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Space Ibiza | The 27 Year Anniversary Celebration
Space Ibiza
27 is a well remembered age, it is when far too many of the world's ultra talented, and beautiful artists came to a premature, striking end. Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, and now Space Ibiza now joins the famous 27 Club. It departs from the scene it helped create, looking amazing, full of energy, and at the top of its game in the world.
It all began with club visionary Pepe Rosello who first launched the club in 1989, this was during the second 'Summer Of Love', the year that Ibiza as we know it was being born, and the year that dance music took hold of youth culture across the world. Since then the club has grown, has changed many times and countless legendary club moments have been lived. Pepe ultimately cultivated and crafted one of the world's most respected and revered venues universally loved by clubbers and DJs alike.
Now this summer will be your final chance to say 'you were there', that you danced on the legendary terrace and were blown away with the sheer atmosphere of the main room. What better place to do this but at its 27th and final anniversary on July 24th 2016.
Lest we forget, it was here that clubbers first famously cheered every arriving aircraft that used to roar above their heads on the famous terrace, this was to become Space Ibiza's defining feature for many years until the terrace was ultimately covered over.
It still stands as the world's most awarded club to date and is known for its unrivalled atmosphere, sound and spectacular production. Few can contest that the sound system is one of the most sonically perfect in the world. Over the years the venue has showcased and introduced the scene's best known and respected techno and house DJs and this seasons line up is one of the strongest in its 27-year history.
At the anniversary you will find an unrivalled and varied line up that willl be announced shortly This is your last chance to get involved and share in a historic moment of clubbing culture.
Festpop Staff Writer Laura Capito
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Athens, Ohio has been described to me as a hippy college community where many students fall in love with the area so much that they end up staying. In fact, many adults love the vitality of being around the college atmosphere even if they were never alumni themselves. Located in southeastern Ohio along the Hocking River, Athens is surrounded by beautiful mountainous scenery with access to incredible hiking at nearby Hocking Hills along with a community that has maintained a passion for serving up locally served food long before it was trendy.
During a visit, you will want to explore The Ridges, formerly the Athens Asylum that dates back to 1874. The architecture on the outside invites you to want to learn more about what happened on the inside during a time when there was not as much known about mental health. There are several special 2 hour Athens Asylum walking tours offered throughout the year for a more in-depth look at the history of the building and its former residents.
Art lovers can enjoy the Kennedy Museum of Art gallery for free and then take a walk on the Cemetery Nature Trail and explore the nearly 700-acre grounds of the former hospital where you will see the gravesites of former patients and great views from 4 different trails.
We tend to gravitate toward the football stadiums when we visit a college campus because my husband is a huge football fan but we also enjoy walking around to look at the architecture and gain more of a sense of the campus vibe.
The University of Ohio campus is steps away from the Uptown Athens downtown with lots of unique shops and places to eat. A few of the highlights were the Athens Underground for one of kind vintage treasures, Mountain Laurel, Import House, and Artifacts Gallery for local and quirky gifts.
One of the downtown stops that absolutely captured my heart was Passion Works Studio. When an organization combines a love of art and a love for adults with special needs, you know you are in a special place. Their mission is to invite makers of all abilities to work and thrive within partnerships celebrating the power of creativity, connection, and purpose.
They are also home to Athen's official flower the "Passion Flower" created from recycled aluminum printing plates from the local newspapers that are handpainted by artists of all types of abilities. You can purchase the passion flowers at the studio or online.
Another extension of Passion Works Studio is Honey for the Heart whose mission is to use repurposed materials (things perceived as junk) and morph them into fantastical larger than life puppets that dance in parades, festivals…or unexpectedly appear at community events. During our visit, I was invited to stop by and check out the volunteers in action as they prepared for an upcoming Athens community parade. Their creativity was very inspirational and inclusive to anyone who wanted to help create.
Stop by Athens Bicycle to rent a bike to use on the trail or find one that you may want to purchase along with lots of accessories to choose from.
You can burn calories while on the quest to discover your favorite Athen's brew. The Brewed on the Bikeway 21 mile bike trail connects you to several award-winning local craft breweries and a cider house in town.
We didn't get to visit all of the stops on the trail but we did make it to a few.
Jackie O's Taproom & Production Brewery is an easy stop to get to off the bike trail from Athens Bicycle. I absolutely loved the wooden Ohio shaped flight holder and with 38 signature draft beers, you are bound to find more than a few favorites.
Little Fish Brewery Company is another stop off the bike trail that is very family friendly with a nice outdoor space where kids can play and parents can enjoy a drink. My husband ordered the House IPA and I tried the delicious Shrubbery which is a non-alcoholic drink with sweet and sour soda with pomegranate and blueberry juice, cider vinegar, and sugar.
My husband and I shared a flight at another stop off the trail at West End Cider House to discover our favorite Ohio craft ciders. Beer drinkers and wine and cocktail lovers will still find several options to choose from as well. Our favorite from the flight was the Zingiber.
You can't visit a college town without checking out a local coffee shop. Voted Best Coffeehouse in Ohio, Donkey Coffee and Espresso did not disappoint with fair trade coffee, local goodies, and a nice selection of non-coffee options. Normally I would have chosen coffee but they had me really intrigued with the "CHAIDER" which was a delicious fusion of Chai Tea and Apple Cider. There is plenty of seating on the main floor and the 2nd floor has additional seating and a covered patio area with tables.
Locally sourced is a big part of the culture in Athens, Ohio and many restaurants in the area take pride in providing as many ingredients as possible within a 30-mile radius.
There are a few things about Casa Nueva that will blow your mind. First, the food is fresh, sourcing as much as possible within a 30-mile radius, 2nd, the service is fantastic but they do not accept tips. I only knew about this detail because of some online research. It's so rare to have full table service and not tip and still get amazing service. I had to ask our waitress because I was so intrigued by the concept. I asked her why she chose to work there instead of another tradition tipping restaurant. She said that the culture was like family, everyone works hard and co-owns, and that food perks are great. I have to agree with her on the food because the square-shaped burritos were unforgettable in shape and taste! We even tried a seasonal "Smackdown" brownie dessert even though we were already beyond stuffed.
Specializing in Traditional American and Caribbean inspired cuisine, Sol Restaurant and Bar offers flavors that will make you almost forget that you are in Ohio. During our visit, we tried the Loaded Tamale (Cuban tamale topped with fresh avocado, tomato, sautéed onions, sour cream, spicy Diablo sauce, cilantro. Served with Shagbark tortilla chips.) the Ropa Vieja (Braised shredded beef, seasoned with wine, tomato sauce, onions, green peppers, and garlic served with white rice and black beans) and the Sol Steak with Chimichurri, which is their version of an Argentinean steakhouse classic served with a side of chimichurri sauce, and your choice of two sides with white rice.
This is home to what might be one of my all-time favorite breakfast bagel sandwiches. My sandwich was the "MacGyger", a jalapeño bagel, hard boiled eggs, pepper jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Customers line up to order their favorite named combination or can create one of their own and while you wait you can add your name to join the collection of customers whose names also grace the walls.
This is definitely a unique stop for an even more unique hot dog. The hot dog combinations are clever in name and flavors which makes for an unforgettable meal. O'Betty's Red Hot is also home to a small hot dog museum displaying a range of items with a hot dog theme. I ordered a popular "off the menu" item called the Taj Mai, bacon-wrapped all beef hot dog with peanut butter, chili and habanero salsa. I would have never put this combination together but it worked well. I encourage you to try a combination that is a bit outside of your comfort zone.
