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![]() There is something innate in us that favors these forms. Perhaps this helps to explain the classicists love of symmetry in architecture. Our mind pulls these out from an asymmetrical background. Objects that are symmetrical are favored as figures. They then get categorized together into a group that we might call “those items inside the larger shape”. The exception maybe where the overlapping objects seems to create a new, complex shape, which may end up in its own, unique category.įinally, objects may be linked by proximity when they are subsumed into a larger shape. If items touch, even if dissimilar in size and shape, a relationship seems to exist between the objects.Īn even stronger relationship exists when there is overlap. In a collection of objects we often identify sub-groupings of objects that are close together. Items that are close seem like they should be related. There are essentially four levels to the Gestalt principle of proximity: Close, Touch, Overlap and Combined. We also consider an object’s spatial relationship. In many cases our grouping activity is complicated by having multiple ways in which items can be grouped. We group large objects together, or at least consider the possibility that they go together. In box full of silver bolts we would easily distinguish the one bolt that was gold. We group circles with circles, and squares with squares. But there are different ways in which things might look alike. The eye can easily pick out items that look alike and the mind will group them together. Much of what we do with the other concepts, like grouping objects, is our mind working out the simplest explanation for the data presented. ![]() We tend to try to reduce complexity to its simplest form or to its simplest parts. This principle helps explain some of the others. The German psychologists who developed Gestalt principles called this principle “Pragnänz”. Surroundedness is the idea that surrounding shapes tend to be interpreted as background to the shapes that they surround.Common fate says that objects that appear to be moving in the same direction are grouped together.Smallness means that we favor interpreting small objects as figures.Continuity is a filling in of details in order to arrive at the simplest interpretation.Closure relates to the tendency of the eye to close an opening, or to complete the broken line. ![]() Symmetry is the tendency to view symmetrical objects as figures against an asymmetrical background. ![]() Proximity relates to their relative position and how we group them.Similarity relates to what things look like and how that effects how we group them.Simplicity says that we favor the simplest interpretation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "At the request of the court and police, we've sent files of the chat data without having to hand over our whole servers," said Lee. ![]() This is due to the reduced message storage time: messages will now be as stored for as little as a day. The all-time high was this year's New Year's Day, when 4.8 billion messages were sent.Īccording to Kakao, there will no longer be unexpected raids on its office. It now averages around 4 billion per day. In March of last year, Kakao saw 2.6 billion text messages sent per day via its messenger. It recently expanded its servers to LG CNS's data center in Busan to alleviate the burden on the servers in Seoul. The firm's own servers are seeing heavy use following substantially increased traffic from KakaoStory and its game platform, among other services. "Following the rising demand from subscribers for privacy, some unwanted scrutiny of our servers and, most important, our need to streamline our business, we are planning to decrease the time we save messages on our servers," said Kakao spokeswoman Elin Lee. Kakao asserts that saving messages was aimed at the convenience of users, in case of a network or handset problem that prevented a message from being properly sent. Currently, it retains them for 5 to 7 days. Last year, the firm saved individual messages for up to 10 days on its servers. However, awareness that chat logs were stored also brought in demands from unscrupulous subscribers to see messages sent by their wives and girlfriends. These incidents caused outrage among consumers, who were mostly unaware that their messages were being stored and saved by Kakao's servers, raising the issue of whether the company had violated consumer privacy. The chat logs between him and the victim were being scrutinized for the case. Last month, police investigating the alleged rape case against movie star Park Si-hoo raided Kakao's headquarters in Pangyo Techno Valley in Bundang, as the alleged victim's chats were being named in court as evidence.