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Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme within the book community that was created by Lainey of GingerReadsLainey, but is now hosted by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes. If you're interested in participating, find out more on the Goodreads group.
This week's topic is Books You Felt Betrayed By! Beware the Ides of March! Let's talk about books or characters that you felt betrayed by for whatever reason...big or small.
Here are my selections in no particular order.
This is the third book in the Reilly Steel series, which you could essentially skip and you wouldn't miss anything. When I discovered the first book, Taboo, I was blown away. I couldn't believe I had never heard of this series before, so of course I had to get my hands on the next book, Inferno, which turned out to be even better than the first one. However, Hidden doesn't even read like the first two. It's slow and the conclusion to the main mystery is so unsatisfying. A completely different case is showcased near the end and that small bit is way more interesting than the entire book. Overall, this one was a complete letdown that I was very unsure about continuing on with the series, but ultimately, I'm glad that I did because the next three books that are currently available continue to get better and better. Unless you feel that you have to go through a series in order, then just do yourself a favor and skip this one altogether and move to book four - The Watched.
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This is the fifth book in the Library Lover's Mystery series, and unfortunately, this one is another example of asking yourself, "What happened?" The series starts off well about a librarian in a small Connecticut town who becomes an amateur sleuth and solves cases that pertain to incidents surrounding the library. However, beginning around book three, the plots start to drift away from the library slightly and into other aspects of the community. This book just took it a little too far by delving into a coffee cartel on a completely different continent! I struggled with this one and had a very hard time understanding much less suspending my disbelief about some of the character's actions. Future rereads of the series will not include this one. Thankfully, the sixth book returns readers to the workings of the library and was such a relief after the hot mess that was this one!
Show Jaime from Game of Thrones
Book Jaime undergoes a massive character arc, which is amazing to read about and was being portrayed fairly well as the show was progressing into season five. However, with season five things began to drift away from the source material and he became way more allied to his sister Cersei than was represented by the character arc in the books. I was not a fan of this slow dragging out of their continued reliance on each other, but as season six ended, I am hopeful that he begins to return to the character growth he was experiencing in the books in order to finally make the decision to sever ties from his sister completely.
So those are my picks! What are some books or characters you've felt betrayed by? Let me know in the comments!


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CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. – The Hanover baseball team suffered 12-5 and 11-1 losses in non-conference action at Thomas More (Ky.) Sunday afternoon.
The Panthers, who returned to non-conference action after 16 consecutive league games, fall to 8-24 on the season. With the wins, the Saints, who are currently second in the Presidents' Athletic Conference standings, improve to 18-16 overall.
In the opener, sophomore Spencer Coop (Lexington, Ky.) and freshman Zeke Porta (Louisville, Ky.) each posted two hits, with each player also scoring once. Coop added a pair of RBI with a single up the middle in the top of the fifth.
Hanover also received a solo shot from sophomore Mark Walkenhorst (Fort Thomas, Ky.) in the sixth inning. Rounding out the scoring efforts for HC in the seven-inning contest was junior Sam Orem (Greenwood, Ind.), who drove in two runs in the final frame, on a double to center field.
The night cap saw the Panthers tally four hits over six innings of play, with junior Ty Stover (Galveston, Ind.) leading the way with a 2-for-3 effort. Stover also drove in HC's only run of the contest with a single to right in the top of the first. Coop, who led off the frame with a double to center, scored on the Stover base hit.
The Saints tagged the Panthers for a pair of three-run innings in the first and sixth innings to highlight their Game Two scoring efforts. Overall, Thomas More recorded seven offensive frames with multiple runs scored during the doubleheader.
Hanover will close out the 2018 season with a Senior Day doubleheader against Mt. St. Joseph next Saturday, May 5. The conference twin bill is slated for a 1 p.m. start at K. T. Young Ballpark.
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The work suggests that the genetic causes of cancer are even more complex than previously thought and highlights the difficulty of developing new drug treatments. However, it also points toward new avenues of research for treatments and diagnostic tests.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center examined DNA from 22 patients' brain tumors and 24 patients' pancreatic tumors.
The type of brain tumor studied, called glioblastoma multiforme, affects some 20,000 Americans each year — including, most famously, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy — and the median survival time is between 7 and 17 months. Some 38,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with pancreatic cancer, with a survival rate of only about 5 percent.
In two studies published this week in the journal Science, the researchers sequenced the DNA of more than 20,000 genes in each of the tumor cells. They found that the typical glioblastoma contained about 60 mutations, and the average pancreatic tumor contained 63. However, no two patients had the exact same set of mutations.
"If you have 100 patients, you have 100 different diseases," said Johns Hopkins researcher Bert Vogelstein, one of the authors of the papers.
That finding suggests that it will be difficult to develop effective drugs for solid tumors that work like Novartis' celebrated leukemia treatment, Gleevec, which targets only one mutation.
"Our study indicates that it's going to be even more difficult than expected to derive cures from such therapies," Vogelstein said.
Instead, he suggested, more short-term research should focus on using the new knowledge of cancer genetics to develop genetic screening tests that could catch cancers early, before they metastasize and while they can still be cured with simple surgery.
The studies did, however, also suggest a new avenue for drug treatment research. The researchers found hundreds of mutations, but most of those mutations clustered into about a dozen "pathways" — cellular processes, controlled by genes, that regulate functions such as rates of cell division and the death of abnormal cells.
"Cancer is a disease of pathways, where many different individual genes can be broken at the genetic level, but where these genes when considered together affect a much smaller underlying number of mechanisms," Vogelstein said.
Researchers, then, may be able to concentrate their drug research efforts on pathways rather than individual genes.
"Right now treatments are really only designed against specific molecules that are members of pathways," said Webster Cavanee, director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego, who was not involved in the research. "But there might be ways you could modulate a pathway instead."
Another study published this week, this one in the journal Nature, also examined the genetics of brain cancer. The research, conducted by a large consortium of scientists under the NIH-funded Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, examined many more tumors — from more than 200 patients — but a smaller number of genes, only ones previously suspected to be associated with brain cancer.
That approach doesn't net scientists any information about genes not previously associated with the cancer. For example, the Johns Hopkins group discovered that the gene IDH1, not previously associated with cancer at all, was mutated in 12 percent of glioblastomas and particularly in younger patients, while the Genome Atlas group didn't find that mutation.
However, the Genome Atlas approach gives scientists more information about the genetic diversity of cancer between patients, said researcher Lynda Chin of Harvard Medical School, and is more likely to find mutations that affect only a very small percentage of patients. For example, the group discovered a mutation that may be the cause of about 7 percent of brain cancer patients' resistance to the drug Temador, one of the few treatments available for glioblastomas.
The two research groups' work is complementary, Chin said, but both are limited by technology — right now, it is too difficult and expensive to sequence a large number of genes from a large number of patients. However, it may soon be possible to do both.
"We're already piloting the technology that will have the bandwidth to sequence every gene in 550 tumors," Chin said. "That will be the next phase of the research."


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Ever since Beartooth released their first full-length album, Disgusting, back in 2014, we've been obsessed with the Columbus four-piece. The metalcore band was established by Caleb Shomo of Attack Attack! in 2012 as a distraction from the group, though it took on a life of its own following his departure from the band. A year later, the group was signed to Red Bull Records, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The group released their sophomore album, Aggressive, this past June, and are currently in the midst of their tour with the same name. The rockers are making stops in the US, UK, and Europe, many of which are selling out—not that we're surprised after seeing just how good they were in the flesh.
We got to catch the "In Between" group in Orlando, and let's just say they put on one whirlwind of a show. Check out our photos below, and make sure to Track Beartooth on Bandsintown so you don't miss them when they're in a city near you.


