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Over the past 25 years that I have been associated with Scottish heritage events I've witnessed a great deal of effort being expended on refining and defining everything associated with Scottish Clans. However, with a couple of exceptions, little effort seems to have gone into giving the same amount of focus to the identification of surnames associated with Scotland who are not linked to a clan. This has been a problem for those of us who are attempting to help every visitor attending these events find their Scottish connection. Until now there has been little detailed, quality reference materials to adequately help us. A necessary distinction to remember and share is the fact that there is a misperception that Scotland's people are centered strictly around the clan structure. Clans represent less than one third of all the people of Scotland. The non-clan families are city dwellers. They've not declared fealty to a clan chief, but provide goods, services, and labor in the regions in which they reside. The information collected on this portion of Scotland's people comes from various publicly available sources such as Scottish government, regional administration, church (birth, marriage, death), and transportation (deportation) records. Regarding the latter source, there were no restrictions on the transportation of the subjects of England (English, Irish, Scots, Welsh) to the Americas, Caribbean, and Australia. Information extracted from these transportation records focused only on those transported prisoners specifically identified as Scottish. Prisoner transportation records to the Americas spanned the period 1600-1776 while those sent to Australia spanned the period 1776-1830.

Dear Luv Guv: I totally get the mountain you created, walking each step of your daily COVID briefings with you, anticipating and coaching from my love of football, SCUBA Diving, Sea Captain and School of Hard Knocks experiences. I boldly critique your presentations as if you are a Divemaster. Please pardon, but my ideas oft preceded your daily briefings. Sharing this with my long-time friend and confidant via email, we joke, "Just Solving All The World's Problems on Paper". Home during Shelter-In-Place, I finally finish writing novels. You are positively portrayed except for our dads' brash talk, a literary device I created to show New Yorkers, even politicians, are not that different from Midwestern farmers. Don't worry, no one takes anything Dads say about daughter's potential boyfriends seriously. As a Bible student, consider that Dad faults King David, a nearly perfect man in God's eyes. Yes, of David and Goliath fame. On morning strolls on Heaven's outskirts, your dad, the illustrious former Governor, finds my dad who eked his way into Heaven on a loophole I found. In my overactive imagination, our dads talk about our mutual single status. Your dad is intrigued by my ability to talk smack, my figure (always a strength), my brain (particularly in governance), and my knowledge of Football. They meddle, using Divine Intervention Tricks to help us together solve the COVID Crisis. Singles whether city or country, across the entire universe endure matchmaking. Despite all the hoopla and uproar, more unites us all than separates, excluding elitist greed and fear mongering designed to distract and separate Average Americans from money and opportunity. That gets me started down many rabbit holes and frequent laments "Where Have All The Heroes Gone?" P.S, I withhold judgment on your "The Boyfriend" take. I've learned to observe these things first.

The author is also the main character of this book, and some parts of the book are autobiographical. Pat while doing genealogical research, finds out an intriguing story about one of her ancestors. She goes back to Vienna, Austria to try to understand why things turned out the way they did. While in Vienna a most extraordinary occurrence happens to her.The reader, as well, is taken on a private tour of present day Vienna, with all the important sights to see, the sounds and unique food.

The Good, The Bad, and The Grateful is personal story chronicling everyday teachers, family, friends, and co-workers who were spiritual teachers during the first 50 years of the author's life. It is a celebration of all the defining moments of life, good and bad, and how they all give us blessings. It encourages reflection with famous quotations from some of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time after each chapter to help bridge the ordinary events in the author's life to some of the most well-known spiritual practices.The intention of this book is to inspire anyone who reads it to take time to reflect on his or her private life and realize how we are all evolving into more beautiful beings. It is the author's hope that readers use this book as a guide to help identify the angels in their lives and take time to share their stories, good and bad, with each other and demonstrate how grateful they are to have loved and learned despite any obstacles or pain they may have experienced.True leadership serves and empowers. The back of the book has names of organizations that are on the front lines helping those in our communities with mental illness. A portion of the proceeds from each book will be donated to help raise mental health awareness. Each reader can also log onto the author's website to directly to purchase the book and post the name of a loved person in their life that is suffering with mental illness and send them an intention for healing. It is a spiritual wake-up call to affect change in a safe environment with an open mind-set and a willingness to act with a collective, clear, joyful, intention.

Blaire Parker and her younger brother, Jake, have just moved to Los Angeles with their parents. Although they are less than thrilled to be in their new home, Blaire and Jake try to make the best of it. A few days later while on a trip to the local mall, Jake spots a snow globe-even though it is the middle of summer. Even more unusual, the snow globe has no snow-only miniature candy charms, lollipops, and Twizzlers.After they purchase the globe, it mysteriously begins to glow and eventually sends Blaire and Jake on an unexpected, wild adventure in a land of delicious treats. When a new friend tells them they are in Ice Pop City, Blaire and Jake realize it is up to them to find their way back home. As brother and sister travel through candy corn mountains, islands, and cities, will they ever achieve their mission or will the candy be bigger than they can chew?

I have felt the pain, sweat, blood, and tears.I have seen victory a thousand times, beyond my reach.I have had the pat on the back, the smileOf a frown in my face.I am a symbol of your wrong.I am reminded of the past, but not the future.I am Black-proud to be Black.While growing up, Ron Whitlock experienced not only racism and prejudice, but also love and acceptance from many who did not look like him.In a debut collection, Whitlock shares poems that lyrically address a wide range of topics and themes that include love, race, faith, and much more. As his poetry reveals a glimpse into his personal journey and perspectives, he explores what it means to be Black in America, faith and hope, life itself, and love as he learned to navigate through and achieve victory over the pitfalls and obstacles in his way, accept and love others with an open heart, and find strength in God's unconditional love.In the Eyes of an Old Black Man is a volume of free verse that candidly reflects on the personal journey of a man of faith as he embraced the colorful experiences of life.

