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CONTENTS Nº 160 - MAY 2016

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THE TAOURARTE MISSION

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FOCUS ON: SMARTWEAR

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THE KIA RANGE

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THE SIX COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN COOKING BACON

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OCULAR MIGRAINE

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OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF HACIENDA PATAGONICA IN GIBRALTAR

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THE AQUARIUS TROPHY

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TIMELESS ART

CREDITS

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MAY DAY 2016 AT CASEMATES

Front Cover: The Miss Gibraltar 2016 Contestants Photography By: Anthony Williams

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MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS 2016

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THE VII GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL SONG FESTIVAL 2016

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ELISHA LANG: OPENING ACT AT THIS YEAR’S SONG FESTIVAL

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THE VITAL QUESTION

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INAUGURATION OF MID-HARBOUR SMALL BOAT MARINA

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THE BEST RECIPES OUR CUISINE

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WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN TOWN?

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MEET THE MISS GIBRALTAR 2016 CONTESTANTS

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MISS GIBRALTAR 2016 CHARITY CAMPAIGN

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BEACH BIKINI

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EU REFERENDUM

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COMMEMORATIVE EVENT IN HONOUR OF THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF ‘LA PEÑA TAURINA JOSELITO Y MANOLETE IN LA LINEA DE LA CONCEPCION (1954 – 2016)

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ALL ABOUT US: GABRIEL MORENO

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The Taourarte Mission The Taourarte Education Charitable Association is a registered charity registered with the Gibraltar Charity Commissioners.

Taourarte is a very small and poor village, more of a hamlet, in the Rif Mountains of northern Morocco. It is remotely located north of the mountain town of Chefchaouen in the direction towards the Mediterranean Sea. The poor soil cannot support agriculture and most people subsist through subsistence farming. The village is isolated, there are no roads, only dangerous mountain trails, and hence is only accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles or similar. The approximate travel time to Chefchaouen is 3 hours.

This, together with the lack of roads and winter snow-falls, makes commuting to school impossible. The village has no electricity or piped water supply.

The village does have a ‘school’. This consists of a single classroom in which all age groups are mixed for lessons. The classroom has no electricity nor any means of heating in winter. The structural condition of the classroom is bad, the concrete room is sagging and leaks. There are no toilets or sanitary facilities.

The school provides for approximately 60 children from the village and catchment area. The school can only provide primary education to age 12. Thereafter, the few parents that can find the money or have relatives in the city might send their eldest son to boarding school or to stay with family. However, scarce money is never employed in sending the daughters. Thus girls in the village have to end their education at age 12.

We, as an association, want to end this. This project has three strands:

ment for learning. We are in discussions with the Moroccan regional authorities with the view of achieving this in partnership. They have, in principle, agreed to provide the professional and technical resources to design the classrooms etc provided we can meet the costs of materials and labour.

In respect of boarding school fees, the cost is approximately, depending on Exchange rates £/ Dhm £245 per girl per year. Although our initial intention was to only sponsor girl boarders because of local cultural demands, we have agreed to also sponsor the occasional boy.

Presently the Association has 43 persons, who have agreed to contribute £10 per month, by standing order. We hope to grow the membership to 50 so that we can make quick progress with the school. We will of course accept single contributions.

Should you wish to support this exciting project and wish to make a monthly contribution of £10, please make a Standing Order with your bank; The Standing Order made payable to: Tarourarte Education Charitable Association, Account Number 02629001, Sort Code 608314,

Strand 1. To provide funds for girls to attend boarding school in the city Strand 2. To repair or rebuilt the existing classroom. To provide a second classroom, a toilet block and provide solar electricity. Also to bring water to the school either by pumping from a

To advance the education of pupils attending the village school in the village of Taourarte in the Province of Chefchaouen in the Kingdom of Morocco by providing and assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and the maintenance of the school.

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Mission Statement To advance the academic and vocational education, particularly but not exclusively, of girls aged between 12 and 25 years of age in the village of Taourarte in the Province of Chefchaouen in the Kingdom of Morocco in such ways as the Trustees think fit including :- awarding to such persons scholarships, boarding and maintenance grants, travel allowances and other miscellaneous expenses associated with their education.

well or piping from mountain spring.

Strand 3. To build decent accommodation for teachers posted to this village.

In essence we want to provide a good environ-

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Focus on: Smartwear Text by Justine Fava-Cartwright

Flanked by two large palms and situated at Unit 15 Europa Business Center, you will find a brand new business opened just a few short months ago.

SMARTWEAR LTD is a one stop shop for uniforms ranging from everything you need for the kids for school to workwear including on site embroidery and vinyl service.

My first impression when walking in was the ample size of the retail unit and how well everything is displayed making it easy to find just the right item for the kids for school and how vast the work-wear range was too. In fact, I never knew that work-wear was so complex with a large array of high visibility wear, steel toed work shoes, safety equipment and the list just goes on. The great thing is that if you can’t find what you are looking for in store, the friendly service extends to ordering exactly what you need from their large range of catalogues.

Finding, ordering and getting a quote on company uniforms couldn’t be easier as staff listen to your personal requirements and source the right uniform for you. This service extends to not only companies but clubs and associations too. When it comes to individualizing your 10 MAY 2016 GLOBE MAGAZINE

company, club, or association with their personal logo, all you have to do is forward the same to their email and they will take charge of the design and supply the service. The end product is impressive and delivered to a professional standard in line with personal work requirements.

Being competitive in today’s market is important for any business as is customer service and here is where SMARTWEAR also pull out all the stops. Prices are kept reasonable taking into account the strain on parents to supply uniforms annually for their children. With many schools changing and updating the design of their uniform and logos, SMARTWEAR keep up with demands, offering the latest designs approved by schools including sportswear and tracksuits, school jackets, ties and even hair bands! With changing facilities in store, kids can try on clothing and parents can leave happy as SMARTWEAR takes into account that no child is the same. Items like school tracksuits can be bought separately to assure a proper fit.

The staff are more than willing to guide parents with sizing and brands and offer that bespoke service. Well aware of the late summer rush to supply uniforms for all the schools star-

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ting their new term in September, SMARTWEAR will have a fully stocked shop ready to go.

And of course, there is the summer uniform coming up now with kids changing into shorts, summer dresses and polo shirts.

These items are already in store in preparation for the change to the summer term coming up.

To keep up to date with the new stock, you can always log in to their Facebook page, which is regularly updated with the latest in store. School logos can be added to the products you choose for a small charge and picked up the following day or are already included in the price for those items on the shop floor that refer to individual schools. And I am sure mums can relate to children losing an item of their uniform at some point or other‌well, SMARTWEAR have a solution to that too. Pop in with your child’s 12 MAY 2016 GLOBE MAGAZINE

name and they will print out name tags to iron on clothing, stick on lunch boxes and pencil cases etc and even on the inside of the kids shoes!

I asked them what odd requests they had been challenged with and little did I think that Funeral attire and dental scrubs would be on the list of things acquired by their tenacious staff ! So you can see that the world is your oyster when it comes to SMARTWEAR raising to a challenge and a visit to their premises is a must and an eye opener to the world of uniforms and work-wear.

Open 9:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday for a visit or call on 200 45045 for any quires or log in to their Facebook page, SMARTWEAR is the smart choice when purchasing everything you need!

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The KIA Range Korean car maker Kia has been undergoing a steady transformation. The Seoul-based company has upped its game considerably over the past few years in both the design and engineering quality of its products, and recent Kia models merit much greater respect than the cheap-and-cheerful cut-price Kias of the past styling, superb quality, outstanding dynamics, low buying and operating costs and unique-inEurope seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty.

According to Kia Motors, the name “Kia” derives from the SinoKorean words ki (“to come out”) and a (which stands for Asia), it is roughly translated as “arise or come up out of Asia” or “rising out of Asia”.

South Korea’s oldest car company, Kia was founded on June 9th 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand and has operated as one of the country’s ‘Chaebols’ since. In 1951, Kia began building complete bicycles and the following year, the company changed its name from “Kyungsung Precision Industry” to “Kia” and expanded to build motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974).

Kia began exporting cars to Europe in mid 1991, initially selling just the Pride mini-car. In just over twenty years, the company has grown to become one of the main leading automotive companies in the world manufacturing a whole range of quality vehicles from super-minis (Rio) to SUV’s (Sportage) and MPV’s (Sorento).

The full Kia range offers modern styling, superb quality and outstanding dynamics not to mention the unique-in-Europe seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty.

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ture growth engine” leading to the hiring of Peter Schreyer in 2006 as Chief Design Officer and his subsequent creation of a new corporate grille known as the ‘Tiger Nose’ in order to create a recognizable ‘face’ for the brand.

