#Retired
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – a study of musical expression
🗓️ Start: Tue 31 Mar 2026 3:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 31 Mar 2026 4:30 pm
Speaker: Professor Milton Mermikides
University of Surrey
Why does some music hit us straight in the gut? Why can a single guitar phrase feel joyful, unsettling, or transcendent?
In this engaging and thought-provoking talk, Professor Milton Mermikides unpacks the hidden mechanics of musical expression, using the revolutionary work of The Jimi Hendrix Experience as his guide. Blending musical analysis with insights from science and psychology, he reveals how structure, sound, and performance combine to shape emotional impact.
From composition and harmony to tone, timing, and improvisation, the talk explores how Hendrix’s music communicates far beyond words. It also examines how subtle performance choices can transform meaning, turning a familiar piece into a powerful emotional event.
This is a talk for anyone curious about music, creativity, and why Hendrix still sounds so alive, urgent, and emotionally charged decades later.
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https://u3acommunities.org/event/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-a-study-of-musical-expression/
Cha Seung Won Considering Lead Role in "Retired Agent Management Team" #Agent #Cha #Lead #Management #Retired #Role #Seung #TEAM #Won
https://kpopnewshub.com/cha-seung-won-considering-lead-role-in-retired-agent-management-team/?fsp_sid=8628
From Brains to Simulations: Understanding Cognition and Disease Through Models
🗓️ Start: Mon 23 Feb 2026 3:00 pm
⏳ End: Mon 23 Feb 2026 4:30 pm
Speaker: Dr Viktor Jirsa
Directeur of the Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Chief Scientific Officer of EBRAINS, and leader of The Virtual Brain initiative
In this talk, Dr Jirsa will explore how scientists are now using computer models to simulate the human brain — helping us better understand how we think, how the brain changes as we age, and what happens when things go wrong.
Drawing on pioneering research from across Europe, he will show how virtual brain models can reveal patterns of brain activity, offer new insights into conditions such as epilepsy and mental illness, and open the door to more personalised approaches to brain health. Along the way, the talk will touch on one of science’s great questions: how the physical brain gives rise to the mind.
This accessible and engaging lecture is ideal for anyone curious about the brain, the future of medicine, and how modern science is helping us understand ourselves.
If you are not already subscribed, subscription is free and you will receive joining details and news about forthcoming Leading Edge meetings https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-leading-edge/
Open Source Software
🗓️ Start: Tue 17 Feb 2026 3:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 17 Feb 2026 5:00 pm
17th February @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm
This month we look at the world of Open Source Software. Included will be what is the source code, major projects, pros & cons and licenses. We’ll also touch on open source AI.
As always, plenty of time is reserved for discussions.
Joining details will be emailed to subscribers. If you aren’t a member, it’s free to join here https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/.
History Group Month January 27th Title ‘Timekeeping’
🗓️ Start: Tue 27 Jan 2026 12:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 27 Jan 2026 1:00 pm
Another exciting presentation from one of our members. The title to this meeting will be ‘Timekeeping’. Come along and join in, I am sure you’ll have the time!!
https://u3acommunities.org/event/history-group-month-january-27th-title-timekeeping/
Books and Literature January Meeting
🗓️ Start: Tue 27 Jan 2026 7:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 27 Jan 2026 8:00 pm
Discussion.
Winnie the Pooh was 100 on Christmas Eve.
Are his Hundred Acre Wood adventures simply a pleasure of the past?
Or do children still enjoy Pooh today?
As grans and grandads should we keeping the bear as family reading?
https://u3acommunities.org/event/books-and-literature-january-meeting/
WATER SUPPLY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
🗓️ Start: Wed 28 Jan 2026 10:00 am
⏳ End: Wed 28 Jan 2026 11:30 am
Global water consumption has risen significantly due to population growth and industrial expansion. Currently, 75% of the global population resides in countries classified as water-insecure, and 50% of the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity for at least one month per year. Furthermore, pollution frequently renders water unsafe for consumption. Climate change is exacerbating water stress through desertification and shifting weather patterns. Parts of the UK are projected to face water shortages by 2050.
What actions are being taken to safeguard water supply against climate change?
Ian Hawker
https://u3acommunities.org/event/water-supply-and-climate-change/
Fan-Favorite K-Pop Artist Retired At 30 — Now She's A Mother #Artist #FanFavorite #Kpop #Mother #Retired #Shes
https://kpopnewshub.com/fan-favorite-k-pop-artist-retired-at-30-now-shes-a-mother/?fsp_sid=7084
The pool guy has just arrived and the 2 cats and I are sitting out on the back deck. I'm just finishing off my breakfast of bacon and eggs (Pi helps with the bacon), and fancy coffee.
The pool guy doesn't know we are here. I feel like a voyeur, but really I'm just too anxious to make a noise and alert him because that feels like it would be awkward!
The Castle Bank Biota: a Middle Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna from Wales
🗓️ Start: Tue 10 Feb 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Tue 10 Feb 2026 12:00 pm
📍 Location: Zoom
Speaker: Doctor Joe Botting
This month Dr Joe Botting will be talking about the Castle Bank Biota, this dates back to the middle Ordovician and hosts Burgess-shale type fauna.
