This study was conducted to evaluate the dynamics of soil respiration (total soil and heterotrophic respiration) following fertilizer application in red pine forests. Fertilizer (N:P:K = 113:150:37 kg/ha), which reflects current practices in Korean forest, was applied in April 2011, and total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates were monitored from April 2011 to March 2012. Monthly variation of total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates were similar between the fertilizer and control treatments, as soil temperature was the dominant factor controlling the both rates. Total soil respiration rates during the study period were not significantly different between the fertilizer (0.504 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) and control (0.501 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) treatments. However, the proportion of heterotrophic respiration was higher in the fertilizer (78% of total soil respiration rates) than in the control (62% of total soil respiration rates) treatments. These results suggest that current fertilizer practices in Korea forest soil do not substantially affect total soil respiration rates.
The quantitative evaluation of soil respiration following fertilizer application is a key process for understanding carbon dynamics in forest ecosystems, because nitrogen fertilization showed a positive effect on the soil carbon pool among forest management practices (Johnson and Curtis 2001). However, fertilizer application in forest soils has shown to increase, decrease, or to have no effect on soil respiration. Gallardo and Schlesinger (1994) reported an increase in soil respiration when nitrogen was added to forest soils in central North Carolina, while soil respiration was significantly lower for fertilized than for unfertilized plots due to reduced root (Haynes and Gower 1995, Olsson et al. 2005) and microbial respiration (Phillip and Fahey 2007). Also, nitrogen fertilization had a significant negative effect on soil respiration in a hardwood plantation, but no effect was observed in a coniferous plantation (Lee and Jose 2003, Samuelson et al. 2009). Since soil respiration results from two main sources, root respiration (autotrophic respiration) and the microbial decomposition of organic matter (heterotrophic respiration), these conflicting reports could be due to the result of fertilizer- induced differences in carbon fixation and allocation patterns among tree species, or soil-specific differences in the microbial decomposition of organic matter (Raich and Tufekcioglu 2000, Lee and Jose 2003) and mycorrhizal colonization (Phillips and Fahey 2007).
Fertilizer application was found to result in a decrease or an increase in heterotrophic respiration. For example, heterotrophic respiration was reduced after nitrogen applications in pine forests (Franklin et al. 2003), while root respiration would be expected to increase along with an increase in forest production after fertilizer application (Bowden et al. 2004). Lee and Jose (2003) suggested that reductions in heterotrophic respirations following fertilizer application could be offset by increases of fine root production. In contrast to this result, fertilization increased heterotrophic respiration, microbial biomass carbon, and microbial activity in a loblolly pine plantation (Samuelson et al. 2009).
Total soil and heterotrophic respiration responded differently to environmental variables such as nutrient availability, soil water content and soil temperature (Raich and Tufekcioglu 2000, Noh et al. 2010, Bond-Lamberty et al. 2011). Although these factors are potentially important regulators of total soil and heterotrophic respiration, experimental data in relation to fertilizer application or soil temperature are limited in Korea forest ecosystems. Red pine ( Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) forests are the most important type of coniferous tree species and occupy more than 23.5% (1.5 million ha) of Korean forest land (Korea Forest Service 2006). Despite the progress made in quantifying the carbon balance of many coniferous forests in Korea (Kim 2008, Lee et al. 2010, Noh et al. 2010), little is known about the underlying relationships of total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates, which might change in response to fertilizer application. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of fertilizer application on total soil and heterotrophic respiration in red pine stands.
General stand characteristics of the study plots (N = 6)Values in parenthesis represent one standard error.DBH, diameter at breast height.
General stand characteristics of the study plots (N = 6)	Values in parenthesis represent one standard error.	DBH, diameter at breast height.
Soil property before fertilizer application in study plots (N = 6)Values in parenthesis represent one standard error (N= 6).
Soil property before fertilizer application in study plots (N = 6)	Values in parenthesis represent one standard error (N = 6).
old natural red pine stands in the Wola National Experimental Forest, which is administered by the Southern Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute. The average annual precipitation and temperature in this area are 1,490 mm/y and 13.1℃, respectively. The soil is a slightly dry, dark-brown forest soil (mostly Inceptisol, United States Soil Classification System) originating from sandstone or shale with a silt loam texture. The site index of dominant pine trees indicates low forest productivity (site index, 8-10 at 20-year-old base age) suggesting poor soil fertility. The treatment plots were established on the same facing slopes and aspects under similar environmental conditions to minimize spatial variation in soil properties. The experimental design consisted of a completely randomized block design with 2 blocks (35°12′32″ N, 128°10′23″ E, 180 m; 35°12′26″ N, 128°10′25″ E, 195 m) involving 12 plots (plot size = 10 × 10 m): 2 treatments [fertilized, control] × 2 blocks × 3 replicated plots) in mature red pine stands, which were identified based on homogeneity between the sites. Fertilizer application (N:P:K = 113:150:37 kg/ha) was based on the guidelines of forest fertilization in Korea (Joo et al. 1983). Urea, fused superphosphate, and potassium chloride fertilizers were used as sources of N, P, and K, respectively, and were applied manually in 21 April 2011. Tree densities were similar between the fertilizer and the control treatments ( Table 1 ). The mean diameter at breast height was 15.80 cm in the fertilizer and 15.51 cm in the control treatments, whereas the stand basal area was slightly higher in the control (22.35 m 2 /ha) than in the fertilizer (20.62 m 2 /ha) treatment ( Table 1 ). The understory tree species in each stand were Lespedeza spp., Quercus variabilis , Q. serrata , Smilax china , and Lindera glauca . The soil properties before fertilizer application is given in Table 2 .
Monthly variations of total soil (a, b) and heterotrophic (c, d) respiration rates, and the corresponding soil temperature at a depth of 8 cm between fertilizer and control treatments in red pine stands. Bars represent one standard error (N = 12) and asterisks indicate a significant difference between fertilizer and control treatments at P = 0.05.
the study site. In addition, the trenching depth cut down most live roots. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) collars (50 cm inner diameter, 30 cm high, 4 mm thick) were inserted into the columnar soil (total 12 plots:6 plots in control and 6 plots in fertilizer treatments) and were backfilled with excavated soil . Seedlings and herbaceous vegetation inside the collars were manually removed, while litter fall was retained within the collars during the study period.
In this study, we assumed that total soil respiration was regarded as soil CO 2 efflux omitted from outside of the trenched location, while heterotrophic respiration was regarded as soil CO 2 efflux omitted inside of the PVC collars in each plot (Lee et al. 2010). Four replicate measurements (2 inside PVC collars and 2 outside the trenched locations) of each plot were performed monthly between 1000 and 1230 h during the study period by using an infrared gas analyzer system (Model EGM-4 environmental gas monitor systems; PP Systems, Hitchin, UK) equipped with a flow-through closed soil respiration chamber (Model SRC-2; PP Systems). Soil temperature from each plot was measured at 8 cm depth adjacent to the soil respiration chamber, using a digital soil temperature probe (Summit SDT 200; Summit, Incheon, Korea).
, where B0 and B1 are coefficients estimated through regression analysis, and ST is soil temperature. The Q10 values were calculated by the B1 coefficient, which is used in the multiplier for soil CO 2 efflux rates given an increase of 10℃ in soil temperature ( Q10 = e 10*B1 ).
Monthly rates of total soil and heterotrophic respiration were not significantly affected ( P > 0.05) by fertilizer application, with no significance of the two factor interaction. Heterotrophic respiration rates during some months were generally higher in the fertilizer treatments than in the control treatments ( Fig. 1 ). There was a significant main effect on trenching treatment during growing seasons, with no significant two-factor interaction observed during the study period. Total soil and heterotrophic respiration in both treatments showed a clear seasonal variation, in which the rates increased during spring and summer, and reached maximum values ( Fig. 1 ) in July and September. During autumn (October and November), total soil and heterotrophic respiration declined again, reaching values close to those in spring (April and May). In addition, temporal variation in total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates had a similar seasonal pattern to soil temperature regardless of fertilizer application ( Fig. 1 ).
