New Year’s resolutions tend to be both ambitious and unsuccessful. We set ourselves vague, broad goals—to lose weight or be happier or more confident—and then abandon them just a few weeks later. It’s hard to transform your personality or lifestyle on the whim of a New Year’s wish, and if you want to see real change, psychologists say you need to be realistic and specific. Fortunately, psychology is no stranger to specificity: There are hundreds of scientific studies that link tiny Read more [...]

PARISHIONERS in Raglan have raised £30,000 towards the cost of urgent repairs to their church roof. The ‘Raise the Roof appeal was launched by a group of volunteers for St Cadoc’s church in 2013 after a quinquennial inspection found that the entire roof should be replaced along with other works costing £410,000. As well as repairs to the roof, gutters and tower buttresses to the Grade II-Listed church on Chepstow Road, other improvements Read more [...]

There’s something about the air in Charleston that brings tourists back again and again.It’s called cuisine.With roots in time-honored Southern fare, a front-row seat on the ocean, myriad tourist-drawing events and attractions and proximity to shoals of well-heeled resort enclaves stretched from Hilton Head to Isle of Palms, something fine is always cooking there.Last year, restaurants in the area netted 11 nominations for the James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards. Charleston itself Read more [...]

LETTERSFrom Jim Moody, Ryde: Many individuals are busy ensuring Ryde’s past is not forgotten.Historic Ryde and the Ryde Social Heritage Group have been stalwart in bringing history, including social history, to life.Volunteers and artists have been restoring Victoria Arcade on Union Street. Other work has made Ryde Cemetery cherished and nurtured, a benefit to everyone.And many older premises on Ryde’s commercial streets have been utilised without compromising their historic significance.But Read more [...]

There is a sign that hangs in the main defensive meeting room at the Cardinals’ Tempe complex, listing the three things new defensive coordinator James Bettcher wanted to emphasize when he met with his team for the first time back in April. “Relentless Effort” was one. “Communication” was the next. “Technique” was the third. All are dear to Bettcher’s philosophy. What isn’t listed, and what has turned the storyline of Bruce Arians handing the reins of his defense to a relatively Read more [...]