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Article 1 ROYALS 8 - 13<br />
Article 2 MOTHER TEREASA 14 - 15<br />
Article 3 OPRAH WINFREY 18 - 19<br />
Article 4 KYLIE JENNER 20 -21<br />
Article 5 DEMI MOORE 22 - 23<br />
Article 6 DIET 25 - 29<br />
Article 7 BRAIN HEALTH 30 -31<br />
Article 8 WELLBEING 32 - 33<br />
Article 9 GARY MUTIMER 41<br />
Article 10 PAPION 43-45
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Article 12 xfactor 63 - 65<br />
Article 13 Strictly come dancing<br />
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Article 14 RYAN JENKINS 68 - 69<br />
Article 15 GAME OF THRONES 72 - 75<br />
Article 16 FOOD REVIES 82-83<br />
Article 17 SHEILA QUIGLEY 88-91<br />
Article1 8 BOXING 94 -97<br />
Article1 9 FASION 98-100<br />
Article 20 JOBS 114 -115<br />
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IN THIS ISSUE....<br />
DIANA:<br />
PRINCESS OF WALES
ArticleTitle<br />
DIANA'sLEGACY<br />
of<br />
LOVE<br />
?The w orst illness of our t im e is t hat so m any people have t o<br />
suffer from never being loved.?<br />
- Princess Diana<br />
Dubbed " The People's Princess' by Tony<br />
Blair, PM; Diana becam e a global icon,<br />
fam ous for her beaut y, her fashion<br />
choices and, of course her m arriage t o<br />
t he Prince. But qut e aside from t hese,<br />
t he m ost profound and last ing<br />
difference she m ade w as t o her<br />
philant hropic force.<br />
Diana Frances Spencer was born in<br />
Sandringham, Norfolk on 1st July 1961. She<br />
was the fourth child out of five. The Spencer<br />
family, has been closely allied with the<br />
British Royal Family for several generations.<br />
Both of Diana's grandmother's; Lady Ruth<br />
Roche and Countess Cynthia Spencer,<br />
were both Ladies "Of The Bedchamber"<br />
(Personal Attendant to the HRH Monarch)<br />
of HRH Queen Elizabeth the First (now<br />
known as HRH Elizabeth, The Queen<br />
Mother). Diana first received the title of<br />
'Lady Diana Spencer' when her father<br />
inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975.<br />
She met HRH Prince Charles, when she was<br />
only 16 in November 1977; when he was<br />
dating her older sister, Lady Sarah. They<br />
met whilst he was playing Polo and he took<br />
interest in Diana as a potential bride. The<br />
relationship progressed when he invited<br />
Art icle by Mart in Ow ens-Cairns<br />
her to various locations, meeting the<br />
family. Lady Diana was loved by HRH<br />
Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Duke of<br />
Edinburgh. Prince Charles proposed to<br />
Lady Diana on 6th February 1981, and she<br />
accepted, they then married 29th July 1981.<br />
As Princess of Wales she was expected to<br />
make regular public appearances at<br />
Hospitals, Schools and other facilities, in<br />
the 20th-Century model of Royal<br />
patronage.<br />
HRH Diana, Princess of Wales is<br />
remembered by everyone she met for her<br />
warmth and genuine interest in their<br />
situation and difficulties. She threw herself<br />
into her charity work in a very personal<br />
way, spending countless hours listening to<br />
the individual stories and problems of the<br />
people she visited.<br />
She had the ability to make everybody feel<br />
special, in particular vulnerable young<br />
people who were touched by her warmth<br />
and affection. In 1984, she became<br />
President of Barnardo's, a British charity<br />
which helps the most vulnerable children<br />
and young people transform their lives and<br />
fulfill their potential.<br />
She also had a natural empathy with<br />
people who were close to death or those<br />
who had lost a loved one - something<br />
which was clear through her visits to<br />
hospitals and hospices in the UK and<br />
abroad.<br />
She described her work with the Royal<br />
Brompton Hospital, London, like this:<br />
'I make the trips at least three times a week<br />
and spend up to four hours at a time with<br />
patients holding their hands and talking to<br />
them. Some of them will live and some will<br />
die, but they all need to be loved while they<br />
are here. I try to be there for them.'<br />
In 1983, she confided in the Premier of<br />
Newfoundland (Head of Government in<br />
Canada), Brian Peckford:<br />
"I am finding it very difficult to cope with the<br />
pressures of being Princess of Wales, but I am<br />
learning to cope"<br />
To the media Diana often portrayed a very<br />
stoic and positive energy, but an aid<br />
suggested that at the same time these<br />
engagements often drained Diana<br />
emotionally.
wearing a plastic vizor while standing in an<br />
only partially cleared minefield in Angola<br />
(PICTURED FAR LEFT) did more to highlight<br />
the issue of landmines than any previous<br />
campaign on the issue.<br />
Following the trip, the representatives of<br />
122 governments met in Ottowa, and<br />
agreed a ban on the use of anti-personnel<br />
landmines. When Foreign Secretary of the<br />
time Robin Cook brought the second<br />
reading of the landmines bill to the house<br />
in 1998, he made a point of paying tribute<br />
to Diana's contribution.<br />
Decades after she mounted her<br />
commitment to the mines clearence work,<br />
pulling the public's attention onto the<br />
issue, the support for the cause continues.<br />
Her son, HRH Prince Harry, who is now<br />
patron of leading landmine charity, the<br />
HALO Trust, recently called for the world to<br />
become free of the weapons by 2025.<br />
As patron of The Leprosy Mission, she<br />
visited hospitals in India, Nepal and<br />
Zimbabwe, where she was pictured and<br />
filmed spending time with patients,<br />
holding their hands and dispelling the<br />
myth that the illness can be passed on<br />
by touch.<br />
Hom eless young people<br />
Diana was patron and a regular visitor<br />
to the charity Centrepoint up until her<br />
death in 1997. Despite her royal<br />
lifestyle, she was not afraid to meet<br />
those directly affected, and is even<br />
known to have gone onto the streets<br />
one night and spoken to rough<br />
sleepers.<br />
Diana w it h Mot her Theresa; June 1997<br />
In February 1992 the Princess visited<br />
Mother Teresa's Hospice for the Sick and<br />
Dying in Kolkata, India, and visited every<br />
one of the 50 patients who were close to<br />
death. In Rome shortly afterwards, and<br />
later in London and New York, she met<br />
Mother Teresa and the two formed a strong<br />
personal connection.<br />
At the time of her death Princess Diana<br />
remained official patron of Royal Marsden<br />
NHS Trust (a cancer fund); Great er<br />
Orm ond St reet Children?s Hospit al,<br />
London; the Nat ional AIDS Trust (an<br />
umbrella for a wide array of AIDS causes in<br />
the United Kingdom); The Leprosy<br />
Mission; the English Nat ional Ballet ; and<br />
Cent repoint Soho (which provides services<br />
to homeless youth). In addition, the<br />
Princess was closely associated at the time<br />
of her death with The Brit ish Red Cross<br />
Ant i-Personnel Land Mines Cam paign<br />
(technically, Diana?s official patronage of<br />
the Land Mines Campaign ended in 1996,<br />
but it remained one of her most active<br />
causes in the last year of her life).<br />
LANDMINES<br />
The image of Diana in a white shirt, beige<br />
trousers and brown leather loafers and<br />
Sick Children<br />
As patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital<br />
for Children and The Royal Marsden<br />
Hospital, known for treating cancerous<br />
children. Diana was often pictured<br />
comforting sick youngsters.<br />
Today, HRH Prince William continues her<br />
legacy, as president of the Royal Marsden<br />
Hospital, the same renowned cancer<br />
institution his mother represented from the<br />
years of 1989 until her untimely death in<br />
1997.<br />
AIDS and HIV<br />
Princess DIana was a crucial figurehead in<br />
lifting the stigma once associated with AIDS<br />
and HIV victims. In April 1987, she opened<br />
the UK's first purpose built HIV/AIDS unit<br />
that exclusively cared for patients infected<br />
with the virus, at London Middlesex<br />
Hospital.<br />
A famous image from the event of her<br />
shaking the hand of a sufferer without<br />
gloves, despite widespread caution at the<br />
time about how the disease was<br />
transmitted, played a revolutionary role in<br />
convincing the public that touching<br />
sufferers was alright.<br />
"HIV does not make people dangerous to<br />
know. You can shake their hand and give<br />
them a hug heaven knows they need it."<br />
She told cameras at the time.<br />
Leprosy<br />
Similar to her AIDS efforts,<br />
Diana travelled to countries with a high<br />
leprosy rate in a bid to remove the stigma<br />
surrounding the disease.<br />
9 THINGS YOU PROBABLY<br />
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT DIANA<br />
1) She refused to raise her<br />
children in a Royal manner.<br />
2) Her wedding dress had the<br />
longest train in Royal history.<br />
3) She chose her 12ct Engagement<br />
Ring from a catalogue.<br />
4) She didn't get good grades in<br />
school.<br />
5) She aspired to be a ballerina.<br />
6) She auctioned 79 of her Royal<br />
dresses.<br />
7) Her buriel place is an island.<br />
8) She altered her wedding vows.<br />
9) She battled with Bullemia and<br />
Depression.
DIANA AND<br />
THE DRESS<br />
THAT OPENED<br />
OUR EYES!<br />
Princess Diana's Most Memorable LBD and statement-making<br />
looks: a form-fitting black off-the-shoulder number by Greek<br />
designer Christina Stambolian.<br />
When Diana stepped out of her car to greet the party hosts and<br />
waiting fans, she knew her stunning look would make an<br />
impression (and be all over the news). She paired the dress with a<br />
monochrome choker and pearl earrings; simple, elegant<br />
accessories that aided ? and didn't distract from ? the look, an<br />
ensemble that was much more brazen than anything she had<br />
worn in the past.<br />
Diana's smart, sexy LBD will go down in the books as one of the<br />
most audacious and deliberate examples of revenge dressing.<br />
Christina Stambolian was born in Greece and trained in Athens<br />
before coming to London in the 70s, where she lived and worked<br />
for most of her career. Christian designed evening, cocktail and<br />
wedding dresses using exquisite silk, velvet, French lace and<br />
beaded embroidery.<br />
Her work includes producing 15 full-scale catwalk shows at<br />
prestigious venues such as The Park Lane Hotel, The<br />
Intercontinental and Claridges. Between 1983 and 1994, my<br />
designs were sold in 'Christina Stambolian' boutiques in Paris and<br />
London.<br />
PICTURE: Diana and the famous dress. INSET Designer Christina Stambolian<br />
The 'Revenge Dress' worn by Princess Diana at the 'Serpentine<br />
Gallery' was bought by Graeme Mackenzie, the Scottish collector,<br />
and has been used for worthy causes like 'Children First', the<br />
Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.<br />
The 'Children of St Mary's' intensive care unit (1998).<br />
Two water colour designs of Princess Diana's 'Revenge Dress'<br />
were donated to 'Norwood and Demelza House' (Children and<br />
Families First). The pictures were sold in the 'Designs of the Times'<br />
charity event in March, 2<strong>003</strong>.<br />
I have donated 14 miniature dresses to the 'Giorgio de Cirico'<br />
gallery in Volos, Greece, including a miniature of 'The revenge<br />
Dress'<br />
'The Revenge Dress' was worn by Princess Diana at The<br />
Serpentine Gallery, London, 1993. The dress has a ruched,<br />
asymmetrical bodice with cap sleeves. The skirt is also ruched<br />
horizontally, being caught up to a sash at the side which falls<br />
beyond the hem.<br />
On June 29th, 1994, Princess Diana was due to attend a dinner<br />
hosted by Vanity Fair at the Serpentine Gallery. She purchased a<br />
dress from the designer, Valentino. Much to Diana's displeasure<br />
and, in what has since been described as crude opportunism, his<br />
house released a premature, unauthorised press statement about<br />
the dress. Princess Diana immediately changed her mind and<br />
decided to wear one of her most important dresses - 'The<br />
Revenge Dress'.<br />
But Why Was It Called 'The Revenge Dress'?<br />
In November of 1994, Princess Diana was in the middle of a<br />
publicity storm following her separation from Prince Charles.<br />
Instead of going into hiding (which let?s face it, would?ve been<br />
much easier), the royal made headlines for an entirely different<br />
reason? her dress. On the very night that Charles admitted to his<br />
infidelity in a now infamous interview, Diana stepped out in a chic<br />
black curve-hugging, off-the-shoulder dress (above)
Wit h<br />
Christ ina St am bolian<br />
Fashion designer, m ost not ably know n for t he "Revenge Dress" fam ously w orn<br />
by HRH Princess Diana.<br />
So Christ ina, t ell us a bit about yourself,<br />
w here did you grow up?<br />
I was born in Greece by Armenian parents so<br />
Greek is my first language. I went to Greek<br />
school from 6 till 12 years of age and then to a<br />
Greek-French school from 12 till 18. After that<br />
an Art College for 4 years in Athens, where I<br />
finished a degree course in Art, Theatre<br />
costume, Architecture, and fashion design.<br />
What m ade you decide t o follow a career in<br />
fashion? w hen did it st art ?<br />
I loved fashion since I was a small child. The first<br />
dresses I designed were for my only doll I had<br />
at that time. Cinema and film stars inspired me<br />
a lot those days. I collected photographs of<br />
them, and I knew that one day that's what I was<br />
going to be: A designer to glamorous women.<br />
When w as your first professional job in t he<br />
fashion indust ry? I came to London in 1970<br />
and work as a fashion designer for four<br />
deferent fashion houses until 1978. I was based<br />
in London and in 1978 I was employed by D.P.<br />
Designs, where I started designing under<br />
my name ?Christina Stambolian? , producing<br />
collection of approx. 80 samples of Day,<br />
Cocktail, Evening and Wedding dresses each<br />
season worn by High Society, TV and Film<br />
personalities. I designed and produced 15 full<br />
scale Cat Walk Shows at prestigious venues<br />
such as Park Lane, Intercontinental, and<br />
Claridges hotels. I was interviewed by various<br />
TV Networks in UK, USA, and Greece. Having<br />
extensively travelled the Far East, I have given<br />
the opportunity to produce and supervise the<br />
manufacture of Silk Separates, Lace,<br />
embroidery and textile printing in Hong Kong<br />
and Korea. My designs were sold under my<br />
label in my Paris boutique 2 Rue de Tournon,<br />
and in my London Kensington boutique 12<br />
Beauchamp Place.<br />
Do you have a favourit e design you have<br />
creat ed?<br />
I loved many of my creations. Of course Diana?s<br />
?Revenge dress? was a success designed and<br />
made skilfully with lots of hand pleating and<br />
love, and that statuesque Diana in mind. So yes<br />
is a piece that I am particularly proud of.<br />
Talking about Diana, how did you com e<br />
about designing t hat fam ous dress for her?<br />
How did it st art ?<br />
One day out of the blue Diana and her brother<br />
Earl Spencer paid me a visit in my then<br />
boutique in Beauchamp Place, Kensington.<br />
Diana wonted me to design a dress for her for a<br />
special occasion. I knew that as she was a very<br />
beautiful woman she should wear a dress that<br />
would do her beauty justice. Something<br />
exquisite. Several weeks and two fittings<br />
later the outcome of her visit was delivered to<br />
her, cut to reveal her body quite unlike any style<br />
she had worn before. She wore my dress two<br />
years later to the Serpentine Gallery in June<br />
1994, on the night Prince Charles admitted to<br />
his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles in his<br />
interview with Jonathan Dimbleby. Diana' s<br />
dressing style changed over the years. She<br />
started with conservative young outfits some of<br />
them very busy and overpowering. As she got<br />
older she became more aware of her beauty so<br />
her fashion style improved remarkably,<br />
definitely more feminine and glamorous. She<br />
could also be stylish in casual sports wear.<br />
Did Diana buy anyt hing else from your st ore<br />
or ask you t o design anym ore?<br />
When she came to my boutique she also<br />
bought a woollen dress and two little silk tops.<br />
Almost just after she got married I have seen<br />
her on TV news wearing a long jersey forest<br />
green dress of mine , she must of purchased it<br />
from a shop we supplied dresses to that time. I<br />
never designed anything else for her. But she<br />
did write to me that she will definitely visit me<br />
again soon, but unfortunately that did not<br />
happen? . as she left us for ever soon after<br />
that? .. So that was the end of the ?Diana belle<br />
époque?? ? .<br />
Do you have any advice for any young<br />
persons w ishing t o follow in t he sam e<br />
career?<br />
My advice to young designers is that they<br />
should find their personal characteristic style. It<br />
is so important to be yourself as a designer<br />
and stick to your own signature. Follow the<br />
trend but keep your own identity, and always<br />
think than ?the woman should wear the dress,<br />
the dress should not wear the woman".<br />
When you design for an individual make sure to<br />
hide her imperfections and show clearly her<br />
good points. That makes a successful designer.<br />
A student designer should get a dressmaker' s<br />
dummy and a sewing machine at home, and<br />
make patterns on the dummy. Moulding and<br />
draping fabrics of different texture on her. That<br />
way you learn the feel of fabrics.Every fabric<br />
needs different treatment.<br />
Could you recom m end any schools for young<br />
designers?<br />
Because I studied art and fashion in Greece I<br />
could not recommend best training and<br />
education places for fashion studies. I guess St.<br />
Martin' s has a very strong name for fashion.<br />
Is t here anyt hing else you w ould like t o add?<br />
I would like to point out that the famous<br />
?Revenge dress? that started out as a daring<br />
idea in my then boutique in Kensington is been<br />
used for several worthy charitable causes so<br />
far. That really makes me proud and happy.
DIANA'S LEGACY LIVES ON<br />
Prince Harry (upper right) has disclosed<br />
that he sought counseling after enduring<br />
two years of ?total chaos? while still<br />
struggling in his late twenties to come to<br />
terms with the death of his mother<br />
The Prince, now 32, turned to counselors<br />
and even took up boxing<br />
Prince Harry has decided to give an<br />
unprecedented insight into his past in the<br />
hope it will encourage people to break the<br />
stigma surrounding mental health issues.<br />
He has spoken to Bryony Gordon for the<br />
first episode of her pod-cast, Mad World,<br />
in which she will interview high-profile<br />
guests about their mental health<br />
experiences<br />
The 30-minute conversation is one of the<br />
most candid insights into the innermost<br />
thoughts of a modern young member of<br />
the Royal family. The Prince, together with<br />
his brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and<br />
Duchess of Cambridge, have set up Heads<br />
Together, a charity which promotes good<br />
mental well-being.<br />
Prince Harry, who was 12 when his<br />
mother died, says in the pod-cast that he<br />
spent his teenage years and twenties<br />
determined not to think about her.<br />
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and<br />
Prince Harry are spearheading the Heads<br />
Together campaign to end stigma around<br />
mental health. Heads Together aims to<br />
change the national conversation on<br />
mental health and wellbeing, and is a<br />
partnership with inspiring charities with<br />
decades of experience in tackling stigma,<br />
raising awareness, and providing vital help<br />
for people with mental health challenges.<br />
There has been huge progress made to<br />
tackle stigma surrounding mental health<br />
in recent decades, but it still remains a key<br />
issue driven by negative associations,<br />
experience and language. Through this<br />
campaign, Their Royal Highnesses are<br />
keen to build on the great work that is<br />
already taking place across the country, to<br />
ensure that people feel comfortable with<br />
their everyday mental wellbeing, feel able<br />
to support their friends and families<br />
through difficult times, and that stigma no<br />
longer prevents people getting help they<br />
need.<br />
Prince Harry combines a programme of<br />
charitable activity alongside his public<br />
service in support of The Queen,<br />
undertaking official engagements in the<br />
UK and overseas.<br />
He is Patron of a number of organisations<br />
and spends the majority of his charitable<br />
work focusing on the welfare of<br />
servicemen and women, championing<br />
developmental opportunities for hard to<br />
reach children and African conservation.<br />
He co-founded the charity Sentebale with<br />
Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in memory of<br />
their mothers (Sentebale means ?Forget<br />
me not?) to support orphans and<br />
vulnerable children in Lesotho. Alongside<br />
his brother and sister-in-law, he is also<br />
Patron of The Royal Foundation of The<br />
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and<br />
Prince Harry.<br />
In 2014, Prince Harry created and helped<br />
organise the Invictus Games in London.<br />
The Games are an international adaptive<br />
sporting event for wounded, injured and<br />
sick Servicemen and women. They use the<br />
power of sport to inspire recover, support<br />
rehabilitation and generate a wider<br />
understanding and respect of all those<br />
who serve their country. The inaugural<br />
Invictus Games held in London saw over<br />
400 competitors from 13 nations compete<br />
in nine adaptive sports.
