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Enjoy Pierre’s French Cuisine Kitchen open: 12.30 - 3.00, 7.00 - 10.00. Closed Thursdays Plaza Los Jazmines 10, 04740 Roquetas de Mar Opposite Playa Capricho in the car park
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London’s £12bn Olympic park opens up to the public
Almost 10 years and £12bn in the making, the full extent of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park finally opened to the public on Saturday. It claims to be “the biggest new park in Europe for 150 years”. Its 230 hectares (568 acres) encompass waterways and rail lines, and is, according to its maker, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the size of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens combined. It features forests and wetlands, lawns and meadows, dotted with a velodrome and aquatics centre, a stadium and arena. In the 19 months since the end of the games, £300m has been spent on adapting venues, planting trees and moving minor mountains. The northern half of the park, composed of neatly sculpted Teletubby mounds fringed by swaths of wildflower meadows, reopened last July, and has already received a million visitors. A further 3 million are expected in the coming year, now that the final piece in the jigsaw is complete with the opening of the southern park, promoted as the “Southbank for the East End”. ‘We imagined it as a place for performance and play, markets and festivals, circuses and events,’ says its designer, James Corner, who is best known for transforming New York’s derelict elevated railway into the acclaimed High Line Park, where wild planting is integrated into its industrial structure. ‘We’ve brought a similar idea of linear choreography and movement,
designing the park as a sequential experience of outdoor rooms, connected by an arced promenade of trees.’ These ‘rooms’ take the form of three circular paved areas, lined with assorted benches and stepped seating, as if awaiting an impromptu public performance. They will host carousels and helter-skelters, music and poetry readings, and will one day be ringed by beds of tall grasses, planted by Dutch horticulturalist Piet Oudolf, who also worked on the High Line. This sequence of spaces is framed at either end by low-key play areas: there is a fun interactive fountain and a thicket of wooden poles supporting a small rope bridge. A water pump gushes into a sandpit, while chunks of granite and orange concrete walls tilt at jaunty angles. It will be interesting to see how the new areas cope with the number of expected visitors, particularly once the main stadium is up and running (with its retractable seating as a place for concerts, athletics, and the new home for West Ham United) in 2016. Looming over the site is the ArcelorMittal Orbit, a monument to a steel magnate, and the new visitor centre. There will be 6,000 homes across five new neighbourhoods within the park, as well as the commercial centre of the £2bn Stratford International Quarter, with its 370,000 square metres of office space To the south Stratford High Street has a new tower block of apartments, while to the west there is a 1,000-room Unite student accommodation block.
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Afghanistan’s presidential election that will bring the first-ever democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by conflict for decades closed on Saturday amid relief that attacks by Taliban fighters were fewer than feared. It will take six weeks for a final result to be declared in the race to succeed President Hamid Karzai. In Afghanistan’s rugged terrain many polling stations are inaccessible by road; the ballot boxes and other furniture necessary to create a polling station have had to be transported to the sites by donkey. This could be the beginning of a potentially dangerous period for Afghanistan; the war-ravaged country desperately needs a leader to quell the expected rise in violence as foreign troops prepare to leave. “Today we proved to the world that this is a people driven country,” Karzai told his nation in televised remarks. The constitution barred Karzai from seeking another term, but, after 12 years in power, he is widely expected to retain influence through politicians loyal to him. Turnout was seven million out of 12 million eligible voters, or about 58 percent, according to preliminary estimates, according to election commission chief Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani. That is well above the 4.5 million who voted at the last election in 2009 which was marred by widespread fraud. More than 350,000 Afghan troops were deployed, guarding against attacks on polling stations and voters.
The capital, Kabul, was sealed off by rings of roadblocks and checkpoints. In the city of Kandahar, cradle of the Taliban insurgency, the mood was tense. Vehicles were not allowed to move on the roads and checkpoints were set up at every intersection. In some areas of the country voters complained that polling stations had run out of ballot papers. The interior ministry said six officials - including an intelligence agent - were detained for trying to rig the vote, and elsewhere several people were arrested for trying to use fake voter cards. If there is no outright winner, which straw polls suggest is likely, two frontrunners would go into a run-off on May 28, spinning out the process into the holy month of Ramadan. This would create a delay, leaving barely sufficient time to complete a pact between Kabul and Washington to keep up to 10,000 U.S. troops in the country beyond 2014. Karzai has rejected the pact, but the three frontrunners have pledged to sign it. Without the pact the Afghan forces would be left on their own to fight the Taliban, a task that is almost certainly beyond them, and which would lead to a strengthening of the Taliban, shattering the fragile peace and a return to violence throughout the country. The election is a landmark after 13 years of struggle that has killed at least 16,000 Afghan civilians and thousands more soldiers. Nearly 3,500 members of the U.S.-led coalition force have died since deployment in the country over a decade ago.
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Ed Miliband seeks media guru for TV help ahead of 2015 election
Ed Miliband is to hire an expert in broadcasting to stop him looking ‘weird’ on TV. This is after a recent poll, which found that 41% of people think Miliband is ‘weird’ or ‘very weird’ The Labour party is tasked with recruiting a senior adviser to bring ‘fresh ideas’ to overhauling the leader’s image. In addition to having ideas about how to improve Mr Miliband’s ‘brand strengths’, the successful candidate will also need to have experience of dealing with ‘bad news stories’. The new job comes with a £44,244.40 salary, and a ‘fixed sum allowance’ of £971. The contract will last only until a month after the general election, due in May 2015.
The job involves ‘overseeing the broadcast output and visual images of the Leader of the Opposition’ and advising Mr Miliband on ‘broadcast performance and helping him prepare for clips/interviews/ visits’. The new adviser will also be tasked with improving relations with the main broadcasters in the run up to the election. It includes: ‘Developing fresh ideas for making the best of Leader of Opposition’s brand strengths and communicating his message in broadcast medium.’ According to the advertisment essential experience for the winning candidate includes ‘experience of working with senior politicians’ and ‘experience of dealing with good and bad news stories’.
A court stenographer is accused of ignoring trial details and instead repeatedly typing “I hate my job”. At least ten convictions could be overturned after stenographer Daniel Kochanski failed to deliver transcripts that New York judges were expecting. US media have compared his meltdown to film The Shining in which Jack Nicholson’s character repeatedly types ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Among the botched records is the transcript of the 2010 mortgage-fraud trial of broker Aaron Hand, 42, who was also convicted of trying to hire a hit man to murder a witness. “It should have been questions and
answers - instead it was gibberish,” a source told the New York Times. “He hit random keys or wrote, “I hate my job. I hate my job”, over and over. Mr Kochanski was fired and arrested after his notes came to light. Judges have summoned witnesses to a series of ‘reconstruction hearings’, where they will try to remember what was said at the original trials. Mr Kochanski, 43, told the New York Post: “I never typed gibberish. I always did my job 100 per cent. I was let go because of substance abuse. I’m in recovery. July will be one year I’m clean.” Yeah!
