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Donations found discarded in abandoned warehouse By Nicole Hallett TEENS came across a stash of charitable donations abandoned in a warehouse in Marratxi Industrial Park. The goods were supposedly destined for African Sahrawi refugee camps in 2008/9.
Dozens of boxes lay scattered on the floor as though they had been looted. Hundreds of brand name clothes, bags, shoes, towels, bedding and other items were found scattered around the warehouse floor, reported Spanish daily
Diario de Mallorca. Items with the Social Services logo on them were also found. Sports equipment from the Consell de Mallorca and hospital supplies and equipment from Son Dureta which were donated for humanitarian purposes apparently
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BUCKETS AT THE READY: Participants prepare for the five-kilometre walk.
100s Walk for Life MORE THAN 100 people walked the five-kilometre Walk For Life route last Sunday, which began and ended at the Mallorca Cricket Club grounds. • Turn to Page 4
never reached their destination. Handwritten labels on some of the boxes of medical equipment leave no doubt as to their origin; in addition to a list of contents is the year in which the objects were packed and the initials ‘NGO’. The Association of Friends of the Sahrawi People said that they were not able to deliver all the donated items due to lack of resources. “We give priority to medical equipment and items to develop the medical projects we have been working on for more than 20 years,” said Josep Bibi from the association. Since they cannot afford security guards, vandals entered the warehouse, causing the mess, which has since been tidied up. When asked why the ‘abandoned’ items were not donated to other charities, they replied that they ‘cannot donate dirty material which had been dragged along the ground and that some of the drugs had expired or were unsuitable for the needs of the Third World’.
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Remedial classes FOURTEEN schools in the Balearics - nine in Mallorca - are offering around 1,300 students summer classes in Maths, Spanish and Catalan.
Push over A 24-YEAR-OLD Briton was arrested in Palmanova for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver, who supposedly fell and hurt his shoulder after the detainee pushed him.
Union threats THE UGT union has threatened to reactivate ambulance strikes after discovering that the majority of ABEA employers have allegedly begun to renege on their labour promises.
Tractor tragedy A 92-YEAR-OLD farmer in Felanitx died when the tractor he was driving overturned.
Unruly woman A WOMAN, 30, was arrested for allegedly threatening shop staff in Pollença.
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Support group begins A NEW voluntary support group has been set up in the South West of Mallorca. Led by Krista Hyer, the group is for people who are affected by cancer.
At 10pm the patient arrived at the hospital and was examined by the midwife before being transferred to a floor where nurses are in charge. Three hours later the woman was experiencing more pain. A painkiller was administered and the woman fell asleep. While the midwife claims that she measured the fetal heart rate at this time, the patient says this was not done and that she informed the accused that she was experiencing contractions every two minutes. By 9am the infant had died from asphyxia and fetal distress, according to the coroner, who claims that a more thorough examination should have been done and the gynaecologist informed of the frequency of contractions. The actions of the midwife were correct, according to a senior doctor at the hospital. Defence lawyer Javier Clastre has asked that the accused be acquitted of the charges.
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Smuggled coke SEVEN people were arrested in the Balearics and Canary Islands for allegedly being members of an organisation that brings cocaine from Venezuela into Spain. They would hide the drugs on cliff faces and sink the ships used to transport them.
No cheque please TWO Germans aged 37 and 38 were arrested for allegedly not paying the €1,100 bill at a restaurant in Palmanova they dined at with two women.
Drug deal A 23-YEAR-old Moroccan was arrested in Pollença after he was allegedly caught selling a bag of cocaine to another individual. He fled, but was later caught by officers.
Alcohol tests A TOTAL of 1,272 alcohol tests were conducted by the traffic police in the Balearics over the weekend, 1,002 of which were in Mallorca. 34 people were fined for being over the limit.
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Teen’s fatal fall THE 13-year-old girl who died in a fall from a fifth floor apartment in Bilbao, Northern Spain, was trying to climb out with a sheet after a row with her father, reports a Spanish daily.
of Spanish university courses have fewer than 50 students enrol each year, according to a new report by the Fundacion Conocimiento y Desarrollo.
6 women held for inciting violence
Age limit removed MADRID’S Supreme Court has removed the 30-year age limit for those wanting to join the National Police. Applicants now have to be aged between 18 and retirement age.
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German tourism up by 10% in Playa de Palma
SIX women were arrested by plainclothes police officers for allegedly organising a mass fight in Krekovic Park in Palma between two gangs - the Trinitarios and the Latin Kings - which involved stones and wooden sticks.
Briton detained A 22-YEAR-OLD Briton was detained on suspicion of damaging property at a hotel in Palmanova and threatening residents with a knife.
€3m to pay drivers THE Balearic government is in negotiations with financial entities to obtain the money needed to pay the €3 million owed to Palma bus drivers.
Trolley ‘thief’ AN employee at Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma was arrested for allegedly stealing 1,000 baggage trolleys valued at €400,000, which he then sold to a scrapyard for about €25,000.
Attempted murder ON STAGE: Headline band The Wombats.
Mallorca Rocks on By Vicki McLeod NOT even the rain could dampen the spirits of the Mallorca Rocks’ audience on Tuesday night. An enthusiastic and well-behaved crowd of tourists and residents gathered at the Magalluf venue to enjoy the headline band The Wombats and support act Brother.
Both bands were very well received. Next Tuesday, June 14, Mallorca Rocks will welcome the DJ Zane Lowe playing a high energy set, the hottest guitar band from the UK, The Vaccines for their Balearic debut, and New Yorker Darwin Deez.
Palma housing fair displaced by 15-M demonstrators THE housing fair Firastock will be held one week later than planned due to 15-M demonstrators in Plaza de España in Palma. The fair was supposed to have started yesterday
(Wednesday) in the sqaure, but instead will take place from next Wednesday until Saturday June 18 in the Parc de les Estacion, by Las Avenidas. This year at Firastock15
‘Thug’ escapes ‘lynching’ A TEENAGER who tried to rob a disabled boy in Palma narrowly escaped a ‘lynching’. The ‘thug’ was arrested on charges of violent robbery and intimidation.The disabled teen has a 33 per cent disability. His father had given him the car keys so that he could get a CD. The accused apparently accosted him and tried to take his money and, after searching him, the car keys. When the father realised what was happening, he came to his son’s rescue.
promoters will be offering between 700 and 800 new builds in Mallorca out of about 3,000 unsold properties on the island. “We had permission from the town hall to use the plaza, but it would seem that they got there before us,” said Gabriel Oliver, president of the employers’ business community in Mallorca.
