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Daunting
Dauntless
b The U.S. Navy were so impressed by the visiting Type 45
destroyer that they asked if she could protect one of their
aircraft carriers on operations in the Gulf.
b Dauntless is considered to be world´s best naval destroyer.
EVERY captain is
proud of their ship
but Commander
Adrian Fryer believes that his ship,
the visiting Type 45
destroyer, Dauntless,
is the best in the
world. And he could be
right. HMS Dauntless cost
in excess of one billion
pounds and her radar system is so sophisticated that it can detect a tiny object many
miles away. Commander Fryer said that the
U.S. Navy just loves the Type 45s and their
radars. In fact, they were so impressed that
they asked for the Dauntless to provide protection for one of their aircraft carriers on
operational duty in the Gulf. The 250 crew
of the Dauntless are enjoying some well deserved leave in Majorca at the moment and
they are as proud of their ship as their captain. Apart from her radar the Dauntless is
also equipped with the Sea Viper surface to
air missile system and the Vulcan Phalanx
rapid firing canon. She is also equipped with
other smaller weapons and of course her
missile-armed Lynx helicopter. Dauntless is
certainly a world beater.
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JASON
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“Our readers were thoroughly impressed by the
Royal Navy in Palma...”
T makes me so proud to
be British when you see
these dedicated people,”
a Bulletin subscriber remarked to me during a visit to the
Royal Navy destroyer Dauntless in
Palma on Thursday. Ofcourse she
was talking about the crew of the
Type 45 destroyer which has just
completed a deployment to the
Gulf. One Bulletin subscriber went
even further and summed up the
whole story when she remarked
that she could see how Britain
could punch above its weight
thanks to the dedication of its
armed services and obviously
“I
their equipment. Fifty Bulletin
subscribers went aboard the
Dauntless earlier this week and
they were all thoroughly impressed by the Type 45 destroyer
which cost in excess of one billion
pounds. The Royal Navy may no
longer rule the waves but its small
size is counterbalanced by the
sheer skill of its crews and ofcourse equipment. The U.S. Navy
was so impressed by HMS Dauntless that she was given the mission
of riding “shotgun” to one of its
big aircraft carriers which was
mounting missions against Islamic State terrorists in Iraq. The
destroyer is certainly state of the
art. Britain has purchased six Type
45s all of which are now operational with the Royal Navy. Unfortunately spending cuts meant
that initially 12 were planned but
only six were built. But the Royal
Navy is quick to say that they are
the best destroyers in the world.
Judging by the comments from
our subscribers their crews also
deserve that title as well.
Disorganised default
by
RAY
FLEMING
The stand-off betweeen
Greece and EU/IMF gets
worse by the day
HE British newspapers
and TV news bulletins
are so packed with next
week’s general election
that it almost seems as if the rest
of the world has come to a stand
still until the UK decides whether
it wants David Miliband or Ed
Cameron to run the show for the
next five years (or something like
that).
Actually the world still turns, although rather creakingly, and on
our European doorstep an unprecedented drama may be taking
shape. We are accustomed to hear-
T
ing about people or companies going bankrupt, but a whole country
and one with a finer historic legacy than most -- is that possible? It
seems so as daily the stand-off between Greece and all other EU
members and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) becomes
more dangerous and less likely to
be settled.
Yesterday the credit ratings
agency Moody’s warned that if a
solution is not found soon, “the
outcome is likely to be a disorganised default”.
Soon will probably be around 12
May when Greece has to repay
700 million dollars to the IMF
which it will only be able to do if it
first receives a loan of 72 billion
from the EU’s eurozone.
If this money juggling does not
take place Greece will almost certainly have to declare that it is
bankrupt. Cannot the EU and IMF
prevent that happening? It’s
surely in their long-term interests
to do so.
1966: The Bulletin said that
Majorca was facing a “transport crisis” following Iberia’s decision to cut the
number of flights between
Palma and Madrid and Barcelona.
1981: The IRA hunger
striker Bobby Sands was
close to death in The Maze
prison near Belfast after 61
days without food. Appealswere made to Prime
Minister Thatcher “to find
a humane way to save
Sands’ life and prevent a
blood bath”. In Spain’s
Basque country three political parties had petitioned Queen Elizabeth to
take action. Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary,
Humphrey Atkins, warned
the IRA against any “deliberate planned campaign of
violence and destruction if
and when Sands dies”.
tle for Berlin ended when
German forces surrendered; 1611, the Authorised
Version (King James) of the
Bible was published.
On this day: 1945, the Bat-
Four years ago: In Wash-
ington President Obama
announced the killing in
Pakistan by US special
forces of Osama bin Laden,
the master-mind of the 9/11
attacks on the US.The Pakistan government had not
been informed in advance.
Edgar Hoover
BORN
● David Suchet, actor, 1946;
Engelbert Humperdinck,
singer, 1936.
DIED
● Edgar Hoover, director of
the FBI, 1972; Nancy,
Viscountess Astor, first
woman to sit in Parliament,
1964.
Three years ago: A House
of Commons report said
that Rupert Murdoch was
“not a fit person” to run an
international company.
Two years ago: Following
protests against UK government cuts in social benefits
the responsible minister,
Iain Duncan Smith, said he
could live on 53 pounds a
week.
One year ago: Max Clifford, 71, the well-known
publicist, was sentenced to
eight years imprisonment
for a series of sexual attacks
on young women and girls.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
● Dear Sir,
In the UK elections PM hopeful Ed
Miliband has come under fire for having
an interview with the foul mouthed comedian Russell Brand.
In it he was asked what he is going to do
over the US companies like Amazon,
Starbucks and Google who make millions in Britain but pay pennies in tax.
The labour leader said they could &
would crack down hard but had to start
to tackle the problem at an international
level at which point Russell rolled his
eyes in disbelief.
If Labour party goes into coalition with
the Lib-Dems they should call on the
services of Vince Cable their Business
Minister and one time chief economist
for Shell Oil. He will be experienced in
the transfer pricing scam to avoid taxes
much used by our own Petroleum Giants.
It is one economic trick which is easy to
explain.
My experience of it was with BP. BP Exploration Company (Libya) produced
crude oil to the port of Tobruk where it
sold it to another (separate) company BP
Tankers (Cayman Islands) for $2/barrel.
BP Exploration made a small profit and
paid the corresponding small tax to the
then impoverished Arab Government.
The crude was transported to the UK and
sold to another (separate) company BP
Refining for $100/barrel.
BP Refining produced the petroleum
products, made a small profit, and sold
on to yet another separate company BP
Marketing who retailed at petrol stations again making only a modest profit
on a turnover of millions. Both UK companies paid the appropriate tax (small)
to the Treasury.
BP Tankers probably spent no more
than 50 cents on the transport so made
97.50$ on each barrel – a monstrous return but in the Cayman Islands next to
nothing in tax. Amazon and the others
use exactly the same transfer pricing ripoff.
One person who could teach Ed and
Vince how to do it is no longer with us –
the much maligned Colonel Gaddafi
who on taking power in Libya in 1969
sussed the legal swindle immediately
and in a new law imposed a much greater
posted price on all crude oil exported.
Regardless of what the company
claimed they were taxed on revenue calculated on the posted price not their
transfer price with terrific benefit to his
country’s finances.
Within one year all of the OPEC companies adopted the same fiscal system.
Another year on Muammar nationalised
BP and threw them out of his country.
However much Russell Brand may approve I can’t see the UK and EU doing
the same.
Mike Lillico
Playa de Palma
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May Day marches
through Palma
“This is not the way out of recession” read the main slogan for the May Day march through the centre of Palma yesterday. PHOTOS: JOAN TORRES
Yesterday,workers
acrossMajorcagathered
inPalmatocelebratethe
125thanniversaryof
LabourDay.
by HUMPHREY CARTER
Palma.—According to local
union leaders, at least 1,300
people gathered in the
Plaza de España at midday
at the start of the march
through the capital with all
of the demonstrators keen
to fire a salvage of various
messages at the governing
Partido Popular ahead of
the local elections later this
month.
All of the left wing parties
were represented as was
every local union body and
the slogan for this year’s
march was “this is not the
way out of recession”.
Various union leaders disagreed with recent comments made by the Prime
Minister, Mariano Rajoy,
that the economy is on the
road to recovery and that
the country is climbing out
of recession and the PP
came under attack for having broken its promises not
to cut pensions, education
and health.
TheTIL trilingual curricu-
1,300
people took
part in yesterday’s anniversary
May Day
march
through
Palma. No
incidents.
lum was also another subject of protest as was the
situation at the Coca Cola
bottling factory in Palma
where scores of jobs have
been lost.
The demonstration drew
to a close along the Borne at
1.30p.m where protesters
were addressed by the
leader of the Socialist party
and candidate for President,
Francina Armengol and
various other parliamentary candidates for the new
minority left wing parties.
MES leader Biel Barcelo
said “after four years,
130,000 people are out of
work, 46,000 people on ten
hour contracts and one out
of every two young people
are out of work, call that
progression and a road map
for the future? I don’t.
We’re not in the clear yet.”
Motorcyclists is killed in
Andratx motorway crash
Palma.—A 46-year-old motorcyclist died in the early
hours of yesterday morning after apparently losing
control of his motorbike
along the Andratx motorway and crashing into an
island which separates the
Andratx motorway and
the turn off to the Via Cintura.
The accident happened at
4.15a.m and the driver of
the vehicle behind the motorcyclist witnessed the
whole incident and immediately alerted the emergency services.
The National and Local
Police were on the scene
within minutes quickly
followed by a team of paramedics. Sadly, the motorcyclist was trapped in the
crash barrier and had to be
cut free by fire fighters.
One of the bodies was
freed by paramedics who
battled to save his life at
the scene, but there was
little that could have been
done to have saved the victim’s life.
The Guardia Civil Traffic
department has opened a
full investigation.
The scene of the tragic road accident. PHOTO: MICHELS
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Adrian Elkinson elected
Calvia European Citizen of
the year
Calvia.—As everyone in Calvia knows, the local asssociations have recently been nominating and voting for, their
chosen candidates for the Calvia European Citizen of the
year 2015 award.
Today, Calvia Coucillor Angie Guerrero, is happy to announce that the winner is Bulletin subsriber Adrian Elkinson.
Congratulations from all of us go to Adrian, and also to
the two other candidates Ron Hawes and Krista Hyer.
All very deserving of being in the frame for the tremendous work that they do in our community and for others.
E.U. citizen for 2014 Edward Ingram will be on stage on
Europe day (Palmanova 10 May at 1.30p.m ) to help me to
make the presentations to all three.
Thank you to all who voted and well done Adrian, Krista
and Ron !
FERRY COULD BE
TOWED TO
MAINLAND PORT
b Engineers have reported that the vessel is in good
enough condition to be moved as soon as possible.
Adrian Elkinson at the recent Bulletin subcribers’ club
with the Bulletin’s Deborah Thompson.
360 degrees - did someone forget?
● Following a piece last week in which Andrew Ede said
that Alcudia’s 360 Degrees Culture event was something
of a disappointment, he has reason to believe that it might
have been so because it had been forgotten about.This had
actually crossed his mind when he saw the programme,
as it bore the hallmark of something that had been hastily
cobbled together. But since then he has learned that bars
in the old town were only learning about the event roughly
a week before it took place.They had assumed that it wasn’t
happening. Then all of sudden someone turned up with a
bit of info.
The gastronomy side of the event (and it was mentioned,
if only on the poster which wasn’t really a poster) was missing from the programme, but the local bars, or so it would
appear, got together to try and make something out of this
late announcement.
There is another reason to believe that it had been overlooked, and this has to do with the poster. Normally, the
town hall (as with all other town halls) makes a big thing
of various councillors and others standing in front of La
Sala showing off the posters for the next event on the calendar.There they all were with the poster for theApril Fair.
But for 360 Degrees Culture? Nowhere to be seen.
Why might it have been forgotten about? Well, the event
comes under the auspices of the culture department, but
the councillor in charge of culture resigned some weeks
ago (she fell out with the mayor). So, does this explain everything? Maybe it does. And if so, it just goes to reinforce
the view that municipal events - be they cultural, fiestas,
fairs or whatever - should be the responsibility of one councillor, not three or four.
Even if this councillor were to resign, they couldn’t surely
forget about every event. Could they?
The ferry Sorrento
which caught fire last
Tuesday will probably
be towed to the port of
Sagunto on the mainland, according to the
shipping company.
by HUMPHREY CARTER
Palma.—Grimaldi Shipping, which owns the ferry
which was operated by Acciona-Transmediterranea,
is due to communicate its
plan for the salvage operation to the Spanish government, including which port
it will be taken to. The
plans, which were due to
have been finalised by 2p.m
on Thursday, but they are
yet to have been made public. A spokesman for the
company would only confirm yesterday that “it will
be a Spanish port,” while
other sources involved in
the salvage operation said
that the preferred port is Sagunto not Palma.
Apparently, Palma will
only become an option if
there is a risk of pollution
which, for the moment,
there is not.
And the latest report from
engineers and inspectors on
A November start for the pedestrianisation?
● The project to semi-pedestrianise Puerto Pollensa’ coast
road from Llenaire has, as you may have noticed, not gone
according to plan. Had it, there would by now be semi-pedestrianisation, but Mayor Tomeu Cifre’s “stellar” project
has been subject to delay after delay, the most recent one
being on account of a challenge to the project under an urban plan of 1991. The environmental group GOB argued
that this plan stipulated that pedestrianisation had to be
total or not at all.The town hall has rejected this argument,
saying that the plan was one of improvement and not central to the resort’s urban development. Work on the semipedestrianisation is, therefore, now scheduled to commence in November. Will it? And will Tomeu Cifre be
around to cut the ribbon when it is finished? Nothing is
ever certain in Pollensa.
board the stricken vessel located 18 miles south east of
Majorca, is that the ferry is
“in good condition” and is
fit to be moved.
Salvage crews continued
inspecting the damage yesterday and apparently, it is
not as serious as initially
feared.
However, before the ferry
can be moved from where it
is moored up to a tug to prevent her drifting, engineers
have to make sure she is in
the correct condition to be
moved and material and
equipment to do that began
arriving in Palma yesterday.
On Thursday night, there
was talk of the ferry being
towed today, but yesterday
that was looking unlikely
due to the work that has to
be carried out preparing the
vessel to be moved.
Grimaldi has given the local authorities guarantees
that every possible risk is
being taken into account
and that it hopes to begin
the salvage operation over
the next few days.
The giant tug Clara Campoamor is now on site and
ready to begin towing the
ferry as soon as the green
light is given.
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Family photograph of all this year’s winners of the Rafael Nadal literary and music prizes. PHOTOS: J. MOREY
Samuel Thompson with his prize, a Juli Ramis drawing.
Winning night of
literature and
music at Agora
Portals
Palma.—On Thursday
night, Agora Portals held
the award ceremony for
the winners of its IV Rafael
Nadal literature and music
competition.
Headmaster Rafael Barea
said in his welcoming
speech that he wished he
could have written as well
as the students do now
when he was there age before writer Agustin Fernandez Mallo opened the
gala which began by the
performance of the Londonderry Suite by the college orchestra.
In the audience were
winners, finalists and parents and Maria Estarellas
won first prize in the English narrative category.
Elena Pastor won the
Spanish poetry award.
Carina Thompson’s poem
And it seems ironic how
empty you are won the
English poetry prize while
Paula Cabot with Asesino,
won the Spanish narrative
award.
Finally, Maria Borges,
with VALL, l’home que no estimava and Sergio Quirogo,
with Tots som culpables,
won the Catalan narrative
and poetry awards.
All six of the winners
were presented with tablets.
In the musical section,
Marina Masso and Roberto
Gil won first prize in category A.
Tom Foster, Marina
Costa and Max King won
first prize in category B and
Pau Clader and Maties Tramullas won a distinction
in the Friends of Agora,
former Agora students,
category.
Samuel Thompson won
the Friends of Agora prize
for literature and won a lithography by the late famous ar tist Juli Ramis
which was presented by
Koldo Alonso on behalf of
the Grup Serra media organisation, which publishes the Majorca Daily
Bulletin.
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NORTHERN SPOTLIGHT
Pollensa, Alcudia, Can Picafort, Sa Pobla, Muro: BY ANDREW EDE
REOPENING
JUST IN TIME
FOR THE
ELECTIONS?
T
HE story of the La Gola park in
Puerto Pollensa - a “green heart” in
the resort as it was once referred to
- has been one of scandalous neglect. One can well recall the former mayor
of Pollensa, Joan Cerdà, and the men from
the environment ministry beaming in the
photos at the time of the official opening,
the culmination of clearance and general
improvement works that had seen lighting
installed, pathways created, the water
cleaned up and the visitors’ centre created.
