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PHOENIX CLUB
Phoenix Club: The Phoenix Social Club is open to all nationalities but the lingua franca is English.
We offer an opportunity to make friends, 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.
Our handmade greetings cards are for sale weekly with all proceeds to the Red Cross.
We meet every Thursday between 12 and 2 pm at Chine in Caleta, just off the coast road to/from Algarrobo.
***Trips/Events***
All trips/events include a drivers gratuity
November
– 5th – Trip to Gib €18 pp pick up Algarrobo Lidl at 08.30
– 7th – Open Day at Chine, come and meet us and enjoy a free coffee or Tea, a plate of sandwiches and cake.
– 15th – A visit to Rute and the Anise, Chocolate and Jamon/Sausage factories. €22pp lunch extra
– 21st – Craft Fair/Home bake sale at Chines, Caleta de Velez. From Christmas cakes and puds to sausage rolls and steak pies. Orders taken. If you would like a table to sell your Craft wares, please whatsapp me.
– 29th – Black Friday in the La Canada Centre €20pp
December
– 3rd – Trip to Gib €18pp
– 13th – Malaga Lights €10pp
– 23rd – 27th – Our annual Christmas break is in the historical city of Cadiz, staying in a 4* Boutique hotel. Please email for more information.
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Malaga Jazz Festival 2024: 2-9 Nov
Cervantes Theatre, Malaga
– Saturday 2 November – US jazz pianist legend, Fred Hersch, visits Malaga Jazz Festival for the first time. He’ll be showcasing pieces from his second album, Silent Listening. Tickets from €11.
– Sunday 3 November – the trio of Benavent (electric bass guitar), Di Geraldo (drums) and Pardo (sax and flute) will offer their Concert for Malaga, with a compilation of previous pieces that combine their jazz/flamenco fusion style. Single ticket price of €24.
– Monday 4 November – The Golden Age of Spanish Jazz celebrates the current boom in young jazz musicians in Spain, with ten of the best on stage. The line-up consists of a male trio, a female trio and a mixed trio. Single ticket price of €24.
– Tuesday 5 November – Brazilian singer/pianist Eliane Elias showcases her renowned jazz skills, combining orthodox jazz, classical music and Brazilian themes. Marc Johnson on double bass and Rafael Barata on drums join her on stage. Tickets from €15. Discounts not applicable to tickets for this concert.
– Wednesday 6 November – trumpet player Chief Adjuah, previously known as Christian Scott, is known for his jazz fusion skills. In this concert, he and four other musicians perform, combining musical tradition from Western Africa with innovative jazz and music from his home town, New Orleans. Tickets from €12.
– Thursday 7 November – Brazilian Egberto Gismonti brings his unique piano and guitar talent to Malaga, with a concert showcasing traditional Brazilian folk tunes with classical music. Gismonti is known for his creation of sounds, as if an orchestra were on stage. Tickets from €11.
– Friday 8 November – double bass player Christian McBride {Video Link} plays homage to his mentor and inspiration, Ray Brown. Joining him on stage are Benny Green on piano and Greg Hutchinson on drums. Tickets from €12.
– Saturday 9 November – the final night at the Malaga Jazz Festival sees Pat Metheny on stage, with his unique jazz/rock fusion style. Metheny will play no less than 12 guitars during his performance, which includes pieces from his most recent albums, Dream Box and MoonDial. Tickets from €22. Discounts not applicable to tickets for this concert.
– The Cervantes Theatre applies the usual discounts when you buy tickets to 3 or more concerts: 3 or more concerts – 15% off; 5 ore more concerts – 20% off.
Note that the above discounts don’t apply to the Eliane Elias and Pat Metheny concerts.
Info & tix: https://www.teatrocervantes.com/en/genero/musica/38-festival-internacional-de-jazz/
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– 4x comfortable swivel/ rocking chairs 40€ each ,140 € for al 4.
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– GIANT ANTHEM X – large size / full suspension / 27 speed gears / Fox forks and rear shock / good tyres / more photos on request. 200€
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– Quad Bike. SYM QUADLANDER 300S (2008) – automatic 300cc / low Kms / very good condition / ITV Jan 26 / good tyres / drive with car licence / more photos on request. 1995€ (including transfer)
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For Sale: 4 drawer chest. Decorative. Rustic. 95cm wide x 59cm deep x 40cm high. 20€ . Wes, Torrox. More pics on request.
