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Youth Work - Shine Fresh

http://www.shinefresh.org.uk

Ancestors MCC are a small MCC, but have been around for a long time, infact this year is our 20th Anniversary. Our members come from all over the Northern Ireland (Coleraine, Antrim, Kells, Larne, Glenarm, Belfast, Banbridge, Ballynahinch & Killeagh) and on all sorts of bikes. We meet at the start of each month to chat about the club, rallies, ride-outs and basically have a laugh at each others expense. We all try and get to as many rallies, rock nights and runs as possible.

We hold a rally every year in August, its always a good laugh and everyone has a great time, we also have our annual Christmas Toy Run at the start of December where all proceeds go to charity and hopefully a couple of Rock Nights thrown in throughout the year.
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By Jon Lambert

The future isn’t another country: its another planet. Jon Lambert docks with the Audacious City Church crew to see what church could look like.



You’ve seen the footage. A lone man steps from the ladder of his lunar module. He utters those immortal words and plants the stars & stripes in the moon-dust. To Neil Armstrong, the Apollo landing was his life’s ambition. It was a chance in a million, and when the call came he was prepared. He simply stepped out and made his mark on history. This summer finds Audacious City Church taking their own small step, and to these guys making history is child’s play.
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Consultation on Draft Statutory Code of Practice
The Equality Commission has developed a Draft Statutory Code on the Disability Discrimination (Transport Vehicles) Regulations (NI) 2009.

The aim is to explain the changes in the law as a result of the new Regulations which are due to come into effect at the end of 2009. The Code will provide guidance to transport providers, advisors and disabled people on the scope of the Regulations.

The EC would welcome your views on the Draft Code. The purpose of the consultation is to obtain views on the usefulness of the Draft Code in achieving the aim as set out above.
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Everyone dreads coming home after a well earned holiday, but your low mood could turn into a complete nightmare if you come home to find you've been burgled.

The Digital Criminal Report highlights that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are increasingly being used by burglars to identify potential targets.

They are using the sites to make friends with people, find out details about their homes and information on when they're going away. They then check potential target properties using sites like Google Street View.
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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) today releases its annual British Behaviour Abroad report that reveals Britons are continuing to get into trouble abroad, with key concerns including drink and drug related cases.

The report, based on incident figures from FCO offices around the world, reveals that over the period April 08 – March 09, 5,430 Britons needed consular assistance in Spain; there were 1,534 British arrests in the USA; 2,446 passports were lost or stolen in Australia; 433 Britons were hospitalised in Greece and 611 died in the last year.
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CUBA: HEFTY FINE FOR PASTOR’S WIFE WHO MISCARRIED AFTER STREET ATTACK
A Pastor’s wife who lost her baby after a neighbour attacked her on the street, is being fined the equivalent of over two months salary, accused by the authorities of ‘disturbing the public order’ on that day.

Gilianys Meneses de los Rios, daughter-in-law to Reverend Roberto Rodriguez and wife to Pastor Eric Gabriel Rodriguez, faced Cuba’s Placetas Tribunal on Monday 17 August. She is being fined 600 pesos, which is twice the average monthly salary in Cuba, for being attacked on the street by the wife of a neighbour in December 2008.
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A WARNING has been issued to parents, urging them to be on their guard against meningitis as their children return to school after the summer holidays.

Charity Meningitis UK says the close confines of a classroom put youngsters more at risk from the deadly brain bug.

There are also concerns that the swine flu pandemic may result in meningitis being missed because both illnesses begin with flu-like symptoms.

Children under five are most at-risk from the killer disease, followed by teenagers and students.
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CUBAN GOVERNMENT CHARGE CHURCH LEADERS WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
A church leader from a fast growing independent Church movement in Cuba is being accused of criminal activity by the Government just one month after a Pastor from the same group was sentenced to six years in prison.

This follows the recent detention at least sixty pastors and leaders in May and June.

Alexi Perez has been in prison for over a month accused of illicit economic activity. Although the original charges against him have been dropped, he now faces a new charge of illegally receiving construction materials.
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British parents are risking their child’s eyesight by exposing them to bright sunlight without appropriate protection, according to a new study from the College of Optometrists.

Over three-quarters (76 per cent) of parents questioned admitted to not making sure their child wears sunglasses when out and about in the sun.

Dr Susan Blakeney, optometric adviser at The College of Optometrists, says “I am shocked to see that so many parents aren’t ensuring that their child’s eyes are protected in the sun, and am equally astounded to see that of those who do, many are opting for ‘cheap and cheerful’ over quality."

Protection for children’s eyes is imperative in strong sunlight. Just as most of us wouldn’t dream of sending our kids out into the sun without SPF protection, neither should we expose their eyes directly to strong sunlight.

Sunlight may damage the retina and lens of the eye, increasing the risk of developing certain conditions such as cataracts in later life.
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RSPB want people to look out for red kites



Have you seen a red kite? Did you notice its wing tags? If you have, the RSPB would like to hear from you. Up until now most of the red kite monitoring has been done by radio tracking, providing the RSPB with important information about the kites movements and behaviour.
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