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Teaching 0.3 to cover teachers PPA time.
Wylam School is a member of the Prudhoe Partnership of Schools. Children spend a maximum of five years in the first school and in the September following their 9th birthday transfer to Ovingham Middle School www.ovinghammiddleschool.net
At age 13+ they transfer to Prudhoe Community High School, which has achieved full Technology College status. School transport is available to both schools from Wylam www.pchs.org.uk
- To help to develop an effective partnership between school and parents
- To extend school learning and to reinforce skills and understanding
- To encourage pupils, as they get older, to develop the confidence and self-discipline to study on their own
Homework should be planned to complement the work children are doing in the classroom and be appropriate for the age and ability of the pupils.
Teachers should try to maintain a regular weekly homework routine, and the work should not take pupils more than one hour a week to complete.
All pupils should have a homework book, and a reading diary, through which we hope to develop effective communications between parent, pupils and teachers.
Home reading sessions should take about twenty minutes per night. As the child becomes fluent in reading these sessions should take the form of silent reading sessions.
Parents reading stories to children and children reading out signs and labels are also useful ways to help the development of reading skills.
Parents or pupils (depending on the age of the child) are asked to record brief details of reading progress in the reading record book.


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I followed the '
Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 11
' tutorial and after installing PHP5 (step 4) I'm encountering some problems.
It says
Then open /etc/php.ini and add the line cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 right at the end of the file:
vi /etc/php.ini
When I enter this command, it creates a new file. Apparently it didn't exist before I enter this command.
And again
To start a PHP FastCGI daemon listening on port 9000 on localhost and running as the user and group nginx, we run the following command:
/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -u nginx -g nginx -f /usr/bin/php-cgi -P /var/run/fastcgi-php.pid
And this is what I get, if I enter the command
[root@r2 ~]# /usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -u nginx -g nginx -f /usr/bin/php-cgi -P /var/run/fastcgi-php.pid
-bash: /usr/bin/spawn-fcgi: No such file or directory
I'm doing this on a new and clean install of the latest Fedora11. I ran yum upgrade before it. What am I doing wrong?
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Tip proposal
Well Rioters have already stated that they are against removing the score system but it would help if players got something on the tips informing them about the score system being rather flawed but less blunt:
Something like: Remember the score system may be a decent way to measure individual tactics but individual tactics are less likely to win a team game.
what do you think guys?, how could we redact it better?.
No, I think it just needs to be disabled until it is (if ever) fixed.
And I really can't think of a good fix that would cover enough of the edge cases that I wouldn't continue to write the score off as a joke.
I realize that people in Riot don't want to remove it, but seriously, that.... thing is just teaching new Dominion players extremely bad habits.
It should say "I shiny gold number one is nice to look at in your match history, but don't act like an idiot to increase your score because winning is worth more."
It is also why most people don't want to go bot.
As it usually results in a very low score compared to the rest of your team unless your top is losing hard or you are winning hard.
I just chuckle each time the tip tells me Baron Nashor will spawn at 15 minutes ;)
Best Tip: The score system is an indicator of nothing useful and promotes bad play
But I need the +40s.
As you can see, the optimal play is clearly to repeatedly die over and over on either your or your opponents capture points.
Accomplishing something useful to your team out of that is entirely optional ^_^
After all, why would the game lie to me?
I understand that we need a number on Dominion that's not your k/d/a and which reflects your contribution to the game... but yes, the current system is awful :(
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As any cultural anthropologist worth their salt will tell you, the highly nuanced historical relationship between human societies and their surrounding environments factors greatly into evolutionary progress. In much the same way, the catalysts driving private label retail growth within key retail organizations in various countries around the world has created playing fields with distinctions—and category penetration—not yet seen in the United States. Each of these retailers and countries around the world subsequently sits at different stages of store brand evolution, and each is worthy of study to gain possible inspirations for future U.S. directions.
A Matter of Perspective
"The major difference is really one of corporate commitment and generating the mission of the business to include private label, as a 'philosophy,' as part of the company DNA," said Tom Stephens, founder of Brand Strategy Consultants, Inc. "U.S. retailers generally talk the game, but in many cases don't walk the game. Of course, there are some great exceptions to this, but if we had more companies with the target of 30–40 percent penetration, and the business processes and in-company resources to get there, we would see a very different future."
The nature of European geography has led to a smaller handful of retailers dominating their home markets. "Private label enjoys extremely high penetration in many countries in Europe," said Brian Sharoff, president of PLMA. "Market share by volume is more than 50 percent in Spain, and above 40 percent in Britain, Germany, France and Belgium. The main reason is the domination of each market by a few retail players. As retailers in the United States continue to consolidate and grow, the same penetration is likely to occur here."
Private label in Europe has commanded formidable market share for decades, so there's a built-in level of sophistication and efficiency that has withstood the test of time, noted Philip Russo, editor/publisher of Global Retail Brands. "Retailers in Europe tend to treat their private labels as true brands, not simply as less-expensive versions of national brands," he said. "This is evident in design and packaging, pricing, promotion, and category strategy."
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Another big piece of this puzzle is the weighty presence of national brands—and their associated marketing muscle—in the United States through the years. National brands are a much more dominant force historically in the United States than in many other countries, noted Stephens. "But if we want to drive differentiation for our retail business, this has to be the one major contributor to driving customers to one retailer when compared to another. The slavish approach to 'national brand equivalent' as the only way forward has to change. Multiple tiers, multiple specialty brands to include cross-store platforms are taking far too long to emerge. Sophistication of marketing beyond the flier is crucial for the future."
In the absence of national brand dominance, retailers in other countries—most notably Europe—took the branding reigns themselves. "History shows that because the 'big brands' never had the domination of the marketplace, it was natural for retailers to want to use their own names on products to drive customer traffic," said Stephens. "There was also a much higher demand for higher-quality products and the need for weekly shopping, if not every couple of days. Community and local 'high street' shopping was always more important in Europe than in North America." Europe has also been ahead of the game in terms of home delivery of groceries and "click and collect" options, he notes—options that are starting to gain traction in the United States.
