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Fireworks How fireworks work!

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Most of us love watching fireworks, but have you ever thought about how rockets work? It’s a fascinating science and if you read on, you’ll be able to amaze your friends in the pub after attending your local display.

Fireworks are essentially small missiles designed to explode in a controlled and colourful way. The word ‘firework’ originates from the Greek word pyrotechnics, which means, ‘fire art’ or ‘fire skill’; and modern rocket designs require both in huge amounts.

Rockets mostly consist of five main parts.

The tail or the stick – This protrudes from the bottom and ensures the firework shoots in a straight line, which is important for two reasons: first, so that the rocket doesn’t fly off in a random direction, and injure someone; and second, because it aids accuracy and precision when creating complex displays.

Fuse - This is the part that allows the firework to be ignited safely. It allows a

This charge ignites other, smaller fuses that make the interesting, colourful parts of the firework (the effects) explode a little later.

In a basic rocket, the main fuse consists of a piece of paper or fabric that you light with a match. In a complex public firework display, fuses are lit by electrical contacts known as wirebridge fuseheads.

When the firework technician pushes a button, an electric current flows along a wire into the fusehead, which ignites the main fuse. Electrical ignition has the advantage it can be done at a very safe distance.

Charge - This is actually a fairly crude explosive designed to blast the rocket up into the sky. Some rockets travel at speeds as fast as a fighter jet. The charge is usually made up of tightly packed, coarse explosive gunpowder (known as black powder) and simply sends the firework high into the air, clear of spectators; it’s not responsible for the spectacular colours.

Effect - This is the business end of the firework. A single firework may have just one effect, or several, packed into separate compartments which fire off in sequence, ignited by a time-delay fuse.

Effects are explosives too, but different from the main charge. Each effect is made up of more loosely packed, finer explosive material, often fashioned into separate ‘stars’, which make up the small, individual, colourful explosions from a larger firework.

colours depend on how each effect is made and packed.

Head - This is the top part of the firework which contains the effect or effects. Sometimes the head has a pointed nosecone to make the firework faster and more aerodynamic and improve the chance of it going in a straight line.

However, you choose to enjoy the fireworks this year remember safety should always be paramount. Follow the firework code.

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As the plot develops, we question whether Jack is really possessed or simply an alcoholic losing his mind, and whether Danny is psychic or whether what he sees is because he’s been so damaged by his dysfunctional family. King’s skill is to weave together the demons, both real and imagined without drawing any distinct boundaries between the two. As the story builds to its terrifying conclusion you will be on the edge of your seat.

Why you should consider a rat inquisitive little animals. They spend lots of time exploring and playing, and as your next pet. form life-long bonds

Rats suffer from bad press, but these They recognise their owners and intelligent little rodents actually make delightful pets, as celebrities from Paris respond to their voice. They will choose to hang out with their human Hilton to John Cleese can testify. family members on the couch or riding Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley on their shoulders. in the Harry Potter films fell in love with They have an uncomplicated diet. the two rats who played Scabbers The AD PAGE 3 and asked to adopt them when filming Commercial ‘rat blocks’, which are nutritionally-complete pellets available ended. at pet stores can be supplemented with vegetables from your kitchen.

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Even if you have seen and loved Stanley Kubrick’s film, maybe even especially if you’ve seen and loved it, you should read the book. The book is not the film. The book is a deeper (and scarier) experience altogether.

Stephen King is a master storyteller, and in The Shining he created a classic novel of possession and isolation.

The Shining is a book that doesn’t only deserve a place on the bookshelves of horror fans, but of anyone who enjoys a well-crafted, fast-paced story with plenty of depth. Read it and you won’t be disappointed.

By the Light of the Halloween Moon – Caroline Stutson and Kevin Hawkes

The Torrances are a damaged family.

Jack is an ex-teacher and sometime writer with a drink problem, who takes the only job he can find – the winter caretaker at a hotel called The Overlook.

He takes along his wife, and young son Danny. They are welcomed by the chef, Dick Hallorann, who has psychic abilities which he calls ‘the shine’, and Dick quickly realises that Danny shines too.

He has to leave but forms a powerful connection with Danny promising that wherever he is if Danny calls to him, he will hear and come – a promise he later honours.

