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English Civil War Campaign Rules for Tilly's Very Bad Day
9 Aug 2021 16 May 2020 by Steven Thomas
Chris is really keen that we do a Campaign. Every time we play Tilly's Very Bad Day he mentions this. So here it is. At least here are the rules. Unexpectedly I've chosen the English Civil War as the setting for the campaign, but only because I'm following the lead of Peter of Grid based wargaming – but not always. Peter's ECW campaign system uses a simple area based campaign map to drive tactical battles and weaves in a bit of flavour along the way. Exactly what I'm looking for, but I feel obliged to change some things, of course. I've called my version "Populous, Rich, and Rebellious".
Thanks to Peter for both the inspiration to write my own version of the campaign system and giving me permission to use his material.
You can download this campaign – branded as Populous, Rich, and Rebellious – as a PDF.
Introduction and design goals
You might remember that Peter of Grid based wargaming inspired my Terrain Cards – Random terrain placement for pick up wargames. The terrain cards were actually part of Peter's ECW campaign, which I blogged about last week. There is quite a lot to this campaign – Peter wrote something like 45 posts on it.
I really like the simplicity of this campaign system, quite DBA-Campaign-esque, but with some unique features. The map is area based with 13 regions in England and Wales. There are no complicated economics and no tracking of battlefield losses from game to game. The orders of battle are randomly generated, allowing unbalanced match ups. But a number of factors can counter-balance bad dice luck when rolling for the orders of battle (adjacent friendly regions and some chance cards). Being a civil war, the first year of the campaign is a drive to seize uncontrolled territory, whereas later on the focus shifts to capturing enemy territory.
All of that is great and I think I can adapt it for my purposes. But, to be honest, I can't help tweaking everything I play so there has to be some adaptation. In this case I want to:
Compile the campaign rules into one place
Use Tilly's Very Bad Day as the tactical rules
Allow all of my wargaming group to play all the time
Reduce the number of games to increase the likelihood we play to conclusion
Align the rules for 1642 and 1643+
Peter evolved the campaign rules so they are spread over several posts in his ECW campaign. That made sense at the time as he was figuring it out as he went along, but I want my version in one place so I can point my group at the single source of truth. I think this is mostly a blogging style. Some folk treat their blog like a stream of consciousness. My is more like a library.
Peter used a home grown variant of One Hour Wargames (Horse and Musket). I, not surprisingly, want to use Tilly's Very Bad Day. That means the troop types change – I don't distinguish gallopers and trotters, for example. The army size ends up about the same. Peter's random armies start between 7 and 15 units excluding commanders. Mine have 14 units including three commanders. I drop rolling for recruiting because …
Although I like that fact that the first year of the war (1642) has different goals, I think the game mechanisms can be integrated more fully with those of later years. The key difference is that 1642 has recruitment re-rolls and later years have chance cards. I think the random element, for all years, can be chance cards, which I call campaign cards.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Pile
Peter played solo but I have four players to occupy. So there will be more than one player for both Royalists and Parliament. And I want all players involved all the time to avoid the rather dull situation where four players watch two players fight a campaign game. Far too slow – I know I've inflicted that on players in the past. I want snappy. Which brings us one to…
Peter played 30 games during his ECW campaign. That must have been quite a big investment in time, even at one hour per game, and I'm not sure my lot would manage it. So less games is probably better. I've settled on four per year to match the number of players. 20 total over the five years of the campaign. If we play two games per night that is 10 nights. Stretchy but do-able.
If these ideas pan out I'll do a version for the Thirty Years War.
Campaign Rules
In 1642 the players attempt to seize uncontrolled regions as recruiting grounds. In subsequent years the factions are trying to encroach on enemy territory.
Factions and players
There are two factions: Royalist and Parliament.
The game can be played solo, as Peter did, or as a contest between teams representing the factions. Each faction has one or more players, but it is best if factions have the same number of players each. The goal is that all players are involved all the time.
Example: I will use my group – from the Finchley Wargaming Club – as an example throughout the rules. The players are Adam, Chris, Jamie and Steven. Adam and Steven are the Royalists with Chris and Jamie representing Parliament. No dice rolling involve in that, we just decided based on player preference.
Campaign Map
I think we may as well use Peter's lovely hand drawn map of England, Wales and Scotland for the ECW campaign. England is divided into 12 regions with Wales a 13th. Events elsewhere are ignored.
ECW Campaign – Map
The campaign starts in Autumn 1642 with Parliament controlling the Thames Valley region and the Royalists controlling the North Midlands region, where the King has been recruiting
Campaign year
The campaign is fought in the years 1642-1646 inclusive. Slightly different rules apply in 1642 as the sides try to establish areas in which they can recruit.
A campaign year has:
Two rounds: early and late (1642 also has a consolidate round)
Four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
An order-of-play for the players
Two, four, six or 11 Player Turns
Each campaign year is divided into two halves: early and late. This is a mechanism to allow your group to fight multiple battles simultaneously. The first year of the campaign (1642) is a bit different and adds a consolidate round.
The seasons affect the weather in a particular battle and hence the time limit to use in each game. The campaigning year starts in spring (February). Battles were rare in winter but not impossible. The seasons in England and Wales are:
Spring (February, March, April)
Summer (May, June, July)
Autumn (August, September, October)
Winter (November, December, January)
Each campaign year comprises a series of player turns. The order-of-play determines who gets to take their player turn, when.
Order-of-play
The order-of-play is just the list of players, in the order in which they are going to take their player turn this campaign year. Factions compete for campaign initiative at the start of the year. The faction with campaign initiative takes the first player turn. Player turns then alternate between Royalist and Parliamentarian players.
First determine which faction has campaign initiative. That faction will be able to strike the first blow. Each faction rolls 1d6 and adds the number of regions they currently control. The faction with the highest score has campaign initiative and will make the first player turn. Re-roll any ties.
Example: It is 1644 and the Royalists have five regions and the parliament has eight. Adam rolls 1d6 for the Royalists and scores a 2, making 7 in total for campaign initiative. Jamie rolls for Parliament and gets a 1. With their eight regions that makes a total score of 9. Parliament has campaign initiative.
The faction that starts with campaign initiative chooses a player to have their player turn first.
