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CRANSTON, a surname derived from the lands of Cranston in the counties of Edinburgh and Roxburgh, anciently possessed by the ancestors of the noble family of that name. A parish on the eastern verge of Edinburghshire now bears the name of Cranston. In the charters of the twelfth century it was written Cranestone, the Anglo-Saxon Craenston, – signifying the territory or resort of the crane, a bird which, when armorially carried, as by all families of the name of Cranston, is the emblem of piety and charity. Their motto, however, seems to be the reverse of this, as it is, "thou shalt want ere I want." In a charter of King William the Lion to the abbacy of Holyroodhouse, Elfric de Cranston is witness. He is also witness to a convention betwixt Roger de Quincy and the abbot and convent of Newbottle in 1170. In the reign of Alexander the Second, Thomas de Cranston made a donation to the monastery of Soltray, of some lands lying near Paiston in East Lothian, for the welfare of his own soul, and those of his ancestors and successors; and in that of Alexander the Third, Andrew de Cranston is witness to a charter of Hugo de Riddel, – knight, the proprietor of the district, from whom one portion of it acquired the name of Cranston-Riddel – to the abbacy of Newbottle. Hugh de Cranston was one of the Scottish barons who swore fealty to King Edward the First in 1296. Radolphus de Cranston, dominus de New Cranston, son and heir of Andrew, lord of Cranston, made a donation to the abbacy of Newbottle 27th May, 1338, and confirmed to the monastery of Soltray, totam illam terram in territorio meo de Cranston, quem habui ab antecessoribus neis, betwixt 1330 and 1340; in which confirmation his son, John de Cranston, is particularly named. From King David the Second, Thomas de Cranston got a charter of the lands of Cranston.
In the year 1582 Thomas Cranstoun of Morristoun, or Murieston, descended from Cranstoun of that ilk, was one of the jury on the trial of George Hume of Spott, indicted for being concerned in the murder of Lord Darnley, when Hume was acquitted. In 1591, John Cranstoun of Morristoun granted, with his wife, Barbara, a reversion of the lands of Toderick. In the following year Thomas Cranstoun, younger of Moriestoun, and his brother John Cranstoun were amongst the persons summoned on a charge of treason, and forfeited, for assisting the turbulent earl of Bothwell in his nocturnal attack on the palace of Holyroodhouse, and Thomas Cranstoun was denounced rebel for not appearing to answer for the same. William Cranstoun, the son of the above Thomas Cranstoun and Barbara his wife, married Sarah, daughter and heiress of Sir John Cranstoun of that ilk, the first Lord Cranstoun, afterwards noticed. On June 11, 1600, Sir John and his son William were indicted for the reset of the said Thomas Cranstoun, a declared traitor, and on 19th June they produced the king's warrant that proceedings should be stayed against them, when they were commanded to their lodgings. John Cranstoun did not receive a remission of his forfeiture till 1611.
Another family of the name, the Cranstouns of Corsbie in Berwickshire, were at one period of some consideration on the borders. In 1530, Jasper Cranstoun of Corsbie was one of the Berwickshire barons who were proceeded against for neglecting to fulfil their bonds "to keep good rule within their respective bounds," as was also John Cranstoun of that ilk. They found surety to stand their trial, when required, and also submitted themselves to 'the king's will.' On June 20, 1548, Cuthbert Cranston of Dodds found George Lord Hume security for himself and fifteen others to underlie the law for treasonable assistance afforded to "our old enemies" of England, and on 9th October following Cuthbert Cranston of Mains found caution to answer for the same crime. Cuthbert Cranstoun of Thirlestanemains and Thomas Cranstoun of that ilk were among thirty-two border barons who subscribed a bond at Kelso, 6th April 1569, for preserving the peace of the borders, against the thieves of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Euesdale, and Annandale, the Armstrongs, Johnstones, Elliotts, &c. On November 9, 1570, Sir William Cranstoun of Dodds, commissary of Lauder, found security to underlie the law for the slaughter of James Brownlee. In Birrell's Diary, under date October 20, 1596, there is the following entry: "Gilbert Lawder slain at Linlithgow by the Cranstouns." In March 1612, Alexander French of Thorniedykes and James Wight, his nephew, were found guilty of the slaughter of John Cranstoun, brother of Patrick Cranstoun of Corsbie, and beheaded on the Castlehill of Edinburgh; and on 3d September 1613, Gilbert Cranstoun, uncle of the said Patrick, was tried and found guilty of stealing a gray stallion from the stables of his nephew, and of various other acts of theft, and of shooting George Home of Bassendean in the thigh, committed in September 1609, and hanged for the same on the Castlehill of Edinburgh.
Of this name were several ministers eminent in their day. The first minister of the parish of Liberton, Mid Lothian, after the Reformation was Mr. Thomas Cranstoun, who had previously been minister of Borthwick. He entered to his stipend, (which only amounted to two hundred merks, or eleven pounds two shillings and twopence,) at Lammas 1569, and was translated to Peebles at Whitsunday 1570. Mr. John Cranstoun was minister of Liberton from 1625 to 1627.
In August 1563, a serious disturbance took place at Edinburgh, in consequence of the queen's domestics at Holyrood, during her absence at Stirling, being found attending mass at the chapel there. Patrick Cranstoun, "a zealous brother," as Knox styles him, entered the chapel, and finding the altar covered, and a priest ready to celebrate mass, he demanded of them how they dared thus openly to break the laws of the land? The magistrates were summoned, and peace restored with difficulty.
In the reign of James the Sixth, Mr. Michael Cranstoun was minister of Cramond. Calderwood characterizes him as a timeserver, but he seems to have been decided in his opposition to the measures of the court regarding the church. With other ministers he was ordered to be apprehended for the treasonable and seditious stirring up of the tumult and uproar in Edinburgh, on the 17th December 1596, his share in that memorable affair being that he read the history of Haman and Mordecai to the people assembled in the Little Kirk, while certain commissioners appointed by them went to King James, who was then sitting in the Tolbooth administering justice; in consequence of which he entered in ward, but did not log continue in it, as his majesty's fury was chiefly directed against Mr. Robert Bruce, and the other ministers of Edinburgh.
In the same reign, Mr. William Cranstoun was minister of Kettle in Fife, of whom Calderwood relates that on the 18th August 1607, on the meeting of the Synod of Fife, when the king sent four commissioners to force Archbishop Gladstanes on the synod as moderator, Mr. William Cranstoun, moderator of the previous synod, walking in the session house, which was within the kirk, at his meditation, and finding himself troubled at the closeness of the air, went up to the pulpit, not knowing that any other was appointed by the commissioners to preach, and while sitting in the pulpit, a messenger came to him with a letter, which he put in his pocket without reading it. A little while after another messenger was sent, in the lords commissioners' name, to bid him come down. He answered that he came to that place in the name of a greater Lord, whose message he had not yet discharged, and with that named a psalm to be sung, because he saw the people somewhat amazed. They one of the bailies went and whispered to him that he was commanded by the lords to desire him to come down. He replied, "And I command you in the name of God, to sit down in your own seat, and hear what God will say to you by me." The bailie obeyed At last, when he was commencing his prayer, the conservator of the privileges of the merchants in the low countries, being a councillor, went to him, and desired him to desist, for the lords had appointed another to preach. "But the Lord," said Mr. Cranstoun "and his kirk have appointed me, therefore, beware how ye trouble this work;" and immediately proceeded with his prayer and preaching. [Calderwood's History, vol. vi. page 674.] For his conduct on this occasion he was afterwards put to the horn. On the 10th of May 1620, John Spottiswood, archbishop of St. Andrews, held a court of high commission in that city, when he deprived this aged and worthy minister of his charge.