Ostensibly Danny is the main character and the book is about his father’s descent into madness, but it is the hotel which dominates the story.

King paints an incredibly detailed picture with undertones of American Indian burial grounds, multiple homicides, hauntings and sightings.

Jack appears to become possessed by forces at work there.

The tension and claustrophobia build a threatening atmosphere. Prepare to be transported into the long, dark corridors at The Overlook Hotel and know that something dreadful awaits you there.

There’s a plot twist or another dimension on every page, as you explore King’s carefully crafted

I rarely recommend a book you may have to find second hand, but there are plenty available from various sources and it is well worth the effort in time for Halloween.

Caroline Stutson’s infectious graphic story, full of rhythmic repetition and alliteration, simply bounces along.

It all begins on the night of a full Halloween moon, when we see a wiggling toe being stalked by a black cat.

The cat never reaches the toe, because it is stopped by a witch, and so the scene is set for a succession of scary creatures, including a bungling, bouncy, breezy bat and a grumpy grungy hobgoblin sprite, who are all thwarted in their various attempts to reach the toe.

The repetition of key lines makes it a terrific book for reading aloud and encourages younger children to join in, while Kevin Hawkes’ scary-comic illustrations make By the Light of the Halloween Moon an appealing book for children and adults alike.

The ending, where we finally meet the owner of the wiggling toe, is delightful

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They thrive in a sunny border or in a pot on a balcony or patio, so there’s no excuse for not harvesting a crop of your own.

Ensure it has adequate drainage holes and put some stones or crocks in the bottom and keep it raised so it doesn’t become waterlogged.

In addition, they are a generous plant.

All varieties produce pretty white flowers in the spring, followed by delicate green fruits which ripen to deep blue. If that wasn’t enough, the foliage then turns pink and peach for Autumn.

Water with rainwater from your water butt, especially if you live in a hardwater area.

Make sure they are watered well while they become established and also while the fruit is ripening. Feeding with tomato food helps too.

Blueberry bushes do require an acid soil to thrive but if you don’t have that (I don’t!) then use pots of well-drained ericaceous compost. When you need

Poor or erratic watering causes the blueberries to shrivel or split, and noone likes a shrivelled blueberry!

If you have acid soil you can plant blueberry bushes at any time of year when the ground is soft.

Dig a hole twice the size of the rootball and spread the roots as you refill the hole to the base of the stem. Press the soil down with the heel of your boot.

Blueberries are sun-lovers and will fruit most abundantly in full sun. They are

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If you can bear it, remove the flower buds in the first year after planting because it encourages strong stem growth better fruiting for the following year.

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For many parents battles over screen time and devices have become a frustrating part of family life. So how much screen time is too much for kids? Well, it’s complicated. For some years parents have been advised to limit media consumption, but new research suggests it’s the quality not the quantity that matters.

Until quite recently parenting advice centred around the concept of screen time quotas with a Goldilocks-style sweet spot of two or so hours of screens a day, beyond which media use could become harmful.

But now the advice is more conflicting. There seems to be a general consensus that under the age of six there should be no more than one hour of “high-quality programming” per day, but for older kids the advice is simply to “place consistent limits on the time spent using media” and to designate some screen-free time as a family.

Unfortunately it’s not clear whether “consistent limits” means four hours playing a video game on a Sunday every week, or whether three 20-minute sessions on an iPad is preferable to one hour-long session.

What is clear is that for young children one of the most important things is whether parents and kids play, watch or browse together. The nature of screen time matters. Passive TV is potentially more harmful than gameplaying, socialising, or using creative apps.

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Psychologists are likening our media diets to what we put on our plates.

It’s not just about digital junk-food, it’s about the relationship we have with

technology and the role it plays in our family life. We need to avoid using screens to distract teens or younger children from uncomfortable emotions, in the same way we wouldn’t encourage the use junk food to soothe them.

Interestingly a recent study of 20,000 parents published by the Oxford Internet Institute and Cardiff University determined that there was no correlation between limiting device use and children’s wellbeing.

Another study by the University of Michigan on children aged four to 11 similarly found that it was how children use devices, not how much time they spend on them, which is the strongest predictor of emotional or social problems connected with screen addiction.

