other motorists.

5. Move as far to the right of the road as you can.

6. If you cannot move out of the path safely, stay where you are and let the emergency vehicle drive around you.

It is an offence not to give way to an emergency vehicle. Please do the right thing — look, listen and move out of the path.

An obstructed journey can be the difference between life and death.

Don’t panic, slow down, give-way and indicate.

Speed Limit Signs

Some of the most confusing signs for drivers moving to Spain are those related to speed limits. There are some similarities in the UK Highway Code.

When we look at road signs we remember some basic principles. Red circles tell us what me must NOT do, blue circles tell us what we MUST do, squares and rectangles offer information, triangles are warnings. There are a couple of others, such as the hexagonal stop sign, but they are the principle points to remember. Red circles DON´T, blue circles DO, squares and rectangles are info, triangles are warnings.

The maximum permitted speed on a road is indicated by means of a circular sign with a red border and the numbers are in black in the centre.

This is a mandatory speed limit sign, known as R-301.

There is also a minimum required speed sign, the R-411, which is a blue circle with numbers in white in the centre. A minimum speed is a requirement on a number of roads, and so if your vehicle is incapable of reaching those speeds, you will not be allowed on them.

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These signs can also appear in conjunction with other information, such as denoting the minimum or maximum speed in a particular lane, such as the S-50.

The third signs relating to speed are the S-7 and S9, which is an advisory maximum speed limit sign.

It is a blue square with white numbers printed in the centre and denotes the advised maximum speed which your vehicle should travel on through the stretch in question. This sign can also be accompanied by a danger warning and is active for the stretch of road where the danger exists.

The S-9 sign denoted a variable recommended maximum speed, with the advice being to keep the speed between the parameters shown, depending on the weather and environmental conditions of the road and traffic. When placed under a warning sign of a danger, the recommendation refers to the section in which that danger persists.

All roads have a speed limit, even those which don’t display speed limit signs. It is important to know the different characteristics of the roads so as to determine the maximum permitted speed, especially in the event of no signs being displayed.

Roads are separated into four main groups. The first group is toll roads and motorways, otherwise known as autopistas and autovias. The second group are conventional roads, which is split again into two subgroups, vías automóviles and carreteras convencionales with a hard shoulder equal to or greater than 1.5 m or more than two lanes for either direction (3 lanes or more in total); and other conventional roads, otras carreteras convencionales. The final group are urban roads, or Vías urbanas, travesías.

The table at the head of the next two columns indicates the maximum permitted speed, depending upon the type of vehicle you are driving. Many vehicles (like big lorries or coaches) have a circular sticker (or two) which specifies the MUCH LOWER maximum speed they are allowed to use, based on the weight of their load and ability to stop - QUICKLY!

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Signals warn and inform other road users, including pedestrians, of your intended actions. You should always: • give clear signals in plenty of time, having checked it is not misleading to signal at that time • use them to advise other road users before changing course or direction, stopping or moving off

• cancel them after use • make sure your signals will not confuse others. If, for instance, you want to stop after a side road, do not signal until you are passing the road. If you signal earlier it may give the impression that you intend to turn into the road.

Your brake lights will warn traffic behind you that you are slowing down • use an arm signal to emphasise or reinforce your signal if necessary.

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joke! Are these tickets for real?” The receptionist smiled and said “you asked me if The Pope was at home and I said No, but tomorrow he will be here and so we are giving you two free tickets so you can see him. Now hide them quickly because we have no more left.”

This one act of kindness from the receptionist had just made Linda’s holiday a very special one and I could see the joy and excitement brewing in her face. She looked at me and became emotional, shaking with excitement and disbelief. This was a beautiful surprise that she will never forget and it probably will be a once in a life time experience for the both of us.

The next day we were up early and out of the hotel heading towards the metro. We arrived at St Peter’s square for 7.30am, but even at this hour a queue had formed which appeared to wind around every corner and street leading from the Vatican and near to St Peter’s square.

As we joined the end of the line our hearts sank a little when we thought maybe we wouldn’t see him after all.

Linda spotted a handful of people with tickets who suddenly started to leave the queue, and being naturally inquisitive she asked what was happening. A young girl clutching her blue ticket said, that the people with tickets could now make their way up to the front of the queue as most of the people who were queuing had no tickets and were lining up on the off-chance there might be an available seat. What a relief, no long queuing times for us but I did feel sorry for all

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the people, some young, some old and frail, families and small groups, all of them standing patiently in a very long and winding queue hoping for their chance to gain entry into the seated area.

After passing through the security checks, which incidentally was at a higher level than at Rome airport, we were ushered into a large seated area by the Swiss Guard.

We kept walking straight until we could go no further, like lost sheep we were all penned in but Linda and I just looked at each other shaking our heads in disbelief that we were in Rome and going to see The Pope.

As we sat down in the centre section we noticed that we were just one row behind the front of this section and so we would get a very clear view of The Pope when he walked onto the stage.

In front of us was an area reserved for the VIPs and to the left and right hand sides of us were two other sections which housed people who like us had tickets. Each section was separated by a large gangway which I thought was for emergency access. Far behind us was a barrier where people without tickets would be contained and we knew that within a few hours those barriers would be at breaking point as the crowds outside jostled with each other for a brief and distant glimpse of The Pope.

