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The Cradle of Humankind
A handful of the world's great cities trace their heritage to early human settlements thousands of years back. Johannesburg's earliest residents were in the neighbourhood 3-million years ago.
Discover South Africa's untamed and beautiful Wild Coast
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SPECIAL ADVISORY: To safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, the Yale University Art Gallery will remain closed until further notice. Learn More
School and Youth Groups
School and youth groups can explore the Gallery's collection, buildings, and exhibitions on interactive visits. Guided visits are led by the museum's Gallery Teachers, Yale graduate students trained as museum educators. Classroom teachers and group leaders are also welcome to lead self-guided visits, based on availability. All groups must register at least three weeks in advance.
Guided Visits for School and Youth Groups
Tours stress critical thinking, observation skills, and creative evaluation through close examination and discussion of works of art and meet Connecticut State Learning Standards. Teachers and group leaders are encouraged to choose one of five special themes listed below, which can be explored in a single collection area or in up to three areas of the museum. All themes are available for all ages. The tours can connect to school curriculum and can be adapted for all subject areas, if needed.
Guided school and group visits typically last one hour and may be scheduled to take place Tuesday through Friday at 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, and after school, based on availability. Reservations are available November through August and must be made three weeks in advance. To request a guided tour for a school or youth group, please complete and submit the registration form.
Group Size
Guided Tours for school and youth groups can accommodate a maximum of 45 people, per hour. Groups will be divided into smaller groups of 10 to 15 students within the galleries, and one chaperone is required per every smaller group.
There are no fees for groups. Please bring a copy of your confirmation letter on the day of your visit.
The Art of Looking: Elements of Art
Through formal observation and creative evaluation of paintings, sculpture, and other objects, students will learn to discover the multiple meanings of art in The Art of Looking. Students will discuss and compare the formal elements (color, value, line, shape, form, texture, and space) and materials of each of the objects viewed, and they will be encouraged to explore the various meanings or interpretations of any given work of art.
Place and Time: Understanding History and Culture through Art
In this lesson, students will learn about different cultures and historical periods through the study of works of art. Objects discussed in Place and Time will be explored in both their artistic and social contexts, resulting in a deeper understanding of history and cultures around the world. This lesson can easily be adapted for specific requests.
Expression and Gesture: Body Language and Mark Making
Expression and Gesture introduces students to finding emotion in art through analysis of form, figure, and gesture. Students will discuss how body stance, facial expressions, hand gestures, and physical motions are used by artists to depict subjects from the past and present in portraiture and sculpture.
Writing about Art: The Language of Art
In Writing about Art, students will explore how artists and writers tell stories. Through a visual exploration of mood, setting, plot, and character, students will articulate the narrative aspects of works of art at the Gallery. Lessons may include point-of-view or descriptive writing or drawing.
The Museum: The Building, Display, and Design
The Museum is designed to help students understand the role of the museum in our culture and how art is displayed in various contexts. Students may focus on architecture, display, and decisions made in a museum.
Self-Guided Visits for School and Youth Groups
If your group prefers to visit the Gallery without one of our teaching staff leading the tour, you may also schedule a self-guided visit. Scheduling your visit helps us ensure that the galleries and collection areas you want to see will be available to you. Self-guided visits may be scheduled Tuesday through Friday at 10:00 am, 11:15 am, 12:30 pm, and after school, and Saturday and Sunday between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. All groups of ten or more must register at least three weeks in advance. Acceptance of your reservation request is based on availability. Groups who show proof of registration at the Information Desk will have priority in the galleries. Unregistered groups may be asked to return at a later time. This policy is designed to provide a pleasurable learning experience for everyone, and to ensure the safety and security of both museum visitors and art objects. To schedule a self-guided visit, please complete and submit the registration form.
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Of Peregrines and Bullfinches- Those followers of the Sheffield Peregrines (search engine will give you the webcam) will know the chicks are hatching and look like lovely bundles of white fluff. The equally gorgeous Bullfinches that visit the garden every day are, however, chief culprits for our low level of Plum Blossom this year. Here they are
devouring our Plum blossoms and next doors Amelanchier blossom. The male is at its brightest at this time of year but like many birds this isn't through moulting. Moulting happens later in the year but at this time of year the duller feather-tips wear off leaving the males in bright plumage for attracting a mate. Conditions: Cloud and some sun. Temperature: Max 11- Min 2c. Frost is predicted in some northern parts tonight!


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Illegal immigration has been a controversial topic in the news for awhile now. Some people want all illegal immigrants deported, some say to leave them alone, and others want a large wall to be built along the border.
Today, 500,000 illegal immigrants from Mexico sneak across the border into the United States each year.
What happens to them after they arrive here? They don't often get deported. Instead they live amongst us, dodging the law, yet taking advantage of everything we have to offer.
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Hot Sauce Reviews
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I first had Matouk's while on my honeymoon in Grenada. I was quickly hooked on Matouk's with my morning eggs. One of the best sauces for taste and heat that I have ever come across.
The story began on Monterey Bay's Cannery Row. I was scouting out some new hot sauces to get my long-neglected capsicum fix in (vacation+restaurant food+no cooler=bland food overload!) The girl at the local hot shop picked this stuff out. So I bought it (10 oz for about 8 bucks, not bad for Trinidad–hey that rhymes)! I finally tried it–almost a month later, after I'd ripped my sorry gut to f**k*ng shreds with Blair's Sudden Death. The verdict? Compared to that overhyped, 10+, off the scale, extract-laced shit, this stuff could pass as a Melinda's clone. 3tbsp on a whole meal did little more than tingle my palate, but it's worth it if you love the taste of fresh pickled scotch bonnet peppers. Big on taste–but an outright LIE ON HEAT!!
I've been downing Matouk's sauces for a few years now. The local Chinese Supermarket has them for virtually nothing, so I have really stocked up. It is VERY hot, but not like the macho extract-based stuff. Very flavorful for such a hot sauce, and fruity with a touch of bulk to the consistency. By far my most favorite sauce — I even mix it in soup bases, or add it to Ketchup for eating fries. An amazing Scotch Bonnet-based sauce. Check out their Salsa Picante for another amazing taste if this one is a bit too hot.
This is my favorite hot sauce for eggs. It is apparently sold also as MP flambeau hot sauce. It leaves a slight burn, but is a delicious accompaniment to any egg dish.
Matouk's West Indies Hot Flambeau Hot Sauce: I have been using Matouk's West Indies Hot Flambeau Hot Sauce for some years. I first found it in "La Placita Latina", a Spanish food store when I lived in Kissimmee, FL. I was amazed that it had such a good flavor while having a high level of heat. I now keep bottles of it in my home in NC.
My favorite hot sauce. Low price too! Textured more like picante sauce than tabasco sauce. The hottest non-extract sauce I have tasted. I mix it with picante sauce and use it on tacos. If I were to name the most important hot sauces to have in your kitchen they would be the following:
1. McIllheney Tabasco Sauce
2. Matouk's West Indies Flambeau
3. Da Bomb
I first tried a healthy dose of Flambeau in a bar in Florida (Lazy Flamingo) on a saltine cracker. It had a great, pure habanero flavor
I love this sauce!!!! I wish that I could get it locally. It goes great on Ranch1 Grilled Chicken Snadwiches. It sure leaves a burn in your mouth for about 15 minues after eating but it's so delicious, it's worth it.
