Cassandra and I have been celebrants for many Hand-fastings since 2009.
We do our utmost to provide couples with the ceremony they desire and work closely with them leading up to the event.
We conducted a Handfasting ceremony for a young couple at St Loy woods. It was important to the bride that the bluebells were in bloom as it marked a special time of the year for them.
Ceremonies can vary in size and location, some couple invited many guests and others prefer a more intimate occasion with only themselves or they invite a few close friends. The ceremonies held in public locations understandably attract 'on-lookers' whether it be the creatures of the wild or the ancient spirits of land and sea, also in human form with passers by. The ceremonial training I have had within the Alexandrian tradition is useful when setting up the sacred space to perform these rites.
The image above is from one of our first Handfasting ceremonies at the Merry Maidens stone circle. Only the couple and their family members were present as it was requested at short notice, but it still resulted in a wonderful event for them. Chinese tourists passed the site during the ceremony on an open top bus and captured images of the occasion.
Cassandra and I performed this Handfasting ceremony ( image above) in the grounds of a Mill house which was our place of residence in 2010. It was a wonderful warm October day amongst the trees beside a small stream and the ceremony was magical.
This ceremony (see image above) had a medieval theme and the venue chosen by the couple was King Arthur's castle in Tintagel. There were a few rain showers but it did not dampen the celebrations at this ancient site. We were invited to a hog roast buffet in the King Arthur's Arms, so we joined them in their celebrations and had a wonderful time.
This ceremony (see images above) was held at Prussia Cove the location where the couple first met. We had warm sunshine that day and working magically close to the sea was an extra special experience. A friendship developed with the couple after the ceremony, we visit them often and they now have two adorable children.
Boscawen-un stone circle is a popular site for Handfasting ceremonies. We will always remember this particular one as our 'Obby 'Oss Penkevyll made an appearance and performed with her Teazers from Boekka.
Madron Baptistry was the venue for this Handfasting (see images above). A couple had traveled from France accompanied by their family. They stayed at Godolphin House where we later joined them for a sumptuous medieval wedding feast with copious amounts of champagne held in the fabulous dining room.
A couple from overseas had their ceremony at Sancreed Holy Well. They requested we purchase and decorate their broomstick in order to infuse it with fertile energy. Six weeks after the event they informed us that they had conceived and now have a beautiful daughter!
This ceremony ( see images above) was performed at the Sennen Coastguard look-out on a cold, wild and windy day! We attempted to place the altar accoutrements upon the table but they would not remain upright. The bride's veil attached to her hat was vertical most of the time and the guests were huddled behind the building to shelter from the force of the wind. We were determined to continue and the wedding party took it all in good humour. We were all appreciative of the warm open fire in the First and Last public house after the ceremony.
This Hand-fasting ceremony was held in the beautiful Carn Glaze Caverns. It was for a couple who had invited a small family group. The acoustics in the Caverns were wonderful when Cassandra used her bull roarer and hearing the echoes of the marriage vows beside a fabulous blue lake.
We were delighted to receive a visit from them recently and were pleased to hear that they are both well and happy together.
These are just a few of the Handfastings we have been Celebrants for. Each and every occasion is special and unique in its own way.
If you wish to make enquiries about a Handfasting ceremony visit my contact page.


