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M I K E LEWIS TALKS ABOUT BEING A GLADIATOR.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR LIFE LEADING UP TO YOU BEING SARACEN? I was a competitive body builder, didn’t do too badly and received a few 2nd place trophies after a few competitions but never won anything. I started body building from about 18/19 years of age, Possibly 1982/3, in an old gym at the back of the old linen laundry at Ladywell swimming baths which had a few machines and dumbbells on the floor. It was hard to find a good gym especially in south London as most of the gyms were in East Ham they were not popular back in those days. I joined the gym because I was a bit underweight and skinny at the time and like most young people you try and find your way and you stumble through these things and you pick up a few weights, I ended up going into Argos to buy a few dumb bells to practice in my bedroom but eventually I joined a gym in Leabridge Road and soon gained an understanding of what I was doing and it just took off from there.

WHEN DID YOU BECOME A FIREMAN? I didn’t join the fire brigade until 1985 and because of the nature of the job, it is quite physical, the fact that I was a body builder certainly was not a hindrance. Without the

body building would I have been employed as a fireman? Who knows? You had to be a certain height over 5’6” which was not a problem for me being 6’3”, and have a 36” chest which expanded at least 2”.

WERE THEY ALSO BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE JOB AS A FIREMAN WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A MANS’ JOB? Ahh, yes, we could go even deeper than that because in those days, it was also considered to be a “White Man’s” job. It was an interesting time when I joined in 1985. After training school, I was posted to Brixton Fire Station in December 1985 and was faced with the aftermath of the riots of Brixton & Tottenham. Again, this was not a very easy time being a fire fighter as we were faced with a lot of racism and nepotism in the service. However, I was greatly received by the public when I arrived at Brixton.

People used to stop and stare as they had never seen a black fire fighter before. I used to get a lot of handshakes and invites to parties and I would say that this was the beginning of my celebrity status.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET YOUR WIFE? I met Christina (Chrissie as she is known professionally as a personal fitness trainer) around the same time that I had joined the fire service. My status had changed from being unemployed and attending a small everyday gym in Leabridge Road, to working as a fireman and upgrading to “The Fitness Centre” in Covent Garden. I met Chrissie there and we have been together for over 27 years and married for (I’d better get this right), 19 years. We were heavily into the body building scene at that time and Chrissie used to do all the official management of putting all the shows together like The British Championship in Wembley. The Fitness Centre was situated

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in Covent Garden which was the prime area for the media to look for characters with a bit of muscle for certain shows.

Before I appeared in the Gladiators, I was approached to appear on several TV shows.

My first was the “This Morning” show in Liverpool, where they were doing a feature on fitness & body building, then, I did a oneoff TV silhouetted body double in the run up to the Mike Tyson & Frank Bruno fight. I had a high-top hair style like Will Smith and was asked to cut it off. Also, around the same time I appeared in the Harry Enfield’s Christmas Special. Whilst body building in the Gym in Covent Garden, I trained with a friend of mine, Andy Henry who competed in a show called “The Stars of Tomorrow”.

This started in 1987 and I believe is still being aired today. I remember thinking that this was easy and went on to win 2nd place in the competition in my first ever body building show.

later developed into a family entertainment show and that’s when the show took off.

IT WAS SAID THAT YOU WERE PERSUADED TO GO, IS THAT TRUE?

WHEN DID YOU START THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A GLADIATOR? I used to watch this American show called the Gladiators which aired very late on a Friday night on ITV. And then one day, I saw an advertisement for a brand new TV show of the UK Gladiators they were looking for contenders for the show.

DID YOU ORIGIANLLY GO THERE AS A CONTENDER? Come on, do you see me as a contender?

Lol, I just took a chance and phoned them and asked if they were still looking for more Gladiators to which they answered yes and asked me to come down for their socalled interview. The tiny new show was produced by a TV company called London Weekend Television who was based in the South Bank. No one really knew how the show would be portrayed. It was originally produced as a children’s programme but it

No, that wasn’t true. I put myself up for the interview. They had specific criteria for the show; the men had to be body builders over 6ft tall which I obviously met. Chrissie also turned up for the interview for the show but unfortunately she wasn’t the right height and did not meet the criteria.

However, she did appear as a contender in the first series. It was all about creating

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that larger than life persona for TV in those days. The actual auditions were held at the Woolwich Army Barracks. They filmed virtually everything we did and said at the auditions and people were chosen on

DID YOU HAVE TO TRAIN FOR THIS ROLE? No, we didn’t have months and months of training on how the games would be run.

The whole lot from the beginning of the show in Birmingham to the end show which was in London took 5 weeks of filming.

We had two shows a day, 5 hours per day, and two separate shows with a different audience per day. We had to get to know the games within that 5 week time frame.

Dress and camera rehearsals were done in that time and we didn’t actually meet the contenders until right at the time of the show being aired and I suppose that’s what made the show so successful as not meeting the contenders prior to being aired gave the show that element of realism. The contenders didn’t have any idea of how big or tall their opponent was until they stood face to face with them on the podium. So, therefore, there actually wasn’t a lot of time for any training.

WITH SUCH A GRUELLING SCHEDULE, DID YOU EVER GET TIRED? Off course I was tired but this was television.

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their personalities. At the time they were looking for 5 men and 5 women and they picked 6 men and 2 women. Leading up to the filming they were still looking for an equal amount of women. Eventually they got the team that they wanted and the first year the games were filmed in the June of 1992.

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WERE YOU AUTOMATICALLY CONTRACTED TO APPEAR IN THE SHOW EACH YEAR? Well, a lot of people are not aware that we had to go through the audition process every year so there was never any guarantee that our position was safe. We used to do live shows at Wembley every year and that was effectively our live audition. It was a tool that the producers used to keep you on your game as there was no room for complacency here. I felt that this was a good process as it kept you fit and sharp and in touch with any new games that were introduced. We were part of the game. At the last series of Gladiators, there were only 4 of the original members left (Myself, Wolf, Cobra & Lightening) which just goes to show that if you didn’t keep up, you were easily replaced.

WERE YOU THE MOST POPULAR GLADIATOR?

I’D like to think so but a lot of the men would have chosen Jet the female Gladiator.

WHO OUT OF THE OLD TEAM DID YOU, GET ON WITH THE MOST? We all got on very well. Most of us were from all different parts of the country and therefore the 5 weeks of filming was longest we were ever together at the same time.

We certainly were not there long enough to make enemies or fall out with each other and we all went our separate ways after filming until the following year.

I IMAGINED THAT CERTAIN GLADIATORS WERE FILMED IN GROUPS AS NOT ALL WERE SHOWN ON TV. No, every gladiator was in attendance for the filming for every single show but it all depended on who was interviewed or highlighted, which interview was the most spectacular and how each game was

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edited. It was a very expensive production and everyone had their own individual camera following them through every game once they stepped out onto the arena. It’s all about characters at the end of the day because everyone had their own individual catch-phrase. Mine was “the one and only”.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR CHARACTER WAS THE REASON WHY YOU STAYED LONGER IN THE PRODUCTION? I think so because it’s all about the performance. They had the right balance of characters that made it work. There couldn’t be too many baddies otherwise the show became too much like a pantomime. Wolf had that cornered off as he was the only baddie and because we were not competing against each other it didn’t really matter who won or lost, it was about the performance of each character.

My character “Saracen” was the good

sportsman who would only give you one chance to win one battle.

HOW DID YOU COPE WITH THE INSTANT FAME? We were not prepared for the media attention; we just got on with it. But it really actually hits home when you go abroad and someone recognises you. The show was internationally massive.

SO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN PAID WELL FOR ROYALTIES? No unfortunately we didn’t get paid the massive pay-outs you would expect out of a show that became very popular show.

We made a choice to be bought out of the royalties because at the beginning we never imagined that the show would be so successful. We were given the option to get paid equity rates which was very low for repeated episodes and if the show

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was sold on video or abroad or, the second option was to receive a one-off substantial payment for the 15+ shows each year. We chose to take the one-off payment not knowing that there was going to be an extra 15 years of repeats. Life is all about experiences and risks.

HOW LONG DID THE PRODUCTION LAST? The show lasted 8 years.

SO WHY DID IT END? The show was produced by London Weekend Television who incurred massive expenses by building specifically made sets and equipment. Then they got taken over by a company called Granada TV. Granada recognised that Gladiators was a very popular show but also realised that the show was not very profitable. In those days, shows like Mr Blobby, Noels House Party, Blind Date and the beginnings of reality TV shows had very little production costs compared to the Gladiators.

One day, someone called me and suggested that I buy a newspaper. And there it was, a double page spread announcing that the show had ended. That’s how we all found out that we were not wanted anymore. All of a sudden the industry didn’t need us and we were instantly replaced.

SO WHY DID YOU CARRY ON BEING A FIREMAN WHEN ALL THE OTHER GLADIATORS WERE SOAKING-UP THEIR CELEBRITY STATUS? Again, it’s how you perceive yourself and how you want other people to perceive you. I stayed with the fire service because working on shifts made it easy to balance the two jobs and that allowed me to keep my feet firmly on the ground. Some of the

other Gladiators had regular 9-5 jobs when the show started and therefore, had to leave in order to attend the regular personal appearances and various photo shoots.