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E.E. S.S. TERDIGUERA Servicio de Neumaticos • Petrol • Shop Cafe • Restaurant • Car/Lorry Wash
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Total Entertainment has been looking after British ex-pats in the Albox area for over 10 years. More than just an internet café, we sell UK newspapers & magazines and have all the latest release DVDs for hire. Books, stationery, cards, gifts and all your office services are also available. Fancy a day out? Book your shopping trips, day trips & mini-breaks here. 3 nights in Madrid in June from just Choice of 8 Desserts 225€pp Inc. Ice Cream, Profitteroles, Cakes Or how about a night out? Our mini cinema is open 6 days a week showing films in English. Call in for a coffee & a browse, there’s always something going on, slimming class, computer clinic, Friday fairs or even Spray tans! Find us on Avenida Lepanto opposite the football ground. Check out our website, like us on facebook or listen to Smooth FM daily for our Polig. Ind. De Albox. Opp. I.T.V. what’s on guide. You’ll always find a warm welcome at Total Entertainment & The Mini Cinema. One Stop Pool Shop - Summer is here and you’re getting ready for the visitors coming, so now is a good time to visit our shop and see all our new products: solar string lights, white and multicoloured to put around your garden; solar covers for your pool; solar panels for heating your pool (quotes available); special vac heads and nets; skimmer socks; glass and sand changes for your filter pumps; all cleaning chemicals for liner and fibreglass pools; chemicals; leaf blowers for the pool and much more. We’re open 9.30 ‘til 2pm every day except Sundays. This months offer: albox 35€ for 2 x 5kils tubs. Donna’s Hair & Beauty Salon - Treat yourself this Easter, we’re offering a range of special offers including Soft Perms from 38€ - pop in for details of our other special offers too. We offer a full range of hair and beauty treatments including manicure, pedicure and waxing. We are also looking for a new stylist to compliment the team, so contact Donna for more information. Find us just up from the back of Bring them to our shop Today & SAVE MONEY Mercadona on Avda. America. tel. 950 930 167 / 628 669 456. It’s cost effective & a enviromentally friendly service Bar Lepanto – Under New Ownership. Kim and Jim took over Bar Lepanto on 1st February this year and offer a warm welcome and a smile to everyone. Breakfasts are served all day or you can choose from the Special Lunch Menu starting at only 3.95€ served daily. If you don’t want lunch why not have a snack at your side i n v e n t which inc: Traditional Ploughmans or a wide range of Tapas. NOW available at Bar Lepanto all the sports including football can be seen on the large Televisions placed Tel: 609 199 394 Open Mon - Fri 10.00pm - 2pm throughout the bar. Keep your eye open for the Bars new Facebook Page and Located within Albox Insurance (Liberty), C/Malaga 6, Albox website which will let you know what’s going on Lulu’s Dog Grooming Parlour - City & Guilds trained Lisa looks after and handles all dogs with the utmost care. Lisa opened after years of working for various vets in and around the area. So much was the demand for her skills that she opened parlour of her own next Avda America, 51 - 04800 albox (Almeria) to Eurowise on Avda. Lepanto. Your pet will certainly be pampered after a visit there! Lisa also stocks a wide accessories for your pooch, plus Scalibor, flea, tick & dental treatments and the cheapest prices on Royal Canine food in the area! For more information or to book an appointment call 950 952 940 / 697 569 750. hair & beauty salon Now open Mondays. The Sleep Centre on Calle Malaga have a great selection of quality beds, bedding, sprung mattresses, memory foam mattresses and toppers, to enable an extra layer to be added present bed. Ray and Irene can even help you find a UK size mattress from stock. coming soon california highlights If they haven’t got already got the item you require in FIND US In Longo’s Courtyard the shop, then they can source it and order it in for you. Manicure - Pedicure - Waxing Shop: 950 104 345 or Maintenance: 637 582 696 Pay them a visit, you will not be disappointed! Tel: 673 088 476. Cam ino de A ljam The Corner Shop bra THE LITTLE - established for over 2 The years serving the local SHOP THAT ’S Corner Shop community & surrounding GOT A LOT areas, giving the best mercadona service & best prices We have the largest selection of your favourite goods in the area, and at the best prices too! in the area. We’re an BP All direct from the UK. Check our website for all the latest SPECIAL OFFERS ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of all your favourite foods, drinks, WWW.ALBOXCORNERSHOP.COM household, pet products & more from the UK. If Princes Jucee there is something we don’t have then we will ONLY gladly try to source it €1.65 (20 servings) €1.45 for you. Our website is BREAD NAAN or Concentrates updated regularly with Garlic & (70 servings) €3.99 4 PACK Plain, Coriander, our Special Offers & other €1.30 1.5ltr Spicy & Peshwari information. Our opening For your convenience you can pull up outside or we have a large carpark. We are only 2 minutes from Mercadona. hours are 9am to 6pm Opening Hours Mon – Fri 9-6, Sat 10-4, Sun 10-2 Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm Saturdays & 10am to 2pm Sundays. We look Pay us a visit, you will love our prices! forward to seeing you!
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Lisa is City & Guilds qualified she sets the standard Others Try to follow Nail Clipping and Anal Glands - Only 5€ each! No need for appointment
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The Rug Specialists opening hours mon - fri 10am - 5pm saturdays 10am - 2pm
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An avalanche of puppies descended on the shelter last spring as they were abandoned at the doors of the shelter. Unfortunately, not all of them were adopted and they had to endure the harsh conditions of the shelter. As much as the workers and the volunteers do to make the dogs’ lives as comfortable and healthy as they can, there is no substitute for a loving family home. The puppies had to while away their early youth at SOCIEDAD PROTECTORA DE ANIMALES DE ROQUETAS DE MAR’.
Now these youngsters need a loving home, lots of exercise and a master or mistress who will teach them basic commands. The volunteers do as much as they can on a Saturday morning by giving them lessons on basic socialising but this really is not enough for the dogs’ needs. They need individual attention and care. These dogs are still very young and can adapt easily to any new circumstance and environment. LUCAS was left at the shelter as a tiny puppy but he had to spend five years of his life waiting for his forever home. Finally, his big day arrived and he is now firmly ensconced in a loving Spanish family home of his own with his new name of LUKAS!.
5pm to 7pm Ring Alison on 677 317 920 to book or for further information
Thursdays. Players of all abilities welcome. The team is very sociable and after have players from beginner to experienced. We are currently in Andalucia Regional Division 2 and just about to start the second phase of the league. Home matches are usually at 12.30 on Sundays at the grass rugby pitch in Almerimar. For more information call Jonathan on 695 635 078
Advertise your business on this Ejido Rugby Club page or send your El Ejido Bowls Club El Based in Almerimar, we are always looking for new players and have training sessions events to: Monday and Thursday starting at 21.30h every Tuesdays and EDITOR@SOLTIMES.COM
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MacGowan’s Bar & Restaurant 10 year anniversary
Guinness, Murphy’s Cider, Heineken, Large Selection of Spirits
10 year’s house specialities
Authentic Indian Curries, Kormas, Tikkas, Thai Curries, Large choice of German Schnitzels, Chicken Granada, Chicken Parmarella, Chilli Cheese Burrito, Chicken Kiev, Homemade Burgers and Chips plus Much, Much More!
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AIR-TRAFFIC controllers who went on strike despite the president of Spain calling a State of Emergency will be in the dock shortly along with their union leaders. A total of 112 air-traffic control staff downed tools over working conditions and pay in early December 2010, leaving thousands of passengers stranded or delayed for hours if not days. The then president, socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero called a State of Emergency to force them back to their seats, but they ignored this and carried on with the strike. This led to Spanish air-space being closed. Lawyers working on behalf of the airtraffic controllers called for the judges
handling the case at 22 provincial courts to close it without charging the accused workers, stating that the closure of Spanish air-space was a ‘unilateral’ decision by the nation’s airport governing body, AENA. Only the courts dealing with strikers in Madrid, Barcelona and Málaga still have their cases open, and those due to testify have been notified in writing that they will have to appear before a judge within two months’ time. They are accused of ‘abandoning their public duties’, an offence that can lead to being suspended from their roles, fined or even imprisoned. Read more on: thinkspain.com
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Forget wrinkles or crow’s feet 75% of women fret most about their HANDS aging
More worry about hands than grey hair (60%) or wrinkles (72%) Women say they notice if another women’s hands look elderly (80%) Hands start to age as early as age 34 for nearly half of women Despite this worry, only half regularly moisturise hands Forget grey hair and crow’s feet. When it comes to body parts that give away age, hands were voted the number one culprit by British women. Hands came top of a list of body parts women worry about, even beating grey hair and wrinkles. Three-quarters of women believe their true age is betrayed by their hands.
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And a massive 80 per cent of women say that they would notice if another woman’s hands looked elderly when they met her. Additionally nearly half (42 per cent) said that their hands had started looking old as early as age 34,
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Five top tips for youthful mitts 1. Everybody knows that washing your hands is a daily must. However, it is important to find the right temperature; if the water is too hot or cold, you will damage the skin. Try and ensure water is lukewarm all year round and use a milder soap that contains nourishing and moisturising oils to cleanse the skin.
bathing and showering as your skin’s pores are open and more effective at locking in moisture
3. Be careful of that ‘squeaky clean’ feeling after doing the house work or washing up. Your hands may look and feel clean but it can be incredibly damaging. Wear protective gloves to avoid disrupting your skin’s natural acid mantle 2. Moisturise skin after and acceleration of excess oils from overly alkaline solutions.
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Helena Benson qualified as a medical doctor at the First Medical Academy in Moscow in 1986. In 1989 Helena came to England. During the 1990’s she worked at Harley Street and from her clinic in North London. She has been practicing natural herbs, iridology and nutrition. In the late 90’s she became involved in medical aesthetics, and now treats patients across the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. Helena is the founder of the London School of Permanent Make-up, one of the leading schools in the UK Dr Benson specializes in aesthetic medicine and facial rejuvenation, not requiring cosmetic surgery, or so called ‘lunchtime cosmetics’. Treatments for wrinkles and skin peels can become part of your grooming routine, like going to the hairdresser, doing your nails or even buying new clothes. The best modern cosmetics come in syringes, not jars! Improving your skin or fixing the line may not necessarily fix your life. But wouldn’t it be nice to get back what you thought you might have lost forever? If you can look good and feel great about it, then why not do it? A desire to improve your appearance is not about vanity. It’s about confidence and your self-esteem. And as Oscar Wilde said “It is only shallow people who don’t judge by first impressions”. Helena Benson will be at RRetreat, El Cucador, Albox on Wednesday 23rd April. Call 647 379 878 to book an appointment or free consultation!
