In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
- Marianne Williamson

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Our Great Community

Welcome to the year's last issue issue of the Alte! 
For many of us this is a time for celebration, and here at ALTE we have been thinking about that quite a lot. And about what we truly should celebrate and be proud of, not just in this season, but in life. After much thought we've come up with an answer: Our Community. The group of people surrounding us and helping us along when the road seems hard. Those are the people we truly wish to celebrate and we mean to do so with this issue. So we hope that you will all join us in thanking our readers for their continue support, the people submitting content to the paper for their wonderful submissions and perseverance, and everyone else who make HOL into the wonderful place it is.

Thank you.


As always, we would of course love to hear any comments and feedback you may have. If you wish to contact us, you can do so through e-mail or by the handy little form at the bottom of this page. On behalf of the Alte staff, we hope you enjoy this Issue, and all of which to come.

     This Issue in the Alte:

• The ads section is back in full swing with lots of great opportunities. Though if  puzzles are more your thing, I suggest you try some of the great puzzles we have this month.
• We have a lot of articles from our very talented writers. Among them an article about Christmas Crackers by Sky Alton,  as well as an article about the Strength of Community. We also have an article about an interesting new TV show by Maxim Trevelyan as well as a set of Pumpkin Recipes.
  
• I'm amazed by how many of you submit to our Alte challenges! The Drabble Babble Challenge has a number of drabbles waiting to be read, and photos to been seen in the Photography portion.
  
• There are of course also BINGO this time! Lots of submissions for you to read and get inspiration to write your own!
  

Rules
The completed puzzle is a single system of cogs, without any loops.
Every cog is connected to every other cog in the system and every square is used in the system. To connect the system, rotate the squares until it fits. Pieces can move exactly 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees in each rotation, but never move from their original position in the grid.

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Last Issue:

As part of my testing the layout, most of the previous issue has been uploaded onto this layout. Feel free to browse old BINGO entries as well as articles published last June.