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Think of that guy with the great handlebar mustache that no one can keep their eyes off of; that's being held in place by mustache wax. And it's nothing new because the use of wax on facial hair dates to the Victorian era and beyond.
That being said, there are some ways how to grow a beard faster – to help produce a fuller beard and we can say under good authority that this can be achieved in as little as thirty days time. let these be some tips and suggestions for establishing long-term results that can be tracked on a month-to-month basis. There will be no potions consumed or any kind of ritual sacrifice required. What these steps will do is assist you in grooming a fuller and healthier beard, along with a more confident you.
Pulling off certain beard styles requires a top-tier beard trimmer. The Philips Series 7000 Beard Trimmer makes facial hair a permanent, polished fixture with 20 built-in length settings to tackle the longest of strands or the roughest of stubble. Philips' lift and trim technology works by raising and guiding hair through the self-sharpening steel blades, shearing through for a more dynamic cut. Tidying up is just as ideal with the trimmer toting an integrated vacuum system designed for sucking up to 90% of cut hairs.
Your entire body operates sharply and efficiently when it is well hydrated—all the way down to the cellular level. And that's where the hair suffers, too: The cells don't regenerate as quickly, nor do they adequately receive vitamins and nutrients since the body is unable to properly distribute these nurturing agents when it is dehydrated. So, in addition to a slower beard, a dehydrated person will also have a coarser, drier beard, too. Drink up! Collyer cites the Institute of Health when he recommends 64-80 oz. of water daily for adult men.
But the good news is that there are ways to keep your beard protected, hydrated and nourished. Some of our bearded men have sacrificed themselves for our bearded future. They have come up with the proper cosmetic solutions to our problems.
A deadly combination of a shaver, styler and a trimmer and that too from the best brand in the industry– Though, this does not leave much to ask for but there is a whole list of its unique features that makes the Braun Cruzer 6 one of the most sought after men's beard trimmer.
Before you get started, you should review the manual that came when your model to learn how to turn it on and off, operate the settings, and any other useful information when it comes to using your new beard trimmer.
The balm actually sits on your beard and skin longer than the oil does before absorbing, which gives you more nourishing and longer-lasting moisture. This is also what gives your beard some extra shine while keeping it healthy.
Use a beard trimmer. While it's possible to trim longer beards neatly with a pair of hairdressing scissors, it's very difficult to keep a beard orderly without an electric trimmer, or at least regular hair clippers. The only difference is typically the size of the guards and of the clipper itself.
Although most Protestant Christians regard the beard as a matter of choice, some have taken the lead in fashion by openly encouraging its growth as "a habit most natural, scriptural, manly, and beneficial" (C. H. Spurgeon).[44] Some Messianic Jews also wear beards to show their observance of the Old Testament.
Honest Amish Beard Balm Leave-in Conditioner is made with only organic, natural ingredients. They eschew humanmade chemicals in favor using ingredients created by nature, which tend to be better for sensitive skin and less irritating in general. Not only do these natural ingredients pack a powerful punch, but they leave your skin healthier than when they found it. And consider this: Because this is a leave-in conditioner, it's going to be on your beard and skin all day. And since we absorb what touches our skin, it's important that those ingredients have no side effects, which is why it's so important to use natural ingredients for products you don't wash off, like beard balm.
Lacks Precision: While this is certainly a top-notch product, not everything is perfect about this model. It doesn't provide the same trimming detail as many other options around, so if you need something with a lot of accuracies, this might not be the best beard and mustache trimmer for you.
Unlike most OTC products, Powell's is FDA-approved—something not mandatory for non-prescription topicals like their beard tonic. It's also USDA approved, which also isn't required for their purposes—it's an extra step they chose to take to ensure their customers of their exacting quality standards.
Beard Balm's dedication to naturally sourcing their ingredients deserves a lot of praise. For instance, the way they get their beeswax from Michigan bees who haven't been exposed to pesticides not only protects you, the customer, but they're supporting a responsible apiary that is preserving an at-risk species vital to Earth's ecosystem at large.
If you have a patchy or thin beard, consider using a beard balm with shea butter, as shea is especially good at making facial hair appear thicker. In addition to all natural sealants, make sure your beard balm contains all natural moisturizers like jojoba or argan oil. Without the moisturizers, the sealants will just seal in dryness, making your beard brittle and prone to breakage. A quality beard balm containing all natural moisturizers and sealants will moisturize, condition and provide hold for shaping and styling as well as make your beard look thicker. If you are looking for an all-in-one leave in beard conditioner and styling aid that is easy to use, all natural beard balm is for you.
We have an ongoing stream of customers asking about the difference between beard oil and utility balm, also commonly termed "beard balm". Since the oil and the balm both moisturize your beard, which product works best for you?
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Comb your beard regularly. Most trimmers will come with beard combs, but you can also use the same variety of brush or comb you might use on your hair, and comb your beard downward, with the grain, to make sure it lays nice and flat against your face. This is also a good way of seeing whether or not it needs a trim.
Beard oil products are a blend of one or more ingredients, such as jojoba oil, argan oil, coconut oil, grape seed oil, hempseed oil that are used to address specific beard problems such as itching, sensitive skin or dryness by going straight to the follicle in a similar fashion to hair conditioner.
If you are looking out for a multi-purpose trimmer, then this product might not fit in your demands. It can possibly work great on your beard, but for other trimming purposes, you might have to shuffle the market once again.
Defy the urge to trim or shape your beard. If you want the hair to come in quickly, leave it alone while it grows. You will have the chance to groom the beard after about four to six weeks when it is full.
Avoid man-made chemicals in cosmetics, especially BPA, parabens, and phthlates. They are all proven antiandrogens and can lower testosterone and DHT, inhibiting beard growth. Especially avoid using moisturizers with these on facial hair area!
You could try http://themodcabin.com/product/unscented-essential-beard-balm-conditioner/. It's all natural, and there's no scent added. It's got a very simple list of ingredients, so you know what you're putting on your face and beard. Also, keep in mind that it's normal for your hair to grow in at slightly different rates. It's important to exfoliate your face gently to remove dead skin cells and to help unclog your pores so that your facial hair isn't impeded when it's growing out. Also avoid shampoos and harsh chemicals when you wash your face and beard. I'd recommend using an all natural, unscented soap such as http://themodcabin.com/product/essential-soap-unscented/, or our cleansing oil (which does have some essential oils in it) http://themodcabin.com/product/cleansing-oil/. The cleansing oil is very gentle and won't strip your face and beard of their natural lipid layer, which will help keep your skin and facial hair healthy and moisturized.
The final step is applying a styling balm. Rub a dollop of balm between your palms to warm it up, then apply it to the outside of your beard. Next, rub it down to the base of your beard and into your mustache. Finally, use your beard comb to smooth out the surface of your beard and shape it appropriately. When applying a styling balm as a final touch, you're only looking to style and solidify the beard's shape – not coat every single hair.
The Norelco 5100 is good for both corded and cordless use and comes with an advanced lithium-ion battery that lasts up to 70 minutes without a cord when fully-charged. It takes an hour charge to bring your trimmer back to full power once the battery has run down.


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Afghanistan's national unity government (NUG) is struggling to avoid deadlock while facing serious challenges on several fronts. Afghans are looking for reassurance that the gains of the past 14 years won't be negotiated away as a result of political expediency and regional deal-making.
Nine months ago, there was a sense of hope and relief after a unique form of government was set up with Ashraf Ghani as president and Abdullah Abdullah as chief executive. There is now an uncomfortable degree of disenchantment, with the polls indicating public satisfaction has dropped below 50 percent. The two leaders' relationship is cordial and they are able to discuss issues, especially when tensions rise, but their teams have minimal contact. Until the two sides break the electoral and psychological barriers preventing effective teamwork, the government's functionality and effectiveness will continue to suffer.
