Tickled Squirrel December 2014

Tickled Squirrel Issue1 December 2014 The brand new free monthly magazine for El Campello and surrounding areas. It´s filled with articles, fun puzzles, information and advertising from the best local businesses.

Many of you may remember us from a couple of years ago. Welcome From 2006 - 2012 we produced the very popular Mellow to your new Magazine. However, personal circumstances meant that we quickly needed to return to the UK. But now two years later monthly we´re back, newly married and with a brand new magazine. magazine So, let´s start with a great big welcome to this, our very first issue of Tickled Squirrel. As before, the magazine will be produced on a monthly basis. It´s amazing how much the human race has become reliant on the Internet. I hadn´t realised just how important it was until working on this first magazine which was started in England, completed in Spain and most of the time with no connection to the world wide web. I´m even more surprised that I´ve managed to get the copy put together on time for the printer whilst at the same time searching for somewhere to live and also driving over from the UK with my daughter, my dog and my great friend Gail who became quite ill en route to Alicante. We aim to be informative, fun and interesting, but to achieve this we need you to tell us what you want, and to help us do this send us an email to [email protected] and let us know what it is that you´d like to see. Inside this month you´ll find a great selection of articles, some writers whose names will be familiar to you as well as a few new names. There´s a double page spread of puzzles for you to ponder over whilst sipping your vino on the terraces of the many great bars and restaurants as you take in the warming winter sunshine. December 6th is Spanish Constitution Day and December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. To find out more about these fiestas there is a short article on page 24. Christmas is now just around the corner. Whether we will be unpacked in our new home or had the time to go shopping for gifts remains to be seen but we would like to take this chance to wish each and every reader a very Merry Christmas and we´ll see you next month with the January issue. Lorraine and Jerry P.S. It´s great to be back! Website: www.tickledsquirrel.com Tickled Squirrel Ltd. accepts no responsibility for the services, goods or work which is provided Mobile site: www.m.tickledsquirrel.com by any advertiser. Although we do our best to ensure the content is correct we accept no Telephone: 634 327 682 liability for errors or omissions. Emails: [email protected] No part of this magazine, in part or whole, may be reproduced without obtaining prior written [email protected] permission. Tickled Squirrel Magazine is published each month by Tickled Squirrel Ltd. Reg. No. 9244499 2

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Great Entertainment For December at Bernie‛s 965 632 576 Booking advised for all these shows - don’t be disappointed Performing at Bernie’s on the 6th December from 8:30 - get here early, Rebecca Holt is a fabulous singer and the night will be very popular . Saturday 13th December at 8:30 sees a What a great way great show from Rob Sweeney. Songs to get ready for from the 60s onwards and his Michael Christmas. Mickey Buble tribute is not to be missed. Lewis is here on the 20th at 8:30 Bernie’s offer some of the best food Stand up comedy and definitely the finest Icelandic cod at it’s best. and chips to be found on the Costa Blanca, so come along and see us New Year’s Eve soon. Come and join us to bring in 2015. We show all live football matches Tony Marino singing on our multi-screen TVs as well as songs from all eras, other sports, and don’t forget . . . . Bernie’s superb hot & cold buffet, Cava Karaoke at Bernies & grapes. Book your every Friday night seat now - only 20€ On the sea front in El Campello - towards the southern end 4

The Costa Blanca Calendar abundance of knowledge and patience. Girls (and boys!) The next week or so passed in eager anticipation. Would it be ok? Would it be good On September 12th I received a phone call enough? And more importantly perhaps, would which went something like this . . . people like it enough to buy it? Well, now you “Hi Lorraine, how´re you doing? Listen, do you can see for yourself! fancy joining me in a charity project?” “Sure”, I said. “What is it?” The Costa Blanca Calendar Girls (and boys!) was launched on Saturday 15th November at a Thus began the four crazy weeks of The Costa fun evening held in Bernie´s Bar, El Campello. Blanca Calendar Girls (and boys!). The evening entertainment was supplied It started properly when Lorna and I met up courtesy of Tony Francis, and Las Chicas of to form an “action plan”, which in turn lead to Alicante. Las Chicas can also been seen in a us doing the rounds of local businesses. We free event at El Campello Casa de Cultura on chatted to them about the three charities we Friday December 5th. intended to raise money for, Scope, Bruised but not Broken, and Alzheimer´s Association, The Costa Blanca Calendar Girls (and boys!) thereby hoping to entice them into sponsoring is now on sale at the cost of €8.95 from the a page in the calendar. People were definitely following locations: The Bruised But Not Broken interested so we decided to proceed. Next job, Charity Shop & Drop In Centre (formerly The photographer. Did we know one? Could we English Shop), Bernie´s Bar, and Kutz Hair & find one? Thanks to a local gentleman who Beauty Salon in El Campello. Alternatively, you volunteered his services, we could. And so, can order direct from Lorraine on 608 524 896 with businesses on board and a photographer or Lorna on 673 899 257. found, what was next? Everyone involved in this project gave their time Here´s where the craziness started as we freely (and bravely!) in the hope that you will began to make appointments for photo shoots, like what they have produced, so please show doing them in barmy places and at “stupid your support for their hard work by purchasing o´clock” times to fit in with work schedules. our calendar. Thank you. Finally, after many anxious moments, all was in place and off it went to the printers. At SR Printers we met Katie, an angel with an 5