Phone or WhatsApp 658164021
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– Rolan metal two-step folding stool. Very strong and easy to fold and carry, 15€
– IKEA Kyrre Stool/Occasional table, perfect condition, 10€
– “Viners of Sheffield” stainless steel cutlery set, six place settings, 42 pieces, 50€
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c.mccormac at hotmail dot co.uk
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Pedro Caught In Another Lie To Investigators? Sánchez claimed that he has not had any relationship with jailed conman Aldama- “I have never sat down or met with this man, I have not exchanged a word”, photograph suggests otherwise :
– The Koldo case has become a corruption scheme that is close to the Government. A matter that involves the former minister José Luis Ábalos, who was also number two of the PSOE, and, among other people, the businessman Víctor de Aldama, whom the UCO report places as a “corrupting nexus”. It was precisely with Aldama that Pedro Sánchez took a photograph in February 2019, as published by EL MUNDO, at a party event on the occasion of the presentation of the candidacy of Pepu Hernández for the mayor of Madrid. The President of the Government defends that he has not had any relationship with nor knows this businessman, who is currently in prison.
– “I have not crossed words with this gentleman”, said the head of the Executive in an informal conversation with journalists who are accompanying him on his official visit to India. “I have never sat or met with this gentleman, neither formally nor informally”.
– Sanchez frames this snapshot as one more of the crowd that can be made when he attends an event, especially a party event. What is true is that the photo with Aldama does not take place in the middle of a crowd rushing to greet the politician, but in a restricted area of the theater of La Latina without public access, and that it is not a quick selfie, but a pose, and the snapshot is taken by Koldo García, Ábalos’ right-hand man and one of the main people involved in the plot.
– Look at the photo and judge for yourself if Sanchez’s statement is accurate, “I have never sat down or met with this man, I have not exchanged a word”. Source, Spanish: https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2024/10/27/671e70f7fc6c838f318b45a6.html
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Feijóo demands that Sánchez “call the press” to announce his resignation after his photo with the convicted commission agent Aldama: {Translation}
– Alberto Núñez Feijóo has attended the meeting with presidents of New Generations of the Popular Party, from where he has spoken about the photo of Pedro Sánchez next to Víctor de Aldama at a party hosted by the PSOE in 2019 that was published this Saturday by the newspaper El Mundo. “The silence was so eloquent that we began to understand why he did not want to answer,” has assured the popular leader, who has asked the president of the Government to call a press conference to explain ‘his relationship with Aldama’ to then, present his resignation. “Any country deserves a free president, not one blackmailed by someone who is in prison,” Feijóo has maintained.
– “Since yesterday we already know some things: Mr. One (the code name proven to be used for Sanchez in Aldama case court documents) was not just passing by, and Mr. Aldama had VIP access to the president of the Government,” he has assured, 
referring to the image, which according to the publication of El Mundo was taken in a restricted area for the rest of the activists who attended that event. He also asked to know why “the photographer is Mr. Koldo and why we have to live in this constant disregard for truth and morality”. Feijóo added that Spain needs a “clean president, without suspicion of hiding the truth” and that there are silences that “are unacceptable and immoral”.
– Feijóo has denounced before the hundreds of young people who accompanied him at the event that the Government has carried out behaviors “that cannot go unpunished”, but affirms that there will be no consequences. He gives as an example the other topic of the week: the ‘Errejón scandal’. “Sánchez is not going to dismiss the vice-president for covering up for her spokesperson because the president covered up for Ábalos,” he points out. It is for that reason that for the popular leader, the Executive is divided into two parts, “those who are suspected of having committed crimes and those who are suspected of covering them up”, an “unbearable” situation of a Government that “gives lessons of everything and is not an example of anything”.
– “They give lessons of economy but most families have lost purchasing power, they give lessons of equality and it is enough for me to see your smile…” continued Feijóo, who believes that there can be no ‘lessons of freedom’ by a government team that advocates to ‘censor the media’.