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By Nicole Hallett THE number of German tourists in Playa de Palma has increased by 10 per cent compared to last year. By comparison, the number of British tourists staying in Palmanova decreased. In May, the average occupancy of hotels in Playa de Palma was 77 per cent, according to Francisco Marin, the president of the area’s hospitality association. “Half of these were German tourists who generally stay from Thursday to Sunday,” he said. While in May, June and September many of Playa de Palma’s tourists come to celebrate stag nights, in July and August the majority are families, explained Marin. British tourists predominate in the Palmanova-Magalluf area, often to ‘celebrate stag parties right into July’, but fewer are staying overnight compared to 2010, said Sebastia Darder, the area’s hospitality association president. He said that he hopes this situation will change in the coming months. The reason for the decline of British tourists is believed to be because there are not enough flights to Mallorca, claimed Darder. As for the average daily expenditure of these tourists, both Darder and Marin said they were not aware of this data, but that it was probably similar to other tourist profiles. “Some weeks are better than others. It can vary from person to person so it depends on the group,” said Marin. Meanwhile, Germans prefer Palma to both Barcelona and Malaga, according to Skyscanner.com.
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A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Manacor on attempted murder charges. He allegedly stabbed his construction manager in the neck following an argument.
Summer concert THERE is a summer concert at the Palau March in Palma tomorrow (Friday) at 9pm, showcasing Ramon Jaffe on the cello and Alfredo Oyaguez on the piano.
Car beaten up A 25-YEAR-OLD Australian was accused of damaging a vehicle in San Antonio after he allegedly kicked it several times.
Flooded homes FOUR homes on Calle Gregal in Urbanizacion Tolleric in Llucamajor were flooded due to the heavy rains. Firefighters were called in to drain the properties.
Nautical tourism EL CORTE INGLES has opened a new shop in Port Adriano specialising in nautical products.
Radioactive robbery TWO boxes containing radioactive substances were stolen from a company in Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid), the Nuclear Security Council (NSC) said. The NSC said the boxes are not dangerous as long as they are kept closed.
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Walk For Life raises more than €4,000 This was the second year for the event which was organised by Laura Penn and Linda Ledwidge from English Radio Mallorca. It was originally inspired by Jenny Coville (who died from pancreatic cancer last year) as a fundraiser for AECC (Association Espana Contra Cancer). Last year the event
raised more than €2,000 and this year it is on course to top €4,200. A Weightwatchers group raised more than €2,000 on their own, whilst Dora and the Coffee Mates raised €500. Once the walk had been completed the fun began at the cricket ground with entertainment for children and adults alike. Local entertainers including Nicky Stixx, Izzy Newman, Vinnie Scott and The Durty Nelly Band (Danny, Adrian and Dave) all gave their time for free as well. “We’re looking forward to next year’s event already,” said Councillor Kate Mentink who officially started the event. The presentation will be made to the AECC today (Thursday).
Floating ice cream van THE world’s first amphibious ice-cream van has been touring seaside resorts and waterways. It chimes Rod Stewart’s ‘We Are Sailing’ as it sails along.
Army game TWO boys playing an ‘army game’ by making pistol shapes with their fingers at Nathaniel Newton Infant School in Nuneaton, Warwicks, were reprimanded by teachers and their parents warned that such behaviour would not be tolerated.
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Contortionist hid in suitcase to steal THE regional police in Cataluña have arrested a contortionist who allegedly hid in a suitcase to steal from other people’s luggage while on a bus. He worked with an accomplice, who has also been arrested, on the bus travelling to Girona Airport. One of them would buy a bus ticket at the Estacio del Nord in Barcelona, carrying a large suitcase which he hid in the luggage compartment on the bus. Once the vehicle was on its way, the contortionist would come out and search the luggage of other
passengers to steal valuable objects such as electrical equipment which he would put in another suitcase. When the bus arrived at its destination, the accomplice would collect the suitcase. However, they were discovered last Friday when he left the other suitcase, where his colleague was hiding, on the bus, arousing the suspicions of other passengers who called security. When police opened the case, they found the man holding a mobile phone, a small suitcase, a lamp and a tool to open zips and locks.
Ben’s cycle triumph OVER a week early Ben Miles has arrived in Nordkaap in Norway. Ben has cycled from the southern most point in Europe, (Gibraltar) to the northern most
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point in Europe (Norway) in order to raise money and awareness for maltreated children. There is a celebratory party being planned. For more information on
Ben’s journey please visit the website: www.bensmiles.com and make a donation to the children’s charities NSPCC and Mallorca-based Allen Graham Charity for Kidz.
A FAMILY looked on in ‘horror’ as two binturongs (Asian bearcats) which had escaped from a nearby enclosure at Chessington World of Adventures zoo were devoured by lions.
Swearing fine A NEW police initiative in Barnsley, South Yorkshire could fine boisterous people who swear in public up to £80 (€90.57).
FB granny A GREATGRANDMOTHER from Cinderford, Glos, has become Facebook’s oldest user in the world at age 106. She also plans to open up a Twitter account.
Banger ban A MAN from Greenwich in South London has become the first in UK to undergo therapy to stop his 13sausage-a-day habit.
Pre-nup plan WHEN a 46-year-old bus driver in Runcorn, Cheshire, asked his 25year-old girlfriend to marry him, she agreed on the condition he sign a pre-nuptial agreement to make her look like her idol model Katie Price.
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Airline industry profits will drop by 78 per cent this year to €2.7 billion, according to latest forecasts from the International Air Transports Association (IATA). The main reasons given were rising fuel prices, disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, and political unrest.
• SPANISH clothing company Mango is offering customers 20 per cent off their purchases in exchange for returning clothes purchased from one of their shops in Spain within the past year. To be eligible for the offer people must have purchased the ‘Mango for Mango’ card.
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• HOUSE prices in Spain could drop an additional 10 per cent in value by the beginning of 2013, according to Bank of Spain’s Jose Luis Malo de Molina. • A MALAGA company, Talleres Macor SL, has been fined €127,000 for failing to pay its Social Security contributions, the Spanish government revealed. • SPAIN’S Central Government budget outturn on National Account terms in the first four months of 2011 ended with a deficit of €2.4 billion (0.22% of GDP) compared to a €5.3 billion (0.50% of GDP) deficit for the same period in 2010 (meaning a 53.5% decrease of deficit).
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Britons at top of expat age ranking By Business Editor, Brendan Small BRITISH residents Spain have the oldest average age compared to other European expatriates, and that’s official. The European top three oldest are Britons, at 50 years, followed by the Finnish (48.9) and Luxemburg nationals (47.7), respectively. This is revealed by a 2011 Secretary of State report, which also shows the number of foreigners legally residing in Spain (with EU residents’ certificate or foreign residents’ card) has broken the five million mark for the first time. While there are 63,004 British residents aged 64 or
above, there are only 13,810 aged 15 or below. But, taking all nationalities into account, expatriates from Switzerland (53.5) and Norway (52) are the oldest. There are expatriates from eight countries whose average age is below 30; six of them are in Africa. The ‘spring chickens’ are from Bangladesh, with an average age of just 25. In terms of numbers, with 861,586, there are more Romanian residents than any other nationality. They are also the youngest Europeans, with an average age of 32.1. After the Romanian’s come the British (226,553), Italians (171,578) and Bulgarians (164,639).
