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Recent Questions and Answers about motion detectors
How to Change the Settings for a Motion Detector Light: The Flood Light Time Duration Switch Settings.
How to Wire Multiple Motion Detectors for Outside Lighting – ny number of light fixtures can be wired through the control relay, amperage permitting, and any number of motion detectors can be wire to the control relay as well, as long as they are using the same power source.
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Summary: Motion detector heads can be purchased and added to existing fixtures that have the appropriate fixture adapter cover. If you wish, you can build your own fixture just by selecting the compatible parts from your hardware store. Make sure all the parts are rated for exterior use.
Wiring a Motion Detector Head to an Existing Light Fixture
Motion Detector Controlled Outdoor Lighting
Here is an existing fixture that can have a motion detector head added to it to provide automatic sensor control during the night time. All wiring is done after identifying and turning the circuit off. Never work on energized wires.
This fixture base has a spare threaded opening where we can mount the motion detector head. If an opening was not available, another lamp holder base could be obtained that has an extra opening.
The motion detector head mounts into the lamp holder base which accepts the half-inch threaded fitting.
The Black Wire connects to the Black Wire entering the Fixture Box, also known as the hot wire.
The Red Wire connects to the Black wire of the lamp holders which house the flood lights.
The White Wire connects to the White wire of the White Wire entering the Fixture Box and the White Wire of the lamp holders which house the flood lights.
The light fixture has been fitted with a motion detector head enabling energy savings and automatic operation for safety and security.
The bottom of the motion detector head is where the settings need to be adjusted for optimal performance of your outdoor lighting fixture. See the explanations of these settings below.
The Range setting will allows you to adjust the sensitivity at different distances from the fixture.
The ON-TIME Switch Settings:
This feature allows for two levels of light to operate be activated during different times of the night.
This is the little area is the photo-cell, when it gets dark it activates the motion sensor circuit.
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Tribe prepares to bury 5 slain members in Calif.
But the Fresno Bee reports ( http://bit.ly/S135Pv ) that Celaya had been in and out of jail on DUI and drug charges and was facing the prospect of more time in jail for alleged drunken driving and being under the influence of drugs.
Court records showed he was arrested by Porterville police in October and charged Dec. 3 with two misdemeanor counts of DUI with a prior conviction for the same offense, for which he faced 90 days to a year in jail.
Celaya was also charged with misdemeanor drug use, punishable by a year in jail, the newspaper said.
He was due in Tulare County Superior Court on Jan. 22 to enter a plea on the drug charge.
Celaya had previously served jail time in 2008 on an assault and battery charge, to which he pleaded no contest. The judge ordered him to not have weapons as a condition of three years' probation.
He served more time in jail again in 2009 after pleading no contest to a DUI charge.
In 2002, when he was 20, he pleaded no contest to DUI, paid a fine and was sentenced to an alcohol awareness program.
"It is a tragic event for all involved and will take a lot of healing," Blain, a retired Porterville Police Department lieutenant, said of the slayings. "We need to look at what brought us to this point and how to prevent it in the future. Our goal is not to arrest people but to get them to resolve their differences."
Now, however, nerves are raw. A tribal council member reacted angrily when an Associated Press reporter showed up Monday to talk with Hunter. He shouted that no media are allowed on tribal lands "by orders of the family." A tribal police officer politely escorted the reporter off the property.
Police say Celaya opened fire in a travel trailer on the reservation of about 800 people on Saturday night, killing his mother and two uncles. He left behind his seriously wounded 6-year-old son Andrew. He took with him Alyssa, whose name is tattooed on his right leg, and his other daughter, 5-year-old Linea.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Chris Douglass said it was unclear when Celaya shot his daughters.
Tribal members said the former custodian at the reservation's Eagle Mountain casino had a troubled past.
Hunter said Celaya's mother was a friend of hers. The Tulare County Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the case, identified her 60-year-old Irene Celaya.
"She was always a positive person," Hunter said. "Every time I saw here she gave me a big hug. She was a positive person no matter what situation she was in."
Authorities said the bodies of Irene Celaya and her 61-year-old brother, Francisco Moreno, were found in the trailer. The body of their 53-year-old brother, Bernard Franco, was in a shed that was a makeshift bedroom.
Hunter said Irene took care of her brothers and extended family.
The remote reservation with no industry or businesses outside of the Smoke Shack that sells sundries and cigarettes relies on Eagle Mountain Casino for revenues. Each tribal member receives $500 a month, but Hunter said most of the profit is invested into educational programs for the children.

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How loud are the NON-Ultra 5800's
Newegg has 3 5800's in stock. A Chaintech with the standard Nvidia 5800 cooling, Leadtek with the "Boombox" cooling and an Abit which looks like their own FX-flow cooling. Does anyone know how loud the standard 5800's are? The Abit looks like the card to get if you want to overclock, but the Leadtek may be the quietest.
They sound like any other videocard with a regular fan. :)
Unless u get one with the flow fx.
FlowFX is pretty cool , really.
for example, i run my machine all day as a workstation...can someone please point me to the 'quiet-by-day-and-scream-by-night' alternative because that would be awesome.
What other cooler can run INACTIVE (no fan running) while clocking 300mhz core/600mhz ram and pretend its a mild-mannered, un-assuming, on-board workstation solution?
hey what about a decent GPU cooler that doesnt take my first useless PCI slot?
the only time you notice noise is when it first kicks in and frankly...i smile everytime it does- because i know workday is done and its TIME TO PLAY!
Whats funny is how 'happy' and 'satisfied' you guys will be when nvidia ships their next hi-end graphics card with a nice, slim, flimsy, cheap cooler like ATi seems able to do without criticism.
honestly, i might have bought FlowFX on aftermarket , if it had been for sale at a cooling shop, for the 50$ it would have costed and then i would have been stoked and so would everyone else probably...but because its free, consumers feel compelled to complain. the smarter business men among us would do wise to make note of what can be learned from this mistake by nvidia.
if you actually held a FlowFX in your hands, then looked at that ThermalTake Copper alternative on sale at the local computer store...you would be laughing with me right now too.
