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Author: The Dude Person
Webcomic: Zombie Outbrick - http://zombieoutbrick.thecomicseries.com
Q. What is a "Zombie Outbrick" as opposed to a Zombie Outbreak?
A. "Zombie Outbrick" is Zombie Outbreak, with "brick" thrown in to represents its being a brick comic, kind of like "Bricks of the Dead." I also wanted an original name for my comic. No one else really uses the word, "Outbrick," as it's a word of my own creation. If you type only "Outbrick" into google, the 5th and 6th results are my comic. If you type in "Zombie Outbrick," then the entire first page of Google is my comic. Type in something like "Zombie Outbreak," and you get pages and pages of different things that would invariably have drowned my comic, had I simply gone with "Outbreak" rather than "Outbrick
Q.You don't understand. How would a Zombie Outbrick differ from a Zombi e Outbreak? Naming issues aside, is there a difference?
(Ah, I see) Well, really the main difference is that, quite frankly (if you'll excuse the expression, Frank) there are more bricks involved. Loads more bricks than a normal outbreak. You see, people upon seeing zombies in an outbrick feel suddenly inclined, not to shoot or hit the zombie, but rather throw a large brick at it.
We think this is a result of airborn "brick-throwing" pheremones secreted by the zombie's altered human sweat glands. If survivors get a whiff of those pheremones, and there are no zombies in sight, one survivor will often hit another survivor squarely in the face with a brick, resulting in tooth loss. We believe this has forced zombies to learn to use food processors, without teeth to bite or chew with because of the brick-throwing, and zombies reproduce now by kissing people to execute the necessary fluid transfer...
As you can see, the two are very different.
Q. The first Zombie was seen in Comic #11, 10 weeks from the beginning of the comic. Why are we seeing zombies now, as opposed to Comic #1, or even # 5?
A. Well, it didn't feel quite right to simply start off with a zombie popping up out of nowhere, with no explanation or backstory. Would it have been more appealing to action-oriented readers? Yes. But, I wanted to develop my main characters and build up to the situation, rather than just rushing into it. These aren't just characters in a zombie comic; they're people that you have to get to know. It just happened to take 10 weeks for the situation to escalate to zombies.
Q. So you're going for character development first, adding the Zombies later? At what point do you think the main characters are going to be interacting with zombies?
A. Hopefully in just another episode or two.. I'd say about 3, max.
Q. You often get 5- 7 comments per Zombie Outbrick. Why do you think your comic is so popular?
A. I don't rightly know. I suspect it's partly because "zombie" is, in itself, a buzzword of sorts that attracts people. As soon as you see the title, "Zombie Outbrick," you immediately get a good idea of what it's going to be about (and whether or not you'd be interested in reading it.)
I also try to promote my comic by telling other brick comic authors about it whenever possible. I mentioned it several times in comments I left on the Bricks of the Dead site, and I got 2 or 3 readers from doing that alone.
Q. As of now, do you have the next episode of Zombie Outbrick made out?
A. Ha, not exactly. I've never really had a buffer for Zombie Outbrick as of yet, except for the scripts. Unfortunately, even my script buffer ran out. My ideas are slow and shambling as of late (kind of like a zombie), and so I have had to write each episode one at a time every week. I'm planning on trying to get a few more episodes written, then build up an actual buffer of 2 or 3 episodes, but I haven't been able to do that yet.
So the script is written, but I haven't completed the shooting for the next episode yet (even though it's supposed to come out tomorrow!)
Q. Describe the process of making a Zombie Outbrick Comic.
The process, start to finish, goes something like this.
First, I write my script for the episode. I have it typed up in a Microsoft Word document, using a nice, type-writer-looking "Courier New" font. Ocassionally, I watch a good zombie movie beforehand to get a little bit of inspiration (although it's not necessary very often.) I write the panel number, followed by a description of the action and camera angles (if necessary) of the panel, then I skip a line, indent and write the dialogue for the scene. I usually do about 5 or 6 panels per episode, and the last panel is almost always a cliffhanger. This keeps things flowing between episodes, and also provides a good incentive for my readers to come back next week.
After finishing the script, I get out my set, and my minifigures, and set them up on my desk in front of my computer. (This way, I can see the script right in front of me as I work.) Then I turn on two very bright desk lamps I have, one on each side of the set (but still fairly close to the middle.) I pose the minifigures according to the script, for each panel, and take a couple of pictures to be selected from later. I don't usually use a tripod, unless the camera absolutely needs to be in the same place between shots (like the Blox 5 newscaster shots, or special effects shots where I have to combine different pictures to multiply pieces I don't have many of.)
After shooting, I open up Photoshop Elements 6.0 and start working on the layout, working off the script and imagining what my pictures look like in different places. The layout consists of a bunch of black lines that I draw to denote where the panels will go. I have ocassionally re-used old layouts, but generally I draw up a new one every week.
I then open my pictures in Photoshop and start working on any preliminary effects (like the greenscreen for the Blox 5 newscaster, or combining four separate shots into one massive crowd scene as seen in the news footage in the 4th panel of Episode 11.)
Then I insert the pictures into my layout, cropping and cutting things off as needed.
Each picture then gets white-balanced (if the colors looked sort of off), then I fiddle with the shadows, highlights, brightness, and contrast until all the pictures seem to match each other, and the general look of previous episodes.
I slightly de-saturate the colors by a fixed amount, then apply a bluish overlay to tint everything a little bit.
After that, I add my speech bubbles. I first copy and paste the text from my script directly into a text layer in photoshop, center-aligning it and adding line breaks where necessary. I then draw a white rounded rectangle behind the text, use the line tool to draw the "tail" that points to the characters' mouths, and combine the tail and rectangle. After that, I select the entire speech bubble, expand the selection by 5 pixels, then use the paint bucket to fill in the resulting outline.
After that, any special effects (like blood, gunshots, sound effects, TV screens) are added. I save it as a .psd file, then as a .jpg file, and then upload the .jpg to my ComicFury site.
And that's about it! If I ever finish a "Character Bios" page for my site, I might also do a "Behind the Scenes" page where I explain all this a bit better, with pictures and examples.
Thank you for your time.
Author: Cancerkitty/Dave
Webcomic: Bricks of The Dead - http://bricksofthedead.com/
Q. Are you a genius?
A. Probably.
Q. To date, what is the smartest thing that you've done?
A. Deciding not to fight an emu.
Q. What does the title "Bricks of the Dead" mean?
A. Well the whole comic is made out of bricks, right? And some of brick people are dead. Mostly dead, anyway. And that's where it gets interesting (at least in theory).
Q. If you could not make a Webcomic about Zombies, what would your webcomic be about?
A. I'm not really sure. You know, sometimes I worry that I just had the one good idea. At least I hope it was a good idea.
Q. So you couldn't make a comic about Whaling?
A. Of course I could. Are you suggesting otherwise?
Q. Who or what inspired you to make a webcomic?
A. Zombies, man. I'm just mad about zombies!
Follow up to Q. 4: What are your favorite Zombie Movies?
A. I'd have to go with the original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later are also outstanding.
Q. Are you as awesome and cool as your guest strip intro suggests?
A. Sadly, no.
Q. In your opinion, how likely is a Zombie outbreak in todays society, and what should the Government do to prepare for it?
A. A zombie outbreak is extremely likely. Citizens shouldn't trust the government to protect them from the walking dead. I've seen enough zombies movies to know that never works. Buy a bunch of guns, ammo, and spam.
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Isibaya Teasers - May 2018
Tuesday 1 May 2018
Judas grows increasingly suspicious of Beauty when he catches her in a lie. Mpiyakhe empathises with Shadrack and makes him a proposal. Meanwhile, Qaphela has trouble brewing.
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Judas is furious to learn about his son's most recent screw up. Mandla's attempt at making up with Ntwentle goes wrong. Thandeka is caught between two mothers.
Thursday 3 May 2018
Qaphela tries to get himself out of trouble, but finds the dealers uncooperative. With help from the Zungus, Shadrack takes a bold step towards a new life. S'bu and Thandeka finally get time to be alone.
Friday 4 May 2018
Qaphela takes a huge risk by confronting the dealers. Mandla is determined to redeem himself with Ntwentle. Judas catches Beauty with another man…
Monday 7 May 2018
Qaphela and Zanele come through for the Ngwenyas in a big way. Sunday reveals his dark plan to Sihle.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Mpiyakhe appeals to Mkabayi for help, reminding her they are stronger together. Judas gives Qaphela a chance at redemption and Qaphela is determined not to fail.
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Mpiyakhe honours Jabu in the biggest way possible. Sunday's seduction of Ngwebedla intensifies. Qaphela and Jerry set out on their mission to restore the Ngwenya pride.
Thursday 10 May 2018
Judas receives some moving news about his ancestral home. News of Thandeka's baby shower gets the men of the valley talking. Qaphela's ghosts come back to haunt the Ngwenyas in a dangerous way.
Friday 11 May 2018
Lt. Mkhize and Mpiyakhe's meeting with MEC Zondi has an interesting outcome. Sunday has a dark request as payment for giving Ngwebedla his deepest desires.
Monday 14 May 2018
Qaphela saves the day, but his father is furious. Ngwebedla realises he will never get back what he lost unless he sells his soul to the devil. S'bu and Thandeka share an emotional goodbye.
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Thandeka has a troubling dream about Sunday Nkabinde. The Ngwenyas move into their new home. Ngwebedla activates his dark plan with Sunday.
Wednesday 16 May 2018
Judas outlines his plan to reclaim dominance in the taxi industry. Sunday applies the pressure on Ngwebedla, but he assures him he will deliver. An old woman gives Thandeka an ominous prophecy.
Thursday 17 May 2018
Beauty visits Lillian in an attempt to clear the way for Judas's plan. Thandeka has a terrifying nightmare about Sunday coming for what she owes him. Ngwebedla finally meets the woman he has been searching for.
Friday 18 May 2018
The Ngwenyas are shocked to learn of a terrible mishap at the Chisa Nyama. Ngwebedla gets closer to his unsuspecting target. The results from Thandeka's test are not good…
Monday 21 May 2018
Judas surprisingly arrives at Club Sheba with new terms for Iris. S'bu is torn by Thandeka's decision, a decision that will put her life in danger.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Iris is confronted with the truth about her taxis. Sunday is not happy to learn of an added complication to his plan. Thandeka's decision about the baby does not sit well with the Zungus, or the Ndlovus.
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Iris makes Lillian an offer she can't refuse. The tension in the Zungu house intensifies under the cloud of Thandeka's worsening condition.
Thursday 24 May 2018
Iris receives some disturbing news regarding her OTA taxis. Ngwebedla reports to Sunday, their plan is going very well. The Ndlovus and Zungus find themselves in support of Thandeka.
Friday 25 May 2018
Iris is on a warpath, but the Ngwenyas have the upper hand. Thandeka is rushed to the operating theatre, but there are dire complications with the procedure.
Monday 28 May 2018
A moment meant for joy is marred with tragedy for the Zungus and Ndlovus. Sunday's dark plan is revealed. The Ngwenyas celebrate their most recent victory over Iris.
Tuesday 29 May 2018
The Zungus and the Ndlovus find themselves struggling to deal with the recent tragedy. Iris decides she is going to push back against the Ngwenyas.
Wednesday 30 May 2018
Phumelele tries to offer hope during a dark time. Meanwhile, S'bu spirals into a dark hole over the tragedy that has befallen him. Lillian is suspicious of Judas's help.
Thursday 31 May 2018
S'bu finds a moment of joy when he connects with his son. Ngwebedla is devasted when Sunday exerts his power over him. Iris makes Samson a sound business proposal, but also offers him a chance at revenge.