And it had only cost 800 grand. Or perhaps
more.
Almost from the word go, things started to
go disastrously wrong. The agreement that
was supposedly in place under which responsibilities were divvied up wasn’t working. It was not long before it became obvious that the park was not being maintained
properly, that the water was getting clogged
up again, rubbish was being thrown into it,
that the park itself was being used for latenight drinking sessions, that signage was
being daubed with graffiti, and that the visitors’ centre seemed to be permanently
closed.
There have been some real horror stories
at La Gola, such as the one when hundreds
of fish were suffocated because they were
being starved of oxygen (the consequence
of sand movement rather than silt). Whose
responsibility was this? The Costas Authority probably.
With the elections just a few weeks away,
a miracle has occurred. The town hall and
the environment ministry, via its agency
IBANAT, has come up with an agreement
which is basically the agreement they were
meant to have already had: it certainly bears
a great deal of resemblance to the original.
Not, however, that the agreement has actu-
La Gola park in Puerto Pollensa. PHOTO:BULLETIN FILES
ally been signed. This will take a few more
weeks, but with the elections looming,
there is no time like the present to announce that there is an agreement to have
an agreement, one aspect of which will allow the visitors’ centre to actually be open
for a change. A further one will be that the
Costas will give permission for the town
hall to ensure that the canal into the sea
does not get clogged up. (Give permission?
How mad is that?)
Whether the visitors’ centre will be open
all year is not yet known, but there is a
strong argument for it to be.
It acts as a place of information about La
Gola and also the Albufereta nature park
and should form part of the infrastructure
to enable a growth in wildlife and birdwatching tourism that the town hall would
like to bring about. But then, this was all
said when it was first created, and look
what has happened since.
EVENIN’ ALL, IT’S BUGER
Buger’s fair this weekend. PHOTO: BULLETIN FILES
London.—It may be the little place with the
rudest name in Majorca - and it once appeared on a world map of places with rude
names - but apart from its name, Buger does
not generally speaking attract a great deal
of attention.
Which in some ways may be a blessing. If
no one much goes there, then there is less
potential for any trouble, and as the town’s
only police officer has been transferred to
Manacor, this is just as well.
Buger’s limited resources mean that it can
only stretch to one officer, but though it
will be without a new one for almost three
weeks - the town hall has applied for one
from a pool of supply coppers - Mayor Bartomeu Alemany is not too worried.
The policeman in question has in the past
gone on holiday, he has pointed out, and
there weren’t any problems. Besides, an officer from neighbouring Sa Pobla can, in exceptional circumstances, be drafted in.
The village’s Fira des Jai, which is taking
place this weekend, is unlikely to be the
setting for some rioting or gross anti-social
behaviour, but be prepared must surely be
the motto: you never know if the folk dancing might get out of hand or if a pig decides
to burst out of its pen and go on the rampage.
So, Sa Pobla will probably have been asked
if they could lend a plod or two for the
weekend. (Maybe there is a solution to all
this: combining the police forces. But perhaps this would be too easy.)
The Jai fair, revived in 1977 following
years of neglect, is the village’s spring fair,
and its main character is the Jai, i.e. the
grandfather, who at half past four tomorrow afternoon will appear in the local
woods, accompanied by the inevitable pipers, and dispense sweets from his donkey
and cart.
Let’s hope there are no punch-ups in the
scramble. Where’s a policeman when you
need one?
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PUERTO ALCUDIA
WHAT’S ON
The pipes are calling
TODAY:
Alcudia - April Fair
● 12 midday: Opening of the fair.
● 1pm: Performance by Al Alba from the Puerto Alcudia
school of Sevillanes (dance).
● 8.30pm: Al Alba.
● 9pm: Performance by the Seville dancers and singers,
Tardor Cultural.
● 10pm: Performance by Oxalis.
● 11pm: Singer Maria Carrasco
● Half past midnight: Oxalis.
(Plus - Andalusian gastronomy from Alcudia bars/restaurants. The fair takes place on the finca opposite the
S’Hort Fassers school, C. Pollentia.)
Buger - Fira des Jai (farming, livestock, industrial)
● 10am:Opening of the fair - dignitaries joined by the pipers of Buger.
● 12 midday: Jai clothing competition - t-shirts, etc. - at
the Casal de Cultura.
● 1pm: Batucada Albopàs. C. Major.
● 5.30pm: Performance by the children’s entertainment
group Mel i Sucre. C. Major.
● 7pm: Zumba demonstration. C. Major.
● 8pm: Announcement of the competition winners.
● 9pm: Folk dance with the group Cofre Antic. C. Major.
Puerto Alcudia
● 7pm: “Come Dine With Nomads”, sketches, comedy, music plus supper (sausage and mash or chicken and chips).
Jolly Roger, C. Portugal, Lago Menor. Ten euros (proceeds
to charity).
Puerto Pollensa
● 10am: Planes from the Seaplane Splash-In leave in formation for Los Alcázares in Murcia.
TOMORROW:
Alcudia - April Fair
● 11am: Opening of the fair.
● 1pm: Al Alba.
● 5pm: Rociero mass - Coro Rociero de Mallorca.
● 8pm: Al Alba.
● 9pm: Close.
Alcudia
● 6pm: “Show Must GoOn”. Musical, dance, theatrical production based on selections from classic musicals. Auditorium, Plaça Porta Mallorca. 15 euros.
Buger - Fira des Jai
● 12.30pm: “Jewels” race - accompaniment by the pipers
- at the Binissatí woods.
● 2pm: Jai lunch.Arroz brut, fruit, wine and water (though
tickets needed to have been bought by Wednesday).
● 4.30pm:Arrival of the Jai at the Binissatí woods together
with the pipers.
● 5.30pm: Children’ party. C. Major.
Pollensa
● 8.30pm: Silas Bassa. Piano performance of “Oscillations”. Club Pollença, Plaça Major.Ten euros (free to members).
Thursday, 7 May
Pollensa
● 6.30pm: International Puppet Festival. Colonya Cultural Centre terrace.
Friday, 8 May
Alcudia
● 8.30pm: Mallorca Gay Chorus Festival - Pink Singers
(London), Barcelona Rainbow Singers. Auditorium, Plaça
Porta Mallorca. Ten euros.
Puerto Pollensa
● 6.30pm: International Puppet Festival. Plaça Miquel
Capllonch (church square).
Feria de Abril in Alcudia.
● Might it not be easier, do you think, if
they were to just simply leave the roads in
PuertoAlcudia permanently dug up so that
when the next load of work needs to be
done they don’t have to dig up what they
dug up a few months before? This is sometimes how it seems.
With the sewage pipes between Pedro
Mas y Reus and Tucan to be laid some time
later this year and with natural gas currently making its way from Son Reus, and
so therefore requiring more by the way of
pipes, it might make sense.
Redexis, the gas company, has come up
with an interesting bit of spin on the natural gas provision. It will have a “positive
economic impact” because it will lead to an
eight million euros saving for hotels and
restaurants in Puerto Alcudia, Playa de
7
Muro and Can Picafort. Consequently,
they’ll be able to stay open longer because
the cost of energy will be cheaper. Hallelujah, the problem of winter tourism has
been solved thanks to natural gas. It was
this positive impact which was apparently
decisive in the national ministry of industry, energy and tourism approving the current development. So, if you had ever wondered why there was a ministry which
combined energy and tourism, you now
have the answer.
Meanwhile, the work on laying the electricity cables is just about coming to an end.
For now. But why on earth is it all taking so
long around Avenida Argentina? Three
weeks it has been going on. Noise, dust,
dirty water being pumped into the canal,
massive inconvenience for residents.Trouble is that when it’s all finished, the sewer
along the same road will probably collapse
again.
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E have had a number of people coming in to the Town hall to try and pay
their property rates and rubbish collection fees. Eager beavers, and that is
a good thing, however it is not the time to do it as
yet. The payment period starts on 1 June and goes on
until 31 July, after that if you are not paid up, the fees
goes up in percentages, as a penalty, so it’s good to be
on the ball with such things, as the dates come
around very quickly. Also the 1 June is the start of the
period for applying for financial help with your children’s school text books. As you know the amounts
differ depending on family, income and school, but
this is a big help to many families. I will get more information as to exactly what is needed and let you
know in my column next week. Although not a
Town Hall initiative, but good to remind you anyway, that for those of you in employment it is the
time of year ( 7 April until 25 June) to be doing your
tax return (declaración de la renta). For more information on any of these issues please call my department on 971 139184 and the team will give you every
assistance.
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LECTION day is looming, and all of the
parties are planning their campaign strategies. For the non Spanish International
community the right to vote is not automatic ( I have been talking about this for some time
now ). In order to be able to vote on 24 May, you
must be on the electoral register (EL CENSO ELECTORAL). Here in Calvia the list is now public, and so
if you are not sure whether or not you are on there,
you can now check, by either coming to the Town
Hall, or by visiting one of the OMITS (tourist information offices). You will need to take your residencia
and passport as proof of identity. Best to check now,
we need to make sure that you know exactly what to
do on the day. It’s very important. if in doubt give
Sally a call on our helpline 971 139184.
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HIS week I had an invitation, with my
Town Hall team, to the opening of the
newly refurbished Plaza beach Hotel in
Santa Ponsa. When I got there, it was already quite busy, and I was giving our names to the
girl on the door. At first she couldn’t find me as
“Angie from the Town hall” at which point our Bulletin Managing Editor, Jason Moore, walked by and
teased “you must be down as Angie from the Bulletin”
which wouldn’t have surprised me at all. I’ve told you
before that people often say to me “Hello we know
you” and I smile and say Hello back, to which they
sometimes reply, “ yes, you’re the one from the Bulletin.” All in good fun and I am proud to be Angie from
both places. Back to the opening of the Hotel and it
was very swish. My friend Joanna, a lady of true
style, called it “Mallorca meets Miami”.
It was minimalistic and chic, yet welcoming, colourful and fun, with different open plan public areas
and very nice rooms. The location is great given that
it is a stones throw from the beach, whilst being in
the centre of the resort, so all good.
In our opening speeches, both MDB Managing Editor, Jason, and I spoke of the beauty of this island,
the importance of upgrading, and being ahead of the
game. Private and public investment can achieve so
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Instruments for Son Espases.
much. This is a good example of moving with the
times and keep our island in the tourism frame. Exciting times and great to be part of it all.
ALVIA Lions asked me ( as a Lion myself )
to go along to Son Espases hospital with
them, to present some musical instruments, which had been recently donated
by Lions for very sick children. I dashed along there
on Friday afternoon, following a wedding where the
bride turned up half an hour late, and I was getting in
a bit of a flap.
No need to worry, however, I got there in time to
see the opening part of the meeting which took place
in the impressive Son Espases meeting hall which
was packed full of medical people, students, musicians and others.
There were two young ladies on the stage, surrounded by instruments such as drums, bells, triangles, xylophones, and guitars. There they were
thanking us on behalf of Son Espases for helping
with such an important project.
President Ron, Adrian and I got up and said a few
words, but being totally truthful, even at that stage I
still wasn’t quite sure what it was all about.
As the meeting went on it all became clearer, and I
really did not expect to see such a wonderful presentation on a Friday afternoon in a hospital. I will remember it for a long long time. The two lovely ladies,
Carla and Mary were musicians from Madrid. They
have adapted a programme for extremely sick children, whereby they combine, music, vibration and
family activity as part of their therapy.
To demonstrate to the audience they told us all
about how music can help the whole family as an activity and as a part of the childs progress. Then they
started to play a single beat on a drum, followed by
their voices singing in harmony, it was spectacular.
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The whole vibration in the room lifted and the applause went on for a while.
The ladies were quick to add that this was NOT
about their singing voices, but about getting the
child and the parents and siblings involved. For example, many of the children shown to us on a video,
were badly limited as to their movement, but maybe
could lift a little hand to bang a drum, that was then
their job.
Mum and Dad would join in with playing the triangle or rattling some bells or singing and the whole
thing became a family experience in which you could
see these poor sick children smiling away. The video
showed us lots of scenarios, some with terminally ill
kiddies.
One little boy could not really move at all. Mary and
Carla also adapt the words of songs to include the kiddies names, and so they were singing to Pedro, whilst
his baby brother lay next to him and the baby was
moving his arms and legs in delight, Pedro could only
slightly smile, as they sang to him.
Other kids were a little bit more involved, but the
whole thing was incredible and we were assured it
gave them a little bit of happiness and in some cases
helped with their pain. Carla later explained to me
that if a child is in a lot of pain, sometimes they will
lay a cello next to them and play.
This serves not just as a distraction but the vibration can also help ease the pain. it was an incredible
experience, an eye opener as to the power of music,
and a tribute to these poor children. I hope that more
hospitals can get help with similar projects. sobremusicoterapia.wordpress.com
HIS week being the last week of the month
it was time for the PLENO political debate.
Normally held on a Thurday, this week
however, it was on Wednesday. This in fact
was the penultimate pleno of the current political
term. The last one will be held on 21 May, just days
before the elections, and I can imagine that the atmosphere at that one will be “interesting”. One of
the topics debated at this Pleno was that of having
WIFI on Magalluf sea front, not just on the beach but
extending further back to the second and possibly
3rd line businesses.
During the introduction of the topic, the head of
the PSOE opposition informed us that they would
not be voting in favour, given that the quality of the
exisiting WIFI on some of our beaches was not very
good.
Our P.P. spokesperson Cristina Tugores, eleborated
by saying that WIFI was now an important factor in
any holiday resort. Whilst people (specially young
people) are in bars and cafes on terrace etc, they all
want to connect to the internet, contact their mates
back home etc etc. WIFI is fundamental, yet it can be
costly for smaller businesses to incorporate. it can
only be a good move on behalf of the Town hall to
supply this service, for our tourists and our businesses.
She did a good job because we had a turnaround and
the vote was cast unanimously...so WIFI it is, and
coming soon.
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All Hands on Deck
EWS of the huge inferno that
broke out on the Sorrento, a
Spanish operated ferry en
route from Palma to Valencia,
triggered ripples of panic. Many of us take
local ferry services between the islands
and the Peninsula without a worry so it
was rather disquieting to learn of such a
happening. Fortunately it was daytime
and conditions were good enough for all
156 passengers and crew to be transported
safely to shore but what if disaster had
struck in the evening?
So often we listen to the news and hear
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The burning Sorrento.
they didn’t already. At the weekend one
of my most staunchly leftwing chums
told me morosely that she would be voting for David Cameron. ‘How can I allow
Miliband to wreck the economy?’ she
moaned. ‘As a voter I have a responsibility.’
This is the first time in the history of her
When I endeavoured to argue
that Miliband was at least
sweet and earnest and had a
wonderfully comic aspect to
cheer the spirits on a wet and
gloomy day, she rounded on
with me with a hiss and the
warning words of, ‘Don’t go
there!’
Mind the Gap
T’S a sad state of affairs at this stage
in the elections when instead of ire,
all I feel is pity for accident-prone Ed
Miliband. After a disastrous mauling
and performance on BBC TV’s Question
Time the poor oaf tripped as he was leaving the stage, offering a perfect opportunity for the media to lampoon him – as if
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lihood of getting off a blazing ship in the
middle of the night and surviving in
freezing waters until help came along,
would be slim at best. So do we just stay at
home in bed and pull the covers over our
heads, shaking like feverish whippets or
do we take our chances and stride forth
into the world and hope for the best? I’m
all for the latter option. However much
this world attempts to become risk
averse, there will always be unforeseen
obstacles to trip us up. That is part of the
serendipity of life and it is our duty,
surely, to play the game?
of catastrophic accidents involving cruise
liners or ferries in other parts of the globe
and never relate it back to our own neck
of the woods - that is until such an incident happens in Spanish waters. It was
the same with the tragic Germanwings
crash that robbed so many Spaniards of
loved ones.
We live in dangerous times and accidents and the unexpected can and do happen. All the same I have always foolishly
put my trust in ships more than planes,
believing that at least at sea one has a
chance of survival. But in truth, the like-
family that anyone has broken
rank. When I endeavoured to argue that Miliband was at least
sweet and earnest and had a wonderfully comic aspect to cheer the
spirits on a wet and gloomy day,
she rounded on with me with a
hiss and the warning words of,
‘Don’t go there!’
A fat chance of beating obesity
T was with incredulity that I read
the sorry tale of Georgia Davis, 22,
who with the dubious sobriquet of
Britain’s fattest woman at 55 stone,
required 11 medics, seven police cars, two
cranes and two fire engines to prise her
from her council house in South Wales.