The Winfast Twin-Turbo solution is the most quiet cooling solution of the bunch. All the reviews have mentioned that. The only negatives are you still lose a PCI slot (If you need it) and all the heat stays in the case. (Doesn't matter if you have very good case cooling)
That sucks Voodoo, because apparently that cooling solution isn't all that quiet either.
You have got to be kidding right???? Either that or you have been hopelessly brainwashed by Nvidia's PR.
Well Flow FX HAS probs guyz man u guyz and yer "DustBuster", LoL
surfhurleydude, all the reviews I read said it was much better in terms of noise compared to the Flow-FX coolers.
Here is from one review. The MSI had the Flow-FX.
The sound produced by the Leadtek is definitely lower than the MSI solution and cooling works much better as well. One fan takes the air in while the other blows it out. The average temperatures as measured by nVidia drivers were close to 60 degress on the MSI whereas the Leadtek runs almost ten degress cooler- around 50-53 range.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The school closings that took effect last year will save Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools millions in the long run, but brought mixed academic results for students, according to a report presented to the school board Tuesday.
Then-Superintendent Peter Gorman and the school board approved the closings in fall 2010, effective in 2011-12. They said the closings would save money that could help avert teacher layoffs. The new settings were also supposed to provide better academic opportunities for students.
Superintendent Heath Morrison told the board Tuesday it s too early to declare the changes a success or failure, but it s important to present the first year s data.
Some of the data looks promising. Some of the data looks discouraging, Morrison said. It is a one-year snapshot.
The report focused most intently on eight combined elementary-middle schools created last year to take students from three closed middle schools. Academic results varied widely by school, subject and grade level, in ways that defied easy analysis. Morrison and his new chief accountability officer, Frank Barnes, cautioned that gains or drops in test scores aren t necessarily caused by the new settings.
But one thing was clear: Students who struggled in the old high-poverty middle schools are still struggling in the new pre-K-8 schools. In six of the eight, fewer than half the middle school students passed last year s state reading exams, the report showed.
The reading is terrible, said board member Richard McElrath, a retired middle school teacher. I voted for it and I pray that it works, because if this doesn t work, what are we going to do for these kids who can t read?
Jan McIver, principal of Thomasboro Academy, told the board about having to help close Spaugh Middle and open the new pre-K-8.
I do believe that the positives outweigh the negatives, she said. I do believe it was the best thing for my students.
Costs and savings
CMS spent $6.9 million revamping buildings, moving mobile classrooms and otherwise getting ready for last year s mergers and moves. But it is saving $5.2 million a year on support staff, utilities and other costs for the buildings that closed, the report shows.
The closings let CMS avoid $138 million in renovation costs, including $10.7 million that was in the 2007 bond package for Amay James prekindergarten and Davidson IB Middle School. The rest, including an estimated $70 million to replace or renovate three center-city middle schools that closed, would have come up in future bond campaigns.
The takeaway from this is that the plan saves us money, planner Scott McCully said in an interview before Tuesday s meeting.
Board member Joyce Waddell questioned whether the report looked at all costs, such as a federal improvement grant for Waddell High that CMS forfeited when it decided to close the school.
McIver said she and her fellow principals would like to see opportunities for their schools to host athletic teams. Now, students who want to play sports must travel to full-sized middle schools. McIver said that makes it hard to build school pride.
Deputy Superintendent Ann Clark said CMS will study that, including the possibility of added costs for creating sports facilities.
Proper planning?
The most controversial closings were those that affected thousands of students, most of them African Americans from low-income families, attending Waddell High and Spaugh, Wilson and Williams middle schools. The decision to close those schools brought protests and accusations of racism. Critics said closing schools would devastate already fragile neighborhoods, and accused CMS leaders of failing to properly prepare for the upheaval they were creating.
The report acknowledges that CMS underestimated enrollment at many of the elementary schools that added prekindergarten and middle school grades to absorb students from closed schools. Many of them went from being far below capacity to needing mobile classrooms. So did Harding High, which absorbed most of the Waddell students.
Clark said that s partly because the CMS formula that provides more teachers for high-poverty schools creates a need for more classrooms.
Data on discipline at the merged schools was not released Tuesday because it hasn t been verified by the state, Morrison and Barnes said.
I can tell you right now that is not going to be a positive piece of data, Morrison said.
Test scores vary
Harding saw a huge drop in pass rates on state exams. For instance, 94 percent passed the Algebra I exam in 2011, compared with 50 percent in 2012. That was expected, because the school went from being a magnet that only accepted students who arrived on grade level to a neighborhood school serving students who had struggled at Waddell.
Barnes said CMS did not compare results for the International Baccalaureate magnet students who remained at Harding last year and those from the previous year.
Results at the eight newly-created preK-8 schools varied widely by school and grade level. Most of the eight saw gains in elementary school reading proficiency but slumped in math, according to the report. Math proficiency ranged from 37 percent at Westerly Hills to 83 percent at Berryhill. Reading proficiency ranged from 39 percent at Bruns to 67 percent at Berryhill.
Barnes also analyzed results for individual students at the preK-8 schools. Last year s fourth and fifth-graders, who stayed at elementary schools that changed, saw slight gains in the percentage who were proficient in reading and math. Sixth-graders, who stayed at their old schools but became middle schoolers, dropped in math but rose in reading.
Seventh- and eighth-graders, who moved from middle schools to the new merged schools, rose in math but were flat in reading.
Next steps
Board Chairman Ericka Ellis-Stewart, who criticized the closings as a CMS parent before being elected to the board in 2011, said CMS needs to do more to get feedback from parents affected by the change.
I m really interested in what have we learned? Ellis-Stewart asked. What will we do differently? What will we replicate?
Morrison said much analysis remains to be done. He said he ll present the one-year report in the community and continue with annual updates.
He said he s been asked about the closings since he was hired in April. The two most frequent questions: Will he consider reopening any of the schools, and will he create more pre-K-8 schools?
Morrison said he ll consider both, but he sounded more enthusiastic about replicating the combined elementary-middle schools. I m very much a person who believes in K-8 as a model, he said.
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PruittHealth-Elkin (formerly known as Elkin Healthcare and Unihealth Post-Acute Care, Elkin) will hold a community open house event for the public on May 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. and guests will be invited to view the center's new amenities.
Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Located at 560 Johnson Ridge Road, the 100-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center now features 36 new private rooms, and a new therapy suite with state-of-the-art Biodex and Nautilus equipment, an aquatic therapy, pool, and an array of new upgrades. Other new amenities include: a beautiful new lobby with a coffee shop, library, an internet cafe, additional living rooms, centrally located nurse's stations, modernized decor, indoor and outdoor water features, new outdoor seating in an enclosed private courtyard and two additional dining spaces.
"We are delighted to welcome the community of Elkin to our Open House, and believe it will be the start of wonderful new beginnings for the patients and employees who deserve to receive, or work in, a quality health care setting," said Linda Reece, administrator of PruittHeath-Elkin.


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A: If you find your cat spending an unusual amount of time in the litter box, you should take him or her to the vet. Extra box time could be your cat's way of saying she is uncomfortable and suffering from a urinary tract or gastrointestinal problem. Cats, of course, have plenty of interesting quirks, which can including a love for hanging out in litter. But it is always best to have your cat's health checked out first before you make assumptions. If the vet finds nothing wrong, your cat could be going to the safe haven of the litter box due to emotional distress. Take note if anything has adjusted in your cat's environment and try to make changes. (Source)
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HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CAT WITH NOT USING THE LITTER BOX I TOOK OFF THE TOP OF THE LITTER BOX AND SHE STOPPED RIGHT AWAYApril 12 2014 at 11:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Coir door mats work GREAT!!!April 05 2014 at 6:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I just filled this out-wrote question, paid 4% on my visa, expected to talk with Dr. Gary...all I got was to repeat the process. Refund? What ' happening?March 26 2014 at 5:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I wrote question, filled out info on my cat, paid $5 on my visa...expected an answer; all I got was to repeat the information wiith 5 other names of doctors. What should i do? Refund???
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Larger litter box may help and also keep it clean...clean at least twice a day and keep a minimum of 3" litter in the box. I have 3 indoor cats with no problems.March 26 2014 at 12:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
There is three cats next door ,that think our yard,garden and flower beds are a litter box. I would like some info on how to STOP this, it smells bad . I dont want to kill them !March 25 2014 at 3:57 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
I also have this problem; worse yet, our neighborhood grounds are contaminated with feline diseases (and the area is a bird migration path & stopover); but owners refuse to contain thier cats! I love cats, but they should not be allowed to roam the neighborhood, for many reasons.March 25 2014 at 4:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Throwing a shoe works pretty well but a more permanent solution can be found.March 25 2014 at 3:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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Let the cat be him/herself and go outside and get rid of their anxiety. Their lives indoors will improve substantially.March 25 2014 at 2:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
As of late my cat stopped using the litter box. This morning I found another pew on the carpetMarch 25 2014 at 2:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
This is an old post, but .... here goes. First, if the cat is not spayed or neutered, get it done right away. Always scoop the litter every day or even twice a day till the problem is solved. Totally wash the litter box every few weeks. DO NOT use those supposedly self-cleaning litter boxes. Nasty. Use a scoopable "fragrant-free" litter. If you have a litter box that has a top on it, you may need to take it off for awhile so the odors are not trapped inside the box... cats like clean. If you have more than one cat, you will need more than one litter box. There is a product called "Nature's Miracle". It not only removes nasty odors, it also does not add perfumy smells to the problem ... best product I have found for "accidents". After trying this tips, if your cat is still peeing outside the box, it could be a urinary infection. Vet time. Good luck. Hint... I use cheap bags to bag the litter at scooping time. I have a flower pot outside the backdoor to drop it in. Then, I take it to the trash can every time I take out the household trash.September 21 2014 at 5:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply


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But in patients who ultimately progressed to esophageal cancer, Reid and his colleagues saw a sudden change about four years prior to cancer diagnosis. These cells seemed to tip suddenly toward a cancerous path, undergoing large, catastrophic mutations such as deletions of long stretches of chromosomes or doubling of entire genomes. This was contrary to what Reid expected to find. "We thought we'd find a fast rate of mutation [in progressors] and a slow rate [in non-progressors]," he said, noting that the striking findings are in keeping with recent observations by other researchers. Other studies examining ovarian, prostate, breast, and colon cancer have observed a pattern of drastic mutations and genome doubling.
Because the findings seem to be generalizable to other types of cancers, Reid is optimistic that they are a first step toward better screening and prevention strategies. The four-year window in which BE cells take a turn for the malignant should reassure patients, Reid said. It gives physicians plenty of time to identify cancerous cells, and findings like Reid's and others' are giving researchers a better picture of how to detect premalignant cells as they begin to progress toward cancer.
It may be that researchers will identify even earlier, smaller mutations that presage these cells' malignant future, extending the window of opportunity by several years. Additionally, research into less invasive screening tests may well make invasive screening methods like endoscopies a thing of the past.
Ideally, Reid noted, researchers will discover ways to stop precancerous cells before the tipping point. Such interventions may be as simple as popping a few aspirin, as research by Reid and his colleagues has already demonstrated that high-risk BE patients who use aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories cut their esophageal cancer risk by about half. "If something like that cou
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LOS ANGELES -- Phil Jackson's ill-conceived complaints about having to play on Christmas set the tone. A second successive Christmas Day no-show swiftly followed.
Then Kobe Bryant capped a less-than-festive holiday afternoon for the hosts with one of his more memorable press-conference eruptions, ranting about the consistent lack of urgency and focus we've been seeing from the two-time champs.
Congratulations, Lakers.
You're not under the radar anymore.
ESPN's venerable Michael Wilbon understandably asked Kobe during their recent sitdown for "SportsCenter" how strange it feels for a group chasing a three-peat to be attracting so little national curiosity, but there would be no need for that question now if they did the interview again. Not after this 96-80 humbling at the Staples Center inflicted by the Miami Heat, who so forcefully (and ironically) shifted the media microscope onto the Lakers that it was Bryant -- more than any of the knee-jerk reporters in the room -- who pressed down hardest on the panic button.
