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How bad science created the obesity epidemic
This is a good talk by professor David M Diamond. Because of health issues of his own he started studying diet and health. Soon he realized that much of what we believe about healthy food today is based on bad science, preconceived notions and economic interests.
I agree with almost everything in the talk, except for one thing.
Cholesterol and eating fat
Diamond claims that eating high fat diets do not raise the cholesterol. For some people there is no change, but on average eating low carb high fat food will increase your cholesterol somewhat. This has been shown clearly in many studies.
However it's mainly the good cholesterol, the HDL-cholesterol, that increases. And having a lot of HDL-cholesterol means that your risk of heart disease is a lot lower.
The problem with disagreeing too much
I think it's very important that we do not fall into the trap of disagreeing with every conventional idea (e.g. global warming, vaccines, statins for people with heart disease). The fear of fat has been a mistake, but that obviously doesn't mean that every conventional idea has been a mistake.
There may be other mistakes too. But even if so it may be wise to focus on one area at a time. Otherwise we make it harder for other people to take us seriously. The most important thing is of course to not contradict conventional ideas when they are correct.
High fat diets raises the cholesterol a little bit on average, high fat diets raises the good cholesterol. And that is a good thing.
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Ghana World Cup players, with assist by chartered plane, getting $2M in unpaid bonuses
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Ghana players at the World Cup needed a phone call from their country's president to get them on a plane to Brasilia for the decisive group game against Portugal after an argument with officials over unpaid bonuses.
The Ghana Football Association said President John Dramani Mahama "personally spoke with the players" to reassure them they would get their money, avoiding an embarrassing squad strike.
According to Ghanaian media, the money - between $1.7 and $2.3 million - is now being flown over to Brazil in a specially chartered plane because the players didn't trust that officials would make the electronic transfers.
Conceding the players were "agitated" over the unpaid bonuses, the GFA says the squad is now focused on Thursday's Group G game.
Player bonuses have been a big bone of contention for African teams at this World Cup. Before the tournament, Cameroon's squad refused to board a plane to Brazil until their bonuses were improved, forcing the federation to take out a loan to pay them. There have also been rumblings of discontent over pay in the Nigeria and Ivory Coast camps.
So many Neymars
SAO PAULO --- The name Neymar is not common in Brazil, or at least it wasn't until a few years ago, when the star player began scoring goals as a teenager.
Since he started playing professionally with the Santos club in 2009, 371 Neymars have been born in his home state of Sao Paulo, according to the state's association of registries. Only two were given that name between 1992 and 2008, and one was Brazil's striker, who was born in Mogi das Cruzes, a suburb in the outskirts of the city of Sao Paulo.
Before Neymar moved to Barcelona last year, he led Santos to the 2010 Brazilian Cup, the 2011 Copa Libertadores and three state championships. He also won FIFA's award for the best goal of the year in 2011.
If Brazil thrives in the World Cup, expect more Neymars in nurseries.
Hulk-ing photo op
TERESOPOLIS, Brazil -- Fans visiting Brazil's training camp are lining up for a smashing photo opportunity with a huge statue of the superhero Hulk dressed in a national team jersey.
The statue, located in front of a restaurant just outside the training camp, wears the Selecao's yellow No. 7, the number worn by the striker who goes by the same name.
"We came to try to see the players, but if they don't let us, at least we got a photo with someone who we know is part of the team," joked 17-year-old Brazilian fan Luana de Aguiar.
Brazil's training sessions in the mountain city of Teresopolis, about an hour from Rio, have been closed to fans, although hundreds show up at the gates every day to try to get a glimpse of their idols.
French customs 1, Counterfeiters 0
PARIS -- That's the score after officials at Paris' main airport seized a shipment of 30 counterfeit FIFA World Cup trophies, in the first such bust of this year's World Cup.
The shiny gold-colored statues were to be sold to souvenir shoppers in France. The official World Cup replicas are sold by FIFA for about $130.
The phony trophies had been shipped from China and were intercepted by customs officers at the Charles de Gaulle airport on June 18, the customs office said Wednesday.
The customs office said the trophies will be destroyed.
Hoops in the park
SAO PAULO -- No matter where you go in this massive city, you seemingly can't get far away from soccer. Wherever you look, people are watching it and kids are playing it.
At first glance, Parque Ibirapuera appears to be no exception. Sao Paulo's answer to New York's Central Park is filled with locals kicking balls across long stretches of grass and inside enclosed dirt fields. The guards at the gate are watching World Cup matches on an iPhone.
But deeper inside the 545-acre park, finally another sport is revealed. About a dozen boys and girls are playing basketball on two concrete courts with chain-link nets. The scene is similar to any outdoor court you'd see in America - boys with baggy shorts posting up, driving to the rim and talking trash. But there's still a Brazilian twist: One of the younger boys is shooting hoops with a black and white soccer ball, not an orange basketball.
When asked if basketball was also popular in the land of football, one smiled, made a gesture with his fingers and said: "a little."
Gamblers win big on Suarez bite
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's practice of biting opponents seems to be a safe bet.
More than 150 people across Europe put money down that he would do it again during the World Cup, and raked in winnings 175-fold, a Swedish gambling company said on Wednesday.
The biggest win went to a punter in Norway whose bonanza amounted to 2,000 euros ($2,700), while someone else in that Scandinavian country took home $916, Betsson group spokesman Mikael Mellqvist said.
In Sweden, Mats Johansson posted his betting ticket on Twitter and thanked Suarez for the 1,750 kronor ($260) he got after putting up 10 Swedish kronor.
The company received bets on a Suarez bite amounting to "six figures in Norwegian kroner," Mellqvist told The Associated Press. "We have people from all of Europe playing but mainly in Scandinavia."
Norwegian media identified one of the winners as Thomas Syversen, who reportedly was asleep during the Uruguay-Italy game on Tuesday when Suarez allegedly bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the left shoulder.
"This is probably the sickest bet I have made, not to mention the sickest bet I have won," Syversen was quoted as saying by the Norwegian Dagbladet daily.
A foul was not called after the suspected biting incident but FIFA is investigating and might suspend Suarez. From chomping on opponents to making racist comments, Suarez knows how to court controversy.


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Fendi's New Scarf Is Almost $1K And Looks Like A Woman's Genitalia
October 15, 2018
Fall is officially upon us, and for many accross the country that means scarfs.
Well leave it to a company like Fendi to design a new scarf or shawl that looks a little....different than others.
