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Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman discussed his latest film in Madrid over the weekend in the world's first ever holographic press conference, which could revolutionize the film industry in austerity hit countries. After seven years of crippling economic crisis, you would not blame Spain for trying to save a few euros here and there, which is what it did recently by inviting Hollywood heart throb Hugh

bent on destroying Chappie”, according to Variety. Could the popularity of holograms mean Hollywood stars will no longer

Jackman to Madrid over the weekend – in virtual form. There was no first class plane ticket, no five-star hotel and no extravagant rider. Instead, the Australian actor was beamed live to Spain’s capital from Berlin as a hologram, to discuss his new film Chappie, with the film’s director Neill Blomkamp. Sony pictures Spain revealed it was the first time ever a ‘holographic press conference’ had taken place, something which could surely revolutionize film publicity in these belttightening films for the Spanish film industry. The stunt was a “stomping success”, according to US entertainment magazine, Variety, who described how the Aussie actor and South African director “came over loud and clear”. “Chappie is a film of action, of relations, but also highly technological. So we wanted to do something which was innovative and nonconventional, the first holographic press conference in the history of cinema,” said Ivan Losada, director general of Sony Pictures Releasing de España. Chappie tells the story of an experimental robot who is taught to learn and feel by its inventor (Dev Patel). Jackman plays Vincent, “a corrupt policeman, piloting his own destructive monster-droid and hell

have to travel the world on months-long press junkets? Jackman hopes not: “I’m a little worried that studios will say ‘This is so much easier than having Hollywood divas travelling around’. As a kid I used to have a map of the world next to my bed. Not rock stars. As cool as holograms are, I really don’t want to stop travelling.” But the new technology could come as a blessing for the Spanish film industry, which has suffered crippling losses since the beginning of the crisis, meaning many Hollywood stars now skip the country when publicizing their films abroad. The economic crisis has had a crippling effect on Spain’s film industry in 2013 box-office takings were recorded at their lowest ever, setting a grim record for Spain. “We are in a state of panic,” Pedro Pérez, the president of the Spanish film producers association (FAPAE) told newspaper, El País, at the time. Spanish cinema goers have also been turned off by rising ticket prices, which have nearly doubled in price in the last decade in part because of the rise in VAT from 8 percent to 21 percent. But with the introduction of holograms, maybe Hollywood’s finest will grace Spanish press conferences once more, just this time from the comfort of their own homes.

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Martin Shortland The Almanzora Valley has historically The culmination of the Festival will be been known as a land of mining. The a wine contest, held a six o’clock, with region was first mined by the Romans, four categories being judged by a jury but in the late 18th and early19th of professional winemakers from across Century, when improved techniques Andalucia. Needless to say, no wine made the extraction of ore and minerals festival would be worth its salt if there easier, the valley became one of the wasn’t food and music involved. The most productive in Spain. Of course, Seron municipal band will be playing agriculture has played an important role as well as the Lorena Alvarez group: a in its economic and social development, supper of sausage, rice and ham will be however in the last 30 years, this area available at a minimal cost. has also become a land of vineyards. Mr Leon said it was important time And in order to promote Almanzora for the wine industry, as many of the wine, the local growers association is older vineyards had been lost and holding the first ever Festival of Wine, to planting new ones inevitably took time be held in Seron this coming Saturday, 7th and money. A newly planted vineyard March. Event organiser Miguel Sanchez takes about ten years before it begins Leon says the event has been created, to produce good quality grapes and he ‘with the intention of showing the great was pleased to report that in the last possibilities offered by the cultivation of ten years, thousands of hectares of land the vine in a corner of the Mediterranean have been planted. ideal for the making of wine.’ The new vines have already begun to He added, ‘Wine making has always been looked upon as an older persons produce wine and the quality of that occupation, but we are trying to wine will increase over the years. This is encourage younger people who live in why the association wants to encourage the valley to look upon it as a career young people to become involved in the opportunity.’ He said that the lifeblood growing of vines and the production of of any industry is the employment of the wine, as he pointed out, ‘It’s truly a job for next generation and it is even more so in life.’ He emphasised that similar events wine making and agriculture in general, take place all the time across Spain and he said, ‘we’ve seen a big drop in the that he hoped this would become not number farms and smallholdings in the only a popuplar local festival, but one last twenty years and if the traditions of visited by people from across Andalucia. using the land are to continue, then we The event is being jointly sponsored by must encourage young people to take it the City Council and the local Agri-Food companies collective. up as a career.’

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Martin Shortland Last week, I watched one of the old brigades and last year a parade was held Spanish Air Force Boeing 707 transport at their Viator headquarters to mark the planes leave Almeria bound for Iraq. It 75th anniversary of the formation of those contained 100 men of the Legions 2nd brigades. Brigade, based at Viator, near Almeria – Although thought of as a swashbuckling the headquarters of ‘La Legion.’ In all, over army of desert fighters, which might have 300 men from the base are now in Iraq, been the case in the early day, La Legion in order to carry out what are described is now a fully integrated section of the as, ‘peace keeping, training and good will’ Spanish military. It is Spain’s premier rapid duties in the country formerly ruled by reaction force and has seen action in all Saddam Hussein. the major theatres of war in the last 50 The Brigade began its first week of years. It still retains a somewhat relaxed training in order to become fully integrated dress code; open neck shirts and facial hair into the structure of the allied coalition being two of the more unusual customs. As force that is already installed in the area. a sign of his seniority, the longest serving According to the Office of the Defence member of the corps is traditionally not staff, the brigade received a visit from the required to cut his beard. The corps is also British general Robert Bruce at the military renowned for its double time marching training base at Besmayah, headquarters pace and passionate singing of La Legion of the Brigade in Iraq, which is about 15 marching songs. kilometers to the East of Baghdad. The The terrain: "Before the tour the general is the second in command of British general, whose graduation in the international coalition formed to fight Spain would be equivalent to the one of against jihadism in Islamic States. With a general of division, was taken to the roof one hour advance notice, the number two of the building of command from where of the Coalition wanted to see personally it received the appropriate indications, the conditions under which the Spanish both enclosure in which facilities of the soldiers live and work. He spent an hour Spanish soldiers are immersed, and land at the base touring the facilities, most and infrastructure in the vicinity", he adds. of which are still in the early stages of Before the completion of the travel, the development. number two of the Coalition wanted to The Spanish Legion – now known only pass by the Spanish command center, in as La Legion - was founded in 1920 along where, for about twenty-five minutes, he the lines of the French Foreign Legion, to conversed with the different heads of area, combat the growing unrest in the Spanish particularly interested in communications/ territories of North Africa. The serving information technology and intelligence numbers were doubled at the start of the issues. The Legion Brigade has about 200 civil war with the creation of three new soldiers deployed in Besmayah.