While we were waiting, we began chatting to a few people who were sitting around us and from these people we learned that many had travelled on an annual pilgrimage from countries like Argentina, Columbia and India. I then tugged Linda’s arm and whispered these

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people have planned their trips to coincide with The Pope, yet we have come over and somehow found ourselves sitting among the audience, how lucky are we?

Rumours in our section began circulating that The Pope was going to pass within a few metres of us, and if it were true it would be just one unbelievable experience and it would be the icing on the cake, especially for Linda. The rumours kept circulating and Linda asked me, Do you think it is true Ian, will he come past us?” I was not sure if it was likely and so did not want her expectations raised too high, and so I calmly said “probably not darling.” “No I didn’t think so either,” said Linda.

The doors of St Peter’s Basilica opened around 8:45am and out came a handful of Cardinals who read the names of the groups and organisations who had made a pilgrimage to The Vatican. The Cardinals took it in turns to welcome the pilgrim groups by reading out their group names in Italian, Spanish, English and German. Each time a name was called a loud cheer erupted from the part of the audience from where the groups were sitting. The welcoming applause accompanied by lots of flag waving from the different nationalities set a friendly atmosphere.

At 10:15am, and what appeared to be all at the same time, a huge cheer erupted from the thousands of people.

The atmosphere became super charged with excitement and emotion, everybody seemed to be shouting out Papa, Papa Francis, but we could not see him. The audio switched from being silent to a very loud jolly flute like sound which for me sounded like a theme tune that announced to the audience the arrival of The Pope and that we were all now in the presence of the most Holy.

The video screens gave me an idea on The Pope’s location within the square and so I stood on my chair giving an advantage of height and after finding him through the lens of my video camera, I started giving a running commentary to Linda, which other people also took the advantage of listening to. Pressing the zoom button on my camera was an indication for me that The Pope was getting nearer to us and I excitedly shouted to Linda “He is here.” Many people in our row also turned in the direction of The Pope, but Linda - like a terrier - shot forward to the front seats in our section. She was now in front and watching her catch her first sight of The Pope was a moving experience. She could not believe her eyes. I could hear her explode into excitement and shout Continued on page 22

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Continued from page 17 Meadowhall to get it repaired. They couldn't help very much because all their engineers were fully booked for two days and the earliest they could do anything was the day before we were returning to Spain, but the young man gave me a phone number for Clive to ring to receive help. The man he spoke to was helpful and patient and put some of the problems right but when it came to installing the programme system again, Clive gave it up as a bad job as the download time was 35 hours, due to slow Wi-Fi in the hotel. He decided to wait until he returned home to do the installation.

During the afternoon I went into Sheffield on the train from the Meadowhall Interchange to pick up a parcel for Clive from Maplin and to go to the City Hall to collect our tickets for the concert on Thursday to save waiting in a queue on the night. I enjoyed walking around the shops, and seeing the changes that had been made to the town centre. We lived in Sheffield from about 1965 until 1975 and loved our time there.

Wednesday morning Clive came to Meadowhall with me because we decided that in case his computer couldn't be restored, he would buy a new one. Meadowhall have a special hire section that deals with equipment for the disabled. There is no charge for the service and we hired a wheelchair for Clive as Meadowhall is a vast place.

They also have walking sticks and mobility scooters but there were no mobility scooters available until 3pm.

The Apple store was heaving with people but we were eventually served and a new computer chosen. All went well until it was time to pay. Clive's Nat West card was rejected because it had developed a fault so we were faced with finding a Nat West Bank and drawing the cash out.

We returned the wheelchair and went outside expecting to hire a taxi, but a woman sitting on a bench waiting for her daughter to arrive said we would have to ring for one. She took pity on us and rang herself and within ten minutes her daughter arrived in a Rotherham taxi and we were his next fare. He drove us to Attercliffe, about a ten minutes drive and we asked him to wait in the car park while we were in the bank and take us back to Meadowhall. We were ages in the bank. The card was faulty and a new one had to be ordered. The cashier

decided to withdraw the money using my NatWest card but unfortunately, I didn't have the pin number so we had a long wait while she filled in a complicated form to authorise the payment. Altogether we must have been in the bank for at least twenty minutes and I thought of the poor taxi driver waiting and wondering how much fare was being clocked up on the meter. He took us back to Travelodge (we decided to buy the computer later in the day), and when I asked him how much we owed, was astounded when he told us the total fare was £7. Unbelievably cheap, but we gave him a good tip.

That afternoon we had arranged for my sister Carol and brother-in-law Pete to come to visit us at Travelodge and later, go to Meadowhall for a celebratory meal for our anniversary. We first went to buy Clive's new computer then Carol and I did shopping while we waited for their son Dale and granddaughter Ruby to join us for the meal after Dale had finished work. It was great to see them all again, we hadn't been together since the wedding of Katy (their daughter) two years previously. The food was excellent and afterwards Pete dropped us back to the Travelodge before driving home to Featherstone.

Thursday (our last full day) was another shopping day at Meadowhall. Clive had been having problems with the new computer so we decided to take it back to the shop and ask why. Heather, one of the assistants was very helpful and put some of the problems right and we left the store to go back to Travelodge and spend the afternoon resting before our Cliff Richard concert.