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"The world is in your hands"
Clayton State News December 11, 2018
Family, friends, and guest packed the Clayton State University Athletics Center to celebrate a milestone achievement in the lives of hundreds of students.
Students from the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health, College of Information and Mathematical Sciences, and College of Business graduated during the fall 2018 undergraduate commencement on Saturday, Dec. 8.
"From here on out your name will be associated with Clayton State University and your accomplishments will build on the already formidable accomplishments of this university," Dr. Tim Hynes, president of Clayton State University.
State Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus gave a rousing speech to the morning graduates about the next steps in their professional careers as they set off to work and compete in a global economy.
"You represent the workforce that will carry Georgia into the next century," Smyre said.
Smyre reminded students that they did not achieve their academic goals on their own merit. It took the support of many to get them to graduation.
"You got here on the sweat, toil, prayers, dreams, and sacrifices of many—your parents, your extended family members, and many others," he said.
He challenged students to go far in the professional pursuits and do what's necessary to be the leaders of tomorrow.
"Never cheat yourself," Smyre said. "It's not how you drive, it's how you arrive."
The noon ceremony was welcomed with inspiring words from former Atlanta mayor and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young. Young reflected on the day that he graduated from Howard University. He felt unsure at that time.
"I felt like I had wasted my time," Young said. "I thought that the rain was a sign of doom and gloom on my future life."
But in spite of his circumstances, Young said that he did go on to achieve many things in his life–working alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., getting elected to congress, serving as U.S. Ambassador, and helping former President Jimmy Carter ascend to the highest office in the nation.
"I could not have imagined with the limited resources I had expressed and developed in college, that I'd amount to anything at all," he said.
Young told graduates to understand and appreciate what their degree means, and that it, along with understanding the economic and political systems of the U.S., is central to being an active, well-educated citizen.
"Your education is only partial with this degree," Young said. "You've got it made. There's nothing you need to know that you can't find out."
Young said while the financial burdens and societal challenges of the world may be great, he told students to be steadfast in their desire to learn and to lead by serving.
"Fashion the kind of society that is profitable, that is representative, that is civil, and loving," Young said. "The world is in your hands, and the power of the spirit of the Creator is within you. Go enjoy life, love humanity, and make the world a place of peace. God has blessed you."
Commencement exercises were also highlighted by speeches from the graduates' peers. English major Nahtyka Jolly reflected on how Clayton State has shaped the students' lives and will continue to be a constant reminder to keep growing.
"Make sure that you aspire to be more influential and have a greater impact than the generation before us," she said.
Jordan Gibbs, a business management major, gave a rousing speech to graduates encouraging them to carry with them the same determined spirit they possessed in completing their degree as they begin their professional journeys.
"If you strong enough to complete your degree, then you are strong enough to complete your dream," Gibbs said. "There is no mountain that you cannot move, there is no water you can't walk on, and no dream that you cannot make real."
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'We are investors and we expect companies to manage the risks in their supply chain'
Investors worth $1.25trn urge industry to switch to sustainable plant proteins
26-Sep-2016 - Last updated on 12-Oct-2016 at 14:35 GMT
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'Investors want to know if major food companies have a strategy to avoid this protein bubble,' said founder of the FAIRR Initiative Jeremy Coller. © iStock/MarcoScisetti
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A group of investors worth $1.25 trillion (€1.1 trn) in assets are urging 16 food companies to accelerate the switch to sustainable, plant-based proteins.
The 40 institutional investors are part of the FAIRR Initiative, which aims to raise awareness of the material risks posed by industrial animal production on investment portfolios. Members include the Swedish state pension funds, Aviva Investors, Boston Common and Coller Capital.
It has targeted 16 food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, Unilever, Tesco, Walmart and General Mills, and is urging them to identify their plans to respond to this risk with a particular focus on diversifying into plant-based sources of protein as a key strategy.
It has published a report entitled 'The future of food - The investment case for a protein shake up'.
A statement issued by the investor group singled out General Mills, which manufactures brands including Häagen Dazs and Yoplait, as an example of good practice for supporting sustainably-minded start-up companies such as Beyond Meat.
Programme director at FAIRR Rosie Wardle told FoodNavigator it is not specifically urging divestment from unsustainable companies - although some may want to take that option, she added. "Others prefer to take the path of engagement with the companies to improve practices. Engagement is the approach of this initiative."
This is business
Wardle said she expects food companies to take heed of the letter because, at the heart of the investors' approach, is a business case.
"We are asking the companies to manage the risks and opportunities in their supply chain. Simply put - inaction leaves these multinationals reliant on an unsustainable system that risks enormous damage to environmental and public health; while strategic planning and innovation now can help both future-proof their business."
Sustainable protein: What does it mean in practice?
"It's not a demand for ruling out animal products entirely," says the FAIRR report.
But it should mean:
Diversifying the range of protein on offer and prioritising choices that have less impact on health, land, water and the climate: for example, opting for sustainably sourced fish or poultry instead of beef, or beans instead of pork.
Moving away from meat and dairy as the dominant ingredient in every menu option to instead making them an occasional complement to a meal.
Selecting lean cuts for meals that do feature meat, and reducing or eliminating the use of red and processed meat (such as bacon, ham and sausages).
Sourcing food that meets a credible certified standard – like Animal Welfare Approved or the Global Animal Partnership for high-welfare methods of farming in the US, the Marine Stewardship Council certification for sustainable fish, the Soil Association for organic certification in the UK.
Producing and procuring appealing and accessible alternatives to meat based on plant proteins and new food tech innovations.
Source: The future of food - The investment case for a protein shake up
This could open them up to the plant protein market, predicted to grow 8.4% annually for the next five years according to figures from Allied Market Research, she said.
While there are a lot of exciting start-ups recreating the taste and texture of meat and dairy with animal-free alternatives – Wardle cited Hampton Creek, Clara Foods and Beyond Meat – but that the sector is far too small for institutional investors and major capital to get involved.
"So raising the profile of the sector and helping educate consumers and investors alike about its potential would be a very positive impact of this engagement campaign," she added.
Jeremy Coller, founder of the FAIRR Initiative and chief information officer of Coller Capital - one of the 40 investment firms – called the world's over-reliance on factory farmed livestock for protein a recipe for a financial, social and environmental crisis.
"Investors want to know if major food companies have a strategy to avoid this protein bubble," he added.
Nestlé: 'Our main opportunities lie in innovating new products.'
A spokesperson for Nestlé said: "As a group, we generally do not use much meat, so our main strategy is not to focus on replacing the meat that we do use as its impact would be minimal. Our main opportunities lie in innovating new products using alternate proteins."
The Swiss global food giant has a range of vegetarian meals sold across Europe under the Garden Gourmet and Herta brands, and dairy-free milks sold in Brazil.
"We also have a research programme designed to enable and accelerate the usage of diversely sourced plant proteins, on the one hand using existing sources of plant proteins more widely, on the other hand exploring new sources of plant proteins.
"In terms of timetables and targets, this is still a relatively new area, where in many countries the consumers are not fully prepared to replace or reduce meat in their diets. Our focus is to innovate great tasting solutions to encourage consumers to try them and over time make small, sustainable shifts towards a higher plant based, more balanced diet."
Kraft Heinz and Unilever did not respond to requests for comment.
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Nestle still focused on dairy protein for its new products
Posted by Mark James, 28 September 2016 - 18:52 GMT
Dairy protein is not sustainable. Cows emit methane - something like 25% of all methane - and methane is 25X worse than CO2 at causing climate change. If we're going to do carbon pricing, any foods (including beef) emitting methane need a methane carbon price 25X that of carbon. Dairy is a big roadblock in the battle against climate change.
Nestle, like many companies, is still innovating new products based on milk products, whey protein, whey concentrate and milk byproducts. Consumers interested in helping battle climate change should boycott milk and whey-based drinks and cheeses, etc. to help persuade companies like Nestle to get real about using sustainable plant proteins like soy, pea and others and stop creating new products based on milk.
Here's just one new milk drink product Nestle has put out through its Nesquik brand.
www.nesquik.com/proteinplus
Maybe Nestle also needs to invent a two-sided straw so that when they speak out of both sides of their mouth at the same time, they can sip one of their many dairy drinks out of both sides as well!
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Q: nginx php5-fpm upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream We have a web server running with nginx php5-fpm apc setup.
However we experienced upstream connection timeout errors and slow downs during page rendering recently. A quick php5-fpm restart fixed the problem but we could not find the cause.
We have another web server running apache2 under another subdomain, connecting the same database, doing exact same job. But the slow downs occur only on the nginx-fpm server.
I think the php5-fpm or apc may cause the problems.
Logs tell that various connection time outs:
upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while connecting to upstream bla bla bla
The php5-fpm log does not show anything. Just child starts and finishes:
Apr 07 22:37:27.562177 [NOTICE] [pool www] child 29122 started
Apr 07 22:41:47.962883 [NOTICE] [pool www] child 28346 exited with code 0 after 2132.076556 seconds from start
Apr 07 22:41:47.963408 [NOTICE] [pool www] child 29172 started
Apr 07 22:43:57.235164 [NOTICE] [pool www] child 28372 exited with code 0 after 2129.135717 seconds from start

Server was not loaded when the error occured and load avg was just 2 (2cpus 16cores) and the php5-fpm processes seemed to be working fine.
nginx conf:
user www-data;
worker_processes 14;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
# set open fd limit to 30000
worker_rlimit_nofile 30000;

events {
        worker_connections 768;
        # multi_accept on;
}

http {

        ##
        # Basic Settings
        ##

        sendfile on;
        tcp_nopush on;
        tcp_nodelay on;
        keepalive_timeout 65;
        types_hash_max_size 2048;
        # server_tokens off;

        # server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
        # server_name_in_redirect off;

        include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
        default_type application/octet-stream;

