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SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT ON APRIL 1ST?

SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT

Some of you will know that the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania has dedicated teams to create safe environments for each species of animal, using natural barriers between predators and their natural prey. For instance, they retain young deer in an area away from the lion prides, by distributing lion droppings in a continuous ring around them. Unseen by visitors, the deer’ s sensitive nose sniff the droppings as they approach the boundary of their territory and immediately turn away. You might not know that the Scottish Government has approved a request from the Balmoral Head game-keeper to use the same technique to prevent their deer from straying outside their domain. Her Majesty has signed an order for fifteen tons of lion droppings from Longleat and from the London Zoo for the first trials to start after the 2022 breeding season, focussing on the perimeter where walls and fences have proved to be inadequate. You might also not know that we, in our more restricted role of caring for our planet, can adopt a similar process to limit the impact each year of ants invading our gardens and homes. An article in the Mail on Sunday called Helpful Hints from Victorian Home-keepers, indicated that back in the mid-19th century, it was common practice to collect cat droppings to keep ants away. The process was to collect the droppings, dry it in the sun to a point that there is no longer a smell that we can detect, and then grind it into a fine dust, using a coffee grinder. The dust was then put into a pepper pot and shaken over the entry points that ants used coming into the house, and directly on any ant nests in the garden. The effect was almost immediate, and within the day, all ants would be eliminated. Recent research into this practice shows that the dust stimulates sensory cells in the ant’s head and causes it to sneeze, something that an ant never otherwise does. The effect is that its brain is rattled just the same as when footballers repeatedly head a football, but the damage to the ant is instantly fatal. Animal Rights activists have indicated no disapproval of the practice although several religious groups have questioned the possibility of ants suffering psychologically as they naturally follow the one in front, and would see what has happened to its colleague. A Far Eastern company has already started a business formulating a synthetic form of powdered cats’ poo for sale in garden centres and the DIY market. It is to be packaged in a carton having a perforated lid and called Ah-choo.

Further information is available on the Internet under www.fakenews010422.com Submitted by Geoff Morgan

CARROT AND BANANA CAKE

200 g white sugar (250 ml) 250 ml sunflower oil 3 eggs 200 g cake flour (375 ml) 10 ml baking powder 10 ml cinnamon 5 ml bicarbonate of soda 250 ml mashed banana 250 ml coarsely grated carrots 50 g chopped walnuts

Beat the sugar, oil and eggs together. Sift the dry ingredients together and mix into the sugar mixture. Add the mashed banana, carrots and walnuts and mix gently. Pour the mixture into either two layer cake tins 23 cm in diameter and bake at 180 C for 25 to 35 minutes or a 24 x 24 cm square tin and bake at 180 C for 45 to 55 minutes.

Fill and ice with cream cheese icing and keep cake in the fridge. It also freezes well.

CREAM CHEESE ICING

100 g margarine (110 ml) 200 g sifted icing sugar (375 ml) 100 g cream cheese (100 ml) 5 ml vanilla essence

Cream the margarine and icing sugar together. Fold the cream cheese and vanilla essence into the mixture using a metal spoon. Do not beat as the icing will become runny. Keep icing in the fridge.

… formed from the French word for a permit to go through a gate (into a town rather than entering a country by sea or air), but who first issued them, and when?

In the Hebrew Bible (Nehemiah 2:7-9) Nehemiah received a permit from King Artaxerxes to travel from Persia to Judea in 450 BCE, to ensure his safe passage ‘the other side of the river’. A few hundred years later, the Chinese used a similar permit to allow people to move from one area to another, within their Imperial territories. And in medieval times, Muslims carried a document to prove that they had paid their taxes, without which they could go nowhere –even within their own Caliphate.

But who really issued passports such as we know them today? In a British Act of Parliament dated 1414 there is reference to an official document as a means of proving the identity of those who found themselves in a foreign land; so King Henry V gets the credit.

Just as a sideline, it may be of interest to know that King Louis XVI of France escaped in 1791 from Paris with Marie Antoinette and the kids, each posing as members of the staff of a Russian Baroness whose passport covered her whole entourage. Hardly surprising, he was recognised and was returned to Paris and an awaiting guillotine. Such ‘multi’ passports were quickly thought to be a mistake!

In the 19th century, railways were built across Europe, making it easy for everyone to cross borders. The whole idea of having a passport, but with no frontier force at each border, led to passports being pointless and so it was until the start of the Great War.

But across Europe, many people unsettled by the war, chose to take their skills elsewhere and soon each country set up restrictions on such travel, with official border controls being imposed. Passports had to show a photograph of the holder, and their names and physical descriptions. This was thought to be ‘damned outrageous’ and dehumanising. Britain used the passport as a definition of citizenship to ease the anxiety, and produced the first ‘booklet’ form.