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heart out. The atmosphere was electric and when he came on stage the cheers he received was unbelievable. He was almost in tears as he thanked us for attending his concert. I had read on the 'Cliff Richard' radio' Facebook page that he had confided to one of the producers that he was afraid that because of the allegations against him, people in Sheffield in particular would not turn up. But it was a full house, and he was obviously very touched at seeing such a huge crowd. As he was thanking us, one lady shouted out, so everyone could hear, "WE LOVE YOU CLIFF" and everyone cheered and clapped. The concerts, held at various venues around the UK, are to celebrate Cliff's 75th birthday on October 14th. We were entertained for about an hour, with many of my favourite songs, then after a thirty minute break, they continued for another fifty minutes. I have always loved Cliff ever since I bought his 45rpm record of "Living Doll". About three years ago, Clive took me to Nottingham to see Cliff in concert and I really enjoyed it, but this concert in Sheffield was outstanding. At the end of every song the roar of the crowd and the clapping was wonderful.

When we left the venue there was a mad rush for taxis but Clive noticed a large invalidity taxi parked over the road. We assumed the driver was waiting for his passengers but Clive went over to ask him if he would mind ringing his company for a taxi to take us home. "No need for that," he said, "I can take you myself if you like." What an answer to prayer!

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Well what can I say about the concert? It was fabulous! We had seats in the back row of the balcony so I had the opportunity to stand and dance without blocking anyone's view as Cliff sang his

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Continued from page 21 rejected, the concert had made it all worth while. At the airport we booked our luggage in and were allocated a wheelchair for Clive to get around the airport. The lift duly arrived to get him on board and we were on our way home.

The flight left early and arrived early and when it landed, Clive sent me to remind the stewardess we needed assistance off the plane. But the lift was already there, and a very pleasant young man took us to collect our TWO suitcases. Yes, I know we only went over with one but I was going to do some serious shopping and would need the extra case on our return flight! The young man collected the suitcases from the carousel and took us out of the airport to wait for the mini-bus from Claus parking to take us to our own car.

We were soon on our way home, it felt as if we had been away much longer than five days. The whole journey to the UK had been hard going for Clive who finds it so difficult to walk and climb stairs, so I would like to say a special "Thank you Clive for my wonderful 55th Wedding Anniversary treat to see Cliff in concert, I will treasure the memory forever."

stage where he was escorted to his seat by a Cardinal. After some prayers and blessings, The Pope spoke about “The Family and Family Values”. You can hear his speech on You Tube dated 2nd September 2015.

stone slab, now protected by a metal grille, because over many years it has been worn down by numerous hands touching it. The story says that one day while fetching fresh water, Peter slipped on the slippery floor and banged his head on this stone.

Another interesting church in the centre of Rome, although one which we never got the time to visit is San Pietro in Vincoli, Peter in Chains. The Church reputes to have the actual chains that held Peter when he was in his prison cell.

Peter was crucified in 64AD under the Emperor Nero Augustus Caesar. It is said that Peter asked to be crucified upside down because he did not see himself worthy of being crucified in the same way as Jesus.

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“Papa Francis, Papa Francis” at the top of her voice.

As The Pope got nearer he continued to bless the audience and reached out touching and blessing the sea of arms that were outstretched in front of him.

Eventually The Pope Mobil arrived and stopped within two or three metres of where Linda and I were standing.

These few precious seconds gave Linda and I, an opportunity to take close-up photos and video.

After The Pope moved off we all simmered down but Linda was captivated, spellbound and shaking with excitement and emotion. She immediately reviewed the digital photos on her camera while shouting out “Look!, Look! I have lots of photos, Look at this one, wow what about that one?” and so on.

After the Pope had passed us twice he eventually made his way onto the

The Pope spoke in Italian, Spanish, English and German to get his message across to his audience and from what I heard from many people it appears that Pope Francis could become one of the Greatest Popes in modern history.

St Peter’s Basilica was closed on the day of The Pope’s audience and so we returned the following morning to look inside the Basilica where we saw St Peters tomb. It was hard to imagine that this man, after whom St Peter’s is named. who lays in the tomb before me, was the same man to whom Jesus said “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18). He also witnessed The Transfiguration of Christ and three times denied any association with Jesus.

We also managed to find St Peter’s prison, a place near The Roman Forum where Peter was held for nine months before his crucifixion. During his time here it is said he managed to convert his Roman jailers to Christ. There is also a

Did you know? Pope Francis is the first elected Pope born outside of Europe in 1000 years. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Pope Francis was elected on March 13th 2013.

So when in Rome, don’t forget to ask if The Pope is at home, because you do not know who is listening and who just might make it possible!!!

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Illness has the ability to adapt itself and once HIV, cancer and Alzheimers have been conquered there will be something else to rob us of the enjoyment of our declining years.

And so it is with property promoters, developers, banks and lawmakers in Spain. Where there was no bank guarantee, the banks had to repay the money if the property was not built, but now a time limit has been introduced.

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Buying ‘off-plan’, IBI overcharge?

modifies the Law 38/1999), of Construction “Regulation”, has amended the law making it less in favour of the consumers’ interests.

From these changes, we highlight two amendments that we do not like because they limit and affect the rights that the consumers and buyers had before: 1) Under the amendment, Spanish legislation forces developers developers selling off plan must ensure who sell properties off plan to guarantee the money paid from buyers, from the the amounts paid on account by the moment the development has obtained buyers - consumers, through a bank the building permit or license. In other guarantee or insurance policy. words, the new wording seems to This legislation should mean that exclude the obligation to guarantee the Spain is one of the safest countries in the amounts paid before Building license is world for buying properties ‘off plan’ obtained, which was not the case (still unbuilt). Unfortunately, in practice, previously. many abuses have been committed by Given the above, it is absolutely developers and promoters, so it is always inadvisable to pay any money or buy any essential to employ proper legal due property off plan until there is a building diligence before agreeing to a purchase license in place, or sufficient guarantee of this type. provided to the purchaser covering the Recent Spanish legislation, money to be paid. specifically the Law 20/2015 (which 2) There has also been a new time limit added (limitation period).

