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Anu Duggal Only Invests In Women-Founded Companies
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Anu Duggal Only Invests In Female-Founded Companies — & It's Paying Off
Cat Quinn
Since launching the Female Founders Fund, which raises early-stage investment capital for women entrepreneurs, Anu Duggal and her team have sourced more than $33 million to support 40 of the fastest-growing, female-led technology companies — including Zola, Billie, ELOQUII, WinkyLux, and more. Here's what makes her feel powerful...
I feel most powerful when....
"I can help other people, particularly women, achieve their goals. This could be through my network, providing financing, advice, or support."
Power to me means...
"Using your influence to make the world a better place. For me personally, this means using our platform to elevate the stories of the female founders building the companies of tomorrow and creating new role models for the next generation of girls who want to be leaders."
Photo Courtesy: Anu Duggal
Power portraits cover the Female Founders Fund office wall — and serve as a reminder of the women who paved the way.
What do you do when you feel powerless?
"Living in the post-corona world, there is an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, given we are not able to control so much about our professional and personal lives. Lack of ability to see friends and loved ones can be incredibly isolating and frustrating.
"I've developed a meditation practice over the last six weeks which has been a really helpful release. It enables me to disconnect and, most importantly, to live in the present and take things one day at a time."
What is your power anthem?
"So many! Last summer's Whitney Houston "Higher Love" remix is the current favorite when we need a mid-afternoon pick-me-up."
Who's your power icon?
Anu Duggal wears her power suit for an appearance on The Today Show.
"We recently created a portrait wall of powerful women across industries and history that inspire us. Remembering the struggle and journey that these risk-takers faced in making change happen is a daily reminder that there are others before us who have paved the way. A few of them include - Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, RBG, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Princess Rani of Jhansi."
What do you wear when you want to feel powerful?
"I'm a huge fan of the new power suit — a two-piece monochrome set, either in bright red or hot pink. Dressing head-to-toe in a single color is one of the easiest ways to elevate your look, and I like to mix up textures as well. The final touch is a good blow-dry — nothing like it."
Anu Duggal Invests In Female Founded Tech Companies
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written by Cat Quinn
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Monica Ward Talks About Her Tough Love: CoEd Debut
Monica Ward, sister to Steve, daughter to JoAnn, has always stayed behind the scenes at Tough Love, instead focusing her time on her job at the family's Master Matchmakers company. But last night she made her big debut on Tough Love: CoEd, offering her relationship expertise and even going on a date with one troubled dater, Stu, to make him open up and come clean about his past.
We spoke to Monica, who says she always avoided the spotlight because she's always focused on her children and family first, to find out why she opted in this season and what it was like masquerading as "Heather," and how her advice differs from that of her brother.
What was it like to watch your TV debut last night?
Surpisingly more comfortable than I had thought. At first the jitters set in and it was definitely a new experience for me, but it was great. I really enjoyed working with the cast and I think having my brother there with me really did help. He really helped me shake off any jitters I had and it kind of came naturally.
Given that you're married with kids, what was it like to have to fake your way through a date as "Heather"?
That was interesting because I haven't dated in a really long time, but I do this for a living, so giving advice and hearing all about dates, what to do, what not to do, it was a unique situation for sure. In the back of my mind I was thinking "How is this going to look?" and it was fun, but I felt a little ambivalent about it because I felt like it was a little sneaky, which is not really my style, but it was for the greater good, and in the end, it kind of woke Stu up a little bit. Having done it, I think it showed me a side of Stu that nobody in the house really was going to get to see because he allowed himself to be vulnerable and really open up. Initially I was afraid he might be kind of resentful or upset with how it played out, but I do think [it made our working relationship closer], because we talk again later in the season and you'll see he's really open to hearing what I have to say.
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Usually Steven and I are on the same page. Occasionally we'll disagree and I have no problem saying so. We tend to disagree because he's a man and he's giving advice from a man's perspective, but I think having me there helps him.
Stu really seemed to genuinely like you after your date, and when I spoke to Chris last week, he also told me he loved you. They seem smitten. Is it funny to you that they both found you to be their ideal woman? You seem more put together than the types of women they've gone for in the past.
