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#OKE CANNED AS BAN REACHES CAMPUS &IONA "ILLINGS #OCA #OLA WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR 5%! STU DENTS FOLLOWING A VOTE TO BOYCOTT THE PRODUCTS ON CAMPUS 4HE MOTION PASSED VOTES TO IN THE VOTE ON !PRIL TH AND TH AND MEANS THAT 5%! FOLLOWS IN THE FOOT STEPS OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS "RISTOL #ARDIFF AND 5#, IN BANNING #OCA #OLA PRODUCTS 4HE REFERENDUM WAS HELD AFTER THE .53 VOTED TO TO ALLOW #OKE TO KEEP THE NATIONAL SOFT DRINKS CONTRACT DESPITE CALLS FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES

INCLUDING THOSE FROM 5%!

NOT TO RENEW THE .53 CON TRACT WITH #OKE !FTER THE RESULT OF THE BOYCOTT WAS ANNOUNCED THE 5%! %NVIRONMENT /FlCER

#OCA #OLA PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE SOLD IN 5NION SHOPS *ENNY 'ELLATLY SAID h4HIS TYPE OF ACTION IS EFFECTIVE 7E DON T NEED .53 TO DESTROY #OCA #OLA S IMAGE 4HE FACTS

ALREADY DO THAT v 4HE ISSUES ABOUT #OCA #OLA S UNETHICAL WORK PRAC TICES AROUND THE WORLD ES

5NION DISPUTE OVER DECISION TO SPEND a BANKING ETHICALLY *ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR 5%!gS 3TUDENT 5NION %X ECUTIVE VOTED LAST MONTH

BY A SMALL MAJORITY TO SPEND a MORE OVER THE NEXT lVE YEARS BANKING WITH !LLIANCE AND ,EICES

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BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEIR CHOICE IS MORE ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY 4HIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE 5NION IS ALREADY IN lNANCIAL DIFlCULTY AND HAS PROMPTED THE &INANCE /F lCER TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AS TO WHETHER THIS WAS A BREACH OF THE %XEC S DUTIES AS TRUSTEES

OF THE 5NION S RESOURCES 4HE ISSUE OF ETHICAL BANKING AROSE FROM A MO TION PUT TO 5NION #OUNCIL LAST YEAR MANDATING THE %XEC TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE BANKS ENVIRONMEN TAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS WHEN DECIDING BETWEEN TENDERS 7HEN MAKING THEIR #ONTINUED ON 0AGE

PECIALLY IN #OLOMBIA ARE LONG STANDING AND HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DEBATE BOTH WITHIN THE 5NIVERSITY

AND IN THE WIDER COMMU NITY 4HE BAN MEANS THAT NO FURTHER ORDERS FOR #OKE

PRODUCTS WILL BE PLACED BY THE 5NION APART FROM IN THE BAR WHERE THEY HAVE A #ONTINUED ON 0AGE

5NIVERSITY CONSIDERS BRINGING IN SOLICITORS TO MARK STUDENTSg EXAMS *AMES #ONWAY 4HE 5NIVERSITY IS CONSID ERING USING SOLICITORS TO MARK SOME OF ITS EXAMS DUE TO THE CONTINUED STRIKE ACTION OF ITS ACA DEMIC STAFF

! SPOKESPERSON FOR THE 5NIVERSITY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS hCONSIDERING ALL REASON ABLE OPTIONSv TO ENSURE THAT lNAL YEAR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GRADUATE 4HIS WEEK THE 5NIVERSITY 3ENATE WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE STRIKE WITH THE HOPE OF lNDING A SOLUTION TO THE PAY DISPUTE )F AGREEMENTS AREN T

MADE AND THE MARKING BOY COTT CONTINUES SOLICITORS MAY BE USED TO MARK LAW EXAMS h/UR SOLICITORS HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGHLY QUALI lED EMPLOYEES WITH RELEVANT HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERTISE v THE 5NIVERSITY SAID .O DEl NITE DECISIONS HAVE YET BEEN MADE -ORE ON THE STRIKE CAN BE FOUND ON 0AGE

'RAHAM #OXON #ANINE #HIC 'AMES IN &ILM

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH -AY

%THICAL BANKING COULD COST a

4HE ETHICAL BANKING POLICY COULD MEAN EXTRA EXPENSE FOR THE 5NION #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE DECISION THE %XEC CONSIDERED BOTH COST AND ETHICAL POLICY

!LTHOUGH THE #O OPERATIVE SCORED HIGHEST ON THE ETHI CAL QUESTIONNAIRE THEY WERE

#/.4%.43 .%73 4ALKS ARE CONTINUING BETWEEN THE !54 AND THE EMPLOYERS

BUT A QUICK RESOLUTION TO THE PAY DISPUTE STILL LOOKS UNLIKELY

5%! CHEMISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TOXINS WHICH COULD BE USED BY POLICE ANTI TERROR CAMPAIGNS

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#ONCRETE SPEAKS TO POULTRY FARMERS IN .ORFOLK ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS OVER BIRD mU AND WHAT MEASURES THEY ARE TAKING TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK

THE MOST EXPENSIVE WITH AD DITIONAL COSTS OF a PER YEAR COMPARED TO THE LOWEST

TENDER !LLIANCE AND ,EICES TER CAME SECOND ON BOTH THE ETHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE AND IN TERMS OF COST AT AN ADDITIONAL a PER ANNUM 4HE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFER ENCE IN COST BETWEEN THE CHEAPEST BANKS AND THOSE DEEMED MOST ETHICAL RESULTS LARGELY FROM THE FACT THAT NEITHER !LLIANCE AND ,EICES TER NOR THE #O OPERATIVE HAS PREMISES ON CAMPUS GIVING RISE TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOY MENT AND TRANSPORT COSTS 4HE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DECISION COULD REACH FAR BE YOND THE REALMS OF ETHICS AS THE 5NION IS ALREADY STRUG GLING TO MAKE ITS BOOKS BAL ANCE THIS YEAR 4HE LONG TERM EFFECTS COULD INVOLVE CUTS IN FRONT LINE 5NION SERVICES A PROSPECT MADE EVEN MORE

PROBABLE WITH THE #OCA #OLA BOYCOTT EXPECTED TO TAKE BUSINESS AWAY FROM 5N ION OUTLETS )T COULD ALSO IMPEDE FU TURE PLEAS FOR FUNDING FROM THE 5NIVERSITY WHO WOULD NO DOUBT TAKE INTO CON SIDERATION THE DECISION TO PAY MARKEDLY HIGHER BANK CHARGES !LL OF THESE CONSIDERA TIONS HAVE RESULTED IN THE &INANCE /FlCER SEEKING LE GAL ADVICE AS IT IS THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRUS TEES OF A CHARITY TO ACT IN THAT CHARITY S BEST INTERESTS )N THIS CASE THE LEGAL ADVICE OBTAINED STATES THAT THE 5N ION S OBJECTIVE IS NOT THE FURTHERING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES )T MAKES CLEAR THAT THE 5NION S ASSETS SHOULD hONLY

BE APPLIED IN FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS TO ASSIST IN THEIR EDUCATION AT THE 5NIVERSITYv !LTHOUGH THE 5NION S CONSTITUTION DOES STATE THAT IT WILL FORWARD ENVIRONMEN TAL CAUSES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE

IT ALSO SAYS IT CANNOT DO THIS AT hEXCESSIVE COSTv (OWEVER THE LEGAL AD VICE DOES NOT STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE %XEC WERE AT FAULT IN MAKING THIS DECISION )T RAISES MORE QUESTIONS OVER JUST WHAT EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE 5NION S lNANCES AND HOW FAR IT WILL ADVERSELY AF FECT THE STUDENTS OF 5%! &URTHER DISCUSSION IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK

WHEN THERE IS MORE SUBSTAN TIAL LEGAL ANALYSIS AND UNDER THE CHARGE OF THE NEW %XEC

(ONORARY DEGREES TO BE HANDED OUT AT GRADUATION *ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR 4HIS YEAR S LIST OF CELEBRI TIES AND HARD WORKING IN DIVIDUALS DUE TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES FROM 5%! THIS SUMMER HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED ! TOTAL OF PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES AT THIS YEAR S GRADUATION CERE MONIES 5%! S 2EGISTRAR AND 3ECRETARY -R "RIAN 3UM

MERS COMMENTED h%ACH YEAR WE HONOUR INDIVIDU ALS OR ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN SOME WAY %ACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE SIGNIlCANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS SCIENCE OR LEARNING

OR TO THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE REGION AND THE HONORARY DE GREES THEY WILL RECEIVE ARE A RECOGNITION OF THEIR EFFORTS v 4HE LIST INCLUDES WRITER AND BROADCASTER #LIVE *AMES

WHOSE RESUME INCLUDES PO ETRY NOVELS AND TELEVISION

CRITICISM FOR 4HE /BSERVER #RICKETING LEGEND -ICHAEL (OLDING IS TO RECEIVE AN (ONORARY $OCTOR OF #IVIL ,AW DEGREE FOR HIS CONTRIBU TION TO CRICKET ,ORD 2OBERT 7INSTON AN EXPERT IN THE lELD OF FERTIL ITY AND FAMOUS FOR HIS ""# TELEVISION SERIES 4HE (UMAN "ODY AND #HILD OF OUR 4IME

WILL GAIN AN (ONORARY $OC TOR OF 3CIENCE DEGREE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN COM MUNICATING COMPLEX CON

CEPTS TO A WIDE PUBLIC AUDI ENCE /THER RECIPIENTS INCLUDE FORMER /BSERVER EDITOR 7ILL (UTTON EX CHAIR OF !NGLIA 4ELEVISION $AVID -C#ALL #"% AND DISTINGUISHED HIS TORIAN 3IR (UGH #ORTAZZI 4HE "RITISH PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR 0ETER $ONOHOE WILL GAIN AN (ONORARY $OC TOR OF -USIC DEGREE DURING THE CEREMONIES 'RADUATION IS SET TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 4UESDAY *ULY TH AND &RIDAY *ULY TH

,OOKING FOR SOME SUMMER WORK OR A PERMANENT JOB AT THE END OF YOUR DEGREE 4HE #AREERS #ENTRE CAN HELP

,)&%349,% 4HE ARRIVAL OF THE SPRING SUNSHINE MEANS BARBEQUE SEASON HAS ARRIVED /UR &OOD %DITOR OFFERS SOME TIPS AND RECIPES

%COTOURISM PROMISES HOLIDAYS THAT DON T DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT BUT CAN IT DELIVER

#/--%.4 7HY THINKING OF OURSELVES AS A DEVELOPING NATION IN A DEVELOPING WORLD WOULD BENElT THE ENTIRE PLANET

30/24 4WO 5%! ATHLETES TAKE ON THE TRIATHLON S CHALLENGING COMBINATION OF CYCLING SWIMMING AND RUNNING

,EAGUE CUP GLORY FOR 5%! S FOOTBALL ND 8) PROVES THE OLD ADAGE THAT hANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN CUP FOOTBALLv

#OKE PRODUCTS TAKEN OFF %NVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SHELVES IN 5NION SHOPS STUDENT DIES OF CANCER #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS (OW EVER #OKE PRODUCTS RANGING FROM ,ILT TO /ASIS WILL NO LONGER BE ON SALE IN THE 5N ION SHOPS AND THEIR VENDING MACHINES WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE SOFT DRINKS COMPANY PROBABLY 0EPSI OR A SIMILAR BRAND 3TUDENTS AGAINST THE BOY COTT HAVE COMMENTED ON THE THINGS THAT WILL BE LOST AS A RESULT SUCH AS POTENTIAL MONETARY LOSSES FOR THE 5N ION DUE TO LACK OF REVENUE FROM DRINKS PROMOTIONS BY #OKE 4HE h-EAL $EALv CUR RENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE 5NION SHOPS WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE

REVISED OR SCRAPPED AS MANY OF THE DRINKS PRODUCTS ARE MANUFACTURED BY #OCA #OLA

AND THERE WILL BE MANY FEWER SOFT DRINKS DEALS AVAILABLE )T HAD ALSO BEEN CALCULATED THAT REPLACING #OKE WITH 0EPSI PRODUCTS WILL COST APPROXI MATELY P MORE PER BOTTLE $ESPITE THE FACT THAT SOME STUDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE VOTE

IT BEING HELD IN THE LAST WEEK OF TERM WHEN MANY PEOPLE WERE BUSY WITH ESSAY DEAD LINES OR HAD ALREADY GONE HOME THE BOYCOTT PASSED

AND FROM NOW ON IT LOOKS LIKE 5%! STUDENTS WILL BE BUYING A 0EPSI FOR THEIR DAILY CAFFEINE lX NOT A #OKE

*ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR 5%! S STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF +ATIE 7ILKINSON A FOURTH YEAR %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCES UNDERGRADUATE

WHO DIED OF LEUKAEMIA AT !IREDALE (OSPITAL OVER THE %ASTER BREAK +ATIE S FUNERAL TOOK PLACE ON !PRIL TH AND WAS AT TENDED BY A NUMBER OF %.6 STUDENTS AND STAFF 4HE 5NI VERSITY mAG WAS mOWN AT HALF MAST ON THE SAME DAY IN HER MEMORY (ER ADVISER $R !NDREW

,OVETT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FACULTY SAID h+ATIE JOINED 5%! IN 3EPTEMBER AND SPENT LAST YEAR AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF #ALGARY IN #ANADA 3HE HAD A REAL APTITUDE FOR ACADEMIC STUDY AND WAS PLANNING TO TAKE AN -3C IN #ATCHMENT $YNAMICS AND -ANAGEMENT NEXT YEAR v h(ER ENTHUSIASM FOR HER COURSE AT 5%!

THOUGHTFUL MANNER AND BEAMING SMILE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY EVE RYONE WHO KNEW HER /UR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES GO TO HER FAMILY v #ONCRETE JOINS $R ,OVETT IN SENDING ITS SYMPATHIES TO +ATIE S FAMILY

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH -AY

/PEN MEETING ON STRIKE ACTION !N OPEN MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR 5%! STUDENTS TO DIS CUSS WITH THE 5NIVERSITY ANY WORRIES THEY MAY HAVE OVER THE CURRENT !54 STRIKE 4HE MEETING HAS BEEN OR GANISED BY !CADEMIC /FlCER $AN 0EARSON )T WILL BE HELD ON -ONDAY -AY TH FROM PM IN THE ,#2

AND ENTRY IS BY CAMPUS CARD ONLY 3TUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR !CADEMIC

0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON

ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT THE AS SESSMENT BOYCOTT MAY HAVE ON THEIR COURSEWORK AND EX AMS

,ATEST TALKS IN !54 PAY DISPUTE *ESSICA 2OBINSON

STUDENTS HAS SHOWN THAT WHILST MANY SUPPORT THE LECTURERS DEMANDS FOR HIGHER PAY MANY ARE ALSO OPPOSED TO THE ASSESSMENT BOYCOTT 3PEAKING AFTER THE MEETING

'ASTON $OLLE PRESIDENT OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF "RISTOL STU DENT UNION SAID THAT STU DENTS WERE hDISMAYED WITH THE UNRESPONSIVENESS FROM THE !54 TO THE LEVEL OF STU DENT DISTRESSv .53 PRESIDENT +AT &LETCHER REAFlRMED HER SUP PORT FOR THE CALLS FOR BETTER PAY BUT AGAIN RAISED .53 CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER THE !54 DECISION NOT TO SET EX AMS AND ITS LONG TERM EFFECT ON STUDENTS PROGRESSION "OYCOTT BACKLASH HAS IN TENSIlED OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS SEEING STUDENTS DI RECTLY LOBBYING LECTURERS AND STUDENT UNIONS DEMAND ING AN END TO THE BAN ON MARKING AND SETTING EXAMS TO ALLOW GRADUATION TO TAKE PLACE 3T !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY S STUDENT UNION PROTESTED AGAINST THE BOYCOTT ON &RI DAY -AY TH AFTER IT EMERGED THAT THE UNIVERSITY MAY HAVE TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY EXAM PERIOD IN THE AUTUMN IF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION DID NOT STOP IN TIME TO SET THIS TERM S

ITS CONSTITUTION THAT AUTHOR ISES STUDENTS TO GRADUATE IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IF THEY HAVE OBTAINED CRED ITS RATHER THAN THE USUAL

THEREBY AWARDING DEGREES WITHOUT TAKING THE lNAL TERM S WORK INTO ACCOUNT (OWEVER THIS COULD ADVERSE LY AFFECT THEIR EMPLOYABILITY !T 5%!

