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A perfect autumn day turns into a spooky, dark night.
Then, it begins. Tiny ghosts and goblins, witches, and other assorted tricksters come out. They run from one door to another in hopes of receiving a treat. But, we keep out lights out.
One says to another, "Don't go there."
"Why?" asks in reply.
"That's where the only black cat in the world lives," he answered back. "She knows who I am."
"She watches everyday with the others."
"Do you suppose, Egypt, those little things have catnip in their bags?" Midnight asks.
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Although levetiracetam is approved to treat partial, myoclonic, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures, it can also be prescribed off-label to treat several conditions. Some of these off-label levetiracetam uses include treating migraine headaches, nerve pain, and other types of seizures. Levetiracetam is approved to treat partial seizures in adults and children at least one month old, myoclonic seizures in adults and adolescents 12 years old and older, and generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures in children age 6 and older.
What Is Levetiracetam Used For?Levetiracetam (Keppra®) is a prescription epilepsy medication. Specifically, levetiracetam is approved for use in combination with other seizure medications to treat the following types of seizures:
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Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (also known as grand mal seizures).
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10th Annual CYF Coat Drive Under Way
Christy Rahrig on 10/09/2017
The Muskingum County Community Youth Foundation (CYF) is conducting its 10th annual Winter Coat Drive to provide coats to local children and families in need. CYF requests donations of new and gently used coats of all sizes to benefit families with children. Items can be dropped off until November 10th at the following locations:
• Muskingum County Community Foundation
• Century National Bank locations in Zanesville--Main Office downtown, North at Brandywine Boulevard, and South at Clay Street
• John McIntire Public Library
• Peoples Bank on Maple Avenue
• Zane State College
• PNC Bank on Maysville Pike
• Mid-East Career and Technology Center (November 1-9 only)
• North Valley Bank on Maysville Pike
• Area high schools
Monetary donations may be sent to MCCF, 534 Putnam Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701.
Over the years, hundreds of coats, hats, scarves and gloves have been distributed to families served by Eastside Community Ministry, the Salvation Army, Bethel Community Center, Zanesville Civic League, Lifewell@West Main Street, and the Tri-Valley Area Clothing Bank.
CYF is a component fund of the Muskingum County Community Foundation. It exists to empower youth to make a difference in their community by providing financial and human resources to projects that benefit the youth of Muskingum County. The group engages in a variety of activities including community service projects, leadership development, grant making, fundraising and social activities.
Please contact Christy Rahrig, Community Youth Foundation Adviser, at (740) 453-5192 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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Late again but ive been ill of sorts raging toothache and a bit of man flu. Well the first game set us a right conundrum it Looked like Calvin couldnt make the replay with his wife Alisons work commitments. Thered be No one to look after his Lads so id spent most of Sunday Searching routes back to Manchester I couldnt escape Boston – Nottingham,Nottingham – Derby,Derby – Sheffield 1hr and Half stay and then Sheffield – Manchester arriving at 04.45 from 21.37 oh forgot to say has youve probably worked out getting to Bostons a doddle Mcr – Notts – Boston . Told Jo being back in Manc at 04.45 i might aswell go straight to work Her reply was whatever everyone knows your daft what you trying to prove ? youve been to the first game. Now Children thats not in the Equation The Trophy would not be complete OCD and all that lol so that was the plan . We Neednt have worried Calvin texted me Late on Sunday to Confirm a Neighbour Jake wrote himself in to Calvins next book as he agreed to Referee sorry look after Brad and Joel . Fantastic plans were made and id finish work at 3 and Calvin would pick me up from our house at 15.45 Tuesday we set off at 16.00 for the 300 mile round trip to York Street Boston.The Journey went without much delay other than the notorius jam on the A57 as we approached the Woodhed Pass . We only lost 10 -15 mins and arrived in Boston unscathed at 19.15 just enough time to get the Programmes and get something to eat before the Teams were out in the cold Night Air i said to Calvin^ could you imagine the cold in January for the next round if Boston win^.As ive said before theres no loved lost between these two and Bostons Fans are the same in their dislike of Ferriby . I think the Boston lot who were in the League not to long ago think they shouldnt be rubbing shoulders With the likes of Ferriby never mind being in the same division, The truth of the Matter be it for whatever reason They are And Should Get on With It. There were few chances in an Ill Tempered first half the 2 best chances falling to Bostons Tempest who hit a superb dipping volley which Nicklin in Ferribys goal produce a cracking save to keep it out.Just before half time Newsham hit an angled drive that was pushed away superbly again by the Ferriby keeper who is fast becomming a hero in this leg. Half Time 0-0 This was looking like Extra time and Penalties i told Calvin he nodded in agreement ,The 2nd half continued most the same niggly tit for tat and Boston constantly pumping the ball high up the middle with no effect . Its Funny how Boston had addopted Ferribys perceived approach lol it dosent always go route one to Tom Denton you know.And then on 72 minutes a Goal Boston you say not a chance Ferribys back 4 dealt with everything Boston threw at them and a long clearance found their left winger St Juste in space and he sped away to round Dixon in the Boston goal to score .Boston threw everything at Ferriby but served up the procession of high balls which Ferribys towering center halves aided by Tom Denton when needed swallowed up the ref even found 5 mins injury time to help Boston but they couldmt find the inpiration or nouce to penetrate Ferriby and it was the Visitors with sub Kendall scoring the 2nd and securing the tie and Hosting Hyde on Jan 10 . No such trouble arranging travel if there happens to be a draw lol.Right thats me done Just time to wish anyone whos reading this A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year RT Follow Share
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Bwahaha XD I might post one soon, too!
Bwahaha XD I might post one soon, too!
D'you frequent 9GAG, MJ?
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This is not even remotely funny. Try harder.
Knowledge is power - and power is hilarious
Crappy joke, crappy drawing. :c
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Ohhhh I get it. after examinating it for nearly 10 minutes
...nnnope. Still don't get it.
I've never seen comedy being raped so much.
Knowledge is power - and power is hilarious
I am sorry guys
Don't worry, it takes some time to learn that memes aren't all that funny.
I wonder what's in there... The General doesn't carry heavy weapons/accessories around...
Probably his crossdressing clothes.
Probably his berets.
Probably a million squirrels with hacksaws.
And now watch in terror as Gordon Freeman takes the WRONG PORTAL.
Yeah, it's a dumb draw.
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Oh dear, I wonder where Dr Romanov is going with your OS...?
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Hello all.
We have an HP based ESXi server with the Intel Xeon E5-2630 onboard. All Intel based settings are enabled in the BIOS and in the virtual machine config we are seeing that flexpriority is enabled, but the Windows XP (32 bit) VM does not get good performance. It does get better performance if we set MMU to "software", which basically turns off flexpriority. I understand it has a lot to do with the workload running inside the VM, but overall we are seeing worse performance with flexpriority "enabled". Not sure how much deeper I can go to ensure it is functioning correctly
Much appreciate any responses.
Hello Dutch74,
For this kind of issue, we recommended you to get in touch with VMware. You may want to post your inquire of their communities.


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aj, 17 Jul 2009king buddy . u didnt.. told me does the leather cover mentioned in ur contents of the box... ... morebox... oops... i don't have the box anymore... sorry bro. :-(
Updating to a European firmware means Indian Users has voided their warranty. I just called Samsung Support, and asked thm, whether we can update with this firmware. They told that S5233A has no update firmware released till date. He was not even aware of the changes made in the available firmware i.e new menu.
I think we all should roll back to the previous firmware (Indian Version)
king buddy . u didnt.. told me does the leather cover mentioned in ur contents of the box...
i mean the box of the samsung star.. does it mention in the net contents that it contains leather cover..
newbie, 17 Jul 2009hi i just bought the samsung star..yah mine doesn't have the leather cover but it has a compar... morehey newbie.. where u from ??