I am in love with this sauce.
First tried on the Island of Bonaire and bring home a few bottles everytime I go. Rarely do I eat this plain Usually have to mix with ketchup although it does go well on cold cuts by itself. Use on eggs, in soups and stews, sausage and meats. Excellent sauce!!
I first tasted Flambeau in St Maarten and fell in love with it. Twelve bottles accompanied me back to the USA. Very hot and very good!!!


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Man suffocates juvenile mountain lion during attack on Colorado trail
A Colorado man suffocated a young mountain lion after we was attacked while trail running Monday in Larimer County.
Officials from Colorado Parks & Wildlife confirmed the man's account saying the lion lunged at the man, biting his face and wrist before the man was able to break free from and kill the juvenile cat.
"The runner did everything he could to save his life. In the event of a lion attack you need to do anything in your power to fight back just as this gentleman did," said Mark Leslie, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region manager in a news release.
The man told parks officials he heard something on the trail behind and and when he turned to see what it was, the cougar lunged at him.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife gives the following advice:
- Do not approach a lion, especially one that is feeding or with kittens. Most mountain lions will try to avoid a confrontation. Give them a way to escape.
- Stay calm when you come upon a lion. Talk calmly and firmly to it. Move slowly and never turn your back on it.
- Stop or back away slowly, if you can do it safely. Running may stimulate a lion's instinct to chase and attack. Face the lion and stand upright.
- Do all you can to appear larger. Raise your arms. Open your jacket if you're wearing one. If you have small children with you, protect them by picking them up so they won't panic and run.
- If the lion behaves aggressively, throw stones, branches or whatever you can get your hands on without crouching down or turning your back. Wave your arms slowly and speak firmly. What you want to do is convince the lion you are not prey and that you may in fact be a danger to the lion.
- Fight back if a lion attacks you. Lions have been driven away by prey that fights back. People have fought back with rocks, sticks, caps or jackets, garden tools and their bare hands successfully. We recommend targeting the eyes and nose as these are sensitive areas. Remain standing or try to get back up!


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Knowledge Systems Institute is a four-year private school located in Skokie, Illinois. The school was founded in 1978 as a school for research and professional education but has since expanded its former scope, purpose, and design. Knowledge Systems Institute offers master's degrees in programs in information and knowledge systems.
KSI prides itself as having experience in online learning. Online courses are taught by Ph.D. faculty members who have real-life experience in the field. Faculty provide lectures and personalized learning through video, chat, email, and online platforms. Hybrid courses are also available that have an online element but also require on-campus learning.
Accreditation & Licensing
Knowledge Systems Institute is accredited by:
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If you work in operations, or manage a monitoring or operations center, you understand the frustration that comes with false alarms.
IT analytics firm BigPanda recently conducted a 2016 State of Monitoring survey and found that 79% of IT professionals see reducing alert noise as their top challenge. Poorly managed NOCs and unnecessary alerts cost organizations hundreds of thousands in IT costs every year.
How can you reduce the number of false alarms for your organization? Let's take a look.
The evolution of IT systems and processes has led to the case of Franken-monitoring.
IT teams monitor everything from customer facing applications to the server-level backend. They are at the center of all the data from all monitored endpoints. They are charged with making sense of the data, correlating it to understand the big picture, and updating various stakeholders when needed.
On top of this, IT professionals are also responsible to respond and react to the alerts they get from all these monitoring endpoints. Now imagine a situation where only a fraction of the alerts sent to IT experts are the real deal? In the same survey, BigPanda found that almost half of IT professionals receive over 50 alerts per day and almost a quarter receive more than 100.
When there is too much noise, it takes time and effort to identify the actual issue and take necessary actions to fix it. And that affects recovery and remediation activities. Of those who receive 100+ alerts per day, only 17% are able to investigate and remediate the majority of alerts within 24 hours. Meanwhile the business faces consequences of the downtime, in revenue impact, call surge to the call centers, social media backlash, and overall unpleasantness.
Who is at fault? Is the IT expert who is trying his/her best to solve the issue to blame? Or the tool that sent false alerts?
Monitoring and alerting are two sides of the same coin.
Organizations use APM and monitoring tools to test reliability of their application, but who tests the reliability of the alerts sent by these tools? Even the most advanced monitoring tool is not useful to the business unless it alerts the right people at the right time when there is an issue or performance degradation. Organizations increasingly rely on operational intelligence tools to separate the signal from noise and engage subject matter experts when needed. However, separating signal from the noise is still left to human intuition.
In my data center engineering days, I have seen Ops guys using something as simple as an email keyword filter to sieve through the alert floods. Look at this detailed depiction of a day in a life of an IT person — his/her day starts with verifying the validity of alerts. Every alert — true or false — requires time and attention of the IT team. If you have a setup where an alert automatically creates support ticket, false alerts can mess up your support metrics and waste more time.
It's about time the monitoring tools check for false positives and notify us only when our expertise is actually needed.
We at SmartBear take false alarms very seriously. That's why we have been channeling R&D efforts for our AlertSite monitoring solution to improve on our already awesome alerting. We believe that application performance issues must be found before they impact the end users. We also believe that engaging the right people at the right time with the right information can save IT organizations both time and money.
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This is the first time, I am designing a hussif. I have not designed any fabric piece before. This is a small hussif-12 by 8 inches. Let me start with simple steps. The encrusted crazy quilting class lessons are very useful. That's reason, I am working crazy quilting this hussif, to practice. I have not made any arrangement for my sewing machine. This hussif is pieced by hand!
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I am learning new things on my sumptuous surfaces class. This week's TAST stitch sampler is growing very slowly.
I worked a floral spray on this block, the beads will come later. I started with rope stitch for the stem, berry stitches for the big leaves, detached chains for the smaller leaves, satin stitch for the flower and ended the spray with straight stitches along the stem. The seam is made of buttonhole stitches and detached chain stitches.
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Data Center Best Practices for Contamination Control
As computer components get smaller, they become more susceptible to failures caused by contamination. Everyday dirt can build up causing short circuits, overheating, and other problems. Contaminated related failures can lead to downtime and lost revenue in the millions of dollars. Follow these basic guidelines to prevent contamination related bit errors, packet loss, and downtime.
Protect your equipment by establishing guidelines for all staff and visitors to support this objective. A contamination prevention initiative can inform others what activities are acceptable for your environment.
Guidelines for Contamination Control
in Computer Room Environments
Establish Computer Room Protocols.
- No food or drink inside the computer room.
- Do not unpack or uncrate equipment or other items inside the computer room. A staging area outside of the computer room should be established for unpacking or uncrating activity.
- Do not store cardboard, wood or paper type products inside the computer room. These items continuously shed large amounts of contamination.
- Do not prop open doors that lead to non-computer room areas.
- Do not allow any work to occur in computer room until the environmental impact of the work is known AND protocols for contamination control have been reviewed and approved.
- Any tools and/or materials brought in the computer room by vendors or employees should be reasonably clean and contaminant free.