Annual mean total soil respiration rates in this study were similar between the fertilizer treatments (0.504 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) and control treatments (0.501 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) ( Fig. 2 ). Many studies have observed decreases in soil respiration rates due to reduced microbial biomass (Lee and Jose 2003) and fine root production (Haynes and Gower 1995, Olsson et al. 2005, Phillips and Fahey 2007) because soil environmental changes in response to fertilizer application are closely related to microbial activity and nutrient availability (Lee and Jose 2003, Kim 2008). However, the decrease in the soil CO 2 efflux following fertilizer application could be compensated for by the increased decomposition of organic matter with the change of carbon and nitrogen ratio in forest floor and mineral soil layers (Bolan et al. 1996, Kim et al. 2002, Kim 2008). In addition, heterotrophic respiration rates in the fertilizer (0.393 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) represented 78% of total soil respiration rates, and 62% in the control (0.312 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) treatments. Lower root respiration in fertilizer (0.111 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) compared with the control (0.189 g CO 2 m -2 h -1 ) treatments could be due to the decreased allocation of carbon to roots in response to increased nutrient availability (Haynes and Gower 1995, Phillips and Fahey 2007). Similarly, Samuelson et al. (2009) reported that fertilizer application increased heterotrophic respiration, microbial biomass, and carbon and microbial activities, with reduced fine root biomass. The proportion of heterotrophic respiration rates in the control treatments of this study was comparable to about 66% of total soil respiration in temperate coniferous forests in Korea (Lee et al. 2010).
An exponential regression has been widely used to describe the relationship between soil respiration and temperature following fertilizer application (Bowden et al. 2004, Kim 2008). In this study, the exponential relationships between total soil or heterotrophic respiration rates and the corresponding soil temperature at a depth of 8 cm ( Fig. 3 ) were highly significant (total soil respiration: r2 , 0.937 to 0.947; P < 0.01; heterotrophic respiration: r2 , 0.914 to 0.928; P < 0.01) in the fertilizer and control treatments. Soil temperature explained the major portion of the variance in total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates in the fertilizer and control plots.
Annual mean total soil (black) and heterotrophic (white) respiration rates with soil temperature between fertilizer and control treatments in red pine stands. Bars represent one standard error (N = 12).
Exponential regressions of total soil (a) and heterotrophic (b) respiration rates against the corresponding soil temperature between fertilizer and control treatments in red pine stands.
(2.94) treatments. The high Q10 value in total soil and heterotrophic respiration might indicate higher sensitivity to soil temperature in systems with fertilizer application compared to control treatments. This result could be attributed to the change (e.g., carbon and nitrogen ratio) of carbon and nutrient availability for microbial decay following fertilizer application. For example, fine roots in larch plantations were more rapidly decomposed in fertilized than in unfertilized treatments (Kim 2008). Q10 values of total soil respiration rates in this study were comparable to those of other red pine forests in Korea, which are 3.45-3.77 at 12 cm soil depth (Noh et al. 2010).
Fertilizer application induced changes in heterotrophic respiration, while total soil respiration rates were little affected in red pine stands. Both total soil and heterotrophic respiration rates in fertilizer and control treatment showed high sensitivity by soil temperature. Further long-term studies are needed to examine the controlling factors, such as root and microbial activities, related to total soil and heterotrophic respiration following fertilizer application.
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0022193) and was sponsored by CRC CARE-Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Australia in collaboration with University of South Australia.
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Wow! That's a perfect piece of cake which I can relish at any time :) Great write, Sowmya.
Wow..!! This one's indeed a wonderful piece of advice for life..
The perfect recipe for food and life. Beautiful poem.
Haha, I shall post the recipe on my other blog soon.
Lovely analogy there. "If you get your ingredients right. Life indeed is a piece of cake"... well said!!
Reading this first thing in the morning, is making me hungry!
That is one of the best english poems i have read in a long long time. Fabulous!
Nope, that would not be me.
Now this is the third poem of mine you are commenting on saying that it was "something else". So, are you sure you don't like poems? Maybe, atleast mine you do ;) . Okay I took that too far.
Unlike normal cooking, baking demands undivided attention and love. The more of the two vital ingredients you pour into the process the more soft and sweet your cake is. Little wonder why baking is called the antidote for creative blocks. And you seem to be flowing in rhythm. Am sure the cake is yummmmmy!!!
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Puberty-timing measures have historically been used as indicators of adequate nutrition and growth. More recently, these measures have been examined in relation to exposure to estrogenic or antiandrogenic agents, as well as other environmental factors. The scientific community has debated whether puberty timing is occurring earlier today than in the mid-1900s in the United States and, if so, whether environmental factors play a role; however, no one has asked a multidisciplinary panel to resolve this question. Thus, a multidisciplinary expert panel jointly sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Serono Symposia International was convened to examine the evidence of a secular trend, identify potential environmental factors of concern, and identify research needs regarding environmental factors and puberty timing at "The Role of Environmental Factors on the Timing and Progression of Puberty" workshop. The majority of the panelists concluded that the girls' data are sufficient to suggest a secular trend toward earlier breast development onset and menarche from 1940 to 1994 but that the boys' data are insufficient to suggest a trend during this same period. The weight-of-the-evidence evaluation of human and animal studies suggest that endocrine-disrupting chemicals, particularly the estrogen mimics and antiandrogens, and body fat are important factors associated in altered puberty timing. A change in the timing of puberty markers was considered adverse from a public health perspective. The panel recommended research areas to further our understanding of the relationships among environmental factors, puberty-timing outcomes, and other reproductive and adult disease at the individual and population levels.
Hypotheses to explain the proposed recent population-level changes in puberty timing from the mid-1900s to the present time are controversial. One prominent hypothesis is that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) cause an earlier age of puberty.10,20,21 EDCs are a class of chemicals that interfere with steroid hormone activity via a variety of modes of action, at a number of levels, and puberty timing has been identified as a sensitive marker of response to EDC exposure. Male and female puberty-timing end points are especially sensitive to in utero or peripubertal exposure to certain EDCs, particularly estrogens and antiandrogens in animal models.22,23 Associations between exposure to certain EDCs and puberty timing have been identified in some human studies as well.24,25 The linkage between EDC exposure and puberty-timing outcomes at the level of the individual makes intuitive sense because the full spectrum of pubertal maturation events requires the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes in rodents, nonhuman primates, and humans. Furthermore, a change in the timing of a single measure of puberty could result from exposure to an EDC that affects hormone activity at the target tissue.26,27 In addition to the EDC hypothesis, other hypotheses include increasing obesity11,28,29 and increasing hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance,30 but all of these hypotheses remain controversial.
The US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Serono Symposia International convened an expert panel workshop to discuss and attempt to resolve some of these issues. Panelists represented a wide range of expertise, perspectives, and countries, including clinicians, epidemiologists, toxicologists, anthropologists, biologists, risk assessors, and statisticians. The goals of the workshop were to develop consensus, defined as characterizing areas of agreement and disagreement, on 2 main questions: (1) Are there sufficient data to suggest or establish a secular trend in the timing of puberty onset or progression in boys or girls from 1940 to 1994 in the United States? (2) What are the priority research needs for environmental factors and puberty timing for human and animal studies? The panel also considered the implication of its findings with respect to children's health protection, including clinical guidelines for precocious and delayed puberty and children's health risk assessment. This workshop is the only one, thus far, to have evaluated the data and come to consensus, across disciplines, viewpoints, and biases, on the evidence of a secular trend and the role of environmental factors in puberty timing in children.
