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Bomb blasts in India kill 13
Suspected Maoist rebels set off two bombs in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh killing 13 people, most of them paramilitary soldiers and officials charged with holding elections in the region. The attacks, half an hour apart, were the most serious since voting to elect a new federal government began last week in a six-week process to allow security forces to move across the country. The first explosion took place in a bus in Bijapur carrying election officials who were on their way back after completing the vote. Seven people were killed. A second bomb hit an ambulance in the thickly forested Bastar region killing five members of the Central Reserve Police Force and their driver, according to R. K. Vij, head of anti-Maoist operations. It was not clear why the soldiers were travelling in the ambulance, but in the past Government officials have used such vehicles as a means of disguise or distraction to avoid attacks by Maoists. The rebels have operated for decades across a wide swath of central and eastern India, and have grown in strength recently in areas where poor, tribal villagers came into conflict with mining companies seeking
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9 month old baby charged with murder
A Pakistani judge threw out charges of attempted murder made against a nine-month-old baby in a case that cast a spotlight on Pakistan’s dysfunctional justice system. Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore, sitting on his grandfather’s lap and drinking from a bottle of milk. He and his adult relatives were charged this month with attempting to murder a policeman after his family clashed with police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills. The police registered a case against the whole family, though later the charge was revoked, and an altered charge against the baby’s grandfather, Muhammad Yasin, and his three sons was registered. The family’s defense lawyer, Irfan Sadiq, said ‘The police told the court that the nomination of Musa in the case of attacking police and gas company officials was a human error and Musa is not charged.’ Pictures taken at an earlier court hearing of Musa crying as he was being fingerprinted provoked widespread ridicule, and provincial officials called for an inquiry into this ridiculous charge.
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Man charged over hammer attack at London’s Cumberland Hotel
A man has been charged with the attempted murder of three women at a hotel near London’s Marble Arch. The 1,000 room luxury four star hotel is just yards from London shoppers’ paradise, Oxford Street. The women - wealthy sisters from the United Arab Emirates – were attacked with a hammer and hit around the face and neck as they slept. The family had arrived in London separately between the 3rd and 5th of this month, with their three children aged between seven and 12 years old. The women and children shared the two rooms, which had an adjoining door. According to Detective Superintendent Carl Mehta the room, on the seventh floor of the hotel, was deliberately left unlocked by the occupants as they had other family members staying at the hotel. He added: ‘The children remain unharmed and are being looked after by other family members.’ The assault has left Khalood Al Muhairi, 36, fighting for her life. She is said to be in an induced coma. Her sisters Fatimah Al Muhairi, 31, and 34-yearold Ohoud Al Muhairi are recovering at a London hospital. Police investigating the attack arrested three men aged 56, 34 and 32 in Islington, north London, on suspicion of attempted
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A German furniture store chain has apologised for selling mugs with Adolf Hitler’s face on them.
The ceramic cups feature a faint The chain sold 175 of the mugs image of a Nazi-era 20 pfennig before anyone drew attention to the postage stamp with Hitler’s profile on black and white profile of the world’s it, postmarked with a swastika stamp. The mug is decorated with roses, and most infamous Nazi. features handwritten poems English Those customers could make a next to the photograph of Nazi leader profit on their purchase, though. The Adolf Hitler. company promised to compensate The furniture chain, which operates in Bielefeld, Germany, which is still a them with a 20-euro (£16.5) gift British Forces base, apologised for the voucher - a significant mark-up on the “terrible” mistake, which it blamed original 1.99 euro price. on “a stupid chain of unfortunate The company may not be the only circumstances”. The company’s owner, Christian one keen to get hold of the notorious Zurbrueggen, said: ‘The cups’ Chinese mugs. The Neue Westfaelische Zeitung designer had mistakenly chosen the also reports that a contemporary image of the former dictator, which the chain then ordered in error.’ history museum in Bonn, the House No one noticed the problem during of History, has also expressed “great unpacking.’ interest” in getting hold of some. He apologised profusely and called The chain has destroyed the unsold the incident ‘truly terrible.’ He said the mugs were loaded so quickly on to cups. company shelves that no store workers The sale of anything featuring the noticed the ‘embarrassing error.’ former Fuehrer is strictly forbidden The Chinese factory responsible has also apologised and promised a full in modern-day Germany and can be investigation. punishable with severe fines.
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WHERE ARE WE? GO SATELLITE is based in Ciudad Quesada and covers most of the Costa Blanca. WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT? Ian said “Being a small company has its advantages. We offer a personal service and get to know all our customers by name. It’s important to us that people fully understand and are happy with the service we are providing. We realise that the technology involved can be confusing but we are happy to spend time with our customers to ensure that they get the best system for their needs”. CUSTOMER SERVICE Any concerns or queries are dealt with in a clear and professional manner and clients can call Ian at any point if they have any queries. This ensures that all of their customers have complete peace of mind throughout the lifetime of the service. Added to that is the fact that GO SATELLITE is a fully legal, Spanish registered business that provides individual, company and community installations with a free no obligation site survey. Go Satellite is going from strength to strength! SATISFIED CUSTOMERS! Over the past 8 years the company has installed hundreds of satellite TV systems for individuals, companies and communities. The Go Satellite system uses highest quality Portuguese-manufactured dishes and requires NO monthly payments. Packages are available to suit everybody´s requirements and budget. GO SATELLITE offer expertise, reassurance and a proven track record, which can be backed up by many a satisfied customer.
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Spring is in the air and that means summer is only just around the corner. Swim suit season is here, so time to work off our winter hibernation fat. The question is; are you going to make a start and get ready to show off your new swimwear and your new Beach Body or Go back into hibernation behind a Brolly? Look… I know we’re not all into taking our tops off to go frolicking on the beach to show off our tanned bodies… but warmer weather means less clothing. And that means, shorts, tank tops, sleeveless dresses… basically more skin exposure. Even if you’re able to cover your midsection, you’re going to have a difficult time covering up your arms and legs. Here’s the good news though… when you start getting back into shape your arms and legs are usually the first areas to get toned. Your midsection is more difficult… but seeing the results come so quickly in your arms and legs is great motivation to stick with it and keep working hard so you can eventually work off your stubborn stomach fat. And the month of April is the best time to start… since any real significant progress takes 2 - 3 months to see. So if you begin now… you’ll be just in time for summer! The biggest challenge is knowing where to begin. And for most people starting the right way can be the difference between getting the results you want so you can confidently spend your summer wearing (or not wearing) anything you want OR having to be self conscious and constantly having to worry about what you look like… all throughout the summer season.