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Rajoy hits back at Greek PM in austerity row

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Sunday called on his Greek counterpart to get “serious” about his country’s debtwracked economy, after Alexis Tsipras accused eurozone partners of undermining its negotiations with Brussels. Rajoy was reacting to comments by negotiations to “avoid internal political Tsipras on Saturday, who said that risks.” “These powers do not want during talks that earned Greece a the Greek example to influence other four-month extension to its bailout, countries, especially in the perspective pressure from certain other European of elections in Spain,” this year, Tsipras countries “had the character of said. His remarks were seen as a blackmail” - pointing especially to Spain reference to the rise of anti-austerity and Portugal. “Conservative forces (in parties in Spain and Portugal, which Europe) tried to set a trap for us, to have been buoyed by Syriza’s arrival to drive us into financial asphyxia,” the power. A Greek governmental source 40-year-old Greek premier had said. insisted on Sunday that Tsipras had Speaking Sunday to a meeting of his conservative party, Rajoy fired back in a responsibility “to explain to the the first out-in-the-open clash between Greek people the details after crucial Eurogroup negotiations.” Tsipras and another European leader. The positions of the European “We are not responsible for the frustration created by the radical governments were no secret, he Greek left, which promised the Greek added. “The Greek government doesn’t people things it knew it couldn’t hold class European countries and citizens to,” Rajoy said. He noted that Tsipras’s as friendly or rivals. It doesn’t look for hard-left Syriza party had tried to lay enemies abroad but for solutions at the the blame for Greece’s problems on European level... Bad interpretation of Spain and neighbouring Portugal. the Greek PM’s comments don’t aid Antonio Costa, spokesman for the that dialogue.” ruling centre-right Social Democratic In Spain -- which unlike Portugal did Party called Tsipras’ allegations not receive a full bailout, but whose “totally absurd” in addition to being banks got emergency support in 2012 “grave, lamentable, and false.” Costa -- new anti-austerity party Podemos, a described the charges as being “sad close Syriza ally, is leading polls ahead coming from a leader who should be of general elections expected later this rising to assume his responsibilities,” year. and said that statements “can not In Portugal, meanwhile, opposition be justified by the internal difficulties Socialists have echoed refrains by Syriza is going through.” In his earlier comments, Tsipras Syriza and Podemos in accusing claimed Greece had came up against ruling conservatives of failing to resist “an axis of powers led by Spain and excessive “diktats” coming from Berlin. Portugal” that tried to scupper the thelocal.com

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THREE South Koreans who became lost in the snow last night (Sunday) on the Santiago pilgrimage walk have been found safe and well at their intended destination. The 112 emergency hotline in the landlocked northern region of Navarra received a call from them at 17.00hrs to say they had set off from Saint Jean de Pied du Port in southern France and were heading for the pilgrims' lodge in Roncesvalles, Navarra, but had got lost in the mountains. They did not speak Spanish and had very little English, and were unable to give details of their possible location as they did not know the area. As a result, a search party had to be sent out working on the very limited information they had to hand. When rescue workers tried to call them again on several occasions, their mobile phone had no signal. Firefighters from Burguete, the Foral (regional) police's environmental unit, the Guardia Civil and the volunteer fire brigade from Valcarlos combed the official pilgrims' trail and a wide area around it until gone 00.30hrs this morning, to no avail. The Puerto de Ibañeta area was covered in deep snow, making the hunt even more difficult. It was the Guardia Civil's Mountain Rescue Group

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Zaragoza on orange alert after Ebro River bursts its banks The city of Zaragoza has issued an orange alert – the second highest on the Spanish scale – due to flooding from the Ebro River. At 4am on Monday, rising waters reached the capital of Aragón with a volume of 2,542 m3 per second and crested at over six meters, after which the water level began to descend, said the regional water authority Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE). The city’s entire firefighting squad and 130 local police officers were sent out to deal with the flooding, and people had to be rescued from their homes in three rural neighborhoods. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, rescue workers went out on 75 missions. The chairman of CHE, Xavier de Pedro, appeared on the radio on Monday to defend his agency from widespread criticism for failing to foresee the flooding along the banks of the Ebro. Spain’s Interior Minister, Jorge Fernández Díaz, is

scheduled to fly over the flooded parts of Aragón. De Pedro noted that for years the CHE has been asking for the river to either be drained in places where it runs through riverside villages, or else to enlarge it to make room for higher water volumes. Both options have been ignored because of environmental legislation prohibiting it. The most at-risk municipality is Pina del Ebro, a village of 1,600 residents located 30 kilometers from Zaragoza, which could be evacuated by 1pm on Monday if necessary, authorities said. The residents of Pradilla del Ebro (population 584), who were forced out of their homes on Saturday, are being allowed back, while inhabitants of Boquiñeni (population 896) were waiting for the army to complete the installation of a provisional bridge. Over in the neighboring region of Navarre, the citizens of Tudela (population 35,072) and Buñuel (2,279) were still waiting for the water level to go down before starting cleanup work, said the regional government. Spain’s Interior Minister, Jorge Fernández Díaz, is scheduled to fly over the flooded parts of Aragón and meet with regional premier Luisa Fernanda Rudi. The central government is planning to pass a decree on Friday to release money to help deal with the consequences of the natural disaster. elpais.com

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Spain's Eurovision song, 'Daybreak' released

Spain's national public broadcaster has released the much anticipated song, Amanecer (Daybreak), which will be sung by Edurne in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Edurne, who rose to fame in 2005 after appearing on a TV talent show, will compete for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest on May 23rd in Vienna, singing Amanecer (Daybreak), an epic ballad of lost love. This year’s contest will be held

singing in their mother tongue and this year is no exception; Amanecer is sung entirely in Spanish. “Daybreak is a cry of pain but also about overcoming that pain,” Edurne told Spanish national public broadcaster, TVE. The song was written by Tony SánchezOhlsson, no stranger to Eurovision; the Spanish producer has written a number of previous entries such as Pastora Soler’s 2012 entry ‘Quédate conmigo’ (Stay with me). Edurne was announced as this year’s Eurovision entry on January 14th. The announcement had to be brought forward after the news was leaked online, by the singer herself.

in Vienna after Austrian drag star Conchita Wurst triumphed with the Bond-esque ballad ‘Rise like a phoenix’. Spanish entries are renowned for

TVE announced that this year, they will broadcast the two semifinals, on May 19th and 21st to “build expectation” among viewers before the grand final on Saturday May 23rd. Source: thelocal.com

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Bill Gates is named world's richest person again

Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the second year running by Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires.The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top spot. Mr Gates’ net worth rose by just over $3bn (£1.94bn) in the year to 13 February, to $79bn. There are a record 1,826 billionaires in the world, Forbes said, an increase of 181 in the past 12 months. Mr Gates has now been top of the list for 16 of the last 21 years, Forbes added. Legendary US investor Warren Buffet regained third place in the list with a net worth of $72.7bn, from Amancio Ortega, the founder of Spanish fashion chain Zara. The top 10 richest people worldwide: 1. Bill Gates $79.2bn, 2. Carlos Slim Helu $77.1bn, 3. Warren Buffett $72.7bn, 4. Amancio Ortega $64.5bn, 5. Larry Ellison $54.3bn, 6. Charles Koch $42.9bn, 7. David Koch $42.9bn, 8. Christy Walton $41.7bn, 9. Jim Walton $40.6bn, 10. Liliane Bettencourt $40.1bn. The funds required to make it into the top 20 in the list have fallen by $2bn to $29bn

this year. The founders and chief executives of US technology firms dominated the list again, accounting for six of the top 20 richest men in the world. The first woman on the rich list is Christy Walton, the widow of John Walton, one of the heirs to the Wal-Mart retail empire. She has been declared the richest woman in the world for five of the last six years by Forbes. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up five places in the rankings to number 16, with a net worth of $33.4bn. This is the first time he has been included in the list if the world’s 20 richest people. The youngest billionaire in the world is 24 yearold Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of messaging app Snapchat, with a fortune of $1.5bn. Silicon Valley has produced 23 new billionaires this year including cofounders of c a r- h a i l i n g service Uber, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, and

their first employee, Ryan Graves. Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of bloodtesting firm Theranos, has debuted on the global list as the youngest self-made woman at age 31, with a fortune of $4.5bn. The US also dominates the top 20 with 15 of the world’s richest people coming from America. This list includes 290 newcomers, 71 of whom come from China. There is also a new record of 46 billionaires under under the age of 40. One hundred and thirty-eight people from last year’s list dropped out of the ranks altogether. Most notable of these is current Ukrainian President and former “chocolate king” Petro Poroshenko. Meanwhile, Guatemala has a billionaire for the first time in Mario Lopez Estrada, who owns Comcel, which has about half of the mobile phone market in the country. He ranks as 1741 on the list. bbc.co.uk