It's quickly going viral online for the obvious reason that it looks like a vagina.
Look at this fancy scarf. It looks like vulva and costs £750. Ha. https://t.co/eQ6l7FIw21— Ellen C Scott (@EllenCScott) October 13, 2018
"I am both highly amused by this [Fendi> shawl which has a distinct vagina vibe, and appalled that it's trimmed in real fox fur," one user tweeted.
Being called the "Touch of fur shawl," is sold by online retailer Farfetch and described as "delicately monogrammed" with the Fendi logo. Shoppers can also get the shawl in other colors like blue and blood red.
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In our quest to provide more audio and video content on TheaterJones, we're beginning with a new podcast by local pianist Jonathan Tsay, called Between the Barlines. Tsay has performed recitals for international organizations, including in Taiwan and Canada, as well as for local outfits Fine Arts Chamber Players and The Cliburn, where he works with classroom outreach.
He talks more about himself and the podcast in this introduction:
For the second episode of Between the Barlines, Tsay talks with Eunice Keem, the associate concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. They talk about competition life in her teens, auditioning for orchestras, preparation, and composer Rebecca Clarke. They close with a fun game with Tsay playing short snippets of three weeks, and has Keem guess the unifying theme. Keem is the featured performer in the season opening program for Fine Arts Chamber Players, at 3 pm. Saturday, Oct. 14. The free program opens Keem leading Richard Strauss' String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85, followed by Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango for Violin and Piano. The performance concludes with the seldom-heard Quintet for Piano and Strings in E Major, Op. 2 by George Szell, best known as the Cleveland Orchestra music director (1946-70). Joining Ms. Keem are Aleksandr Snytkin, violin, DSO; Christine Hwang, viola, DSO; Sarah Kienle, viola, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Kuipers, cello; Nan Zhang, cello, DSO; and Jonathan Tsay, piano.
» Between the Barlines will appear twice monthly on TheaterJones.com. You can also listen to the podcast on our SoundCloud page, and look for it on iTunes soon.


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Next time you feel overwhelmed by life, just remember this happy seal chilling out on a surfboard.
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P&G CEO: Consumers Won't Pay More For Green
While consumers care about the environment most of them are not willing to pay more for products that are environmentally sustainable says Proctor & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald and WSJ's 2012 ECO:nomics conference.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... tell me when you style that today you can make a ... pitch to consumers that they will be willing to pay more and how much more of it all ... Wells said it is about our research suggests is about fifteen percent of consumers who were looking for a ... sustainability oriented product ... in are willing to take treetops and that there will be a very small ... um ... the five percent of consumers ... are willing to ... to to a trio of so what we wanna newsman and use products in every single category were and ... that make a difference in people's lives improve their lives and are better for your ... particular interested in that fifteen percent ... why mention the fifteen percent but goodness gracious I'd rather get ... eighty five percent ... um is that is the fifteen percent ... growing this is shrinking I know when the last year for instance in the work in the wake of economic problems you've had some problems getting price increases through gently ... I see the eye and yet a fifteen percent and rolled to a constant steady steady over time the me let me tell you about um ... oh one we think about this goes ... so far we've been talking it from a developed market standpoint I spent four years of my life in the Philippines I agree in our business in the Philippines ... um Filipino consumers really love clean clothes like ... consumers on the world ... the Filipino consumers ... really soak their clothes they washed by him in the washing machines ... and that typically would take the average Filipino consumer five bucket loads a water ... to rinse their clothes ... aam water Dizik huge issue ... around the world the average woman ... the average woman ... walks seven km a day ... to get water for her family ... in the world seven climbers ... and then after she walks that this is a woman's issue naman issued ... after she walks that she boils that to get it clean ... so will we develop was a product called Downy single rents it's not like the downy you use here in United States ... it provides some freshness some softness ... but what it does that sequester suicides ... soon allows the Filipino consumer to register close to one but the water ... so the advertising is from totally obvious ... by this product ... in you get it for free you get the softness in Montana and the UN and the freshness for free ... because you're saving for Buckalew into water ... and in the Philippines you don't have running water and I think you do that that that that at no additional cost ... no additional cost to ... this excursion ... well now ... it's it's innovation ... I mean ... you know ... in the eighteen hundreds people thought we were all gonna die and are heaps of course maneuver because everybody needs somebody forces ... um innovations songs problems innovation ... that's what you don't you know I know we're focused on the tree off I wanna focus on making a difference in the world ... if I've got four point four billion people using our proxy only get to RIM Plame ... I wanna improve their lives and I wanna make sure there's no trade offs ... with sustainability for this planet ...


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Monday Morning Cooking Club: Recipes from the old world
My food inspiration stems from my Bubba (grandmother) Shendel but it is one of her daughters who inspires me the most. Aunty Myrna, my father's older sister who passed away in 2004, was a horserace-loving, cigarette smoking, platinum blonde with a heart bigger than any. Polish-born, she immigrated to Melbourne as a young child in the 30s with my father and their family. She had a wonderful broad Australian 'Carlton' accent with just a hint of eastern Europe.
After Myrna married, she and husband Sol ran a tiny shop – part newsagent and part delicatessen – where truck drivers lined up for her superb homemade European delicacies. Sitting at her vinyl-clothed kitchen table with the 'wireless' on and the form guide open, she would force-feed me rugelach, tiny sultana strudels, butter chiffon.
I regret that my serious interest in her recipes came too late. Many of them are now lost and will never be made again. I miss her greatly but it is through the few recipes I did write down that she now stands beside me in my kitchen, beaming. And when I make her amazing cabbage rolls for my family, Aunty Myrna joins us at the table.
This is a pic (from L to R) of me, my sister in law Jo and Aunty Myrna from 2003.
This recipe has recently been published in The Feast Goes On.
|8 serves
This is home cooking at its most heartwarming. I imagine the addition of tomato soup was introduced in Australia, when she tried to replicate the flavours of her own childhood. The flavours do improve if allowed to sit in the fridge for a couple of days.
- 1 green cabbage
- 2 onions chopped
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tin condensed tomato soup
- 3/4 cup tomato passata (pureed tomatoes)
- 1 tin diced Italian tomatoes
- juice of 2 lemons
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 600 grams minced (ground) topside beef
- 2 - 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup cooked long grain rice (about 1/2 cup raw)
- 1 onion grated
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- Start this recipe at least one day before serving, as the flavours develop overnight.