The latest firmware S5230XEIG2 we all updated to is a European firmware update which supports English language. Thats why model no. has changed to S5230 frm S5233A. In India this model is available with the model no.S5233A. That means phones with updated firmware are no more Indian version now. Thats why we are not available to connect through GPRS. We all should have a Indian firmware for our phone...
S5233A Indian Version comes with a stylus holder, cnt believe? I too have the same model, but it hangs all the time, no compartment to keep it inserted. Anyone can post some pics, if any1 gt that model with stylus compartment, wud like to see it.
king, 16 Jul 2009yeah go for the star when u have the offer... all the best.ok thank you very much man!
hi king
no ans to my last ques here it is again
i jst wanted knw a few thing abt the firmware which is the hoy topic now
1.when was it realsed
2.is there any improvement in the music management?
a)like can we chg the song order in the playlist
bcoz the in the one out of the box we can't(u shd already knw tht though :P)
b)in music library>all tracks can we go directly to 'S' or 't'like in phonebook,,,,,,,
3)can we install real player on it now,,,,,
i got a few more but these are the important ones
newbie, 17 Jul 2009hi i just bought the samsung star..yah mine doesn't have the leather cover but it has a compar... morefirmware is nothing but the version of the OS on which the phone runs.
newbie, 17 Jul 2009yah its s5233..what the difference of s5230 and s5233??thanks for that. Yes I think thats the difference the inbuilt stylus holder plus in some countries its the same fone but the S5233 is the same as a S5230 just different markets different model number.
I read somewhere that the S5233 has an inbuilt answering machine and also a telephone conversation recorder. Has your S5233 got those features i am wondering?
hey, I tried going on youtube but i can't view any videos. Why is this?? Same with a lot of websites and facebook, I try signing in and I always get an error :(
newbie, 17 Jul 2009hi i just bought the samsung star..yah mine doesn't have the leather cover but it has a compar... moreis your model the S5233 then seeing as it has a stylus holder included?
hi i just bought the samsung star..yah mine doesn't have the leather cover but it has a compartment for the stylus... I've got a question what is a firmware??
well i am shocked with this phone. its clever looks cool. admitedly the camera is crap. but i bought the phone for the phone. its clever with its widgets and basically its a tocco less the camera. so its value for money. i would recommend this on pay as you go. if you want a tocco for less that £100 then this is it.
buy buy buy
as apoorv asked.
is it mention on ur box i mean in the contents that it include leather cover. cuz in mine it is not mentioned
n king i know i m kinda troubling u but the pc studio is not working idk y its says usb modem 1.0 cannot be installed.. the pc studio got installed.. but bcoz of usb modem 1.0 software it is unable to connect to the laptop.. i downloaded some one mentioned abt that uk samsung website. but wen i run that file ..it simply gives some error


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Electronic Privacy: Browser Tips
When considering electronic privacy, our activities on the internet are by far the most significant source of information for outside parties. Unfortunately, internet privacy is nonexistent in its default mode. But thankfully, it is not difficult to remove a major portion of our electronic footprint.
There are essentially two aspects of internet privacy which must be considered: active and passive releases of information. We actively submit information on ourselves each time we visit and/or interact with a website. Additionally, cross-site information can be accessed using passive data storage techniques.
The first step towards increasing internet anonymity is reviewing the method of accessing the internet itself. Browsers are by far the most common interface typical internet users employ for access, so proper selection and configuration goes a long way towards solving privacy woes. The most popular browsers in the world are Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
When frolicking around the internet, little pieces of information are continually being dropped off and picked up through the browser application. Using a little bit of elbow grease and know-how will dramatically reduce the information stowaways. Additionally, it is wise to utilize a browser which has robust capabilities to limit these types of exposures. My personal recommendation is Mozilla Firefox because of the large numbers of add-ons available and the open source nature, thus dramatically reducing the potential for "back door" access.
Here are a few easy steps to reduce your electronic footprint:
1) Geolocation allows your physical location as declared by your IP address to be known to the site you are visiting, should it request it. Obviously, this is a piece of information most people concerned about privacy have no intention on sharing. Thankfully, every major browser prompts the user before supplying geographical information to webpages. Not so thankfully, geolocation is virtually impossible to turn off when using mobile devices. More on that later.
Within Firefox you can permanently turn off geolocation by typing about:config in the address bar. It'll bring up a warning message, just click Okay. Type geo.enabled in the search bar which opened up. Double click on the geo.enabled preference and it will turn bold and the Value will turn False. Location-Aware Browsing is now disabled.
2) Do Not Track (DNT) is an option which all browsers support, but only IE engages by default. Within other browsers, you simply open the Options/Preferences window and click the box turning on the DNT option. Simple as pie. The caveat to this is that DNT is not widely respected. The only two companies altering their data collection practices that most people would be familiar with are Twitter and Pinterest. The remainder are advertisers and analytics companies.
3) Cookies are not only delicious, but they are the primary source of information leaks within internet activities. Initially, cookies were devised for user convenience. They are simply tiny text files which are saved to the browser containing various pieces of information. As originally designed, this sort of information would be site preferences and bits of user data a person my not wish to enter every single time he visited a website. If you've ever clicked the "remember me" box in a login screen or purchased items online, you've been subjected to cookies.
Unfortunately, the original cookie recipe has gradually been co-opted for less honorable means. Web designers discovered that cookies could be utilized to actually track the browsing history of users across the internet. This is done through the continual placement and retrieval of cookies as you go from one site to the next, thus constructing an extremely detailed exposé of your habits and interests.
Equally frustrating is that many innocuous websites require cookies to function properly. The solution, then, is to find a healthy balance between reasonable privacy and wearing a tinfoil hat. Conveniently, web browsers include an option to block third-party cookies. These are typically advertising and tracking cookies which are not related to the particular website you are currently visiting. I personally recommend completely blocking third-party cookies and allowing exceptions on a case-by-case basis as needed.
4) As most people will readily recognize, the effects of eating too many cookies can be a pain to remove at times. Some companies even make it difficult for us to do this. Google is quite notorious for privacy concerns and for good reason. They went so far as to design website code which would circumvent browser settings blocking third-party cookies. Yet another reason why I do not recommend using the Google Chrome browser.
Internet Explorer comes with a function called Tracking Protection Lists which are supposed to effectively derail any attempts at circumventing browser cookie preferences. However, it is a bit confusing and does not always work as advertised. Once again, however, the market has provided an excellent tool for us to smash attempts by massively invasive companies such as Facebook and Google at getting our private usage data. Disconnect is a pay-what-you-want add-on which continually monitors for the pesky circumventing cookies and keeps your private stuff… well, private.
By implementing these four tips, a great portion of your internet usage will be removed from public scrutiny and simply become your own private habits again. For those who wish an even greater sense of privacy, a subsequent article will be forthcoming with additional active and passive tools which are easily implemented.
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With over 80 food and drink stalls, family activities and celebrity food demonstrations, the Solihull Food and Drink Festival was declared a roaring success… despite the best attempts by the rain to dampen spirits.
The abundance of sizzling street food, live music and Hairy Biker Dave Myers' sell-out cookery shows brought the town centre to life throughout the three days.
Families joined in with the dynamic Katy Ashworth hosting an energetic show that had mums and dads in dance-offs and kids in stitches with her popular CBeebies routines.
The Big Ale Trail saw hundreds of people following the ale trail map to sample some of the town centre's finest tipples.
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It's a new day for America in so many ways. One that stands out to me is the return to sanity concerning the global-warming hoax.
This science was so vapid and illusory that it could not be open to public debate. The media protected it from attack and claimed a consensus of scientists supported this false narrative.
What they glossed over is that consensus is establishment orthodoxy. Science seeks the truth and thereby challenges the merits of the consensus.
The skeptics are the true scientists. They have been attacked mercilessly by the establishment as deniers, flat-earthers, etc., and have never been given a chance to make their case against global warming to the public.