Ī month earlier, Kakao had been searched by another set of investigators looking into a sexual assault case against singer Ko Young-wook. Much like Twitter tweets and Facebook posts that have sparked media controversy overseas, Kakao's two services-KakaoTalk, and the affiliated social network service KakaoStory-are becoming linked to high-profile controversies as both instigators and unwilling participants. To the dismay of Kakao, the company that manages the service, its messages are being used as police evidence.Īs mobile Internet services are increasingly being used for social communication, authorities are starting to look into servers for evidence in cases, rather than calling for witnesses, investigating hearsay or examining hard copies of documents. Kakao Talk is paying an unexpected price for becoming the nation's most popular mobile messenger. This is an image capture of a chat window from Kakao Talk, the nation's most popular mobile messenger service. ![]() ![]() (We’ll be adding to it as each post is published. Need to collaborate with a colleague or friend Simply send them a link to edit your design. Edit any of the texts on the template easily and choose from hundreds of free fonts. Free family meal planning templates that you can use to help plan your grocery list, weekly and monthly meals. Here’s an index of all the printables in this best of series. If you want a daily planner with a to-do list, you can easily add checkboxes to any design. The club has loads of customizable printables like this one. If you like this completely customizable meal planner printable, then I know you’ll love the Sweet Life Society. Watch this video to see how easy it is to customize (and to see how I customize it). I’m sharing the meal planner printable in our popular fall edition from the October kit (but I think it looks great in any season). It is so quick and easy to change or add anything you want. Browse the selection of monthly meal planner templates and download printable meal planner monthly grid to plan your meals for a month, create smart grocery lists and save money on your family food budget. Each monthly pack (and, remember, you have access to all the archives in the club) comes in a google sheets version and an Excel version. Download my free printable meal planner template: Its available in PDF format, so all you have to do is click here and print it off. Find your preferred planner and size download below, click on the image, download the PDF, and print If only mealtime were this easy If you’re here, you’re likely working on building your own 2024 planner using our free printable planner pages. Yes, you can change anything you want on these. ![]() On January 25th we’ll be closing to new members for a bit so we can focus entirely on current members, and we’d love to have you join us before then.įor this series, I’m sharing the very best (most downloaded, most loved, and voted the best) printables from the club.Īmong the favorites in the year has definitely been our EDITABLE printables. This free printable series is to celebrate the Sweet Life Society. If you been hanging around I Heart Planners for any length of time, you probably already know that I LOVE using pretty printables to organize my sometimes crazy life. Who’s up for a free editable meal planner printable? ![]() It’s one of my favorite times of the year – free printable week!!!! We're at Day 5! ![]() ![]() The Thunderbird's sporty image had by that time become only an image. Dimensions changed only fractionally, and the suspension, engine, and transmission remained as before, but continued efforts to minimize noise and vibration from the unit body led to a weight increase of some 244 lb (110 kg). Giberson never claimed his prize, settling for a $95 suit and an extra pair of trousers from Saks Fifth Avenue.Īccording to Palm Springs Life magazine, the car's final name came not from the Native American symbol as one might expect, but from an ultra-exclusive housing tract in what would later be incorporated as Rancho Mirage, California: Thunderbird Heights.įor 1964 the Thunderbird was restyled yet again, discarding some of the rocket-ship styling cues of the previous generation in favor of a more squared-off, "formal" look. Stylist Alden "Gib" Giberson submitted Thunderbird as part of a list. Crusoe offered a $250 suit to anyone who could come up with a better name. There was some difficulty in naming the car, with suggestions ranging from the exotic to the ridiculous (Hep Cat, Beaver, Detroiter, Runabout, Arcturus, Savile, El Tigre, and Coronado were submitted among the 5,000 suggestions). Unlike the Corvette, the Thunderbird was never a full-blown sporting vehicle Ford's description was personal luxury car, and the company essentially created this market segment. Crusoe saw a painted clay model on May 18, 1953, which corresponded closely to the final car he gave the car the go-ahead in September after comparing it with current European trends. ![]() The concept was for a two-passenger open car, with a target weight of 2525 lb (1145 kg), an Interceptor V8 engine and a top speed of over 100 mph (160 km/h). Hershey took the idea and began working on the vehicle. Walker promptly telephoned