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QUICKSAVE SAVES LIVES It was good to see so many people giving their support to Lin and Simon on Sunday 2nd September. The fund raising day organised by them for the Red Cross was a roaring success. They managed to raise 1870 euros on the day. Added to the 600 euros that has already been raised in the shop gives them a total of 2470 euros. The money was raised to buy a defibrillator to be installed in one of the Red Cross ambulances. Lin decided to support this cause after tragically losing her husband Peter who died earlier this year. Peter had a heart attack and sadly never recoverered. That is why Lin and her son Simon have worked so hard to raise enough money to buy the much needed defibrillators. The Red Cross showed their gratitude by turning up on the day to support Lin. There was , a Tombola, a raffle, live music and much more. Lot’s of local business’s donated raffle and Tombola prizes and paid set up stalls donating the stall fees to the cause. Cake stalls Bric a Brac and even a Cocktail bar run by Mosquito lined the street. A carnival atmosphere with live music by Colin Hulmes and dancing in the street made for a very enjoyable day out.

Mayor Jose Chulvi made an appearance. giving his support.

CD Jávea donated a shirt signed by the 2012/13 first team squad and local Xavi Torres, who currently plays for La Liga side Getafe CF, also offered a signed shirt. Peter would have been proud .Well done Lin and Simon for a job well done.

Simon Montague said that he hoped that the money raised would help ensure that the ambulances of the Cruz Roja team are always equipped with defibrillators and sanitary equipment. The organisation were the first on the scene after his father suffered a heart attack and despite their speedy response and initial success in stabilising Peter, there has been too much damage to the brain and he sadly passed away.

He added that a single defibrillator cost in the region of 1,200€ and he felt that Cruz Roja could do with all the help they can get to raise the funds for this type of equipment. He hopes that the charity rastro will become an annual event and reminded everyone that there are English and Spanish books and DVDs for sale in the Quick Save shop in the port.

Bar Vacas had a Charity Auction for the Red Cross raising a further 737 euros two weeks ago .and are hoping to have monthly events to raise more funds, so well done to them. The fund raising doesn’t stop here, . On the 28th of September at 8pm The Masonic Charities will be presenting An Old Time Music Hall production at The Benitatxell Arts Centre to raise yet more money for the Red Cross. A great night of entertainment and fun with compere Ian Henry helped by Double Impact, Encore, Candida Wright, Andy Crab, Kay Stubley, Cameo Ladies and Roger Dean. Tickets 12 euros includes a good old fashioned meal of pie and peas, sausage and mash and trifle. Tickets available by calling Ann Martin on 680 673 871.

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EDITORS DESK Congratulations to Eric and Elaine Brown on reaching their Diamond wedding anniversary last month. Eric is Chad as in Chad’s quiz and Elaine of course writes our cookery column.

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The group is still fighting for payments for previous years to those who qualify because of their age. We probably won’t recieve any payments but it’s worth a try before the DWP make it temperature related.

The festivities are drawing to a close and the children are due to go back to school. This means that life will be getting back to normal.

Hopefully the temperature will drop a few degrees and make life more bearable.

It has been particularly hot this year. Mind you I would much rather be hot here than wet and cold in the UK. We had a nice day out on Sunday at the event organised

by Lin at Quicksave. It was a really good atmosphere and everyone seemed to be having fun. I won a few prizes on the tombola too.

Well that’s all from me for now, have a pleasant September. T.T.F.N. Sue

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The Cova del Barranc del Migdia - 5000 years of human history In April 1989 members of the Gata Caving Club accidentally came across an opening high on the Montgó mountain. Upon entering the cave, they were astonished to see primitive paintings on the walls and ceiling. They had discovered an important and exciting archaeological site. Their discovery led to a series of excavations which have yet to be completed - excavations which are now using modern technologies to try to unlock the cave's secrets spanning 5000 years of human history.

The cave, known as "Cova del Barranc del Migdia," (Cave of the Midday Ravine) is on the sunny, Jávea side of the Montgó in the Migdia ravine. To those of us who are accustomed to thinking of Montgó as an elephant's head, this would be behind the elephant's ear. It is not an easy place to get into. The entrance found by the cavers is some 40 metres up a steep rock face. A lower entrance gives easier access, but a ladder is still required to get in, and a third opening is little more than a window. The cave can best be thought of as a series of roughly horizontal, narrow galleries or tunnels connecting two main chambers.

The cavers had discovered what is now called the Chamber of Paintings. This chamber contains more than 100 primitive wall paintings dated to between 3000 - 2000 BC, at the later stages of the Neolithic period (end of the Stone Age). There are three distinct types. First, there are small black paintings made with something like a brush using thick pigment. These depict stars, triangles and zig-zags as well as motifs which can only be guessed at. You can make out what look like four legged animals: perhaps domestic goats and sheep with antlers, and dogs or other carnivores with jaws and large tails.

Second, there are three joined-up diamonds, again painted with a sort of brush, but this time in red. Finally, some paintings are streaks of red made using the fingers and there is one zig-zag scratched into the rock. Detailed and accurate recording of this rock art is important, since it adds to the existing database of similar paintings discovered elsewhere. Early studies during the 1990s consisted of hand tracings and drawings combined with film photography. However the latest excavations have produced much better results by using digital photography with a 3D laser scanner and advanced computer techniques.

But the paintings are only one of the secrets hidden in the cave. Excavation of another chamber, called the Central Chamber, has revealed that around the same time, when human beings were just beginning to learn how to make use of metal, the cave was used as a sort of burial place.

In their initial investigations the cavers had found some pottery, flint and bones in the Central Chamber, giving a clue to archaeologists that this could be a prehistoric burial site.

Indeed, the most recent excavations have revealed buried human remains, but there are no complete skeletons. Instead they uncovered intriguing bundles of bones and artefacts placed underneath stones. The bones have been carbon dated to around 2500 BC, right at the end of the Stone Age and the beginning of the Copper Age. Some bundles contained bones from two or even three people, but not all the bones were present and they were mixed up. For example, the long arm bones from one person would be found in a bundle with the leg bones of another. The picture is complicated by the poor preservation of the 500 bone and teeth fragments. More than 50% of the bones – skulls and jaws in particular - were missing from the identifiable skeletons. In addition the epiphyses (rounded ends) of many of the long bones were absent making reconstruction difficult. In spite of these obstacles, the researchers were able to identify at least eight individuals buried in four separate bundles or packages.

Package I: includes the remains of a man about 35-39 years old. Three flint arrowheads were found in the same area.

Package II: includes bones of a 3- 4-year-old child and a 3035-year-old woman (with almost intact skull). A small stone

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adze (hoe) was found with the remains of the child, while a flint blade, an arrowhead and a copper awl were close to the remains of the woman.

Package III: is a collection of the remains of a man and a woman (age cannot be judged) and a child no more than one year old. A flint arrowhead was found nearby.

Package IV: contained the bones of a man some 25-35 years old, a woman aged between 17-20, and a child of 4 1/2 years.

Found nearby were four flint arrowheads, a fragment of painted ceramic, and a sheep or goat's foot bone.

The questions which immediately spring to mind are: Why were there no complete skeletons? Why are the bones of different people mixed up?

The hypothesis suggested by the evidence is that these are secondary burials. That is, the corpses were originally stored elsewhere, probably unburied, in a humid place but safe from animals, since there were no carnivore marks on the bones.

Some time later, after the corpses had become skeletons, the bones were sorted and placed in bundles together with various artefacts as grave goods. However, the arrangement of the small bones of the hands and feet indicates that these were packaged up before the ligaments holding them together had decomposed.

The bundles were then transferred to a new, secure, resting place in the almost inaccessible Cova del Barranc del Migdia.

It seems likely that these dead individuals were somehow important in their society, since only a few were granted this privileged burial. Perhaps, also, their people wanted to keep those in each bundle together, preserving their identity and possible personal links after death. The artefacts are generally considered to be “grave goods,” items accompanying the dead either as symbols or as tools to help them in the afterlife.

The archaeological findings raise almost more questions than they answer, but the excavation is not yet finished. A sediment-filled gallery leading off the central, burial chamber promises to hold more fascinating discoveries.

The cave's story does not stop in the Copper Age. After its use as a burial chamber, it seems to have been undisturbed by humans for some 2700 years. Then during the late Roman Empire it was occupied sporadically as evidenced by the discovery of fragments of pottery dating from that time (3rd and 4th Centuries AD). After this brief episode it remained empty once more until the end of the Andalusian (Moorish) period, almost 1000 years later. Evidence for this is seen in the discovery of a turquoise jar, pieces of a jug and a hoard of square, silver Moorish coins which date from the mid 12th to early 13th centuries. It is interesting to speculate that the hoard of coins was buried for safekeeping, just before the Christian Feudal conquest of Xàbia valley in 1244. Goatherds in the area would surely have known of the cave, which is also called the "Cova de les Cabretes." (Cave of the Goats).

The latest excavation was carried out using state of the art technologies to create 2D and 3D digital models of the cave.

These have been used to make solid dioramas for use in exhibitions as well as virtual reality tours enabling archaeologists, researchers, and the public alike to "visit" and experience the Cova del Barranc del Migdia almost first hand, while at the same time preserving the original and its 5000 year old history.

This summary of the exhibition "Art i Mort al Montgó" was prepared by members of Amics del Museu de Xàbia (Friends of the Xàbia Museum) from source material in Spanish. We apologise in advance for any errors which my have been born in translation. For information about us contact amuxabia@gmail.com

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Jose Chulvi MAYOR OF JAVEA

On taking office in June 2011, one of the key priorities of the new Town Hall team was to rigorously review all areas of the Town Hall to identify ways of reducing costs, eliminating unnecessary expenses, and trimming departmental budgets to provide our citizens with an efficient and cost effective administration.

Councillors’ salaries were reduced and I personally gave up my salary as mayor, relying on my income as a Deputy in the Alicante regional government. The municipal water company AMJASA was operating at a substantial loss, and this has been turned around within a year to a profit situation, enabling the profits to be reinvested in the water infrastructure.

Despite all these improvements, and efforts to make

economies, the Town Hall has been affected by a legal ruling outside our control which has had a major impact on the town’s finances.

A delay in receiving an update to the municipal register after a legal appeal against the 2005 Catastro revision has forced Xàbia to request the central government in Madrid for an advance based on anticipated IBI revenues in order to continue operating. Our request for more than 5 million euros would not be a loan but would utilise a procedure in the Ley Hipotecaria in

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which municipalities unable to collect IBI (property tax) can request financial assistance without having to resort to loans and interest liabilities. Other municipalities, such as Pego, have also recently requested the same facilities.

In Xàbia’s case, the situation has arisen due to delays in receiving the updated municipal register from the Dirección General de Catastro following a legal ruling which annulled the 2005 revision and revert to the 1995 values. Without the updated register, which should have been received in July, the Town Hall cannot collect the taxes due within the normal voluntary payment period, beginning in late August. We have made repeated appeals for the updated list and finally have decided to exercise caution and request an advance of IBI from Madrid in order to protect the financial liquidity of the town hall.

After unanimous cross-party approval by the Finance Committee, a special plenary session on Thursday 23rd August was held, during which, with the exception of one abstention by a PP councillor, there was unanimous approval to apply for an advance of IBI of 5,382,714 euros, the maximum allowed by law.

This would be received in four monthly payments, and the Town Hall will make repayments in three monthly interest-free instalments, effective one month and 20 days after the date on which the town hall starts collecting the tax. The revision of IBI to 1995 levels means that Xàbia expects to collect just 12,920,027 euros for 2012, a major reduction from the €21.67 million income that would have been due had the 2005 Catastro amendments not been adjusted.

Despite the obvious financial consequences to municipal income, it is considered that the 2005 revision had overestimated the values of many properties in the municipality at the height of a property boom, which has subsequently collapsed. In some cases the revision had seen increases in property tax liabilities of up to 300%, putting many residents in serious financial difficulty.

I am confident that a solution will be reached, and every effort will be made to maintain essential services, but there will have to be significant reductions in some areas of the Town Hall’s expenditure. Hopefully better news next month!!

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Doris Courcelles

maritime land in the public domain and, in all cases, the sea and the beach shall be open, to the public and free for the communal use and in accordance with the nature of the area, to walk, bathe, navigate, for boarding and landing, to be a ground, to fish, to take plants and shellfish and other similar actions that do not require works or installations of any type and that are made in accordance with the laws and rules or standards approved and conforming to this Law. Article 32.1 of the valid Coastal Law establishes that the only occupation that can be permitted in the public domain of the maritime land is for those activities or installations that by their nature cannot be placed in any other place, already established are the terraces that are an extension to the outside wall of restaurants, installed here are tables and chairs, a public service to the users of the beach.

What a relief to see September.... If, like me, you haven't left Jávea for the summer, you will be very pleased to see the end of the heat, the noise, the queues, the traffic etc... ( even if we all know that Jávea needs tourists to survive!) In my department, the visits of moaning holidaymakers, the complaints of the residents and the critics in general should also be reduced.

You wouldn't imagine what people expect from the Town Hall.

Article 27.1 of the valid Coastal Law establishes that the service traffic passes on a strip measuring 6 metres from the beach wall. This zone must be permanently open for the free passage of pedestrians, vehicles of vigilance and rescue vehicles, except those spaces especially protected.

The Terrace situated on the maritime passageway in the zone beside the sea, would establish the passage of service vehicles Be assured that the "Ayuntamiento" is not responsible for and public domain of maritime land, blocking the pedestrian everything. In the port area, for example: in spite of a serious way and already the pedestrian zone only has a width of 3 intent to explain the whole story, some citizens are still com- metres. plaining because the tables and chairs are not allowed on the "Marina Española". I have, in my office, a copy of the letter This coastal service is an organisation relevant to the State that the "Servicio Provincial de Costas Alicante" wrote on the Administration and is competent to grant authorisations in the 30th July, in answer to a petition presented by the businesses of public domain of the Maritime land and passage of transport. the area, in which they again refused the extension to the area By virtue of the powers that are awarded in article 203.1 b) of used for tables and chairs. the General Rule for the development and execution of the Coastal Law and of article 5 of the Royal Decree 401/2012 of the 17th February, this establishes the basic organic structure of LEGISLATION APPLIED the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

By virtue of what has been stated above, this Coastal Service Coastal law 28th July 1988. The General rule for development has resolved to: and action approved by R:D: 1471/1989 1st December; Law 30/92 of the 26th November of the Legal Rule of Public DENY the authorisation for the installation requested for the Administration and Communal Administrative procedures and reasons stated previously. remaining orders that result in this application.

