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Contents
Save Your Sight 6 Daylight Savings 8 Write An Essay 10 St. Patricks Day 12 A Good Read 14 Garden View 16 March Recipe 18 Puzzle Pages 20 Easter Egg Hunt 22 Write A Living Will 24 Long Term Health Support 26 The Great North Run 28 Index of Advertisers 30 Published by Spotlight Local Media Ltd Company No. 6841257 Tel: 01332 416121 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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Save Your Sight! We Need To Look After Our Eyes
Most people don’t think about their eyes much... until something goes wrong. experience no symptoms until significant damage to their sight has occurred.
It’s important to understand what happens to our eyes as we age. Your optometrist does so much more than provide spectacles. The following conditions are all detectable by optometrists during a routine eye examination. Cataracts These are caused by clouding of the lens inside the eye. They are not painful but vision may be smudged or blurry. Diabetics and those taking certain medications are more at risk, but in most cases they are caused by old age. Most cataracts may be treated successfully by surgical removal then replacing the cloudy lens with a clear, artificial one. Glaucoma This is a condition in which the optic nerve at the back of the eye is damaged. It is usually though not always, caused by raised pressure inside the eyeball. 99% of Glaucoma sufferers
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The risk becomes more significant once you are over 40 and it increases with age. Anyone with a family history of the disease is more at risk, along with diabetics, very short-sighted people and anyone from an AfroCaribbean background. If detected early Glaucoma can be controlled with eyedrops, and in some cases surgery. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) happens when the delicate ‘seeing-cells’ at the back of the eye stop working. It usually affects both eyes. The risk of getting it increases with age but poor diet, too much sunexposure and smoking are all contributory factors. You are also more at risk if there is a family history of the condition. There are two types: Wet AMD is rarer and can be treated if caught early, and dry AMD, which is currently untreatable.
The progress of dry AMD may be slowed by increasing the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables consumed and by stopping smoking. Diabetes is not an eye disease but eye problems are among its most significant complications. An optometrist will check for signs that the blood vessels of the eye are leaking or not working properly. If problems are discovered then you will be referred for laser treatment at your local hospital. Even if you are not Diabetic and your eyesight seems fine it is important to have the health of your eyes checked at least once every two years, as changes may happen without you realising. Remember… Unlike teeth, eyes do not usually hurt when there is something wrong. Generally, the earlier an eye problem is detected, the easier it is to treat. If you drive, it is your responsibility to make sure you satisfy the legal visual requirements. Book an eye examination today. You have just one pair of eyes, and they have to last you a lifetime, so take care of them.
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Daylight Saving Time
Just Why Do We Change The Clocks It’s time to turn the clocks forward an hour at 1 am on 26th March. This is the time when sunrise and sunset are one hour later on the clock and is is known as British Summer Time, or Daylight Saving Time.
longer and spend more money - an extra £6.34 million in Northern Ireland alone. Some are not in favour though. For example, traditional dairy farmers claim Daylight Saving Time disrupts milking routines.
It is believed that the concept was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in an essay entitled; ‘An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.’
would be more fuel for the war effort. Britain followed shortly after in May 1916.
Ancient civilisations had already been adopting similar concepts however by adjusting their routines in accordance with the sun’s schedules.
Daylight Saving Time is now utilised in over 70 countries world wide although dates of implementation and clock adjustments vary.
The first official modern use of Daylight Saving Time was in Ontario in 1908, and several other Canadian cities followed.
The main benefits of Daylight Saving Time are said to be:
At around the same time MP Robert Pearce proposed a bill in the House of Commons based on work done by British Builder William Willett around moving the clocks eight times a year to achieve similar results. This was rejected. Germany became the first European country to introduce Daylight Saving Time in April 1916. Its rationale was that the use of artificial light would be reduced and thus there
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The opportunity to make better use of natural daylight The ability to conserve energy that would otherwise be used on artificial light A decrease in road accidents because roads are naturally lit during the time when most vehicles are using them Some studies such as one carried out by the Belfast Telegraph also claim that the extra hour of daylight means that tourists stay out
This mainly affects developing countries as elsewhere milking is automated. Some research has also shown that there is a greater risk of people having accidents or being the victims of crime because they leave their houses in the morning when it’s still dark. Some studies have suggested that in the first few days after the clocks go forward there are more heart attacks too. Finally for those of us who struggle to remember when we turn the clocks forward and when they go back, this little phrase may help: ‘Spring Forward, Fall Back,’ as the time when clocks go back always happens in the Autumn. This year in the UK, the date when Greenwich Mean Time will begin again is 29th October. By Susan Brookes-Morris
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Writing An A* Essay A how to guide to writing
Whether you’re 15 or 50, writing an academic essay can be pretty daunting.
Hopefully our how-to guide might make the process a little bit easier. Start off with your notes. Get key points down, quotes, useful resources and so on. Don’t worry about grammar and spelling; at this point, it’s all about getting your ideas together in one place. Ideally, you’ll want to start your research well before your deadline, so that you can add to your notes when you hear something relevant in a lecture, or come across something when you’re reading. Make sure you include where you’ve found the information, so that you can cite the source in your essay.
