About 100 years ago I met a lovely chap called Chris Oliver, at El Faro bar in Almuñécar. He thrust two pieces of paper into my sweaty mitt and asked if I would be so kind as to advertise the Acompalia Summer Raffle in some way in our top of the range magazine. Being a…
Features
editorial columns by feature writers
Spanish Fiscal Reform 2014
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
On the 20th June 2014 the government published a draft for a package of fiscal reforms intended to decrease the level of fiscal pressure on the Spanish economy. The general level of income tax will be lowered, both for companies and individuals, however as many tax allowances are to be abolished, there will be situations where this new law will effectively increase fiscal pressure.
August PDF for Downloading Now Available
by Editor •
We’re a bit behind the month, as it is already the 8th of August, but we have now posted a full PDF of the August edition of the Seaside Gazette for those who wish to download it.
5,000th Article!
by Martin Myall •
On the 28th of September, 2013 the online Seaside Gazette reached its 4,000 article and today, with this post, we’ve just crossed the 5,000th mark! We’re averaging 1,000 articles every ten months.
Emerging Diseases
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Whilst it is inevitable that new infectious illnesses emerge all the time, mankind does its share to spread them more rapidly with its modern means of transport like the examples above teach us. But apart from that we have to prepare for known illnesses emerging in new populations because of the illness travelling itself. The African West Nile Virus is believed to have been spread nearly all over the world via an infected bird or mosquito entering the United States less than two decades ago. It mainly infects birds and kills them. It causes severe illness in humans, most patients however recover eventually.
Pulimentos del Carmen
by Martin Myall •
Pulimentos del Carmen have been polishing stone floors, giving them that newly laid look since 1984.
Tropical Weather & Football Thougths
by Marianne Lindahl •
July in the Nordic countries has been exceptional, with tropical temperatures around 26-30 for almost two weeks now. The hot weather has brought thunder storms in its wake. On golf courses in central Finland, where the thunder storms have been extremely severe, one person died and one was injured after having been struck by lightning. The unfortunate deadly accident occurred when the victim, a pensioner, interrupted the game because of the heavy rain. He was returning to the club house pushing his golf trolley, when a lightning bolt struck the trolley and he fell lifeless to the ground. There were no thunder storm clouds visible. The lightning seemed to strike from an ordinary cumulus cloud. Death was immediate, and attempts to revive him proved hopeless.
Venta Luciano, Almuñécar
by Martin Myall •
It was back in 1951 when Venta Luciano started to take shape. In those days it was just an inn but they started holding verbenas (open-air dances) at Christmas, etc.
Acompalia News
by Acompalia •
On 1 July, Acompalia held an Extraordinary General Meeting in Salobreña. On the agenda were tributes for founder and outgoing President Tina Emmott,
Meanwhile, Over on Youtube…
by Martin Myall •
Realistic Popeye: a dietitian’s view on excessive vegetable intake