The Extractor Fan As told by Mr. Hugh Riches Jack was very keen on tractors, he lived and breathed them and he bought every magazine he could find - John Dere, Massey Furguson, he knew all the details. When a tractor fair was held nearby he just had to go along. He was in his element, there were tractors of all shapes and sizes. The first tractor that really took his eye was a small red one and he happily climbed up and sat proudly on the seat, holding the controls. The dealer asked him if he was interested in buying one, it was only £20,000, but Jack replied that he didn’t have that sort of money and was just an interested spectator. The dealer then asked him to leave, which he sadly did. Jack then found a much bigger blue tractor on a different stand and climbed up to sit on this one. Once again, the dealer asked him if he was interested in buying this £40,000 model. He replied as before, that he didn’t have that sort of money and was just looking. The dealer shooed him away. This treatment really hurt Jack and he went straight home, tore up all his tractor magazines and threw them in the bin. Even the model collection he had painstakenly built up went the same way and he then went to cheer himself up in the pub. When he arrived, the bar was full of smoke (it was before the ban on smoking) and there were smells of cooking from the kitchen. Jack opened his mouth and sucked in, breathing in all the smoke and fumes. He then went outside and blew the polution out into the street before going back into the now, breathable pub. “That’s a nice trick,” the landlord said to him. “Oh, it’s nothing really,” Jack replied. “I’m an ex-tractor fan.” Punography I tried to catch some fog, but I mist. When chemists die, they barium. A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. They told me I had type A blood, but it was a type O. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me. When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A Thesaurus. What does a clock do when it´s hungry? It goes back four seconds. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me! 6

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Making Changes Can you give more? I don’t mean money, but there are important things in life that others don’t have that we can give, and it doesn’t cost a lot. What am I talking about? Almost everyone I talk to, because of the nature of the work I do, is under stress and getting mad about a variety of issues. I have been there, done it, and got the tee shirt, but I learned how to handle things differently and it really isn’t hard, and life is all the better for it. So many of us are life’s takers . . . only seeing one point of view, one side of the coin, and determined to fight to the end to be “vindicated”. This can NEVER lead to happy relationships, or great self esteem, because we really KNOW that somewhere out there there is a better way of dealing with things to get a better result. So often we don’t understand the route to go along and as with many new experiences it feels uncomfortable to make changes. Did we realise how much better the world would be if we all stopped being so inward looking and started to look outwards, towards others around us? We could all add some sunshine to the world we are living in if we just decided to make every thought a positive one, and NEVER to think of giving up on something worthwhile, or thinking that we are through and finished. We all know someone who impresses us with the way he or she handles situations. I bet if you talked to them in depth you would find that they have had some major disasters in their lives, but they have coped and are here to tell the tale . . . if they bother to talk about the bad things in life at all! Who else is in control of our lives if we aren’t? No partner or friend can make us miserable or depressed if we don’t want to be. We can all do a little, and by everyone doing a little, that amounts to a lot. It may not happen worldwide, but it can happen in YOUR world. I like this story : A man was walking along the beach throwing back the star fish that had been washed up on the sand. Someone who was watching him asked why he was doing it, because there were thousands of them and he could never put them all back in the sea, so what difference could it make? The man smiled, picked up another one and threw it in, and he said, “It made a difference to that one!” How true! Every little helps! Don’t forget that if you try to handle things differently, smile more, forget and forgive more, it may seem that you are trying to swim upstream at first, and there may be moments when you feel you may as well go back to the old ways and the comfort zone, but remember, when tomorrow comes, there’s a chance to start again!! Till next time! Violet King. Large Van Going to the UK Personal Confidential Counsellor For appointments/feedback Leaves Spain on December 19th please ring Returns early January 2015. 966928256 or 634312179. Alternatively send an email to: Competitive Rates [email protected] Call Steve on 660 931 890 9