Home Field Heroes
"The retailers who are truly interesting in Europe are the ones who have a well-defined retail brand which they leverage to engage their customers," said Christopher Durham, founder of My Private Brand, and vice president of retail brands for Theory House. "Home improvement retailer Homebase in the United Kingdom, Dutch discount retailer HEMA, Swedish retail icon IKEA and British grocer Waitrose have each developed differentiated private brands that reinforce their unique retail brands. The takeaway is simple: Create a unique and ownable portfolio of private brands. Stop copying and start leading."
Much of this legwork involves a quest for resonance—seeking tactics, products and lines that have carved unique niches within retail. "Retailers differ significantly from country to country, so one needs to see various approaches to learn something useful," said Sharoff. "The players worth studying would be Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury's in Britain; Carrefour, Monoprix and Casino in France; Delhaize in Belgium; Albert Heijn in the Netherlands; Mercadona and Eroski in Spain; and ALDI and Lidl in Germany. The global leaders based on size of company and number of countries in which they have stores would be Tesco, Carrefour, ALDI, Delhaize and Ahold."
Russo would add Rewe (Germany), Edeka (Germany), Migros (Switzerland) and Conad (Italy) to that list, nothing that each excels in a number of categories.
"When I think of Canadian private label, the genius of Loblaw's President's Choice is always the first thing that comes to mind," said Russo. "The notion of providing a better product than the national brands and then extending that concept across an entire retail banner is exactly what I'd love to see more of in the United States."
Russo suggested that specific countries merit study based on desired retail objectives. "With private label market share in the 50 percent range," said Russo, "I'd have a close look at the United Kingdom and Switzerland if I wanted to see what I could do to increase customer satisfaction with my retail brand. France and Holland have proven they can succeed beyond their countries' borders, and Germany can teach a thing or two about hard discount. For innovation in format and product range, Italy excels."
U.S. retailers who look internationally and have strong translation skills—gaining inspiration, but then logically contextualizing ideas into their lines in wholly new ways—will inevitably find unique methods of growing their private label business.
The Bottom Line
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International Snapshots
ALDI Gourmet
ALDI's European store brand Gourmet includes products like fig vincotto, an Italian condiment drizzled over salads, meats, cheeses, etc., and pesto sauce made from spinach, cashews and Grana Padano cheese. We have begun to see some high-end ALDI products like these make their way into U.S. stores via ALDI's Specially Selected line. Expect this approach to continue as ALDI seeks to cultivate appeal for higher-end shopper demographics that see the value in a budget-minded approach, building on the mounting growth in retail at the top and bottom.
Migros Actilife
Swiss retailer Migros made a significant investment in health-and-wellness with the cultivation and expansion of its Actilife store brand over the years. The products—spanning multiple food categories (including Beverages, Cereal, Dairy and Spreads) and OTC/Healthcare—are demographically dialed down to consumer segments like women, children and seniors, as well as specific areas of health-and-wellness like digestion, muscle and bone health, and cholesterol management. In Switzerland, Actilife is first and foremost a lifestyle brand—one that just happens to be a store brand, as well. A U.S. retailer who can astutely create a strong, holistic, health-and-wellness lifestyle store brand will potentially find alignment with multiple demographics.
Tesco Finest*
Tesco has taken an upscale, artisan tack with the new face of its Finest* store brand, using marketing language like, "Made by passionate people." The range covers a wide swath of grocery, including wine, beer and spirits. Craft beers in the range include a porter and three types of cider (Somerset, Vintage, Single Variety), and the wines include several vintage products—many with the producer clearly noted. The Finest* line saw a major overhaul in 2013, with highly visible promotion of the store brand line via sponsorship of the popular British drama, "Downton Abbey"—an advertising campaign that spanned television, online and mobile. Select U.S. retailers have begun exploring the possibilities in store branded wine, beer and spirits, products that can gain additional attention when created through partnerships with local and regional craft brewers, winemakers and distillers to develop unique lines exclusive to a given retailer—often without burying that partnership, but clearly proclaiming it on product packaging and in marketing materials.


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This short snippet, referred to by filmmakers as a "cue," comes from David Newman's score for the 1992 labor epic Hoffa, released by 20th Century Fox.
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As Meranda explains it, the recurrence of familiar cues is probably the result of film editors who shape trailers to convey a certain mood--often a mood suggested by a particular classical music piece or orchestral soundtrack they happen to like. Studio marketing people expect them to cut together brilliantly-evocative coming attractions reels for motion pictures which usually are months away from being finished. And because the score is one of the last major items to be included, trailer editors frequently have to improvise. "These guys sit in their little cubicles, and around them are stacks of all the movie score CDs that various film companies put out," Meranda says. Some cues, she adds, seem to bring out the best in almost every trailer they're paired with. "There are certain cues that just work."
One is a blaring, pounding, hysterically macho section of James Horner's score for the 1986 sci-fi thriller Aliens. Repeat viewers will recognize it as the music accompanying the drop ship's climactic escape from the mining colony just before it explodes. It's been used in trailers for Timecop, Blown Away, The Good Son, Man on Fire, Alien 3 and, intriguingly, the TV commercial heralding the video release of Hoffa.
The most popular cue in Fox's library is Randy Edelman's score for Alan Parker's 1990 Japanese internment melodrama Come See the Paradise. Titled "Fire in a Brooklyn Theater," it's a harmonically simple but rhythmically relentless piece in 3/4 time with a repetitious, rising-and-falling four-part melody. You've heard it in trailers for The Joy Luck Club, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men, A Clear and Present Danger, Blown Away, and Rob Roy, among others, and the TV tabloid show "Hard Copy" has used it in segments dealing with Tonya Harding, Michael Jackson, and other objects of controversy.
