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Phoenix Club: The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English. It is registered social club with the Ayuntamiento in Velez Malaga, is a non political and secular organisation & during these very difficult financial times we try to keep costs down.
We offer an opportunity to make lasting friendships, to help each other & share information but primarily to have fun in a friendly and inclusive association. You do not have to be a member to join us on our trips. Do come along and meet us.
We meet every Tuesday between 12 and 2 pm at Restaurant and Bar La Vega in Torre del Mar which is just behind the Repsol Garage on the way out of Torre.
***Trips & Events***
February
– 23rd – Marbella Old Town €22pp
March
– 1st – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver. Pick up at Lidi Algarrobo Costa at 08.30
– 22nd – IKEA & Guzmans Garden Centre €20pp
April
– 12th – Visit Olvera and Setenil de las Bodegas €22pp
Setenil is small town located northeast of Cádiz. It has a distinctive setting along a narrow river gorge. The town extends along the course of the Rio Trejo with some houses being built into the rock walls of the gorge itself, created by enlarging natural caves or overhangs and adding an external wall.
May
– 3rd – Trip to Gib €22 and includes €1 for the driver. Pick up at Lidi Algarrobo Costa at 08.30
– 7th – Craft Fair and Home baking Sale at our meeting place.
– 10th – Cordoba Patios, an evening visit. €27pp
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 whatsapp or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk or check out our FB page
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U3A Lecture Series & Events:
– U3A Board Games session is on Mon. Feb. 12th, 1pm for a snack or 1.30pm at Mena Golf, Laguna Beach, Torrox Costa.
– U3A Lecture Wed. Feb. 21 at 11 AM at Media Caña on Peñoncillo Beach, Torrox. Power Point Title: La Desbandada on N340 in Feb. 1937. It was a life time ago, but very present in our hearts. This lecture will honor the victims of this massacre. Come and join us for a historic and gripping slice of life right in our zone. The picture features the map and the spot where El Delfin (a cargo ship) was gunned down by the Italians, a week before La Desbandada.
– U3A History at El Pozuelo, Laguna Beach, Mon. Feb. 26 at 11am. Join us for a brief Spanish Timeline on Christopher Columbus and “our Man in Madrid”. You may want to enjoy lunch afterwards.
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DOCTORLAPTOP’S FAMOUS CLEAN & TUNEUP FULL MAINTENENCE SERVICE SPECIAL: New Lower Price!
Only €45. Or bring 2 at the same time, €40 each.
Offer ends Tuesday Feb 20th.
– For Windows & Mac. For laptops and Mini PCs only. Tower PC full service remains at €80 (opening and cleaning the inside properly takes way more time).
– If you rely on your computer and want it running at peak performance, free of data collectors, trackers and the new Artificial Intelligence malware that easily evades your anti-virus software, an annual professional servicing is necessary. You wouldn’t drive your car till it runs out of oil before servicing it, would you? I do the most comprehensive cleaning and tune-up possible: verify all System files replacing any found to be corrupt, test all hardware and do hard disk sector repairs if needed, use 5 tool malware/adware/spyware/tracker removal protocol, clean out junk files/logs/history/etc., update Windows (or MacOS)+all drivers+programs and finally optimize your settings and registry for fastest overall performance.
Heavily infected comps, computers taking more than 2 minutes to startup or shutdown, or showing error messages, those need a repair, not a maintenance service. HDD hard disks of 1000Gb or more add €10.
*DoctorLaptop’s Computer Repairs- Torrox Costa*
Windows, Apple/Mac, Linux, Android. Computers only.
I don’t work on computers made before 2017 unless I have been servicing then annually.
Contact: doctorlaptop AT protonmail DOT com
or call 675 993 069 (no calls before 12noon, missed calls returned asap). Website. Always include the make & model number of the device when requesting assistance.
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SPAIN
Farmer’s Protest Update- Indefinite Strike Called, Road Blockages Continue: {Translation, summary}
– The farmers’ strike is indefinite and, for the time being, it is unknown when it will end. This Sunday is the sixth day of protests organized by professionals in the countryside, who are demanding a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – just and flexible – less bureaucracy, fair prices and a relaxation of environmental and animal protection regulations
– This Sunday, February 11 is the first day of the declared indefinite strike of the farmers, which was announced yesterday by the Platform in Defense of the Transport of Goods and Platform 6F after the vote that took place yesterday in Madrid.
– Currently there is a picket of farmers at the intersection of the A-451 and A-406 regional roadsin El Saucejo (Sevilla), preventing movement at that point.
– The A-23 motorway, as it passes through the municipality of Calamocha (Teruel), is cut in both directions of circulation this Sunday, due to the mobilizations of farmers. NOTE: Some news outlets are parroting the official gov’t press releases saying the strike has been cancelled and all the roadblocks have been lifted. This is not true! It is deliberate misinformation aimed at disabling the strike and disheartening its supporters. News outlets with reporters on site report the opposite. The strike has been declared indefinite by organizers, and roadblocks continue in many places. Roadblocks will move to different locations, and new roadblocks may appear, without advance notice.
Source, Spanish: https://okdiario.com/espana/huelga-agricultores-espanoles-directo-ultima-hora-protestas-movilizaciones-cortes-carreteras-hoy-12353474
ANDALUCÍA
Andalucía drops mandatory face mask requirement in all health facilities despite the ‘viruses still being with us’:
– The regional Ministry of Health will remove the obligation from 10 February following the drop in the incidence rate of respiratory viruses but still recommends its use in high-risk environments. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/andalucia-drops-mandatory-face-mask-requirement-all-20240209123124-nt.html
ALGARROBO & SAYALONGA
Algarrobo deals with of a wave of vandalism: {Translation}
– Algarrobo Town Council announced this Friday that it will reinforce municipal security following a wave of vandalism which has caused damage to street furniture in different parts of the municipality in recent weeks.