Despite attending a US fat camp in the
past, Georgia continues to eat 13,000 calories a day of fast food all supplied, it
seems, by an irresponsible mother who
herself has weighed 31 stone.
I feel for this young woman who as a
baby was force-fed condensed milk and
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potatoes instead of nutritious baby food.
Her mother appears to control her daughter with a desperately unhealthy diet
which will of course eventually kill her.
There are now one in three overweight
children in the UK and one in five is
obese.
Why is that? Indulgent or ignorant parents, a sedentary lifestyle and cheap, fast
food practically on every doorstep are all
to blame.
Exercise is key as much as good nutrition and never is this more crucial than in
childhood. It occurred to me recently that
Georgia Davis. PHOTO: ¡MDB
there isn’t one overweight child in evidence at my son’s school and there’s a
good reason.
They exist on acres of playing fields and
land and are forced to do rigorous exercise
at least four times a week –no excuses.
How lucky the pupils are because not all
British schools enjoy such a luxury.
Playing fields have systematically been
sold off by successive governments and
sports in state schools have dwindled. The
government might now lambast the
obese in our society, but surely it only has
itself to blame?
The big summer cover-up
HAT a treat it was to indulge in a wonderfully relaxing Natura Bissé facial at
the five-star Jumeirah Port
Soller Hotel recently. I have long been a
fan of the hotel’s spa which has an enormous al fresco Jacuzzi, gym and labyrinth
of steam rooms, an ice fountain and
sauna. The icing on the cake though is the
spa treatment menu offering a plethora
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of massages and facials. Aside from the
relaxing aspects of my treatment I learnt
a very important lesson from Natura
Bissé’s leading training manager, Tahimi
Gonzáles, just in time for the summer.
Much as I slap a little light sunscreen on
my face when the sun comes out in force,
Tahimi explained that this is simply not
good enough. She suggested I opt for a
50SPF protection cream or 30SPF at least,
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ghastly smell and isn’t glutinous and greasy.
I’ll have to raid my piggy bank to stock up for
the summer, but my skin at least, feels it’s
worth it
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UK’S CAMERON WINS
LAST TV CONTEST OF
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
b PRIME MINISTER FACED 30 MINUTES OF QUESTIONS FROM AUDIENCE.
London.— Prime Minister
DavidCameronwonthelast
majorTV contest of Britain’s
election campaign, a snap
Guardian/ICM poll showed
yesterday, with 44 percent
ofviewerssayinghehadperformed best on the night.
Conservative Party leader
Cameron, up for re-election
onThursdaynextweek,was
subjected to 30 minutes of
questions from a BBC TV
audience. Labour leader Ed
Miliband and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg were
then-inturn-questionedby
the same audience.
The poll, which surveyed
1,288 British adults after
they had watched the programme,saidMilibandcame
second,with38percent,and
Clegg third with 19 percent.
Therewerenomajorgaffes,
but Miliband briefly lost his
footingandstumbledoffthe
stage, something his critics
in the country’s mostly
right-leaningpressseizedon
with glee.
Cameron, up first,
came under
repeated
pressure to
explain how he
would find cuts to
the country’s
welfare budget
worth 12 billion
pounds.
Britain faces an unusually
close national election on 7
May with most polls showing Cameron’s party level or
narrowly ahead of or behind
Labour.The same polls show
no one party is on track to
win an overall majority,
making another coalition
government the likeliest
outcome. Thursday’s event,
which took place in the
northern English city of
Leeds, saw all three party
leaders subjected to robust
questioning, with audience
members sometimes accusing them of lying and abusing their trust.
Cameron, up first, came
under repeated pressure to
explain how he would find
cuts to the country’s welfare
budget worth 12 billion
pounds and was asked why
some Britons were reduced
to using food banks.
He did not offer new detail
on where he might find
budgetcuts,butsaidjobcreation would help reduce the
need for cuts. “I am not sayingeverythingisperfect,I’m
saying we have not finished
thework.ThatiswhyIamso
keen to do another five
years,” he said.
Miliband came under pressureonLabour’sspendingrecord when it was in office
from 1997-2010.
HesaidhedidnotthinkLabour had overspent in government despite leaving behind the country’s biggest
deficitsinceWorldWarTwo.
Tories
tied
with
Labour
in latest
poll
British Prime Minister
David Cameron’s Conservative Party is tied
with the opposition
Labour Party, according to a Populus poll
one week before Britons vote in the tightest
election for decades.
London.— The poll had
the Conser vatives unchanged on 33 percent,
while Labour’s support
had dropped three percentage points to the
same figure.
The anti-European Union UK Independence
Party was up one point on
15 percent with Cameron’s coalition partners
the Liberal Democrats on
9 percent.
Surveys have indicated
the two main parties are
running neck and neck,
and while some polls in recent days have suggested
the Conservatives building a lead, others have also
shown Labour ahead.
I’D PASS ON PM JOB RATHER THAN DO DEAL WITH
SCOTS NATIONALISTS SAYS MILIBAND
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London.— British Labour Party
leader Ed Miliband said yesterday
he’d rather stay in opposition
than do a deal with Scottish nationalists after a close national
election next week in which no
party is expected to win a majority.
Opinion polls show the pro-independence Scottish National
Party (SNP) is on track to wipe out
Labour in Scotland making it
harder for the left-wing party to
secure an overall majority in the
650-seat Westminster Parliament. The SNP has offered to support a minority Labour govern-
ment, a prospect that Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives have described as a nightmare that would see Scots nationalists wielding influence in a
country they want to break up.
“Let me be plain, we are not going to do a deal with the Scottish
National Party,” Miliband told an
audience on BBC TV. “If it meant
we weren’t going to be in government, not doing a coalition, not
doing a deal, then so be it. I am not
going to have a Labour government if it means deals or coalitions with the Scottish National
Party.”
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STAND BY ME SINGER
BEN E. KING, DIES AT 76
b R&B AND SOUL SINGER STARTED OUT WITH THE DRIFTERS.
Singer King was described as one of the sweetest,
gentlest and gifted souls. PHOTO:REUTERS
New York.— R&B and soul singer Ben
E King, best known for the classic song
Stand By Me, has died at the age of 76.
King started his career in the late
1950s with The Drifters, singing hits
including There Goes My Baby and Save
The Last Dance For Me.
After going solo, he hit the US top
five with Stand By Me in 1961.
It returned to the charts in the 1980s,
including a three-week spell at number one in the UK following its use in
the film of the same name and aTV advert. King’s other hits included Spanish Harlem, Amor, Don’t Play That Song
(You Lied) and SupernaturalThing - Part
I. The singer died onThursday, his publicist Phil Brown told BBC News yesterday.
Fellow musician Gary US Bonds
wrote on Facebook that King was “one
of the sweetest, gentlest and gifted
souls that I have had the privilege of
knowing and calling my friend for
more than 50 years”.
He wrote: “I can tell you that Ben E
will be missed more than words can
say. Our sincere condolences go out to
SAVILE AND HALL ABUSE
REPORT DELAYED
London.— Publication of a
report into how Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall abused
people while at the BBC has
been delayed.
Dame Janet Smith’s review is finished, the team
workingonitconfirmedyesterday.However,theMetropolitan Police said publishing findings could hamper
ongoing investigations into
sexualabuseclaims.Publication is to take place “as soon
as possible”, the report’s
authors said. Investigators
interviewed 375 witnesses
in connection with Savile
and more than 100 about
Hall - findings had been due
tobepublishedinthesecond
half of this month.
A statement released by
the review team said:
“DameJanetrecognisesthat
afurtherdelaywillbeofparticular disappointment to
victims of Jimmy Savile and
Stuart Hall whose accounts
are in the report and other
witnessesbeforethereview,
to all of whom she is very
grateful.
“However, it is important
that the Metropolitan Police’s investigations should
not be prejudiced.”
Dame Janet Smith’s review has been looking at
how Savile and Hall abused
people over decades while
working at the BBC.
DJ NEIL FOX TO FACE NOVEMBER
TRIAL OVER SEX CHARGES
● DJ Neil Fox will stand trial on sex charges
on 5 November, a London court ruled yesterday.Hedeniesnineoffencesagainstsix
complainantsspanningmore
than two decades.
Fox - known as Dr Fox - appeared at Westminster
Magistrates’ Court before
SeniorDistrictJudgeHoward
Riddle.
The judge said there should
be further preliminary hearingson23Julyand2October,
and he renewed Fox’s unconditional bail.
Thetrial isexpectedtolasttwoweeks.The
allegations span the period from 1991 to
2014 and the youngest
alleged victim was 13 at
the time.
Two allegations relate to
amotorshowin1991,one
at Chessington World of
Adventures in 1996, and
the others at the offices
of Capital Radio and
Magic FM.
Betty and the entire family.Thank you
Ben E for your friendship and the wonderful legacy you leave behind.”
Born Benjamin Earl Nelson, he initially joined a doo-wop group called
The Five Crowns, who became The
Drifters after that group’s manager
fired the band’s previous members.
He co-wrote and sang on the band’s
single There Goes My Baby, which
reached number two in the US in 1959.
But the group members were paid
just $100 per week by their manager
and, after a request for a pay rise was
turned down, the singer decided to go
it alone.
In the process, he adopted the surname King. His first solo hit, in 1961,
was Spanish Harlem, which was followed by Stand By Me.
He originally intended Stand By Me
for The Drifters, but said they turned
it down. So he worked on the song
when Atlantic Records boss Ahmet
Ertegun paired him with writers Jerry
Leiber and Mike Stoller. “In my vocal I
think you can hear something of my
earlier times when I’d sing in subway
halls for the echo, and perform doowop on street corners,” he told The
Guardian in 2013.
“But I had a lot of influences, too singers like Sam Cooke, Brook Benton
and Roy Hamilton. The song’s success
lay in the way Leiber and Stoller took
chances, though, borrowing from
symphonic scores, and we had a brilliant string arranger.”
The song went on to chart nine times
on the US Billboard 100 - King’s version twice and seven times with covers by artists like John Lennon and
Spyder Turner.
It was also the fourth most-played
track of the 20th Century on US radio
andTV. Earlier this year, the US Library
of Congress added it to the National
Recording Registry, declaring that “it
was King’s incandescent vocal that
made it a classic”.
Stand By Me, Spanish Harlem and
There Goes My Baby were all named on
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s list of
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll,
and were all given a Grammy Hall of
Fame Award.
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SECURITY LOCKDOWN
Turkish police
battle May
Day protesters
● Turkish police fired tear
gas and water cannon at
hundreds of stone-throwing May Day protesters
yesterday, after they defied
a ban and tried to march on
Istanbul’s Taksim Square.
Europe’s biggest city was
under a security lockdown
as thousands of police
manned barricades and
closed streets to stop demonstrations atTaksim, a traditional rallying ground for
leftists that saw weeks of
unrest in 2013.
Riot police unleashed water cannon and chased protesters down sidestreets in
the nearby Besiktas neighbourhood, where they
fired off canisters of tear
gas, according to a Reuters
reporter at the scene.
Several people were detained after demonstrators
lobbed stones and bottles at
police and set off fireworks.Citing security concerns, much of Istanbul’s
public transport had been
shut down and police helicopters circled over the
city.
HOPES TO LIFT GLOOMY NATIONAL MOOD
Nepal quake toll
passes 6,200, 2
billion needed for
reconstruction
Kathmandu.—Thedeathtoll
from Nepal’s devastating
earthquakerosesteadilypast
6,200 yesterday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of
rotting bodies made it hard
for nervous survivors to return to their homes.
Disposalofthehundredsof
bodies still being found six
days after the 7.9 magnitude
quake devastated the Himalayan nation of 28 million
peoplewasbecomingaproblem for officials, who have
ordered immediate cremations.
“Morgues are full beyond
capacity and we have been
given instruction to incineratebodiesimmediatelyafter
theyarepulledout,”saidRaman Lal, an Indian paramilitary force official working in
coordination with Nepali
forces.
Aid was slowly beginning
to reach remote towns and
villagesnestledinthemountains and foothills but the
overpowering smell of bodies trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in
the capital was making it
hardforresidentstoreturnto
their homes. Many Nepalis
have been sleeping in the
opensinceSaturday’squake.
According to the United Nations, 600,000 houses have
been destroyed or damaged.
FinanceMinisterRamSharan Mahat said Nepal would
need at least $2 billion to rebuild homes, hospitals, government offices and historic
buildings and appealed for
help from international donors.“Thisisjustaninitialestimate and it will take time
to assess the extent of damage and calculate the cost of
rebuilding,” Mahat told
Reuters.
The United Nations has
said 8 million people had
been affected, with at least 2
million in need of tents, water, food and medicines over
the next three months.
A home ministry official
said the death toll had risen
to 6,204, with 13,924 injured.
Information Minister Minendra Rijal said the government would provide $1,000
in immediate assistance to
the families of those killed,
aswellas$400forcremation
or burial.
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told Reuters earlier this
weekthedeathtollfromthe
quake could reach 10,000.
That would surpass the
8,500 who died in a 1934
earthquake, the last disaster
onthisscaletohittheHimalayannationsandwichedbetween India and China.
Home ministry official
Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said
that, even though the 1934
quake was more powerful,
there were fewer people livingintheKathmanduvalley
then.
“The scale of reconstructionwillbeunprecedented,”
Dhakal said. “We have still
not even been able to assess
the damage in remote areas,
whichhavebeencompletely
devastated.”
Officials have said the
chances of finding any more
survivors were fading, even
though a boy and a woman
hadonThursdaybeenpulled
from the rubble where they
hadlaintrappedforfivedays.
As rescuers slowly started
reachingoutlyingareas,witnesses reported seeing 70 to
80 percent of buildings severelydamagedinChautara,
northeast of Kathmandu towards the border with
China’s Tibet.
Anger over the pace of the
rescue has flared in some areas, with Nepalis accusing
thegovernmentofbeingtoo
slow to distribute international aid that has flooded
into the country.
It has yet to reach many in
need, particularly in areas
hard to reach given the
quakedamage,poorweather
and aftershocks.
Tensions between foreigners and Nepalis desperate to
be evacuated have also surfaced.
In Ashrang village in
Gorkha,oneoftheworst-hit
districts about four hours by
road west of Kathmandu,
hundreds of villagers were
living outdoors with little
foodandwaterevenasboxes
of biscuits, juice and sacks of
riceandwheatwerestoredin
a nearby government office.
Italy opens Expo 2015 launch
amid doubts and protests
● Italy opened the Milan Expo yesterday, torn between
hopes the showcase of global food, culture and technology
will lift a gloomy national mood and fears it will be overshadowed by scandal, delays and protests.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, counting on the Expo to
reinforce fragile signs of economic recovery, says the event
will be a test for the future of Italy after years of stagnation
and recession. “Today it is as though Italy is embracing the
world,” he said at the opening ceremony. “All you experts
who kept saying ‘we’ll never do it’, this is your answer,” he
said. But the event, on the theme of sustainable food production, has already faced a corruption investigation that
saw several top officials in the organising body arrested,
cost overruns, and construction hold-ups that meant large
parts of the site were not ready for opening day.
Planned demonstrations by anti-Expo campaigners, who
see the event as a bloated symbol of waste and corruption,
and fears of security incidents following an unrelated gun
attack in a Milan courthouse last month have also dampened the mood.
Topless Femen activists
disrupt Le Pen speech
Paris.—Three topless women from the Femen activist group, making Nazi salutes, disrupted a May Day
speech by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday attacking her political rivals.
After elections in which her anti-EU party gained
power in local and regional elections across France, Le
Pen has sought to capitalise on discontent over Socialist President Francois Hollande’s handling of the economy and rising unemployment.
Her speech took aim at Hollande and former President
Nicolas Sarkozy, who is trying to put his conservative
UMP party back on track ahead of the 2017 presidential election.
“They have allowed massive immigration to install itself in France.They have unpinned the Islamic fundamentalist grenade,” Le Pen said. “We are right on everything.” Before she was able to start her speech to
hundreds of National Front (FN) supporters in central
Paris, she was twice caught off guard.
Her father Jean-Marie, founder of the party and usually a speaker at the event, unexpectedly took to the
podium to cheers despite a party disciplinary procedure against him over his repeated controversial comments about World War Two.
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IBIZAATTHEPROMS
HE big news from the BBC last
week was that the Balearics
will be featured in the 2015
Proms season which begins on
17 July and runs nightly for two months
-- 92 concerts in all. The date to put in
your diary is 12 August when the Late
Night concert will be “inspired by the
Ibiza dance scene”.