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In the summer of 1976 it's picking season on an Australian stone-fruit orchard run by Celia, a hard-working woman in her early forties. Years ago, when her husband was killed as a bystander in an armed robbery, Celia left the city and brought her newborn daughter Zoe to this farm for a secure life. Now sixteen, Zoe is a passionate, intelligent girl, chafing against her mother's protectiveness, yearning to find intensity and a bit of danger.Barging into this world as itinerant fruit-pickers come a desperate brother and sister from Sydney. The hard-bitten Sheena has kidnapped her wild, ebullient eighteen-year-old brother Kieran and dragged him out west, away from trouble in the city. Kieran and Zoe are drawn to each other the instant they meet, sparking excitement, worry, lust, trouble . . .How do we protect people we love? How do we bear watching them go out into the perilous world with no guarantee of safety or happiness? What bargains do people make with darkness in order to survive? From the creator of Offspring and author of Useful, The Whole Bright Year is a gripping, wry and tender novel about how holding on too tightly can cost us what we love.About the AuthorDebra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the TV series Offspring.Her stage plays have been performed around the world and are published by Currency Press. Gary's House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences – Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire.Her television credits include Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas. Debra has written three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers and Getting Air. Her first adult novel, Useful, was published in 2015.


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Sometimes cruising really is exactly the way people with landlocked lives and snowy driveways imagine it to be. A morning of exploring a new bay, an afternoon of watching the sun climb across the sky from a hammock, and cocktails at sunset- with ample breaks for entertainment between those consuming activities.
We just had several weeks of cruising that modeled that ideal pretty well. OK, so possibly it was a little less glamorous (four mile walk for groceries, laundry in a bucket), but it is a slice of the cruising life and one that naturally cycles back and forth. Nearly every day involved playing on the beach. There were the incredible dives at Richelieu and very respectable ones at the Surin islands. With a very dear friend visiting from afar, excellent company for exploring, and many evenings of sundowners shared among friends, social fun was simply part of the flow.
Returning south to Phuket has meant the arrival of payback time for our languorous reprieve. It was a month away from a population center. Just a month. We weren't in atolls or uninhabited islands or ridiculously remote, but suddenly, we have a lot of catching up to do to do. The laundry pile is threatening mutiny: it was oddly easy to ignore when the only option was a five gallon bucket, and 20 baht washing machines awaited in Phuket.
We were shockingly low on fuel, too. The dinghy is pretty much running on fumes. That won't do! Getting jerries filled from the Chalong pier is interesting… especially at low tide. Jamie's standing on the dinghy tubes to get this close, and the guy still had to practically drop the forty pound jerry to his reach.
Then there's the little matter of our pre-paid SIM card running out of data. I do like my internet, even if it's slow! More importantly, many of our basic provisions have run low. What, they want to eat? Apparently they do! Three days in Phuket = three trips to the grocery store, and I'm pretty sure I'll be making a fourth trip tomorrow. Jamie demonstrates how sexy and fun this is, competing with the crazy local traffic for inches of pavement while lugging bags of groceries.
It's good to be back, though. Niall's good friend Josh is living in Phuket for much of this year while his family has their boat hauled out. We'll head south soon and aren't sure when we'll see Josh and his family again, so the two boys have been making the most of their time together. Activity of choice: intense games of Axis and Allies taking over our main cabin table for most of the last two days.
Siobhan decided that since Jamie and I were "a little busy" this morning, she'd just make breakfast for everyone herself. Pancakes with a squirt of lime and powdered sugar were served in the cockpit… thanks sweetie!
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What does it say about John McCain that he not only picked the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in America's history, but picked someone he really didn't know? Departing so far from any normal concept of appropriate background, he should at least have had a sense of why this individual is so special. Meeting Palin once at a Republican governors' conference and having a single phone conversation on the eve of her selection just doesn't pass muster -- particularly for the oldest presidential candidate ever, who's had four malignant melanomas.
What makes Palin such a cynical choice is that McCain doesn't know her and doesn't know what drives her. Until she was selected by the Karl Rove types running his campaign (like campaign manager and Rove protégé Steve Schmidt), McCain might not even have recognized her on the street. Instead, she's a category selection, made for the crassest reasons by the same kinds of political operatives who brought us George W. Bush.
Their motives are obvious: Palin is an energetic and attractive woman who just might pick up some disgruntled Hillary supporters. She's a westerner and a hunter who might appeal to rural voters. She might energize a previously tepid base of hard-shell religious conservatives through her opposition to abortion even in cases of rape or incest. Hard right king-maker James Dobson just said that because of her he'd vote for McCain
These attributes may indeed prove Palin's worth as a vote-getter. But except for an abortion position that seems a stunning denial of reality (and a stunning affront to women), they have no relation to Palin's fitness for the job. McCain can't have any sense of what lies beneath the facile marketing categories -- like who Palin actually is, what she could contribute to the Vice Presidential office, and what it would be like to work together. He doesn't know her and has had no chance to. But because she fits the Rovian categories, none of that matters. Echoing so much that the Republicans have done for eight years and more, it's a choice likely to produce grave consequences, yet based overwhelmingly on political expediency.
Leave aside all the other troubling questions about Palin: her extreme abortion position; her backing the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" while campaigning for governor, then later claiming to disavow it; her support for teaching creationism as science. Leave aside her Cheney-style vendetta of firing the Alaska public safety director who refused to fire her former brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper. And her laughing during an interview at the jokes of a radio shock jock who mocked one of her political opponents (a cancer survivor) for her weight, and called the woman a "bitch" and a "cancer" on the state.
You can even leave aside that in a week where Hurricane Gustav threatens another Katrina and the Arctic ice cap separates from the adjacent land for the first time in human history, Palin insists that the jury is still out on whether humans are changing the weather of the planet.
In fact, leave aside Palin's actual record, because John McCain barely knows it. His vetters didn't even bother to go through the archives of Palin's local newspaper or talk with the former public safety director she fired. What choosing her shows instead is a politics that once again subordinates any greater common good to a raw pursuit of power. It echoes McCain praising Jerry Falwell after once calling him an "agent of intolerance." Or embracing Bush's campaign and administration after Bush's political hitmen defeated him in South Carolina with Swift Boat-type lies. Or when instead of challenging Obama's ideas, the McCain campaign tried to caricature him as one step up from Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.
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It was announced today that Gwyneth Paltrow, Gary Vaynerchuk and will.i.am will all be featured in Apple's Planet of the Apps, a new unscripted series co-produced by Propagate and Apple. The three will serve as mentors and advisors to the app developers selected for the series. Paltrow and will.i.am will also executive produce the project. The announcement was made by executive producers Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens of Propagate.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Gwyneth, Gary and will.i.am on Planet of the Apps," said Silverman and Owens. "Starting a new business is not easy. Our team of advisors are entrepreneurs who have each launched and built successful brands and can tap into their personal experience to offer advice to the app developers selected for the series."
"Developing and launching a business based on your own original idea can be exhilarating, but intimidating," said Paltrow. "This is a great opportunity to be part of a series that lets us use our experiences to help app developers break through and create viable businesses that will impact peoples' lives."
"Being an entrepreneur and supporting entrepreneurs is basically all I've ever known. The opportunity to team up with Apple and Propagate for Planet of the Apps to produce, what I think is potentially the most innovative show for entrepreneurs in the business sphere, excites me to no end. I'm looking forward to teaming up with the other experts and trying to help some of today's great app entrepreneurs," said Vaynerchuk.
"As tech drives modern pop culture now more than ever, we are giving a platform for the next generation of culture makers to shine," said will.i.am. "We are searching for entrepreneurs with the vision to shape the future, solve real problems and inspire change within our daily lives."
Planet of the Apps has teamed up with Product Hunt on a four-city tour in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Austin. The events are an opportunity to meet other tech entrepreneurs and hear from the team behind the series. The road tour kicked off in San Francisco and Los Angeles last week, in New York on August 1 and will make a stop in Austin on August 4. More details, including locations and registration, can be found on the Planet of the Apps website.
Gwyneth Paltrow, an Oscar-winning actress, is a bestselling cookbook-author with an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy series for playing substitute teacher Holly Holiday on Glee. Her song, "Coming Home," from the soundtrack for COUNTRY STRONG, was also nominated for an Oscar (the album went gold). In addition, Paltrow has authored three New York Times Best Selling cookbooks, My Father's Daughter (2011), It's All Good (2013), and It's All Easy (2016) — the latter two hit #1.
Paltrow also co-wrote Spain, A Culinary Road Trip with acclaimed chef Mario Batali after their PBS documentary, "Spain…on the Road Again," which was about Spanish food and culture, aired. In 2008, Paltrow launched Goop, a brand devoted to making every choice count, where food, shopping, and mindfulness collide: In particular, goop has gained acclaim for its focus on health, wellness, and clean eating, as well as its city guides, an insider's perspective on the very best places to eat, shop, and stay in the world's most compelling destinations.
Gary Vaynerchuk is CEO and co-founder of VaynerMedia, investing in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Uber, and Birchbox before co-founding VaynerRSE, a $25 million investment fund. He is the host of The #AskGaryVee Show, where he takes questions about social media, entrepreneurship, startups and family businesses and gives answers based upon a lifetime of building successful multi-million dollar companies. He has been named to both Fortune and Crain's New York Business's 40 Under 40 lists.
will.i.am is a a seven-time Grammy Award winner and founder of I AM. He is the frontman and founder of The Black Eyed Peas, with television credits that include, "i.am.mars: Reach for the Stars" for Science Channel and the primetime special, "i.am FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll." He also served as a Coach on the hit series "The Voice" in the UK on BBC One. A founding shareholder in Beats Electronics, he is an active philanthropist with a commitment to inspiring kids to stay in school and attend college through his i.am.angel Foundation.
Planet of the Apps is executive produced by Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, will.i.am and Gwyneth Paltrow. Craig Armstrong, Rick Ringbakk and Charles Wachter will serve as showrunners and executive producers.