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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Last time we started to discuss music or to be more accurate the difference between digital and analogue music. Today I am going to complete the article with a look at the pro’s and con’s of the different music formats. What are the music formats that are available? This list is not exhaustive but covers most of the most popular formats. MP3 was designed by the Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) and was originally in the MPEG 1 format, the latest and best incarnation is the MPEG 2.5 compression format, and are ‘Lossy’ formats that reduces the file to about 10% of its original size. See last weeks article on the difference between ‘Lossy’ and ‘Lossless’ formats, It is currently the most popular but is being closely followed by the AAC format. AAC or Advanced Audio Coding uses the MPEG 4 technology to produce a better quality sound using the same number of bits. This format is usually hidden behind the following file extensions:.m4a,.m4b,.m4p,.m4v,.m4r,.3gp,. mp4,.aac. These will be found on Apple, Xbox (Mircosoft) and Youtube. Musepack or MPC (formerly known as MPEGplus, MPEG+ or MP+) is an open source lossy audio codec, specifically optimized for transparent compression of stereo audio at bitrates of 160–180 kbit/s. OGG and ‘OGG Vorbis’ are names for a free and open-source replacement for patented and restricted formats like MP3. The Vorbis format has proven popular among supporters of free software. They argue that its higher fidelity and completely and patents free, make it a superb replacement for the MP3 format. FLAC (Fully Lossless Audio Codec) is an open source format with royalty-free licensing and is free software. FLAC has support for metadata tagging (artist, album, album cover art, etc) and fast seeking. Being Lossless you get the highest quality digital sound and Digital audio compressed by FLAC’s algorithm can typically be reduced to 50–60% of its original size! When decompressed and played back it is an

identical copy of the original audio data! Far superior to any Lossy format! The Grandad of many of the audio formats is the WAV format. It is the standard audio file container format used mainly in Windows PCs. Commonly used for storing uncompressed (PCM), CD-quality sound files, which means that they can be large in size—around 10MB per minute. Wave files can also contain data encoded with a variety of (lossy) codecs to reduce the file size (for example the GSM or MP3 formats). Finally the next generation from WAV is the WMA (Windows Media Audio) format. Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. WMA Pro, a newer and more advanced codec, supports multichannel and high resolution audio. A lossless codec, WMA Lossless, compresses audio data without loss of audio fidelity (the regular WMA format is lossy). WMA Voice, targeted at voice content, applies compression using a range of low bit rates. It sounds like the perfect and complete solution to all of our audio needs BUT it supports digital rights management (DRM) using a combination of elliptic curve cryptography key exchange, DES block cipher, a custom block cipher, RC4 stream cipher and the SHA-1 hashing function. That is a lot of encryption to ensure that you can’t copy it from one computer to another and can’t make a permanent CD copy for your home! That is an argument for another day :-) Contact me for free advice concerning your computer or tablet at the address or phone number below.

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30 years ago I started a game keeping apprenticeship. The only problem was that it meant a daily18.5 mile each way cycle ride. So I bought an ancient Honda C90 scooter and what an evil contraption it was. It belched out black smoke and I never got my teenage head around the semiautomatic clutch, too many times I ended up crashing into things as the darn thing just would not stop. Once I bashed into a car and was mortified, the guy just shrugged and reassured me that our insurance would sort it out. The very nice man never even bothered claiming for it. Luckily before the C90 could do me or the environment any more damage it blew up on the A25 in Albury near Guildford and I remember pushing it the three miles up and over the North Downs to home where it was laid to rest. At this point my dear Gran stepped in buying me a proper motorbike and helmet to match; a Honda CB100 costing her the then

REGISTERING YOUR VEHICLE IN SPAIN. SPANISH LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATION DOCUMENT Registering a non-Spanish vehicle in Spain is a complex and potentially costly procedure. However, you maybe exempt from Spanish registration tax by getting Spanish number plates within one month of entering the country. But to do this, you need to become a resident. Linea Directa has been insuring expat drivers in Spain for over a decade and understands all the steps involved. Below we outline this process. STEP 1: OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY This is a statement by the car’s manufacturer that it conforms to EU regulations. You will need the car’s chassis number to complete this straightforward process online at www.eurococ. eu/en/certificate_of_conformity. The charges for this service will vary according to type of vehicle, make and country of 1st registration. STEP 2: CURRENT LOG BOOK The vehicle’s original log book showing your name as the owner, the vehicles age and a valid UK address. You will also need the bill of sale for the car. STEP 3: RESIDENCY IN SPAIN The Spanish residency certificate (Certificado de Empadronamiento) is your official proof of residency in Spain. Your local town hall can provide you with this document. You will need to take your passport and proof of Spanish address (rental contract, contract to purchase or

property deeds). STEP 4: OBTAINING A SPANISH MOT CERTIFICATE All vehicles over 4 years old must be roadworthy and clearly display a valid ITV sticker. The ITV (Vehicle Technical Inspection) must be tested at an authorised centre, just as for an MOT test. You can find out the location of your nearest ITV centre on DGT website (equivalent to the DVLA). You can also call your local centre to make a booking. If the centre is busy, especially pre-summer, this can save a lot of time. The cost can vary but generally is around 40€ for petrol-engine cars and 56€ for diesel-engine cars. Step 5: OBTAINING A SPANISH EQUIVALENTOF A TAX DISC The Spanish Tax Agency can provide your vehicle with a valid “tax disc” for Spain, which must be carried in the car when in use. You will need to complete the relevant form online and pay the amount according to your car’s tax band. You can carry out all these procedures yourself or you can seek the assistance of an accountant to do this for you. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Linea Directa please call 902 123 161. More information on Linea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