I think it will be safer if I continue to
quote directly from a BBC press release:
“DJ Pete Tong will celebrate 20 years of
Radio 1 in Ibiza featuring the Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra while
Radio 1XTRA is to present a grime symphony with artists including Wretch 32
and Krept and Konan.”
This Ibiza contribution to the Proms is
one of a number of concerts in “a coming together of musical genres offering
a chance to sample alternative music
alongside the classical repertoire”.
There has been a lot of huffing and puffing about this innovation but I don’t intend to join it because I know absolutely nothing about the Ibiza dance
scene, the artists named by the BBC, or
what a “grime symphony” is. On the
other hand I think I can reasonably
question whether the acting Proms Director Edward Blakeman was wise to
say, “It’s very exciting to launch this
season knowing that we are continuing
the original vision of Sir Henry Wood
and offering so much that is fresh and
new 120 years on.”
A very quick look through the main
concerts of the season shows a typical
Proms agenda with an impressive array
of composers, soloists and orchestras
even though another BBC source spoke
of there being “Hardly any Handel, precious little Poulenc, spare on Schumann
and Schubert, woefully lacking Wagner”.
As usual all concerts will be broadcast
on Radio 3 and many will be shown on
TV but there are also signs that the
Proms are somewhat in flux this year.
In the past the Controller of BBC Radio
3 has also been the Proms director but,
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Past, present, future
Quote ofthe Week
from Thursday’s Question
Time TV debate.
“You need a prime minister
who’s prepared to bring
change to Europe.” David
Cameron.
“I plead with people. With
seven days to go, put your
trust in 23 more seats for the
Conservatives.” David
Cameron.
“I am not going to
have a Labour government if
it means deals or a coalition
with the Scottish National
Party.” Ed Miliband.
“I want to under promise and
over deliver and not over
promise and under deliver.”
Ed Miliband.
“I would go into a coalition
again. The more I look back
on it the more proud I am.”
Nick Clegg.
“I’m 48, I have bags of
energy -- I believe in what
the Lib Dems stand for.” Nick
Clegg.
I am reasonably sure that Sir Henry’s “modern music” was by composers
working in the evolution of classical music. PHOTO: BULLETIN FILES
understandably given the creative and
administrative challenge of a Proms season, the two jobs have been separated.
Alan Davey has been appointed to run
Radio 3 and the choice for the Proms is
awaited with the aforementioned Edward Blakeman one of the contestants.
Meanwhile he has defended his Ibiza
venture in a letter to the Times about its
criticism of “just a few of the 92 concerts among 150 hours of classical music-making from the world’s greatest
musicians”.
But I still think he is wrong to drag Sir
Henry Wood into the argument with
references to his vision of concerts that
are high quality, accessible and affordable and “create a public for classical and
modern music”.
Having recently re-read his autobiography, My Life in Music I am reasonably
sure that Sir Henry’s “modern music”
was by composers working in the evolution of classical music rather than
“grime symphonies” whatever they
may be.
In his Foreword written in 1938 he
recalls “the numbers of young men and
women standing and listening in rapt
attention to the Great Masters whom
my years of Music in and for England
have taught them to love and revere.” I
don’t think that today’s “Prommers” are
very different.
FIFTYYEARSAGO
HAT today may seem a
surprising insight into
the state of tennis in the
United States in the mid1960s appeared in the Bulletin this
week 50 years ago: “The British tennis
player Mike Davies, a former Davis Cup
team member, has just turned professional in the United States and has
given an interesting explantion of why
he has taken this step.
He said the foundation of amateur
tennis in the US was laid on a quicksand
of illicit operations, under-the-counter
payments and hypocrisy. Professionls
are just beginning to get sponsorship
and one of them, Earl Bucholts, was
quoted as saying, “We find we have
some value to advertisers and public relations people.”
(Change had already taken place in
Britain where amateurism was under
similar criticsm as in the US. In 1968
Wimbledon relunctantly held what it
preferred to call its first “Open” championship.)
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HIS year’s International Palma Boat Show
is one of the largest in
the event’s history.
The XXXIII edition of the International Boat Show Palma and III
Edition SuperYacht Show, which
opened on Thursday and closes
on Monday evening, is considered one of the most important
nautical events of the Mediterranean and the largest in the world
concerning in terms of sailing
yachts.
Over the next few days the
Moll Vell of Palma and surroundings will host 117 boats up to 30
meters as well as 63 yachts, of
which 70% are megayachts - making the show the largest exhibition of sailing mega yachts worldwide.
The budget of the Boat Show is
450,000 euros this year it was
necessary to extend the surface,
both on land and sea, because, the
number of exhibitors and vessels
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This year, there will be 3,000
brands and companies from fifteen countries, in particular the
United Kingdom, presenting and
promoting their products and
services.
Because of this, it is considered
one of the largest commercial displays of marine industry with an
increase of 75% over 2012.
Furthermore, more than 1,000
people will be working, directly
and indirectly, in the International Boat Show Palma & Palma
Super Yacht Show 2015.
But the Palma Boat Show is not
just a trade fair, it is about the
nautical industry and the general
public having fun as well and this
year there are a host of presentations and parties being held plus
Spain’s top British chef who recently won a Michelin Star for a
second time, Palma-based Marc
Fosh, is taking care of the luxury
catering.
Over 40,000 visitors are expected to go to the fair and the
weekend is going to be very busy
with the glorious weather adding
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b Andrew Ede charts the long and interesting nautical history of the islands.
ATING from the 1920s are
three promotional images for
hotels in Majorca that were reproduced in the history of the
Fomento del Turismo (Majorca Tourist
Board), which was published to coincide
with its one-hundredth anniversary in
2005. Of the three, one is a photograph,
while the other two are paintings.
Though their styles and the medium differ, they share one thing in common - the
images. None of the hotels exist any
longer. They were the Hotel Costa Brava
in Soller and the Hotel Royal and Gran
Hotel Mediterraneo in Palma, but in
front of each hotel is a distinctive shape
and colour: a white sail. The symbolism of
the image is profound. Majorca’s tourism
from the days well before the masses arrived was inextricably linked to the sea,
to sail boats, to yachts and to ships.
It is a pretty obvious point to make that,
once upon a time, what tourism there
was in Majorca came by sea, and even
when the first planes started to bring
tourists, they required the sea. Air France
was something of a pioneer in this regard,
its seaplanes making Majorca a stop-off
point on the route between Marseille and
Algiers.
Nautical tourism, as opposed to tourism
which arrived by ship, was, despite those
white sails that had been witnessed in
the 1920s, a minority element in the island’s tourism mix in the years immediately after the Second World War. It
might of course be said that all tourism
was something of a minority interest in
those days, but the story of Majorca’s
tourism history is more complex and
longer than one which takes the “boom”
of the early 1960s as its starting-point.
The entrepreneurs and visionaries of the
tourist board were ever alert to opportunities, one of which was announced in
1947 and which was to be realised the following year. In 1948, Palma’s Real Club
traveller. It was an island, and
for the traveller - the earliest
form of “tourist” - of the
eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries, islands in the middle of the Mediterranean were
felt to offer little in terms of
experience by comparison
with the grand cities and ports
of the Med.
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The “Nixe”
This perception was to alter,
however. The yachts of the
nineteenth century were the
preserve of Europe’s rich, nobility and
bourgeoisie, and it was to be one of the
nobility who was to not only mark Majorca out as a destination that others from
the upper class as well as from the
wealthy middle class might wish to consider but also to - arguably - invent the
whole idea of the luxury yacht. He was
the Archduke Louis Salvador.
The Archduke’s “Nixe” might just be the
most famous vessel to be associated with
Majorca, though in what follows, there
are other claimants to this crown. The
Archduke, renowned for his work in
documenting Majorcan culture, society
and nature in his series “Die Balearen” and
for his property owning in the Tramuntana mountains, was one of life’s restless
souls. He liked to travel, and he had the
means to do so. Though he came to Majorca in the 1860s, he wasn’t a permanent
resident. His journeying was such that he
came to realise that rather than fork out
for stays on ships, he may as well have
one of his own. In August 1872, therefore,
the “Nixe”, built in the shipyard in Fiume
(aka Rijeka) in Croatia, was launched. Its
initial journey was to Alexandria, where
the Archduke was awaiting its arrival. He
climbed aboard, and the “Nixe” set sail, finally entering Majorcan waters for the
first time in May 1873.
The Nixe II and the Archduke Luis Salvador.
Náutico was founded. In the same year,
the Club Naútico de Sóller was also
founded. It could count, it is said, on a
sporting leisure “fleet” of more than 250
vessels - snipe dinghies, monotypes, felucca sailing boats.
1948 can probably, therefore, be cited as
the year when nautical tourism truly
started in Majorca, and from its relatively
humble beginnings it has grown to what
it now is - a tourism niche capable of generating annual revenues in the order of
some 500 million euros thanks to the marinas of the Balearics and of bringing over
300,000 tourists: a niche which is substantially greater than that of either cycling or golf.
Majorca sits in the centre of an imaginary cross, its western and southern
points shorter than those of the north
and east. But if the distances to Sete and
Sardinia are longer than those to Valencia
and Algiers, they are no real distance for
today’s super yachts with cruising speeds
of knots in the twenties or thirties and
top speeds of double these. It is this advantageous location that has helped to
make Majorca the attraction it is to the
nautical tourist, he or she with a super
yacht or something rather more modest,
but time was - long ago - when Majorca
was not looked upon so favourably by the
Fifty-two metres long and six metres
wide, the “Nixe” was a large vessel which
had three masts but which was principally propelled by its steam engine rather
than its sails. There is a debate as to
whether it deserves the description
“yacht” or not, but for the purposes of
Majorcan nautical tourism history,
“yacht” it is; and luxury yacht is an even
better description.
For twenty-one years, the Archduke
would take himself off on his journeys
around the Mediterranean on board the
“Nixe”. It was Majorca to which it always
returned, until disaster struck. One night
during the summer of 1894, the “Nixe”,
close to the Algerian coast, collided with a
reef. No lives were lost, but the “Nixe”
was. It ended up on the seabed.
The Archduke was nothing if not considerate to his crew. They didn’t have to
fear for losing their jobs because the
Archduke was determined to replace the
“Nixe”. He went to the site of the birth of
the original - Croatia - and found a craft
called the “Hertha”, which closely resembled the “Nixe”. He bought it at a cost of
eighty thousand florins, it set off for Majorca, was anchored off Soller and was renamed. The “Nixe II” arrived in November
1894, only months after the sinking.
The “Nixe”, both of them, have a special
place in Majorca’s nautical history, but
what of other craft or indeed businesses
that might share with them that special
place?
“El Mallorquín”
Before the Archduke Louis Salvador set
foot on Majorcan soil, there had been earlier “tourists” to the island. On 7 November 1838, a well-known composer and a
well-known writer and her children
boarded a ship in Barcelona bound for
Palma. The composer was Frederic
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HE recreational
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turn around in business
this year with the
Balearic sector leading
the revival. Between
January and August of
last year the number of
new vessels registered in
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Aurore Dupin, better known as George
Sand, and the ship was “El Mallorquín”.
They were to end up staying in Valldemossa and so were to eventually become faces for Tramuntana tourism and
for the Charterhouse in particular. On 14
February the following year, they were
back in Barcelona. Sand wrote that
Chopin had “started to spit blood awfully” and that they had “boarded the
only steam ship which runs from the island”. She went on: “it fetches pigs to
Barcelona ... incessant squeal and loathsome odour would not let the diseased to
have a rest or breathe with fresh air”.
It has been well chronicled that Chopin
and Sand’s stay on Majorca was not an entirely happy one and that the unexpectedly cold and damp conditions in the
mountains didn’t do much for Chopin’s
condition - tuberculosis, as is commonly
thought. But less well chronicled has
been the story of the ship that brought
them to Majorca and took them away.
“El Mallorquín” is erroneously believed
to have been the first steam ship to have
made the crossing from the mainland to
Palma. There were in fact two ships
which came before it, “El Balear” and
“Delfín” (Dolphin). “El Balear”, which was
the first, docked in Palma on 19 January
1834. It lasted only some six months. A
is not entirely accurate: “El Mallorquín”
had a first-class, luxury dining-room with
silver service and porcelain china. There
again, this would have been reserved for
the first-class travellers among the 22
passengers on the maiden voyage.
The ship was to later be co-opted by the
Spanish navy during the war with Morocco of 1859 to 1860 and used to transport troops and supplies. It was eventually reacquired by the original company
and sold for scrap, but it had, in the meantime, firmly established the steam ship
route with the mainland and was followed by others - “El Barcelonés”, “El Rey
Jaime I” and “El Rey Jaime II”. And among
the passengers on these ships was of
course the Archduke: travelling first class
no doubt.
“Balear”
El beautiful Balear.
regular service was not maintained and
so the venture collapsed in failure. The
“Delfín” fared only marginally better: it
lasted two years. To the rescue, though,
came one José Estades Homar and a company whose shareholders comprised industrialists and the nobility.
The Majorcan Steam Packet Company
acquired a ship that had been built in Aberdeen. It arrived in Palma on 7 Septem-
ber 1837 and made its maiden voyage on
the Barcelona route a month later: “El
Mallorquín” may not have been the first
ship but it was the first to be registered in
Majorca.
Sand’s description of the ship was
clearly accurate. On the maiden voyage,
and subsequently, it was used to transport Majorcan black pigs, but the overall
impression she gives in the quote above
In the Ballester yard in Palma in 1924, a
fishing boat was built. There was nothing
unusual about this boat. It was a normal
small fishing craft of the type that had
been used for year upon year by the fishermen of Majorca.
The boat has, however, come to symbolise the tradition of fishing in the seas
off the island.
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The boat, which itself had been abandoned, lives on. It was restored by master shipwrights, who themselves had
been overtaken by the advances in boat
technology. The restoration work on a
boat which isn’t exactly enormous took
four years to complete. In 2004, eighty
years after it had been built, the boat
was back in pristine condition. It was
donated to the Council of Majorca,
which is charged with a responsibility
for preserving and promoting the island’s traditions, heritage and culture.
The boat is a llaüt (the word also means
a lute),
it is propelled by a lateen sail - a “vela
llatina” - and its name is “Balear”.
The demise of the traditional llaüt was
hardly that surprising. Its principal material - wood - was more expensive than
new materials such as fibre glass. This
technological advance removed the
need for the skills of the shipwright. As
the traditional llaüt went into decline,
so did the role and the number of this
master craftsman. There were other
reasons - limits on fishing and on vessels as decreed by the European Union,
more efficient means of trawling, other
boat users and swimmers getting in the
way in the waters off Majorca - but towards the end of the last century the realisation dawned that the traditional
llaüt was under more of a threat than
just abandonment: its very existence
was threatened.
“Balear” has acted as a means to inspire a revival in the llaüt’s fortunes
and in the skills of shipwrights. Though
largely a market for the enthusiast and
the boating romantic, a market there is,
one supplied by the Mestres d’Aixa (the
master shipwrights) and apprentices,
given the chance to learn the craft under a scheme established by the island’s
council.
The fully and newly restored “Balear”
was officially launched on 11 June 2004.
Zaca and Errol Flynn.
During that summer it took part in various events, including the Almirante
Conde de Barcelona regatta (now staged
each August in Puerto Alcudia), an occasion which itself recalls a bygone era of
classic yachts and boats. The llaüt was
back and its tradition was here to stay.
“Jessica”
At the end of August 2010, a boat appeared in the bay of Pollensa. It was a
grand sail boat with three masts that
was anchored off Formentor. The sight
of such boats is not uncommon in the
bay, but this particular boat caused
more of a stir than most. It had been
built in the mid-1980s at the Astilleros
Mallorca shipyard in Palma. Work on it
had been complex and it had required
the skills of shipwrights on account of
specific requirements for hardwoods. It
was bought, according to official documents, for 350 million pesetas and then
sold in 1988 to Alan Bond, the Australian beer magnate, for a figure almost
three times this amount and then sold
again the following year to Jaime Botin,
the brother of Emilio Botin, the former
president of Santander bank who died
last year.
The boat is now known as “Adix” but it
used to be called “Jessica”, and what was
so special about this boat was the fact
that it was the last great sailing ship to
have been built in Majorca. It was also,
at a length of almost 65 metres, one of
the largest sailing yachts to have been
built since the 1930s, a throwback, if
you like, to a former era of grand sailing.
“Zaca”
A yacht built in 1930 was indicative of
a time when lavish sailboats, despite
the Great Depression, were being built
to the order of the wealthy who survived the Crash. One of them was Templeton Crocker.
