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XIII International Classical Guitar Competition Julián Arcas The XIII Certamen Internacional de Guitarra Clásica Julián Arcas, (XIII International Classical Guitar Competition Julián Arcas) organised by Cajamar Caja Rural, will take place this year between the 17 and the 26 October.

It will commence with an act by ‘Los Divinos’. The Director del Certamen, Juan Francisco Padilla, described the act as ‘a work that combines music, theatre and humour, and it definitely is therapeutic.’

This year’s competition has many innovations. Among them, a concert tribute to Maty Rodríguez, one of the driving forces behind the development of guitar music in Almería, and Founder of the Conservatorio de Música de Almería, where he was also a Professor. This tribute concert will be provided by David Russell, classical guitarist known worldwide for his superb musicianship and who also has a Grammy for best instrumental soloist in classical music.

The cultural program also includes other prominent events such as a concert by Rubén Bettencourt, winner of the Premio Ciutat d’Elx 2012 on the 20th October, and Fabio Zanon, which will take place on the following day, the 21 October.

Also Carles Trepat will play an original guitar from Antonio de

Torres, which is more than 220 years old.

Manolo Franco, great forerunner of the fusion of classical music and flamenco, will play on October 23rd, and Ivan Rijos, famous for his great ability to improvise, will play three different concerts in the Círculo Mercantil e Industrial on Thursday 24th October.

The concert will end with the Dúo Tamayo-Montesinos on the 25th October, who will play in a new venue for the Certamen - the Auditorio de El Ejido.

The Director Artístico del Festival, Juan Cruz Guevara, announced that places are still available. 33 entrants have already enrolled in the ‘Antonio de Torres’ division, for youngsters of 13 years of age; 35 in ‘José Tomás’ (up to 18 years) and 25 in the senior category ‘Julián Arcas’.

The limit per category in 50 entrants.

Alongside this competition a painting competition for children, entitled ‘I Concurso de Dibujo Infantil’. It is open to children aged 5 to 12 years who attend primary schools Almería. Entries close on October 11th, and prizes will be, of course, guitars. teleprensa.es

III Edición del Almería Western Film Festival

The Ayuntamiento de Tabernas, the Almería Western Film Festival, the Parque Temático Oasys Mini Hollywood and the film studios of Fort Bravo are the promotors and organisors of the AWFF 2013, while the Junta de Andalucía, Turismo de Andalucía and the Diputación de Almería, are sponsoring the III Edición del Almería Western Film Festival.

They are aware of the importance of the Festival for the generation of employment at all levels in Tabernas, Almería and Andalucía, where the film industry has a history stretching back more than 40 years.

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The Delegada Territorial de la Consejería de Fomento, Vivienda, Turismo y Comercio de la Junta de Andalucía en Almería, Dª Encarnación Caparrós Plaza, said that ‘for our province the development of tourism film and the film shoots are strategic in defining Almería as a tourist destination, and for the generation of employment.’ She added that the support of the Consejería de Turismo y Comercio de la Junta de Andalucía at the Festival has resulted in several initiatives to promote the area.

According to Rafael Molina, Gerente de Fort Bravo, ‘the AWFF means that the whole area benefits, not only Tabernas. The Festival is relevant to Tabernas, Almería, Andalucia, and Spain.

Our deserts are the heritage of the area and part of our identity.

Everything stays the same, everything is in perfect condition and the conditions are the same as 30 or 40 years ago. To shoot a Western movie here just need a script and actors because everything else is already assembled and organised.’

José María Rodríguez, Director of Oasys - Mini Hollywood, explained that ‘our studios are still attractive and interesting to the Western genre productions. We strive to make Mini Hollywood real and accessible to young producers and directors so they can carry out their projects with low budgets.’

The organisation of the Almeria Western Film Festival, as represented by César Méndez and Danny García, has a mission to promote the Western genre to professionals and the public. The objective is to achieve the same volume of movies as in the 60s in which several shoots took place simultaneously.

At a press conference a new Spanish project was announced; a comedy Western, directed by Rafael Romero Marchent with Mario Casas as one of the cast.

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Alpujarra gets information points to coincide with world tourism day

This initiative has been timed to coincide with World Tourism Day.

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The Presidente del ADR Alpujarra Almeriense y del Plan Turístico, Antonio Manuel Ortiz Oliva, praised the installations, adding that ‘the most interesting and important part of this infrastructure is that it will allow tourists to have clear information.’

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Furthermore these places have audio guides offering a geographical and historical description, highlighting the most important heritage facts and those elements of environmental and ecotourism relevant to the area.

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Healthcare gets biggest budget cuts for next year, industry gets greatest extra funds B y : thinkSPAIN

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S PA IN ’S health service is seeing the biggest cuts ever in next year’s budget with a reduction of 35.6 per cent.

Although the State budget for 2014 shows increases in most areas, once Social S e c u r i t y contributions, taxes and other dues paid by the workforce in the public and private sector, and taxes paid by the electricity sector, the actual spending by the State next year has fallen by 4.7 per cent.

The health service reduction of 35.6 per cent is the highest cut of all, whilst the ministry of industry has seen the highest increase in funding, at 31.6 per cent.

It will get just 1.9 billion euros, of which once taxpayers’ contributions are deducted, reduces to just under 378 million.

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AMIGOS BOWLING CENTRE to pay social security contributions for nonprofessional carers – people who were looking after dependant relatives – which the State was in arrears with between 2007 and 2011, but this figure does not appear in the 2014 budget.

Cuts of 8.8 per cent in foreign affairs, 3.2 per cent in the ministry of defence, and between 2.3 and 2.9 in most of the others are shown.

Increased budgets have been given to the ministry of public works, the ministry for

the interior, that of agriculture, food and the environment, all of between 0.5 and three per cent, whilst a 6.6-percent increase in funding has been given to the ministry of education and 11.5 per cent to the ministry of Social Security and employment.

The ministry of the economy will get 19.5 per cent extra and the ministry of industry, 31.6 per cent.

Pensions will increase next year by 0.25 per cent, the budget says.

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The United Nations has urged Spain to scrap an amnesty law that pardons crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gen Francisco Franco, who died in 1975.

Hundreds of thousands of

people disappeared during the Spanish civil war and the 36 years of nationalist rule that followed.

A team of UN experts has urged the Spanish government to help the many relatives of missing Franco-

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Dozens of those relatives demonstrated in Madrid on 25 September 2013 to draw attention to the issue.

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POSSIBLE hunger strike FOR ALCALDE OF FINES Alcalde of Fines, Rodrigo Sánchez will shut himself into the premises of the Escuela del Mármol de Andalucía, and will go on a hunger strike if there is no formal commitment of payment by the Junta de Andalucía to the Consorcio Escuela del Mármol de Andalucía by 18th October.

He made this bold promise at a plenary session. He said ‘I will do this to support its workers (of the Consorcio Escuela del Mármol) and require the Junta to pay the debt owed to these 22 people and the Centre.’

The pleno approved a motion urging ‘the Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía to urgently and immediately pay the Consorcio workers, the suppliers, and the finance and social security debts to ensure the functioning of the school and the job security of its workers.’

The Consorcio Escuela del Mármol de Andalucía, a dependent of the Consejería

de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía, has accumulated debts dating back to 2011, and probably on total has outstanding commitment to pay one and a half million in outstanding debt.

The Alcalde said ‘So far I have wanted to stay in the background so as not to harm the school. There are families with children who have worked for 10 months without pay, and this situation is unsustainable. As Vice President of the School and as Mayor of Fines is my responsibility is to be at their side and this is the only alternative; this is the last resort left to me.’

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39 immigrants travelling in two boats have been rescued by members of Salvamento Marítimo and the Guardia Civil off the coast of Almería.

the town of Níjar, and they were rescued by the Guardia Civil.

One of the boats, with 30 Maghrebi (North African) immigrants, all older men, was seen 18 miles east of the Isla de Alborán. The Salvamento Marítimo took the occupants to the fishing port of Almería.

The Cruz Roja has taken charge of one hundred of immigrants who have arrived in less than twelve hours on the coast of Almería.

They have provided food, drink, blankets and health care to the immigrants, all of whom have been handed over to the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía for repatriation.

Last week 53 immigrants were taken to the capital’s port.

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Susie says that one Apartado holder, PK, came to her with a letter she had received as a result of a complaint to Correos HQ in Madrid. “The letter was very clear and apologetic for the service she and her husband had received using Mojacar Pueblo Apartados , though only the wife had paid several letters of each of them had been returned. It said for them to show the letter at the counter and post addressed to either could be put into their Apartado. Apparently the woman behind the counter rang someone and said that wouldn’t be possible. She was countermanding the order from HQ. It’s all very odd and there seems to be no stopping

them. I doubt if many who don’t have to will renew this year. “ Councillor Angel Medina has been carrying out a series of discussions with the Playa branch along with Lenox Napier and Bill Campbell. He is attempting to negotiate so that the Town Hall makes more of an effort with street signage in return for a resumption of the old Apartado service at least until the end of the year. Meanwhile, Councillor Jessica Simpson (mojacarpositivasemueve@ gmail.com) will be bringing the matter up at a plenary meeting at the Town Hall on the 26th September and has produced a questionnaire to find out what public opinion on Mojacar postal service generally is.

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ARE CORREOS A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES?

Does Mojacar Correos consider itself above We’re going to complain to the Defensor Del the law? This is the question irate users are Pueblo, the Spanish Ombudsman.” asking about the state run postal service and On Wednesday the couple went into its rented Apartado post boxes. According Correos to make a written complaint because to one retired businessman this week: they felt no attention had been paid to a “They make absolutely no apology for their letter she had handed to the Director the repeated errors and they cannot guarantee day before, in which she asked him to make a safe delivery at either our Apartado, or at special effort to ensure her papers would our physical address. It is a basic human right get through. She explains: “I added that to have a secure postal service and if Correos letter to my complaint form and I also can’t supply this then they are in breach of mentioned letters franked into the Playa both national and international mail service post office on May 10 but not put in my box provider laws.” until the end of June. I’ve been told it’s a The businessman, who prefers to remain violation of postal laws to retain letters for nameless, says that important documents no reason. Strangely we were not allowed his wife has been waiting for have been to see our complaint after they had typed returned three times and the sender needs it out to fax it. I have no idea what it said to be assured of absolutely secure delivery finally because they would not give us a this time around. “But what more can we copy, which I’m sure they’re supposed to do? We paid Correos their extortionate legally. It’s just so wrong and unfair. So like extra amount in March so that my wife Spain was under Franco, I’m sorry to say. could receive mail in the Apartado box We’re honestly thinking of leaving.” as well. That’s now over 100 Euros we’ve The couple were so upset and angry paid – and for some reason her mail keeps that Police were eventually called by the being returned. We asked for delivery in director of Mojacar Playa Correos. However, the bank of residents’ post boxes within they didn’t show according to anti-Correos the complex where we live but staff say campaigner Susie Mandrake who had because the road isn’t sign posted delivery accompanied the couple. “The husband can only be assured if a postman familiar was furious at the treatment his wife was with the district is working that day . Surely receiving - she had been protesting fairly it shouldn’t be beyond them to make up mildly up to then though her letter did say maps that include these complexes which the service was incompetent. The husband are in themselves bigger than many of the was much more brutally frank as it has cost streets here. Obviously the Town Hall his wife so much money on phone calls, should regularise street numbering, naming time and effort chasing her papers.” Susie and signage - but Correos has to help itself believes that as well as acting illegally in too. Maybe they should spend time doing not giving them a copy of the complaint as that rather than mucking about with our finally filed, Correos could be breaking the mail!” law in making it impossible to receive letters, Since Correos started returning mail in breach of contract and discrimination. ”The March/April service has been a disaster Universal postal laws and national RPSP 1999 according to the businessman’s wife. “What (Article 32/1 and Article 35) are very specific they’re saying is that I can’t be sure of getting about the rights of addressees and Apartado any mail unless I go somewhere like Garrucha holders and it seems clear that Correos are where this unfair new system for Apartados doesn’t seem to apply. It’s just so shifty what they did here – waiting till we’d all paid for the service the way it used to for be, both of us in one box, and then starting this part of the way through the year. It’s not honouring the terms of their contract with us. If you Albox to Tabernas & All Coastal Areas Inbetween were running a business you Call:634 309 465 or 600 258 768 couldn’t move the goalposts Email: info@dawn2duskcatering.com halfway along the line.