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There are still some entertainment tickets left for Saturday if you'd like to party with Stan Terry, a fantastic tribute to Rod Stewart, and the Stayin Alive UK – The ultimate Bee Gee's tribute band. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased at the same time as your pitch or on arrival at the show.
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Lamai Serengeti
Nomad Tanzania's Lamai Serengeti is a small intimate safari lodge amongst the large round boulders of the Kogakurjia Kopjes of the Northern Serengeti. This stunning spot, with huge views of the Serengeti towards the Mara River, is best known for the epic river crossings by the migrating wildebeest herds that take place here between July and October. It's less known for the superb resident game that remains for the rest of the year after the migration circus has left town.
The lodge, which has a total of just 12 rooms, is divided into two entirely separate camps - the Main Camp and the smaller Lamai Private Camp, which has to be one of the best places to stay as a family or group of friends.
The site is one that Nomad have known and used for more than 20 years now for their mobile camps. Consequently each room site has been carefully thought out; first with the elements in mind, to take maximum advantage of the view, the sun, the wind and even the rain, second, to be virtually invisible from outside to the casual eye. The beautifully designed rooms are a clever blend of canvas, plaster and wood.
Both camps have a natural rock swimming pool to keep everyone cool on a steamy day and a library and map room. There is a bar area with cosy nooks hidden within the rocks, fabulous food, perfectly chilled wine, outdoor showers, roomy verandas with sofas to sink into - think Sand Rivers Selous meets the Serengeti, with a tweak of fresh genius amongst it, and you won't be far wrong.
Recognising that most will want to do more than just sit and absorb the view, (although that in itself can be enough) the focus is on game drives. The scenery is stunning with huge African skies and rolling plains. You may see Mara river crossings from July through to December or from December to June you can have an altogether quieter and less-crowded experience in an area that is teeming with resident game.
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Hollande says opposed to 'new negotiations' over Britain's EU deal
[PARIS] French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said there should be no further changes to proposed reforms to keep Britain in the EU when the plan is discussed at a summit in Brussels in two weeks.
"We want the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union. The compromise that has been found will likely allow us to find solutions to problems that until now seemed difficult to resolve. But at the European Council (summit), there can be no new adjustments...(or) new negotiations," Mr Hollande told reporters after a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo.
The proposals unveiled by European Council President Donald Tusk to avoid a "Brexit" notably include a so-called "emergency brake" that would allow an EU state to limit the welfare payments that migrants from other European countries can claim for up to four years after their arrival.
The plan also includes a "mechanism" by which the nine countries that are not in the euro - including Britain - can raise concerns about decisions by eurozone nations, though Mr Tusk has sought to reassure countries such as France this would not amount to giving non-euro states a final say on such matters.
"We have reached a point that should give Britons the reassurances needed while respecting European principles," Mr Hollande said in the statement.
But he reiterated there "can be no veto by countries outside the eurozone" on eurozone policies.
The proposed deal will be presented to all 28 EU leaders during a crunch February 18-19 summit in Brussels.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Mr Tusk's plans showed "real progress" and made it likely that he would campaign to stay in the EU in a referendum expected in June.
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Here's the latest comic for Investing.com.
Recently, Janet Yellen made some comments indicating she believed the markets are experiencing a "social media bubble" (overvalued stock prices of social media companies). In spite of her comments, Facebook and Twitter have posted impressive profits this quarter.
I was asked by the good folks at Investing.com to draw Janet Yellen imagining Mark Zuckerberg (the founder of Facebook) in a claw foot tub full of bubbles (the bath bubbles being a metaphor for the financial ones). Instead of rubber ducks, they asked me to draw the Twitter logo. Here's the sketch:
And here's how the final version shaped up:
I think this one turned out fairly well. Yellen's caricature is a little off, but I think Zuckerberg looks pretty good. On top of the caricatures, I also like the black and white tile background of the bathroom. I did it specifically to help distinguish the bathroom wall from the office wall and I think it did its job admirably and added a bit of visual interest to boot.
Not sure how many times I've drawn Yellen at this point, but at this rate she'll be approaching Bernanke's numbers quick fast and in a hurry. I thought about re-using her face from a previous comic, but that seems like cheating. And doing so doesn't help me improve.
I have no idea whether or not her prediction about social media stock prices will come to fruition, but the head of the Fed often makes sober predictions based on sound reasoning and data. One assumes she still thinks social media shareholders will...take a bath.
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Sam has been working as a field archaeologist since 2011 and has worked on a variety of archaeological projects (both commercial and non-commercial) gaining wide-ranging knowledge of both fieldwork and post-excavation practices. In 2012 he worked as a community archaeologist funded through the Council for British Archaeology's (CBA) Community Archaeology Bursary Project. During this time, he helped to provide outreach and support to the local communities of South Wales including leading a community project to record the standing remains of Margam Abbey. He has since contributed to a variety of archaeological projects in the UK including the new housing development at the Limes, Carmarthenshire to the development of the new BBC media centre in Cardiff.
Sam completed his master's in Landscape Management and Environmental Archaeology in 2013 as part of his thesis he researched the impact of public engagement with the archaeological record. As well as community engagement, Sam's main interests lie in industrial and conflict archaeology.