- Core the cabbage and place in a large pot of cold water so that the cabbage is fully submerged. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the stovetop and allow to cool in the water. Remove when cool, separate the leaves and cut out the thick stalks with a knife.
- To make the sauce, you will need a large saucepan. Fry the onion in the oil over low heat until soft, around 20 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Taste for seasoning. Set aside until needed.
- To make the filling, put the beef in a medium sized bowl. On a chopping board, using the back of a knife, press the garlic with the salt to form a paste. Add to the beef, along with the rice, onion and pepper. Season generously. Add the eggs and combine.
- To make the parcels, lay 1/4 cup of the filling in an oblong shape in the centre of a cabbage leaf. Fold in the ends and then roll up like a parcel. Place into the sauce, seam side down. Continue with all the filling and cabbage leaves, placing the rolls snugly side by side in the sauce. Any unused or torn leaves can be rolled up and stuffed into the gaps in the pan. Make sure all the rolls are covered with sauce.
- Bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 3 hours, basting from time to time. If the cabbage rolls start to dry out, add more water to cover.
- Place in the refrigerator when cool and reheat to serve the next day.
[box]Once every month, I post a recipe as part of the virtual lunch table known as #LetsLunch.
Anyone interested can join this monthly 'lunch date' at any time. I adore all the posts from the U.S but would really love to see more Aussies be a part of it!
A topic is posted at the beginning of the month (everyone now takes it in turns) and all posts are made on the same day by this random but lovely group of food bloggers, writers and people who just love cooking from all around the world. Anyone can join at any time – just join us on twitter by searching and adding the hashtag #LetsLunch. At the end of the post I will add all the posts on this topic, once posted!
The topic this month is favourite childhood summer memories . . . but since we are in the middle of winter here in Sydney, it's hard to channel summer. So I'm going to share my favourite childhood food memory, but it's one that's probably best enjoyed in the winter months.
Check out these amazing posts from the #LetsLunch folk. Who wants to join in next month?
Summer Memories: Salt Water Taffy from Karen
Check out an original; Mung Bean Popcicles from Grace
Or this Malaysian treat: Char Kuey Teow from Eleanor
From the land down under: Aunty Myrna's Cabbage Rolls from Lisa
A Filipino delight: Suam na Mais from Betty Ann
Aunty Number one's dish (love the title):Fresh Peach Ice Cream from Linda
Poolside noodles in Singapore: Char Bee Hoon from Cheryl
A clever "sammy" of ham & eggs from Vivian[/box]
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Congratulations to the Eagles. Pats defense was abysmal, and I think they were outcoached too.
I had to turn on the local radio with tv even though it's out of sync. Couldn't take Collinsworth . So over the top, he should have just put on an Eagles cheerleader outfit and been done with it. I can't take him during regular season games either, but last night was even worse.
Rumors flying last night that Gronk is considering retirement. I'm sure it has to do with the concussion. How can he not be thinking of CTE and all of that? It would be a sad day if it happens.
You have always been a very gracious Patriot fan..........
They were really talking about Gronk this morning on ESPN on Golic & Wingo....In a post game interview, .it seems someone leaked a personal conversation that Gronk had shared with someone and Gronk was a bit upset with the reporter that asked that question....he said he would take time to evaluate his options (Im paraphrasing)...Gronk left it at that, while Brady was firm in his commitment that he'd be back.....
They said that Gronk lives on his endorsements alone, and saves the money he makes from his NFL salary for his future....
There are many changes taking place in the Patriots organization with MAYBE Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia leaving to take head coaching positions.........maybe Gronk feels the time is right and with his injuries, surgeries, and CTE ...
Fly Eagles Fly! Congratulations to the Eagles on their Super Bowl 52 win (41-33) and to all their fans. Awesome game! DH and I watched from start to finish. Loved seeing Brady being sacked too.
Congratulations to the Eagles! Who figured that Belichick would be outcoached? Pederson made some gutsy calls, which paid off. Apparently, he's been doing that all season.
NE players were wide open at times, but several of Brady's passes were incomplete. Foles had a better game than Brady IMO. I'm excited about what McDaniels can bring to the Colts' organization after seeing the offense.
The Eagles' defense, as well as NE's, was non existent, except for the strip sack of Brady in the 4th quarter. That was a factor in the game.
Does anyone know what a catch is? I thought that the calls were going to be against the Eagles, but instead favored them. It must depend on who is referee at the time. I can't explain it.
I'm not a fan of Justin Timberlake, so halftime was just OK. It was nice to do a tribute to Prince, though. Pink rocked the National Anthem.
One of the things I liked about the Eagles coaching plan is that they stayed aggressive. So many teams change their entire game plan that got them to the Super Bowl and go so conservative it ends up biting them in the rear end and they end up as the losers........
As for the defenses they tired each other out, and there was no pressure on Brady except for that one KEY play of the game!!! I think a team with a solid running game to compliment a passing game and win when it comes to time of possession and control of the clock helps defenses....but few teams have that balance anymore...........
The Commish said in an interview that one of the things that will be done in the off season is going to be to scratch what is supposedly considered a catch, and come up with a new definition..................
Im not a fan of Justin Timberlake either.....didnt even watch the whole thing, I helped my friend hosting the party make nachos......... Pink did rock the National Anthem--GREAT JOB!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EAGLES & THEIR FANS! Especially @yellowbeetle and @gardenman
What a great game!!! Superb play calling by Doug Pederson!!! I was a tad disappointed the Eagles defense didnt pressure Brady more....but on that one play when they did....that play was KEY to the win!!! That and that wonderful trick play on offense.............
A sad note to see Darrell Green bring the trophy to the platform....oh woe is me to see Darrell and what a reminder of the team and organization my team once was and to think what they have become
Anyway....CONGRATS EAGLES...well deserved and well played...........I bet anyone who has to deal with any type of business in Philly today is getting ringing phones with no answer as everyone celebrates...............
Thanks so much!!!
It was such an exciting game...was a nervous wreck watching right down to that final throw!! The Patriots are so good...but we did it!!!
We were still living in the Washington DC area when Darrell Green was a hero! Those were such fun times for the Redskins!!
Was thinking the NFC East is the nemesis for Brady and Belichick...the Giants with two Super Bowl wins and now the Eagles with one! So who knows...the Redskins or Cowboys could be next!!
Although I'm hoping this win by the Eagles will be the first of many!!!