        ##
        # Logging Settings
        ##

        access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

        ##
        # Gzip Settings
        ##

        gzip on;
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        # gzip_vary on;
        # gzip_proxied any;
        # gzip_comp_level 6;
        # gzip_buffers 16 8k;
        # gzip_http_version 1.1;
        # gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

        ##
        # Virtual Host Configs
        ##

        include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
        include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}

nginx enabled site conf:
    location ~* \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
        fastcgi_pass   backend;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING     $query_string;
        fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD   $request_method;
        fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE     $content_type;
        fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH   $content_length;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors        off;
        fastcgi_ignore_client_abort     off;
        fastcgi_connect_timeout 20;
        fastcgi_send_timeout 20;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 180;
        fastcgi_buffer_size 128k;
        fastcgi_buffers 4 256k;
        fastcgi_busy_buffers_size 256k;
        fastcgi_temp_file_write_size 256k;
    }

## Disable viewing .htaccess & .htpassword
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny  all;
    }
}
upstream backend {
        server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}

fpm conf:
pm.max_children = 500
pm.start_servers = 100
pm.min_spare_servers = 50
pm.max_spare_servers = 100
pm.max_requests = 10000

There are emergency restart settings in fpm conf file.
I do not know if they help us fix the issue?
emergency_restart_interval = 0

A: Firstly, reduce the PHP-FPM max_requests to 100; you want PHP threads to restart much sooner than 10000 req's.
Secondly, you've only got one PHP process running with lots of children. This is fine for development, but in production you want to have more PHP processes each with fewer children, so that if that process goes down for any reason there are others which can take up the slack. So, rather than a ratio of 1:50 as you have now, go for a ratio of 10:5. This will be much more stable.
To achieve this you may want to look at something like supervisor to manage your PHP processes. We use this in production and it has really helped increase our uptime and reduce the amount of time we spend managing/monitoring the servers. Here's an example of our config:
/etc/php5/php-fpm.conf:
[global]
daemonize = no

[www]
listen = /tmp/php.socket

/etc/supervisor.d/php-fpm.conf:
[program:php]
user=root
command=/usr/sbin/php-fpm -c /etc/php5/php.ini -y /etc/php5/php-fpm.conf
numprocs=10
process_name=%(program_name)s

/etc/nginx/conf/php.backend:
upstream backend {
    server unix:/tmp/php.socket
}

EDIT:
As with all server set-ups, don't rely on guess-work to track down where your issues are. I recommend installing Munin along with the various PHP(-FPM) and Nginx plugins; these will help you track hard statistics on requests, response times, memory usage, disk accesses, thread/process levels... all essential when tracking down where the issues are.
In addition, as I mentioned in a comment below, adding both server- and client-side caching to your set-up, even at a modest level, can aid in providing a better experience for users, whether it's using nginx's native caching support or something more specific like varnishd. Even the most dynamic of sites/apps have many static elements which can be held in memory & served faster. Serving these from cache can help reduce the load overall and ensure that those elements which absolutely need to be dynamic have all the resources they need when they need them.

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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- A behind-the-scenes documentary about the creation of BTS star J-Hope's solo debut album, "Jack in the Box," will be released on Feb. 17, his agency said Friday.
According to Big Hit Music, the documentary film produced by Hybe follows about 200 days spent by the rapper-dancer to make the album and perform as the closer of the 2022 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. He became the first Korean act to headline a major U.S. music event there.
Hybe is a leading entertainment company that has several K-pop labels, including Big Hit Music, under its wing.
The film, "J-Hope in the Box," will be made available simultaneously on Weverse, an online K-pop fan community platform, and Disney+, a global streaming service.
"Jack in the Box" topped iTunes Top Albums charts in 49 territories around the world upon its release in July and ranked as the ninth best album of 2022 by U.S. music magazine Rolling Stone.
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Google Ads Audience Insights: T-Time With Tillison
T-Time with Tillison
Sometimes trying to expand your brand visibility and reach can seem like taking a shot in the dark, but Google's Audience insights is designed to change that. In this T-Time show, Mark takes us on a tour of the tool and answers four key questions:
What are Google Ads Audience insights?
How do I create audiences in Analytics?
How big does an audience need to be to get Audience insight data?
What can I do with Audience insights data?
So what are Google Ads Audience insights?
(0:37) Google Ads Audience insights does exactly what it says on the tin; this handy tool enables you to find new audiences by showing what the people who click on your ads are also interested in. To use Mark's example in the video, people who have searched for teeth whitening also seem to be more likely to be interested in swimwear, and trips to New York City and Italy, so this information can then be used for targeted remarketing ads – but more on this later.
What is important to note is that Audience insights splits the audiences into two distinct categories: in-market and affinity. It is also worth mentioning that some of the commonalities between your audience and what else they are looking at will be correlations – that is, not linked. However, some will be causational, and they are the ones that you want to exploit when it comes to advertising.
Learn Analytics secrets
How do I create audiences in Google Analytics?
(4:02) Creating an audience is quite straightforward. First you need to head to Google Analytics, then click on the Admin cog and Audiences – a list of audiences should then come up. Just above the list is the 'New Audience' button, and clicking it will open a new page where you can set your own filters for who to include.
You can build a new audience with any parameters from anyone who visits your website right down to age groups, languages or even users of specific browsers. It's most likely that you'll want to be targeting people who have visited on particular pages of your website.
Once you've created your audience, you can then add a destination and send it to your Google Ads account. When you next open Google Ads, you'll find it there.
How big does my audience need to be to get Audience insights?
(7:26) You need more than 1,000 users in your audience for Google to be able to analyse it and determine some commonalities between them, so it's best not to get too specific with your parameters. But how can you make your audiences specific enough to get relevant information but not so niche that you can't reach the 1,000-user threshold? One way is to change the duration from the default 30 days – try 60 or even 120 instead.
The audiences you might want to create will depend on your business and what you want to achieve, but as a general rule you should include people who have engaged with the content on your website. Good ways to do this are to target those who have:
Viewed particular types of content, like blog posts about a particular subject
Completed a transaction
Converted into a lead
Viewed more than one page
Had a session time longer than 30 seconds
(10:40) Once you have your information from Audience insights, there is so much you can do with it to benefit your business. For instance, why not create a new Display Ads campaign, or add one of the in-market audiences to an existing campaign?
If your objective is to drive bookings and leads, set up a cost per action campaign (CPA), give it a week or two and let Google learn who converts and who doesn't.
Alternatively, you could start a CPM (cost per thousand campaign) to boost brand visibility and awareness. This way you are promoting your business to an audience that might be interested in your product or service in the future.
The data you collect will also be useful when it comes to bidding on keywords in your PPC advertising campaigns as you observe the audiences and pay particular attention to cost per click, cost per conversion and the average ad position for each of them. If you then find that the conversion rate is higher for people in the in-market audiences who are searching for your keywords, you can then increase your bids for them. Conversely, if there are certain in-market audiences that convert at a lower rate or the cost per conversion is higher, you can lower your bids. You are also able to add Affinity audiences to search campaigns in an effort to observe them and adjust bids, too.
But you don't just have to use this information to target ads – why not optimise your website, too? Thanks to Audience insights you can now better understand your site's visitors and those that convert in to leads or sales, so you can make some changes to increase conversions such as:
Optimise your website for mobile if that's how more people view it
Change the language, tone and images to connect more with your audience
Create custom content that you now know your audience is looking for
What do you think is the most effective use of Google's Audience insights? Let us know in the comments. In the meantime, subscribe to our YouTube channel so you never miss a T-Time video, and get in touch to find out more about Google Ads and PPC.