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If you’re finding it difficult to focus, your posture could be to blame. That’s because although it only accounts for two per cent of your bodyweight, your brain uses 20 per cent of your oxygen to do its job properly. Since poor posture can make it difficult to breathe deeply, it restricts your oxygen intake and interferes with your ability to think. So make sure your brain gets what it needs by keeping your back straight, which lifts your heart, lungs and diaphragm, improving your breathing and

boosting your oxygen levels.

Your happiness Research has found that maintaining an unnatural position (ie, slumping) actually uses 60 to 70 per cent more energy than keeping your body in proper alignment.

‘All this extra effort makes you tired and increases the likelihood of depression and illness,’ explains Ian Horseman, a chiropractor and postural specialist. This may be due to the link between the body’s position and what consultant psychologist Ingrid Collins terms our ‘psychological posture’. She says: ‘If we

arrange ourselves in a positive manner, with our shoulders back, chest open and spine straight, our brains send out endorphins that circulate in the blood, triggering happy feelings.’ And standing tall won’t just put a smile on your face. Researchers have found that adopting a ‘power posture’ – body and limbs stretched out – decreases the stress hormone cortisol, helping you feel calmer.

Your health

Poor posture is an obvious cause of lower back problems and shoulder and neck pain but it might also be at the root of sluggish digestion and severe headaches. According to a study published in the journal Headache, people whose posture made their heads jut forward had more frequent, longer and severe headaches than people with a correct posture. This finding doesn’t surprise Charles Hunt of the British School of Osteopathy, who says that, ‘because your body’s usually fighting on lots of different fronts, work, stress, environment, if it’s working harder to maintain a poor posture, you could start to feel symptoms.’

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‘The most ageing thing in a person is bad posture,’ says Michele Paradise. ‘It projects a wordless message about a person’s age and health.’ There’s proof, too. When researchers at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, US, asked people to rate the appearance of two women in a series of pictures, in the pictures of them standing up straight, they were consistently judged to be younger and more attractive than in those of them slumping.

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Sit well ‘Be mindful about how you sit when you eat, drive and work at a computer,’ says Alexander Technique teacher Angela East (www.stat.org.uk). ‘If you’re guilty of contorting your body to get nearer your plate, sit up straight and hinge from the hips instead of curving your spine and use your fork to bring food to your mouth.’ In the car, try not to grip the steering wheel; instead, Angela recommends holding it lightly with your elbows by your side and remembering to rest your arms in your lap when you stop at traffic lights to help your muscles relax. ‘In the office, seats should be parallel to the ground at knee height, your feet flat on the floor and your arms dropping downwards,’ she says. ‘Whatever you’re doing, you need to be sat directly on your sitting bones, which are the knobbly bits you feel if you sit on the palms of your hands.’

Roll your shoulders ‘Stand with your feet slightly apart and rotate your shoulders backwards three to four times by bringing them up to your ears then back and down and finally around to the front while bending your elbows to relax your muscles and release any tension,’ says Michele. On the final rotation, take a broom handle or stick and slide it through your elbows behind your back, letting it sit in the crook of your elbows for a few minutes. ‘This will instantly correct your posture, engage your core muscles and take pressure off your lower back’, she explains. Practise this daily for 15 to 30 minutes, after checking with your GP, to create a new muscle memory and a better default posture.

Look forward ‘Most of us spend too much time looking down and, if your eyes are focused on the ground, your head tends to tilt forward, your chest collapses and your spine will begin bending,’ warns Lyn Breakwell, Bodywork therapist, (www.osteopathicpractice.com). She suggests keeping your gaze level and straight in front of you, lifting your chest from your breastbone and checking that your head is balanced on the top of your neck to lengthen your body and boost your energy.’

Pretend you’re a puppet Instead of trying to stand bolt upright like a grenadier guard, Charles recommends thinking of yourself as a Thunderbirds puppet. ‘Lift up through your head and allow everything else to hang off it.’ But aim for smooth rather than stiff, jerky movements. ‘Good posture is about making your body work as well as it can while using the least amount of energy,’ he explains.

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Up to 18 per cent of owners never take their pets to the vet – even for inoculation jabs beyond the reach of impoverished pet-owners.

to infections and illness, and that they tended to become fat and lifeless afterwards.

Overall, vets in Spain charge much lower fees for treating animals than in the UK – where a consultation alone can cost 60 pounds (about 72 euros) and booster jabs as much as 150 pounds (around 180 euros).

This is not the case, since non-neutered cats are more likely to get into fights with other animals in the street, thus being at greater risk of infection, as well as causing a proliferation of litters of street cats condemned to a life of hunting for food in bins and an early death through lack of injections and veterinary care.

Spanish vets also recommend booster injections are given every two to three years, and say that the most crucial jabs are the initial ones when the animal is still a baby.

Often, they do not charge for a mere consultation if no medication is given, or for routine matters such as ear-mites, worming or antibiotics, only charge for the drugs.

A RECENT survey has revealed that nearly one in five petowners never takes their animal to the vet – not even for initial injections and regular boosters.

According to the veterinary pharmaceutical company CEVA, a total of 18 per cent do not take their cats, dogs or other animals to the vet when they are ill nor have them injected against fatal feline and canine diseases – partly due to the economic crisis which means owners can no longer afford vet bills.

And with higher-rate IVA applied to veterinary medication, many vets have been forced to increase their prices, often

Discounts are frequently given where someone brings a feral cat from the street in for treatment, spaying or neutering.

Animals not vaccinated from a few months old are at serious risk of contracting fatal diseases which can spread to other animals – feline leukaemia and feline AIDS are incurable and can be transmitted whilst fighting with other cats.

CEVA found there were also urban myths about sterilising animals.

Many cat-owners believed that having a tom cat neutered meant he was susceptible

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Q. My cousin has deceased in Spain and has left me as his only beneficiary of his worldwide estate by a will which he signed in Spain. He had a house in Spain worth approx 200000 euro and a bank account in Jersey worth 60000 pounds sterling (approx. 70000 euro). He was a Spanish resident. I am domiciled in the UK. My solicitor in Spain says that I have to pay inheritance tax in Spain on the house in Spain and on the bank account in Jersey, while my accountant in the UK is telling me that he thinks this is incorrect and I should consult another solicitor in Spain.

A You need to pay inheritance tax in Spain on the inheritance of the house, but not on the account you have inherited in Jersey. You will need to consult your accountant regarding possible inheritance tax obligations in the UK but in Spain, it is clear that you do not pay inheritance tax on the account in Jersey.

The law in Spain is simple: If the heir is a Spanish resident he/she pays inheritance tax on anything he/she receives anywhere in the world, (unless bilateral agreements with the country where the assets are situated say otherwise which is not the case with the UK.).

If the heir is non-resident of Spain he/she only pays inheritance tax in Spain on the assets he receives that are situated in Spain at the time of death.

Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Almería since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid and has offices in Mojacar and Almeria High Street.

We all like to feel appreciated, don’t we? Whether it be just the simple wave from a fellow motorist when we allow them to come in front of us, or the letter of thanks from a returned visitor after enjoying our hospitality, a “thank you” can really make a difference to the way we feel and our perception of others. I know we once had guests, who just treated us like a hotel, continually requesting service, never offering help and always ready to complain, who left without any word of thanks, and who, we presume, will fortunately never want to come again. It’s a simple courtesy, we hope we’ve taught our children, to show real appreciation and gratitude whenever someone does us a kindness, and never to take others for granted.

But just how much we take God for granted and how rarely do we take time to acknowledge His goodness. How quick we are to protest when storms and floods destroy our crops and infrastructure as happened last year. How quickly we complain when sickness or tragedy strikes us or those we love. And how often do we pause in our busy lives to “count our blessings”; thanking God for the health and happiness that over the years we have come to presume is our right. How often, as we prepare to enjoy a good meal with friends, do we thank, not just the cook, but God for His provision of food, health and friendship, using the words along the lines of: “For food to eat and those who prepare it; for health to enjoy it and friends to share it, we give you thanks O Lord.”

So now, at this time of year, as many of us join together to celebrate harvest, let’s take time for true gratitude for all we have; and remembering those who can’t afford such celebrations, make some effort to share our abundance with them, either through giving to a Church Harvest-Thanksgiving or by donating to one of the official foodbanks in this area.

Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard for any wishing to Worship, whilst additionally, further information about the Anglican Church in this area may be seen on the web site www.mojacarchurch.org Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com

Further information about the Anglican Church and details of forthcoming events may be seen on the web site www.mojacarchurch.org . Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com

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Sierra Cabrera 3 Bedrooms Private Pool Sun spa jacuzzi

SCL0054

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Sierra Cabrera 3 bed/3 bath 1450sqm plot Stunning views

230.000€

299.950€

SCL0102

124.900€

SCL0097

275.000€

SCL0050

385.000€

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Los Gallardos 2 Beds / 2 Baths Community pool Fully furnished

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Sierra Cabrera Luxury 3 Beds / 3 baths Townhouses Fitted kitchen from €150,000 Large terrace

* Los Gallardos * 3 bed/4 bath * 500sqm plot * private pool

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Sierra Cabrera 3 Bedrooms Large underbuild Private pool

* Huercal Overa * 4 Bed/2 Bath * 165sqm build * 10m private pool

* Cortijo Grande * 3 Bed/3 Bath * Private pool * Fantastic views

SCL0119

69.900€

SCL0049

280.000€

SCL0095

386.000€

* Sierra Cabrera * 2 bed/2 bath * Log Fire * Shared Pool

* Sierra Cabrera * 4 Bed/4 Bath * 1600sqm plot * Infinity pool

SCL0030

95.000€

SCL0080

227.400€

SCL00122

295.000€

SCL0094

694.000€

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Tel : 950 091 830 / 699 271 709

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THE SPAINIAC

sa Dragonera Candice Parsons

There were high spirits along the Costas as worldwide enthusiasm for German atmosphere and Bavarian beer gripped the imagination. De Bassus Restaurant at La Zenia on the Costa Blanca was the scene of much oompah. Restaurant’s staff and partygoers celebrated the 200 year old Oktober Bier Fest, the world’s largest fair staged in Munich.