Schreyer indicated he wanted “a powerful visual signal, a seal or an identifier. The front of a car needs this recognition, this expression. A car needs a face and I think the new Kia face is strong and distinctive. Visibility is vital and that face should immediately

allow you to identify a Kia even from a distance.” Commenting on the new signature grille in 2009: “From now on, we’ll have it on all our cars”

THE KIA CEE’D It is no exaggeration to say that the ‘Cee’d’ has transformed the way car-buyers think about Kia; customers who have already been won over by Kia’s Europeanmade, European-designed fivedoor hatchback with its modern

Now those qualities have been made even more irresistible. A fresh new exterior look brings the ‘Cee’d’ into line with the family face first seen on ‘Soul’, Kia’s unique urban-runabout-with-SUVattitude. The interior has been upgraded with plush new trim materials that create the look and feel of a far more expensive car, and there is more standard equipment. A new ‘badging’ structure makes it easier for buyers to understand the model line-up and the walk-up from one grade to another. The highly-praised dynamic qualities of the car have been made even better, with revised suspension and a new stability control system.

Kia has detailed a comprehensive upgrade to its increasingly popular Kia cee’d, a model that has provided the foundation for Kia’s continuing success in Europe over recent years. Kia’s European designers have evolved the interior and exterior styling of the current cee’d into an exciting new look, with the power-train team developing a wider range of engines and transmissions, as well as, a range of new safety, comfort and convenience upgrades. These

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changes apply to every model in the cee’d range

go capacity to 292 litres for the hatchback. Exterior dimensions changes include: +55 mm (overall length), -15 mm (height) and +25 mm (overall width).

KIA Cee’d

THE KIA PICANTO Longer than the previous model, and with an extended wheelbase, the new ‘Picanto’ promises more passenger comfort and increased cargo space. Offered for the first time with a choice of 5-door and 3-door body styles, it is set to completely redefine its position as one of the most competitive vehicles in the global ‘city car’ Asegment.

Inside, the new model will deliver a high level of quality previously associated with larger models – together with a wide selection of trim options.

The new ‘Picanto’ is now a small car, grown-up! It is such a complete car, such a high quality package, offering numerous premium features and multiple trim choices, that it will raise the fundamental perception of A-segment models to a higher level.

you with its fancy features such as driver’s seat height adjustment, power steering and a huge 1,145 litre boot – think gym bag and DIY gear!

It’s got everything you could need for day after day of happy driving including power steering for squeezing into those tight spaces, ‘ABS’ and ‘EBD’ braking systems for those twisty lanes and 5 doors as standard for a big night out with the girls – or guys!

All that’s very nice - But when it comes down to it, you might just fall for the Rio because it’s got great looks and more personality than a ‘celebrity gameshow’. And with the new Rio being Euro 4 compliant you know you’re being kinder to the environment too.

And let’s not forget all those nifty little safety gadgets including child seat anchor points and twin airbags. Or the handy 60/40 folddown seats, ideal for when you are shopping trip gets a bit out of hand. Plus the Kia Picanto comes fully loaded with both a CD and MP3 player. So now you can sing in the car as well as the shower!

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KIA Picanto

The New Rio has its own interpretation of Kia’s signature grille, integrated with the headlamps to give a new twist on the Kia family look. In profile, the body to glass ratio and its strong wedge form give the new Rio a dynamic stance.

The new model features a wheelbase extended by 70 mm (to 2,570 mm) and promises greater passenger space and comfort, together with increased car-

The Rio is now available in three door guise for the first time; same engine and trim line-up as the five door. The all-new 4th generation Rio is a major step forward in Kia’s relentless drive to upgrade the style and quality of its entire model range while hammering down fuel consumption and CO2 figures.

Most visible of the Rio’s updates are the new-for-2016 front and rear fascias. Designed to add visual width and stronger presence, the revised grille insert incorporates the now-familiar geometric pattern found on other Kia vehicles.

New fog light surrounds include strong horizontal satin-finish bezels that house projector lenses.

The lights have been repositioned inward for a more aggressive appearance. Likewise, the lower front valance integrates strong horizontal planes that echo a similar treatment at the rear. The rear reflectors have been redesigned and repositioned to the far corners of the car, and the Rio’s colour palette has been enhanced with two new colors: Urban Blue and Digital Yellow.

KIA SORENTO With a focus on sleek design, better road manners and more flexibility, Kia decided to completely re-invent the Sorento when

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arrangement which offers the flexibility of a medium-sized ‘MPV’ or ‘SUV’ within the footprint of a super-mini.

it began planning the new model.

But there was also the shift in usage to take into account. Today’s SUV buyers are younger, increasingly likely to be female and often wealthy urbanites, who want the car for family use rather than the traditional country lifestyle.

Sophistication, refinement, design and quality matter more than ruggedness and go-anywhere ability.

So, Kia tasked its design studios in California, an area where they know a thing or two about lifestyle SUVs, to undertake much of the work on the new model even though Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer, masterminded the project. The result is a car with urban sophistication, premium levels of quality and equipment and ‘MPVlike’ space and versatility – and we make no apologies if it is not quite as rough ‘n’ tough as before.

Delivering a premium look and feel, the all-new Kia Sorento, blends style, practicality and technology, building on the success of the outgoing model. The new Sorento’s smoother, swept-back profile and deeply sculpted surfaces introduce a higher level of sophistication for the third-generation model, with more space and numerous innovative features.

The evolutionary styling changes subtly alter the character of the new Sorento, highlighting its sleek, sinuous, profile, creating a sophisticated appearance and ensuring the new model has a bolder onthe-road presence. The face of the new Sorento incorporates long, wrap-around headlamps and more prominent fog-lamps, as well as, a larger, more upright ‘tiger-nose’ grille, with a distinctive three-dimensional diamond pattern.

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Soul is an urban crossover – small enough to be ideally suited to the world’s urban jungles, but totally different to conventional, workaday small cars. By combining the charm and desirability of MINI and Fiat 500, with a hint of SUV ruggedness, Kia is opening up an entirely new market sub-segment with a car that will win the hearts – and souls – of the young and the young-at-heart.

KIA Rio bonnet and characteristic wide D-pillar, but a lower roofline, higher beltline and swept-back shape give the car a more dramatic, muscular stance.

The new clean look is achieved with the introduction of new laser welding manufacturing techniques, then rendering weld lines invisible. The exterior styling of the new car was led by Kia’s Namyang design studio in Korea, with significant input from the brand’s Frankfurt, Germany and Irvine, California design studios.

The all-new Kia Sorento has been awarded the maximum 5-star

KIA Sorento

safety rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results, placing the Sorento amongst the safest SUVs on the road.

KIA SOUL Emotional – iconic - self-confident; bold. lifestyle - driven. Simple words which, added together, start to capture the car’s personality. Soul is a car all about freedom – freedom to stand out from the crowd through its unique design and personalisation options, freedom of the open road thanks to its fun-to-drive character, and freedom of lifestyle through an expressive interior and a seating

Kia’s innovative and hugely successful urban crossover, the Soul, has been refreshed from top to bottom for the 2012 model year.

New or revised 1.6-litre engines and the introduction of a six-speed gearbox on all models improve performance while lowering fuel consumption, emissions and running costs. The distinctive and highly original exterior styling is now even sharper while continuing to emphasise Kia’s obsession with quality. This is reflected in the cabin, where changes to the fascia, console and trim raise standards even higher. And all versions have more equipment.

KIA SPORTAGE The new Sportage is designed to offer customers the best benefits of three different vehicle types – all in one compact stylish package. The smooth ride, agile handling and overall refinement of a ‘Passenger Car’… the exterior style, high driving position, easy access and all-wheel grip of an ‘SUV’… the load carrying ability and seating versatility of a Wagon… are all combined to create a uniquely attractive new Kia. With a new body shell, new engines

and fresh, bold styling that introduces a new kind of dynamic aesthetics, the all-new Kia Sportage is an urban-friendly compact SUV for today’s families – consuming less fuel and emitting less CO2.

KIA Soul

Michael Cole, Chief Operating Officer, Kia Motors Europe, commented: “The Kia Sportage has helped drive our sustained growth and success across Europe in recent years.

It’s an incredibly important car for us, particularly as more customers are turning to SUVs and competition in the rapidly growing compact segment is now fiercer than ever.”

Longer, wider and lower than the previous model, the all-new design successfully retains the key SUV features – the commanding driving position, heightened sense of security and powerful road presence – which made the second generation Kia Sportage so popular.

The second-generation Sportage was introduced in 2004 and attracted thousands of customers who had not previously considered buying a Kia. It achieved global sales of more than 860,000 units – including 150,000 units in Western Europe.

