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Casting continues on Fox's highly anticipated drama series Gotham, as the all-important roles of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle have been filled. The series' main focus is an origin story of Commissioner James Gordon (to be played by Ben McKenzie), but it will feature a young Bruce Wayne in a series regular supporting role. The network announced today that Touch actor David Mazouz will be playing a preteen Wayne, but the press release stresses the fact that Mazouz is playing a young Bruce Wayne and not Batman—it sounds like the Caped Crusader is unlikely to make an official appearance on the series; at least not in the near future. The official description of the Wayne character is as follows:
David Mazouz (Touch) has been cast as the preteen Bruce Wayne, sentenced to a solitary life after the tragic murder of his wealthy parents. Serious and soulful, young Bruce relies on the guidance and protection of Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon.
Hit the jump for the official description of Gotham's iteration of Selina Kyle.
Newcomer Camren Bicondova fills the role of Catwoman-to-be Selina Kyle, but as with the Bruce Wayne casting, the folks running Gotham have skewed young for this iteration of the character. Her official description is below:
Acting newcomer Camren Bicondova has been cast as Selina Kyle, a teenage orphan who is suspicious and wholly unpredictable. A street thief and skilled pickpocket, she's dangerous when cornered.
Selina Kyle will also be a series regular character on the show, and she joins the previously announced Donal Logue (Detective Harvey Bullock), Zabryna Guevara (Captain Essen), Erin Richards (Barbara Kean), Sean Pertwee (Alfred Pennyworth), Robin Lord Taylor (Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin), and Jada Pinkett Smith (Fish Mooney). Gotham is expected to premiere on Fox this fall and already has a series commitment from the network.

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F1 2011 to get Split Screen Mode
With the release of F1 2010, Codemasters already said words on next version i.e. F1 2011. Codemasters confirmed at Gamescom that F1 2011 will have an interesting feature.
Steve Hood, Chief Game Designer has mentioned in a conversation that, in F1 2011 a split-screen mode is included. Thus, the two players will be able to play on one console.
However F1 2010 is to publish in September this year.