FOUNDATIONS

So, the only thing we (Jávea citizens) can do is take advantage of the promenade, the view, the benches and the public space.

Article 31.1 of the valid Coastal Law establishes the use of Have a nice month of september....

Doris Courcelles, councillor for “services, environment and beaches” was born in Belgium and studied at a French university. She speaks Castellano, English, French, Dutch, and German and is still trying to improve her Valenciano. As a consequence, she knows many residents and societies of Spanish and other nationalities here in Jávea. She moved to Spain in 1978. She has a son aged 29 and can empathise with parents in a foreign country.

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Italian secret to a long marriage At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Toronto, they have weekly husbands' marriage seminars.

At the session last week, the priest asked Bruno, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.

Bruno replied to the assembled husbands, 'Wella, I'va tried to treat her nicea, spenda da money on her, but besta of all is, I tooka her to Italy for our 25th anniversary!'

The priest responded, 'Bruno, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here. Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?'

Bruno proudly replied, "I gonna go back and pick her up."

Free drinks A priest, a pastor, and a rabbi are walking together down a street on a hot day and are quite thirsty.

They pass a busy bar and want to go in but have no money.

The priest comes up with an

idea that he thinks might work, so he goes in alone, telling the others that if his works they can all get free drinks.

He orders a drink, and when he's finished the barman gives him his tab.

The priest says, "But my son I already paid for the drink."

The barman says, "I'm terribly sorry, father, but its really busy in here and I must have forgotten."

The priest goes out and tells the pastor and the rabbi what happened and the pastor goes in next.

Ordered his drink and the informs the bartender that he has already paid when the bartender asks him for the money. Again the bartender apologizes.

Finally the rabbi goes in and orders his drink.

Again the bartender gives him the tab and the rabbi tells him, "Son I paid you when I ordered the drink."

"I'm terribly sorry rabbi," says the bartender, "I don't know whats wrong with me, but you're the third man of the cloth that I've done this to."

The rabbi responds, "I hate to rush you, but I'm in a terrible hurry. Just give me my change for the twenty I gave you, and I'll be on my way."

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NEWS fromAGENDA 21 JÁVEA \ XÁBIA

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Agenda 21 is a non-political process whereby inhabitants of a town can have a say in the long-term sustainable development of their community. Jávea has been part of this UN initiative since 2004, but as proceedings are mostly conducted in either Castellano and Valenciano, the authors decided that as more than half the population of Jávea consists of expatriates, it would be useful to set up a Wiki website to disseminate information in English. This column is a summary of recent events. For more information and up-to-date news, please visit; http//agenda21-xabia.wikidot.com

Compiled by Chris Betterton-Jones and Tim Ladd Bus Station project up for Tender The Town Hall has opened the tender procedure for the construction of Xàbia's intermodal bus station. The value of the project is 150,000 €, and eight local companies have been invuted to tender, the award going to the lowest price. See July story - Go-ahead for Xàbia bus station - for details of the station The Council also approved the installation of two "padél" courts next to the Palau d'Esports. Work will begin after the Fiestas de Loreto and are expected to be completed within a month. From XAD: Avanzan....

Spain to pass key energy reform in two phases Madrid has said about 8.6 billion euros ($10.76 billion) of a 65 billion euro austerity programme will come from new energy and environmental taxes in the next two and a half years. Utilities have for years charged customers less than the cost of producing energy, creating a 24 billion euro tariff deficit the government has so far absorbed. "We're already looking at the reform of the electricity market. The first part (of the reform) is more about imposing new taxes (on the industry) to stop the growth of the energy tariff (deficit)," one of the sources said. From The Economic Times Paintball next to the Golf Club ?

Some time ago, two young entrepreneurs, Adrian Gines and Brenda Perez, aged 25 and 22 respectively decided to create a Paintball course next to the golf course - and have belatedly run into opposition from local residents and the planning regulations. Having invested €60,000 in renting a field next to the Golf club, (near Los Cerezos and Alborada) and getting advice from a local engineer a year ago, they find that although the activity could be done without legal problems, it would have to be only if the infrastructure was not fixed (as in the case of a fun fair). This is not the case for a paintball course, where you have to create a mini battlefield with bunkers and objects to hide behind. The Town hall, though in favour of such initiatives, feels it would be better to find another site away from housing estates e.g. Ramblars. From XAD:Un empresa joven...

Xàbia Museum exhibits important prehistoric site on the Montgó Friday, 24th of August, at 8.00pm the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Xàbia, Soler Blasco opened its doors to host one of the most successful and important exhibitions about the town. The exhibition"Art i mort al Montgo" (Art and Death, the Cave of the Migdia Ravine)", shows the work of excavating and cataloguing

done at a burial cave 375 meters above sea level. It has been reproduced in its actual size and became part of the exhibition, being made out of a material that imitates the caves rock walls and paintings which are almost 5000 years old..

12 display panels review the characteristics of the cave, the remains found, and its historical context. There are showcases containing some of the findings and a reproduction of the most representative paintings of the cave. The exhibition was funded by a grant of 69,504 euros from the Ministry of Culture that was passed to the Cirne Foundation. A recreation of the atmosphere of the Migdia cave will be displayed in one of the small halls of the Museum. From Press Release. Eds note: Please see page 4 of this issue for a detailed description of this exhibit.

Red Cross Campaign to help local needy On Saturday August 4th the local Red Cross carried out a campaign to collect funds for the most vulnerable suffering the effects of the economic crisis. Under the slogan "Now more than ever," monies collectd on that day will all go to families with all members unemployed, children living in poor households, elderly people or those with family responsibilities or in a situation of extreme vulnerability, long term unemployed, homeless and unemployed youth unemployment Information in English in Xábia Museum Visitors to the Museum of Xàbia in the old town can now read descriptions of the museum exhibits in English, thanks to a collaboration between museum staff and a group of volunteer translators. The English language versions can be found on laminated sheets, illustrated with drawings, in holders alongside the display cases. Around 15 English speaking volunteer translators have taken part in the project so far, with local archaeologist Josep Castelló Mari solving many a translation ‘headache’, with his expert knowledge of archaeological and architectural terminology in Castillian, Valencian and English. The collaboration has prompted the formation of the Amics del Museo de Xàbia, an association of Friends of the Xàbia Museum.

Alicante Forest Fires blamed on Budget Cuts As blame is now apportioned following the forest fires, the deaths of two people and the destruction of 600 hectares of pine forest at La Torre de les Maçanes, just north of Alicante, the spotlight is firmly placed on the lack of clearing and maintenance of forests, which it is said has declined dramatically in recent years.

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Artist of the month

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By 1969, Robinson wanted to retire from the road to focus on raising a family with wife Claudette and their two children, and also focus his duties as Motown's vice president, a job he earned by the mid-1960s. However, the late success of the group's track, "Tears of a Clown", caused Robinson to stay with the group until 1972.

Robinson went solo in 1972, creating a more mellow sound for himself. Often associated with romantic soul music, he released such successful albums as A Quiet Storm (1974) and Touch the Sky (1983). The mid-1980s were a difficult time for him as he battled a drug addiction. Robinson openly discussed his cocaine problem as well as many other personal topics in his 1989 autobiography Smokey: Inside My Life. He has credited his recovery from substance abuse to his religious faith.

by Linda McGillycuddy William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is most notable for being the founder and front man of the popular Motown vocal group, The Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer.

Smokey Robinson is second to only Berry Gordy in the founding of Motown. A prolific songwriter, he is credited with 4000 songs and 37 Top 40 hits including "Tears In 2006, Robinson was selected to be a Kennedy Center Honoree for his contributions to the arts and American culture and received an honorary degree from Howard University.

A dedicated entertainer, Robinson continues recording new music and maintaining a busy tour schedule. He also has been busy as a public speaker, talking to groups about his personal experiences.

He released his latest studio album Time Flies When you're Having Fun in 2009 and is reportedly at work on a new Spanish-language recording and a collection of holiday tunes. In 2012, Come and join us! of a Clown", "Tracks of My Tears" and "Love Robinson gave an impres- Wednesdays at the Machine". Smokey also served as vice president of sive performance on the tel- Inn on the Green at 10am competition Call Sheena on 965 Motown records, writing and producing hits for groups evision Dancing With the Stars.

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Socrates In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely

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One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied, "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

'Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Diogenes let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say.. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "Actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates, "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about Diogenes something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something about Diogenes that may be bad, even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about Diogenes going to be useful to me?"

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Here we are in September and for many that will be followed by the phrase “….at last!” As we bid a fond farewell to our guests from various parts of Europe, I was wondering what it is that you miss most about the change from busy summer to the more relaxing autumn.

In many cases the change is marked by a regeneration of personal activities. Social events that were put on hold in early June are revived and tales of over-expectant visitors abound. I suspect that everyone has suffered from the fact that most of our visitors arrive here in holiday mode and assume that their resident friends are also in the same condition. Villas are treated as hotels and there is often an expectation that those who live here are so pleased to see them that they will immediately assume the role of chambermaid, porter, cleaner, cook and chauffeur. Any sense of injustice felt by this is further augmented by the assumption that any meals or outings are funded by the host.

“You must let us pay for something” Have you ever heard that?? Is it usually followed by no attempt to do so? The reason being that we are graced by the presence of inhabitants of an advanced civilisation.

But it is part of the British psyche to accept this type of treatment without complaint and to offer further assurances that any damaged items were of no great importance and “Yes it will be nice to do it all again very soon.”

There are also the usual questions about how you fill your time. “Do you go to the beach every day? What do you find to do with yourself? Have you taken up a hobby? It must be good to have something to keep you occupied!”

Do you feel like screaming?

Have you also discovered that you no longer feel the need to boast about how you move your money around in order to get half a percent better return? Are you no longer concerned that you car doesn't have the latest letter on the number plate?

Are you like me when you listen to tales of efforts made by former compatriots to “Keep up with the Joneses” you nod, smile politely and laugh your socks off to yourself.

I guess that opting out of such pointless competitions is just part of the dose of tranquillo that you get when you have lived here for a while . And then you also learn the truth in the phrase “The spectator sees most of the game” In the meantime I have been very busy with your favourite radio station as my mate Moody has taken most of August off and it has meant an opportunity for me to get to know the afternoon audience. You are a good fun crowd!! During that period we also had some fun and games with one of our transmitters which was overheating! Now just imagine if that had been in the UK. It would have been caused by the “ . . . wrong kind of sun!”

Take care.

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ASK OSCAR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

WHEN WILL THE IBI BILLS FOR 2012 BE PAYED? This year as a result of the 2005 valuation list being declared invalid, the General Directorate of Cadastre has to send to the City of Javea an adapted valuation list, based upon the 1995 valuations. During the month of May I visited, with the Mayor, the Comptroller's delegation Cadastre in Alicante, and they confirmed that they would send the formula (The basis for calculating the receipts) during late August. Until we receive this formula we cannot issue the IBI bills for 2012.

But this year the situation will be different, because there will be two different types of bills. Depending if your property has changed in any physical or legal way since 2005. If there has been no change in the ownership of your home or you have modified or built your home before 2005, you will receive a bill for your IBI in late September when the Land Registry's commitment to meet the standard to submit receipts for the month of August. However if you have changed the ownership of your home since 2005 or altered it by additions etc. ..

IBI bills will be issued later this year (December 2012), the bill in this case it will be notified, ie sent to your home, so that you can check if everything is correct, (the correct owner or if there are any modifications in the square footage of the property are correct.)

This situation has required the council to be proactive, and in case there is any delay by the Land Registry, we have requested an advance of 5.3 million euros on account of what they charge on property tax receipts, this is an advance, not a loan, we will not pay interest, and if we receive the Padrón with receipts on schedule not charged.

How much will I pay this year 2012?

We cannot know this exactly yet, because we will send bills with the adaptations of the Cadastre Act, however so that you will have an idea you will pay an amount close to that paid in 2004.

WHAT ABOUT WHAT WE PAID OVER THE PAST YEARS, WILL WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURNS? The City Council has hired technical and legal services so they can study the possibility of filing a complaint against the Cadastre Directorate. In October we expect to have all these reports prepared in collaboration with the developments to explain to individuals and enable them to introduce an action very easily, and we will supply a form (which will be translated into several languages) to enable you to claim a refund.

I PAID MY BILLS, DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY? You have every right in the world to bring a claim, however we believe that the valuations where made, and approved by the General Directorate of Cadastre so we will help citizens to claim against this body. Javea Town Council could not take care of this volume of compensation, we believe that the state should take over, and in that sense we will help people who want to make a claim.

8 MILLION EUROS LESS REVENUE WILL BE RAISED THIS YEAR, WILL THIS AFFECT SERVICES TO MY HOME, what will be trimmed to arrive at that figure?

The City of Javea because of the canceling of the valuation list, is to implement a severe austerity plan for the coming months and that will extend over the next few years. We will cut imminently 1.2 million euros in councill staff, 700,000 euros reduction in recurrent expenditure, we will not pay the agreement with the casa mediterranean amounting to 200 thousand euros, we reduced the forecasts of Only questions submitted by bank interest amortizing Email will be answered. debt, and saved 520,000 Oscar’s office number is for euros , we have halted some private consultations only. urbanization plan contribu- Mail:oscar @grapevinespain.com tions amounting to 420 thousand euros, reduced bonuses Oscar and contributions to workers' Antón boards. This is a draft for now, which we have to pass Izquierdo in the month of Septembers council meeting. In order to Property conveyancing let everybody know what we inheritance & Wills - Court are doing, there will be a Claims - Divorce Lawyer Abogado public meeting in the Casa 12625 ICAV deCulture in which I'll osaniz@yahoo.es explain, in English, for all 966 463 177 those who want to know the 630 274 629 latest position and to give Avenida del Pla 130 their ideas.

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WHATS on in

JAVEA Sun 2/9/2012 Av. Ausiàs March Sports. 31st Edition of the Peña La Bufa Trophy School Race. Organized by: Club Ciclista Jávea (Cycling Club) Sponsor: Council of Sports of Jávea.

Collaboration by: Red Cross, Civil Protection and Local Police.