IT WAS AN NOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT SO LICITORS FROM -ILLS AND 2EEVE MAY BE BROUGHT IN TO MARK EXAM PAPERS 4HE 5%! 3TU DENT S 5NION VOTED IN SUP PORT OF THE !54 AND $AN 0EARSON !CADEMIC /FlCER

HAS BEGUN WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE !CADEMIC 2EGISTRAR AND $EAN OF 3TUDENTS ! 3ENATE MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED FOR -ONDAY -AY TH AND THE 5NIVERSITY WILL BE ISSUING A STATEMENT SHORTLY TO EXPLAIN 5%! S IN TENTIONS TO ENSURE MINIMAL STUDENT DISRUPTION !N OPEN MEETING WILL BE HELD AT PM ON -ON DAY -AY TH IN THE ,#2 FOR STUDENTS TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS )N THE MEANTIME

PRESS RELEASES CONCERNING THE DEBATE CAN BE FOUND ON THE 5NION WEBSITE AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM CAMPAIGNS CAMPAIGNSSITES !SSESSMENT BOYCOTT ADO

4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS HAS PUBLISHED A 'REEN 'UIDE GIVING STUDENTS TIPS AND ADVICE ON ENVIRONMEN TALLY FRIENDLY LIVING 4HE 'UIDE WHICH WAS COMPILED BY %NVIRONMENT /FlCER *ENNY 'ALLATLY AND #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER !NDY (IGSON INCLUDES IN FORMATION ON &AIRTRADE AND RECYCLING )T IS AVAILABLE VIA THE 5NION S WEBSITE AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM

)N THE LATEST ROUND OF !54 DISCUSSIONS STRIKING LECTURERS ARE TO MEET EM PLOYERS FOR PAY TALKS ON -ONDAY VOWING TO END THE MARKING BOYCOTT IM MEDIATELY IF THEY ARE GIVEN A hREASONABLEv OFFER )N A MEETING WITH STU DENT LEADERS OPPOSED TO THE LECTURERS UNION S ACTIONS

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE !54

3ALLY (UNT TOLD STUDENTS THAT IT IS THE LECTURERS NOT THE UNION BEHIND THE MARK ING BOYCOTT THAT IS THREATEN ING TO DELAY GRADUATION 3HE URGED THE STUDENTS TO LOBBY THEIR VICE CHANCELLORS hTO RE OPEN NEGOTIATIONS SO THAT THIS DAMAGING DISPUTE CAN BE RESOLVEDv 2OGER +LINE .!4&(% S HEAD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

EQUALITY AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS REMINDS VICE CHAN CELLORS hTHAT THEY AWARDED THEMSELVES A AVERAGE PAY INCREASE AT A TIME WHEN UNIVERSITIES WERE FAR MORE CASH STRAPPED THAN THEY ARE NOWv ! 4IMES (IGHER %DUCA TION 3UPPLEMENT SURVEY OF

4EACHING CAREERS OPEN EVENING

7ATERFRONT INCIDENT PROMPTS QUESTIONS OVER BOUNCERS TRAINING

'REEN 'UIDE FOR 5%! STUDENTS

%$5 WILL HOLD A 0'#% /PEN %VENING ON 7EDNESDAY -AY TH FROM PM FOR ANYONE CONSIDERING A CAREER IN SEC ONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM NUMEROUS SUBJECTS INCLUD ING %NGLISH -ODERN &OR EIGN ,ANGUAGES 3CIENCE AND -ATHS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO GIVE ADVICE &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW UEA AC UK EDU PGCEUEA

(ELP NEEDED FOR ASTHMA STUDY $O YOU HAVE HAY FEVER OR ASTHMA )F SO THEN YOU COULD HELP WITH A CLINICAL STUDY 4HE STUDY IS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE A NEW TEST WHICH MAY BE USEFUL IN ASSESSING NEW TREATMENTS FOR ASTHMA )F YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT $R !NDREW 7ILSON -%$ ON

7E WILL PAY ALL YOUR EX PENSES INCURRED BY HELPING IN THIS STUDY

*ESSICA 2OBINSON ! MAN WAS SERIOUSLY IN JURED WHEN A lGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN TWO MEN AT THE 7ATERFRONT ON 7EDNESDAY !PRIL TH AT ABOUT PM 4HE VIC TIM WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE AND KNOCKED UNCON SCIOUS GIVING HIM A BLACK AND CUT EYE AND CUTS TO HIS MOUTH /NE WITNESS TO THE AT TACK SAID h/NE OF THE GUYS INVOLVED WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND WAS LYING UNCONSCIOUS ON THE mOOR 4HE BOUNCERS DIDN T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO ,UCKILY MY FRIEND HAD DONE A &IRST !ID COURSE v .ICK 2AYNS ENTERTAIN MENTS MANAGER FOR THE 5N ION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE %VENING .EWS THAT 7ATER FRONT STAFF HELPED DEAL WITH A MAN INJURED IN A lGHT ON THE DANCEmOOR &IRST AID TRAINING FOR

BOUNCERS WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN A MOTHER CALLED FOR TOUGHER REGULATION AFTER HER DAUGH TER COLLAPSED AND DIED IN A NIGHTCLUB 4HE YEAR OLD HAD AN EPILEPTIC lT IN THE CLUB BUT TWO BOUNCERS WHO TRIED TO SAVE HER HAD ONLY A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF lRST AID 3OLICITOR 2ICHARD &OLLIS

0ARTNER OF !LEXANDER (ARRIS WHO REPRESENTED THE FAMILY

AND A LEADING HEALTH SPECIAL IST SAID h4HERE IS NO STATUTO RY REGULATION OF PEOPLE WHO MAN DOORS AT NIGHTCLUBS OR THE TRAINING THAT THEY ARE RE QUIRED TO HAVE v /N $ECEMBER RD NIGHT CLUB BOUNCERS GOT THEIR OWN "RITISH 3TANDARD 0RO DUCED BY THE "RITISH 3TAND ARDS )NSTITUTION THE "RITISH 3TANDARD #ODE OF 0RACTICE FOR $OOR 3UPERVISORS 3TEW ARDS GIVES COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE ON THEIR SELECTION

SCREENING AND TRAINING )N CLUDED IS AN OUTLINE OF A TYPICAL TRAINING COURSE WHICH COVERS DRUG AWARENESS lRE SAFETY AND lRST AID

!N !54 POSTER FROM THE STRIKE EXAMS DUE TO BEGIN ON -AY TH &ORTY STUDENTS AT "RAD FORD 5NIVERSITY HAVE STAGED A PROTEST OUTSIDE THEIR VICE CHANCELLOR S OFlCE SUPPORT ING THE LECTURERS CAMPAIGN AND OPPOSING THE DECISION TO DOCK OF THE PAY OF LECTURERS TAKING PART IN AC TION SHORT OF A STRIKE *OCELYN 0RUDENCE 5#%!

CHIEF EXECUTIVE THOUGHT THAT 5#%! S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN !PRIL THAT THE EXISTING

TWO YEAR PAY OFFER WOULD NEED TO BE IMPROVED SHOULD HAVE PROMPTED AN END TO THE ACTION %MPLOYERS HAVE SAID THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT LECTURERS CONTINUED TO RISK hLONG TERM DAMAGE TO STU DENTSv +EELE 5NIVERSITY HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS PLANS TO GET AROUND THE !54 BOY COTT 4HE 3TAFFORDSHIRE 5NI VERSITY S SENATE HAS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF BRINGING IN PART OF

4HE 7ATERFRONT CLUB ON +ING 3TREET 3TUART ,ISTER FROM THE #ENTRE FOR #RIMINAL *USTICE 3TUDIES AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF ,EEDS CONSIDERED THE TRAIN ING OF BOUNCERS IN A ARTICLE #OURSES MUST BE REC OGNISED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES BUT BEYOND THAT TRAINING AR RANGEMENTS VARY SIGNIlCANT LY SOME ORGANISE THEIR OWN WHILE OTHERS OUT SOURCE OR SET UP AN hAPPROVAL LISTv !S A RESULT THE COST AND DURATION OF THE COURSES ALSO VARIES LEAVING LARGE INCON SISTENCIES IN THEIR QUALITY

.OTABLY THE COURSES ARE USU ALLY CHOSEN AND PAID FOR BY THE INDIVIDUAL BOUNCER RATH ER THAN THE EMPLOYER "OUNCERS INTERVIEWED DURING -R ,ISTER S RESEARCH INDICATED THAT hFORMAL TRAINING DOES NOT INCREASE EARNINGS POTENTIAL AND IS COMMONLY REGARDED AS AN OBLIGATORY CHOREv "OUNCERS THEREFORE TEND TO PREFER THE LEAST TIME CON SUMING AND INEXPENSIVE TRAINING OPTION 4HE 3ECURITY )NDUSTRY !UTHORITY 3)!

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TABLISHED BY 4HE 0RIVATE 3E CURITY !CT WAS SEEN AS A STEP TOWARDS UNIFORMITY AND CONSOLIDATION OF STANDARDS AND PROCEDURE 4HE BOUNCERS WHO AT TENDED THE INCIDENT AT THE 7ATERFRONT WOULD HAVE AT TENDED A LOCALLY APPROVED COURSE INDEPENDENTLY OF THEIR EMPLOYER ALTHOUGH THEIR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE lGHT SITUATION IN EARLY !PRIL WOULD VARY ACCORDING TO THEIR CHOICE OF COURSE AND THE LEVEL OF TRAINING IT GAVE

7EDNESDAY TH -AY #ONCRETE

0OISONS TRUE COLOURS REVEALED 2OSIE #HANCE )MAGINE A SINISTER LOOKING POWDER IS FOUND AT A CRIME SCENE A POLICE OFlCER ADDS IT TO A TUBE OF RED LIQUID AND THE SOLUTION QUICKLY TURNS BLUE n CONlRMING IT IS A DEADLY POISON )T MAY SOUND LIKE SOME THING FROM AN EPISODE OF #3) BUT IN A FEW YEARS IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO DETECT BIOHAZ ARDS BY SIMPLY SHAKING A TEST TUBE AND WATCHING IT CHANGE COLOUR THANKS TO NEW RE SEARCH BY CHEMISTS AT 5%!

0ROFESSORS $AVID 2US SELL AND 2OBERT &IELD FROM THE 3CHOOL OF #HEMICAL 3CI ENCES AND 0HARMACY ARE CRE ATING VERY TINY PARTICLES THAT CHANGE COLOUR IN THE PRES ENCE OF TOXINS BACTERIA AND VIRUSES 3PEAKING TO #ONCRETE

0ROFESSOR 2USSELL SAID THE ORIGINAL IDEA BEHIND THE RESEARCH WAS TO DEVELOP A

7ITH JUST THE SHAKE OF A TEST TUBE POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A POISON hCHEAP AND CHEERFULv WAY TO DETECT CHOLERA IN DRINKING WATER "UT WHEN THE LETHAL POISON RICIN WAS DISCOVERED IN A ,ONDON mAT IN HE REALISED THE SAME TECHNIQUE COULD BE USED FOR IMME DIATE TESTING OF SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCES FOUND AT TERROR IST TARGETS OR SUSPECTED CRIME

SCENES 4HE RESEARCHERS COAT TINY GOLD PARTICLES WITH A SINGLE LAYER OF SUGAR MOLECULES $IF FERENT KINDS OF SUGAR BIND TO PARTICULAR BIOLOGICAL TOXINS AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE PARTICLES STICK TOGETHER 4HE SOLUTION OF CLUMPED TOGETH ER PARTICLES ABSORBS LIGHT DIF

,ARGEST FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE IN %UROPE WILL COME TO 5%! IN 3EPTEMBER @ &IONA "ILLINGS 3TUDENTS WILL GET THE OP PORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE %UROPE S LARGEST CELEBRA TION OF SCIENCE RIGHT ON THEIR DOORSTEP THIS 3EP TEMBER AS THE "! &ESTIVAL OF 3CIENCE COMES TO 5%!

4HIS ANNUAL FESTIVAL PRE VIOUSLY HELD AT VENUES SUCH AS %XETER ,EICESTER AND $UB LIN IS BEING HOSTED BY 5%!

.ORWICH 2ESEARCH 0ARK AND .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL ON THE NDn TH 3EPTEMBER AND GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO TALKS FROM TOP RESEARCHERS AND DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE LATEST AD VANCES IN SCIENCE ENGINEER ING AND TECHNOLOGY 4HE "!

OR "RITISH !SSO CIATION FOR THE !DVANCEMENT OF 3CIENCE IS A CHARITY ESTAB LISHED IN WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING SCIENCE BY CON NECTING PEOPLE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SUB JECT 4HEY HOLD MANY EVENTS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THIS IN CLUDING THE ANNUAL &ESTIVAL OF 3CIENCE .ATIONAL 3CIENCE 7EEK AND EDUCATIONAL PRO

FERENTLY MEANING IT APPEARS A DIFFERENT COLOUR )T IS HOPED THAT ONCE THE BASIC SCIENCE IS DEVELOPED

THE PARTICLES COULD BE INCOR PORATED INTO AN EASY TO USE INSTRUMENT FOR ON THE SPOT DETECTION OF DANGEROUS SUB STANCES 0ROFESSOR 2USSELL SAYS h2EAL WORLD DEPLOY

MENT OF A SIMPLE ROBUST DE TECTION SYSTEM IS PERHAPS lVE YEARS AWAY v .OT ONLY COULD THE NANO PARTICLES BE A POWERFUL TOOL IN ANTI TERRORIST OPERATIONS

THEY EVEN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DETECT THE LATEST THREAT TO HIT THE HEADLINES n BIRD mU 4HE TECHNOLOGY COULD ALSO STOP HOAXERS WASTING POLICE TIME BY DEMONSTRAT ING THAT POWDERS CLAIMING TO BE A POISON SUCH AS ANTHRAX ARE IN FACT NOTHING MORE HARMFUL THAN TALC 4HE PROJECT IS FUNDED

BY THE %NGINEERING AND 0HYSICAL 3CIENCES 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL %032# AND ALSO INVOLVES THE $EFENCE 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY ,ABORATORY OF THE -INISTRY OF $EFENCE )T IS ONE OF TEN CASE STUDIES SHOWING HOW %032# FUNDED RESEARCH CAN HELP PROTECT THE 5+ FROM CRIME THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE #RIME 0REVENTION AND 4ECHNOLO GIES %VENT &ORENSIC 3CIENCE ON -ARCH TH AT #ITY "ARBI CAN (OTEL ,ONDON

.EW 7RITING 7ORLDS .EW 7RITING 7ORLDS A LITERARY EVENT BRINGING TO GETHER WRITERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL TAKE PLACE IN .ORWICH FROM *UNE TH

4HE EVENT IS ORGANISED

BY THE .EW 7RITING 0ART NERSHIP AN ASSOCIATION OF GROUPS INCLUDING 5%! AND !RTS #OUNCIL %AST )T WILL IN CLUDE A SERIES OF PUBLIC READ INGS AND WORKSHOPS

7ELFARE /FlCER WINS ELECTION ! MEMBER OF NEXT YEAR S 5NION %XECUTIVE #OMMIT TEE WAS ELECTED AS A 'REEN #OUNCILLOR IN LAST WEEK S LO CAL ELECTIONS 3TEVIE !LTMAN WHO WILL TAKE OVER AS 7ELFARE /FlCER IN !UGUST WAS ELECTED TO THE -ANCROFT WARD LAST 4HURSDAY (E IS THOUGHT TO BE THE lRST 5%! STUDENT TO TAKE ON THE DUAL ROLE OF %XEC MEM BER AND #OUNCILLOR

#OULD YOU SELL THIS SPACE !DVERTISING -ANAGER #ONCRETE 6!#!.#9 &/2 0!24 4)-% ./27)#( !PPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE POSITION OF !DVERTISING 3ALES -ANAGER FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR

4HIS POSITION IS OPEN TO ANY STUDENT AT 5%!

&REE PASSES ARE AVAIABLE FOR STUDENTS GRAMMES IN SCHOOLS 5%! STUDENTS ARE BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE FESTIVAL FREE OF CHARGE AS THEY ARE ALL EN TITLED TO A FULL WEEK PASS TO ALL EVENTS THAT DO NOT INCUR AN EXTRA CHARGE &ULL 7EEK PASS HOLDERS CAN RESERVE PLACES FOR THREE SPECIlC FES TIVAL EVENTS AHEAD OF TIME ON A lRST COME lRST SERVED BASIS 4O BOOK YOUR PASS FOR

THE FESTIVAL EITHER GO TO THE WEBSITE WWW THE BA NET FES ITVALOFSCICENCE TELEPHONE ON OR GO TO THE DEDICATED &ESTIVAL "OX /FlCE WHICH WILL BE SITUATED IN 5NION (OUSE 4HE "! IS ALSO LOOKING FOR STUDENTS TO BE CASUAL STAFF DURING THE EVENT PERFORM ING VARIOUS TASKS &OR FURTHER INFORMATION EMAIL NATALIE BAILEY UEA AC UK

9OU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SECURE ADVERTISING FOR #ONCRETE NEWSPAPER WORKING WITH EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND ATTRACTING NEW CLIENTS FROM THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL ADVERTISING MARKET 4HE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR 0REVIOUS ADVERTISING SALES EXPERIENCE AN ADVANTAGE 'OOD RATES OF COMMISSION PAID FOR ALL SECURED ADVERTS 3END A #6 AND COVERING LETTER FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE %DITOR

3ARAH %DWARDES TO #ONCRETE 0/ "/8 .ORWICH .2 4" #LOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS TH -AY

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH -AY

-UMPS CASES AT UNIVERSITIES 5NIVERSITIES ARE IN THE GRIP OF A MUMPS EPIDEMIC ACCORD ING TO lGURES RELEASED BY THE (EALTH 0ROTECTION !GENCY (0! !T ITS HIGHEST IN THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES REACHED PER WEEK ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSES HAS SINCE DECREASED -OST CASES HAVE AFFECTED PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF

WITH STUDENTS BEING PARTICULARLY AT RISK 4HE (0! IS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO CHECK THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE VACCINATION

WHICH IMMUNISES AGAINST THE DISEASE

*APANESE ARTS CULTURES EVENT 4HE 4HIRD 4HURSDAY ,ECTURE 3ERIES CONTINUES THIS MONTH WITH AN EVENING OF *APANESE ARTS AND CULTURES ON 4HURS DAY -AY TH $R !LICIA 6OLK THE 2OB ERT AND ,ISA 3AINSBURY &EL LOW WILL PRESENT A LECTURE ENTITLED h*APONISME IN *APAN 0AINTING THE .A TION S 0AST AND &UTUREv AT THE 3AINSBURY )NSTITUTE IN .OR WICH 4HE LECTURE WILL START AT PM AND ENTRY IS FREE &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE 3AINSBURY )NSTITUTE WEBSITE AT WWW SAINSBURY INSTITUTE ORG

2EFORM "ILL IS THREAT TO DEBATE 3TEVEN 3TREET AND (ANNAH %ISEMAN 2ENYARD 5NDER THE INNOCUOUS TITLE OF THE ,EGISLATIVE AND 2EG ULATORY 2EFORM "ILL LIES AR GUABLY THE BIGGEST THREAT TO "RITISH DEMOCRACY WE HAVE EVER SEEN 4HE "ILL CURRENTLY AT COMMITTEE STAGES WOULD AL LOW GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TO AMEND ABOLISH OR CREATE ANY LAW WITHOUT GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT .O DEBATE NO VETOES NO ACCOUNTABILITY 4HE "ILL WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO SPEED THE TEDI OUS PROCESS OF CLEARING MINOR CHANGES IN LAWS (OWEVER

JUST IMAGINE A "RITAIN WHERE LAWS CAN BE CREATED REMOVED OR TWEAKED BY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WITHOUT ANY PUB LIC DEBATE 4HE $AYS 4ER ROR "ILL WHICH WAS RECENTLY DEFEATED WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE WITHOUT ANY PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS 4HE LAWS YOU RELY ON FOR PROTEC TION MAY BE REMOVED BY ANY GOVERNMENT MINISTER 4HE POSSIBLE REACH OF THIS "ILL IS HARD TO EXAGGER ATE EVEN THE mIMSY CON TROLS ON THE ,EGISLATIVE AND 2EGULATORY 2EFORM "ILL THAT MINISTERS MUST ASK THEIR CON SCIENCES THAT THEY DON T PRE VENT ANYONE FROM EXERCISING FREEDOMS THAT THEY MIGHT

hREASONABLYv EXPECT TO EXER CISE ARE THEMSELVES SUBJECT TO BEING AMENDED OR ABOL ISHED BY ANY GOVERNMENT MINISTER %VEN IF THIS GOVERNMENT AND EVERY MINISTER IN IT WERE RESPONSIBLE SUCCESSIVE GOV ERNMENTS MAY NOT BE 4HIS COULD PROVE TO BE A SELF DE STRUCT BUTTON FOR PARLIAMENT h) THINK IT IS A VERY WORRY ING DAMAGING BILL WITH VERY DEEP CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICA TIONS AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC DO NOT UNDERSTAND x HOW THREAT ENING IT IS v SAYS %DWARD $AVEY -0 $AVEY IS A ,IB ERAL $EMOCRAT FRONT BENCHER WHO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSES THE "ILL WHICH IS SUPPORTED

BY NEITHER THE #ONSERVATIVES NOR ,IB $EMS BUT IS STILL EX PECTED TO EASILY PASS THROUGH THE #OMMONS $AVID (OWARTH -0 WHO SITS ON THE COMMITTEE SCRU TINIZING THE "ILL CALLED IT hTHE !BOLITION OF 0ARLIAMENT "ILLv YET IT HAS ONLY HAD MI NOR PRESS COVERAGE !S $AVEY TELLS #ONCRETE h)T WOULD ALLOW -INISTERS BOTH TO REMOVE AND INTRO DUCE NEW LAWS AT WILL AND IT IS DISTURBING TO SAY THE LEAST v 'REEN COUNCILLOR $R 2UPERT 2EAD CALLS IT hABSURD AND DEEPLY WORRYINGv (E SAYS h!N INCREDIBLE DIMI NUTION IS HAPPENING TO OUR

4HE "ILL WOULD ALLOW MINISTERS TO CREATE BILLS WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSION DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES v 4HE "ILL BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO THE h%NA BLING !CTv OF THE 7EIMAR RE PUBLIC USED BY (ITLER TO RISE TO POWER THROUGH RULE BY DECREE )N FACT EVEN THE GOV ERNMENT #HIEF 7HIP IN THE ,ORDS ,ORD 'ROCOTT IS SAID TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISKS OF THE "ILL SPECIlCALLY THAT WOULD ALLOW MINISTERS

TO CHANGE THE LAW WITHOUT A VOTE 4HE INTERVIEW WITH $AVEY ENDS ON A TELLING NOTE h'OV ERNMENT IS PRETTY ARROGANT IN ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS 0ARLIA MENT v HE SAYS h7E LIVE IN ALMOST A MYTH OF 0ARLIAMEN TARY DEMOCRACY v 4HERE MAY SOON BE NO ALMOST ABOUT IT &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ,EGISLATIVE AND 2EGULA TORY 2EFORM "ILL VISIT WWW

SAVEPARLIAMENT ORG UK 4HE WEBSITE FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE "ILL IS AVAILABLE AT WWW HOOJUM COM ,!22" ,!22" HTML )F YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE DIRECTLY TO YOUR -0 VISIT WWW WRITETOTHEM COM 4HE TEXT OF THE "ILL CAN BE FOUND AT THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE WWW CABINETOFlCE GOV UK REGULATION BILL IN DEX ASP

!NONYMOUS MARKING TO BE ADOPTED AT 5%!

