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PUBLISHER’S NOTE I sincerely hope you liked our newly introduced TV service It is still early days but we shall keep on adding more and more features to it, right now you can already watch the news live and that’s a lot faster and easier than reading old and cold news in the papers or in the mail. We are an internet Portal, even the departures and arrivals at Malaga airport are as live as the information at the airport itself.

What about our film choice of the month? Well, this month you will actually be able top see a trailer for each of the films before you decide to watch the whole feature. As I said, it is our our intention to offer the maximum audio/visual service to both our clients and readers and users of the website.

By the way, have you noticed? We keep having such an avid demand for our printed magazine that, after placing it virtual online, we have now decided to increase the number of pages to offer more information and more space for advertisers.

I hope to have made enough progress by next month to be able to tell you of the additional interesting features we have in store for you.

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editor page Boy! It has been a busy time of year for us. While most businesses have taken a sabbatical after the busy summer, we must be gluttons for punishment.

But I hope you will find useful the increase in pages and the launch of our TV as well as the other features we have added and still are adding.

Although Web Express Guide is unique in its nature as a Printed Portal, we want to ensure we do not get remotely confused with media of lesser standards.

Index

Edition 175 What’s news

8. Did you know that..?

10. Witches and ghosts 12. Sabias que ...?

45. Escuela de Arte Ecuestre 48. Si, quiero !

In my opinion

13. Now pay for the Price of greed!

56. Social media is here to stay!!

Main Feature

16. Can you wait for treatment?

Recipe ¡Señores!. Aunque muchas empresas se han tomado un descanso después del verano nosotros hemos estado muy ocupados últimamente.

Espero que encuentren útil el aumento de páginas y el lanzamiento de nuestra TV, así como de las otras características que todavía están por llegar.

Aunque Web Express Guide es un Portal Impreso único en su naturaleza, queremos asegurarnos de que no somos remotamente parecidos a los otros medios de comunicación inferiores.

20. Devil’s Food Cake

Food Hall

22. El Castillo Restaurant 24. Not just your average curry...

28. The Golden Wok 32. Chirimoyas

Health & Beauty

33. Can 6 bananas kill you?

36. Oxygen Therapy= Quality of life 37. A smile is worth 1000 words

Pret a porter Читатель! Это время года мы были очень заняты. В то время как большинство предприятий взяли отпуск после напряженного лета, мы очень активно работали. Но я надеюсь, Вы найдете много нового интересного на наших страницах и в запуске нашего телеканала. Также мы добавили и продолжаем добавлять новые функции. Хотя, Web Express Guide, является уникальным печатным изданием, мы хотели бы быть уверены, что нас не будут путать со СМИ более низкого уровня

40. A family’s Aladdin’s Cave

Education

60. Fenómeno Coaching 62. Marbella Design Academy

Entertainment 46. Who’s the bitch?

54. Films 58. Humor

Motoring 64. Beware of Pedestrians!

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Did you know that..?

Tangled headphones, sun glare on iPads, cleaners taking a day off and disappointing air fresheners are among the ‘first world problems’ to torment the middle classes, according to a new survey. “Sometimes we forget just how good we’ve got it,’ said a spokesman for OnePoll, which carried out the study. The Observer Coleshill was named the Viagra capital of England. The north Warwickshire town, with a population of 6,343, has the highest rate of prescription of Viagra and other antiimpotence drugs of any region in England. A landlord of a local pub said of the news: “It’s a strange one.” Sunday Times Across the world, 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed every day. Coffee is the most popular drink on the planet. Daily Express The Turkish immigrant credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Berlin aged 80.

Kadir Nurman set up a stall in West Berlin in 1972, selling grilled meat and salad inside a flat bread. The Times A Norwegian man who bought £15-worth of the virtual currency Bitcoin in 2009 on a whim, and then forgot about it for four years, found it had appreciated to a value of £430,000. After spending a full day trying to remember his password, Kristoffer Koch cashed in £116,000 to pay for the deposit and restoration of an Oslo flat. Daily Express

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Tutankhamun may have died as the first ever “boy racer”. The world’s most famous pharaoh’s death, in 1323BC, has been surrounded in mystery for thousands of years but British experts now believe that injuries on his body show he died in a chariot accident and that his mummification was botched. Independent on Sunday A satellite-tagged great white shark who is the first to be seen to cross from one side of the Atlantic to the other may be pregnant, according to the team tracking her. Tagged off the coast of Florida last year, ‘Lydia’ crossed the mid-Atlantic ridge last week and turned in the direction of the United Kingdom. BBC Cinemas became the latest target of anti-obesity campaigners. One box of sweet popcorn can contain up to 35 teaspoons of sugar; throw in an ice-cream and a fizzy drink and a cinema goer may find themselves consuming their entire week’s sugar allowance in a single sitting.

Evening Standard Forget any niggling doubt about whether to eat that crisp you just dropped on the floor: research indicates the “five-second rule” does work. A study by Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences discovered that food plucked off the floor within a few seconds is less likely to contain bacteria than if left to languish for longer. Daily Telegraph

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Social Activities

культурно-просветительные мероприятия

Pony Birthday Parties

День рождения Стороны с пони

Gymkana & Games Days

Gymkana & Игры дня

PONY CLUB CLASSES ALL LEVELS JUMPING COMPETITIONS DRESSAGE COMPETITIONS HORSE SHOWS LIVERY EVENTS & CATERING INDOOR ARENA OUTDOOR ARENA BAR/RESTAURANT TACK SHOP PARKING

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and Ghosts It’s that time of year again when children start ‘Trick or treating’ and adults dress up in silly costumes. - By Count De La Perrelle Interestingly the north of Spain tends to celebrate Halloween more than the rest of the Country. There is some evidence that northern regions had Celtic-speaking inhabitants around 2500-3000 years ago, mixing with the indigenous population and creating their own cultural region there. In fact in these particular regions today there is a growing Celtic revival which is proving popular with holiday makers from Celtic loving countries.

Halloween

developed from an ancient Celtic festival celebrated some 2000 years ago in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and north-western France. The festival was called

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Samhain, which means “summer’s end.” It marked the beginning of the dark winter season and was celebrated around November 1st. In the 800’s, the Christian Church established the 1st of November as All Saints’ Day. All Saints’, called All Hallows, therefore the night before was known as All Hallows’ Eve, abbreviated to All Hallow e’en.

Some old pagan customs were maintained and some people put out food for their ancestors, or they left a lantern burning in the window so that ghosts could find their way home for the night.

Dressing up:

All the costumes and funny faces have Pagan Celtic roots. One theory is they dressed as ghouls to fool evil spirits let loose on October 31, so as not to be possessed by them. Another theory is they

dressed in costume just for fun and to make mischief. Yet another theory is that faeries would dress as beggars asking for food, which would also be the origins of the “trick or treat” practice.