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Davidson College is reducing its carbon footprint with an idea from sophomore Alexis Valauri-Orton.The 20-year-old student from Seattle is majoring in biology with an environmental studies concentration. She and some classmates came up with the idea for a project in an environmental studies class.After the class ended, she kept pushing to make it a reality.With the help of multiple grants - including a $10,000 Brita Filter For Good Grant and a $4,000 Davidson College Green Grant - three elliptical machines have been installed in the Nisbet Fitness Center in the Alvarez College Union. The machines were built by PreCor and modified by ReRev, a Florida-based company that specializes in retrofitting exercise equipment to make clean, alternative energy."The biggest cost is the initial installation of the system," Valauri-Orton said. "But as we get new machines, it will be relatively inexpensive to retrofit them and hook them up so they can produce energy."Through the ReRev System, these machines capture kinetic energy from a workout and convert it into electricity distributed to the Union's power grid. The machines have been in use since April 5 and can produce enough power to run the gym's lights, officials said.A 30-minute workout produces 50 watt hours of clean, carbon-free electricity. That's enough to charge a cell phone six times, run a laptop for an hour or power a compact fluorescent light bulb for two-and-a-half hours, according to ReRev.Davidson College President Tom Ross said the project is a great educational tool and a step in the right direction. Short-term benefits won't be drastic, he said, but because more machines can be added at a relatively low cost, the potential exists for long-term benefits."It's the second significant student idea that we've implemented," Ross said. "The project is fantastic in a lot of realms, but it's also a reminder to students about the importance of living a sustainable lifestyle."The first student project the college implemented was a composting setup. It's been in place for about a year and has cut the school's food waste in half, Ross said. The compost also is used throughout campus to fertilize the landscaping.Other projects to be completed within the next year include solar panel and solar-thermal installations and fueling campus vehicles with bio-fuel, Ross said.
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Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration doesn't have the type of rapport with congressional leaders that would be necessary to complete a U.S. tax-code overhaul, said Michael Mundaca, a former assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy.
"What we're missing is the relationships between the administration and leaders on the Hill that can move this forward," Mundaca, who left the Obama administration in May, said today at an international tax conference in New York sponsored by Ernst & Young. "You need very strong cross-aisle and cross-branch cooperation and we haven't seen that yet."
Mundaca, now the co-leader of the national tax department at Ernst & Young, described an administration navigating with caution the politics surrounding tax policy.
During his time at Treasury, Mundaca was part of a team charged with developing an outline of the administration's priorities for a tax-code rewrite. He said the administration will make a calculation about whether to release the paper as a set of options or as a more definitive list of what President Barack Obama is seeking.
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At Michaels they sell candy melts already colored and the candy color oils for the white candy melts, so you can mix what every colors you want, youcan also mix the pre-colored candy melts. Don't use regular color gels or liquids it will ruin the candy melts or chocolates and cease it ( make it hard again) then you will have to through it way.
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I'd suggest you backup your data. Format the machine and reinstall windows either from original disks, OEM restore disks or from an image (if you have one).
Hi I am new to edugeek and would like to know if anyone can help me with an issue. My computer is currently suffering from spyware and adware possibly something I downloaded to my computer . I would like to know what would be the best way to get rid of the spyware. I am currently using windows defender, avg and mcafee to delete spyware. It removes the spyware but however I believe it has deleted my winlogin.exe, as it found it to contain a trojan. I have researched this and it says that winlogin.exe is the name used by IRC trojans to try and invade your computer through spyware. What would be the best cause of action from this point, as during the boot process my computer requests a book disk and during startup comes up with an error about winlogin.exe being missing.
I'd suggest you backup your data. Format the machine and reinstall windows either from original disks, OEM restore disks or from an image (if you have one).
I concur with Geoff
Also... have you read this page:
You may also want to run the tools found here:
- http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html [scroll down to the actual download section - remember to update it after opening it]
- http://www.lavasoft.com / http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...bj=dl&tag=top5
Unlike antivirus programs, Never use one spyware scanner - but be sure to use trustworthy ones. Windows Defender is one, but it misses things that the other two I've mentioned find.
Geoff I should have said but I am looking for alternatives to reinstalling windows completelyand restoring my files from an external hard drive. That would be the last resort, if nothing can be done to atleast bring my computer to a good condition. Thanks for your tips tarquel I will try this out and get back to you asap. Hopefully it will solve the problems and I will win the battle and the war against spyware, well for my computer anyway .
From what you say you have two antivirus apps installed which would indicate that your computer is running very slow and give the indication that it has spyware or malware on it.
The two mentioned are McAfee and AVG these in turn will fight over who has control over your files, does your computer seem to take ages to boot up? if so then this would be the primary cause.
I would if you can backup what you need onto disc and then reformat and reinstall your operating system plus any other apps that you use. Taking great care not to install two antivirus apps just install the AVG this i would say is slightly better than McAfee. Then install any spyware, malware apps that you have ok.
@VGeek: In order to ensure that your PC has indeed been "cleaned" of these nasties the only real option you have it to do as Geoff has already mentioned.
You can keep sweeping your PC with anti-spyware and anti-virus programs but there is no gaurantees that they will catch them all and all it takes is one to be missed for the whole process to start again.
You need to also look at the use of your PC could it be allowing private/confidential information to be leaked out, are you in control of this?
If your PC is "just a pc" then you should have no real problem wiping it but if your PC is one of great importance and is used, for example as a development or trusted information holder then you need to decided what you are going to do with it.
In my opinion take a back up and wipe it.
VGeek: apologies for not seeing your reply to Geoffs post have been away from computer and only saw first couple of posts.
It's quicker and easier to rebuild the machine than to attempt any sort of complicated and involved repair process.
Chances are you'll miss something anyway and it'll just get reinfected again in a week.
Nuke the machine and start again, it's the only way to be sure.
Thanks for all the information. I believe it will be very time consuming to try to remove the adware which can be a repetitive task to say the least. I believe I will buy a external hard drive this evening backup all necessary files and reinstall windows completely and install sophus anti-virus along with windows defenders and restore all the files and hopefully the problem will be solved I will scan the files to ensure the files are not infected. However I believe the majority of the infected files are in drive C and located close to system files.