A great many university professors have been closet skeptics because of the retribution they would encounter with attacks on their reputations and loss of government research funding.
Gullible politicians and media gasbags have teamed up to push their faux-science agenda on the public. The U.N. climate panel is composed of politically appointed scientists far from being the most qualified, but rather the most politically correct.
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We share our two best totals selections on Sunday's card. Join us in reading this revealing betting preview article which discuses totals in games between Cincinnati/Colorado and Detroit/Boston.
Reds (Lorenzen) @ Rockies (Kendrick) 4:10 PM ET
Michael Lorenzen enters today in bad form over his previous three starts, posting a lofty 5.40 ERA, and 1.73 WHIP. Lorenzen has compiled a shaky 1.57 WHIP in six day game starts this season. The Reds are averaging 5.1 runs per game and have a very good .295 team batting average during their previous seven contests. They've also gone 7-3-1 over the total in their last eleven games.
Kyle Kendrick has been terrible during his previous six starts. During that time he posted a large 6.83 ERA and 1.77 WHIP. Kendrick hasn't found pitching at Coors Field to be a pleasant experience this season. In nine home starts, he's posted a sizable 6.90 ERA, and has surrendered 14 home runs in just 47.0 innings pitched. Colorado is averaging 5.3 runs per game and is hitting .302 at home in 2015. The bad news, opponents are averaging 5.6 runs per game at Coors Field this year.
Neither of these starting pitchers seems to be up to the task of turning in a strong performance at a hitter friendly park like Coors. In addition, both teams are more than capable offensively to expose their opponents pitching flaws. I like this game to play on the high side of the mammoth total for one of my MLB picks on Sunday. JustBet.com currently has the best number and price pertaining to this specific wager.
Free MLB Picks: Play on the Reds and Rockies over 11.0 (-120) at JustBet.com.
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Tigers (Greene) @ Red Sox (Rodriguez) 8:08 PM ET
It would be hard to imagine any major league starting pitcher performing so poorly over an extended period of time like Shane Greene has, and still maintain his spot in the rotation. Greene has posted a monster 12.00 ERA, and allowed 9 home runs in only 24.0 innings during his last six starts. This will be the first start of the season for Greene versus Boston. He did face the Red Sox twice last season, and had a brutal 11.04 ERA and 2.32 WHIP in those outings. The Tigers are 27-13 over the total in day games this year, and have a stellar .301 team batting average in those 40 games.
Eduardo Rodriguez has gone 5-0 over the total in day game starts this year. During those five outings he posted an awful 9.81 ERA and 1.77 WHIP. Rodriguez has also gone 4-1 over the total at Fenway Park in 2015 with a sizable 6.41 ERA. Boston is 19-11-3 over the total in day games this season.
This has all the signs of a high scoring game, and one of my MLB picks today will be reflective of that sentiment.
Free MLB Picks: Play on Detroit and Boston over 9.5 (+100) at 5Dimes.
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This semester I'm enrolled in a Narrative Journalism class. It's something I'm pretty interested in, because it's a completely different style of writing than I am used to. Regardless — we watched/read this article on the Nieman Narrative Digest site from Harvard (ooh la la) and I found it really interesting. I figured linking it to my blog would be the best way to share it…
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What mother lives to be 103? Maybe Rose Kennedy and the Queen Mother. How could I be so lucky? We tried an assisted living situation recently, but she did not like being surrounded by old people, half-deaf and half-blind, and the 30-day "respite" care was cut in half. She had lived better at home — under my care — in the large, rambling house in Cambridge in which she had lived for nearly 70 years. She has no ailments except old age. She takes no prescription drugs except a sleep potion. I am the fourth child, the dutiful one, the last born, the most available.
I returned to Cambridge from New York City when she was 92, never imagining that she would live so long, with her life force undiminished. I pursued my freelance activities from an office in the old house. But my sister who lived in Cambridge and helped look after her died of cancer, and my other siblings, living in Manhattan, could have been living in Shanghai or Timbuktu as far as helping out. My son was in college in Oregon. His mother lived in Georgia. When my dog, my closest pal, my conduit to the neighborhood, passed on, it was just my mother and I.
My mother remains stubbornly alive — opinionated, headstrong, loving, driven. But her body is betraying her. She can still climb the stairs to her bedroom on the second floor gripping the bannisters — but not for long. She can still dress herself. But her eyes are dimming. Her hearing is bad. Her gnarled fingers strike the wrong keys on the computer board, provoking outrage.
As her body slowly submits, she bewails the fact that she has lived so long, now deprived of her pleasures — reading, writing, painting. Yet she insists on her independence, and I provide it as much as I am able. You can't just dump your old mother.
But our estate planning was based on less optimistic estimates of life expectancy. The house on the edge of the Harvard campus may now be worth millions, but banks refuse to extend credit. If the house is sold before my mother's death, capital gains taxes will be enormous. Each child hangs on to his or her meager nest egg. Yet elder care is expensive, and my mother could live for another five years. Then there is the question of my own mental health, my life limited and encumbered by her life, which could engender bitterness in the fainthearted.
There are more than 80,000 centenarians living in the United States today, a number that will double or triple in the next 10 years. Eighty-five percent are women. My situation is not unique.
What am I to do? The experiment in assisted living proved to be a costly failure. There was no "respite" for either of us. My mother struggled despairingly with the new TV remote control and electronic telephone and cavalierly dismissed the food — except for breakfast — as revolting. She was not used to apartment living with elevators and long hallways. This was a first-class facility, with kind and caring employees, but she was perhaps too old at 103 to start anew. When psychological breakdown seemed imminent, I brought her home.
The sounds of a blaring television, of a walker dragged across the floor, the constant small requests, the repetitions, the interruptions — life has returned to normal. I am now investigating forms of home care.
Let me tell you, there are no good solutions.Andrew Schlesinger is author of "Veritas: Harvard College and the American Experience'' and co-editor with his brother of "Journals: 1952–2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.''


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The 7 Series from BMW was always their crown jewel being the car which offered the foremost level of luxury, technology and power. The 2016 BMW 7-Series will probably be even more of a facelift than anything. The model can get changes towards the exterior design and a couple of changes within the cabin. The engines along with the transmission options are expected to remain a similar. Identical to before, the BMW 7-Series 2016 may also be available inside a long wheelbase option which should satisfy the demands of even the foremost picky customers.
The exterior from the 2016 BMW 7-Series also will change a great deal. The front end will probably be changed with something more much like the newer 5 Series compared to the older 7 Series while behind it will require influences coming from the current 6 Series for any smoother and much more mature look. Upon the interior things will be quite impressive also and that's since the BMW 7-Series 2016 was developed in cooperation with Rolls Royce. This means it will probably be the foremost luxurious BMW car thus far. The conventional features will include some great reclining seats, automatic seat heating and ventilation, satellite navigation, satellite radio in addition to a few other gadgets like perhaps one of the best audio systems inside the business.
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Ethmoidal mucocoele
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An incidental finding on MR of brain and spine was a lesion in the region of the cribriform plate which was of high signal on T2 and FLAIR, and intermediate signal on T1.
Case Discussion
The appearance is typical of a small mucocoele. The differential diagnosis includes encephalocoele. There appears to be a bony plate between the lesion and adjacent frontal lobe, making encephalocoele less likely.
Mucocoeles are due to blockage of a sinus ostium and filling of the sinus with mucus, which acts as a slow-growing mass lesion. Posterior ethmoidal mucocoeles may cause pressure effects on the optic nerve. Frontal or anterior ethmoidal mucocoeles may expand into the orbit to cause proptosis. Infection of a mucocoele is a surgical emergency as rapid spread of sepsis may occur.
CT is most useful for diagnosis, as the characteristic sinus expansion and bone thinning is demonstrated. Mucocoeles are often of high signal on T1 due to the high protein content.


