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Until the law was changed in 2007, lesbian, gay and bisexual people had to put up with being turned away or treated unfairly by businesses and public service providers - simply because of their sexual orientation. Stonewall's campaign to secure legal protections against this was motivated by widespread evidence of discrimination across both the private and public sectors.
Protections against 'goods and services' discrimination first came into force on 30 April 2007, an historic victory for Stonewall and others who campaigned for them.
If you need information on what to do if you have been discriminated against, please visit our information page on discrimination.
All organisations in the public sector are covered by the legislation. Gay people pay taxes like everyone else, so service providers like hospitals, GPs and schools are obliged to treat everyone equally. The GP who refused to treat a man just because he was gay would now be breaking the law.
The same goes for the private sector. It's now illegal for businesses including banks, estate agents, hotels and bars to turn away gay customers or discriminate against them when providing goods or services.
Here are some of the key areas where the laws will make a difference…
The Equality Act makes a huge difference in schools, lending support to Stonewall's Education for All campaign to tackle homophobic bullying. If a school fails to take anti-gay bullying seriously, they could be breaking the law. If a school refuses a place to someone because they might be gay, or because their parents are, that's covered too. So are things like the chance to be a prefect or participate in school trips.
GPs can't turn you way for being gay - some did in the past - or refuse lesbian and gay people treatments they would offer to anyone else.
Hotels and B&Bs can no longer refuse double rooms to same-sex couples. If you want a double bed, you can have one.
In the past, some councils have refused to recognise homophobic bullying as a good reason to re-house a person (or evict their neighbours). Now they have to act.
Stonewall has heard from couples refused tables together, or asked to leave by staff simply for holding hands. Gay couples don't have to tolerate being treated any differently to anyone else, it's against the law.
If a flat or house is for sale or rent, the owner or landlord can't turn you down just because you're gay. They have before.
Gay businesses have nothing to fear from the Equality Act. Gay people take heterosexual friends to gay venues all the time and the law doesn't change that. LGB businesses, like any other, can still ask someone making a nuisance of themselves to leave.
Many groups and networks across Britain offer vital social and support services to lesbian, gay and bisexual people. These groups continue to operate as they always have done - it's recognised that they allow lesbian and gay people to meet up in a safe and supportive environment. Health services aimed towards lesbians or gay men can also continue. It's found that treatment can be more effective and more likely to be taken up when offered in a 'targeted' environment. We're aware of the benefits this could have for Stonewall's current work on LGB health needs.
There've been demands in recent years for religious organisations to be exempted from anti-discrimination laws. Stonewall's view, that we've repeatedly emphasised to politicians, has always been that any organisation in receipt of funding or subsidy from the public purse should not be able to discriminate. Religious groups providing publicly-funded welfare services to the community, like meals on wheels or drug rehabilitation have no more right to discriminate than anyone else. Religious services like weddings or baptisms are not covered by the Equality Act.
Adoption agencies, including those run by faith groups, have to comply with the law like everyone else. It's unlawful to refuse to consider lesbian or gay people, including couples, as potential adopters purely on the basis of their sexual orientation.


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State needs to step up to the plate
I, too, received "Dear Taxpayer ... Your tax information was compromised."
After negotiating Experian's five minute rat's maze of telephone prompts, listening to inane music, waiting for customer care, I spent another15 minutes to learn that:
• Experian's protection cannot prevent my Social Security number from being used. They will inform me (after the fact, not in real time) that my Social Security number was used – if a credit report is pulled. Then their fraud resolution people will assist me. Not good enough.
• South Carolina has paid for one year, after which I can pay $79.95 a year or $7.95 a month, although this will be a security issue not for one year but for the rest of my life. Not good enough.
Like Gov. Haley, I have many very important things to do, but unlike the governor, I have no one else to do them for me, or to deal with the fallout from this inexcusable, embarrassing page in South Carolina's book.
I suggest she get on the phone with Experian to truly experience the nightmare caused by the ineptitude of the people she selected and paid to prevent it. I realize the governor had her own identity compromised in the past, giving her some understanding of our situation, but the kicker here is that state employees' mistakes caused this debacle.
The governor's buzz word is "accountability." I believe that, at the very least, everyone who was compromised should be compensated for time and aggravation, and that whoever is responsible for this debacle should call us and take care of changing our Social Security numbers, with all that entails, with no further expenditure of time, aggravation or money by us or our family members listed on our tax returns – who according to Experian were also compromised. (But, who in my case have yet to be contacted or informed.)
I sent substantially this same letter to the governor almost two weeks ago, but have had no response – not even a form email as a reply.
Really not good enough.
Jenne Stoker
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Wind: 9 mph
By Arthur Hendrickson
I would like to inform the residents of Moretown and the traveling public who use Route 100B of one of the dangers the proposed Rivers' quarry would create if permits are granted. This danger is from flyrock. Flyrock is a potential cause of death, serious injury and property damage. Rivers has tried to trivialize blasting issues by stating there will be only 12 blasts per year lasting about a second each. While it is true that the duration of a blast may be short, Rivers will be using approximately four tons of explosives for each blast, and it would only take one accident to cause death, injury and property damage. The proposed quarry site is on top of a hill, so any flyrock sent airborne will have the benefit of gravity to send it farther distances than a quarry situated below nearby properties.
On September 24, 2008 in South Burlington, the Maine Drilling and Blasting Co. detonated a blast that threw flyrock several hundred yards and resulted in damages estimated to be a million dollars to aircraft, vehicles, buildings and grounds at the Burlington International Airport. Miraculously no one was injured. The same company had a blast go awry in Raymond, NH, on April 25, 2005, doing damage to buildings and vehicles over 1,000 feet away. The Maine Drilling and Blasting Co. is the one that detonated the two unannounced test blasts at the proposed quarry site of Richard Rivers in Moretown. These test blasts resulted in injuries to horses in the area and the shaking of the home of the closest neighbor. The largest of the two test blasts was about one-third the size of the proposed production blasts.