You know, I had to give Stu the impression that I was interested in him, or else this kind of ruse wasn't going to play out as we hoped it would. Although he could have not liked me at all! So obviously it did help that he was interested. And when I think about Chris and the kind of women Chris goes for, I wouldn't imagine he would be interested in somebody like me either. His playful nature doesn't really seem to appeal to a woman who, as you said, is put together. Maybe because they had access to me and worked with me that was why, but I don't see it either. Most of the girls Stu has dated haven't been serious and as I said on the show, revolved around sex, drinking and lies, which sounds like the perfect night for him.
Were you offended or shocked hearing Stu talk about your appearance the way that he did?
That was to be expected. That's classic Stu. That's how he talks about women. You've got to remember he's a hockey player, he's used to locker room humor and men say a lot of things that women don't usually get to hear, so being that fly on the wall, it wasn't that surprising to hear him talk about me in that way.
How did the dynamic change with you on board this season and the show going coed?
I think it helped because obviously Steven has a certain way of delivering his message and sometimes that works for certain people and it doesn't really work for others so the message is kind of lost. Some people can get offended or they don't really embrace what he has to say because they don't like how he's saying it, so in those types of situations, I like to tone it down a bit so it's hopefully more well-received. Especially with Porsche, you know she was a tough nut to crack and she gave Steve a run for his money. But if you change your approach with certain people, you kind of appeal to their sensibilities, and most people are open-minded enough to hear what you have to say.
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One of the sweetest and most memorable moments in life is the day two people get engaged, and it goes without saying that when it comes to popping that all-important question, it's important – or rather vital – to get it right. After all, it's kind of a big deal.
But when and where you cement your eternal love for one another are perhaps two of the most gut-wrenching and butterfly-inducing perplexities to be faced with – luckily our Proposal Planner is on hand to help with that.
Too cheesy & cliché and you run the risk of it being less 'Love Actually' and more 'Love Actually Not', but too 'out-there' and you may have your partner running for the nearest exit.
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From city to coast, Ireland's Cliffs of Moher are a natural wonder which doesn't disappoint. This enchanting spot on the Emerald Isle is a great place for that diamond ring; with the deep-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean and a verdant blanket of rolling hills spanning in every direction. During the summer months, you can also enjoy the dulcet tones of a Celtic harp being played on the cliff – talk about setting the scene!
For a real-life fairy-tale proposal, Neuschwanstein Castle is an absolute must. This happily-ever-after hotspot is located in Germany's Bavaria region and was the inspiration for Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. Surrounded by the Bavarian Alps, is an idyllic engagement spot where you can live your very own real-life love story.
Winner of the 'Most Romantic View' at the Mills & Boon Romance Awards 2015, London's The Shard is a landmark where romance levels really do rocket. Standing 310m tall, it's the English capital's tallest tourist attraction, and it will steal your lover's heart with its breath-taking vistas over the cosmopolitan cityscape. Couples can even enjoy a glass of fizz on the 72nd floor to make the moment even sweeter!
Spanish is arguably the most romantic language in the world, and there's no better way to tell the love of your life – or the amor de tu vida – that you want to marry them, than getting down on one knee in the majestic Maria Luisa Park. The vibrant mosaicked tiles, intricate towers and azure canal all contribute to making this a grandiose slice of proposal heaven, and to make it extra special, you can rent one of the little row boats and propose on the waters of the "Venice of Seville".
An oldie, but a goodie! This timeless proposal spot steals our second spot because it's simply beautiful. Who doesn't want to be whisked off to the top of a world-famous landmark with stunning views across the New York skyline? For the apple of your eye, the Big Apple is a very sweet spot for a marriage proposal. You can really make the mood special by requesting a meaningful song from the saxophonist who plays on the 86th Floor Observatory.
Sweeping the No.1 spot off its feet is a landmark which is a little different but oh-so sensual & romantic, the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. This geothermal spa is a once-in-a-lifetime place to ask the big question; with its warm turquoise waters and glacial landscape, the dreamy lagoon is the perfect spot to say "I love you". For the ultimate engagement experience, couples can also head out to see the Northern Lights for a starry-eyed proposal under the kaleidoscopic sky.
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L'optio (dal verbo latino optare) era un soldato dell'esercito romano con il ruolo di assistente del centurione, che ne aveva due per manipolo. Era anche l'assistente (o comandante della retroguardia) di ciascun decurione di cavalleria. Faceva parte di quel ristretto gruppo di sottufficiali chiamati principales.