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Sleeping Giants
Author: Sylvain Neuvel
Publisher: Del Rey (April 2016)
Pages: 320
Genre: SciFi / Techno-thriller
Twitter: @neuvel
Facebook: SylvainNeuvel
Website: Neuvel.net
Imagine you are a young child who happens to fall down a hole in your backyard only to find a giant, metal, glowing hand. A decade or so later you are working on a project that is trying to find and piece together the remaining parts to a large metallic robot that may or may not have been left here by aliens more than 6,000 years ago. Except now, you no longer are looking in your own back yard. The pieces to the robot are scattered across the globe.
Sylvain Neuvel's thrilling debut novel, Sleeping Giants, is the first book in the Themis Files series. I think the key word here is files. Each chapter is written as either a journal entry or as the transcription of an interview. The interviews are led by a mysterious, unnamed individual who is leading the charge to find and put together the mystery of the giant robot.
The story is told through the perspective of key characters and their reaction to the world changing events they are involved in.
Neuvel has a firm grasp on dialogue, giving each character a distinctive voice and tone. Hardly ever did I find myself feeling that the conversations were repetitive or expository. He mixes intrigue and suspense with wit and humor to create a truly enjoyable literary experience.
The plot is fun, exhilarating and quite enjoyable. It's fast paced and, while not predictable, makes sense in a global kind of way.
My only complaint is toward the latter half of the novel, some characters are quickly introduced and some plot points happen so fast that they lead you to wonder if they could have been better planned or foreshadowed. The character's personalities are revealed through their interviews. These latter events and characters have little time "on page" to leave that much of an imprint on us and seem not as developed as other. There really isn't that much time for their (one in particular) motivations to be clear.
Although it's the first in a series, Sleeping Giants stands alone. The author has written a riveting page-turner, leaving just enough speculation at the end to create a craving for the next novel in the series…which I hope comes soon. I received an advanced review copy of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. Sleeping Giants is scheduled to be published in April 2016 but I read this back in December of 2015. Only now, at the request of the author, am I publishing this review. I hope the next novel in the series is quickly on the heels of this one.
Sleeping Giants looks to be the start of a very enjoyable science fiction series. I'm looking forward to seeing what Sylvain Neuvel will do next.
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Scan – An Easy To Use QR & Barcode Scanner [iOS]
Scanning QR codes and barcodes can be useful in all kinds of situations. Perhaps you want more information about a certain product? Maybe someone gave you a business card with a QR code on it that takes you to their website? Whatever the reason, QR codes and standard barcodes are a part of the world in which we live, and they show no sign of going anywhere anytime soon.
There are plenty of iOS barcode scanner apps out there that scan barcodes and QR codes, but not all of them are enjoyable to use. Many have too many extra features or scan too slowly.
We've covered an awesome app called ShopSavvy ShopSavvy: Scan Barcodes To Quickly Compare Prices [Android, iOS, & Windows Phone] Quickly scan a bar code and compare prices – with stores nearby or stores on the web. ShopSavvy is an app that uses the camera on your phone or tablet to interpret bar codes, telling... Read More , and Scan is a simple to use app, that works fast and gives it a run for its money. This app has exactly what you want from a code reader. You simply launch it, scan the code, and get on with your business. If you are looking for a way to scan codes without fumbling around with complicated apps, I can easily recommend this app as one that is worth installing on your iOS device.
Set Up
The first step to using this app is downloading it from the App Store. It's free, and there are no ads or in-app purchases cluttering up your experience.
Once downloaded, you will need to create an account. You can either login using Twitter, Facebook, or by creating an account with your email address. Using Facebook or Twitter is a quicker process, but you will obviously be giving Scan access to your information, which is up to you to decide if you want that.
When you launch the app, it will start on the scan screen, which is done so it's quick and easy to scan without wasting any time. All you need to do is hold the camera in front of a code and the app will automatically scan it for you. You can tap the screen on the code to help it focus faster. If you are trying to scan a code in the dark, you can tap the light button to turn on your camera's flash.
Once it scans the code, it will pop up the browser if it's a product. You can then shop for the product or add it to your wishlist to come back to later. You can also learn more general information about the product if you are unsure if it's something that is for you.
If you are scanning a QR code, the app will automatically perform whatever action is appropriate. If it's a website, it will take you to it. If it's contact information, it will give you the option to use it, and so on.
The app has a history section which you can get access to by clicking the clock symbol on the bottom of the screen. In here, you can quickly see any of the things you have scanned with the app previously. This is a really useful feature, because there may be many instances in which you need to come back to a certain product or QR code in the future.
You can also tap the edit button on the top left of the screen to delete certain items from your history if you know you won't need to come back to them.
If you let the app see your location, you can also click the "Map" button on the top right of the scree to see all the locations from which you have scanned codes. If you are using the app to scan products, this can help you remember the store where the product was found.
The settings screen allows you to tweak some key things about the way the barcode scanner app works. For example, you can set it to ask you before it automatically performs action after scanning the code. This will prevent you from accidentally scanning a code and having it open. You can also delete the entirety of your scan history from the settings screen. You can also choose to disable the sounds and vibration in the app.
If you need a barcode and QR scanner, this is a perfect app. It's simple, free, and does not have any annoying ads. It's designed to let you scan as quickly as possible and get on with your day.
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The Last Voyage of the Slave Ship Martha Kane and Her Haunted Jolly Boat
The legend of the jolly or dinghy boat belonging to the slave ship Martha Kane goes back to the early days of the Nineteenth Century when the Martha Kane sailed the waters off San Juan, Puerto Rico. None of the slave traders were known for their compassion and humanity, but Captain Hawke, who commanded the Martha Kane, had earned a widespread reputation for cruelty and cold blooded ferocity.
The Martha Kane Illegally Transports Slaves
Captain Hawke picked his crew members and officers to fit his personality, so the Martha Kane carried a crew of scoundrels. The unsavory crew managed to evade the vessels that were sent out to capture them, for the Martha Kane carried slaves as cargo, even though Great Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1807, and in 1808 the United States had outlawed importing slaves. Although the laws didn't end trading slaves within the United States borders, they ended the overseas slave trade.
The conditions for slaves being transported on the Martha Kane were as evil as the ship herself. On most slave ships, rows of captured Africans were chained together below deck, with hardly any room to move. They often were seasick and the sanitary conditions on most ships were poor or nonexistent. Often, the captives didn't receive enough food and water, and many of them suffered from trauma and melancholy severe enough to motivate them to commit suicide. The conditions aboard the Martha Kane were at least twice as bad as the worst conditions on other slave ships and sailors said that she reeked with the blood of the captives that she carried in her holds.
The African Prince Leads a Slave Rebellion
One of the captives on this last voyage of the Martha Kane was an African prince of high intelligence and sensitivity and his suffering and the suffering of the people with him moved him so much that he decided to mutiny. He and a few other leaders planned that when the crew opened the door of the hold to let down food to them, a chosen few of the captives would bend over so that the others could leap onto the deck. Once on the deck, the captives would rush the crew and the officers and knock them down and tie them up.
The first part of the plan worked well for the African prince and his fellow plotters, and they leaped on deck and rushed the crew. The Africans had been weakened by starvation and lack of air, and although they fought valiantly, the crew of the Martha Kane knocked them down, killed many of them with cutlasses and bullets from the officer's pistols and threw their bodies to the sharks. Captain Hawke ordered the hatches hammered down on the remaining captives as a punishment, even though he was jeopardizing his profits.
Captain Hawke ordered the cruelest punishment for the African prince who had led the rebellion. The crew stripped him naked and lowered him into the water, where the sharks were allowed to devour him piece by piece. Crazed by hunger, thirst, and suffering, the African prince cursed the Martha Kane, its jolly boat, Captain Hawke and the rest of the crew. He said that the Martha Kane would burn by fire sent from heaven and that her crew that didn't perish in the fire would be doomed to row the jolly boat forever, luring unwary sailors to their deaths. The Africa prince died with the taunts of the Martha Kane crew ringing in his ears.
The Phantom Jolly Boat
That night, the crew discovered a fire in the rigging of the Martha Kane, but the flames descended instead of leaping upward and consumed the men from the deck as if they had been sticks of wood. Captain Hawke, two of his officers and three or four of the crew fled to the jolly boat and launched her on the stormy waters surrounding the Martha Kane, even though the waters beyond her were calm. When the jolly boat had pulled away, the flames stopped as suddenly as they had started and the captives swarmed up onto the deck unharmed. The crew of the jolly boat had drawn aside the Martha Kane and tried to reboard her, but the captives beat them back. They floated in the Martha Kane for a few days until an outward bound ship discovered them.
The legend of the jolly boat of the Martha Kane grew as quickly as an ocean storm from there. Sailor declared that the jolly boat often cruised the waters off Puerto Rico, with her crew rowing furiously. When other ships got close, they discovered that the crew of the jolly boat was really naked skeletons, with blazing eyes and hideous grins. The jolly boat always ran in front of a fierce wind, so when a captain or his crew saw her they knew to prepare for rough weather.
An old sailor who sailed fishing and oyster boats in San Juan harbor reported seeing the jolly boat twice. Once he said he was boson on the Peter Snelling which was bound for England, when the crew spotted the jolly boat and captain gave orders to pick up the men. When the Peter Snelling bore down upon the jolly boat the crew discovered that it held dead men gripping rotten oars in their bony hands. That night a hurricane sunk the Peter Snelling and she went down with all on board except for the old sailor and another man named Thimblerigg.
The next time the old sailor saw the jollyboat he was fishing in San Juan Bay when a fog swept down and enveloped him. He said he saw a red light bobbing ahead of him and the little jolly boat dancing over the waves. The crew of the jolly boat beckoned the old sailor to follow them, but he said that he knew better than to follow them. He turned and sailed in the opposite direction and found a safe harbor.
The Jolly Boat Still Sails
In 1880, a prominent San Juan citizen was out in the bay sailing with a pleasure party when a sudden squall struck the boat, upsetting it and drowning four of the boaters. The rest of the boaters clung to the boat and while they waited to be rescued, they saw the jolly boat passing a short distance away from them. A red glow surrounded the jolly boat and illuminated the glaring set faces of the rowers. The jolly boat sank and the people clinging to the other boat watched it disappear under the waves.
Figueroa, Luis A. Sugar, Slavery and Freedom in Nineteenth Century Puerto Rico. The
University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
Gates, Henry Louis. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the Africans. Basic Civitas Book,
Sarano, Francisco A. Sugar and Slavery in Puerto Rico: The Plantation Economy of Ponce,
1800-1850. University of Wisconsin Press, 1984.
Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher. Empire and Antislavery: Spain, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, 1833-1874. University
of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.


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real quick: small victories.
I have a friend who's looking for a job, and I decided on a whim to check the internal job postings at my organization. Look what I found at the end of the job description (emphasis mine):
(agency name) is committed to hiring and fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce that leverages the skills and talents of all employees in our organization, regardless of race, gender, national origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, size, physical ability or socioeconomic status. We encourage diverse candidates to apply for this position.
I've had my complaints about this particular organization's HR policies in the past, but I was pleasantly surprised to see size included in the "ohay diversity, plz apply for this job if ur marginalized" section. Not that my place of employment is particularly diverse – there's a whole lotta tokenization of people of color happening in my department (I could write another post about that, but perhaps another day) and I've only seen a few other fatties in my time there… but still. Pretty cool, huh?
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A small step is still a step. We'll take it, and then ask for more. You know, like seeing the policy followed sans tokenization.