Oktoberfest lasts 17 days and an estimated 6 million enjoy the occasion. The beer is stronger than the average tipple. Those who can’t ‘take their beer’ are known as beir leichen or beer corpses. The Costa communities have shown more restraint whilst celebrating this now worldwide event.

Michael Walsh - Writer of the Year - Top Newspaper Award 2011 - Typically Spanish Business Columnist - Editing - Ghost-Writing - Copy Translations English to Russian

Sa Dragonera, or ‘Dragon Island’, is an uninhabited island located just off the south west coast of Mallorca.

Gaining the name from its unique shape, said to resemble a slumbering dragon, the island stretches out around 3, 200 metres long and 500 metres wide.

Sa Dragonera was bought by the Consell of Mallorca in 1987, and eight years later the Balearic government declared the island a natural park, along with the islands of Pantaleu and Sa Mitjana.

Sa Dragonera is part of the muncipality of Andratx, and can be accessed by ferry from either Port d’Andratx or Sant Elm. From these departure points, visitors will cross a water channel of around 800 meters wide to reach the island. Ferries depart several times a day and generally cost around ten euros for the journey. The island is crawling with all kinds of species - or smaller dragons - including several kinds of wall lizards. These are a infact a protected species only found within Sa Dragonera, and visitors are requested not to feed them.

A number of sea birds can also be found on the island, together with a rich variety of flora and fauna that spreads across its rocky slopes.

Sa Dragonera was said to have once been the base for Mallorca’s most favourite pirate ‘Red Beard’, and various legends of pirates and smugglers link back to the island.

Three automatic lighthouses stand on the island as historical evidence of previous settlements - Far Vell at the highest peak; Far de Tramuntana at the north end; and Far de Llebeig at the south end. These lighthouses are the navigation points that guide all four of the walking excusions available for visitors that come to the island.

Sa Dragonera continues to be a favourite destination of conserved natural beauty for hikers, walkers, photographers, and nature lovers.

Candice Parsons is a writer and avid Spain and Spanish culture lover from Melbourne, Australia. ‘Like’ my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pandemicrhapsody and follow me on Twitter @MiLlamoCandi

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DUTCH INDONESIANS COSTA CELEBRATIONS

C o s t a Blanca’s eclectic international communities were at their most colourful on Sunday September 22.

The Indonesian and Dutch communities celebrated a mostly happy co-existence during the Dutch colonisation of what is now Indonesia.

The trading relationship known as the Dutch East Indies that began in 1800 ended in 1949. The affections between the two nations people have were evident at Guardamar’s Marjal Holiday Resort near Torrevieja. Michael Walsh.

Michael Walsh - Writer of the Year - Top Newspaper Award 2011 - Typically Spanish Business Columnist - Editing - Ghost-Writing - Copy Translations English to Russian

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5 Embolden (9) 6 Where planes land (7) 7 Ennoble (7) 8 Chief foe (9) 13 Banging a nail (9) 14 Light and delicate (9) 17 Solemn promises (7) 18 Expanses (7) 20 Edible (7) 21 Japanese warrior (7) 23 Breast (5) 24 Jargon (5)

York, initially (4) 5 Meeting regarded as a normative example (10) 6 Individual for each child, Alex (8) 7 Dissent over professional exam (7) 8 Try us out - we’re out of practice (5) 13 Numerical calculations?A Red Indian thought he might eat toffee in class initially! (10) 16 Pious, silly girlie is nothing to America (9) 17 Food that South Africa and America have for a long time (8) 19 Telly or silly thing to put your shopping in (7) 21 Manila’s odd beasts (7) 22 6 across reflector (6) 23 Sinbad lying disguised being not well (5) 25 Shock a French saint first (4))

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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AMBULANCE (Ambulancia) In case of a medical emergency, call 112 or 061.

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Embassy 91 700 82 00,91 319 0200

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evening menu

OUR MAIN MENU also INCLUDE S STEAKs ~ MIXED GRILL ~ FRE SH FISH WED – SAT EVENINGS 6PM – 9PM

...for all the jobs he doesn’t get round to, including Van Removals, Painting Exterior/Interior, Small Plumbing Jobs, Shelves, Garden Clearance, All Outside Work - Walls, Stone Cladding, Rendering etc... Property Maintenance Good hourly/daily rate - 7 yrs in the area.

Call Jim 677 557 190 Evenings 950 930 596 References available & Pics of work completed

traditional sunday lunch

el Cucador

idaRestaurant&Venue

...for all of your requirements as an expat living in Spain, there’s sure to be a business out there for help solve your problems...

Email: editor@soltimes.com and we’ll put you in touch...

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Kim Clar k benefits consultancy

Now available at Sophia Wellness Centre

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00 44 1793 456 789 Nationwide Building Society 00 44 1268 567 213 NatWest 00 44 1423 700 545 00 44 8705 888 444 Royal Bank of Scotland 00 44 870 513 3550 00 44 1268 298 929 Thomas Cook Mastercard Services 00 44 1733 318 950 Woolwich Building Society 00 44 1255 233 901 Yorkshire Bank 00 44 113 231 5230 Read more: EMERGENCY SERVICES TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Spain Forums British expats http: //www.thespainforum.com/f339/ emergency-services-telephonenumbers-341401/#ixzz2gSdCoIpP Costa Blanca Samaritans 902 88 35 35

from

8.95€

served 12.30PM - 5PM includes a complimentary coffee & chocolate

booking recommended

bar specials 6pm - 9pm

monday - chilli night only 5€ tuesday - cod ‘n’ chips or chicken curry & rice only 5€ wednesday - midweek roast chicken or gammon ‘n’ chips only €5.50 thursday is pie night - delicious home-made pies only €5.50

this weeks selection Mediterranean Chicken Stir Fry 7.45€ Succulent chicken in a medley of local vegetables, stir fried in a ligh from t Oriental style served on a bed of rice in the Bar homemade Creamy Mustard Pork 7.45€ Tender loin of pork in a three chips & peas FRIDAYS 12.30pm - 9pm mustard, brandy and cream sauce served with creamy mash open every Cajun Salmon 7.95€ day open for lunch 12pm - 4PM Poached salmon with a Cajun cru st 12pm - late salads, burgers, wraps served on a bed of wilted spinach We are here Albox THE ABOVE MAINS ARE SERV tapas ED WITH A CHOICE OF POTATOES choice of tapas all €1 & Arboleas SEASONAL VEGETABLES La Vida menu del dia Zurgena HOMEMADE STARTERS 2 COURSE LUNCH 12:30-3:30PM 6€ La Alfoquia Cucador & SCRUMPTIOUS HOMEMADE DESSERTS Mojacar Huercal Overa Junc 547 E15 book the venue for your private party, all 3€ each! weddings & birthdays etc lavidacucador@gmail.com

Beer battered cod

5.95€

lite bite snacks

1km

Tel: 950 634 562

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showbar & restaurant

The Irish Rover

...FOOD NEWS...FOOD NEWS...

Your No1 Entertainment Venue in Mojacar for All the Family

Fantastic New menu of the Day

only 10€ per person FRIDAY 1st November

FRIDAY 18TH october

Eagles tribute band

Opium Buddhas

see board for details of all entertainment

DON’T COOK, JUST EAT COMING SOON DELIVERY

SERVICE - MOJACAR AREA. SATURDAYS ONLY TO START

all gaa games shown & all major sporting events

Fresh d eer Battere mojacar playa between Lua & Moma Beach B s Fish & Chip

telephone: 950 473 135

Open 10am till late 7 days a week

Los Mellizos Restaurant La Alfoquia, Zurgena

Tel: 667 919 025

from8€

BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW!!

from ble also availaizzas burgers, pll day kebabs & a s fastetails) breakfo rd

TURRE, NEXT TO MESON DEL POBRE

tel: 950 479 213

Delicious Home Made Starters & Desserts from 3€

Menu changes weekly!

Main Course

Choice of Roast Beef, Pork or half roast chicken with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes 5.50€ Yorkshire pudding, stuffing and crackling

All served at the table with a bowl of fresh vegetables

Open 8am - late Bar snacks available, Restaurant open 9am - 9pm

The Traditional English

634 324 484 Fun Quiz Every Wednesday Evening

La Alfoquia

Chippy Chippy

Real Home Made Chips from a real chip shop

Crispy Battered Atlantic Cod or Haddock Served with Homemade Chips & Mushy Peas

5.50€

... Eat in or takeaway ... patio Bar Entertainment

closing 3rd october FRIday re opening friday 11th 4th october october in the evening. for food but open as Frank B performing Closed usual for Quiz MON, WED & THURS All Welcome served from €3.50 LUNCHTIMES

kebabs

Tel: 634 324 484

for more information!

Opening Hours:

ALL YOUR FAVOURITE BRANDS AND MORE IN ONE SUPERSTORE!!

OPEN MON-SAT 9:30-6PM & SUN 9:30-1:30PM

BOOK NOW FOR SUNDAY LUNCH

(see boards

Super Corner ENGLISH SUPERMARKET

Menu Del Dia Fish, Chips, Dessert + A Drink

8.00€

Weekdays 12:30 - 3:00pm - 5:30 - 9pm Sat 3:00 - 8pm (Closed Tuesday)

bar unique Bar Unique, the new elegant & stylish bar located behind the Happy Garden Restaurant are hosting Atlantis on Sunday 6th October from 4pm. Freshly cooked food is available along with a wide selection of refreshments.

For further information please contact Glenn on 634 393 235.

Shepherd’s variety named most popular food to see us through winter!

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THE PIE’S THE LIMIT Makes 6-8 individual pies

Mesón de

INGREDIENTS

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500ml olive oil, not extra virgin 1 small onion, finely chopped 1kg lean lamb, minced 150ml water 1.2ltr lamb stock 2 large carrots, peeled, finely diced 1/2 bunch thyme, leaves only and finely chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 500g mashed potatoes, enough to cover six pies

Irene

Carrillo Bar

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Heat the olive oil in a large roasting tray on top of the cooker, add the finely chopped onion and sweat until tender.

Add the minced lamb and fry for a few minutes to break up any big lumps. Add the water and transfer the tray to the preheated oven.

Every 10 minutes, break up the mince with a whisk - all of the natural fat from the lamb will render out of the meat; this is correct. Carry on cooking until the lamb is golden brown in colour.

Put the cooked lamb into a colander to drain off excess fat and grease, then return it to the original tray. Place the tray on the hob, add just enough lamb stock to cover, and bring the whole thing to the boil over a medium-low heat.

