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APSA charity news, Albox, Almeria

Wendy is the lucky winner of the husky dog at the APSA charity shop in Albox. She successfully chose Luke in the name the dog competition.

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Members of Eleanor and Gilly’s Monday Afternoon Line Dance Class celebrated their Fifth Birthday recently at Bar Jack’s in Albox. And the ladies of the class certainly put on a show as they dressed up in their best finery to celebrate.

The theme of the party this year was “ladies” and to that end, most of the class dressed as if it was “Ladies” Day at Ascot.

Throughout the afternoon, all the dances performed included the name of a lady within the title of the music used to dance to. For example “Second Hand Rose” and “Pretty Belinda”.

There was also an afternoon buffet tea based on a high tea theme, which included smoked salmon, cucumber sandwiches, and buttered scones.

The class members took part in a fashion parade and F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) President Adele Wrigglesworth and Vice Secretary Pauline Marshall were invited along to adjudicate as to whom they thought was the best dressed lady of the afternoon. It was a difficult decision to make! Finally three ladies were awarded prizes of wine and chocolates. They were Pat Perrin, Chris Parkinson and Nita Hooper.

In return for the judges hard work, the Line Dance Class presented them with 180€. The Line Dancers have always been stalwart supporters of F.A.C.E. and over the last five years have presented them with nearly 1,500€ The group has been based at Bar Jack’s for nearly all of the five years of its existence, after originally setting up in the now defunct Bar Rojo. When Bar Rojo closed, the Line Dance Class had the distinction of becoming the first ever group to use what was then the brand new function room.

The original idea was that Eleanor and Gilly would organise a weekly social afternoon, using Line Dancing as a base. The idea has been popular with people from the Albox and Arboleas area who find it difficult, or do not like to go out during the evening. It’s an afternoon of Line Dancing and other social events and is just the place to meet friends and make friends.

If you would like further F.A.C.E. President Adele Wrigglesworth, Class information on Eleanor and Gilly’s Organiser Gilly Elliott-Binns, Fashion Parade Line Dance Class, please contact Winners Nita Hooper, Pat Perrin, and Chris 950 439 003.

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British anger as Spain searches UK diplomatic bag at Gibraltar border

Spain accused of ‘serious infringement’ after opening bag belonging to a British diplomat travelling across the border

LEGAL CORNER WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR

If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com INHERITANCE TAX IN ANDALUCIA: THE 175,000 EURO: EXEMPTION FOR SPOUSE AND DESCENDENTS: If you are resident in Andalucía and have inherited less than 175,000 euro, you will pay no inheritance tax as long as you are a GROUP I heir (this is spouse, civil partners and all direct descendants including adopted children).

The exemption as you can see contains three conditions: 1. You must be resident in Andalucia: If you are non resident your exempt amount would only be 16,000 euro. (consult a professional regarding who is considered resident for the purpose of inheritance tax) 2. The heir must be in Group I. 3. The heir must not receive more than 175,000 euro. In Spain tax is applied to what each heir receives. As long as each heir in group I receives less than 175000 no tax will be due. This is an all or nothing exemption. If you inherit one euro more than 175000 euro then you do not qualify and pay on everything but the first 16,000 euro. (Which is the exempt amount for GROUP I heirs if you do not qualify for the above). (if you are close to the exemption rate consult a professional regarding exact valuation of the estate as he will be able to establish it using benchmarks and will need to fine tune the value adding 3% for chattels and deducting deductable expenses) Example: A married couple resident in Mojacar have a jointly owned property worth 700,000 euro and a joint bank account worth 50,000 euro. If the husband passes away the estate will be worth 375000 euro. (half of the value of the house and half of the money in the bank account) This is a simplified version of the reality, because this amount would in reality suffer certain adjustments before being used).

If the deceased husband had left his complete estate to his wife, then: As she is receiving over 375000 euro she does not qualify for the exemption and will need to pay tax on all but the first 16,000 euro: result her tax would be over 70000 euro.

If this couple had three children also resident in Mojacar and the husband had left his estate to his three children and wife in four equal shares, then no inheritance tax would have been paid al each heir would have been entitled to the exemption of 175000 euro.

Please also note an error in last weeks print. The Article stated that the brother had to pay 170,000 euros inheritance tax but this should have read 17,000 euros.

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

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Spain was accused of a “serious infringement” after Guardia Civil officers opened and searched a British government diplomatic bag being transported across the border from Gibraltar.

The breach of protocol is the latest in a series of provocative actions from Spanish authorities at the border and led to yet another complaint by the UK foreign office to its Spanish counterparts.

“This is a serious infringement of the principles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,” a spokesman from the FCO said.

“Protocol concerning official correspondence and the diplomatic bag is governed by the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. There are long-established and internationallyaccepted Articles concerning official correspondence and the diplomatic bag to which the FCO adheres. We expect other parties to the Convention, including EU and NATO allies, to do the same,” the FCO continued.

“We take very seriously any reported abuse of the protocol surrounding official correspondence and the diplomatic bag. We have asked the Spanish authorities to investigate what occurred and

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take action to ensure it does not happen again.

“As far as we are concerned there is no justification for this infringement of the UK’s rights under the Vienna Convention. Official correspondence and diplomatic bags are inviolable.”

Last week the Foreign Office summoned Spain’s Ambassador to London to make a formal complaint after a Spanish research vessel entered British Gibraltar Territorial waters and ignoring warnings from the Royal Navy, remained there for 20 hours.

The “illegal incursion” prompted calls for the Royal Navy to boost its presence to protector from “constant harassment” from Spain.

Fabian Picardo, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, also complained that Spanish authorities were now targeting pedestrians at the frontier, causing long delays for people crossing on foot.

“We are now seeing people, elderly people, young children, standing in the cold shivering whilst the Spanish authorities create unnecessary politically manufactured queues asking people to turn out the contents of their pockets.”

The summer was marked by lengthy traffic queues at the border as Spanish imposed stringent checks ostensibly aimed at preventing tobacco smuggling but widely seen as retaliation for Gibraltar’s creation of an artificial reef in its waters that put an end to illegal Spanish fishing.

By Fiona Govan, Madrid www.telegraph.co.uk

Gibraltar is the only place in Europe with monkeys. Nobody really knows how the Rock’s cheeky Barbary macaques made it there; some claim they were brought over by the Moors or the British, others that they somehow crossed over from the Atlas mountains in neighbouring Morocco.

Legend has it that if the apes ever leave the mountain, Gibraltar will cease to be British.

Gibraltarians earn on average €30,000 more a year than their Andalusian neighbours. The figure is €17,000 for Andalusians and €47,000 for Gibraltarians. According to the CIA World Factbook, Gibraltar also has a minute three percent unemployment rate compared to Spain’s mammoth 26.9 percent rate (Eurostat).

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Operación Cuenta Atrás successfully stops a vehicle scam in Almería.

The scam, in which mileage readings were falsified, was conducted by salesmen of used vehicles with over 300,000 kilometres on the clock, who acquired most of the vehicles at low prices at auctions.

These vehicles were less than 3 years old, so an ITV certificate was not required. In all it is estimated that as many as 1,000 people could have been affected by this scam.

24 people have been arrested for fraud, 42 bank accounts have been frozen, 27 vehicle outlets have been searched and 252 vehicles have been seized. teleprensa.es

The Junta discusses the possibility of financial aid for farmers affected by hail in El Ejido.

Jerónimo Pérez Parra, Secretario General de Agricultura y Alimentación de la Junta de Andalucía, accompanied by the Delegado Territorial de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente, José Manuel Ortiz, met with representatives from Unicaja and Cajamar to discuss the possibility of aid for those farmers whose greenhouses were destroyed or damaged by the recent hailstorm.

Final assessments have not yet been made, but at present the figure quoted for damaged property and crops is 70 hectares. teleprensa.es

The number of women helped by the Área de Igualdad of the Diputación has doubled.

In 2012 370 women sought services in this area; this year the figure has increased to 630.

These are the figures given by the Diputada Provincial de Igualdad, Elisa Fernández, during a press conference on the activities organised by the Institución Provincial to commemorate the 25th November, Día Internacional Contra la Violencia Hacia las Mujeres (International Day Against Violence Against Women).

This year in Spain 44 women have been victims, 10 in Andalucía. teleprensa.es

Lane closures in Almería

The works will affect E-15/A-7 motorways, A-92 and N-340a, and are for pavement reconstruction work.

Diversions or traffic control will be in force, and drivers are asked to take appropriate precautions. teleprensa.es

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However, the officers recognised the driver, and conducted investigations which led to the recovery of the stolen vehicles and the arrest of the perpetrators. teleprensa.es

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46 schools participate in the exhibition ‘Cuidemos la Costa’

The Junta de Andalucía attaches particular importance to the integration of environmental and educational issues in order to promote a commitment to a change in perspective, habits and behaviours aimed at finding a more just society which is concerned about the quality of their environment.

To facilitate this environmental perspective in schools, the Consejerías de Educación y de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía in 1990 launched the Programa de Educación Ambiental ALDEA (Environmental Education Program VILLAGE), encompassing various educational programs.

The program as a whole is held in thousands of schools across the province.

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Repairs to the Camino Río a Cacín

Due to damage caused by the torrential rains of last year, a stretch of road to Rio Cacín was badly impaired for vehicular traffic.

A request for two billion six hundred ninety-nine euros has been met, and the repairs can be completed. teleprensa.es

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It is a Complex Carbohydrate food.

Not all carbohydrates are equal as far as nutrition goes. Simple carbohydrates contain refined sugars that have no nutritional value and, generally, a high calorie count, such as sweetened desserts. On the other hand, complex carbohydrates provide your diet with nutritional fibre, vitamins and minerals from whole grains and starchy vegetables. The recommended daily allowance of carbohydrates is 130 grams for both men and women. One cup of cubed butternut squash contains more than 16 grams of complex carbohydrates.

It is Low-Fat and Cholesterol-Free One cup of butternut squash, cut into cubes, has less than 0.15 grams of total fat, making it a healthy choice for a low fat diet. The zero cholesterol in butternut squash can help lower your risk of stroke and heart attack. High cholesterol is a major factor in heart disease caused by diet. Not only is butternut squash heart-healthy, it is low in calories with 63calories in 1 cup.

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It is high in Beta-carotene and Vitamin C. The beta-carotene in butternut squash converts the pigments in the squash into vitamin A. It provides almost 750 micrograms of vitamin A to your diet, which is more than the recommended daily intake of 700 micrograms. Vitamin A is essential for healthy vision, immune system and skeletal system and may lower the risk of lung cancer, according to Harvard Medical School. One cup of butternut squash provides 30 milligrams of the 75 milligrams recommended daily allowance of vitamin C to your meals. Vitamin C helps prevent cataracts, helps

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wounds heal and strengthens blood vessels. Rich in Fibre. One cup of cubed butternut squash has almost 3 grams of fibre, which helps curb your appetite and regulates blood sugar levels.