"I think these games mean more to our opponents than they do to us," Bryant said. "And I think we need to get that straight. We need to play with more focus and put more importance on these games. I don't like it.
" This is serious stuff. You don't just have two rings and say, 'OK, we're satisfied with what we got.' I'm not rolling with that.
"We're playing like we have two rings."
Which is to say they're playing like they won two championships in a row and figure they can play flip-the-switch basketball in the postseason -- like some of the Shaq-and-Kobe teams of yesteryear dared to do -- to win a third because no one else is on their level.
When there is mounting evidence to suggest that isn't so.
Let's be clear: L.A.'s latest Christmas unraveling, after the debacle last Dec. 25 against LeBron James' former team in Cleveland, wasn't purely an effort thing. It's a virtual lock that the Heat won't get the credit they deserve for the smothering team D and offensive variety that combined to sap the Lakers' spirit, highlighted by Chris Bosh's most rugged game all season and a triple-double (27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists) from James featuring a hailstorm of five 3s that opened up driving lanes everywhere.
The Heat achieved it all without the injured Udonis Haslem and with Mike Miller getting just 94 seconds of court time in his third game back from a thumb injury, prompting Jackson to insist: "They helped manufacture this."
The real worry for the Lakers is that they're now 30 games into a schedule that's been exceedingly favorable, but they continue to fold and backslide. The concern is that the Lakers started with such zip -- going 8-0 without Andrew Bynum -- and then began to struggle, even though their opponents had the lowest composite winning percentage in the league (.410) going into the Heat's visit.
That means the games are only going to get tougher in a conference where the competition is already exceeding expectations in a big way. Kobe and Co. still rank as the consensus favorites in the West -- deservedly so when San Antonio is the only other team in the conference with a core that has proven it can go all the way -- but both the Spurs and Dallas Mavericks look increasingly capable of forcing the Lakers to play a round or two without home-court advantage just to get back to the Finals. Fading fast, then, is the '80s-style notion that Lakers are a near-lock to end up repping the West in the championship round.
Factor in the various concerns about Ron Artest's declining reliability after those Game 7 Finals heroics, Pau Gasol's mysterious health issues -- Jackson attributed Gasol's 1-for-7 start inside against Miami to his "shooting with no base" at the moment -- and Bynum's rust and conditioning obstacles just six games into his comeback, and it's pretty obvious that the champs can't dare to skimp on the effort and focus.
"Part of our problem is we're cocky," Lakers forward Lamar Odom said. "We feel like we shouldn't lose, [like] we can't lose. That's been our problem, I think, this season. Especially early on this season. A little overconfident.
"It started in training camp after winning two championships in a row. Success can do that to people. Not just in basketball but in life."
Said Bryant: "We know what we're capable of doing. That's the problem."
Jackson has to take the hit for some of the Christmas flatness, because complaining about the assignment so loudly was foolish on at least two counts. No. 1: Jackson's suggestion that the league ignores Christian holidays, when it operates on major holidays in so many religions without shutting down, was poorly reasoned in itself. No. 2: Of greater consequence for the Lakers, Jackson's protest -- presumably stemming from the fact that this was the 28th Christmas he's worked as a player or coach -- gave his team an out before it even showed up Saturday morning.
As you heard Bryant say afterward: "We always suck on Christmas. I don't think we're mean enough to be able to show up on Christmas Day and play. They should just take us off this day."
See, Phil?
The true shame on this Christmas is that Staples Center goers, so often maligned for showing up late and leaving early, couldn't have been louder and more energized at the start to greet LeBron and the Heat with venom. The building was legitimately rocking early until Bryant and Gasol combined to shot 0-for-11 in the opening quarter.
"It's no fun to go out there and have a game like today," Jackson said, admitting that the Lakers' funk is wearing on him. "You have to sit through three and a half, four hours, [it's a] televised game. You get hemorrhoids sitting there long enough."
Now, though, Jackson gets an opportunity to manage a crisis like Spoelstra did when the Heat were 9-8. And I, for one, can't wait to see what he does with it.
The Zen Master obviously has zilch to prove to anyone with those 11 rings. Jackson also makes total sense when he says he's not going to back off his original stance going into the season that getting to mid-April healthy, more than playoff seeding or anything else that happens in the first 82 games, has to be L.A.'s overwhelming No. 1 priority
Spoelstra has set a pretty high bar for resurrections given the way Miami is suddenly blending a faster pace offensively with some high activity and real cohesion at the defensive end. Now it's Jackson's turn, especially with a trip to San Antonio looming Tuesday, to supply some real guidance and strength.
"No one is overlooking the Lakers," LeBron insisted about an hour before tipoff, "even if you guys don't talk about them as much."
You said it, LeBron.
Not anymore.
Not when the 21-9 Lakers have just two wins (in six games) against teams with .500-or-better records and only the league's fifth-best record overall.
"We have to live with what we have," Jackson said. "We have a record that's adequate for this point in the year. We're not pleased obviously to have nine losses, or whatever it is we have, but we are what we are right now.
"Just be patient with us. We'll get it back in order, and we'll be fine. We'll measure this season and come out where we'll want to be, I think, at the end."
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Victoria Cottage is an attractive and comfortable 2- bedroom Georgian terraced house in a quiet street in the Conservation Area of the unique Kentish seaside town of Whitstable, only minutes from the beach. The cottage has a fresh and welcoming feel and you will relax into your holiday as soon as you open the pretty powder blue front door.
Furnished with all you need for a holiday by the seaside, the cottage has a fully equipped kitchen with fridge freezer, dishwasher, microwave and washing machine, and a relaxing sitting room with electric woodburner and two comfortable sofas, one converting to a double bed, adjoining a dining room with pretty glass topped table and wrought iron chairs, seating six. Upstairs there is a sunny double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and a large family bathroom which looks out over the garden; stairs lead up to the delightful attic bedroom with twin beds, a carpeted 'den' area and extensive views of Whitstable.
The delightful and secluded cottage garden is full of colourful plants, with a wrought iron table and chairs and a barbecue for long meals on balmy summer days. Following the brick path to the garden gate leads to a gravelled private parking space. A useful wooden bench stores a selection of beach toys and extra deck chairs.
