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Unlimited free WiFi to be made available Spain may take 9.1% of Europe's asylum at all Spanish airports seekers to ease burden for Malta & Italy State agency AENA to award contract in October with service to begin two months after
Unlimited free WiFi will soon be available at all 46 airports and two helicopter ports run by Spain’s AENA national airport authority, officials said in a statement on Thursday. AENA said it would also quadruple the speed of the current internet service offered to passengers. The agency will open a bidding process to contract a company by October, and the free WiFi service should be available two months after the two-year tender is awarded. The free connection service is expected to be combined with a paidfor premium service The free connection service is expected to be combined with a paid-for premium service, which already exists for customers who “want higher speeds and improved
additional benefits.” Many Spanish airports, such as Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport and Barcelona’s El Prat, currently offer 30 minutes of basic free WiFi at their terminals under a contract with Kubi Wireless. Kubi Wireless won the AENA bid to provide WiFi to travelers at 28 airports in April 2013. It initially allowed 15 minutes of free service but has since increased it to 30 minutes. In its statement, AENA explained that the free WiFi was a further step in its bid to bring more digital services to travelers, such as those offered through its smartphone application, which allows passengers to check boarding gates and flight times, reserve airport parking spaces and seats in VIP lounge areas, and look for information about airport services.
SPAIN could agree to take 9.1% of asylum seekers who reach the continent or are already there waiting for their applications to be decided in a new move by the European Union to apply fixed quotas – around 1,500 migrants.
In light of the series of tragedies in the Mediterranean, where thousands of Africans desperate to escape their native lands have drowned whilst attempting crossings on jerry-built rafts, and the increasing migration pressure on Italy, Malta and Greece, the EU's immigration department led by Federica Mogherini wants to ensure an equitable division between member States.
This will be based upon existing population, unemployment levels and GNP, as well as the number of Earlier this month, asylum seekers each country has the government already accepted. announced that it Europe receives 6% of the would provide free world's would-be refugees, and WiFi at Cercanías approximately 85% of asylum commuter train seekers head for, and are usually accepted by, the poorest nations on stations from June.
the planet and typically the nearest safe country to where they have fled from. The UK receives 0.45% of Europe's asylum seekers, below average and among the lowest on the continent, and turns down seven in 10 applications, according to the London-based Refugee Council. Brussels says the fixed quota system will not be obligatory, but is calling for all 28 member States to agree to it as a measure of solidarity and support to countries which are struggling under the weight of mass migration – especially nations which are small in size, such as Italy and Malta, but which are a prime target for Africans and Syrians crossing the Mediterranean. Source: thinkspain
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Pego-Vall d'Ebo fire flares up again; two homes burn down
THE Costa Blanca's worst fire in over 20 years flared up again yesterday (Saturday) late afternoon and the road to the valley was cut off to traffic. Pego (Alicante province) was surrounded by a ring of fire on Thursday – the hottest day in May in the Valencia region since 1869 – and Friday after a farmer in the Vall d'Ebo ignored warnings about the ongoing drought and extreme heat and lit a bonfire, which raged out of control. At least 50 homes in the Los Verdales and Les Comes rural urbanisations and the residential area behind the stations of the cross, leading up to the hilltop chapel, in Pego had to be evacuated on Thursday and the main road leading from Pego to the Vall d'Ebo, on to Forna and then back to the town of Oliva in the northern Valencia province was shut. Gas masks were handed out in Pego town centre and residents advised to stay indoors, although some who had to go out were seen holding wet towels over their faces. All evacuees were told they could return home on Friday, but as the fire was still burning – albeit under control many were reluctant to do so. By Friday night, after 14 hydroplanes had been working constantly during every hour of daylight since Thursday lunchtime, the fire was completely out, although emergency services were continuing to spray the area with water in case sparks flared up again. Yesterday at 16.30hrs, the flames broke out again, this time in the Barranco del Infierno – which translates as 'Hell's Ravine' – forcing firefighters on site to
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call in reinforcements for a second time. During Thursday and Friday, two members of the Armed Forces Emergency Unit were injured, and two homes on the outskirts of Pego burnt down. Interior and outside walls remained standing, but the doors were reduced to ashes and the windows melted, letting the flames inside and completely destroying the fixtures and contents. One owner said he and his family tried to tackle the blaze in their house with hosepipes, but the flames beat them and they had to run for their lives. When they returned the following day, the fire was still burning on their premises, even though the main inferno had backed off and was contained, and they put out what was left of the blaze on their property themselves. Owners say there were no planes or fire engines within sight of their homes, and the only firefighting efforts involved to try to save them were their own. Other nearby residents reported damage to the outside of their houses and to their land, with hedges burnt to a crisp, garden furniture and children's swings and slides totally destroyed. The flames had begun to spread towards neighbouring Adsubia – home to thousands of expatriates, many British, on the Les Bassetes urbanisation – and the huge residential complex of Monte Pego, but did not get near enough for anyone to have to be evacuated. A number of residents, including several Brits living in Pego's rural outskirts said they had packed a suitcase on Thursday and kept their pets indoors ready to flee
at the drop of a hat. Saturday evening saw the main PegoVall d'Ebo road shut again. Planes had to stop work at nightfall on Saturday, although by then there were no flames – however, smoke continued to billow out of the Barranco del Infierno and at least 300 ground staff, including the fire brigade, forestry brigade and Armed Forces, continued to work on the area last night. Regional government president Alberto Fabra (PP) visited Pego on Thursday and was physically attacked by a local man and jeered at by dozens of bystanders for the regional government's poor response to the disaster. Witnesses say it took at least four hours after the fire was reported for hydroplanes to be sent in by the government in Valencia – and if they had been drafted in immediately, they would have been on site within a maximum of half an hour and the fire would not have spread to anywhere near Pego or any residential zones. Last September's inferno on the Montgó mountain between Dénia and Jávea, just a few kilometres south of Pego, was then said to be the worst on record after 1,400 residents, including many expatriates, were evacuated and 444 hectares of land destroyed. But this week's blaze has already wiped out 1,715 hectares – based upon an initial count, meaning the total could rise – and 20% of Pego's land has been reduced to ashes. The vast, picturesque and verdant Vall d'Ebo, a barely-habited valley popular with local walkers and rural tourism fans
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from home and abroad and famous for the views across 'Hell's Ravine' and the fascinating million-year-old El Rull cave, is now a grim, lunar landscape – grey and coated with ashes as far as the eye can see and with black skeletons where trees used to be. After a forest fire of this magnitude, it can take up to 30 years for the land to recover. Building plots cannot be used for their purpose for 30 years after a fire, since a law was passed within the last decade to this effect to discourage unscrupulous speculators from setting fire to land and then buying the charred remains for a fraction of the price for development. Pego council intends to investigate what went wrong at regional government level in terms of sending out emergency workers and planes in time. The man who broke through the police barriers and tried to beat up the president, and another man charged with 'disobedience of authority' for trying to return to his house after being evacuated, will be given free legal assistance by Pego council. Similar criticisms about hydroplanes and the Armed Forces being sent in way too late were heard after the massive Montgó inferno, both from residents and the local council. On the Jávea side of the mountain, most of the work involved in containing and extinguishing the fire was carried out by the local volunteer fire brigade. Source: elpais
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6 Highly advanced aliens seem MIA, according to a recent study by astronomers at Penn State University. These researchers checked out a huge gob of cosmic real estate -- roughly 100,000 galaxies -- and failed to find clear evidence for any super-sized alien empires. At first blush, this is an astounding result, given that the universe is more than 13 billion years old. Surely that's enough time for at least a few ambitious alien species to establish the type of galactic-wide imperium so beloved by sci-fi fans. Could it be that no one is out there? Are we now free to declare ourselves the acme of brain power in this part of the cosmos, and certify that everything out to 50 million light-years is Klingon-free? That may be a bit overmuch. Let's consider what the Penn State folks really did. In a truly clever piece of work, they used NASA's WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer) space telescope to measure the infrared light
coming from all those galaxies. Infrared is produced by anything warm -- by heat. The second law of thermodynamics mandates that heat is the final product of just about any type of engineered activity. Your auto shoots warm gases out the tailpipe, the local utility plant dumps waste heat in a pond, your TV gets warm... Waste heat is the elephant graveyard of all processes using energy, which is to say, all processes. Even writing a byte of data onto your hard drive produces some heat. So does erasing it. Now where there's heat, there's light (at least of the infrared variety), so the Penn State astronomers were hunting for galaxies that generated far more than the usual amounts of infrared. This could be a tipoff for what's called a Type III civilization -- the black belt of all societies -- one that's corralled the energy resources of an entire galaxy to power the ultra-advanced lifestyles of its residents. All that activity would generate prodigious amounts of waste heat,
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and that's what the astronomers sought. Alas, their hunt failed to discover any interesting cases in which the total amount of heat energy was comparable to the total light energy radiated by all the stars in a galaxy. Bummer. But hang on. What does that really say? Allow me to vex you with some numbers. First, consider what the astronomers could have detected. If you add up all the star shine of a typical galaxy, it's roughly 10 billion times more than is belched out by our Sun, or 4 trillion trillion trillion watts. So the Penn State survey was looking for galaxies producing roughly that amount of energy (or more) in waste heat. Possibly that number is beyond your everyday experience. But consider what it implies. We now know that a galaxy similar to our own could contain up to 100 billion habitable planets. Even if every one of these worlds is gilded with an advanced civilization, they would each have to be burning up a trillion times as much energy as all of Homo sapiens combined for that galaxy to register in the Penn State survey. That's right, a trillion times as many kilowatts as all of humanity's lighting, heating, transport, warfare and other entertainments -- per planet. That's asking a lot, and obviously these alien super civilizations would have to be much different than our own. Maybe their planets each house a trillion times as many people as Earth, or, at the other extreme, perhaps they have lifestyles that are a trillion times more profligate than ours. Call me timid, but neither seems very reasonable. The real problem here (if you consider there's a problem) is that our concept of super civilizations assumes that they have the same mindset that we do; they want what we want. We suppose there's a law of the universe insisting that advanced societies are always on a colonization binge, taking control of as much of a galaxy as they can -- similar to the Galactic Federation or the Imperium of Man. Bigger is better. But while that view of upscale aliens comports with Darth Vader's game plan, is that what sophisticated societies really do? There are serious problems with maintaining an empire spanning 100,000 light-years, not least of which is the finite speed of rockets and radio. In addition, there's this: In the past few decades, we've finally begun to exploit the fact that there's a lot of benefit to making things smaller rather than bigger (consider your personal electronics). As physicist Richard Feynman once put it when discussing the scale of things, "there's plenty of room at the bottom." Furthermore, we also tend to assume that big-dog extraterrestrials will relentlessly increase their energy use per capita -- a number that has long been a proxy for the standard of living in our own society. But maybe what really happens is that technology becomes very efficient, and energy use ceases to steadily climb. In other words, the view that being highly advanced implies having more stuff gulping more energy might be an anthropocentric aberration. And by the way, in case the numbers bandied about here have numbed your neocortex, let's clearly state their implication: the Penn State study has ruled out the existence of a certain type of society. But it hasn't limited the possibilities for myriad other kinds of extraterrestrial civilizations. Those 100,000 galaxies could be positively stuffed with intelligent beings -- be they biological or artificial -- who happily exist with energy budgets that aren't staggeringly extreme. So it's still plausible that there's a lot of cosmic company out there. No, the new observations don't jibe with what's portrayed in 21st century space opera. But what our species finds desirable today -- 200,000 years after Homo sapiens 1.0 -- will undoubtedly seem silly and quaint if we ever reach the point of colonizing the galaxy. Star Wars represents today's view of the future, not necessarily that of our descendants or of other species. I recommend maintaining some perspective: The other inhabitants of the universe are alien -- which is to say, they're not like us. huffpost
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Apple was accused of poaching engineers from A123 Systems
Apple has agreed to settle a case brought over claims it poached staff from a firm that makes batteries for electric cars, court documents show. The iPhone-maker was accused of targeting engineer s from A123 in mid-2014 as it sought to build a largescale battery unit. It denied the claim when a suit was filed in a court in the Massachusetts federal court in February this year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in court papers. The agreement in principle was disclosed in the papers filed by the battery-maker, which is based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The two parties are said to be working out the final details. A123 claimed that, in about June 2014, Apple began aggressively poaching its engineer s who were leading some of the company’s most critical projects. Apple denied the claims. The Cupertino firm has agreed to settle the case,
Sarah Brightman calls off space trip
Brightman was said to have paid $50m for the trip The British soprano Sarah Brightman will not be going to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. The platinum-selling recording artist announced on her blog that she was postponing the adventure for "personal family reasons", giving no further explanation. Brightman was due to fly to the ISS on 1 September as a tourist. When, or even if, she will get to complete her dream of a 10-day holiday in orbit is not clear. It is thought such a trip would cost her about $50m (£30m). The company that was organising her trip, Space Adventures, is given only a very limited number of seats on Soyuz rockets to sell to tourists. Who will take Brightman's berth in September is uncertain. It ought to be Brightman's back-
according to court documents In March, Apple unsuccessfully applied to have the case thrown out, claiming that it was based “solely on labels and conclusions” that weave “an elaborate but ultimately incorrec t and unsupportable theory”, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the newspaper, the discussions had been going on since late March and court documents show that A123 has repeatedly filed for permission to delay since then. Apple was also asking for the case to be moved closer to its California base. A123 Systems is a pioneering industrial lithium-ion battery-maker, which was backed by a $249m (£158m) US government grant. It filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and has been selling off assets. Apple refused to comment, while A123 did not respond. up - a Japanese executive Satoshi Takamatsu, but Space Adventures has yet to confirm this. Writing on her blog, Space Adventures' Eric Anderson said: “Since 2012, Sarah has shared her story of a lifelong dream to fly to space. Her international fame as the world’s best-selling soprano has enabled her message to circle the globe, inspiring others to pursue their own dreams. “We’ve seen firsthand her dedication to every aspect ofher spaceflight training and to date, has passed all of her training and medical tests. We applaud her determination and we’ll continue to support her as she pursues a future spaceflight opportunity.” The European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, who was due to join her in the Soyuz in September, tweeted: "Sad to lose a fantastic crew mate. Best of luck, Sarah." Flights to and from the ISS are currently on hold following the failure of a robotic cargo ship in late April. The Progress freighter spun out of control soon after launch, and then fell back to Earth. The Russian and American space agencies want to understand precisely what went wrong before they permit normal crew rotations to resume. Source bbc
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Actor Sean Penn has found himself vilified on social networks after a joke he made about Catalonia during an interview got twisted out of its original meaning. “Sean Penn gets into trouble over his Catalonia joke,” and “Sean Penn screws up in an interview with a Mexican journalist” were just two of the headlines that came out on Tuesday. But the interviewer was not Mexican, and Penn did not quite say what a lot of people think he did.
