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World-class culinary specialists, OPEN Food Group, has been announced as the official food partner to this year's Women's Lifestyle Expo – brought to you by FMI. This taste-enhancing #foodforwoman addition to the multisensory Women's Lifestyle Expo (#WLE2018) will be an experiential food sensation that invites you to simply indulge yourself! All this flavour will be taking over Joburg's Montecasino Piazza from Saturday, 29 September to Sunday, 30 September.
Tamar Klonarides, CEO of OPEN Food Group, said the organisation was founded on the belief that 'good food is what brings people together': "It is the foundation of good memories. A home-cooked family meal, an alfresco lunch with friends – we can all recall memories based on the food we ate and shared. As such, we believe that food should always be of an exceptional standard. This belief in bringing people together and creating memories is what OPEN Food Group will bring to the Woman's Lifestyle Expo."
To whet the appetite for #WLE2018, OPEN Food Group has shared its Top Food Trends for 2018:
1. Poke Bowls
Poke bowls – originally native to Hawaii – have been a trending in the US and we are slowly seeing them more in South Africa. These bowls offer easily accessible traditional dishes that can be endlessly customised.
2. Plant-based Protein
With the social focus on saving our environment and being vegan, a lot of chefs have embraced plant-based ingredients -Tofu, tempeh and quinoa – to replace the usual 'meaty' proteins.
3. The Fourth Meal
With the fast-paced lifestyle we all seem to live, everything we do has less structure, this includes our eating habits. The magic number has always been three meals – we suggest a fourth, which is generally a treat!
4. Savoury Desserts
Although not specific to this year, savoury desserts have certainly grown as a trend and have shown no signs of slowing down. From oatmeal or jalapeños in that cheese cake, to basil ice cream, the dessert evolution has certainly begun.
5. Water Restrictions
Quite clearly inspired by Cape Town, we see a trend coming from the Mother City in which chefs will create as many variations of delectable dishes while trying to save water where possible.
6. Champagne and Bubbles
South Africans enjoy celebrating the little things, and what would a celebration be without bubbly? There has been a clear growth in demand for demi-sec sparkling wines and champagnes, and this will continue as they offer sweeter options that South Africans truly enjoy.
7. Mash-up Frenzy
Our final trend is the 'mash-up' of different cuisines. From sushi burgers or burritos to dessert pizzas, there seems to be a lot of interest when combining traditional favourites to create something holistically different.
Helen Johns, co-founder of the Women's Lifestyle Expo, said OPEN Food Group would be bringing this extensive foodie knowledge and inspired trends to the food emporium: "The quality creations and sophisticated ethos of OPEN Food Group makes it the perfect fit for Women's Lifestyle Expo."
Top chefs from OPEN Food Groups will be creating #foodforwoman suited to all dietary restrictions, with some truly indulgent options so that you're just a little bit tempted to take a treat day. All food will be prepared under gazebos, with informative food demonstrations. You can also learn how to prepare an exquisite banquet table and then step over to the Wine Garden to enjoy some freshly-made sushi and salads.
In addition to the foodie options, the Women's Lifestyle Expo – brought to you by FMI – promises an extensive, all-encompassing programme for every age. You can expect:
· Informative talks on health, financial and lifestyle by industry experts
· On-trend fashion styles, accessories and cosmetics
· Pamper sessions and beauty treatments
· Networking opportunities with South Africa's leading influencers
Women's Lifestyle Expo details:
When: Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September.
Times: Saturday, 29 September 9.30am to 8pm.
Sunday, 30 September 9.30am to 6pm.
Venue: Montecasino Piazza
Tickets: R180 per person per day for a general entry ticket.
Don't miss your chance to experience the ultimate Women's Lifestyle Expo. Tickets are available at www.itickets.co.za.
For more information about the #WLE2018, visit:
Website: www.womenslifestyleexpo.co.za
Facebook: Womens Lifestyle Expo SA
Twitter: @Womens_Expo_SA
Instagram: @womens_lifestyle_expo
For more information about FMI, visit:
Website: www.fmi.co.za
Facebook: @FMIDBN
Twitter: @FMI_insurance


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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
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I have to say I think I picked the right time to fly to Seattle and board an Alaskan cruise. It has been hot AND humid for days now. I know many in the country experience this on a regular basis, but here on the West Coast it is unusual and not my favorite weather pattern.
I miss the veranda, I miss the hot tub, neither of which are enjoyable in the heat.
However since beads and bead travel and bead kit preparation are the order of the day I've been spending my days inside.
I was just in Seattle a couple of weeks ago during which we visited the Chihuly museum which is fabulous. The color and form and drama were just spectacular.
I bought yarn at Too Much Yarn and will be taking my knitting along with me on the cruise
I taught Cassandra which I will also be teaching on the cruise. Here are a couple of the colorways that people worked on at Fusion Beads
A rather artistic shot of the ferris wheel on the waterfront
and to seeing Nancy Cain and Dallas Lovett and a whole bunch of bead people and a whole lot of incredible scenery!