Another staple in Athens is Miller's Chicken. The fried chicken and sides are served in a small dining room or by carryout with no frills because their fried chicken is just that good on its own. If you do order sides, I suggest the mac n' cheese and coleslaw.
Two other popular spots if you are having a craving for sweets are Whit's Frozen Custard with fresh frozen custard made daily and McHappy's Donuts and Bake Shoppe with a commitment to products that are free of preservatives and trans-fats.
During our visit, we stayed at the Hampton Inn in Athens which was extremely convenient for all of our adventures.
For our road trip to Athens, we enjoyed test driving the KIA Cadenza with a large moonroof, great leg room in the front and back seat, and an all-around luxury experience in style and additional features. My favorite feature was the odometer projection on the windshield with the posted speed limit.
Visitors to Athens will find great locally sourced food and drinks along with outdoor adventure centered around a great college community. A few days in Athens helped me understand why alumni cherish it so much.
Thanks again to Visit Athens for hosting our visit and KIA for providing our road trip vehicle. All opinions are my own.
Thank you so much for sharing that Lori! And I still dream about that bagel sandwich!
Thanks Nancy! We were kid-free during our visit so I'll be interested to hear what's on your list.


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by laranitanz | 1 Oct, 2012 | Event
A few quick links from Friday's Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. I'll add more links later today. Let me know of any events, articles, posts, videos etc., produced for the day.
Nikki shared a powerful letter she wrote to the Labour Women's caucus.
Family Planning urged the government to take abortion out of the Crimes Act, and, together with ALRANZ and Women's Health Action, published a fact sheet asking the hard questions about abortion law in New Zealand about abortion law in New Zealand.
There were some great protests and demonstrations across the globe, including a large march in Dublin and yesterday there was a flash mob in Melbourne (I'm not sure if that was connected to the Sept 28 campaign but it was this weekend and it was awesome, so I'm including it here).
And to wrap things up, this video produced by IPAS Brazil a few years ago seems very appropriate.
by laranitanz | 28 Sep, 2012 | Event
Today is the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. This has also been referred to as the International Day of Action for the Decriminalisation of Abortion, which as I gather is what it was called last year, the first year of the global campaign, started by Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) in solidarity with the September 28 Campaign in Latin America and the Caribbean, which began in 1990.
The Southland Times, Catholics for Choice, people against choice and balanced reporting, and funny letters
by laranitanz | 7 Sep, 2012 | Our Blog
Opposition to abortion not the stance of all Catholics (appeared as an op-ed in the Southland Times but hasn't been put up on their website)
The Southland Times has sunk to a new low by publishing a half-page article on the opinion page provided by Jon O'Brien, chairman of the spurious American organisation Catholics for Choice. This organisation is not a Catholic organisation, it has no right to claim to speak for Catholics, who mainly support their bishops.
O'Brien is correct when he says Catholics have to obey their conscience, but this presumes that their conscience is informed. No amount of conscience formation can go against the 10 commandments, which clearly state "Thou shalt not kill". Abortion is killing a human life in the womb, a God-given life, that will never see the light of day.
Shame on what was once a great paper, The Southland Times
V K Smith
Invercargilly:
The Southland Times has sunk to a new low by publishing a letter by V K Smith. V K Smith was upset that the paper would stoop so low as to publish an opinion piece on the opinion page.
Why was V K Smith so upset? Because the opinion of the writer was different to their own.
The readers of The Southland Times should not have to be exposed to the views and opinions of others. Shame on what was once a great paper.
Nik Horn
Dudes for Choice
by laranitanz | 25 Jul, 2012 | Our Blog
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One of my favourites:
This Is My Body (Not Yours)
"This Is My Body" is a women's rights advocacy video created in response to the attacks on women's health and reproductive rights that have occurred in the US throughout 2012. The video addresses those issues along with abortion, body image, cancer, fair pay, and a number of other important issues affecting women today. If you're keen, the organisers are inviting women to contribute their own monologues (info on the Facebook page) – go ahead and add a Kiwi touch!
This Is My Body
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMyBody

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In A Rough Neighborhood, Jordan Clings To Its Stability : Parallels Amid the turbulent Middle East, Jordan remains stable — for now. But internal and external pressures are mounting. From within, a faltering economy and a popular demand for a say in how the country is governed. And from without, a flood of refugees from Syria that are straining resources.
In the turbulent Middle East, the kingdom of Jordan remains stable for now, but pressure is mounting. Arab revolts have toppled dictators. The Syrian war rages right next door, a wave of refugees has strained every resource in Jordan. The U.S has stepped up support, including recent loan guarantees of more than a billion dollars. Also, a Patriot missile battery and U.S. squadron of fighter jets are now based in the kingdom. NPR's Deborah Amos sent this story on the questions of how stable Jordan is and how stable it can remain.
DEBORAH AMOS, BYLINE: Jordan didn't escape Arab Spring protests. When it started here in the capital Amman, demonstrators had some of the same demands as Syria's protest movement next door. But Jordan was different. Protesters stopped short of calling for the downfall of King Abdullah, the boyish-looking monarch here educated in the U.S. and Britain.
ALI SHUKRI: Violence and blood spilling in the region led to catastrophes.
AMOS: But not in Jordan. Retired General Ali Shukri, a former adviser at the royal palace, says for the most part, the security police didn't break up protests with clubs or guns.
SHUKRI: It was hot weather and they gave them water, they gave them some juices, whatever. And that was a very loud message to the protesters from the security forces in the country.
AMOS: The protest is smaller now; the grievances haven't gone away. High-level corruption is the biggest complaint, says Labib Kamhawi, the head of the National Front for Reform, a coalition of political groups. The latest scandal: A relative of the king fled to London following corruption charges. He is just one more official skimming millions, complains Kamhawi, while Jordan survives on foreign aid.
LABIB KAMHAWI: And people feel that this country is taken for a ride by a small group of people who basically fill the rank and file of the royal court and some of the government employees.
AMOS: The economic ride for Jordanians is increasingly bumpy, he says, and they want a bigger say in how the country is run. There are elections here, but the king can dissolve parliament. He can hire and fire the prime minister, and he's done it five times in three years. The kingdom is quiet for now. But the government recently announced a dramatic rise in electricity prices. And Kamhawi says that could spark large protests again.
KAMHAWI: Yes, there will be because people are not able to make ends meet.
AMOS: But concerns over the economy are trumped by fears over security. The Syrian war is right next door. You can feel the tension here in Mafraq, a dusty northern town near the border. Spill of over violence and radical Islamists are high on the danger list. The collapse of Syria could pose a bigger a threat.
AMOS: This is the tax collector in Mafraq, Amer al-Dughmi. When we stopped by his office, he explained his town lives with Syria's war every day swamped by rebels and refugees.
AL-DUGHMI: (Through Translator) Look, we are approximately 40 miles away from the border. So we here, daily, from 12 midnight until 3 a.m., constant barrage of bombings. And we even see the lights and the flashes from these explosions.
AMOS: Syrians fleeing the explosions have more than doubled the population. As the town filled up, some Jordanians rented their chicken coops and rooftops to refugees. International aid agencies picked up the inflated tab, says the tax collector. The high rents for every available space has driven prices out of reach for the locals.
AL-DUGHMI: (Through Translator) You basically now have a total breakdown of the economic model that we had before. And this, alongside the increasing unemployment and the increasing prices, is leading to some major problems.