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Risk Faced by Organizations
Risk can be classified in numerous ways, including legal, financial, IT, fraud, operational and reputation. There are number of diverse risks that organizations are faced today specifically those organizations operating in international and commercial activities. The nature of different risks has been discussed in detail below;
1 – Legal and Political Risks
Breaches of regulations, legislation or codes of conduct may have serious results for an entity. These risks include financial and other fines (even involving the entity shutdown) by having to spend resources and money in fighting against the litigation and saving the reputation. Thereby important areas include environmental legislation, health and safety, trade disruption, data protection, consumer protection and employment issues.
The codes of good governance are especially important instances of best practices and businesses must think about the risks of breaching provisions relating to objectivity and integrity and also control over the organization.
While the political risks are those risks that may influence the position of an organization by a political action. This type of risk related to country risk, the risk connected with undertaking some transactions, or having assets in any specific country.
2 – Financial Risks
Financial risk is that type of risk through which any organization may not able to run as a going concern entity. These risks include the risks relating to the structure of finance the organization has, we can say that the risk linked to the capital structure i.e. debt and equity, also whether an entity has enough long term capital base for the amount of trading the business doing. In order to control this type of risks organizations must use some strategies to limit risk of fraud and misuse of financial resources. However the long term involves the risk of currency rate, risk of interest rate also the risk of market. While short term risks involve liquidity risk and credit risk.
3 – Technological Risk
Technological risks include three types of risks;
I. Physical Damage Risks: In physical risks fire is the most dangerous hazard that may damage the computer systems because everyone knows the destruction of data is more costly than the destruction of hardware. Moreover, water is another hazard when it is related to technological matters. In some areas of the this world the natural risk of flooding may cause serious damages, for instance if the basements in such floody areas are the main sites of large computer installation the business can loose all the hardware as well as the soft data. So business must not consider the basements for computer installation. Similarly rains, winds, and storms can cause substantial damage to buildings. Electrical and lightening storms can play havoc with power supplies causing power failures coupled with power surges as services are restored.
II. Data and System Integrity Risks: These risks may be particularly significant because of the nature of computer operations. The risks involve human error such entering incorrect transactions, failing to correct errors, processing the wrong files and failing to follow the stated security measures. In this way possible technical errors include malfunctioning software or hardware and supporting equipment such as communication equipment, normal and emergency power supplies and air conditioning units.
III. Fraud Risks: Computer fraud generally includes the theft of founds by misusing the computer system. Input fraud is happened where data input is falsified; good instances are putting a non-existent employee on the salary file or a non-existent supplier on the purchase file. With the fraud of processing, a programmer or someone else who has broken into this part of the system may alter a program. And the output fraud includes documents being tampered with and control totals being altered or stolen. Checks are the most common document to be stolen, but other documents may be stolen to hide the other frauds.
4 – Health and Safety Risks
In any business health and safety risks involve loss of employees' time because of injury and the risks of having to pay compensation or legal cost because of breaches. Health and safety risks can arise from:
- Lack of health and safety policy due to increased legislation in this area this becoming less likely
- Lack of emergency procedures because it is considered less likely
- Failure to deal with the hazards often due to a failure to implement policies such as inspection of electrical equipment, labeling of hazards and training
- Poor employee welfare is not just threats to health such as poor working environment or excessive exposure to VDUs, but also threats to quality from tired staff making mistakes
- Generally poor health and safety culture
5 – Environmental Risks
Environmental risk is the risk of loss to the business arising out of the environmental effects of its operations. This risk is mostly higher with those businesses operating in farming, agriculture, transportation and chemical industry. These industries have the greatest direct effects on the environment and so face the most significant risks. However other factors may be significant. In the same way business located in such areas that are near to river may face increased risks of causing pollution. An important element of environmental risk is likely to be waste management, especially is waste materials are toxic.
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Cooking can be a very enjoyable and relaxing hobby. An aromatic kitchen filled with fresh ingredients is sure to brighten anyone's mood. Even still, some people have trouble with recipes and thus need a few great cooking tips to assist their efforts in the kitchen. This article contains a number of tips that can help you cook a fantastic meal.
Always bake pie and tart crusts for longer than the recipe specifies for best results. Let the crust go beyond light tan to a deeper, golden shade. This deeper color is evidence that the sugar has caramelized in the crust for added sweetness.
Make sure that all your preparation is done prior to cooking. It is quite important that the preparation is done well in advance of the cooking process. Cooking can get stressful when you're working to deadline. Get everything prepared at least a day ahead of time.
Does pitching moldy fruit into a trash can upset you? Can you save the rest of the fruit if you cut away the moldy, rotten part? It is impossible for you to save fruit that has already begun to rot. Discard them, as mold goes deeper than the eye can see and can make you quite ill.
Always bake your crusts a little longer than is absolutely necessary. It will help if you achieve a darker, more delicious golden caramel color, rather than stopping when the crust is still pale. The color on your pie signifies that the caramelizing process is complete in your crust, yielding a scrumptious dessert.
When simmering or boiling vegetables, try adding chicken broth. Chicken broth adds flavor to vegetables and prevents them from getting stuck to the bottom of the pan. Chicken broth can be found at any grocery store, and is very low priced.
Before preparing a nice meal for friends and relations, be sure to make a good plan. Gather all the ingredients beforehand. Prepare everything you need for cooking ahead of time; don't forget the utensils! This can help relax everything so that you can make something great.
If you are on a diet, try cutting down the amount of oil you use in your food. Substances such as oil and butter contain unnecessary fat. A nonstick spray for cooking provides many of the same results as oil; however, it does not add extra calories.
Your spices should be stored in a cool place that is free of light. Leaving your spices out will expose them to moisture and light, which will diminish their quality. Keeping your spices in darkened, cool areas will lend extra longevity and flavor. Keeping your spices fresh can improve the taste of every recipe you prepare.
This will ensure that the fruit stays fresh for an entire year. You also have the added benefit of having fruits out of season whenever you want them.
To make your French fries crispier, let the raw potatoes soak for about half an hour in cold water prior to frying. Doing this increases the strength of the fiber in the potatoes, which means that they don't break down as quickly during the deep frying phase.
When you are cooking roast and do not have a lot of time, leave in the bone. The meat will cook a lot faster as the bone will heat it up internally. When the meat is finished being cooked, you can avoid the bone when you cut and serve it.
Much like a sponge, the mushrooms will absorb the water. Get a soft, clean and wet cloth to wipe the dirt off each individual mushroom for better results.
Every cook knows how important it is to organize their cooking supplies. If your kitchen supplies are not organized, this can cause confusion in the kitchen because you will be running around looking for the items. Save time searching by keeping similar items stored together. For example, keep all of your spices in one cabinet. You can even organize them further by grouping them according to color, flavor, type or any other effective method.
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Always begin your cooking with utensils that are spotlessly clean. If items are not completely clean after you put them away, you could ruin everything you cook. Failure to clean utensils properly could also spread food borne illness.
If you want to make chicken stock, you might as well make a lot of it. Plan on preparing a large batch so that the excess can be frozen and used later. Many great recipes including soups, casseroles and stews call for a base of chicken stock. Put the stock into freezer bags and put it in your freezer.
If your meals include fresh herbs like dill or parsley, clump them together and use kitchen shears to cut them. This practice does not get herbs wet like chopping would, and makes them generally fluffier and lighter.
Many liquids are interchangeable within a recipe; try replacing the water or milk with something new. Juices, beef broth, or vegetable broth can all be used as a substitute for water. Sour cream, buttermilk and yogurt make good milk substitutes. Substituting the liquid in a dish can add nutrient content, flavor or both.
Follow the instructions carefully whenever you cook macaroni and cheese. The macaroni will be perfect and delicious because the great looking cheese is melted on top of the noodles. For serving, a solid spoon works best. Another great tip is to spice things up a bit with some black pepper.
