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Welcome to the the March 2015 edition of The Journal! Its been a busy, busy month for us here, and for local businesses everywhere in fact. There has been a lot going on. For those of you that that are not already aware, Another World properties have now moved into a new office on Camposol Sector B, next door to the Vets. Ibex Insurance is settling in to their new office at Camposol Business centre on A Sector, and soon we will have a new restaurant opening up on B sector commercial centre, more on that next month. The New Royal in El Alamillo in Puerto de Mazarró n is now under new ownership and hs been renamed “Bar Med” It is undergoing extensive refurbishment. With a great location, fantastic views, a great food menu and the best entertainment around, we are sure that “Bar Med” will be a huge success and we would like to wish all of the team there the best of luck. We are sure that Bar Med will be the place to be this summer! I would like to apologise to any of the charities or people whose contributions we have not been able to include this month. Sometimes we are sent pictures or text in the wrong format, and we simply don’t have the time to alter them. If you need clarification on how we need to receive your files, then please email me. On March the 11th at 4pm in Marianos restaurant on Camposol, the Campsol and District Independent Party will be hosting their AGM. The turnout is expected to be very large, so please get there early. As you may have guessed from the front cover this month the Formula One season starts in earnest. With many rules changes and drivers switching to new teams the 2015 season has the potential to be one of the most exciting ever and we have printed the season fixtures along with a Formula 1 quiz and word search for all the racing fans amongst you. We would like to say a huge thank once again to all the people who make The Journal possible, our readers, our advertisers and Danny from Insignia Graphics who has aged 15 years in the 4 years he has been with us! Thank you all, and enjoy this month magazine! See you April. Robert Rutherford Proud to be a climate neutral publication

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‘Wives provoke violence’, say third of Spanish men A new study has lifted the lid on young Spaniards’ attitudes, revealing they are generally single home birds, who - at least among the men - retain some old-fashioned views about male-female relationships. The study revealed that 30 percent of young Spanish men think that when a woman is assaulted by her husband “she must have done something to provoke it”. Young Spaniards may be ahead of the curve when it comes to attitudes regarding gay marriage, the research revealed. But in others, particularly male-female relationships, they show a particularly sexist attitude. The study, carried out by the Centro Reina Sofia for Adolescence and Youth, analyzed the behaviour and attitudes of young Spaniards, between the ages of 15 and 29. It also revealed that 34 percent of young Spanish men and 28 percent of young Spanish women believe that “a man who seems aggressive is more attractive”. Sexist attitudes remain among many young Spanish men: around 33 percent of them believe that “it’s acceptable for men to go out with lots of women but not the opposite”, while only 9 percent of women agree with the statement. The study also revealed some interesting results when it comes to cohabitation, or lack of. Of young Spaniards under the age of 29, only 22 percent of men and 29 percent of women are married or live with a partner. Over 69 percent of men and 67 percent of women are single. When it comes to salaries, inequality between men and women is still an issue in Spain. According to the study, women who are just as qualified as men earn, on average, €100 less a month, while 42 percent of men and 47 percent of women agree that having children can ‘put the brakes on a woman’s career’. Yet only 23 percent of men and 11 per cent of women think having children can be detrimental to a man´s career

Coca Cola boycott for Spanish parliament?

A Spanish politician has requested that the nation’s parliament stop all sales of Coca Cola until the company reinstates workers in a bottling plant in the capital. Cayo Lara, head of the United Left party, has sent a letter to the president of Spain’s Congress of Deputies requesting that all sales of Coca Cola be stopped until the multinational complies with a Spanish court ruling, that the company should reinstate workers at the Fuenlabrada bottling plant in Madrid. The parliament should not maintain “commercial relationships with companies or brands that do not comply with court rulings and violate the fundamental rights of workers and their representatives,” Lara said. Over a year ago, Coca Cola announced the closure of the Madrid bottling plant, which would affect almost 2,000 workers, who were made redundant, reshuffled or accepted retirement. Redundancies at the Madrid bottling plant saw protests in the capital, while unions took Coca Cola to court, with the eventual ruling that the multinational had to give everyone their jobs back. Spanish courts ruled that the redundancies were illegal, as in Spain, other than for disciplinary reasons, companies are only allowed to fire staff if the company is facing financial difficulty or the job roles disappear. While it is currently unclear as to whether the parliament will ban the sale of Coca Cola, it is a clear sign that the furore over the bottling plant closure is far from quietening down.

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The ruling Popular Party (PP) decided not to include two amendments that would have banned cock fighting, which has been taking place in the Canary Islands for more than 500 years. The amendments, tabled last week by the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) to be included in the penal code reform bill, would have seen cock fighting outlawed, with prison sentences from six months to two years for those caught promoting the blood sport. “The PP’s refusal to ban cock fighting falls within the many exceptions that are made to animal abuse and we are ashamed that Spain is going to maintain these old fashioned practices,” a spokesman for the ERC said. “Cruelty should not be protected by law,” he added. “We are saddened by the position of the Spanish government but we would be lying to say it surprised us.” In Spain, Andalusia and the Canary Islands are the only autonomous communities in which cock fighting is legal. In the Canaries, the 1991 law for the protection of animals permits cock fighting “in those localities where they have been celebrated” although it banned bullfighting. The cockfighting tradition dates back over 500 years, when the islands were first conquered. Fighting cocks are prepared for the ring at around 18 months old. Injuries are par of the course during cock fights; it is not unusual for the animals to lose one or both eyes, and around one in every ten cocks dies in the fight.

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date in sight, could it be the latest in a long line of Spain’s white elephant building projects? After spending €58 million on a state of the art, multi-use facility, the local government in Navarre does not know what to do with it. From the outside, the Reyno de Navarra Arena is impressive and imposing; a giant white cube covered in 933 smaller illuminating cubes. But the nearby streets are silent and wire fences surround the unused public building. The project is the latest victim of the crisis, just one in a long line of white elephants that have plagued Spain since 2008. The building was approved back in 2008 as a response to the economic crisis, part of a €4.5 billion plan by the community of Pamplona. The scheme was modelled on Plan

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E, the series of ill-advised measures put in place by the Socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to use public money to attempt to boost Spain’s economic activity. But the sports and cultural centre has yet to open, with no sign that it will in the near future, the latest victim of Spain’s building boom. As it lies empty, it is hemorrhaging cash: security and maintenance alone cost around €250,000 a year, while expected demand has plummeted. “The demands and habits of the general public have changed due to the crisis,” Ángel Vázquez, consultant on the project said. According to Socialist party politician, Roberto Jiménez, “If we could go back to 2008, nobody would have taken this decision (to go ahead with the build),

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Top 10: must-know Spanish superstitions Did you know that Tuesday the 13th is considered unlucky in Spain, and not Friday the 13th as in Anglo-Saxon countries? That’s because Tuesday is said to be dominated by Ares, the Greek god of war, who gives his name to Martes, or Tuesday, in Spanish. There is an even old proverb that explains the superstition: “On Tuesday, don’t get married, embark on a journey, or move away (‘En martes, ni te cases, ni te embarques, ni de tu casa te apartes’) But there are plenty of other Spanish superstitions you need to know about to make sure your life in Spain is as lucky as possible! Hats On Heads, Not On Beds: In Spain, putting a hat on a bed will bring bad luck. This could stem from the time when people believed that evil spirits lived in your hair, so, they could easily be transferred from hair to hat to bed, resulting in evil spirits getting you in the night. Might be best to keep that hat on the hat stand, just in case.