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Channeling granny chic vibes with a modern twist. The chunky platform and lace up detailing around the ankle is a style we can get on board with. We're jumping on the embroidery band wagon with floral detailing on the back of the heel. We'll be pairing with some cutsie culottes and a simple shirt for sophisticated tailored vibes.
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The new Harry Potter film – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- was eagerly awaited as it came out a couple of months ago now. It has been quite a while since we have seen the intrepid youngsters battle the forces of Voldemort and watched as his Dementors suck the soul out of everything … or is it?
Unfortunately The Dementors are at work in every business and every organisation. We have all encountered those people who only seem to be happy when they are moaning about something and continually blame other people when things don't work out. The ongoing negativity of some colleagues and clients can drain your energy, gets in the way of progress, limits what is achieved and frankly just gets on your nerves!
Does the following situation resonate with you at all?
You have a fantastic idea that will make your business or team or department more successful.
You are very keen to introduce this new idea/initiative/innovation to your staff/team/colleagues/ clients.
As a Leader you have spent time deciding on the best way to implement the change.
You have planned how it will be put in place.
You have worked out when it will be introduced.
You have designed how it will be monitored.
You are really enthusiastic and can visualise exactly how successful this will be.
You are now ready to sell it
You decide to present your ideas in a meeting.
You write an upbeat presentation selling the benefits.
The presentation goes really well and then …
…the Dementors go to work
"That's all well and good but it won't work here"
"It can't be done"
"What's the point? It won't change anything"
"Oh, he/she's been on a course again and got new ideas. They'll soon pass"
"It's a waste of time!"
"Yet more work for us to do. When are we supposed to find the time?"
"The clients won't like it "
"We'll get complaints!"
… and so on, and so on
Sound familiar?
In J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books Dementors are described as beings who " feed on positive emotions whose very presence makes the surrounding atmosphere cold and dark. They drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. The effects are cumulative with the number of Dementors present; they embody what I call "The Blame Culture" and they can be found everywhere.
The Dementors at Work suck all of the enthusiasm and energy out of every good idea. When you talk to a Dementor you come away drained by their negativity. You start off the conversation on a high note and end up feeling depressed.
Who are The Dementors at Work in your business/ team/organisation?
How can we change this " can't do" culture into a "will do" one?
By changing The Dementors into … Petronuses. ( A Petronus is an "incarnation of positive feelings, such as joy and hope. A Petronus can be viewed as the exact opposite of a Dementor")
It is about challenging the view that "things are awful and will only get worse" and replacing it with a culture that seizes opportunities to improve, from the standpoint that " we can achieve whatever we want to achieve", that "anything is possible".
To do this you need to help The Dementors change their perception of the situation.
These Negative Thinking Cycles can be transformed into Positive Thinking Cycles with sensitivity and care.
Time to Re-frame
" Reframing" is an NLP technique that I use to help bring about such a change.
Reframing involves exploring and challenging a statement to provide an alternative perspective. The emotional viewpoint is changed to another "frame" that fits the facts but changes their meaning. In this way a negative mindset can be transformed into a positive one.
When someone comes to you moaning about how bad things are or makes excuses for not being able to do something try using some of the following questions and listen carefully to their response ….
6 Questions To Help A Dementor Become a Petronus
1. What would you prefer to happen?
2. What is getting in the way of it succeeding?
3. What is stopping you?
4. How exactly is it impossible?
5. What evidence is there for that?
6. How can we make it work within our business/ organisation/with our team?
So next time you meet a Dementor at work try challenging their thinking by using one or more of these questions and see what happens. Listen carefully to their response and it may just surprise you!
About the Author: Cath Daley is the Managing Director of The Success Business and Learning To Be. She is a Motivational Speaker, Success Coach and Trainer. With almost 30 years experience, spending over 26,000 hours teaching, training and presenting, both nationally and internationally, she is an expert in Learning and Communication. Cath holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics and PGCE. She was the first Advanced Skills Teacher and Trainer to be appointed in Liverpool and is an internationally qualified Master Practitioner of NLP and NLP Trainer. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Coaching ( Distinction Level) and is a Master Results Coach.
She specialises in working with individuals to improve both internal communication ( the messages that you send yourself) and external communication ( how you communicate with others) so that you become a confident , resourceful and compelling communicator. She uses an approach that she has developed through combining the tools and techniques of several disciplines including Accelerated Learning, NLP, Advanced Neurological Repatterning and Ericksonian Hypnosis. Through her coaching, workshops and training days she has helped thousands of people to accelerate their success and be the best they can be.
You can download a free copy of her ebook " 6 Common Mistakes That Limit Your Success" at www.thesuccess-business.com .


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Winning Form brings you their best tips for Turffontein's racing on Saturday, 10 November 2018. Comments and betting and silks are provided! Tips provided by Winning Form, as well as their back page tipster - Magic Tips by eMeM.
Race 2: CINNABON(1)
Race 3: D' ARRIVEE(9)
Race 5: GREEN TOP(3)
Race 6: KINGS CUP(11)
Magic Tips Best Bets
Race 2: ADAMO(2)
Jockey: Weicho Marwing - Trainer: W Marwing
Race 2: ADAMO(2)
Jockey: Weicho Marwing - Trainer: W Marwing
ADAMO benefitted from the layoff as he showed smart progress when staying on for 3rd over six furlongs on this course in his comeback run four weeks ago. The bay son of Curved Ball will be fitter now and he should relish the extra furlong.
Race 3: D' ARRIVEE(9)
Jockey: W Kennedy - Trainer: C Dawson
Jockey: W Kennedy - Trainer: C Dawson
D' ARRIVEE is in good form but he surprised many with a cracking last effort over a mile on this track and of course the 3rd placed entrant The Dazzler lifted that formline with an eye-catching triumph at the Vaal on Tuesday. This son of Kahal is even better over this shorter trip and he failed narrowly to beat a good field in his penultimate run.
Race 5: GREEN TOP(3)
GREEN TOP is a high quality four-year old who caught the eye with a strong finish for a close 4th on her seasonal debut over shorter and she will prefer the step-up to the mile today. She is naturally best weighted in this assessment contest and is the horse to beat though she has battled for that thus far elusive second career triumph.
Race 9: SOUL OF WIT(8)
Jockey: R Simons - Trainer: R Francis
Jockey: R Simons - Trainer: R Francis
SOUL OF WIT is a smart three-year old who had promising form before her poor recent feature start and she finally has her handicap debut which should prove how far she is ahead of the handicapper. The bay daughter of Ideal World finished strongly for a close 3rd over this c & d in a strong Assessment Plate in her penultimate run and she jumps from a good draw today.
Race 4: MRS O(2)
Jockey: G Lerena - Trainer: M/A Azzie
Jockey: G Lerena - Trainer: M/A Azzie
The Azzie team is extremely well-represented in this highly competitive handicap but the preference is for Gavin Lerena's mount MRS O who has a decent track record. The bay daughter of Oratorio drops heavily in class after a moderate seasonal debut behind the high quality Chimichuri Run and she is importantly facing her own sex here.


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|Art Safari creative adventures in Sri Lanka
Resplendent Isle
19 February – 6 March 2019
with Karen Pearson
|We are heading back to Sri Lanka in 2019 with artist tutor Karen Pearson, Sri Lanka offer us tantalising culture and colourful history, diverse landscapes, exciting wildlife and friendly people.
|On this Art Safari painting holiday we voyage by boat from palm fringed beaches, through mangroves, remote villages and vast lagoons, we meander through mountainous landscape, cloud forests with cascading waterfalls and lush tea fields.
Sri Lankan people are renowned for being welcoming to travellers, it is a gentler place for visitors to navigate than some other parts of Asia.
Your tutor Karen will work with our knowledgeable local guide to make the most of every moment in Sri Lanka.
Karen will tutor you as you sketch and paint Sri Lanka's ancient cities, temples and Buddhist Shrines, monasteries, Rock Fortresses, glorious gardens of scented roses, delicate orchids and medicinal plants.
|In the jungle scrub of Yala National Park, the mammal population includes Leopard, Asian Elephant, Sloth Bear, Jackal, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Buffalo, Wild Boar and Grey Langur. We take early morning and late evening game drives with our sketchbooks and cameras.
This is a time to be ready for quick sketching and keen observation of wildlife, aided by our naturalist guides – exhilarating, frustrating and fun!
|Mix and explore your colour palette to find the iridescent colours for Blue-tailed Bee-eaters and explore the extraordinary sweeping shapes of Malabar-pied Hornbills.
Throughout our time in Sri Lanka we stay in beautiful lodges and hotels where we can kick-back and relax in style.
|Sri Lankan cuisine is tantalising for the taste buds on this island of fragrant herbs and spices, try mouth-watering Sri Lankan curries, local seafood and King Coconuts. Snack on Sri Lankan Hoppers, delicious bowl shaped pancakes made with coconut milk and rice flour and filled with eggs or vegetables of sweet treats.
As the sun sets at the end of our adventure we will capture in our sketchbooks the birdlike figures of stilt fishermen at work in Ahangama.
Tour cost per person sharing from: £3733
Single Supplement if required from: £1597
Flights to Sri Lanka cost from: £560
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Brussels border towns launch expat welcome service
From Flanders Today: Do you still remember what you found the hardest about your first few months in Belgium? Perhaps poor Dutch language skills led to confusion in administration? Maybe it took a while to get to know the local community. Or maybe it was just a heaving rubbish bag on your doorstep because you mixed up the collection days?
While memories of those initial niggles might subside when we feel at home in our new communities, all expats experience teething problems. That's why a new pilot project to help integrate newcomers has been launched in three Flemish municipalities that have a high proportion of expats – Tervuren, Zaventem and Hoeilaart.
Expat op Pad, or Expats Explore, is a new reception policy that includes a website and local welcome teams. The multilingual website – in Dutch, English, German and French – is already live and has information on language lessons, voting rights, key phone numbers and more.
The office of minister Ben Weyts – responsible for de rand, or the Flemish periphery of Brussels – is supporting the project with €60,000 over three years, and there are plans to roll it out in other parts of Flanders.
"I believe in targeted investments in initiatives that create momentum in the Flemish municipalities surrounding Brussels," said Weyts at the launch event. "Thanks to a congenial melting pot with a wide range of projects like this one, we can attract newcomers and, therefore, also expats."
'Integration teams'
Those newcomers were also invited to the launch. Michaela Nagl from Germany said she was surprised at the "great effort" that's been made by a small municipality to welcome its new residents.
That small municipality – Tervuren – has long been a magnet for expats, who make up 22% of the current population. Many of the more long-standing residents are volunteering with the scheme's "integration teams", offering information about social events and sports and providing a friendly face for residents who come with questions about their new municipalities, however mundane they may be.
"One of the biggest things people ask us about is their rubbish – when to put it out and how to sort it," said Tess Finch, a British resident in Tervuren volunteering on the welcome team. "I know how difficult it can be for newcomers to find their feet. That's why I participate in local activities. Now I feel strongly involved in the local community."
Her co-member Dave Skinner arrived in Tervuren more than 40 years ago and said that expats who come to work at the EU institutions often receive a helping hand through their workplace. Finch noted that those who arrive without such a framework can find it harder to integrate, even those who have a smattering of Dutch.
And while Tervuren has a large number of EU employees, newcomers at the most recent welcome team events have come from further afield – Brazil, the US and Oceania. "That's why this initiative is so fantastic," she said.