Make sure you don't backup any infected files, otherwise you'll find yourself back at square one when you restore them
...or before restoring ANYTHING, make sure you get all the A/V & anti-spyware programs in place.
In your case, its the following:
- Sophos [and don't install other A/V software for performance and cancelling each other out and other reasons]
- Windows Defender - resident & removal tool
- Spybot - Search & Destroy - [partially] resident & removal tool
- SpywareBlaster - resident tool
Thats all I use, and along with limited accounts and sensible internet use, I dont have a problem with Spyware at home.
Hi Tarqel
I downloaded windows defender and got sophos from the school I work at I am currently a junior technician there. I am yet to get both spyboy and spywareblaster these will be downloaded when I next use my computer aswell as downloading various updates.
Thanx for the tips tarqel the key words are sensible internet use. I believe I have been sensible however got very relaxed and downloaded convertion software from the internet and did not scan the software properly. I have learnt and this wont happen again. Not having a computer is like not having your hands you miss them but life goes on. This Post has been sucessfully completed.
good to hear your problem was eventually sorted out...
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Chrome lands on top in FutureMark's Peacekeeper benchmark with almost one thousand points. Opera comes in second with nearly 750 points. Safari and Firefox are in a practical tie for third place, both with about 560 points. IE8 only manages a two-digit score of 57, putting it in last place.
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Firefox is the winner in Mozilla's Kraken JavaScript benchmark, followed closely by Google Chrome. Opera is quite a bit behind in third with a score that doubles Chrome's. Fourth-place finisher Apple Safari trails behind Opera. Internet Explorer 8 does not run this benchmark.
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Chrome barely edges out Firefox to place first in Google's modified SunSpider benchmark. Safari places a distant third, followed closely by Opera in fourth. Once again, IE8 did not run this test.
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gwiz1987Why is IE8 being benched and not IE9?
XP doesn't support 9, only 8.
"Both Opera and Chrome feltmuch smoother on our old PC than Firefox"
I do kinda feel the difference with Firefox's responsive going from my main modern desktop to my older labtop that has regulated to a makeshift HTC. I believe Firefox XUL interface is the culprit; it was a big enough problem for Firefox mobile to abandon it in favor of native Android GUI, but who knows at this point. I guess might actually give Opera a chance.
"Both Opera and Chrome feltmuch smoother on our old PC than Firefox"
I do kinda feel the difference with Firefox's responsive going from my main modern desktop to my older labtop that has regulated to a makeshift HTC. I believe Firefox XUL interface is the culprit; it was a big enough problem for Firefox mobile to abandon it in favor of native Android GUI, but who knows at this point. I guess might actually give Opera a chance.
7agnickolov , April 18, 2012 5:14 AMHow come only a single reader requested numerical composite scoring, that's the most logical way of scoring after all! With that said, I'd have liked if you didn't use the rankings but the raw scores after a more intelligent transformation as the input for weighted averaging...
For example, for each category you could subtract the lowest-placed score from all scores and then normalize in the range [0-1] by dividing all adjusted scores by the topmost adjusted score. This way the top perfomer always has 1 and the worst performer always has 0 modified score (you'd need to invert them for tests where lower is better of course, e.g. subtract these from 1). Then apply your ranks to these scores and you get the composite score. It's not a perfect transformation, but it certainly has more fairly distributed weight (pun intended) than what you have used here.
8aznjoka , April 18, 2012 5:19 AMThats my Opera, for those who have never tried Opera. It's an amazing piece of software, it does the job, and it does it better then most.
2confish21 , April 18, 2012 5:23 AMInteresting move to make this article. Well done! Don't waste your time on a vista run though... Im so close my release date. xD
8csbeer , April 18, 2012 5:25 AMaznjokaThats my Opera, for those who have never tried Opera. It's an amazing piece of software, it does the job, and it does it better then most.
XP can't run 9. Need to upgrade OS in order to get higher IE.
gwiz1987Why is IE8 being benched and not IE9?
XP doesn't support 9, only 8.
4mayankleoboy1 , April 18, 2012 5:57 AMexcellent review!
some points:
1.A lot of corporates still use IE7. maybe you should include that too in your benchmarks
2.if you remove HTML5 (with and without H/W acceleration), i think Opera's victory margin will be quite huge.
3.Regarding smoothness, i beleive FF is quite poor in this. But the developers know about it and are very activle working on it. I thik FF13 will be the release when smoothness will improve. look at "Firefox Snappy".
4. i would like to have a subjective recommendation at the end of the article, something you subjectively felt was the best amongst all the browsers, even though it may be trailing in numbers.
7mayankleoboy1 , April 18, 2012 6:01 AMWhy did you use the AGP? I bet 99.99% of those Pentium4 era computers use the onboard Intel IGP.
Also that would definitely disable the H/W acceleration of browsers.
6Anonymous , April 18, 2012 6:16 AMAnyone who is still stuck using Windows 2000, Opera supports you.
1Anonymous , April 18, 2012 6:20 AMbunnywannyAnyone who is still stuck using Windows 2000, Opera supports you.
Toms, the "add an url" in the comment toolbar doesn't work. Here is the link:
3ronch79 , April 18, 2012 6:48 AMI don't know about you guys, but I've been a fan of Opera for a few years now, until recently. I've noticed that the then-latest version, 11.61, took so long to load pages. At first, I thought there was something wrong with my internet connection. For some reason I installed Chrome. I noticed right away that browsing with Chrome was faster (pages loaded quickly). My first suspicion was that it was just plain luck; that the bandwidth simply was faster coincidentally when I was using Chrome. I did a side-by-side comparison with both browsers open, and yes, Opera did load pages sluggishly. I was stumped. For the record, I'm NOT bashing Opera here, folks. I just don't know why this is happening. Heck, I'd switch back to Opera in a flash. This all happened with Opera 11.61. I think I'll give Opera 12 a shot.