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Qualcomm Announces Expiration Date Results of Its Cash Offers for Four Series of Notes Open to Retail Holders Only
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Qualcomm Announces Expiration Date Results of Its Private Exchange Offers for Four Series of Notes Open to Certain Investors
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Qualcomm Announces Pricing Terms of Its Cash Offers for Four Series of Notes Open to Retail Holders Only
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today the pricing terms of its four separate offers to purchase for cash (each, a "Cash Offer," and collectively, the "Cash Offers") any and all of the outstanding notes listed in the table below (collectively...
Qualcomm Announces Pricing Terms of Its Private Exchange Offers for Four Series of Notes Open to Certain Investors
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today the pricing terms of its four separate private offers to exchange (each, an "Exchange Offer," and collectively, the "Exchange Offers") any and all of the outstanding notes listed in the table below (coll...
Qualcomm Announces Private Exchange Offers for Four Series of Notes Open to Certain Investors
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today the commencement of a transaction to exchange four series of its outstanding notes totaling$7.0 billion. The exchange transaction consists of four separate private offers to exchange (each, an "Exchange O...
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SAN DIEGO, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the Company's financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2020 through an earnings release that is available on the Qualcomm Investor Relations website athttp://investor.qualcomm.com/results.cfm. T...
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the Company's financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2020 through an earnings release that is available on the Qualcomm Investor Relations website athttp://investor.qualcomm.com/results.cfm. Th...
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GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA (September 20, 2018) – A group of teenagers sitting under a tree were injured in an accident after a 12-foot tree limb fell 30 feet directly on top of them at Glenoaks Park in Glendale.
The group of teenagers were gathered together to celebrate a 5-year-olds birthday party and were hitting a piñata when the accident took place.
Jose Aleman, who was attending the party, said that he heard a loud crack before the tree branch came down.
Glendale police rushed to the scene in order to help victims that were injured.
One girl sustained a broken collarbone and had to be taken to the hospital in a stretcher.
The age and condition of the tree at Glenoaks Park are still unknown at this time.
Growth: Healthy trees will continue to grow year after year. A slowed growth rate will often indicate disease.
Branches: Branches on healthy trees are supple and easy to bend. They will be green underneath the bark. Dead branches don't bend easily and will tend to snap.
Insects: There are many species of insect which can cause serious tree damage. An infestation of insects in a tree can be a sign of poor health.
Wilting: Trees that are under stress tend to wilt. This usually takes place due to a lack of water, disease, root-decay or over fertilization.
Disease: Fungus around the base of a tree can be a sign of root decay. Diseased trees can become unstable and fall over unexpectedly.
Depending on where a tree is located there may be multiple entities responsible for its care. Property owners that fail to care for their trees may be liable in the event of an accident.
Property owners must take steps to make sure that their property is free from obvious hazards. With respect to trees in public parks, the owner will usually be a city or state entity. Cities in California are obliged to perform periodic checks on their trees to make sure that they aren't in a dangerous condition. Inspectors should check trees for obvious signs of decay and wear. Tree scientist Pascal Pirone has said that more than half of problems with trees can be traced back to root disease.
Tree accidents are not simply "freak occurrences" that happen without warning. They are often the predictable consequence of poorly maintained trees. A public entity like a city may be liable for a tree accident if they were given constructive notice of a dangerous condition caused by a tree and failed to take corrective action. Moreover, a city may be liable if the should have known that a tree was in a dangerous condition and failed to take action. This may occur if city inspectors fail to perform routine checks on the trees. Victims may be able to file a personal injury claim in order to recover money for lost wages, medical bills and pain and suffering.
We at West Coast Trial Lawyers extend our good wishes to all of those that were injured in this accident. We hope that they recover quickly and steps are taken to make Glenoaks Park safer. It is our sincere hope that investigators will look into the tree in question. Was there root decay? Were there routine inspections of the trees at this park? The city needs to be held accountable for what's happened. This could have ended much worse.
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I jumped on the scale today and I gotta say… I was not completely horrified. In fact I was pretty darn happy. A week and a half of not eating cake and cookies, and jogging a bit actually paid off. This is fantastic and horrible. I have been searching my whole life for the magic pill to lose weight and the secret has been diet and exercise the whole time. Well that sucks. I guess for now that is what I am going to go with, but I will certainly keep my eyes out for magic option.
The Proem: Book 0.5 of The Nome Chronicles
by F. F. John
Genre: Teen & Young Adult | Science Fiction | Romance
How much will she sacrifice for love?
Neith has never questioned her duty to marry according to status and wealth–until she falls in love, and the world turns on its head. Invier, lowborn but romantic, is willing to defy societal pressures and demand Neith's hand in marriage.
However, in a world where status is key, such a marital alliance would invite rival families to crush Neith's family, leaving Neith desperately struggling to find a solution that doesn't involve choosing between love and family.
The Proem is a prequel short story to The Pursual, Book 1 of The Nome Chronicles series. It weaves compelling characters, political intrigue and first love into a fast-paced tale.
Explore this fast-moving young adult dystopian romance today!
THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB (British Mystery Series)
by Fergus Hume
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a mystery novel, which takes place in Melbourne, Australia. It focuses on the investigation of a homicide involving a body discovered in a hansom cab, as well as an exploration into the social class divide in the city. The city of Melbourne plays a significant role in the plot and, as the author describes: "Over all the great city hung a cloud of smoke like a pall." Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was a prolific English novelist. His self-published novel, "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab", became a great success. It eventually became the best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era, author John Sutherland terming it the "most sensationally popular crime and detective novel of the century".
The Chronicles of the Old West – 4 Historical Books Exploring the Wild Past
by Multiple Authors
Genre: Westerns | History
"The Way to the West" tells the story of the opening of the west, including the accounts of three early Americans Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson.
"The Story of the Cowboy" is a historical book about the cowboy in the American West close to the end of 19th century.
"The Story of the Outlaw" is a study of the western desperado, with historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of noted border wars, vigilante movements, and armed conflicts on the frontier, including the profiles of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.
"The Passing of the Frontier" explains the part of the frontier in history and what Lewis and Clark came up against when they passed it on their great expedition across the continent.
Emerson Hough (1857-1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories, adventure tales and historical novels. His best known works include western novels The Mississippi Bubble and The Covered Wagon, The Young Alaskans series of adventure novels, and historical works The Way to the West and The Story of the Cowboy.
by Melodie Starkey
Genre: Literary Fiction | Family Life | Humor & Satire
There's nothing like a knock on the door at 3:00 a.m. to change your life forever. Gus Moore discovers how true this is when his ex-girlfriend blows in on an icy January night just long enough to dump "his problem" on the couch. From indolent single slob to competent single parent, Gus's metamorphosis over the next six years is astonishing.
All is going swimmingly for Gus and his son, Sam, until two women complicate their lives: Sarah, with whom Gus has an unsatisfactory friends-with-benefits relationship, and Maureen, his son's bipolar mother, who has decided she wants back into her child's life. Maureen's illness is a subtextual presence that eventually steers the course of the novel.
Sunflowers, which takes its name from the Van Gogh studies of the same, will appeal to a wide spectrum of contemporary fiction readers. Refreshingly, Gus does not have the stereotypical Mr. Mom awkwardness of being a single parent (although he does "outsource the Jesus stuff" to the mother across the street), and there is no predictable "happy couple works it out" ending.
The Woods: A Novel
by Milo Abrams
Genre: Horror | Suspense
Is there something looking back at me? Is there something there waiting for me?
At the edge of the woods behind his father's house, James Callum thinks he sees a monster. His father thinks he's interested in watching the deer, but James is more interested in what's watching him. For a twelve-year-old city boy, the intense openness of the Ohio countryside is like another world. The fields stretch forever, the summer heat is unrelenting, and the thick woods at the edge of the property hide untold secrets.
When no one believes he's seeing a monster, his entire world unravels, leaving the frayed strands of his identity entangled with the mystery of the monster in the woods. With the help of his friends Jack and Owen, James risks his life, family, and friendships to prove the monster is real and uncover the truth behind it.
In THE WOODS, Milo Abrams pierces the veil of curiosity with an almost unbearable build-up of suspense and emotion. Don't go outside. Don't look into the backyard. There's something in the woods.
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Mother's Day is just around the corner… this weekend. When I was at yahoo page, the ads on Mother's Day were there. When I switched on tv, the ads were there too, it coloured the tv screen. With bouquet of pink roses, boxes of gift….. I just stared at those ads…with my eyes watered. And when I turned on the radio, I heard a song by Boyz 2 Men – Mama. Again my tears dropped.
Last weekend my mother in law came to my house. I gave her a set of tupperware as mother's day gift. Although the special day will be on May 11, I don't want to wait, no more waiting, I really learnt a lot from the past.
I read back my previous post - HAPPY MOTHER'S AND FATHER'S DAY. I cried like a baby. When I wrote that, I still have my parents. Then I let myself diving into the sea, searching for treasures called MEMORIES. As a prevalence, I will always wish my mother over the phone. Then I will take her out for lunch or dinner and not to forget, get her a gift. How can I forget those sweet things….
The burgeoning of mother's love is boundless. It will keep on growing rapidly, unbounded. A mother - is the epitome of great love. I would like to wish HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE including myself!
It is all because of you!
AL FATIHAH untuk mak n abah.
Hai Zafran and Mama-Tay.. Good write-up again.. Jgn bersedih. Cuba you letak kat blog you, traffic program yg boleh track siapa visit your blog. You tengok megatrosman.blogspot.com = i malas nak update blog ni ler..