Ford's HQ in Dearborn and told designer Frank Hershey about the idea. Walking in the Grand Palais in Paris, Crusoe pointed at a sports car and asked Walker, 'Why can't we have something like that?' ![]() Crusoe and Walker met in France in October 1951. Crusoe, a retired GM executive lured out of retirement by Henry Ford II George Walker, chief stylist and a Ford vice-president and Frank Hershey, a Ford designer. Three men are generally credited with creating the original Thunderbird: Lewis D. In 2002, a revived 2-seat model was launched, was available through the end of the 2005 model year. Sales were good until the 1990s, when large 2-door coupes became unpopular production ceased after 1997. Succeeding generations became larger and more luxurious, until the line was downsized in 1977 and again in 1980. In 1958, the Thunderbird gained a second row of seats for greater practicality. Ford described it as a personal luxury car, a description which named a new market segment. ![]() It entered production for the 1955 model year as a two-seater sporty car unlike the superficially similar (and slightly earlier) Chevrolet Corvette, the Thunderbird was never sold as a full-blown sports car. The Ford Thunderbird is a car manufactured in the United States by the Ford Motor Company. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since functions are such an integral part of using Excel, your final lesson will cover advanced features. This lesson covers on more complex functions of the "Math & Trig" category, focusing on the SUMIF and COUNTIF functions in particular. Next to learning how to create macros, most students want to learn as much as they can about Excel functions. This lesson introduces creating various functions with the Text category. The last three lessons of this course will cover how and why you would use these functions. If you have used Excel for a while, you know there are hundreds of functions at your disposal. You will also learn how to record a macro that performs time-consuming task in seconds with the click of a button. In this lesson, you will find out how to use macros to turn repetitive and often time-consuming tasks into automated Excel functions. By the end of the lesson, you will have the skills to create dashboard-style mini charts. This lesson focuses on creating three types of Sparklines, as well as formatting options for each. There's nothing more exciting than learning how to master a new feature in Excel. In this lesson, you will learn how to use Solver to solve a complex problem based on criteria and constraints. ![]() Have you ever worked with a financial model in Excel and wondered how you could speculate different outcomes by changing different input amounts? The Excel Solver can do just that. You will also learn how a PivotTable can serve as your source for the PivotChart. This lesson takes a tour through some of Excel's more advanced techniques, like the PivotTable filtering tool Slicer. Just like charting, Excel's PivotTables are too big a topic to fit into one lesson. There's no greater "what-if" analysis tool to summarize, reorganize, and report data. This lesson will teach you how to use one of the best features of Excel: the PivotTable. In this lesson, you will learn how to utilize this tool to avoid the trial-and-error approach that most Excel users go through to get to the right answer. If you know what formulas you want but don't know how to get there, Excel's Goal Seek is exactly what you need. This lesson will teach you how to use Auto Filter to limit your table information to just the records you want. One of these great tools is the Auto Filter command. Working with data in Excel can be quite easy when you know about the tools that are available in a table format. Even though they may not be well-known, these options can add tremendous value to your worksheets in the right situations. This lesson continues exploring Excel's charting options-this time looking at the lesser-known options that are available to you. You will learn how to choose the right chart for your story and then how to create, format, and edit your chart. ![]() To you, a workbook's numbers might tell an interesting story to others, that story may not be obvious. In your first lesson, you will discover why Excel 2016 is such a powerful charting tool. The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.Note that the "Starter Version" and "Web App" versions of Microsoft Excel will not work with the full version of Excel taught in this course.Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 (not included in enrollment).Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred.Set yourself apart from the casual Excel user by adding VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, and other time-saving functions to your repertoire. You will also discover how to use Goal Seek and Solver and apply them to real-world problems. In addition, you will find out how easy it is to create macros that let you manipulate data with the push of a button. In this hands-on course, you will learn how to create informative, eye-catching charts and graphs, and harness the power of Excel's data analysis tools and AutoFilter commands. Take your Microsoft Excel 2016 skills to the next level as you master charts, graphs, PivotTables, Slicers, Sparklines, AutoFilter, macros, and other advanced Excel functions. Course Catalog > Computer Applications > Microsoft Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016 (Self-Paced Tutorial) ![]() ![]() ![]() The chasm is known for its underground river. The Padirac chasm: The site is considered one of the most important geological curiosities in France.The historic centre of Sarlat: Capital of the Périgord Noir and classified as a town of art and history, Sarlat is home to several dozen listed or classified historic monuments (Gisson manor house, Saint-Sacerdos cathedral, etc.), especially in its historic centre.Classified as a “Grand Site de France”, the medieval vilage has many gems, including fortifications dating from the 13th century. The fortified village of Monpazier: Located between Sarlat and Bergerac, Monpazier is one of the nine “most beautiful villages of France” in the Périgord Noir.Nine hundred years old, the castle of Beynac was for a long time the sworn enemy of that of Castelnaud during this long period of conflict. The castle of Beynac: This stone sentinel is one of the many strongholds that have marked the history of the Périgord, particularly during the Hundred Years War.You can try your hand at canoeing, for example.Ĭastles, fortified villages, gardens, villages, prehistoric sites… many places are well worth a visit in the Dordogne valley: There are also plenty of activities on the waer in the Dordogne Valley. The area has many viewing points offering breathtaking views of the Dordogne River as it meanders along. In the Périgord Dordogne, the scenery is marked by limestone cliffs studded with troglodyte dwellings. The Dordogne valley is on the Santiago de Compostela trail where pilgrims and tourists can admire the Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Rocamadour, classified as a Grand Site de France in 2011. They are surrounded by thick forests and dominated by the castle of Val. The Dordogne gorges, dotted with large hydroelectric dams, are a true national industrial heritage. Finally, the river opens onto the coastal plain of Bordeaux. ![]() It then becomes a river and winds its way through limestone landscapes in the Quercy limestone plateaus and the cliffs of the Périgord. At first a series of rapids, its gorges wind through the volcanic landscapes of the Dore and Cantal mountains and the forests of Limousin. The Dordogne River is one of the most iconic rivers in France, some even call it the “most beautiful river” in the country. Among the must-see attractions are the gardens of Eyrignac, the Gardens of the Imagination, the Water Gardens, the hanging gardens of Marqueyssac and the gardens of the Château de la Treyne… to name but a few. The Dordogne Valley is also known for its many parks and gardens. The castles of Pannonia, the Saint-Laurent Towers and Rocamadour also attract many visitors. The architectural heritage of the Dordogne valley also includes iconic buildings such as the castle of Montal, the Towers of Merle, the castles of Fénelon, Hautefort or Vassinhac. Visitors are also interested in the Château des Milandes, a sumptuous residence where Josephine Baker found refuge at the beginning of the German occupation it was also there that the woman known as the “Black Venus” agreed to gather information from high-level foreign military and political officials on behalf of the French Military Intelligence. For example, the castles of Castelnaud and Beynac were sworn enemies for a long time during the Hundred Years War. These places tell some of the most important stories of the region’s history. The Dordogne valley is also the land of castles, manors and gardens. The Padirac chasm is also one of the region’s must-see sites. The area also has many caves with concretions, including the Lacave caves and the Lascaux caves. The prehistoric cave of Merveilles and the caves of Cougnac are among the decorated caves in the Dordogne valley. These cave paintings provide information about the environment and lifestyle of these prehistoric communities. These distant ancestors lived in caves whose walls are decorated with paintings and engravings representing mainly animals, those they hunted in particular. ![]() The Dordogne valley is one of the territories that still bears the traces of the first human communities that settled in Europe several thousand years ago. Historical heritage in the Dordogne Valley ![]() ![]() ![]() (2005), Ugly Betty (2006), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002) and more. Pollock (2000), Appaloosa (2008), Georgia O'Keefe (2009), Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), The Office It is a gift to the archives of film history." Kathryn Himoff - film