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The Pointy End: Don’t buy family or friends knives or scissors as a gift. Tradition says that this means that the relationship will be broken. So think again about that set of knives you bought as a wedding present!

This comes from the idea that yellow represents sulphur and the Devil, The colour yellow is also said to bring bad luck in certain situations, so don’t wear yellow on the day of an exam, a job interview or when you are starring in a play.

Break A Leg: What is it with wishing harm on people as a sign of good luck? The theatre has always been rife with superstitions and while in many countries “break a leg” is the standard way to wish good luck, in Spain you’ve got to wish that person “mucha mierda” or “loads of sh@t”.

Lucky New Year: Spaniards traditionally eat 12 grapes on the 12 strokes of midnight on New Year’s Eve. For even more luck and prosperity for the year ahead, wearing red underwear on the last night of the year will also help.

Cactus Mystery: Ever wondered why there are so many cactuses on window sills in Spain? That’s because it is widely believed in Spain that a cactus can ward away evil. Seven Lives: While most countries have a superstition about cats having multiple lives because of their suppleness and savvy at getting out of difficult situations, poor Iberian kitty’s have two fewer lives than their English counterparts, or just seven. Swept Off Your Feet: If you accidentally brush the feet of a single woman while sweeping, it means she’ll never get married. The superstition is related to witches.

Best Foot Forward: Misfortune, it is said, enters a room with its left foot. If you do happen to enter a room with your left foot, then don’t worry. Just make sure to make the sign of the cross three times to counter the bad luck! Purse problems: Always make sure there is an extra chair at your table in Spain: for your handbag. Spaniards believe that leaving your handbag on the floor will result in you losing all your money.

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After six tough years, Spain’s ailing building sector is finally coming back to life, with public sector projects fuelling a lot of the new growth. When Spain’s property bubble burst in 2008, the country was plunged into an economic crisis that threw millions of people out of work. Now after six hard years, and even though hundreds of thousands of properties stand empty, building has restarted in the country. The decade before the crash saw an all-out building frenzy in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Around 700,000 houses were built each year during the 2000s until the bubble burst, more than in Britain, France and Germany combined. At the same time municipal and local governments, flush with cash in part from the sale of building licences, undertook massive infrastructure projects, such as Huesca airport in the foothills of the Pyrenees in northeastern Spain, which opened in 2007 and is now mostly empty. Nearly 1.9 million people worked in the building sector before the economic crisis. Now the sector employs fewer than

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easier household credit, a rise in the number of building permits issued and a return to modest economic growth, said Miguel Cardoso, chief economist at Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA. “There are a series of factors that make us think that we have reached an inflection point,” he said. The number of building permits issued in Spain during the first nine months of 2014 rose by 5.7 percent over the same period last year, according to BBVA. Home building is up despite a huge stock of unsold homes because many of these empty dwellings are not in urban areas like Madrid and Barcelona where the economy is improving at a faster clip and demand is rising, Cardoso said. Most of the empty new houses are found along Spain’s extensive coastline or in the interior of the country that were intended as holiday homes or secondary residences, he added. “We didn’t plunge into a cave, we fell down to the catacombs,” said Josep Ramon Fontana, a Spanish member of European construction business research group Euroconstruct. The

construction sector, which accounted for about 20 percent of Spain’s economic output in 2007, now represents just 5.0 percent of it, according to Itec. Foreign investors have started to return to the sector. Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim, the world’s second-richest man, announced last month that he will invest €650 million to become the main shareholder in Spanish builder FCC. “This time the sector is not the cause of economic growth, it is growing because of economic growth,” Cardoso said.

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The Formula 1 season starts in earnest in Australia this month and the Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, have published a number of rule changes and a revised 21 round calendar that that makes the 2015 championship look like it will be one of the best ever. The calendar now features a provisional slot for Korea, which hosted four Grand

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Prix between 2010 and 2013. The Asian country is slated to host the fifth round of next year’s championship on the first weekend of May. China meanwhile is now set to host the third round of the championship, immediately before the F1 fraternity travels to Bahrain. Alongside the calendar changes, the FIA confirmed a number of changes to the 2015 sporting regulations. The double points regulation brought in for 2014 will be dropped, as will the proposal for standing starts after safety car periods. Meanwhile the virtual safety car system trialed in the wake of Jules Bianchi’s crash in Japan will be formally introduced in 2015. The FIA also announced the findings of its ten-man accident panel surrounding Bianchi’s crash. The FIA has also tweaked enginerelated penalties. A full power unit change will no longer result in an automatic penalty; instead penalties will be applied cumulatively based on the individual components of each power unit. Grid penalties will no longer roll over into subsequent races: should a driver be unable to take the full penalty,

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4 Apr 19 Bahrain Grand Prix 5:00 PM 5 May 10 Spanish Grand Prix 2:00 PM 6 May 24 Monaco Grand Prix 2:00 PM 7 Jun 7 Canadian Grand Prix 8:00 PM 8 Jun 21 Austrian Grand Prix 2:00 PM 9 Jul 5 British Grand Prix 2:00 PM 10 Jul 19 German Grand Prix 2:00 PM 11 Jul 26 Hungarian Grand Prix 2:00 PM

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the remainder will now be applied in the form of time penalties during the relevant race. A new ten-second penalty meanwhile has been created in addition to the existing five-second rule. The procedure for lapped cars under safety cars has also been modified: while lapped cars will be allowed to pass the safety car and unlap themselves, the safety car will no longer have to wait until they have rejoined the back of the grid. The criteria for the issuing of super licenses was also tweaked, with a new minimum age of 18 approved for 2016. Drivers must also have run for a minimum of two years in minor formulas. Finally, several changes were made to the 2015 technical regulations, including a rise in minimum weight to 702kg, new limitations on wind tunnel testing, tweaks to the rules concerning suspension layouts and improved survival cell protection.

12 Aug 23 Belgian Grand Prix 2:00 PM 13 Sep 6 Italian Grand Prix 2:00 PM 14 Sep 20 Singapore Grand Prix 2:00 PM 15 Sep 27 Japanese Grand Prix 7:00 AM 16 Oct 11 Russian Grand Prix 12:00 PM 17 Oct 25 United States Grand Prix 8:00 PM 18 Nov 1 Mexican Grand Prix 8:00 PM 19 Nov 15 Brazilian Grand Prix 5:00 PM 20 Nov 29 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2:00 PM *All times are in Spanish Time

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supporters would like to offer Colin our sincere thanks for agreeing to work with us. Television Spiritualist Medium, The Rev. Colin Fry, and his partner Mikey, live in Spain. They have both been made Patrons of the animal defence charity, ‘Actin Spain’. With their commitment both Colin and Mikey wish to establish awareness of the charity and raise needed funds in order to help support the charity. Unlike the UK, Spain does not have anything like the RSPCA or PDSA. Animal welfare is down to individual groups. Spain’s traffic authorities have published their ‘speed camera tolerance threshold’ list and warn that restrictions are now in force.