Example: Chris and Jamie confer. They had previously agreed that Chris would fight in the north and Jamie in the south. They decide that contesting Yorkshire is a priority so give first place in the order-of-play to Chris.
Then the other faction chooses a player to take a turn. Alternate factions until all players are listed in the order-of-play.
Example: Because of an incident earlier in the campaign, Steven wanted to fight Chris as the strategic defender. It is personal. Adam agreed so they put Adam next in the order-of-play. So the order-of-play became Chris (Parliament), Adam (Royalist), Jamie (Parliament), Steven (Royalist).
Early and late rounds
I want all players involved in the campaign at all times. Rounds do this by allowing a group of players to fight multiple battles simultaneously.
Each campaign year is divided into two halves: early and late. Draw a line half way through the order-of-play. The top set of players take their player turn in the early round, and the bottom set of players are in the late round.
Example: The order-of-play is now complete for 1644:
Early 1644: Chris (Parliament) then Adam (Royalist).
Late 1644: Jamie (Parliament) followed by Steven (Royalist).
Rounds mean each player fights two battles every campaign year, once as the strategic attacker and once as the strategic defender. The net result is that a two player campaign has two battles a year, a four player campaign has four battles, and a six player campaign has six battles. Solo players can fight as many as they want, it depends on their stamina; of course they fight both sides.
Example: Our campaign has four players so we can fight two battles simultaneously. In the early round Chris (Parliament) chose Yorkshire at his target region. Adam (Royalist) chose the East Midlands. With four players we can fight the two battles at the same time. This speeds up the campaign and keeps everybody involved.
Example: The 1644 order-of-play dictates who fights each other in the four battles:
Early 1644:
Battle 1 (Yorkshire): Chris (Parliament) v Steven (Royalist)
Battle 2 (East Midlands): Adam (Royalist) v Jamie (Royalist)
Late 1644:
Battle 3 (?): Jamie (Parliament) v Adam (Royalist)
Battle 4 (?): Steven (Royalist) v Chris (Parliament)
1642's Consolidate round
Unlike the other years, 1642 starts with only two regions controlled and ends when all regions are controlled by either the Royalists or Parliament. So there must be 11 battles, one for each of the uncontrolled regions at the start of the campaign. This is true regardless of the number of players.
In 1642 play the normal early and late rounds and fight the battles on the table top for these rounds. Then follow them with a consolidate round to deal with the remaining uncontrolled regions.
In the consolidate round go through the players again in the 1642 order-of-play until all regions are controlled. In their player turn the strategic attacker can chose an uncontrolled area, like normal, however, you resolve battles in the consolidate round using dice rolls rather than table top battles. The strategic attacker and strategic defender each roll 1d6. Add the number of friendly adjacent regions to the result. The higher score wins the battle and controls the target region. Re-roll ties.
Sequence of play in a round
The sequence of play in the early and late rounds is:
The players in the round, in order-of-play, take their player turn as strategic attacker:
Advance the campaign clock
Strategic attacker chooses a region to contest
Enemy faction selects a strategic defender to contest the region
Fight all battles for the round
The winner of each battle gains control of the region
In 1642 the campaigning year starts in autumn (August), otherwise in spring (February).
At the start each player turn check whether the season advances:
If the current season has already had two battles fought in it, then the season automatically advances without rolling.
Otherwise roll 1d6 to see if the season advance: 1-4 season is unchanged; 5-6 season advances.
Region to contest
In their player turn the player chooses one region to target. The target region must be adjacent to a friendly controlled region. In 1642 the target region must be uncontrolled but in 1643+ the target region must be enemy controlled.
Example: Chris (Parliament) kicks off 1644 by targeting Royalist held Yorkshire. Over the course of the year the choices of target are:
Chris (Parliament) targets Yorkshire
Adam (Royalist) targets East Midlands
Jamie (Parliament) targets South Coast
Steven (Royalist) targets in Yorkshire (because Chris took it early in the campaign year)
Strategic defender
The enemy faction selects a player to contest the region being targeted. The strategic defender must always be a player listed in the order-of-play of the other year half, it cannot be a player from the current year half. In a two player campaign this is, of course, always the other player. Even in a four player campaign there is no choice once the order-of-play is set for a campaign year. The only real choice for strategic defender is when there are 6+ players in the campaign.
Example: With four players, and the order-of-play set, the match ups are a given. Chris cannot play Adam as they are both in the early part of the order-of-play. So Chris must fight Steven and Adam must fight Jamie.
Chris (Parliament) versus Steven (Royalist) in Yorkshire
Adam (Royalist) versus Jamie (Parliament) in East Midlands
Jamie (Parliament) versus Adam (Royalist) in South Coast
Steven (Royalist) versus Chris (Parliament) in Yorkshire (again)
Fight a battle
The players fight a battle for the contested region. Most of the battles will be fought on a table top using miniatures – how to do this is explained at length below. But also see the 1642 consolidate round.
The player that wins a battle gains control of the contested region. This may or may not be the player whose player turn it is.
Attacker Wins: Tactical attacker takes/retains control of the region
Defender Wins: Tactical defender takes/retains control of the region
Draw: Strategic Defender retains control of the region
In the campaign there are no consequences for a loss other than the loss of a region.
Winning the campaign
The faction with the most regions at the end of the campaign wins.
The player who won the most battles becomes "The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland". This is the title Cromwell adopted, but I guess if the Royalists had won a strong man might have emerged.
Fighting a table top battle
Game time limit
In Tilly's Very Bad Day the game time limit is 10 turns. In the campaign the time limit is modified by the season, start time of battle and weather.
Season modifier:
Spring and Autumn: No change
Summer: Add 2 turns (so 12 not 10)
Winter: Subtract 2 turns (so 8 not 10)
Weather modifier: Roll 1d6 for the weather on the day of battle:
1-2 = Overcast = Subtract 1 turn
3-6 = Fair = No change
Start time modifier: Roll 1d6 for the start time of the battle:
1-2 = Morning = No change
3-4 = Noon = Subtract 1 turn
5-6 = Afternoon = Subtract 2 turns
Example: It is Autumn 1643 so no change to the normal 10 games turns. A roll of 1 for weather shows it is overcast so you need to subtract 1 turn, making 9. And the start time of 6 says it is already afternoon before the battle starts so you have to subtract 2 turns, making 7. It is going to be a short game.