MOTHER TERESA<br />
Mother T?r??? ?? th? most f?m?u? and ?t<br />
th? ??m? t?m?? most ??ntr?v?r???l<br />
C?th?l?? nun ?f th? tw?nt??th ??ntur?.<br />
Agn?? G?nxh? B?j?xh?u (her real name)<br />
was b?rn on 27 Augu?t 1910 ?n Sk??j? or<br />
Sk??j?, a ??t? in S.E. Yugoslavia, (wh??h<br />
w?? ??rt ?f the Turk??h Em??r? at th?<br />
t?m?) to ?n Alb?n??n mother ?nd f?th?r,<br />
Nikola, ?f unkn?wn background, g?v?ng<br />
r??? t? a debate wh??h Agn???, ?v?n ??<br />
M?th?r T?r??? n?v?r bothered to resolve<br />
in h?r l?f?t?m?. B?th h?r parents were<br />
b?rn ?n Sk??j? w?? ?ll th?t P?n?<br />
Markovska, a r?l?t?v? ?f Agn??, w?uld say<br />
?b?ut th? ?ng??ng d???ut? ?v?r wh?th?r<br />
she was a M???d?n??n ?r Alb?n??n. But t?<br />
the m?ll??n? ?f her ?dm?r?r? ?t m?tt?r?<br />
l?ttl? as t? which nationality ?h? b?l?ng?d<br />
t?. A?tu?ll?, M???d?n?? ?nd neighboring<br />
Alb?n?? d?d n?t even exist wh?n Agn??<br />
w?? born. H?w?v?r, at ?r???nt, Sk??j? is<br />
th? ????t?l ?f M???d?n??. She h?d ?n<br />
elder br?th?r ?nd a sister whom she w??<br />
?tt??h?d t? ?n childhood, besides her<br />
m?th?r. Wh?n Agnes was ??v?n years old<br />
(1917), h?r f?th?r N?k?l? died, l??v?ng the<br />
f?m?l? ?n dire financial ?tr??t?. Agnes w??<br />
l??k?d ?ft?r b? th? ??r??h ?f th? Sacred<br />
H??rt, a d?n?m?n?t??n ?f the Catholic<br />
Church. She w?? so ?nflu?n??d b? the<br />
religious atmosphere ?f the P?r??h that at<br />
an early ?g? ?f tw?lv? she d???d?d that<br />
?h? w?nt?d t? b? a nun. At the ?g? ?f<br />
fourteen, she h??rd about the Irish Order<br />
?f th? S??t?r? ?f L?r?t?. She w?nt t?<br />
Ir?l?nd in 1928 t? j??n th? In?t?tut? ?f th?<br />
Bl????d V?rg?n M?r? but ???n ?ft?r<br />
d???d?d to ??m? to Ind?? t? j??n th?<br />
S??t?r? of L?r?t?. Wh?t inspired h?r t?<br />
??m? to Ind?? ?? n?t recorded but she<br />
must h?v? learnt that th? S??t?r? of L?r?t?<br />
w?r? w?rk?ng ?n Ind??. Sh? reached India<br />
?n 61anuary 1929. Sh? w?? ??ght??n ?t<br />
th? time, a short (f?ur f??t t?n inches tall)<br />
frail little g?rl. Aft?r h?r ?rr?v?l ?h? was<br />
??nt to Darjeeling t? t???h ?n the Loreto<br />
Convent. B?f?r? ??m?ng t? Ind?? she had<br />
learnt English; ?nd had ???u?r?d a<br />
smattering of Bengali. Sh? ?t?rt?d w?th<br />
teaching h??t?r? and g??gr??h? to jun??r<br />
?tud?nt?. On 24 M?? 1931, she t??k h?r<br />
vows as a nun ?nd ?h?ng?d h?r n?m? t?<br />
Teresa, b?rr?w?ng th? name fr?m a<br />
Fr?n?h nun, Th?r??? Martin. T? ?v??d<br />
??nfu???n, ?h? ?h?ng?d th? ???ll?ng t? ?t?<br />
S??n??h v?r???n 'T?r???'. On her return t?<br />
C?l?utt?, ?h? ?t?rt?d her m?????n of mercy<br />
in the Moti Jheel ?r??. S??t?r Teresa w??<br />
soon t? b???m? a m?th?r t? th? masses.<br />
Sh? ?t?rt?d w?th ???n?ng in a ?m?ll h?u??,<br />
th? 'Nirmal H?rd??' (? h?m? ?f th? k?nd<br />
h??rt.) This w?? the home for th? d??ng<br />
th?t had nobody t? look ?ft?r them. In<br />
1952, th? h?m? w?? ?h?ft?d t? K?l?gh?t.<br />
Mother Teresa ?t?rt?d collecting fund? f?r<br />
?r??t?ng n?w modes ?f ??rv??? t? th? ???r<br />
and th? d?wntr?dd?n. Soon after a ?h?d<br />
was ?t?rt?d in Dh?b? Where children<br />
suffering fr?m w?r? h?u??d ?nd l??k?d<br />
?ft?r. It w?? f?ll?w?d b? h?m?? for lepers<br />
?n B?lg??h?? ?nd T?t?g?rh, all l???t?d ?n<br />
C?l?utt? ?nd its ?uburb?. A Mobile<br />
L??r??? Cl?n?? w?? ?l?? ?t?rt?d t? help<br />
th??? ?ffl??t?d w?th leprosy in f?r flung<br />
?r??? ?n H?wr?h, T?l?j?l? ?nd ?th?r ?r???.<br />
It mu?t b? r?m?mb?r?d that l??r??? h??<br />
been a special concern for Chr??t??n<br />
missionaries wh? ?r? ?n???r?d from J??u?<br />
Chr??t h?m??lf who ?ur?d l???r? with h??<br />
'm?r??ul?u? ??w?r?'.<br />
In 1955, M?th?r T?r??? opened 'Sh??hu<br />
Bhawan', a h?m? for ?r?h?n? ?nd<br />
abandoned ?h?ldr?n. The ?ld?r ?h?ldr?n<br />
w?r? sent to one ?f the schools run b? th?<br />
M?????n?r??? ?f Charity and th? ??ung?r<br />
?n?? w?r? kept in the 'Sh??hu Bh?w?n'.<br />
The children w?r? given food ?nd ?l?th??.<br />
M?n? of th?m w?r? g?v?n to f?r??gn<br />
??u?l?? for adoption. In 1963, ?h?<br />
founded th? Missionary Br?th?r? of<br />
Charity to h?l? th? Sisters ?f Ch?r?t? ?n<br />
th??r work. Sh? was media fr??ndl? and<br />
?n??ur?g?d correspondents and<br />
journalists to v???t h?r. Sh? ??uld expand<br />
her charitable w?rk w?th ?m?z?ng speed<br />
and ?n m?n?<br />
??untr???. H?r d?m?nut?v? figure ?nd h?r<br />
wr?nkl?d face b???m? one of th? m??t<br />
familiar faces ?f th? tw?nt??th ??ntur?.<br />
Th? T?m? magazine in Augu?t 1983 ??rr??d<br />
a ?r?f?l? ?f M?th?r T?r??? ?nd also ??m?<br />
statistics: 2000 Sisters and 400 Br?th?r?<br />
w?rk?ng ?n 257 b???? in at least 152<br />
countries; 70 H?m?? l??k?ng ?ft?r 4000<br />
?h?ldr?n and ?rr?ng?ng at l???t a 1000<br />
?d??t??n? every ???r; 154 ?lum schools<br />
f??d?ng 50,000 children; 81 H?m?? ??r?ng<br />
for 13,000 d??ng d??t?tut?. It is claimed<br />
that th??? ?t?t??t??? ?r? now dr??t???ll?<br />
?utd?t?d, ?nd th?t th?r? ?r? ?t l???t 4000<br />
S??t?r? W?rk?ng ?n some 561 missions<br />
??r??d out in 180 ??untr??? of the W?rld.<br />
In the 19705, M?th?r T?r??? ?dd?d AIDS<br />
??t??nt? to her m?????n ?f ?h?r?t? ?nd<br />
care. In 1986, ?h? opened the 'C?t? ?f<br />
Peace' ?n Washington, D.C. t? l??k after<br />
and help AIDS patients. In f??t ?h? opened<br />
several ??ntr?? ?n the ??-??ll?d developed<br />
countries ?n Eur??? ?nd North America<br />
b???d?? th??? ?n ??untr??? in Asia, Afr???
?nd Latin Am?r???. Wh?n a ??rr????nd?nt ??k?d h?r 'why are<br />
??u opening ??ntr?? ?n d?v?l???d ??untr??? where th?r? is<br />
h?rdl? ?n? poverty? 'P?v?rt? of ???r?t', ?h? r??l??d.<br />
M?th?r T?r??? h?d b???m? ?n Ind??n ??t?z?n w?? back in 1950<br />
and started ??ll?ng herself an Ind??n. Th? g?v?rnm?nt, in turn,<br />
?h?w?r?d privileges ?nd honors ?n her. Sh? w?? ???u?d a 'red<br />
passport' which ?? reserved f?r diplomats. On r????v?ng ?t she<br />
???d, "It ?? a g?ft from th? G?v?rnm?nt of Ind??. Th?? have b??n<br />
very helpful." H?n?ur? C?m? in ?u??k succession: P?dm??hr??<br />
(1962); P??? j?hn XXIII P???? Pr?z? (January 1971); J?hn F.<br />
K?nn?d? International Award, (S??t?mb?r 1971); J?w?h?rl?l<br />
N?hru Award f?r International Understanding (1972); Templeton<br />
Prize for Pr?gr??? ?n R?l?g??n (1973); N?b?l Peace Pr?z? (1979);<br />
Bharat Rama (1980); Order ?f Merit, fr?m Qu??n Elizabeth<br />
(1983); G?ld Medal ?f th? S?v??t Peace C?mm?tt?? (1987); U.S.<br />
C?ngr?????n?l G?ld M?d?l (June, 1997).<br />
Ind?v?du?l?, the ??r??r?t? ???t?r ?nd even th? g?v?rnm?nt?<br />
h?v? b??n h?r g?n?r?u? d?n?r?. T?t??, Lever Br?th?r?, jet<br />
A?rw??? ?r? ??m? fr?m th? Ind??n corporate S??t?r who h?v?<br />
d?n?t?d hundr?d? ?f th?u??nd? ?f rupees to M?th?r T?r??? ?nd<br />
h?r Missionaries of Ch?r?t? to 'spiritualize' th??r b?ll??n?. A<br />
n?tw?rk ??r??d ?ut ?n m??t ?f th? countries ?f th? w?rld<br />
?r?v?d?ng h?u??ng, ?l?th?ng, f??d and medical care to th?u??nd?<br />
?f n??d? ?nd d??t?tut?? r??u?r?d m?n?? ?nd M?th?r T?r??? got<br />
wh?t h?r m?????n r??u?r?d w?th?ut ??k?ng.<br />
H?w?v?r, ?t w?? n?t ?r???? ?nd glorification all the t?m?. She h?d<br />
t? f??? m?n? ?r?t???. M?n? have ?x?r????d r???rv?t??n? ?b?ut<br />
the ?r???l?t?z?ng w?rk h?r ?rg?n?z?t??n h?? ?ll?g?dl? carried ?ut<br />
?n th? n?m? ?f altruism. Sh?nkr??h?r?? ?f Pur?, N???h?l?n?nd<br />
Saraswati, ?n a scathing attack ?n Mother Teresa ???d th?t: "She<br />
is ?ng?g?d in ??nv?r???n ?n th? name ?f m?n?v S?v? (service to<br />
m?nk?nd.)" In reply to this ???u??t??n she did not d?n? ?t but<br />
said, "Not even G?d almighty can ??nv?rt unl??? th?t ??r??n<br />
w?rm? ?t." Sh? has ?l?? ??nd?dl? confessed, "M? life is devoted t?<br />
Chr??t. It ?? f?r h?m th?t I br??th? ?nd ???. I can't b??r the ???n<br />
wh?n people call me a ?????l Worker. Had I b??n a ?????l w?rk?r,<br />
I would h?v? left ?t l?ng ?g?." Sh? ?? ?l?? ???u??d of g?v?ng<br />
un?l??m?d ?h?ldr?n t? only C?th?l?? couples f?r ?d??t??n.<br />
M?n? B?ng?l?? have lamented the negative ?m?g? ?f Kolkata,<br />
and by ?xt?n???n, the country which th? association w?th the<br />
Catholic nun m?d? ?n?v?t?bl?. It h?? been ???d th?t her<br />
?xtr??rd?n?r? f?m? ?t??lf` w?rk?d India's '???k?g?ng' ?? a ??t? ?f<br />
???th?t?? d?v??t?t??n: disease, ??v?rt?, want ?nd ?l?th. Th?<br />
??ntr?but??n ?f K?lk?t? t?w?rd? Ind??n r?n?????n??, t?w?rd?<br />
Indian ?rt, l?t?r?tur?, ?nd music ?nd fr??d?m movement ?t?nd?<br />
unrivaled. T? d????t this city ?? a vast gutter ?nd consequently<br />
g?tt?ng th? appellation 'S??nt ?f the Gutt?r?' ?? n?th?ng but<br />
d?f?m?ng a gr??t ??t?. H?r opposition t? contraception and<br />
abortion invited ridicule. The most devastating ?nd d?t??l?d<br />
?r?t????m of M?th?r T?r??? ??m? fr?m the writer Chr??t??h?r<br />
Hitchens. He ?u??t??n?d h?r ??ur??? and use ?f fund?, "her<br />
deeply ?rth?d?x views ?n a range ?f ???u?? ?nd th?<br />
'imperialistic' und?r??nn?ng? ?f her evangelizing m?????n. A??rt<br />
fr?m decrying her r?l? as ??n????n?? ??lv?r ?f the world's r??h,<br />
h? has ??ught to '?x????' wh?t h? th?nk? is th? cultural<br />
m?th-m?k?ng th?t h?? gone ?nt? the nun'? ???th????? as messiah<br />
?f th? d?wntr?dd?n". S?m?l?r ?h?rg?? h?v? been d??um?nt?d ?n<br />
Celluloid in th? f?lm t?tl?d H?ll'? Ang?l wh??h w?? t?l????t by BBC<br />
?n N?v?mb?r 1994.<br />
M?th?r T?r???'? beatification ?n 19 O?t?b?r 2<strong>003</strong> l?d t? another<br />
controversy. F?r b??t?f???t??n it h?? t? be ?r?v?d that he or ?h?<br />
was ????bl? of ??rf?rm?ng 'miracles'. In this ???? a tribal g?rl<br />
named M?n?k? B??r? w?? '?ur?d' of a ??n??r?u? gr?wth ?n h?r<br />
stomach b? putting a 'm?r??ul?u? medal' bearing th? ?m?g? ?f<br />
Mother Teresa, to h?r stomach. The incident occurred ?n 5<br />
S??t?mb?r 1998 ????rd?ng to th? spokesperson ?f the<br />
M?????n?r??? of Ch?r?t?. Overnight, M?n?k? b???m? f?m?u? ?nd<br />
r??h. Sh? w?? flown to th? V?t???n ?? ?r??f ?f th? 'miracle' dur?ng<br />
th? b??t?f???t??n ??r?m?n? which was attended b? 250,000<br />
????l?. M?n?k? ??nv?rt?d t? Chr??t??n?t? after the 'm?r??l?'.<br />
Another 'Miracle' ?nd M?th?r Teresa w?ll be d??l?r?d a ???nt.<br />
Pr?b?r Gh???, f?und?r ?f S???n?? and R?t??n?l S????t? of India<br />
?ugg??t?d t? th? M?????n?r??? ?f Ch?r?t?: "Wh? d?n't you close<br />
??ur N?rm?l Hridayas ?nd all ?th?r homes ?r?v?d?ng m?d???l<br />
facilities t? the sick and th? d??t?tut? and ???n a huge m?d?l<br />
m?nuf??tur?ng f??t?r? ?n?t??d." He ??ll? the 'miracle' of M?n?k?<br />
B??r? ?? 'one of th? w?rld'? b?gg??t l??? ?f the modern t?m??,<br />
unfl?n?h?ngl? b?l??v?d ?nd br??d???t b? a ?r?f?t-hunt?ng m?d??'.<br />
In??d?nt?ll?, b??t?f???t??n ?n th? Catholic r?l?g??n (which m??n?<br />
bl????ng of the ??ul ?f the d??????d by the Pope) ?? not s r?r? as<br />
is m?d? ?ut t? b?. Sh? will be numb?r 1319 ?n th? r?w ?f th???<br />
b??t?f??d ??rl??r. Art??l? 51A (h) ?f th? Ind??n Constitution ????gn?<br />
Indian ??t?z?n? a fund?m?nt?l dut? t? d?v?l?? the ????nt?f??<br />
t?m??r, hum?n??m ?nd th? spirit ?f ?n?u?r? ?nd r?f?rm.<br />
However, ?t is difficult t? f?ght with f??th ?nd ?u??r?t?t??n<br />
especially in a ??untr? where a l?rg? ???t??n ?f th? ???ul?t??n is<br />
extremely ???r, illiterate ?nd superstitious. Laws don't change<br />
blind f??th. Only r????n can.<br />
In ???t? ?f ?ll th? ?r?t????m ?nd ?nt?g?n??m, M?th?r? h?l? has<br />
r?m??n?d intact. A d?m?nut?v? figure became ?n? ?f the m??t<br />
f?m?u? personalities of ?ur ?g?. When ?h? d??d ?n 13<br />
S??t?mb?r 1997, ?t the ?g? ?f ??ght?-??v?n ?t Calcutta, she w??<br />
accorded a ?t?t? funeral. Princes, Pr???d?nt?, Prime M?n??t?r?,<br />
Ambassadors, celebrities, ??????l r??r???nt?t?v?? of h??d? ?f<br />
St?t?? ?nd thr?? ?u??n? attended th? funeral. Ind?? w??<br />
represented b? h?r Pr?m? Minister I.K. Gujaral ????m??n??d by<br />
h?? wife.