Speed limits Colin Fry of TVs The 6ixth Sense, with Viv Wharton Actin’s President.... Colin Fry has already been promoting Actin’s work and asking for donations during his recent tour, and we have had some great support from his followers. Colin recently met with Actin’s president Viv Wharton and agreed to become Actin’s Patron as he is very interested in our Animal welfare and animal defense work in Spain. He agrees that the way to change things for animals in Spain is work towards an Animal Welfare Act, stand against cruelty and abandonment and also promote sterilisation for all pets. We hope to achieve great things with Colin on board and look forward to a year of growth for Actin. You can find and follow Colin on facebook here, he has also recorded a short video blog explaining simply who Actin are and why you should support them which you can view on youtube below or on his facebook page. He also supports Noah’s Arc of Mazzarón a local animal rescue that Actin also works alongside. You can find Noah’s Arc on facebook. Everyone at Actin, our friends and

139 kilometres per hour will face penalties. Every month, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) will carry out special crackdown campaigns in 1,200 places on Spain’s roads, and will publish on its website - www.dgt.es - where these will be in advance. Cameras will always be visible to drivers, even mobile ones on roadside tripods, a short time in advance but long enough for drivers to be able to slow down. “Fining drivers is not the end aim at all - the presence of speed cameras is to discourage and prevent speeding and to ensure drivers respect speed limits in general, especially in accident blackspots,” the DGT claims on its website. Unmarked cars will be employed to catch known speeders who regularly break the limits by excessive amounts. Another 30 cameras are set to go up, mainly on back roads rather than motorways. Eight in 10 road deaths happen on secondary roads, or a total of 892 in 2014. The margin for error in speeds, known as ‘Tolerance 7’, has been established firstly to ensure all cameras across the country are consistent and a driver would not be fined in one region where he or she would be considered within legal limits in another, and also to ensure motorists who do not have digital speedo-meters can judge better whether or not they are travelling too fast.

Limits of up to 100 kilometres per hour with speed cameras set up, either fixed ones or temporary speed traps, will be programmed to catch drivers travelling at seven kilometres per hour or more above the limit. These measures will not apply in the regions of Catalunya and the Basque Country, which have their own separate traffic authorities. This means in a 60-kilometre limit, drivers will not be fined until they are caught travelling at 68 kilometres per hour. From 100 kilometres per hour upwards, speed traps will be set to record driver If the 7% threshold were to be applied details once they exceed the speed limit across the board, says the DGT, this by 7% or more. On motorways, where the speed limit is 120 kilometres per hour unless stated, anyone driving at SITUATED ONLY 4 131 kilometres per MINUTES FROM hour or more will CONDADO DE ALHAMA AND 6 MINUTES FROM be fined. CAMPOSOL! And once the English: 642 45 04 66 planned 130THE ULTIMATE Spanish: 968 00 20 02 kilometre stretches PAINTBALL AND WATERWALKER are in place, those www.amazebolz.com EXPERIENCE! www.facebook.com/Amazebolz travelling at over

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would mean drivers travelling at 33 kilometres per hour in a 30-kilometre limit would automatically be fined - and the threekilometre difference would barely show on a non-digital speed-o-meter, resulting in an unfair situation to the motorist. But if, on the same stretch of road, the driver is travelling at 38 kilometres per hour, it is easier to see that the needle is has risen too high. Speed traps will be able to detect the type of vehicle before they flash into action - until now, lorries, vans and buses breaking the limit for vehicles of this nature but within those permitted for cars and motorbikes would get away with it as the cameras could not ‘read’ the vehicle type, only the speed it was travelling at. Lorries, cars towing trailers, caravans

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three-way affair will begin again. With his usual brio, Javier Cercas surveys the borders between right and wrong, respectability and criminality, and to what extent we can pass between them—or determine on which side we ultimately fall. This brilliantly plotted tale firmly establishes him as one of the most rewarding novelists writing today. Cercas’ 2014 novel, Outlaws, (or Las Leyes de la Frontera – Laws of the Border) is a book where historical detail and fiction mix (and you know how much I enjoy that). The book tells the story of a boy, Ignacio Cañas, starting in the 1970’s, who comes of age in a dangerous way. The point of view is told through Ignacio, retelling the story in later life. Ignacio meets El Zarco, a young criminal and his girlfriend, Tere. Ignacio is quickly on-his-knees in love with Tere, who toys with him to irritating (for Ignacio) levels. Franco is already dead but the repressive laws of the time haven’t yet been

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lifted. Ignacio is living an average middle-class life in Gerona, and works after school at an arcade, where the initial meetings take place. Zarco, a self-important thug, and his misfit girlfriend recruit Ignacio into their gang. It takes little more than a blowjob and the promise of mischief to draw Ignacio from his simple life with his family. Petty crime turns to more violent acts as Ignacio’s life with drugs, prostitutes and breaking the law spirals into a shambles. But when a bank robbery goes wrong, the gang is disbanded. The characters of the innocent Ignacio, and the wannabe hero/criminal Zarco are well told and believable, and Tere’s desperation is easy to imagine. The book jumps forward 25 years and Ignacio is a successful lawyer. He had put his past behind him, much like Spain has done in the same time period. Thanks to Ignacio’s father and his Falangist friend, Ignacio came away unscathed from a bank robbery, never charged, while Zarco and Tere shared a harder fate. Over two decades, Zarco has been the inspiration of four movies and has released his memoirs, and Ignacio fears Zarco believes him to have been an informant, such was his preferential treatment by the police in the 1970’s. Ignacio decides to become

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Zarcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂ lawyer, and tries to get him released from prison with a PR campaign. Zarco has a drug problem, and serious health complications, but a combination of Zarcoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂ bravado in the media and a carefully new public face created, what the public hearÂ and the real Zarco become more separated than ever before. As the book continues, more secrets about the characters unravel to give a big picture about how people changed while the nation Â reinvented itself. Zarco is inspired by real-life criminalÂ Juan JosĂŠ Moreno Cuenca, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;El Vaquillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, who became a celebrity before dying in 2003. The storyline of the lives of the mid-1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is told well and the story has a great pace and relaxed style, showing how Spain grew

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Shows and Streisand & Sinatra “The Concert That Never Was”. Michelle said: “We are very excited about our new venture. With our new business partners, we have great plans for the future. “The Clubhouse at Camposol Golf and Alley Palais have great reputations for excellent food and customer service so we jumped at the opportunity to collaborate with Colin, Stuart and their family as joint owners of BAR MED. With my background in marketing and entertainment, we all feel that this really is a match made in heaven” BAR MED is situated on The El Alamillo Plaza with fabulous views across the sea and already there have been several noticeable changes. The somewhat “tired” interior of the bar has been decorated and made much lighter, brighter and more modern. Over the next couple of months the bar will be refurbished to such an extent that it will be unrecognisable as the Chinese Restaurant it started out. Michelle added “Suitlana the chef is staying with us along with Vicky Gibbs who is our Assistant Manager and popular Waiter/Bar man Jordan Davies. We work really well together as a team and are looking at new winter and summer menus and new ideas for events and activities. We already have plans in place for a “Party on The Plaza” every Friday and Saturday night throughout the summer. It will be a collaboration with

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our “neighbours” Restaurante La Proa and El Alamillo Sports Bar similar to the very successful Camposol Triangle. We will bring a mix of Spanish and British acts to reflect our local population and the three venues on the plaza. As you might expect, the owners have already made changes to the entertainment and have moved the usual Saturday evening entertainment to the afternoons for the winter. Music is from 2pm to 4pm and the kitchen is open from 10am serving English Breakfasts and Menu del Dia and usual A La Carte from 12. Plans are underway for a St Patrick´s Day Celebration on the afternoon of Tuesday 17th March and The Grand Opening of BAR MED on Saturday 4th April when there will be a Special Guest Hostess Entertainer from Benidorm, a Mini Disco and Children´s activities during the day and a Family Hypnotist Show in the evening with the Incredible Dave Rawson. There will also be some Disney “Frozen” Characters to share the fun. So keep watching this space and come on down to the Brand New BAR MED!!! It really is Miles Better!!