CRANSTOUN, Lord, a title in the peerage of Scotland, possessed by a family of the same name, descended from Thomas de Cranyston who, in the reign of King David the Second, had a charter from the earl of Mar, of the barony of Stobbs, within that of Cavers, in the shire of Roxburgh. His supposed grandson, Thomas de Cranstoun, scutifer regis, was a personage of considerable influence in the reign of James the Second. Along with Sir William Crichton, the chamberlain, and William Fowles, keeper of the privy seal, he was in May 1426, sent ambassador to Eric, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, to adjust the debt due to him for the relinquishment of the Hebrides to King Alexander the Third, which they amicably settled. He was afterwards much employed in negociations with England. He had letters of safe conduct, with Lord Crichton, chancellor, and others, commissioners for treating of peace, 3d April 1448; again in 1449, 1450, and 1451. In the latter year he was one of the conservators of the truce with England, and in 1453 he and William de Cranstoun, his son, were conservators of the truce; again in 1457 and 1459; and in the latter year Thomas de Cranstoun was one of the wardens of the marches. He died about 1470. On a pillar on the north side of where the altar stood in the church of St. Giles, Edinburgh, are his armorial bearings. He had two sons, the younger of whom was ancestor of the Cranstouns of Glen.
William de Cranstoun, the elder son, is designed of Crailing in a charter to William Lord Crichton, 7th April 1450, in his father's lifetime. On 2d March, 1451-2, he had a charter to William Cranstoun of Cralyn. He appears among the barons in parliament, 18th March 1481-2. He died in 1515. William de Cranstoun had two sons, John and Thomas. John, the elder son, married Janet Scott, and died in 1552. His eldest son, Sir William Cranstoun, had a charter to himself and Elizabeth Johnstone his wife, and John Cranstoun, their son, of the lands of New Cranstoun, in the county of Edinburgh, 30th May 1553. On the 25th June 1557, dame Janet Bethune, Lady Buccleuch, and several persons of the name of Scott were accused of going to the kirk of St. Mary of the Lowes, to the number of two hundred, 'bodin in feire of war,' (that is, arrayed in armour,) and breaking open the doors of the said kirk, in order to apprehend the laird of Cranstoun, for his destruction, and for the slaughter of Sir Peter Cranstoun. On July 14, 1563, William Cranstoun of that ilk, James his brother, and another, found caution to underlie the law at the next court at Selkirk, for art and part going to the steading of Williamshope, belonging to Alexander Hoppringill of Craigleith, and hamstringing and slaying three of his cattle. By his wife, who was the daughter of Andrew Johnstone of Elphinstone, Sir William Cranstoun had two sons, John and Thomas, and two daughters. The elder son, John, married Margaret, eldest daughter of George Ramsay of Dalhousie, by whom he had a son, also named John, who seems to have died without succeeding to the estate, and seven daughters.
On the 23d August 1600, Mr. Thomas Cranstoun, one of the earl of Gowrie's attendants, was, with two others of his retainers, executed at Perth, for drawing swords in the time of the tumult during the mysterious transactions of the Gowrie conspiracy. He was the brother of Sir John Cranstoun of Cranstoun, a zealous professor of religion, with whom Mr. Robert Bruce the celebrated Edinburgh minister passed some time in retirement at Cranstoun in 1603, when persecuted by the court.
Sarah, the eldest of the seven daughters of the above John Cranstoun, married William Cranstoun, first Lord Cranstoun. He was the son of John Cranstoun of Morriestoun, and captain of the guard to King James the Sixth, by whom he was knighted. He was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Cranstoun, by patent, dated 17th November 1609, to him and his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Cranstoun. On the 20th August 1617, his lordship, with the lords Sanquhar and Buccleuch, William Douglas of Cavers, sheriff of Teviotdale, and three others, the landlords of the east and west marches, compeared personally before the lords of council, and bound themselves to make their whole men, tenants and servants, answerable and obedient to justice, and that they should satisfy and redress parties wronged, conform to the laws and acts of parliament, and general bond made in 1602, which was the strictest ever made on the borders. The first Lord Cranstoun died in June 1627, having had four sons and one daughter. James, the second son, was in 1610 brought before the council for sending a challenge to the son of Sir Gideon Murray, and committed to Blackness castle, while the latter for concealing the same, with the intention of meeting his opponent, was warded in Edinburgh castle. James Cranstoun, for repeating the offence, was afterwards banished forth of his majesty's dominions. The fathers at the same time were bound for all of their sons come to man's age, under the pain of ten thousand merks, that they should keep the peace with each other.
John, the eldest son, second Lord Cranstoun, married first, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Walter first Lord Scott of Buccleuch; secondly, Helen, youngest daughter of James, seventh Lord Lindsay of Byres, but had no issue by either. He was succeeded by his nephew, William, son of James, master of Cranstoun, above mentioned, the second son of the first lord. This gentleman was twice married; first, to Margaret, only daughter of David Macgill of Cranstoun-Riddell, by whom he had a daughter Margaret, who became the wife of Thomas Craig of Riccartoun, in the county of Edinburgh; and, secondly, to Lady Elizabeth Stewart, eldest daughter of Francis earl of Bothwell, and had a son, William, third Lord Cranstoun, and three daughters.
William, third Lord Cranstoun, marched into England with King Charles the Second in 1651, and being taken at the battle of Worcester, was committed prisoner to the Tower. He was particularly excepted out of Cromwell's act of grace and pardon, April 1654, by which his estates were sequestrated, but a portion of the lands, of the yearly value of two hundred pounds, were settled on his wife and children. He married Lady Mary Leslie, third daughter of Alexander, first earl of Leven, and had a son, James, fourth Lord Cranstoun, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Alexander Don of Newton, in the county of Roxburgh, baronet, and had two sons, William, fifth Lord Cranstoun, and the Hon. Alexander Cranstoun, who died at Darien, without issue.
William, fifth Lord Cranstoun, the elder son, supported the treaty of union in the last Scots parliament. He died 27th January 1727. By his wife, Lady Jane Ker, eldest daughter of William, second marquis of Lothian, who survived him forty-one years, he had seven sons and five daughters.
About the history of the Hon. William Henry Cranstoun, the fifth son, born in 1714, there is something very uncommon. He was a captain in the army, and married at Edinburgh on the 22d of May 1744, Anne, daughter of Mr. David Murray, merchant in Leith, who was the son of Sir David Murray of Stanhope, bart. The marriage was a private one, on pretence that its being known might prevent his preferment in the army, as she was a Roman Catholic. No witness was present but a single woman. The clergyman was brought by Captain Cranstoun, and was not known to Miss Murray or the other woman. They lived together, in a private manner, till sometime in July thereafter. Then the lady went to an uncle's house in the country, while the captain staid among his own relations till November, and then proceeded to London. A close correspondence was kept up between them as husband and wife. Before he left she acquainted him of her being in the way of becoming a mother, and he, in consequence, in his absence wrote very affectionately both to herself and her uncle, acknowledging her to have been his wife from the middle of the preceding May, but still insisted on the marriage being kept secret. He afterwards informed all his relations of it, and they visited and corresponded with her as his wife. At her confinement she was attended by one of his sisters. A daughter was born at Edinburgh, on February 19th, 1745, and was baptized by a minister of the established church, in presence of several of the relations on both sides. The child was held up to baptism by one of the captain's brothers, and named after his mother, by express orders from himself. Notwithstanding all this, Captain Cranstoun disowned his marriage in 1746, alleging that they were never married; that he had only promised to marry her in case she should turn protestant; that double the time agreed for her changing her religion was now elapsed, without her doing so; that what he had said to his friends was only to amuse them and save her honour; and that now he would never marry her, but was willing to support her to the utmost of his power. The lady raised a declarator of her own marriage, and of her daughter's legitimacy, before the commissaries of Edinburgh, the summons of which was executed in October 1746. In the process a great number of letters written by the captain and the lady were produced, and after a tedious litigation the commissaries, on the 1st Marcy 1748, decreed them to be married persons, and the child to be their lawful daughter; on the 7th of April following, they decerned the captain to pay the lady an annuity of forty pounds sterling for herself, and ten pounds for their daughter so long as she should be alimented by her, both to commence from the date of citation, and on the 11th of May, they ordained him to pay her forty pounds of costs, and nearly sixty pounds for extracting the decreet. Captain Cranstoun advocated the case to the court of session, but he was equally unsuccessful there. It seems that during the proceedings he courted a young lady in Leicestershire, but all hopes of a union with her were put a stop to, when the match was nearly concluded, on the lady's friends hearing that he was already married. About the year 1746, having gone to Henley to recruit, Miss Mary Blandy, the daughter of a retired attorney at Reading, possessing, according to report, ten thousand pounds, fell in love with him, and as her father disapproved of the captain's addresses, on account of his having a wife alive in his native country, she poisoned him on the 5th of August 1751, with some powder which Capt. Cranstoun had sent her from Scotland, in a packet containing Scots pebbles, and labelled "to clean pebbles with," having mixed it in his gruel. For this heinous crime she was tried at Oxford in February 1752, and being found guilty she was hanged on the Castle green of that city, on the 6th of April thereafter. In Miss Blandy's statement after her condemnation, she alleged that the powders were sent to her by her lover to be given to her father as love-potions, to make him kind to them both, and induce him to consent to their marriage, and that he had written to her that he had consulted a Mrs. Morgan, "a cunning woman" in Scotland, who had assured him that they would have that effect, which she thoroughly believed. There does not appear to have been any grounds for supposing that the captain was in any way accessary to the murder. He died 2d December 1752, a few months after Miss Blandy's execution.