Men and women require different amounts of fibre in their diets – men need about 38 grams daily, while women require about 25 grams. Beneficial fibre can also help lower your blood pressure and decrease stroke risk, according to the American Heart Association. Choosing your Squash. Select one that has no soft spots or splits in the rind and still has the stem. It should feel heavy, which means it is meaty inside. If it still has a green tinge on the skin, it is not quite ripe and won’t be as flavourful.

Cooking and Serving Ideas. You can fry, bake, boil, steam, saute, puree or microwave this versatile vegetable. Or make a soup, either on its own, or add a few herbs, some roughly chopped cooked bacon, some dried mushrooms, whatever you fancy! Add cubed butternut squash to vegetable stew, casseroles and slow-cooker recipes. You can also mash it with butter and brown sugar for a wholesome side to your main entree, or bake it with apples, cinnamon and pecans. Or make it into a butternut squash pie for a fibre-rich and nutritious dessert option.

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Dogs are Boring, Cats are Common?

If that is your attitude, then check out this list of Top 10 Peculiar Pets.

Perhaps you fancy a pet skunk, or maybe a cockroach? Believe it or not, there are many people who do call these unconventional creatures their pets.

In descending list order, here goes: 10. Capybara. Related to the guinea pig, this native South American is the largest rodent in the world. Fully grown, the capybara is on average 4 feet (1.2 meters) long and usually weighs more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms).

I think NO! 9. Stick Insect. Popular with children for years, because of its unique appearance and simple care needs. These intriguing insects abound in the Campo, and can live for several years in the right conditions. They need tall enclosures, at least double the height of the insect, because they like to hang. They are omnivores and thrive on a diet of anything green, even lettuce.

They don’t like being alone and need other stick insects for companionship.

Their enclosures should be kept at room temperature and cleaned out weekly.

They moult many times before they reach maturity and need enough room to literally climb out of their skin.

OK – you can have one, but you can’t take it for walks.

8. Miniature Donkey. Shrek and Fiona might have accepted a donkey into their family in the movie, “Shrek,” but wasn’t that just a fairy tale? Not necessarily. The American Pet Products Association reports that more than 3 million people in the United States own equine animals, including miniature donkeys.

Don’t let the name fool you: Miniature donkeys aren’t that small. They are about 3 feet tall (1.5 metres) and weigh between 200 and 350 pounds (90 and 158 kilograms) at maturity.

Only for you if your neighbour are stone deaf – a donkey’s bray carries for over 1 kilometre, and a miniature donkey does not have a miniature bray! Also, they love the sound of their own voice, and will bray constantly, just because they can!

7. Hedgehogs. Few and far between, these useful little garden helpers are best off in the garden.

If you encounter one in your garden, unless it is injured, leave it alone. Put out some cat food and a very shallow saucer of milk, if you are lucky it might stay.

6. Pygmy Goat.

Fine, if you have a fenced garden, and don’t mind them eating absolutely everything that is growing in it!

Though for entertainment value, they are top of the list!

It’s up to you, but think carefully!

TRUE OR FALSE

12 hour battle to free toy Villagers spent 12 hours trying to free a missing pregnant cat from a recycling bin - only to find it was a squeaky toy.

The cat had escaped as it was being taken to a new home in Moelfre, on Anglesey, by an animal charity worker.

Three days later, miaowing was heard from the clothes bin but rescuers were thwarted as the lock was broken.

After the fire brigade and RSPCA’s attempts also failed, the recycling bin was loaded on to a truck and driven to a specialist engineering firm 20 miles away.

There, steel saws were used to gain access and the miaowing prisoner was finally revealed.

Kelvin Owen, who owns the engineering firm, said: “Once we got into the bin we heard the miaowing - it sounded just like a cat and we all started to carefully search the bags.

“Then I found a bag of toys and picked out a toy. I said: “It couldn’t be this, could it?” As I held it it went “miaow, miaow”.

Mystery solved!”

Jasmine Hazlehurst, from animal charity Anglesey Pets, said: “I did feel embarrassed when they pulled out the stuffed cat.

“People were laughing, it was a priceless moment. I’m not that familiar with Disney toys but I’m told it is Marie from the Aristocats.

“She makes a miaowing sound that is very realistic when you touch her paw. My five-year-old daughter Naomi has been playing with her ever since.”

5 Potbellied Pig.

Great for turning the garden over. They can be housetrained, and are very intelligent, some say more so than a dog. However, they don’t retrieve sticks!

Are you sure? The cute tiny piglet is going to grow into a stonking great pig, and they are very heavy!

If you are certain, well, maybe?

4. Sugar Gliders. These are part of the possum family, and are quickly becoming one of America’s favourite peculiar pet species. They are native to Australia and get their name because of a special membrane that extends from the front leg to the hind leg, allowing them to glide from tree to tree. The average full-grown glider will weigh only about 3 ounces (85 grams) and reach around 7 inches (17 centimeters) in length.

I think NO 3 Wallaby.

If you can find one. But not really.

2. Skunk.

NO!

1. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

Absolutely Not! I know it doesn’t bite or sting, but no!

What about a nice Burmese water python instead?

They are very pretty.

If you are intent on having a peculiar pet, then go to Animal Planet for ideas, and care tips.

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MIRACLES...

After a spell in hospital I decided to take a daily walk around the estate in order to speed up my recovery and return to a certain degree of fitness.

On my return journey I would pause at the top of the hill and gaze over the valley a while – resting on the iron railings. I recalled all of my friends who used to stream down the road to work various shifts in the main aluminium factory.

Because of the conditions and the smoking habits only a few managed to enjoy the promise of a few years retirement.

TheVisi tation

I would look at every house and recall the names of men I had enjoyed a drink with remembering the days out at the race meeting. Even those I failed to get along with, looking back the quarrels and the arguments seemed to be rather trivial – I would include them in my brief prayer.

The average couple were content bringing up their children, caring for grandparents and attending to the needs of the home. The car played a dominant role and a good hose down and hand wash was given priority at the weekend. Only a small minority attended church at the weekend or had any interest in the spiritual side of life.

In my idle moments I often wondered why do miracles occur usually in caves or grottos – and what would happen if one should, out of the blue – against all odds take place on a drab housing estate?

Having met someone, a very down to earth person who was privileged to witness a miracle – an event which turned science on it’s head and defied reason, I got to thinking…What would the reaction be if an angel appeared to a working mother with a message… in the middle of doing the washing up? ...and so the poem ‘The Visitation’ came to be...

Halfway through the dishes, Anne glanced towards the door, The plates slipped between her fingers, And shattered on the floor.

Gazing down with a gentle smile, The object of her fright, By the cooker a Angel stood, Bathed in radiant light.

Fear not, peace be with you, Though the visitation strange, It’s usually a cave or grotto, But they opted for a change.

We need to reach down to the lowly, And listen to their plight, What better then to build a shrine, And bring them to the light.

So heaven chose a working venue, A bleak place in the map, A working mum in a simple home,

In a fourth-floor storey flat.

“But no one will believe me!

They will say that I am mad !”

Anne gazed at the radiant light, The angel’s face was sad.

Blessed are they who have not seen, Beneath this humble roof, You will see a wondrous sign, Behold I leave you proof.

The tiny fragments on the floor, This miracle relate, This broken piece of porcelain, Is now a perfect plate.

Go in faith and spread the word, Blessings in his name, The ghostly image turned into Tongues of golden flame.

Anne awoke as from a dream,

Confused and at a loss, For etched perfectly into the plate, Was a simple little cross.

The vicar said it was the season, There’s a lot about of late, But they don’t usually go for kitchens, Or a trade mark on a plate.

A warning letter from the council, Quoted rules and regulations, Regarding pets, drugs, excessive noise, And dubious visitations.

Perhaps announcing at bingo, “I’m the millennium Bernadette” But all she said was “One again!”

How closer can you get.

The official line was very clear, Publicity involving the Pope, With pilgrims creating chaos, And car parks unable to cope.

Anne tried to tell the children, An angel came to town, Then gave a shush, said “Dads asleep, And turn the telly down”.

The experiment doomed to failure, Hardly the place or time, Four flights of stairs, a wonky lift, Not appropriate for a shrine.

Her husband blamed the change of life, And confided to his mate, She’s stuck two lighted candles, In the kitchen by the plate.

Now Nanny’s plate holds special place, So many years ago, And a tiny cross the vital proof, That an angel said “Hello“.

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Wonderful Warming Ideas For Your Home This Winter

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Add candlelight…

Supplement overhead lighting and tabletop lamps wi t h soft, flickering candlelight to create a relaxed, soothing atmosphere. Group candles and hurricane lamps together on a mantelpiece or side table and choose richly coloured glass containers to add an even warmer glow

Use rich colour…

Deep aubergine on the walls turns a ‘cold’ bedroom into a warm and welcoming place. Good lighting i s essential wi t h a rich palette. Try a mixture of lamps and overhead lighting to alter the mood easily.

Release soothing scents…

Create a warm welcome wi t h orange and geranium scented candles. Burning the candle for just half an hour will fill your room wi t h a wonderful fragrance, while the flickering light makes a room feel snug. Try cinnamon and cedar too, for warming winter scents.

Lay feel-good flooring…

A quality carpet or rug can transform a living room from cold and drab to wonderfully light and also snug. Pale colours are great if you want to make a room feel bigger and will tone wi t h almost any colour scheme. Choose a design that i s Scotchgarded so i t stays looking good for longer.

Warm up your ki tchen…

Adding a bold splash of colour to a ki tchen i s the easiest way to make i t beautiful rather than just functional. A run of richly coloured handmade tiles behind the work surface creates a stunning and practical feature. Aubergine looks great wi t h a wood or cream Shaker style ki tchen, but if you have whi te uni ts you could try a rich red or orange for a more contemporary look.

Buy colourful upholstery…

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The Church of Santa Maria is a fortified church that was constructed in 1560 at the Plaza de Parterre by the Maestro Sebastian Segura. It was fortified because it was meant to be a refuge of the townspeople from attacks of pirates and Turkish corsairs. The walls measure more than one meter thick and on the façade there are many potted plants. The ground plan is rectangular and there is a bell tower on one side of the church, and the tower has a clock on its façade. Above the door there is a glass window. The inside of the church is painted white and there is a baptismal font beside the altar. Behind the altar is a beautiful modern fresco of Christ Rises. The church was declared in 1985 as a Site of Cultural Interest by the government.

There is a small plaza in front of the church and there is a white marble statue called La Mujer Mohaquera, and this portrays a woman with a veil covering part of her face, dressed in a typical costume, and carrying a large jug of water on her head. The statue was made on Aug. 26, 1989. The statue also is a symbol of the town.

