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The gene genealogies of two linked loci in three species are analyzed using a series of Markov chain models. We calculate the probability that the gene tree of one locus is concordant with the species tree, given that the gene tree of the other locus is concordant. We define a threshold value of the recombination rate, r*, to be the rate for which the difference between the conditional probability of concordance and its asymptotic value is reduced to 5% of the initial difference. We find that, although r* depends in a complicated way on the times of speciation and effective population sizes, it is always relatively small, <10/N4, where N4 is the effective size of the species represented by the internal branch of the species tree. Consequently, the concordance of gene trees of neutral loci with the species tree is expected to be on roughly the same length scale on the chromosome as the extent of significant linkage disequilibrium within species unless the effective size of contemporary populations is very different from the effective sizes of their ancestral populations. Both balancing selection and selective sweeps can result in much longer genomic regions having concordant gene trees.
IF one copy of a locus is sampled from each of three species, the ancestry of the sample (the gene tree) may be topologically different from the phylogeny of those species (the species tree) if the internal branch of the species tree is short (Hudson 1983b; Tajima 1983; Neigel and Avise 1986; Takahata 1989; Rosenberg 2002) or if there is balancing selection (Figueroaet al. 1988; Takahata 1990).
Understanding the relationship between gene trees and species trees is important to evolutionary biologists for at least three reasons. First, if a gene tree is not concordant with a species tree, then incorrect inference of the species tree using data from that gene can result. The correct species tree may be inferred if several unlinked genes are studied (Chen and Li 2001), but sufficient data may not be available in all cases. Second, if sequences of several genes are available, they can be used to estimate ancestral population sizes and lengths of internal branches of the species tree, thus providing a more detailed picture of evolutionary history than is available from analyzing data from single genes (Takahata 1986; Rannala and Yang 2003). Third, discordance of a gene tree and species tree can indicate a trans-species polymorphism that provides evidence of balancing selection (Figueroaet al. 1988; Ioergeret al. 1990; Muirheadet al. 2002; Wiufet al. 2004).
In this article, we assume that one copy of two linked loci is sampled from each of three species. This problem is a special case of that considered by Wiufet al. (2004), who modeled samples of one or more pairs of genes from each species with the goal of determining when trans-species polymorphism will be found at neutral and overdominant loci. They obtained approximate analytic results that closely fit their simulations. Here we provide an exact solution for the case of one chromosome sampled from each species. We compute the joint probabilities of concordance of the gene trees of both loci with the species tree and examine the dependence of this joint probability on the times of speciation and on the current and past populations sizes. We show that, if the effective population size of all ancestral species is the same and equal to N, the probability of concordance of one locus is essentially independent of the gene tree of the other locus if the product R = 2Nr ≫ 1. This result implies that if past and current effective population sizes are the same, the correlation in gene trees of linked loci decays on the same length scale on the chromosome as the decay of linkage disequilibrium.
We assume that one chromosome is sampled from each of three species, as illustrated in Figure 1. At time t3 in the past, species S1 and S2 diverged from each other instantaneously. We call their ancestral species S4. At time t2 in the past, species S4 and S3 diverged from each other instantaneously. We call their ancestral species S5. To have as few states as possible in the Markov chains, we denote chromosomes sampled from both S1 and S2 as A–A′ and the chromosome sampled from species S3 as C–C′. The line connecting the two loci indicates that they are on the same ancestral chromosome. The second locus is indicated by a prime (′). The gene tree of the first locus is concordant in topology with the species tree if the two A's coalesce first, and it is not concordant if either A coalesces with C first and similarly for the second locus. Because coalescence of both loci has to occur, there are three possible outcomes: (I) both loci are concordant, (II) one locus is concordant and one not, or (III) neither locus is concordant. Because of the symmetry of the model, it does not matter for outcome II which locus is concordant. The problem is to compute the probabilities that the process reaches outcomes I, II, and III, which we denote by Pr(I), Pr(II), and Pr(III).
In each species, we assume that the joint ancestry of the two loci can be modeled by the neutral coalescent process with recombination in a population of constant size, as first described by Hudson (1983a). The coalescent model assumes that the effective population size is sufficiently large and the recombination rate is sufficiently small that only one event, a coalescent event or a recombination event, occurs in each generation going backward in time. Simonsen and Churchill (1997) showed that this process is equivalent to a Markov chain in which each state represents a different configuration of the set of ancestral chromosomes. Simonsen and Churchill considered the ancestry of one and two chromosomes. Here, we have to model the ancestry of three chromosomes as well.
The first step is to consider the ancestry of a single chromosome in S1 and S2 between the present (t = 0) and t3. The ancestry of a single chromosome is modeled by a two-state Markov chain: state 1, ancestral lineages on the same chromosome (denoted by A–A′); and state 2, ancestral lineages on two different chromosomes (denoted by A, A′). Going backward in time, the transition matrix is(1)where the superscript indicates that these are the transition probabilities during the first time period considered, N1 is the effective population size of both S1 and S2, and the are the elements of the transition matrix. They are the probabilities of being in state j at time t + 1 given state i at time t. Here and later, time is increasing in the past and is in terms of generations. Given state 1 at t = 0, the probabilities of states 1 and 2 at t3 for both S1 and S2 are(2)
These probabilities provide the initial condition for S4 in which the ancestors of two chromosomes (one from S1 and the other from S2) are present. For our purposes, there are five states to be distinguished: state 1, two ancestral chromosomes (A–A′, A–A′); state 2, three ancestral chromosomes (A–A′, A, A′); state 3, four ancestral chromosomes (A, A, A′, A′); state 4, coalescence at one locus only; and state 5, coalescence at both loci. The coalescent model is the same as that analyzed by Simonsen and Churchill (1997), but a smaller state space is used here because our concern is only with the number of ancestral chromosomes at t2 and not with the complete pattern of joint ancestry.
The nonzero, off-diagonal elements of the transition matrix for this Markov chain, P(2), are as follows: , , , , , , , and , where N4 is the effective size of S4. These terms are derived by noting that each chromosome containing two ancestral genes has a probability r of undergoing a recombination event that separates them and each pair of ancestral chromosomes has a probability of 1/(2N4) of coalescing. Here we use the assumption that two events do not occur in a single generation, which means that terms on the order of r2, r/N4, and are ignored.
The initial condition for this chain (at t = t3) is obtained by assuming independence of events in S1 and S2:(3)The probability of being in each of the five states at t2 is(4)where is a row vector.
Before t2, when there was a single randomly mating species, S5, we have to consider the ancestry of three chromosomes (one from S1, one from S2, and one from S3). There are three possibilities at t2. First, if both loci have coalesced in S4, then the gene tree of both loci will necessarily be concordant with the species tree (outcome I). That occurs with probability . Second, if one locus has coalesced in S4 and the other has not [which occurs with probability ], then the gene tree of the locus that has coalesced is necessarily concordant with the species tree. Because all three coalescent events in S5 are equally likely, the probability that the other locus is concordant with the species tree is and the probability that it is not is . In this case, the probability of outcome I is and the probability of outcome II is . The third possibility is that neither locus has coalesced in S4 [which occurs with probability ]. In this case it is necessary to model the ancestry of all three chromosomes in a randomly mating population. We do this by generalizing the approach of Simonsen and Churchill (1997).
The state space is as follows. If there are three ancestral chromosomes and neither locus has coalesced, there are two possibilities: state 1, A–A′, A–A′, C–C′; and state 2, A–C′, A–A′, C–A′. If there are four ancestral chromosomes and neither locus has coalesced, there are five possibilities: state 3, A–A′, C–C′, A, A′; state 4, A–C′, C–A′, A, A′; state 5, A–A′, A–A′, C, C′; state 6, A–A′, C–A′, A, C′; and state 7, A–A′, A–C′, C, A′. If there are five ancestral chromosomes and neither locus has coalesced, there are four possibilities: state 8, A–A′, A, C, A′, C′; state 9, A–C′, A, C, A′, A′; state 10, C–A′, A, A, A′, C′; and state 11, C–C′, A, A, A′, A′. If there are six ancestral chromosomes, there is only one possibility, state 12, A, A, C, A′, A′, C′.