Limit access to the computer room.
- In addition to security issues, unnecessary personnel can add to contamination levels. People generate contamination through clothing fibers, dead skin, hair, and dirt on their shoes.
Place contamination control mats at all entrances to the computer room.
- Contamination control mats help ensure that dust, carpet fibers and other small particulate are not tracked into the room via people's shoes or wheels on carts.
Maintain positive air pressurization in the computer room relative to surrounding areas.
- Positive pressurization helps prevent contaminated air from entering the room.
Maintain a disciplined computer room cleaning program.
- Clean top of floor surfaces quarterly or more frequently.
- Clean equipment and environmental surfaces quarterly or more frequently.
- Clean underfloor plenum at least once per year. Two times per year if the plenum is delivering pressurized air.
- Maintain a consistent cleaning schedule.
- Increase cleaning frequency during construction or other contamination producing events.
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Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is a British and Irish campaign that wants to stop people from being poor and to help richer people learn about the poor people of the World.[1] The symbol of the campaign is a white "awareness wristband" made of cotton or silicone with the words written in dark black and the word 'poverty' written in light black (e.g.: 'MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY').
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By Wayne Jett
© October 8, 2008
Amidst the global meltdown in corporate equity share prices, one stock in Europe excels. In fact, it soars. As
by Bloomberg News on October 7, Volkswagen AG is Europe's largest automaker and best performing stock in 2008, up 190 per cent this year. Seemingly a miracle at first glance, VW rose 55 per cent Tuesday while market averages globally dropped sharply.
As Bloomberg explains, VW's historic move higher October 7 was fueled by bankruptcy of U. S. investment bank Lehman Bros. Until its recent bankruptcy, Lehman was a leading prime broker collecting high fees for delivery of borrowed VW shares sold short by Lehman's hedge fund clients.
VW was one of the most shorted stocks in Europe, so the squeeze of short positions is understandable in that context. Yet many other stocks are heavily shorted, too. Why have they not benefited by Lehman's demise as VW apparently has?
Volkswagen Phenomenon Explained
Bloomberg's Alexis Xydias explains VW's stock movement as follows:
Banks that lent Volkswagen's stock to Lehman for use in short sales by their clients probably recalled their loans when the brokerage collapsed
on Sept. 15, according to the three people who declined to be identified because the transactions aren't public. I
n order to keep their client accounts balanced in the meantime, the lenders were likely forced to buy the shares in the open market
, the people said." (Emphasis added.)
This explanation must be parsed carefully to understand its implications.
Banks are custodians of many stock portfolios of institutional investors. Under their custodial agreements, the banks may lend shares for use by short sellers, subject to certain reserved rights. One such right is that the loaned shares may be called back at any time for any reason (upon the owner's sale of the shares, or just because the owner doesn't want to lend them any longer). If the loaned shares are not promptly returned, the bank has the right to buy the shares in the open market and charge the account of the borrower of the shares.
is what is being reported here. Banks which loaned shares to Lehman and its clients for short selling are buying in the shares that have not been returned. Lehman and its short-selling clients are being charged for the expense. Short sellers have not covered their positions, but they are being bought in by banks which loaned them shares to sell short.
To their credit, the lending banks are returning loaned shares to their clients' portfolios. However, the cost of shares may become a claim against Lehman's bankruptcy estate. Whether such claims are adequately secured by collateral is unclear, although banks are reluctant to spend their own funds for such buy-ins.
Broader Scenario: Undelivered Shares
This is not about just VW, Lehman or bank custodians. This apparently extreme scenario actually depicts conditions affecting markets broadly. Share prices are sharply dislocated from underlying corporate values by trading practices and complex derivative instruments. The dislocation is perpetrated by short sellers with important assistance from the SEC and Wall Street's allied self-regulating-organizations.
Since 2004 and before, the SEC has permitted investment banks and hedge funds to sell short and fail-to-deliver (FTD) the shares to buyers. In 2005, with Regulation SHO, the SEC "grandfathered" all existing FTDs, meaning tens of millions of shares sold short could remain undelivered indefinitely. Reg. SHO itself was riddled with provisions enabling new FTDs to be created. Only last month, effective September 18, the SEC after long delay slightly tightened delivery requirements. But short sellers and their prime brokers still find plenty of wiggle-room to move FTDs among accounts so as to avoid delivering shares to buyers who have paid for them.
Explaining its dilatory conduct, the SEC considers only the interests of Wall Street's traders – never the interests of millions of investors whose accounts contain only "entitlements" to shares for which they paid in full. A year ago, SEC's director of market regulation Eric Sirri conceded to a New York audience that investors would be "surprised" to learn their accounts really do not hold shares.
Ending Dislocation of Share Prices
Severe dislocation of share prices from underlying value of corporations is caused by FTDs that dilute the share float. Extra (counterfeit) shares mean lower share prices, and unreasonably low share prices deprive businesses of new capital without dilution. Allowed to persist, lawless trading conditions destroy companies or drive them from the public markets. The most current consolidated balance sheet released by Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) shows its member firms were exposed to risks of undelivered shares valued at $258 billion as of March 31, 2008.
This is the cause of destruction in recent months of the private mortgage sector, the investment banking sector and significant firms in the banking sector, not to mention many other companies in all sectors. The SEC must require sold-but-undelivered shares to be delivered without further delay.
By its actions to date, the SEC has chosen short sellers, particularly naked short sellers, to be winners in the markets by permitting extraordinary capabilities to sell shares without delivering them. SEC has justified its actions as necessary to prevent short sellers here from suffering the fates of those who sold VW short.
By statute, the SEC is supposed to protect interests of average investors. SEC has failed in that duty by permitting hedge funds and others to fail in delivering shares sold short. If U. S. financial markets are to recover, and the credit seizure is to be relieved, the SEC (or Congress) must require all sold but undelivered shares to be delivered without further delay. ~
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Nissan Slashes Prices Across Lineup
The sticker reductions vary by model and, in some cases, trim level and will be applied to new vehicles, including those already in dealer inventory. At the low end of the spectrum, new Altimas, for example, could cost up to $580 less; a base 2013 Altima currently starts at $22,550, including destination. At the top end, the Armada's price tag could go down by as much as $4,400; Nissan's full-size SUV currently starts at $42,285, including destination.
Why were these seven chosen? They make up around 65% of Nissan's U.S. sales volume, the automaker reported, and Nissan spokesman Brian Brockman told Cars.com that the lower prices will help the vehicles perform better when searched online, appearing more frequently and favorably against the competition.
"While studying our market position against key competitors, there was an opportunity to increase buying consideration for those seven models by bringing MSRP more in line with transaction price," he said.
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Multiple Charts in a single chart control
heromyth wrote at 2011-08-09 05:00:
OxyPlot is so cool. I just found it. I want to place multiple charts into a single chart control to implement something like belown:
I wonder whether it is easy for OxyPlot.
I known the ZedChart supports multiple charts layout. However, it is abandoned, and is just for WinForm.
objo wrote at 2011-08-09 10:44:
yes, you can use multiple axes and set the StartPosition and EndPosition (relative to the plot area) of each axis. You can mix both logarithmic and linear axes in the same plot.