Now, after a period of two years, starting from the failure by the promoter or developer in its obligation, that is from the agreed date for delivery and handing over of consumer does not request for the termination of the contract and reimbursement of the money paid, the bank guarantee will expire.

It should be noted that the above changes will take effect from By law, all workmen should be legal. the 1st of January Clients can be fined if illegal workers are used.

2016.

Therefore, those who have purchased prior to this date, should not be affected by these changes.

However, those

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who plan to buy off plan from January 2016 onwards, should take every precaution and make all necessary legal checks and verifications through their lawyers.

For any questions about buying properties off plan, or claiming for lost money, contact us.

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

Could you be paying more IBI than you should for your Spanish Property?

In Spain, it is usually around this time of year when we pay the local IBI tax (depending on which municipality you are in). The tax is sent by your Townhall, or in some municipalities by entities responsible for the local tax management (IBI, vehicles, waste, etc.), such as SUMA, etc.

This tax is based on the cadastral value of the property, depending on many factors, mainly on the description of the property on the Catastro, i.e: the nature of the property (urban, rustic, etc.), the surface of the plot, the building area, type of construction, etc.

It is very common when we review our clients’ catastral property description for the first time, to discover details on catastro do not correspond to the physical reality, and often taxpayers have been over paying local taxes for years, especially property tax, due to these cadastral errors.

Cadastral mistakes occur for many reasons; improper measurement of the land or plot surface or construction or built area, or attributing a different use to the property - different to the real one, for example understanding the property to be commercial or industrial in use when it is not, etc.

An error in the cadastral data of your property can not only have implications on the payment each year of local tax IBI, but it can also affect the inheritance and gift tax, property transfer tax, etc., as the tax authorities usually review the declared values comparing them with the cadastral values.

In addition, the wrong cadastral property value could cause you to pay more in the tax commonly known as local Plusvalia when we sell our property (or inherit it, etc.), and also affect the income tax for non-residents in Spain because it is paid applying a % on the cadastral value.

Given all of the above, we encourage our readers to check the cadastral value and description of their Continued on page 26

SPOTLIGHT on JÁVEA PEOPLE

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This column is about the people in this community and their everyday lives and connections to the area of Jávea. Last month we turned on the Spotlight and featured the longest running and most popular Gypsy Flamenco group in Jávea called, Grupo Fardiquera de Jávea.

This month the spotlight falls on Carl Barclay who grew up in Jávea during the 1970s. Carl is known to many people as the key man of Jávea because if you have mistakenly locked yourself out of your home or business, lost your keys or been a victim of a break-in then it is possible that Carl the Locksmith may have helped you in your hour of need.

Carl was born in Malta although his parents decided to move back to Portsmouth, England, when he was about twelve months old.

By the time he was at nursery age the family had moved from England to a place in the Pyrenees, France. Carl remembers being totally immersed in Spanish lessons and so at a young age he was speaking Spanish as well as his native English.

Once all the family had learnt sufficient Spanish they decided to venture south of the Pyrenees and so Written by Ian Amer

who acknowledges and thanks Linda Jennings as Interpreter and Translator

crossed over the border from France entering into Northern Spain. After living in Northern Spain and having a taste for the Spanish way of life his parents decided to venture further south and eventually they came across Denia.

During a visit to Jávea his parents decided it would be here they would set down their roots.

In 1972, Carl attended the Colegio Jose Font School in Jávea, which today no longer exists.

As a child he remembers growing up under the Franco regime. He said the people lived freely although there were some imposed rules. During the early 1970s the Valencian Community were not allowed to speak Valenciano, they could only speak in Castillian but immediately after the death of General Franco in 1975, everything changed.

The people openly spoke in Valenciano and on the walls and empty buildings appeared Valencian graffiti.

After passing through the Spanish education system and having grown up in Spain it was surprising for me to learn that when he turned eighteen Carl was required to purchase a working permit. The working permits from the authorities were expensive to buy and he still had to prove that he had enough money in his bank account to support himself. He said that when he turned eighteen he became a foreigner, yet had been here practically all of his childhood life and treated as a Spaniard.

After obtaining his working permit he found part time work doing odd jobs until he was offered a permanent job working for a local agricultural company assembling plant machinery.

He worked hard and proved to his Spanish bosses that he had the energy and drive where he soon found himself climbing the promotional ladder.

One day he was asked to take up a position in the United States and therefore he emigrated to the East Coast.

Carl thinks the reason why he was invited to take up a position in America was because he spoke both Spanish and English fluently and was therefore an effective communicator between the management and Hispanic factory workforce.

After many years growing tired of working in the United States, Carl decided to return to England. He was offered a job working for a fire protection company near Portsmouth, where he learnt all about automatic fire protection barriers. Carl proved himself to be very versatile and soon was promoted from an assembly operator to the product manager. As he honed his skills within the company he found his

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way into sales and eventually became the site coordinator.

Although his life appeared to be mapped out, deep down he knew that he would not stay in the U.K and would one day return to Jávea. Carl was missing his favourite place, he missed the natural beauty, the bays and of course the climate.