Several coalescent events can occur and each one leads to an absorbing state: state 13, A coalesces with A or A′ with A′; state 14, A coalesces with C or A′ coalesces with C′; state 15, A coalesces with A and A′ coalesces with A′ simultaneously; state 16, A coalesces with A and A′ coalesces with C′ simultaneously or A coalesces with C and A′ coalesces with A′ simultaneously; state 17, A coalesces with C and A′ coalesces with C′ simultaneously. In state 13, the gene tree of one locus is concordant with the species tree and in state 14 the gene tree of one locus is not concordant with the species tree. In both cases, the probability that the gene tree of the other locus is concordant with the species tree is . In state 15, the gene trees of both loci are concordant with the species tree (outcome I); in state 16, the gene tree of one locus is concordant with the species tree and the other is not (outcome II); and in state 17, the gene trees of both loci are not concordant (outcome III). We can represent the mapping of the five absorbing states onto the three outcomes, I, II, and III, by a 3 × 5 matrix M, with elements mi,j (1 ≤ i ≤ 5, j = I, II, III) being the probabilities of absorbing state i + 12, resulting in outcomes I, II, and III. The nonzero elements of M are m1,I = m2,II = , , and m3,I = m4,II = m5,III = 1.
The nonzero, off-diagonal elements of the transition matrix for the 17-state Markov chain are as follows:(5)where K = 1/(2N5). An examination of the transition matrix reveals that state 6 can be combined with state 7 and state 9 can be combined with state 10, but retaining the 12 states makes the derivation and description of the model slightly easier.
To finish, we separate the transient states (1–12) from the absorbing states (13–17). Let Q be the 12 × 12 transition matrix for the transient states: the elements of Q are for i, j ≤ 12. Let B be the 12 × 5 matrix of absorption probabilities from the transient states: the elements of B are , 1 ≤ i ≤ 12, 1 ≤ j ≤ 5.
The ultimate probability of absorption from each of the transient states can be represented by a 12 × 5 matrix G (with elements gij). The standard theory of Markov chains, summarized in Section 2.12 of Ewens (2004), tells us(6)where I is the 12 × 12 identity matrix and the superscript −1 denotes the matrix inverse.
To calculate the probabilities of absorption in the present case, we need the initial condition, which is obtained by assuming independence of events in S4 and S3. In S3, the probabilities of being in state 1 and state 2 of the two-state Markov chain are given by Equation 2 with t3 replaced by t2 and N1 replaced by N3, the effective size of S3:(7)Assuming independence in S4 and S3 implies that the probability of being in each of the transient states is the product of the appropriate probabilities calculated for S3 and S4 separately,(8)where, for notational convenience, t2 is omitted from the terms on the right-hand side. The vector of probabilities of absorption is and the vector of probabilities of the three outcomes is , which has elements πI, πII, and πIII. To obtain the overall probabilities of the three outcomes, we add the probabilities that one or two coalescent events occurred in S4:(9)A Mathematica program that carries out this calculation is available from the Slatkin laboratory web site (ib.berkeley.edu/labs/slatkin/software).
The above procedure is difficult to explain but easy to implement. The results are presented in terms of the conditional probability of concordance of the gene tree of one locus with the species tree, given that the gene tree of the other locus is concordant. This conditional probability, , is denoted by pC(r) to emphasize the dependence on r. The denominator is the unconditional probability of concordance for a single locus (Tajima 1983), which we denote by , where the indicates unlinked loci. For any combination of effective population sizes and species divergence times, pC(0) = 1, and we can anticipate that pC(r) approaches as r increases from 0.
All other conditional and joint probabilities can be derived from pC(r) and . For example, the joint probability that the gene trees of both loci are not concordant with the species tree is . In these and similar expressions, the only dependence on r is through pC(r), so the rate of decrease of all conditional and joint probabilities to their asymptotic values is the same.
A typical result is shown in Figure 2. A convenient way to characterize the rate of decrease of pC(r) is the value of r for which has decreased to 5% of its initial value. We define r* to be the solution to the equation . Roughly speaking, we can say that the probabilities of concordance of the two gene trees are independent if r > r* and not independent if r < r*.
We first assume that the effective population sizes are all the same (N). If N is large and r is small, the results depend only on the product R = 2Nr, as is generally the case for neutral alleles at linked loci (Hudson 1983a; Simonsen and Churchill 1997), so the results presented are quite general. If the length of the internal branch of the species tree, T = t2 − t3, is held constant, r* decreases with t3 until t3 is roughly N (Figure 3A). For a given t3, r* generally decreases with T (Figure 3B).
We then consider the effects of varying each of the effective population sizes separately (Figure 4). There is little dependence on N3 (Figure 4B), somewhat stronger dependence on N1 and N5 (Figure 4, A and D), and much stronger dependence on N4 (Figure 4C).
The gene trees of closely linked loci are correlated because few recombination events occur between them before coalescence is complete at both loci. One consequence is that closely linked loci sampled from a single population are expected to be in linkage disequilibrium (LD). Another consequence is that gene genealogies of loci sampled from different species may be correlated with each other yet discordant with the species tree. The above results show that the gene trees of closely linked loci in a three-species clade are correlated to an extent that depends both on the times of speciation (t2 and t3) and on the current and past effective population sizes.
We draw three conclusions from our results. Our first conclusion relates to population genetics theory: the concordance of gene trees of linked loci with the species tree depends somewhat differently on the parameters of the model than does the concordance of a single gene tree with the species tree. The probability of concordance of a single gene tree with the species tree [ in our notation] is a function only of the ratio T/N4 while the joint probability of concordance of the two gene trees depends on the other parameters as well. In particular, the length of the terminal branches (t3) and the effective size of the common ancestral species (N5) are important. In many applications, species are well enough differentiated that the terminal branches can be assumed to be relatively long. If that were not true, their identities as separate species would be in question. The results in Figure 4D show that if the internal branch is sufficiently short, the extent of correlation of the gene trees of closely linked loci can provide information about N5 that would not be available from the analysis of each gene tree separately.
Second, the concordance of gene trees of linked loci is not independent only if the loci are closely linked. This prediction is consistent with the unpublished observations of D. A. Pollard, V. N. Iyer, A. M. Moses and M. B. Eisen that, in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup, gene trees of linked sites are not correlated beyond ∼8 kb. When population sizes are equal, the results in Figure 3 show that when the internal branch length (T) or the terminal branch lengths (t3) are very small, the probabilities of concordance of gene trees are essentially independent for 2Nr > 20 in all cases. Although that is slightly longer than the length scale associated with LD expected between neutral loci in a population of constant size (Hill and Robertson 1968; Ohta and Kimura 1969), it is still relatively short.
Third, observations of the extent of concordance or discordance of species trees on a chromosome can provide information about past episodes of natural selection. Wiufet al. (2004) have shown that balancing selection will substantially increase the length of the chromosomal region over which gene trees are concordant or discordant with the species tree. Although the problem has not received formal analysis, it is clear that a selective sweep occurring in the species represented by the internal branch of the species tree (Figure 1, species S4) would have a similar effect. If an allele with selective advantage s is substituted, then loci within a recombination distance of roughly r < s will be likely to coalesce at approximately the same time (Maynard Smith and Haigh 1974; Kaplanet al. 1989), thus ensuring concordance of the gene tree with the species tree. This hitchhiking effect is different from the effect of balancing selection in that it should lead only to concordance of the gene tree with the species tree on a large genomic scale and not to discordance over a comparably large genomic scale, as can balancing selection.
