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D:Ream is a Northern Irish/English pop rock and dance group. They had a UK No. 1 hit with "Things Can Only Get Better" in 1994. Eight more top 40 hits followed, including "U R the Best Thing" and "Shoot Me with Your Love". They released three albums, two of which reached the UK top five. The group had an all-male line-up which varied in number, but mainly centred on lead singer Peter Cunnah. The live band included keyboard player Brian Cox, who is now a renowned physicist and television presenter; although Cunnah, as the only official member, normally played keyboards (along with all other instruments) on studio recordings.

D:Ream first came to prominence with the euphoric single "U R the Best Thing" in the summer of 1992, an anthemic piano-house tune which did not chart but thanks to a Sasha remix was Pete Tong's Essential Tune of 1992. "Things Can Only Get Better", released in the spring of 1993, gave the group their first chart success. "U R The Best Thing" was eventually re-released in April 1993 and gave the group their second chart hit. The band were nominated for Best Dance act in the MTV Europe music awards in 1994 and for Best Single in the Brit Awards in 1995.

The band's first album, D:Ream on Volume 1, which was promoted for almost two years, produced seven singles ("Star" and "I Like It" came on a joint release as a double A-side). It was the track "Things Can Only Get Better" that gave them UK success and international fame. After they supported Take That on their tour, "Things Can Only Get Better" topped the UK Singles Chart, in early 1994. Originally released in early 1993, when the track reached No. 24 in the UK, it was later adopted by the Labour Party as their theme for the 1997 UK General Election, and consequently released for the third time; this time reaching No. 19 on the UK chart.

Between 1992 and 1997, the band released two studio albums, (D:Ream on Volume 1 and World), ten different singles (two of which were released three times), and an official greatest hits album, (The Best of D:Ream). The group's record label released their first compilation, The Best of D:Ream, in 1997 instead of their third studio album, which remains unreleased. In 2006, a second collection was released, for The Platinum Collection series.

When D:Ream broke through into the charts, the band's main touring line-up consisted of core member Peter Cunnah (vocalist, songwriter), Al Mackenzie (musician), and Cian McCarthy. Other main performers included physicist Brian Cox who played keyboards for several years while working towards his physics PhD before being replaced by Richard Garbutt, Derek Chai on bass, and drummer Mark Roberts. The group also used a number of guest vocalists – such as T.J. Davis, who is featured as co-lead vocalist on "The Power (Of All the Love in the World)", one of the singles taken from their second album, as well as providing backing vocals on many other songs.

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Elisha May is a High Sensory Coach which means, through training and her own natural ability of High Sensory Intelligence, she is able to energetically and intuitively assist transformation in others, we achieve quicker results than a normal coach or therapist.

She has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by people that have chosen the conventional route but feels this hasn’t enabled them to always remain in their truth and connection with Self. Which is living from a place of love and flow, happy and fulfilled.

Elisha is an expert at helping people to come back into alignment with the truth of who they are when they have been at the mercy of the conventions of their society. She facilitates an energetic space for you to experience YOU, the truth and power of who you are through an ignition process of raising your energetic frequency and soul's essence. Step out of the depletion and negative exhausting effects of the human conditioning, that you have experienced in your life and which has led you to this point in time.

You are wanting positive change for yourself, others and the world. Because the world needs you to be you, to be happy, to live from a place of joy and love that you know is possible and can manifest in your day-to-day life. Through the work we will do together you will feel the sense of purpose, meaning and fulfilment that you have always wanted.

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While being groomed and mentored to become an instructor, Leo also developed into a world-class competitor representing the famous Gracie Humaitá competition team successfully in various prestigious events. Leo’s many accolades include Multiple-time Medalist at the World Championship or Mundials, Pan-American Champion, 2x Brazilian National Champion and multiple-time Rio de Janeiro state champion. “The Wizard’s” success as an active competitor was even more remarkable in light of the fact that his primary commitment was always to be an instructor. Teaching for up to 10 hours per day at the Academia did not leave the young martial artist with much time to prepare for competitions but his technical skill allowed him to compete at the highest levels. His teaching has also reached high levels, having served as Rickson Gracie's assistant at seminars worldwide, and recently being recognized as the 2022 International Martial Arts Instructor of the Year.

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Fusing early 2010s trap-based EDM and industrial pop of the 80s and 90s with the music technology of today, Lewine pulls off a sound that is uniquely his. With kick, snare and bass-driven productions and lyrics covering a vast subject of topics often left out of the pop canon, his extensive back catalogue is a testament to his commitment to his career and mission of changing the world.