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Dogs are being hung, strangled, starved, flung down wells, abandoned and abused. Puppies are being thrown away with the rubbish. Not in a caring, civilised society you might think, but this is Spain today! Some of the dogs being brought to LA MOJONERA PROTECTORA DE ANIMALES DE ROQUETAS DE MAR by the social police have suffered abuses and mistreatment. Their trauma and experiences are still vivid in their minds. They react with fear when faced with certain situations, when they recall bad memories. BRAD PITT is a case in point. He is a very handsome Podenco mix and came to the shelter with the marks of a string round his neck. Probably somebody tried to strangle him or they may have merely tied him up with string and left him alone to try and free himself. We witnessed a dog tied up on waste ground behind our house with string round his neck the other day but he did have a bowl of water. He was a beautiful black and white bull terrier and must have belonged to somebody close by. We kept an eye on him and made sure he was taken care of; otherwise we would have attended to him. He was taken away and we can only imagine he must have been in the way in the house at the time! He should surely have been a part of the family at all times. The problem with taking every dog off the streets is that many of them are owned by Spanish families that have chucked them out in the morning for them to fend for themselves until they take them in again at nights.

Very often also, they are not chipped, so to take them too soon may deprive them of their home, however unsavoury it may be.

lay down on the floor and would not move.

Finally, a professional trainer took over and gently put his hands under BRAD’s body and carefully lifted him up to a standing position. Then, always with gentle movements, he got him to walk with the leash. BRAD is now at a foster home and has lost a great deal of his fear. The Saturday morning volunteers dedicate a lot of their time to socialising dogs like BRAD. This is very important, to give the dogs a real chance of getting adopted as it is difficult to get a home for a traumatised dog.

We must tell you of an extraordinary case of dog-napping.

Nina, a caring English lady in Roquetas recently picked up an elderly dog with a red collar and took it to ALGAIDA, a local vet. He confirmed that the dog had no microchip, so the dog was taken to the local police. He was taken next day to the local shelter where they thought he was around twelve years old. A few days later the good news was that the owners of the dog who lived in Almerimar had claimed the dog and were overwhelmed to get him back. They said he was actually fourteen years old. It transpired that the dog was seen being abandoned by a young woman, who let him off his lead, and then ran off. As the dog had been in an enclosed garden in Almerimar it can only be assumed that he had been stolen from the garden and dumped in Roquetas. How incredibly cruel!

If you would like to help the shelter in any small way, Geoff at geoffalmeria@hotmail.com would be delighted to hear from you.

The horrible practice of hanging and strangling Galgos and Podencos in particular, is quite common among hunters who dispose of the dogs that are no longer any use to them at the end of the hunting season. Throwing these dogs down wells is not uncommon either.

It took months for the volunteers at the shelter to get a leash round BRAD PITT’s neck, but then he

Wealth Management In The 21st Century The tax planning, investment and general wealth management landscape has changed considerably since the start of the 21st century.

Savings interest rates are at historic lows. Inflation constantly erodes the value of capital and income. We have had the economic crisis and banking crisis. There is a loss of trust in banks. Higher taxes are being imposed.

All this has brought renewed emphasis on wealth preservation, and an increasing understanding of the need for diversification within your portfolio and tax efficient investment structures. Many today are concerned with maintaining the value of their money over the long term.

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they are imposing higher taxes on income and gains. Spain is no exception. Wealthy families are subject to inheritance/ succession taxes and wealth tax.

What matters are after-tax returns, so your wealth management strategies require both investment expertise and tax expertise.

At the same time, tax authorities are closing many exemptions and tax planning arrangements, attacking offshore tax havens and demanding higher levels of disclosure. Banking secrecy is fast being consigned to history. Today there is unprecedented political support for automatic exchange of information. Governments will receive much more information on income and assets held overseas. This will significantly help them trace tax evasion and recoup unpaid tax and

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Jamie’s mulled wine

This is dead simple to make and tastes like Christmas in a glass. It’s a lovely celebration of those traditional festive spices like cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. If you’ve got your own favourite spices, then feel free to add those to the pot too. Let everything cook away and warm up gently so the flavours have time to mingle with the wine. I like to leave my mulled wine ticking over on a really low heat and just ladle some into glasses as and when guests pop in.

Ingredients:

Serves 10 • 2 clementines • 1 lemon 20mins • 1 lime • 200 g caster sugar Super easy • 6 whole cloves • 1 stick cinnamon • 3 fresh bay leaves • 1 whole nutmeg, for grating • 1 vanilla pod, halved lengthways • 2 star anise • 2 bottles Chianti or other Italian red wine

Nutritional Information Amount per serving:

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“ Come the festive season, there’s nothing better than a spiced, warming glass of this mulled wine”

• Calories 186 9% • Carbs 20.6g 9% • Sugar 20.2g 22% • Fat 0.2g 0% • Saturates 0.0g 0% • Protein 0.5g 1%

Method Peel large sections of peel from your clementines, lemon and lime using a speed peeler. Put the sugar in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the pieces of peel and squeeze in the clementine juice. Add the cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and about 10 to 12 gratings of nutmeg. Throw in your halved vanilla pod and stir in just enough red wine to cover the sugar.

Let this simmer until the sugar has completely dissolved into the red wine and then bring to the boil. Keep on a rolling boil for about 4 to 5 minutes, or until you’ve got a beautiful thick syrup. The reason I’m doing this first is to create a wonderful flavour base by really getting the sugar and spices to infuse and blend well with the wine. It’s important to do make a syrup base first because it needs to be quite hot, and if you do this with both bottles of wine in there you’ll burn off the alcohol.

When your syrup is ready, turn the heat down to low and add your star anise and the rest of the wine. Gently heat the wine and after around 5 minutes, when it’s warm and delicious, ladle it into glasses and serve.

Recipe and photo Sourced from Jamieoliver.com

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Across

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

4 Ganges initially follows country without delta changing direction (7)

5 (Supernatural) life (6)

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7 Bird has no gripe changing right away (6)

11 Give away that woman, preferably (6) 12 Half of students: “I love an apartment” (6)

15 Act of a number, in before church (8) 17 Exposed meat in the grass (8) 18 Let Dante become gifted (8)

13 Finding no start to table-topping 19 Decline of French smell (7) 21 Born as a citizen - innocent, without a hint of tainting (6) (8) 14 Disease has head of department transfixed (7)

22 Get a bit on order (6) 24 Pedestrian conflict, like I lost internally (6)

16 Clergymen - annoying things, without right ideology at first (7) 20 In French, five run away to gasbag (8) 23 Wild wolves’ sounds of 27 A loose highnecked blouse (9) 28 Late afternoon to dusk (8) 29 Frankfurter (6) Down 1 Formerly rhodesia (8) 2 A mathematical curve (8) 3 Run away to marry (5) 5 A very large cactus (7) 6 Bore witness (9) 7 Illicit relationship (6) 8 Gestures of

indifference (6) 9 Vinyl or aluminum, for example (6) 15 Demanding attention (9) 17 Qualified by right or law (8) 18 Fleeing (8) 20 Angered (7) 21 Nocturnal ungulates of southeast asia (6) 22 Save from harm (6) 23 Boulevard (6) 25 Hindu for “mister” (5)

speech (6) 25 The Somerset village way (6) 26 Grovelling stick, natural on the inside (8) 27 Kicking-out of novice, it might be (8) 28 Team from the Spanish level (6) Down 1 Bell to forge gold (8) 2 Member to object to fable (6) 3 Reportedly watch playwright at the place near the ocean (8)

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Across 1 Clothes fastener (6) 4 Receptacles for cigarette ash (8) 10 Imitating (9) 11 Less dangerous (5) 12 Stroll (5) 13 Visualizing (9) 14 Going on foot (7) 16 Death notice (4) 19 Nature of being (4) 21 News (7) 24 Listen in (9) 25 A monetary unit of oman (5) 26 A ballroom line dance (5)

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Directions: In microwave-safe 1-quart bowl, combine barley, bulgur, oats, and water. Microwave on High 2 minutes. Stir in raisins and cinnamon; microwave 3 minutes longer.

Stir, then top with walnuts. Serve with milk if you like.

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Doors open 7:30

Solid Gold Sixties with Tom Lee

Tuesdays and Sundays Open from 11-7 pm in La Alfoquia Wednesday - Saturday Open 11am until close Closed Mondays Tapas available is a Charity Night with Kris Kelly for “The Doghouse” in Huercal Overa Tickets are 8€ each with 2.50€ going to the Charity and Meal choice of Roast Chicken or Lomo with Chips and side Salad or Sausage, Mash & Peas to be pre-ordered upon receipt of ticket.

el Cucador

Chilli Night

Tuesday Special Chicken Curry & Rice Cod Fillet & Chips

5.00€ 5.00€

Wednesday Supper Chicken, Chips & Salad Lomo, Chips & Peas

5.50€

LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL

FRIDAYS Beer battered

cod & Chips Atlantic Fillet of Cod Homemade Chips & Peas from

5.95€ in the Bar

Thursday Pie Night Homemade Pies, Chips & Peas

SERVED 6-9PM

5.50€

12.30pm – 9pm

lite bite snacks

open every day 12pm - late

lunch 12pm - 3.30PM specials, burgers, wraps Dec 2nd - 23rd

Christmas Three Course Lunchtime Menu Now Available to be Pre-booked weekdays only

Tel: 950 634 562

lavidacucador@gmail.com

We are here

Albox Arboleas 1km

Zurgena La Alfoquia

Mojacar

E15

La Vida

Cucador Junc 547

Huercal Overa

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Almerimar Marine Services S.c .

Complete Marine Services

Permanent Hair removal with IPL Equipment.

Small areas (half arms, half legs, underarms, face, crotch) 30€ Large areas (full arms, full legs, back, chest, abdomen) 60€ Special Offer – Full legs, crotch, underarms – 100€

Slimming treatment with cavitation and pressotherapy from 30€

Boat Painting,antifouling & Sandblasting Osmosis treatment centre & fibre glass repairs Engineering , Refrigeration & Rigging www.almerimarmarine.com

info@almerimarmarine.com

Tel 617236563 /619992520

Hours Mon / Fri 8am—3 pm

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOTICE FORTHCOMING ‘POPPY APPEAL’ FUND RAISING EVENTS ROQUETAS DE MAR BRANCH 3569

All kinds of beauty treatments including skin rejuvenation, wrinkle removal and pigmentation with IPL and RF equipment.

All traditional aesthetic treatments.

For men and women Professional Esthetic C/Villajoyosa1, 04740 Roquetas De Mar Tel/Fax: 950326453 Mobile: 637089477 E-mail: casellia@hotmail.com

SPECIAL MENU FOR Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day BOOKINGS NOW BEING TAKEN

Typical French Cuisine Special Menus Fresh Fish of the Day Taste our French Wines

Menu Of the day 7.50€ Find us on Facebook Open 12 noon - 17.00, 19.30 to close Telephone 651 481 190 Email: mikaela_cretu@yahoo.com

Avenida playa Serena 24, Roquetas de mar urbanisation, near the playa sol hotel

Tuesday 3rd December - 3.00pm - Branch meeting at THE LODGE. Monday 30th December - RBL Poppy Appeal Greyhound Racing Sporting afternoon at Bar Chaplin’s 2.00pm - The final event of the 2013 POPPY fund raising programme.