With increased availability of genomic data and the rapidly increasing number of species for which whole-genome sequences are available, it will be possible to examine variation in gene trees across genomes. The fine-scale variation in gene trees can reveal aspects of evolutionary history that are not accessible by other means.
We thank D. A. Pollard and M. B. Eisen for discussions that led to the analysis in this article and N. Rosenberg for helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. This research has been supported in part by grant R01-GM40282 to M.S. from the National Institutes of Health.
Communicating editor: J. Wakeley
- Received October 20, 2005.
- Accepted November 20, 2005.
- Copyright © 2006 by the Genetics Society of America


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A colleague hit a problem yesterday while testing in isolation a SCA (Service Component Architecture) component. He was trying to call WSDL method from a Java SCA component using a SCA reference. In this case you actually obtain an implementation of a generic interface com.ibm.websphere.sca.Service, and on this interface you have to use a generic invoke that looks like this:
java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.String operationName, java.lang.Object input);
In the case the WSDL method you try to invoke has one parameter then you just pass an object (SDO - Service Data Object in fact) of that type to the invoke method, we had such a case and it worked. But what do you in case the WSDL method has 2 or more parameters? Initially we guessed that the input would be an array of objects, but it didn't work (wrong number of arguments exception) and if you think carefully it would be ambiguous to have an array of objects because one cannot distinguish if the invoke should have as many parameters as the number of objects from the array, or just one parameter (array of objects). At this point we were stuck.
So what do you do when you get stuck? You search on Google: for the exception, or a part of the stack trace, add a few keywords that you think are relevant like the application server you are using (WebSphere Process Server 7.0), framework and technology names (SCA, SDO, WSDL, Java, invocation) and the like. Sometimes you get the answer immediately if someone else hit earlier the same problem and posted the solution on a blog or a forum, but this time it was not that easy. I had to search for about 45 minutes, try all kind of keywords, read forums, blogs and help pages until I finally found the solution in a sample in some documentation manual from IBM. You basically have to use the SCA API and create a special wrapper SDO that contains all the input parameters as properties and then pass this object to the invoke method. You can read the full solution here if you are interested :)
I studied computer science, so now I apply it everywhere, even to this blog.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The tennis connection
I'm watching the men's final at Indian Wells masters series tournament between Nadal and Djokovic. After a disputed point the TV camera turned to a cheering spectator, Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle, who happens to be the owner of the tournament since a few years ago. Is this some business intelligence in a relational database or something? :)
P.S. Vamos Rafa!
P.S. Vamos Rafa!
Some fine Romanian music
First it's the song of a band heard by chance on TV tonight. I looked them up on the net and here they are, TiPtiL (the case is strange even for a Java programmer :), I use camel case usually, so I would write tipTil for a variable) with a jazzy alternative rock that in a song ("Spune-mi!") reminds me even of Alexandru Andries. And two female voices that complement each other very nice in some parts. I found only on Trilulilu their song that I liked most:
TiPtiL - Hai!
Asculta mai multe audio punk
The other band it's Toulouse Lautrec. I heard it before on the radio (they are qualified as Romanian indie rock), but this song I found tonight is infectious:
TiPtiL - Hai!
Asculta mai multe audio punk
The other band it's Toulouse Lautrec. I heard it before on the radio (they are qualified as Romanian indie rock), but this song I found tonight is infectious:
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Hamari Sister Didi 25th October 2014 Written Episode Update
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Dimple comes to Karan and says she was thinking about getting a comfortable bed for him. He stops her from talking, and says he has a head ache. She sits beside him annoying, and says she wanted to help. He asks did she tell his home. She says they couldn't, then didn't try. He says he will tell mummy himself. She says she knows he always tell his mummy after the problem is solved. He smiles that she understands him. She says she knows him from college. He asks about funds. She says there was a management meeting after the incident, but everything will be alright. He says she is treating him again like a child. She holds her hand at him, that one must never scold a child. Amrita enters the room. Dimple says it was their signature hand shake from college. They both do that handshake, Karan laughs. Amrita also smiles, watching him enjoying. He says it was such a great time. Dimple says it was all because of Abhi, Karan says he was really naughty. Dimple notices Amrita, she comes in and tells Dimple that she came to give him medicine. Dimple takes a leave. Karan says he just had medicine. Amrita says she has to give him injection, turn around. He asks what? Cant she give it on arm. He says he won't turn around. She says it is heavy dose, and IV was already given on arm. She laughs that he is feeling shy. He argues, he isn't; and is a doctor. She says she is a nurse, and does this regularly. He tells her to get out. She says she will send Bobby, he argues that he is an intern; she must send some doctor. She agrees. He thanks her. She goes out annoyed.
Khushi asks Sooraj which cake would he like. Sooraj says he wants to eat Mama's cake, she had promised that she will bring him pineapple cake. Khushi says she is busy, how will she come at this time. Khushi says she will make a chocolate cake for him, she can't make pineapple cake. Sooraj says who asked her to make, mama promises but she never remembers it; he had asked her to get his homework done but she forgot that too. Khushi is annoyed, Sooraj says she doesn't remain at home much even, he doesn't like it without her. Khushi says she misses her a lot too. Mrs. Kapoor hears all this.
Bobby comes to store-room and takes some medicines from a nurse. She stops him and says everyone's job is in danger. Bobby says she must think about him, as Dr. Karan is very strict with him. Amrita hears the conversation. Amrita asks for the courage to fight with the problem.
Mrs. Kapoor comes to the children, and says she has planned to go to shopping. They will buy video game, and will have chocolate cake. Khushi says she isn't in a mood, Sooraj also sits unexcited. Dadi asks Sooraj to buck her up. Sooraj says he doesn't have the mood. She asks Khushi about the film, that is just release but the kids were reluctant. Sooraj says he just have to go to mama. Khushi gets an idea.
In the hospital, Vaiju tells Amrita that Dr. Karan scolded her and Dimple saw that, now she will be out of the job for sure. Amrita tells her not to fear. Babay asks Amrita has she seen the environment. Amrita asks how will everyone work this way, and management has left everything to Dimple. She says some people want to give donation to hospital, she must ask Dimple to talk to them. Babay says this way, Muskaan family will break up. Amrita says they won't lose hope.
The children come to the hospital.
She asks what they are doing here. They tell her they brought surprise for her. Sooraj says she remains busy, so they thought of meeting her as they haven't met her well for so many days. She must come to canteen with them. Amrita says she misses them a lot too. Sooraj says now Karan is also fine. Mrs. Kapoor says that children haven't seen their mother for so many days, that is why she brought them here. Sooraj says that when she is on duty doctor asks her for injection. Sooraj says he will ask her like this, quietly. She smiles. Khushi says she will check the BP for her. Malika comes to greet children. Khushi says she has brought noodles for mama, as she was busy. Malika proposes her to take a leave, as she is going to do Dr. Karan's duty. Amrita asks is it confirmed, and then informs her about all the work. Amrita tells her not to go to Karan's room for much time. Malika tells her to go now. She goes with the children and Mrs. Kapoor. Dimple watches this.
Kaka asks Karan to have fruits. He tells him to go home, as he had to; he is being taken here. Kaka promises to come in the evening with soup. Karan gets a call. It was Shukla, the manager at Mumbai hospital. Karan sits up in worry, when he gets to know someone was asking about him. Shukla says it was some Shaurav, he was asking where he is, what he is doing and does he have any enemy. He must take care of himself; they don't know why he wants to know about it all. Karan says he did good not to open up; he must not in future too. Karan gets a flashback about the operation theatre, as if he had done some blunder there.
