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Ancient Seaton
The area now known as Seaton and its immediate surrounds have been inhabited for over 6000 years, as evidenced by remains dating from the Neolithic, Beaker, Bronze and Iron Age periods, and the existence of still-visible Iron Age forts in places like Blackbury Camp.
The River Axe, which flows into the sea at Seaton, was an ancient buffer between Celtic tribes living in the West Country in pre-Roman invasion England, separating the Durotriges, whose turf lay to the east of the river, and the Dumnonia, who occupied land to the west, right down into Cornwall. It's thought that the Phoenicians were familiar with this coastline too, as they travelled throughout Devon and Cornwall sourcing tin.
The Roman invasion began in 43 AD, and extensive remains from this era have been found around the town. In 2014, an amateur treasure hunter armed with a metal detector discovered one of the biggest stashes of Roman loot ever found, when he uncovered 22,000 coins dating from the reign of Emperor Constantine in Honeyditches, just off Seaton Down Road.
For centuries there has been speculation that Seaton could have been the site of the Roman station Moridunum (also claimed by others places, including Carmarthen in Wales), and the landing-place of the Danes – along with their Scottish and Irish auxiliaries – prior to the epic Battle of Brunanburh in 937.
These theories are somewhat speculative, but on 25 August 1836, an anchor was discovered on the seabed around 900 metres offshore from Seaton's 'Chan', which excited much curiosity. It was considered to be of considerable antiquity and foreign make.
Whether Seaton enjoyed a former life as Moridunum or not, a significant Roman settlement or villa of some sort certainly existed on the west side of the town. William Stukeley, a pioneer in the field of archaeology and one of the first people to conduct thorough investigative work at Stonehenge, spent the summers of 1723 and 1724 in Seaton, where he identified Honeyditches as a site of historical interest.
Roman-origin stone foundations were unearthed at the site in 1859, and subsequent digs – led by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Walter Trevelyan, and involving well-known East Devon artist and amateur archaeologist Peter Orlando Hutchinson – found mosaics, evidence of a Roman bath and a hypocaust (underfloor heating system). Another hypocaust system was discovered on Seaton Down in the 1920s, and a large-scale excavation in the 1960s found evidence of occupation from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD, including the remains of a prehistoric (Iron Age) round house and a Roman bathhouse.
The first recorded mention of the name Seaton was in a Papal Bull issued by Pope Eugenius III in 1146, but the town was founded as 'Fleet' or 'Fleote' (from Fluta, the Saxon word for creek) by a Saxon charter in 1005. In the Domesday Book – completed in 1086, two decades after the Norman Conquest of England – Fleet was assessed as being worth £2 to the lord, and the population was listed as comprising of: '6 villagers. 19 smallholders. 2 slaves.'
Seaton through the Medieval, Tudor and Elizabethan Eras
Originally, Seaton, like Beer, belonged to the Priory of Horton. This later became part of Sherborne Abbey, which was surrendered to the crown during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in 1539. Much of the area – including all of Beer – was given to Henry VIII's sixth wife Catherine Parr as part of her dowry.
A sizeable fort was constructed on Seaton seafront around this time. It was finished in 1544, and Henry VIII himself came to inspect it. Not far away a lighthouse – known as The Burrow – stood perched on a large earth mound, until it was replaced by a Martello Tower during the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815). All trace of these historic buildings has sadly disappeared, with the whole lot being demolished when the Esplanade was built.
Undoubtedly one of Seaton's oldest buildings is St Gregory's Church on the Colyford Road, which has managed to endure the town's expansion and development. Depending on what source you choose to believe – this church either dates from the 12th Century (having replaced an even earlier wooden building) or is a 14th century structure with a 15th century tower.
Either way, it's a beautiful and charismatic church, with a fascinating history. According to Seaton Museum, the list of vicars here includes mention of the Rev. Francis Drake, said to have been killed by smugglers on Bosshill in 1769. The graveyard is well known as the last resting place of Beer-born smuggler Jack Rattenbury, sometimes called the Rob Roy of the West, who spent three decades landing contraband along this coastline, stashing the illicit goods in the chalk caves that pockmark the cliff-face and even allegedly accessing Beer Caves via a secret route from the sea. A rascal and raconteur, Rattenbury settled down and authored Memoirs of a Smuggler before dying on 28 April 1844 and being buried at an unmarked spot close to the north transept of St Gregory's.
Regardless of whether it dates to the 1100s or the 1300s, the church has survived huge changes all around it. When it was first built, it would have stood on the west the bank of the River Axe, which at that time ran into the English Channel through the wide mouth of a great open estuary. The river was navigable for large ships, which could sail all the way up to Colyford, and throughout the Iron Ages and well into the Middle Ages the mouth of the Axe boasted one of the most important harbours in the west of England. An important medieval shipbuilding industry grew up here, supplying craft and crew for campaigns including Edward I's wars against the Welsh and the Scots in the late 13th century.
During the 14th century, however, heavy storms caused a major landslip at Haven Cliff. This partially blocked the estuary, and the river mouth subsequently silted right up, thanks to an east-to-west tidal drift, which all combined to create the wide shingle beach you can see today.
Salt had been harvested from the tidal estuary since the Iron Age, but in the 1660s work began on a reclaiming bank to protect the salt marshes from flooding. After the water was evaporated in pans, the salt was scraped up and taken away in buckets to be boiled and refined. This would have been laborious work, but a sizeable industry was established around the lucrative mineral, giving Seaton serious value to investors such as John Frye, a landowner from nearby Membury, who bought the manor from Catherine Parr in the 16th century.
Frye subsequently sold Seaton on to a John Willoughby of Payhembury, who lived in the Manor house, which dates to the 16th century and can still be seen on Fore Street. Willoughby's granddaughter eventually inherited the house and the manor, and when she married Sir George Trevelyan of Nettlecombe in 1656, an association between Seaton and the Trevelyan family began, which still exists today.