editor and producer of features, television, documentaries: Man in the High Castle (2015), It's time that the curtain to be lifted on female screenwriters! This book has been compiled and written with thoroughness and insight. It is at the same time an extraordinary social history that will be of great interest to anyone passionate about filmmaking. It is an inspirational document for all female storytellers, wherever they may be in their careers, to know that they are part of a tribe with such deep roots globally. The editors and writers of this book have conducted impressive research and new synthesis that often results in discoveries about film writers who happen to be of female gender, and thus contributing greatly to cinema scholarship." Milcho Manchevski - Macedonian screenwriter/director of Academy Award nominated Before the Rain (1994) and Dust (2001) and Mothers (2010)"At last there is a comprehensive book dedicated to the female voice in film - internationally heralded women screenwriters and also those whose work may have been forgotten or unacknowledged beyond the borders of their own countries. "The stories about the storytellers in Women Screenwriters International Guide are sometimes as absorbing and fascinating as what the storytellers themselves had created as screenplays. … Intended as resource material, the collection achieves its aim as a useful and reliable work of reference, and it will no doubt benefit both a general and specialist readership in the English-speaking world and well beyond.” (Jozefina Komporaly, Theater Forschung,, May, 2016) … the volume launches an extensive coverage of the subject matter at this moment in time. ![]() “Women Screenwriters: An International Guide offers a landmark contribution to the critical appraisal of an emerging field in the scholarship of screenwriting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Modern & Creative Free Powerpoint Templatesĭesigners haven’t failed to impress us with artistic and tasteful templates this time, as well.
![]() ![]() You can give yourself a massage by pressing gently but firmly into the tight part of your neck muscle and moving your fingers in a small circular motion. One 2014 study found that even short massage treatments can greatly reduce neck pain. Applying pressure to your neck muscles can promote relaxation and relieve tension and pain. Massage is another home treatment that might help relieve neck pain and spasms. Avoid falling asleep with a heating pad on your skin. ![]() If you’re using a warm water bottle or heating pad, place a thin cloth between it and your skin. To avoid burns, always check the temperature before you apply heat therapy to your neck. For example, you might find it helpful to take a warm shower or press a warm cloth, warm water bottle, or heating pad to your neck. Heat therapy might also help soothe pain in your neck. Reapply the wrapped ice as often as once an hour for the first 48 to 72 hours after a neck spasm. Apply the wrapped ice to the sore part of your neck for a maximum of 10 minutes at a time. Instead, wrap an ice pack or bag of ice in a thin cloth or towel. Ice packĪpplying an ice pack or cold compress to sore muscles in your neck might provide relief from pain, especially in the first couple of days after you experience a neck spasm.ĭon’t put ice or ice packs directly on your skin. Some pain relievers can be harmful if used in excess. Read and follow the dosage directions provided on the package of the pain reliever. ![]() Many OTC pain relievers ease muscle tension by reducing inflammation that can worsen the pain of a neck spasm. To reduce neck pain from a neck spasm, it might help to take an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever, such as: Using one or more home remedies might help relieve neck spasms. temporomandibular joint disorders, also known as TMJs or TMDs, which affect the jaw and muscles that surround it.spinal stenosis, which happens when open spaces in the spine narrow.spasmodic torticollis, also known as cervical dystonia, which happens when neck muscles tighten involuntarily and make your head twist to one side.ankylosing spondylitis, a condition that causes vertebrae in the spine to fuse.cervical spondylosis, a type of arthritis that can affect the spine.meningitis, a very serious infection that causes swelling in the brain and spinal cord.Less common but more serious causes of neck spasms include: dehydration, which can cause muscle cramps and spasms.poor posture, such as slouching or head tilting.Other common causes of neck spasms include: hold your neck in an unnatural position for an extended period of time, such as when cradling a phone between your shoulder and ear or when sleeping in an odd position.place a lot of weight on one of your shoulders with a heavy bag.carry something heavy with one or both of your arms.For example, you might develop a neck spasm if you: There are many possible causes of neck spasms. ![]() |
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