Thanks again!!!
was going through my stack of magazines and last weeks sports illustrated issue had nick foles on the cover......some extra good luck for him? i wonder if he will be on this weeks cover also?
sure will be interesting to see what happens with him during the off season.....do the eagles need two great quarterbacks, one of which wont play unless the other is hurt?
The Eagles are nicely setup for the immediate and long-term future. The heart of the roster is signed through 2021. We'll be getting back our injured guys for next year. We've got some very good young players on the roster who will compete to start. There are no gaping roster holes that have to be filled. We won't lose anyone who's irreplaceable to free agency.
It's not unreasonable to assume the Eagles will be a playoff team for years to come. The NFC East looks pretty winnable for the foreseeable future. The Niners, Rams, Seahawks, Panthers, Saints, and Packers (assuming Aaron Rodgers is healthy) are all likely playoff capable teams, but none are all that scary.
The coaching staff will remain largely intact. Jim Schwartz will be dying over how his defense performed last night and they likely won't repeat that or he'll kill them. (Schwartz may be the only person unhappy today given how his defense performed.) Things look good for the Eagles in the immediate future.
One of my favorite Superbowl ads was the one with Eli and OBJ dancing to the song "Time of My Life." It was great how they repeated the "Dirty Dancing" steps. After what the Giants organization went through, good to see that the players still have a sense of humor, and added a positive note to the NFL.
On the Colts forum. it seems to be only a rumor that McDaniels isn't going to Indy. Most other analysts say that it's going to happen. McDaniels hasn't said anything because he was focusing on the Superbowl. After all the hype, it would be a bad move if he did back out IMO. Everyone will know for sure by the end of the week.
on a side note.......loved seeing and hearing john harbaugh as a color commentor. he will certainly have a job in broadcasting if he ever decides to get out of coaching!
So Philly finally did it - finally the Groom instead of a Groomsman.
I send out my Congrats to all the Eagle fans. I'm happy for you all -
as happy as my COWBOY loyality allows me to be.
From what I hear about the Eagle organization - Gardenman you may
be right. We may be seeing the beginning of an Eagle Dynasty.
Enjoy your victory Eagle fans and the right to call yourselves GOAT for
a year.
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Paula Abdul should join Dancing with the Stars, according to 55 percent of respondents to a TVGuide.com poll.
The poll asked if Abdul should join Dancing with the Stars, create an American Idol competitor, star in a sitcom or participate in some other reality show. Fifty-five percent of the 500-plus respondents saw Dancing as the best fit for the former choreographer. Seventeen percent thought a new reality show was the best option. Fourteen percent each wanted her to create an Idol competitor or a sitcom.
Abdul announced her departure from American Idol via Twitter on Aug. 5. ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson has since said that he'd like to work with Abdul, either via a spot on Dancing or otherwise.


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The year 2015 saw a record number of deaths in the U.S., contributing to a sky-high death rate that has some experts concerned. The data is based on preliminary research gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics from last year's death records. While the increase from 2014 to 2015 seems minimal, it's incredibly rare to see an uptick in the number of deaths, especially considering our societal advancements in modern medicine and public safety. It's too early to tell what's driving the increases—or if this is truly a phenomenon or merely a trend—but experts are citing the economic downturn of the 2000s, the opioid epidemic, and certain diseases as potential catalysts.
Arguably most surprising is the significant increase in suicide rates among young and middle-aged women. While men still die from suicide far more frequently than women do, the suicide rate increased by 45 percent for women of all age groups between 1999 and 2014, as compared to 16 percent for men. But suicide, in general, is an epidemic in and of itself; almost 45,000 people die by their own hand each year, and it's the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. That said, "This increase among young women could be misleading because the rate itself is exceedingly low, and only a small number of suicide deaths would be enough to drive it up substantially," pointed out Dr. Christine Moutier of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in an interview with CNN. "But we certainly have our eye on it."
One theory is that the growing pressure to balance a career with familial duties is putting some women over the edge. In the last 20 years or so, it's become increasingly more commonplace for women to work a full-time job in addition to managing a family and household. While it sounds antiquated, the majority of household duties still fall on the woman's shoulders, regardless of their employment status.
The average working woman spends almost triple the amount of time on household duties than the average working man, according to a study from the Council on Contemporary Families. Unfortunately, these small inequities make a world of difference when it comes to workplace equality, and evidently, mental health. "Gender inequalities in all areas are rooted in social structures but also in attitudes," said Professor Gillian Robinson, of the University of Ulster in an interview with Daily Mail. "It is difficult to see how women will ever have the same opportunities in the labor market if equality at home is not achieved." Comedian Ali Wong even went as far as (jokingly) saying that feminism and Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In were the worst things to ever happen to women—commentary on the undue pressure facing women to "have it all."
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Google is gearing up for the release of their latest flagship smartphone – the Nexus 6P, and it is set to give Apple and Samsung a very serious run for their money. With the 6P, Google and manufacturing partner Huawei are hoping, nee expecting, to capture a bigger share of the 'phablet' market, wresting it away from their more established competitors. From design and build to features and performance the Nexus 6P boasts some dramatic improvements over past models, Promising to make it Google's most impressive Android powered handset to date. But is all the hype justified, and does the Nexus 6P deliver a truly 'Premium' smartphone experience?
Design and Build
Last year's Nexus 6 followed the ongoing trend of BIG smartphones, resulting in a phablet that was frankly unwieldy and difficult to use. With the Nexus 6P Google has scaled back, if only just a bit. While still nearly as tall as last year's model, the 6P has been slimmed down so that it fits better in the hand. In fact, the new Nexus is probably the largest smartphone you can comfortably use without having to perform any delicate balancing acts. The all metal build is a definite step up from the plastic of past models, giving the new handset a heft that belies its light weight (a mere 178g), and the overall design is sleek and modern as befits a smartphone that is looking to the future.
Under the hood we have a Snapdragon 810 processor (still top of the line for the industry), and a 3,450 mAh battery that easily delivers a full day's charge. The Nexus 6P comes standard with 3 GB of RAM, and customers can choose between 32, 64, and 128 GB of internal storage. As with most higher end smartphones, the 6P features a fingerprint ID scanner called the 'Nexus Imprint". This is located on the back of the handset, and in tests has proven to be one of the fastest scanners ever included with an Android device. In a welcome move, speakers have been relocated to the front of the smartphone delivering greater clarity to calls and audio playback. All in all, the Nexus 6P boasts an impressive build that easily lives up to its 'Premium' marketing promises.
