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Editor’s Letter Welcome to the first issue of 2014 and I’d like to start by wishing you a very Happy New Year! At the time of writing it’s still early December and I’ve barely started my Chrismas shopping but I won’t start to panic just yet. Not until I see the January sales signs going up! We have some very interesting articles for you in this issue, I particularly like the one about making your child a millionaire... it’s just a shame I’m 20 years too late! Maybe when I have grandchildren one day I’ll dig out the magazine. David Jason talks about his new book and you can also get some tips on sowing your first seeds of the year in our Gardening article.
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Health - Detoxing & Fasting.............................4
Home - Using neutral colours ...................... 20
Finance - Helping your child to save ............8
Garden - Sowing time ..................................... 24
What’s On ............................................................ 12
Technology - Health Gadgets ...................... 28
Puzzles .................................................................. 14
Business Directory............................................ 30
Celebrity - David Jason, The Godfather .... 16
Useful Numbers/Puzzle Solutions .............. 31
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Detoxing & Fasting The Facts behind the Fads By Alison Runham
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anuary. Dark days plus lots of ‘fancy food’ and alcohol have made us feel fat and sludgy. So, bombarded with more dietary info than ever we rush out to spend our gift vouchers on books about ultimate diets and detox plans. But will they really make us healthier or slimmer?
Fasting
Detoxing
Many of the recent trendy fasting schemes don’t really ask you to fast at all, just to restrict your food intake on certain days or for a short period of time.
There are numerous ‘detox diets’ that either tell you to restrict or eliminate certain foods, or advocate eating just one type of super food to flush you clean. But many experts say that your body already has the tools it needs to detoxify itself. The kidneys, liver, colon and skin all work together to remove unwanted substances from our body. Much of the detox hype sounds seductively plausible. When we’re told that our bodies are full of undesirable substances that reduce our immunity, slow our metabolism and make us retain water and weight. But the British Dietetic Association has pronounced the concept ‘irrational and unscientific’. The headaches, fatigue and other symptoms you may experience after a few days on a detox diet are not caused by toxins now released into your bloodstream. In reality, these symptoms are usually caused by your body reacting to sudden deprivation of a substance your body is a little too used to – such as caffeine, sugar or alcohol.
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Intentionally going without food is not new. People have been fasting for religious purposes for thousands of years and there are long held beliefs that it can improve various medical conditions and general health.
Does it work? You may lose a lot of weight at first, but it can be hard to maintain as you are not fundamentally changing the way you eat. There does seem to be a connection between calorie consumption and lifespan but whether fasting gives the same results as daily moderation has yet to be proved. However if having a couple of semi-fasting days a week doesn’t make you feel ill and you don’t compensate by eating unhealthily on the other days, there’s no harm doing it.
So what should I do? Eat a healthy and varied diet • Choose natural foods not manufactured ones. Eat plenty of vegetables of different colours, moderate amounts of fruit and lean protein. • Avoid sugar as it disrupts your natural appetite control and is known to be highly addictive.
Artificial sweeteners may have no calories, but it doesn’t help you to break the habit. • Watch your carbohydrates. Potatoes, bread and cereal are pretty tasteless without added fat or sugar and that alone can cause you to take in more calories than you intended. • Cut out or reduce alcohol. Most experts agree that a little does no harm, but stick to the unit limits of 2 per day for women and 3 per day for men. Remember these are limits, not targets! • Drink water. Hopefully we all now know this doesn’t mean drinking 8 glasses per day, but ensure your intake is not all caffeinated (if you usually drink lots of caffeine, reduce slowly).
Lose weight safely Most of us eat too much and there is evidence linking over-consumption of calories with reduced life-span and premature ageing, although the mechanism isn’t clear yet. Eat healthy ‘real’ foods, eat only when you are genuinely hungry and don’t eat too much.
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How to make your child a millionaire changes you won’t be penalised for it. The minimum amount you can pay in at any time is £20. Anyone can add to it so grandparents, aunties and uncles can all chip in over the child’s life time. If the full amount is paid each year, by the time the child is 55 they will have well over £700,000 and if they access the account at 70 they will have over £1.8 million. The money invested won’t be accessible until the child reaches 55 meaning they can’t blow it all when they hit 18. Once they start working, they can also contribute. They will receive tax benefits if their income is less than £130,000. You can find out more about stakeholder pensions at Moneymagpie.com. There’s also a list of registered stakeholder pension scheme providers on the Pension Regulator website www. thepensionsregulator.gov.uk. SiPPs
Raising children costs a small fortune (it’s currently estimated at around £200,000), but if you’re clever, you could help them to become millionaires. Here are a few ways to make your child rich.