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Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba announced new controls over banks.
Spain limits bankers’ pay THE Spanish Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree on the equity of financial entities and a prudent approach to remuneration. The government’s intention is to avoid certain remuneration policies undermining the strength of financial entities and creating imbalance in the banking system. Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba explained that the Royal
Decree ‘contains a series of provisions to strengthen control over the financial system’. The pay received by bank executives is also regulated: “There used to be a system of remuneration that encouraged executives to speculate,” he said. The opposite is now the case. The Bank of Spain will be able to regulate the maximum amounts of pay received by top executives.
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Bankers’ second wives younger than their first THE majority (92.5 per cent) of divorced male bankers’ second wives were younger than their first, a study shows. Seven in 10 (68.3 per cent) bankers have been married at least once and almost one in
10 have been married twice. This was revealed in a study of more than 1,300 bankers carried out by Here is the City, a London-based financial website. The average age at which a male banker gets
divorced is 29 years, five months, while the average divorce settlement cost them €375,750. And the average settlement cost for female bankers is €211,522, and they get
divorced for the first time aged 35 years, nine months. While 67.3 per cent of male bankers admitted to wanting custody of the dog, only 23.4 per cent wanted custody of the children from the marriage.
Tax return sent to man 20 years dead A DRAFT tax return was posted to a Madrid man who has been dead for 20 years. His son, a lawyer, says he is shocked because not only has the draft been sent, but also it is written in the regional dialect of Catalan, although it was sent from Madrid, where Castilian Spanish is the norm, and the family has never had any dealings in Cataluña where Catalan is spoken. To make matters worse, the dead man’s son has not received his own draft, despite having requested it. The Tax Office has called it an ‘unfortunate error’ probably due to a problem with identification, and claims that this type of mistake seldom occurs.
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Fantasizing about success doesn’t lead to attaining it THERE is no evidence to suggest that writing down one’s goals or asking one’s staff to do so does leads to them being achieved, studies show. Unrealistic optimists believe that success will happen to them, if they do lots of ‘visualising.’
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Permission to be mediocre Telling someone, or yourself, to just ‘do your best’ is believed to be a great motivator. It isn’t. It often encourages without putting on too much pressure. In reality, it is permission to be mediocre. It is essential that the employee is given a specific target. This is because it increases focus and commitment to one’s strategies. It will weed out the ‘I have done my best crowd’ to those willing to go the extra mile. An example would be a high-jumper who can see exactly how high he has to jump to clear the bar.
• IN the last six months Britain’s banks have emerged as the largest buyers of Government debt by far; they bought 91 per cent of the £39.8bn (€45bn) of net issuance of new gilts.
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www.euroweeklynews.com ONE question we wealth managers often get asked is if there are any risk-free investments. I’m afraid the short answer is no, as all investment involves some degree of risk. Risk and reward go hand in hand in the investment world and you cannot have one without the other. Since different assets have different levels of risk, however, you can build an overall portfolio based on your risk tolerance, and there are steps you can take to manage investment risk. Many investors only think about whether they will actually make or lose money on their investments, and focus on price rises and declines, but you also need to consider whether you will make ‘real’ returns above inflation. You should not ignore inflation risk, the chance that your capital will decline in value as prices rise year after year. Even 2 per cent inflation will have a damaging effect over the longer term (10 years or more). For this reason, keeping all your savings in the bank is not a riskfree investment. True, the capital value will not decline, but there is a strong possibility that its spending power will. While £100,000 will buy you £100,000 worth of goods at today’s prices, if inflation was 2.5 per cent over the next five years, it would only buy you approximately £88,109 of goods in five years’ time and approximately £77,632 in 10 years. Let alone if your personal rate of inflation is more than 2.5 per cent.
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The best of both worlds? Capital protected funds l by Bill Blevins, Financia Correspondent, Blevins Franks
While you will earn interest, once you deduct inflation and tax, you may find that you are actually earning a negative real rate of return. It is generally accepted that over the longer term equities provide the best opportunities to outpace inflation. Many people tend to weigh up whether to invest in equities or leave their money in cash. Equities have the potential to provide very attractive returns. Their potential for capital growth helps to protect against inflation and they can be ‘wrapped up’ in tax efficient structures. On the other hand, stockmarkets can be volatile and the capital invested is not protected. Looking at cash, the only returns offered are those provided by the interest rate, which can be low for long periods of time and always liable to tax, and, as discussed above, the capital value is likely to be eroded by inflation.
Of course, the answer is to look beyond equities to other investments like bond funds, property, real assets, commodities, etc, and to have a mix of assets in your portfolio including some cash. But there is a way of investing in the stockmarkets and at the same time protecting your capital from stockmarket volatility: capital protected funds. Like cash, in a capital protected fund your capital itself cannot decline (provided you hold the investment full-term), but in this case your capital has the opportunity to benefit from stockmarket rises, thus providing the potential to keep pace with inflation and, quite possibly, outpace it. Capital protected funds are therefore suitable for low-risk investors seeking the potential for improved returns above those available on cash deposit. This is achieved by providing returns linked to one or more major world stockmarket indices. So if, for example, the fund is linked to the FTSE 100 and offers a 100 per cent capital protection, then the fund provides the investor with 100 per cent minimum return of capital; 100 per cent capital security and potential returns
from the UK equity market. Note that if prices rise, the return will be probably be lower than if you had invested directly into UK shares or funds, but in return for this compromise you have the peace of mind of knowing that if UK share prices fall your original capital will not be affected – it will be retuned to you in full when the investment matures. Payment of capital and investment returns is dependent on the guarantor of the structured product meeting its obligations, so it is important to identity the guarantor. A ‘too big to fail’ bank is likely to be suitable, given that should they fail, the potential of their respective governments bailing them out is greater than for smaller banks (however, this cannot be guaranteed). Another point to consider is that these investments are for a set term, usually a number of years, and, while you can often fully or partially encash them, this may affect the capital protection and returns will be subject to market conditions at the time (one must also take into consideration the fact that early encashment would likely lead to a loss of capital). You would need to check the terms of your
particular fund. So you would need to be reasonably confident that you would not need access to the capital during the investment term. These investments do not provide any income either (any returns are paid out at the end of the investment term), so if you are looking for income you would need to consider alternate investments such as a bond fund, which pays regular interest as well as providing the opportunity for capital growth (though in this case the capital value can fall as well as rise). Capital protected products can also be used for securing investment profits. These funds are not necessarily suitable for everyone and, as with all investment decisions, you need to consider your personal circumstances, objectives and the other assets you already own. A wealth manager like Blevins Franks would review your situation, portfolio and risk profile before making recommendations on what would be suitable for you. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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Aviva
425.30
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BAE SYSTEMS
324.65
0.45
0.14
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Barclays
263.28
-2.22
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BG Group
1,343.25
1.25
0.09
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BHP Billiton
2,319.25
13.75
0.60
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BP B. American Tobacco
452.58
-1.78
-0.39
14.25M
2,750.00
33.50
1.23
1.29M
DOW JONES
CHANGE 0.75
% C H G. 0.13
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British Sky Broadcasting
835.25
0.75
0.09
1.25M
BT Group
197.45
-0.55
-0.28
6.99M
Burberry Group
1,307.50
2.50
0.19
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Cairn Energy
429.15
4.15
0.98
2.41M
Capita Group (The)
742.50
8.50
1.16
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Capital Shopping C.