Trick or Treat: This practice might have

had its start in the legend from Celtic days that faeries would dress as beggars going from door to door asking for food, and those that did not show hospitality would be harshly dealt with by these magical faeries.

On All Souls Day, the poor would beg for “Soul Cakes” (sweet pastries) in exchange for prayers for their departed loved ones, expediting their passage to heaven.

Sometimes costumed groups would sing and perform in exchange for food, ale, or money.

‘Jack o’lanterns’: This hails from the Irish folk tale of Jack, who tricked the devil, but was not allowed in heaven or in hell. The devil, taking pity of Jack, gave him an ember to light his way on his eternal walks on Earth, carried in a hollowed out turnip. Because of their size and availability, pumpkins were substituted for turnips in the United States.

Ghost Stories:

Ghost stories probably have their roots in the original Celtic belief that the spirits of the dead (both good and bad) wandered the Earth on October 31 (Samhain). In the United States today, they are used to amuse and scare children (and some adults) to get them in the “spirit” of Halloween.

It is interesting to note that many years ago there wasn’t even a hint of costumes, scary rubber faces and the latest in witch fashion here in Andalucia but now it seems that the Halloween phenomena has really caught on it is increasingly considered harmless fun rather than a satanic festival. Even the supermarkets have jumped on the Halloween bandwagon and are using it as an excuse to get the customers in, looking to buy ‘huesos de santo’ or ‘bunuelos de viento’ that are typically eaten at this time of year.

I think that Halloween is now just another countdown to the inevitable Christmas.

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whats news

Sabias que....?

El banco no puede cobrarte más de 0,65 euros por sacar en el cajero. El Banco de España esté advirtiendo a algunas entidades de que, desde el 3 de octubre, cuando entró en vigor el real decreto sobre comisiones, el emisor de la tarjeta no puede cobrar al cliente, cuando va a un cajero ajeno, más de lo que ya le carga el dueño de la máquina. Es decir: la tasa no debe superar los 0,65 euros. Esto se debe traducir en fuertes descuentos sobre tarifas actuales, que pueden llegar a 4 euros. El País Mil colores de Plutón.Los datos recogidos por ‘New Horizons’ confirman que el planeta tiene grandes cantidades de agua helada y compuestos orgánicos.

Educación estudia crear un teléfono de emergencia para víctimas de ‘bullying’.El servicio está inspirado en el ya existente 016 gratuito para mujeres maltratadas. El ministerio reúne este martes a un centenar de expertos para elaborar el nuevo Plan de Convivencia Escolar. El Periódico Inmolados por la ira de los dioses. El paso de los siglos no ha podido borrar las huellas del horror. La excavación del recinto prehispánico de Zultépec-Tecoaque, a 63 kilómetros de la Ciudad de México, ha sacado a la luz el destino atroz que corrieron en plena conquista los 550 integrantes de una olvidada expedición de Hernán Cortés. La caravana, en su camino hacia Tenochtitlán, fue atacada por los acolhuas, aliados de los aztecas. Llevados al

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poblado indígena, los prisioneros entraron en un túnel sin salida. Uno tras otro, fueron sacrificados ante dioses extraños. La pesadilla duró de junio de 1520 a marzo de 1521. Cuando los hombres de Cortés llegaron al lugar, ya no quedaba ninguno vivo. La hecatombe se había completado. Y Zultépec, bajo el hierro español, fue arrasada. El País Los padres de dos víctimas mortales piden la difusión del accidente de tráfico de sus hijos La Policía de Sussex ha subido a su sitio de Youtube el vídeo de dos jóvenes ingleses que murieron luego de estrellarse contra el muro de una iglesia en Crowborough (Inglaterra). Los hechos ocurrieron el pasado mes de abril. En las imágenes se puede ver al conductor, Kyle Careford (20), y a su amigo Michael Owen (21) quienes murieron instantaneamente después de que el Renault Clio rojo en el que viajaban se estrellara. Los familiares de ambos jóvenes permitieron a la policía utilizar el vídeo para concienciar sobre conducir en exceso de velocidad. El País Proponen un sacrificio masivo de koalas para salvarlos de la clamidia. Científicos australianos plantean matar a los que no pueden ser tratados con antibióticos, lo que lograría eliminar la clamidia que les causa infertilidad y ceguera hasta la muerte y la población se recuperaría pasados cuatro años.

El Mundo

In my opinion

Now pay for the Price of greed!

Many have left the Costa, some have gone back to their countries, others have moved to what appear to be more appealing countries. What’s gone wrong?

There is always a valid reason when things do not quite work out to plan and the economic step back on the Costa del Sol is no exception. In my opnion that there are several reasons that have contributed to the economic setback.

Yes, it is true that income on the Costa is “imported” from other countries, however I do believe that nowadays this statement needs qualifying somewhat. “Experts” and newspapers love painting dark, gloomy www.webexpressguide.com

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pictures for the sake of making an impact.

They told us that the weakness of the USA economy affected the stock market and therefore the economy globally, now they put the blame on China but the real truth is that the economic crisis persists all over the world. Whatever they want to try and make you believe, homes are still being repossessed by the score, unemployment figures are still high and poverty is still rife.

I am no financial expert but commonsense dictates that indeed there is a serious crisis in most countries resulting in investors staying put, while property investment in Southern Spain has lost its appeal. However, in my humble opinion, the few will continue to prosper at expense of the many despite what

the experts say. This predicament is self inflicted as a result of greed. Take greed out of the equation and conditions will get into the right perspective again.

One can start with excessive taxation that totally deflates any entrepreneurial enthusiasm. What people seem to ask themselves is “what is the point of working or starting business and employing others when all our efforts seem to be taken away by the government and banks?”

What makes it worse is the knowledge that so much of our hard earned money is being devoured by politicians and others in power often to line their own pockets even through bribes, fraud and corruption.

It is greed that has resulted in building massive surplus property stocks; it is greed that has encouraged the enormous borrowing needed to build such stocks; it is the estate agents who have incited investors to speculate “on plans” under the false prospect that sales at a profit before completion would always be possible, thus creating an upside-down pyramid.

It is the army of estate agents, all competing for the same market that created a “gold fever” environment resulting in prices rising in all quarters.

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and clothes and so on, all increased rapidly and unreasonably, just because everyone wanted a piece of the action.

Having said this, let’s add another two ingredients to the cocktail. Let’s start with the loss of confidence in the Spanish property market as a result of illegal sales we all know about. Then let’s move on to those unimaginative business people, who quite simply copy what others do because it seems to work, regardless of the fact that they have no idea of the trade or profession and even less idea of the market they just moved into.

Too many estate agents, too many publications, marketing companies, furniture shops, web page and graphic designers, kitchen suppliers, interior designers and too many of several others, all trying to make a living from the same activity just because it seems to work, ignoring the market limits, under the wishful impression that they are better than those who know the market inside-out as well as the business.