3ARAH %DWARDES %DITOR ! SYSTEM OF ANONYMOUS MARKING IS TO BE IMPLE MENTED ACROSS 5%! IN

FOLLOWING PRESSURE FROM STUDENTS FOR THE NEW PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED ON CAMPUS )N A POLL COMMISSIONED

BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR

WERE IN FAVOUR OF ANONY MOUS MARKING 4HE SCHEME WILL MEAN THAT THE PROCESS OF ANONY MOUS MARKING WHICH CUR RENTLY EXISTS FOR EXAMINA TIONS WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL COURSEWORK SUBMIT TED TOWARDS UNIT CREDITS )T IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT MARK

ERS FROM BEING INmUENCED

BY THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF DIS CRIMINATION !LTHOUGH THE ANONY MOUS MARKING PROGRAMME IS BACKED BY THE .53 WHICH HAS RUN A CAMPAIGN FOR TU TORS TO hMARK MY WORDS NOT MY NAMEv SOME LECTURERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE MOVE WILL ERODE THEIR ABILITY TO GIVE STUDENTS DETAILED FEEDBACK ON THEIR WORK $R 2UPERT 2EAD A SENIOR LECTURER IN 0HILOSOPHY WROTE IN A LETTER TO #ONCRETE THAT ANONYMOUS MARKING WOULD BE hCOUNTER PRODUCTIVEv !CADEMIC /FlCER $AN 0EARSON BELIEVES THAT THE MOVE IS A POSITIVE ONE WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT THE 5NI VERSITY IS WILLING TO ACT UPON THE VIEWS OF THE STUDENTS

7EDNESDAY TH -AY #ONCRETE

"OOK LAUNCH FOR 5%! GRADUATE *AMES #ONWAY #HRIS &ARNELL WHO GRADU ATED FROM 5%! LAST YEAR

WILL BE IN HIS HOME TOWN OF ,EICESTER TO LAUNCH HIS lRST BOOK THIS 4HURSDAY (E STUDIED ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING HERE FOR THREE YEARS AND WAS AN AC TIVE MEMBER OF THE #REATIVE 7RITING 3OCIETY SERVING AS ITS PRESIDENT IN HIS lNAL YEAR #HRIS S BOOK ENTITLED -ARK )) IS BEING RELEASED BY 4INDAL 3TREET 0RESS THE SMALL BUT RENOWNED "IRMINGHAM BASED PUBLISHERS 4HE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF YEAR OLD 0HIL AND HIS BEST FRIEND -ARK WHO IS BROUGHT BACK AS A CLONE AFTER DYING FROM A TRAGIC ILLNESS 4HE PAIR STRUG GLE AS 0HIL TRIES TO HELP THE NEW -ARK ADAPT TO THE LIFE OF A SCHOOL KID DEALING WITH SCHOOL BULLIES FOOTBALL AND GIRLS 7HILE DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITIES OF FRIENDSHIP

#HRIS &ARNELL WITH HIS NEW BOOK -ARK )) MORTALITY AND GRIEF THE NOVEL ADOPTS A WITTY STYLE RESULTING IN A BOOK AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS BUT EQUALLY ENJOYABLE FOR READERS OF ANY AGE 4HE BOOK BEGAN LIFE

WHEN #HRIS WAS REVISING FOR HIS ! ,EVELS AND CONTINUED WHILE HE WAS STUDYING FOR HIS DEGREE 4HERE WERE MANY OTHER PROJECTS ALONGSIDE

INCLUDING DOZENS OF SHORT

WANTED!

graduates and students at

www.gradseast.org.uk

STORIES AND EVEN ANOTHER NOVEL -ANY WILL KNOW #HRIS FROM HIS PERFORMANCE PO ETRY WHICH HAS BEEN STAGED AT MANY EVENTS ON CAMPUS AND AROUND .ORWICH (E

HAS BEEN WRITING IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER AND SAYS h)F ) COULDN T BE A WRITER THEN ) D PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A MAD SCIENTIST v #HRIS IS THE LATEST IN A LINE OF SUCCESSFUL WRITERS PRO DUCED BY THIS UNIVERSITY JOIN ING THE LIKES OF )AN -C%WEN AS PUBLISHED 5%! GRADUATES #ONCRETE ASKED #HRIS IF HE FOUND HIS TIME AT THE UNI VERSITY PRODUCTIVE AND WHAT ADVICE HE HAS FOR CURRENT STU DENTS SEEKING PUBLICATION h4HERE ARE SO MANY DEDI CATED WRITERS AT 5%! v #HRIS TOLD US h4HROUGH THINGS LIKE THE POETRY NIGHTS AND SOCIETY EVENTS WE ALL MANAGE TO FEED OFF EACH OTHER AND BUILD UP INSPIRATION 4HERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO WRITE PERSIST ENTLY ENOUGH AND REMEMBER TO SEND THEIR WORK OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE v -ARK )) IS AVAILABLE NOW FROM MOST ONLINE SITES AND HIGH STREET STORES INCLUDING 7ATERSTONES

"IG WHEEL PLAN TURNED DOWN 0LANS TO BUILD A BIG WHEEL IN .ORWICH HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOLLOWING CONCERNS THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD IM POSE ON SURROUNDING BUILD INGS 4HE APPLICATION FOR A -IL LENNIUM %YE STYLE ATTRACTION OUTSIDE THE &ORUM IN CENTRAL .ORWICH WAS REJECTED BY THE #ITY #OUNCIL 4HE WHEEL S BACKERS MAY PROPOSE A NEW PLAN IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY

0LENTY OF PROFS AT 7ARWICK 7ARWICK WILL BE FULL OF PRO FESSORS FROM NEXT SEMESTER

WHEN THE UNIVERSITY IMPLE MENTS A CONTROVERSIAL DECI SION TO GIVE ALL OF ITS ACA DEMIC STAFF THE TITLE 5NDER THE 53 STYLE SYS TEM ALL FACULTY STAFF WILL BE REFERRED TO AS ASSOCIATE OR AS SISTANT PROFESSOR OR FOR THE PROFESSORS JUST PROFESSOR 4HE UNIVERSITY CLAIMS THE OLD SYSTEM IS TOO CONFUSING

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH -AY

# &%!452%

"YE BYE BIRDIE !S POULTRY IN .ORFOLK IS CULLED FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK OF THE ( . STRAIN OF BIRD mU

*ULIA "6 "RADSHAW SPEAKS TO TWO FARMERS ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONS THEY ARE TAKING

4

HREE POULTRY FARMS AROUND 4UDDEN HAM

.ORFOLK

HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH BIRD mU 4ESTS SHOW THAT THE FARMS WERE AFFECTED

BY THE ( . STRAIN OF AVIAN mU A LESS SERIOUS STRAIN THAN THE ( . VIRUS WHICH KILLED A SWAN IN &IFE 7HITFORD ,ODGE &ARM WHERE THE LATEST OUTBREAK STARTED HAS CULLED

CHICKENS .ORWICH 2OAD &ARM AND -OWLES -ANOR 0OULTRY BOTH FREE

ABOUT CONTRACTING BIRD mU THE VIRUS POSES MOST DANGER TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF "RITISH POULTRY FARMERS NOT TO PEO PLE 4HE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF A BIRD mU OUTBREAK COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR THESE FARMS 2ICHARD ,EIGHTON OWNS (OLLY "ERRY (ATCHERIES A 4URKEY HATCHERY OUTSIDE !TTLEBOROUGH (E NOTICED A SLUMP IN SALES LONG BEFORE THE RECENT ( OUT BREAK IN 4UDDENHAM 3PEAKING TO #ONCRETE BEFORE THE RECENT BIRD mU OUTBREAK IN .ORFOLK

-R ,EIGHTON SAID h%VERYONE S TRADE HAS BEEN KNOCKED SLIGHTLY 3OME OF

!LTHOUGH BIRD mU CANNOT BE CONTRACTED THROUGH COOKED MEAT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE MIGHT STOP BUYING POULTRY RANGE FARMS CULLED BIRDS LAST WEEK .O FURTHER OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STOPPED 2ESTRICTIONS TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS ARE IN OPERATION IN A KM AREA AROUND THE AFFECTED SITES AND THE $EPARTMENT FOR %NVIRONMENT &OOD AND 2URAL !FFAIRS $EFRA HAS NOW INTRODUCED A KM SURVEILLANCE AREA AROUND THE FARMS 3O FAR ONLY ONE POULTRY WORKER HAS CONTRACTED THE ( STRAIN OF BIRD mU IN THE FORM OF CONJUNCTIVITIS AND THREE OTHER WORKERS HAVE TESTED NEGA TIVE FOR THE DISEASE !CCORDING TO THE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANISATION THE HU MAN DEATH TOLL FROM THE ( . STRAIN OF BIRD mU PASSED THE MARK LAST -ARCH WHEN A WOMAN IN #HINA DIED FROM THE DISEASE 4HE ( . VIRUS WHICH HAS DEVAS TATED POULTRY STOCKS AND KILLED MANY PEOPLE IN !SIA IS MOVING 7ESTWARD DESPITE EFFORTS TO PREVENT ITS SPREAD &IVE MEN FROM !ZERBAIJAN DIED FROM THE DISEASE IN &EBRUARY AND MOST RE CENTLY THE DISEASE WAS FOUND IN A DEAD SWAN IN &IFE 3COTLAND 7HILE PEOPLE IN "RITAIN WORRY

OUR CUSTOMERS AT THE MOMENT ARE RE SISTING BUYING 7E AS A COMPANY HAVE PUT DOWN EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBER OF BREEDERS AS LAST YEAR HOPING TO SELL THEM ALL BUT WE RE UNSURE WHETHER WE WILL v $IANE 6IALL OWNS /RCHARD &ARM IN (INDRINGHAM WHERE SHE RAISES FREE RANGE CHICKENS TURKEYS AND OTHER LIVE STOCK !LTHOUGH BIRD mU CANNOT BE CONTRACTED THROUGH COOKED MEAT SHE IS CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE MIGHT STOP BUYING POULTRY LIKE THEY DID IN &RANCE WHEN BIRD mU WAS DETECTED THERE h) DO THINK PEOPLE PANIC AND ) THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC PANICKING IS WORSE )T WILL AFFECT SALES !S SOON AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC THINK THAT BIRDS HERE HAVE GOT BIRD mU ) THINK THEY WILL STOP BUYING ) THINK IT WILL BE INEVITA BLE THAT SALES WILL DROP HERE v SHE SAID -R ,EIGHTON BELIEVES THAT THE VIRU LENT ( . STRAIN OF BIRD mU WILL EVEN TUALLY SPREAD TO THE 5+ IN THE NEXT lVE YEARS h7E RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE BIRDS HAVE STARTED MIGRATING TO THE NORTH 7E THINK THAT THE BIRDS THAT COME IN FROM !FRICA ARE LESS LIKELY TO CARRY IT THAN THE BIRDS THAT COME IN FROM 2USSIA AND THE !RCTIC v

$ESPITE THIS HE HAS TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO PREVENT A POSSIBLE OUTBREAK AT HIS HATCHERY (E SAID h7E ARE US ING SHAVINGS RATHER THAN STRAW WE HAVE UPPED OUR BIO SECURITY TO KEEP THE TURKEYS FREE FROM DISEASES BEING CARRIED IN BY WILD BIRDS FOOD LORRIES

PERSONNEL ETC %VERY VISITOR MUST SIGN A BOOK WHEN LEAVING THE FARM SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE HE S BEEN AND WHERE HE S COME FROM v "ECAUSE -RS 6IALL S POULTRY AT /R CHARD &ARM IS FREE RANGE IT IS VERY DIFlCULT FOR HER TO TAKE THE SAME PRE VENTATIVE STEPS AS OTHER NON FREE RANGE FARMS 3HE SAID h!T THE MOMENT THEY ARE IN SIX CHICKEN HUTS WITH A BIG RACK

SO THEY ARE FREE RANGE BUT WE COULD AL WAYS COVER THE TOP TO STOP ANY ODD BIRD OR BIRD DROPPINGS COMING THROUGH h7E ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT BIRD mU BECAUSE WE ARE FREE RANGE 7E DON T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP OUR CHICKENS IN DOORS v 3CIENTISTS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE CONSIDERED VACCINATION AS A POS SIBLE PREVENTATIVE MEASURE AGAINST THE ( . VIRUS BUT THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN OFFERED AS A SOLUTION 3OME FARMERS ARE EAGER TO VACCINATE WHILE OTHERS DO NOT THINK THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM -R ,EIGHTON SAID h)F A VACCINATION CAME IN YES WE PROBABLY WOULD VAC CINATE OUR TURKEYS 4HEY RE ALL BREEDERS

WE PRODUCE BIRDS THAT PRODUCE EGGS THAT THEN GO ON TO FATTEN SO IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO INJECT THEM TWICE A DAY SO WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THAT ON BOARD h7E VACCINATE FOR ABOUT SEVEN DIS EASES ALREADY SO WHY NOT VACCINATE THEM AGAINST BIRD mU v -RS 6IALL HOWEVER IS NOT CON VINCED THAT VACCINATION IS THE SOLUTION 3HE SAID h) DON T THINK ) WOULD LIKE TO VACCINATE THEM 7E HAVE HEARD ARGU MENTS FOR AND AGAINST VACCINATION THE AGAINST BEING THAT ALTHOUGH YOU CAN VACCINATE THEM THE BIRDS WILL STILL CAR RY THE VIRUS SO THEY CAN STILL BE CARRIERS OF IT AND SPREAD IT TO OTHERS v #ULLING IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO AN EVENTUAL OUTBREAK BUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS QUESTIONABLE -RS 6IALL SAID h)S CULLING GOING TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING ANY FURTHER

)T DIDN T DO THAT WITH FOOT AND MOUTH 3ADLY ) THINK IT HAD MORE TO DO WITH WHAT THEY WERE FED AND MOVEMENT v h"UT IF YOU RE TOLD TO DO IT BY THE GOVERNMENT THEN YOU VE GOT TO DO IT 7E ARE GUIDED BY WHAT THEY TELL US TO DO NOT BY WHAT WE WANT TO DO v 4HE GOVERNMENT HAS CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE IN THE EVENT OF AN OUT BREAK .ORFOLK FARMERS HELD A MOCK BREAKOUT OF BIRD mU IN WHICH ALL POUL TRY FARMERS WERE ASKED TO OBSERVE AND SUBSEQUENTLY GIVE COMMENTS AS TO HOW $EFRA SHOULD HANDLE THE SITUATION h$EFRA HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE IN BRINGING THE POULTRY INDUSTRY ON BOARD 7E ARE HAVING OUR SAY ON HOW WE THINK THEY SHOULD DEAL WITH IT ) THINK THAT $EFRA HAVE TAKEN ON BOARD WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM FOOT AND MOUTH AND ) HOPE THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE DEALT WITH EFlCIENTLY v SAID -R ,EIGHTON (E AND -RS 6IALL BELIEVE THAT THE PLANS IN PLACE ARE ADEQUATE AND FAIR

AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES AS IT DID WITH FOOT AND MOUTH h)F $EFRA DOES HAVE A BREAKDOWN IN THE AREA AND YOU CAN PROVE YOUR BIO SE CURITY IS GOOD THEY WILL MONITOR YOU WITH BLOOD TESTS AND IF YOU PASS YOU WON T HAVE TO KILL YOUR POULTRY v SAID -R ,EIGHTON $ESPITE GOVERNMENT PLANS 4HE 4RANSPORT AND 'ENERAL 7ORKERS 5NION 4'75 IS ASKING FOR A FOUR STEP PLAN TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT COUNTRY SIDE POULTRY AND FOOD INDUSTRY WORK ERS 4HE 4'75 IS CALLING FOR GOVERN MENT lNANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POULTRY WORKERS AND OTHER STAFF WHO MAY BE TEMPORARILY LAID OFF IN THE EVENT OF A BIRD mU OUTBREAK -R ,EIGHTON AND -RS 6IALL BOTH HOPE TO BE COMPENSATED IF THEY ARE FORCED TO CULL BUT THEY ARE DOUBTFUL THAT THE COMPENSATION WILL BE AD EQUATE -RS 6IALL CONCLUDES h) JUST HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING ALL THAT IT CAN ) ALSO HOPE PEOPLE DON T PANIC )T S IMPORTANT TO REALISE THAT COOKED MEAT IS NOT HARMFUL 3OMETIMES THE MEDIA MAKE PEOPLE PANIC AND ) JUST HOPE THEY DON T v

7EDNESDAY TH -AY #ONCRETE

7E RE IN 5NHEALTHY %AST !NGLIA *ESSICA 2OBINSON ! #YSTIC &IBROSIS 4RUST SURVEY RELEASED ON 4HURS DAY REVEALED THAT OF PEOPLE SURVEYED IN %AST !NGLIA DO LESS THAN HOURS OF EXERCISE A WEEK