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Do you hear Jordanians now complaining about Syrians two years in?
DR. SAMIR AL-MASHAKBEY: (Through Translator) Certainly. You're talking about lots of pressure on the system. In the city, we are talking about an influx of 110,000 Syrians.
AMOS: Still, Jordanians are grateful about one thing: So far the war hasn't spilled over the border. As they look around the region, they see violence in Syria. Across the border with Iraq, a growing death count. In Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, chaotic experiments in political Islam. Many Jordanians are now more hesitant to knock the Jordanian monarchy.
RAMZY MARDINI: I think Syria has been a gift in disguise for King Abdullah.
AMOS: That's Ramzy Mardini, an analyst with the Jamestown Foundation. He's based in Jordan. He's watched as regional troubles have taken the steam out of the protest movement here.
MARDINI: What do they want out of the protests? Do they want stability or democracy? It's made that choice very, very clear. I think it's actually made King Abdullah more secure in his position rather than less secure.
AMOS: Ask the guests at this dinner party outside the capital, Amman, and they'll tell you: In Jordan, at least we are safe.
NASER TAHBOUB: My name is Naser Tahboub. I am a member of the faculty of the School of International Studies at Jordan University.
AMOS: Tahboub invited some of his students and his niece, May. She's an engineer. The discussion is all politics. Should Jordan intervene in Syria? The overwhelming consensus is to stay out. Then the talk turns to Jordan's protest movement and the demands for wider democracy.
N. TAHBOUB: It is definitely the case that the mood in Jordan has changed.
AMOS: The professor says Jordanians have lost confidence in a movement that wants too much too soon.
N. TAHBOUB: Are those who are on the extreme, demonstrating, some of them at least, can they deliver? Can they do a better job? And I can tell you, there is a great deal of skepticism.
AMOS: But his niece, May Tahboub, defends a movement that represent the aspirations of a younger generation. Is Jordan really safe? Are we stable, she asks, when we have no say in how we are governed? But the threats from Syria and across other borders has changed even her calculations.
MAY TAHBOUB: We backed up not because we are against striking or talking out loud. We don't know what to do.
AMOS: Deborah Amos, NPR News.


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Las elecciones provinciales de Columbia Británica de 1928 ocurrieron el 18 de julio de ese año, para elegir miembros de la 17.ª legislatura de la provincia canadiense de Columbia Británica. La elección resultó en una victoria para el Partido Conservador, que, de la mano de Simon Fraser Tolmie, logró ganar con mayoría absoluta, poniendo fin a 12 años de gobiernos liberales.

Los liberales, liderados por el primer ministro John D. MacLean fueron derrotados, a pesar de que su caudal de votos subió considerablemente en comparación a la última elección. La desaparición del Partido Provincial de Columbia Británica resultó en un parlamento casi completamente bipartidista, con sólo un miembro del Partido Laborista Independiente impidiendo esa denominación. La elección marcó la última vez que los conservadores liderarían un gobierno por su propia cuenta en la historia de la provincia, con Tolmie convirtiéndose en el último premier conservador de Columbia Británica.

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La elección se llevó a cabo bajo un sistema mixto. La gran mayoría de distritos electorales eligieron un legislador, usando el escrutinio mayoritario uninominal, mientras que los distritos con más de un miembro ocuparon el escrutinio mayoritario plurinominal, mejor conocido como voto en bloque. 25 escaños fueron necesarios para la mayoría absoluta.

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Trophy Wife: A Novel
Authors: Adams, Noelle
Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Fooling Around comes a steamy novel about a pampered princess who's starting over—and the hot guy next door who knows exactly how to melt that tiara right off.
Alison Davies used to just be a trophy wife. Now she's just flat broke. Thanks to an ironclad prenup, she's worse off than she was before the day she rushed down the aisle with a wealthy jerk eight years ago. After her steep fall from riches to rags, Alison refuses to shackle herself to any man who treats her like a possession—no matter how good he looks in a pair of well-worn jeans, or how his muscles ripple while he's carrying her couch.
Underneath his rugged exterior, Rob West is a gentleman. So when he sees his beautiful new neighbor moving in, he's going to help her out no matter how loudly she protests. In fact, Alison's determination to go it alone just strengthens his resolve—and his desire to find out what makes her tick. But after one spur-of-the-moment tumble in the sheets, it's clear that their connection goes way deeper. And that Rob won't be happy until Alison surrenders to the passion they share.
Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
Praise for Trophy Wife
"I like heroines who take charge of their lives and work for what they want. And that was Alison to a T."—Badass Book Reviews
"Noelle Adams spins an anything-but-predictable tale of two people who find themselves while they fall for each other."—Heroes and Heartbreakers
"In Trophy Wife, two wayward hearts learn to trust themselves enough to lean on someone they love."—Hines Bigham's Literary Tryst
"[In Trophy Wife,] stepping away from the allure of wealth was not a step down, but a major step up with pleasant surprises and improvements experienced. . . . Rob was a multitalented hunk. . . . Swoon."—Books and Bindings
"Noelle Adams drops a romance that readers will fly through in a matter of hours. It's perfectly layered with drama and lovable characters. . . . Add Trophy Wife to your ever growing to-read list right now!"—Lovey Dovey Books


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Rico Love Says He Wanted Chris Brown on Somebody Else Remix
May 22nd, 2015 by K104
Image Courtesy Interscope RecordsRico Love's "Somebody Else" is just one of the many honest songs written from personal experience on his newly released album, Turn the Lights On. While the official remix features telling lyrics from Usher and Wiz Khalifa, Rico tells ABC Radio Chris Brown also could have offered up his recent experiences.
"I would of loved to hear what Chris Brown had to say on that record as well, because that would of been so honest, that would of been so passionate, you know, and that's what music should be about," Rico says.
After the revamped single surfaced last month, the singer confirms that Usher was absolutely recalling his experience with his ex-wife, Tameka Raymond, on the track. He adds Wiz Khalifa also came up with passionate verses about his estranged wife, Amber Rose.
"They were and they should of, because we should always speak from our experiences," Love says. "Listen to the intensity and the passion in which Wiz Khalifa delivered his verse, you could tell it was heartfelt. It wasn't about bling, it wasn't about his watch, it was about how he felt about what he was really going through and I intentionally wanted him on that record for that reason. I needed that emotion."
Rico, who's previously written hit songs for everyone from Beyonce to Mary J. Blige, reveals that being vulnerable on his 12-track album wasn't an easy feat, especially since it was written about an ex-girlfriend. However, he found inspiration in other artists whom he feels consistently create honest records.
"Your music is always going to be more passionate, the songs are going to be way better when they're true and honest, that's why I respect Drake so much, that's why when I listen to J. Cole, I'm excited, that's why when I listen to Kendrick [Lamar], I'm just like, 'Wow!'" Rico says. "These guys are really speaking from the heart, speaking passionately and honest about what they're really going through and it comes through in their record, and that's what I wanted to do with this album."
Rico's debut album, Turn the Lights On, is available now.
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Bridgewater School raise over £1400 for breast cancer and mental health charities in Pink and Yellow fundraising day
The entire Bridgewater School community came together to contribute to the annual 'Pink and Yellow' fundraising day on Friday 15 October.
This marked a chance for the Greater Manchester school's students, staff and families to show their understanding and support on the issues of breast cancer and young people's mental health.
