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Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation) review
"The Final Fantasy tradition continues for me. Each Final Fantasy game I play one ups the game I played before it. I thought it would end with Final Fantasy VII, such a great game that was, not likely to be beaten. And yet through the entire game Final Fantasy IX was right on it's tail, and it overthrew it with the perfect ending. See, you are basically buying a $20 movie with Final Fantasy IX, and a little bit of fun also. However I can think of millions of movies that are worse than the story s..."
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Breast feed at night
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Hi dear parents, How many times a baby boy (9-month-old) will breast feed while on sleeping at night?
| Mar 04, 2013
At 9 months, my daughter was sleeping through the night. I used to feed her some heavy food, like cerelac or rice, before sleep time and it would induce sleep for the whole night. If you dont reduce breast feeding at night at this age, you will have long term problems relating to sleeping through the night.
| Mar 03, 2013
Thank you for the suggestions. Now I am planning to bottle fed Cyril. I will try the suggestions. My mother-in-law is telling me that babies will breast fed twice at this age. But Cyril drinks more than 5 times. so I asked about it.
| Mar 02, 2013
Hi Dimple. A 9 month old baby can sleep for longer stretches at night. But it varies from one baby to another. If your baby has suddenly started waking up, then he/she maybe going through a growth spurt or a developmental change.
| Mar 02, 2013
By this age your baby should be able to sleep at a streatch for about 3-4 hours amd will need to be bottle fed while putting him to sleep n breast fed once or twice throughout the night... Now its summer so babies also feel thursty n need water in night sometimes....

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What HHS Secretary Tom Price said about opioid addiction treatment
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price raised an uproar after being quoted by a West Virginia newspaper as saying that a type of treatment for people addicted to opioids isn't very effective and suggesting there's a cure for addiction — despite research on the contrary.
"If we're just substituting one opioid for another, we're not moving the dial much," the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Price saying on May 9. "Folks need to be cured so they can be productive members of society and realize their dreams."
Price was in West Virginia on a "listening tour," meeting firefighters and paramedics who respond to calls of people overdosing on opioids. Price "touted faith-based programs while showing less support for medication-assisted programs in which addicts are weaned off heroin with other opioids like Suboxone and methadone," the Charleston Gazette-Mail said.
Price's comments prompted hundreds of researchers and practitioners to write a letter urging him to "set the record straight" and assert that medication-assisted treatments "meet the highest standard of clinical evidence for safety and efficacy."
A spokeswoman for Price offered PolitiFact a longer excerpt that provided more context of the secretary's response to the newspaper. Price seeks to expand access to treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment, his office said.
We won't be rating Price's statements on the Truth-O-Meter because the longer version presents a more nuanced picture. Here's an overview of the controversy and the expanded response.
Opioid drugs cover prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl (similar to morphine but much more potent), and the illicit drug heroin.
Misuse and addiction to opioids has become a national epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 91 Americans die daily from opioid overdose.
CDC said opioids are "the main driver of drug overdose deaths," and West Virginia in 2015 had the highest rate of death due to drug overdose, 41.5 per 100,000.
Prescription opioid dependence, abuse and overdose cost the United States $78.5 billion in 2013, according to CDC research.
PolitiFact has fact-checked several claims about opioids, but we wanted to learn more about statements coming from Price, a physician and former Georgia representative now leading the department in charge of enhancing and protecting the health and well-being of all Americans.
An HHS spokeswoman told PolitiFact that rather than discarding avenues to treatment or embracing a one-size-fits-all mantra, Price favors a broader range of options, from medication-assisted treatments — including methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone — to faith-based recovery programs.
"One of the five pillars of the secretary's strategy to combat the opioid epidemic is expanding access to treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment," HHS spokeswoman Alleigh Marre said.
She offered a longer transcript of the exchange with the West Virginia reporter. Some of Price's words in that transcript are slightly different from the quote in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. There's more context and a broader point that what works for one person, may not work for all. But it still includes the message about not moving the dial much with opioid-type medication substitution and getting people "cured." (We've bolded the text that differs from the newspaper account.)
Reporter: "Last question, on the treatment...we hear a lot of debate here, faith-based or the medication assistance treatments, do you guys lean one way or the other?"
Price: "I think what I know about health care is that what's right for one person isn't necessarily right for another person, but I do know that if we just simply substitute buprenorphine or methadone or some other opioid-type medication for the opioid addiction, then we haven't moved the dial much. And so what we can do to try and find the medications that aren't the agonist, the antagonists. Vivitrol is an example. It's a medication that actually blocks the addictive behavior as well as the seeking behavior. That's exciting stuff. So we ought to be looking at those types of things to actually get folks cured so that they can come back and become productive members of society and realize their dreams."
Vivitrol is the brand name of a form of naltrexone, a medication also used to treat opioid addiction. It is not an opioid. Naltrexone is taken after opioid detoxification.
To reinforce Price's stance, his spokeswoman also pointed to several blog posts, op-eds and statements in which he writes about improving access to treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment.
At an April 19 summit in Atlanta where he announced the department's strategy for fighting opioid crisis, Price noted, according to prepared remarks: "There is no miracle drug that will cure addiction."
Price's comments as reported by the West Virginia newspaper prompted more than 600 practitioners and researchers to sign a letter asking Price to "set the record straight" about medication-assisted treatment.
"Media sources reported that you characterized these treatments as 'just substituting one opioid for another.' The perception that persons receiving long-term therapy with medications — especially with buprenorphine and methadone — are not actually in recovery is widespread but grossly inaccurate. You spoke about the need to enable people with opioid use disorder to become 'productive members of society and realize their dreams,' but these medications are precisely what enable people to regain their lives. We urge you to set the record straight: medication-assisted treatments meet the highest standard of clinical evidence for safety and efficacy."
Opioid use disorder or opioid addiction is a chronic relapsing disease similar to diabetes and hypertension, said Gail D'Onofrio, a professor of emergency medicine and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, in an interview with PolitiFact.
"It is not 'cured,' but can be managed effectively," D'Onofrio said.
Abstinence-only often leads to relapse, and since the person has then reduced their tolerance, reuse leads to overdose and unfortunately death, D'Onofrio said.
Information published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, both within HHS, support D'Onofrio's statement.
"Addiction is a disease. It cannot be cured, but it can be treated with medication, counseling, and support from family and friends," said the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Medication treatments — specifically opioid agonists such as buprenorphine and methadone — are the most effective treatments for opioid use disorder, said David A. Fiellin, a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
"These medications do not simply 'substitute one opioid for another,' " said Fiellin. "Rather, they have been specifically chosen based on unique pharmacologic properties that allow them to decrease withdrawal and craving while simultaneously blocking the effect of other opioids."
They also have been endorsed by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Institutes of Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the National Governor's Association and many other leading expert organizations, he said.
"When provided appropriately they avoid euphoria (the high), are taken once a day (rather than multiple times) and allow people with opioid use disorder to function without adverse impact from their medical condition," Fiellin said.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse also dispels "myths" about medications for opioid addiction:
"Methadone and buprenorphine DO NOT substitute one addiction for another. When someone is treated for an opioid addiction, the dosage of medication used does not get them high — it helps reduce opioid cravings and withdrawal. These medications restore balance to the brain circuits affected by addiction, allowing the patient's brain to heal while working toward recovery."


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I'm going to die if I don't see this soon
Friday June 4th 2010
It's nice to see somebody getting 'viral marketing' so right when so many other people are getting it so very, very wrong. Pixar are doing such a great job with Toy Story 3 that we might just forgive them in advance for Cars 2.