The articles in this supplement describe some of the expert panel discussions and conclusions. Euling et al38 summarize the expert panel findings assessing the data for evidence of a secular trend in puberty timing for data collected between 1940 and 1994. The majority of the panelists concluded that the data for girls are sufficient to suggest a secular trend toward an earlier age of breast development onset and/or menarche during this time frame. Almost all panelists agreed that the available data for boys were insufficient to draw conclusions. Buck Louis et al25 consider toxicologic and epidemiologic evidence linking environmental factor exposure to alterations in puberty timing. The panel agreed that the weight of the evidence suggests that EDCs and body fat are the factors of greatest concern for both the individual and the general population. These discussions also identified research recommendations: studies to identify critical windows of exposure in humans and longitudinal studies that examine environmental exposures, puberty markers, and hormonal measurements in combination (eg, National Children's Study24). Kaplowitz39 reviews studies that examined the association of body fat with puberty timing. He describes several studies with a positive association between body fat and earlier puberty timing in girls and the need for additional studies to examine whether earlier puberty timing is the result or cause of a higher body fat. Golub et al40 consider evidence linking altered puberty timing with specific adult disease outcomes, highlighting the importance of alterations in puberty timing with regard to adult and children's health. The panel concluded that an altered timing of puberty onset or progression, including isolated precocious breast development, was considered an adverse outcome; however, the increment of change in puberty timing considered biologically meaningful was not agreed on for either humans or an animal model. Finally, a recurring theme in the discussions was the value of multidisciplinary and international efforts to design and perform studies and analyze data.
These 4 articles provide a summary of the findings of the expert panel and, perhaps more important, illuminate gaps in our understanding of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors on puberty timing. Specific research needs highlighted in each article will allow us to understand better this important public health issue. Research recommendations focused on 3 areas: (1) studies to explore further the relationship between environmental factors and puberty timing, including basic research to understand the initiating event of puberty, longitudinal studies, and toxicology studies at dosages that are relevant to human exposure; (2) studies to explore further the relationship between puberty-timing alterations and adult disease, including animal and human studies of precocious puberty, delayed puberty, or isolated precocious breast development and later disease outcomes, particularly reproductive cancers (eg, breast development onset and breast cancer), and studies to determine the degree of change in puberty timing that is biologically meaningful with respect to later disease; and (3) methods development, including more sensitive puberty biomarkers with less variability in timing, especially for male puberty onset (eg, genomics methods, hormonal assays) and methods to discriminate more reliably fat from breast tissue. The goal of the recommended research is to develop a more complete picture of the complex interrelationships among dosage and time of exposure to environmental factors, genetic factors, puberty-timing outcomes, other reproductive outcomes, and adult disease, at the individual and population levels.
Support for "The Role of Environmental Factors on the Onset and Progression of Puberty" workshop was provided by US Environmental Protection Agency cooperative agreement 830774, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Serono Inc.
We gratefully acknowledge Serono Symposia International and David Schlumper for organizing and holding "The Role of Environmental Factors on the Onset and Progression of Puberty" Expert Panel Workshop held in Rosemont, Illinois, November 2003. In addition, we thank the other members of the expert panel: David Abbott, Carlos Bourdony, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Germaine Buck Louis, Farid Chehab, Gwen Collman, Ralph Cooper, Leo Dunkel, Paul Foster, Beth Gladen, Mari Golub, L. Earl Gray, Mel Grumbach, Marcia Herman-Giddens, John Himes, Anders Juul, Paul Kaplowitz, Carole Kimmel, Peter Lee, Robert Lustig, Michele Marcus, Sergio Ojeda, Tony Plant, Ed Reiter, Steve Schrader, Richard Sharpe, Wolfgang Sippell, Thorkild Sørensen, Ana Soto, Shanna Swan, Jorma Toppari, Rochelle Tyl, Martin Wabitsch, Patricia Whitten, Selma Witchel. We also thank the workshop observers.
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Mention of trade names of commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
Dr Selevan is currently a consultant in Silver Spring, Maryland.


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FFICER BRIAN HUNT, ET AL., Defendants.
J. Michael Seabright Chief United States District Judge.
Before the court is Defendants Hawaii County Police ("HCP") Officer Brian Hunt ("Hunt"), HCP Sergeant Wakita ("Wakita"), HCP Sergeant Tingle ("Tingle"), HCP Officer Shaine Tavares ("Tavares"), and HCP Officer Kenneth Ishii's ("Ishii") (collectively, the "HCP Defendants") Motion to Dismiss pro se Plaintiff Ruth-Ann Springer's ("Plaintiff") Complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is DENIED.
On June 8, 2017, Plaintiff filed a "Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights" ("Complaint") against the HCP Defendants and realtor Lori Henbest ("Henbest") (collectively, the "Eviction Defendants"), and State of Hawaii Judge Harry P. Freitas ("Judge Freitas"), ECF No. 1, and an Application to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP Application"), ECF No. 4. On June 23, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Temporary Injunction. ECF No. 9. On July 11, 2017, this court granted the IFP Application, dismissed the Complaint in part for failure to state a claim, and denied the Motion for Temporary Injunction (the "July 11 Order"). ECF No. 11. The July 11 Order dismissed claims against Judge Freitas without leave to amend, dismissed Plaintiff's conspiracy claim with leave to amend, and determined that the remaining claims against the Eviction Defendants could proceed. Id. at 15-16.
On August 1, 2017, Plaintiff filed a document titled "Complaint: Write of Error is of the District of the Hawaii Federal: Title 42, " which the court construed as a First Amended Complaint ("FAC"). ECF No. 14. On August 4, 2017, the court dismissed the FAC without leave to amend for failure to state a claim and directed service of the original Complaint against the Eviction Defendants. ECF No. 16.
On November 8, 2017, the HCP Defendants filed the instant Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 37. The court set Plaintiff's response deadline for December 29, 2017. ECF No. 38. On January 3, 2018, the court ordered Plaintiff to state whether she intended to oppose the Motion to Dismiss and if so, why she failed to meet the December 29, 2017 deadline to file her Opposition. ECF No. 50. On January 5, 2018, Plaintiff filed a "Notice of the Counter Claim of the Stay of the Defendants Motion, " ECF No. 49, which the court construed as both a response to the court's January 3 Order and an Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 50. On January 16, 2018, the HCP Defendants filed a Reply. ECF No. 51. On January 22, 2018, Plaintiff filed a "Statement and Proof for Not Dismissing the Defendant's (sic) Hunt, et al. Claims: Case# 17-00269 JMS-KSC." ECF No. 52. A hearing was held on January 22, 2018.
This action arises from a State of Hawaii foreclosure and eviction, and subsequent criminal proceedings. As alleged in the Complaint, on January 15, 2016, the Eviction Defendants removed Plaintiff from her home on the Big Island of Hawaii pursuant to an expired writ of possession. Compl. at 6 ("3 Officers, 2 Sargent's, [(sic)] and a Real-estate agent, using an old writ of possession that the statute of limitation had run out . . . took possession of my property."). Hunt allegedly "took down the KAPU sign that was . . . protecting [Plaintiff] on her land." Id. at 9. The Complaint further alleges that Plaintiff "was home, " and when Hunt went to move her from her seated position, she "raised both arms and hands in the air and told [O]fficer Hunt, 'I know you are arresting me. I am cooperating with you. I am not resisting so what do you want me to do.'" Id. at 11; see also id. at 9. Hunt arrested Plaintiff. Id. at 9, 10; see also Id. at 11 ("Officer Hunt made a personal decision to make it a criminal matter."). Plaintiff was then detained, subject to bail. See Id. at 7 ("I was detained without my consent for violating a statute, I have just been kidnapped."); see also Id. at 11 ("[T]he prosecutors and Sargent Wakita set the ransom for my liberty . . . [and state court] Judge Freitas confirmed the charges and the ransom[.]").
Officer Hunt assaulted me . . . tearing my rotator cuff when he grabbed my right arm and jerked me up from where I was sitting. After hand-cuffing me, he picked me up by my hands that were cuffed behind my back, forcing me to bend my body in half to ease the pain in my shoulder joints. I begged him to stop hurting me and that I was not resisting arrest. . . . My arm has limits of motion that cannot be fixed. . . . Also, when Officer Hunt was finger-printing me, he grabbed at my fingers and squeezed hard. I complained because my fingers are very sore and hurt when touched because of my osteoarthritis disfiguration.