Amrita enjoys noodles with the family. Karan watches them from window and smiles. Amrita notices someone looking at her, and looks back to see Karan in the window. He closes the curtain. Khushi goes to take water; Sooraj says he wants it too. They both go to have it. Amrita thinks whether she should ask Mrs. Kapoor or not, then thinks she will have to ask it. She tells mummy ji that Karan is better now, she must know him from years as he is a childhood friend of Avi. Mrs. Kapoor says she has seen him growing up. Amrita asks Karan is a good, competent doctor, how did he come to such a small hospital in a small city. Mrs. Kapoor asks why can't he come here, is she the only one to be great. Mrs. Kapoor says she called him here, as this mental hospital needed a firm hand and structure. The children return. Amrita says she has to go now, as there is much work. Sooraj hugs her, while Khushi says she will help her. Amrita was about to promise to come back home soon, Mrs Kapoor forbids her to as she won't be able to fulfil it. They leave.
Amrita comes inside, the staff stood together. She asks the reason. Malika says Dimple called them all here. Amrita says she won't eat them all up. Dimple comes there, and asks where was she? Amrita says she hadn't taken a single break from 3 days, does she has a problem. Dimple says there are many problems, they will soon know. Dimple says she has made their shifts. They were all shocked, and worried. She says Amrita's shift will be from 4 am till 12 am. Amrita stops her, saying she is the head nurse and divide the shifts. Dimple says they all know how well she do that, management has given her the responsibility so she will run the hospital. Malika whispers that she won't leave anyone. Dimple says that she likes to help people, so she will be here from 10 am to 4 pm, with OPD attendance. She tells Bobby, that he will be here from 12 pm to 6 pm, with all Rectal examinations. Mehrs duty is from 9 to 9 at night. Babay has double shift duty being an intern, and will assist her too. She sends her to get a photocopy of the page, and bring the hot coffee for her upon returning. They all got shocked at this too.
Amrita interferes, Dimple reminds she is an intern; they have done this too. And they all like this, and have made the nurse station a living room. Babay leaves. Dimple says that there will be a new list, who gets notice. They must make sure no one from them is in the list. She goes inside. Amrita says they can't work like this. Malika asks does she think her a maid. Amrita says they must go to their duties now, she will see this all later.
Dr. Suxena comes to Amrita and calls her to give injection to Dr. Karan. As they came up, Karan was not in bed. Amrita is worried, and recalls what Veer had said. She gets worried for him, runs in the hospital to ask everyone about Karan. The security men say they were changing shifts. Veer scolds them for being lazy. Amrita sends the staff to look for him.
PRECAP: Amrita comes out of hospital gate. Dimple and the staff runs out too, and bring Karan back to hospital.
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Achieve your targets within the set time-frame. Small moments of procrastination avoided quickly compound to greater results.
You often start a project with a lot of passion, only to lose motivation along the way because the momentum fades or other aspects of life knock us down. emit has a progress face dedicated to intuitively show the time progress made within a long term mission so you stay dedicated.
Schedule times for tasks so you adhere to them. Setting aside time to perform a task ensures that you are prepared for it and committed to it.
Remind yourself of the bigger picture and your progress. The key to success is a lot of consistency and discipline which you can attain by reminding yourself of your end goal and your journey so far.
Effortlessly convert your plans to reality. Observing progress has shown to encourage us to be more adherent to our long-term goals.
Keep yourself inspired by realistically planning look-forwards in life. emit can also remind you of the things in your life that make the struggle worthwhile.
Dare to dream big. Dare to write down your dreams. Physically noting your goals makes it more realistic to you, pushing you to work harder towards them.
Use your look-forwards to change your mind-set and recharge your mood. If you're having a bad day or week, remind yourself of the great things the future holds for you.
Make your dreams come true by wearing them on you. Aspire, achieve and go beyond.
emit is a minimal smartwatch that focuses purely on timekeeping. Its core function is to change your mindset in regards to time. It syncs to your phone so you can easily select events on your calendar that you would like countdowns to. It also shows countdowns in different intuitive ways.
emit syncs to both Android and iOS phones with free dedicated phone apps that enable you to easily add faces either manually or by selecting calendar events. emit sets up to 10 simultaneous countdowns such that you choose the things that really matter to you.
The app includes the following features:
- Synchronise events from calendars to your emit
- Add a range of calendars into the app
- Manually add / edit faces to your emit
- To-do list and choosing what items are displayed on the emit
- Set alarms on your emit
- See details about your emit including battery level and model number
The app is compatible with calendar applications such as Google Calendar, iCal and Outlook so you have all your calendars in one place, and can choose your desired events to which you would like a countdown on your emit.
Here is a video of the emit setup experience using our current prototypes:
Body Dimensions: Approx. 42 x 42 x 10 mm
Body Colour: Black
Weight: Approx. 60 g
Build: Zinc Alloy
Band Material: Silicone
Display: 1.3" IPS LCD touchscreen 240*240 pixels
Multi-touch: Yes
Bluetooth: 4.0, LE, aptX
Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 340 mAh battery
Chipset: MTK2502
emit's core ethos is to de-clutter your life and enable you to focus on the things that really matter to you. Keeping that in mind, we have designed emit to be minimal, yet, distinct.
We have designed emit's user-interface and the hardware. We have tested different prototypes and are excited to get emits in the hands of people around the world.
We now need the help of our Kickstarter community to raise funds to place a minimum order quantity with our suppliers in Shenzhen, China. Having collaborated with manufacturers and suppliers, we expect to begin production of emits as soon as December 2018 (approximately 10 days after finishing the Kickstarter campaign). After manufacturing our cases and assembling the electronics, we will test our sample units for quality control.
After completing our testing process, we will oversee the packaging so our backers have a special experience of unboxing their emits. We will then start delivering emits to our backers by May 2019!
We are engineering students from Imperial College London who were looking for a tool to better manage our time. We realized people could better perceive the value of time if shown as the remaining amount they had to their next event, or end of their day, instead of as an absolute value. Our mission is to help people accomplish their most important goals and dreams by proactively allocating appropriate amounts of time to each of them.
Having designed and manufactured a range of products from Bosch hand-tools to electric scooters and a robotic arm as part of our Mechanical Engineering degree, we have developed a passion for building cool new products. We have expertise on custom building and retailing PCs and developing consumer-end apps (in foodtech and edutech) as previous ventures.
We work on emit full-time and envision emit evolving into a smartwatch with analytics that tracks users' adherence to their goals and helps suggest how to improve on this. Our Kickstarter campaign is the first step to proving that there is a community of realistic optimists who are willing to look at time in a new way to achieve their dreams.
Join us on the time revolution!
We have done a lot of research on how one's behaviour with time can drastically improve their quality of life. If we hit our stretch goal of $30,000, we will create a book of ways in which you can hack time management. The book will detail our findings how topics such as mindfulness, the psychology of scarcity and others have been incorporated into the everyday lives of successful people. We are excited to put together a simple list of practical steps you too can take to ensure you use your time wisely.
We have used royalty-free music and icons, below is a list of all used material.
- day and night by Nerea Martínez Orduña from the Noun Project
- Smartphone by Naveen from the Noun Project
- timer by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
- Watch by Manasa from the Noun Project
- Calendar by Storm Icons from the Noun Project
- Battery by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project
- timer by Anusha Narvekar from the Noun Project
- Time by arjuazka from the Noun Project
- Home by gatot supriyadi from the Noun Project
- Heart by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project
- steps by Tobias Strohbach from the Noun Project
- User by Atif Arshad from the Noun Project
- testing by Dinosoft Labs from the Noun Project
- shipping by asianson.design from the Noun Project
- manufacturing by Made from the Noun Project
- Electronics by Maxim Basinski from the Noun Project
- cans by Veremeya from the Noun Project
- Blueprint by Nikita Kozin from the Noun Project
- Idea by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
- delivery by joeartcon from the Noun Project
- tools by by Kenton Quatman from the Noun Project
- test by ChangHoon Baek from the Noun Project
- production by AdbA Icons ❤ from the Noun Project
- people by Mello from the Noun Project
- User Interface by Susannanova from the Noun Project
- Bluetooth by Viktor Vorobyev from the Noun Project
- Song used in features video - Morning Walk by Jonny Easton
- Kickstarter campaign video produced with Giovanni Montalvo
Risks and challenges
The overall project involves hardware development, firmware development, manufacturing, packaging and shipping. Although we have a very hardworking team, there are still unforeseeable factors that we cannot control. Our chips and internal components that come from a range of different suppliers can have different lead times, which may cause delays in the manufacturing timelines. We have accounted for contingency periods if this were to happen.