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Valium vs Xanax
Valium is a pill used to treat anxiety disorders, alcohol withdrawal symptoms, muscle spasms, and seizures. It also used to provide sedation before medical procedures. It works by relaxing nerves and the brain hence resulting in a calming effect. Valium can be available in a liquid form. An overdose of Valium increases the risk of worse side effect and does not guarantee fast recovery.
Xanax is used to treat panic disorders, anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression. Xanax is a habit-forming drug thus addictive and should only be under prescription. Extreme misuse can cause overdose and eventually death. This medication acts on the brain and the central nervous system resulting in a calming effect. Xanax is administered in the hospital by doctor mostly in tablet form and should be consumed whole.
Differences and their mode of action.
Valium, typically known as Diazepam takes a slower time to act than Xanax. On the other side Xanax, scientifically known as alprazolam is metabolized faster than Valium. Xanax also stays active for a shorter time than Valium hence having a shorter acting time. Xanax is a prescribed drug legally used to arrest panic disorder. On the other hand, Valium is not approved for panic disorder but is used to treat alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Valium can be available in a gel form, but Xanax is only available in liquid and tablet form. Diazepam is legally used to treat anxiety and depression children. Xanax effect lasts longer in older adults and is not suitable for use by persons under the age of 18 years.
Similarities between Valium and Xanax
Both Valium(Diazepam) and Xanax(Alprazolam) are mild tranquilizers. They fall under a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines mode of action involves boosting the activity of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurotransmitters in the CNS. This way they help to curb anxiety and users with a low count of GABA could experience an anxiety disorder. Both Xanax and Valium are potential drugs of abuse. Pregnant and lactating mothers should not use these drugs as their active ingredients can be passed to the fetus or infant respectfully. Users should not quit using the drugs suddenly especially during this period. Drug tolerance, dependence, and addiction is common especially in instances of overdose, misuse or utilized for a considerably extended period.
Side effects of Diazepam and Alprazolam
Prolonged use of Xanax can trigger GIT side effects such as blurred vision, diarrhea, constipation, weight gain, increased or decreased appetite depending on the nature of the user's GABA receptors. Other CNS effects may include anxiety, a sexual disorder such as increased libido, muscle twitching, memory impairment, hypo-tension and noticeable cognitive dysfunction.
On the other hand, effects of Valium use have been associated with effects such as memory loss, increased aggression and violence, lethargy, deprived motivation, impaired ability to perform daily activities, depression commonly manifested as mood swings and low blood pressure. Valium tolerance is common and can result in over dependence especially when consumed in doses higher than normal or used for considerably an extended period.


text: September 17, 2015 DessertFruitSweetTart Fresh Berry Tart Ingredients: 1 8 inch tart shell 2 cups flavor crème patissière 5 cups fresh berries 4 tbsp clear apricot jam 2 oz icing sugar 3½ oz green shelled pistachios, roughly chopped Preparation: To make up the fruit tarts, spoon the crème patissière in a piping bag and pipe into the pastry cases Layer in the fresh berries. Put the apricot jam and 1-2 tablespoons of water in a small sauce pan and warm it through, so it loosens up and becomes more liquid. Lightly brush the berries with apricot glaze. To serve, place the tarts on a cake stand and dust with icing sugar, and garnish with mint tips or pistachios. Sweet Tart Dough Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon (4 1/2 ounces) very cold (or frozen) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1 large egg yolk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Preparation: To make the dough: Put the flour, confectioners' sugar and salt in the work bowl of a food processor and pulse a couple of times to combine. Scatter the pieces of butter over the dry ingredients and pulse until the butter is cut in coarsely – you'll have pieces the size of oatmeal flakes and pea-size pieces and that's just fine. Stir the egg, just to break it up, and add it a little at a time, pulsing after each addition. When the egg is in, process in long pulses – about 10 seconds each – until the dough, which will look granular soon after the egg is added, forms clumps and curds. Heads Up – just before your dough reaches this clumpy stage, the sound of the machine working will change. Turn the dough out onto a work surface. Very, very lightly and sparingly – knead the dough just to incorporate any dry ingredients that might have escaped mixing. If you want to press the dough into a tart pan, now is the time to do it. If you want to chill the dough and roll it out later (doable, but fussier than pressing), gather the dough into a ball (you might have to use a little more pressure than you used to mix in dry bits, because you do want the ball to be just this side of cohesive), flatten it into a disk, wrap it well and chill it for at least 2 hours or for up to one day. To make a press-in crust: Butter the tart pan and press the dough evenly along the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Don't be stingy – you want a crust with a little heft because you want to be able to both taste and feel it. Also, don't be too heavy-handed – you want to press the crust in so that the pieces cling to one another and knit together when baked, but you don't want to press so hard that the crust loses its crumbly shortbread texture. For a rolled-out crust: This dough is very soft – a combination of a substantial amount of butter and the use of confectioners' sugar – so I find it is easier to roll it between wax paper or plastic wrap or, easiest of all, in a roll-out-your-dough slipcover. If you use the slipcover, flour it lightly. Roll the dough out evenly, turning the dough over frequently and lifting the wax paper or plastic wrap often, so that it doesn't roll into the dough and form creases. If you've got time, slide the rolled out dough into the fridge to rest and firm for about 20 minutes before fitting the dough into the buttered tart pan. Trim the excess dough even with the edge of the pan. Freeze the crust for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer, before baking. To partially bake the crust: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter the shiny side of a piece of aluminum foil and fit the foil tightly against the crust. Bake the crust 25 minutes and then carefully remove the foil. If the crust has puffed, press it down gently with the back of a spoon. Bake for another 3 to 5 minutes, then transfer the crust to a cooling rack; keep it in its pan.


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As we all know, trying to find a make-up style that actually suits our face and our own demeanour is very important. Matching colours as well as finding the right styles and shapes that make your face look at its best is very important. Here are some of the simple things you should be thinking about to try and create a much more balanced shape to your make-up and your face in general;
Consider what shape your face actually is – do your eyebrows complement that shape? Do they go with the rest of your features on your face? Choosing an eyebrow shape that actually blends in with the rest of your style can bring everything together. While you may not be 100% keen on the eyebrow shape on its own, when blended together with the rest it can look brilliant.
For example, if your face is a round shape you want to make sure you have high arches and a gentle curve within your brows themselves. This will create a rounder look overall to your face.
Highlights & Skin Contours
When it comes to picking a highlight and a contour, you want to be picking a shade which is two shades lighter than your actual tone for highlights. Use a non-shimmering bronze for your contours, they look better and avoid you from looking plastic!
Try and highlight points like your cheekbones and creases in your skin rather than try to hide them by covering your whole face in make-up. Highlighting the key parts of your face that stick out to you can really help make your whole face look more balanced and natural.
If you have dry skin go for a cream, if you have oily skin then use a powder – it's that simple! Likewise, make sure that you go for the right colour that matches your skin. For example, darker skin suits a red/plumb colour whereas pale skin suits a pink or coral colour, very easy to match up and manage!
Eye Shape
You should always be trying to consider your eye-shape as a whole before you get started – try and envisage what you should be trying to do with your own eye-shapes. For example, if you have eyes that turn down the way then you want to try and lift your eyes up to make them look more balanced. With so many eye types out there it's hard to get the right style for you from reading about it but looking at your eyes closely will give you a better idea of what shape you should be trying to include.
As well as these basics, looking into eyeliner techniques that fit with the style of dress and design you are going for is very important – after all, if you go for a minimalist look and then fire on a smokey looking mascara, it's going to throw the whole look you have worked so hard to achieve.
Likewise when it comes to lipstick and nail varnish, it all depends on your own style and your technique, as well as what you like to wear and how the rest of your make-up looks.
There's no need to take any chances with your make-up and under or overdo it, with a little bit of experimentation and putting the tips in place that were above you can easily maximize your beauty and your potential!