12:00 h. Esplanada Port Holiday Festivities. Bous a la mar (Running the Bulls into the Sea). Enjoy the Virgen de Loreto Festivities with the running of the bulls into the sea from 2nd to 5th of September.

Tue 4/9/2012 19:00 h. Tourist Info Xàbia Centre Guided Tours. Historical city centre guided tours in english. Guided Tour where you will discover the most important tourist attractions of the Xàbia Histórical City Centre. Registration: Tourist Info Xàbia. Tel.: 96 579 07 36/ 96 579 43 56/ 96 646 06 05. Price: adults 3€, children 1€ and children up to 8 years old: free. Limited Places.

Wed 5/9/2012 19:00 h. Tourist Info Xàbia Centre Theatrical Routes. "El Tesoro de Xàbia" (The Treasure of Xábia). Discover the rich heritage of Xàbia with three actors who will represent historical characters of our Town. Route in spanish language. Inscription: Xàbia Tourist Info Tel.: 96 579 07 36/ 96 579 43 56/ 96 646 06 05. Duration: 1 hr.

30 min. Price: adults 6€, children 3€ and children up to 8 years old: free.

Departure place: Tourist Info Xàbia Centre. Limited places.

Sat 8/9/2012 13:30 h. Av. Augusta Holiday Festivities. Mascletà (Firecracker Display). Festivities in honor of the Virgen de Loreto.

01:00 h. Port de Xàbia Holiday Festivities. Fireworks display. More information in the Festivities program.

Sun 9/9/2012 Ermita del Pòpul Holiday Festivities. Pilgrimage to Pòpul Sanctuary. Pilgrimage in honour of Virgen de Loreto (Virgin Mary of Loreto). Mass with distribution of sweets and chocolate in the Sanctuary.

Tue 11/9/2012 19:00 h. Tourist Info Xàbia Centre Guided Tours. Xábia Historical City Centre Guided Tours in German.

Guided Tour where you will discover the most important tourist attractions of the Xàbia Historical City Centre. Route with German-speaking guide.

Registration: Tourist Information Offices. Tel.: 96 579 43 56/ 96 579 07 36/ 96 646 06 05. Price: adults 3€, children 1 € and children up to 8 years old: free. Limited Places.

Thu 13/9/2012 21:00 h. Riu rau d'Arnauda Cinema. Mostra Internacional de Curts (International Short Film Festival).

Participants: Cinema Workshop of Xàbia; EMCD of Dénia; ECAM; University of Sakarya, Turkey; University of Zaragoza; María Carbonell Dance Studio, Valencia; Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.

Fri 14/9/2012 Av. Jaume I Leisure. I Festival del mar (1st Sea Festival). Gastronomy samples, performances, fishing initiations, Surfing-Skiing demonstrations and much more from 14th to 16th of September in the Port of Xàbia. Query the separate program.

Page 13 20:00 h. Casa de Cultura Conference. Bandolers (Bandits). Organised by Manel Arcos.

21:00 h. Riu rau d'Arnauda Cine. Mostra Internacional de Curtmetratges Cinema. Mostra Internacional de Curts (International Short Film Festival).

Participants: Cinema Workshop of Xàbia; EMCD of Dénia; ECAM; University of Sakarya, Turkey; University of Zaragoza; María Carbonell Dance Studio, Valencia; Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.

Sat 15/9/2012 11:00 h. Port de Xàbia Theatrical Routes. El puerto de los sueños (The Port of Dreams). Dive into the seafaring tradition of the Duanes de la Mar district and discover its mysteries by means of actors who will represent astonishing characters.

Inscription: Xàbia Tourist Info. Tel.: 96 579 07 36/ 96 579 43 56/ 96 646 06 05. Duration: 1 hr. 30 min. Price: adults 6€, children 3€ and children below the age of 8: Free of charge. Departure Location: Xàbia Port Tourist Info.

Limited places.

11:00 h. Casa de Cultura Institutional ceremony. Xàbia-Camino de Santiago (Santiago's Way). The Asociación del Camino de Santiago (Santiago's Way Pilgrimage Association) will deliver diplomas to the pioneer pilgrims who have participated in the Camí de l'Alba (Dawn's Way). Next, (optional), you can enjoy a special menu in different restaurants in the Xàbia Historical City Centre.

Sun 16/9/2012 08:30 h. Platja de la Caleta Sports. 3rd Swim Crossing Competition of the Port of Xàbia. Organized by: Sports Council of Jávea and the Club Náutico de Jávea (Javea Yacht Club) Collaboration by: Centro Excursionista de Jávea (Jávea Excursion Centre), mes 3 events y Cruz Roja Patrocina: Gunitec concept pools and Asociación comerciantes y empresarios "Port Xàbia".

09:00 h. Parking Cala Barraca Hiking route. From la Barraca to Cap Prim (SL-CV 98 %20 SL-CV 98).

Free route without prior inscription. Duration: 3 hr. Difficulty: Low. Equipment: water, food, suitable footwear, photography camera, swim suit.

Tue 18/9/2012 19:00 h. Tourist Info Xàbia Centre Guided Tours. Historical city centre guided tours in english. Guided Tour where you will discover the most important tourist attractions of the Xàbia Histórical City Centre. Registration: Tourist Info Xàbia. Tel.: 96 579 07 36/ 96 579 43 56/ 96 646 06 05. Price: adults 3€, children 1€ and children up to 8 years old: free. Limited Places.

Tue 25/9/2012 19:00 h. Xàbia Històrica Guided Tours. Xábia Historical City Centre Guided Tours in German.

Guided Tour where you will discover the most important tourist attractions of the Xàbia Historical City Centre. Route with German-speaking guide.

Registration: Tourist Information Offices. Tel.: 96 579 43 56/ 96 579 07 36/ 96 646 06 05. Price: adults 3€, children 1 € and children up to 8 years old: free. Limited Places.

Fri 28/9/2012 20:00 h. Casa de Cultura Conference. Xàbia at the beginning of the 17th Century. Conference by Antoni Grau Commemoration of 400th anniversary of the founding of the official Xàbia Town.

Sat 29/9/2012 Xàbia Històrica Gastronomy. Tapas route in the Historical Centre. 6ª edition. On Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th, the local Hotels and Restaurants offer the best fingerfoods (tapas) from their chefs in the Squares of the Historical City Centre, in a festive atmosphere which has become an event that no one wants to miss.

WINE Hospital RACK with Turning to Pink, with Grenadine and Rhubarb?

Sept 2012 Even as one roasted over the hot coals of the August ‘rack’, a change from the heat of summer was anticipated and duly arrived on thelast days of the mnth.

But to what extremes have you wine drinkers been driven over the heat of summer if you stayed here on the coast?

Did you find that a good chilled white soon lost its charm, however refined, by needing to be gulped quickly down before it overheated in your glass? Or finding likewise that a previously

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cooled red, either fruity or as matured red, soon overheated to turn into a warm wine gravy?

Perhaps like me you were driven to find chilled solace in the pink of time?

Until early June, I had found pink solace in a wine of the same name. Solaz Rosado 2010,from Osborne, has been on offer fairly regularly over several months in MasyMas; this along with their 2010 white and the 2009 red wine from the same stable.

Some years ago now, I was enroute via Toledo stopover for a wne excursion to Exramadura

Nescafé and the Vatican ...

If you are visiting Denia hopspital and are not a confident Spanish speaking person - help is at hand.

Amongst their many local services, the Help organisation of Denia man a special desk situated on the left of the main reception area from 1100 to 1400 Monday to Friday. If you have a definite appointment and feel you may need the assistance of an interpreter, call the “HELP” desk in advance giving the necessary information: date, time, SIP number, department, etc. but please allow as much time as possible. The direct line to the hospital desk during Help working hours is 96 642 9346. There is no charge for this service and it is at the discretion of the patient whether they choose to make a donation to the HELP organisation. Also see web page: www.helpofdenia.com we do have one final offer. We will Donate $500 million - that's half a billion dollars - to the great Catholic Church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.'

Please consider it.' And he leaves.

Nescafé manages to arrange a meeting with the The next day the Pope convenes the College of Pope at the Vatican.

Cardinals.

'There is some good news,' he announces, 'and After receiving the Papal blessing, the Nescafé some bad news. official whispers 'Your Eminence, we have an The good news is that the Church will come into offer for you. Nescafé is prepared to donate $500 million.' $100 million to the church if you change the 'And the bad news your Holiness?' asks a Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily Cardinal. bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.'

'We're losing the Hovis account.'

The Pope responds, 'That is impossible. The prayer is the word of the Lord. It must not be changed.'

'Well,' said the Nescafé man, 'we anticipated your reluctance. For this reason we will increase our offer to $300 million.'

'My son, it is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed.'

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12. The wheel is turning but the hamster is definitely dead.

How To Stop Church Gossip

Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed 1. Since my last report, your monitor of the church's child has reached rock bot- morals, kept sticking her nose into tom and has started to dig. other people's business.

2. I would not allow this student to breed.

Several members did not approve of her extra-curricular activities, 3. Your child has delusions but feared her enough to maintain their silence. of adequacy.

She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pick5. Your son sets low personal up parked in front of the standards and then consis- town's only bar one afternoon. tently fails to achieve them.

4. Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. (my favourite...)

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HAM FLORENTINE

A good supper dish which requires a flavourful ham and a strong cheese.

The quantities of spinach and/or ham may be varied if you wish, but it is best to keep the other ingredients the same.

INGREDIENTS 300gm packet of young spinach leaves 250gm packet of cooked ham slices 50gm flour 50gm butter 300ml milk 150ml Nata 50gm soft breadcrumbs 50gm grated cheddar Salt, pepper and a pinch of grated nutmeg

8. When your daughter's IQ reaches 50, she should sell.

METHOD Wash the spinach and cook in a large pan without any water for a few minutes until just wilted. Drain, squeezing out as much remaining water as possible. Chop and add a little salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Now make the sauce by melting the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and cook gently for about three minutes.

Gradually blend in the milk and bring gently to the boil.

(I use a whisk to do this). When thickened add the Nata and a little salt and pepper to taste.

Mix 2tbsp of sauce into the spinach and put into an oven-proof dish. Top with the cut up slices of ham and the rest of the sauce.

Mix together the grated cheese and breadcrumbs and scatter over the top.

Cook for about 30 minutes at 200 degrees or until nicely brown on top.

I served this with a dish of new potatoes

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She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that everyone seeing it there would know what he was 7. This child has been work- doing!

6. The student has a 'full sixpack' but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together. ing with glue too much.

Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away.

He didn't explain, defend, 9. The gates are down, the or deny. lights are flashing, but the He said nothing..

Later that evening, Frank 10. If this student were any quietly parked his pickup more stupid, he'd have to be in front of Mildred's house, watered twice a week. walked home .... and left it 11. It's impossible to believe there all night. the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000,000 others.

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NESFOR : Cta. Cabo de la Nao-Pla 25. If only for the sheer bravery of opening a restaurant at this time Nesfor should win an award but this is in fact a very welcome re-opening, by the original family, of a restaurant that was part of the Jávea scene some 14 years ago.

Three immediately positive reports came to me and praising the food and ambience (the muzak is lowlevel). A new parking area is to be found behind. Go straight up from the "Lidl" roundabout and it is on the right side opp. the barranca - and the road is newly surfaced.

Tel: 96 646 3872 / E-mail: reservas@restaurantenesfor.com / Web : www.restaurantenesfor.com (under construction) The PARADOR OF JÁVEA : The good news for Jávea is that a charming new manager (Snra. Nieves Montisi) and a new and superb chef (Sr. Francisco Pagan) are working to bring this hotel back into the community (after a long absence !). Their restaurant now offers a truly gastro-nautical treat - and one of their Menu-del-días, at €23, is simply marvellous. The finest "Duero" I have ever tasted is offered here at €3.75 a glass.

OCTOBER 4th : THE NEXT ENGLISH TEA at the JÁVEA PARADOR will be on Thursday October 4th.

We hope this excellent event is now established - so far they have proved to be of very high quality and very popular. This is now to become a regular event on the first Thursday of every month. The hotel offers perfectly made tea (incl. Earl Grey) as well as cucumber sandwiches, delicious scones (with clotted cream and red jam) and carrot & walnut cake... and more. Yes, readers .... It was a triumph and all for €10. The next tea will be on Thursday 4th October (16:30h - 18:00h) Because the teas have been so successful and accommodate only 40 people it remains essential to book [96 579 0200]. Make up a small group - and book early.

TOP OF THE CLASS - for all true Gastronauts !

BONAMB : Dutch owned, this restaurant (formerly Giardino, at the Tarraula roundabout at the end of Cabanes and the beginning of the Benitachell/ Golf Club Road) has opened recently after a complete retransformation with beautifully laid out gardens and terraces. This is the most important gastronomic investment in Jávea - ever - and it really puts Jávea on the map completing the triangle of world-class restaurants formed by Quique Dacosta (Denia) and Casa Pepa (Ondara). I was both charmed and enchanted by my visit.Apart from the normal à la carte menu there is now a summer lunch menu (not Sundays) at €24 (incl. water & coffee/tea). The menu is available from us on request.

Tel : 96 508 4440 / E-mail: Reservations : reservas@bonamb.com / Sommelier : Pablo@bonamb.com or Chef : alberto@bonamb.com / Website: http://bonamb.com/index.html A "gastronaut" wrote this week : very much enjoyed the degustation menu - the ideas, flavours and presentation were exceptional and we were pleasantly surprised by the wine list prices. Excellent lunch.

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ATALAYA : On the right side of Jávea's Arenal beach (above Scallops).

This restaurant serves creative dishes of superb quality and many have asked why it has only recently joined the list. The reason has been some of the most offensive/loud muzak of any restaurant in the area (and even if turned down, most ungraciously, they soon jacked it up again - three times on one visit). However recent reports suggest they may have begun to understand how clients have been offended by the noise for we are told that on recent visits there was none !! So we are pleased to acknowledge their excellent culinary skills with the proviso that we hope that common sense has now prevailed here and that clients are now spared the (previous) infernal noise ! Tel: 96 628.9666 / f. / Web: http://atalayajavea.com/ LA BOHÈME (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : This restaurant (and Los Remos de la Nao, Le Gourmand, Mira Jávea & Atalaya) are the best French styled restarants on the Arenal beach front. Fine tapas, superb steaks. Menu del dia €15.95. Consistently excellent reports throughout the summer but comments reveal this is an expensive place. Parador end of Arenal promenade.