Unmodified Orders of Battle
Each side gets a small army, with 14 units, in Tilly's Very Bad Day. The orders of battle start fixed but can be modified by campaign cards:
Unmodified Order of Battle
3 x Commander
4 x Horse
4 x Pike+Shot
1 x Shot
1 x Dragoon
1 x Cannon
14 units; 54 coins; break point 5
Select Campaign Cards
Campaign cards provide a bit of flavour and random element for the order of battle used in a particular battle. All campaign cards are one use. Use and discard. Unless they say otherwise, most campaign cards apply only to the one battle and get discarded even if they are unused. A few can be retained until a battle occurs where they can be used.
Before each battle both factions randomly select campaign cards. Campaign cards influence either the order of battle or events in the battle. You get one campaign cards for each recruitment factor that applies:
+1 if you are the strategic attacker so are assumed to have prepared for the campaign
+1 if you are the strategic defender so control the contested region
+1 for each friendly controlled region adjacent to the contested region
+1 if you control Thames Valley and this is either the contested region or an adjacent region
+1 if you control West Midlands and this is either the contested region or an adjacent region
Okay, I admit the points about strategic attacker and strategic defender just mean they get a one bonus campaign card.
A player also have retained a campaign card from an earlier battle. These must be used as soon as the conditions apply.
Example: Parliament (Chris) is attacking Yorkshire from Lincolnshire and has no other adjacent regions. The Royalists (Steven) control Yorkshire, Lancashire and North Midlands. The Royalists get three campaign cards, one for where the battle occurs and two for adjacent regions. Parliament gets only two campaign cards, one for their base in Lincolnshire and one for being the strategic attacker.
Modified Order of Battle
Most campaign cards alter the order of battle before the battle begins. The owning player always chooses between options. Add and remove units before the battle begins.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Example in Yorkshire
Example: The reason Chris was happy to attack Yorkshire, despite having less campaign cards is that in an earlier battle he'd already picked up the "Scots send aid" campaign card, couldn't use it at the time, and retained it for later use. He thought Scottish aid would counter balance the advantageous position of the Royalists in Yorkshire. Chris gets two Scottish Pike+Shot units to add to his order of battle. He also draws his two additional campaign cards and gets "'The Contribution' – King's excise tax" and "A rousing sermon". "'The Contribution' – King's excise tax" is a Royalist card and, being Parliamentarian, Chris treats it as a blank. "A rousing sermon" is a Parliamentary card and Chris can use it during the coming battle to strengthen resolve. Steven draws three campaign cards: "Dashing Horse", "Dragoons away foraging" and "Melt church bells for cannon". As a Royalist, Steven can use "Dashing Horse" to add a Horse unit to his army. Unfortunately, "Dragoons away foraging" means he loses his single Dragoon unit but in partial compensation "Melt church bells for cannon" means he adds a Cannon unit.
Modified Orders of Battle in Yorkshire
Parliament (Chris)
Royalist (Steven)
Tactical attacker and defender
The tactical attacker, the "attacker" as defined in Tilly's Very Bad Day, is the side with more units at the battle. If both sides have the same number of units then the attacker is the strategic attacker (the player whose player turn it is).
So, yes, the strategic attacker is not necessarily the tactical attacker. The logic is that campaign conditions can put the strategic attacker on the defensive at a tactical level. The Battle of Lutter (1626) is such an example.
Example: In Yorkshire Chris has 16 units and Steven only 14. Having more units, Chris is the tactical attacker.
Selecting Terrain
Use Terrain Cards – Random terrain placement for pick up wargames. Battles are fought on small tables of 30 x 30 TUM, so have four sectors. From version 2.0 the terrain card rules are also at the back of the Tilly's Very Bad Day rulebook.
Terrain cards – Pile of Cards
Rivers and multiple streams didn't appear to feature in English Civil War battles do do NOT use these optional rules:
Advanced Rule: Two steams
Advanced Rule: Two Streams makes a River Option
Campaign cards
Campaign cards introduce both a bit of English Civil War flavour and a random element into the orders of battle.
Most campaign cards are beneficial. A minority are detrimental. The balance is important roughly 3 out of 4 cards should be beneficial.
Most campaign cards are applicable to both factions. Some campaign cards are specific to Parliament or Royalist. The enemy ignores such cards and treats them as a blank card.
Some campaign cards are tied to specific regions. If the battle is not being fought in that location then ignore the card. These cards provide two units rather than the normal one.
Example: 'Scots send aid' gives Parliament 2 x Pike+Shot but only if fighting in Lancashire, Yorkshire, North Midlands or Lincolnshire.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Examples
When to use and discard campaign cards
Campaigns cards are generally used for a battle (or not) and then discarded. There are five phrases that impact when a campaign card is used:
Before the battle
For the entire battle
Once during the battle
But only if fighting in
Retain until used
"Before the battle" campaign cards MUST be used before the battle. Typically these add or remove units to the order of battle. The owning player always choose between options. Discard the card once it is used.
"For the entire battle" campaign cards MUST be used before the battle. Typically these affect one unit for the entire battle and you must choose the unit before the battle starts. Retain the card as a reminder for the entire battle and then discard.
"Once during the battle" campaign cards MAY be used at at time during the battle. Retain the card until it is used, then discard. If it is not used during the battle it is discarded at the end of the battle.
"But only if fighting in" campaign cards MUST be used in a battle within the specified regions and CANNOT be used outside. If the battle is not being fought in that location then ignore the card. Typically these cards also have "Retain until used".
"Retain until used" campaign cards MUST be used if the specific conditions are met and CANNOT be used otherwise. They are retained until they can be used in a battle. Only discard once they are used.
"Negate" campaign cards MUST be used as soon the enemy has the card to negate. The only example is "Montrose rises" and the effect is "Negate Parliament card 'Scots send aid'". So as immediately Parliament has the "Scots send aid" card and the Royalists have the "Montrose rises" card, both are discarded. This means the Scottish Pike+Shot do not appear.
Example campaign cards and their effects
I have knocked up some campaign cards. Many are derived from Peter's campaign, Adam Landa suggested a quite a few, and some I made up. There are 48 in four sets.