[ – – If you haven't already seen the 1983 and Japanese Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear commercials, then they are also worthy of your time. – – ]
With the release date now less than 2 months away (and only 2 BLOODY WEEKS AWAY for those lucky motherfuckers in the States) it's high time we all started shivering with excitement/fear about what can only be described as 2010's Big Movie.
I cannot wait.


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Obama salutes D-Day vets - minus one
NORMANDY, France – President Barack Obama marked the 65th anniversary of the early-morning D-Day landings by saluting 9,000 Americans, many of them teenagers, who fell in a chaotic, terrifying surprise assault that would "change the course of an entire century."
The ceremony – a solemn tribute, but also a celebration of American grit – was held in the serenity of the seaside Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Row on row of white gravestones – mostly crosses, with a few Stars of David – were each marked by little U.S. and French flags.
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One of the president's honored guests – Jim Norene, a member of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne – didn't make it.
"Last night, after visiting this cemetery for one last time, he passed away in his sleep," Obama told a solemn crowd of vets stretching farther than most eyes can see. "Jim was gravely ill when he left his home, and he knew that he might not return. But just as he did sixty-five years ago, he came anyway. May he now rest in peace with the boys he once bled with, and may his family always find solace in the heroism he showed here."
The president was accompanied by Michelle Obama. Also onstage were French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Britain's Prince Charles and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
In Brown's remarks, he referred to "Obama Beach," then corrected himself to "Omaha Beach" a few words later, after a stir in the crowd.
Brown may have been confused by the French tabloid Liberation, which marked the president's visit by splashing an "Obama Beach" on the cover of its weekend edition.
The ceremony began with the national anthems of France, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
While the crowd waited, a program over the loudspeakers included last letters home from those who fell at D-Day, including one young man who began "Hey, folks," and another who wrote: "Tell dad I'm giving 'em hell for him. . I wrote Betty a letter ... Keep her cheered up."
Behind the presidential podium was a row of World War II veterans who had struggled to the ceremony in wheelchairs and on walkers, many for the last time. But the vets were hardy enough to sit for several hours in bright sunshine, shielded with navy-blue golf umbrellas while they waited for the president to arrive.
"In the face of a merciless assault from these cliffs, you could have idled the boats offshore," Obama said. "Amid a barrage of tracer bullets that lit the night sky, you could have stayed in those planes. You could have hid in the hedgerows or waited behind the sea wall. .
"At an hour of maximum danger, amid the bleakest of circumstances, men who thought themselves ordinary found it within themselves to do the extraordinary. They fought for their moms and sweethearts back home, for the fellow warriors they came to know as brothers. And they fought out of a simple sense of duty – a duty sustained by the same ideals for which their countrymen had fought and bled for over two centuries."
Obama spoke of "the memories that have been passed on to so many of us about the service or sacrifice of a friend or relative."
"For me, it is my grandfather, Stanley Dunham, who arrived on this beach six weeks after D-Day and marched across Europe in Patton's Army," he said. "And it is my great uncle, who was part of the first American division to reach and liberate a Nazi concentration camp. His name is Charles Payne, and I am so proud that he is here with us today."
Payne had flown in from his Chicago home as part of a congressional delegation.
As the seats filled up, a couple of young boys went around with an autograph book, collecting the signatures of aged warriors.
One veteran jokingly barked commands for one last time, trying to readjust a crowded section: "Slide down! Ready, front!"
The code name for the D-Day landings was "Operation Overlord." But because of a popular book and movie, history's largest amphibious assault is widely known as "The Longest Day."
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Mr. Dunn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wesleyan University (B.A., 1956) and of Harvard (Ed.M., 1970). After college, Jack spent two years in the U.S. Army, and then went to work for the Budd Company in Philadelphia, Detroit, Gary, and Buenos Aires. His last assignment at Budd was a four-year appointment as Vice-President and General Manager of Armetal, S.A.C.I., their manufacturing operation in Argentina.
Jack and Patti lived in Jackson, New Hampshire for 25 years. During that time, Jack was moderator of the Jackson Community Church, and chaired the capital campaign committee that added a new parish hall. He served on the Board of Fryeburg Academy in Maine, beginning in 1998, chairing two strategic planning committees.
Jack was Executive Director of the Mount Washington Observatory from 1996 to 1998. From 1992 through 1995, he served as President of Dean College, a two-year private institution in Franklin, Massachusetts. In the late 1980s, he founded HEDS, a 125-school data-sharing consortium, to assist colleges and universities in planning, assessment and management.
Mr. Dunn worked at Tufts University from 1969 through 1989 as Assistant to the President, Secretary to the Board of Trustees, and Vice-President for Planning. He was involved in campus planning, fund-raising planning, major curriculum overhaul, and long-term strategic planning; he also staffed key personnel searches for a new president and for several vice-presidents and school deans.
Jack has written and lectured on higher education topics and consulted with several colleges. He served on the governing boards of Dean College, Wesleyan University, the Association for Institutional Research, EDUCOM, and the Society for College and University Planning.
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For immediate release: June 9, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Three former employees of Colorado's Quanah Cattle Co. who were caught on undercover video kicking, throwing, and dragging newborn calves have all pleaded guilty to criminal animal cruelty and, as of June 2, all three have now been sentenced.
Weld County Judge Michele Lynn Meyer presided over all three sentencing hearing, noting that the video was "disturbing to the Court." According to press releases issued by the Weld County District Attorney's office, all three defendants received identical sentences: each is subject to two years of supervised probation, required to pay a $500 penalty, and must complete 300 hours of community service which includes attending a "Making Better Choices" class.
The undercover video at the center of this criminal case was filmed by Taylor Radig, a whistleblower working for Compassion Over Killing, a national nonprofit animal protection organization. Radig worked at Quanah Cattle Co for a few weeks in 2013, wearing a hidden camera to document the egregious violence endured by dairy calves, most of whom were just days old and barely able to walk.
"Documenting the abuses forced upon these young and fragile animals was heartbreaking," states Radig. "But to see this case go to court gives me hope. It demonstrates that as much as the meat and dairy industry try to hide their sordid cruelty, the American public is learning more about this violence and increasingly rejecting it."
According to COK Executive Director Erica Meier, "It's encouraging that this case of cruelty to calves was taken seriously, though we need not wait for courts to act to prevent this kind of abuse – we can help animals simply by choosing to leave them off our plates."
Visit COK.net/Quanah for more details.
Compassion Over Killing (COK) is a nonprofit animal protection organization based in Washington, DC. Since 1995, COK has worked to end the abuse of animals in agriculture through undercover investigations, public outreach, litigation, and other advocacy programs. On the web at COK.net.


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Just now, sitting on the side of my bed next to two contented cats, drinking my coffee, looking out at the sun, listening to some stranger's perfect playlist on Songza, or Spotify or something, with nowhere to be, and probably plenty to do but nothing really urgent, I thought to myself, "I am so happy to be right here, right now."
Those moments when I feel so consciously and completely happy are really cool. I think we all probably have a lot of these types of moments, but I am not sure we all have the time to stop and revel in them. We are all so busy.
I feel lucky to have the time for these moments because they are amazing, nearly tangible, and validating, and delicious, and freeing. I am so happy.
Summer brings these moments more frequently for me because I am on holiday for an extended period of time (cue the overpaid teacher trope here) and I have the luxury of being just me, in my space, with the freedom to do whatever.
It is such a lovely feeling to be happy. Cats know.