While thumbing through the pages of a newspaper he found an advert for a locksmith course and so decided to enrol. It was not long before he realised that this was the work he wanted to do because it was interesting and like an emergency service he could use a skill that would help people in their hour of need. After passing his qualifications he decided to return to Jávea and set up a locksmith business.

After moving back to Jávea he wasted no time in finding a local accountant who gave him some good advice about setting up a business here.

First he was advised to spend a few months in establishing contacts and then to became a registered business at the start of the local authority tax year.

Carl took the advice and now recommends to anyone who is considering setting up a business in the service industry to spend time researching. He went on to say it always pays to become legal because there are so many benefits, one in particular is that you are able to compete on insurance work which can provide you with a large slice of new business.

When Carl first started out in January 2004 he provided his locksmith services from a van. After a few years he found a kiosk where he began selling and installing security alarm systems and then 5 years ago he took the leap of faith and moved his business into a shop, Casa Segura Locksmiths, near the tennis club in Jávea Park. The shop gave him more room and the ability to offer Continued on next page

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more services including Security Alarm Systems, Closed Circuit TV, Safes and a Key Holding Service.

He says apart from the shop providing security solutions he has also found himself acting like a tourist advisor. He has had people popping into the shop who have asked him for the best places to visit in Jávea and recommendations for hotels and m restaurants.

Some of his customers make special detours to the shop, not to buy anything, but to drop off a treat for Louis! Louis is Carl’s pet dog and is a bit of a celebrity. Carl said that he and his wife Sarah like jazz and so named their dog after Louis Armstrong.

While Carl was telling me his story he was receiving a steady stream of calls on his mobile, a robbery had taken place and Carl was asked to attend the scene to secure the premises, another was a lockout, then another, a maintenance call, and another, power failure on an alarm system. His comment to me was “You can see I don’t get bored in my work.” He then proceeded to call each one back reassuring them he could help and after giving each a time he would arrive, we continued with our interview.

He continued to say that his service is 24 hours, seven days a week and people know that he is available for them. Carl said his services are a mixture of emergency and preventative services which gives him a personal buzz. Carl enjoys working with the public either in the role of property security advisor or being there as the fourth emergency service. He says his satisfaction is not always when people say thank you but when you can see the relief on their faces. “In most cases when I take the initial call people are often very nervous and unable to think clearly because of the situation they are in which often causes them to panic.”

To cope with future expansion and new technologies, Carl has recruited his son Spencer as an apprentice. He said Spencer is just starting out and has a lot

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to learn but he is far better at computer technology than Carl.

They are both looking forward to a course in Madrid where father and son will be learning about new technologies as security systems are becoming so high-tec that before long you will need to be a computer expert as the software becomes more advanced.

Being a locksmith brings you into contact with people who find themselves in many different and sometimes compromising situations.

He remembers his first call-out was a very strange and bizarre experience that would leave Carl feeling a little spooked but the call-out did lead to a long term friendship.

One night a lady telephoned Carl and explained to him that she needed a lock repair after a robbery had taken place at her holiday home in Pinosol Park. So Carl, as usual reassured her over the phone and said he was on his way.

After securing the property, the lady introduced herself as Mrs Christine Stones. Carl explained that she would need to report the crime to the Guardia Civil but Mrs Stones appeared to be a little worried because she was unsure of the procedure and did not speak the language. Carl told her not to worry about a thing as he would take her to the Guardia Civil first thing in the morning to report the robbery.

At the Guardia Civil, Carl introduced Mrs Stones to the officer at the desk and explained her unfortunate situation. He also helped her complete all the reports. Mrs Stones was very appreciative for Carl’s help and could not stop saying “thank you”.

At this point Carl asked her why she had kept saying ‘thank you’ and Mrs Stones said her time was divided between living in England and here and that she had become very reliant on a man who, for the past 15 years, had helped her in all matters relating to the property. He would also give her advice and any help she needed when it came to form filling. She said before calling Carl she had been trying to raise the alarm with this man who appears to have simply vanished from the face of the earth.

Carl asked for the man’s name and when Mrs Stones told him he could not believe what he heard. For the man was Carl’s stepfather who had sadly passed away 6 months earlier. It appears that Carl’s stepfather was on hand to help Mrs Stones from beyond the grave

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because Mrs Stones found Carl’s number.

The next day, Carl’s phone rang and to his surprise it was the officer who attended them the day before at the Guardia Civil. He had become locked out of his home and needed Carl’s help.

After attending the officers need Carl found himself on the Guardia Civil approved list of trusted businesses.

Carl said it is strange how a set of circumstances can turn out, as he now provides the services of his late stepfather to Mrs Stones and the Police.

Carl’s next story was a baffling one.

He was asked by the Police to attend a failed robbery attempt at a bank in Cumbre del Sol. The front door of the bank had been damaged so much the police could not gain entry. When Carl studied the door it was strange because it had been kicked in from the inside.

After sorting out the door they found the robbers had entered the bank through a shaft inside the bank and when the robbery failed, the robbers panicked and had tried to escape through the front door. They had kicked the door in as if they were locked in. Why they kicked in the door is beyond belief as you would have thought they would have immediately gone back the same way in which they came in. By the time the Police gained entry into the bank there was no sign of the robbers.

Carl would like to thank all his customers for their support over the years. He advises me to tell our readers that if you require a locksmith always remember to ask for an estimate over the phone because as call out costs and replacement locks can become very expensive.