Pensions for babies Pensions are a great tax-effective way to invest for your new offspring. Stakeholders Probably the easiest type of pension to take out for your baby (or child of any age for that matter) is the Stakeholder pension. These products were initially set up to give those on little or no income the chance to add to a pension, however anyone is allowed to set one up which means that a child’s legal guardian(s) can start a pension for newborns. You can pay in up to £2,880 each tax year, which is then topped up by a government tax-back incentive to £3,600. You can stop and start contributions as you wish, so if your cash situation
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You can also set up a Self-invested Personal Pension (SiPP) for your little one. Like a Stakeholder, they are open to anyone but the difference here is that you manage the money in it. So instead of leaving it to a pension fund to decide what to invest in, you choose the products yourself, whether it be shares, bonds, commercial property or other things.
Junior ISAs Junior ISAs are a great way to save for your child from an early age. ISAs are savings accounts which allow you to deposit a maximum of £3,600 a year completely tax-free, attracting interest as well. The downside (or upside depending on how you see it) is that your child has access to the money when they’re 18. Should you contribute the maximum amount each year, the fund could grow to a whopping £64,800 plus interest by the time they reach 18. This could be used towards university, buying their first car, putting a deposit down on a home or paying for a wedding. You can put the money into either a cash ISA or a stocks and shares one. As your child has a good few years for the fund to grow, you could afford to put the money into a stocks and shares ISA, at
least for the first 13 years and then, perhaps, move the money gradually into cash for the last 5 to hold onto gains. The only snag with a Junior ISA is that if you were eligible for a Child Trust Fund you can’t open a Junior ISA. And unlike the CTF, there will be no government cash contributions to each child’s savings pot. Junior ISAs are available to children living in the UK who aren’t currently holders of a Child Trust Fund which includes children born on or after 3 January 2011 and those under 18 born before September 2002. A good place to start would be www.familyinvestments.co.uk.
Teaching your child about money A sure-fire way of making your child a millionaire, or at least comfortably off, is to teach her how to manage her money early on. Start as soon as they can toddle round the supermarket with you. Ask them to tell you the numbers on the price labels and then, later, run round finding the cheapest version of what you want to buy. Give them pocket money and set up a savings account for them, showing them how their money can grow over time.
to learn the basics of budgeting, spending and saving wisely. Go to pfeg.org for downloadable financial education guides that will help. Remember, it doesn’t matter how much money your child has later on, if she knows how to live below her means and save for her future she will never be poor.
Fun fact: On average, parents are putting savings of £42.45 aside a month for each child.
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�e Godfather As one of Britain’s best loved comic and dramatic actors over almost half a decade, Sir David Jason looks back on an incredible career… National treasure, godfather of British TV, one of the greatest comedy actors of all-time – however you wish to describe Sir David Jason, “living legend” just about sums it up. The 73-year-old has spent nearly 50 years in the entertainment business, from the stage to the radio via the small screen, where as beloved characters such as Granville, Jack Frost and, of course, Derek Trotter he has become one of the most successful, enduring and adored actors in television history. His roles in Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours and A Touch of Frost (to name but three) have cemented David’s place in history, and thrillingly for his legions of fans, the 16
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London-born star’s personal history is now being told for the first time in his own words via his newly released autobiography, My Life. “I didn’t want it – I didn’t want to talk about myself,” he shrugs. “But I’ve had two unofficial ones done over the years; terrible books that people wanted to cash in on. And I thought ‘this is a rip off!’ It’s not fair. So I wanted the story told in my own language.” Recalling his lengthy career was assisted by the swathes of keepsakes and memorabilia he’s preserved from various roles, such as his first ever TV part in Crossroads in 1964. “I was so pleased with what I was doing,” he smiles, “I wanted to keep a
memory of it. Every job that I did, every show I was on I have a programme, reviews which I kept, photographs as well.” He calls the process “a curate’s egg”, some parts more enjoyable
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than others, and admits there was a bittersweet element to recalling the happy moments of his life. “When you look back on some of the good times and the fun times you had, you realise it has gone. For example, every single episode of Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, Frost, everything that I’ve done… you couldn’t wait to get up in the morning to go to work because you knew you were going to work to make yourself laugh. And because of that, when you remember those good times, you realise that it’s in the past and you can’t grab hold of them, it’s gone. That was the most difficult thing. “But the book tells the story, which is what everybody wanted. Nothing is too serious. There are one or two moments, obviously, like when Myfanwy (his partner of 18 years who died in 1995) was diagnosed with cancer, I had to go through all that side, but then everyone’s life has ups and downs. Nobody wants that to happen, nobody wants their nearest and dearest or a good friend to die, but it happens. But otherwise – at least I’ve told it and nobody else has!” Although he had already enjoyed success as the naïve Granville, Ronnie Barker’s shop assistant in Open All Hours, in 1981 he landed the role that changed his life. David’s portrayal of the underhand market salesman and lovable rogue Derek Trotter in Only Fools and Horses is undisputedly one of the greatest sitcom performances ever. The show provided so many classic moments that are ingrained in the national psyche.