SECOND ONLY TO THE 3COTS WHOSE lGURE IS -OST OF US ARE UNABLE TO EXERCISE FOR AT LEAST MIN UTES UP TO lVE TIMES A WEEK

WHICH IS RECOMMENDED 4HE HIGHEST RANKING EXCUSE FOR NOT KEEPING lT WAS DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS -ARK 2ICHARDSON /LYM PIC SILVER MEDALLIST RUNNER AND 0ATRON OF THE #YSTIC &I BROSIS 4RUST EXPLAINS h%X ERCISE DOESN T HAVE TO LEAVE YOU EXHAUSTED FOR IT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR HEALTH !NY FORM OF EXERCISE THAT RAISES YOUR HEART RATE AND LEAVES YOU SLIGHTLY BREATH LESS IF DONE ON A REGULAR BA SIS IS EXTREMELY BENElCIAL v !S PART OF #YSTIC &IBRO SIS #& WEEK THE NATION WIDE CAMPAIGN h"IG "OUNCE v AIMS TO GET PEOPLE lT

)N THE MINORITY OF PEOPLE IN %AST !NGLIA DON T EXERCISE ENOUGH THROUGH BOUNCING EXERCISE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE #& 4RUST #& IS THE 5+ S MOST COMMON LIFE THREATENING IN HERITED DISEASE EACH WEEK IN THE 5+ lVE BABIES ARE BORN WITH #& AND IT CLAIMS THREE YOUNG LIVES

!LTHOUGH EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US THE BEN ElTS OF BOUNCING ARE GREATER FOR THOSE WITH #& "OUNC ING ENABLES THEM TO KEEP HEALTHY IN ORDER TO lGHT OFF POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING INFECTIONS AND IS ALSO A GREAT

WAY TO CLEAR THE MUCUS FROM THE LUNGS WHICH ATTRACTS IN FECTIONS '0S OFTEN SUGGEST BOUNCING AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE AVERAGE HOUR A DAY DOING PHYSIOTHERAPY -ONEY RAISED FROM THE "IG "OUNCE WILL GO TOWARDS

FUNDING RESEARCH INTO #& TREATMENT AND CURES THROUGH THE #& 4RUST FUNDED GENE THERAPY PROGRAMME AS WELL AS HELPING THE TRUST PROVIDE SUPPORT ADVICE AND CARE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH #& IN THE 5+ /THER STUDIES REVEAL THAT DESPITE THE OVERALL DECLINE IN EXERCISE MORE UNCONVEN TIONAL FORMS OF EXERCISE HAVE RISEN IN POPULARITY &OLLOW ING THE SUCCESS OF THE ""# S 3TRICTLY #OME $ANCING THE POPULARITY OF BALLROOM DANCING HAS INCREASED BY AND SALSA DANCING BY 4HE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS FROM %AST !NGLIA INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MOST LIKELY TO TRY AEROBICS MARTIAL ARTS OR ROCK CLIMBING

&ROM HOLDING A BOUNCY CASTLE PARTY TO SPACE HOPPING TO UNIVERSITY WHY NOT SUP PORT THE "IG "OUNCE AND GET IN THOSE RECOMMENDED HOURS OF EXERCISE BY BOUNCING YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH &OR FUNDRAISING PACKS OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW CFTRUST ORG UK "IG "OUNCE OR CALL

.ORWICH POLITICS IN LIMELIGHT AS #LARKE PAYS PRICE FOR BLUNDER *ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR .ORWICH 3OUTH -0 #HARLES #LARKE WAS SACKED FROM HIS POST OF HOME SECRETARY LAST WEEK IN AN ATTEMPT BY 4ONY "LAIR TO REFRESH HIS STAGNATING PARTY AND REA LIGN HIS #ABINET AFTER THIS MONTH S SERIES OF SCAN DALS #HARLES #LARKE HAS BEEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE LATEST ,A BOUR 0ARTY BLUNDER HAVING ALLOWED FOREIGN CRIMINALS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN DE PORTED TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO COMMUNITIES 4HE PUB LIC OUTRAGE GREW AS IT WAS REVEALED THAT SOME OF THESE CRIMINALS HAD RE OFFENDED AND THE HOME SECRETARY HAD WITHHELD THIS INFORMATION FROM THE PRIME MINISTER FOR A WEEK 9ET THE .ORWICH -0 RETAINED HIS JOB IN FACE OF PUBLIC DISAPPROVAL WITH 4ONY "LAIR SAYING HE MUST BE ALLOWED TO CARRY OUT HIS IN TENDED REFORMS (OWEVER IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT LOCAL ELEC TIONS IN WHICH ,ABOUR LOST

COUNCILLORS AND WAS RE DUCED TO THIRD PLACE BEHIND THE 4ORIES AND ,IB $EMS WITH ONLY PERCENT OF THE VOTE THE 0- COULD NO LONGER IGNORE PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS POLICIES #LARKE WAS OFFERED A NUMBER OF OTHER POSITIONS IN THE CABINET INCLUDING DE FENCE SECRETARY AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY BUT CHOSE INSTEAD TO RETURN TO THE BACK BENCHES /THER RESHUFmES INCLUDED A REDUCTION IN THE DEPUTY 0- *OHN 0RESCOTT S DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FORMER DEFENCE SECRETARY *OHN 2EID BECOMING HOME SECRETARY WITH $ES "ROWNE TAKING HIS OLD JOB *ACK 3TRAW WAS ALSO DEMOTED DURING "LAIR S DIS PLAY OF POWER AND -ARGARET "ECKETT REPLACES HIM AS FOR EIGN SECRETARY )N SPITE OF #HARLES #LARKE S RECENT FALL FROM GRACE IN HIS .ORWICH 3OUTH SEAT ,ABOUR MADE TWO GAINS

TAKING THE 5NIVERSITY AND ,AKENHAM WARDS !LTHOUGH THEY GAINED ONE MORE SEAT OVERALL THE ,IB $EMS LOST FOUR SEATS TO THE 'REENS AND TWO TO ,ABOUR MAKING

,OCAL RESIDENTS WENT TO THE POLLS ON 4HURSDAY -AY TH THEM THE LARGEST GROUP IN THE COUNCIL ALL BE IT WITHOUT A MAJORITY .ORWICH #ITY (ALL NOW STANDS AT ,ABOUR SEATS

,IB $EMS SEATS 'REENS NINE SEATS 4HE 'REENS WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR RESULT WHICH LEAVES THEM TIPPING THE BALANCE IN ANY VOTE 4HEY ALSO NOW BOAST THE GREAT EST 'REEN PRESENCE ON ANY COUNCIL IN THE COUNTRY HAV ING MADE CONSIDERABLE GAINS IN THESE ELECTIONS /NE OF THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILLORS IS 3TEVIE !LTMAN NEXT YEAR S 7ELFARE /FlCER .ORWICH 'REEN 0ARTY #ITY #OUNCILLOR AND 5%! LECTURER

$R 2UPERT 2EAD COMMENTED h7E ARE STARTING NOW TO BE TREATED AS SERIOUS CONTENDERS TO DEFEAT #HARLES #LARKE v (E DESCRIBED THE 'REENS GAIN OF FOUR .ORWICH SEATS AS hEX TRAORDINARYv AND ADDED THAT hTHE PEOPLE OF .ORWICH HAVE SHOWN ENORMOUS FAITH IN US AND WE EXPECT TO REWARD THEM BY GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND DELIVERING THE GREEN POLICIES THAT PEO PLE SO CLEARLY WANT h 4HE ,IB $EMS FROM WHOM THE 'REENS TOOK THEIR SUCCESS WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DID NOT MANAGE TO MAKE HEADWAY IN THE FACE OF ,ABOUR S RUN OF UNFORTUNATE

REVELATIONS /NE CANNOT DENY THAT THE LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS PROVE A DIRE OMEN FOR THE ,A BOUR 0ARTY WHICH HAS BEEN IN DECLINE EVER SINCE THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION 4HEIR LOSSES WERE COMPOUNDED BY THE ADVANCES OF THE ALLEGEDLY RE ORIENTATED #ONSERVATIVE 0AR TY WHO WON NEARLY AS MANY SEATS AS ,ABOUR LOST )T THEREFORE SEEMS DOUBT FUL THAT THE #ABINET RESHUFmE WILL BE ABLE TO PATCH TOGETH ER THIS DISILLUSIONED PARTY FROM WHICH THERE ARE ALREADY SOME CALLS FOR A TIMETABLE OF DEPARTURE FROM THEIR AGEING PREMIER

0OSITIVE WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT ! h0OSITIVE $EVELOPMENT 7EEKv WILL BE HELD AT 5%!

DURING THE EXAM PERIOD THIS -AY FEATURING A VARIETY OF SPEAKERS AND EVENTS ON THE THEME OF BRINGING INSPIRA TION AND EMPOWERMENT BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL 4HE ORGANISERS SAY THE WEEK IS hFOR EVERYONE WHO FEELS OVERWHELMED BY LO CAL OR GLOBAL ISSUES )T IS NOT ABOUT IGNORING THE NEGATIVE

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#RITICISM OVER SCIENCE CLOSURES .OT ENOUGH ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT UNIVERSI TIES FROM CLOSING THEIR SCI ENCE COURSES ACCORDING TO A GROUP OF -0S 4HE CRITICISMS COME AF TER 3USSEX 5NIVERSITY WAS ACCUSED OF MISHANDLING AT TEMPTS TO CLOSE ITS PRESTIGIOUS CHEMISTRY PROGRAMME 4HERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL DECLINE IN APPLICANTS FOR SCIENCE BASED COURSES WITH STUDENTS TURN ING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS SUCH AS CHEMISTRY

'ET A DEGREE IN JUST TWO YEARS 4HE GOVERNMENT HAS AN NOUNCED PLANS FOR TWO YEAR HONOURS DEGREES IN A BID TO CUT STUDENT DEBT 4HE hCOMPRESSEDv COURS ES WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES EARLY AND AVOID A FULL YEAR OF TUI TION FEES ACCORDING TO (IGH ER %DUCATION -INISTER "ILL 2AMMELL )T IS EXPECTED THAT UP TO HALF OF 5+ JOBS WILL RE QUIRE GRADUATES BY AND THE SCHEME HOPES TO ENCOUR AGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONSIDER HIGHER EDUCATION

#OCA #OLA OUT OF 53 SCHOOLS #OCA #OLA RECENTLY THE SUB JECT OF A BOYCOTT AT 5%!

HAS VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWN ITS PRODUCTS FROM 53 SCHOOLS FOLLOWING CRITICISMS THAT IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COUN TRY S OBESITY EPIDEMIC 4HE NEW AGREEMENT MEANS THAT SCHOOL VENDING MACHINES WILL ONLY PROVIDE DRINKS THAT ARE LOW IN SUGAR

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MANY DISTRESSED FACES CAN BE SEEN AROUND CAMPUS DESPER ATELY AVOIDING THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN THIS TERM IS OVER AND THEY ARE EJECTED FROM THIS lNE INSTITU TION 7HETHER YOU ARE A SECOND YEAR LOOKING FOR AN INTERNSHIP OR PLANNING YOUR FUTURE CAREER OR A lNALIST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE PERMA NENT CAREER DECISIONS CAN BE STRESSFUL

SO HERE ARE SOME EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS THAT MAY HELP TO EASE THE LOAD -OST OF US ENVISAGE THE STANDARD PROCEDURE WHEN THE TOPIC OF JOBS IS MENTIONED n A LONG SEARCH SWIFTLY FOL LOWED BY REPLIES TELLING US THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE (OWEVER

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS 4HERE IS A WEALTH OF ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO YOU IT IS THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERING AND EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE GOOD CAREER DECISIONS &IRSTLY SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAY THAT STUDENTS CAN ENTER EM PLOYMENT )T IS TRUE THAT MORE EM PLOYERS ARE ENROLLING GRADUATES ON TRAINING SCHEMES EARLIER MEANING THAT MANY OF THESE WILL HAVE ORIGINATED WITH STUDENTS IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OR PRE #HRISTMAS THIRD YEAR AND ARRANGE MENTS WILL ALREADY BE IN PLACE )F THIS IS NOT YOU DO NOT PANIC THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ENTERING EMPLOYMENT DO NOT DO SO THROUGH GRADUATE TRAINING SCHEMES 4HERE ARE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF ATTRACTIVE TO EMPLOYERS %XPERIENCE IS A VITAL FACET TO ANY #6 OR APPLICATION AND WORKING TO GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE MAY BE EXTREMELY BENElCIAL TO YOUR CHANCES OF EMPLOYMENT 4HE KEY TO ANY SEARCH IS GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION 4HE lRST STOP FOR MANY STUDENTS MAY BE THE 5%! #AREERS #ENTRE ! VALUABLE RESOURCE THAT IS UN

DERUSED BY MANY STUDENTS THE #AREERS #ENTRE PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE SERV ICE FOR STUDENTS TO HELP AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PROCESS !NNE "ENSON $IREC TOR OF THE #AREERS #ENTRE THINKS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR STUDENTS TO CONSIDER h)N A NUTSHELL WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THE NEXT STAGE BEYOND 5%! v SHE SAYS 4HE #AREERS #ENTRE OPERATES A MIX TURE OF ONE TO ONE INTERVIEWS FOR STU DENTS WHO HAVE NO lXED IDEAS ABOUT A CAREER AND WORKSHOPS AND COURSES TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO GET THE JOB THEY WANT 4HERE IS ALSO A LARGE QUANTITY OF CONTACT INFORMATION ABOUT PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS AND CURRENT VACANCIES ALONG WITH GUIDANCE FROM ADVISERS ABOUT HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT 4HE #AREERS #ENTRE WEBSITE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE 5%!

INTRANET CONTAINS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICES ON OFFER !NOTHER USEFUL RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND EM PLOYERS ALIKE IS WWW PROSPECTS AC UK 4HIS IS A SERVICE WRITTEN AND MAIN TAINED MAINLY BY UNIVERSITY CAREER CEN TRE ADVISERS ACROSS THE 5+ AND COVERS ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF GRADUATE CAREER CHOICES FROM CAREERS FAIRS AND ADVER TISED VACANCIES TO INFORMATION REGARD ING POSTGRADUATE STUDY !NOTHER GREAT SOURCE OF EMPLOY MENT INFORMATION IS PRIVATE SECTOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES 4HERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE BOOM IN RECENT YEARS IN ON LINE RECRUITMENT AGENCIES BOTH INDUS TRY SPECIlC AGENCIES LOOKING FOR A PAR TICULAR SKILLS MATCH AND THOSE WHOSE MAIN AIM IS TO RECRUIT NEW GRADUATES 4HESE ARE MAINLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERNET VIA A 'OOGLE SEARCH AND BECOMING A MEMBER IS SIMPLE -ANY AGENCIES WILL DO THE HARD WORK FOR YOU AND SIGN YOU UP FOR REGULAR ALERTS WHEN SUITABLE JOBS BECOME AVAILABLE RELIEV ING SOME OF THE PRESSURE OF HUNTING FOR THE PERFECT JOB 4HE INTERNET PROVIDES AN EXTREMELY USEFUL TOOL FOR THE JOB SEARCH BUT DO

NOT FORGET TO CONSIDER PRINT SOURCES -ANY NATIONAL PAPERS HAVE EXTENSIVE RECRUITMENT SECTIONS (OWEVER THESE JOBS OFTEN PROVE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND APPLICANTS WILL LIKELY FACE STIFF COMPETITION &OR THOSE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ,ONDON 4HE %VENING 3TANDARD PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE

FROM THE BEST STUDENTS (OWEVER THANKS TO AN INTRODUC TION OF A VAST QUANTITY OF PRIVATE RE CRUITMENT AGENCIES AND THE RISE IN THE POWER OF THE INTERNET AS A SOURCE OF IN FORMATION OVER THE LAST DECADE SMALLER lRMS ARE NOW BECOMING MORE ACCESSI BLE TARGETS FOR RECENT GRADUATES LOOKING

4HE KEY TO ANY SEARCH IS GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND THE lRST STOP FOR MANY STUDENTS WILL BE THE 5%! #AREERS #ENTRE GUIDE TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE #ITY PUB LISHING A WIDE SELECTION OF VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FROM ACCOUNT ANTS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS .ATIONALLY 4HE 'UARDIAN PRODUCES A COMPARABLE SUPPLEMENT EACH DAY EX CEPT &RIDAY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING CHARITY POSTS AND SPECIALIST GRADUATE RECRUITMENT PAGES 'UARDIAN 5NLIM ITED THE COMPANION WEBSITE FOR THE 'UARDIAN NEWSPAPER ALSO HAS AN EX TENSIVE RANGE COMPRISING THOUSANDS OF JOBS ALONG WITH INFORMATION ABOUT JOB TRENDS AND ADVICE ON HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE RIGHT PERSONALISED JOB SEARCH FOR YOU 3EE HTTP JOBS GUARDIAN CO UK FOR MORE DETAILS 'ETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT RESEARCHING JOBS BUT ALSO THE STATE OF THE JOBS MARKET AND THE JOB IN QUESTION 4HE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF DEMAND FOR LABOUR IN THE 5+ MEANS THIS IS A DYNAMIC MARKET AND THE MARKET FOR GRADUATES IS NO EX CEPTION !S MENTIONED BIG lRMS ARE SHIFTING AWAY FROM STANDARD APPLICA TIONS FROM GRADUATES TOWARDS A MORE GRADUATE TRAINING ORIENTATED SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE A COMMITMENT

FOR A JOB &IRMS WILL ALSO EXPECT A REA SONABLE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE JOB OR INDUSTRY YOU ARE BECOMING INVOLVED WITH ! LITTLE BACK GROUND RESEARCH CAN GO A LONG WAY AND HELP TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE A SERIOUS AND DEDICATED APPLICANT /NCE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE PROACTIVE !PPLICATIONS THAT RECEIVE NO RESPONSE CAN BE FRUSTRATING BUT PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION IS THE KEY TO GETTING YOUR DESIRED POST OR CAREER n EXPECT FEEDBACK FROM EMPLOYERS AND DO NOT BE AFRAID TO FOLLOW UP UNRETURNED AP PLICATIONS %MMA #LIFFORD A THIRD YEAR %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE STUDENT THINKS PERSISTENCE IS IMPORTANT h)F YOU DON T MAKE THE SHORTLIST GENERALLY COMPA NIES DON T REPLY v SHE SAYS h3OMETIMES THEY NEED A REMINDER v &INALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE IN GETTING THE JOB YOU WANT IS TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND WORK HARD TO GET IT 4HE SOURCES HERE MAY BE ABLE TO GET YOU STARTED AND HELP YOU DECIDE WHAT IT IS YOU WANT BUT THE EMPHASIS IS ON YOU AS A GRADUATE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WWW UEA AC UK CAREERS