We will continue to improve our software (both watch firmware, and phone app) throughout the launch to improve functionality. We have also incorporated multiple redundancies to insure against shipment delays such that our overall timeline of beginning delivery of emits by May 2019 is adhered to.
We will always keep our backers informed about any delays to the project and how we're working to solve them. We really appreciate all the support for emit and can't wait to get it out to all of our backers.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Hello! This is my second post here, if you missed the first you can read it here. This one kinda follows on from that one. Enjoy!
I might learn the truth.
As I write and read, I learn things. Generally I would always check my facts before I put pen to paper, unless something is glaringly obvious. Some of the things I've learnt are pretty amazing – and it's not always facts, like monkeys are not bears. It's stuff about the way people think, about their attitudes towards thing, people's passions. It's really exciting.
I might learn the truth about me.
Sometimes things spring up on the paper that I didn't know I thought, or at least I've never articulated before. I'm not supposing that someone secretly logs onto my computer or writes things in my notebook. I mean that I write things that I've not consciously thought about before. This is exciting. Things like this include blogs on divorce, on why worship is not just a lifestyle, and how much lying is acceptable in life. This is exciting because it means that I'm learning just who I am, and that can't be a bad thing.
You might learn the truth about me.
The truth is I am not as together as I would like to be. My theology is all over the place. I'm not very articulate. Sometimes I'm quite boring.
If you continue reading this blog you'll learn this stuff. That is really exciting. Hopefully because you'll learn that being these things doesn't make me any less of a person. And with a bit of luck, you'll still like me, and we'll still be friends, that's good! If only for the fact that it will deepen our friendship.
This is a public space.
Sometimes I'm outspoken (I'm being rather kind to myself here); I often say the first thing that comes into my mind. This is not a good thing. I want to be more considered. This space, I hope, will make me think about what I say (write) before I say (write) it, knowing I have no control over who hears (reads) it. This is quite exciting.
It will be hard work.
If you know me, you'll know that I love my job, but you'll also know that it's not very demanding work. That's not to say that some nanny jobs are not hard work, they have more difficult families, more demanding children or longer hours, but I am very blessed with having a job I love and that I don't find too taxing.
I do however miss having something to sink my teeth into (metaphorically of course, I have the worlds smallest teeth so sinking them into TESCO VALUE BREAD wouldn't take long). I feel like I've had a big enough break from studying, (I handed in my final degree assignment over eight months ago) it's time to start thinking again. This is really quite exciting.
Thanks so much for reading! It really does mean a lot to me.
Also thanks to my wonderful friend Nat who proof reads for me (actually for you really, I know what I'm trying to say, she makes sure you do).


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Ok, maybe retard is taking it too far. Maybe he's just an idiot.
I just took my dog for a walk. It's 6pm so it's already dark outside. I'm walking him and he stops to sniff something. He does that all the time so I don't think anything about it. After a few seconds he starts rolling around on the ground where he was just sniffing. He's never done that before. What is he doing? He stops. Sniffs it again and starts rolls around in it again. Now I'm curious as to what it is. So I bend town to figure out what it is. I can't figure it out so I pull out my phone so the screen can shine on it.
That's when I see it. My dog was just rolling around in some other dogs poop! What is wrong with my dog? Why can't he be normal and sniff it an continue on with life?
So I had to give him a bath after we finished the walk, which he didn't like at all. Crazy dog!


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This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other plant lights.
It does not run hot, just warm. You will not experience unsightly brown burned leaves when they accidentally touch the LEDs. This is common with most other lights that get very hot. This more controlled running temperature reduces the need to water so often and keeps rooms with plants from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. Extreme energy efficiency permits this new LED panel to pay for itself many times over each year in electricity savings.
It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumption compared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform leaf coverage. Scientifically calculated even blending of red and blue LEDs eliminates the time consuming task of repositioning separate colored lights back and forth trying to achieve uniform exposure. 14 to 16 hours per day is all that is necessary for maximum plant health with this wave blended lighting system. This allows distances 6" and less between the LEDs and the plants accelerating photosynthesis. Red and blue wavelengths are for growing and flowering of plants.
The typical white plant lights that are very hot is unnecessary and just consume excessive electricity.
The purity of the LED generated light lengthens flowering periods.
These LEDs turn on instantly and can be turned on by hand each day or work well with all standard lamp timers.
The design of this new all in one Full Spectrum plant lighting panel allows maximum level photosynthesis food production, growth and flowering all in one.
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These LED light panels are perfect as an all year plant light for permanent plant benches and especially productive for spring vegetable and flower seedling development. Color: Red + Blue = Purple looking to the eyes Working Voltage: 12V or 110V- 220V Power: 13.8 Watts
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In a relationship, it's common for two people to get into arguments about romance, commitment, intimacy, personal feelings, duties, and responsibilities. If we can't find common ground, both parties become angry, disappointed and resentful to each other. If it goes on for a long time, and no substantial steps have been taken to address the issues, it can ruin the relationship. If you're worried about your man who has given extra responsibilities in your relationship, then before jumping into any conclusion ask yourself these few important questions.
We have seen many women who feel deprived or never get recognition for all they do in their romantic relationships. Many women tried to give extra efforts to make their relationship healthier and sacrificed so many things for a better relationship. But, at the end of the day, they wonder how they can uphold their dignity to the relationship. So, the next time you are fed up with a man, ask yourself these questions first:
1. Am I Putting In More Effort Than Him?
When you're frustrated with your relationship or angry with your man, it often indicates you are giving more efforts than your partner. It can be defining as well as over functioning. Over functioning occurs when you are working hard to gain the affection or attention from him, or it may also happen when you're obsessed with him. When you invest too much energy to your man, you're only putting the extra pressure in a relationship. You will be exhausted; you'll feel less attached to each other, and the communication breaks down, which creates a distance between the two individuals. You'll be in more frustrated with yourself, as your efforts backfire, which leads you another question.
2. Am I Treating Myself Well?
The more time you spent in making your partner happy, the less time you have for yourself to take of yourself, and yes, we are also talking about your appearance. A man wants to see her partner well-dressed, sexy, and more desirable. If you do so, he's attraction towards you will grow as well as the will to spend more time with you. Often, women think that their partner's are mistreating them, but it's we are mistreating ourselves without taking proper care of ourselves. How can we expect love and respect from a man if we don't love ourselves?
3. Are My Needs Fulfilled?
We, women, have a habit of not expressing our true feelings. We want a man to read our emotions. But we can't expect noticed without communicating what we want and need in a relationship. When you talk about your needs, you may end up making poor choices that perhaps won't be suitable for you. If you're a shy person or introverted, it will prevent your partner to know yourself truly. He may conceive wrong assumptions about you. If you are angry with your boyfriend for something, talk to him directly. Don't keep words to yourself; share it with your partner. Otherwise, it may lead to serious consequences.
4. Am I Trying Too Hard To Control The Outcome and My Boyfriend?
In fear of being hurt or losing their partners, most women try to manipulate the results in the hope of a better relationship, but in reality, it sours up the relationship. Be fair with you and with your relationship. Often we imagine our relationships in our heads how a relationship is "supposed to be," and we end up feeling disappointed by the outcomes. If you waste all your time and energy to manage a man and a relationship, you lose out on finding how a man feels about you.