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Our guests never knew which door to use, so we created "an arrival destination". Via an elegant walkway and gardens, guests find themselves at the classic portico which opens into a lovely foyer. Now everyone knows they're in the right place.
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The moral lesson in the story "The Gift of the Magi" is that people are willing to give up what means the most to them for the person they love. In the story, the couple acts on impulse as each strives to please their spouse.
Both the husband and wife in the story want to buy their love a meaningful Christmas gift, so they sell their most prized possessions. They do not consider the consequences of their actions as they are determined to make the other person happy.
The story was written by O. Henry and was published in 1905; it first appeared in The New York Sunday World.


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Public university with about 30 thousand undergraduate students and about 15 thousand post-graduates students. One of the schools is Medicine School where Dept. of Pediatric is linked to. The Public Newborn Screening Program for the state of Minas Gerais (about 20 million inhabitants) is coordenated by NUPAD, an auxilliary organ of the Medical School. We perform about 250 thousand tests a year. Our prevalence of sickle cell disease is 1:1 300.
Compound heterozygous sickling disorders, Haemoglobin C disease, Haemoglobin D disease, Haemoglobin E disease, Haemoglobin M with anaemia, Sickle cell anaemia, Sickle cell trait, Unstable haemoglobin
Clinical management: Both
Diagnosis: Hematologic Diagnosis (Phenotype), Molecular diagnosis (Genotype)
Prevention: Neonatal screening, Genetic counselling
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Prevention: Neonatal screening
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Welcome to the historic Gilbert District. Businesses comprised of art galleries, fine dining establishments, antiques, exquisite home décor, boutiques, and specialty foods await the savvy visitor who seeks a unique, sophisticated experience. Merchants showcase their upscale offerings in beautifully restored turn-of-the-century buildings providing the visitor a tasteful vision of yesterday and today and a sense of nostalgic well-being.
Today, the Gilbert District hosts more than 21 businesses, each and every one a unique and one-of-a-kind destination . . to shop . . to dine . . to explore. The Gilbert District; fun, sophisticated, different. Enjoy!


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Date: Friday 15 Apr 2011
Sean Watson, chairman of TT Electronics, has upped his stake in the sensor and electronic component technology firm, buying a total of 12,550 shares for £29,221.
In two separate transactions, Watson bought 7,550 shares at 166.5p per share and a further 10,000 at the same price, 5,000 of which were attributed to a Mrs S Watson.
The chairman now owns 158,000 shares, equal to 0.1% of the group.
The share price has performed well over the last 12 months, surging over 75%.
The group announced last month that pre-tax profits for 2010 climbed to £25.2m, compared with a loss of £16.6m in 2009. Revenue increased by 23.3% to £571.3m, from £463.5m.
Strong customer demand has continued in 2011, particularly in our Components, Sensors and IMS divisions, said chief executive Geraint Anderson.
Top Director Buys
Aer Lingus Group (AERL)
Director name: Mr Leslie Buckley
Amount purchased: 74,074 @ 0.81
Value: 60,000
Primary Health Properties (PHP)
Director name: Mr Harry Abraham Hyman
Amount purchased: 16,393 @ 305.00p
Value: £49,999
MCB Finance Group (MCRB)
Director name: Mr Henry Nilert
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 33.80p
Value: £33,800
TT Electronics (TTG)
Director name: Mr Sean Michael Watson
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 166.50p
Value: £16,650
EP Global Opportunities Trust (EPG)
Director name: Mr David J Hough
Amount purchased: 7,500 @ 177.62p
Value: £13,322
TT Electronics (TTG)
Director name: Mr Sean Michael Watson
Amount purchased: 7,550 @ 166.50p
Value: £12,571
Mediwatch (MDW)
Director name: Mr Philip G Stimpson
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 2.50p
Value: £12,500
Chrysalis VCT (CYS)
Director name: Mr Peter Harkness
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 49.00p
Value: £12,250
EP Global Opportunities Trust (EPG)
Director name: Mr David J Hough
Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 177.62p
Value: £10,657
Top Director Sells
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW)
Director name: Mr Mark Gunter
Amount sold: 188,560 @ 284.78p
Value: £536,981
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW)
Director name: Mr Richard Pennycook
Amount sold: 181,018 @ 284.78p
Value: £515,503
Premier Farnell (PFL)
Director name: Mr Mark Whiteling
Amount sold: 151,595 @ 275.85p
Value: £418,175
James Halstead (JHD)
Director name: Mr Eberhard Lotz
Amount sold: 16,000 @ 455.00p
Value: £72,800
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Into the fourth month of the 2019 season, it appears PV Sindhu, winner of Sportsperson of the Year (Female) at the ESPN India Awards for 2018 is struggling for momentum -- with only a single semifinal to show for her efforts so far. Yet for all her recent form, it would take a brave individual to bet against her for the rest of the year, especially in big-ticket tournaments like the World Championships and World Tour Finals.
Former national coach Vimal Kumar certainly thinks so. "She's going through a bit of a bad patch just now but she's always managed to find a way to peak when she really needs to," Kumar said.
It bears repeating that this isn't unusual in Sindhu's career. Back in 2013, her best result had been a win at a GP gold-level tournament - before her first Worlds' bronze, that is. She suffered four first-round losses on the Superseries circuit before her 2014 bronze. The run-up to the 2016 Olympic silver saw her endure fifteen exits before the quarterfinals. Before her first World Championships silver in 2017, she had six quarterfinal exits.
But that's what made 2018 so special. It was a year which required her to peak for four tournaments and the Indian managed to do just that - reaching the finals of the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the World Championships. And just in case she might have felt the need to silence criticism that she had something of a finals jinx, she went all the way at the World Tour Finals.
In addition to the runs in the biggest tournaments, Sindhu also had two other finals at the World Tour 500 level as well as semifinal finishes at the All England Open and at the Malaysian Open. It was a year that was remarkable for its consistency.
"2018 will be special for Sindhu because she was just very very consistent," says Kumar. What worked for her, he says, was her improved defensive game and improved fitness. "She's just been able to play at a high level for a lot longer than she might have been used to in the past. And that's impacted her results," he says.
What makes Kumar especially hopeful is the fact that for all her improvement, he still doesn't feel Sindhu is playing at her full potential. "Someone like Sindhu is fascinating because there is still so much room for her to improve," he says.
Kumar hopes that Sindhu plays to her strengths - her height and reach - more than she currently does. "Fitness wise, I don't see any problems in her game. She has the height, so I'd want to see her attack the lines a bit more than she does right now," he says. And while her reflexes and reach have helped her make critical saves in defence, Kumar feels Sindhu could add a little more variety to her game, especially when opponents take the game to the front of the court. "She needs a good tumble at the net with which to counter dribble. She can get a bit monotonous at times but that's where she can use a bit more of her wrist in her shots," he says.
These are avenues Sindhu is undoubtedly already working on. As things stand, Sindhu remains the country's pre-eminent women's badminton player. And while she's currently falling a tad short of the lofty standards she will hold herself accountable to, Kumar says Sindhu will most certainly improve.
"She is someone who keeps learning. I'm looking forward to seeing what what changes she will bring to her game this year," he says.