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Sun Awareness! It is important to regularly selfexamine yourself to check for skin cancer and check for new moles and melanomas especially now living in the sunshine! Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers , and it’s a growing problem. Here’s how to protect your skin and reduce your risk. Skin cancers are caused by damage from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. Protecting the skin from the sun can help prevent these cancers. How does the sun damage skin? UV rays penetrate deep into the skin and damage cells. These cells are then at risk of becoming cancerous. You can’t feel UV damaging your skin and it happens even when the sun doesn’t feel hot. Getting sunburnt causes the top layers of skin to release chemicals that make blood vessels swell and leak fluids. Skin turns red and feels hot and painful, and severe sunburn can lead to swelling and blisters. After you’ve been sunburnt, the skin peels to get rid of damaged cells. Eventually, it will heal and look healthy, but permanent damage may have been done. Some experts believe that just one episode of blistering sunburn before the age of 20 can double your chance of getting malignant
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Before I get started today I would like to say a big “thank you” to a superb bloke that turned up to my clinic on Friday afternoon, at Jack’s Bar in Albox (advertising finished) and after saying he had been reading my articles for the past 2 years he then expressed his amusement about my attitudes, nailing it beautifully on the head, concerning my getting ‘On My Soapbox’. I would like to say “Lesson learned”, but I will try to keep my passions (pet hates) under better control :-) (at least until next week). Let’s get started with something that I read about earlier this week concerning DropBox checking out what was in YOUR box. Did you know that every time you use ‘Dropbox’ to upload valuable files that you wish to share with everyone else in you group, Dropbox, without the slightest breach of your personal rights, can read the contents of you dropbox for propitiatory software and anything else that they have been asked to look out for. Doesn’t Dropbox, and for that matter just about every other ‘online’ storage facility encrypt your information? Yes, they do, to ensure that even the employees of the storage facility can not ‘just have a quick look’! Most claim that it takes a document issued by the courts before they would even consider releasing ‘sensitive’ information (YOUR INFORMATION) to an outside authority. Google and Microsoft make similar claims but recent history would indicate the fallacy of that statement (the soapbox is out again – sorry!). So how does Dropbox know that you have something that ‘Big Brother’ says you shouldn’t have? Hashing! This isn’t the process of turning meat and potatoes into something
simple but delicious (sorry any vegetarians out there), it is the process of calculating a very long resulting number by an even more complicated calculation. We have touched on it before under the section of encryption and passwords some time ago but now is a good time to actually understand how hashing can allow you to read something without actually reading anything! Confused? Just wait, it gets better! Breaking hashing down to a very simple example. I created a simple ASCII text file of 1 letter (‘a’) NOT (‘A’). The result of the calculation was very different from the letter (‘b’) or (‘A’) or (‘B’). a == 0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661 A == 7fc56270e7a70fa81a5935b72eacbe29 b == 92eb5ffee6ae2fec3ad71c777531578f B == 9d5ed678fe57bcca610140957afab571 Now consider a word, a phrase, a paragraph, a complete novel or even the collected works of Shakespeare. Every last one would generate a UNIQUE number. Change 1 letter in any of the above and you would generate a different UNIQUE number to the one it had! This method works just as well with binary files as it does with ASCII files. So using this method, anyone can check out anything, WITHOUT having to open the file, simply by comparing the generated number to a list of hash numbers already created and find out whether it was the same one or not! The comforting thing is that no matter what the file might contain, your rights to privacy haven’t been in the least bit violated! So on that note I will say Adios and wait for my next new client to call. Have a lovely week.
braben’s blog... The Perfect Kitchen
We should all be fantastic cooks, judging by the number of cookery programmes on television. If it’s not Nigella Lawson showing us how to cook some impossible dish, then it’s some bake off or other every twenty five minutes. Once in a while is fine, but several a day week after week is too much. But what I wanted to ask was, whose kitchen is like theirs anyway? First of all, I’d love, just once, to see them run out of some vital ingredient, just as their dish is coming to fruition, you know, the way it happens in real life. What will they do then? What I usually do is ignore it and hope it tastes okaya bit difficult though if you’re making egg and chips and there are no eggs! And what’s with the clothes and the pristine aprons? Come on, how many of us are without splodges of tomato sauce, gravy or whatever else we are cooking, on our clothes, on the walls or on the cooker? According to the TV chefs, this never happens. I’m no fan of “Come Dine With Me”, but at least they leave a mess in the kitchen. Then there are the other distractions, which we’ve all experienced to some extent. There you are, singing away to the background music, washing away the cooking taste with a glass or two of the wine you were saving for dinner, when disaster strikes! From the lounge is the sound of the cat screeching. You run in and there’s your toddler, hands around its neck, throttling it for all it’s worth! What do you do, ignore the blue murder to sway back to your creation, or save the cat? Over to you Nigella! And finally there’s...the pan flip! When I’m cooking I turn the food over with a wooden spoon or spatula. Not these chefs on television, oh no, they’re far too nifty for that. They just flick their wrist and bingo! The food is turned in the blink of an eye and is cooking perfectly, not a mark on anything. Easy! Not on your life. When I do it, the food goes everywhere and we’re running for the brush, the Jiff and the telephone number of the Chinese takeaway. You see, that’s the thing with television experts…they’re so irritatingly good at what they do. But I’m an expert too… at ringing for that takeaway!
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Yellowstone
For those of us that try our luck at quiz nights Yellowstone is the answer to a perennial question; which is the oldest National Park in the world? It’s not Hyde Park as someone hazarded a guess recently at our weekly quiz. Last week even more hilariously the same team gave the answer ‘Notting Hill’ when asked what the largest wild carnivore in Britain is. They thought they heard carnival. I digress; Yellowstone Park sits atop a Super Volcano; this term is used funnily enough for very large volcanoes. There have been three major eruptions over the last two million years; the first was the largest being 2500 times larger than the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. The park owes its beauty to the cataclysmic forces that have shaped it. Lakes, rivers and mountain ridges have all been put in place by the forces at work under the earth. Smaller eruptions have taken place relatively recently, 14,000 years ago a 5km wide crater was formed to enlarge Yellowstone Lake after one of these. The area has had all manner of eruptions, from the huge gas explosions which cause the pyroclastic flows that obliterate everything for hundreds of kilometres around, to relatively slow lava flows and steam eruptions. We all know about the geyser Old Faithful, caused by ground water seeping underground, being superheated by the intense heat and exploding upwards. Underneath Yellowstone the Caldera has been measured as being 80kms long by 20kms wide,
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going so deep underground as to have a capacity of 4000km3. Scientists have been measuring the ground since 1923 and at first it rose slowly, about 1cm a year then between 2004/8 it suddenly rose up over 20cms. The ground is pushed up as magma and gases fill the magma chamber below. The area constantly has earth tremors with over a thousand a year recorded, sometimes even more. Over four days in January 2010 there were 1620 earth tremors though the largest measured only 3.8M. Just like toppling dominoes the geological fault lines under our feet interconnect. On March 30th the largest earthquake in 30 years struck Yellowstone measuring 4.3M. Two days later in Chile way to the south a huge 8.2M quake struck the coast causing tidal waves of up to 2 metres. In 1992 a quake in California caused hundreds of mini quakes in the park. Luckily we can all trust the US Govt; they assure us that although the giant ball of molten rock underneath the bears and salmon is growing; it’s not growing fast enough to be of any concern. In fact after a recent report measured the magma as 2.5 times larger than previously guessed at, the Yellowstone Volcano observatory said the following - though fascinating, the new findings do not imply increased geologic hazards at Yellowstone, and certainly do not increase the chances of a ‘super eruption’ in the near
future. This is just as well as if and when the darn thing does go off, its estimated that ash would fall up to 750 kms away and be at least 10 cms deep. The ash is highly toxic and would pollute water courses and farmland. Traffic would come to a halt as the fine dust clogs up air filters. Planes would be grounded for thousands of miles around. So infrastructure would be at a standstill and America’s ability to feed itself would cease. Globally temperatures would drop for a good few years also. We could all however enjoy wondrous sunsets just as JMW Turner witnessed and painted from England after the 1815 Mount Tambora eruption in Indonesia.
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Q. Please explain the situations in which a resident qualifies for non-payment of capital gains tax.
A . The first thing is to be able to prove to the notary the day of the sale that you are in fact a Spanish tax resident. It is very important to realize that having what everyone calls the “residencia” issued by the police does not in fact prove you are a tax resident of Spain, and that if this is the only document you take to the notary to prove tax residency , the notary will consider you a non resident and you will be subject to a 3% retention. To prove you are a tax resident your solicitor needs to request a certificate from the tax authorities, which can then be taken to the notary. If you suffer the nasty surprise of them saying that in fact you are a non resident, you will need to get this amended by proving to them that you are in fact a resident before they will issue you with the correct certificate for the notary. The best way to secure tax residency status is making a resident income tax declaration in Spain in June of every year. If you are going to sell shortly,
request this certificate in advance to avoid last minute surprises. 1. The possible total or partial exemption from capital gains tax due to reinvestment (roll-over): If you are a resident and sell one property to purchase another of the same or higher price you can claim 100% exemption from capital gains tax. To benefit you have to have been a resident for at least 3 year before the sale takes place, and you must purchase the next property within 2 years of the sale. If you are moving to a smaller property, you can claim exemption of a percentage of the capital gains tax. 2. Claim of total exemption if you are over 65 years old: If you are over 65 and sell your main home (where you must have lived for at least 3 years as a resident), you can claim 100% exemption from capital gains tax even if you do not reinvest. If the property is owned by a couple and one member is over 65 and the other is not, you are allowed to claim the exemption in respect to half the price. Michael Davies. Abogado.