Words matter. The words and phrases you use with your customers make a lasting and memorable difference in the quality of your customer's experience. AT YOUR SERVICE-ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE elevates ESL from simply correct English to the highest levels of professional, gracious, and confident communication. Students positively engage, through role-playing and other activities, in practical, real world service situations.Kathleen Bradley Amidei shares her four decades of teaching, international business, and hotel management to successfully guide students to use the most effective language to give outstanding customer service to: engage and make a positive connection, resolve customer complaints, contribute to teamwork and training, give confident directions, serve wine, and take food orders.The book also focuses on the best procedures and methods to create these workplace essentials:Interviews and resumesBody LanguageEconomics of the workplaceSpecific grammar pointsBrainstormingTraits of good managers and employeesMany students have experienced a life-changing sense of accomplishment that has helped them with their careers and personal interactions.

Clara Agnes Braaten kept a diary from the year she married the author's father, Torstein Folkvard Braaten, in 1922 until she was ninety-four-years old.Three weeks after they were married, they departed Minneapolis by train for New York City to board the Stavangerfjord, a fine Norwegian ocean libber, to cross the Atlantic Ocean on their way to Bergen, Norway.The author's father had accepted a call from the Foreign Mission Board of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America to become a missionary to Madagascar. The couple decided to visit Norway on their way to Paris, France, where they were to spend one year learning the French language. In this book, the author draws on his mother's diaries to highlight why his parents obeyed the Great Commission and how they lived it every day in Madagascar. The book includes excerpts selected from his mother's diary as well as a brief narrative of what the author remembers about growing up in Madagascar.Whether you're interested in missionary life, the Lutheran Church, the history of Madagascar, or genealogy, you'll enjoy Living the Great Commission in Madagascar.

Shiloh love spending time in the back yard with his friend, Weeping Willow, but the other trees are mean and call Weeping Willow names. When the infected elms hatch a plan to trap Shiloh's sister, he's afraid he'll neve see her again. Can Weeping Willow and the wise, old oak help Shiloh find his sister before it gets dark?

On the day I was born on this earth,my path awaited my premeditatedfootprints.Imprinted in my mind was theroadmap to my destination,and the directions to getting theresewn into my heart.Inga Marie is a black immigrant who finds serenity in writing poetry, and applauds its beauty and power to heal many wounds. In a debut collection she began penning over fifteen years ago, Marie shares poems that address not only her life experiences of heartbreak, pain, rejection, love, and healing, but also a variety of themes that include human rights, universal equality, faith, motherhood, and what it means to be a black woman in today's world. Through relatable reflections that offer a safe place for others to study themselves through the lens of her thoughts, Marie encourages an awakening of the soul as she provides a lyrical snapshot into how she persevered through hard times and found her true self in the process.Spiced Black Coffee is a thought-provoking collection of poetry that shares a glimpse into a black woman's soul as she contemplates her life journey and offers inspiration for others to do the same.

Did you ever have a cheery dream of discovering gentle life on another world?This is not that dream.Stranded on a distant world too dangerous for physical contact, the brave crew face fearsome predators, toxic gases, and starvation. As they battle the perils of this Cretaceous world, their own internal monsters may prove the deadliest challenge.To secure a starship to bring her stranded crew home, Captain Camille Tremblay must travel to a science station on another harsh prehistoric world to convince Earth's callous alien allies, a race she insulted, that her crew is worth saving.But she's still a suspected killer and must travel with an agent she despises as he pursues a covert terrorist plot to destroy the science station. When the coldhearted terrorists decide to kidnap her as a prize, she escapes to a dark world of shadows and nightmare beasts.Filled with action and drama, this evocative book will have you turning pages.

Being adaptive, brave, and resilient is something all children strive for, especially when life is indeed very strange. Whether it's moving to a new home, feeling out of place when using the Internet, or navigating bullies, these big moments can become less scary when told through the perspective of pets.Strange is a five-year-old brown, white, and super fluffy guinea pig. Her life is filled with enchantment and fantasy, as she experiences the world for the first time. Read about ups and downs, victories and struggles, along with a good dose of self-discovery that Strange experiences while living aboard.Precious pets and their stories put words and pictures with big experiences, ultimately helping children feel less alone. The guinea pigs, dog, cat, otter, eagle, fox, ducks, and even an elephant are all here to share their relatable stories and inspire kindness around the world. Set sail on a journey through life, dealing with everything from joy to grief, friendship to intolerance, with Life as Strange.

A boy named Jack Gum rides his bike to and from school every day and passes by his favorite tree, Goldy. Then one day he discovers that Goldy is gone; in her place there is only a stump. What can he do?Jack begins to think about ways to help Goldy go back to the way she was. First he visits his friend Lucy the Ladybug and tells her the bad news and asks her to help. As they travel back to where Goldy once stood, they meet Francesca the Frog, Delilah the Duck, Ruth the Rooster, and Patricia the Pig. Together the friends work on a plan to get their favorite tree back to the blossoming way she was before.Offering a light-hearted and fun approach to community and environmentalism, this children's story follows a boy and his animal friends as they help their favorite tree grow once more.

Hildon Bush has experienced extreme highs and lows in his life and was the recipient of both good fortune and bad luck. But he overcame many challenges because of his thoughts and experiences, growing and learning from each event.In The Thought Life, he offers a compilation of these learnings, sharing what it takes to be successful and mentally win. Bush presents his key understandings through a series of affirmations, quotes, principles, tips, and mind-set moments to give you the winning advantage in life to succeed.Based on Bush's introspection during his life, he delivers the message that you are the sum of your experiences.