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ISSUE 83 March 2016

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Contents

Mothers Day 6 The Black Stuff 8 Addictive Fitbit 10 Garden View 12 A Good Read 14 Crufts 16 Puzzle Pages 18 Sports Massage 20 Recipe 22 Manage Your Stress 24 Local Info 26 Spots 28 Index of Advertisers 30 Published by Spotlight Local Media Ltd Company No. 6841257 Tel: 0115 822 4995 Suite 104, 1 Hanley Street Nottingham NG1 5BL Graphic Design and Layout: Spotlight Local Media Distributed by Best Distributions Trusted Delivery Partner of the Spotlight Magazine

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So here we are.. March already, and ready to spring into spring.

It’s the time of year when we start to think about getting our house and garden back into shape, and if you need help with that, our advertisers are the people to call.

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Why Do We Have Mothers Day?

“Why do we even need Mother’s Day?” My 14-year-old daughter grumped as I suggested she might like to put some consideration into a card and flowers. Well Gracie, let me enlighten you...

The full time job - No holiday. No time off for good behaviour. 24 hours, 365 days per year and no pay. If my boss at work tried to impose these conditions as the terms of my contract I’d have grounds to take him to court.

The housework - It may surprise you Gracie to know that the house does not clean and tidy itself. Clothing does not wash, iron and sort itself into drawers.

There isn’t an army of cleaning fairies who pop out at night to dust and run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet. It is actually your Mum. Ok some of it is me, and you will do the odd chore (generally reluctantly) but mostly, let’s be honest here, it’s mum.

The food – Meal-planning, shopping, cooking. It’s just done, sorted, no problems.

I realise you and your brother clear the table and stack the dishwasher, mostly while grumbling about slave labour and the general unfairness of life, but I’m betting you’d miss the meals if they suddenly stopped

The therapist – That boy you like but who broke your heart? Mum will offer hugs and a shoulder to cry on. That nasty teacher who was making your life a misery? Who spoke to her on your behalf? Which subjects should you take at school? Should you choose hockey practice or clarinet lessons?

Mum will advise. You may not like the advice or take it, but you know she cares.

The banker - That school trip you forgot to tell us about? The night out at the cinema with friends you simply must attend? The new shoes you absolutely have to buy?

Who stumps up for all this stuff? That’s right, your mum.

So a card, a handwritten note, a hug, a kiss and a heartfelt ‘Thank you mum’ will go a long way toward making her feel special, and yes it does seem ridiculous we have to have a day set aside for it but that’s the point! In our busy lives for one day we stop, think and appreciate everything she does.

So that Gracie darling is why we have Mother’s Day!

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The taxi – How often do you use your mum as a fareless taxi-service? What if she made you walk, catch a bus or cycle to your friends’ houses. What if she starting charging you?

The organiser – Where are you supposed to be at 9.30am this Saturday? Or 4pm on Tuesday? Bet mum knows!

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A Drop Of The Black Stuff

March 17th is St Patrick’s Day - a celebration of all things Irish - and people around Ireland and throughout the world will commemorate it with a pint or two of Guinness, Ireland’s unofficial national intoxicant, with more than a 25% share of the beer market.

Arthur Guinness founded the brewery that makes the famous drink. Born in 1725 in County Kildare, Arthur inherited £100 at the age of 27 from his godfather, and three years later he set up business as a brewer.

In 1759 he signed a 9,000 year lease on a disused brewery in St James Gate, Dublin where he began brewing porter and ale.

Porter is a dark, well-hopped beer made from brown malt. Its history is closely intertwined with that of stout, a term which originally referred to a beer’s strength but which now refers to the drink’s body and colour.

Today’s Guinness is a dry stout available in a number of variants and strengths, including Guinness Draught, Guinness Original/Extra Stout, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Guinness Special Export Stout and Guinness Bitter. It is nicknamed ‘the black stuff’ on account of its dark colour, although it is actually a very dark shade of ruby!

Now brewed in 60 countries and available in over 120, the first Guinness export was to England in 1769, and by 1824 it had become a worldwide brand. Sales soared from 350,000 barrels in 1868 to over a million eighteen years later.

to make Guinness Extra Stout ‘more drinkable’, resulting in a brand re-launch in 1981 with pale malt being used for the first time.

Contemporary Guinness Draught and Extra Light Stout are weaker than their 19th Century counterpart, with Foreign Extra Stout and Special Export being closer to the original in character. Modern Guinness has a burnt flavour and is famous for its smoothness and thick, creamy head.