And my horoscope today? Affirming:
Virgo Daily Horoscope
Finding yourself with some time to relax, you may delight in the pleasant sensation of feeling laid-back. With the same focus that you applied to work, you now only allow yourself thoughts of the present, peaceful moment. Filling yourself with deep, cleansing breaths, you release all tension from your body as you exhale. A sigh of contentment may even escape your lips as they curl into an easy smile. Your eyes might wander, scanning your surroundings for beauty to appreciate, perhaps drifting to watch birds flying past an open window. In this moment, you can feel their playful joy as they revel in their freedom. Today, even if for just a few moments, you can enjoy a time of relaxation and feel the same delight.


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Residential Module 082 was one of hundreds of modules on the orbiting Citadel Station above Telos IV following the Jedi Civil War. The module contained, like other modules of this type, a number of small apartment pods. This module was also divided into eastern and western sections, and was located near Entertainment Module 081, the Ithorian Compound, the Telosian Czerka Corporation offices, and the Bumani Exchange Corporation, a front for the Exchange on Citadel Station.
The Jedi Exile and her companions Atton Rand and Kreia resided temporarily in apartment C3 of Residential Module 082 during the Republic investigation of the destruction of the Peragus Mining Facility. During that time, they assisted the Ithorians in their efforts to regain control of the Telosian Restoration Project and found a man named Batono, who was wanted by the Telos Security Force to testify against Czerka Corporation, hiding in another apartment in the module.
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The green signs above the doorway to each of the three apartment pods all say "RESIDENTIAL" in Aurebesh.
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Ryan Lewis Asks Strangers What Ryan Lewis Does [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
We can always count on Jimmy Fallon to tackle the hard questions. His latest challenge? Finding out exactly what Ryan Lewis (one half of Macklemore + Ryan Lewis) does. To get to the bottom of the problem, Jimmy asked Ryan himself to head out to the streets of New York City to poll strangers.
Ryan questioned strangers, asking them everything from their favorite hip-hop artists to identifying Ryan Lewis in a picture of himself and Macklemore. Given the task — and that Jimmy Fallon was behind it — it's a given that the results are hilarious. Our favorite moment was when Ryan joyously informed a participant that she "just got Lewised!"
We love that Ryan clearly had a great attitude about opening himself to scrutiny. While Macklemore, the other half of the Grammy-winning duo, might be more recognizable, Ryan is still an integral part of the pair. (And, in case you're wondering, he is a producer and DJ.)
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Negative Effects of bad posture on the body and mood
Poor posture is the new first-world problem that's causing more mental and physical health complications than most people realize.
The human body was designed to move – not to sit in a chair for several hours at a time. Over time, bad habits lead to fatigue, depression, pain and headaches. There's a reason your mother told you to sit up straight – poor posture destroys your health.
1. Depression and Stress
In a study conducted by San Francisco State University, students were asked to walk down a hallways in a slouched position or by skipping. Those who slouched while they were walking experienced increased feelings of depression and decreased energy levels.
When the body is slouched and constricted, it prevents it from working optimally which results in a poor mood.
When the body remains in a seated position for an extended period of time, all of your internal processes slow down. As a result, your energy levels decrease. You may start feeling irritable, tired or aggravated.
Slouching also causes your body to compress and constrict. When in this position, your heart and lungs are forced to work harder to pump blood and circulate oxygen.
This causes undue stress on your internal organs and your muscles. Sitting in an upright position with your shoulders and chest broad makes it easier to breathe.
2. Causes Digestive Issues
Sitting does more than just constrict your heart and lungs, it also constricts your intestines. This can make digestion uncomfortable and cause a host of issues. If you are experiencing digestive distress, you may want to take a closer look at your posture and how much time you are spending sitting each day.
Slouching has even been attributed to digestive issues such as acid reflux and hernias.
Poor posture may do more than just weaken your digestive system; it may also cause you to develop that unsightly belly pouch that women dread. This paunch affects both heavy and thin women and can be attributed to slouching and poor sitting habits.
Slumping your shoulders doesn't just make you resemble one of our long-extinct ancestors, if you don't stand up straight, no amount of exercise will give you the hot body you're after.
It's caused by a protruding viscera, which pushes up against your abdominal walls.
To get a visual picture of this concept, think of what happens to an Oreo cookie when you squeeze it together. By sitting up straight, you will not only improve your digestion, but lose a few inches in your waist too.
3. Poor Breathing
The lungs function optimally when the diaphragm and rib cage can properly expand. Poor posture restricts blood and oxygen flow, which makes it difficult to breathe and speak.
Proper posture becomes even more important when engaging in physical exercise simply because the body requires a higher oxygen intake to meet the physical demands of the activity.
Even singers, who rely heavily on their breath, emphasize the importance of good and correct stance. It allows the voice to sound strong and to travel further without having to strain.
To really see how posture affects your breathing, sit with your shoulders and spine in a slouched position in your chair. Exhale and then hold your breath. Now, stand up straight and continue to hold your breath.
That vacuum-like feeling you're experiencing is a representation of the breathing space you lose while slouching. Just imagine how much oxygen your body is losing simply because of poor habits.
4. Back, Shoulder and Neck Pain
Back, shoulder and neck pain are the most common effects of poor posture, and the most noticeable. Sitting in a slouched position at your desk for an extended period of time puts a great deal of stress on your upper body, especially if your body is not properly supported. The most common pain areas include:
Lower back: 63 per cent
Neck: 53 per cent
Shoulder: 38 per cent
Wrist: 33 per cent
In time, poor posture can also cause a misalignment in the spine and lead to even more pain. In addition, it also causes joint stress. Joints are protected by connective tissues that create a supportive cushion. If the spine is misaligned, weight or stress needs to be redistributed to compensate for your slouching.
As a result, your joints are forced to bear a heavier load that may be more than it can handle. Eventually, this leads to pain and degradation of the tissues surrounding your joints.
From neck and back pain to blood flow and respiration, posture can have a major impact on how we live and how we feel every day.
A herniated disc is another spine issue that is often attributed to these habits. They tend to be most common in the lumbar region (The area of your spine between your ribs and your hips). The discs in your spine provide a supportive cushion for your vertebrae. When a disc is herniated, the inner part of the disc pushes through the outer layer.
This aggravates the nerves in your spine, causing numbness or pain in your arms, back or legs.
5. Tension Headaches
Tension headaches are another common side effect of poor posture. Office workers tend to experience more headaches simply because they are putting so much tension and strain on their bodies by sitting all day. The tension in your neck, shoulders and spine eventually work their way up to your head and cause a tension headache.
Obesity, muscle tone, shoes and pregnancy can make you more vulnerable to posture-related tension headaches.
More often than not, these headaches are attributed to a poorly set up workstation. Desks and monitors may be too high or low; chairs may not provide adequate support; and computer accessories may not be ergonomically designed for improved comfort.
Tips on How to Improve Your Posture
Invest in an ergonomic chair, keyboard and mouse. If you have to spend the day working in a chair, you want to make sure that it's providing you with the support you need.
Get up and stretch every half hour or hour, if possible. This will give your body a break and allow your organs to get the oxygen they need.
Exercise. Focus on exercises that strengthen your core. A strong core will make it much easier for your body to remain in an upright position.
Practice yoga. Yoga encourages good posture. A large portion of the poses require you to keep your shoulders and chest broad, which opens the lungs and allows you to breathe easily.


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Take Back Manchester Festival 2017 – #ToriesOut
Protest the Conservative Party Conference
Saturday 30 September – Wednesday 4 October, Manchester
Five days of demonstrations, cultural events, rallies, comedy, music and public meetings will take place all across Manchester to protest the Conservative Party conference from 30 September – 4 October 2017 including a major national demonstration the day the Conservative Party Conference opens on Sunday 1 October.