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Georgian wine Mukuzani Qvevri from Château Svanidze won a Grand Prix, a Gold Medal and a Prodexpo Star at the wine contest during Prodexpo 2017 exhibition in Moscow.
At Prodexpo (International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, and Food Raw Materials) the Grand Prix was awarded at competition of wines produced in the former Soviet republics.
"This victory is another step forward towards the popularization of Georgian wine and towards raising awareness," said Giorgi Svanidze the head of the Château Svanidze. According to the founder, the company plans to produce 18-20 thousand bottles of wine in 2017. He says Chateau Svanidze's wine is mainly sold at the high class restaurants in Georgia and the demand is increasing. Currently the company produces about 6000 bottles of Rkatsiteli, Saperavi and Mukuzani.
Over 20 years Prodexpo has become the largest and most respected annual food trade show in Russia and Eastern Europe. In its framework Prodexpo has the Alcoholic Drinks Salon, in which 7 Georgian wine producers took part, including Badagoni, Bolero & Company, Shalvino, Kvareli Wine Cellar, Vazuri.
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Have you ever wondered how the Company funds our patronage objectives through the generations? Or how we supplement our general income from our investment activities?
To find out more we caught up with Liveryman Sean Molony, Chair of the WCI Investment Committee.
Sean was first introduced to the Company by Chris Chaplin in 2011. As Sean recalls, "With my background in investment finance, portfolio management and asset allocation, I received a tap on the shoulder from the Clerk when I was about to receive my Freedom of the City and he suggested I might like to join the WCI Investment Committee".
Since then Sean hasn't looked back. As Committee Chair, he is assisted by seasoned investment professionals Edmund Brandt, David Guild, Simon Johnson and Ian Plenderleith. The Committee's remit includes appointing an external Investment Manager, agreeing clear investment objectives and then monitoring portfolio management performance against these objectives.
There are two important categories of assets stewarded by the Committee and its Investment Manager. The first comprises the non-property Company assets, income from this portfolio helps to maintain the financial health of the Company, on a sustainable basis and in perpetuity.
The Innholders' Charitable Foundation is the second asset category, this portfolio provides an income stream in the order of £335,000 on a rolling 12 month basis. Although this amount is dynamic and may be lower or higher each year, the income largely funds the annual charitable objectives of our Patronage Committee. The Committee expects this level of income to increase over the years to come.
The investment objectives are to maximise the returns with a prudent and careful investment philosophy. Whilst issues such Brexit dominate the short term, the Committee remains much more focused on longer term issues. The return from equity investments, such as shares, has proven in the longer term to be superior to bond investments, with a current inherent investment bias towards high-returning equity assets, including those associated with large global companies and technology organisations.
Mindful of the current economic and equity cycle, the portfolio includes a sensible proportion of defensive assets including value-oriented equity investments and some bonds, but fewer property-related assets partly due to our existing property portfolio exposure.
In 2017 the Committee appointed one of the UK's largest charity Investment Managers to provide discretionary management services. This means that instead of advising the Committee on where to invest, the Investment Manager makes day-to-day decisions on our behalf.
The Committee meets quarterly in a governance capacity. These meetings include a reporting pack from the Investment Manager to demonstrate the performance of the portfolio against the investment objectives. The Investment Manager's performance is also monitored on a quarterly basis, but a more formal review is expected to take place at any time after the initial three year appointment period.
Many charities have committee members or trustees with little or no investment speciality. WCI's Committee is highly experienced and confident in their ability to scrutinise investment decisions, which is acknowledged by the Investment Manager as a positive aspect within the overall client / manager relationship.
An area of emerging interest to Sean and the Committee is Environmental Social Governance (ESG), as this is a trending topic within the investment industry. ESG includes measuring and reporting on a company's diversity and equality, the welfare and ethical policies maintained in countries where the company operates, assessing a company's global social standing and how it supports the local communities of its workforce. Although measuring and reporting ESG is in its infancy, Sean is interested in investigating with the Investment Manager the risks and rewards of a longer term investment strategy focusing on organisations with strong ESG credentials.
In between Committee meetings and his day job at Legal & General Investment Management, Sean likes to play competitive tennis, drink craft ale and is passionate about adventure travelling – 110 countries at the last count, with El Salvador next on his list. Sean stresses that although there is a personal time commitment involved with all committee work at WCI, this is more than offset by the gratitude of the Court and Company, Herbert's hospitality and the opportunity to engage directly with the charities supported by the Patronage Committee. In Sean's own words:
"When I am poring over the Committee minutes on a Sunday evening, I sometimes wonder why I am doing this in my leisure time. Then I remember the visits I have made over the year to the charities we support, to see first-hand what a fantastic job they do. It is a privilege and a great source of personal satisfaction to join up the dots – to understand how my Committee and our Investment Manager maximises our asset income – then seeing the work of the Patronage Committee distributing this cash – and then visiting the worthy causes we support to see the difference this money makes."
Liveryman Jason Essenhigh