Further, at some point during the eviction, Henbest "assaulted me by shoving [me] into the hall wall hard enough to knock the wind from me." Id. at 10. The Complaint alleges that Henbest had the locks replaced on the home and removed Plaintiff's possessions. Id. "[B]anks and the real estate agent allegedly sold [Plaintiff's] home." Id. at 9. Subsequently, "people were moved into my home and after the case was dismissed, my property was never returned." Id. at 11.
The remainder of the Complaint is filled with nonsensical opinions, assumptions, conclusory allegations, and pronouncements. As a result of the foregoing, Plaintiff allegedly suffered severe mental anguish and depression, physical injuries, had a nervous breakdown, lost everything, and became homeless. Id. at 11, 12.
The Complaint asserts 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the Eviction Defendants in their individual capacities only,  for violation of, and conspiracy to violate, Plaintiff's statutory and/or constitutional rights, particularly those protected by the Fourth Amendment. Id. at 4-7, 11. The Complaint further asserts state-law claims for assault and battery, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The Complaint seeks (1) compensatory damages for permanent injuries to Plaintiff's shoulder; (2) $2, 785, 750.00 in compensatory damages for the lost property and the toll on Plaintiff's physical and mental health; (3) $6, 913, 002.00 in "actual material losses"; (4) $25, 000, 000.00 per violation (12 violations) of Plaintiff's rights protected by the United States and Hawaii constitutions; and (6) the incarceration of all Defendants for five years, and forfeiture of all they own. Id.
As evidenced by documents publicly filed with the State of Hawaii District Court of the Third Circuit, Puna Division, and attached to the Motion,  a non-judicial foreclosure was conducted against real property at 15-1784 13th Avenue, Keaau, Hawaii 96749 (the "subject property"), resulting in (1) a February 28, 2012 Judgment for Possession in favor of the Federal National Mortgage Association and against Plaintiff (and two others), and (2) a Writ of Possession, effective February 27, 2012. See Exs. A, B, ECF Nos. 37-3, 37-4. The Writ commanded the removal of Plaintiff (and her two co-defendants), and their personal belongings, from the subject property. ECF No. 37-4.
Although not provided by the parties, the court also takes judicial notice of the state-court docket in the underlying foreclosure action which shows that also filed on February 28, 2012 was an "Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Writ of Possession" (the "February 28, 2012 Order"). See Hawaii State Judiciary's Public Access to Court Information ("Ho'ohiki"), http://hoohiki.courts.hawaii. gov/#/case?caseId=3RC111000287 (last visited Feb. 7, 2018). On March 9, 2012, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Reconsideration of the February 28, 2012 Order, which was granted on July 13, 2012. Id. The July 13 Order states that "[t]he February 28, 2012 Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Writ of Possession is hereby stricken." Defs.' Notice, Ex. 1 at 2, ECF No. 55-1. Somewhat confusingly, on December 19, 2012, a "Satisfaction of Judgment for Possession Filed February 28, 2012" was filed that references the February 28, 2012 Order and a March 25, 2012 lockout on the subject property, but not the July 13, 2012 Order. See Ho'ohiki, http://hoohiki. courts.hawaii. gov/#/case?caseId=3RC111000287; see also Defs.' Notice, Ex. 2 at 2, ECF No. 55-2. In short, although the court takes judicial notice of these state-court filings, they are confusing and provide this court with no clear understanding as to the validity of either the Judgment for Possession or Writ of Possession.
And finally, the court takes judicial notice that on February 3, 2016, the County of Hawaii filed a criminal complaint in the State of Hawaii District Court of the Third Circuit, Puna Division against Plaintiff for "Criminal Trespass in the First Degree, in violation of [Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS")] Section 708-813(1)(a)(1), " and alleging that "[o]n or about the 15th day of January, 2016 . . . RUTH ANN SPRINGER knowingly entered and/or remained unlawfully in a dwelling[.]" ECF No. 37-5.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) permits a motion to dismiss for "failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." A Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal is proper when there is either a "'lack of a cognizable legal theory or the absence of sufficient facts alleged.'" UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners, LLC, 718 F.3d 1006, 1014 (9th Cir. 2013) (quoting Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990)).
Although a plaintiff need not identify the legal theories that are the basis of a pleading, see Johnson v. City of Shelby, Mississippi, 135 S.Ct. 346, 346 (2014) (per curiam), a plaintiff must nonetheless allege "sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)); see also Weber v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, 521 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir. 2008). This tenet - that the court must accept as true all of the allegations contained in the complaint - "is inapplicable to legal conclusions." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678. Accordingly, "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Id. (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555); see also Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1216 (9th Cir. 2011) ("[A]llegations in a complaint or counterclaim may not simply recite the elements of a cause of action, but must contain sufficient allegations of underlying facts to give fair notice and to enable the opposing party to defend itself effectively."). And the court need not accept as true allegations contradicted by judicially noticeable facts. Shwarz v. United States, 234 F.3d 428, 435 (9th Cir. 2000); Heineke v. Santa Clara Univ., 2017 WL 6026248, at *4 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2017) (citing Shwarz).
Rather, "[a] claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556). Factual allegations that only permit the court to infer "the mere possibility of misconduct" do not show that the pleader is entitled to relief as required by Rule 8. Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 679.
Because Plaintiff is proceeding pro se, the court liberally construes her Complaint. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007); Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1137 (9th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). The court also recognizes that "[u]nless it is absolutely clear that no amendment can cure the defect . . . a pro se litigant is entitled to notice of the complaint's deficiencies and an opportunity to amend prior to dismissal of the action." Lucas v. Dep't of Corr., 66 F.3d 245, 248 (9th Cir. 1995); see also Crowley v. Bannister, 734 F.3d 967, 977-78 (9th Cir. 2013). A court may, however, deny leave to amend where further amendment would be futile. See, e.g., Leadsinger, Inc. v. BMG Music Pub., 512 F.3d 522, 532 (9th Cir. 2008) (reiterating that a district court may deny leave to amend for, among other reasons "repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed . . . [and] futility of amendment").


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Philip Dowd (Staffordshire, 1963. január 26.  –) angol nemzeti labdarúgó-játékvezető. Becenévvel írt neve Philip Phil Dowd. Polgári foglalkozása hivatásos játékvezető.

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A játékvezetői vizsgát 1984-ben tette le. Vizsgáját követően a Staffordshire Labdarúgó-szövetség által irányított bajnokságokban, a Staffordshire Senior Football League majd a Midland Football Alliance játékvezetője és partbírója. Nemzeti labdarúgó-szövetségének megfelelő játékvezető bizottsága minősítése alapján, az angol gyakorlatnak megfelelően 1992-1997 között a Football League asszisztense/játékvezetője, majd 1997-2001 között a Football League bírója. 2001-től a Premier League játékvezetője. A küldési gyakorlat szerint rendszeres 4. bírói szolgálatot is végzett. A nemzeti játékvezetéstől 2015-ben vonult vissza. Első ligás mérkőzéseinek száma: 2008-2013 között 547 mérkőzést irányított.

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Excerpt & Giveaway: A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
Posted May 4th 2019 by The Faerie Queen in Blog Tours, Excerpts, Giveaways / 3 Comments
Today, I'm bringing you more of the Hades and Persephone retelling A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair! Enjoy an excerpt to get you excited, then enter the international giveaway at the end!
A Touch of Darkness
Author: Scarlett St. Clair
Series: Hades & Persephone #1
Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy, Retelling, Romance
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.
After a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever.
The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a Goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—and it's forbidden.
About Scarlett St. Clair
Scarlett St. Clair lives in Oklahoma with her husband. She has a Master's degree in Library Science and Information Studies and spends a lot of time researching reincarnation, unsolved murders and Greek mythology-all of which made it into her debut novel, When Stars Come Out.