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Case studies
The Community Land Advisory Service is building a portfolio of case studies which features various aspects of land-based issues.
The case studies investigate what land-based problems and challenges have been faced by other groups and how they have been resolved.
Please use the filters below to refine your search based on category and click 'Apply'.
|Case Study: Borth Community Gardens
|Finding Land, Leasing, Community Growing, Landowners
Borth Community Gardens is an initiative to create a space for local people to grow their own food in a communal environment. The allotments and community gardens are located near St. Matthew's Church, Borth, Ceredigion. Activities on the site include gardening, work parties by locals and visiting groups, as well as Open Day events and more informal get-togethers. In addition to cultivated land, the gardens are now home to several chickens, a couple of ducks and bee hives on the community garden section.
|Case Study: Cae Tan
|Finding Land, Leasing, Planning
Cae Tân, a community supported agriculture CSA project, is located on a beautiful rural site in Ilston on the Gower peninsula, Wales. The location is next to a couple of Sites of Special Scientific Interest and within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The project is in the early stages, but their experiences around planning and leasing will be useful to others setting up CSAs.
|Case Study: Fordhall Farm, Shropshire
|Communicating, Community Growing, Landowners
The Fordhall Community Land Initiative is an industrial and Provident Society with charitable status. It is currently owned by over 8000 shareholders and demonstrates what can be achieved by private landowners and communities working together.
|Case Study: Hanley Landshare, Chepstow
Hanley Landshare is a community allotment site on an organic dairy farm outside Chepstow. Set up in 2011, the site has 19 individual plots plus a shared vegetable garden run by Transition Chepstow. A farm shop has been set up this year, which plot-holders supply with 10% of their produce.
|Case Study: Incredible Edible, Todmorden
|Finding Land, Community Growing
A local food coaltion in Northern England. A group of passionate committed local people are aiming to provide access to good local food for all, through working together, learning – from field to classroom to kitchen - and supporting local business.
|Case Study: Llangollen Community Garden
|Finding Land, Leasing, Communicating, Community Growing
This organic food-growing community garden, based on the site of an abandoned plot in Llangollen, is owned by Denbighshire County Council which gave permission for the development of community growing in 2012. It's an excellent example of the process of setting up a community garden on a council site, with a licence rather than a lease.
Catherine Veasey, who has been involved in the development of the garden through the local Friends Of The Earth group, describes more about the garden and how it worked with the council.
|Case Study: London Road Community Garden, Brighton
|Finding Land, Leasing, Community Growing
This short case study highlights an example of community growing on railway land, including stations and marginal land next to tracks. Groups that work on railway land need to go through a process to ensure the work is safe and they often require raised beds to avoid risk of contaminated ground. Network Rail owns all railway land but most land at stations is leased to train operators, who often have 'Adopt a Station' schemes.
|Case Study: Our Garden (Brit Growers)
|Leasing, Community Growing, Landowners
A lively community site in Evanstown near Bridgend, the aptly named 'Our Garden' has a wide mix of users from across the Ogmore Valley, and is used daily by local people who go to tend their plot or to simply sit and chat with friends and neighbours. They formerly derelict site was transformed after an approach to the landowner, a housing association.
|Case Study: Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens
|Finding Land, Leasing, Community Growing
The Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens is an NHS Lothian initiative with a mission to make opportunities for good food and healthy lifestyles available to the local communities in which NHS Lothian hospitals are based. The gardens have a particular focus on welcoming people who are experiencing mental or physical health problems, disadvantage, isolation or poverty.
|Case Study: S106 Agreements
One Brighton is an eco-development of 172 residential flats, plus office space, in Brighton. As part of a S106 Agreement, 28 small raised bed allotments have been created on a balcony on the sixth floor. The development is run by a Community Interest Company.


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Your organization is no longer the only game in town. Unless your business has golden handcuffs like certification, you're probably having a challenge with retention and attracting new members. Your business needs an effective strategy to increase value and grow loyalty. The most urgent and critical opportunity for membership organizations to increase value and grow loyalty is to build community. Without it, your members will grow a little leaner, colder, sadder and older...without … [Read more...]
Your Association: The Living Organism
Nonprofit associations: institutionalized organizations or living, dynamic organisms? Which view do you embrace? The Human Factors Associations are not buildings. They are not organizational charts. They are more than institutions governed by sets of rules, processes and formalities. I believe that associations are living organisms...when we allow them to be so. Associations are groups of like-minded individuals that form communities. Each community becomes an operational unit of a more … [Read more...]
Why People Join Social Networking Sites
What is the number one reason why people join social networks? Go ahead and think about that for a second. Now say your answer out loud. What was your answer? Networking, sharing, for a sense of belonging, to learn? Guess what, those are all good reasons but they are not the number one reason. If you said community or relationships, you are partially right. Top Three Reasons We Join social Networking Sites 1. Identity The number one reason why people join a social network is … [Read more...]
Tweetsgiving: Epic Thanks For Community
Kim and I drive two blocks from our house and park in front of a Swiss chalet-looking building. It houses a hair salon, a Mexican ice-cream store, Tienda Chori's and empty storefronts that signal a neighborhood in transition. Community Culture And Diversity Tienda Chori's, a Mexican grocery, taqueria, botantica and craft store is new. Inside a husband and wife team stock shelves with authentic Mexican products. It is an irony of opposites with children's Lucha Libre masks on one wall and … [Read more...]
Open Community, Conferences And Learning
Image By mallix. We're taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. In this post, Maddie and Lindy answer a few questions for anyone interested in conferences and learning. Why did you write Open Community? Maddie: Lindy and I have talked to thousands of association executives who have voiced their frustrations about the social web--from the … [Read more...]
Five New Tenets For Event Success
Nothing is the way it used to be. Little is the same. Not much is a sure thing. The convergence of the economy, society and technology has turned the old ways of doing things upside down. The old rules for success have changed. Your ability to learn new things and adapt mean the difference between success and failure. Today, a new set of principles drive your event success. You won't find these new tenets in the professional meeting handbook. Yet you need to know these new guidelines to … [Read more...]
A Conference Attendee Dear John/Jane Letter
Dear Conference Organizers: This relationship isn't working out. You know, the one between us, the attendees, and you the conference organizers. It's time for us to explore other educational, community-building and networking opportunities. We've tried to make it work. But it's not us — it's you (really). We thought we would do things together. We were hoping we could talk more. With you. With your leaders. With your community. With our friends. But that hasn't happened. We only get to … [Read more...]
NASA Is Looking For Signs Of Life…At Your Conference
The National Adult Survival Association (NASA) has decided to send the next generation of land rovers to your annual meeting. These rovers have more robust and hyper-sensitive life detecting systems than the traditional conference evaluation smile sheets. NASA is looking for signs of life...at your conference. NASA's researchers have documented that your conference had life ten and twenty years ago. They've seen ancient artifacts of printed conference brochures, articles and photos that … [Read more...]