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Connecticut in Autumn, First Stop, The Perfect Mystic Brunch
Off the beaten track, Somewhere in Time might feel like somewhere in the middle of nowhere. But once you arrive and see the slew of people lined up for breakfast, you realize this is a local institution. Grab a mug of coffee and get ready to dig into the large selection of omelets, pancakes, and French toast. Then head nearby to B.F. Clyde's. Open in 1881, B. F. Clyde's is home to the oldest steam powered cider mill in America and what a contraption it is. Walk around the machinery, amazed that it still runs. Then hit the store to try the sweet cider, pumpkin bread, apple pies, and maple syrup.


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Considerations for consolidating call centre technology
Your call centre tech stack is a mess, and it's hard to figure out where you even start to unravel it all. This ebook covers the basics of consolidating technology, where to begin and what to consider as you develop your plan to streamline your infrastructure and tech.
There are many things to consider including:
This ebook provides an overview to get your wheels turning in preparation for a move to better technology. Read it now if your future holds new call centre tech.


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The mission of the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum is to amplify the collective wisdom of the people of Oceania.
Primo Beer in California
2019 UPDATE: At this time Primo is only available in Hawaii. The Primo brand is a "regional beer" and Pabst does not plan on expanding the brand any further.
Opening Day at Fork & Salad in Old Towne Orange
"Eat Local. Eat Healthy." Fork & Salad has opened its first mainland restaurant in Old Towne Orange, CA.
Scholarships for Native Hawaiians
Check out a list of scholarships for persons of Native Hawaiian descent from privately funded and local non profit organizations, including The Walt Disney Company, Pacific Islander Festival Association, the Ke Ali'i Pauahi Foundation and more!
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Dear Ones,
It's pretty quiet here today. My cousin Sally (Klimek) Benton and her golden retriever, Brit, left this morning after spending the week with me. What a gift both of them were: Sal with her amazing story-telling ability--a true entertainer, and Brit with her gentle ways and silky coat that is irresistible. Oh my! And it was the perfect time for them to come because the visit coincided with my cataract surgery as well as with a short time of going nuts just before they arrived.
This "going nuts" business is something, I've lately discovered, that can happen right about the third month of grief. Probably, even if I'd known about it beforehand, I couldn't have stopped it from happening, because until it was over and I'd cried nearly non-stop for about twenty-four hours, I thought I was perfectly sane. Not so. What I was told by a friend, after the terrible tears experience, was that the third month marks the time when a person realizes that the beloved who died is not coming back. I thought I realized that before, but I guess not. I'd become involved in all sorts of distractions that kept me from that realization. And then, suddenly, the distractions no longer worked. Now that I look back I can see that I was in a sort of fugue state for weeks before the crash.
Today, July 19th, is the third month anniversary of John's death. After Sal left this morning, I climbed on John's riding mower and spent two hours mowing the lawn. "I'm everywhere around here," he seemed to be saying to me.
This past Tuesday was my cataract surgery. It went well. Sam and Sal drove me in to Medford and went shopping while I got prepped for the surgery--about twenty different eye drops, intravenous sedative. They must not have given me quite as much sedative as they had with the other eye, a year ago, because I was aware of sensations in my eye. Nothing hurt, and the sedative seems to have the effect of creating interest but not anxiety. So it intrigued me immensely that I could see (I thought) my lens breaking up and being sucked out! And that then (it seemed) I could see the new lens being inserted. Of course, I have no idea what I was really seeing, and I'm sure now that I've forgotten most of what happened after that little initial experience. The next thing I knew was that the nurse was asking me if I wanted orange juice, apple juice or cranberry juice.
Sal took very good care of me all that day. I slept for most of it while she vacuumed and fixed supper--her Arizona specialty: chimichangas. The next morning, back at the clinic, I was pronounced in good shape after Dr. Schultz extracted a little build-up of fluid from inside my eye. "This won't hurt," he said, and amazingly I believed him. He lifted my eyelid and inserted a needle into the incision he'd made the day before. He was right. It didn't hurt at all.
Each day since, I have had better vision, and today I can see all distances without my glasses. My experience with the other eye lets me know that that perfection might not last. It takes six weeks for the lens to settle in. But you never know. Maybe next time you see me, I won't be wearing glasses. I've worn them since I was eight years old, so that will seem odd.
By now you probably know more than you ever wanted to know about both grief stages and cataract surgery. All in all, I am doing well. The terrible times turn into learning experiences that can instill a deeper faith and compassion when I am willing to cross whatever threshold is in front of me. The landscape on the other side is always wider than the one I left, and I expect it to continue like that for all eternity.