KEN<br />
Alastair<br />
WHRFE<br />
Campbell<br />
Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and<br />
author, best known for his work As Prime Minister Tony Blair?s spokesman, press<br />
secretary and director of communications and strategy, he was seconded to<br />
Buckingham Palace to help with funeral arrangements of Princess Diana<br />
Here, he remembers the events after Dianas fatal car crash, and he reveals how<br />
Diana?s passing changed society and made a huge impact on the world .<br />
Mr Campbell discloses his first meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales , and the<br />
aftermath experienced dealing with funeral preparations<br />
In his book Campbell describes the late Princess as<br />
?Absolutely, spell-bindingly gorgeous ? her eyes locked on to you ? perfect skin ?<br />
there were moments when I had to fight to hear the words because I was just lost<br />
in the beauty.?<br />
There was something about her eyes that went beyond radiance," he said. "They locked on to you<br />
and were utterly mesmeric. She had perfect skin and her whole face lit upn when she spoke and<br />
there were moments when I had to fight to hear the words because I?m just lost in the beauty<br />
Alastair descibes Diana was a curious mix of fun (with a lovely girlish laugh, a beautiful<br />
smile and the ability to take the mickey out of herself) and insecurity. He said that<br />
over dinner she spoke of the boys and made it clear she wanted William to be King,<br />
even if it meant skipping out Prince Charles
Oprah Winfrey. Talk-Show Host,<br />
Actress, Business Owner, Charity<br />
Fund Raiser,<br />
Ch?r?t ??? of O?r?h W?nfr??<br />
Wh?n it comes t? ??l?br?t??? ?nd<br />
?h?l?nthr???, few give m?r? th?n O?r?h<br />
W?nfr??. M?. Winfrey d?n?t?? m?ll??n? ?f<br />
d?ll?r? ?f h?r own m?n?? t? fund h?r<br />
?nt?r??t? ?nd charities. A ??gn?f???nt<br />
portion of h?r g?v?ng fl?w? thr?ugh thr??<br />
main ?h?r?t???: Th? Angel N?tw?rk, wh??h<br />
has been heavily ?ubl???s?d on h?r ?h?w;<br />
h?r ?wn ??r??n?l Foundation, The O?r?h<br />
Winfrey Foundation; and The O?r?h<br />
W?nfr?? Operating F?und?t??n, which<br />
?x?lu??v?l? ?u???rt? h?r L??d?r?h??<br />
Academy ?n S?uth Afr???.<br />
Th? Ang?l Net w ork<br />
O?r?h W?nfr?? h?? u??d her t?lk ?h?w t?<br />
?ubl???z? The Angel N?tw?rk, d?d???t?ng<br />
?t l???t a f?w ?h?w? a year t? ?t? work.<br />
Th? Ang?l N?tw?rk is distinctive ?n m?n?<br />
w???. F?r?t, ?t'? a charity focused on<br />
g?tt?ng people ?nv?lv?d. Not only th?t, but<br />
100% of ?n? d?n?t??n ??u g?v? g???<br />
d?r??tl? t?w?rd? fund?ng a ?r?j??t. O?r?h<br />
Winfrey ???? ?ll ?f th? ?v?rh??d ?nd<br />
???r?t?ng costs h?r??lf.<br />
Th? B?g?nn?ng<br />
L?k? m?n? ?h?r?t???, O?r?h'? Angel<br />
Network, began small. Ms. Winfrey<br />
?t?rt?d ?t in 1997 with the g??l of g?tt?ng<br />
?ud??n?? members more involved ?n<br />
g?v?ng ?nd v?lunt??r?ng. Sh? ?n??ur?g?d<br />
viewers t? collect ???r? ?h?ng? t? ?r?v?d?<br />
??h?l?r?h??? f?r B??? and G?rl? Clubs of<br />
Am?r???, ?nd she also g?t some 200<br />
v?lunt??r? t? bu?ld h?m?? w?th Habitat<br />
for Hum?n?t?.<br />
Angel N?t w ?rk'? W?rk<br />
Th? Ang?l Network n?w ??ll??t? m?ll??n?<br />
?f d?ll?r? ?n d?n?t??n? and th?n turn?<br />
?r?und ?nd provides grants to<br />
?rg?n?z?t??n? that focus ?n O?r?h<br />
Winfrey's ?h?r?t?bl? ?n?t??t?v??, ?n?lud?ng:<br />
G?v?ng ?????? t? ?du??t??n t? those wh?<br />
m?ght not ?th?rw??? h?v? it<br />
Developing leaders wh? w?ll th?n<br />
turnaround ?nd l??d their communities<br />
Protecting b???? hum?n r?ght?<br />
Cr??t?ng ??mmun?t??? of ?u???rt<br />
Th? ?rm ?f th? Ang?l Network ?? far<br />
reaching. Alth?ugh ?r?j??t? are<br />
concentrated in th? Un?t?d St?t??, they<br />
OPRAHWINFREY<br />
"100%of any donation<br />
you give goes directly<br />
towards funding a<br />
project. Oprah Winfrey<br />
pays all of the<br />
overhead and<br />
operating costs<br />
herself"<br />
?l?? ?r?v?d? grants t? ?v?r????<br />
?rg?n?z?t??n?. Ex?m?l?? ?f th?<br />
?rg?n?z?t??n'? ?r?j??t? ?n?lud? Th? Oprah<br />
W?nfr?? L??d?r?h?? Academy S?h??l for<br />
Girls ?nd ?th?r ?du??t??n?l ?n?t??t?v?? for<br />
?h?ldr?n around th? w?rld.<br />
Th? O?r?h W?nfr?? Foundat ion<br />
O?r?h W?nfr?? run? The O?r?h Winfrey<br />
Foundation ?x?lu??v?l?. Th? f?und?t??n<br />
?r?v?d?? gr?nt? for n?t-f?r-?r?f?t<br />
?rg?n?z?t??n?. O?r?h W?nfr?? u??? h?r<br />
personal m?n?? t? fund th? gr?nt?, ?nd<br />
they h?l? projects of ??????l interest t?<br />
Ms. W?nfr??, ?n?lud?ng ?du??t??n, learning<br />
and l??d?r?h?? d?v?l??m?nt.<br />
O?r?h W?nfr?? is th? richest w?m?n in<br />
th? United St?t?? ?f Am?r???. Sh? ?? ?l??<br />
?wn?r ?f a t?l?v????n ??m??n?, m?g?z?n?<br />
?nd many other m?d?? franchises. O?r?h<br />
?? ?l?? th? most ?nflu?nt??l ??l?br?t? ?n<br />
t?l?v????n t?d??. H?r political<br />
?nd?r??m?nt? ??n turn ??m??n? into a<br />
?r???d?nt ?nd h?r b??k ?lub<br />
?nd?r??m?nt? ??n turn ?n ?uth?r ?nt? a<br />
m?ll??n d?ll?r ??ll?r. S? how d??? O?r?h<br />
become so ?u?????ful?<br />
Th?r? are 3 main r????n? why she is ??<br />
?u?????ful. H?r? are th? r????n? why.<br />
1. Oprah kn?w? h?w t? ??mmun???t?<br />
w?th ?ll people ?f different nationality,<br />
r??? and ?????l class. If ??u h?v? seen her<br />
?h?w, O?r?h, ??u n?t??? th?t ?h? can<br />
r?l?t? ?nd ??mmun???t? what ????l? are<br />
f??l?ng b? ju?t talking to th?m. For<br />
?n?t?n??, she ??n g?t people to ?x?r???<br />
th?m??lv?? freely l?k? T?m Cru??? when<br />
h? jum??d up ?nd down on th? ??u?h, t?<br />
???r d???bl?d ????l? who ??uldn't able<br />
t? u?? th??r limbs ?t ?ll. H?r ?b?l?t? to<br />
??mmun???t? h?l? her t? b? seen as<br />
?u?????ful.<br />
2. Oprah h?? a positive attitude to life.<br />
Oprah w?? b?rn ?n a br?k?n f?m?l? ?nd<br />
had a ?h?ld wh?n ?h? w?? ju?t f?urt??n.<br />
Sh? ?l?? w?nt through m?n?<br />
r?l?t??n?h??? ?nd abuse from family ?nd<br />
partners but always m??nt??n?d a ????t?v?<br />
?utl??k. Sh? ?truggl?d through ?ll th?<br />
hardship, ?nd ?h? got wh?r? ?h? w??<br />
because she ?lw??? l??k?d ?n the bright<br />
??d?.<br />
3. O?r?h gives a l?t t? ?h?r?t? ?nd h?r<br />
t?m?. Oprah ?? ?n? of the b?gg??t<br />
?h?l?nthr????t ?n America. She h?? given<br />
?b?ut $303 m?ll??n dollars ?w?? ?n ?h?r?t?<br />
and ?l?? has ??h??l? ?n Africa to help th?<br />
n??d?. She gives ?w?? a l?t, and in return<br />
she g?t? a lot of r?????t ?nd ?u????? ?? a<br />
??n???u?n??.
Kylie<br />
Jenner<br />
-<br />
Icon<br />
She is fast becoming the most talked about of the Kardashian/Jenner clan with her ever<br />
building busines empire and philanthropy endeavours , the 19 year old Kylie Jenner is<br />
becoming an icon in her own right.<br />
The Kardashians are world wide sensations and the most followed and influential tv relaity<br />
stars in history. With their close knit family and every dramatic affairs its no wonder the<br />
nations is hooked on the families day to day ups and downs. They are trend setters, business<br />
savvy and most of all an adorable loving family .<br />
Although each and everyone of the Kardashian a fashionatasts we have<br />
to love the quirkyness of Kylie with her ever changing hair colours and<br />
fashion statments. . kylie Jenner is making her own stamp on the world<br />
with her make up empire<br />
World Sm ile Day.<br />
As is well known by now throughout the world Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from<br />
Worcester, Massachusetts created the smiley face in 1963. That image went on to become the<br />
most recognizable symbol of good will and good cheer on the planet<br />
He thought that we, all of us, should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts<br />
throughout the world.<br />
Harvey?s idea was that for at least one day each year, neither should we. He declared that the<br />
first Friday in Oct ober each year would henceforth be World Smile Day®. Ever since that<br />
first World Smile Day®<br />
a pale pink called ?Smile.? Closer inspection reveals that it?s halfway between a true<br />
bubblegum and a dusty rose, making it the perfect in-between for when you can?t decide<br />
which kind of pink you want to wear Kylie Jenner has dreamed up a limited edition shade<br />
of lipstick to raise awareness and funds for dental charity, Sm ile Train for this week?s Sm ile<br />
Day.<br />
Mom ager Kris Jenner
Smile Train is an international children?s charity with a sustainable approach to a single,<br />
solvable problem: cleft lip and palate.<br />
Millions of children in developing countries with untreated clefts live in isolation, but<br />
more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing, hearing, and speaking. Cleft repair<br />
surgery is simple, and the transformation is immediate. Our sustainable model provides<br />
training, funding, and resources to empower local doctors in 85+ developing countries<br />
to provide 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own<br />
communities.<br />
We use the ?teach a man to fish? model focusing on training local doctors to perform<br />
cleft repairs in their communities. Those doctors then go on to train other doctors<br />
creating a long-term, sustainable system.<br />
Patients see their smile for the first time, parents cry tears of joy, lives and communities<br />
are changed forever.<br />
As a result of our efficiency and with the support of our donors and partners around<br />
the world, Smile Train has transformed the lives of more than one million children by<br />
giving them the power of a smile.<br />
To learn more about Smile Train?s partnership with Kylie<br />
Jenner and to show your support, donate to<br />
smiletrain.org/kylie to help provide 100%-free cleft repair<br />
surgeries and comprehensive cleft care to children suffering<br />
with untreated clefts around the world.
DEMI MORE<br />
American Actress<br />
Demi Gene Guynes, professionally known as Demi Moore, is an<br />
American actress, former songwriter, and model. Moore dropped<br />
out of high school at age 16 to pursue an acting career and<br />
appeared in the men's magazine Oui in 1981. After making her<br />
film debut later that year, she appeared on the soap opera<br />
General Hospital and subsequently gained recognition for her<br />
work in Blame It on Rio and St. Elmo's Fire. Her first film to<br />
become both a critical and commercial hit was About Last Night...,<br />
which established her as a Hollywood star<br />
Dem i Moore - With her husky voice and beauty starred as the leading<br />
lady for some of hollywoods biggest blockbusters mivies In 1990,<br />
Moore starred in Ghost the highest-grossing film of that year, for which<br />
she received a Golden Globe nomination. She had a string of<br />
additional box-office successes in the early 1990s, including A Few<br />
Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and Disclosure (1994). In<br />
1996, Moore became the highest-paid actress in film history when she<br />
was paid a then-unprecedented fee of $12.5 million to star in<br />
Striptease, a film that was a high-profile disappointment. Her next<br />
major role, G.I. Jane (1997), for which she famously shaved her head,
Demi Moore<br />
A devoted<br />
philanthropist giving<br />
lots o her her time and<br />
money to help with<br />
good causes world<br />
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher<br />
created the Demi and Ashton<br />
Foundation (DNA), which aims to raise<br />
awareness about and eliminate child<br />
sex slavery worldwide by changing<br />
cultural stereotypes. The Foundation<br />
also focuses on rehabilitation The<br />
foundation, set up to raise awareness of<br />
global child sex trafficking, will be revamped<br />
with a new name, THORN: Digital Defenders of<br />
Children and will focus on the rol<br />
Demi Moore has supported the<br />
following charities listed on this site:<br />
All Day FoundationAmerican<br />
Foundation for AIDS ResearchArtists for<br />
Peace and JusticeChrysalisCoalition to<br />
Abolish Slavery and TraffickingDeclare<br />
YourselfFree The Slaves<br />
GEMSHealthy Child Healthy<br />
WorldRaising MalawiThe Art of<br />
ElysiumTHORNUNICEFUrban Arts<br />
Partnership
CAN#'REDBUL' GIVEYOUW. HEARTATACKS??<br />
THEY SAY THAT THE ENERGY DRINK 'RED<br />
BULL' CAN GIVE YOU WINGS... BUT CAN<br />
THEY ALSO GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK!?<br />
One study published in Mayo Clinic<br />
Proceedings found that Red Bull and similar<br />
energy drinks could prove harmful to people<br />
who have cardiovascular conditions, and can<br />
also cause healthy people to experience<br />
similar symptoms.<br />
One trial consisted of giving 15 healthy test<br />
participants two cans (500 ml) of an<br />
unidentified energy drink almost identical to<br />
Red Bull in terms of ingredients on a daily<br />
basis for one week.<br />
Researchers found that the test participant?s<br />
blood pressure increased by 8% just four<br />
hours after consuming the beverage, climbing<br />
to 10% by the end of the week. They also<br />
found that test participant?s heart rates<br />
increased by 8% on the first day and reached<br />
11% by the end of the week.<br />
Both of these factors are associated with a<br />
higher risk of experiencing a heart attack.<br />
High blood pressure can damage the arteries<br />
which leads to stroke and heart attack -<br />
causing blood clots, and high heart rates have<br />
frequently been associated with an increased<br />
risk of heart attacks.<br />
Red Bull Ingredient s<br />
Aside from tons of sugar and carbonation,<br />
Red Bull?s main ingredients are a variety of<br />
stimulants, the main two being caffeine and<br />
taurine, along with several B-group<br />
vitamins.<br />
Although these ingredients have not been<br />
shown to cause very many adverse side<br />
effects in the average person, very little<br />
research has been done on the effect that<br />
the combination of these ingredients has<br />
on people.<br />
Dangerous Red Bull Side Effect s<br />
Another study published in the same<br />
journal looked at the effect that Red Bull<br />
had on people during and after exercise.<br />
The study consisted of 13 participants who<br />
were experienced in endurance training.<br />
Researchers had them perform exhausting<br />
exercise three times a day, and each time<br />
before they exercised they would either<br />
drink Red Bull, a drink similar to Red Bull<br />
but without taurine, and a placebo without<br />
any stimulants.<br />
Researchers found that Red Bull was the<br />
only drink that had any effect on a<br />
participant?s stroke volume, which is the<br />
amount of blood pumped in and<br />
out of the heart. This shows that,<br />
although the stimulants found in<br />
Red Bull may not cause serious<br />
side effects separately, when<br />
combined they have significant<br />
effects on the body?s<br />
cardiovascular system, effects that<br />
have been associated with<br />
increased risk of heart attacks.<br />
In conclusion, these studies<br />
basically prove what most people<br />
already know: Red Bull and energy<br />
drinks like it are NOT good for your<br />
heart.<br />
If you need a quick pick-me-up,<br />
stick to coffee or any other<br />
beverage that has only one<br />
stimulant, not the chemical<br />
cocktails that these energy drink<br />
companies are selling. Or, check<br />
out natural, energy boosting<br />
recipes.
D.I.IYHomemadeEnergyDrinks<br />
Made from whole green tea leaves, Matcha powder<br />
has amazing health benefits and energy-boosting<br />
effects that exceed those of coffee and green tea.<br />
- 1 cup pure/tap water<br />
- 1 tsp organic raw honey<br />
- 2 tsp matcha powder<br />
- 1 lime, (juice only)<br />
Coconut water and bananas contain high amounts<br />
of potassium to regulate and maintain a healthy<br />
cell activity and boost your energy, while the fiber<br />
and antioxidants in oranges contributes to the<br />
general well-being<br />
- 1/2 cup coconut water<br />
- 1/2 cup vegan milk<br />
- 1/2 ripe banana<br />
- 1/2 orange<br />
Berries contain natural sugars which don?t burden<br />
your system and slowly release the energy<br />
throughout the whole day. Combine them with lime<br />
juice and mint for a fresh twist.<br />
- 1 cup pure/tap water<br />
- 1 cup mixed berries<br />
- 1 lime, juice only<br />
- 4-5 mint leaves
Alternative Medicine Systems<br />
Alternative Medicines & Today's<br />
Society<br />
Alt ernat ive Medicine: Is It Wort h<br />
The Risk?<br />
There has been a surge in recent<br />
years of people looking to alternative<br />
medicine for treatment of illness. It is<br />
a practice that generates a great deal<br />
of controversy both inside and<br />
outside of the traditional world of<br />
medicine, and an issue that some<br />
experts say does not receive enough<br />
attention.<br />
What Is Alternative Medicine?<br />
The most commonly accepted<br />
definition of alternative medicine is a<br />
treatment or substance that is<br />
untested or unproven using accepted<br />
scientific standards. Common types<br />
of alternative medicine include herbs,<br />
supplements, therapies and activity<br />
programs that fall outside of<br />
traditional medical practice and are<br />
questionable in terms of safety and<br />
effectiveness. For example,<br />
acupuncture, massage, meditation,<br />
herbal teas, and plant extracts are quite<br />
popular forms of alternative medicine that<br />
many medical doctors say are ineffective at<br />
best and dangerous at worst for some<br />
conditions.<br />
Why Is Alternative Medicine So Popular?<br />
Alternative medicine has grown in<br />
popularity as more and more people face<br />
the inevitable aches, pains and illnesses<br />
that come with aging. In some cases,<br />
traditional medicine has failed to produce a<br />
cure and patients go in search of other<br />
options for treatment of their illness. In<br />
other cases, patients believe strongly that<br />
natural methods of treating illness are<br />
superior to traditional medicine so they<br />
seek treatment from alternative<br />
practitioners rather than medical doctors.<br />
The Risks Of Alternative Medicine<br />
Some of the greatest risks associated with<br />
alternative medicine come from the use of<br />
substances that are untested, ineffective,<br />
and sometimes unsafe. The makers of<br />
such substances often make exaggerated<br />
claims of effectiveness and/or misrepresent<br />
the science associated with the substance<br />
in order to convince consumers to<br />
buy their product, even if use of the<br />
product may endanger the<br />
consumer?s health or well-being.<br />
For example, some herbal remedies<br />
are promoted as having the ability to<br />
improve memory, increase<br />
metabolism, or even cure diseases<br />
like cancer and heart disease. In<br />
practice, though, some remedies may<br />
actually cause physiological harm<br />
when taken in excessive amounts,<br />
ephedra being one well-publicized<br />
recent example. Another risk is that a<br />
person with a serious condition such<br />
as cancer, heart disease or some<br />
other chronic illness will forego more<br />
traditional treatments that have been<br />
proven effective in favor of alternative<br />
treatments that are of questionable<br />
value. They may be literally risking<br />
their lives by treating illness with<br />
unproven alternative medicines rather<br />
than scientifically validated traditional<br />
medicines.