12 campaign cards are for Parliament – they say so and have a nice little blue and white flag (top right). Every card has a number in the top left. The number is to allow dice rolling for the campaign cards to use rather than using physical cards. They are all beneficial (the number has a white background). Every card has a description for flavour (e.g. "Cromwell's Ironsides") followed by the actual campaign effect (e.g. "Before the battle add one Horse unit to the order of battle").
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Parliament
The next 12 campaign cards are for the Royalists. Again they are labelled as Royalist and have a red and white flag. All are beneficial.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Royalist
Then 12 campaign cards that apply to either side. All are beneficial.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Neutral
Lastly 12 campaign cards that apply to either side but are detrimental. These have a black background to the card number to distinguish them from the more positive campaign cards.
ECW Campaign – Campaign Cards – Detrimental
So 48 campaign cards. 12 for parliament. 12 for the Royalists. 36 beneficial. 12 detrimental.
Selecting a campaign card
They are cards, right. So make a deck of cards, shuffle them, stack 'em up face down, and draw the top one from the pile.
If you don't want the bother of making the cards then you can roll dice. Every card has a number from 11 to 86. Roll 1d8 for the first number and 1d6 for the second. [I hate funny shaped dice so sorry about that 1d8. The trouble is I needed more than 36 campaign cards.]
Example: rolling 6 on 1d8 and 4 on 1d6 gives campaign card 64 "Armed Peasants".
Rejected options for campaign cards
I rejected a few possibilities when making the campaign cards:
Reducing resolve: low supplies, for example, could reduce the resolve (by 1) of several units
Elite units: Cromwell's Ironsides, New Model Army Horse, Dashing Cavaliers, all warrant being higher quality (superior) than their more ordinary peers
Low quality units: Adam suggested making the New Model Army foot inferior
Changing unit type: Peter has Horse going from trotter to galloper, presumably because this is beneficial in his rules of choice
Full year benefits: Peter has some cards lasting the entire year
I decided to go for adding/remove whole units. So I dropped unit quality (Inferior, Superior) and tweaks to resolve (with one exception, "powder explodes"). Leaving them out loses flavour but retains simplicity. I kind of like simplicity. Which is the reason I only have one type of Horse in Tilly's Very Bad Day.
I also decided I didn't need the cards that lasted the whole year. This is because the effect of most cards is similar, so the army may as well just draw another card.
And a final note on "Factionalism and nepotism in command structure". This was, perhaps, my favourite campaign card. It was a Royalist card that imposed a penalty and was the only faction card that was detrimental. This unbalanced the set of cards so I removed it despite liking the name.
Populous, Rich, and Rebellious
After I published these rules. About 10 hours afterwards. I thought of a name for them: "Populous, Rich, and Rebellious". This is a quote from Lacey Baldwin Smith (1983) who said "the words populous, rich, and rebellious seemed to go hand in hand" (p. 251). This is in reference to how England was divided between the Royalists and Parliament. The Royalists were strong in the countryside, the shires, the cathedral city of Oxford, and the less economically developed areas of northern and western England. In contrast, and this is Smith's point, Parliament was strong in the industrial centres, ports, and economically advanced regions of southern and eastern England, including the remaining cathedral cities (except York, Chester, Worcester). So I think "Populous, Rich, and Rebellious" makes a nice name for the campaign.
Reference: Smith, Lacey Baldwin (1983), This realm of England, 1399 to 1688. (3rd ed.), D.C. Heath, p. 251
Where to get Tilly's Very Bad Day
Tilly's Very Bad Day is available for Download (PDF).
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6 thoughts on "English Civil War Campaign Rules for Tilly's Very Bad Day"
Thanks for the shout out. I really like your modifications, additions which have definitely cleaned up the rules. Good luck with your campaigning.
Steven Thomas
Most of the credit has to go to you Peter. Thanks for the inspiration.
Vincent Tsao
Hmm, gives me ideas for a campaign set in the American Revolution, southern theater. It's not going to happen any time soon since I am holed up away from my troops, table and books.
Chris Helm
Hi Steve. That's a really neat take on Peter's version. I'll definitely have to 'borrow' it. Regarding 'funny shaped dice' I don't like them either so I'd be inclined to assign a standard playing card to each campaign card. Omit the Kings, so run from Ace to Queen, and align each set with a particular suit. I'd always rather stay with cards for card based systems because it preserves the uniqueness of each event. All the best and keep safe, Chris
1 Jun 2020 at 19:54
you're not going to like the next version then – branded as Populous, Rich, and Rebellious – .. it has 60 cards 🙂
Sigh. The mantra should be 'never more than fifty four'. Ah well. 😉
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Article Title: Chris Banks interviewed on National Radio
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Published on: 28th October 2005 - 12:00 pm
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Text: National Radio, Nine to Noon programme 20th October, 2005 Interviewer: Eva Radich Published by permission of Radio New Zealand and slightly edited by GayNZ.com for clarity. Radich: Let's have a look at the workings of the Maxim Institute in the wake of their admission that the organisation's director has been plagiarizing. Bruce Logan has apologised for not always fully acknowledging the work of others and has promised to try and be more vigilant in future. His statement came after Paul Litterick of the Association of Rationalists and Humanists gave several examples of where Mr Logan's writings contained phrases and sentences used by others. The Maxim Institute is a social research and policy think-tank which wishes to see a country built on strong families caring for one another and for their communities. Its mission statement envisages a country of responsible compassionate citizens of good character who demand excellence. Well one journalist who has carried out a number of interviews with representatives from the Maxim Institute is Chris Banks, from GayNZ.com, who used to work for the television programme Queer Nation as well. Chris, what's your reaction to this news about the plagiarism? Banks: I have to say that the extent of it was rather shocking. In the investigations that I've done into Maxim's work before, it's been clear that none of the research they've presented in their submissions to Parliament or quoted in their articles has been original. It's been retreads of material from overseas, usually right-wing fundamentalist organisations. But I have to say the news that the commentary as well has in places been lifted wholesale from other sources is rather shocking because it leaves one wondering what do they actually do? Radich: So these are the sorts of articles one might have seen in some of the newspapers in this country, which have run under a byline from one of the Institute's people? Banks: Yes. Also submissions to Parliament against legislation such as the Civil Union Act and the Care of Children Bill, et cetera. Radich: And these submissions now have been plagiarized from other sources? Banks: The research that's quoted in this we found some time ago, when digging into this, when one looks closer, some of the research was very wanting. For the Care of Children legislation, for example, they cited the studies they'd done that [showed] fifty-five percent of lesbian