For the well logs I think you could create one x-axis for each data series, and set the Start/EndPosition of each axis. You need to create a custom axis class to render only max and min as in your example.
Area series are supported, but you need to make a custom series to support colour coding as in the "Clay" series.
heromyth wrote at 2011-08-10 06:09:
That's great.
For Silverlight version, it is not support using Axes property in XAML like WPF version, is it?
Yes, each data series should have it's own x-axis. I think it can be called a virtual x-axis or logical x-axis (which is not renderable). And, all the data series in a ChartArea ( or a track ) should share a common x-axis which is actual x-axis (it is drawable for the PlotArea). Has the data series of OxyPlot a interface like this? If not, I want to implement one.
By the way, the position of Axis can be adjusted slightly? If the magins of PlotArea are set to bigger, the distance between the title and the Axis also becomes bigger, and can't be adjusted.
objo wrote at 2011-08-10 13:31:
I will update the properties of both the WPF and Silverlight Axis controls soon. Currently you have to use a PlotModel to access all properties. (I prefer to do it this way).
All your logs can share the same depth axis, but currently this can only be rendered on the left or right side of the plot area. It is not possible to move the position of the axis, but this is something we could consider to add (using offset values relative to the plot area). E.g. AxisPosition = Left and AxisPositionOffset = 0.5 could render the axis left of the center of the plot.
heromyth wrote at 2011-08-10 15:31:
If multiple x-axises are placed at the same section of a PlotArea for example StartPosition=0, EndPosition=0.5, just one x-axis at a time can do panning. So, if these x-axises are grouped, they can be panned together. Is it worth doing this? If it is, I want to do it.
heromyth wrote at 2011-08-11 05:29:
heromyth wrote:
If multiple x-axises are placed at the same section of a PlotArea for example StartPosition=0, EndPosition=0.5, just one x-axis at a time can do panning. So, if these x-axises are grouped, they can be panned together. Is it worth doing this? If it is, I want to do it.
I have submitted a patch for this. The demo code can be emailed to you if you are interesting in it.
Now, I want to implement the adjustable AxisPosition. Any suggestion for this? Thanks.
How about implementing the splitter between the TrackAreas?
objo wrote at 2011-08-11 08:59:
thanks! I will have a look at this soon. I am currently working on some of the other issues that I will check in first.
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Inflammation of the Sinuses
Sinuses are air filled sacs located in your head. You have four pair: frontal, maxillary, ethmoid, as well as sphenoid. The particular frontal sinuses are usually found in the bone just above your eyes. The maxillary sinuses lie beneath your cheekbones. Ethmoid sinuses are on either side of your nose but further back in your brain. Sphenoid sinuses are just beneath the ethmoid sinuses. These kinds of sacs tend to be lined with thin membranes which generate mucous. The mucus eliminates out germs, viruses as well as airborne dirt and dust. It drains out of the sinuses as well as in to the nose through tiny openings. When these availabilities become blocked sinusitis takes place. Sinusitis is the term used to describe irritation of the sinuses.
Sinusitis can be Chronic or Temporary
Infections or even allergies may make the thin filters within the sinuses to swell. Then the openings are clogged leading to discomfort and a sense of congestion. Microorganisms also infect the sinuses once the mucous builds up and will be offering a breeding ground. Sinus congestion can also be the result of a viral infection. In the event that the soreness is due to bacteria, it is almost always associated with fever, congestion, a green nasal discharge, pain, a redcolored flush within the nose and a toothache just beneath the actual sinus. In very serious cases, high fevers and shaking chills may take place.
How Sinusitis is Handled Depends Upon the Reason
Transmissions are usually treated with antibiotics. Other infections may be treated with decongestant tablets, nasal sprays, antihistamine pills, or nasal corticosteroid oral sprays. There are also some home remedies that work to prevent and treat sinusitis. It is recommended that the person drink lots of fluids, at least sixty-four oz. a day. This will keep the mucus thin and flowing. Apply warm packs on the infected sinuses or even inhaling and exhaling steam can be effective. If you believe the sinusitis is a result of seasonal allergies, attempt to determine the cause of the allergy and then avoid the allergen.
There are Also Some Lifestyle Changes that May be Needed
Scuba divers are advised to prevent diving until their particular sinusitis is very healed. Anyone likely to travel through atmosphere needs to avoid soaring when congestion is still present. The changes in oxygen strain that happen in the course of flights could pressure much more mucus into the sinuses. If people continue within traveling, these are advise to use a decongestant an hour or so before you take off and also work with a decongestant nose spray about a half hour before the plane embarks after its lineage. They should also take in plenty of fluids during the flight, preferably water and juices.
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When just about all the various treatments are not effective and sinusitis nevertheless recurs, your doctor may think about surgical treatment as an option. The surgery is designed to expand the particular thin sinus opportunities. Throughout the surgery tiny endoscopes are inserted through the nose as well as into the sinus passages. Endoscopes are thin flexible tubes with a camera mounted on the tips. Most of them have a light, a viewer in order to reflect the image to the scope and a lens to be able to expand the image. The surgery will widen the openings and thus improve drainage. No incisions tend to be available on the facial skin.


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Abingdon, VA continues to grow as a retirement destination.
Rest easy: Abingdon continues to grow in status as a retirement destination.
In fact, Where to Retire magazine has praised Abingdon for being an undiscovered haven. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal featured the town as an ideal retirement community, pointing out its stunning vistas, thriving arts community and charming downtown. The Wall Street Journal also pointed out that the city has abundant natural resources and a mild climate.
For recreation, the community features the Abingdon Senior Center, a nonprofit agency that offers activities, education, social events and volunteer opportunities for seniors. Some popular activities include ballroom dancing' exercise classes' crafts and a monthly game night and covered-dish supper. The senior center also provides health screening' walking paths' day trips and a self-service library with books' games' puzzles and music.
Another spot designated just for seniors is the College for Older Adults at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. For persons aged 50 and older, the college offers classes on a variety of subjects, ranging from historical and cultural topics to the practical and contemporary. Students also have the option to suggest classes, teach and network with other students.
Meanwhile, housing options are also attractive for seniors. The non-denominational ElderSpirit Community is open to people of any faith. Offering 29 mixed-income, co-housing homes, the community gives residents a choice to live in a duplex, townhouse or apartment. There is also a common house where they all can eat together and discuss topics such as spirituality and the role of elderly people in the world. Pledging to help care for one another in their later years, each resident at ElderSpirit also donates four hours per week for the good of the community. Those volunteering opportunities can include landscaping, teaching an art class or giving a fellow resident a ride to the doctor.
Westhaven Retirement Living is a 24-hour-a-day assistance center that offers its residents three balanced meals, laundry services and daily housekeeping and trash removal. The center also provides residents with activities emphasizing physical strengthening and emotional well-being. Westhaven also makes sure that there's something to do for everyone. Crafts, bingo, exercise, air hockey, movies, birthday parties, dances, bands and karaoke are some of the available activities. If that's not enough, the center also offers a breathtaking view of the Appalachian Mountains.