Chad Lewine is 100% independent. He is currently 100% self-funded and manages everything you see on and offline. Lewine, being a life-long professional web designer, designed and built his website and brand entirely on his own, calling upon his longtime Philly-based graphic designer colleague Jim Viola of Damn Good Brand to design his new logo. 

“Every song I compose, lyric I write and note I sing is with the intention of healing both the individual and the collective mainstream; to bring awareness of how music affects us on a subconscious level.” - Chad Lewine

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Jeremy Spake is a television personality and aviation expert.

In 1996, Spake was featured in the BBC documentary series Airport, where he worked as the ground services manager for Russian airline Aeroflot. His appearance on the programme brought him to wider public notice and celebrity. He subsequently featured in other programmes including The Toughest Job in Britain, Holiday, The Angry Pirate and City Hospital. He also appeared in Moscow for the BBC's 2000 Today programme, broadcast over the turn of 2000. In 2008 he also featured in the BBC documentary Return to... Airport which revisited the people who appeared in Airport.

Spake has written two books: Jeremy's Airport and The Toughest Job in Britain. Jeremy's Airport was based on his experiences working at Heathrow Airport as a Ground Services Manager for Aeroflot during the filming of the BBC series Airport. It describes a typical week in his job. Spake presented a series for BBC TV, The Toughest Job in Britain and his second book is based on the jobs he was filmed doing. Such jobs included replacing the bulbs on Blackpool Tower and working on a turkey farm.

In August 2018, Spake was confirmed as the deputy director of the Isle of Man Airport. In February 2022, the BBC announced that Spake would return to Heathrow Airport to present a new six-part documentary series, The Airport: Back in the Skies, for broadcast on BBC One from May 2022.

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Kermit Zarley is a professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He is also the author of several books.

Zarley was born in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from the University of Houston and was a distinguished member of the golf team. He was the individual champion at the 1962 NCAA Division I Championships and also led his team to victory.

Zarley had three dozen top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his 18 years on Tour including three wins. Zarley had three top-10 finishes in major championships; his best was a solo 6th at the 1972 U.S. Open. Zarley won once on the Senior/Champions Tour. On both Tours, he finished second or tied for second seventeen times.

Due to his unusual name, Zarley was often called "the Pro from the Moon" or "Moon Man." It is because comedian Bob Hope once interviewed him on national television and remarked, "Kermit Zarley, with a name like that, he must be the pro from the moon." In a Wayne and Shuster sketch about a golf tournament being held on the streets of Toronto, Johnny Wayne's character is named "Zarley Kermit, Jr."

In 1965, Zarley co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study group with fellow PGA Tour players Jim and Babe Hiskey. It is still active in the world of professional golf. In the period between his careers on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, he wrote three books on religion and world affairs. He received an honorary doctorate degree in 2001 from North Park University in Chicago, which has a lecture series named for him. Zarley resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Calvin Robinson is a political commentator and broadcaster who is also a deacon in the Free Church of England (FCE). Previously, Robinson had worked as a secondary school teacher and became a video games journalist. From 2020 to 2022, he was studying for ordained ministry in the Church of England, but was refused ordination, prompting him to join the FCE. He is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Spiked and First Things. As a commentator, Robinson has contributed to talkRADIO and GB News.

Robinson was employed in the technology industry before training as a teacher. He taught computer science at the St Mary's and St John's Church of England School in Hendon where he became head of the IT department. In 2017, Robinson was featured in a recruitment advert encouraging people to become teachers. He was a video games journalist and is also owner of the video games site God is a Geek.

In May 2016 and 2018, Robinson sought election to Brent Council and Camden Council respectively, where he stood in the wards of Kilburn and Swiss Cottage for the Conservative Party. He was the Brexit Party candidate in Broxtowe in the 2019 election, but dropped out to support the Conservative candidate.

Robinson has also held various positions in local news and right-wing political organisations and campaigns, including Defund the BBC, Unite2Leave (a pro-Brexit tactical voting campaign) and Conservative Way Forward. He has contributed to Black Lives Matter UK: An Anthology, a Henry Jackson Society report opposing Black Lives Matter and "hard-left identity politics". Robinson has claimed that his commentary has made him the target of racial abuse.