Now entering its fourth-generation, the new Kia Sportage compact SUV builds comprehensively

all the versatility of the standard Sportage while adding greater visual and dynamic appeal to those customers that desire it.

on the success of the outgoing model, offering an innovative and sophisticated package to buyers in an increasingly competitive market. The new-look interior features high quality materials and design integrity, as well as, great practicality and a range of technologies to improve comfort, convenience, connectivity and safety. A range of new and updated engines and transmissions

will result in enhanced efficiency and performance, while ride, handling and refinement are all improved.

For the first time, a new ‘GT Line’ specification is available to Sportage customers. Designed and engineered to appeal to those looking for a sportier driving experience from their Sportage, the GT Line specification delivers

On 25th May 2016, Kia Motors Corporation celebrates its 72nd anniversary, originating with manufacturing bicycles in the 1950s, Kia has now grown to be part of the world’s 4th largest automotive group.

The Kia Range can be viewed at Bassadone Motors, 42 Devil’s Tower Road, Tel: 200 79004, distributors in Gibraltar for Kia.

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The Six Common Mistakes to Avoid when cooking Bacon Bacon is amazing. You know that. We know that. But just because it’s already the world’s most perfect food doesn’t mean it’s invincible. There are some people out there committing truly heinous crimes against bacon. Don’t be one of them. Avoid these common mistakes 1. USING THE WRONG PAN

Save the nonstick pan for your scrambled eggs! The high fat quantity of bacon makes whatever pan you use essentially nonstick.

Aluminum pans are very thin and get ripping hot very quickly, making burnt bacon way too often.

The test kitchen staff likes wellseasoned cast-iron for cooking bacon. Not only does it conduct heat evenly (meaning no burnt spots), the bacon grease helps season the pan for future use. It’s a win-win. That said! If you don’t have cast-iron, just be sure to set the flame to low-medium low, and move the pan around periodically to account for “hot spots.”

2. STARTING WITH A HOT PAN

Add bacon to a hot pan and it

will immediately seize up, sealing in all of that congealed, unrendered fat. Instead, lay the bacon flat in a cold pan and place it over a burner set to medium or medium-low. As the bacon heats up along with the pan, the fat will slowly liquify, making for bacon that’s perfectly crisp.

3. UNDERCOOKING IT

Okay, we’ll admit: In the battle of the bacon, we tend to err on the side of “verging on overdone.” But we’d choose crispy, deeply-browned bacon over floppy, soggy strips any day. The most common culprit of undercooking? Starting the pan too hot and fast. It makes for a burnt exterior before the fat and rest of the meat has time to cook thoroughly.

3. NOT STRAINING THE GREASE

We don’t have to tell you to save your rendered fat. But you might be skipping an important step: strain the liquid fat through a fine mesh sieve before jarring it and storing it in the fridge (it will congeal, but re-melts when heated).

The strainer catches any burnt or crispy bits that can add a bitter flavour to roasted vegetables or cookies. Discard those bits.

4. NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE SALTINESS

If you’re cooking with bacon, say, in a meatloaf or baked beans, remember this important fact: Bacon is inherently salty! Although that doesn’t mean you should skip the kosher salt and Maldon completely, keep in mind that you’re starting

with an aggressively seasoned element. Taste as you go, and adjust accordingly—you may wind up using a lot less than you’d think.

5. MICROWAVING IT

Just…no; please don’t! If you don’t have enough room on the stove top, Cook the bacon in a moderately hot oven. Just drape it on a rack set over a sheet pan to catch the grease. It may take a little longer, but you won’t get that weird, rubbery texture that only a microwave can impart.

Wasn’t the title of the article the six mistakes to avoid? So where is point number six?

Well, now that we’ve taken care of the bacon, you’re not screwing up your eggs, are you? Breakfast ready!

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Ocular Migraines

(Ophthalmic or Eye Migraines) Ocular migraines are painless, temporary visual disturbances that can affect one or both eyes.

Though they can be frightening, ocular migraines typically are harmless and self-resolve without medication within 20 to 30 minutes.

nes can have a variety of visual symptoms. You might see a small, enlarging blind spot (scotoma) in your central vision with bright, flashing or flickering lights (scintillations), or wavy or ‘zig-zag’ lines surrounding the blind spot. The blind spot usually enlarges and may move across your field of vision.

Other terms used by eye doctors to describe ocular migraines include ophthalmic migraines, retinal migraines and eye migraines.

If an ocular migraine-like vision disturbance is followed by a throbbing, usually one-sided headache, this is called a “migraine with aura” (previously called a classic migraine), and the visual disturbance is referred to as an aura rather than an ocular migraine.

aura” (previously called a common migraine).

Migraine auras usually are visual in nature, but they can include disturbances of hearing, speech or smell; progressive numbness or tingling in the face or arms or legs; or generalized A migraine headache without weakness. a visual disturbance preceding it is called a “migraine without It’s also possible, though less

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common, for an ocular migraine and a migraine headache to occur simultaneously, causing visual disturbances and unilateral (one-sided) or bilateral (twosided) head pain at the same time, or for an ocular migraine to follow a migraine headache.

This entire migraine phenomenon may end in only a few minutes, but usually lasts up to 30 minutes. About 60 percent of migraine sufferers also experience a ‘prodrome’ that occurs days or weeks before the migraine attack. Symptoms of a migraine ‘prodrome’ can be subtle and may include changes in mood, cravings for certain foods, or a general feeling of being tired.

WHAT CAUSES AN

OCULAR MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS:

OCULAR MIGRAINE?

People with ocular migrai-

Ocular migraines are believed

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to have the same causes as migraine headaches. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), migraines (almost certainly) have a genetic basis, and some studies say 70 percent of people, who suffer from the disorder have a family history of migraine headaches.

It appears migraines are triggered by activation of a mechanism deep in the brain, which releases inflammatory substances around the nerves and blood vessels of the head and brain. But why this happens and what brings about the spontaneous resolution of an ocular migraine remains unknown.

Imaging studies also have revealed that changes in blood flow to the brain occur during ocular migraines and visual auras, but the underlying cause for these changes is not known.

Migraines most commonly affect adults in their 30s and 40s, but they frequently start at puberty and also can affect children. Women are up to three times more likely than men to have migraines.

Though statistics specifically

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for ocular migraines are unavailable, approximately 15 to 18 percent of women and 6 percent of men in general su-

ffer from migraine headaches, according to WHO. Common migraine “triggers�

that can cause a susceptible person to have a migraine attack (including ophthalmic or ocular migraines) inclu-

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de certain foods, such as aged cheeses, caffeinated drinks, red wine, smoked meats, and chocolate. Food additives, such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), and artificial sweeteners also can trigger migraines in some individuals. Other potential migraine triggers include cigarette smoke, perfumes and other strong odours, glaring or flickering lights, lack of sleep and emotional stress.

Your doctor can advise you of the latest medicines for treating migraines, including medicines designed to prevent future attacks.

People, who experience migraines that last longer than 24 hours or who have more than two migraines per month generally are good candidates for preventive medical treatment.

It’s also a good idea to keep a journal of your diet and activities just prior to your episodes of ocular migraine or migraine with aura to see if you can identify possible migraine triggers that you can avoid in the future.

OCULAR MIGRAINE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Because they generally are harmless and typically resolve on their own within a half hour, ocular migraines usually require no treatment.

If you are driving or performing other tasks that require good vision when an ocular migraine occurs, stop what you are doing and relax until your vision returns to normal.

(If you are driving, pull off to the side of the road as soon as you can safely do so, and wait for the vision disturbances to completely pass).

If you experience visual disturbances that are part of a migraine with aura, or you want to prevent future ophthalmic

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If your ocular migraines or migraine headaches appear to be stress-related, you might be able to reduce the frequency of your migraine attacks without medicine by simply: • Eating healthful meals on a regular basis migraines or migraine headache attacks, it’s a good idea to see your general physician for an exam and advice.

Also, you should consider having a comprehensive eye exam

with an optometrist or ophtharmologist whenever you experience unusual vision symptoms to rule out sight-threatening conditions such as a detached retina, which requires immediate attention.

• Avoiding common migraine triggers • Getting plenty of sleep • Trying stress-busters such as yoga and massage

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Official Inauguration of Hacienda Patagonica in Gibraltar on Tuesday rd 3 May 2016 Photographs by Gibraltar Focus (www.gibraltarfocus.com)

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The Aquarius Trophy The Med Golf Aquarius Trophy event was held on Sunday 10th April 2016 at the Estepona Golf. Rumours of a rainy day were greatly exaggerated and, after a mild scare early in the round, everyone enjoyed 18 dry holes with some sunshine and a manageable breeze.

The winner of The Aquarius Trophy was Mark Henderson with a score of 39 points. Mark won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Roque Club Old Course.

OTHER PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS:

Best gross score was 77 by David MacGregor.

Claus Olesen won the longest drive.

The best gross score on the par 3s was won by Mike Cowburn with a score of 1 over par.

Best pairing was Mark Henderson and Duncan Hamilton with a combined score of 73 points.