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Meet Bond, the Robot That Creates Handwritten Notes for You

Bond combines the best parts of MakerBot 3-D printers and Montblanc pens to create custom communiqués. With all the email, texts, tweets, and status updates of modern life, people have never been more prolific writers. Yet penmanship is at a nadir because we do so much of this writing on a device, often with our thumbs. Oddly, it could be a device—a robot, more specifically— called Bond that saves the humble art of handwriting. Bond combines the best bits of MakerBot 3-D printers and Montblanc pens. Using the Bond app, you can compose a thank you note,

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holiday card, or any other type of correspondence, choose slick stationary, and specify a recipient. A robot writes out your message with a real pen in your choice of handwriting (or a facsimile of your own if you’re willing to pay for it), tucks into into an envelope sealed with wax, and sends it off to the post office. Bond was conceived in 2013 and its twist on e-commerce was each carefully curated bauble had to be accompanied by a handwritten note. The business generated 200,000€ in its first 90 days of operation, but the most positive feedback was focused on the custom communiqués. Frustrated the by the challenges of managing gift inventory and invigorated by the interest in the handwritten cards, Bond founder Sonny Caberwal changed course.

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“We made a strategic decision to focus on building handwritten note technology, because it was most core to our goal of helping people articulate the appreciation of their relationship.” Originally, Bond used midcentury autopen technology to craft the letters, but such systems weren’t flexible enough to meet Bond’s needs at scale. In order to mass produce personalized notes, Caberwal assembled a team of roboticists, software engineers, and typographers. “We pair our engineering efforts with our own team of handwriting experts, all of whom have advanced degrees in type design,” says Caberwal. “The design-focused handwriting team overlaps with hardware and software engineering and operations in a very unique way, to inform software design, hardware design, hardware maintenance, and operational execution.” Unlike fonts that are rendered instantaneously with pixels or printer toner, Caberwal insists that the Bond robots write letters the way a human would, rather than relying on algorithmic shortcuts. For instance, it’s theoretically possible to draw a lower-case “t” with just two strokes, but often humans are less efficient, creating and up and down stroke with a cross. It’s little details like this that Bond captures to make notes you’ve paid a robot to write seem more human. “The order in which strokes are made actually effects the physical output, and is a visible example of how we consider letter design in all aspects of not just software, but hardware,” says Caberwal. This dedication to human handwriting practices requires the team to fine-tune the robots to balance their flawless execution with the quirks of letters written by real, live people. “We’re always thinking about speed optimization versus the natural rate of ink flow from a traditional pen, and how we can re-engineer that rate of flow while increasing the speed of the movement of the pen,” says Caberwal. Caberwal’s passion for craft were honed while playing in a band in college and working as a fashion model for Kenneth Cole after law school. “It’s shown me that people gravitate toward things that make them feel,” he says. “It’s why we love certain musicians, actors, chefs, and designers—because they inspire

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emotion in us, and make us feel something.” “That’s core to our mission as an organization: we believe that we can be happier by simply making those around us happy,” he says. “We hope Bond makes it easier to do that.”

Volvo Will Test SelfDriving Cars With Real Customers in 2017

When it comes to self-driving cars, 2020 is going to be a big year. That’s the deadline Nissan and Mercedes-Benz have given themselves for putting cars with autonomous features on the market, and it’s roughly when we expect so see robo-cars from Audi and maybe even Google on sale. For Volvo, 2020 represents something different. The company has repeatedly said that is the year by which it wants to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities in its cars. The surest way to stop crashes? Eliminate human drivers. And that means autonomous vehicles. To reach that goal, Volvo must move fast. The Swedes are no strangers to the technology, having successfully tested “road trains” of robo-cars. But if Volvo wants to adopt this technology on a broad scale, it has to ramp things up and do a lot more testing. Testing that goes beyond driving a dozen cars around town with trained employees riding shotgun. Testing that shows how this technology will be used by consumers, how it will interact with regular cars, and what its limits are. That’s why in 2017, Volvo plans to launch the most

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ambitious autonomous tech trial announced thus far: It’s going to put 100 customers in cars with autonomous capabilities and turn them loose on public roads under a program it calls “Drive Me.” “It is relatively easy to build and demonstrate a self-driving concept vehicle, but if you want to create an impact in the real world, you have to design and produce a complete system that will be safe, robust and affordable for ordinary

customers,” says Erik Coelingh, a technical specialist at Volvo. The “production viable system” will do things like maintain a safe distance from other cars and change lanes when necessary. Volvo The cars will be Volvo’s new XC90 SUV, which goes on sale this year and is already “semi-autonomous.” Its auto brake function prevents you from making risky maneuvers that endanger others. It can automatically and safely follow a car in stop-and-go traffic. It can parallel park largely on its own, with the driver only tending to the gas and brake. Volvo hasn’t said much about what capabilities its Drive Me vehicles will have, but says the “production-viable system” will be capable of handling an array of scenarios, “from smooth commuting to heavy traffic and emergency situations.” It’ll do things like maintain a safe distance from other cars, merge into traffic, and change lanes when

necessary. Autonomous mode will be limited to 30 miles of preapproved roads in Gothenburg, Sweden (where Volvo’s based), mostly urban highways, with no pedestrians, cyclists, or oncoming traffic. Drivers will be representative of Volvo’s customer base, and will include, to the degree possible, people skeptical of autonomous tech. They’ll have to be sober, awake and alert whenever they’re in the car, and ready to take over if the car encounters tricky conditions like rough weather or debris in the road. But the idea is to have the car do most of the work, particularly in the event of an emergency, because these circumstances (like an imminent crash) are where computers are expected to out-perform humans. The goal of Drive Me is to see how the technology stands up to real world conditions, how it moves around human-driven cars, and what conditions it can handle. That’ll give Volvo more data for fine-tuning the system, and regulators a better understanding of how autonomy can be allowed on public roads. Those regulators and city officials are on-board, but Volvo’s got more testing work to do before it can let the untrained masses behind the wheel. “We will not launch the car until we have proven that it’s sufficiently safe,” says Coelingh. “Right now we have a complete design, we strongly believe in that. But we have to have data that proves that it’s sufficiently safe.” So 2017’s not guaranteed, but the automaker is confident it’s an achievable goal. If all goes well, Volvo plans to expand the trial beyond Gothenburg. The UK—which is about to implement a super hands-off approach to selfdriving car testing—is high on the list for automakers. Wherever Volvo goes, it’ll be further on its way to the no deaths by 2020 goal.