The Brain Drain Puzzle Pages Across 31. Floor covering (6) 8. Heat excessively (5) 35. Cutting tool (3) 14. United States (7) 1. Mine entrance (7) 37. Worship (5) 15. Moment (7) 5. Prison (7) 38. Makes well (5) 16. Gum (5) 9. Exclamation of disgust (3) 39. Consumed (3) 17. Sleeping car (7) 10. Wear away (5) 40. Least difficult (7) 18. Bowling pin (7) 11. Scent (5) 41. Convent for nuns (7) 20. Loudly (5) 12. Falsehood (3) 22. Examine thoroughly (5) 13. Simpler (6) Down 28. Slatted wooden box (5) 16. Oppose (6) 29. Male deer (5) 19. Bundle (4) 1. Flat surface (5) 30. Unfettered (5) 21. Oceans (4) 2. Numbers 13 through 19 (5) 32. Once more (5) 23. Way out (4) 3. Run away with a lover (5) 33. Deputised group (5) 24. Govern by terror (9) 4. Contest between two persons 34. Yellowish brown colour (5) 25. Passport endorsement (4) (4) 35. Chair (4) 26. Route (4) 5. Foot covering (4) 36. At what time (4) 27. A corpse (4) 6. Isolated (5) 28. Fortified feudal residence (6) 7. Thank you (French) (5) 10

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Science Fiction or Science Fact Craig McArthur Science Fiction has been around for a lot longer brought the concept of time travel to the than you may imagine. In this short article we forefront of public imagination. will look at how the genre works on multiple Using this genre, writers with strong levels, how you may have missed what has political views normally unable to screen the been staring you in the face the whole time, subject matter may now slip past the sensors as well as how it educates and inspires the with the political messages dressed up and audience. so appear less obvious. An example of this When it comes to Science Fiction you could be the first ever interracial kiss screened either love it or you hate it. No matter what on Television courtesy of Captain Kirk and Lt your personal opinion is there is no escaping Uhura. Another example is Battlestar Galactica the fact that without it in our lives the world 2003, a highly political drama, covering all wouldn’t be as technologically advanced as it aspects of refugee life e.g. water and food is. But how could this genre have anything to shortages, setting up a government, black do with our advancements I hear you cry? Well market trading, abortion, equal rights and it’s quite simple. Thanks to the imaginations racism. In an ordinary world there might be of novel, television and film writers, Science complaints, if it was screened at all. Dressed Fiction has introduced over the years several up as a Science Fiction adventure in space, key applications/tools to aid the quests of the however, it is able to slip through the net, Protagonists. For example in the original 1966 educating whilst not offending the audience, you series of Star Trek, the audience was introduced are learning without even noticing it. to the concept of handheld communication Films like Mad Max II & III show us a devices. These would later be adopted into world after we’ve devastated the planet. This our own lives and renamed first walkie talkies acts as a warning and a not so subtle way of and more recently mobile/cell phones. In Star encouraging ourselves to stop the fighting, to Trek: The Next Generation (1987) the crew end the wars. used handheld computers which we now have Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the in our lives as tablets or iPads. The Holodeck Star Trek franchise had a vision for a future is a room where anything from a room to an to which we should all aspire. He believed entire world can be simulated, appearing real to that every nation should and would eventually anyone in the room. This is known to us now as become one, bringing an end to arms, greed, a Virtual Reality Suite, a concept first seen by hunger and all other forms of suffering. the general public in 1992. Hopefully we may one day achieve this. It It isn’t just the imagined tools and may not be in our lifetime but perhaps for our applications which helped develop the human children or grandchildren. As long as Science race at an alarming pace but also the themes/ Fiction continues with its subliminal messages, undertones of films/television series. Journeys we stand a chance of being better educated and to far-off lands, meeting alien races, learning more sympathetic to the plight of others. about astronomy as with the early series of So, you can see how the Science Doctor Who (1963) helped to inspire whilst Fiction genre is built upon multiple levels, and educating the audience. It would be interesting how it can cater for everybody’s tastes, you just to know the percentage of scientists who are need to look a bit deeper next time. fans of and have been influenced by Science Fiction. President Ronald Regan and the United Craig McArthur States Government stole the name Stars Wars for its own Strategic Defence Initiative. Craig, a writer from Lincolnshire, England At some point in our lives, Science specialises in writing about the world of Science Fiction has either influenced, aided or educated. Although there had been previous Fiction. If you would like to know more about examples of time travel in fictional writing, H him please make contact via email to G Wells in his book The Time Machine (1895) [email protected] 14