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On more than a few occasions I've been asked some variation of the question, "How do I get started in theorycrafting?" Which is a tough question to answer, since there's a variety of ways to get started depending on what you're interested in and what talents or tools you have at your disposal. Someone proficient with spreadsheets might try to write one to model a rotation, for example. But one's first foray into theorycrafting could be as simple as doing some "napkin math" to compare two talents.
For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody's prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code. I wanted to analyze variation with several different input variables (i.e. the oft-misused term "scaling"), which is something that spreadsheets are traditionally poor at doing. Translating the formulas in the spreadsheet into MATLAB code provided two advantages: full text code is generally easier to debug than spreadsheet formulas are, and MATLAB is designed to work with flexible arrays of data in ways that spreadsheets simply aren't.
In the process of performing that translation I learned a lot about the way different spells interact, how some of the different game systems worked, and so on. In a lot of cases I corrected formulas that I discovered were in error, often because I explicitly tested the formula in-game to see if it was right. It was a slow but steady process of learning, testing, and refinement. And once it was done, the learning continued as I started to expand the sorts of questions that I wanted to answer with my code.
But when somebody asks, "How do I get started," they're not usually thinking about a specific problem. They're thinking about making the transition from being a person that reads guides and follows the advice given to someone who discovers and creates that advice.
Sometimes, the person asking only has a vague understanding of what it means to "theorycraft." Most players already know that theorycrafting produces numbers that can be used to evaluate performance and ask questions, of course. But what most players don't know is how those numbers are produced from beginning to end.
That's what I hope to clear up with this series of blog posts. And the first step is to make it clear exactly what the term "theorycrafting" means.
What IS Theorycrafting?
At its root, theorycrafting is a process called mathematical modeling. We're trying to take some sort of system – in this case game mechanics – and describe it mathematically so that we can generate predictive results. As with most mathematical modeling, it's also somewhat directed. In other words, we're not just doing this for the hell of it; we're trying to answer specific questions, so our model is built around having the versatility to be able to answer those questions.
Generally, that doesn't happen by spontaneously creating a very complicated model that covers everything. It happens by creating a very simple model and then slowly refining it to include all of the complications necessary to make it accurate. In other words, you don't start with a BMW. You start with a wheel, and maybe an axle. You put those together and start adding things, one by one, until you do have a BMW.
I had a very interesting conversation with Steve Chick a few weeks ago, during which he provided a great flow chart that more or less describes this process:
This is the basic process of problem solving (and a core part of the scientific method), and it applies equally well to theorycrafting and model creation. Steve and I have differing opinions about the best advice for how the "learn more things somehow" part should be accomplished, but we agree completely on the process.
We have a question we're trying to answer, like "How much DPS does Judgment provide," and we're attempting to break it down into smaller pieces that we can answer. The goal is to then put those pieces back together and come up with the answer to our original question.
Which means that in a broader sense, theorycrafting is also an exercise in problem solving. Even though they may not quite realize it, the player asking how to get started with theorycrafting is really asking how to obtain the tools necessary to start solving problems on their own. What I hope to provide with this series of blog posts is a little guidance on exactly how to develop and use those tools.
Theorycrafting 101
As an example, let's say that is our question: "How much DPS does Judgment provide?" Let's break that down as if we were complete newcomers to theorycrafting.
First, do we know what "DPS" stands for, and how to calculate it? You, as a seasoned WoW player, laugh at that question. But in reality, it's not something I'd expect a random WoW player to know. Even if they knew it meant "damage per second," knowing how to properly calculate it wouldn't be guaranteed. You'd be surprised how many college-age students struggle with simple ratio metrics like velocity ("meters per second"), current ("charge per second" or "mass per second" depending on whether we're talking about electricity or fluid flow), or efficiency measures ("miles per gallon").
Let's say we know the general concept – that we know we want to add up the damage we do in some period of time and then divide the total amount of damage by the length of time. How long a period do we use? Ten seconds? A minute? Ten minutes? An hour? The answer to that depends on not just accuracy, but the details of our rotation. If our rotation is a fixed, repeatable cycle (like CS-J-X-CS-X-J-CS-X-X) then we could plan on using one full cycle to give us the same precision as an infinite amount of time. But if it isn't, we might have to decide what the cutoff is. Maybe we want to simulate 300 seconds of continuous combat, or maybe we only care about a 20-second window of a fight.
Once we decide on the time, we need to figure out how to calculate the total amount of damage done by Judgment in that time. Intuition tells us that will be the average damage of each cast times the average number of casts in our time window. Again, some of that depends on rotation (number of casts). But we also need to know how we calculate the damage done per cast. So we've broken the problem down into two smaller problems:
- How much damage does Judgment do per cast
- What's our rotation?
- Determines number of casts and time interval (or equivalently, cast rate)
And we've come up with an equation:
$$ DPS = ( {\rm Damage Per Cast} \times {\rm Number of Casts} ) / {\rm Time }$$
And note that we haven't gotten any farther than deciding how to calculate a relatively simple metric like DPS!
So now we try and answer each of those questions, and break them down further if we can't. Let's take #1 since it's simpler – how much damage does Judgment do per cast? If we're a complete newcomer to theorycrafting, we may not know any more than "we press a button and it does some damage." So we need to figure out how to quantify that.
This is the part where Steve and I disagree, by the way. He suggests that you should test it and figure it out yourself. In other words, go into the lab (i.e. in game) and set up an "experiment" to measure that damage and figure out how the game is calculating it. And there are definitely advantages to this approach. Learning is often significantly aided by firsthand experience, which is why laboratory exercises are so common in the sciences. This is, in fact, the approach we'll use for our example.
However, my first instinct is to look things up and see if someone's done the hard work for me before. I know that I may learn something from the process of designing and carrying out an experiment, especially if I screw something up and have to re-do it (nothing aids learning like painful and/or time-consuming mistakes!). But I also know that it'll probably be a lot faster to spend a few minutes googling. That may also be a generous way of saying "I'm lazy."
So let's say we want to set up this experiment. What are we going to test? Or, put another way, what factors change the damage of Judgment? First, we might already know (or guess) that it changes when our attack power changes. We might also wonder if it varies with spellpower. Maybe we're not sure if it depends on weapon damage, or if it has a base damage value. We do know from experience that it does more damage when we get a critical strike, and that there are a few effects that boost its damage (Glyph of Double Jeopardy, Avenging Wrath, Holy Avenger). So we need to test all of those things, and in some cases how they interact (for example, is Avenging Wrath's 20% boost multiplicative or additive with Holy Avenger?) before we can put them together.
In other words, we've just created a bunch of smaller questions to answer:
- How much damage does Judgment do per cast
- Does it vary with attack power (and if so, how)?
- Does it vary with spell power (and if so, how)?
- Does it have a base damage value?
- Does it depend on weapon damage (and if so, how)?
- How much more damage does it do on a critical strike?
- How often do we get a critical strike?
- How does Avenging Wrath affect the damage?
- How does the Glyph of Double Jeopardy affect the damage?
- How does Holy Avenger affect the damage?
- How do G, H, and I interact?
I've cheated a bit here and added (F) because I know there's a hidden crit suppression against higher-level targets, but a new theorycrafter might not be aware of that fact. Similarly, they might skip test J because they've assumed (knowingly or not) that everything is multiplicative (it might be… or it might not be – Blizzard can be inconsistent on that from one effect to another). Both of those are errors that might not show up until a lot later (and with a lot more testing), which is one of the reasons I advocate doing a little reading first.
I've separated these out because each of these is going to require its own experiment (or at least, its own calculations). So we've now got a long list of things to test, each of which is a small component of how Judgment's damage is calculated. Pretty much all of these are as low-level as we can get, so there's no point in breaking them down further. They're each things we can either answer directly (i.e. "A critical strike does 2x the damage") or measure through experiment and analysis.
In the next blog post, I'll talk in more detail about how we go about designing each of these experiments and putting the pieces together. For now though, I want to go back to the more abstract concept of putting the results together. Let's say we perform some of these experiments and determine that (note that these are completely made up):
- Judgment does 1000 base damage.
- Weapon damage has no effect.
- Every point of attack power adds 2 damage.
- Every point of spell power adds 1 damage.
- Crits do 2x damage, and
- Crits occur with a probability equal our character sheet crit chance.
So we have several small pieces we can put together. We know that ignoring crits, a Judgment will do on average about $1000 + 2\times AP + 1\times SP$ damage. To apply the crits, we note that when we don't crit (a probability of $1-C$, where $C$ is our crit chance) we do 100% damage, and when we do crit (probability $C$) we do 200% damage. That gives us a factor of
$1.00 \times (1-C)+2.00 \times C = 1 – C + 2C = 1 + C$
So our average damage per Judgment is then
$${\rm Judgment damage} = (1000 + 2\times AP + 1\times SP) \times (1+C).$$
And there we have it: our first model for Judgment damage. It's not a complete model, obviously – we'd need to continue to refine it to account for all of the other effects that affect Judgment's damage. And then we'd repeat this entire process for the rotation tree, and combine those results to create a model for DPS.
But that's the essence of theorycrafting. Start with a simple model, and eventually add more detail and complexity until the model is as accurate as you need it to be. We'll talk a little more about determining accuracy and tolerances in the next two installments.
Simulationcraft is, as you might expect, just a really big, complex numerical model. And it's built up in exactly the same way that we built our model for Judgment damage. There are literally thousands of small moving parts within SimC taking care of each of the details that one might care about.
For example, there's an entire system of functions to accurately calculate your hit, miss, dodge, parry, block, and crit chances against a target based on your combat ratings, the target's base avoidance, block, and crit suppression values, and the level difference between the two of you. Another function takes all of that information and constructs attack tables and performs the rolls that determine whether you hit or miss, whether your attack is a critical strike or not, and whether the attack is blocked (provided it can be blocked at all!). All of that is done with pinpoint accuracy because we have a good understanding of how combat rolls work thanks to years of theorycrafting.
Likewise, in the paladin class module, there are special functions that handle things like Hand of Light damage, seal procs, Grand Crusader, and so on. Lots of little moving pieces that each handle one small detail, each one improving the accuracy of the model bit by bit.
Which brings us to another statement I see fairly frequently: "I'd like to contribute to Simulationcraft, but I don't know C++." It's true that Simulationcraft is written in C++, and while the intent is that you don't really need to know it to maintain a class module, in my experience our class modules simply aren't user-friendly enough for that to be realistic.
However, not all contributions to Simulationcraft require coding knowledge. The great part about SimC is that it outputs a report that doesn't require any programming experience to read and interpret. There are plenty of things that someone can do just by tweaking an action priority list and looking at how the output changes.
One way to think about it is that Simulationcraft has several layers. At the top, there's the "theorycrafting layer," where you only need the basic knowledge of how to manipulate action priority lists and read the reports the simulation generates. I call it the theorycrafting layer because this is where you try out new ideas for optimizing a character or compare simulation results to in-game testing to check for errors.
In the middle, there's the mechanics layer. This is where the class module developers (i.e. coders) come in, because it's the layer where the mechanics that we discover in-game get coded into the simulation. But even here, there's room for non-coders, because we don't always have class developers that are experts on each class. We have quite a few talented people writing code, but none of them may be experts on your class or spec. But if someone who is an expert on that spec can explain how the mechanics work to a developer, we can support that spec anyway.
At the bottom is the core layer, which is all of the under-the-hood subsystems that run the simulation. Things like how events are scheduled and executed and how (and what) data is stored. This layer really does require C++ knowledge, but we have several really dedicated devs that already take care of most of this stuff. While I'm sure they would love help, realistically the greater need is in the top two layers, since that's the bulk of the work when we're staring down a new expansion.
The point of all of this is that we don't need a host of C++ gurus to help make SimC better for everyone. We need more people that can properly test and describe the mechanics to a coder, so that the coder can implement those features.
In other words, we need theorycrafters more than we need code monkeys.
Coming Soon
One goal of this series of blog posts is to give prospective theorycrafters a better idea of what they're getting into. Another is to help them put together the basic toolbox they'll need to actually start solving problems. Both of those aims are well served by showing actual examples of theorycrafting, like we did with Judgment in today's post. Not coincidentally, this is exactly the same approach that most introductory textbooks take.
As you may have guessed, theorycrafting employs many of the basic techniques that any scientist would learn before going into a laboratory. So the next two blog posts will be focused on developing and understanding common experimental methods.
In the second part of this series, we'll talk more about how to properly design in-game experiments to test and verify mechanics. Then, in the third part, we'll focus on methods for comparing those in-game results to Simulationcraft results to check for consistency.