If you would like to talk to Carl about your home or business security, or if you find yourself locked out, call 659853645 (mobile) or 96 6463712 (shop). Email: casasegura2004@yahoo.es For further information regarding security systems or key holding services please visit www.locksmithspain.com.

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Continued from page 23 properties on the website of the Virtual Office of Cadastre, or requesting this information from their Townhall or the competent SUMA office or equivalent.

Also if you have recently received notification that confirms that your cadastral value has been modified, or received a request for an extra payment for IBI regarding prior years under a new revised cadastral value, be aware that depending on the cause of the revaluation, the administration could claim against you for the IBI tax you failed to pay, for up to 4 years.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues If you have any questions regarding property tax, or your property cadastral information or value, or if you disagree with them, please contact us.

Beware: If you have a mortgage or loan, you may be affected by a floor interest clause and not even know it.

Many of our readers who have a personal or mortgage loan with a bank, may have a floor clause, and not even know of its existence. The floor clause could cause serious economic damage.

As we explained some while ago, the floor or minimum interest rate clause, is that by which, even if the reference interest rate of your mortgage or loan (usually Euribor) lowers, the interest rate to be paid by the borrower or debtor will not decrease beyond a certain % set by the bank, known as the "floor" or minimum.

Therefore, everyone, whether consumers, self-employed, companies, etc. who have signed a loan should review it and check if there is any clause whereby the lender, usually a bank, will receive a minimum interest rate, even the variable interest rate agreed downs.

Normally floors are fixed at percentages around 3% -5%.

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Other information of interest includes: How and where? To find out if you are affected by a floor (ground) clause you should check your bank statements and your mortgage loan deed or agreement. If you do not know how to do so, please feel free to send us a copy, and we will check for you.

Do you have a good chance of winning the claim? Yes, the vast majority of courts ruled in favor of consumers, some media say more than 90% . Normally the courts understand that although the floor interest clauses are legal, the banks have not adequately informed consumers and therefore the requirement set by the Spanish Supreme Court for its validity are not satisfied.

Therefore, these clauses are normally declared null and void.

Is it worth suing? If the courts declare null and void the ground or minimum interest clauses, this clause will be considered not to be in the agreement anymore, and you will enjoy and pay, normally, a much lower interest rate. You must take into account that the majority of mortgage loans are referenced to the EURIBOR, which it is now about 0.15%.

If you do not claim, the bank will be very unlikely to remove it and you will be affected by this unfair clause, paying more interest than you should, throughout the life of your loan, which could be many years.

Do I have a right to be paid back the interest overpaid? Although personally I understand that the declaration of invalidity (null and void) should have as a logical consequence the return of all interest overpaid, the Supreme Court of Spain understands that banks must repay the overpaid interest from after May 2013.

For all the reasons above, we encourage all individuals, companies, and self-employed, who have loans, to review them to see if there exists a ground/minimum or floor interest clause. Or you could send us a copy of the deeds or loan agreements for us to review them, without any obligation.

The court can declare the clause null and void for the remainder of the loan, and also award back part of the interest paid. Contact Us.

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Have you bought a cheap property in Spain, and been asked to pay more taxes?

Question: A few months ago I bought an apartment and a villa in Spain, both resales, in the province of Alicante (Costa Blanca), for a very good price, both were real bargains. Now a few months after, I have received a letter from the tax authorities, Hacienda, saying they believe that the value of the purchased property is higher than the declared price, and are asking me to pay more tax. Is this legal? Is there anything I can do?

Answer: It is common in this time of crisis to find a real estate "bargain", but it’s also very common that after purchase and signing the relevant deeds, the buyer receives a notice from the Taxman of the region where the property is located,

indicating that the declared value is less than the real value, and therefore they request an additional amount of transfer tax, on top of that already paid, since the declared value is lower than the real value, and theoretically the tax to be paid must be on the highest value.

As explained in a previous article, in connection with the revised values in Valencian Region by the Oficinas Liquidadoras, there is a very important court decision granted on the 1st of October 2013, judgment number 1336/2013 from the Superior Court of Justice of Valencia, where it was stated that the methods used so far by the administration to check and review the declared values were not adequate, since they were based on cadastral details of the property, and the properties were not visited, so no individual assessments were carried out, etc.

Despite this judgment, the tax authorities continue issuing such Tax Liquidations and Penalties for Transfer Tax (TPO) on second-hand property purchases, as a result of these checks and revision of the "real values", but after the indicated court decision, the administration has changed its strategy, and now: Continued on page 28

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Casa Segura Locksmiths

Securing your valuable possessions from theft is a problem for us all. Unfortunately ordinary locks just wait silently for thieves to come along.

Lock Alarm is different as it has an ear piercing alarm.

Attempt to cut through the lock and the alarm screams, attracting attention and scaring away the potential thief! So why risk using an ordinary lock when Police say noise is the best deterrent.Use a Lock Alarm and the next time a thief comes along everyone will hear them!

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We take lock-out situations seriously and respond 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you need an emergency service, phone your LOCAL EXPERT. Carl Barclay 659 853 645 www.locksmithspain.net

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Continued from previous page 1) They make visits to properties (although not in all cases).