Although specific screen time limits are out of date, there is evidence that excessive use has negative impacts, affecting sleep, health and mood.

Screen time, in and of itself, is not harmful – but reasonable restrictions vary greatly, depending on your child’s behaviour and personality.

A useful strategy for parents is to ensure that what they’re watching, playing and reading is high-quality, age-appropriate and safe – and to join in wherever possible.

Balancing the online and offline world seems to be key, and that may vary greatly from family to family. Research shows that not having access to the digital world has a negative impact on kids too – so it’s all about finding the right amount for your family, with an holistic approach.

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The Jack O’Lantern Why we carve pumpkins at Halloween We think of the Halloween pumpkin lantern as an American invention but in fact it was the Irish who took the tradition of carving pumpkins to America, except the original Jack O’ Lantern was not a pumpkin because they didn’t exist in Ireland.

Celtic cultures actually carved turnips on All Hallows’ Eve and placed a glowing piece of coal or a candle in them, to ward off evil spirits.

There are many stories behind these turnip lanterns but one of the most popular comes from The Tale of Stingy Jack.

Stingy Jack was a grumpy old drunkard who liked to play malicious tricks on just about everyone including his family, friends and his mother. He was proud of his antics and boasted that he could trick the Devil himself.

The Devil heard about Jack and paid him a visit. Jack was as good as his word and tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree.

Once the Devil was in the tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the base of its trunk. The Devil couldn’t touch the crosses, so he was stuck in the tree.

Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died.

Reluctantly the Devil agreed, and Stingy Jack removed the crosses, and allowed the Devil to climb back down.

Many years later, when Jack died, he found his way to the pearly gates of Heaven. Saint Peter told him that because he’d been mean and cruel and had led a miserable, worthless life he could not let him enter Heaven.

Stingy Jack then went down to Hell.

The Devil smiled mischievously and said he was bound by the promise he’d made in the apple tree and would not allow him to enter Hell.

Stingy Jack became really scared. He had nowhere to go and was doomed to wander about forever in the dark Netherworld between heaven and hell.

He protested to the Devil that there was no light, so the Devil tossed him a piece of coal from the flames of Hell.

Jack always carried a turnip with him because it was one of his favourite foods. He hollowed out the turnip and placed the glowing coal the Devil had given him inside.

Jack away. These were the original Jack O’ Lanterns.

From that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his ‘Jack O’ Lantern’.

In the 1800’s waves of Irish people travelled to America in search of better lives. These Irish immigrants quickly discovered that American Pumpkins were bigger and much easier to carve, so they began to use pumpkins for Jack O’ Lanterns.

On all Hallows’ eve, it became the tradition for Irish people to hollow out Turnips, swedes, potatoes and beets.

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October 1st -31st October is the official month of the worldwide project The Big Draw, which promotes the benefits of drawing for children and adults.

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Drawing aids concentration Studying an object, focussing on form and detail takes time. If we’re enjoying that process it aids concentration. This is helpful for both children in school, but also older people, particularly in early stage dementia.

Drawing improves problem-solving - How do you connect body parts, convey distance or size, represent emotion or texture? These are all creative problems to be solved.

Drawing boosts confidence - If you practice, you improve and feel good, whether you’re an adult or a child, that’s a confidence boost you can take into other areas of your life.

Drawing is a great activity and beneficial for any age group or ability level.

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Skin Deep Basal Cell Carcinoma

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It began with an insect bite on my right cheek. At least I thought it was a bite though I didn’t remember being bitten. I dabbed it with tea tree oil and waited for it to heal up.

I’m a natural redhead though, with freckles so I am in a higher risk group.

BCCs vary in appearance, from small red flaky areas; scabs that bleed but don’t heal, or pearly little lumps, often with a central depression.

It sort of did, but then grew a little and flaked a little. It was tiny, maybe 2-3mm across but something about it bothered me.

I told myself that if it hadn’t gone in a month, I’d see the GP. It didn’t change much over that time, but neither did it go away so, listening to my gut feelings.

I went to see my GP feeling a little foolish (I wasn’t sick after all) and fully expected to be dismissed as one of the worried well, but after inspecting it the GP looked thoughtful.