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massive sum of £300. always looking for quality homes for their sales and rental portfolios, please contact Stephen for a valuation: stephen@findmeahome.eu Telephone: 636 266 641 Wonderfully she even paid for the first year’s FC at the time and travelling to they loved my insurance. Oh happy days and for a couple and from Balham ‘Gateway to car stereos of years I rocketed around the the South’ each day cost a king’s they never winding lanes of Surrey, sometimes ransom. We put so much fuel in the a p p r e c i a t e d reaching the breakneck speed of 76mph. Then one fateful winter car each week we never could my taste in music and more than morning I hit some black ice on save any money to replace the a sharp corner and came a right car. Luckily it decided to die one once I found my tapes strewn on cropper also killing the bike. Fate summer’s day in the midst of a the ground with the stereo gone. smiled at me as a car stopped and huge police drug raid in Greenwich This lovely car served me a nurse on her way to start her with 5 of us in the car. Hilariously we sat in the car and watched the shift got out, performed first aid well until 2003 until one fateful on my wounds and gave me a lift cops bash down doors and haul no early morning I started a new gooders out bundling them into to hospital. job. Driving though the almost That put a stop to my biking and Black Marias. At the time by chance my deserted streets a Sirocco pulled I changed careers, for the next 10 years I had no need for 2 or father’s partner Jess owned a red even 4 wheels and instead let the diesel Peugeot 205 which she was out from a side street smashing train take the strain! Then in 1993 selling. Ideal for the mean streets into my car, sending me across I moved to London with my then of London, it was small and nippy oncoming traffic into a lamp post. girlfriend, her dad generously (or enough to get out of any trouble. so we initially thought) gave us his The only problem was it got I got the number plate and had old 1978 automatic 2.6L Toyota broken into so often I ended up witnesses but when the police Cressida. It was a huge pimp leaving the doors unlocked, saving mobile which needed its own fuel the little sods from breaking the traced it – no insurance as the car refinery. I worked for West Ham windows each time. Although had been stolen!

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Campaigning door to door in Alqueria may require persuasion, tact and a strong political platform but some form of military training would also be an advantage. The only really safe way is to canvass on the doorsteps of those already converted to your cause. This may seem a bit pointless, but it is at least safe. Supporters of rival parties and the apathetic majority are likely to greet unannounced political pollsters with verbal and often physical abuse. Rodriquez only associated with his own followers and consequently thought the whole world was behind him. He became completely out of touch with the feelings and aspirations of the ordinary citizen, a failing common to most of today’s politicians. Manuela and her B.O.N.K. party however were conscious of the need to win voters from opposition parties. Manuela had, using her undoubted charm and expertise in certain areas recruited several of the younger and fitter men from the ranks of Rodriquez’s V.I.L.E. Party. A number of older V.I.L.E. supporters had been won over with liberal quantities of Remitroot Whisky. The trick would be to keep them in a state of intoxication until they had polled in favour of B.O.N.K. Then the Whisky supply would dry up and the erstwhile voters left in a state of ‘cold turkey’. Loco Paco, leader of the D.A.F.T. party didn’t bother to canvass at all. He didn’t quite grasp the situation or the electoral process, in fact he didn’t even know what day it was. But he was happy in his own little comfortable world, a world of singing dung beetles and dancing rodents. Public debates in the Village Square

were an interesting s p e c t a c le. The three p a r t y leaders stood on a makeshif t platform st aring down at a belligerent partisan crowd. Rodriquez assumed the assembled mass was there to back him and his egotistical arrogant policies. His V.I.L.E. party is nothing more than a personality cult. Manuela poured forth an erudite and persuasive speech praising the virtues of an anarchistic society. Her vision is a land where sexual freedom and cheap Remitroot Whisky are universal. Universal that is, not compulsory. Loco Paco for his part tried to catch imaginary dragonflies. Jeers, hoorays and blunt projectiles flew through the rarefied Alqueria air. The ‘politicians’ dived for cover, all except for Loco Paco. He was totally engrossed in catching one particularly evasive but imaginary dragonfly. The run up to any election is short in Alqueria. This avoided serious physical damage to the Village and limited civil unrest. Polling day duly arrived and a crowd gathered outside the Bar La Casa Devante where the ballot boxes sat expectantly. We shall watch the vote closely, analyse the exit poll and wait for the final count.

Entry or Exit Since we have become a 3 animal household I’m beginning to feel the strain - I have become an unpaid and unappreciated doorwoman. Lucy, The Dog That Is Not Ours, has always been exacting in her door demands. She will gaze wistfully at the door in question for a few seconds before raising a polite paw and giving it a gentle scratch. If this doesn’t produce a fairly instant response, she throws manners to the wind, and goes for the unfortunate door with all the vigour of a badger digging out a new sett. At least when I have rushed to open it while there is still a shred of wood left undamaged, she will favour me with an appreciative glance and a wag of her tail as she goes upon her way. In contrast, Her Imperial Majesty, Sayyida al Hurra, Queen of Darkness, She Who Must Not Be Questioned, a.k.a. Sid, Somebody Else’s Cat, will glide up to the door, sit down in front of it and fix it with a stare so hypnotic that it all but bursts into flames. When I open it she simply sashays through – it is, after all, her divine right to have someone open the door at her command, even if that door does have a perfectly adequate catflap in it. Her kitten, Mr Tommy Fluffypants, now that he has grown from a tiny ball of kitteny fluff into a much larger ball of fluffy teenager attitude, will demonstrate his grasp of elementary engineering and applied physics by trying to

Putting The Boot In by Paul Martin

Don’t we just love to knock the rich and famous? It’s a national pastime. Whether it be politicians, footballers, film stars, rock stars or entrepreneurs, we’ll dig the knife in at any opportunity. This last week is a case in point. Lady Gaga performed what I considered to be an amazing medley of songs from ‘The Sound of Music,’ at the Oscars Award Ceremony in America. Now I’ve always been a fan of her music and I think she ticks all the boxes when it comes to being a rock star; she’s larger than life, controversial, over the top, but she can really sing, which really does help if you’re in the music business. But I never for one moment knew she could sing in the way she did at the Oscar ceremony last Saturday, and I suspect not many other people did either. Although I hate the phrase, it was a truly ‘mind blowing’ performance. Now if you’ve seen the film – who hasn’t – or better still, the stage show, (which I saw in London shortly after Connie Fisher launched the new Andrew Lloyd Webber production), then you’ll know it opens with belter, ‘Sound of Music’, a song requiring a full vocal range and a lot of skill to execute. Lady Gaga did it perfectly and went on to include three other classics from the show, all of which were beautifully sung. She received – and rightly so – a standing ovation. This woman can really sing and yet the following day, the internet was full of people criticising her, accusing her of miming, of it not being her voice and so on – how ludicrous. Julie Andrews came on stage

afterwards and it was quite a moving moment, each clearly moved by the others talent, and that’s how it should be. A few days later, at the Brits Awards in London, Madonna took a nasty fall while singing her latest song at the O2 Arena. Well again, like her or not, you have to admire her courage and professionalism for getting up and continuing the routine, I’m sure there are many who wouldn’t have managed to do that. Again I heard, and read many comments basically saying, ‘Never liked her, serves her right.’ Well how can it serve someone right, falling backwards down two high steps onto ones back, while performing live in front of a theatre and TV audience? Madonna has been the leading female vocalist for more than thirty years, so she must be doing something right. Ok, they’re just two examples from a week in which award ceremonies and celebrities have been very much in the news, but it would just be nice sometimes for some people to give a bit of credit where it’s due and not constantly find fault and criticise. None of us are perfect for heavens sake and neither is the world, but with a little more understanding and compassion, we might all see ourselves, and the world in a better light.