The production of Guinness continues to change with the times. In November last year the company announced plans to make their beer suitable for vegetarians and vegans by the end of 2016, through the introduction of a new filtration process that will avoid the need to use isinglass from fish bladders.

Claims have been made in the past that Guinness can benefit the heart by helping to prevent harmful deposit build-up on artery walls.

It has also been described as a ‘meal in a glass’, and at 198 calories per pint, has slightly fewer calories than skimmed milk, orange juice and most other light beers.

So, I wish you a happy St Patrick’s Day, filled with friends, fun, smiles and a drop of the black stuff.

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The Addictive Fitbit

Want to make sure you’re completing your 10,000 steps a day, or looking to improve your training? An activity tracker can help.

The FitBit is probably the best known brand on the market, with several models to choose from: The entry level Zip, at around £50, tracks your steps, distance walked and calories burned. “So it’s a fancy pedometer then?”

I hear you ask. Well, yes, basically, but it’s more responsive and you can sync it to your computer or smartphone to see your activity presented as a graph.

This makes it much easier to monitor your activity levels over time and track you progress. The Zip also acts as a watch, and there are various other extras, such as the ability to log your food intake.

Feel like you’re getting your full eight hours of sleep, but still feel tired? You might want to opt for One or Flex, which track your sleep as well as your activity.

They also have silent alarms, to wake you up, but not your partner. One clips onto your clothing, while Flex is worn like a watch. There are some differences in what they offer – Flex doesn’t have a clock, for example.

exercises, and has an automatic heart-rate monitor to help maximise your training.

Top of the range is Surge, at around £200.

It’s been designed for people who are really serious about their sports performance, and want to monitor every aspect of their training. For instance, you can track the route you’re running using GPS. You can also control music and read texts that come through to your smartphone.

So which one to go for? Well Zip is a great choice if you just want to check whether you’re walking those recommended 10,000 steps a day. If you cycle, run, or enjoy another sport, you’ll want to opt for a more advanced model.

Now, a warning… It is possible to get ever so slightly obsessed with the FitBit. You can easily find yourself checking it hundreds of times a day, which can distract you from real life, and you can find yourself pushing ever harder, unnecessarily.

On the positive side, it does encourage you to increase your activity levels and build up your fitness. Like so much in life, the key is moderation.

Tempted? Head to: www.fitbit.com

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If your phone is nearby and it rings, the caller ID will come up on the Charge display. It also has a better battery life, of up to 10 days.

Charge HR is designed for people who work out regularly, as it can recognise different

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Garden View

Lovely Lilies (and a spot of hard-pruning) The first day of spring this year is officially March 20th . Trees are blossoming and daffodils are in bloom. The garden has woken up from its winter sleep and is full of promise.

But promise is not enough. A beautiful garden does not happen by chance. So what are the top jobs for March gardeners?

Pruning features large! Hard-prune those late flowering shrubs like Buddleia, Leycesteria and Lavateria, but only if the risk of heavy frost is past.

Spring-flowering plants such as Forsythia and Winter Honeysuckle should be pruned immediately the flowers fade.

If you haven’t already pruned your bush roses, now is the time. Leave about an inch of last year’s growth to encourage bushiness and lots of flowers.

Shrub roses don’t need such radical treatment but would benefit from losing a third of their old, thick, woody stems.

Lift congested clumps of snowdrops while they still have leaves showing.

Finally, stay on top of the weeds. If you leave them, weeding quickly becomes an insurmountable chore.

Ok, we’ve dispensed with the hard work, now it’s time to look ahead.

I have one word for you...Lilies.

I always thought they were tricky to grow, and so they proved, mainly because my garden doubles as a slug sanctuary!

Then I had an epiphany. It dawned on me that if I grew them in pots, slug prevention would be easier, plus I didn’t run the risk of slicing through the fat, scaly bulbs or tender shoots with my hoe while enthusiastically weeding my plot.

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Even better, it means you can grow them even if you only have a balcony.

There are loads of varieties in the garden centres right now. Three bulbs fit nicely into an 8inch / 20cm pot and five fit into a ten inch / 25cm pot. I’ve found terracotta pots best because they provide enough weight to prevent these tall plants tipping over.

Lilies need an open planting mixture which drains well so I use a mixture of potting compost plus a soil-less multi-purpose compost. The bulb tips should be a couple of inches below the compost.

Keep in a sheltered spot and water when the surface of the compost looks dry. Once the buds have formed, feed weekly with dilute tomato food until late summer. When the blooms fade, cut the stems down and place in a sheltered spot.

Each spring, scrape away a couple of inches of compost and add fresh mixture, then repeat the instructions above. Treated like this your lilies will reward you for three or four years before they need re-potting.