Rodney, Del and Grandad in “Only Fools and Horses” David explains the secret formula: “Well, the first thing is it is funny. The second thing is that it is British, and British humour is something everyone can relate to and they also relate to the struggles of the working man – or the not working man! Someone who would do anything to succeed, to earn a crust, to keep the wolf from the door. All the characters were very funny, silly. But basically it was all about people you recognised.”
You knew you were going to work to make yourself laugh “I never thought until I started to do this book how many successful shows I have been in, right from the theatre into television. There were so many actors I worked with when we were all struggling to make a living, all in love with the business, but so many fell by the wayside. And yet I am still here!”
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Fitness can be Child’s Play!
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t doesn’t seem five minutes since I was bleating on about how to retain your svelte physique over the Christmas period – and now it’s gone, been and done.
So here are a few pointers to consider...
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one, but consider whether or not you wish to commit to monthly plans, or whether you want to ‘PAYG’ (pay as you go). If you work shifts – you may want a more flexible option – ask what the options are at your chosen club/venue of interest.
So, in true New Year style, we are bombarded with advertisements and marketing campaigns built to trigger our inner guilt and shame mechanisms to reveal how woefully un-fit and un-healthy we all are.
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With this in mind, I’d like to give you a few things to consider before you settle in to your New Year plan to become a NEW YOU! It’s merely about finding the ‘right kind’ of fitness for you. Something that will take you into 2014 (and past March where most of us come to an abrupt halt with our quest to become the fitter and leaner human being we’d previously dreamt of ).
3. Frequency and regularity
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Whatever you decide to take up as your New Year resolution, I hope it provides you with everything you’re looking for… Have a great 2014 one and all!!
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Home
Using Neutral Colours With an almost infinite range of colours from pure white to earthy tones of grey and beige, neutrals are timelessly fashionable.
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xperts agree that you should always paint walls a neutral colour. Unless a potential buyer shares your exact taste, they will be put off by rooms painted in vibrant colours. But what if you’re building or renovating a home that you plan to stay in? Aren’t neutrals just a little boring? Only when you get it wrong. A well-planned neutral scheme is good-looking yet understated, harmonious, calm and inviting. Neutrals work well in both old and new houses, small or large spaces and are brilliant at providing cohesion between rooms. Let’s start with white. Rooms painted pure white can appear bigger and brighter, thanks to the way the colour reflects light around. A clean white wall is a great background for vibrant paintings, for the coloured spines of books, or simply for a jug of flowers. On the other hand, though, white can appear cold, stark and unwelcoming, especially when a room is north- or eastfacing and doesn’t have the benefit of direct sunlight. A white
with an added touch of yellow or pink can warm up such a space. White can also look odd in period homes. Slightly muddier offwhites are often a better choice for an old cottage, Georgian terrace or a barn conversion. The lesson is to use pure white with care. Beyond white, neutrals vary in hue from cream to sand, through beige to stone. How do you choose? The best advice is to eliminate neutrals that you don’t like and those that won’t suit the architecture of your house or colours of your furniture. Next, paint at least two coats on a large piece of white card, or better still, on several pieces of card, and stick them on every wall around the room. Observe the colours at different times of day and with your lights both on and off. Having chosen your favourite colour, avoid using it everywhere. Even the nicest neutral can be boring if used indiscriminately. Be careful, however, when combining neutrals: another big mistake is to use different hues that are all of
the same tone (slightly different colours but the same degree of lightness or darkness). The solution to both these problems is to take a colour chart and go up or down (dark to light) within the same colour family, rather than working across from colour to colour. Use darker tones for woodwork, with lighter ones for walls or, if you have features such as cornices and dadoes, you may wish to vary the wall tones with lighter ones above and darker ones below the divisions. You can also use different neutrals to provide a gentle visual link from room to room. Finally, bear in mind that the plainer the colours, the more important texture becomes, so choose your finishes with as much care as you do your colours. The shinier the finish, the paler the colour will appear, so you may need to compensate by choosing a slightly darker shade. The results should be stylish and easy to live with, as well as adding value to your property. Now who said neutrals were boring?