Tel : 96 579.1600 / open daily. / http://www.javeacompany.com/javeacompany/boheme/index.html LE GOURMAND : (on the right hand end of Jávea's Arenal beach just before Scallops and below Atalaya). It is now so difficult to say which is the best French style gastronomic establishment at Arenal but this is one of them ! Menu del día €15 with wine. Not to be missed. Best to book.

Tel: 96 628.9686 / f. Wed (but winter opening is Fri/Sat/Sun - until Easter). E-mail : legourmand.javea@gmail.com MASENA (Jávea) : go to the end of Cami Cabanes road (behind Barclays) and immediately left onto the Benitachell (Golf Club) road.

Beautifully appointed Belgian-owned restaurant with a stylish air of Mexican decoration. Menu del dia €17 (but not Sundays). Widely praised all summer. Very busy all the year around ! Therefore must book. Muzak always turned down on request.

Tel : 96 579.3764 / f. Tues Web : http://www.restaurantcostablanca.com/restaurantes/Alicante/JaveaXabia/Masena/ LA PLAZA No.6 : (in the "triangular square" (sic) opp. Humpty Dumpty). All-year-round successful and delightful German-owned establishment offering excellent international cuisine (but can include the excellent Wiener schnitzel !). A favourite with residents in tranquil surroundings. Menu del dia €11 (midday) & €19.00 evenings. Kitchen open till 23:30h. Live music one evening a week.

Tel: 96 646 2314 /f. Monday / / www.laplaza6.com / E-mail: oliver@laplaza6.net SOFIA'S : Avda. del Pla 20, Jávea. Really delicious and excellently prepared food. This restaurant has not featured on this list for 5 years due to its over loud muzak but an accommodation has been reached and a simple request will now see it turned down (or even off !). The Menu-deldía is one of the best, cost/quality, that we know (currently Euros 14.50h with a glass of wine - but available Thursday lunch only - telephone first as this was suspended for the summer. High standards pervade all their dishes and the restaurant is beautifully appointed. Easy parking.

Tel: 96 646.2903 / Open 19:00 - 22:30h / f. Sun/Mon www.sofiasrestaurantspain.com TOSCA (Arenal beach, on the bridge overlooking the creek and close to Jávea Parador); Creative cooking. Approx. Euros 35.00. Excellent Menu-del-día 16.95 Euros. Muzak here can be irritating (they say they play it to cover the noise from the kitchen !).

Tel : 96 579.3145 / f. Monday midday / Web: http://www.buscorestau-

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rantes.com/restaurante/Restaurante-Tosca-105829-0.html EXCELLENT (c. €25-30 per head)

the residents of Montgó.

Tel: 96 646.1338 / www.pizzeriapepa.com

CALIMA (Jávea port, Avda. de la Marina Española - pedestrianized seafront). Next to Piri-Piri and recently refurbished. Marvellous, imaginative and sometimes rewardingly experimental. Jazz on Thurs. http://www.restaurante-calima.com/index.php Menu del dia €11.95 (Mon-Sat) but Sun. €13. Tel : 96 579 4821 / open daily. Email: restaurantecalima@gmail.com

Restaurante LUNGO MARE (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : Magnificent Italian restaurant - beware large portions (some can be shared !). Beware muzak can be bad ! Nearly always full so best to try to book. Tel : 96 647.1196 / open daily http://www.verema.com/restaurantes/46085-lungo-mare-javea

CHEZ ANGEL (Jávea Arenal - close to Humpty Dumpty on right after Arenal traffic lights). Brasserie style. Excellent meat - absolutely the best Châteaubriand in the area. Wonderful Cous-Cous. Serves copious vegetables. Menus del dia c.€16.00 & €25.00. Tel : 96 579.2723 / f. Tues [ no web site found ] LA COCINA : leaving Jávea port towards the old town - on the corner of the last of row of shops before petrol station. This restaurant is being talked about all over the Jávea community and your writer has now enjoyed two visits. The food is truly excellent, well presented and served with charm and showing flair. Adventurous regional Spanish & international cuisine. What is remarkable is the pricing structure of €16 (two courses) or €19 (three courses) making the whole experience, in terms of quality/price, "top of the class" ! The wine list is fascinating and very honestly priced; it is also a challege but do not be intimidated as you will receive good advice if needed ! Quality wines also available by the glass.

Evenings only.

Tel: 96 579.5140 (f. Sunday & Monday) / Web: www.lacocinajavea.com / E-mail : info@lacocinajavea.com LOS REMOS de la NÃO (Jávea, Arenal beach front) : French owned and was probably the best of all the Arenal beach restaurants although there have been recent reports of standards slipping with much increased competition. Lies at the extreme right hand end of the bay on the edge of the large car park overlooking the beach. Fish a speciality. Great views. Menu del día €15 (Sunday €20). Best to book.

Tel : 96 647.0776 / Open 7/7. http://www.losremoslanao.com/index.php?section=restaurant LA RENDA : Jávea Port, right beside the Cinema Jayan. New restaurant beautifully appointed with some serious, adventurous and very creative cuisine - we even found Sweetbreads on the menu. Menu del día €12.50. Muzak turned off on request.

Tel: 96 579.3763 / E-mail: larenda.javea@gmail.com N.B. This restaurant offers a bargain pre-cinema menu del día from 18:45h (Mon-Thurs) at €14 which includes your cinema ticket ! See details above.

FAMILY RESTAURANTS / GOOD & RELIABLE (Euros 20 - 35 per head) AUSTRIACO & Bakery (Jávea; Arenal beach front) - wonderful breakfasts and the best bakery in Jávea (also known as Café Wien).

Superb bread/croissants from 07:00h daily. A top choice for breakfasts.

(Another source of excellent bread is the Saladar Supermarket).

Tel : 96 647.1004 / open daily http://www.austriaco-cafewien.com/index.php?idm=en AZORIN : Jávea Port (in street behind Napoli). Superb fish/chicken & chips. Menu del dia €9. Kids love it. Tel : 96 579.4495 / f. Sat. BACCHUS (Jávea) : Wonderful quality, Swiss owned. Cook your own (superb) steak on stone. Pinosol-Cansalades road. Must book.

Menus-del-día from €15 (W/ends €18). Tel : 96 647.3096 / f. Mon. / http://www.infocostablanca.com/bacchus/first%20en.htm NEW ADDITION Restaurante L'ÉCHALOTE : Jávea Costa Nova, beside the tennis club just before the La Guardia cross roads. International cuisine of excellent quality with covered terrace behind.

Tel: 96 647.3364 / [ no web site ] EL GAUCHO (formerly Las Brisias on the Jesús Pobre road). Now, after some 20 years, this well appointed restaurant has reopened under its original name and again as a steakhouse. It's under the management of the excellent Pizzeria Pepa (at Arenal). It has struck an immediate and positive note with many people and provides a worthwhile restaurant for

MEZQUIDA :Main road from Jávea towards Arenal, on right side, just after Iceland roundabout on left but before Sol-Mar offices. Good ambience/very popular Spanish 'family' restaurant. Serves the best Arroz negro (a delicious rice and squid dish) that we know of. Good prices, superb meat, spotless & mostly muzak-free. Delightful, large and musak-free terrace. Menu-del-día €16.

Tel : 96 579.3620 / open daily / http://www.restaurantemezquida.com/ LA PERLA de JÁVEA (Arenal beach front, right hand side). Menudel-día €14. Consistently good reports all through the summer but fresh comments would be welcome.

Tel : 96 647 0772 / open daily http://www.perladejavea.com/index.php?lang=es&section=restaurant PIRI-PIRI : Excellent/imaginative (copious) 'tapas'. Widely praised and popular with residents. On the port's pedestrianised sea-front, leading from the bridge. Arrive early for lunch, but best to book. Excellent Menus-del-día €11.50 (w/ends €13.60). Charming host & very professional - one of our favourites Tel : 96 579.4745 / f. Sun.pm & Mon (closed early New Year).

PIZZERIA PEPA (Jávea: Arenal beach front, nr. middle). Spanish; excellent value, swift service. Pizza takeaway. VERY efficient, popular with good atmosphere; muzak low; must book ! Menu-del-día €16. The best quick-service "family" restaurant at the beach.

Tel : 96 579.2572 / open daily http://www.pizzeriapepa.com/site/page-2-2-3.html LA RUSTICA (Jávea - Cami Cabanes) : Excellent (Belgian) cuisine, lovely situation/terrace (Menus-del-día €14 & €16). Poor muzak (sometimes too loud and "thumpy"). Take road to right of Barclays, right at roundabout; it's along on the left after the first burmp.

Tel : 96 577.0855 / f. Sun.pm & Mon / E-mail: la_rustica@apdo.com / Web : http://www.larusticajavea.com/ LA TABERNA de BAIX : Directly below the Town Hall (Jávea Old Town). Meals approx. €10 - 30. Menu-del-día €9.95.

Tel : 96 579.6816 / Daily :09:00 - 23:59 / f. Mon. EASTERN RESTAURANTS (Jávea) : Restaurante TAJ MAHAL (Indian) : The "top rank" Indian restaurant at Arenal beach, overlooking main car park. Lunch buffet €7.40. Voucher for 10% discount available from Campobello on request.

Tel : 96 647.1684 / open daily / http://www.javea247.co.uk/restaurants/taj-mahal-indian-cuisine/ GURKHA PALACE (Nepali-Indian) : Avda. Jaime 1, No.8 Jávea port.

Fine food with good ambience. Take away service. Menus del dia : €9.50 & €11.99 Al la carte €20-30.

Tel: 96 579. 3331 / f. Tues.midday The WOK BUFFET : Jávea, at the Barclays roundabout. Very good.

Recently refurbished and now with an extensive choice of shellfish included in their bargain price. Eat all you like for Euros 9.95 (special price for kids under 7). Go early (12:30h for lunch, 19:30h for dinner) when the huge spread is at its best. Low on atmosphere but a great quality "fill-up" if you are hungry.

Tel : 96 579.7016 / daily 12-24h.

JÁVEA's TOP MENUS DEL DÍA [ between €14 - €20 : full details in text ] Many restaurants are now producing menus-del-día of such outstanding quality that we thought it best to recognise their achievement in listing them here. Fuller details in the main text.

Amarre 152 - Le Gourmand - Masena - Parador (€23) - PiriPiri - La Plaza Los Remos - La Renda - La Rustica - Sophia's (Thurs. but only out of season) - Tosca - ... and, if you don't mind travelling a little further, Ca' Pepe (Moraira) [ see text for fuller details ]

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2nd Anniversary Celebrations

DROP IN A BOX

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Well it is quite a while since I wrote a THANK YOU article in the Grapevine but this thank you is very special. Despite the heart break of losing our Javea Park Church premises a few months ago. MOSAIC is still alive and kicking. In late August we celebrated the 2nd Anniversary of one of our ministries DROP IN A BOX started in 2010. How time flies by.

ICELAND in Javea has hung in there with us and we have nothing but high praise for the staff that have carefully looked after the contributions, called us when the food needs collecting and generally been incredibly supportive in every way.

Bearing in mind it was our Anniversary, can you imagine what a wonderful surprise it was when we received a phone call from Iceland on Monday 13th August, just before closing time saying “Please could you come and collect NINE (9) trolley loads of food that a lady has just donated”? I could not believe my ears and all I could say was “Nine! Nine! oh, oh gosh, right, okay, we will be there early in the morning”.

We have a wonderful lady benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous but wants to bless those who are in need in the area. WOW and to whomever your are, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for you kindness and generosity. Isn’t it great that once again we can tell you another story about someone who really cares about the less fortunate?

Staff also told us that when our benefactor found out that we could no longer store the perishable goods she wanted to include in the trolleys so she immediately left us a donation towards purchasing a Fridge Freezer. How FANTASTIC is that!

On this occasion we were able to distribute the donation fairly quickly by making a few swift ‘help needed’ telephone calls, but it took several hours of sorting on the spot - and boy were we hot, but also overjoyed when we had finished.

Initially some kind folks offered their garages as temporary holding facilities and some goods went directly to our current distribution centres.

El Faro Spanish Baptist Church handed out all their goods by the end of the day. and the ladies at Caritas in the Pueblo were overjoyed with their huge number of bags. All the remaining goods have now been distributed There is, of course, another side to the coin. As mentioned before, we recently lost our church premises and no longer have anywhere to store and sort donations. Therefore to ensure that the right people get the right products at the right time and that nothing goes to waste we now need somewhere to use as a base. Our prayer is that there is someone out there who owns a small dry storage unit or office in Javea with easy access and parking, on the ground floor with electricity and space for some furniture, shelving, crates and large sorting tables and here comes the rub, at what would have to be at a peppercorn rent as we rely on everyone’s generosity. Right now I am sure many of you will be telling us to look out for those ‘pink pigs flying in the sky’, but we have a great God who can do anything. Look what has happened already.

Oh and just to remind you that the folks at the restaurant La Cocina in Javea Port, continue to give us 100 portions of great tasty food for those who find themselves in difficult circumstances which is prepared on the last Thursday of every month. We deliver the food to El Faro Baptist Church, Calle Genova (close to the back of the Arenal Mercadona) where the Community lunch is held at 1.30 p.m. and if you are unable to get there in the afternoon, the Church is also open in the evening. If you know of anybody who needs help or you suddenly find yourself struggling please make contact with us by telephoning Tricia or Peter on 678066222.

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THE HOBBY HORSE AND GOAT

A Diamond Event

Timo Dee’s view on things, in and out of Javea, from up on his hobbyhorse (and with his old goat.)

Eric and Elaine Brown recently celebrated their Diamond Wedding at a lunch with their friends in Javea.

The goat getting worked up underground.

Somehow I think the heat of summer must have got into them. They certainly went off on a tangent….

‘It’s a long, long story’, started the goat (G) Oh no, please not another of your tall stories, sighed the hobby horse (H) Well, l think it all started when goat and man first became somewhat uncomfortable neighbours high up in caves.(G) Are you now thinking outside the bloc here in Javea? (H) Yes, for sure the goats climbed up there first, but once man found his way up that far, he too thought the views magnificent. It was also wonderful to find to some peace away from his troublesome neighbours below. You know, bears and sabre-tooths were not to be trusted down in the woods (G) But the higher up that man started to set up camp in caves, the goats in turn climbed even higher? (H) Are you now trying to tell me that man and goats got on well enough together before man started to have something of a love affair with horses? (H) exclaimed.