Further details can be obtained from Barry on 605 313 590.

Happy New Year to all RBL members, Guests, Helpers & Readers!

Tuesday 7th January 2014 - 3.00pm - Branch meeting at THE LODGE

New members are most welcome to join the branch, so please contact the Chairman on 950328469 or any member of the Committee for further membership details. Branch meetings are held at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas De Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month, at 3.00pm.

Burty’s BAR Playa Serena, roquetas de mar

Mon - thu 11am - close and sat 1pm - close (come and watch x-factor!) Sun 11am - 5pm Closed friday

rrace e t y n n u s e g u h un! s r e t n i w h t i w

free

Monday to thursday & Saturday

Steaks, Pies, Chicken, Duck Breast, Spicy Curry Ribs & much more Please pre book by 6 pm the previous day

Snacks & Meals available all day from €2.50 Wednesday bingo 3pm

every thursday - quiz 2.15pm prompt

Tapas

served from 1 pm

Christmas Carol Service 11.30am thursday 19th December

Followed by Christmas buffet and mulled wine - 10€ per person includes entrance to xmas quiz booking essential ( 5€ deposit per person )

sunday roast served from 1.30pm every week 5.95€ beef, chicken or lamb Booking advisable

Opposite Playa Luna Hotel between Oasis & Mar y Sol. Tel: 679 156 715

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SEND your birthdays, and events TO: EDITOR@SOLTIMES.COM and WE’LL PRINT THEM

ROQUETAS DE MAR Bar Southern.......................................

Every Thursday Bingo 3pm 1st Friday of Month: Ladies Do Lunch 3pm - booking advisable Burtys Bar.............................................

Wednesday Bingo 3pm Thursdays - Quiz 2:15pm Bar cARDIES..........................................

Monday Night: Buy One Get One Half Price On Selected Meals, Served 5pm-8pm Tuesday: Bingo At 3pm Wednesday: Fillet Steak, Home Made Chips, Salad €8 Served From 6pm-9pm; Fun Quiz At 9pm Thursday: Closed Friday: Cod in Homemade Beer Batter, Homemade Chips, Peas, Bread & Butter €5 - The Best Cod And Chips In Town!

Saturday: Onion Bhajees, Curry With Rice Or Chips, Naan Bread, Glass Of Wine €7.50. Served 6-9pm Sunday: Sunday Lunch, One Course From €4.50, Three Course From €8 - Booking Advisable All Sports And Soaps Shown On 4 Televisions...

Chaplins pub........................................

Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday from 1pm.

1pm til’ Late Saturday & Sunday TEL: 950 335 022 Wednesday: Rib Night Friday: Chip Shop Day - Fish’n’Chips etc, Quiz Night Saturday Night - Buy One Get One Free on ALL MEALS plus 1€ Drinks!

ALL LIVE FOOTBALL SHOWN! CHIQUIMIQUI............................................

The best Christmas decorations in town. lady lay...................................................

Tuesday Night - Curry Night Wednesday - Quiz Every Other Wednesday Saturday - Super Saturday Special / From 30th Nov - Alternate Saturdays - Quiz 9.30pm Sunday - Sunday Lunch from only 3.50€ New Years Eve - Bookings Being Taken Tel: Lesley 661 165 540 NEW YORK, NEW YORK...........................

Friday - Fish’n’Chips Sunday - Carvery 12 noon-5pm WACKY WEDNESDAY! Closing 19th November. Re-opens 2nd December in new premises.

Revita Natural Health and Relaxation centre...............................

Calle Tortola 4, Roquetas De Mar Tel 950 333 048 Tai Chi - Tuesday & Thursday 10am Y Da wakes............................................

SKY SPORTS Closed until Saturday 7th December when it will relocate to new premises.

Monday 8:30pm Bingo Roquetas Bridge Club....................... meets on Monday’s at 3pm. For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950349749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344

Thank you

FREE OF CHARGE!

a very big thank you to all the royal british legion members and local friends who signed the beautiful card and contributed to the voucher when we stepped down as Chairman and Treasurer this week. We are not going anywhere and neither is TRBL in Roquetas de Mar. We will continue to meet monthly, it will simply be a little more relaxed...on our part at least!! mike and Jenny Hickman

Bar Cardies On the sea front next to Popeye’s Bar

Tel: 950 179 272

MONDAY NIGHT: BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE ON SELECTED MEALS TUESDAY: BINGO AT 3PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT: FILLET STEAK, FUN QUIZ AT 9PM THURSDAY: CLOSED FRIDAY: FISH & CHIPS SATURDAY: CURRY NIGHT SUNDAY: SUNDAY LUNCH Sports & Soaps shown on 4 TVs (including 3pm football kick-offs)

Congratulations

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:

Taylor Mercedes on doing fab in your exams.

All our love Mom and Nan xxx

estampa Tapas

Ta

ny outdoor n u s s u io c a Sp ating 24 e s e c a r r e t SKY TV

sky sports shown here

29th November - Bar Estampa 6th December - Mar y Sol (next to Burty’s Bar) 13th December - La Alpujarra (if open & opposite Hotel Golf Trinidad).

20th December - The WOK, in town near Gran Plaza (2.00pm & not 1.00pm as usual).

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!

Bar

Tapas/Snacks English Breakfast Fish & Chips Coffees & Cakes Cocktails/Sangria

Open 10am - late (Closed Tuesday) FREE WI-FI Next door to Zurimar 678 202 160

Cristina - Erika Diez Mentzel ABOGADA - LAWYER Conveyance - Litigation Inheritance - Divorce Wills - Mortagage Matters Non Resident Taxes

But still ON OUR HOLS! m-9pm open Saturday 1p -8pm for and Sunday 2pm hours Football. Normal ber. resume 5th Decem

C/ Pombal, 11 - Las Marinas 04740 ROQUETAS DE MAR, (ALMERIA)

Tel: 950 33 68 61 Fax: 950 33 68 62 email: cristina@diez-mentzelabogados.com www.diez-mentzelabogados.com image:www.worldtravelguide.net

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Property management Sales & Rentals Roquetas de Mar, Aguadulce Almerimar, Vicar, La Envia Golf

Services include Key Holding, Maintenance, Furniture Packs, Cleaning & Laundry, Apartment & Post-box Checks

Mobile: (0034) 663 426 921

info@enviapropertyservices.com

www.enviapropertyservices.com

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FOR SALE advertise all your unwanted items for sale in this section

any single item up to 300€ free of charge

email: sales@soltimes.com

Two Large Seated Sofas was £3000 new only 8 month old, brown and beige suede and material 500€ Aguadulce Tel:672 578 496 garage sale

on sun 1st Dec 10.30am - 4.30pm 35 calle la via, el prado, arboleas in between Sola & Los Calares post box

ink cartridges refills or buy a compatable at great prices. We love to save you money. ICS shop inside liberty seguros insurance, Calle malaga (next to puppy rescue) or call 609 199 394 table lamp large. 15€ tel: 672 578 496 head board metal. 20€ tel: 672 578 496 s i n g l e .as mattress new. cost 160€.50€ tel: 672 578 496 pioneer car cd player. pop off front.

50€. tel: 672 578 496 three glass coffee table. 20€. tel: 672 578 496 large canvas pictures. 20€ each. tel: 672 578 496 vases with large flower display. 10€. tel: 672 578 496 large fan. 20€. tel: 672 578 496 bathroom unit brown with sink and tap. 40€ tel: 672 578 496 mobile air con unit as new. 80€. tel: 672 578 496 epson printer/ scanner with 4 inks. 30€. tel: 672 578 496 co m pute r desk. 15€. tel: 672 578 496 C o n t r a Electric water heater, large 100 litres, with remote control and selectable 1000/2000 or 3000W fast heat settings VGC 250€ Tel: 950 699 975 Large Walnut Dining Table with 4 Chairs, 60€. Large coffee table with

4 glass insets 35€ Smaller side table with glass inserts 20€, Patio Table with 4 chairs, plus parasol 30€ Tel: 634 366 987 Therapists Tr e atm e nt Table Flat, No Face Hole. Suitable for Reiki etc. VGC. 70€ ono. Tel: 950 064 404 / 627 296 204.

Partaloa Artisits Studio Easel, Daler Rowney, As New. 25€. Artisits Table Top Easel, Windsor Newton, brand new, still in box. 10€ Tel: 950 064 404 / 627 296 204. Partaloa TV Stand Black, glass chrome legs.

W114cm, H50cm, D45cm. 3 shelves, as new 65€ Tel: 950 064 166 / 617 016 629 Rocking Chair, Light Brown Frame, Rattan Back & Seat.

VGC 65€ Tel: 950 064 166 / 617 016 629 ROCO White Bidet with taps and lid. Never Used. 25€ Tel: 950 064 166 / 617 016 629 Corner Entry Shower Screen 85x85cm Offers Tel: 950 064 166 / 617 016 629 SAMSUNG f r i d g e / freezer. ex con.

1year old 200€ tel: 950 064 778 / 634 337 185 DeLonghi MW 500 Microwave oven and grill. As new, used four times. 40€. Tel: 667 284 949 VISCOELASTICO GALAXY DUPEN memory foam mattress. excellent condition size 190 x 150 king. cost over €500 will accept €80 tel: 950 068 109 / 617 711 872 Toshiba Satellite L300 laptop, Windows Vista, Celeron 1.66ghz, 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard drive, DVDwriter drive, 15” screen, pre-installed Office 2007 and Adobe Acrobat X Pro. Black carry case and charger included. 115€. Tel:

617 138 880 (Vera) Shower base (Ceramic), mixer/ shower complete with sliding shower screen.65€, White aluminium window frame complete incl. shutter, mosquito blind. Size 1.20m x 1.35m.80€ Reja and marble sill for above window. 45€ Tel: 950 439 234 / 634 368 461 (Arboleas) 2 draw wooden shoe cabinet 10€ono, set of game of carpet bowls with instructions 10€, 2 black sanyo speakers 8€, blue adult walker on 2 wheels with seat 10€, car cover 8€, projector screen 7€ tel: 678 101 471 (mojacar area) Two solid fibreglass Seaswell 2.4M beach/boat fishing rods, both with canvas rod bags good condition 15€ Tel: 653 714 767 Artists Lap Easel 50 x 45 cms, with handle and adjustable click hinge with bean filled under cushion and water reservoir, ideal for sketching indoors or out, unused. 25€ Tel: 634 890 963 Vintage Mexican antique pine wine rack, holds 21 bottles plus wine glass rack 150€ Tel: 634 890 963 X Trainer BH Fitness Pacific with electronics heart and BP monitor etc. excellent condition 250€ Tel: 634 890 963 Quality Art Materials, acrylic paint from € 3.00 per tube, brushes from €2.00, plus all accessories Tel: 653 714 767 Car roof rack, fits old model BMW with sloping headlights 15€ Tel: 642 786 205= Bike racks for car roof, two from Halfords, fits most roof racks 20€. Tel: 642 786 205 TRAVEL COT, immaculate condition, 25€ Tel: 642 786 205

SOL CLASSIFIEDS business for sale

alternative energy

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

construction

Solar Wind Power Solutions. sms - for all your building needs Over 15 years installation experience. Call Steve on 950 930 536 or 634 306 690 established 12 years in Spain. Call Phil for competitive prices 636 261 240 email: info@sunergyalmeria.com www.sunergy almeria.com carlos saliente plumbing & heating for solar pool heating, solar hot water installations and repairs. call 950 930 900 or 968 969 962, email Installations and supplies of: carlos.saliente@gmail.com Plasterboard • ceilings screens • wallpaper available venues Tel: 675 986 622 Venue @ La Vida calvet@calvetinstalaciones.es El Cucador www.calvetinstalaciones.es in Albox Private parties Private parties Birthday etc, Birthday etc, wanted drainage all events all events catered for 2 hairdresser salon chairs & other catered for call for more call Bar for more related salon equipment required, Must be information: information in good condition Tel: 647 379 878 950 634 562 950 120 718

Business For Sale

Small, well-established English Food Shop Genuine Reason for Sale Price includes existing stock, fixtures & fittings Call Kenny 634 337 483

No time-wasters

Drainage

DJ WANTED Call Brian 634 305 132

baby equipment hire

BABY HIRE

Everything for the visiting baby Car seats, high chairs, stair gates, cots etc

Records, old postcards, watches, jewellery, Can collect, Call 950325235 or Tel: 950 436 581 or 666 375 688 636134272 expectingababy.2006@gmail.com

Air-con

MD Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L.