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The Handy Household - New Ways With Newspapers While we all know that our daily newspaper is a source of news and entertainment, what you might not realise is that it is an extremely useful product to keep around the house. So, next time you’re about to recycle your old newspapers, stop for a minute and consider the following uses. Newspaper is a very absorbent material - it has to be to absorb the ink that’s printed on it. But this means that it’s also fantastic at absorbing all sorts of moisture. One of the most useful ways of taking advantage of this characteristic is that of drying out leather shoes and bags. Simply place crumpled newspaper in the shoes or bag overnight and in the morning not only will they be dry, but there won’t be any water stains. If you come home with wet wellies or snow boots, placing them on a pile of old newspapers will avoid creating messy puddles on the floor. Newspaper will absorb any odours in shoes, lunch boxes or vegetable drawers. Just place a balled-up piece of newspaper in the offending items and it will deodorise them in no time. You can use newspaper for cleaning tough marks off mirrors and windows by using cleaning fluid on the paper. To clean antique glass that might be damaged by cleaning solutions, use the paper with a solution of one part white vinegar to one part warm water. With all these versatile uses, let’s hope the digital age doesn’t signal the end for the newspaper, because it’s clearly not just for reading the news.
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Gardening
Sowing Time Now that January is here it’s a perfect time to start sowing seeds in trays and pots. But how do you make sure that yours germinate and produce seedlings and then plants which thrive and grow well?
by Pippa Greenwood
A shopping list for first time sowers should be: • Good quality seed and cuttings compost.
• Some seed half-trays, which are about 5” x 8”.
• A heated propagator, a clear propagator lid to go over the trays or a small unheated propagator.
• A dibber to make it easy to transplant the seedlings into a new home. • Some small pots into which you can transplant the seedlings.
If you buy seed and cuttings compost it’s rarely necessary to sieve it as it has a very fine and even texture. However, if you’re using multi-purpose compost, you’ll need to either break up any lumps carefully with your hands or sieve it. Depending on the types of seeds you have chosen, you will need to sow them at different depths. Some seeds are tiny and are best scattered over the surface. Other seeds are best sown in drills. Once they are in place, in most cases you need to cover them with compost to the required depth. However others germinate best if allowed access to
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daylight and should be sown on the surface. With these it’s advisable to cover the surface of the tray with cling film to stop it drying out too rapidly. I like to put the seeds in place and then moisten the compost. Place the seed trays in a sink or tray containing about 1cm of water and allow the compost to soak up the water. Once the compost is just moist you should stand the trays in a position where any excess water can drain off. Then, if necessary, put the trays in a heated propagator. When it comes to watering the seeds, use mains water as water butts may harbour some of the disease-causing organisms which cause damping off, the fatal condition where the seedlings appear to suddenly flop and keel over. Always watch the seed trays carefully and check them regularly to ensure that the compost is adequately moist. Once the majority of the seedlings have appeared, it’s usually not long before you need to prick them out. Generally this is carried out when the first true leaves appear. When the seedling first comes above ground you will see the ‘seed leaves’ which are relatively
sturdy looking and rounded in shape. Then above this come the first true leaves which are typical of that particular plant. When pricking out, handle the seedlings very carefully, never by their stems or true leaves, but always by the seed leaves. Before you start to ease them out, make sure that the compost is adequately moist, so that the roots move readily without damage and that you have already prepared pots for transfer. To avoid rotting, always transplant seedlings so that they are at the same depth as they were in the seed tray. If you find that your seedlings have become rather leggy, this is usually because they’re not receiving enough natural light; move the trays onto a south or west facing windowsill. Visit Pippa’s website www. pippagreenwood.com for a great range of gardening items including ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’. Choose the veg you’d like to grow and they’re sent to you ready to plant, accompanied by weekly advice emails from Pippa.