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Dawn Llewellyn-Price They say laughter is the best medicine, and indeed it usually is. ‘They’ being the Reader’s Digest as I remember from those endless little magazines my parents used to read, which I would plough through as a girl, skipping past ‘how to make rugs out of peanut plants’ and the like, just waiting to find the nugget of humour usually placed at the end of these articles, and the pot of gold itself, a whole page devoted to rip roaring belly laughs. We’ll all be chortling at the moment, no doubt, or crying into our beers as the six nations rugby heads towards it’s conclusion, and no doubt the England jokes will still be flying high alongside the sheep jibes,not forgetting the kilts and and leprechauns, cockerels and whatever the Italians decide to wave this year. ‘Watching rugby is like watching Doctor Who. I really enjoy it, but haven’t got a clue what’s going on.’ One recent cold Saturday night, I ended up near the Millennium Stadium in

Cardiff, (scene of that opening night of great Welsh comedy which left the English side in stitches, and half the nation clutching their sides with mirth or despair depending on the colour of your shirt,) at Cardiff Glee Club on Mermaid Quay. Twenty eight of us had tickets for a night of laughter, booze and food, with a selection of comedians on stage, whilst sat in rows with desks like errant school kids, just wide enough to hold a drink and a plate of food. There was the usual run of filthy language (one friend behind me didn’t laugh all night) with political and religious banter (a Muslim sat stoically in front as the Allah jokes came thick and fast courtesy of a red headed Irishman with scant resemblance to his countryman Dave Allen.) It’s ten years this month that the master of the non pious passed away, and although he mortified many people with his religious jokes, his memory lingers on, along with his cigarette, side table, drink glass and missing finger.

The Welshman replied ‘You don’t say!’ and continued drinking his pint. The second Englishman tried his luck ‘Saint David wore a dress!’ The Welshman responded ‘You’re very sharp!’ and took another sip. The first Englishman bounced up to the table and yelled ‘Saint David was an Englishman!’ The Welshman replied calmly, ‘That’s what your mates have been trying to tell me!’’ Amen, and may your god go with you.

‘I’m an atheist, thank god!’ he once announced. If you’re reading this on the first of March, it’s Saint David’s day. So, in the spirit of friendly rivalry, here’s one gleaned from the internet. Three Englishmen walk into a bar and spot a Welshman sitting alone at a table. One said to the others, ‘Let’s pick a fight with Taffy.’ The second one said ‘We don’t want to be arrested, let’s rile him up so he starts it!’ The third one heads over and says ‘St David was a sissy!’

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Los Palacios Gardening & Community Group hard at work on Sunday 8th February spreading 25 tonnes of stone in the Memorial park. Following our AGM held on 3rd February, we are delighted to announce our 2015 projects. Working in conjunction with the businesses based in the commercial centre, we intend to improve the communal area directly in-front of the building. Using wooden planters and trellis, we intend to segregate the parking and seating areas. Our plans will make for a much safer environment, but more significantly will greatly enhance the look of the area, making it a much nicer place to meet and socialise in. Subject to raising the necessary funding we hope to complete the project before the end of May. We also intend to continue enhancing several areas of the memorial

park including,dress the circle of remembrance with marble tiles. This will then enable residents to have plaques fitted to remember their loved ones. We will also complete the gravelling around the memorial garden area. Gravel the rose garden area at the entrance to Los Palacios and finish tiling the welcome wall. Again we hope to complete all memorial park work by May. Our final main project will be to complete the northern perimeter edge of the central park. This will include clearing the area, putting plants in ,applying membrane and gravelling the whole area. Paths leading to the central area of the park, are to be concreted and four new benches will be placed in the central area to allow people to sit and enjoy the park. In addition to our regular bucket collection at the Thursday market and book stall donations on a Friday, our entertainments team have several events planned to help fund all of our planned improvements. A ladies only trip to Benidorm on 13th May, 15 euros per person. A well dressing ceremony in May, (date to be confirmed) Our summer dance at Mariano’s restaurant on 11th July Race night at the Vista bar on 14th October. Ladies shopping day at Zenia stopping off at Iceland on

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Thanks to all those who supported and helped organise our Race and Games night (including The Black Bull, Liz’s Café and Quickprint for sponsoring some of the prizes). It was a great evening and raised much needed funds towards our future projects! This time last year we began the largest project so far completed by Green Fingers, with the help and support of Mazarron Council and Colin from the Golf Club: The large area at the bottom of the dual carriageway and the avenue of trees along the Golf Club side of the rambla were cleared, landscaped and planted, then the decorative gravel layer added. This area has suffered in the recent spell of very cold weather so some of the Race Night profits will pay to replace and supplement trees and plants in these areas. Our strict Monday rota of street sweeping and weed spraying by the Maintenance Team continues, despite

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A new study has revealed what Spaniards have known for centuries: that taking an afternoon siesta has considerable health benefits. A short nap can help to alleviate stress and strengthen the immune system according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, from the American Society of Juan Basilio Galindo Tovar (pharmacist). Endocrinology. The study was carried out on men who had slept only two hours the previous night and found that having a siesta helped to counteract the harmful effects of lack of sleep, helping the immune system Complete Transformation to recover. What To Expect Over Time.... “Our data suggests Healthy Weight - Improved Immunity that a 30 minute Better Digestion - Sleep Better - Fewer Allergies siesta could revert - More Energy - Healthier Hair, Skin, Nails and the hormonal Gums impact of a night Reduced Systemic Inflammation of bad sleep,” said Optimal Mental, one of the study’s Physical and Emotional Health authors, Brice Faraut, a scientist at Paris Descartes University in Paris, France. The research found that snoozing could restore immune and

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neuroendocrine biomarkers to normal health. The study was carried out on a group of 11 men between the ages of 25 and 32, who took part in two laboratory sessions, where food and light were strictly controlled. Lack of sleep can constitute a public health hazard according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, because it can reduce productivity as well as cause car crashes or industrial accidents. People who sleep less are also more prone to develop chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and depression. Top tips for a slumbersome siesta: Make it part of your daily routine. A siesta is only beneficial if it forms part of your daily routine rather than being a one off, according to the Spanish society of Primary Care Physicians. A siesta should be no longer than half an hour, any longer and it starts to disrupt your nighttime sleep patterns. (American space agency NASA has found that the optimum nap time is 26 minutes) A siesta should be taken on a sofa or comfortable armchair. If you take it in a