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Stolen Picasso turns up in New York

A Picasso painting that was stolen from a Paris museum has turned up in New York after being smuggled in from Belgium. La coiffeuse (The Hairdresser), painted in 1911 during the artist’s Cubist period, is worth several million dollars, but the shipping form claimed it was just worth €30. The valuable artwork, which is the property of the French state, had disappeared from a storage room at the Georges Pompidou Centre. The theft was noticed in 2001 following a loan request from another art centre. A package sent from Belgium was intercepted by US customs officials and found to contain the painting and the following content

description: “Handicraft / 30 E / Merry Christmas,” according to a New York district attorney named Loretta Lynch. La coiffeuse was sent to the Homeland Security Investigations department, which investigates international art trafficking. “A lost treasure has been found,” Lynch told AFP news agency. “Because of the blatant smuggling in this case, this painting is now subject to forfeiture to the United States. Forfeiture of the painting will extract it from the grasp of the black market in stolen art so that it can be returned to its rightful owner,” added Lynch. Elpais.com

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321 - Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 1900 - The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. 1985 – The song “We Are the World” receives its international release. 2007 – The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. Today is also national teachers day in Albania!!

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CHICKEN LIVER MOUSSE

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter 2 cups chopped

Lemon-Lavender Pie

onion 1 cup chopped tart apple 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves 1 pound chicken livers, cleaned 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup brandy 1 cup heavy cream Method

In a large saute pan over low heat, melt the butter and cook onion, apple, and thyme, covered, until apples

soften. Remove lid and increase heat to medium add the livers and cook until firm and still pink inside. Remove from the

heat and allow to cool. Add the pepper, salt, and brandy and puree in a food processor; then chill, covered. Meanwhile whip the

heavy cream to medium peaks. Fold into cooled, pureed liver mixture. Serve chilled. Read more at: www. foodnetwork.com

Lemon-Garlic Shrimp & Grits Ingredients 3/4

cup instant grits Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 1/4 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails intact 2 large cloves garlic, minced Pinch of cayenne pepper (optional) Juice of 1/2 lemon, plus wedges for serving 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh parsley

Grate the zest of 2 large lemons; thinly slice the fruit into rounds. Discard seeds. Toss the zest and slices with 3/4 teaspoon dried lavender, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 2 cups sugar. Cover for 24 hours. The next day, beat 4 eggs and 4 tablespoons melted butter; stir into the filling. Pour into pie shell. Perfect All-Butter Piecrust Pulse 3 1/2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon salt in a food processor. Add 1 diced stick cold butter; process until combined. Add 2 more diced sticks cold butter; pulse three times, or until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1 tablespoon white or cider vinegar. Gradually pour in 1/3 cup ice water, pulsing about four times until combined. Turn out onto a clean surface and press into a cohesive dough without overworking (you should see bits of butter). Wrap in plastic wrap and press into a 1-inch-thick disk; refrigerate at least 1 hour before rolling out How to Make a Pie

Method

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat, covered. Uncover and slowly whisk in the grits, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parmesan and 1 tablespoon butter. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper. Cover to keep warm. Meanwhile, season the shrimp with salt and pepper. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, garlic and cayenne, if using, and cook, tossing, until the shrimp are pink, 3

Directions

to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and add 2 tablespoons water, the lemon juice and parsley; stir to coat the shrimp with the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Divide the grits among shallow bowls and top with the shrimp and sauce. Serve with lemon wedges www.foodnetwork.com GRITS

Shrimp come in all manner of colors including reddish- to light brown, pink, deep red, grayishwhite, yellow, gray-green and dark green. Some have color striations or mottling on their shells. Because of a heat-caused chemical change, most shrimp shells change color (such as from pale pink to bright red or from red to black) when cooked. Shrimp are available year-round & forms of shrimp are found in the marketplace—shelled or unshelled, raw or cooked and fresh or frozen. Raw shrimp should smell of the sea with no hint of ammonia. Cooked, shelled shrimp should look plump and succulent. Before storing fresh uncooked shrimp, rinse them under cold running water and drain thoroughly.

Though now commonly used to mean "hominy grits," the term "grits" actually refers to any coarsely ground grain such as corn, oats or rice. Most grits come in a choice of grinds — coarse, medium and fine. Grits can be cooked with water or milk — usually by boiling or baking — and eaten as cereal or served as a side dish.

Divide the chilled dough in half; roll 1 piece into a 12-inch, 1/8-inch-thick circle on a lightly floured surface (refrigerate the other piece). Roll the dough onto a rolling pin, then unroll it into a 9-inch glass pie plate, letting it hang over the edge; add filling. Roll out the other piece of dough and place over the filling; press the crust edges together and trim, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Roll up or pinch the overhang to seal. Place a foil-lined baking sheet on a rack in the lower third of the oven; preheat to 450 degrees. Wrap an oiled, wide band of foil around the pie edge to protect the crust. Make slashes in the top of the crust; chill for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven to 400 degrees. Bake the pie for 30 minutes. Remove the foil band, brush the crust with heavy cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes; cool before slicing. Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com

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The best drinks to try in Spain

One of the main pleasures of traveling is discovering new food and drink. Not only are these delicious treats enjoyable in themselves, but they are such an important part of any culture that getting to know them is one of the very best ways to get the feel for a place and really sink in to the life there. Spain is a great place to do this. The Spanish take food and drink seriously, not in a solemn way, but as a great social pleasure to be enjoyed, and they have great respect for the quality of what they consume, for the hard work and artistry which goes into its preparation. So, here is an insider’s guide to the delights of Spanish drinks, some wellknown, some hidden gems. Enjoy. Tinto de verano Everybody has heard of sangria- the mixture of wine, juice, brandy and fruit pieces which for many people typifies Spain. There is no denying that it is a great drink, but on the down side you can normally only order it by the jug, which can be expensive. If what you are after is a quick, light, refreshing drink, then try tinto de verano a simple mixture of red wine and lemonade, usually served in a tall glass over ice – perfect for hot summer nights. San Miguel beer Most regions and even individual towns in Spain have their own brand of beer, but my person favorite is San Miguel, brewed in Malaga, the capital of the Costa del Sol. It is a light, crisp beer, with a smooth aftertaste and it goes down a treat on its own or with a meal. Sangria As is the case with so many Spanish specialties, there is no fixed sangria recipe. It consists of ‘a little bit of this, a little bit of that’, and whatever fruits happen to be in the kitchenSangría must always be served ice-cold. If serving from a punch bowl, stir it in the bowl before ladling it into a glass. Finally, if possible, drink it on the beach - there is no finer feeling Rioja wine This northern region gave its name to the most famous wine in Spain. The best known wines from Rioja are reds, which go very well with a good steak or other meats. Less well known but equally well worth trying are the lighter rosé versions and the crisp, fresh white wines. There is something to suit everybody’s taste and pocket, from good simple table wines to grand reserves which can live with the world’s finest and which change hands for hundreds of euros. Cava wine This is the Spanish equivalent of Champagne and comes from Catalonia, in the north-east of Spain. The most famous brand is Freixenet, which accounts for over half of all cava sales, although in total there are well over 200 cava producers. Cava is a light, normally dry sparkling wine, and it has a very important place in Catalan culture and cookery. Try it either as an aperitif, or with one of the combination dishes of poultry cooked with fruit for which Catalonia is famous. Licor Cuarenta y Tres ( Licor 43) This is quite simply the ultimate after-dinner drink. As the name suggests, it is

made from a mixture of 43 different ingredients, including citrus and other fruits, herbs and spices and vanilla, which all together produce a glowing golden drink with a smooth and warming flavor, containing hints of chocolate and bananas. Normally served over ice, it is slightly sweet, but with a serious bite. Don’t leave Spain without trying it! www.venere.com/