Meanwhile, blanch the diced carrot in rapidly boiling salted water until soft, but not mushy, then refresh in cold water and keep to one side.

Pizza & Tapas

SPECIAL OFFER 6 BOTTLES IN A BUCKET

Open All Week 9am til Late Closed Monday

260 147

Bar Unique

per couple to take away after having our night menus Valid only with this voucher dinner 19.00-22.00 until 30th november

KENNY’S BACK WITH ALL YOUR FAVORITES…

ONLY 6€

Tel: 660

Free Bottl

K&J Supermarket

Est 1964

Live Sports Shown ‘La Liga’

Food & Drink Served all Day

offer autumn craezyof wine

Ctra. Estacion, 29 04815 Almanzora

Baby New Potatoes - Maris Piper Parsnips - Swedes English Bramley Apples Pickling Onions - Fresh Cooked Beet Direct from Billingsgate: Fresh Smoked Haddock, Kippers & Smoked Mackeral

Argos orders now being taken

Open Monday - fri 9am - 5pm sat 9am - 2.30pm

Behind Bar International, Arboleas Also at Turre Market Fridays

Tel: 634 337 483

Email: order4spain@hotmail.com

OPEN 7 days a week

Under New Management

Brand New Menu Daily Entertainment

IN OUR BEER GARDEN This Sunday 6th October at 4pm Atlantis are back by popular demand,

Fresh tapas, Fresh Authentic Thai curries and barbeque available

Sunday 13th October at 4pm Steve Fisher here a free buffet for all our customers.

Thai Tapas Now Available

Thai Set Menu Now available Tapas, Pizza, Tostados, Snacks, Choice of 3 courses inc. small beer, and Breakfasts wine, soft drink or coffee for 14.95€

For more info or bookings contact Glenn on 634 393 235 or email barunique@hotmail.com

All Sports La liga Premier League Free Wifi on the Big Screen

Behind the Happy Garden 1 Rio Guadiana 04660 Almeria

We open from 12 daily and Saturday at 10am

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Gently simmer the lamb mince until it becomes quite binding in consistency. Add the chopped thyme and the blanched carrot. Adjust the salt and black pepper, according to taste.

Transfer the mince into earthenware or china pie dishes, approximately 15 to 20cm in diameter. Press the mince down to give a smooth surface onto which the potato can be piped.

Using a piping bag with a large nozzle, carefully pipe an even layer of potato over the surface of the pie.

Cook the pies in an oven at 180C/gas 4 for 10 to 15 minutes, until the potato begins to turn golden brown and the pie is piping hot in the centre.

MENU DE LA NOCHE

4 COURSES WITH WINE & COFFEE DINNER 7PM - 10PM 20oz T-BONE STEAK, 16oz BEEF ENTRECOTE 12oz PORK TENDERLOIN, ROASTED LAMB SHANK & SHOULDER, ROASTED PORK KNUCKLE & MORE

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS LUNCH Cava & Canapes On Arrival

5 Courses Menu Choice Of Turkey, Lamb Shoulder, Pork, Beef Fillet With Este & Rioja Wines Coffee & Mince Pies,

All Inclusive 35€ pp

Booking Essential, Limited Places

New Years Lunch

Cava & Canapes On Arrival 5 Courses Menu Choice Of Lamb Shoulder, Pork, Beef Fillet With Este & Rioja Wines & Coffee

All Inclusive 30€ per person

MENU DEL DIA 4 Courses with Wine & Coffee Monday to Saturday inclusive Lunch 1pm - 4pm

sunday roast menu del dia

4 courses with bottle of ESTE wine per couple & coffee included: Roast Lamb Shoulder & Pork Knuckle, 16oz Entrecote, 20oz T-Bone, 12oz Pork Tenderloin, Roast Potatoes & Fresh Vegetables Freshly Baked Bread SERVED 1pm - 4pm

FREE WI-FI

Spanish Speaking 950 430 145 ~ English Speaking 647 730 103 P o l i g o n o I n d u s t r i a l A l b o x , N e a r t h e IT V G a r a g e

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Saturday 19th 0ctober proudl yts an evening with presen

Darren Antony “Mr Versatile”

With songs by Michael Buble, Neil Diamond & lots of 60`s Motown, Soul & Modern Classics

Ticket only 9.95€ incl. hot buffet

Bar Menu & Snacks

Limited seating

Homemade Burgers, Salads, Jacket Potatoes, Puds & much more

All Day Breakfast from 9am Includes FREE Tea or Coffee

Cod ‘n’ ChipS EVENING MENU

friday & SATURDAY SERVED 12-9pm

Beer-battered Cod, Home-made Chips, with Mushy or Garden PeaS Bookings Advisable

from

5.95€

friday & SATURDAY

Our Restaurant is Open 6pM - 9pm from

Booking Advisable

5.95€

Traditional SUNDAY LUNCH

Delicious & Homecooked Beef & Yorkshire Pudding, OR Roast Pork, crackling & apple sauce, OR food.. 12pm - 5pm Tender or Roast Chicken with Stuffing, all served with Seasonal Vegetables...

Fish dish also available...

NEW first Sunday of every month LAMB SUNDAY with succulent roast lamb BOOKING ESSENTIAL

6.95€

Bookings Advisable

Starters, Puddings from 2€ each

SUNDAY 10 BREAKFAST AM-11.30aM SERVED

Monday

Activities

• Line Dancing from 2:30pm with Eleanor & Gilly • ROCK’N’ ROLL 7:30PM

Tuesday

• QUIZ NIGHT 7.30PM for 8PM & Darts

Wednesday

• Line Dancing with Carrie 7pm

Thursday

• Ceroc Classes 8pm

OPEN 9AM-LATE MON-SAT 10-6 SUN

@

PLUS

Art Classes, Computer Club, Keep Fit

Please call into Jacks to check Timetables

ample parking Free Wi-Fi 950 120 718 / 634 305 132 jacksalbox@gmail.com

Restaurante pizzeria

Mari Cruz

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

NEW dAILY SPECIALS BOARD

available 9am - 4.30pm (excep Sun)

C/Avda de Almeria 17, 04639, Turre, Almeria, Tel: 950 47 96 46

BP Garage

•••

← ARBOLEAS BAZA → Av•••AL . L BO ep an X → to

specialises in bbq meat & fish, paellas & tapas

s Felices a t s ie f

Find us on “Pizza Mari Cruz”

Menu del dia 9 €

Changes Regularly

Menu del noche 1 2 €

Freshly made pizzas & pasta

La Cena

Restaurante

Albox

menu del noche €9.95 7 starters, 6 mains & 5 desserts

Full A La Carte also available Monday - Saturday 7pm - late. Closed Sunday

Call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm

Find us across the old bridge from Palza Mayor Albox, opp Bar Wassy

free wifi

Downstairs on the sea front next to the Irish Rover Look out for our live entertainment evenings

Menu del noche

3 courseS - €12.00 Beach Opening Times 10am til close Food served 10:30am til 10pm

menu of the day 3 courses €10.50 regular TRIBUTE SHOWS see website for details

tel: 950 473 099 www.beachcombermojacar.com

John and the team at The Beachcomber always ensure your food is beautifully cooked and is served with a smile.

With Fish and chips to die for plus all the traditional favourite meals you would expect, John has also added a Slimming World breakfast to the menu, which is the perfect way to enjoy a meal and not feel guilty! Here are details of some forthcoming events: J&J Music are performing on Friday 4th October. Three course meal including entertainment only 12€. Free Computer Workshop.

Every Saturday (From 28th September). 10.30am - 1pm.

This week covering computer terms, understanding your computer and every day use.12.00 until 1pm. Apple inc Ipads and Iphones etc.Don’t forget to bring your laptop (Or whatever) and charger with adaptor if required. Telephone now to book or to find out more about any of our many events: 950 473 099.

LA CENA, in Albox is a fine dining experience without the expense. A beautifully decorated restaurant, run by husband and wife team Simon and Carol. At the moment they are serving a superb Menu Del Noche for only 9.95€, where you can now choose from a choice of 7 starters, 6 mains and 5 desserts. Full A La Carte is also always available Please call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm today and reserve your table, you will not be disappointed! Please note that we are closed from 28th September until 8th October.

MARI CRUZ is situated in Turre high street. It has a lovely outside terrace and roomy indoor area. Specialising in grilled meats, fish all cooked on BBQ & regional dishes as well as a great variety of wine, beers, tapas and an excellent variety of freshly homemade pizzas & pastas is available to eat in or take away. There is Lounge for meetings, company dinners, small events & birthdays. Enjoy a free bottle of cava when a minimum of 4 people order a starter and main course from the A la carte menu for this week only.

Bay bistro

“The fresh food restaurant”

Above Irish Rover and along from Mediterraneo, Mojacar Playa

open daytime & evenings closed tuesdays & sunday evenings Full a la Carte Menu Sunday Menu del Dia Menu del Noche Lunch Special Availa ks ich & snac w d n a S li e D able daily Menu avail

3 Courses

ble

Including Roast of the Week

booking now being taken for christmas day lunch limited numbers now available

To avoid disappointment please call and reserve your table

Tel: 950 450 199 • 628 761 391

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COMMUNITY NEWS

presents

The Hilarious West End Comedy Success.

voices ofpart almanzora 2

Happy “It Runs in

Birthday Milli

Melanie Howard- Coles from Taberno

I first found I could sing at the age of 11 when I auditioned for the part of Nancy, in Oliver Twist, at my school. I got the part and the love of performance started from there.I enrolled in drama school and took singing lessons in my 20’s after which I took good parts in musicals such as Annie, Whistle Down the Wind, The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe and many more, until I moved to Spain in 2003 at the age of 28.

I joined the voices of Almanzora 6 months later. I have now been with the choir for 10 years.

The Voices have given me many opportunities to take leading roles in the concert version musicals, such as Christine in Phantom of the Opera, Roxy in Chicago, Eponine in Les miserable and many others. I have also entered several singing competitions whilst living in Spain, winning a few which enabled me to set myself up with my own music equipment.

So now I could sing for my supper in bars in the local area, but this is a very daunting thing to do and is on hold for a while. I also had a go at auditioning for Britain’s got talent a few years ago.

I am hopefully going to be taking more singing lessons from a local English opera singer when she is not travelling abroad to perform. So the future is onward and upward

roger

I first started singing when I was eight years old and joined the local church choir. At the age 11 I concentrated more on music, taking cello and percussion lessons.

In my late teens I joined an amateur theatre group – The Caxton Players for 14 years. The group put on 6 plays a year in their own theatre, which was a fantastic training ground During this time I was asked by a local operatic group if I would take part in Fiddler on the Roof and it was due to this production that I started my singing again. I have divided my time between acting and singing in many different productions. Taking leads in musicals like the King and I, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Chicago and directing plays such as Dear Octopus, Cherry Orchard and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Prior to moving to Spain I was a member of the Stamford Shakespeare Company who put on a 3 month summer season of Shakespeare plays in their own open air theatre. Whilst there I took a number of acting roles and also directed Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night.