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Mediterranean Gardens Roald Goorman Landscaping with palm trees, part 1. There is no plant that evokes more the feel of warmer tropical climes than the palm tree, with the Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) being the epitome. Lamentably, this palm cannot be grown here on the Costa Blanca, as our winters are too cool for the tree to thrive, it needs 16 + degrees centigrade as a minimum to survive. However there are many other palm species that look just as tropical as the coconut palm, that do very well for us. Ubiquitous and impossible to miss are the Washingtonia palms (Washingtonia robusta), Date palms (Phoenix dactilifera) and Canary date palms (Phoenix canariensis). The latter two of which unfortunately falls victim quite often to the red palm weevil that is wiping out huge amounts of especially the Canary dates, for which it has an obvious preference. We can grow successfully more than 100 species of palms on the Costa Blanca, more inland cooler gardens perhaps a few less, but with still over 50 suitable palm species there remains enough to choose from! Here is a small introduction to palms and their differences. Nikau There are approximately 2600 palm species in the world, palm all occurring in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate climates. The northernmost species is our native European European fan palm fan palm (Chamaerops humilis), the southernmost species is the Nikau palm (Rophalostylis sapida) from New Zealand. Both species can be grown here, the first needing full sun and the latter shaded locations. Palms can roughly be divided in two groups, the pinnate (feather) palms and the palmate (fan) palms. Coconut palms and Date palms are pinnate palms, whereas Washingtonias are palmate palms. In pinnate leaves the leaflets are arranged perpendicular along a Date palm midrib, like a feather. A variation on the pinnate theme is bipinnate, in which the leaflets themselves are divided in smaller leaflets, the Fishtail Coconut palm palm (Caryota sp.) These are both Pinnate Palms being an example. Caryota gigas, a bipinnate palm In palmate leaves the leaflets all sprout from the same central point outwards, in some species these leaflets remain more attached almost up to the tips (young specimens of Livistona chinensis) whereas in others they are separate from the base upwards (Raphis excelsa) with the Washingtonia being an Livistona chinensis intermediate form. Costapalmate is a variation on the palmate theme, the palm fronds still resemble a hand, but the leaflets do not sprout from a central point but are divided Raphis leaf along a short midrib (Sabal sp.) 16

Apart from the leaf Sabal palmetto leaf anatomy, palms are widely different in growth habit as well. Some species are suckering (forming multiple stems) like the European fan palm, the lady palm (Raphis excelsa) or the dwarf sugar palm (Arenga engleri) the date palm (Phoenix dactilifera) can do it at a young age before forming a trunk, but does not do that in all occasions. Suckering date Arenga Raphis excelsa palm engleri Other species grow solitary (with single trunk), like the Washingtonias, King palms (Archontophoenix sp.) or the windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei). Apart from suckering and Plectocomia solitary palms, there are himalayana also climbing palms, most (rattan palm) notably the rattans, which form long slender shoots Archontophoenix Trachycarpus that twist as lianas around stems and branches of other trees, most climber palms are also suckering and form new branches from the ground. Another unusual growth habit in palms, although Doum palm very rare, is branching. It occurs in only a handful of (Hyphaene thebaica) species, some of which are the climbing rattans but most notably the Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica) from 17 Northeast Africa. All palm species mentioned in this article (except the coconut palm) can be grown here at the Costa Blanca! In the next article I will discuss some more interesting aspects of palms and introduce some more fascinating palm species suitable for the Costa Blanca gardens.