The following is a step-by-step account of how things came to this juncture, and how it could all have been avoided if people had actually read the original news story. Sean Penn became a trending topic in Spain, with over 3,000 messages published containing his name 1. On May 3, El Pais Semanal, the Sunday supplement of EL PAÍS, published an interview with Penn, who discussed his new movie, The Gunman. Written by staff reporter Rocío Ayuso, the story was headlined: “I do not wish to become an action hero.” The article ran on the website the following day with the same headline (which has since been changed).
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2. At one point during the interview, the reporter asked Penn about his experience shooting some of the scenes in Barcelona. “Penn enjoyed himself while filming in Spain. Or in Catalonia, as he right away slyly corrected himself, anxious to participate in the controversy,” wrote Ayuso. This was Penn’s reply: –You just asked me what it was like to work in Spain when there’s plenty of people that would say I didn't work in Spain, I worked in Catalonia [laughs]. What I would say is this. I also spent a lot of great time in Madrid. We didn't shoot in Madrid but I love that city. And equally I love Barcelona. It's a great place to work and make a movie. As an American to go to that city I can easily
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Valencia on red alert for heat, as temperatures drop elsewhere
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Region is set to face worst of the hot weather that has been affecting Spain on Thursday Scorching weather in Spain sees hottest May day in 30 years The arrival of an area of low coastal areas and 38ºC inland pressure into Galicia has lowered Fifteen other provinces in eastern thermometers across much of Spain and southern Spain are also on alert. after the country suffered its hottest Orange warnings have been issued May day in 30 years on Wednesday. in Murcia, where 40ºC temperatures The exception is the Valencia are forecast, as well as Gran Canaria region, which on Thursday is (37ºC) and Tarragona (37ºC), with expected to face the worst of the yellow alerts – the lowest level – high temperatures that have been elsewhere. The whole of Catalonia affecting the country since last is on some level of alert, with 36ºC Saturday. The Aemet state weather temperatures predicted in Barcelona. agency has issued a red weather In Andalusia, Almería, Córdoba, alert – the highest on the three- Granada, Málaga and Sevilla are level scale – for Valencia province, also on yellow alert for temperatures warning that temperatures could expected to range between 36ºC reach 42ºC in coastal areas and and 40ºC. Temperatures of 34ºC are 38ºC inland. The region’s other two forecast on the Balearics Islands of provinces, Alicante and Castellón, Ibiza and Formentera and 36ºC on are on orange alert – the second- Mallorca. On Wednesday afternoon highest level – with temperatures of a 32-year-old man died from heat 39ºC expected.In Valencia province, stroke in Gévora, in western Badajoz temperatures could reach 42ºC in province. The man suffered a dizzy
spell while working in an area of isolated houses in the district, Extremadura emergency services reported. On Wednesday afternoon a 32-year-old man died from heat stroke in Badajoz province The man was taken to hospital by ambulance but died several houses later. Aemet had issued a yellow warning for the Extremadura region, where temperatures in areas such as Castuera (Badajoz) reached 41.6ºC on Wednesday. The unseasonal hot weather is the result of a body of hot, dry air moving in from Africa that will cause thermometers to rise “between seven and 15 degrees more than usual, practically across
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the entire Iberian peninsula,” according Aemet spokeswoman Ana Casals Even so, the phenomenon cannot technically be described as a heatwave, because that requires three straight days of significantly aboveaverage heat, Casals explains. This will only happen in the Canary Islands, where “there will be a heat wave between May 11 and 16.” Temperatures are predicted to drop notably in the northwest and across much of the country on Thursday, apart from on the Mediterranean coast and Balearics. “Friday will be cooler, but by then temperatures will have risen so much that, even if they drop, they will remain high,” she warns. But the short respite will be followed by excessively hot weather again on Saturday and for much of next week. Source: el pais
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Spanish heat A few simple tricks for surviving those sweaty summer nights – no air con required Ciudad Real, central Spain, July 17, 11pm: outside it’s 32.8ºC, according to the AEMET Spanish state meteorological agency. At that temperature the bed sheets cling, pajamas are too heavy, and cool air is notable by its absence. It’s impossible to sleep. Your first reaction is to turn on the air con, if you have it. But often it’s not worth the cost to have it running the whole night, so you decide to turn it off again. But is it possible to sleep coolly in the Spanish summer without air conditioning? Tradition says yes. Ancient Egyptians used to moisten their bedclothes to sleep better and combat heat waves, which pose a serious risk to public health. According to the results of a scientific study carried out by the Spanish National Research Council, mortality rates for those aged over 75 increase 20.1 percent for each degree that the maximum daily temperature rises above 36ºC. Direct a fan towards the windows to prevent the heat coming through Our ancestors have passed down to us a long legacy of tricks for staying cool. You can sleep under cotton sheets, for example, which aid perspiration. At the same time you can also put your sheets in the fridge or freezer inside a plastic bag for a few minutes before sleeping – they won’t stay cool the whole night, but it will be long enough for you to fall asleep – or fill a hot water bottle with cold water to cool down your bed. Here are a few more suggestions. 1. Be creative. Come up with methods to stop hot air from entering the room. For instance, point a fan toward the windows, or place a bowl full of ice or very cold water in front of the fan to cool the air further. A damp sheet placed over the window also helps. 2. Wear light pajamas. That’s the advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though you can also sleep naked if you like. It’s a question of preference. According to a study by the Association of American Cotton Producers Cotton USA carried out in the UK, 57 percent of people who sleep naked are happier in their relationship with their partner. 3. Apply compresses dipped in lukewarm water on parts of the body most sensitive to heat, such as the neck, elbows, ankles and the backs of the knees. The contact with cool water has a refrigerating effect that triggers a narrowing of the blood vessels, heating up the skin. In turn, the heat cools you down as a result of the difference in the surrounding temperature, explains the CDC. Over half of people who sleep naked are happier in their relationship with their partner 4. Sleep alone. It’s the best thing to stay cool. Sleeping alongside someone else increases your body temperature and makes the bedclothes cling, explains dormir.org.es, a website devoted to sleep problems. What’s more, doing so at floor level will make you even cooler as hot air tends to rise.
5. Shower in warm water to reduce your body temperature. This is a good tip for feeling fresh and clean. Many people say that, even though the shock of a cold shower produces an instant feeling of coolness, it reactivates your body and energy consumption, which makes you feel the heat more quickly afterwards than if you had showed in warm water, explains the Biological Health Institute. Also, be sure to keep your feet cool as heat enters the body here. Washing them before you turn in for the night or sleeping with them outside the bed are two good tips. 6. Eat salad for dinner. Avoid big meals and hot dishes such as stews, soups and roast chicken. These force the body to produce more heat in order to digest them. A yoghurt, salad or that Spanish summer favorite, cold gazpacho, are perfect for summer nights. And don’t forget to drink plenty of water, the WHO says: the body uses it to get rid of heat. 7. Turn off all lights and electronic gadgets completely. Putting them on standby is not enough: they go on using energy and giving off heat, according to the International Energy Agency – between five and 10 percent of what they would use when switched on. Also: replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, which produce the same amount of light but use a fifth of the energy and give off less heat, according to the emergencies center in Arlington, Virginia. Lastly, if you are able to sleep out in the open air, do so. Set up a camp on the roof or head out into the country to sleep close to a place next to water (the moisture in the air has a cooling effect), turning a night of stifling heat into one of adventure.
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Best Beaches in Spain From idyllic Mediterranean coves with crystal clear turquoise waters to pristine miles of fine golden sand, wild and rocky Atlantic shores, and black-sand jewels set against dramatic landscapes in the volcanic Canary Islands, Spain boasts an amazing assortment of beaches. Some are tucked away in pockets of a famous coast or island, others pulsate with music and excitement till the wee hours of the morning, but all have something special to offer and quite a few are absolutely spectacular.