Bridgewater organised a variety of fundraising efforts in aid of the Breast Cancer Now and Young Minds charities, with a total of £1,402 raised as the entire school, from Kindergarten to Year 13, participated in and enjoyed Pink and Yellow Day.
The brilliant fundraising effort from Bridgewater School was directly recognised by Breast Cancer Now and YoungMinds on social media:
Wow! What a fantastic fundraising effort! Thank you to everyone at Bridgewater School for all your hard work and support 👏
— Breast Cancer Now (@BreastCancerNow) October 19, 2021
We really appreciate the support team 💛
— YoungMinds (@YoungMindsUK) October 19, 2021
According to Cancer Research UK, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer within the UK, accounting for 15% of all cases in females and males.
Breast Cancer Now report that one woman in the UK is diagnosed every 10 minutes, so it's lovely to see that Bridgewater are raising money towards a charity who are battling such an important cause through research and care.
With over 50% of mental health illnesses established by the age of 14 and less than 1 in 3 young people who are affected getting access to NHS care and treatment, the help that charities like YoungMinds can offer is invaluable.
Bridgewater School offer activities like 'HIIT' (High Intensity Interval Training) and yoga at lunchtime on Wednesdays and Thursdays to both students and staff in initiatives that can improve physical and mental wellbeing.
Head Girl, Rowan, added that members of the Bridgewater community 'hold a personal connection to these charities' in some way:
"The students, teachers and families at Bridgewater all in some way hold a personal connection to these charities. The school community, especially Sixth Form, have worked tirelessly to ensure that this year's Pink and Yellow Day was a blossoming success."
Rowan also commented on some of the fundraising activities that took place, which sounded very exciting:
"From our 'Name the Bear!' competition to the selling of stress-balls and donuts, this year's event raised a huge amount of money which will be split equally between these two amazing causes."
Bridgewater School opened in 1950, initially to 55 boys and moved to its current Drywood Hall location in 1952.
It became the co-educational independent school that it's known as today, in 1968.
As Bridgewater are fortunate enough to offer high staff-to-pupil ratios, they can provide continuity of individual attention across the entire schooling age of Early Years to Sixth Form.


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Your action is needed NOW. CPC Bill is on the House Health and Human Services Committee Agenda November 14.
A dangerous bill is rapidly advancing through the Florida Legislature and we need your help to stop it. House Bill 41 would make permanent a program that funds so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), most often run by organizations opposed to abortion – not medical professionals. CPCs have been known to use medically inaccurate or incomplete information and intimidation tactics to dissuade women from obtaining abortions.
The CPC bill is on the House Health and Human Services Committee agenda this Tuesday, November 14 at 9:00am. The Senate companion has already passed through one committee stop, and this will be the only opportunity we have for public testimony in the House. It's absolutely critical you speak out today.
Please take a moment to use the Planned Parenthood email system to efficiently message all lawmakers on the House Health and Human Services Committee and urge them to oppose House Bill 41.
Or, phone them! CLICK HERE for a complete phone list of House HHS Committee members.
The League of Women Voter's position that "public policy in a pluralistic society must affirm the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices" upholds the idea that when a woman has decided to seek birth control or discuss her reproductive health options, she deserves to be able to access that care from a qualified medical provider. She does not deserve to be tricked, judged, or shamed. But these fake clinics too often judge, shame, and intentionally try to trick women out of getting the care they are seeking.
What's worse, although Crisis Pregnancy Centers oppose abortion and contraception and therefore will not provide comprehensive counseling or referrals, their advertising and outward appearances are frequently calculated to deceive women into believing they will be able to access a full range of reproductive health care services.
Our tax dollars should not be spent misleading women and endangering their health. With your help, we stopped a similar bill last legislative session, but your voice is needed now more than ever.
Contact the House Health and Human Services Committee members now in opposition to House Bill 41.
The League of Women Voters will keep defending Floridian women's access to medically accurate information, as well as access to the full range of reproductive health care services.


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Dark Places.
Stories we create in play.
Ironsworn
The roleplaying game Ironsworn, written by Shawn Tomkin, was celebrating its first birthday in July this year. The game is a one-man self-published project, and it looks like it's at least somewhat a succes among the roleplaying community, thanks to a couple of features in particular. Which I will get back to. But first, Ironsworn's succes, despite being a self-published (and free, if you only need the pdf!) fantasy roleplaying game in a crowd of thousands of other games, is not something I made up. The game was nominated for two Ennies awards this year, Best Free Game and Best Electronic Book, and it won Best Free Game.
What is Ironsworn?
Ironsworn is roleplaying game set in a very loosely described ironage setting. A big part of playing the game is making stuff up about the world its set in, and it's a design feature that every group's play of Ironsworn wil result in a different world with different flavour. All the fictional dials, like what magic is and how powerful it is, monsters, etc. are there to be tweaked by the players.
So far, none so revolutionary.
The game mechanics are "Powered by the Apocalypse", ie. based on Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World framework, but it's far from—very far—simply a re-skinning of AW. We have moves, yes, and progress clocks, which in Ironsworn are progress bars and hardwired into the mechanics. We also still "play to find out" and "fiction first". The dice mechanics from AW have been tweaked slightly, so instead of the standard roll 2d6 and add your stat, we are now rolling both a single d6 "action die" and adding a stat and two d10 "challenge dice". If your action die+stat is higher that both the challenge dice, it's a strong hit, if you only beat one challenge die, it's a weak hit, and if both challenge dice are higher than your roll, it's a miss. PCs have a stat called Momentum, that builds up during the game and can be used to manipulate a roll in a tight situation.
Characters in Ironsworn are also different, as in there are no "playbooks" as we know it from most PbtA games. Instead you build a character from a few stats and each character gets their own special flavour via three "assets" the player chooses. Assets are special moves, abilities, allies or stuff, all to be integrated into the fictional world you are creating. During the game, it's possible to earn more Assets.
What makes Ironsworn special?
Ironsworn is geared towards solo play – yes, roleplaying all on your own. It's a thing and a lot of people enjoy it, but there are very few dedicated soly systems out there. The game does it by incorporating "oracles". Where in a normal game with someone handling some or all GM duties you would ask the GM, here you ask the oracle – this is not special to Ironsworn, a lot of solo RPGs rely on oracles in some form or other – and the oracle gives you an answer that you can interpret in your game's narrative. Let's say my PC is roaming the forest and meets someone – I ask the oracle who it is and what they are like. The oracle tells me it's a scout and they are violent towards me. How do I react?
If you are "HUH?" in regard to this, there's an active solo RPG Reddit group as well a Discord group called Lone Wolf Roleplaying. Check it out, people are playing anything solo, from Pendragon to D&D to Star Wars.
Another thing that sets Ironsworn apart from most other games also lies in its title, specifically in terms of "sworn". The game's fiction is fuelled by vows that your PC swear and the quests you go on to fulfil these vows. It's an oath that guides and drives the character's actions from the outset. Perhaps you decide that your settlement was raided by people in long boats and you decide to swear an oath, an "Iron Vow", to track these people down and get revenge.
Other than solo
If playing solo is not your thing, then Ironsworn can also be played as a completely normal RPG with a GM and players. But it is also possible to play without a GM in co-op mode, because the game's oracles (or other oracles you may find out there on the internet) can handle most GM stuff.