DIET - WEIGHT LOSS<br />
Fasting has been around for thousands of years, mostly practiced historically for<br />
religious reasons, but modern dieters still turn to ?just saying no? to food of any sort<br />
as a quick weight loss fix<br />
A popular version of this is called the 5:2 diet, this is becoming popular in<br />
the UK, which involves eating three normal meals per day, five days a<br />
week and then, on two consecutive days, eat no more than 600 calories<br />
total.<br />
science is starting to back up the idea that it?s not what you eat, but when that<br />
matters most<br />
A study in the journal Cell Metabolism reports that when test mice were<br />
restricted in the times they were allowed to eat (and not restricted on<br />
calories, fat, or anything else) the result was leaner, healthier, more alert<br />
mice. The theory as to why this might be has to do with your hormones<br />
and an insulin-like hormone released when you eat that changes the way<br />
your body functions.<br />
?every-other-day fasting;? in essence, you can eat whatever you want on<br />
the A days (yup: whatever you want) and on the B days, eat only 600<br />
calories. In that study, subjects on the every other day diet improved their<br />
cholesterol and blood sugar levels, lost weight, and cut many other<br />
disease risk factors.<br />
The ?Maple Syrup diet? that Beyonce went on before making Dreamgirls is<br />
a fast. The process is hard on the body. When Beyoncé Knowles had to<br />
lose weight quickly for her role in the film Dreamgirls she turned to the<br />
Maple Syrup Diet (also known as the Lemonade Diet). This diet is a form<br />
of fasting that helps you to start losing fat Kim Kardashian is another fan<br />
of maple syrup diet .
BrainHealth<br />
Daily Habit s t o develop for good<br />
brain healt h<br />
Phsyical excercise is good for all<br />
round health and definilty your<br />
brain. The more you workout the<br />
more endorphons and feel good<br />
chemicals are released in the brain.<br />
Brain excercises have been banded about for years<br />
now even with the rise of brian training games on<br />
computers. This is one of the most important<br />
factors of remembering words, focus and attention.<br />
Daily crosswords and wordsearches can help relaz<br />
the brain and also sharpen the brain. We want to<br />
challenge readers to adveelop the bhabit of cross<br />
words , start small one a week and build up too a<br />
few each week. Why not make this a family affair<br />
and get everyone to join in.<br />
Exercise is not only important<br />
for your heart, lungs, and<br />
muscles, but also for your<br />
brain. Research shows that<br />
exercise can help keep your<br />
mind sharp, promotes feelings<br />
of alertness and well-being,<br />
There are also numerous health benefits of crossword<br />
puzzles since they keep your brain sharp and<br />
engaged. In fact, we recommend that you do at least<br />
one a week<br />
For free online crosswords<br />
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BrainHealth<br />
With the rise of so many neuroligical conditions and the ise of life debilitatig illness such as alzeimhers and<br />
dementia.. Prosessionals acroos the globe are unergoing major reserach to find out how we can care for<br />
our brain health more ..<br />
1. Diet<br />
2. Meditation<br />
3. Brain excercises<br />
4. Supplements<br />
DIET<br />
High carbohydrat e, low protein, high tryptophan foods that are likely to calm the brain include: s, bean<br />
burrit os, chocolat e, nuts and seeds (e.g., alm onds, filberts, sunflow er and sesam e seeds), and legum es.<br />
Oily fish such as salmon, mackerel or sardines can be very beneficial in helping give your brain the right<br />
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) cannot be made by the body which means they must be obtained through diet.<br />
The most effective omega-3 fats occur naturally in oily fish in the form of EPA and DHA<br />
Meditation<br />
is a mental practice that enables you to tap into your mind's existing processes to feel calmer, more relaxed<br />
and more at ease. By getting your mind right, you become a more balanced person. It becomes harder for<br />
you to respond primarily out of emotion. You can also improve your focus to such a degree that you<br />
maximize the impact of your willpower.<br />
With the hectic pace and demands of modern life, many people feel stressed and over-worked. It often<br />
feels like there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done. Our stress and tiredness make us<br />
unhappy, impatient and frustrated. It can even affect our health. Meditation has been shown to help people<br />
stress less, focus more and even sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple. We'll teach you the<br />
life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day<br />
Brain Excercises<br />
Nuero scientist contiue to support reular daily of weekly vbrain excerises that help to strengthen focus and<br />
attention spean and these include<br />
- Crosswords - Wordsearches - BrAIN TEASERS<br />
Supplements<br />
Due to lack of nutrients in the moderm day diet or the lack of certain foods, taking a supplement can help to<br />
increase Brain health , recommended supplements include<br />
- DHA - B12 VITAMIN - GINKO BILOBA<br />
- OMEGA 3 - CURCUMIN - CO ENZYMES COQ10
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A Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that<br />
focuses on strength, flexibility and<br />
breathing to boost physical and mental<br />
wellbeing<br />
Benefits of yoga<br />
- Boost immunity<br />
- Calms mind<br />
- Reduces headaches<br />
- Increases focus<br />
- Better sleep
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Massage Benefit s<br />
Increasing joint mobility and range of motion by reducing soft tissue tension.Increasing the<br />
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EYE ON HEALTH<br />
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How Eye On Healt h St art ed<br />
John Neal has been senstivity testing at several locations in the North East since<br />
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young as 3 months old to the more mature up to ninety two years of age, helping<br />
people with all types of ailments.<br />
Coming from a heavy engineering background John Neal knew many who did not<br />
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Sensit ivit y Test ing<br />
Sensitivity or intolerance is a disorder of the immune system. After coming into contact<br />
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Reasons for coming for a sensitivity test are wide and varied. Since he began in 1997, he<br />
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sA True Wake-Up Call for Your Psyche!<br />
Dr. Shaurice E. Mullins<br />
It is 2017 and many of us truly need a wake-up call. If the<br />
things we have done in the past have not worked for us, why<br />
would we continue doing it expecting it to work? The truth is<br />
many of us really need to revisit our present conditions and<br />
circumstances and decide what we are going to do about<br />
them. Yes... we need to decide!<br />
You must believe in yourself. You possess the power and<br />
authority over everything concerning your life. Do not be<br />
afraid to get out of your comfort zone and go after what is<br />
rightfully yours. It's in You. You possess the personal power<br />
to have, do, or be whatever you desire! Do yourself a favor,<br />
embrace change and try new things. Sometimes, change is<br />
exactly what we need to get the ball rolling in our lives, and<br />
rolling super-fast at that.<br />
So where do you begin? Here are a few suggestions:<br />
You see, excepting responsibility for your own personal<br />
development and self-evolvement is the key. We must seek<br />
to improve our way of life, if we actually expect it to improve.<br />
Let's be real, we all come to a point in our lives where we<br />
realize the things we are doing is just not working for us<br />
anymore! We come to that fork in the road and just do not<br />
know which way to go. That is when we really need someone<br />
to get in our face, to just "tell it like it is". Well, I am known for<br />
telling it like it is...so I might as well live up to my reputation.<br />
So here goes...<br />
1) Surround yourself with people who will inspire, motivate,<br />
and empower you. Negative people tend to bring a bunch of<br />
negativity and drama a long with them. Positive, motivated<br />
and empowered people do positive things and it will<br />
definitely rub off on you.<br />
2) Dedicate some time every day to meditate and read<br />
something positive. Do something that will challenge you to<br />
think outside of the box. You will be surprised how fifteen<br />
minutes a day of meditation and "power reading" will change<br />
your life!<br />
NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS EVER GOING TO CHANGE, UNTIL<br />
YOU CHANGE THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE! GOT IT?<br />
There is an old Navajo Proverb that says, "You can't wake a<br />
person who is pretending to be asleep". In other words, if<br />
you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you<br />
are going to have to do is wake up. Wake up to the things<br />
that are truly going on around you. Realize that the things<br />
you have been doing is not working for you. They never have<br />
and they never will. Get focused and make up your mind that<br />
you are going to do something about it. Don't just lie down<br />
like a sick dog and let your current circumstances drain you<br />
or defeat you. Dig deeper... and when you get tired keep<br />
digging!<br />
ht t p:/ / shauricem ullins.com<br />
3) REAL success takes determination and dedication. NO<br />
GAMES! Get serious about making the best of your life. If you<br />
want different, you've got to do things different. You are<br />
powerful beyond measure. You possess the personal power<br />
to have, do, or be whatever you desire. Get moving and get<br />
about it. Remember, procrastination is the assassination or<br />
your manifestations.<br />
GET MOVING! JUST DO IT!<br />
Dr. Shaurice E. Mullins
INSPIRATIONAL<br />
STORIES FROM THE NORTH-EAST<br />
PAPION: THE ARTIST<br />
GARY MUTIMER
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- Real life heroes<br />
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GARY MUTIMER<br />
North east businessman Gary Mutimer owner of media<br />
company Factory 51 Media one stop shop for all media needs<br />
including branding, distribution, editorial and premium video<br />
services and owner of the leading positive peoples newspaper<br />
Sunderland One (pictured in cover above). Gary has gone<br />
through an intense battle with kidney cancer and a heart<br />
condition aortic stenosis back in October. The 40 year old<br />
family man has since been given the all clear and since his<br />
recovery Gary has developed a new perspective on life and he<br />
Gary w it h his fiancée says he intend to make the most of every opportunity. The<br />
inspirational businessman was diagnosed in October with heart<br />
condition and kidney cancer, which he says was very tough for him as he had considered himself a healthy and<br />
fit man. Gary describes the hardest part of his condition was feeling very alone. Despite Gary having the support<br />
of his fiancée, children and family his condition made him feel very isolated and overwhlmed 'I felt very guilty<br />
seeing my fiancée upset, my mum and dad, my children where devastated, it was tough seeing people i love hurting' he<br />
also adds 'The mental side of things will be an ongoing battle, I have ongoing counseling ' Gary credits the NHS and<br />
Health Care professionals at how amazing they were; supporting through his illness to a successful recovery. He<br />
states 'We have amazing NHS and health care professionals , they have been fantastic in supporting me throughout'<br />
Gary came up with Sunderland one newspaper after coming out of surgery, his positive peoples papers is going<br />
from strength to strength.
PINKSPIRATION<br />
Papion ?James Youngson? was born and educated in the North East of England, and is one of the most sought<br />
after artist in the U.K. he started sketching and drawing as a child. He worked on his own, experimenting in<br />
various media and with different techniques. Though he never had any formal education in the arts, he drew<br />
inspiration from travel in France and Europe, and from the artists that he met.<br />
In the thirty years of his professional career, Papion has to his credit some sixty exhibitions held in England and<br />
Scotland, Papion succeeded in combining the vividness of colour and light to lend exhilarating life to his great<br />
love for the Scottish landscape<br />
His paintings are always serious in feeling, and it is impossible to resist their force and beauty. He is a master in<br />
many areas; and the fact that he has been producing over many years and has been very favourably<br />
recognized in England and Scotland as well as Overseas is no small measure of his success. Papion has a<br />
reputation for bringing imagination and originality to both the traditional and abstract. Papion hopes you enjoy<br />
looking through his portfolio, and hopes that you will find something with that ?must have? appeal that you can<br />
treasure and keep forever.<br />
In Papion's own words,<br />
?Art colours our lives and enlightens us with beautiful illusions?<br />
James has traveled the world learning new skills and developing his fine art and want to help others to pursue their<br />
passion. The inspiring painter believes anyone can learn to paint and is confident that he has developed his own DVD<br />
that offers a virtual step by step experience teaching aspiring artist or those who want to develop skills for a hobby a<br />
way to do so from he comfort of their own home .<br />
"Can?t Paint , Can Paint DVD"<br />
This is a beginner?s guide to show you how easy, enjoyable and cheap water colour painting can be. Papion will<br />
guide you through his unique ?JIGSAW?approach to painting. This technique has already inspired thousands of<br />
beginners to take up water colour painting. This step by step guide will show how simply it is to paint a<br />
beautiful landscape and will help you to become a water colour artist and create paintings you can treasure<br />
forever.<br />
We have a copy t o GIVE AWAY t o ONE lucky reader. If you are keen t o<br />
learn t o paint by Brit ain's leading Wat er Colour art ist ......<br />
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Sout h Tyneside Lifest yle Choices C.I.C. is a free weight loss advice and support service that was founded in April by<br />
Director Julie Stephenson, and with the support of Directors Claire Graham and Julie Simpson the business is now thriving.<br />
The service was well needed in the area as South Tyneside has one of the highest obesity rates in the UK. Consequently<br />
following a lifelong battle with obesity in 2005 Julie Stephenson` s uncle Andrew Bond (pictured) lost his life aged only 41<br />
suffering a heart attack caused by morbid obesity. Julie says: "it's so dreadfully upsetting as Andrew had wanted to lose<br />
weight once he had realised how serious his situation was, unfortunately for Andrew it was too late". Julie went on to study<br />
Sport and Exercise Sciences at University of Sunderland, where she became engrossed in the subject of weight management<br />
and studied this in depth as part of her final year project. People are living a very poor quality of life due to weight issues and<br />
as a result some people are dying prematurely, when given the correct advice and support this is highly preventable!<br />
Julie adds:"Educating individuals so they understand the importance of good nutrition and benefits to exercise participation<br />
is paramount, but there are many variables to consider, and each individual may require a different approach". As well as<br />
offering advice during the FREE weekly meeting individuals can also get personal advice. They meet every Saturday at New<br />
Hope Church, Robinson Street, Westoe in South Shields 9.30-10.30am. They offer FREE professional advice and support as<br />
well as the option to get weighed and measured all services are free but any donations will help cover cost of room hire and<br />
equipment, as a registered not for profit organisation any profits are re-invested back into the business. The company have<br />
been highly successful in obtaining funding and support from local businesses. The have had support from ASDA, Wilkinsons,<br />
Community Corner, Greenshift Education Services, Kate's Slimming and Fitness and Guilt Free Kitchen. Julie Stephenson says'<br />
we simply could not do it without all the ongoing valuable support'. Last year the company designed a Heart health<br />
programme which was delivered in partnership with Angel Harrison from Greenshift Education Services. The programme was<br />
funded by Heart Research UK with a £10,000 grant. The programme was delivered to 24 primary schools across the borough<br />
focusing on year 5 children. Feedback from the children, parents and schools was very positive. The company have just been<br />
successful in obtaining £8,892 from the Big Lotto with an Awards for all grant. The grant will allow them to deliver a weekly<br />
weight loss session and monthly healthy cooking classes.<br />
The cooking classes will be held at South Tyneside College monthly at various dates.<br />
Anyone w ishing t o obt ain m ore inform at ion can em ail Julie or Claire<br />
sout ht ynesidelifest ylechoices@hot m ail.co.uk<br />
or call<br />
07964 678551.
Khan's story is one of a heroic dog<br />
rescued from a shelter. Back in 2007, the<br />
rescued Doberman Pinscher was at his<br />
new home for just four days before he<br />
repaid his owners' kindness by saving<br />
their daughter from a deadly snake<br />
attack.<br />
Seventeen-month-old Charlotte Svillcic<br />
was playing in the garden of her home in<br />
Cairns, Australia when Khan began to<br />
behave oddly. The dog had spotted a<br />
king brown snake, the world's third most<br />
venomous serpent, and the snake was<br />
readying to strike the girl from its hiding<br />
place beneath the family home.<br />
What happened next was difficult for<br />
Charlotte's mother, Catherine to believe.<br />
"If I had not seen it with my own eyes I<br />
would never have believed it," she said.<br />
"Khan was really concentrating and was<br />
acting aggressively towards Charlotte -<br />
and kept trying to nudge her but it<br />
wasn't working," Catherine said. So he<br />
grabbed her by the back of the nappy<br />
and threw her over his shoulder more<br />
than a metre, like she was a rag doll."<br />
Just as Khan had tossed Charlotte to<br />
safety, the snake darted out and bit<br />
Khan in the paw. "Charlotte looked<br />
pretty shocked and Khan screamed, like<br />
he'd been stabbed," said Catherine. It<br />
wasn't until afterwards that Catherine<br />
realized Khan had been attempting to<br />
get between her daughter and the snake<br />
before he threw her. Khan was rushed to<br />
the emergency hospital and<br />
administered anti-venom.<br />
Thankfully, after one night of being very<br />
sick, Khan made a full recovery. The dog<br />
who had been unwanted just a week<br />
before was now "Khan the Wonder Dog"<br />
to his family. They knew for certain he<br />
had saved Charlotte's life by risking his<br />
own.