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Try to identify any gaps in your notes. Do you need to find proof to back up an argument, for example? It can help to write yourself a set of questions that you need to answer. You’ll then know exactly what you’re looking for when you’re researching. Do use trusted sources as references. If you find something useful in a newspaper, check the background source, as some publications do have a habit of twisting facts. The same goes for websites such as Wikipedia. Once you have your notes, copy and paste them into a new document, and then start moving them into some kind of structure. Most essays will follow the following structure: Introduction (less than 10% of your total word count). This should give a brief overview of what you’re going to cover in the essay, and why. It should indicate that the essay is going to answer the set question, or expand on the title that you’ve chosen.
Body of the essay Here you’ll want to fully explain the points you mentioned in the introduction. You’ll likely include quotes and refer to key research material. While you might include opposing views, the main body of the essay should support the conclusion. You might need to subdivide this section with subheaders. Conclusion (up to 15% of the total word count). Here you’ll summarise your main ideas and, if appropriate, answer the question set. While the saying ‘begin at the beginning’ might be true for many things, it’s not always helpful for essays (or magazine articles for that matter). It’s often actually easier to leave writing the introduction until the end. That way you’ll know exactly what it is that you’re introducing. You’ll want to make sure the essay flows well, with wellstructured paragraphs, and no spelling or grammatical errors. Don’t rely on a computer spellchecker. It is difficult to proofread your own work, so ask a friend or family member to take a look at it for you if possible. Good luck! By Kate Duggan
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St Patrick’s Day An American Invention?
Shamrocks, leprechauns and gallons of Guinness – St Patrick’s Day is nearly here. But why has this saint’s day become so popular? And who was Saint Patrick? Well, it may surprise you to hear that Saint Patrick (or Padraig to use the Irish spelling) wasn’t actually Irish. He’s believed to have been born to Roman parents, in Scotland or Wales, in the fifth century AD. At the age of 16, Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland to live as a slave. For six years, he herded sheep on Slemish Mountain, until he managed to escape and flee Ireland. A dream led Patrick to dedicate his life to converting people to Christianity. He returned to Ireland and began to spread his message. Today, St Patrick is regarded as the founder of Christianity in Ireland. It’s believed that St Patrick’s Day was first celebrated back in the 17th century. Held to mark St Patrick’s death, it was a humble, religious celebration up until the 1920s.
respect, right up until the 1960s. Across the pond, in America, it was a different matter. There St Patrick’s Day became a day for Irish immigrants to celebrate their heritage. By the mid-19th century, parades and festivities were being held in major cities across the US. According to author and university professor Mike Cronin, ‘St. Patrick’s Day was a public declaration of a hybrid identity—a belief in the future of Ireland as a nation free from British rule, and a strict adherence to the values and liberties that the U.S. offered them.’ In the 20th century, corporations started to pay attention, and figure out how to take advantage of the celebrations. Pretty soon, T-shirts with
embroidered shamrocks, inflatable bottles of Guinness, and even green McDonald’s milkshakes, started to become synonymous with St Patrick’s Day, at least in America. As with most American exports, some of these products have now become popular in the UK (though not, thankfully, green milkshakes), and in other countries across the globe. St Patrick’s Day is now celebrated in pubs, shops and student halls across the world. This year, Greening the City will see iconic landmarks across Ireland, from Trinity College, to Donegal Castle, go green on 17th March. If you’re lucky enough to be heading to Ireland for St Patrick’s Day this year, you’ll certainly have plenty of choices for where to celebrate.
An annual military parade started in Dublin in 1931, but the day remained mainly a time for religious reflection, rather than painting oneself green and donning a funny hat. Bars were even closed on St Patrick’s Day, as a mark of
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A Good Read It addresses politics, animal rights, outcasts, fate, friendships, and the philosophical question of what makes us bad: are people born wicked or do they become wicked purely by living up to people’s expectations of them? Elphaba Thropp was born with an unfortunate colour skin tone and right from the start felt rejected like an outcast.
Wicked by Gregory Maguire We all know what happened when Dorothy arrived in the Land of Oz courtesy of a cyclone. She killed the Wicked Witch of the East and magically acquired her ruby slippers. Helped by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, she travelled to the Emerald City with three friends and asked the Wizard to send her back to Kansas. And of course, we know about her green enemy: The Wicked Witch of the West. But do we really know the rest of the story? What DID happen in Oz before this little girl from Kansas carelessly ‘dropped’ in? Wicked, is the story of the witches of Oz as imagined by Gregory Maguire. Familiar to many people these days through the hit West End musical of the same name, this novel is very different in tone to the musical with much more adult themes.
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She feels as if she has no place in the world but all that is set to change when she arrives at Shiz University. Here she meets her total opposite, Glinda, and despite an initial hatred of each other they do become best friends. But where will that friendship take them? They are destined to follow separate paths: one of good and one of evil. The Good Witch and The Wicked Witch. It is how that happens and how they discover their true purpose and destiny that forms the heart of this immersive fantasy novel. Clearly Oz is not just for children.