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SO HERE S TO HOPING THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE SUNNY DAYS TO COME 7E MAY NOT LIVE IN !US TRALIA OR EVEN HAVE VERY WARM WEATHER MOST OF THE TIME BUT THE "RITISH ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR LOVE OF BARBEQUES 7E VE ALL SEEN THAT -AS TERCARD ADVERT AND HAVE ALL PROBABLY SEEN A BLOKE WEARING SHORTS TRYING TO START A BARBIE IN THE RAIN 3OMETIMES WITH AN UMBRELLA A PHOTO OF WHICH IS SURELY MORE PRICELESS THAN KEEPING FAITH IN THE WEATHER .OW THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAMPUS DWELLING STUDENTS HAVE TO BOAST ABOUT n ROLLING OUT OF BED lVE MINUTES BEFORE LECTURES AND ROLLING BACK FROM THE PUB OR ,#2 AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT "UT ONE THING THAT IS FAN TASTIC ABOUT LIVING OFF CAMPUS AND IN A HOUSE WITH A GARDEN YARD IS THE CHANCE TO HAVE A BIT OF A SUMMER BAR BEQUE )T MIGHT BE WISE HOWEVER TO EXPLORE A FEW TIPS AND TRICKS n BECAUSE THERE S NOTHING WORSE THAN GIVING YOUR MATES FOOD POISONING .OW WE ARE STUDENTS SO LET S BE RE ALISTIC n WHILE YOU MAY WANT TO GO ALL OUT AND BUY A PROPER LITTLE ""1 FROM SOME CHEAP CATALOGUE STORE YOU COULD

JUST GET A DISPOSABLE BARBEQUE !VAIL ABLE FROM VARIOUS PLACES WE PICKED ONE UP FROM A LARGE FOOD SUPERSTORE FOR JUST UNDER a n CHEAP AND CHEER FUL 9OU LL PROBABLY ONLY EVER HAVE ONE ""1 ANYWAY AND IT MEANS MORE MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON THE MUCH NEEDED BOTTLES OF CHILLED BEER TOO !PPARENTLY EVEN IF YOU DON T OWN A STATE OF THE ART BARBEQUE THERMOM ETER THERE IS A WAY TO CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR BARBIE IS READY TO COOK ON &IRST LY REMEMBER THAT THE mAMES SHOULD BE LEFT TO BURN OUT n YOU JUST WANT THE GLOWING COALS .EXT AND VERY EXCIT INGLY PRIMITIVE IF YOU CAN HOLD YOUR HAND SIX INCHES CM ABOVE THE BAR BIE FOR lVE SECONDS THEN YOU VE GOT A PERFECT MEDIUM HIGH HEAT ON WHICH TO GRILL /F COURSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT FREAKY FRIEND WITH ASBESTOS HANDS WHO CAN HOLD THEIR HAND THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT JUST IGNORE THEM AND USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT 7HEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT USE YOUR CAVEMAN OR WOMAN INSTINCTS 3O YOU VE GOT THE OBVIOUS MENU BURGERS SAUSAGES AND KEBABS AND WHILE THESE MAKE UP A TRULY CLASSIC ""1 FEAST THEY POSE TWO POTENTIAL PROBLEMS /NE WHAT ABOUT YOUR VEG

GIE FRIENDS AND TWO WHERE MEAT AND ""1S MEET THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE OF KILLING YOUR MATES !ND CHAR GRILLED VEGETABLES CAN BE SO YUMMY )N PRIMITIVE MODE IT IS INEVITABLE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WITHOUT SOME MEAT SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING RULES .EVER USE THE SAME UTENSILS OR SUR FACES FOR RAW AND COOKED MEAT $ON T LEAVE RAW MEAT OUT OF THE FRIDGE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME !LWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER YOU VE TOUCHED RAW MEAT #OOK MEAT THOROUGHLY PROPERLY COOKED MEAT HAS CLEAR JUICES WHEN CUT (ERE ARE A FEW IDEAS FOR BOTH VEG ETARIAN AND MEAT BARBEQUE DELICACIES 4RY ROUGHLY CHOPPED ""1 GRILLED VEGETABLES WITH CREAM CHEESE IN A PITTA BREAD )N A SMALL BOWL MIX TOGETHER SOME HERBS AND SPICES n EXPERIMENT n AND RUB INTO THE MEAT BEFORE GRILLING 'ET SOME NICE BIG CORN ON THE COB

BRUSH ON SOME OIL AND ADD A KNOB OF BUTTER AND WRAP IN SOME SILVER FOIL 0UT ON THE ""1 FOR MINUTES RE MOVE THE FOIL AND CONTINUE COOKING FOR MINUTES 9UM

2ECIPE 3UNSET 0ASTA "AKE &OR ONE BAKE WHICH SERVES TWO PEO PLE YOU WILL NEED 4IN OF CHOPPED TOMATOES DRAINED AND BLENDED TO A PUREE 4WO TABLESPOONS CRÒME FRAICHE — COURGETTE SMALL MUSHROOMS CHICKEN BREAST DICED 4WO HANDFULS PASTA E G SPIRALS 3EASONING n SALT PEPPER AND NUTMEG !DD THE PUREE TO A SAUCEPAN AND BRING TO A SIMMER !DD THE CRÒME FRAI CHE "RING A SAUCEPAN OF WATER TO THE BOIL FOR THE PASTA

!LLOW TO SIMMER FOR TWO MINUTES AND ADD THE CHICKEN !DD THE PASTA TO THE SAUCEPAN OF WATER #OOK FOR lVE MINUTES AND THEN ADD THE COURGETTE AND MUSHROOM n BOTH DICED #OOK FOR A FURTHER lVE MINUTES AND SEASON $RAIN THE PASTA AND ADD TO THE SAUCE 0UT THE MIXTURE INTO A SUITABLY SIZED OVENPROOF DISH AND TOP WITH CHEESE 3EASON AND PUT INTO THE OVEN AT A ME DIUM TEMPERATURE FOR TEN MINUTES OR UNTIL THE CHEESE IS GOLDEN 3ERVE WITH SALAD AND OR GARLIC BREAD

!FTER NUMEROUS DELAYS THE FAMOUS CHAIN RESTAURANT 7AGAMAMA OPENED ITS lRST .ORWICH OUTLET IN THE #HAPELlELD MALL LAST MONTH 4HE QUESTION IS WAS IT WORTH THE WAIT n AND WHAT CAN THE BIG NAME OF *APANESE COOKERY OFFER THE HOARDS OF SHOPPERS IN OUR lNE CITY 4HE ANSWER IS PLENTY &OR STARTERS THERE IS THE NOVELTY OF THE VENUE ITSELF 4HE SEATING IS REMINISCENT OF A PARTICU LARLY CLASSY SCHOOL DINER ALL LONG TABLES AND WOODEN BENCHES WHICH MEANS YOU COULD lND YOURSELF EATING ALONGSIDE COMPLETE STRANGERS 7ITH SUCH A COM MUNAL ATMOSPHERE IT S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PLACE TO HOLD A CONlDENTIAL BUSI NESS MEETING )T S ALSO AS ONE OF OUR GROUP NOTED AFTER GRAPPLING WITH SOME PARTICULARLY HEFTY NOODLES NOT THE PLACE FOR A lRST DATE 4HIS IS FOOD TO RELISH AND IF YOU RE NOT ADEPT WITH THE CHOPSTICKS CUTLERY IS PROVIDED ONLY ON REQUEST IT COULD BE A PRETTY MESSY EVENING 2ICE DISHES CAME WITH TART VEGETA BLE PICKLES AND MISO SOUP WHILE THE NOODLES WERE SUBSTANTIAL AND DISTINCTLY MOREISH 4HE DISHES WERE COOKED WELL

BUT LOST THE DISTINCTIVE mAVOURS OF THEIR SEPARATE INGREDIENTS AGAINST OVERPOWER ING SAUCES -ORE INVENTIVE WERE THE PUDDINGS

WHICH MIXED SWEET AND SPICY mAVOURS WITH PANACHE 4HE WHITE CHOCOLATE AND GINGER CHEESECAKE WAS ESPECIALLY WORTH SAVING ROOM FOR AND THE MANGO PARFAIT hWITH A HINT OF CURRYv WILL BE TOP OF THE LIST FOR A RETURN VISIT

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH -AY

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! LITTLE TASTE OF 4URKISH DELIGHT 7ITH ITS RICH HISTORY AND UNIQUE MIX OF CULTURES )STANBUL IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A CITY BREAK 7ILL 'REAVES BROWSES THE BAZAARS AND TRIES THE FAMOUS 4URKISH BATH

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MANY STUDENTS TOOK THE OPPORTU NITY TO ESCAPE THE CONCRETE JUNGLE THAT IS 5%! .OT ONE TO MISS OUT ON A FREE HOLIDAY ) TOO LEFT BEHIND AN UNSEASONABLY COLD %NGLAND JOINING MY FAMILY ON A TRIP TO )STANBUL )F YOU CAN OVERCOME CON CERNS ABOUT 4URKEY S POOR HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AND THE BIRD mU SCARE

THEN YOU RE IN FOR A TREAT &IRST STOP WAS OUR HOTEL 3ITUATED IN /LD )STANBUL AND A STONE S THROW FROM THE MAIN SITES THE (ISTORIA IS A QUAINT

/TTOMAN STYLE BUILDING WHICH BOASTS GREAT VIEWS OF THE 3EA OF -ARMARIS !

BRIEF EVENING STROLL THROUGH ONE OF )S TANBUL S MANY BAZAARS GAVE US OUR lRST TASTE OF THE CULTURE AS DID THE LOUD SPEAKERS CALLING THE LOCALS TO PRAYER (OWEVER WE WERE DRAWN BY A MORE CORPOREAL CALLING HUNGER 4HE FOOD IN THE 2AMI RESTAURANT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE "LUE -OSQUE OFFERS TYPICAL

SMALL DISHES FORMING THE STARTER AND EVEN A STRANGE YOGHURT DRINK !YRAN WERE SWIFTLY DISPATCHED 4HE BEST PLACE TO START YOUR )STAN BUL CITY BREAK IS HISTORIC 3ULTANAHMET 3QUARE )T S EASY TO SEE WHY THIS IS THE MOST TOURIST LADEN AREA OF THE CITY (AVING FORMED THE HEART OF "YZAN TIUM #ONSTANTINOPLE AND THE /TTO MAN %MPIRE THE SQUARE IS SHADOWED

BY TWO OF THE MOST FANTASTIC ECCLESIASTI CAL BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD THE (AGHIA 3OPHIA AND THE "LUE -OSQUE 4HE FORMER MORE THAN YEARS OLD IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF EARLY "YZ ANTINE ARCHITECTURE ! CENTRAL DOME RIS ES ABOVE THE CITY BUTTRESSED BY SEVERAL SMALLER DOMES WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED OVER THE YEARS FOR SUPPORT )NSIDE VISI TORS GAZE IN WONDER AT NUMEROUS IN TRICATE MOSAICS AND 2OMANESQUE CEIL INGS 4HE LESS ANCIENT "LUE -OSQUE

WHICH TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PRE DOMINANTLY BLUE TILEWORK DECORATING ITS INTERIOR IS NO LESS STUNNING !FTER REMOVING YOUR SHOES IN LINE WITH THE -USLIM FAITH YOU ENTER THE HUSHED

!CTING AS A LOCATION FOR GOSSIP BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND RELAXATION THE 4URKISH BATH OR HAMAM IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE MODERN 4URKISH CUISINE )F YOUR ONLY EXPERIENCE OF THIS SO FAR HAS BEEN A DONER KEBAB ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES ROAD

THINK AGAIN 4URKISH FOOD IS A DELICIOUS FUSION OF -EDITERRANEAN AND -IDDLE %ASTERN SO THAT EVENING S MEZE MANY

MOSQUE TO DISCOVER REMARKABLE SWIRL ING ARABESQUES PAINTED ONTO THE IN TERIOR OF THE DOMES 4RY TO REVISIT IT AT NIGHT WHEN THE GRACEFUL CASCADES OF ITS DOMES ARE mOODLIT TO STUNNING EFFECT 4HE AFTERNOON COULD THEN BE SPENT

STROLLING ALONG THE HISTORIC THOROUGH FARE OF $IVAN 9OLU SHOWCASING AN INTENSE AND NOISY STREET LIFE IN WHICH SHOPKEEPERS AND SHOPPERS ARE EN GAGED IN GOOD NATURED BANTER DRINK ING TEA AS IF THEIR LIVES DEPENDED ON IT )N DIRECT CONTRAST TO THE FRENZY OF )STANBUL S STREETS VISITING A HAMAM BATH PROVIDES A lTTING OPPORTUNITY TO UNWIND AND SAMPLE ONE OF 4URKEY S MOST FAMOUS EXPORTS 0ASSED FROM THE 2OMANS TO THE "YZANTINES THE HAMAM IS FAR MORE THAN SIMPLY A PLACE TO WASH !CTING AS A LOCATION FOR GOSSIP BUSINESS TRANSAC TIONS AND RELAXATION THE 4URKISH BATH IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE ) RECOMMEND THE HISTORIC #AGALOGLU (AMAM WHICH HAS ATTRACTED THE LIKES OF &LORENCE .IGHTINGALE AND EVEN #AMERON $IAZ !FTER CHANGING IN YOUR COMPARTMENT

CLUTCHING YOUR JUDICIOUSLY PLACED TOWEL YOU ARE LED TO THE HOT ROOM TO SIT AND SWEAT FOR A WHILE 4HIS IS FOL LOWED BY A VERY RIGOROUS MASSAGE AFTER WHICH THE ATTENDANT PROCEEDS TO DOUSE YOU WITH HOT WATER LATHER YOU WITH A SUDSY SWAB AND THEN SCRUB YOU TO EX TRACT DIRT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD 4HE EXPERIENCE ENDS WITH A SOBERING TRIP TO THE COOL ROOM ! DAY SHOULD CERTAINLY BE SET ASIDE TO EXPLORE THE "OSPHORUS VIA FERRY 4HE SIGNIlCANT GEOGRAPHY OF THIS STRAIT

WHICH SEPARATES %UROPE FROM !SIA

HAS OVER THE CENTURIES SEEN THE LIKES OF /DYSSEUS /TTOMAN ARMIES AND !LLIED FRIGATES PASS THROUGH 4ODAY IT STILL ACTS AS A VITAL LINK WITH HUNDREDS OF COM MUTERS TRAVELLING ACROSS IT DAILY !S WE CRISSCROSSED BETWEEN THE TWO COASTS THE FERRY GRADUALLY ADVANCED NORTHWARDS TOWARDS THE $EAD 3EA SHOWCASING A FABULOUS ARRAY OF MODERN APARTMENTS

HISTORIC CASTLES AND OTHER IMPRESSIVE

BUILDINGS ! SHORT STOP FOR LUNCH IN A CHARMING LITTLE BAY AND THE SIGHTING OF THREE SMALL DOLPHINS PROVIDED A lT TING END TO OUR EXCURSION "ACK ON DRY LAND SEEK OUT THE !LI -UHIDDIN STORE TO SAMPLE ANOTHER STAPLE OF THE COUN TRY 4URKISH $ELIGHT 6ISITING THIS SHOP

ESTABLISHED BY THE EPONYMOUS INVEN TOR OF THIS DELICIOUSLY GOOEY CONFEC TION IN YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH A PLETHORA OF BRIGHTLY COLOURED AND DIF FERENTLY SHAPED SWEETS 3PEND YOUR lNAL DAY EXPLORING THE LABYRINTHINE 'RAND "AZAAR AND ITS MORE COLOURFUL COUSIN THE 3PICE "AZAAR .OTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THE FORMER COUNTLESS ALLEYWAYS COV ERED BY PAINTED STONE VAULTS ARE LINED WITH THOUSANDS OF BOOTH LIKE SHOPS

WHOSE WARES SPILL OUT INTO THE ALLEY WAYS "EFORE ENTERING MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A GOOD MOOD 4HE MISCHIEVOUS SHOPKEEPERS LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN A GOOD BARTER AND EXPECT SHOPPERS TO ENGAGE IN THE ART $ESPITE THE INEVITA BLE TAT ON SALE TRUE GEMS CAN BE UN EARTHED FOR THOSE WILLING TO SEARCH IN CLUDING MAGNIlCENT RUGS 3MALLER AND MORE MANAGEABLE THE 3PICE "AZAAR IS EVEN MORE FUN 4HIS , SHAPED MARKET CONTAINS STALLS SELLING AN INTRIGUING ARRAY OF SPICES FROM THE ORIENT HERBS

NUTS HONEY AND EVEN HERBAL LOVE PO TIONS AND 4URKISH 6IAGRA )F YOU HAVE THE LUXURY OF MORE TIME THERE ARE ENDLESS WORTHWHILE DESTINATIONS INCLUDING THE WONDER FULLY PLACID 3ULEYMANIYE -OSQUE AND THE GRANDIOSE 4OPKAPI PALACE )STANBUL OFFERS GREAT SHOPPING STUNNING ARCHI TECTURE AND DELICIOUS FOOD BUT MOST SIGNIlCANTLY THE VISITOR GETS TO SAMPLE THE RICH %UROPEAN !SIAN CULTURAL MIX HERE IN )STANBUL EAST AND WEST MEET IN TRULY CHARMING FASHION

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4AKING THE STRESS OUT OF EXAM SEASON !S THE SUMMER TERM GETS UNDERWAY STRESS LEVELS ARE RISING ACROSS CAMPUS #LARE !ITCHISON LOOKS AT WAYS TO RELAX AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BETWEEN THE EXAMS

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Y NOW MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY IN THE THICK OF YOUR EXAMS ! LUCKY FEW OF YOU MAY HAVE lNISHED ALREADY

BUT FOR SOME OF YOU ME INCLUD ED THE JOYS OF THREE HOURS STUCK IN #ONGREGATION (ALL WITH A TOTALLY BLANK MIND ARE YET TO COME %XAMS ARE STRESS FUL THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT (OW EVER WELL PREPARED YOU ARE YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL AS IF YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE

HAVING POOR MEMORY TO GETTING ANGRY AND DEPRESSED 0HYSICALLY STRESS CAN WREAK ALL SORTS OF HAVOC ON YOUR BODY FROM SWEAT ING AND HYPERVENTILATING TO DIARRHOEA AND INDIGESTION !DRENALINE ALSO SUP PRESSES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM SO BEING STRESSED FOR A LONG TIME CAN MAKE YOU PICK UP MORE INFECTIONS .ONE OF THIS IS VERY USEFUL WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR AN EXAM !NOTHER PROBLEM THAT CAN ARISE DURING THE EXAM PERIOD IS LACK OF SLEEP )T IS NATURAL TO FEEL THAT ANY TIME SPENT

3TRESS MANIFESTS ITSELF IN MANY WAYS FROM BEING UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE TO HAVING POOR MEMORY AND GETTING ANGRY OR DEPRESSED MORE WORK AND FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF US THIS IS PROBABLY THE CASE (OW EVER ALTHOUGH IT CERTAINLY HELPS TO BE AS PREPARED AS YOU CAN BE FOR AN EXAM

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME OUT TO RELAX 3TRESS MANIFESTS ITSELF IN MANY WAYS !LTHOUGH THE STRESS RESPONSE CAN BE USEFUL WHEN FACED WITH AN IMMEDI ATE PROBLEM SUCH AS YOUR BRAKES FAIL ING CHRONIC STRESS CAN CAUSE ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS FOR THE MIND AND BODY 4HE PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF STRESS RANGE FROM BEING UNABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND

IN BED IS TIME WASTED WHEN IT COULD BE SPENT REVISING 9OU CAN BE SURE TO lND MANY STUDENTS IN THE HOUR COM PUTER ROOM SWIGGING 2ED "ULL TO TRY TO KEEP THEMSELVES AWAKE WHILST THEY CRAM EVEN MORE INFORMATION INTO THEIR ALREADY FULL BRAINS !LTHOUGH SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS HAVE FORMED DURING THESE ALL NIGHTERS IT IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR SELF ACADEMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY 7HILE IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A WORTH WHILE TRADE OFF GETTING A FEW HOURS LESS SLEEP TO GET A FEW HOURS MORE REVI