Northumberland Greyhound<br />
Rescue was originally started to<br />
help re-home greyhounds from<br />
independent 'flapping' tracks.<br />
As welfare is improving and<br />
flapping tracks are now in the<br />
minority, most of our dogs are<br />
sourced from trainers at<br />
professional tracks throughout<br />
the North East.<br />
Now based near Hexham,<br />
situated in 27 acres, the<br />
re-homing centre has<br />
kennelling facilities for 22<br />
retired dogs.<br />
The kennels are owned and run<br />
by Diane Gibbinson who is<br />
helped by willing volunteers.<br />
Anyone who is considering<br />
re-homing a greyhound can<br />
visit and walk the dogs - by<br />
prior arrangement with Diane<br />
01434 673804 or<br />
0751 5952274
FAMOUS DOGS<br />
? Minnie & Max<br />
These ?world famous head-tilting pugs? have over 600,000 followers on<br />
Facebook. They have been on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Regis & Kelly, Good<br />
Morning America, to name a few, giving them a PR record that many<br />
two-legged celebs would drool over. Born together, friends forever.<br />
Max and Minnie the Pugs are sister and brother, litter mates and best friends.<br />
They are probably best known for their viral video The Pug Head Tilt (check it<br />
out below!), which has been featured on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Regis & Kelly,<br />
Good Morning America and Animal Planet?s ?America?s Cutest Dog,? among<br />
others. Their collection of YouTube videos have been viewed over 22,000,000<br />
times and many of these are available for viewing on their own playlist at<br />
Disney.com. Minnie and Max are among the most recognizable pets on the<br />
Internet.<br />
Max and Minnie are big supporters of animal rescue organizations and<br />
?Central Coast Pug Rescue of California? in particular. They?ve used<br />
their world-wide influence to publicize crowd-sourced funding campaigns for<br />
special hardship cases at various rescue organizations throughout the<br />
country.<br />
https://www.facebook.com/PugHeadTilt
Awinningnight out!<br />
01915686200<br />
sunderlanddogs@williamhill.co.uk
ENTREPRENEUR
KFC's mastermind Colon Sanders followed an unlikely path<br />
to creating a multi billion-dollar international company.<br />
Like most successful entrepreneurs Sanders has a story<br />
behind his success and like many he experienced some real<br />
hardships in life and describes feeling like a failure .<br />
Best known for founding the fast-food chain Kentucky Fried<br />
Chicken, Colonel Harland David Sanders was born on<br />
September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana. One summer<br />
afternoon in 1895, his father came home with a fever and<br />
died later that day. After his father died when he was 6<br />
years old, Sanders became responsible for feeding and<br />
taking care of his younger brother and sister<br />
He felt like a failure & decided to commit suicide. He sat<br />
writing his will, but instead, he wrote what he would have<br />
accomplished with his life & thought about how good of a<br />
cook he was. So he borrowed $87 fried up some chicken<br />
using his recipe, went door to door to sell. This was all<br />
during the time of the Great Depression.<br />
At the age of 40, Sanders was running a popular Kentucky<br />
service station that also served food? so popular, in fact,<br />
that the governor of Kentucky designated him a Kentucky<br />
colonel.<br />
At age 88 Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried<br />
Chicken (KFC) Empire was a billionaire.<br />
Nearly 60-years-old, he would spend days at a restaurant,<br />
peddling his chicken technique, cooking for customers, and<br />
often sleeping in the back of his car<br />
Kentucky Fried Chicken went public in 1966 and<br />
was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in<br />
1969. More than 3,500 franchised and<br />
company-owned restaurants were in worldwide<br />
operation when Heublein Inc. acquired KFC<br />
Corporation in 1971for $285 million<br />
LIFE IN BRIEF<br />
- At age 6 his Father died,<br />
- At age 16 he quit school<br />
- At age 17 he had already lost four<br />
jobs<br />
- At age 18 he got married<br />
- He joined the army and washed<br />
out there.<br />
- At age 20 his wife left him and<br />
took their baby<br />
- He became a cook in a small cafe<br />
and convinced his wife to return<br />
home.<br />
- At age 65 he retired.
MARCO<br />
ROBINSON<br />
Marco?s childhood was traumatic; at 2 years old, his mum left his dad, due to his addiction<br />
to gambling. Every week his mum would have to work four jobs just to pay the bills and<br />
put food on the table while his dad blew his salary on gambling. Marco and his mum<br />
would regularly move between towns and schools, and not really make any friends. They<br />
even had to sleep in the park at times to survive. Then his mum entered a relationship in<br />
the hope there would be stability. Unfortunately, it regularly turned violent and abusive<br />
and they were on the road again. Marco didn?t have any much schooling and left his last<br />
school at 16, getting a cleaning job and shared a friend?s house to survive. His mum found<br />
the right guy eventually, but through all his struggles as a kid, he knew he was the only<br />
person who could take responsibility for his own life.<br />
He moved from job to job, eventually settling in direct sales, but he was the worst<br />
salesperson as he simply had no confidence at all. One day the company?s top salesman<br />
said to him, ?You have something inside of you, some fire, you have real talent, you can?t<br />
see it, I do. I want you to read this book I read that helped me overcome my fears, but tell<br />
no-one, just read it and read it again until you get the message.? Marco read the book 8<br />
times and became salesperson of the year. He had so much confidence, he told his first<br />
clients he was going to sell them timeshare, to which they declined. Four hours later, they<br />
bought and handed over $10,000. Marco was shocked to the core and asked his buyers<br />
why they bought from him, which they replied that they saw that he believed in the<br />
product, so they wanted it. He never forgot that moment.<br />
He went on to succeed, but not without tremendous struggle and hardship. Although he<br />
reached the top of the corporate ladder, he lost his job and struggled to become an<br />
entrepreneur with failure after failure. His 15-year marriage failed even though he has<br />
two beautiful children who were doing well. He left his wife after trying many times to<br />
save his marriage and all he had was a 20 year old Volvo and an old laptop. He wrote a<br />
book about his life, ?Close the Deal & Suddenly Grow Rich?, which became a #1 bestseller<br />
and he was again shocked to the core. He wrote it based on his past success as a<br />
salesperson and selling a billion dollars?worth of products in 10 years.
Professional Boxing<br />
Com m ent at or,<br />
Int erview er, Boxing<br />
Correspondent for<br />
Ringnew s24, Radio Show<br />
Host , <strong>Mag</strong>azine Colum ist<br />
for MMA Uncaged<br />
Stu is also a published author with titles<br />
including ?The Diaries of a Doorman?<br />
series of books as well as the hit children?s<br />
books, ?A Dogs Life?and ?Mr Wag and his<br />
Extraordinary Dogs. Stu?s writing skills and<br />
love of combat sports also helps as a<br />
regular columnist writing for a number of<br />
magazines including ?MMA Uncaged?,<br />
?North East Online <strong>Mag</strong>azine?and many<br />
others as well as featuring on BBC News.
Tips from leading<br />
Ent repreneurs<br />
1. Don?t reinvent the wheel. Build a team of coaches, mentors, and advisers<br />
Many of our wealthiest clients will be the first to admit they are not financial<br />
or business geniuses. They credit a great deal of their success to their ability<br />
to separate emotion from their business decisions. One of the ways that they<br />
are able to do that is by surrounding themselves with competent advisers and<br />
following their advisers' proven systems and processes. Advisers help them<br />
limit risk, leverage turnkey solutions for achieving their goals faster, and force<br />
them to take immediate action toward their goals.<br />
2. Expand your vision and belief system<br />
Compared to our clients of more modest means, our wealthiest clients tended<br />
to think bigger, be more confident in their ability, and take decisive action. By<br />
contrast, clients of lower means had a greater tendency to procrastinate even<br />
when decisions did not require money. Th.<br />
3. Increase your income by cultivating your network<br />
Our wealthiest clients tended to make networking a priority. Most were active<br />
networkers and attended multiple networking events throughout the year<br />
5. Expand your knowledge and skills<br />
Our wealthiest clients believe in continuous learning. They are always reading,<br />
listening to audios, watching training videos, attending seminars, developing<br />
new skills, and looking for ways to apply timeless wealth-building and<br />
business-success principles to emerging trends<br />
6. Invest in tools, systems, and resources that will save you time and increase your<br />
productivity<br />
Our wealthiest clients know the precise dollar value of their time, and treat it<br />
as their most valuable asset. They actively seek out and invest in technologies,<br />
systems, and training that will help them save time and increase their<br />
productivity
MORETHANJUSTADRES
The dream doesn?t stop here. Jade wants<br />
to grow as a model, hoping to become a<br />
client for a modelling agency & put<br />
forward for further commercial & high<br />
fashion work. As well as modelling and<br />
working Jade dedicates her time to<br />
charity work and many organisations<br />
close to her heart. Through competitions<br />
Jade has worked and raised money for<br />
Beauty with a Purpose & Fountain of<br />
Light, Zoey?s Place Baby hospice,<br />
Strongbones children?s charitable trust<br />
and Sheroes Hangout.<br />
15 Fire Quest ions w it h Top Model of<br />
Sunderland Jade Bam brough<br />
Favourit e Anim al?<br />
I love Elephants, they?re so intelligent.<br />
Favourit e Movie?<br />
Dirty Dancing<br />
Pet Hat e?<br />
Waking up before my alarm goes off.<br />
Best advice you?ve ever been given?<br />
Being told ?don?t worry, it?s not that bad.?I<br />
could be having a midlife crises and my<br />
Gran would say to me ?Don?t worry?. I now<br />
try to live by that motto.Worst advice<br />
you?ve ever been given?<br />
?Let?s have one more shot!?<br />
Biggest fear?<br />
Anything underwater. Whales, Sharks,<br />
Goldfish, it?s embarrassing but I?m<br />
terrified. Favourit e t im e of t he year?<br />
I love Summer! Tan, Sunshine and<br />
holidays!!<br />
Most list ened t o song on your IPod?<br />
Little Mix- Power<br />
Cat s or Dogs?<br />
Dogs. I love them. They?re so loyal &<br />
loving.<br />
Topshop or Miss Selfridge?<br />
Oh that?s a hard one. Topshop.<br />
Model Inspirat ion?<br />
Pia Wurtzbach, the winner of Miss<br />
Universe 2015.<br />
Net flix & Chill or Night on t he t ow n?<br />
Night on the town!<br />
Sunday lunch or Dom inos Pizza?<br />
This really is the hardest question ever.<br />
Dominos Pizza.<br />
Snog, Marry, Avoid w it h Chandler,<br />
Ross & Joey?<br />
Snog Joey, Marry Ross and Avoid<br />
Chandler.<br />
Advice for som eone chasing t heir<br />
dream s?<br />
Always be yourself and never give up.<br />
Look out for Jade becoming the face of a<br />
new clothing brand in October as well as<br />
continuing posing for Brogans Closet for<br />
the Autumn/Winter season. Here?s to the<br />
future lass.<br />
MEGAN LAING
WEBBERONBAKER<br />
Singer & Vocal Coach Helena Webber<br />
talks about one of her idol's, musician<br />
and tutor Howard Baker.<br />
ARTICLE BY HELENA WEBBER<br />
Being a vocal coach Singer / Songw rit er<br />
have given m e t he opport unit y t o m eet<br />
a lot of very Talent ed people from t he<br />
w orld of Music and Ent ert ainm ent ..and<br />
around 10 Years ago I had a Vocal<br />
Consult at ion w it h an out st anding<br />
Singer / Songw rit er from t he Nort h East<br />
called HOWARD BAKER<br />
In his Native North East and also<br />
Internationaly , amongst many other<br />
acheivments Reaching No One in the word<br />
Wide Blues Charts has brought him Fame<br />
and recognition In Britain France and<br />
America . Howards career Spans over<br />
Decades .. The Secret to his Ongoing<br />
succsses is He never Stands still always<br />
moving forward continuing to write and<br />
Record new Material and Taking on New<br />
Musical Progects ..When you speak to him<br />
about His Talent He Just Says<br />
"It's what I do" just Amazing !! Hes forever<br />
Being offered new projects .. One leading<br />
agent from the North East quoted to me<br />
we will be lucky to get Howard Baker for<br />
the night i think that says it all ... I could<br />
write a Book on Howard Bakers Career.<br />
Maybe at some point i will .<br />
Howard Came from A mining family and<br />
spent 18 Months Down the Mine , He left<br />
home at 16 Joined the Navy and went to<br />
sea for 6 years .in that time He taught<br />
Himself to Play guitar he had a few<br />
musical people in his Family. He went on<br />
to do Busking in Hawaii, Austria and Brazil.<br />
At 22 he decided to go for a professional<br />
career in Music and began writing lyrics<br />
and making plans to launch His career and<br />
At the age of 24 Years he performed at his<br />
first gig which took place in his Native<br />
North East. By 1972 he had become a<br />
highly sought after Artist. His Musical<br />
Influences Include Paul Rogers, Andrea<br />
Bocelli, and Little Richard, a very Eclectic<br />
Mix of Genres which has gone into<br />
Howard's hugely versatile voice .<br />
He told me he believes no Matter how<br />
good a natural Singer is they Must have<br />
some Vocal Training to show the voice at<br />
its best .. When i first heard him sing my<br />
comments included his excellent use of<br />
vowels and vocal placement which he uses<br />
to his full advantage. Howard knows the<br />
importance of doing warm ups before a<br />
show and never fails to do them ... A note<br />
for all singers !! He told me he always<br />
Starts practicing in low key Songs and<br />
them Moves out of his comfort range. He<br />
believes that every singer needs a mentor<br />
or someone to motivate them; I totally<br />
agree with him. As, being a mentor to my<br />
singing students, has been a hugely<br />
important part of my work.<br />
Howard recommends every up and<br />
coming singer to watch professional<br />
artists at work; and interestingly said to<br />
include Opera singers who have huge<br />
demands on the voice and how crucial it is<br />
to use correct posture and voice control<br />
and highly efficient breathing to power,<br />
project and protect the voice.
LOCAL LASSES MODELING<br />
DREAMS COME TRUE<br />
Are you forever flicking t hrough high end fashion m agazines w ishing you<br />
w ere looking at yourself on t he glossy pages? Do you find yourself<br />
w at ching The Vict oria Secret Fashion Show pract icing your best Angel<br />
w alk? Well Jade Bam brough a local lass from Sunderland m ade her dream s<br />
of becom ing a m odel a realit y aft er being crow ned Top Model of<br />
Sunderland 2016. From a young age Jade, 23 dream ed of being a m odel and<br />
gained t he confidence in her lat e t eens t o t ake part in beaut y pageant s &<br />
m odeling com pet it ions w hich lead t o w alking t he cat w alk for Love Nich,<br />
posing for online st ores Asos and Brogans Closet and feat uring in and on<br />
t he cover of Living Nort h, ETC, Belle Bridal & Fem m e <strong>Mag</strong>azine. Aft er being<br />
crow ned t he w inner of Top Model of Sunderland 2015 Jade w as lucky<br />
enough t o com pet e in Miss Great Brit ain alongside 38 ot her Beaut y<br />
Queens.<br />
ARTICLE BY MEGAN LAING<br />
Photo Courtesy of Vivienne Edge<br />
Megan: Jade, how old w ere you w hen<br />
you knew m odeling w as t he career<br />
pat h for you?<br />
Jade: I was 9 years old; my Gran took me<br />
for a photo shoot she always said I<br />
should try to make it as a model.<br />
M: Would you say your Gran w as a<br />
great influence on you?<br />
J: Yes, both my Grandma?s were hugely<br />
supportive in pushing me to achieve my<br />
goals. From a young age they would tell<br />
me I?d be a model, I didn?t believe them<br />
until I started entering competitions.<br />
M: How old w ere you w hen you<br />
com pet ed in your first com pet it ion?<br />
J: I entered my first competition when I<br />
was 16 called Miss 24 Carat. Miss 24<br />
Carat was a qualifier into the Miss<br />
England Grand Final. There are a number<br />
of different rounds; finalists can<br />
accumulate their points as well as how<br />
they are marked on their performance on<br />
the night. The two most important<br />
rounds in my opinion were ?Miss Charity?<br />
& ?Miss Echo?. I feel they both really<br />
showed the work you put in as a finalist<br />
before the actual finale as well as being<br />
able to raise money for charities in need.<br />
M: Do you t hink com pet ing in Miss 24<br />
Carat helped you find confidence t o<br />
cont inue w it h pageant s and com pet e<br />
in Top Model of Sunderland?<br />
J: Absolutely, my first competition went<br />
really well. I made the final which gave<br />
me the confidence to take part again the<br />
following year.<br />
M: How w as your experience<br />
com pet ing in Top Model of<br />
Sunderland?<br />
J: Top Model of Sunderland was amazing.<br />
All the rounds were so much fun. Being a<br />
finalist and winning the competition has<br />
opened so many doors for me.<br />
M: What w ould you say t o girls<br />
st ruggling w it h confidence t rying t o<br />
follow t rends in current societ y?<br />
J: Fashions change so don?t feel you have<br />
to change your beauty to match society?s<br />
idea of what?s beautiful because soon<br />
enough that particular trend will change<br />
again. Always be yourself, it sounds cliché<br />
but there?s only one you in this world.<br />
Some of the most famous models are the<br />
most unique looking.<br />
M: What w as your favourit e part<br />
about com pet ing in Pageant s over t he<br />
years?<br />
J: My favourite part in competing is<br />
definitely the experience you gain. I?ve<br />
had the opportunity to participate in<br />
some amazing charitable events that I<br />
wouldn?t have had the chance had I not<br />
competed. They?ve helped with my<br />
confidence and provided me with a great<br />
work ethic<br />
.M: What w ould surprise people t he<br />
m ost about Beaut y Pageant s &<br />
Com pet it ions?<br />
J: The hard work behind the scenes would<br />
be the most surprising. People who come<br />
to watch the pageants or hear of them<br />
only get to see the end product. If they<br />
were able to follow our journey<br />
throughout, the preparation and<br />
fundraising I feel they may have a<br />
different perspective.<br />
M: How did you feel know ing you w ere<br />
in t he running and com pet ing for Miss<br />
GB?<br />
J: It was a dream come true to be in the<br />
running for Miss Universe Great Britain, I<br />
felt privileged to be a finalist with<br />
amazing girls.<br />
M: What ?s next in t he Pipeline?<br />
J: I?m hoping to visit Zambia to volunteer<br />
towards a project to build a three class<br />
room school for the children which<br />
already has an attendance of 500 pupils.<br />
Not only will the classrooms create a<br />
better educational environment for the<br />
children but also create 20 jobs for<br />
people in unemployment.
PAIGE EVANS<br />
MY STORY<br />
I have always been a shy girl,<br />
but throughout secondary<br />
school it got worse. I started<br />
to get bullied and I developed<br />
anxiety. I struggled to talk to<br />
people, I pretty much only<br />
spoke when spoken to. In<br />
March 2016 my sister Loren<br />
took part in an international<br />
pageant called Galaxy. Whilst<br />
watching her I was so proud,<br />
she was competing in front of<br />
hundreds of people. I said to<br />
my dad ?I could never do<br />
something like that?, when in<br />
fact this was a new start for<br />
me. In July 2016 my dad<br />
persuaded me to send off an<br />
application to the Galaxy,<br />
which included a photo of<br />
myself. In complete shock, a<br />
few weeks later I received an<br />
acceptance email and got the<br />
title of Miss Newcastle Galaxy<br />
2016-2017. I received my sash<br />
a couple of weeks later and<br />
started making appearances,<br />
several of them were<br />
photoshoots. At this point I<br />
was so nervous and shy; I had<br />
never got photos done in a<br />
studio before. I managed to<br />
pluck up the courage to get<br />
photos of myself produced;<br />
this is where it all started to<br />
change for me. During my<br />
reign as Miss Newcastle<br />
Galaxy I raised money for The<br />
Christie Cancer foundation,<br />
volunteered and went along<br />
to various different charity<br />
events. In February 2017 I<br />
held my own charity pageant<br />
in aid of the Christie<br />
foundation; I stood up in front<br />
of the audience and hosted<br />
the full event, this was huge<br />
for me. In March 2017 it came<br />
to the day of the Galaxy, I felt<br />
sick all day with nerves. When<br />
I got first time, I had all kinds<br />
of thoughts going through my<br />
mind, such as: what if I trip?<br />
and I don?t know if I am able<br />
to do this, but I did. I gave the<br />
competition my all and<br />
although I didn?t win, I was so<br />
proud of myself for how well I<br />
did on that stage. I made my<br />
parents proud of me. Since<br />
then, I came 2nd in The A<br />
Pageant Life pageant, 1st<br />
place in Miss Teesside<br />
Elegance and now your Miss<br />
Newcastle National Elite<br />
2017-2018. I am now the<br />
director of Sapphire UK<br />
Pageant, which I am currently<br />
working on making it a<br />
national pageant in its own.<br />
Pageantry has had an amazing<br />
impact on my life and is now<br />
something I never want to<br />
give up doing. I have not only<br />
gained a massive amount of<br />
confidence, I have gained<br />
friends that I will have for life.<br />
Pageantry is like having one<br />
big family, everyone is there to<br />
support each other. To all the<br />
girls out there interested in<br />
pageantry, go for it. It is a life<br />
changing experience and it<br />
has certainly changed mine in<br />
a big way. It is a journey you<br />
will never forget.