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Last Thursday morning, RIDE announced the awarding of nearly $1.2 million in CTE Innovation and Equity Grants, funds that will be used by new and existing career education programs to help expand access for historically underserved students. The eight recipient schools are spread out across the state and will each receive roughly $150,000 in funding over two years, starting in the 2018-2019 school year. Across industry sectors, there are significant equity gaps in the demographics of students who complete Rhode Island programs, including a 27 percent gap for women in IT, a 27 percent gap for students of color in business, and a 26 percent gap for low-income students in STEM, for example.
The grants are supported by existing state funding for career and technical education (CTE). These funds were used in years past for schools that wanted to start new CTE programs. This year, recognizing that equity gaps persist in career education, RIDE is repurposing the funding to support schools with specific plans to increase equity of access. The agency received 26 applications, accounting for $3.1 million in requests for the available funds.
The 2018 CTE Innovation and Equity Grant Awardees, and the primary student groups they identified in their proposals are:
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To Room Nineteen is a book by Lessing, it explores the idea of quest of freedom for human beings, women are particularly viewed to be from patriarchal societies and are denied their freedom due to the many responsibilities they have at home. Basically this story represents emptiness, repression of the spirit as well as personal alienation which is created by cultural and social divisions. The story is characterized by the aforementioned traits and the aspect of freedom is not considered. Personal alienation is a prominent trait that is featured in this story for all human beings; nevertheless, the story shows how women are discriminated and alienated from the society. The paper also explores the war between instinct and intellect, heart and mind, against the London environment during the early 1960. This is when women socially conserve the past and are not able to future promise that would promote fulfillment, personal freedom and choice. Lessing also focuses on the restrictions that women are placed on during that era, as well as the distressing consequences of these restriction (Peter Verdonk 1995).
In the book, To Room Nineteen, the title room represents Susan's quest for freedom from the various family responsibilities to the extent of buying demons for freedom. However, the freedom eventually turns to provide a room for her suicide. This story explores the psychological introspection of an English woman who is middle aged. Her world during the mid 20th century London community, revolved around her four children, husband and home. However, even after she became physically liberated when her children went to school, she finds out that her husband had been engaging in an extramarital affair. This makes Susan embark on a journey of self rediscovery, which eventually leads to madness and suicide.
The story captures Susan as an excellent example of a victim of emptiness, repression of the spirit as well as personal alienation and an individual who needs comfort, freedom and love at the same time in order to avoid suicide and madness cases. The story reflects a very perfect beginning for Susan's family which is later characterized by sorrow. Susan's family was a perfect example of a virtuous and happy family since she had everything such as, home, children, husband, job and education. These are material things that consider a relationship and a family successful. In Susan's family, it appears that what people see from outside differs with the inside. They had all things they wished for, but the family lacked happiness. The emptiness brings sorrow in this family and pushes Susan to the idea of committing suicide to escape from the alienation she has experienced (Maunder 2007).
It is in the mind of everyone in the society to feel appreciated and to have a sense of belonging. Everyone has time whereby one needs to be alone in order to think about themselves, life and how to free themselves from daily stress. This implies that alienation from the world is necessary to human beings since it helps rebuild one self. This is in contrast to the kind of alienation experienced in this story. In the story, To Room Nineteen, Susan desires for sense of belonging and appreciation from the repression of responsibilities in her home. This is because she played various roles in her family such as a mistress, wife and a mother of her family, roles that are extremely demanding. Therefore, Susan believes she requires freedom that will allow her to be alone and identify herself.
Individuals will have different desires at different stages of life. From the story, it is evident that the quest for freedom pushed for by Susan is accelerated by the fact that she acquired more responsibilities. As a mother of four, Susan has added responsibilities in her life since her children become a priority. Therefore, she has limited, or no time to look at her eccentricity. Additionally, her economic freedom is taken away since she has to look after the children. This reduces Susan to minor and husband-dependent being, something that makes her husband do whatever he pleases even when it is something wrong, such as having an extramarital affair. In Mathew's case it is evident that some of these occurrences are agitated by cultural and social disparities. With Matthew's economic power, he gets an opportunity to have enjoyable times with another girl whereas Susan, his wife, barely gets freedom to enjoy due to the many responsibilities in the family. However, the society does not allow the wife to enjoy freedom since the socio-cultural forms and norms are controlled and constructed by patriarchy whereby the husband is superior in the family.
Susan's marriage derives a lot of pain and endurance for the cultural and social disparities. Patriarchal norms and virtues that have for the longest time been vetted on women are the main causes of the suffering and pain that Susan had to endure in her marriage. She would have done anything to protect her marriage, in turn; it is obvious that she endured a lot just to save face in the society. It is compounded by all her time she on her hands after she sent her twins to school. Suddenly she discovers that she is free, and her work was to sit and wait for her children to return from school. Susan is by then at a place where she has no support from her husband. This makes her feel the emptiness that creeps in her life (Magill 1996).
Emptiness in many marriages derives many women in the society to engaging in the wrong activities. A number of women in the society grapple with the pain they endure in their marriages in silence. This is because they want all people to see their life as being picturesque. The restrictions imposed on women on social and societal levels eventually lead to terrible results. This is the case for Susan who ends up being in too much pain and suffering in silence until the feeling of emptiness drives her to commit suicide. It is unfortunate that the man that she had devoted all her life to have not even taken a cue to what his wife was going through. Her children also were not aware that their mother had become an emotional wreck right before their eyes.
The social divisions are to be blamed for all the happenings which followed after Susan's inability to contain the situation any more. Susan's social experiences and her personal pressure push her to work and conform to what the culture has dictated. The social classes that she is in, as well as her gender, have the effect of setting certain social restrictions on her life. She belongs to the middle class and lives in suburbia this two have some certain boundaries that she cannot overstep culturally. She is expected to own a lovely and large house which should also be expensive and live in a good suburb like suburbia. The house should be well maintained this means a lot of time also money being used in maintaining the house. This forces her to spend a lot of resources on the house and due to her position in Suburbia; she is forced to live a life that is slow and does not interact with the active city life. She is not able to build a career as a woman but creates relations with the women in the surrounding (Lessing 2002).
For Susan the hotel room left her puzzled and was overwhelmed by the feeling of alienation and imprisonment. While, in the hotel room, she is also possessed by spirits, at times when she returns to the room and looks at her image in the mirror that was in the hotel room, all she could see was nothing but emptiness. This feeling was so strong for her and her efforts to overcome it were at times beyond her reach. She is restless and has the hunger to move around as well as her self-consciousness is affected by her life. To Susan, she is not aware that the spirit she possesses is crucial to her life and that it is equal to the life issues that affect her. However, instead she runs away from reality and is unable to achieve her goal of happiness. Though, she runs away to a hotel room seeking a world that has no men, she fails. This makes her life have no meaning as well as with no purpose.
Susan had the mindset that by escaping to room nineteen she would encounter psychological healing, as well as physical freedom, but later learns that it does not assist. She attempts to test her husband faith in her, especially in regards to fidelity. Therefore, she lies to Matthew that she had an extramarital affair, but, the husband proposes something worse that they should engage in a 'foursome". This hurts Susan because was not in her expectation, and it was absurd too. She felt her husband was no longer a respectable man and was a different person. She had remained faithful and decided to disagree with the idea of foursome, which she believed was an evil affair. The response from Matthew leaves Susan worse than she was (Lessing 1976).
The strong feeling of emptiness drives Susan into leaving her lovely, large and beautiful house that she had spent her marriage life. However, her main worry was what people will say about her after leaving her husband and commit suicide. She is also disturbed by what the patriarchal society that she had lived in all along will think of her. She was afraid that people may think that he committed suicide because of her husband. She saw this as a huge humiliation for people to think of her that way. A sense of life having no meaning and nothingness and meaninglessness tormented her and saw that she had no future. Therefore, she finally decides to commit suicide as to be free (Fleenor 1993).
In the story it is obvious that women have been sidelined in many areas for the longest time. Their duties had been well cut out in the society, and as such, they were expected to fulfill all these duties to be termed as successful women. The work of the woman was to take care of her family. They had also the responsibility over the wellbeing of the family members. There was nothing more that was expected of a woman and making many women underutilized. Many women had talents and other ideas that they could have assisted many developments of the society, but all these remained repressed (MacCormick 1991).
The feeling that a woman is inferior to man and the cultural rigidities on them drives them to remaining with their problems just to engage in activities that are very serious and unbelievable. The quest for women to emancipate themselves from male domination and gain their personal freedom drove many to their deaths. As in the case of Susan, death was her only solution to free herself out of repression from the suffocating grip of her home and marriage after testing several options. After taking a thorough assessment of her life, Susan realized that she had nothing to live for and thus suicide seemed to be her way of getting her freedom. However, Suicide is not the best solution to freedom gain, but end of discrimination is the only way that women can get their freedom. The bare fact that Susan was female and that she belonged to a middle social standing in the society contributed to the overall pressure that drive Susan to her ultimate end (Magill & Charles 1986).
In a nutshell, it is evident that Lessing uses Susan to depict the plight of the traditional housewife in a society that is trapped in patriarchal dictates. It is worth noting that these are the things that happen in the world today. Women strive to seek for the peaceful and a quiet environment where they can enjoy a carefree lifestyle away from the stipulated gender roles. It is unfortunate that women did feel underutilized, and many chose to play along with the societal expectations at the expense of their liberation. Susan finds out though too late that her life could never be what it was before she got married and that she was not free to her own home. Her years of role playing as being Matthew's wife rob her of her identity. In Room Nineteen, Susan discovers she is depersonalized and suffers from identity crisis. In Fred's Hotel room nineteen, Susan finally finds her no environment where she becomes the pilot of her own destiny. Susan's end is tragic and unwarranted though to some extent she can be said to have dug her own grave since she makes the subjective decision to commit suicide by herself. Proper steps are recommended to ensure that the case experienced through Susan is not repeated and women enjoy their life equal to men.