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Vince Tracy’s Music Ramblings To Facebook or Not to Facebook-That is the Question This Internet can be a great help and it can be a wonderful learning curve. As a Cavern goer in the 60s I am always interested in the musicians and DJs and cabaret stars who are appearing on Facebook pages. When I first started using Facebook it was full of kids and I wasn’t too sure how long to spend on the site. These days there are far more computer-literate oldies who have great stories to tell and opinions which are worthy of note. There are a number of Facebook groups with music as their main theme and I have many contacts on those sites. I try to follow what these sites discuss and then contribute when I feel it might be beneficial to the members. However, there are some very far flung members of groups who were great names during their playing days. I wish I had been in the groups at the right time because many of the groups that went to the Cavern are still playing on the cabaret circuits. My favourite area involves the 50s and 60s music groups and there is a nice mix of expertise and enthusiasts. Whereas it was once the domain of the DJ or station playlist to choose the music there are now many of the fans now posting the music they like through Facebook pages. This is of great interest to me as it endorses the music I was choosing when running my radio shows. I always tried to bear in mind who would be listening and what they might like. Obviously, in the night clubs the public would tell you what they liked or disliked. If the dance floor cleared it usually meant it wasn’t the most liked song. The Motown songs were always floor fillers and I am happy to have been part of that era. Among my early favourites were such songs as I was made to Love Her, Reach Out, Baby Love, I Heard it through the Grapevine, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, War, Stop Her On Sight...........I just loved Motown. Other major periods for me included my visits to the Iron Door and the Cavern where the groups were just wonderful. As we saw in the rent Cilla drama on TV the queues outside these clubs were long. It was even quite interesting waiting outside to see which groups were arriving and how much gear they had packed into their vans. This happened both at night time and at the lunchtime sessions. One day I well remember the group playing was Herman’s Hermits and their front man was Peter Noone. He was upstaged by Bob Wooller the DJ playing The House of the Rising Sun when the group took their break. It was hailed as the longest 45 ever played on the radio. The producers were a little afraid the radio playlists would not allow a 4 minute track but it became a massive hit and I still sing this on my own gigs. Names that were plastered everywhere in those days for future appearances are now Facebook friends. I interviewed Harry Prytherch,the drummer with the Remo Four, for Onda Cero Radio some years ago. Last year I was in a bar on Poniente Beach in Benidorm and one of Harry’s relatives was over on holiday from Liverpool. He introduced himslf and told me he had heard the interview the first time round. I am still incontact with Harry who now runs a Facebook Page with many well-known musicians posting comments. I think Facebook has certainly worked for me. That’s all from me this month. Please visit my website at www.vincetracy.com Originally from Birkenhead, Vince began work at a local hospital radio station before joining BBC Radio Merseyside. Significantly influenced by Radio Caroline as well as great entertainers like Morecambe & Wise, Tommy Cooper, The Two Ronnies and DJs such as Jimmy Young and Steve Wright, Vince has chatted with hundreds of celebrities - musicians/actors/sports stars/ politicians. His website lists many of them. To listen to his daily blog/podcasts go to http://www.vincetracy.com/blog9 or to view his website go to http://www.vincetracy.com 20

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Music & Film Reviews Megan Parker My name is Megan and I am a student currently studying at Exeter College in Devon. I plan to study Creative Writing next year at Falmouth University in Cornwall. My passion within writing is film and music journalism, and so I hope to bring you first-hand reviews on the latest, upcoming motion pictures and albums! December Film Review - Horns So, as Daniel Radcliffe steps out of Harry Potter’s cosy shoes and begins to venture out into the unknown, we start to establish his new-found maturity in the supernatural fantasy thriller ‘Horns’. And let me tell you, he’s certainly escaped the warm and chummy charm of Potter; it turns out he’s always been a devil in disguise! Set in the breathtakingly crisp panorama of Canada, the film begins with Radcliffe alongside his angelic childhood love, Juno Temple. You may recognise her from various and contrasting screen roles in her most distinguished films such as ‘St. Trinians’, ‘Wild Child’ and ‘Atonement’, which also shares the acquired themes embodied in ‘Horns’ such as religion, relationships, love, and loss of innocence. With no chronology, every scene of the film alternately switches between the past and present, with the present portraying the protagonist, Igg Parish (Radcliffe), in the aftermath of the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (Temple). Along with his flashbacks of the past, which depict Igg’s fragmented and religious childhood and the sceptical occasions leading up to Merrin’s death. Igg finds himself in a state of distress and isolation as doubts of his acclaimed innocence surround him and we follow him on a dark but satirical (and slightly drunken) trek through creepy dark forests and stunning Canadian landscapes on a quest to convince the people of his hometown that he isn’t quite the demon they think he is. However, it can be hard to make the right impression when you wake up in the morning with two devil horns on your forehead… literally! As the storyline progresses, things begin to take a comical but twisted turn, particularly when it comes to the confessions of the deepest, darkest and hilarious mental confessions of those who come into contact with Igg, A.K.A Satan. In summary, ‘Horns’ is an exhilarating and innovative story which does exceptional justice to Joe Hill’s original novel, by bringing it to life and capturing the essence of its weird and wacky arrangement. You’ll find yourself tumbling through emotional mountains of hysterical laughter and melancholic tears of sympathetic sorrow, so either way, it’s best to get the tissues out. Despite all of this, the most significant point to make is that Radcliffe can actually pull off an authentic- sounding American accent! Should you see this film? Why the hell not. 23