– Feijóo told the young people that they must “face a new regime, that of resignation” and asked them not to join “the progressive deterioration of many things in Spain, to make things work worse”. He encouraged them, pointing out that “it has never been easy to be young”, but that now they have “a level of demand and competitiveness” never seen before. He points out that there is a perfect storm: “Precariousness, impossible prices and an inoperative government”. Source, Spanish: https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/feijoo-exige-sanchez-convoque-rueda-prensa-explicar-foto-Aldama-despues-dimitir.html
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More than half of Spaniards hold Sánchez responsible for PSOE corruption cases: {Translation, summary}
– In the most difficult moment of the Government in relation to corruption scandals, more than half of Spaniards consider that the President of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, is responsible for the cases that involve the PSOE or his wife. Exactly 52 percent understand that this must be so in relation to the different judicial matters affecting the Government. This GAD3 survey for ABC has been carried out after a barrage of bad news for the Executive in the judicial field: the report of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) has placed the former Minister of Public Works and former number 3 of the PSOE, José Luis Ábalos, in the center of the allegedly corrupt plot and, as a consequence, the judge has requested his imputation to the Supreme Court.
– That same report refers to Pedro Sánchez as “the 1” because that is what the members of the plot called him, and it has been proven that the president of the Government lied in parliament in relation to the visit to Spain of the vice-president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez. In addition, the commissioner, Víctor de Aldama, has been imprisoned as a consequence of another scandal, this one linked to a VAT fraud on hydrocarbons.
– As if that were not enough, the High Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has unanimously rejected -and with an even harsher private vote- the complaint that Sánchez filed through the State Attorney’s Office against the judge who is investigating his wife Begoña Gómez for alleged cases of corruption. The same happened with a similar complaint filed, this time in a private capacity, by the president’s own wife against the instructor of the case for alleged prevarication and disclosure of secrets. All this after the Provincial Court of Madrid endorsed the investigations of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado in relation to Sanchez’s wife. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/mitad-espanoles-responsabilizan-sanchez-casos-corrupcion-psoe-20241027173250-nt.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
‘Dana’ on way to south of Spain- how will it affect the weather in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol this week?:
– Rainfall is practically guaranteed this week in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol. The position of an isolated high level depression (‘Dana’) in the area of the southern mainland favours the arrival of the much-needed rain in most of the province, according to the forecast of Aemet.
– The main episode will begin on Monday, 28 October, a day on which a transport 
drivers’ strike is planned for city, interurban and occasional buses (school routes, for example). Therefore, if you have to take the car, the best thing to do is to leave in good time and be patient. Although it is still difficult to know which days and areas will be more likely, but what is clear is that at least until Thursday the Dana may generate precipitation throughout the province, which may occasionally be heavy. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/dana-weather-forecast-ran-downpours-20241027054819-nt.html
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Eight arrested in Malaga for food fraud involving variety of foods in poor condition: {Translation}
– The Civil Guard has arrested 32 people and is investigating 21 others in Spain as part of an international macro-operation against food fraud, which especially affected products such as extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and wines with protected designation of origin (PDO).
– In the case of Malaga, the operation known as OPSON XIII leaves eight detainees and the dismantling of a criminal organization with 1,800 kilograms of food products such as sausages, ham, salmon, pizzas and refrigerated and frozen eggs poorly preserved, unlabeled or expired. The detainees removed the expiration labels or erased them in order to distribute them later to their customers.
– Sevilla. Inspections carried out in establishments dedicated to the processing and distribution of frozen fish products in Sevilla caught the workers of a company relabeling pallets of frozen cod loins, 45,320 kilograms, whose expiration date had expired. In addition, a criminal group dedicated to the distribution of EVOO adulterated with other types of oil (sunflower, seed, lampante oil) was dismantled, for which 11 people were arrested and 20,000 liters of fake oil were seized.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1795664/ocho-detenidos-en-malaga-por-un-fraude-alimentario-con-embustidos-y-jamones-en-mal-estado/
MALAGA CITY
Bus strike in Malaga this Monday: {Translation, summary}
– Starting at dawn this Monday, urban and intercity bus drivers are called for a first day of strike for a total of 24 hours. It will affect both the services of the Malagueña Transport Company(EMT) and those of Consortium of Metropolitan Transport of the Malaga Area (CTMAM) in addition to the school service.