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About Waterford CIL
Waterford Centre for Independent Living (CIL) is a grassroots organisation whose main aim is to empower and enable people with disabilities to achieve independent living, choice and control over their own lives, and full participation as equal citizens in society.
For too long now, people with disabilities have been living on the margins of society, dependent on family, friends and voluntary organisations. Waterford CIL aims to change this.
Waterford CIL is run by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities. There are very few organisations who can claim this. We understand the real issues facing people with disabilities, because we face them too, and together we can help each other.
Serving the Waterford community for 21 years
The Waterford Centre for Independent Living (WCIL) was established in 1995 and is linked to the national and international Living Movement. It continues to have a hugely positive and lasting effect on people with physical disabilities, as well as their families and carers.
The first Irish centre was founded in Carmichael House, Dublin, in 1992 by a group of people with disabilities who were dissatisfied with existing services and constant disempowerment. There are now XX other centres around the country, including Waterford.
The Independent Living Movement was founded in 1972 in Berkeley, California. As an organisation, it provides an advocacy role, striving to bring about a social model of service delivery and policy decisions that include input from people whose lives are directly affected.


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Thank you for being here.
I wanted to provide for all of you an update on what is developing and transpiring with this ministry.
In a recent post I expressed to you my desire to be in constant communication with God by spending more quality time with Him. I am exceedingly grateful to tell you that this desire is coming to pass. I have been engaging God through prayer in a more profound way over the past two months and the effects of my praying is taking shape.
Most notably, my relationship with God is being strengthened. As I draw closer to Him, I notice Him drawing closer to me. I am experiencing an overwhelming sense of His presence as He continues to impart His attributes to me by way of His Spirit. I have been praying for an enrichment of love, peace, and joy. Day after day I strive in prayer to be filled with these attributes and I believe God is enabling me to grow in each.
I have also been praying for God to give me opportunities to evangelize, to express kindness to others, and to reveal His love. There has been numerous occasions where God has made this possible. For God's glory to be revealed to you (because of what His Spirit inspires and empowers me to do), I will tell you of them:
While walking through Walmart, I was stopped by a young man and young woman working for Spectrum internet. In need of the internet at home, I agreed to sign up for their promotion. As we engaged in conversation regarding Spectrum and some everyday life activities, God presented an opportunity to engage in conversation about Him. I presented each of them with a Talk To Jesus bracelet and told them of this ministry. I welcomed each of them to a "Talk To Jesus" study as I gave them a ministry card with my contact information and website. The young man was pleased to hear of the inner workings of this ministry and I hope to meet with him in the near future.
More opportunities came these past two months that enabled me to simply express the kindness and love of God.
At a local grocery, a simple compliment I gave to a store employee about her hair (an elderly woman who had dyed a strip of her hair green) put a giant smile on her face and breathed a sense of joy into her daily routine. She received my compliment and desired to share with me her name and asked me to return someday to talk with her again.
Another occasion I saw a man stranded on the highway, so I pulled over to ask if there was anything I could do to help. He approached my drivers door and said he had everything under control, but I could see the appreciation in his face and hear it in his voice and this brough me as much joy and gratitude as it did him.
Yet on another occasion I saw an old woman walking in the rain with an umbrella that wasn't seeming to help her keep dry. She was pushing back a grocery cart through the cold rain toward her car and I asked if I could help put them in her trunk as she warmed up in her car. She thanked me for the offer but decided to do it herself. I was grateful for the opportunity to help even though she did feel the need to receive the offering.
More opportunities came as a middle eastern man installed the internet at my home – I offered him a Talk To Jesus bracelet, a bottled water, and encouraged him to reach out to Christ through prayer. He smiled and appeared grateful.
A young woman at a checkout registered appeared down and was not having a good day, I presented her a bracelet and told her I was a minister of the Gospel and simply wanted to encourage her to talk to Jesus. The shock and sudden joy filled her face as we smiled at each other and went about our way. At a restaurant I felt a strong desire to tip the waitress the same dollar amount as the food I purchased. Upon giving the waitress the cash, I provided her with a Talk To Jesus bracelet and Love In Action card. I expressed to her that I was a Christian and wanted to express to her Jesus' love by blessing her financially. She was very grateful.
These are some of the opportunities God presented to me for His love to be expressed. I am very grateful for each opportunity and as you read of them, I hope you see the love of God, the power of the indwelling Spirit of God, and the needs of people in your community and throughout the world.
In every opportunity, may God's name be glorified. May the Gospel of Christ spread and may the kingdom of God advance.
Here's to more opportunities…
Pastor Bobby


