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Talking about the great features of the Alcatel Pop Star, it is a dual SIM Smartphone which is always a plus for value seekers. This phone is built on the latest Android OS, the Lollipop 5.1. Its 5inch display guarantees very clear display quality for pictures, games and other screen displays. Still talking about clarity, the Pop Star has an 8 Megapixel back camera with auto focus and a 5 Megapixel front camera that produces very clear pictures and ideal for selfies.
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Frost damaged magnolia foliage
This spring's unseasonably warm weather in late March and the first three weeks in April encouraged many trees and shrubs to leaf out earlier than normal. Newly emerged growth is quite succulent and susceptible to damage from strong winds and below freezing temperatures.
Then along came freezing temperatures in late April and early May in Iowa to damage or destroy the emerging growth on some trees and shrubs. Damage appears to most severe on Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), katsuratree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea), smokebush (Cotinus spp.) ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), hydrangeas (Hydrangea spp.), magnolias (Magnolia spp.), oaks (Quercus spp.), and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia).
On the other hand, most maples (Acer spp.), birches (Betula spp.), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos), lilacs (Syringa spp.), lindens (Tilia spp.), and viburnums (Viburnum spp.) seemed to have suffered little or no damage.
The unseasonably warm weather in early spring also encouraged lush growth on many perennials. The freezing temperatures in recent days also damaged some perennials. Damage has been noted on astilbes (Astilbe spp.), bergenia or pig squeak (Bergenia spp.), ferns, hostas (Hosta spp.), and other perennials.
The extent of plant damage is dependent on several factors. These factors include temperature, plant species, exposure, and stage of plant growth.
Symptoms of freeze damage include shriveling and browning or blackening of damaged tissue. Damaged growth often becomes limp. Eventually, damaged or destroyed leaves may drop from the tree or shrub.
Fortunately, trees and shrubs have the ability to leaf out again if the initial growth is damaged or destroyed. Healthy, well established trees and shrubs should not be greatly impacted and will produce additional growth within a few weeks. Trees and shrubs planted within the past 3 to 5 years may benefit from a light application of fertilizer and periodic watering during dry weather.
The prognosis for freeze-damaged perennials is also good. While the freezing temperatures damaged the perennial's foliage, their crowns and roots were not harmed. Damaged perennials will send up new growth within a few weeks.
Contacts :
Richard Jauron, Horticulture, (515) 294-1871, email@example.com
Jean McGuire, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-7033, email@example.com
Additional photos are available with this story.
FrozenPlant2.jpg - frost damaged magnolia foliage
FrozenPlant4.jpg - frost damaged ginkgo leaves
FrozenPlant5.jpg - frost damaged hosta

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We are temporarily closed..
As a farm park, we have been following and acting on government advice over the past few weeks and unfortunatley have closed the park and campsite with immediate effect.
We would like to thank all of you for your continued support and endeavour to keep you involved with regular updates and cute animal posts on social media.
We and all our animals will miss seeing you but it won't be for long if we all work together to get through this.
Keep safe and stay strong!
A Little Bit About Us
Our family run Thornton Hall Farm Country Park is an ideal choice for walking, shopping, sightseeing or just a tranquil place to stay.
We are a Caravan & Camping club certificated site with a larger field for Rallies. Guests are welcome to join us in our irresistible tea room, where we serve a selection of quality teas and coffees as well as freshly prepared hot and cold food.
Owners Chris & Emma also welcome camping guests to their successful visitor attraction where visitors have an opportunity to view all the animals including rare breed cattle, deer, miniature ponies and much more.
Adults who are camping onsite, wishing to use the farm park will be charged 50% less than the standard farm park entry. Children camping onsite, wishing to use the farm park will be charged full standard entry for the first day. Then every day after will be at a discounted rate of 50% off the standard farm park entry. NB this does not include Special Event days and ticketed events.
The Farm Park is open from January to December and has a full calendar of events throughout.
Please note: As of 26 April 2019, we are no longer able to take bookings for TENTS.
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Explore The Local Countryside
The Pendle Way crosses through the centre of the farm or why not join the Pennine Way leading from the village. We have the Leeds & Liverpool canal in walking distance of the farm – for a longer walk head to the historic town of Skipton or take a shorter stroll to the village of Salterforth. Why not hire a barge to explore all the beauty of the canal.
Places to Eat...
Harrisons Cafe (on site): Free range eggs can be bought from here. Open from 10am to 4pm only.