The expectation that the new government would rally around a shared agenda has not been realized, disappointing the many who hoped the unity government would agree on a strategy to deal first with immediate domestic concerns before engaging in high-wire foreign policy manoeuvres. The domestic agenda includes long-awaited reforms including electoral system reforms, good governance, a reset in relations with the donor community, targeted economic stimulus initiatives, and unconditional support to the Afghan security forces. The public has welcomed recent action to prosecute mid-level officials for corruption, but the political will is still lacking to pursue pending investigations of well-connected higher-ups.
Not having prioritised may have contributed to a certain degree to the government losing momentum at a critical time. In addition, it took almost eight months to agree on a cabinet of ministers with institutions only now finding their footing. Ghani had banked on a 100-day plan to re-energise state agencies, but the prolonged period of political deadlock now necessitates a much more vigorous effort to connect the dots between government structures and with those outside.
The Afghan economy is not in free fall mode, as some doomsayers would have one believe. But its performance has been unimpressive. This is partly due to the inheritance left by the previous regime, which was rife with corruption and waste. But it is also due to lackluster economic activity and investment, for which there are at least three causes. One has been the exit of foreign forces – which peaked at around 150,000 and is now in the range of 20,000 – which saw the termination of thousands of contracts for logistics, security, construction and other services. Another has been the reduction in aid and foreign funding now subject to more stringent conditions. Third has been the political turmoil in government and worry about its capacity to deal with security threats. The outcome has been a decline in economic confidence, growing unemployment, rising criminality and, in some cases, the departure abroad of people the country cannot afford to lose.
The government has to be more honest with the people. Instead of hyping an unrealistic future through excessive promises and glossy presentations on the economic outlook, the government should be managing expectations, pointing out that the economic growth experienced over the last decade was due to exceptional circumstances which will not be repeated, and developing a national work agenda and plan of action which can be delegated to the relevant institutions to execute in an accountable manner.
On the security front, Ghani has made bold efforts to reach out to the Taliban via a diplomatic gambit involving Islamabad, Beijing, and Riyadh. But thus far the Taliban has shown little desire to engage in any meaningful political negotiations. Instead, the movement has taken advantage of the government's overtures to make political and military gains. There are unconfirmed reports that Pakistan and China have been brokering secret talks between Afghan envoys and members of the Quetta Shura, top Taliban leaders long based in Quetta just across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Baluchistan. This has been seen by some observers as a positive development, but there are clearly other Taliban determined to carry on with the armed struggle – in an environment that includes well-endowed feelers from ISIL.
It remains an open question whether the Taliban's escalation of violence and attempts to make territorial inroads into northern and western Afghanistan are aimed at strengthening the Taliban's political hand or reflect rifts within the movement between those interested in peace and rebellious commanders. What worries the Afghan people is that the national unity government has yet to develop an agreed strategy on how to deal coherently with war and peace issues, despite the Abdullah side's urgings. Over the past few months, the government has taken several false steps, the most egregious being the recent conclusion of a memorandum of understanding between the Afghan and Pakistani intelligence services on "intelligence sharing and complementary and coordinated intelligence operations" without appropriate consultation with the office of the chief executive and other relevant agencies. The government has since agreed to review the matter, but the strong political and public backlash is still simmering.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan has been burdened with new security concerns with the arrival of thousands of Afghan refugee families expelled from Pakistan with little or no prior notice, along with Pakistani civilians and armed gangs, including many Central Asian militants and their families, displaced by Pakistani military operations in the tribal belt.
If the national unity government doesn't soon start working by consensus in the best interests of the country, neither side will win. More importantly, Afghanistan will lose.
The feature image is of a meeting at Camp David on 23 March 2015 between Afghan leaders and the US secretaries of state and defense. From left to right: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.

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Coal industry sceptical of Aurizon changes to track maintenance after QCA ruling
Aurizon has antagonised coal miners by announcing plans to be less "flexible" in carrying out maintenance on its central Queensland rail network to compensate for a drop in regulator-approved revenues in its networks business.
Aurizon, which reports interim results on Monday, has sent a letter to users of the rail network telling them it cannot not wait for a final decision from the Queensland Competition Authority before making changes to the way it carries out maintenance.
The QCA released a draft decision in December stating the maximum allowable revenue the rail group could earn between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2021, was $3.9 billion – nearly $1 billion less than what Aurizon believes it should be allowed.
Aurizon claims the QCA has made "fundamental errors" and is appealing the decision, but in the meantime plans to change the way it manages its rail tracks.
"Aurizon Network cannot wait for the final decision before implementing some of the changes stipulated in the QCA's draft decision that could have serious commercial impacts on our business," Michael Riches, the executive in charge of Aurizon's networks business, said in an email to customers.
"As a result, we will progressively introduce changes to align our operating practices and business decisions with the requirements of the QCA's draft decision. Initially, Aurizon Network will be implementing a change to the planning and execution of planned maintenance and capital works."
Instead of undertaking maintenance activities when it suits coal haulage customers to avoid disrupting their businesses, Aurizon plans to undertake maintenance at fixed times, which could lead to tracks being shut down and trains stopped.
It argues that its previous flexible procedures were identified by the QCA as an "inefficient maintenance practice".
'The industry won't be distracted by this'
"As such, Aurizon Network needs to change its practices so as to prioritise adherence to the initially formulated plan for planned maintenance and capital works, in the manner advocated by the QCA and its consultants," Mr Riches said.
Queensland Resources Council chief executive Ian Macfarlane said the industry group was concerned that "a process" be followed before Aurizon made decisions that could hurt the performance of the supply chain.
"By suggesting that it will introduce changes to the maintenance program, which will result in a degradation of the supply chain performance, Aurizon is attempting to pressure the industry into moving away from the tried and trusted QCA process," Mr Macfarlane said.
"The industry won't be distracted by this and asks Aurizon to explain its maintenance regime to QCA as part of the ongoing regulatory process.
"By doing this, both sides can be confident of the rigour of the process and the optimisation of tonnages on the coal freight corridors."
The resources council is examining whether the QCA's decision is appropriate given the low risk profile of Aurizon's networks business and low interest rates. It wants Aurizon to prove that the QCA has made errors before making maintenance changes.
Aurizon is worried about spending hundreds of millions of dollars on maintenance that it won't be able to recover when the QCA makes its final decision.
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It says the draft decision said Aurizon should spend less on maintenance than the previous regulatory period for a rail network that is 20 per cent bigger and which is forecast by the QCA to transport 15 per cent more coal over the four-year regulatory period.
"The QCA draft decision indicates that our maintenance should be at the lowest possible cost regardless of the impact on the supply chain and the consequential reduction in volumes," a spokesman told The Australian Financial Review.
"We understand the economic importance of the coal supply chain and that aligning our operating maintenance with the QCA draft decision it will have implications for network throughput," the spokesman said.
"But we have little choice. Aurizon cannot delay changes to its operating practices and business decisions where it won't receive appropriate return under the draft decision nor can we take risk that investors are not prepared to support."
The rail group's shares have not recovered losses incurred since the unexpected QCA ruling, with the stock closing on Friday at $4.60, down 15 per cent compared with its levels before Aurizon disclosed the draft decision on December 18.
Aurizon is under pressure to continue cutting costs as its growth options dwindle. The company said on Friday it had abandoned a loan request to the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to build a railway to Adani's proposed $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine amid uncertainty over whether the project would go ahead.