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I keep falling apart. I am supposed to host dinner for 16 on Christmas Day as I usually do and can't seem to keep it together. Please send prayers my way. I need them badly!
I am so sorry . . . I will keep you in my prayers.
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I am sorry. It's difficult to keep things in focus when you're in the middle of grieving. For you to tackle 16 people for Christmas is a huge uundertaking, much less when your hurting. Don't forget to ask for help, people want to be helpful but don't want you to feel like they're intruding. Most of all don't feel like you need to always be strong, take time (even for a few moments) for your mental health. I will keep you in my prayers!
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I am so sorry for your loss and I will keep you in my prayers.
You definitely have my sympathy as find it so hard to have this burden during a time when we are gathering and celebrating, yet maybe all the todo will help strengthen you - HE will definitely help. Don't be afraid to grieve as believe it helps you rather allowing it to weigh you down too much. Just take one day at a time and try to focus on all your wonderful memories of both of these dear ladies who were so important in your life!! Wish there were an easy fix but the process just seems to take a lot of time.
Praying for you during this difficult time of loss! My hope for you is that the wonderful memories you shared will bring you lasting comfort and peace.
I'm so sorry to hear that! I'm going to keep you and your family in my prayers. Stay Strong.
Thank you so much, all of you! Had to step back and away a few times, but made it through. I continue to pray for strength and guidance as I stumble forward into what I hope is a bright and beautiful New Year. My Aunt's church service was absolutely beautiful on Christmas Eve and the graveside part was touching, yet heart warming.
Again, my thanks for all the prayers for strength.
Awwww, I have been away so did not have a chance to send you up warmth and strength. So I do now my friend.
All my best for an every changing and ever enlightening new year.
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DR. BAKER AND DR. WOLFE: You're welcome.
DR. SMITH: We're going to do this in two parts because there really is a lot of information. We're going to start with Dr. Wolfe. I'm going to have him explain what is Hearts for Hearing, what is their significance, what do they do, how can you help them accomplish their incredible mission. So without further ado, Dr. Wolfe…
DR. WOLFE: Thanks so much, Keith. I really appreciate it. I'm with the Hearts for Hearing Foundation here in Oklahoma City. It's a non-profit organization that seeks to optimize communication and listening abilities of both children and adults with hearing loss. Over the last 10 years, we have served over 1,000 patients — children and adults — who have cochlear implants, so a large population. We also participate heavily in research with both hearing aid technology and cochlear implant technology. So that uniquely positions us to determine the best technology that will benefit the patients we serve – the technology that we can use to really unbridle them to hear as well as they possibly can in real-world situations.
One thing we've seen over and over again over the last several years is that we receive patients from other areas and they're really struggling with hearing aids. They've been caught in what we call the 'hearing aid channel' where they work with a professional who has great intentions, but they're primarily just experienced with working with hearing aid technology, so they continue to pour all their efforts in to trying to fine tune the hearing aid of that patient. And in reality, what we know is that patient would do far better with implantable hearing technology, or in most cases, a cochlear implant.
A cochlear implant is a medical device that's implanted in the inner ear – in the cochlea – that's the structure, more often than not, where the damage is — in the ear that really prevents people from hearing well. The cochlear implant bypasses those damaged structures, stimulates the auditory nerve directly, and partially restores hearing, really giving people their lives back.
We see people who have withdrawn from social situations. They don't interact with family or with friends any longer. We see people who have lost their jobs or are at risk of losing their job because they can't interact with coworkers or with clients anymore at work. This technology completely changes their life for the better. Unfortunately, we know far too many people who are unaware of this technology. For every 1 person who has a cochlear implant, there are 10 out there who could benefit from one, whose life could be better, whose communication and hearing abilities could be better, but they either don't know about it, or in many cases, they can't afford this technology.
And that's where I think the Surgery Center can really come into play. Because they can offer cochlear implant technology at a cost that's lower than what can be found anywhere else in the United States. So I would urge you, if you feel it in your heart to support our mission at Hearts for Hearing, I promise you that we can serve patients as effectively and efficiently with hearing loss as anywhere else in the country and any donation to Hearts for Hearing would be money well spent. And I also urge you to really explore your hearing technology options with Dr. Baker and at the Surgery Center. It can be life changing. It can be transformational. And you won't find a better deal in the country.
DR. SMITH: Dr. Wolfe, what would you say is the typical bill that you would see from a so-called not-for-profit hospital that has performed a cochlear implant on a child or an adult? What kind of bill would you normally see?
DR. WOLFE: Well, that's a good question, and oddly enough, there's a range. And the range is anywhere from $80,000 to $125,000, believe it or not, for one ear with a cochlear implant. So it's an expensive technology. Unfortunately, I just got word of a case of a young child – an 18 month old – that we serve. Really most people should be able to hear with two ears. God gave us two ears and we should use two ears in order to get by in the real world. To tell where a sound is coming from, to be able to hear a noise, you need two ears. This young child received one cochlear implant and the total charge for the implant was about $90,000 and after insurance paid, his family was stuck with a bill for about $20,000. And until they pay that bill, he can't receive a second cochlear implant.
And from what I understand, they could've come to the Surgery Center and gotten both cochlear implants for far less than they would've paid for that one cochlear implant. So he would've been hearing both ears, which is really unfortunate, because there's a small window of time in which you can really develop the binaural auditory system, or the ability to be able to hear with two ears.
DR. SMITH: This is part 1. In part 2, we're going to visit with Dr. Baker and let him tell you a little bit more about the specifics about cochlear implantation and it's advantages and how truly exciting this technology is. Dr. Wolfe, thank you very much. Will you stick around for part 2? We'll get started on that before too much longer.
DR. WOLFE: Sure thing. Thanks.