There are a plethora of colours and scents available, so there is a lily for everyone. Try them. I guarantee you’ll be as in love with lilies as I am.

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A Good Read

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

Growing up in a typical English town this novel made a huge impact on me when I first read it. The colourful characters seem such a world apart from what I was familiar with and yet it is a story about all of our lives and a woman’s relationship with her mother.

In 1949 four Chinese immigrant women in San Francisco agree to meet up each week to play mah-jong, calling themselves the Joy Luck Club.

Here they discuss the lives they left behind in China and the dreams and hopes they have for their daughters as they embark on their new lives in America. Whilst not strictly speaking short stories, each chapter tells a different aspect of their lives.

The first half of the book tells of the lives of the women in the Joy Luck Club. We learn of their lives in China. An-Mei Hsu whose mother left her to become a concubine to a rich merchant and Lindo Jeng who was forced to marry someone she didn’t love.

We then learn of their daughters and their new lives growing up in America, in a culture that seems alien to the world their mothers are describing.

Here lies the clash of cultures which leads to friction between mother and daughter.

The older generation feel as if they are losing their daughters to American culture and the younger generation do not feel as if anything their mothers talk about is relevant to their lives.

Sound familiar? You don’t need to be a Chinese immigrant or growing up in America to relate to the universal themes that Tan weaves into her debut novel.

It is about learning to understand the people that fill our lives and accepting that they only have our best interests at heart. It is about learning that our parents too are real people, arriving in the present through a series of events that have shaped them and made us who we are too.

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Emily Feather and the Enchanted Door

by Holly Webb Have you ever felt as if you just don’t fit in?

Where even your own family seems different to you? This is how ten-year-old Emily Feather feels. She looks different to her siblings with her dark hair.

It is true that everyone looks a bit different (even her older twin sisters aren’t identical) but Emily just can’t shake the feeling that there is something about her that sets her apart from the rest of the family. Her best friend Rachel points out that she is the only one not named after a bird, but surely there is more to it than that?

Emily lives in an unusual house. Her dad, Ash, is an author, writing fantasy books.

The house seems as if it could have come straight out of one of his books. Her room is in the old attic at the top of a rickety flight of stairs, with ornately carved mirrors on the landing. Sometimes it even feels as if the walls have moved: but that would be silly as Emily knows that can’t happen.

One day she is passing one of the mirrors and sees a strange reflection in it. A girl with green skin is staring back at her and that is just the start of a series of events that will completely change Emily’s life.

It turns out that she was right. She IS different from the rest of her family, but not in any way she could have possibly imagined.

Holly Webb is better known for her novels books about animals and has written over 90 books for children. However this book, the first in a new magical series, shows that she is just as adept at writing about fantasy worlds.

Aimed at readers aged 8+ this is a lovely introduction to traditional fairy mythology.

It does take a while to get going and the titular enchanted door doesn’t appear until the final quarter of the book. This is clearly intended to introduce the reader to Emily’s world which is then explored in future books.

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Crufts

Crufts, the world’s largest dog show takes place between 10 and 13 March at the NEC Birmingham.

The first of the ‘Crufts’ Dog events took place in 1891 at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington. It was the brainchild of Charles Cruft, hence the name.

After college, Charles worked for the well known dog food company Spratts, initially as an office boy and later as a travelling salesman across Europe. In 1878 he was asked by French dog-breeders to promote the canine section of the Paris Exhibition.

Back in England, he managed the Allied Terrier Club Show at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster in 1886. He launched Crufts five years later. When Charles died in 1938, his wife Emma took over the running of the Show. She handed the mantle to the Kennel Club in 1948.

The first event had 2,437 entries representing 36 breeds. This year’s show will see over 22,000 dogs competing from around 43 countries. The event is truly international since quarantine laws were lifted in the year 2000.

The ultimate accolade, Best in Show has been contested for 87 years, and won by 43 different breeds.

The most frequent champion breed with seven wins is the cocker spaniel, followed by the Irish Setter and Welsh Terrier which have each taken four titles.

The first ever winner was a greyhound and the 2015 winner was a five-year-old Russian Scottish Terrier called Knopa.

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Winners receive a replica silver trophy and a small cash prize, but it is the prestige and future stud-money that are the real attraction.

In addition to the Best in Show and Best in Breed awards, there are now many other competitions including Scruffs - for crossbreeds.

Visitors can also enjoy the spectacle of activities such as fast-paced flyball, skillful agility and heelwork to music. In many of the competitions there are junior as well as adult classes.