In 1898, he had inherited a sum estimated to have been in the region of five
million US dollars from his father Frederick who had himself been the heir to
the fortune of Charles Crocker, who
had founded the Central Pacific Railroad. Templeton Crocker commissioned a yacht that was 43 metres in
length and so large was it that during its
construction its keel was laid in the
road next to the shipyard in Sausolito in
San Francisco Bay where it was being
built. The yacht was called “Zaca”, the
name coming from the Samoan word
for peace: Crocker first sailed it to the
Polynesian Islands. The yacht was requisitioned by the US Navy during the
Second World War, Crocker receiving
what amounted to a tenth of its real
value. It was subsequently acquired by
a speculator, Joe Rosenberg, who sold it
on to the person who was to make the
“Zaca” famous and to give it its Majorcan association: Errol Flynn.
In 1950, Flynn decided to head for the
Mediterranean. He married Patricia
Wymore in Monaco, and together on
the “Zaca” they were to set out for Gibraltar. The story, the legend of how he
came across Majorca, is one of complete
chance and accident.
A heavy storm forced the yacht to
seek refuge, and it did so in the bay of
Pollensa. The rest, pretty much, was
history, one that incorporated guests on
the yacht such as Orson Welles and Ava
Gardner, who was also a regular visitor
to Robert Graves in Deya. It also incorporated the grand yarns of Flynn’s
drinking: of him apparently having
once been so drunk that he fell overboard. When Flynn died in 1959, the
“Zaca” remained where it was at
Palma’s Real Club Náutico. It was hard
to get any money out of Wymore for its
maintenance, so its sale was entrusted
to the British millionaire playboy Freddie Tinsley, who then proceeded to
strip everything of value that he could
and left the yacht in Villefranche-surMer in southern France.
Various lawsuits were to follow, but
finally, in 1990, the “Zaca” was bought
by Italian businessman, Roberto
Memmo, who had it restored and who
raced it at a classic regatta in Monaco in
1993.
The “Zaca” is still going, cruising the
Mediterranean in summer, but wherever it journeys in the Med, its stories
will not rival those of its time in Majorca and those of its most famous
owner.
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Palma.—Two years after Dan Stevens
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has put it up for sale.
The record breaking boat had been
abandoned and hidden away in the corner of STP for some six years before Steven found it, bought it, and began restoring her to her formal glory with the
Bulletin covering every stage of the project. Due to the vessel’s famous history
a host of local nautical businesses offered their services in the restoration
project and the 72ft craft – the fastest
boat to cross the ocean between the USA
and Britain which was originally commissioned by the wealthy Virgin boss,
was put back on the water two years ago
in Palma.
Dan Stevens, who r uns Plymouth
firms Mount Batten Ferry and Seahawk
Work Boats, has been berthing the record-busting monohull in Hooe Lake.
But after investing £400,000 into revamping the 30-year-old vessel Stevens
has decided to sell.
He said he hopes the powerboat, which
crossed the Atlantic in a nifty 80 hours
and 31 minutes back in 1986, will remain in the UK – but fears it may end up
abroad. “I’d like it to go to a nice home
in the UK, an enthusiast or a museum,
where it will be appreciated for what it
has achieved,” Stevens said.
“I have made inquiries around the UK,
but nothing has emerged. So now it’s a
more active campaign.”
The Virgin Atlantic Challenger II
smashed the world record for crossing
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Atlantic Challenger sinking off Land’s
End. But the second version had no such
problems, reaching Bishop Rock, off the
Isles of Scilly, more than two hours
quicker than previous record-holder the
SS United States, title-holder since 1952.
Speeding at more than 50 knots, Virgin
Atlantic Challenger II looked to have secured the prestigious Blue Riband prize
for transatlantic crossings.
But she was denied the glory on a couple of technicalities – the boat had
stopped to refuel and did not have a
commercial maritime purpose.
BOAT SHOW EXTRA
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
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“QUAYNOTE” PALMA
SUPERYACHT
CONFERENCES START
By Peter Franklin
HE Quaynote Superyacht Conference program of events got underway in Palma yesterday morning a few hours before Palma Yacht
Show opened its doors to the public.
Held at the Melia Palace Atenea Hotel just a short
stroll from the boat show site, the first day’s proceedings were dedicated to the subject of Refit and Repair.
This has become a major industry in itself on the island,
with an increasing number of superyachts choosing to
overwinter in the location due to its excellent shipyard
facilities, and comfortable lifestyle for their captains
and crews to enjoy.
Antonio Deudero Director General of Balearic Ports
and Airports delivered a welcome speech to around 100
delegates from the international Superyacht industry,
during which he stressed the importance of the superyacht sector to the region’s economy, and confirmed his
government’s commitment to continue supporting the
nautical leisure sector and the infrastructure that supports it. As an example of the recent growth that The
Balearics has enjoyed, partly due to the relaxation of a
previously punitive tax regime on charter yachts,
Sr.Deudero mentioned that yacht charter bookings had
increased by 52% during the last four years, and that
2000 additional jobs had been created in the local refit
and repair yards since 2008.
This was followed by a keynote address from Rob Papworth, the Superyacht Refit Group chairman of
ICOMIA (International Council of Marine Industry Associations) whose members are responsible for 50% of
the all refit projects globally, and consist of professionally recognised refit and repair yards such as Astilleros
de Mallorca in Palma.
Rob pointed to figures from his association’s recently
completed survey which showed that 853 Superyachts
(over 24 metres) were refitted around the world in
2014, constituting approximately 20% of the global
fleet. This generated a turnover of 332 million euros,
compared to 224 million in 2013.
This first agenda session of the day was related to
commercial contracts for refit projects and was moderated by Diego Colon, Managing Director of Astilleros de
Mallorca shipyard. Diego was supported by a panel consisting of Mallorca based maritime lawyer Leon Von
Ondarza, and Jens Ploch of marine insurance company
Pantaenius. Together with Tristan Rowe of UK based
Pendennis Shipyard, they updated the audience on the
all important aspects of effectively creating a sound
contract for a major refit, whilst legally safeguarding
insured liabilities for all parties involved.
The day continued with panel style interactive sessions which involved plenty of feedback in the way of
questions and comments from the audience.
The remaining subjects ranged from how to professionally project manage a refit to a satisfactory completion, insights into future designs of yacht interiors, and
how to successfully apply the final paint finish to the
highest possible standard.
A very productive and engaging day was concluded
with a number of Round-Table sessions where smaller
groups could choose a specific subject to discuss with
an industry expert. These covered specialities such as
flameproofing of interior furnishings, waster water
treatment, antifouling paints, and even introduced a
revolutionary new flat panel satellite antenna. This is a
new technology backed by the world’s richest man, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, and now being marketed
to the Superyacht world by Majorca based company e3
systems.
Finally, as at all good yachting industry conferences,
the delegates and participants were able to relax and
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network on the sunny roof terrace of the hotel at a cocktail party sponsored by the paint company Jotun Iberica.
The conference continued on Friday 1 May, when the
subjects switch to the Future for Captains and Crew,
with a host of knowledgeable speakers and panelists covering development of careers in yachting, and regulatory, licensing and compliance issues for the operation of
Superyachts.
All delegates at the Quaynote conferences were able to
take advantage of having professional entrance passes to
the Palma Yacht Show, with plenty of time to enjoy that
over the weekend and into the holiday Monday.
Margaret Whittaker, joint owner of Pearl Yachts,
gives the British Ambassador to Spain, Simon
Manley and Consul General, Andrew Gwatkin a
tour of one of their latest superyachts at the
Palma Boat Show.
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all (I’m an obedient sugar-free diabetic) is
the best ever. So full scores all round.
Oh I nearly forgot to mention how Dad
ended his day. “See you all next year!”
HILARIOUS INSIDE GOSSIP
Dad surrounded by party guests at his best birthday party ever! PHOTO: LAURA STADLER
● Last year my Dad blew out his birthday candles and was asked to make a
speech. “I look forward to seeing you all
here this time next year,” he’d stated simply. I have to admit to feeling a mixture of
admiration and doubt. At 94 years-old
who knew what the year would bring.
However, this week he once again sat at
the top of the table at Mood Beach, beaming happily at his 24 guests celebrating his
95th birthday. Around February I’d asked
him, on the assumption he may have forgotten his wish, what he would like to do
for his special birthday. Would he like a
large party of family and friends in London? I’m sure my brother and the grandchildren would like to be with him.
“No,just as I said last year I want to go to
Majorca” he insisted. “I see my family all
the time. Besides most of my friends that
are still alive are pretty decrepit these
days. I love sitting by the sea surrounded
by laughter and vitality.” And so he did.
This year bigger and better than ever
with a few surprises thrown in. Firstly,
Dad didn’t know that two familiar celebrity names to him would be sitting either
side. Music legend of the 60s Jess Conrad
(who Dad remembered so well having
seen Jess in London performing the starring roles in Godspell and Joseph) and former top Tottenham Hotspur footballer
Gerry Armstrong. Dad is a lifelong avid
Spurs supported. He was five when his father first started taking him to football
regularly; and last year at 94 Dad became
the oldest to enter the grounds. Seeing
Gerry Armstrong even after all these
years, he was able to recollect virtually
every match for Tottenham that Gerry
had ever played. “Didn’t you end up playing for Real Mallorca? Now I know how
you ended up living here,” said Dad.
However, the biggest surprise was Jess
and Gerry seeing each other. Who knew
that they had been close friends but
somehow lost contact? “I used to organise
the Showbiz charity football team and
Gerry would always play if he was able.
We had some great times together!” Jess
declared delightedly giving his old friend
a celebrity bear hug. Then Gerry spied his
old friend Diane (you may remember Diane from many years working in Gloria in
Portals) who he had also not seen in many
years. Again delight all round. Thus conversation at the top of the table was most
animated.
Indeed it was one of those rare occasions
that worked perfectly, the restaurant
buzzing with warm lively chatter. Having
carefully worked out name placings; agonising who would enjoy chatting with
whom, I heaved a sigh of relief watching
all my guests looking so at ease. Jess Conrad had made a humorous witty speech
and Dad had responded with such sincerity that this had been the best birthday of
his life, there wasn’t a dry eye. I even
spotted Jess wiping a tear. Both Jess and
guest singer Miss Cookie sang happy
birthday, later joining Dad at the piano
for a few songs.
Needless to say the food as ever was excellent and contented stomachs make for
happy people. The party had started with
drinks at the bar for 1.30pm. When I first
had a chance to look at my watch it was
after 6.30pm and most were still contentedly in their places.
Finally, I must thank the French Coffee
shop for helping me out with a major crisis when after midday I realised that of all
things I’d forgotten to order a birthday
cake. I ran down from Mood arriving all of
a fluster. “Help I need a cake!” “Tomorrow?” they asked noting my panic. I
knew it was a long shot but I blurted it
out anyway. “No now!” Incredibly far
from being dismissive they asked me to
write the wording I would like and they
would bake a cake immediately and rush
it over to Mood. Best of all it turns out
that their fresh carrot cake, according to
● Having been able to enjoy a few mealtimes with Jess Conrad this week I’ve
loved being regaled by some of his inside
celebrity gossip. After sharing an apartment as an aspiring star with the likes of
Michael Caine and Terrace Stamp and including all the top names such as Sean
Connery as friends, he has an amusing anecdote about all. My favourite recent titbit (well one I can repeat) was his recent
run-in with her Majesty the Queen’s husband Prince Philip. “Prince Philip has
been a member of our showbiz organisation The Water Rats for many years. Suddenly this year out of the blue he decided
to invite us all to tea at Buckingham Palace. Naturally everyone was excited to attend. Held in the Portrait Gallery it was all
very imposing. We all dressed in our best
attire and were sipping drinks on our best
behaviour. After a while two doors
opened and the Queen appeared from one
and the Prince from the other. Renee
(Jess’s wife) was very impressed.”
“She was like a china doll. Her skin like
porcelain” added Renee. Actually when I
saw the Queen within touching distance
(during the good old days of Royal Ascot’s
old Royal Enclosure) that was also the
thing that impressed me most. Her skin
so fine with striking colouring. The perfect English rose.
“Anyway, then Prince Philip came up to
us. Being slightly brazen after a couple of
glasses, Steve McFadden decided to break
the ice. ‘You anyer missus came to ma
pub’ he stated referring to last year’s
Royal visit to the EastEnders set. ‘Do other
people understand you?’ replied the
Prince ‘I certainly don’t’ and turned his
back. He asked another of our group what
he did for a living. ‘I’m from a group called
Iron Maiden.’ ‘Iron Maiden? Never heard
of you’ he replied and turned away.
Finally, it was Renee’s turn. Renee had
been a debutante and was more confident
around royalty. Looking around the room
she had noted that most of the paintings
were by Dutch artists. Since she herself is
Dutch she explained to the Prince that
she felt quite at home in this room. The
Prince looked at her for a moment. ‘Quite
right’ he replied. ‘But don’t get above
yourself’ he concluded sharply as he
walked off. You couldn’t make it up. It
was hilarious.”
In such a politically correct world, at
times the Prince may be a tad of a liability
to her Majesty. However I consider him
an eccentric breath of fresh air.
Reminds me of another friend of mine
who speaks his mind. Rushed into A and E
at his local London hospital recently, a
nurse was painstakingly filling out a
lengthy form. Name, address, age etc. Finally she asked him whether he would
need an interpreter to understand the
doctor. “Not if he speaks English” he’d retorted.
NEW TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN
MAJORCA ANNOUNCED
● This week updates in the tennis calendar were announced. At last in answer
to players’ pleas, Wimbledon for the first
time ever will be starting a week later this
year to give players much needed extra
week to recover from the French Open
and adapt to grass. The move also creates
an enhanced grass court season with new
ATP events including the upgrading of
the ATP events in Halle and London
Queen’s Club. It also announced “The
AELTC continues to support the development of a new WTA grass court event in
Majorca for 2016” a new tournament that
is being widely discussed in tennis circles.
Once again this tiny island is a magnet for
major events.
HMS DAUNTLESS
● I was privileged to join the Majorca
Daily’s Subscribers Club for a fascinating
tour of the British warship HMS Dauntless.
A great feat of organisation by the Bulletin team as the ship only docked that
morning in Palma and until then for security reasons the exact date classified. We
were given a full tour around the workings of this daring-class air defence destroyer, thoroughly impressed by the enthusiasm of the navy crew. Despite two
years rigorous training for the top positions, most appeared extremely young to
burden the enormous responsibility of
over a billion pound ship. Explaining the
workings of the bridge a young female officer admitted it would be possible for a
teenager to carry her role of
the safe steering the ship.
Most spend four years per
post, officers only two years
before changing ship. At sea
for such lengthy periods you
could feel the closeness and
camaraderie amongst the
190 crew including 40
women.
I bumped into Margaret
Whittaker who told me that
Sir Donald Gosling was generously sponsoring a trip for
the crew to see the stunning
new show at the Son Amar.
Certainly they deserve a top
Dad at fellow Aries Ilona’s birthday party.
Majorcan fun night out.
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group Trencaclosques and at 7pm folk dances by Es Crocalet of
Lloret. At 10pm children’s “correfoc” by the Dimonions de Son
Ganxó.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (English) OCIMAX
16.20 19.20 22.20
12.05 1.00 (Sat. & Sun. only)
Mad Max I (English)
OCIMAX
20.45
Mad Max 2 (English)
OCIMAX
22.35
The Belier Family (French)
RIVOLI
17.15 19.10 21.05
Words and Pictures (English.)
RIVOLI
16.05
Difret (Amharic)
CINECIUTAT 16.35 20.30 22.20
Girdhood (French)
CINECIUTAT
18.25
The Farewell Party (Hebrew)
CINECIUTAT
17.35 19.30
Citizenfour (English.)
CINECIUTAT
21.20
Pride (English)
CINECIUTAT
21.20
● Fair in Santa Maria del Cami. At 5pm gathering of giant figures at the Avda. Jaume III followed by parade and dances.
● Fair in Ses Salines. At 9pm performance by Agustin “El
Casta” at the Plaza Major. At 10pm music with DJ Xineta and at
11pm by the group La Cancion del Verano.
● Concert. At 11.30pm with the power trio The Indian Summer
at Territori dels Artistes in Caimari. Free of charge.
TOMORROW 3 MAY
● Fair of the cross in Selva (Fira de la creu). At 9am gathering
of the bagpipers and at 10am solemn mass. At 10.30am opening
of the fair at the Camarata. At 12pm medieval musical performance by Zeus Faber. At 7pm folk dances.
