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Dear Reader Welcome to the February edition of the MK Flyer.

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January is typically the month for new resolutions and setting goals, have you made yours yet and how many of you have already fallen off the wagon!

Stuart Oliphant

As you may remember September 2012 hosted the 9th Get On You Bike MK event.

Kim Oliphant Steve Aylott

Well, one of Carol’s supporters Jim Hellier from bookmeadisco.com organised a thank you event at the Holiday Inn for all the supporters that have given up time to help out. Read Carol’s thank you on page 36. With Christmas a distant memory, the decorations back in the loft and our houses back to normal, we move on to Valentines Day. We at MK Flyers particularly like a local restaurant who are putting on special menus for Valentines. Why not have a look at The Calcutta Brasserie on page 19 and get your table booked early? Remember, if you can’t find what your looking for in the MK Flyer please do check our online directory at www.mkflyersonline.co.uk where there are 100’s of businesses advertised or better still take MK flyers with you and download our mobile App from your App store. Until next month…

Stuart

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Introducing the thoracic spine The thoracic spine is the middle section of the spine comprising of 12 vertebrae. It starts at the base of the neck, marked by a protruding vertebra, and meeting the lumbar spine just under the ribs. There are 12 ribs, which attach to each of the thoracic vertebrae in the back and to the breast bone, or sternum in the front. Ribs 11 and 12 however, do not attach to the sternum, and are called floating ribs. As with the cervical and lumbar sections of the spine, nerves emerge from the thoracic spine and proceed to various parts of the body depending on where in the thoracic spine they emerge. Most of the nerves run along the ribs of the rib cage. The nerves which emerge from the very top of the thoracic spine donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, they supply the upper and lower parts of the arm, but more about them in later articles.

So what can go wrong with the thoracic spine: The thoracic spine is fairly robust, but despite this, you could suffer anything from crush fractures resulting from a fall, to arthritis, slipped discs and dislocated ribs. In this article I will focus on the most common complaint, muscle spasm caused by bad posture. Enter the trapezius. The trapezius muscle is a large muscle which is shaped like a large kite. It attaches to the thoracic spine and up to the neck and out to the shoulders. It is coloured red in the diagram. The muscle can be divided into three major sections, the upper, middle and lower trapezius. The upper region of the muscle is responsible for lifting the shoulder blades, while the middle and lower regions pull the shoulders back and depress the shoulder blades downwards. Now, your boss has been on your case for that report which is due by 5, and you have discovered that it needs a major re-write. You are stressed and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hunching. This pushes the neck forward and puts the upper fibres of the trapezius in a bad

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postural position. Do this over months, and the trapezius will form protective spasm, which hurt. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just office workers who are affected, but sports people like cyclists who are hunched over handlebars all day or hair dressers who spend most of their days with their hands in the air. Tense trapezius muscles can form tight bands of muscle in the shoulder and mid-back, causing pain. The middle fibres of the trapezius can also form trigger points, which refer their pain elsewhere, most often as a headache. The good news is that this kind of thing is easily treated with specifically targeted deep tissue work and mobilisation of the thoracic spine. Jacque Cilliers. Adv Dip. MT. (MSM) For appointments: 0845 458 5376 https://www.facebook.com/ jacquecilliersmassage http://www.jointsolutionsuk.com/

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As we are now in February, last year really does feel like a distant memory and while the snow tried to slow us down last month it seems we are off to a flying start. Milton Keynes has been tipped by Experian as one of the top Boroughs for growth and with fantastic prospects for the future. Whilst I didn’t need a survey to tell me how great a city we live in it is good to know our local economy is doing well.

to engage with the businesses that are employing people around the city. The New Year also saw time for land from across our city, held by the Homes and Communities Agency (a government department), transfer to Milton Keynes Council ownership. This will mean that decisions will be made by the council, putting the power back in the hands of local people. I worked in partnership with the council to make this happen and I felt it was a true victory for localism but also reassuring for our future here in MK. As you may know, I spend Friday in Milton Keynes visiting different organisations. To liven up my Friday constituency visits this year, I have decided to take part in a number of work experience placements. Having been invited by Subway to become a ‘Sandwich Artist’ for the afternoon, I thought it would be a great opportunity to kick off these visits. Franchise owners Tesh and Vimal showed me around the store, and quickly I was suited and booted, ready to serve the public.