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Kristin S. Craig, 43, passed away on January 14, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born on August 25, 1974 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
She is survived by her parents, William and Carol Craig; her children, Serenity Lubay and Logan Lubay; her grandfather, Andrew C. Lombardo; brother, William Craig, and his wife, Sara; nephews, Bradley, Billy and Adam, whom she loved dearly .
She is predeceased by her sons, Caleb Craig, James Lubay and Tyler Lubay; and her grandparents.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 19, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at A Wise Choice Desert View Chapel, 9702 East Apache Trail, Mesa, AZ. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 1:00 PM at the same the same address.
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Quality and care are the hallmarks of a Hillcrest education.
The College is distinctly Christian in both profession and practice. Families who choose to partner with us understand and are supportive of our Christian beliefs and practices.
Quality and care are the hallmarks of a Hillcrest education. Everything centres on having our students flourishing, becoming people of vibrant faith and strong character, lifelong learners and active citizens.
A leading provider of Christian education in Victoria, Hillcrest Christian College is a non-denominational College with an open enrolment catering for around 1400 students from Early Learning to Year 12. Our 'One College - Two Schools' structure consists Primary - Early Learning Centre (3 and 4 Year Old) and Prep to Year 6 classes - and Secondary - Years 7 through to 12.
Our well-appointed modern campus is uniquely located on an expansive 138-acre precinct that also accommodates the Ayr Hill Equestrian Centre, an Environmental Centre, and Rivercrest Christian College (IB program). Our building and remodeling programs ensure we keep current with innovative learning architecture.
Whether they are participating in our foundation years' programs or comprehensive VCE courses, taking to the sports field, playing a musical instrument, or undertaking service to the wider community, every student at Hillcrest is challenged to pursue excellence and achieve their personal best but, just as importantly, to learn how to work collaboratively.
Our safe, caring and nurturing environment ensures that all students are provided with the opportunity to make friends, take risks, learn skills, grow in compassion and courage and learn to benefit others. Together we learn what it is to love, obey and serve the saviour of the world, Lord Jesus Christ.
As you move through this website, you will gain an understanding of the many ways in which we provide a family oriented learning community noted for its commitment to the Christian gospel, cultural diversity, innovative teaching, a broad curriculum, and extensive co-curricular programs.
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Light microscopy techniques
Many biological microscopic objects are very small and translucent. In bright field microscopy, contrast is adjusted with an iris located within the condenser. In addition, contrast enhancement can also be achieved by optical contrast techniques described below. Alternatively staining of various cellular structures is obtained by organelle specific dyes.
> Chapter "Hellfeld" in "Lichtmikroskopie online" (in German)
Phase contrast
Phase contrast is the most common light microscopic technique to enhance contrast. It requires special phase contrast objectives and a corresponding phase ring in the condenser. Again, density differences within the sample are transformed to yield higher contrast. However, this method requires a very powerful light source and is thus not very often used in microscopes that are equipped with halogen lamps.
> Chapter "Phasenkontrast" in "Lichtmikroskopie online" (in German)
> can be done with all CIUS microscopes except Zeiss UV microscope
Differential interference contrast (DIC)
In Differential interference contrast (DIC) objects give crisp images with threedimensional effect. This contrast is produced by two Wollaston prisms within the beampath, the polarizer and the analyzer. Hence small density changes within the object are displayed.
> Chapter "Interferenzkontrast" in "Lichtmikroskopie online" (in German)
Dark field
Dark field yields highest possible contrast. Direct light is blocked in the condenser and only light that is refracted by structures of the sample can enter the objective; they shine brightly on a dark background. Hence even structures below the resolution of the light microscope can be observed, e.g. cilia of bacteria.
> Chapter "Dunkelfeld" in "Lichtmikroskopie online" (in German)
> can be done with all CIUS microscopes except Zeiss UV microscope
Polarization microscopy
Some biological objects contain highly organized, almost crystalline structures. They show special and characteristic diffraction patterns in polarized light. Using polarizing filters within the light path of the microscope, analysis of these structures is possible. Similar to the dark field method, only light that has been diffracted by the sample can enter the objective. This method can also be applied to measure density and weight of intracellular structures.
> Chapter "Polarisation" in "Lichtmikroskopie online" (in German)
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July 18, 2019, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Murray Nelson Government Center BOCC Room
The Miami VA Healthcare System with Monroe County Veterans Affairs will be hosting two town hall meetings regarding the Mission Act. The first meeting will be Thursday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at Murray Nelson Government Center in Key Largo and the second meeting will be held Friday, July 19 at 10 a.m. at Harvey Government Center in Key West.
The meeting will identify eligibility for community care in layman's terms, who the providers are in Monroe County, the efforts to increase providers in Monroe County, and how new legislation impacts veterans in Monroe County.
The Mission Act strengthens the Veteran Affairs office's ability to deliver trusted, easy access, high-quality care to facilities, telehealth, and in communities providing care for veterans where and when they need them.
More information on the Mission Act can be found at missionact.va.gov. Monroe County veterans can visit www.monroecounty-fl.gov/veteranaffairs for more information on local services.


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Students can take online RN to MSN classes at the following degree levels:
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Accredited online RN to MSN schools offer a variety of online RN to MSN programs for students to select from. They offer 1 online RN to MSN associate's degree program and 3 online RN to MSN bachelor's degree programs. And these schools offer 14 online RN to MSN master's degree programs for students to choose from.
Approximately 48% of the 194,637 students enrolled in online RN to MSN classes, graduate in a timely fashion. The remaining either drop out or take longer than normal to complete their online RN to MSN degree.
Online RN to MSN college graduates can choose from a variety of professions including a nurse or a family nurse practitioner. And those with RN to MSN degrees can expect to earn a salary in the range of $15,870 to $155,490 per annum. Exact salary will depend on factors such as large or small employer, educational qualifications, or shift timings. It is interesting to note that while nurses earn $68,204 per annum, on average, family nurse practitioners earn an average salary of $74,618.
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- RN to MS in Nursing - The Kaplan University Online RN to MS of Nursing program builds on previous Bachelor level education and working nurse experience to provide registered nurses with advanced knowledge in statistical application of health sciences for nursing and the use of evidence-based practice to promote a high standard of effective nursing care. Registered nurses in the Online RN to MS of Nursing program use their advanced knowledge and specialized skills in positions with oversight and employment management responsibilities, such as nurse administrator and nurse educator. The curriculum consists of 63 credit hours and students can complete 6 courses centered on their nursing specialization.


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Syracuse, NY - A student teacher for the deaf was sentenced today to one to three years in prison for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old Marcellus girl he met over the Internet.
That sentence will be served at the same time as a 20-year sentence Micah S. Brown received last week in federal court for luring the girl into a sexually explicit relationship on the Internet.
Brown, 31, had nothing to say in court as County Judge William Walsh today sentenced him for third-degree criminal sexual act.
Brown had admitted engaging in sexual contact with the girl in her Marcellus home on Feb. 13, 2010, while the victim's parents were out of town.
He was arrested two months later when he returned to the area planning to meet the girl and a 14-year-old girl at a DeWitt motel. Authorities, however, were waiting in a sting operation.
Officials said Brown, a student teacher at a Connecticut school for the deaf, was a graduate student at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology, when he met the victim on the Internet and helped her with her math homework.
But the relationship went on to involve an exchange of sexually explicit photographs and then a meeting for a sexual encounter.
Assistant District Attorney Cindi Newtown said she believed the actual sexual encounter was the most serious element of the case. But it only amounted to a low-level felony carrying a maximum penalty of up to four years in state prison, she noted.
The federal charges relating to Brown's use of the Internet carried a much harsher penalty, accounting for the corresponding federal prosecution, Newtown said.
Brown was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby to 20 years in federal prison -- and the rest of his life on parole -- for the Internet relationship with the Marcellus girl.


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Badminton agility training
Badminton requires short bursts of energy for quick movements and changes of direction. For this reason, agility is important to a successful player. To improve agility, badminton players can train themselves into faster reflexes.
An agility training program that includes regular drills of fundamental badminton moves can greatly benefit a serious player.
Overall fitness plan
As with any training program, a regular workout schedule is important. A badminton player must diligently train several times a week for the exercises and drills to improve agility. Eating a nutritious diet gives the body enough energy to stand up to the training and game schedules. In addition, badminton players should seek advice from experienced badminton coaches or trainers about how to improve weak areas. In addition, common sense practices such as warming up before each drill or game and never training while injured will also serve to improve capabilities.
Ladder and pattern footwork drills
One of the most valuable categories of drills for fundamental badminton moves is footwork. Regular practice of rapid repetitive foot movement helps a player when she needs to change direction quickly in a game. The badminton player stretches out a rope ladder on the floor or ground then steps between each ladder rung in different patterns as fast as possible. Other footwork drills may include setting up cones in a certain pattern then practicing sidestepping or stepping backward between each cone in the pattern. Endless variations of footwork drills exist.
Plyometrics is a system of training that improves the ability to spring upward or in any direction quickly and explosively. Badminton players benefit from both upper- and lower-body plyometrics exercises. The lower-body plyometrics consist of jumping and springing in various directions. A jump-squat is a good example of a lower-body plyometric exercise. These exercises use gravity and the body's own weight as resistance. Upper-body plyometrics involve catching then throwing a medicine ball in different ways, such as throwing it one-handed or to the side.
Flexibility stretching
Because of the demands placed on a badminton player's muscles in the short, quick movements of the game, it is very important that each muscle have sufficient flexibility to avoid injury. Therefore, a regular program of flexibility stretching is in order, especially for the calves, quadriceps, gluteus muscles, thigh adductors and hamstrings. In addition, stretching the triceps, latissumus dorsi, chest muscles and deltoids is also crucial to avoid injury. The badminton player should hold each stretch in proper form between 10 and 30 seconds and stretch just to the point before he feels uncomfortable. He should remember to breathe, not rush the stretches and stop if pain or further tightness develop.
Net drills
Net drills are specific to badminton in that they focus on a skill needed only in badminton and use badminton equipment. A player stands close to the net while the trainer throws badminton birdies over the net. In this way the player can practice returning shots while in the proximity of the net.