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Persephone sat in the sunlight.
She'd chosen her favorite spot at The Coffee House, an outdoor table just out of view of the shop's window. Shade trees and box gardens teeming with purple aster and pink and white sweet alyssum lined the crowded pedestrian street. A light breeze carried the scent of spring and the honeyed air was mild.
This was her season. She should have felt more relaxed.
But her eyes drifted to a bunch of narcissus flowers that sat in a slender vase on her table. It was a sparse bouquet, and one flower's petals were crisp and brown, curling like the fingers of a corpse.
The narcissus were the flower and symbol of Hades, the God of the Dead. They did not often decorate tables, but coffins instead. Their presence at The Coffee House probably meant that the owners were in mourning. Few mortals worshipped Hades, and even his cult—a group of mortals who maintained his temple—was small, and used only when death loomed.
Persephone wondered how Hades felt about that—to only be worshipped when the fear of death was imminent. Perhaps that was why he was so merciless.
"Don't waste your time rationalizing his behavior, daughter," Demeter, her mother and the Goddess of Harvest, had said. "Hades is a manipulator."
And from what Persephone had heard since she moved to New Athens, her mother seemed to be right. Hades might be the God of the Dead, but he was also known as the Rich One. He controlled most of the world's wealth, and had invested that money into a several clubs throughout New Greece—and not just any clubs. These were gambling dens. It was said Hades liked a good bet, and rarely accepted a wager other than the human soul.
Persephone tore her gaze from the flowers, and focused instead on her laptop and notes. It was Thursday, and she had left school an hour ago. She ordered her usual vanilla latte, and needed to start working on her research paper. She wanted to finish today so she could concentrate on her new internship at New Athens News, the leading news source in New Athens. If she did well, she'd have a job after she graduated in six months.
And she was eager to prove herself.
Her internship was located in the Acropolis. It was the tallest building in the city at one-hundred-and-one floors. One of the first things Persephone did when she moved to New Athens was take an elevator to the top so she could see the city in its entirety. Now, four years later, it was hard to believe she would be going there on an almost daily basis for work.
Persephone's phone buzzed on the table.
She looked down and found a message from her best friend, Lexa Sideris. Lexa was Persephone's first friend when she'd moved to New Athens four years ago. Through Lexa, Persephone had learned to be mortal, and though Lexa did not know it, she would always have Persephone's protection and favor. What little she could offer, anyway.
Persephone responded, The Coffee House.
Why? We need to celebrate!
Persephone smiled. Ever since she'd told Lexa about her new job two weeks ago, she'd been hounding her to go out for drinks. Persephone had managed to postpone the outing, but she was quickly running out of excuses and Lexa knew it.
I am celebrating. Persephone text. With a vanilla latte.
Not with coffee. Alcohol. Shots. You + Me. Tonight.
Before Persephone could respond, a waitress approached holding a tray and her steaming latte. Persephone came here often enough to know the girl was as new as the narcissus. Her hair was in two braids, and her eyes were dark and laced with heavy lashes.
The girl smiled and asked, "Vanilla latte?"
"Yes," Persephone said.
The waitress sat Persephone's mug down, and then tucked her tray under her arm.
Persephone met the girl's gaze. "Do you think Lord Hades has a sense of humor?"
Her eyes widened, and she responded, "I don't know what you mean."
The girl was clearly uncomfortable, probably at hearing Hades' name. Most tried to avoid saying it, or they called him Aidoneus, to avoid drawing his attention, but Persephone wasn't afraid. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that she was a goddess.
"I think he must have a sense of humor," she said. "The narcissi are a symbol of spring and rebirth," her fingers hovered over the petals. If anything, the flower should be her symbol. "Why else would he claim it as his?"
Persephone stared back at the girl, and her cheeks flushed. She stammered, "L-let me know if you need anything."
She bowed her head and went back to work.
By Scarlett St. Clair
Hades & Persephone Series
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That is one sexy cover and very inviting – love the title, too!
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California, Mt. San Jacinto—On February 27, a church group camping at Camp Tahquitz went for a short hike on the Devils Slide Trail. When the group re-assembled at the camp for lunch, it was noticed that Paul E. Walker (68) was missing. Walker had done much hiking in the Whitney region of the Sierra Nevada and was considered "experienced" by the group; he had a reputation for preferring to travel alone. When he had not returned at dusk, the others notified the Sherriff's Office; because of the darkness, low-hanging clouds, and treacherous terrain, a search was not begun until the next morning. The temperature dropped below freezing during the night. Next morning, by following tracks in the snow, the body was found by Deputy Sheriff Hollis and one member of the hiking group after a half-hour search. Their initial reconstruction of the accident was that Walker had left the trail and, while crossing the hillside, had slipped on rocks and icy snow. After falling a few feet his head struck a rock; he probably died instantly. The scene of the fall was screened from the trail by heavy brush. Later an autopsy suggested natural causes. The coroner's report (Riverside County) listed the cause of death as "coronary artery insufficiency, due to arteriosclerosis." This probably either caused the fall or occurred early in the fall.
Analysis: This is another example of the dangers of solo climbing. In addition, the considerable delay in observing that Walker was missing indicates that good leadership was not demonstrated by this party.


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Collections / Children's Books / The Wonderful O by James Thurber
The Wonderful O by James Thurber
Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island, and Black has a ship to get there. So the two bad men team up and sail off on Black's vessel, the Aeiu. The name, Black explains, is all the vowels except for O—which he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole: They couldn't pull her in, so they had to push her out. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place—to no avail. But Black has a better idea: He will take over the island and purge it of O. ("I'll issue an edict!")
The harsh limits of a life sans O (where shoe is she and woe is we) and how finally with a little luck and lots of pluck the islanders shake off their overbearing interlopers and discover the true treasure for themselves (Oh yes—and get back their O's)—these are only some of the surprises that await readers of James Thurber's timelessly zany fairy tale about two louts who try to lock up the language—and lose. It is a tour de force of wordplay that will delight fans of Lewis Carroll, Dr. Seuss, Edward Lear, and Roald Dahl, and a timely reminder of how people can band together in the name of freedom to overthrow a tyrant.
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Mas Duran és una masia de Sant Quirze del Vallès (Vallès Occidental) inclosa a l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Situada en un dels extrems de la població, l'antiga masia té planta rectangular i coberta a quatre vessants i consta de planta baixa, pis i golfes. La façana d'accés, d'estructura simètrica, mostra a la planta baixa un portal adovellat d'arc de mig punt i a la dreta, una finestra d'arc escarser. Al primer pis, hi ha tres finestres rectangulars i a les golfes, quatre petites obertures. Els brancals i les llindes de les obertures són de pedra, mentre que la resta de la façana és de paredat, arrebossat. Les façanes laterals i posterior mostren obertures allindanades distribuïdes asimètricament.

Història
Antiga masia bastida probablement durant el  en una zona que fins fa pocs anys era de conreus i que actualment, ha quedat incorporada al nucli urbà. Perdut el seu caràcter agrícola, ara està destinada a punt de venda de pisos ( Mas Duran, S.A.), en una zona d'expansió urbana.

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Patrimoni monumental de Sant Quirze del Vallès
Edificis de Sant Quirze del Vallès
Masies del Vallès Occidental


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Eve Ekman, Ph.D., MSW, is the GGSC's director of training. An experienced speaker, researcher, and group facilitator, she brings a unique background ideally suited to training individuals and organizations in the science of happiness, resilience, compassion, mindfulness, and emotional awareness.
Eve creates dynamic trainings adapted specifically for the needs of her participants, drawing upon her deep scientific knowledge, direct clinical work, and experiences in a range of institutional and organizational settings, particularly within the health care field. She worked for years as a social worker in health care, criminal justice, and social welfare systems, which inspired her to earn her master's and Ph.D. at UC Berkeley and complete her postdoctoral training at UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.