Well… personally I want you to have a great summer, so I’m giving you the 4 essential steps you need to effectively start burning off that extra layer of winter fat today, so you can be swimsuit ready by summer time. 1. Start by changing your diet. Diet is the easiest place to start since you don’t need to do anything physical. That being said, I know most people would rather start with the physical aspect of their fitness/ fat loss program… because changing diet is difficult. BUT this is where 90% of the people go wrong. They start by exercising and being more active before changing their diet… which is like starting your car and shifting into drive while the car is on rollers. Not matter how fast the speedometer says you’re going, the car doesn’t move… a lot of wasted energy for nothing. Here’s the thing … just by tweaking your diet slightly on daily/weekly basis you can make huge gains. It doesn’t need to be all or nothing. The idea is to find what works for you… so you can stick to it without having to feel deprived or hungry. If you can’t stick to it, it’s no use… it simply won’t last. The principle of a solid diet begins by eating real food only and eliminating liquid calories. That means no processed foods or sugar drinks… even if it’s “healthy”. If you’re used to drinking juice… switch it eating fruits. If you’re used to drinking orange juice in the morning… eat oranges instead. Just by simply removing processed foods and liquid calories, you’ll be amazed at how much less
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so 117 grams equals 468 calories 100 grams of carbohydrates equals 400 calories Fat would equal the total number of daily calories a day minus the sum of calories from protein and carbohydrates. If your daily caloric intake is 2000 calories the calories from fat would be 2000 - 468 + 400 = 1132 calories. 1 gram of fat equals 9 calories, so 1132 calories equals 126 g of fat Summary: 468 gram of protein, 400 grams of carbohydrate and 126 g of fat
Personally I like full body exercises in a circuit training format because I’ve seen the best results using this combination of methods. But you don’t need to do what I do. Whatever you decide to do, make sure you’re using challenging weights that work your muscles and perform each workout with enough intensity to stimulate the necessary fat burning hormones. Keep in mind that the results of the workouts will be a direct effect of the intensity you put into the workouts. More doesn’t mean it’s better or more intense. If you’re doing the workouts right you can get all the benefits in 20 - 30 minutes… max!
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Today I’m breaking a rule. I’m writing the same article for both papers. Generally, I prefer to do two (2) different topics as both papers are completely different with their own individual styles. What topic could make me take this drastic action? The impending demise of support and maintenance by Microsoft for Windows XP. What are the implications? How is the security of your computer likely to be affected? Do you have to, as insisted upon by Microsoft, either upgrade (pay through the nose for something that you never actually own) to their flagship (should that read flag shit?) Window 8.1, stick with Upgrading to Windows 7 or stay as you are? What are the benefits / dangers of these options? Can I offer an alternate perspective to that of the computer re-sellers (who want you to buy a new computer from them) and the massive money machine that is Microsoft on this issue. Just about everyone, currently, uses some form of threat to coerce you into a course of action that suits them. You have seen the advert for coughing where ‘IT IS CANCER’ but probably nothing!!? They all play on your insecurities. Knowledge is the only tool we have against these individuals. I’m writing this article on an XP computer! This machine has served me faithfully, without too many problems, for 7 years and is still going strong! You have been told that because XP isn’t to have any further support that it will become vulnerable to attack, viruses, malware and a host of other nasties out there, and the ONLY solution is to spend
more money on buying a product that they provide – at extortionate cost! Here are a few questions that might help you make the right decision for you. What do you have on it that any cracker (not hacker) will want to spend days getting passed your defences for? Crackers are generally ‘thrill seekers’ wanting to beat the latest and greatest. Our behemoth steam engines are of little interest to them! Will your Antivirus and Malware programs stop working after the final date. Will all your third party programs (firefox, thunderbird, gimp, etc) also stop working? The short answer is NO! They will continue to be supported by the authors for sometime to come (I have found programs for my windows 98 machine STILL out there on the internet!). My choice is NOT to upgrade! I am happy where I am at the moment. This doesn’t mean that Windows 7 isn’t any good, IT IS! When I choose to upgrade, in the far flung mists of time, it will be to Windows 7 (unless Microsoft get off their corporate arses and make a product worth upgrading to!). At this moment, I wouldn’t upgrade to Windows 8.1 if my life depended on it as it is still designed for ‘touch screen’ technology and leaves us poor keyboard and mouse folk out on a limb! I hope that this helps to allay the worries that you might have had about the imminent demise of XP support. As always I will be a Jack’s Bar, Albox from 12 lunchtime until about 4pm for my regular Friday ‘computer clinic’. Advice and Diagnosis are always free. So either see you there, or in your own home (reading the articles or fixing your problems). Until then, have a lovely week now that summer appears to have arrived.
braben’s blog... Dreadline Day Blues!
There I was, trying to get something sent to the Sol Times before the deadline. Really, you don’t want to miss deadline day or you’re forced to listen to a whole day of Boney M! What a punishment! But, I had ten minutes to spare so thought I would rattle something off. Yes I know, you’re surprised it takes so long, but that does include makingand drinking-a cup of tea. I’d just managed to complete a very tricky technical process, requiring advanced I.T. skills-switching the computer on-when next door’s kids kicked their ball over the wall...again. They must be lousy footballers because hardly an hour goes by without a ball landing in our garden. So, being a good neighbour, I went out to throw it back over the wall. Not their wall of course, I’m not that good, but over the wall of our other neighbour. The first thing that hit me was, it was hot! Only late March and someone had already turned the heat up to Gas Mark 7! The second thing to hit was the realisation that the ball was moving. I looked closer, there were hordes of ants the size of your thumb, determinedly taking the ball, which was a full sized football, towards their nest. A thought struck me...aren’t insects daft! While I was watching, trying to decide whether I should risk an ant attack and get the ball back, the doorbell rang. When I say the doorbell rang, I should clarify this; one of the kids next door was leaning on it so it was ringing away like a Tsunami warning. At the same time his brother was assaulting the door with his cricket bat. Lovely kids! Fortunately, that made my decision for me. I opened the door and invited them in to pick up their ball. They looked a bit confused, this isn’t what usually happens! In they came and the one with the bat picked up their football, smirking to his brother all the time. I’ve got to tell you, that smirk suddenly changed to a look of terror as a few of those ants fastened themselves to his fingers and wouldn’t let go. He dropped the ball and scooted out, quickly followed by his brother. I did feel sorry for them and even considered throwing the ball back. And I still hadn’t finished this week’s offering. Oh no-Boney M approaching fast!
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The Secret Diary
Until the age of seven my life was a bit of a blur; I don’t mean I can’t’ remember much, it really was blurry as I was diagnosed with myopia, severe short sightedness of minus 6. Looking through photo albums it’s weird to see myself without glasses until a couple of years into school. Luckily I was taught to read at home before I first started school and I remember holding books up close to my face, a habit I still have now. Those old family albums also show another change as also aged 7 a mole grew on the tip of my nose. Later a specialist described it as a dogs paw mole. It never bothered me as it was fairly invisible from where I viewed it and kids at school affectionately called me Moley. I had a friend called Alex Mole in middle school so he was Moley too. The NHS only offered the most horrible looking specs to children. After growing out of the Joe 90 plastic ones infants still get today, I opted for the round tortoise shell style, later made famous by Harry Potter. I am so glad I’d long left school when those books started doing the rounds in 1997. I started Secondary school in 1978; the same year as Tucker Jenkins, Alan and Benny started at Grange Hill, I had a crush on Trisha Yates, played by Michelle Herbert. She’s now a receptionist for a double glazing company in Scotland. The characters had similar problems and adventures as most real life 12 year olds did when joining a large school full of hormone fuelled teenagers. Bullying was par for the course; suddenly being called Moley had an
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aggression to it when the older boys took the mickey out of my nose and jam jar lens glasses.