MD S.L

City & Guilds Fully Qualified F-Gas Certified

25 years sole experience in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

not a jack of all trades

ballroom dancing

Tea room ballroom dancing

La

el Cucador

VidaRestaurant&Venue mondays 3-5pm

607 364 917 or 950 432 110

md_aircon@mobileemail.vodafone.es

carpentry

950 432 110 / 607 364 917

email: info@md-aircon.com

For all your

air conditioning needs Graham & Barry on 620 112 193 or 667 853 062

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

Need

Established 9 years in spain

Tel: 616 531 283 or 670 088 966

sequence with jean & derek at

all levels welcome single or couples enjoyable afternoon to meet new friends for more info call 950 449 617

For all your installation or service MD Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L offers requirements including our latest info@md-aircon.com telephone

Solutions

• Emergency Drain Cleaning • High Pressure Water Jetting • CCTV Surveys • Drainage Repairs • Location of Cesspits • Qualified Engineer • Expert Reports

for all your carpentry needs Call B& B designs on 646 101 712

WILDWOOD Bespoke Joinery For all your carpentry requirements

Fast, efficient, competitive service.

Tel: 634 328 574 james@wildwood.es chimney sweep SAMMY SWEEP Chimney Sweep Service available covering all areas call paul on 619 070 839

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

• Repairs to existing pozos • CCTV Camera Inspection Call Andy on 950 091 109 or 648 768 587

Email: blockeddrainsrus@albox-online.net

Cleaning of Septic Tanks ▪ Emptying of septic Tanks & Cesspits, with high pressure cleaning ▪ Small unblockages of pipes & drainage

Pool Cleaning & Water Tanks

Contact: 675 838 808 electrician

The Chimney sweep, for a friendly Transport?? professional service Call Paul on : 617 Cheap 150 300 or 850 993 057.

Airport Rewires & Upgrades - Fault Finding - Boletins Airport Parking services computers Alicante Almeria Murcia shopping trips Emergency Call Outs Steve Hayes New hospital Informatica for all your electrical needs!!!

Servicing / Repairs appointments Pc’s, Laptops, etc A i r p o r t Printers etc. air conditioning & ALARMS t r a n s f e r s 663 429 521 Sales & Repairs Call: 617 410 534or 662 414 043 pick up all areas, professional on-site callout / info@cdelectricalservices.com competitive rates. tuition.

For a quote please reliable www.cdelectricalservices.com Consumables visit www. spanish Check out our genuine reviews on service Albox, Almeria estateagent.c om www.viva-almeria.com Tel: 950 120 900 or call 661 143 871

CD electrical SERVICES

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a v o n cosmetics Tel Claire 691 987 454 avonfromclaire@ yahoo.es

friendship

66 year old male

looking for female for meal in and out, holidays

ring 634 344 584 gardening

potty finca services professional tree felling & pruning, including all types of palm trees

Tel: 950 121 936 or 902 750 190 ext 332

hobby/craft

health & beauty

r-retreat is open on wednesdays & thursdays in el cucador from 9am for hair appointments with teri fully qualified & UK trained in all aspects of Hair Design Call her on 619 467 295 to make an appointment

insurance

albox

insurance est 7 years Award winning agent For all your Insurance Needs Please contact

Glenn & jayne 950 121 943

infoalbox.libertyseguros@gmail.com

ELAINE’S WOOLS Quality UK Wool & Accessories.

Come & view my DISPLAY. Also Available at CAT Services & Total Entertainment Call: 667 273 889 elaineswools@ gmail.com

iron/metal works The Metal Grills, works railings, gates of all types, security/ sliding/roller, rejas, concertina doors etc. Tel: Keith Wood on 638 900 949 T & T Metals For all quality metal works, including gates, railings, rejas, staircases, gazebos & chain-link fencing Tel: 950 431 738

legal

strimming of overgrown gardens & hedge cutting spanish registered. ring john on 616 855 294 or 950 163 930

landscape gardening • Block work • Balustrades • Paving Driveways & Paths

Call Graham & Barry now for free estimate 620 112 193 or 667 853 062 handyman

Round To It

Internal external painting general maintenance & property tlc no job too small references available

contact 656 903 024 heating Carlos (Saliente) plumbing & heating services. If it involves water, we can help! www.carlossaliente.com Tel: 968 969 962

If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic in our regular space on pg 5, please email info@daviessolicitors.com locksmith Phil the Pick Locksmith 24 hours.

Locked Out? Locks fitted/upgraded house safes. Arboleas & surrounding area. Special weekend rates. Tel: 697 243 181

mens barbers

Steve mens Barber shop

El Cucador Steve has 30 years experience in the UK in all aspects of mens barbering!

November offer hair trim 5€ Call for Appointment 634 379 175

OPTICIANS Optica Albox All your optical needs, eye tests, hearing tests, contact lenses Tel: 950 121 991

to advertise in this space contact paulette on 950 121 936 or email:sales@ soltimes.com

PAINTER / DECORATOR cont

painter & decorator

friendly - professional -reliable neat & tidy - experienced refs available

Excellent Rates - Superb Work

Tel: 649 186 107 or

email thunderpaul2003@hotmail.com

some

€160 all loads 2 tonnes

Arboleas &

surrounding areas Call Lee on 636 092 632, eliteplanthire@hotmail.co.uk

woodhouse boarding kennels & cattery - arboleas

gravel & all building materials

Albox & Surrounding areas

tel: 634 328 779

Pet sitting in your own home, Arboleas & local area.

Call Vanessa 637 061 482

PLASTERER

pilates

British

with Sharon O’Lanlon every Wednesday 11am - 12 all welcome all levels at La Vida El Cucdor Call for more details 638 487 314 fully UK reg: 25 years experience

plasterer, All work guaranteed, Tel Paul 634 327 201

plumbing For all your plumbing needs Fully Qualified heating engineer contact barry 667 853 062 or graham 620 112 193

KNOWLES plumbing No 1 for Plumbing

All types of Plumbing

Central Heating Gas/Oil - Solar Hot Water Boiler Servicing, Repairs & Replacements Water Leaks - Sewage Blockages Water Deposit Tanks 500-8000l Pool Pumps - Septic Tanks Osmosis Systems

TELEPHONE: 950137197 / 606807797

Call Stephen 636 266 641 email info@findmeahome.es Find us online at www.findmeahome.es facebook.com/findmeahome

Small friendly kennels, 24hr vets service, pet transporting arranged, welcome to view ministry approved PROPERTY TO RENT – Los pedregales Tracy Mobile 650 211 952 2 Bedroom Casita.Furnished or

dog & grooming parlor Bath • Hygiene • grooming 616 857 429 mimopeluqueriacanina@gmail.com Camino San Roque, Albox

Phil Delivers pet taxi

Logs

No need for kennels or cattery

Pilates

CARLOS SALIENTE Plumbing and Heating offer machined boiler decals for gas water heaters for just €65 – aguafuerte is not the answer! Call 950 930 900 or 968 969 962, email carlos.

LAST FEW GERMAN SHEPHERD saliente@gmail.com PUPPIES, Price now reduced to 100€ PROPERTY section ,Puppies have been inoculated, de-fleaed, wormed and are house trained. Excellent Specialising in rural property with character detatched cortijo Personalities, parents can be seen with Whether you are buying or selling reduced puppies. Evening viewing, please phone we will be delighted to Vanessa 637 061 482 hear from you Honest & Reliable person with references, available for House / Pet sitting. Lived locally for 10 years. Tel: 950 163 489.

20mins from

logs

roots €140 load of eucalyptus, no roots

pets section cont...

pets section

load of small or big Olive logs, no roots €160 load of mixed Olive

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TRAVELLING IN AIR CONDITIONED VEHICLE DELIVERED TO DOOR PETS STAY IN PET FRIENDLY HOTELS. ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL AVAILABLE

(0034) 667 235 205 (sp) (0044) 7850 575862

Unfurnished. Fully Fitted Kitchen, Log Burner, Internet Connection, tv & sat box, electric by card meter, Large Fly Free Patio within a large Fenced area.

Available till end April 2014

300€ pcm inc. water

Tel: 666 281 323 VERA APARTMENT FOR RENT SHORT-TERM/HOLIDAY RENTAL

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHROOM, pENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN VERA PLAYA ALL MOD CONS, BALCONY & ROOF TERRACE OFFERING FANTASTIC VIEWS cALL 663 977 230 EMAIL: gedfab@yahoo.com Vera Playa Apartment

mojacar, 4 beds, 2 baths, Open plan living areas, kitchen & diningroom as well as a workshop, courtyard front & back & room for a pool. Mountain views. €140,000 ono 649 186 107 property to rent

warm our Mojacar Beach Home Dec to end of Febuary for a song, No smokers/no pets Call 950 475 410

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are you a trade Business? advertise in the classified section & reach over 30,000 potential customers Classified box from 9€. lineage only 45 cents per word - Deadline 5pm Friday Contact Paulette on 950 121 936 or 902 750 190 ext 332 satellite/ television

removals

DAVE’S TRANSPORT 7.5 Ton, Lorry Part loads, Self load/Unload Minimal rates, Owner Driver Spain/uk/Local Storage available, based “Los Gallardos” &”hertfordshire”

Call now 0034 620 049 524 (Es) 00 44 794 3135 214 (UK) woodnco@hotmail.com

SPAIN UK SPAIN Removals Friendly Reliable Service Fully Legal

Special deals from UK - Spain

Office: 968 564 298 Mobile: 696 621 884 marmenorremovals@ hotmail.com

De Lima’sremovals Local, National & international REMOVALS & STORAGE Quality Second hand furniture showroom

M&D transport

A1 Sky Television Systems, Satellite TV installations, alignment of dishes etc.

