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|the paragon home artist doll-painting and glass kiln
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The Paragon Home Artist kiln is generally used for annealing, casting, fusing, moulding, sagging, slumping, china painting, dolls, figurines, glass work, glazes, lampwork, low-fire ceramics, silver clays, and raku, although it has other applications. It's a 1095°C cone 4, cylindrical kiln on wheels with a digital programmer, in Paragon blue or customised berry, black, jade, navy, pink, purple, or turquoise. Learn about the Paragon Home Artist kiln on this page.
Prices here are transparent: they're for UK-EU voltage, CE marked, CL CSA approved, and TUV tested kilns, and include a pro shelf kit, comprehensive instructions, GB-mainland delivery, UK VAT, and free continuing support from a top-tier international distributor. So you can start work straight away.
For prices, trading terms, and secure on-line shopping, use the shop link below the menu bar near the top-right of any page. The order form is on the shop page, after the price list near the bottom.
Kilns that weigh less than 30kg are delivered on a regular parcel-service van: they don't need a tail-lift lorry with a hydraulic pallet trolley so there are no GB-mainland delivery charges.
|Paragon HomeArtist Glass And Raku Kiln.
|Paragon HomeArtist Glass And Raku Kiln.
|Paragon Sentry Xpress Programmer.
The Paragon Home Artist is a 1095°C with a Sentry Xpress 3-key digital programmer. Choose Paragon blue or customised berry, black, jade, navy, pink, purple, or turquoise. However, it's only the control boxes that are painted: not the whole kiln. Customised kilns are made to order, so can't be returned if the colour isn't exactly as in the photo.
It has a Sentry Xpress 3-key digital programmer. Features include twenty-five free-to-set sequences, each one with up to twenty segments.
When the programmer turns the elements off at, for example, 700°C, residual heat will continue to increase the temperature briefly. A small kiln might overshoot to 715°C before dropping back down. A software modification slows down the heating just before the target temperature, reducing any overshoot and improving the accuracy.
Digital programmers allow you to set up sequences, each one with multiple heating, holding, or cooling segments: so you can choose the heating and cooling rates, target temperatures, and hold times, save the sequences, and re-use them.
Being able to create, edit, and save your own programmes is important because, having experimented and diversified, most people fire materials, or combinations of materials, at different temperatures and for different times than are recommended.
The kiln's telescopic handle and wheels make it easy to move around and put away so it's ideal for small or busy places. For raku, it could be wheeled outside.
The ceramic-fibre interior has elements embedded near the surface of the 50mm thick one-piece ridised ceramic-fibre muffle so it heats up quickly. For durability, the surface of the fibre is rigidised so, unlike firebricks, it's dust free. It's fitted with a switch that cuts off power to the elements when the kiln is opened: a legal safety requirement. However, never get careless: kilns are very hot and connected to the mains.
The US-international Home Artist kiln doesn't come with a shelf kit. Ours comes with a professional shelf kit, included in the price: one durable cordierite 254mmm x 15mm shelf, four 12mm shelf posts, and 450gm of kiln wash. It's not a £35.00 extra.
A pro shelf resists thermal fracture, provides a smooth stable work surface, protects the floor of the kiln's interior from glass accidents, and helps to even out any small temperature deviations during annealing, enamelling, firing, and fusing as the elements turn on and off. And it isn't a £35 extra.
For help, or in the unlikely event of a fault, you can mail or call an engineer in the UK. However, checks, adjustments, and repairs are simple, needing little more than a PosiDriv screwdriver: watch the on-line videos using the watch-videos link or read the help pages using use the help link, both below the menu bar near the top of any page. Alternatively, we can service the kiln in our workshop at Cherry Heaven.
The Paragon Home Artist is a 1095°C cone 4, cylindrical, top-opening, plug-in, ceramic fibre kiln on wheels, with a cone-fire ramp-hold Sentry Xpress 3-key digital programmer. Choose Paragon blue or customised berry, black, jade, navy, pink, purple, or turquoise. However, it's only the control boxes that are painted: not the whole kiln. Customised kilns are made to order, so can't be returned if the colour isn't exactly as in the photo.
The UK-EU kiln is rated at 230V 2200W, so it can use a regular mains socket. To comply with UK-EU safety regulations, it has a lid-activated switch that cuts off the power to the elements when the kiln is opened: an important safety feature. However, never get careless: kilns are very hot and connected to the mains.
The outer steel case measures 406mm x 584mm x 475mm, including the wheels, telescopic handle, programmer housing, and hinge assembly. The shipping weight, including the box, is about 22kg.
The firing chamber measures 305mm x 305mm high, and is suspended in a vented steel case to help keep the outside cool. It heats from all sides, with the elements embedded near the surface of the 50mm thick fibre.
The programmer's electronic display prompts for heating rates, target temperatures, and hold times, making it easy to set up and re-use accurate heating, holding, and cooling sequences. The cone-fire mode, up to cone 4, will simplify your work with low-fire ceramics.
The accessories, options, and upgrades for this kiln are in the on-line shop:
a berry, black, jade, navy, pink, purple, or turquoise control boxes respray: normally blue
a long-life S-type platinum-rhodium thermocouple upgrade: factory fitted
charcoal for the stainless steel container used for firing some metal clays
stacking shelf kits and shelf paper
ceramic fibre cloth
ceramic block
HEPA dust mask
clear protective glasses
glare-resistant glasses
heat-resistant gloves
And finally, my opinion.
The Home Artist is a versatile kiln for your craft workshop or glass studio: it's compact and easy to move, it can use a regular mains socket, it's fully programmable, and it's inexpensive to run. It's large enough to hold five 250mm plates.
It's popular with raku artists because the ceramic fiber interior is hardly affected by the thermal shock of opening the kiln at raku temperatures.
It's large enough to accommodate the charcoal-filled stainless steel container needed to fire some makes of bronze clay and copper clay, both described on this internet resource.
It's ideal for your arts centre, college, course venue, craft classes, glass works, home business, jewellery studio, or school. It's very easy to move around, so excellent for demonstrations, presentations, and exhibitions, or a small studio that doesn't have a dedicated kiln space. It's a bit like a cabin-crew travelling case, with wheels and a telescopic handle.
There's a recommended kit, included in the price: one durable round 254mm x 15mm cordierite shelf, three 12mm shelf posts, and 454gms of kiln wash.
There's an extra recommended kit, not included in the price: one round 254mm x 15mm shelf and three posts. You can choose 12mm, 25mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, or 150mm posts.
Depending on the material or process, and the sizes of your pieces, stacked shelves will hold more work, free up your time, and reduce the unit firing cost: so you might want more kits. This kiln has room for five.
The remaining sections are about digital programmers, shelf kits, options, upgrades, firing, kiln logs, accessories, materials, parts, processes, repairs, and tools. Unless you're already successfully using a kiln, they're recommended reading.
Cherry Heaven has been a Paragon distributor since 2002, and commended every year for outstanding performance. Paragon kilns are good value: buy Paragons and you could save enough to treat yourself to a luxury five-star weekend break.
Anyone can buy a kiln to resell and call themselves a specialist, but a top-tier distributor understands all the kilns, options, and upgrades, will stock spares, offers free competent technical support, can help you repair your kiln, provides on-line repair videos, has a repair workshop, and can access Paragon's extensive knowledge-base.
If you need help, you can mail an experienced technician or call . Alternatively, to learn more about how your kiln works, use the help link below the menu bar near the top of the page.
|THE PARAGON SENTRY XPRESS 3-KEY VERSION 4.0 AND VERSION 5.0 DIGITAL PROGRAMMERs
Before February 2019, Paragon used three programmers: a Sentry Xpress 3-key 4.0 or a Sentry 12-key 2.0 developed by the Orton Ceramic Foundation and Paragon, or a touch-screen Sentinel SmartTouch programmer developed by Bartlett and Paragon.
In February 2019, two were modified, leading to the Sentry Xpress 3-key 5.0 and the Sentry 12-key 3.0. The modifications had little effect on the basic functionality so the 5.0 can be a direct replacement for the 4.0, and the 3.0 for the 2.0.
All three are made as ramp-hold, or cone-fire ramp-hold. Your kiln will have the appropriate programmer although, if it has a Sentry Xpress 5.0 ramp-hold, you can upgrade it to cone-fire ramp-hold. If the kiln's front panel is large enough, you can upgrade from a Sentry Xpress 3-key to a Sentry 12-key or a Sentinel SmartTouch.
Generally, programmers for annealing beads, enamelling, glass fusing, jewellery, knife-making, lampwork, and metal clays have one firing mode: ramp-hold. And programmers for ceramics, earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware have two firing modes: cone-fire and ramp-hold.
Unlike calculators, programmers aren't made 10 million at a time. Although they look like simple circuit boards, they include sophisticated feature-rich embedded software that has taken years to develop and refine.