Then in 1982 Adrian Mole aged 13 & 3/4s appeared in print looking remarkably similar to me; this gave the witty bullies my new name Adrian Moley. Luckily I left school soon after and at college the ribbing stopped. Tucker et al also left Grange Hill, Todd Carty starred in Tuckers Luck which ran for three series until 1985. My school years coincided with the beginning of Thatcherism where the mantra was ‘greed is good.’ Luckily Adrian Mole and Tucker Jenkins through their creators Sue Townsend (May she rest in peace) and Phil Redmond showed kids the stark reality for those not fortunate enough to have ‘Loadsamoney’. The 80s saw me in my teens to early 20s. Auf Weidersehen-Pet and Boys from the Black Stuff depicted the flipside of Thatcher’s so called economic miracle. Harry Enfield’s character Loadsamoney and the loathsome couple Stan and Pam with their catchphrase ‘we are considerably richer than yow!’ The miners’ strike and privatisations that promised riches to the masses were the backdrop to my adolescence. Then 25 years ago this week tragedy struck at Hillsborough; On April 15th 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at a football ground that although previously deemed as unsafe was allowed
to host the FA Cup Final against Nott’s Forest. Immediately the right wing media headed by The Scum prompted by a corrupt police hierarchy and Thatcher’s administration; disgustingly lied and blamed the fans for their own deaths. Liverpool FC staff (Steven Gerrard lost his cousin Jon Paul aged just 10) and thousands of others still mourn the loss of relatives, colleagues and friends that day. Finally a new inquest started 2 weeks ago; it makes painful reading as to just how families are still affected to this day. Hopefully now finally there will be Justice for the 96!
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WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com VERY IMPORTANT: A NEW DIRECTIVE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION MAKES IT NECCESARY FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE RESIDENT IN SPAIN TO REVISE THEIR SPANISH WILLS. Q. A solicitor spoke the other day on television about the new directive 650/2012 explaining that is was essential that people retired in a country different of their country of nationality within the European Union revise their wills. What is all this about? A. This regulation of the EU 650/2012 deals with different things, but the reason English citizens need to look at their will is that this new Regulation of the EU establishes that: When a person dies resident in one country of the European Union but national of another, the law applicable to his inheritance will be the one that he/she has established expressly in his will and not the one established by the International Norms of each country (which may be in conflict). This is good news because an English national living in Spain can establish that he/she wishes English Law to rule his/her inheritance and this will avoid any possible risk of claims from children against the spouse on the basis of the system of obligatory heirs established in Spanish law, which has always caused worry and concern in the case of children from different marriages etc. If a person passes away after the 17th of August of 2015, unless he has said differently on his will the legislation applicable to his inheritance will be that of his country of last residence. This is very important for English people living in Spain, because under Spanish
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Reformed pension rules, dismal interest rates, buoyant Sterling and depressed European housing markets – all favourable conditions for overseas investment that have led to the publication of the Overseas Property Investor Guide, a jargon-free guide aimed at helping first-time investors in foreign real estate markets. The new Overseas Property Investor Guide, published by the Overseas Guides Company, is launching at this week’s Property Investor and Homebuyer Show. The Overseas Investor Guide will complement its stand at the London event with free copies of its new Guide, where visitors will also be able to check out the latest investment opportunities and subscribe to its fortnightly investment focused e-newsletter. “Thanks to the new rules, pension pots are becoming more liquid,” said Angelos Koutsoudes, Head of the Overseas Guides Company. “The choice of investment vehicles for pensioners has suddenly opened up, and we expect a large portion of people to channel capital into property investments, both abroad and at home, which offer capital appreciation and higher yields compared to typical annuities or savings accounts. There will be many retirees and people close to retiring who want to explore this route, and our new guide and team are here to assist them. “Looking at just the UK market,” continued Koutsoudes, “the effects
of the Mortgage Market Review which kicks in at the end of April is expected to trigger further demand in the already bullish buy-to-let market.” UK buy-to-let is an increasingly popular choice of investment for British people who retire abroad. It brings in income and allows expats to retain a Sterling asset. Typically, a retired couple will downsize when they move abroad, selling the UK family home and buying both a smaller overseas home and a rental investment in the UK. “It’s a simple model that works for many, but we’d also encourage people to explore the option of investing in an overseas buy-to-let or other type of property investment, as they can often work harder for your money.” The other types of investments being promoted by the Overseas Investor Guide are those with a lifestyle element. Koutsoudes concludes: “This means they offer some kind of personal usage, so the owner gets enjoyment out of their investment, as well as financial benefit. This could be investment in a hotel scheme, or American-style condo resort or simply buying in a managed complex where the management company reserve the owners a set number of weeks each year. There’s lots of choice these days, but our Guide will help people narrow down their realistic options and make an informed investment decision.”
VILLA WITH GARAGE IN MOJACAR FOR 140.000€ Priced for sell!! A 3 bed / 2 bath Villa built on a freehold plot of 513 mts2 in La Parata, Mojacar Playa. The property was built in the 80’s so it could do with modernization of kitchen and bathrooms and the price reflects this. The rooms are a very good size though!
of 140 mts2 excluding the garage and is also benefits from a mature private garden distributed between living room, dining and there is ample space for a swimming room, kitchen, hallway, family bathroom, pool subject to normal planning. master bedroom with ensuite bathroom This is a must see property and the low and 2 further double bedrooms. asking price makes it very attractive. For This is a very good opportunity for more information or to book a viewing someone looking to grab a deal and put their appointment please visit our office or All in all the property has a built area own stamp on the property. The property contact us via phone or e-mail. Ref: 1533
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A1101
Lovely 1st floor golf apartment of 46m2 + 35m2 terrace & solarium of 46m2. Furnished & with A/C the property enjoys good sea views & overlooks the community pool & gardens. In walking distance of the beach.
55,000 €
Turre
A1144
99,000 €
Mojácar Playa
A1145
South facing 1st floor apartment of 63m2 + private roof terrace on a small sought after development. Sea views. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, furnished. Community pool & parking. In walking distance of the beach.
39,995 €
Turre
A1051
An excellent south facing 2nd floor apartment of 55 m2 near the centre of Turre. Nicely furnished + lift access. Nice views. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. 10 minute drive to the nearest beaches.
Spacious ground floor apartment of 61m2 with internal courtyard. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom. In immaculate order. Rooftop community terrace + lift access. In walking distance of town centre.
165,000 €
125,000 € Mojácar Playa LV656
Villaricos
LV676
High quality townhouse of 96m2 in a top class complex near to the marina. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, roof terrace & garage. A/C. Beautiful community terraces, pools & Jacuzzi. Excellent location.
399,000 € Mojácar Playa DV1295
Superb opportunity to own a detached villa of 196m2 on 460m2 with multiple living/business options. Very near to the beach + sea views. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, ample terraces, & parking. A/C.