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RYAN JENKINS<br />
Ryan is the only teacher in the world to have taught the kids from the hit US<br />
TV show Dance moms, for Abbi Lee Miller, as well as on the UK show for Jennifer<br />
Ellison.<br />
He has taught at over 200 academies internationally and is a renowned teacher in the<br />
UK, teaching at the top colleges including; Bird College, London Studio Centre Jazz<br />
Company, Urdang, L.I.P.A, Mandy Ellen, Corona and Pineapple Performing Arts. Stella<br />
Mann College and his choreographing is featured regularly at the prestigous ?Move It?<br />
convention.<br />
Fast becoming one of the countries most sought after choreographers, due to his<br />
extensive experience in theatre, TV, film, live events, cruises, music videos, and adverts,<br />
Ryan?s combined experience as a dancer, choreographer and Creative Director enables<br />
him to fully understand and meet the needs of the ever changing world of show biz.<br />
Ryan is most notably known for appearing as a finalist in the hit TV shows 'So You Think<br />
You Can Dance' (series 2) and Got to Dance.<br />
Before this, he had a flourishing career in London?s West End, but not before gaining his<br />
first job at 19 in Matthew Bourne?s ?Swan Lake?. During his extensive West End career,<br />
Ryan was Dance Captain for ?Grease?the musical?s UK and European tour,<br />
choreographed by Arlene Philips, was a member of the original London cast of ?Wicked?,<br />
and was Ruby in ?Cabaret?choreographed by Javier de Fructos. He was also a featured<br />
dancer in ?Kismet?(English National Opera) and in Andrew Lloyd Webber?s ?Phantom of<br />
the Opera?directed by Joel Schumacher.
Alexandra Burke<br />
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British singer and<br />
stage actress. Burke rose to fame after winning the fifth<br />
series of British television series The X Factor in 2008,<br />
becoming one of the most successful winners of the series<br />
After winning The X Factor, Alexandra released the winner?s<br />
single ?Hallelujah?, which became the current European<br />
record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours,<br />
selling 105,000 in one day. The song also became the<br />
top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK?s Christmas<br />
number one. By January 2009, the single had sold over one<br />
million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female<br />
soloist. Her debut album, Overcome debuted at number one<br />
in the UK Album Charts and spawned four number one<br />
singles on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart ?<br />
?Hallelujah?, ?Bad Boys?, selling over 780,000 in the UK and<br />
becoming a Platinum selling single, ?All Night Long?and ?Start<br />
Without You?. The album became one of the most successful<br />
albums of that year in the UK and the singles released from<br />
the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations. The<br />
album also saw the release of UK top 10 hit, ?Broken Heels?<br />
and ?The Silence?. In late 2010, Alexandra released Overcome:<br />
Deluxe Edition which was followed by ?Elephant?with Eric<br />
Morillo in February 2012, which became a hit single, with a<br />
peak position of number three in the UK. ?Let It Go?served<br />
as the second single and Alexandra?s second album,<br />
Heartbreak on Hold, was released in June 2012. In May 2015<br />
Alexandra released her self funded EP ?Renegade?which has<br />
received critical acclaim. Alex is currently putting the<br />
finishing touches to her new album which is scheduled for<br />
release in late 2017.<br />
In 2014 Alexandra made her full West End debut when she<br />
played the lead role of Rachel Marron in the much<br />
acclaimed musical The Bodyguard. The reviews for her<br />
performance were stellar, so much so that she was asked to<br />
carry on the role for the UK tour of the production.<br />
In August 2016, Alexandra stepped into the lead role as<br />
Deloris Van Carter in the musical Sister Act touring in the UK<br />
for an all new production. The show received 5 star reviews<br />
to sell out crowds and finished in August 2017.<br />
Alexandra is thrilled to be in this year?s line up for the BBC1<br />
prime time show ?Strictly Come Dancing?2017.
RIP Bruce Forsyt h<br />
Sir Bruce Forsyth was the perfect host for Strictly, bringing a genuine warmth<br />
and an air of expertise all in the one package. And paired with co-host Tess Daly,<br />
Strictly had created a brand new double act that the nation took to its heart.<br />
Brucie?s fast wit came in handy when it came to the Judges. More often than not,<br />
some of their more irate comments would be shot down by a quip from Bruce.<br />
After 75 successful years in showbusiness, Bruce retired from the show in series<br />
11, but remained a key part of the Strictly family returning for Christmas and<br />
and specials events. Bruces's , humour and warmth helped set the tone of<br />
Strictly, something which has been carried through every series, every spin-off<br />
and every special. Bruce Forsyth was, and will continue to be, a huge part of<br />
Strictly Come Dancing.
SPENCERSUTHERLAND<br />
Spencer Sutherland impresses at his audition on 2017 xfactor. The singer songwriter<br />
shocked judges by revealing he traveled all the way from OHIO to be on the show. Hid<br />
first time ever leaving his country but he was determined to audition at this years<br />
2017 xfactor..<br />
Spencer who is a hit now with ladies, admitted but admits he was not so popular with<br />
women when he weighed 19 st 4lbs. Spencer told reporters it took him about a year<br />
to loose 100 lbs<br />
Spencer Sutherland has already built up a significant fan base in the US with his<br />
YouTube covers and original songs He even has a debut acoustic EP, Unveiled ? and a<br />
few months ago he made his national TV debut in America.<br />
Spencer, who performs Marvin Gaye?s Let?s Get It On in tonight?s episode of the ITV<br />
talent search, admits he still struggles with his weight, saying: ?There is still like a fat<br />
kid in me that wants pizza all the time. I eat carbs, but oatmeal and rice - the healthy<br />
kind..<br />
Now, the US hopeful, who has played a young Billy Ray Cyrus on US TV series Still The<br />
King, is dating his Hollywood actress Madison Iseman - who starred alongside him in<br />
the series and is due to feature in the upcoming sequel to Jumanji.<br />
He is hoping to be crowned the winner of this years xfactor
XFACTOR2017
MATLINEN<br />
Matt Linnen's X Factor 2017 audition proved a success on tonight's<br />
latest episode.Matt Linnen is a 28-year-old singer from the<br />
Southend, Essex.<br />
He's a plasterer by trade but he has a lot of amatuer experience on<br />
the music scene having place some small gigs around the UK<br />
The X Factor is back this Saturday and Sunday night on ITV with<br />
more auditions in front of the panel.<br />
Matt who attended the show alone and told the judges he was<br />
'riding solo'.<br />
Matt who has been in various bands told the judges he felt now<br />
was the right time for him to be on the show.<br />
His version of Ray Lemontagne hit song Trouble earned him a<br />
place at this yearsbootcamp.
Anna Leigh has been singing from a young age and<br />
has made singing and performing her professional<br />
career. Whilst studying for her degree at<br />
Sunderland University, Anna Leigh discovered her<br />
love for teaching and helping students to reach<br />
their potential.<br />
?<br />
As well as running the studio, Anna Leigh is also a<br />
songwriter & lead singer of the band ?Denature?<br />
formerly known as ?Anna Leigh and the Kings?.<br />
She has released a debut album ?Story Book?, an<br />
EP ?Lullaby?and the latest EP ?Loss?alongside four<br />
professional music videos. Denature?s latest music<br />
video was directed by RTS Award winner Chris<br />
Lavelle & has achieved critical acclaim online, even<br />
going on to win the UBEAT TV award for Best Video.<br />
Anna Leigh<br />
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Anna Leigh was honoured to be asked to perform<br />
at the 2012 London Olympics. She has also<br />
performed at numerous festivals and events across<br />
the UK and in December 2012, won the ?Young<br />
Entrepreneur of the Year?award for her efforts in<br />
developing the Vocal Studios.<br />
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Pageant<br />
Bullying is what I would call a<br />
way of ?getting over<br />
jealousy?. People, any age,<br />
shape or size, bully others<br />
mainly for jealousy or family<br />
issues. I have been bullied<br />
for nearly eight years,<br />
nursery to year 6.<br />
It felt relentless, like I was in<br />
a black hole, traumatised by<br />
their actions which seemed<br />
to occur faster than lights.<br />
Sometimes I felt like I was in<br />
a bouncy castle having fun<br />
then the bullies would burst<br />
the bouncy castle and my<br />
fun, leaving me feeling<br />
trapped inside with no fun,<br />
no air.<br />
Verbal, cyber, physical ? ..<br />
you name it and I?ve had it.<br />
Dragged; punched; attacked.<br />
You can be forgiven to think<br />
by my picture, I had a pink<br />
and cuddly past. Not at all,<br />
nowhere near.<br />
One day, I asked to go to the<br />
lavatory at break time and<br />
there waiting were three of<br />
the toughest bullies in my<br />
class. They attacked me,<br />
pulled my hair, scratched all<br />
down my arms and face<br />
then dragged me along the<br />
bathroom floor. I lay there a<br />
long time after they left,<br />
afraid to move in case they<br />
were waiting for me<br />
For years, I hid my agonising<br />
emotions. In year 1, I was<br />
traumatised. By year 4, I was<br />
shaking. Mum organised<br />
sessions with school nurses<br />
and adults who ?thought?<br />
they knew how I felt. No one<br />
knew how I was dying inside.<br />
Friends who I thought were<br />
there for me, left my life.<br />
Enemies gained more power<br />
against me, I felt weak to the<br />
core.<br />
Then one day, Mum?s friend<br />
Lorraine was planning a<br />
Pageant. What were they?<br />
Mum said I should do this<br />
pageant and have fun. Ok,<br />
but what are they? I found<br />
out pageants are events like<br />
catwalks where there?s a<br />
certain amount of rounds<br />
and you wear t-shirts,<br />
jeans, dresses. Hmm, I liked<br />
the sound of that! I went to<br />
the event and it was<br />
amazing! Couldn?t have been<br />
any better at all! I felt safe in<br />
this environment and made<br />
lots of lovely friends. Every<br />
pageant enlightened my day.<br />
But I was still going back to<br />
enlightened my day. But I<br />
was still going back to<br />
bullies. I moved school, to a<br />
school that didn?t tolerate<br />
bullies and I was happy.<br />
Later that year, I was invited<br />
to one of the meanest<br />
bullies party. People would<br />
say she was the last bully<br />
you would want to cross<br />
The week before the party,<br />
she cyber bullied me, but I<br />
stood up to her with the<br />
courage and confidence I<br />
had now gained.<br />
My pageant family are all so<br />
supportive. The older more<br />
experienced girls show you<br />
how to walk with confidence<br />
and what to expect, you<br />
even get tips on doing<br />
interviews. I also discovered<br />
the true meaning to my life<br />
which guides me: be the<br />
best version of you, be true<br />
to yourself<br />
My friends, nowadays say<br />
they can?t imagine me as a<br />
victim of bullying. That was<br />
because I held it in, then<br />
would cry myself to sleep,<br />
bottling it up. That's one way<br />
loads of victims do, if they<br />
can?t handle it.<br />
you had told me two years<br />
ago I would be representing<br />
Durham as a grand finalist in<br />
Little Miss Teen Great Britain<br />
2017. I would have said ?No<br />
way! You?re crazy!? But that's<br />
exactly what I?m doing in<br />
October. Pageants have<br />
given me strength and so<br />
much confidence, I managed<br />
to stand up to the meangirls.<br />
After that, they forgot about<br />
me, knowing I was no longer<br />
weak and helpless. Good<br />
riddance! Thanks pageants!<br />
Now I know who my real<br />
friends are .
GAMEOFTHRONES: RECAP<br />
With Season 7 starting not so long ago, we look<br />
back at the excitement previously seen from the<br />
start to end of season 6.<br />
SEASON ONE: ENTER THE 'DRAGON LADY'.<br />
North of the Wall, a patrol of the cloistered<br />
Night's Watch order is ambushed by undead<br />
'White Walkers'. One of the men escapes south<br />
where, for his troubles, he is beheaded by the<br />
Lord of Winterfell Eddard "Ned" Start (actor SEAN<br />
BEAN).<br />
Noble Ned dismisses the babblings about<br />
animated corpses and insists it is solemn duty<br />
to execute the deserter in person. However,<br />
traitorous soldiers are soon the least of his<br />
worries. Hundreds of miles to the south in King's<br />
Landing, "Hand of the King" Jon Arryn dies in<br />
mysterious circumstances. This is obviously bad<br />
news for Jon Arryn but opens a new career<br />
opportunity for Ned, as his old friend, King<br />
Robert Baratheon (actor MARK ADDY), travels to<br />
Winterfell and offers to make the Warden of the<br />
North the new Hand of the King.<br />
There are a few sticking points. For one thing,<br />
Ned has no interest in becoming entangled in<br />
courtly intrigue at the capital. And Robert has<br />
brought with him his loathsome extended<br />
family. These include cruel Queen Cersei of the<br />
powerful House Lannister, her dashing but<br />
self-regarding twin Ser Jaime (actor NIKOLAJ<br />
COSTER-WALDAU) and their<br />
prostitute-fraternising sibling Tyrion (actor<br />
PETER DINKLAGE)<br />
Most unpleasant of all is Robert's ghastly son<br />
and heir Joffrey (actor JACK GLEESON) ? literally<br />
a spoiled prince whose brattish temperament<br />
could not be more different from that of the<br />
garrulous, profane Robert (it's almost as if they<br />
are not related? ).<br />
Still, if things are bad for Ned ? who resists<br />
Robert's offer but is made to understand he<br />
really doesn't have a choice ? they are worse for<br />
his son Bran (actor ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT).<br />
Climbing a tower, the adorable poppet happens<br />
upon Cersei canoodling with Jaime ? yes, her<br />
twin!. "The things I do for love," sighs Jaime,<br />
shoving Bran out the window to his presumed<br />
death.<br />
Somehow the boy survives ? albeit crippled for<br />
life and in a temporary coma. While mother<br />
Catelyn sits by his bed, Ned, Robert and their<br />
retinues depart for King's Landing. With Ned are<br />
his daughters Sansa (flighty, fashion-conscious,<br />
bafflingly besotted with Joffrey) and feisty little<br />
Arya (actress MAISIE WILLIAMS). Also saying<br />
farewell to the family home is Jon Snow, Ned's<br />
"bastard" son, openly loathed by Catelyn. He is<br />
to travel north to the Wall and join the<br />
semi-monastic Night's Watch, whose solemn is<br />
to guard the ancient rampart. Jon knows nothing<br />
of his mother and Ned vows to at last share the<br />
truth when next they meet (yes, one of them<br />
dies).<br />
Across the Narrow Sea and far from the courtly<br />
scheming of Westeros, Princess Daenerys<br />
Targaryen is about to be married off to<br />
barbarian warlord Khal Drogo (actor JASON<br />
MOMOA). A union between the wide-eyed,<br />
partially clothed Daenerys and the brutish<br />
Drogo has been arranged by the Princess's<br />
unpleasant (even by Prince Joffrey standards)<br />
brother Viserys (actor HARRY LLOYD).<br />
As the sole surviving children of the Mad King<br />
who once ruled Westeros - and was violently<br />
deposed by the Baratheon's and Stark's in<br />
"Robert's Rebellion" - Viserys believes the Iron<br />
Throne is his to reclaim. Awkwardly he's<br />
whimpy, vain and lacks an army. Not much to be<br />
done about the first two - however, hitching<br />
Daenerys to Drogo Back in Westeros, New 'Hand<br />
of The King' is suprised will put at his disposal<br />
the Khal's Dothraki hordes and, all going to<br />
schedule, unleash the Targaryen "dragon".<br />
Back in Westeros, new Hand of the King Ned is<br />
surprised when his wife Catelyn arrives at King's<br />
Landing. She has received a letter from her<br />
sister (also Jon Arryn's widow) ? claiming the<br />
Lannister's killed Ned's predecessor (Catelyn<br />
believes they later dispatched the assassin who<br />
unsuccessfully attempt to finish off stricken<br />
Bran).<br />
So, the Starks are about to lose a crucial ally.<br />
Robert, a serial philander in a sham marriage<br />
with Cersei, dies during a boar hunt, with his<br />
wife having apparently drugged his wine.<br />
This is unfortunate timing as Ned has<br />
discovered that Joffrey isn't Robert's biological<br />
son. Confronted, Cersei admits Jaime is the<br />
father of all her children. But naive Ned has<br />
underestimated his enemies. With Joffrey to be<br />
King, Eddard is arrested for treachery and<br />
executed ? in view of daughters Sansa (in a<br />
be-careful-what-you-wish-for twist she is now<br />
betrothed to loathsome Joffrey) and Arya,<br />
watching in disguise before fleeing for her life.<br />
n Essos, Daenerys surprises herself by taking to<br />
the life of a Khal's wife. Also surprised is Viserys.<br />
No longer in control his sister he is executed by<br />
the Dothraki (big fans of dramatic irony, the<br />
horsemen pour a "crown" of molten gold over<br />
on his head).<br />
Yet the lot of a blood-thirsty warlord can be<br />
challenging and Khal sustains fatal wounds in<br />
battle. Into his funeral bonfire steps Daenerys
with the three dragon eggs she received as a<br />
wedding gift. She emerges unharmed ? this<br />
being Game of Thrones her clothes obviously<br />
aren't so lucky ? while the eggs have hatched<br />