And the result? It is a small market, not large enough to keep everyone going. So, prices are coming down, rents are coming down, businesses are closing, people give up and move on to greener pastures, yet they can’t even sell up before leaving…

Oh, how wrong you all are! There is no short cut to wealth and deception is short lived.

Forget trying to make the “quick buck” and the easy life; stick to what you know, do it properly and, if you need to work for a company, do so conscientiously, earn your trust as well as your crust.

It is the only way forward. I have lived through the previous recession here on the Costa; it was really bad and for very

similar reasons. Sheer hard, honest work was the answer. We have a better chance now with the greater number of available working population, if only taxation was less of a disincentive, banks were made to reduce their excessive greed and there were more effective controls as well as more discouraging punishment for fraudsters and drug trafficking.

We need to encourage the return of foreign residents, the many more there are the greater will be the need for housing, food, entertainment, education, leisure, clothes and the rest. And… the more money the government will make even with a reduced level of taxation.

Let’s be positive there is enough to go round to satisfy everyone but let us not be all estate agents, or publishers, or restaurants just because some seem to be making a living from it. Keep an eye on the size of your market, be imaginative, provide your own ideas create your own market demand.

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Can you wait for treatment?

Puede esperar a recibir atención médica? Можете ли вы долго ждать лечения?

You could be significantly out of pocket when you are sick!

Usted podría ser significativamente de su bolsillo cuando se está enfermo! Вы можете оказаться в безвыходной ситуации когда больны!

Even here on the Costa del Sol the waiting lists seem to be getting longer and longer and it is particularly disturbing to have to wait weeks, even months for tests and consultants’ diagnosis.

An early diagnosis can be a life saver just as much of a life saver as an early and quick cure. But it could take a year for a operation!.

With certain exceptions, such as cosmetic surgery and countries like the U.S.A., the National Health Service provides a free service to all its residents, however with the notable increase in population and people living longer than they used to, the pressure on the service and the waiting lists are extending beyond reasonable tolerance.

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Incluso aquí en la Costa del Sol las listas de espera parecen ser cada vez más y más largas y es especialmente preocupante tener que esperar semanas, incluso meses para las pruebas de diagnóstico y consultas. Un diagnóstico precoz puede ser un salvavidas al igual que un tratamiento temprano.

Estamos hablando de esperar más de un año para una operación!.

Con algunas excepciones, como la cirugía estética, el Servicio Nacional de Salud ofrece un servicio gratuito para todos sus residentes, sin embargo, con el notable aumento de

Даже здесь на Коста дель Соль лист ожидания становится длинне и длиннее. Очень тревожит ожидание неделями, месяцами, анализов и приема узких специалистов. Ранняя постановка диагноза может сохранить жизнь, также как и быстрое незамедлительное лечение. Но ждать операцию можно целый год!

can afford, especially when a whole family is involved.

True enough you cannot put a value on good health but one can certainly make it much more affordable by taking up some health insurance, which can cover the whole family.

One can always consult the general practitioner on the NHS, however when it comes hospital tests and consultations with specialists it is becoming almost essential to have private health insurance that will pay for it when you need it most. With the further advantage that you may be able to use the policy when you travel to countries which do not have a free health service.

la población y la creciente esperanza de vida, la presión sobre el servicio y las listas de espera cada vez son más largas y pasan a ser intolerables Una forma segura de obtener un tratamiento más rápido y más eficiente es saltarse el servicio gratuito e ir al privado, por desgracia, el coste del tratamiento privado pueden ser un lujo, sobre todo cuando una familia entera participa. Si es cierto que no se puede poner precio a la salud pero también es verdad que sin duda se puede hacer que sea mucho más asequible mediante contratación de algún tipo de seguro médico, que puede cubrir a toda la familia.

С некоторыми исключениями, такими как косметическая хирургия и таких стран, как США, государственное здравоохранение прелагает бесплатные услуги для своих граждан. Однако, со значительным увеличением населения и продолжительности жизни, давление на здравоохранение и лист ожидания выходит за рамки разумного Верный способ получить быстрое и эффективное лечение перейти от бесплатных к частным услугам. К сожалению, стоимость частного лечения может быть значительно больше, чем человек может себе

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Today, ten per cent of the population choose private medical insurance and more than one million operations are performed privately every year. There are almost one thousand different private policies available. This figure has more than doubled over the last ten years since BUPA and PPP cornered the market. Now private medical cover is available through countless insurance companies. Like everything else these days, you should choose the insurer wisely, it is always best to elect a reputable, well established company and avoid being expensively disappointed when the real need arises.

Some of the advantages of private medical insurance: 1. You can obtain an early diagnosis 2. You can choose the date for a hospital operation 3. You can be treated by a consultant of your choice 4. Luxury of own room in a private hospital, with lower risk of infection from MRSA .

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Uno siempre puede consultar al médico de cabecera en el NHS. Sin embargo cuando se trata de pruebas de hospitales y especialistas se convierte en casi imprescindible tener un seguro de salud privado que se encargue de los costes cuando uno más lo necesita.

Con la ventaja adicional de que puede ser capaz cubrirnos cuando viajemos a países que no disponen de un servicio de salud gratuito.

Hoy en día, el diez por ciento de la población elige un seguro médico privado y más de un millón de operaciones se llevan a cabo de forma privada cada año. Hay casi mil compañias diferentes disponibles. Esta cifra se ha más que duplicado en los últimos diez años desde que BUPA y PPP están acaparando el mercado.

Ahora la cobertura médica privada está disponible a través de innumerables compañías de seguros.

Ahora usted debe elegir la aseguradora sabiamente, siempre es mejor elegir una empresa de confianza, bien establecida y evitar los sobrecostes cuando surge la necesidad real.

1. Algunas de las ventajas de un seguro médico privado: 2. Usted puede obtener un diagnóstico precoz

позволить, особенно если это целая семья. Правда, здоровье купить нельзя, но есть способ и он может сделать это более доступным - медицинское страхование, которое покроет всю семью при необходимости. Можно сходить на консультацию к государственному терапевту, но когда придется сдавать анализы и ждать приема узких специалистов, то станет понятно, лучше иметь частную стаховку, которая все покроет. И имеет преимущество в будущем, если вы будете путешествовать в другие страны, где нет беспалтных медицинских услуг. Сегодня 10% населения выбирает частное медицинское страхование и проводится более миллиона операций в годв частных клиниках. Представлено более тысячи страховок. Эта цифра увеличилась вдвое за последние десять лет, после того как BUPA и РРР пришли на рынок. Теперь частное страхование возможно через бесчисленное количество компаний. Как и всё в эти дни, выбирать страховку надо серьезно. Всегда

therapies, covering physiotherapy, osteotherapy and chiropractic treatment, and Out-patient options, offering cover for out-patient specialist consultations and diagnostic tests on specialist referral.

8. Dental treatment

Without health insurance, you may not be able to afford expensive medical services when you need them. Do you really want to be significantly out of pocket when you are sick?