Attendees also look forward to seeing famous names such as celebrity vets and TV personalities known for their love of dogs. There is a wealth of shopping opportunities with over 400 exhibition stands.

And for those thinking of purchasing a dog the Discover Dogs section features examples, advice and information from owners of around 200 breeds.

Over the last decade £138,000 has been raised from dog exhibitors for the Kennel Club’s charitable trust which distributes money to dog re-homing, assistance dog charities, and funds research into the understanding and prevention of dog diseases.

Huge efforts are now made to ensure all dogs in the Show are healthy following previous concerns about welfare.

Crufts is a great day out, and for dog-lovers it’s not to be missed!

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Do You Need A Sports Massage?

Entries are open for the Nottingham Robin Hood half marathon, along with lots of others around the country. Whether you're a regular to the race or have made it your New Year's resolution to run it this year, it's time to start training.

Maintenance and recovery should be an important part of your preparation, so including regular massages in your training regime has a number of benefits.

Sports massage helps to keep your muscles supple, which decreases the likelihood of injuries such as strains and sprains during running, similar to the effect of your warm up before a workout or run.

Regular massage can help to identify and treat these issues before they become a serious problem. An injury could put you out of training for weeks, which will throw your preparation off, mentally as well as physically, so be sure to look after your body.

Massage helps to promote blood flow around the body, which means that your

muscles get a good supply of all of the nutrients and fluids that they need for recovery.

It also helps to reduce the amount of lactic acid stored in your muscles and breaks down scar tissue that may have built up from any injuries that you've had.

This means any pain and stiffness you experience should get better quicker, so you can get back to training at the level you'd like to.

Regular massage has been shown to improve muscle flexibility and range of motion around your joints, so your muscles, and body as a whole, can function more efficiently.

A professional massage therapist should also be able to identify any muscle imbalances and specific tight areas you have, which may indicate weaknesses or compensations in your running technique.

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Banana and Walnut Loaf

Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 60-70 minutes Ingredients 225g plain flour 2 level tsp baking powder 80g softened or spreadable butter 1 large egg (beaten) 110g caster sugar 4 medium bananas (peeled) 50g walnuts (chopped) Zest 1 lemon Demerara sugar for sprinkling

Sift the flour and baking powder together into a separate bowl. Add the butter, egg and caster sugar. Using a mixer mix everything together for a minute or two.

Add the mashed and chopped bananas and briefly whisk them into the mixture. Fold in the chopped walnuts and lemon zest.

Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin. Sprinkle with Demerara sugar.

Method

Place in the pre-heated oven so that the top of the tin is in the centre. Bake for 6070 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Preheat oven to 180C / gas 4. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

Let the cake cool for 10-15 minutes then turn out on to a cooling rack.

Mash three bananas to a pulp and chop the fourth.

This cake is good served warm with crème fraiche, cold, or even toasted.

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Is Stress Affecting Your Health?

Stress is a common problem for many people and comes in many different forms, good or bad.

Stress is usually associated with external stresses such as pressure at work, home life, relationships and financial difficulties. However, there are other stresses that could be affecting your health without you even realising.

Living in a technological world we are exposed to radiation through mobile phones, computers, TV and the microwave.

Although these devices have made every day life easy to function, over exposure will cause stress and a dysfunction in your internal balance. If you are having trouble sleeping or shifting those extra pounds this could be why.

This can also be said for your nutrition.

Eating too much, too little or unhealthy foods can affect your internal stress

levels, causing your body to struggle with metabolising food and extracting the right nutrients.

Your liver is your biggest fat burning organ and if this is under strain due to too many toxins and not enough nutrients further health problems can occur i.e. thyroids.

Don’t panic, you don’t need to vanish to the moon to avoid technology or toxins; there are some good stresses that are vital for your health.

The stress you get from exercise and eating healthily will assist your metabolic rate, keeping you from being overweight and allowing you to have more energy and sleep better.

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What’s happening in your area

This is a free page to publicise your local events and information. We would love to hear from you if you know of any event in or around the West Bridgford area; copy deadline is the 25th of each month. Please email: info@ spotlightlocal.co.uk Claire Mockridge Fitness/Pilates Mother and Baby Postnatal Fitness Classes Wednesdays 11am-12pm All Hallows Church Hall, Pierrepont Road, Lady Bay/West Bridgford - Come along from 6-10 weeks after birth. Phone Claire on 07747 656550, email claire@mummiesandbuggies.co.uk or see www.mummiesandbuggies.co.uk The South Notts Flower Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month at Edwalton Church Hall, Edwalton. All visitors are welcome. £5.00 to include refreshments The Edwalton, Gamston and District U3A is going from strength to strength. it has a steadily growing number with new members at every meeting.