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Paseo del Mediterraneo 197 - Mojacar - Almeria
Tel: 950 472 430 / 610 053 563
www.veritashomes.co.uk info@veritashomes.co.uk You can find us on Mojácar Playa
€79,950
Mojácar Playa
€79,950
1 bed / 1 bath south facing Apartment with underground private parking and store room. Terrace of 19,30 m² with sea views . Ref. 1561
3 bed / 2 bath fully furnished Apartment with sea views near golf and beach in Marina de la Torre. Ref. 1559
Mojácar Playa
gergal
€115,000
Mojácar Playa
€99,950
Restaurant with terrace located on lovely and frequented square overlooking the main street and the beach. Build 95 m². Ref. 1568
€195,000
Mojácar Playa
€109,950
3 bed / 1 bath Apartment with terraces with sea views. Gated complex with tennis court and pools near promenade. Ref.1527
Mojácar playa
€120,000
THE BEST INVESTMENT PROPERTY:
3 bed / 1 bath south facing Apartment within walking distance to promenade. Terrace with sea views. Communal pool. Ref.1562
End of terrace 2 bed / 2 bath Townhouse with sea views within walking distance to beach and amenities. Communal pool. Ref.1534
Mojácar Playa
Arboleas
€140,000
Charming completely restored traditional Cortijo on plot of 5 hectares with olive and almond trees within 5 min drive to all amenities. Build 243 m². 4 outbuildings in need of some restoration. Mains electricity. Ref.1031
Opportunity! 3 bed / 2 bath large Villa with garage on plot of 513 m² in La Parata. Needs a little refresh. Ref 1533
Mojácar playa
€150,000
Mojácar Playa
€165,000
Mojácar Playa
€210,000
Charming 2 bed / 1 bath east facing townhouse with lockup garage, front & rear terraces a& roof solarium. Sea views. Ref.1548
Lovely 2 bed/2 bath apartment set nr promenade & amenities. Large terrace,sea views. Store room & underground parking. Ref.1556
South facing 3 bed / 3 bath Townhouse on well kept front line complex with pool. Good sea views. Parking space. Ref 1477
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Mojácar Playa
garrucha
€245,000
Quality 3 bed / 2 bath Villa on plot of 500 m² close to beach and amenities. Carport, terraces and garden. Prime location. Ref.1560
€270,000
3 bed / 2 bath Villa with garage. Plot of 417 m². Living with fire place. Separate dining room. Terrace with jacuzzi & solarium. Ref.1062
€149,950
3 bed / 2 bath Villa with pool on plot of 600 m² in Las Golondrinas. Gardens, large terrace & store room. Ref.1101
Mojácar Playa
€229,950
3 bed / 2 bath Penthouse Apart across rd from promenade. Terraces with sea views (45 m² & 25 m²). Underground parking place. Ref.1509
€375,000
4 bed / 2 bath Villa with garage and pool on plot of 450 m² set close to the promenade and all amenities. Sea views. Ref.1549
Please visit our office or refer to our website for more “bargains”. Vendors: If you are seriously considering selling your property please visit our office to discuss effective ways of achieving your goal. As per decree 218/2005 the “Documento de Información Abreviada” (D.I.A) for any property sold by Veritas Homes is available at our office.
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We welcome Adele to our team. Adele will be looking after the long term rental side of our business so please contact her on 659 077 998 if you would like us to rent your property in the Huercal-Overa / Zurgena area.
VH510 €149,950 REDUCED • San Juan de Los Terreros area • 3 bed, 3 bath Semi Det House • Fully Furnished • Swimming pool and garden
VH565 €144,500 REDUCED • 3 bed, 2 bath Villa • 8m x 4m swimming pool • 887m2 landscaped gardens • Walk to amenities
VH256 €114,950 BARGAIN • 2 bed, 1 bath Villa • 600m2 plot • Walk to amenities • Edge of village
PROPERTIES WANTED Urgently wanted
VH523 €114,950 REDUCED • 2 bed, 2 bath Large Villa • 400m2 garden • 6m x 3m swimming pool • 3 mins drive to Huercal-Overa
VH94 €64,950 NEW LISTING • 5/6 bed, 2 bath Village House • Garage and small patio • Renovated but needs TLC • 2 min drive to amenities
properties in the San Juan de Los Terreros, Huercal-Overa, Taberno & the Zurgena areas We really have clients waiting of all nationalities.
VH629 €90,000 REPOSSESSION • 3 bed, 4 bath Huge Villa • 200m2 build, 627m2 plot • 8m x 4m swimming pool • 3 mins drive to amenities
VH334 €89,950 BARGAIN • 4 bed, 2 bath Village House • Country Views • 3m x 4m splash pool • 4 mins drive to amenities
VH630 €210,000 BARGAIN • San Juan de los Terreros • 3 bed, 2 bath villa • Swimming pool • Walk to beach & restaurants
VH479 €109,950 REDUCED • San Juan de los Terreros • 2 bed, 1 bath Apartment • Communal swimming pools • Walk to amenities and Beach
VH635 €89,950 NEW LISTING • 3 bed, 2 bath Duplex/Town House • Communal swimming pool • Village location • Walk to amenities
VH598 €82,000 BARGAIN • 3 bed, 2 bath Villa • Country / hamlet location • 520m2 fenced plot • 8 mins drive to Huercal-Overa
VH63 €189,000 BARGAIN • 5/6 bed, 2 bath Village House • 8m x 4m swimming pool • 1,500m2 plot • Walk to amenities
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bedar El Pinar 59,950€ This new and spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse is located in the popular village of El Pinar, just 5 minutes from the beautiful village of Bedar and under 15 minutes from the beaches of Mojacar. ****ONLY ONE LEFT AT A KNOCK DOWN PRICE****
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A delightful 4 bedroom villa located a short drive from the Arboleas village and all of its amenities. This property has 4 double bedrooms all with air-conditioning, 2 bathrooms, a large kitchen, lounge, porch and a 10m by 4m swimming pool with spectacular mountain views. Most of the furniture will be included in the sale plus a car.
SH787- €115,000
Traditional Spanish 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom Cortijo with huge amounts of character and charm, has recently been redecorated. On a plot of 1710 m2 with plenty of parking and room for a swimming pool. The property is only 10 minutes walk from Arboleas village.
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SH716 149,950€
Villa situated on the Los Menchones estate just 5 minutes from the Arboleas village. It has 3 large bedrooms, one with an en-suite plus a family bathroom. A fully fitted kitchen with white goods. The lounge area leads onto 2 patio areas and the 6m by 2.5m swimming pool. From the pool you can see all the way down the Almanzora Valley.
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SH807- €159,950
A detached 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom villa within walking distance to amenities, with mountain views with off street parking, a well established garden on a 674m2 plot of land with a build size of 138m2. At the rear of the property there is a private 8m by 4m swimming pool plus a sun terrace.
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“These weren’t my people. They were just people who would talk to me because I was in their boat, but it was a bad boat to be in-an unseaworthy, shabby little boat, and I could suddenly see that it was going to break up and sink.” Group suicide is it fashionable? Is there an attraction? If so, what is it? Very dark humour emerges from the miserable lives of four very different people. Hornby moralises, allowing the characters to reflect on their misery, to reassess the value or worthlessness of their lives. But don’t expect any glorious moments of redemption or melodrama. The characters are feisty representatives of humanity, utterly convincing. The Topper’s House Four bent on self-destruction. Martin had the most to lose. He had been a tv celebrity, married with children but his life had spiralled out of control with nightclubs and teenage girls. Catastrophic bad decisions had ruined him. He had thrown away every opportunity. Unbalanced and poisonous and he admits to this. He served a 3 month prison sentence for under-age sex with a girl who lied about her age and naturally, lost everything. Hounded by the tabloids, relishing in humiliating him so that Martin has to confront his fall from grace on a daily basis like an exhibit in a freak show. He is the first to reach the top of Topper’s House one New Year’s Eve and dangle his feet over the ledge, drunk out of his mind contemplating throwing himself over the top. He
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
didn’t feel sad, just stupid and very angry with himself. As a contrast, Maureen was a tragic case. She had been denied any decent opportunity of happiness being saddled with a severely handicapped boy, an unmarried mother and a Catholic. She had struggled for 19 years merely existing. “It’s the one single thing that makes you die inside and, eventually wants to make you die on the outside too. Maureen was waiting her turn once Martin had made up his mind what he was going to do! He gives her 20 minutes to make up her mind and they change places. How bizarre! Before anything happens a crazy, drugged nutter roared at them charging like a Red Indian making a war-whopping sound about to throw herself over the ledge. She was the most likely one to do it on a whim to see what it felt like! Very unpredictable. How crazy is that? Martin rugby tackles her, kneeling on her and getting Maureen to sit on her. The black humour soon emerges when Martin explains that Jess can’t kill herself because she is too young. 18 to be precise. How old do you have to be to do it? Not why are you doing it? No sooner had they disarmed Jess then the Topper’s 4 group became complete with the arrival of a pizza man called JJ. He was just checking the place out. Absurd. All four wanted to take the Vincent Van Gogh route out of this world. They do at least communicate and decide to go down to the real world for a while.