Coming soon UKTV without a dish

Large Van Removals / Deliveries Spain - UK Full or Half Loads Collections e.g from IKEA Tel Mick: 950 122 447 Mob: 620 475 218

263 Paseo del Mediterraneo Mojacar Playa, Next to Sal Marina Hotel Mon-Sat: 10am-2pm Call Marc on 647 006 183 or Jo on 600 344 565 or e-mail enquiries@delimas.biz

www.delimas.biz

fortnightly SERVICE TO & FROM UK FULL OR PART LOADS

Call for more info.

Tel Dave: 628 607 778

to & from uk

heavy loads welcome

4700kg with speed limiter fixed price quotes fully legal operation shop & offices to visit px goods to offset costs

call: 634 368 430

situations vacant

Pro Care Pools Tel: 642 370 681 email: procare property service@gmail. com

Cook

yoga

safe & secure transport UK - SPAIN - UK thermal lined & controlled ventilation ideal for pets 200€ dog 100€ cats & birds

swimming pools

Yoga

From a parcel to a small house move

Professional,Friendly & Caring Fully insured, scheduled monthly door to door service

uk@fmtransport.co.uk www.fmtransport.co.uk +44 (0) 1582 499 836 +44 (0) 7977 754 389

withLiz Hill

every Wednesday 2pm - 4pm at La Vida El Cucador over 20 years experiences UK trained All levels welcome call Liz for more info on 667 979 445

required

for bar/ restaurant in los gallardos please call ali on 950 398 799 advertise in the

soltimes

classified call paulette on 950 121 936

motoring section car & van hire

bOAT for sale

wanted

“RE-PLATE” MATE

Van hire

ONE WAY



UK to Spain or Spain to UK

*LOCAL *NATIONAL *EUROPEAN

number plates

* COLLECTION & DELIVERY *STORAGE

GB

TEL: 667 235 205

Pick up/drop off locations Throughout UK, France and Spain

cars urgently wanted

costacoches

Parque Ind. El Real, Antas 04628

Tel: 950 459 136 CIF:ESX3008797Y

Urgently wanted

all late model 2007 - 2012 petrol/diesel cars with low kilometres We are paying fair prices in cash for these cars Contact Jon (Antas) 950 459 136 or Contact David 667 702 887

mobile mechanics

Mobile motor mechanic

covering all areas, fully qualified & legal, over 30 years experience, Call Paul on 617 150 300

wanted

E

Don’t take a chance!

Don’t break the Law! Let us take the hassle away from you and re-register your vehicle on to Spanish plates WE PROMISE TO BEAT ANY GENUINE QUOTATION For a full service contact:

9.5 FULLY EQUIPPED LIVEABOARD FISHING BOAT UK FLAG LYING ALMERIMAR MARINA 34,5000€ NEGOTIABLE TO VIEW TEL: 0044 7767 416754

uk cars & vans bought for cash Telephone

667 235 205

1996 fIAT pUNTO elx cABRIOLET

PERSONAL CAR FOR SALE

2003 NISSAN TERRANO 2.7 TDi 7-SEATER This car is in remarkable condition, having covered only 86,000Kms from new.

bike for sale

One-owner service history it is in totally immaculate, original condition.

GILERA RUNNER 125 BLACK/ORANGE. EXCELLENT CONDITION. 2003.

ONLY 3300 KM FROM NEW. ENGLISH REG.

It is on Spanish plates but is RHD.

3000€

+ TRANSFER (200€)

GENUINE REASON FOR SALE

€895

ALMERIMAR. TEL. 628 652 476 or (0044) 7956 298 356

call paulette on 950 121 936

car for sale

Alan 662 249 159

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Technology is a merciless adversary – one tiny flicker of weakness, one miniscule chink in my armour of invincibility, and Technology, armed with the sword of uncertainty, springs to the offensive with a deadly attaque.

My latest thrust and parry with Technology came about when I needed to buy tickets on-line. All was going fine and smooth until it came to paying for them.

Barclaycard in hand, I typed in the required numbers exactly as they appeared on the card, and clicked Continue.

Incorrect number the screen said, in red. Knowing that I’m not good with numbers, and might have mis-typed, I did it again - Incorrect number the screen repeated with a smirk.

I fetched Pete, who declared the numbers to be exactly as they appeared on the card. We scratched our heads, and I began to lose my temper.

With undisguised petulance I typed the numbers a third time, without the spaces, and jabbed Continue unnecessarily hard. Accepted, it said – Ha! A successful parry! That’ll teach it!

I was wrong. With a sardonic sigh it announced that the ‘site has expired’, so I had to start all over again, right

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from the beginning. I gritted my teeth, and with rising blood pressure punched in all the required information, including the un-spaced card numbers, and dared it to Continue.

I was so concentrated on direct opposition that I was completely blindsided by its next move. It wanted the 4th, 5th and 6th letters of my secret password, the only thing standing between me and faceless cyber-villains.

Having been told by the computer that this password was so important and so secret that I must hide it in a place so safe that even the combined efforts of the CIA, MI6 and Sherlock Holmes would be unable to locate it, it is not surprising that I couldn’t find it either!

So I guessed. Incorrect Password it chuckled.

I guessed again. It could scarcely contain its delight as it displayed Incorrect Password a second time. My third go was no more lucky; then the site made a tactical error – It asked sarcastically whether I had forgotten my password, and asked me condescendingly if I wanted to change my password.

If I don’t know it, how can I change it? I put in a completely new one, and within seconds my order, my money and my new Oh So Secret password had been accepted.

I can’t help wondering – if I can simply change my password, why bother to remember it? If I were a faceless cyber-villain, intent on raiding my details, couldn’t I pretend to have forgotten it, and invent a new one?

This’n That and Nothing in Particular I am constantly being asked how the heck I find things to write about each week, and where do the ideas come from. Well, actually I have only been asked once or twice, but it’s a fair question and I always answer in the same way: that the subject matter is all around us and it’s just a question of observing and remembering – or in my case writing things down on bits of paper that are strewn around my desk.

Any subject is fair game; it could be a chance remark by someone within my hearing, a humorous event or an item in the news - everything is collected, collated and treated as a potential newspaper piece.

Of course when it comes to reminiscing about past events, there is a seemingly endless supply of good stuff from which to choose. And look, I have got myself two paragraphs already.

I have just been reading an interesting but scary article on why we should not microwave food.

It seems that we have been nuking our innards for years now, because microwaving changes the molecular

structure of things which can then produce cancer inducing and other icky substances.

Not that it will affect us too much personally because making our breakfast porridge was pretty much the full extent of our dealings with this recently unmasked dealer in death.

Speaking of which, what is it in porridge that makes it set like concrete and have all the adhesive qualities of super glue? Even non-stick pans wave the white flag of surrender after boiling up a slew of morning oats, and if milk is used instead of water, then the result is a new and impossible to shift false bottom, which if prised off will take the Teflon coating with it. Need to re-render the walls of your house?

Forget the ferreteria, just nip along to Kwik Save!

Actually there have been other occasions when it has been convenient to use the microwave; for heating up the odd pie for instance and once when I forgot to prick a potato, the resulting explosion was heard in Morocco. Anyway, we are taking this warning seriously and like a Rastafarian diner in a Bermudian greasy spoon pointed out to the equally greasy proprietor many years ago, “Me dun eat no radio food man”.

Even after all these years, weekends still seem somehow incomplete without those legendary BBC radio programmes

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that many of us remember, particularly on rainy days and when there is nothing of much cop on the box. Such regulars as: Round the Horn; Life with the Lions; A Life of Bliss (featuring a young George Cole) and The Navy Lark to name but a few. And Sundays would never have been complete without Two Way Family Favourites and The Billy Cotton Band Show.

There’s just so much Lady Gaga and Dizzee Rascal that an old timer can take, and wouldn’t it be nice if we could have the occasional radio drama or live entertainment show – something too that stimulates the imagination like Journey into Space.

Who remembers that?

I reckon every schoolboy and his dad in the country tuned in regularly on Monday nights to Operation Lunar or The Red Planet, and did you know that it was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger audience than television.

I bought the BBC tapes some years ago and in spite of my initial fears that it would now be terribly dated, I soon found that I was being drawn into the drama of it again. And hearing those familiar voices from the past, such as Andrew Faulds, Alfie Bass and David Jacobs - I was a science fiction mad schoolboy once again.

We thought we would give a new Chinese restaurant a bash the other night and whilst many of them are much of a muchness, the

food was excellent. But what made it particularly interesting was the reaction of one of the waitresses to my shirt.

See, I have this shirt that has a bamboo pattern and some Chinese characters on it; alright it may not be to everyone’s taste but I like it. Anyway, she kept staring at this shirt, and I wondered not for the first time, just what the Chinese writing said. She blushed up when I asked her, and declined to translate it for me. I couldn’t help but notice as we left that the staff were watching us with strange expressions and through the open kitchen door eyeing us threateningly, was Odd Job the chef toting an evil looking meat cleaver.

I still like the shirt, but I shall remember not to wear it on any more Asian meal excursions or trips to the Grand Bazaar Chino if we run short of plastic clothes pegs.

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Spreadsheet Sam had been burning the midnight oil. Not midnight oil from Rodriquez’s Mill, that is such bad quality it doesn’t burn, it just emits a foul smelling dense black smoke. Sam had completed the massaging of the Olive Mill’s books better than the nimble fingers of the most adroit Thai masseuse. On the strength of these accounts the Olivarera de Alqueria has a turnover equal to that of eBay and a profitability greater than the JPMorgan Chase Banking Group.

Rodriquez felt rather proud as he viewed the Company’s accounts. He knew his business acumen would save the day.

He knew he was shrewd despite being called a total idiot by anyone who has spent more than two minutes in his company.

Spreadsheet Sam had to point out that the figures were in fact fictitious. To Rodriquez however they were in black and white and therefore must be true.

Rodriquez’s part in this subterfuge involved making the Mill look less like a public convenience on the outskirts of Port Said and more like a modern efficient, processing facility. A tall order. He opted for camouflage and only painted those parts of the Mill that could be seen from the road. From a distance the buildings looked well maintained and inviting, the closer one gets however the more depressing and dilapidated they appeared. The investors would be steered to Rodriquez’s office, the only part of the plant that had money spent on it.

The investors were from Nigeria. Rodriquez had answered one of those emails promising millions for investment.

Liberal quantities of Remitroot Wine and Rum softened up the Nigerians prior to the tasting of the all important olive oil. Venta del Baron Extra Virgin Olive Oil had been decanted into Rodriquez’s own bottles. The investors were suitably impressed with the quality and the contracts duly signed.

Rodriquez sold the mill for the equivalent of fifty million Alquerian Raros to be paid in Nigerian Nairas. Rodriquez forgot about Alqueria’s hyper-inflation.