The paparazzi only took pictures of the most popular Gladiators and therefore, not wanting to sound racists, a lot of my black counterparts were not seen as sellable material and therefore were not photographed or profiled a lot. That didn’t matter to me but some people couldn’t handle this especially as the mainstream media would always paint a negative picture in order to sell their publications.

However, if I was an “A” list personality the media would have been following me around constantly. I only made front page news when I did a rescue as a fireman. This was featured inside the national pages and the Voice Newspaper picked it up and made it their headline news. Therefore, none of the media actively pursued me for interviews as Saracen.

DID YOU TRY TO FIND OTHER JOBS WHEN THE GLADIATORS ENDED? It was very difficult really, I didn’t have an agent. I was a victim of my fame because film producers or directors couldn’t get past the persona of Saracen. My auditions were always good but Saracen was too ingrained in the public psyche and I couldn’t get past that. This probably was a blessing in disguise because I am a very grounded person and I am not sure how I would have handled the limelight and glorification of being a TV personality. I didn’t milk it.

However, I appeared in several films and TV shows during and after the Gladiators.

CAN YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE APPEARANCES?

I was never asked to do anything

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untoward but my most memorable appearance (or non appearance) was when the option rights to the story “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” was granted to Paramount in 1993, Jim Henson’s creature shop created “The Centaur” through CGI and I was asked to be the human half for the motioncapture of the creature. After several months of work, the film was put on hold, and the creatures went into storage and were never seen again.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF NOW & IN THE FUTURE? Who knows? I’m not a person who makes plans, life just happens and I just go along with it. I wasn’t actively seeking the fame at the time; I just did a job, got paid for it and went about my business. I can honestly say that I was never disappointed that the

TV appearances had ended. It’s just one of those things and you have to move on. No one can predict the future but I have never lost focus. I study the science of Egyptology and still actively keep fit. I am also involved in a project which highlights the history of Capoeira which is a martial art and dance form originating from Brazil, and is used to promote physical fitness and grace of movement. I don’t know where this project will take me but it’s what I am good at and it helps to promote positive black images and awareness of our heritage.

WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU SEND OUT TO THE YOUTHS OF TODAY? I would hope that my life as a fireman and as Saracen would set a positive role model for people to look up to and hope that black boys especially, can use my example to negotiate their way through the hurdles that living in this society offers.

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In its 48th year, it is known as Europe’s biggest street festival. The London’s weather for both days during the August Bank Holiday was graced by sunshine with a few drops of rain, giving away a unique show on its own.

The customary colourful and energetic floats blasted out 1000’s of watts all over the streets of W11, with the typical soca, calypso and dancehall music that encouraged young and old revellers to dance. The 40 static sound systems profiled the big names in the sound system fraternity like; Aba Shanti I, Channel One, Saxon Sound, GI Roadshow, Lord Gelly’s, King Tubbys, Solution Soundsystem and Sancho Panza just to name a few. After parties also took place from 7pm on each day around the carnival perimeter.

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Vincent John, chairman of the recentlyformed “London Notting Hill Carnival Enterprises Trust” praised his colleagues for delivering “the spectacular we all desired.”

Over the two day event, the Met Police made 299 arrests mainly for drug and public order offences thanks to 7000 police officers and around 40.000 volunteers who supported the Europe’s biggest street festival. They praised the carnival for passing peacefully despite the cloud of last year’s riots.

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elcome once again. Hasn’t the weather been amazing? Especially during the Olympics while the athletics have been underway. I see the West Indies (Jamaica) have ruled the roost when it comes to winning medals from that side of the Ocean. Being an honorary Barbadian, I must say I felt the urge on many occasions to defect to the other side. I even remonstrated with my two sons that it was time Jamaica had some sort of competition and it was time for them to get training for 2016.

Anyway, humour aside, welcome back once again to the Holistic and Wellbeing column with me Esther Austin. This is where I cover anything to do with spirituality, holistic wellbeing and consciousness, bringing you interesting and eye-opening articles from this perspective. Empowering you with information and knowledge about a different way of looking at life opening up to you a new paradigm way of thinking and knowledge that will empower you to make better or different choices in your lives.

The work I do is based on personal transformation, healing and empowerment.

From my world, I believe that whatever goes on in our lives on an emotional, spiritual or physical level is often related to our emotions I.e what goes on in our thoughts and on a subconscious and conscious level. We are the sum of our thoughts. Are we really the creators of our reality? Let’s delve a little

deeper here with my interview with Carine Wayne-Campbell and the work she does to empower transformation and healing in peoples lives.

This month I bring you an interview with Carine Wayne-Campbell an Energy Consultant using a modality called Spiritual Response Therapy.

In her line of work it’s all about recognising that as individuals we are energetic beings and so she works with individuals to help them to connect with and re-balance their energy systems.

For those people who are not au fait with understanding about energy, can you explain further what you do and the type of person that will come to you?

I help people to understand the roots of their life challenges and work with them to clear it and re-create the life they desire. Generally my clients tend to be mostly women, in their late 20’s and onwards who recognise that some aspect of their life is not quite working the way they planned as they were growing up and they will have some sort of challenge whether it be a physical illness, relationship, career or money. They would recognise that something was not working i.e they might have visited the doctor, gone to various types of workshops and read lots of books. So they will have some sort of understanding about spirituality and they tend to be open minded individuals who have a certain understanding about themselves.

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How did you get into this line of work?

I had always been spiritually aware and spent a lot of time looking at the sun saying “Can I go home now please” (we both laugh at this because I too had similar experiences) it’s like what is going on down here in this world? ” I was brought up in a Christian background and went to Church. I felt lots of deep emotions there and got a good understanding about religious concepts and loved the concept of Jesus, but came away from that because I did not find it completely fulfilling. I felt it was half the story and therefore I felt the need to search for something more beyond that.

How I came to do what I am doing now came about when I found myself blocked and stuck in my own life and in my own business. I had followed it by the rules. I set up a business plan, got a business loan did my marketing and was working night and day and was not getting the results that should’ve been happening and I just felt so stuck. Also, I’d just had my first child and I thought what’s going on, why is this not working? Then I got an email from a friend and it said “Is your life stuck? and I said “Yes that’s me!”

So I immediately responded, booked myself an appointment and that was that. I didn’t even take any details, I just knew I had to go. I didn’t look at the price or the fact that it was a three day event, I just knew I had to go to see this lady and that she was going to sort me out and that was all I needed. So I went along and didn’t realise that I had actually booked myself onto a course to learn how to unblock myself, so that is where it started.

That course I booked onto was called Spiritual Response Therapy and that’s where you use a number of charts and a pendulum for dowsing* and so I learned how to work at looking at my life not just from the perspective

of here I am now, i.e. I was born just as I am and only from the child to this present day is all I have ever known. What SRT taught me to understand more fully was that this is just a representation of who I am in this body, but

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and races. I’ve been the victim, I’ve been the perpetrator in previous lives, so this is just one representation of who I am. My Soul is the part of me that stores the records of these lives and all the accumulated energy from my experiences, positive and negative, which impact me at ALL times. My Soul houses my spirit and my spirit is that aspect of me that is part of God. Can you elaborate on Dowsing?

Dowsing is a form of kinesiology (sub conscious muscle responses from the body). I use a pendulum which is any object suspended from a bit of string. It could be a ring on a chain, a cross or necklace, a weight at the end of a piece of string. That piece of string is moved or I am given directions through my body which has its own level of consciousness to indicate on my charts what my higher self/spirit wants me to know. So the string is not moving by some sort of magic. My body or fingers override my conscious mind and ego and directly moves automatically in accordance with source.

my Soul is eternal and it has had hundreds of thousands of lives and personalities. Yes Carine Wayne-Campbell, is who I appear to be now, but in previous lives my other disguises are as men and women of different cultures

You mentioned about being one aspect of who you are? What do you mean by that?

This personality, Carine Wayne Campbell, is the way my soul is being represented on earth at this moment in time. This is less than 1% of who I really am. The rest of me is in a non-physical form and by that I mean I have a physical body, a mental, emotional, a spiritual body and then there are a further 14 bodies which are spiritual. So I am living this life now and this life, the circumstances in which I am in, the people around me and my challenges will be the result of some degree of Karma. Ultimately the Spirit has journeyed from source otherwise known as God or whatever you choose to call the ultimate creative energy down to this physical plane, which is the densest plane of all, and

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on its journey it will have accumulated through its experiences, a lot of negative beliefs, perceptions and judgements and also positive ones. The purpose of this is for the spirit to learn and grow and ultimately to re-member that it is a Spirit, a spark of God and through these challenges we experience on this journey to this earth plane and on the return journey to God/Source we are perfecting ourselves so that we may become Self Realised or Masters.

So lets make this a little simpler by using the analogy of when someone comes to visit you – what is the process?

A person would be facing some sort of a challenge which will be the universe’s way of saying that there is something here you need to deal with and that person will have tried many different ways to solve their problems and will have come to nought. That is probably because the root cause of every problem is spiritual. And so, you might go to a doctor and he will give you an aspirin to make you feel better but it does not get to the root cause, or it’s like putting a plaster on a cut. So what I do is work with people to identify the root cause of their challenge and when you do that you are able to help them to understand why they are having this challenge. Once the lesson is learnt, the energy which created that challenge can be cleared by using SRT (Spiritual Response Therapy) and then that individual will not have to go through the cycle again with that same problem. And the cycle that I am talking about here is the death and re-birth cycle.