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While the Nexus 6P is somewhat smaller than its predecessors, it still features a larger display than its major competitor the iPhone 6S. The 5.7 inch high resolution Amoled display delivers a sharp picture with rich colours, and its integration into the operating system allows users to toggle back and forth between tasks with little to no screen lag time. In short, its one of the most highly responsive 2K displays on the market.
Of course, no smartphone would be complete without a camera or two, and the Nexus 6P is no slouch in that department either. The handset comes stock with a rear-facing 12.3 Mp camera with 1.55 ultra pixels and a laser auto focus feature. The primary camera supports slow motion and 4K hi-def video recording, putting it on a par with top of the line iPhone models. The front-facing selfie camera boasts 8Mp and an HDR+ feature that delivers high definition selfies at the press of a button.
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Google's Nexus 6P will ship with Android Marshmallow 6.0 pre-installed. This latest iteration of the Android operating system offers some choice upgrades over past versions, including the new power saving Doze feature which minimizes battery consumption by preventing background apps from cycling and updating when the phone is in sleep mode. Android 6.0 also supports USB-C connections which will allow users to recharge their smartphones three to five times faster than before. Additional features include Now on Tap (essentially an upgrade of Google Now), split-screen support for multitasking, Track Memory to monitor app performance, and full support for the new Android Pay. The Android operating system has also been given a visual overhaul, making it more attractive and delivering a more intuitive user interface.
Google's Nexus 6P is already being called the smartphone of the future. It's currently available for pre-order, though manufacturing delays have pushed back the planned release data. Starting at around £450 the Nexus 6P will never be mistaken for a budget phone, but it does make it a strong competitor for Apple and Samsung's flagship models and could earn Google and Huawei a bigger piece of the premium smartphone pie. If the Nexus 6P can truly live up to the hype, it will be the smartphone to beat in 2016.


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Coolaburragundy River
Coolaburragundy River, a perennial stream that is part of the Talbragar catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Orana district of New South Wales, Australia.
|Coolaburragundy River
Coolah Creek[1]
Upper valley of Coolaburragundy River, near Coolah
|New South Wales
|IBRA: Brigalow Belt South
|Physical characteristics
|Liverpool Range and Great Dividing Range
|⁃ location
|Pandoras Pass, north-east of Coolah
|⁃ elevation
|656 m (2,152 ft)
|confluence with the Talbragar River
⁃ location
|near Leadville
⁃ elevation
|286 m (938 ft)
|68.9 km (42.8 mi)
|Basin features
|River system
|Murray–Darling basin
The river rises on the south-western slopes of the Liverpool Range, at the junction of the Great Dividing Range, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-east of the town of Coolah at Pandoras Pass. Runoff from Coolah Tops National Park also flows into the river,[3] as it flows generally south westerly and is joined by three minor tributaries, before reaching its mouth at the confluence with the Talbragar River near Leadville;[4] dropping 265 metres (869 ft) over its course of 69 kilometres (43 mi).[2]
There is sufficient water for limited irrigated cropping on the fertile alluvial soils along the valley. Although the river itself is usually dry, an aquifer lies below the Coolaburragundy valley between Coolah and Dunedoo.[3]
The Craboon-Coolah branch off the Gwabegar railway line, closed in c. 1982, ran close to the Coolaburragundy River throughout its length.
- "Coolaburragundy River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- "Map of Coolaburragundy River". Bonzle.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- "Groundwater Management Unit: Coolaburragundy - Talbragar Valley Alluvium". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- "Dunedoo Area Community Group Inc: Coolaburragundy River". Bottles from the basin. National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
External links
- "Macquarie-Bogan River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.


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50 Cent lands at #4 on the Billboard 200 with "Animal Ambition."
The numbers have arrived for 50 Cent's new solo album Animal Ambition. The album, which dropped on June 3rd, was projected to move around 30,000-35,000 units opening week.
After an extensive roll out and plenty of promotion and publicity, Fif managed to move more than the expected amount. Animal Ambition sold 47,000 units opening week, which was sufficient to land 50 a spot on the Billboard 200's top 5. He debuted at #4 on the chart.
Compare these numbers to 50's last release, (which was through Interscope) Before I Self Destruct, which sold 160,000 units in 2009.
What did you think of Animal Ambition? Was it a strong showing from 50? Take a look at our review of the album here. In related news, G-Unit are prepping a new album for the Fall. It'll be interesting to see what the numbers are like for that, but it's definitely a ways away.


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Entasis Hires Isaacs From Merck Vaccine Research
Robin David Isaacs is joining Entasis Therapeutics as its chief medical officer. The Waltham, MA-based company is a spinout of AstraZeneca and is focused on creating novel antibiotics with a pathogen-targeted approach. The company's lead candidate is ETX0914, a treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea in Phase 2. Isaacs comes from Merck, where he worked for 18 years and was most recently vice president and therapeutic area head for vaccine clinical research.