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6 Health Benefits of Cauliflour Because of its beneficial effects on numerous aspects of health, cauliflower can easily be described as a superfood. Some of its most impressive benefits follow: 1. Fight Cancer Cauliflower contains sulforaphane, a sulfur compound that has also been shown to kill cancer stem cells, thereby slowing tumor growth. Some researchers believe eliminating cancer stem cells may be key to controlling cancer. For instance, research has shown that combining cauliflower with curcumin(the active compound in the spice turmeric) may help prevent and treat prostate cancer. 2. Boost Heart Health Sulforaphane in cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables has been found to significantly improve blood pressure and kidney function. Scientists believe sulforaphane’s benefits are related to improved DNA methylation, which is crucial for normal cellular function and proper gene expression, especially in the easily damaged inner lining of the arteries known as the endothelium. 3. It’s AntiInflammatory You need some level of inflammation in your body to stay healthy. However, it’s also possible, and increasingly common, for the

inflammatory response to get out of hand. If your immune system mistakenly triggers an inflammatory response when no threat is present, it can lead to significant inflammation-related damage to the body, a condition linked to cancer and other diseases, depending on which organs the inflammation is impacting. Cauliflower contains a wealth of anti-inflammatory nutrients to help keep inflammation in check, including indole-3-carbinol or I3C, an antiinflammatory compound that may operate at the genetic level to help prevent the inflammatory responses at its foundational level. 4. It’s Rich in Vitamins and Minerals Eating cauliflower regularly is a simple way to get these much-needed nutrients into your body. For instance, one serving of cauliflower contains 77 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin C. It’s also a good source of vitamin K, protein, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, magnesium, phosphorus, fiber, vitamin B6, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, and manganese. 5. Boost Your Brain Health Cauliflower is a good source of choline, a B vitamin known for its role in brain development. Choline intake during pregnancy “super-charged” the brain activity of animals in utero, indicating that it may boost cognitive function, and improve learning and memory. It may even diminish age-related memory decline and your brain’s vulnerability to toxins during childhood, as well as conferring protection later in life.6 6. Detoxification Support Cauliflower helps your body’s ability to detoxify in multiple ways. It contains antioxidants that support Phase 1 detoxification along with sulfur-containing nutrients important for Phase 2 detox activities. The glucosinolates in cauliflower also activate detoxification enzymes.

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LOS AMIGOS DE MAZARRON FC LATEST NEWS Mazarron’s run of five successive victories came to an abrupt halt with a 2-1 away defeat at local rivals EMF Fuente Alamo. Although a 6-0 home victory against Edeco Fortuna kept

Mazarron’s home games are normally played on Sundays with varying kick off times. Admission is just €4 with juveniles free. Los Amigos de Mazarron FC also organise a supporters’ coach to most away games, something unique in this area where away support is almost non-existent. Coach tickets for away games are 8€ for Los Amigos de Mazarron FC members and 10€ for non members. Full details of all games, date and kick off times and coach departure times both home and away, are normally not announced until the Wednesday before the weekend on which the game is to be played and advertised in the local media, on www.mazarronfc.es, on our own Los Amigos de Mazarron FC Facebook page, and on posters at various points throughout Camposol and Mazarron. Forthcoming fixtures are:Sunday 1st March SFC Minerva (Away) Sunday 8th March CD ESPARRAGAL (HOME) Sunday 15th March La Hoya Lorca CF (Away)

Supporters at the Edeco Fortuna game

Mazarron in fourth place in the league, February’s indifferent form continued with another away defeat, 2-0 at AD Pliego, so it looks like a nail biting last couple of months of the season to see whether Mazarron can achieve a playoff position in the top six of the Primera Autonomica.

Sunday 22nd March SPORTING CAMPOSOL (HOME) Sunday 29th March Blanca Telecanal 2 (Away) The Los Amigos monthly Luncheon Club met again on 24th February with

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goals tally for the season to 24 and he was by far and away the leading scorer in the league. Another positive development was the emergence of young midfielder Andreo who continued to grow in stature and experience with a string of excellent performances. Mazarron continue to bring through players of some quality from their strong youth set up and it is to be hoped that these players will continue their progress

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a visit to the Pagan Restaurante at Librilla. The coach party made a stop at Alhama en route before partaking of another excellent meal washed down by copious amounts of soft drinks (sorry alcoholic beverages). For full details and information about all our Luncheon Club events please call at the weekly Los Amigos meetings or send an email to pamada.1130@yahoo.co.uk. The Los Amigos weekend in Valencia proved a great success with two nights at the excellently situated Expo Hotel right alongside the Nuevo Centro Shopping Centre, metro station and a string of

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Members at the Valencia v Almeria game

game on the Saturday evening and most members then enjoyed the Bus Tours of the City on the Sunday. We hope to organise a similar trip to either Seville or Granada in the coming months.

There are still a few tickets remaining for the 6th Annual Los Amigos de Mazarron FC Gala Evening and Dinner, to be held at the Hotel La Cumbre, Puerto de Mazarron on Wednesday 11th March. The event is jointly sponsored for the fifth year running by Ibex Insurance of Avenida Doctor Mesa S/N, Centro Commercial, Upper Local 2, Puerto de Mazarron and our new joint sponsors The Club House, Camposol, part of the Mazarron Entertainments Group. The guest speakers are former Newcastle United and Liverpool legend Alan Kennedy and former WBC World Welterweight Boxing Champion John H Stracey. Tickets are 40€ which includes a five course meal with beer, wine and soft drinks included during the serving of dinner and can be obtained at any of the weekly Los Amigos meetings at the Club House, Camposol Club de Golf – Thursdays at 4 pm or by telephoning Barbara on 627 012 646, Dave on 634 369 639, Gerard on 624 320 567 or email losamigosdemazarronfc@hotmail. co.uk There have been sixty entrants for the Celebrity Golf Tournament taking place at Camposol Club de Golf on Tuesday 10th March, the day before the Gala Dinner. Alan Kennedy and John H Stracey will be joined by other ex-footballers Tony Currie, Peter Reeves and David Hirst and teams from Condado de Alhama, Hacienda del Alamo and Camposol Club de Golf. Entries have now closed. There is a carvery lunch and prize presentations at the Club House immediately following the golf tournament. This year’s event is being sponsored by one of the Costas’ most respected financial advisory firms Expat Pensions, a trading style of Magna Wealth Management. Personnel from Expat Pensions will be on hand at the Club

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Later that evening there will be An Evening of Fun and Entertainment at the Club House Camposol Club de Golf to welcome all the celebrity guests to Mazarron. This will involve a Celebrity Mr & Mrs Competition, including Mr & Mrs Stracey & Mr & Mrs Currie among others, an Audience with former Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton and England International David Hirst, and music with John H Stracey and Dynamic Dave’s Disco. Tickets are just 5€ for Los Amigos members and 7.50€ for non members and are now available at the Club House, Camposol Club de Golf or by telephoning Barbara on 627 012 646, Dave on 634 369 639, Gerard on 624 320 567 or email losamigosdemazarronfc@hotmail.co.uk On St Patrick’s Day, 17th March, there will be a coach trip to the buffet at the Gran Mundo Chinese Restaurant in Puerto de Mazarron. It is also hoped to organise a trip to the Licor 43 Factory and Museum in Cartagena towards the end of May. Full details and timings will be available at our weekly Los Amigos meetings or by emailing pamada.1130@ yahoo.co.uk. Los Amigos de Mazarron FC weekly meetings are held every Thursday at the Club House, Camposol Club de Golf at 4 pm with the exception of the last Thursday of each month which is reserved for the Members Business Meeting and open to members only. Why not come a long and join us for a drink in a friendly atmosphere and fantastic surroundings. Membership runs from 1st August each year and costs just 10€ but anyone joining between now and the end of the season can enjoy all the benefits of membership until 31 July 2016. For more information and details of all our activities please email pamada.1130@yahoo.co.uk.

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2. Give Your Spine The Forearm Make sure you’re on-plane at the top of the swing to guarantee solid ballstriking

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3. Use Your Body For Power Every good golfer knows that power comes from the body, not the arms. To learn to power the club with your body instead of your arms and hands, put the club behind the ball at address, with your body in a dead-stop position. Without taking a backswing, try to drag the ball into the air. If you’re a player who uses his or her hands to control the club, you’ll probably struggle at first. However, you’ll quickly find that once you start moving the club with your body, you’ll begin to get the ball in the air more consistently. This helps you turn fully through the ball on the downswing.