MAREMOSTRA Film Festival at CineCiutat
Taking place now. Visit www.maremostra.com for complete
film programme. Runs until Sunday 3 May.
Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) (PG13) (Action)
Showing at Ocimax Aficine (In English)
Plot summary When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant
peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the
Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo.
Director Joss Whedon.
Words and Pictures (2013) (PG13) (Comedy)
Showing at Ocimax AFICINE (In English)
Plot summary An art instructor and an English teacher form a
rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which
students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Starring Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison
Director Fred Schepisi.
Fairs in Costitx, Selva, Sineu, Santa Maria and Ses Salines this weekend.
TODAY 2 MAY
● Cala Nova Cancer Care Charity show. “Viva las Vegas” at
Mood Beach in Costa D’en Blanes. Tickets 15 euros in advance
(including a drink and tapas). Tickets can be purchased at Mood
or at the Cala Nova Cancer Charity Shop. Info 609 848 622.
● Wine Days in Majorca – DO Binissalem. Opening at 7pm until
11pm at the Plaza Nova in Santa Maria del Cami. Purchase of
wineglass and tasting is 5 euros. Runs until Sunday 10 May.
Complete programme at www.winedays-mallorca.com.
● Piano concert. At 7pm by American pianist Lynn Habian at La
Residencia in Deya. Tickets 10 euros.
● Trotting races. At the Manacor Hippodrome with the first
Difret (2014) (NR)
(Drama) Showing at
CineCiutat (In Amharic)
Plot summary Three hours
outside of Addis Ababa, a
bright 14-year-old girl is on
her way home from school
when men on horses swoop
in and kidnap her. The brave
Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to
escape, ... Starring Meron
Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Haregewine Assefa. Director
Zeresenay Mehari.
The Belier Family
(2014) (NR) (Comedy)
Showing at Rivoli (In
French, signlanguage
and Spanish)
Plot summary A girl, who lives with her deaf parents,
discovers that she has the
gift of singing.
Starring Karin Viard,
François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino.
Director Eric Lartigau.
Ratings: Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug use. Rated PG for mild action, rude humor
and some language. Rated NR Not rated.
CINECIUTAT IS LOCATED AT S’ESCORXADOR
EMPERATIU EUGÈNIA, 6
IN PALMA. TEL 971 205
453
Special prices on Wednesdays.
Tickets 7 euros for new releases, 4 euros for older releases, Monday’s are 5 euros
and special prices for members.
www.cineciutat.org and [email protected]. Classical
film price is 4 euros for members and 5 euros for non members.
OCIMAX THEATRE IS
LOCATED AT THE
VALLDEMOSSA EXIT IN
FRONT OF CARREFOUR
IN PALMA. TEL 971 750
673
Tickets 6 euros (Daily showings
except on Monday - 4.50
euros). 9.50 euros for 3D.
PORTO PI TERRAZAS IS
LOCATED AT (AVDA J
MIRO, 154 IN PALMA) BY
THE PORT. TEL 971
405500
Tickets 6.50 euros (Monday
4.50 euros).
RIVOLI THEATRE IS LOCATED AT (ANTONI
MARQUÉS MARQUÉS,
25 IN PALMA) TEL 971
751262
Tickets first session 5.50 euros,
Monday 4.50 euros, Wednesday 3.90 euros and rest are 7.50
euros.
race starting at 4pm. The hippodrome is located at Ctra Palma Arta Km 48. Tel 971 550 023. Free entrance.
● 32nd Edition BoatShow Palma and Palma Superyacht Show.
Runs until Monday 4 May at the old pier (La Llonja area) in Palma. Hours from 11am to 8pm. Entrance fee is 5 euros.
● 3rd Edition of Beer Palma. Hours from Monday to Thursday
from 11am to 10pm except on the eve of a holiday from 11am to
11pm. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays from 11am to 11pm. Takes
place at the Parc de la Mar by Palma’s Cathedral. There will be
over 200 different kind of beers to try. Free entrance. For info
www.beerpalma.com. Runs until Sunday 10 May. Price 2-4
euros for 33cl and 1-3 euros for tapas. Payment is by “token”
which can be purchased at the entrance tents for 1 euro.
● Beach Rugby in Magalluf. At 11am registration of all teams.
Opening at 12.15pm and 2015 Tournament Kicks off on Magalluf
beach at 12.30pm. 8 pitches being used with 62 teams taking
part. At 5pm party begins at Mambo’s. Games end at 5.20pm.
For more info visit www.majorcabeachrugby.co.uk
● Feria de Abril in Palma. From 12pm to 2am at Son Rossinyol
fairgrounds in Palma. Runs until tomorrow.
● Palma Beach Rugby. In front of the Palma Aquarium on the
Playa de Palma. Runs until Sunday 3 May. Cash prize 1500 euros
for male team and female team winners. Registration
www.mallorcarugbyevents.com.
● Fair of the cross in Selva. At 4.30pm popular games at the
Pla de sa Font. AT 9pm dinner at the Pla de sa Font de Camarata.
At 11.30pm musical performances by Duo Lluna Plena, La
Rumba Nostra, 4L and Lino DJ.
● Flower Fair in Costitx. At 5pm drawing competition for children at the Plaza Mare de Déu. At 6pm performance by the
● Sant Marc Fair in Sineu (Agriculture, animal, handicraft and
industrial fair). Starting at 10am at the Plaza del Fossar and surroundings. There will be agriculture machinery exhibition and at
the town square arts and crafts, plants and fair items on display.
● Beach Rugby in Magalluf. At 1.30pm tournament resumes
and ends with competition finals at 4pm at Magalluf’s beach.
Award ceremony at 6pm at Mambo’s.
● Majorca Olympic Triathlon. Starts at 10am at the Colonia de
Sant Jordi. There will be 1500 swimming at the port, 40km cycling from the Colonia to the light house of Ses Salines cutting
through the village and a 10km race on foot.
Cruise Ships in Port
TODAY
Name
Tonnage Registry
Arrives Departs
Aida Aura
42,289tn Italy
6am
10pm
Cost: $350 million; In service: 2003; Length:
202.78m; Capacity 1,300 passengers; Crew:
418. Owner: AIDA Cruises.
Aidastella
71,304tn Italy
8am
Launched: 2013; In service: 2013; Length:
620; Owner: AIDA Cruises.
6pm
Mein Schiff 1 76,998tn Malta
4am
909; Owner: Celebrity Cruises.
9pm
Thomson Dream
54,763tn Malta
6am
243.23m; Capacity 1,506passengers; Crew:
600. Owner: Costa Croisiere.
11pm
Markets
OPEN FROM 8AM TO 1PM
TODAYAlaró,Arta,BadiaGran/Pedrafort(Llucmajor),Biniali,Bunyola, Campos, Cala Ratjada, Calvia, Costitx, Can Picafort, Costitx, Esporles, S’Horta, Inca, Lloseta, Manacor, Moscari, Las Palmeras (Llucmajor), Portocolom, s’Arracó, Santa Eugenia, Santa Margalida, Santanyi,
sa Rapita and Soller. In Palma the flea market in the Avenidas, Pere
Garau,SantaCatalina,andanecologicalmarketatPlazaBisbeBerenguer de Palou (aka: Plaza dels Patins), Son Ferriol, Son Fuster Vell. Car
boot sale in Santa Ponsa (Son Bugadellas).
TOMORROW Alcudia, Consell (car boot sale), Felanitx, Inca and Marratxi-Poligono(fleamarkets),Llucmajor,Moscari(monthly)Muro,Sa
Pobla, Pollensa, Portocristo, Santa Maria del Camí and Valldemossa.
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Ratings agencies say no
default if Greece misses
ECB, IMF payments
Most top credit rating
agencies say they
would not cut Greece’s
rating to default if it
misses a payment to
the International
Monetary Fund or
European Central
Bank, a stance that
could keep vital ECB
funding flowing into
the financial system.
London.— Greece owes
nearly 1 billion euros to
the IMF in May and almost 7 billion euros to the
ECB over July and August
and there are concerns
that the government,
stuck in funding talks
with official lenders, will
miss the payments.
This would be an un-
precedented move that
could put Athens’ future
in the euro in doubt and
has raised questions about
whether it could set off a
chain reaction, possibly
accelerating repayments
due to other official and
private sector creditors
and
compounding
Greece’s problems.
But for most rating
firms, whose views determine whether the ECB
can still accept sovereign
Greek securities as collateral for lending to its
banks, a missed IMF payment would not lead them
label the country in default.
This is critical to keeping
the life-support mechanism, the ELA emergency
EXCHANGE RATES
CURRENCIES
(1)
(2)
Pound Sterling
0,746
0,731
US Dollar
1,151
1,128
Canadian Dollar
1,384
1,356
Swiss Franc
1,076
1,054
Swedish Crown
9,577
9,382
Norwegian Crown
8,610
8,434
Danish Crown
7,664
7,507
Japanese Yen
136,858 134,060
Australian Dollar
1,454
1,424
(1) BANK NOTES
(2) NON CASH TRANSACTIONS AND TRAVEL CHEQUES
1 MAY
Bank notes
and travel
cheques,
bank buying
rates only.
For operations
of less than
3,005.06€
+25.32
-6.36
+11.43
+10.69
+14.16
-6.47
-1.52
cash prov ided by the
Greek central bank with
the blessing of the ECB,
flowing to banks because
the ECB would not accept
any securities issued by a
government in default.
Standard and Poor ’s,
Fitch and DBRS, three of
the top four, all say that as
the IMF and ECB are not
standard creditors, a
missed payment to either,
although likely to push
Greece’s rating even
deeper into junk, would
not be classed as a default.
“If Greece were, for
whatever reason, not to
make a payment to the
IMF or ECB that would
not constitute a default
under our criteria as it is
‘official’ sector debt,“ said
Frank Gill, who rates
Greece for S&P. As was
seen during Greece’s massive 2012 debt restructuring, only when all four of
the main agencies -Moody’s is the other one - declared Athens in default, did the ECB say it
would not accept Greek
bonds as ELA collateral.
Even then it did a quick
U-turn after euro zone
countries put 35 billion
euros into an escrow account to cover the central
bank in case there were
any problems during the
restructuring.
Fitch’s Ed Parker and Fergus McCormick, head of
sovereign ratings at DBRS
both say their firms hold
the same view as S&P.
FTSE 100 higher
as Lloyds,
miners rally
UK stocks rose yesterday, as mining shares
strengthened and Lloyds
Banking Group surged
after quarterly results.
But the pound slid following disappointing
U.K. manufacturing data.
London.— The FTSE 100
closed up 0.4% at 6,985.95,
led by a more than 2% climb
in the key mining sector.
The benchmark fell 1.2%
on a weekly basis.
UK voters will hit the polls
on Thursday, and opinion
polls still indicate a tight
race and the possibility of a
hung parliament. Before
the voting, the FTSE’s nearterm direction “remains
unclear although encouragingly for the bulls, the index
has found some support for
a second day just ahead of
the 6,900 level,” wrote Fawad Razaqzada, technical
analyst, at Forex.com, in a
note yesterday.
The FTSE 100 onThursday
finished the month of April
with a 2.8% gain, aided in
part by energy shares as oil
prices climbed to 2015
highs.
Lloyds shares topped the
benchmark, with a 7.1%
jump, the best sinceAugust
2013, according to FactSet
data. The company posted a
21% rise in underlying profit
to £2.2 billion. However,
net profit fell, with Lloyds
incurring a £660 million
loss related to the sale of its
TSB Banking Group unit
TSB. “Lloyds delivered a
solid set of [first-quarter]
numbers,” said analysts at
Goldman Sachs.
While Lloyds shares
climbed
yesterday,
“broader macro/political
uncertainty with the coming U.K. election will likely
continue to mean the stock
remains constrained until
then,” said Credit Suisse
analysts.
ASIA SHARES WAVER IN WALL STREET’S SHADOW
● An index of Asian shares recovered from session lows but struggled to stay positive yesterday afterweakcorporateearningsdented
Wall Street, while the dollar clawed
back some losses after suffering its
worst monthly performance in four
years against a basket of six major
currencies.
Many major European stock markets, including Germany, France, Italy and Spain, were shut yesterday
for May Day. London’s stock market
will be open, and the FTSE100 is “expected to open slightly lower after
Chinese manufacturing for April
came in pretty much in line with expectations,” Michael Hewson, chief
marketanalystatCMCMarkets,said
in a note.
China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for April showed its
manufacturing sector barely grew
last month.
Thereadingof50.1wasbarelyabove
the 50-point mark that separates
growth from contraction, but was
slightly better than a consensus expectation for a reading of 50, as activity in the world’s second-largest
economy continues to cool.
“Due to active factors in both domestic and international markets as
well as rising commodities prices,
companies are prudently optimistic
for economic growth in the future,”
ZhaoQinghe,anofficialofthebureau
said in a statement accompanying
the report.
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Channel 5
11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live
12:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread
13:00 BBC News 13:10 Football
Focus
11:00 World Championship
Snooker 13:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs
on Trial
10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:40 The Dog
Rescuers 12:05 Cowboy Builders
and Bodge Jobs
14.00 Michel Roux’s Service
15.00 James Martin’s Food Map
of Britain
15.20 Inside the Mind of Adolf
Hitler
16.10Timewatch: The Making of
Adolf Hitler
Documentary about the muchdebated first 30 years of Adolf
Hitler’s life, challenging the spurious facts asserted in his autobiography. Recent revelations
suggest that Hitler was desperate to conceal a platonic affair
with a woman thought to be of
Jewish origin, a year spent sleeping rough under Viennese
bridges, and his impotent relations with women. Plus the evidence for and against Hitler’s homosexuality.
14:45 Doc Martin
15:50 Who’s Doing The Dishes?
09:00 The Morning Line
10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30 Everybody Loves
Raymond 11:30 Frasier 12:00
Frasier
14.00 World Championship
Snooker
Semi-final action continues in
Sheffield as the battle hots up for
places in the World Championship final. The first players to 17
frames will book the right to appear in Sunday’s season climax.
Hazel Irvine introduces the coverage from the Crucible Theatre.
17.30 Final Score
Jason Mohammad presents all
the results and reaction from the
day’s football fixtures, which include seven Premier League
games, as well as the final round
of the regular Football League
season. Expect plenty of drama
as teams battle it out for promotion and play-off places, while
others fight to avoid the drop.
17.00 The World’s Most Photographed: Adolf
18.10 Wall-e
Computer-animated science fiction adventure. A robot designed
to clean up a waste-covered
Earth far in the future falls in love
with another robot and follows
her into outer space on an adventure that changes the destiny of both his kind and humanity. With the voices of Ben Burtt,
Elissa Knight and Sigourney
Weaver.
19.40 BBC News
19.50 BBC London News
19.55 Pointless Celebrities
20.45 ATLANTIS
21.30The National Lottery: In It to
Win It
22.20 Casualty
Connie’s trial begins. Rita helps a
young girl get bittersweet justice. Big Mac encourages a
mother and daughter to seek
support. With Amanda Mealing,
Derek Thompson, Chloe Howman, Suzanne Packer, and Richard Winsor.
23.10 BBC News
23.30 Match of the Day
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from all of the day’s Premier League matches. With just
four rounds of fixtures left, there
is plenty of tension in the air at
both the top and bottom of the
table. Liverpool play QPR, while
Manchester United host West
Brom and Newcastle travel to
Leicester. There is a battle of the
red-and-white stripes as Sunderland face Southampton, and a
clash of the clarets as West Ham
and Burnley meet at Upton Park.
02.10 BBC News
12:30 The Big Bang Theory
13:00 The Big Bang Theory
13:30 Marvel’s Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.
14:30 Channel 4 Racing
Nick Luck presents coverage of
the first classic of 2015: the 2,000
Guineas. Races come from Newmarket at 2.00, 2.35, 3.05 and
3.45 and from Goodwood at 2.15
and 2.50.
Brian McFadden presents the
dining challenge show. Celebrity
chef Antony Worrall Thompson is
the mystery host today. Although he is sure to win culinary
points, will his cryptic clues be
enough for the four diners to bag
the cash prize and hand the rubber gloves over to him?
16:50 The Great Outdoors
Comedy in which a quiet family
holiday by the lake is interrupted
when the wife’s obnoxious
salesman brother, his chainsmoking wife and their loathsome twin daughters appear on
the cabin doorstep expecting to
share the vacation. With Dan
Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie
Faracy, Annette Bening, and
Chris Young.