Can you further elaborate on this?

Our purpose is to perfect ourselves, to bring heaven to earth by being pure spiritual beings whilst being earth bound. We go through the death and re-birth cycle to correct our mistakes from our previous lives. If our mistakes are not corrected in this life, we die again and then have to face the same challenges, but each time the challenge becomes a little harder until you are motivated to overcome it. You

have to clear all false beliefs, perceptions, judgements and energy before you can return to Pure Spirit. Each life should take you a step closer to this goal. SRT allows you to deal these challenges from a root level so that you do not have to deal with that issue again. GOD does not want us to suffer, but we create our own suffering through erroneous beliefs, thoughts, words and actions.

So what type of issues do people come to you with then?

Typical things are a fear of something, i.e. someone may have a fear of driving and they have no idea where it came from. When you do research using SRT you could find that in a previous life this person was either killed in a car accident or killed someone as a driver.

Another example is in relationships where two people are together and the relationship they are they are very hurtful to each other and yet they cannot let go – they may be addicted to each other. And so they have come together again in this life time so research from SRT would show that there is an addiction energy from a previous life when they were together in a similar situation.

Right, and I am going to throw this one in – what happens when you work with someone and break that cycle, what could happen to their relationship with a “significant other” as a result of that clearing if only one person has had the clearing?

That person now has free choice (even though they had free choice previously there was a sub-conscious block which made it difficult to act with conviction to leave the relationship) which they are now empowered to follow.

With this also, because only one person has been cleared, this also highlights the fact that we are the creators of our reality, which many people will have a problem accepting and that is called “Victim Consciousness” - but we are creators because we are in the non-physical image and likeness of God.

So how would a client experience the session?

The majority of clients come away feeling lighter, as if a burden has been lifted, the first clearing can take up to two and a half hours and will clear negative energies accumulated over hundreds of thousands of lives, can you image how heavy that must feel? (laughs). This process will do a complete clearing of the Soul which means we will partly look at the particular scenario or issue they came with which brought them to the clearing and as well as any underlying issues, so they have understanding about the issue. Aside from that, the whole of their soul record is cleared.

more and more beliefs and the light that was with us become more and more cloaked with untruths. And so we have come to the densest place in creation, earth school, where some of us are so fully cloaked we do not even know we are spiritual. But many of us, including myself have something within us which drives us to seek more and more of the truth. This truth knows that there is more and our challenges are created by those sparks to say “wake up, there is a deeper truth within you, this is not who you are”.

So I believe we are here to learn and grow and purify ourselves so that we can go back to once And this really means that whatever a Client again being pure spirits but with knowledge came to see you with, once cleared, that and experience. situation, scenario would never be repeated again?

So how do you think this way of being can affect Technically yes. However, being human beings the world? and creators we can re-create the same scenario Currently there is a lot of darkness on this planet. all over again by dwelling on it, by speaking People committing heinous crimes, people are about it in the present tense because we will starving, coveting our neighbours partners, have formed judgements, beliefs and habits belongings etc . This is because there is a wide around the challenge itself and those have to belief in lack and limitation, ‘not enoughness’. be addressed also.

If each individual strives to open up a way for their life to shine by seeking the truth about their being, listening to that little voice inside This is pretty deep and I can say and trusting it, the darkness has to subside. that I have had a session with Where there is light there is no darkness, but Carine and this stuff really works. there is such a huge imbalance at the moment I had a few blockages myself, and it takes great strength for individuals to which yes I was surprised at what follow the light inside. SRT helps you to power came up but after a session with up by clearing away the suppressing energies, Carine, I have managed to shift empowering more people to let their light shine, those blocks. this in a nutshell, will enable us to experience heaven on earth.

Carine what are your beliefs about life and God? I believe that we as Spirits chose to separate from God in order to know ourselves as individuals. In that process we forgot we were spiritual beings and started taking on other beliefs. In the Bible it is referred to as “the fall.” As we continued on our journey we added

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pANACHE 12 Inch Bic! An American goes into a bar and sits down next to an English guy.

The American notices that the English guy has a huge BIC Lighter.

The American says, “Wow cool lighter, where did you get it?”

The English guy says, “A genie granted me one wish when I rubbed this bottle”.

“Wow”, says the American, “Can I have a go?”

“Sure”, Says the Englishman.

The American rubs the bottle and the genie comes out, “You have one wish” Says the genie.

The American wishes for a million bucks, the genie grants the wish.

About 5 minutes later a load of ducks come into the bar, there are thousands of them.

The American says “I don’t believe this I wished for a million bucks, not a million ducks”.

The Englishman says “Well do you really think i wished for a 12 inch BIC?”.

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E JOKES Timbuktu The National Poetry Contest was now down to the last two contestants; a Yale graduate and a Jamaican Rasta man. They were given a word and were allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word.

The word they were given was “ Timbuktu ”.

First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said: “Slowly across the desert sand, trekked a lonely caravan; Men on camels…two by two; their destination? Timbuktu.”

A big applause went up! No way could the Rasta man top that, they thought.

The Rasta man calmly made his way to the microphone and recited: “Me and Tim, went on de road, three thief stop wi, an want wi load.

They were three and we were two So I bucked one and Timbuktu.”

The crowd went wild!!

The Rasta man won. Of course!!

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A Jamaican Story Chapter 7

by Clayton Brown

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s a young black boy growing up and living in Brixton in the late 60’s and 70s, I was insulated somewhat from the blatant racism that black people experienced in other less densely (black) populated areas.

I did however, experience my fair amount!

When I first arrived in this country my mother had enrolled me in a Primary school near Kennington, just up the road from the Oval cricket ground. There were only a few black kids in the school and as far as I can recall, I experienced no racism from the children in the school itself, I don’t know if this was because they were so young.

Outside of school, however, kids from the surrounding areas would call me gollywog, nigger and black bastard and I would respond “white bastard”. I only took offence at the bastard implication, because as far as I was aware I was not one. Coming from a place where everyone I had ever known was “black”, I took no offence at that description and still do not.

At the time I did not take the other words to heart, as I did not know what they meant, having never heard them before. I did, however, feel the malice behind the words and even at that tender age wondered, why?

Why the malice? Why the hatred?

Back in Jamaica I had seen one or two white people on the sojourns with my aunty into

Kingston to sort out my passport to come to this fair land, and had been curious as to their peculiar pigmentation or rather lack of, but in no way did I feel any hatred or enmity towards them.

I didn’t even know these people who would shout at me from across the road or just come up to me on the street and spout venom. I remember once while dressed in my English winter attire: trousers; socks; shoes; underpants; marina; shirt; jumper; jacket; duffle coat and balaclava, not to mention gloves, which meant that none of my skin was exposed to view, two white boys came over to me lifted my duffle coat hood and exclaimed to each other, “He’s a wog!” and went on their way. Why? It was in my teens that I realised how lucky I had been to have grown up in Brixton, which was known as little Jamaica to many, and also to be growing up at the beginning of the Black power era.

At the summer Olympics of 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, American Gold and Silver medallist respectively in the 200 meters had raised a black gloved fist to the world.

James Brown recorded, “Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m proud”, and everyone who could, sported an “Afro” hair style.

Even though I had been warned about the “terrors” of Tulse Hill Secondary school, the reality was, to my surprise, much more pleasant. The school was huge; it looked like several tower blocks joined together.

It consisted of 8 floors and accommodated nearly 2000 boys. The majority were white; however, there were enough black boys to ensure that we never heard derogatory racist words spoken aloud!

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However, the moment, I believe, that truly defined and re-enforced my-self image as far as racism and its effect on my psyche is concerned was the day my one and only “hero” ,unexpectedly visited my school.

The day started much like any other school day as far as I remember, but after lunch there was a buzz of anticipation going around. Something was going to happen that afternoon! Sure enough as we went back to our form rooms after lunch break we were told that there was going to be an impromptu school assembly and that we should all gather in the great hall.

By the time I got to the hall there was already a whispered rumour someone famous was coming to the school! Whoever it was, it would be a welcome distraction. Suddenly the buzzing noise of hundreds of whispering voices got louder. I turned round to the left towards the main entrance to the hall and experienced the shock of my life. Muhammad Ali, not 4 feet away from me, I felt the urge to go and shake his hand or failing that touch him, I wanted him to acknowledge that we had in fact met each other. It never happened; he was whisked to the stage to an accompanying cacophony of cheers from the entire school.

He was introduced to us and began his talk.

We were all captivated by the personality of the man and when he called for the tallest boy in the school to come on stage to do some sparing with him my heart jumped, especially as I heard my name being mentioned by members of staff. Unfortunately for me, Tony Sibley, head boy and friend was at least 2 inches taller than me. Damm, why was I only 6’ 2” at 15 years old?

In 1974, this picture was taken of Muhammad Ali at Tulse Hill Comprehensive, sparring with a schoolboy.

Ali sparring with head boy @ Tulse Hill

But how did the world heavyweight champion – and one of the most famous men in the world - end up in a South London state school shortly after the Rumble In The Jungle with George Foreman in Zaire?

Well, he was invited by civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson, who was on the school’s board of governors and thought it would be a good idea to ambush Ali in the lobby of the Hyde Park Hilton and suggest he come to the school assembly.

We continued to chat and he wanted to know how much I’d pay him. I looked him straight in the eye and said: ‘Muhammad, I haven’t got a dollar.’ He responded ‘Not even a dime?