They keep in touch, reassess their unhappy lives and meet up periodically giving each other wellneeded time to sort out their lives or end them! The film has just been released in the UK and the reviews have been critical. “Fantastically unconvincing.” Pierce Brosnan plays Martin and Toni Collette plays Maureen. I look forwarding to watching the film soon then I can criticise it if I want to can’t I? Publisher: Penguin. ISBN: 0-140-28702-7 REVIEW it by Carol Naylor. www.carolnaylor.blogspot.com / www.carolesleynaylor.wordpress. com naylorcl@hotmail.es
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pause for thought How often I’ve heard the assertion that Satan finds work for idle hands to do! And how true I’ve found that to be throughout my life! For of course, if I believe in God, then necessarily I also believe in the Devil; not perhaps with horns and a tail, but certainly one who will to try to persuade me, often with very plausible arguments, to follow him rather than God. So, as the third of the recorded temptations faced by Jesus during his time of preparation in the wilderness, Satan promised him all the kingdoms of the World if only he would bow down and worship him. What a temptation that must have been! A quick, easy fix that must have seemed, avoiding the humiliation, the pain and the suffering he knew lay ahead. Acknowledge the supreme power of Satan, and the World would be his oyster! But such action he knew, however tempting, would spell failure for his mission to himself take on all the wrongdoings of all humanity and in his death and subsequent resurrection to expunge any penalty we might otherwise have incurred. And so he dismissed those thoughts with the words “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.’” And we, in our own way, so often face similar temptation. How much of the financial chaos of recent years was caused by people worshiping money, and the temptation to “Get rich quick at others’ expense”? How often do we find ourselves tempted to put self first, regardless of the hurt or damage that may cause another? So as the season of Lent passes through Holy Week to a celebration of Easter, rather than getting bogged down acknowledging our weaknesses, let’s remember with joy the message of the empty tomb, rejoicing that with the risen Lord we may be given strength to overcome even the most deadly of temptations. And in that spirit his words of “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil”, may take on a whole new meaning. Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard for any wishing to Worship, whilst additionally, further information about the Anglican Church in this area may be seen on the web site www. mojacarchurch.org Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com
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Fun Brain Teasers with Answers to Challenge your Mind 1. Who fronted the band ‘Culture Club’? ......................................................................................... 2. What does a bad workman always blame? ......................................................................................... 3. Which is more substantial, ‘Afternoon Tea’ or ‘High Tea’? ......................................................................................... 4. In medicine what do the initials E N T mean? ......................................................................................... 5. In which soap would you find a garage known as ‘The Arches’? ......................................................................................... 6. What is an ‘Alto Cumulus’? ......................................................................................... 7. In which European country would you find Tuscany? ......................................................................................... 8. Which is the busiest passenger ferry port in England? ......................................................................................... 9. What weapons are used in fencing? ......................................................................................... 10. What is the German word for ‘one’ (spelling must be correct)? ......................................................................................... 11. Which golfer Jack was nicknamed ‘The Golden Bear’? ......................................................................................... 12. In which Scottish City would you find Sauchiehall Street? ...................................................................................... 13. Which TV personality’s catchphrase is ‘Awright’? ......................................................................................... 14. Which musician was known as ‘Satchmo’? ......................................................................................... 15. Which royal was once married to Lord Snowden? ......................................................................................... 16. What do the initials MEP stand for? ......................................................................................... 17. In children’s television, what creature was Otis? ......................................................................................... 18. In which country would you find the pine scented wine ‘Retsina’? ......................................................................................... 19. What is Mozzarella? ......................................................................................... 20. In which country are Rhineland, Bavaria and Saxony? .........................................................................................
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• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. • All polar bears are left-handed. • George Washington is the only man whose birthday is a legal holiday in every state of the U.S as of a few years ago. • Cats’ urine glows under a black light. • For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen. • Dr. Seuss coined the word nerd in his 1950 book “If I Ran The Zoo.” • A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”. • Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House. • Greenland is the largest island in the world. • The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Libraries.
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logic puzzle
After a local Post Office burglary, five suspects were being interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements. Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other. From this information can you tell who committed the crime? Brian said: It wasn’t Charles. It was Alan Derek said: It was Charles. It wasn’t Alan Charles said: It was Brian. It wasn’t Eric Alan said: It was Eric. It wasn’t Brian Eric said: It was Derek . It was Alan
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Answer: Derek was the culprit. Looking at Brian’s statement if it was Charles, then Brian was lying in his first statement, which makes the second statement true. Which would mean that it was both Charles and Alan. So it can’t be Charles. Which means Derek was lying in his first statement, which makes the second statement true. Therefore it can’t be Alan. So Eric’s second statement must be false, meaning his first statement was true, therefore it was Derek.
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What can the British Ambassador to Spain and the Mohican-wearing, Spanish it-chef of the moment have in common?
Not much, it might appear, but Simon Manley (46) and David Muñoz (33) share several passions. Running, food and the United Kingdom are three of them, and the pair has just been filmed cooking the classic British dish of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding – with a distinctive, modern Spanish twist. In a new video on YouTube, David explains why he will soon be opening his first international restaurant in Britain. “I love it,” says David. “I lived in London for six years, and learnt almost everything there. London’s huge gastronomic diversity can be found nowhere else.” Simon Manley adds, “David’s decision to expand into the UK shows what a great place London is to start a new business or expand an existing one. What’s more, he’ll add even further to the incredible quality and variety of food which visitors to London can enjoy.” David recently received his third Michelin star, making him the youngest Spaniard to win the top Michelin ranking and the only holder of three stars in Madrid. His new restaurant, StreetXo London, will open this summer in Mayfair,
bringing with it the culinary style that has made a table at his tiny DiverXO restaurant among the most desirable and near unobtainable - in Spain. The video shows the two in Union Jack aprons producing a dish of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding in the Ambassador’s official Residence – with the addition of horseradish, papaya and a herb that grows beside Spanish rivers. One of the top Foreign Office priorities for its Ambassadors – such as Simon Manley in the British Embassy in Madrid - is to explain the benefits of investing in Britain, which is recognised as the easiest country in Europe in which to start a new business. David Muñoz will shortly be joining internationally renowned chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal, Jamie Oliver, Marco Pierre White and Raymond Blanc – to name but five based in Britain – to continue the ‘gastro revolution’ that is fast changing foreigners’ perceptions of British food. Meanwhile the ‘Britain is GREAT’ campaign, which has a special emphasis on food, is also helping more British suppliers to sell their products into overseas markets.