As the ink was drying on the contracts Rodriquez’s phone rang. The USA had lifted the ban on Remitroot and its associated products. The Alquerian Raro shot up in value especially against the Nigerian Naira.

Rodriquez hurried to the bank as the Raro rose in value breaking all records for any currency. Spreadsheet Sam made himself scarce, stealing a bicycle he reached Murcia Airport before he realised the chain had fallen off. When the conversion from the Nigerian currency to the Raro was completed the horrible truth became apparent.

Rodriquez had sold the Olive Mill, his birthright and the biggest employer in Alqueria for the equivalent of two Euros and fifty-three cents.

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A Clanger

I didn’t realise, until a recently overheard conversation on a bus, how much a Formula 1 Grand Prix reminds me of The Clangers. Do you remember The Clangers? Strange little crocheted puppets that communicated through unintelligible whistles and seemed to be endlessly getting soup from a Soup Dragon. Viewers were generally completely baffled by the programme. Apparently, so were BBC executives .When they first saw it, those in the corridors of power at the BBC immediately insisted that all the swear words were removed from the programme. Swear words?

They were whistling! You could be forgiven for not believing this but it’s true and it says an awful lot about what was going through the minds of those executives don’t you think? Next they’ll be telling us that Captain Pugwash wasn’t innocent fun.

Back to the conversation; it was between, what appeared to be, a Formula 1 driver and another passenger. By now you’re probably way ahead of me and asking the question I should have asked myself-a multi millionaire racing driver...on a bus? Is that really likely? Embarrassingly enough, I didn’t even consider that possibility I listened as they drooled over things like, the deafening roar of the engines as cars flashed by like bullets, the screeching of the tyres, the air full of the smell of petrol, oil and burning rubber and I couldn’t help thinking, what’s the attraction? Then my thoughts began to take on a life of their own and wander off into their own little patch of nothingness, you know the way they sometimes do, and it happened. I realised that The Clangers and a passion for Formula 1 racing have something very important in common-they’re both a total mystery to me.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t ignore the overheard conversation and slowly I too began to wonder just why Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button or, maybe even, Graham is married Jeremy Clarkson, was travelling on a bus. I didn’t have to wait long for my to Helen and has a answer. It was none of those people. The speaker was indeed a competitor daughter, Alice. He in the World Championships, but it was the Scalextric World Championships, lives part of the year which people seem to take very seriously-they have leader boards and battle near Albox, but works it out for the best times, using Lamborghini, Ferrari and various other Italian in Qatar, teaching. If pastas. you wish to contact Next week, as part of ongoing nonsensical investigations, we’ll look at how Graham regarding scientists have proven beyond any doubt that politicians ARE descendents this article email: of The Wombles. helenandg@yahoo. co.uk

790,000 years ago what is now magnetic north was the magnetic south. Convection from the huge molten ball of iron which sits in the centre of the earth helps determines magnetic north/south.

This change or ‘flip’ happens every half million years or so, it’s called a Geomagnetic Reversal and one is overdue.

When the magnetic poles flip; the strength of the earth’s magnetic field drops for years whilst everything rebalances. The magnetic field normally prevents dangerous space radiation reaching the planet so there’s a chance life on earth would be affected.

The field has weakened15% since the 1800’s; at the poles in the last 15 years it’s dropped a further 10%. Animal migration patterns would be disrupted when the next flip occurs as they would move in the opposite direction. GPS satellites would fail and power grids may collapse, the ozone layer would thin. Scientists believe the flip is about to happen again. About 40,000 years ago during the last Ice age, the magnetic poles flipped in what is known as the Laschamp Event taking about 200 years to do so, in that time the magnetic field was just 10% the strength it is now which meant the earth’s atmosphere was largely unprotected and large amounts of radiation reached the earth. 200 years later it flipped back again. Australians were warned 30 years ago to wear extra sun factor and to avoid the sun’s rays when CFCs in the atmosphere had created a hole above them in the ozone layer. This could happen on a much larger scale with some areas less affected than others.

Planet Mars is barren with its atmosphere boiled away into space. Theory has it that as Mars lost its magnetic field the increased solar radiation heated the planet up.

Scientists here on earth are worried and last weekend

three satellites were launched to measure the gravitational field to try and assess what’s happening. Nicknamed Swarm the satellites look like giant rats as the sensitive detectors are located on a long thin tail so they’re not affected by the magnetism off the main body of the satellite. The magnetism in rocks and tidal movements also affect the north/south polarity and it’s hoped all factors can be mapped and a theory worked out.

The position of the North Pole (and so by definition the South Pole) is also changing, for 20 years it was moving about 6 centimetres south east a year. Then in 2005 it changed course and it’s now heading towards Greenland at 20 cms a year. The North Pole’s moved by up to 55 degrees in our planets lifetime, once it sat between Iceland and Norway and another time in Hudson Bay Canada. This is called Pole Shift and when these changes happen slowly the change is unnoticeable.

In the case of a Sudden Pole Shift, the Poles locations change quickly with earthquakes, volcanic events and tidal waves.

Pole Shift describes the earth’s outer crust moving not the whole planet tilting differently on its axis. Rather like rubbing the tissue wrapped around a Christmas Satsuma.

Albert Einstein supported the theory of Sudden Pole Shift; there are ancient writings that support this thinking.

Mammoths in Siberia have been discovered frozen solid with clover still in their mouths. Sudden Pole Shift would have meant that these Mammoths were happily eating their meadow grasses when the earth’s crust suddenly slipped and they and the land they were on were transported hundreds or thousands of miles north where they froze to death. The film 2012 is based on a Sudden Pole Shift Event!

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Backup and Synchronisation

Last time we discussed the virtues of data backup and synchronisation. Today, we will provide an example of how to run the program discussed last time and how to set up the synchronisation of the program that we discussed last week.

Before you can consider synchronising 2 folders with the sister program “RealTimeSync”, you have to start the program “FreeFileSync”.

Start the program called “FreeFileSync” and you will see a 2 pane (To and From) display. At the top is the name of the program, under that is a large button marked “Compare” and under that is the left-hand drop-down box. Use the left-hand drop-down box to select where you want to synchronise from and use the righthand dropdown box (which is to the right of it and looks identical) to select where the backup device is.

When these 2 boxes have the locations of TO and FROM click on the large “Compare” button and just watch. The left hand window pane should have filled and the right hand window pane should be blank (first time only). Next click on the large “Synchronize” button. You now see everything from the FROM being copied to the TO. Here’s an example that might help. On my drive ‘C’ I have video clips extracted from a movie that I want a copy of, on drive ‘D’. So, using the left-hand dropdown box under where it says ‘Drag and Drop’ I click on the ‘Browse’ button. I see a normal box showing me where everything is, so I choose ‘C’ drive and press ‘OK’. Now for where it is to go. Do the same things – BUT with the right-hand box! Click on the Compare button. When the comparison is complete, click on the Synchronise button. In moments, it’s done!

Now you are happy that you can now synchronise these 2 folders whenever you want the should now save this configuration. Go to the menu bar at the top of the window and click on Programs then click on SaveAs. Give it an easy to remember name! When you have done that go back to Programs then click on Save as batch job. Use the same memorable name as before. This file that has the extension ffs_batch is what you will use now.

The program “RealTimeSync” is a small window that needs which folders to watch and a command line. I this example the I put “C:\” (no quote marks) next to the green cross. I then click on the green cross to get another empty box in which I type “D:\”. Now the program knows where to look to make the comparison. It now needs a list of tasks to perform. This information goes in the text box at the bottom of the window and, for this example, will read “C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe” “C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\Memorable Name.ffs_batch” Click on the “Start” Button and know that it will monitor any changes to the folders you have asked to be monitored and backup the changes quickly, accurately and safely.

There will always be ‘Paid’ versions of all the programs that are free. These will invariably have more functions, bell and whistles. It is up to you choose whether you pay or not BUT always consider making a donation to the programs author just to let them know that their work has been appreciated.

I look forward to seeing you at “Jacks Bar” on Friday’s between 12 and 4. Where problem diagnosis is free, 35 years experience is free, and the bill will be less! Send me an email or ring me – the number is at the bottom. See you soon.

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19th Hole Golf Society Cucador

Thursday 21st November the 19th hole travelled north to the beautiful Lorca course, with temperatures hovering around zero, our gallant band were, at first, reluctant to leave the confines of the clubhouse to do battle in this Stableford Waltz .Finally plucking up courage, and feeling the warming sun, battle commenced.

The A team of Mark Danson·s proved that skill will normally prevail although they only took first place by one point from John Balls team. In third place with just one point less was Nigel Greenwoods team.

Both Nigels and Johns team included ghost players, Iris and Fred Ghost who were only called on in a couple of instances but proved tp be valuable. Only one Two recorded that was by Mark Danson on the 8th. Ann Clough marked her return to Spain by winning the Nearest the Pin on 10th

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VALLE DEL ESTE GOLF SOCIETY

This week we held a two-day competition for the Pat Townsend memorial trophy; the scores on Friday were the key to the overall winners as high winds made it difficult for the majority of players.

Sunday and more pleasant conditions the scores were much better. The eventual winner had scored well on Friday and kept his nerve on Sunday to be the overall winner. 1st Keith Moorhouse 68pts 2nd Tish Bigelow 61pts 3rd place Derek Jones 60pts.

Nearest the pins were Patrick Vickery, Tish Bigelow, Martin de Bruin & Sean Halligan. Longest Drives Tish Bigelow & Sean Halligan The presentation was made in the Triana Bar at Valle Del Este where all the golfers family and friends enjoyed a great meal. The proceeds of the event will go to Asprodalba.

Enjoy your golf at Valle Del Este.

Results.

1st Place Mark Danson, Brian ( Dee) Lowden, Lee Coxon and Terry Caddick. 80 points 2nd Place. John Ball, Peter Dow, Christine Dow and Fred Ghost 79 points

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Australia (295 & 401-7 dec.) thrashed England broke England’s hearts as reigning RL World (136 & 179) by 381 runs in the first Ashes Test champions New Zealand reached their fourth in Brisbane. The second Test starts in Adelaide successive final. They will play Australia in a next week. repeat of the last three finals.

Sebastian Vettel equalled Michael English clubs may boycott next year’s Rugby Schumacher’s feat of 13 victories in a Grand Prix Union’s Heineken Cup. season by winning in Brazil last Sunday. The In the Champion of Champions snooker final, German also emulated Alberto Ascari’s 1952-53 Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Stuart Bingham. And the record of nine GP wins in succession.

UK Championship started yesterday in York.

England’s Max Chilton became the first rookie Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu and to finish in all his Grand Prix races in his first paralympians Hannah Cockcroft and Richard season (19 out of 19).

Whitehead have been named British Athletes of In the Premiership last Saturday, the the Year respectively.

Merseyside derby ended Everton 3 Liverpool Australia won the World Cup of Golf at Royal 3; the 100th meeting between West Ham and Melbourne.