Creating the proper wrist hinge in the backswing will lead to noticeably better ballstriking and, as a result, more consistent distance and direction on all iron shots.

4. Hinge For Power Amateurs have problems hitting crisp iron shots due to two fatal flaws. First, the takeaway tends to be too low to the ground, which delays the proper hinging of the wrists until too late in the backswing. Second, in a misguided effort to create power, the arms tend to swing too far in the backswing. This causes a breakdown in posture and usually leads to a reverse pivot. These flaws cause mishits and a lack of distance and control. Several simple steps can be taken to gain control over the length of the swing in order to create more solid contact. At setup, a 45degree angle should be present between the left arm and the

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Keep Your Hands Low Limiting the height of the follow through will effectively reduce the height of your shots. The lower the hands, the lower the ballflight. Moving the ball back in your stance or choosing a stronger club and trying to swing easy are other ways to accomplish the same thing, but they’re less reliable and more difficult to execute. Instead, keep your hands low in the finish (compare the two photos at right), and the trajectory of your shots will be lower.

and increased accuracy. Notice in the photo at left how my right forearm is parallel to my spine, my left wrist is flat and my elbows and arms form a tight triangle. These are indications that I’ve rotated my shoulders into the backswing perfectly.

clubshaft. This starts the swing with the wrists already hinged halfway to the necessary 90 degrees. During the takeaway, the hands should stay close to the ground while the clubhead moves up quickly. The goal is to get the left thumb pointing at the right shoulder as soon as possible. You’ll know you’ve achieved the proper wrist hinge when your left arm is parallel to the ground and the clubshaft is perpendicular to it. This sets the wrists much earlier in the backswing, eliminating the need to swing the arms too far at the top. The tendency to lose posture and reverse pivot will be removed with this more compact golf swing.

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Aston Martin Vulcan hypercar to rival P1 GTR and LaFerrari FXX K

The engine is mounted front-midship, with about 50% of it extending back into the cockpit. It is an AMR-developed normally aspirated 800bhp-plus 7.0-litre V12 that drives the rear wheels through an Xtrac six-speed sequential gearbox

further improve visibility through the polycarbonate windows and screens. The production run of 24 units was chosen to link the car to the 24-hour races in which Aston competes and because it is coming out in the year of the 24th James Bond film, Spectre, for which Aston is providing its special DB10 sports car.

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The Aston Martin Vulcan is the British marque’s entry into the hypercar arena. Just 24 examples of the £1.8 million track-only car will be made. It will be powered by the most powerful normally aspirated car engine in production, an 800bhpplus 7.0-litre V12. The Vulcan is named after the aircraft that once used Aston’s Gaydon headquarters when it was an RAF base. It is built around a carbonfibre tub and is made almost exclusively of exotic, lightweight materials. A crack team of engineers from Aston’s Special Projects division headed by David King and handpicked designers, including exterior design chief Miles Nurnberger and interior design boss Matt Hill, have worked with Aston Martin Racing (AMR) driver Darren Turner on all aspects of the car to ensure it is an uncompromised track tool. At the Vulcan’s core is a two-seat carbonfibre tub derived from that used by the One-77. About 50% of the tub is new, with the chassis made stiffer and lighter and adapted to fit a full FIA-spec roll cage. Aston has worked with engineering firm Multimatic on the chassis and body development, as it did with the One-77.

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The as-yet unnamed car is understood to provide clues as to the look of Volkswagen’s CC replacement, which will form part of the eighth-generation Passat range when it goes on sale towards the end of this year. The car also shows off Volskwagen’s new design language. From these design sketches, we can see that while the CC concept remains close to the standard Passat, its styling features include a wide grille running the width

derived from the Vantage GTE race car’s. The two-seat interior focuses on being lightweight but it is not a strippedout affair. It is very driver centric and completely tailored around the driving experience, with typical Aston quality and craftsmanship and ‘jewellery’ detailing. Materials CAR VINYL WRAPPING such as Alcantara, leather, carbonfibre, aluminium and titanium are all used, and every part of the interior, like the exterior, t8JOEPX UJOUJOH QSPUFDUT is ‘designed’, DBS JOUFSJPST BOE UIF QFPQMF XIP PDDVQZ UIFN right down to the direction of the weave on t *G ZPV IBWF TVO CMFBDIFE PS DSBDLFE exposed pieces of carbonfibre. QBJOUXPSL XIZ OPU DPOTJEFS WJOZM XSBQQJOH Aston has worked with Darren Turner on the driving t )PNF 8JOEPX %PPS BOE $POTFSWBUPSZ 5JOUJOH position to ensure all the controls are to hand, and to maximise visibility, hiding the slim A-pillars behind the roll cage. His involvement extends to working on the positioning of the mirrors in order to

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come from the Passat GTE, which made its debut at the Paris motor show last year. The petrol-electric hybrid - which mates a 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor - is capable of returning up to 141mpg. Given the upmarket push taken by the standard Passat, it’s likely that the new CC will continue that trend, taking the fight to rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz CLS and Audi A5 Sportback. Indeed, Volkswagen has said the new car will be positioned “above” the outgoing CC

of the car, with prominent lower air vents integrated into the front bumper. At the rear, the swept-back design features a prominent boot lip with dual exhaust exits. While official powertrain details are yet to be revealed, Volkswagen has reportedly confirmed the CC concept is powered by a turbocharged petrol engine in conjunction with two electric motors. An “innovative” four-wheel drive system is also promised. Inspiration for the powertrain is likely to

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Home Furnishings & furniture Furniture Plus 968 153 907/678 083 491 Insurance & Asesoria Nash Warren, Bolnuevo 968 156 583 Liberty Seguros 968 138 516 / 620 277 690 El Pilar 968 425 210 Law services Shirley Ann Fisher 968 103 008 Metalwork Eriks 636 050 008 Mobility, aids & equipment Freedom & mobility 968 153 620 Property services Camposol Properties 968 592 679 Helping Hands Home Care675 865 636 Kevins Fly Screens 650 662 579/616 984 652 Pool cleaning, maintenance & repair Camposol Properties 646 476 911 Kohn Pool Services 968 138 638/626 684 979 Pool Cleaning Mazarron 605 081 954 Tony, the pool diver 646 438 694 Printing & Design Insignia Graphics, 618 615 903 Mister print 638 893 357 SALES AND RENTAL AGENTS 2let2buy2sell 968 979 876 UK 00 44 1223 968 199 Another World 968 592 679 Best of Spanish/Murcia Coast and Country 968 598 173/664 360 208 Costa Calida Property Services 968 199 251 Mercers 968 199 188 UK 08450 177 805 Sensol Golf Villa Rentals 968 970 614/608 631 700 VillaQuest 968 974 918 Spanish interpreters and courses Debbies translations & interpreting, 677 353 136 Pilar Garcia 663 74 24 42 Television Services Rainbow, 686 358 475 Window cleaning services AYS 619 877 303 Miles Better: 619 877 103 Water, purification services Waterfiltersspain: 677 353 136 Miles Better Water Filters 619 877 303