Dogs and cats too certainly became pet friends of man too, long before horses! (G) Things went well until man started to get really possessive and started to call his prized patches ‘mine.’ (G) One wonders why man liked these minesof his so much? (H) He found all sorts of useful bits and pieces there in these ‘mines’. As a horse, you should know, dear hobby. After all, one of these bits helped man to control all the wild horses that with their extra strength would help him to drag along his carts and any other heavy bundles. (G) Now I start get your drift, but do hurry along old goat. Just where is your tail leading us? (H) The underground, of course! (G) Man built a series of tunnels Underground in London to help him get along faster without all the horses clogging the streets above. Then they did the same thing in Paris, but called their version the Metro. (G) Did I hear that there was quite an Underground resistance movement in France to this at some stage? (H) The resistance was against Germans that had forced their way in uninvited and against any locals who sided with them. (G) Then what? (H) Things continued to expand upwards in towers above ground level and even more complex tunnels came underground.

Then I was excited to I hear that some boffins had built a fantastic underground circular race track, calling it the Hadron Collider (G) What, using goats facing around tto collide into things, as you tend to do when things don’t go your way? (H) Yes, but it seems this Hadron thing was intended somehow or other to collide into bison (G) You are fast losing me now (H) These Higgs bison types turn out to be so small and move so fast you can’t actually see them, only perhaps only glimpsing a trace of their tail. What’s even more surprising they have been on the run ever since the first Big Bang fireworks display. Since when no one, of course, has ever seen one. (G) Is that the end of your tale too, now, or where are you leading us? (H) I have no idea… I kid you not….. It’s all way beyond even my universe of understanding! (G)

They met in 1951 at the School of Artillery in Wiltshire, and were married in the Garrison church the following year. Twenty seven years, four children and ten homes later they returned to civilian life, and were business partners for twenty two years before retiring to Javea in 2001. Their family has now grown to include nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren with whom they will have a second celebration in the UK in October.

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Work on Arenal Promenade to start in October

Following the Summer Break, the next General Meeting will be held at the Parador Hotel on Wednesday 26th September. The Guest Speaker will be Carlos Baos whose talk is entitled “Inheritance Tax”. Carlos is the founder of White & Baos Lawyers and is registered with Artists Impression Of The New Promenade the Alicante Law Society. He specialises in Family law and Real Estate Law and coordinates the firm's Spanish The long awaited development of the Arenal is just weeks Law matters. away and the town hall has been showing off the plans to the Art Appreciation There will not be a meeting of the Art Appreciation Group in September. The next meeting will take place in the Casa De Cultura in Jávea Old Town at 10.30 am – details as follows: History's forgotten female artists.

2nd October Angela Chantry Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills Georgia O'Keeffe Why are so few women acknowledged as great artists?

Say "great artist" and immediately names such as Michelangelo, Leonardo de Vinci, Turner, Picasso, to name but a few, spring to mind.

The obvious reason for the lack of a female Rembrandt is simply that women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900, when so much of the world's great art was created.

Women artists faced challenges due to gender biases and often encountered difficulties in training, travelling and trading their work, and gaining recognition. This presentation will look at the work of some of history’s forgotten female artists from the medieval period to the present.

public in a special presentation on the beach promenade.

Vicente Dómine, Director-General of Public Works, Urban Projects and Housing at the Generalidad Valenciana explained the details of the 1.5 million euro project to renovate the Arenal promenade. Accompanied by the town hall's technical department, Dómine talked about a landmark design that would be known for its uniqueness.

Mayor José Chulvi expressed his satisfaction to see something that has been more than two decades in the making finally become reality and revealed that work would start on Monday 15th October, with the estimated time for completion being mid-March. The mayor thanked the regional authorities for showing sympathy for local businesses by delaying the work until after the summer season.

The plans show that the surface of the promenade is to be replaced with a special pavement of hexagonal stone tiles in a mosaic of white and brown that would give the appearance of tosca stone. Along the edge of the sandy beach will run a low wall which will be interrupted by steps to the beach which will include ramps to improve accessibility for all.

Benches and planters will be replaced and bollards will be arranged to prevent unauthorised access by vehicles to the promenade. The plan also includes the installation of new energy efficienct lighting, some ten metres in height and spaced at 25 metre intervals, it will provide much improved lighting along the promenade and towards the beach. Finally, a series of wooden pergolas providing shade will be installed next to a green island that will separate the promenade from the main car-park at the southern end of the beach.

Dómine emphasised the value of the Arenal beach for tourism by complementing the natural beauty of the bay of Jávea. "Everyone knows that the current state of the promenade hardly complements the general environment and its outstanding natural beauty," he said, before adding that he is convinced that the re-development of the promenade will not only increase its attractiveness but also raise its profile for tourism as well as the economic value of its real estate.

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Craft Corner FIMO FIMO is a named brand of polymer clay. It comes in a wide array of colours and effects and can be hardened by baking in a normal household oven. FIMO is extremely versatile and can be used for a variety of crafts, such as making card making toppers, scrapbook embellishments, jewellery making, beads and broaches, model making, puppets, dolls house miniatures and cake decorating figurines and decorations.

Alongside FIMO Soft, there are also a range of FIMO effects polymer clays, such as stone, glitter and metallic. FIMO Glitter has flecks of glitter throughout the clay that gives your finished project a sparkly finish. FIMO Metallic contains mica particles which create a lustre effect.

Once you are ready to start you must first cover your work surface with plastic or a glass mat as unbaked FIMO can harm varnished surfaces. FIMO clay cannot be used straight out of the packet and must first be kneaded and manipulated to make it soft, elastic and pliable.

This will make it easier to form into your shaped models.

FIMO can be sculpted using your hands or other tools in the same way as regular modelling clay. It can also be used with other techniques to create stunning effects. To add to the large assortment of colours that the polymer clay is available in, you can personalise your FIMO to create your own unique clay. You can knead together different colours of FIMO while the clay is still soft. The two or more colours can be folded into each other to create a marbled and patterned effect. If the clay is

worked even further the colours will blend together completely and a new colour will be formed. FIMO can also be used with mixed media techniques as embossing powders, glitter foil and flakes can be mixed into the polymer clay.

A more complex technique with FIMO is millefiori, or caneworking, which originates from a technique in working with glass. Various lengths of clay and put together to construct a long cane which then be sliced to create a number of similar copies of the pattern you have made. This shape can be manipulated by squeezing it to make the cane longer which will make the FIMO shapes smaller but preserve the pattern.

There is a selection of tools that can be used when working with FIMO clay.

Cocktail sticks work well as a support inside sculptures and can also be used to etch details into the clay. Cake decorating tools can also be used to shape and add detail to the clay, alongside cookie cutters to create two dimensional FIMO shapes.

FIMO is baked in an oven for about 30 minutes at 110째C (230째F) to harden it. Don't exceed 265 degrees when hardening the clay, since harmful gases can be released if the clay is heated to higher temperatures. Use an oven thermometer to check the temperature. The clay doesn't shrink in the oven, and will reach full hardness when it cools. You can add fresh clay to a finished piece and harden it in the oven. Once baked, it can be cut, drilled, painted, sanded, and sliced.

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ALTZHEIMERS SUPPORT GROUP Are you or someone you know, caring for a relative or friend with middle stage Altzhiemers Disease ?

In Javea if you suffer from late stage Altzhiemers there is help available. Unfortunately there are a number of people that are in the middle stages of the illness that have no help at all. Actually it is the carers, often family members who need occasional support. If you or a member of your family are in this position, we are trying to set up a support group. Just giving a few hours a week of your time, would enable a carer to do the weekly shopping, or maybe visit the hairdresser's or just go for a coffee with a friend. This respite from the daily responsibility of caring for a loved one could help to recharge the batteries.

If you are a carer, and you need some time for yourself, and are willing to give some of your time then why not contact Maria Tames, a Spanish lady who is married to an Englishman. Maria feels that there must be many more people out there sharing similar difficulties as herself. This is why she has decided to start a support group and the Grapevine is more than willing to give her our support. Any help organisation begins with a need, so if only two or three people reply to this article then we have the beginning of our group.

If you have spare time on your hands and you enjoy getting involved, Maria speaks fluent English and is waiting for your call on 96 579 1714 or Mobile 638 763 111.

Alternatively you can send an e.mail to mariactames@gmail.com.

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Jávea and a Facebook follow-up…

In April’s Grapevine I wrote about a lot of Jávea being “on” Facebook this is by way of a follow-up and an update. It has to be said that if Facebook is used as a gossip-shop by bored (or spiteful) people it can do untold harm... Newspapers pounce on anything sensational relating to the site – and why not? Their readers are eager to read about what goes on in private lives. It is an open invitation to gossip if people write very personal things on their ‘wall’, a very public forum, for the world to read. Like anything on the internet, it is a personal choice how much of your personal life you share and how much of other peoples’ lives you follow. Please note, the privacy settings are comprehensive and can be tuned to your needs. If you leave them on their default settings, however, you can expect to be bombarded with emails and requests via Facebook’s automated email system. This is because Facebook seems to think you can’t survive a day without knowing that someone you vaguely know has achieved a high score on a game in which you have no interest.

To set the record straight - these are automated - if a player of a Facebook game doesn’t change the game’s settings from the default (that they have to agree with, initially, to be able to play the game), the odds are they have tacitly given the game permission to post emails and messages to all and sundry as if they were the player.

As a free business tool, however, Facebook has few equals. Anybody with a skill or product to sell can put up a page, absolutely free, and ultimately reach thousands of possible customers. It works very simply; you tell ten people you know on Facebook about your page, five decide that they are interested in what it says so “Like” the page. If you then write on your page about a one-day sale, it will appear on the wall of the five people who liked your page. If they have allowed the contents of their wall to be shared with their friends and each of them has 50 friends, then up to 255 people will see your post (your five likers and, assuming there were no duplicated friends, their 250 friends). If any of them are interested in your sale, they may share your post with their friends and may even visit your page and like it. If they do then you have the potential to reach their friends and so it escalates. When one of my pages only had 87 likes, statistically, they averaged 311 friends each, so my posts had the potential to reach over 27,000 people.

There are hundreds of local businesses on Facebook. There are community groups that cover specific locations, such as ‘Jávea Connect’, ‘Jalon Valley Connect’ and ‘Denia Connect’ and some which are activity specific, such as ‘Sell your Stuff Spain’ or ‘Auction Your Stuff’ Spain – where you can sell anything (legal) for free. Add to them the pages supported by the Ayuntamiento and even individual members of our governing body, and it is easy to understand why Facebook is still popular despite its irritations. Nearly every village and township, city and country throughout the world boasts its own community pages... Talking and listening to other people can be good if done with discretion.

Because my business (Marina Alta Business Club) is all about helping other businesses, I created a group called ’Like Spain’. It is a free group which anyone can join. It will be of particular interest to anyone running a charity, business or interest group aimed at people in Spain with a dedicated Facebook Page. Since it started on the 21st April with 20 members it has grown to over 1,100 across Spain and is still growing. To help people to find our members’ pages I started our own page (Like Spain Page) that now boasts links to over 357 Pages run by our members.

When any page achieves sufficient ‘likes’ the owner is able to dig deeper into actual statistics regarding the page, such as how many people have looked at it and then ‘talked’ about it.

This gives an insight into what is popular and of interest to the people who follow their pages. To attract users outside our “friends” network, I also created a website http://likespain.com - it links to the group and to all our pages – but to visit the links the visitor needs to be registered on Facebook. It does mean that we get visitors we would not otherwise see, @LikeSpain will also find us on Twitter.

From the 7th August, Facebook groups are changing to include user statistics similar to that collected on Pages. This is NOT personal information – it is generic information such as, 60 people read this post, 4 people shared it and 12 people liked it. Gaile Griffin Peers, MABC Club Manager: to discover more about Marina Alta Business Club, ring 966461913 or contact me on manager@mabc.biz.

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HelpDesk for Foreign Residents Portal del Clot office, Avda Amanecer 2 (Clot parking) e-mail: help@ajxabia.org Tel: 96 5790500 Ext: 1316

FACT FILE: Number 13

Progress Report IBI Bills

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Town Hall plans to avoid serious cash flow problems, which would affect services, by applying to the State for an advance of funds to the tune of 5.382.714€.

Since this "advance" is not considered as a loan, there is no liability for payment of interest. Once the Town Hall starts to receive IBI payments from the taxpayers, it will begin to pay back to the State the funds that have been advanced.

The new basis of calculation for the IBI bills will mean that the expected income for the Town Hall could be approximately 8.750.000€ less than what was budgeted initially prior to the decision to cancel the "Catastro" value on which the larger amount was based. In turn, this means that the Town Hall will be introducing a severe "adjustment plan" in the future with cuts in various sectors. For more information in this respect Oscar Anton proposes to answer questions for all those who may like to attend a meeting at the Casa de Cultura during the month of September .. date and time to be advised.

A lot of people are coming to the Town Hall now asking about their IBI (Property Tax – Rates) bills for 2012. Normally this bill is payable over a two month voluntary payment period beginning in September and going through to beginning November (although last year the voluntary period was extended until 7th December). Jávea Pensioners' Bus Pass (Tarjeta Daurada) The latest information from the Town Hall regarding the 2012 bills is that, at this point in time, the basis of calculation for the bills, in the form of the amended list of property valuations to be received from the General Property Register ("Catastro") has not been established; this being the case, the bills may not yet be issued.

For those who are waiting to receive their bus pass (having made the application through the Town Hall and handing photos and receipt of payment into the bus driver), please be advised that now only certain bus drivers are responsible for handing out the passes.

There is a notice on the buses advising on which afternoons during the week the passes will be given out. In "Catastro" has promised to provide the valuation list by any event no passes are being given over the holiday the end of August. Providing it is received on time, the period ... in September the service should be resumed.

Town Hall will start issuing the IBI bills in early September. The first ones to be issued will be for those properties which have not changed ownership after 2005. Normally, property owners who have set up direct debits for payment of the bill will not receive any kind of notification, however, it is possible that for those properties that have changed ownership after 2005, a personal notification will be received in October or November 2012. To be on the safe side, calling by the Town Hall to check wouldn't come amiss.