Like I said at the beginning, Ironsworn won the Ennie this year for best free game. Because it's free. You can download it and start using it right now. No catch, no "in-game purchases" or shite like that. If you absolutely want a hardcopy version like me, then you will have to pay for the print, but there's nothing keeping you from taking the PDF to your print shop or printing it out at home. Or you can buy a printed book from Drivethrurpg.
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En Garde! Avantgarde Retro…Something
Via the wonderful Slack community for Paul Beakly's Indie Game Reading Club my interest was peaked by the mention of an ancient (in roleplaying archeological terms) game by Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick called En Garde!
Yes, with an exclamation point.
Hard to believe that En Garde! is nearly as old as the original D&D, with the first edition published by GDW in 1975. The game, subtitled "Being in the Main a Game of the Life and Times of a Gentleman Adventurer and his Several Companions", is a strange mix of roleplaying and strategy game set in the 1600s Paris. Think The Three Musketeers and you've got it. But, like D&D, it seems that it's an oldie that just won't go away. It's still being sold these days in its 4th edition by a British publisher—you can read more about the game's history on the publisher's site, it's fascinating stuff.
How…what?
In the game you create a character—by rolling dice on several tables, obviously—which you then try to progress in Parisian social and military life. All characters have a social level and the game is about raising this level over months, and possibly years (in game time), by accumulating status points. You may start out as a piss-poor peasant son with no money, no inheritance and possibly no future. Or you may be lucky to be born into a noble rich family and start the game with a boat load of cash and a social level to match.
In the game I'm playing in, a play-by-post game, which the game is perfectly suited to, I rolled a peasant's son. The best I can say is that he happens to be the first son in his family, which raises his social level a tiny bit and provides him with an eeny-weeny more funding from the outset. But not much.
You get status points by doing a lot of stuff—basically you describe what your character is doing week by week over a four-week period and at the end of the month the score is calculated, also sometimes based on dice rolls to see how well, for example, the character's attempt at joining a military regiment or courting a lady goes. At the same time, you are also trying to earn an income so you can pay your monthly expenses—believe me, living in Paris in 1610, even in a shitty room in the worst area, is expensive.
Money does get you a long way. You can join a regiment and immediately pay a lump sum to get an officer's rank, like Captain, Major or even higher. Being in a regiment earns you a monthly income.
If you are skint, you can try and suck up to one of the wealthier characters, called to "toady", and perhaps they will invite you to their club and hoopla, your social level is already improving. Or you can visit a money lender and borrow some money, although I would advise against it. The interest payment are killing.
You can visit a brothel or court a lady companion. That also will cost you.
It's pretty neat.
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Alien RPG: Chariot of the Gods Actual Play
I am running the intro scenario Chariot of the Gods for the coming Alien RPG, mostly because I wanted to play it and nobody else was right there to run it. And we are playing it the slowest possible way imaginable, which is asynchronous play-by-forum. Not ideal, granted, but the game's cinematic rules structure is actually not that bad. I don't know any other Fria Ligan games with similar rules, but thankfully a couple of the players are well versed in the rules system generally, and we are kind of learning the Alien flavour of the rules together. One of the players is Matt, who runs a very active RPG blog and podcast.
It's good fun.
No Spoilers
If you intend to play this scenario as a player only, then you don't have to worry for now. I am not going to spoil any surprises in this post.
The scenario comes ready to play with five player characters—we are four players and one GM, so I am running one of the starting characters as an NPC.
Now, while I cannot say much about what's going on in the fiction, I can tell you a bit about the game's structure. It's a very traditional RPG with attributes and skills—thankfully only 12 broadly defined skills, where fx. HEAVY MACHINERY covers everything mechanical, whether it's repairing it, rigging it or taking it apart. Each skill is based off its attribute—STRENGTH in this case—and the numbers together are the number of dice you roll to do a task. One six is a succes, extra sixes can be spent as "stunts" to get a mechanical or fictional advantage, such as doing it faster or better.
As long as your character doesn't have stress, it doesn't matter what the other dice show—only sixes count.
Oh, yeah. Stress.
Dice, Dice, Baby. Stress Dice.
The cinematic rules are built to emulate your typical Alien film and most of the characters are not expected to live through the scenario—or even be alive that long into the scenario. While the game is a traditional task resolution, mechanics-first system, it comes with a very nice push mechanic to mitigate the toughness of the system. When ever you roll your attribute plus skill to achieve something and you're not satisfied with your roll, you may "push", ie. reroll all the dice that didn't show a six. The price for doing that is called Stress, and a push add one to your Stress. You roll you Stress as dice in another colour—the official dice are a warning yellow—along with your normal dice and they work as normal dice, giving you a success on a six. The big but here is if any of the Stress dice come up as a one. Then your character might be in trouble, based on how many Stress point they have accumulated so far.
So, the more Stress your character has, the more dice they roll for a given task and the better their chances for a succes. But at the same time also increasing the chance for rolling a one on one of those yellow suckers and making the outcome even worse.
If a character rolls a one—or a facehugger symbol on the official dice—on a Stress die, it trigger panic. Which may start a whole avalanche of panic, because panic may trigger panic in other characters as well. Mechanically you roll a die and add your level of Stress and read the result on a table. Anything on 6 and below is not too bad, but roll higher and you may be in deep shit, from dropping whatever you are carrying to all out screaming and fleeing—and worse.
There are other ways to get Stress that pushing your roll—your character gets Stress if they fire full auto fire on a gun, get scared by something in the fiction, get hurts a.o.
The stress/panic system is very much at the forefront when playing the game. Already on the first rolls in the scenario, players start pushing their luck—and who wouldn't, especially with no or few Stress dice? So far, we are only nearly done with Act 1 of the scenario, but player characters have already had plenty of tense situations with stress and panic without even meeting any opposition yet. From here, it can only get worse. In a good way.
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Alien RPG Preview
I took a couple of years off roleplaying, mainly because it was hard finding other like-minded roleplayers in my area. The hiatus was well spent playing a lot of boardgames, preferably long, complex, multi-player games. But my dormant roleplaying interest has slowly crawled back to life. It might have been the announcement by Swedish publisher Fria Ligan that the licensed Alien RPG was landing in 2019. That got my attention.
Now, I saw—nay, witnessed—Alien in the cinema in 1979 with a good friend of mine. We were both teenagers and at the time we gobbled up anything that smelled of sci-fi, including Star Wars two years earlier, of course. But this one left a lasting mark on us both. I still remember us walking back from the cinema at night, not saying a word to each other, just gobsmacked from the experience. I remember enjoying the very slow beginning of the film, with all its nice spaceship details and the characters coming to life. I also remember the shock when something jumped from a rubbery egg onto one of the characters face. From that moment on, I was pretty much scared shitless—good times!
Fria Ligan has opened up for preorders for the new Alien RPG, and if you preorder, you get a quickstart-PDF with with the basic rules and an intro scenario. I did, and I am playing the scenario play-by-post, just because I couldn't wait.
The quickstart is focused on one of the game's two modes, called cinematic. The other one is campaign mode, which we don't know a lot about so far. In cinematic mode you emulate the movies, which means the feel and storyline closely follow either Alien, Aliens or Alien 3, and to some degree also the later movies. In cinematic mode the player characters are very expendable indeed, not the least since the opposition is very deadly, and the emotions among the crew—some of which may not be what you thought they were at the beginning—are very tense from the outset.