However, while we are doing well Iain Stewart, the Milton Keynes South MP and I felt that it is crucial to continue to help those who are finding it hard. We decided to hold a Jobs Fair recently in partnership with the Council, Connexions and MK College, specifically trying to target young people who are struggling to find a job. Youth unemployment in Milton Keynes is at 7.6% which is higher than the 3.5% of total unemployment in Milton Keynes. Compared nationally, these figures are low but they do act as a warning sign and we wanted to organise something to address this. With over 30 different businesses and agencies in attendance the event was a huge success and I hope that the young people who came found it useful

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With the professional assistance of Siobhan Frazer, a Subway employee of over 16 years, I was shown the ins and outs of making the perfect Sub. From slicing the bread at 45 degrees, to wrapping it diagonally, I had a brilliant time learning the ropes, and realised it was a lot more stressful than meets the eye. I’ll be supporting Subway franchisee’s in their bid to continue rolling out their business across Milton Keynes. Do get in touch if you would like me to come and do some work experience for you-no job is too small! I have a new website which can be found on www. marklancastermp.org if you’d like to receive updates or find information about Milton Keynes. Otherwise, as ever, if you would like to speak to me for any help then please contact my office on 01908 686830 or email me at officeofmarklancaster@parliament.uk Mark Lancaster TD MP

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The evolution of Milton Keynes has received a significant boost with the launch of Oakgrove Village, the highly anticipated, brand new development by award-winning developer Crest Nicholson Regeneration Hazel Copse is part of the first phase of Oakgrove Village, situated in Middleton, to the south east of central Milton Keynes. The collection of two, three and four-bedroom houses are arranged in different neighbourhood areas, all slightly different in character. Buyers can choose from a range of thirteen house types, with private gardens bringing nature into close view.

The commitment to fulfilling the requirements and tastes of every buyer is demonstrated by the innovative interior design options. A series of show homes have been individually and exclusively furnished by the nation’s favourite retailers. Buyers can visit four different show homes by John Lewis, Next, Ikea and Laura Ashley and enjoy the unique opportunity to replicate their preferred design in their own home. These must-see show homes will be available to view from 19 January. Susan Young, Sales & Marketing Director for Crest Nicholson Regeneration said: “We are delighted to provide much-needed new homes to the residents of Milton Keynes. Crest Nicholson has a long history of building new homes in and around Milton Keynes and we’re absolutely committed to continuing to deliver vibrant new communities that complement their surroundings. “In order to ensure homes here meet the needs of local residents, we liaised extensively with the local council and community throughout the planning process; we’re confident

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the development is going to prove extremely popular with purchasers and we are looking forward to seeing a new community develop and thrive.” At the heart of the development is a central square which will provide a hub for the new community with restaurants, shops and a new Waitrose supermarket. These complement the amenities already on Oakgrove Village’s doorstep, including the Oftsted ‘Outstanding’ Oakgrove School. The high quality landscaped green corridors, open spaces and parkland of Oakgrove Village link the development with the Ouzel Valley Park along the western boundary, providing a network of redways and leisure routes and wildlife habitats. Residents will also have easy access to nearby Willen Lake and Milton Keynes Village as well as a fully equipped local leisure centre which is adjacent to the development.

When complete, Oakgrove Village will comprise up to 1,100 two, three, four and five-bedroom houses and one and twobedroom apartments. Oakgrove Village will be one of only a few developments built to meet the standards of Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, which, amongst other benefits, will result in cheaper running costs for residents. For more information or to view the show homes at Oakgrove Village, contact the Sales & Marketing Suite, Brickhill Street, Milton Keynes MK10 9JQ, open daily from 10am – 5pm, on 0870 758 0430 or visit www.crestnicholson.com/oakgrovevillage

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The Well Being Therapy Centre was established in March 2011 by two very experienced counsellors, Lynda Gilbert and Marise Cohen, to offer a new counselling service to the people of Milton Keynes Originally based at The Well in Willen, we moved in September 2011 to The Quaker Centre in Downhead Park.

to be listened to and given a voice in a non-judgemental way, as well as to be helped to see what may be underlying problems in order to begin moving forward.

We were immediately inundated with enquiries, and such was the demand for our counselling service that eventually we took on two new affiliates, Kulwant Kaur and Margaret Fensome, to accommodate this demand.

Our original intention in setting up the business was to reach as many people as possible, and with this in mind we have kept our fee at a reasonable rate of ÂŁ35 per session, with a limited number of places available at the concessionary rate of ÂŁ15 for people on benefits. As there are four of us we also have a wide range of availabilities, and can offer appointments every weekday including evenings, and also Saturday mornings. We look forward to being able to help you; please contact us on 01908 786242 or 07763 127852 or email us at info@thewellbeingtherapycentre.co.uk

We are all highly qualified and experienced, and between us offer help in a wide range of areas, including depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and family problems, infertility and adoption issues, addictions, bereavement, loss and compulsive eating. Couples counselling will also shortly be available. Many people have found that sitting down with a counsellor and talking through their concerns has helped them to see things from a different perspective. It can be very comforting