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MENU DEL dia
4 COURSES WITH WINE & COFFEE Monday to Saturday inclusive Lunch 1pm - 4pm
MENU DEL NOCHE 4 COURSES WITH WINE & COFFEE
20oz T-BONE STEAK, 16oz BEEF ENTRECOTE 12oz PORK TENDERLOIN, ROASTED LAMB SHANK & SHOULDER, ROASTED PORK KNUCKLE & MORE DINNER 7PM-10PM
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4 courses with bottle of ESTE wine per couple & coffee included: Roast Lamb Shoulder & Pork Knuckle, 16oz Entrecote, 20oz T-Bone, 12oz Pork Tenderloin, Roast Potatoes & Fresh Vegetables Freshly Baked Bread SERVED 1pm - 4pm vegetarian menu available
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Thursday 24th april
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Wednesday bingo 3pm
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Spanish teens ‘below world average’ in everyday problem-solving
SPANISH school pupils aged 15 have ‘poor’ problem-solving skills, with the average teenager unable to work a vacuum cleaner or buy a train ticket. Most were able to calculate the shortest route between two places on a map where the distance for each section was given in metres or kilometres and in minutes or hours, taking into account time of day, weather conditions and other factors, for three people who are setting off from different places. They were able to successfully buy the cheapest public transport ticket, but had problems when it came to buying multiple tickets for the same journey in the event of problems such as missing a connection or having to pay a surcharge. Also, many of them found it difficult to work an MP3 player, an automatic nonhand-held hoover, or the thermostat on an air-conditioning or heating unit. When asked to design a table plan for a birthday party with certain requisites about who should sit together and who should not, the average 15-year-old was confused. Concerning the automatic vacuum cleaner, students were asked to pinpoint the direction the apparatus would take if it encountered obstacles in its path, and answer a series of ‘true or false’ questions about adjusting the volume level and changing the song on an MP3 player. They also had to buy a train ticket on an automatic touch-screen machine, which included choosing between the
regional line or metro, the type of tariff, and whether or not the ticket was valid for one day or several. Also, the teenagers had to follow the instructions for an air-conditioning and heating unit, and show whether they knew how these affected temperature and humidity and how to vary the controls. The most recent PISA report, which evaluates students around the world in terms of their literacy, numeracy, science and problem-solving abilities, says Spain is below average with 28.5 per cent unable to deal with everyday challenges. In total, Spanish kids aged 15 earned 477 points, compared to the world average of 500 for countries which form part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), or the majority of first-world nations. In Europe, Finland obtained the best results at 523, but Asian countries fared better, with the best being Singapore at over 600 points. A total of 85,000 students aged 15 – equal numbers of boys and girls - in 44 countries were examined. The PISA report also found that 15year-olds in Spain were below average in numeracy, literacy and science. An earlier report this year across ages, mainly aimed at adults, found that the average Spanish graduate was lesseducated than a typical Japanese citizen who only had A-levels. Read more on: thinkspain.com
‘Pet poo police’ go undercover
DOG-OWNERS who let their fourlegged friends foul in public without picking it up face fines if they are caught by the town’s ‘pet detectives’. Undercover officers wearing hidden cameras will patrol the streets of Colmenar Viejo (Madrid region) and take live footage of dogs doing their business – and if the walker does not clear up the mess, they will be fined up to 750 euros based upon the evidence. Councillors say the clampdown on lazy dog-owners is ‘nothing to do with clawing back cash’ for public funds by increasing the number of fines it dishes out, but is in response to complaints by residents – including those who own dogs. They are particularly concerned about people who fail to pick up after their pets in or near children’s parks, since the parasites contained in dog-mess can cause infection or even blindness in humans. To cover their backs legally, the council has posted signs around town warning dog-walkers that they are being watched, and have already sent professional actors dressed as detectives into the streets to explain to residents what will happen. Some owners are ‘too lazy’ to clear up their dogs’ business, say local authorities, whilst others find it ‘disgusting’ and
prefer to leave it on the pavement. If they do, they could now find themselves several hundreds of euros worse off. Plain-clothes police and local volunteers among residents have been taken on to ‘spy’ on owners who do not clear up after their animals in some towns, and in the village of Brunete (Madrid) it was reported last year that members of the public would strike up conversation with people walking their dogs when they saw they did not clear up after them and, once they had managed to get the owners to reveal their pets’ names and breeds, arranged for the deposit to be parcelled up and posted to them, labelled ‘lost property’. The council even filmed the pet-owners signing for and opening the parcels to humiliate them still further. Only reoffenders were fined, but the council reported a 70-per-cent decrease in dog-fouling in its streets as a result of the campaign. In Oliva (Valencia), a resident-led campaign two years ago involved sticking small yellow flags in dog-mess seen on the streets and pavements to draw attention to them. Towns across Spain levy fines of up to 1,500 euros on owners who leave their dogs’ business behind them instead of scooping it up and throwing it away
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ROQUETAS DE MAR Punta Entinas-Sabinar Natural Area Southwest of the coastal resort Roquetas del Mar is a 15km-long strip of protected coastline, the Punta Entinas-Sabinar Natural Area and Reserve. Like Albufera de Adra Natural Reserve along the coast, this is a wildlife haven encircled by a sea of plastic from the intensive agriculture that surrounds it. Even in the height of summer the beach is often deserted and its isolation makes it an ideal spot for birdwatching. The 1,960ha natural area is made up of sand dunes, beach and the raised beach of Los Alcores, immediately north of Punta Entinas. The dunes are interspersed with a series of freshwater and saline lakes. Some of the latter lakes are abandoned salt pans, the CerrillosSalinas Viejas. Declared a special protected zonae for birds, more than 150 species have been recorded in this wetland part of the area, including waders, flamingos and the rare Audouin’s gull. To the west within the larger protected zone are 785ha in Punta Entinas that have been designated a natural reserve, which has a higher level of environmental protection. Access To get to Punta Sabinar you can either go to Roquetas and then take the road to Almerimar, passing the
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saltpans Cerrillos-Salinas Viejas before you get to Punta Sabinar. Or take the Almerimar turn-off from the A7 and then turn towards Las Norias. The AL9008 heads south from here to Punta Sabinar. There are two signposted trails within the area. To get to Punta Entinas, take the exit from the A7 for Almerimar. Head to the east of the village and then walk along the beach. There is no driveable track or road linking Punta Entinas and Punta Sabinar along the coast. The only way to reach both is to either drive inland or walk along the beach.
nOTICE bOARD Roquetas Bridge Club meets on Monday’s at 3pm. For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950349749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOTICE FORTHCOMING ‘POPPY APPEAL’ FUND RAISING EVENTS
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Tuesday 3rd June - 3pm Social meeting and Quiz. Thursday 12th June RBL Lunch at Bar Cardies for members and guests, Steak or Menu del Dia, time to be confirmed Tuesday 1st July - 3pm - Social meeting. Thursday 17th July Summer Recess’ meal at Maracay Restaurant Further details to follow. All monies raised at these events will go to the 2014 Poppy Appeal. New members are welcome to join the branch, so come along to any the social meetings, contact Jenny/Mike on 950328469 for further info. Meetings are held at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas De Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month (3pm).
TAPAS - SANDWICHES - SNACKS Always a Friendly Welcome Open Mon/Sat 10am Till Late Closed Sundays Tel: 642265776
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FTG Notice
The ‘Friday Tapas Group’ meet up at 1.00pm each week (Friday) and the venues over the next few weeks are as follows:
11th April - Bar Estampa, in the URB. 18th April - El Coto, opposite Hotel Golf Trinidad. 25th April - New York NY, Playa Serena. 2nd May - Bar Chaplin’s, C/Sierra Nevada. 9th May - Bar Estampa, in the URB. 16th May - The Boulevard, Paseo Beach Front 23rd May - Bar Manolo’s (ex-Antonio’s), opposite Hotel Playa Luna.
Anyone is welcome to join the happy bunch and have a laugh, exchange views and ideas. The more, the merrier and the bar owners enjoy it too!
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Don’t be depressed if you are not successful overnight; some humans are very slow learners, and have to be taught through progressive small steps and frequent repetition before mastering even a comparatively easy task. However, in the end, if you keep up their training, practice and hone your hypnotic skills, back them up with positive reinforcement, then eventually you will be successful. Take, for instance, my recent experience regarding my dinner. Jos had several pork bones, which she boiled up and stripped – apparently I can’t have the bones as they are because they are bad for me, she says. So I supervised the boiling and stripping (humans should always be supervised when preparing food to make sure that none gets wasted, and that any droppage is immediately cleaned up) and assured myself that the bowl containing
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the meat and stock was safely placed in the fridge. Next day she got the bowl out of the fridge, (under supervision, of course) to put half the contents into my dinner bowl for today’s dinner, saving the other half for tomorrow’s dinner. While she was doing that I was hypnotically staring and subliminally messaging for all I was worth. I was standing right behind her with my eyes boring a hole in her back and thinking DropthebowlDropthebowl DropthebowlDropthebowl as hard as I could when she did! I must confess that for a second I was so amazed at my own success that I simply stood there and stared at the mess of pork meat and jelly stock on the kitchen floor! However, I soon came to my senses, and cleaned up 2 days’ worth of dinner in one go. It was a push, but I managed it! Proof positive that hypnotism and subliminal messaging do work! Keep at it, my friends! By Lucero Rodriguez Biggs
A Broken Line and a Restored Memory The recent coverage of the re-opening of the storm damaged railway main line at Dawlish, triggered some fond memories of my childhood when we would spend two glorious weeks each summer in Exmouth. My Dad’s factory had its annual closedown in August – as did many businesses in those days – and we would travel down to stay with my Aunt and Uncle in Devon either by train or Royal Blue coach. For a young boy who had rarely travelled in a car, both modes of getting to our destination was a major adventure, but given the choice there would have been no question, with the train journey emerging as the clear winner. More than half a century later, I can still remember those sun filled days on the beach with absolute clarity, burying my Dad and making sand castles, and looking across the Exe estuary to watch with fascination as the Paddington to Penzance train made its way along the coast from Dawlish Warren westwards. And always with a long trail of smoke streaming out behind it – because those were the days of steam - and the sound of its whistle, faint but clear across the water as it made its way to Teignmouth and beyond. With modern high-speed trains, the romance has largely gone from this method of transport but even so, travelling through
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countryside that would normally remain hidden to the motorist, is still to me a pleasurable experience. It’s even more pleasant in Spain if you happen to be of a certain age, and are therefore qualified to purchase a railway Gold Card which entitles the holder to a substantial discount on all rail travel. For six euros a year, the holder can enjoy unlimited rail travel at 40% discount midweek and 25% at weekends. When planning a trip to Madrid and Toledo a couple of years ago therefore, we thought we would have some of this and treated ourselves to two first class tickets. I have to tell you, we will not be driving anywhere in this country from now on if it involves more than four hours in the car. Low cost, great comfort and meals and drinks included – it’s the only way to travel. But it’s a funny thing about the days of steam. Trains were noisy iron monsters wreathed in swirling smoke and steam, with the acrid smell of scorched grease pervading the air at railway stations. And yet the fascination with steam locomotives is something that leaves us dewy-eyed and reminiscing about curly edged buffet sandwiches and station hoardings advertising Skegness and Pears Soap. And I remember being enthralled by the photographs and stylized impressions of distant locations like Whitby, Blackpool and the Lake District that decorated the interior carriage walls. It was a thrilling experience for children and something to look forward to every summer holiday, and the dream of many a schoolboy was to be a train driver one day. Much later in my twenties, I made the return trip to my home town in Berkshire
from my new place of residence in Cornwall on several occasions, and the Paddington to Penzance Cornish Riviera Express had to be one of the most scenic railway journeys in the British Isles. Although my journey’s end in Cornwall was Liskeard, on one occasion I stayed on board till Penzance just to stretch out the experience. Actually I lie . . . I fell asleep and missed my stop. On one trip I found myself seated opposite an attractive middle-aged lady, who had boarded before me, possibly in Penzance or St Austell. She was obviously a professional person, because she seemed to be constantly attending to papers from a leather briefcase on the table between us. She looked very familiar, but try as I might I could not place her or remember where I had seen her. I was reading something typically Cornish at the time - a paperback copy of Frenchman’s Creek as it happened - but was conscious of the lady occasionally looking up and smiling sweetly, as if she also knew me. It was only as we were approaching Reading station that I felt I had to ask if we had met before. The lady laughed teasingly and gestured for me to hand her my book, and then turning to the inside back cover, pointed to the photograph. I had been sitting opposite Daphne du Maurier herself for the last three hours without knowing it. I was so utterly astounded, I left the London bound train without even thinking to ask her to autograph my book. How dumb was that I asked myself later. I subsequently learned that the famous authoress lived in Fowey, a charming small coastal town a few miles west of my own home in Looe.