Always make sure you measure the cooking oil! Use only the required amount of oil necessary, and resist pouring straight from the bottle to the cooking pan, to reduce the fat content in your foods. By doing this, you can keep a close eye on the amount of oil you use in cooking.
Prior to barbecuing food, be sure that the grill is properly prepared. Get your grill ready about half an hour before you want to put food on it. The coals should have an ash covering and should emit medium heat. This is the most effective temperature for grilling.
It is fairly easy to dry tomatoes yourself. You can do this by slicing your tomatoes about a half an inch thick, or Romas in half. Place them cut-side up on a rack that you use for cooling, and add a little salt. Use a cookie sheet to hold the rack and set it in the oven at 190 degrees for at least 10 hours. The tomatoes can then be placed in plastic bags and stored in the freezer. You can also store them in jars packed with herbs and olive oil. Put your canned tomatoes in the fridge and be sure to use them in the next two weeks.
To cook your meats to the proper temperature, make sure you are using a meat thermometer. The temperatures that meat should reach, when being cooked to be eaten, varies between different types of meat. Bacteria thrive on meats, and unless the meat is properly and thoroughly cooked, these bacteria can remain and cause you sickness if consumed.
If you tend to cook with a lot of herbs and spices, make sure that you are storing them somewhere that's cool and dark in order to keep them fresh. If you keep herbs and spices in an area that is close to the stove, they will lose their flavor very quickly and just be a waste of money.
Enhance your culinary experience by doing some preparation in advance. Some preparations can be done as much as two days in advance of the meal. There are many cases in which the flavor of the ingredients is actually improved by early preparation. After you experience the benefits of preparing in advance, you may well make it your standard practice.
Spices don't last forever; replace them every 6 months. What happens a lot is that spices are kept in a household for far too long and lose a lot of their flavor. If you find yourself buying a spice that you aren't going to finish, split it and give half away to a friend.
Use leftovers for a delicious fried rice, soup or a hearty stew. Cold rice that was prepared the day before works especially well, but if none is available, just prepare fresh rice with half the water you would normally use so that the final product is drier. Just add your meat of choice to a large pan or wok, then throw in the veggies followed by the rice and some seasonings. In no time you'll have a meal.
When you are cooking, a good habit to get into is to wash the dishes as soon as you are done with them. Put some hot soapy water in a fresh sink on one side and keep clear water you can use as a rinse on the other side. Since the easiest time to clean bowls and other implements is right after you have finished with them, you will save yourself a lot of time and effort since you won't have to scrub them so much.
To make your next cooking session a snap, gather up all the ingredients you'll need before you start. By doing this you will ensure that you always have the things you need to make your meal perfect. Gathering the ingredients first may seem like an extra step, but it really isn't. It will save you time and trouble.
Before you cook ground meats, be sure to blot away excess moisture with paper towels. This will help to minimize the moisture found on your beef. Unless you remove the moisture, it may not be released until the meat is cooked. The moisture will steam away. The meat is likely to steam, rather than sear as it is supposed to.
For those individuals that prefer to cook fish, they should attempt to catch their own if time allows. When you catch a fish yourself, it will taste fresher and more satisfactory.
To give your pasta sauce some additional flavor, use some of the water that the pasta was cooked in. You will need to save roughly one quarter cup of water. When your sauce is also ready, add in the water before tossing or topping the pasta. The water from the pasta contains starch that, when mixed with your sauce, will create a creamy texture.
It is important to layer a salad well when it is going to be served a few hours after it is prepared. Tomatoes and other juicy ingredients should be on the bottom layer and lettuce along with any other ingredients which might wilt or get soggy should be on the top.
Prior to barbecuing food, be sure that the grill is properly prepared. It's a good idea to prepare the grill about half an hour before you're going to use it. The coals should have an ash covering, and this means they are at medium heat. You will get the best grilling results at this temperature.
Try to use things that are colorful when you are cooking. You need to prepare colorful meals to make them look interesting and be healthier. Such items that could be considered for garnishment including carrot curls, cherry tomatoes or slices of green bell pepper. Be creative with color, and people will eat the food in no time.
As this article has discussed, cooking is revered by many as an excellent and enjoyable hobby. However, some people don't know where to start, in terms of picking the right recipes or using the proper techniques. Follow this article's advice and you will be on your way to cooking great food.
Try mashing potatoes using hot milk instead of boiling milk. This creates fluffier and lighter potatoes, than if you used cold milk. Who wants dull and lumpy mashed potatoes?


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John Suter 1907 - 1998
In the various pages of the history of Suters Ltd you will find information about John Suter.
John Suter was the youngest son of George William Suter and was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire where the original Suter Drapers shop was located. (Early photos of John Suter in Ledbury here) He was educated at Colet Court and St Pauls School in London.
John Suter seated bottom row left in 1923
Left - John Suter outside The Feathers Hotel in Ledbury in 1994
He had three brothers, Arthur, Clarence and Frank who were all involved with the Suters family business, plus a sister Winifred
John & Bobbie Suter's weddding in 1932 (Top left father George William Suter & next to him Frank Suter - top right Frederick (Fred) Milner Bobbie's father and in front of him her mother Wilhelmina)
Left: John's brother Clarence and wife Maud at the wedding
He was married to Bobbie and had four children (a fifth Donald died as an infant) Wendy-Ann (whose husband Richard Ensor has written the "A Family Business Suters Ltd" on this site), Dick (Richard), Robert and Philip
During the Second World War he served in the RAF According to Richard Ensor's Suter family History John Suter in the RAF. - 1942 to 1946
John received his call up papers in June 1942 at the age of 36. He was to be one of those required for 'the enormous Air Force'. In September 1941 Churchill had estimated that a million men would be needed and while age restrictions applied to flight crew many more were needed in ground support.
Like Frank, John had plenty of warning but, unlike Frank, he was instructed to report for basic RAF training in Yarmouth.
In June 1942 I was called up and joined the RAF. I had failed to obtain a direct commission so went through the ranks, square bashing at Yarmouth, Radar course at Cranwell, then posted to Houghton Regis near Luton. I was able to get home every third day for 24 hours, this was real enjoyment for Bobbie, Wendy-Ann, Richard and me, as well as Papa and Nana Milner. John Suter Autobiography
Given his family commitments John would have been happy to have been called up into the RAF where it was likely that he would be assigned to a support role and there was a good chance that he might see out the war on one of the very large number of air bases or radar stations in East Anglia or the midlands. After initial training he was able to get home from time to time and there are photographs of his children enjoying his presence on a short leave and parading in his 'forage cap' (below).
As soon as she knew John was to be called up, Bobbie insisted that there be an alternative to the Anderson shelter constructed in the garden. While there were no air raids after the big one in May 1941 they might start again and she was not taking any chances while John was away. The breakfast room/school room/playroom was strengthened with a framework of steel pillars, joists and sheeting to create what was in essence an outsize 'Morrison shelter' [a steel refuge 'cage' made for use indoors and named after Herbert Morrison who became Home Secretary in 1941.
Towards the end of 1942, John was at Houghton Regis near Luton and within easy reach of Uxbridge. He had been trained in radar and probably could look forward to a quiet, if not particularly challenging, life for the remainder of the war. However, the prospect did not appeal and both 'Bobbie' and his parents in law supported him when he decided to apply for a commission.
I had applied for a commission and eventually went to RAF Cosford where I was commissioned, then to Grange-over-Sands, Lancs for an equipment course. John Suter Autobiography
'Bobbie' and John had realised that a commission for John could make a more distant posting likely. In the event, he was selected for embarkation duties in Scotland. During the war, it took a long time to travel from Scotland to London. Trains were slow, dirty and very crowded. The complaints of 21st Century Inter City travellers are a joke compared with what was normal in war time. Also, there was no alternatives. No air travel except for RAF on duty, no private cars, hire cars limited to a maximum journey of 20 miles, and no long distance buses. Nevertheless a long weekend leave came up every now and again and it was, then, just about worthwhile for John to come down to see 'Bobbie' and the children for a few hours before setting off back.