2straatkat , April 18, 2012 6:52 AMThe html5 ranking is surprising. A score north of 300 for HTML5 support is, I would say, about par. In the end, HTML5 adoption in the wild is a good as the lowest score, because you want people to have access to your site, you are not going to build a site that locks out a substantial portion of the internet. So you are not going to target a HTML5 feature that is specific to a browser.
-6hellfire24 , April 18, 2012 8:01 AMman i still love XP!!!!
4straatkat , April 18, 2012 9:23 AMCan you state which version of Windows XP you were using? Circa 2003 you had Windows XP service pack 1 only.
-4assassin123 , April 18, 2012 10:05 AMI love firefox
-2Cryio , April 18, 2012 10:40 AMmuhsi44even though the OSes are still in beta.
What OSes?
-6Hypertraxx , April 18, 2012 10:56 AMCHROMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
5sheol , April 18, 2012 12:17 PMOut of the box, no browser that I know of comes close to Opera when it comes to usability(mouse gestures, tab manangement, "Closed Tabs " - a recycle bin of tabs if you will, an awesome feature that keeps your closed tabs for easy retrieval for when you might need them.
This is why I believe Opera uses so much memory after 39 tabs have been closed.
And reliability, who could complain? Routinely i have 50+ tabs open for days, and I have not had a single crash because of it.


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Recorded: Thursday, May 20, 2010
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Part 1: Introductory Remarks by David Theroux
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Experts: Anthony Gregory, Gregory Rehmke, Emily C. Skarbek, David J. Theroux, Michael Winther, José Maria J. YuloType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Free Market Economics, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Alex Tabarrok on How Ideas Trump Crises
Recorded: Sunday, February 1, 2009
Alex Tabarrok at TED argues how free trade and globalization are shaping the world into an idea-sharing community that is more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone's predictions.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: Other EventIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Political Ideology and Philosophy


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Opening hours 2014
|Opening hours
|Guided tours
|June - Aug
|10 – 17 daily
|12, 13, 14, 15 & 16
|Sept - Dec
|Tues - Sun: 11 - 16 (Closed on Mondays)
|Opening hours
|Guided tours
|June - Aug
|10 – 17 daily
|12, 13, 14, 15 & 16
|Sept - Dec
|Tues - Sun: 11 - 16 (Closed on Mondays)
Visiting address: Lade Allé 60, N-7041 Trondheim. See map »
By bus: take bus no 3 or 4 from the centre of Trondheim to Lade (bus stop Ringve Museum).
By car: follow road signs from E6 or city center.
We arrange musical guided tours in combination with other activities such as mini concerts, dining and exclusive visits in the private salons of Victoria Bachke. Guided tours can be booked all year from 8 am – 9 pm and we have own group rates. Read more »
Ringve has two main exhibitions: The exhibition in the Barn which is open all year and the exhibition in the Manor house. The Manor house can only be visited with one of the museum guides in the summer season, so take a look at our scheduled tours when planning your visit.
Here you can wander around among a multitude of instruments from all around the world. Pick up an audio guide and hear exciting stories and musical treats of your choice. In the exhibition in the Barn we present some of the many various phenomena of music history such as the development of the public musical life through the musical societies, the private music making in the homes of the middle- and upper classes in the 1800s, the introduction of the new era with the invention of the piano 300 years ago, the growth of jazz in the 1920s and -30s and the first decades of rock- and pop music. Further, the exhibition demonstrates how sound is made, even up to the electronic instruments of today. Open all year.
Our talented musical guides lead you through music history demonstrating historical instruments such as a house organ made in the 1700s, a disc music box from the late 1800s and a self-playing piano from 1918. The interiors of the Manor house date back to the 1880's and provide a beautiful setting for the exhibition. The Manor house can only be visited with one of the museum guides, and a guided tour lasts about 45 minutes. Season: April – October due to climatic conditions.
Have you ever wondered why the Hardanger fiddle is considered typically Norwegian? Why are certain musical instruments delineated as national instruments, while others are not? This year we will look closer at the phenomenon 'national instrument' ›
Ringve botanical garden is a place where you can enjoy floral beauty and explore plant diversity. In the strict geometric Renaissance garden, medicinal plants and herbs are neatly arranged, whereas in the Traditional Perennials the lush perennials get to unfold freely along the trail. In the Systematic department you can follow the evolution of plant life through 250 million years.
The garden is open all year, with free admission. Ringve botanical garden is part of NTNU University in Trondheim and is run by the NTNU University Museum. The garden was established in 1973 and cover 35 acres.
We have technical drawings of instruments that are possible to order.
The museum's existence and operations are rooted in the country estate of Ringve and its characteristic architecture, which forms an exciting and unique framework around the collections.The old estate park was also the point of departure for the foundation of Ringve Botanical Garden NTNU in 1973.
In the course of history, Ringve has been royal demesne and church property and has also belonged to a number of famous families in Trondheim and the Trøndelag. It has fulfilled several functions: country estate and model farm, museum and botanical garden. It has been home to great and small, rich merchants and humble servants, both in the Big House on the top of the hill and in the small crofts round about on the property.The people and the melodies of the golden age of the country estate can still be heard on light summer evenings, but now add their voices to the sound of the world's musical instruments. Read more ›
The museum also owns single archives of people and institutions related to national and local musical life. Ringve Estate was the childhood home of Peter Wessel Tordenskiold (1690- 1720) and this is reflected in an exhibition about him and his era on the Estate. The Museum's keyboard instrument collection includes an unsigned Italian virginal from around the 1600, a spinet from ca 1700, a large selection of clavichords from the 1700s, a harpsichord by Jacob Kirkman from 1767, hammer pianos signed J.A. Stein 1783 and Conrad Graf 1826 and a harp piano by Chr. Dietz from around 1870. Important instruments from the collection of classic wind instruments are the alto recorder by J.B. Gahn around 1700, a clarinet quartet by Bilton, London around 1840. Other key instruments are string instruments like the violin by H&A Amati 1612, viola d'amore by Eberle, Prag 1755, viola da gamba from the workshop of Tielke, Hamburg around 1700 and electronic instruments like a Subharchord II synthesizer from 1968 etc. Traditional Norwegian instruments make of course up a large section of the collection and include for example hardanger fiddles from the 17- and 1800s, Norwegian zithers "langeleik" from various parts of the country and a rich selection of instruments used at the mountain farm, for hunting, important ceremonies etc. All continents of the world are represented with traditional instruments from for example Africa, Latin-America, Oceania and Asia. Amongst these , important collections come from Tibet, India and different countries of Eastern- Europe. Read more ›
In periods, as a part of their education or studies, young trainees work with the chief conservator. Conservation of the musical instruments at Ringve Museum is highly specialised and time-consuming work and an important tool for reaching the goal of the museum, which is an optimal preservation of the objects for our own time and for future generations. Tehnical drawings of instruments may be ordered from the museum shop.