Ses Illetes, Formentera, Balearic Islands Below, we’ve round up a list of 8 of the best beaches in Spain, and by best we don’t necessarily mean blue flags and heaps of facilities, but just the right mix of charm, uniqueness and insanely beautiful scenery. El Bollullo Beach, Tenerife, Canary Islands Tucked away in a secluded pocket of Tenerife’s northern coast, El Bollullo stands out for its peculiar appearance with black sand and sparkling turquoise waters, all framed by pristine volcanic rocks. Moreover, the beach is one of the island’s most isolated and difficult to reach, so don’t expect too many crowds or facilities. There’s a lifeguard, a shackstyle café and a nice Canarian restaurant on the cliffs above. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself surrounded by unspoilt natural beauty and a laid-back, unpretentious atmosphere, which contrasts the buzz and holiday vibe you find on most of Tenerife’s beaches. El Bollullo beach lies about a mile east of Puerto de la Cruz resort, and can be reached either by car (partially) from El Rincón, or by foot, after a 45-min walk through banana plantations from Puerto de la Cruz’ suburb of La Paz. Sa Calobra, Mallorca, Balearic Islands The Balearic island of Mallorca is teeming with beaches waiting to be discovered, from long action-packed expanses of golden sand to spectacular rocky coves and peaceful, secluded bays with unbelievable emerald seas. One of the most spectacular is the remote and unique Sa Calobra. Dramatically located on the northwest coast of Mallorca, where Torrent de Pareis – the second largest canyon in the Mediterranean, reaches the sea, Sa Calobra comprises two small shingle beaches connected by a narrow well-lit tunnel. The latest is a jewel of sand, gravel and shimmering turquoise waters crammed between high, spectacular cliffs. The beach has no facilities and is almost impossible to access, but that’s part of its charm. An adventure in itself, the road down is steep and narrow, and twists its way through the incredible rock formations of Tramuntana Mountain Range, offering the most breathtaking views of Mallorca. Las Teresitas Beach, Tenerife, Canary Islands A gorgeous mile-long stretch of bright yellow sand brought from Sahara, Las Teresitas is without doubt one of Tenerife’s most alluring beaches. Situated just off the village of San Andrés, near the capital city Santa Cruz de Tenerife, this manmade idyllic cove protected by the scenic Anaga Mountains and fringed by swaying palm trees is as Caribbean as you
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can get in this part of the world. Teeming with tropical marine life, its calm and beautiful aquamarine waters are ideal for swimming, diving and snorkeling. Furthermore, the adorable Playa de las Teresitas is equipped with showers, sun loungers and plenty of parking lots. At the end of the beach, as you go towards San Andrés, there’s a great variety of beach bars and restaurants serving fresh seafood and other local specialties. Playa del Silencio, Asturias Playa del Silencio is a postcard-perfect sand-and-stone beach near Cudillero, Asturias, but what really makes it one of Spain’s most beautiful beaches is its unparalleled setting. Surrounded by majestic cliffs, green meadows and rock formations, this tranquil stretch of pebbles is quite unique and unusual, astonishing visitors with its raw, natural beauty. It’s a wonderful place to photograph, and, due to its calm, translucent waters, it also makes for a great swimming and snorkeling spot. Playa del Silencio is pretty difficult to get to, but it is definitely worth visiting for its dramatic, untouched landscape and eerie silence broken only by seagulls and the crushing waves. Ses Salines, Ibiza, Balearic Islands Situated on the island’s south coast, a short 10-minute drive from Ibiza Town and the raucous Playa d’en Bossa, Las Salinas (Ses Salines) has all the ingredients for a top Spanish beach: sparkling-white sand, crystal clear waters and an upscale vibe thanks to its stylish clientele, top-notch facilities and legendary Balearic beats that entertain the crowds all day and well into the night. Popular with celebrities, including footballers, models and movie stars, Las Salinas is one of the most exclusive and fashionable beaches, not only in Ibiza and the Balearic Islands, but in the entire Spain. Even so, this long expanse of powdery sand frequented by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Moss, and surrounded by protected pine woods, salt flats and sand dunes, has somehow managed to retain its rustic charm and natural beauty. In addition to its great atmosphere, trendy chiringuitos and party bars where DJ’s spin the latest hits, Las Salinas beach offers an excellent array of activities and water sports. El Papagayo Beach, Lanzarote, Canary Islands Part of Monumento Natural de los Ajaches - a protected area on the southern tip of Lanzarote, El Papagayo (The Parrot) is
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just one of Punta de Papagayo’s stunning group of beaches, and welcomes visitors of all ages to relax, soak in the sun, splash around in its shallow sea and take in the magnificent views of the neighboring Lobos and Fuerteventura islands. This postcard-perfect crescent of fine golden sand lapped by vibrant azure waters is protected from winds by pristine ashcovered hills, making it one of the safest and most stunningly located beaches on the island of Lanzarote. Swimming and snorkeling are fantastic any time of the year. As Catedrais, Galicia It’s hard to find a more picturesque and magical European beach than As Catedrais on the northern coast of Spain. Officially called Praia de Augas Santas (Beach of the Holy Waters), this magnificent place situated in Galicia’s Lugo province, about 10 kilometers west of Ribadeo, has been declared a Natural Monument for its outstanding natural beauty and peculiar rock formations. Facing the Cantabrian Sea, the beach can be admired in its full splendor during the low tide periods, when the water recedes, revealing a series of amazing natural arches and caves shaped by the wind and the waves, and connected by sand corridors. In addition to its spectacular 30-meter-tall natural sculptures that resemble majestic cathedrals (hence its name), As Catedrais beach boasts soft sand and clear turquoise waters perfect for a refreshing swim in the summer months. Ses Illetes, Formentera, Balearic Islands With its laid-back atmosphere, crystalline blue waters and white Caribbean-like sands, Playa de Ses Illetes is hands down the best beach in Spain. Often regarded as an antidote to Ibiza’s raucous party scene, this magnificent strip of sand can be easily reached via a 30-minute ferry ride from the Island that never sleeps. And although Ses Illetes is Formentera’s most fashionable beach, popular among divers, partygoers and glitterati who flock here with their posh yachts, the ambience is delightfully soothing and bohemian, giving the impression that no one wants to threaten, in one form or another, this unspoilt Balearic paradise. There are no showers and sunbeds, nor any considerable developments in the area, just a few high-quality chiringuitos (beachside restaurants) where the trendy set can sip a cold drink and sample the day’s catch.
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Nick Knowles has revealed he and his wife and young son have relocated to Spain following a frightening health scare. “I’ve always lived my life at a million miles an hour and pushed myself hard,” DIY SOS host Nick tells all in an exclusive interview. “But it had got to the point where I knew the balance of my professional and personal life wasn’t right. I was trying to be in so many places, I had so many plates spinning and the pressure was getting on top of me.” In the interview and photo shoot, Nick reveals that he and wife Jessica, 27, and their nine-month-old son Eddie recently moved into a five-bedroom house in Andalusia, Spain, from where he will commute to film his television shows. The relocation followed a health emergency when Nick ruptured an artery in his sinus which left him bleeding heavily from his nose, mouth and throat – a condition which required surgery.
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“I’ve got myself into scrapes before and bear the scars but without wanting to sound overdramatic, for the first time in my life, I felt mortal,” Nick reveals. “It was then I realised I needed to re-evaluate my way of life. I was burnt out and I owed it to the people I love to
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The 5th Annual Pink Ladies Walk For Life takes place on Sunday June 7th, starting at 10.30 am from the promenade at Playa Flamenca. This is the day when The Costa Blanca becomes The Costa Pinka as thousands of Marias Pink Lady supporters don their best pink outfits and walk for life to raise money for the AECC research and early detection programme. There is day long entertainment compered by Sunshine FM, with many of the Costa Blancas best acts in the programme. Walkers can register to participate on the day from 9.00am on the front at Playa Flamenca, or in advance by contacting any Pink Lady or at participating bars and restaurants. The registration donation is 5 Euros. Many walkers are also sponsored by friends and family and official forms are available in advance from Pink Ladies and by telephoning 965329841 or 633487595 and 634352807. Maria and The Pink Ladies are aiming for a record turnout this year to add substantially to the AECC fund for fighting cancer.
SMILE Early Summer BBQ, in aid of the Benijófar Crisis Appeal, on Saturday 30th May Following the fantastic success of ‘THE SMILE CHARITY GROUPS’ performances of “Escape from Butlitz”, the group are back raising cash for charity with an early summer BBQ at ‘Restaurante El Elto La Dolores’, on Saturday the 30th May. The event starts at 5pm, with live music from ‘The Campoverde Reef Band’. Tickets are on sale for only 10€, and BBQ food will be provided. Tickets are on sale from ‘Restaurante El Alto La Dolores’ or The Post Room Benijófar, or by calling 966 712 382. If you fancy a laid-back summer evening to great music from a brilliant live band, get your tickets now.
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Everyone loves a good love story with a happy ending and Studio’s32 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Oklahoma certainly fits the bill. This popular musical packed with well-known songs, tells the story of love between a cowboy and a farmer’s daughter in the wild west of America. The principle roles will be played by Rae Daniel, as Curly a young cowman in love with the heroine Laurey played by Verity Jo Spencer Hall, Jenni Hardy –Rooney, plays Aunt Eller, mother to everyone, with Bev McEwan as Ado Annie a flirtatious girl who can’t resist any man.!! Mark Lord is Will Parker, a hapless young cowman in love with Ado Annie. Dan Ullah is the evil Jud Fry and Mike Oates the mischievous peddler, Ali Hakim .Ado Annie’s
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EUROPE'S largest clothing empire Inditex could be hit with a fine of over €21m for failing to improve working conditions at its factories in Brazil. Despite signing a contract four years ago with the ministry of work in the South American country agreeing to tackle employee abuse, at least 7,000 staff members have been found to have suffered intolerable conditions at some of Brazil's 67 plants. The Spanish clothing chain, which owns Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Uterqüe, Zara Home, Stradivarius, Oysho and Bershka may be held accountable for 84 staff members suffering accidents or illness through their jobs and 22 employees working 16-hour days or more, or seven-day weeks. These were collated in a government report and leaked to the press by the social justice campaign group Repórter Brasil, based in São Paulo. Inditex pledged to protect workers' rights in Brazil after sweatshop situations were found in 2011 - in one case, a total of 14 workers were illegal immigrants from Bolivia and one Peruvian, who did not have contracts or legal rights because of their status, and one of the Bolivians was only 14 years old. The Galicia-based empire, owned by Europe's richest man Amancio Ortega, committed itself to investigating conditions in which all its production staff overseas worked in and to clamp down on unfair practices. But the Brazilian ministry for work says Inditex simply removed its production from sweatshop factories instead of resolving the problem, forcing 31 of them to close and leaving staff jobless. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager for Inditex, Félix Poza, insists that the reports were hearsay, that
the company had made major efforts to protect employee rights worldwide, and that most of the issues raised were 'minor', such as the height and comfort of seamstresses' and tailors' chairs. Clothing by Inditex only accounts for 15% of production in the 67 factories where staff were poorly treated, says Sr Poza, and insists that the Brazilian government should have flagged up problems to them before now so they could jump on them and nip them in the bud. Brazil's authorities are required to inform Inditex of any working condition matters as soon as they are aware of them, giving the company 10 days to put them right - but they have not been telling them about the problems, according to Poza. "As soon as Inditex finds out about these matters, it resolves them immediately," he stresses. International company researchers say Inditex's drive to keep prices down in its low-cost ranges - Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear and Stradivarius - and its constant renewal of its collections meaning tight production deadlines are a potential breeding ground for human rights abuse in the supply chain, although this applies to cut-price clothing brands in general, not just the Spanish high-street leader.
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Christie’s Has Art World’s First $1 Billion Week
It was a week the art world had never seen before. For the first time, an auction house sold more than $1 billion of art — over three days at that — a vast outpouring of money that amazed even the wealthy and the celebrities who flocked to the auction floor. On Wednesday, Christie’s said it sold $658.5 million worth of work at its postwar and contemporary art auction, added to the $705.9 million for 20th-century works auctioned off on Monday. The billion-dollar threshold was a symbolic coup for Christie’s and seemed to widen the divide with its rival Sotheby’s, even if actual profits were unclear. Sotheby’s on Tuesday raised $379.7 million, with fees, from 63 lots of American-oriented contemporary pieces. At its auction last week, it proclaimed the result, $368 million, as the second highest modern and Impressionist sale in its history. “It’s a spectacle of excess at the highest level,” said Abigail Asher, partner in the New York and Los Angeles art consultants Guggenheim Asher Associates Inc., who was at Monday’s auction. “The last few years have been building up to this moment. A new class of buyer has entered the market and they’re prepared to pay staggering sums for trophy pictures.” Wednesday’s auction began with a roar. The first item — “Torsione,” a metal and flannel sculpture by Giovanni Anselmo — went for $6.4 million, with fees, or more than seven times its high estimate. “What a start!” said the auctioneer, Jussi Pylkkanen. A purchase price of $5.8 million with fees for Joan Mitchell’s 1969-70 Abstract Expressionist painting “Afternoon,” a work filled with passages of blue, white and yellow impasto, put the sales total over $1 billion. The highest price of the evening, $81.9 million, went for Mark Rothko’s “No. 10,” an oil composed of floating rectangles of smoldering red and flame on a black background. Other notable sales were Lucien Freud’s 1994 oil painting “Benefits Supervisor Resting,” for $56.2 million, to the London dealer Pilar Ordovas; Andy Warhol’s monumental 1963 silk-screen on canvas, “Colored Mona Lisa,” also for $56.2 million; and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s enamel spray, acrylic and oil stick on canvas called “The Field Next to the Other Road,” for $37.1 million. Andy Warhol’s monumental 1963 silkscreen on canvas, “Colored Mona Lisa,” sold for $56.2 million on Wednesday. shown above While Christie’s may be garnering the headlines, it was hard to know who was garnering the biggest profits. Along with attracting customers, guarantees can mean profits for the auction house, because it often splits the difference with the seller when the minimum is exceeded. Whether Christie’s actually makes money out of guaranteeing works — which sometimes fail to sell at auctions — remains unknown. Christie’s is a privately owned company belonging to the French billionaire collector Francois Pinault. Unlike publicly listed Sotheby’s, it does not divulge its profits or losses, but does reveal sales.
arts Christie’s willingness to secure high-value lots through expansive guarantees — essentially, buying market share — contrasts with Sotheby’s currently more circumspect approach, although Sotheby’s relied heavily on guarantees in the fall sales. “It’s very, very opaque,” added the Paris dealer Christian Ogier. “You just don’t know what’s going on.” Sotheby’s chief executive, Tad Smith, the former president and chief executive of Madison Square Garden, who was appointed in March, sought to reassure investors in a first-quarter earnings conference call on Monday by saying that the company would not “roll dice in the auction room with shareholders’ money.” Mr. Smith added, however, that “guarantees on high-profile trophy lots can be important marketing investments and potentially generate positive momentum.” The spectacle at Christie’s on Monday night drew ultrawealthy collectors such as Michael Ovitz, the former president of the Walt Disney Company; Laurence Graff, the London jeweler; and Steve Wynn, the casino magnate. Last week at Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale, where the top item, a van Gogh, sold for $66.3 million, the actor Leonardo DiCaprio was seen hovering over the action in a luxury box, though some noted he seemed more engrossed in the conversation with his date than with the business on the auction floor. He was back this week at Christie’s along with Mr. Pinault. But there sometimes is little drama in the room itself at today’s auctions. Much of the bidding is conducted on the telephone by buyers from around the globe: rich American, Russian, Latin American, Korean and Chinese collectors for whom
the trip to New York does not seem necessary. Yet while remote, the bidding can still be fierce. source http://www. nytimes.com
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Hand-sewn Wikipedia page marks Magna Carta anniversary
Cornelia Parker with a fragment of Magna Carta (An Embroidery) at the British Library It's the Wikipedia entry no-one will ever be able to update. A giant embroidered copy of the article for the Magna Carta - measuring 13 metres long - has been unveiled at the British Library. Some 200 people - from prisoners to pop stars - hand-stitched the artwork, which celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. "I wanted to create a portrait of our age", said British artist Cornelia Parker, who conceived the project. Parker, best known for art installations involving an exploded garden shed and actress Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass case, took a screenshot of the Magna Carta
Wikipedia page on 15 June last year - on what was the 799th anniversary of the famous 13th Century treaty. She printed it onto fabric which was divided into 87 sections and sent around the country to be stitched by 200 speciallychosen people - many with a connection to civil liberties and politics. "I liked the idea of grabbing this moment and immortalising it," Parker told the BBC at Thursday's launch event. "Wikipedia is a kind of embroidery, it's very subjective with many contributions and anybody can add their bit." Source: BBC
Aztec to urban - Mexico's street art explosion
An art revolution is spreading on Mexico City's walls. But this is more than just graffiti. The new urban 'street art' movement sweeping the former Aztec capital borrows heavily from Mexico's indigenous past. But artists are using a very modern tool - Instagram - to spread the message to hundreds of thousands of followers.