If you have kept a copy of your 2004 IBI bill then the amount you paid then will give you an approximate idea of what you may have to pay in 2012.

Many people are querying whether they may receive a refund in connection with the fact that they have paid higher IBI bills over the last few years because of the property valuations given by "Catastro". The Council is studying the possibility of filing a complaint against the "Catastro" and citizens will have every right to make a claim in this respect. The Town Hall proposes to supply a form for this purpose, with instructions in different languages as to how to fill it in; the staff at the OAC and the Help Desk will also be happy to assist.

Because of the delay in receiving taxpayers' IBI contributions, caused by what has been explained above, the

Email: thesarge65@blueyonder.co.uk Phone Gary: 634 347 851

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with Dr Christoph Semler

Dr. Christoph Semler qualified as a doctor at the University of Frankfurt and then specialised in General Practice in the UK. He is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, holds a Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a Diploma in Child Health Surveillance. He opened his private practice in JĂĄvea in 2001.

Dr Semler is fluent in English, Spanish and French and has a working knowledge of Dutch.

Dear doctor, I have a terrible problem with sweating all over my body. It began about two years ago and is getting worse with each year. I am only 19 years old and I feel terrible with it. I am always covered in sweat even though I am doing nothing, it just comes. It is bad under my arms but also on my neck, back and forearms.

I have been to the chemist and bought some special deodorant which works under my arms. What can I do to stop me sweating on the rest of my body though?. At the beginning my mom took me to the doctor in England who recommended this deodorant I am using now. She also said I should lose weight as I am a bit chubby. Is there nothing else I can do? I read about Botox injections, does that really help?

Dear Dave from Denia, I can imagine how you must be suffering right now with your condition. We all are sweating with that heat wave out there, it will be twice as bad for you.

Now you already found one type of treatment and you say it works for you where you apply it. I am

referring to the deodorant ( to be precise we would have to call it antiperspirant) you are using, presumably it will contain aluminiumchlorid at a certain concentration. This component works through blocking the sweat glands off and thus stopping them from pouring out sweat onto the skin.

This deodorant will have the same effect if you use it on other parts of your skin where you sweat excessively. The way to do it is like this: have a shower at night, dry yourself thoroughly. Then by hand apply the aluminiumchloride deodorant to the parts of your body you sweat so much. If you do not reach there, ask for help. Let it work in over night, then have a shower again the next morning to wash off what remains on your skin. Do this a number of times, maybe four or five.

As under your arms, the special deodorant will block the sweat glands where applied.

If you find this only partially effective or maybe not really at all, then it is time to increase the dose of aluminiumchloride in the antiperspirant. You can actually have made to measure any particular

strength you want. It needs a special prescription by your doctor to exactly tell what concentration is desired. There are pharmaceutical laboratories which will make up such a individual patient type of medication. It will obviously not be an over the counter roll-on anymore.

In fact for your purpose a lotion type of preparation that comes out of a plastic bottel would be much easier to use. The range of concentration can vary between 10% and 30% of aluminiumchloride.

I would try this first. It is easy to handle and you can do it all by yourself.

You mention Botox injections in your e-mail. And indeed they are a powerful and effective way of treating your condition.

Correctly applied they reliably stop excessive sweating where used.

Currently they are licensed to be used in the axillary region, meaning under your arms. One injection lasts up to six months and can be repeated thereafter. By experience we know that these injections also work if used for abnormal sweating on the soles of one´s feet or on the forehead.

Strictly speaking Botox is not licensed for excessive sweating other than under the arms but it can be used safely if the patient is porperly informed and has given consent before its application.

Then there is also a somewhat old fashioned way of dealing with your excessive sweating, it is called iontophoresis. It uses electrical current runnig through a water bath in which you would have to place hands or feet. There are also special pads to be used for the treatment of the armpits. Unfortunately this technique is not suit-

able for other body areas.

Specially made applianaces for this method exist which can be bought at chemists or are available on prescription. It is effective where used but a little cumbersome.

Sometimes certain types of medication are used which as a side-effect cause the body to sweat less. They are not always successful, in desperate cases however they are worth a trial. It is quite a fair number of drugs wich have beeen used for that purpose: you would have to see your doctor and discuss that matter with him.

So, these are your options.

Easiest and most accessible are the aluminiumchloride preparations of different strength. I would go for these first.

To end this article I recommend you visit your doctor at least again. Maybe this time without your mother. There are certain types of illnesses which can cause excessive sweating, most of them can be diagnosed via a simple blood test. I am sure your doctor will do this for you. If not then ask to be referred to a dermatology outpatients clinic at your local hospital.

OPENING HOURS Monday - Friday 0900 - 1300 . 1600 - 1900 Apointments: 96 646 3912 Emergencies: 648 779 659 www.euroclinicajavea.com

Dr Semler will be happy to answer your health mail in the next issue of Grapevine. info@euroclinicajavea.com

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DENIA Aldea Felina

Cat Protection League Aldea Felina Aldea felina is a charity registered in Spain to shelter, feed and re-home cats abandoned in the Denia area. Our helpers all work on a volunrary basis We have a variety of feline friends, old and young, waiting to be adopted. All adult cats are blood tested, wormed, vaccinated and sterilised and the kittens wormed and vaccinated. If you can give a loving home to any please call Lynda on 648100629.

We also require short-term foster homes, teaching the young to interact with people or to bring an ill cat to full health. If you can help, please contact us on one of the numbers above.

CAT OF THE MONTH Xavi is a darling little kitten who was left with her brothers and sisters when a dog killed their mother.

Xavi and her family need a home today. If you would like to adopt Xavi, or one of our other cats/kittens, please call Lynda on 648100629. For more information see our new website – aldeafelina.blogspot.com.

We Need Your Help!

We are always in need of people to help out at the centre. If you have a few spare hours one morning per week and would like to spend them caring for young kittens, or would be prepared to help cover for sickness and holidays at the centre please call Lynda.

Donations Donations are most welcome as one-off gifts or regular payments. Lynda can provide you with the relevant information or see our new website http://aldeafelina.blogspot.com. Every little helps.

We’d also like your bric-a-brac, books and unwanted gifts, to sell in our charity shop at Els Poblets, close to the (well signposted) veterinary clinic. Open Mon to Sat: 10-2.

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How to Give a Cat a Pill blood from carpet with cold 1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby.

Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth.

Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa.

Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand.

Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse in from the garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws.

Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth.

Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail.

Get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains.

Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit.

Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw 9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans and drink one beer to take taste away. Apply band-aid to spouse's forearm and remove

water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbour's shed.

Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door onto neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer.

Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink.

Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect.

Toss back another shot.

Throw tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from the top of the tree across the road.

Apologize to neighbour who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat.

Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Using heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed, tie the little *&#%^'s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour two pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room.

Sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for RSPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How To Give A Dog A Pill 1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.

3. All done!

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PUZZLE CORNER

CHAD'S QUIZ RATING

0-5 Some learning to do.

6-10 You're getting there.

10-15 Join a quiz team.

16-20 You should be on T.V.

1. What are badger´s burrows called?

2. Which islands were originally known as the Friendly Islands?

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1 Christi(e)an name (6) 4 Walks in a leisurely fashion and risks losing head (6) 9 Stream or river in Italy by ancient city (4) 10 Easy host or troublesome prognosticator (10) 11 A letter and its successors from an Indian leader (6) 12 Trampling on garden, it gets damaged (8) 13 Bird accompanying gangster or outlaw (5,4) 15 Dutch cheese made round (4) 16 In Swan Lake Tchaikovsky used design (4) 17 Building for owl and treble changes? (4,5) 21 An abundance of punishments (8) 22 Pigpen was first to be so called (6) 24 Vehicle played a part for self- taught person (10) 25 Loose cloak or carbon copy (4) 26 Flag for junior officer (6) 27 Platforms for speakers or star turns (6)

1 Devastation when head is cut off before a party - it may be eaten as first course (7) 2 Biting piece of chocolate with dry exterior (5) 3 Hot burnt residue is on hot pot (7) 5 A composer from Harlem (6) 6 Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9) 7 I left terminus, breaking a bone (7) 8 Varies order in command?

That's debatable (13) 14 Old Peruvian laughs if leagued (2,7) 16 Hesitation before a certain deletion (7) 18 Lion devouring poor shot in part of Africa (7) 19 Bad example or examples (7) 20 Noise constrained by English final (6) 23 Cathy's new boat (5)

3. Which rock is the largest monolith in the world?

4. What is lowered by a beta blocker?

5. In which month does Beaujolais Nouveau arrive?

6. What is measured on the Mercalli scale?

7. What is a morel?

8. What is sold at Spitalfields market?

9. Constable country is in which counties?

10. Mount Cervin, Switzerland, is better known by what name?

11. Which is the world´s oldest surviving republic?

12. Which tree appears on the Lebanese flag?

13. Who was the longest serving British Prime Minister?

14. What is the fertilizer guano made from?

15. How old are horses run in Nursery stakes?

16. Who is trained at Cranwell?

17. What do the Germans call Bavaria?

18. What is the maximum score in Blackjack?

19. Where is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

20. Which steam locomotive holds the speed record?

Last months answers are on page 33

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watch out for damage caused to outer casing, on cheaper cable this often cracks allowing an ingress of water!

Long Coaxial Extensions.

SATELLITE KNOW HOW

Richard Pollock Consultant Electronic Engineer I mentioned in the August column that this had indeed been a very hot Summer to say the least, at the moment we are using the European Transponder and this has meant many more stations are available at the moment including BBC 1,2,3 and 4, ITV 1,2,3, and 4 etc and many more.

Later this year the new Satellite Transponder 2F will be launched, If successful it is expected that some of our favourite Channels may disappear !

You would expect a trouble free summer, however the heat can produce it's own problems, one of which is the condition of the coaxial cable used to carry the satellite information from the Satellite Dish to the Satellite Receiver. We have been very fortunate in our choice of cable as we have always selected from the quality end of the Market, when pricing work this can make for quite a difference when quoting, however this is balanced by the fact that our received signals are always of maximum quality. Problems from a defective coaxial cable can be many and varied in the resulting signal, ranging from no reception of any stations to missing stations and then often just poor grainy quality or herringbone pattern in the background.

When faced with this type of complaint we always take a series of readings at the Head End taking this direct from the output of the LNB. This involves

using our Promax Test Meter Spectrum Analyser which enables me to take a series of measurements and we then compare these readings with those of our own test readings, on the assumption that these are up to the required high standard, then it's a simple matter to take a second series of readings at the Satellite Receiver and from these we can deduce if the coaxial cable is defective and requires replacement.

I am amazed at the number of times on visits we have made that the longer the length of cable the poorer the selected quality! As fitting a long run of coaxial cable in an area of weak signal requires selection of a top quality cable thus ensuring minimum cable loss, why ever do supposedly trained Installers use the cheapest available. This guarantees a further call sometime in the future when the Dud cable has to be-replaced, this of course means more expense both in supplying the correct type of cable and of course the associated labour costs. We always use CT100 plus or it's equivalent, not easy to find but well worth locating, this is where experience counts. Should you suspect a cable fault, if its happened after a session of Gardening, then check out that no one has used the Garden Sheers near the cables. After this, examination of the cable run may provide clues, cables should always have lazy turns at corners. sharp bends damage the central conductor and

Cable

First a word about HDMI or High-Definition Multimedia Interface this quality of picture has revolutionised our viewing, crystal clear pictures and for those fortunate to be able to view in 3D then it's the ultimate in viewing add that to some very sophisticated sound systems, then for many it produces immense pleasure.

HDMI signals as you would be correct to assume are very sophisticated in their make up and as such do not lend themselves to simply string a cable into another room and connecting up to a second screen. those who have attempted this have had Some very disappointing results, listed below are some suggestions that will give hope to those wishing too extend their viewing pleasure, these methods will also supply suitable signals to those operating a special TV room and of course this may even call for an overhead projector!

With the demand for the quality of HD reception and also the ability to record television programmes the next stage is often to see if these signals can be piped through to other rooms, ie. bedroom, study, kitchen etc.

HDMI signals do not travel very well over long distances and so another methods to consider is the HDMI over Coax system, it's expensive, £350 to £450, however it gives you the ability to plan a second point up to some 200 metres and so it's possible to reach a Casita out in the Garden, yes we have received requests! I should mention that using this system you can supply a signal to several points if required, of course the same Channel is viewed on all the

Screens.

HDMI over CAT5 Another system worthy of consideration and the required equipment is at a more competitive price £50 to &150 is the HDMI over CAT5 system this uses twisted pair connections incorporating Baluns and they can cater for lengths Jo to some 50 metres or so. They can also incorporate a return path for using a Infra Red Remote Control thus enabling you to change the Station at source.

The final and most popular method for lengths of cable around a Villa is to use a Quad LNB, this will give you four outputs, for standard or H.D Satellite Receivers where the record facility is not required, or in the case of an H.D Satellite Receiver where the record facility is required then the cables are used in pairs. A more advanced method which can supply 6, 8 or 12 plus then we use a Quattro LNB driving a Multi Switch, mains powered LNB ( line powered Multi Switch LNB's can sometimes be available, this means no AC.Wiring is required to the LNB. ) This has proved to be a very popular method and quite trouble free if the correct type cables are selected, my experience on cables has been collected over the last 50 years or so, make sure you get the correct information,it pays in the end !

For those requiring further information, please check out my Web Site. I will always try and answer your problems via e-mail, however with some of the more complex problems, without conducting a 'Field Test' which involves a home visit and of course conducting a series of test it is impossible to reach a conclusion.

Richard Pollock B. Ed I. Eng FIEEIE Consultant Electronic Engineer Formerly Lecturer in RTVE at Bradford College Telephone 670 362 395 (Monday - Friday 10 AM to 6 PM) e-mails to solutions@richardpollock.biz Web Site at www.richardpollock.biz

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JPG Computer talk

Grapevine@jpg-assistencia.com telephone: 644 46 41 49

Hi Everyone!

Attending some of your requests, on today’s post we are going to talk a little more about cloud storage systems, and specially about a quite popular one (perhaps the most popular, together with Apple’s iCloud): Dropbox.

Being a friendly and easy use service, it’s become quite popular worldwide, also due to the vast amount of positive comments spread out through social networking between friends and relatives, which always seems to be a secure way to access new services.

Dropbox is a free cloud storage and sharing service that lets you travel with your photos, documents, and videos everywhere. Sounds good, but how does it work? How can this be without carrying any computer or external hardware like USB flash or external hard drives?