98,000 €
Mojácar Playa
A1163
Beautiful ground floor apartment of 51m2 with 57m2 of terraces on a small urbanisation near to the beach. Large community terraces & pool. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Furnished.
58,000 €
Antas
A1141
Spacious quality 2nd floor apartment of 95 m2 + 74 m2 private roof terrace with fabulous views. 2 bedrooms , 2 bathrooms, lift access. Furnished. Parking. In walking distance of the town centre.
139,950 €
Antas
LV646
Extremely attractive furnished bungalow of 77m2 on 193m2 less than 5 minutes drive to the beach. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, terraces, garden & roof terrace. Community gardens & parking.
Spacious, quality, terraced townhouse of 123m2 on 245 m2 with private pool and garage & superb country views. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Furnished. Short drive to golf & beaches.
299,000 € El Pinar
230,000 € El Pinar
DV1275
Beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, renovated country house of 310m2 on 3,250m2 with 2 rooms in the attic for conversion. In superb order throughout. Garage & large pool of 11 x 5 m. Excellent views.
DV1294
Beautifully finished & well maintained detached house of 129m2 on 400m2 with far reaching views to the sea. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large basement, private pool & gardens. Part furnished. Ample terraces.
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decline of carpet usage did not mean improved conditions for allergic patients. On the contrary, Swedes have long missed out on the advantages of carpet such as comfort, insulation and noise reduction.
There were intensive discussions and reports in Sweden in the seventies claiming that carpet was the source of harmful contaminants, resulting in allergic reactions. As a result, Swedish homeowners ripped out their carpets and reverted to cold hard flooring in the interests of ‘living a healthier lifestyle’.
Carpet Heaven are the Costa Blanca’s sole suppliers of British carpet, using traditionally fitting methods with excellent quality Cloud 9 underlay, or edged pieces for greater flexibility. They recommend carpet by Abingdon Flooring, who specialise in the ‘Stainfree for Life’ range, most of which is available in multi widths for minimum wastage.
Based on historical figures published by the Swedish Statistical Central Bureau in the early nineties, the Swedish Institute of Fibre and Polymer Research discovered that while the use of carpet in Sweden had steadily decreased since 1975, the occurrences of allergic reactions in the general population had increased. They argue that the removal and
Also, an 18-nation study of nearly 20,000 people found a statistical relationship between carpeted bedrooms and asthma symptoms and responsiveness.
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Albox: Corner House,2 bed, Legal, Patio & Terrace
€49,995
Oria: 3 bed detached villa on 2,500 m2 plot, legal
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€81,995
€79,995
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€54,995
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€109,000
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€84,995
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€124,995
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€59,995
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€105,000
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YOU HAVE BOUGHT A PROPERTY AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN…
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As a good citizen, you paid your purchase taxes (8% of the price of the property) but now you have received a letter from the tax office telling you that you need to pay more taxes since their valuation of the property is higher than the price you paid. Why is that?
LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE MINIMUM VALUE FOR TAX PURPOSES
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If you and the seller declare an amount considered too little, then the Spanish Tax Agency can bill you, as buyer of the property, for the amount they deem underpaid. This problem is now occurring on normal legal transactions when you are lucky to get an absolute bargain. This is because a property is given a cadastral value for property tax purposes. During any given period, the tax office, rather than revalue all the properties, just declare a multiplier to this value to give the legally Multipliers acceptable minimum value for a property or piece of Albox 2,55 land. If you pay less than this total assumed value (after Antas 1,07 the multiplier is applied) you will get an invoice for the Arboleas 3,00 tax due on the amount between the price on the deeds and their figure. Bédar 1,00
How much is the MULTIPLIER where i live ? Here is a list of towns and their multiplier:
Cantoria 2,30
Can this decision be challenged ?
Fines 2,11
Yes, it can. You can submit a complaint to the Spanish Tax Agency and request a valuation of the property by an independent valuer in view of the special characteristics of the property.
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duty after attempting to arrest Bourne after being found with Elizabeth, her underwear in his pocket. “Blood splattered her face and matted her hair; her eyes were still wide open. Her dress, hiked up when she had fallen, showed that she was naked from the waist down.” Michael is a math student writing his thesis when he is called to the jury for what was considered the crime of the century. It was the kind of crime that demanded the death penalty, the first time in 58 years. Michael was about the same age as the accused and he makes a chilling remark that he could easily have been Bourne and vice-versa. The evidence seemed conclusive and indisputable that Bourne was guilty of committing a heinous crime but should he be injected with a lethal dose? The jury had to make that decision. Michael was the last juror to be persuaded it was the right choice. Shay Bourne was bounced around the foster care system and he had a sister he hadn’t seen since he was 16. He had set alight to his foster home and his foster father had perished. For this he served 2 years in a juvenile detention facility. He had untreated bipolar disorder and poor reading, writing and language skills. He accepted his fate and was resolved to die but he needed redemption. Eleven years later he joins I-tier alongside Lucius, Calloway Rees,
Texas Wridell, Pogie Simmons and Crash. Michael becomes a priest and Bourne’s spiritual comforter, Maggie, an atheist, represents him as well as plugging her own causeraising enough awareness of the death penalty. She wants to protect Bourne’s religious freedoms when he requests that his heart be donated to June’s ailing daughter Claire, once he has been executed. June is presented with an untenable moral dilemma: what kind of mother would she be if she let that monster donate his heart OR what kind of a mother would she be if she turned it down and let her surviving daughter die? A change of heart is needed for both June as well as Claire and the New Jersey state. With Bourne’s arrival to I-tier some very strange things happen. So-called miracles caused people to feel extremely uncomfortable about this murderer. Who was he? “They were nothing like Jesus’s-or were they? Water into wine. feeding many with virtually nothing. Healing the sick. making the blind-or in Calloway’s case, the prejudicedsee.” More than 500 people camped outside the prison calling him a saviour. It’s about finding out the truth and this can be
disturbing especially when life is built on deception so if you want something comforting you’ll find Change of Heart can offer you that. Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton ISBN: 978-0340-935842 REVIEW it by Carol Naylor. www.carolnaylor.blogspot.com / www.carolesleynaylor.wordpress. com naylorcl@hotmail.es
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Six men, whose names are Fred Alberts, Larry Smith, Brian Martin, Marty Jones, Bill Edison, and John Fox were in an elevator together. Suddenly, the lights went out. When the lights came back on, Fred Alberts’ wallet was missing. Detectives have investigated. They have questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects. They have collected physical evidence (hair samples, fibre samples, etc.) from the crime scene. They have collected 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime. Therefore, they have called in the world’s greatest detective, YOU. You must now examine the clues and solve the crime. No two suspects have the same weight, colour shoes, colour umbrella, colour car, or hair colour. The suspect who owns a purple car was wearing tan shoes. The suspect who weighs 180 pounds owns a green car. Brian Martin owns a green car. The suspect who owns a black car was wearing blue shoes. The suspect who weighs 150 pounds was wearing tan shoes. Marty Jones was carrying a purple umbrella. John Fox has red hair. Larry Smith weighs 210 pounds. The suspect who weighs 190 pounds was wearing blue shoes. The suspect who was carrying a red umbrella is not the one who was wearing black shoes. The thief owns a black car. The suspect who owns a white car is not the one who weighs 170 pounds. Bill Edison was wearing brown shoes. The suspect who weighs 190 pounds is not the one who has red hair
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We can rule out Fred from our investigations as he was the victim. Brian Martin owns a green car. The thief owns a black car, so Brian Martin is not the murderer. The suspect who owns a black car was wearing blue shoes. The suspect who weighs 190 pounds was wearing blue shoes. The suspect who weighs 190 pounds is not the one who has red hair. Therefore, one suspect was wearing blue shoes, owns a black car, weighs 190 pounds, & is not the one who has red hair. But Bill Edison was wearing brown shoes, John Fox has red hair, Larry Smith weighs 210 pounds, and Brian Martin owns a green car. Therefore, the only suspect who could be this suspect is Marty Jones. Since this suspect, Marty Jones, owns a black car and the thief owns a black car, he is the thief.