His younger brother, the Hon. George Cranstoun of Longwarton, the seventh son of the fifth Lord Cranstoun, married Maria, daughter of Thomas Brisbane of Brisbane, in Ayrshire, and had by her, two sons and three daughters. He died at Edinburgh 30th December 1788. The second son, George Cranstoun, was an eminent judge of the court of session, under the judicial title of Lord Corehouse. He was originally designed for the army, but studied the law. He passed advocate, 2d February 1793, was appointed one of the depute advocates in 1805, and sheriff depute of the county of Sutherland in 1806. He was chosen dean of the faculty of advocates, 15th November 1823, and elevated to the bench, on the death of Lord Hermand in 1826, from which he retired in 1839. His title was taken from his seat near the celebrated fall of Corra linn in Clydesdale, one of the most beautiful and romantic places in Lanarkshire, where he was visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1827. His acquaintance with the author of Waverley began in the winter of 1788, when they were both students of civil law in the university of Edinburgh, and their intimacy lasted during life. When practising at the bar, Mr. Cranstoun was the author of the celebrated jeu d'esprit, entitled the "Diamond Beetle Case," (inserted in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, vol. i. pp. 384-387,) in which the judicial style and peculiar manner of several of the judges, in delivering their opinions, are most happily imitated. He was a superior Greek scholar, which rendered him a great favourite with Lord Monboddo, who used to declare that Cranstoun was the only scholar in all Scotland. Lord Corehouse was an excellent judge and a first-rate lawyer, especially in all feudal questions.
His eldest sister, Margaret Nicolson, married, 25th February 1780, William Cuninghame of Lainshaw, in Ayrshire. The second, Jane Anne, afterwards countess of Purgstall, was an early confident and correspondent of Sir Walter Scott. She was the first person to whom, in April 1796, he read the manuscript of his first published piece, the translation of Burger's Lenore, and she early predicted his poetical excellence; writing to a friend in the country at that period, she said, "Walter Scott is going to turn out a poet – something of a cross, I think, between Burns and Gray." On the 23d June 1797 she married Godfrey Winceslaus, count of Purgstall, a German nobleman who had been some time residing in Edinburgh. He was a count of the Holy Roman empire, of noble and ancient descent, and possessed large estates in the province of Styria. "This lady," says Lockhart in his Life of Scott (under date 1821,) "had undergone domestic afflictions more than sufficient to have crushed almost any spirit but her own. Her husband, the count Purgstall, had died some years before this time, leaving her an only son, a youth of the most amiable disposition, and possessing abilities which, had he lived to develop them, must have secured for him a high station in the annals of genius. This hope of her eyes, the last heir of an illustrious lineage, followed his father to the tomb in the nineteenth year of his age. The desolate countess was urged by her family in Scotland to return, after this bereavement, to her native country, but she had vowed to her son on his deathbed, that one day her dust should be mingled with his, and no argument could induce her to depart from the resolution of remaining in solitary Styria. By her desire, a valued friend of the house of Purgstall, who had been born and bred up on their estates, the celebrated orientalist Joseph Von Hammer, compiled a little memoir of 'The two last Counts of Purgstall,' which he put forth in January 1821, under the title of 'Denkmahl,' or Monument." The copy of a letter of acknowledgment of the receipt of this work by Sir Walter Scott to the countess, but which by some inadvertence was never sent, will be found in Lockhart's Life of Scott. An account of a Visit to the Countess de Purgstall during the last months of her life by Captain Basil Hall, has been published. See his Schloss Hainfeld. Of Helen d'Arcy, Lord Corehouse's youngest sister, the wife of Professor Dugald Stewart, a notice follows.
James, sixth Lord Cranstoun, succeeded his father in 1727, and died at London 4th July 1773. He married Sophia, daughter of Jeremiah Brown of Abscourt in Surrey, with whom he obtained twelve thousand pounds, and she afterwards succeeded to a larger fortune. She had an estate in the West Indies, and a jointure of seven hundred pounds. Her ladyship remained only four months a widow, as she took for her second husband, on 10th November, 1773, Michael Lade, Esq., councillor at law, and died 26th October 1799. By this lady, Lord Cranstoun had five sons and two daughters. The eldest, William, and the third, James, successively enjoyed the title. The Hon. George Cranstoun, the fifth son, born in 1761, was captain of an independent company of foot in Africa, which was reduced in 1783. In 1795 he became captain in the 131st foot, was appointed major of a West India regiment in 1796, and the same year was promoted to the lieutenant-coloneley of that corps. In 1801 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 64th regiment of foot, which regiment he commanded at the capture of Surinam in May 1804, when he was wounded. He had the rank of colonel in the army 1st January 1805, and died at Surinam, 8th March 1806, in his 45th year, unmarried.
William, seventh Lord Cranstoun, the eldest son, born at Crailing, 3d September, 1749, succeeded his father in 1773, and died unmarried at London, 1st August 1778, aged 29.
His brother James, the third son, eighth Lord Cranstoun, was a distinguished naval officer. He was born in 1755, and had the rank of lieutenant in the royal navy,, 19th October 1776, and of captain, 31st January 1780. He commanded the Bellequieux, of 64 guns, in the engagements between Sir Samuel Hood and the Count de Grasse, off St. Christophers, 25th and 26th January, 1782. After the victory over De Grasse gained by Admiral Lord Rodney, 12th April 1782, he was sent home with the despatches announcing it, in which his lordship declared that Lord Cranstoun had acted as one of the captains of the Formidable during both actions, and that he was much indebted to his gallant behaviour, on both occasions. He commanded the Bellerophon in Admiral Cornwallis' squadron, 17th June 1795, when, with five ships of the line and two frigates, he sustained an attack of the French fleet, of thirteen ships of the line, seven frigates, seven rasees and two brigs, and obliged them to give over, after a running fight of twelve hours, wherein eight ships of the line were so shattered that they could not engage any longer. In his despatches the admiral stated that he considered the Bellerophon as a treasure in store, having heard of her former achievements, and observing the spirit manifested by all on board, joined to the activity and zeal showed by Lord Cranstoun during the whole cruise. The thanks of parliament were, on 17th November 1795, voted to the admiral, captains, &c., "for the skill, judgment, and determined bravery displayed on this occurrence, which reflected as much credit as the achievement of a victory." In 1706 his lordship was appointed governor of Grenada and vice-admiral of that island, but before he could set out to his government, he died at Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire, 22d September 1796, in the forty-second year of his age. His death was occasioned by drinking cyder impregnated with sugar of lead, from being made in a leaden cistern. He was buried in the garrison chapel at Portsmouth. His character, both as a man and a naval officer, was most honourable. The contemporary journals said that "his death would be felt as a public loss by those who knew his professional merits, and will be long and deeply lamented by all who were acquainted with his exemplary worth in private life." He married at Darnhall, 19th August 1792, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-colonel Lewis Charles Montolieu, sister of Lady Elibank, but had no issue by her. She died at Bath, 27th August, 1797, aged twenty-seven. His lordship was succeeded by his nephew, James Edward, ninth Lord Cranstoun, the son of the Hon. Charles Cranstoun, (who died in November 1790,) fourth son of the sixth lord by his wife, Elizabeth Turner, of the county of Worcester.
James Edward, the ninth lord, married at the Retreat in St. Christophers, 25th August, 1807, Anne Linnington, eldest daughter of John Macnamara, Esq. of that island, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, and died 5th September 1818.