Victorian Seaton
The Trevelyans are credited with turning Seaton from a fishing village into a popular Victorian seaside resort. This transformation is unlikely to have taken place, however, without the arrival of the railway in 1868, when Seaton was patched into the London South Western Railway main line running between London Waterloo and Salisbury to Exeter, via a branch line umbilicus from Seaton Junction, 4 miles to the north of the town.
The railway spelt the end for one of Seaton's other industries, however. Despite the changed conditions of the River Axe and its estuary, shipbuilding and maritime commerce had continued to be important to Seaton well into the 1800s. The owner of Stedcombe Manor and the Ship Inn – one Mr Hallet – financed the construction of new docks on both the eastern and western banks of the river in 1806, which meant huge 100-ton ships could load and unload here, and a passenger boat ran a weekly service up and down the coast to London.
The arrival of the railway in 1868 put an end to this, of course, offering a cheaper and more reliable route to the capital for both travellers and cargo. Trains transported dairy and other farm produce from the region up to the Big Smoke and brought visitors from London down to the visit the seaside. It was during this period that Seaton first became a popular holiday destination, a tradition that survived the decline of the railway, which ceased to visit the town when British Rail closed the Seaton Junction branch line as part of the Beeching cuts in March 1966. You can still travel along part of the old trackbed, which is used by the iconic Seaton Tramway, which runs trolleys to Colyton all year round.
For many years a ferry transported foot and horse-powered traffic across the river, but in 1877 this was put out of action by the construction of a toll bridge. This graceful structure, which decisively ended any prospect of large ships ever again sailing further up the river, is still standing and is England's oldest surviving concrete bridge. You can only cross on foot or by bike now, with the main road running across a more modern bridge built alongside it in 1990.
Seaton celebrates it's Victorian Heritage each year at Christmas when a special Victorian Artisan Market takes place in Windsor Gardens, click here for more details
Seaton During War and Peace
Seaton lost many of its sons during the world wars that ravaged Europe in the first half of the 20th century. The names of 32 men killed in World War I and 30 who died during World War II can be seen on the poignant memorial close to the front door of St Gregory's Church.
Between the wars, during the 1930s, tourism went up several gears and large-scale holiday camps began to be built to service growing demand for accommodation and entertainment along the English coastline. The first chain of camps was launched by Harry Warner, who pioneered the concept on Hayling Island in 1931. Warner built a second camp in Seaton in 1935 (with the help of Billy Butlin, a funfair entrepreneur who liked Warner's idea so much he took the workers he'd employed in Seaton up to Skegness, where he built the first Butlins in 1936).
When World War II erupted in 1939, Warner's Seaton site was commandeered and used as an internment camp, where people deemed as 'enemy aliens' – a mixture of Germans, Italians, Japanese and other Axis Power nationals who were resident in Britain at the outbreak of the war, plus people considered to be politically dangerous, including some anti Fascists – were imprisoned.
Seaton, along with other places in East and South Devon, also played host to large numbers of American troops ahead of the Operation Overlord and the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Soldiers from the Free Polish and Free Spanish armed forces were also stationed here. Tragically, many of these men lost their lives on the beaches of Northern France. A memorial to the fallen and a thankyou to the town from the North American servicemen can be seen in Windsor Gardens in the centre of the town.
In 1940 a German attack was highly anticipated and Seaton, with its broad beach area, was deemed at high risk of invasion. In preparation, large concrete tank traps were seeded across the beach, backed by thick nests of barbed wire. Searchlights were mounted at various spots, including one at Check House. A defensive pillbox was built on Castle Hill and a gun emplacement was established on top of the hill, disguised as a destroyed building. The hexagonal base for this gun placement can still be seen on the cliff above the West Walk. Seaton's firepower included two quick-firing 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns, which had a range of over 4 miles.
During these darkest of days, a 'Stopline' was established from coast to coast across Devon, from Seaton to the Bristol Channel. In the event of the Germans staging a successful land assault on Cornwall and Devon, where the coastline was extremely difficult to defend, the Stopline would become a last line of defence, where the enemy would be prevented from getting any closer to London at all costs. The Stopline Way is a long distance cycling route tracing the route of this defensive line, with Seaton forming the southern terminus.
For more information on Seaton and East Devon throughout the ages, explore the excellent Seaton Museum on the top floor of the Town Hall on Fore Street, Seaton. The museum is open from Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2.15pm to 5pm between late May and October; admission is free (although donations are gratefully accepted). Alternatively, visit the highly informative website at any time: www.seatonmuseum.co.uk


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As Geneva motor show is approaching it will open its doors to journalists and the business community on March 5. «Nissan» decided to stir the audience interest in the European version of Note. Moreover, we all remember last year's concept car Nissan Invitation. This cool compact model, as well as the coming up new one, was built on the V-platform, but then the company tried to avoid association with the Note, though expected mass production of the prototype.
The European version of Nissan Note differs from the American and Japanese. First of all, the changes will affect plastic bumpers and exterior mirror housings. In general, a new Note has neater appearance, and more delicate features. The car has grown in length up to 4100 mm and the overall width is now 1695 mm. What is interesting, compact wheelbase remains the same – 2600 mm.

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Do Markets Ever Change?
During my days on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, my job was to facilitate institution order flow. Each day, I would take orders from banks, institutions, money managers and so on and facilitate the execution of those orders into the various markets. Having the real buy and sell orders from the institutions in front of me, you could clearly see where the strongest supply and demand was in the markets. If I wanted to know where the S&P was going to stop falling and turn higher, all I had to do is look in front of me and see where the largest amount of buy orders were below current price, the markets real demand, and vice versa for supply. Each day, price just moved from where the significant buy orders were (demand), to the price level where significant sell orders were (supply).