Having studied from 2020 to 2022 for ordination in the Church of England at St Stephen's House, Oxford, he was refused ordination by Jonathan Baker, the Bishop of Fulham, and chose to leave the church for the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON). He was ordained as a deacon on 25 June 2022 in the Free Church of England by Bishop Paul Hunt. The decision to deny ordination to Robinson was controversial and attracted strong criticism by conservative media and by Anglican theologian Angela Tilby.

Robinson has also worked for talkRADIO and as a presenter on GB News, with, from late 2022, a regular slot on Sunday afternoons entitled "Calvin's Common Sense Crusade".

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Liverpool's much-loved actor and comedian, John May, is set to embark on a 1,100-mile trek from Land's End to John o Groats, starting in Cornwall in the depths of winter on the 26th of January. He will have only his trusted backpack and will be wild camping along the way.

Throughout the walk, John will be joined by a number of famous friends, including mixed martial artist and former Cage Warriors Flyweight Champion, Molly McCann (Meatball Molly) and former professional boxing champion, Tony Bellew.

All the money raised will go to Weapons Down Gloves Up, a boxing initiative based on sports, education and employment. The WDGU programme works to get young people into employment, with a focus on those who are 16 years or older, and not in education or training.

This is achieved by engaging with local communities and running a successful boxing and MMA programme which is rolled out alongside an education programme with career-driven qualifications. The wider ambition of the initiative is to ensure young individuals are placed into full-time work, thereby taking them off the streets and into a promising future.

No matter the individual's background, positive or challenging, the WDGU programmes ensure that people choose the right pathway in life, away from the streets and into employment.

In the 12 months to March 2022, there were 49,027 knife crimes recorded in England & Wales, many involving young adults. That is equal to one every ten minutes. In the eight months from May to December 2022, there have been eight innocent women killed as a result of knife crime and violence, as well as one young girl who was murdered in Liverpool. John May and the team from WDGU are working to stop this cycle of violence.

With a total fundraising goal of £50,000, the challenge has already received phenomenal support, with the likes of Steven Gerrard sharing video messages of support on social media. To date, the GoFundMe page has raised over £1,000 before one step has even been taken.

As ambassadors of the initiative, Tony Bellew, the face of boxing, and Molly McCann, who represents the UFC world, will walk with John for a number of days. They have both also been drumming-up celebrity support, so that for a number of dates, John will have some famous faces by his side.

Covering an average of 15 miles a day, the challenge is set to be filmed in a weekly vlog style, so that supporters can keep up-to-date with John's antics. A separate weekly cinematic video will also be filmed so that the adventure remains well-documented, complete with celebrity interviews from each week. Furthermore, to keep local supporters and fans in the loop, John will be going live daily and posting updates every day too.

Giving up his home and his business, John May is ready to reset his life and embrace the trek across the country. Considering the challenge to be a celebration, his ambition is to bring together everything he has learned in his 40 years on this planet and transform his experiences into something with purpose.

John May said: "I think what Weapons Down Gloves Up do is fantastic because I really believe that boxing gyms are great for kids. Growing up, I saw kids that went to boxing gyms, and ones that didn't - and there was a difference. These kids from the boxing gyms had structure, discipline and respect. I believe it gives kids a lot more than you might expect.

The WDGU programmes are such a powerful way to get these kids off the streets. I think a lot of them find validation in gangs. They feel a sense of loyalty, but you can also get this sense of belonging to a family from your boxing gym too."

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Anjl Rodee is a creative professional who prides herself on being a supportive creative guide. Her teaching style is a combination of Bob Ross, Leo Buscaglia, and Dory the blue tang. A combo that translates to love and positivity, with art chops.

Over the years Anjl has worn a lot of hats. From celebrity artist to improv comedian to working musician, she's always been drawn to outlets that express creativity. She founded BrushCapades to help others do the same. These courses use entertainment to encourage people’s creative, meditative essence, so they can truly experience the benefits and joy of creativity.

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Are you suffering from epididymitis or diverticulitis? Did your primary care doctor prescribe a ton of prostate-harming antibiotics as my primary care doctor did? Sazone Crusade knows what it's like not being able to sleep because your stomach is in massive pain. Or what about having testicular pain so bad that you are afraid your life will never be the same? He's heard it all, even being told to consider removing my epididymitis tubes.

Fortunately for Sazone, he travelled the world and came in contact with many different cultures that used natural remedies. So he created a protocol using all the methods he learned, and through trial and error, he claims to have been symptom-free for 3 years.

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