Abingdon also has several cultural venues that can pique the interest of residents of all ages. The William King Regional Arts Center houses galleries of regional and international art, while the Barter Theatre is one of the longest-running professional regional theaters in the United States. The city also is listed as a Virginia Historic Landmark and includes a 20-square-block historic district highlighted by the Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum.
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A transitional step between home roasting and commercial roasting is cottage roasting — most often, selling home-roasted coffee at farmers markets — although this remains an alternative only on a state-by-state basis, as the laws allow.
This spring, 27-year-old Ethan Hoinacki of the Central Illinois city of Lincoln became the first coffee roaster in the state to sell coffee under a revised cottage food law.
After starting his roasting journey with a popcorn popper in 2014, Hoinacki upgraded to the popular Behmor 1600 Plus home model while hoping to sell his coffees at the ALHM Market, a local farmers market in Lincoln.
In April 2015, he began working with State Rep. Tim Butler's office to get legislation passed to allow home roasted coffee as a cottage food. "We found a pending bill (HB2486) that would allow us to add home roasted coffee as an approved item, but it was too late to make an amendment," Hoinacki said, adding that months of research followed before he and Butler's office lined up a contact in the State of Illinois Farmers Market Task Force. "We were working with the director to add home roasted coffee to the list, and then she retired."
Three more months passed before Hoinacki was granted approval by the task force's new director, while the roaster also worked towards approval with the county health department.
Hoinacki said his "ah-ha" moment in coffee came in the form of a cup served by Thirty-Thirty Coffee of Peoria, Ill., and his interest in roasting took off from there. Hoinacki is currently selling his coffees locally at the farmers market, donating 20 percent of the profits to different charities, and he's been pursuing plans to gain access to a commercial kitchen that would allow the commercial enterprise to expand.
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Colorado resident Michael Kent recently sat down at a tattoo parlor in Colorado Springs to have his swastikas covered up.
Kent, a former neo-Nazi, credits an African-American parole officer named Tiffany Whittier with helping him to see beyond skin color and changing his views about white supremacy.
"If it wasn't for her I would have seeped back into it," said Kent. "I look at her as family."
Whittier, 45, even inspired Kent, 38, to take down the Nazi flags he had hanging in his living room and replace them with smiley faces.
"I'm not here to judge him. That's not my job to judge. My job is to be that positive person in someone's life," Whittier said.
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We are all products of our parents, family, friends, experiences, and of the life that surround us – the good, the bad, the unimaginable.
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have people who love and care for them.
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Barbara von Erlach by Diebold Schilling the elder: Spiezer Chronik. 1484/85. Burgerbibliothek Bern.
The reason I got interested in the late 15th century fashion of southern Germany/Switzerland is because of the spectacular headdresses! I feel SO uncomfortable wearing an ordinary veil, so three years ago I looked through various digital medieval manuscripts to find other types of headdresses. When I found the Spiezer Chronik from 1480's Switzerland I knew that I had found the right thing for me!
Spiezer Chronik is a chronicle by Diebold Schilling the elder. It contains the early prehistory of Bern from the foundation of the town to the events in the middle of the 15th century. It was commissioned by Rudolf von Erlach, knight, bailiff and member of the Great Council of Bern. He was married to Barbara von Praroman in his first marriage. Both Rudolf and Barbara are depicted in the chronicle.
Rudolf von Erlach by Diebold Schilling the elder: Spiezer Chronik. 1484/85. Burgerbibliothek Bern.
The moment I saw Barbara I fell in love with her dress! Her bright pink/brown kirtle is probably worn directly over a smock which is decorated in the neckline. The reason I believe this kirtle is not an surcoat is the tight fit, the color of the dress underneath – it is white, the common color of the smock – and the fact that she wears a belt with a drawstring purse attached, something almost never worn on top of the surcoat in this period.
The kirtle has a deep V-shaped neckline and is closed either with lacing rings or metal clasps at the front. It is not entirely clear to me whether the kirtle is constructed with a waist seam or straight panels and gores. The skirt is very full however, and it looks almost as if it was pleated at the waistline. If that's that case, it indicates a separate skirt and bodice.
Detail. Diebold Schilling the elder: Spiezer Chronik. 1484/85. Burgerbibliothek Bern.
The 3/4 sleeves are open at the back, which means that the full length sleeves of the smock are visible. The kirtle sleeves are laced with green ribbon at the back, and it appears as if lacing rings are used, rather than worked eyelets.
The yellow decoration on the shoulders is a mystery to me. Is it some kind of lacing rings? Or plain decoration? I really have no idea, since I haven't come across the same kind of decoration in any other picture from the same period. If you know more about this, or if you have your own theory, please drop me a line!
Lacing rings in the neckline. Is this the answer to the mystery? Detail from young girl and old man, c. 1475-1480, Housebook Master, South Germany (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
The reason that I love Barbara's dress because of the flattering fit and interesting details. However it is worn by a very rich and probably influential lady. Since I go for a little more common look when recreating 1480's dress, would not be appropriate for my imagined persona (middle class townswoman). But, what would happen if my imagined persona saw Barbara von Erlach wear this kirtle, went to the tailor and asked for something similar in cut and shape, but with cheaper and less material? What would that dress look like?
To get an idea what ordinary Swiss women wore during the same period, I went to another digital manuscript by the same author: Bern Chronik – The Bern Chronicle. It was commissioned in 1474 by the City Council of Bern. About ten years later, Diebold Schilling was able to hand over to the Council the three-volume work, adorned with colored pages, initials and more than 600 large illustrations. The third, artistically richest volume contains Schiller's own description of the Burgundian war, including its prehistory until 1480. And in this third volume I found some very detailed images of camp followers wearing kirtles very similar to Barbara's.
Detail. Diebold Schilling the elder: Amtliche Berner Chronik. 1478-1483. Burgerbibliothek Bern.
This woman has the same V-shaped neckline at the front, cut almost down to the waistline. She doesn't seem to wear a belt in the natural waist – instead it is probably used to bring her skirt up, managing her to walk more freely. You can see the bulk of fabric below her waist as a result of this. And this indicates that her kirtle is cut with a waistline, rather than with straight panels and gores.
Detail. Diebold Schilling the elder: Amtliche Berner Chronik. 1478-1483. Burgerbibliothek Bern.
The wounded woman in red in the picture above has the same 3/4 sleeves as Barbara. They are open at the back and tied in three places. In this picture you also get an idea what the kirtle looks like at the back, with a very deeply cut neckline. She has got the same bulk of fabric below her waist, indicating a separately cut bodice and skirt.
By using the Bern Chronik as a source for my new kirtle, I think I'll manage to get as close to Barbara's dress as possible, without having to "try to rise above my station". These kirtles have all the details I'm so fond of: the sleeves, the neckline and the marked waistline.
Now it's time to start making my new kirtle! Wish me good luck!
About the chronicles by Diebold Schilling: http://www.digibern.ch/katalog/berner-chronik-diebold-schilling
Barbara von Erlach, Spiezer Chronik: http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bbb/Mss-hh-I0016/31
Wounded women, Bern Chronik: http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/de/bbb/Mss-hh-I0003/38
Camp follower: http://www.e-codices.ch/de/bbb/Mss-hh-I0003/344


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Plywood is a type of manufactured wood made from thin sheets of wood. It is then glued together for greater strength. A common reason for using plywood instead of plain wood is its resistance to cracking, shrinkage, twisting/warping, and its general high degree of strength. Also, plywood can be manufactured in sheets far wider than the trees from which it was made. It has replaced many dimensional lumbers on construction applications for these reasons.