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TV NEWSLETTER

march 2015

March !!! time rumbles along and spring starts to eye its way into life ......... carnival time has come and gone and the Almond blossom – in full flight whilst writing this – will be over for another year and the local farmers will be eyeing the trees to see how abundant the crop will be this year............. Plants in the “RAINBOW” garden are starting to stir ........ I even had to give the grass a first cut last week. All the animals in the camp are well although Scruffi , the oldest dog , is showing his age , like me ! , and trots along beside me on walks where as the others run “wild” on lead free walks. Regular readers will be pleased that mum Monk has settled well in the care home in Plymouth and mum Jones continues to live independently at home. Matt is loving his job near Coventry ....... we visit each other regularly. TV NEWS .......... Internet TV – long promoted by me as the way forward for viewing TV with no dishes or antenna needed did suffer a little in mid February ....... it seems nearly all suppliers had some issues with receptions which are now mostly resolved. I still maintain this is the way forward for TV viewing and predict it will be the ONLY way within 15 years ........... Once fibre optic cables are laid to all destinations and everyone can get decent reasonably fast internet the change will happen.We at RAINBOW promote several internet TV schemes (IPTV) with a vast array of channels – ask for details if you want more information. Those of us dinosaurs with poor internet and dishes already installed might consider upgrading their digiboxes ........Those with just standard viewing boxes really should consider upgrading to newer recording and HD units ........ The recording boxes – which many have but many do not – will allow you to record programmes for latter watching when you want or record programmes when you are out.They are really easy to use and set up – gone are the days of the old video programming – 10 minutes to set a recording up and then it did not work. If mum Monk at 93 sets here new PLUS box to record what she wants then anyone can ! You can also watch one programme whilst recording another, record two at the same time if not watching, pause live TV and generally organise your

viewing when you want to view rather than when the programme schedulers think you want to. RAINBOW stock and supply a variety of PLUS boxes – ask us for details ......... Many expats in Spain ask if they can get Spanish TV to both watch it and help with the language learning – I am not sure live TV helps the learning – it is spoken fast and once gone its gone !!! However I know of several clients who have recorded programmes then spent some time watching them ........ The beauty of a recording is that you can go back – time and time again if necessary – until you have both spoken the “line” and translated it ............There are plenty of Spanish soaps ..... Get into recording one and spend time watching it – speaking the lines and translating them – repeating as many times as it takes to “get it”. Spanish TV is relatively easy to receive from a “normal” TV antenna – or through the internet (movistar are promoting TV as part of their pack) and all newer TV’s will have the required digital decoder built in for viewing ......... once again ask us for details – we can install the necessary antennas. With the spring house buying season here (hopefully !) just a word to buyers ....... if you will want UK TV at your new home just get an experienced TV installer to check it is available before you sign the final deed............ sometimes it is just not possible to mount the BIG dishes required for UK TV and if really good internet is not available then you will have problems ...........To late after you have purchased. That’s it for this month........ Article sponsored by RAINBOW SATELLITES ...... the company for all your TV needs in the Murcia Region of Southern Spain. Contact us for free friendly advise – rainbowsats@gmail.com or (0034) 686358475. Our website www. rainbowsats.org has some good basic information on TV in Spain.

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charity swim

Too late to be talking about our Annual New Years day swim, not really, we have just received the last sponsorship contribution and this year have raised 2488.16 Euros from the efforts of the 23 intrepid souls who braved the waves, with ages spanning some 7 decades our youngest at 10 and our most mature at 83, it was a riot. Dressed in fancy dress as well as the more traditional costumes the swimmers entertained an audience of some 350 people. This s the 10th time that PALS (Protection and Life Saving) have held this event and already we have requests for sponsorship forms for 2016. PALS have over their 15 years of charity status donated over 1 quarter of a million Euros for the purchase of life saving equipment in and around Mazarron most going to 112 and Cruz Roja but also to the local Saluds’ and to other ‘’hands on’’ medical emergency teams. Included in this is the purchase of a new ambulance (with assistance from The Lions and CCIR but PALS being the largest cash provider). The other equipment includes two emergency hospital trauma tents (Used at the

Lorca Earthquake disaster) two inshore rescue jets skis, 9 defibrillators and a mass of other state of the art ambulance and light weight machines and items all specifically donated for the use of all, regardless of race, creed , gender or age. In addition PALS initiated a concert for the Lorca Earthquake and raised over 6000 Euros in equipment which was then also used when that city was devastated by a Gota Fria. In raising funds PALS have events to include a coach trip to Portugal in May (7 nights ,519 Euros) and a Christmas break in Benidorm (4 days 245 Euros) available, all other events this year are sold out, and PALS pride themselves on offering great trips, holidays and events at extremely good prices and in our spirit of honesty advise that the accounts are available for inspection at any time. We are currently considering the funds that we hold for future purchases and, if required , for local and regional disasters Any information call 626 460 465

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COMMUNITY NEWS Home Owners and Casa Tom Community Pilar Christian Residents in Camposol Choir: Casa Tom Community Community Church

are invited to join “Camposolers Political” in FaceBook. Burying ones head in the sand is tantamount to putting ones hands up and surrendering your fate to “some” self serving politicians that, when in Office with a fat pay cheque, could not give a rat’s behind that your investment, and in a lot of cases life savings, continues to go down the drain as the condition of the failing infrastructure deteriorates further with each day.To join just copy and paste…. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ camposolers.poltical in your Browser or email reg_rogers@hotmail.com

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art club

Art Club, all mediums, no charge, in the Playa Flamenca area. Anyone interested, please contact Lyn tel: 966 189 118

Choir meets every Monday at 2.00pm for 2.30pm. It is a mixed choir and all levels are welcome. No auditions, no solos. Make new friends and have a good time. Location: CASA TOM, Avenida JACA 31, San Luis, Torrevieja. Phone or email Terry for further details. Phone: 647-189-135. Email: casatomsanluis@gmail.com.

Calle Canalejas 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am, and Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information contact PilarChristian.CommunityChurch@ Torrevieja Costa gmail.com 968575417 or 966848806. Carol Service on the 14th December at Lions Club Please come and join our club members 11am. Please join us. on one of our “ Business meeting nights” La Bamba’s - Ballroom and see what we are doing this year to raise money for charities, in our local / Latin / Sequence area and further afield. We are growing Dancing in numbers every month so if you feel Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar like helping us then we can be found on CV895 [near Lemon Tree Sunday the second Thursday in every month at Market] the Cabo Cervera Hotel in La Mata near Monday - SOCIAL DANCE 8.30pm Torrevieja, Meetings now start at 19.30 10.30pm [SEQUENCE CLASS 7.30pm - 8.30pm] hours. If you like what you see and hear, then Friday - SOCIAL DANCE 7.30pm you will be invited to join us at our next 10.30pm social night event later in the month, Wednesday - New Beginners Class where ever and what ever it may be 2pm -3pm Intermediate Class 3pm - 4pm you can be sure of a good night. Intermediate Plus Class 4pm - 5pm Contact philip.buckman@btinternet. For more information contact Andrea com or via our web site on membership@ and Brian 616 478 157 torreviejacostalions.org