into baby dragons.<br />
SEASON TWO:THE IMP STEPS UP<br />
With Joffrey king and headless Ned very much<br />
dead, Westeros is gripped by rebellion. In the<br />
North Ned's eldest son Robb (Richard Madden)<br />
has declared war, taking prisoner Jaime<br />
Lannister in an early skirmish. Likewise intent on<br />
unseating Joffrey is Robert Baratheon's brother<br />
Stannis (Stephen Dillane). He is more dutiful and<br />
level-headed than Robert (good), but also<br />
convinced he is marked for greatness by the<br />
"Lord of Light" ? a pagan deity demanding<br />
human sacrifice (not good). Just how not good<br />
this quickly becomes obvious. His supernatural<br />
counsellor Melisandre (Carice van Houten)<br />
sends a "smoke monster" to kill Renly<br />
Baratheon (Gethin Anthony), Stannis's dear<br />
brother and rival for the throne. Meanwhile,<br />
anyone daring speak against the Lord of Light is<br />
likely to end up strapped to a pyre and<br />
subjected to impromptu barbecuing.<br />
Robb likewise demonstrates questionable<br />
judgement as he sends childhood chum Theon<br />
(Alfie Allen) ? a prince of the Iron Isles raised in<br />
Winterfell ? back to his maritime home to gain<br />
the support of father Balon. Rather than rallying<br />
to the Stark banner, Balon guilt-trips Theon ,<br />
who opportunistically seizes Winterfell for the<br />
Greyjoys. Bran is forced to flee north with his<br />
simple-minded minder Hodor (Theon hangs two<br />
farmer boys in the place of Bran and<br />
brother Rickon).<br />
Also on the run is Arya Stark who fetches up at<br />
the fortress of Harrenhal where Tywin Lannister<br />
(Charles Dance), patriarch of the most Evil<br />
Family in Westeros, unwittingly appoints the<br />
disguised princess his cup-bearer. She later<br />
flees, with the assistance of the mysterious<br />
Jaqen H'ghar (Thomas Wlaschiha) of the Faceless<br />
Men of Essos.<br />
Over on the eastern continent, it's proving a<br />
long and aimless road of Daenerys, her baby<br />
dragons and shrinking Dothraki army. Eventually<br />
they make their way to the desert City of Qarth<br />
where they are befriended by silver-tongued<br />
merchant Xaro Daxos. However, they are<br />
ultimately betrayed by Daxos, in cahoots with<br />
the warlock Pyat Pree. With her dragons Cersei<br />
defeats the sorcerer and seals Daxos (along with<br />
her traitorous servant Doreah) in a tomb. Don't<br />
muck about with the Mother of Dragons.<br />
Elsewhere, what will become known as the War<br />
of the Five Kings rumbles on. As Robb plots his<br />
next move against the Lannisters, Catelyn sets<br />
Jamie free. He is to be escorted to King's Landing<br />
by Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) ?<br />
Renly's loyal former bodyguard ? in the hope of<br />
securing the release of Sansa and Arya. On a<br />
scouting mission north of the Wall Jon is<br />
kidnapped by the Wildling Ygritte (Rose Leslie) ?<br />
a meet-cute that sets in train a tragic love affair.<br />
No such excitement awaits the other Rangers of<br />
the Watch, as they are attacked by the White<br />
Walkers and their servant wights.<br />
In King's Landing, Stannis's invasion fleet has<br />
hoved into view. With useless Joffrey in charge,<br />
everyone expects the worst (especially Cersei,<br />
who paints for Sansa a bleak picture of the<br />
treatment they can expect). Hand of the King<br />
Tyrion has a cunning plan, however. As Joffrey<br />
weeps like the wimp he is, his uncle repels<br />
Stannis's forces with explosive wildfire, stocks of<br />
which the Mad King concealed beneath the city.<br />
It's enough to keep the enemies at bay until<br />
Tywin Lannister gallops to the rescue.<br />
SEASON THREE: THE LANNISTERS SEND THEIR<br />
REGARDS<br />
Having saved King's Landing from Stannis,<br />
Tyrion is promptly demoted by his disapproving<br />
father (who has never forgiven his son for<br />
claiming this mother in childbirth and for<br />
possessing a functioning moral compass).<br />
Rather more popular in the capital is the<br />
ambitious Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer).<br />
Renly's widow has displaced Sansa and is now<br />
betrothed to Joffrey. Sansa, Tywin has decreed,<br />
will be married off to the reluctant Tyrion (with<br />
uncommon decency he declines to consummate<br />
the nuptials).<br />
Far to the north, Jon Snow finally meets the<br />
Wildling's semi-mythic King beyond the Wall<br />
Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds) and agrees they<br />
have a common enemy in the Walkers.<br />
Things are going less well for Theon Greyjoy,<br />
whose botched conquest of Winterfell has seen<br />
him fallen into the clutches of a mysterious<br />
torturer. However, the true losers this season<br />
are Robb and Catelyn Stark (Michelle Farley).<br />
After falling in love with healer Talisa (Oona<br />
Chaplin), Robb backs out of an arranged<br />
marriage to Roslin, daughter of his ally Lord<br />
Walder Frey. She will instead be hitched to<br />
Edmure Tully ? and the Starks are invited!<br />
Thus is the table set for the notorious Red<br />
Wedding. The Freys and Boltons, striking a<br />
secret deal on Tywin Lannister, turn on the<br />
Starks, cutting down Catelyn, Robb and Robb's<br />
pregnant intended. "The Lannisters send their<br />
regards," snarls Roose Bolton as he stabs Talisa<br />
in the womb.<br />
Arriving in time for the butchery is Arya Stark,<br />
reluctantly taken under the wing of the "Hound"<br />
Sandor Clegane (Rory McCann), formerly<br />
Joffrey's personal butcher. With the rest of the<br />
family dead or in jeopardy, meanwhile Bran<br />
continues north. Haunted by visions he resolves<br />
to go beyond the Wall and find the "Three-Eyed<br />
Raven", who holds the secret to his burgeoning<br />
ability to project his mind into the body of a dire<br />
wolf. He is accompanied by Hodor and two new<br />
companions, Meera and Jojen Reed.<br />
Elsewhere, Daenerys's plans to conquer<br />
Westeros gather momentum. On her<br />
wanderings across Essos, she garners an army<br />
of "Unsullied" warriors and receives counsel<br />
from two disillusioned refugees from the Seven<br />
Kingdoms. Ser Barriston Selmy and Jorah<br />
Mormont (Iain Glen). With the cities of Slavers<br />
Bay falling to her one by one, a new power is<br />
rising in the East. How long before it turns its<br />
attention West?<br />
SEASON FOUR: JOFFREY EATS HUMBLE PIE<br />
A new season welcomes a fresh face to King's<br />
Landing. Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal), dashing<br />
prince of Dorne, arrives at the capital for the<br />
marriage of Joffrey and Margaery (and also to<br />
take vengeance against the Lannisters, whom he<br />
holds responsible for the death of his sister).<br />
But Joffrey's wedding doesn't go quite as<br />
planned. He is poisoned and topples over<br />
before he has had a chance to toast his new<br />
bride. Also exiting King's Landing, albeit by less<br />
bloody means, is Sansa, smuggled to freedom<br />
by slippery Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish<br />
(Aidan Turner) and Margaery's wily grandmother<br />
Lady Olenna Tyrell (Diana Rigg). We will later<br />
discover they conspired to kill Joffrey, so sparing<br />
Margaery being hitched to a brute.<br />
At the Eyrie Sansa falls foul of mad Aunt Lysa<br />
who attempts to push her niece through a Moon<br />
Door. She is rescued by Littlefinger, with Lord<br />
Baelish instead sending Lady Arryn, with whom<br />
he has entered an arranged marriage, to her<br />
gravity-assisted demise.<br />
Up north Jon Snow warns the Night's Watch that<br />
Mance Rayder intends to attack. An epic battle<br />
ensues and Jon and Ygritte's relationship hits an<br />
awkward patch as she tries to cut him down<br />
with an arrow. With the Wildlings temporarily<br />
repulsed, Jon sneaks off to kill Rayder ? only for<br />
Stannis Baratheon and his forces to ride to the<br />
rescue of the Night's Watch.<br />
Back at King's Landing, the innocent Tyrion is<br />
accused of assassinating Joffrey. The case is to<br />
be decided with trial by combat. However, his<br />
champion Oberyn is cut down by the<br />
"Mountain" Gregor Clegane (Sandor's hulking<br />
brother). Later, Jaime releases his brother who<br />
sneaks back to his chambers to find his lover
Shae has been canoodling with Tyrion?s father Tywin. Tyrion shoots his<br />
dad on the latrine and, aided by Master of Whispers Varys, flees<br />
Westeros.<br />
Also quitting the Western continent is Arya. She witnesses an apparent<br />
fight to the death between Sandor and Brienne (who, having failed<br />
Catelyn, has sworn to protect any Stark crossing her path). Exhibiting<br />
uncharacteristic cruelty, Arya leaves Sandor to his fate and crosses the<br />
Narrow Sea to study with Jaqan H'ghar's Faceless Men.<br />
SEASON FIVE: THE NIGHT'S KING SHOWS HIS HAND<br />
by Cersei's champion, they fear Myrcella is in imminent danger from the<br />
Martell family. She is safely retrieved ? but poisoned as they set off for<br />
home.<br />
Up north, the terrifying extent of the threat posed by the Walkers is<br />
revealed as the Night's King attacks Jon Snow and his men at a Wildling<br />
encampment. Alas, his warnings are not heeded back at the Wall where<br />
senior members of the Watch kill Snow as revenge for his traitorous<br />
alliance with the Free Folk.<br />
In Essos Daenerys's hold on the city of Meereen slips when the Sons of<br />
the Harpy stage an ambush at a grand gladiatorial bout. She is rescued<br />
by her dragon Drogon and swept away to destination unknown. Her new<br />
adviser Tyrion ? smuggled across the narrow sea to Essos by Varys ? will<br />
rule in her stead as Ser Jorah and her lover Daario set off on her trail ( Ser<br />
Jorah is utterly smitten with Daenerys, of course).<br />
SEASON SIX: THE BASTARD'S BATTLE<br />
With Joffrey dead, Margaery marries his younger brother Tommen - to<br />
the disgust of Cersei , who has developed an enthusiastic loathing for her<br />
daughter-in-law.<br />
Never one to tread softly, Stannis burns the King Beyond the Wall at the<br />
stake ? punishment for refusing to swear fealty. Meanwhile Jon Snow is<br />
elected leader of the Night's Watch ? to the visible disapproval of the<br />
senior members of the order. Sansa and Littlefinger leave The Vale ? but<br />
where are they bound? That would be a surprise, intimates Littlefinger.<br />
Actually it is a surprise. He intends marrying Sansa off to horrible Ramsay<br />
Bolton ( Iwan Rheon), thus restoring a Stark to Winterfell (albeit by the<br />
back door). In her former family home, Sansa is horrified to find Theon ?<br />
now the broken and half insane plaything of Ramsay (his mystery<br />
torturer). She is brutally abused on her wedding night by the sadistic<br />
younger Bolton ? with Theon (re-named Reek by Ramsay) forced to<br />
watch.<br />
Stannis marches south towards Winterfell. With Winter coming, heavy<br />
snow threatens his war against Ramsay. He is urged by Melisandre to<br />
sacrifice daughter Shireen to the Lord of Light. Stannis reluctantly<br />
complies and the weather indeed turns. Alas his troops, not wishing to<br />
fight for a religious maniac, desert and he is easily defeated by the<br />
Boltons. In the aftermath of the battle he is discovered by Brienne ? who<br />
fulfils her vow to avenge Renly's death by cutting down the man<br />
instrumental in his killing.<br />
In Essos, Arya is accepted into the mysterious House of Black and White?<br />
though proves slow to subsume her identity into the collective of the<br />
Faceless Men. That she has much to learn before becoming ?no one? is<br />
confirmed as she catches sight of Ser Meryn Trant, the sadistic knight of<br />
the Kingsguard and, assuming the likeness of a child prostitute, strikes<br />
him down. As punishment for betraying her vows she is struck blind.<br />
At King's Landing, Cersei neutralises Margaery ? who has her wily claws in<br />
the naive Tommen ? by striking an alliance with the leader of the<br />
Sparrows, an evangelical cult growing in popularity. Everything appears to<br />
be going as planned as Margaery's beloved brother Loras is thrown into a<br />
deep dark room for sleeping with men and his sister is imprisoned for<br />
lying on his behalf.<br />
Alas, Cersei's clever scheme is revealed to be rather dimwitted as<br />
whisperings of her relationship with Jaime reach the High Sparrow<br />
(Jonathan Pryce). She too is dragged away by the religious police and<br />
later required to undertake a naked Walk of Shame.<br />
In the desert kingdom of Dorne, Jaime and his sidekick Bronn are on a<br />
mission to save his daughter, Princess Myrcella. With Oberon Martyll slain<br />
Jon Snow is dead! But only until Melisandre, calling on the Lord of Light,<br />
brings him back (to the surprise of all, Melisandre included). Thus begins<br />
the war of the Bastards, with Jon intent on wresting Winterfell back from<br />
Ramsay and Roose Bolton. Actually make that just Ramsay ? who<br />
eliminates his dad, his stepmother, and newborn half-brother (a true<br />
blood heir who jeopardises Ramsay's position).<br />
As a final conflict between the two approaches, Sansa and Theon<br />
continue to flee Ramsay's forces. Sansa travels to the Wall where she is<br />
reunited with her brother ("half brother," Lord Baelish might say, with a<br />
significant pause between "half" and "brother"). Theon, meanwhile,<br />
journeys to the Iron Islands, just in time for his hateful father to be<br />
deposed by Theon's even more unpleasant uncle Euron. I<br />
n King's Landing ,a post-Shame Walk Cersei isn't quite off the hook. She's<br />
been humiliated - but must nonetheless stand trial for her crimes. The<br />
fundamentalist High Sparrow is not for turning and guileless King<br />
Tommen has agreed a formal alliance between church and state.<br />
Bearing further bad news is Jamie, who reveals that Myrcella is dead. Now<br />
all but one of Cersei's children is gone, bringing closer a witch's prediction<br />
that her offspring would wear funeral shrouds (good luck surviving the<br />
prophecy Tommen).<br />
Daenerys is having a testing time, too, as prisoner of the Dothraki. As the<br />
surviving wife of a slain Khal it is her fate to live in cloistered servitude<br />
with the other widows. This doesn't chime with her plans to rule the<br />
entire known world. So she scorches her opponents alive and, walking<br />
unharmed through the flames, and becomes leader of the Dothraki (her<br />
pledge to burn first, ask question later finding favour with the barbarian<br />
masses).<br />
She returns with Drogon to Meereen, where wise and wily Tyrion has<br />
brought an uneasy peace. Meanwhile Theon and Yara Greyjoy (Gemma<br />
Whelan) have stolen the Iron Islands, battlefleet from beneath the<br />
exceedingly wicked nose of usurper Euron Greyjoy. Fleeing to Essos.<br />
There, they strike an alliance with Daenerys. Boats, dragons, Dothraki ?<br />
look out Westeros, the Targaryens are coming!<br />
In the North, the Battle of the Bastards is joined as Ramsay clashes with<br />
Jon (but not before Ramsay shoots dead the youngest Stark sibling,<br />
Rickon, strictly for the chuckles).
There follows lots of top level hacking, slashing and rucking<br />
in the muck. Just as the tide appears to have turned in<br />
favour of Ramsay, however, in rushes Petyr Baelish and the<br />
Knights of the Vale who carry the day.<br />
Hurrah! Or, as Ramsay might put it, "aargh!" as he is fed to<br />
his own dogs by a very vengeful Sansa (it's sadistic and<br />
disgusting but still... yay for Sansa).<br />
In Essos, Arya regains her sight and recommences her<br />
training at the House of Black and White. However, the<br />
going remains bumpy as she clashes with her nemesis the<br />
Waif after refusing to assassinate a kindly actress. Upon<br />
overcoming her implacable foe, Arya is shown the door by<br />
Jaqen ? who intimates her training may be complete and<br />
that she is indeed ?no one?. We next see her, in<br />
shape-shifting form, cutting the throat of Red Wedding<br />
planner Walder Frey.<br />
In a mystical cave, Bran studies with the "Three-Eyed Raven"<br />
? in reality a wizened human psychically connected to a tree<br />
(Max Von Sydow), and experiences time-traveling visions.<br />
We discover how Hodor became Hodor ? a complicated<br />
temporal loop ? and learn the truth of Jon Snow's true<br />
parentage. He is the child of Ned's tragic sister Lyanna. The<br />
identity of his father is not revealed. However GoT fans are<br />
confident it is Daenerys's slain brother Rhaegar Targaryen,<br />
who fell in love with Lyanna and absconded with her.<br />
Unfortunately, Bran's training is interrupted by the Night<br />
King who kills the Three-Eyed Raven and sends the Stark<br />
boy and companion Meera fleeing. Hodor - who indeed<br />
"holds the door" against the zombies ? sacrifices himself so<br />
that they may escape.<br />
An unpleasant fate similarly beckons for Cersei. She has<br />
sent Jamie off to the Riverlands to put manners on old Stark<br />
ally ?Blackfish? Tully. Alone except for the resurrected<br />
Mountain and her loyal mad scientist Qyburn, what's an<br />
incestuous Queen Mother to do?<br />
The answer, Cersei concludes, is to blow up the Great Sept<br />
with some of that leftover wildfire, thus eliminating every<br />
rival power player - including Margaery, the High Sparrow<br />
and her uncle Kevan (appalled, Tommen jumps from a<br />
window). With the Iron Crown upon her head, does the<br />
Game of Thrones at last have a winner?<br />
5 GOT INTERESTING FACTS<br />
1. There is an Un-Aired Ep.<br />
2. Cat elyn and Deanary's w ere originally<br />
played by different act resses.<br />
3. Act ress Sophie Turner (<br />
4. Maest er Aem on (Act or Pet er Vaughn)<br />
w as blind on and off screen.<br />
5. Tyrion Lannist er has appeared in m ore<br />
episodes t han any ot her charact er.