Aurizon has been in talks with miners in the Galilee Basin for years over building rail tracks into the region. Potential rail customers include GVK Hancock Coal, which is backed by Gina Hancock, and Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal as well as Adani. But none of the companies' proposed mines are actually under construction.
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For the first time since 2007 Quebec is dealing with a widescale measles outbreak.
More than 700 cases of the potentially deadly disease have been reported in the province this year, with the majority of people being infected between April and July, although new infections are still being reported.
Most of the people infected live in the Mauricie region of the province, but the most recent cases have been reported in the Eastern Townships.
12 percent of the infections have been so bad people needed to be hospitalized for treatment.
Measles can cause blindness, encephalitis, pneumonia and death.
Public health officials suspect the disease was brought into Quebec from European visitors.
They are urging parents to get children vaccinated against the disease.
Vaccination rates against measles have dropped since 1998, when a medical researcher faked research and falsely claimed there was a link between a measles vaccine and autism. That research has since been thoroughly discredited, the journal that published the study has apologized, and the doctor involved has been stripped of his medical license.
In July Mexico set up vaccination and inspection stations at airports after a visitor from France arrived sick with the disease. It was the first case of measles in Mexico in four years.
At that point the World Health Organization had documented more than 12,000 cases of measles in 2011, mostly in Europe.


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Along with Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale dominates the Americana scene.
Apparently, Lauderdale can sing anything and moves comfortably between the worlds of country and bluegrass music. I've lost track of how many bluegrass albums he has recorded since first singing with Ralph Stanley on a 1997 recording, but I believe "Reason and Rhyme" is his sixth such outing. It also marks the third time he's collaborated across an album with Robert Hunter, lyricist with the Grateful Dead.
As always, Lauderdale has delivered a completely listenable album, one that features more hits than misses. Make no mistake, I appreciate Lauderdale as a vocalist and writer, and enjoy his bluegrass excursions- including this one- as much as I appreciate his more conventional recordings. True, Lauderdale's music is 'grass-with-a-twist' as the promo folks call it, and one shouldn't judge it by the same criteria as one might an album from Larry Sparks, The Lost & Found, or even The Grascals.
However, "Reason and Rhyme" is less satisfying than "Bluegrass", "The Bluegrass Diaries", and "Could We Get Any Closer?"
On "Reason and Rhyme" the pieces seem not to fit quite as well as they should, and the album may have benefited from additional time and distance. By any count, this is Lauderdale's eleventh album in ten years and such a pace has possibly led to a gradual diminishing set of returns. For every exceptional song on "Reason and Rhyme"- such as Not Let You Go, a tale of backwoods Acadian life- there is a tune that could be better.
Some of the songs appear underdeveloped, perhaps written over too many takeout menus and fortune cookies. How else does one excuse the moon/June couplets of Doin' It On My Own? Don't Give a Hang, after a fine start, seems assembled from unrelated scribbles pulled from a songwriter's notebook. As well, the vocal harmonies are not as prominent as one expects in the finest of bluegrass recordings.
Still, for an artist who has inadvertently shaken patina from bluegrass, "Reason and Rhyme" has more than a few enjoyable moments. Cruel Wind and Rain, while treading well-worn bluegrass ground, starts the album in impressive fashion with Tim Crouch's fiddle propelling the song from the kickoff. Tiger & the Monkey provides allegorical lessons of war and conflict while Janis Jones is a spirited piece celebrating days of yore. Jack Dempsey's Crown is another song that holds up to repeated listening.
Lauderdale is in strong voice throughout and he sings with an affable swagger. The musicianship is quite impressive, and producer Randy Kohrs' resonator guitar work adds interest.
"Reason and Rhyme" is imperfect. There is no doubting Lauderdale's enthusiasm and love for bluegrass music. Brief at 35 minutes, "Reason and Rhyme" is a satisfactory if flawed bluegrass outing from one of roots music's strongest voices, Jim Lauderdale.


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A Short Biography
Cassie Hamer
Cassie Hamer has a professional background in journalism and PR, but now much prefers the world of fiction over fact. In 2015, she completed a Masters in Creative Writing, and has since achieved success in numerous short story competitions. (Complete list below)
After the Party is her first novel. Cassie lives in Sydney with her terrific husband and three, mostly-terrific daughters, who still believe piñatas are a fun and effective method of lolly-distribution.
She is working on her second novel, but always has time to connect with other passionate readers via her website – CassieHamer.com – or through social media.
Critical Praise for After the Party
'After The Party captures Australian suburbia superbly… It has the reader gripped until the end.' – Mamamia.com.au
'Everything I love in a novel – jam-packed with intrigue and humour – After the Party will keep you turning the pages into the earl hours.' Bestselling Australian author, Rachael Johns.
'… blending the relatable with the extraordinary, Cassie Hamer hits the sweet spot with her debut novel, After The Party…' – Daily Telegraph
'In a very clever way, Cassie Hamer has intertwined several stories into one, almost forcing you to keep reading.' – StartsatSixty.com
'I guarantee you will recognise your child, your neighbour, your partner or yourself in this story. I can see it being passed from sister to sister, or from girlfriend to girlfriend, with a knowing look, an exasperated sigh and a genuine giggle.' – Cass Moriarty, author of The Promise Seed and Parting Words
'It's the type of writing I love… Very real and relatable.' – Debbish.com
'…well paced, funny, and appealing, and should delight anyone looking for fresh women's fiction this season.' – WordMothers.com
'..sensitively crafted… excellent pacing.. This one won't disappoint.' – Happy Antipodean
Literary Awards and Prizes
First place: Shoalhaven Literary Award 2017
Second place: Newcastle Short Story Award (2018), Margaret River Press Short Story Award (2017)
Third place: Trudy Graham/Julie Lewis Literary Award for Prose (2017 & 2015)
Highly Commended: Scarlett Stiletto Short Story Award (2017), 'Seven Deadly Sins' Stringybark Publishing Short Story Award (2017), Albury City Short Story Award (2017), Margaret River Press Short Story Competition (2014)
Commended: FAW Northern Region Short Story Competition (2013)
Finalist/Shortlisted: EJ Brady Mallacoota Prize (2018), Peter Carey Short Story Award (2017), Alan Marshall Short Story Award (2017), Margaret River Press Short Story Competition (2015), Cowley Literary Award (2014), Joyce Parkes Women Writers Prize (2014)


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Along the Pilgrim Trail, Part 7
Vincent and I recently took the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Historic Sites Tour of England, Wales and The Netherlands along with 41 other enthusiast participants (known as "The 43"). We traced the footsteps of the Separatists and the Mayflower passengers and crew all around these countries with some amazing tour directors, guides, historians and authors. We were given access to places off the usual tourist trails, and behind the scenes. We had a wonderful time, and I will be blogging about it over the next few weeks.
Droitwich, is a little town that used to be a spa for its natural brine which is ten times more salty than the ocean. There was a salt making industry there from Roman times until the 1600s. Then it became a spa for "taking the waters" both internally and for bathing. The spa for bathing was closed in 2008 due to a flood.
St. Peter's church in Droitwich, which has parts dating back to the Normans, was where Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655) of the Mayflower was baptized. The vestry added onto the church was named for Edward Winslow in 1973. His parents, Edward Winslow, Sr, and Magdalene Oliver where parishioners at St. Peters. Edward, Jr's brother Gilbert was on the Mayflower, also, and three other brothers – John, Josiah and Kenelm all soon followed to New England.