After moving to Spain I spent a number of years “relaxing” before getting involved in local theatre groups and joining the Voices of Almanzora Choir in 2009.

In 2012 I was approached by Janet Franklin to take part in a group called Sweet Charity. This group performs dramatic monologues, musical concerts and plays to help raise money for local charities. A busy schedule considering I came out here to retire and relax!!!!

The Fundraiser Charity & Community Shops

The people’s charity, The Peoples Choice

Run totally by volunteers

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Helping the disabled Cancer Research Vera Orphanage We put our hearts Asprodalba into helping and many more

vera shop has now moved to just before the guardia civil & next to the chinese shop

Opposite Super Turre in Turre & Just before the Guardia Civil in Vera Open 6 days a week... times on shop doors Contact 664 620 288

Dames in Turre recommence Monday 30th September 11am at the venue Centre De Usos Multiples Turre.

This will be a general get together with Bucks Fizz & Jewellery on display by TINAKA.

We look forward to seeing members & friends & hope you all had a pleasant Summer.

Tel:- Secretary Pam Smith: 950475418 or President Lesley Barlow: 950478633

send your news , views & birthdays to : EDITOR@ SOLTIMES. COM also visit us at www. soltimes.com

Love You Loads Mum, Dad, Jake, Mops & Pops XXXX

The Family”

A classical farce by

Ray Cooney

Directed by Ian Jones

St Andrew’s Hospital

assisted by Jakki Higginbottom Starring…Tom Jones, Simon Farmiloe, Carole Donaghue, Gordon Batchelor, Hilary Shand, David Durrant, Marie O’Brian, Jocelyn Tusan, Ellie Unwin, Peter Hurley, Barry Higginbottom, And Joan Shand

No Dogs Allowed

Tree of Remembrance The Zurgena & District Branch of The Royal British Legion will be planting a Tree of Remembrance adjacent to the RENFE building in La Alfoquia on Thursday 3rd October at 12:45pm. We are honored that the Mayor of Zurgena, Snr Luis Diaz, will perform the ceremony. Any representatives of the local press will be more than welcome.

tAEKWONDO

Restaurant

club

free

Wed: 4pm- 5pm Fri: 4.30pm - 5.30pm

Indigo Gym - Mojacar Playa

www. tkdspain.webs.com

weekly quiz nights with CHERRY Original Quizzes

Questions to make you think! Smile & Ponder...

This week’s word is Chorophobia but what does it mean? Get this BONUS question correct and earn an extra point for your team in next week’s Quiz!!!

A really enjoyable night out - All levels welcome from 7.30pm Come on your own or bring a team - Prizes & Wooden spoon presented on the night! And Quirky Quizzes have spread their wings ~ they are also on Tuesday evenings at Jack’s in Albox ~ so if you can’t make it to La Vida, then we’d love to see you at Jack’s instead!!

La Albox

VidaVenue

el Cucador

Monday evenings 7.30pm

tuesdays 7.30pm

next la vida fayre Thursday 17th october 10am - 3pm

950 634 562 or 647 379 878 or email on lavidacucador@gmail.com

We are here

Albox Arboleas Zurgena La Alfoquia

Mojacar

E15

1km

OX

ALB

Restaurant Open Friday & Saturday 6pm - 9pm For a la Carte Menu Sunday lunches served noon - 5pm

1st lesson

4 - 8 year olds

book a table inside the venue or a stall outside call us on

Tickets €10.00

Girasol, Total Entertainment, 1 Stop Pools (Longos) - Albox Essentials – Arboleas More information and Tickets from BOX OFFICE TEL: 950 439 406 or 650 817 517 Email: itgboxoffice@gmail.com

kids

9 yrs +

Mon: 7.30 -9 pm Wed: 5 - 6.30pm Fri: 5.30pm - 7pm

Tel: 646 844 708

FRIDAY 25th, SATURDAY 26th at 7.30 p.m. And SUNDAY Matinee 27th October 2013 at 3.30. p.m.

At Teatro Gilabert in Arboleas

La Vida

Cucador Junc 547 Huercal Overa

NEW LAMB on the Menu every first Sunday of the month Waiter service in Restaurant or in our Patio Garden Booking Recommended Autumn Menu including Menu Del Noche NOW AVAILABLE Book our function room with private patio garden for your parties, weddings, birthdays etc Please call into Jacks or phone to discuss your BUFFET OR MENU REQUIREMENTS, OR JUST A CHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU

OPEN 9AM-LATE MON-SAT 10-6 SUN

950 120 718 / 634 305 132 jacksalbox@gmail.com

La

VidaVenue El

Cucador

La Vida Presents

Saturday 26th October

Come & enjoy a great night

of classic Rock ‘n Roll instrumentals & vocals

6€

Featuring the music of The Shadows, Elvis, Cliff, Buddy, The Everlys, Roy Orbison & lots more!

“Put on your dancing shoes” Doors open 7.30pm, food served from 8pm

Includes a choice of:

Southern Fried Chicken, Lasagne or Scampi (all served with chips & peas)

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK PLEASE CALL 950 634 562 or email lavidacucador@gmail.com

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Air-con

ballroom dancing

For all your

sequence with jean & derek at

air conditioning needs

FOR SALE

Graham & Barry on 620 112 193 or 667 853 062

advertise all your unwanted items for sale in this section

any single item up to 300€ free of charge

email: sales@soltimes.com

ink cartridges refills or buy a compatable at great prices. We love to save you money. ICS shop inside liberty seguros insurance, Calle malaga (next to puppy rescue) or call 609 199 394 Mamas and Papas Cot Bed inc bedding.Good condition. 100€ ono.

Tel: 693 400 898 Maxi Cosi Car seat suitable up to 1 year. Green, Good condition (no accidents). 50€ ono Tel; 693400898 Two, 3 seat settees, as new, corn colour, no smokers or pets, buyer collects €275 They’re lovely!

Las marinas de Vera 642 786 205 Luxury Thermal Backed Readymade Curtains Toledo Cream 46x90 Brand new still in packaging 30€ Vera Playa Tel: 634 302 967 L’oreal Casting Crème Gloss hair colour Blackcurrent No262,Brand new and unopened 4€ Vera Area Tel: 634 302 967 L ad i e s Hallow e e n Wicked Sorceress costume in blue/black for sale including a good quality black wig 35€ono Tel: 634 373 521 Nice & Easy Perfect 10 Hair colour Black No 02, Brand new and unopened 4€ Vera area Tel: 634 302 967 Ladies Black (MILAN LEATHER) fully fur lined 3/4 jacket . Size 12. 30€ Tel: 661 023 594 M e ll e r wa r e B r e admak e r .

20€ Tel: 661 023 594 Orthopaedic Electric Single Bed with memory foam mattress – as new, cost 1,000€ . Offers.

Tel. 662 585 098 Large gas BBQ

with side ring, lid and shelf underneath, on wheels. With gas bottle 70€. Mobile gas heater with gas bottle 60€. Tel 634 364 759 W h e e lc h a i r , folding, excellent condition 50€. Tel. 662 585 098 Medical Lumbar Support, full back & shoulders, never used 35€. Tel. 662 585 098 Various items – Bed Pan, Lifting Strap, Hydrant Drinking Vessel, unused. 30€.

Tel. 662 585 098 Fishing Tackle for sale in Roquetas De Mar. 10 Brand new carbon glass composite 14 foot 3 piece beachcaster in cloth bags never used with brand new fixed spool reel loaded with 18lb line still in box, also unused. Also beach breakaway leads, Aberdeen hooks and other tackle and a huge amount of freshwater gear

including carp baits and additives. Will sell separately or as a job lot. Call Jim. Tel. 602376396

MD Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L.

MD S.L

City & Guilds Fully Qualified F-Gas Certified

25 years sole experience in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

not a jack of all trades

M a n ’ s Halloween Evil For all your installation or service Sorcerer Costume MD Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L offers including our latest for sale including requirements info@md-aircon.com telephone wig, rubber mask 950 432 110 / 607 364 917 and hands in size 607 364 917 or 950 432 110 email: info@md-aircon.com large 40ono Tel: 634 md_aircon@mobileemail.vodafone.es 316 072 Teak outdoor patio dinning table and four chairs in very good condition only used twice 120€ ono Tel: 634 316 072 BOAT. Metzeler ‘Juca S’ inflatable boat. Seat, oars and outboard motor transom. 3 mtrs long (6 man). Deflated 40cm x 50 cm x 60 cm with carrying strap.100€ Mojacar.

Tel: 950 069 742

Airport services www.AAparking.es Tel: 639 081 067

Need

Transport??

Airport Airport Parking services Alicante Almeria Murcia shopping trips New hospital Servicing / Repairs appointments etc A i r p o r t t r a n s f e r s 663 429 521 pick up all areas, professional competitive rates.

For a quote please reliable visit www. spanish service estateagent.c om or call 661 143 871

Cheap

Wrought Iron Stand with wicker log basket 20€ Matching Companion Set15€ alternative energy or both 30€ Tel: 634 343 510 Solar Wind ca r los

Power Solutions. venue available Over 15 years installation Venue @ La Vida experience.

El Cucador established in Albox years in Private parties Private parties 12 Spain. Call Phil Birthday etc, Birthday etc, for competitive all events all events prices 636 261 catered for 240 email:info@ catered for call for more call Bar for more sunergyalmeria. information: information com www.sunergy 950 120 718 almeria.com 950 634 562

wanted

sal i e n t e plumbing & heating for solar pool heating, solar hot water installations and repairs. call 950 930 900 or 968 969 962, email carlos.saliente@ gmail.com

baby equipment hire

hair dresser wanted

3 days a week are you fully qualified & looking for clients in the El cucador, huercal overa arboleas area? we have achair for rent awaiting client base in our salon for more details

call 647 379 878

DJ WANTED Call Brian 634 305 132

Professional Baby Equipment Hire Free delivery & collection, All our equipment has been purchased from new Tel: 615 806 126

thebabyhirecentre@hotmail.com

BABY HIRE

Everything for the visiting baby

Car seats,high chairs, stair gates, cots etc Tel: 950 436 581 or 666 375 688 expectingababy @hotmail.co.uk

Tel: 950 121 936 or 902 750 190 Ext 332 sales@soltimes.com

drainage cont...

Tea room ballroom dancing

La

VidaRestaurant&Venue el Cucador

mondays 3-5pm

LICENSED POZO/septic tank emptying • I nstallation of new septic tanks with certificates

• Repairs to existing pozos all levels welcome single or couples • C CTV Camera enjoyable afternoon to meet Inspection new friends Call Andy on 950 091 109 or 648 768 587 for more info call Email: blockeddrainsrus@albox-online.net 950 449 617

carpentry C a r p e n t r y / jo i n e r y services Contact Gil on 667 225 662. www.trade-solutions.es

WILDWOOD Bespoke Joinery For all your carpentry requirements

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Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to his friend JeanBaptiste Leroy that ‘In this life nothing is certain except death and taxes.’ However, Jean-Baptiste was French, and as Benjamin was good at French, what he really wrote was probably along the lines of ‘Dans cette vie, rien n’est certain, sauf la mort et les impôts.’