Celebrating The Spanish Constitution and The Feast of the Immaculate Conception As many of you will be aware, the 6th and the hence the date of its observance. As well as 8th of December are public holidays. Most of drawing up the constitution, the current flag of the shops will remain closed, although some Spain, two horizontal red bands separated by food shops are likely to remain open, possibly a wider yellow band was also confirmed in the with limited opening times. The two dates are constitution. often merged into a longer holiday, with people taking the 7th as a holiday as well, although this year the 7th is a Sunday. What is the reason for these holidays? December 6th is Constitution Day and An original copy of the constitution, signed celebrates the drawing up of the Spanish by King Juan Carlos I is in the building of the Constitution. From April 1st 1939 until Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid. November 20th 1975 Franco was head of state in Spain. After his death, Spain was December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate desperately in need of a new constitution Conception and celebrates the conception and political system and the new fledgling of the Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother democracy held their first general election Saint Anne. It is widely observed throughout on June 15th 1977. The elected parliament the Roman Catholic world and is calculated started to draw up a new constitution which as 9 months before the date believed to be was approved in a referendum by 88 percent Mary’s birthday September 8th, which itself is of the population on December 6th 1978, celebrated as the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We offer a full range of English & Spanish Legal Services As well as Spain, the 8th December is also the patronal feast day of Argentina, Brazil, Korea, Buying/Selling Property * Remortgages Nicaragua, Paraguay, Philippines, the United Property Transfers * Rental Contracts & Disputes States and Uruguay. English & Spanish Inheritance Local Translator / Interpreter Wills & Probate * Powers of Attorney Personal and business meetings, phone NIE & Residencias calls, visits, letters, documents . . . Utility Changes Help with N.I.E. / Residency, Notaries, & much much more . . . . . . . . Schools, Doctors & Hospitals, Property, Free First Consultation Police and Paperwork. Tel: 687170241 Rates from 15€ / hour 7 cents / word email: [email protected] Call Mark on 639 692 985 www.lbs-spain.com 24

CASAS sanitary work - blockage removal - building services - central heating - air conditioning water - gas - electrical - solar hot water systems CAMPELLO KESY PLUMBING URGENT Installation & repairs to sanitary, gas, central heating. Clients awaiting properties from 80,000 Euros to 150,000 Euros Air conditioning & solar hot If you have a property for sale within  water systems. this price range contact us urgently Official gas & water installers Your local, friendly estate agency who speak covering from Alicante to English, Español, Nederlands and Deutsch. Benidorm & surrounding areas. www.casascampello.com All small building services. tel: 0034 965638221 All kinds of electrical work. Calle Montnegre 4, Coveta Fumá, El Campello. We can also deal with all kinds of drain blockages. Christmas Cards Available Mob: 652 857 108 Tel: 965 632 242 [email protected] Gardens tailor made to suit your needs www.mediterragarden.es Tel: 630 477 295 [email protected] Avenida del Reino 1, 3a - 30130 Beniel (Murcia) 25

Charlotte & Salva welcome you to Restaurante PLAZA Plaza Don Carlos local 6-8 / La Coveta Fuma / 03560 EL CAMPELLO Tel. 965 638 039 THE PLACE for Sole, Fishpot, Halibut in Mustard, Filletsteak, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, Lamb from the Oven, Pork Shank, Duckbreast and many more (also Vegetarian) Dishes. MONDAY TILL FRIDAY OUR 4-COURSE MENU 13,25 € SPECIAL SUNDAY MENU 15,25 € AND ALWAYS A HUGE CHOICE OF TAPAS / STARTERS restaurante PLAZA is open from Sunday till Friday from 19:00 h. 26

Bonalba Bowls Club Bonalba Bowls Club is now six years old. During this time the club has come a long way and achieved winners in the Spanish Champion of Champions in men’s singles and mixed triples, as well as finalists in the Ladies pairs in the Spanish Nationals. Our current membership is 70, although not all of these are permanently based in the Costa Blanca. We have eight rinks, which during October this year were renovated, the carpets lifted, the concrete base levelled, and then the carpets re-laid. We have now resumed play on much improved surfaces. The club first began with just one portacabin and the rinks but the now improved facilities include a club house with kitchen, an enclosed outside area with seating, a lodge for the storage of equipment. The paving and artificial grass was laid by our own members. Meals for 40+ people are regularly provided for players in our league games. October saw the start of our Winter and Northern League games where bowlers compete against other clubs across the Costa Blanca. However, some of our bowlers prefer social bowling on the home green where we also hold internal club competitions. The Bonalba Bowls Club also enjoy social activities which include barbecues, pub games nights, quizzes, horse racing etc. New bowlers of all abilities are welcomed at the club and three free sessions with tuition from our more experienced bowlers are offered to beginners. Practice sessions are Tuesday at 13.30hrs, and Friday & Sunday 10.00hrs. If you wish to try something new, want to meet new friends and enjoy some gentle exercise in the fresh air then come along to one of our practice sessions, wear casual clothing and flat soled shoes (no heels). If needed we can lend you some bowls. We look forward to seeing you at our club soon. Find us at Calle Ressol No. 8. Bonalba. GPS coordinates are 38 degrees 26’48.76”N 0 degrees 26’19.13”W 27