His elder son, also named James Edward, tenth Lord Cranstoun, born 12th August, 1809, is unmarried. His brother, the Hon. Charles Frederick Cranstoun, born in 1813, is the heir presumptive.
CRANSTOUN, HELEN D'ARCY, authoress of the beautiful and pathetic song of 'The tears I shed must ever fall,' was the third daughter of the Hon. George Cranstoun, youngest son of William, fifth Lord Cranstoun, and was born in 1765. On the 26th of July 1790 she became the second wife of Dugald Stewart, of Catrine, Ayrshire, professor of moral philosophy in the university of Edinburgh, and died at Warriston House, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 28th July 1838. A copy of verses, attributed to her, beginning "Returning spring, with gladsome ray," which breathe the same strain of tender feeling as her justly admired song, 'The tears I shed,' is inserted among the Notes to Johnson's Musical Museum, last edition.


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Cannabis linked to mental illness risk
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Thu 2 Dec 2004 04.13 EST
Some young people who smoke cannabis are at real risk of developing psychotic mental illness, according to a major study announced yesterday.
The new survey of 2,500 young people aged 14 to 24 will be discussed at the start of an international conference today on cannabis and mental health convened by the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
It shows that regular cannabis smoking increased the risk of developing psychosis by 6% over four years.
But there was a substantially greater impact on young people who had already been identified by psychiatrists as having the potential to become psychotic. Regular cannabis smoking raised their risk of developing psychotic mental illness by 25%.
The study aimed to answer a question that has been unsettling psychiatrists for some time. People with psychosis, whose symptoms include hallucinations, paranoia, hearing voices and a persecution complex, are more likely than not to have a marijuana habit.
But doctors have not known whether they are smoking it for relief from their symptoms, or whether cannabis itself might be the problem.
Cannabis may be a harmless recreational drug for most of its users and has medicinal benefits for others, but the study will add fuel to the debate on its legalisation.
One of the authors of the study, carried out by researchers from the Netherlands, said that although cannabis triggered psychosis in a minority of people, this was a good reason to legalise it, not ban it, so that government can promote advice and information, as it does on alcohol.
Jim van Os, a professor in the department of psychiatry and neuropsychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where cannabis is legal, said a ban would be hard. "It is going to be very difficult to tell the whole Dutch population to stop using cannabis because it is bad and you will develop psychotic illness. But perhaps it is better to say if you have a family history or mental instability you are perhaps particularly at risk of negative consequences of cannabis use.
"The way to get the message across is for young people to talk about the issues and have more social control among themselves, rather than the big brother approach."
Zerrin Atakan, honorary senior lecturer at the national psychosis unit of the Institute of Psychiatry and a speaker at today's conference, said cannabis had medicinal uses and, like alcohol, was not a problem in moderation. She pointed to the different effect on the brain of the two compounds it contained - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Cannabis high in THC was stronger and potentially more dangerous, while CBD might be responsible for its beneficial effects.
"I personally believe it should be legalised so it is tightly regulated and it says on the packet how much THC is in it," she said. "At the moment it is worse because people think it is legalised and there is confusion and it is in the hands of the dealers. That is not a good situation."
The study, published in the online version of the British Medical Journal, followed 2,437 young people living in Munich, Germany.
All had a psychiatric assessment at the start of the study, to identify those who might be vulnerable to psychosis. Four years later, they were asked about their cannabis use and their mental health was assessed again. Regular users of cannabis who had been identified as vulnerable to psychosis were much more likely to become psychotic than those who were neither.
Robin Murray, professor of psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, said there were still many unanswered questions, such as: "If half the world smokes cannabis, why aren't they all psychotic?"

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This is the first major exhibition of the art of Augustus John (1878-1961) since 2005. He was probably the greatest artist to have lived and worked in Poole and a hundred years ago was considered a towering figure of British Art. This reputation was founded upon his extraordinary talent as a draughtsman, his great skill as a portraitist, and his Bohemian lifestyle.
The exhibition will focus in particular on John's early to mid-career, aiming to reveal to today's audience why he was considered such a dominant figure in early twentieth century British art, and look in some depth at his outstanding achievements in drawing and etching.
Around sixty works will be drawn from a wide range of museums and galleries, including the National Portrait Gallery and Tate, as well as from private collections around the UK. The exhibition will highlight John's close association with south-west England, its landscape and authors connected with the region, such as T.E.Lawrence.


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Sam's Postpartum Fatigue Was Actually a Symptom of Much More Serious Health Condition: A Case Study
Dr. Kelsie Lazzell ND, DC
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a leading problem in overweight, obese, pre-diabetic, and diabetic patients, regardless of age or gender. It is also known as steatosis as NAFLD indicates that there is increased fat accumulation in the liver cells to the point that it displaces the cell's nucleus and risks bursting the cell. This causes inflammation in the liver, which leads to scarring, fibrosis, and cirrhosis, and puts the patient at risk for developing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is far from benign.
CC: Fatigue, Irregular Heavy Periods, NAFLD
Sam was a 30-year-old female who presented for fatigue and irregular menses since the birth of her first child 18 months prior. Since stopping breastfeeding six months ago, she returned to working at a high-stress job and had a very poor diet and sleep habits. Her menstrual cycle returned at six months postpartum and was irregular, occurring every 1-3 months and would last 5-12 days with heavy bleeding for the first four days.
Additional History
Sam was waking up 2-3x a night with her baby and getting a total of 5 hours of restful sleep, according to the apple watch that she wore at night. She rated her energy during the day a 5/10 at its best and felt so tired after her workday that she needed a daily nap or she was falling asleep around 7 pm on the couch.
Her diet consisted of skipping breakfast and drinking 2-4 cups of coffee before noon, fast food for lunch, and dinner was half fast food and half home-cooked meal consisting of protein, a carbohydrate, and a side vegetable.
Initial Lab Work
A combination salivary cortisol and hormone panel was also provided and showed mildly elevated testosterone, estrogen within range, and low progesterone. Cortisol profile showed mildly low levels throughout the entire day: all within the reference range but on the lower end of normal.
CBC and the rest of the CMP were in normal ranges.
Lab Analysis
Thyroid and cortisol panels were mostly within range; however, cortisol was on the lower end of normal, indicating long-term stress to the adrenal glands. Due to the tight signaling network between the adrenal gland and thyroid hormones, a full evaluation of this pathway is warranted to determine the cause of the fatigue.
Liver enzymes AST, ALT, and GGT were all elevated, indicating liver cell death consistent with NAFLD. The patient's cholesterol levels are also elevated, further indicating inflammation in the liver and dietary-driven blood glucose issues.
Blood glucose is elevated, and insulin is borderline, both indicating possible insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, a primary driver of NAFLD.
The hormone panel indicates the patient is trending towards PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) with elevated testosterone and low progesterone. This finding is consistent with the patient's irregular menstrual cycles, the hallmark finding of PCOS.
Requested she eat three balanced meals daily, focusing on 20 grams of protein, 1 serving of fat, ½ cup of grains/complex carbohydrates, and 2 servings of vegetables with each meal. Meal prepping was stressed to prevent eating out during the day and to prevent snacking between meals or after dinner.
Discussed basic lifestyle support for cortisol signaling, including following up with a sleep consultant for training their 18-month-old daughter as well as sharing the night responsibilities with her husband so she was only getting up 1x nightly for her daughter. We also agreed on a morning walk with her daughter outside for morning exercise and sunlight exposure for cortisol stimulation. We also reduced coffee to 1 cup with breakfast, not on an empty stomach.
Discussed removing additional endocrine disruptors from her life to remove estrogen influence: cut out all fragrance and plastic usage and a quality water filter.
Mediclear SGS protein shake: this contains 20 grams of protein and has a complete nutritional profile of a multivitamin, liver support including milk thistle, and anti-inflammatory support via curcumin and green tea extract.
Fish oil consisting of 1000 mg EPA and 750 mg DHA. This supports her insulin resistance, protects the liver, and supports healthy cholesterol output while reducing inflammation.
200 mg Silymarin/milk thistle 2x daily while paired with dandelion root tea 1-3 glasses daily for liver support and reduced hepatotoxicity.