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Community Talkabout
Venue: Woodfalls Methodist Church Hall. Time: 10am - coffee/ tea & biscuits, 10.30am - listen to a 'talk about' an interesting topic. Aim to finish by midday. Tel: 01725 511164.
Tiny Tots Toddler & Baby Group Held every Wednesday (during term time). Venue: Radnor Village Hall, Bodenham. Time: 9.45am to 11.45am. £1.50 per family. Lot’s of activities and fun. Call Suzie on 07704 23012 or Vanessa on 01722 504457.
Downton Country Market Every Friday. Venue: Downton Memorial Hall. Time: 9.30am to 11.00am. Plants, cut flowers, crafts, savouries and sweet food, vegetables and eggs. Home-made jams, marmalade, honey, chutneys. Tea, coffee, home-made biscuits.
Accord Social Group Every Monday. Venue: The Cathedral Hotel, Salisbury. Time: 8pm. We are a friendly group of people who meet up and regularly organise meals, theatre, walks, garden visits etc. For more information contact Jean on 01722 322022 or Alan on 01722 327665.
Downton Evening WI Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Venue: Sherwood Room, Wick Lane, Downton. Time: 7.30pm. For more info contact Iris Lawes on 01725 511553 or Edna Pike on 01725 511332.
Redlynch & District WI Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. Venue: Morgans Vale & Woodfalls Village Hall. Time: 2.15pm. Contact Val on 01725 510850.
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Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. Venue: Radnor Hall, Bodenham. Time: 10.00am. For further info contact Elizabeth Cutter on 01725 511870.
Alderbury WI Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. Venue: Alderbury Village Hall. Time: 2.15pm. Visitors are most welcome. £3 admission for non-members, includes refreshments.
Alderbury and District Gardening Association Meetings held on the third Wednesday of each month. Venue: Alderbury Bowls Club. Time: 7.30pm. Speakers, outings, annual show, plant sale, social evening with quiz. Annual membership £5. Email adga@hotmail.co.uk or call 01722 711352.
Landford, Nomansland and Hamptworth WI Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. Venue: Nomansland Reading Room. Time: 2pm to 4pm. Our meetings focus on a variety of subjects and speakers and include social events and activities. Visitors always welcome. For more information contact Shirley 01794 322681 or email sa.packham@btinternet.com.
Sarum Bridge Club If you want to learn, play social bridge or take part in competitive evenings then Sarum Bridge Club at Stratford sub Castle is the place to go. New members are always welcome, no partner is necessary. Further information at www. sarumbridgeclub.org.uk or email sarumbridge@gmail.com. Please register in advance.
Local C Socie lubs, t Organ ies & isatio ns Downton Community Choir Every Wednesday in term time. Venue: Downton Baptist Church, South Lane, Downton from 8.00pm to 9.30pm. £5 per session, £3 concessions. All ages from 13+. We are a friendly choir singing a wide range of music from Jazz, pop to showtunes. No experience necessary. The only requirement is that you love to sing! For more info email Kate at Keedgar@aol.com.
Winterslow Short Mat Bowls Club We meet on Sunday evenings at 7.15pm till 10.00pm at Winterslow Village Hall. Why not join us for a game of Bowls, new members are always welcome. Bowls can be borrowed and full coaching is given. For more info call David Tidd on 01980 863515.
Salisbury Folk Dance Club Salisbury Folk Dance Club meets on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in St Martin's Junior School, Shady Bower SP1 2RG. Friendly club, no partner or experience needed. First evening free. Tel: 01980 863024.
Royal Air Forces Association Salisbury Branch of the RAFA meets at The Royal British Legion Club, 9-11 Endless St, Salisbury at 7.30pm every 2nd Wednesday of every 2nd month beginning January. For details on how to join & a social programme... www.rafasalisbury.webplus.net or turn up at a meeting.
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The gadgets that give you a handle on your health A gadget a day keeps the doctor away: according to a recent survey, one-third of people believe that using health and fitness gadgets have made them healthier and reduced the number of times they’ve needed to visit the doctor.