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Scottish Nation
a surname derived from the Norman French chesé, to choose, and
the Saxon holme. the family who first bore it in Scotland
possessed lands in Roxburghshire and Berwickshire so early as the
reign of Alexander III. The chief of the name was Chisholme of
Chisholme in the former county, of whom Chisholme, now of Stirches,
also in Roxburghshire, is the direct heir male and representative. In
the Ragman Roll appear the names of Richard de Cheseholme, counte de
Rokesbrugh, and his son, John de Chesholme. The son of the latter, Sir
Robert Chisholme, married in 1335, Ann, daughter and heiress of Sir
Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood, county of Nairn, and constable of the
royal castle of Urquhart in Inverness-shire. In 1346, he was taken
prisoner with David II., at the battle of Durham. In 1364, he
succeeded his father-in-law as constable of Urquhart castle, and died
in 1372. His eldest son, John, succeeded to the border estate and the
lands of Quarrelwood in Nairnshire, while his second son, Alexander,
married Margaret de la Ard, heiress of Erchless, and founded the
family of Erchless and Strathglass, in Inverness-shire. He is
mentioned in a deed of date 1368, as comportioner, along with Lord
Fenton, in the barony of Ard, and was succeeded by his son, Thomas, as
appears by an indenture, dated 1403, entered into between William de
Fenton of Baky on the one part, and Margaret de la Ard, domina de
Erchless, and Thomas de Chisholme, her son and heir, on the other
part. This Thomas died without issue. His brother, Alexander, who
succeeded him, had only daughters, who conveyed the estate into other
families by marriage, and so the family of Chisholme of Strathglass
came to an end. William, the third son, was treasurer of Moray. John,
the eldest son, had three sons: John; Robert, who succeeded John; and
Edmund, founder of the house of Cromlix, after mentioned. John's only
daughter, Morella, married Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, who got
with her Quarrelwood and other lands in Nairnshire. Robert's
great-grandson, John Chisholme, tenth of that ilk, forfeited the
estate during the minority of James V.; but in 1531, it was restored
to his brother George, by Douglas of Drumlanrig, to whom it had been
granted. His son, Walter, is styled baron of Chisholme in the
parliamentarian roll of chieftains, anno 1587. He was succeeded, in
1589, by his eldest son, Walter, whose son, also named Walter, a minor
on his father's death, married a lady named Stirling, against the will
of his guardian and feudal superior, Douglas of Drumlanrig. As the
lands held from the latter by the old feudal tenure of ward of
marriage, he became liable in a fine of 5,600 merks Scots, and failing
to pay it the estates were attached and lost to the family. He had two
sons, Walter and William. The former acquired the estate of Stirches
from Thomas Scott of Whitslade in 1660. His eldest son, William, the
second of Stirches, was succeeded by his eldest son, John (died in
1755), whose son, also named John, was succeeded in 1794, by his third
son, Gilbert, the elder two having predeceased him. By his second
wife, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Scott, Esq. of Whitehaugh,
Gilbert had two sons and two daughters, and died in 1820. The eldest
on, John Chisholme, the sixth of Stirches and twentieth in descent
from Richard de Chisholm, married in 1840, Margaret, eldest daughter
and coheiress of Robert Walker, Esq. of Mumrills, Stirlingshire, with
issue. On succeeding, in 1852, to the lands of Whitehaugh, he assumed
the name of Scott Chisholme.
The modern
clan CHISHOLM in Inverness-shire, though claiming to be of Celtic
origin, are, it is probable, descended from one of the northern
collaterals of the original family of Chisholme of Chisholme in
Roxburghshire, and cannot be traced farther back than the reign of
James IV., when a Wiland de Chesholm obtained a charter of the lands
of Comer, dated 9th April 1513. At a later period they
obtained a gift of the lands of Erchless and others. In 1587, the
chiefs on whose lands resided "broken men," were called upon to give
security for their peaceable behaviour, among whom appears "Cheisholme
of Cummer." After the battle of Killiecrankie, in 1689, Erchless
castle, the seat of the chief, was garrisoned for King James, and
General Livingstone, the commander of the government forces, had
considerable difficulty in dislodging the Highlanders. In 1715, Ruari,
or Roderick MacIan, the chief, signed the address of a hundred and two
chiefs and heads of houses to George the First, expressive of their
attachment and loyalty, but no notice being taken of it, he engaged
very actively in the rising under the earl of Mar; and at the battle
of Dunblane, the clan was headed by Chisholm of Crocfin, an aged
veteran, for which the estates of the chief were forfeited and sold.
IN 1727, he procured, with several other chiefs, a pardon under the
privy seal, and the lands were subsequently conveyed, by the then
proprietor, to Roderick's eldest son, who entailed them on his heirs
male. In 1745, this chief joined the standard of the Pretender with
his clan, and Colin, his youngest son, was appointed colonel of the
clan battalion. Lord President Forbes thus states the strength of the
Chisholms at that period. "Chisholms – Their chief is Chisholm of
Strathglass, in Gaelic called Chisallich. His lands are held of the
crown, and he can bring out two hundred men.:" At the battle of
Culloden, William Chisholm, a near kinsman of the chief, was
flag-bearer of the clan. He fought long and manfully; and even after
the retreat had become general, he rallied and led his clansmen again
and again to the charge. A body of the Chisholms ultimately sought
shelter in a barn, which was soon surrounded by hundreds of the
soldiers of the royal army, but William Chisholm cut his way through
them until he was shot by some Englishmen. His widow, Christiana
Fergusson, a native of the parish of Contin, Ross-shire, where her
father was a blacksmith, composed a beautiful lament for him in
Gaelic, "Cumha do dh' Uilleam Siseal,' which is still popular in the
Highlands. One of the seven outlaws who sheltered Prince Charles in a
cave in the Braes of Glenmoriston, during his wanderings after the
battle of Culloden, was a Chisholm, who, with another of the men named
Grant, safely conveyed him to the coast of Arisaig, resisting the
temptation of thirty thousand pounds offered for his capture. From
this man, Hugh Chisholm, who afterwards resided for many years in
Edinburgh, Mr. Home obtained some of his information for his account
of the Rebellion. Sir Walter Scott knew him personally, and in his
Tales of a Grandfather gives some interesting details respecting him,
but too long for insertion here, besides being somewhat inflated, and
probably in part apocryphal.
Chisholm, chief of the clan, who succeeded in 1785, left an only
child, Mary, married to James Gooden, Esq., London, and dying in 1793,
the chiefship and estates, agreeably to the deed of entail, devolved
on his youngest brother, William, who married Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Duncan MacDonnell, Esq. of Glengarry, and left two sons
and one daughter. On his death in 1817 he was succeeded by the elder
son, Alexander William, once member of parliament for Inverness-shire,
who died, prematurely, in September 1838, and of whose amiable life an
interesting memoir has been published. "His eminent classical and
scientific attainments," says the writer of the account of the parish
of Kilmorack, in the Statistical Account of Scotland, "graced and
sanctified by his unostentatious and unfeigned piety, rendered him
peculiarly fitted for the honourable situation of representative of
his native county in parliament. To that situation he was called at an
early period of his life, but death cut shirt his career almost in its
commencement." He was succeeded by his brother, Duncan MacDonnell
Chisholm, who died in London 14th September 1858, aged 47,
when the estate devolved on the descendants of Archibald Chisholm,
eldest son of Chisholm of Muckrath.
The prefix
"The' is employed occasionally and appropriately by the chiefs of
clans who use the name Mac or Magnus, as The Macnab, The
MacGregor, meaning the chiefs of the clans Nab and Gregor. It is also
used in the same sense by the head of an Irish family, viz. "The
O'Connor Don;" the Spanish adjunct Don, Dominus, or Lord,
having the same meaning. "The Chisholm" is the only instance of its
use without the accompanying term of headship. An old chief of the
clan Chisholm once not very modestly said that there were but three
persons in the world entitled to it – 'the pope, the king, and the
One of the
chiefs of this clan having carried off a daughter of Lord Lovat,
placed her on an islet in Loch Bruirach, where she was soon discovered
by the Frazers, who had mustered for the rescue. A severe conflict
ensued, during which the young lady was accidentally slain by her own
brother. A plaintive Gaelic song records the sad calamity, and
numerous tumuli mark the graves of those who fell.