– A minimum service of 50% will remain, according to the decree of the Junta de Andalucía, in order to facilitate travel during the day. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/huelga-autobuses-malaga-lunes-servicios-minimos_0_2002664289.html
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Museum boat arrives in Malaga with an immersive onboard experience:
– The Art Explora museum vessel is arriving in Malaga this November after stops in Marseille, Venice and Tangier. This travelling festival promises a wealth of artistic experiences. Visitors can look forward to a programme featuring local artists like Alexandra García, Leonor Serrano Rivas, Antonio R. Montesinos and Angelo Nestore, alongside immersive experiences in collaboration with the Louvre Museum and the Centre Pompidou.
– The boat will dock in Malaga from 1 to 10 November at the port between Muelle Uno and the Palmeral de las Sorpresas. During its stay, the festival will focus on Andalusian uniqueness, prioritising environmental sustainability, social collaboration, gender equality and anti-racism. Onboard, the catamaran will host artistic residencies, an immersive exhibition curated by the Louvre and a sound experience developed by IRCAM, allowing up to 2,000 visitors daily.
– Additionally, outdoor events at the dock will feature a programme curated by Rosa Lleó and Álex Martín Rod, exploring historical and contemporary Mediterranean trends and their impacts. All festival events are free of charge, except for some workshops that will require prior booking. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/museum-boat-arrives-malaga-with-an-immersive-20241025123731-nt.html
ALHAURÍN DE LA TORRE
A wild boar causes two traffic accidents in Malaga: {Translation, summary}
– A wild boar has caused two traffic accidents on Sunday on the road to Coín, near the municipality of Alhaurín de la Torre, crossing the road.
– According to sources from the Fire Department of Malaga, two units of the Local Police of Churriana were sent to the scene. Upon arrival, in addition to three cars involved in an accident, the troops found a woman suffering “a nervous breakdown” after having hit a “large wild boar” with her car, running over the animal, causing damage to her vehicle and also to a fruit and vegetable stand installed on the side of the road.
– The second accident, a rear-end collision, was caused by the so-called “lookout effect”. Finally, the three people involved in the two accidents were attended to on the spot and the municipal services were in charge of removing the body of the animal.
– Last week the way to control these animals in the capital made headlines several times, when the City Council of Malaga committed to pause the management through bow hunting, for which it hired a company for 15,000 euros months ago. From now on, narcotic darts with anesthetic effect will be shot at the specimens, which will subsequently be euthanized by a veterinarian, as announced by the Councillor for Environmental Sustainability, Penélope Gómez, during the commission of this area held last Monday. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/provincia/jabali-provoca-accidentes-trafico-malaga_0_2002664050.html
GRANADA
The spectacular images left by the first big snowfall in Sierra Nevada: {Translation}
– With more than a month left until the season starts, the accumulation of snow is notable at altitudes of more than 2,000 meters. The snowfall has left the A-395 road, access to the station, closed. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariodesevilla.es/andalucia/espectaculares-imagenes-deja-primera-gran_0_2002662361.html & X Video Link
SPORTS
MMA- UFC 308- Spain’s Ilia Topuria, UFC featherweight champion, retains title in Abu Dhabi by knocking out top ranked contender Max Holloway: {Translation}
– Ilia Topuria {pic, red stripe gloves} retains the featherweight title after a spectacular KO over Max Holloway {pic, blue stripe gloves}. The fight aimed to be one of the best of the year and did not disappoint. The Spanish-Georgian promised to knock out the American and he has delivered. The fight began with Ilia Topuria fulfilling his threat: to challenge Max Holloway in the center of the octagon to an exchange of punches. However, the Hawaiian-born fighter refused the proposal.
– And that’s where the fight began. Both fighters completed a very serious first round, with a Max Holloway slightly above in the connected punches, so most likely the judges’ scorecards went for Max.