The General Election result left Theresa May and the Conservative Party with a weak, unstable Government. The result represents a rejection of their austerity driven policies that only benefit those at the top. But the Government still remains committed to cuts, privatisation & eroding workers rights.
The festival will demonstrate the huge opposition to the politics of austerity, racism and war and demand an alternative that works for everyone. The timetable is updated constantly, keep checking for new events.
Sunday 1 October, 12pm Castlefield Arena / Liverpool Road, Manchester
Click here for details
John McDonnall MP Shadow Chancellor, Maxine Peake Actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh Actress, Gary Younge Journalist & Author, Lowkey Musician & Activist, Captain Ska Band, Afzal Khan MP, Owen Jones Journalist/Author, Jolyon Rubinstein & Heydon Prowse BBC's 'The Revolution Will Be Televised', Amelia Womak Deputy Leader, Green Party, Mark Serwotka General Secretary PCS, Len McCluskey Unite the Union Alan Gibbons Author, Maz Saleem Stand Up To Trump, Louise Regan President of the National Education Union, Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition & more to be announced.
This timetable will be updated daily with new events & details may change. If you are organising an event, or would like to, as part of the week please get in touch – email@example.com
09:00 – 16:30: Help stop fracking in Lancashire!
Frack Free Greater Manchester is organising a coach to take solidarity to protesters at the Preston New Road fracking site (near Blackpool) Book your place via Eventbrite: MCR stands with PNR or ring 07952 343755
18:00 – 20:00: Public Sector Pay rally
Hosted by TUC NW (Public Sector Unions)
@ Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
11:00 – 18:00: A Future to Win
Day School: Manchester youth groups
@ The English Lounge 64-66 High St, Manchester M4 1EA
12:00 – 16:30: Working for a World Without Austerity
Day School: hosted by Manchester Trades Council (more details to follow)
@ Partisan Collective 19 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester M4 4FY
13:00 – 15:00: Fighting Unemployment, Poverty and Austerity
Public Meeting: hosted by the Mary Quaile Club
Speakers: Sean Mitchell and Charlotte Hughes
@ Working Class Movement Library, 51 Crescent, Salford M5 4WX
16:00 – 18:00: Trump: Taking The World To The Brink Of War?
Public Meeting: hosted by Stop the War Coalition
Speakers: Brian Eno Musician, Afzal Khan MP, Alan Gibbons Author, Maz Saleem Stand Up To Trump, Louise Regan President of the National Education Union, Lindsey German StWC Convenor, Murad Qureshi StWC Chair
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RN
17:00 – 19:00: Panel Discussion hosted by Momentum
Paul Mason – Journalist, Lauren Stocks – Tameside Momentum, Max Shanly – CLPD and Momentum Selina Todd – Professor of Modern History @ Partisan Collective 19 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester M4 4FY – More Details SOLD OUT
18:30 – 19:00: Unwelcome the Tories – Flash Mob
@ Piccadilly Station – Facebook event
19:00 – 23:00: Pre-Protest Party
@ Partisan Collective, 19 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M4 4FY- More details
19:30 – 21:30: Saturday Night Live Event
Theatre / Show: Chat Show event with guests who include Maxine Peake Actress, Brian Eno Musician, Owen Jones Journalist & Author, Mark Serwotka General Secretary PCS, Jolyon Rubinstein & Heydon Prowse The Revolution Will Be Televised, Barbara Nice Actress & Comedian, Penny Hicks Manchester People's Assembly
@ Dancehouse Theatre – Get tickets here
@ Castlefield Arena / Liverpool Road, Manchester
17:30 – 23:00: Official Demo After Party with: Lowkey, Captain Ska, Children of Zeus & special guests
@ Manchester Academy 2 – Tickets £5 / £10 (standard) / £15 (with food)
Buy tickets here
12:00 – 15:00: No Privatisation Protest at Pushdoctor
Protest: hosted by Health Campaigns Together / Keep our NHS Public Manchester
@ 5 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6ET
13:00 – 15:30: No to Fracking, No to Climate Change
Protest: Hosted by Campaign Against Climate Change
@ Outside Manchester Central Library
14:00 – 16:00: A Media For The Many Not The Few
Public Meeting: hosted by Media Reform Coalition & others
Speakers include Julie Hesmondhalgh Actress, Justin Schlosberg Media Reform Coalition, Tom Mills Journalist, Stephen Kingston Editor Salford Star, Millie Williamson Media & PR Brunel Uni, Steve Sweeney Morning Star
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RN
16:00 – 17:00: Musical Interlude with Glitchers @ Piccadilly Gardens (by the People's Event Marquee)
16:00 – 18:00: The Fight Against Fracking And Climate Change
Public Meeting: with Tina Rotary Anti-Fracking Nanas, Amelia Womak Deputy Leader Green Party, Allison Roche Unison, Martin Empson Campaign Against Climate Change
@ Unison NW Region Offices, Arena Point, M3 1UN
17:00 – 18:00: Meditation Flash Mob
Hosted by Manchester Awakening @ location to be announced on the day. For notification sign up on Facebook
17:15 – 18:45: Avoiding Apocalypse: Alternatives to a war-based foreign policy
Public Meeting: Hosted by Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Facebook
Dr Jenny Clegg an expert on North East Asia, Ann Feltham Campaign Against The Arms Trade, Kate Hudson CND
@Partisan Collective, 19 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M4 4FY
19:00 – 21:00: How to Resist the NHS Cutbacks
Public Meeting: hosted by Health Campaigns Together
With John Lister, Health Campaigns Together
@ The Old Monkey pub, 90 Portland Street, Manchester city centre, M1 4GX
19:00 – 21:00: An Economy That Works For All
Public Meeting: GARY YOUNGE in conversation with JOHN MCDONNELL MP, Shadow Chancellor
Hosted by The People's Assembly @ Manchester Cathedral – Register your place here
11:00 – 13:00: Reporting from the frontline in the NHS: the battle for your healthcare
Dr Angharad Spencer-Matewere A&E doctor, Serco cleaner, Dr Rishi Dhir Orthopaedic surgeon, Lara McNeil Medical Student, Jacqui Berry ITU nurse
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RN Full details
13:00 – 14:00: Book Launch: There's No Place: The American Housing Crisis And What It Means For The UK
With Glynn Robins, Author & Housing Activist
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RN Full details
14:00 – 16:30: Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Film Showing: followed by Q&A with Glynn Robins author, Amelia Womak Deputy Leader Green Party, Daniela Nadj, Lecturer in Public Law at Queen Mary Uni
@ Friends Meeting House – Tickets available here
17:00 – 19:00: Book Launch: How the Establishment Lost Control
With Chris Nineham, Author
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RN – More info
17:00 – 19:00: Don't Let The Racists Divide Us
Protest: hosted by Stand Up To Racism
@ St Peters Square
19:30 – 21:00: Book Launch: Sound System: The Political Power of Music
With Dave Randall, Author & musician
@ People's Events Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RN – More info
19:30 – 21:30: Ten Takes On Resistance
Theatre: 10 new specially written pieces tackling some of the big issues of our day
Hosted by Take Back Manchester Theatre Collective
@ Central Methodist Hall, Oldham Street – Tickets available here
10:30 – 11:45: End The Housing Crisis: Grenfell, Homelessness & Insecure Homes
Public Meeting with Sheila Coleman Unite Community, Amelia Womak Deputy Leader Green Party, Debra Blanchard The Greater Manchester Housing Action, Tom Woolley British professor of Architecture, Evan Pritchard Manchester People's Assembly @ Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS More details
11:45 – 15:00: Wall Of Sound Around The Conference Centre
Theresa May: Human Catastrophe
Organised with Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts
Protest during Theresa May's speech – bring pots, pans, drums, whistles and megaphones!