Well, the service is designed so any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website, just as long as you have an internet connection available and a device with the software installed on it to access them, such as a laptop, a home PC, a cyber-café or even your internet-access mobile phone!! You can even access them from any computer with internet access through their website, once logged in with your credentials.

The system works to make sure that all your files are the same no matter where you're

accessing them from. This means that you can start working on a computer at school, at a friend’s home or from the office, and finish it from your home computer for example.

Till now, to achieve this kind of tasks, we were forced have to save the file on an external device or email the file to ourselves; with an internet connection and using this service, you’ll never have to use additional hardware or email yourself a file again.

Sounds pretty good so far, but that’s not all: it also allows to share files or whole folders with whoever your decide and even undelete files you accidentally trash, as they are stored locally in all the devices you install the software on, allowing you to recover the last copy that was synchronized on the rest of devices if you accidentally delete the file from one of them.

Ok, well let’s get going! To start, I would recommend you to install the desktop version of Dropbox, downloading the latest version of the software from their site www.drobox.com.

Save the file to your desktop or somewhere that you can access it easily. When download is complete, double click on the file or choose "Open" from your browsers download manager and then click on "Install".

Wait a moment while files are copied to your PC. When the process is complete, for this first installation just

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click on ‘Next’ when the Welcome screen appears so the account settings window shows up.

Here enter all the data requested to configure your account, such as your first & last names, a valid email address and select a password. On the Display name write something that will help you identify which computer you are installing the software on, for future reference.

Once completed, click on ‘Next’ again and leave the selected option of 2GB free marked, as to start this space will be more than enough to work with. We can add more free space (I’ll explain how later) further on or even upgrade to a subscription version, but to get going the free space offered will do.

Now we can take a take a brief tour of Dropbox and see how it Works or skip directly to the last setup page. If it’s your first approach to the software, I would recommend you to take a few minutes to familiarize with it following the tutorial.

The installation is now complete, so click on "Finish" and you should now see a Windows Explorer window that has popped open on your screen. This is your main Dropbox folder, where everything will be happening from, from now on.

Also you will have a new icon on your desktop and next to the clock on the task bar. You can easily access your Dropbox folder by dou-

ble clicking on either of them at any time.

Not too complicated so far, right? Unfortunately we’re out of space on this post. On the following one we will see how to start working with our new service and what we can do with it.

All for now! Please find our contact details on our advert in this edition; in case you have any questions or queries, we can assure a quick and professional reply.

If these queries are of general benefit, we will post the reply on further editions of the Grapevine so they can be for everybody’s benefit.

Also, feel free to visit our new Facebook page, where we will try to keep you all posted on latest news about computers and the world around them. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pa ges/Valencia-Javea/JPGAsistencia/12151419787774 6 Also you’ll find a link to the Grapevine’s website where you’ll find the latest edition for online reading.

Back to work till the next post!

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Local Club Directory The Marina Alta Business Club The club meets twice a week in the evenings. All nationalities welcome.

Meetings conducted in English.

Contact Gaile on 96 646 1913, email manager@mabc.biz Javea International Magic Club For more information please call 627 046 897 or 96 579 4570.

Royal Air Force Association.

The North Costa Blanca Branch meets at Los Arcos Restaurante, Pedreguer (N332, west side) on the second Monday of each month at 12:00 to 13:00, followed by lunch.

We have nearly 140 members, who enjoy friendship, help and support with RAFA; and we always look for new members who have, or have not, served in the RAF. For more information, visit www.rafa-ncb.org or call 966 430 215 Toscamar Tennis Friends Join us for a friendly game of tennis on Mondays and Wednesdays 10.00 12.00 at Ciudad Toscamar, Javea.

Just turn up or ring Christine on 96 649 3900 Costa Blanca Yachting Association The CBYA welcomes all boat owners; We meet every week, please our for details & location of the meeting website www.cbya.org.

Costa Blanca Astronomical Society Meets on first Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. in Montgó Visitors Centre in Dénia. For details and directions call Ed Morley on 96 574 4612 or e-mail cbastronomy@gmail.com Scottish Country Dancing Enquiries please call 96 645 6881.

Stamp Collectors/Philatelists/Postcards Meeting - 2nd & 4th Monday of every month at Marples Bar, Avenida La Fontana , Arenal at 10.00. For more details please call Derek Guyett on 96 579 5499 or Dave Anderson on 96 647 6034 The Firs Nursery Mother & Toddler Group Every Monday from 14.00 - 15.30.

Children aged from 18 months to school age. Call 96 647 2929 for more information.

Backgammon Club We meet on Mondays at the Grand Cafe residential Toscamar at 20.00.

For more information please call Steve on 96 647 1708 or 635 377 335.

Javea Netball Club Playing Wednesdays, 20.00 - 21.30 at L'Ancora Playa Tennis club. contact Anita on 96 647 2169 or 660 782 165.

Javea Al-Anon Support Group

The Al-Anon group for friends or relatives of alcoholics to share their experiences. No membership fee.

Call 96 646 3689.

Expatriate Ostomates of Spain EOS Contact Cynthia on 96 646 0063.

MABS Cancer Support Group Jacqui 96 579 4083 or 686 305 006 Brenda 678 843 666 Valencia area Cynthia 652 835 063 Kirsten 646 865 308 Rian 619 876 062 www.mabscancersupport.org Stress Busting Yoga Club in Javea Yoga for beginners. We meet Tuesday at a house on the Jesus Pobre Road. For more infomation call Maria Palomar on 96 646 0851.

Art Clubs Art Clubs which are for Oils, Watercolurs, Pastels, Acrylic & now meet in Javea at ArtyFacts, Denia, Cumbre del Sol & Benimeli.

Call Lesley Clark 96 579 4462 or email lesleyclarkjavea@gmail.com Wall Hangings and Rug Making Club We meet every other Tuesday in Javea from 09.30 - 12.00. Contact Amanda on 639 987 301 or email amrug@telefonica.net Art Centre Association - Javea Subjects available are: - Painting in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Pastel, Drawing, Mixed Media, Portraiture, Creative Textiles and Restoration of Porcelain. Join in at any time. Come and visit the Art Centre, we can fax, E-mail or post you info: and a map, or for more details phone:- Lorely Griffiths, Javea – 96 647 20 49.

E-mail: artcentrejavea@yahoo.com Patchwork/Quilters Group meet Wednesday 10.00 - 13.00 at the Centre Public Formacio e Persones Adultos in Javea, Calle Ramon Llido, Javea. Contact Debbie on 96 579 0086 Javea Public Lending Library Borrow books in English from Javea Public Lending Library, FREE! The English section is open every Tuesday and Saturday morning between 10.00 - 12.00. The Javea Public Library, Calle Mayor 9, Javea Pueblo, the old town. Javea Public Lending Library: Contact Alma Dorndorf on 96 646 3262 or 636898162 Javea International Civic Society Enquiries to Jeni Jackson Phillips 96 579 0470, 619 270 493.

Javea School of Bridge and Social Club Edifico 80, Avenida Tamarits.

Tel 96 649 1539.

Crochet & Soft Yarn Club

Meets fortnightly in a private house in Javea. Contact lesleyclarkjavea@gmail.com or phone 96 579 4462.

Taoist Tai Chi Society of Javea New instrucors, new space.

Beginners welcome anytime Monday and Wednesday 11.30 at Danza Ronda Sur (near paint shop in old town) Info 649 161 290.

Javea Bridge Club Avdna de Paris 2. www.javeabridgeclub.com or call Margaret on 96 579 3413.

Javea Book Circle We meet on alternate Tuesdays at 19.30 for 19.45 at the Centro Social, behind the Centro de Salud Contact Eleanor Joy on 96 647 2876 UFO Discussion/Research Group We meet on the first Friday of every month at 10.00 for 10.30 start in the Social Services Centre Javea. contactPresident, Jeanine El

Khouri. Tel.no 965795148 or Christine Newton tel.no.

618111376.

Group e.mail ufojavea@gmail.com

The Javea Branch of the Royal British Legion meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. We meet at Scallops Restaurant on the Arenal in Javea..Our meeting start at 11.00am but most member and visitors start arriving from 10.30am onwards, everyone is welcome. You do not have to have been in the forces to be a member now, anyone can join. We have a very good Social Programme each year , with something going on most months. If you would like any information regarding our Branch please contact Roger(Chairman) on 96-5790123 We would like to see more members joining our Branch but, if you just want to come along and see what we do, then we would love to see you at any time” Javea Whist Club Javea Whist Club meets every Monday and Thursday (7.45 for 8 p.m.) at L’Ancora Playa at the Arenal to play progressive partner whist. All card players welcome particularly at the Thursday session when the numbers are lower.

Women in business club Monthly Business Meetings open to all members and non members, but you must be a WOMEN THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH JAVEA - L'Ancora Tennis Club Time: from 2pm to 4pm Location: L'Ancora Tennis Club The Javea Players, Amateur Theatre in English, Contact Membership Secretary: 96 579 0379 email: membership.jp@gmail.com Apart from putting on several plays

per year we also have social nights in our Studio and a monthly Cinema Club,we are situated behind Book World , a few doors away from Fuentes Restaurant in Thiviers, Javea.

Costa Blanca Anglo Spanish Association We enjoy meetings and trips to further our knowledge and understanding of Spain; its history, geography, culture and institutions.New members are welcome. Visit the web site on www.anglospanish.org or email the secretary on secretary09@anglospanish.org Peña Javeamigos The international supporter's club and now the primary source of information for CD Javea. For more details, see www.javeamigos.com Benitachell Christian Fellowship Sun. 11am in the Arts Museum Tel David Newman 650738638 Ray Davies 96 649 4036 New Country Linedancers Line Dancing classes every Thursday at Socco on the Arenal Beginners: 7.00 - 8.00pm Intermediate: 8.00 - 9.30pm For further information phone David on 96 647 0632 ARNAAP Association of Royal Navy, Army and Air Force Personnel. If you enjoy lunching in congenial company join us.

It is not essential to be Ex-Service, just like minded. Call Susan on 966 404650, or shollister@hotmail.com Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir rehearse every Tuesday 7-9pm, at Bar Mediterraneo, Teulada.

New members always welcome, no experience necessary. Come along and give us a try!

Tel: Mike Evans 965744577 or go to our web site: www.costablancamalevoicechoir.wikidot.com Arsenal Costa Blanca Supporters Club, meet every match day at Cheers Bar, Javea Port under the archway.

All club matches are shown live. If you live in or around Javea or are just visiting and would like to renew or start your support for the club, come along.

All will be made welcome, young or old.

Any further information, e-mail, Bob at arsenalcostablanca@gmail.com Crib Club every Thurs 8pm at Bombers Bar in the Port If you would like your club to be included , please contact us at info@grapevinespain.com or tel: 96 579 2649 or call in to the Copishop in Javea Port

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Do you need help with your shopping or cooking ? O r just some cheerful company.

I’m ready and willing as well as being full of ideas. Call: Nancy 965 793 582 Javea International Baptist Church Javea International Baptist Church now meet at Restaurant Amanacer, Cabo De La San Antonio.

They are actively seeking

for new more permanent premises. For more info Tel: 965 795 847. info@javeababtist.org and local Tourist Offices.

MANAGE YOUR WEBSITE. NEW CLASS, starting at

the Art Centre Association. Tuesday mornings with Gaile Griffin Peers, manager of the Marina Alta Business Club. €20 per morning.

'Phone Lorely Griffiths 966 47 20 49. artcentrejavea@yahoo.com

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APASA Kennel Talk

Asociacion Protectera de animales de San Antonio The APASA Javea dog refuge provides accommodation for over 200 abandoned and stray dogs . APASA is proud of its reputation of never putting a healthy dog to sleep. The APASA centre can be found behind the Tormos garden centre, off the Cami Cabanes in Cami de les Sorts. For further information, please ring Nicole: 96 646 3976 or Maggie: 96 574 4449. www.apasa.javea.eu

ROVA IS A LOVELY ROTTWEILER MIX WHO IS 2.5 YEARS OLD. THE LADY WHO FOUND HER HAD BATHED HER BUT SHE WAS IN A BAD WAY. SHE HAS LEISHMANOSIS AND WILL NEED TREATMENT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE BUT SHE IS NOW IN GREAT FORM AND SHOULD LEAD A HAPPY LIFE WITH A NEW FAMILY. OBVIOUSLY HER PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT LOOK AFTER HER SO COULD YOU GIVE HER THE HOME SHE SO DESERVES? CAROL WAS FOUND WANDERING IN THE STREET. SHE IS ABOUT FIVE MONTHS OLD AND A FRIENDLY LITTLE DOG. SHE PLAYS VERY HAPPILY IN OUR PUPPY HOUSE AND IS NOT A BIG DOG. SHE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A REAL HOME OF HER OWN.

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APASA FORTHCOMING EVENTS COACH TRIP TO XATIVA- 11TH September. Trip to the market, free time around the town and visit to the glass factory. €15 inc. Bookings Lynn 96 5793553 or 692117050 or Maggie 96 5744449 BE NICE TO YOURSELF PAMPER DAY 19TH September hosted by High Street Heaven at Inn on the Green, Javea 11am – 4pm. Beauty treatments, fashion and refreshments available all day. More info from High St. Heaven.

FASHION SHOW. LONDON BOUTIQUE JALON. 28th September. Entry €2.

Limited space so please book early . Shop 96 6480790 or Sue 96 5741668 TRIP TO CUIDAD REAL, TOLEDO AND CUENCA October 2nd to 6th. €270 inclusive. For itinerary and more details please.

Ring Sue on 96 5741668 or Mandy 639603880. Only 8 places left!

GRANT A WISH DAY FUNDAY 7TH October in the gardens of Salon Canor. Teulada Grand Fiesta organised by Continental Wealth Management in aid of Orba/Ondara/Jalon Lions, MABS and European Kids Association. APASA will be running a Fun Dog Show and details of classes and entry registration can be had from Mandy 639603880 Dogshow starts at 10.30. entries to be ready at 10am. There is lots of entertainment for all ages including Viva Espana Flamenco Dancers, Fashion Show, Kids games, stalls, refreshments etc.

Watch out for publicity nearer the event.

QUIZ 19th October. Bar Mediterraneo Teulada.7.30 prompt! Teams of six or less, prizes for winners and runners up. Three course meal with wine €15. Reservations essential.