The Paragon Sentry Xpress 3-key 5.0 programmer allows you to set up to twenty five ramp-hold firing sequences, each one with up to twenty heating, holding, or cooling segments. You can choose the heating and cooling rates, target temperatures, and hold times, save the sequences, and re-use or over-write them.
It's easy to use: far easier than a central heating programmer. Here's a Cherry Heaven TV programme about setting a simple ramp-hold sequence on a 4.0 programmer. The ramp is the part where the temperature increases until it reaches the target temperature: the hold is the part where the temperature stays the same. UK-EU programmers will be in degrees Celsius.
Cherry Heaven TV provides on-line programmes on the Cherry Heaven TV Player. To use the player, click the controls or drag the time-line slider or volume slider to a new position.
The programmer runs a sequence that you have set, or one that's in its memory from a previous firing. A sequence usually has a mix of ramp and hold segments, for example: it could heat to 800°C at full speed then hold for 30 minutes. When the sequence ends, the programmer beeps, and the kiln cools in it's own time.
A ramp segment of a sequence can control the rate of heating or cooling, for example: the kiln could heat up at 200°C per hour from 200°C to 800°C, which would take three hours. Or, the kiln could cool down at 100°C per hour from 600°C to 200°C, which would take four hours.
The heating rate cannot exceed the rate at which the kiln would heat up if it was full on. The cooling rate cannot exceed the rate at which the kiln would cool if it was turned off. At full speed the elements are on all the time. During set ramps and holds they turn on and off repeatedly to maintain the heating rate, hold temperature, or cooling rate.
Most kilns have a recommended furniture kit. Delivery companies have a low rate for parcels less than 30kg so, for smaller kilns weighing less than 30Kg, the kit is generally one shelf and four posts: included in the price because it fits in the box and doesn't add much to the overall weight.
You get a professional, durable, cordierite shelf with four 12mm high posts. You don't get a soft, ceramic-fibre shelf, often described as free, that will gradually break up and need replacing.
Shelf kits for rectangular or square kilns usually include four 25mm x 25mm x 12mm shelf posts, When flat, they're 12mm high: on their sides, they're 25mm. Other sizes, up to 150mm high, are available, so you can choose the shelf spacing that suits your kiln and your work. Shelves for cylindrical kilns usually have three posts.
The recommended kit is usually the simplest that works: not an expensive collection that I've put together for you. However, extra shelf kits allow you to stack your work, optimising your use of the firing chamber volume, the unit-cost of firing, and your time. And extra half-shelves or smaller shelves allow you to fire a mix of shorter and taller pieces.
For larger kilns weighing more than 30Kg, shelf kits are not included in the price because you'll probably want to choose your own mix of shelves, half-shelves, smaller shelves, and assorted-height posts.
One shelf should stay on the floor of the firing chamber all the time in case you accidentally spill or melt anything: solidified glass or metal is impossible to pick off without damaging the ceramic-fibre or firebrick.
Shelves are not meant to be an exact fit in the kiln. You need finger space all round and they mustn't scrape the kiln walls every time they're put in or taken out. Be careful lifting heavy shelves out of a top-opening kiln: if you drop them they will damage the firebricks.
Although they look tough, most ceramics break if they're dropped on a hard floor, so it's a good idea to have spare shelves, especially if your business depends on your kiln or you're running courses.
During firing sequences with heating, holding, and cooling segments, the elements turn on and off repeatedly. In a small kiln, with little residual heat, the inevitable temperature changes can make glass crack as it expands and contracts. A thick heavy shelf stores heat and, because it's resting on posts, the air circulates, helping to even out the normal temperature fluctuations.
If you're buying your first kiln, you're probably interested in one material, such as silver clay, or one process, such as enamelling. However, after a few successes, and failures, most people want to try different materials, make larger pieces, experiment with combinations, fire more at a time, and soon become interested in something else: or everything else. Some start a business or run classes.
You might want a full shelf, two half-shelves, several mixed shelves, a set of shelf posts, a bead-mandrel holder, glass separator, hot gloves, kiln wash, a knife-making rack, pyrometric cones, a tile holder, or other accessories.
Shelves are heavy, so kits ordered separately need a box and protective packing and attract an extra delivery charge. Outside the UK mainland, this might be expensive. So, if you think you'll need them, order them with your kiln, along with any other accessories, materials, parts, or tools.
For dichroics, enamelling, and glass fusing, put kiln paper on the shelf to stop the glass sticking: it's simpler and cleaner to use than glass separator. Bullseye Thinfire shelf paper, probably the most popular, ensures easy separation between your glass and the kiln shelf. One side feels slightly smoother than the other: that's the glass side.
Generally, glasswork needs radiant heat and will fuse, sag, or slump better on one shelf than between closely stacked shelves, although experienced glass artists often use several shelves successfully.
Delicate pieces can be fired on a puffed-up ceramic-fibre cloth: on a shelf. Round pieces, that could roll to one side, can be fired on a hollowed-out ceramic-fibre block. However, if the kin has elements in the bottom as with the Mini-Kiln and Prometheus Pro-7, a cloth or block will act as insulator and the kiln might overheat.
Particulates represent a health risk if they're breathed in, so wear a HEPA mask when cleaning out your kiln, mixing kiln wash, and working with ceramic-fibre blocks, ceramic cloths, and papers. And, ideally, use protective glasses.
If you want to touch anything hot, or move your kiln before it's cooled off, it's important to wear heat-resistant gloves. And, if you want to look into a red-hot kiln, even briefly, wear glare-resistant glasses to protect your eyes from IR and UV.
If your day-to-day work depends on your kiln and down-time will be disruptive or expensive, it's a good idea to have spares: extra shelves, a selection of posts, elements, a relay, and a thermocouple.
You can learn about ceramic blocks and cloths, charcoal, dust masks, glare-resistant glasses, glass separator, heat-resistant gloves, kiln vents, kiln wash, programmers, protective glasses, USB interfaces, shelf paper, tools, and other accessories, using the accessories link below the menu bar near the top of the front page. And they're all in the on-line shop.
Shelves are checked before despatch and are wrapped protectively. But they're not guaranteed and we cannot be responsible for any later damage.
It's important to learn about options and upgrades now as some have to be factory-fitted. The photo shows a Paragon Xpress E9A customised for a PMC silver clay studio: purple, with the maximum temperature set to 925°C so that students couldn't accidentally melt their silver.
An option is cosmetic or practical, such as a black respray, a right-hand door hinge, a peephole-vent, a bead-annealing door, a door or lid viewing window, or an EU plug.
An upgrade extends the standard specifications, such as a higher maximum temperature, a 3-key to a 12-key programmer, an electric kiln vent, a gas injection control system, an auxilliary power output, or a USB computer interface.
Not every option or upgrade applies to every kiln, so mail or call if you need help. However, if they're appropriate, they're listed in the on-line shop, so just add up the ones you want: but order them with your kiln as they're often difficult, expensive, or impossible, to implement afterwards. It might help if you make a few notes of your own as you read?
Kilns use regular single-phase 230V-240V mains so have 230V EU elements, not 120V US elements. The smaller kilns have UK 13A three-pin plugs: so they're ready to go. If you're not in the UK, use a plug adapter or cut off the UK plug and fit your own: it won't invalidate the guarantee. Alternatively, a special-order kiln can have a factory-fitted EU plug.
Most kilns can be re-engineered for 110V, 200V, 208V, or 220V, single phase or three phase, or 440V three phase. If you're interested, mail or call.
Although standard EU and US kilns have the same maximum temperature, set by the design and the programmer, some 1095°C firebrick kilns can be re-engineered to run at 1230°C, 1260°C, or 1290°C, making them versatile mixed-media kilns. However, to use 1290°C full-on hour after hour, choose an industrial or professional model.
Also, to maintain 1290°C, some upgraded kilns might need thicker firebricks, so they'll be slightly smaller inside: about 12mm on each side. Mail or call if you're interested, or need help deciding.
The UK factory-set maximum temperature is based on a reliable average voltage of 240V. If there's a regional, national, or temporary voltage drop, high-temperature kilns might take longer to reach their specified maximum or not reach it.
Some kilns are normally blue, but can be factory-painted berry, black, jade, navy, pink, purple, or turquoise. However, as they're made to order, they can't be returned if the colour isn't exactly the same as in the photo.
Changing the door hinge might be better if your kiln is in the corner of your studio or there's an obstacle that will make access difficult. Give this some thought.
Most of the medium-size top-opening kilns have a standard lift-up lid. Firebrick lids seem heavy to some people so, if you feel that a ceramic fibre lid, a hydraulic-assisted lid, or spring-assisted lid would be easier, mail or call.
If the kiln comes with a Sentry Xpress 3-Key ramp-hold programmer, you can upgrade to a Sentry Xpress 3-Key cone-fire ramp-hold programmer, usually preferred for ceramics. Cone-fire is implemented in the programmer's software and is very easy to use: just set a cone number and start the firing sequence.