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Maternity Leggings 101
Both first-time moms and those who have already experience becoming pregnant several times get overly excited at the thought of bringing to life their next bundle of joy. This ecstatic feeling may wane over time, however, especially when you finally realize that there are a lot of things that you cannot do while you are pregnant. You may still disregard the thought and consider all the other joyful emotions and positive benefits of having a baby inside your belly.
But there will come a time when you will see the obvious: you just won't fit in your pre-pregnancy wardrobe anymore. Panic attacks. But why so sudden? You may have to change a few of them, but will that be enough? You cannot even walk comfortably with your pants as they are just way too tight for you to even breathe. Can there just be any good alternatives to these?
Maternity Leggings: Pregnancy Game Changer
Fortunately, you don't have to ditch everything in your closet. Well, you may say goodbye to some of those tight-fitting tees and jeans for a while, but you can still use them after you have given birth to your baby.
However, you can add a versatile set of clothing to your wardrobe. These are so versatile that you can even wear them even after you have given birth. Yes, a good pair of good quality leggings can be a real game changer. They can help you get on with your day feeling great about yourself and about your pregnancy.
But how does a maternity legging help your pregnancy? Let's have a deeper look at these amazing invention intended particularly for expecting mothers like you.
Maternity Leggings vs. Regular Leggings
Maternity leggings provide support to your growing belly. It is also a smart and gorgeous way to dress up. Keep your baby happy and still feel great about yourself in a pair of these versatile preggy leggings. They are not your regular exercise leggings, however.
These maternity apparel are designed to fit perfectly on the body at the same time stretch loosely to allow the skin to breathe. This will make you feel comfortable even while wearing something that covers your legs and even your bump. Some brands are even designed with shaped panels that cradle your bump and provide support to your belly as it grows.
Maternity leggings are made to be super stretchable and super soft so that it can accommodate your growing belly. They are also made with a slightly different material from that which is used for regular leggings. There is also a slighter shine to how these leggings are made. They can be worn over shirts and dresses.
They are made from several types of fabrics and colors to match your preferences. Can you imagine how this pair of leggings will look on you? This one is made of Nylon and Spandex so, I'm pretty sure that it will be totally comfortable when worn. It looks pretty with those chic hole design on them.
There are preggy leggings that are made to be extra strong to provide maximum support to your baby belly. There are pregnancy belly that comes as a full-length legging and others with a Capri style.
Not only do they function well to provide maximum comfort, you also find them to be totally wearable whatever the occasion may be. You can wear them while doing Kegels or other exercises. You can even wear them at formal events. Whatever the occasion, they will look great on you.
Are Maternity Leggings Worth Their Price
Preggy leggings can just be your best maternity for pregnancy. Find a few pairs that match your preferences. These leggings usually come in various colors, sizes, and style, so there will definitely be one that will match your needs. You will find buying a couple pair of these ingenious apparel to be one of your best investments ever.
Just consider a few of the benefits that you can get from these versatile apparels:
- It's easy to get feel uncomfortable with what you are wearing. But these leggings are simply irresistible as they are quite comfortable when worn. They look and feel like your second skin. Just see how they mold perfectly to your pregnant figure. It doesn't matter whether you are in your early pregnancy or about to give birth. Wearing preggy leggings will just make you feel light and at ease with your pregnancy.
- Put them on and pair with the perfect top and you can go wherever you want to. They will never run out of style.
- This ingenious pair of leggings can serve multiple purposes. You can wear them if you want to head over to the gym or just stay cool inside the house.
To look your best in them, make sure to pair them off with a flattering top. A tunic will look best with them. Either a loose or a fit tunic that flows with your preggy curves will make you look great when paired with maternity leggings.
You can also wear a pair of these leggings under your dress or skirt. That will just make moving about more comfortable.
If you want to hit the gym, you might as well pair it with a loose-fitting tunic t-shirt. Put on a zip-up sweatshirt, a pair of fashionable sneakers and you will be taken as a trendsetter wherever you go.
Extending The Life Of Your Leggings
It's not easy to find a good pair of leggings, much more part with it. You need to make sure that you care for it properly so you can have them longer.
Here are some things you need to consider to do just that.
- Wash them gently in cold water. Then, place them on a clean, flat surface to dry. This will keep them from sagging and losing their shape.
- Regularly examine the seams of your leggings. Don't forget to check the inner thigh and rear parts of the leggings for signs of wear. A wardrobe mishap is the last thing you want to happen.
- Invest in high-quality leggings to ensure that you can keep wearing them longer.
Pregnancy leggings could just be the best maternity for your pregnancy. If you have not considered buying one, perhaps this will inspire you to try a pair soon. Invest on a premium quality pair and you'll soon love them like many others who find them to be comfortable and versatile pregnancy necessities.


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Ga.'s "guns everywhere" law awaits governor's signature
ATLANTA – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is reviewing a sweeping, controversial gun bill that greatly expands where Georgians – and licensed gun owners visiting from 28 other states – can legally carry firearms in the state.
The state Legislature passed a bill late on the night of March 20, the final day of the legislative session, that allows firearms in bars, nightclubs and government buildings that have no security checkpoints. It allows citizens with carry permits who accidentally bring a gun through airport security to leave with their weapons and without any charges.
It allows churches to "opt-in" if they want to let congregants come strapped to Sunday services, and it removes a restriction that prevented those convicted of certain misdemeanors from getting a gun permit. And – in a provision that has some law enforcement officials concerned – the bill says police cannot detain a person "for the sole purpose of investigating whether such a person has a weapons carry license."
It's officially called the "Safe Carry Protection Act," but
detractors know it as "the guns everywhere bill." To the National Rifle Association it's a "historic victory for the Second Amendment." To Americans for Responsible Solutions, the group co-founded by former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, it's the most extreme gun bill in the country and "moves Georgia out of the mainstream."
The gun bill, which proponents unsuccessfully pushed in three previous legislative sessions, passed this year after a provision allowing guns on college campuses was stripped from it.
Deal has not said whether he will sign the bill. He has said that he approved of some of the last-minute changes that the Legislature made to the bill. He has until April 29 to sign — or veto — bills passed by the Legislature this year, says his spokeswoman, Sasha Dlugolenski. "The governor is doing bill review now, so it's too soon to say" whether he'll sign the bill, Dlugolenski says.
If Deal signs the bill, it becomes law July 1.
"We're hoping that he will (sign it)," says Jerry Henry, executive director of GeorgiaCarry.org, a gun-rights group that lobbied heavily for the bill. "He has a strong reputation as a Second Amendment guy, and he's got a 100% rating from the National Rifle Association."
Henry says his group sought the bill "to restore our right to carry and be allowed to protect ourselves anywhere we go. Bad guys are all over the place, in case you haven't been reading the paper or watching TV.
"If you disarm me to where I can't protect myself or defend myself, all you're doing is empowering the bad guys," he says. "If you take my gun away, he's still going ahead with that same activity."
Actually, there has been no recent legislation in Georgia tightening gun restrictions. In fact, a year ago, the town of Nelson, Ga., passed an ordinance requiring mandatory gun ownership for its citizens.
Shortly after the Newtown, Conn., school massacre on Dec. 14, 2012, some states acted to tighten gun restrictions while several others, Several other states, including Georgia, have moved to loosen such restrictions. Since Jan. 1, eight states have enacted laws softening various aspects of firearm access or ownership, according to the San Francisco-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; laws strengthening gun regulations were passed in 10 other states.
Opponents of the measure came to Georgia from around the nation as legislators debated it. Lucia McBath of Marietta, whose 17-year-old son, Jordan Davis, was killed Nov. 23, 2012, in Jacksonville in a dispute over loud music, spoke to legislators about the bill twice, urging them not to pass it. "(It) is a very, very dangerous kill bill," says McBath, a national spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which lobbied against the bill.
"If Gov. Deal does sign this, basically within the state of Georgia, you'll have guns in church sanctuaries, guns in bars, guns in airport terminals, guns in public transportation and guns in government buildings," she says. "But the most heinous thing about it is it gives felons the opportunity to use illegal guns in crimes and use the Stand Your Ground defense for immunity."
The provision of the expanded gun-carry law that says police can't stop someone carrying a gun solely to see if they have a permit leaves law enforcement officers at a decided disadvantage, says Sheriff Howard Sills of Putnam County east of Atlanta. "If I see a person with a handgun, I've been able to ask them, let me see your license. If they didn't have one, they got arrested," Sills says. "Frequently that person would be involved in some other criminal activity.
"I can live with the rest of it," Sills says. "People in church on Sunday morning in the state of Georgia don't cause law enforcement problems. So if they want to carry their guns to church, so be it. But this business of not being able to detain a person is going to lead to horrendous problems. It's the first time in history where the state requires you to have a license to engage in a particular conduct, but prohibits law enforcement from checking to see if you have a license. It's completely absurd."