387.40
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Carnival
2,345.00
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Centrica
315.20
1.10
0.35
5.11M
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90.47
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AA Alcoa Inc
15.81
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17.6M
AXP American Express Co
48.70
-0.58
-1.18%
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T AT&T Inc
30.49
-0.16
-0.52%
6.4M
BAC Bank of America Corp
11.04
-0.24
-2.13%
52.2M
BA Boeing Co
74.94
+0.10
+0.13%
4.9M
CAT Caterpillar Inc
100.01
-1.09
-1.08%
2.3M
CVX Chevron Corp
100.16
-0.84
-0.83%
1.7M
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc
16.08
+0.07
+0.44%
85.7M
KO Coca Cola Co
65.69
+0.16
+0.24%
77.8K
DD E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co
50.23
-0.06
-0.12%
4.9M
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp
80.56
-0.62
-0.76%
6.3M
GE General Electric Company
18.64
-0.18
-0.96%
31.0M
HPQ Hewlett Packard Co
36.10
-0.01
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20.6M
HD Home Depot Inc
34.58
-0.05
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2.2M
INTC Intel Corp
21.83
+0.10
+0.46%
73.7M
IBM International Business Machine... 165.03
-0.02
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47.4K
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
66.01
-0.08
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10.1M
JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co
40.74
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-2.00%
7.4M
KFT Kraft Foods Inc
34.07
-0.03
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5.7M
MCD McDonalds Corp
80.79
+0.25
+0.31%
2.5M
MRK Merck & Co Inc
35.78
-0.04
-0.11%
11.6M
MSFT Microsoft Corp
24.00
+0.095
+0.40%
1.2M
PFE Pfizer Inc
20.75
-0.09
-0.43%
27.0M
PG Procter & Gamble Co
65.37
-0.06
-0.09%
3.2M
TRV Travelers Companies Inc
61.43
+0.25
+0.41%
1.5M
UTX United Technologies Corp
82.99
-0.25
-0.30%
4.2M
VZ Verizon Communications Inc
35.33
-0.30
-0.84%
4.6M
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc
53.97
+0.31
+0.58%
4.0M
39.36
-0.02
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4.4M
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Most Advanced EnerNOC, Inc. L&L Energy, Inc. China Advanced Construction Mat. ORBCOMM Inc. Asia Entertainment & Resources Ltd Zhongpin Inc. Chyron Corporation SunOpta, Inc. Renaissance Learning, Inc. Identive Group, Inc. Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. Twin Disc, Incorporated Fluidigm Corporation Hickory Tech Corporation
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0.37
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Experian
784.75
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Fresnillo
1,413.50
9.50
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G4S
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GKN
212.55
0.35
0.16
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GlaxoSmithKline
1,302.75
7.25
0.56
Glencore International
517.75
12.75
2.52
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Hammerson
480.10
1.10
0.23
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Hargreaves Lansdown
637.25
6.75
1.07
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HSBC Holdings
623.45
-3.85
-0.61
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ICAP
471.70
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-0.06
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IMI
1,045.50
24.50
2.40
0.86M
Imperial Tobacco
2,186.50
8.50
0.39
0.63M
603.25
10.75
1.81
0.86M
Inmarsat
InterContinental Hotels 1,224.50
-4.50
-0.37
0.51M
I. Consolidated Airlines
-6.50
-2.75
4.61M
Intertek Group PRICE
% C H G. 0.47
Essar Energy
International Power
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MMM 3M Co
DIS Walt Disney Co
PRICE(£/100) 591.75
Diageo
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C O M PA N Y British Land Co
C O M PA N Y PRICE(£/100) CHANGE Compass Group 591.25 2.75
Investec ITV
230.20 314.00
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-0.60
1.50M
2,020.50
18.50
0.92
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504.50
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0.48M
69.28
0.18
0.25
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Johnson Matthey
2,049.00
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-0.15
Kazakhmys
1,280.50
17.50
1.39
0.88M
277.05
-3.15
-1.12
3.89M
Kingfisher Land Securities Group
842.50
9.50
1.14
1.03M
Legal & General Group
113.15
-0.45
-0.40
8.61M
Lloyds Banking Group
47.02
-1.71
-3.51
107.22M 0.54M
Lonmin
1,565.00
-12.00
-0.76
Man Group
249.45
-0.95
-0.38
2.22M
Marks & Spencer Group
379.95
-1.55
-0.41
1.82M
Morrison (Wm) Super.