The site was discovered by Dr Botting and Dr Lucy Muir near Llandrindod Wells during the Covid-19 lockdown. The nature of the rocks has preserved the soft bodied creatures in exquisite detail and Joe and Lucy are working to reconstruct the development of the ecosystem in as much detail as possible.
You can see some of the creatures discovered by Joe in this article on the Museum of Wales’ website. Joe also has a YouTube channel, Life through time, with some videos you may find interesting.
I'm finally starting to feel officially #RETIRED from the workforce👌
As most people, I was always #OnTheMove w/getting to work assignments in the early morning hrs; the main work I did #caregiving ~ involved a lot of local travel thru out the day as well. There were very Long days sometimes ~ waking up at 5-6am & not getting home til 9-10pm. I didn't work continuously, but had a few hrs until the next client.
I can now savor MY #coffee @ home thru out the day, Not #conveniencestore coffee!
🌄😏☕☕🌅
I have been in #Naarm for 3 days now. A night in hospital for biopsies, to see if I have (another) cancer. Had to stay here for 48 hours before heading home in case I needed to get urgent attention (didn’t).
Staying opposite the #VictoriaMarket, part of our old stomping ground. Now lying in my hotel room with a wonderful coffee (I had forgotten how great coffee can be here) and eating a slice of amazing chocolate cake.
Reading ‘all the pretty horses’ by Cormac McCarthy for the second time. I have read every work he ever published except his last two books. I have decided to read all the others again before the last two.
I still can’t believe how brilliant his language is.
Finally, I feel like I have actually #Retired. A new chapter. New adventures.
I feel like my body is sighing.
Tomorrow night I will be home (on nuenone country) for a while, with my love of 46 years. In a while we will move on to parts unknown but still in lutruwita.
sigh…😌
Mysteries of Memory
🗓️ Start: Wed 11 Feb 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Wed 11 Feb 2026 12:00 pm
Memory: What and where is it, how does it work, what can we do to improve it, and why is it sometimes so tantalisingly elusive? In this intriguing, interactive presentation, Sue Foy (Chester u3a) will reveal the answers.
To contact us about the Science & Technology group, click here… Get in touch
An old and rusty John Deere farming tractor sits abandoned, forgotten, and slowly being overtaken by rust and decay in an auto wrecker's yard near Rockwood, Ontario.
#BuyIntoArt #abandoned #Rockwood #Ontario #AtRest #Retired #DiscoverON #VintageTractor #RustyBeauty #JohnDeere #AbandonedPlaces #DecayPhotography #OldFarming #AutoWreckers
https://jrtphotography.com/featured/old-abandoned-farming-equipment-john-twynam.html
Art History February 24th 2026
🗓️ Start: Tue 24 Feb 2026 12:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 24 Feb 2026 1:00 pm
Art History: Tuesday 24th February at 12-1. We hope to have a guest speaker,
This information and the Zoom link will be sent to members who have registered for Art History. The Zoom link is the same as January’s.
In the meantime, enjoy looking at this image. It is entitled, ‘Honeysuckle Bower’ by Rubens
What do you notice about it? What is happening?
Image: Public domain using wikipedia.org
Keep looking at this webpage for updates
From Fuming Volcanic Vents to Extinction Events
🗓️ Start: Tue 13 Jan 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Tue 13 Jan 2026 12:00 pm
📍 Location: Zoom
Speaker: Professor Tamsin Mather, Professor of Earth Sciences, University College Oxford
This month Professor Tamsin Mather will be investigating how volcanic eruptions can alter Earth’s atmosphere and climate, sometimes with devastating consequences for life.
Drawing on her expertise in volcanic gases and atmospheric chemistry, she links present-day volcanic emissions to episodes of extreme environmental change in the past. Her talk explores how massive eruptions have triggered global cooling or warming, disrupted ecosystems and contributed to major extinction events.
https://u3acommunities.org/event/from-fuming-volcanic-vents-to-extinction-events/
Donald Trump’s Unforgettable First Year
🗓️ Start: Thu 15 Jan 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Thu 15 Jan 2026 11:30 am
Barely a year has passed since his inauguration, yet even the most fanciful of apocalyptic predictions about how Trump’s second term as US President would unfold, have fallen way short of the jaw-dropping reality. So, for our first meeting of 2026, we’ll be taking a look back at the extraordinary events of the last twelve months, and ahead to what may be coming next, both for Americans at home, and for the rest of us around the world. But whatever happens, one thing is certain – the ‘white-knuckle ride’ has only just begun – so why not join us for an hour of nervous crystal-gazing!
If you haven’t yet done so, there’s still time to join our mailing list, which will ensure that you receive those all-important Zoom log-in details… just click here: Subscribe to the Current Affairs group
https://u3acommunities.org/event/donald-trumps-unforgettable-first-year/
Had a 4pm doctor's consultation today. Getting there and back, I just caught the start of flush, er rush, hour.
Very peoplely and they are all in a hurry. Not recommended.
I don't miss dealing with rush hour. #Retired
Hello there! This is my #introduction. I'm a lifelong resident of the "Triangle Area” in North Carolina and currently reside on a very rural 5 acres northwest of Hillsborough NC with my spouse and animals.
I'm a huge #Americana music fan, I get all my news from #LastWeekTonight, #TheDailyShow, and #JoshJohnson. I'm newly #retired from #highered and trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Most days you'll find me #hiking the #eno with my #rescuedog - a #miniaussie named Chaos.