Droitwich appears to be very proud of their Pilgrim son, and there are several memorials to Edward Winslow around town.
|A statue to Edward Winslow in St. Andrew Square, Droitwich
|This large mural contains the image of the Mayflower at the top of this blog post,
and many other images from Droitwich history
|St. Peter's Parish church of Droitwich
|Winslow descendants posing at St. Peter's Droitwich
|St. Peter's church gate
The Droitwich official town website: http://www.visitdroitwichspa.com/
St. Peter's Parish in Droitwich http://www.droitwichparish.org.uk/stpeterschurchbuilding.htm
For more about Edward Winslow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winslow
Good Newes from new England: or A True Relation of things very remarkable at the Planation of Plimoth in New England, by Edward Winslow, 1624, available online at this link: https://archive.org/details/goodnewesfromnew00wins
Hypocrisie Unmasked: A true relation of the proceedings of the governor and company of the Massachusetts against Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island, by Edward Winslow, 1595 – 1655 online at this link: https://archive.org/details/hypocrisieunmask00wins
Part 1 of this series "Babworth, Nottinghamshire":
Part 2 of this series "Scrooby Manor"
Part 3 of this series "Gainsborough, Lincolnshire":
Part 5 this series "Stephen Hopkins of Upper Clatford, Hampshire"
Part 4 of this series "Harwich, Essex, home of the Mayflower"
Part 5 this series "Stephen Hopkins of Upper Clatford, Hampshire"
Part 6 of this series "William Mullins of Dorking, Surrey"
Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Home of Edward Winslow", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 23, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-droitwich.html: accessed [access date]).


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It sprang full-bodied from my head — kind of like Athena and Zeus, I suppose. Well, not exactly. Chances are Zeus had a dreadful headache afterwards, and I don't — not to mention having to attend to all the pesky details such as developing a blog look-and-feel. I gather Athena came fully garbed, and Zeus didn't have to attend to such minor matters.
The truth is I have loved writing Faith and Web, but no longer have time to produce substantive articles. Moreover, I keep bumping into things I'm dying to blog about, and there seems to be a bit of a theme to these items. Whether they are about gadgets, fashion, community or whatever, they all make this web diva happy. Hence the name of the blog. Mostly they are things-web (e.g. right now I'm on a huge, wonderful Drupal tear), but I'd like to leave wiggle room for other things.
I hope you enjoy these snatches. I intend to.


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Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia Flight Safety Study (Flying and HHT)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01590121
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 2, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 29, 2015
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Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a condition in which sufferers have abnormal blood vessels which makes them more likely to bleed than other people, particularly in the lungs, which results in low blood oxygen levels. Flying may make this worse and cause problems. The investigators want to know if there are an increased number of problems on flights compared to on land.
The investigators currently do not have any evidence based guidelines on air travel to best advice people who suffer with HHT. The investigators would therefore like to ask individuals who have HHT about their experience on a flight, using a postal questionnaire.
|Condition or disease
|Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
|Other: Aeroplane flight in the past- no active intervention for study Other: Questionnaire
Individuals with Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) previously reviewed at HHTIC London will be sent an invitation to participate in a short questionnaire study.
Quantitative variables from the questionnaires for statistical analysis will be the number of individuals responding (and number of questionnaires sent out); number of flights taken and number of complications, subgrouped by type, and flight duration in hours. Complication rates will be expressed as proportion of person flight hours.
The quantitative data from the questionnaire will then be compared with quantitative data from patients' medical records using non parametric methods such as Mann Whitney for univariate analyses.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|145 participants
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|Official Title:
|A Questionnaire Based Study to Evaluate the Safety of Flying in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
|Study Start Date :
|January 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2011
|Pateints with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Other: Aeroplane flight in the past- no active intervention for study
Aeroplane flight(s) previously taken by study participants
Other: Questionnaire
Flight by aeroplane (previous)
- Self reported medical complication [ Time Frame: During or in 6 weeks post flight ]
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|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
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|Non-Probability Sample
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Exclusion Criteria:
Unable to provide informed consent
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01590121
|United Kingdom
|HammersmithHospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
|London, United Kingdom, W12 0NN
|Principal Investigator:
|Claire L Shovlin, PhD MA MB BChir FRCP
|Imperial College London
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|May 29, 2015
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|April 2012
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Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hemostatic Disorders
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Vascular Malformations
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities


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The skin is the biggest organ of the body, through a total area of around 18-20 square feet through a regular width of 2.5mm. The skin defends us from pathogens as well as the weather plus helps to control body temperature, plus allows us to perceive the domain through the senses of touch, heat, plus cold. Especially, when we go outside or hangover we fell sensitivity in our skin. And we take different remedies to feel good.
The color of your skin is prepared possible by particular cells named melanocytes, which yield the color melanin. Melanocytes are situated in the epidermis plus there could be up toward 60,000 melanocytes in a square inch of skin.
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What are stretch marks?
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How do these stretch marks occur?
In maximum cases, these marks are viewed as an outcome of stretching of the skin because of rapid weight increase or growing but did you know that stretching only is not the main reason for these scars?
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Stretch marks are extensive and are particularly common among pregnant women, 90 percentages of whom would manifest them through the end of the kid's term. Additionally, 40 percent of males will grow these blotches through the phases of puberty.
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As an additional simple cure, you can select a product that comprises Vitamin A plus E, for example, Aloe Vera plus Grape Seed Oil ointments. It is since these nutrients are decent for strengthening the coatings of the skin by increasing the making of collagen; therefore, enhancing the natural bounciness of the skin. Sideways from nourishing your skin, this aids in promoting fast skin healing, which could significantly decrease the scarring.
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Raize the Roof's looking for Canberra's most stylish interior designer
Think you could give the competitors on The Block or House Rules a run for their money?
Canberra charity Raize the Roof is looking for people with a knack for styling interiors to go head-to-head styling a house in Bonner.
The whole thing is part of Decorate for a Difference, one of the final stages of Raize The Roof's charity house at Bonner, which is nearing completion.
The house has been constructed thanks to the support of more than 300 businesses, who have donated materials, time and labour, with the final profits being donated to charities.
Raize the Roof co-founder Danielle Dal Cortivo was first inspired to start the charity after her best friend passed away at the age of 21.
"She'd been very unwell for most of her life, and she got a wish through the Make A Wish Foundation when she was 18, so I saw what that did for her family," said Danielle.
"After she died, I went and volunteered at an orphanage over in Tanzania. And I was at this orphanage and there were babies lined up on mats in this concrete structure, yet back in Canberra I was worried about what I was gonna wear going out to Mooseheads on the weekend. It just really gave me perspective."
She teamed up with brother Lincoln to start Raize the Roof, with the aim to support 'kids a little less lucky'.
Once the Bonner house is completed in mid-July, Decorate for a Difference will see the house decorated for open homes leading up to the house's auction on October 20.
Entries are now open for people to help style the house, and people can enter as a pair or individually.
"It's open to professional stylists and interior decorators and also people just who are not qualified necessarily but have a flair for style and design. And we really want to encourage that - whether they're students doing design or people who have styled their own homes pretty awesome-ly or just have a passion for it. We'd love for them to apply," said Danielle.
The final eight will be allowed access to IKEA after hours to select furniture and decorative items, with the makeover happening on August 18. They will even have IKEA staff on hand to help with those flat packs.
The weekend will have its own touch of reality television - former Big Brother contestant and auctioneer Jason Roses will be on hand to host the competition, and a team of local personalities will do the judging, with the judges' favourite designers winning a $1500 IKEA gift card.
The houses will also be open to judging by the public - each entry costs $1 which will add to the fundraising total, and one voter will also win prizes from IKEA. Members of the public can then also bid for the furniture used to style the house.
At the end of the project, the profit from all of the fundraising efforts will be split between two charities - the Starlight Children's Foundation to support children with serious illness and their families living in the Canberra region, and SOS Children's Villages to develop self-sustainable projects which support orphaned children in Botswana.