Depending on the kiln, you can upgrade a Sentry Xpress 3-key programmer to a Sentry 12-Key ten segment ramp-hold, or cone-fire ramp-hold, programmer, with advanced firing features and connection options. The 3-key has a 12-month guarantee and the 12-key has a 30-month guarantee.
A Sentry 12-key programmer can be connected to your computer through a factory-fitted USB interface. The Control Master software allows you to control and monitor the firing, and analyse, arrange, print out, and save the data. If you want this feature, make sure you order the USB interface in the on-line shop.
Depending on the kiln, the 12-key programmer has a power-ratio feature: you can adjust the heat balance between the top and sides in 10% steps and control the heat distribution over larger pieces.
Kilns which only heat from the top, as opposed to the top and sides, don't have the power-ratio feature. However, the initial cost-saving has to be offset against fewer firing options.
With larger kilns, serious glass artists are always concerned about firebrick dust from the lid falling onto their work, so you could upgrade the standard firebrick lid to a factory-fitted ceramic-fibre lid with the elements threaded through pinless grooves in the fibre: or, as a luxury upgrade, with the elements completely embedded in the fibre.
Most kilns come with an electro-mechanical long-life nickel-chromium K-type thermocouple. However, if extra long-life and reliability are vital, you can upgrade to a mercury relay which has a lifetime of several million on-off cycles. The relay can switch 30A, so if you have a kiln that needs 50A, you'll need two relays.
If extra long-life and reliability are vital, especially at temperatures above 1100°C, you can upgrade to a long-life S-type platinum-rhodium thermocouple.
Some front-opening kilns are just too large and too heavy for a regular worktop, so Paragon makes a strong steel table, 768mm x 768mm x 718mm high, with two shelves for your accessories. The luxury version, with castors, is 63mm taller. If you decide to buy on old wood table, the rigidity of the legs is vital otherwise it will collapse like a parallelogram.
Some bronze and copper clays, and some metals, need to be fired in activated charcoal granules in a stainless steel container. The SC2 and SC3, the Caldera-A, and the Xpress E9A and E10A can hold a one-litre container: most other kilns can hold a three-litre but check the internal size before you buy the container. It's important that the container doesn't touch the thermocouple.
Particulates represent a health risk if they're breathed in, so wear a HEPA mask when cleaning out your kiln, mixing kiln wash, and working with charcoals, ceramic-fibre blocks, cloths, and papers. And, ideally, use protective glasses.
If you want to touch anything hot or move your kiln before it's cooled off, it's important to wear heat-resistant gloves. And, if you want to look into a red-hot kiln, wear glare-resistant glasses which protect your eyes from IR and UV.
Paragon kilns, made in the US, have been re-engineered and comprehensively tested for the UK, the EU, and most other countries. They're CE Marked and comply with EU safety standards. They're guaranteed for a year, and Paragon has an international, informed, and supportive user-base, and spares and repair centres.
The UK-EU digital programmer shows degrees Celsius, not degrees Fahrenheit as in the US. If you need to convert, this is how to do it. However, if you want to work in Fahrenheit, you can make a simple change to the programmer.
For help, or in the unlikely event of a fault, you can mail or call an engineer in the UK. However, home checks, adjustments, and repairs are quick and easy, needing little more than a PosiDriv screwdriver, and you can watch on-line videos. Alternatively, we can repair the kiln in our workshop at Cherry Heaven.
As with a lot of heavy consumer products made in the US but sold elsewhere, Paragon's guarantee covers replacement parts, not a return to the distributor or factory, and not any labour costs. However, as an example, replacing a programmer takes just a few minutes.
Generally, as soon as a programmable kiln starts its firing sequence, it begins to heat up at a rate set by the programmer. It can't heat up quicker than it would do with the elements full on all the time.
The thermocouple tells the programmer the current internal temperature and, depending on the sequence you've chosen, the programmer turns the elements on or off to control the sequence segments: the heating rate, the target temperature, the hold time, and the cooling rate. It can't cool down quicker than it would do with the kiln turned off. When the sequence is complete, the kiln beeps, and the sequence stops.
For safety, the programmer doesn't switch the full mains voltage. Instead it drives a relay, an electro-mechanical switch. The programmer uses a low voltage to activate the switch which turns the high-voltage high-current elements on or off.
When the target temperature is reached, the programmer switches the elements off. However, residual heat in the firing chamber allows the internal temperature to overshoot the target temperature briefly before starting to fall back.
This overshoot is more evident at low temperatures than at high temperatures, and in small kilns rather than large kilns. For example: 300°C will probably overshoot to 350°C whereas 800°C will probably only overshoot to 805°C before starting to fall back.
However, our Sentry Xpress programmers have a software modification that slows down the heating just before the target temperature, reducing any overshoot and improving the accuracy.
During the hold-time, with the elements still off, the temperature starts to fall. When the programmer switches the elements back on, the firing chamber will initially absorb some of the new heat before the temperature recovers. The continual switching of the elements on and off causes the internal temperature to oscillate either side of the target temperature.
This is similar to central heating. If you set it for 21°C, it probably oscillates, quite slowly, around 20°C to 22°C: and you won't notice. The accuracy will depend on where the thermostat is sited, how quickly it responds, how accurate it is, how long it takes for the radiators to heat up, and if you have doors and windows open. The temperature will probably be different in each room.
So, regardless of the thermocouple temperature, the actual temperature of your work will be slightly different, depending on its position on the kiln shelf, the vertical spacing of any stacked shelves, and its nearness to the elements, a lid, a door, a bead door, or a window. Learn to take this into account if you're working with temperature-critical materials or processes.
Remember that glass needs radiant heat and will fuse, sag, or slump better on one shelf at the bottom than between closely stacked shelves.
Kiln doors and lids are not meant to be a perfect fit otherwise, at high temperatures, there'd be no room for expansion and movement, and the door could stick and the ceramic-fibre or firebricks could crack.
All kilns smell a bit, and even produce whisps of smoke, during the first firings, just like a toaster or a fan heater. If you're worried about fumes, open a window.
Eventually, with normal use, kilns discolour slightly, inside and outside, and some firebricks might develop hairline cracks. Your kiln is a versatile, robust, red-hot tool: not an ornament.
Using your kiln successfully needs critical research and frequent tests, especially as things that work for your friends and teachers might not work in the same way for you. It's also very important to learn how to creatively use unexpected effects. So, keep a firing log:
Buy a durable notebook. Use a new page for every firing, and draw diagrams of the shelves, their vertical spacing, and the position of your work on the shelves. Along with your work, put a few scraps at different places on the shelves to learn how things change. Describe the material, the shape of your work, the firing cycle, and the end result. Add a few photos and sketches, and mark the page corners with coloured dots or symbols as a quick reminder of your success rating.
A kiln log is vital if you're experimenting with temperature-sensitive materials or working with metals, coloured dichroic glasses, enamels, glazes, or china paints, and a skilled artist will use the kiln log to advantage to re-create effects. It'll be particularly useful if you have to repeat a commission, or you have a long holiday before returning to your studio.
Some Paragon kilns have a Sentry 12-key or a Sentinel Touch Screen programmer which can be connected to your computer through a factory-fitted USB interface. The Control Master software allows you to control and monitor the firing, and analyse, arrange, save, and print out the data. If you want this feature, make sure you order the USB interface in the on-line shop.
The main component of glass is silicon dioxide, often called silica: found naturally and plentifully as sand. When it melts, at around 1700°C, it's like syrup on a cold day. When it cools, it forms a rigid brittle glass called quartz glass.
To lower the melting point, and reduce the cost of melting, chemicals are added: typically sodium carbonate and calcium oxide. Other chemicals, and different heating and cooling processes, produce a range of colours and mechanical properties.
Chemically, glass is defined as an amorphous solid but, as it's heated, it becomes softer allowing it to be blown, cast, coated, decorated, engraved, heat-treated, moulded, poured, pressed, sagged, and slumped.
A form of glass occurs naturally within the mouth of a volcano when the intense heat of an eruption melts sand to form Obsidian, a hard black-to-brown glassy type of stone, shown in the photo. Although it was used decoratively, when it fractures it has very sharp edges, many times sharper than a steel knife-edge, so was also used for tools and weapons: and the pitiful rituals of circumcision and female genital mutilation.
During annealing, fabrication stresses are relieved as the molecules cool and arrange themselves into a regular stable matrix. Successful annealing is the key to creating glasswork that will remain attractive and durable. It's quite a long process, so a kiln with an automatic comprehensive programmer is essential.
You can download, and print, a Bead Annealing Guide. Paragon created it in 2013 so it's only a guide, not a contemporary definitive document. Click here. It's a pdf file, but your device should already have a pdf viewer.
Cubic Zirconia is the most popular substitute for a diamond because they look almost dentical. Cubic Zirconia or CZ, is made from zirconium dioxide which comes closer than any other gem to matching the characteristics of a diamond. It's not quite as hard as diamond and is slightly less sparkly but displays more prismatic fire with more colour sparkles within the gem, especially if metal oxides are added during the production process.