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LEGAL CORNER Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer about half a pound to a Bytes. Continuing off the beaten track pound for this trick to from last week. If you followed my advice work effectively. First, by cutting out and putting previous article take the rice out of on the fridge door, You will probably be its packaging and put ready for the second and final installation it into a tupperware of “Save My Phone”. container that can Step 4: Blast With Compressed Air Regardless of whether your phone is in maintain an airtight two pieces or still stuck together as one seal. Next, completely submerge your phone at this point, the next part of this process involves using a can of compressed air to in the rice (we’ve also heard couscous and clean out every nook and cranny possible. quinoa work well for this process), and If the phone is opened, blow air into stick a lid on the container after burping the logic board, between the screen, out any excess air. This is what helps to and around the battery. Closed phones pull the water out of the phone and into should be blasted through any open holes in the case, including the speaker the surrounding grains, so the more air ports, microphone, charging dock and you can get out, the better. After that, earpiece. The charging port is where you you’re going to need to wait at least 72 should focus most of your attention, as it hours before even thinking about trying to has the closest proximity to the battery turn the device back on. compartment and will give you the most Some gurus will say it only needs 36 amount of space to move the nozzle hours, but in testing it’s been proven around from left to right inside. that the longer you wait before booting Step 5: When in Doubt, a Hair Dryer Will anything back up, the better your chances Do of getting your phone back into working If you don’t have a can of compressed air on hand (though we recommend you order without losing any of the precious try to pick a few up just in case of such an data contained inside. Step 7: Hope and Pray emergency), a hair dryer will work almost Once the three (or more) day grace just as well. Be sure NOT to turn the settings on to any kind of heat — only use period has elapsed, pull the phone out cool air. Thought it may sound counter- of the container. Carefully check every intuitive, the act of heating up any water part of the device to ensure that there’s trapped inside too quickly will cause no excess water left (this can include the components to swell, and steam to giving it a slight shake downward to see release in some of the last places you if anything drops out of the charging port want it to go. Step 6: Submerge in Rice, Quinoa, or or speaker slots), and once you’ve verified it’s dry as a bone, pop the battery back Couscous Finally, we come to the most critical step in, cross your fingers, and push the power of all. The one that no matter if you used button. Phones are not a speciality and I compressed air or a hair dryer, popped suggest that you contact someone who is the battery out or otherwise, is your best a specialist for further advice. hope for rescuing your device: stick it Contact me to arrange an appointment into some rice. Another method is to use or for advice regarding your computer one of those desiccant bags found in a problems, at the address or phone lot of electronics packaging. A common number below. household item that most people are For further information or advice on likely to have stored computing,contact Trevor on 689 892 745 or somewhere in their canducomputing@hotmail.co.uk pantry, you’ll need
Pompeii
Pompeii was founded 2700 years ago by the Osci tribe. The next few hundred years saw the Phoenicians, Etruscans and then the Samnites in occupation. Around 400BC the Romans took control; fortifying it in the process. 100 years later the Appian Way was built linking Rome to the south of Italy; to what’s now modern day Brindisi. It passed just 30km of Pompeii, as the surrounding land was so fertile Pompeii’s bountiful food and wine was easily exported across the Roman World. Plus there was a bustling port near Pompeii. Pompeii had a piped water system which fed 25 street fountains, private houses, businesses and public baths. In time of drought the water would first be turned off at the baths then the houses and finally businesses leaving the street fountains to supply the populace. Pompeii was a hedonistic tourist resort with as many as 20,000 inhabitants. The surrounding countryside was thronged with villas belonging to Rome’s elite. In 62AD a powerful earthquake struck the town damaging every building and crippling the water supply. The Emperor Nero was performing in a nearby theatre and as he left the building it collapsed after him. Nero looked upon this as an omen of good luck. Although the earthquake was a portent of much worse to come perhaps it was Nero’s thinking that
WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com www.daviessolicitors.com
IS THE PERSON ACTING FOR ME AN ABOGADO/ SOLICITOR ? QUESTION: I have had terrible problems with my purchase. I am not even certain if the person who handled my purchase is in fact an Abogado/Solicitor. A: This may sound like a crazy question, but it is a fact that on some occasions we have people coming so see us asking us how to lodge a complaint against a solicitor only to find that the person in question is not in reality an Abogado /Solicitor. If you have doubts regarding the person representing you, it is very easy to find out if the person is an Abogado/ Solicitor or not. All you need to do is visit the website www. abogacia.es which is the website of the governing body of all Law Societies in Spain. On the right hand corner of it´s home page
click the image: It opens a very easy to use tool where you can introduce the name of the person acting for you and it it will inform you of which Law Society he is a member of and his/her Law Society number. If he is indeed an Abogado , then you can file a complaint at the Law Society of which he is a member. If he is not an Abogado we would suggest you hire one to determine if you have any recourse against his /her actions. If he at at any time has suggested he is an Abogado you can denounce the situation at your local police station. In all cases if you have felt misled we would welcome you inform the local Law Society as even though this will not help you , it may help others avoid a similar problem.
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.
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swayed most locals to stay on as the Romans were a highly superstitious bunch. Rebuilding work started in earnest and evidence of this can still be seen in what remains there today. The area suffered regular but smaller quakes leading up to the cataclysmic event 17 years later that’s now made Pompeii infamous. In autumn 79AD Vesuvius erupted, shooting ash, rocks and poisonous gases high into the sky, the eruption was seen from hundreds of kilometres away. As much as six inches an hour of ash rained down from the sky. I remember in my school days being taught that people suffocated on the ash in their sleep. Only 10% died this way as the main cause of death was much worse. As the magma chamber lost its power the huge column of dust and gas started to fall; instead the superheated cloud sent pyroclastic surges of up to 700 km/h of gas and pulverised rock rushing down the mountain sides. Pompeii was in the way; the 350C gases instantaneously burnt the inhabitant’s lungs and boiled their brains; as they died the severe heat caused their muscles to contract so they dropped dead to lie in the foetal positions which are how we see them preserved today. The eruption left Pompeii and the surrounding area
buried under 25 metres of ash. It was custom to rebuild after a disaster but the damage was so complete that the area was never repopulated. Only in 1599 when digging a water channel were some remains discovered. Pompeii’s lewd past was revealed as erotic frescos were unearthed which were rapidly reburied as they were deemed too risqué for the times. In 1738 when digging the foundations for a new palace the remains were discovered again and work continued up until a few years ago when the funds dried up. It’s a UNESCO World heritage site but sadly three times in the last 15 years has this certification been called into doubt as currently the place is suffering severe degradation. Five years ago the House of the Gladiators collapsed; currently less than a third of the buildings that visitors could see in the 1960s are open to the public. It’s estimated that over 300 million Euros are needed to further preserve the site. Mind you with Vesuvius normally erupting every 20 years or so and the last eruption being in 1944; it’s well overdue so perhaps it will soon get covered over again. With 3 million people living close by; Vesuvius is classed as one of the most
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May 2015
Harry Shearer indicates departure from The Simpsons
Shearer thanked fans for their support Harry Shearer has indicated a contract dispute has led to him quitting The Simpsons after more than 25 years. The US actor, who voices Ned Flanders and Mr Burns, tweeted that signing up to a new series would have stopped him from doing other work. The actor seemed to signal his exit by claiming a lawyer for the executive producer said the show would "go on". In a follow-up tweet, Shearer mooted it was "because I wanted what we've always had: the freedom to do other work". Shearer voiced more than a dozen characters, including Ned Flanders and Montgomery Burns Last week the Fox network confirmed it had commissioned two more series of the long-running animated sitcom. According to reports at the time, Shearer
had yet to sign a new contract. Having wished executive producer James L Brooks "the very best", Shearer went on to thank fans of the show "for [their] support". The actor voices a number of established characters on the longrunning sitcom The 71-year-old provides the voices for such established Simpsons characters as rapacious millionaire Montgomery Burns, addled school principal Seymour Skinner and Ned Flanders, Homer Simpson's chipper neighbour. The actor's other roles include bass player Derek Smalls in the celebrated rock "mockumentary" This is Spinal Tap. The Simpsons, which revolves around a dysfunctional animated family who live in an American every-town called Springfield, premiered in 1989. When made, the new series will take the total number of episodes to 625. Source BBC
Paloma Faith to play Tinkerbell in ITV's new Peter Pan adaptation Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser will play Mrs Darling, and Stanley Tucci is cast as Captain Hook British pop star Paloma Faith has been cast has Tinkerbell in Peter and Wendy, a new Peter Pan adaptation from ITV. Faith will be joined by Breaking Bad actress Laura Fraser as Mrs Darling, while Stanley Tucci, who plays Caesar Flickerman in The Hunger Games franchise, and received an Academy Award nomination for his performance as killer George Harvey in The Lovely Bones, will play pirate Captain Hook. Newcomers Zac Sutcliffe and Hazel Doupe will star as Peter and Wendy. The forthcoming two hour one-off drama, described as a "reimagining" of
JM Barrie's much-loved children's novel, will open in modern-day St Ormond Street Hospital, where 12-year-old Lucy Rose (Doupe, who also plays Wendy) is awaiting major heart surgery. After reading Barrie's novel, Lucy dreams of herself as Wendy, and the story of Peter Pan is retold through her imagination. Stanley Tucci during a recent appearance on ITV's Loose Women The TV drama, which is currently in production, will also star Bjarne Henriksen (The Killing), Ben Crompton (Game of Thrones) and Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness). A broadcast date has not yet been confirmed. A live-action Peter Pan film adaptation, Pan, starring Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried and Cara Delevingne, and directed by Joe Wright, is released this October.