You have more nerve than Frazier.’

Muhammad Ali (previously known as Cassius Clay) was the champion of the World. He was also my role model. Here was a black man, heavyweight champion of the world, a man who not only championed the sport he excelled in but also championed his people.

Here was a sporting star who was not solely motivated by money. Here was a black man with a keen mind and a sharp wit who would not cower to white intelligentsia. Here was a man who was proud to be black. As was I!

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Panache E-Magazine followed Norma Benghait’s recipe and WOW, it certainly tastes as good as it looks in the picture.

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TRADITIONAL JAMAICAN COOKERY By Norma Benghait

BANANA BREAD • • • • • • • • • •

2 cups (10 oz, 300 g) flour 3 teaspoon of baking powder ½ teaspoon of salt ½ teaspoon of nutmeg ½ cup (4 oz, 125 g) butter 1 cup (8 oz, 250 g) sugar 1 egg, beaten 3 very ripe bananas ½ cup (4 fl oz, 125 ml) milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg and set aside.

2. Cream the butter and sugar. When the mixture takes on a very pale, satiny sheen, add the beaten egg and the bananas, mashed to a smooth paste. Mix well after each addition. Add the flour gradually with the milk and lastly add the vanilla.

3. The mixture should be thick but not too stiff.

4. Pour it into a greased loaf of bread tin and bake it in a moderately hot oven, 350ºF, 180 ºC, gas mark 4 for 1 hour or until brown.

5. Test by inserting a long skewer or knife in the centre – if it is ready the knife or skewer will come out clean. If not, bake it for a little while longer.

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We all love Nigeria and as she turns 52 in October 1st 2012, Juliana Lucas, enlists 50 and, oh yeah! 2 things you should know about her beloved country.

1. Nigeria known as the giant of Africa gained her independence from its English colonial master on October 1960.

2. The country became a republic in 1963.

3. There are 36 states in Nigeria.

4. Abuja officially became Nigeria’s capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos.

5. There are three tribes. That is the Hausa’s in the north, the Yoruba’s in the west, and the Ibo’s in the east.

6. The official language is English.

7. According to a 2010 United Nations report, the country is populated with about 158.3 million people.

8. Located in West Africa, Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

9. Its name was derived from the Niger River running through the country, which was coined by writer Flora Shaw in the late 19th century.

10. Nigeria was formed by combining the northern (Hausas) and southern (Yorubas and Igbos) protectorates.

11. The first prime minister was Benjamin Nnamdi Azikwe.

12. Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion.

13. Portuguese ships reconnoitered the West African

coast south as far as the Niger Delta by 1471, and in 1481 emissaries from the king of Portugal visited the court of the Oba (king) of Benin. They established a slave trade soon after their arrival.

14. Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria, was a Yoruba settlement of Awori people.

15. The place initially called Eko was named Lagos after a Portuguese maritime town. It served as a major centre of the slave trade, ruled over by Yoruba kings called the Oba of Lagos.

16. In 1841, Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne of Lagos and tried to ban slave trading. Lagos merchants, most notably Madam Tinubu, resisted the ban, deposed the king and installed his brother Oba Kosoko. The slave trade resulted in a vast and as yet still unknown loss of life for African captives both in and outside of America.

17. Dapo Oyebanjo also known as D’Banj was signed to US rapper Kanye West’s GOOD Music record.

18. Approximately 1.2 – 2.4 million Africans died during their transport to the New World.

19. Most of the slaves passed through Badagry, a port in Lagos.

20. Before British rule in 1900, the people in what is now known as Nigeria consisted of four different empires: the Northern Empire, the Calabar Kingdom, the Oduduwa Empire and the Benin Empire.

21. The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the NigerianBiafran, started in 1967. It was the result of the merge between the northern and southern protectorates.

22. The first national anthem of Nigeria was adopted in 1960 and the lyrics were written by Lillian Jean Williams, a British national.

23. Calabar became the first Nigerian capital city following a treaty signed by the Obong of Calabar and the British government in the 17th century.

24. Calabar Kingdom was the first kingdom to use a money system in trading in West Africa.

25. Nigeria was the last African country to abandon the £sd (pounds, shillings, pence) currency system.

26. The naira replaced the pound in 1973 at a rate of N2 to £1.

27. The N20 (20 Naira) banknote was the first currency note in Nigeria bearing the portrait of a Nigerian citizen.

28. The Nigerian national flag was a design by a Nigerian student named Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, chosen in 1959 during a competition from almost 3,000 entries.

29. Nigeria has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with the International Monetary Fund projecting a growth of 9 percent in 2008 and 8.3 percent in 2009.

30. Former president Umaru Yar’Adua became the first civilian leader in Nigeria to take over from another civilian. He was also the first Nigerian leader to be university educated in over 40 years.

31. 31 Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as the new president of the country in May 2010.

32. Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956, at Oloibiri (Bayelsa State).

33. Nigeria’s oil reserves are the ninth largest in the world. In 1987, crude oil reserves totaled 16 billion barrels. It is projected that by 1997, the reserves could rise to 20 billion barrels. Nigeria is a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).

34. A Nigerian has been elected secretary general of OPEC for a record sixth term.

35. Nigeria also has vast largely unexplored natural gas reserves, the world’s fifth largest. Dozens of European and American businesses are currently exploring joint venture businesses in gas production.

36. According to the Home Office Statistical Bulletin gathered by Philip Danzelman in 2010, 6,955 Nigerians were granted British citizenship in 2009.

37. The UK’s largest concentration of Nigerians is found in south London – Peckham, Camberwell, Thamesmead, and Abbey Wood.

38. The first African Mayor of Southwark Mayor was a Nigerian named Tayo Situ.

39. The Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, is worth hundreds of millions of pounds, with an estimated turnover of US$250 million per

year.

40. The term ‘419’ comes from section 419 of the Nigerian constitution that deals with financial crimes and fraud.

Violators of the code are referred to as 419ers.

41. The University of Michigan’s World values survey ranked Nigeria as the world’s happiest country in 2003.

42. It is widely believed that the areas surrounding Calabar, Cross River State, contain the world’s largest diversity of butterflies.

43. Contrary to popular belief, Jollof rice did not originate from Nigeria. It’s a dish from Guinea.

44. The rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana led to the branding of the ‘Ghana must go bag.’

45. The national sport is football.

46. They won an Olympic gold in football at the Atlanta 1996.

47. Alexander Amosu, a Nigerian designed the world most expensive suit. This suit, which is priced at £70,000 (about $101,907), includes nine 18 carat gold & diamond buttons and features very expensive fabrics from rare animal’s vicuna and qiviuk 48. Fela Anikulapo Kuti, also known as Fela , was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.

49. Notable Nigerian parliamentarians includes: Chuka Umunna MP for Streatham, Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and Helen Grant MP for Maidestone and the Weald.

50. Pepper soup made with onions, hot chili peppers and meat or fish is one of the signature dishes of the country.

51. Nigeria became the first African country to fully pay off its debt (estimated $30 billion) owed to the Paris Club.

52. A booming industry has been the mobile phone sector.

There are approximately 1.25m landlines in Nigeria, whereas there are estimated to be more than 30m mobile phone subscribers. Analysts believe that growth will continue, with Nigeria overtaking South Africa to become Africa’s largest market by the end of 2007.

NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE 2nd Annual Awards 2012

The most prestigious Nigerian industry event of the year, the Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle Awards (NEL Awards) takes place on Saturday 22 September 2012, 6.30pm 11pm at the NH Harrington Hall Hotel, 5 - 25 Harrington Gardens, London SW7 4JW. This will be a high profile event to formally recognise the achievements of Nigerians in entertainment and lifestyle. The evening will consist of an award ceremony, keynote addresses and entertainment. The organisers Sam Onigbanjo and Seye Aina are also raising funds on the night for two charities: the Down’s Syndrome Association Nigeria and the Children’s Development Centre supporting disabled children in Nigeria. Event sponsors include Arik Air who have donated flight tickets to Nigeria for the raffle draw.

The NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE AWARDS (NEL Awards) commenced in 2011 and is the first industry event of its kind in the UK celebrating and recognising the achievements of Nigerians in the Entertainment and Lifestyle sectors. The NEL Awards will not only showcase the best in the Nigerian entertainment and creative sectors but encourage those who are wishing to break into the international and mainstream markets. Event information is available on the NEL Awards Website: http://www. nelawards.com/ and you can also find out about the awards on Nelawards on Twitter and Facebook.

Entertainment on the night will be at its best as we will be entertained with a fashion Show and great Music. Comperes on the Night, The Incredibly Talented and Famous “Wisetola” and the International Compere Bidemi Alaran.

NELawards is Sponsored by Marcomms365, Pace working,Consulting4london, Africa Movie Channel, WebiT, Project motion picture and Arik Air. Our Media Partners are Marcomms365, I circulate, Diva Scribe and Panache Occasions.