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AUMAT 2018 Notification, Eligibility, Exam Dates, Application Forms, Exam Schedule & Pattern, Admit Cards, Results
AUMAT 2018- Conducted by Alliance University, The AUMAT 2018 exam both offline and online mode. The application process is will start on January 2018. Alliance Undergraduate Management Aptitude Test (AUMAT) is a gateway for admission to Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course offered at the institute. Alliance University also gives privilege in admission to those candidates who have volunteered in extracurricular activities. Get full details of AUMAT 2018 like notification, eligibility, application forms, important dates, exam pattern, admit cards, results etc.
AUMAT 2018 Notification
AUMAT 2018 Exam Dates
The Important Events and dates regarding AUMAT 2018 are as follows (Tentatively)
Application form available
3rd week of January 2018
Last date of application
Last week of March 2018
Entrance Exam
Last week of April 2018
AUMAT 2018 Result
AUMAT 2018 Counselling
1 st week of May 2018
AUMAT 2018 Exam Pattern
The total duration of the test is 1 hour with the paper comprising of 50 questions.
The questions are objective type
There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.
The main topics of the exam are as follows:
The AUMAT 2018 Exam will be conducted in two methods:
The candidate must select the preferred mode of examination while filling in the AUMAT Application Form.
AUMAT 2018 Eligibility
BBA is provided by the Alliance school of Business with the following specializations.
Marketing Management, Financial Management, International Business Management, Human Resource Management
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Those candidates who have completed 10+2 from a recognised board in any discipline are eligible for the course.
MBA is provided by the Alliance School of Business in the following specializations:
Marketing, Finance, Organizational Leadership & Strategy, Operations, Retail, Finance & Management, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship & Family Business, International Business Communications.
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: A bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university with 50% marks (40% for SC/ST) is required for MBA programme. Apart from this, score in GMAT / CAT / XAT / MAT / ATMA / CMAT / NMAT by GMAC / AMAT is also considered.
Accounting & Financial Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management
Specialization: Financial Management, Banking Insurance & Financial services, Accounting & Taxation
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Those candidates who have completed B. Com / BBM / BBA with at least 45% marks from a recognised university are eligible for the course. SC/ST candidates are required to score 40% in graduation.
AUMAT 2018 Application Process
There are two types of Admission processes available.
Candidates have two modes of application to choose from. They can choose to apply online or offline as per their convenience.
Online application forms are to be submitted on the Official Website
Click here: http://bus.alliance.edu.in/
Payment of the amount can be done thorough the following options:
Net Banking
Debit Cards
Credit Cards
Demand Draft (Drawn in favour of "ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF COMMERCE" - payable at Bangalore)
Documents to be send along with the Application Form:
AUMAT 2018 Admit Cards
All the applicants should go to the official website of Alliance university.
AUMAT 2018 Centres
AUMAT 2018 will be conducted at the following exam centers:
Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Raipur, Guwahati, , Pune, Lucknow.
AUMAT 2018 Syllabus
Candidates can expect questions from the following topics:
English Proficiency
Basic Mathematics
General Knowledge: Candidates should remain updated about all the current GK topics
AUMAT 2018 Exam Result
The Results to AUMAT will be available online on the Official Website.
Click on the link and enter your Application no. and Date Of Birth to get the results.
All candidates who have cleared their AUMAT exam should register for the counselling process.
The shortlisted candidates will be selected based on 2 things.
They are:
The candidate must register themselves by filling up the Application Form to Counselling through AUMAT.
The shortlisted candidates will go through the Admission Selection Process which is the Personal Interview.
The final Selection of the candidate will be on the basis of his/her performance in the Admission Selection process.


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My downstairs power circuit has a fault. Doesn't affect any other circuit.
Originally it blew the circuit breaker, attempst to reset were met with instant back off.
On checking at the fuse only ONE wire goes to live phase. Although I thought it was supposed to be a ring.
Can't find any other 'spare' wire.
I disonnected the first socket (at least I belive it is the first in line. I then introduced a fly lead from the CB to carry power. My theory being to establish at which point there was a fault. I worked around the kitchen (1st room on the circuit) this was all ok. Fault seemed to be in my lounge. Tried a particular socket and found I was good up to that point, but not beyond.
Anyway, I then find an obvious issue which I sort out. (A connection had overheated). Restored sockets to find I now have no power from the main board. ( definetly HAD had at the start of this.)
So I put in a heavy duty bypass wire. Power restored.
I later realise that power is off in a group of sockets part way around the lounge. Bear in mind that if its all a spur then sockets beyond the fault ARE working. I investigate and secure a loose wire. I now have pwer at this small group of sockets......... BUT NO power anywhere else.
Further I am getting a "earth live reverse" warning at one socket.
Frankly I hvae no idae what I do next apart from check the wires I just fixed. Anyway... everything else comes back on.. but teh group of sockets goes back off.
Yeah. I'm getting tired at this point.
Bit more hitting it with a hammer (joke) and it all comes on.
So... whats up? Clearly I hvae a fault and even though I am half minded to just accept its working I know I can't. And anyway.... I don't have a genuine feed through the proper cable.
Any ideas? I just ca't figure out what could be wrong. how can power get past a no power fault to start? How come a previously live phase is now dead?


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On the same day that Microsoft set a date for the delivery of new Vista and XP service packs, it shut down a popular utility built and maintained by Windows enthusiasts for easily installing updates offline.
The AutoPatcher utility is described by project manager Antonis Kaladis as an offline Windows Update. It provides an interface to a large collection of updates, common applications and registry tweaks. The collection could be downloaded once, then used to update many computers, saving time and bandwidth. The collection was updated monthly.
Microsoft, however, told Kaladis that it fears his utility potentially could distribute malicious software along with legitimate Microsoft updates. Microsoft says it wants to limit the distribution of updates and other fixes to its own sites, such as Windows Update.
AutoPatcher was launched as a hobby in 2003 by Kaladis, who says on his Web site, "I once spoke to a Microsoft employee, and apparently they know about us but don't care what we do! The AutoPatcher project has been going strong since 2003 and never had a sniff of trouble from Microsoft."
Ironically, Kaladis also noted in the AutoPatcher FAQ, "with AutoPatcher, you can install critical patches offline, eliminating the risk of getting infected while using Windows Update."
Everything changed Wednesday, however, when Kaladis posted a message titled "Sad Day," which read: "Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of mirrors, we took the download page down. We would like to thank you for your support. For the past four years, it has been a blast. Unfortunately, it seems like it's the end of AutoPatcher as we know it. Comments are welcome. . . ."
As of mid-morning Thursday, more than 400 comments had been posted.
A respondent using the name Xan wrote, "I am extremely disappointed in Microsoft's actions . . . yet again. In my opinion, AutoPatcher has been doing Microsoft a favour [sic] over the years! It's sad to see such a great achievement and project go. . . . You guys at AutoPatcher are brilliant and I wish you all well in any future projects that you embark on."
Another comment signed by Bruce Roberts said, "As a support tech I found the AutoPatcher essential for saving time and valuable download limits on my broadband account. I'll miss you greatly, AutoPatcher!"
Microsoft's legal department also contacted the Windows-enthusiast Web site NeoWin and told site administrator Steven Parker the site can no longer endorse AutoPatcher. " I have no explanation for why Microsoft allowed it to continue unchecked for four years before making this decision," Parker wrote. He said the Microsoft representative told him the decision had nothing to do with troubles associated with Windows Genuine Advantage. The service suffered a 19-hour blackout over the weekend.
Microsoft officials said in a statement, "It's Microsoft policy that the distribution of supplemental code, such as hotfixes, security updates and service packs, is discouraged. This policy is in place due to concern for the safety and security of our customers, as we can only guarantee the download's contents when it comes from a Microsoft Web site. Distribution of these materials without permission is also an infringement of our copyright."
The statement confirmed that the company contacted AutoPatcher and requested that it stop redistributing Microsoft's intellectual property.