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Sidney Freedman was a somewhat enigmatic recurring character on M*A*S*H, who started out his stint on the show examining Max Klinger during one of his "Section 8" claims. Dr. Freedman then shifted his emphasis more to being a counselor to Hawkeye Pierce, but still continued to serve as general psychological support to the 4077th when his character recurred.
During the final episode, when Hawkeye has had a breakdown and is in treatment, he is seen by Dr. Freedman.
Was this the plan for the character all along, to be the ultimate outlet for Hawkeye's frustrations in the final hour, or was Freedman worked into the script as a means through which the writers could funnel the "war is Hell" message long before the ending of the series was planned?


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ACTION RIG 2 is a versatile, fully articulated character rig made for physical and acrobatic action.
Created to emulate the style of a high-end action figure, ACTION RIG is incredibly flexible, perfect for animation practice, storyboarding, human figure pose reference, and the ideal stand-in for any 3D project.
Inspired by high-quality articulating artist's models.
Two rigs in one. Instant One-Button Gender Switch for male or female characters.
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Last time we tried to build something in Minecraft it came out looking like a giant penis. True story. In fact, that's what happens pretty much every time we try to build something.
But that may not be the case for you. In fact, you may have constructed something so beautiful that you'd like to turn it into a real-life paperweight. Good thing we're telling you about "Mineways," new software from Eric Haines that allows you to use a 3D printer to bring objects from Minecraft into the real world.
Check out the video above to see how it works and head to his site to download it for free. He even provides links to 3D printer services on the off-chance you don't have one lying around. Get with the times!
Thanks to Digital Trends for the tip. Are you still obsessed with Minecraft or has the magic begun to wear off? Do you think we'll start to see random 3D-printed objects at yard sales in ten years? Let us know your thoughts in the comments or on Twitter.


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UNC's Southern Historical Collection wins Mellon grant
UNC-Chapel Hill has received an $877,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will allow the Southern Historical Collection (SHC) at the Wilson Special Collections Library to further develop its transformative model for "community-driven archives." Activities for the three-year grant, "Building a Model for All Users: Transforming Archive Collections through Community-Driven Archives," will begin immediately.
Community-driven archives are created through partnerships between a community that wishes to document and preserve its own history and an archival repository. In many cases, these are stories of marginalized communities that past generations of historians and archivists did not consider significant enough to record or preserve.
As part of the grant, the SHC will hire a full-time Community Archivist and advance or complete four community archiving projects currently underway:
▪ The Appalachian Student Health Coalition
▪ The Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project
▪ The Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance
▪ The San Antonio African-American Community Archive and Museum.
The SHC will develop a web-based resource to connect researchers with potential community archives projects. Additionally, the SHC will use the grant to share the information about its processes so other archives and communities can replicate them. This includes innovations such as the "Archivist in a Backpack," which contains starter materials and instructions, protective document sleeves, a microphone and activity suggestions. It will also hold a publishing workshop so participants can reflect on and create a record of their own experiences.


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I am pleased to be here in the chamber today with the member for Gellibrand, the member for Cunningham, the member for Perth and many others across the political divide who support a rethink on our views towards the Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia is a new country but with an ancient history.
It was part of the socialist republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1993, a total of 48 years. Since that time, a whole 22 years, we have had a disagreement in the international forums—sometimes reflected here in Australia—over the proper form of referring to that country. It would be ironic indeed if we were to be referring to the republic by this anachronistic title for longer than it had actually been a part of the republic of Yugoslavia. If we make the sensible and overdue change, we certainly will not be the first. 135 countries have recognised Macedonia under its constitutional name, including our close allies such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Canada.
In 2012, I was fortunate enough to travel to the republic. I met with the President, Gjorge Ivanov; I met with Mr Poposki, the foreign minister, and I was lucky enough to go to Krusevo on their important national day of Ilinden. I have to say it reminded me a lot of Anzac Day. I think it is time that we completed the picture and recognised them as the Republic of Macedonia.


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Liam Payne attended the world premiere of I Am Bolt in London's Leicester Square on Monday (28 November), and was showing off his suited-up dapper potential.
The 23-year-old attended the red carpet event for the film centred around Usain Bolt, and the 18 months preceding his incredible triple medal win at the Rio Olympics this year.
Liam, clearly a fan of the Bolt, took to Instagram to detail his planned arrival at the premiere, writing: 'Looking forward to the premiere in Leicester Square tonight!
'@usainbolt Always great work from my friends @fulwell73productions & @doyenglobal #IAMBOLT.'
Liam appeared at the premiere without his partner Cheryl, who is still being surrounded by unconfirmed pregnancy rumours.
While looking dapper himself, it was Usain Bolt however who vacuumed the attention once he arrived – being joined by his parents Jennifer and Wellesley Bolt.
Other celebrities at the event included track and field athlete Louise Hazel, singer Tallia Storm and tennis legend Boris Becker.
Liam appears to be gearing up to release his solo material, after dropping a teasing glimpse at a track on Instagram.
MORE: Cheryl Cole 'to work on new music with Louis Tomlinson, NOT Liam Payne'
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LONDON — Testing the theory that it often takes a crisis to bring Europeans together, 11 foreign ministers, led by Guido Westerwelle of Germany, have called for a big increase in economic, political, diplomatic and even military integration within the European Union.
The report, issued Monday by the Future of Europe Group at a meeting in Warsaw, outlines far-reaching proposals for a Europe weighed down by debt, mired in an economic slowdown and struggling to save its single currency. However, the report acknowledges that only some of the 11 ministers agreed with ideas like the eventual creation of a European army.
Nevertheless, the fact that the foreign minister of the European Union's most powerful nation, Germany, was the report's prime mover gives the nine-page document political significance.
Germany has argued consistently for a more federal Europe, a point of tension with its closest partner, France, which tends to be more protective of sovereignty and preoccupied with shorter-term measures to stabilize the euro.
Highlighting the difficulties confronting the European Union, the document notes, "In many parts of Europe, nationalism and populism are on the rise, while the feeling of solidarity and sense of belonging in Europe are dwindling."Continue reading the main story
Its answer is more, not less, Europe.
In the economic sphere, the document suggests more European oversight over the budgets of national governments, a single supervisory mechanism for euro zone banks involving the European Central Bank, and more powers for the European Parliament. It adds that the euro zone's bailout fund should become a European Monetary Fund.
How seriously the specific suggestions should be taken is difficult to judge, particularly since Mr. Westerwelle comes from a minority party in the German coalition, rather than the center-right party of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"Germany's renewal of the concept of political union reflects the fact that the German political class has become more integrationist as the euro crisis has progressed," said Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform. "But what their partners want to know is whether the Germans are really serious about believing in a more integrated Europe, or whether calling for more Europe is an emotional response — a sort of Pavlovian reaction — to the difficulties they are in."
The foreign ministers of all of the European Union's big members took part in the Future of Europe Group meeting, with the exception of Britain, which remains resolutely skeptical about further integration. Poland, which joined the European Union in 2004, played an active role, and the 11 participants included representatives of the six countries that started the process of European integration after World War II.
Critics believe that some countries may have participated simply to monitor what others were saying. But the report, signed by Austria, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg, reflects the rising temperature of the debate over the future of Europe.
An earlier version of this article misstated the number of foreign ministers who signed the report. Eleven did so, not nine. The same error appeared in the headline.


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Farmhouse on the Cradle Coast
Forth, TAS, Australia
Ballachulish is a 10acre boutique vegetable farm, located in the renowned produce and vegetable growing area of the Cradle Coast in North West Tasmania.
Perfectly situated on the hill above the Forth valley, with stunning views from every window of the surrounding rich red paddocks, and its own beautifully established garden.