Series which unearths photographs previously lost or suppressed, to explore the power of
the image and the nature of iconography. It decodes the carefully constructed public image of
ten of the world’s most photographed people to reveal more
about the personalities, lives and
intentions of the subjects. Adolf
Hitler, the first state leader to
have a totally manufactured image, used photography to hypnotise and corrupt a nation. In the
1930s, the photographer Heinrich
Hoffmann transformed the
young camera-shy politician into
a figure of absolute power, helping to mastermind one of the
most successful campaigns of
mass manipulation in history.
Snooker
18.30 Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire
- Natural World
In what turns out to be an explosive year, witness Iceland
through the eyes of the animals
and people that have made this
wild island home. An arctic fox
family must eke out a cliff-top
living, an eider farmer has his
hands full playing duck dad to
hundreds of new arrivals and Viking horsemen prepare to saddle
up for the autumn round up. But
nature’s clock is ticking, and the
constant volcanic threat eventually boils over with one of Iceland’s biggest eruptions in more
than 200 years.
19.30 Dad’s Army
Snooker
22.30 Quartet
00.00 QI XL
18:30 ITV News London
18:45 ITV News & Weather
19:00 You’ve Been Framed! Unleashed!
20:00 Ninja Warrior UK
Competitors from all over the
country take on TV’s toughest
obstacle course. This week, 25year-old professional climber
Leah Crane from Cumbria attempts the course. Leah currently travels the world competing in bouldering championships
but how does she fare when
faced with the Warped Wall?
21:00 Britain’s Got Talent
The talent competition’s ninth
series continues, hosted by Ant
and Dec. Judges Simon Cowell,
David Walliams, Amanda Holden
and Alesha Dixon take in more
weird and wonderful performances in the fourth round of auditions. Only one lucky act has
what it takes to secure a lifechanging cash prize of 250,000
pounds and the opportunity to
perform at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
22:15 Play To The Whistle
23:00 ITV News & Weather
23:15 Cliffhanger
Outdoor action thriller. Former
mountain rescuer Gabe Walker is
persuaded to help rescue a group
of stranded hikers whose plane
crashed in the Rocky Mountains.
But it is not long before he discovers that they are really a
gang of violent criminals who
need help to locate their missing
100 million dollar stash.
17:15 Come Dine with Me
19:45 Channel 4 News
20:15 For the Love of Cars
Car fanatic Philip Glenister and
renowned car designer Ant Anstead bring wrecked classic cars
back to life. This time they drive
some of Britain’s most iconic police cars and discover a Rover
SD1 police car rotting in a driveway in Essex. The owner wants
them to restore his car, but with
only ten weeks until auction, will
they have enough time? Philip
meets with former cops and villains, to discover which group
had the best car. And they push a
1959 Daimler Dart to the limit.
21:15 Men in Black II
Action-packed sequel to the scifi comedy about a top secret
government task force set up to
deal with unruly extraterrestrials. An MIB agent turns to the
only man who can help him save
the world from a rampaging,
shape-shifting alien which has
taken on the outward appearance of a sexy lingerie model.
With Will Smith, Tommy Lee
Jones, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle,
and Rosario Dawson
23:00 Dredd
Grizzled lawman Dredd is the
best and most feared. His latest
battle is against the terrible drug
Slo-Mo, and his investigations
lead him to a towering slum ruled
by sadistic crime lord Ma-Ma.
With rookie judge Anderson by
his side, he heads into Ma-Ma’s
stronghold, but when she unleashes scores of violent minions
on the duo, their only option is to
blast their way to the slum’s
summit and defeat her once and
for all.
00:55 Stephen Merchant: Hello
Ladies
13:00 Cowboy Builders and
Bodge Jobs
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Bodge Jobs
15:00 Columbo: Undercover
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18:35 The Nightmare Neighbour
Next Door
19:30 Britain’s Horror Homes
20:20 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it
Away
Documentary series revealing
the work of bailiffs and repossession agents. Paul and Ben are
called in to evict squatters from a
residential property, but something about the squat does not
quite add up for the team. Brain
and Graham arrive at a north
London restaurant to collect unpaid rent, but the manager claims
he has no way to pay.
21:15 5 News Weekend
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Drama series following a team of
special agents who investigate
crimes connected to Navy and
Marine Corps personnel. A Russian arms dealer is arrested for
the murder of a chief petty officer. But the seemingly straightforward case is complicated
when the Department of Homeland Security demands that NCIS
release the suspect to them.
With Mark Harmon, Michael
Weatherly, Cote de Pablo,
Pauley Perrette, and Sean Murray.
23.10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Crime drama series set in Las
Vegas. In this episode, a wannabe superhero is killed after
standing up for a homeless man,
but is the motive for the vigilante’s murder more complicated
than it appears? With George
Eads, Jorja Fox, Ted Danson,
Elisabeth Shue, and Eric
Szmanda
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20.10 Top Gear 21.10 Don’t Tell
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22.40 Live at the Apollo 22.30
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20.00 Survivors: Nature’s Indestructible Creatures 21.00 Wild
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20.30 Mr Bean’s Holiday 22.15
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Celebrity Juice: Keith’s Birthday
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17.45 Live Ford Saturday Night
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00:10 Law and Order: Special
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Following a fall at school, a teenage girl is found to have previous
injuries indicating sexual abuse.
While she refuses to name her
attacker, the team discovers
that sexts of her have been forwarded to all the students. Was
the same person responsible?
During the course of the investigation, the team encounters a
corrupt family court judge who
hands down unusually harsh
sentences for borderline sexual
offenses. With Christopher
Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard
Belzer, Michaela McManus, and
Ice-T.
15.30 Live Snooker: World
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SUDOKU
A X Y D L B A A X R
is L O N G F E L L O W
in a group situation. Be gracious,
and don’t let this bother you. No
big deal.
TAURUS
20 April - 21 May
Financial concerns about shared
property, inheritances, taxes and
debt might concern you today.
But this is a temporary situation.
You will work things out.
ARIES
21 March- 19 April
Travel plans look too expensive,
which makes you reconsider
something. Nevertheless, you
will take a vacation this year.
Count on it.
GEMINI
22 May - 21 June
You might feel cut off or lonely
today. Don’t worry, because this
feeling will be gone in a few days.
It is what it is.
CANCER
22 June - 22 July
The best way to use today’s energy is to do mental work, even
mental work that is routine and
boring. You’ll have a sense of
satisfaction and personal pride
from doing a job and finishing it.
LIBRA
25 Sept.-23 October
Serious, mental study about certain subjects (philosophy, religion
or history) will appeal to you today. You’re in a serious frame of
mind, and you have excellent
concentration.
SCORPIO
24 Oct - 22 Nov
Why is there always so much
month left at the end of the
money? And right at the beginning of the month! It’s the old
story of trying to make ends
meet.
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for
the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of
the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different
Cryptoquote
Sudoku: All you have to do is fill in all the squares so that each
row, column, and 3x3 square contains all the digits from 1 to 9,
without repeating a digit in any line, horizontally or vertically.
CROSSWORD
BRIDGE
SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov - 21 Dec
Be patient with partners and
close friends today, especially
someone who is older. Don’t
take criticism personally. This
person might mean to be helpful,
even though it doesn’t sound
that way.
CAPRICORN 22 Dec - 20 Jan
Use today’s energy to focus on
routine tasks that require attention to detail, because you will be
successful at this. Leave the
flashy stuff for another day.
ACROSS
1. Overly proper
7. Peeved state
11. Baby’s toy
12. Cellar supply
13. Needing change
14. Storybook monster
15. Swiss geometer
16. Hog the mirror
17. Set eyes on
18. Coarse-spun cotton
19. Bloke
21. None too cordial
22. Mysore monarch
25. Shark feature
26. Bart’s sister
27. Makes law
29. Church event
33. Road runners
34. Swaggering
35. Organ part
36. Band need
37. Watch reading
38. Statue setting
39. Declares
40. Check recipient
AQUARIUS
21 Jan - 18 Feb
Children might feel like an increased responsibility today. In
fact, sports and social occasions
might be too much bother or expense. (Oh dear.)
PISCES
19 Feb - 20 March
Someone older, perhaps a family
member, might be critical of you
today. Try to ignore these comments. Don’t escalate things.
Just let it slide by.
LEO
23 July - 23 August
Someone older or more experienced might rain on your parade
today. This will especially happen
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USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Emergency hotline
112
National Police
091
Local Police
092
Guardia Civil
062
Fire Brigade
080 Palma 085 Majorca
Maritime Rescue
900 202 202
British Consulate (Palma) 902 109 356
British Consulate (Ibiza)
902 109 356
British Consulate (Minorca) 902 109 356
Dutch Consulate
971 716 493
Danish Consulate
971 714 097
Irish Consulate
971 719 244
U.S: Consular Agency
971 403 707
Anglican Church (Palma)
971 737 279
Hospital (Son Espases)
871 205 000
Pollensa Council
971 530 783
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CRYPTOQUOTE
VIRGO
24 August - 24 Sept
This is a poor day to ask an
authority figure -- parent, boss,
teacher or VIP -- for permission
or approval. You won’t get it. The
response will be: “Talk to the
hand.”
If you are born today: You are a
charming realist who is clever
and entertaining. You are also a
good teacher. When it comes to
family, you have a strong voice.
Be careful and observant this
year, because you have something important to learn. The
first half of this year will seem
slow, but soon, your efforts of
the past six years will start to
show results.
Alcudia
Palma
Andratx
Calvia
Llucmajor Council
Balearic Government
Council of Majorca
EMAYA (Palma)
EMT bus service (Palma)
Weather information
Red Cross (emergencies)
Airport
Train (Palma-Inca)
Train (Soller)
Post Office
Consumer Board
971 548 071
010
971 628 000
971 139 100
971 669 165
900 321 321
971 173 500
900 724 000
971 214 444
971 403 511
971 202 222
971 789 099
971 752 245
971 752 028
902 197 197
971 176 969
SOLUTIONS
Today’s Sudoku answer
Yesterday’s Crossword answer
DOWN
1. Is a snoop
2. Incurred
3. Writer Calvino
4. Prison sentence
5. Talk drunkenly
6. To date
7. Foil, e.g.
8. Neighbor of Benin
9. Close
10. Minute
16. Irene of film
18. Slugger Roger
20. Ceases
22. Small detail
23. Art school class
24. Caribbean nation
25. Big dinners
28. Makes do
30. Cast member
31. Barber offering
32. More tender
34. Cart puller
36. Talker’s gift
Yesterday’s Cryptoquote
answer
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline
of wonder. - Ralph W. Sockman
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FOOTBALL
Pellegrini:
City must
improve
defensively
b “We’ll see what we need,
it’s important to be
balanced. We need to
improve on goals conceded
for next season, not just
scoring goals.”
Pellegrini’s second placed side have notched 70 goals and conceded 36. PHOTO: BULLETIN FILES
London.— Scoring goals is
not a problem but Manchester City must tighten
up defensively if they are
going to challenge for the
Premier League title next
season, manager Manuel
Pellegrini said yesterday.
City scored 102 goals and
conceded 37 on their way to
the title last season but
with four games remaining
this term Pellegrini’s second-placed side have
notched 70 goals -- the highest in the league -- and conceded 36.
Captain Vincent Kompany has struggled for fitness and form this season,
while French international
defender Eliaquim Mangala
has failed to live up to ex-
“We’ll see what we need,
it’s important to be balanced. We need to improve
on goals conceded for next
season, not just scoring
goals.”
City, who are second and
level on 67 points with
third-placed Arsenal, having played a game more,
face Tottenham Hotspur at
White Hart Lane tomorrow
and will be without injured
defender Kompany and
Ivorian midfielder Yaya
Toure.
City beat Tottenham 4-1
in October and Pellegrini is
hoping for more of the
same against a sixth-placed
Spurs side fighting for a Europa League spot.
“Tottenham have good
pectations following his
move from Porto for a reported fee of 32 million
pounds in August.
City’s defensive frailties
have allowed Chelsea to
build a 13-lead at the top
and Jose Mourinho’s side
could win the title tomorrow if they beat Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.
“It’s difficult to say a lack
of goals when we’re the
most scoring team in the
Premier League,” Pellegrini
told a news conference.
“Compared to last season
we scored less but it’s not
easy to score more than 100
goals in the Premier League.
You can’t do that every
year, you always try but
can’t do it always.
FOOTBALL
HUNGRY CRYSTAL
PALACE
DETERMINED TO
MAKE CHELSEA
WAIT
Crystal Palace are determined to bounce
back from a disappointing performance
last weekend to delay
Chelsea’s Premier
League title celebrations, manager Alan
Pardew said yesterday.
London.— Palace lost 2-0 at
home to struggling Hull
City last time out and a
third defeat in a row at
Chelsea tomorrow would
PREMIER LEAGUE
FIXTURES
TOMORROW
players and a good manager,” the Chilean said.
“They play always in an offensive way.They need also
to qualify for the Europa
League.
“We must try and be as
near to the top of the table.
We are two teams that play
well and attack. I hope we
play a very good game for
the fans.”
Leicester v Newc
1.45 pm
Aston Villa v Everton
4 pm
Liverpool v QPR
4 pm
Sunderland v Soton
4 pm
Swansea v Stoke
4 pm
West Ham v Burnley
4 pm
Man U v West Brom 6.30 pm
SUNDAY
Chelsea v Crystal Pal 1.30 pm
Tottenham v Man City 5 pm
City will be without defender Kompany tomorrow.
seal the title for their London rivals.
“Last weekend was below
the group’s standard. I
didn’t even need to tell
them, they told me,” Pardew told reporters.
“It was by far the worst
performance during my
time here. We have worked
really hard to put that right.
“This is one terrific group
of players. Our solution this
week has been to work
hard. Work on our fitness
levels, our technical skills
and our team shape.”
Pardew knows all about
the strengths of Chelsea.
“I know Stamford Bridge
well. If there is a team that
I know well, it’d be Chelsea,” he said.
“I studied there. We’ve got
to try and produce a performance that doesn’t get
carried away in the emotion
of the day. They will dominate possession and the two
thirds of the pitch that we
have to defend, but we carry
a threat.”
Palace are sitting comfortably in 12th place in the
table, guaranteed another
season in the top flight.
“We always knew it was
tough. We wanted to get
the job done and we’ve
done that. We need to respond following our recent
defeats,” Pardew said.
“For ourselves and to keep
the Premier League title
race interesting.”
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Barca coach
warns of
Cordoba threat
to title charge
LA LIGA
Bale in training yesterday. PHOTO: BALLESTEROS
Ancelotti expects
Bale back for La
Liga clash at Sevilla
Madrid.—Real Madrid
should have forward Gareth
Bale back after injury for S
today’s La Liga game at
Sevilla, coach Carlo Ancelotti said yesterday.
The Wales winger has
been sidelined by a calf injury for a couple of weeks
and returns for what is
probably the toughest of
Real’s four remaining
games in Spain’s top flight.
Leaders Barcelona, who
visit bottom side Cordoba
earlier today, are two points
ahead of second-placed
Real, with champions Atletico Madrid seven points
further back in third before
their game at home to Athletic Bilbao.
“Gareth Bale has been
training with the rest of the
squad and I think he will be
available for the match
against Sevilla,” Ancelotti
told a news conference.
“Gareth is fresher than
some of the others because
he has rested and he will
help us at an important
stage of the season,” added
the Italian, who is also waiting on the fitness of Real’s
France striker Karim Benzema. Benzema has not featured since hurting a knee
in last month’s Champions
League quarter-final, first
leg at Atletico Madrid. “We
are not going to take any
risks, it’s not the last match
of the season,” Ancelotti
said.
“It could be that they are
not able to play the whole
90 minutes but if there is
any risk we will not gamble.”
Ancelotti will be keen to
have both forwards back
and at full fitness as Real,
the holders, play their
Champions League semifinal, first leg at Juventus
on Tuesday, with the return leg the following
week.
Real are chasing a recordextending 11th European
crown after finally winning their 10th last term after more than a decade of
failed attempts.
Ancelotti defended Real’s
Portugal forward Cristiano
Ronaldo, who has hit a lean
patch in recent matches
and has scored only one
goal in their last five
games.
“He has scored all these
goals because he has character,” Ancelotti said.
“Cristiano is not happy
with what he is doing, he
wants to improve and
that’s why he scores so
many goals.”
Barcelona getting ready for today’s early clash against Cordoba yesterday. PHOTO: ALEJANDRO GARCÍA
Barcelona.—Barcelona
coach Luis Enrique has
warned of the potential
threat to the La Liga leaders’ title charge posed by a
Cordoba side who are five
points adrift at the bottom
and on the brink of relegation.