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TRIBUTES have been paid to a loving grandad found dead two weeks after being reported missing.
A major search operation was carried out to find Alexander Cromar, 88, in June this year.
The grandad-of-five, who had not long been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, had not been seen after he left his sheltered housing accommodation, in Concorde Way, Jarrow, on June 3.
His family feared for his health and made public appeals to help find him.
But, a fortnight later, they received the tragic news of his death. The pensioner's body had been found in heavy undergrowth at a South Shields golf club.
Yesterday, an inquest in Hebburn heard that the medical cause of death was bronchial pneumonia due to dementia.
Coroner Terence Carney said it was possible that Mr Cromar had climbed into the undergrowth and fallen asleep before developing pneumonia.
But it was not known how long he had been there or when he died.
Recording a narrative verdict, Mr Carney said: "He has died of natural causes exacerbated by cognitive impairment and mild confusion and exposure to the environment for an unspecified time." After the hearing, Mr Cromar's niece, Jean Little, 75, of Jarrow, thanked the police for their help during the search operation.
She added: "It was a terrible fortnight for us when he was missing. But the police were wonderful.
"Right up until he was found, they were still going around Jarrow with posters, asking people if anyone had seen him. They could not have done more."
Mr Cromar, a retired joiner, lost his wife Mary to Huntington's Disease nine years ago. His son Stephen also died of the same condition at the age of 49.
Eldest son Peter, of Sheffield, said: "Our dad was a very caring man. He loved his family and was very proud of his children and grandchildren. He was a great bloke and highly regarded by everyone."


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Splendies & Volupties Review
Disclosure: I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of the product for review purposes. The opinions are my own, based on my personal experience with the product.
I love subscription services because it is such a simple easy way to have products delivered directly to my door. When I discovered Splendies & Volupties I thought it was such a creative and unique concept. How does it work? Each month, you will receive a surprise package of pretty panties and cute underwear in a wide variety of colors, patterns, styles and textures.
My mother always told that it was important to wear nice undergarments so I appreciate comfortable and stylish panties. I love that the styles at Splendies are so feminine yet the fit is great so it is also comfortable to wear….no granny panties in sight!
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This may be too long for some folks. It's optional reading! ;-)
Google Plus (Google+) is a "social network" site like Facebook but it has a bit of a twist to it. If you like Facebook you might like to check out Google+.
From using G+ for myself it seems that it has a slightly different outlook on how you "connect" with people.
On Facebook you need to Friend someone and they need to Friend you back to make the connection. You can create Groups in Facebook to gather similar "friends" together and view their updates, etc.
G+, however, uses something called Circles. They have some default names for Circles: Friends, Family, Acquaintances, and Following. But the interesting thing is that you can add ANYONE (that is a G+ member) to any of your circles. And you can add anyone to as many Circles as you like and you can create your own Circles. As many as you wish.
Sounds like it could get complicated quickly but it doesn't really. Because the Circles only mean YOU choose what to send out to WHOM.
There is one circle that's not optional. It's called PUBLIC. And I think it's the default for when you post something. That's easy to change but it just means that when you post to PUBLIC then anyone who has you in their Circle will see it.
That's not bad. If you post something as PUBLIC then, we think, that anyone who is interested in what we say (that has us in one of their Circles) is interested in seeing it.
But, let's say, we just want to send out to a Circle we call Beehive. Then we can do that easily. And ONLY those people who we have specifically added to our Circle called Beehive get it. And, in a twist that many do not appreciate, if you have someone in Beehive but THEY don't have you in a circle, then they DON't get the post. So, if I don't want to see your posts I simply leave you out of my Circles.
It's actually a pretty good system. I think it's better than Facebook's. You have much more control over who see's your posts but you can easily subscribe to public figure's postst without them have to reciprocate Friend requests.
I hope that helps. But was probably too long and technical. ;-)


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Caitlin, the Sales Manager
If you don't have your spouse on board and you are thinking about starting a company, stop! Get spousal support immediately, or don't do it. I can't imagine not having Caitlin's support. As we have moved forward over the past two months from my March 18th epiphany and commitment to now, she has been an integral pillar in the whole affair.
Caitlin has as much at stake as me, and failure to recognize that would be extremely self-centered. There are serious life repercussions resulting from starting a company. Here's a quote from Phaedra Hise's Confessions of an Entrepreneur's Wife (www.inc.com/magazine/20060301/confessions.html):
"When I think about those start-up days, I realize I've given up far more than I had planned. Years of writing, of books and magazine articles I could have published. I lost a friendship, an airplane, a lot of money. I sacrificed years of socializing that could have sparked new friendships. I lament the toll on Bill's health, and Lily had no choice in giving up precious years with her father."
Believe me when I say that 2006 sacrifices like this are no problem, but eventually the pendulum must swing back. That's why growing enough to bring another senior team member on board is critical… This company must become more than me.
My research yields that part of being a successful entrepreneur is being accountable to someone. I do have a an entrepreneur buddy that I have three calls a week with to make sure weekly activities are progressing, but ultimately we have agreed that until things get further along Caitlin is in the sales manager role. On Saturday's she gets the pipeline report. And, oh yeah, we do have a couple of major purchases in mind for when the company is firmly established. The first one is Caitlin's choice, a reward for her patience and support, which she has given so freely. Thank you for believing in me, Caitlin.
OK, back to business. We have an accountant, and that is good! Everything else seems to be status quo, new business is progressing (client/project #5 in today), though summer is coming, and
Confession: My favorite part of marketing this new entity is writing the blog entries. One of my hobbies is writing short stories and novels, and this activity has been a satisfying replacement.