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2.Measure the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk. Sieve in the flour and spices and add enough milk to give a fairly soft dough. Bring together, using your hands, to make a soft dough. 3.Halve the mixture and set half to one side. 4.For the traditional currant method biscuits, add the currants 1.Preheat the oven to to the remaining half of 180C/350F/Gas 4. Lightly the mixture and knead it grease two baking trays lined lightly on a lightly floured with baking parchment. work surface. Roll out to a
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art competition
The Art Competition at Quesada Country Club at the end of March was a fun event with over 90 paintings and photographs on show.
Jane Woods and Janis Ware with first second and third in beginners. James Bell with first and third in Intermediates with Jackie Nevin taking second place.
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APRIL Saturday 19th April - MABS EASTER FAYRE - MABS CENTRE - 396 Avda de los Covachos Camposol Sector B4 – From 11.00 onwards. Easter Bonnet competition; Easter Egg hunt; Craft stalls; raffle and much more. For further information tel: 620 582 418. Tuesday 29th April - VOLUNTEERS MEETING Trevi bar, Camposol Sector B - 11.30 am If you would like further information about how you can help MABS come along to our meeting. For further information please ring 620 582 418 or call into the MABS Information Centre JUNE Saturday 14th June - The MABS Shield Open Golf Competition – THE CLUBHOUSE, Camposol Playing format and entry info to be announced later. Thursday 19th June - ASCOT LADIES DAY – MABS CENTRE Camposol B JULY BBQ – 25TH July - MABS CENTRE Camposol B FORTHCOMING EVENTS MAY MUSIC MARATHON - Cañadas del Romero with Byron September dance date T.B.A. 26th October MABS Race for Life MABS Christmas Fayre - T.B.A. Event tickets on sale at the book stall between 10.00am and 1pm or from the MABS Information centre on Sector B Camposol or by Calling 620 582 418 Keep watching the press or our Notice Board for more forthcoming events
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The speed of time I am convinced that in Spain we do not get a full length 60 second minute, 60 minute hour and 24 hour day. Time is not a constant, it passes more quickly here. If you are late, time rushes by, its rate of acceleration proportionate to the importance of whatever it is for which you must be punctual. Yet should you be in the dentist’s waiting room it drags its heels and scuffs its toes, allowing plenty of opportunity for you to fully savour the sound of the dentist’s drill. In the mornings I get up, have my coffee, and already it is 9.30; I got out of bed at 8, and I’m
still not dressed! I leave the house to go to Mercadona before 10, yet I return at the best part of 2. By the time I’ve had lunch it is time to feed the Dog That Is Not Ours, and then start on supper! Where have all the intervening bits of time gone? Have they gone swirling down some time plughole, to re-emerge in Australia? Because as sure as eggs is eggs, they were missing from my day! However,thinkingabout it, I can account for quite a bit of the missing time. For instance, I spend a goodly part of each day wandering around looking for the Wotsit which I had a minute ago, but put down to do something else. Then when I have found it, I have forgotten why I wanted it. So I have to go back to where I was before to remember josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk what it was that I was
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doing before. By this time another job has sprung up out of nowhere, but that’s OK, I can do that at the same time as…….Oh, no I can’t! I need the Dubrie for that, and it’s in the shed. So I fetch the shed key and open the shed, then remember that the Dubrie is in the Everything drawer in the kitchen. Now I’ve got the Wotsit and the Dubrie, and can complete both tasks and move on with my day – just as soon as I remember that I haven’t shut the shed! I estimate that I could save at least an hour a day, possibly more, if only I could ever remember what it was that I was supposed to be remembering! But even allowing for that, I still am convinced that time passes more quickly here!
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April marks the opening of the Alquerian bear hunting season. Ursus arctos arctos, or Eurasian Brown Bear or rather the Alquerian Brown Bear a particularly savage and extremely nasty sub species is the hunted. The chinless wonders and ‘OK Ya’ sect of the Newcomer’s barrio the hunters. The Alquerian Brown Bear was said by Alfonso Attenboro, the world renown naturalist to be the most dangerous unpredictable and inherently evil creature he had ever come across. The males have huge razor sharp claws of some twelve centimetres in length while the strength of the teeth is phenomenal. The female of the species is far more dangerous as with females of all species they have a tongue a dangerous weapon in any feminine mouth. The people who hunt these vicious merciless killers must be brave indeed. Armed only with semi-automatic high power rifles they sit ‘exposed’ in steel enclosures mounted on the back of four-wheel drive vehicles. A mystery as the bears have never shot back. These fearless stalkers set out at dawn, after a ‘stirrup cup’ of Remitroot Whisky they scour the outlying areas for these dangerous animals. They also scour the bars just on the off chance that one may have popped in for a quick half. The atmosphere is tense as five-hundred kilos of malevolent flesh could be waiting behind the next tree, there could also be a bear there of course. Are the hunters afraid? Are they apprehensive? Not a bit of it they laugh at danger. Why, mainly because the animals have been extinct for the
last twenty-three years. Forty years ago a rather ambitious and over optimistic lemming interbred with an Alquerian Brown Bear. The mental image of this event is perhaps one that shouldn’t be conjured up. The Lemming’s suicidal gene appeared to the fore and the bear population soon inherited and even enhanced it. There then followed two decades of danger. Bears would plummet from the cliff edges of the high sierra at regular intervals. They were becoming a public menace. Insurance companies refused to supply cover as the carnivores rained down onto the streets of Alqueria. As the bear population dwindled so did the probability of being flattened by one. Eventually on one fateful Friday afternoon the last bear hurled itself from the heights above the Village and a unique life form ceased to exist. The place from where the animal leaped became known as Bear Pass but as that led to some confusion as to what exactly was bare it was rechristened ‘The Place Where Suicidal Bears Hurl Themselves From Cliff Ledges’. A name still retained to this day, why? Well it is Alqueria after all.