A number of varieties of plywood exist for different applications. Softwood plywood is usually made either of Douglas fir or spruce, pine, and fir (collectively known as spruce-pine-fir), and is typically used for construction and industrial purposes.[1]
Hardwood plywood is used for some demanding end uses. Birch plywood is characterised by its excellent strength, stiffness and resistance to creep. It has a high planar shear strength and impact resistance, which make it especially suitable for heavy-duty floor and wall structures. Oriented plywood construction has a high wheel-carrying capacity. Birch plywood has excellent surface hardness, and damage- and wear-resistance. [2]
Decorative plywood is usually faced with hardwood, including red oak, birch, maple, lauan (Philippine mahogany) and a large number of other hardwoods.
Plywood for indoor use generally uses the less expensive urea-formaldehyde glue which has limited water resistance, while outdoor and marine-grade plywood are designed to withstand rot, and use a water resistant phenol-formaldehyde glue to prevent delamination and to retain strength in high humidity.
The most common varieties of softwood plywood come in three, five or seven plies with a metric dimension of 1.2 m × 2.4 m or the slightly larger imperial dimension of 4 feet × 8 feet. Plies vary in thickness from 1/10" through 1/6" depending on the panel thickness. Roofing can use the thinner 5/8-inch plywood. Subfloors are at least 3/4-inch thick, the thickness depending on the distance between floor joists. Plywood for flooring applications is often tongue and grooved. The mating edge will have a "groove" notched into it to fit with the adjacent "tongue" that protrudes from the next board. This prevents one board from moving up or down relative to its neighbour, so providing a solid feeling floor when the joints do not lie over joists. Tongue & groove flooring plywood is typically 1" in thickness.
High-strength plywood, known as aircraft plywood, is made from mahogany and/or birch, and uses adhesives with increased resistance to heat and humidity. It was used for several World War II fighter aircraft, including the British-built Mosquito bomber which was nicknamed the wooden wonder.
Certain plywoods do not have alternating plies. These are designed for a specific purpose. One such plywood is known as "Bendy Board". This is very flexible and is designed for making curved parts. In the UK this is known as "Hatters Ply" as it was used to make gents stovepipe hats in Victorian times. However these may not be termed plywood in some countries because the basic description of plywood is layers of veneered wood laid on top of each other with the grain of each layer perpendicular to the grain of the next.
Marine plywood is specially treated to resist rotting in a high-moisture environment. Marine plywood is frequently used in the construction of docks and boats. It is much more expensive than standard plywood: the cost for a typical 4-foot by 8-foot 1/2-inch thick board is roughly $75 to $100 US or around $2.5 per square foot, which is about three times as expensive as standard plywood.
Marine plywood can be graded as being compliant with BS 1088, which is a British Standard for marine plywood. There are few international standards for grading marine plywood and most of the standards are voluntary. Some marine plywood has a Lloyd's of London stamp that certifies it to be BS 1088 compliant. Some plywood is also labeled based on the wood used to manufacture it. Examples of this are Okoume or Meranti
Other types of plywoods include fire-retardant, moisture-resistant, sign-grade, pressure-treated, and of course the hardwood and softwood plywoods. Each of these products is designed to fill a need in industry.
The adhesives used in plywood have become a point of concern. Both urea formaldehyde and phenol formaldehyde are carcinogenic in very high concentrations. As a result, many manufacturers are turning to low formaldehyde-emitting glue systems, denoted by an "E" rating ("E0" possessing the lowest formaldehyde emissions). Plywood produced to "E0" has effectively zero formaldehyde emissions[3].
In addition to the glues being brought to the forefront, the wood resources themselves are becoming the focus of manufacturers, due in part to energy conservation, as well as concern for our natural resources. There are several certifications available to manufacturers who participate in these programs. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and Greenguard are all certification programs that ensure that production and construction practices are sustainable. Many of these programs offer tax benefits to both the manufacturer and the end user.[4]
Plywood production requires a good log, called a peeler, which is generally straighter and larger in diameter than one required for processing into dimensioned lumber by a sawmill. The log is laid horizontally and rotated about its long axis while a long blade is pressed into it (rather like turning a Swiss Roll against the edge of a ruler), causing a thin layer of wood to peel off. In this way the log is peeled into sheets of veneer which are then cut to the desired dimensions, dried, patched, glued together and then baked in a press at 140 °C (280 °F) and 19 MPa (2800 psi) to form the plywood panel. The panel can then be patched, resized, sanded or otherwise refinished, depending on the market for which it is intended.
Plywood grades are determined by a veneer quality on the face and back of each panel. The first letter designates quality of face veneer (best side), while the second letter denotes the surface quality of the back of the panel.[5] The letter "X" indicates the panel was manufactured with scrap wood as the center plies, not "exterior" as is commonly thought[citation needed]. The A-D rating is only good for construction (softwood) plywood, not for hardwood plywoods such as oak or maple.
"A": Highest grade quality available. Can be defect free or contain small knots, providing they are replaced with wooden plugs (the fillers having a "boat" or an "American football" shape) or repaired with synthetic patch. This grade may contain occasional surface splits that are repaired with synthetic filler. The surface is always sanded and provides for smooth paintable face quality.
"B": Second highest quality veneer grade. Normally a by-product of downgraded "A" quality veneer. Solid surface, but may contain small diameter knots and narrow surface splits. Normally repaired with wooden plugs or synthetic filler. The surface is normally sanded smooth.
"C": Considered to be a lower end face quality, but a reasonable choice for general construction purposes. May contain tight knots up to 1½ inches diameter, some open knot holes, some face splits, and discoloration. Some manufactures may repair the defects with synthetic filler. Panels are typically not sanded.
"D": Considered to be the lowest quality veneer and often used for the back surface for construction grade panels. Allows for several knots, large and small, as well as open knots up to 2½ inches diameter. Open knots, splits, and discoloration are acceptable. "D" grade veneers are neither repaired nor sanded. This grade is not recommended for permanent exposure to weather elements.
Plywood is used in many applications that need high-quality, high-strength sheet material. Quality in this context means resistance to cracking, breaking, shrinkage, twisting and warping.
Exterior glued plywood is suitable for outdoor use, but because moisture affects the strength of wood, optimal performance is achieved in end uses where the wood's moisture content remains relatively low. On the other hand, subzero conditions don't affect plywood's dimensional or strength properties, which makes some special applications possible.
Plywood is also used as an engineering material for stressed-skin applications. It has been used for marine and aviation applications since WWII. Most notable is the British De Havilland Mosquito bomber, which was primarily made out of wood. Plywood is currently successfully used in stressed-skin applications.[citation needed]. The American designers Charles and Ray Eames are famous for their plywood-based furniture, while Phil Bolger is famous for designing a wide range of boats built primarily of plywood.