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The most romantic setting to celebrate Valentine’s Day Back by popular demand, internationally recognised singer, Nicky Prince returns to Calcutta Brasserie to entertain guests on Valentine’s Day with soulful vocals. Calcutta Brasserie, in Stony Stratford is inviting curry lovers to taste their delicious menu specially created for Valentine’s Day including a champagne reception and a rose for the lady. Named one of the best Indian restaurants in the country at the British Curry Awards and the Cobra Good Curry Guide, Calcutta Brasserie is the perfect romantic location to take a loved one this Valentine’s Day. Chefs have been busy perfecting a lavish 3 course meal for diners to enjoy while listening to live music from Nicky Prince.* Calcutta Brasserie will be serving the Valentine’s dishes from Thursday 14 February to Saturday 16 February as part of a set menu which costs £24.95. This is set to be a sell out, so book early for the best seats by calling 01908 566577 to make your reservation or visit www.calcuttabrasserie.co.uk

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ONION GARAM PAKORA (V) (G) Strands of Spanish onions crispy fried in a spicy gram flour batter

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Greenhouses Do you have a greenhouse? February is the perfect time to think about installing one so you can get a jump on the growing season.

The ability to shut the door on nasty weather makes pootling about and checking how things are coming on a much more pleasant experience. If your greenhouse has a power point you can have heat and light at your fingertips too, allowing you more time to potter. Don’t think it has to be huge and unsightly. There are so many styles available now, from the traditional cedar-framed variety to pretty bijou Victorian constructions. You could even go a bit sci-fi with a geodesic dome! As well as providing the perfect environment to start off early seedlings, a greenhouse means you can extend your growing season for fruit and vegetables. Don’t limit yourself to tomatoes. If you choose your varieties carefully you can try strawberries, peppers, aubergines, peaches, nectarines and grapes. Choosing the right site is important. Make sure that the ground is level. Your greenhouse should receive the maximum amount of winter sunlight available. Be sure to consider any shadows cast by existing buildings and trees, including those trees which are not fully grown yet. The most important time for sun to reach a greenhouse is during the spring and autumn when the sun is low in the sky. Greenhouses are all about temperature. Obviously they are a place of warmth, but they shouldn’t be too warm. It’s easy to cook your plants even in a British summer. Place a thermometer in the shade near the middle of your greenhouse and monitor the temperature at different times during sunny and cloudy weather. Most plants thrive best around 15-21C. If the temperature regularly reaches 26C or higher, you will need to ventilate.

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The simplest and cheapest way to ventilate is to open the door and roof vents in the morning and close them in the evening, but ventilation systems can be fitted which are automatically triggered as the temperature rises. Greenhouses do require some maintenance. If you already own one, then February is a good time to give it a clean. Disinfect the entire greenhouse-with a brush and a mixture of diluted bleach, keeping it away from the plants. Open up any vents to let the fumes out. Scrub down all the walls and floor, then rinse with clean water. Throughout the growing season spray the walls and corners with a hose set on the jet nozzle. This helps keep spider mites and whiteflies to a minimum. A greenhouse can be a wonderful addition to a garden. Well designed, well stocked and well arranged it can be a thing of beauty too.

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Small businesses will lead the way in 2013, says company whose tenants already employ 1000 people Milton Keynes will boom in 2013, says the town’s largest serviced business premises provider, as the number of people employed in its units tops 1000 at the close of 2012.

“As Milton Keynes business booms, led by small businesses, we are already identifying potential new units that can be converted to provide the premises needed for small companies to thrive without hassle.”

Bucks Biz, with over 400,000 square feet of space and 150 tenants in Bletchley and Denbigh, says it is already planning more units to cope with the expected growth in demand and bringing forward plans to develop extra space at the huge Interchange House in Howard Way.

Bucks Biz, with units all over Milton Keynes, is renowned for straight talking and dealing; not hiding costs and not charging for many of the little things that keep businesses ticking, but which can be annoying to the point of distraction. “We really believe that if our customers are happy, then they’ll be free to get on with their businesses, which in turn will expand,” added Dominic.

“Our units currently provide work for around a thousand people and we have seen that figure rise steadily,” said Dominic Muscat, a director of the company that owns the business.

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MOJO; THE PERFECT HAVEN FOR VALENTINE’S DAY Mojo, in the Hub is inviting couples to visit on Valentine’s Day from 7pm for an evening of romantic live music performed by Conway Moore and indulge in seductive cocktails made lovingly by Mojo Bartenders from fresh ingredients. Mojo, the newcomer to The Hub, boasts the look of a stylish bar, complemented by romantic subdued lighting to create a relaxed ambience with a warm feel; a perfect haven to enjoy Valentines drinks. Mojo offer a range of champagnes from Dom Perignon to the Ace of Spades, plus a range of delicious cocktails to treat a loved one. To give guests something different for Valentine’s Day, Mojo Bartenders have created a special cocktail for the day set to tantalise taste buds. Guests who indulge in ‘PS I love you’ will receive the second on Mojo, so ladies can drink for free! Mojo will be serving the Valentines cocktail, ‘PS I love