SION IS IN FACT GOING TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD 0SYCHOLOGISTS HAVE SHOWN THAT RATS WHICH LEARN TO GET ROUND A MAZE BUT WHO ARE THEN DEPRIVED OF SLEEP FOR GET THEIR ROUTE IN THE MORNING BUT THE RATS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO SLEEP RE MEMBER WITH NO PROBLEMS 2%- SLEEP n DREAMING n IS YOUR BRAIN S ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED DURING THE DAY 3O IF YOU STAY UP ALL NIGHT CRAMMING YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT THAN IF YOU SLEEP ON IT GIVING YOUR MIND THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT ALL IN !DD TO THAT THE FACT THAT YOUR EXAM PERFORMANCE WILL BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY YOUR TIREDNESS AND YOU HARDLY HAVE THE RECIPE FOR SUC CESS "UT OF COURSE IF YOU RE STRESSED

THEN YOU MAY lND IT DIFlCULT TO RELAX ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SLEEP IN THE lRST PLACE )N WHICH CASE ) THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE SOME TRIED AND TESTED RELAXATION TIPS &IRST CHOOSE A QUIET PLACE WHERE YOU CAN T BE INTERRUPTED THE HOUR COMPUTER ROOM MAY NOT BE IDEAL IN THIS CASE AND DO A BIT OF GENTLE STRETCH ING JUST TO HELP YOUR MUSCLES TO RELAX .OW GET COMFORTABLE EITHER SITTING OR EVEN BETTER LYING DOWN 3TART BREATHING SLOWLY DEEPLY AND CALMLY 3TARTING WITH YOUR FEET AND WORKING ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR HEAD

TENSE EACH MUSCLE AND THEN RELAX IT !S YOU FOCUS ON EACH AREA IT SHOULD FEEL HEAVY AND WARM )F ANY THOUGHTS OF WORK COME INTO YOUR HEAD ACKNOWL

EDGE THEM BUT THEN PUT THEM ASIDE 4ELL YOURSELF YOU WILL DEAL WITH THEM LATER 4O HELP YOUR MIND EMPTY IMAG INE YOURSELF SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU ARE CALM AND HAPPY SUCH AS A BEACH OR A GARDEN 9OU SHOULD STAY LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT MINUTES AT LEAST "UT IF YOU FALL ASLEEP WHILE YOU RE DOING IT DON T WORRY YOU PROBABLY NEEDED TO 4RY TO TAKE THIS TIME OUT FOR RELAXATION AT LEAST ONCE A DAY )F YOU ARE HAVING TROU BLE SLEEPING THEN CARRY IT OUT IN BED AS YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP )F YOU ARE STILL HAVING DIFlCULTY SLEEPING THEN GET A LITTLE EXERCISE DURING THE DAY AND CUT OUT THE CAFFEINE ) UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ADVICE MAY SOUND COUNTER INTUITIVE IF YOU THINK THAT YOU NEED TO SPEND EVERY POSSI BLE MOMENT CRAMMING FOR YOUR NEXT EXAM "UT THIS NEEDN T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND AN HOUR OR TWO OF TIME FOR YOURSELF RELAXING EXER CISING AND EATING A DECENT MEAL IS TIME WELL SPENT IF IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU ARE STARING BLANKLY AT YOUR TEXT BOOKS !ND A GOOD NIGHT S SLEEP AND BY THAT ) MEAN HOURS WILL IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY AND YOUR CON CENTRATION THEREBY MAXIMISING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT -OST IMPORTANTLY REMEMBER THAT SOON THIS WILL ALL BE OVER A DISTANT MEMORY 3TRETCHING AHEAD OF YOU IS A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SUMMER OF FUN AND ADVENTURE UNTIL YOU HAVE TO lND A JOB EARN SOME MONEY PAY OFF STUDENT DEBTS THINK ABOUT A CAREERx !ARGH 'OOD LUCK EVERYONE

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BUT HOW PRACTICAL IS THE PROPOSED SOLUTION 4HERE ARE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF NITRATE IN OUR WATER WHICH ARE THREAT ENING AQUATIC WILDLIFE AND ULTIMATELY

AFFECTING OUR WATER SUPPLY $IFFUSE POLLUTANTS IN THIS CASE NITRATES EN TER THE WATER SYSTEM VIA WIDE AREAS OF LAND OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME MAK ING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND REVERSE THE PROCESS !RABLE FARMING IS HELD RESPONSI BLE FOR THESE RAISED LEVELS OF NITRATES

WHEREAS THE NITRATES USED IN FERTILIS

ERS AND PESTICIDES LEACH FROM THE LAND INTO WATER WAYS 4HIS IS AN ESPECIALLY LARGE PROBLEM WHICH IS EXACERBATED IN %AST !NGLIA WHERE THERE IS LESS RAIN TO DILUTE THE NITRATES /NE POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO BE CON SIDERED HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY !$!3

ONE OF "RITAIN S HIGHLY RESPECTED AG RICULTURAL ADVICE ORGANISATIONS 4HEY STATE THAT ARABLE FARMLAND WILL HAVE TO BE REDUCED BY OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS WITH THE FREE LAND BEING LEFT TO NATURE 4HEY CLAIM THAT THIS IS THE ONLY FEASIBLE WAY TO MEET THE %UROPEAN 5N IONS S LIMITS OF NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS IN INLAND WATER BY THE YEAR 5NSURPRISINGLY THESE RECOMMEN DATIONS HAVE MET WITH DERISION FROM THE FARMING COMMUNITY 4HEY HAVE ARGUED THAT CUTTING FARMLAND BY SUCH A DRAMATIC AMOUNT WILL FORCE "RITAIN

TO REVERT TO MEDIEVAL METHODS OF FARM ING 4HE BIGGEST PROBLEM POSED BY THIS SUGGESTION IS THAT NOWADAYS WE HAVE TO FEED A POPULATION TEN TIMES THE SIZE IT WAS IN -EDIEVAL "RITAIN %NGLAND WOULD BE FORCED TO IMPORT MUCH OF ITS FOOD AS A RESULT !NDREW !LSTON HEAD OF .ORFOLK &ARM -ANAGEMENT SAID THIS ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS h)F !$!3 HAS ITS WAY ON THIS WE RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO SURVIVE OFF FRESH AIR v !LTHOUGH THIS WOULD HELP "RITAIN S OBESITY PROBLEM THE PROPOSAL ALSO THREATENS THE EXISTENCE OF MANY JOBS )N %AST !NGLIA ALONE

THE FARMING INDUSTRY SUPPORTS

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PEOPLE .UMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 5+ WHO HAVE EPILEPSY .UMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GRADUAT ING FROM UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR 4HE POPULATION OF %DINBURGH

YEAR 4HE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES FOR MILLION CARS TO BE SOLD WORLD WIDE 4HE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES FOR MILLION BIKES TO BE SOLD WORLD WIDE 4HE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES FOR MILLION COMPUTERS TO BE SOLD WORLD WIDE

$INO DISCOVERED IN SEA 4ERRESTRIAL DINOSAUR FOSSIL IS FOUND IN THE .ORTH 3EA

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PALAEONTOLO GIST HAS IDEN TIFIED A FOSSIL

FOUND NINE YEARS AGO AT A .ORWEGIAN OFF SHORE OIL DRILL ING PLATFORM

AS THE FIRST DINOSAUR FOSSIL TO BE FOUND IN .ORWAY (E ALSO BELIEVES IT TO BE THE DEEP EST TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 4HE SPECIMEN WAS TAKEN FROM KM BENEATH THE .ORTH 3EA mOOR AND IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN AND MILLION YEARS OLD *OHN (ARALD (URUM OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF /SLO BELIEVES THE SPECIMEN TO BE THE KNUCKLEBONE OF A 0LATEOSAURUS 4HE 0LATEOSAURUS WHICH LITERALLY MEANS hmAT LIZARDv HAS BEEN IDENTI lED IN FOSSILS THROUGHOUT %UROPE IN

CLUDING DIFFERENT SPECIES SOME REACH ING UP TO M LONG )T IS THE LARGEST DINOSAUR KNOWN TO HAVE EXISTED DURING THE 4RIASSIC 0ERIOD OF THE -ESOZOIC ERA )TS CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT IT WAS PART OF THE lRST DINOSAUR GROUP 0ROSAUROPODS TO FEED EXCLU SIVELY ON VEGETATION 4HEY ARE ALSO BELIEVED TO BE THE lRST ANIMALS TO HAVE EVOLVED IN ORDER TO FEED ON PARTICULARLY HIGH VEGETA TION )T IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REAR UP ON ITS HIND LEGS POSSIBLY US ING ITS CLAWED FORELIMBS TO REACH SUC CULENT BRANCHES 5P UNTIL THIS POINT IN HISTORY THE ,ATE 4RIASSIC ALL HERBIVORES HAD BEEN SQUAT SHORT NECKED ANIMALS LIMITED TO GROUND VEGETATION FOR NUTRI TION /THER SPECULATION WITH REGARD TO THESE DINOSAURS hHANDSv IS THAT THEY WERE USED TO DEFEND AGAINST PREDATORS

4HERE HAVE EVEN BEEN SUGGESTIONS THAT THE CREATURE WAS PARTIALLY AQUATIC AL THOUGH THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE FOR THIS &OSSILS OF THE FORELIMBS REVEAL lVE DIG ITS WITH SHARP NARROW CLAWS POTENTIAL LY FOR HOLDING OR TEARING VEGETATION

WHILST JOINTS BETWEEN BONES ENABLED THE HAND TO BEND BACK AT THE WRIST FOR WALKING ON ALL FOURS 0RIOR TO THIS DISCOVERY MARINE REP TILE FOSSILS HAD BEEN FOUND IN .ORTH 3EA DRILL CORES BUT NO TERRESTRIAL ANI MALS HAD BEEN FOUND AT SUCH GREAT DEPTHS 7HEN THE CORE WAS ORIGINALLY DRILLED THE FOSSIL WAS DISMISSED AS PLANT MATTER UNTIL IT WAS SEEN BY (U RUM IN WHO THEN SOUGHT THE HELP OF PALAEONTOLOGISTS AND THE 5NI VERSITY OF "ONN IN 'ERMANY TO PROVE THAT IT DID INDEED BELONG TO A 0LATEO SAURUS SPECIES .INA -OWBRAY

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9/52 -/6% %CO TRAVEL &OR YOUR OWN GUIDE TO ECOTOURISM AND WHAT YOU CAN DO CHECK OUT THE FOLLOW ING SITES s %ARTHWATCH HAVE OVER RESEARCH PROJECTS AND EXPEDITIONS ON OFFER ALL CONDUCTED WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL CON SCIENCE WWW EARTHWATCH ORG SITE PP ASP C N*% ,-.K'I& B s 4HE TRAVEL FOUNDATION IS A CHARITY WHICH DEDICATES ITSELF TO PROTECTING AGAINST EN VIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM TOURISTS WWW THETRAVELFOUNDATION ORG UK s 4O UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ISSUES 4OURISM #ONCERN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE WWW TOURISMCONCERN ORG UK

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ANT TO HAVE WILD ADVENTURES IN WILD PLACES SEE WILD ANIMALS GET CON NECTED TO THE LO CAL CULTURES AND SAVE THE PLANET AT THE SAME TIME 4HEN PERHAPS ECOTOURISM IS FOR YOU %COTOURISM IS A FAMILIAR CONCEPT BUT WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN AND DOES IT WORK %COLOGY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IS NOTH ING MORE THAN WHAT STONERS HAVE GOING ON IN THEIR HAIR AND TOURISM IS ABOUT SUN SEA SAND AND SEX (OWEVER THERE IS MORE TO ECOTOURISM THAN THIS AMAL GAMATION OF WORDS MIGHT LEAD US TO BELIEVE %COTOURISM ACCORDING TO 4HE )NTERNATIONAL %COTOURISM 3OCIETY IS hRESPONSIBLE TRAVEL TO NATURAL AREAS THAT CONSERVES THE ENVIRONMENT AND IM PROVES THE WELL BEING OF LOCAL PEOPLEv .OTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WHAT MAY INI TIALLY SPRING TO MIND AND HEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM %COTOURISM IS SO POORLY DElNED AND CONSTRAINED BY LEGISLATURE THAT IT CAN BE BOTH EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND EXTREMELY DAMAGING #ENTRAL PRINCIPLES OF hTRUEv ECOT OURISM INCLUDE CONSERVATION OF BIO LOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL AWARENESS AND lNANCIALLY SUPPORTING LOCAL COM MUNITIES 5NSURPRISINGLY ECOTOURISM IS A POPULAR OPTION AMONG THE hGREEN CONSCIOUSv WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A GUILT FREE HOLIDAY "UT DOES THE PROMISE OF A GREEN HOLIDAY FULlL THE CREDENTIALS IT CLAIMS ! GOOD ECOTOURISM HOLIDAY WILL SHOW YOU ALL THAT A PLACE HAS TO OFFER IN TERMS OF WILDLIFE AND CULTURE WHILE HAVING NO IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT .OT ONLY WILL THE HOLIDAY LEAVE THE EN VIRONMENT IN PRISTINE CONDITION BUT YOUR INVESTMENT MEANS THAT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS A SOURCE OF INCOME

APART FROM EXPLOITING THEIR ENVIRON MENT !S A RESULT YOUR HOLIDAY WILL HELP PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT %COTOURISM IS SEEN BY MANY AS NOT ONLY A NEAT SOLU TION FOR DESTRUCTIVE TOURISM BUT ALSO AS A VEHICLE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT +ENYA IS VIEWED BY MANY AS THE GOLD CLASS IN ECOTOURISM BECOMING EFFECTIVE AND INCREASINGLY PART OF +ENYAN TOUR ISM CULTURE 4HE 5NITED .ATIONS %NVIRONMENT 0ROGRAMME ANNOUNCED THAT WAS TO BE THE )NTERNATIONAL 9EAR OF %COTOUR ISM 3URELY IF 5.%0 DEDICATED A YEAR TO ECOTOURISM IT MUST BE A GOOD THING

AND ANY SCEPTICISM IS MISPLACED 5N FORTUNATELY BY 5.%0 S OWN ADMISSION ECOTOURISM HAS MIXED REVIEWS )N OTHER WORDS THE TERM hECOTOURISMv HAS BEEN ABUSED /NE CAN GO ON A HOLIDAY WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TRAMPLE OVER THE WONDERFUL BIOTA WE RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING AND SUPPORT ONLY THE LIFE STYLE OF THE TOUR OPERATORS ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF ECOTOURISM %COTOURISM HAS BEEN USED TO MEAN NOTHING MORE THAN A NATURE HOLIDAY WITH NONE OF THE COMMITMENT TO CON SERVATION EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT THAT ECOTOURISM SHOULD ENTAIL /PERA TORS FOOL UNSUSPECTING TOURISTS INTO EC OLOGICALLY VALUABLE AREAS WITH NO OTHER INTENTION THAN MAKING MONEY !S A RESULT THESE AREAS ARE ONLY ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE FOR A SHORT TIME !NITA 0LEUMAROM FROM THE 4HIRD 7ORLD .ETWORK HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS h&ROM 4HAILAND TO "E LIZE ECOTOURISM HAS OPENED THE DOORS TO MORE FOREST DESTRUCTION )NDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN AFFECTED AREAS HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THEIR TRADITIONAL LANDS IN SOME CASES 2EPORTS ARE ALSO GROW ING THAT SUCH hTOURISTSv ARE ILLEGALLY COLLECTING FOREST PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL MEDICINAL VALUE FOR THE BIOTECHNOLOGY

INDUSTRY v .O WONDER THEN THAT THERE WAS AND IS OPPOSITION TO ECOTOURISM )N ITS INTENDED FORM ECOTOURISM HAS MANY BENElTS BUT MANY OF THESE BENElTS ARE BEING UNDONE BY UNSCRUPULOUS OPERA TORS AND IGNORANT TOURISTS /VER THE LAST YEARS THE TERM ECO TOURISM HAS EMBEDDED ITSELF SO lRMLY INTO SOCIETAL CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IT WOULD BE UNPRODUCTIVE TO ARGUE OVER ITS EXISTENCE ,IKE NUCLEAR WASTE IT IS HERE TO STAY IT S WHAT WE DO WITH IT THAT COUNTS )N RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES SURROUNDING ECOTOURISM AND hGREENWASHINGv 7ITHIN THE TOURISM IN DUSTRY GENERALLY IT IS HOPED THAT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE VISION OF ECOTOURISM AND HOW THAT VI SION CAN BE DESTROYED BY IRRESPONSIBLE LABELLING 4HROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY ONE CAN lND MANY PORTALS THROUGH WHICH ONLY SOUND ECOTOURISM OPERATORS ARE ALLOWED )T IS HOPED THAT CONTINUING EFFORTS CAN SEE ECOTOURISM DEVELOP IN LINE WITH ITS GOALS 4HE KEY TO THIS DISCUSSION LIES IN THE ASSUMPTION THAT WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY FOR THE TOURIST ELITE CAN BE SCALED UP TO WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED hMASS ECOTOURISMv #AN YOU IMAGINE PLACES THAT ARE AS ECO LOGICALLY VALUABLE AS THE RAINFORESTS OR CORAL REEFS SUPPORTING LARGE NUMBERS OF ECO TOURISTS /NE MUST QUESTION THE PROSPECTS OF INCREASING TOURISM WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING CONSERVA TION AND SUSTAINABILITY 3URELY THERE IS A NEED HERE FOR COMMITMENT IF IT IS TO BE ACHIEVED ECOTOURISM MUST BE WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORTED OTHERWISE IT UNDOES THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CON CEPT AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL STICK TO THE CLUBS OF -AGALUF

#AMPAIGNING FOR COCONUTS ! CAMPAIGN IS BEING LAUNCHED TO EN COURAGE PEOPLE TO USE ONLY SUSTAINABLE CHARCOAL WHEN THEY BARBECUE -OST OF THE TONNES OF BARBE CUED CHARCOAL USED EVERY YEAR IN THE 5+ COMES FROM UNSUSTAINABLE SOURCES #OCONUT BRIQUETTES HAVE BEEN NAMED AS THE NEW ""1 FUEL WITH NO HARMFUL EMISSIONS 4AKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE TO lND OUT MORE WWW COMMANDLEISURE CO UK CHAR COAL HTM

3USTAINABLE ICE CREAM 7HEN YOU TUCK INTO AN ICE CREAM THIS SUMMER MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT OUT OF A CONE AS THIS IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ICE CREAM PACKAGING YOU EAT IT ALL SO THERE IS NO WASTE !LSO THEY CAN BE STACKED CLOSELY TAK ING UP LESS SPACE SO LESS PACKAGING IS RE QUIRED TO TRANSPORT THEM