Tech Tips Malware This is a term used when talking about anything that is on your computer, smartphone, tablet or laptop that shouldn’t be there. It comes from Mal, meaning bad, and ware from the end of the word ‘software’ and there are many different types that can cause you problems. They arrive through emails, from apps (programs) that you might install or from websites you visit, but there are things you can do to help protect yourself. Self Protection Install an antivirus program. If you have a computer with Windows 8 or above it will already have Windows Defender installed. This is considered by many to be as good as the other free programs available. Other free options include AVG and Avast, and others available from the internet. Make sure the antivirus updates itself at least once per day. New viruses and malware are being created all the time and your antivirus needs to be up to date. Allow your antivirus software to scan your computer regularly. Every day is best. This will help to catch any malware that slips in unnoticed - and this does happen. Be careful when you are on the internet - if you see a banner appear saying things like “Your computer is infected. Click here to remove” or “Your PC is running slowly, click here to speed it up” or any offer that you have not asked for for then make sure you don’t click on it and ideally leave the site. It might be innocent, but it’s unlikely to give you anything useful. Be careful when installing programs on your computer. Assuming you are on a legitimate site and downloading genuine software, you might still be faced with a long list of “options” and these can often include installing toolbars “to enhance” your browser (Chrome, IE etc). A few of these toolbars can be useful, but most are simply ways that the software creators can monitor your use of your computer and see what sites you visit. This might not seem a problem but it can be. So untick any options that offer anything you haven’t asked for. Don’t install pirated software. Many examples, if not most of them, contain unwanted extras that you really don’t want. If you receive an email that offers some free gift, suggests you click on a link, tells you you have won something, have a tax refund coming, your bank has been frozen, a package couldn’t be delivered . . . . then unless you absolutely know it is ok, delete it - even if it appears to be from someone genuine. It is very easy to fake an email, and we all know the old saying: If it appears to be too good to be true, it probably is. What Can Malware Do? Some malware is more annoying than dangerous. It can follow what you are doing and cause advertisements to pop up on the screen. Others might be more dangerous and copy the keys you are typing, sending the information to a server where the thief can thus get hold of your login details for banks and other institutions. The more ‘traditional’ ones can delete files on your computer, even wipe the entire hard drive. Recently, a new type of malware appeared called ransomeware. This infects your computer and prevents you from using it. A screen appears typically telling you that you have commited some kind of offense - normally visiting a prohibited site or worse - and that you must pay a fee to unlock the PC. Often the page that you see looks like it’s from the FBI or a similar body so you begin to believe it might be true. If you get caught with this, seek help from a professional IT department, it can be fixed. 28

PCs or Macs or Chromebooks? You may have come across Chromebooks while browsing in a computer store, but what makes a Chromebook different to a PC or an Apple Mac? And should you buy one? There are, of course, advantages and disadvantages in all things and the Chromebook is no exception. There are also a number of misconceptions that surround them. You may have heard that Chromebooks only work when connected to the internet. This is only partially true. The programs that come with the computer work happily whether you are connected to the internet or not and allow you to produce and edit MS Word docs (Google Docs) as well as Excel spreadsheets (Google Sheets) and PowerPoint presentations (Google Slides). Documents you produce can be stored locally on the chromebook and will be also copied to password protected storage “in the cloud” - ie on the internet - when a connection is available. This synchronising of the documents with storage on the internet means the document is available to any device you have which has Google Drive installed. If your Chromebook goes wrong, or is lost or stolen, a replacement will get the documents for you and you can carry on where you left off. Switching a Chromebook on is also very fast. The model I am using to write this takes around 10 seconds from completely off to fully up and running. The battery life is also great, up to about 10 hours, as long as I keep the brightness down a little. There are apps available, many of them free, for email handling (gmail is built in but there are others), games, accounts, image manipulation and much, much more and they are easily added. Most of these do need a connection to the internet to work. The one app you won’t find is an antivirus program. The reason for this is that a Chromebook is basically immune to viruses because of the way it is designed. If you wish to use programs such as InDesign (the software we use to produce the magazine), or perform in depth manipulation of photographs with Photoshop, then you need a PC or an Apple Mac. But if, like most of us, you need a computer to perform word processing, create spreadsheets, make PowerPoint slide shows, read and write emails and browse the internet, then a Chromebook can offer a great alternative. For me, the fast switch on time, long battery life and light weight make it an ideal second computer for much of my day to day work. I still need a PC for my work designing ads, but the Chromebook is the one I reach for first if I need to quickly do something. EL CAMPELLO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CAROLS Saturday, 13th December 2014 6.30 – 8.30 p.m at Meson Pueblo Español Come and sing along and enjoy some mulled wine and mince pies, everyone welcome! For more information: email  [email protected] or telephone Sue Bishop 965699991 or 693048200 29