3. Usted puede elegir la fecha para una operación de un hospital 4. Puede ser tratado por un consultor de su elección 5. El lujo de una habitación propia en un hospital privado, con un menor riesgo de infección por SARM. 6. El acceso a los medicamentos de última licencia y tratamientos probados de última generación.

7. Posibilidad de 24/7 en apoyo de corazón dedicado y enfermera del cáncer

8. Se pueden contratar opciones que incluyan terapias, fisioterapia, y tratamiento quiropráctico, y las opciones de asistencia ambulatoria.

9. El tratamiento dental.

лучше выбирать уважаемую и хорошо зарекомендовавшую себя компанию, чтобы избежать дорогого разочарования, когда визникнет необходимость.

медикаментам и вариантам лечения.

6. Индивидуальный уход медсестры при заболевании сердца и раком.

7. Страхование может включать дополнительные опции, такие как физиотерапия, остеотерапия, мануальная терапия. Амбулаторное лечение предлагает консультации узких специалистов и проведение анализов.

8. Стоматология.

Некоторые преимущества частного медицинского страхования: 1. Возможность узнать диагноз бысто.

2. Возможность выбрать дату операции.

3. Возможность лечиться у врача, которого хотите.

4. Индивидуальная палата в частной больнице, где с более низкой вероятностью можно получить инфекцию MRSA. 5. Доступ к последним ицензированным

Sin seguro médico, es posible que no sea capaz de pagar los servicios médicos costosos cuando los necesite. ¿Quieres gastarte una gran cantidad de dinero cada vez que esté enfermo?

Без медицинской страховки вы можете не иметь возможности получить дорогостоящее лечение, когда это требуется. Вы ведь не хотите оказаться в безвыходной ситуации когда больны?

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A Halloween recipe by the Chef at COCOMO

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Devil’s Food Cake Preparation method 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line the bottoms of two 20cm/8in sandwich tins with baking parchment and butter the sides, then put the cocoa and the dark muscovado sugar into a large bowl and pour in the boiling water.

Whisk to mix and set aside.

2. Cream the butter and caster sugar together in a separate bowl, beating well until pale and fluffy. Stir in the flour, baking powder and bicarb. of soda together and set aside.

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50g/2oz best-quality cocoa powder sifted 100g/4oz dark muscovado sugar 250ml/8fl oz boiling water 125g/4½oz soft unsalted butter plus some for greasing 150g/5oz caster sugar 225g/8oz plain flour ½ tsp baking powder & ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 free-range eggs

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3. Dribble the vanilla extract into the creamed butter and sugar mixing all the while then crack in 1 egg, followed by a scoop of the flour mixture, then the 2nd egg. Keep mixing after each addition while adding the rest of the flour mixture little by little, finally mix and fold in the cocoa mixture, scraping the bowl well with a spatula.

4. Divide the chocolate & batter between the two prepared tins and put in the oven for about 30 minutes. Cool on rack for 5-10 minutes, then turn the cakes out and set aside to cool.

5. Melt the water, muscovado sugar and butter over a low heat, when it begins to bubble, take off the heat and add the chopped chocolate, swirling the pan and leave for a minute to melt. Once melted, whisk until smooth and glossy.

6. Set the frosting aside for about one hour, whisking now and again until the cakes will be cooled, and ready for the frosting.

7. Set one of the cooled cakes, with its top side facing downwards, onto a cake stand or plate, and spread with about one-third of the frosting. Top that with the second cake spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides.

COCOMO

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COCOMO

Cocktail Bar & Restaurant

“Where good food is born out of love” Reservation Recommended 685 218 054

Next to the Senator Banus Spa Hotel

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El Cordero

Restaurante Asadero A unique good food experience, in a relaxed and pleasant environment. get the best out of anything cooked in it. The flavour is quite unique.

There is a substantial menu and everything, except perhaps the salads and the pastas, is cooked in the oven. Steaks, Chicken, Lamb, Piglet and yes even fish. As a matter of fact the fish is exceptionally good.

One of the most important improvements made by the new owners was to build an exact replica of an authentic wood burning oven.

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Should anyone prefer fried or steamed or otherwise prepared food, naturally the chef is always willing to please.

Of course the freshness and quality of the food are most important but what is also important is the excellent service and the welcoming and relaxing atmosphere that you will experience at El Cordero.

You really need to try this eatery and as a family run business it is not expensive but worth every penny.

Restaurante Asadero

El Cordero THE ONLY WOOD BURNING OVEN IN BENAHAVIS

In a warm, welcoming & relaxing environment

Not just for pizzas try the steaks, the lamb and the rest like you never tasted before.

Open everyday from 12:00 to 23:00 Calle Castillo Nﾂｺ2 Benahavﾃ行

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The popularity of Indian cuisine has resulted in a number of Indian restaurants opening on the Costa del Sol. Curry is an international word understood in every conceivable language and that is why there are so many Indian restaurants on the Costa and everywhere else.

It is not commonly known, but an average Indian dish includes at least 7 ingredients but their flavours must not overlap with the result that each ingredient provides a unique component in the final meal. It is a cuisine that uses more than 200 known ingredients and spices and it is the real reason why that unique aroma stimulates your appetite as you enter an Indian restaurant.

However so many ingredients and spices require real expertise to know which to use, what amounts and with what recipe this and the SPICE VILLAGE restaurant is highly recommended for their ability to prepare a dish even tailor made to individual requirements. The chef at Spice Village will ensure that you enjoy a good Indian meal 24

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without the worry of allergies, upsets or intolerances.

No colour additives, no artificial ingredients only the natural goodness of the food, the freshness of local vegetables and pure natural spices. If you need to know the right notes to make a pleasant melody Spice Village know the right spices to make the perfect meal.

Spice Village aim to please offering a well constructed menu with a good choice of traditional side dishes, of course all ingredients are fresh and pleasing to the stomach as well as palate.

The owner cannot do enough to please his customers offering the best possible and attentive service to ensure that you fully enjoy your meal and come back.

As with most Indian restaurants take away is available.

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A nice guy. His food is freshly cooked.

I LUURVE my indian food and my meal was excellent. We’ve had takeaways and they’re excellent too.

NO two people in the country will agree on the exact recipe of a favourite dish. Recipes are handed down from generation to generation, verbally in the kitchen and are closely guarded secrets in most cases, but all agree, a dish is well cooked when the spices blend into the well cooked meat.

The spices should not have disparate flavour, or taste raw. No one spice should over-power the other and be so intrusive as to completely hide the true taste of the vegetable or meat dish being cooked. It should help maintain and enhance the character of the dish, give it colour and fragrance and leave you wanting more!.

Spice Village situated on the New Golden Mile, prides itself on offering the most exotic and delicious dishes from India in a warm relaxed atmosphere.