On June 11, 2007, in West Lebanon, NH, Green Mountain Explosives detonated a quarry blast that resulted in flyrock being thrown about 3,000 feet (10 football fields) into an industrial park doing damage to a building and vehicles. This same blast also sent flyrock about 4,000 feet that landed on Lebanon Airport property, including a runway. The manager of Technical Services of Green Mountain Explosives, Tim Rath, is representing Rivers as his blasting expert in environmental court. Mr. Rath testified at an Act 250 hearing on May 2, 2006, that during a blasting event the nearby residents near Rivers' quarry should be in their homes and not out on their property. When asked specifically about the danger from flyrock, Mr. Rath said, "You can never say never." No matter how careful a blaster is there is no certainty a blast will not cause flyrock. There are over 20 homes within 3,000 feet of the proposed quarry with the closest property lines just over 200 feet away.
It is written in the Moretown Town Plan on Page 24, Section 4.10 (A) "No land or structure in any zoning district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create dangerous, injurious or noxious conditions that adversely affect the reasonable use of adjoining or nearby properties." In Section 4.10, (B), Page 25, (3) "No fire, explosive or safety hazard shall be permitted which significantly endangers other property owners or which results in a significantly increased burden on municipal facilities."
Moretown's Select Board has been actively supporting the decision of the development review board. There is an effort going on in Moretown by a group to stop the select board's support. The DRB decision, the Moretown Town Plan and the zoning regulations of Moretown should be defended by the select board. No one should be allowed to undermine town law or alter the carefully thought out decisions made by the Moretown DRB and the District 5 Act 250 Commission, just because they may have the deep pockets to do so. The quality of life in Moretown depends on the voluntary time and efforts of the DRB to interpret the town plan and zoning. All DRB decisions must be adhered to now and in the future to keep Moretown one of the best places in the world to live.
Arthur Hendrickson lives in Moretown.
Editor's Note: Maine Drilling and Blasting was not involved in the two unannounced blasting tests at the Rivers' quarry.


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Robert Randolph and the Family Band
In 2003, Robert Randolph and the Family Band was cruising through its headlining tour in the wake of its highly successful studio debut, "Unclassified."
At the time, the band was beginning to receive some national attention, but it was merely a sample of what was in store for the New Jersey blues/funk/soul group.
It was no secret that the band's standout was front man, singer and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. The young Randolph was mesmerizing during live performances, and his prowess on the slide guitar led legendary songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton to invite the band on multiple tours as well as make an appearance on the band's 2006 sophomore album, "Colorblind."
To date, Randolph has been asked to make guest appearances with Buddy Guy, Kirk Hammett and Elton John, and earned a spot on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time list. The band released its fourth studio album, "Lickety Split," in July.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band will perform Thursday at the Music Farm, 32 Ann St., with Michael Bellar & The As-Is Ensemble, Under Great Lights. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 the day of the show, and are available at the Music Farm box office or online at Etix.com. The doors open at 8 p.m. with the show slated to begin at 9 p.m.
Go to MusicFarm.com or call 577-6989.
George Porter Jr.
Accolades seem endless for legendary bass man George Porter Jr.
The New Orleans native was a pivotal member of the legendary funk band The Meters beginning in 1965. As co-founder, bassist and singer, Porter helped take The Meters to the forefront of the funk movement and became one of the recognized godfathers of the genre itself.
While his bass playing has led him to collaborate with some of music's most recognizable names, such as Paul McCartney, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett and Tori Amos, Porter still finds time to head several projects of his own.
George Porter Jr. and the Runnin' Pardners is one of those projects, and one that incorporates a large brass section for an added depth into the funk landscape for which Porter is known.
The group will perform Thursday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the show starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available online at Etix.com or at the door.
Go to CharlestonPourHouse.com or call 571-4343 for more information.
A country/Americana band from Brooklyn may seem questionable or ill fitting, like a gimmick, but for Yarn, it makes perfect sense.
Almost anywhere else and Yarn might be pigeonholed as just another country band or lost in the masses of Americana bands. In New York, however, Yarn's roots-rock and country style is more progressive than familiar.
It's not just Yarn's location that sets the band apart. The music nestles itself into significance through sing-a-long choruses and superior musicianship that wanders from Appalachian-style and toe-tapping bluegrass to backwoods blues and subtle rock.
Yarn will perform Saturday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway, with Folk Soul Revival. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the show starting at 10 p.m.
Go to CharlestonPourHouse.com or call 571-4343 for more information on the show.
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You don't need to spend 10$ on a flashlight that isn't even that bright. For 4$ or less, depending what you have lying around the home, you can make a really bright LED flash light. Its got for camping or just for back yard fun.
This flashlight is easy to make,looks cool and most importantly, effective!
Step 1: Components
1. 4x Ultra-bright, white LEDs (picture 2)
2. Film canister
3. Push switch
4. 3V coin cell battery
5. some wire (I used telephone wire)
Step 2: Tools
1. Wire cutter
2. Wire insulation stripper
3. Soldering Iron
4. Solder
5. Electrical tape
6.Scissors whit pointy edges (or a needle)
7.Something to make a hole for the push switch (I used a drill that fit the diameter of my switch)
Step 3: Lets get started
Make small holes on the cap of the film canister whit the scissors or the needle, two on every side, so the LED will go trough.
Step 4: Soldering
The LEDs are connected in parallel, that means that all the negative (shorter) sides are connected together and all the positive (longer) sides are connected together.
Take the wire and solder it on the LEDs. One by one connect two same sides (longer whit longer shorter whit shorter) whit wires and solder them.(picture 2,3,4 and 5)
Don't cut all the end of the LEDs, leave two, one positive (long) and one negative (short) (picture 6)
Test it. Take the 3V coin cell battery and put it on the leads in correct manner. If all is good so far the LEDs should lite up.(picture 7 and 8)
On one lead of the LED solder a longer wire. Strip a bit more of the insulation on the oposite side and bend ti. (picture 9 and 10)
I'll change the bright LEDs for red light ones, and it will be a charm for using in the photography dark room. (or maybe just use bright white ones with a film over them)
He can solder all the connections... :)


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Sophie and your little princess are sure to be the best of friends. Her "jewels" make a fun clacking sound and her skirt crinkles to stimulate hearing. The underside of her dress reveals a black and white print. Bold colors and high-contrast patterns aid in visual stimulation and development. Can be attached to the carrier handle or stroller for fun on the go.