The house affords guests maximum privacy without being isolated from all the amenities and attractions that the area has to offer. Two minutes by car to Forth village, which offers a post office, service station, café, pub and convenience store, plus the Purple House for your holistic health needs.
Slightly further afield the area offers many world-class experiences.
The Cradle Mountain world heritage national park is just over an hour away, as well as the Leven Canyon, Lake Barrington and the International rowing course. The Cradle to Coast Tasting Trail begins at your doorstep, as well as many other "foodie" experiences within the North West region.
So whether you are keen to be active, or enjoy more sedate activities, or are looking for experiences to enjoy with the family, Ballachulish is a perfect base.
The House
The original timber and slab cottage was built on the site about 100 years ago. The sitting room and two main bedrooms form the original structure.
The house has had a major renovation over the last year and now offers all new kitchen/dining extension, appliances, furnishings and décor.
Decorated in a soft organic colour scheme that gives it a slightly country feel with a hint of the Hamptons.
You are welcomed through the red door into the boot room. Here you can remove all your outdoor gear, before you enter into the kitchen.
This kitchen will delight you.
It has been fully renovated to a high standard with quality appliances and fittings.
Imagine the aroma of brewed coffee and freshly baked bread wafting from the magnificent induction cooktop and oven. It is truly a chefs kitchen and is the heart and soul of the house.
The rustic farmhouse table can seat 8-10 and has the most wonderful view of the garden and paddocks through the large wrap around windows.
This area catches the sun, morning and afternoon.
The large sliding doors open up onto paving and connect to the breakfast deck and the sunset bar.
Tastefully decorated, with attention to detail in every room.
It feels like you have come home.
- Entire house with garden
- All linen and towels supplied
- 3 bedrooms 2 queen beds and 1 bunk ( sleeps 3)
- Electric blankets on queen beds only
- Fully equipped gourmet kitchen
- Dishwasher (tabs supplied)
- 2 bathrooms. Shower, bath and toilets
- Gas log fire
- 3 TV's DVD
- Sound system
- Washing machine (powder supplied)
- Dryer
- Ironing board and iron.
- Heaters in each room
- Hair dryer
- Books and games
- Barbeque
- Picnic basket
- Outdoor tables and chairs
- Bikes
- NBN WiFi
- Small office area with Wifi printer
- Undercover parking
- Separate storage shed for bikes or outdoor equipment
**Please note that no smoking permitted or pets allowed on the property
The Farm
Kipfler, Dutch creams and Kennebec are all growing quietly in our paddocks. Seed potatoes are sewn in August and harvested in June July. In the past the land has grown many different crops including leeks, pyrethrum and opium poppies.
The area is renowned for its high quality produce and is shipped both interstate and overseas.
So next time you buy a potato in Coles, it may just have been grown at Ballachulish
The Garden
The garden around the house is an old established one. Take a wander and find the apple trees, pears, plums and kiwi fruit, crab apple, red and white currants as well as lemons, cumquats, grapefruit and rhubarb, almonds and walnuts.
The herb garden is currently under planting as well as the glass-house. Further refurbishment will continue but the garden itself has a lovely meandering feel to it with little surprises around every corner.
Find that wonderful bottle of wine and watch the sun set slowly in the west at our new "Sunset Bar". So may happy hours have been spent in this garden, and we hope many more to come.


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Premier League: Steve Sidwell says pre-season will stand Fulham in good stead
Steve Sidwell is confident Fulham's pre-season training will pay off when the new season kicks off.
Last Updated: 22/07/13 12:36pm
Fulham have been playing in Costa Rica, with Sidwell scoring the side's opening goal in Wednesday's 3-1 win over L.D. Alajuelense.
And Sidwell, while admitting the altitude and humidity has affected the players, is adamant such factors will help the Cottagers be fully prepared for their trip to Sunderland on August 17.
"Of course it had an effect," the 30-year-old told the club's official website.
"It was tough in the mornings when we trained, but the sessions were short and sharp so you just had to make sure you put the maximum effort in and obviously rest when we could.
"It's obviously nice to get minutes under the belt. It's pre-season so we want to work as hard as we can and the more game time you get, the better it is for the start of the season when it comes.
"I think the tricky to reaching peak fitness is more down to games because we had three in a week. We'll be back at Motspur Park soon to train hard and continue to work hard to build up our fitness.
"Obviously we've got the games at Craven Cottage when we're getting close to the start of the season and everyone should be in tip-top condition by then for the start against Sunderland away."


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Marriage isn't just about procreation
Re: "Alabama judge got it right on gay marriage," Feb. 17 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Tom Uebbing's argument against same-sex marriage boils down to the simple fact that same-sex partners cannot procreate. He writes, "Persons of the same sex disqualify themselves to marry because they lack complementary sexual differentiation."
What this argument fails to recognize is that marriage is usually comprised of elements other than procreation. Marriage in this era is neither defined nor driven by the need to procreate — in the vast majority of cases, it's actually defined and driven by love. Procreation can happen without marriage (or love) and marriage happens without procreation. Procreation frequently occurs within marriage, yes, but it's not the basis upon which most marriages are built.
If two people love each other and want to get married, there's not a single, fact-based reason to prevent them from doing so. Plenty of faith-based reasons exist, of course, but last I checked, the United States wasn't a theocracy.
James Lewis, Castle Rock
This letter was published in the Feb. 19 edition.
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• Center values exchange of ideas on ethical issues
• Macedo's interests mesh well with center's emphasis
• Annan, global university leaders examine higher education's benefits to society
• Professorship established in honor of Williams
• Plans progress for reconstruction of Butler College dormitories
• History of Reunions wear on display through July 28
• Benchmarking a notable career
• Board approves appointments of four new faculty members
• Spotlight, briefs
• Nassau notes
• Calendar of events
• By the numbers
Nassau notes
Filmmaker talks about her work
Julianne Moore starred in "Far From Heaven," a movie produced by Killer Films in 2002. (Courtesy of Killer Films)
Christine Vachon, founder of and partner in Killer Films, will discuss her work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
The independent company has produced more than 30 films, including "Far From Heaven," "Boys Don't Cry," "Kids," "One Hour Photo" and "Happiness."
For more than a decade, Killer Films has produced films for directors as diverse as Todd Haynes, Kimberly Peirce, Todd Solondz, Robert Altman, Mary Harron, Larry Clark and John Waters. The company's movies have been nominated for seven Academy Awards, most famously when Hilary Swank won the Best Actress Oscar in 1999 for "Boys Don't Cry." This fall, the Museum of Modern Art marked the 10th anniversary of the company—now headed by Vachon, Pamela Koffler and Katie Roumel—with a retrospective.
Killer's history began in 1991, when Vachon produced Haynes' first feature, "Poison." The film won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was thrust into the limelight when Sen. Jesse Helms and the far right protested the National Endowment for the Arts' involvement in the film. Over the years, the New York-based company has continued its commitment to produce visionary films without shrinking from controversy.
When Killer was officially founded in 1995, it took its name from artist Cindy Sherman's debut feature, the slasher film send-up "Office Killer." Other company highlights include Solondz's seminal portrait of dysfunction in suburban America, "Happiness"; John Cameron Mitchell's gender-bending rock odyssey, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; Haynes' homage to 1950 melodrama, "Far From Heaven," featuring actress Julianne Moore, which was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2002; and the company's biggest financial success, Mark Romanek's "One Hour Photo," starring Robin Williams.
2006 will see the release of three new Killer films. "Mrs. Harris," based on the true-life Scarsdale diet doctor murder, stars Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley and is directed by Phyllis Nagy. Mary Harron reteams with Killer on "The Notorious Bettie Page," a look into the life of the '50s pin-up icon starring Gretchen Mol. In "Infamous," director Douglas McGrath explores Truman Capote's relationship with convicted killer Perry Smith as he writes his groundbreaking nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood." British theater favorite Toby Jones leads a cast including Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini and Gwyneth Paltrow.