I have no knowledge whatsoever of French, far less 18th century French, so I have had to trust to Google for this translation!

I understand what he meant, but there is more to it than that; There are no end of things which have a certainty factor - I call it the Butter Side Down Phenomenon.

Here are a few of my most commonly encountered ones: A watched saucepan comes to the boil with all the speed of a sloth on holiday, but will overboil at the precise moment when I am the maximum distance away from it, and doing something else.

Likewise the phone only rings when I’m nowhere near it, and am doing something else, like dealing with an overboiled saucepan. However, as soon as I have got to it, it stops.

Items which I

By Jos Biggs

josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk

had to hand only a minute ago can dematerialise, only to rematerialise somewhere else as soon as I have given up looking for them.

One item in a matched set of anything fragile, such as teacups, will break, whereas any unmatched items will endure to eternity.

A glass, dropped and broken in the kitchen, can send shards throughout the entire house, and under every single piece of furniture. And how is it that I can always find tinsel somewhere in the house, even in July?

Anything that can break down will only do so on a Saturday afternoon, and after the guarantee has run out.

The water only goes off when I have a load halfway done in the washing machine, and if there is one garment which I really want to wear, it will be in that load.

My gardening clothes can remain spotless under virtually all circumstances, yet should I don a white blouse or trousers, I can guarantee something will have got spilt on them before I reach the front door.

Weeds can see me coming, trowel in hand, and retract into the ground only to pop up behind me as soon as I have passed.

But the most infallible Fact of Life is this: As soon as Pete has shut his eyes for an afternoon siesta, the dog will bark!

What are your Facts of Life?

Spit It Out and Mind Your Language There is no individuality these days. I was watching Match of the Day on telly last Saturday night and after each goal scored in the eight matches screened, the players concerned all seemed to be working from the same script. They either slid on their backsides across the pitch with arms raised; went down on their knees skidding across the turf, or they trotted round the pitch holding their forefinger to their lips at the spectators, as if to indicate that they should be quiet. What’s that all about?

In the first two scenarios, I would be bloody annoyed if I was the groundsman who had taken countless hours to bring the pitch up to match readiness and mowed it to within an inch of its life, and provided a pristine playing surface. And I wouldn’t want to have to launder their kit after ploughing up the grass with their backsides either.

Goal scorers used to do a thing where they pulled the front of their shirts over their heads and dashed round the pitch with arms akimbo after each goal. But you don’t see so much of that

now, mostly I suspect since a certain player ran into a goal post, rendering himself unconscious and leaving him concussed - which earned him a suspension from his manager for being a pillock.

That probably never happened, but it’s a nice thought and conjures up some gratifying images.

Why can’t some player come up with another form of celebration instead of copying everyone else week on week? Something to do with having all their talent in their feet and very little between their ears in most cases I suspect.

If a player decided to do something really different and – heaven forbid – congratulate team mates with a traditional hand shake after each goal; how refreshing that would be.

As for kissing . . . if I was a player and somebody tried to plant one on me, I would deliver a Glasgow kiss right back a bit sharpish.

And don’t get me started about the players hawking out great gobs of spit every five minutes. There are just clearing their throats of mucous someone once told me . . . a necessity when you are playing a high powered sport. Oh really. So why did the likes of Matthews, Moore, Charlton and Pelé not feel the need to indulge in the habit. Get some throat pastels or expectorant if you have a problem lads.

By Colin Bird : badbirdnow@gmail.com

But once again, some goon started this nauseating practice a few years ago and now they all follow suit.

Mister Rooney must end each game seriously dehydrated if the amount of slobber he expels is anything to go by.

But worst of all, is that kids playing footy in the park are doing it and mirroring the actions of their overpaid heroes – because that’s what kids do. There were even some members of the English ladies team decorating the pitch with their spittle during the recent World Cup qualifier against Belarus, I noticed.

Charming, and what a great example.

We seem to have gone into reverse since those days when NO SPITTING signs were displayed on buses and trains and offenders fined for doing it in public.

And another thing . . . what is this nonsense where it seems fashionable with many youngsters to abandon the Queens English in favour of some strange quasi Jamaican dialect? It’s great if you come from that exotic region, but other than that, a bit ridiculous if you are of Caucasian origin with red hair and born in Banbury.

Dey has got dis weird way of walkin’ too, sort a like a swagga dat da Noo Yawk pimps do, know wha ah meen. An dey wave dhere hans abaht like dey is all rappers or sumfin, innit.

It’s not only the youth either.

Many people from all walks of life seem to be losing the ability to communicate in a clear and interesting way. And every time I hear somebody on television about to address gatherings or being interviewed, and start each sentence with the word Ummm, I want to jump through the screen and give them a serious shaking.

Even that nice young man Prince William is an offender, bless his cotton socks.

So yeah, I mean, it’s about time someone like, in Government or something, started like, you know, some scheme to improve public speaking and that. It would be well good and so cool, you know what I’m saying?

I mean, like really awesome.

And guess what . . .

Doesn’t it all make you want to . . . well no, perhaps not.

If this sounds dangerously like the rantings of a grumpy old man – good. Because Ohhhh Miiiiy Gooood! - I quite like that title.

alqueria - EL MONO COLGANTE

B l y t h e Gruntmore, Alqueria’s very own Englishman resident and Geordie made one of those decisions that arrive with a flash of inspirational brilliance. The flash however wasn’t inspiration but the effect of downing a large glass of Remitroot Liquor. The idea, simply induced se nt ime nt alit y born from melancholy brought about by the after effects of downing a large glass of Remitroot liqueur.

Blythe’s grand plan, to build an English pub in Alqueria. It was to be built on waste ground to the east of the Río Verde. It was to be called El Mono Colgante, The Hanging Monkey. This was in honour of a brave and gallant act performed by his forebears in the north-east of England during the Napoleonic Wars.

Every detail was to be faithfully followed, even the depressing red brick was imported.

One very important aspect of an English pub is the beer.

Blythe, however failed to grasp the fact that beer at room temperature in England is quite different from beer at room temperature in southern Spain. Most who drank the tepid liquid thought it was a treatment for Pharyngitis.

The subtleties of another British tradition were also overlooked by Gruntmore. Puddles of beer on the bar. In the cool climate of Britain people wear long sleeves, when one leans on the bar these sleeves soak up beer. Wet elbows are an integral part of the ‘Pub’ experience. In southern Spain people mostly wear short sleeves, bare elbows are not absorbent and therefore do not diminish the amount of beer on the bar counter. At the end of the first evening there was so much liquid on the bar it had developed its own tidal system. People were being treated for alcohol poisoning of the elbow, it was costing the Alquerian Heath Service thousands.

Food consisted of pickled eggs, pickled onions and what Gruntmore described as ‘Mushy peas and a grunter’. This delicacy consists of Marrowfat Peas, presumably with indigestion as they are treated with bicarbonate of soda, then generally mistreated until they become a green amorphous mass. The ‘peas’ are then served with a barely warm pork pie.

The sight of a Spaniard trying to decide what to do with this dish is an interesting one. Some simply opted for bouncing it off the ceiling.

British pubs do not offer a table service and Gruntmore followed this tradition. Poor old Alfonso Delgado sat expectantly for four hours before being rushed off to Alqueria General Hospital by paramedics suffering from severe dehydration.

Once the unpleasantness of an English pub outweighed its novelty value Gruntmore’s clientele diminished to a critical level. El Mono Colgante soon became another statistic in the list of pubs closed and up for sale. And there’s no sadder sight than a closed and bolted pub.

John MacDonald (El Sordo) - www.caratacus.eu

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Cyber-Bullying What is it and How do we deal with it?

What is Cyber-bullying? Simply put, it is a form of coercion enforced with threats and menaces.

You could also call it Cyber-Terrorism.

We have all heard of children who’s lives have been made unbearable due to the vicious undermining of their confidence, with the intention to control and manipulate them to the attackers own ends. Some have even taken their own lives as a result of this harassment because they couldn’t see a way out of it. This is using extreme fear (terror) to control and manipulate (terrorism)!

There has always been a debate as to the best way to deal with bullies. From the bleeding hearts who would send them to Barbados to show them what a “correct attitude” can give, through the normal penal (borstal – isolationist techniques) currently favoured, to mine which involves a packing crate, a label address “Middle of the Sahara” and constantly repeating message “There will always be someone bigger and nastier than you”.

Let’s make one thing absolutely and abundantly clear. Bullying is bullying whether face to face, or in the form of a beautifully hand-crafted note on the finest velum or on a screen 18 inches from your nose! And it should be dealt with promptly, and with a finality that leaves the attacker shellshocked and ready to consider their actions as wrong (standard behavioural theory states that no change can occur until the individual is motivated enough to WANT TO CHANGE)!

What might surprise you is that it isn’t only children who suffer from this type of terrorism.

When I first came to Spain I saw that many properties were being left by their owners and as a result being looted and vandalised. I had the simple and obvious idea to allow people of good character to look after your property, ensure that maintenance was regularly done and all bills would be paid!

I put this notion on the “Arboleas Forum” and in return got a vicious and vindictive response far beyond the threat of my simple suggestion. I can only assume that most of these responses came from irate property owners who would rather risk damage to their property than lose a single cent! My response to this was surprisingly adult, (I know – Trev and Adult in the same sentence is an Oxymoron), and involved a disassembly of their arguments. I had the advantage of being a man and not a child, with a University Education and Martial combat skills that an introverted teenage “target” wouldn’t have!

WE, every last one of us, MUST be aware of this problem. Why? Next time you get a warning that the FBI or GUARDIA are watching you and you must pay 200€ fine to get your computer fixed, remember YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF A BULLY! But be assured that there are people out there, like me, who can remove this problem and that greater powers are hunting down these gangs and shutting them down by locking them up!

See you Friday afternoon 12-4 at Jacks Bar in Albox. The fixing costs but the learning experience is free.

For further information or advice on computing, contact Trevor on 689 892 745 or canducomputing@hotmail.co.uk

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Shorts for Autumn by Various Writers Deception Unlimited by Betty Woodcock.

With his bloated belly, matchstick legs and tangled punkrocker style fur, he looked like a child’s drawing come to life and he also looked pregnant.

Woodcock overemphasises the message through the plot which has so many twists and turns that you wonder if you are on a rollercoaster which is about to crash: don’t be deceived by first impressions. True nature will out. Things aren’t always what they seem. Fortunately the bad guys are caught and everything turns out satisfactory after chaos and mayhem dominate the lives of the Bennetts. And this is NOT Pride and Prejudice or the Waltons. As one might say: never a dull moment in the Bennett household.