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Wow. It's been just over two years since this greatest journey of my life began (unnecessary; wish I'd never let myself go so far astray). Nevertheless, here I am, and I wish to first acknowledge the growing number of enthusiastic readers who, I believe, have a major role in this. I really doubt I would have seen it through without your enthusiastic words of encouragement, excitement, and motivation every single step of the way.
Not one single time, either in comments, email, or in person have I received a single negative word. Not once. Thank you for your tireless encouragement. It means a lot to me. In return, my sincere hope is that these photos, more than anything else, encourage and motivate all of you on similar paths. Don't give up. Never quit. Achieving leanness and renewed vitality is within virtually everyone's grasp.
Alright, this is the third official photo update. The first was in February, 2008, and the second, September, 2008. As always, let's begin with how bad it got.
Pretty bad, eh? Here we are nowadays, and you can click these for the full-size versions.
Here's a montage of pics Bea took yesterday afternoon while I was getting in a workout here on the patio of our vacation home in Arnold, CA.
And, finally, here's the comparison shot, around October 2007, five months or so into the program compared with today.
Once again, thank you all for the continual and never-ending support. I very much like to think that I couldn't have done it without this blog and the readers and enthusiasts who make it happen daily.
Thank you.
10/6/09: Here's an interim update as of mid-September; down to 176.


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Promising research findings into natural ways to cleanse polluted water have brought Australia a step closer to a revolution in water reclamation the underground dam.
Researchers at CSIRO Land and Water have for several years been investigating the feasibility of diverting urban stormwater and treated effluent into underground aquifers, where it can be recycled for use on parks, gardens, ovals and farms.
The idea is to harvest surplus water during the wet part of the year, store it underground for some months, then bring it to the surface again for irrigation during the dry season.
Researchers consider these underground dams offer a uniquely Australian solution to the problems of water storage, water conservation and recycling. The water will be injected into appropriate aquifers, where it is protected from evaporation or pollution and does not submerge valuable land or habitat, as does a surface dam.
Now, microbiologist Dr Simon Toze has produced the clear evidence that storing water underground also purges it of disease-causing organisms, making it clean enough to recycle as irrigation.
Weve been studying the behaviour and fate of various microbes in groundwater taken from different parts of the country, he explains.
Weve looked at enteric (gut) viruses, the protozoan Cryptosporidium, and disease-causing bacteria like Salmonella and Aeromonas.
If we are to store large volumes of water underground for recycling, we need to know exactly what happens with these bugs, and whether they can survive in reclaimed water.
Once underground, the disease-causing organisms face a hostile array conditions such as temperature changes, lack of oxygen, lack of nutrients and a whole army of naturally occurring groundwater microorganisms that kill or inactivate them.
Contact: Simon Toze
CSIRO Australia


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De-stress yourself during exam period
It's important to stay calm and relaxed during the exams season, and while we offer a huge range of support and counselling to get you through the tough times, sometimes all you need is a little fun to take your mind off things.
So while you've been writing essays and putting in endless hours of revision, the Students' Union have been organising a whole host of events with the sole intention of giving you the best chance to relax and ease the tension.
One of the #leicesterlove messages left around campus in January
Running from Friday 29 April through to 26 May the campaign will include brand new activities including Lasertag, Crazy Golf and a cosmetics giveaway alongside the return of the Petting Zoo, Relaxation Stations and Puppy Room. We are also offering you the chance to get discounted tickets to see music, comedy art and film at the Handmade Festival,
And the SU will be repeating their hugely popular #LeicesterLove social media giveaway, which in January saw lucky students being given everything from stationery to help their revision to a train ticket home.
Check out all the details on the Students' Union website and download your timetable.


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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said it would bar all unregistered SIM cards from telecommunications services from June 30.
Mr Tony Ojobo Ojobo, the Director of Public Affairs of NCC, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said that unregistered SIM cards would not be able to make or receive calls and send or receive Short Messaging Services (SMS) form June 30.
The NCC official also said that the action was to have taken effect in April, but the service providers requested that the date be extended.
According to him, the telecoms operators are using the extended period to verify SIM cards on their networks to ascertain the registered and unregistered ones.
"The verification has actually started and that is why people get text messages asking them to register, if you have not, you register and if you have registered, you ignore it.
"The verification is going to continue until that date when we will cut off unregistered SIM cards," he said.
Ojobo said that since the verification exercise started, subscribers had been responding by registering their SIM cards.
He said that the regulatory body would be announcing the registration deadline in the media across the country.
According to him, the commission will do the announcement in different languages so that even the telecom consumers at the remotest areas will be aware.
NAN reports that the telecom umpire, on Wednesday, May 8, fined MTN, Airtel, Globacom and Etisalat the sum of N53.8 million, for selling pre-registered SIM cards on their networks.
The fines imposed were based on the number of fully activated new SIM cards that were either reported to the commission or purchased.
The fines were to ensure compliance with the monitoring and enforcement exercises conducted by the commission and validated by the offending network.
Each of such pre-registered SIMs found attracts a penalty of N200, 000.
Airtel was fined N8.6 million for 43 pre-registered SIM cards during the exercise.
Etisalat was fined the sum of N5 million for 25 pre-registered SIM cards, while Globacom Ltd was fined N11 million for 55 pre-registered SIM cards.
MTN was fined N29.2 million for 146 pre-registered SIM cards.
The service providers were given up to seven days to pay the fine, failure of which attracts N500, 000 for any additional day that the contravention persisted.


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You can't start a post about brown girls without referencing this Youtube video, right? iisuperwomanii's guide to brown girls is something I watched and laughed over when it came out 2 years ago – January 2011 – but recently revisited on a youtube binge that involved watching every single video released in the last year, and then some, by JusReign, Akamazing, and obviously, iisuperwomanii (These are my 3 favorite desi Youtube celebs…do you know others?).
The first thing she talks about in this Youtube response to JusReign's Rant on Annoying Brown Girls is how us brown girls want lots of attention.
We're a little bit needy/clingy/attention-starved. Just a little. I love her references to the whole boy/girl inequality thing (WHICH IS SO TRUE, BY THE WAY. NOT JUST A STEREOTYPING ERROR) but I don't agree with her logic that this inequality is the reason behind the neediness.
Inequality can lead to self-esteem issues when you're a girl second-guessing everything you're doing. Nothing seems to be good enough for the parents, so yeah, you start to wonder sometimes just how good you are. So when you've got a guy telling you that you're beautiful and amazing and he loves spending time with you, you feel like FINALLY, you're doing something right. And that's a good feeling. I like that feeling 🙂
Plus, I don't think that craving attention is necessarily a 'brown girl' thing. All girls want attention.
Okay fine. I do like the video (and admiring her hair in the video), but honestly…everything else she says can just apply to all girls. So we're not going to talk about it anymore, but it was a good intro and it's still a funny video! I love the way she delivers everything 🙂
Prysmatique dishing the dirt on what she thinks about brown girls…and about being one –
OKAY so maybe I should talk about myself for a change. I haven't done that in a while on this blog. Just have a public heart-to-heart-type-post.
Brown girls start drama too easily. All my life (post-7th grade life), I have tried to avoid hordes of brown girls. If you really put more than 2 or 3 of us in a group, it's only a matter of time before shit goes down. I witnessed that firsthand and maybe I'm not letting go of the past, but that feeling of backtalking traitorous "best friends" is not something I want to relive again. So I'll abide by my decision, thank you very much.
I've learned to avoid the packs of brown people. At NYU, they actually banded together and called themselves BROWNTOWN. They had a NAME. I don't even know what to say about that…every time I try, I just cough and sputter in disbelief.
My parents need to stop talking about my marriage. I'm not getting married yet. I'm not planning on seeing anybody for anything THAT long-term. I've barely even had a boyfriend, barely explored my sexuality (That is to say…I am straight, but haven't done much, sexually), and barely thought about my future in such a concrete way.
My parents, though, have done all of the thinking for me. As one of the (few remaining) unmarried/single girls in my generation, EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF MY FAMILY IS AFTER ME. My gosh it's so bad that I once had a ring on the middle finger of my right hand and my aunt came up to me and gave me a knowing smile before asking, "So you're practicing already, huh?"
FRUSTRATION. The ring just matched my outfit you silly fools. Just because I am now 21 (Going to be 22 in July zomg), everybody loves nudging, poking, and hinting at marriage when they talk to me. My own mom incessantly elbows me and asks "Oh, do you have a boy in mind?"
My god. They are so clueless, so old-fashioned, and so IRRITATING. Keep in mind that because I'm Brown, I'm not actually allowed to date. But somehow, still, I am supposed to have a boy in mind?
If I don't cook and clean, I am a failure and a disappointment. No mother will want her son to marry me…Oh how I laugh. Fine, it's still a valid point that I should be clean and organized for the sake of having a good-looking house/room, but the fact that I am messier than my OCD mom is somehow cause enough for her to moan in despair about how my future mother-in-law will kick me outta the house if I don't clean up my act. (Pun intended, and you see, even when she's lecturing me about being clean, she brings marriage into the mix) And of course, an Indian wife who doesn't cook and clean and coddle her husband is a useless wife, and I will be useless if I don't start cooking some nice rajma and daal and chole and gobi aloo soon. [Those were the names of some Indian dishes, if you didn't gather from context]
I just wanted to write about how it feels like to be a Brown girl sometimes. It's frustrating, especially when you've got parents that are far too stuck in older times for your own comfort.
Being Brown is difficult. Coming from parents clinging tightly to their roots and the way things were done when they were brought up in India is tough when you are born and raised here.
I would not call myself whitewashed, but I definitely have a different opinion on the strict ideology my parents have about marriage, the ideal husband or wife, and duties assigned by gender.
I want my boy to help me out with the cooking once in a while. I want him to make ME coffee in the morning once in a while. I refuse to be like my mother, who caters to my father's every need not because she loves him and wants to (Although there is definitely some of that), but because she believes that this attention and coddling is what is expected and becoming of a wife.
That's what sickens me. That it's an obligation. That it's somehow shameful or disgraceful when your husband gets up off the couch to get himself a glass of water when you are sitting next to him. That you feel GUILTY that you didn't offer water to him earlier or get up to get it for him. And that if you wanted water, you would again feel GUILTY if he got it for you and you could have gotten it for yourself.
I think that's pretty messed up, and that's their upbringing, not mine. Why are you guilty? He's a grown ass adult. If he wants water, he can get it. If you want water, you can get it. If you want to get each other water, do it out of courtesy or love, not duty or obligation.
So yeah…if you managed to read this far into the post, I hope you understand me (and my opinion on being raised as an Indian-American) a little bit better 🙂