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Mojo are set to host a range of experiences including:

Salsa Nights Every Monday from 7pm Beginners – Advanced Classes

Kosy with Kozel Wednesday 30 January from 7pm A sampling night of Premium Czech Export Kozel

Cocktail Master Class Tuesday 5 February from 6pm

Bollywood Night Thursday 28 February from 6pm For more information about Mojo or any of the events, please visit www.mojo-mk.co.uk or contact 01908 668774

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POSITIVE LIVING What is your life purpose? Why is your life as it is? What drives you? What fills you with passion? What makes you choose what you do? Why has your life journey panned out as it has? What have you still left to accomplish? What you live day to day is your evolving life story. It’s the ongoing product of how you act, choose and think. It is what you have scripted personally up to this present moment, and if all things stay the same, this is what you’ll repeat and get more of... (I am I) You are physically upon Earth to experience and express what it means to be alive on the plant in this time frame. You are creating with Me, you give Me live instruction, you are programming your now and your future... (I am I). You have a life purpose, a soul agenda that you set for yourself long ago before birth. You have a chance to understand new information coming through as life evolves and takes you forward to meet new levels, to fulfil its criterion and your own. You attract, deflect and programme what occurs on a much broader scale than you think. What if from today your life were to end, would you be pleased with what you’d see as its review? Would you be pleased with what would then be your personal contribution, your offering in exchange for time given and spent here? If you could use your voice, time and influence, what bridges would you mend; what would you alter or serve to change to help the overall programming of life’s own bigger world view work much better? What don’t you like? What would you birth in? What could in your opinion be redrawn or refined, to help life in general run smoother? (I am I) You are important. Your personal views matter. What you believe in your core adds to your personal library of knowledge and understanding, your thoughts and character then birth forward continually from this point. (I am I). How often have you been asked these questions? ‘Never’ is the answer you will probably give, so you’ll never have pondered the answers. Why does it matter? you might ask in return, and this is a valuable point. You are not born on Earth physically to just live and die, when your time here is over – you don’t simply snuff out – life continues, it moves forward, it grows and evolves, and as you are part of life – so do you. No one is responsible for your life input – but you. You own it; you can use it, you create, shape, write and mould it as you wish. You have karma to work through, talents to hone and to gain; you have opportunities to collect and soul targets to meet, with much

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to accomplish and to contribute to the larger world overview playing out. No one else can accomplish what you alone came to do; no one else is responsible for the footprint you’ll leave in your wake... How would you paint your life picture now? What would you change? What will you fine tune? What is it you want life to do? Since the millennium everything we know has been adjusting, clearing and changing. A new world order is birthing – and we form part of it – that’s why Nostradamus couldn’t see further forward – linking also with the long term Mayan calendar. 2012 and now 2013 is an incredible experience that we specifically chose to be part of. Never before has it been so easy to let go of what we no longer need – to start anew, and this too includes you, it’s what your presence here stands for and what you do. We are all part of life’s overhaul, its own new beginning panning out. With this in your mind – what will you now wish to change, re-define, accomplish or take forward – to program the next phase coming in? Small steps – not large ones – need to be taken to bring in the new adjustments you desire. Drastic measures will only lead to the opposite. Have you reviewed your want and need list? Have you begun to weed and clear out? Have you noticed how far you have strayed from your life goals? Have you noticed how far you have come? Be kind to yourself. Be patient and find out who you are (my books will help you effortlessly with this). Begin to recognise how you create or sabotage your own story. Humanity as a whole has a chance to move forward, to evolve beyond life’s usual constraints. This is easy – not difficult – once you begin to understand how it works. (I am I) You are not alone – but a working part of Me. What you do to yourself, consciously or not, to loved ones, to strangers and friends – you do without knowing to Me, all affects Me. Your energies and intent flow also back to Me. our wants, needs, desires, the same... Nothing is hidden, all has affect somewhere, all feed directly to Me. (I am I). Stephanie J. King - SOULPRENEUR Author of ‘And So It Begins...’ & ‘Life is Calling...’ and the soon to be released ‘DIVINE GUIDANCE’ For more information visit - www.stephaniejking.com www.positivelivingmk.com

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Carol Osborne of Get On Your Bike MK raising money for Cancer Research UK would like to sincerely thank Jim Helliar of http://www. bookmeadisco.com/ and the generosity of The Holiday Inn for the Tribute night on the 12th January, 2013. Tribute nights at The Holiday Inn are held on a regular basis. The evening was organised by our Jim at no cost to either myself or the Charity which just goes to prove how much people appreciate the need for research if we are to give any hope to those touched by cancer.

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