Our food is freshly made to order, so whether you prefer mild dishes such as Chicken Korma, Chicken Tikka Masala or a fiery Vindaloo or Phal dish we can ensure you’ll find the right curry to suit tantalise your taste buds.

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Real Value for Money

“LA CASITA”

INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT

Calle Fernando Pessoa, Edif. Acapulco.

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Booking/Reservas Tel. 952 892 173

Carmen

A genuine Italian family restaurant The only restaurant in Laguna Village with a terrace and fantastic views of the Mediterranean

Pasta, Meat, Fish and real Pizza and as we are in Spain even Paella.

Try our Italian buffet breakfast

Open from 9 am to 1 am Tel: 952 806 739 Michele restaurante carmen

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The Golden Wok Restaurant

Chinese Open Buffet – Estepona Self service open buffet Chinese restaurants seem to have started a new trend here on the Costa del Sol. I am not sure about other parts of the globe, but I have certainly seen them in New York, when I visited recently.

It stands to reason that the concept is appealing to diners when they are not restricted to a menu. There is no waiting and you can help yourself to a very wide variety of dishes including Sushi without restriction and at a fixed price.

You can also help yourself to a good selection of fresh uncooked meats, fish, sea food and vegetables that can be stir fried for you by the chef on the spot.

I have visited several such restaurants from Los Barrios to Marbella, but the one I liked best is without a doubt the Golden Wok. The ambience and decor are modern and up market by comparison, yet at the same price as any of the others. I also found that the service was excellent even for a self serve restaurant.

I rather liked the presentation of the food in their white ceramic dishes: clean, fresh and rather appealing.

The fact that you can enjoy your meal on the covered terrace by the swimming pool is an appealing added bonus.

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Probably the Best Asian Free Buffet Restaurant on the Costa del Sol Один из самых лучших китайских ресторанов, предлагающих «шведский стол» на Коста-дель-Соль

Lunch €9.95 Evening €11.95 Weekends & Holidays €12.95 Children under 7 years €5.95

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Chirimoyas or Custard Apples in English Чиримояс или «яблоки с заварным кре

Although this tropical fruit has its origins in India and South America, it is very popular in Spain, where its trees are grown in the southern province of Granada, near the Costa Tropical.

Chirimoyas are available from October throughout the winter in Spain and you must make sure to have a taste of these luscious, tasty tropical treats, before the season is over.

Served raw, they are great for breakfast, just cut them in half and scoop out the white, juicy flesh, picking out the seeds. You can also peel and seed them and make a fruit smoothie, or put them in a salad.

Cherimoyas are like avocados; they will ripen at room temperature right on your kitchen counter. If ripe, they will give to slight pressure.

If you purchase a ripe fruit keep it in the fridge.

Этот тропический фрукт, родом из Индии и Южной Америки, стал очень популярен в Испании, где его деревья выращивают в южной провинции Гранады, недалеко от Коста Тропикал.

них, очистив и удалив семена, также, можно сделать фруктовый коктейль, или салат. Они не только вкусны, но и полезны; контролируют кровяное давление.

Этот тропический фрукт, родом из Индии и Южной Америки, стал очень популярен в Испании, где его деревья выращивают в южной провинции Гранады, недалеко от Коста Тропикал.

Чиримояс содержат витамин А, который помогает сохранить здоровье кожи и волос. Также, они помогают избавиться от проблем с пищеварением. Содержащаяся в них медь помогает при запоре, диареи и дизентерии.

В Испании чиримояс доступны в течение всей зимы с октября и вы должны отведать эти вкуснейшие, сочные тропические фрукты. Подаются они в сыром виде и прекрасно подходят для завтрака. Надо просто разрезать их пополам и черпать белую сочную мякоть, выбирая семена. Из 30

Not only are they delicious but they are said to control blood pressure. Chirimoyas contain Vitamin A to keep skin and hair healthy and they are also known to cure indigestion problems. The copper content helps to cure constipation and to treat diarrhoea and dysentery. The small drawback is that they are high in calories.

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Но есть у них и небольшой недостаток – эти фрукты очень калорийны. Плоды черимойи как авокадо; дозревают при комнатной температуре прямо на вашем кухонном столе, их спелость определяется небольшим надавливанием. Если вы покупаете уже спелые плоды, храните их в холодильнике.

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Chicken - B.B.Q Beef Ribs - B.B.Q Pork Ribs Choice of other daily dishes

Las Brasas B.B.Q House

Set menu includes salad and refreshment

All including chips & rice

BOOK NOW FOR YOUR COMPANY’S DINNER! RESERVE YA SUS CENAS DE EMPRESA! Open Every Day except Thursdays

Eat Here or Takeway

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Health & Beauty

Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you?

It’s sometimes said that eating a lot of bananas at once could be dangerous - it has even been suggested that eating more than six in one sitting could kill you. Can this really be true?

Bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruits, stuffed with vitamins and minerals. On the face of it they are good for you, so why do some people think they could be fatal?

“It is a fact. Potassium levels are dangerously high if you have six bananas. So how dangerous is potassium? Actually, it is crucial for survival and can be found “within every single cell of the body,” “We use it to help generate an electrical charge which helps the cell function properly. It helps keep your heart rate steady, it helps trigger insulin release from the pancreas to help control blood sugars, and more importantly keeps blood pressure in check.”

However, if the level of potassium in the body is too low or too high it can result in an irregular heartbeat, stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea.

Potassium chloride is even one of the chemicals used in lethal injections in the US, as extremely high doses can cause cardiac arrest.

But for a healthy person, you would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you.”

Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK’s National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level. www.webexpressguide.com

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They are not from another planet, they use medical therapies that are also available to you Learn about the benefits of Hyperbaric Medicine Learn about the benefits of Hyperbaric Medicine

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN = QUALITY OF LIFE Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) means placing a patient in a hyperbaric chamber under increased atmospheric pressure so he can breathe 100% oxygen; Under this condition, oxygen becomes a medicament that begins therapeutic treatments on the body.

The treatment is particularly recommended for reducing inflammation, generally helping wounds to heal, as well as difficult to heal wounds, like ulcers or diabetic foot. It can prevent the need of amputation.

The beneficial effect on post operative recovery, including plastic surgery, is well proven.

It is also recommended for sports injuries, bone fractures, neurological damage, autism, relief from the effects of radiotherapy or burns, and reducing stress and chronic fatigue.

It is the greater concentration of oxygen going through the blood that aids the body all-round.

The hyperbaric chamber at the Hyperbaric Medical Centre is made of entirely transparent material with room for one person, allowing for direct communication with the medical staff. It is hygienic, comfortable, private and unhurried.