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SWIFTWhen Shawn Hill turns 16 he is in for a big surprise, his family are superheroes! Shawn is asked to join the family business but he has to find the courage to be honest with his father that this life is not really for him.
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A new article titled "Punk's Cultural Revolution" takes a look at Russian feminist punks Pussy Riot, members of which have been facing criminal charges of hooliganism related to protests against the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin. Via Salon:
"The band has derived their success — and scorn — by turning contemporary punk culture on its head. Where punk was once relegated to musky basements, squats and other shabby makeshift venues, Pussy Riot makes all public spaces — the streets, the metro, the church — their stage. While punk bands play for punks, Pussy Riot plays for commuters, police and clergy. While punk bands seek fame with glamorous pseudonyms and outlandish rockstar antics, Pussy Riot is masked. While punk bands engage in nihilistic lyricism, Pussy Riot's songs are direct attacks on the confines of their authoritarian state and patriarchy. Since punk fell from the pop charts in the early 80s, it has been sent on a quest to define and sustain its own identity, creating punk houses, venues, record stores and community centers, resulting in the introverted and self-obsessed situation of the sub-genre today. Pussy Riot does precisely the opposite.
It is fitting, then, that one conservative Russian website translated Pussy Riot to "Uprising of the Uterus." What was once scandalized, forbidden, subaltern, rises from its rightful caste hidden and below and speaks in the very locations of its oppressing power. Who are these women, these punks, to perform, to pray, to protest in sacred locales? To desecrate is one of punk's existential tasks. The smashing of sacred relics conjures society's most archaic reactions: in this case, imprisonment, public shaming, flogging, concerns of Satanism, witchcraft, hysteria."
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With his regal carriage and unique spots, the Dalmatian is probably one of the most recognized breeds on the planet. Many people are attracted to his dashing good looks, but he's definitely not for everyone. While Dalmatians love to be with their people for any activity that occurs in the course of a day and can make wonderful companion dogs, their high energy level can be exhausting to live with.
Dalmations were created to run for miles alongside carriages, helping to ward off highwaymen and add a touch of flair to the vehicle with aristocratic passengers. (Now we just have cars with racing stripes.) Not surprisingly, the Dalmatian today has an endless capacity for exercise and is the ideal companion for people who jog, skate, or bicycle. He's also a keen competitor in canine sports such as agility and flyball. A Dalmatian must have adequate daily exercise to prevent behavior problems from developing.
If you are considering a Dalmatian, be aware that the breed is not only highly active but also highly intelligent. They need training early in life to establish rules for behavior, or they will decide it is their job to run things. Dalmatians can be a bit headstrong so training must be firm and consistent.
At the same time Dalmatians are sensitive and do not respond well to harsh training methods. You need a positive approach to training with lots of rewards for proper behavior if you want a well-trained dog. Dalmatians are said to not forget mistreatment or harsh behavior.
Another consideration should be the incidence of deafness in the breed. This condition is prevalent in Dalmatians. It is inherited as a polygenic trait, and all Dalmatian bloodlines can pass along deafness to their offspring. Approximately eight percent of Dalmatians are born completely deaf, and 22 to 24 percent are born with hearing in one ear only.
The Dalmatian Club of America recommends euthanasia for all puppies found to be completely deaf. That's because they are more challenging to train and may bite if startled. Nonetheless, some people believe deaf dogs can make just as wonderful pets as hearing dogs if they are trained with hand signals and vibrations so they are less likely to be startled.
If you are considering adopting a deaf puppy or older adult dog, be sure to research the issue and the special care requirements of living with a deaf dog before you suffer the heartbreak of taking the dog in and not being able to manage his care properly.
Dalmatians have a urinary system unique in the dog world, and they have a few special requirements because of this to prevent medical complications. Their diet should never be extremely high in protein, and they must be allowed access to plenty of fresh water at all times. Dalmatians also should have the opportunity to relieve themselves frequently to keep the urinary system flushed. With these simple protocols in place, your Dalmatian should live a long, healthy life.
Dalmatians will get along with other pets and children if socialized as a puppy with all types of pets and people. Dalmatians can make a wonderful active playmate for children (with proper supervision to be sure that both the child and the dog are following acceptable rules for behavior).
With the Dalmatian's energy and enthusiasm for games, the dog and child will have a marvelous time tiring each other out. Children younger than 6 years of age may be easily knocked down by this muscular, active, and strong dog. Take special precautions and supervise interactions between smaller children and Dalmatians.
You can participate in numerous dog sports and activities with your Dalmatian. He'll do well in obedience competition with the proper motivational, positive training. He's also an excellent agility competitor as the sport is tailored to athletic dogs such as the Dalmatian.
Dalmatians make great hiking companions and backpacking dogs, and the sports of flyball and Frisbee are excellent activities for the well-trained Dalmatian. If your dog has the right combination of looks and personality, you may also enjoy the sport of showing dogs, known as conformation, at AKC and FCI shows.
Whatever you do with your Dalmatian, whether he is your best friend, active family companion, or seasoned competitor, be sure that with the right combination of exercise, discipline, and love he will be a great addition to your family.