NAC 500 mg 3x daily to support insulin resistance and protect the liver
ALA 200 mg 3x daily to support insulin resistance and protect the liver
Follow Up 3 Months Later
Sam's labs showed significant improvement with basic diet, lifestyle, and supplemental support. Her liver enzymes all showed improvement, as do her cholesterol and ferritin levels, but she still has some work to do to get everything back into a healthy range. She began working with a sleep consultant after our first visit, and she and her child were successfully sleeping through the night. As a result, her energy had begun improving, and she no longer needed an after-work nap and rated her daily energy level a 6-7/10.
Diet changes were proving the most difficult initially, so she began doing a delivery meal service so she could focus a few hours on Sunday on meal prepping for the week, and dinner was already taken care of when she got home. She had noticed she lost about 3 pounds and her bowel movements were more solid and 2x daily.
Her menstrual cycle was now occurring every 40 days, and she was only dealing with five days of heavy bleeding.
All supplements and diet support were continued, and additional vitex/chaste tree was brought in for ongoing progesterone and HPA axis support.
Sam's labs continue to show significant improvement six months into treatment. She was rating her energy at 8/10 and even began lifting weights at the gym with her husband and was sleeping deeper and waking more rested- she even cut out coffee entirely. She had a monthly menstrual cycle lasting five days and reduced the severity of bleeding; she was so happy with the results that we started transitioning her care to prenatal support as she was looking to get pregnant again soon.
This case is an excellent example of a patient presenting with symptoms otherwise unrelated to her deeper issues. She presented with concerns of fatigue and irregular cycles, but on deeper laboratory investigation, the NAFLD was the primary concern due to the possibility of it progressing into cirrhosis and NASH, especially considering the patient's young age of 30 years old. Due to the recent high stressors in her life, a new baby, lack of sleep, and poor diet, correcting these and bringing in baseline supplementation helped her reverse all of her recent hormone, liver, and blood sugar imbalances.
Dr. Kelsie Lazzell
ND, DC
Naturopathic Practitioner, Chiropractic Physician


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VMLY&R's IdeaHack is a marathon-style open-innovation session that brings together inter-disciplinary experts from VMLY&R, industry partners, and university students to find new perspectives, ideas, innovative technology-based solutions for key business and social challenges.
IdeaHack: Empowering Girls in Stem is a 24-hour hackathon where students can form teams of five to seven participants who have a variety of skills to ideate new concepts for the 2018 Empowering Girls in Stem campaign. This fast-paced event will challenge students to come up with fresh ideas that communicate the Empowering Girls in Stem mission to specific target audiences.
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The event begins at 5pm on Friday, November 2nd and concludes by 6pm on Saturday, November 3rd. This is a 24 hour hackathon, so come ready to think fast and work quickly! You will have until 3:30pm on Saturday, November 3rd for final idea submissions. Presentation to the judges will begin at 4pm.
Note that food and beverage will be provided throughout the event as needed.
The event takes place at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at 141 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031. More information on this location can be found here.
CCNY students, professors, advertising industry experts, and key sponsorship partners will come together to ideate new concepts & prototypes for the 2018 Empowering Girls in STEM campaign.
Participants will have access to experts from VMLY&R, the Ad Council Empowering Girls in STEM team, and the Zahn Innovation Center for guidance and coaching. To learn more, view their bios here.
IdeaHack is open to all current City College students and those who have graduated within the last 12 months. Sign up here.
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Teams will be formed the day of the event through an instructed group activity. We encourage you to form teams of 5-7 participants from different academic disciplines with varying skill-sets as these typically turn out the most successful projects.
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All participants are required to bring a valid ID for admission. Please bring your laptop, hardware (if you want to do a hardware hack), or any additional gear you might find useful (i.e., sleeping bag/pillow, should you wish to stay in the space overnight with your team).
At the end of this 24 hour hackathon, teams will deliver a 10-minute, fully-formed pitch presentation to a panel of judges illustrating a business, an app, a device, an educational curriculum, a multi-media experience, or any initiative that will empower young girls to pursue their passions in STEM.
Ideas will be judged on creativity and innovation of ideas, relevance of communication to the target audience(s), and the overall quality of presentation. We'll be looking for details on the proposed strategy, if the idea reflects the She Can STEM tone and voice and how the idea celebrates inclusion among all classes (age, race, religion, gender and disability).
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First Trailer For J.J. Arbams' Upcoming 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Finally Makes Its Way Online
If you're a Star Wars fan, you've had today marked on your calender since the moment J.J. Abrams announced via Twitter that we'd be getting our first teaser of the franchise's new installment this Black Friday. While some lucky moviegoers were able to see the sneak peek on the big screen a day early in select theaters, it was certainly refreshing to know Abrams and company weren't going to leave the rest of us fans out in the cold. So now it's finally here, and just eighty eight seconds is enough to get any Star Wars fan excited for what the latest film has in store, which includes our first look at some of the new cast members, and the return of the iconic Millennium Falcon.
Below is the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
While the trailer clocks in at just about a minute and a half, we definitely got a lot more from it than one would expect from a director as secretive as Abrams. We got our first look at three of the films many actors, includes its two probable leads (Daisy Ridley and John Boyega). Rumors that Boyega's character would be a storm trooper are seemingly confirmed by the trailer, which gave us a clear shot of him in the usual get up, as well as a shot of an army of storm troopers with their modernized helmets. This still leaves many questions a float, including whether Boyega will eventually turn to join the jedi and learn the ways of the force, and what the presence of so many storm troopers mean in regards to the status of the Empire.
Ridley's character also fits the descriptions we've heard earlier, which was that of a young salvager living on Tatooine who at some point will befriend Boyega's character. We also get a good look at Oscar Isaac as a Rebel pilot, which brushes aside the possibility of him playing a villain in the film. But probably the most talked about character related shot will be that of the cloaked figure wielding the red lightsaber with a unusually designed hilt. While it's widely believed that the figure is the film's many villain, it could very well be just a henchmen. Many fans have also questioned which actor could be behind the hood, with the possibility of it being either Adam Driver or Domhnall Gleeson seemingly the most likely of the bunch.
Finally having some actual footage and an idea of the tone and cinematography Abrams' is aiming for is certainly an upgrade from the many scrabbled rumors that have surrounded the film in the last couple of months. Yet there's still many unanswered questions surrounding the overall story, as well as several characters we have yet to see in action (Specifically the returning cast). Seeing the Millennium Falcon fly around to John William's iconic score is certainly packing enough in the nostalgia department for now, but hopefully we'll be able to see the old gang back together again once the next trailer rolls around.
So what do you think of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer? Did it win you over, or are you still skeptical about Abrams and Disney continuing the franchise? Let us know below!
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The start of FIFA World Cup leaves fans across the globe with mixed emotions
Published on Nov. 25, 2022, 10:54 p.m. by isakregel2000
Qatar and Ecuador kicked off the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Qatar's Al Bayt Stadium on November 20, 2022. Ecuador was able to name themselves the first win of the World Cup as they scored two goals and prevented Qatar from scoring any at all.
Seven other matches have been played since then:
England won 6-2 v Iran
Netherlands won 2-0 v Senegal
USA and Wales tied 1-1
Argentina lost 1-2 v Saudi Arabia
Denmark and Tunisia tied 0-0
Mexico and Poland tied 0-0
France won 4-1 v Australia
One of the biggest shocks since the games started was Argentina's loss against Saudi Arabia. Argentina is ranked third in the world with one of the best players in the world, Lionel Messi. Most fans were expecting an easy win against Saudi Arabia - who aren't even ranked in the top 50 teams in the world - but later witnessed Argentina break their 36-match winning streak.
It was unexpected for both sides, as half of the fans left the stadium with their heads down and the other half with huge smiles on their faces after witnessing an unforgettable moment in soccer history.
Something that was expected from one of the matches that took place on November 22, 2022 was during the Mexico v Poland game at Stadium 974. Though the match ended in a goalless tie between the two teams, Mexico's goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made an incredible save against one of Poland's best strikers Robert Lewandowski that prevented them from attaining a victory.
Three other matches ended in ties, but the last match on Tuesday was between France and Australia and ended in a three goal lead by France. This didn't surprise soccer fans, as France won the 2018 World Cup title in Russia and has had a history of wins throughout the years.
There are four matches scheduled for November 23, 2022, another four scheduled the day after, and many more to come as the World Cup has just begun. As of right now, there is no say as to who is headed towards the world title of World Cup Champions quite yet.