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Sembra che avesse anche la responsabilità di sostituire il centurione nel caso in cui esso fosse stato ucciso o, comunque, impossibilitato a operare, ovvero ne era la sua "opzione". È vero anche che l'optio aveva il ruolo determinante di tenere compatta, dalle retrovie (dove era solitamente posizionato), la centuria di competenza, controllandone allineamento evitando così arretramenti improvvisi o la rottura della formazione.

L'optio appare anche come una scelta comune per la promozione a posti vacanti di centurione, in questi casi poteva addirittura essere praticamente nominato come diremmo oggi in pectore con la formula optio ad spem ordinis di cui, tuttavia, non si conosce l'esatta valenza.
Il ruolo dell'optio è tutt'altro che certo e, mentre si suppone che esso fosse una sorta di centurione "dormiente", vi è letteratura che indica chiaramente come il centurione lo adoperasse come ricognitore, sentinella o per sgravarsi vari di una quantità di compiti che avrebbe dovuto compiere lui stesso o il suo Beneficiarius se ne avesse avuto a disposizione. Tuttavia, l'optio non può essere considerato solo come "secondo" del centurione, il caso lo richiedesse poteva prendere incarichi di responsabilità come il signifer, bucinator a volte anche come aquilifer in caso di morte sul campo di battaglia come per il centurione.

L'optio è frequentemente raffigurato con un lungo bastone terminante con una sfera di materiale imprecisato simile alla lancia speculatoria o con il pilum.  Dato che i centurioni erano facilmente identificabili dal nemico nello schieramento e, quindi, in battaglia morivano in percentuale maggiore, gli optiones assunsero un ruolo importante nell'organizzazione della centuria ed erano posti dietro lo schieramento per mantenere l'ordine tra le truppe. La loro paga era il doppio di quella di un normale legionario 1800 sesterzi annui nel 41 d.C.(una pagnotta all'epoca costava mezzo sesterzio). Inoltre, erano gli uomini che potevano più facilmente ottenere una promozione dopo la morte del centurione.

Con lo stesso termine di optio si identificava anche nell'ambito del Genio militare, l'assistente del magister, a cui era affidato il compito di dirigere i laboratori/fabricae dove erano prodotte le armi o i mattoni delle legioni (tegulae), per la costruzione delle fortezze legionarie.

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Bibliografia
Erik Abranson e Jean-Paul Colbus, La vita dei legionari ai tempi della guerra di Gallia, Milano, 1979.

Voci correlate
 Esercito romano

Collegamenti esterni
http://www.cisalpina.net
http://www.romanhideout.com
http://www.gsr-roma.com

http://www.coloniaiuliafanestris.com

Gradi militari romani

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Горчако́вщина — деревня в Иссадском сельском поселении Волховского района Ленинградской области.

История
На карте Санкт-Петербургской губернии Ф. Ф. Шуберта 1834 года обозначена деревня  Горчаковщина и близ неё ряд имений: Помещика Богданова, Помещика Неворчалова, Помещика Протопопова и Помещика Бестужева.

ПОДБЕРЕЖЬЕ — сельцо принадлежит губернскому секретарю Богданову, число жителей по ревизии: 11 м. п., 8 ж. п.. (1838 год)

На карте профессора С. С. Куторги 1852 года отмечена деревня Горчаковщина.

ГОРЧАКОВЩИНА — деревня господина Сабо, по просёлочной дороге, число дворов — 4, число душ — 20 м. п. (1856 год)

ГОРЧАКОВЩИНА — деревня владельческая при реке Волхове, число дворов — 3, число жителей: 18 м. п., 19 ж. п.
ПОДБЕРЕЖЬЕ (ГОРЧАКОВЩИНА) — мыза владельческая при реке Волхове, число дворов — 2, число жителей: 3 м. п., 7 ж. п. (1862 год)

В 1877—1881 годах временнообязанные крестьяне деревни выкупили свои земельные наделы у С. Н. Сабо и стали собственниками земли.

Согласно материалам по статистике народного хозяйства Новоладожского уезда 1891 года одно имение при селении Горчаковщина площадью 20 десятин принадлежало наследникам полковника П. А. Богданова, оно было приобретено в 1884 году за 450 рублей, второе имение принадлежало действительному статскому советнику Д. Ф. Попкову, имение было приобретено до 1868 года, площадь не указана, третье имение площадью 103 десятины принадлежало купцу И. Т. Тимофееву, имение было приобретено в 1884 году за 825 рублей.

В конце XIX — начале XX века деревня административно относилась к Иссадской волости 2-го стана Новоладожского уезда Санкт-Петербургской губернии.