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First Christmas Trip to Disney 12/07
Our First Trip in December What an amazing deal we got!!!!
We have been to Disney five times (one of those was without the kids). BUT, we have only gone to Disney in August!!!! :eek: The hot hot heat of August is a killer, but its the most affordable time to go. We did the free dining twice, so it made it even a better deal.
Our dd, Aubre princess: , is in the Walt Disney World College Program (cp from here on). She went to work for the mouse ::MickeyMo on September 5th and is returning home on January 4th. I didnt think wed make it that long without seeing her and not being able to celebrate Christmas with her was going to be heartbreaking. Soooo, I talked dh (Dale) into an early December trip. Ive read before about Pop Warner being there the first week, so we decided on the second week of December. We will arrive December 10th and leave to go home on the 15th.
Now for the really good news . Because dd is in the cp, she is considered a cast member (cm), she is able to get discounts on rooms for us. But, at this time of year there is a special Disney Family Holiday discounts!!! WOOHOO!!!! :cheer2: :woohoo:
I guess I need to do an intro:
Me Patty (the mom) the Disney obsessed planner. I work 33 hours a week as an administrative assistant. I have some slower days where I then surf all the Disney planning sites and plan and plan and plan some more.
DH Dale (the dad) the one who puts up with all my planning and obsessing.
DD Aubre our princess who is doing the Walt Disney World College Program. She is working at Sunshine Seasons in the Land at Epcot. She LOVES being in this program. She is meeting so many awesome people from all over this great big world.
DS2 Tyler, our youngest (hes 16 and now driving by himself :scared1:). He likes going to Disney, but isnt obsessed like his mom.
DS1 Dale, Jr. our oldest. He has been married a little over 1.5 years and still comes home all the time to eat our food, lol.
DIL Stephanie, our daughter in law. The love of our sons life. She is a wonderful addition to our family.
Back to our wonderful discount When we had first decided we were ALL going to Disney during December, we thought, we better get something booked since we dont want to get stuck without a value resort. So we actually booked two rooms at AS Sports in late August. Then when dd was officially a cm, we were able to get a great rate. We got our room (since she is staying with us) for 50% off and our ds & dil's room for 40% off. This is a friends and family discount that Disney offers to their cms.
The weekend of October 19th, Dale and I were able to go to see Aubre for a weekend. We attended our very first MNSSHP!!! I was so excited. It was great to see where our dd was living and how well she was being taken care of.
Shortly after this trip, Disney released a new discount for their cms. The Disney :santa: Family Holiday Discounts!!! These discounts were up to 65% off a room. There were also offering the Disney Dining Plan for $21 per person!!! You know you cannot eat for $21 a day, no matter what you eat there. When we called Disney to see if we could add the dining plan on to our existing reservation (since DS and DIL were in a separate room, wasnt sure if they would qualify for that deal). While talking to the reservation cm, she said we would have to cancel and rebook our rooms (this is normal to get a new code or discount offered). When she put our info in the system, she said, I cant get you in AS Sports, but I have a family suite in AS Music or two rooms in AS Music!!! WHAT DID SHE SAY!!!! :cool1: A suite was available? I asked what would that cost us? With the cm discount, we are paying $405 (total, w/tax) for the five nights!!! Can you believe this?
Granted I know it will be close quarters, but we honestly are only in the room to sleep. The room has a small fridge, a microwave, small (4 cup) coffee pot, two bathrooms, two TVs, a queen size bed in the master bedroom and the other room can sleep four (the full size sofa sleeper and a chair and ottoman that fold out to beds).
Up next, our itinerary.
We leave in the morning!!
We're Back - Day One Part 1
Day One - (Epcot) Part 2
Day One - Part 3
Day One - Party 4
End of Day One (FINALLY) - Boy was this a long day!!
It's Our Christmas at Disney (a few weeks early)- Day Two Part 1
Day Two - Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom part 2
Grand Floridian Cafe
Grand Floridian Photo Shoot
Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party
MVMCP Part 2
Holiday Wishes video
MVMCP Parade
Day 3 - MGM & DD Graduation from the WDW College Program
Lunch at Sci-Fi Dine In
Hollywood's Holly Day Parade (MGM)
MGM (Stitch)
The Osborne Family Specticle of Dancing Lights
Video of Osborne Lights (short)
A Better video of Osborne Lights
Day Four - Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safari
Rafiki's Planet Watch - Great photos
Rafiki's part 2
Animal Kingdom continued
Mickey's Jingle Jungle Expedition Parade
Mickey's Jingle Jungle Parade (part 2)
Animal Kingdom Lodge
End of Day Four
Day Five - Magic Kingdom
End of Day 5!
Our Last Day & A Trip to the ER!!!
Congrats on the great rates!! :thumbsup2 Looking forward to reading more. :)
Day 1 - 12/10 we have a very early flight from Philly (7am), praying for good weather (its snowing here today). We should arrive in Orlando by 9:30. Well be renting a minivan for this trip. Some of us may use magical express as well have to swing by and pick up dd from her apartment (Disney owned Vista Way). Well go to AS Music to get checked in. If our room isnt ready, no big deal. Its off to Epcot. We have a late lunch reservation for the six of us at Chefs de France (this was dd pick). I want to see the Candlelight Processional, but we could not get a package. Hoping to get a seat standby.