Shortly after the entry of the United States into the war, in early 1942, a "Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee" was established in Washington and as the British Chiefs of Staff had to live close to their own government it was agreed that they be represented by senior officers stationed in Washington. As the war developed the need for British representation and support staff increased and by 1944 there was a substantial flow of military, naval and RAF personnel back and forth across the North Atlantic. The RAF maintained Embarkation units in both Scotland and New York and the war changed dramatically for John when he was transferred from the Edinburgh embarkation unit to New York.
I was … posted to RAF Embarkation Unit in New York in April 1944. This was a wonderful experience and I learned a lot from my stay there. I met Leslie Smith and he and I made a friendship that lasted for 40 years. He died in 1989. John Suter Autobiography
For John, the war had brought the opportunity for foreign travel to a country more or less untouched by the hardships suffered routinely at home. This made him privileged compared with servicemen like his brother Frank in Italy let alone those waiting to go to France, but he had no say in the destination, and, very sensibly decided to make the most of every minute! It was also the country which had impressed Arthur in 1923 and to which his sister Winifred had travelled on holiday in the late 1920's.
After the war John Suter returned to the family business in 1946. He was involved in both Uxbridge and Slough branches and he was the last Chairman of Suters Ltd before it was sold to Owen Owen in 1978.
According to Robert Suter in 2017 talking about his father working at Slough and Uxbridge stores "I first went to Thorpe House School in the summer term of 1949, when I was 5 3/4, for the mornings only. We were still living in Uxbridge and I used to come by bus with Wendy-Ann (at St. Mary's) and Dick, (also at Thorpe House), who would make sure that I was "delivered" to the school. Papa (John) would then pick me up at the end of the morning, on his way from Suters in Slough. I believe that we would then have lunch at Eastnor Lodge and then Papa would go to Suters in Uxbridge for the afternoon session."
When the family moved to Gerrards Cross John used to work in Uxbridge in the morning and come back home for lunch and then go to Slough in the afternoom.
Harry Ponton receives 25 year long service award at Suters Ltd. In the photo are left to right Clarence (John's brother) Dick / Richard (John's eldest son) Frank (John's brother) Harry Ponton, David (John's nephew and brother of Tom who wrote Suters Limited - A brief History of the company and the people behind it ) and John Suter
John Suter in the boardroom at Slough in the 1960s - left to right David Suter, Company Secretary Peter Bradford and right Clarence Suter
John Suter's father in law, Frederick (Fred) Milner was an insurance broker based in Cheapside in the City of London. His business was F.M.Milner & Co and after living in Slough moved with his wife Wilhelmina to Lichfield next to Eastnor Lodge between Uxbridge and Ickenham on the Swakelys Road till he passed away in the late 1940s. He was also involved in the Freemason movement.
John Suter's Involement with the Rotary Club of Uxbridge
National Savings Committee - John Suter was involved with the Borough Savings Committe in Middlexex for the National Savings. In 1974 he was unable to attend a meeting and receive a Long Service Badge for twenty five years service (image to left above) and received a letter of appreciation fro0m the District6 Commissioner - Richard Newton - Click on Image below
Rotary Club of Uxbridge 1954 - John Suter Middle row 4th from left - click on photo below to enter Uxbridge Roatary Club site. The Uxbridge club was founded in 1932
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John Suter was an active member for nearly 64 years, joining in 1934 and a member till his death in September 1998 a month before his 91st birthday.
According to Richard Ensor's Suter family History - John had been a member of the Uxbridge Rotary Club since 1934 and had even managed to keep in touch while away during the War in the America. He had, also, visited Uxbridge's sister town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts in May 1945 a visit which was reported in a local paper in Uxbridge, Middlesex shortly afterwards. As a returning serviceman member John must have been approached and asked to become President of the Uxbridge Rotary Club almost as soon as he arrived home.
He was President in the Year 1947 to 1948 and this means that he would have served as Vice President from 1946 to 1947. While Vice President, John became involved in the establishment of a "daughter" Rotary Club for Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St. Peter. While the Gerrards Cross business and professional people most heavily involved in establishing the new Club - which like all Rotary Clubs would have one member representing each of a number of "classifications" included John Payne who was the Vicar at St James's Church, Gerrards Cross (and would represent Religion - Established Church) and Eric Segrove who was a Director of the largest local building company, Y. J. Lovell (Construction industry) it is probably no coincidence that the representative medical doctor chosen was Norman Creighton who had a practice on the West Common in Gerrards Cross and whose wife, Jean, had lived in Harefield Road, Uxbridge before her marriage.
John may, also, have met the man approached to fill the Education "classification" who was the new Principal of the Emergency Teachers Training College which was opened in April by the Minister of Education. His name was Howard Ensor and he had been appointed towards the end of the previous year and moved into a cottage in Newland Park with his family in January. (Howard Ensor was the father of Richard Ensor)
Boston is about 30 miles from Uxbridge, Massachusetts and it may be that this was the time John visited the Rotary Club in that town. An undated press cutting has survived from an unidentified newspaper:
Ft-Lieut John D Suter, who has been on service in the USA with the RAF for the past year, writes to say that he has found time to visit Uxbridge Mass. He managed to contact some Rotarians, who showed him the town, which he says is smaller and more truly rural than Uxbridge. He saw a letter of Christmas greetings from Uxbridge, Middlesex, and was most intrigued to see his own signature amongst a number of prominent Uxbridge citizens in an illuminated address which was sent to Uxbridge, Mass some time ago.
A short 'profile' of John included in 'Rotary Contact' - the Magazine of No 9 District R.I.B.I. - the local grouping of Rotary Clubs for administrative purposes to which John's Uxbridge Club belonged, also, referred to the visit:While in America he made further contact with our sister town of Uxbridge, Mass. where he was given a royal reception by the Rotary Club there. - Rotary Contact - August 1948
When the Uxbridge Rotary Club met at The Swan and Bottle in Uxbridge the meetings were held on a Thursday at lunchtime. The club later changed the meeting day to a Friday.
(This image does not enlarge) Left: John Suter helping at the Uxbridge Auto Show in the 1990's. He would normally be based in the information caravan
See also 1948 - John Suter and the Uxbridge Rotary Club
President of Rotary Club of Uxbridge, John Clemence presenting John Suter with the Paul Harris Fellow award in 1989, the highest honour Rotary can make.
"The former chairman of Suters department sore has been presented with the highest Rotary Club award.
John Suter, who has been a member of the Uxbridge club for the last 55 years, received the Paul Harris Award from the Uxbridge president John Clemence on Friday.
The award is named after the founder of the worldwide Rotary movement and is presented for outstanding service and dedication.
Mr Suter, who was preseident of the club in 1949, said "It was quite a surprise. It is going to take place of honour in my home"
He has been involved in many fund raising events and was also responsible for the collection of money for the Rotary Club's savings group.
In 1920 John's father George with John's brother Clarence opened the first Suter's department store in Slough.
By 1924 they had opened another store in Uxbridge High Street on the corner of Windsor Street with the help of John's other brothers Atrhur and Frank.
The shop, now Owen Owen, moved to its present site next to Woolworth in 1929.
In 1930, John Suter joined the family business as a buyer and was responsible for the men's shoe departments at Uxbridge and Slough.
Finally he became chairman for six years until the company was sold in 1978 to Owen Owen.
At one time there were also stores in Ruislip High Street, Windsor and Ashford.
Mr Suter, who lived in Swakelys Road, Ickenham, for 17 years, said "I liked the people of Uxbridge, they were more personal in those days. I used to know many of the customers by name. The same applied when we went to the bank".