DIVING AND UNDERWATER FISHING CERTIFICATES ARE ISSUED

ГИПЕРБАРИЧЕСКАЯ КИСЛОРОДНАЯ ТЕРАПИЯ = КАЧЕСТВО ЖИЗНИ Гипербарическая оксигенация (ГБО) значит положить пациента в барокамере, где увеличивается атмосферное давление, и тогда пациент начинает дышать 100% кислородом. В таком состоянии кислород становится как лекарство и дает терапевтическое лечение организму. Такое лечение особенно рекомендуется для уменьшения воспалений, помогает заживлять раны, даже язвы и диабетическую стопу. Может предотвратить необходимость ампутации. Благотворно влияет на послеоперационное восстановление, даже после пластической хирургии.

Также рекомендуется для спортивных травм, перелома костей, неврологических проблем, аутизма, дает облегчение от радиотерапии или ожогов, снижает стресс и хроническую усталость. Большая концентрация кислорода проходит через кровь и насыщает все тело. Гипербарическая барокамера в Гипербарическом медицинском центре сделана полностью из прозрачного материала, расчитана на одного человека и позволяет напрямую общаться с медицинским персоналом. Все гигиенично, удобно, приватно.

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A smile is worth a thousand words.

If you can turn smiling into a habit you can turn happiness into a habit!

Research has shown that smiling releases serotonin, a neurotransmitter that produces feelings of happiness and wellbeing; it simply makes you feel better!

It has been proven that we find others more attractive when they are wearing a smile, also an indication that they like you and a key ingredient for establishing healthy and genuine friendships.

This is the very reason why The Dentists of Sotogrande, a Swedish dental clinic,

specialises in cosmetic dentistry and is a full member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Located in the quiet area of Paniagua in Sotogrande, the clinic is equipped with the latest, state of the art equipment necessary to provide a fully comprehensive, highest quality service in dental health and dental beauty.

Each patient will first be examined and assessed by Dr Anders Friman in order to identify the specific need and assess what and if specialised treatment is required.

The process includes a detailed examination of teeth, soft tissue, supporting structure alignment, bite and quite a bit more. If necessary, X rays and even a model of the teeth will be made.

Right from their first appointment patients will receive a cosmetic consultation and subsequently, as a result of the examination, with the solution and introduction to any specialist in our team as may be recommended.

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Who’s the bitch ?

Or is she? By the Prickly Pair

It may be the case that life makes you appear as a bitch to people that you have to associate with the truth is that you’d rather appear as a bitch to them because you are obviously a cut (or two) above their level.

Well, let’s face it, they are not going to insult you if you consider being called a bitch an insult, which I do not. It’s hard work putting people down with a glance or a comment or both; anyway as I was saying, they are hardly going to try to insult you by calling you a superior being. Are they?

Do I wish to have more friends? Hmm, not exactly! I could easily acquire them if

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expression “dirty laundry in public”?

I adjust, but not just slightly. Well for me, anyway. Apparently I should have moved to Spain and immediately know all about and everything Spanish, then I should have made every local English pub my local, instantly befriend absolutely anyone and everyone and add at least 200 new friends to my Facebook.

Then proceed to add their friends as well so I could also be considered for entry to this not so exclusive club; or I could gain entry if I were an alcoholic or ex alcoholic, or a certain kind of woman of a certain age who likes to hang around ports and karaoke bars even when the normal people have had a pleasant evening and gone home while back stabbing and gossiping behind said friends’ backs.

A bitch like me acquires her name because she would rather call a loser “a loser” to their face. Does this make me a bitch? I don’t think so darling! On the other hand I could, even in this day and age, take in clothes to wash and iron so as to have friends and everybody could look down on me as I’d pose no threat, or so they might think. Ever heard of the

Another way to enlarge your circle of friends, as I suspect, is to join a Forum and by a Forum I don’t mean a properly run business one, I mean a village gossip one. All you need is to make up a name like “bof, fairycake, pie boy, valentine, aloysius ,” or something stupidly similar and spend all your day slagging your friends off in secret, or so you might think.

Then if I reply, apparently that would make me a bitch. Hey ho!

This means that in order not to be a bitch, I should stoop down to the required level, have not so many real friends, always keep my mouth shut even though the club is slagging everyone off left right and centre and smile and chat to all as if I actually give a damn.

Thanks but no thanks. I think I shall stay in my own club thank you, where I can look at your group as amusement and in amazement. So what if I don’t have so many members? Well, how can I put this without offence? That’s because we bitches are not so common!

Oh! By the way, just to appear an all round nice person, and I said appear, I could do some charity things and then surely everyone would think more of me and no-one could say a bad word about me, while I could say anything I liked; well let me dispel that rumour considering you probably have about 500 friends at least on Facebook and maybe 100 business associates as you raised about 300 Euros. That’s sad! In my one and only charity I did raise about 5000 Euros in 1 hour but then I did contact my rich bitch list.

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¡SÍ, QUIERO! YES! IDO! Todo lo que necesitas para un día perfecto All that you need for a perfect day.

As reported by Celia Pareja

Tras pronunciar estas palabras, comienza una carrera de fondo para los novios en su búsqueda de todo lo necesario para celebrar su gran día.

Video, fotografía, banquete, invitaciones, trajes, peluquería, maquillaje, regalos para los invitados… y así una interminable lista de tareas por hacer que, a veces, provoca las primeras crisis en la pareja.

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Pero, lo cierto, es que una boda, además de una unión entre dos personas que se quieren, hoy en día es un negocio, del que viven muchos profesionales y que va cambiando y sumando propuestas año tras año.

Por ello, los pasados 10, 11 y 12 de Octubre, el Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga acogió la novena edición de la Feria Celebra Málaga. presents for guests…an incredible list of jobs that could cause the first crisis for the couple.

One thing is certain, a wedding is not just the union between two people who love each

Una exposición de la que los novios pueden salir con todos los detalles para su boda y con ofertas exclusivas. Y es que Celebra Málaga se ha convertido en un importantísimo escaparate para los principales profesionales del sector de la provincia.

Este año, más de 160 empresas han dado a conocer sus productos y servicios especializados. Pero, además, los asistentes a esta muestra pueden disfrutar de desfiles, sorteos, talleres y degustaciones.

Como novedades destacadas de este año, encontramos los food- tracks, furgonetas adaptadas y que ofrecen a los novios desde traslado al lugar de celebración, hasta barra para cócteles o incluso para comida.

Detalles que marcan la diferencia en un evento y que, cada vez más son buscados por los novios para hacer de su día, algo único y especial.

other, it is an ever changing business and a living for many professionals from year to year.

This is why, from the 10th to 12th October, the 9th edition of Celebra Malaga was hosted at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos in Málaga. This is an exhibition where young couple will find all they need for their wedding and even get special offers. Furthermore Celebra Malga is now an important showcase for all professionals in the sector.

This year more than 160 exhibitors have introduced their products and dedicated services, while all those presents took part in draws, tastings and view presentations.

A particular novelty this year was the adaptation of food trucks offering snacks and cocktails on the way from church to reception hall.

Every year more and more couples search for all types of small details that can make a great difference to their unique, special day.