Our best senior this time was Harry Apiafi with a score of 36 points.

OUR HANDICAP CATEGORY PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS:

Category 1 (0-12) the runner up with 35 points was David MacGregor and the winner with 36 points was James Lax.

was Stuart Ferguson with 36 points.

Category 3 (23 and above) Tommy Pearson was runner up with 35 points and the winner was Harry Apiafi with 36 points.

The nearest the pin winners were: Roy Azopardi, Russell Blessett twice, Matthew Charlesworth and Mike Harvey.

Nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 was Matthew Charlesworth (with an eagle) and winner of nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5 was Mark Henderson.

WORTH A MENTION

Category 2 (13-22) the runner up was Daniel Lomax with 33 points and the winner

The Estepona course was in the best shape that anyone could

remember. The fairway grass was a pleasure to play off and the greens were in their customary good condition. All of which, combined with the golf friendly weather, made for the best set of scores that we have seen for some time.

Many thanks to everyone, who supported this event and congratulations to the prize winners. There will be many more events to come this season so why not make sure that you are included and work your way into the Med Golf Masters in August 2016.

Speaking of which, here is the updated Top Ten in the Jyske Bank Order of Merit: 1. Duncan Hamilton

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2. David Campbell 3. Steve Stonefield 4. Javi Hunter 5. David MacGregor 6. Mark Henderson 7. John Hunter 8. Douglas Casciaro 9, Chris Delaney 10. Chris Warren

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MORE NEWS FROM MED GOLF

Med Golf has its own Facebook page where you can see photos from the competition day. We’d be delighted if you’d join our group for up-to-date news and contribute to on-going golfing discussions. We created the page

to enable members and visitors to discuss anything about golf, give feedback on courses they have played, offer tips to others they have come across and much more. You can find us on Facebook simply by searching for ‘Med Golf ’ or visit our website and navigate from there.

For more details on our full schedule and the benefits of joining Med Golf for just £40 per year or £60 fo family membership (limited to two), please visit our website: www.medgolfmembers.com

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Timeless Art

Text by Justine Fava-Cartwright

Time…is has been called an illusion, a dimension, a smoothflowing continuum and an observed phenomenon. Truth is there are so many definitions of time, I couldn’t write them all but the one thing we all know is that we live and breath it, mostly aware that we never seem to have enough of the stuff to cram everything into our busy days. We track it obsessively running our lives by every glance of our watches, counting every minute and trying to beat it which tends to be a useless feat every time.

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passion for time and the intricate pieces of art that record it.

Jordan Ferro is 30 years old and sits across from me at his desk eyes lit up as he remembers his

first love affair with a Rolex Submariner at the tender age of nine.

Dad (Tito Ferro), who has been in the business for 30 years was quick to educate Jordan on the complexities and beauty of watch

making and Jordan was quick to soak up everything and anything he could find on the subject. So much so that today he is one half of his family’s company ‘Watch & Bullion’ where he revels in surrounding himself with what he romantically refers to as poetic art. In Jordan’s eyes and in his own words, a watch is the closest thing to a human of all the inanimate objects. It has a face, heart, veins and a soul and watches are immersed in romantic history.

This took just a few seconds to resinate with me and I suddenly felt a light switch on. He is right and the more I delved into the subject, the more and more interesting it became. Truth be told, our con-

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versation went all the way back in history to the fabulous anecdote of how a pocket watch became the wrist watch as we know it today and I sat fascinated as Jordan walked me through time and how the watch has evolved playing such a large part of our lives.

loom factor as top watch makers in the world (a dying breed) will create a piece to literally last a life time passing from parent to child on that special occasion and keeping the heart of the watch ticking from one family member to another.

Jordan’s dream became a reality a few years ago and he now is established in the business with a loyal international and local clientele. He prides himself in giving the most personal service, there is no rush buy here. Jordan talks you through the complexities of the time piece lovingly, giving you all the information you need to make that special purchase and/or investment the right one.

Of course watches can be a high value item right up to and surpassing the 200,000 pound mark but he is a great believer in the heir-

As with any passion, Jordan has the itch to share and teaming up with good friend Dylan Cavilla, they came up with the idea of ex-

hibiting watches in all their glory from timeless Rolex, Cartier and the Patek Philippe from Geneva, who make the most complex watches in the world to a trendy Swatch collection depicting famous faces and times gone past from music to movies like Marilyn Monroe, along side art hanging on the walls of the gallery including a beautiful Christian Hook classic! The exhibition was held over two days and was well

attended by a curious public. Jordan did admit however that for all the fun it was to create that exhibition, he is far more comfortable surrounded by his watches in the historically located office at the arcade in Casemates Square. It is here that you will find Jordan, his dad and younger brother (Tito Jr), ready, willing and able to take you on a fascinating journey in time.

Jordan is excited for the future.

He has plans for a charity project, which already has the cogs oiled and in motion (excuse the pun) and will carry on working hard to spread the word about the importance of owning a good watch!!

Jordan is a very charming and intelligent young man but one word of warning‌Jordan will know all about you just by the watch you wear so cover up!

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May Day 2016 at Casemates It’s become the norm now to spend a great day down at Casemates and enjoy a variety of performances to please much of the community...Once the speeches are over the fun begins!

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Jumping Castles ‘jump’ into action, The Face Painting stall becomes inundated with requests to, ‘make me look different,’ Arts and Crafts activities get underway, Disney Characters bring smiles to adults, as well as, children’s faces and the fun atmosphere begins to slowly build! All under a grey levanter cloud with a few shots of sunshine every now and then. On come the dance academies...Mediterranean Dance School and Stylos Dance Studios. Singer Kristian Celecia was also planned to appear to give a performance...Early afternoon and the bands take over – The Rock Concert in other words: Omnibus, The Kubes, Shot Break, The Undesirables and Karma 13, who were the only band I was able to see and they were very good. The group’s line-up is three locals on guitar, bass and drums and a very upfront, energetic Spanish Singer, who sang and performed very well, pity though up to the time I left, by which time they were well into their set, there were no songs in English seeing as the group is made up of mainly Gi42 MAY 2016 GLOBE MAGAZINE

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braltarian members. On my return to the Square to catch the main guest on the day, I unfortunately just caught the tail end of The Gibraltar Youth Choir’s performance, which is just getting better and better each time I see them with their three and four part harmonies and choreography, which adds so much to their performance. It’s not surprising how well they do when they go abroad...

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X Factor winner, who did not disappoint at all. He ran on stage with a Gibraltar flag wrapped round his shoulders, which always pleases the local crowd, but that apart, he quickly warmed to his audience and the tightly packed square responded enthusiastically throughout his performance...

His sang his hits, Second Hand Heart and Something I Need and a number of covers.

Amongst them, Jealous Guy, Man in the Mirror, Highway to Hell, Freedom, Signed,

Sealed, Delivered and Come Together, a couple of songs from his album and all of the above to great backing tracks and brother Andrew’s acoustic guitar. He backed him on four songs, which I felt should have been cut down to three so as to get back to singing to backing tracks. Audiences start to murmur a little when interest in what’s happening on stage dwindles. But he got them back for his last three or four songs singing to his tracks.

Ben Haenow has improved ‘no end’ since his

appearances on X Factor in terms of stage confidence. His interacting with the audience was superb keeping them on side all the way, even to singing Happy Birthday to Andrew whose special day it was! “I’m amazed at the community spirit here... I want to come and live in Gibraltar,” Ben exclaimed excitedly. It was a good performance and from what I could gather, those present were pleased with Ben’s performance showing their genuine appreciation, enthusiastically...

Kayron Posso’s `DJ No Limits’ hot music followed well into the night, for the many remaining Casemates’ revellers!

The Gibraltar Youth Choir

Karma 13

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Omnibus

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May Day 2016 Celebrations voice telling the people of the United Kingdom, as well as, the rest of Europe that Gibraltar demands to remain within the European Union. Any other outcome would be a threat to our way of living!

Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

The Gibraltar Government, in collaboration with the Gibraltar Cultural Services, organized this year’s May Day celebrations, which began at 11 am with a Union Rally, which included various speakers. This was followed by a Fun Day for the whole family with live music, DJ’s and climaxing with the performance of International act, Ben Haenow, a former X-Factor winner.

At the Rally, Gibraltar’s unions used the May Day celebrations to champion Britain and Gibraltar to remain in the European Union.

‘Unite the Union’ and the white collar union, ‘GGCA’, took to the stage rallying support for the ‘In’ campaign.

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and tangible ways such an outcome may affect our livelihood and way of life,” Unite said in a statement.

Precisely because of the gravity

of this threat and its effect on the people of Gibraltar, Unite said it would abandon its sectarian perspectives and rally the whole community into one cohesive voice.