The game system is a simple traditional machine with some nice features that stress the feel of the movies. To overcome obstacles, you roll a number of six-sided dice according to your skill plus attribute—game only comes with 12 skills, so everything is boiled down to give you that Alien experience. Any six rolled indicates a success, more sixes let you add effects to whatever you're doing, something the game calls "stunts". If you don't roll any sixes, you can press yourself by getting stress, which is signified as an extra die in another colour, effectively giving you a chance of trying again with an extra die. But if the stress die comes up with a 1, then your character panics and all sorts of bad things can happen, especially if you have many stress points. And you will.
All in all the Alien RPG is very functional and streamlined and a lot of good fun to play.
Big Boom-Boom: Twilight Imperium Objectives Playtest.
Go to "Start Your Engines" for the actual playtest report. Keep reading for some background information about the game – nay, experience – called Twilight Imperium.
Twilight Imperium 4th edition was published in 2017, 20 years after the first handmade version was published. The game's history is almost as exiting as the game itself, since a young Danish wannabee comics publisher left Denmark to try his luck in the US of A. Christian Petersen managed to publish his game and created a small publisher, Fantasy Flight Games (FFG), which since grew to become one of the biggest players in the boardgaming publishing world. Google it.
I met Twilight Imperium (TI) in its 3rd edition, which at the time had been blown out of all sensible proportions – in a good way! – by two giant expansions adding numerous, sometimes ridiculous, optional rules, factions, units, systems, strategies and more. It was a joke at the time that if you swung the game box including expansions, it would create a rift in the space-time continuum, which was actually true. Thankfully no-one ever did it.
FFG decided to do a major overhaul of the game in time for its 20th anniversary, incorporating some of the good stuff from the 3rd edition and its expansions, plus tweaking some stuff to make it a more streamlined game experience and perhaps easier to get into. To say the least, TI4 did exactly that and more. Nothing wrong with TI3, it's a sensational boardgame if you don't mind playing 6-8 hours with heavy negotiations and politics. TI4 is the best version of the game so far – if fact, it's nearly perfect, but hasn't changed the 6-8 hours playing time or the politicking and negotiating.
If there's one teeny tiny thing you could criticise TI4 for it would be the public objectives you score to actually win the game. They are solid and work, but not that exiting, especially not compared to thematic richness to everything else in the package. That's why I decided to give a fan-made set of thematic objectives a go – on paper they all looked really good and only an actual play-through could find out if they were.
Before we started I had the set printed to look like proper objective card. My expectation was that given the sheer amount of cards available during play, the game would be quicker. Well, that was not the case. At all. The playtest lasted from around 10:30am to 8pm, without breaks.
First things first: I played the Mentak Coalition and came last.
The factions were, besides my Mentak, The Barony of Letnev (played by a newbie), The Federation of Sol (one game under their belt), The Emirates of Hacan (newbie), The Naalu Collective and The L1X1X Mindnet (experienced players).
We played the option where one of each (political, economic, military) objective was revealed each turn. First turn objectives:
Parliamentary Maneuvering (Control Mecatol Rex. Spend 6 influence. The Speaker may look at the top 4 cards of the agenda deck and rearrange them in any order.)
Distribute Bribes (Give one player 3 of your trade goods, then give a different player 3 of your trade goods.)
Seize the Throne (Win a ground combat against a player who controls Mecatol Rex. Spend 6 influence: Gain the defeated player's Support for the Throne, if they have it.)
No-one scored anything in Turn 1, which isn't surprising.
Turn 2-3
New objectives:
Hyper-admin (Spend 12 influence: Gain the Hypermetabolism technology.)
Economic Miracle (Exhaust 3 industrial planets. Another player gains 3 trade goods: Gain 3 trade goods.)
Politicise Conflict (Spend 3 influence. The attacker must have fewer victory points than you: No units may be moved during this tactical action. Gain a command token.)
The Naalu rushed to take Mercatol Rex, and later was able to score both Parliamentary Maneuvering and with the Imperial Strategy card for an early lead.
The first agenda phase saw voting on the Ixthian Artifact (The speaker rolls a die. 1-5: Destroy all units on Mecatol Rex & 3 units in each system adjacent to Mecatol Rex. 6-10: Each player researches 2 technologies). I think three Riders were announced for this vote predicting a for, and eventually it was me, as the Speaker, who decided against it.
Second vote was the fateful Shard of the Throne, which the Naalu managed to secure.
L1Z1X managed to score a secret objective.
New objectives for turn 3:
Restore the Custodians (Exhaust 4 cultural planets. Spend 4 influence: Remove all ground forces from Mecatol Rex and return the Custodian Token to Mecatol Rex.)
Open Source Technology (Spend 4 trade goods. All players gain a colored, non-faction technology that you have.)
HAZMAT Barrages (Exhaust a hazardous planet that you control. Destroy 2 destroyers in that system. Spend 4 resources: Gain Destroyer II.)
Turn 3 saw Barony score their first VP with Support for the Throne, I didn't note from whom, but it was L1Z1X or Naalu. In the status phase Naalu scored Open Source Tech and the Barony HAZMAT Barrages. Naalu 5, Barony 2, L1Z1X 1.
My neighbour Sol decided to try and wipe me out because I refused to pay to get access to a planet near me, and it nearly succeeded, but I never recovered, and didn't score any VPs until turn 4.
Regional Capitals (ALLIANCE: Choose 1-2 other players. Collectively Spend 20 influence: Alliance members each place a regional capital token on a planet they control. Control of each of these planets is now worth 1 VP.)
Development Assistance (Spend 5 trade goods. A neighbour with fewer VPs than you gains 3 trade goods.)
Premeditation (Spend 6 resources: When you score a victory point during the action phase, move your faction token from this card to that card and score an additional victory point on that card.)
Things started to heat up for real – Barony picked Imperial and made a big move and invaded Mecatol Rex (where Naalu had moved away and left only four infantry and a PDS), taking Shard of the Throne. They also scored Politicise Conflict in the status phase and jumped into the lead.
Mentak's first VP was a Support for the Throne from the Barony, and then scored Hyper-Admin, while Sol got a support from the Naalu and also scored both Hyper-Admin and Spy Network. Hacan and L1Z1X both laid in wait by scoring Premeditation. Letnev 6, Naalu 4, Sol 3, Mentak 2, L1Z1X 1.
Objectives turn 5:
Uneasy Lies the Head (Spend 8 influence. If any player controls Mecatol Rex, remove a command counter from their strategy or tactics pool.)
Galactic Circuses (Spend 5 trade goods. A player with fewer victory points than you gains a command token.)
Rally Around the Flag (Lose a ground combat. Spend 8 resources: Produce 4 resources worth of units in your home system.)
Hacan attacks Mecatol and takes Shard from Letnev, scores Seize the Throne (and triggers the dormant point from Premeditation), which again let's Letnev score Rally Around the Flag. Sol and L1Z1X also score Seize – this is Sol's big turn, also scoring Politicise Conflict and Open Source Technology. Naalu, Mentak and Hacan all score Distribute Bribes.
Objectives turn 6 – all 2 points:
True Coup (Mecatol Rex must be controlled by another player. Spend 20 influence: Place 4 infantry units on Mecatol Rex.)
Hostile Takeover (Give 8 trade goods to a neighbour. Give 8 trade goods to another neighbour: Place a command token from each of those players on systems you control.)
Amass at the Border (Control 16 resources of units neighbouring another player. Spend 12 resources: If the neighbour has your Ceasefire, take back your Ceasefire.)