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Symposium on Consciousness at the Society for Neuroscience in Washington DC, 15 Nov. 2017
9. November 2017 Nevrofysiologi, Nevrologi, Nevrovitenskapbevissthetsforskning, SymposiumBjørn Erik Juel
Neural Correlates of Consciousness:
Progress and Problems
https://www.sfn.org/annual-meeting/neuroscience-2017
Theme H: Cognition
Neural Correlates of Consciousness: Progress and Problems – Johan Storm
Chair: Johan Storm, PhD
Co-Chair: Melanie Boly, MD, PhD
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:30pm – 4pm
Location: Ballroom B
CME: 2.5
Consciousness research is developing rapidly. Using evidence from brain injury in patients and physiological and behavioral studies in humans and related animals (single neuron, fMRI, EEG, TMS, intracranial recordings), the symposium will highlight how different conscious states and contents arise in the brain. Speakers will discuss different experimental approaches and theoretical frameworks as well as the medical and ethical relevance of this area.
The nature of consciousness is widely regarded as one of the great challenges in science. Over the past decade there has been substantive empirical and theoretical progress in this field. This symposium presents results from this recent surge in consciousness research.
Melanie Boly will review evidence of frequent dissociation between consciousness and responsiveness in patients with brain damage. She will present recent evidence that after ruling out confounds, the anatomical neural correlates of consciousness are primarily localized to a posterior cortical hot zone, rather than to a fronto-parietal network involved in task performance and report, and discuss the potential clinical applications of these findings.
Marcello Massimimi will describe the rationale and validation of the perturbational complexity index (PCI), a theory-driven empirical metric designed to gauge the brain's capacity for integrated information. He will show how this index can be employed at the bedside to assess and stratify unresponsive patients, independently of sensory processing and motor/executive functions, and will highlight physiopathological implications.
Melanie Wilke will discuss how to disentangle conscious perception from decision making and visuomotor processes. Drawing conclusions from electrophysiological and fMRI experiments in monkeys and humans, she will address which signals and brain regions continue to correlate with conscious perception without the requirement of a behavioral report. She will also show consequences of parietal and thalamic pulvinar perturbations on conscious perception versus visuomotor decisions. Finally, she will discuss how to avoid or control for report-related confounds in future studies of conscious perception.
Cyriel Pennartz will focus on the theoretical delineation of requirements for animal brains capable of sustaining consciousness. Next, he will review recent advances in uncovering neuronal population correlates of visual stimulus detection, which is considered an important component of sensory awareness. Finally, he will zoom out from visual cortex to larger interconnected neural systems, probed with multi-area ensemble recordings to investigate changes in local and long-range functional connectivity across the sleep-wake cycle.
http://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4376/session/91
Ballroom B (1100 seats)was quite full during the symposium 15 Nov.
J Neurosci. 2017 Nov 8;37(45):10882-10893. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1838-17.2017.
Consciousness Regained: Disentangling Mechanisms, Brain Systems, and Behavioral Responses.
Storm JF1, Boly M2,3, Casali AG4, Massimini M5,6, Olcese U7,8, Pennartz CMA7,8, Wilke M9,10,11.
How consciousness (experience) arises from and relates to material brain processes (the "mind-body problem") has been pondered by thinkers for centuries, and is regarded as among the deepest unsolved problems in science, with wide-ranging theoretical, clinical, and ethical implications. Until the last few decades, this was largely seen as a philosophical topic, but not widely accepted in mainstream neuroscience. Since the 1980s, however, novel methods and theoretical advances have yielded remarkable results, opening up the field for scientific and clinical progress. Since a seminal paper by Crick and Koch (1998) claimed that a science of consciousness should first search for its neural correlates (NCC), a variety of correlates have been suggested, including both content-specific NCCs, determining particular phenomenal components within an experience, and the full NCC, the neural substrates supporting entire conscious experiences. In this review, we present recent progress on theoretical, experimental, and clinical issues. Specifically, we (1) review methodological advances that are important for dissociating conscious experience from related enabling and executive functions, (2) suggest how critically reconsidering the role of the frontal cortex may further delineate NCCs, (3) advocate the need for general, objective, brain-based measures of the capacity for consciousness that are independent of sensory processing and executive functions, and (4) show how animal studies can reveal population and network phenomena of relevance for understanding mechanisms of consciousness.
Ballroom B (1100 seats) in Washington Convention Center was quite full during the symposium 15 Nov. 2017
Excellent lecture by Adrian Owen in The Norwegian Academy of Science And Letters, October 7, 2014
8. October 2014 Nevroanatomi, Nevrofysiologi, Nevrologi, PsykologiOlve Moldestad
The lecture hall of the Norwegian Academy of Science And Letters in Oslo was filled with scientists, philosophers, clinicians (MDs, psychologists) and others when Dr. Adrian Owen presented his outstanding research on consciousness in an excellent lecture: «Using Functional Neuroimaging to Detect Awareness After Serious Brain Injury».
Professor Adrian Owen lecturing in Oslo: «Using Functional Neuroimaging to Detect Awareness After Serious Brain Injury»
The lecture was followed by questions and discussion, including a panel discussion with Adrian Owen, Olav Gjelsvik (philosophy, University of Oslo), Johan Storm (neurophysiology, University of Oslo), and Marianne Løvstad (clinical neurophysiology, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital/Oslo University Hospital, Oslo).
Panel discussion with (from left) Adrian Owen, Olav Gjelsvik (philosophy, University of Oslo), Johan Storm (neurophysiology, University of Oslo), and Marianne Løvstad (clinical neurophysiology, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital /OUS, Oslo).
Professor Nils Christian Stenseth (Biology, University of Oslo, leader of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters), opened the Meeting.
As before, this open meeting was hosted jointly by the Forum for Consciousness Research and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Arian Owen in conversation with Johan F. Storm.
Adrian Owen in conversation with Marianne Løvstad.
Large turnout and brilliant lecture by Giulio Tononi April 4, 2014.
8. April 2014 Filosofi, Nevrofysiologi, Nevrologi, NevrovitenskapJohan Frederik Storm
The largest lecture hall in Litteraturhuset was over-filled with people when Giulio Tononi gave a brilliant lecture about his research on consciousness and his Integrated Information Theory at Litteraturhuset in Oslo. It was an open meeting hosted by the Forum for Consciousness Research and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Professor Nils Christian Stenseth, leader of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, opens the Meeting.
Giulio Tononi (left) with professors Dagfinn Føllesdal (philosophy, UiO and Stanford:; middle) and Jens Erik Fenstad (mathematics, UiO; right) before Tononi's lecture.
Panel discussion with Dagfinn Føllesdal and Sebastian Watzl (both philosophy; left), Giulio Tononi, and Jens Erik Fenstad (mathematics; right).
Johan F. Storm chaired the meeting and panel discussion with Giulio Tononi, Dagfinn Føllesdal (philosophy; left), Jens Erik Fenstad (mathematics; right), Bruno Laing (psychology; half hidden).
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Lecture on sleep by G. Tononi and C Cirelli, 4 April 2014
7. April 2014 Evolusjonsbiologi, Nevroanatomi, Nevrofysiologi, NevrologiJohan Frederik Storm
Guest Lecture by:
Giulio Tononi and Chiara Cirelli, University of Wisconsin:
Sleep and the price of plasticity
Time: Friday, 4 April, 14.30-15.30 Place: Auditorium 13, Domus Medica, Gaustad,
Inst. of Basal Medical Sciences (IMB), University of Oslo
Giulio Tononi is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist (MD, PhD). He is currently Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine and is a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science. He has previously held faculty positions in Pisa, New York, San Diego.
Dr. Tononi and collaborators have pioneered several complementary approaches to study sleep.
Chiara Cirelli (MD, PhD, Pisa, Italy) is currently Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she moved in 2001. In 1994-2000 she was Fellow of The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California.
The research in Dr. Cirelli's laboratory aims at understanding the function of sleep and clarifying the functional consequences of sleep loss. Her team uses a combination of different approaches, from genetics in fruit flies to whole-genome expression profiling in invertebrates and mammals, to behavioral and EEG analysis in mice and rats.
The research of Tononi and Cirelli include genomics, proteomics, fruit fly models, rodent models employing multiunit / local field potential recordings in behaving animals, in vivo voltammetry and microscopy, high-density EEG recordings and transcranial magnetic stimulation in humans, and large-scale computer models of sleep and wakefulness. This research has led to a comprehensive hypothesis on the function of sleep, the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis. According to the hypothesis, wakefulness leads to a net increase in synaptic strength, and sleep is necessary to reestablish synaptic homeostasis. The hypothesis has implications for understanding the effects of sleep deprivation and for developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to sleep disorders and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Another focus of Dr. Tononi's work is the integrated information theory of consciousness: a scientific theory of what consciousness is, how it can be measured, how it is realized in the brain and, of course, why it fades when we fall into dreamless sleep and returns when we dream. The theory is being tested with neuroimaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and computer models. In 2005, Dr. Tononi received the NIH Director's Pioneer Award for his work on sleep mechanism and function, and in 2008 he was made the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine and is a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science. (Sources: http://tononi.psychiatry.wisc.edu/people/cirelli.html; Wikipeia, PubMed etc.)
Some selected papers on sleep by Tononi and Cirelli
Tononi G, and Cirelli C. Sleep and the price of plasticity: from synaptic and cellular homeostasis to memory consolidation and integration. Neuron, 81(1):12-34, 2014.
Bushey D, Tononi G, Cirelli C. Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: structural evidence in Drosophila. Science, 332(6037):1576-1581, 2011
Maret S, Faraguna U, Nelson AB, Cirelli C, Tononi G. Sleep and wake modulate spine turnover in the adolescent mouse cortex. Nat Neurosci., 14(11):1418-20, 2011.
Gilestro GF, Tononi G, Cirelli C. Widespread changes in synaptic markers as a function of sleep and wakefulness in Drosophila. Science, 324:109-12, 2009.
Vyazovskiy VV, Cirelli C, Pfister-Genskow M, Faraguna U, Tononi G. Molecular and electrophysiological evidence for net synaptic potentiation in wake and depression in sleep. Nature Neuroscience, 11:200-8, 2008
Cirelli C, Gutierrez CM, Tononi G. Extensive and divergent effects of sleep and wakefulness on brain gene expression. Neuron 41: 35-43, 2004
Johan F. Storm,
On behalf of Forum for Consciousness Rearearch