A short stroll from the cottage takes you to the fascinating mix of shops, restaurants and pubs in Harbour Street – a minute more and you are on the beach, with the interesting bustle of the yacht club and the harbour to your right and the endless groynes, pebbles and sand of West Beach to your left. A few minutes' walk along West Beach will take you to one of the few pubs in England at the sea's edge, the blue and white Old Neptune, and a walk beyond the pub passes rows of pretty terraced houses and then picturesque, multi-coloured beach huts. There are lovely walks and cycles in both directions, and you can go as far as the Faversham Creeks or beyond Herne Bay towards Reculver and Birchington.
Whitstable itself, with the nearby cathedral city of Canterbury and quaint old brewing town of Faversham, forms the East Kent Triangle, covering an almost unique area of culinary excellence which includes such delights as the renowned restaurant near the beach in Seasalter, the Sportsman, and two fabulous food markets: The Goods Shed in Canterbury and Macknade Fine Foods in Faversham. Whitstable boasts a number of excellent restaurants serving fresh, local produce including Wheeler's Oyster Bar, established in 1856, Williams & Brown serving Spanish tapas, and JoJo's which has had rave reviews for mezes from all over the Med. The Continental Hotel and the Samphire Restaurant are both renowned locally for their food and Pizza Express, Prezzo and Zizzi's are all within easy reach, as well as a number of pubs serving a variety of beers and often featuring live music.
Central heating, electric woodburner, linen & towels, DAB clock radio with iPod docking station, television with DVD player, books, games and jigsaw puzzles, kettle, toaster, microwave, fridge freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, iron and ironing board, travel cot, blow-up bed, bedside clock radios, downstairs cloakroom with loo, walk-in shower, shower over full-size bath, cottage garden with wrought iron table & chairs, BBQ and parking at rear for one small or medium size car. Welcome pack, including bottle of wine, on arrival.
Activities nearby
Beach, Watersports, Sea Fishing, Golf Course, Horse Riding, Tennis Courts, Walking, Cycling, Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools, Ten-Pin Bowling, Sports Centre.
Museums, Art Galleries, Theatres, Cinemas, Exhibitions, Brewery Tours.
The fascinating cathedral city of Canterbury is only 8 miles away and there plenty of buses. There is plenty to see and do, including three World Heritage listed sites: the Cathedral, St Martin's Church and St Augustine's Abbey; the Canterbury Tales exhibition, which brings Chaucer's Tales to life, Canterbury Castle and the City Walls, Dane John Gardens and the Roman mound, and also four fascinating museums. For light relief, there is plenty of variety in the old and new shopping areas.
A trip to Faversham, 9 miles to the west, is well worth it. The town has its own unique period atmosphere and boasts one of England's finest medieval walkways, Abbey Street. With over 500 listed houses and England's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame have been brewing here since 1698, there is plenty to see.
A little further afield is Margate, with its pretty Old Town and the starkly modern Turner Gallery on the harbour, as well as other seaside towns such as Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Deal, Walmer and the pretty former port of Sandwich, one of the five Cinque Ports, but now 2 miles from the sea!
|Sleeps up to 6, 2 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Whitstable Beach 400 m
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Nearest Amenities
|300 m
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Internet access, DVD player
|Central heating, TV, CD player, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (1), Single beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Private garden, BBQ
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7 Sep 2014
"great cottage"
We had a lovely week in Victoria cottage. It was well equipped and conveniently situated for the beach, town and harbour.The parking place was a real bonus as on street parking was very narrow and oft… More
25 Aug 2014
"Great location and enjoyable stay"
As mentioned in other reviews, the cottage is in a great location with easy access to Whitstable's main street (called Oxford Street) and the seafront/harbour area . The owner was particularly h… More
23 Apr 2014
"Great location, lovely cottage"
This was a great place to stay with our two young children (3yrs and 1yr). The twin room is ideal for children, with a cubby area with bean bags and children's books, and everything is well main… More
19 Apr 2014
"Perfect holiday location in Whitstable"
Ideally situated for all amenities Within walking distance of beach, shops and a fair number of great restaurants. What more could you want for a great holiday ?… More
22 Mar 2014
"Charming, comfortable and perfectly situated"
Victoria Cottage is a charming terraced house in a quiet street, it is the perfect base for exploring Whitstable, the delightful high street being only 5 minutes walk. Sarah dealt really promptly with… More
21 Feb 2014
"Comfortable Stay, Great Location"
Clean, tidy cottage with all the facilities you could need, 2 bathrooms 2 bedrooms. Husband, daughter, one dog and myself. Very comfortable cottage for a relaxing weekend in lovely Whitstable. 5 minut… More
27 Oct 2013
"Comfortable and well equipped cottage in a great location"
The cottage has been beautifully renovated and is in a great location just a few minutes walk from the harbour and sea wall. Cottage has its own parking space, although the on street parking in the road is free and we we were able to get the space right in front of the cottage. Once parked you do not need the car as everywhere is within walking distance.
We were staying at the cottage with our teenage daughter, so we appreciated having our own ensuite bathroom. High standard of furnishings and equipment, including wi-fi and iPod sound system.
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Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) had behaved with him in a manner even worse than what the British used to treat us before independence and charged the Congress of giving in to the fascist forces.
"Even after my reply sent to the Election Commission before its notice the EC did not even bother to see my reply and did not allow me to present my explanation, so the EC declared action against me beforehand which was against natural justice, hence they must accept their fault. Atleast the English did a complete trial of Bhagat Singh before punishing him, but in my case without trial I have been hanged," Khan said.
"I want to once again reiterate that the Congress has to a great extent been able to achieve what it wanted so that our words do not reach across to the people and that the democratic traditions are violated. It did not implement Sachhar Committee report. I want to say that the Muslims had the option to migrate to another country but we did not go as we loved this country. It is our muslim community who gave up their life just like the others by fighting against our enemy; a country which was created on theocracy, but still they called our people as agents of ISI. We just want this tag to be removed but once again the Congress has helped the fascist forces and sided with them instead of allowing me to give my explanation. At the same time what the Election Commission has done is an injustice to me. They are not even following the constitutional norms. They have enforced not only on me but also on others an undeclared gag on what one wants to say," Khan added.