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Conduct stock trading operations by monitoring online feedback and calculating operations based on the charts generated based or mathematical models. Multiple visualization modes are available with access to research calls, databases, live market analysis, etc.
The 126.96.36.199 version of TradeTiger is provided as a free download on our website. TradeTiger works fine with 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. The following versions: 2.4, 2.2 and 2.1 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users.
This free software is a product of Sharekhan Limited. This download was scanned by our built-in antivirus and was rated as malware free. TradeTiger lies within Business Tools, more precisely Finances. Commonly, this program's installer has the following filenames: TradeTiger.exe, bakTradeTiger.exe, _F21F806159AC55D32515E1.exe, _DA83147ACFCCECBEF4C356.exe and _D6706CBABED43EF58D8161.exe etc.
From the developer:
TradeTiger is a free online stock trading application for Windows platform.
Main features:
- Create your own chart based or mathematical model based trading rules.
- See information as you would like to see it, as it is all about spotting opportunities.
- Stock Quote changes as they change in the exchange.
You may want to check out more software, such as Quicken, Express Invoice or Peachtree Quantum - Accountants' Edition, which might be similar to TradeTiger.
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Prince Harry -- Reunited With Beloved Teacher ... 17 Years After Diana's Death
Prince Harry Reunited With Beloved Teacher ... 17 Years After Diana's Death
Prince Harry just experienced how small the world really is ... because today he ran into his former teacher who consoled him during Princess Diana's tragic death.
The Prince got a huge shock while greeting an ecstatic crowd in Christchurch, NZ -- Vicki McBratney stepped forward and brought an unexpected smile to Harry's face. McBratney was by his side at London's Ludgrove School in 1997 as he dealt with the horrific news.
They shared a brief hug, friendly kiss on the cheek, and she handed him childhood pics from his school days -- and it's obvious they were close.
Cool moment for Harry.
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Yesterday was a great day to get a little bit of everything! @admiralchewie wore an awesome t-shirt that highlighted Frodo, Sam, and Gollum's journey into Mordor and @wizard_bliss got a clock for his birthday that shows the journeying fellowship (and it looks like it was carved from a record? Cool!).
Transitioning to the book cover category, we were shown two slightly different covers of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and of course, @MylaMalinalda needs both for her collection! We're so happy to see the German Tolkien Society using the #TolkienCollection tag on Instagram; they happen to have all three of the infamous "unauthorized" Lord of the Rings.
It's always a pleasure to see more Tolkien books, so thanks to @LiaraDeran, @msadriennec, and especially @AndyBirdUK who posted a new photo for this week's #TolkienCollection photo challenge–In My Pocket.
If you want to see your photos in our daily post, remember to use the hashtags #TolkienCollection and/or #CollectAThing so we can track them down. To make it really easy, you could tag us @CollectTolkien on Twitter and @collectathing on Instagram!
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Welch ein Relikt. Im Jahr 1965 verlegte der Verlag Ace Books in den USA eine nicht lizensierte Ausgabe des Herrn der Ringe. Der Streit um diese "Raubkopie", war zum Teil mitverantwortlich für den späteren Erfolg von Tolkiens Werk. #Tolkien #book #relikt #acebooks #lotr #old #tolkiencollection #bookporn #fotr #ttt #rotr #bookstagram
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Bookstore finds yesterday 📚 I've been searching for a copy of The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays for sooo long and it's finally mine! 1st ed & 1st printing 1984 (One day I shall own a 1937 Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics. One day…). Also got another 1st US ed Silmarillion (1st printing this time) and a cute facsimile of Alice's Adventures Under Ground #bookwormlife #bookhaul #tolkiencollection #beowulf #thesilmarillion #rarebooks #lewiscaroll #bookcollecting


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Sporting KCSKC
SHOT: Toni's shot creates havoc
Shot by Toni Dovale (Sporting Kansas City).
- CHANCE: Dom Dwyer has his header cleared off the line0:31
- KICKOFF: Sporting Kansas City vs. Philadelphia Union0:14
- SHOT: Graham Zusi catches Zac MacMath leaning the wrong way0:30
- SAVE: Andy Gruenebaum comes to the rescue on a lethal free kick0:23
- SHOT: Sheanon Williams almost finds one for the Union0:21
- SAVE: Zac MacMath denies Mikey Lopez one-on-one0:18
- CHANCE: Magical footwork by Danny Cruz springs Brian Carroll in on goal0:19
- GOAL: Graham Zusi buries one past MacMath to give Sporting the lead1:02
- SHOT: Jacob Peterson unleashes a howler on goal0:19
- GOAL: Brian Brown comes off the bench and smashes in a header0:60
- CHANCE: Dom Dwyer and Graham Zusi almost double Sporting's lead0:36
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No beating around the bush this time. I'm just going to tell it to you straight. Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #4 is exactly what we've all been waiting for. After traipsing about the city to see what all the commotion is about, Morales discovers an injured Peter Parker and watches him die surrounded by friends and Aunt May. The death of Parker, accompanied by a stern talking to from Gwen Stacy, gives Miles the push he needs to make the tough decision. In Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #4, Miles Morales finally decides to become the new Spider-Man.
While the first three issues provide the background for the story, from Morales's home life with a loving but mutant-hater dad to his nerdy mono-browed best friend, Ganke, it is not until Issue #4 that it finally feels like Morales is in control. It's like your friend met the new kid at school and has been telling you how cool he or she is for weeks, but now you've met them and it finally all makes sense.
In Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #4, Morales gets his inner narrator. It's strange to think he hasn't had one until this point. He also doesn't start talking to himself until he dons his spider-suit for the first time. Only then, through the red text bubbles that appear when he's wearing his costume, do we get inside Morales's head for the first time. He's a fun kid who is absolutely thrilled, just like anyone who suddenly discovered they could leap from building to building would be. We discover in this issue that Morales has his own Spider Sense. He funnily but neurotically describes the tingly sensation as what he thinks might be cancer just before he gets get kicked in the head by a cliffhanger-inducing Spider-Woman.
Pichelli is rapidly becoming one of the best artists in the game. Her emotive faces and interesting backgrounds make the characters come to life. Something that is different about issue #4 of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man is the change in artistic styles. Pichelli removes her signature "Pop-Art dots" which were so prominently featured prior to this issue. Is this because Parker and company make an appearance and she wanted to throw back to his previous Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man run for this last hurrah? We'll see in the next issue if our spotted friends come back.
The only thing I'm afraid of is that his personality and language might sound too much like Parker. Sure, I hope he wisecracks while fighting bad dudes, but I want Miles to be Miles. But so far, Bendis hasn't even hinted that he will let us down. It's just always in the back of my mind. But, what I mean to say is that I couldn't be happier with this book. Buy it, buy it, buy it and let's talk about it!
Paden Wyatt is a jerk. But, he's not just any jerk! He taps into his latent journalism powers to write terrible things about your favorite comic books and video games. His strengths are making nerds cry, high fives, laughing too loudly and sometimes, but rarely, civilized argument. His weaknesses are human baby-sized burritos, ice cream, tattoos, Welsh Corgis and Doctor Who. He resides in North-Central West Virginia with his mom and dad and could totally leave if he wanted to. Sometimes Paden is not a jerk, and you can follow him on Twitter at @padenw.


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October 2, 2018 - Eptech Seminar - Market Access for Wireless Products
11:30am - 12:30pm
Mississauga Convention Centre, 75 Derry Rd. W, Mississauga, ON L5W 1G3 Hall: Salon F
Using pre-approved radio modules - October 2, 2018 (Mississauga)
The world is going wireless. From IoT to personal communications to medical devices and beyond, wireless is being used more and more as the communications vehicle of choice. Are you using or considering using pre-approved radio modules?
Learn how in this seminar. www.nemko.com
Gilles Philion, Director of Sales Nemko Canada
Gilles has been working in the field of regulatory compliance since 1988. He specializes in regulatory requirements and market access for wireless devices.
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Feliu Aníbal Delargo Domenech was named wrong. He should have been named Feliz. So from then on he works on being who he is named. The gift of a Spanish bow from his dead father sets things in motion. He is able to learn to play the cello with the help of getting lessons. But it means he will have to leave the small town of Campo Seco to get the help he really needs. Yet it seems like one thing or another always gets in his way. He gets a break under the tutelage of Alberto Mendizábal. It is hard work but he is finally getting somewhere. He joins a school under Don José and that is where his life begins. He goes many places and has many experiences. But the man who changed his life Justo Al-Cerraz is in and out. Feliu goes through many things as he looks back on his life. Yet he seems to be able to survive the all. He has a completely different outlook on it but one that is worth telling.
Ms. Romano-Lax creates a world from history that captivates you. There are a lot of details and it takes time to get through them all. I was impressed with her story telling and to see things through Feliu's eyes. It is quite the journey.
I really felt for Feliu. He never seemed to understand what was going on but he worked through it. It took a lot of soul searching and figuring out what he truly wanted. But it did seem like he got there. Aviva was quite the love interest and I really enjoyed her as a character. She had some hard times she had gone though. But once she met up with Al-Cerraz and Feliu, things seemed to go better for her.
There is a lot I don't want to give away but it is a wonderfully told story. I cannot say enough at how much I was impressed. You get to see history through the eyes of a man who does not want to go home. It is quite the long book but well worth it if you love historical novels with some romance and drama thrown in for good measure. This is a book I do recommend and hope that someone else enjoys it as much as I did.
Andromeda Romano-Lax/Historical/ 4 out of 5/ 554 pages
Working as many hours as I do now. My book reading will come to a little bit of a halt. But I will post as often as I can but will not be able to go look at other's blogs as much as I would like. I hope all will understand.