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+1 GURPS with the right GM ....could do anything build any charature
my cyberpunk 2013 had this great backstory system was really cool to role up a toon
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Joined: 2/27/09
For realistic playing, GURPS or BRP (the system behind Cthulhu and Runequest).
For cinematic playing, FATE.
For your basic fantasy adventuring campaign, Pathfinder.
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Joined: 8/30/08
Originally posted by ignore_me
I agree, the direction D&D went turned a lot of pen and paper fans away. Pathfinder kind of took over from there. Another I really like is White Wolfs World of Darkness and more specifically Vampire the Masquerade 3rd edition, I even loved the book series :P.
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Joined: 5/27/05
Champions by Hero games as a big comic book fan growing up I really liked making my own super hero and putting the hurt on super villians. The system allowed you to take disadvantages that really helped flesh out your character as well as helping the game master to tailor game sessions for your group. Also there were no preplaned classes only archtypes which really allowed you to make a more personalized character.
Iron Corwn Enterprises with their Rolemaster system and later MERPS. They had a critical hit system that was really in depth and could lead to some really disfigured and mangaled characters or blown to little pieces. I also liked that the system had power points instead of memorized spells allowing you to cast any spell as long as you had the points and ability to do so.
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Joined: 12/09/08
MMORPGs are no longer about the mass multi-user
PLayed AD&D 2e for years (decades) and thought it to be good. D&D 3 and up just sucks (Excel RPG game). But my favorite RPG system is Alternity. Comes from TSR as well and has sadly been dicthed in favor of Star Wars d20 setting :-(
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Originally posted by Thane
Good point, Thane.
What I'm most interested in is world and cosmos creation, shifting realities, extra-dimensional/transdimensional possibilities. I am interested in Shadowrun ( I got the 20th anniversary pdf for $15 because the book is out of print and like $200+ on amazon, ebay, etc.). I'm also looking into Alternity (for SF). How about older editions of Rifts? So much great stuff.
Any genre is fine, though. I'm just learning a lot now and I find gaming and game extremely interesting these days. I was kind of at the point a lot of people get to when we start criticizing games and saying they're boring or whatever; and I started asking myself, what is fun? What is game? What makes games fun for me? Even if I don't have the financial resources to make my own mmorpg, I can make my own pnp game with the amazing resources that are available to us. Even if it's just for me and a couple of friends.
By the way, I just ordered Traveller today. I will be studying all these games and looking at rulesets like OSRIC (free pdf) and GURPS and whatever else people are mentioning (Rolemaster). And Pathfinder, because I want to be up to date on how fantasy rpg has changed since I first started with it in the late 70s.
Thanks everyone for your input. I've got some great ideas from your answers and I'm still finding out new stuff to look into.
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I am currently enjoying Iron Kingdoms! I like it a lot.
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I played the most, maybe AD&D 2nd.
I loved the most, definitely Amber (though I love Zelazny's writing too, so I'm maybe biased a bit). The diceless system was a great novelty, and with a good GM it had the most boundless freedom I've experienced during my p'n'p era :)
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"No path is darker then when your eyes are shut." -Flemeth
The Dark Eye, a German PnP game, in old days also known as "Realms of Arcania" and the CRPG series "Northland Trilogy". German "Das Schwarze Auge". I love it, because unlike D&D it is much less based on combat. In D&D you move from combat to combat, in the Dark Eye, combat is rather the exception, and it is mostly about a story you experience and act in.
Second place would go to Traveller. I REALLY would love to see the Traveller Universe in a MMO. It was such a cool setting, especially the Third Empire era.
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Hey Devs, just so you know. The more you give us to play with, the more we play.
For me some of the most fun and my fondest times have been been playing AD&D 1st ed. I disliked almost everything about D&D 2nd ed., hell it barely had anything worth cherry picking that I thought was good enough for my own campaign. As a matter of fact we had more or less dropped AD&D from our gaming rotation. That is until D&D 3.0.
D&D 3.0 and 3.5 really hooked me. I had been using feat in my own campaign, but it was unrefined. 3.0 & 3.5 just cleaned everything up and made it work.
And then we got 4.0, which I despise. No, which I fucking despise. Its literally WoW style rules in PnP. And it sucks, D&D has lost its soul. Thats when I found Pathfinder (the PnP game).
Pathfinder is the spirtal successor to the souless turd that D&D 4.0 has become.
Now about the same time I was falling in love with AD&D I found another TSR game which I came to love, Star Frontiers. That game holds a special place for me. I loved the space expansion Knight Hawks. I spent many many hours of game play just freighting around cargo and passengers and dodging pirates and Sathar. Sometimes playing the bounty hunter and sometimes the smuggler.
This game took a whole lot more effort than any AD&D campaign. It was intentionally left very bare so that the game master could custom build their own game.
Then my next big thing was actually a WWIII game called Twilight 2000. No fantasy no sci-fi. Just a great post apocalyptic military game. Great complicated ruleset that was easy to understand and use. Lots of fun hours playing that.
But my next passion ended up being Mechwarrior and all the supplements. Talk about dropping some cash when I really couldnt afford it. This game Ihave as much love as I do for 1st ed AD&D and 3.5 D&D. For me this is/was kind of like Star Frontiers X 100. It took it to a whole 'nother level.
In many was I like the lore of this game even better than I like Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms.
Even though I never really got to play Shadow Run; the game , the lore, the setting, the time period has been like a splinter in my mind. I want to play this..bad. I want to find a good group and if I did I'd trade my MMO playing time to play Shadow Run.
Best PnP experiences, see above.
So in order of best PnP that Ive played. With great lore, easy to use but detailed rules, play style variation I'd have to say-
1- Mechwarrior
2- Pathfinder (core rule books, not setting)
4- AD&D 1st ed
5- Twilight 2000
6- Star Frontiers
? - Shadow Run (from the little I seen, I'd say it deserves 4th)
I havent had a lot of game time with Pathfinder but I think it could be 1st place, but Mechwarrior had/has more depth.
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Hey Devs, just so you know. The more you give us to play with, the more we play.