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Australian Dictionary of Biography - Biography of George William Louis Marshall-Hall
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August 11, 1857 (aged 67) Brighton England
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Marshall Hall, (born Feb. 18, 1790, Basford, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died Aug. 11, 1857, Brighton, East Sussex), English physiologist who was the first to advance a scientific explanation of reflex action.
While maintaining a highly successful private medical practice in London (1826–53), Hall conducted physiological research that gained him renown on the European continent and derision from established medical organizations in England. He denounced the practice of bloodletting in Observations on Blood-Letting (1830). In his Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood (1831), he was the first to show that the capillaries bring the blood into contact with the tissues.
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Hall's discovery that a headless newt moves when its skin is pricked led to a series of experiments that he summarized in his paper entitled "On the Functions of the Medulla Oblongata and Medulla Spinalis, and on the Excito-motory System of Nerves" (1837). This research served as the basis for his theory of reflex action, which stated that the spinal cord consists of a chain of units and that each of these units functions as an independent reflex arc; that the function of each arc arises from the activity of sensory and motor nerves and the segment of the spinal cord from which these nerves originate; and that the arcs are interconnected, interacting with one another and the brain to produce coordinated movement.
The Royal Society refused to publish the paper and several others on the subject, denouncing the theory as absurd. Yet the acclaim Hall's work received on the European continent led to studies that demonstrated the validity of his ideas. He also introduced (1855) a method of artificial respiration that was widely applied in cases of drowning.


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Funeral Announcement For USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed During World War II (Surratt, M.)
Release No: 17-111 Sept. 29, 2017
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted-for from World War II are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 1st Class Milton R. Surratt, 21, of Greenville, South Carolina, will be buried October 6, in Mauldin, South Carolina. On Dec. 7, 1941, Surratt was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Surratt.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including Surratt.
In April 2015, the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a policy memorandum directing the disinterment of unknowns associated with the USS Oklahoma. On June 15, 2015, DPAA personnel began exhuming the remains from the NMCP for analysis.
To identify Surratt's remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial (mtDNA) DNA analysis, which matched his family, as well as dental comparisons and anthropological analysis, which matched his records, and circumstantial evidence.
DPAA is grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for their partnership in this recovery.
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died during the war. Currently there are 73,004 (approximately 26,000 are assessed as possibly-recoverable) still unaccounted for from World War II. Surratt's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at an American Battle Monuments Commission site along with the others who are missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
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Published: 27th September 2022
Kallakurichi School Girl Death: Madras HC orders parents to hand over girl's phone to probe team
The Public Prosecutor has alleged that the parents were not cooperating with the CB-CID investigation even though they had demanded the probe to be transferred
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During a hearing of the writ petition filed by the father of a girl who allegedly died by suicide at a school in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, the state's Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah told the Madras High Court that her parents were not cooperating with the CB-CID in its probe into her death, reported PTI.
As per the parents' demands, the investigation into the case has been transferred to the CB-CID. However, the girl's parents were not assisting the investigating officer, said the Public Prosecutor to Justice V Sivagnanam today, September 27.
In July this year, the 17-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide at her school in Kallakurichi. In the aftermath of her death, the district was rocked by protests and violence as her parents alleged foul play in her death, even as the school authorities and the local police declared it a case of suicide.
When the case came up for hearing today, the judge enquired why the petition had not been closed, despite the demands of the petitioner (the girl's father) to transfer the investigation had been met. The court was informed by the petitioner's counsel that the parents had met with Chief Minister MK Stalin and demanded a fair probe into the matter. The counsel also pleaded that the CDs of the first and second postmortem of the girl be provided to her father, reported PTI.
The Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, said that the CDs cannot be supplied to the petitioner as the judge had already held that no documents pertaining to the case should be given to him, until the completion of the probe. He added that although the parents had shown the girl's mobile phone during the inquiry, they had refused to hand it over to the investigating officer. The Madras High Court has now ordered the parents to hand over the mobile phone to the CB-CID and has posted the matter for hearing on October 10.
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A movie theater at a shopping center in Huntington Beach, California is forced to cancel the screening of the Joaquin Phoenix-starring movie due to security concerns.
AceShowbiz -Bosses at a Huntington Beach cinema in California were forced to close their doors on Thursday, October 3 following a credible threat related to a "Joker" screening.
The Century Huntington Beach and XD theatre in the Bella Terra shopping centre was shuttered for the evening.
Huntington Beach Police Department spokeswoman Angela Bennett tells the Los Angeles Times, "We took the threat seriously, and we're investigating."
Security has been stepped up at many cinemas across America amid fears the violent new Todd Phillips drama, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the twisted Batman villain, would attract unstable fans with deadly intent.
Seven years ago, a gunman killed 12 people at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of the 2012 Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises".
The families of the victims issued a letter to film bosses at Warner Bros. last week, expressing concern over their Joker movie's violence.
Bosses at the Colorado cinema have opted not to show the new origin film.
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During the years of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry The characters from Harry Potter and his friends attend the school. As a result, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry is a main setting of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It is a fictional British boarding school for children ranging from 11-18.
The Hufflepuffs may not be the most known of all the houses, however they have left an indelible impression on the Harry Potter world. The Hufflepuffs are known for its kindness, loyalty , and willingness to assist. They are hardworking and dedicated. They are known for being the home of the most talented witches and wizards.
One of the most important characters in the Harry Potter franchise is Newt Scamander Hufflepuff, a Hufflepuff. He was an extraordinary magizoologist and was loved by everyone. He was never angry when he was detained and handed the death penalty. He remained cool and focused and fought to get out of the situation.
Every student is assigned a Hogwarts house in their first year. This is determined by their personality. The Sorting Hat handles the heavy lifting and places students in the right House to test their personality. It's a great way test out one's strengths and weaknesses.
The Sorting Hat is creative and magical. It was created by J.K. Rowling and pays tribute to the magician's hat which was owned by Godric Gryffindor. It is also used by Hogwarts' Founders of Hogwarts to decide which students to place in their Houses.
The Sorting Hat also serves a number of functions beyond the decision of the house to which a student should be assigned. It is able to read the wearer's thoughts and respond to their thoughts. It can even speak to them. It can also be used to determine the House the student is a member of, and to present the Sword of Gryffindor to those who are worthy.
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During Harry's time at Hogwarts The Room of Requirement played a pivotal role in the series. Apart from providing Harry with his first (and last) horcrux and a horcrux, it also served as the location the location where Voldemort's lost diadem was kept. In actual fact, the Room of Requirement was so enigmatic that it took the best part of a year for Dumbledore to unmask its nefarious past.
The area is also home to various odd-looking artifacts like the Sorting Hat, a sapient artifact in its own right. The hat also houses a legilimen, which uses legitmization to read minds. This is a difficult task, but it has been achieved by a handful.
The organization was founded by Salazar Slytherin, Slytherin was known for its ambition and self-preservation. Slytherin was also known for being cruel and selfish. In reality, Slytherin produced the most Death Eaters.
The common room of Slytherin was located below the Black Lake. It had rough stone walls and silver lamps that hung from its ceiling. It is known for its beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.
Slytherin was an opulent House, and Gryffindor was famous for its rivalry with Slytherin. Hufflepuff, the least noble of the four houses, was known for its values of loyalty, patience, and dedication to work.
Hogwarts is a large house for all students during the academic year. Students live in dormitories and sleep in large four-poster beds. Students are taught by professors. Students can socialise at the tables of the House. There are also notice boards in strategically placed locations all around the school.
If you're a Harry Potter fan or just curious about the world of Harry Potter, the Library at Hogwarts has a lot to offer. Not only is it the home of tens of thousands of books and other items, but it also has a section that is only accessible to students who have written permission. This section is located on a lower floor.
The library is divided into five stories of bookshelves. The main room is the first. It is illuminated by natural light through stained and leaded glass windows. The ceiling is 65 feet high.
The headmaster's office is on the second floor. It also contains the Charms classroom. The third floor houses the Reading Room. It is the only room in the library that is silent. It is home to rows of study tables covered with red-carpeted walls. Under the study tables are outlets.
Despite its reputation as a fantasy novel, the Deathly Hallows is a real story about three former Hogwarts students who are in hiding from Voldemort in Godric's Hollow. The plot centers around the final battle between Harry Potter and Voldemort.