He now lives at Meadway Park, Gerrards Cross." Source: Uxbridge and west drayton Gazette Wednesday, November 1, 1989
(This image does not enlarge) This Uxbridge Rotary Club monthly bulletin from late 1995 was found in Dick Suter's possesions after his death in 2013.
John Suter 88 We celebrated John's 88th birthday recently, he had been an acyive member since 1934. 61 years must be some sort of record, for unlike some of those of this great age John is still very active and takes part in all our club events. He is our Almoner, a job which he takes very seriously, regularly phoning and visiting our sick members. He has contributed a note of impressionsof Rotary during the last 60 Years.
"When I came away from the Rotary lunch on Friday your editor asked me to write about my experiences of 61 years in the Uxbridge Club.
Our President John Simmons had previously asked the members to join him in proposing my health after my 88th birthday on 11th October and I was indeed honoured for him to do that. Then as I went to get into my car Leslie Dobin said he thought the standard of behaviour these days had fallen during the latter part of this century. In some ways he could be right, but we had bad people in my earlier life as we have now.
I was inducted in 1934 by Peter Kay. He was a director of Lowe and Shawyer, the celebrated flower growers of daffodils, tulips, carnations and chrysanthemums, these blooms were selected and sent to Covent Garden and other parts of the United Kingdom each day. Brunel University is built on the flower nursery now.
All of us were more formal then, we used to address each other by the surname not by the first or christian name as we do now, which is more free and easy that way and I think possibly better.
Rotary is more involved in running affairs now than when I first joined. It is true Sydney Try and Bob Hughes strarted the Old Folks Party in 1936, which got the Community Service off the ground. The International Service Committee was not very active. It had the contact with the Uxbridge Rotary Club in Massachusetts, USA but that was all; today that committee is involved with Water Aid inter continental club visits and other activities.
The present Vocational Service Committee is no longer the Cinderella that is was when I was a member of it, both before the war and in the immediate post war years. It is quite virile now we visit organisations to study them.
The Club Council used to operate the Club Service Committee, but when it was separated in the 60's it went from strength to strength.
I have forgotten the year when the Fund Raising Committee was formed, but since the advent of the Auto Show each year, we have been able to donate large sums of money to charity. Before that came into action our fund raising efforts were very small.
The Foundation Committee as well as Youth with Rotaract have helped with young projects. These have helped with youth exchange, V.S.O. and sending exceptional students to read subjects at universities throughout the world. All worth while. These young people are wonderful ambassadors to establish world peace which must be on the minds of most of us. When I came back from the forces after World War 11, I said in my presidential address that this country must not disarm as in 1920; we have kept a small but very effective armed force, we have been on the best of terms with our friends in the U.S.A. and the cold war has ended, for which we must be very thankful.
The Uxbridge Club has always been very selective in its choice of members, we started off wel, and have had over the years very few resignations.
Most members are very keen on the movement, and our turnover of resignations was much lower than most clubs in the area or UK.
There has been an enormous growth of evening clubs in the U.K. l believe it is the same in the U.S., so many young excectives cannot spare the time in the day to attend a lunch meeting, prefering sandwiches whilst working, but they have more freedom of an evening, the meetings may be longer, more liquid consumed, yet the clubs do get projects completed.
I have enjoyed my time in Rotary, I have met a lot friends, and valued their friendship. It is a wondeful movement, non-political, non-religous, no colour or race bar, and that makes life all that easier.
Your Editor asked me for an aricle of anout 300 words, I think this one is double, but it is a difficult job to condense, I hope the members will enjoy it, I have enjoyed writing it. John Suter
John, Frank and Clarence Suter in early 1970s
Left: June 1982 John and Bobbie Suter's Golden wedding anniversary party at Chalfont-St-Giles - Seated left Su Suter, Frank Suter, Bobbie Suter and John Suter
Above: John Suter celebrating his 90th birthday at the Colston Hall, Gerrards Cross, October 1997
John Suter was a great cricket fan and was a member of Middlexexx County Cricket Club and used to regularly attend matches at Lords and Uxbridge in the last few years if his life.
Death of John Suter
Buckinghamshire Advertiser A long serving Rotarian and popular Gerrards Cross resident has died, aged 90. John Suter, former chairman of the family department store Suters in Slough and Uxbridge, died peacefully at The Nuffield Nursing Home in Wexham last week with his family at his bedside.
His daughter Wendy-Ann Ensor says everyone will remember her father as a "real gentleman". He was a very active man, he was driving around Gerrards Cross in his BMW until two weeks ago, and only recently was taking out the elderly and handicapped for day trips" she said. Mr Suter became ill suddenly last week and developed bronchial pneumonia before he passed away on Friday Go to The Buckinghamshire Advertiser report here to read this in full.
Slough Express John Suter, former chairman of Slough and Uxbridge died at the Nuffield Nursing Home, Wexham, on Friday aged 90. A long term Rotarian he was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, the youngest of five children. He was educated at St Paul's School in London from 1921 to 1925 and joined the family business after training in London. In 1932 he married Irene (Bobbie) Margaret Milner and they enjoyed 57 years oh happiness, most of which were spent at Gerrards Cross until her death in 1990. Go to The Slough Express report here to read this in full.
Old Pauline Magazine (St Paul's School) John Dack Suter (1921-25) He died after a short illness last September, just before his 91st birthday. After Colet Court he entered Colet House when Cecil Smith was house master, and played in the school's 3rd XI cricket and 3rd XV rugby teams. During the war he served in the RAF leaving 1946 with rank of flight lieutenant and spent most of his life working in the family department store business. He was chairman of the Slough and Uxbridge based company for six years. A dedicated member of the Uxbridge Rotary Club for many years, he was its president in 1948. Go to The Old Pauline Magazine report here to read this in full.\\\ x
Slough Midweek Observer A former chairman of Suters of Slough - now Alders - has died peacefully at Wexham aged 90. John Suter, who worked for more than 40 years in the family business died at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Friday September 11. For six years he was chairman of Suters prior to Owen Owen purchasing the company in 1978; he was also a long term Rotarian.Go to The Slough Midweek Observer report here to read this in full.
Uxbridge Gazette The former chairman of family business Suters has died a month before his 91st birthday. John Suter (Pictured) who lives in Uxbride til 1948, died peacefully in the early hours of Friday at the Nuffield Nursing Home in Wexham. He worked for the family department store, Suters Ltd, which had branches in Slough and Uxbridge for more than 40 years from the 1930s.
He was chairman of the board for six years, until it was taken over by Owen Owen in 1978. Uxbridge MP John Randall who owns the family business Randalls in Vine Street, Uxbridge said: "John Suter was a distinguished gentleman, one of a disappearing breed. He was part of Uxbridge's history. He was always very cheerful, and will be missed by the many people he's come in contact with from his days an Uxbridge businessman to his years of service for voluntary and charitable works". Go to The Uxbridge Gazette report here to read this in full.
(December 2014 - End of an era as Randall's of Uxbridge closes More Here)
Uxbridge Leader One of the longest serving members of Uxbridge Rotary Club and a well known local businessman John Suter, has died a month short of his 91st birthday. Mr Suter joined Rotary in 1934, was president from 1948-49 and was still attending the Friday lunches at Uxbridge Civic Centre until earlier this month. He worked for the family department store Suters Ltd, which had branches in Slough and Uxbridge, for more than 40 years from the 1930s. He was chairman of the board for six years, until it was taken over by Owen Owen in 1978. Mr Suter who lived in Uxbridge until 1948 died peacefully in the early hours of Friday at The Nuffield Nursing Home Wexham. Go to The Uxbridge Leader report here to read this in full.
John Suter's announcement in the Uxbridge Gazette
Bijouterie Suter (left) with John and his wife Bobbie Suter in the late 1960s in Switzerland(The business was nothing to do with the Suters department stores family business)
Source of images, unless otherwise stated - Suter family archives
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There was a time in my life, a simpler time, where being someone's princess was the end all be all. That was my ultimate goal in life.