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Disease Severity, Time Managing Symptoms Contribute to High Disease Burden for Patients With AD
By Lindsey Mulrooney
A majority of patients with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis (AD) reported moderate-to-high negative impacts on quality of life.
Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) face significant disease burden including skin disease severity and time spent managing symptoms, according to a recent study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Disease burden was found to be multidimensional and heterogenous, with no single driving factor.
"Research has documented the disease burden of AD, including its visible nature and the effect on itch and sleep, but knowledge gaps remain," wrote the authors.
To describe the multidimensional burden of AD among adults, the researchers collected data from the patient-focused drug development electronic survey conducted by the FDA. The survey collected responses from patients with AD on quality of life and treatment preference.
The researchers used data from adult participants with AD for their analysis of associations between demographic and clinical variables and patient-reported overall AD impact scores on an ordinal scale (1 = no impact, 5 = significant impact on a patient's life).
Clinical variables included in the survey were time between symptom onset and diagnosis, current and worst AD severity, history of changes in severity, affected areas, and frequency of flares, comorbid conditions such as depression, current and historic use of AD treatments, time spent managing AD, and symptom control.
Of 1065 survey respondents, 83% were women and ages varied from 18 to 65 and older.
According to the survey, most adults with mostly moderate or severe AD rated the negative effect on their life as moderate-to-high. Only 3% of participants reported no association of AD with disease burden. Around half (51%) of respondents reported high-significant impact scores, and 46% reported low-moderate AD impact scores.
Severity of atopic dermatitis was found to be associated with overall impact scores (moderate: odds ratio [OR], 4.13; 95% CI, 2.94-5.79; severe: OR, 13.63; 95% CI, 8.65-21.50 vs mild).
Spending more time managing symptoms of AD was also found to be strongly associated with overall higher disease burden (11-20 hours: OR, 2.67; 95% CI, 1.77-4.03, 21 hours: OR, 5.34; 95% CI, 3.22-8.85, vs < 5 hours).
However, no single element of disease burden correlated particularly strongly with overall disease burden, which suggests that AD burden is multidimensional, driven by a combination of factors.
These findings are consistent with previous research indicating that respondents with moderate-to-severe AD had a higher disease burden than respondents with mild AD; although, it contrasts previous research emphasizing the effects of itch and disrupted sleep in the disease burden.
Time spent managing AD was strongly associated with mood changes in addition to AD disease burden. The authors suggest that there is a need for more efficient therapies that improve symptoms and reduce time spent managing AD for both patients and caregivers.
"Further work to address the complex burden of AD, including strategies to reduce time spent managing AD, and understanding the fullness of the patient experience is needed," concluded the authors.
The study faced limitations due to the survey design, which may have contributed to selection bias for patients more willing to use technology. Additionally, patients with more severe AD burdens may have been more likely to participate.
Elsawi R, Dainty K, Begolka WS, et al. The multidimensional burden of atopic dermatitis among adults: results from a large national survey. JAMA Dermatol. Published online June 29, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.1906.