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You are here: Together First campaign launched at Paris Peace Forum
UNA-UK launched a new project to strengthen multilateralism at the inaugural Paris Peace Forum on 11-13 November 2018.
The forum, initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, began with moving speeches by Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the centenary of the end of the First World War. It brought together states, international organisations, local governments, NGOs and foundations, companies, experts, journalists, trade unions, religious groups and citizens to discuss global challenges and present solutions. Some 120 projects and initiatives were presented, including Together First.
Together First is a new global movement of organisations and individuals committed to pragmatic steps to improve our global governance system so that it is better able to address the most pressing risks facing the world.
Next year, Together First intends to:
- Launch the first-ever public, interactive, multi-stakeholder web portal for global governance reform. It will feature the most promising ideas to address global risks, and serve as an organising platform to make them a reality
- Set up a number of commissions consisting of policymakers, experts and practitioners from all sectors, as well as those commonly left out of such exercises (e.g. young people) to create a new risk profile for the international community, and to identify the most transformative and feasible 'next steps' to address these risks
- Test these proposed solutions on the basis of the current political environment, the steps (legal, institutional and other) that may be needed to implement them, and the level of existing support amongst key constituencies
- Create tailored campaigns and coalitions to push for their implementation
This work will have produced a credible list of short-, medium- and longer-term actions for the international community in time for the UN's 75th anniversary in 2020.
At the Paris Peace Forum, three members of UNA-UK staff worked with other members of Together First to launch the movement and collect signatures for our first campaign action, which invited people to cast their 'veto' about the state of the world, and demand better from their leaders. The team managed to sign up hundreds of supporters, including three Nobel Peace Prize Winners, and delivered the campaign's message through events, outreach, social media and media interviews. You can see more of our activities in the gallery below.