This the last turn was mostly everyone trying to avoid a win by either Sol, Naalu or Letnev, with Shard of the Throne flying round once again. Letnev almost managed to get the last word by attacking Hacan last. Four factions scored Amass at the Border, a very easy 2 points, one of them the winner Naalu.
End score: Naalu 10, Letnev 9, Sol, Hacan, L1Z1X 7, Mentak 5.
Afterthought
Main thing the players said afterwards was that this variant removes the need for technology in terms of scoring objectives. All the objectives we saw were based on resources/influence or trade goods. We missed the tech objectives a bit, even though they are a bit bland (have 2 tech in 2 colours, fx.).
While it would seem easier to score since there are so many objectives to choose from, it wasn't in practice. I cannot remember a game if TI4 where at least one player hasn't scored in turn 1. The many – and often complex – objectives open makes it hard to keep an overview of what you may be able to score as the game state changes.
All in all the game felt slower and longer, and the thematic objectives didn't in fact bring more thematic goodness, almost on the contrary.
I uncovered a thing left to die in a corner, covered in dust and dead flies. It was this blog. I abandoned it some six years ago and wasn't planning to return to it. Who knows, perhaps it's not dead yet.
We'll see. My tabletop roleplaying activity hasn't been dormant for quite that long – perhaps two years – but to make up for that I have been playing a lot of boardgames.
Last year I re-discovered an old sweetheart of mine, namely the 18xx game genre. I bought the "original"* 1830 back when it was published by Avalon Hill in 1986, but stupidly got rid of it when we moved in 2002. It was great returning to the old train/economics games to see that there are more than 100 18xx games out there now, and that major publishers – most notably GMT Games with 1846 and recently 1862 – have begun to publish them as well. I have begun infecting my local gaming community with the 18xx bug and so far it's going great.
*Strictly speaking, there was a game before 1830: 1829, also by the honourable Francis Thresham, but 1830 was the first published by a large (in 1986 boardgaming scale) company. Thresham is a legend and a hero, AND a former bus engineer – besides 1830, he also designed Civilization. Edward Uhler from Heavy Cardboard interviewed him last year.
Giddy as a schoolboy
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boyo! Via the wonderful medium they call Facebook, I've found a small group of people who want to try this roleplaying thing. How could I refuse?
I've been trying to gauge their preferences and interests, and it seems they are hooked on the fantasy thing, so your standard run-of-the-mill off-the-shelf stuff.
I was torn between Dungeon World and Burning Wheel. But I managed to get them hooked on story now gaming, then I'd like to give them some Apocalypse World in another skin than fantasy. Plus I haven't actually run DW before.
So, Burning Wheel it is. That grand old lady with the huge handbag laden with bricks. She looks like your standard fantasy RPG fare. She's far from it.
I'm going to run a demo scenario to highlight the core of BW, and hopefully they'll like and ask for more.
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Protein internal motions influence observables of NMR experiments. The effect of internal motions occurring at the sub-nanosecond timescale can be described by NMR order parameters. Here, we report that the use of order parameters derived from Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of two holo-structures of Protein Kinase A increase the discrimination power of INPHARMA, an NMR based methodology that selects docked ligand orientations by maximizing the correlation of back-calculated to experimental data. By including internal motion in the back-calculation of the INPHARMA transfer, we obtain a more realistic description of the system, which better represents the experimental data. Furthermore, we propose a set of generic order parameters, derived from MD simulations of globular proteins, which can be used in the back-calculation of INPHARMA NOEs for any protein-ligand complex, thus by-passing the need of obtaining system-specific order parameters for new protein-ligand complexes.


Feeling stressed out? Here's how implementing a simple strategy into your daily routine can improve your mental health and happiness. And breatheeeee.
Our Wellness Month is now well underway, along with 2019 New Year's resolutions to practise moderate drinking and cut out sugar, have you considered investing in your mental health?
Transcendental Meditation is an easy technique practised 20 minutes twice a day while sitting comfortably. It has a growing fan base including The Greatest Showman star Hugh Jackman.
We've consulted Huw Meads, a lecturer in Media Studies at Bournville College, Birmingham, who became a teacher of Transcendental Meditation in 1990. He currently runs the Heart of England Centre in Albany Road, Stratford-upon-Avon where more than 1,000 people have learnt TM in both private and corporate courses over the last 20 years.
1. The constant demands of social media can become stressful. Transcendental Meditation (TM) produces a state of deep relaxation in both mind and body which releases stress deep rooted stress.
2. TM is life changing for anyone suffering from stress, anxiety and low mood. Many research studies have shown it is highly effective in reducing anxiety.
3. It produces a state of inner calmness and wellbeing which continues over into everyday life and improves the quality of all our relationships.
4. A study concluded that the average person thinks about 60, 000 thoughts a day – no wonder we can feel overwhelmed!! With regular practice of TM, the mind spontaneously becomes clearer and more orderly, enabling us to navigate our way effortlessly through the demands of each day.
5. I find my twice daily practice of TM keeps me on an even keel so that even when things appear to go awry or I'm under pressure, I can work through them in an easy calm manner.


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In 2014 the RTO/ERO Foundation, with the support of the RTO/ERO, funded an endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto.
The Chair was awarded to Dr. Rochon by the University of Toronto based on research excellence, following an international search. Valued at $3 million, this endowment supports her research program in addition to external funding from additional sources. The interest from the endowment will continue to support ongoing research.
The contribution allows the researcher to focus their expertise and interest and is used for a range of activities, in particular research staff and trainees. Trainees have the opportunity to work under the guidance and mentorship of scientists, and to gain valuable knowledge and skills that are relevant to their education and careers. Their activities include conducting reviews, analysing data, and writing manuscripts, particularly as they relate to the health of older adults.
The chair also supports knowledge translation and dissemination among other research activities. Additionally, it promotes and attracts local, national and international reputation for RTO/ERO.
More broadly, the RTO/ERO Chair promotes the health and wellness of older adults, and leads to discovery and capacity building in this field.
As the RTO/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Dr. Paula Rochon mentors student trainees as they engage in research about older adults.
Recruited through the highly sought after summer student research program at Women's College Research Institute, the students participate in research skills sessions and work closely with scientists on reviews, data analysis and manuscripts. They gain valuable knowledge and experience that will guide their education and career paths in the future.
During the summer of 2016, Dr. Rochon mentored three outstanding students in the program. Each delved into the research questions that drive their passion for health care.
Lynn Zhu, Post-Doctoral Fellow working with RTO/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine. With much appreciation, we received a bequest from the Estate of Margaret Ethel Emmerson, to contribute to aging research and post-secondary training.
Margaret dedicated her life to education, first as a student, then as an educator, and ultimately as a benefactor. Thanks to her generosity, her gift will contribute to the hiring of Lynn Zhu, a post-doctorate fellow, this January. Lynn will be under the direct supervision of our very own RTO/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Dr. Paula Rochon.


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A Woman Who Found Out Her Boyfriend Was Actually Married Was Killed After She Said She'd Expose His Lies, Police Said
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A Texas man is accused of killing his girlfriend after she found out that he had lied about being married and said she would tell his wife, police said.
According to jail records, Ocastor Ferguson, 32, has been booked on murder, kidnapping, and arson charges in connection to the death of Kayla Kelley, 33. Kelley was reported missing on Jan. 11, and her disappearance prompted days of searching. Her car was found deserted and "burned beyond recognition" on Jan. 12, and two days later, Ferguson was arrested on the kidnapping charge.