In addition to earning Academy Award nominations, Vachon, her company and its films have received numerous other honors including top prizes from the Sundance, Venice, Cannes and Berlin film festivals.
Vachon's book, "Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter," was published by Avon in the fall 1998 and was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Her second book, "A Killer Life: How An Independent Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond," will be published in fall 2006 by Simon and Schuster.
The event, slated as the John Sacret Young '69 Lecture, is being organized by the Program in Visual Arts.
Cyprus official looks ahead to country's future
Euripides Evriviades, Cyprus' ambassador to the United States, will discuss his country's future in a lecture set for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Evriviades' lecture is titled "Cyprus in the European Union: Prospects for Reunification, Peace with Turkey and Regional Stability."
Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines since Turkey invaded the island in 1974. The Greek Cypriot government is internationally recognized and has represented Cyprus in the E.U. since 2004, but only controls the southern part of the island. The Greek Cypriots rejected a United Nations peace plan in 2004.
Prior to his appointment to the United States, Evriviades served as Cyprus' ambassador to the Netherlands and Israel. He also has held positions at Cypriot embassies in Libya, Russia and Germany.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as part of a series of events celebrating the school's 75th anniversary.
Guantanamo advocate discusses case
Sabin Willett, a lawyer seeking the release of a group of Chinese nationals held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will deliver a talk titled "Who's at Guantanamo?" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Willett, a Boston attorney, is acting as a pro bono representative for a group of Turkic-speaking Muslims, known as "Uighurs," who fled Communist Chinese rule and have been imprisoned for three years at Guantanamo. A federal judge ruled in December that the Bush administration's detention of the Uighurs was illegal but that the court does not have the power to free them.
Willett is a partner in the firm of Bingham McCutchen, specializing in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. He also is the author of several legal novels.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Faculty members to explore turning points in history in month-long series
A distinguished group of Princeton historians will speak about events, people or eras that have played key roles in shaping the modern world during a four-session lecture series in March.
Titled "Turning Points in History," the series is free and open to members of the University community. Each lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in 10 East Pyne.
The talks will cover a range of topics and time periods, with each faculty member interpreting the theme according to his or her own background and research interests.
Here is the schedule:
• Wednesday, March 1—"1930: Did It Shake Things Up?" with Jeremy Adelman, the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor in Spanish Civilization and Culture and chair of the Department of History.
• Wednesday, March 8—"The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire" with Molly Greene, associate professor of history.
• Wednesday, March 15—"The Scientific Revolution in Early Modern Europe" with Michael Mahoney, professor of history.
• Wednesday, March 29—"Crossing the Rubicon: Lyndon Johnson and the Decision for War in Vietnam" with Paul Miles, lecturer in history.
The series is presented by the Office of the Alumni Association. For more information, contact Kaitlin Lutz at email@example.com or 258-0014.
World Wildlife Fund head here
Carter Roberts, head of the World Wildlife Fund, will discuss "Conservation in a Code-Orange World: Why the Environment Matters to Security" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Roberts was named president and chief executive officer of World Wildlife Fund in 2005 after a year as the Washington, D.C.-based organization's chief conservation officer. He previously spent 15 years at The Nature Conservancy, leading the group's conservation programs in Latin America and in the United States.
Roberts is a member of Princeton's class of 1982. His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy.
Water resource expert to speak
A lecture titled "In Search of a National Water Policy: Learning From Katrina, Dry Canals and Pallid Sturgeon" is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in McCosh 50.
Gerald Galloway, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland, will examine the issues surrounding water resource management, specifically as they relate to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, conflicts over water use in major river basins and the decline of species such as the Pacific salmon.
Galloway, a former Army Corps brigadier general and former dean at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has testified before several congressional committees and has been quoted frequently since Katrina on the rebuilding of New Orleans and the need for a national flood plan.
The event, designated as a Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture, is sponsored by University Public Lecture Series.
Lecture focuses on judicial power
Political scientist Robert Lowry Clinton will examine the Supreme Court's power to interpret the Constitution in a lecture scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in 104 Computer Science Building.
The lecture, titled "John Marshall and the Myth of Marbury," will look at the Supreme Court's power of judicial review, which was established in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison. Clinton is the author of "Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review," which challenges widely held assumptions about the seminal case and the origins of constitutional judicial review.
"The Princess and the Swineherd," illustrated by Heinrich Lefler (Courtesy Cotsen Children's Library)
Clinton is chair of the Department of Political Science at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is working on a history of the Marshall Court.
The talk is part of the Alpheus Mason Lectures in Constitutional Law and Political Thought sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
Firestone Library's Milberg Gallery
"Die Prinzessin und der Schweinhirt" (The Princess and the Swineherd), illustrated by Heinrich Lefler, is among the classic works of Hans Christian Andersen on display through March 26 at Firestone Library's Milberg Gallery. The illustrated editions by a number of artists who have interpreted Andersen's fairy tales are part of an exhibition, "Wonderful Stories for Pictures: Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators," mounted by the Cotsen Children's Library in honor of the bicentennial of the author's birth. Among other exhibited books, which were published between 1890 and 2005, are illustrated editions of "The Princess and the Pea," "The Red Shoes" and "The Nightingale."


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Blackberry desperately reassures customers in an open letter
Claims it's not as troubled as people think
CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Blackberry has released a rather desperate sounding open letter online and in major publications to tell customers that it isn't as troubled as people think.
In what probably makes the brand look even more troubled, Blackberry released the letter on Twitter and published it across 30 publications in nine countries today. The ad tells customers that they "can continue to count on Blackberry", despite recent reports of its impending demise.
Blackberry's message consists of plain text under bold headlines in an attempt to set the record straight on recent "dramatic headlines" regarding the smartphone maker's status.
Highlighting the firm's debt-free position, the letter admits that "these are no doubt challenging times" and says that the firm "doesn't underestimate the situation".
According to the ad, Blackberry is restructuring with a goal to cut its expenses by 50 percent.
"We are making the difficult changes necessary to strengthen Blackberry. One thing we will never change is our commitment to those of you who helped build Blackberry into the most trusted tool for the world's business professional," the ad reads.
"And speaking of those dramatic headlines, it's important that we set the record straight on a few things."
The letter then continues to tout the Canadian firm's security, productivity and enterprise mobility management tools, and why it's worth sticking with them.
"Yes, there is a lot of competition out there and we know that Blackberry is not for everyone. That's OK. You have always known that Blackberry is different, that Blackberry can set you apart."
Blackberry believes it can adapt to the present market it is struggling in, with the message concluding, "You trust your Blackberry to deliver your most important messages, so trust us when we deliver one of our own: You can continue to count on us."
Blackberry's open letter to set the dramatic headlines straight looks like a desperate plea for users to take the firm seriously, and might not work in its favour.
It was reported last week that Blackberry's co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are mulling a bid for the struggling company, as an alternative to Fairfax Financial's $4.7bn offer.
This news came via an SEC filing, which reveals that Lazaridis and Fregin are looking to increase their eight percent stake in the company they founded by buying Blackberry outright. µ
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Happy Social Media Day! (Belated) Did you celebrate? How?
For us, every day is social media day. Sound cliched? Fine. But if you look at the articles, blog entries, and forum posts that have been streaming through our community this week, our sentiment is spot on: Plenty of knowledge being shared here.
In the Rational community, we've added the RSS link for all of the content that we pull through our feature section. Add it to the reader of your choice. Here are some highlights from this week:
- The most significant news centered around new downloads for Rational products (h/t Rational Support)
- The jazz.net community published many tips and tricks for installing ALM tools (RTC, RRC, and RQM 3.0.1) and getting started with lifecycle project administration.
- Last week, we also released a presentation on Supercharging IBM Tivoli software - Rational solutions for optimizing your investments. Slides and the transcript are available on Slideshare.