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Positive living How would you like to be happy? (I am I) You are a being of light. Light is pure energy. You are energy that has slowed to form physical matter. You are light at its slowest, densest physical vibration. (I am I) As we look into a microscope everything we think of as solid and permanent is in reality fluid, energy and space. Nothing solid is solid at all. Everything that we suppose looks one way, microscopically looks very different, and this also includes each one of us. We all connect to life and life connects with us. In-fact the two can never be separate. When you see Earth from space you see one solid mass of a planet. We ourselves become as small as atoms and molecules are to us. Together, combined, we formulate part of the living life force that is the life force of this vibrant planet. Again, the two can never separate or be apart. Zooming in to be able to see humanity from a focal point in space would be the same thing as us looking into a microscope. From space the Earth looks solid but we ourselves know that it’s really not. We know all the things we see, we know there’s space and substance everywhere, and the same is true again as we delve deeper into the macroscopic world that we too form part of. The deeper we look, the more fluid and energy based all substances become. Yet what is energy at its finest? It is either a positive or a negative charge – nothing else. The two extremes either link together – i.e. positive + positive – or negative + negative – to form a greater whole. Or they collide as opposites and cancel out. Happiness is a positive charge that renders negative null and void. Positives cancel negatives out. When you are happily at peace and in balance your system ingests and uses positive energy available to you from the planets own life force resources. When you are stressed, worried, angry, depressed or a mirage of other negatives, you naturally close your internal shutters from inside, shutting off the very thing your system now needs to make you feel better. You block the actual flow of positive energy from flowing within, and because it cannot enter to uplift and charge you up – you begin to feel worse, until a time that on some level you then break this cycle. Happiness is good for you for many reasons over and above the ones you’d normally think about. Even though for many people happiness can seem an elusive thing, research has shown us that the genes of those with a deep sense of purpose in life are better equipped to fight disease, infection and major ailments – because it directly boosts the immune system that then can help us. It changes things within us – right down
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to DNA, which then aids and boosts our ability to cope with life and all that emanates from it. Happiness itself doesn’t come in any particular form or shape or size. You can’t smell it, you can’t taste it – you just are it or you are not… We subconsciously crave it, but because it’s difficult to discern, we naturally start to search for it outwardly our whole life through. We look at other people who possess it and we try to be the same, or we hope it will pass from them to us if we share their company for long enough, and that includes looking at magazine and TV images and idols, products in shops and shop windows, some even turn to surgeons and the knife because they think the final product will make them happier… Yet all these things and more at their very best equate to short spells of elevation – nothing more… By focusing on our emotions and feelings as the indicators to our happiness levels, we look outwardly again to find and fix what we think needs fixing, or to gain what we ‘feel’ is lacking. We blame others for what they do to add to the way that we’re feeling and the list goes on. Happiness is a state of mind. It’s a state of inner being. It’s not a feeling - for feelings change. It’s not an emotion for they change too. Happiness is a thing that we are born with. When we look outwardly for it – we change its truth and meaning. We move further away from it – we push it away. We send our power out to others and make them responsible for happiness’s deliverance and existence. But if everyone does the same and everyone wants it – but nobody has it – who has got it? Where is this happiness that we all crave? Happiness is positive energy. It is a natural contribution from Earth planet – directly to and through us. In-fact the planet needs the energy bursts that we produce. We are working bio chemical vessels for live energy (and hence light) to pass to and through. It’s invisible, yet we send it everywhere in pulses daily, through every interaction, thought, word, deed and conscious intent we ever make. To be happy is easy. You just have to give up stress, worry and the mirage of negatives you daily buy into. You are important. How you live and feel are important too. Whether you’re sad or happy is down to you…
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ocal community organisations play an invaluable role in Milton Keynes and one such organisation is Spotlight on the Lakes Estate. I was pleased to join the Mayor, Cllr Brian White, and residents for the opening of the new Spotlight offices. Spotlight is a community resources centre that runs job clubs, craft events, training opportunities for IT and employment skills. They also provide a range of other advice sessions and importantly, Citizens Advice Bureau and Jobcentre Plus will be
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operating out of this new office space. This is a fantastic facility to help to help local residents access public services and find work. I would also like to pay tribute to Paula Collinson and her team for the excellent work they do. I have a long standing interest in transport, and I have campaigned hard for Milton Keynes to get the best possible public transport services. I was pleased to join volunteers from the RNIB to campaign for audio announcements for bus stops on local Arriva bus services. Having audio announcements on our local bus services will make it much easier for people with sight problems to use public transport. Arriva have made some great improvements to local services recently and I am hopeful that we will soon see audio announcements on local buses and the Real time Passenger Information system in bus shelters. This will give Milton Keynes a truly modern bus network that will provide the best possible access to the most people. Email: iain.stewart.mp@par liament.uk Tel: 01908 686830 Postal address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
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Mercedes Benz C63 AMG Saloon Auto Reviewed 16/10/13
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his is, hands down, THE most AMAZING car I have EVER DRIVEN!!!