Originally posted by PWN_FACE
Im not sure how much Garret if familier with the D&D and AD&D brand but I think he must be talking AD&D.
Although for those of you who dont know. There were two versions of Dungeons and Dragons.
There was AD&D - Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, a more complex ruleset.
And there was D&D- Dungeons and Dragons,kind of like a prestep to AD&D. This had the classic Red Box (Basic) D&D, Blue Box (Expert) D&D.
Although TSR did publish a campaign world that used these ruleset. Isle of Dread is really all I remember from it, although I have a really nice hardbound 2nd ed book set in there, packed away somewhere.
D&D 3.0 and 3.5 really cleaned up the rules. Most DM's were using heavly modified AD&D rules by the late 80's. D&D 3.0 and 3.5 really cleaned up the game. So instead of just having a Magic User, you could specialize. Illuisionist isnt a seperate class anymore. Its now a Specialist Mage.
Or remember how a MU couldnt use a sword or wear armor? Now the can, they just have penalties. Or they can spend a "feat" point and use that sword or wear that armor with out penalties (or woth reduced penalties) but thats at the expense of boosting their magic with magic feats.
Pazios Pathfinder has refined and added to the 3.5 ruleset even further. and it is an even better RPG than it ever was. Look into this, trust me.
I myself am a huge fan of Greyhawk. But Pazio has won me over. And you can still use their rules in a Greyhawk setting.
While WoC (Wizards of the Coast) has turned D&D 4.0 into...more or less a video game in PnP form. Its now all about combat, the encounter, the loot, thats it. There really is no reason to RP in that game anymore. As a matter of fact there is no reason to play D&D 4.0 when you can quite literally just log into WoW and have the same experience except in a 3D world.
Or maybe to put it another way Pathfinder is closer to the AD&D you know than even the WoC 4th edition of D&D is, by a long shot.
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Joined: 9/13/08
I grew up on the thaco. Loved D&D. Robotech was the game my friends and I played the most. However, Marvel was a blast.
Currently playing Iron Kingdoms and Call of Cthulhu.
My Favs:
Call of Cthulhu (just purchased the dvd of the original movie). So much potential. All of us are backstabbing each other, its like paranoia except no cheese. I even created my own secret society. Od how nobody has asked why a univercity professor is a expert with handguns (99%).
Robotech, for the memories, not the system. Palladium system is was to easy break.
Aces & Eights. Love the system and the whole shot clock. Wild west themed is way under appreciated.
D&D 3.5, fun at times. I hate the min maxing that goes on though. I had to make a monk just to shut up all the damm overpowered casters. Cant cast when grappled on your back.
Roses are red
Myself some of my favorites are AD&D (second edition) with the settings i preferd being forgotten realms, ddark sun, ravenloft, and Birthright. White wolf's world of darkness setting with vampires the masqurade being my all time favorite of the five r so main group books. Shadowrun was another good one i liked to play as well. I have played other games like rifts, warhammer, afew of the asian anime-based rpg games too (like demon city). Though right now i am making a setting/rule-set that is my own from the ground up, although it takes many ques from all the games i played in the past, with both a free-form class system an template classes. profeinces, and such in it to allow for alot of options.
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Joined: 10/29/07
I wont be making an exact list but I will recommend you a few favorites:
Pathfinder is based on D&D but a lot better. It have a high level of customization (but you really need the advancad players book besides the rulebook) so while it have classes you can customize your character to be very different from others of the same class while the game still have pretty good balance (better than any D&D edition).
This game is perfect if you want to play in a D&D campaignworld like Forgotten realms, Dragonlance or Ravenloft and as a GM you need to do few changes from any D&D 3rd edition sourcebook even if there are plenty of differences in the system.
Well made, fun and the best levelbased system I played. A must if you want a fantasy game (or steampunk) close to D&D.
Shadowrun is a rather odd mix of fantasy and cyberpunk with a unique leveless system (I think it would work fine in a MMO BTW). The best thing about it is the world in itself which is set 60 or so years in the future, most of the world is controlled by corps, some controlled by dragons and there are elves, dwarfs and orcs around as well. It sounds rather silly but the game pulls it off fine.
Call of Cthulhu (Chaosiums version, not the D20 which suck):
CoC is usually set between the world wars. The players are usually investigators who are investigating weird cases and this is a game for people who likes handouts and puzzles. Of course it is best for shorter stuff since people tend to spend a lot of time in insane asylums or dying and have to be replaced. The world is based on Lovecrafts Mythos and full of tentacles, evil old gods and insane cultists.
CoC is the most fun horror RPG ever made (in my opinion). It also have a version called "Delta green" where players are special forces soldiers who face the same world, it is also fun.
Star wars: Edge of the empire:
This game is not even out yet, but the beginners box and beta rulebook is out. It is the first of 3 parts of Fantasy flights SW RPG and based on the scum of the empire, like smugglers, bounty hunters and similar people. This game uses some weird dices (even for P&P) and that had me a bit worried but the game is actually really fun, fast to play and captures the movies way better than the D20 and D6 versions.
There is some balance things still but from what I read on the beta forum most if not all of them are fixed. Sadly it is not a game for you if you want to play jedi, at least until the third rulebook which is jedi focused comes out but it will be at lest a year from now.
These games are my current favorites and RPGs I like to play right now. There are plenty of older games that have been great but these ones are the ones I recommend right now. And yes, only Pathfinder is D20 based but I feel that levelbased P&P games tends to get really unbalanced and somewhat silly when the players have gotten a few levels. I do play in a SW D20 revised campaign right now and anyone who didnt made a Jedi guardian are more or less useless in combat at lvl 8, even my Mandalorian bountyhunter are nowhere close to the Jedis and there really are no point in making more than one class of character. They also lack a lot of logic and realism. Pathfinder though is really good even if it is D20 based and that is why I recommend it, in our campaigns have all classes actually been useful when we play.
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The campaign was called "The enemy within", Death on the reik is just the first part but I have to agree with you there. It was fun and well written even if the campaign lost a little in the 2 last parts.
It is really something I recommend for any people who enjoy dark humor and a long fun campaign.
But you should play it with the original Games Workshop rules, not with Fantasy flights lousy system. It was not on my list since it hasnt aged perfectly but it is still a acceptable system with a lot of good sourcematerial.