The once
great family of Chisholme of Cromlix, sometimes written Cromleck, in
Perthshire, which for above a century were hereditary bailies and
justiciaries of the ecclesiastical lordship of Dunblane, and furnished
three bishops to that see, but which is now extinct, was also
descended from the border Chisholmes; the first of that family, Edmund
Chisholme of Cromlix, early in the fifteenth century, being the son of
Chisholme of Chisholme in Roxburghshire, who also possessed the estate
of Tindale in England, He married, first, Margaret Sinclair, a widow,
a daughter of the house of Dryden, and the mother of Sir John Ramsay
of Balmain, the unworthy favourite of James the Third, afterwards for
a time Lord Bothwell. By this lady he had two sons, James, of whom
afterwards, and Thomas. He married, secondly, Janet, daughter of James
Drummond of Coldoch, brother of John Lord Drummond, and by her he had
two sons, Sir James, who succeeded him, and William, bishop of
Dunblane, and also three daughters.
His elder
son, by the first marriage, James Chisholme, was chaplain to James the
Third, and having been sent by that monarch to Rome, was by Pope
Innocent the Eighth made bishop of Dunblane in 1486, but was not
consecrated till the following year. In his old age, after having been
forty years in the see, he resigned it in the year 1527, in favour of
his half-brother, William Chisholme, above mentioned, retaining the
administration of the fruits of his bishopric, and died in 1534.
Sir James
Chisholme, the elder son of the second marriage, succeeded his father,
as second laird of Cromlix. He married Lady Catherine Grahame, sister
of the third earl of Montrose, and by her had three sons and four
daughters. His eldest son, Sir James, succeeded him. William, the
second son, succeeded his uncle William, as bishop of Dunblane; and
Alexander, the third son, was parson of Comrie. William Chisholme, the
youngest son of Edmund Chisholme, and full brother of the first Sir
James, was consecrated bishop of Dunblane in April 1527. He was a
great opponent of the Reformation, and alienated the episcopal
patrimony of his see to a considerable extent. Most of it he gave to
his nephew, Sir James Chisholme of Cromlix, but large portions of it
were also bestowed on James Chisholme of Glassengall, his own natural
son, and on his two natural daughters, one of whom was married to Sir
James Stirling of Keir, and the other to John Buchanan of that ilk. He
died in 1564. His nephew, William Chisholme, was, in June 1561, by
papal brief, constituted coadjutor and successor to him in the see of
Dunblane. This nephew was much employed by Mary queen of Scots in
public affairs, and was one of the commissioners for the divorcing of
the earl of Bothwell from Lady Jane Gordon, previous to the marriage
of that nobleman with the queen. He dilapidated what his uncle had
left of the revenues of his bishopric, and was forfeited for
noncompliance with the new measures both in church and state. Retiring
into France, he was made bishop of Vaison, and in his old age he
resigned that see in favour of his nephew, also named William
Chisholme, and became a friar at Grenoble. He died at Rome.
Sir James
Chisholme, the third laird of Cromlix, married Jean Drummond, daughter
of Sir John Drummond of Inverpeffray, by his wife, Lady Margaret
Stuart, widow of Lord Gordon, and daughter of King James the Fourth.
By this lady he had four sons and four daughters. Sir James, the
eldest, succeeded him. William, the second son, was born at
Inverpeffray, Marcy 11, 1551, and was educated in France. On his
uncle's resigning his see in his favour, he became bishop fo Vaison.
John Chisholme, the third son, born at Dunblane in August 1557, lived
chiefly in France, and was the secret agent of the king of Spain and
the duke of Parma with the Scottish Catholic lords, of whom mention is
made infra. Thomas Chisholme, the fourth son, whose name in old
documents is spelled Cheeseholm, was portioner of Butter-Gask, and
died without heirs. The eldest daughter, Jean, was married to James
Drummond, second son of David Lord Drummond, and by her he got the
lands of Inverpeffray, which were her mother's portion. He first bore
the title of Lord Inchaffray, being commendator of that abbacy, but
was, in 1607, created Lord Maderty, a title merged in 1711, in the
viscounty of Strathallan, the second title of which is Lord Drummond
of Cromlix. [See STRATHALLAN, Viscount of.] Helen, the second
daughter, was married to Charteris of Kinfauns; Margaret, the third,
to Mushet of that ilk; and Agnes, the youngest, to Napier of
Sir James
Chisholme, eldest son of Sir James, the fourth laird of Cromlix, was
born at Muthil, 10th September 1550. The first Lord
Balmerinoch, principal secretary of state in Scotland, on his trial in
1608, for high treason, for sending a letter to the Pope, in his
majesty's name, without his authority confessed that, in 1598, he had
written to his holiness, in the king's name, for a cardinal's hat for
the bishop of Vaison (William Chisholme, secundus). Lord
Balmerinoch was a connection of the Cromlix family, and hence the
interest he took in their advancement. Robertson in his History of
Scotland, and Douglas in his Peerage, erroneously call this bishop
Drummond, a very natural mistake, as the Chisholmes and Drummonds
were very nearly connected by frequent intermarriages, but he was
William Chisholme, second of the name and surname. It was also
stated, on that occasion, by the lord privy seal, that, in 1588, the
same bishop came to Scotland, with great offers from the Pope, that if
King James made any kind of acknowledgment of him, he would have
prevented the sailing of the great Armada, "and after him came Sir
James Chisholme, who dealt in the same course, and because he did not
prevail, he broke his heart and so died." On the alarm of the Spanish
Armada that year, the General Assembly remitted to the presbytery of
Edinburgh, to summon before it certain papists and apostates, among
whom was the above named John Chisholme, brother of the bishop of
Vaison (William Chisholme, tertius), and son of Sir James
Chisholme of Cromlix, who, in the intercepted correspondence between
the duke of Parma and the Catholic lords was, for better concealment,
called John Jameson, while the duke was styled "our miller." Robert
Bruce, the Roman Catholic trafficker, in his letter to the duke,
intercepted in January 1589, speaks of Sir James Chisholme as the
eldest brother of this John Chisholme, and with reference to the money
which he had brought from the duke, he says that he would be guided by
his advice in the disposal of it, "for he is a man confident and wise,
and one upon our part, and very little suspected." [Calderwood's
History, vol. v. p. 22.] Sir James married dame Anna Bethune,
daughter of the laird of Creich, and by her he had his successor, Sir
James, and other children.