– In the second round, Ilia continued with the fight plan: keep connecting “leg kicks” and try to finish shortening the distance. And he succeeded. The second round was for Topuria, who was more successful in the exchanges. But the best was yet to come.
– The third round started with the same dynamic. Both fighters wanting to continue the fight standing. Bad idea for Max. Topuria again showed why he is the best fighter in the division (and probably the best “pound for pound” fighter in the UFC) and managed to knock Max Holloway out after a minute and a half of the third round. Source, Spanish: https://www.larazon.es/deportes/ilia-topuria…
SCAMS
Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance unaccounted for, Oxfam finds:
– Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance —nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published today ahead of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
– An Oxfam audit of the World Bank’s 2017-2023 climate finance portfolio found that between $24 billion and $41 billion in climate finance went unaccounted for between the time projects were approved and when they closed.
– There is no clear public record showing where this money went or how it was used, which makes any assessment of its impacts impossible. It also remains unclear whether these funds were even spent on climate-related initiatives intended to help low- and middle-income countries protect people from the impacts of the climate crisis and invest in clean energy.
– “The Bank is quick to brag about its climate finance billions —but these numbers are based on what it plans to spend, not on what it actually spends once a project gets rolling,” said Kate Donald, Head of Oxfam International’s Washington D.C. Office. “This is like asking your doctor to assess your diet only by looking at your grocery list, without ever checking what actually ends up in your fridge.”
– The Bank is the largest multilateral provider of climate finance, accounting for 52 percent of the total flow from all multilateral development banks combined.
– Oxfam’s investigation revealed that obtaining even basic information on how the World Bank is using climate finance was painstaking and difficult. “We had to sift through layers of complex and incomplete reports, and even then, the data was full of gaps and inconsistencies. The fact that this information is so hard to access and understand is alarming —it shouldn’t take a team of professional researchers to figure out how billions of dollars meant for climate action are being spent. This should be transparent and accessible to everyone, most importantly communities who are meant to benefit from climate finance,” said Donald. Full article: https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/41-billion-world-bank-climate-finance-unaccounted-oxfam-finds
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Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Bassist, Dead at 84:
– Phil Lesh, the classically trained musician who co-founded the Grateful Dead and whose unconventional bass playing steered the band into some of its most experimental directions, died Friday at the age of 84.
– The Grateful Dead’s surviving members – Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann – wrote in a statement following Lesh’s death, “Today we lost a brother… Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more.” Full article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/
Phil Lesh & Friends ft. Carlos Santana and Warren Haynes play “Fire on The Mountain” live at LOCKN 2015 on 9/12/15: Video Link
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Phil Lesh Quintet – “Dear Mr. Fantasy>Shakedown Street” Live From The Capitol Theatre, 3/6/24:
Continuing on with their second night of celebrating Phil Lesh’s birthday he Phil Lesh Quintet ft. Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Rob Barraco, and John Molo live from The Capitol Theatre performing “Dear Mr. Fantasy” by Traffic & “Shakedown Street” by the Grateful Dead. Video Link
Grateful Dead – “China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider” (Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA 10/2/87):
They’d been scheduled to play Shoreline in the late Summer of 1986, but Jerry’s diabetic coma meant they had to delay their first performance there a year. While this video hardly shows Phil at all, Phil’s 6 string Alembic bass is well presented in this audio mix. Video Link
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Cinesur El Ingenio Films schedule: You can find the film schedule at this link. Films tagged as (VOSE) are in the original language with Spanish subtitles.
https://www.cinesur.com/es/cine/mk2-cinesur-el-ingenio
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 ‘Your Town‘ 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, Mercadillo de La Cala del Moral- Rincon de la Victoria.
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: 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
Currency Converter: https://www.x-rates.com/calculator/?from=EUR&to=GBP&amount=1
Internet Speed Test: http://beta.speedtest.net/
Local Bank Holidays: http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/spain/index.php UK Newspaper Front Pages and Worldwide Newspapers All On One Site: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/front-pages.cfm
Check All Lottery Results Here: Updated daily.
https://www.20minutos.es/loterias/
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/
DoctorLaptop’s Homepage: https://doctorlaptop-repairs.webnode.com/
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