The Bennetts have more than the average number of skeletons in the closet even for a dysfunctional family at constant war with each other and the world at large, with the occasional truce. The story cleverly satirises a working class family at its worst being battered from pillar to post with drug scams, surrogacy, infidelities and pregnancy scams. It’s all there in abundance to entertain and amuse you. Perhaps even confuse you. Crystal Bennett is a battleaxe of a woman, seething that she has been displaced by a Scrubber and you will lose count of the number of times she attacks her estranged husband, Robert trying to kill him with the bread knife. It turns out that he is an innocent party with a squeaky clean image after all (apart from the spell in jail) but worryingly, crazy enough to move back in with his loony wife and unpredictable, unstable children: Bryony with the pink hair, Tommy and “ it rocks man,” Malcolm.

Crystal despises poor Robert when she has hidden secrets that would detonate a bomb and cause destruction on a large scale. The truth will out woman as they say. And what an idiot she seems to be. Robert is a saint in comparison.

These people are sad little people trying to make their lives that bit more interesting so what do they do? Yes you’ve guessed it! They invent stories and they pursue lives full of deception and once their lies are discovered they become neurotically emotional, turning on crocodile tears for show of illusionary remorse. Bryony is a pro at this.

Our heroine, Tommy Bennett, takes us on this frenetic journey returning from a holiday in the States to the realisation that her holdall has been swapped and a disturbing noise from her car boot confirms that something is seriously amiss.

My holdall convulsed and heaved as if about to vomit. Startled I stumbled back…

What is inside? Nothing other than a frightened dog, its mouth taped and its feet bound smuggled into the UK for a

pretty obvious purpose. A brief mention of gleaming drug-filled condoms and you’ve cracked it.

Was it anything to do with the man on the plane emitting sinister vibes with a saturnine face more akin to the underworld of L.A. or who would do such a thing to a harmless beast of a dog? That’s one of the storylines waiting to be unfolded.

Tommy’s boss has transformed his garage where Tommy worked as a mechanic into a Speed-Dating Agency because of his car business which had gone belly up with crooks and some dodgy deals and this garage is the main setting for the action with many unwholesome characters coming and going with police activity on overdrive. Gordon is a decent guy just wanting to make a living. He is low in confidence after the scams and his wife’s affair. He sees himself more as Ozzy Ostrich ( not Ozzy Osbourne although I see a resemblance) with his head in the sand than George Clooney or for you young ladies, Justin Bieber. Tommy was engaged to Mitch until he shot her but he still gives her goosepimples when he smiles at her. No comment. As a policeman he breezes in and out of the action like the bad penny that won’t go away. Tommy also has this thing with one of the bad boys, Hopshead who has a reputation for getting involved with drugs and irritatingly has a limited vocabulary of “hello gorgeous.” He must be okay because he has an Elvis smile. But perhaps he’s not one of the baddies after all? Perhaps Tommy is just a poor judge of character. She is after all one of the Bennetts. Say no more.

Just when we think we’re on top of it all, we have a Tommylook-a-like, attacked just outside the garage, followed by a big police investigation to find out who this identical twin is and why she was attacked. What has this got to do with feisty Tommy who spends more time looking pale and droopy like a Victorian heroine being attacked and beaten up? Was she the intended target? More skeletons in the closet and a Charmaine takes centre stage with a phoney French accent and an interesting story of make-believe. Not another Bennett? Is it harmless make-believe or just a bit O.T.T? Tommy sees through it but what should one expect in the house of secrets or the lives of the Bennett family?

Appearances can be deceptive…..it’s all a question of psychology or unlimited deception perhaps as you will discover when you read the book!?

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The brilliant Nikola Tesla

Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now Croatia; academically gifted at 14 his teachers suspected him of cheating as he’d work out complex sums in his head. He went on to finish the 4 year course in just 3. He was then bedridden for 9 months with cholera and then ran away to avoid the draft.

At Polytechnic in Vienna his claim that he studied from 3am to 11pm is probably true as he admitted in later years to never having more than 2 hours sleep a night. He excelled in his first year though his family were warned he would die from overwork. Then he argued with his tutors and got addicted to gambling, losing then winning back his allowance and tuition fees. By exam time he hadn’t studied, was refused an extension and left without graduating.

In 1882 Tesla worked for the Edison Company in France, then when relocating to New York a couple of years later his money was stolen and arrived penniless.

He started work for Thomas Edison who allegedly offered him $50,000 if he could fix all the problems with his DC motor system. Of course Tesla did exactly that yet when he asked for the reward he was told it was just ‘American humour’, he resigned and set up his own company in 1886.

Tesla favoured AC motors yet his investors disagreed and sacked him, again he was penniless and worked as a labourer before setting up the Tesla Electric Company. Within a year he had perfected his own AC motor, selling the system in 1888 to Westinghouse for $60,000, a $2000 a month (nowadays equal to $60K) consultancy position and future royalties on the electricity his motors produced. This was the time of the ‘War of Currents’ which pitted Edison against Westinghouse to decide whether AC or DC would be the future power supply for America and the world.

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As the stakes were so high Tesla was able to negotiate this almost extortionate price as his was the first commercially available AC motor.

Within a few years Edison was broke; by 1897 Westinghouse had paid out over $200,000 in royalties and was close to bankruptcy, so a negotiated final payment to Tesla of $216,000 (about $6m nowadays) bought out the royalty clause on Tesla’s patents they were using. In 1899 Tesla moved to Colorado Springs and set up a laboratory for his high voltage experiments. He created artificial lightning which was so powerful that its thunder was heard 15 miles away, light bulbs glowed even when turned off and sparks flew between the earth and peoples feet as they walked. The generator six miles away burnt out.

Tesla was way ahead of his time; he experimented with radio, radar, wireless power a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, even a Death Ray. One year before the X-Ray was officially discovered Tesler took the first ever X-Ray picture when trying to photograph the hand of his friend Mark Twain. Tesla even built a radio controlled boat which the audience were convinced had a trained monkey inside steering it. Like the Death Ray before, he tried to sell the design for use in torpedoes to the American military without success.

Tesla chose to live in hotels, dining alone at precise hours, he had friends amongst his contempories yet seemingly never had relationships with women. Tesla was a brilliant man and was awarded about 300 patents in his lifetime yet he died alone and penniless in 1943.

The American Government seized his possessions in case they could help the enemy!

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Marina Phoenix Golf Society

Monday 23rd September and an individual competition played in two divisions. The ladies winner was Margaret Budd on 31 points from Rosalie Fardon 30 and Janet King in third. Jim Budd won the mens division, on countback, with 35 points from Brian Couper (35) and Salva Morales (34). Salva

cortijo grande This week we have seen an amazing

show of form by one of our senior lady golfers I will not let on how old she is as she may kill me if I do But I can say she is older than me and that is saying something.

Anyway up Lillp Pepper has had a great week winning on both Wednesday and Sunday each time with 38 points and as I had the pleasure of playing with her on Sunday and put in my place as I only had 36 I can voiuch for these scores

Morales had a two on the 5th and Jim Budd had twos on the 5th and 17th.

Seven teams lined up for Thursdays team competition which was better ball, with two pairs combined for the team score. First were Colin King, Brian O’Sullivan, Geoff Smith and Ali Mahmud (78), in second were Rosalie Fardon, Linda King, Bob Vickery and Jim Budd (77), Nigel Greenwood, Margaret Budd, Jim Humphries and Roy Barker (76) were third. Nearest the pin prizes were won by Tony King (5th) and Jim Budd (14th).

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Wednesday 25th 9th 2013 and our winner with 38 points Lilly Pepper and second with 35 John Wardley and third with 33 Bob Winter and yes he is back.

Sunday and the same message in first with 38 Lilly Pepper second with 37 Tony Stubbs and third with 36 John Rice .

No ball sweep winner on Wednesday but we had two on Sunday John Rice and Greg Ward. I am not sure why Lilly did not get a 2

This is to remind you we are having our Green Jacket competition 12th 13th November If you wish to join us you had better be quick as we have over 35 booked On Saturday we had our annual match against the local Spanish golfers and some others and for the first time the Spanish came out on top. Well done lads we will get our own back next time.

Enjoy your golf with Corijo Grande visitors and guests welcome MP

Forum Golf Society Following the recent Forum Golf Society Championship, won by Richard Swaine on countback from Fran Elam after both players broke the society championship record with a 2 round score of 75 points, the top eight eligible players have now reached the playoff stage to contest the 2013 Golfer of the Year competition, The draw for the quarterfinals are Terry Moore v Brian Gyer Tony Morgan v Terry Davies Phil Elam

v Fran ElamBob Cowan v Mike Duckham Forum have also now completed 7 of the 12 qualifying events for the 2013/2014 Ford Golf Leagues, and with 30 players so far having played the necessary minimum of 4 qualifiers the leading contenders are currently Richard Swaine 150pts, Tony Morgan 145pts, Derek Manning 138pts, Peter Tinsley 137pts Forum´s upcoming

Badgers Golf Society Wednesday 25th September Badgers visited Desert Springs for their weekly competition With the course being in it’s usual excellent condition, everyone was expecting a good round of golf.

Taking the honours on the day was Steve Casburn with 38pts, 2nd place went to Neil Bown with 36pts and 3rd place went to Andy Mucha with 34pts. Nearest the pins went to John Smith, Mick Weston Snr, Mark Newhall and Danny Caton. Two’s for the day were by Dave Crothers,

Steve Casburn, Danny Caton, Richard Knowles and Mark Newhall.

Saturday’s competition was a Texas Scramble and was won by the team of Andy Mucha, Kevin Riley, Roger Whitehead and Neil Bown with a 4 under round , minus their handicap allowance , giving a score of 49.75, 2nd place went to the team of Steve Casburn, Mark Newhall, Dave Wright and Tony Randall Forthcoming Fixtures are: Wednesday 2nd October Macenas, Wednesday 9th October Valle de

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Est, Wedsnesday 16th October Captains Day at Macenas Badgers Golf Society also plays every Saturday at Macenas for their weekly roll-up. Please book in at Badgers.

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angling news with Beachcomber john

Me, Julie, hubby Keith and ‘Medway Chris’ had a morning out with ‘Orca Steve’ we trolled and caught a few tuna before settling for some bottom fishing between the river Abajo and the Repsol Garage. We caught mackerel, weavers, combers, pandoras and white bream, bogues and pickerels. Also a lizard fish and a sardine for me, two rather unusual fish to catch.

‘Computer Mark’ and ‘One at a time Richard’ joined me for another trip out with Steve and again we trolled but this time without any takes. Bottom fishing the usual marks boated, weavers, bogues, pickerels, red snappers, single banded, striped, pandora and couch bream.

My long time mates ‘Moody Git’ (Kev) and Richard plus Mike who is on holiday from the UK and staying in Arboleas went out with Steve (Again). We trolled for the first couple of hours and the last half hour and caught plenty of melva and bonito tuna and possible some baby yellow fins.

As juveniles many tuna s p e c i e s are almost impossible to tell apart without close inspection.

B o t t o m f i s h i n g various marks we caught, striped bream well over 1lb, weavers, a black bream (We haven’t seen many of those since the new marina was built and the area of sea in front of the harbour wall was decimated. Pandoras, bogues, weavers, red snappers and couch bream made up the rest of the catch. I nearly had a big one when I hooked a 35 to 40lb sunfish on the surface but when he dived the hook pulled out even though my clutch was very light.