4 Health and fitness gadgets are big business, whether it’s trendy fitness trackers such as the Nike FuelBand (£129) and the Fitbit Force (pricing tbc, but likely to be similar) or more serious devices such as blood glucose meters and body composition analysers. As tech becomes smarter, smaller and cheaper, DIY health monitoring has never been easier or more affordable.
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Diabetics need to monitor their glucose levels regularly, and there are lots of gadgets designed to help, such as the Lifescan One Touch UltraMini (around £33) and the Bayer Contour NEXT USB (£29.99). Both devices enable you to analyse your blood glucose levels and can store the results. 50 in the case of the UltraMini and 2,000 with the Contour NEXT. The latter device can also plug into your computer to create easy-to-understand charts and tables.
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That’s not all you can monitor. A trip to Maplin or Amazon uncovers all kinds of health monitoring gadgets, including blood pressure monitors that can upload data to your PC (around £39), finger pulse oximeters (£27) and fully digital heart rate monitors (around £29), and you can also buy bathroom scales that analyse your body composition: for around £30 you can pick up scales that can tell you not just how heavy or light you are, but what your BMI (Body Mass Index) is and what percentage of your body is made of fat. Scales such as the Omron BF508 also have a guest mode, so visitors won’t see your vital statistics. Using health monitors has become something of a craze, and it even has a name: Quantified Self, or QS for short. Devotees use gadgets to monitor pretty much everything, so they’ll invest in Wi-Fi scales such as the Withings Smart Body Analyzer (£129), which monitors weight, fat, heart rate and even air quality, and which automatically uploads that data to your personal health website. They’ll also wear devices such as the Jawbone Up (£99), a bracelet that’s designed to be worn 24/7 and which records the steps you take, the activity you undertake and even your sleeping patterns. The accompanying software enables you to add additional information such as your food and drink intake, and it translates all of that data into graphs and charts so you can
see how well you’re doing and track your progress towards goals, such as losing weight, running faster or just being out and about more. Many gadgets also enable you to share your progress on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Devices such as the Jawbone Up, Nike FuelBand and Fitbit Force are designed to work with smartphones, using low-power radio signals to share data with compatible apps. That’s a growing market, and stacks of firms are jumping on the bandwagon: 60beat offers the £29 BLUE heart rate monitor for iPhone and iPad users, AliveCore has a £170 heart monitor for iPhone 5 users and there are various connected blood glucose monitors, pulse monitors and fitness trackers for both iOS and Android. While the various devices differ, they all have the same idea in common: by recording the data, they enable you (or your doctor) to have a much better picture of your health.
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Beauticians Beauty by Hannah Katie Reid Beauty Sugaring at Julie's
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Cakes & Decorating Beverley's Creative Cakes
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Garden Down to Earth Courtens Garden Centre Mr Fencing Valley Garden Services Wiltshire Creative Landscaping
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Healthcare Downton Acupuncture Dr Katie Greener Nicola Stacey - Podiatrist
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Kitchens & Bathrooms Anya's Country Kitchens Dream Doors OHJ Bathrooms
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Estate Agents Bassets Sales & Lettings
Motor Services Avon Carriage Co.
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Around Britain
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5 Chemical Elements
1. Calne, Wiltshire - Oxygen was first isolated by the scientist Joseph Priestly at Bowood House near Calne in 1774. By concentrating sunlight on a glass tube containing mercuric oxide, Priestley noted that the gas it emitted, which he called ‘dephlogisticated air’, made candles burn brighter and his chest feel ‘peculiarly light’. 2. London - When a forgotten sample of the mineral columbite that had been sent from America to London’s British Museum in the mid-1700s was re-examined by the physicist Charles Hatchett in 1801, it was found to contain a metal that had never been identified before. Hatchett’s discovery was eventually recognized as a new chemical element and officially named niobium in 1950. 3. Edinburgh - The Scottish scientist Daniel Rutherford isolated nitrogen – which he called ‘noxious air’ – while still a student at Edinburgh University in 1772. Rutherford, who was also the uncle of the writer Sir Walter Scott, now has a building named after him at the University. 4. Low Mill, Cumbria - Platinum was discovered by the Spanish explorer Antonio de Ulloa in 1735, but the first true investigative experiments on the metal were carried out at a forge at Low Mill owned by the English metallurgist Charles Wood. Wood had previously been in charge of a lead mine in Jamaica and on his return to England in 1749 brought with him some smuggled platinum on which he performed his groundbreaking experiments. 5. Strontian, Highland - The Highland town of Strontian is the only place in Britain to have given its name to a chemical element, strontium, which was first isolated from the local mineral strontianite by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1808. © Taken from The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer by Paul Anthony Jones, out now.