“I think it might be a BCC. A basal cell carcinoma.” I was shocked.

Carcinoma was cancer, right? I was only 50. Was I going to die?

A basal cell carcinoma is indeed a type of skin cancer. There are two main types of skin cancer: melanoma and non-melanoma. BCC is a nonmelanoma type, and accounts for more than 80% of skin cancers in the UK. BCCs can vary greatly in their appearance, but people often first become aware of them as a scab that bleeds and does not heal completely or a new lump on the skin.

Some BCCs are superficial and look like a scaly red flat mark on the skin.

Others form a lump and have a pearllike rim surrounding a central crater and there may be small red blood vessels present across the surface.

If left untreated, BCCs can eventually cause an ulcer; hence the name “rodent ulcer”. Most BCCs are painless, although sometimes they can be itchy or bleed if caught.

They are generally painless, although sometimes they can be itchy or bleed a little if you catch them with your nail.

I had to undergo a skin biopsy under local anaesthetic to confirm the diagnosis. The dermatologist was at pains to reassure me that BCCs rarely spread to other areas of the body and can be cured in almost every case.

Treatment however can be more complicated if the BCC has been present for a long time, or if it occurs in an awkward place, such as close to the eye or on the nose or ear.

The commonest treatment for BCC is surgery under local anaesthesia. The BCC is cut away, along with some surrounding skin. There are generally just a few stitches but sometimes a skin graft is needed.

Sometimes radiotherapy, curettage (scraping), cautery (heat treatment), cryotherapy (freezing treatment), photodynamic therapy (PTD), or creams may be used instead.

My BCC was removed surgically. I was worried I would have a large scar as the wound seemed very large in comparison to the size of the lesion but six months later it’s faded so much that you can barely see it.

Treatment is easier if a BCC is detected early. So, if you notice a new lesion on your face (or anywhere on your body) which is growing, or which bleeds and never really heals, or if your skin appearance has changed in any way don’t wait, consult your GP. It’s worth it.

By Aoife Brennan

As with most skin cancers, exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun or from sunbeds is the cause, which is why they often appear most often on the face or head of fair skinned people like me.

I am not a sunbather, nor have I ever used sunbeds.

I do like to be outdoors, cycling and kayaking but I

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Icewine

What wine? Icewine!

Canada, located in the northern part of North America, has English and French as two of the languages that are spoken, widely. Several other languages used include German, Spanish and Chinese. The history of Canada, plus cultures, religions, literature, music, the arts and sports bring countless visitors to Canada, year round.

Canadian wines have been produced for over two hundred years and are now recognised globally, with many receiving prestigious awards at competitions and events. I searched for wines ‘beyond the norm’ – to locate productions of Icewine.

Icewines are actually produced by a few countries. Canadian Icewines are high on the ‘leaderboard’ for quality and presentation, utilising fruits that have been frozen while still on the vine. The water content freezes, which allows for a more concentrated juice to develop.

When the time is right for picking the fruit, the pickers have to be ‘ready for action’ at the optimum time. Canada is recognised as the largest Icewine producer, globally.

Lakeview Cellars is the oldest brand incorporated within the Diamond Estates family of beverages.

Established during 1991, in Vineland, Lakeview Cellars continues to produce excellent wines.

Splendid full-bodied red and fullflavoured white wines, from this company, are very popular and the wine productions accompany cuisine superbly, as well as being able to be enjoyed by themselves.

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I found the luscious aged Icewines, produced by multi award-winning Lakeview Cellars, to be of exceptional quality and very impressive. White Vidal Icewine has the bouquet of sweet fruits and honey enticing to the grand mouthfeel.

A wine that is great to pair with cuisine, wonderfully, including fruit desserts and also cheeses.

Lakeview Cellars Cabernet Franc Icewine is another truly fabulous production. This high-quality red Icewine is richly aromatic, with strawberry and cherry notes to please the nasal senses. The mouth’s pleasures follow on to enjoy the sensation, that include raspberries and red currants.

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When accompanying chocolate desserts and good cheeses, this makes them all perfect.

Icewines increase in popularity every year and are a great ‘talking point’, always adding interest (and intrigue) to dining tables, plus occasions and events.

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As . always, Enjoy!

Trevor Langley

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