Election Commission ( EC) of India has banned Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan from addressing any public rallies after he made "highly inflammatory speeches" during election campaigns.
Azam Khan stirred a controversy when he said that Muslim soldiers solely won Kargil war and not Hindu soldiers.
His remark was seen as an attempt to polarise the voters a day before Uttar Pradesh was getting ready for elections. (ANI)
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Having two monitors on OSX is both a joy and a pain. Simple things like viewing a movie or playing a game quickly become a hassle when you have one screen playing and the other blasting full brightness your face. There is no quick and easy way to "cover" or dim a single screen, so I got to work on a solution...
The result is what I am creatively dubbing "ScreenDimmer." It allows you to selectively dim up to three monitors in all sorts of configurations and opacities (brightnesses), while not interfering with your other applications. You could choose to have your second monitor be dim while your primary plays a movie, or maybe have your primary and third be full black while you play a game on your second. The possibilities are endless! Some of you with single monitors may also find this little utility useful as it will give you more "fine grained" control over your brightness.
I initially created this small utility for myself but it evolved into something that I am proud to release. I gave it my best and I hope you enjoy it!
1. Open app
- Located in menu bar
2. Select monitor configuration
- Monitors are arranged based on their position relative to each other
- Selected monitors can be any configuration of 1, 2 and/or 3.
3. Click enable
- The overlay should now pop up
4. Use the slider to change the brightness level.
5. Enjoy!
What's New in Version 1.4
- Fixed hotkeys (finally!)
Configure hotkeys through the help menu. Defaults are as follow....
cmd-option-ctrl + enter : toggle overlay
cmd-option-ctrl + ] : increase brightness
cmd-option-ctrl + [ : decrease brightness
As always, don't hesitate to email me with any feedback or feature requests! I'd love to hear it.
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- Language: English
- Seller: Atlas Wegman
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Although close losses and poor wins may be reflected in the rankings, the Board will refrain from nullifying the official results, with one exception: If over 75% of the Board agrees that the judges' decision in a non-championship bout is egregious enough to constitute a "robbery," then the official winner may be ranked lower than the official loser.
But Adamek is ranked ahead of Cunninghem and Chambers. Did you guys put a vote together?
Hernandez beat Steve Cunningham who beat Marco Huck. But Huck is No. after draws and dodgy wins of Firat Arslan and Ola Afolabi. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk is also to high.
Tony Bellew should not be top 10 at light heavy.
Who has Thomas Oosthuizen beat to be ranked so high, above Bika, Dirrell, Groves, Magee? Why is Adonis Stevenson top 10?
Sam Solmion, Felix Sturm and Martin Murray should not be top 10.
How can Lara be ahead of Alvarez?
Ortiz shouldn't be top 10.
Peterson shouldn't be ranked ahead of khan.
Burns shouldn't be No.2 at Lightweight.
How can Vitali Tajbert be ranked No.5 when he lost to your No.10 ranked fighter who has since lost to your No.9 ranked fighter, and since then has fought only 6 rounders?
Who has Frampton beaten to be ranked No.5?
Raul Garcia has moved up and fought at the Light Fly limit.
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2D simulation is a great way to test out designs and boundary conditions, personally I use it all the time when I am setting up a complex case for the first time or just playing with a new feature.
Historically in STAR-CCM+ there wasn't a pipelined way to build and run 2D meshes, but now with version 9.06 there are two new features that will put that problem to rest.
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Olympic wrestler and former USOEC greco coach Jim Gruenwald has accepted the position of head wrestling coach at Wheaton College as of this evening. He was preceded by Dan Weber and takes over a team that had its first All-American since 2003 this year. Gruenwald will be the third coach in the last three seasons at Wheaton, hopefully bringing some stability to the program.


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By ALLAN KOAY
The magic of maskchanging has enthralled audiences for centuries.
DRESSED in an elaborately designed costume, a colourful mask on his face which is topped by a beautiful headdress, mask-changer Bian Jiang steps off the stage and walks among the audience.
He stops in front of a gentleman, shakes his hand and points to his own face. He turns his face away for a split second, and the mask has changed.
How does he do it?
Well, that's a secret, and a well-kept one for the last three centuries since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
In China, it is still considered a high-level secret, and some even consider it a national treasure. It is said that there are only about 200 true masters of the art in China. But today, mask-changing artistes can be found even in Malaysia and Singapore.
Bian is just one of the mask-changing artistes from China who believes that the art should be made more widely available to the rest of the world. Bian, 42, together with his wife Du Li Min, 37, are currently teaching a mask-changing course at Asia Pacific Circus & Acrobatics in Pandan Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.
It is still being debated in China today, whether the art of mask-changing, or bian lian, should be taught to "outsiders".
"Now, China has opened up and things have changed a lot," explains Bian. "People's way of thinking has also changed. While in China they are still very strict about the teaching of mask-changing, it is different elsewhere. I think it is good to let the rest of the world know about this aspect of Chinese culture."
Some years ago, Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau caused an uproar when it was alleged that he wanted to pay master Peng Denghuai US$360,000 for lessons in mask-changing. Lau did eventually learn the art from Peng, but both have denied that any exchange of money took place.
According to Bian, the secret art is passed down from one generation to another within families. Bian himself was taught by his grandfather when he was 11. He remembers being holed up in a small, dark room for lessons, because his grandfather was afraid people might try to peep into the room.
"When my grandfather was teaching me, even my grandmother didn't know about it. That's how big a secret it was," says Bian.
He comes from a family of performers, a lineage that goes back to the famous Sichuan opera from which mask-changing originated. He says his great-grandfather was a Sichuan opera performer, while his grandfather was a magician. Somewhere along the way the two arts merged, and now Bian performs both magic and mask-changing, which his father also does.
"It's very difficult to say how far back it goes," says Bian. He acknowledges that every family has their own method of changing masks. All of them are top secret – some use their hands to change the masks while others even use electronic devices where the masks change at the press of a button.
Bian would only say that he uses a spring mechanism.