2) They set the Extra Tax and the Property Value according to a legal rule (order) which is approved annually We understand that even though the tax authorities have changed the way they act, there are still many possibilities of successfully appealing this new tax revision. Although their valuations are consequences of administration surveyor visits, they do not respect what was stated in the mentioned judgment, because these valuations are not based on the state and condition of the property, rather they fix the value according to the coefficients and values set out in the annual order. Also we understand that this order, on which the valuation is based, has several formal defects that could even result in its invalidity.

It is important to know, it is possible to appeal against these tax liquidations without the need to pay the fine or guarantee the money asked for by the taxman. The way to achieve this is by stating on the appeal claim that we reserve the right to ask for a contradictory expert valuation. By doing so, we can appeal without paying in advance, only paying at the end of the appeal if we lose it.

If the tax authorities claim an extra payment of transfer tax because they believe the real value of the property is higher than the one declared, do not pay, contact us and we will inform you about your rights.

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.

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The former premises of Clínica Cume on Avenida Palmela, where drivers took the medical to renew their Spanish permit to drive, have been absorbed into their main premises in the one-way street to the left of Día Supermarket.

Tests and certificates are issued each Thursday between 4.30 and 8.30pm and each Monday between 5 and 8pm.

An appointment can be booked by visiting the reception area of Clínica Cume at any time when they are open. I have been told that after 6.30pm they will accept for testing people who have not made a previous appointment, but that will be subject to the number of unexpected clients who arrive.

Take your expiring licence, and Cume will take a photo of you electronically, attach it to your test report, and send it to Trafico. Cume will issue you with a receipt indicating details of your previous licence and that they have applied for a renewed replacement for you, that can be shown to any police officer who asks for your documents. The cost of 65€uros includes the test, photo and submitting the application. If your current permit to drive expires after your 70th birthday, the cost of the test, photo etc. at Cume is reduced to 40 €uros. Cume can also accept and process the payment to Trafico for the new driving permit.

You should receive the renewed licence delivered to your home (or post box) by the Correos Cartero, within a month.

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Jávea Townhall supports campaign against child and adolescent cancer

Jávea Townhall have fastened a ‘golden bow’ to the terrace railings of a top floor office to show local support for International Childhood Cancer that was established in 1978.

Each year 250,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with a specific cancer in this age group and different from those of adults.

In Spain the campaign "Light of hope, turn it into gold" is articulated through ASPANION, the Spanish federation of parents of affected children and adolescents.

Numerous cities in America, Asia, Europe and Oceania have visibly shown their support against a disease (that each year claims the lives of about 90,000 people) on public buildings.

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SPAIN’S LEGAL SYSTEM DECIPHERED

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remedies must be used in order to fight against these kind of unfair violation of our human rights, preventing the illegitimate use of totalitarian power by the government and their public servants.

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 www.englishsolicitorinspain.com

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THE GRADUAL DRIFT TOWARDS AN ORWELLIAN STATE AND THE GRAVE DETERIORATION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN SPAIN

Few Non Spanish nationals might know that a new Orwellian “Citizens Security Law” (which Spanish people cuttingly refer to as the “gagging law”,) came into effect July 1st, in Spain.

Just a few weeks ago, I read in a newspaper that a person posted on her Facebook page an ordinary picture of a police car parked in a handicapped parking bay, with the caption “Park where you bloody well please and you won’t even be fined.”

The outcome couldn’t be so outrageous. As a consequence of this repressive law - in less than 48 hours, the person was located and fined €800,

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simply for sharing the picture on social media. Scary, isn’t it?

This heavy, disproportionate fine was imposed based on one of that law’s clauses which says, “the unauthorised use of images of police officers that might jeopardise their or their family’s safety or that of protected facilities or police operations”. The fines for this Remember that we are experts in infraction can escalate up to an defending cases of human right’s astronomical amount of €30,000. violations, so in case you might be Therefore, the supposed rationale imposed an illegal fine or worst, you behind this sanction was that sharing the might be victim of an illegal detention photograph “endangered ” the police’s by the police, please do not hesitate to “personal safety.” contact us by e-mail at It is questionable how the police ricorsolicitors@yahoo.co.uk safety was put at risk in this particular and we will reply back to you as a matter case, and someone might be tempted to of urgency. believe that perhaps the real purpose of Thank you very much for your this law might be twofold; one, to be attention and permanent support and we used as an effective tool to collect look forward to helping you! money from the tax payers, and second, Mr Oscar Ricor “NON-PRACTISING (and much more worrying), to prevent ENGLISH SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND ordinary citizens from speaking out AND WALES”, under the against the police or public authorities in “Solicitors Regulation Authority” (SRA) all kind of public forums, (not just on SRA number 519196 and practicing Facebook or other virtual social media).

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Send to: Apartado de Correos 227, VERGEL 03770 (Alicante)

Further details available from:

clive@cliveread.com or phone 669 386 702

Jávea Jeard

What are you praying for?

Here is a prayer by Billy Graham, now in his mid-nineties. He is a man the media has never been able to discredit ... and that is amazing!

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building selfesteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbour's possessions and called it ambition.

Oct./Nov. 2015 Nº 30

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honoured values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from sin and set us free. Amen!'

LEGION MARCHES BACK TO SOCIAL CENTRE

The Jávea Branch of The Royal British Legion has returned to the Social Centre behind the Insalud in the old town of Jávea.

They meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month commencing at 11.00am. There is a bar to get refreshments and they start to arrive about 10.30am. There is a great social programme throughout the year. The next will be the Poppy Appeal lunch in October.