Think you've got what it takes to be one of the designers? Apply at decorateforadifference.com.au - applications are open until June 15.


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Jan 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) has decided to launch a broader people's movement against the government.
The campaign is named as the 'People's Movement Against Illegality'. The UNP expects to launch the programme within the next three weeks, a party spokesman said.
UNP has decided to hold protest demonstrations and rallies island wide organized by the new movement.
The party would also seek the support of the other parties, groups and individuals as well for the movement, the party spokesman said.
A special awareness programme on the new programme will be held on January 9, 10 and 11 in Colombo to enlighten the UNP MPs, Provincial Councilors and the Local Government members.


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The long-running court case between Bat Advocacy, an animal welfare group, and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, which runs the park, came to an end this week when a judge ruled that the trust had the right to kick the bats out.
Thousands of the threatened grey-headed flying foxes took up residence among the fig trees that grow in the historic city centre gardens about 20 years ago. Their numbers have steadily swelled over the years as their natural habitat was destroyed by development.
The bats are now a common sight each evening, flying over the city skyline as they head out to feed at sunset.
Each morning they return to sleep in the Botanic Gardens, taking up their position in the branches of rare and heritage-listed trees.
But the park's management have complained that at least 47 important trees have been killed off the bats, whose sharp claws strip the plants of foliage. The sheer weight of the bats has also snapped off several branches from trees, and their droppings are poisonous to several plant species.
Tim Entwhisle, the trust director, said it was "not sustainable" for such a large population of bats to remain in the park and that a further 300 trees were at risk.
The trust now plans to force the bats out by playing loud industrial noises – including the sound of chainsaws and car engines starting – during the daytime to disturb their sleep. If the plan works, it is hoped the bats will relocate to other colonies dotted around the city's fringe.
But the Humane Society International, which supported the court case mounted by Bat Advocacy, warned that bats could not be "herded" like other animals and the operation, due to being in May, was unlikely to be successful.
Grey-headed flying foxes, the largest bats in Australia, are a threatened species. They play a crucial role in pollination and seed dispersal in native forests.


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HUNTER, Okla. — Only about 7 percent of adults in the United States have served in the military, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center study, and only a fraction of those have served in combat.
Few Americans, then, can share the experience of Virgil Wayne McCray, 93, of Hunter, whose service in the Navy includes combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
McCray's service record reads like a catalog of the Navy's major campaigns of the 20th century, including names like Okinawa, Enewetok, Inchon, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Tet Offensive.
Living on butter and eggs
Born in 1926 in Grainola, in Osage County, McCray was a child of the Great Depression.
As a boy he moved with his family to Ness City, Kan., but returned to rural Payne County, about nine miles north of Stillwater, after the bust wiped out his father's implement dealership and gas distributorship in Ness City.
The family owned a few chickens and cows, and subsisted off what they could earn from selling butter and eggs.
"Every Saturday you went to town, because that was butter and egg day, and that's what bought the groceries," McCray said.
The family moved several times during the 1930s, following work, taking them to Ceres, north of Perry, then Eureka.
Answering the call
By his sophomore year in high school the Second World War was raging, and the family had moved to Hillsdale. When he graduated from high school in Nash in 1944, he knew it was a foregone conclusion he, and most of his male classmates, were headed to the war.
"Somebody had to do it. Nobody burned their draft cards or anything like that," McCray said. "Uncle Sam said 'I want you,' and he sure got me," he added with a laugh.
He was one of four brothers to answer that call, with one brother also in the Navy and one each in the Army and Army Air Corps.
McCray completed boot camp in San Diego and was assigned to the Seabees, an official nickname taken from the initials for "construction battalion." He then completed stevedore school, where he learned to load and unload ships, in Providence, Rhode Island.
After follow-on training, including weapons and infantry tactics, McCray was deployed with his construction battalion, just in time for the invasion of Okinawa.
Unloading for the last push
Okinawa was to the be the last major battle of the war. But, at the time, it was thought by both Japanese and American commanders to be the last push before the Allies began an invasion of Japan.
McCray's unit arrived on the island in May 1945, about one month after the initial amphibious assault of more than 180,000 Army soldiers and Marines on April 1, 1945.
The Seabees in McCray's unit were assigned to unload cargo ships on the beachhead, pouring more supplies into the battle still raging around them.
"We worked hard, loading and unloading ships," McCray said. "The ships would come in loaded, and they'd put a crew of us on that ship, and you'd stay there until it was unloaded."
The Battle of Okinawa drug on into mid-June 1945, more than a month after the end of the war in Europe. After the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, McCray and his unit were moved to Guam, where he was detailed to guard Japanese prisoners from the war.
Under different circumstances
Despite just having been through the bloody fighting on Okinawa, McCray said he and his Japanese prisoners bore each other no animosity.
"We made friends with quite a few of the prisoners," he said. "Under different circumstances, it would have been enjoyable."
The former enemies soon were drawn together by something they had in common: on both sides, they'd just managed to survive the war.
"They had a job to do, just like we did," McCray said. "They were drafted, same as we were. The tables could have easily been turned if we'd gone back to war with them. But, it was over. They'd survived, and we'd survived, and life goes on."
Looking back on his time as a guard, McCray recalled a habit of passing the time with the prisoners that still makes him laugh. He and several other Seabees were detailed with Thompson submachine guns to guard 30 to 40 prisoners, digging utility trenches through the island's volcanic rock.
"We'd get tired of watching, and the ones we trusted, we'd give them our Tommy guns, and we'd get down there and run the jackhammers for a while," McCray said. "It was a crazy thing to do, but we did it."
A brief return home
When his time was up in Guam, McCray returned home to Nash in July 1946. But, he soon found he was late getting back to the home front.
"All those other guys had already been back," he said. "By the time I got home, if you'd had money you couldn't buy a job, because there weren't any."
He worked in his father's blacksmith shop until 1950, when the Korean War started, and he was called up from the reserves.
But, he wasn't sent straight to Korea. He spent a short stint at the Enewetok Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where the United States tested atomic and hydrogen bombs between 1948 and 1958.
There, he shuttled Atomic Energy Commission workers back and forth to the tests. He was present for three atomic bomb tests, and the sailors always had to be mindful of dosimeter readings that measured their radiation exposure.
"If you got close to what was supposed to be the limit, they'd keep you aboard ship for a few days until your levels went down," McCray said.
A fighting retreat
By late 1950, McCray had been sent to Korea, where U.S. and United Nations troops had made a successful amphibious landing at Inchon, South Korea, in September. The Allies swiftly drove the North Korean forces north to the Chosin Reservoir, near the border with China.
There, the Allied troops were met with the surprise invasion of more than 300,000 Chinese troops, who'd crossed the Yalu River to fight alongside the beleaguered North Koreans. The combined North Korean and Chinese force greatly outnumbered and cut off the Allied troops, who were forced to fight their way to the south.
Seabees and Merchant Mariners worked to evacuate the Allied troops and tens of thousands of fleeing North Korean civilians at the port of Hungnam in the north. And, when the North Korean and Chinese forces pushed south, a full evacuation of Inchon was ordered.
McCray and his fellow Seabees were tasked with preparing the evacuation — an effort hampered by a swift-moving 21-foot tidal range. The Seabees built a pontoon bridge that spanned more than a kilometer to Wolmi-Do Island, where ships could safely load the evacuating troops without getting stranded at low tide.
A second armistice
On July 27, 1953 the armistice was signed in McCray's second war. But, it wasn't time to rest. He said the Navy only cracked down more on the career Seabees, drilling them on ground fighting tactics.
"They thought we were in the infantry. It was always hike, hike — hike everywhere," McCray said. "It dawned on me, if you get back on a ship, they can't make you walk that far."