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Hypnotism and Subliminal Messaging Owning humans is not easy – I should know, I own several! But owning them is only half the story; to get the best out of your humans you have to train them – a well-trained human is a delight to own, and will give you a lifetime of faithful service. I recommend that as soon as you have established ownership of your human you start training - it is essential from the outset that they know their place. Training is not always easy: Firstly; you must set your goal, and after that it takes persistence, perseverance, and above all, a very steady stare - humans can easily be hypnotised by a steady stare and subliminal messaging.
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The Submersible. The journey home.
After the amorous intervention of the giant squid, some believe his name was Sid, all believe he is a legend, the cargo of Remitroot was safely unloaded and sold. Standing on a lonely stretch of beach our erstwhile submariners had a problem. No one had thought about the return trip. Getting two septic tanks up a slimy and polluted waterway without been seen is one of those questions that at some time or other have vexed most people. Manuela suggested abandoning the craft and working their way overland back to Alqueria. This was not a popular idea as no one else had Manuela’s assets, besides the submersible was expensive and apart from the lustful attentions of the squid the plan had actually worked. A high level discussion followed. If there is one thing an Alquerian excels at, it is ingenuity and if that ingenuity can line one’s own pockets then it knows no bounds. Investing some of the revenue from the Remitroot sale the crew put their newly conceived plan into action. By searching the scrapyards of Almería they collected an array of miscellaneous metal-work and other junk which they welded, glued and tied to the septic tanks of the submersible. Their attempts to personify the submersible met with limited success. Something resembling a human
being did however emerge. Manuela’s contribution had to be scrapped it was grossly out of scale and in thoroughly bad taste. The septic tanks made the thing look pregnant but it did look reasonably human. Coming from Alqueria the term ‘reasonably human´ has a wide scope of course. There was no attempt to make sense of the creation. When they were happy the whole masterpiece was liberally covered in bronze paint. All that was now necessary was to send a message to the worthies of Alqueria. It simply stated that because of the volatility of the Euro against the Alquerian Raro and the situation in the Ukraine they had been paid in kind. A sculpture by the world renown Spanish artist Damiano Hirstado entitled Veracity. The crew could then pocket the proceeds from the Remitroot sale. The journey upstream along the Río Verde was untroubled, the Spanish authorities simply wanted the hideous piece of metalwork out of their territory as soon as feasibly possible. The arrival of the ‘sculpture’ in Alqueria however was met with universal applause. It was taken from the water and erected in the village square, it’s a pity they didn’t have a harbour-wall to put it on. Only Loco Paco reckoned the statue to be grotesque but then Paco’s sanity is in question after all.
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Leading Removal Company reports on strengthening housing market One of Spain’s top removal companies has reported that they experienced a resurgence in the Spanish housing market during 2013 and it looks like 2014 will be an even busier year. Mat Ford-Dunn, the Managing Director of ‘Advance Moves International Removals’ pointed to the fact that many property values in Spain have now fallen to a much more realistic level and this has definitely resulted in increased house sales. This has been noticed in all regions of Spain as Advance Moves operate their relocation services throughout the mainland. Advance Moves has its main warehouse in Murcia, Spain, with an additional warehouse in Kent in the UK and has had to purchase 5 new vans and trucks to cope with the increased demand over the past year. The UK housing market is also in a state of recovery and increased house sales have resulted in more people selling up and looking to buy in Spain. There are many factors that
tempt expats to Spain, not least the recent periods of turbulent weather, which many parts of the UK have suffered. On the flip side, for economic reasons many British Expats are now able to sell properties in Spain and Advance Moves are often the first choice when it comes to repatriating them back to the UK. Mat was also keen to point out that the increase in demand for their removal services was also down to the level of service and expertise that Advance moves offer to their clients and the fact that many clients had already seen the brightly liveried vehicles on the roads undertaking their removal services. Advance moves is also a member of the British Association of Removers and one of only a few companies that export wrap furniture to provide extra protection for international removals. ‘Our clients know that they are getting a more competitively priced, premium removal service, when compared to the rest of the market. The increased volume of removals enables Advance Moves to offer their clients a more regular and flexible timetable for their individual removal requirements’ Mat sees the trend continuing throughout 2014 with the housing market in the UK and Spain continuing to make steady process. Advance Moves are gearing up for another busy year.
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First, do not get rid of your instincts. There is no knowledge behind instinctual intelligence so “not thinking” is actually a good thing. In my profession, I only use “thinking” when I have to explain something to the human. With dogs, it’s all about instinct and energy. Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You can stop a dog fight by observing body language. This is what I do with aggressive cases – stop the bad dog behavior at the very instance you see it about to escalate. But if that’s not possible, during a dog fight, once there is one occurring, stay calm and observe who or which of the two dogs is at a higher level of intensity. That’s the dog I’m going to focus on. Then you need to step in to give that dog the right touch – this means the ribcage area. The reason is that this forces the dog to open his mouth and let go of his hold on the other dog during the dog fight.
It’s about timing too, so look for the right moment and then act quickly. You can use a loud, strong voice or grunt directly at him and pull back from the back of his neck and collar – not from the top, but from the back and pull up, otherwise he can interpret this as you getting into the fight as well, and this is when the dog can turn on the human and bite him because his level of intensity is so high, he doesn’t think “oh, that’s the human.” You’re just another dog in the fight and before you know it, the dog you’re trying to defend is coming after you. Whether it’s a big dog or little dog, the technique and method is the same. Do not scream repeatedly unless you are calling for help. Sometimes people are not going to help, so don’t expect that everyone will have your ability or good will. Most importantly, be quick, stay mindfully aware, emotionally in tune, and remain calm and assertive. Source: http://www.cesarsway.com/
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THIS WEEK’S DIARY... •T his evening Manchester United and Barcelona visit Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid respectively in the second legs of their last eight Champions League ties. • C helsea met Paris St German and Real Madrid took on Borussia Dortmund in their second leg encounters last night. •T here is also a full Championship programme with four of the top six all playing away. •T omorrow, the US Masters starts in Augusta and there are four 2nd leg quarter-final Europa League matches. •T his weekend, Wembley will stage both FA Cup semi-finals - ArsenalWigan (Saturday) and Hull-Sheffield United (Sunday). •A lso on Sunday, it’s the crunch game - Liverpool v Manchester City at Anfield. •3 0,000 runners will compete in the London Marathon... and the second MotoGP of 2014 takes place in Austin, Texas. ROUND-UP *A ll three top PL clubs won last weekend - Liverpool 2-1 at West Ham; Chelsea 3-0 v. Stoke 3-0 and Manchester City 4-1 v. Southampton 4-1. Everton beat Arsenal 3-0 and Manchester United belted Newcastle 4-0. *A t the other end of the table, there were vital wins for Crystal Palace at Cardiff, WBA at Norwich - who sacked manager Chris Hughton 24 hours later - and Fulham at Aston Villa. *L eicester City will play at Old Trafford, Anfield, Stamford Bridge and the Etihad next season after clinching promotion from the Championship. Burnley (second) will
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*W olves and Brentford are virtually guaranteed promotion from FL1, while leaders Scunthorpe are set to rise from FL2. *S econd tier Raith Rovers beat SFL2 champions Rangers 1-0 after extra-time in Scotland’s Ramsden Challenge Cup final. *B ayern Munich’s 53-match, 18month, unbeaten run was ended by Augsburg last Saturday and in La Liga, the top three all won, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid. *S ome 70,000 spectators saw Pineau De Re (ridden by Leighton Aspell and owned by a doctor) win the 167th Grand National. *B rilliant Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix. His Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was second and Sergio Perez third. This was the 900th F1 race. *G B’s tennis team lost to Italy in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. *T he 160th university boat race was won easily by Oxford after unlucky Cambridge had an oarsman fall out of his seat! *S tuart Pearce will take over as manager of his former club Nottingham Forest in May. * I n cricket, Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets in the men’s cricket 20/20 World Cup final while Australia comfortably defeated England (with 29 balls remaining) in the women’s final. *A nd Saracens are England’s sole represents in Rugby’s ‘last ever’ Heineken Cup semi-finals.