Day 2 12/11 Magic Kingdom in the am. We have a lunch reservation at the Grand Flordian Café. After lunch we have scheduled a photo shoot with the Photopass photographer at the Grand Floridian. This is normally a $50 fee, but if you pre-order the Photopass cd, its only $25. Being the first vacation with everyone in a very long time, I wanted to do this. Whats even better, the prepurchase price of the cd is just under $100, but with DD being a cm, guess what we got????? Another wonderful discount. I preordered the photopass for $60!!!!
Later on our second day we have tickets to MVMCP! I cant wait. We have never been and want so badly to enjoy this. Ive recently read some not very good reviews, hoping well have a wonderful time.
Day 3 12/12 MGM Hollywood Studios. Itll be a while before I get use to that. This day, DD will be graduating from the College Program. She isnt done until January 4th, but they have graduation early (when they can get time off for it). Well be having lunch at Sci Fi. The key points to this day are that I want to see the Hollywood Holly Day Parade and the Spectacle of Dancing Lights (Osborne Lights).
Day 4 12/13 Animal Kingdom. Main thing here is Mickeys Jingle Jungle Parade. We have a LATE dinner at Ohana planned, but we may do an evening at the Boardwalk and try the ESPN for dinner.
Day 5 12/14 This is an open day. Probably Magic Kingdom in the morning since we didnt have a lot of time there on Tuesday. We have a late lunch at Whispering Canyon Café.
Day 6 12/15 We have to say good bye to our DD once again this day, but luckily we have a late flight home (not til 8pm). Well probably go to Epcot for some
During this week, well be having a small Christmas celebration since we wont have our dd home with us. Ive bought stockings for everyone, Disney gift cards for all the kids. Got everyone their Christmas pjs (a tradition in our house). I have a tiny tree to take, Christmas light for the window along with lots of other little decorations. We'll also hit DTD at some point.
I know I have a LOT crammed into a little time, but unless DS decides to do the CP program when he's in college, we'll never get back at this time of year (especially for these great rates)!!!
I wish my dd would have gotten into the program. She tried for Security in the Corporate Office. I told her she should have put a 2nd or 3rd choice to work in the parks as a regular CM.
Have fun on your trip.
Your trip sounds absolutely fabulous. I am jealous. I was a CM at the Magic Kingdom ions ago, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I think I grew up a lot during that time of being away from my family. Have a great time. I have always wanted to visit during the holiday season.
I have heard that if you put more choices it is easier to get in. Aubre wanted to do 'anything' to go, so she didn't care. I've heard some stories about how bad the quick food service is, but she has LOVED her job. Maybe your daughter can try again (not sure if she's still in school).
I think my daughter also has grown a lot during this time. Our relationship has also grown. I am sure she'll be coming home with such wonderful memories. If it weren't for Aubre and the College Program, we'd never be going at this time of year.
We leave in the morning
In 12 hours we should be in the air heading towards Disney. I can't believe it's here already. I had to take my 'girls' (Abbey & Snoopy - our dogs) to my sisters house for the week. We adopted Abbey from a rescue about 18 months ago. She's never stayed any where but our house since then. When we went away, my son would come stay with her. I was really worried about leaving her, but know she'll be getting lots of love this week. Snoopy is actually our sons dog, but she lives with us.
I've got just about everything packed (except for the last minute stuff that you can't throw in the suitcase until morning).
This time tomorrow night, I hope to be watching the candlelight processional.
I'll be sure to update as soon as we get home!!! Can't wait!!!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Were BAAAACK!!!! (finally un update)
Sorry for the delay in starting this TR, but with Christmas one week away and me not even remotely ready, things have to be prioritized.
Oh my goodness, Disney is beautiful in December. I cant believe how pretty everything looked. I took tons of photos (like more than 700) so it will take me a bit to get this TR going along with Christmas and I havent done a thing to prepare (no tree, no decorations, little shopping done, etc!!!!)
Day 1 December 10th
Boy was it quiet without our girls last night. Being they both snore, it is obvious that they arent here. Also, that extra room in the bed is a big hint, not that I was in the bed much last night.
DH awoke at 3:30 and was so kind to wake me to get moving (remember we have to leave by 5am)!!! 3:30 am is an awful time of the morning, considering I didnt get to bed until midnight or later. Needless to say, excitement makes all things possible. We called DS around 4:30 to make sure they were up and getting ready. I get knots in my stomach when ever we are going to travel (nerves I guess). I really dont think I am nervous, but my stomach does. We actually were in our car and picking up DS and DIL by 5am. Had to make a coffee run to prepare for this day.
We always have someone who can take us to the airport (remember we live only about 15 miles away), so we dont normally park at the airport. This was our first experience using a park and ride service. I had doubled checked all my papers, directions, coupons etc before leaving. Now we are traveling I-95 and I cant find my directions to the stupid park and ride. Whats up with that? I was so organized. Needless to say, we found it pretty easily going from memory, but I was annoyed with myself. Of course, once at our resort, guess what I found?? You got it, the directions!!
Having never used this service, I cant believe how easy it was. No dragging the luggage through the rain. Oh did I mention that? It was raining! The van pulled right up to the back of our van and transferred the bags and off we go to the airport.
We breezed through the incredibly long line at security. Something I did not know until this day was that with the five terminals Philly airport has, they only have ONE security check point. Luckily for us, it was at the entrance to our terminal.
Dale and Steph before our flight
Me (as a friend said, the only proof I was on this trip, see Im the photographer in the family)
We had an uneventful flight (thankfully) and arrived in Orlando just after 9am. I checked the kids into the Magical Express. Since five of us flew down and we were picking up our daughter, I knew there wouldnt be enough room for all the bags and people. We rented a minivan from Alamo for $230 for the week (this was the best deal I had found for months). Within a short time, we were off to pick up Aubre!!!
YEA, were spending time with our daughter!!!!
Up next, checking into All Star Music!!