The engine on this car is a whopping great 6.3-litre petrol V8, which develops 457bhp!! People covering a lot of miles may want to look away now, as in the real world this car is only doing 15 MPG. Having said that, it will be the best fun you have ever had doing 15 miles.
It oozes luxury as standard with its Command Online Multi-Media System, Designo Two Tone Leather, Heated Front Seats, Memory Pack, Sun Roof, Bluetooth, Auto Lights and Wipers, and much, much more. It’s crazy really that this is a super sports car, yet it is so practical; 5 doors, 5 proper seats, lots of leg room, a cavernous boot, and drives fine around town - you really wouldn’t know the size of the engine unless you put your foot down. It also comes
in a Coupe or an estate option. The appearance of the car is great too; it looks like an American muscle car with German finesse, with its wide tyres and rippled bonnet, and the noise it makes is something else, although in some ways it still comes across understated - you could easily use this as your every day car. Under the bonnet, each car has a silver plate engraved with the name of the person that built the car. All the engines are hand built and Mercedes have a ‘one man, one engine’ policy, so the shell is built in the normal factory after which it goes to AMG where they add the engine, brakes, and suspension. Having driven an Audi S4 and BMW M3 recently, there is just no comparison - in my view the Mercedes wins hands down. MPH = 23.8 Combine d Top speed = 155 (Li mited) 0-60 = 4.3 CO2 = 280g/km On the road price £5 5,000 (Lease price £499+v at over 2 years with 6 payments up front based on 10k miles a year)
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Small businesses will lead the way in 2013, says company whose tenants already employ 1000 people
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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.
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. “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. “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 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. More info from www.bucksbiz.co.uk or 01908 299070
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Women in Enterprise is THE networking group for men and women in Milton Keynes!
Costa Coffee, Cotswold Outdoor
Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN Wednesday 27th November 2013 10.30 – 12.00 Members £3, Non-Members £5
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ast year Milton Keynes was named as the best place to do business in the UK outside of London, a huge achievement for all those belonging to our business community and also to Milton Keynes as a destination. With the highest number of small business start ups in the UK we are attracting businesses to our city, encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation and with a fantastic new Chamber of Commerce we are earning our reputation for being a business capital in the UK. Whilst we have many small businesses we are also home to many big businesses; Network Rail, Volkswagen, Mercedez Benz instantly spring to mind but what may surprise some people is that Milton Keynes is also home to a Coca Cola Factory. The Coca Cola Factory is based in Northfield, just down from Willen, having opened in 1976 it has seen rapid growth and now employs 230
We visited Costa at Cotswold in Milton Keynes for the first time in July for morning coffee and cakes and informal networking. Everyone liked it so much we are doing it again.
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Discover the friendly route to more sales at our weekly breakfast networking meetings
Networking and positive word-of-mouth marketing account for 70% of all business transactions.
• There’s no hefty annual fee. • You have a way to grow your business by exchanging meaningful referrals. • Members get to know you and your business and can actively look out for new opportunities for you - and vice versa! • Members get their own free entry on the BBMK website, plus a link to their own website
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people and makes a staggering 37million cans of pop a year. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the factory, having visited once before 5 years ago to open a new canning line, and was incredibly impressed by the size, scale and speed of the operation. As 35,000 cans a minute were filled with Diet Dr Pepper and whizzed around the conveyer belt to be packaged up I was in awe of this incredible feat of engineering. Social Responsibility has become an important feature within business and Coca Cola were proud to talk about their recycling and social payback scheme. However, their new education centre which is about to be opened at the Northfield site really caught my eye. To be opened in the new year the education centre is the sixth of its kind that Coca Cola are opening, trying to teach children and young adults aged 12-21 about the manufacturing business. In a non branded environment a fully qualified teacher, who is an employee of Coke’s, will show the children the factory and teach them about how a British based manufacturing firm works. Their other education centres (based as far away as Kilbride) had 60,000 students go through their doors last year and I am extremely pleased that students based locally here in Milton Keynes will also be given the opportunity to benefit first hand from this fantastic opportunity.
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Anti-caste legislation
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he caste system which developed in India divides communities into groups based on birth, marriage and occupation.