Maggie 96 5744449 or Mandy 639603880

TREVOR AND TRISTAN WERE FOUND ON A BUILDING YARD WITH NO FOOD OR WATER. THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY WITH OTHER DOGS AND PEOPLE AND WOULD MAKE A LOVELY FAMILY PET. WHY NOT GO TO THE SHELTER AND GET AQUAINTED WITH THEM. PRISLO IS A 2.5 YEAR OLD PODENCO WHO WAS FOUND TIED TO OUR GATE ONE MORNING. HE IS GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS BUT AT THE POINT IN TIME NOT VERY INTERESTED IN PEOPLE. USUAL TO HIS BREED HE NEEDS TIME TO LEARN TO TRUST US HUMANS AND THEN HE WILL MAKE A LOVELY PET. GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

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THEATRE “What the Dickens” This Javea Players production, directed by Cherry Cabban, musical direction Jackie & Dennis Jefferies, will stir old memories of the best of Dickens ranging from Oliver’s “Please sir I want some more”, Fagin’s “Your a clever boy, m’dear” and of course Mr Micawber hoping “that something will turn up”.

A picture will come to life before your eyes of colourful early Victorian east-end London with its larger than life characters and all its social problems that Dickens highlighted so vividly.

His writing publicised the awful conditions in which the economically deprived sections of society existed and particularly how this affected the children. Pickpockets, workhouses, debtors’ prisons, orphanages, alcoholism…. the list is endless. The fast moving show is narrated, sung and acted; we hope you will be carried away by the fun and emotion.

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“What the Dickens” at the Javea Players Studio from October 16th-20th at 8 pm. Tickets 7€ by emailing javeaplayersboxoffice@gmail.com or calling Mabel (after Sept 19) on 96 579 4937. La Cocina restaurant will offer a pre-theatre dinner with a “Dickens flavour” call them for details 96 579 5140.

Javea Players are sponsored by Blacktower Financial Management Limited

Jávea's Migdia cave - 5000 years of Human History Exhibition includes Augmented Reality and a 3d Computer Simulation Until the end of September the Jávea "Soler Blasco" Museum is hosting a special exhibition on important recent excavations in the Migdia Cave on the Montgó.

This exhibition (called "Art and Death on the Montgó) includes the use of an augmented reality programme to highlight the various artefacts found in the cave, and a 3D computer simulated walk-through, so you can use the mouse to "crawl" through the cave's chambers.

The exhibition is in two rooms:

1. Simulation of the Chamber of Paintings (opposite the entrance up a few steps) This small room displays full size models of wall paintings and the the augmented reality display.

2. Main Display room ( From the museum entrance turn left, go up a few steps and continue on past a couple of display cabinets) This room contains 12 information panels, original Charles John Huffam Dickens (early alias: Boz) Born artefacts and the 3D computer simulated walk-through.

Friday, February 7, 1812 at No. 1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth England. Educated for about one English translations of the exhibition panels are availyear at William Giles' school in Chatham, Kent (age 9- able in the Main display room. These have been pre11); nearly three years Wellington House Academy in pared by English-speaking members of "Amics del London (age 13-15); beyond this, largely self-educated. Museu de Xàbia" (Friends of the Xàbia Museum) AMUX - as part of their voluntary activities.

The episode in Dickens' childhood when his father was imprisoned for debt and 12-year-old Charles was sent to The Museum is located in the Plaza Hermanos Segarra work in a factory to help support the family, seemed to (Calle Primicies) Javea Old Town put a stain on the clever, sensitive boy that coloured Museum opening times: Weekdays: 9-13 and 18 - 21; everything he accomplished, though he never told the Saturdays and Sundays: 10 -13 . Mondays closed. story except obliquely through his fiction such as “Little Admission Free Dorrit”. He lived to see debtors’ prisons abolished and many social ills put to rights. He died on June 9, 1870 For the article summarising what the exhibition is about and lay for 3 days in Westminster Abbey, while a con- see attached article.

For more details about AMUX, which will be formally tinual procession of mourners paid homage. launched in October contact amuxabia@gmail.com

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by Teacher Writer Cathy Perez Pinto CATHY: Buenas tardes.

(Good afternoon.)

Bienvenidos otra vez a clase.

(Welcome back to class again.) ¿Qué tal todos? (How is everybody?)

ROSIE: Me dicen que has estado en Madrid este verano. (I’ve been told that you have been in Madrid this summer.)¿No hace un calor insoportable ahí?(Isn’t it unbearably hot there?)

CATHY: Bueno; hace el mismo calor de aquí, pero la gran diferencia es que es un calor muy seco y no tienen la humedad que tenemos aquí.

(Well; it’s just as hot as it is here, but the big difference is that it is a dry heat and they don’t have the humidity that we have here.)

MARK: ¿Visitaste alguna exposición durante tu estancia en Madrid? (Did you visit any exhibitions during your visit to Madrid?)

CATHY: Sí, fui a varias con mi cuñada. (Yes, I went to several with my sister-inlaw.) Quizás la más curiosa fue “La Historia de las Te l e c o m u n i c a c i o n e s . ” (Perhaps the most original was “The History of Telecommunications.”) El objeto de esta exposición es mostrar la evolución de la comunicación a distancia, con un especial acento en la telefonía en España. (The aim of this exhibition is to trace the evolution of remote communication, with particular emphasis on the history of telephony in Spain.)

JANET: Dónde tiene lugar la exposición? (Where does the exhibition take place?)

CATHY: En un edificio que era muy famoso en su tiempo. (In a building which was very famous in its time.) Se conoce sencillamente como Telefónica y está situado en la Gran Vía. (It is simply known as Telefónica and is situated in the High Street.)

Fue construido en el año 1929 y era el primer rascacielos de España, teniendo 89.3 metros de altura y 14 plantas. (It was built in the year 1929 and was the first skyscraper in Spain, being 89.3 metres high with 14 floors.) Fue construido como la sede de la que era la Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España, operativa desde el comienzo del siglo veinte. (It was built as the headquarters of what was the National Spanish Telephone Company, having been in operation since the beginning of the 20th. century.)

JULIE: ¿Cómo han organizado la exposición? (How have they organised the exhibition?)

CATHY: Distribuidas cronológicamente en siete bloques, las cincuenta piezas seleccionadas ilustran un viaje en el tiempo que comienza con el incipiente origen de las telecomunicaciones y llega hasta el momento actual. (Divided into seven chronological sections, the fifty chosen pieces illustrate a journey through the years, from the birth of telecommunications and brings us up to today.) Es un recorrido del pasado al presente que revela, además, la increíble transformación que las telecomunicaciones han sido capaces de provocar en la sociedad de los últimos 150 años. ( The trip from the past to the present also reveals the incredible transformation that telecommunications have wrought in society over the last 150 years.)

ROGER: ¿Cómo empieza la exposición? (How does the exhibition start off?)

CATHY: La exposición se inicia a finales del siglo diecinueve, un poco antes de la aparición de los primeros teléfonos, con una pequeña muestra de lo que fue su primer y más duro competi-

dor, el telégrafo eléctrico.

(The exhibition begins in the late nineteenth century, shortly before the first telephones appeared, with a few examples of their first and most formidable competitor, the electric telegraph.) Fue un sistema en el que, a través de impulsos eléctricos intermitentes, activaba al final de la línea un dispositivo que recibía mensajes.(It was a system which relied on the use of intermittent electrical impulses, which activated a device at the other end of the line.) Este podía ser un código de puntos y rayas, ideado por el sistema de S Morse.¨(This could appear as a combination of dots and dashes, a code invented by S. Morse.)

STANLEY: Sabemos que en 1876 Alexander Graham Bell presentó su nuevo invento, adelantándose a otros que, como él, buscaban ya la comunicación de la voz a distancia. (We know that Alexander Graham Bell unveiled his new invention in 1876, beating several others who were also searching for a way to transmit voice signals remotely.) Supongo que tardó en llegar a España. (I suppose that it took time in reaching Spain.)

CATHY: En España, a principios del siglo veinte, compañías de mayor o menor tamaño ofrecían servicio telefónico en diferentes áreas y ciudades del país hasta que se unificó y adjudicó el servicio a una única compañía privada, la ya mencionada Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España. (At the beginning of the twentieth century a number of companies of varying sizes provided a telephone service in different regions and cities across Spain until the sector was unified and the service allocated to one, privately owned company, the afore mentioned Spanish National Telephone Company.)A los cinco años de su inicio, el servicio automático, hasta entonces practicamente inexistente, ya estaba instalado en 18 ciudades. (Five years after its launch the automatic telephone service, virtually non-existent up until then, had already been installed in 18 cities.)

GRACE: Supongo que había una gran variedad de modelos, al principio. (I suppose that there was quite a variety of models at first.)

CATHY: Sí, pero con el paso del tiempo, el teléfono se estandarizó y en los años cuarenta se generalizó un único modelo negro y funcional, fabricado en serie en un resistente material denominado “baquelita. (Yes, but over time telephones became standardised and by the 1940s virtually every subscriber was using the same model, a functional, mass produced, black terminal made out of a durable material called bakelite.)

PENNY: Eso cambiaría con el tiempo ¿Verdad? (That would change in time; wouldn´t it?)

CATHY: Sí; para los años sesenta había una gran variedad de modelos y colores.

(Yes; by the sixties there was a great variety of different models and colours.) A partir de la década de los 80 el uso de técnicas de transmisión digital, el aumento del ancho de banda y el comienzo de la introducción de la fibra óptica, entre otros muchos avances, marcó una nueva etapa de las telecomunicaciones. (Starting in the nineteen eighties, the use of digital transmission techniques, increased bandwidth and the introduction of fibre optics , among many other milestones, ushered in a new era in telecommunications.)

Desde los primeros teléfonos portátiles con autonomía de una hora hasta los actuales smartphones, la telefonía móvil ha revolucionado el mundo y alcanzado un nivel de fenómeno social. ( From the first portable car pone with just one hour of battery life to the smartphones of today, mobile telephony has revolutionised the world and become a veritable social phenomenon) Ahora el acceso a cualquier tipo de comunicación es instantáneo, permanente y global. ( Now users have instantaneous, permanent and worldwide access to any type of communication.) Bueno; adiós y hasta la próxima vez. (Well; goodbye until the next time.)

THE GRAPEVINE, September 2012

Book Review

Lesley Ann Sharrock was a freelance writer in the UK for several years before teaming up with her editor partner to run their own magazine publishing company for 16 years in London. She now lives in Javea, Spain teaching creative writing to ex-pats and writing novels, of which The Seventh Magpie is the first.

Author’s notes I was an adopted child and was inspired to write this story in response to my own journey to visit my birth family. The wondrous landscapes of North Wales and my imagination did the rest.

The Seventh Magpie took a year to write, another year to find a publisher and the novel was first released as an eBook on May 1st and in printed format in mid-June this year.

It is available in both formats from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Books, Fictionwise, Smashwords and the Solstice Publishing website. You can also check out The Seventh Magpie book trailer on YouTube Book blurb.

Can one woman, genetically linked to an era of witch burnings and religious persecution, prevent a devastating global war between conflicting ideologies in the near future? Three women hold the key. In the year 1624 Mair Griffiths was executed for witchcraft in Wales. In 2060, Jeena H Roberts commands a top-secret mission in an attempt to capture the perpetrators of an outrage that would be a catalyst for a war that engulfed the world. In 1986 Helen Ross travelled to Wales in search of her birth family but what she discovered in the ancient stones of that land of magic and melancholy was far more ominous than she could have imagined.

Here are a couple of the many reviews for The Seventh Magpie ‘This is an intriguing novel that should appeal to many. We

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travel to the past of Helen Ross in the post-war years, the 1950s and 1977. Poignantly recalled with insight and heart.

The three parallel narratives interlink and over all seems to hover the pall of inevitable doom – perhaps exemplified by the mysterious magpie…

This is one of those books that will linger in your memory long after you’ve finished it. And I feel that the depth of the story and character will also reward you so much that, by the time you turn the last page, you will have lived much of the life of Helen Ross.’

Review by Nik Morton author or Spanish Eye, When the Flowers are in Bloom and Old Guns ‘The Seventh Magpie, that legendary mischievous creature.

From the moment you read the title, you know you're in for something mystical and spiritual,and Ms. Sharrock doesn't disappoint. At the same time, the book is firmly placed at the center of the human heart. No frothy, bubbly faerie stuff here.

The book spans four centuries--1606 to 2060--opening with a Welsh witch burning, then jumping to a post-apocalyptic time travel adventure, then returning to times in between. We soon realize we're following the descendants of that original witch through time and the world--oh, and the descendants of her parents, too, who are not exactly 17th century folks. The central focus eventually settles on the 1980's and Helen, a woman truly caught in the middle. She begins to realize her paranormal abilities, fights them, but eventually follows her visions, and is left with the burden of knowledge of the spellbinding past and present as well as the armageddon future.

And she has to decide what she can or should do to stop it all from happening.

And the magpie? Well, he's been there all along. Watching, delivering messages, waiting for the moment. And of course, we're waiting, too, wondering what that moment is and what will happen when it comes. How can we have a 400-year-old magpie? I wouldn't want to rob you of the experience of discovering that by reading this delicious adventure for yourself.

Follow this magpie to his hidden treasure.’

Review by Carl Brush, author of The Second Vendetta Reviews by readers.

'The Seventh Magpie. An intriguing title---why the 7th.?

What happened to numbers 1-6? Ah! That´s all in the story that moves from 1626---2060. A fascinating, magical story set in the wonderful scenery and history of Wales, but also in the future.

A story with depth, mysticism and paranormal abilities. A story about the number 7, but also about the way we lead our lives and the importance of Mother Earth.'

'The Seventh Magpie is a great read from Lesley Ann Sharrock, I thoroughly recommend it. It is imaginative, thought provoking and well written. The Magpie carries you from mystical, castle filled North Wales in the 1600's to the not-so-far-away future, passing through Liverpool, London and Western Australia, with questions raised all the way along the intriguing journey. It is an entertaining book that at the same time will make you think about our future. It does refer to witchcraft but that's only a part of the jigsaw - the book is much, much more than that. The way Sharrock 'cocks-a-snook' at power is also very topical. Although this is a debut novel, there are many 'successful' authors who don't write as well as this.

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