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Derivative Proof of tan(x)
Derivative proof of tan(x)
We can prove this derivative by using the derivatives of sin and cos, as well as quotient rule.
Write tangent in terms of sine and cosine
Take the derivative of both sides
Use Quotient Rule
Use the Pythagorean identity for sine and cosine
and simplify
Derivative proofs of csc(x), sec(x), and cot(x)
The derivative of these trig functions can be obtained easily from the Qoutient Rule using the reciprocals of sin(x), cos(x), and tan(x).
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Big Magic Ganga ups ante for Bihar elections with special shows
MUMBAI: It's that time of the year again when news channels are gearing up with special shows for the upcoming Bihar elections. This time round, the regional general entertainment channel (GEC) of Bihar - Big Magic Ganga has also upped its ante and prepped three new election special shows. The shows are titled: Raag Chunavi, Comedy Tabadtod and Baasi Khabar with Aarya Babbar.
The first show, Raag Chunavi starting from 10 October, will be aired on Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 pm. It's a musical show on political and social satire where two teams will be pitted against each other - one will represent the Aam Adami and other will represent politicians. The show will take a bold view with its wit and sarcasm on various issues and will have Bhojpuri folk singers participating.
The comedy non-fiction show Comedy Tabadtod, starting from the first week of October, is a weekday series that comprises hilarious situational, topical gags, and skits. The segments on the show cover pranks, funny scenes from Bhojpuri movies and artists doing gags on different issues like socio political, mimicry, movie characters and many more.
The third show Baasi Khabar with Aarya Babbar starting from 24 October will be aired on weekends in the 7:30 pm slot. The news spoof TV show will see quintessential characters with different and opposing backgrounds come together and discuss about week old Big News. Babar, who anchors the show, will try seeing and analysing the current social and political developments in a funny and satirical manner. The show will have recurring set of actors with a sense of humor and great comic timing. In addition, the show will also have field reporters from the epicentre of each news item, reporting incidents in a quirky manner.
Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, Big Magic Ganga TV programming senior vice president Partha Dey, said, "At Big Magic, we try to come up with something new every time. One of Big Magic Ganga's specialties is to do a spike on the channel during festivals or even elections. Our aim was to come up with something different and entertaining at the same time for the elections. As the assembly elections start from 12 October, we are ready to launch our three new shows."
Speaking about the show with Babbar as anchor, he said, "Since we are not a news channel, we can't do a news show. However, we wanted to do something elections so we came up with the concept of Baasi Khabar with Arya Babbar. The show will start with the election season and will continue till March 2016. On the other hand, the other two shows will go off air after elections."
Further Dey added, "We were keen to introduce a satirical TV show and Baasi Khabar With Aarya Babbar is a step in that direction. We are also planning to come up with another season in August 2016. Babbar is good with mimicry and comedy."
The channel has already shot the promos for the show and will start shooting for the show from the first week of October.
Highlighting the marketing activities of the channel, Dey said, "We are trying to cover all the platforms. It would be available on our platform on air and also on our radio channel. We are also planning to run a contest."
The channel's agency Grey Worldwide will conceptualise the ad campaigns.
Dey also informed that Big Magic Ganga was also planning to launch four new shows during Navratari.