The Finalists Are: Yemi Osunkoya, Kosibah Chief Mrs Julie Coker Damilola Oshilaja May7ven Lexy Mojo-Eyes,Legendary Gold Best Business

Finalists: Smade, Arit Eminue, Events4Us Best Student

Finalists: Sola Ajayi, Chi Chi Victoria Okafor, Jennifer Onah Best Playwright

Finalists: Bola Agbaje, Ade Solanke, Andrew Osayemi & Debra Odutuyo Best Make-up Artist

Finalists: Facequizite, Abi Adeyemi-Kolapo, Clare Eluka Best Actor

Finalists: Wale Ojo, Jimmy Akingbola, Chizzy Akudolu Best Fashion Designer

Finalists: Lyze Hats, Asake Oge, Frank White International Award for Journalism

Finalists: Ayodele Lawal, Bayo Adeoye, Jacob Akinyemi Johnson Electronic Media Award

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If you’re only chasing the money, the money will keep running!

who don’t make it.

Now I’m not suggesting that wanting to achieve monetary success is a bad thing, but if you’re only in it for the money then your chances of success are slim. Starting up your own company tech driven or otherwise and making it a success is not an easy task. And no matter how much you think money will motivate you toward achieving that success you’ll find out that it really isn’t.

People are internally motivated by success, validation, growth, creating change and bettering themselves more than they are by money. If your start-up fails to deliver some of those softer motivations then it may not last the distance.

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here’s an opportunity that entrepreneurship offers, often married with mobile and dot com technologies which most of us are very much aware of.

Why? Well because some of the most high profile successes in recent years have come from people from all walks of life who have used technology to ‘make it’.

So naturally this encourages somewhat of a gold rush effect in the hope that similar success can be attained.

In principle, this is fair enough, but in practice there’s a problem, a big one.

Now this may not be you, but if it is then listen keenly because we all know someone like this.

I’m talking about the budding entrepreneur young or old who comes up with an idea for the next ‘big thing’ but their conversation is stuck on how much money they’ll make from it and how rich they’ll become.

For far too many entrepreneurs this is the driver - money, not value or innovation. This is the reason why for every successful mobile app or dot com there are literally thousands

To make things even more complicated, what are your team’s motivations? Are they the same as yours? Are you sure? How do you know? I’ve seen countless businesses with perfectly good ideas fall apart because their team wasn’t on the same ‘page’ and (figuratively of course) jumped into bed too soon.

So what’s the solution? Easy - build a product or service that people will find useful, that lots of people will find very useful in fact. Make it really good, in fact make sure it’s excellent and you’ll find that revenue will soon be a byproduct. This is exactly what Facebook, Twitter and YouTube did so you’ll be in good company.

About the author: Julian Hall, a serial entrepreneur also known as “The Online Genius” is the author of the #1 Best Selling book Entrepreneur to Ultrapreneur - 100 Ways to up your Game is out now on Amazon on Kindle or Paperback Find out more by going to http://www. julianhall.co.uk/2012/07/book-entrepreneurto-ultrapreneur-100.html

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w Must Go On! Peckham designers Gisella Couture describe how they survived the London riots of 2011 BY: Janelle Oswald

I Original article published in The Voice Newspaper on Thursday 16th August 2012

T IS hard to believe it has been a year since Gisella Couture, a beautiful and eyecatching fashion business on Peckham High Road, was completed looted and vandalised in last year’s summer riots.

Mother and daughter design team Giselle and Jan Asante burst into tears when they discovered their beloved boutique had become a target.

Giselle, 57, who has owned her tailor-made clothing business for 20 years, was warned that looters were out in full force and her shop

would be targeted.

When the police arrived it was too late. Their livelihoods had been ransacked and custommade clothes stolen, including wedding dresses due to be collected by brides-to-be that week.

Still picking up the pieces, the award-winning designers were sent a letters of apology from the alleged culprits.

They talk to Janelle Oswald about how they’ve dusted themselves off, and started again.

BACK IN BUSINESS: Jan Asante, Giselle Asante with Nicole who helped defend their shop from looters

How well have you recovered from the riots?

Gisella: We’re still coming to terms with what happened, even though we feel the devastating effects of it up until now. We’d been working for twenty years to get to where we were and every single item that was looted on the night of the riots was handmade, so we feel the loss of our creations deeply. Many of the outfits and fabrics were irreplaceable, so it will take a long time for us to fully get back on track. We are grateful though to be open again and hope people will come back in, so we can continue to create and do what we love.

Who do you blame for your shop being looted?

Jan: My mum and I have reflected on this question a lot. It’s complicated, but ultimately ‘blame’ isn’t a productive state of mind for us. Reconciliation and atonement are healthier issues for us to engage with, so we’ve been active in engaging in many of the community dialogues that have taken place since the riots. We’re re-focusing our creative energies now on questions of what we can do to heal in the face of our personal trauma.

Both of you can be described like phoenixes rising from the ashes - where does your strength and determination come from?

Gisella: It probably comes from a higher power that gives us the humility to keep a sense of grace and perspective, even in the face of tragedy. We survived the riots, so there’s still hope. Others lost their lives, so we’re appreciative to still be here, in spite of

everything.

What has the riots taught you about mankind/society?

Jan: To us, the riots essentially signified a social crisis - a breaking point; a momentary erosion in the process of order, civility and safety that we perhaps take for granted on a day-to-day basis as Londoners. On the opposing end of civil disorder though, is the shining moment for human endeavour.

It’s an opportunity to see people rise to the occasion and embrace their best selves.

Take for instance, all those ‘clean-up armies’ who came out to clean up the community in the wake of the looting. They were virtual strangers who got together via social media to do something to improve a terrible situation. We’re so grateful for the existence of people like them, who reassure us of the best in humanity.

Gisella: We also met a wonderful young lady named Nicole as a result of the riots. She was among a brave group of local women who tried to fend off looters outside our shop on the night of the riot. She came to us in the aftermath and brought back some of the scraps of fabrics she’d manage to retrieve from the streets. We’re grateful for young people like Nicole and were able to offer her a fashion mentorship at our boutique this year.

Do you have any advice to other business people who find themselves in the position where they have to start over?

Gisella: Take a deep breath, keep calm and just do the best you can.

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Young people accused of looting Gisella Boutique have sent letters of expressing regret.

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The long await

British Reggae Indust 13th October 2012,

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he British Reggae Industry Award (B.R.I.A.) was first established in 1981 to acknowledge British reggae artists for their dedication and contribution to reggae music. The mission has not changed, but has been revitalized because of the continuous interest for reggae music.

B.R.I.A provides the ultimate platform for this music genre to be showcased to the world; cumulating in a prestigious Awards Ceremony.

the development of reggae music amongst the younger generation, and also honor the contributions of the more established Artists within the industry. There is a need for a unified approach, to the delivery and positive promotion of reggae music to its audiences and it is our aim, to assist where possible in this ongoing journey.

B.R.I.A proudly announces their desire to give back to the wider community and will be using the audience of the Awards The British Reggae Industry Awards will Ceremony to highlight a positive cause. take place on the 13th October 2012 at the 02 Indigo Arena; Tickets are now B.R.I.A are supporting the Prostrate Cancer available from www.ticketmaster.com. Charity, this is an important charity to for This Year the show will start from 6.00pm the Caribbean community to acknowledge, and finish at 11pm due to number awards because black men are three times more and big headliner acts such as “Tippa Irie” likely to get prostate cancer, then their “Christopher Ellis” “John McClean” “Lady white counterpart. B.R.I.A are thus urging Lex” and many more. for ALL men, of any ethnic background to get a medical checkup if they are The ceremony will see potential nominees concerned. from various categories, in the line-up to win this year’s much coveted B.R.I.A B.R.I.A is planning an ‘star studied’ event, Award. Potential winners such as Jimmy where reggae music can be appreciated Cliff and Freddie McGregor are up for this by all, this can only happen with your year’s ‘Life time achievement’ Award and support and we are encouraging all reggae the category for The ‘Best New Comer’ will fans to come and support UK reggae and see nominees, such as Miss Kjah and Claire also enjoying a fantastic evening watching Angel in the running to win. outstanding performances, by both our domestic and international champions.

The endeavour is to make a lasting connection with the Awards, as an If you would like more information then annually recognised event; not only in the please visit the website: U.K but also internationally. The Awards will provide encouragement and enhance www.britreggae.com Send us your comments to: - info@panacheoccasions.com

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try Awards (B.R.I.A) , at The O2 Indigo

Big headliner acts such as “Tippa Irie” “Christopher Ellis” “John McClean” “Lady Lex” and many more.....

YOU DECIDE THE WINNERS !

B.R.I.A and all of the Nominees would like to thank you for your support and taking the time to vote. We are pleased to announce that we now have the B.R.I.A finalists (the top five from the initial round).

Now we need you to vote for your winner.

The slate is clean, everyone is starting from a level playing field, which also allows those of you who may have voted for someone else the opportunity to cast your vote for one of the top five finalists. The initial round of voting resulted in 64,445 votes across all categories.

We at B.R.I.A know that there are more people who care about reggae music , please spread the word and let’s see if we can get more then 64,445 total votes and show the music industry that Reggae Music is Number 1.

Voting closes 1st August 2012 – YOUR VOTE COUNTS

Dear Fans As some of you may be aware, Studio One has been nominated by the British Reggae Industry Awards (BRIA) for the best sound system in Britain.

Obviously we couldn’t have done it without you.

We are now at the final stage and really need you, your relatives, friends even your enemies to log on to : www.britreggae.com and vote for us.

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my stubborn self was going to ignore? Yet that warrior gal in me, madam hard ears, as they say in Barbados, tried to stretch it out. I stretched to the left, I stretched to the right.