Bizzie Lizzies - Fish and Chip Restaurant, 36 Swadford St, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1QY, 01756 793 189
Tempest Arms - Elslack, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AY, 01282 842 450
The Punch Bowl - Skipton Road, Earby BB18 6JJ, 01282 843017
Places to Shop
Co-op, Earby (Fresh fruit, veg and other foods) 71 Victoria Rd, Earby, Barnoldswick.
ALDI, 1 Crownest Road, Barnoldswick.
Site Prices
Touring Caravan / Campervan / Trailer Tent / Motor Home (with electric), with 4 persons - £20.00
Touring Caravan / Campervan / Trailer Tent (NO electric), with 2 persons - £15
Additional persons - £1.00 each per night
Full Awning / Porch - £3.00 per night
Gazebos - £2.50 per night
Dogs* - £1.00 per night Maximum of 2 dogs.
Site Information
Please note: As of 26 April 2019, we are no longer able to take bookings for TENTS.
- Caravan & Camping Membership necessary (please ask).
- Arrival from 12 noon onwards, please let us know if you're running late!
- Full non-refundable payment is required at the time of booking, we accept cards/cash.
- Guests are welcome to use the Cafe.
- Admission to the farm is at a discounted rate for both adults and children. Please enquire on booking or ask at reception when checking in.
- Children visiting the Farm Visitor Park must be accompanied with a supervising adult at all times.
- Access to the playground is not permitted unless you have purchased Farm Entry - access to the playground is prohibited after 5pm.
- In order to keep our farm and the countryside clean and tidy, we ask that our camping guest help by taking away their rubbish.
- Sorry NO SHOWER.
- The toilet waste disposal point is at the farm; if possible please empty before 9.30am & after 5pm.
- Cycles/scooters/skate boards etc are NOT permitted into the farm park at anytime.
- *Dogs have to be supervised, well behaved and kept on leads of no more than 2 metres at all times and only walked on the footpaths to and from the site (they are not permitted on the Farm Park). We do not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act.
- The site must be vacated by 10am on the day of your departure unless agreed otherwise.
- If cancellation is necessary we will do our best to find you an available alternative date.
- Cars are left at the owners own risk and THCP does not take any responsibility for these vehicles (1 vehicle only permitted on electric pitch).
- Use of the caravan site and field is at your own risk. No liability is accepted by Thornton Hall Country Park for loss or damage to any property or personal injury whilst at this site.
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- Maximum of 5 night stay


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While looking up book covers on the Internet Speculative Fiction Database I came across this collection of Hawthorne stories in French. I couldn't figure out what the title was in English, so I checked the contents which usually has the original titles next to the translations. Once I did I realized it was a title I'd never heard of before called "The White Old Maid" (1835). Apparently it has been included in a few ghost story anthologies, as well as in the expanded edition of Hawthorne's "Twice-Told Tales", so I looked it up and found it on the Wikisource page for "Twice-Told Tales". It actually was rather good, but not on par with his more celebrated tales.
It starts with a sort of MacGuffin: two young women, one haughty and the other gentle, tearfully hovering over the cadaver of a young man in state. There is some transgression which the proud one has made, but it is never divulged. She asks if the other will betray her, but the gentle one, who is named Edith, says,
'"Till the dead bid me speak I will be silent," answered Edith. "Leave us alone together. Go and live many years, and then return and tell me of thy life. He too will be here. Then, if thou tellest of sufferings more than death, we will both forgive thee."
"And what shall be the token?" asked the proud girl, as if her heart acknowledged a meaning in these wild words.
"This lock of hair," said Edith, lifting one of the dark clustering curls that lay heavily on the dead man's brow.' [Nathaniel Hawthorne "The White Old Maid" 1837, retrieved from Wikisource 02/22/17]
The proud woman goes off and lives her entire life wearing the same white dress and trailing behind every local funeral cortege, presumably in penance for her unnamed transgression. She eventually becomes a town fixture and any funeral she doesn't attend is seen as being ill-favored. Then, one day she is seen walking the main street by herself when there is no funeral. People crowd the street to see what is amiss…but you have to read the story to find out what happens next.
In truth, it isn't really a ghost story per se, although there is some question at the end as to the status of an old servant of the house of the young man from the beginning of the tale. I'm surprised it has never been filmed. I could picture it as a Val Lewton movie, not too explicit, but with class and atmosphere to spare. The French title, La vieille fille blanche et autres contes fantastiques, which roughly translates to "The White Old Maid and other Fantastic Tales" features a depiction of the maid in question. The only discrepancy is that the woman in the story always wore the same white dress, and the woman in the artwork is wearing black.