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These days again, most people complicate such a simple dynamic that never changes, markets and how you make money buying and selling in them. The hardest part is realizing that how and why prices turn and move in markets has never changed, no matter how far technology advances. Faster and better number crunching will never be more important than knowing where banks are buying and selling for example. Keeping things simple is the single greatest challenge for the average person when it comes to almost anything in life from my experience.
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A YOGA event is set to take place to encourage men to talk about mental health and destigmatise discussions among males.
Helen Crane, founder of Wellbeing Worcestershire, has organised the upcoming event 'Worcester's Most Masculine Yogathon' to raise awareness of mental health as well as boost funds for the charity Mind.
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There will be five 45-minute yoga classes plus five-minute meditations taking place throughout the day – both men and women are welcome to take part. There will also be a male counsellor available to chat to on the day, as well as a cognitive behavioural therapist.
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"It has been difficult to find the right kind of accessibility. You can pay money for counsellors, but no money can help tackle loneliness.
"The benefits of yoga contribute to mental health. We need to educate people and encourage them to sign up and get out of their comfort zone. These yoga classes will be suitable for everyone, whatever their age or ability.
"If we open up that conversation by offering men something to talk about it will start that healthy progression in Worcester. We need more male focused groups and to promote events such as these to show people that there is support out there."
Anyone over 18 is able to attend, costing £10 to enter, with all sponsorship going to the mental health charity Mind.
There will be a small fete with stall holders selling local products, arts and crafts, glitter, face paints, henna and activities for children to join in too.
The yogathon will take place on the park outside The Pump House Environment Centre in Gheluvelt Park on Saturday, August 3 between 1pm and 6pm.
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Stephen Coonts is one my favourite author list and when I got my first Kindle I quickly found that this was the only book in the Jake Grafton series that I had missed.
This is a direct follow-up from the end of "Final Flight" where fighter pilot Captain Jake Grafton deliberately rammed another plane to prevent nuclear Armageddon. After many months Grafton has recovered from his terrible wounds but is still facing up to his mental wounds. His wife Callie despairs that she will ever see the old confident Jake back again.
One day Jake is invited by the Pentagon to take an office job - something of an anathema when he really wants to go back into action. But he soon finds that his new super-top secret job of evaluating advanced stealth fighters and combating espionage is as challenging as being in action.
Grafton's navigator, Toad Tarrington, was not as seriously injured (only one rod in his leg) and is fit for active service. When he hears that Grafton is headed for the Pentagon he decides to follow him and join Grafton's team. There he meets his match with Rita Moravia, a top-gun female pilot who quickly decides that Toad will become the love of her life, and Toad quickly agrees. Toad and Rita feature in several later Jack Grafton books.
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Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea, President, Irish Gerontological Society
First meeting of the 2017/2018 National Executive Committee
L to R. Aisling O'Halloran, Rose Galvin, Miriam Ahern, Diarmuid O'Shea, Derek Hayden, Elizabeth Moloney, Robin Webster, Sarah Cosgrave, Jonathon O'Keeffe, Elaine O Connor. Not in pic Lorna Roe.
November, 2017
Message from Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea:
On behalf of the 2017/2018 National Executive Committee it gives me great pleasure, as President, to welcome you to the website of the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS). Our society is 65 years old this year, and is more essential, vibrant and interdisciplinary than ever.
Founded by Dr John Fleetwood and Prof Jerry Jessop in 1951, the Society has developed into an interdisciplinary professional organisation whose membership reflects the complexity and diversity of those interested in promoting the interests of older people and, in how knowledge about ageing and later life can be enhanced and improved. We should all aim to build on the growth and success of our society over the last 65 years.
The Irish healthcare system is now beginning to change and address the demands associated with the ageing demographic changes around us. To advocate for this continued change and progress we need to unlock and share the "secret knowledge" of gerontology and equip ourselves with the skills and knowledge we require. Now more than ever, the importance improving how we work together in interdisciplinary teams, for the betterment of patient care, is coming to the forefront.
A central aim of the IGS is to highlight the contribution which older people can and do make to modern day society in our country. By bringing together health and social care professionals biologists, social scientists, policymakers, and increasingly those involved in technological development we hope to encourage and support an increasing and closer network of professionals, researchers and scientists dedicated to better care of the older person. However, none of working together is of any value without the extraordinary dedication and talent of those who provide this compassionate and expert care on the front line.
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Application for membership of the IGS is welcomed from all professionals with an interest in ageing and from researchers and scientists working in the different branches of gerontology. Members connect through seminars and conferences, as well as through participation on committees.
We are proud to announce the theme of our forthcoming 66th Annual Scientific Meeting in the Slieve Russell Hotel Co.Cavan 27th - 29th September, 2018: Transforming Ageing Across Borders. We have started discussions with our colleagues from both Geriatrics and Gerontology in Northern Ireland in relation to this.
The IGS is a member of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and is active in its European section.
I hope you find this website interesting and informative and, that it will encourage you to engage with the work of the IGS. Please join your new executive on our IGS journey, lets Inspire (I), Grow (G), Support and Sustain (S).
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This month at Scrapware, I got to play with the new "Partridge in a Pear Tree" chipboard shapes.The partridge is just oh so sweet, and I knew I just wanted him nestled in the tree surrounded by pretty leaves and bling. I have double inked each of the leaves, as well as the partridge (who also has gold tips). The project was created on a 6x12 canvas, and is on display with all my Christmas ornaments for our family to enjoy. The 12 days of Christmas is one of my favourite Carols, and I can't help but sing along each time I see this.
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CS35 Partridge in a Pear Tree
AZ02 Steelfish Lowercase Alphabet
CHmini-n Mini Xmas Stars
PP - Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamp - Autumn Leaves
Bling - Kaiser
Paint, Inks, Ribbon
Next up...here's a couple of my projects using the limited edition Karen Day Design Christmas Trees. These chipboard Chrissy trees look equally at home on a card, an off the page project or a layout.