But mask-changing, like any other performance of illusion, involves distractions and sleight-of-hand. The body movements of the performer have their functions, and every move has to be memorised and practised. Everything is directly linked to the act of mask-changing, down to the costume which conceals the secret mechanisms and devices.
"In China, it is up to the masters whether they want to teach anyone or not," says Bian. "If they wish to teach, then they would. Otherwise, no matter how much money you offer them, they would not share their secret. But in places outside of China, I guess you just have to pay some money and people will teach you."
Asia Pacific Circus & Acrobatics charges RM500 for its mask-changing course. However, a costume which is hand-made in China can cost anything from RM3,400 to RM6,300.
Asked about the fee of RM500, Asia Pacific Circus & Acrobatics director Ho Kam Foo says: "It is a cost that is reasonable. We want to encourage more people to learn, and join a competition we hope to organise. Performers will be judged on how quickly they change masks, how many masks they are able to change, and their overall style of performance."
Mask-changing isn't just about changing masks; it's about how interesting the overall performance is, how a mask-changer moves and acts on stage – creating excitement, suspense and fun.
"A performer like Bian Jiang is also able to do magic tricks, so his is a two-in-one performance," says Ho.
Bian is the third among five siblings, all of whom are acrobats. But he was the only one his grandfather chose to impart the secrets of mask-changing, because he was the outstanding performer. But today, he says, his elder brother and his wife, his sister and his younger brother all know how to perform it.
Previously, women were prohibited from learning the art, and it was passed down to only the male family members.
Bian's wife, Du, explains: "The old way of thinking was that women do not stay within their families, and would eventually marry into another family. As such, women weren't allowed to learn the secret of mask-changing, as there would be a risk of the secret being passed on to another family. But now, mindsets have changed."
Du, who was born in Shanghai, learned mask-changing when she was 22, and has spent the last 12 years performing it. She started as a magician's assistant, then became interested in learning mask-changing. At one of the events where the magician and she performed, she met mask-changing master Wang Feng Ming, and learnt the art from him.
Today, Du and her husband are able to change up to 30 masks in a performance.
Says Bian: "When I was young, I was forced to learn it, but I knew it would be one of the skills that would help me earn a living. Life was difficult back then. Now I'm glad that I have this skill, because it has taken me around the world; I get to see the world and also earn a living."
For enquiries on Asia Pacific Circus & Acrobatics' mask-changing course, call 03-9285 8837 (www.asia8.jimdo.com).
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Everson finished, "If you accept the logic underlying the arbitrator's decision – that the higher standard is not essential – we will be hard pressed to meet the challenges of increasingly complex schemes to hide income from IRS scrutiny. We will vigorously appeal this case," according to the IRS statement.
The history of this case of changing minimum educational standards goes back to when the IRS proposed to increase the number of college-level credits required from 24 to 30, back in the mid-1990s, according to the Washington Post. Five areas of course study were also specified for study. New revenue agents would have been hired using the new eucation standards.
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In response to this action, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) maintained that the standards were arbitrary and violated the union contract. The arbitrator agreed with the union, seeing the new educational standards as unessential because the IRS grandfathered in existing agents. After the NTEU decision, the FLRA found that the arbitrator misinterpreted the law and threw out the contract violation also.
Each side has supporting arguments for their own perspective sides of the issue. Colleen M. Kelley, NTEU president, told the Washington Post, "We continue to believe that the five-course requirement has nothing to do with being a good revenue agent." She maintains that these new stricter standards would only block experienced employees from advancing up the IRS career ladder.
Kelley says it would allow the IRS to do more hiring from the outside, according to the Washington Post. She is considering options for a further administrative review of the case while the IRS sees improved skills and quality of their revenue agents in these requirements. The enhanced skills will also allow the IRS to better focus on their enforcement efforts.
IRS revenue agents number about 11,700 currently and internal surveys indicate almost all agents have met the 30-hour educational standard. Additional agents were hired to this new standard, concurrent with the fiscal year 2005 budget, according to the IRS. The Occupational Outlook Quarterly states that these agents "search out and verify financial information, uncover and correct accounting errors and keep detailed records. But the extent and complexity of job responsibilities for these workers depend on their experience and ability."


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Thanks Knothead I'll check to see if my headstay has a turnbuckle. Do I have to get the headsail out of the furler to raise the drum?
I don't know what furler I have of the top my head and I forgot all my manuals on the boat.
I figured it is the headstay that got loose since the foreshrouds are very tight now.
I'll also take your advise and get a rigger to show me since its my first time.
You usually do have to remove the sail to get the drum apart but not always. There are some exceptions. That's why it's important to identify what kind of furler you have.
While a good rigger is always worth his pay, there are lots of very knowledgable fellow sailors around too. Get to know some of the folks at your marina. Especially the ones that sail a lot and have well kept boats. Many folks tune their own rigs and some of them would probably be happy to help you get familiar with yours.
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Along with the queen, two runners-up will be selected by the judging panel. The current Miss San Marcos, Molly Lindhart, will be on hand to welcome the new queen and her court.
The deadline to enter is Jan. 11. Applications are available through the Community Services office at 3 Civic Center Drive in the Civic Center complex.
For information, call Jennifer Selby at (760) 744-9000, Ext. 3506.
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RANCHO BERNARDO —— The World Affairs Council, North County chapter, meets at 10 a.m. Thursdays in the second-floor meeting room at the Remington Club Phase II, 16916 Hierba Drive.
Margie Cohn, a professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and vice president of the National Lawyers Guild, will be the guest speaker at the Dec. 22 meeting. She will speak on the topic "U.S. Nuclear Policy: A History of Hypocrisy." The group will not meet Dec. 29.
Guests are welcome. Admission is free. For information, call (619) 325-8200 or visit www.sdwac.com.
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RAMONA —— Applications are being accepted for the annual Ramona Rodeo Queens Pageant. Young women ages 8 to 22 who live in San Diego County will have the opportunity to compete for the titles of Queen (ages 17 to 22), Jr. Queen (ages 14 to 16), Young Miss (ages 11 to 13) and Little Miss (ages 8 to 10). The deadline for applications is Jan. 8.