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Defining the Indefinable
Friendship is a great thing. I’ll go further than that; friendship is the best thing in life. If you have friends – real friends – then you are rich beyond compare. Okay, an Aston Martin DB9 Volante; a multi roll-over win on Euro Millions and a night out with Joanna Lumley are right up there, but still come as second best. Of course, by definition your better other half should fall into this category and in my case, the lovely Mrs Bird is best friend number one. No question, that’s what an ideal partnership is all about. But what about those other people who have made an impact on our lives and stand out as something extra special. I’m not a Bible scholar, but somewhere in there, someone said, “Greater love has no one than this - that someone lay down his life for his friends”. That sounds a bit extreme, but on the other hand what better way to show your love, respect and devotion to another human being. After all history is peppered with examples of people doing just that in times of conflict and not only for friends and brothers in arms, but for complete strangers. So it got me thinking even more about just what friends actually are; how best to describe friendship and how many people that we routinely term as friends, are really just valued close acquaintances. It seems to me that there is no word in the English language that defines
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the group of people you share a few drinks or a meal with, or even a weekend away once in a while. Those not quite bosom friends, but a lot more than just companions type people. I have occasionally met up with old friends from my young carefree days, or even further back from school and it has often become immediately obvious that we no longer share anything in common. I only have to hear the words mortgage, kids, or fortnight in Ibiza and my brain starts to devise plausible excuses so that I can drink up and leave at the earliest possible time - preferably before it’s my round. Keep in touch they say as I make for the bar exit. Yeah right I think, around the same time as man colonises the outer rim of the galaxy. It’s not their fault, and it’s certainly not mine, but life does that to you. We take paths that we would never have contemplated or chosen for ourselves years earlier, but once taken mould us into alien beings and unrecognisable to our erstwhile buddies. So how do you define true friendship? Back when the Swinging Sixties were just about to merge with the new sequinned studded Seventies, I would spend practically every weekend, with the same group of close friends. Friday night - a pint or five at our tavern of preference and maybe catch some folk music at another favourite establishment. On Saturday night it would be T-bone steaks and Black Forest gateaux, washed down with a bottle or two of Blue Nun and rounded off with a Courvoisier and a Castella. Then on to a club to try our luck with some mini skirted beauties, and indulge in extremely silly dancing.
Holidays, parties, football matches, we were inseparable. Then, for various reasons we briefly went our separate ways. The usual culprits: love, careers, and for a couple of us, the opportunity to work abroad. But something strange happened in those few years and although all of those guys remain close to each other today, it’s as if yours truly has grown two heads, because with only two exceptions, I seem to have become a complete stranger to them, it’s as if those halcyon days never happened. To my certain knowledge, I have never groped any of their wives, stolen their Curly Wurly’s or developed leprosy. It just happened.
Conversely, the princess and I travelled to Vancouver in 2012 for our biennial reunion with friends from our 1970’s Bermuda days. We rarely have the opportunity to meet up because we are separated by continents and live in such places as Canada, the US and Dubai as well as Bermuda itself, but we were unanimous in stating that it is as if the intervening years had never happened. As always we all slotted comfortably back into each others’ company and simply carried on where we had left off. The unspoken loyalty and deep affection that we had for each other is as real now as it was then. And so it will be again shortly, when we host this year’s get together in Spain. So to answer my original question, just how do you define friendship and how do you know who your real firm, life-long friends are? Well, you just do that’s all.
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Bradley Brakers situated on the Industrial Estate in Los Montesinos. Established in Spain for 10 years. Bradley Brakers specialises in scrapping vehicles from all countries. Once the vehicle has been scrapped all documents are issued including the baja and certificate of destruction which normally takes around 30 working days to complete. They also sell second
hand parts from complete engines, gearboxes, starter motors, alternators to headlights, wing mirrors etc. Bradley Brakers are a friendly team that have 3 recovery vehicles constantly on the road. The team speak various languages, Spanish, English, French, Portugese & German. Bradley Brakers will travel from Murcia through to Denia, Javea to collect any vehicle. Recovery vehicles are also available to offer breakdown
services. Bradley Brakers also buy and sell second hand cars, give them all call to see what they have available. Rental cars are available for hire from 10euros a day. Open Monday to Friday 9.00 to 14.00 then 15.30 to 19.30 Saturdays 9.00 to 14.00. Closed National holidays and Bank holidays. Telephone 966 720 880 or 608848332
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Eurogolf, La Marquesa Press Report.
Daya Nueva CF
Daya Nueva CF showing off the very recently presented trophy they won last season for topping their Alicante Infantils Division. The team is pictured with Head Coach,
Paco (kneeling) and Goal Keeping Coach, Vincent. Also in on the action are Dave Fenner (Daya Dave) on the left and Brian Jerrett, the two longest standing ex-
pat supporters. Having followed this Daya squad from the Benjimens through to the present Cadets over the past five and a half years. Daya Dave
ROCKETS’S GOLF SOCIETY iALENDA GOLF 8th APRIL 2014
Monteforte del Cid was our destination and the well looked after course Alenda and what difference a few days make on the Friday it was the venue for the Vega Baja Premier Golf League and gale force winds, but today blue skies and glorious sunshine perfect for golf, the sun does shine on the righteous. Which was obviously the reason for some good scores. The course is in lovely condition, greens very fast which led to some good scoring. One member who could not play was Alan Brooker had to pull out of playing as he fell off his bike riding over rough ground and hit a stone. He is too old to be taking part in BMX racing.
RESULTS GOLD CATEGORY 1st Les Yates 36 pts 2nd Alan Moody 33 pts 3rd Liam Foley 32 pts 4th Ivie Davies 31 pts SILVER CATEGORY 1st Ron Chambers 34 pts 2nd Geoff Wild 31 pts 3rd Mick Hithersay 29 pts 4th 26 pts NEAREST PINS Hole 3: Peter Root Hole 13: Ron Chambers Hole 16: Ivie Davies Longest Drive: Les Yates Best Guest : Phil Cooke (Hcp 10) 34 pts Phil has played on The Trilby Tour so is anyone going to his Phil’s UK Club? KNOCKOUT RESULTS Two games were played.
One singles doubles
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Singles: “Rocket” Ron beat Ken Hopkins 1 up and in the doubles Les Yates and Geoff Wild beat Alan Moody and Larry Lambe 2 up. So it was a prompt return to Izzy’s Bar for the presentations and the luxury of Roxy’s munchies The next away day outing is at Corvera Golf Resort, Murcia. The first Tee Time is 10:00, directions will be available on the website. For more information or if you wish to play with the arguably the friendliest Golf Society contact Ron Nicholson on 678849142 or email sanmigron@ gmail.com
Lime Bar Golf Society -Los Altos, Orihuela Costa The golf societies venue for the 9th April 2014 was held at the Vista Bella Golf Course. On a clear warm sunshine morning 32 members assembled at the tee, the course proved to be in good condition and some interesting golf was played and enjoyed. Ruth Malcolm our first lady player to join us was made welcome. The competition was in the stapleford format and the scores recorded are as follows. Nearest the Pin in 1 on the 4th Hole (par 3) was Ruth Malcolm. Nearest the Pin in 3 on the 7th
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of 30 points.