Assemble: Outside Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS


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Men and women around the world enjoy taking to the water in search of the perfect catch. There is something so exhilarating about going out for a day on a boat and coming back with a huge cod or bream that you caught yourself.
Many people take trips throughout the year, hiring a boat and heading into the ocean to see what they come home with. Not all of them are successful in their quest, but it's the fun and excitement associated with fishing, along with the company and enjoyment associated with this sport.
The first step to planning a successful fishing trip is to have a look on the fishing forums to see where everyone else is going for their experience. Depending on where you are located, you can find useful hints and tips on the best places to go through these online fishing forums, you also get to chat to like minded people who enjoy the sport as much as you do.
You need to decide on the type of trip you want to go on. Are you going for a weekend or a week? Do you want to go deep sea or on a lake? This is all important decisions which need to be made before looking on where to go and what you will need. If you're unsure, visit the fishing forum, which can provide you with a wealth of information, the best places to go and what you can expect to catch.
At the fishing forum, you can find detailed information on fishing equipment,. If you're booking a planned event, they may already have everything you need, especially if you choose the deep sea fishing option. In these cases, they often supply the boat, skipper, rods and more. If you choose this option, check the weather report to see what the weather will be doing and ensure you check to determine what you need to take with you. In some instances you will have to take your own food and drink for the day.
If you're planning a lake experience and have tents where you will be staying on the water's edge, then you'll need your own boat and equipment. If you don't have these items and don't want to buy new, you may find someone on the fishing forum that is selling their older equipment, enabling you to get all the gear you need without breaking the bank.
Fishing forum is the right place for fishing lovers because of that to providing up to date fishing information, deals, tips and tools. Visitors can check out the latest information about equipment and speak to likeminded people on the fishing forum. Fishing forums provides how to information, a host informtion of products, regulations, reports and so much more.


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Words Become Wings
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"words become wings"ReplyDelete
What a wonderful way to describe what you and I do with our writing.
Soar on your wings!ReplyDelete
Beautiful words and sentiment. Life can be filled with hope if allow ourselves to see it.ReplyDelete
yes, they do become wings, don't they? and this poem is soaring...ReplyDelete
words become wings....that's so beautiful and so meaningful for all of us!!ReplyDelete
It is a hymn.
We make the music as we read and digest the words.
Our souls soar.
- AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM
So very gorgeous and uplifting.ReplyDelete
A few moments of quiet, a visit with you and I am renewed. Have a wonderful vacation with your family. As always, sending you love.ReplyDelete
Beautiful Laura and uncanny....we are definitely on the same track. Love it!ReplyDelete
Your words take us to where you are.ReplyDelete
Thank you, for sharing!
A poem to make our spirits take flight, truly lovely :o)ReplyDelete
Love this, Laura!!! Thank you!!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful my friend.ReplyDelete
My thoughts and prayers are with you. I got approved for the G with assist....How about you?
That is just beautiful - a song from your soul to mine!! Enjoy your summer, dear Laura and let your family spoil you!! Love, SilkeReplyDelete
A beautiful poem.ReplyDelete
good to see a break away is providing fresh insight and inspiration :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for taking me soaring with your words Laura. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
A beautiful poem with subtle ideas and emotions.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 28, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Fantastic poem, and words free us from our caged mind indeed..ReplyDelete
when words become wings..or grow us wings so we can fly...you captured the power of words which such a tender pen...beautifulReplyDelete
Becoming wings and helping thoughts and words take flight, great way of describing it, nicely done.ReplyDelete
words do become wings...and have so much power to lift a soul or ground it...lovely writeReplyDelete
It's a just a matter of opening our eyes and spreading our wings...nothing frees as words.ReplyDelete
feel like taking part in that sweet rebirth of yours my dear... this is so full of LIFE.ReplyDelete
I love the flow, and the repetitive nature of each first line, as it sets the stage - grounding me to each new stanza. A comfort, which allows me to absorb the rest. Beautiful - thank you!ReplyDelete
This one sings...ReplyDelete
Always such a comforting and Soothing stop.
Your inspirational example of love and faith is a joy to behold.
People like you give us all a glimmer of hope in a Sea of Dispair
Thank You for your weekly visits, You Rock The Planet My Friend...G
Laura, this stunning presentation began with a fantastic image...you could have stopped right there and I would have been most happy, but you followed through with a brilliant, honest, heart~felt and emotionally driven piece of writing that has touched this soul so very deeply. You have written the poem I have been longing to write. Thank you! This is the true power of these pieces we pen, and you have so beautifully scripted a new favorite for me!ReplyDelete
This is as calming as a lullaby!ReplyDelete
I come here and everytime I do, I am filled with peace and good substance....and good poetry.ReplyDelete
This is lovely, memorable and haunting.
I think you are a marvelous poet and person. There, I said it.
Lady Nyo
Beautiful images of joy and promise. Your spirit sings in so many ways.ReplyDelete
Thinking of you today as your trip begins. Safe travels ~
Lovely post! Lovely wings!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing, Laura;o)
Happy day***
- AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 1:10 PM
"Words become wings." Indeed. Great thoughts on art and renewal.ReplyDelete
did you know that every time you happen across a bird feather in or near your path it means an angle has been there before you, to make sure your way is safeReplyDelete
The words lift, like the wind underneath those wings. Good poem, Laura.ReplyDelete
Wonderful use of the refrain line, words can truly deliver us anywhere we need. Wonderful write! ~ RoseReplyDelete
Soaring from mindReplyDelete
Lifting a tender heart...Tranquil and soothing piece...
"Intuition...our conduit to the sacred" ~ Helena White
- AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 7:44 AM
If only all our words had wings, and we could transform the ones that are small, ugly stones into something beautiful, healing, and creative.ReplyDelete
Hi. I just stopped by to see how your tests went and hoping that you got the desired results. You have been in my prayers . . .ReplyDelete
As much as I love your writing, I love this poem the best of all. You've said what I feel exactly, only much more beautifully than I could.ReplyDelete
Very uplifting. Thank you.ReplyDelete
This is beautiful!! I've been meaning to ask about the 'small stones' - and for the first time read about them here. Yes - I think sometimes I do cast small stones...??ReplyDelete
Thanks for your support and encouragement!
wow. you soothe my soul with your words, always, dear laura.ReplyDelete
so trueReplyDelete
you write
you fly
so trueReplyDelete
you write
you fly
Continuing to give hearts wings with your words. Lovely--- and thank you for introducing me Writing Our Way Home- Fiona and Kaspa's community has become a great place of blessing. Enjoy your time away.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2011 at 7:05 PM
you describe words becoming wings so beautifullyReplyDelete
That is a lovely poem.. Loved it.ReplyDelete
your expressions are utterly beautifulReplyDelete
Understand the struggles. The beauty in your words transcends the pain and set backs.ReplyDelete
Words set us free
Love from a fellow sufferer


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Right now Canadian's have bargain-basement buying power on the world's most prized natural resource: oil. Good thing we're part of a global economy. When the price of oil slides, as does the Canadian dollar. With a barrel of oil costing less than $30 these days, our dollar is worth around $0.70 to the U.S. dollar. That may look dire, but this is the time you should double down on public relations and marketing efforts – particularly focused on the US.
Because the dollar value is so low, Bank of Canada has kept our interest rate set at the extra-low 0.5 per cent, which mean it's a great opportunity for businesses looking for loans to reinvest in their business. Especially since a new liberal government is in power and looking for ways to invest in businesses to bolster the economy. The table is set for a period of enormous stimulated growth. Get on top of it!