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Garden View Spring Has Sprung
“A beautiful garden does not happen by pure chance. It takes a bit of work and planning.” The other day someone said to me, ‘You are so lucky… you have a beautiful garden.’
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I thanked her of course, but I really wanted to say, ‘Luck has very little to do with it. A beautiful garden does not happen by pure chance. It takes a bit of work and planning.’ As the spring equinox looms, the trees blossom and daffodils bloom. The garden is waking up from its winter sleep and is full of promise. I am excited to be outside in it but I’m aware for nongardeners it can seem daunting when everything (including the weeds) starts growing at once! So where to begin? There are three fairly simple tasks which will get you off to a flying start. Pruning is the first task. It’s time to hard prune late-flowering shrubs like Buddleia, Leycesteria and Lavateria, but only if the risk of hard frost is past. Spring flowering plants such as Forsythia and Winter Honeysuckle should be pruned immediately the flowers fade. If you haven’t already
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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. Then a bit of lifting is required. Lift congested clumps of snowdrops while they still have leaves showing. Finally, stay on top of the weeds from the outset. If you leave them, weeding quickly becomes an insurmountable chore. But of course gardening is about planting things and one of the best things to plant now is lilies. If you have a bit of a slug problem like I do grow them in pots. Pots also have the advantage of protecting the bulbs. I hate slicing through them accidentally when hoeing. And pots mean
I’ve found terracotta pots best because lilies are tall and terracotta provides enough weight to prevent them tipping over. Lilies need a well-drained open planting mixture 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 repotting. By Rachael Leverton
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Leave to marinate for 30 minutes. Preheat a frying pan. Fry the prawns until cooked, tossing them several times to distribute the heat evenly. Turn out on to warm plates and drizzle with the juices from the pan. Serve with lemon wedges and crusty bread.
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How To Write A Living Will
The term Living Will is commonly used to refer to a document which expresses how you want to be treated or cared for in certain situations when you may not have the capacity to communicate your decisions. It gives your family, doctors and caregivers confidence that they are following your wishes at an emotionally fraught time. If you are over 18, you can use the document to communicate about types of treatment that you don’t want to undertake and give more general statements about how you want to be cared for in accordance with your beliefs and values.
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New Support for people with Long-Term Health Conditions in Derby Self Help UK, has been funded by Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group to develop a new befriending project in Derby. The Tandem Project offer a short-term befriending service for people living in Derby City who are affected by a long-term health condition and are experiencing social isolation. The project is currently in its initial stages and is recruiting and training volunteers. The aim of this project is to help those who are living with a long-term health condition and feeling isolated and lonely, to access support to help them reconnect with other people and improve their wellbeing. The Tandem service will offer a range of support including: Visiting someone at home to build a trusting supportive relationship Offering support via the telephone
Training sessions will be organised on a regular basis. Vicki Jones, Tandem Project Coordinator, believes that this work will give people in Derby and Erewash diagnosed with a longterm health condition, support to feel less lonely and isolated. “There is evidence that loneliness and social isolation are harmful to health. Research shows that lacking social connections is as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Social networks and friendships not only have an impact on reducing the risk of mortality or developing certain diseases but they also help individuals to cope better with their condition.“ Source: http://www. campaigntoendloneliness.org/threat-tohealth/ If you are interested either in volunteering, referring someone into our service or are a person who needs support in relation to a current long-term health condition then please contact Vicki Jones, Tandem Project Coordinator on 07496 393801 or by emailing vicki.jones@selfhelp.org.uk
Accompanying someone to self-help groups and social activities Accompanying someone to GP or Hospital appointments Supporting someone to access training or volunteering opportunities All volunteers will be given specific induction training to ensure they feel confident to undertake the role and will be DBS checked.
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Run For A Healthier Heart
The Great North Run is the most iconic half marathon in the world and covers 13.1 miles from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne to the coast in South Shields - with an amazing atmosphere, it’s an event not to be missed. This year, why not set yourself the challenge of completing the famous race while raising money for Heart Research UK – a charity which has been helping hearts for 50 years. Since 1967, they have funded £24 million of medical research across the UK and it’s thanks to work like theirs that the annual number of UK deaths from cardiovascular disease has more than halved.
longer lives by signing up for one of Heart Research UK’s places in this year’s Great North Run. If you have been lucky enough to gain your own place on the run, you can still join the team, raise sponsorship money and run in a Heart Research UK vest. Simply fill in the form on the website and select “own place.” By signing up to raise money for Heart Research UK you will gain support throughout your fundraising, including fundraising ideas, training and nutritional advice, a running vest and other hints and tips.
Although the UK’s single biggest killer, a significant number of heart disease cases can be preventable through maintaining an active lifestyle and healthy diet.
As well as all this, they will help you get publicity to highlight your own personal story and advertise your fundraising to support you in raising as much money as possible.
This is precisely the reason why training for an event such as the Great North Run is a great way to keep your heart healthy.
Visit www.heartresearch.org.uk to sign up and for any questions contact Rachel by calling 0113 234 7474 or emailing community@heartresearch.org.uk
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