The eldest
son, Sir James Chisholme, styled of Dundarn and Cromlix, knight, was
one of the masters of the household to King James the Sixth, and high
in the favour of that monarch. Notwithstanding of his position and
prospects, however, he seems to have been much mixed up with the
intrigues of the Catholic lords for the overthrow of the reformed
religion in Scotland; and in 1592, it was intended that he should
proceed to Spain, on their part, to procure assistance for the
advancement of their projects; but not being ready in time, Mr. George
Kerr went in his stead. That gentleman was apprehended in the island
of Cumbray, and upon him were found, besides seventeen letters of a
treasonable and dangerous character, eight others, signed in blank by
the earls of Huntly, Angus, and Errol, and by Gordon of Auchindown;
which, on being known, created great consternation and alarm in the
kingdom. An account of the discovery of this Popish plot, called the
affair of the "Scottish Blanks," has been reprinted, from a rare tract
of the time, in Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, (vol. i. p. 317,) to which
the reader is referred. On February 15, 1592-3, Sir James Chisholme
was denounced for not appearing to answer "touching his practising and
trafficking in sundry treasonable matters against the true religion,"
&c.; and at the provincial synod of Fife convened at St. Andrews, 25th
September 1593, he was, with the Catholic earls, Angus, Huntly, and
Errol, and Sir Patrick Gordon of Auchindown, formally excommunicated;
but in 1595, on his appearing before the Assembly, which met in June
of that year at Montrose, confessing his apostacy, and declaring his
adherence to the reformed faith, he was released from the sentence of
excommunication, and admitted a member of the reformed church.
This Sir
James Chisholme was the author of the touching and interesting
love-song of 'Cromlet's Lilt,' written in his youth, when absent in
France, on the supposed inconstancy of his betrothed, Helen Murray,
commonly called "Fair Helen of Ardoch," daughter of William Stirling,
brother of the laird of Ardoch, and grand-daughter of Murray of
Strewan, one of the seventeen sons of Sir William Murray of
Tullibardine, already referred to [See ATHL.]. It begins:
"Since all thy vows, false maid,
Are blown to air,
And my poor heart betray'd
To sad despair.
Into some wilderness
My grief I will express,
And thy hard-heartedness,
O cruel fair!"
And ends most
"And when a ghost I am
I'll visit thee;
O thou deceitful dame,
Whose cruelty
Has kill'd the kindest heart
That e'er felt Cupid's dart,
And never can desert
From loving thee."
It is
pleasant to know that fair Helen became, after all, the wife of
Chisholme, notwithstanding her forced and unconsummated marriage with
his treacherous confident, which was annulled on his return to
Scotland, on the exposure of the treachery and villany of his false
friend, who had kept up his letters, and prepossessed the lady against
her absent lover. By her Sir James had two sons, James, and John, who
both inherited the estate of Cromlix, besides several daughters. The
estate afterwards became the property of General Drummond, by
A John
Chisholme, probably a member or relative of the Cromlix family, was in
the reign of Queen Mary comptroller of artillery, and as such was in
1564 infefted in the extensive building, called the King's Work, at
the mouth of the harbour at Leith. The ancient buildings had shared in
the general conflagration which signalized the departure of the army
of Henry the Eighth of England in 1544, and they would appear to have
been rebuilt by Chisholme in a most substantial and magnificent style.
The following are the terms in which the queen confirms her former
grant: – "Efter her heines lauchfull age, and revocation made in
parliament, hir majeste sett in feu farme to hir lovite suitoure Johne
Chisholme, his airis and assignais, all and haille hir landis, callet
the King's Werk in Leith, within the boundis specifit in the
infeftment, maid to him thairupon, quhilkis than war alluterlie
decayit, and sensyne are reparit and reedifit be the said Johnne
Chisholme, to the policy and great decoratioun of this realme, in that
oppin place and sight of all strangearis and uthwris resortand at the
schore of Leith." Notwithstanding the terms of this royal grant, the
property of the King's Work remained vested in the crown. [Wilson's
Memorials of Edinburgh, vol. ii. p. 144.]
an artist of considerable merit, was born at Elgin, in 1792, or 1793.
He was intended by his father for the humble occupation of a weaver,
for which he entertained a strong aversion. He early manifested a
predilection for art, and he was accustomed, from his own untaught
impulses, to sketch on the cloth on which he was occupied at the loom,
all the odd figures he saw, and remarkable objects which struck him.
He had been placed with a master weaver at Peterhead, and when his
leisure permitted him, he used to resort to the seashore, and sketch
on the sand. When about thirteen or fourteen years of age he walked
from Peterhead to Aberdeen, and wandered about the streets for some
time; his attention was at length arrested before a shop window by
seeing some advertisement about colours. He entered the shop,
introduced himself to the shopkeeper, and from him received his first
lessons in light and shade. At this time there was a meeting of the
Synod of Aberdeen, the members of which he was permitted to sketch;
and his work gave such satisfaction that he was forthwith commissioned
to paint them, but was compelled to decline doing so, from his
ignorance of the use of colours. When he was about nineteen or twenty,
he proceeded to Edinburgh, where he was patronized by Lord Elgin and
the earl of Buchan, and was subsequently appointed an instructor at
the Academy of Painting, &c. He married Miss Susanna Stewart Fraser,
one of his private pupils. In 1818, he went to London, and obtained a
considerable share of encouragement. His favourite style of art was
history. He also painted portraits with considerable success. In the
Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of 1830 he had a picture very
well treated, 'Shall I fight or not/' in that of 1843 one of 'The Fair
Maid of Perth listening to the instructions of the Carthusian Monk,'
and in that of 1847, one of a bolder character than either, 'The
Signing of the Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard, February 28, 1638.'
The point of time in the picture is when Mr. Henderson is
administering the oath, which was "taken with drawn swords in their
hands and tears in their eyes." Having suffered affliction during nine
years before his death, his latter paintings do not exhibit that
degree of vigour which characterized his earlier works. Mr. Chisholm
died at Rothesay, in the Isle of Bute, on the 3d of October 1847.
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