301.55
0.45
0.15
3.28M
National Grid
589.25
-3.75
-0.63
2.61M
2,270.00
2.00
0.09
0.39M
Next Old Mutual
128.00
-0.20
-0.16
5.06M
Pearson
1,142.50
5.50
0.48
0.74M
Petrofac
1,558.50
18.50
1.20
0.55M
714.25
0.75
0.11
2.53M
Randgold Resources
4,955.50
32.50
0.66
0.12M
Reckitt Benckiser
Prudential
3,437.50
47.50
1.40
0.68M
Reed Elsevier
555.75
3.25
0.59
1.40M
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300.95
-2.95
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REXAM
393.10
3.10
0.79
0.51M
4,146.50
39.00
0.95
2.17M
628.25
-0.75
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Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Holdings Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller
41.38
-0.16
-0.40
2,142.25
6.75
0.32
1.22M
136.75
-0.05
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2.66M
2,229.75
16.25
0.73
0.89M
Sage Group (The)
290.35
0.55
0.19
1.67M
Sainsbury (J)
339.25
-0.45
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Schroders
1,596.00
3.00
0.19
0.09M
Scottish & Southern E. 1,376.00
-4.00
-0.29
0.73M
Serco Group
586.50
6.00
1.03
0.56M
Severn Trent
1,465.50
-14.50
-0.98
0.46M
Shire
1,894.50
16.50
0.88
0.84M
Smith & Nephew
668.25
-1.75
-0.26
0.73M
Smiths Group
1,226.50
16.50
1.36
0.41M
Standard Chartered
1,582.25
-3.75
-0.24
3.88M
Standard Life
204.10
-0.40
-0.20
1.94M
Tesco
417.00
2.45
0.59
5.40M
TUI Travel
225.25
-2.35
-1.03
1.24M
Tullow Oil
1,314.50
0.50
0.04
0.85M
Unilever
1,974.50
2.50
0.13
0.70M 1.37M
United Utilities Group
601.25
-8.75
-1.43
2,064.50
-11.50
-0.55
0.44M
163.22
-0.68
-0.41
44.39M
Weir Group
1,970.00
10.00
0.51
0.30M
Whitbread
1,583.00
-1.00
-0.06
0.33M
Wolseley
1,914.50
-39.50
-2.02
0.65M
633.00
6.00
0.96
1.24M
Vedanta Resources Vodafone Group
Wood Group (John) WPP Xstrata
735.25
-3.75
-0.51
1.51M
1,349.50
-14.00
-1.03
6.50M
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Don’t let the sun set on bagging a bargain RECESSION or no recession, savings or no savings, it’s the time of year when many people are thinking about getting away for a summer break. It can be guaranteed that even those who are hanging on to their job by a thread are more than likely flicking through glossy brochures, because a summer holiday isn’t a luxury, it’s a right… Right? But if you’re savvy - and that’s internet savvy - a summer getaway need not break the bank. With the help of the worldwide web, a great summer holiday can be snatched up for a reasonable price, but you need to know where to look. My parents tend to book accommodation via the phone, by sending an email directly to the hotel or through a holiday shop. All of which tends to rip
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them off and charge over and above the price they should actually be paying. Whereas my boyfriend, who flies all over the world, always manages to book a swanky room for next to nothing. Why? Because he knows where and how to look for deals on the net. One of the favourites is expedia.com. From flights to hotels, car hire and more, simply fill in your details and let expedia find the best price at the destination you want.
Lastminute.com is another gem. The website offers all-inclusive deals, restaurant bargains, car hire and train tickets, as well as top-notch hotel stays at a fraction of their ‘normal’ price. Look out for the ‘Top Secret Hotel’ offers, where a mystery four or five-star hotel will offer a super special rate. But, there’s a catch; the name of the hotel will only be revealed after you have booked. And, finally, to ensure you’re getting the best value for money, check out tripadvisor.com. This website, through the real comments guests leave, is a great way to gauge whether a hotel is worth it or not. After all, once you’ve managed to save a few pennies on your holiday, you’re less likely to choke on the price of that Sundowner on the beach.
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• DOUGHNUT producer Krispy Kreme has announced plans to double its number of UK stores due to growing demand. The company, which produced more than 50 million doughnuts for UK customers, aims to open 10 stores a year. • A PLAN of the Titanic, used in the inquiry into its sinking in 1912, has sold for what is believed to be a world record price for memorabilia of the doomed ship. A private collector paid €249,000 for the piece.
• FACEBOOK cofounder billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, 27, has reportedly taken to eating only meat from animals he has killed himself in order to appreciate that a creature died so that he could live. • ACADEMY-AWARDwinning US actress and singer Jennifer Hudson is struggling to strike a deal to publish her weightloss book because agents want her to open up about the murder of her mum, brother and nephew in 2008. • SPAIN’S Social Security accounts showed a positive balance of €6.7 billion for the first four months of 2011, compared with €7.2 billion euros obtained in the same period last year.
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When you’re in a hole, stop digging AS the heads of most households know, you cannot borrow your way out of a debt. When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It would seem that the finance ministers of Europe have yet to learn the A-B-C of fiscal prudence. One gets the feeling that they are caught up in a maelstrom of financial complexities far beyond their understanding and cannot see the wood for the trees. It is claimed that this country or that country is a basket case. The truth is that if any country is bankrupt it is unlikely to be linked to its own failings. The collapse is largely due to it being caught up in the global banking system’s tentacles. I believe the responsibility for the failed system is underregulated banking practices, not the country. There are many examples of nations freeing themselves from banking ‘cartels’ and going on to achieve prosperity in a very short time. Iraq and Libya come to mind. Equally, there are nations ruined by ‘the unseen hand’. During the early 1920s, Louis Marshall, the American corporate and constitutional lawyer, told of a conversation he had with one of Wall Street’s must influential lawyers: “When taking leave of the famous lawyer, he showed me that part of
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The financial collapse of a country is largely due to it being caught up in the global banking system’s tentacles.
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Paul Polke New York that could be seen from his Wall Street window, and told me: ‘Look what we can do for a country we love. In Russia we have shown the world what we can do for a country we hate’.” Perhaps because they stick to basic economics, ordinary people seem better able to grasp financial prudence than do politicians. Demonstrations, like those taking place in Spain, suggest that banks and governments are held equally to account. The danger here is self-evident. Politicians buying time by going cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund or European Central Bank may be swept along by popular sentiment. If public indignation is directed at the banks, the consequences for Europe could be far-reaching. Europe’s radical right see austerity and hardship as the grasping fingers of international usury; they sense their star is rising and their time is coming. With just a few exceptions, the UK being one of them, xenophobia and national isolationism are becoming more appealing; the values of Eurozone membership
are increasingly questioned. Member nations of the EU signed up to the euro, or shortly to do so, are beginning to wonder if they want to be a part of it. Should any nation become dependent upon IOUs printed by banking cartels, it becomes a colony and its population become debt and interest slaves. It is a treadmill you get off only through revolution. From Finland to the Black Sea, the unthinkable is emerging phoenix-like from the ashes. The blame is being heaped upon discredited banking systems. You see a bank standing on the corner: visionaries and revolutionaries see the banker’s armed soldier in a pinstriped uniform. “The State is not a plantation where the interests of foreign capital are supreme. Capital is not the master of the State, but its servant. Therefore, the State must not be brought into dependence on international loan capital. “And, if anyone believes that cannot be avoided, then do not let him be surprised that no one is ready to give his life for this State. “Further, that greatest injustice (international loan capital) must be corrected which today still weighs heavily upon our people and upon almost all peoples.” Those words were spoken by Adolf Hitler on April 20, 1923. We all know how that story ended.