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"I have only one fear in life, and that is of writing," Fran Lebowitz
If you're like most writers, you've disappointed yourself more than a few times when it has come to meeting writing goals.
Maybe you didn't write enough. Maybe you didn't read enough. Maybe you didn't submit enough for consideration.
But worse than not doing "enough," you have likely beaten yourself up for it.
This 50 minute session, designed for writers in all genres and levels of expertise, will help you (kindly) identify your roadblocks and plan your next year of writing.
Using a series of questions and exercises, you will uncover the barriers to your productivity and create the mental space to outline a specific, 12-month writing plan with deadlines and a system of accountability for meeting those deadlines.
At the end of out conversation, you will have the information and insight to create a schedule, a writing plan and the enthusiasm to achieve your goals.


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The Neighbor
A slice of life comic about me, my wife, our pets, and the silly things we talk about. This comic started as a memorial to our cat Bogart. He has many funny stories in his kitty life that I want to share. If you have any funny stories about pets you miss, share them and I could make them into a little comic.
There was this fierce rivalry between Bogart and the orange cat that lived nearby. He also hated the fat white cat, dubbed Guts LeBlanc by us. That's another story.
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By Evan Ackerman
I'm way paranoid about my data. I'm not even sure that "paranoid" is the appropriate word, I guess, since I've suffered several primary drive failures in my laptop over the years, as have an alarming number of friends… Virtually all of the heavy computer users I know have had similar experiences. If this has happened to you, you know how much it sucks, especially if you lose things that can't be replaced, like pictures or email.
After nearly having my computer die (again) last month, I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep my data safe. I can think of two options: online backup services (like IDrive), or a desktop RAID system (like Drobo). If any of you have experience or opinions on the matter, let me know what you think, after the jump.
Here's my thoughts:
Ultimately, an online backup service would be the safest, since it protects my data from forest fires, rampaging llamas, small children, or just about any other natural or manmade catastrophe short of an alien invasion or global thermonuclear war. My data is safe because it's nowhere near me, and I assume that it's living on a redundant RAID system of its own wherever it is. The downside is that my data is nowhere near me. When I want to back something up, I have to upload it, and when I want to access it, I have to download it again. This could take a while and will eat up my bandwidth. I'd also be dependent on an internet connection, and I'd have to pay a subscription fee (although it's cheaper than buying anything physical for the foreseeable future). The biggest problem I have with online backups are the space restrictions, even services offering "unlimited storage space for your backups" have caps of 50gb or so, which may seem like a lot, but really isn't if you shoot lots of pictures.
The other option is a desktop RAID system. If you're not familiar with the term, a RAID is a bunch of individual hard drives connected in such a way that one drive can perform as fast as two drives, two drives can automatically duplicate each other, or some combination of those things. So, in my case, a RAID would consist of two drives that are exact copies, so in order to lose data, both of them have to fail at the same time, something which has a very low probability of happening. The advantages are lots and lots of storage (I can use a pair of really big drives), expandability (I can always buy bigger drives), and speed and accessibility (it's directly attached to my computer). The disadvantage is cost (a little desktop RAID box is several hundred dollars, drives sold separately), and most critically, since it has to be attached to my computer, anything that could physically happen to my computer can also happen to the RAID system.
And I guess my other option is to combine a whole bunch of different hardware and services to make myself feel safe… Say, use Flickr's unlimited Pro account for my pictures, an online storage service for daily backups of important files, and then some hardware to mirror my drives every once in a while. That seems pretty expensive, though, and extreme even to me.
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Explore Your Horizons
19 October 2017
On 19th October, as a part of the partially-LEAP funded London Enterprise Advisers Network, Team London made their way to Lord's Cricket Ground to help 260 young people from across London kick-start their careers. The event, called 'Explore Your Horizons' saw 190 business volunteers give these young people advice and guidance on possible career options.
Young and often under-represented Londoners were given the chance to meet with professionals in a fun and vibrant setting. They each spent four minutes with business professionals, gaining exclusive insight into their day-to-day responsibilities and experiences. A wide range of businesses were in attendance, and volunteers were keen to help and advise. One volunteer, Liam, said,
"As someone who graduated 4 years ago and is still relatively new to the world of work, the event provided the perfect opportunity to pass on some of the experiences and lessons I have learnt since leaving school.
"I couldn't believe how switched on so many of the young people at the event were and the speed networking format was a great way for them to ask some probing questions and pick up as much information as they could in short, focused sessions – it was a thoroughly rewarding experience and I can honestly say I learnt as much from them as they did from me!"
The event itself was a huge success, with both young people and event and business volunteers coming away inspired and on the road to success. One young person, when explaining what the most valuable thing she had learned was, said,
"I'm overwhelmed with such valuable information that I feel like I have a clearer view of my future."
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Francis Maude has come up with a genius money-saving wheeze. The only tiny downside is that it won't kick in for another 10 years.
As the Telegraph reveals in Saturday morning's splash, the Cabinet Office minister hopes to scrap the census - Britain's official population count - in an attempt to save its £480m cost.
However, he admitted that next year's census would still have to go ahead. He vowed instead to cancel the next official headcount - which will not occur until 2021.
To get to that point the Tories (or coalition) have to win the 2015 election and then the 2020 election. And still be in a cost-cutting mood. That's a whole pyramid of ifs.
Now who does that remind you of?