Caring for CZ is important because they are more brittle than diamonds and susceptible to wear and tear such as chipping and scratches over time.
Diamonds are not a form of glass: they're naturally occurring gems composed of carbon atoms arranged in a very regular pattern.
Between 1 billion to 3.3 billion years ago, simple carbon containing trace minerals was transformed into diamonds by heat and pressure at depths of over 100 miles below the earth's surface. We can't mine down far enough to reach the earth's mantle but fortunately volcanic eruptions brought the diamonds closer to the surface. They're extremely hard and until recently were regarded as the world's hardest natural material.
Although diamonds are extremely expensive, their price is governed by carat, cut, colour, and clarity. It's very rare to find a diamond that doesn't contain flaws: however the impurities, and internal refraction and dispersion of light, give diamonds their brilliance.
Synthetic diamonds are manufactured and are identical in hardness, dispersion, gravity, refraction and chemical composition to the highest quality mined diamonds available. Whereas a one-carat top quality diamond would cost thousands of pounds to buy, the same quality man-made diamond could be made for less than £5.
This will obviously have a huge impact on the diamond industry over the next few years as when comparing a cultured and mined diamond side by side they are virtually undistinguishable. A bit like pearls, they can be grown from a single crystal using chemical vapor deposition.
Dichroic glass has two different colours: a transmitted colour and a reflective colour, both of which change depending on the angle of view. For example blue-red will be blue in transmission and red in reflection.
During manufacture, quartz and metal oxides are vapourised onto the surface of the glass using a vacuum deposition process, forming a multi-layer crystal structure.
Enamelling involves applying a glass paste to metal and then heating it to fuse it to the surface. The finish of the enamel can be translucent or opaque depending on the temperature used to melt the glass. Higher temperatures result in a more transparent and durable enamel whilst lower temperatures give a more opaque and fragile surface. Dyes and pigments can be included to produce any colour.
The Paragon SC2 is ideal for enamelling, although other kilns are fine. So click the sc2-sc3:jewellery link below the menu bar near the top of the page. The SC-2W and SC-3W doors include a 50mm x 50mm heat-resistant glass viewing-window in the centre of the door, allowing you to take a quick peep at china paints, enamels, glass, and glazes to check on their progress
To fire polish glass, return the items to the kiln and melt them just enough to give a smooth polished appearance. It needs a temperature of around 700°C, and is often used to round the edges of glass after fusing.
Fire polishing already-slumped items is more difficult because the polishing temperature is close to the slumping temperature and it can distort the appearance of the piece. So it generally works best for flat items, rather than slumped ones. It has the slight limitation that the part of the item that touches the kiln shelf won't polish.
If two or more pieces of glass in contact are heated, they begin to soften and fuse together. With careful heating and cooling, the separate pieces of glass become one.
If glass is put on a mould and heated, it begins to soften and collapse, or sag, onto the mould: a common technique for making bowls and plates.
Sagging and slumping are often thought of as being the same. Correctly: during sagging, heated glass, supported at its edges, sags down in the middle to conform to a mould; during slumping, heated glass, supported at its middle, slumps down at its edges to conform to a mould.
Lamp-working is the traditional name for glasswork that uses a flame to melt glass rods and tubes. As the glass softens, it's shaped by turning and using tools.
Early lampworkers used an oil-lamp, and blew air into the flame through a pipe. Later, propane, natural gas, or butane torches replaced the lamp, although kilns are now increasingly popular, particularly for annealing.
Beads are usually made on steel rods, or mandrels. When the beads are finished, the rods are removed leaving holes for threading the beads. Cold working techniques can be used, such as etching, faceting, polishing, and sandblasting.
Lost-wax burnout starts with making a wax shape and then making a mould of the shape. When the mould is heated in a kiln, the wax melts out through channels, usually over a burnout mesh and into a tray. The shape is then cast in glass or metal from the mould.
It's important to prevent wax or carbon sticking to the elements, so burnout kilns have a top vent to release fumes. Carbon build-up inside a kiln could conduct electricity and would eventually cause the elements to fail.
Paragon make kilns designed for this: the W series. So click the w:lost-wax link under the menu bar near the top of the page. They all have top vents and optional wax trays.
Moissanite is another diamond substitute which is a rare mineral found naturally in small quantities, although Moissanite for jewellery is artificially made. It's made from Silicon Carbide which means it's able to withstand high temperatures and is very hard.
Moissanite is noticeably much sparklier and displays more prismatic fire than a diamond which is noticeable even to an untrained observer. Moissanite does have inclusions like a diamond and it may also have a greenish tinge to its colour.
Pâte de verre involves making a glass paste, applying it to a mould, firing it, and removing the piece from the mould. The glass paste is usually made from glass powder, a binder such as gum arabic, distilled water, and colouring agents or enamels. It allows precise placing of colours in the mould, whereas other techniques often result in the glass straying from its intended position.
I think, currently, Daum is the only large commercial crystal manufacturer using the pâte de verre process for art glass and crystal sculptures.
This a simple technique but it requires good ideas. A bottle, such as those used for wine, beer, cola, or champagne, is softened in a kiln so that it begins to flatten out or conforms to a mould. There are too many moulds to stock here but there are lots available on line. Or make your own from clay.
The bottles need to be clean and dry, with all paper labels and tops removed. Put them in your kiln on a shelf, either with shelf paper or kiln wash to prevent the glass sticking to the shelf.
Paragon makes a kiln designed for this: the Trio. So click the trio link below the menu bar near the top of the page. It's wide enough for most bottles but can still use a regular socket.
Stained glass is glass that has been coloured by adding metallic salts during its manufacture. The coloured glass is crafted into stained glass windows in which small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, traditionally held together by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame. Painted details and yellow stain are often used to enhance the design.
The term stained glass is also applied to windows in which the colours have been painted onto the glass and then fused to the glass in a kiln.
It requires artistic skill to conceive an appropriate and workable design, and engineering skills to assemble the piece. A window must fit snugly into the space for which it is made, must resist wind and rain, and also, especially in the larger windows, must support its own weight. Many large windows have withstood the test of time and remained substantially intact since the Late Middle Ages.
Swarovski Crystal isn't a gemstone or even a crystal: it's a form of glass made at high temperatures by melting silicon oxide powders with lead to form what is known as lead crystal. The exact process is patented by Swarovski but it has approximately 32% lead content to increase the crystals refraction index to resemble that of a diamond. To produce a diamond like effect the crystal glass is precision cut and then polished again by a Swarovski patented process that gives the crystal a high quality finish.
The crystals are often further enhanced by coating the glass with an Aurora Borealis or AB coating that gives the surface a rainbow like appearance to simulate dispersion from a diamond. Swarovski crystal is not as hard as diamond so its susceptible to scratches and chipping from wear and tear, but it's harder than standard glass.
Tack fusing is the joining together of glass, with as little change to the shape of the pieces as possible. Tack fusing may be used either decoratively, or to assemble a large piece of glass from laminations.
Where tack fusing is used to apply small decorative details to a larger piece, you might want to partially melt the small pieces so that they change shape, usually becoming more spherical under the influence of surface tension, but without changing the shape of the carrier piece. This can be done by using an increased temperature, but only briefly. The carrier piece has a larger thermal mass, so heats up more slowly than the small decorations.
The vitrigraph process usually uses a kiln to make glass stringers. The bottom of the kiln is removed and set aside. The kiln body is put on a thick ceramic square with a central hole.
A crucible of glass is put inside, and the whole combination lifted well away from the floor to allow moulten glass to fall through a hole in the crucible and form long stringers. Ceramic squares are in the on-line shop.
Paragon make a kiln designed for this: the Caldera. So click the caldera:ceramics link below the menu bar near the top of the page. The bottom is a separate part and can be unclipped.
The term warm glass refers to fusing, slumping, and other glass processes which take place at temperatures between about 600°C to 925°C. Although that doesn't sound warm, it is when you compare it to glassblower's working temperatures, which often exceed 1100°C. Warm glass is sometimes called kiln-formed glass.
is a Cherry Heaven internet resource. Cherry Heaven is a top-tier international distributor for Texas-made Paragon kilns, furnaces, ovens, and accessories, and has been one of their top-selling partners from 2006 to : a pleasing outcome since the UK is only one third the area of Texas and one fortieth the area of the US.
As this is an on-line resource, there isn't a paper catalogue or a price list. However, you can mail or call a technician about kilns, power supplies, public area safety, a special project, business ideas, diagnostics, repairs, or reselling opportunities.


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Video Downloader is a service that converts YouTube videos to MP3 or any other format, including avi, mp4, 3gp and many more.
This can be either a website (online service) or an application for Android and Windows phone.
There are many different YouTube Downloaders that convert YouTube videos to mp3 right away on the internet. You do not have to download any software on your computer. In that case, you don't have to even copy and paste the link to the video you want to convert, You can find video on website and just click "Convert to" and download the MP3 file.