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+ GURPS, Champions, several lesser beasts (Paranoia, Cthulu, various Steve Jackson games--we were big on Assassin in the dorms, briefly)
But 2nd ed. D&D (+beer) is the one that consumed must of my college grades.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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D&D3.5, Shadowrun, Marvel
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Easy for me. There are two games that are great, but one is better than them all.
Fast paced, violent, dangerous, fun, and no magic.
The second best to me is...
Twighlight 2000.
Come on who doesnt want to play a soldier stranded in Europe after WWIII?!
So much crap, so little quality.
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I'm big on freeform, open world style play. Although I enjoyed D&D (all versions) and Shadowrun, at the end of the day both games were heavily walled in with absurd rules.
Seriously, I just found this +5 Two Handed Axe of "I'm gonna splode your intestines all over the walls", but because it says right here that the only weapons I'm allowed to use are a staff and daggers, then my only choice is to sell it? Seriously? Those kinds of things always took a sledgehammer to the immersion factor for me.
I remember being weened on AD&D and Shadowrun 1-2nd edition and thinking all RPG's were this way. Then I met this guy, and he says "Hey we're gonna run this "Prison Break" campaign at my house starting next week." I ask, "What's prison break?, I've never heard of that RPG". Then he proceeds to explain to me that he's running it from a system called GURPS, and we're allowed to make pretty much any character we want, within the points limit he's established, and we all start off as prisoners on this prison planet. The goal of the campaign is to escape from prison.
I was stunned. I didn't even know where to go from there at first. I'm asking him things like "So I can be Elvis, who really was abducted by aliens, and then somehow ended up in a galactic prison"
"What If I want to be a 1965 Marine M60 gunner in Vietnam that got sucked into a dimensional vortex during a battle one day and then ended up in prison after assassinating an alien ambassador?"
"Go for it"
"Jedi padawan?"
"You won't have a lightsaber, but sure"
I was sold, and I still am. It's the most open gaming system I've ever played. Creating a character with GURPS is one of the most liberating experiences a pen and paper RPG'er will ever have after having their dick repeatedly stomped on with "NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT" in the walled in, class based RPG's.
Now I get to swing that brand spanking new +5 Two Handed Axe of "I'm gonna splode your intestines all over the walls", whenever I feel like it and no one's gonna tell me I can't. Doesn't mean I'll hit anything with it, but that just adds to the fun. :)
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Oh lord, where to begin...
I loved D&D in all it's incarnations right up 'til 4.0, then it just went to shit.
I loved the worlds of Shadowrun and Earthdawn, but thought their systems needed help, so we used Gurps with those backdrops, worked out well.
I played a few games of Traveler with my cousins, it was set in the "Aliens" mythos, thought that was kinda cool.
The Morrow Project was an interesting idea, as was Twilight 2k, we used it for some interesting post alien invasion of earth campaigns.
Space Opera was pretty cool, my first "Star Wars"-esq type rpg.
Tried the West End version of Star Wars, didn't much care for it, I enjoyed the D20 system.
I have a soft spot for Rifts and all things Palladium (robotech, fantasy, etc) Aside from Gurps I thought it was a great generic system, that much like Gurps, with a little tweeking here and there can accommodate just about every genre you would want to play in.
White Wolf games came out with a very rich vampire and werewolf mythos, the system wasn't too bad, but I have to say I did enjoy it a bit more through Gurps.
Rollmaster was a fun experience, somehow I ended up with a non-undead monastic lich...I still can't figure that one....
The list goes on, I have played many games out there a time or two, ran a few long campaigns myself, some I liked more than others. I guess the real thing is find yourself a solid group of friends, find a genre that you enjoy and just mess around with it. There is no game out there that can take the place of the table top as far as creativity, story and scope, graphics are limited by the descriptions given by the dm, and your imagination :)


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National KidsDay KidsDay® will be celebrated around the nation on Sunday, August 7th. KidsPeace created this annual event to encourage the adults – parents, grandparents, relatives, neighbors, teachers and other caregivers – to spend more meaningful time with America's children and to honor and celebrate the inherent value and worth of all kids.National KidsDay is an opportunity to: • Celebrate childhood • Demonstrate our commitment to nurturing children• Inspire our nation, our communities and our families to love and appreciate children• To make our children feel loved and valued• To guide our children toward a healthy, happy, successful future.What You Can DoThere are so many different ways that you can celebrate this day with children in your care. You don't need to spend a lot of money to let your children know that you love them. They will appreciate your time and uninterrupted attention so much more. Plan to do something fun with your children, like a picnic or a long walk in the park, or an arts and crafts project or baking something delicious. Go to or rent a movie, start scrap booking together, take a bike ride. Whatever you plan to do, tell your children about it early so they have the fun of anticipation. Breakfast in bed? Why not? You may want to spend part of National KidsDay volunteering together at a local food bank, cleaning up the yard of an elderly neighbor or organizing a neighborhood scavenger hunt. It is also a day for aunts and uncles, grandparents, family friends and community members to recognize the importance of the children in their lives and stand in for parents who may have to work or are away. Foster parents are encouraged to participate in the celebration of this day with their foster and biological children. Many KidsPeace Foster Care offices sponsor events that bring foster families together as one large community that creates one large family for all members. There are also many children in residential care at KidsPeace facilities in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Maine and Georgia. If their families cannot visit, KidsPeace staff members plan events for the children in care.These may include:• Take the kids in your care outside for a picnic – arrange this with food services so that it can be a special treat• Play ball or Frisbee with them• If possible, take them for a hike in the nearby woods or fields• Look at flowers and try to see how many varieties you can identify• Bring in an age appropriate video to watch in the afternoon• If possible, arrange for a donation of water ices or ice cream or a cake from a local business• Do an arts and crafts project and hang up or display their works of art• Have a sing-along.Why America Needs National KidsDayFor decades, children across America asked their parents, grandparents and guardians why America celebrates "Mother's Day" and "Father's Day," but has no "Kid's Day." National KidsDay fills that gap and seeks to provide a reminder of children's year-round need for meaningful time and interactions with adults.Please join KidsPeace and a growing number of organizations and businesses in making National KidsDay Background InformationNational KidsDay® was created by KidsPeace to encourage adults to spend meaningful time with America's children, and to celebrate their inherent worth and value. Recognized by the U.S. Congress and endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National KidsDay is a registered trademark of KidsPeace to ensure the day is always used for the benefit of children.KidsPeace is a 129-year-old national children's charity dedicated to helping America's kids avoid and overcome the kinds of crises that can strike any child – from traumas to neglect, depression and the stresses of modern life. Founded in 1882 in Bethlehem, PA, KidsPeace helps thousands of children a day at centers nationally and millions more through public education and outreach with the support of celebrities. KidsPeace was called "the outstanding organization" of its kind by the American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children and "a prototype of what we need for all children everywhere" by family expert Dr. Lee Salk. For more information, go to www.kidspeace.org.