Our whole community with one

The GGCA also added, “May Day and Worker’s Memorial Day are solemn occasions, days to remember the deaths of those that fought to improve ordinary workers´ rights and conditions and paid for it with their lives. They are also days to commemorate the advances made by the labour movement. However, as much as unions have achieved, there is still a lot to fight for.” Particular reference was made to the long standing injustice of no obligatory occupational pensions for its members in the Private Sector.

The now customary May Day Rock Concert Extravaganza followed from 2:00pm. All in all an excellent fun day for the whole family.

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The Gibraltar International Song Festival 2016 Gala

Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

The seventh Gibraltar International Song Festival took place on Saturday 23rd April last and the first prize went to British composer Brandon Cook, who also sung his winning song called ‘28 Hazel Road’. Fourteen international song entries representing seven countries (six songs were from Spain) competed for the £4000 first prize and exposure from live TV streaming. The entertainment spot was given over entirely to ‘The Bootleg Beatles’, who brilliantly defended the most famous song catalogue in the world and left

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us wanting more just before the results were announced.

An impressive stage with large song festival motifs and side screens took a leaf from previous concepts and added stylish details to enhance the presentation, which was compered by Andy Coumbe and Erika McGrail.

Danza Academy provided movement and elegance during most songs and the sound was a good quality mix but slightly overbearing at times. For example, when The Bootleg Beatles came on their sound levels were easier on the ears, but I have to say that overall the festival keeps improving and Joe

Carseni’s dream is here to stay.

The fourteen songs were varied and generally predictable, especially in the ballads, but this is what’s expected in song festivals world-wide and much as the selectors try, the temptation to select a strong ballad still holds sway.

Rather this trend any day than the histrionics of Eurovision festivals, which put spectacles first and songs second. I have to admit being caught out by not having any of the three winners in my notes but the general sentiment at the interval was putting song number seven ‘Cambiemos el Mundo’ from Spain as a strong contender to win.

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The best interpreter prize went to young Tiffany Ferrary, who defended the local entry by Denis Valerga and Levi Attias ‘Simple Fool in Love’, an up-tempo commercial song, which suited the cute style of Tiffany, but there were a few seasoned performers, who could have swayed that decision, not least Nerea (song 4 ‘Sin Ti’) and Antonio Tomas (song 2 ‘Para no Volver’) both of them from Spain. Third placed UK entry ‘Not Made of Steel’ composed by Roger Cooke and Peter Vare, sung by Zoe Louise was a strong song with an ending that was an anti -climax, maybe that’s why it was third.

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Song fourteen ‘Good Vibes’ (from Spain -composed by Gilberto Martin and Sara Perez) sung by a feisty Sira Mayo took the second prize with strong nods to the disco scene could this one have lingered on the minds of the Judges since it was the last song? We will never know but the panel of judges were certainly stretched to adjudicate the top three. Under the chair of Tim Knight a regular with our festivals were local tenor Nathan Payas and William Luque from Venezuela. Singer Liona Hotta from Israel and singer- songwriter Lele from Spain completed the panel.

As always, the panel have the

song lyrics in front of them and are much better placed to reach a fair verdict. So we salute their choice.

get that short of the real thing, you can always enjoy The Bootleg Beatles because they know how to do it extremely well.

The Bootleg Beatles were superb and they had the most desirable song catalogue in the world to choose from. Great lookalikes and playing period correct instruments the tribute ‘Fab Four’ were a class act that the audience could not let go- even after hearing eighteen classics and singing their hearts out to the songs that changed music forever. Let’s not forget that The Beatles ‘happened’ over fifty years ago and their music lives on because the songs were good. Let us also not for-

So we relived our youth (well some of us) and we heard the best efforts of composers and singers from abroad in the seventh of the new run of song festivals, which have always been a musical heart beat on the Rock. The Chief Minister is fully behind this and the constant improvements to the festival will only cement his confidence. Joe Carseni and his team are to be congratulated once again for keeping music alive and taking it from the Rock to the digital domain in the name of Gibraltar and in the name of music.

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Elisha Lang: opening act at the Song Festival

Text by Joe Adambery Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

Elisha Lang opened the show with a big production number featuring Danza Academy and a 1975 classic form John Miles- Music (is my first love ) She came on and went off

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stage alternating with dancers and belting out the big vocal that this classic tune deserves.

A pity she was not included in the programme credits although this may have been a well -kept secret. I loved it and it went down very well as an explosive opening.

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The Vital Question

by Nick Lane on the work of others, adding his own research, and explains it in a way that is so compelling that it’s hard to imagine any other way. It’s not what most of us learned in school—there is no primordial soup involved—and it’s a gripping tale!

Last year I came across a book called ‘THE VITAL QUESTION’. I had never heard of the book or its author, a biologist at University College London named Nick Lane.

Nick reminds me of writers like Jared Diamond, people, who develop a grand theory that explains a lot about the world. He is one of those original thinkers, who make you say: More people should know about this person’s work.

For the next two billion years, bacteria and archaea were the only forms of life on Earth. Then, an exceptionally rare thing happened. A bacterium worked its way inside an archaeon and survived. The bacterium became an endosymbiont, one living thing inside another, each benefiting from something offered by the other.

At its heart, Nick’s work is an attempt to right a scientific wrong by getting people to fully appreciate the role that energy plays in all living things. ‘The Vital Question’ begins with a bang: “There is a black hole at the heart of biology.” (I wish more science books got off to such a ripping start.)

“Bluntly put, we do not know why life is the way it is. All complex life on earth shares a common ancestor, a cell that arose from simple bacterial progenitors on just one occasion in 4 billion years. Was this a freak accident, or did other ‘experiments’ in the evolution of complexity fail?”

Why does all complex life—every plant and animal you can see—share certain traits, like getting old and reproducing via sex? Why didn’t different types of complex life evolve? And if there is life on other planets, would it necessarily have these same traits? Or could E.T. reproduce by cloning himself?

Nick argues that we can only start to answer these questions by fully appreciating the role of energy. He is talking about how getting energy right at the cellular level explains how life began, and how it got so complex.

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This merging of cells had probably happened before and since, but it is always highly unlikely to succeed; most of the time, both cells die. “The one occasion where it really worked out,” Nick says, “is what led to us.”

and another type of single-celled organism called archaea seem to have developed about 4 billion years ago, thanks to an energy differential in alkaline vents deep in the ocean. Nick’s account of how that happened is thrilling. He builds

How? The bacterium contributed some of its genes to what became the nucleus of the cell.

The leftovers became mitochondria, which act as tiny power plants for every form of complex life we know about. And they are one of the key things that differentiate us from bacteria and archaea.

Here’s one reason why. Simple cells like bacteria generate all their energy in their outer membrane, which puts a physical limit on how big they can get and still make enough energy to support themselves. (In mathematical terms, their volume expands faster than their surface area, so their demand for energy eventually exceeds their ability to generate it.) Once cells had internalized the means of making energy—that is, once they had mitochondria—this constraint disappeared. Mitochondria also have specialized genomes focused on energy generation, but bacteria don’t; so cells with mitochondria could

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get much bigger, allowing for complex new arrangements.

IF E.T. WANTS TO HAVE KIDS, HE’LL NEED MRS. E.T.

In ‘The Vital Question’, Nick goes on to show how energy can help explain why life is the way it is. He makes a persuasive case that complex life must have the traits we see today. And he argues that it would almost certainly develop the same way everywhere. This means that, if we find complex life on other planets, it will quite likely share the same traits. In other words, E.T. can’t clone himself. If he wants to have offspring, he’ll need Mrs. E.T.!

Nick has a very scientific demeanor. In reading his book, you never get the impression that he was claiming more than he should or trying to pull a fast one on the reader. It’s always clear where he’s citing someone else’s work and where he’s building out his own ideas. And he would be the first to tell you that some of his ideas might be wrong.

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and I doubt anyone else will make it much easier to understand without sacrificing crucial details.

He uses lots of vivid metaphors to explain key ideas. Every few pages, he sums up what he has just said and recaps the important points. If you have a scientific bent and you remember a bit of chemistry and biology, you should find , “The Vital Question”, quite approachable.

soon. Five years from now, Nick Lane and the other researchers in this field will have gotten a lot further. Of course, there’s no telling whether his specific arguments will turn out to be right.

But even if they don’t, I suspect his focus on energy will be seen as an important contribution to our understanding of where we come from, and where are we going.

If you’re going to read this book, do it relatively

In short, why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolving into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life sharing many strange properties, from sex to ageing and death; if life evolved on other planets, would it be the same or completely different? In The Vital Question, Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades. The answer, he argues, lies in energy: how all life on Earth lives off a voltage with the strength of a bolt of lightning. In unravelling these scientific enigmas, making sense of life’s quirks, Lane’s explanation provides a solution to life’s vital questions: why are we as we are, and why are we here at all? This is ground-breaking science in an accessible form, in the tradition of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, and Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel.