relationships were violent and this showed why children shouldn't be kept in lesbian relationships. But when you looked at the source that they'd use you found that it was a self-selected study that had actually been done at a womens music festival at a workshop on violence in relationships. Radich: But in the submission there was no reference to that? Banks: No.There was also another piece of research they used saying that twenty-eight percent of white male homosexuals estimated they'd had sex with more than a thousand partners. But you discovered that, when looking at the source, it was a study that had been done in the late 1970's and that all the people in the study had been recruited from sex clubs and saunas. Radich: So, hardly representative? Banks: No. They do this all the time. They use studies that cannot be generalised to the population and then use [them] to try and prove points. Probably one of the more amusing ones was an author that they quoted called John D. Unwin, a British anthropologist apparently, but it was discovered that that author didn't actually exist at all. Radich: Where was he quoted? Banks: He was quoted in several of their submissions. Radich: He was simply a fictitious person? Banks: Well, the actual guy's name was Joseph Daniel Unwin, but what was fictitious was a quote that they'd quoted from his book but then, when going back to the actual book, the quote could not be found. this, this was a book that was being used to support their idea that, that marriage was a traditional institution that, that, that should be kept, should be kept for straight couples. but when you wen through the book you found quotes, quotes like, there is no such thing as christian marriage, so it was obvious that the man's writings were being used for the precise opposite of what he'd actually written. Radich: You've had a chance to talk to some of the people from Maxim. When you've put some of these concerns to them, what response have you had? Banks: Well, this is where it gets interesting. We had quite a number of circular debates about their positions on things. When I tried to get to the specifics about research I was always referred to Bruce Logan, and Bruce Logan was the one person that I was never able to get to speak to. I attempted phoning the Christchurch office and I also asked the people in the Auckland office that I've spoken to. It would be great to speak to Bruce because there are a number of serious questions about research here. I'd like to know "where you've got the stuff from" and "why you're quoting it out of context," and I was always told to forward questions in writing. I wasn't able to get to speak to Bruce directly. Radich: Did you get to speak to anybody else who was able to help you? Banks: No, not on the question of research. I mean, I'd bring up "this study here, [and] this [other] study here," and usually the answer would be: "Oh well, we've quoted a number of sources and I can't remember that particular one and you'll have to forward through the questions and we'll see what we can do." There was never any commitment to actually answer the questions. Radich: And were there any answers forthcoming? Banks: Well, to tell you the truth on that, I gave up in the end. Because the evidence was so blatant that the stuff they'd been using was distorted that I thought, 'well there's, there's really not much point in pursuing it any further.' Radich: So when you say "distorted," you're not accusing them of making anything up but of using things out of context and changing some of the slant, is that what you mean? Banks: Well in some cases, I mean obviously with the Unwin example, some of the stuff has been made up. On another issue they got caught out twice on a couple of their pieces on prostitution law reform... Radich: What mistakes did they make? Banks: They claimed that the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective had received $150,000 a month funding from taxpayers, when in fact that was only around fifty thousand a month. Then there was another study that they quoted saying that a Christchurch School of Medicine study found that nearly two-thirds of Christchurch street prostitutes were under the age of eighteen. [But] going back to the study, you actually found that out of 303 prostitutes, there are only twelve that were over the age of eighteen. Radich: What role do you think all of this work the Maxim Institute has been doing had on those two bills that went through the last term of parliament, the Prostitution Reform Bill particularly, and the Civil Union Bill? Banks: It's difficult to say because the two bills did actually pass in the end. I wasn't involved with really monitoring what happened with, with prostitution law reform. Radich: But you would have monitored the Civil Union Bill. Banks: With the civil unions, I think in some ways that the people that would already be not supportive of civil unions would get behind the Maxim stuff because it would reinforce their own prejudices. Whereas I think that the people who supported civil unions were already rather skeptical. But in terms of public debate, I think it's quite clear that Maxim were working behind the scenes quite a lot and writing pieces in the papers and coming across as if they were an objective organisation that had done their own research and were genuinely concerned - when [for] a research organisation, the very nature of research is that you set out to find truth. But for Maxim, the truth is pre-ordained. They already know what their beliefs are, they come from a certain type of Christian background and it's all pre-ordained for them. So they just look for research that they can find that will back that up. And when they can't find it, they will make it up. Radich: Thank you very much for that Chris Banks, a journalist who works for GayNZ.com. - 28th October 2005

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First, I set the timer and preheat my annealing kiln. I have certain beads in mind, so I make a selection from my favourite Italian glass rods. I arrange some shaping and texturing tools and fire up my propane/oxygen torch. Holding the glass rod in my right hand I begin heating the tip by dipping it in and out of the cooler portion of the flame. When molten, I capture the molten glass on a stainless steel rod called a mandrel held in my left hand and wind it round and round all the while maintaining the critical temperatures necessary to keep the glass flowing just right.
Once I've obtained the desired core shape and size of bead I get ready to add reactive elements to the glass. Reactive elements are essential components in my beads. Much of my early experimentation with glass helped me uncover the secrets of many organic chemical interactions between different types of molten glass. These elements can be ground glass frit, powdered enamels and fine strands of silver or glass stringers, which I pull to "paint" or "draw" on the bead. I gently "draw" with the fine stringer to create the trunk of a tree.
Next, I touch my molten bead into some finely ground frit and observe it in the flame; Cherry blossoms bloom in the glass and surround the trunk of an ancient tree that reaches up and across the bead. Alternating between the flame and shaping press, I press the bead into the exact shape, then I flame polish it and place it into the annealing kiln to build strength and durability. The bead will remain at a temperature of 965ºF. The glass will be kept hard enough to keep its shape, yet soft enough for stresses that built up during creation to relax. The piece must heat-soak at this temperature for a good portion of the day and then cool in computer-controlled steps until the strain points are released and all the glass is made compatible.
The beads will be ready to remove from the kiln early the next morning when I'll gently remove each bead with a twisting motion, then clean the bead cores and set some of them aside for final inspection and wiring.