– The Consistory, through its social networks, has published a series of images of the damage to railings and tables on footpaths, graffiti on parks, benches and walls, and broken traffic signs. It has also announced that it will proceed to repair the areas affected by these acts of vandalism.
– The Town Hall denounces the vandalism and maintains that “Algarrobo is a beautiful and safe town” and that “a small part of it cannot tarnish our beautiful municipality, nor the good work of our neighbours”. In addition, it appeals to “citizen collaboration to report any act of this nature and to preserve the good coexistence and welfare in the municipality”. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-ayuntamiento-de-algarrobo-refuerza-la-seguridad-ante-una-oleada-de-actos-vandalicos/
GRANADA
Aemet announces orange and yellow level warnings for this Monday in Almería and Granada by wind and waves: {Translation, summary}
– Aemet expects to activate several warnings for this Monday in Almeria and Granada for coastal phenomena and wind, with maximum gusts that could reach 70 kilometres per hour in the province of Almeria.
– According to the Aemet website, the inclement weather in the region will occur mainly in the capital and the west of Almeria. In both areas a yellow alert will be activated for coastal phenomena until 9.00 a.m., with winds expected to range between 50 and 60 kilometres per hour and waves up to three metres high.
– Subsequently, this alert will change to orange in the capital and west from 9.00 am until 3.00 pm, due to westerly winds that will blow preferably offshore at a speed of 60 to 70 kilometres per hour, while the waves could reach four metres. However, the Aemet forecasts that the warning will be reduced to yellow from 15:00 until 20:00, so that maximum wind gusts are not expected to exceed 60 kilometres per hour during the afternoon. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-aemet-anuncia-avisos-nivel-naranja-amarillo-lunes-almeria-granada-viento-oleaje-20240211180807.html
USA
US could soon surpass China as the world leader in rare earth minerals after more than 2.34 billion metric tons were discovered in Wyoming:
– American Rare Earths Inc. announced that the reserves near Wheatland dramatically surpass China’s 44 million metric tons, saying it ‘exceeded our wildest dreams’ after drilling only about 25 percent of the property. The company has a stake in 367 mining claims across 6,320 acres of land in the Halleck Creek Project, along with four Wyoming mineral leases on 1,844 acres on the same project now called Cowboy State Mine.
– The types of minerals at the site are used in smartphones, hybrid car motors and military technologies – among others. The rare earth minerals uncovered at the site included oxides of neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, dysprosium and terbium. Magnets made from neodymium are used in hard disc drives and mobile phones, while praseodymium is used in high-strength alloys in aircraft engines. Dysprosium is used to make control rods in nuclear reactors, and terbium is used in low-energy lightbulbs and mercury lamps. Full article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13062273/rare-earth-minerals-wyoming-green-energy-material.html
GASTRONOMIA
Foodie events to visit in Malaga towns before the end of winter:
– These events include themed markets and food fairs.
– Moliendo de Riogordo festival that takes place from 23 until 25 of this month. A tour of the olive groves and a special, guided tasting (also in English), as well as a market and exhibitions.
– The weekend of 24 and 25 February is the Feria Gastronómica de la Serranía de Ronda in Benarrabá.
– On Andalucía Day, 28 February, El Burgo holds the Fiesta de la Sopa de los Siete Ramales. The famous soup is based on a very old recipe which has just seven ingredients: bread, garlic, oil, peppers, tomatoes, wild asparagus and eggs.
– From 29 February until 3 March is the Feria de Sabor a Málaga in Torremolinos.
– Two cheese fairs: the first on 10 March in Torre del Mar, followed by another in Álora on 16 and 17 March.
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/food-drink/foodie-events-visit-malaga-towns-before-the-20240209191152-nt.html
HEALTH
Surgical Robot “de Vinci”, Made By Intuitve Surgical, Blamed For Thousands Of Injuries & Hundreds Of Deaths:
– New lawsuits and financial report filings expose the extent of damages caused during procedures by the de Vinci robot. More than 20,000 adverse events had been filed to the FDA’s MAUDE database over the past 10 years related to the da Vinci robot.
– In 2023, the number of adverse events related to the da Vinci device filed in the database totaled 3,098, the South Florida Sun Sentinel found. Among “thousands of injury and defect reports” received by the company about the device, “the most dangerous injuries arose from burns to internal organs caused by the discharge of electricity, caused by the robot’s instruments inside the patient,” one pending lawsuit says. “Because the arcing usually occurred outside of the surgeon’s camera field of vision, blood vessels and organs were burned without the medical team’s knowledge,” the complaint states.
– Through Dec. 31, Intuitive Surgical was providing service for 8,606 da Vinci surgical systems, including 5,111 in the United States, which were used to perform 2,286,000 surgical procedures in 2023, according to Intuitive Surgical’s 2023 financial report, filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Photo: NBCNews. Full article: https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/article_031fce6d-f5ad-5650-8342-b1310a3cf19a.html
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Useful Links, Info & Numbers
2024 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
Algarrobo
Competa
Malaga
Nerja
Rincon
Torrox
Velez-Málaga
For other towns in Malaga Province, visit this website, click your town, then look for the post named “Calendario Laboral de Algarrobo 2024 “, click that to see calendar.
https://www.foro-ciudad.com/malaga.html
Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Services.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local/National News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
Bus Info: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/our-destinations/regional
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Check All Lottery Results Here: Updated daily.
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Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/
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