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Six brilliant headteachers from across the UK

Last week in Parliament there was a session entitled Educational Attainment of Boys which took place and the Conservative MP for Don Valley who is Nicholas Fletcher opened the session out. He referred to many aspects but his comment included the text “six brilliant headteachers from across the UK—from Dorset, London, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Sussex and Rochdale”. The full item can be obtained from…

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Caroline Ansell spoked about International people's Day

On Tuesday this week a group of MPs contributed in a International Men’s Day discussion that was organised by Nicholas Fletcher who is the Conservative MP for Don Valley. He began with “I beg to move, That this House has considered International Men’s Day. We are here to celebrate International Men’s Day, which took place on Sunday 19 November. It is a day to celebrate all the good that men have…

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Debates ahead are key for student nurses

This afternoon Parliament will debate several e-petitions organised by a number of people during last year entitled ‘Relating to pay and financial support for healthcare students’ organised by Marsha de Cordova, the Labour MP for Battersea London. This debate was originally planned for the 11th September after it was promoted in July just before the Parliament summer break and yet it is only now…

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Today Parliament re-opens with several elements

Today is the opening of Parliament following their Half Term break over the last week. Given the discussions that have taken place last week publicly concerning the behaviour of Boris Johnson it will be very interesting to see what MPs will state today and over the next few days. However, in the “TheyWorkForYou” document that lists the debate plans for each week, there is currently only one…

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Last week in Parliament Eastbourne focused on a Petition

Today I am waiting to observe how our local MPs will participate in some of the sessions taking place in Parliament. I am also interested to reflect on one of the discussions that took place last week. The first session in the House of Commons is entitled “Victims and Prisoners Bill: Second Reading Legislation”. According to the Government website this bill will enable implementation of the…

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Paws

”The best illusions that we make got a warmth that we don't fake”

— Мы с бихевиоризмом разошлись во мнениях касательно человеческой природы. Когда я читал труды Скиннера, то обнаружил, что он отвергает самое понятие человеческой природы и предпочитает исследовать механизмы манипуляций. Что-то вроде экспериментов Павлова, но не на уровне рефлексов, а цепочки “стимул - реакция”  

Николас мягко дернул поводок, заставляя Мафа обойти очередную, явно очень интересную ему лужу.

— Вот вы говорите, что звериное — фундамент всему человеческому. Как же быть с тем фактом, что человек — единственное животное, убивающее ради удовольствия?

— Фундамент, мсье Флетчер, не стены. — уточняет Реми и поднимает вверх указательный палец, чтобы подчеркнуть принципиальность этого момента, — Работы Фромма вы тоже читали, нет? Он также был не в ладах со Скиннером. — хмыкает француз, доставая из кармана брюк пачку сигарет. — И весьма не дурно изучил природу агрессии в разрезе экзистенциальных потребностей человека. Мне нравится то, как он называет деструктивность злокачественной опухолью социума. И знаете что, если бы о ней могли предупредить, как о раке лёгких, — сделав несколько символичную паузу, чтобы повертеть коробок с поучительной наклейкой, Реми достаёт сигарету себе, и учтиво предлагает собеседнику угоститься, — Человечество всё равно бы эволюционировало, точно как и курильщик чиркнул бы зажигалкой невзирая на все “можно” и “нельзя”. — продолжает он нарочито затянутую мысль, закусывая фильтр сигареты. —  Выживание, ресурсы, любопытство, удовольствие: пока потребности превышают возможности, и человеку есть куда стремиться по оси Y, мы будем оставаться пленниками наших страстей, что в сущности и выделяет нас в животном мире, но вряд ли отбрасывает настолько далеко, чтобы отрицать важность своей биологии.

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Gaming community of Tumblr (does anyone from it even follow me?), I proudly present to you the second, and biggest, project of Fletcher Games: Fantasy Adventure, or FanAdv! 

FanAdv is a D20 roleplaying system with it's roots in Dungeons and Dragon 3.5, but vastly changed with the goal of a simpler and more balanced game. It was created by Nicholas Fletcher, and it's SRD just went up today. It has everything from the core rulebooks, including wealth by level and the XP tables, meaning you don't have to buy anything to get started (though purchasing the PDF would be much appreciated as you would be supporting a very small company (it's seriously just me and Nick)).

Later supplemental books (not counting the core rulebook two in the works) will cost money to purchase. We hope you'll give this little game a chance, and have fun playing it! 

If you didn't catch the links above, you can find the Fletcher Games site HERE and the FanAdv SRD HERE.