Barca, who hit six goals
past Getafe without reply
on Tuesday, play at the apparently doomed Andalusians today, when a win
would stretch their advantage over second-placed
Real Madrid to five points,
at least for a few hours.
Real play at fifth-placed
Sevilla later in what is
probably the toughest of
their four remaining fixtures.
“Cordoba’s diffic ult
situation makes them
stronger and we are approaching the match like
all the rest, independently
of where the opponent is
in the standings,” Luis Enrique told a news conference yesterday. “When
there are four games left,
everyone has significant
obligations and they are
key matches in the championship,” added the former Barca and Spain midfielder.
“I expect a Cordoba side
even playing with freedom because their situation is tough and although
they still have a chance
avoiding the drop will be
complicated.
“I have no doubt that we
will have problems
against them and we will
need a very good performance.”
As the season nears its
climax, Barca are in with a
chance of repeating
LA LIGA
FIXTURES
TODAY
4pm
6pm
8pm
10pm
Cordoba
Barcelona
Atletico
Athletic
Sevilla
Real Madrid
Deportivo
Villarreal
TOMORROW
12pm Espanyol
5pm Getafe
7pm Valencia
9pm Malaga
Rayo
Granada
Eibar
Elche
2009’s treble, when they
became the first, and so far
only, Spanish club to win
the Champions League
and domestic league and
Cup titles in the same
year.
They host Bayern Munich in the first leg of their
Champions League semifinal on Wednesday and
will seek a record-extending 27th King’s Cup triumph in the final against
Athletic Bilbao at the end
of this month.
“I am not here to comment on what our rivals
do,” Luis Enrique, who is
in his first season in
charge, told reporters.
“We are focused on collecting points and if we
win all our matches it
doesn’t matter what the
others do.
“I obviously prefer that
our rivals, in this case Real
Madrid, struggle and drop
points.
“But what I am really
worried about it that we
win our match against
Cordoba.”
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SPORTS NEWS
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RUGBY UNION
Clermont desperate to halt Toulon
three-in-a-row as European champions
Paris.—European aristocrats Toulon
stand on the threshold of an unprecedented third successive European title
today but in Clermont Auvergne, face
a fellow big-budget rival desperate for
a first major trophy.
The fifth all-French final since the
competition’s inception in 1995 - revamped and rebranded as the Champions Cup this season - may not have
been what organisers were hoping for
at Twickenham (Kick-off 6p.m) but it
undoubtedly pits Europe’s two best
and most exciting teams in.
Toulon have the recent pedigree and
a stunning collection of big-name ‘ga-
lacticos’ from far and wide, lured to the
Mediterranean port by ambitious
owner Mourad Boudjellal, while Clermont’s attacking displays have had
commentators drooling this season.
The teams sit in the top-two places in
France’sTop 14 league, and could meet
again to decide the domestic honours.
Clermont, however, will have revenge on their minds.
Toulon beat their Top 14 rivals 16-15
in the 2013 final in Dublin, fighting
back from 15-6 down thanks to 11
points from the boot of talisman Jonny
Wilkinson.
Clermont’s potent backline, spear-
headed by French international
Wesley Fofana and British and Irish
Lion Jonathan Davies in the centres,
and in-form full back NickAbendanon,
pose a formidable challenge to Toulon’s renowned defensive qualities.
“It’s massive (the rivalry). The last
two years it’s been Toulon and Clermont the top two teams in the French
Top 14” - Bakkies Botha of Toulon
Toulon got the better of Leinster in
an error-strewn semi-final that went
to extra time and know they cannot afford to make the sort of errors that
epitomised that encounter in soggy
Marseille.
Mayweather Sr.
looks for poetic
victory
LasVegas.—When Floyd Mayweather Jr. steps into the ring
tonight to face Manny Pacquiao in what has been dubbed
the ‘Fight of the Century’, in his corner will be his father
Floyd Sr., who once used his young son as a human shield
against an angry gunman.
It would seem almost certain Mayweather Sr. will never
win father of the year honours but with victory on Saturday his son could cement his legacy as one of the greatest
fighters of all time with the man who sparked that dream
looking on with pride.
There have been few such tender family moments in a
turbulent Mayweather household, where father and son
can share prison experiences as well as successes in the
ring.
Mayweather Jr. was born into a boxing obsessed family to
a drug addict mother and had boxing gloves slipped onto
him by his father before he was a year old, setting him on
the path to becoming the greatest fighter of his generation.
Over the years, the father/son, trainer/boxer relationship has been a stormy one with Floyd Sr. once holding up
his son for protection against an enraged family member
pointing a shotgun at his head, reasoning the relative
would not shoot a child.
He was right, as the man shot Mayweather Sr. in the leg,
effectively ending his boxing career.
But for all the strain and long periods of estrangement,
the two Mayweathers have developed an unbeatable game
plan and on Saturday it will be Floyd Sr. in his son’s corner
mapping out the strategy to beat Pacquiao.
“I don’t think it is going to be much of a fight. the fight is
already won, trust and believe me,” declared Mayweather
Sr. yesterday. “Their (Pacquiao) asses was scared. We
wasn’t scared.
“I’m just here to tell you whatever it is, it’s going to be
one-sided. He is going to be going to sleep. Good night.”
In what has been a surprisingly polite buildup to tonight’s
megafight, it has been left to the abrasive Mayweather Sr.
to stir the pot with a boorish and relentless attack on Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach.
While Roach, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, took
the high road yesterday, Mayweather Sr. delighted in hitting below the belt as he delivering insults in his poetic
gravely baritone.
“Freddie Roach is a joke with no hope,” rhymed Mayweather Sr. “As a trainer I am the best, I must confess all
the rest there is no contest. I will shock your mind, I’m one
of a kind, the greatest trainer of all time. With moves and
grooves and dance and prance, you fools going to recognise
who’s the man.”
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PROMOTION: BEACH BASKETS
LET’S
GO TO
THE
BEACH!
The Majorca Daily Bulletin brings you a
practical basket for spring, ideal for
those days out on the coast.
Summer is coming, and with it
the desire to go to the beach. But
one problem which can present itself when the
time comes to enjoy a day out is
‘how do I
carry
my
things?’
Well the Majorca Daily
Bulletin has
the perfect solution, a natural
straw beach bag!
This practical basket is the ideal casual option, as much for the beach as for
a stroll round the city or perhaps
a picnic.
Delightful
The basket is made from natural plaited straw, which gives
it its delightful air.
What is more it has
an exclusively
designed canvas exterior.
Its 100% cotton canvas
handles in a
natural colour
make it comfortable to carry.
But that is not all; it
also has a very useful
drawstring closure which
means that your possessions will
be secure when travelling.
The basket’s dimensions are
The
coupon card
will be published
tomorrow.
Remember it is
essential to
reserve one
fifty by thirty centimetres, a very practical size
for day to day use enabling
you to take everything you
need with you.
How to obtain one
The coupon card will be published tomorrow Sunday 3 May;
this must be completed with the
three coupons being published on
the front cover on the 7, 8 & 9
May. This must be presented on
collection of your basket along
with the 16 €. Don’t forget that before completing the card it is essential to make your reservation
by calling 971-788400. Collection
can be from our offices in Palma,
Inca or Manacor.
Subscribers
The
coupons to
complete the card
will be published
on 7, 8 and
9 May
As with all our promotions,
Subscribers can obtain their
basket at a special price. Members can obtain one for just 14
€. Collection can be from the
office in Palma, Inca or Manacor.To take up this offer it is essential that you make a reservation by calling the Subscribers Club on 971-788400.
The basket close up:
Drawstring closure
Exclusively designed fabric exterior
100% cotton canvas handles
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THE CLASSIC CAR
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1pm- 8pm. Booking appreciated. Tel. 971-676449.
LUNCHTIME SPECIAL 7.90 € including a visit to our salad
bar. 10 choices daily. Delfinos
Tel. 971-676449.
659 637 788
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To reach the Spanish, German and Russian speaking markets
with your advertisements, you can do so through our sister
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FOR UK TV
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is Tuesday at 2pm.
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Theory books available in both languages.
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Further info; call Charles 648 133 929
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Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm. Telephone 622 891 244
PUBLIC RELATIONS
& QUALITY CONTROL
DIRECTOR
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MALLORCA PRINTING: Colour
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Tel. 971-682040; email. [email protected]; Facebook: Mallorca Printing. In
Second Time Around Charity
Shop, C/. Paris 4, Palma Nova
(Next to Ted’s Place).
PENNY'S famous
Sunday
lunches @ Penny Lane Son
Caliu. Roast Beef, Lamb and
Chicken with all the trimmings 8.50 €. Tel. 971678379 for bookings.
HOUSE CONTENTS SALE Furniture, electrical, bric-a-brac,
etc. Cas Catala. For information tel. 609-631409.
SALON B'S new barber James.
For all mens grooming services. Book a hair cut with him
and get a luxury hot towel
shave. Portals Nous. Tel. 971676038.
WASHING MACHINE, dryers,
dishwashers, electric cookers/ water heaters repaired.
Phone Albert 658-288955.
SATELLITE SOLUTIONS U.K. TV.
No dish. All channels. Films
on demand, box sets. Sky
Sports. No subscription. Also
every 3pm game in high quality, 7 day catch up Sky Movies with subscription. Tel.
602-531074.
CALVIA ANTIQUES Majorca´s
largest furniture traders. Buying or selling: furniture,
paintings, terrace furniture,
sculptures. Tel. 971-695604;
647-364318; [email protected]
ISLAND WIDE REMOVALS, for
free quote call 638-478204;
Email [email protected]
EUROTEX PAINT SHOP for the
best prices around, we supply
everything you need! C/. Illes
Baleares 20, Son Bugadelles,
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relocations, no signal, sky cards,
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SINCE 1871
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THE EUROPEAN DENTAL PRACTICE
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SANTA PONSA Community
Church 11am Sunday service,
crèche, Sunday school. Phone
971-690394; 620-093292. All
welcome; www.santaponsacommunitychurch.com
Your All- British Dental Team in Majorca
Tel. 902 364 711
REMOVALS to and from England. Weekly MALLORCA
EXPRESS SERVICE 6 vans,
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AJ'S GARAGE, Son Bugadellas,
Honest advice, excellent
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…but go by its ELECTRIC RAILWAY
TIME TABLE
FROM
PALMA
Dr. Nigel Oscroft BDS, LDS RCS Eng. Dental Surgeon
Susan Taylor-Vickers. BSc, EDH. Dental Hygienist
Mercadona Centre · Son Caliu, Palma Nova · Tel. 971 681 439
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Beach Basket
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A star accessory for summer,
designed in plaited natural straw
with fabric interior, drawstring
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BENE'S GARAGE: Servicing,
MOT's, oil changes, exhausts,
air-conditioning and mechanical repairs. All makes
and models of cars and vans.
Collection and delivery service available. With same fast
reliable service as always. Tel.
Bene 971-697878.
WAITERS/
WAITRESSES
wanted for restaurant in
Santa Ponsa Sailing Club.
Good appearance and experience necessary. Send your CV
with photo to [email protected] or call 685-473469.
DYNAMIC, PROVEN- ACHIEVER
female PR required to attract
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Karting Track. Hard- working, imaginative, driver,
sporty, responsible. Fantastic
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at
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DYNAMIC MECHANIC required
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(North). Friendly, physically
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hardworker.
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VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED for
Second Time Around Charity
Shop. Any Hours, any days.
Call 971-682040 or come in
and see us, C/ Paris, Palma
Nova (next to Ted's Place).
O'NEILL'S BAR. Saturdy Football Special: Steak & Guinnes
pie with a free local drink
ONLY 7.90 €.
O'NEILL'S SUNDAY LUNCH.
Choice of: Lamb, Pork, Beef,
Chicken or Honey Roast
Ham. Only 8.90 €. Booking
advisable. Tel. 971-683010.
Now serving home-made
Guinness chocolate & Baileys
frosting cake. Open from
9.30am to 8.30pm.
For only
16€
+ coupon
card
Complete the coupon card which will be published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin on Sunday 3 May,
with the coupons on the front page on 7, 8 & 9 May
FOR SALE: 2006 Cranchi Endurance 41 Offshore Class.
Laying at Puerto Portals. Fastest boat in her class. OIRO
120,000 €. Call Terry 659312647 or email [email protected].
UK DIRECT, parcels to removals,
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UK
0044-7788-853030;
Spain 634-770498.
PRIVATE SPANISH classes at
your house or wherever you
think is convenient, having
fun, enjoying the language
and the time learning. Call
Rafael 671-570242.
Once completed you can purchase your beach basket from our offices in Palma, Inca or Manacor
ONLY WITH PRIOR RESERVATION for an exceptional price
SELF STORAGE from only 9 €
per week. Call ExtraSpace
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Special price for subscribers: 14 € + completed coupon card. Limited stock
FIRST MALLORCA offers over
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homes & country estates. For
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION
PLEASE CALL 971-788400
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PORTALS NOUS
VILLAGE. BARGAIN!
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PUERTO ANDRAITX. We offer
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including villas, apartments
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Puerto Andraitx office. Tel.
971-698888.
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LONG TERM RENTALS. Extensive selection of villas, apartments & country homes. Tel.
971-679444 First Mallorca.
FOR SALE: Apartment with
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Llamp, with garden, 3 bedrooms. Price 995,000 €. Call
605-554966 or 971-676515;
www.mallorcaproperties.es
QUALITY RENTAL HOMES in
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PALMA OLD TOWN. We offer
over 110 delightful apartments in the Old Town of
Palma, plus over 300 in the
general city area. Contact
First Mallorca Palma office.
Tel. 971-425262.
PORTALS BARGAIN Properties!
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call
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FINCA FOR SALE outskirts of
Llucmajor, 2,000 m², main
building with separate guest
apartment, two separate
guest houses to rent (with licence and customer base)
swimming pool, 649,000 €.
See
fincaromanticamallorca.com Tel. 660-160203.
AGENCIA FERNANDEZ. Rentals:
houses, flats, apartments,
premises. Tel. 971-712624;
www.agenciafernandez.com
OFFER PASEO MARITIMO,
Palma. Furnished flat, 2 large
bedrooms, spacious dining
room, terrace with splendid
views. 250,000 €. Tel. 971737006 & 971-735878.
SA VINYA Bendinat Golf. South
facing garden apartment
with sea glimpses, 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, 124 m²
plus 30 m² covered terrace,
plus 34 m² open terrace and
90 m² of private gardens. Underground parking and storeroom air-conditioning hot
and cold. Immaculate fully
furnished. Vendor suited
must be sold. 560,000 €. Tel.
0044-7836-539153.
SOLE EXCLUSIVE AGENT. New
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1,950,000 €. Call 691-579217
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SANTA PONSA AREA. We offer
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area including apartments,
villas & exclusive front line
villas. For details contact
First Mallorca Port Adriano
office. Tel. 971-234444.
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[email protected]
Nadal picks up honour
from Prime Minister
Rafael Nadal received the gold medal from Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday. PHOTOS: SERGIO BARRENECHEA
Madrid.—Rafael Nadal yesterday received
a gold medal from Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy at a ceremony in Madrid in
honour of the 14-time Grand Slam champion’s career success.
“I never imagined getting a medal like this
at such an important place for our country
as this. I am very grateful,” Nadal said after
he picked up the Golden Medal for Merit in
Work, one of Spain’s top civilian honours,
at the Prime Minister’s official residence.
“I always try to give all I have in everything I do.
“I think this has been one of the keys to
my success in my sports career,” the 28year-old added. “This has been a time of
highs and lows, lets hope that with the
daily work I am doing I can recover my stability and the path to victory.”
Surgery
Nadal had originally been scheduled to pick
up the award in November last year but the
ceremony was called off after he had to undergo surgery to remove his appendix.
Spain’s conservative government decided
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ing the risk
of paying tax twice?
in June 2014 to award him the honour,
which aims to highlight an “exemplary performance” in any job or profession.
Rajoy said the medal was to honour Nadal’s “hard work, demanding standards, enthusiasm, balance, modesty, for having his
feet on the ground.”
“He has received this award for a job well
done,” he added.
Nadal, the nine-time French Open champion, sat out almost the entire second half
of last season due to injury and illness and
has struggled to recover his form since the
turn of the year. He is down at four in the
world rankings and has maximum points
to defend at next week’s Madrid Masters
where he is the double defending champion.
One title
Nadal has just one title to his name this season - on clay in BuenosAires - while his only
victory over a top-10 player came against
compatriot David Ferrer in Monte Carlo,
where he went on to a tame semi-final loss
to in-form Novak Djokovic.
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Majorca Daily Bulletin 02-05-2015 - Rib Club

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