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To default or not to default? AS the markets focus once again on Greece’s ability to repay its debt, pop-up in both Spanish and Italian yields a couple of weeks ago caught the markets by surprise. This posed the question: Could Spain be the next bailout candidate? Spain has always been the canary in the coalmine and if it ever sought a bailout no type of rescue package would be big enough to save it, and it’s likely the euro would have no further value as a currency. Spain is fairly unique as it’s governed by 17 autonomous communities alongside a decentralized government. Each one of these has its own budget and the market’s concern is that central government still does not have a true handle on the debt exposure of these 17 communities. The ‘hidden debt’ problem first popped up in Catalonia after elections last autumn resulted in Catalan nationalists unseating a Socialist-led coalition. In December, the central finance ministry said the region’s debt-toregional-GDP ratio was 1.7 per cent as of the third quarter. The old government later disclosed the fullyear deficit could be as high as 3.3 per cent. Spain has made great efforts in cutting its deficit to 9.3 per cent of GDP; however, much of this has come from centralized government cuts. The huge glut of unsold homes and the billions in bad property loans still lie on the balance sheets of mainly provincial banks that have yet to fully disclose their liabilities. Spain has a challenge ahead of it. Greece should take a haircut on 50 per cent of
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its debt obligations and look to rebuild. But the risk of contagion would be far too great and this would spread to Portugal, Ireland, and even Spain. German banks would be forced to write off billions of euros and it would send the global economy back to the dark ages. The solution the euro politicians have come up with is the term debt reprofiling. Put simply, it would allow a country to roll over its debt obligations for a period of maybe 35 years. This would get round a technical default, which itself could trigger a wave of CDO claims as debt insurance would be triggered. It’s clear the indebted southern nations can no longer devalue their currency, do not possess anything like the levels of growth needed to repay their debt and have reached levels of austerity that are no longer effective. Sterling will remain under pressure as the UK economy looks like its hitting some turbulence as the consumer responds to the government’s tough austerity measures. It’s highly unlikely the Bank of England will hike rates in 2011 and the pound along with the dollar and euro will still be viewed as the Three Ugly Sisters by the currency markets.
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Take it easy! IF you’ve ever been to our little village of S’Arracó then you must really have wanted to go. It’s the sort of place which you drive through and if you blink, you’ve missed it. I’m not saying that we’re a one horse town, as there are quite a variety of things going on here, and we even have shops which are open on a Sunday. But when I tell people where I live they look at me strangely, head cocked to one side. Where did you say? ‘It’s near to Port Andratx, if you’re on the way to Sant Elm, then you might drive through it’. Ahhh… they reply, still not entirely sure where it is. Which is quite nice really, isn’t it? We’re off the grid a bit. As a quiet and friendly little village we have lots of families with young children and more than our fair share of cars speeding on the main street, and that’s where the Slow Down S’Arracó campaign comes in. It’s that time of year when the cars start coming through on a country drive from Andratx on their way to seafront paella in Sant Elm, and these cars don’t seem to notice that they aren’t on a winding country road anymore when they blast down our high street. We live on the main road, and I don’t even let the cats out of the front door (especially not the old blind one we’ve just adopted, who is doing very well thank you for asking), we’ve had one casualty, a kitten who was run over last year, the driver didn’t stop. So failing dressing up as a bunny and insisting that everyone ‘Take it easy’ we’re hoping that a few practical measures will mean the kids and the animals in S’Arracó will be able to cross the road.
‘Slow Down S’Arraco’ campaign.
Family Matters By Vicki Mcleod
So far we’ve had our moment of glory on the local telly, which was exciting, and now we’re preparing a petition to take to the council. What we’re after (and coming from London I have to shake myself to believe I am actually supporting this as they’re the bane of the motorist’s life in the big smoke) is sleeping policemen in the road, or chicanes built in the pavement. Anything in fact that will make the convertibles with their happy holiday making and ‘out in the country for Sunday’ drivers just cut down on their speed. So, please, if you would visit this site www.familymattersmallorc a.com and sign the petition that would be most greatly appreciated. When there
are enough signatures we’re off to the council for a chat. Well to be more accurate, Tomas, who speaks Catalan, is off to the council for a chat. Any progress will be reported. Thanks for your support! www.facebook.com/ vicki.mcleod
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€2,000 difference MY wife’s rich relative in Switzerland recently sent CHF150,000 (€122,910) to each of her six nieces and nephews. We were surprised to find out that our bank in Spain had charged us a huge amount for the transfer.
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THE hoopoe bird is a colourful visitor to Spain at this time of year. This one is nesting with chicks in the roof of a house near La Cala de Mijas (Malaga). Salmon pink and with black and white wings and tail plus a large erectile crest, the hoopoe is additionally recognisable by its curved beak. Its name is derived from its cry and there are two species, with one migrating annually from the Middle East (where Mrs Jacques once lived).
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BEING such a healthconscious member of the human race, I am sure Mr Kennedy would not allow his body to be baked in the sun. As far as I am aware, there are no corners in the open air so I politely suggest he return to his ‘non-smoking nest’ and wait for the winter months to arrive. Roland D Backer, by email
Fresh air WHEN outside in the fresh air, surely the problem is not the same as inside in an enclosed area? Breezes will blow the smoke away, along with car exhaust fumes, the smell of other people’s food, which may not be to your taste, and other less
salubrious odours which often emanate from both smokers and nonsmokers alike! Christine Whitelock, Denia
Disagree I, TOO, am a non-smoker, but I cannot agree with his comments. In the winter, nonsmokers remained snug and warm inside, but now the warmer weather is here Mr Kennedy wants his cake and to eat it too! Now he wants the terraces for non-smokers, and for smokers to be banished to ‘outside corners’ or ‘back areas’. He complained about ashtrays full of stubs, but surely that is a problem for the management to ensure they are emptied regularly? R G Waugh, Fuengirola
Mallorca average ‘man in the street’ thinks that benefit fraud is a massive problem and consumes many with a pathological hatred for the perpetrators of such fraud. While I dislike such fraud, I think that the UK government is using the current onslaught against benefit cheats as a smokescreen to cover benefit cuts. It is unjust and dishonest to blame these claimants for a crisis that was created by the financial institutions and the ‘free market system’. Jack Johnson, by email
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€116,860.27 had been credited to our account; a difference of more than €2,000. In future, I will make a point of going to several banks and getting them to make an offer and have them explain how they will handle such a transfer before any payments are dispatched. Name withheld upon request
UK ‘propaganda’ THANKS to British Conservative Party propaganda, the
READERS REACT TO THE RECENT ‘UP IN SMOKE’ LETTER FROM CRAIG KENNEDY
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A choice OUTSIDE is not the chosen domain of smokers. In the winter, my friends and I stay in the warm while our spouses are banished to the cold outside. In the summer, we all sit out together, but if it is too hot, us non-smokers have the option of going inside to the air-con. Ian Boothroyd, Quesada
Find a corner WELL, Mr Kennedy, I suggest you either stay in the bar/restaurant or find a corner outside and label it ‘the anti-smoking area’. Moira Bartle, Caleta De Velez
Better idea I DOUBT bar owners would agree with Mr
Kennedy’s suggestions. A better idea might be that nonsmokers stay outside in the fresh air in the winter and smokers have the aircon in the summer. Mick and Hazel, Benidorm
When in Spain NOW that it is nice to sit outside, Mr Kennedy wants smokers to be pushed out of the way in some forgotten corner. I wonder what he would want if the bar was full and he had to sit in that corner. Does he not realise he is living in a country where a large amount of people still smoke? If he was to look around, he would discover the majority of them are Spanish; I assume he includes them in their own country. Helen Ward, Almeria
I BELIEVE there is a strong likelihood that Ireland’s consular service could be downgraded five levels to ‘junk’ status. Dealing with the Madrid Embassy and their Alicante consulate has been a lesson in frustration and futility. Destined for a 12-week business trip starting in June, I thought renewing my passport on March 23 allowed plenty of time and even enclosed a note saying I would need it for the trip. Ten weeks later and with hours to go, I am still waiting; emails and letters are ignored and phone calls are futile. If these functionaries are symptomatic of Ireland’s governing apparatus then the mess they are in is not at all surprising. Dermot Michael McLaughlin Editor’s note: A consulate official contacted about the allegations said: “The appropriate information on the process and timeframe for passport renewal was fully communicated in this case. Both the Honorary Consulate in Alicante and the Embassy in Madrid have been in regular contact with this Irish citizen. He was advised on 23 May that the passport was available for collection and was given more than one option as to how he wished to receive the passport.”