Nothing, the tightness remained. I stretched up high, I stretched up low, I stretched up as far as this short Bajan girl could go. . The tightness remained. Yet I still tried to finish my workout. It was then the Universe said, enough is enough and took me down where I have had to stay for the past week, pretty much.

The Only Way is Up? No It's on Crutches for me - What is My Lesson?

Dear All Hello and what a lovely sometimes challenging month it has been. This month I've cried, I've laughed, I've been mega intense, I've injured my Achilles tendon - yep was exercising two Sundays ago, as I have been in training for the three peaks event in October for Breast Cancer Haven and all of a sudden, tightness.

Yes the room blurred for one brief moment and I winced. Hark, was this an injury that

It was then with crutch in hand after a week, I dare say of allowing myself to get a crutch, that I hobbled around, pitifully?........no! as I knew I had created this injury. I had to hobble with head held high. But I had to look at the lesson this was teaching me. Maybe it was for me to learn to remain still for longer than 10 minutes whilst I prioritized my life some more and also because it was my right leg, this meant I had to put down my masculine side a little more.

The side which always strove forward, I had to allow myself to be cared for more, to be carried, to step into that feminine side.

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Hmmm - I thought as I sat at home with my slightly fat and swollen toes winking at me from their vantage point of being elevated on a nice cosy cushion.

What did this all mean? At one point I did have to attend to a rather important meeting, and as I winced and hobbled up three flights of steps I could feel the child in me coming out to play, with all her frustrations. Three flights would usually take me no time at all. In fact, with my red doctor martens in tow, I usually operated at the speed of lightening, as many of you know. Fast enough to claim that I could possibly teleport myself anyway within the blink of an eye. Yet this stairs thing had become quite tiresome. 5 minutes to climb one flight of steps was just not funny. And on the way back down, usually having to swivel to the right, hold the banister tight, leg down slowly......this whole thing was becoming too time consuming. So on this particular day, my partner, to my delight and glee asked if I wanted a Piggy Back, and once again the child in me gleefully surfaced. As I sauntered down the steps on his back praying that he would not trip flinging me through the air, I thought - this is the life of Riley. Yet once again, I felt to reflect at how I had got to this place.

I did aggravate my leg somewhat more this past weekend because I went to a party and after promising my partner I would meekly sit where no man had sat before, on my hands with feet securely tucked under my chair and I would only rock and nod to the music - was all short lived. They put on a high energy mad up jungle tune and did the Candy Dance or Electric Slide to it and it was all over for myself and the promise I had made. The next day however, and subsequent day after that, I was in so much pain, in both legs as the other one had been compensating, I felt as if I had swallowed bricks up my nether regions and barbed wire around my hips. Serve me right - yep you are spot on.

Anyway, to get to the point...often times when injuries or illness appear in our lives, it is a sign for us to look at the bigger picture.

Why was it created in the first place? What lessons were there to be learned? Do not look at lessons as some sort of punishment.

Learn to take the judgement out of how you perceive your so called short comings and recognise that we all make "mistakes" for want of a better word. That's life. That's how we learn. My learning was on many levels.

But the most important was that I was able to get some important work done which is going to affect and transform the way my business operates very soon. Also look out for two dynamic workshops coming up in the last quarter of this year and retreats for next year. Vroom, vroom.

So since I cannot really do a hard core workout at the moment, I've taken to swimming and lots of stretching. Like a duck to water!

Now there’s lots and lots and lots to share with you and lots of freebies and great events, so hang on in there. Here we go.

ESTHER AUSTIN Intuitive Healer and Intuitive Reader ThetaHealing Basic DNA Practitioner Hypno-Analysis and Regression Therapist Transforming, Healing and Awakening the Inner You www.qarmatherapies.co.uk www.qarmabroadcast.co.uk

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Helpers Needed - UFD Runner’s Quest Half Marathon - Sunday 23rd September 2012 It’s that time of year again and UFD need assistance with their annual Runners Quest Half Marathon in aid of Cancer Research UK ?

They need course marshals, timekeepers, water stations, etc.

Pillow Talk with Esther Austin - Every Wednesday between 7pm-10pm, www. venturefmradio.com, 99.5fm.

Discussing love and relationships, offering taster live readings and playing some wonderfully oochy smoochy music, which has real depth and meaning. All music is carefully and lovingly selected. What’s love got to do with it? Simply everything.

Know thyself. Until you understand who you are, until you can gauge that every relationship is based not on a tick list you have but on the energy within you which attracts another, then you cannot attract unto you what you truly want and if you are in a relationship where you are blaming and unhappy, then one of the questions to ask yourself is “Why is this person STILL in your life and more so “How did I create and attract this?”

I will be talking tantra, sensuality, self worth, self love and interviewing many many dynamic people to empower you on your walk through life, giving you tools and techniques to experience love, maybe for the first time ever. Learn techniques of good communication. Understand how to read what she/he wants and much, much more.

I’m the student and you are the teacher, I am the teacher and you my student. Let’s do this journey well together.

It all takes place on Hackney Marshes, Homerton Road , London E9 5PF , Sunday 23rd September 2012.

You would be required to arrive at the Marshes at 08:00am and would leave by around 2pm. The time will go quickly as it’s so much fun and you get a lot of personal satisfaction helping out and encouraging the runners. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided as a thank you.

If you or anyone you know would like to help, please let Bob Betton know by email, bobbetton@hotmail.com, leaving your name, contact numbers as helpers need to be registered beforehand. If you can help please respond by next Tuesday 28th August.

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‘Spiritually Fly’ with Faith Hunter to the lively attractions of ‘Spice up your life’ with Claire Missingham and ‘Spin Rolling Ocean Motion’ with Roberto Milletti. Many classes at the show are Free, and we would like to give your readers the chance to WIN FREE entrance tickets as well.

WIN TICKETS to visit OM Yoga Show 26th, 27th & 28th October 2012. OM Yoga Show are offering 6 pairs of three- day passes for the forthcoming Yoga Show worth £54 a pair - to give away. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is answer the following 2 questions.

1. What time does the exhibition open on Friday?

2. Who is teaching ‘Spice up your life’ at this year’s yoga show?

To enter the competition, please go to: www.omyogashow.com/competition.

Competition closes on Friday 12th October OM Yoga Show is also a host to over 200 exhibitors show casing yoga, Pilates, complementary therapies plus a fantastic range of yoga accessories, clothing, jewellery, super foods, holidays plus lots more > Further details are available on website www.omyogashow.com. For a free exhibition programme telephone 01787 224040 or register on our web-site. www.omyogashow.com FREE TICKETS - POSSIBLE AVAILABILITY - PREVIEW DOCUMENTARY SCREENING IN LONDON OF SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND “NEW AGE PHILOSOPHER OF LOVE” DR. JOHN-ROGER - “Mystical Traveler - The Life and Times of John-Roger” will screen Saturday September 29th followed by Q&A with Director at the Prince Charles Cinema

renowned spiritual teacher John-Roger will visit London this September with multiple events including the first public preview of his new feature length documentary “Mystical Traveler - The Life and Times of John-Roger”. He will be joined by his codirector on the film Jsu Garcia (Along Came Polly, Atlas Shrugged, Che) for the screening, which will be followed by Q&A. “Mystical Traveler -- The Life and Times of John-Roger” Sneak Preview Join us for the first public screening of the feature length documentary Saturday September 29th 7:30pm | Cost $10 or £6 The Prince Charles Cinema 7 Leicester Place London WC2H 7BY John-Roger Video Seminar Marathon - Video seminars -- experience Total Light Immersion Saturday September 29th 9am - 6pm | No charge, donations welcomed The Prince Charles Cinema | 7 Leicester Place London WC2H 7BY The Way Out Book Event with John-Roger*, Paul Kaye & Jsu Garcia Releasing The Way Out book on Audio, spoken by Paul Kaye Saturday September 22nd 2pm - 5pm | No charge, donations welcomed, The Grand Connaught Rooms | 61-65 Great Queen Street London WC2B 5DA Tickets are available via presale online http:// johnrogerlondon.eventbrite.com IF INTERESTED I MAY BE ABLE TO GET TICKETS TO THE SCREENING - SO PLEASE EMAIL ME AT INFO@QARMABROADCAST.CO.UK ASAP.

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OVARIAN CANCER

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Dr Frank Chinegwundoh

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he ovaries are two small, almond shaped organs that lie in the female pelvis. They produce the eggs that an essential part of the female reproductive system.

Child-bearing history Women who have not had children are slightly more likely to develop ovarian cancer than women who have, although the risk is still very low.

Each month, in women of childbearing age, one of the ovaries produces an egg. The egg passes down the fallopian tube to the womb (uterus). If the egg is not fertilised by a sperm, it passes out of the womb and is shed, along with the lining of the womb, as part of the monthly period.

Hormonal factors Starting your periods early or having a late menopause slightly increases your risk of ovarian cancer. Using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can slightly increase the risk. When HRT is stopped the risk of ovarian cancer gradually reduces to the same level as women who haven’t taken HRT.

The ovaries also produce the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone. As a woman nears the menopause (‘change of life’), the ovaries make less of these hormones and periods gradually stop.

Each year, about 7000 women in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. (Compare this with the 40 000 women diagnosed annually with breast cancer). The causes are not yet completely understood but some factors are believed to increase the risk.