Her research has focused on helping professional care providers prevent burnout by giving them easier access to practices of attention, insight, and resilience. Building on her research, she developed trainings to address burnout in national and international organizations and has delivered keynotes and workshops for a wide range of companies, including Airbnb, Salesforce, and Kaiser Permanente.
Eve is a second-generation emotion researcher who has had meaningful collaborations with her father, renowned emotion researcher Dr. Paul Ekman, including on The Atlas of Emotions, an online visual tool commissioned by the Dalai Lama to teach emotional awareness, and Cultivating Emotional Balance, an intensive, evidence-based training for compassion and mindfulness. Eve's writing on empathy, burnout, and compassion has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and books, including Oxford handbooks of positive psychology and compassion science. She is a regular practitioner of meditation, yoga, and cold water surfing, and brings her enthusiasm for living a rich emotional life into her teaching.
Seven of the Most Inspiring Novels and Memoirs from 2019
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NFL tells teams they must hold training camps at home
Jun. 2, 2020 7:20 p.m.
All 32 NFL teams have been told by Commissioner Roger Goodell to hold training camps at their home facilities this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most NFL teams stay at their training complexes year-round, but Dallas, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Carolina, Washington and the Los Angeles Rams are among those that stage portions of training camp elsewhere.
"The league's decision was made based on the medical assessment of current risk factors and in consideration for the health and safety of players and football staffs," the Colts said in a release.
The Cowboys and Steelers are scheduled for the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 6 and will be the first two teams to report in late July. Dallas usually trains in Oxnard, California, and Pittsburgh in nearby Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
The Cowboys have never held their entire preseason at home. The Steelers have trained at St. Vincent College in Latrobe for more than a half-century.
The league has cancelled all in-person workouts at team facilities, which only in the past two weeks have begun opening on a limited basis. No coaches nor players other than those undergoing medical treatment and rehabilitation have been allowed in those facilities.
Soon, the NFL is hopeful of having club complexes fully open, but under strict medical guidelines including social distancing protocols.
One team in something of a limbo: the Raiders. Their move to Las Vegas has been complicated by the pandemic, of course. They had been working out of their Oakland-area complex in Alameda, and had been planning to hold training camp as usual in Napa, about one hour north of the Bay Area. But they could decide to move it to their new facility in Henderson, Nevada.
The Bills have gone to St. John Fisher College outside of Rochester, New York, since 2000, though they have decreased the time they've spent away for camp in recent years under coach Sean McDermott.
The Bills have expanded practice facilities at and around their headquarters, and last year unveiled a new training facility/weight room featuring state-of-the-art equipment and costing about $18 million as an addition to their headquarters.
Carolina has spent all 25 previous training camps at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about 90 minutes from Charlotte. Wofford was former owner Jerry Richardson's alma mater.
One team that usually travelled for training camp, the Bears, previously announced they would not be going to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, where they spent the past 18 years.
AP Pro Football Writers Schuyler Dixon and Josh Dubow, and Sports Writers Steve Reed and John Wawrow contributed.
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Okay, I've been fiddling around long enough, and it's time to get back to more of the heraldry we saw in Glasgow, Scotland last August. (Yes, there's a whole lot more to go!)
In this particular case, we' re going to be looking at the heraldry in the rose window in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow.
As you can see (and you should be able to click on the picture to see a larger version with more detail), it's an impressive window, with an equally impressive display of heraldry in it. The artist who created the window was Douglas Strachan (1875-1950), and the window was donated to the University by Sir Donald MacAlister (1854-1934), a former Chancellor of the institution.
The four coats of arms contained in the window all relate to the founding of the University. I will discuss the arms, and then show how they all relate to that founding.
At the top center, we have the arms of the University itself. (We have talked about these arms before, in the post on February 16, 2017, found at http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2017/02/some-university-heraldry.html)
In the center is the achievement of arms of the King of Scotland, James II (1430-1460), a shield of the "tressured lion" with its unicorn supporters bearing banners of the Royal Arms and the Scottish saltire, and the Royal crest atop the crown on the helm, and the Royal mottoes ("Nemo me impune lacessit", or as we might put it down here in Texas, "Don't mess with Scotland", and "In defens", an abbreviated form of "In my defence God me defend").
On the left is the arms of Pope Nicholas V (not to be confused with the Anti-Pope Nicholas V), Tomaso Parentucelli (1397-1455). As a quibble, I do not find the arms as emblazoned in the window here (Argent two bendlets wavy the upper gules and the lower azure) among the arms of the Popes. The arms that I have seen for Nicholas V everywhere else are blazoned as Gules two keys crossed in saltire argent.
On the right, we have the arms of Bishop William Turnbull (ca.1400-1454), Bishop of Glasgow and first Chancellor of the University, Argent three bull's heads cabossed sable armed or. Bishop Turnbull was an ally and counselor to King James II, and served as his Keeper of the Privy Seal from ca.1440-1448.
(There is a fifth "coat of arms" on the upper left portion of the window, borne by the armored figure of "Fortitude," Argent a bend sinister vert overall a lion statant bendwise sinister or, but I have to assume that the arms, like the figure, are allegorical rather than depicting real heraldry.)
For how all of these various individuals (and their arms) are connected to the University, and more especially to its founding, we take this short excerpt from the webpage "The University of Glasgow Story" (http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0002&type=P) for enlightenment:
Prompted by Turnbull, James II wrote to Pope Nicholas V to request the establishment of a university in Glasgow. The Pope responded with a Papal Bull, a letter or proclamation named for the leaden seal (or bull) which was attached to it. Issued on 7 January 1451, the Bull erected a new studium generale for the teaching of "theology, canon and civil law, as well as the arts and any other lawful faculty". He granted the new University's doctors, masters, readers and students all the privileges, honours and immunities enjoyed by their counterparts at the University of Bologna. Turnbull became the University's first Chancellor.
So there you have it! The arms of the University of Glasgow, King James II, Pope Nicholas V, and Bishop William Turnbull, all neatly (and in this window, beautifully) connected together with the founding of the University of Glasgow in the 15th Century.


Zoe Sugg is my favourite YouTuber, so I was excited to hear about her collaboration with Colourpop. Zoella x Colourpop, embraces the 70s, and vibes the ultimate brunch date. I can't get enough of the collection...From the super cute packaging, to the pressed powder eyeshadow palette I never knew I needed, and how can I forget my new favourite make up bag!
The pressed powder 'Brunch Date' eyeshadow palette is definitely the stand out of the collection. It's a mixture of warm and cool tones, and both matte and shimmers. It's also an extremely wearable palette with tones of brown, copper, pink, champagne and even a pop of blue.
The collection also includes 3 Ultra Matte lips, 2 Supernova shadows, a pressed powder highlighter, pressed powder blush and 2 Crème Gel liners.
This month, we are blessed with not only one Taylor Swift Elle cover, but two! Taylor is gracing the cover of Elle US and Elle UK. Of course, both issues are beyond amaze, and I can't wait to add them to my magazine collection. Just try and pick a favourite!
Kaia Gerber has become one of favourites, therefore, I was excited to see her as the new face of Jimmy Choo's Spring/Summer 2019 campaign. I love nothing more than a pair of Jimmy Choos, so I thought I'd share my picks for the season!
It feels good to back posting here! I decided to take a short break, but I'm back!
I'm kicking off with a very cool collaboration between H&M and Moschino. From the moment I heard about this collaboration, I knew Jeremy Scott had something up his sleeve. Did he disappoint? Not for a second! And who was there to kick off the runway launch? My girl, Gigi Hadid.. alongside her siblings, Bella and Anwar. Naomi Campbell, Taylor Hill, Stella Maxwell and Candice Swanepoel also joined the model line up.
The collection will be available at H&M November 8th.
Guess what this week is....? Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia!