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On Jan. 18, her body was found buried in a Grand Prairie field by the Collin County Sheriff's Office and Texas Rangers.
"While we desperately hoped for a different outcome, I'm grateful for the dogged determination of my deputies and our Texas Rangers in locating Ms. Kelley," Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said after her body was identified.
According to an arrest warrant for Ferguson, he and Kelley had been dating after meeting online over the summer, and he went by the name of "Kevin Brown."
Kelley then discovered his true identity and that he was married, and according to police, she told her friends she was going to expose "Kevin" and tell his wife everything.
The affidavit said that Ferguson's wife told police that she received a text message from an unknown number on Jan. 4, saying they needed to tell her something; based on the language in the text, she believed it was sent by a woman.
After Kelley was reported missing, police officers confronted Ferguson at his workplace, and he confessed to having an affair, the affidavit said. But Ferguson told police he last saw her on Jan. 10 when she dropped him off for work; she was supposed to return to bring him lunch, but never did, he allegedly told police.
According to the arrest warrant, phone records obtained by investigators revealed that on Jan. 10, Ferguson had traveled near Kelley's home, then went to the area where her car was later discovered. He allegedly denied being in the area and told police he had no knowledge of what happened to the car or Kelley.
Police also found that Ferguson's wife had recently reported their car stolen, and it was later found near Kelley's home with gloves, duct tape, and a blanket inside, the affidavit said.
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author: John Fea,
A Pandemic Billy Sunday Could Not Shut Down
Billy Sunday preaches on March 15, 1915, in a temporary tabernacle erected on the site of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Illustration by George Bellows. Metropolitan Magazine, May 1915. Image courtesy of Boston Public Library/Creative Commons
(RNS) — As the United States deals with the social effects of COVID-19, several states with stay-at-home orders have exempted religious services. Some evangelical churches, claiming their First Amendment right to worship, held religious services on Easter with the full knowledge that the virus spreads through close human contact.
History will do little to sway the pastors of these churches. Nor should we expect history to provide definitive answers as to whether it is a good idea for churches to remain open during pandemics.
But history can serve as a moral guide in times of crisis. Mark Twain is reputed to have said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." In that spirit, it is worth remembering evangelist Billy Sunday's face-to-face encounter with the great influenza pandemic while conducting a revival crusade in Providence, Rhode Island.
Sunday was one of America's most popular personalities during the first two decades of the 20th century. A former baseball player, he left his dreams of big-league fame to devote himself to a life of evangelism. He preached the simple gospel: Jesus died for the sins of the world, rose from the dead Easter morning and offers eternal life to those who believe in his redemptive work.
Preacher Billy Sunday, left, at White House on Feb. 20, 1922. Photo courtesy of LOC/Creative Commons
Sunday delivered his message with the flair of a vaudeville showman. He flailed his arms, jumped up and down, stood atop his pulpits and slid across the stage, reminiscent of his baseball days. A Billy Sunday meeting was entertainment with an altar call. His crusades were major events in the life of early 20th century American cities.
Sunday held 70 revival meetings in Providence between Sept. 21 and Nov. 17, 1918. He preached most of his sermons in a 7,000-seat, makeshift wooden tabernacle built on Princeton Avenue in the city's Elmwood section.
He preached against sin, the devil and the evils of "demon rum" (he was a strong advocate of Prohibition), but Billy Sunday confronted a new enemy in Providence. The so-called Spanish flu had already reared its ugly head earlier in the year, but a second wave was on the horizon. Sunday would not go down without a fight. He was quick to inform his audience about the true cause of this pandemic:
"We can meet here tonight and pray down an epidemic just as well as we can pray down a German victory. The whole thing is a part of their propaganda; it started over there in Spain, where they scattered germs around, and that's why you ought to dig down all the deeper and buy more Liberty bonds. If they can do this to us 3,000 miles away, think of what the bunch would do if they were walking our streets. There's nothing short of hell that they haven't stopped to do since the war began — darn their hides."
In 1918, Sunday blamed the Germans. Today, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., an evangelical leader whose family traces its religious genealogy to the kind of evangelicalism Sunday espoused, recently suggested that the coronavirus was a North Korean and Chinese attempt to undermine Donald Trump. Old evangelical habits die hard.
As we look back on Sunday's visit to Providence from the perspective of our current pandemic, the view is troubling. Newspapers ran stories about the death of Providence citizens alongside reports of Sunday's crusade. The Congregationalist and Advance, a religious magazine, claimed that 10,000 people "grasped Mr. Sunday's hand" during the crusade. People collapsed with the flu as Sunday preached. A few days after leaving Providence to close up the family summer home in Winona Lake, Indiana, Sunday's wife, Helen "Ma" Sunday, contracted influenza. (Sunday kept preaching).
Billy Sunday, circa 1910. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons
On Oct. 5, a Sunday, the Board of Aldermen closed schools, theaters, dance halls and most religious services, but Providence Mayor Joseph Gainer allowed Billy Sunday to hold three services. They were all packed.
But when the Providence Board of Aldermen closed all the city's public venues two days later, Sunday submitted to their authority: "It is up to us to hope and pray," Sunday told his audience. "We are always willing to help anything that is for the public good and do it cheerfully. There is nothing drastic in the (aldermen's) order, and it is issued in an attempt to stamp out this epidemic."
After the Providence meetings were put on hold, Sunday took a train to Boston, where he preached to and mingled with 40,000 soldiers at Camp Devens (now Fort Devens).
Influenza hit Providence hard. In October alone, 6,000 people in the city got sick. Nearly 1,000 died over the course of the pandemic. When the virus eventually faded, Providence reopened schools and public places and the Sunday crusade continued. The Congregationalist and Advance noted that Sunday preached to a "quarter of a million listeners" during his visit.
Sunday's Providence crusade leaves today's evangelicals with some important lessons. Sunday gladly submitted to government authority by closing his crusade during the height of the pandemic. Yet, in our current world of social distancing, one can't help but wonder how much Sunday contributed to the spread of the epidemic.
In an article recapping the crusade, The Christian Advocate quipped: "We are not sure but that influenza (preached) to more people than Billy Sunday ever did. … "
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John Fea is a professor of American history at Messiah College and the author of "Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump."
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This phrase has been rattling around inside me lately...I first heard it when out in CO and my life was falling apart. A friend mentioned to me in passing that I needed to learn 'active rest'...and at that point, there were so many things out of control, I don't know that I had the capacity to really absorb what she was saying...but I find myself in a similar, though less critical, of a time as I was then. Similar things are being pulled up out of my soul, and I am realizing that God is peeling back the layers and teaching me some old lessons in new ways...and it seems that active rest is one of the things I am needing to get a better grip on. This morning I listened to an excellent sermon here on rest, and the speaker seems to have a good understanding of this elusive concept. He closes with some thoughts on balancing what we are called to, with the need to rely on the yoke the Lord offers, not our own strength and abilities. I sigh as I realize the challenge to be fully serving and yet fully depending. So that is my quest, as I enter into marriage...God has provided a wonderful man to help carry the load, but how do I continue to offer who and what I am, while at the same time allowing him to carry much of the weight of life that can be crushing? It seems to be the same journey I am on with the Lord, and surrender has never been easy for me. I've often wondered if being blessed with so many gifts and talents was more of a blessing, or a curse, as it has long plagued me with a performance mentality. Praise be to God--I am learning--and I pray we all continue to 'give in' and not 'give up'...Surrender is stronger...as this song reminds us. Press on!