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When it comes to fowl housing I am of the opinion that to design, build and then ultimately market functional chicken housing worth the name you need to have been a poultry keeper. Being a 'Good Lifer' in the late seventies I kept chicken and made my own housing. Initially making mistakes, mainly because I arrogantly assumed I knew more about what a chicken needed than the chicken did. The BRIGHTONS have been part of my repertoire for forty years of chicken keeping, building and selling poultry housing, during which time they have gone through several incarnations. The latest's BRIGHTONS have a wider apex giving the birds more head room so making it suitable for larger fowl. New style below floor level nesting panders to the hens nesting instinct's and now the cleaning access is doubled having full length doors in both the side walls.
The Brighton is my ark of choice, it's easy to move. The birds are secure, and they're under cover. Personally I don't free range from the ark, preferring to keep the birds safe and move the ark daily onto a fresh patch. The fox will visit day and night so as the BRIGHTON is deemed safe during the day then it's just as safe at night, so personally I don't pull up the ramp at night, this way the birds get down at first light and tend not to get stressed. Note, this is what I do, you make your own judgment.
I have more to say on poultry keeping; link here to Fowl Keepers Fantasies. I wrote this article a long time back for our then brochure, it's a bit dated (pre internet) and as is my style very much tongue in cheek, but on the basics it still remains relevant.
When creating any animal or bird housing we apply three criteria. Firstly, and most importantly, the house MUST pander to
the hen's needs and nature given instincts. As with all creatures hens are 'hard-wired' to certain behavioural traits, which to ignore is foolhardy.
Secondly, the house accessibility and functionality should aid the keeper achieve a high level of husbandry. Awkward, hard to clean housing gets steadily filthier, until in the end, the welfare of the hens becomes an issue.
Lastly, ensuring we do not compromise the birds or the keepers needs, we strive to make our work aesthetically pleasing. Achieved by applying a critical eye to scale and proportions, the selection (and rejection), of materials, the routine use of sandpaper and adding those little bits of unnecessary detail, we accomplish the desired effect. Perhaps best summarised by a customer who said "yours is housing even our neighbour can be proud of".
Hens like a low nest, their instinct is to scratch a divot in the ground litter under the cover of a bush and get hidden from view. Which is why the BRIGHTON nests are sited at the dark end of the ark and dropped below floor level. There are two nests suitable for medium size hens (like rescues) or bantams. However the partition can be removed making a single nest for large fowl birds. In our objective to make cleaning easy, the nests are fitted with night shutters which if used will bar the hens access to the nests overnight which stops night soiling, and whole nest front assembly is removable for cleaning.
The perch bar is a stout section with rounded edges making it 'claw friendly'. The perching is removable for cleaning.
One of the advantages of the BRIGHTON ARK design is that the birds get the benefit of a covered run, giving them shelter from wind, rain, snow and as importantly shade from the sun.
The ramp is retractable and can the secured shut overnight.
Fresh air is vital to roosting birds, therefore air vents are cut into the gables at both ends to vent foul air (pun intended).
The more often you move the ark the less likelihood the birds will damage the grass beyond repair, and the sooner you will be able to reuse the same plot. In really inclement conditions you could even move the ark on to a hard standing. Handles at both ends make moving easy. If required the ark can be moved by a single person just move each end over a little at a time until the entire run is repositioned on fresh patch.
As said above, the perch bar and the entire nest assembly are removable. Both the side walls are hinged doors giving the keeper unobstructed access to the whole roosting an nest areas.
I learnt a long time back that to use cheap materials is penny wise and pound foolish.
All framing and cladding is pressure treated joinery grade red pine.
12mm thick tongue and grooved boarding.
20mm thick shiplap boarding
12mm thick MARINE grade ply.
12x12mm galvanised mesh.
The birds get a run of 1.2mt x 1.3mt (4 x4½ ft) plus the upstairs area. The 4x4 will accommodate three or four medium birds (like rescues) or up to five bantams including a cockerel. It could also house two or three large fowl hens but I would not recommend it to be suitable for a large fowl cockerel.
The birds get a run of 1.8mt x 1.3mt (6 x4½ ft) plus the upstairs area. The 4x6 will accommodate up to six medium birds (like rescues) or up to 7 bantams including a cockerel. It could also house three or four large fowl hens but I would not recommend it to be suitable for a large fowl cockerel.
No matter how often you move the ark in the depths of the winter or during periods of persistent rain inevitably the birds will churn the ground into a quagmire. Which is obviously detrimentally to the wellbeing of the birds, but also scars the turf which will need weeks to repair.
The FOWL OR FAIR WEATHER STAND is a pressure treated timber frame which holds the ark off the mud and forms a deep litter pit. Our advice would be set up a permanent inclement weather plot on a hard standing. To use a proprietary horse bedding for the scratching litter (AUBIOSE) which will need freshening weekly and totally changing every 4-5 weeks.
A removable marine grade ply shield that affords the birds some much needed extra protection in more extreme weathers. The shield can be located in either side according to the prevailing weather conditions.
The run abuts to the ark to give extra run space. The run is supplied with doors in both ends, so can also be used as a standalone run.
Although the timber we build with is pressure treaded or marine grade and will last many years, we still think it prudent occasionally to apply a re-treatment. I have personal used this treatment on my own housing, and can highly recommend it:
Forms a water shedding coating stopping water ingression and potential wood rot.
No waiting for that elusive day when you have time and the wood is dry.
Allows the wood to 'breath'.
Has a milky colour when applied but dries clear, so OK to applied liberally without showing too many brush or run marks.
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Happy Weekend TAY!
No gaming news this week. We had a flood last week and I'm still dealing with the aftermath.
At around 4 am last Monday I was in my nerdcave, which is in our basement, checking my email and playing my PBEM turns before thinking about going to bed. Just as I sat down, I heard running water behind me. I hit mute on my remote to see what was making that noise through my surround sound system...but the sound continued.
As I turned around, I was greeted with the sight of a waterfall coming from the single ceiling-height window in my room. I quickly removed the Oddworld banner and insulation from the window sill (that keeps the nasty sun from ever penetrating this room) and found myself staring at a window half submerged in water. The water was pouring through what was likely older window seals and, of course, these windows aren't made to hold back that type of water.
I quickly woke up my wife and had her deal with the indoor emergency while I headed outside to bail out the window well.
It was raining hard and the temperature had gone from -5C (23F) to 12C (53.5F) in an extremely short period of time. The heavy rain and the rapidly melting snow caused for a significant amount of water to form on our lawn.
The problem was that there was a ton of snow and ice on our property before the rain started and this prevented normal drainage. The pooling water took the path of least resistance and poured into the window well of my nerdcave.
If you want to see an aging geek shovel through ice and snow for three hours straight, then all you need to do is threaten his kingdom. I dug through three feet of snow and chipped through blocks of ice to make two trenches, that probably total 150 feet in length, to allow the water to reach the street. I was drenched to my underwear when I was finished and every ounce of energy was spent, but the water was flowing away from the house and the window well could finally drain at a normal rate.
When I awoke on Tuesday, my body was wrecked. Long gone was the adrenaline that powered my body and every inch of me hurt. My hands took the brunt of the damage and it is still hard to hold my toothbrush, so even if I was able to game last week, I couldn't.
My nerdcave is still out of commission and I played nothing all week save for my email games of Civ VI and Age Of Wonders 3 on my laptop. I'm hoping things will be dry this weekend and I can move back in. We thankfully had little damage, though I did lose some video game art that my kid had made me over the years and that's a painful loss. I can't imagine what would have happened if I went to bed an hour before the flooding started.
So, let me know what you are playing this weekend. I need to game vicariously through you.


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TORQUAY UNITED midfielder Richards joins Macclesfield
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- Last Updated on Friday, 23 June 2017 13:52
- Published on Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:17
Torquay United midfielder Courtney Richards has joined National League rivals Macclesfield Town.
The Jamaican 23-year-old made 29 appearances for Kevin Nicholson's Gulls last season, playing in United's opening 2-0 league defeat at Moss Rose and the 1-1 Plainmoor draw with the Silkmen.
Brighton & Hove Albion youth product Richards - who was offered a new deal at new-look Torquay - has signed for a year at Macclesfield.
Richards will team up with experienced former Forest Green Rovers right back Jared Hodgkiss, impressive on his loan spell at Torquay from Kidderminster last term.
Hodgkiss joined Macclesfield on a two-year deal on June 9.
Gulls boss Kevin Nicholson signed highly rated 22-year-old right back Ryan Higgins from Southport following their relegation to National League North.
Nicholson anticipated wholesale changes again this summer, and Richards could move on.


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This week Wilmer created a new mural outside our classroom and we received this very nice e mail from a recent visitor. Do come visit us!
"What a wonderful school you have! Our visit was fabulous and your staff
welcomed us with open arms. They had written a nice note for us on the
blackboard and they let us join the children¹s groups as you said that
they would. Liset returned from her meeting with the ministry of education
in plenty of time for us to chat so I believe I got to meet everyone.
You have a wonderful curriculum for the children and your classroom is
well stocked. The teachers and all are full of love and passion. They work
really well with each and every child assuring full participation. The
parents are there too. You have done such a wonderful job!"
I am so thankful and proud to have such talented, energetic, enthusiastic, caring, responsible, committed, and creative staff.


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Step by step guide to create custom page header without plugin
With using custom header template in your WordPress website pages ,you can give unique and different look to each page . In this step by step guide learn how to create custom header for specific page without using any plugin .
Method 1
- Open notepad in your computer .
- Create a blank file. Save this file as .php file and file name must be start from "header-PageName" . For example your want to create a custom header template for your about us page then file name must be "header-about-us.php" .
- Upload this file to current theme folder under wpcontent using ftp clicent such as FileZilla .
Method 2
- Login to cPanel and go to wordpress installation root folder .
- Go to wpcontent folder . Open current theme folder . Create a new .php file with name "header-about-us.php" .
Edit this custom header file
After create new header file, go to your WordPress dashboard . Then go to Appearance and then Editor . You will see , new created "header-about-us.php" file is displayed in theme files list .
If file is not displayed in list ,it means something is wrong in file name . So write the file name carefully .Know this custom header template is ready to use .
Open your custom page template ,"page-about-us.php" in list . If you have not custom page template for your about-us page then you can create it .
Add Header file name in get_header()
In this page template , go to top code of this file which is get_header() . get_header() is built in function in wordpress to call the header . header code is look like following .
<?php get_header() ; ?>
Insert your custom header file name in get_header() as parameter with quotes.
<?php get_header('about-us') ; ?>
Click "Update" button to save file . Go back to your website and click on about us page . As you can see in the following image, .css file is not loading is the about us page .
This is because ,custom header template is loaded on webpage but header file is blank at this time . So write the custom code to this header-about-us.php file and update it .With this way you can create different custom header templates for different pages, posts and categories .


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