/RGANIC SUNSCREEN 0ROTECT YOURSELF AND THE ENVIRONMENT

BY STARTING TO PACK ORGANIC SUNSCREEN IN YOUR SUITCASE WHEN YOU HEAD OFF TO THE TROPICS OF "LACKPOOL 4HERE IS A WHOLE RANGE OF SUPPLIERS ON THE HIGH STREET SUCH AS "OOTS AND THERE ARE MANY MORE ONLINE WWW WHITEGINGER CO UK WWW ONESTOPBEACHSHOP CO UK WWW THEREMUSTBEABETTERWAY CO UK

(EMP LUGGAGE ! TRULY ECO FRIENDLY HOLIDAY WOULDN T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A SET OF ORGANIC LUG GAGE TO GO WITH IT #ARRY YOUR BELONGINGS IN STYLE WITH A HOLDALL OR TRAVEL BAG MADE OF HEMP FROM 4HE (EMP 3HOP AT WWW THEHEMPSHOP CO UK (EMP DOESN T NEED CHEMICALS TO GROW ALMOST ALL OF THE PLANT CAN BE USED IN SOME WAY AND IT CAN EVEN BE TURNED INTO PAPER (ANNAH .EWTON

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7E MUST SEE OUR WORLD AS ONE COUNTRY %VERY ONE OF US IS PART OF THE hDEVELOPING WORLDv ARGUES -ALINDI "LIGHT

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HEN WE L O O K AT THE W H O L E WORLD AS ONE COUNTRY IT LOOKS LIKE A DEVELOPING COUNTRY WITH A MINORITY ELITE WHO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE POWER AND WEALTH AND ARE RELUCTANT TO LET THAT POWER AND WEALTH GO

EVEN IF IT MAY BENElT THE MA JORITY WHO ARE LIVING IN LESSER CONDITIONS 7HEN WE LOOK AT THE WORLD AS ONE COUNTRY EVE RYONE BELONGS TO US AND IT NATURALLY INCREASES OUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO WARDS OTHERS WHO PREVIOUSLY SEEMED DISTANT OR SEPARATE 4HE WHOLE WORLD BECOMES hOUR COUNTRYv AND BILLION PEOPLE BECOME OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WOMEN )T ALSO MEANS THAT WE

SHARE THE PROBLEMS OF POV ERTY AND OTHER ASSOCIATED SUFFERING )T BECOMES OUR PROBLEM NOT SOMETHING HAPPENING IN A DISTANT PLACE WITH ITS ROOT CAUSES COM PLETELY SEPARATE FROM US )T NO LONGER ORIGINATES IN A hDEVELOPING COUNTRYv IN ITS ECONOMIC POLICIES OR PO LITICAL HISTORY THAT COUNTRY S HISTORY IS PART OF OUR HISTORY

THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD )F WE LOOK AT THE WORLD AS ONE COUNTRY THEN THE CAUSES OF POVERTY ARE MUCH MORE COM PLICATED AND WE ARE ALL A BIG GER PART OF THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION 3O IF THE WHOLE WORLD IS A hDEVELOPING WORLDv HOW THEN DO WE BECOME A hDE VELOPED WORLDv /NE OF OUR LECTURERS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN HE SAID THAT THE POWERFUL ELITE NEED TO REALISE

THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL BEINGS AND THAT THE WELLBE ING OF THE POOR ADDS TO THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF EVERY BODY JUST AS IN %NGLAND IN THE PAST THE RICH REALISED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY TO THEIR AD VANTAGE TO INTRODUCE HEALTH CARE TO LESSEN DISEASE AND EDUCATION TO CREATE HIGHER QUALITY LABOURERS WHO WERE HAPPIER HEALTHIER AND HAD MORE SKILLS AND WERE THERE FORE ABLE TO WORK BETTER ) CANNOT SEE INDUSTRIALIS ING THE WHOLE WORLD AS BEING THE ANSWER IF THAT IS EVEN A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY !PART FROM THE FURTHER ACCELERA TION OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH ) FEAR THAT WE COULD FUR THER ALIENATE OURSELVES FROM WHAT REALLY COUNTS IN LIFE AND POSSIBLY DESTROY THOU SANDS OF YEARS WORTH OF PRE CIOUS DIVERSITY OF CULTURE AND

LIFESTYLE )N MY EXPERIENCE ) HAVE FOUND THAT SOME PEO PLE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WANT TO hESCAPEv TO DEVELOP ING COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH hREALITYv OR hWHAT REALLY COUNTSv 4HIS SUGGESTS THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY TO MATERIAL WEALTH WE MAY HAVE LOST SOMETHING 7HO SAYS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD LIVE IN THE MATERIAL WORLD OR EVEN THAT IT IS HEALTHY TO DO SO 9ET EX TREME POVERTY IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A PATH TO FULlLMENT EI THER 4HERE MUST BE A MIDDLE PATH A PATH OF MODERATION

WHERE WE DO NOT LOSE TOUCH WITH OUR HUMANITY OR THE VALUE OF THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE BUT WHERE NO ONE IS TRAPPED IN THE MISERY OF MA TERIAL POVERTY EITHER ) BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THE ANSWERS TO DEVELOPMENT

MAY WELL LIE WITHIN THE PSY CHE OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BE INGS &OR EXAMPLE A PERSON WHO FEELS A DEEP SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS TO ALL OTHERS ON THE PLANET WHO FEELS THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WILL NATURALLY FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF COMPASSION AND CARING FOR ALL PEOPLE AND WILL ACCORDINGLY ACT IN A WAY THAT BENElTS ALL BEINGS )M AGINE IF ALL OR MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS STATE OF MIND 4HE OUTER WORLD REmECTS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PEO PLE S INNER WORLD )F THERE IS VIOLENCE AND WAR HAPPENING OUTSIDE IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS VIOLENCE AND ANGER WITHIN PEOPLE AT THIS TIME 4HEREFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WORLD GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PERSONAL DE VELOPMENT TOWARDS BECOM ING hBETTER HUMAN BEINGSv

4HIS MEANS THAT EVERYTHING WE DO OR ARE POTENTIALLY HAS IMMENSE IMPORTANCE 7HEN WE DO SOMETHING SELmESS

OUT OF A SENSE OF LOVE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE KNOCK ON EFFECT OF THAT ACTION MIGHT BE %SPECIALLY WHEN MANY PEOPLE BEGIN TO ACT IN THIS WAY 4HERE IS MUCH THAT IS IN OUR HANDS %VERYONE S AC TIONS COUNT AND THE SMALL THINGS THAT WE OFTEN DISMISS REALLY DO ADD UP 7E CAN ALL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION AND LEAVE THIS WORLD IN A BETTER STATE THAN IT WAS IN WHEN WE ARRIVED %VEN IF WE ONLY DO SOMETHING SMALL n COMFORT A FRIEND OR ENEMY SMILE AT A STRANGER TAKE THE TIME TO TALK WITH A HOMELESS PERSON RE USE OUR PLASTIC BAGS 7HATEV ER WE DO IT ALL COUNTS IT ALL CONTRIBUTES TO THE hDEVELOP MENTv OF OUR WORLD

!CCORDING TO -ATT 3HOESMITH PROCRASTINATION IS A WASTE OF ALL OF OUR TIME

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WISE MAN ONCE E X P L A I N E D THE VIRTUES OF EXAMS OVER C O U R S E W O R K h#LEVER PEOPLE PASS THICK PEOPLE FAIL v )T S A FAIR POINT )F YOU RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE MORE THAN THE USUAL NUMBER OF LIGHTS ON UPSTAIRS YOU CAN RELY ON YOUR WHIRRING THUNDERBRAIN TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING PLAUSIBLE ENOUGH TO GET YOU A PASS

WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND WEEKS LOCKED IN YOUR ROOM

TRYING TO CRAM A TERM S WORTH OF LESSONS INTO YOUR BATTLE WEARY BONCE 7ITH COURSE WORK IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE THE OPPOSITE (ARD WORKING PEOPLE PASS AND LAZY PEO

PLE FAIL !ND THAT S NO GOOD IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE CLEVER AND LAZY 4HOSE POOR SLOTHFUL GEN IUSES "LESSED WITH A BRAIN THE SIZE OF A PLANET YET AF mICTED WITH AN ALMOST MAG NETIC PULL BETWEEN THEIR ARSE AND ANY GIVEN SOFA )T MUST BE A HARD LIFE 7ELL ACTUALLY

IT DElNITELY IS A HARD LIFE 7E ALL KNOW BECAUSE OF ONE WORD hPROCRASTINATIONv "EFORE YOU TURN OVER THE PAGE ) M NOT GOING TO GLORIFY THE ACT OF BECOMING DRAWN TOWARDS $EAL OR .O $EAL

#HAMPIONSHIP -ANAGER

WRITING EMAILS TO PEOPLE YOU HAVEN T SPOKEN TO IN YEARS

OR STARING OUT OF THE LIBRARY WINDOW TO SEE IF ANYONE YOU KNOW IS WALKING PAST ) M

TALKING ABOUT THE WORD hPRO CRASTINATEv &IRST OF ALL IT S A HORRIBLE SOUNDING WORD 3ECONDLY

WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT TO YOU

YOU TEND TO END UP WITH A FAIRLY HEAVY LAYER OF THEIR SALIVA PASTED ACROSS YOUR MUSH "UT MY MAIN OBJEC TION TO THIS WORD IS THAT PEO PLE ONLY USE IT TO SHOW THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS 4HEY COULD SAY vDISTRACTEDv

OR hSKIVINGv "UT THEY SAY THE DREADED 0 WORD PURELY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DESPITE THEIR TENDENCY TO TIDY THEIR ROOM SLIGHTLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN IS REALLY NECESSARY THEY ARE REALLY CLEVER "ASICALLY IT S UNCALLED FOR )N FACT IT S JUST INCRED IBLY PRETENTIOUS 4O BACK

THIS UP CONSIDER HOW THESE PEOPLE DELIVER THE WORD )T IS ALWAYS BOOK ENDED BY A SMUG EXPRESSION AND EVEN MORE PAINFULLY THAT SLIGHTLY LINGERING LOOK INTO YOUR EYES TO CHECK WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BECAUSE IF YOU DON T BY 'OD ARE THEY GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU /THER METHODS OF DELIV ERY GIVE EQUALLY GRIM INSIGHTS INTO WHY ) HATE THIS WORD SO MUCH 7HY DO PEOPLE THINK IT S CLEVER TO USE hPRO CRASTINATIONv IN THEIR -3.

SCREEN NAME ) HAVE NO STA TISTICS TO BACK THIS UP BUT ) D GLADLY BET MY DEBT THAT IT S THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPOSEDLY PROFOUND SONG LYRICS ON THERE THE REST OF THE YEAR #ALL ME EXTREMIST IF YOU

WILL BUT IF EVER THERE WAS A REASON TO BRING BACK THE DEATH SENTENCE IT HAS TO BE THE EMERGENCE OF THESE VILE

SELF IMPORTANT POMPOUS

SMUG VOCABULARY CRIMINALS 0UT SIMPLY WHILE THE WORD hPROCRASTINATEv IS BIG

IT IS NOT CLEVER )T MAKES ME SICK !GAIN ) HAVE NO STATISTICS TO BACK THIS UP BUT ) RECKON ) CAN SPOT SOMEONE WHO WOULD USE THIS WORD EVEN WITHOUT THE INSIGHT OF -3. )N THE LAST FEW WEEKS ACCORD ING TO 4HE 'LOBAL !SSOCIATED .EWS A BLOKE CALLED +ANEEL BROKE THE WORLD RECORD FOR MASTURBATION

BY WHACKING HIS WOOKIE AN INCREDIBLE TIMES IN HOURS (E MUST SURELY USE THE WORD hPROCRAS

TINATEv HE S THE WORLD S BIG GEST WANKER .OT CONVINCED 4HEN CONSIDER HIS PREDECES SOR (ANS "LICKSTEIN (E WAS A 'ERMAN STUDENT n COULD IT BE THAT HE WAS SIMPLY WHIL ING AWAY A FEW HOURS FROM HIS CAREFULLY HIGHLIGHTED REVISION TIMETABLE !LMOST CERTAINLY &AIR ENOUGH WE ALL GET DISTRACTED FROM REVISION 7HETHER IT BE THE SAME DIS TRACTION AS RECORD BREAKER +ANEEL OR SIMPLY THE SOUND OF YOUR HOUSEMATES SHOUT ING ANSWERS AT #AROL 6ORDER MAN IN THE NEXT ROOM (OWEVER FOR ALL OUR SAKES DON T USE THE 0 WORD #LEVER PEOPLE DON T USE IT

AND NOR DO LAZY PEOPLE *UST WANKERS

,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS VENTS HIS SPLEEN AT THE "RITISH TRANSPORT SYSTEM

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N THE LAST THREE WEEK ENDS ) HAVE SPENT THE BEST PART OF MY TIME ON "RITISH PUBLIC TRANSPORT .OT ONLY DID ) END UP SPENDING AN EXTRA THREE HOURS ON BOTH THE TRAIN AND THE TUBE DUE TO DELAYS AND MISSING TWO CONNECTIONS IN THE PROCESS BUT ONE OF THEM FORCED ME TO STAY AN UN

PLANNED NIGHT IN ,ONDON 4HAT S NOT TO MENTION THE l NANCIAL EXPENSE OF HAVING TO MAKE SUCH PLANS 4HE CULPRITS ARE THE TRAIN COMPANIES 4HEY MAY ARGUE DIFFERENTLY SAYING THAT IT WASN T SPECIlCALLY THEIR FAULT

OR THAT REASONS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL LED TO THE DELAYS BUT AT THE PRICE WE PAY FOR TICKETS

THAT S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH

"EING ONLY HALF "RITISH AND UNLUCKILY FOR THE ABOVE COMPANIES HALF &RENCH ) M GOING TO DO ONE THING "RIT ONS DON T DO ENOUGH OF AND &RENCHMEN DO TOO MUCH OF COMPLAIN 4HE FACT IS THAT IN THIS COUNTRY WE GET THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE TICKET PRICES WITH NON STOP DELAYS BE IT SIGNAL

FAILURE LEAVES ON THE LINE A SLOW ER MOVING TRAIN AHEAD

ENGINEERING WORKS ESSENTIAL ENGINEERING WORKS PLANNED ENGINEERING WORKS MAJOR ENGINEERING WORKS VITAL EN GINEERING WORKS OVER RUN NING ENGINEERING WORKSx THERE COMES A POINT WHEN ) CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH RE PHRASING OF THE SAME DREAD ED PHRASE

) MEAN SURELY IF THESE COMPANIES SPENT MORE TIME SORTING OUT THEIR SERVICES RATHER THAN lNDING A NEWER WAY OF SAYING hENGINEERING WORKSv THEN ) WOULDN T HAVE TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE 3O WHY SHOULD WE CUS TOMERS KEEP SUFFERING ) NOW USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FEARING

EVEN KNOWING THAT ) AM GO ING TO BE DELAYED 3URELY

THIS KIND OF SERVICE SHOULD BE HELD TO ACCOUNT )N MY MIND COMPANIES SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR NOT PROVIDING THE SERVICE THEY ADVERTISE WITH REFUNDS OF A QUARTER HALF OR EVEN THREE QUARTERS OF THE TICKETS DEPENDING ON THE DE LAY LENGTH !T LEAST THEN ) WOULD BE SURE ) AM GETTING MY MON EY S WORTH

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CONFERRAL OF DEGREES 'IVEN ALL THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING THE POTENTIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE STRIKE

WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING SIGHT OF THE REAL ISSUES n AND OF MISTAKING IMPATIENCE AT THE !54 AND EMPLOYERS HAN DLING OF THE STRIKE FOR CON DEMNATION OF THE ACADEMICS

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5%! TRIATHLETES BRAVE COLD WEATHER ,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS 3PORT %DITOR 4WO INTREPID 5%! STU DENTS DECIDED THAT NOT BEING HAPPY WITH ONLY SWIMMING AND X COUNTRY RUNNING THEY WOULD DO A BIT OF CYCLING AS WELL 7ITH THIS PREPARATION THEY HEADED OFF TO THE "53!

TRIATHLON $ON T BE FOOLED BY AP PEARANCES "OTH 3IAN ,OVELESS AND ,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AS TRIATHLETES BUT NOT IN A WORLD CLASS lELD COURTESY OF THE ,OUGHBOROUGH 5NI VERSITY S HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME "OTH HAD HIGH HOPES OF ACHIEVING PERSONAL BESTS

HAVING HAD AN EXTRA YEAR OF TRAINING AFTER COMPETING IN LAST YEAR S "53! TRIATHLON

AND KNOWING THAT THE SAME COURSE WOULD BE USED THIS YEAR 4HE hSPRINT DISTANCEv TRIATHLON CONSISTS OF A M SWIM KM BIKE AND A KM

RUN $ESPITE THEIR INDIVIDUAL OPTIMISM 3IAN AND ,OUIS HAD DIFFERING RESULTS WITH 3IAN IMPROVING BY SIX MIN UTES OVERALL AND lNISHING ST OUT OF WOMEN WHILE ,OUIS STRUGGLED ON THE DAY AND ONLY IMPROVED BY JUST OVER A MINUTE OVERALL TO lN ISH TH OUT OF MEN 3IAN CAME OUT OF THE WA TER SECONDS FASTER THAN LAST YEAR WHICH DESERVES PRAISE AS FOR MUCH OF THE SWIM TWO MALE TRIATHLETES KEPT CLIMB ING OVER THE BACK OF HER LEGS

WHILST MAKING NO ATTEMPT AT OVER TAKING 4HE CHANGE TO CLIPLESS PEDALS OVER THE WINTER ALONG WITH SOME EXTRA TRAINING

ALLOWED 3IAN TO IMPROVE HER BIKE SPLIT BY JUST UNDER MINS WITH HER X COUN TRY ACHIEVEMENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR SPURRING HER INTO BEING THREE MINUTES FASTER ON THE RUN /VERALL 3IAN WAS PLEASED WITH HER PERFORMANCE AND WILL BE A GREAT LOSS AS THE IN DEFATIGABLE SOCIAL SECRETARY TO BOTH ATHLETICS AND TRIA THLON AS SHE GOES ON A YEAR

ABROAD NEXT YEAR ,OUIS ON THE OTHER HAND

DID NOT ENJOY HIS DAY OUT IN THE COLD 7ILTSHIRE COUNTRY SIDE (AVING GOT THE SWIM WRONG BY BEING SECS SLOWER THAN IN TRAINING AND CONSEQUENTLY ONLY IMPROV ING BY SECS ON LAST YEAR S TIME HE THEN DECIDED THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO BE MIN SECS SLOWER ON THE BIKE THAN LAST YEAR DESPITE THE EXTRA TRAIN ING (IS BIKE SPLIT WAS NOT HELPED BY GETTING A TURN WRONG AFTER A RACE MARSHAL DECIDED THAT THE COLD WEATH ER WAS NOT TO HIS LIKING AND RETREATED TO HIS CAR ,OUIS DID MANAGE TO IMPROVE HIS RUN TIME BY JUST UNDER MINS SECS !LTHOUGH 3IAN WILL BE AWAY NEXT YEAR TRIATHLON AT 5%! IS GROWING WITH THE NUMBER OF TRIATHLETES HAVING DOUBLED IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS AND WE ARE LUCKY THAT THE 5%! ATHLETICS CLUB HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND ALLOWED US TO CREATE A SOCIAL NICHE WITHIN THEIR CLUB