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Protein purification is the process of extraction of proteins while excluding cellular components and other contaminants. The purification processes may involve several different principles suchas differences in protein size,physicochemicalproperties, binding affinity and biological activity. Initially, the extraction process may be carried out by repeated freezing and thawing, homogenization by high pressure, lysis using detergents or enzymes, or other techniques. Following this, the cell debris is separated from the proteins and other soluble cell components by centrifugation.
There are several different purification processes and techniques available to work with proteins. Initial steps include precipitation using agents such as ammoniumsulphate, using detergents to dissolve cell membrane proteins. For the actualpurification,there are several chromatographic techniques available such as size exclusion, ion-exchange, affinity chromatography, HPLC and so forth.
There are various chemical reagents required for purification procedures which are conveniently bundled in kits etc. On Biomall, these are available from popular brands that include Pierce, BD Biosciences, HiMedia and several more.


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Introduced last fall, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple now offers a popular Pre-K Sunday morning class through the Religious School program. This interactive and joyful Jewish learning opportunity is completely FREE and open to all, regardless of membership in our synagogue.
Making connections with Israel – Our Religious School students sent a video message to their Israeli pen pals! What a great way to learn about each other and to strengthen the Cleveland – Bet Shean connection!
To learn more about the Religious School at Fairmount Temple, including Pre-K Sunday morning classes, please contact Rabbi Jordana Chernow Reader at jchernowreader@fairmounttemple.org or 216-464-5890.


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Obama Should End America's Stupidest Foreign Policy: Isolating Cuba
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What rational basis is there for punishing the Castro regime when the U.S. will trade with China, talk to Iran, or deal with Vietnam?
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Updated Jul. 12, 2017 12:52PM ET / Published Feb. 26, 2014 5:45AM ET
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Facing a House of Representatives frozen in its own ideology, Barack Obama is relying on executive action: first to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers and soon to impose new limits on carbon emissions. Some observers see this as an implicit admission of a presidency in twilight. In reality, Obama can and should act in history-making ways, at home on issues like climate change, and overseas on the longest, if not the dumbest, American foreign-policy mistake, just 90 miles from our shores.
The attempted isolation of Cuba, the vain resolve to overthrow or punish the Castro regime, has been perpetuated for over half a century by presidents of both parties. Granted, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Obama have each ventured a measure of détente without fundamentally reversing a course that has brought only persistent failure. And in the mid-1990s, when the Cuban Air Force shot down two airplanes dispatched by a Miami – based exile group, Brothers to the Rescue, which had previously dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets over Havana, the United States reverted to a hard anti–Castro line. Congress passed the Helms–Burton Act to tighten the sanctions regime and write it into the law. Democratic opposition had blocked the bill in 1995, but in the wake of attack Bill Clinton, anxious to carry Florida in his reelection bid, swiftly signed it into law.Most Democratic presidents – and perhaps secretly even George H.W. Bush – have understood the folly of U.S. policy toward Cuba. Ironically, John F. Kennedy, who had tried overtly and covertly to topple Castro, seemed to be moving in a decisively different direction by 1963. He dispatched unofficial envoys to discuss rapprochement; one of them, French journalist Jean Daniel, was with Fidel Castro when the news of Kennedy's assassination came. "This is terrible," Castro exclaimed. "There goes your mission of peace." Not long after, normalizing relations with Castro would become a third rail in politics with pivotal Florida in the sway of a growing population of violently anti-Castro Cuban-American citizens.
Thus Cuba morphed into the cold war that has outlasted the Cold War. Seldom if ever has any foreign-policy toward any country endured across decades without any rational basis to believe it will ever succeed. Even the delusion of isolating China, fed by paranoia and demagoguery, was dispensed with in less than 25 years–and by the fervently anti-communist Richard Nixon, who decided it was time to get real. It is long past time to get real about Cuba. I was there for ten days last month, the first time I had returned since a trip to Havana in the 1970s with Senator George McGovern. Yes, there are dissidents; there is repression. But there is also palpable pride in the revolution, which overthrew an American–blessed regime presiding over a corrupt, gangster–ridden economy that lavished wealth on the few and impoverished the vast majority. That Cuba was no free society. As one Cuban put it, the revolution was one of the few times in history when the underdog triumphed against all the odds. Nor is there any sign that the passing of Castro, who has outlasted generations of American adversaries and the disappearance of his Soviet allies, will trigger a counter-revolution. While his record, even on his own terms, is mixed, there are social reforms that ordinary Cubans prize – and would not be willing to jeopardize.