Another form of YouTube Downloader is mobile app. To use it, you must first go to the website and download the app to your computer. You can do it from websites or from Uptodown.com (android) HERE or from Windows Store- HERE Then you have to go through similar process as the online version. The difference is usually in the faster speed and the effects of download files on your mobile.
YouTube videos can be converted to many different formats such as mp3, avi, mp4, mov, wmv and more. Let's find out the differences between these forms.
mp3 – MPEG Layer III Audio. It is the most commonly used audio file format;
mp4 – digital multimedia format MPEG-4 part 14 most used for storage; video and audio but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and photos;
avi – Audio Video Interleaved. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allow you to synchronize audio from video;
mov – file extension for QuickTime media format;
wmv – Windows Media Video is a file type that can contain video in one of several video compression formats developed by Microsoft.
3GP – is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partner Project for 3G UMTS Multimedia Services. It is used on 3G mobile phones, but it can also be played on some 2G and 4G phones.
Sites to Convert from
The name YouTube Downloader comes from the fact that you can convert music from YouTube, so YouTube is the main site where you can convert music from. However, in some cases music can also be converted from such websites as Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Facebook etc.
Very annoying is the question whether YouTube music downloading is legal or not. You may think that downloading music from YouTube to your device must be illegal because it is someone else's property. But that's not always the case. First and foremost, it is important to know the specific copyright in your country, state and city.
For example, Canada has recently adopted a law called C-11 Copyright Modernization, which maintains this function.
"The text of C-11 of the Act states that if a person acquires legally (such as YouTube), uses it for private purposes, does not return the content, does not make more than one copy, and stops content for a reasonable period of time in order to listen in a more convenient time , "It is not a copyright infringement for a person to repair a communication signal, play a recording of a song or a sound that is emitted, or repair or recreate the performance of the performer, which is broadcast to record the program for listening or watching. "
It is the same with German law. For example, in Germany, it is legal to download digital radio and YouTube videos because there is no third party copyright infringed by the provision of such services and should be considered legal.
Under federal law you have the undisputed right to create private copies of certain media; including YouTube. The attempt to Google to remove the rights of citizens in their TOS must be considered illegal and strongly opposed to their public representation.
Therefore, you must check local law if you can use YouTube Downloader in your country


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Another delay looms for Sallins playground
Facility is badly needed
Kildare County Council has come under fire for not yet building a playground in Sallins.
Fianna Fail TD and Sallins resident James Lawless said the project is ready to go _ a site has been found beside the church and money has been put aside - but the resources have not benen provided to do the necessary design and consultaton work.
Dep. James Lawless has lobbied for a playground for Sallins
About two years local councillors were told that some €180,000 had provided for the project.
Initially it proved difficult to find a site. Land near Castlefen, was identified but Kildare County Council opposed this idea pointing out that this may be needed for housing at a future date.
In the meantime a playground has opened at Kill, adjacent to the GAA facility.


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I completed a challenge for a Facebook group yesterday so I unclamped two sides and took a picture of Garden Verses. She is coming along slowly but surely. I've found the bottom right corner and started working my way back up. I hope to finish all these flowers tonight so I can start either the purple of the dress that trails into the flowers or the column on the right side.
Here's progress as of last night.


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If you want to do something offbeat during Christmas this year, we have lined up a range of interesting options in different corners of the country, from snow-covered slopes in the north to the buzz of Bengaluru.
Sip special Christmas drinks in Bengaluru
In certain cities you can smell Christmas in the air and Bengaluru happens to be one of them. Think plum cakes, mulled wine, yule logs, turkey and a hearty brunch with special Christmas buffets. If you would rather grab a drink the microbreweries here have special drinks for the festival. Head to Toit for their special Santa Ale, a beer made with traditional Christmas spices, mulled wine is best at Caperberry while Sangria is great at Olive Beach. Many bakeries such as Fatima, Albert, All Saints, Thomsan, Koshy's make the ultimate plum cake.
Read more: Nine best places to wake up on New Year's Day
Read more: Festivals of the month: December 2018
Visit Daman and Diu for a Portuguese Christmas
Immerse yourself in traditional Christmas celebrations on a grand scale at Daman and Diu. Home to many churches including Daman's famous Church of Bom Jesus, the heritage of these former Portuguese colonies comes alive as everyone lights up their homes with colourful lamps, there are Portuguese dances, cultural shows and of course traditional Christmas food. Don't forget to taste the famous Christmas cookies here.
Get aboard the Deccan Odyssey to spend Christmas on a luxury train
Watch the countryside roll by as you relax in a classy cabin with beds that have sink in mattresses and soft pillows. Christmas aboard a luxury train may be unusual but with two restaurants, a bar, lounge and a spa to spoil you silly, this Christmas will be memorable. After all the Deccan Odyssey is no less than a five star hotel, but the red carpet treatment here goes a notch higher. Did we mention that the food is absolutely delicious?
Watch the sunset at Radhanagar Beach in Havelock Island, Andamans
Ranked as one of the best beaches in Asia, this soft white sand beach with crystal clear water on one side and mangroves on the other boasts of spectacular sunsets. You can try swimming or snorkelling and admire the gorgeous colourful corals. With no shacks in sight, it promises to be quiet yet one of the most scenic Christmas evenings you've spent in a long time.
Enjoy the Rann Utsav on Christmas
If this famous festival has been on your bucket list, then make sure you're here on Christmas this time. It's a display of Gujarati culture at its best – from traditional dances, music, food and handicrafts to activities such as dirt biking and camel cart rides. Gazing at the white sands of Rann of Kutch on a full moon night promises to be an unforgettable experience.


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A bright crimson heart with deep ruby rim. Lashings of crushed summer berries and fleshy plum aromas with supple, succulent, generous ripe berry flavours brushed with soft oak spice to a sleek juicy fruit finish.
ageing : Drink within 3 years of vintage.
"Spicy liquorice and winter spice woven into a juicy black cherry fruit core"
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Dr. Heekyeong Lee is a Professor of the MATESOL/MATFL Program and teaches courses such as Principles and Practices of Language Teaching, Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics Research, Pedagogical Grammar in Foreign Language Teaching, and Applied Linguistics Capstone. She has also taught Public Speaking and Academic Writing for international Fulbright scholars pursuing graduate degrees in American universities.
Before joining the Institute in 2009, Professor Lee she worked as a language teacher and a language teacher educator in various linguistic, cultural, and professional environments. She began her career in Korea as a high school English teacher. In Canada, she was responsible for the in-service teacher training (43 different foreign languages) for the Canadian Foreign Service. She also worked as an English instructor as well as a tester at the University of L'Aquila in Italy following the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). After moving to the U.S., she worked as an English Teacher for the Family Literacy Program at the University Settlement Society of New York, as well as teaching academic listening and speaking skills for international students at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, New Jersey. She is co-author (with H. Douglas Brown) of the fourth edition of the widely acclaimed text Teaching by Principles (Pearson Education, 2015).
Currently, with Dr. H. D. Brown she is working on another major book – the 7th edition of a long-standing textbook on second language acquisition (SLA) and pedagogy, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (PLLT) (Pearson Education).
Courses Taught
Courses offered in the past two years.
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- Upcoming term(s) ○
EDUC 8502 - Principls/Practcs Lang Tchng I
Principles & Practices in Language Teaching 1
Along with Principles and Practices 2, this course provides students with a foundational pedagogical training in preparation for careers in foreign/second language teaching. Topics covered include an introduction to the field and its expectations, course/syllabus design, needs assessment, and unit design. Students will engage in a variety of real-world performance tasks, such as creating needs assessment instruments, summative language assessments, and unit plans. Students will also deepen their understanding of course concepts by conducting classroom observations.
Fall 2019 - MIIS, Fall 2020 - MIIS
LING 8670 - Applied Linguistics Capstone
The Applied Linguistics Capstone is designed to help TESOL/TFL students refine their skills as applied linguistics professionals. Course participants will develop either a curriculum project, a, empirical research report, or an assessment tool, using original data that they have collected and analyzed. The course also aims to induce students to reflect on their previous coursework, as well as explore and clarify their future plans for careers as language teaching professionals.
Applied Linguistics Capstone Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
Understand processes of inquiry relevant to language education
Plan research activities for designing curriculum and language instruction, assessment, or empirical investigation
Execute data collection procedures
Analyze data using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods
Synthesize and report findings clearly, convincingly, and creatively for a professional audience
Apply research skills in educational settings
Fall 2019 - MIIS, Fall 2020 - MIIS
LING 8630 - Second Language Acquisition
Surveys, in seminar format, research in second-language learning relating to language teaching and learning. Discusses the role of affective variables, interaction, learner strategies, and learner factors in the language acquisition process. Prerequisite: Language Analysis
Spring 2019 - MIIS, Spring 2020 - MIIS
EDUC 8503 - Principls/Practcs LangTchng II
Principles & Practices in Language Teaching 2
Along with Principles and Practices 1, this course provides students with a foundational pedagogical training in preparation for careers in foreign/second language teaching. Topics covered include essentials of lesson planning, authentic texts use, formative assessment, differentiation, and high leverage teaching practices. Students will engage in a variety of real-world performance tasks, such as creating lesson plans and performing microteaching. Students will also deepen their understanding of course concepts by conducting classroom observations.