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Frame: Chrissy Trees
I have been busily shopping for Christmas, as well as making gifts for Seth's teacher and Eme's carers. Once I've handed them out, I'll post some pics.


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- A much more taking Adventure mode
- The arrival of the team battles on was
- A better management of the transfers in career FIFA game mode
- More opportunities at the level of the centers
- Most built offensive phases
- Light effects better managed
- An atmosphere that is always at the top
- No great improvements visually
- Some really not pretty faces
- It is always so difficult to defend well
- No big changes in terms of gameplay


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On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Tom WSMF wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, JS Kelly wrote:
> --]Laugh while you can, monkey boys -- the power companies will introduce
> --]'power crises' in other states also. It's worked so well here so far that
> --]it'll get to all the rest of you eventually.
> --]
> Great, we get to pay for the bad planning of One state everywhere.
The bad planning/deregulation is only half the story. The other half of
the story is the power suppliers taking advantage of it. They'll find ways
to take advantage of the other states as well -- it's just too lucrative
for them to be able to resist. Already they are foreshadowing it in
national coverage of the California crisis -- that is, that it will spread
to other states. I hope you'll have better luck stopping it early than we
have had.
> I dont like the weather in most of cali, though northern is not that bad.
Ya, it's nice and rainy up near the border ;)
And there's actually a lot to be said for snow. I don't miss it, but my
kids do.
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So it appears that a few of the members of my Greek side of the family are going to be taking a trip back to the motherland this summer and I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous. I've only been one glorious time to that paradise of my ancestors' in the Mediterranean and I mean, please, who doesn't want to go to Greece?
However, that doesn't mean I can't dream up the perfect outfit to lounge seaside in... eating that wonderful calamari I mentioned a few days back, soaking in the sun, admiring the locals and their ever so tan physiques, pretending I don't notice the impossibly hairy and large ones who lounge around in speedos really better suited for the more Adonis-like ones...
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text: In the course of life's journey, we make innumerable acquaintances and friends. We spend happy times with them, play, make merry and sometimes share our grieves and pains too. At times these relationships are for lifetime, sometimes casual and for a short while. Our limited vision and thoughts prompt us to define every relation by name and bind them into watertight compartments – childhood friends, school friends, college friends, office colleague, bus mate, class mate, batch mate so on and so forth. In every walk of life we interact with so many people at multiple levels. Sometimes the rapport is instant, sometimes slow to build up, sometimes stormy, sometimes strong and deep – there are various shades to it. Many a times after meeting and gelling with a person, a spontaneous thought invades the mind "why didn't we meet before?" This happens when two souls click and compliment each other without any enforced effort. The most apt answer to this innocuous question is that "you were meant to meet at the time when it was ripe for you". No more no less! But still we ask such silly questions. Still we ponder and lament over the time lost being away from each other. If only we had met earlier. Had we met before we would have done this or that. Endless suppositions! Endless surmises! Endless queries! I think this process is continuous, ongoing, ceaseless (perhaps common to all too?) and goes on till the twilight of life when its time for the day to slowly creep out and for the night to reluctantly step in drowning all propositions and postulates in the unfathomable cesspool of dark desolation. I sometimes wonder, frail that we are as humans and try hard that we may to clench and cling to every moment, however transient they may be, putting a noose around them and tying them up to our memories, what name will we bestow on those relations and friends whom we come to know at the fag end and fading twilight of life? Twilight friends! Most probably?


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Population based studies show that approximately 5% of men and 15-17% of women suffer from migraine headaches. Over 80% of these individuals suffer some degree of headache related disability. There is a high chance that your headaches may be Migraine. A migraine headache can cause intense throbbing or a pulsating sensation in one area of the head and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine attacks can cause significant pain for hours to days and be so severe that all you can think about is finding a dark, quiet place to lie down.
Even though these headaches are so common, migraine is still under-recognised and mis-treated, perhaps in part because there are no biological markers or specific tests.
Some migraines are preceded or accompanied by sensory warning symptoms (aura), such as flashes of light, blind spots, or tingling in your arm or leg.
Migraine headaches often begin in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood. Migraines may progress through four stages, including prodrome, aura, headache and post-drome, though you may not experience all the stages.
Migraine without aura is the commonest subtype of migraine. It has a higher average attack frequency and is usually more disabling than Migraine with aura.
What is Aura?
Aura is basically symptoms that may occur before or during migraine headaches. Auras are symptoms that are usually visual disturbances, such as flashes of light. Sometimes auras can also be touching sensations (sensory), movement (motor) or speech (verbal) disturbances. Most people experience migraine headaches without aura.
Each of these symptoms usually begins gradually, builds up over several minutes, and then commonly lasts for 20 to 60 minutes.
Examples of aura include:
• Visual phenomena, such as seeing various shapes, bright spots or flashes of light
• Pins and needles sensations in an arm or leg
• Speech or language problems (aphasia)
Less commonly, an aura may be associated with limb weakness (hemiplegic migraine).
Is your headache Migraine?
International headache society(IHS) criteria for diagnosing
Migraine without aura.
A. At least 5 attacks fulfilling criteria B-D
B. Headache attacks lasting 4-72 hours (untreated or unsuccessfully treated)
C. Headache has at least two of the following characteristics:
1. Unilateral location
2. Pulsating quality (Throbbing or varying with heartbeat)
3. Moderate or severe pain intensity- Severity that limits daily activity
4. Aggravation by or causing avoidance of routine physical activity (eg. walking or climbing stairs)
D. During headache at least one of the following:
1. Nausea and/or vomiting
2. Photophobia (Fear of light) and Phonophobia (Fear of sound)
E. Not attributed to another disorder
Criteria for diagnosing migraine with aura:
These diagnostic criteria are the same as those for migraine without aura, bit they include symptoms of aura as described previously.