"The trouble with things these days is, you're not ALLOWED to keep your family under control. You can't hit your wife or kids anymore, or you'll go to jail." The father sat in front of me, distraught, as I tried to wrap my brain around the words he'd just spoken. The KidsPeace Psychiatric Hospital had just admitted his fourteen-year-old son after an assault on a teacher, an assault that resulted in arrest and legal charges. The boy had been hospitalized the evening before, and this was the first meeting between the family and me, the clinician. The boy's mother sat next to her husband, nodding sadly. "Could you repeat what you just said?" I asked the father. He looked uncomfortable as he answered, "Well, what I meant was, what am I supposed to do? I'm trying to keep my family in line, and these kids just do whatever they want. Now look what's happened." I took a deep breath and tried to look beyond the father's words (far beyond.) Here was a father who did truly love his family, who wanted them to do the right things. He was feeling helpless and out-of-control like most parents of a child admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Yet, there was much that was different about this family … or so I thought.It wasn't until later meetings with the family that I learned the whole story. This was a family in which there had been significant physical abuse and domestic violence, so much so that there had been an open Child Protective Service case for a number of years. The parents, fearful of losing their children, had complied with the steps outlined by the Caseworkers and had eliminated physical violence from the home. CPS closed the case with some satisfaction, believing their mission had been accomplished. Indeed, it had; they'd succeeded in making the family one in which the children were safe. But what then? What kind of legacy would years of physical, verbal and emotional violence leave for this family? The answer was becoming clear. Their son, the oldest child, was in constant altercations in the schoolyard and was known as a bully. He had been suspended frequently. The parents were starting to suspect that he'd been using drugs and alcohol. Their daughter, age eleven, was in therapy with a history of depression and truancy—she refused to go to school. What was happening with these kids?This family was acting out the very reality that investigators and researchers into child maltreatment know to be true: Certain forms of victimization, such as family violence, create vulnerability for bullying, perpetration or victimization. This is known as trauma reenactment. For instance, some youth who are maltreated by their families might learn that violence is the way to deal with interpersonal difficulties, and therefore physically bully their peers at school(1). In one study, 700 fifth grade students were interviewed and asked about their experience of bullying:• 14% reported that they had bullied others• 12% reported that they were the victims of bullying• 8% stated that they'd been both bullies and the victims of bullying• 66% stated that they were not involved in bullying.When the same respondents were asked about their history of maltreatment, this is what the researchers found:• Children who were both bullies and victims of bullying reported the most child maltreatment (44%), which included experiences with physical and psychological abuse and neglect.• Bully-victims also reported the highest rates of sexual victimization (32%), which included experiences with sexual harassment as well as sexual abuse, and included familial and non-familial perpetrators.• Bully-victims witnessed higher levels of victimization within their homes (e.g., domestic violence) and communities (e.g., witnessing attacks) than other youth (59% for bully-victims, 61% for bullies)(2).In addition, studies have shown that maltreated children are at least twenty-five percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy and low academic achievement(3). Bullies who have been identified by age eight are six times more likely than others to be convicted of a crime by the time they reach the age of twenty-four. They are five times more likely to end up with serious criminal records by age thirty(4). Things were looking grim for this family, if the statistics held true. But I was more confused by the dichotomy in front of me. Clearly, these parents loved their family and wanted the best for each other. How could that fit with a history of physically harming each other? One answer to that question comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 1995, the CDC collaborated with Kaiser Permanente's Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego on a groundbreaking study called the ACE Study (http://www.acestudy.org/.) Co-principal investigators Robert F. Anda MD and Vincent J. Felitti MD conducted perhaps the largest scientific research study to analyze the relationship between multiple categories of trauma, or adverse childhood experiences, and health and behavioral outcomes later in life. More than 17,000 white, middle-class, college-educated adults were asked about their history of adverse childhood experiences (ACE's) such as physical and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, sexual abuse, substance abuse in the home, domestic violence, incarceration of an adult, untreated mental illness. Almost two-thirds of the study participants reported at least one adverse childhood experience, and more than one in five reported three or more. Clearly, the experience of childhood trauma is not an exception to the rule. The short- and long-term outcomes of these childhood exposures include a multitude of health and social problems, as follows. The ACE Score is used to assess the total amount of stress during childhood and its life-long impact; the study demonstrated that as the level of stress increases, the risk for the following health problems increases in a strong and graded fashion:• Alcoholism and alcohol abuse
• Risk for intimate partner violence• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Multiple sexual partners• Depression
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)• Fetal death
• Smoking• Health-related quality of life
• Suicide attempts• Illicit drug use
• Unintended pregnancies• Ischemic heart disease (IHD)
• Early initiation of smoking• Liver disease
• Early initiation of sexual activity • Adolescent pregnancy
The evidence clearly suggests that the more adverse childhood experiences (childhood traumas) that people experience, the more likely they are to have a number of problems, such as domestic violence, substance abuse, and depression. But what about the role of "traumatic reenactment?" Why would someone play out the same terrible experiences throughout their lives? Here's what I learned:
Re-enactment of victimization is a major cause of violence. Many traumatized people expose themselves, seemingly compulsively, to situations reminiscent of the original trauma. These behavioral reenactments are rarely consciously understood to be related to earlier life experiences. Some traumatized people remain preoccupied with the trauma at the expense of other life experiences and continue to re-create it in some form for themselves or for others. War veterans may enlist as mercenaries, victims of incest may become prostitutes, and victims of childhood physical abuse seemingly provoke subsequent abuse in foster families or become self-mutilators. Still others identify with the aggressor and do to others what was done to them. These behavioral reenactments are rarely consciously understood to be related to earlier life experiences(5).