He left the construction battalions to take a billet in Long Beach, Calif., on the USS Merrick, AKA-97, an attack cargo ship designed to carry troops and supplies to amphibious landings.
While serving there he married his wife, Clara, on Dec. 4, 1960.
"It was the best thing I ever did," McCray said of settling down with Clara. "I was wild and reckless when I was single," he added with a laugh.
But, peace was fleeting for McCray, and for the country.
When tensions mounted over Soviet missiles being placed on Cuba, McCray and the Merrick were dispatched with dozens of other Navy ships and Marine units to blockade the Caribbean island in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962.
Despite the threat of nuclear war, McCray said he and his fellow sailors and Marines weren't anxious during the crisis.
"If there'd been a war, we would have survived, or not," he said. "I never worried about dying."
McCray served six years on the Merrick, up to the worsening of fighting in Vietnam.
"I thought I owned it by the time I left," McCray said of the Merrick.
Into the brown water
After his days in the "blue water Navy" aboard the Merrick, McCray was sent to serve in the riverine patrol force, known as the "brown water Navy," at Patrol Boat River (PBR) Mobile Base One, at Da Nang, near the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam.
The patrol boats were assigned to search Vietnamese boats, known as sampans, for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong supplies, and to patrol rivers for enemy troop movements.
That task became far more dangerous, McCray said, during the Tet Offensive of 1968, when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army launched large attacks into South Vietnam.
As the NVA and Viet Cong troops moved south, McCray said it became common for the PBRs to take heavy fire from the jungle surrounding their boats.
"The Tet Offensive — that was horrible," McCray said. "That was a booger. I was scared then.
"You couldn't see who you were fighting," he said, "because the foliage grew so close down to the water on both sides."
In one encounter, the men on McCray's PBR were taking fire from shore, but were ordered not to return fire because friendly forces may be in the area.
"I told our skipper, 'These sons of bitches don't seem very friendly to us — I'm shooting back.'"
The PBR crew later coordinated Marine air and land forces to overrun the enemy troops.
Not long after the North Vietnamese forces were driven back in September 1968, McCray returned home to his family in San Diego.
On the home front
McCray finished out the rest of his 30 years in the Navy in peace, at home in San Diego, finally retiring as a Chief Petty Officer in 1974. He and Clara moved the family several times, to Arkansas, then back to California, finally settling in Hunter to be near family in 1997.
But, McCray said, the period of his life he's enjoyed the most since he left the Navy was a 10 year stretch in the 1970s to 1980s when he and Clara roamed the country in their pickup and camper.
"I never enjoyed anything more in my life," he said. "We'd settle somewhere long enough to make a couple thousand dollars, and then be back on the road. It was fun."
Looking back on his three decades, and three wars, with the Navy, McCray said he's chosen to have only fond memories.
"I have nothing but good things to say," he said. "I don't regret one minute. There's a few times I was in places I wished I was out of, but I just stayed in there, and I always got out."


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munitions of war, to be transported afterward, when the first passage
should have been effected. All this time the enemy, on the opposite
shore, were getting their ranks in array, and making every thing ready
for a furious assault upon the invaders the moment they should
approach the land.
There was something like silence and order during the period while the
men were embarking and pushing out from the land, but as they advanced
into the current, the loud commands, and shouts, and outcries
increased more and more, and the rapidity of the current and of the
eddies by which the boats and rafts were hurried down the stream, or
whirled against each other, soon produced a terrific scene of tumult
and confusion. As soon as the first boats approached the land, the
Gauls assembled to oppose them rushed down upon them with showers of
missiles, and with those unearthly yells which barbarous warriors
always raise in going into battle, as a means both of exciting
themselves and of terrifying their enemy. Hannibal's officers urged
the boats on, and endeavored, with as much coolness and deliberation
as possible, to effect a landing. It is perhaps doubtful how the
contest would have ended, had it not been for the detachment under
Hanno, which now came suddenly into action. While the Gauls were in
the height of their excitement, in attempting to drive back the
Carthaginians from the bank, they were thunderstruck at hearing the
shouts and cries of an enemy behind them, and, on looking around, they
saw the troops of Hanno pouring down upon them from the thickets with
terrible impetuosity and force. It is very difficult for an army to
fight both in front and in the rear at the same time. The Gauls, after
a brief struggle, abandoned the attempt any longer to oppose
Hannibal's landing. They fled down the river and back into the
interior, leaving Hanno in secure possession of the bank while
Hannibal and his forces came up at their leisure out of the water,
finding friends instead of enemies to receive them.
The remainder of the army, together with the stores and munitions of
war, were next to be transported, and this was accomplished with
little difficulty now that there was no enemy to disturb their
operations. There was one part of the force, however, which occasioned
some trouble and delay. It was a body of elephants which formed a part
of the army. How to get these unwieldy animals across so broad and
rapid a river was a question of no little difficulty. There are
various accounts of the manner in which Hannibal accomplished the
object, from which it would seem that different methods were employed.
One mode was as follows: the keeper of the elephants selected one more
spirited and passionate in disposition than the rest, and contrived to
teaze and torment him so as to make him angry. The elephant advanced
toward his keeper with his trunk raised to take vengeance. The keeper
fled; the elephant pursued him, the other elephants of the herd
following, as is the habit of the animal on such occasions. The keeper
ran into the water as if to elude his pursuer, while the elephant and
a large part of the herd pressed on after him. The man swam into the
channel, and the elephants, before they could check themselves, found
that they were beyond their depth. Some swam on after the keeper, and
crossed the river, where they were easily secured. Others, terrified,
abandoned themselves to the current, and were floated down, struggling
helplessly as they went, until at last they grounded upon shallows or
points of land, whence they gained the shore again, some on one side
of the stream and some on the other.
This plan was thus only partially successful, and Hannibal devised a
more effectual method for the remainder of the troop. He built an
immensely large raft, floated it up to the shore, fastened it there
securely, and covered it with earth, turf, and bushes, so as to make
it resemble a projection of the land. He then caused a second raft to
be constructed of the same size, and this he brought up to the outer
edge of the other, fastened it there by a temporary connection, and
covered and concealed it as he had done the first. The first of these
rafts extended two hundred feet from the shore, and was fifty feet
broad. The other, that is, the outer one, was only a little smaller.
The soldiers then contrived to allure and drive the elephants over
these rafts to the outer one, the animals imagining that they had not
left the land. The two rafts were then disconnected from each other,
and the outer one began to move with its bulky passengers over the
water, towed by a number of boats which had previously been attached
to its outer edge.
As soon as the elephants perceived the motion, they were alarmed, and
began immediately to look anxiously this way and that, and to crowd
toward the edges of the raft which was conveying them away. They found
themselves hemmed in by water on every side, and were terrified and
thrown into confusion. Some were crowded off into the river, and were
drifted down till they landed below. The rest soon became calm, and
allowed themselves to be quietly ferried across the stream, when they
found that all hope of escape and resistance were equally vain.
[Illustration: THE ELEPHANTS CROSSING THE RHONE.]
In the mean time, while these events were occurring, the troop of
three hundred, which Scipio had sent up the river to see what tidings
he could learn of the Carthaginians, were slowly making their way
toward the point where Hannibal was crossing; and it happened that
Hannibal had sent down a troop of _five_ hundred, when he first
reached the river, to see if they could learn any tidings of the
Romans. Neither of the armies had any idea how near they were to
the other. The two detachments met suddenly and unexpectedly on the
way. They were sent to explore, and not to fight; but as they were
nearly equally matched, each was ambitious of the glory of capturing
the others and carrying them prisoners to their camp. They fought a
long and bloody battle. A great number were killed, and in about the
same proportion on either side. The Romans say _they_ conquered. We do
not know what the Carthaginians said, but as both parties retreated
from the field and went back to their respective camps, it is safe to
infer that neither could boast of a very decisive victory.