Migraine without aura often has a strict menstrual relationship. Very frequent migraine attacks are now distinguished as Chronic migraine provided that there is no medication overuse.
Migraine without aura is the disease most prone to accelerate with frequent use of symptomatic medication, resulting in a new headache which is described as Medication-overuse headache.
'Red flags', that your headaches may not be Migraine.
- The first or worst headache of the patient's life, particularly if the onset was rapid.
- A change in the frequency, severity or clinical features of the attack from what the patient has commonly experienced.
- The new onset of headache in middle-age or later >40 years.
- The occurrence of a new or progressive headache that persists for days.
- The precipitation of head pain by coughing, sneezing or bending down.
- The presence of systemic symptoms such as muscle pain, fever, malaise, weight loss, scalp tenderness or jaw claudication.
- The presence of focal neurological symptoms, of any abnormalities found on neurological examination, or of confusion, seizures or any impairment in the level of consciousness.
Investigations: Diagnosis is basically clinical. CT or MRI is required only if red flags as mentioned above are present.
How severe is your headache?
Mild attacks: You can continue his or her usual activities with only minimal disruption
Moderate attacks: Your activities are moderately impaired
Severe attacks: You are unable to continue your normal activities and can function in any capacity only with severe discomfort and impaired efficiency
Ultra-severe cases: Headache is prolonged for more than 72 hours with inability to function in any useful capacity.
How to stay free from Headaches?
One of the most important things in managing your headaches, is to identify the trigger factors and avoiding them. Start with a headache diary to help you keep a track of events before and after headaches. A sample of the headache diary is given below.
Headache diary
Scale 0-10
10 Most severe
|Medication & Dose
Preventing attacks
Trying to identify migraine triggers may help predict an attack and enable you to take preventative action. Some triggers are unavoidable like pregnancy.
The following common triggers for migraine have been identified:
• Anxiety and emotion: stress can lead to a migraine attack causing the muscles to tense up.
• Change in habits or routine can include change in sleeping patterns or routines
• Food: Regular small meals may help in preventing attacks. If an attack follows up to six hours after eating a particular food try excluding it to see if it is the cause.
• Bright lights and noise can cause stress and should be avoided if possible. These are the commonest triggers.
• Strenuous exercise can be the cause of a migraine attack.
How to manage your headaches?
If you have a mild attack, then you can take over the counter analgesic and rest, and you should be fine. If you have recurrent moderate to severe headaches, then you should see a neurologist.
Moderately severe attacks can be managed with medications such as belonging to NSAID's, Sumatriptan, and Ergotamine. Sumatrpitan is among the commonest drug used for migrainous headaches worldwide, either as a single drug or in combinations. Reported side effects of Sumatriptan include sensations of heaviness or tightness in the chest, chest pain, pain in the throat, tingling in the head or limbs, nausea and, in the case of subcutaneous injection, local tingling at the injection site. These side effects are usually self-limiting, but in some patients they may preclude the use of this medication. Patients with cardiac risk factors, cardiac disease or uncontrolled hypertension must not take Sumatriptan.
Very severe attacks may need visit to emergency medical center.
Do you need prophylaxis?
The principle underlying a prophylactic treatment regimen is to use the least amount of the medication with the fewest side effects to gain control of the symptoms until the preventive treatment can be permanently stopped. The use of prophylactic treatment is indicated if (a) the migraine attacks are severe enough to impair the patient's quality of life or (b) the patient has 3 or more severe migraine attacks per month that fail to respond adequately to abortive or symptomatic therapy.
Common medications used for headache prevention are Metoprolol, Propanolol, Flunarizine, Valproate, and Topiramate. Different individuals may have different response to medication.
Important points to remember
• Management of migraine is a team approach, the patient being the most important member of the team.
• Patient should understand the diagnosis and nature of migraine.
• Patient should understand helpful "non pill" therapy, such as the avoidance of triggers and the use of ice, which may be used along with their medication.
• Patient should understand the nature of the medication prescribed, as well as its possible side effects, interactions with other medications and any contraindications (e.g., pregnancy).
• The patient should keep a diary in order to record medications used, dosages, responses to and evaluation of treatment, including side effects, and over-the- counter or other medications being used. The patient should share this information with the physician.
• The prophylactic medications should not be expected to work immediately; some take 1–2 months to work, especially calcium-channel blockers.
• The patient should be prepared to expect some side effects, to take medication daily and to recognise that the physician may have to change the medication.
• The patient should expect some migraine attacks, although they will probably be less severe or less frequent than previously experienced.
• Prophylactic medications are designed to be used for a number of months and then discontinued. For the few patients with difficult headache problems, however, longer term use may be necessary.
• The patient should not use headache medications other than those prescribed, including over-the- counter headache medications; excessive use of other analgesics and over- the-counter medications may reduce the effectiveness of the prophylactic medications.
• The patient should report if they become pregnant or are contemplating pregnancy.
Disclaimer- This article is meant for only general public awareness and education. The text can not substitute expert medical advice. Please consult your doctor if you experience these symptoms.


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I am the Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase, and I'm back.
The "Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase" was a pseudonym I used back at The Flying Inkpot in the years 1997-2002, when I was writing on Sibelius or other composers of the Nordic Countries. Back then, I felt that this "Chia Han-Leon" was writing way too many articles on the site compared to the other writers, and I just felt bad about it. So purely for fun, I started to use this nickname, partly because it felt more comfortable – Sibelius Nutcase championing Sibelius.
I was editor at the Inkpot's Classical Music section from around 1997 to 2002. I transformed the site, and we got millions and millions of hits, which was an important statistic those days, before Google Analytics. I stopped writing and managing the place in 2002, simply because I became a father (and the hands-on variety). Nevertheless, the articles are all still there.