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Abstract—Precise estimation of potential evaporation, has a great significance in many water resources applications such as management of hydrologic, hydraulic and agricultural systems. Although there are empirical formulas available for Evaporation estimation, but their performances are not all satisfactory due to the complex nature of the evaporation process and the data availability. For this purpose, artificial neural networks (ANN) models was developed to estimate monthly potential evaporation in Pantagar, US Nagar (India) based on four instructive climatic factors. Observations of relative humidity, solar radiation, temperature, wind speed and evaporation for the past 19 years and 8 months (total 236 months) have been used to train and test the developed models. Results shown that the model was able to well learn the events they were trained to recognize. These encouraging results were supported by high values of coefficient of correlation and low mean square errors. The correlation coefficient was found 0.9236 and root mean square error was 0.9863 for testing data sets.
Index Terms—Artififial neural network, evoporation estimation, prediction
Authors are with the VCSG College of Horticulture, GBPUA&T Pantnagar-246123, India (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com).
Cite: Pankaj Kumar and Ajai Kumar Tiwari, "Evaporation Estimation Using Artificial Neural Network," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 51-53, 2012.


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Monday, June 3, 2013
Swedish riots: if instability can happen here, what might unfold elsewhere?
You probably haven't seen much about it in the papers, but for the past week Sweden has been racked by rioting. The violence began in a suburb of Stockholm, Husby, and spread around the capital's edge before other cities went up in flames. Police have been pelted with stones; neighbourhoods have turned into no-go areas, even for ambulances. Such prolonged unrest is remarkable for Stockholm, as those few reporters sent to cover it have observed. Naturally enough, each article has wound up asking: why here?
It's a good question. Don't surveys repeatedly show Sweden as one of the happiest countries (certainly a damn sight cheerier than Britain)? Isn't it famous for its equality, its warm welcome to immigrants? Whatever happened to Stockholm, capital of progressivism, the Mecca towards which Guardianistas face for their daily five minutes of mindfulness?
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- Princess Charlotte has already mastered her royal wave, and it looks like she turns to the queen for inspiration.
- During Saturday's Trooping the Colour, she noticed the queen waving to the crowd and quickly copied her.
- Kate Middleton even seemed to noticed the adorable moment.
Whether performing her bridesmaid duties for Meghan Markle or simply looking like the spitting image of the queen, Princess Charlotte can't help but steal the show everywhere she goes. She previously showed off her regal wave while visiting her new baby brother in April, and now we know who she's been turning to for inspiration.
While greeting the crowd on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Saturday's Trooping the Colour, the Daily Mail pointed out that Charlotte appeared to notice when the queen began waving to the crowd, and she quickly followed suit. Skip ahead to the 4:44 mark of the Daily Mail's video below to see her wave.
Her mother Kate Middleton seemed to notice the adorable moment, as she turned back to smile at Prince William. The moment came shortly after she took a slight tumble on the balcony, so it seems she was quickly back in good spirits.
Charlotte wasn't the only one who turned to her fellow royal family members for guidance, as people think Meghan Markle asked Prince Harry for help on the proper time to curtsy.
It just goes to show that royal protocol isn't always easy to remember, but Charlotte and Markle seem to be catching on quickly.
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Wind, landscape, and luck help Benedict Arnold and his Rebel forces escape General Carleton and the British.
At about 8 a.m. on the morning of October 11, the British armada sailed past Valcour Island and spotted the Rebel ship Royal Savage, which Arnold had sailed out to bait the British into the narrow area between Valcour and the mainland of New York. Due to the strong northerly wind, most of the larger British ships couldn't be turned to a position where they could engage their enemy, leaving much of the work to about 20 British gunboats, which hauled cannon at their bow. The Rebels began the offensive.
The opposing forces came within musket shot of each other, each sustaining significant casualties. The Royal Savage, one of Arnold's largest ships, ran ashore at the southeast corner of Valcour Island. Then, about an hour after night fell and the fighting subsided, the Rebel ship Philadelphia sank. Badly battered, Arnold gathered his officers for a Council of War and they determined that it was best to escape while they still could. The British set fire to the Royal Savage, which provided the distraction that Arnold needed to slip past the guard boats on their southerly retreat in the dark of night.
The next morning, when cold wind from the north met the lake that was still holding on to summer temperatures, a dense fog formed. In the distance, Carleton thought he saw the outline of a ship and ordered an attack. He shot cannons at the vessel again and again, but the outline remained. When the sun cut through the fog, Carleton discovered, to his great embarrassment, that the outline was actually an island. It has been called Carleton's Prize ever since. Meanwhile, Arnold had escaped several miles south to Schuyler Island, abandoning the ships Spitfire and Jersey along the way.
By the morning of October 13, the northerly wind subsided and a southerly wind prevailed, making travel south difficult for Arnold and his men who were growing weary. This provided an opportunity for Carleton to catch up. He captured the Washington as they chased the Rebels, eventually forcing Arnold to run his ships aground on the Vermont shoreline and set them ablaze to prevent the British from capturing them. He and his men then fled to Crown Point, set that fort on fire, and made off to Fort Ticonderoga, which was about 15 miles south of Crown Point.
Only four ships returned from Arnold's fleet, but Carleton's delay in following them provided the opportunity for the Rebels to raise reinforcements. An influx of local militia helped bring the total to nearly 12,000 troops, greatly outnumbering Carleton's 8,000-man army.
The shelter of Bulwagga Bay, near present-day Port Henry and just north of Crown Point, provided an ideal rendezvous point for Carleton's men that arrived in bateaux. The smoldering ruin of Crown Point that the Rebels had left behind turned into a small city as British troops began to arrive, but it was too late. On October 20, 1776, Carleton looked out to the Green Mountains of Vermont and saw snow on the mountaintops.
Carleton was outnumbered and soon the lake would freeze, cutting off their supply line from Canada, but he had achieved something. Even though he had not succeeded in unseating the Rebels from Fort Ticonderoga, he had constructed a formidable armada on the lake and all but eradicated the Rebel fleet. Having gained control of Lake Champlain, he was confident that the Rebels would be swiftly defeated after spring returned to thaw the waterways. The British offensive on Lake Champlain had ended for the 1776 season. Not everyone was pleased to hear that Carleton was headed back to Quebec without having captured Fort Ticonderoga—particularly General John Burgoyne. However, Carleton and his Germanic ally Baron Friedrich Adolph Riedesel believed the British would be able to easily quell the Rebel forces after the winter.
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Begin playing track 2 after leaving Clinton Community College. Turn left at the sign for the Peru Dock Boat Launch. You can see Valcour Island and the lighthouse directly in front of you. The boat launch is a great place to dip your toes in historic Lake Champlain and see where the Battle of Valcour took place. You are now standing on the ground that witnessed the events that determined the outcome of the American Revolution.
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General Carleton's description of preparing for battle at Valcour:
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