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Citizens Advice (Wiltshire - South) ............................0844 3752775 (from mobiles) ...................................................................0300 4568375 Community Legal Service Direct ..............................0845 345 4 345 Consumer Advice .......................................................... 08454 04 05 06 Trading Standards ............................................................08451 201202
Downton Surgery ............................................................ 01725 510296 National Blood Service ................................................. 0300 123 2323 NHS Direct ................................................................................. 0845 4647 Optician (A.J. Bass, Downton) ..................................... 01725 512058 Salisbury Hospital (Odstock) ....................................... 01722 336262 Salisbury Walk In Health Centre ..................................01722 331191 Sexual Health Clinic .........................................................01722 410069 Whiteparish Surgery........................................................01794 884269
ANIMAL CHARITIES/VETS Hampton Park Vets (Downton)....................................01725 511492 Hampton Park Vets (Salisbury) ................................... 01722 416245 Cats Protection League ..................................................08453 712068 Salisbury Dogs Trust ........................................................01980 629634 RSPCA Cruelty Line ..........................................................0300 1234999 Wildlife Care Centre .........................................................01980 862291
POLICE Crimestoppers ................................................................... 0800 555 111 Salisbury (non emergency) ..........................................0845 408 7000
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National Rail information ..............................................08457 484950 Wilts & Dorset Bus Company ........................................01722 336855
Boots Chemist, Salisbury ...............................................01722 333233 Downton Pharmacy........................................................ 01725 510388
UTILITIES (Emergency Only)
GENERAL Downton Library...............................................................01725 511003 Downton Link ................................................................... 01725 513807 Odeon Cinema, Salisbury .............................................0871 224 4007
Bournemouth & W. Hants Water ................................ 01202 590059 Gas .......................................................................................... 0800 111 999 Wessex Water Sewage Floodline ............................. 0845 850 5 959 Wessex Water Leakstoppers ...................................... 0800 692 0 692
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Age UK Salisbury District ............................................. 01722 335 425 Alcohol & Drug Advisory Service ............................... 01722 820390 Carers Support...................................................................01722 322746 Childline ..................................................................................... 0800 1111 Cruse Bereavement Care ...............................................01722 411938 Drugs Helpline - FRANK ................................................ 0800 77 66 00 Family Lives Charity ........................................................0808 800 2222 National Debtline .......................................................... 0808 808 4000 Nat. Domestic Violence Helpline .............................. 0808 2000 247 National Family Mediation ............................................01722 332936 NSPCC ................................................................................. 0808 800 5000 Relate ....................................................................................01305 262285 Samaritans ..........................................................................01722 323355 Victim Supportline .......................................................... 01380 729476 Women's Refuge ...............................................................08457 023468
Bus Passes ...........................................................................01225 713004 Council Tax ..........................................................................01722 434222 General Enquiries .............................................................01722 336272 Housing Benefits ..............................................................01722 434483 Parking .................................................................................01249 706131 Pest Control ..................................................... 01722 434319 / 434541 Planning...............................................................................01722 434541 Registration - births/ deaths/marr. .............................01225 713007 School Admissions ...........................................................01225 713010 Passenger Transport ........................................................01225 713004 Social Care - Children ......................................................01225 773500 Social Care - Adults ..........................................................0300 4560111 Special Education Needs ...............................................01225 718095 Street Care and Cleaning ............................ 01722 434319 / 434320 Waste and Recycling .................................... 01722 434319 / 434320
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Wordsearch - Hidden Phrase: A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin
QUIZ 1. Catherine Tate 2. Santa Cruz 3. (Eight) maids-a-milking 4. Drag races 5. Fandabidozi (she performs as Wee Jimmy Krankie, and along with her husband, they are the Krankies) 6. His nose (“with a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal”) 7. Harry Potter 8. False (it was originally made from silver) 9. Wimbledon Common (accept Wimbledon - the mispronunciation gave her the inspiration for The Wombles) 10. Don’t expose it to bright light, don’t get it wet, don’t feed it after midnight
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