PROTECTING YOUR FURNITURE ETC IN THE HOT MONTHS The hot summer months are well on the way now and the Spanish Sun is unrelenting from dawn to dusk. Some people escape it by popping off to good old Blighty for a few months and the ones left behind entertain family and friends or just enjoy the summer. Why don’t we do as the Spanish do in the summer, after all they have the handle on the summer here as they were born and bred in Spain and have the experience of the hot months. The one thing I do myself is keep my shutters shut during the morning at the back of my house as the sun rises there. Helps keep my casa cooler for the day and do not open again until after 2.00 p.m. Then I will close the shutters on the front of my casa as the sun is pouring in there after 2.00 p.m. Then when the evening breeze gets up in the evening I open up
the shutters to air the casa. Not only does this help keep my casa cooler for sleeping in the night it also protects my furniture from the strong rays of sunshine. Using your shutters in this way saves your wooden furniture drying out and fading, including any of your upholstery and other fabrics such as curtains etc. I am not saying live like a pit pony in the dark, just leave a little gap to allow light in to see where you are going and leave internal doors open for light as well. Another tip if you are out for part of the day or the whole day close all your shutters and for those with Air Conditioning you will see a difference in your electric bills. The hardest part of this is training your family and friends to follow your lead in keeping your home cool and furniture protected. Good luck with that one – some battles I have won and others I just threw in the towel, it was easier. The Spanish also like their trees near
their properties as this gives shade to their homes and something to sit under in their rocking chairs so they can watch the world go by or have a good gossip. Keep your mattresses well aired and wash your mattress and pillow protectors often during the hot months. This helps keep ever y thing smel l i ng a lot sweeter a n d fresher a n d good for mattress condition. If you have rooms you rarely use do keep them well aired too, this does help with the humidity problem here in a lot of homes. Also, it is good if you can to pull furniture away a bit from the walls in these rooms and get a bit of an air flow going. It has been known to help with damp patches. Staying cool – written by Chris of Furniture Plus
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THE ONLY PROPERTY SUPPLEMENT ON THE COSTAS!!!! LOOKING TO BUY OR RENT? FIND YOUR DREAM HOME INSIDE! Creation of New Companies Registers Highest Figure in Seven Years
The constitution of new companies in Spain grew by 4% year-on-year in March, reaching a total of 9,903 companies. According to the National Statistics Institute data, this is the highest figure since April 2008. One out of every five of the companies created were in Madrid and nearly half of those are related to trade and construction. This upturn in the creation of new companies is the first of the year, in yearon-year terms, as in both January and February the figures for the incorporation of new companies was lower than in the same month a year earlier. Moreover, the number of new companies increased by 13.7% compared with February, marking the biggest month-on-month increase in the last three years. According to the statistical agency’s data, the share capital subscribed in March for the creation of new companies reached 620 million euros, which represents a year-on-year increase of 30%, while the average company capital increased by 25%, to stand at 62,544 euros. Idealista.com reported that 22.6% of
the new businesses are engaged in trade and another 18.5% in construction, which means that four out of every ten new companies are involved in these activities. On the other hand, looking at the figures for subscribed capital, the most significant have been those related to hospitality, with a total of 252.7 million euros, which is equivalent to 40.7% of the total. A total of 1,958 companies were created in the Madrid region in March, representing 19.77% of the total, and almost one out of every five new companies created, followed by Catalonia and Andalucía (with 1,840 and 1,760 new companies, respectively), while La Rioja, Navarra and Cantabria were the regions where fewer companies were constituted, with 43 new companies, 87 and 95, respectively. In relative terms, the greatest yearon-year increases were registered for Extremadura (+35.8%), Asturias (+29.9%), and the Canary Islands (+21.1%), while the largest decreases were recorded in Navarra (-17.1%) and Galicia (-8.1%). Source: keyero
Renting Versus Home Ownership
A recent study carried out by property portal, fotocasa.es, and market research company, Netquest, by surveying over 10,000 website users, reveals major differences between new tenants and home owners. According to the study “Profile of the Tenant in 2014″, the main reason given for opting to rent a home was labour mobility, while the home owners indicated their main reason for purchasing was to upgrade from their current home. The survey reveals that the typical tenant is aged between 35 and 44 years (37%), married with a university education, and chooses to rent as it allows freedom, compared to buying (41%), which ties the buyer to a certain place and level of expenditure over a long period of time. In this sense, the study noted that the preference for renting a home is now gaining considerable ground in Spain, against home ownership, especially amongst the younger generation. In addition, tenants believe that renting is a formula that allows them freedom to move around for work (22%); allows them to live in a different city to where they want to eventually establish residence (16%); it offers them the possibility of accessing homes which they could never buy (15%), and in addition it allows any maintenance costs to be covered by the owner (14%). However, 35% of Spaniards who rent say they do so out of necessity because their economic situation prevents them from buying a home. The study also shows that in 2014, 33% of those surveyed said that in recent months they have rented a house due to a change of work, while 32% who changed their rental housing did so to improve the area or their current address, 22% have increased their family, 21% cited gaining independence, going to live with their partner or with friends, or being separated
(14%), among other reasons. According to the survey, in 2014 the Spaniards looking to rent took an average of three and a half months to find their rental property, and the average rent paid was 660 euros per month. With regard to the profile of the home owners, the results of the survey determined that among those who bought in 2014, 38% were in the group aged between 35 and 44 years, followed by the group aged 25 to 34 (26%) and those aged between 45 and 54 years (24%). Among the first group, 44% bought a home because they considered the purchase as “a long-term investment”, while other reasons given were the perception that prices have returned to normal (34%), renting or sharing is throwing money away (23%), buying is a form of saving for old age given the difficulty of covering pensions in the future (18%), or that, once paid, a home is a safeguard against adversity, since it is mortgageable (12%). According to the report, the average buyer is married and university educated, and that 71% bought a home in 2014 as a first residence, followed by 14% that did so as an investment, and 13% which purchased as a second home. 50% of the property purchases were apartments, of between 10 and 50 years (47%), and with 3 or more rooms (71%). In addition, the survey revealed that, on average, the buyer took 12.6 months to find a home since starting their search, and that they spent an average of 189,609 euros on buying their home. The average buyer purchased their home through a mortgage (67%), compared to 28% who paid cash, and 4% who made their purchase by other means such as inheritances, loans or gifts. Source: keyero
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destination aguilas Águilas is a delightful port city located on the Costa Cálida. A tradition of seafaring now combines with a wide range of tourist facilities, making the most of one of its main attractions, the extensive coastline. Águilas, an old Roman fishing port, was established in more modern times during the Enlightenment, when in 1785 it began to operate as a port of exit for the produce of the Murcia region's fertile fields. In the 19th century it became a major mining enclave, a reminder of which times is the Hornillo jetty, where iron, lead and silver from the nearby mines were loaded onto ships. In Águilas town centre, with a rich seafaring flavour, it is worth visiting Plaza de España's beautiful gardens full of rubber plants, the City Hall (19th century), and the parish church of San José, where the image of the patron saint is housed. At the top of the old town, standing on a promontory, is the castle-fortress of San Juan de Águilas, built in 1579 for purposes of defence. Below it sits the port and its characteristic black-and-white striped lighthouse, in operation since the mid-19th century. The town's Food Market and the railway monument are other places of interest.
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beaches
Thirty-five beaches stretch along the coast aquiline. Alternating with rocky areas, beaches are different types of sand thickness and color, thanks to the various minerals that make up the soil and the action of the continuous erosion over them. Highlights include the "Four Creeks" in the South end, the border with Almería; Natural
protected landscape of great beauty. Four large bays shape the landscape aquiline, from South to North: Poniente, Levante, El Hornillo (with Friar Island) and Calabardina. Numerous coves in pristine condition occur north from COPE to the border with Lorca. In the center of the town there are two magnificent walks, the Levante and Poniente, which beautifully adorn the bays, where you can find all kinds of services. Eagles has several Blue Flags on the beaches and the marina, as well as the Q of the Las Delicias, which says a lot about the quality of its waters and its environmental value. Sorce: http://aguilas.es/
This seafaring town offers the visitor an extensive coastline stretching some 34 kilometres, a fact which, when combined with an enviable average temperature, makes it one of the main tourist destinations in the Murcia region. We can find solitary coves and beaches with crystal-clear water, such as La Higuerica, La Carolina or Calabardina; urban beaches, such as Las Delicias; and one of the best areas on the Mediterranean coast for scuba diving, thanks to some excellent rocky sea beds, above all on Fraile island and in the area around the rock of Cape Cope. The area around Águilas has other places of striking beauty, such as the Cuatro Calas Protection Area. From among the calendar of festivals held in Águilas, it is worth highlighting its Carnival, declared to be of National Tourist Interest.
History Known in Roman times as Aquilae and later Aquila, Águilas belonged to the community of Bastetania and the province of Tarraconense. Various civilisations settled in Águilas, including the Alans, the Suebi and the Visigoths. It formed part of Spanish Carthage until the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. It was known to the Arabs as It has belonged to the Córdoban caliphate and the Kingdom of Valencia, later coming under Almoravidan control and finally ending up definitively
included in the Kingdom of Murcia in the 18th century. During the second half of the 19th century, a vast British colony arrived at the town, a definite presence of which still lingers in Águilas. Many of their diverse buildings and infrastructure still stand, such as the British cemetery, the municipal annexe, the Hornillo Pier, facing the Isle of Fraile, and the old house of an English merchant, situated on that island. The town as it is now was designed by Charles III in the 18th century. Of particular note is the Castle of Saint John of Águilas, which was used as a defence tower by various civilisations who settled there throughout history. The city was extended by the construction of its sister port, maritime walks and its bays of Levante and Poniente. At the end stands the slender figure of the Chimenea de la Loma (Chimney on the Hill), a symbol of the mineral boom of the last century. During the Restoration, owing to the great investment by the British, a route was laid between Lorca, Baza and Águilas in order to transport esparto or the other exported minerals, making the town one of the principal ports of the Mediterranean. It is in this period that the Hornillo Pier, a great architectural work of the time made of iron and concrete, was constructed. Today, the economy of the locality depends principally on summertime tourism by middle-class visitors and the intensive agriculture of greenhouse vegetables. The construction of various luxury residential and hotel complexes is planned, primarily aimed at foreigners and high-value domestic purchasers. The ubiquity of these new developments in locations designated as 'protected' by the
European Union (for example, the Regional Park of Cabo Cope-Calnerge, or La Zerrichera, and the foreseeable construction of ancillary golf complexes, has generated much hostility amongst ecological, agricultural and neighbourhood resident groups, although the bulk of citizens of the municipality have accepted the proposals without protest. However, in November 2005, the issue escalated with the resignation of a Partido Popular member and close advisor to Mayor Juan Ramírez Soto due to financial interests in La Zerrichera, and the expulsion from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of four advisors for not attending the plenary session on the re-classification of the areas concerned. According to local newspaper La Verdad, the Mayor stated that these farms had been categorised "by accident". Another major problem suffered by the town is its political instability, caused by a boom in regional political parties during the mid-1990s (there were no less than three in the 2003 elections).[citation needed] A resident, Justo Cruz Rodríguez, was ruined in late 2013 by the change in policy of the government with respect to solar energy. The Zapatero government had passed a law offering attractive rates for solar energy, and guaranteed them for the next 25 years, and so he mortgaged his house, his father’s house and even his workshop to install half a dozen rows of solar panels in his father’s garden, with the idea of selling his excess electricity. The Rajoy government cut the solar subsidy, and so he now faces homelessness and bankruptcy
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‘Music has charms to soothe the savage breast’ so the quotation goes. Certainly the Alquerian breast was savage at worst and at best dysfunctional. Manuela’s breast, well that’s a different story. Something was definitely needed to stop the endemic and damaging civil unrest, even if only temporarily. Music was too harmonious for the aggressive Alquerian mind to comprehend. Chipping away at a block of stone with a blunt chisel however, was certainly on the cards. A sculpture competition was duly was organised. The ‘Sculpture Prize of Alqueria ‘ was to be the prestigious award for the winning entry. This consisted of a block of stone with two horizontal and one vertical hole drilled through it. Rumour has it that it was a piece of the old town hall that fell down after Poyato’s Remitroot still exploded. To accompany this glittering piece of waste stone will be a firkin of grain alcohol guaranteed to cause blindness and bleeding gums before binging on profound and prolonged intoxication. Both barrios fielded potential winning sculptors. Manuela and Loco Paco for the Hill People, Three Fingered Pepe and Strangely Marrón, a funny boy, for the Newcomers. Locked away in their respective barrios the participants hammered and banged. Many mistakes were made as the piles of discarded debris grew ever bigger. To replace the wasted stone, fragments had been surreptitiously removed from buildings all over Alqueria. Buildings became structurally unsafe. Some began to visibly list while others such as Randy Rafael’s dorma bedroom collapsed completely at a very inopportune moment. Finally, judging day arrived. None too soon as the structural stability of Alqueria’s buildings was beginning to match the emotional stability of its inhabitants.
Judges and other interested parties formed a procession which visited each of the contestant’s workshops in turn. Strangely Marrón’s master piece was first to be judged. This consisted of a cardboard cutout of Michaelangelo’s ‘David’ hiding a pile of blood and flesh covered rubble. Strangely’s chisel damaged fingers supplied the blood and flesh. The rubble was the result of his ineptitude with the aforementioned chisel. The cut-out didn’t fool anybody which was just as well as Strangely Marrón promptly collapsed through loss of blood. Three Fingered Pepe’s contribution was what one would expect from a three fingered chiseller but was awarded second prize nonetheless. Loco Paco, in his own fairy tale world didn’t produce a sculpture but for some unfathomable reason wore a wedding dress, military tin-hat and orange day-glo flip-flops for the judging. Manuela’s was the only sculpture that resembled anything at all. Although the theme was vividly pornographic and worrying in its detail it carried the day and Manuela became the proud possessor of a lump of waste stone and a barrel of grain alcohol. The sculpture had to be exhibited behind closed doors so not to compromise public morals.