Nearest the pin in 2 on the 10th hole (par 4) was Paddy Gribbin.
Gold Class 2nd place was Tim Ryan with a score of 32 points.
Nearest the pin in 1 on the 15th hole (par 3) was Tim Ryan. Silver Class 3rd place was Dave Railton with a score of 28 points.
Gold Class 1st place was Bob Adair with a score of 34 points.
Silver Class 2nd place was Barry Sawyer with a score of 30 points. Silver Class 1st place was Pat Gibbon with a score of 30 points. (on count-back) Gold Class 3rd place was John McGregor with a score
A very good day in pleasant company, thank you to Captain Mick Slater for organising our events and Mick’s wife Angie who helps considerably behind the scenes. Also thanks to the Staff at The Lime Bar and ladies for an enjoyable buffet meal. Anyone wishing Join our friendly society just need to phone Mick on 659866468.
67 players took part in our Team Game today which was a Yellow Peril competition at our home course of La Marquesa on Thursday 10 April. Each player takes turns to have the ‘yellow ball’ scoring double points on that hole. Unfortunately we ended up with several 3 balls due to several late cancellations and players not turning up. Can we ask members to consider their playing partners and not cancel, unless absolutely necessary when it is a team game? If cancelling, please give the Match Secretary as much notice as possible to allow the opportunity to revamp teams. Weather conditions were conducive to good scoring. The results were as follows 1st The Team of: David Blanchette, Mike Gillett, Peter Sanderson and Jean Jackson 146 combined points. 2nd The Team of: David Gregson, Dave King, Hedy Paehlig and Terry Sayers 143 combined points 3rd The Team of Bill Martin, Gordon White, Liz Menzies and Ghost 141 combined points Nearest the Pins 5th Mike Mitchell
11th Debbie Weedon 12th Liz Menzies 15th Ian Pegg 17th Paul Manning Football Winners: David Blinston, Bill Martin, Gill Gordon & John Hill. TOFF’s Results Tuesday 9 April 2014 Overall Winner –Tom Corbett Gold Division 1st Bill Martin 37 points 2nd David Gregson 36 points 3rd Malcolm Foskett 35 points Silver 1st Bryan Fenwick 38 points 2nd Franz Berndt 38 points 3rd Roger Richings 37 points Bronze 1st Tom Corbett 39 points 2nd Norman Wood 35
points 3rd Brian Heard 34 points Nearest the Pins 5th John Barraclough 15th Bob Shorley 11thMarilyn Eckersall 17th David Nicholls Best Front Nine – Debbie Weedon 21 Back Nine – Gill Britten 21 points May we also say well done to the Eurogolf Ladies who played the Scandinavian Ladies on 23 March. A resounding win for the Eurogolf ladies. This is the third time we have played this competition having won 2 and lost one. Best Scores – Morag Turner (EGS) 40 points, Henny Pedersen (Scan) 35 points. Longest Drive 7th Liz Menzies. Strongest Player, Ritra Lassenius. NTP. 5th & 17th Ann Marie Ridell, 11th Pam Davidson, and 15th Morag Turner.
Quesada Golf Society Last Wednesday, on a bright and sunny day, the Society played their local course for the first time – La Marquesa. For most players it was a hop, step and jump to the golf course. Our secretary Pam Martin secured a very attractive deal and the members liked it to as there was a full house with members competing in an individual stableford competition for the Spring Cup. The course was in good condition with the greens being in excellent condition. One incident worthy of note happened on hole 13 – unlucky for some and it was unlucky but perhaps lucky for Tony Patterson whose drive hit a railway sleeper in front of the pond which the drive had to carry and rebounded flashing past his nose and ending up 20 metres behind him on the tee.
The overall winner on the day came from the Silver Division. It was Paul Flanaghan with 33 points and he seems to have hit a rich vein of form. In second place in the Silver Division was Terry Smith with 30 points and in third place with 27 points was Keith Armstrong. In the Gold Division the winner was another person in a rich vein of form, Susan Smith with 30 points. In second place with 29 points was Dave Winchcombe and in third place was Brian Smith with 28 points. The Best Guest was Terry Rogers. The “Roy” for the most shots played and not many points on his scorecard went to David Westerman. Nearest the Pin winners were John King, Terry Rogers, Les Pancott and Les Lindores. After the game the presentations were
made by Crystal of the QSD Group on the terrace, by the swimming pool of the recently superbly refurbished La Marquesa Club House complex. The QSD Group kindly sponsored the day and as well as providing the prizes provided plated tasty hot and cold food for which the society is extremely grateful. The next game is another individual stableford at El Plantio on Wednesday 23 April. Anyone in the Quesada area looking to join a very friendly golf society and play golf once a fortnight at a wide variety of courses at very reasonable cost, should contact the membership secretary Les Pancott on 966716723.
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Week Twenty-Six played 8th April 2014 It was the third week of our Easter Scramble, kindly sponsored by Rightmove Insurance of Quesada and La Zenia and, with a total of 110 tickets handed out, 21 winners left the bowl with an easter surprise. The Final of the Cornish Pride Cup, again kindly sponsored by Shane and Sue Winfield of Cornish Pride Los Dolses, saw Splash battle it out with Split Happens. After the first game, SH were leading by 12 pins, but in the second game, with Manuel Martin of SP bowling a superb 253 scratch game, SP moved ahead by 85 pins and were not to be caught, as SP retained the Cup by 127 pins. This scoring also enabled SP to beat Bar Mosquitos in their league match 8 – 0 and, move themselves into third place in the league. Team Finland found Los Bandidos in fine form and, if it wasn’t for a fighting 235 final game by Markku Maatta, would have finished the night with no points. With Maurice Allen leading the way with a 621 handicap series, ably assisted by Barry Tolson and Roger Phipps, LB came out 6 – 2 winners, and so dent TF chances of winning the league. Los Lobos are determined not to collect the ‘wooden spoon’ this year, and they gave themselves a huge boost with a 6 – 2 win over Caballo Negro. John Lakins 605
PERFECT WEEKEND FOR ITV ORIHUELA RFC JUNIORS
At the weekend ITV Orihuela RFC juniors took part in the 4th Murcia Rugby Federation rugby school tournament in Las Torres de Cotillas. With more than 150 boys and girls taking part in the tournament it showed that rugby is a thriving is this area of Spain, as well as the rest of it. Orihuela RFC went down with two teams U18’s and U16’s giving the new players from the club a chance to gain some much needed experience ready to replace the juniors going up to either the senior or cadetes side next season. With few of the experience players like Joel, Jorge, Adrian and Pablo in there to help the new players along like Jose, Adelin etc in the U18’s took on Squalos, UCAM A team and UCAM B team and even with a number of new players they came out victorious in all of their games. All being well we can keep attracting new players of this age to the club to give the depth needed to keep improving. Next up were the U16’s hoping that they could produce the same sort of results as the cadetes. In this team most of the players had only been training with Pedro for a few months and never played in a competitive match before, so it was a new experience and for Pedro to see how far they had come. They played two games, against Albacete and Totana, great to see some of the new teams getting a junior side together, well done Totana, and again Orihuela RFC came out with a 100% success. A special mention goes to the
h/c series being the pick of the team. The Dreamers extended their winning streak, with an 8 – 0 demolition of Crazy Pinz and, moved themselves further away from the bottom of the league. Paul Kundis of Lucky Strike ‘earned’ a few scramble tickets, when he turned of the style against The Mixers, finishing with fine 640 h/c series, with his partner in crime, Graham Lewis rolling a steady 620 h/c series. Even with Rudy Zees 606 and Bob Calicfie 613 series, Mixers couldn’t prevent LS winning 6 – 2. Having been disappointed to lose in the cup, Split Happens then found Shane Winfield of Cornish Pride in determined mood and, with scratch games of 246 and 213, SH were held to a 4 – 4 draw. Some consolation for Marion Haynes of SH, was that she swept the Ladies honours for the evening, including a high game scratch of 197 and a h/c series of 587. Hall y Day finally managed to beat somebody after seven fruitless weeks, when they defeated Juans Warriors 6 – 2. Although, Jamie Brian of JW was over the moon that they had sneaked the first game by only two pins. There is now a two week break for Easter and, with only two more matches to play, the league title is still all to play for.