Quesada Pool League The start of the 2014/15 Quesada Pool League is nearly here - games are played most Wednesday evenings between October and May with a couple of leagues plus optional knockout competitions for singles, doubles and teams. We are looking for any bars or clubs in the greater Quesada area that have an English Pool table and would like to enter a team, to get in contact as soon as possible – please email quesada-pool@outlook.com

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Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs. 10-1pm. For

COSTA COBRAS RUGBY FC information ring John McGilvray on 966

new rugby club based at Daya Vieja 786 774 or Mobiles 634 658 506/695 sports ground. Training juniors Monday 18.30 and 871 707 or email carolejohn_3@hotmail. com Tuesday 18.00, seniors Monday 20.30 and Wednesday 21.00 For more details contact COFFEE MATES Garry 692 767 242 or If you would like to have a coffee and Robert on 697 286 416

friendly chat please join us at La Laguna Hotel, Lo Marabu, Monday The Palms, Punta Prima 4- Friday mornings from 11am. 6pm Beginner and Intermediate ANN 965 070 247 – 666 747 398 tuition and general dancing. Tuesday The Club, Quesada 8-10pm Beginner CAN YOU HELP? and Intermediate tuition and general Do you have a few hours to spare each dancing. New courses every 3 weeks, week? Volunteers are needed by Age singles welcome. Come and join us Concern especially for our LIFELINE with our Strictly gossip. Hope to see you there! Info 966188430, 635584431 Team. Visiting people in their own homes to assess their needs and reporting back or lynatdenelledance@hot mail.com to the Lifeline Team Leader. Volunteers CASTILLO AMIGOS are required in all areas to give a little help We are a friendship group for single people. where required as there are many people Now meeting every Wednesday from 3pm who live alone, are lonely and need some at RAYZ Bar on El Raso urbanisation (off form of social contact. If you can help in the Lemon Tree Road, Guardamar) this respect, please call ANN 965 070 247 – 666 747 398 Age Concern on 96 678 6887

Strictly Dance

PASO A PASO MODERN JIVE CLUB

LASS & SOCIAL WITH DANCE JUNCTION DISCO MONDAYS 7.30pm Maymar Restaurant. Catral THURSDAYS 7pm Los Rosales Restaurant, cv895, Guardamar CLASS ONLY Absolute beginners always welcome to all sessions. No partner-Never dancedNo problem More info Maxine 670711408 / Adam 638 330 342 Find us on facebook or www.modernjive-spain.com

BENIDORM FUN COMPETITION Dates to be confirmed for the Benidorm 2015 competition are weekend commencing Friday 16th October so keep that weekend free for now ..i will keep you more informed as and when more details are known.... LOUNGE SUITE, ALGORFA SPA HOTEL (directions follow signs for Suite Lounge from the Algorga golf roundabout) Adam did well at his first ever Spanglish mojive class and its hoped he may be invited to do another class in the future before the salsa class with fabulous latin teacher Kiko Cases. Thanks to all our dancers and friends that supported him... face book video on our dance page for all to view. Everyone welcome to enjoy a FREE entry evening every Sunday there from 8.45pm.. but the bar is pricey so sip your drinks. DIDDY CLUB Sorry to those that attended the diet club at Monos but lack of interest we have decided to stop these sessions..thanks to Chris for allowing us to use his venue. Caren and Sally are still doing hair and nails on the Thursday mornings so if you need top n tailing do go along at 11am for the pamper morning. 2ND APRIL OLD SCHOOL / ST TRINIANS FANCY DRESS PARTY with RICHIE ALEXANDER AT LOS ROSALES. Please let me know if you want to reserve a table. Payable one week before please €12.50 or €5 without food.

donations to charity

The Officers and Brethren of the Philip Scott Lodge No 10671 of the RAOB(GLE) (The Buffs) meets every Friday evening from 7 to 9 pm at the Restaurant Catorce in Benijofar. We are pleased to announce that the following Charities, both near and far, have received donations from our latest Charity Fund spending spree. Benijofar Food Parcels 250 euros, AFA Torrevieja 250 euros, Cancer Research (UK) 250 euros) and last, but not least, DEBRA (UK) (also known as Butterflies) 250 euros. We also support many worthwhile causes throughout the year. Please contact Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further info. Colin Bird, Secretary, Avenida Robleda 159, San Luis, 03184, Torrevieja.

SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, BENIJOFAR (formerly Spiritualist

Church, Quesada) Meets at NEW ADDRESS: with immediate effect at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. And every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. Jillian and Martin will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 8th March at 11.30 a.m. On Tuesday 10th March, Anna-Marie will take an Evening of Mediumship. On Sunday 15th March, David Darnbrough will take the Divine Service with Mediumship. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www. spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789

WALKING FOOTBALL

The Playa Flamenca Walking Football team started, September 2014 and has grown in strength ever since. If you have an interest in this game, and would like to come and join us, we meet Monday afternoon at 3-30 for a warm up, and whoever turns up and wants to play can play, the only stipulations are :- over 55 and can walk if you would like to come and watch and laugh come and look, you will soon want to join in. Just turn up at the Playa Flamenca Sports center and enroll/watch. subs are only 5 euro a game, to pay for the facilities. The members are soon to be playing an away event, in Benidorm, so some fun and social activities there, our team secretary is Maggie.

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Dogs may forget an event less than two minutes after it happened, according to a new study Dogs may be glad to see an old friend, but they won’t remember when they last saw her—they forget events within two minutes. The next time your dog happily greets an old friend, remember this: Your pup likely can’t remember the last time they met. We often say someone has “a memory like an elephant,” or, if it’s a forgetful person, “a goldfish.” But in comparing our memory with that of animals, what’s the truth? A recent investigation of shortterm memory suggests animals don’t remember specific events much at all—instead, they store away useful information about what could help them survive. Covering 25 species that ranged from dolphins to bees, the study found the average short-term memory span of animals was 27 seconds (which was the midway point before the memory is lost), according to a team led by Johan Lind, an ethologist at the Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University, Sweden. (See “Dolphins Have Longest Memories in Animal Kingdom.”) Dogs forget an event within two minutes. Chimpanzees,

at around 20 seconds, are worse than rats at remembering things, while the memory spans of three other primates—baboons, pig—tailed macaques, and squirrel monkeys—exceeded only bees (the sole study participant that wasn’t either a mammal or a bird). Since chimps are our closest living relatives, Lind said he was surprised by their poor performance. It suggests human capacity for memory evolved after we branched from the most recent shared ancestor with chimps, over six million years ago. Reported in late 2014 in the journal Behavioural Processes, the findings drew on data from almost a hundred studies of captive animals that used a memory test of recent random events known as the delayed matching-tosample (or DMTS) method. In this test, an