EDUCATION MATTERS In the second of these articles on primary education in the UK I will be looking at the end of KS 2, known by a lot of people as the juniors or in modern parlance year six. With reference to maths. Year six is the last year in primary school before children commence their secondary schooling. As I mentioned last time there are a huge number of changes to both English and maths. The curriculum will not be tested until May next year. A lot depends upon who is in power in 2016, however changes to the present planning would take a while to implement by a new government. The aim of the new curriculum in maths is to improve the outcomes of primary education. Children better prepared for secondary education. Many people fear that the failure rate, a term I do not agree with will be much higher in the KS 2 SATs next year. By failure the government mean not reaching a level 4. They used to say that this was the average child, but now expect every child to achieve a level 4 (85%). A contradiction if I ever saw one. Secondary school may well lay on summer schools to aid children who do not reach this level. The maths papers consist of the following: Paper 1: An arithmetic paper. Questions will be context free. They will assess number, calculations and fractions. Note that the ‘fractions’ strand in the new national curriculum covers fractions, decimals and percentages. Pupils will be expected to use formal methods to solve specific arithmetic
questions, eg long multiplication and long division. Sometimes requiring a formal method . Two marks will be available for these questions. One mark may be awarded if an appropriate formal method is used but the final answer is incorrect. Each question in the arithmetic paper will have a grid area to encourage appropriate working out. Pupils will not be allowed to use calculators in any part of the mathematics test. Paper 2 and Paper 3: assesses pupils’ ability to apply mathematics to problems and to reason. There won’t be significant differences in format or difficulty between the two papers. Questions will be linked to the specific strands and year group references. The tests will contain a mixture of contextualised and context-free questions, and real life and abstract problems. Timings for the test Paper 1: 30 minutes - Paper 2 and Paper 3: each will take 40 minutes. A published sample question is 12015x5 for this children are required to use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations, i.e. BODMAS. In this question, it is necessary to evaluate 15×5 before subtracting from 120. This requires pupils to apply a learned procedure to a problem with a small number of steps where there is a simple response. This looks a lot like the old “O” level maths to me and required a good grasp of mathematical knowledge. By Steve Conroy, you can contact him at educationsteveconroy@gmail.com
Ease Gently Into the Day
I am a morning person, yet even so I do enjoy a few quiet moments in front of the telly with a cup of coffee before launching into the hurly-burly of the day. Or I would, if that were possible! As soon as I open my eyes, Somebody Else’s Cat starts to dance the fandango on the windowsill outside the bedroom window. So as not to wake Pete I slide silently out of bed, gather up my clothes and go into the living room to dress. This is the signal for The Dog That Is Not Ours to leap to her feet and gallop randomly and noisily around the room, shaking her ears as she goes. Meanwhile Mr Tommy Fluffypants is desperately climbing the inside of the kitchen door, squeaking his rendition of the Lament of the Starving Kitten. I open the door both to protect the door from shredding, and to shut him up. He and his mother then assist me to dress by jumping all over my clothes, while Lucy helps by jumping all over me. Somehow I succeed in getting inside my clothes without added cats, but shoes are another matter. Apparently the correct procedure for putting on shoes is for the cats to pounce on the laces and kill them, while the dog licks my face. By some sort of miracle I get the right shoes on the right feet and tied up. Now I have to get the cats fed and the dog out before all this frenetic activity causes bladder failure, so I get her lead. Getting the collar round her
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DIRTY VERA!!!
And I’m not talking about the TV detective! Last Saturday, for the first time in quite a while, my wife and I went to Vera market. After parking our car some 400 yards away from town centre, we walked to the market area and on the way we were astonished to see how much litter, garbage, trash and refuse scattered around the back streets. It was shocking, and it was a pity we didn’t have our camera with us. We could have filled the sim-card twice over! We actually saw people carry bags of rubbish up to a waste bin and rather than lifting the lid and dropping their trash inside, they simply dumped it on the ground... hoping of course, that someone else might pick up and get rid of it for them! There was also one area, with no public rubbish bins around at all, which is now a right old tip. Anything and everything is getting left there. Why? It’s disgusting... and people live in this part of Vera, with
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flies and mozzies buzzing around daily. And it’s not going to get any better in the foreseeable future. How can the council allow this to happen? Someone has to sort out these irresponsible litter louts, the downand-outs, who don’t care one hoot about keeping the area where they live clean! Suggestion... Why not get the unemployed, the lay-abouts, those who can’t cover the rent, even pay a fine to go out, at least once a week and clean the place up. And a stiff penalty here and there wouldn’t go amiss if these litter louts can be identified. Turre is looking great these days, so too is most of Mojacar, Cabrera, Garrucha and even Los Gallardos, but sorry, and this is my personal opinion, Vera (albeit parts of it) is fast becoming a rather dirty town. What do you (the residents) think? By Tony Matthews
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Crab and salmon fishcakes with homemade tartare sauce
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Prepare the fishcakes in advance and chill. Remove from before cooking, and fry just before servthe fridge 30 minutes ing. For the potatoes 250g/9oz small potatoes, preferably red-skinned potatoes such as Roosevelt sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tbsp olive oil For the fishcakes 250g/9oz salmon, poached, flaked, bones removed 150g/5oz white crab meat 150g/5oz brown crab meat 1 tbsp good quality
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2.For the potatoes, boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water for 15-20 minu tes, or until tender. Drain, and then return to the saucepan. 3.Crush the potatoes slightly with a fork, season, to taste, with salt and fresh ly ground black pepper, and drizzle over the oil. Tip into a roasting tin and roast in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until golden-brown and crisp. 4.Meanwhile, for the fishcakes, com bine the salmon, white and brown crab meat, mayonnaise, parsley, dill, red chilli and Dijon mustard in a bowl. Season, to taste , with salt and freshly ground black pepper. 5.Shape the mixture into cakes usin g your hands, and chill in the fridge until the potatoes are almost ready. 6.For the tartare sauce, mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
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mayonnaise handful fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped handful fresh dill, chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped 1 tsp Dijon mustard sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp olive oil For the tartare sauce 4 tbsp good quality mayonnaise 4 small cornichons or
gherkins, finely chopped 1 tbsp capers handful fresh flatleaf parsley, finely chopped ½ lemon, juice only 1 tsp grated fresh horseradish sea salt and freshly ground black pepper To serve 2 large handfuls fresh baby spinach 1 tbsp olive oil sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
7.To cook the fishcakes, heat the oil a large frying pan over a medium-high heat . Fry the fishcakes in the oil for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until golden-brown and crisp. 8.For the spinach, place the spinach into a small frying pan over a medium heat and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until wilted. Drizzle over the olive oil and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. 9.To serve, divide the fishcakes betw een two serving plates, place the roasted pota toes and spinach either side, and spoon the tartare sauce around the edge of the plate.
Pulled pork with spicy coleslaw
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2.For the pulled pork, oil a baking tray and place the pork shoulder on top. Mix together the chilli, mustard and salt and freshly ground black pepper, then rub the mixture into the pork shoulder. 3.Pour the vinegar and cider over, then scatter over the onion and garlic. 4.Cover with parchment paper, then wrap in foil and place into the oven to roast for three hours. Remove the parchment and foil, then roast for another hour.
meat into small 5.’Pull’ the pork by sticking a fork in the shoulder and shredding the pieces with another fork. ingredients 6.For the coleslaw, in a separate bowl, mix together all of the coleslaw d. combine until well the coleslaw 7.To serve, pile the pulled pork shoulder on a serving plate and spoon next to it. Serve with soft white rolls and barbecue sauce to taste.
For the pulled pork oil, for greasing 2kg/4lb 6½oz pork shoulder 1 tbsp chilli flakes 1 tbsp whole grain mustard salt and freshly ground black pepper 200ml/7¼fl oz white wine vinegar 250ml/9fl oz cider 3 onions, finely sliced 6 cloves garlic, sliced For the coleslaw half white cabbage, finely chopped 2 carrots, grated 2 red onions, finely sliced 1 red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped 175g/6oz mayonnaise salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 lime, juice only 1 tbsp soy sauceTo serve soft white bread rolls ready-made barbecue sauce
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Ingredients: For the cake 225g/8oz plain flour 350g/12½oz caster sugar 85g/3oz cocoa powder 1½ tsp baking powder 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 free-range eggs
Method:
250ml/9fl oz milk 125ml/4½fl oz vegetable oil 2 tsp vanilla extract 250ml/9fl oz boiling water For the chocolate icing 200g/7oz plain chocolate 200ml/7fl oz double cream
1.Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins. 2.For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients, except the boiling water, into a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, or electric whisk, beat the mixture until smooth and well combined. 3.Add the boiling water to the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth. (The cake mixture will now be very liquid.) 4.Divide the cake batter between the sandwich tins and bake in the oven for 2535 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. 5.Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely, still in their tins, before icing. 6.For the chocolate icing, heat the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate melts. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk the mixture until smooth, glossy and thickened. Set aside to cool for 1-2 hours, or until thick enough to spread over the cake. 7.To assemble the cake, run a round-bladed knife around the inside of the cake tins to loosen the cakes. Carefully remove the cakes from the tins. 8.Spread a little chocolate icing over the top of one of the chocolate cakes, then carefully top with the other cake. 9.Transfer the cake to a serving plate and ice the cake all over with the chocolate icing, using a palette knife.
lemonade
This Wimbledon-inspired strawberry cocktail is a delicious summer drink.
Ingredients:
1 large sprig fresh basil 4 fresh strawberries, halved 75ml/3fl oz brandy 1 tbsp strawberry liqueur 50ml/2fl oz fresh lemon juice 25ml/1fl oz sugar syrup lemonade, to top up
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There are so many varieties of Andalusian wines, one has to wonder where do they all come from? The answer is the region's unique conditions. Andalusia 's size and its geographical and climatic varieties make it possible to compare this autonomous community with some of the smaller European countries. In fact, an Andalusia n historian once said that due to its sheer size, Andalusia couldn't be thought of as one geographical unit, but as three different ones: The Andalusia of the Guadalquivir river, low in the valley; and the two Andalusias of the mountain ranges of Sierra Morena and the Cordilleras Penibéticas, high in the clouds. This, together with the fact that Andalusia's coasts are bathed by the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, make this region a land of contrasts and cultural richness very popular. Who wouldn't want to spend their summer in one of the most beautiful places in Spain? On top of it all, you can use the opportun ity to learn Spanish in Spain, the most widely spoken language in the world. Viticulture has been a part of Andalusia for centuries, and contributes to the high quality of Andalusian wines. The oldest viticulture testimony comes from the arrival of the Greeks, and ever since it has become a very important part of Andalusia n culture. The heterogeneous quality of the region's soil makes it excellent for any kind of agriculture, and the micro climate variations found throughout the whole of the autonomous community account for all the different types of Andalusia n wines. Designations of Origin The most popular designation of origin in Andalusia is the DO Jerez, under which the famous andalusian sherry is produced. There are several other designati ons of origin in Andalusia that produce good wines, such as DO Málaga or DO Condado de Huelva, but they are less known. Spanish Wine - Spanish Wine - Jerez Jerez is, without doubt, the star in Andalusian wines. This variety has become so popular that one can't imagine Andalusia without thinking about the Jerez wines. Many say the best part of the day is the mid-morning appetizer with a serving of really cold Fino. In fact, Jerez wines are so important to the Andalusia n culture that we've decided to dedicate a whole page to them. Spanish Wine - Málaga The DO Málaga - Sierra de Málaga was established at the same time as the DO Jerez, in 1933, during Spain's II Republic. Their wines are produced only with white grapes, unlike most of the wineries in Spain which specialize in red wines. Do you want to learn more about Málaga wines? Spanish Wine - Condado de Huelva Although the DO Condado de Huelva wasn't established until 1963, the Andalusian wines produced here have been quite popular since the 15th century after the Reconquest, when noble lords donated acres of land to promote the planting of vineyards. In the years following this, the villages surrounding the area became richer and richer and the wines better and more popular. So popular, in fact, that when the first wines were shipped to America in 1502, this was one of the chosen varieties that would make it to the New World. They are called "Discover y Wines". Those living in the new world were eager to learn from the Spanish to be able to make their own wines, but for a while they had to do with imported ones. The grape varieties used for these wines are Zalema, Palomino Fino, Listán de Huelva, Garrido Fino, Moscatel de Alejandría and Pedro Ximénez. They can come from almost any part in the southwest of Huelva, but the aging has to be done in Almonte, Bollullos Par del Condado, Chucena, La Palma del Condado, Manzanilla, Moguer, Rociana del Condado, San Juan del Puerto or Villalba del Alcor. The of wines in the DO Condado de Huelva are either young white fruity wines with a moderate alcoholic percentage or generous white wines (also known as liquor wines) aged for at least 2 years. Thus, the types of Andalusian wines in this DO are: Condado de Huelva: young white wines, produced the same year they're bottled, sold in bulk. Alcohol content: 11-13%. Condado de Huelva Joven: white wines that come from the Zalema variety grapes, bottled when they reach an alcohol content of around 11-14%. Condado de Huelva Pálido: generous wine with an alcohol content of around 15-17%. Condado de Huelva Viejo: generous wine, aged in oak barrels and with an alcohol content of between 15% and 23%. Spanish Wine - Montilla Moriles The DO Montilla-Moriles is found in the southern part of Córdoba, near Granada. The quality of these Andalusian wines go so far back that even when the Muslims invaded Córdoba, they decided to keep the vineyards, which weren't torn down until 110 years after the Conquest. The current DO was created in 1932. The wines of the DO Montilla-Moriles are produced with white grapes, mostly of the Pedro Ximénez variety although others such as Moscatel or Baladí are also allowed. As with wines from the DO Jerez, wines produced under the DO Montilla-M oriles are aged using the "soleras y criaderas" system. The types of wine produced are: Finos: light in color, dry, slightly bitter and with an almond scent. Amontillados: dry, with a deep hazelnut smell and a strong amber color. Olorosos: full bodied, with a strong scent and mahogany in color. Pedro Ximénez: quite similar to the Olorosos, but less intense in scent an taste. Palos Cortados: generous wine which 1.Place the basil between taste like the Olorosos and look like the Amontillados. two sheets of kitchen paper Moscatel: sweet wines produced and roll hard with a rolling exclusively with over ripe Moscatel grapes, which gives them their pin. characteristic sweet flavor. Source: http://www.spanish-wines.org/ 2.Add a handful of ice,
Method:
the strawberries, cognac, strawberry liqueur, lemon juice and sugar syrup and top up with lemonade. 3.Stir the cocktail together and pour into highball glasses filled with ice.