Chelsea saw the latter win 3-0; leaders Arsenal -----------------------------------------------------beat Southampton 2-0; Tony Pulis’s new charges Last night Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea played Crystal Palace, won 1-0 at Hull; bottom club in the Champions League; tonight it’s the turn of Sunderland lost 2-0 at Stoke; manager Maarten Manchester City and Manchester United while Jol is under more pressure after Fulham lost 2- tomorrow, Tottenham, Swansea and Wigan 1 to Swansea and Newcastle edged Norwich compete in the Europa League. And in the 2-1. On Sunday, Manchester City demolished Premiership this weekend, the top games are hapless Spurs 6-0 and Manchester United Cardiff-Arsenal, Chelsea-Southampton drew 2-2 at Cardiff. WBA played Aston Villa on Spurs-Manchester United.

Monday.

Former Wimbledon tennis ace Goran It’s Burnley (first), Leicester (second) and QPR Ivanisevic, an avid WBA fan, will be at The (third) in the Championship, all with 35 points; Hawthorns next Tuesday to watch the Baggies Leyton Orient lead FL1 and Oxford are top of take on Manchester City.

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- Excellent selection of good quality balls Doncaster Rovers have - Extensive Range of gloves purchased the town’s Rugby - Servicing, repairs and free battery testing for all League club for £100,000. makes of electric golf trolleys The draw for the 2014 World - Extensive stock of pre-used Irons, Drivers, Hybrids Cup takes place next week & Putters both Ladies and Gents (6 December) and unseeded England could face Spain, Brazil - We can also sell your clubs for you. Why not come or Germany, even Costa Rica, and see us for a chat or call 610340653 Australia or Ecuador.

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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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Alan Townsend Presenting the Patricia Townsend memorial trophy to Kieth Moorhouse the overall winner with second and third place winners Tish Bigelow and Derek Jones.

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Fran Elam wins Forum Golf Society´s Golfer Of The year Competition

Marina Phoenix played an individual stableford on Monday 18th November and Terry Oliver kept up his good run of form to win the mens division with 38 points from Eddie Vaughan 35 and Tony King 33. The ladies division was won by Isobel Jones with 33 from Maida McGowan 31 in second. Thursdays team competition was pairs better ball stableford combined into fourballs. First was Fred McAvoy, Glennys Oliver, Linda King and Michael Schorfield with 86 points. Second were Rhoda Elwick, Hans Schutze, Isobel Jones and Terry Oliver (84). Jim Budd, Salva Morales, Tony King and Naddie Wass (80) were third. Nearest the pins went to Linda King (5th) and Les Armfield (14th). Marina Phoenix play Mondays (individual) and Thursdays (team game). To join us for a €25 greenfee. Ring Jim on 950 162 727 / 600 353 670 or Rosalie 950 397 117/ 697 512 882.

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After a year long series of 18 separate events to decide the top eight Forum Golf Society players followed by 3 rounds of singles matchplay Fran Elam emerged triumphant as Forum´s 2013 Golfer of the year, defeating runner up Terry Moore in the final at Aguilon on November 19th. A close fought match went all the way to the eighteenth green, as had both semi finals, with a well deserved for both losing semi-finalists Terry Davies & Mike Duckham.

Forum´s upcoming events are:

29th November Stableford at Aguilon 13th December Double Par Medal at Marina 27th December Prize Scramble at Aguilon

Cortijo Grande Golf Wednesday 20th November 2013 and two divisions for our competition both with the same scores. 35 points for Peter Jackson to win the first division from Julie Oliver 34 points.

Second division again 35 points for our winner Barbara Wardley and 34 for our second Cathal Higgins. Ball sweep winners Martin Oliver and John Wardley.

We had an eagle on the par 4 12th for John Geaves. Sunday and in memory of our President Denis Clare who was a member of our club for over 30 years

and we remember with thought of good times we had with him over so many years. The winner of this trophy for 2013 Tony Stubbs with 39 points. Winner of the first division with 35 John Wardley and in second with another 35 John Geaves Our second division winner with 33 Alan Walton second with 32 Barbara Wardley. Ball sweep winners Frank McGovern Cathal Higgins Greg Ward Enjoy your golf at Corijo Grande visitors and guests welcome. MP

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The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club in Spain got together again on Sunday 24th November, perfect weather for taking the Big Cat out on the road. Back to restaurant Los Almendros in Torrellano this time, the huge car park makes it easy to organise the Big Cats into an fabulous display. An impressive turnout this time with 23 Cars and 57 people for lunch. May I take this opportunity to thank all those that attended especially the new members and a special mention to Mark Davy who travelled all the way from Almeria, a round trip of 440 Km. While I am on the subject of “thanks”, a big thank you to Ian McMenemy for all his hard work in organising the event. And thank you to John Parkin for a fabulous job on the creation and management of our new dedicated web site - see www.jec-spain.es And I must not forget David Shea who looks after our “presence” on Facebook.

As I said “You can’t win them all”, on this occasion Restaurant Los Almendros let us down badly. I am not going in to details but needless to say JEC Spain will not be returning to this establishment in the future. Hence we are looking for a new home, if any restaurant owner out there wants to get in touch and offer their facilities we would be delighted to hear from them. The main criteria to qualify for consideration is adequate parking for up to 40 cars, being optimistic for the future. Or if any reader can suggest a restaurant that they know that they think may be suitable, please get in touch. In order to be as fair as possible to members, we would prefer the location to be around the Alicante area but we will consider anything.

The superb selection of Jaguars at this meeting, a collection that would make the pulse of any “petrol head” race. The line up also attracted a lot of admiration from other people visiting the restaurant. 3 fabulous E types, whereas at the other end of the scale we had a superb example of the new XK’R’ drop head and a new XKF. Completing the line up were XK8’s, XJ’s, XJS’s and a number of S Type’s. After the not so satisfactory meal, we moved most of the cars down to the back car park to show them off to their true potential.

Our next meeting is will be at the end of January, exact date to be confirmed, something special this time “ A Country Cruise”. We will be visiting Restaurant La Torretta near the town of Elda. This is a return visit for the club as many members expressed a wish to return to this fabulous little eating establishment.

After that, who knows.

For next year we are planning a Magical Mystery Tour and a weekend away in Almeria to visit the “Hollywood” sets.

When we find a new base we can sort out our future plans in more detail.

The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club is the largest of the worlds Jaguar Clubs, apart from joining in the fun at the meetings, full members also benefit from a glossy 132 page A4 monthly magazine, Jaguar spares department and a technical advice service second to none. If you live in Spain and own a Jaguar you should be a member of The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. The JEC in Spain is organised by Eric Arnold, Chairman and Ian McMenemy, Events Manager. Eric can be contacted by email at jaguarspain@outlook.com or by phone on 609931647 or alternatively check out the JEC spain web site www.jec-spain.es Our Events Manager, Ian McMenemy can be contacted at McMenemy@JEC-events.com

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You don’t appreciate this until you become a parent.

Thankfully, Skoda realises this and its Roomster, which reminds me of a Pope mobile thanks to the styling at the rear, has bags of space (up to a cavernous 1,780 litres – quite something for a small MPV). Its seats have 20 configurations so that no matter what you’re transporting the optimum amount of room can be utilised. For instance, if bicycles are being carried then perhaps one of the rear seats might be removed but if rubbish is being taken to the tip then the whole lot can be taken out.

Usually I have to make an exploratory trip to every vehicle I test before daring to show it our enormous tandem pushchair but I don’t bother with the Skoda.

On lifting the large hatch it fits perfectly with room to spare. In fact there is almost enough room for the some shopping. But more about that later. Its also higher off the ground compared to a standard Roomster making it capable of tackling off-roading if required.

What I love about Skodas is that they always feel well built and robust. The Roomster Scout is no different. Once behind the wheel you quickly forget its shape. “There’s so much light inside due to the particularly large rear windows,” my wife Caroline

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Room is a necessity for families notes. They are larger than the square edged front ones, which remind me of those on an old Saab 900 as you can see in the video at testdrives.biz. There’s a five speed manual gearbox but no engine stop/start and yet the 1.6litre diesel engine will return a very respectable 60mpg.

Just as well because it has a demanding weekend ahead. On the Saturday we take it to the north of Hampshire to visit some art exhibitions and as ever time is imperative. Quickly I get used to the driving position, which is slightly higher than in a standard car making it good for overtaking and providing an added sense of security.

I forget to put the child locks on the rear doors and as we are making good progress down the outside lane of the accident blighted M3 a red sign depicting the vehicle suddenly appears on the dashboard – Harriett has tried opening her door. Fortunately I’m able to travel from the outside to the inside lane fairly swiftly to park on the hard shoulder and rectify my mistake. Hot and flustered I am grateful for the air conditioning, which is certainly effective.

The driver’s seat seems comfortable enough but extra padding in the lower lumbar region would be beneficial.

I like the layout of the dash in this Scout version which is fairly simple and easy to navigate. The leather steering wheel, gearknob and handbrake give a welcome feeling of luxury.

Generally it’s got enough oomph to hold its own but strong winds and hills can slow progress a little.

In a part of Hampshire with which we are unfamiliar we spend some considerable time trying to find a supermarket but before long stumble across one and despite the pushchair in the boot, there is enough room to accommodate all our purchases, even if some have to go on the floor.

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way once again down the dreaded M3, reaching the capital by 1pm. During our trip I notice that there’s a bit of wind noise through the driver’s door but this is the only complaint. It’s fast and efficient and transports all my family in comfort. Parking is easy enough and the fact that we can travel with the tandem pushchair does make walking around London with our two girls much easier.

After enjoying our day we return late at night and find the map reading lights to be particularly useful.

Advanced motorist We always get confused when trying to head out Tim Saunders is the former Business of the capital but thankfully successfully retrace our and Motoring Editor of the Bournemouth steps from Southwark. We decide to head home Daily Echo. His regular test reports appear in numerous newspapers, along the A3. Now, this is a very poorly lit main road indeed and the Roomster’s headlights could magazines and websites throughout the UK, Ireland & Gibraltar - and now here certainly be stronger although full beam is effective in Spain! For more information contact but not appreciated by oncoming motorists.

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In recognition of their tireless efforts and dedication, the acting Vice-Chairman of the branch, Mike Ellis, presented them both with a poppy themed card featuring photographs of some of the numerous social events and outings they had organised during their time in office.

And, following a collection amongst members and friends of the branch, they were also presented with a voucher for a local gift emporium, as a gesture of thanks. This was confirmed with a rousing round of applause.

The AGM was the last official function of the Roquetas branch. It is proposed that in future, the members in Roquetas will be operate as a sub-branch of the Royal British Legion Branch, Mojacar. This decision is expected to be ratified shortly by head office of the RBL, and confirmed by a vote at the AGM of the adoptive branch.

Subject to this, the members of the new sub-branch will continue to meet on the first Tuesday of each month for a social event at The Lodge. Anyone interested in the work of the Royal British Legion is welcome to come along.

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