RISK FACTORS Age As with many cancers, the main risk factor for ovarian cancer is age. More than 8 out of 10 (85%) ovarian cancers occur in women over the age of 50. Most ovarian cancers occur in women who have had their menopause. Having said that a diagnosis of ovarian cancer is often missed in younger women because it is uncommon and the symptoms vague.

Infertility Some research has shown that infertility may slightly increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Health factors Having endometriosis – a condition where the womb lining grows outside the womb – may increase your risk of ovarian cancer.

Diet and body weight Being overweight may increase your risk of developing ovarian cancer. It is thought that with increasing obesity rates will go increasing ovarian cancer rates.

Eating a diet high in animal fats and low in fresh fruit and vegetables may also increase your risk. In common with many cancers less meat & more vegetables is good.

Genetic factors About 5–10 in 100 (5–10%) of ovarian cancers are caused by an inherited faulty gene in the family. Women who have had

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breast cancer have an increased risk of

ovarian cancer. This is because breast and ovarian cancer can be caused by the same faulty genes.

• • •

If you think you may have an increased risk of getting ovarian cancer, because of breast or ovarian cancer in your family, you should contact your GP who can refer you to a genetic counselling clinic. These clinics are based in hospitals and you will be seen by a genetics specialist who can check your family history to see whether you are likely to be at increased risk.

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It is possible to be screened for ovarian cancer. This is generally by ultrasound scan of the ovaries or by a blood test called CA 125

PROTECTIVE FACTORS The following may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer: • Having children may decrease your risk of ovarian cancer, and having two or more children may provide more protection than just one.

• Breastfeeding your children may slightly decrease your risk.

• Women who take the contraceptive pill are less likely to develop ovarian cancer.

• Aspirin and other non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs may reduce the risk.

Symptoms of ovarian cancer

• The difficulty is that many of the symptoms are vague and shared with many other conditions.

Or, often there are no

symptoms at all.

Pain in the lower abdomen or side Bloated, full feeling in the abdomen Irregular periods or vaginal bleeding after menopause Lower tummy (abdominal) pain Back pain Passing urine more often than usual Constipation Pain during sex A swollen abdomen Feeling of fullness or loss of appetite

If you have a symptom as above or are worried because of a family history, especially if you are over 50 years of age, you should consult your GP (family doctor).

In the UK, a suspicion of any cancer triggers a specialist referral, who must see you within two weeks.

In this case the referral would be to a gynaecologist.

TESTS The specialist would conduct an internal pelvic examination and organise tests.

Such tests may include a CA125 blood test (high levels if ovarian cancer), an ultrasound scan, a CT scan and/or MRI scan.

At times laparoscopy (or keyhole surgery) is used to inspect the pelvic contents under general anaesthesia, to make the diagnosis.

When a diagnosis is made of ovarian cancer, the next question is what stage is it.

That is to ask if it has been caught early or whether it has spread. The treatment and the outlook depend on the stage.

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Figure to demonstrate position of the ovaries. Taken from Macmillan web site

TREATMENTS

Each case is discussed amongst a multidisciplinary team involving gynaecology surgeons, oncologists, nurses, radiologists, pathologists. The team looks in detail at all the data to decide what would be the best treatment option for the patient. The decision is discussed with the patient in clinic. Surgery and chemotherapy are the main treatments.

Surgery Surgery is the mainstay of treatment. Most women with ovarian cancer will undergo surgery. It involves an operation to remove both ovaries, fallopian tubes; the womb and cervix are then removed. This is called a

total abdominal hysterectomy and salpingooophorectomy.

Occasionally, in young women with borderline tumours, or low-grade, stage 1a cancer, it may be possible to remove only the affected ovary and fallopian tube, and leave the womb and unaffected ovary. This means you may be able to have children in the future.

Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells.

The drugs work by disrupting the growth of cancer cells. Ovarian cancer is usually very sensitive to chemotherapy and in most women the tumours will become smaller and may disappear.

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• Chemotherapy is usually given after surgery to reduce the risk of the cancer coming back. It also may help shrink tumours before surgery or relieve symptoms if surgery is not possible.

• Most women with ovarian cancer have six sessions of chemotherapy as an outpatient, with rest periods in between.

• Chemotherapy can cause unpleasant side effects such as tiredness, hair loss and lowered immunity, but any that occur can often be well controlled with medicines.

Such drugs may include carboplatin and paclitaxel.

Outlook The prognosis depends on many factors, particularly the stage at which ovarian cancer is diagnosed. Stage 1 is an early tumour, stage 4 being an advanced cancer. Those with advanced cancer do less well.

If we take all comers, that is put all stages together, of all the women diagnosed with cancer of the ovary • About 7 out of 10 (70%) will live for at least 1 year after diagnosis • About 4 out of 10 (40%) will live for at least 5 years after diagnosis • About 3 out of 10 (30%) will live for at least 10 years after diagnosis These figures were collected for women diagnosed in England and Wales between 2003 and 2007 from Cancer Research UK. After treatment follow up is by means of the CA 125 blood tests and regular scans to check for recurrence. Recurrences can be treated by further surgery or chemotherapy depending on the site of recurrence and the amount of recurrence.

Cancer Black Care is a registered charity since 1996, supporting predominantly black and ethnic minority cancer sufferers and their families.

We are looking for motivated individuals to join our board of trustees or to volunteer experience and skills in fundraising, grant writing, welfare rights, cancer awareness raising, newsletter production, administration.

If you have some time to commit to four board meetings a year and would like to be part of a well respected, London based, forward thinking organisation, why not give us a ring.

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SEPTEMBER

IS cANCER aWARNESS MONTH

Health and Fitness tips for September.

by Patrick Lewis your Fitness Guru

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ast month was an Olympic extravaganza.

And although we all can’t be as fast as Mr Bolt, we can at least try to be just as fit.

So, let’s look at some more health tips to help you through your exercise routine, eat well and have good health. We all want to be fit, lose weight and look good so lets put these tips to action and be much healthier .

Healthy Habits HEALTH: Getting fit and healthy may seem a straight-forward concept, but there is a wealth of misleading information out there which can leave you feeling confused and even further from achieving your goals. These tips will help to dispel a couple of diet and exercise myths which could be holding you back.

Research has shown that there are four healthy lifestyle habits that are strongly associated with living longer, regardless of body weight. These healthy habits are: 1. Eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables daily; 2. Exercising regularly; 3. Only consuming alcohol in moderation; 4. Not smoking

EXERCISE: Contrary to common belief, there is no such thing as spot reduction when it comes to getting your body in shape. Sit ups alone don’t make your waist thinner, it takes more than side bends to lessen your love handles and adductor presses won’t singlehandedly make your thighs smaller.

The truth is that overall body fat must be reduced to lose fat in any particular area; you can’t simply make certain areas of fat go away by working the muscles near it.

When at work why not make your lunch break productive and do something physical every day.

Go for a walk, stretch, do some push-ups or situps... it doesn’t matter what you do as long as you do something. You’ll burn a few calories, relieve stress and feel better when you get back to work.

It will also help you to make one healthy habit a part of your daily lifestyle without adding to an already busy schedule.

NUTRITION: Breakfast is a great time to get in some of your five a day. Try adding chopped apple and berries to your cereal or a handful of fresh vegetables (such as peppers, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms or tomatoes) to your scrambled eggs or omelette.

The more brightly coloured, the better!

The myth: Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.

The truth: whilst cutting carbs from your diet may have short-term weight loss benefits (due to water loss from a decrease in carbohydrate stores), moderate consumption of wholegrain carbohydrates does not directly lead to weight gain. The body uses carbs for energy so going too long without them can cause you to feel weak and tired and is likely to have a negative impact on your training Certain foods become healthier when eaten together. The nutrients found in many vegetables are fat-soluble, which means your body absorbs them better when you eat a little fat with them.

So by adding a little cheese, olive oil, avocado or nuts to your salad, you will actually make it better for you.

Look forward to being at The Gym soon!

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t’s September again.

The summer is gone, the Olympics are over, and your coat is back out of the closet.

ITV is advertising it’s mandatory line-up of ‘Autumn Drama’, the evenings are shorter, and the kids have only just told you that they need a new bag for school.

Oh well, at least the football is back, and with the money being spent all over the league and all 3 promoted teams from last year staying up (for the first time since 2003), it’s going to be better than ever.

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Summer is gone, but Football is on!

By Kieran Etoria-King Queen’s Park Rangers If we’re going to speak about money and promoted teams, then one must begin with Queen’s Park Rangers, who have had a baffling 2012 in the transfer market, seemingly signing anyone and everyone available. Despite the scattergun nature of their transfer policy, there appear to be some decent signings here, considering this side came within minutes of relegation in May. The most baffling of all though is Julio Cesar.

After having already signed a perfectly good keeper in Robert Green, the Hoops decided to add Brazil international Cesar, who, in a confoundingly baffling interview, said that he believed he could win the Premier League at QPR. While that may be… a tad optimistic, R’s fans can realistically look forward to a top 10 finish.

the man who led them to back-to-back promotions from League 1, to Aston Villa, so if any of the three look vulnerable to ‘second season syndrome’ it is sadly them, and they will have to be cautious of the trapdoor. They cannot be written off though, as on their day, they are a useful outfit.