But in the time since, the web has progressed. Back in 1997, the blog was a newly coined term. The blog as it is today – as publishing platform and web 2.X technology – would have been perfect for the Inkpot's peculiar style, which was in-depth, semi-professional and totally personal "attitude" about the arts. Just look at all the great e-magazines today.
But then, I am proud to say that our Chief Editor then, installed a comments engine in the Inkpot – we daresay we were the first publishing platform that allowed readers to comment (which is one of the main points of web 2.0, allowing user-generated content). Many commentators' comments are still on the Inkpot today (along with their email accounts, sorry for the spam).
Anyway, my articles have been on the Inkpot for a decade now. These articles – my work and my heart's work – have continued to serve me. They haunt me. People still come up to me and say, "Do you still write for the Inkpot?". Sometimes I say, "You can find me easily on the net, just google my name." I have discovered that my articles, musings and my name have travelled far and wide across the internet, appearing in music reviews, wikipedia and even this May 2009 essay by Museum Coach and Consultant Jane Kalagher . Lim Yau, a conductor I respect very much, sought me out in 2007 to write the programme notes for his Sibelius Symphony cycle with The Philharmonic Orchestra.
As I said, my work at The Flying Inkpot haunts me. I guess it was my own doing though – here's my original whimiscal description of the Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase at the Inkpotters page:
The Flying Inkpot is proud to be home to the World-Famous, World Premiere Recording of The Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase. Having heard of the fabulous web machine from Singapore, the mysterious white-winged ISN hefted his 6-ton armour of Nordic Music review expertise and crossed the Bifröst bridge to the tropics, bringing with him several boxes of BIS CDs, his Nordic Sounds and Finnish Music Quarterly subscriptions, a copy of the Everyman edition of the Prose Edda, as well as The Kalevala. To date, he refuses to reveal his identity except to the closest of friends (all Inkpotters, heh). Naturally, he only uses Nokia handphones. Due to intense concentration while listening to multiple-layer, multi-pedal sonorities, he does not check his email very often.
But I use an iPhone now.
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Grand Trunk Western Railroad Caboose #77137
The function of a caboose was to provide crew members with shelter and living quarters (which contained a stove, beds, desks, chairs, etc.). The crew's main responsibility was to ensure nothing went awry, this involved: ensuring hotboxes didn't catch fire (link), inspecting trains to ensure there weren't any problems with the loads, and performing business (which was managed by the conductor). However, due to the Flashing Rear-End Device (FRED), cabooses have almost become obsolete.
This caboose was constructed in 1891 in Port Huron, Michigan for the Grand Trunk Railway. Initially numbered #90724, this caboose is one of the few to survive with its original arch bar trucks because Grand Trunk Railway replaced the trucks on many of their cabooses in the 1950s.
At one time, all Grand Trunk Western (a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway) cabooses were mineral brown. Then, in 1944, the company adopted the colour of Canadian National orange because CN absorbed Grand Trunk Western. The maple leaf logo was applied in 1954, as was the lettering in 1957. At one time the cupola (which is the upper space where the brakemen were positioned- see image below) was shortened to allow passage through St. Clair Tunnel between Sarnia and Port Huron.
In 1964, the caboose became property of Bayview Railway Museum in Sarnia which was in its infancy. It was later moved to Toronto under the Canadian Railroad Historical Association in 1974 where it remained for 16 years until Mr. Ross Robinson purchased the caboose. He then moved it to Smith Falls, Ontario where he restored it and later donated it to ECRM in 1998.


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Here at MyDomaine headquarters, we've been known to pose some intriguing questions when it comes to the topic of gut health. Can probiotics really improve your mood? What diet do doctors who study the digestive system follow? Are gut health and anxiety linked? Should you take a probiotic supplement even if you don't have gut issues?
To answer that last question, we turned to Ara Katz, co-founder and co-CEO of Seed, a company that's reinventing the way we think about the microbiome, to learn more about the benefits of probiotics. "While probiotics are typically associated with GI and digestive health, they can perform or enhance a variety of other roles critical to our health," the forward-thinking entrepreneur told MyDomaine.
Ahead, Katz breaks down the benefits of probiotics that will make you want to clear some space in your medicine cabinet for a supplement that promotes a healthy microbiome. Keep scrolling to learn more about the role probiotics play in our overall health, the myths about the microbiome you shouldn't buy into, and the one thing everyone should know about gut health.
What role do probiotics play in our overall health?
Scientifically speaking, probiotics are "live microorganisms, which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host," according to the World Health Organization. Beneficial microbes (e.g., probiotics) work in various ways to promote health:
1. Play an essential role in nutrient absorption and food digestion
2. Synthesize and activate vitamins, particularly B vitamins and vitamin K
3. Regulate metabolism
4. Enhance the function of the intestinal inner lining, especially as a protective barrier to reduce "leaky gut"
5. Suppress excessive inflammation
6. Produce by-products like short-chain fatty acids, which have been extensively shown to be beneficial for metabolic and immune health
7. Compete with pathogens, produce neutralizing substances to block pathogenic bacterial effects, and inhibit the growth of harmful microbes
8. Degrade cholesterol
9. Trigger neurotransmitters that stimulate muscle contractions for increased motility—think better, more regular poops
How do they actually do all this? As transient microbes, probiotics travel through your small intestine and colon, interacting with your immune cells, gut cells, dietary nutrients, and existing bacteria to, directly and indirectly, deliver benefits.
While probiotics can produce many benefits, it's important to note that not all probiotics are equal. It's important to look for specific strains that have undergone double-blind placebo-controlled trials to demonstrate the benefit being claimed.
Why do you believe probiotics belong in everyone's medicine cabinets?
Foundational to Seed is the concept that there are three ways in which we can impact our health: diet, exercise, and lifestyle factors. We see probiotics (i.e., beneficial microbes) as a complementary new tool alongside these levers.