Getting in touch with the committees and organisations

CRA Camposol Residents Association. The cabin is now located alongside the Cultural Centre on B SECTOR. and is open Monday and Friday until after Easter. Bob Owen can be contacted at chairman. bobowen@hotmail.co.uk The duty Committee member can be contacted on 634 364 739. Their web site which is interactive and very informative is www.cracamposol.com Sector A committee. Have their own web site at www.a-camposol.com They can be emailed at info@a-camposol.com. The telephone contact number for the committee is 603109974 This number is manned every morning Monday thru Friday 10am / 12noon Sector A gardening Group is Chaired by John Grant.Web address: www.lospalacios-gardeners. com. Contact the Secretary for details of monthly meetings on:joce@lospalacios-gardeners.com Friday morning bookstall outside the post room on A. Sector B & B-clean (their gardening group) NB B sector community group is newly formed. Helen White 968 199 506 is the pro tem organisor. Sector C Greenfingers gardening group, Chairman, John Osborne- Tel 634 325 427 email: johnos1943@gmail.com. Camposol Community Group D Sector The group meets monthly on the first Monday at 4PM at The Clubhouse. Chairman Mick Drummond 968131971or 660038015 Secretary Les Crook 968979831or 606874193 A car with tow bar and trailer is now available for sector D residents to take garden waste to the Eco park, contact Alan Muncaster 654 024 474 Age Concern can be found at the Cultural Centre on Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am to 1pm and Fridays 12.30 to 3.30pm. Telephone 634 310216, email ageconcerncostacalida@hotmail.com Camposolers The registered group site for residents of Camposol, the proprietor is Reg Rogers who can be contacted by e-mailing reg rogers@hotmail.com. Apply to Reg for membership. NB there is an underline dash between reg and rogers!!!!!! Town Hall can now be contacted through an office in the Cultural Centre Sector B, by the roundabout down from the roundabout by the filling station. Tatiana Andres is there to help you every weekday morning. Phone 968 131 717, email oficinacamposol@mazarron.es MABS now have an office on the main dual carriage way on Sector B. LIONS, Membership: Lion nigel 651867105 Welfare:Lion Gina 654874563 ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome book club every second and fourth Tuesday in the underbuild at the former medical centre on Sector B.

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This last month has seen us home little Kiko. He is joining Heidi, Casper and Teddy , and the extended family over there in the New Forrest, Good luck little lad we know that you will have a great life, and thank you to our friends Caralyn and Gary for giving yet another one of our AAR dogs a home .. Benji has also found a new home in Alhama, He is settled with three other dogs in the campo, so it’s good long walks for him in a morning and lazy afternoon siestas, you know this is what Kevin came to Spain to do, but of course I had other ideas! (Sorry Kev) What a wonderful life, many thanks to Mary and John for taking Benji under their wing, We were contacted this month about two pups that we had rescued a few months ago now and homed near Torrevieja. Things were not working there so we decided that in the best interest of the pups that we would help to find new homes for them. They are such a cute pair but we thought that we would have difficulty placing two pups together. However at a recent open day at Maipe riding stables in Cartagena a couple fell in love with them both so the pups are now residents in La Zenia. Which means that I will have to visit quite regularly (there´s a wonderful shopping centre there too). On the donkey front we rescued a further two donkeys and a pony this month. One donkey and the pony came from the parerra the other donkey came from a Spanish resident in the city of Murcia. He had been keeping the donkey on some what was believed to be waste ground near his home. The donkey had been there about a year, he is 15 months old, when the owner received a message from the landowner telling him that the animal had to move. The man tried to home the boy but couldn´t so reluctantly called the parerra to get them to take him. However there had no place for him so we were called to see if we could help. We contacted the owner who stated that the landowner had that morning evicted the donkey and he was now tied to a lamp post in the street. Emergency transport was called; he is now safe in Maipe, along with Lucero and Cloud and the other two from the parerra. Huge Thanks to the Phoenix group of Roldan who have donated 150€ to the girl from the parerra we have named her Phoenix!!! Maipe is Fuente side of Cartagena, if you would like to visit please contact me and I will gladly pass details to you.

and only 3 rescuing donkeys us being one of them, we actually cover the whole of Murcia area .....which is HUGE BY THE WAY, please if you can help in any way either by donating , supporting ,or helping don’t be afraid we don’t bite , the donkeys NEED YOUR HELP ...... and we of course need your donations of unwanted goods to sell in our shops, I will be on Camposol as usual every Monday between 11.30am and 1.30pm sec B car park if you would like to drop your unwanted items with me, for larger items we can arrange pick up . Andrea.

GOMAD ARTICLE for March 2015 Christian Humanitarian Aid Charity in the Mazarrón & surrounding area helping those in need irrespective of race, creed or status. I would like to start by sending our sincere condolences to your usual writer, Anne Bennett, for the loss of her partner Allan and to Allan’s family. I write this in reply to last month’s appeal for volunteers; in December 2014 I attended, for the first time, one of our Aid Days in the Puerto De Mazarrón. I was amazed how many people were waiting, both Spanish and Moroccan as well as other nationalities too. All were extremely grateful to receive a ‘family’, ‘couple’ or ‘single’ bag of food. As it was Christmas we had extra presents and sweets for the children and also clothes if required. Any children who had a birthday that month each received a brand new pair of shoes donated by Anne Tugwell. This was a real eye opener. I would advise anyone if you want to see what Making a Difference is all about then come to an Aid Day and see for yourself. The Table Top team (Camposol sector B, the 2nd and last Friday of every month) would like to thank you all for your continued support and look forward to seeing you all at the next one. Special thanks go to the Mazarrón Bowls Club for their donation of €150 with which we were able to buy an ample supply shampoo and shower gel. Our gratitude also goes to the Mazarrón Ladies’ Circle who have bought us a large quantity of female sanitary products and to the Camposol Sewing Club who are busy making us 200 pencil cases ready for September when we will be giving every school child one filled with school equipment. Pens, pencils, rubbers, crayons and felttips all make a great donation should you wish to contribute to this appeal. We are also looking for clothes for the younger generation. Clothing and shoes for children and teenagers are highly sought after, both in the shops and by our outreach clients. Lastly we would like to thank David Kay for his generous donation of his late wife Dot’s effects. Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family for their loss. Our appeal for more volunteers continues. If you can spare a few hours a week, it would be a great help. Please call into our shops or telephone 634 357 137 or email madmazarron@live. com. We thank you for your continued support for without your generous donations we could not continue to help those in our community less fortunate than ourselves. Thank you to all of you. By Sandra Bowron

With numbers at an all time high.....we are getting calls about mal-treated donkeys from literally all over the country ,there are only a few equine charities covering the whole of Spain,

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There was a lot of commotion and roaring. No one emerged from the cave. Lastly, the Irish man went into the first cave and drank the bottle. He went into the second cave. At first, there was a lot of commotion, and then there was a soft purring sound. Then he entered the last cave. Two minutes later, he came out puzzled and asked, “Where’s the thorn in the woman’s foot...?” Two deaf men were talking on their coffee break about being out late the night before. The first man signed to his friend, “My wife was asleep when I got home, so I was able to sneak into bed, and not get into trouble.” The second deaf man signed back, “Boy you’re lucky. My wife was wide awake, waiting for me in bed, and she started swearing at me and giving me hell for being out so late.” The first deaf man asked, “So, what did you do?” The second man replied, “I turned out the light.”

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