Gibraltar talk MY letter (Issue 1347), seems to have aroused so much spleen from so many readers, yet at no time did I put in doubt the sovereignty of Gibraltar. My aim was to explain that the Spanish autonomic provinces of Ceuta and Melilla existed before the creation of the state of Morocco, which means that effectively Morocco has no claim whatsoever over these territories. High-powered motor boats leave their safe haven in Gibraltar, pick up the drugs off the Moroccan coast and deliver them to pre-arranged dropping zones along the Spanish coastline before returning at high speed to their Gibraltarean sanctuary. When chased by the Guardia Civil, they are then protected by the Gibraltar authorities as their boats are now empty, making them ‘law abiding’ citizens. Jonathan Anthony Allso, Valencia
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Human rights gone mad: You couldn’t make it up
Criminals are being released because they have a family.
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT promised to clear out all this PC and ’uman rights BS actually going to step in and do something? Surely it can’t be that difficult. Just close them all
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down. Oh, sorry, I forgot, that would probably infringe their human rights. I despair of it all. Oh, and while we’re about it, what about the case of Philip Machemedze? This sadistic thug was a torturer in Robert Mugabe’s regime. He is alleged to have smashed a man’s jaw before pulling out his teeth with pliers. He whipped a woman before pouring salt in the wounds and
participated in the ‘slow’ killing of a political rival. Then he fell out with his unsavoury boss. Where is he now? Yes, you’ve guessed it. Living in the UK with his wife, at British taxpayers’ expense. A judge ruled that he could stay in the country because if he returned to Zimbabwe he could be tortured himself (shame!) and it would therefore infringe his human rights to send him back. I actually Google’d this story and discovered this is no isolated case. There are scores of thugs and murderers living in the UK because they may receive some form of retribution should they return to their own countries. Britain even gives sanctuary to people who have committed terrorist acts against the UK itself. No wonder the British are the laughing stock of the world. For heaven’s sake, get a grip, Dave. If you don’t, I forecast a positive deluge of support for the BNP in the next election. People really are heartily sick of it all. Keep the faith. Love Leapy Leapylee.co.uk
LETTERS TO LEAPY
WELL, just when you think you’ve seen everything, up pops something even more unbelievable. Human rights do-gooders have finally topped all their past efforts in spades. The decision this week in Britain to release a prisoner from jail because it ‘contradicted the human rights of his family’, truly does take the whole tin. If this almost unimaginable practice is allowed to continue, it could mean releasing hundreds of prisoners, simply because they have a family. One of the reasons many potential criminals stay on the straight and narrow is because they are fearful of what will happen to their families if they go to jail. If this ruling is allowed to flourish, it will encourage aspiring criminals to break the law, knowing they will get off lightly BECAUSE they have a family. Is that ludicrous or what? When is this British government who, at the beginning of their tenure,
LEAPY’S observations on the world’s oil situation (Issue 1349) missed the mark. Our reliance on the fossil fuel engine is the fault of governments and car manufacturers as they rely on the revenue petrol generates. It is possible to produce butane gas from waste, but nothing has been done to develop this. George Morland
MR WHITEOAK (Letters to Leapy, Issue 1350); I know what a burka looks like, having lived in Pakistan. It is not a mask or camouflage, but a form of female dress worn for religious reasons. It could be used to disguise a male as a female, but if asked to reveal their identity, they will. Bill Campbell Letters for Leapy should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com
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An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (1872-1970)
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CRYPTIC Across 7 Seaman after an Arts degree gets igneous rock instead (6) 8 Dadʼs returned with a moulding for the highest point (6) 9 Taking off from the Myles Standish Airport (4) 10 Metal in lever is absolutely pure (8) 11 Call worker to perform in a great show (7) 13 Drive off a returning social outcast (5) 15 Batsmanʼs prayer before digging in? (5) 17 Treat by changing electricity supply (7) 20 No longer drinking, but parched (5,3) 21 A plant some buffalo eat (4) 23 Bad chill making one feel very ill-natured (6) 24 Takes over for some witchcraft (6) Down 1 Dull English game ending (4) 2 A variety of lashes can be a headache (6) 3 Properly organised tips end in regular payment (7) 4 Implied diplomacy protects one (5) 5 Class that is offensive (6) 6 Christmas present drawer (8) 12 Rustic Asiatic city gets
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rainstorm (8) 14 Locates exotic milk sugar (7) 16 Simple credit and French at home (6) 18 Frenchman hates meandering river (6) 19 Runner defeated in close race (5) 22 Nothing I left you started was greasy (4) Down 1 Religious songs (5) 2 Variety (5) 3 Drip (7) 4 Frank (6) 5 Plenty (5) 6 Momentum (7) 7 Maintain (7) 12 Own (7) 13 Staying power (7) 15 Pointless (7) 16 Expurgate (6) 18 Smash (5) 20 Nimble (5) 21 Robbery (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 18 represents B and 21 represents L, so fill in B every time the figure 18 appears and L every time the figure 21 appears. Now using your knowledge of the English language work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
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CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Opposed, 5 Bucks, 8 Expands, 9 Shine, 10 Tyrol, 11 Anthill,
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (RADIUS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
Down: 1 Overt, 2 Piper, 3 Singles, 4 Dismal, 5 Besot, 6 Chiding, 7 Shelled, 12 Reckons, 13 Counter, 15 Insects, 16 Zealot, 18 Barmy, 20 Rioja, 21 Butty. QUICK - Across: 1 Misery, 4 Traps, 8 Notes, 9 Stamina, 10 Absolve, 11 Mess, 12 Tic, 14 Byes, 15 Also, 18 Sin, 21 Romp, 23 Operate, 25 Tenuous, 26 Rites, 27 Shame, 28 Defers. Down: 1 Manual, 2 Satisfy, 3 Restless, 4 Tray, 5 Agile, 6 Sparse, 7 Asset, 13 Carefree, 16 Startle, 17 Writes, 19 Noisy, 20 Versus, 22 Mania, 24 Core.