With over 70% of the U.S. experiencing GI and digestive issues, that's a lot of medicine cabinets to justify existence in, but we look beyond that. We believe beneficial microbes can not only be effective with specific conditions but are also impactful at specific life stages and as a part of everyday proactive health. We take a microbe-systems approach with benefits beyond the gut that address cardiovascular health, dermatological health, immune function, gut barrier integrity, and oxidative stress—and our female formulation is the first on the market to increase folate production.
So even if you aren't dealing with digestive issues, probiotics offer new tools to preventively and proactively care for your whole self (not just your human part). It's also important to consider how everyday stressors like poor diet, alcohol, sugar, tobacco, processed foods, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medication, and decreased sleep impact your microbiome. If we're successful, we hope people not only incorporate probiotics into their daily regimen but also consider their microbiome as they make critical choices for their body every day.
Can you speak to the name "Seed" and the concept behind the company?
"Seeding" is the foundational process by which a baby is first colonized by the mother's beneficial bacteria. These first microbes colonize your gastrointestinal system and help to set the foundation of your immune system, helping it distinguish between "friend" and "enemy." By the first few years of life, this early microbial community stabilizes into what is called the "steady-state microbiome", resembling more or less what you have today.
"Seed" is also symbolic because Raja (my co-founder) and I were introduced when I was pregnant with my first child, Pax. My journey through pregnancy and breastfeeding (with Raja's guidance and education) led to our collaborative vision for Seed.
What inspired you to develop Seed's Daily Synbiotic?
As research continues to confirm the profound influence of our microbiome on human health, global awareness around "gut health" has exploded. As a result, probiotics are now the fastest-growing consumer health category in the world, but the increasing availability of probiotic supplements, foods, and beverages has created a lot of confusion for consumers. We set out to develop a new standard in probiotics, introducing much-needed transparency, education, precision, and innovation to the category.
In collaboration with our chief scientist, Gregor Reid, we developed our Daily Synbiotic (with formulations for men and women)—the first in our pipeline of effective, scientifically validated probiotics that will continue to roll out in early 2019. And while most probiotics are intended to improve digestive function, we developed our Daily Synbiotic to deliver a range of clinically verified, systemic benefits including cardiovascular and dermatological health.
How is this probiotic different from those already on the market?
Our Daily Synbiotic was developed with leading microbiome scientists and global experts in formulation, biofermentation, and testing. It includes more than 20 clinically studied, naturally occurring, human-derived strains (Female, 24 - Male, 20) in combination with novel, patented plant-based prebiotics sourced from Indian pomegranate skin, Scandinavian chaga mushrooms, and pine bark. Our strains are unique to Seed and are not found in yogurt or fermented foods and beverages.
The combination of novel technology, leading scientists, mechanistic research, successful results in human trials, and testing protocols are both innovative and disruptive for consumer probiotics, which are not required to demonstrate efficacy under the FDA.
We also developed a proprietary algae delivery system to ensure the probiotics both survive and remain viable through digestion. As a result, there's not a synthetic or chemical coating and our product does not require refrigeration up to 79⁰F for up to 18 months.
This formula is specifically designed to increase folate production—can you explain why that is so beneficial?
Our female formulation is the first to increase folate production in the body. Folate is a critical vitamin—supporting the production and maintenance of red blood cells, as well as DNA. Specific microbes can synthesize a number of essential vitamins, like folate, inside your body.
In the female body specifically, folate also plays a crucial role in pregnancy and preventing serious birth defects. Women are routinely told to fortify their bodies with folate, typically through nutrition-rich foods like leafy greens, avocados, and citrus fruits or in the form of folic acid via supplements.
The "folate" found in supplements is often folic acid, the synthetic form of folate. When you take a folic acid supplement, it goes through a metabolic pathway in your liver to convert it into the bioavailable form of folate called methylfolate (5-MTHF). This is the form your body can use. 20% to 40% of women actually have a genetic mutation called MTHFR that prevents them from processing synthetic folic acid into usable folate. Additionally, folic acid supplements have a short half-life and are excreted by the body after seven hours.
What's one thing you wish everyone knew about gut health?
Probiotics are a serious field of science with a clearly defined scientific definition, despite that the term is often used loosely. As a result, it's important to know what qualifies as a probiotic so that you can be sure what you're taking can provide the desired benefits.
As an example of this misunderstanding, fermented foods are not probiotics. Just because products contain live microorganisms doesn't mean they are a probiotic. You may ingest some bacteria when you consume fermented products, but rarely have those strains been shown to have a measurable effect on your body. In fact, very often, the bacteria used for fermentation are selected for their interactions with substrates like lactose or glucose, not necessarily because they play any role in human health.
How are you empowering consumers to positively impact their health?
In addition to clarifying a confusing category like probiotics, we believe knowledge is a powerful tool for proactive health; the more we understand about our microbes, the better choices we can make every day for our health. And while our products have clear benefits, we are very clear that health doesn't come in a bottle and that nothing can replace good lifestyle choices. We use the microbiome as a new lens and will be offering actionable advice grounded in science so our community can live more scientifically and care for their microbiome and in turn, themselves.
Are there any myths about the microbiome that you'd like to dispel?
Generalizing "probiotics" is like generalizing books. By definition, a "probiotic" is a live microorganism that confers a health benefit in the human body. Unless a strain has demonstrated a health benefit in a human trial, it should not be called a "probiotic".
Secondly, most criticism of probiotics from microbiome scientists is based on two ideas:
1. Everyone's microbiome is different.
2. Probiotics do not "take up residence" in the gut.
Both of these statements are true, however, the mistake is in therefore implying that probiotics don't work. The foundation of our approach is looking at beneficial microbes that demonstrate an effect on the human body independent of someone's starting microbiome. It's also well known that probiotics don't colonize, and their benefit is dependent on continuous consumption. Actually, that's a good thing. We recommend caution with "spore-forming" soil-based probiotics that claim to colonize since you don't know what it's replacing in a healthy individual.