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With colourful wall art in rich, complementary colours, your home will radiate with pure joie de vivre! Complementary colours are opposite each other on the colour wheel: red and green, blue and orange, etc. Together, they create powerful contrasts and augment each other's luminosity. These colour combinations are especially prevalent in Pop Art. This is part of the reason the genre has such a refreshing, humorous, and lively feel to it. Artist Lucia Giacani masterfully utilizes this stylistic tool in her Killing Time series. Her perfect use of complementary colours gives her photographs a provocative, vibrant, and striking aesthetic!
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Wall art in softer shades can give any room a gratifying appeal. It creates a subtle interplay between colours, enabling people who see it to relax. Analogous colour combinations are made using hues that are close to each other on the colour wheel, such as blue and green or red and pink. A simplified tip: if you want to arrange multiple artworks to create an artistic gallery wall, take note of similar colour temperatures; put warmer tones together, and cooler colours with each other. The desaturated look of pastel colours makes them especially harmonious.
Primary Colours: Pure and Unadulterated
Artists often define the primary colours as red, yellow, and blue; these being the colours we can mix to create all others. Red stands for passion, blue calms the soul, and yellow provides cheer. Each of these colours appears pure and simple – harness this power with wall art in primary colours! You could also try three pictures hung in a row, each featuring a different primary colour. Ideally, you'll want them to be against a neutral background so that the colours appear fresh and unrestrained! The room remains stimulating and bright.
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As a Data Engineer you will earn a competitive salary (to £70k) plus benefits including employee share scheme, 25 days holiday, generous pension contribution, training and development budget, Friday tech talks and more.
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Do you love your garden? Have you spent the time and effort to make it look nice by day? Then it would be a shame for it all to go to waste come nightfall when darkness creeps and obscures your entire view. Outdoor security lighting can go some way to protecting your property from the threat of intruders, plus if you have people over, you may wish to entertain in the garden and you can't very well do that if it's pitch-dark. That's why having adequate garden lighting is important.
But in these cash-strapped times, many of us don't have the money to go all out on a great lighting scheme designed by professionals. But never fear – here are a few money-saving ideas for how you can light your garden on a modest budget.
Don't Over-Light
You probably won't have to land an airplane in your garden, so don't feel like you have to illuminate every square inch of the space to create a stunning effect. Less really is more; pools of light and shadowy contrast look better than bright, 'theatrical' lighting. So you really need to consider how you can achieve this look before you head to the shops.
For example, you may want security floodlights fitted with motion sensors in order to protect your garage, entrances, and other outbuildings; some area lights (usually wall lights mounted near seating areas) for entertaining; and some accent lighting to pick out the design features like flowerbeds and pathways.
Make Your System Flexible
Spiked fittings or lights that feature adjustable straps are a great choice for gardeners on a budget; such lights can be moved as your garden changes through the seasons. Make sure that lights that are low to the ground are placed away from obstructions, so as not to obscure their pools of light and for you to avoid hitting them with your shovel as you're pottering about in your garden.
Low Voltage
The vast majority of gardens will only require a low-voltage lighting system (around 12 volts) to light the space nicely. The advantage with low voltage systems is that they are fairly easy and safe to install yourself, saving you money on the cost of hiring a professional to install them for you. Also, because the energy consumption of these systems is so low, your energy bills won't shoot up thanks to the extra lighting.
Don't think that you have to buy artfully designed lighting fixtures. The aim of your lighting scheme is to showcase your garden, so you'll want the fixtures themselves to be almost entirely hidden from view. You can conceal them behind a shrub, wall, or rock or you can buy a glare guard to obscure some of the light and achieve a professional look. However, do bear in mind that you get what you pay for; stainless steel fittings will last a long time and are extremely weather-resistant, so it may be a worthwhile investment for at least a couple of your outdoor light fittings.
Solar-Powered Lights
Solar-powered fixtures are affordable and easy to install as well as being an Eco-friendly choice for garden lighting. Inclusion of photovoltaic cells in new models of solar lamps also have improved the overall brightness of these fixtures, so these would be a great option for lighting areas like your garden path.
Candles and Torches
Hurricane candles and tiki torches make for great and affordable accent lighting for parties. You can make your own tea light holders from old glass jars and tie them to the branches of your trees to create an ambient atmosphere. And if you invest in citronella candles, they have the dual purpose of lighting your garden and driving midges and mosquitoes away with their scent.
Avoid Cheap Bulbs
LED bulbs are a must for modern outdoor lighting systems. Despite the fact that their initial cost is considerably more than conventional outdoor bulbs, LED bulbs use far less energy and can last for up to 10 years.
So there you have some tips for lighting your garden on a budget. If you have any more suggestions, please leave a comment below.
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Estelle Page is interior designer and blogger from Sussex. She understands how outdoor lighting can turn your garden into an ambient retreat at night, the perfect setting for summer parties. She writes for Luma Lighting.


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Of all the seven deadly sins, we think of envy as being the least fun of all. It is the one that people are least likely to want to own up to, for as to do so would mean that one is cold-hearted, mean and selfish. Now unless you're Jesus or Mother Theresa, you have probably experienced at least a flash of envy's evil. Everyone should anticipate encountering it at some stage in their lives as it's a natural emotion that we all feel.
Envy varies its intensities; it can give you a tiny scratch to a corrosive, soul-destroying stab.
But you know what? I think envy has been given a very, very bad reputation. I don't think it is an evil monster at all. You see the problem with envy is we have all been thinking to small. We need to be thinking bigger, much bigger! Take America for example.
They have used envy remarkably well to their advantage. They were envious of all those Arabs, because they had all the oil. So they invaded them. They were envious of all those nations out there that had a religion that bound them together, so what did they do? They vilified and attacked them all too. Look where that has gotten America. Talk about going places.
You know I haven't seen George Bush up really close, but I'm pretty sure his eyes are green. In fact, that whole nation probably has green eyes. We all know how George is so envious of anyone who can think for themselves, that he just has to call them 'dangerous radicals'. Not because he's stupid or anything. No not at all, it makes him look clever! It's all about using envy...skilfully. A bit closer to home, look at our esteemed leader John Howard.


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Do You Chill After You Sweat?
When Paula Radcliffe shattered the women's world record for completing a marathon, she inspired a lot of runners, and a lot of polar enthusiasts. People took a big interest in her devotion to cold plunges as part of her training regimen. Taking into account that everyone has their own personal threshold to extreme temperatures, could everyone benefit from following in Paula's footsteps?
Doctors often recommend applying ice to tissue that is either currently swelling or prone to swelling, to reduce pain. That's because cold slows the blood flow to an injury, thereby reducing inflammation that can cause pain in the associated nerves, tendons and ligaments. However there's a big difference between applying a strategic ice pack and plunging the majority of your body into frigid water. For one there's little chance of hypothermia with an ice pack.
But the basic theory believed by cold therapy enthusiasts is that exposure to cold addresses the muscle microtrauma that occurs in intense or repetitive exercise (like practicing a tennis serve), and can constrict blood vessels, flush waste products, reduce tissue breakdown, and reduce post-workout soreness. That's a lot of benefits — especially if the area being addressed is a pro football player's knee or basketball player's ankle. Coaches want to reduce swelling in areas packed with critical components that are difficult to repair: menisci, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, you name it. To that end, sports arenas and stadiums have state-of-the-art hydrotherapy pools that offer temperature adjustment to within a degree for optimal effectiveness and the individual athlete's ability to remain submerged for the prescribed length of time.
Then there is Wim Hof, the Iceman, whose ardent followers use his method of breathing, mental focus, and cold exposure to improve their physical health and immune systems. With twenty world records for everything from climbing Everest in only shorts and shoes, to swimming under polar ice caps, Wim posits that exposure to cold makes a body stronger over time even at the micro-level because the tiny muscles surrounding our veins contract when chilled. Ultimately his claim is that the veins of his devotees become healthier and their hearts can circulate blood with reduced force.
While cold therapy is becoming increasingly popular and accepted among athletes in a variety of sports, the method is controversial, with a risk of hypothermia, and the possibility of shock leading to sudden death. Generally research into the advantages of cold water immersion as part of an athletic training regimen is inconclusive, with some studies suggesting a mild benefit such as reducing muscle damage and discomfort and others suggesting that cold water immersion may slow muscle growth and interfere with an overall training regimen.
Andy Schmitz, sports performance manager for usatriathlon.org says that while the jury is still out on cold plunges, he has some simple suggestions to keep those who are going to attempt it safe. In the end, if the benefits are feeling a little less sore, and more refreshed after a hot, sweaty and exhausting workout, it sounds like it's worth finding the right temperature for you personally and giving it a try.


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You have the ability to resend a copy of a Campaign. When you replicate one, the template, recipients, and design will be the same as the original, but you can edit each as needed before sending the updated version.
To replicate a Campaign, navigate to your:
- Business Profile.
- Select Marketing to open Campaigns.
- Under the Sent tab, locate the Campaign you want to resend.
- Select Replicate to open the Design step.
- Update the Design step as needed. Note: Choose Select Template or Recipients to update those steps as well.
- Select Save & Next to proceed to the Schedule step.
- Select Send Immediately.
- Check I have reviewed the content and have verified it is accurate.
- Select Finish to resend the Campaign.
Afterwards, you'll be returned to the main page of the Campaigns section, and the new version will appear under the Sent tab.
Note: The internal name for the Campaign will be the same for both the original and new copy. To distinguish between the two, you can update the title for the new one on the Recipients step.


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Dear ICO: This Is Why Web Developers Hate You - A response
The good people at Silktide recently posted another of their entertaining blogs, this one entitled "Dear ICO: This Is Why Web Developers Hate You". Silktide are the same people who made "The stupid EU cookie law in 2.5 minutes" and more recently "The stupid cookie law and why it should die" videos. I broadly sympathise with Silktide's views and find their videos hugely entertaining, well written and clever. I would however like to to address some of Silktide's statements and provide a bit of balance.
- Author:Tom du Pré
- Tags:Cookie law, Dear ICO: This Is Why Web Developers Hate You, implied consent
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