The book is the seventh in the Harry Potter series and the final chapter in the story of the boy wizard. The book was released by Bloombury Publishing Company on July 21, 2007 and was translated into 120 languages. The book has sold more than 500 million copies around the world, making it the best selling fantasy series ever.
Five short stories are also included in the book. Many of these stories are based on the Deathly Hallows story.
Hogwarts, a magical school for young wizards is located in the Scottish Highlands. Established in the 10th century it was established to protect wizards from Muggle persecution. Hogwarts is one of the most prestigious private boarding schools in Britain. The school is situated in the Forbidden Forest and is sometimes referred to as the Dark Forest.
Hogwarts is full of secrets. Some of these are hidden from the outside such as the Chamber of Secrets. Other locations are well-known and widely used like the Leaky Cauldron restaurant and Gringotts Money Exchange.
Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets before he left Hogwarts. It was designed to eliminate the school's Muggle-born students. Voldemort believed that he had won the last battle and planned to take all Hogwarts students into Slytherin. He died before he was able to finish his plan.
The Chamber of Secrets is deep beneath Hogwarts' school. It is the home of the old Basilisk. The Chamber is left open when Dumbledore's army is betrayed. It is home to floor cushions for defensive spells and Dark Detectors. The Chamber also houses an embodied memory of Tom Riddle, who was killed by Harry Potter.
Two serpents are also located in the Chamber of Secrets. They have been carved into the solid wall of the Room. They have emerald eyes. They are believed to be summoned by Tom Riddle. They are also able to develop the Devil's Snare, a large snake that can attack anyone who enters the Chamber. The Chamber also houses the snake-scratching tap. It also houses a giant black boarhound named Fang. He is friendlier than Mrs. Norris.
The dungeon is home to the Slytherin dormitory. The room is decorated with armchairs carved and green. It is also home to the statue of Salazar Slytherin. The room is furnished with lamps that are green and emit a greenish glow.
The Hufflepuff dormitory is a warm bright and sunny space with low ceilings. The plants hang from the ceiling. It also has a huge common room. The house animal is the badger. The badger is believed to be a symbol of family gatherings. The House also has a ghost known as Nearly Headless Nick.
There are a few routes that can be utilized to get from the school to the castle. They aren't always simple however. These are often hidden by tapestry or by an entry that is hidden. Some of these shortcuts are only available to members of the House. The secret entrance of Hufflepuff is behind barrels. The barrels are also under spell so if you tap the barrel in the same rhythm it will open up the slimy chute.
The Dark Room is where Dumbledore's Army meets. It is also where the battles take place in the Harry Potter series. It is also where Dumbledore argues for Harry's defense. It also contains floor cushions for defensive spells and also volumes of Defence Against the Dark Arts.
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There's little to complain about with our sporty E-Pace. Yes, our spec comes in at a rather costly £54k and unsurprisingly from a JLR product there were a couple of build quality niggles. Namely the rear wiper unfastening itself and a suspicious rattle developing from the underside of the car.
However, overall it looks good, offers a decent 30-ish miles of electric-only range and has been a comfortable place to waft around town in. Ours being the P300e R Dynamic, it also offers something a bit more unique. The hybrid 1.5-litre 3cyl turbo engine providing 197bhp and e-motor with 108bhp make it not only the fastest, but also the most efficient E-Pace you can buy (as long as you keep its 15kWh battery charged).
Other than that, well, it's another small SUV in an extremely crowded segment. With competition from cars like the Volvo XC40 Recharge, Mercedes GLA 250 e and even the Range Rover Evoque P300e, what makes the E-Pace stand out? Is it the badge? Perhaps it used to be, but now Jaguar seems to be losing its identity. Its lineup consists of three SUVs, two saloons with dwindling sales and a sports car that's being killed off in 2024…
I get it, SUVs are important for sales, we only have ourselves to blame for that because we can't stop buying them. But let's take a step back in time to 1972 when SUVs weren't so popular, the year the XJ12 was released. At the time it was the fastest production four-seater available and featured the world's first mass produced V12. That 5.3L V12 was lifted out of the Series 3 E-Type, squeezed (with some difficulty) into the front of an XJ and was fed by twin fuel tanks on each of the rear haunches. As you'd expect fuel economy was laughable, but it was praised for its refinement, ride quality and was much more keenly priced than its competition. The same can't be said for many modern Jags, and therein lies the problem.
I'm not suggesting Jag go and stuff a V12 in an E-Pace (despite how hilarious that would be). But given they are pursuing an all-electric model range by 2030, its now or never to follow through with their so-called 'Reimagine strategy' to turn the brand into a luxury EV maker because there's little else to turn to.
Don't get me wrong, the E-Pace P300e is a step in the right direction for electrification. However, there's been no new EVs since the launch of the I-Pace in 2018, the all-electric XJ has been shelved and Thierry Bolloré, the man responsible for achieving Jaguar's future vision, has resigned as CEO. Combine that with on-going supply chain issues and a recession on the horizon, Jaguar's future appears to be uncertain.
I for one want to see Jaguar return to its glory days, but until then, I can only hope that selling SUVs like this one can keep them afloat long enough to weather the storm.
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Construction will now begin in earnest at the Pond Bay Club site stretching from the Chocolate Hole beach, above. St. John Tradewinds News Photo by Eliza Magro
After more than five years of environmental testing and design changes, developers of the luxury resort/residence club Pond Bay Club got the green light to begin construction at a St. John Coastal Zone Management Committee decision meeting on Wednesday afternoon, October 10.
The committee approved First American Development Group-Carib Limited's major permit in January after ruling that the developer's original permit — granted in 2002 — had lapsed.
The January permit included several special conditions, including the reduction of several buildings from three levels to two.
Complying with the special conditions led the developer's architects to re-orient the entire Estate Chocolate Hole site, explained Tracy Roberts of Springline Archi-tects.
The Pond Bay Club site stretches from the beach to the South Shore Road neighborhood, right. Photo by Eliza Magro
Modifications to the site include: reducing the total number of units from 56 to 50; reducing all buildings to two levels with no more than four units in each; reducing the number of buildings from 20 to 17; narrowing the roadway from 20 feet to 12 feet; removing two planned tennis courts and a second pool; and reducing the number of parking spaces from 56 to 50.
More Residential Feel
"The net result was that we reorganized the site plan," said Roberts. "We shifted the organization of buildings."
"We didn't change the grouping and placement of where things were, we just changed the orientation," the architect added.
The modified permit reduces the project's density and impact, according to Roberts.
"This is a seven percent reduction in density and it gives the area a much more residential feel," she said. "The modifications will result in less construction impact and less construction time, which are both good things."
The developer reached an agreement with the Estate Chocolate Hole Landowners' Association to provide three public parking spaces and a roadway at the southwest end of the beach for public access, explained the architect.
The V.I. Water And Power Authority will connect a waterline from Cruz Bay to the site, according to Roberts.
WAPA Waterline
"That will happen," Roberts said about extending a WAPA waterline from Contant to the Estate Chocolate Hole site. "It will be an advantage to everyone out there."
While extending the waterline will cost the developer more per gallon than a reverse osmosis plant, First Carib is trying share the cost with the Westin Resort and Villas and a private individual, Roberts added.
Hills Votes No
Adopting CZM staff's recommendations, St. John CZM Com-mittee members Andrew Penn, Edmund Roberts and chairperson Madeline Sewer voted to approve First American Development's requested modifications.
St. John CZM member Gerald Hills voted against approval of the modification request, citing illegal activity on the public beach described in an erosion and sediment control report submitted by the developer.
"The contractor began cleaning up the beach on Saturday and began using a track hoe to lift some of the debris and scrub vegetation over the silt fencing," Hills read from the developer's report of erosion and sediment control written between June 4 and 9.
No Track Hoe Allowed on Public Beach
"The question we all raised is 'what is the contractor doing on the beach?'" said Hills. "Beach cleaning is the responsibility of the government, not the developer. The beach is public land and the contractor has no authority from anyone to remove anything from that beach and certainly a track hoe is not allowed on the beach."
"The original permit specifically said no beach removal," Hills continued. "These are other people's boats. Even if they are derelict, it's not the developer's place to remove them."