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Welcome to a new issue of Stew of the Month, a monthly blog from Digital Systems and Stewardship (DSS) at the University of Maryland Libraries. This blog provides news and updates from the DSS Division. We welcome comments, feedback and ideas for improving our products and services.
Digitization Activities
Historic Maryland Newspapers Project
In March the following Maryland newspapers were uploaded to Chronicling America:
- The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, MD): November 30, 1865 – December 29, 1922
- The Port Tobacco Times, and Charles County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, MD): June 26, 1845 – November 11, 1890
We're also excited to announce that we'll be co-hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Maryland State Archives on May 2, 2016. For more details and registration information, please visit the event page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/MD/UMD_MSA_Newspapers
Other Digitization Activities
DCMR staff continued to review files for the William Kapell collection, Football films, Library Media Services films, and Djuna Barnes microfilm. They began the review of the Jackson Bryer videos.
The Digitization Initiatives Committee, chaired by Robin Pike, presented its FY17 budget to the Resources Group for approval on March 21. Pike contacted project managers whose projects were approved, modified, or rejected (due to the amount of proposals received), and will be presenting this information to the Libraries in the coming months. She will also be working with collection managers on project planning meetings.
Graduate Assistant David Durden completed his analysis of UMD Digital Collections usage statistics from 2013-2015 and has compiled annual reports of his findings. David has also begun an analysis of targeted LAN locations for SCUA and SCPA to begin to analyze what files are saved on the LAN that should be described and moved into UMD Digital Collections for access and preservation.
Digitization Assistant Brin digitally transferred a specially curated box set of compact discs. The University of Maryland Symphonic Wind Ensemble's "Live Performance Project, Wakefield Years 1983-2005" was compiled by Professor John E. Wakefield with the assistance of University Archivist Anne Turkos and Curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts Vin Novara. Metadata Librarian Bria Parker described the music at track level. The streaming files will soon be available in Digital Collections.
Robin, Eric, Digitization Assistants David Durden, Caroline Hayden, Brin Winterbottom and iSchool students Amanda Brent, Monique Libby, and Maya Riser-Kositsky digitized Filipino family documents and photographs as part of the 2016 Maryland Day community archives digitization event for the "Preserving Your Family Treasures & D.C. Filipino Americans Before the Beltway" event. Digitized items will be added to UMD Digital Collections through the end of May and will be a part of the Filipino American Community Archives collection in SCUA.
Digital Programs and Initiatives
UMD Libraries Supports Open Library of Humanities
We are pleased to announce that the UMD Libraries has recently joined the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) as a supporting institution. OLH is dedicated to support and extend open access to humanities scholarship and provides an alternative for humanities researchers who are interested in making their research widely available. UMD authors can submit an unlimited number of articles for publication each year without any article processing charges. Submissions are accepted for a wide range of humanities subject areas and undergo a double-blind peer-review process. OLH's editorial policies are available online if you are interested in learning more. Also read the complete UMD press release.
DRUM Upgrade
DRUM was recently upgraded to DSpace version 5.4, bringing it in line with the same version running on MD-SOAR. No major differences are visible to users but we were able to consolidate the DRUM statistics with this upgrade. Prior to the upgrade we were gathering two sets of DRUM statistics and we decided it would be more efficient to use one system moving forward. With the upgrade, which was just completed 28 March, we moved over to a newer statistics system that has been running on DRUM since June 2014. What this means is that you might have noticed a drastic drop in the number of downloads currently displayed for records. The number currently displayed only reflects downloads from June 2014 onward. But no need to panic, we plan to add the number of downloads from the older system, so no numbers will be lost. Thanks to SSDR, we hope to have this completed by the end of April. The upgrade also sets the stage to explore new features like ORCID integration, which is timely given the new University of Maryland ORCID premium membership brokered through the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
Digital Collections
DPI's work on a new digital collections repository based on Fedora 4 continues, with various components of the system slated to go into production service later in 2016. Toward that end, at the 2016 Code4Lib conference in Philadelphia, Josh Westgard took part in two pre-conference Hydra training workshops, and also helped to organize a post-conference "birds of a feather" session on Fedora. He also represented the University of Maryland Libraries at the DuraSpace Summit in Washington, DC. He is a regular participant in the community effort to develop an API extension architecture for Fedora 4 (API-X, see https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Design+-+API+Extension+Architecture).
OA Publishing Fund Update
DPI staff have been working behind the scenes on several forthcoming e-Publishing projects. One such project is The Early Americas Digital Archive, a collection of open-access primary materials written in or about the Americas between 1492 and 1820, which has been relaunched as a project of the Libraries' e-Publishing Initiative. Originally developed at MITH in the early 2000s, the EADA site has been entirely redesigned and updated by the application owners for this relaunch. One often-mentioned critique of open digital scholarly publications is that they lack the durability and longevity of traditional print publications. One goal of our e-Publishing initiative is to combat technical obsolescence and neglect and to ensure the continued viability and availability of legacy digital projects as they mature.
Backfile Theses and Dissertations
April also saw the release of a backfile of electronic versions of some 600 dissertations from the early to mid-20th century through DRUM. A custom metadata extraction and batch-loading workflow was created to handle the records supplied by the digitization vendor.
Software Development
We have selected Ruby on Rails as a new core tool for use in creating web applications. Ruby on Rails is gaining wide spread adoption in the Academic Libraries community and there are a number of existing applications and toolkits we are interested in supporting (eg, Hydra, ArchivesSpace, Avalon). Ruby on Rails also will make it much easier to build certain types of web applications from scratch and rapidly prototype new applications. Three of our developers have completed four weeks of training and are beginning work on migrating some of our existing applications. We will also be hiring a Contingent-I Ruby on Rails developer to assist in this effort.
SSDR developers have been learning about the Apache Camel tool for implementation of enterprise integration patterns, which we first learned of from the Fedora Commons Repository development community, for use in message passing from the repository to various indexing tools. Implementation of the replacement for our Wufoo to SysAid connector is underway as well as investigation into integrations between our selected document store (Box.com or Google Drive) and Apache Solr for use in the new Hippo CMS based staff intranet.
The Web Advisory Committee has worked with SSDR to complete the wireframes and mockups for improvements to the Staff Directory and Subject Specialists pages on the Libraries' Website. The pages will receive visual improvements and more consistent presentation of contact information. We will also add the capability for photographs and profiles for each staff member, to be initially populated for Subject Specialists. Development work will begin in May.
User and System Support
Last year, the University of Maryland took notice of the 13 separate email and calendar systems in use across the campus. Maintaining all 13 systems is costing the university a lot of money. As a big cost savings, the university decided it was best for the university to consolidate to one email, calendar and collaboration platform across campus. Last fall, a committee composed of IT leaders from across campus was formed to evaluate and recommend a common email solution. The committee worked diligently for five months and recommended to the IT Council that the university should move forward with Google Apps for Education (GAFE). The GAFE suite of core services are Gmail, Calendar, Classroom, Contacts, Drive, Docs, Forms, Groups, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Talk/Hangouts and Vault. The IT Council reviewed this recommendation and decided to move forward. Those departments that were using the Division of IT supported Exchange email and calendar system would be the first to be moved to GAFE.
In preparation of the Libraries move to GAFE, the User and System Support (USS) team became early adopters in January of this year. As an early adopter, USS was able to experience the migration process and use GAFE so that they could provide local help to staff when the rest of the Libraries migrated. USS planned and provided two "Google Migration Show and Tell" sessions, as well as sent multiple emails to staff in order to provide as much information to make the migration as painless as possible.
Division of IT planned to migrate the Libraries between April 1, 2016 – April 4, 2016. On Monday, April 4, USS staff visited departments and library branches across campus to provide any assistance that may have been needed from staff. The migration proved mostly successful, with most staff being migrated without incident. Unfortunately, as with any large and complex technical change, small problems cropped up that needed to be addressed.
Library staff can use any of the 13 core services in GAFE. Although the Libraries currently uses Microsoft Lync for chat services, library staff can also use Google Talk/Hangouts. A determination will be made in the future regarding the decommissioning of Lync in favor of Google Talk/Hangouts.
USMAI (University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions) Library Consortium
Support to USMAI
The CLAS team responded to 120 Aleph Rx submissions and 16 e-resource requests from across the consortium's libraries in March.
SFX Database Upgrade
Ex Libris ended SFX support for MySQL, requiring a migration to MariaDB. Hans Breitenlohner performed the migration on March 18th.
Aleph Upgrade
As noted in the February 2016 Digistew post, CLAS is upgrading Aleph from version 20 to version 22. Version 22 has been installed in a development environment and is currently being tested by team members. Once initial testing is complete, Aleph TEST will be upgraded and made available for testing by USMAI constituencies. The upgrade is planned for completion prior to the Fall semester.
Kuali OLE
David Dahl participated in weekly meetings of the OLE Technical Council. The group's last meeting was March 24th and has been disbanded as the project transitions to a new governance model. A regularly-occurring "community forum" is currently being developed as a mechanism to gather input from project partners. David will continue to monitor the project for USMAI as it starts its new phase of development.
Joseph Koivisto explored Google Tag Manager (GTM) as a mechanism to deploy Google Analytics to the Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (MD-SOAR) and collect more detailed usage data from the repository. GTM will be added to MD-SOAR in the May upgrade release. An option for users to add a Creative Commons license to their repository submissions will also be included in the upgrade.
Kate Dohe started as the Digital Programs & Initiatives Manager on March 21st. She comes to UMD Libraries from Georgetown University, where she was the Digital Services Librarian in the main campus library for nearly three years. Prior to working at Georgetown, she was the digital librarian for an academic publishing company in California. She earned her MLISc. from the University of Hawai'i, and also holds a BSEd. in Speech and Theater from Missouri State University, and still considers herself a debate coach at heart.
Conferences, workshops and professional development
In late April, Josh Westgard attended the DC area Fedora Users Group meeting at the National Library of Medicine, where he, together with Ben Wallberg and Peter Eichman, presented on the Libraries' progress in implementing a Fedora-4-based repository system. http://umd-lib.github.io/dcfug2016/
Liz Caringola, Eric Cartier, and Robin Pike attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference from April 14-16. On April 15, Eric moderated a debate in a panel session with the topic "Should Archivists Be Required to Take Continuing Education Courses?" Also on April 15, Robin presented in the session "Archival Impact: Increasing Connections to Collections through Digitization," discussing how UMD Libraries prioritizes digitization projects.
On April 28th, Kate Dohe presented with Laura Leichum, Georgetown University, to the Digital Initiatives Symposium in San Diego, CA on library support models for student publishing initiatives.
On May 6th, Kate Dohe co-presented a workshop on using improv techniques in library collaborations to LOEX in Pittsburgh, PA with Erin Pappas, Georgetown University.