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Inauguration of Mid Harbour Small Boat Marina

Photographs by Johnnie Bugeja

Exactly two years after construction started, the 700-berth Mid Harbour Small Boat marina was officially inaugurated on 26th April last by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Minister for Education and Justice, Gilbert Licudi, who oversaw the whole project.

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The inauguration was attended by dignitaries and guests from across the community, including many, who had worked directly on the project.

“This is the largest, one-off marina engineering project in the EU in many decades; this is Gibraltar punching above its weight”, Mr Picardo

enthusiastically said. “It will provide commercial opportunities, as well as, recreational facilities.”

Mr Licudi said the new facility would open up access to the sea for the entire community and he also called it the completion of one of Government’s ‘landmark projects’. He added

that the super yacht wharf would provide revenue and employment “for generations to come.”

Mr Picardo and Mr Licudi were joined by

other ministers including Neil Costa, Paul Balban, Albert Isola and Steven Linares. After the inauguration ceremony, teams from the Mediterranean and Calpe rowing clubs held a regatta as the guests watched from the new

wharf just a few metres away. The marina’s full name – the Mid-Harbour Small Boats Marina, Public Promenade and Super Yacht Wharf – offers clear clues as to the scope of the project!

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The Best Recipes of our Cuisine

Spring Salmon with Minty Veg Tuna Steaks with Cucumber Relish SERVES: 4 PREPARATION: 10 minutes COOK: 10 minutes INGREDIENTS: 750g small new potatoes, thickly sliced. - 750g frozen peas and beans - 2 tbsp olive oil - Zest and juice of 1 lemon - Small pack mint, leaves only - 4 salmon fillets, about 140g

How to make it

1. Boil the potatoes in a large pan for 4 minutes. Tip in the peas and beans, bring back up to a boil, then carry on cooking for another 3 minutes until the potatoes and beans are tender. Whizz the olive oil, lemon zest and juice

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and mint in a blender to make a dressing (or finely chop the mint and whisk into the oil and lemon). 2. Put the salmon in a microwave-proof dish, season and then pour the dressing over.

Cover with cling film, pierce and then microwave on High for 4-5 minutes until cooked through.

Drain the veg and mix with the hot dressing and cooking juices from the fish. Serve the fish on top of the vegetables.

Using different herbs: If you don’t have any mint to hand, you can use basil or dill instead. Both add a delicious, herby freshness to this dish.

SERVES: 4 PREPARATION: 15 minutes COOK: 3-4 minutes INGREDIENTS: 3 tsbp olive oil - 4 tuna steaks, about 140g FOR THE RELISH: ½ cucumber - 2 spring onions, finely chopped - 1 medium tomato, finely chopped - 1 tbsp olive oil - 2 tbsp chopped Parsley - 1 tbsp lime or lemon juice

How to make it

1. Put the oil into a food bag and add the tuna steaks. Rub well together and leave for 30 minutes while you make the relish. Peel the cucumber, halve lengthways and scoop out the seeds. Chop

the flesh into a small dice. Mix with the rest of the ingredients, seasoning to taste. Set aside. 2.

To griddle: heat the pan to hot, then cook the steaks, turning after 2 minutes, and cooking for another 2 minutes each side depending on the thickness of the steaks. Meaty fish is best served slightly ‘pink’. Remove the steaks from the heat then allow to stand for 3-5minutes and then spoon over the relish and serve.

To BBQ: When the grill is ready to cook, remove the fish from the bag, dabbing off excess oil. Season and cook for barely 2 minutes each side.

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The beauty, the charm, the glamour and the thrill are all important in a beauty contest and not to be ignored, but these days charitable and philanthropic themes are coming more to the fore to share the event alongside physical attractiveness and intellect. The Miss Gibraltar pageant this year, accents that benevolent undertaking...

In recent years, much emphasis has been given to deserving, charitable institutions on the Rock especially by the individual contestants, but fun, during the lead up to the event has also played a prominent part with the girls going off to aqua parks, swanky restaurants and enjoyable fitness treks.

a dress down day at school to a car wash and even making use of the Gibraltar University kitchen to bake cakes and then sell them down town! All of this juggling with rehearsal commitments like choreography, stage craft, getting used to walking down a catwalk and, of course, preparing for their interviews also which, even these days, many of them seem to dread!”

This year, however, fun outings have been replaced by fund raising tasks or assignments, which have nonetheless been very enjoyable for all concerned, “That’s right,” Producer, James Neish informs me, “Each girl has chosen an individual assignment to complete plus, there have also been group tasks to be carried out. All this in lieu of the outings we normally go on and perhaps surprisingly, the girls have enjoyed their little chores tremendously.” The main emphasis this year has been on

But that is something today’s entrants are less concerned about I would imagine, because many of them are entering at a later stage in their lives like the early 20s, and some on their return from university... “That is very true. This year, we have two school teachers, a lawyer, an enrolled nurse, a Health and Safety consultant and other qualified girls that have come forward to potentially become our next Miss Gibraltar and represent us at the Miss World contest, which this year will be held in Bali and

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collecting much needed funds for the new and much bigger Calpe House in London, which is being refurbished in Norfolk Square in Paddington off Edgware Road not far from the present ‘home from home’ in Bayswater - where individuals and their escorts travelling there on medical grounds can comfortably stay...An excellent choice for fund raising, if ever there was one, especially as it benefits all locals and many

other residents on the Rock...

“Yes, that’s our only charity fundraiser we’re working towards this year with a view to collect as much as possible for this expensive project, which assists all of us when we need to travel to the UK for medical reasons and the Calpe House Trustees have expressed appreciation for the work put in by the girls, who have been going ‘all out’ working on many tasks from quiz nights and

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I can say, the group has shown tremendous development focusing on the many hours that are swallowed up when you take on those individual and group tasks and everything else that needs to be rehearsed!”

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mes last held the event there in 2013 – this one incidentally, is his 10th, as producer, presenter or producer/presenter of the Miss Gibraltar Pageant. Putting on a show like this on the smaller space available, even adding to the stage at the JMH, is always a challenge when audiences are used to the Queen’s Cinema, St Michael’s Cave or even the Ala-

meda Open Air Theatre. “Plus,” James says, “It’s not easy trying to please both live and TV audiences at the same time.” But judging by the success of the 2013 show, both in the theatre and later, when I watched the recording of it on TV, it worked very well.

Assisting James with his pre-

senting duties on this occasion are, GBC Television’s Kelly Ann Turnbull and singer and Radio Gibraltar presenter, Simon Dumas... “We also have, The Gibraltar Academy of Dance and Stylos and excellent live music from Afterhours, with singers, Tim Garcia, and Jeremy Perez, who’ll be in Gibraltar for the occasion, assisted by two ladies,

Producer James Neish

who are studying at Jeremy’s university and who have backed Leona Lewis no less! They will provide backing vocals, as well as, perform in their own right.

Our own Chloe Martinez will sing on the night too...and James has more, “Oh yes, our main guest performer is a lady, who’s at the top of musical theatre on the London Stage having taken on leading roles in Wicked, We Will Rock You, Les Miserables, Oliver, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Cats and recently toured with Queen’s Brian May.” Meanwhile keeping everyone even busier and adding to the charity element, is a song and video recorded by this year’s contestants to bring in extra funds for Calpe House and cle-

verly keeping to the theme of, ‘a home away from home,’ the nine girls sing their hearts out on a song composed and written by Afterhours and Tim Garcia called ‘Our Home.’ The video has been produced by GibMedia and was launched by Health Minister, John Cortes on the 10th May at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates...You may have already heard it on Radio Gibraltar if not, YouTube is the place to go to and check it out.

And what about the hard working producer busy putting together the event and having to come up with fresh ideas bearing in mind this is his 10th! “It’s never easy to come up with new

ideas even if it’s your first,” James explains, “And going back to John Mackintosh Hall is already a challenge in itself. The thing is when you’re preparing and rehearsing all the bits and pieces with the girls at the rehearsal studios, the anxiety begins to creep in when you think about how it’s all going to work when all the parts come together. You have a very limited amount of time to move things around at the Hall if you need to. Sound, lights and other issues come into play also on those few opportunities you have leading up to the big night and getting it right will show how well or otherwise I’ve done my preparation work.” This will be James’ last show of the four

show contract he’s been sharing since 2014 with the pageant’s other producer Christian Santos, who has one more to produce. After next year, the event will presumably go out to tender once more. James says, “Christian and I have worked hard to produce these shows to the best of our ability professionally, and hopefully, have been entertaining and of an acceptable standard, for the enjoyment of our community and everyone else.” ...Of a high standard there is no doubt! The Miss Gibraltar Pageant 2016 is on Saturday, June the 4th...Make it a date...get your tickets or takeaway... and pick your winner!!