Pond Bay Club developers must respect the 50-foot setback from beach, Hills added.
"In the report it says 'because of the potential for turtle nesting, the contractor was asked not to use the heavy equipment on the beach and to do all activity by hand,'" he said. "The whole point of the 50 feet of setback is to protect the area. They are not supposed to be in there removing vegetation."
With the approval of the modification requests, construction is expected to begin shortly, according to Pond Bay Club managing director Robert Emmett.
"We'll start mobilizing soon," said Emmett. "The meeting was very fair. What's happened is a much greater use of the land."
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$700 Million in Katrina Relief Missing, Report Shows
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A new inspector general's report found that about $700 million awarded to help Hurricane Katrina victims fortify their homes from future floods is unaccounted for, which Congressional leaders say is a troubling sign of the need for tighter controls as Superstorm Sandy rebuilding efforts intensify this spring.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is pressing the state of Louisiana to recover the money given to homeowners to elevate their houses. But David Montoya, the inspector general of the agency, told ABC News that the likelihood of reclaiming the money was "slim, at best."
"We have $700 million that we can't account for and that certainly did not go to elevating homes and preventing future damage from storms," Montoya said in an interview in his office in Washington.
"This is money we can't afford to lose. This is money that we don't get back and this is money that we can't put toward other disaster victims."
The cases of government waste and fraud have steadily piled up since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. Federal prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges in New Orleans, including one instance last week in which a New Orleans woman pleaded guilty to making false statements after taking government grants and failing to fix her home.
The Louisiana Road Home program, which allocated $1 billion to elevate and repair homes to protect them from flooding and storms, was part of the $29 billion Hurricane Katrina relief effort approved at the time by Congress. The government investigation found that 70 percent of the money has not been accounted for. More than 24,000 homeowners who each accepted grants of $30,000 were unable to show they used the money to fix their houses.
"There is fault all the way around. Clearly the homeowner accepting up to $30,000 to elevate their home is at fault for not using the money that it was intended for," HUD's Montoya said.
He added, "Clearly the state's at fault for not doing a better job of due diligence if you will for ensuring that these homes were being elevated."
The state of Louisiana acknowledges that hundreds of millions of dollars from the program have not been accounted for, but officials told ABC News they are working to recover the money and pushing homeowners to restore their houses in hopes of minimizing damage from the next round of floods and storms. Since the federal investigation began last year, the state says that it has already tracked down 5,000 more people who have fixed their homes.
"We are working aggressively with HUD to get the remaining 19,000 homeowners in compliance," said Pat Forbes, who oversees disaster recovery in the administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.
Sen. Tom Coburn, a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the lessons from Hurricane Katrina's relief efforts should stand as a stark warning as Hurricane Sandy rebuilding efforts intensify this spring in New Jersey and New York. He said the Obama administration should take steps now to avoid repeating the mistakes of Hurricane Katrina.
Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who is among the loudest critics on Capitol Hill of government waste, outlined his concerns this week to Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan. In a two-page letter obtained by ABC News, he bluntly declared: "HUD must work to not repeat mistakes from previous programs."
Coburn said HUD should have a plan in place to ensure that people who receive grants use the money for its intended purpose. He said one area of particular concern is the $16 billion community development block grant program in the Hurricane Sandy aid package, which was signed into law earlier this year by President Obama after intense debate in Congress.
Senior officials at the Housing Department told ABC News that tighter controls are already in place for the Sandy rebuilding effort that were not operative during Hurricane Katrina.
"In the years since Hurricane Katrina, HUD has already implemented a number of the recommendations made by the Inspector General, including additional controls to ensure recovery funds are used properly," said Jerry Brown, a spokesman for the Housing Department.
But the call for stricter accountability in government spending rings hollow in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, where dilapidated houses remain an eyesore for Felicia Higgins, who said she went through a very "arduous process" to qualify for a government grant to elevate her home.
She believes some of her former neighbors are guilty of fraud.
"It hits you in the face every time you walk out the front door," Higgins said in an interview this week, standing outside her house that sits near abandoned and dilapidated property. "If they aren't going to spend the money for what it was intended, then they need to give it back."
Tina Marquardt, who works at Beacon of Hope, a community organization created to help New Orleans residents rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, said the people who received money from the Road Home Elevation Program should have been monitored to see if they were following the guidelines of the program.
"There needs to be a physical inspection of every property that received Road Home money," Marquardt said, adding that the damage is still taking a toll on New Orleans. "It decreases the quality of life in the neighborhood. It's an eyesore and it decreases the value of your own property."
More than seven years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the rebuilding still continues, but the effort is underway with more urgency for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Complicated bureaucratic rules that made it difficult for some homeowners to follow the guidelines of the program have been streamlined, officials said.
In an interview with ABC News, the inspector general said the home elevation programs were valid, but perhaps the owners should receive the money after they have completed their work on their property.
"Before you pay out funding such as this, up to $30,000 with a promise to do something," Montoya said, "we'd like to see the disbursement of these funds happen after the projects are done; almost a reimbursement to the state where inspections have been done to ensure that the homes were elevated."
$700M in Katrina Relief Funds Missing


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Passing on a Musical Love Letter to the Next Generation
As a teenager in the 1940s, Ben Smith became a huge fan of swing and big-band music — especially the masterful Duke Ellington, known for the classics "Mood Indigo" and "Take the 'A' Train."
Smith started collecting Ellington records in 78rpm format in high school and continued during World War II when he served in the Air Force stationed in various U.S. cities before being deployed to the Philippines and Japan. "That was my band, I was crazy about them," he said of Ellington and his Orchestra, a centerpiece of his early swing jazz collection along with Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and other greats.
Watercolor of Johnny Hodges, famed jazz saxophonist and longtime Duke Ellington collaborator, by artist & donor Ben Smith.
Now, the 95-year-old is sharing some of the music he collected and curated over the years with the world. Smith recently donated 300 of his beloved CDs, LPs and 78s to the Internet Archive, including a mix of classical, jazz, western swing, country, folk, and blues. A first set of the 78s is now online, and the remaining collection is queued for digitization.
"I thought somebody else should have access and be enjoying them," said Smith, who lives in Austin, Texas. "I'm just thrilled. I'm the winner here."
When Smith was in the hospital earlier this year, he talked with his family about what would happen to his music someday. His son, Mark Smith, recently retired as director and state librarian at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, suggested the Internet Archive could digitize the items and provide a permanent home.
"My dad isn't a big Internet guy, so I took my computer over and showed him how it would work, and how people could listen to his music," said Mark. "He was excited and thought it sounded wonderful."
Mark then contacted Liz Rosenberg, donations manager at the Archive, who gave him instructions on how to ship the records and media to the Archive. He brought the CDs and records to the UPS store, where they were boxed up and sent. "It worked out great. It was easy," said Mark.
Cubist-inspired Duke Ellington cover art illustration by Ben Smith ca. 1940, part of Smith's donation to the Internet Archive.
Growing up, Mark says he was more into rock and folk music, but he understands how his dad's generation loved the swing era and admired the musical genius of legends such as Ellington. Ben met Ellington once at a show in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1947. After the concert, he approached Ellington for an autograph, but his pen didn't work. "He was so cordial and in his mellow voice said, 'I have a pen' and reached into his vest pocket and took out this beautiful pen and wrote his very ornate signature," Ben recalls.
Born in Orange, Texas, in 1926, Ben was a staff artist at the University of Texas for 38 years. In his donation to the Archive, he included an illustration of Ellington he drew in the 1940s and a watercolor of longtime Ellington alto sax soloist Johnny Hodges.
Artist and music collector Ben Smith, Jr.
Mark says he's pleased to have his father's collection featured alongside other digitized items available to the public.
"I think the Internet Archive is one of the coolest things on the whole internet – the Wayback Machine and all of the spoken word recordings, not to mention the vast Grateful Dead recordings," said Mark Smith. "I'm very grateful to the Archive for taking in my dad's collection, making it available and making my dad very, very happy."
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Also, I noted my heat shield was a little bit loose and tried removing the screw heads. Then I thought why would they use screw heads... turns out they were sheet metal screws does anyone have any suggestions or remedies for this?
Same thing happened to me when installing mine. I ended up using a dremmel to cut a notch in the bolt head and used a flat head bit to remove.