When the League of Nations took hold of the matter, they issued guidelines

and a format for a passport for all nations to follow. In addition, they created the Nansen passport for stateless people which ran until the start of the second world war.

It took until 1980 for a standard passport to be established, and in more recent times, the ‘biometric’ passport carries all the information written in the passport booklet itself, to be immediately read by a machine.

Despite having to pay for a passport, it remains the possession of the issuing state, and further, the applicant does not have a legal right to own one. A governmental refusal to issue one or to revoke one, has no legal redress. Normally, once issued, the passport does entitle the holder to the right of entry into that issuing country –but not into ANY other country, which may require a visa which in turn, might not be granted. And there are other complications to deal with. Citizens of Denmark and their two constituent countries, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, for example, do not all enjoy the same opportunities. Danes can apply for a Danish passport, but citizens of Greenland and the Faroe Islands can only apply for their own non-EU Danish passport. With some sort of similarity, a Kosovan may apply for a Serbian passport, but such a document does not allow him access to the Schengen Area without a special visa. And finally, as an ‘international’ document, what language should be used to record the information the passport contains? In 1920, French was seen as the language of diplomacy, and was used along with the language of the issuing country.

Currently, the recommendation is for a passport to be issued in English or French along with the language of the issuing nation.

Swiss passports use five languages: German, French, Italian, Romansh and English, with translations in a further 26 languages, while a Libyan passport has the last page as its first page (reading right to left) written in Arabic and the first page as its last page in English, as do other Arab countries.

So next time you apply for a renewal of your passport, smile sweetly at the passport officer attending you, and be patient. It might be worth it!

Submitted by Geoff Morgan

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CEILING FAN WITH LIGHT

Double sided, The fan has a lacey design on one side –plain wood on reverse. Can be used either way. 20 Euros Lynne Danby Tel: 687 211 500 email: lynne_danby@ hotmail.com

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APARTMENT TO RENT (SHORT TERM)

Two mature Adults, both members of ICE need an Apartment for Week commencing 27th May 2022 to 3rd June 2022. Casares Costa if possible but anywhere nearby willl be considered Negotiable Christine Partridge Mob: +44 7542 745 154 email: chris44west@ icloud.com

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COACH TRIPS See trip information for times. Please ensure that you sit in the seat numbered on your ticket. We regret that we cannot stop at any other point unless agreed with the organiser, to pick up or put down. The organiser reserves the right to refuse to include any member they feel is not sufficiently ablebodied to follow the itinerary. Members are responsible for their own travel insurance.

BUYING YOUR TICKET Please produce your membership card together with the correct money. Have prepared your choice of the menu if applicable. Final ticket booking: All tickets must be booked and paid for on or before the last Thursday coffee morning before the event. Late phone bookings cannot be accepted. Members are advised to attend the last Thursday before a trip in case there are any last-minute alterations.

REFUNDS Cannot be given for tickets, unless the organiser is notified in time, and providing the trip is full and a replacement can be found from the waiting list. Tickets are not transferable to other members without the authorisation of the organiser.

TIPS Are included in the cost of coach travel and restaurants, but not for hotels.

DRINKS POLICY All drinks, whether alcoholic or otherwise, to be consumed on the Club premises shall be purchased from the Club bar.

WELFARE Members are requested to notify our welfare officer, Diane Hackett, if they know of any member who is ill. Tel 626 080 829/ 952 893 965 Email: dianehackett22@gmail.com

IMPORTANT: TELL THE BAR STAFF OF ANY BROKEN GLASS ALL ORGANISERS PLEASE NOTE – BEFORE LEAVING THE CLUB The clubhouse furniture must be AND THEY WILL DISPOSE OF IT. sanitized and left as set for a Thursday meeting, switch off lights, fans and air conditioners, set building alarm and lock doors. When using the general fob for the alarm it is imperative to return it to the correct place. DOGS Are not allowed inside the clubhouse. They are permitted on the lower terrace but only when they are under the owner’s control by being attached to a lead which is held by the owner or attached to one of the hooks on the wall which are provided for that purpose.

SMOKING The smoking of tobacco, electronic cigarettes or any other substance is not permitted anywhere in or on the Club premises.

PARKING When visiting the club please park considerately between white lines and never on yellow lines. Please DO NOT PARK in the car parking space in front of next door’s apartment. Although it is not officially for their sole use it is better for peaceful relations not to park there.

SAFETY NOTICES Members are asked to abide by the safety notices that are in place within the Club.

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