Swansea City The Swans really were the success story of last season, stunning the world with their slick ‘tiki-taka’ passing style (which, on a statistical level, was second-most-effective only to Barcelona in all of Europe) and finishing 11th. Despite losing their manager Brendan Rodgers and star playmaker Joe Allen to Liverpool, along with winger Scott Sinclair to Manchester City, they have started strongly. Their chances of a top-half finish are far more realistic than those of QPR; practically inevitable if they continue to meet their own high standards.

West Ham United, Southampton FC, Reading FC One always has to assume that the promoted sides will be relegation candidates, but last season only QPR even came close, so nothing is a given anymore. West Ham were Premier League fixtures up until two seasons ago, and with several impressive additions, most notably Andy Carroll and Yossi Benayoun both on loan, they should be equipped to stay up comfortably. Reading and Southampton both also make welcome returns to the Premier League, Southampton on the back of a double promotion. Their key player will be their top scorer for the last two seasons, Ricky Lambert., along with £12million record signing, Uruguay international Gaston Ramirez, from Bologna. The 21-year-old attacker outshone Luis Suarez and co at the Olympics. Reading had a turbulent two-year

Norwich City It’s also worth noting that Norwich, the third team of last season’s promoted clubs, also had an impressive season last year. However, they have lost their manager Paul Lambert,

Aston Villa, Wigan Athletic Having narrowly avoided the drop last year, Aston Villa’s rapid slide towards the Championship shows little sign of reversing on its own, and their signings this year have been underwhelming at best. Wigan are always a part of the relegation melee, but there is a reason they have stayed up since 2005. They will probably secure a ninth successive season in the Premier League, but once again, probably not by much.

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spell in the Premier League between 2006 and 2008 under Steve Coppell. They will be hoping to build a more sustainable stint this time around. Striker Pavel Pogrebnyak will add a goal threat which he demonstrated at Fulham last season on loan from Stuttgart.

He has joined the Royals on a free transfer.

Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion Elsewhere, in mid-table, Stoke are as solid an outfit as ever, but don’t expect them to budge too far from their 14th place finish last year, as the teams above them have also strengthened. Sunderland also appear to be going sideways, while West Brom, 10th place last year, are a dark horse. The loan signing of Didier Drogba protégée Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea could prove to be an inspired move for them. The Belgian 19 year old scored 33 goals in 73 senior appearances for Anderlecht before moving to Chelsea.

Fulham FC, Everton FC Fulham and Everton both look capable of making a realistic push on the top 6. Since the days of Roy Hodgson, Fulham cannot be taken for granted, and with the addition of former Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov, they could be a force to be reckoned with, despite losing their own talisman Clint Dempsey to Tottenham on deadline day.

Meanwhile cash-strapped Everton continue to defy logic, starting this season with an impressive home victory over Manchester United. David Moyes’ team demonstrates everything that is still right with football. In a league dominated by the clubs with the biggest transfer kitty’s, Everton are a solid unit who show a true team spirit and desire to do well for each other. Expect big things from them this year.

Liverpool FC Former Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers is facing a far more daunting challenge at his

new club Liverpool. Rodgers rode into this season on the customary wave of optimism which greets every new manager at Anfield, but this bubble was crudely burst at West Brom on the opening day, where the Reds lost 3-0. Having loaned out-of-favour Andy Carroll to West Ham and missed out on Clint Dempsey, their striking options remain incredibly thin, however this means young players such as Raheem Sterling are guaranteed a look-in. 17-year-old winger Sterling has earned comparisons to Liverpool legend and fellow Jamaican John Barnes for his fearless attacking spirit, pace, crossing and dribbling ability, and he has impressed in his first starts against Manchester City and Arsenal. The target for Liverpool is of course a top four finish, but with the leaps and bounds taken by the teams around them, that may be just beyond their reach again this time.

Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur Staying with the battle for the top four, Newcastle, Spurs and Arsenal are also in the running. Newcastle name wing-back Vurnon Anita as the only notable addition to their squad. However, the Magpies looked so strong last season that manager Alan Pardew should have little cause for concern.

They soared past their own expectations last season, missing out on 4th place by only four points, and you can bet that they will be there or thereabouts again this season.

Tottenham Hotspur actually did clinch 4th place last season, but their Champions League spot was cruelly negated by Chelsea, whose victory in the competition saw them qualify as champions despite finishing 6th in the table. Tottenham have since replaced popular boss Harry “’Arry” Redknapp with the man responsible for Chelsea’s dismal 2011/12 league season, Andre Villas-Boas.

Chairman Daniel Levy has given him a formidable transfer budget, which he has

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used to kickstart what could be a successful revolution at the club despite the departures of Luka Modric and Rafael Van der Vaart.

Chelsea FC Meanwhile, his replacement at Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo has splashed 80 million of Roman Abramovich’s pounds to revamp his team while losing Salomon Kalou, Jose Bosingwa, and most notably, Didier Drogba on free transfers. The revolution has begun astonishingly well. Midfielder Eden Hazard has immediately begun justifying his £32million price tag, picking up 4 assists and 1 goal in his first 3 games. The Blues have started terrifically, and there is enough there to suggest that they can realistically challenge the Manchester clubs to the title, although they will probably come up a little short this year.

Arsenal FC Arsenal, have of course lost Mr. Van Persie, to Manchester United, and have re-invested the cash to sign Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud, and Santi Cazorla. In the long run, they appear to be equipped to deal with this loss, but as it has every year recently, it will take them time to get up to speed. It seems they will again have to settle for 4th place, at best.

football these days, and despite the Premier League in general being at it’s most competitive in years, one can only assume that the title race will be between City and United once again. Last season, Sergio Aguero’s last second goal (deep into what has ironically become known as ‘Fergie time’) snatched the title from United’s grasp, and this year the Red Devils are still stinging. Fergie has kept his head and made two big signings, Robin Van Persie, the apparent go-to-guy for goals, and young Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, who was one of the stars of the double title-winning youth revolution at Borussia Dortmund.

Moneybags City, meanwhile, have had a surprisingly quiet summer by their own standards - they have only brought in young Everton and England midfielder Jack Rodwell, Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia and Swansea winger Scott Sinclair, and for once they have recouped some of the money by offloading Adebayor and Adam Johnson for a total of £15million. The solid return of Carlos Tevez from his 6 month golfing holiday/tantrum in Argentina is also a massive boost to the team’s quality and morale. Both sides have had shaky starts, and while this does indicate that the gap between them and the alsorans may have shrunk, I still do not believe it has disappeared, and once these sides find their form, normal service will be resumed.

However, it is impossible to choose between them. That’s the beauty of the game.

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Voice sports editor, Rodney Hinds, gives his verdict on arguably the greatest Olympic Games of all time.

Original article published in The Voice Newspaper on Thursday 23rd August 2012

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HE LONDON 2012 Olympic Games will live long in the memory. It will be remembered for a spectacular opening ceremony, Super Saturday - when Team GB grabbed a trio of gold in 60 glorious minutes - and the crowning of the finest sprinter to grace the planet, Usain Bolt. Add the fact that Team GB’s cyclists, rowers and swimmers and track and field athletes ensured third place in the medal table, with an unexpected 65 medals, 29 of which were gold, and it was almost the perfect Games in many ways.

On occasion while seated in the Olympic Stadium, I thought that the greatest show on Earth had been transported to Kingston, such was the influence of Jamaican athletes and their equally charismatic fans.

The Caribbean as a region can take great pride in the Games. Athletes from the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada gave their followers around the globe a chance to puff out their chests.

Magic moment for me? There were several but Farah, a genuinely likeable man, has to take the plaudits. While Bolt was expected to deliver, no one – apart from mighty Mo himself and his lovely family expected the long distance king to come up trumps in two gruelling events. I’ll be very surprised if he does not take the coveted BBC Sports Personality of the Year gong too such was his efforts.

ANNIVERSARY For this correspondent, Super Saturday was the highlight, as heptathlete Jessica Ennis, long jumper Greg Rutherford and mighty Mo Farah all powered to gold medals on a night to remember.

Twenty-four hours later and the greatest sprinter of all time, Bolt, confirmed his status with another 100m masterclass to get Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence under way in grand style.

The noise generated in the Olympic Stadium would have registered on the Richter Scale. It was enough to inspire tired athletes, like Farah, when they had very little in the tank. The crowd’s participation was a contributing factor towards Team GB’s happy and glorious Games throughout the sporting festival.

The main man of track and field then underpinned his burgeoning credentials by claiming 200m and 4x100m relay gold, bringing home his nation’s baton in recordbreaking time.

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There has been much talk of legacy after the Games. True legacy will only come if youngsters, especially, get the chance to use the first class facilities that 2012 has provided.

SUPPORT The London 2012 motto has been ‘inspire a generation.’ The performance of Team GB and others have certainly done that.

Thousands made up the Games experience; volunteers, police, the armed forces and they all did their glorious bit and not always in the public eye.

To all those that campaigned for The Voice to gain accreditation to the Olympic Stadium for the track and field segment of the Games, I say thank you. Without the powerful and influential show of support yours truly would have been consigned to watching all the great action via TV. Accreditation should be easier for 2016 in Brazil. I won’t be sports editor then but if the show of support makes life easier for my successor, then the collective will would have succeeded.

As for me, I’m looking to help the sports media within our community gain more respect, and press seats, at major events.

London 2012 has been a success. Not all concerned will be happy, and LOCOG can’t tick all the boxes.

But when all is said and done, the London Olympic Games has to rank amoung the very best.

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