two girls playing for the team who played extremely well and got their first two tries for the club. The team was Yessi, Ana, Braulio, Roberto, Bassile, David, Nico and Cesar. Congratulations must go to everyone one who took part and organised this and more of these should be organised to help promote the sport and get more people involved in it. Also congratulations to Pedro and the ITV Orihuela RFC coaches and players for a great weekend and fantastic results, to prove that they are heading in the right direction, and the future is looking very bright for the club. I am now at Zoco Market on Sundays third row up from the road at the back of the market, so come on down there for all of your rugby branded clothing and playing gear, and anything you want to know about rugby in the area. Training is at the Miguel Hernandez University ground at 20.15 on Tuesday and Thursday for the seniors and juveniles. The juniors start at 18.15. So if you are interested, dig out those rugby boots and come along and see for yourself what it is like. New players are always welcome no matter what age or skill level you are. If you would like more information about what is going on in the club, you can contact the club by phoning myself, Garry on 692 767 242, and for the juniors contact Oscar on 600 871 606 (Spanish)
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PREMIER DIVISION – 4th April 2014 Even though at ALENDA GOLF the spring It was out to Monforte de Cid and winds still Alenda Golf for the penultimate prevailed, our league matches of the season but the jaunt to Alenda players wish someone would turn the golf course fans off as the wind created havoc with players scoring. It was well was quite important as Las Ramblas and La Manga North worth while, needed good results, with them sharing top spot on the especially same points. after last week Las Ramblas took on bottom spot Rockets who had excursion to La a good result last time out, but sadly it was not to be Peraleja where repated as they went down 0 – 4 and Las Ramblas took the course maximum 15 points, the ladies cam strong again with had suffered Olga Douglas the best scorer with 34 points. badly through The La Manga North team needed to match that against the previous EuroToffs but fell short by one game winning 3 – 1 three months , but Alenda golf course has been kept in tip top of the players scoring 31 points each amongst thos was condition the fairways were lush and the greens were another lady 19 year old Rosie Mist. consistent and true but typical of Alenda’s green keepers Don Cayo pulled off the surprise win of the day beating they had been kept a little fast making them very tricky La Manga RGA 3 – 1 whose team contained the League’s but readable , those spring winds did play a big part in our highest scoring lady Florence von Carlowitz who has game with none of our members breaking par . amassed a whopping 168 points so far. April lead us into Busters third year of being formed, and The other match between in a win by Paddy’s Pojnt the second time that we played for the Alto Real Trophy who narrowly beat Club 25 Serena by just seven points ,we wanted to hold this competition at Alto Real but Lola mainly thank to a Par round of 36 points from Seamus who usually books our golf at Alto Real advised us that MacGearailt and some low scoring from Club 25. they were hollow tining that week so we were unable to RESULTS play there . Rockets GS 0 (162 points) vs.Las Ramblas GS 4 (231 We normally only play for nearest the pins and first three points) places but as this was a special event for us we added La Manga RGA 1 (193 points) vs. Don Cayo GS 3 (213 prizes for best front and back nine also did a free draw for none winners , onto our N T Ps the third hole was won points) Paddys Point GS 3 (198 points) vs.Club25Serena GS 1 (191 by Alan Gifford the fifth was taken by Barry Grinsell , Phil Pettican won the thirteenth with Brian Ead winning the points) sixteenth , all N T P s had the choice of either a golf shirt La Manga North GS 3 (215 points) vs. EuroToffs GS 1 (184 or a sleeve of Calloway golf balls , the prize for the best points) front nine was taken by Barrie Hopkinson with eighteen Bonus points went to:points , and the back nine was won by Bill Peters with Las Ramblas G S,. Don Cayo G S, Paddy’s Point G S and seventeen points , although Nikki Ead had twenty one La Manga North G S points the prize was passed to Bill Peters due to Nikki The top individual scorers, Olga Douglas 34 (Las Ramblas already receiving a prize , front and back nine won red G S), Bjorn Erik Scharning 33 (Don Cayo G S), Seamus and white wines , second and third place tied with thirty MacGearailt 36 (Paddy’s Point G S) four points but on count back Phil Pettican lost to Alan With just one match to go at El Valle Golf, Las Ramblas Gifford so third place was taken by Phil with Alan getting GS go into a three point lead although both teams have second place , our winner on the day with thirty five the same number of wins, it’s the bonus points that points and winner of The Alto Real Trophy was Nikki Ead are making the difference.A lot depends on La Manga our first three places each received cash prizes , I have to North’s rivals La Manga RGA as they face eah other while say well done to everyone who scored over thirty points Las Ramblas are against Paddy’s Point who are getting on this windy day . stronger, whatever you say the VBPL always provides a I would like to thank Dave Pretty for putting up the red nail biting finish. and white wines , Brian Jones for providing the shirts , The next Vega Baja Premier League event is at El Valle Graham Ball who donated a replica trophy again for our Golf – Alicante – 2nd May First Tee 09:30. The fixtures winner to keep . are: We had returned as usual to the Mini Golf Bar in Quesada La Manga North G S vs. La Manga RGA - Rockets G S for our presentation and a couple of beers where the staff there always look after us and provide our players with vs. Don Cayo G S EuroToffs G S vs. Club 25 Serena G S – Las Ramblas G S snacks during our prize giving and soccer card draw , which was won this month by Phil Harris. vs. Paddy’s Point G S Congratulations to Florence von Carlowitz (La Manga Barry Grinsell Busters Golf society. RGA), Carole Wheeler (Las Ramblas G S), Robin Fish and Rolf Pichl, (La Manga North G S) for qualifying as the highest points scorers from four games for the Ford Golf Regional Finals in May at Las Colinas Golf Resort. 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