Education and literacy, once denied to so many, are universal. So are retirement benefits. And there has been a sustained revolution in health care. The CIA World Factbook reports that Cuban life expectancy approximates life expectancy in the U.S.--and infant mortality is measurably lower. Critics question the reliability of the data, but in any event, Cuba is far better off in standard measures of health than most of Latin America.On the other hand, the economic model is as threadbare as many of the buildings and much of the island's infrastructure. Cuba lost $13 billion a year in subsidies and export sales with the fall of the Soviet Union. The Venezuela of the late Hugo Chavez, now in turmoil, which sends in cut-rate oil, can't be permanently relied on.Castro himself, who once scorned tourism as a vestige of the old order, did a complete about-face, describing it as "gold" after the withdrawal of Soviet largesse. There is now a rising tide of tourism – from Canada, Europe, and Asia – along with a modest wave of Americans who have to travel with an official license as part of an educational or cultural trip. If Americans could travel to Cuba freely, their numbers could swell to 1 million and then 2 million a year– and U.S. companies, not just the British or German or Spanish ones who are there already, could build the hotels of the future.Tourism by itself can't resolve the country's economic problem – and tourism both alleviates and exacerbates it. It is difficult to grow and prosper when a bellhop or a tour guide can earn more in tips in the day than a doctor makes in a month, which is why doctors and others have opened house restaurants throughout the island. Lifting or easing American sanctions wouldn't be a deus ex machina either, even if it relieved shortages of basic goods like soap and toilet paper.The Castro regime itself has to embark on new reforms, and that's happening. Cubans can now start not only house restaurants, but their own small businesses. Fidel's brother Raul, the country's new president, has proposed a law to permit large-scale foreign investment across the Cuban economy, even in the formerly off – limits agricultural sector. There is no doubt the law will pass – and there is every prospect it will achieve its goals of "attract[ing] foreign capital, generat[ing] new jobs, and bolster[ing] domestic industry."The Europeans will be there. So will Canadian, Asian, and Latin American investors. Only U.S. companies will be locked out – not by Cuba, but by our own government. This isn't a policy in any coherent sense of that word; it's an artifact of resentment, a self-defeating relic from another era.But what about Cuba's human-rights violations? There are far more pervasive and egregious abuses in other nations with which we routinely do business like China and Russia. Obama has said the embargo could be lifted under certain conditions, including democratic elections for the Cuban presidency. We don't make a similar demand, or impose similar penalties, on Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia or a host of countries that conduct Potemkin elections. Indeed, a greater American presence on the island is far more likely than isolation to foster liberalization in a society where, as a Cuban said to me, "We can think or mostly say what we want; we just can't act."According to a new poll conducted for the Atlantic Council by Democrat Paul Maslin and Republican Glen Bolger, 56 percent of Americans and 63 percent of Floridians support "normalizing relations or engaging more directly with Cuba." Surprisingly, 52 percent of Republicans agree, and so do 64 percent% of residents of Miami-Dade County, the center of the Cuban diaspora.It is telling that sugar magnate Alfonso Fanjul, who fled Cuba after the revolution, now says he's ready to invest there "under the right circumstances." He has already visited the island several times and argues that the U.S. and Cuba should "find a way" for "the whole Cuban community to live and work together."Without the Elian Gonzalez controversy – when the Clinton administration returned a young child to Cuba after his mother drowned trying to reach Florida-- Al Gore almost certainly would have won the state by enough votes so he could not have been counted out of the presidency by virtue of a confusing butterfly ballot in Palm Beach County or a Supreme Court majority that acted like a GOP ward committee. But the political landscape will not be the same in 2016. Obviously, Obama won't be seeking reelection-- and the Atlantic Council numbers mean that he and other Democrats don't have to worry that Hillary Clinton, the inevitable nominee, will lose Florida if the U.S. regains its senses and renounces the cold war with Cuba.The president, of course, can't do it all on his own; Helms–Burton codifies the embargo. But the Cuba Study Group outlines eleven measures Obama can take-- such as authorizing "more imports of certain goods and services," permitting "the sale of telecommunications hardware," and removing the absurd designation of Cuba as "a state sponsor of terrorism." It's undeniable that this Congress won't come to its senses; it's indisputable that the president can – and should – act.The bitter-end exile movement, as the Atlantic Council poll demonstrates, now has a markedly diminished hold on Miami and the Cuban-American community. Still there was predictable fury when Barack Obama refused to conspicuously insult Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's funeral and instead shook his hand. Senator Marco Rubio blasted Obama-- and the reliably obnoxious Ted Cruz, who was part of the official delegation to the funeral, walked out when Castro spoke.For the sake of a sane foreign-policy, the president should now make Rubio, Cruz, and their ilk even angrier by reaching out his hand again – and with the stroke of a pen, begin to end the most protracted foreign policy failure in our history.


Sometimes the internet is actually everything Al Gore dreamt it could be. Yesterday was one of those days, as Reddit delivered perhaps its most thought-provoking, sincere, and revelatory AMA subject yet: Cookie Monster.
Yes, Sesame Street's resident gourmand gave an Ask Me Anything for the ages, and divulged behind-the-Street morsels the likes we never knew we needed to know. In fact, before it even got started, we found out Cookie Monster also has a taste for bananas.
The hits kept coming when Cookie Monster was asked how the rent is on Sesame Street nowadays: "Me think you confused.... Rent played on different street, me think Broadway?" Which caused one witty Redditor to note that it was probably "more expensive than Avenue Q." Badumdum.
While it looks like Cookie Monster housed pretty much the whole tray of cookies and only half his banana, the whole AMA thread is as tasty as you might imagine. So check it out here, then let us know in the comments what you found to be his most satisfying answers.


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Q: How can I split a multiple nested dict into two separate dicts with the size of 80% 20% I want to preprocress a python dict for classification solely using networkx.
The dict is build as followed:
raw_data['positive'] = {'nodes':
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   '...',
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I already tried to split the dict using pandas, but I am not able to archive it as the nested dicts varies in their lenght.
How can I split it the most efficently into a = 80% of the dict and b = 20% of the dict?
Thanks in advance!

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Circus Press Release: Cirque du Soleil's Alegria-The Return of an Icon
Circus Press Release: Cirque du Soleil's Alegria-The Return of an Icon
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September 18, 2018 Media MonitorCirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil introduces the creative team behind Alegría – The Return of an Icon
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Montreal, September 17, 2018 – Cirque du Soleil is happy to introduce the creative team behind Alegría – The Return of an Icon, a revisit of one of its most iconic productions, which won over more than 14 million spectators. Strongly inspired by the original spirit of Alegría, the creative team's mission will be to touch today's audience by bringing to the stage a renewed vision of the show.
Guided by Director of Creation Daniel Ross, the team behind Alegría – The Return of an Icon includes creators who have worked on the original show in 1994, along with new talent. Jean-Guy Legault, renowned for his bold, innovative productions, will oversee the stage direction. His work has been showcased at events and venues across Quebec, including the Just For Laughs Festival, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, Théâtre du Rideau Vert and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM). His role will be to honour the memories of an entire generation of fans and recreate the emotions they felt, while making sure the show remains just as inspiring as it was 25 years ago. Jean-Phi Goncalves, renowned for his work as musical director for Série Hommage – the Cirque du Soleil tribute series presented every Summer in Trois-Rivières, will revisit the legendary soundtrack of Alegría originally composed by René Dupéré. Dominique Lemieux, the show's original Costume Designer, and Nathalie Gagné, original Make-up Designer, will also join the team to dive back into the creation of their iconic work using modern techniques and innovations.
"Our biggest challenge lies in finding a balance between respecting the essence of the original show, and reinterpreting it to meet the expectations of today's audience," said Daniel Ross, Director of Creation for Alegría – The Return of an Icon. "Together, we want to touch the hearts of the spectators and make them relive, or discover for the first time, the emotions that left their mark on millions of people…"
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In Canada December 21st brings with it the official start of winter, this time of year can be a fun time and very beautiful and sometimes we can forget the hazards that come with this time of year.