So how do we help families understand the impact of violence, trauma, and traumatic reenactment? It starts with education; families need to be provided with what is called "psychoeducation." Our first step in working with this family was to help them understand the interactions among childhood trauma, parenting, child maltreatment, and children's behavior. They needed to learn about the long-term patterns of violence that occur from one generation to the next, and how to stop the cycle. We encouraged the parents to talk to their children about the role that violence plays in their family; we asked them to allow the children to ask questions, even ones that made the parents uncomfortable. They needed to allow respectful dialogue, even when the subject was painful. The parents were taught to set clear limits on unsafe physical, emotional and verbal behavior within the family and as the family interacts with the community. Next, the family needed to learn the skills of managing their emotions when interacting among themselves and others; they developed and practiced these skills in the home. With the help of a family-based team of counselors, they learned techniques for managing anger; they developed safety plans for times when emotion threatened to lead to unsafe behavior; they developed communication skills, conflict resolution skills and problem-solving abilities. They worked with a number of providers to create a sense of community within their family, where everyone felt a sense of belonging and safety.
Family members were encouraged to visit ParentCentral.Net to share their experiences and receive advice anonymously from Master's and doctorate level clinicians. There is a tremendous amount of reading material on this site, as well as a community that supports its members. Teens can visit TeenCentral.Net to discuss their thoughts and feelings after discharge and to read stories by celebrities and peers about how they overcame issues while they were growing up. Advice is also given by Master's or doctorate level counselors within 24 hours. KidsPeace offers these two websites free of charge to all parents and teens who use their services.
Just as this courageous family did, all families who are struggling can and should seek professional services to help them take these steps. Every family has the ability to become a place where all members can seek shelter from the stressors and pressure of the outside world. Every family has the ability to make their home, instead of a place of fear and violence, a place of sanctuary.To(1) http://www.education.com/reference/article/bullying-child-abuse-sexual-domestic-violence/(2) Holt, M., Finkelhor, D., & Kaufman Kantor, K. (in press). Hidden victimization in bullying assessment. School Psychology Review, 36, 345-360.(3) Kelley BT, Thornberry T P, Smith CA. In the wake of childhood maltreatment. Washington (DC): National Institute of Justice; 1997.(4) National Resource Center for Safe Schools. (1999, Winter). Mixing age groups reduces bullying. Fact Sheet Number 4. Retrieved August 20, 2001 from http://www.safetyzone.org/publications/fact4_article2.html(5) Van der Kolk, BA. The compulsion to repeat the trauma: re-enactment, revictimization, and masochism. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1989; 12(2):389-411.
COLUMBIA, MD JUNE 30, 2011 – KidsPeace, a 129-year-old national children's charity with offices throughout the Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia areas, today announced a commitment from Baltimore Orioles Manager William "Buck" Showalter and his wife Angela to lend their voices in support of the organization's mission. KidsPeace provides Foster Care and Community Services to hundreds of children with mental and behavioral health issues. The organization, based in Pennsylvania, also offers residential treatment facilities and a unique psychiatric hospital serving children from age 3 to 21.Showalter, the two (2) time American League "Manager of the Year", was named manager of the Baltimore Orioles last July. Showalter and his wife have committed to be featured in a Public Service Announcement for KidsPeace; while Angela Showalter has agreed to serve as a volunteer member of the KidsPeace Board of Associates for Maryland."We are thrilled that the Showalters have made this personal commitment to KidsPeace," said William Isemann, KidsPeace President & CEO. "We thank them for recognizing the importance of our mission to bring hope, help andhealing to children and families everywhere and we look forward to their future involvement.""Angela and I are very honored to support KidsPeace in their efforts to provide children and families, in crisis, needed programs and services throughout Baltimore and the surrounding communities," said Buck Showalter, Baltimore Orioles Manager.The city of Baltimore has more than 4,000 children in foster care. "The needs of our local foster youth are immense. KidsPeace partners with the city and surrounding counties to find homes for many of these children and to give them hope," says Sandy Rappeport, Maryland Program Manager. "Foster youth who age out of the system are faced with staggering realities: only 46 percent complete high school, 40-50 percent are homeless within 18 months, and 25 percent are incarcerated within 24 months." Critical KidsPeace programming works to address those realities but can be even more successful with increased local community involvement.In addition to placing foster youth with loving families, KidsPeace provides services to foster youth. "There are many ways that foster youth can be supported—through providing homes, becoming a mentor, or by contributing financially to support programs," says Rappeport. One such activity is a mentoring program for children and adolescents in foster care, providing support through group activities and one-on-one relationships. "We are working to build our volunteer mentor program because it helps youth develop a strong sense of self worth and strengthen their ability to interact with others in positive ways," says Gina Seyfried, Volunteer Coordinator.Another activity, the KEYS program, provides life-skills training for foster youth ages 16-20, who face uncertain times as they prepare for their transition from care to independent living. The KEYS Program provides training in various life skills areas, including: goal setting, personal values, self-awareness, banking and money management, employment and others. "Few young adults leave home at 18 ready to care for themselves, so they rely on their adult support system to provide them guidance, emotional support, housing and financial assistance," says Seyfried. "But a young person in foster care often misses out on these supports. The KEYS program is here to offer tangible, hands on activities to unlock their future success."Supporters of annual events, including a 5K Run and Fun Walk held in October and a Winetasting Event in September, help fund KidsPeace foster youth programs."Our local community has shown that they have big hearts and we are hoping we can continue fostering relationships that help them see the joys of connecting with a child who needs their help," says Rappeport.The Showalters have also agreed to serve as honorary chairs for the KidsPeace Annual 5K Race & Fun Walk to take place in Baltimore Oct. 29th, 2011.


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(December 13, 2012) -- Two weeks left in the high school football season and two schools are left in central texas for a chance to play for a state title.