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1947 in Scotland
Title: 1947 in Scotland
Subject: 2011 in Scotland, 1947 in the United Kingdom, 1693 in Scotland, 1709 in Scotland, 1694 in Scotland
1946-47 in Scottish football
Events from 1947 in Scotland
1 Incumbents
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The Arts
10 January - Burngrange mining disaster: An explosion in an oil shale mine at West Calder kills 15.[1]
29 March - Butlin's Ayr holiday camp opened to the public.
6 May - East Kilbride designated as the first New Town in Scotland under powers of the New Towns Act 1946.[2]
16 June - makes her maiden voyage on the Firth of Clyde.
9 July - Glasgow Zoo opens at Calderpark, Baillieston.
18 July - The first official night horse racing meeting in Britain is held at Hamilton Park Racecourse.[1]
27–28 July - English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel, from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland to Portpatrick.
31 July - The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 receives the Royal Assent.
1 October - Local government is reorganised in line with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947.
25 October - Walter Donaldson becomes the first Scottish player to win the World Snooker Championship.
30 October - RMS Caronia is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard on Clydebank as a cruise ship for the Cunard Line.
5 November - The Scottish Aviation Pioneer STOL aircraft, built at Prestwick, first flies.
Archaeological excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in West Lothian are begun by Stuart Piggott.
The Golden Wonder brand of potato crisp is originated by bakery owner William Alexander of Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Robert Wiseman Dairies founded by Robert Wiseman with a horse and cart used for doorstep deliveries in East Kilbride.[3]
4 February - John Campbell Brown, astronomer
11 February - Derek Shulman, progressive rock musician (Gentle Giant)
24 March - Archie Gemmill, footballer
16 April - Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter (died 2011)
21 April - Robert Black, serial killer
8 May - John Reid, Labour Party MP and Minister
31 May - Junior Campbell, born William Campbell Jr, pop musician (Marmalade)
10 August - Ian Anderson, rock musician (Jethro Tull)
27 September - Barbara Dickson, singer
26 December - Liz Lochhead, poet and dramatist
25 April - John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, architectural conservationist (born 1881 in London)
28 November - James Miller, architect and artist (born 1860)
14 December - Will Fyffe, music hall entertainer (born 1885)
30 January - Ena Lamont Stewart's domestic drama Men Should Weep, written in Glasgow patter, is premiered by the Glasgow Unity Theatre at the Athenaeum Theatre.
13 March - The Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon opens on Broadway.
24 August - First Edinburgh Festival of the Arts opens.
31 August - The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continuously running film festival.[4]
Compton Mackenzie's comic novel Whisky Galore is published.
Naomi Mitchison's historical novel The Bull Calves is published.
Sydney Goodsir Smith's comic novel Carotid Cornucopius: caird of the Cannon Gait and voyeur of the Outlook Touer. His splores, cantraips, wisdoms, houghmagandies, peribibulatiouns and all kinna abstrapulous junketings and ongoings abowt the high toun of Edenberg, capitule of boney Sotland is published in Glasgow.
1947 in the United Kingdom
^ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 16436. p. 189. 9 May 1947. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
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The Hackettstown Business Improvement District kicks off Parade weekend with a Grand Marshal Reception to honor 2018 St. Patrick's Parade Grand Marshal, Ed Shellman. The reception dinner features a live pipes and drums performance and a dance performance by Slattery School of Irish Dance. All are welcome to reserve seating through online ticket purchase at HackettstownBID.com via PayPal, in-person at the BID office, or by phone. Payment will be accepted by check or credit card as well.