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Kerry Ellis to perform at this year’s Miss Gibraltar Show One of the leading ladies of the West End, Kerry Ellis, will headline the 2016 Miss Gibraltar pageant

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May 1979 and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16.

Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of My Fair Lady as Marti-

ne McCutcheon’s understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle.

After meeting Queen guitarist Brian May in 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original

London cast of We Will Rock You and has subsequently played lead roles in West End musicals Les Miserable, Wicked (which also took her to Broadway), Oliver! And Cats, as well as, appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like Miss Saigon, Chess, The War of the Worlds and RENT. Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has become recognized as the First Lady of West End musicals. She has also worked sporadically in film and television and involves herself in charity work for the Born Free Foundation with Brian May and is the patron of several arts organizations.

Ms Ellis will star later this year in the UK premiere of the off-Broadway rock musical ‘Murder Ballad’ at the Arts Theatre in London. Her participation in this year’s Miss Gibraltar Pageant, which is produced by Stage One, has been confirmed by the team.

Ms Ellis said She was delighted to be performing in Gibraltar for the first time.

“I’m told there is a huge following for West End musicals on the Rock and can’t wait to bring a bit of the West End to the people of Gibraltar. I hope it’s sunny!” she said.

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Miss Gibraltar 2016 Charity Campaign

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The Miss Gibraltar 2016 contestants have started their charity campaign in support of the new Calpe House appeal; a number of group events have been organised.

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made up from a selection of leading local professionals, were responsible for a Cake Stall on the morning of Saturday 9th April

last at the Piazza. This was their first group event in support of the charity, which they are collectively supporting this year. To-

gether they baked the cakes at the University of Gibraltar kitchen in preparation for the event.

COFFEE MORNING (Sat 23rd April) The contestants also took on a waitressing role at Biancas on Saturday 23rd April between 10am and 12pm in a special charity coffee morning. Coffee or Tea with Toast or Croissant sold cost £4.50 and every single penny was donated to the charity appeal.

A spokesman for Biancas said: “Biancas Restaurant has just been through an extensive expansion and refurbishment and we are

proud to offer our premises to further awareness for the necessary and worthwhile Calpe House Charity in conjunction with Gibraltar’s beautiful Ambassadors – The Miss Gibraltar Contestants. All funds collected from the Girls’ sales on that day will be going directly to the Charity.”

Producer James Neish said: “We have been working very hard in rehearsals and April saw the start of our charity work for Calpe House. We are all extremely proud to be supporting this worthwhile cause and hope the community will back the contestants in their efforts.”

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EU Referendum

Sixty Years of Strained Relations Timeline Both the United Kingdom and Gibraltar go to the polls on 23rd June 2016 to decide if the UK remains or exits the EU. Gibraltar has the same entitlement to vote in this Referendum as British citizens resident in the UK. The referendum in Gibraltar is therefore part of the UK vote. However, there can be no doubt that both the UK’s and Gibraltar’s interests are best served by remaining in the EU. The arguments are not even finely balanced. They are very clear-cut in favour of continued UK membership of the EU and Prime Minister David Cameron deserves overwhelming support.

In this article, we look at Britain’s sixty year timeline rollercoaster. From resistance to its entry and rows over contributions to monetary policy disputes and threats to leave, Britain has had a bumpy ride within the European Union

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1957 Treaty of Rome signed France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, six founding members of the European Economic Community, sign the Treaty of Rome, but Britain withdraws from early talks.

the Common Market but is vetoed by French President Charles de Gaulle, who accuses Britain of a “deep-seated hostility” towards the European initiative.

1973 Britain joins EEC With de Gaulle out of office, Britain is allowed into the European Economic Community at last, but within a year calls for major reform of Common Agricultural Policy, as well as, changes in way the budget is financed.

1963 French veto UK joining Common Market

1983 Michael Foot defeated

French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain’s entry in 1963 With its economy flagging, Britain makes its first attempt to join

Harold Wilson held a referendum on membership Harold Wilson’s Labour government holds a referendum over EEC membership, which splits the party but results on two thirds of British voters saying they want to stay in.

1975 EEC referendum

Labour leader Michael Foot promises withdrawal from EEC in his election manifesto, but his party is heavily beaten by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives.

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before the creation of a single currency.

1992 Black Wednesday

1984 Thatcher wins Brussels rebate Margaret Thatcher won a rebate in row over contributions A key victory for Mrs Thatcher sees her win a “rebate” from Brussels after she had threatened to halt contributions because Britain was receiving far less in agricultural subsidies than some other members, notably France.

In what became known as ‘Black Wednesday’, Britain is forced to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, after failing to stem intense currency speculation.

1997 Single European Currency Britain declared it would not be joining the single currency for the duration of that parliament, after it failed Gordon Brown’s ‘five golden tests’.

running tensions Tensions rise over France’s ban on British beef during the “mad cow” disease outbreak. France given an ultimatum from Brussels but the ban is not lifted until years later.

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Britain joins Exchange Rate Mechanism Britain joins the Exchange Rate Mechanism, eleven years after it was set up to harmonise European countries’ financial systems

Gordon Brown misses televised ceremony of leaders signing Lisbon Treaty, which hands greater powers to Brussels. The controversial treaty took two years to negotiate, after plans for an official constitution were abandoned.

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1999 British Beef Row France’s reaction to Britain’s ‘mad cow’ outbreak created long

Cameron Makes Referendum Pledge David Cameron promises an “In-Out” referendum if he wins the 2015 general election, which he does and reiterates manifesto commitment to hold one before the end of 2017.

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David Cameron clashes with Europe over plans to introduce a levy on banks and restrict London’s financial sector. The Prime Minister promises to bring back powers from Brussels.

February 2016 EU Referendum Deal David Cameron negotiated a new deal for UK and will now let the public have their say David Cameron negotiates “new EU deal” for UK after 30 hours of talks but has to make series of concessions. The Prime Minister then announces the referendum will be held on June 23.

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All about us: Gabriel Moreno

Local (London) based poet Gabriel Moreno has a new album, which I was happy to come across on Spotify and put the appreciation machinery in motion by first interviewing him as soon as I heard it.

cer of Amber Records, Norbert Toth, at a London gig in Kilburn. “It was a horrible gig but Norbert saw potential for an album. However, the majority of the songs were written in the years after that encounter and we started recording in late 2014.

endeavours, which have shaped my emotional landscape and my musical creations. The many years of nocturnal adventures in the music scene, with its debaucheries and excesses, inform the essence of the more narrative songs such as ‘Beautiful Lies’ and ‘Saturday night’.”

The new album ‘Love and Decadence’ was conceived in 2013 when local but ex-pat poet Gabriel Moreno met the produ-

“The songs are based on life experiences in both London and Barcelona. Of course, I also draw inspiration from my romantic

“Together with ‘Love and Fire’ and ‘Losing Game’, they constitute the most decadent sphere of the album. I understand deca-

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dence as a kind of willing descent into the excesses of the night and a stepping out of conventional society into a wild and marginal lifestyle. Decadence is also conceived as a counter point to love and affection. The idea is of a constant tug of war between romance and the madness of the night.

The album also meant to narrate two opposite sides of existence.”

“The song ‘Piensa en Mi’ has always been one of my favourite

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and thought that a classic cover would be best.” Gabriel says that playing it live has always made his shows more emotional because it’s a song, which usually causes a beautiful “catharsis” in

him and the audience.

If the all-embracing influence of the legend that is Leonard Cohen, which hasn’t left any aspiring lonely poet and son-

gwriter/ troubadour untouched since the mid-sixties, had not impacted on Gabriel Moreno, he would probably not have my undivided attention right now.

He has put together here a soul-

ful collection of poems/songs that makes for a relaxing poetic encounter with soft music and rumba rhythms interwoven with good words which provide colourful poetic imagery accompanied by deft touches of fingerstyle nylon guitar.

‘Love and Decadence’ is all this and the soul of Gabriel the man, touched and scarred by life, which makes up the tapestry of musical moods- light and

sombre, playful and introspective, evocative and compelling.

An album, which begs a second listen and a third, followed by a committed read of the lyricsit’s slow and addictive. I also checked him out on U Tube and seen that he is a showman, who knows his stuff well enough to throw his full weight behind it without resorting to reading from a lectern. I look forward to meeting him and seeing him ‘live’ here soon.

Gabriel Moreno’s future performances include a support set for the great folk cult band ‘Songdog’ on the 15th of April in the acclaimed London venue of Old St Pancras Church and a return to Gibraltar for a first ever solo gig in the first week of June. He is already planning a new album for next year.

The musicians featured in the album are Pablo Yupton, the guitarist, who is from Barce-

lona, violinist Barbara Bartz is from Poland and one of the finest fiddle players in the London Americana and Country scene, and the drummer is Pablo Kajon also from Barcelona.