Day one continued
We arrived at Vista Way to pick up our daughter (Aubre). I cant say enough good things about the College Program and how safe I feel my daughter is there. The guards are all nice, but stick to the policy of getting ids, signing in guests, etc. We even got them a fruit basket to say thanks
This is the main building at Vista. I love the banners.
Aubres apartment is more prepared for Christmas than our home. Like the mickey ornaments.
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We left Vista with all of Aubres stuff and went to check in at All Star Music. I love when you see the first Walt Disney sign!!!
Checking in was a breeze (especially the money we saved with her being a cast member). It was only 11am and our suite was already ready!!! YEA!!! I was so glad, just to be able to put our stuff somewhere. We got to our room and what was there to surprise us?
A towel wreath hanging in the window .
And a Mickey head on the bed (made out of towels)
Up next, we are off to Epcot.
can't wait to read more.
I love the towel wreath.
Congratulations on getting such great rates on your room. I know you will miss your daughter on Christmas Day, but what a fantastic opportunity to work in the CP at WDW. Looking forward to reading and seeing more. :)
We arrived at Epcot and headed straight to Soarin. The wait time was 70 minutes with the FP return time of 6:35-7:35. It was only around 1pm at that time. The first thing we see (not counting Spaceship Earth) was these lovely creations.
http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/36...425x425Q85.jpgWe got some wonderful Photopass shots but my cd wont come until the end of this week. Ill update when I get those. After getting our fastpass, we walked over to Mission to Mars. The wait was 10 or 20 minutes (sorry dont remember). Only our youngest, Tyler decided to ride this (he loves to ride the orange side). The rest of the family walked through the gift shop and then sat outside in the sun until Tyler came out. While sitting by the door, there was a mom sitting there eating her lunch while her children ran in and out of the store WITH ITEMS they wanted to buy or show her.
I wanted to get our Disney Visa Cardholder character photo (and meet and greet), but I couldnt remember what time and where. I knew it was Innovations, but wasnt sure if it was East or West. We ended up walking through the wrong one and looked all around. Finally asked a cast member and found it was in West and we had been in East (I think) and it was only at 1:30 and 3:30. I thought it was 1:30 until 3:30. Glad I found someone to tell me this info. Just hoped wed find it this trip. While in Innovations the boys loved the Create a Robot. There was a short line, so DS1 & DS2 stayed there while we started our walk into the World Showcase.
In all our trips to Epcot, we have never gone through the Mexico. We took the boat ride and had a relaxing visit in Mexico. When we came out, who did we see but Mexicos famous DUCK!!!
It was getting close to time for our AR at Chefs de France! So we made our way further around the world until getting to France.
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Up next, dinner (or very late lunch) in France.
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Obesity and cancer: What's the link?
There are a lot of good reasons not to gain too much weight, but you might not be aware of this one: Growing evidence links obesity to a higher risk of developing cancer, and being overweight may worsen a cancer patient's outlook. Although more and more studies are finding this connection, scientists haven't uncovered the biological mechanisms by which excess pounds make normal cells more likely to turn cancerous. But they are pursuing a large number of leads, some of which may uncover new ways of fighting cancer – including losing weight.


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Major Dennis "Nik" Baker, 95, of Peachtree City, Ga., passed away peacefully on 7 June 2014, after a brief battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Read More»
Edgar L. Banks, Jr., 87, of Fayetteville, passed away June 5, 2014.
He was a Past Master of Riverdale Masonic Lodge 709 in 1962. He also served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Mr. Banks was preceded in death by his wife Helen Darnell Banks; daughter Diane Hambrick; and grandson John Hambrick, Jr. Read More»
Mrs. Virginia Gilpatrick, age 82, of Jonesboro passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Willard Gilpatrick and is survived by her daughter, Vickie Anderson and her husband, Doug of Jonesboro; grandchildren, Michael Anderson and David Anderson.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 11 o'clock at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jeff Durham officiating.
Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at www.parrottfuneralhome.com. Parrott Funeral Home and Crematory, 770-964-4800.
Dan Allen Dorsey, 77, of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on Friday, May 23, 2014.
He was born in Atlanta, Ga. on April 16, 1937 to the late John C. Dorsey and Mattie Kimbell Dorsey. Read More»
Herbert Summers, 79, passed away May 27, 2014.
He was born May 16, 1935 to H.L. Summers and Kate Summers in Atlanta, Ga. The family moved to Mississippi near the end of WWII. He graduated from high school in Meridian, Miss. in 1953. He entered Air Force Aviation Cadet Training in 1954 where he received Air Force wings and commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1956. Read More»
Richard Allen Combs Sr., age 59, of Ellijay, Ga., formerly of Peachtree City, Ga., passed from this life on Sunday, May 25th, 2014, at his residence in Ellijay, Ga.
Mr. Combs worked in Civil Service for the U.S. Government for over 30 years, and retired as Chief of Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation, Atlantic Region, IMCOM, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Read More»
Wayne Henry Martin, 74, died June 1, 2014 after a decade long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Frances Robinson, daughters, grandchildren, cousins, and several nieces & nephews. He was a veteran serving in the United States Air Force.
Services and burial will be June 3, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Fayetteville City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers please donate to a charity of your choice.
Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville - www.mowellfuneralhome.com
Harriette Moore Foster, age 98, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children and grandchildren on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Doctor's Hospice of Ga. in Fayetteville. Read More»
Louis Fuertes Boynton (Lou) died peacefully on April 14, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. after a year of declining health. He was born on July 19, 1933 in Trumansburg, N.Y.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents Damon and Mary Fuertes Boynton.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Frances Taraila Boynton; his four children, Louis Fuertes Boynton II, Carol Mastin, Timothy Boynton, Christine Boynton; his six grandchildren, Sophie Boynton, Mary Mastin, Dallas Mastin, Jacob Boynton Welch, Sara Welch, and Damon Boynton; and his two sisters, Katherine Payne and Maria Boynton. Read More»
Brittany Nicole Irvin, age 22 of Fayetteville died at Piedmont Fayette Hospital on May 20, 2014.
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