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Good Kill

Drama, Action

Thriller, Drama

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Director: Andrew Niccol

Stars: : Emily Blunt, Benicio

Stars: January Jones, Zoe

Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor

Kravitz, Ethan Hawke, Jake Abel,

Garber, Jon Berntha

Peter Coyote, Alma Sisneros

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elite government task force official to aid in the escalating war against drugs.

Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past, the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

Air Force pilot Tom Egan yearns to get back into the cockpit of a real plane, but he now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned box in the Las Vegas desert. When the stakes are raised, Egan’s nerves, and his relationship with his wife, begin to unravel, revealing the psychological toll drone pilots endure when forced to witness the aftermath of their fight against insurgents.

The Last Witch Hunter Thriller- Fantasy

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Breck Eisner

Director: Ridley Scott

Stars: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood,

Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica

Michael Caine, Rose Leslie,

Chastain, Kate Mara, Kristen

Rena Owen, Julie Engelbrecht

Wiig, Sebastian Stan

The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries.

However the QUEEN WITCH is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.

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in my opinion

Social media is here Sure, but let’s not confuse this with marketing or interactivity with consumers.

Of course I am all for Facebook and Twitter and the suchlike, but I believe it is important to maintain a professional business image and not be taken for a peddler or Dell Boy using such means only to avoid paying for advertising and even legitimate taxation at the expense of those who do.

Some advertising agents go as far as offering to maintain and update your social page, though I do not think what good that does when your announcement will only last a few hours, sometimes even minutes, before it is pushed all the way down out of sight by all the others. And if you keep sharing the same announcement you make a nuisance of yourself.

Telling your circle of friends and family about your business is only a very small part of what is intended by marketing, there is a big difference between advertising and promoting a business in the market and pushing the information to friends, family and anyone else on social media.

Interactivity is when a business interacts with the consumers.

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Some intermediaries offer to make comparisons online for different products, with the idea to save you time in searching and money in finding the cheapest provider.

These are certainly not social media.

Many advertise quite heavily especially on television, but has it ever occurred to you where does all that massive advertising investment come from to offer you such a service free of charge? You of course!!

They are agents; Insurance Agents, Car Sales Agents, Travel Agents and so on. The minute you decide to buy something, your purchase price pays them a commission which in turn pays for their profit and for advertising their own business. Quite frankly, if it is money I

to stay!! am trying to save I could save quite a bit more going direct to the supplier and avoid paying the intermediary.

Regrettably some advertising agencies are aiding such intermediaries to acquire a certain status they do not deserve. Take Tripadvisor as a classic example.

Tripadvfisor is not a social medium; it is a Travel Agency for flights, hotels, accommodation earning its money through the bookings made through them and now also trying to extend its potential earning services from restaurants and other possible services.

They are entering the restaurant sphere by pretending to be a social medium contributed to by the consumers themselves. Damn it, it is clear that they do not bother to provide a professionally researched service for genuine users and rely entirely on unprofessional opinions and views expressed by users, a system that is abused by restaurants themselves paying others to say how good they are or paying others to say how bad a competitor might be.

Some consumers are known to use the threat of a bad review in order not to pay their bills or get a reduction.

The reviews are certainly not all unbiased and the proof lies in the number of

serious complaints and court cases against Tripadvisor worldwide. How else would you explain some opinions about the famous Ritz Hotel in London: 43 said it was average, 31 said it was poor and 22 said it was terrible.

Contrary to what some advertising agencies may tell their clients, Tripoadvisor is most certainly not a reliable source of information, even assuming there are genuine reviews by consumers, they could not be reliably provided by unbiased trade professionals.

On the other hand, trying to contact Tripadvisor to inform them of an incorrect piece of information, like “the restaurant is not closed”, or a defamatory comment on their website is quite impossible, not even by phone. Clearly not a social media!! They could not careless.

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VIRTUAL HUMOUR

YES, IT’S TRUE My aunt died, God bless her, at a ripe old age of 104. We called her Aunt Tique.

I’m addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop whenever I want.

A bill collector came to my house the other day, so I gave him a huge stack of old bills

I didn’t know my dad was a construction site thief, but when I got home all the signs were there.

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshalled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Q. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?

A. Samson - he brought the house down.

Husband: “Honey, why do you usually answer me back with a question when I ask you?”

Wife: “Is that what I do?”

I asked my North Korean friend how it was there, he said he couldn’t complain.

What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know, but their flag is a huge plus I hate Russian dolls...so full of themselves I went on a once in a lifetime holiday. Never again.

Two penguins walk into a bar... which is stupid because the second one should have seen it.

Where do you find a cow with no legs? Right where you left it.

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EDUCATION

FENÓMENO

COACHING Hace algunos meses tuve la oportunidad de vivir en primera persona un taller de coaching. Fue una casualidad, y una suerte, ya que asistí para trabajar y resultó ser un descubrimiento muy interesante para mi desarrollo personal y profesional.

Hasta entonces había escuchado la palabra en alguna que otra ocasión, pero no sabía realmente cuál era el trabajo realizaba un “coach”, ni para qué podía aplicarse esta disciplina que ahora está tan de moda, pero que realmente lleva años utilizándose con buenos resultados en grandes empresas.

Después de conocer personalmente a varios coach y de disfrutar durante un fin de semana de todas las actividades que se realizan en este tipo de cursos me pareció una disciplina tremendamente interesante y que debería enseñarse desde los primeros años de vida.

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logros concretos. Ese, es uno de los pilares fundamentales del desarrollo personal y la autoestima. Y lo cierto, es que después de un fin de semana de trabajo, es imposible no salir con ganas de comerte el mundo.

Pero como todo, no es suficiente con asistir a un curso o leerse un libro para triunfar. Para poder empezar a notar resultados exitosos en nuestra vida personal o profesional, necesitamos trabajo, compromiso y constancia. Porque, aunque cualquiera puede aprender, no todos estamos dispuestos a esforzarnos para conseguirlo.

Pero, ¿qué es esto del coaching?

El coaching es una disciplina que está desarrollándose en Europa y en España en los últimos años y que procede de los Estados Unidos. Consiste en una relación profesional continuada que ayuda

a que obtengamos resultados en la vida, profesión, empresa o negocios de las personas.

Mediante este proceso, las personas podemos profundizar en nuestro propio conocimiento, aumentar el rendimiento y mejorar la calidad de vida.

Uno de los ámbitos de trabajo en el coaching personal es la gestión del tiempo, de los conflictos, de los hábitos, la gestión del estrés y de las emociones. Algo que es muy útil en nuestro día a día. Y es que quién no ha dicho alguna vez ¿Me faltan horas en el día?, o ¿no tenía que haber dicho eso? Situaciones a las que nos enfrentamos de forma cotidiana y que gracias al coaching podemos ser capaces de controlar.