If you would like to join please contact Christine Shaw email : chrisshaw20038@hotmail.com or telephone 0115 974 5512. We meet every 2nd Thursday in the month from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gamston Community Hall which is near Morrison’s.

Interested in learning bridge? Or want to return?

West Bridgford Bridge Club meets at Edwalton Golf Centre 7pm every Monday night, for duplicate bridge. For more details, contact Shiona Dawson at shionadawson@ gmail.com The Photo Coach Club A new camera club based in Radcliffe-on-Trent Meeting every 1st and 3rd Thursday in the month from 7pm - 9pm throughout the year, membership to the club is just £5.00 and promises that the evenings will be fun filled and packed with top tips, projects, competitions, workshops and scheduled outings.

Trent Valley Sailing Club has an active junior fleet. Sailing takes place on Friday evenings between April and September for children aged 7 to 16. We have several places available this year for new junior sailors. Come and have a go on the water. All enquiries to Angela Clark@trentvalleysc.org

Wilford Racquets Badminton Club welcomes new

members. We play Wednesday evenings throughout the year in West Bridgford. For further information please contact Cherry on 0115 846 1634 or Richard on 0739 884 2647.

MeadowCovertScoutGroup The popularity of Scouts is going from strength to strength and with that success we need to recruit more volunteers to lead Beaver Scouts (aged 6-8) and Cubs (aged 8-10). We’re based in Edwalton on Alford Road and If you’re interested please email me, Kerry, on MeadowCovertScoutGroup@googlemail.com Toot Hill Extra have organised new Creative Workshops over Easter. On Tuesday 29th March we are running a Specialist Cookery Day where you can rustle up some delicious Indian dishes. We are also holding an Intermediate Digital Photography day for those who want to be able to take great shots with their camera.

On Wednesday 30th March we are running our ever popular Beautiful Glasswork workshop where you can create art panels, coasters or tiles in gorgeous colours all to your own design. No experience required as full training will be given. The workshops take place 9.30am – 3pm at Toot Hill School in Bingham. Places must be reserved in advance so to book your place please contact Liz on 01949 863044 or visit us at toothillextra.co.uk

To book your place or for further information please call 07570 973 88107570 973 881 or email drew@drewsmithphotography.co.uk

Just Friends West Bridgford is a very friendly club for anyone aged 55 + who is lively minded and unattached. Club night is on the last Thursday of every month at 8pm in a private upstairs room at The Wolds pub next to ASDA. 25+ varied events each month. Check out our website www.justfriendswestbridgford.wordpress.com or contact Lillian 8462225

The Poppy Folk Club Sunday 20th March is our annual Poppy Folk Day with concerts throughout the day culminating with The Hut People for the evening finale concert. Tickets are £20 for the whole day, or separate tickets for the individual concerts are available.

The Nottingham Astronomical Society are a friendly group of amateur astronomers from all walks of life. Whilst providing regular guest-speaker events, we encourage active observing. The Society owns and operates an observatory near Cotgrave, which houses our 24-inch large reflector telescope.

Please telephone Julie and Phil 0115 9812861, Dave 07790 943893, email phil@poppyfolkclub.co.uk or visit the website at www.poppyfolkclub.co.uk for more details.

The next meeting of the club will be for a singaround and music session on Sunday 21st February.

If you are interested in astronomy, you are welcome to come along to our meetings. Most meetings include an illustrated talk by a guest speaker, and admission is free to occasional visitors. More information on the website at www. nottinghamastro.org.uk

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Spots!

Often appearing at the worst times; spots are unsightly and can be uncomfortable.

They occur when oil called sebum comes into contact with blocked pores.

To reduce the risk of spots you should prevent excess oil build up by keeping your hair clean and off your face, not wearing tight clothes or bag straps which rub and not resting your face on telephones.

You should also avoid the use of irritants like greasy makeup and certain sunscreens and hair products.

You should avoid squeezing spots as this can cause infection and scarring. Exfoliation can improve the effectiveness of topical treatments and improve the appearance of skin. Various technology products such as light and heat therapy are also available.

Acne is something very different. This needs to be treated by a doctor possibly with antibiotics. More extreme cases will be referred to a dermatologist.

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Daily washing with a gentle cleanser is recommended and remember to wash your towels regularly because dirty ones spread bacteria. A healthy diet can also help an d there are special vitamin products available to aid healthy skin.

If you do get a spot you can try products which contain benzoyl peroxide, salicyclic acid and alpha hydroxy acids, as these help to unblock pores, prevent oiliness, kill bacteria and speed up the growth of new skin cells.

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