Start promoting south of the border.
Windfalls from governmental investment won't be felt by businesses in the short term as it takes months for stimulus funds to work their way through governments and into communities. The vast majority of Canadian cities and people hug closely to the United States to take advantage of this and market directly to the Americans.
For tourism companies this is the go-to growth strategy. The USA is a larger market and historically had a stronger dollar. This doesn't just apply to across the border shopping. Canadian companies selling manufactured goods have long-benefited from a lower dollar and our services sector can do the same. Get this reciprocal benefit by investing in public relations and marketing campaigns targeted to the US market. A company can't buy from you if they don't know who you are.
Make new investments to offer a new service.
Step 1: Invest in People. In this economy labour markets loosen up. Some people have lost their jobs and are looking for new opportunities. The government helps brands hire through wage subsidies and there are more than 50 programs that help brands hire a huge range of experienced people. One out of Alberta even helps brands hire PhD and masters graduates to conduct research in their field for your brand.
If you don't need more people, train your existing team on new skills. The Canadian government offers $10,000 per-employee through the Canadian Job Grant program that can be used for continuing education for your team such as copywriting workshops, lessons in Photoshop and other design programs, and or learning how to write code.
Step 2: Invest in Technology. Canadian businesses have access to the Business Development Bank's Technology and Innovation Fund that helps brands buy new hardware, equipment and software. Once you have the team in place to sell a new service, ensure they have the equipment to do it right.
Push back against budget cuts.
When the economy takes a hit, it's natural to want to protect the balance sheet; but that's the wrong way to look at it. Follow these three steps to help protect your budget:
- Showcase the ROI of your campaigns over the last two years and project how much business can be gained by continued or expanded investment. It's important to identify the opportunity cost of reducing investment in your programming and efforts.
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- Review your the activities from last year to see where costs can be reduced within programs to improve efficiency — opposed to cancelling effective programs.
Crawl, walk, run.
In the end you may find more money that you expected. Use some of it and try something new. Sign a new advertising deal, go to a conference, run public relations campaign and monitor how your efforts tie back to the bottom line. Expand on what worked, stop doing what didn't and move forward with a results driven mindset.


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8 January - More rubbish about Bexley
People don't like fly tipping do they? Yesterday's blog got a few people agitated. The craziest story I heard came from the St. Augustine's Road area of Belvedere where there was one of those big street bins which didn't get emptied often enough and consequently tended to have black sacks placed alongside it. If you have made a special journey to the bin, where else would you put them?
However they are undeniably unsightly especially if the foxes get at them so the occasional request was made to the Council to pick them up. Bexley Council has come up with a unique solution to the problem of bins attracting sacks but it is not the obvious one of emptying the bins more often. Council logic is that if a full bin attracts black sacks then the problem would go away if the bin was removed, so that is what they have done. Presumably the black sacks will be more widely distributed in future.
Gayton Road in Abbey Wood and nearby Lensbury Way lost a total of at least eight street bins about a year ago. In the case of Gayton Road where the bins were, a spy camera has been installed to make sure no one drops a black bag there. Fly tippers are the primary cause of fly tipping, not the Council, as Cabinet Member Peter Craske is fond of telling his Labour party colleagues, but Bexley Council is a fly tipper's primary motivator.
It's four weeks since Crossrail was last mentioned here and pictorially speaking it has not been the most exciting month on record. They took ten days off over Christmas and New Year but outside that period the work was mainly prepare the ground, lay the cable conduits, fill the holes with concrete and drop the pre-cast platform sections into place. They will have to be going some to finish it by February when the track is due to be laid but things somehow seem to run to time. Click here for pictures.
There was some station roof work going on too but without a drone it is hard to see what.
Meanwhile, and not really a Crossrail problem, the lights at the pedestrian crossing outside Sainsbury's continue to turn red all by themselves day and night. More than a month after both Bexley and Greenwich Councils were told about it.


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Do you need ideas for bridal shower poems? Sentiments such as these can be written on cards, read aloud at the shower or stitched onto a beautiful needlepoint.This would be a lovely message to inscribe inside your shower card for the bride and groom. I'm sure they'd both enjoy and treasure it!
Some enchanting poems have been passed down from generation to generation, no one knowing exactly where they first originated.
This one often pops up as a toast or general well wishes for the new bride and groom.
No one can say it quite like Robert Browning. His wonderful poems to his love has survived the test of time.
Be sure to visit my other Bridal Shower pages for ideas on themes, gifts, party games and more.Subscribe to my RSS feed and get updates when I add new pages, photos or products to my store.
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Do you consider your household to be a school of love?
If you were to ask me what our home is like, on most days there is one word that comes to mind along with many others. Chaos. Please don't misinterpret what I mean by using this word. Chaos comes in various forms, some with positive associations and others a bit more negative. High pitched and loud voices, disagreements – that often times result in arguments, cart wheels, front hand springs, hover boards, spills, homemade stage plays and no less than one breakdown per day.
Four daughters. Incredible emotions. Extreme highs and lows. Varying degrees of emotional intelligence. On many days, checking out seems like the easiest thing to do.
Being honest, it can be easy for us to want to checkout and to let our girls watch Animal Planet for longer than they should or tell them to go upstairs to play just to avoid the noise, activity and wear and tear that simply comes with parenting.
But instead of checking out, we are committed to embracing the chaos. We believe that our decision and example will give them the greatest understanding of a God that chooses to enter their chaos with unfathomable love, grace, patience and the perfect character that is impossible to fully comprehend without faith.
Entering the chaos looks very different every day, but there is a simple phrase that sums up what we are aiming towards.
"School of Love"
This phrase was coined by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in the 12th century. He was convinced that love could only be taught, given and received in community. I recently heard a current day Theologian, Greg Thompson, speak on this phrase and further it by persuading his listeners that our households need "to be reestablished as schools of love."
And that's it!
In our efforts to teach and show love, we have established our household as a school of love. We must be focused and intentional about viewing our home and our girls through the lens of growth, facilitated by us as teachers.
Like all good students our daughters are imperfect, yet learning. All we ask of them is a desire to grow. And like all good teachers, we are imperfect. All we seek ourselves is a commitment to our curriculum, God's Word, along with continuing education – growth for us as well. And last, like any good school we know our household will operate best when there is a deep level of relationship between students and teachers. Wynter and I are committed to our teacher – Jesus Christ – and seek to develop the strongest possible relationship with our girls, praying that God blesses our efforts and graces our failures.
Are you being intentional in growing in relationship with Jesus today?
Are you being intentional about assisting your daughter in her growth with Jesus?
Is your household a school of love?
This article is inspired by content in our new book release She Is Yours: Trusting God as You Raise the Girl He Gave You, available online and in stores wherever books are sold.


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TINA ARENA "Greatest Hits and Interpretations"
"Greatest Hits and Interpretations" is a 2CD / 31 track set, celebrating the great Tina Arena's 40th anniversary as a recording artist.
First and foremost, the "Retrospective" half of this new collection is simply the most comprehensive anthology ever released of Tina Arena's English-language songs.
It brings together all the much-loved greatest hits spanning her entire music career including, for the first time ever, Tina's earliest solo breakthrough singles, 1990's "I Need Your Body" and "The Machine's Breaking Down", right through to more recent classics, including 2013's "Only Lonely" and "You Set Fire To My Life".
Plus, naturally, "Greatest Hits and Interpretations" features all those megahits in between, the iconic songs that generations of Australians know off by heart – "Chains", "Sorrento Moon", "Wasn't It Good", "Burn", "If I Didn't Love You", "Symphony Of Life", "Heaven Help My Heart", and many more.