Gabriel Moreno is a member of the Lantern Society (‘London’s finest folk club’) and any poetic movement around London and the provinces lures him like a hawkmoth to a flame. Check him out.

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Somersby Apple Cider A natural cider with low alcohol by volume made of 100% apple juice

during haymaking. English cidermaking probably peaked around the mid-seventeenth century, when almost every farm had its own cider orchard and press.

What is Cider?

Cider is defined as an alcoholic drink, which is technologically made through the natural juice fermentation, without at any time adding distilled alcohol. Sugar and apple juice may be added both prior and post fermentation.

Most ciders are carbonated and food additives (permitted in EU legislation) can be used.

It was said that when the Romans arrived in England in 55 BC, they had found villagers in Kent drinking a delicious cider-like beverage made from apples.

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How long the locals had been making this apple drink prior to the arrival of the Romans is anybody’s guess!

After the Norman Conquest of 1066, cider consumption became widespread in England and orchards were established specifically to produce cider apples. During medieval times, cider-making was an important industry.

Monasteries sold vast quantities of their strong, spiced cider to the public. Farm labourers even received a ‘cider allowance’ as part of their wages and the quantity increased

For centuries, traditional village life in the apple-growing regions of Britain would revolve around farmers making their own alcoholic beverage, which was a cloudy drink they affectionately

called ‘scrumpy’. In fact, the drink was a popular sweet alternative to ale and even replaced water as a refreshing drink because it was considered healthier than the drinking water at the time!

By the beginning of the ninth century, cider drinking was well established in Europe and a reference made by Charlemagne clearly confirms its popularity. However, the industry later went into decline, due to major agricultural changes. Cider regained its popularity during the twentieth century, but demand was largely for the mass-produced variety. Only in recent years has traditional cider making finally triumphed. The traditional ways of cider making are still with us today and cider is still appreciated by people from all walks of life, who enjoy its naturally fruity and refreshing taste.

Somersby Apple Cider is a brand of 4.5% ABV cider by Danish brewing company Carlsberg Group. Developed in 2008, it

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apple taste makes it a tasty and natural choice for the relaxed moments with your friends.”

Product facts: 4.5% vol. apple cider: • Made from fermented apple juice, with added apple juice, sugar and natural flavoring to give a crisp and delicious apple cider taste • No artificial sweeteners, flavours or colourings • 55 kcal/100ml • 12 months shelf life (glass bottle) • Best served over ice • Appearance: Light Amber • Aroma: Granny Smith Apples.

• Taste: Very Sweet, But Not Candied.

• Mouthfeel: Slightly Bubbly.

was originally developed for the Danish market, but today, has been launched in more than 50 markets around the world. Of the world’s ten biggest cider brands, Somersby was the one that grew most in 2012.

Somersby Apple Cider is an invigorating and refreshing cider made from quality fermented apple juice and natural apple flavouring. There are no artificial sweeteners, flavours or colourings used in the making of this premium cider whose unique taste makes it a tasty and natural choice for the relaxed moments with your friends.

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of “Lord Somersby”, a fictional British Lord of the Manor despite the beverage having no discernible connections to the English village of Somersby, Lincolnshire.

Good-quality cider is made from a special strain of apples.

It is usually mixed from several apple strains in order to achieve the appropriate proportion of sweetness, bitterness and acidity of the initial cider. The extracted apple-must ferments in stainless steel tanks with a controlled temperature of fermentation that allows the preservation of aromatic substances in the beverage. Then it is racked into bottles, where the final fermentation can take place making the cider slightly sparkling. As a result of the final fermentation a haze can occur at the bottom of the bottles, which is not harmful. In accordance with the alcohol content, cider is

classified as sweet (under 3 % of alcohol), medium-dry (3 - 5%) and dry (above 5%).

In recent years, cider has experienced a dramatic renaissance. Today, it is a very popular alternative to beer and wine, and a natural alternative to flavoured Ready-to-Drink products.

Apart from pure apple cider, the Somersby brand is also being used for pear cider, blackberryflavoured apple cider, cranberryflavoured apple cider, citrusflavoured apple cider and a calorie-reduced apple cider.

Somersby Apple Flavoured Cider ABV 4.5% “Somersby Apple is a refreshing cider made from fermented apple juice and natural apple flavouring.

No artificial sweeteners, flavours or colourings. It’s uniquely juicy

Somersby Apple Cider has a pleasant taste and the finish isn’t too sickly sweet. There is a nice aroma of Green Apple and the best way to describe it is if you made cider from Granny Smith Apples and added Honey to sweeten it.

The sweetness isn’t as up front as some Commercial Ciders, but it’s definitely there. Carbonation is very low after the initial pour, which is actually refreshing to see from a Commercial Company.

Finally, there is a pleasant slightly artificial sour finish after each sip.

Somersby™ Apple Cider is distributed in Gibraltar by Saccone & Speed (Gibraltar) Ltd –A Member of the Saccone & Speed Group of Companies, Tel: 200 70092, www.sacconeandspeedgibraltar.gi

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The Aage Hempel Trophy The Aage Hempel Trophy tournament was held on Sunday 1st May 2016 during the Med Golf Mayday weekend at the 4-star Costa Ballena Resort on the Costa de la Luz. The weekend break, which offered options on golf and hotel accommodation, was well supported and thoroughly enjoyed by all – including the all-seeing Black Crow, who was making his debut after flying out of retirement in Brazil. Read on!

The Trophy event was preceded on Saturday 30 th April by a team Bowmaker competition that was great fun. The golf course was well laid out and in good condition; moreover, both events were played in glorious sunshine with just a gentle breeze - ideal conditions for golf which was reflected in the results.

The winner of The Aage Hempel Trophy was Tony Pomfrett with 42 points. Tony won the trophy and 2 green fees on the San Roque Club Old Course.

OTHER PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS:

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comical antics below, the Black Crow floats among us like a wraith - there is no hiding place! His main purpose for giving up life on the Brazilian beach was to help stamp out slow play. While he can be brutally frank, he was pleased to see that both rounds at Costa Ballena finished in under 4hrs 30 min. Not bad as more than half the players were walking.

longest drive and the best gross score on the par 3s at lever par. The best guest prize was won by Diego Hidalgo with a score of 45 points. Best pairing was Ross McQuater and Tim O’Toole with a combined score of 77 points. Our best senior this time was Tony Pomfrett with a score of 42 points.

OUR HANDICAP CATEGORY PRIZES WERE WON AS FOLLOWS:

Category 1 (0-12) the runner up with a score of 41 points was Ross McQuater and the winner on handicap, also with 41 points, was Paul Thomas. Category 2 (1322) the runner up was Paul

Cambridge with 35 points and the winner was Tim O’Toole with 36 points. Category 3 (23 and above) Matthew Robinson was runner up with 31 points and the winner was Paul Harrington with 35 points.

The nearest the pin winners were: Mike Cowburn, Ross McQuater, David MacGregor and Mike Harvey. Nearest the pin in 2 on a par 4 was Joe Sanchez and winner of nearest the pin in 3 on a par 5 was David MacGregor.

WORDS FROM THE BLACK CROW

When not soaring above us on the golf course enjoying our

The Black Crow was also there in the hotel bar on Friday night to witness Mickey Goodson boldly remove his trousers to show his bruised upper thigh to the group at the bar – and anyone else within visual range. We are waiting to see how many messages of sympathy – or propositions – Mickey gets as a result!

He was also there on Saturday morning to watch Frank O’Hara finish hole 10 and hit a mighty drive down the 18th fairway (in fairness, the 18th tee is right there when you leave the 10th green).

However, it does go in the opposite direction and his “watch” then told him he had 720 metres to the pin! Big hitter though he is, Frank was heard to say. “I think I’ll just lay-up.” Don’t you just love a pragmatist?

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Many thanks to everyone, who supported this event and congratulations to the prize winners. There will be many more events to come this season so why not make sure that you are included and work your way into the Med Golf Masters in August 2016.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, HERE IS THE

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IN THE JYSKE BANK ORDER OF MERIT. ONLY THE TOP TEN WILL QUALIFY FOR THE MASTERS.

1 Duncan Hamilton 2 Steve Stonefield 3 David Campbell 4 Javi Hunter 5 David MacGregor 6 John Hunter 7 Paul ‘Taffy’ Thomas 8 Mark Henderson

9 Douglas Casciaro 10 Mike Harvey -----------------------------11 Chris Delaney 12 Mike Cowburn 13 Chris Warren 14 Louis Calvente 15 Chris Hill 16 Martin Burns 17 Stuart Ferguson 18 Tim O’Toole 19 Peter Lenderyou

20 Joe Sanchez All the photos from Costa Ballena can be found on our Facebook page. For more details on our full schedule and the benefits of joining Med Golf for just £40 per year or £60 for family membership (limited to two), please visit our members website: medgolfmembers.com.

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