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Graduate School of Nursing Dissertations
The Role of School Nurses in the Early Identification, Referral and Provision of Services for Students with Early Signs of Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Dissertation
Publication Date
Document Type
Dissertation, Doctoral
Graduate School of Nursing
Dissertation Committee Chair
Susan Sullivan-Bolayi
School Nursing, Students, Mental Health Services, Early Medical Intervention, Mental Disorders, Children
Subject Categories
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Mental and Social Health | Mental Disorders | Nursing | Pediatric Nursing
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore school nurses' (SN) perceptions of factors influencing their ability to identify, refer, and provide mental health services to students with early signs of mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) needs. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine have urged a preventive public health approach to decrease adverse outcomes of unidentified and untreated MEB needs among children (O'Connell, 2009). Historically and theoretically based in public health, SN have daily contact with students and are in an optimal location for early identification, referral and provision of services, yet little empirical research describing their role is available.
Five focus groups with 29 SN were conducted and four themes emerged through analysis of data: Frequent flyers : student visits to SN offices, the observations that alert SN to potential MEB needs; Digging to get the whole picture : the process SN frequently used to collect information necessary to confirm MEB needs; Road to referral : the resources used and barriers encountered within the referral process; and, Safety zone : the important role SN play in the provision of services to students with early signs of MEB needs. Within the provision of services was a collective subtheme across all five focus groups: What we need to better help our kids. In this category SN identified their educational limitations and learning needs, as well as potential strategies to improve provision of services for students with MEB needs.
The findings of this study provide a lens into the complex and little explored are of early identification, referral and intervention processes used by SN to care for students with MEB needs. Understanding the role of the SN is a critical first step towards improving outcomes.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Boland-Shepherd S. (2012). The Role of School Nurses in the Early Identification, Referral and Provision of Services for Students with Early Signs of Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Dissertation. Graduate School of Nursing Dissertations. https://doi.org/10.13028/f8ph-ht66. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/25
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My boys, big and little, went camping in Vermont with the Boy Scouts this weekend. This is my boy using his compass in a game they were playing. Doesn't look like he could get too lost from there but it sure is beautiful.
Meanwhile, while cozy at home I finished my Lotus Blossom Hat. I am happy to report, despite the lack of modeled pictures today, it does in fact fit. I was worried it would be too small. It is not and I love it. You'll have to take my word for it until I can get a photo in the daylight.
Giddy up Debbi! My half of the KAL is finished.
What's next?
PS. I hope you find your voice before the Thanksgiving break, Cyn!


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Located just off the shore of the Mississippi River, the City of Joseph hosts the Nauvoo Pageant every year. The pageant is a reenactment of some of the defining experiences of the early Saints in the state of Illinois.
The first presentation being in 2005, the pageant was organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Likewise, in honor of their pioneer heritage the British Saints held last year on the Preston England Temple grounds a pageant titled "Truth Will Prevail" that depicts important events experienced by the early Saints in Victorian England.
For the first time in its 10-year history, the Nauvoo Pageant received the scripts and stories from England, and the British Pageant was performed as part of the annual event.
According to John L. Ricks, president of the Nauvoo Pageant, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Nauvoo Pageant, the Missionary Department and the Priesthood Department felt that bringing the British Pageant overseas to Nauvoo would be a great way to celebrate such a milestone.
"[The missionary and priesthood departments] said they wanted to do something very special this year," said President Ricks. And that special something was to feature the only current Church pageant that is held outside the United States.
"Truth Will Prevail" was put into production for the first time in the summer of 2013 in Chorley, England, and it depicted the struggles and triumphs of the British Saints.
Victorian-era England was rife with hardship, especially on the lower-class citizens. However, with the light and hope that the first Mormon missionaries brought to the English, spirits were raised and conversion to the gospel abounded.
Many of the British Saints eventually boarded ships and traveled to Zion. Many of those Saints helped found Nauvoo and eventually moved on to settle the Salt Lake Valley.
For a large portion of the members of the Church who go to the pageant, their pioneer ancestry comes from the British Isles, so they are able to see the feats of their forefathers presented on stage.
"[The British Pageant] connects us with those members of our families who came [from England], and it helps us understand what their trials really were," President Ricks said.
The content of both presentations is taken from journals and personal records from those who endured the trials of times past. More than 1,100 members of the Church, who are set apart as performing missionaries, helped make the performances a success by giving life to what was written in those journals.
In addition to the actors and those who helped produce the pageant, support from local leaders and committees was overwhelming, said President Ricks.
The mayor of Nauvoo, John McCarty, who is a devout Catholic, is "100 percent supportive of [the Nauvoo Pageant]," said President Ricks.
The local junior high school, Nauvoo-Colusa Junior High, served as home base for all of the equipment and costumes that would be used in both of the pageants. Knowing that the pageant participants would be clean and respectful of the facilities, the head janitor of the junior high, who also happens to be the brother of Mayor McCarty, felt no need to return every night for cleanup.
While over the past four years, the Nauvoo Pageant was attended by an average of 35,000 people, this year's combined production of the Nauvoo Pageant and the British Pageant was experienced by more than 58,000 visitors.
The Nauvoo and British pageants aren't the only such productions put on by the Church. Throughout the United States, there are a total of five other pageants that run, starting around Easter and concluding during the summer months.
During the four weeks between July 4 and Aug. 2, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening featured the Nauvoo Pageant, and every Wednesday and Friday evening was filled with the sights and sounds of the British Pageant.


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Peppermint Twist Kisses
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch
Makes3 dozen
- 36 candy cane kisses or milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 to 8 drops red food coloring
- Freeze kisses in a covered container for at least 1 hour. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and extracts. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture.
- Divide dough in half; tint one portion red. Divide each half into four portions and shape into 9-in. long rolls. Place one red log next to one white log; twist gently to create one swirled roll. Roll gently until it becomes one log. Repeat with remaining dough. Wrap logs in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap dough. Cut each log crosswise into nine slices; shape each slice into a ball. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Immediately press a kiss into center of each cookie. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.
Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving.
Nutrition Facts1 cookie: 72 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 14mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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These cookies are easy to make and the candy cane flavors are superb! I made one batch and am in the midst of making batch two for gifts.
Dec 6, 2014
Dec 23, 2012
Super easy. The boys loved them. Had to make another batch!
Dec 20, 2010
Fun to make. Pretty to look at. Festive looking. Tastes good too.
Oct 1, 2010
This is my new favorite Christmas cookie recipe and my Grandsons love them too! The chocolate and peppermint are so good together and they are also so pretty. I always make a double batch. I never thought anything would replace our favorite peanut butter kiss cookie recipe but this did the trick! Yum!
Jan 3, 2010
they were yummy, i substuted vanilla for the peppermint, theyre the perfect texture, not to soft, not to crispy


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Today was a rough day. Pushed the crew to the limit. We've been wondering whether we had all gone soft over the winter, but many of us were used to fairly brutal temperatures during field work. So we decided (against our better judgement) to record the temperature on site today. I was fairly shocked at the result–117 degrees IN THE SHADE at 1pm. But then again, once Susan shouted out the temp to me, everything made sense. With the sun beating down on us while we were picking and shoveling folks were dropping like flies. I kept a close eye on those that were overheating and somehow we all made it through the day.
For me, backpacking the jackhammer up the 200 foot cliff to Kate's Ridge was the major feat, especially when it shifted on my back and nearly flipped me off the side of the hill. Then I descended to meet Lisa and haul up the fuel and bits. All in all, we were one exhausted crew that night. Job well done.
Lisa takes a turn on the jackhammer. Unfortunately, Dino's don't dig up themselves.


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10 Facebook Posts That Got People Arrested
Well, that wasn't very smart.
Apparently, Facebook is not a good place to find a hitman.
Also, you probably shouldn't use it to threaten someone's life, brag about DUI's or incite riots. According to this video from Alltime10s, all of those things can lead to you being arrested.
Have you ever heard of someone getting arrested because of Facebook? Let us know in the comments.
Liked this article? Share it with your friends.
Thank you Flickr for the photos!


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I was cruising the aisles of Marks & Spencer searching for some lunch inspiration. Amongst the throngs of people fighting for the last of the Wensleydale and caramelised carrot sandwich I caught site of something I never expected to see on the shelves of Marks & Spencer…nasty looking sausages.
I can only assume that Marks & Spencer are selling sausages that look like this because the sausage eating Marks & Spencer customers either want to buy at a certain price point or really want cocktail sausages that look, well, err, nasty. I don't think that price is the key ingredient in the typical M&S shopper's mind. I did, of course, notice these claim to be British pork but it's never clear how far back the British bit goes in the food chain!
Don't think me a Marks & Spencer hater, really I'm not. I was there looking for some cheeky treats for my lunch after all. However, I was just surprised and it got me thinking about sausages to go. Does anyone do a really good sausage to go?
Hopefully readers of this website can leave comments below and let me know who they would recommend for snack sausages? I've tried various offerings from the supermarket hot meat counters but they have all failed to inspire. I suppose doing a cold sausage well is even more difficult that that so maybe no retailers bother?
Please get in touch by commenting below and let me know about where I can get good sausages to go.