I was also nine.
Point is, I am not that little, simple girl anymore. Being someone's princess is not enough. Knowing that another person values me is amazing, and necessary to a healthy relationship but I do need to value myself. It's more important that I value myself. At a very pure and basic level, I know myself better than any other person will ever know, or could ever know me. I know myself better than I would ever let anyone else know me.
There is still a child inside of me, sitting in front of the television with a plastic crown on in Cinderella pajamas waiting with breathless rapture for the glass slipper to finally find my foot. Because although I am doing my best to be my own best advocate and champion, who doesn't want to be loved at fairy tale proportions.
And it's not just women. We all have standards, we all have expectations of what we want in a relationship. Whether it comes from a Disney movie, or the model of our parents as we grew up watching them interact. We know what we expect out of our counterpart, and we are hesitant to settle for anything less.
Are we setting ourselves up to be disappointed, or is it proactive and intelligent to know exactly what is going to make you happy in a long term relationship. In fact, there are certain deal breakers for everyone where they will truthfully NEVER be happy if they don't have them. So, if we compromise our initial set of non negotiables, if we feel that maybe our standards are a little too high and lofty for a normal mate to reach, we are in fact setting ourselves up for disappointment… and failure.
They call it "settling". I call it selling yourself short. Compatibility is amazing and sometimes initial, but there is no guarantee that this instant chemical reaction will evolve into the type of bond you want. The type of bond you NEED to find and feel fulfillment in a close relationship with another human being.
So if I want a relationship in which the other person is my best friend, the one I go to when I'm stressed, the one I go to when I am troubled and in turmoil knowing he will calm the hurricane whipping through my brain… am I going to ever be satisfied completely with the "bond" we have if he is not those things to me? Will I even feel that there is a bond?
In no time isolation develops. And it's not one persons fault over the other. It's not really anyone's fault, because even though our initial spark burns brightly still and we still find our way back to each other, we are never the same as we were back then. Before we started disappointing each other, before things were said and done that ensure the slate never gets wiped clean. The spark does not burn bright enough to get through the brick wall that can build between two people over time.
We try to change each other. We vocalize our discontent hoping that the other person will love us enough, will value the relationship enough to adjust themselves to fit it better. But that's not really fair. Any change this person would make would only be temporary as it goes against their nature to be the way you want them to be instead of the way they've been for x amount of years. When they revert back to their natural behavior, it just makes things worse.
So when do you differentiate between a "bond" that needs more work, or a bond that does not exist. Just because two people live together, sleep together and share a life does not mean they share a bond.
I don't mean to pose these questions as if I have an answer. This is not an advice column or a self help blog. These are the same questions that every single one of us has pondered, and that I am pondering now.
It is not my goal to have a prince take my arm and lead me to his castle where I will forever be his arm candy and waltzing partner. It is my goal to have an open, nurturing, beautiful,. understanding relationship. It is my goal to have a BOND within this relationship which makes it unbreakable, whether it be from inside factors or outside factors I will no longer tell myself that I am idealizing what love is, or that I am expecting too much from my significant other. I will no longer sell myself short, or allow someone who is looking for something from me to sell themselves short.
And someday I will have the answers.


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(Freshman Joe Johnson has left the team to be with his family after the death of his grandmother Arlene Stallings. Johnson is doubtful for Saturday's game with Auburn.)
(Joe Johnson situation)
(How has this team coped with a series of tragedies?)
(Will you try to keep the momentum you built up in the late run against Ole Miss?)
(Auburn has come into the year as the favorite, how do you think they have handled that role?)
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After feeling so positive about house hunting yesterday, I might have known I'd put the mockers on it! So, let me tell you a story...
The Beginning
So, Hanh finds a nice looking house which is halfway between her work and my work. A three bedroom house which was said to have a lot of mod-cons and to be new. What's more, the price was very reasonable! Too good to be true. Anyways, Hanh called the landlady, arranged a viewing for a couple of hours later and we set off in search of the house. Needless to say, it started to rain en route but that didn't dampen our spirits. After getting lost multiple times, several through rather small alleyways that are so typically in Vietnamese back roads, we found our new dream home. :-)
The Middle
We pulled upto the house and it really did look beautiful. There was a freshly painted gate out front to meet us with a small patio area leading to the front door. Perfect for keeping bikes out during the day without having to bring them into the house. We walked into the house and the living area had a 3 piece suite, tv and cabinet....ideal I thought! Later I slumped into the chair and thought to myself: "I could be happy here!". Further in was the kitchen. Whilst not equiped with anything more than a gas stove and AC, it was very large with an ample sized table and 4 chairs. I was starting to think that we wouldn't be looking much further. Upstairs were 2 very large bedrooms with AC, bed frames (with no mattresses) and usually bedroom brigadier such as wardrobes and chest-of-drawers. Oh yeh, I forgot to mention they were both en suite. Anyhows, we went back downstairs and Hanh spoke with the landlady. We both (Hanh and I) that we liked the place, relayed that to the landlady and she told Hanh the price.
The beginning of the end
The price quoted was $110 higher than agreed. (I wasn't aware of this at that point) Hanh told her that we would think about it and we drove home. I knew that the price would be higher (the foreigner tax) and for the house, the price wasn't unwholly unreasonable. Besides, I really liked the house so I was willing to pay it. On the drive home, my better half started to have doubts about the safety of the area. I hadn't really considered it. Since the house was down a smallish alleyway it would be difficult to take a taxi and she didn't really feel comfortable with either of us driving there too late at night. So with that in mind we visited the place late one night and found the area to be family friendly, not too difficult to get to and we felt it would be a safe place to live as the other surrounding houses were also similar to what we had just seen. We put the initial fears down to the fact that when we first went it was raining pretty heavily and we hadn't really been looking around at the area as conditions weren't conducive to it!
What happened next?
Don't get me wrong, the landlady seemed pretty nice and for all I know is an honest and trustworthy person. We just went on a hunch. Since she would be taking our deposit (a sizeable amount of money, especially in Vietnam) we needed to feel absolutely safe with our money. The small event which followed created enough doubt for both of us to pull the plug.
After the inital rent requirement, we decided that we wouldn't pay anymore than the original agreed rent. The landlady (LL) pondered it for a while, and accepted, we thought we had a deal. However, then some strange things started to happen. I wasn't party to them since my Vietnamese is bordering on non-existent. First, the LL since reluctant to meet at the house to sign the contract and hand over the deposit. She said that we'd already since the place so why did we want to see it again? Hmmm, what is there to hide? Secondly, she was pushing Hanh to sign the Vietnamese contract and pay the deposit before I had the contract translated into English so I could understand it. Again, alarm bells. Thirdly, she removed 2 of the ACs to put them into her own house. Surely a lowering of rent should be required....apparently not. Additionally in the contract there were numerous crimes for which we could lose the deposit, half of which I'm sure are completely illegal and to be frank just unreasonable. For instance, our friends couldn't stay overnight...a complete joke if you ask me. Finally, I never mentioned the 3rd bedroom because apparently she wanted to keep that locked for herself. She stated that she wanted to come from time to time to clean it. Again, we smelt a rat. Seems like someone wanted to spy and what the hell is there to clean in a locked and unused room? Needless to say, plug pulled, on with the search!
The aftermath
Well tonight we've looked at another furnished apartment. Again it's on the 13th floor of a highrise. The place is very clean, modern and the furniture is all great. We were allowed to stay there are long as we wanted to check everything out and the LL's daughter spoke good English which put my mind at ease somewhat. I'm currently waiting for the contract and more importantly agreement on the rent. This time the price was paid down out front and there was no bumping it up after seeing a foreign face. Time will tell, but I have a good feeling about it...but we know what happened last time!


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