A 40-year recording career – an extraordinary milestone by any measure. But consider this: Tina Arena is the only Australian artist to earn a gold or platinum certification for original album releases, in every decade since the 1970s right through to now. In fact, every album in her career has gone gold, platinum or multi-platinum. Her 1994 album "Don't Ask" remains one of the highest selling Australian albums of all time, currently certified 14 X platinum. Add to this her unprecedented success in France – she's sold 5 million albums there alone.
Tina's journey is, of course, the stuff of Oz music folklore, dating right back to mid-'70s when all of Australia knew her simply as "Tiny Tina", arguably the most popular singer in the country … by age nine! Tina's debut studio recording, 1977's Tiny Tina & Little John (co-starring John Bowles, her 12-year-old cohort from the legendary variety TV show Young Talent Time) had Tiny Tina belting out pitch-perfect covers of chart hits of the time such as ABBA's "Ring Ring" and "When I Kissed The Teacher". The album cover had a picture of Tiny Tina holding Little John's hand and cuddling a teddy bear.
Needless to say, generations of Australians have grown up with Tina Arena and her music ever since then. The child star matured into one of our most successful singer/songwriters, the possessor of a voice for the ages, and she's now a veteran (even though she's still only in her 40s!), with total album sales topping 10 million. We all feel like we've known Tina our whole lives – the diva herself has certainly never hid her feelings from us – so it won't surprise anyone that, Tina being Tina, she was never going to let an occasion like her 40th anniversary be marked by a straight-forward greatest hits set.
Which is why Tina Arena's "Greatest Hits and Interpretations" is, in fact, a musical collection in two very distinct parts. Disc One, entitled "Retrospective", is all about the greatest hits.
But on Disc Two, subtitled "Reimagine", Tina herself barely appears. Instead, she's invited a most eclectic collective of peers and some of her favourite newcomers to reinterpret a selection of highlights from her career.
"The whole premise of this record for me was about the other artists," explains Tina. "How the other artists perceived this body of work. It was about them having the freedom to be able to do it the way they want to do it."
The results are absolutely stunning, some of Tina's most famous songs given an entirely new life and mood.
Tina only appears on two of these new recordings. Firstly alongside Jess Mauboy and the Veronicas, reprising the powerhouse performance of "Chains" from Tina's epic ARIA Hall of Fame induction in late 2015 (who can ever forget the performance or Tina's acceptance speech!) "I love those girls for their honesty and the fact that they stood up to the plate," says Tina. "My whole thing to them was that this is not about me, this is about us, and I want it to be about us. And they were like, 'Yeah, let's go!' It was three generations of great respect, we had a really good laugh and we just had fun. It was a really beautiful evening for me. I had a great time."
And secondly, Tina appears as the guest vocalist on Dannii Minogue's electro-pop remake of "Sorrento Moon". "We go back over 40 years and it just made total sense to me that she would be a part of this project," says Tina. Dannii Minogue, of course, also started her career on Young Talent Time. "She's like my baby sister. She's like my family. And I think she's done a stunning job of "Sorrento Moon", which was always a much-loved song in the Minogue household."
Other fellow legendary Australian artists starring on the "Reimagine" disc include Jimmy Barnes with a pounding version of "When You're Ready" (borrowed from Tina's most recent studio album, 2015's "11"); Katie Noonan with an innovative a capella-based reconstruction of "Burn" ("She's an ethereal goddess," says Tina); as well as friend and recent collaborator Kate Miller-Heidke with a most haunting reading of "Heaven Help My Heart". "She's a master," says Tina. "There's not many in the world like her. She reinvigorated, gave me hope in that song. To pull it back and strip it completely naked, and make it that raw, it just made me go, 'Oh God – that's serious!'"
Alongside all these celebrated Australian music figures, Tina also asked some of her favourite new talents to contribute to the "Reimagine" project. "I believe I have a responsibility to help showcase those new people, like other people believed in me when I was up-and-coming," Tina explains. "I believe they deserve a platform."
You might not have heard of a few of these artists yet, but once you've experienced how each tackles Tina's songs here, with such emotion and distinctiveness, you can rest assured the future of Australian music is in safe hands.
Possibly the best known of the new artists is young Australian singer-songwriter Clare Bowen, who's already well on her way to becoming a major star in the US with a starring role in the hit TV series Nashville. Clare totally kills her acoustic-based take on "Still Running" (from 2013's "Reset"). "She's a storyteller," says Tina. "When she opens her mouth, she just pulls you in hook, line and sinker – you're just gone. Her version of "Still Running" is just a moment of pure jubilation. It's magnificent."
Based in the real Nashville, but originally hailing from Newcastle, Australian country singer/songwriter Morgan Evans takes on "If I Didn't Love You" from 1997's "In Deep" and quietly flips the song's original emotion on its head. "He's just embellished it really beautifully," says Tina. "I just love what he's done with it. The writing of it came from a place of angst and his interpretation has taken that angst away. I was very moved by it."
Another key track from the recent Reset album is stripped back on "Reimagine" by Tina's original co-writer on the song, the brilliant young Alex Hope. "She's so unassuming, an incredible music brain," says Tina. "Max Martin (the world's most successful songwriter) loves her. She's a young producer making some serious noise. She's flying, she's off."
While Tina's original version of her 1990 breakthrough dance hit "I Need Your Body" opens the "Retrospective" disc, making its first reappearance on a Tina album in 27 years, the song is given a complete reworking on "Reimagine" by young Canadian star David Thibault, who recently came to prominence via the French version of The Voice. The song was released before David was born and as a native French speaker, his take on the track is unique. "It's retro, it's fun, it's really laid back," Tina says of David's swinging '60s version of the song. "I love the sincerity of it."
Rounding out "Reimagine", Ben Abraham and Ainslie Wills, another pair of emerging talents from Tina's hometown of Melbourne, collaborate here for the first time to produce a spine-tingling duet rendition of "Wasn't It Good" off "Don't Ask". "Oh my God – their version gives me goose bumps!" says Tina. "The thing that stuck me was the emotional maturity in their storytelling in that vocal. It's just mesmerising. And they're just kids! A moment of absolute grace on the record."
What a stylish, creative and emotion-filled way to celebrate Tina Arena's 40th anniversary as a recording artist.
While the star herself has always been forward-focused with her music and career, undoubtedly producing some of her finest original new music in this current decade, the 40-year milestone – alongside other recent awards and accolades such as 2015's induction into the ARIA Hall Of Fame and 2016's Order of Australia medal – has forced Tina to pause and reflect. And looking back, Tina couldn't be prouder of everything she's survived and achieved thus far.
"I've always been my harshest critic, that will never change," says Tina. "For me it's all about the quality of the songwriting – it's got to make you feel something and this collection makes me feel something. And I go, 'Yes, I've done okay.' I'm proud of the collaborations I've had, of the things I've learned, of the things I continue to learn. I've loved working with the people I've worked with over the years. It's really fulfilling."
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Go Behind The Scenes With Pooh in 'Christopher Robin'
Most kids grew up with Christopher Robin and his friends Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and most importantly Winnie-the Pooh. Then we grew up and kind of forgot about them. In 'Christopher Robin' that same thing happened to him when he's rejoined by his friends to help him when he needs him.
It's hard not to love Pooh Bear. I remember when the first trailer was released and that familiar voice came through, I felt a sense of calmness. In the above video, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, and Director Marc Forster tell us how they made Pooh come alive, and what they want audiences to feel while watching it.