You do not need to have served in the forces to join, now anyone can be a member. They would be delighted to see you. Contact Pam Dawes for any further information on 96 579 0123 or 617 789 883.

Tel: 96 579 62 82 podologojavea@hotmail.com

BRIC-A-BRAC, FOOD and Bottle Tops can be brought to OASIS HELP CENTRE in Toni Llido 5 (at the Dolphin roundabout) for CHARITY RECYCLING 10am - 2pm Mon-Sat.

DOMESTIC Companionship and Conversation Cleaning, Housework & Gardening Laundry/Ironing/ Linen Change Shopping and Meal Planning Help with paperwork Phone calls in Spanish TRANSPORT Appointments and Airport Trips Local Shopping, Excursions Accompanied Visits

HOSPITAL We keep Appointments with You Basic Care when you are in Hospital Translation and Interpretation Post-Hospital care in your home FAMILY Maintaining contact with family Respite care or sitting service

SPECIALIST Health Insurance / Funeral Planning Household Insurances

Short Term - Long Term One-off Call - Emergencies

CHIROPODIST Colegiado nº 2390

Av. Amanecer de España. 29 Jávea (Alicante)

When you need domestic support - you need ShareCare

HEALTH Support to quit Smoking, eat Healthy or Weight Management Stress Management Emotional Wellbeing

Alejandro Piñuela Perea PODÓLOGO

For English, contact Pilar 625 518 615

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We will remember them

Nothing could be worse than being asked about the health of your spouse, by someone who is unaware they have recently died. We have reintroduced to Jávea Jeard a public

service we created when we founded Jávea Grapevine.

Ann Edward (May 2014) (Katherine will marry in Dec.)

WHATEVER THE CAUSE Motherhood - Bereavement - Divorce - Accident - Injury Surgery - Serious Health Diagnosis - Debilitating Illness Loneliness Isolation Depression - Caring Full-time Working - Relocating

Reliable and Practical support on a flexible, cost-effective basis

Cheryl Brown on 693 551 107 info@sharecareonline.co.uk www.sharecareonline.co.uk

Jávea Duty Chemist 24h Each 24h period of duty starts at 9am

Antonio Marín 96 646 1954 Oct. Nov. Dec. Avda. Augusta 30 (Rear of Mercadona Pla) 12,25 7,20 3,16,29 Concepción Rodrigo Gasque Avenida Colomer 3 13,26 8,21 4,17,30 Consuelo Espinós 96 579 1801 Plaza de la Iglesa 11 (Town) 1,14,27 9.22 5,18,31 Belchi-Cholbi 96 579 1099 Ronda Colón 4 (Town) 2,15,28 10,23 6,19 96 579 1955 Amparo Marsal Avda. Juan Carlos I, 33 3,16,29 11,24 7,20 Isabel Garcés 96 579 1520 C/. Sevilla 1, (Port) 17,30 12,25 8,21 Paz Uriol 96 579 3839 Avenida de la Libertad (Arenal-Playa) 4, 31 13,26 9,22 Juanna Ripoll 97 577 0900 Ctra La Nao (Cala Blanca) 5,18 14,27 10,23 Salome Martinez 96 646 2545 Avenida Lepanto 12 (Port) 6,19 1,28, 11,24 Rosa Maria Pérez 96 646 3531 Ctra. Cabo La Nao Pla, 126 (Arenal) 7,20 2,15, 12,25 Antonio Almodóvar 96 646 3994 Plaza Joanot Martorell 5, Av. Amanecer 8,21 3,16,29 26 Lydia Gil 96 646 3142 Avda, Fontana 21 (Club de Tenis) 9,22 4,17.30 13 Ana Lillo 96 646 3947 Avda. de Palmela 16 (Southern By-Pass) 10,23 5,18 1,14,27 Vicente Salort 96 647 1133 Ctra la Nao Pla 165 (Barclays Roundabout) 11,24 6,19 2,15,28 We are grateful to Antonio Marín (whose premises are 80m South of the rear entrance to Mercadona) for making this information available to our readers.

Julie and Diego welcome you to

BAR PICOTEO

SUNDAY CAN BE SUCH A BORING DAY

But not if you start it at the 11am Morning Service at the Oasis Help Centre, which is as much ‘an entertainment’ as a ‘spiritual experience’, whether it is Clive or Ann who has responsibility as the MC and preacher.

Every Sunday morning is different with refreshments afterwards and many go on to various nearby or Pedreguer ‘eateries” and find that new friendships and eternal destinies have been carved.

If you need a ‘helping hand’ because we are ALL shy of new demands on our emotions - phone Ann on 669 386 701 or Clive on 669 386 702 and they will arrange for someone (or one of them) to meet you and act as your ‘buddy’.

Jávea Evangelical Church was established in 1992, now meets at the OASIS Help Centre it has created in the street behind LA CAIXA bank in the Port, where it offers 50,000 greeting cards for all occasions at 1€ each, as well as a huge range of print facilities, including one-off 4-colour T and polo shirts and framed canvas prints.

Av. Jaime 1, Jávea Port

MENU DEL DÍA 10,00€ 7 starters and 8 main courses inc. drink, dessert, bread, ali oli

More than a dozen ‘one-plate’ meals More than 50 ‘Tapas’ (prepared in-house)

SPECIALITIES PAELLA to order - Tel.: 696 767 349

Fried and grilled mixed fish and shell fish (min order 2 people). Mixed Grilled Vegetables English Breakfast HAMBURGERS

Take-Away Service

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