"We build our schedule to prepare us to play this time of the year," said Mart head coach Rusty Nail. "We don't worry about our early season losses, we worry about what weaknesses were exposed in those losses, and we learned a lot from those. This team is what it is because of the preseason schedule we play every year."
"Cameron Yoe has great tradition and it always has. And I'm very proud of the fact that we've been able to come in and kind of add a little bit to that tradition," said Cameron Yoe head coach Rick Rhoades.
To find that tradition you don't have to look too far. Two years ago the same two schools were in the state title game.
"You have to experience in the playoffs and everything, you know, everybody feels a lot of pressure," said Mart linebacker Tyler Clay. "Being here we don't really feel as pressured as other teams that haven't been here."
"It helps a lot because they've been there, played the game and all that," said Cameron Yoe defensive lineman Edgar Luna. "So, getting prepared, it helps a lot of the other people who haven't been there."
To have players who have been there made these two schools trendy picks to win state titles this season.
"Everybody wants to play for a state title and I'm just blessed I can play for one my senior year, if I get the chance to," said Clay. "That'd be great to end my senior year playing for a state title."
"The motto for the season was unfinished business and I think we're sticking to that motto so far," said Cameron Yoe running back Keaton Denio. "So we'll see how it goes."
Mart plays Shiner in Round Rock and Cameron Yoe plays Newton in Shenandoah. Both games will start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.


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On Saturday, September 3, 2011 deputies with the Pushmataha County Sheriff's Department were dispatched to a home on Cornelius Road at around 4:00 p.m. where they found the body of William Riley Seale, Jr, a 67 year old white male, of Antlers.
According to Special Agent Chris Dill of the OSBI (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations) Seale had died of multiple gun shot wounds from a 20 gage shotgun. Seale was shot in the chest and abdomen areas. How many times for sure Seale was shot is unknown at this time and the OSBI is awaiting the Medical Examiners final report.
Ronald David Devin, a 48 year old white male from Antlers, entered Seale's home with the intent on robbing him and then after entry, during the robbery, shot and killed Seale. Devin was arrested at approximately 7:00 p.m. Upon his arrest officers removed a .45 caliber pistol from the waistband of his pants.
According to reports, after Devin shot and killed Seale, he was later seen in Jim Ray's Quick Stop where he had a bag with money in it and what appeared to have been blood on the bag. The bag is currently waiting on forensic analysis to confirm or deny.
Devin told another party that he had shot and killed Seale on Friday night, September 2, 2011 at approximately 11:00 p.m. After killing Seale, Devin took several of Seale's possessions including a .45 caliber pistol. The pistol was later identified as belonging to Seale by the man who had sold it to Seale.
On September 3rd, OSBI conducted a search of the property where Devin was staying. Located inside an abandoned trailer behind Devin's motor home were several firearms and fixed blade hunting knives as well as a metal box containing several knives and ammunition. Etched on one knife was TO: RILEY, FROM: JESSIE.
Devin admitted to going to Seale's residence to kill him. He also confessed to shooting Seale three times in the chest area with a 20 gauge shotgun that was taken from an acquaintance's residence. Devin also admitted to taking several firearms and other items from Seale's residence after killing him.
This case is still under investigation and they are waiting on forensics, their lab work and the medical examiners report out of Tulsa. They are also pursuing more leads.
Devin is currently being charged with Murder in the First Degree - Malice Aforethought (felony) and Possession of a Firearm After Former Felony Conviction (felony). If charged within the fullest extent of the law Devin could be facing the death penalty, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for life without parole.


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HNM213 - The Woman During Pregnancy
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This unit is one of the five Clinical Studies in Nursing and Midwifery Year 2 cluster. This midwifery specific unit will extend students' knowledge of anatomy and physiology related to human reproduction. Key concepts to be addressed include the artificial reproductive technologies; changes that occur in the woman from conception until term of pregnancy and embryo and fetal development and circulation; and screening and diagnostic tests. Students are provided with the opportunity to develop the necessary health assessment skills required to examine a woman during pregnancy and to implement evidence-based midwifery care to support healthy pregnancy of a woman. Students will have opportunity to apply and integrate knowledge and skills learned in this unit and previous units during a two (2) week clinical placement.
Assessment task 1: Assignment: 40% (equivalent to 1000 words)
This assessment will allow students to increase their knowledge and understanding of the changes experienced by women during pregnancy. Students will need to apply this knowledge in midwifery practice settings.
Assessment task 2: Examination: 60% (2 hours)
Formal written examination will cover all aspects of the unit. The examination will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions incorporating all unit content. The examination will require students to demonstrate understanding of the anatomical and physiological adaptations of the woman during pregnancy and related care; human growth and development from the time of conception until term of pregnancy.
Assessment task 3: Commence Continuity of Care experiences with women during pregnancy, birth, and following birth (10 hours per experience).
Assessment task 4: Clinical assessment: Pass/Fail (equivalent to 500 words)
Failure of the clinical component will lead to a fail in this unit and may lead to exclusion.
Clinical assessment involves the students successfully completing a two (2) week practicum together with the completion of documenting their midwifery experiences and the completion of any associated Midwifery Practice Learning Tools for this unit. The successful completion of the Midwifery Portfolio and clinical practicum is considerable and requires students to safely integrate knowledge and skills, apply theory in practice situations, and demonstrate progression and consolidation of clinical competencies across a range of professional domains. Although no numerical weighting is attributed to the clinical assessment in terms of the final unit result, clinical is competency-based and has therefore been given a weighting relative to the total student workload. The School thereby acknowledges that the clinical assessment is valid, worthwhile, and requires commitment from the student whilst supporting the competency-based nature of this assessment as pass/fail gradings.
Midwifery Practice Learning Tools
- Ongoing pregnancy care
- Abdominal palpation of the pregnant woman
- Parenting Education for the woman and her family
Midwifery Portfolio (equivalent to 500 words)
To meet Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's midwife registration requirements students, upon completion of clinical placement, are required to submit their Midwifery Portfolio.
Department of Human Services policy and Working with Children Act
In accordance with Department of Human Services policy*, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Working with Children Act 2005**, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at commencement of the course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course. Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student's immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.
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