'Christopher Robin' is in theaters August 3, 2018.


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- For the main campaign and game, see Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope.
|Shovel Knight
|Yacht Club Games
|Yacht Club Games
|PC, Linux, Mac, Steam, Wii U, 3DS, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10
|Release date(s)
|June 26, 2014
March 2017 (Switch)
April 25th, 2017 (PS4,Vita,PS3 for America)
August 24th, 2017 (Windows 10)
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete edition of Shovel Knight, an 8-bit style platform game developed by independent studio Yacht Club Games. The game was first released in Q2 2014 for Windows and Nintendo 3DS platforms, and in the following three years on Mac, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, and lastly Nintendo Switch. Shovel Knight is being directed by former WayForward Technologies member Sean Velasco, and includes music composed by Jake "Virt" Kaufman and Manami Matsumae.
The Treasure Trove edition, released in March 2017 on Nintendo Switch and April for all other platforms, contains the original game and all other campaigns funded through Kickstarter investments. All campaigns will eventually be made available as stand-alone games in the coming months.
|Long ago, the lands were untamed, and roamed by legendary adventurers! But villainy ran rampant, and in time, even the most stalwart heroes fell. In the absence of champions, the Enchantress and her Order of No Quarter swept into power.
Shovel Knight features four campaigns, each with its own playable character, story, gameplay and altered stages:
- Shovel of Hope: the main campaign featuring the titular character, Shovel Knight, on a quest across the Valley to save his beloved Shield Knight and vanquish the Enchantress and her Order of No Quarter.
- Plague of Shadows: an alternate story in parallel of Shovel Knight's quest, Plague Knight goes on an adventure to gather the essences of his fellow knights of the Order and brew the most powerful concotion in the world, the Ultimate Potion.
- Specter of Torment: a prequel to the series, Specter Knight is resurrected by the Enchantress to recruit the Order of No Quarter and restore his humanity.
- King of Cards: another prequel, King Knight takes on a journey to best the Three Kings who lord over the Valley and join the Order of No Quarter.
In addition, the battle mode stretch goal originally planned during the Kickstarter, was reworked in a "fifth" campaign of sorts known as Shovel Knight Showdown, a fighting game with its own story mode. Due to system limitation Showdown is the only campaign not included in neighter Treasure Trove nor as a stand alone in the 3DS and PS Vita versions.
Official Description Edit
|'Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the full and complete edition of Shovel Knight, a sweeping classic action adventure game series with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic! Become Shovel Knight, wielder of the Shovel Blade, as he runs, jumps, and battles in a quest for his lost beloved. Take down the nefarious knights of the Order of No Quarter and their menacing leader, The Enchantress. But that's not everything! Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove also features three additional campaigns that are games all unto themselves! Take control of Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight on adventures of their own! Together, they form a grand and sweeping saga! With a fully cooperative campaign, a full-featured challenge mode, a 4 player battle mode, and body swap mode, you'll be digging for a long time. With Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, you get it all. Uphold the virtues of Shovelry, earn relics and riches, and discover the true meaning of shovel justice!'
Shovel Knight is a 2D side-scrolling platform game. The game features 8-bit graphics designed to resemble classic games. While the color scheme closely mimics the Nintendo Entertainment System's original color palette, the game features modern graphical techniques, such as parallax scrolling.[1][2] Each character uses a single primary weapon and various secondary ones requiring resources (respectively Relics, Arcana and Curios). In addition, they each have their own mobility designs, which vary greatly from one character to another.
In the original campaign, Shovel of Hope, the player controls the eponymous Shovel Knight who wields a sharpened shovel to attack enemies, destroy barriers, and dig up treasures. Shovel Knight can use his weapon in mid-air to perform a down thrust that can be used to bounce off of obstacles or the heads of enemies, while dealing damage. His Relics require Magic which can be regenerated with jars, limited in quantity in each stages.
Plague Knight's gameplay in Plague of Shadows relies more on planning and variety, while also taking a fresh approach on the game's stages. He uses bombs as his primary weapons, and their effect can be customized to take advantage of each situation. He also uses Bomb Burst and double jump to soar through levels at the cost of a more hazardous mobility. His Arcana consume Power which regenerates quickly over time but can also take longer to do so if used too repeatedly.
Specter Knight's gameplay in Specter of Torment has a more dynamic approach on stages. He uses a scythe which offers a longer range of attack, and can use it to dash through enemies and reach higher grounds. His mobility is close to parkour, giving him the ability to run shortly up walls and jump from one to another. His Curios are regenerated with Darkness, which can be easily recovered from slashing enemies.
- For the differences between game platforms, see Version Differences.
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|Wii U
|Nintendo 3DS
|PS Vita
|Xbox One
|Amazon Fire TV
In Spring with the release of the second boss campaign and the arrival of the Nintendo Switch version, the original Shovel Knight edition of the game was renamed Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. Each campaign will then be purchasable individually along with the newly named version.
Japanese ReleaseEdit
Releasing the game in Japan was originally one of the game's proposed Kickstarter goals. Yacht Club Games partnered with Japanese localizer 8-4 to work on a quality translation of the game to Japanese. In addition, Yacht Club Games applied various cosmetic visual and audio changes for the Japanese version as a tribute to localization of classic Famicom titles.[3] The game's Japanese title is ショベルナイト (pronounced "Shoberunaito").
Yacht Club Games initially assigned Nintendo as their Japanese publisher. Nintendo published the game for both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on June 30, 2016. Nintendo also released a physical retail copy for the Nintendo 3DS, as well as the Shovel Knight amiibo. The amiibo was both bundled with the game, and sold seperately.
Yacht Club Games has since officially registered their company in Japan, allowing them to self-publish the game without Nintendo. Yacht Club Games then released Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove for the Nintendo Switch on May 30, 2017, and for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on July 27, 2017.
- See Yacht Club Games Japan's official website here for more information.
- Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s official page for Shovel Knight on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
Recurring CharactersEdit
Main CharactersEdit
The Order of No QuarterEdit
- Treasure Knight
- King Knight
- Plague Knight
- Tinker Knight
- Polar Knight
- Propeller Knight
- Specter Knight
- Mole Knight
- The Enchantress
The Wandering TravellersEdit
Planned ContentEdit
Further additional content are planned for release in Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove in accordance to the game's Kickstarter's stretch goals. The next and final content to be added are King of Cards and Showdown, featuring all main characters and knights of the Order as fully playable fighters.
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Gallery Edit
- ↑ Breaking the NES for Shovel Knight on gamasutra.com
- ↑ The original NES color palette.
- ↑ Japan Localization
|Shovel Knight series
|Video Games:
|Treasure Trove (Shovel of Hope • Plague of Shadows • Specter of Torment • King of Cards • Showdown ) • Dig
|Board Games:
|Dungeon Duels
|Custom Knight • Body Swap Mode • Sound Test
|Shovel Knight Original Soundtrack • Plague of Shadows Original Soundtrack • Specter of Torment Original Soundtrack • King of Cards Original Soundtrack
|amiibo • Official Design Works


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What is TOD? BRT?
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is about creating an environment where housing is accessible and affordable, and where everyone can walk or ride safely to the park, to school, work or shopping without getting in a car. Achieving this for the Ogden/Weber State Corridor requires a vision that inspires local leaders, developers and neighbors to think creatively about the possibilities of what the corridor can become and what roles BRT and TOD can play in its transformation.
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a high-quality bus-based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective services at metro-level capacities. It does this through the provision of dedicated lanes, with busways and iconic stations. Because BRT contains features similar to a light rail or metro system, it is much more reliable, convenient and faster than regular bus services.