The Alps.--Their sublimity and grandeur.--Perpetual cold in the
upper regions of the atmosphere.--Avalanches.--Their terrible
force.--The glaciers.--Motion of the ice.--Crevices and
chasms.--Situation of the Alps.--Roads over the Alps.--Sublime
scenery.--Beauty of the Alpine scenery.--Picturesque
scenery.--Hannibal determines to cross the Alps.--Hannibal's
speech to his army.--Its effects.--His army follows.--Scipio moves
after Hannibal.--Sad vestiges.--Perplexity of Scipio.--He sails back
to Italy.--Hannibal approaches the Alps.--A dangerous defile.--The
army encamps.--The mountaineers.--Hannibal's stratagem.--Its
success.--Astonishment of the mountaineers.--Terrible conflict in
the defile.--Attack of Hannibal.--The mountaineers defeated.--The
army pauses to refresh.--Scarcity of food.--Herds and flocks upon
the mountains.--Foraging parties.--Collecting cattle.--Progress of
the army.--Cantons.--An embassage.--Hostages.--Hannibal's
suspicions.--Treachery of the mountaineers.--They attack
Hannibal.--The elephants.--Hannibal's army divided.--Hannibal's
attack on the mountaineers.--They embarrass his march.--Hannibal's
indomitable perseverance.--He encamps.--Return of straggling
parties.--Dreary scenery of the summit.--Storms in the mountains.--A
dreary encampment.--Landmarks.--A snow storm.--The army resumes its
march.--Hannibal among the pioneers.--First sight of Italy.--Joy of
the army.--Hannibal's speech.--Fatigues of the march.--New
difficulties.--March over the glacier.--A formidable barrier.--Hannibal
cuts his way through the rocks.--The army in safety on the plains of
It is difficult for any one who has not actually seen such mountain
scenery as is presented by the Alps, to form any clear conception of
its magnificence and grandeur. Hannibal had never seen the Alps, but
the world was filled then, as now, with their fame.
Some of the leading features of sublimity and grandeur which these
mountains exhibit, result mainly from the perpetual cold which reigns
upon their summits. This is owing simply to their elevation. In every
part of the earth, as we ascend from the surface of the ground into
the atmosphere, it becomes, for some mysterious reason or other, more
and more cold as we rise, so that over our heads, wherever we are,
there reigns, at a distance of two or three miles above us, an intense
and perpetual cold. This is true not only in cool and temperate
latitudes, but also in the most torrid regions of the globe. If we
were to ascend in a balloon at Borneo at midday, when the burning sun
of the tropics was directly over our heads, to an elevation of five
or six miles, we should find that although we had been moving nearer
to the sun all the time, its rays would have lost, gradually, all
their power. They would fall upon us as brightly as ever, but their
heat would be gone. They would feel like moonbeams, and we should be
surrounded with an atmosphere as frosty as that of the icebergs of the
frigid zone.
It is from this region of perpetual cold that hail-stones descend upon
us in the midst of summer, and snow is continually forming and falling
there; but the light and fleecy flakes melt before they reach the
earth, so that, while the hail has such solidity and momentum that it
forces its way through, the snow dissolves, and falls upon us as a
cool and refreshing rain. Rain cools the air around us and the ground,
because it comes from cooler regions of the air above.
Now it happens that not only the summits, but extensive portions of
the upper declivities of the Alps, rise into the region of perpetual
winter. Of course, ice congeals continually there, and the snow which
forms falls to the ground as snow, and accumulates in vast and
permanent stores. The summit of Mount Blanc is covered with a bed of
snow of enormous thickness, which is almost as much a permanent
geological stratum of the mountain as the granite which lies beneath
Of course, during the winter months, the whole country of the Alps,
valley as well as hill, is covered with snow. In the spring the snow
melts in the valleys and plains, and higher up it becomes damp and
heavy with partial melting, and slides down the declivities in vast
avalanches, which sometimes are of such enormous magnitude, and
descend with such resistless force, as to bring down earth, rocks, and
even the trees of the forest in their train. On the higher
declivities, however, and over all the rounded summits, the snow still
clings to its place, yielding but very little to the feeble beams of
the sun, even in July.
There are vast ravines and valleys among the higher Alps where the
snow accumulates, being driven into them by winds and storms in the
winter, and sliding into them, in great avalanches, in the spring.
These vast depositories of snow become changed into ice below the
surface; for at the surface there is a continual melting, and the
water, flowing down through the mass, freezes below. Thus there are
valleys, or rather ravines, some of them two or three miles wide and
ten or fifteen miles long, filled with ice, transparent, solid, and
blue, hundreds of feet in depth. They are called _glaciers_. And what
is most astonishing in respect to these icy accumulations is that,
though the ice is perfectly compact and solid, the whole mass is found
to be continually in a state of slow motion down the valley in which
it lies, at the rate of about a foot in twenty-four hours. By standing
upon the surface and listening attentively, we hear, from time to
time, a grinding sound. The rocks which lie along the sides are
pulverized, and are continually moving against each other and falling;
and then, besides, which is a more direct and positive proof still of
the motion of the mass, a mark may be set up upon the ice, as has been
often done, and marks corresponding to it made upon the solid rocks on
each side of the valley, and by this means the fact of the motion, and
the exact rate of it, may be fully ascertained.
Thus these valleys are really and literally rivers of ice, rising
among the summits of the mountains, and flowing, slowly it is true,
but with a continuous and certain current, to a sort of mouth in some
great and open valley below. Here the streams which have flowed over
the surface above, and descended into the mass through countless
crevices and chasms, into which the traveler looks down with terror,
concentrate and issue from under the ice in a turbid torrent, which
comes out from a vast archway made by the falling in of masses which
the water has undermined. This lower end of the glacier sometimes
presents a perpendicular wall hundreds of feet in height; sometimes it
crowds down into the fertile valley, advancing in some unusually cold
summer into the cultivated country, where, as it slowly moves on, it
plows up the ground, carries away the orchards and fields, and even
drives the inhabitants from the villages which it threatens. If the
next summer proves warm, the terrible monster slowly draws back its
frigid head, and the inhabitants return to the ground it reluctantly
evacuates, and attempt to repair the damage it has done.
The Alps lie between France and Italy, and the great valleys and the
ranges of mountain land lie in such a direction that they must be
_crossed_ in order to pass from one country to the other. These ranges
are, however, not regular. They are traversed by innumerable chasms,
fissures, and ravines; in some places they rise in vast rounded
summits and swells, covered with fields of spotless snow; in others
they tower in lofty, needle-like peaks, which even the chamois can
not scale, and where scarcely a flake of snow can find a place of
rest. Around and among these peaks and summits, and through these
frightful defiles and chasms, the roads twist and turn, in a zigzag
and constantly ascending course, creeping along the most frightful
precipices, sometimes beneath them and sometimes on the brink,
penetrating the darkest and gloomiest defiles, skirting the most
impetuous and foaming torrents, and at last, perhaps, emerging upon
the surface of a glacier, to be lost in interminable fields of ice and
snow, where countless brooks run in glassy channels, and crevasses
yawn, ready to take advantage of any slip which may enable them to
take down the traveler into their bottomless abysses.