Contestants will be judged on horsemanship, rodeo and equine knowledge, personal interview, speech and appearance. Starting Jan. 10, contestants will attend a weekly clinic to help them prepare for the competition. The Ramona Rodeo Sr. Queen will have the opportunity to represent Ramona in the Miss Rodeo California Pageant. Kayla Spurlock of Ramona is the reigning Miss Rodeo California and will compete for the title of Miss Rodeo America at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
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No newspaper, either English or Urdu, was published yesterday after a two-day holiday on account of Eid-ul-Fitr as the security forces allegedly refused to entertain curfew passes issued to mediapersons in the wake of escalation in violence.
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My perfect arrivals; TV AIRLINE GIRL'S JOY AT TWINS AFTER TRIPLE CANCER BATTLE.
KATRINA Batham's shriek of joy nearly brought the whole hospital to a standstill. Doctors froze over their stethoscopes while nurses almost dropped their bed pans.
"I'm a mummy, I'm a mummy," Katrina yelled, and if you think this is an over-reaction even for someone who has just given birth to twins, you have to realise what she had gone though for that precious moment.
To say that Clarissa and Freya were born against the odds is to grossly understate the case. Although still only 30, Katrina has fought cancer not once but three times, losing a kidney, her spleen, half her diaphragm and part of her lung along the way.
Her fight against a disease that threatened to engulf her moved millions of viewers in the TV series Airline, which featured her work as an easyJet check-in girl at Luton Airport.
Children, the one thing she yearned for above all, seemed an impossible dream, all the more so when doctors told her that the intensive treatment she had undergone might result in her going through the menopause in her 30s. Now, as Katrina and her husband Julian cuddle their babies at their home in Milton Keynes, Bucks, there is only joy and an overwhelming feeling of relief.
Yet, just like their mum, 11-week-old Clarissa and Freya had to fight to survive in the desperate hours and days following their birth.
"When they were born, Freya's umbilical cord was wrapped around Clarissa's neck," Katrina says, "Clarissa was slowly being strangled. They'd knocked me out with a general anaest- hetic, but I was fighting it. I remember saying, 'Don't worry about me, please save my babies'. I wanted them to live so badly. Within six minutes they had cut me open and got the girls out."
The twins were rushed to the special care unit at Milton Keynes Hospital where they spent the next six weeks. As they were born eight weeks early, Clarissa's lungs had not developed fully and within seconds of arriving in the world she stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated. And both had to be put on incubators.
"When I came round from the anaest- hetic I was ecstatic," says Katrina. "I couldn't help shouting out 'I'm a mummy``", but within seconds I became aware my babies weren't there.
"I was very frightened, but Julian showed me photos of them and told me they were alive. When I did see them them. I just looked at them and said, 'You beautiful, beautiful babies'.I could hold Freya but Clarissa was covered in tubes and wires. Her whole body was rising up and down as she fought for every breath."
Katrina also realised how tiny the twins were. Freya weighed 3lb 6oz at birth, Clarissa a pound more. "When I picked Freya up, I could hold her in the palm of my hand. Her little legs were dangling over my fingers and her bottom was like a plum. I really didn't know if they were going to live or die."
Back in the ward, Katrina was surrounded by mothers nursing their babies. All she had by her bed were two enormous pink balloons her sister Tanya had brought in. "Every night I would hold on to those balloons. Then I would cry myself to sleep. One thing I could do was to breast-feed them. I'd express my milk, fill a bottle and Julian would feed the babies "
When Katrina was well enough, Julian took her home, but not the twins. Yet day by day the girls seemed to be improving...until the Bathams were hit by another body blow. First Clarissa then Freya got bronchiolitis, the baby form of bronchitis. As both were so fragile, it could have been fatal.
"Clarissa's body was like a limp rag doll and I thought were going to lose her," says Katrina
It was close to Christmas and Katrina and Julian surrounded the girls' incubators with their presents. Hospital staff gave them cards with their babies' footprints stencilled on them.
The twins rallied again. "On New Year's Eve at midnight we opened up the blinds in their room and said, 'Happy New Year, darlings'. The next thing fireworks were bursting all over the sky. We thought it was an omen."
It was. For the first time Katrina was able to hold the twins without them being attached to anything. "I walked round and round the room with them in my arms, crying with happiness."
Soon the twins were allowed home... and they had names. When they were born Katrina and Julian were so traumatised they simply referred to them as Twin One and Twin Two.
"Freya means precious one, which she is," says Katrina. "And Clarissa is the name my parents first gave to me. I thought, if I have come through everything that I've come through, maybe I can pass on something of that fighting spirit to my babies."
Katrina was first diagnosed with cancer at 16...and her first reaction was that it might stop her having children. "I've always wanted to be a mum for as long as I can remember. I come from a happy family of six and I wanted the same for myself. When I was told my treatment would lessen my chances of having a family it was as if a light had gone out of my life."
The cancer, which attacked Katrina's kidney, responded to treatment...yet it returned seven years later. By this time, her face was known to millions. Her battle against her illness ran like a thread through the Airline series, her quiet bravery shown week after week as she sat behind her check-in desk. "It wasn't always like that," she says, "Many was the time I'd go away by myself and have a little whimper."
She had also fallen deeply in love with Julian, now 36, a retail manager. "When I knew he was the one, I told him it was unlikely we'd have children. He just said, 'Katrina, as long as I have you that's all that matters'."
They got married just before she had a course of chemotherapy which caused her to lose her hair for a while. This time the tumour was bigger than a tennis ball, but once again Katrina came through, only for the cancer to reappear for a third time five years ago. "I thought it was the end, I didn't want anyone to know. I told easyJet I had a slipped disc and booked into a hospital under an assumed name."
She finally left easyJet in April 2001 and although sh'd been successfully treated, she'd given up hope of everhaving children. Then it happened. "It was right out of the blue," says Katrina. "I got a pregnancy testing kit and when it was positive I couldn't believe it." Doctors were concerned that after all her surgery Katrina's heart might not stand the strain, but she was determined to see her pregnancy through. What followed was a tough battle and during the weeks when the twins' lives hung by a thread, Katrina found herself writing a letter to them in a white notebook. It begins, "Let me tell you about your journey into the world..." It was an emotional story - and best of all it has a happy ending.
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