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Flamenco
May 2015
EVOLUTION
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FLAMENCO TERRITORIES There is an area of land known as the “Holy Trinity” or golden triangle of flamenco, which is thought to be the area where all the major styles of cante jondo originated. The points of this triangle are Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, and Triana in Seville, and it is believed that this area of land is where the flamenco song began. If you visit some of the small areas like the Barrio Santiago in Jerez or Utrera in Seville you will find that they still hold on very dearly to their age-old flamenco tradition. As we have seen, this area was also responsible for a good proportion of the flamenco artistes, and with the addition of dancers like El Farruco, Christina Hoyo, Manuela Carassco, and guitarists Diego del Gastor and Melchor de Marchena we can see why it is respected with so much importance. Further south in cities like Málaga, flamenco was also on the up, especially with the fandangos. Granada was the birthplace of the granaina, and in Málaga the malagueña, which was an offshoot of the verdiales, was fast becoming one of the most popular styles in the flamenco repertoire. Almeria and Jaen was responsible for the Cantes de levante, which are the “songs of the east” and include the tarantas and the catageneras This era also paved way for a new interest in Andalucía, thousands of white skinned tourists arrived here in search of the warm climate and a little bit of andalucian culture, and flamenco with its colour and pretty dancing gitanas was just the thing to tempt them. General Franco’s government soon realized flamencos potential as a moneymaker, and soon flamenco clubs were sprouting up along the Costa del Sol to give these new visitors their fix of authentic andalucian custom. Whilst Antonio Mairena and the many jondo artistes were doing their best to preserve this age-old tradition, the tablaos, like the café cantantes before them, were destroying the art beyond recognition. By the mid nineteen sixties commercial flamenco had given the art another facet, and the tourist tablao
was again dividing the art of flamenco in two. Fortunately today the image of the tablao is a little more serious, and gone are the gimmicks like playing the guitar from behind your neck, or overly acrobatic styles of dance that were in no way a representation of the art of flamenco. THE LAST FIFTY YEARS The 1960s also produced another aspect that was to change the face of flamenco, and this came in the shape of two youngsters, one from Algerciras, and the other from San Fernando, Cádiz. Francisco Sánchez Gómez was to go on to become one of the biggest and most influential guitarists in Spanish history. Known artistically as Paco de Lucia, he was the accompanist to the biggest phenomenon that flamenco has ever, and is likely to ever produce, José Monge Cruz, Camerón de la Isla. Cameron de la Isla was to become the most imitated cantaor in flamenco history, hoards of young singers looked to him as a god, as he was the first and nearest thing that they had had to a flamenco idol of rock star status. This young gypsy from San Fernando was to turn the flamenco scene on its head, and in 1992 when he died at the age of just fortytwo, the legend was born. Cameron de la Isla was to lead the new era of flamenco fusion in which his versatile gitano voice was fused with many different styles of music, including one disc recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Suddenly scores of new flamencos were created, most in the style of Cameron, and the nineteen eighties and nineties was an era when flamenco fusion dominated the charts with artistes like the Gypsy Kings, Remedios Amaya, and Ketama. Also many of the more traditional singers of flamenco joined this new craze, and artistes of such importance as José Mercé, Pansequito, and Diego el Cigala, realized that there was money to be made, and plenty of it. José Mercé is one of the best singers of cante jondo around at the moment, and to witness him on the festival circuit along with his loyal guitarist Moraito is
a most pleasurable experience. But he also records many pop style Cds where he fuses flamenco using drums bass and keyboards, and his performances that promote the Cds are little less than a pop concert. Whilst the fusion boom was going on, there were certain artistes like Fosforito and José Menese who refused to commercialise their art, and thankfully cante jondo is even more popular today, and the flamenco festivals that are held all over Andalucía are proof of this. If you have ever listened to a twangy, tinny sounding old guitar, accompanying a gravel, almost out of tune, ancient style of voice, rusty and dry as if straining for its last breath and rhythmed only by the rapping of knuckles on a table top, then you will have probably witnessed Cante Jondo, which is flamenco in its purest form. If at some stage whilst listening to this ancient song you have felt as though death has passed over the top of you, making your skin tingle and your emotions clash, from joy and sheer excitement, to the depths of sorrow, and pain, then you could also have experienced duende. Flamenco is a name that is used to describe a family of song and dance styles that were created in the huge melding pot of Andalucía, and there are many purists who scorn anything other than pure orthodox flamenco. There are also many who believe that for flamenco to survive another two hundred years, it must move with the times, and fortunately we are able to make the decision as to which we prefer personally. Whether it is the pure gypsy jondo or the commercial fusion, flamenco can be found in abundance, and with today’s recording technology, Cds and videos make it a lot more accessible than it was in the beginning. Flamencos is still gaining scores of new aficionados in the twenty-first century, and with the addition of the new Bienal de Flamenco in Málaga, and of course, the bienal in Seville which has been running for more that twenty-five years, it shows that flamenco is as popular now as it has ever been. There are many new young artistes, who like their ancestors, are continuing this fantastic art we call flamenco. Artistes such as the dancer Farruquito, the grandson of the excellent gypsy dancer El Farruco, or Tomás de Perrate who performs the bulerías and soleares of his father El Perrate are just a few who are helping to continue this wonderful aspect of andalucian life. Another sensation was born in Barcelona in 1973 by the name of Miguel Poveda, and this young singer has the echo the of ancient fathers when he sings his personal but orthodox style of cante. He is a revelation not only because he was born outside of Andalucia, one of the qualifications necessary if you listen to the die hard critics, but he is also a gachó who has the ancient gypsy tone, a shattering jondo voice which I am sure will carry flamenco through the twenty first century, and hopefully into the twenty second.
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Casa Tom Community Choir: Casa Tom Community 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.
Our easy and fun dance classes are now aimed to give everyone the confidence to get ALL dancing. All sessions are now geared to the level of the dance student we have with no difficult footwork to learn.. unless of course you get the dance bug to. MONDAYS 7.30pm at The Maymar Restaurant, (behind Dia supermarket) Catral NEW OUTSIDE CLASS TUESDAYS 7.30pm from 12th May. At the Fire Station, Top floor Cl Salvador Dali, Via Park 1, Le Zenia..Nr the Boulevard. WEDNESDAY 11am Castillo Restaurant, aka Los Pinchos. Cl San Fulgencio/ Forest Rd, La Marina Urb. THURSDAYS 7pm IS OUR MAIN CLASS AND SOCIAL NIGHT WITH CLASSES FOR THE BEGINNER AND THE MORE ADVANCED DANCER. SOCIAL DANCING UNDER THE SUMMER MOON TILL LATE WITH DANCE JUNCTION DISCO Los Rosales Restaurant, CV895 aka Lemon Tree Rd, Guardamar. NEW CLASS FRIDAYS 12.30pm. commences 22nd May at Reflections, San Luis, Torrevieja Newcomers always welcome. No Partner-Never Danced-No Problem All our other classes €5. Thursday social dancing €2 from 8.30pm. -------------------------------------SHABBY AND CHIC SUMMER PARTY 7pm Saturday 18th July 2015 Los Rosales Restaurant, cv895 aka Lemon Tree Road, Campo de Guardamar. Entertainment with Susanna Colt and Oscar. Plus Dance Junction Disco. €12.50 meal with wine Dress up-Dress down the choice is yours. Message or call Maxine to reserve your party table. --------------------------------------------Some times may vary during July and August. For all updates and venue information Tel Maxine 670711408 or Adam 638330342 www.modern-jive-spain.com or find us on facebook
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Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 [near Lemon Tree Sunday Market] Monday - SOCIAL DANCE 8.30pm 10.30pm [SEQUENCE CLASS 7.30pm - 8.30pm] Friday - SOCIAL DANCE 7.30pm 10.30pm Wednesday - New Beginners Class 2pm -3pm Intermediate Class 3pm - 4pm Intermediate Plus Class 4pm - 5pm For more information contact Andrea and Brian 616 478 157
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new rugby club based at Daya Vieja Calle Canalejas 3. Pilar de la Horadada. sports ground. Training juniors Monday and Wednesday Sunday Service at 11am, and Thursday 18.00-19.30, seniors 20.00-21.30 at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and For more details contact Garry 692 767 Worship 242 or Robert on 697 286 416 Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church Strictly Dance background or none. Strictly Dance classes every Tuesday For further information contact 8-10pm at the Club, Quesada and every PilarChristian.CommunityChurch@ Friday 3-5pm at the New Asturias, Punta gmail.com Prima. Beginner and Intermediate 966 849 448 - 966 848 806 tuition, new courses every 3 weeks. Singles welcome. Private tuition by La Bamba’s - Ballroom appointment. For more info contact Lyn on 966188430 or 635584431 or / Latin / Sequence email lynatdenelledance@hotmail.com Dancing
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Meets 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. Annette Rogers (UK Medium) will take the Divine Service, with Mediumship, on Sunday, 24th May at 11.30 a.m. On Tuesday 26th May, Annette will take an Evening of Mediumship from 7.00 – 9 pm Ray Bailey will take the Divine Service, with Mediumship, on Sunday, 31st May. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www. spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentre-benijofar. com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789
In the air conditioned Olympia Restaurant, Mil Palmeras Monday evenings at 8pm in a very congenial Age Concern Costa atmosphere. Programme and music Blanca Sur Summer Fair. change weekly. New dances introduced Sat 6th June at 11am at the Centre in at 7-30pm. For further details contact C/Paganini, Urb. La Siesta, Torrevieja. Sina and Terry. Tel. 96 676 9420 CASTILLO AMIGOS COFFEE MATES Prize draw tickets are on sale at €1.00 each. Available now from the Charity We are a friendship group for single people. If you would like to have a coffee and art club Shops. Great Prizes. Donations for the Now meeting every Wednesday from 3pm friendly chat please join us at La Laguna Art Club, all mediums, no charge, in the raffle, tombola and all the usual stalls at RAYZ Bar on El Raso urbanisation (off Hotel, Lo Marabu, Playa Flamenca area. Anyone interested, will be gratefully accepted. the Lemon Tree Road, Guardamar) Friday mornings from 11am. Please call 966 786 887 for more info. please contact Lyn tel: 966 189 118 ANN 965 070 247 – 666 747 398 ANN 965 070 247 – 666 747 398
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(Vecinos Colaborando Costa Blanca) Reg. VG 08261/2002 We would like to inform you that our annual AGM will be held at Oasis Bar, Torretas III, Torrevieja, on Thursday, 21st May at 13.15hrs. Everyone, who's interested in helping the community, will have the right to vote at the meeting for a place in the Association's Committee. You don't need to pay anything to be a member; you don't need to be a member to collaborate with your own community. Just keep an eye around and report any incident to us, or to the Police or 112 Emergencies. Your name will not appear anywhere. Thank you Crime Watch Spain Email: colaborando.crimewatch@ skynetlink.com
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ves? i l e n i n 's t a c r Secret to you The right amount of Vitamin D: Pets with higher levels are more likely to survive a serious illness Study shows hospitalised cats with high Vitamin D have better chances Cats might even unlock the link between humans and 'sunshine vitamin' Vitamin is already linked to a range of benefits in humans, aiding people suffering from cancer, infections and multiple sclerosis Maintaining your cats Vitamin D levels as well as your own could be the key to helping it keep all its nine lives - and the animals may also hold clues about how humans benefit.
