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    An award-winning new home energy system could help us achieve a brighter, cleaner future say its developers, Disenco. Their unique alternative to the standard boiler is ideal for home use or small businesses. It is described as a micro-Combined Heat and Power (m-CHP) appliance and is based on a kinematic Stirling engine design. This engine drives a generator to produce 3 kW of mains voltage electricity and is capable of exporting this electricity back to the grid. Not only this, but its inventive process also provides heating and hot water. Its producers hope that each unit will provide up to 50% of a standard domestic user's electric supply and between 60-70% of their peak load heating and hot water needs.

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How can poetry inspire us at this time of transition? As we recognize the need to become more open spiritually, it is poets like Rumi, TS Eliot and William Blake that open us to a sense of the sacred. Poet and psychotherapist Jay Ramsay leads an evening of discussion and readings of his own and others' work. 7.30-9.30pm, Cheltenham. For further details, visit www.insearchofthesacred.com.

“Adversity is followed by success and rejoicings follow woe” – Exploring the value of a positive approach to life in troubled times - using selections from the Baha’I writings as a basis for discussion. 8pm. For further details, please contact Christine. Tel: (01452) 615081 or info@elliottz.me.uk
Free talk. Alastair Christie explores what the world is telling us. 7-9pm, www.isbourne.org
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Sometimes we hang on to pain so dearly, it begins to define us. We don’t know what we’d do without it. We get used to it, like an old, moth-worn blanket that never really keeps us warm.This week, we offer up quotes on letting go:"True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you."

Most of us have heard about the dangers of taking antibiotics for every sniffle and scrape. But Norway just proved, on a countrywide scale, that not using antibiotics can save a nation. This is a must read:BY MARTHA MENDOZA AND MARGIE MASONOSLO, Norway ̵...

Much has been said about Gabourey Sidibe’s weight. Being one of the heaviest women in Hollywood in a place to blatantly encourages thinness at all costs, it’s no surprise.But Gabourey has maintained her positivity in the face of naysayers. And s...

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