Spring 2019 - MIIS
Areas of Interest
As a native of Korea, Dr. Heekyeong Lee's research interests have been shaped by the challenges she experienced as a learner, a teacher, and a researcher in various multilingual and multicultural places around the world. Her research interests center on how to facilitate second/foreign language students' literacy development by understanding various challenges the students and instructors face. Her specific interests focus on learner identity and agency, language teacher development, cultural humility, as well as socialization process of North Korean refugee students in South Korea. Her specific interests focus on learner identity and agency, language teacher development, cultural humility, as well as socialization process of North Korean refugee students in South Korea.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Second Language Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- B.A. in English Language Education, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Professor Lee has been teaching at the Institute since 2009.
- Role of the first language. In The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley & TESOL International, Lee, H. (2018).
- An exploratory study of academic literacy socialization: Building genre awareness in a teacher education program. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 26, 17-28, Hedgcock, J. S., & Lee, H. (2017).
- Adjusting to contextual constraints: Methodological shifts in local research projects. In J. McKinley & H. Rose (Eds.), Doing Research in Applied Linguistics (pp. 61-71). New York, NY: Routledge, Hedgcock, J. S., & Lee, H. (2017).
- Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (4th ed). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, Brown, H. D., & Lee, H. (2015).
- Review of Language teaching research and language pedagogy, by Rod Ellis (2012), Studies of Second Language Acquisition, 35 (3), 562-564, Lee, H. (2013).
- International students and identity: Resisting dominant ways of writing and knowing in academe. In D. Starke-Meyerring, A. Paré, N. Artemeva, M. Horne, & L. Yousoubova (Eds.), Writing in knowledge societies (pp.351-370). West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse, Lee, H. & Maguire, M.H. (2011).
- A sociocultural analysis of Korean siblings' English literacy development. The Journal of the Research Institute of Korean Education, 27(1), 51-70, Lee, H. (2010).
- Learner agency and identity in second language writing. ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 156, 109-128, Lee, H. (2008).
- Korean students' perceptions of identities and cultural capital. Sociolinguistic Studies, 1(1), 107-129, Lee, H. (2007).


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Mr. Joseph M. DePinto, also known as Joe, has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven, Inc. since December 1, 2005. Mr. DePinto served as the President of GameStop Corp., from March 15, 2005 to December 2005. He served as Vice President of Operations at 7-Eleven Inc., from May 22, 2003 to 2005 and served as its Division Vice President from 2002 to 2003. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Thornton Quick Cafe & Market. He began his career at PepsiCo, Inc., where he held a number of executive positions. He has been the Chairman of Brinker International, Inc. since November 7, 2013. Mr. DePinto serves as a Director of The Greater Dallas Chamber and Business Executives for National Security, Inc. He has been an Independent Director of Brinker International, Inc. since August 2010 and served as its Lead Director until November 7, 2013.
Mr. DePinto has been a Director of The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) since June 2011. He serves as a Director of Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. He served as an Independent Director of Officemax Incorporated from July 27, 2006 to November 5, 2013.
Mr. DePinto served as a Director of Jo-Ann Stores Inc. from April 2008 to August 1, 2010 and Geniant LLC. He is a Member of the Young President' Organization West Texas Chapter and a Champion for the Network of Executive Women. Additionally, he is a Member of the Advisory Councils of The Outlook Leadership Network and the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth.
Mr. DePinto has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.


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From Ms. Roberts:
This is my last newsletter for this year!
This week we had our trip to SPLASH on Tuesday. Our report from the staff at the facility said that our kids were the best behaved that they have seen. Bravo!!! On Wednesday, we had a field day for fifth and sixth graders. Everyone that attended had a wet and wild good time!
We have some fun days coming up, so be sure that your student knows what they are so that they can dress appropriately. See the list below.
Remember the permission slips to watch the movie "Where the Red Fern Grows" on the last day. I have provided a copy on the back. If your student forgets to take the slip, a signed note from you or call to the office would be fine.
Final report cards will be mailed home – please be sure we have your most current address on file. You will also need to make sure all library books are returned and fees are paid for a fresh start in the Fall.
I am going to miss each and every one of my students so much!
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Illusion, Kiersten, Sherry, Lehi, Nanice, Trinite', Tracy, and Jonathan, I want to thank you for a fantastic job done on your yearbook cover art! Great job!
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Hi! I'm Ms. Roberts, a sixth grade teacher at Oakridge Elementary. I have two children, a dog, three rabbits, and a cat. It is my pleasure and joy to be able to teach.
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Graphic Grammar 1
Book summary
Brilliantly simple – simply brilliant!
Graphic Grammar is a grammar practice book for students of all ages. Written by best-selling English language authors Jim Rose and Steve Elsworth, the Graphic Grammar series consists of four books, taking the reader from complete Beginner to Early Intermediate stages of English.
Each book has fifty units of grammar, containing an illustration to exemplify the grammar point, with grammar tables, examples, and practice sentences. All of the practice sentences have answers for self-checking.
The language is graded so that the books can be used at home for self-study, or in class with a teacher. The basis of the books is that it is easier to see and understand English grammar than it is to read abstract descriptions. Difficult grammatical areas are tackled – use of definite or indefinite articles, regular and irregular verb formations, verb transformations, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. Readers are encouraged to see patterns in the English language, making it easier to understand and remember English usage.
This is a completely new approach to English grammar. It takes into account different learning strategies, and simplifies what for many people is a difficult and unapproachable subject.
This is Book 1 in a series of four. It's for complete beginners, taking in the easy steps – the verb to be, nouns, pronouns, simple verbs, and some guidance for spelling and punctuation. It's also for learners who need confidence with the basics – like question formation and negatives. No complex explanations, no jargon. Learning English from Graphic Grammar is as easy as reading a cartoon.
About the authors
Jim Rose and Steve Elsworth are best-selling authors of English books written for Pearson Education. They have been working together for twenty years, and have published Go!, Energy, and Look!. They have given lectures and demonstrations in 22 countries across Europe and South and Central America, and their books have sold millions of copies around the world.


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During the process we will be a independent contact for or within organization and accompany and lead the whole project on a structural and professional manner. By the set up of a plan, a functional design, technical design and different progress-reports, we will take care of the project, but in the mean time will always take into account what the client wants. This way you will always have a custom-made design: only capable for implementation in YOUR organization, based on your needs and demands.


text: Home/ What's happening / Stories of Australian Wine / August 2016 / Australian Wine Achieves 'Massive' Scores from Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson Australian wine achieves 'massive' scores Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share via email 'Massive' Scores from Jancis Robinson By Wine Australia on 14 Aug 2016 in Styles When a leading wine critic tastes a flight of 103 Australian wines and deems 34% of the whites to be worthy of at least 17 out of 20 and scores 'a massive' 43% of the reds the same, it's worth taking note. When that leading wine critic is Jancis Robinson, the world pays close attention. Bordeaux-besting Australian wines On Purple Pages Jancis Robinson recently reported she had completed one of her 'Assemblage Tastings' on Australian wines. These encompass a range of wines in a variety of styles, colours and prices and give a fascinating and hugely authoritative snapshot of Purple Pages' impressions of a region's or a country's wines. To say that the Australian Assemblage showing was impressive is something of an understatement. To put the wines' scores into context, Jancis looked back at her recent 'Bordeaux Assemblage' scores and found that only 14% of the whites were worthy of at least 17 out of 20. Given Bordeaux's whites are, with the notable exception of Graves and Sauternes, largely sound but less than thrilling, Australia's significantly higher score is impressive if understandable. What, to some at least, is rather less predictable is how only 34% of Bordeaux's red wines scored 17 or more. Given that mature First Growths at several hundred pounds a bottle were included in this line-up, Australia really does something to celebrate. As Jancis herself put it: '…overall, this assemblage is testament to the fabulous quality of Australia's best wines, of both colours, today.' Australian wine – strength in depth Given who was tasting these wines and given the penumbra of huge scores, one might have expected the list to read like a Langtons' Classification list. And while there were some great names on the list – Hill of Grace and Grange – they are not all superstar names. You may not have tasted Mac Forbes Blind Spot Riesling, but a 16 point wine for £7.95 that Purple Pages describe as 'positively bargainous' is one you may want to seek out... And it wasn't just Australian Classics that scored well. Yes, the Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay is on the list and scored a (fittingly) brilliant 17 out of 20, but so was Wendouree Shiraz/Mataro 2012, a blend that achieved 18 out of 20, reflecting how 'emerging' varietals such as Mataro are showing real quality. Australia's classic regions were also joined by their newer, emerging contemporaries. The tasting had high praise for the Mornington Peninsula borne Ten Minutes by Tractor, Wallis Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013, 17.5 points, and was effusive about the Tasmania-sourced Penfolds, Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2008. Scoring 17 points this wine's 'modern' styling was noted by Jancis as being, 'Refined and utterly unlike the Australian Chardonnays of yore.' The best just get better… It would be remiss not to give a mention to some of the wines that put Australian fine wines on the map. The 2010 Hill of Grace scored 19 out of 20 and was described as having, '... the rare quality of the finest wines, where the flavour transcends description and you just have pure pleasure instead. Extraordinary.' Such purple prose is rare on Purple Pages, but then Hill of Grace is a jewel in Australia's wine crown, one that seems to be going from strength-to-strength under the winemaker mastery of Stephen Henschke. To single out a white star of this list is more problematical. So many impressed – Tasmania's Tolpuddle Chardonnay, Moss Wood's Moss Wood Vineyard Semillon 2014 and the Domaine A, Lady A Sauvignon to name but a few. For us though a Riesling needs a special mention. Rieslings scored heavily throughout the tasting and the Crawford River, Riesling Reserve 2003 Henty (18 points) won comparisons with Alsace's £150 a bottle Clos St Hune with notes of, 'Lime fruit, racy acidity and amazing persistence and balance.' The Assemblage gives an impression of wines that are world-beating, diverse, value-filled and exciting. Now that sounds like Australian wine to me. Click here to view the full Purple Pages report on the recent Australian Assemblages. Please note that full access to this article requires a Purple Pages subscription. 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I had always loved those well-kept gardens, but never get time to maintain my own. If your pain is somewhat similar, them here is something that can give you an easier option to have a beautiful garden.