Typical end uses of spruce plywood are:
There are coating solutions available that mask the prominent grain structure of spruce plywood. For these coated plywoods there are some end uses where reasonable strength is needed but the lightness of spruce is a benefit e.g.:
Coated special birch plywood is typically used as a ready-to-install component e.g.:
Birch plywood is used as a structural material in special applications e.g.:
Smooth surface and accurate thickness combined with the durability of the material makes birch plywood a favourable material for many special end uses e.g.:
Tropical plywood is widely available from the South-East Asia region, mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia. Tropical plywood boasts premium quality, and strength. Depending on machinery, tropical plywood can be made with high accuracy in thickness, and is a highly preferable choice in America, Japan, Middle East, Korea, and other regions around the world.
Plywood is a manufactured wood which is made by gluing several sheets of wood together. A common reason for using plywood instead of plain wood is its resistance to cracking, shrinking and warping. It is used to make a range of things from sheds, to cladding. It is graded on the quality, from class A to class D, A being the best quality and D being the worst quality.


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This tank top is one of the first things I ever made, beside some ill-conceived and executed scarves. I made it for my quasi-ironic hope chest long before Abby was around and rediscovered it the other day in one of my periodic stash dives.
It's designed to add an extra layer of warmth over pajamas and turns out to be perfect for doing just that.
A few days ago, we set aside the sleep sacks A's been in for the past year, since they've finally gotten undeniably small. I don't really want to buy more, but she's not awesome at keeping her new owl blanket on, so this tank top has actually come in handy.


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Christmas, what memories that word brings to my mind, memories of bright moon-lit nights, of watching out the front window to see when the car carrying Mom and the kids and my aunt and uncle would turn down the driveway. My excitement heightened by the Christmas tree and the anticipation of what my presents might be, the smell of the food that Grama and my aunt were cooking in the kitchen. The temperature was sub-zero, the sound of car doors closing and the crunch of footsteps on the hardened skin of snow brought to a fever pitch what I was feeling. Now we were ready, we were all together at last and the fun could begin. No Christmas memory is better than that. It was all about family then and it still is.
When the festivities were over, the food was eaten, the presents were opened, the capstone of the evening was when Grama would go into her closet and bring out a big box of "Delicious" apples. Each of us could have one. We kids would be right there. That was a time when "Delicious" apples really were delicious. Cold and crunchy, the juice would drip down your chin, it was a treat we looked forward to every year.
During those days, days of childhood, God was not in my world. I was wrapped up in family. When I was eight years old I came to live with my maternal grand-parents and this was where I spent the next ten years. It was common for my grand-parents to be in church for any function and they saw to it that I was involved in children's programs, Sunday school, choir etc. But, it was not until I was 15 years old that I met Jesus through my Dad's sister. That experience changed my life.
Later, in my mid-thirties, when I was married and had two sons, I had an experience with Jesus that drastically changed me…I chose to allow Jesus to be Lord of my life. He set me free and I loved Him for it. God became the center of my world. I was set free from focusing on myself; my soul was delivered and I was healed.
God has provided what He calls the "Glorious Liberty of the sons of God" to any who would love Him, follow Him and obey Him. You are never more free to be who He created you to be than when Jesus is Lord of all the parts of your life. I hope you have chosen Him.
We are fast approaching another Christmas holiday. The world of today is vastly different than the world of my childhood. Some things have not changed. God remains God and He still is love, Jesus is neither a baby in a manger, nor the crucified Christ, but rather the risen. victorious Priest and King. What has changed is the world.
Change and decay are part of the whole world system, it was not designed to last forever. Yet within the heart of every human being is life, put there by God. Death is foreign and we don't want to think about it or talk about it. Aging is hard because the world glorifies youth. The world is slowly dying, decaying and man is helping it along the way. Nowhere is this more evident than going into the stores to purchase presents for Christmas giving.
Tolerance is the world's objective. Wishing a stranger Merry Christmas is anathema, someone may be offended, however, to tolerate is also to alienate. America is still the land of the free and the home of the brave, so I decided I would continue the tradition of wishing people Merry Christmas, only a few wished me a Merry Christmas, some paused not knowing what to say when I greeted them with the old familiar greeting. Isn't that sad?
My mentor taught me acceptance with love for those who are different in faith or life-style than mine. God is not the one who damns people, not yet; for the Christmas story is God reaching out to a lost and dying world saying, "This is my offering to whoever will receive it." There never is condemnation from God, only conviction of our own sinfulness against a loving and holy God and a decision that each of us must make to receive or reject His offer.
America, as we have known it, is changing rapidly. And, in my opinion, not for the better. The great consolation that I have, is that it means that we are closer to the Lord's second coming. Each day as the darkness deepens around me the light of the Kingdom of God gets brighter and this gives me hope, this is the anchor for my soul; I hope in God, I trust Him, that is my bottom line.
Christmas will come and it will go. The stores are full and gifts will be bought and given. Sales will take place and bargains will be purchased. Life will go on. But, what memories will we have of this year? Will 2012 be a year that we remember the "reason for the season", the time of family together once more or will it pass like every other day into distant memory? The choice is ours.
As for me, I choose to remember that I am God's child, His daughter and He is my Heavenly Father. I am thankful. I choose to remember that Jesus came to bring abundant life, to destroy the works of the devil and He accomplished His assignment. I choose to remember that the Holy Spirit was given to us that we might know and remember the things that Jesus taught. Christmas is all about family, God's family and our human family. He gave and for this reason we give.
The Blessing of the Lord be upon you today and into the New Year! Joyfully His


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If you're a customer experience specialist confident and experienced in implementing customer experience initiatives then this could be the role for you.
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This fabulous, award winning technology and electronics company is based in Surrey (near the M25 and M3), with excellent transport links and offering you huge potential for career development. Working with this company will provide the opportunity to be part of innovation and cutting-edge technologies that make a real difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide.
As Customer Experience Director you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the customer experience improvement initiatives for all customers across all touch points. This includes:
- Building sustainable customer satisfaction and advocacy through the leadership of strategy and planning, customer experience and customer insight
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- Championing a customer culture on behalf of the NPS agenda and embedding this into the DNA of the brand
- Driving an adoption of proven practices to build a best way for all customer and continuous improvement activity
To be considered for this Customer Experience Director role you will not only be passionate about customer experience but you'll have proven track record of delivering sustainable customer led improvements for a large consumer brand. You will also have:
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Toi Ngākau Productions presents Courtney Rose Brown's new multi award-winning* play Running Late at BATS Theatre.
Running Late is a love letter to the smaller towns and suburbs in Aotearoa. The play is comedic, moving, relevant and quintessentially Kiwi: capturing the heart of authenticity in voices not normally heard on stage.
Directed by: Shauwn Keil
Produced by: Bethany Grace Miller
Production and stage managed by: Beth Taylor
Assistant staged managed by: Olivia Flanagan
Production design by: Anne-Lisa Noordover
Original composition by: Evangelina Telfar
Lighting designed by: Isadora Lao
Starring: Emma Katene, Shay Tanirau, Harriet Hughes, Kelsey Robson, Jackson Herman and Courtney Rose Brown.