Here at Tredway-Woodsworth the children have to be aware of the hazards that come with winter (ice, snow, early sunset) and traffic which has to contend with the worsening weather conditions.
With your help we can make Tredway-Woodsworth a healthy and safe place to be over the winter months.
Included with this notice is our winter handbook with lots of information for you and your child. Please do read this document and take a few minutes to discuss it with your child.
We will also keep you informed of any unusual or extremely hazardous situations that we see or hear about.


Spanish THR Innovative Tourism Advisors has been awarded a contract to prepare a tourism strategy in co-operation with the Ministry of Tourism after securing the highest points in terms of technical specifications.
In its vision, the national tourism strategy, from 2015 to 2040, sets out a plan for the success of economic tourism by organising a series of consultative workshops with different stakeholders and local experts in the areas of environment, culture and heritage, transport and education, in addition to manpower, start-ups and SMEs, and private sector investors in the tourism industry.
The national tourism strategy incorporates an elaborate programme outlining short, medium and long term strategies, together with an implementation of an action-plan based on major pillars, including tourism competitiveness, marketing and product development, governance, education and the socioeconomic development.
The ministry in co-operation with the THR Innovative Tourism Advisors conducted internal workshops to provide different proposals and models to develop tourism in the Sultanate.
One of the key objectives of the Omani tourism strategy is to increase the contribution of the tourism sector to the GDP which is considered to be as a major source of income. Also, it is closely linked to the process of sustainable development.
The future development prospects will help generate career opportunities, and it includes among its main dimensions capacity building in the tourism sector.
It will update land development agreements, the system of ownership of properties by non-Omanis in integrated tourism complexes (ITC) and the alternatives available to the ministry to deal with investors involved in suspended or delayed projects or ITC projects whose owners are likely to withdraw.
The workshops discussed the main objectives, goals and priorities of the national tourism strategy and the challenges facing the tourism sector in the Sultanate. For that reason they tackled the key issues by strategy formulation and analysis.


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On Thursday 2 August 2018, Central Clinical School and the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine will hold an information night for prospective honours and post graduate students. The night will showcase research being performed across the two schools at the Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP).
Supervisors and students at AMREP are encouraged to attend as a chance to meet with potential students and discuss research opportunities for 2019.
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Australians travelling to Bali would probably be familiar with the term "Bali belly" but while gastroenteritis or diarrhoea is a common illness for tourists they may not be aware that trauma and animal bites also pose a significant risk.
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Congratulations to Dr Kevin Gillinder on Ruby Red Foundation grant!
Congratulations to Dr Kevin Gillinder for his grant from the Ruby Red Foundation to work on genes causing blood cancer!
Dr Kevin Gillinder is in Professor Andrew Perkins' research group at the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, He is investigating the role of JAK2 gene mutations in causing blood cancer.
JAK2 is one of the acquired gene mutations found in MPNs and people with this mutation have a higher risk of developing AML. Looking at the genetic sequences of people with MPNs may help to identify a target for treatment of myelproliferative neoplasms (MPN)s. Patients live with debilitating symptoms and harsh side effects, as current treatments aim to reduce the risks of bleeds or clots but do not prevent the risk of disease progression to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) or myelofibrosis and there is currently no cure.
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Kylee Campbell - Miss Rodeo USA 2021
Kylee Campbell, a 19-year-old Huntsville, Alabama cowgirl, will reign as Miss Rodeo USA 2021. With this honor, Campbell marks the history books as the tenth Alabamian to hold the prestigious title and the state now holds the record for the highest number of titleholders in the pageants 56-year history.
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, Campbell received the honor in Guthrie, Okla. at the final performance of the International Finals Rodeo (IFR), the culminating event for the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA). In addition, the IFR marks the conclusion to the six-day Miss Rodeo USA pageant where young women from across the United States vie for the opportunity to serve as the official ambassador for the sport of professional rodeo.
Multiple contestants endured the lengthy pageant and were challenged with judged events such as delivering prepared speeches, riding unfamiliar horses, completing daily interviews, performing in modeling shows and facing an extensive written exam. The young lady selected for the position must exhibit the ability to travel independently, speak professionally, act as a role model and positively promote rodeo and the western culture. She will be expected to travel to rodeos nearly every weekend for one year, traveling a distance of approximately 100,000 miles before passing on the crown to the next ambassador.
While it is traditional that Miss Rodeo USA will be expected to travel a great distance during her reign promoting professional rodeo, 2020 taught us that all industries can be impacted by the threat and need for precautions surrounding COVID-19, including rodeo events. The IPRA and Miss Rodeo USA Association are confident in their ability to continue operating at a safe capacity with constant reassessment throughout the year. As a nation we continue to adapt to the changes this virus has forced upon us and Miss Rodeo USA will no less than thrive under the harsh realities if presented during her year. From virtual interviews with local broadcast stations to Facebook LIVE one-on-one sessions with fans, Campbell will work with her associations throughout the year to creativity, effectively, and safety promote the professional sport of rodeo.
"Preparation for this week of competition has been a work in progress since I was 11-years old and it was more than rhinestones and smiles for me. I met lifelong friends and was able to put my equine and rodeo knowledge to the test. I always say the only person you are competing against is the one in the mirror," said Campbell. "I would not be where I am today without the amazing support from my family, friends and mentors. Words cannot describe how thankful I am for my horse show and rodeo families who let me ride horses, help doctor horses, and ask so many questions. I hope to make the most of 2021 on the rodeo road while sharing my platform of Mentoring Matters."
Campbell, the daughter of Kerry and Allan Holcombe and James Campbell, is a student at the University of Alabama where she is on the Dean's List as well as competes on the school's western equestrian team as a reining and horsemanship competitor. While her classes will be placed on hold during her year due to her travel schedule, she plans to graduate with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Agricultural-Business. She hopes to use her experience and education to develop a non-profit business with a focus on mentoring through equine competition.
The newly crowned Miss Rodeo USA represented the West Point Rodeo of Cullman, AL as Miss West Point 2020 before attending the Miss Rodeo USA National Pageant as a 2021 contestant. Campbell will begin her reign by hosting a fundraising event that will serve as her coronation celebration for her new title. For information regarding her fundraising efforts, please follow her at @missrodeousa on social media.
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