And yet, notwithstanding the awful desolation which reigns in the
upper regions of the Alps, the lower valleys, through which the
streams finally meander out into the open plains, and by which the
traveler gains access to the sublimer scenes of the upper mountains,
are inexpressibly verdant and beautiful. They are fertilized by the
deposits of continual inundations in the early spring, and the sun
beats down into them with a genial warmth in summer, which brings out
millions of flowers, of the most beautiful forms and colors, and
ripens rapidly the broadest and richest fields of grain. Cottages, of
every picturesque and beautiful form, tenanted by the cultivators, the
shepherds and the herdsmen, crown every little swell in the bottom of
the valley, and cling to the declivities of the mountains which rise
on either hand. Above them eternal forests of firs and pines wave,
feathering over the steepest and most rocky slopes with their somber
foliage. Still higher, gray precipices rise and spires and pinnacles,
far grander and more picturesque, if not so symmetrically formed, than
those constructed by man. Between these there is seen, here and there,
in the background, vast towering masses of white and dazzling snow,
which crown the summits of the loftier mountains beyond.
Hannibal's determination to carry an army into Italy by way of the
Alps, instead of transporting them by galleys over the sea, has always
been regarded as one of the greatest undertakings of ancient times. He
hesitated for some time whether he should go down the Rhone, and meet
and give battle to Scipio, or whether he should leave the Roman army
to its course, and proceed himself directly toward the Alps and
Italy. The officers and soldiers of the army, who had now learned
something of their destination and of their leader's plans, wanted to
go and meet the Romans. They dreaded the Alps. They were willing to
encounter a military foe, however formidable, for this was a danger
that they were accustomed to and could understand; but their
imaginations were appalled at the novel and awful images they formed
of falling down precipices of ragged rocks, or of gradually freezing,
and being buried half alive, during the process, in eternal snows.
Hannibal, when he found that his soldiers were afraid to proceed,
called the leading portions of his army together, and made them an
address. He remonstrated with them for yielding now to unworthy fears,
after having successfully met and triumphed over such dangers as they
had already incurred. "You have surmounted the Pyrenees," said he,
"you have crossed the Rhone. You are now actually in sight of the
Alps, which are the very gates of access to the country of the enemy.
What do you conceive the Alps to be? They are nothing but high
mountains, after all. Suppose they are higher than the Pyrenees, they
do not reach to the skies; and, since they do not, they can not be
insurmountable. They _are_ surmounted, in fact, every day; they are
even inhabited and cultivated, and travelers continually pass over
them to and fro. And what a single man can do, an army can do, for an
army is only a large number of single men. In fact, to a soldier, who
has nothing to carry with him but the implements of war, no way can be
too difficult to be surmounted by courage and energy."
After finishing his speech, Hannibal, finding his men reanimated and
encouraged by what he had said, ordered them to go to their tents and
refresh themselves, and prepare to march on the following day. They
made no further opposition to going on. Hannibal did not, however,
proceed at once directly toward the Alps. He did not know what the
plans of Scipio might be, who, it will be recollected, was below him,
on the Rhone, with the Roman army. He did not wish to waste his time
and his strength in a contest with Scipio in Gaul, but to press on and
get across the Alps into Italy as soon as possible. And so, fearing
lest Scipio should strike across the country, and intercept him if he
should attempt to go by the most direct route, he determined to move
northwardly, up the River Rhone, till he should get well into the
interior, with a view of reaching the Alps ultimately by a more
circuitous journey.
It was, in fact, the plan of Scipio to come up with Hannibal and
attack him as soon as possible; and, accordingly, as soon as his
horsemen, or, rather, those who were left alive after the battle had
returned and informed him that Hannibal and his army were near, he put
his camp in motion and moved rapidly up the river. He arrived at the
place where the Carthaginians had crossed a few days after they had
gone. The spot was in a terrible state of ruin and confusion. The
grass and herbage were trampled down for the circuit of a mile, and
all over the space were spots of black and smouldering remains, where
the camp-fires had been kindled. The tops and branches of trees lay
every where around, their leaves withering in the sun, and the groves
and forests were encumbered with limbs, and rejected trunks, and trees
felled and left where they lay. The shore was lined far down the
stream with ruins of boats and rafts, with weapons which had been lost
or abandoned, and with the bodies of those who had been drowned in the
passage, or killed in the contest on the shore. These and numerous
other vestiges remained but the army was gone.
There were, however, upon the ground groups of natives and other
visitors, who had come to look at the spot now destined to become so
memorable in history. From these men Scipio learned when and where
Hannibal had gone. He decided that it was useless to attempt to pursue
him. He was greatly perplexed to know what to do. In the casting of
lots, Spain had fallen to him, but now that the great enemy whom he
had come forth to meet had left Spain altogether, his only hope of
intercepting his progress was to sail back into Italy, and meet him as
he came down from the Alps into the great valley of the Po. Still, as
Spain had been assigned to him as his province, he could not well
entirely abandon it. He accordingly sent forward the largest part of
his army into Spain, to attack the forces that Hannibal had left
there, while he himself, with a smaller force, went down to the
sea-shore and sailed back to Italy again. He expected to find Roman
forces in the valley of the Po, with which he hoped to be strong
enough to meet Hannibal as he descended from the mountains, if he
should succeed in effecting a passage over them.
In the mean time Hannibal went on, drawing nearer and nearer to the
ranges of snowy summits which his soldiers had seen for many days in
their eastern horizon. These ranges were very resplendent and grand
when the sun went down in the west, for then it shone directly upon
them. As the army approached nearer and nearer to them, they gradually
withdrew from sight and disappeared, being concealed


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These Band Members Become Body Parts to Tell You About Your Health
U.K.'s BUPA Wants to Encourage Health Check-Ups
Editor's Pick
Most people have a rough idea whether the decisions they're making are healthy enough. But here's a fun online quiz/music video that actually reflects them.
U.K. private healthcare company BUPA has created the video, which plays different personalized versions according to questions people answer about their health. Each of the band members of The Futureheads represents a part of the body -- the guitarist is the liver, the drummer the heart, the bassist the bones and the lead singer the lungs. Participants answer four (admittedly fairly basic) health-related questions: about their diet, whether they smoke, drink and take exercise.
However, here comes the exciting part: their responses will impact upon the band's performance in a variety of unexpected ways, making it better or much, much worse. Among the surprises are guitars turning into dogs, microphones bursting into flames and collapsing drum kits. Altogether, there are 54 individually-crafted music videos, all directed by music video specialist Rob Brandon.
Agency WCRS created the video, to raise awareness of a new scheme of health assessments that BUPA is offering. It's aimed at a young audience of twenty to thirtysomethings, who don't necessarily think about the effects of their day-to-day behavior on their health, encouraging them to get a check-up with BUPA.
- Date
- Apr 04, 2016
- Brand:
- Bupa
- Client:
- Bupa
- Agency:
- WCRS-London
- Director:
- Rob Brandon
- Creative Director:
- Joe Miller
- Creative Director:
- Orlando Warner
- Creative:
- Jason Keet
- Creative:
- James Hodson
- Creative Technology:
- Dino Burbidge
- Agency Producer:
- Stefanie Forbes
- Agency Producer:
- Christophe Taddei
- Account Handler:
- Tom Crossley
- Account Handler:
- Chris Boyton
- Account Handler:
- Chris Moger
- Account Handler:
- Charlie Warner
- Planning:
- Elisa Edmonds
- Planning:
- Hayley Pardoe
- Media Agency:
- Content Outreach:
- LBI undefined
- Production Company:
- Agile Films
- Interactive Production Company:
- Brainient
- Director:
- Rob Brandon
- Animator:
- Ben Beckett
- Producer:
- Amber Millington
- Co-Producer:
- Emma Britton
- Post Production Company:
- Agile Films
- Head of Post Production:
- Martin Fickling
- Colorist:
- Amy Beton
- Editor:
- River Stas
- Audio Producer:
- David McEwan for Tin Drum
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