We are talking about Formal Garden, which is an innovative and easy way out to a decorated garden. With this at hand you can personalize your garden with beautiful motifs, which are temporary and can come to your rescue whenever you feel an instant need of beautifying your garden…like on a party or a get-together.
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Living willow structures are a cheap and sustainable way to add gorgeous elements to your property. They are fun to create and are functional, providing shelter or fencing in addition to decorative aspects. Using willows to create shelters, fences, and sculptures has been popular in the UK for ages and is becoming more popular in the US. Check out these 15 amazing living willow project ideas for a look into the types of things that can be made with willow whips:
15 living willow project ideas
1. Living willow dome
This living willow dome, made by Two Circles Design, is a mobile living structure made to be moved around to festivals and outdoor shows. This would be beautiful as an outdoor seating area and could also be used for weddings and other events.
2. Living willow tunnel
A living tunnel would be so much fun to have in a garden. It would be the perfect shady place to hang out on hot summer days, and kids would love it! This tunnel was made by Willow Culture in the UK – creators of many whimsical living willow garden enhancements.
3. Willow fence
Fences made of willows are extremely functional and easy to maintain. As they leaf out and create new growth, they make an excellent privacy fence. This example was made by Lakeshore Willows in Ontario.
4. Mature willow privacy fence
Here is another example of a fence, also by Lakeshore Willows. This is a more mature fence with taller willows and more leaves.
5. Willow arbors
Amazing structures can be made out of willows, like these arbors seen on EarthPlay. These would make a beautiful and fun addition to any yard or park, requiring little maintenance once established.
6. Willow-sheltered seating area
Here is another beautiful live willow seating area providing shade in a yard. This willow dome was made by artist Kim Creswell, who makes incredible sculptures out of willow branches.
7. Willow fence in winter
This living fence graces a courtyard in Toronto. The willows are mature enough to provide privacy in winter, and even more in the summer when the fence fills out with green leaves. Image via Toronto Gardens.
8. Artsy willow tunnel
This beautiful living tunnel doubles as a showy piece of outdoor artwork in a community park. Image via Common Designs.
9. Willow den for kids
For a fabulously fun idea for kids, check out this living willow den for kids from Raining Sparks. Forts don't get much better than this!
10. Willow tunnel in a garden
This willow tunnel adds some vertical space to a garden plot and acts as a natural divider between the garden sections. Image via Woven Worlds.


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- MrkayAsked on July 01, 2014 at 10:49 AM
Is it possible to set a rule which Autoresponder email is sent to a customer based on input field data.
For example; two Autoresponder emails.
Two cities:
If a customer types in Manchester I would like them to be sent the Autoresponder email with the Manchester office details.
If the customer selects London; I would like them to receive the Autoresponder email with the London office details.
I assumed this would be a simple IF command but I can't seem to find it.
- JotForm DevelopercerenAnswered on July 01, 2014 at 11:21 AM
Hello Mrkay,
You can send different autoresponse emails to your users based on their selections/answers on the form.
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If you have any other questions please let us know.
- MrkayAnswered on July 02, 2014 at 09:20 AM
Hi there,
I'm sorry I don't think I clarified here. This option only allows you to send an email to a designated email address.
I need the the Auto Responder email to be sent to person who submitted the form. The TO address would be the data in the Form Field entry
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This is the form:
Can you assist further?
- CarinaAnswered on July 02, 2014 at 11:07 AM
Thank you for the clarification. So if in the Town field the person types Manchester the user will receive a different auto-responder than if he types London.
If this is the case you need to create 2 different auto-responders and you can name them accordingly.
Then you can set up a condition to send an email after submission:
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Doves (band)
Doves performing live in 2009.
From left to right: Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams, and Jez Williams.
|Background information
|Cheshire, England
|Indie rock,[1] post-Britpop,[2] pop rock,[3] space rock[4]
|Years active
|1998–2009; 2018–present
|Associated acts
|Black Rivers, Sub Sub
|Jez Williams
Jimi Goodwin
Andy Williams
Doves are an indie rock band from Cheshire, England.[5] The band is composed of twin brothers Jez Williams (guitar, vocals) and Andy Williams (drums, vocals), and Jimi Goodwin (bass, vocals, guitar). Additionally, the band employs Martin Rebelski, as a touring and session musician on keyboards. The band released four studio albums, two of which have reached Number One on the UK album charts.[6][7][8][9] A compilation album, The Places Between: The Best of Doves, was released in April 2010.
Doves went on hiatus in 2010. Jimi Goodwin released his first solo album Odludek in 2014, while the Williams brothers regrouped as Black Rivers.
On 3 December 2018, Doves announced they would be breaking their hiatus by performing for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, in London on 29 March 2019. Further festivals, including some dates with Noel Gallagher were subsequently announced. The band are working on a new album, and released the lead single "Carousels" in June 2020.
Formation as Sub Sub (1991–1998)[edit]
The formation of Doves can be traced back to when the Williams brothers and Goodwin met at Wilmslow High School at age 15.[10] All three members played in various local bands during the timeframe, with their paths occasionally crossing. After meeting again at The Haçienda in 1989,[11] the Williams brothers and Jimi Goodwin formed Sub Sub, releasing their first single "Space Face" in 1991, and then in 1993 they released "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)," which reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.[12] On the Williams twins' birthday in February 1996, the band's Ancoats studio caught fire and burned down, leading the band members to abandon their previous dance-oriented style and start afresh as alternative rock band Doves in 1998.[12] On the band's change of direction, Jez Williams said: "We were faced with a really black and white decision: throw the towel in or carry on. And if you're going to carry on, you've got to put everything into it to justify it, because before that you've lost everything. That was quite a liberating feeling, actually."[13]
Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast 1998–2003[edit]
The band released three EPs in 1998 and 1999 on Casino Records, a subsidiary of Rob Gretton's Rob's Records, which established the group's new sound and met with a warm critical response. Their debut album Lost Souls in April 2000 was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, which they lost to fellow Mancunian and former collaborator Badly Drawn Boy.[14]
Doves' second album The Last Broadcast was released two years later, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and was again nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album's first single "There Goes the Fear" became the band's highest-charting single to date, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart[15] despite only being released for one day before it was deleted. The album's second single "Pounding" reached No. 21 on the Singles Chart[15] and was used in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics With Glowing Hearts/Des Plus Brillants Exploits advertisement campaign and in pre-event intros.
In 2003, the band released a B-sides compilation, Lost Sides, and a DVD entitled Where We're Calling From. The DVD included all of their music videos to date, as well as incidental videos played before the start of their Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast tours. Also on the DVD was a live concert video of the band's gig at Cornwall's Eden Project, recorded in Summer 2002, as well as documentary videos about Doves as well as Sub Sub.
Some Cities and Kingdom of Rust (2003–2009)[edit]
Doves recorded Some Cities, their third studio album, away from urban influences, and in cottages tucked away in the countryside of Snowdonia, Darlington, and around Loch Ness. "Lyrically, the theme of cities and towns and change started cropping up a lot... which was strange because we were recording and writing in the countryside, but it started taking this real urban shape," said Jimi Goodwin.[16] Some Cities was released in February 2005 and went straight to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart, aided by some of the strongest reviews they had received to date. The album was preceded by the single "Black and White Town," which reached No. 6 on the Singles Chart.[15] On 18 June 2005, the band opened for U2 at Twickenham Stadium in London. They also supported Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium on their triumphant return to Manchester, and Coldplay at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, both during their respective 2005 tours.