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“Losing someone to cancer really resets Carolina, Georgia and Miami. These are exciting your perspective. It makes me value life, times surely? Dreams of a lifetime. cherish my loved ones and be grateful for Once Pete accompanies his wife to the hospital every day I have with them.”(Sheridan Smith) to investigate the lump, the atmosphere changes 4.2 million people recently tuned in to watch an and the acting takes on a new dimensionoutstanding and powerful performance by Sheridan frighteningly real. It’s every women’s nightmare. Smith (recently seen in Cilla) and whose credits The mammogram shows that it’s not a cyst and the include the sitcom Gavin & Stacey, Two Pints of prognosis isn’t good-the signs are consistent with Lager & A Packet of Crisps, Quartet with Maggie breast cancer. The consultant informs a shocked Smith and Michael Gambon to more highbrow Lisa that a biopsy will determine whether the lump Ibsen. A versatile actress and an accomplished is invasive or non-invasive. singer. The breast can’t be saved because of the size Staring cancer in the face may be construed as and it becomes necessary to have an immediate a bravado act but it takes a lot of courage. Smith, operation. The couple find it difficult to respond; affectionately known as the queen of the biopic they are dumb-struck as one would expect. It’s agreed to play Lisa Lynch, a journalist, or more certainly not what they expected to hear. Lisa’s specifically a magazine editor. Lynch was adamant parents and brother, Jamie are also shocked but that her alter ego should be played by Smith and prove a well-needed tower of strength. More bad only Smith. For the latter it became a “personal news- the cancer is invasive, a tumour of 5 cm and labour of love” in spite of being a “uniquely the sad news that she is hovering between stages testing” role. Once being diagnosed with breast 2/3 out of a possible 4. cancer at 28, Lisa decided to write a humorous The next stage is a skin-sparing mastectomy and personal blog entitled Alright tit. Once it went viral she soon discovered that she had a massive where muscle and skin is taken from her back.”I following including Stephen Fry who described it as want this thing out of me, cut me open, take my “funny and brilliant.” The blog gave her a purpose nipple, take the lot, scar me up, just get it out.” especially during some dark moments of despair. The operation is successful and the cancer is The blog inspired her and her family to deal with removed. At this point, Lisa felt like a “museum the disease: “You’ve made one underemployed exhibit, a creature to be viewed” and she blogs: woman with swollen joints and one missing joint “ding dong, the lump is dead.” Unfortunately, that is very happy.” not the end-radiotherapy, (26 sessions), chemo (6 With the success of the blog came the book and rounds) and reconstruction. An emotional breaking The Bullshit was the adopted name for her cancer. point devastates Lisa when she has to come to Nicole Taylor wrote the tv script and Simon Lewis terms with the fact that she will never be able to have any children. Her cancer is hormonal receptive produced the drama. Tim Kirkby directed it. It’s 2008 and Lisa and Pete (played by Paul and any IVF treatment would accelerate her cancer. The treatment inevitably causes side effects as Nicholls, ex-Eastender) have been happily married for 18 months. Lisa’s discovery of a lump is taken in most of us know-the hair falls out, the eyelashes fall her stride and she gloats to her friends who want out and there are frequent bouts of sickness. Smith a feel! The atmosphere is excitable as the couple agreed to have her head shaved and as Lisa, she share their exciting and forthcoming plans to REVIEW it by Carol Naylor. www.carolnaylor.blogspot.com tour the States taking in www.carolesleynaylor.wordpress.com - naylorcl@hotmail.es New York, Washington,
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MAZARRON FC 3 CD LUMBRERAS 0
Mazarron ended the regular season with their seventh successive victory, 3-0 at home to CD Lumbreras. Having already qualified for the playoffs Mazarron rested several key players and played the game at a leisurely pace with one eye on next week’s important first leg. Lumbreras arrived with only 10 men and the early stages were cat and mouse with the away team keeping as many men behind the ball as possible and relying on the occasional breakaway. Andreo and Antonio Clares had long range efforts easily saved by the Lumbreras keeper but Mazarron took the lead after 26 minutes when Santi arrived at the far post to fire home a right wing cross. Antonio Clares was dominating the midfield with some excellent passing and Tono should have increased Mazarron’s lead after 32 minutes when, after his initial shot was blocked, he headed the rebound over the bar. However, a minute later Mazarron lost the ball in midfield and a Lumbreras forward was allowed to race through the middle only to hit his shot wide of the advancing Carrasco but past the far post. Tolo and Diego replaced Dani and Santi at half time and the second half started in dramatic fashion. Mazarron kicked off and the ball was tapped to Tono who looked up and, seeing the Lumbreras keeper off his line, drove the ball from
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LA MARINA GOLF SOCIETY FOUNDERS TROPHY
The Founders Trophy is a recent addition to our calendar but it holds a special place as it is sponsored by founder member, Barry Martin. As normal this was played as an individual Stableford but ‘blind pairs’ were drawn after the game to determine the winners. Alicante GC was the venue for this competition. The course is returning to its usual high standard and the greens were as difficult to read as always. The weather however, was another matter altogether. Unseasonably high temperatures were the order of the day with a number or members struggling with the heat and humidity. The overall the half way line into the roof of the net scoring did not reflect the conditions and everybody to double Mazarron’s lead. is to be congratulated Tono was then booked after 55 minutes on completing the round when he foolishly disputed the referee’s especially Colin Yarnton decision to penalise him for a free kick. returning to golf after ill It was a costly mistake for him because health.. Prize giving took place it was his fifth yellow card of the season and he will miss the first leg of the play- at La Marina Sports & Social Centre after what is offs. rapidly becoming a feature The Mazarron players took their of our golf days, the feet further off the pedal and allowed buffet, supplied as always Lumbreras into the game. Twice the by Helena & Paolo. Nearest the Pin - Hole visiting team hit the crossbar when it seemed easier to score and then the 8 Steve Warner, Hole 12 excellent Carrasco was forced to make John Brastock, Hole 17 Bill England. Nearest the Pin his third penalty save in a row when in 2 shots - Hole 2 Graham Lumbreras were awarded a spot kick for Marriner 3rd place 58 handball. pts Sarah McCabe/Roger With 7 minutes remaining Mazarron Honey 2nd place 59 pts Jimmy Scott/Alan Craig scored their third goal. Antonio Clares’s 1st place C/B 59 pts Steve corner was half cleared to substitute Warner/Bill England. Fran on the edge of the penalty area and he struck a first time volley sweetly into the roof of the net.
Our next completion is on Thursday May 28th at Roda GC. First tee time 10.16a.m. Our next social event is a Bingo Quiz to be held at La Marina Sports & Social Centre on Tuesday May 19th , 7.00p.m. for 7.30p.m. Contact Alan or Elspeth on 634 347 788 for further information on either of these events.
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It is the first time Mazarron have won seven games in a row since the 2006/07 season and they go to the play-offs as the “in-form” team. Team: Carrasco; Alfonso; Juan Andreo; Dani (Diego); Ishmael; Enrique; Andreo; Antonio Clares; Santi (Tolo); Juanillo (Fran); Tono (Pedro). Man of the Match: Antonio Clares
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winning weekend at Club Natacion Torrevieja
A weekend of successes for Torrevieja swimmers in the 17th San Vincente Trophy competition and the 18th Trophy “O.A.L. Patronato Municipal de deportes de San Vincente”. Over the course of the day the team amassed 6 trophies and a silver in the girls relay. Racing in the morning the youngest club swimmers (9 to 11yrs) had some good swims against 10 other regional clubs, with 181 swimmers participating. One of the teams swimmers, Vicky Pigneur excelled with a gold in the girls Alevin 100m Butterfly and a bronze in her 100m Freestyle race. The afternoons competition for the older swimmers (12yrs and older) saw Torrevieja win more trophies and medals. In the girls Infantil category Zoe Connolly won gold in her 100m Butterfly and silver in her 100m Backstroke races. Team mate Paula
Garcia won silver in her Infantil 100m Freestyle race with a new best time of 1:06:91 and Elian Del Rio Castillo silver in his Infantil 100m Butterfly race. And one of the closest fought races took place in the Infantil girls 4 x 50m medley relay. With Zoe taking the first leg of the relay with the backstroke the team were in the lead. Alexandra Amat then took the second leg in breaststroke and Paula followed with butterfly. At this point three teams were all neck and neck. The final leg of the relay saw Skye Burns finish with freestyle and never has a relay finish been so close with three teams all touching virtually at the same time. With only hundredths of a second difference the Torrevieja team won silver place. Well done to all the teams swimmers.
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Pueblo Bravo petanca competition
Last week Pueblo Bravo petenca club had its club championships for Tom’s trophy in memory of Tom Wilding who built the first pitch and started the club over 25 years ago. T h e competition took place over three days with m i x e d teams of English and Spanish, and competition was fierce but very friendly. At the end of the first day the team of Marcos Alcolea, Derek Stanfield, and Ken North, had shown their form and had not lost a game. By the end of the second day they had continued their progress to become unbeatable although they did lose one game, so the third day saw the fight for send and third place. At the end of the
third day there was a clear second place winner but due to a close finish three teams had to play off for third place. As well as Tom’s trophy Pedro Llopis the councillor for sport at the Rojales organised trophies for the f i r s t second and third teams in the competition, we thank the council for their support. He also took time out of his busy schedule of electioneering to come and present the trophies, after which the competitors had a BBQ to finish the day.
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• ferrari f430, challenge car, 4.3l, v8, 2008, 7,000kms.......................................................................€89,950 • bmw m1 2011, 3.0l, petrol, 9,000kms......................€poa • bmw 320 diesel, 2012, cabrio, auto, 55,000 km, white, fullyloaded..............................................................€32,950 • range rover sport, 2.7 hse diesel, 2009, auto........ .............................................................................................€poa • toyota fj cruiser 4.0l petrol, auto, 2009, 87,000km .............................................................................................€poa •bmw530d,touring,auto,2009,69,000km.............€21,950
€15,750
• fiat doblo 1.6 jtd diesel, 2012, auto, 20,000 km.........
VW Caddy
• Peugeot 3008 1.6Hdi Diesel, 2011, Auto.........................
Wheelchair Adapted 2007, 82,000kms
€14,950
citroen c4 picasso 2.0 HDI, auto, 2011
.........................................................................................€13,950 119,000KM........................................................................ €12,950 • peugeot 308 sw 1.6 hdi, diesel 2011,.......................... 76,000Km.......................................................................... €11,950 • Renault scenic 1.9 dci, 2007, diesel, 85,000km........... ..............................................................................................€7,450 • fiat palio estate 1.9 diesel 2002 103,000kms...€3,450 • opel corsa 1.2, auto, 2001, 91,000kms................€3,450 • ford ka 1.3, 2002, 69,000kms....................................€2,950
€13,950
• kia sportage, 2.0l petrol, 2000, 4x4 144,000kms......
Renault Fluence
• opel astra estate 2.0dti 2001 200,000kms.......€2,950
1.5DCi, 2011 55,000kms
€11,950
Audi A1
2011, 1.2 TFSi Petrol 80,000kms
€11,950
Seat Leon Copa 2011, 1.6 TDi 95,000kms
€11,450
Mercedes vito 9 seater, 173,000kms
€10,950
...........................................................................................€2,950
motorcycles
• kawasaki eliminator 125cc, 2007, 1,400kms..€1,850
Right hand drive vehicles • rolls royce silver spirit, rhd, 51,000 miles....€13,950 • honda jazz, 2010, 1.2 vtec se, petrol, 38,000 miles...............................................................................€6,950 • KIA SEDONA 2005, 2.9 TD, DIESEL, 113,000 MILeS...€4,250 • renault laguna 2.0i, extreme, 83,000 miles 2006... ............................................................................................€3,450 • toyota corolla 1.6 auto, 2000, 80,000 miles.........€1,950
Right hand drive - spanish reg
renault clio
2011, petrol, 31,000kms
€9,950
Mercedes CLK55 AMG 2001 83,000kms
€8,950
Ford Mondeo
2007, Diesel, 171,000kms
€7,950
ford focus estate
75,000 kms, 2006 1.8TDCi (Diesel)
€6,950
kia picanto
1.1, 2004, auto, 43,000kms
€4,750
MGF Cabriolet 2001 1.8 Petrol, 104,000km €3,450 hyundai getz 1.1, 2004 195,000kms €2,950
• honda civic, 2003, auto, leahter interior, silver, . 106,000 miles.....................................................................€3,950 • ford ka, 2004, 63,000 miles....................................€1,950 • nissan primera 1998 2L petrol auto.............€1,950 • peugeot 405, 1.9 diesel, 1996, estate..................€950
~ RHD / LHD Taken in Part Exchange / purchased for cash
~ Full procurement service
nissan cargo 2.3, d, 1997, 160,000kms €2,450
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