Esta disciplina tiene el objetivo de que la persona progrese de forma rápida y eficaz y alcance una autonomía en la resolución de los problemas importantes y cotidianos. Nos permite que la persona aligere el peso de la vida personal y profesional con un estilo de vida más confortable en todos los aspectos en el menor tiempo posible.

Y es que ¿quién no quiere tener una vida más cómoda? ¿Un mejor sueldo, unos mejores resultados, una mejor relación con tu pareja, hijos o familiares?

Pero, ¿Por qué el Coaching es tan eficaz?

Esta disciplina consigue que las personas tomemos consciencia de qué es lo que queremos conseguir en la vida.

Muchas veces actuamos por inercia. Estamos tan preocupados en sobrevivir que no nos

paramos a plantearnos si donde estamos o donde nos lleva lo que estamos haciendo nos hace felices. ¿Por qué conformarnos con algo que no nos satisface?

Pero para conseguir llegar a donde realmente queremos debemos asumir responsabilidad.

Gracias al coaching podemos determinar y aclarar la responsabilidad que uno mismo tiene de sus circunstancias. Comprender que somos capaces de cambiar cómo enfrentarnos a la vida da el valor y la confianza suficiente para saber que se puede conseguir.

Eso hace que desarrollemos la confianza en nosotros mismo. Esa confianza proporciona la voluntad, seguridad y perseverancia necesarias para conseguir el objetivo.

Con todos estos argumentos, y sobre todo después de ser testigo de un fin de semana de aprendizaje, del que salí sintiendo que realmente es posible vivir la vida que uno quiere, estoy completamente a favor de generalizar esta disciplina. Porque lograr ese objetivo, convierte a la gente en personas felices. Y las personas felices son mejores personas, más eficaces en su trabajo y además viven mejor. www.webexpressguide.com

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Marbella Design Academy has celebrated its 20th Year Anniversary!

1st October was exactly 20 years ago since Marbella Design Academy was founded in 1995 in Marbella. The Academy students, staff and guests celebrated with a BBQ, sangria, drinks, and a wonderful and exquisite 20th anniversary celebration cake made by the local Monda bakers.

The 1st August 2008 Marbella Design Academy was relocated to its new state recognised premises and university campus in Monda 15km from Marbella, to allow for natural progress and on the back of continued success. The beautiful building was purposely designed by the Danish founder, Helle Byrn

and built to accommodate every design education facility imaginable reflecting a modern day “state-of-the-art� international design school.

across most key areas of creative arts and design. 10th March 2014 Marbella Design Academy signed a partnership agreement with Middlesex University London. This year the graduating students were the first to complete the Bachelor of Arts validated programmes at Marbella Design Academy

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and this to highest standards of English education. The graduated students were all awarded their desirable and official Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion Design, Graphic Design and Interior Architecture by Marbella Design Academy´s partner institution Middlesex University, London.

Marbella Design Academy boasts today over 44 different nationalities amongst its students and teaching staff. The Academy has really become an international hub of creative minds and talent combined with endless drive and imagination.

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Beware of

Pedestrians!

They need to be severely educated.

Let’s start from the basics.

Roads are built for cars to drive on and pavements for pedestrians to walk on in safely. It is a crime to drive cars on pavements why do pedestrians think they have priority on roads?

At some point pedestrians and cars need to cross over each other’s paths so traffic lights were created for the purpose as well as zebra crossings. Caution and common sense must prevail in respect of the latter, and pedestrians are more vulnerable therefore they should exercise more caution than they do.

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Остерегайтесь пешеходов! Они должны быть более образованы Давайте начнем с основ. Дороги строят, чтобы машины ездили по ним и тротуары, чтобы пешеходы ходили по ним безопасно. Это преступление ездить на автомобиле по тротуару, но почему пешеходы думают у них есть приоритет на дорогах? В какой-то момент пешеходы и автомобили должны пересечься друг с другом. Для этого были созданы светофоры и пешеходные переходы. Внимание и здравый смысл должны преобладать в отношении последних, ведь пешеходы более уязвимы и они должны проявлять больше осторожности Нет более ничего неприятного и опасного, чем пешеход, начинающий убыстрять шаг перед машиной, особенно стараясь попасть на зебру быстрее машины или неожиданно выпрыгивающий на переход, думая что у него есть преимущество. Как насчет пешеходов, которые прыгают на дорогу из-за припаркованных машин и заборов?

reach the zebra crossing before the car; or suddenly jumping on to a crossing because he thinks he has preference; what about the pedestrians who jump on to a crossing from behind parked cars, or fences?

Нет, Испания не отличается от этих правил. Да, у пешеходов есть преимущество для пересечения зебры, но только когда это безопасно, не до этого.

No, Spain is no different to what are common sense rules; yes pedestrians have priority on a zebra crossing but only when they are on it safely, not before.

“Para cruzar por ellos es necesario MOSTRAR LA INTENCIÓN DE HACERLO y recordar que solo se debe invadir la calzada cuando se observe que los VEHÍCULOS SE HAN DETENIDO y puede cruzarse con seguridad”.

“Para cruzar por ellos es necesario MOSTRAR LA INTENCIÓN DE HACERLO y recordar que solo se debe invadir la calzada cuando se observe que los VEHÍCULOS SE HAN DETENIDO y puede cruzarse con seguridad”.

Some countries like the UK have embarked on expensive campaigns to educate pedestrians to crossing roads safely and not just on zebra crossings. It enrages me when I am given a dirty look by pedestrians who force their importance on crossing the road even when there is no crossing. Should they be required to take a test and be licensed to walk in the street? Vehicles drive on wheels and cannot stop dead; it could injure its passenger in so doing.

Motorists are required by law to stop for a pedestrian waiting at a pedestrian crossing only if he indicates his intention to cross; they certainly do not carry a crystal ball and cannot read the mind of pedestrians around.

Having said this, and if you are a pedestrian, it’s never safe to assume that you have the right of way as a pedestrian crossing in Spain, particularly in villages and cities, where motorists are very reluctant to stop, possibly because there are far more crossings created than are necessary causing severe impatience with drivers as well as traffic jams. But that is another story.

Некоторые страны, например, Великобритания, стали проводить дорогостоящие программы по обучению пешеходов как переходить дорогу безопасно и не только на пешеходных переходах. Это раздражает, когда пешеход неодобрительно смотрит на водителя, считая, что он главный на дороге, даже если там нет перехода. Может быть пора сделать экзамен для получения права ходить по улицам? Закон обязывает автомобилиста останавливаться у перехода и пропускать пешехода, если он собирается его пересечь. Но у них нет хрустального шара и они не могут читать их мысли. Поэтому, если вы пешеход, это никогда не безопасно считать, что у вас есть преимущество при пересечении дороги в Испании. Особенно, в маленьких деревнях и городках автомобилисты останавливаются очень неохотно, возможно из-за того, что сделано слишком много переходов, чем требуется и это вызывает раздражение у водителей и создает пробки. Но это уже другая история.

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