*Running Late won Playmarket's "b425" 2018 'Highly Commended a and 'Playmarket's "Plays for the Young" (teenage category) 2017.


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Marketers online are not as effective if they do not have a list of email addresses they market to. A website alone is not enough. People forget easily. Once your site has been visited and does not interest the person at the moment, chances are, that person will never get back. That is, unless you were able to offer to be subscribed to your newsletter or update. A simple email address with the first name will do. When you have gotten that, you can then write a letter (or get a saved letter), address it to the first name that has been supplied and send it to the email address. Follow up letters are also usual. That way, the interest may perk up later. That is the usual way to build your email list. It is slow, it depends on the people who went to your website, but you have a higher percentage that those people are interested, more likely.
If you are depending on and believe on the numbers game principle then you can, instead, buy email marketing lists who are already interested in particular niches such as yours. Since the percentage of response rate is smaller than the above procedure, with a huge number in your list you can still end up with a lot of responses. You pay, but you started right away, fast.


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Elva May (Hewson) LacharityMarch 27, 1925 ~ November 24, 2017 (age 92)
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Peacefully at the Brockville General Hospital on Friday, November 24, 2017 Elva May Lacharity of Prescott in her 93rd year. Beloved wife of the late Ernest Lacharity. Cherished mother of James (Sandra) Lacharity of Port Colborne, Beth (late Wayne) Butterworth of Prescott, Eric (Donna) Lacharity of Danford Lake, Quebec, and Janis (late Christopher) Jones of Sault Ste Marie. Sadly missed by ten grandchildren, two step grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Dearly loved by several nieces, nephews and numerous friends. Predeceased by her parents Mary (nee Ramsay) and Gordon Hewson, four brothers and three sisters.
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Cremation has taken place. A memorial talk will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Johnstown at 2:00 p.m.


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Top Free MMORPG 2013
Well if you were looking for the best free MMORPG 2013 games, here is a glimpse at what the top games have to offer: incredible 3D graphics, action-packed PvE and PvP battles, epic quests, immersive virtual worlds, and, most of all, fun gameplay!
So what are the 10 most popular free MMO games today?
- Prime World
- League of Legends
- Drakensang Online
- Wakfu
- Neverwinter
- Last Chaos
- World of Tanks
- Adventure Quest
- Wartune
- Aura Kingdom
The list contains a good variety of different types of MMOs:
Classic MMORPGs – Neverwinter, Wakfu, Aura Kingdom, and Last Chaos
Browser-based MMO games – Drakensang Online, Adventure Quest and Wartune
MMOFPS (shooter games) – World of Tanks
MOBA – League of Legends (this is also the most-played PC game of 2012) and Prime World
About Finding the Best Free MMORPG 2013
The appeal of a good MMORPG is for those who liking gaming is clear – it's the opportunity to enter a world where you can either battle alongside your friends in epic battles or indeed to enter the fields of battle against your friends to gain the ultimate bragging rights. It's not only a group thing though – quests and other achievements also offer yet another aspect to the overall MMORPG experience. With so many to choose from, it can indeed be hard to identify the best free MMORPG 2013 … but we can manage.
There is a seriously large choice of games when it comes to free MMORPGs but once you find the one for you there'll be no looking back and it will have been well worth the search. There are a few aspects to be considered when picking the best free MMORPG 2013 however.
One of the most important things about any MMORPG is how unique it is. True, there are many out there that are very similar to each other but it's the unique spins which the developers put on their games that really make them stand out from the crowd. What you don't want is a game which is so similar to another that it's just mind numbingly repetitive to play, so clearly the best MMORPG will have to be significantly unique and not simply a carbon copy of another game.
MMORPGs must be well designed in terms of their learning curve as new players will not want to have to spend an entire day just trying to figure out how the UI works … it should be easy to get started with – lots of tutorials and easy tasks to start off with. However while a gentle learning curve is important, beyond a certain point must come the time when there's an increase in difficulty because after all who would want to play a game where there's no challenge at all? Very few people I think. The best MMORPG will have to be hard to master, because this is far more rewarding and ultimately will keep you enthralled for longer as you work to hone your skills and become the best.
Mentioned above, but it's important so a second mention couldn't hurt. The best MMORPG 2013 is really going to need a great UI. The UI is like your mission control centre and if its layout is awkward and difficult to learn and use then chances are that this will agitate the user for the entire time they're playing the game. So really, a bad UI design can be detrimental to an MMORPG – which is a shame because I'm sure there are games out there which would be in contention for the best MMORPG, only that their bad UI design acts as a barrier between the players and the uniqueness which the game as to offer.
Graphics are another factor which is important in any game, because, well, the graphics ARE the game – if you know what I mean. A game could have a great UI with a really unique story or element behind it but if the graphics are terrible then it certainly could not be considered the best MMORPG as no one would want to play it. Thankfully the standard of graphics in even free games these days is very high and as well as this a game can have somewhat out-dated graphics so long as you can actually still make our what you're doing on the screen – in other words sub-par graphics could be forgiven if the game made up for it in other aspects.
Obviously a key factor in terms of an MMORPG is that you must be able to play with other people. I mean, it's right there in the name itself "massively MULTIPLAYER online…" so it would be ludicrous to even consider any game as a contender for the best MMORPG 2012 if it didn't have any multiplayer aspects. It really adds a lot to a game when you can team up with other players to take down an extra tough challenge and celebrate the victory together. Or, you can take the alternative route of PvP where you play the lone wolf and try to conquer everyone round you to be the best. Either way, the best MMORPG is going to need both a strong PvE element and a strong PvP element – because at the end of the day they're both vitally important factors of any MMORPG.
I shall keep this point short – the game cannot have a lag problem. Lag has been the death of many games out there and rightly so because it truly does make the games in a lot of cases unplayable and indeed more a misery than a pleasure to even try and play.
Something which I probably should have mentioned closer to the top is the classes. The best MMORPG 2012 must have unique classes which can both work well together for PvE while also countering each other for PvP. The word I'm looking for is of course balance – the classes must be balanced because if they're not then everyone will just pick the superior class(es) and as the game will be without an even number of all classes it will of course have a bad effect on all multiplayer aspects of the game.
The last thing to consider is the storyline. While these games do have large PvP and PvE elements the storyline behind the whole game is also important as it can add an extra element of realism. While a good storyline certainly isn't the most important aspect of an MMORPG it is intertwined with something that is a very important aspect which is of course the quests. The quests in a game whether they be multiplayer quests or single player quests must be creative and non-repetitive because if they're not the whole game just becomes a grind, and people don't play games to grind the play games to have fun!
That's the last and ultimately the most important thing which the best MMORPG 2013 must be – fun. I guess what you find fun depends on your definition of fun but I think all of the elements above help push towards the overall fun factor. For example, a game which has extremely bad lag or a terrible UI wouldn't be fun to most people – but a game with a great UI, loads of friendly people to play with or against and some great classes to choose from would certainly be fun.
Once you begin searching for the game that suits you best, it will only be a matter of time until you find it. Once you find the best MMORPG 2013 there's no looking back because it will keep you enthralled, immersed and captivated for days, weeks, months and sometimes even years.