What's next for Seed?
We believe bacteria will touch almost every aspect of our lives in the coming years and advances in microbiome science will continue to radically transform our approach to medicine, hygiene, diet, and living.
In collaboration and partnership with scientists and partners around the world, we're developing a pipeline of consumer probiotics and live biotherapeutics targeting specific body sites and life stages in which the microbiome impacts human health. Since my experience with pregnancy and breastfeeding led me to the microbiome and ignited a personal mission to reinvent infant formula, mother and infant health is one of our core areas of focus.
If you asked me for our vision, I'd say that in five to seven years we are a global name in bacteria, with a successful financial business model, as well as humanitarian and environmental initiatives, making a measurable impact in both human and planetary health.


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Purification is an essential oil blend that contains citronella, lemongrass, rosemary, tea tree (melaleuca alternifolia), lavandin and myrtle.
What are the uses?
1. Stinky Shoes
You know this better than anyone else if you have boys in your house! The shoe rack is like a stinky rack, you don't want to get near with 😀
How to overcome this problem?
Put 1 drop on a cotton ball, put in inside the shoes. The stinks will all go away! Before putting on socks you can apply purification to the feet as well.
2. Insect Repellent
Balik kampung time will deal with lots of mosquitos and one safe way to solve it is to diffuse purification! I even have my DIY insect repellent in my bags everytime!
3. Purify the air
I remember when we first move in to our apartment, even with lots of mopping and scrubbing, there was always this weird kind of smell. It was like a combination of damp wall with stinky ceiling i don't know haha. I immediately diffuse Purification before we put all out things in. And walla! no more weird smells in the apartment.
4. For clean clothes, i put 5 drops of purification on my washer loads!
I don't really like Purification at first, but i am getting to love (and appreciate) it!


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Make room at your dinner table for our Jack The Dog Placemat.
This is Jack, a whirlwind in a fluffy white coat. Likes to think he's more Weimaraner than Westie. DO NOT TAKE HIS BALL. Can be found sniffing near bins- one mans rubbish is Jack's treasure!
Our Dog range was inspired by many walks in the park. Each dog is a four legged friend of Mister Berwyn. Designed and Illustrated in our studio by Mister Berwyn's creator, Amy.
Perfect for family dinners or adding something different to a dinner party, our Dog Placemats are great fun and sure to delight dog lovers!
Use on it's own in the centre of the table or use as part of a set. Sold individually or in sets of four. Why not pick a mixture of Dog Placemats to use and enjoy. These placemats will bring light hearted fun to your dinner table. Matching coasters available.
Handcrafted in Britain from a sustainably sourced Eucalyptus board with a cork back. Our placemats will stand the test of time. Their melamine coated surface allows for an easy clean even when used by the messiest of little eaters!
Laminated melamine with high quality soft cork backing. Heat resistant up to 140 degrees celsius. Do not place dishes taken straight from a hot oven onto this product and not suitable for use as a chopping board.
Wipe clean with a damp cloth. Do not immerse in water or use in a dishwasher.
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Thursday, February 24, 2005
Heading to Belize
Had a job interview today with a certain world championship organization (more on that in weeks to come), but now it is off to Belize for a long overdue adventure. It was so sad to drop off poor Homer at the crazy dog lady's house, just like leaving a kid at his first summer camp. If you need me, you can find me here - www.cavesbranch.com.
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Thursday, February 17, 2005
Tedy Bruschi Suffers Stroke
Woke up to the horrible news that Tedy Bruschi was rushed to the hospital yesterday. Rumors have been running all over Boston that he suffered a stroke and had symptoms of sever headaches, blurry vision and paralysis. Reports later today said he suffered a burst blood vessel in his head. He is being kept for additional tests and hopefully this will end up being something very minor. UPDATE: It has been confirmed Tedy suffered a mild stroke and should be released on Friday. What this means for his football career - nobody is saying.
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Monday, February 07, 2005
Holy Crap!
The Pats are gonna give me a heart attack with all these Super Bowl wins by three points. The Eagles made it a Hell of a game -- but they just weren't gonna win. Think I'll book my room in Detroit for a year from today in the morning.
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
Movie Time
In trying to keep my head from exploding waiting for Super Bowl XXXIX I've been hitting the big Oscar nominated films lately. First up was "The Aviator" - which I thought was great. Not knowing much about the life and times of Howard Hughes - I was sucked in from the opening moments and completely enthralled for the entire film. I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was fantastic and this could finally be the year Scorsese gets his Best Picture Oscar. Next up was "Sideways" featuring one of my favorite actors, Paul Giamatti, who should already have a best actor nomination for last year's "American Splendor". The flick has some hilarious scenes and is sort of the "Dude Where's My Car" for 40 year-olds.
But today we saw "Million Dollar Baby" - and I was completely and utterly blown away. I thought Clint Eastwood's last movie "Mystic River" was a gut wrencher, but this one makes that look like "Meet The Fockers." It is amazing that at 74, Clint has made the best film of his career. If "Baby" doesn't win Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor it will have been majorly shafted. While most Hollywood films stay with me for about as long as it takes to reach my car, the emotional impact of "Million Dollar Baby" sticks and haunts. You have to see this flick.
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Friday, February 04, 2005
A moment of silence please for Dean Wormer...
There will be no more double-secret probation because the fantastic character actor John Vernon has died. He had performed in over 200 film and TV productions -- none bigger than "Animal House".
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Super Bowl XXXIX
After long and profound deliberation, I've decided my brain can't handle going to another Super Bowl so soon after seeing the Pats win twice already and the Sox winning the World Series. So Bill and the Boyz will have to win one without me this time. Going to last year's Super Bowl in Houston made us cancel plans for a trip to the Amazon. One day in Houston cost more than a week in Peru. So this year we are going to Belize at the end of February. And I bet I'll be wearing some new SB XXXIX Championship gear too.
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