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decides it will focus on time. When played by Charlie Cox who becomes he crashes to the ground, an one of the family and grows especially examination confirms the worst-a close to Jane. It is likely that Hawking heavy defeat, the weight of science is aware of this and approved. working against this promising Hawking soon becomes worldscientist. He refuses contact with his friend Brian, also studying for a PhD famous and an invitation to opera and Jane, his girlfriend who refuses to in Bordeaux almost cost him his life. let him waste away: “I want us to be Choking, coughing up blood and by together for as long as we’ve got and the time he was taken to hospital if that’s not very long, that’s how it is. he was in a coma on a life-support It’ll have to do.” Telling him that she loves him is enough for Hawking to machine, suffering from pneumonia. fight this dreadful disease. Hawking’s The doctor advised switching off his father is more pessimistic than Jane ventilator but Jane refused. “Stephen and she tells him they will fight this must live.” He was flown to Cambridge illness together. She shows courage where a tracheotomy was performed. and determination, having to sacrifice Without this he would have died but her own studies to be a carer for it meant he would never be able to Stephen, to raise his children and to speak again. promote his career. Miraculously he survived and went A wedding follows then the first baby: Robbie and we can see how he on to publish A Brief History of Time has deteriorated physically when he (From The Big Bang to Black Holes) has to use two sticks to walk and is which has sold more than 10 million unable to climb downstairs. His thesis copies worldwide. His first marriage is criticised by his professors and did not survive and we are confronted he seems dismayed until Professor with an emotional outburst between Dennis Sciama congratulated him husband and wife when Jane tells on an extraordinary theory and informed him he was now a Doctor. Stephen: I have loved you. I did my Celebrations all round. He decides he best.” Both sob their hearts out. wants to prove “with a single equation Fortunately, they remained good that time has a beginning. The one friends. Hawking revisited his initial simple elegant equation to explain thesis and contradicted his argument everything.” over the existence of a God. Before long he had published his first “Who are we? Why are we here? book on radiation, otherwise referred If we ever learn this it will be the to as the black holes. Two more babies. Further deterioration and ultimate triumph of human reason Stephen has to use a wheelchair and for then we would know the mind of fed. All of this takes its toll on Jane God.” and she appeals for help in looking after her demanding and growing REVIEW it by Carol Naylor. family. Her mother persuades her to return to the church and join the www.carolnaylor.blogspot.com choir, which will give her a break that / www.carolesleynaylor.wordpress. she so desperately needs. The choir com naylorcl@hotmail.es master is Jonathan Hellyer Jones

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We Christians often agonise over the reasons for falling Church attendance. Many consider the Church too old-fashioned, so advocate a programme of modernisation. Others blame the lack of entertainment value, suggesting the need for more activities and attractions so Church can compete with Television, Sport, etc. Whilst yet more counsel the Church to moderate its message so as to serve a wider section of the community, being less judgemental and more tolerant of modern culture, avoiding offence by speaking no more of ‘Sin’ whilst accepting all forms of spirituality. Well call me oldfashioned and bigoted, but I strongly believe it’s these very arguments that are preventing our Churches from growing. The Church isn’t about entertaining or amusing people, but of presenting the message of an unchanging God, who despite our frequent failures to live as He requires, offers one simple means of forgiveness through the death, on our behalf of Jesus Christ. Whenever we, as Christians ‘water down’ this message by suggesting that various faults aren’t really so terrible, or that there might be some alternative method of attaining heaven, we detract from that message. We all accept advertisers showing clean items alongside grubby ones, to illustrate the cleansing power of their particular product. Without such demonstration I may well

be satisfied with a far from perfect wash. And similarly, an essential part of the Christian message is to show our lives alongside that of God’s perfect standard, exposing our failings like stains on a soiled sheet, so we may appreciate our need of cleansing. This exposure of dirt, or sin, isn’t being judgmental, as I’m no better than anyone else, but rather that we may realise just how much we need Jesus, who alone is able to clean that sin completely away. And the great value of this message we Christians should be proclaiming is that it offers certainty of life beyond the grave; so if only we were all living proof of this, then I believe our Churches would indeed be filled with people anxious to learn more. 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

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We have experienced temperatures from one offs plus 47 degrees centigrade down to a wind factor minus 15. The latter was when we had the coldest week in our area for fifty years in March 2005. It was the end of our most tender fruit trees including a productive mango tree and couple of carefully nurtured pineapple plants. Normally our temperatures range from 35 down to minus one or two but on the coast this would be 38 down to 2 degrees. Our land faces south and has long hours of sunshine all year round but just 800 metres away properties on the north facing slopes of the valley have few hours sunshine and very heavy frosts every winter. Re rain we have had just 400 mm of rain in a year up to 650 mm in a day in November 1996.

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On a bright sunny morning the format for this week’s competition was a team game of `yellow peril` played on our home course La Marquesa. With ideal conditions some good scores were expected, as long as team members managed to score double when it was their turn to play the yellow ball. Clearly one team had the winning formula, coming in first place with an impressive score of 148 points, the team of Pino Perito, Joe Ogden, Gordon Bourne and Bev Fairhurst. Close behind, in second place the team of Bob

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Buckeridge, Mary Sanderson, Gill Gordon and Geoff Evans scoring 146 points. Third the team of Nico Baken, Cindi Green, Claire Daye-Gretton and Jules Jenssen with 139 points. Nearest the pins were 5th Ian Pegg 11th Bev Fairhurst 15th &17th Paul Manning

A re-visit for our 2nd game this year to Las Ramblas. Definitely a “ quackers “ of a day! A forecast of heavy rain & wind was predicted, but for most of the players, they managed to complete their holes with some sun & wind, albeit cold. The last few groups out were looking at some “ black clouds” for their last few holes and unfortunately experienced some heavy rain & blustery winds The Course was in a good condition and Football drawer winners: Pino Perito, Ian Stewart, greens playing quite fast. Morag Turner, Harry Armstrong Unfortunately the lament The results of the TOFFS weekly Stableford competition of one duck & his grieving relatives was a sad end played on Tuesday, were as follows: to the day. One point in Gold Division: 1st Pino Perito 35 pts 2nd John mind also, is the blind Barraclough 33 pts 3rd Terry Sharley spot for groups teeing off, particularly on holes 2 & 5 31 pts 4th David Gregson 29 pts whereby they are unable to Silver Division: 1st Gloria Manning 38 pts (overall see other players around winner) 2nd Tony Stead 34 pts 3rd Hedy Paelig 34 pts the green area. Luckily no 4th Marilyn Eckersall 33 pts injuries were incurred, but Bronze Division: 1st Mike Gillett 36 pts 2nd Ian Stewart provided some amusing tales back at the club 35 pts 3rd Geoff Evans 34 pts 4th Chris Stanley 34 pts house. N.T.P’s 5th Ian Pegg 11th Stan Low 12th in 2 Mary Presentations of the prizes Sanderson 15th Geoff Evans 17th Chris Stanley were made back at Franc y Best front nine John Hill 17 pts and best back nine Louise Bar in Sucina. Colin Hobden 20 pts Overall results were:1st Place - Sofie Ekberg, More information about our friendly society can be Andres Ekberg, Christine found on our webpage www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk Comber & Colin Comber 65.8pts. 2nd Place - Wayne Harris, George Rowe, Sue Grewer & Phil Robinson (on c/ back) - 66.3pts 3rd Place Peter Robinson, John Storey, Mike Harding & Gary Smith (on c/back) - 66.3pts Nearest the pins went to: Hole 6 - Ian D White, Hole 10 - George Rowe, Hole 12 - John Storey and Hole 14 Colin Comber Our next meeting is at El Valle on Tuesday 17th March. Format is an Individual Stableford with an addition of team game. Entry Sheet is on the Noticeboard in Franc & Louise Bar, Sucina or contact any Committee Member. All details can be found on our website:www.sucinagolfsociety.com

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