The band's fourth album, Kingdom of Rust, was released in April 2009. Prior to the new release, Doves offered a free download of the album's lead track "Jetstream" on their website. On 27 January 2009 the band announced a week's worth of tour dates from 12–19 March, in which new album tracks made their debuts. The eleven songs on the album were described by Jez Williams as "schizophrenic, but... also strangely cohesive."[17] The band have subsequently stated that writing and recording the album was the most difficult and fractious of their career. Worldwide tours, including multiple tours of the United Kingdom, United States and Canada, followed the album's release. On 12 July 2009 the band appeared on the Radio 1 stage at T in the Park and the festival Latitude in Southwold. They also appeared with the London Bulgarian Choir as part of the BBC Electric Proms series in October 2009.[18]
The band's first best of compilation, entitled The Places Between: The Best of Doves was released on 5 April 2010.[3]
An interview with the band regarding their history and Jodrell Bank performance was posted on The Guardian's website on 4 April 2010.[19] Doves toured the UK throughout May 2010,[20] and performed at the Isle of Wight Festival 2010.[21]
Hiatus and side-projects (2010–2018)[edit]
The band took a break from recording in 2010, according to an interview with The Daily Record.[22][23] Jimi Goodwin stated: "It's nice just to have a bit of breathing space... We just wanted to get off that whole album-tour-album-tour treadmill. None of us are ready to face going into the studio for another two years. This is wiping the slate clean, we have nothing else in the vaults now. That is it. Whatever we do from now on will be a new start."
On 2 October 2012, EMI International released a Doves anthology titled 5 Album Set featuring all four studio albums from Lost Souls to Kingdom of Rust and the 2003 re-issue of Lost Sides.[24]
In March 2014, Jimi Goodwin released his first solo album, entitled Odludek. In July 2014, Jez and Andy Williams announced they formed a new band, Black Rivers.[25]
Reformation and next album (2019–present)[edit]
At the end of 2018 the band members announced a series of gigs for 2019 and a tentative plan to explore new music together. As the series neared conclusion, Doves posted on Facebook that the 31 August 2019 and 6 September 2019 shows will be the last two concerts until they have completed their next album,[26] commenting they do not know how long that will be.
On 18 June 2020, the band released their first new music in ten years with a song entitled "Carousels".[27][28]
Band members[edit]
- Band
- Jez Williams – guitar, vocals
- Jimi Goodwin – bass, lead vocals, guitar
- Andy Williams – drums, vocals
- Touring
- Martin Rebelski – keyboards
Studio albums
- Lost Souls (2000)
- The Last Broadcast (2002)
- Some Cities (2005)
- Kingdom of Rust (2009)
- ^ MacKenzie Wilson (1 March 2005). "Some Cities - Doves | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Brit What?". The Independent. 2 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Doves - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Stuart Berman (15 April 2009). "Doves: Kingdom of Rust Album Review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Review The Guardian 15 March 2009
- ^ "Doves: The Last Broadcast (2002): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Doves: Some Cities (2005): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Doves: Kingdom of Rust (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "BPI Searchable database – Gold and Platinum". BPI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Doves Interview". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006.
- ^ Wilmslow Express article Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (17 April 2002). "Where did it all go right?". Arts.guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- ^ "Doves Interview". Clashmusic.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Badly Drawn Boy interview". CNN.
- ^ a b c "Doves". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Doves talk to Ukula". Ukula.com.
- ^ Doves announce comeback tour – NME.com, 27 January 2009
- ^ "BBC Electric Proms". Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ Bainbridge, Luke (4 April 2010). "Doves: "The band are splitting up? Nobody told me!"". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Doves – Gigography 2010 Archived 13 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Isle of Wight Festival Line-up 2010 Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cadden, Avril (28 April 2010). "Doves plan to fly again following post-RockNess break". Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Doves set for 'two-year break from recording'". 28 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Amazon.com item listing". Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Pleased to finally announce Black Rivers". Doves (band). 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Doves Facebook photo". Doves (band). 31 August 2019.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/dovesmusicblog/status/1273647052078092289". Twitter. Retrieved 18 June 2020. External link in
- ^ https://www.nme.com/news/music/doves-return-with-first-single-in-11-years-carousels-its-a-mission-statement-2690926


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NCIS: Los Angeles' Kensi (Daniela Ruah) may very well be finally getting the proposal from Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) she's earned by the end of this season, but either way, she's most definitely going to be getting her groove on.
That's on the dance floor, to make sure we're on the same page. In "From Havana with Love," airing April 9, the fierce field agent known for her forensic acumen and combat expertise is going to be showcasing a totally different set of skills for a new case. Lou Ferrigno Jr. will star as Victor Larmont — a man who suspects his wife is selling Navy secrets to terrorists."We end up in a Cuban dance club," Ruah told TVGuide.com in a recent interview. "And Kensi has to go undercover as a salsa dancer. So it's very cool."
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She'll be dancing with George Akram, who's played Bernardo in the Broadway revival of West Side Story and boogied alongside Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Meryl Streep. Of course, dancing is totally in Ruah's wheelhouse; she won Portugal's version of Dancing with the Stars in 2006. Believe it or not though, she still had some jitters working with Akram. "He's a really good dancer," she said with chuckle, "and I was little bit intimidated. But he was very sweet and he taught me a lot."
"From Havana with Love" airs Sunday April 9 at 8/7c on CBS.
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About us
After adopting a plant based diet a number of years ago we decided that dairy farming was no longer for us. After realising the benefits of hemp to human health and the environment along with its many uses, Larrys Gold was born. As of August 2017 we became licensed growers of Industrial Hemp and are continuing to increase our growing hectares as we transition from dairy.
Larrys (no apostrophe) Creek is the location of our farm, hence where the name Larrys Gold came from (had to clear this up as we keep getting called Larry! 😂)
Aaron was raised on this farm by his Grandparents and like the many before him continued on the family tradition of dairy farming. A few years ago after lots of research he decided to adopt a plant based diet for his health. I (Sarah) met Aaron almost four years ago and I too, was passionate about health (although was not eating a plant based diet). After a month or so of dating Aaron and eating his delicious food I started to do some research of my own and put plant based eating to the test. My health and fitness improved immensely and I have never looked back!
However, there was still one problem, our income was coming from something we no longer believed was a healthy product (dairy) as well as the heart ache of having to say goodbye to our animals as part of this industry. And it is no secret that dairy farming has a huge impact on the environment!
We wanted to do something that ticks all the boxes a healthy product, no need to exploit animals and environmentally sustainable. Hemp ticks all those boxes and is a plant that we are both extremely passionate about.
Whilst we are still in our transition from dairy our goal is to be completely farm to plate. The birth of our daughter last year has made us even more determined to turn the farm into something more sustainable for future generations.
As Mahatma Gandhi said "be the change that you wish to see in the world".
Thanks to everyone who has supported our journey so far!
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The Car Maintenance Checklist
It is truly thrilling to hear that you can actually save an incredible amount of money each passing year as a car owner. It is possible that you might doubt this. You will actually learn that it is a fact that you can realize these kind of savings if only you can make sure that you drive your car smoothly to up to two hundred thousand miles. This can easily be attained if you carefully read through this checklist. It will allow you to learn more on when to replace your filters or even change the oil. You will need to keep reading in a bid to fully understand how to easily achieve this.
It is really important that you focus more on the advice offered by the manufacturer regarding maintenance. It does not matter whether the car is pre-owned or brand new. Pay more attention on the stated window within which an equipment has to undergo maintenance. The user's manual is necessary in the provision of this kind of info. You will however need to learn how to adjust depending on your driving skills. If you tend to drive more than an average motorist, you will need to visit a mechanic more regularly. Keep checking whether the car's fluids are at the desired level. You will note that it is important that you have the oil and the filters changed after driving for between 3000 and 7000 miles. It is at this time that it will also be necessary to have the mechanic check the levels of other fluids too.
It is important that you learn the timeline for the replacement of various components in your vehicle. At 15000 miles, you will need to change your filter. The battery and the coolant will be inspected when you get to 20000. You will learn that it is necessary for you to replace the filter once again when you reach 30000. Spark plugs replacements will come at 40000 while brake pads and brake fluid will be changed at 60000. Do not allow your tires to wear out. They need to have the right amount of pressure. You'll have to learn to rotate your tires. This has to be don twice a year.
Learn to embrace timeliness when it comes to repairs. Always allow professionals to handle a good number of these repairs. Always learn not to delay any fluid leak. This will allow you to avoid further problems. Adhering to this checklist will ensure that your vehicle stays for long. It will guarantee you better chances of hitting the 200000 mark. Never allow yourself to be a victim of a road accident.