My week kicked off with the Anna Quan runway show. Anna's collection was a favourite of mine last year, so I was super excited to be attending this year. The Resort 2019 collection 'Holiday', was inspired and created for the ultimate summer getaway. Swimwear cover ups for the day, and effortless silhouettes for the evening. Anna's signatory shirting and tailored pieces were evident throughout the collection, juxtaposed with simplistic and elegant draping. I am obsessed with her use of pleating and would wear her dresses in a heartbeat! Anna's pieces are created for the modern day woman, including core investment pieces that you can take from season to season.
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What's my favourite collaboration?... Tommy Hilfiger and Gigi Hadid!
Gigi, along with her siblings Bella and Anwar, headed down the Tommy Hilfiger runway in Milan. The racing theme, Spring 2018 collection, includes Tommy's signatory colour palette of red, white, blue and black... endless leather, crop tees and sweatshirts, checkered prints, bikinis, denim and of course the Tommy x Gigi logo. But the best part? You can shop the collection directly from the runway. And of course, I've already placed my order!
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John Luther Adams creates music than is more than just imaginative. At times it is pure magic. I named his orchestral work Become Ocean as the "Best Modern Classical, New Music" Record of the Year for the rapidly waning 2014 (see the December 12th, 2014 post on this blog) because it was that...magic. Maestro Adams has successfully, brilliantly managed to give us a modernism (or a postmodernism if you will) that is radiantly representative without being programmatically literal, tonal without being classically sequential, rapturous without direct reference to human or cosmic agency--a music without myths, without much in the way of extra-verbal textuality, with affect but without discernable human intent.
He does something like this again with his new album, The Wind in High Places (Cold Blue 0041). It is some enthralling music for string quartet (JACK Quartet) and for cello orchestra (the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble). There are three works presented in all.
First up is the title piece, "The Wind in High Places." Adams conceives of the string quartet as a sort of 16-stringed wind harp for the three movements that comprise the work. Through open strings and harmonics a varying canvas of aetherial, primal voicings come at us in varying degrees of density and intensity, all representing the wind in natural settings. It has an uncanny tonality that through sound color recreates nature in all its ebbs and flows. The music is striking in its almost primitively elemental, yet vividly natural color.
The most sonorously astounding of the three works surely is the four-movement "Canticles of the Sky." On it are 44 cellos. They create a world of their own, as limitless and even as breathtaking as the sky panoramas they depict. This, as in the other works here, is not thematic in any conventional sense. "Canticles" presents open sounds as variable but then too as unified in expression as drifting clouds. The music creates analogies of vast expanses in space, and like "Become Ocean" they ebb and flow, flux and disperse in ecstatic singularity. There is an ever-shimmering harmonic fundamentality of fourths and fifths and added notes, a stunning largo ground without so much foreground as continuousness. It captures the imagination with a real grandeur that like its subject acts as a benevolent force of nature.
"Dream of the Canyon Wren" returns to the string quartet for a piece that emulates the call of the Canyon Wren, familiar to the composer as a fellow inhabitant of his desert home. It is an evocative work that concludes the program on a positive note. It may not be quite as astounding a piece as the two preceding it, but it gently cradles us and brings us back down to earth in a way most fitting.
This is a beautiful recording with music that enchants. John Luther Adams gives us some of his most intimate music on this one. Is communicates directly and with sublimity.
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About Spectacle Materials
Nineteenth century spectacles were typically constructed from a variety of materials. Frames made during this period included those of gold, silver, German silver, brass, plated, tortoise shell, blued steel wire and common steel wire. Today these materials are rarely used in the manufacture of eyeglasses. Our spectacles are constructed of an alloy known as Monel, a commonly used material in the manufacture of eyeglass frames today. To capture the patina of original antique spectacles we use a high quality electroplating process coupled with a protective clear-coat finish. Colors were carefully chosen to represent the originals they were modeled after, both new and with the patina of age. Tombstone Silver Dust models period coin silver as new, Virginia City Gold Dust models original 8k-10k gold spectacles, Leadville Tarnished Silver models period coin silver with the patina of age, Naugatuck Valley Tarnished Brass models period brass spectacles with the patina of age and Silver City Silver models high purity silver. See our Specs FX page for more ideas on spectacle finishes.
The color identifications of our spectacles do not necessarily represent the timeline of gold or silver discoveries in America, but represent the historic locations in which these discoveries were made.
About Spectacle Temple Styles
This one- size-fits-all design allowed for flexibility of fit with the added advantage of storage in a smaller, more compact case. Original 19th century spectacles have been found with ribbon or cord attached to the temple finials verifying use of this early version of a modern 'sports band' to hold spectacles securely on the face. Ribbon, cord, leather or horsehair can be tied closely to keep the spectacles in place when active or tied loosely and hung from the neck to keep spectacles handy for close activities.
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Bottom - Original antique narrow loop slide temple
The metal to metal contact of the slide temple will, over time, show some signs of wear, as do the original spectacles they were modeled after. This is normal and expected and adds to the antiqued patina of your Historic EyeWear Spectacles frames.
All Historic EyeWear Company spectacles are permanently etched with our name and model number so as not to be mistaken for original antique spectacle frames. The model number designation of each Historic EyeWear Company reproduction spectacle reflects the period of greatest popularity and common use.
"The narrow-loop slide temple was an American innovation which first appeared in the mid 1830's and was popular beyond 1880." Alan McBrayer
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A report by a financial daily, Nikkei, has said that Apple will reduce its iPhone production by 10% in the first quarter of 2017, citing from calculations based on data from suppliers.
Apple shows to be repeating history as in its January to March 2016, Apple slashed its production by 30% - Nikkei reported that this was down to sluggish iPhone 6S and 6S Plus sales.
According to a source, the cut was 'within expectations' and the iPhone giant may reduce production on its latest 4.7-inch iPhone 7.
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Donald Trump Cancels UK Trip and Blames Obama
The United States President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to London scheduled for next month to open a new embassy, blaming Barack Obama for selling off the old one for "peanuts" in a bad deal.
More than a year into his presidency, Trump has yet to visit London, with many British voters promising mass protests against a U.S. leader they see as crude, volatile and opposed to their values on a range of issues.
"(The) the reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for "peanuts," only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars," Trump said in a tweet late on Thursday.
"Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!" Trump said.
The decision to acquire a new London embassy site on the south bank of the Thames was announced in 2008 under George W. Bush along with the plans to put the Grosvenor Square site in Mayfair up for sale.
A pillar of Britain's foreign policy since World War Two, the so-called "special relationship" with Washington has taken on added importance as Britain prepares to leave the European Union in 2019 and seeks new major trade deals.
But senior British officials have been dismayed by some of Trump's pronouncements, particularly a proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States and most recently when Trump rebuked Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter after she criticised him for retweeting British far-right anti-Islam videos.
A Downing Street spokesman declined immediate comment.
May was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration in January last year, and they were filmed emerging from the White House holding hands. She later said Trump took her hand in a gentlemanly gesture as they walked down a ramp.
During that trip a year ago, May extended an invitation to make a state visit – which includes pomp, pageantry and a formal banquet with Queen Elizabeth – by the end of 2017.
That state visit, which is different to his now cancelled working trip, has still not yet taken place, though British officials insist it has not been cancelled.
The American flag was this month removed from the U.S. embassy in Grosvenor Square – an area known as "Little America" during World War Two, when the square also housed the military headquarters of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The new embassy on the south bank is a veritable fortress set back at least 100 feet (30 meters) from surrounding buildings – mostly newly-erected high-rise residential blocks – and incorporating living quarters for U.S. Marines permanently stationed inside.
The $1 billion construction, overlooking the River Thames, was funded by the sale of other properties in London.
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Strangford, Ross-On-Wye HR9
Strangford End lies within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is positioned just under 4 miles north of Ross-on-Wye and the M50 motorway. Despite this incredibly accessible location, the setting is wonderfully tranquil and commands a stunning rural outlook across rolling farmland. Ledbury, Colwall, Malvern and Hereford are all within striking distance, whilst the M50 motorway/A40 dual carriageway, accessed within 10 minutes drive, gives first class communication to the national motorway network.