Local Area Telephone Numbers El Campello Villajoyosa 965894250 Casa de Cultura 965636194/6491 Casa de Cultura Hospital San Juan 965938700 Post Office 965891230 Post Office (Correos) 965630318 Library 965891698 Health Centre 965637106/965937480 / Town Hall 966851001 85 Municipal Police 965890050 Ad. Education Centre 965635808 Guardia Civil 965891143 Taxis 965101611/965101029/ Hospital Marina Baixa 966859800 Tourist Info 966851371 965252511 Taxis 965893343/902075073 Town hall 965637200 Railway Station 965262731/900720472 Jijona 965610300 Tourist Information 965634606 965610142 Guardia Civil 965630418/062 Town Hall 965612400 Policía Local 965637099/ 965634444 Guardia Civil 965612031 Suma Office 965292015 Health centre Post Office San Juan 965653245/965653324 Transport 913211000 965942222 902240202 Town Hall 965653232 Alicante Airport 965130700 Local Police 965653368 Renfe 902422242 Guardia Civil 96 593 74 40 Alicante Bus Station 965292034 Alsa (Coaches) Post Office Health Centre 965699487 Other Numbers 1004 Suma Office 965698072 902109356 965699092 Movistar (client attention) 902225235 Busot 965698181/607385522 British Consulate 965989900 Iberdrola (Electricity) Health Centre 965956960 Aguas de Alicante (Water) Casa de Cultura 965952777 Town Hall 965653232 To the best of our knowledge these Police 965953500 telephone numbers are correct but they 965953166 have been supplied to us and have not Mutxamel been verified. If you believe any number to be incorrect please send an email to: Town Hall Health Centre [email protected] Guardia Civil Additionally if there are numbers missing from Local Police the list that you feel would be useful please let Post Office us know. Charities To included a charity in our listings please supply a valid registered charity number. APAC Animal Protection Charity in El Campello. Dogs of all ages awaiting rehoming. Sterilisation scheme for feral cats. Charity shop at Av. Germanies, 20, El Campello. For info re. dogs call Joy 965699460 and for feral cats call Janice 965638899 or Onny 965940763 (charity no. 3817) Bruised But Not Broken Cancer Support Charity. Our aim is to provide respite breaks. If you or your family need help, or you want to volunteer please get in touch. Tel: Lorraine 608524896 (charity no. CV-01-049781-A) MABS Cancer Support Group, covering Costa Blanca area. Interpreters/Transport/Equipment/ Support and nursing available for you and your family in your time of need. Tel: Sue 664266991 (charity no. 7261) 30

Puzzle Solutions Crossword Mini Quiz 1. False. 2. True, it was prescribed by her doctor. 3. Stonehouse was arrested in Australia (where he was hiding after faking his death) because he was mistaken for Lord Lucan. 4. True. 5. Sir Isaac Newton. 6. Tom Cruise. 7. True - it was to ask someone to close a window. 8. A single banana is a finger, a bunch is a hand. Sudoku Word Search 392584716 154769238 (Acrosss,Down,Direction) RODENT(1,11,E) 768312549 921458673 ACORNS(8,8,SE) SQUIRREL(1,2,SE) 846137952 573296184 BARK(4,13,W) TAILS(14,1,SW) 619845327 285973461 BERRIES(9,10,W) TICKLED(8,4,SW) 437621895 BIRDTABLE(7,7,E) TREES(15,4,S) 671853294 594162873 BRANCH(9,8,N) 328749561 183627459 BUSHY(5,12,W) 269534718 457918632 CLIMBING(14,6,S) 816295347 942376185 DRAY(15,12,S) 735481926 EGGS(4,4,NW) 31 FURRY(13,12,N) 732149865 GARDEN(10,6,NE) 456238719 GREY(12,11,SW) 918657234 HIBERNATE(1,9,NE) 184796352 LEAVES(6,9,NW) 375482196 NEST(4,3,SE) 269315478 NUTS(12,5,NE) PARK(6,12,E) 841963527 PYGMY(13,15,NW) 623574981 RED(2,6,N) 597821643

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