3IAN RIGHT AND ,OUIS IN BLUE SET UP THEIR KIT IN THE ALL IMPORTANT TRANSITION ZONE

4HE /PINION /NE STEP BACK FOR 7AYNE 2OONEY !DAM "ARRETT /NCE AGAIN ON THE EVE OF A MAJOR FOOTBALL TOURNA MENT THE NATION IS ON TEN DER HOOKS OVER THE lTNESS OF A KEY PLAYER ! METATARSAL INJURY TO 7AYNE 2OONEY HAS LED MANY lGURES IN THE MEDIA TO RE NOUNCE OUR CHANCE OF SUC CESS IN 'ERMANY AND PRO CLAIM THE UNFORTUNATE INJURY AS TANTAMOUNT TO A NATIONAL TRAGEDY &ORLORN HOPES THAT HE MIGHT PLAY SOME PART IN THE CAMPAIGN ARE RESTING ON HIGH TECH TREATMENTS SUCH AS THE NOW FAMOUS OXYGEN TENT

WHICH ARE INCREASINGLY USED WITHOUT ANYONE BEING REALLY SURE WHETHER THEY WORK OR NOT ) AM JUST WAITING FOR A RE PEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN "ECKHAM SUFFERED A SIMILAR INJURY BEFORE THE LAST 7ORLD #UP AND A TABLOID NEWSPA PER INVITED READERS TO hTOUCH THE FOOTv A PICTURE OF HIS

FOOT PRINTED IN THE PAPER TO TRY AND GET THE CAPTAIN lT IN TIME )NEVITABLY THE lNGERS OF BLAME HAVE STARTED POINT ING AT POTENTIAL CULPRITS 4HE BOOTS THAT 2OONEY WAS WEAR ING EMBARRASSINGLY FOR HIS SPONSOR FOR THE lRST TIME HAVE BEEN BLAMED -ODERN BOOTS ARE SEEN BY MANY AS TOO LIGHTWEIGHT WITH THE UP PER PART OF THE BOOT LACKING VITAL SUPPORT &OR SOME PLAYERS MORE ATTENTION HAS BEEN PLACED ON PICKING THE RIGHT COLOUR FOR THE BOOTS RATHER THAN ON ANY CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT WHETH ER THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE RIGOROUS PACE OF THE MOD ERN GAME 4HE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN QUICK TO DENY ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR 2OON EY@S INJURY BUT THIS HAS NOT PREVENTED 3IR !LEX &ERGUSON FROM ASKING THEM TO CHECK THE DESIGN OF THE BOOTS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE 4HE CONDITION OF THE PITCH IN MODERN TOP mIGHT FOOTBALL HAS ALSO BEEN BLAMED $AN NY -URPHY AMONGST OTHERS

HAS HIGHLIGHTED THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE lRM TO ENCOUR AGE mOWING FOOTBALL BUT WITH THE SIDE EFFECT OF INCREAS ING THE STRESS ON THE PLAYERS FOOT 4HEY ARE ALSO MAINLY SAND BASED WHICH IMPROVES DRAINAGE BUT DOESN T REALLY MAKE THE PITCH ANY SOFTER /NE SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPIST HAS SAID THAT IT CAN BE LIKE hRUNNING ON CONCRETE v 4HE INTRODUCTION OF MORE RIGOROUS TRAINING AND PLAYING SCHEDULES FOR MODERN PLAYERS COULD ALSO BE A FACTOR &OR THE TOP PLAYERS MOST MATCHES ASSUME HEIGHTENED IMPOR TANCE IN THE HUNT FOR TROPHIES AT HOME AND ABROAD #OM BINING THIS WITH THE EFFORT NEEDED TO BE AT THE HEIGHT OF PSYCHICAL lTNESS DOES LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF SUFFERING A STRESS RELATED INJURY 7HATEVER THE REASONS MAY BE IT WILL BE AN ANXIOUS WAIT TO SEE IF 2OONEY CAN DEFY THE MEDICS AND PLAY A MEAN INGFUL PART IN OUR QUEST FOR GLORY ) FOR ONE WILL BE DIG GING OUT THE PICTURE OF THE FOOT JUST IN CASE

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7EDNESDAY TH -AY #ONCRETE

#UP SUCCESS FOR FOOTBALL ND 8) -ARCUS *ONES ! SEASON OF NEAR MISSES AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT WAS SNATCHED BACK FROM THE EDGE OF OBLIVION WHEN THE 5%! ND 8) WON THE LEAGUE CUP ON PENALTIES AGAINST $YERS !RMS -OST FOOTBALL MANAG ERS TESTIFY EVERY YEAR AFTER THE RD ROUND DRAW FOR THE &! #UP hANYTHING CAN HAP PEN IN CUP FOOTBALLv !S WITH OTHER AGE OLD PRINCIPLES LIKE THE CERTAINTY OF HAVING ODD SOCKS WHEN YOU EMPTY THE WASHING MACHINE IT PROVED ASTOUNDINGLY TRUE FOR 5%! )N THEIR TWO LEAGUE ENCOUN TERS DURING THE SEASON 5%!

HAD COMFORTABLY WON ON BOTH OCCASIONS SCORING GOALS IN THE PROCESS 4HERE FORE HOW THEY MANAGED TO lND THE NET ONLY ONCE IN MINUTES IS A BIT OF A RIDDLE %VEN MORE EMBARRASSINGLY

THE ONLY GOAL THAT 5%! DID SCORE WAS AN OWN GOAL AS

5%! S ND 8) CELEBRATE THEIR WIN !DAM (IBBERT S EARLY CORNER CURLED VICIOUSLY IN TOWARDS GOAL SPARKING THE CHAOS THAT LED TO A $YERS !RMS DEFENDER TURNING THE BALL INTO HIS OWN NET 5%! COULD AND PERHAPS SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM SELVES A COMFORTABLE HALF

TIME CUSHION WITH 4OM 4HORNTON THREE TIMES lNDING HIMSELF AT THE CULMINATION OF 5%! S BEST MOVES /N TWO OF THESE OCCASIONS HE FOUND THE TARGET WITH RASPING SHOTS WHICH THE GOALKEEPER BE LYING HIS RATHER ROTUND AP PEARANCE REPELLED WITH GREAT

DEXTERITY 4HE PORTLY MAN BETWEEN THE STICKS ALSO SAVED WELL FROM #HRIS 7ESTWOOD IN A SECOND HALF THAT WAS FAR MORE EVENLY BALANCED $YERS !RMS EQUALISED WITH A SUMPTU OUS GOAL AND 4OM h-AGNUSv ,ENIHAN MADE A HEART STOP

PING DOUBLE SAVE AS THE l NAL WHISTLE APPROACHED (IS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GAME WAS FAR FROM OVER THOUGH AS A PREDICTABLY TEPID PERIOD OF EXTRA TIME MEANT PENALTIES WOULD BE THE MEDIUM BY WHICH VICTORY WAS CONFERRED h-AGNUSv IS FOOT INCHES TALL AND BUILT IN A MANNER THAT SUGGESTS HE EN DURED HARD PHYSICAL LABOUR AS A CHILD !S SUCH HE PRO VIDES AN IMPOSING lGURE IN GOAL 4O COUNTER THIS THE lRST TWO $YERS !RMS PLAYERS BOTH ATTEMPTED THE PERFECT PEN ALTY BUT FAILED BY A WHISKER

SCRATCHING THE OUTSIDE OF BOTH UPRIGHTS 4HE THIRD $YERS PLAY ER SCORED BUT COMPOSED STRIKES FROM 2YAN ,AMB

*OHN 2ICHARDSON AND *OHN 0IPER MEANT A FURTHER MISS WOULD SPELL DOOM FOR $Y ERS !RMS -AGNUS SAVED THE ENSUING PENALTY TWICE AS IT HAD TO BE RETAKEN LEADING TO THE CUSTOMARY hLETS ALL JUMP ON THE KEEPERv SCENES AND A SEASON SAVING #UP WIN FOR 5%!

2ECORDS AND PERSONAL BESTS GALORE FOR 5%! S TEAM OF ATHLETES *EMMA 4HAKE ! SMALL BUT ENTHUSIASTIC TEAM OF 5%! ATHLETES WERE IN ACTION LAST WEEKEND FOR THE "53! TRACK AND lELD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN "IRMINGHAM 3TAR OF THE WEEKEND WAS UNDOUBTEDLY #ATHERINE (OLDSWORTH !FTER COMFORT ABLY WINNING HER M HUR DLES HEAT IN SECONDS

#ATHERINE WENT ON TO WIN THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE l NAL WITH A NEW CLUB RECORD OF 3HE ALSO COMPETED IN THE LONG JUMP WHERE SHE JUMPED A SEASON S BEST PER FORMANCE OF M TO CLAIM SIXTH POSITION IN THE lNAL #LUB 0RESIDENT *ESS 4ROW BRIDGE PERFORMED TO HER USUAL HIGH STANDARD IN THE M STEEPLECHASE !FTER SETTING THE EARLY PACE IN THE lNAL *ESS CROSSED THE LINE IN AN EXCELLENT EIGHTH POSITION

A PERFECT END TO WHAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL THREE YEARS COMPETING FOR 5%!

-ULTI TALENTED .EIL *EN NINGS WAS SUPERB AS ALWAYS

SETTING TWO NEW 0"S IN THE HAMMER AND DISCUS )N THE HAMMER .EIL S DISTANCE OF

.ICK (ORTON ND FROM LEFT IN ACTION IN THE X M M WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO EARN HIM TH POSITION IN THE lNAL WHILE HIS DISCUS THROW OF M WAS JUST A METRE SHY OF THE 5%! CLUB RECORD .EIL HAD A BUSY WEEKEND

ALSO COMPETING IN THE SHOT PUT M AND JAVELIN #LEARLY BENElTING FROM ROOM MATE .EIL S MENTOR ING 7ILL 'REAVES WENT ON TO BREAK A 5%! CLUB RECORD !F TER PSYCHING HIMSELF UP WITH RENDITIONS OF "RYAN !DAMS

THE HIGH JUMP EXTRAORDI NAIRE LEAPT M TO SET THE NEW BENCH MARK FOR 5%!

HIGH JUMPERS )N THE MEN S SPRINTS 5%!

WERE WELL REPRESENTED BY EX PERIENCED "53! ATHLETE .ICK (ORTON AND NEW COMER 3TU ART 0HILLIPS .ICK RAN A SOLID RACE IN THE M TO lNISH IN SIXTH PLACE WHILE 3TUART lNISHED SEVENTH IN HIS HEAT WITH 3TUART DOUBLED UP AND CONTESTED THE M AS WELL WHERE HE RAN A GOOD RACE TO lNISH FOURTH IN HIS HEAT IN -EANWHILE IN THE LADIES SPRINTS TRACK #APTAIN *EM MA 4HAKE AND #LAIRE (YNES

WERE IN ACTION *EMMA lN ISHED lFTH IN HER HEAT OF THE M AND SIXTH IN HER M RACE WHILE #LAIRE lNISHED IN SIXTH IN HER RESPECTIVE HEAT OF THE M )N THE MEN S M #A LUM .ICOL AND !LI -C'EOCH 7ILLIAMS DOUBLE ACT TOOK NO PRISONERS #ALUM lNISHED IN TH IN A TIME OF

A TIME JUST OUTSIDE HIS OWN 5%! CLUB RECORD WHILE PART TIME COMEDIAN !LI lNISHED IN TH IN HIS HEAT 4O CONCLUDE THE WEEK END 5%! MEN COMPETED

IN THE X M AND X M RELAYS .ICK .EIL 7ILL AND 3TUART GOT THE BATON ROUND SAFELY IN THE X M ONLY TO LATER BE DISQUALIlED FOR A SUSPECT CHANGEOVER (OWEVER IN THE X M THE BOYS HAD BETTER FORTUNES .ICK GOT THE TEAM OFF TO A GREAT START SHOWING MUCH PROMISE FOR THE M EVENT 3TUART RAN A STRONG LEG TO HAND OVER TO .EIL WHO DE SPITE A BUSY WEEKEND HELD HIS OWN !NCHORMAN 2OB 'REEN BROUGHT THE TEAM HOME IN SEVENTH PLACE

3PORT %DITOR S COLUMN %VERY LITTLE HELPS

#ONGRATULATIONS TO $EE NA +ASTOR FOR WINNING THE ,ONDON MARATHON )T S SOME ACHIEVEMENT TO RUN MILES LET ALONE RACE IT

AND THEN WIN IT "UT BEING A CYNIC ) WAS A BIT PERPLEXED TO SEE HER MALE TRAINING PARTNER ACT AS ONE OF THE PACEMAKERS TO MAKE SURE SHE RAN A FAST TIME ) M NOT SURE HOW FAIR A RACE IT WAS FOR THE OTHER ATH LETES IF THE WINNER HAD HER OWN PERSONAL TRAINING PART NER ACTING AS A PACEMAKER FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE RACE

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2ICHMOND 2&# HAVE FAILED AT THE LAST HURDLE IN THEIR BID TO GET PROMOTED INTO %NGLISH 2UGBY S .ATIONAL ,EAGUE !NY 2UGBY 5NION EN THUSIASTS WILL KNOW OF 2ICH MOND S HISTORIC PLACE IN %NGLISH RUGBY AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE 2&5 IN HAVING THEMSELVES FORMED YEARS EARLIER THE lRST TEAM TO GO PROFESSIONAL AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT BANKRUPTCY AND RELEGATION EIGHT DIVI SIONS FROM THE PREMIERSHIP WHEN THEIR lNANCIAL BACKER PULLED OUT 4HE CLUB THEN WENT ON AN %NGLISH RECORD BREAKING CONSECUTIVE WIN STREAK

AND FOUR PROMOTIONS LATER lND THEMSELVES IN ,ONDON

WHERE THEY lNISHED IN THE PLAY OFF POSITION BUT UNFOR TUNATELY LOST TWO WEEKS AGO TO #LIFTON 4HIS HASN T STOPPED THE CLUB FROM ATTRACTING PLAYERS THE CALIBRE OF FORMER 3OUTH !FRICAN CAPTAIN "OB 3KINS TAD !LTHOUGH THE RELEGATION OF EIGHT DIVISIONS WAS HARSH ON 2ICHMOND HAVING PLAYED A COUPLE OF YEARS AT MINI RUG

BY LEVEL FOR THEM ) M ALWAYS GOING TO BE BIASED IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE .O %NGLISH PRE MIERSHIP 2UGBY CLUB HAS THE DEBTS THAT NEARLY KILLED OFF ,EEDS 5NITED &OOTBALL CLUB AND MIGHT WELL SEVERELY DAM AGE "IRMINGHAM #ITY &# S HOPES OF A QUICK PROMOTION )NDEED AFTER A DISASTROUS 3IX .ATIONS CAMPAIGN THE 2&5 HAS RE ORGANISED ITS COACHING STAFF WITHOUT A MENTION OF A lASCO 3HAME THE &! COULDN T DO THE SAME WITH 3VEN 'ORAN %RIKSON S SUCCESSOR

#ONCRETE

7EDNESDAY TH -AY

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!UNG !RKAR /N TH -ARCH 5%!

0AINTBALL 3OCIETY TOOK PART IN THE .ATIONAL )NTER 5NI 0AINTBALL #OMPETITION

GUNNING AGAINST INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TEAMS IN THE 3UPER !IR COMPETITION !S THE 5%! TEAM !LAN *ENNINGS !UNG !RKAR .ICK $OBSON *OHN +ERANS AND .ICK 7ALKER ARRIVED AT THE

SITE JUST OUTSIDE "IRMING HAM THE PLAYERS COULD DO NOTHING BUT LOOK AMAZED AT THE FANCY GEAR THE OTHER TEAMS BOASTED !S 5%!

0AINTBALL HAD NO FUNDING FOR THIS COMPETITION WE AP PEALED TO THE OTHER TEAMS TO BORROW SOME EQUIPMENT /NE PLAYER FROM ANOTHER UNI POLITELY ASKED hSO WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED v AND WE ANSWERED HONESTLY h#AN WE HAVE SOME MASKS lRST v !LL THE PLAYERS FROM ALL THE TEAMS WITHIN EARSHOT TURNED AROUND IN COMPLETE AND UT

TER AMAZEMENT 5%! MANAGED TO BORROW SOME EQUIPMENT FROM RIVAL TEAMS AND WALKED ONTO THE 3UPER !IR PITCH FOR THE lRST GAME AGAINST 0ORTSMOUTH 7E GOT OFF TO A GOOD START BY SHOOTING OUT THE AGGRESSIVE FORWARD RUNNERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE !FTER A FEW MOMENTS OF SOAKING UP THE PRESSURE 0ORT SMOUTH BLITZED IN NUMBERS ON OUR LEFT SIDE AND GAVE US THE lRING SQUAD TREATMENT

DRAWING SOME BLOOD !FTER A SURPRISING DRAW AGAINST "IRMINGHAM @"

WHERE 5%! DID CAPTURE THE mAG AND MADE THE WINNING RUN TOWARDS THE OPPOSITION BASE THE WIN WAS NOT AWARD ED DUE TO THE SURVIVING PLAY ERS BEING CLASSED AS hDEADv )T REMAINS A MYSTERY HOW DEAD OPPOSITION PLAYERS CAN SHOOT US OUT 4HIS GAVE 5%!

EXTRA INCENTIVES TO ANNIHILATE 3OUTHAMPTON WHO CLEARLY SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR WRATH 3UDDENLY DUE TO THE STRUCTURING OF THE POINT SYSTEM 5%! WERE TH (OWEVER 5%! WERE DOGGED BY ONE PROBLEM AFTER

ANOTHER 'UNS THAT WERE DO NATED TO US SUDDENLY STARTED TO FAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAMES AND FOR THE REMAIN DER OF THE MORNING 5%!

WERE OUTGUNNED BY TEAMS THAT MANAGED TO GET USED TO THE LAYOUT AND PUT THEIR AC CURATE MARKERS TO GOOD USE .ONETHELESS 5%! MAN AGED TO MAKE THE SAME NUMBER OF KILLS AS THE TOP THREE TEAMS "Y THE END OF THE DAY 5%! MUSTERED TH POSITION MUGGING PAINT BALL TERM NOTHING CRIMINAL TEAMS THAT HAD SEVERAL AD

VANTAGES OVER US .EXT YEAR THE 5%! 0AINT BALL 3OCIETY WHICH CURRENTLY BOASTS OVER MEMBERS

WILL BECOME A 3PORTS #LUB 7E WILL ALSO BE JOINING THE 0AINTBALL 3PORTS &EDERATION

THE GOVERNING BODY THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE &! FOR FOOTBALL 7E HOPE TO RECEIVE BETTER HELP WITH FUNDING AND ADVICE FROM RELEVANT PARTIES THAT MAY ALLOW US TO CHAL LENGE FOR THE TITLE NEXT YEAR

AFTER COMING SO CLOSE TO BEATING TEAMS THAT HAD MORE SUPPORT AND EXPERIENCE

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