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Coca-Cola ‘invented’ in Valencia village in 1884
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1.7 billion cokes are drunk each day. their secret recipe goes to a pharmacist named John Pemberton. In the 1940s, Coke was trying to enter the Spanish market, but couldn’t because of trademark laws. They allegedly had to buy the ‘Cola Coca’ name from
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Destileria Ayelo first because of the similarity. Coke paid them the equivalent of about €1,100, a small fortune at the time, according to the current owner, Juan Jose Mica, but there is no paperwork to prove this in Ayelo or with The Coca-Cola Co. But the factory changed the name of its award-winning drink from Cola Coca to Cola Nut Coca around that time and added alcohol. To this day, Juan Jose has a recipe book dated 1881 with their own ‘secret’ recipe handwritten in Valenciano.
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By Jennifer Leighfield AS the world’s most popular fizzy drink, Coca-Cola, celebrates its 125th anniversary, residents of a Valencia village claim it was invented in Spain. Official records show Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta (United States), but residents in Ayelo de Malferit (Valencia) claim it was invented there in 1884. One of the residents claims that his uncle invented the formula in 1884, and sold the patent to the US. In 1880, three friends from the town, Bautista Aparici, Ricardo Sanz and Enrique Ortiz, created a distillery ‘Destileria Ayelo’ which supplied the royal household and won several distinctions. It remains open today. The drink they produced, made from kola nut strain and coca leaves from Peru, had a taste and colour similar to Coca-Cola, and was labelled ‘Nuez de ColaCoca’. Destileria Ayelo visited a drinks conference in Philadelphia in 1885, the year before Coca-Cola was officially launched. In 1886, Coca-Cola was serving nine cokes a day, out of a single soda shop in
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• Did you know? Spanish aeronautical engineer, Manuel Jalon, is thought to have invented the
modern mop in 1956, which served to raise women off their hands and knees when cleaning the floor.
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Women should smile, while men look proud DESPITE male-female equality making strides in the past century, it seems that instinctive attraction is still in an evolutionary time warp. Women tend to prefer men who look proud and powerful, or moody and ashamed over those who smile. Conversely, men are more attracted to happy looking women and less attracted to those who appear proud and confident. “While showing a happy face is considered essential to friendly social interactions, including those involving sexual attraction, few studies have actually examined whether a smile is in fact attractive,” said lead researcher Professor Jessica Tracy. More than 1,000 adult participants in the
While women are sexually drawn to ‘strong silent’ men; men are more attracted to ‘happy smiling’ women. University of British Columbia study rated the sexual attractiveness of hundreds of images of the opposite sex. “This study explored
first impressions of sexual attraction to images of the opposite sex,” explained study co-author Alec Beall. “We were not asking participants if they
thought these targets would make a good boyfriend or wife; we wanted their gut reactions on carnal, sexual attraction.” Evolutionary theories suggest that females are attracted to proud males because they imply status, competence and the ability as a provider. “Pride expression also accentuates typically masculine physical features including upper body size and muscularity,” said Beall. Smiling has been associated with a lack of dominance in previous research, which is consistent with oldfashioned gender norms of the ‘submissive and vulnerable’ women.
Confidence helps stress HIGH self-esteem could help dampen the body’s stress response, a recent study revealed. People with high selfesteem were found to have the opposite of the ‘fight or flight’ stress response which can cause so much wear on the body. Loving one’s self is the key. This can be achieved in a number of ways. Repeating mantras including, ‘I am good enough, I am smart enough’. Keep a journal or diary and write down positive qualities and good deeds done. Spending lots of time with supportive friends and family, and weeding out negative relationships. Women who ate cereal for breakfast every morning were found to have greater self-esteem than those who started their day with a muffin, despite having the same number of calories.
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Spain sued over €355 million row DEEP-SEA explorers, Odyssey Marine Exploration is suing Spain over the ownership of 500,000 silver and gold coins. The disputed treasure, weighing 17 tons, was recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon. The Florida-based company has asked a federal appeals court to
Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm (left) and project manager Tom Dettweiler examine a coin recovered from the ‘Black Swan’ shipwreck.
Approximate location of the galleon. overturn an earlier ruling, which determined the treasure, estimated at €355m, belonged to Spain. They want the court to uphold the ‘finders keepers’ rule that would give the treasure hunters the right to keep silver coins, copper ingots, gold cufflinks and other artifacts salvaged off the coast of Portugal in May 2007. Spain’s lawyers have contested that international
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accepting the Spanish government’s argument that it had never surrendered ownership of the ship and its contents. The argument now focus on whether the Mercedes was classified as a warship or merchant ship. Odyssey’s attorneys argue that if the vessel was destroyed during commercial activity, Spain would have no claim to the property, while international treaties hold that warships sunk in battle are protected from treasure seekers.
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7 reasons to buy a property in Spain By Sharon Garner www.spanishpropertychoice. com
1) Climate: The Spanish Mediterranean has the best climate in Europe. In coastal Provinces such as Alicante, Almería, and Murcia people enjoy the sun, the sea and quiet beaches all year round. Many foreign residents actually prefer their Spanish homes in the low season months, when tourists disappear, and the climate is still warm enough to enjoy fully all the advantages of living in the country or on the coast. 2) Healthy diet: Experts have been talking about the benefits of the Mediterranean diet for years. The traditional Spanish diet of grains, cereals, fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, olive oil, and even red wine (yes! according to some experts, one glass of red wine a day is good for you). Take advantage of the excellent quality fruit, fish, vegetables in Spain, and live longer. 3) Spanish language: Spanish is one of the world’s leading languages and is spoken by 450 million people in Spain, Latin America and the USA.
When in Spain take advantage of living here to learn the language. Sign up to do a Spanish language course if somewhere near you offers one, or do one of the free online Spanish courses available on the internet. 4) Spain - several countries in one: Spain is such a diverse country. Whether you enjoy the beach, mountains, dry plains, tropical climates, skiing, trekking, long sandy beaches, or hidden rocky coves. Crisp cold mornings, long warm evenings, sitting by a warm fire watching it snow outside or sitting on a deckchair in the sun, sleepy rural villages, some of Europe’s most modern cities, art, Spanish music… there is simply something for everyone, and for every moment. 5) Outdoor life: The climate in many areas of Spain means that if you have the time, energy and motivation, it is not difficult to lead a healthy lifestyle. If you enjoy walking, swimming, playing golf, tennis, water sports, or winter sports, this is the country for you. 6) Spanish culture: The sheer variety and wealth of Spanish culture is the
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