MORETHANJUSTADRES<br />
Colin talks about his passion of raising<br />
money for Breast Cancer Now by<br />
donning a pink dress and running the<br />
GNR<br />
ARTICLE BY COLIN BURGIN-PLEWS<br />
Great Nort h Run w eekend has<br />
alw ays m eant a lot t o Big Pink<br />
Dress Fundraising but t his year 's<br />
w as especially im port ant .<br />
Every year I run in t he big dress<br />
and raise aw areness and vit al<br />
funds for Breast Cancer Now but<br />
t his year 's m eant m ore.<br />
I w ant ed t o give a lit t le back t o<br />
all w ho support ed m e over t he<br />
years .<br />
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w ho had lost som eone could<br />
have a personalised rose on t he<br />
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at an incredible 3 st one 9lb and I<br />
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I m et so m any celebrit ies over<br />
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st art t he Mini Great Nort h Run<br />
but it all paled com pared t o<br />
m eet ing t he people w ho had a<br />
rose on t he dress .<br />
One of t he m ost em ot ional<br />
m om ent s of m y life .<br />
I w as int erview ed by t he BBC for<br />
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Shields very ow n Chloe and<br />
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Plus a couple of viral video<br />
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Big Pink Dress fell over on of all<br />
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runners .<br />
And at m ile 11 I m et Elvis w ho<br />
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Well t hat video has 27,000 view s<br />
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Once I finally crossed t he finish<br />
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Mo is a dedicated family man who lives and trains in Portland, Oregon (USA)<br />
with his wife Tania and their four children: Rhianna, Aisha, Amani and<br />
Hussein. He famously dedicated each of his four Olympic gold medals to his<br />
kids.<br />
Mo?s achievements are a far cry from his humble beginnings in Somalia,<br />
arriving in London from Mogadishu at the age of 8 and speaking very little<br />
English. Mo grew up in West London and began running at school when<br />
spotted by his PE Teacher, Alan Watkinson, who saw potential in the young<br />
pupil. Alan convinced Mo to focus his efforts on running, despite Mo initially<br />
wanting to become an Arsenal football player!<br />
Mo's career took another step forward in 2010 with a 5,000m and 10,000m<br />
golden double at the European T&F Championships, and then one week<br />
later he became the first British man to run sub 13 minutes for the 5,000m -<br />
with a National Record time of 12:57.94. 2011 was a dream season for Mo<br />
as he became the first British man to win the 5,000m in the World T&F<br />
Championships, a few days after winning the silver medal in the 10,000m.<br />
He smashed the European 10,000m Record with a time of 26:46.57 and<br />
improved the British 5,000m Record to 12:53.11.<br />
Then came London 2012? On 4th August 2012, Mo created history at the<br />
London Olympic Games. In his first race, Mo capped off 'Super Saturday' by<br />
winning the 10,000m gold in a time of 27:30.42. This was Great Britain's first<br />
ever Olympic gold medal in the 10,000m and came after two other gold<br />
medals for Great Britain in the same athletics session
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This month?s tip. Never ever pay t o be<br />
published, no matter how rosy it sounds<br />
don?t be taken in. These people are after<br />
your money and nothing else. Try agents<br />
first, if no joy then you can always self<br />
publish on Amazon. But make sure you get<br />
a good editor before you do. Mistakes<br />
creep in the best of books, however big or<br />
small the publisher is, so make sure there<br />
are more than one set of eyes on your<br />
baby. Also never pay for advice from<br />
someone who has not got a book<br />
published, preferably two or three, only<br />
then can they really give advice.<br />
This month?s author is Matt Hilton, read his<br />
story to publication here.<br />
At author events, and during interviews,<br />
I?m often asked what my working day<br />
consists of, and how I approach my writing.<br />
So I thought this could be a good<br />
opportunity to explain. Since leaving the<br />
police force to write full-time in 2008, I?ve<br />
managed to pen (actually that should be<br />
type, as I work direct onto my computer<br />
screen these days) twenty-two published<br />
novels, with between 90 and 120 thousand<br />
words in each, as well as a raft of short<br />
stories, novellas and flash fiction, primarily<br />
in the action thriller genre, but also some<br />
horror and supernatural. That?s not<br />
including all the words I write for articles,<br />
interviews and on the social media<br />
networks, of course ? I?ve probably written<br />
more there than ever ended up in any<br />
published volume. When I say that, some<br />
people blink in surprise, and wonder aloud<br />
how I manage to write so much. The trite<br />
answer is that it?s my job, but in reality it?s<br />
also what I enjoy doing.<br />
I?m paraphrasing but there?s an old adage<br />
that goes something like ?to eat an<br />
elephant take only one bite at a time?, and<br />
it?s with that steady approach to<br />
manageable chunks that I go. When you<br />
think about it, writing one thousand words<br />
a day is achievable (it?s about twice the<br />
length of this article). In 90 days, that?s 90<br />
thousand words, and about the length of a<br />
modern manuscript of approximately 300<br />
pages in book form. If you double your<br />
word count, you can write a 90K words<br />
rough draft in as little as one and a half<br />
months. That isn?t to say that your book is<br />
finished by any means, as editing and<br />
re-writing must be taken into account, but<br />
you can see how the daunting prospect of<br />
writing a book might not seem as<br />
impossible any more. Obviously I?m in the<br />
enviable position of having the time to<br />
write, to get down my word count, but<br />
being an author these days isn?t just about<br />
writing a book ? there?s so much more that<br />
must be done that ekes into my time too.<br />
I?m still a family man with commitments,<br />
and part of my job these days is to engage<br />
with readers and attend library and<br />
bookshop events, and conventions, so<br />
every day isn?t a writing day. But I do try to<br />
write every day, even if it?s only a<br />
paragraph or two ? each little bit of that<br />
elephant I tackle makes less to face<br />
tomorrow. When I?m on a deadline, I set<br />
myself a daily target of two thousand<br />
words, and I force myself to sit down and<br />
get them done. Usually, once I know where<br />
the book is headed and the adrenaline<br />
kicks in as the end comes in sight, I speed<br />
up, and it?s not unknown for me to write<br />
two or three times as much per day.<br />
Matt Hilton is the author of the<br />
high-octane Joe Hunter thriller series, and<br />
the Tess Grey and Po Villere thrillers. His<br />
first book, ?Dead Men?s Dust ?, was<br />
shortlisted for the International Thriller<br />
Writers?Debut Book of 2009 Award, and<br />
was a Sunday Times bestseller, also being<br />
named as a ?thriller of the year 2009?by<br />
The Daily Telegraph. Dead Men?s Dust was<br />
also a top ten Kindle bestseller in 2013 and<br />
2016. His most recent Joe Hunter novel,<br />
Marked For Deat h, was published July<br />
2017, and his next Tess and Po novel,<br />
Worst Fear, in September 2017.<br />
This month?s books.<br />
Matt Hilton?s latest book. Marked For Death.<br />
If you like science fiction and you haven?t<br />
read Anne Mccaffrey?s Dragons of Penn<br />
series, then you are in for a treat. Fantastic<br />
books all of them. It?s been a few years<br />
since I read them, but I found myself<br />
engrossed for hours and hours.
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CHRIS EUBANK<br />
JUNIOR<br />
V<br />
CHRIS EUBANK<br />
SENIOR<br />
DRIVE, DETERMINATION & DEDICATION<br />
CHRIS EUBANK SR<br />
Eubank was born on 8 August<br />
1966, in Dulwich, South<br />
London, and spent his early<br />
days in Jamaica (from two<br />
months old to six years old).<br />
On his return to England, he<br />
lived in Stoke Newington,<br />
Dalston, Hackney and then<br />
Peckham, in a largely<br />
impoverished environment.<br />
He attended Northwold<br />
Primary School in Upper<br />
Clapton, Bellingden Junior<br />
School, and then Thomas<br />
Calton Secondary School in<br />
Peckham, from where he was<br />
suspended eighteen times in<br />
one year and then expelled,<br />
despite claiming he was<br />
gallant ly t rying t o prot ect<br />
ot her children from bullies.<br />
Some time was spent at<br />
Orchard Lodge Regional<br />
Resource Centre, Anerley, in<br />
1981. When he was 16, his<br />
father sent him to New York in<br />
the U.S. to live with his mother<br />
in the tough South Bronx<br />
district. He made a fresh start<br />
in New York, battling drug,<br />
alcohol and shoplifting<br />
addictions to attend church<br />
and school. In his spare time<br />
he trained at the Jerome<br />
Boxing Club on Westchester<br />
Avenue, following in the<br />
footsteps of his boxing elder<br />
brothers (twins, Peter and<br />
Simon Eubanks) back in<br />
England. Eubank became<br />
obsessed with boxing training<br />
and went to the gym every<br />
day, even working as caretaker<br />
to pay his way. He won the<br />
1984 Spanish Golden Gloves<br />
Tournament and also got to<br />
the semi-final stage of the<br />
main Golden Gloves<br />
tourney at Madison Square<br />
Garden at aged 18. He writes<br />
in his autobiography that his<br />
drive to succeed in boxing<br />
cam e t hrough his drive t o<br />
becom e an accept ed<br />
individual, largely caused by<br />
subject ive bullying from his<br />
elder brot hers.<br />
He made his professional<br />
debut at the Atlantis Hotel and<br />
Casino against Tim Brown,<br />
shortly after his 19th birthday.<br />
Although his next 10 fights<br />
went largely unnoticed, then in<br />
February 1989 he made brief<br />
headlines in defeating<br />
Jamaican Anthony Logan in an<br />
undercard match to a Nigel<br />
Benn-headlined show. made<br />
brief headlines in defeating<br />
Jamaican Anthony Logan in an<br />
undercard match to a Nigel<br />
Benn-headlined show. Benn<br />
was arguably the biggest rising<br />
star in European sport at the<br />
time and Logan had come<br />
closest to beating the<br />
power-punching Benn in what<br />
was Benn's most memorable<br />
clash to date. Eubank had<br />
already made Brighton in<br />
England his adopted<br />
hometown and set his sights<br />
on Benn, believing he could<br />
beat him. After a string of<br />
impressive stoppage victories<br />
following a dominant 10-round<br />
decision over American<br />
gatekeeper / journeyman<br />
Randy Smith, Eubank captured<br />
the WBC International title in<br />
1990 against Hugo Corti. Later<br />
in the year, he knocked out<br />
Renaldo Dos Santos in<br />
precisely 20 seconds (including<br />
the 10-count)<br />
WBO m iddlew eight<br />
cham pion<br />
Eubank won the WBO<br />
middleweight title against<br />
Nigel Benn (and the odds) in a<br />
classic encounter that was<br />
later released on DVD<br />
(pictured left): a gruelling<br />
battle which ended when Benn<br />
(ahead on points, but only<br />
narrowly) was stopped on his<br />
feet near the end of round 9.<br />
Eubank would defend the title<br />
successfully against Dan<br />
Sherry (in a fight cut short by a<br />
headbutt, for which Eubank<br />
was penalised 2 points but still<br />
won on points over the 9<br />
completed rounds), fellow<br />
Briton Gary Stretch
and finally in an excellent match with another fellow Briton,<br />
Michael Watson, fighting him to a narrow 12-round majority<br />
decision in Eubank's favour. This concluded Eubank's career as a<br />
middleweight, with a 28?0 record.<br />
WBO super-m iddlew eight cham pion[edit ]<br />
A rematch with Watson for the vacant WBO super-middleweight<br />
title took place in September 1991, in which Watson suffered a<br />
near-fatal injury. Eubank was behind on all scorecards after 10<br />
rounds, and was knocked down 18 seconds from the end of the<br />
round. He rose from the canvas (being given only a standing<br />
four-count instead of eight) to unleash a devastating uppercut to<br />
Watson's jaw right at the end of the round, knocking Watson's<br />
head and neck backwards into the ring ropes. The bell sounded<br />
to end the round as soon as Watson was up from the count. It<br />
was still obvious to all observers ? and to Eubank himself ? that<br />
he needed a knockout to win: and early in the 12th, with Watson<br />
still visibly shaken, the fight was stopped with Watson under a<br />
flurry of punches from Eubank. Soon after the fight Watson<br />
collapsed in his corner. His condition may have been worsened<br />
by delay in receiving medical attention: there was no ambulance<br />
or paramedic at the event and after eight minutes on the ring<br />
floor, Watson was attended by doctors wearing dinner jackets,<br />
arriving late. Following the fight, Eubank contemplated quitting<br />
the sport. Commentator Reg Gutteridge claimed, in the moment,<br />
he had, "never seen a more dramatic end to a world title fight".<br />
Eubank later reflected on the aftermath: "I lost my finishing<br />
instinct in the ring ? I couldn't finish fights any more. However, I<br />
needed to work and so I carried on and I won most of my fights<br />
on decisions. And I blamed myself, after all, it was me who threw<br />
the punch."[6]<br />
Eubank was particularly noted for his confidence, concentration,<br />
composure, and extravagant behaviour, and antics that included<br />
a vault over the top-rope into the ring before each fight. His<br />
trademark theme tune was Tina Turner's Simply the Best. He<br />
would often engage in posturing (particularly between rounds of<br />
fights). Eubank was by now presented as something of a "man<br />
you love to hate" figure in the British tabloid press because of<br />
his perceived arrogance and for his singularly unconventional<br />
sense of style. In boxing circles he enjoyed even less popularity,<br />
having once referred to the sport as a 'mug's game' on national<br />
television (This was a selective quote ? Eubank had actually been<br />
discussing the seedier side of the sport, such as the beatings<br />
taken by journeyman fighters for small sums of money, or<br />
boxers that were lied to and ripped off by promoters).<br />
Now the holder of a second title, Eubank relinquished his<br />
middleweight title and concentrated on defending his new<br />
crown at the higher weight of 12 st. After the Watson tragedy<br />
Eubank never again showed any desire to knock opponents out,<br />
preferring to retain his title through points victories. He made<br />
successful defences against "Sugarboy" Malinga, the American<br />
quartet of John Jarvis, Ron Essett, Tony Thornton and former<br />
World Champion Lindell Holmes, as well as Juan Carlos Giminez<br />
Ferreyra and a draw with fellow Briton Ray Close.<br />
CHRIS EUBANK JUNIOR<br />
Champion for the State of Nevada in his weight division of 165lbs.<br />
With his eighth amateur fight he became the Amateur Golden<br />
Glove Champion for the Western States of the United States in his<br />
weight division. Eubank was 1?1 in the 2008 National Golden<br />
Gloves. He ended his amateur career with a record of 24-2.<br />
Eubank quickly turned professional in 2011 and signed with<br />
promoter Mick Hennessy.[8] Mentored by trainer Ronnie Davies<br />
and his father.[9] Over the next three years, Eubank amassed a<br />
record of 18-0 with 13 knockouts to his name.<br />
Christopher Livingstone "Chris" Eubank Jr. (born 18 September<br />
1989) is also a British professional boxer. He has held the IBO<br />
super-middleweight title since February 2017, having previously<br />
held the WBA interim and British middleweight titles between<br />
2015 and 2016. As of July 2017, Eubank Jr. is ranked as the world's<br />
second best super middleweight by BoxRec sixth by the<br />
Transnational Boxing Rakings Board and seventh by The Ring<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>azine.<br />
When he came toe to toe with fellow boxer Billy Joe Saunders<br />
(already on a record of 19-0) on 29th November 2014 at the ExCel<br />
Arena in London. Chris Eubank Sr said of him in the lead-up to the<br />
fight: "I don't fear for 'Junior' because he's the most dangerous<br />
young man I've ever come across in boxing. He's scary." But,<br />
unfortunately, after 12 gruelling rounds (Eubank has never gone<br />
past 8 rounds in his career) his first loss of his career; and only on<br />
points which helped Saunders to retain his British, European and<br />
Commonwealth titles . Bringing his total up to 18-1.<br />
Eubank was born in Hove, East Sussex, the son of Chris Eubank<br />
Snr and Karron Suzanne Stephen Martin. He was a pupil at<br />
Brighton College. Eubank also featured alongside his father in the<br />
reality TV series At Home With The Eubanks.<br />
At the age of 16, Eubank and his brother Sebastian moved to the<br />
United States to live with a guardian named Irene Hutton. It was<br />
explained by their mother Karron as "mere paperwork" and done<br />
to enable them to gain dual citizenship without the need to<br />
marry, and to enhance their prospects of sporting careers.<br />
Since that day, Eubank Jr, has never lost a fight.<br />
Eubank Jr. began his amateur career in 2007. With the winning of<br />
his sixth amateur fight, he became the Amateur Golden Glove
The Frank Bruno Foundation will provide structured non-contact boxing sessions<br />
aimed to relieve the social, emotional and mental distress that adversely affects<br />
the mental health of children, young people and adults.<br />
?We are aiming to bring together the benefits of non-contact boxing with a<br />
solution focused well-being program. The aim is to bring healthy-body and<br />
healthy-mind approaches together to provide a holistic and enjoyable approach<br />
to supporting people with mental health problems. The aim is to help people to<br />
develop a healthier body and a healthier mind, building on their existing physical<br />
and emotional strengths and achievements. Our aspiration is that people will use<br />
the skills they learn on the programme to develop a happier, more fulfilling and<br />
successful future.?<br />
Fight ing Back!<br />
The Frank Bruno Foundation is a direct result of Frank wanting to give something<br />
back to the community. Frank has faced challenges both in and out of the ring<br />
and has always done so with determination, dignity, humour and humility.<br />
But it is Frank?s bravery and honesty in talking about his battles with mental<br />
health issues, which continue to earn him the respect of those whose affection he<br />
won as a boxer. It is fitting then that supporting sufferers of mental ill-health is<br />
where Frank feels his attention best focussed.
NORTHEASTFIGHTERS<br />
The World Boxing Super Series looks set to take boxing by storm, and the North<br />
East fighters will benefit.<br />
A new idea for the sport, it will be the first super series will see two<br />
competitions - one in the super middleweight division and another in the<br />
cruiserweight.<br />
Eight of the best in the world in them weight classes competing in a<br />
knockout-style tournament, which is great news for a sport plagued in recent<br />
years by the best not always fighting the best.<br />
North East boxers have already been chosen to benefit from a spot on<br />
undercards, which should be great for their exposure.<br />
Sunderland?s Isaac Macleod and Durham?s Darren Richardson (boxing under the<br />
surname Surtees) are the benefactors.<br />
Mcleod and Surtees have been granted spots on the September 16 card which<br />
is topped by the Callum Smith-Erik Skoglund WBSS super middlewight quarter<br />
final at the Liverpool Echo Arena.<br />
This should be a positive opportunity for undefeated prospects Macleod and<br />
Richardson, offering the chance ofexposure in step-up fights for both<br />
Isaac was a stand-out amateur who won multiple national titles as well as a<br />
silver at the junior World Championships. He was part of the GB development<br />
squad for a period before deciding to turn pro.
Photo © Studio F.28 -<br />
Photographer: Graham Marshall
Feeling amazing with every outfit you pull out your wardrobe is one but nailing<br />
every fashion trend of 2017 is another. From Primark?s ?love island ?collection to<br />
Gucci?s bloom slides, we?re thoroughly enjoying the fashion fiesta so far this year.<br />
Has the corset from the 1800?s taken over? This garment was originally worn to<br />
slim the waist and expound femininity of women. Now it?s being used as a way<br />
to style-up an outfit to a voguish standard. A white belt-corset can make a<br />
boring, black t-shirt look classy But wait, bralets have been spicing up our<br />
outfits lately too, as Kendall Jenner sparks up the trend at the Alexander Wang<br />
catwalk. As bralets are lifting the apparel sales, they are also lifting the<br />
confidence of women who wouldn?t dream of wearing such revealing attire. We<br />
can all go out and buy pretty bra?s from Victoria Secret and Boux avenue but<br />
after all, they still disappear under our t-shirts. The difference is, a bralet is a<br />
fusion between a laced bra and a sports bra, no adjustable straps, no under<br />
wire, nothing sounds more comfortable am I right? Slogan t-shirts are creeping<br />
back up from the 60?s, developed in a way to market a current brand. Phrases<br />
and slogans are so popular within the youth nowadays because we associate<br />
them with simple messages clear for everyone to see. But what about the<br />
printed shirts that cognate with a lot of bad language? not good.<br />
Nevertheless, is it worse than the current ?ugly shoe trend ?or in other words,<br />
sliders. Street-like and sandals have been elevating over the years but this year<br />
is all about the chunky-soled footwear people are dying to get amongst,<br />
whether you wear them to out with your friends, to go to work, or to even<br />
rejuvenate your outfit, they?re a pleasure to wear.
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Heidi & the City: Heidi?s first collection for Lidl is a tribute<br />
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Bespoke Suit s, Real Cust om ers,<br />
Real St yle<br />
A bespoke, tailored suit feels more natural, looks far better and will<br />
last longer than a factory-made, ?off-the-rack?equivalent. At Henry<br />
Herbert, we would go so far as to say that wearing a suit which is<br />
not tailored to fit means missing out on an essential experience.<br />
We offer an affordable, bespoke suit tailoring service, and will help<br />
you find the perfect fabric, cut and style for your bespoke suit. We<br />
promise you?ll never want to wear a factory-made suit again<br />
Tailor ?s Not es<br />
Every man looks good in a grey suit. While there are countless<br />
iterations of this wardrobe staple available to choose from, there?s<br />
only one style that?s going to give you the most bang for your buck.<br />
We?re talking about a slim-notch-lapel, two-button, double-vented<br />
suit in a shade of grey (not too dark, not too light) that will<br />
seamlessly work with everything else in your wardrobe.<br />
The Const ruct ion<br />
Made from a medium wool, this suit was made and cut in England.<br />
As much of it as possible was hand-tailored. A suit such as this takes<br />
8-9 weeks to make, unless you opt for our Express Service. We have<br />
a halfway baste fitting and then a forward baste fitting before the<br />
suit is finished and delivered.<br />
Det ails<br />
The cloth is from Holland & Sherry. The jacket has working cuffs and<br />
the buttons are made out of horn.
UK / GLOBAL<br />
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7498 3882<br />
Address<br />
Thomas Pink Ltd,<br />
1 Palmerston Court,<br />
Palmerston Way,<br />
London,<br />
SW8 4AJ<br />
https://www.thomaspink.com
ht t ps:/ / w w w.barbour.com / uk<br />
Barbour & Sons Ltd. is an English luxury fashion brand founded by<br />
John Barbour in 1894, that designs, manufactures and markets<br />
weatherproofed outerwear, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes<br />
and accessories for men, women and children under the Barbour<br />
brand. Founded in South Shields, England, as an importer of oil<br />
cloth, J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. has become well known for its<br />
waxed cotton jackets which are a common element of British<br />
country clothing
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