Shore Fishing ‘London Bill’ caught small tuna and mackerel from Macenas Rocks, method was spinning small Mepps.

The Albox fishing club fished from the Indalo Hotel rocks one day from 11am until 4pm. A reasonable day was had, except for ‘Dennis the Menace’ who blanked.

‘Jaguar Jack’ caught 8 fish = 6 palometes, 2 weavers, receiving a sting from one.

‘Tony always Laughing’ had the best day with 10 fish = 4 good size palometes, 1 saddled bream, 1 weaver, 2 bogues and 2 small palometes.

‘Rock steady Eddie’ caught 8

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fish? = all small.

‘Flash Gordon’ = 6 fish? = all small.

‘Squiddly Sid’ - 6 fish all palometes, three were a good size and big enough to take home.

Coarse Fishing ‘Puentes Ray’ made a visit to Lake Puentes, it was a beautiful warm day with no wind. Puentes water levels are still rising and Ray was fishing about 3 feet further back than normal. As water levels were high he decided to try a new spot but not far from where he usually fishes. He started on feeder with banoffee! flavoured fake maize and was into fish almost immediately and a better stamp than usual. The carp in Puentes are definitely putting on weight now. He fished steadily until lunch time and then changed over to a stick float in about 10 feet of water using halibut pellets on a hair rigged bait band. It went absolutely crazy, screaming reels one after another. Ray took eight barbel in about 30 minutes, the biggest being just under 4lb before it dropped off a bit and he went back to catching carp all around 2-3lb Ray left at 5pm having had a really enjoyable day; he will definitely persevere with the pellets in future. See photo of ray with a Puentes barbel. Matches in Murcia were won with weights of 30lbs and 41lbs.

For up to date information on fishing licenses or any of the above see John at the Beachcomber Bar Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or tel 950 473 099. You can also contact me on Facebook @ ‘John Beachcomber Mojacar’.

Tight lines, Beachcomber John

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• L ast weekend, Aston Villa and WBA gained terrific wins over Manchester City (3-2) and Manchester United (2-1) respectively.

•T he Baggies’ last victory at Old Trafford was 35 years ago (5-3 in 1978).

•T here were 2-1 away wins for Arsenal at Swansea and Cardiff at Fulham. This was the Welsh club’s first away win in the top flight since 1961.

•S outhampton beat Crystal Palace 2-0, Hull pipped West Ham 1-0, Norwich won by a single goal at Stoke and Luis Suarez scored twice in Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Sunderland while the London derby finished Spurs 1 Chelsea 1.

•T he top six teams in the Championship all won, including Nottingham Forest who beat Derby, a defeat which led Rams’ boss Nigel Clough being sacked.

• L eyton Orient’s FL1 winning run ended with a 1-1 draw with Walsall.

• I n Spain’s La Liga, only 11,975 fans saw Almeria lose 2-0 at home to Barcelona (Messi on target, again) and Real Madrid were beaten 1-0 by Atletico Madrid.

•T he Scottish LC quarter-finals will feature Hibs v. Hearts. Morton v. St Johnstone, Motherwell v. Aberdeen and Inverness CT v Dundee United.

•E ngland’s women on their second 2015 World Cup qualifier, thrashing Turkey 80. There were also qualifying wins for Wales 1-0 v. Belarus and Scotland 7-0 over Bosnia.

• L iverpool Ladies beat Bristol Academy 2-0 to clinch the Women’s Super League title, thus ending Arsenal’s nine-year reign.

•M arc Marquez, fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo and Italy’s Valentino (The Doctor) Rossi, finished 1-2-3 at the MotorGP in Aragon, Spain.

•D erbyshire and Surrey have been relegated from the First Division of the County Championship, replaced by Lancashire and Northants.

•S urrey batsman Dominic Sibley, aged 18 years and 221 days, became the youngest batsman ever to score a double century in first-class County cricket, striking 242 against Yorkshire.

Sibley was at the crease for 599 minutes (virtually ten hours), faced 536 balls and hit two sixes and 24 fours.

•U S golfer Peter Uihlein equalled the European tour record with a round of 60 at the Dunhill Links Championship which was won by David Howell.

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•O racle Team USA sealed a remarkable comeback to beat New Zealand 9-8 to retain the 34th Americas Cup. USA were 8-1 down at one stage.

•9 0,000 fans at Wembley saw the Minnesota Vikings beat the Pittsburg Steelers 34-27 in an American football match.

•A ndrew Jordan leads Matt Neal by 34 points (378-344) after last weekend’s Touring Car Championship at Silverstone where Jordan won two races and Neal one.

•K enyan Wilson Kipsang has broken the world marathon record by 15 seconds, clocking 2 hours, 3 minutes, 23 seconds when winning in Berlin.

•A fter seven-and-a-quarter hours on his bike, Rui Costa (Portugal) beat Jocquim Rodriguez (Spain) to win the world road race championship in Italy.

•E ngland ladies’ netball team completed a 3-0 whitewash of South Africa with a 51-33 victory at Wembley.

•S aracens (19 pts), Northampton (15), Bath (13) and Leicester (11) are the top four teams in Rugby Union’s Premiership.

•E x-Burnley, WBA, Brentford and Birmingham footballer Ronnie Fenton, who made over 200 club appearances (1957-71) and later managed Notts County, has died, aged 73.

•D iary... Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea were in Champions League action last night while tonight Manchester City play Bayern Munich and United visit Shakhtar Donetsk.

•T omorrow, Swansea (v St Gallen), Spurs (v Anzhi) and Wigan (v Maribor) compete in the Europa League.

•T his weekend, the top PL matches are Manchester City v. Everton, Spurs v.

West Ham, WBA v. Arsenal and Norwich v. Chelsea.

•A lso we have the Korean F1 Grand Prix... Warrington Wolves v. Wigan Warriors in Rugby League Grand final at Old Trafford... and GB Olympic heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua makes his professional debut against Italy’s Emanuele Leo.

With the greens now getting back to normal and the weather a touch cooler everyone seems to be enjoying their golf a little bit more.

RESULTS Friday September Individual Stableford

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It was the turn of the single figure handicappers to dominate the leader board and take most of the twos 1st Glyn Ombler 38pts 2nd Bill Gibb 37pts 3rd Chris Baker 35pts Twos: Chris Baker, Mike Hooker and Dave Sharp all on 8th Wednesday September – Individual Stableford

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It was a day of what might have been with half the field within 4pts of winning and a 4 way tie for 2nd 1st Pat Sayer 35pts 2nd Dave Sharp 34pts on a card play off 3rd Kevin Manser 34pts on a card play off Twos: Chris Baker x2 4th and 10th, Pat Sayer and Steve Willingham 4th, Ian Jenner and Louis Long 8th Guests and visitors are welcome to join us on a Mon, Wed and Friday For information contact 634 641 199

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19th Hole Golf Society. Cucador Thursday 27th September, back we went to Aguilon for our Monthly Medal round. A depleted number of players, due to illness and holidays, enjoyed very good weather conditions and, in spite of the hollow tinning, a course that is a pleasure to play.

Mark Danson proved to be untouchable scoring a net 70 (par) playing off a handicap of two and scoring an Eagle at the par five 6th hole, a great performance from a very unassuming excellent golfer.

Peter Easthope playing his last game with the 19th Hole Golf Society prior to returning home also had a good day, Peter, playing off a handicap of 5 finished with a net score of 72 closely followed by Nick Pogson on 75 including a Two at the par three 4th hole, Nick is really enjoying his golf now that he is no longer the Catering Manager for the absent Ron Curtis!

John Ball and Tony Slinn both had a really poor day, both missing short putts with equal precision, Tony suggested a visit to Specsavers might benefit them both but John said he wouldn’t be able to find them!!

Zeta Denyer playing only her 3rd game back following

a long layoff won the Ladies Medal with a net 74 with Christine Dow in 2nd place on 76.

Results.

Mens Monthly Medal 1st Mark Danson: Net 70 (02) 2nd Peter Easthope: Net 72 (05) 3rd Nick Pogson; Net 75 (18) Ladies medal 1st Zeta Denyer: Net 74 (36) 2nd Christine Dow: Net 75 (37) Twos etc Hole 4 Nick Pogson

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sport Hole 6 Mark Danson - Eagle Nearest the Pin Hole 8 Terry ( I don’t want to be mentioned in the paper again) Caddick Hole 12 Craig Steers The 19th hole G/S is now arranging weekly games at various courses in the area, our home course, which we play fortnightly, is Aguilon.

If you are interested in joining the 19th hole give the secretary a ring on 610340653. Or email gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk

AGUILON GOLF MEMBERS REPORT

Alan Townsend president of Valle del Este golf society presenting 2054€ to Pedro de Haro Orozco the president of Asprodalba proceeds from the society’s charity day held at Valle del Este golf resort.

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Then Clean Off Those Clubs That Have Been Sitting In Your Garage And Join Boxers!

Boxers Golf Society is a friendly place to play for golfers of all standards.

With regular twice monthly meetings and a variety of interesting additional competitions there is always a chance to win a prize on the day or something for the mantelpiece.

Our members enjoy good rates on the course’s of Almeria & Murcia thus offering you the cheapest golf available.

Also Boxers GS is the only society to lay on a coach for the more distant venues, allowing players a chance to relax and have that well-earned cold beer after 18 holes in the sun With many social events throughout the year it’s also a great place to relax with friends whether it’s a treasure hunt, a bowling evening or a curry night...guests and visitors alike are always made welcome.

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Friday Golf Society

It was a hot sticky day this week. It was hotter than normal for the end of September.

The winners were Brian Downey, Rudolph Galiart, Cynthia Witham and Doris (our imaginary player) with a score of 91 points. It is not surprising that they won as two of the three players played better than their handicap.

Last place and chocolates went to Alan Sharpe, Elaine MacMillan, John Nolan and Doris’s twin sister Doris with a score of 71 points. It is not surprising that they came last as their best player was Doris scoring 30 points.

Nearest the pin was won by Hans Ooft with a distance

Mr President was back in town after the long weekend in La Manga last week so he took charge of the prize giving ceremony.

We had 5 players who beat their handicap. Hans Ooft and Cynthia Witham scored 38 points each. Rudolph Galiart, Dan Grönskog (a new member) and John Woodhead all scored 37 points. Dan and Hans lost a shot on the slope of the Master Course. Cynthia lost 2 shots on the slope.

You can see the full results at www.fridaygolfsociety. es.

If you would like to take part in the friendly Friday competitions at Almerimar you can put your name up on the entry list by the pro-shop or contact info@ fridaygolfsociety.es

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We had 37 players including two guests taking part in a Best 2 stableford competition with two hidden holes.

With Terry Green’s new rules the two hidden holes only count in the event of a tie. They came into play on this occasion but both teams had the same score on the hidden holes. So the tie was decided on lower handicap.

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