Sunday the 6th of April and our monthly medal saw another win for John Geaves. 1st Div 1) John Geaves 66. 2) John Wardley 67 3) David Hardy (Capt) 69 2nd Div 1) Chris Linforth 70 2) Bobbie Vindenes 73 3) Carol Hardy 74 Cortijo Grande GC welcomes everyone. To take part Tel 950 475 509
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On Sunday 23rd March, 7 rainbow students and 11 junior students of the Mojacar Ta e k w o n d o Club gathered at Indigo Gym in Mojacar to take their Spring Grading, which they had been preparing for the last 3 months. They fought their way to their next level by competing in numerous combat fights of 1, 2 and 3 opponents, presenting a number of Katas (each Kata having up to 36 different movements), a having a technical test in Korean. The panel of 3 judges: Mr Serge Dewree (President & Instructor), Mrs Jodie Dewree (Instructor), and Ms Laura Linschoten (Assistant Instructor) presented each student with their next well deserved belt, and two trophies to the best students for overall achievement in the last
3 months. They were: Miss Talia Vickery in the Rainbow Category, and to Mr. Nabil Ben Yacoub in the Junior Category. Congratulations to everyone who passed and now work hard towards your next exam at the end of June. For more information on the Club and class times visit: www.tkdspain. webs.com or Tel: 646 844 708. Mojacar Taekwondo Club is a member of the GTF (Global Taekwondo Federation) and is home to GTF Spanish National Squad.
Valle Del Este Golf Society April Fools Day And The Players Were Appalled At The Idea That They Must Walk In If They Lost The Yellow Ball They Were Playing With Whatever The Hole; Then They Were Reminded Of The Date. The Winning Team Dick Hull, David Ross, Sean Halligan And Bill Foster Scored 106 Points. Friday 4th Was April Medal Day, Played In Very High Winds On An Extremely Busy Course. 1st Tony
Dudley, 2nd Ray Harrison And 3rd Dick Hull. Longest Drive On The 7th Patrick Vickery, Nearest The Pins On The 6th Robin Hawkins And The 13th In 2 Lloyd Dean. Costa Coches Order Of Merit 2014 Leader Dick Hull Etiquette Tip Of The Week Slow Play; Remember To Keep Up With The Players In Front And If You Lose A Hole Call The Group Behind Through.
Badgers Golf Visit Marina Golf Wednesday 2nd April Badgers Golf Society made their first visit of the year to Marina Golf. On what was for the majority going to be a tough day to post a good score due to the winds, it was Peter Blakely who mastered the course and conditions to post a winning score of 42pts, 2nd place went to Alan Thomas with 33pts beating Andy Kaye into 3rd place on count back also with 33pts. Nearest the pins went to George Crichton, Rod Goff, Mark Newhall and Steve Lawrie.
Saturday’s competition at Macenas was won by Caton with 36pts , from Alan Thomas with 35pts and 3rd place going to Roger Whitehead with 34pts
Badgers Golf Society also plays every Wednesday at various courses in the area and every Saturday at Macenas for their weekly roll-up. Please book in at Badgers. Forth coming fixtures are :-) Wednesday 9th Macenas, Wednesday 16th Marina, Wednesday 23rd Macenas, Wednesday 30th Valle de Este Guests are welcome to join the society on both Wed and Sat comps and can book in either at Badgers Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or by phone on 950478525 / 6860388259. Fixtures can be found on www. badgersmojacar.com
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19th Hole Golf Society. Cucador. Thursday 3rd of April, a beautiful morning found the 19th Hole Golf Society queuing up behind the influx of Scandinavians to play this Individual Stableford competition at Valle del Este. The course is beginning to look better after several “haircutting” operations around the place and with a bit more tidying will look superb, but as many of our players found it is still a tricky course to master, especially as the wind freshened to almost “Good Lord” strength. As the afternoon drew on the wind played more and more part in bringing down even the most experienced players, clearly shown by the far from impressive 29 from Peter Easthope taking 1st place. Good to see Syd Walker in the results after his layoff and the welcome return from surgery of Dave Johnson. John Ball celebrated his forthcoming big birthday by supporting us all at the bottom of the result sheet but donated a couple of bottles of scotch as prizes for 4th and 5th places. Peter complimented his win by taking
the only recorded Two of the day on the 6th and claiming Nearest the Pin on the same hole and winning the Blind Draw Pairs with Ray Wicking. Brian (Dee) Lowden cleared up on the other two Nearest the Pins, 12th and 14th, , to at least make his disastrous day bearable.
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Results 1st Peter Easthope 29 points (8) 2nd Syd Walker 28 points (21) 3rd Terry Caddick 27 points (16) Twos;Peter Easthope 6th Nearest The Pins 6th Hole Peter Easthope 12th and 14th Brian Lowden The 19th hole G/S is now arranging weekly games at various courses in the area, our home course, which we play fortnightly, is Aguilon.
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with the Longest Drive being won by Tony Cook on the fifteenth and Trevor Nicholson made it a good day for himself adding to his second place in the main competition by winning the nearest the Pin in Two on Hole 12. There was one outstanding first round match in the Urcal Singles knockout competition being contested by Dave Edmonds and Keith Thompson with Dave beating Keith 5 & 3. The draw for the second round will be made at the next Committee meeting. In the end the rain stayed away, the sun came out and a really enjoyable day was had by all. Anyone wishing to join a small but extremely friendly golf society should ring our Captain Steve Dodd on 608238827. We play at a variety of courses in the area on alternative Saturdays with our next game being held at Valle del Este on the 12th April.
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On Saturday 29th March, Urcal made its first visit of the year to the Marina course in Mojacar. Playing a Pairs Coloured Ball Stableford competition, ten teams started out on a cloudy day with a threat of rain in air. With the object of keping the coloured ball in play as long as possible in order to score double points, most teams found it difficult to keep it past the half way stage. New members seemed to have a good day with three being part of the top two teams. First place went to new members John Alberts and Garry Falls with a very creditable 60 points, closely followed by Shirley Marriott partnered by another new member Trevor Nicholson one point behind with 59. Third place went to Barry Kilby partnered by Dick Gooding with 55 points. Nearest the Pin on the par three fifth hole went to Captain Steve Dodd
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USA fans snap up over 150,000 tickets for the World Cup Ecclestone says F1 will (and the Aussies have bought more than the English!) accept 2 new teams in 2015
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed there are likely to be two new teams on the grid from next season. In December motor sport’s world governing body, the FIA, announced it was seeking expressions of interest from potential new entrants. Gene Haas, one half of the successful Stewart-Haas Racing team that competes in NASCAR, has long been a favourite to be given a slot Another potential newcomer is StefanGP, run by former Hispania and Midland team principal Colin Kolles, and with bases in Serbia and Germany. Asked initially about Haas, Ecclestone said: ‘I think they have asked to be admitted.’ The 83-year-old then revealed: ‘They will be accepted, and we’ve also accepted another team as well, although whether they’ll make it or not is another story. ‘But we are happy to have another couple of teams. I’ve spoken to (FIA president) Jean Todt and we agreed yesterday. ‘Another two teams want to come in, we’ll let them in.’ The FIA was due to make a decision by the end of February but is yet to make any official announcement. It is understood the organisation is still conducting due diligence procedures before formally confirming either team will be running in 2015.
It’s no surprise that Brazilian fans have bought more tickets than any other nation for this summer’s World Cup but the second-biggest buyers might not be so obvious. The USA isn’t regarded as a hotbed of football fandom but supporters from across the pond have snapped up 154,412 tickets for the showpiece event. That’s more than three times the amount of any other country, with Australia (40,681) and England (38,043) trailing in third and fourth. Australia will enjoy a larger support base than the Three Lions, despite the Socceroos being drawn in a group of death alongside current champions Spain, Holland and Chile. Jurgen Klinsmann’s side also face a battle to get beyond the group stage in their seventh straight World Cup appearance, with games against Germany, Portugal and Ghana in Brazil. That hasn’t dampened the spirits of their fans though, with unprecedented numbers set to travel South America when the
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