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'THAT'S A CHALLENGE'
Coach Sutter talks about difficulty of settling into a groove with current gaps between games
by RYAN DITTRICK @ryandittrick / CalgaryFlames.com
Every good team goes through a tough stretch.
Right now, the Flames are living theirs.
With four consecutive losses and eight of 10 overall dating back to Dec. 5, head coach Darryl Sutter didn't mince words following Thursday night's 4-1 home loss to Ottawa.
The "emotion" - the investment in the game - has been missing of late, he said.
And it's time to get back it back.
"I don't think they've fallen into it," Sutter stressed, commenting on the assertion of 'bad habits' creeping into the team's game. "But it's something that can regress.
"You've got to keep your finger on it and make sure that everybody is aware of it, and challenge each other to take that next step again."
When Sutter was hired last year, he immediately identified some areas of improvement. Among them, the need for this team to play as a group and not rely on a handful of players to carry the mail.
Alone.
"And they didn't," Sutter explained, "everybody thought there was something wrong with them.
"We don't have that type of player (where) you can get away with having that total investment every night. On some clubs you can get away with it. But our club can't. And it shows."
The process of changing that and becoming a Cup contender is not linear.
Just look at the Carolina Hurricanes. Or the Florida Panthers. Or the back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning. All of whom the Flames lost to last week, but have experienced their own set of troubles at different points in the season.
The 'Canes have lost two straight since, including a 6-0 beatdown to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. The Bolts, meanwhile, suffered a 9-3 loss to the Panthers a week prior to their tussle with the locals, igniting a season-high three-game skid.
While Sutter wouldn't say it's "common" for teams to experience a prolonged period of struggle, it can be seen as a 'write of passage' - if you can revert back to what's made you successful in the past.
That's goal for the Flames right now.
"From the coaching side, do you like that to happen? No," he said. "But your foundation keeps your structure, keeps your base of how you need to play and that's the reinforcement you have to have.
"My concern is that we're not playing enough games to maintain that or make sure it's in order.
"And that's a challenge."
Win or lose, that's the reality facing not only the Flames, but all seven Canadian teams right now, with capacity restrictions postponing a number of home dates.
The Flames were coming off a six-day break last night. They now have another four days off before their next tilt with Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett and the Panthers in what should be a spirited rematch.
Then, they get another three days off before returning to the sheet on Jan. 22 in Edmonton.
If you lose, there's nothing you want more than to get right back out there and make amends. And if you win, you want to keep up the momentum and settle into a rhythm.
In the absence of that, the Flames need to make the most of their practice time and re-discover the 'investment' that made them a force to be reckoned with earlier in the season.
If Friday's workout is any indication, they're off to a good start.
The sharpness was there, the energy was high and some of the snake-bitten forwards were sniping away and finding their confidence.
Where it takes them is entirely in their control.
"I've said this many times," the coach explained. "It was automatic from outside the organization that they were going to win those two rounds and do this and that, and the way they were going to do it, they were going to outscore their opponent. And now when the team struggles, it's, 'Why can't you score?'
"Scoring is about having the ability to score. The structure of our team has allowed that this year.
"Look at Johnny (Gaudreau). Look at Matthew (Tkachuk). Look at (Elias Lindholm). It's allowed them to be more productive. If you have the ability to score, you're going to.
"When you say, 'How do you learn that?' Some of that is personnel related, but a lot of it has to do with maximizing your skill-set."
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I was thinking about starting up a compost pile of some type, but it's getting late in the year, and winters in Maine tend to be on the snowy/cold side.
Can I start now, or will it be too cold and just start up my pile in the spring?
We started our compost last year during this time. It wasn't ready for this summer and even now there is no ready compost. But did we lose anything? No We have the volume sitting there and slowly decomposing. Otherwise we would have thrown all this matter into the trash bin. Just go ahead and start!
Holy crap! An entire year and it's still not ready? Were you good about mixing it and stuff?
JoshRobbins wrote: Holy crap! An entire year and it's still not ready? Were you good about mixing it and stuff?
Yes, ordinarily would not take a year to have finished compost, but if the pile dries out, it stops working. That's not a disaster, it will start again when it gets moistened again. But for best results, you want to keep your pile damp all the time ("like a wrung out sponge"). I water my compost pile when ever I water my garden. If you are not able to do that, at least make sure it is where it can get rained on.
And I agree with everyone else, do go ahead and start your compost pile now. I add kitchen scraps etc to my pile all through the winter. It just freezes and sits there. But by spring some of the stuff at the bottom of the pile has decomposed and the rest starts decomposing as soon as the weather warms.
Do some browsing in the Compost Forum here and be sure you are aware of browns/ greens. I cover my kitchen scraps with a layer of fall leaves, whenever I add them.
Like everyone has said, starting now is good- we still have a few weeks to add greens to your pile and what you have next spring will give a jump start to next years production.


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Heather Morris, author of the internationally bestselling novels The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey, grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand. On her way back across the paddocks from school, Heather would visit her great-grandfather and listen to his experiences of war – stories he told only Heather. From a young age Heather discovered that people would tell her their stories if she stopped and listened.
In Stories of Hope, Heather Morris will explore the art of listening – a skill she employed when she met Lale Sokolov, the Tattooist of Auschwitz. It was her ability to listen that led him to entrust her with his story. Stories of Hope will examine Heather's extraordinary journey, in the form of a series of beautifully rendered tales of the people she has met, the remarkable stories they have shared with her, and the lessons they hold for us all.
Heather Morris is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US.
In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives, as their friendship grew and he embarked on a journey on self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale's story as a screenplay – which ranked high in international competitions – before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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