Strangford End comprises a most appealing, three reception, five bedroom Period Country House set in approx. 1.75 acres of garden and grounds, scattered around which are many beautiful mature deciduous trees, with two ancient Scots Pine to the eastern boundary.
As one approaches, the stone built elevation which greets one is probably the older part of the house, whilst the south easterly façade we believe dates from the Regency period.
Since acquiring the property in recent years, the current owners have carried out extensive refurbishment works, and the property now offers elegant and spacious accommodation with many fine features. These include some lovely fireplaces, panelled doors, picture rails and fine cornicing to ceilings in several rooms. The wide bay windows in the drawing room and dining room allow the light to absolutely flood into these rooms, lending the property a wonderful ambience. Attention to detail in the decorating and presentation has been considerable. Wall colours are those of Farrow and Ball, with wall papers by Osborne and Little and Colefax and Fowler. The bathroom lights are by Jim Lawrence, and the kitchen tiles by Fired Earth.
Beneath the property is a 24' cellar, whilst the central heating is from a brand new, oil fired boiler. The accommodation in total extends to well over 2,000 sq.ft excluding the cellar. The accompanying floor plan details both the layout and room dimensions.
Of historical interest
One of the former owners of the property was the Townsend family, whose son, Group Captain Peter Townsend had a close and well known association with Princess Margaret during the middle part of the 20th Century. One of the residents in the vicinity remembers the family well!
Gardens, grounds & outbuildings
A long, tarmacadam approach drive runs along the western boundary of the property, sweeping around in front of the old stone farmhouse section, and providing a Generous Tarmacadam Courtyard/Parking Area of overall max dimensions approx. 70' x 60'.
Positioned a little to the east of the courtyard is the Brick and Timber Outbuilding. This is of overall max. Dimensions approx. 33' x 27', the main brick section standing under a double pitched, recently re-laid composite slate roof. The building has potential for conversion to e.g. Granny Annexe/Home Office, but currently comprises Two Garages, each with double wooden doors to front, and both with power. In one of the garages, there is a narrow wooden stairway leading up to a First Floor Loft Area. Also included within the building is a Home Office approx. 11' x 10' and having windows to both south east looking across the Wye valley and to the south west looking across the grounds. Light and power. Around to the rear of the building are Two Further Storage Sheds, approx. 32' x 9'6 in total, each with an individual door to exterior.
To the south east of the house is a Neat, Level Lawn with a Fine Mature Lime Tree to the south west corner and having terrific views from the front boundary across farmland towards Ross-on-Wye. To the east of the lawn is an Old Wooden Summer House. A mature Beech hedge to the south western side of the house delineates the front garden from the Superb Level Paddock which lies to the north of the tarmacadam courtyard and hereupon are a considerable number of Mature Deciduous Trees, species including Walnut, Sycamore, Apple, both cooking and eating, Pear and Plum. Positioned close to the eastern boundary are two impressive Scots Pine trees and a further Sycamore. Positioned close to the rear boundary is a Timber and Corrugated Iron Field Shelter/Log Store. Positioned to the north eastern corner of this area of ground, outside the boundary, is a large pond. Although not in the ownership of Strangford End, the presence of water and wildlife adjacent is a most attractive feature.
Although Strangford End owns the whole of the freehold of the approach drive, there is a vehicular right of way over the first portion of the drive for a neighbour, and a pedestrian right of way on a later portion of the drive for another property.
Mains electricity and water are connected. Private drainage.
Outgoings: 'F' Council Tax Band
EPC rating: (Full EPC Rating available)
Strictly and only please by prior telephone appointment through Morris Bricknell Tel: Directions
Leave the western outskirts of Ross at Wilton roundabout (bp Service station) taking the A49 towards Hereford. After only 100yards take the first right turning sign posted Sellack and Foy. After 1.7 miles, turn right as indicated to Foy and almost immediately thereafter turn left as indicated to Strangford. Proceed up this country lane, flanked by beautiful mature Oak trees, carefully turning right at the next junction. Continue slowly past the cottages on your right, and you will see the entrance drive to Strangford End on your right.
To comply with money laundering regulations prospective purchasers will be asked to produce identification documentation at the time of making an offer. We ask for your co-operation in order that there is no delay in agreeing the sale.
Morris Bricknell
Gloucester Road, Ross On Wye, Herefordshire


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Belgian Air Force takes delivery of its first new A400M MSN106 military transport aircraft
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The A400M is a military transporter designed to meet the requirements of the Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Luxembourg and UK air forces
According to information published on December 22, 2020, the Belgian Air Force has taken delivery of its first of seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the customer at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and subsequently performed its ferry flight to the 15th Air Transport Wing in Melsbroek (Belgium), where the aircraft will be based.
In mid-June 2001, Belgium and Luxembourg signed a bilateral agreement to jointly acquire seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft for Belgium and one for Luxembourg. In the Belgian Air Force, the new A-400M will replace the old C-130H in service with the Belgian Air Force since 1972. The aircraft has been modernized several times since commissioning, including new wings and cockpit instruments.
This A400M, known as MSN106 (registered CT 02), will be operated within a binational unit composed of a total of eight aircraft, seven from the Belgian Air Force and one from the Luxembourg Armed Forces. The second A400M for Belgium will be delivered in early 2021.
The A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft that was designed by Airbus Military (now Airbus Defence and Space) as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities to replace older transport aircraft, such as the French Transall C-160 and the American Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules. Cargo capacity is expected to double over existing aircraft, both in payload and volume, and range is increased substantially as well. The cargo box is 17.71 m (58.1 ft) long excluding ramp, 4.00 m (13.12 ft) wide, and 3.85 m (12.6 ft) high (or 4.00 m (13.12 ft) aft of the wing).[87] The maximum payload of 37 metric tons (41 short tons) can be carried over 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi).
The A400M can be operated in many configurations including cargo transport, troop transport, and medical evacuation. It is intended for use on short, soft landing strips and for long-range, cargo transport flights. The A400M is large enough to carry six land rovers and trailers, or two light armored vehicles, or a dump truck and excavator, or a Patriot missile system, or a Puma or Cougar helicopter, or a truck and 25-ton trailer.
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December 30, 2020 at 6:38 ams Reply
Seville, 22 December 2020 – The Belgian Air Force has taken delivery of its first of seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the customer at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and subsequently performed its ferry flight to the 15 Alberto Gutierrez, Head of Military Aircraft at Airbus Defence and Space, said: "With the delivery of this aircraft all launch customers are now equipped with the A400M. MSN106 will join Luxemburg's aircraft in the binational unit operated jointly with Belgium. Despite challenges due to Covid-19, our teams have achieved all 10 aircraft deliveries scheduled this year, bringing the global fleet in operation to 98 aircraft."
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Clue: On Stage at Hartland Drama Club
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$12 adults/$10 children, students & seniors
A dark and stormy night, an unusual dinner party and a killer on the loose it's anyone's guess "whodunit" in this madcap comedy based on the popular Hasbro board game and adapted from the cult classic film. The play features six guests Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum and Mr. Green who join a butler and maid at the mansion of the mysterious Mr. Boddy. Chaos ensues as the host ends up dead and the guests scramble to reveal the killers identity. With murder, mystery and mayhem on the menu, this hilariously entertaining comedy will keep you guessing until the final twist!
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Hartland Drama Club to Present MURDER ON THE 518
All are welcome on board as Hartland High School Drama Club proudly returns to the stage for its production of 'Murder on the 518,' Friday through Sunday, Nov. 12 to 14, at Hartland High School (HHS), 10635 Dunham Road in Hartland.
Iconic Board Game Comes To Life In Hartland Drama Club's CLUE: ON STAGE
It's anyone's guess 'whodunit' as Hartland High School Drama Club proudly presents 'Clue: On Stage,' Friday through Sunday, Nov. 8 to 10, at Hartland High School (HHS), 10635 Dunham Road in Hartland. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday.
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