There are said to be 400,000 Dalits known also as known as ‘untouchables’ living in Britain who according to campaigners suffer prejudice in work and social life. Caste discrimination is being consulted upon by Government with a view to bringing forward legislation in the summer of 2015. The draft order outlawing discrimination on caste grounds is not expected to be published until the autumn of 2014 for public consultation. The paper from the Government Equalities Offices published in July this year says that they want to improve the understanding of employers of the caste system in preparation for the new law and this is why it is taking so much time.
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The practice of discrimination is already outlawed in India but is so sensitive that it seems to be taking a long time to enact in this country. The time will be taken up with research and discussions with interest groups. As part of this they have also commissioned ‘Talk 4 A Change’ to undertake the community engagement who will run a series of practical solution pilot schemes with partners and individuals. They say that they are concerned not to burden industry with unnecessary bureaucracy which will be counterproductive by entrenching existing attitudes. Meanwhile the existing anti-discrimination legislation will be the only recourse for those who feel they are being discriminated against.
Angela Rhodes, Cr ispin Rhodes Ltd, HR Specialists, M ilton Keynes, angela@crispinrh odes.co.uk, www.crispinrhode s.co.uk
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mkflyers MKFLYERS & MKFLYERS CENTRAL – A FLYAWAY SUCCESS MKFLYERS CENTRAL is part of the MK Flyers group The first version of the Flyer was delivered to 2,000 homes in Newport Pagnell in 2006. From there, MK Flyers went from strength to strength. Distribution grew to 6,000 copies, which are still delivered today in Newport Pagnell. We now produce four versions of the MK Flyer, to cover North, South, East and West Milton Keynes, and deliver 44,000 copies, potentially reaching over 100,000 people. This gives our clients the unique opportunity to advertise only in their desired part of Milton Keynes, thereby accurately pinpointing their target market. With flexible advertising options to suit all budgets, the MK Flyer is one of the most effective ways of attracting new customers and increasing your profile across Milton Keynes. Now there is the MKFLYERS CENTRAL too, dedicated to increasing business between local companies. Why look outside the area when there is already a highly skilled and reputable supplier on your doorstep. Make your business fly with MKFlyers Central. Call 01908 850550 or email central@mkflyers.co.uk today for details and to book your space.
MK Flyers Online www.mkflyersonline.co.uk This is our popular, online directory, promoted each month to over 100,000 local people. All of our advertisers receive a free listing, with options to upgrade their advertisement to include a full page on the site and a spotlight on our home page. So, if readers can’t find the service they require in the MK Flyer, they can visit MK Flyers Online and find it there.
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about us MKF Design - www.mkfdesign.co.uk Our graphic design business, MKF Design, was established to meet the needs of our advertisers, by providing high-quality, cost-effective, graphic design and print services. So our clients needn’t worry if they don’t have artwork or even wording for their advert; MKF Design can manage the whole process for them.
What makes us so unique? Truly local - the MK Flyer connects local people to local services within a handy directory.
Longevity - Unlike a local newspaper, people don’t throw the MK Flyer away each week and tend to keep it for reference purposes.
Quality - the MK Flyer maintains very high standards in print and production. All artwork is professionally designed to ensure that your business is portrayed in the best possible light.
Comprehensive service - our in-house, graphic design and print team, MKF Design, can make life easier by managing our clients’ advertising and print requirements.
Value - advertising in the MK Flyer represents incredible value for money. Box adverts start from as little as £44 + VAT per month. We also offer attractive discounts on packages of three, six and twelve months.
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Improve your cashflow with our direct debit referral scheme Referral Programme Direct Debit is a very effective way of collecting regular payments on time with the full overview of your monthly cashflow. It can be an important and integral part of your business and MK Flyers knows just how to deliver the right solution whether you are a Sole Trader, Partnership or Limited Company. Cashflow is king! Speak to any business advisor, coach or successful entrepreneur and they will all tell you that cashflow is vital to a business. Direct Debit gives you this benefit whilst keeping you in control. Value for Money If you are making regular collections from customers or subscribers then the online management system will allow you to keep your costs and resources down giving you more time on your business. Keep your customers You can now offer your customers the opportunity to spread the costs of your service or products across the year with this system. This should allow more
customers to spend money with you and increase customer loyalty. The Direct Debit Guarantee also protects your customers giving them peace of mind when using your services. Reporting functions MK Flyers working with our partner London & Zurich can offer you full on-line management of client accounts and enables you to have full control of your payment collection scheme. Is your business right for Direct Debits? Many businesses are interested in using the Direct Debit scheme to collect monies due from their own customers but the banks normally advise that they are too small to be considered as an originator of Direct Debits. Working with London and Zurich, however, we have been able to negotiate a special arrangement and can offer it to you in a very cost effective way. For More Information call 01908 767080 or email hello@mkflyers.co.uk
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