Согласно военно-топографической карте Петроградской и Новгородской губерний издания 1915 года в деревне Горчаковщина находилось несколько мыз.

С 1917 по 1921 год деревня Горчаковщина входила в состав Горчаковского сельсовета Иссадской волости Новоладожского уезда.

С 1922 года, в составе Гутовского сельсовета.

С 1923 года, в составе Октябрьской волости Волховского уезда.

С 1924 года, в составе Чернавинского сельсовета.

С 1927 года, в составе Волховского района.

С 1930 года, в составе Иссадского сельсовета.

По данным 1933 года деревня Горчаковщина входила в состав Иссадского сельсовета Волховского района.

В 1939 году население деревни Горчаковщина составляло 81 человек.

С 1946 года, в составе Новоладожского района.

С 1954 года, в составе Иссадского сельсовета.

В 1958 году население деревни Горчаковщина составляло 41 человек.

С 1963 года, вновь в составе Волховского района.

По данным 1966, 1973 и 1990 годов деревня Горчаковщина также входила в состав Иссадского сельсовета.

В 1997 году в деревне Горчаковщина Иссадской волости проживали 5 человек, в 2002 году — 6 человек (все русские).

В 2007 году в деревне Горчаковщина Иссадского СП — также 6.

География
Деревня находится в северной части района к югу от центра поселения деревни Иссад на правом берегу реки Волхов.

Через деревню проходит автодорога  (Волхов — Бабино — Иссад).

Расстояние до административного центра поселения — 7 км.

Расстояние до ближайшей железнодорожной станции Волховстрой I — 30 км.

У северной окраины деревни, на реке Любаша вблизи её впадения в Волхов, расположен Горчаковщинский водопад высотой 4 м — самый высокий водопад Ленинградской области.

Демография

Примечания

Населённые пункты Волховского района
Мызы Волховского района


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Charles Holmes Everitt Calmady
Calmady's early career benefited greatly from the patronage of his uncle, Admiral Clark Gayton
1754-1807. He was the youngest son of Captain Michael Everitt and his wife, Elizabeth Gayton. An elder brother was Captain Michael John Everitt, and he was the nephew of both Admiral Clark Gayton and Vice-Admiral George Gayton.
Known as Everitt until 1788, he was commissioned lieutenant on 20 October 1772 and was appointed to the Boreas 28, Captain Charles Thompson, on 19 February 1776, going out to Jamaica where his uncle commanded the station. That officer s patronage allowed his elevation on 27 May to the command of the schooner Racehorse 10, and on 10 July he assumed the temporary command of the sloop Atalanta 14 upon the death of Commander Thomas Underwood.
He was promoted to the sloop Badger at Jamaica as her commander on 11 November 1776, of which vessel his elder brother Michael was a lieutenant, sailing to England for a refit in the following April before returning to Jamaica. The day after his arrival he was posted captain on 7 September 1777 with an acting order for the ancient flagship Antelope 50 from his uncle who still retained the role of the commander-in-chief at Jamaica. This vessel returned home in the following April.
Whilst commanding the Arethusa 32, which he had joined earlier that year, Everitt attacked the French frigate Aigrette 32, Captain La Bretonni re, off Ushant on 18 March 1779, but was forced to break off the action after two hours when an enemy ship of the line approached. That night the Arethusa was wrecked after hitting a rock near the island of Mol ne. Thirteen men who escaped in one of the boats eventually made Fowey, but the remainder were taken prisoner and confined at Brest. His first lieutenant at this time was the future admiral and Prince of Boullion, Phillip d Auvergne.
In September 1780 Everitt commissioned the Solebay 28, capturing the privateer Comtesse Bezan ois 20 in company with the Portland 50, Captain Thomas Lloyd, on 9 December 1780, and the Marquise de Seignelay a day later. In March 1781 he went out to North America where he captured a further couple of American privateers, and was present at the Battle of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781. A few days later he recaptured the sloop Savage which under Commander Charles Stirling had been taken by the Americans shortly before. Once again he lost a ship when the Solebay was wrecked after grounding off Nevis prior to the Battle of St. Kitts on 25 January 1782, the frigate being burned to prevent its recovery by the French. He returned to England with Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood s despatches in March, and in November of that year commissioned the new Serapis 44, paying her off in the ensuing April.l.
In August 1794 Calmady recommissioned the Blenheim 90 for service in the Channel, leaving her upon his promotion to rear-admiral on 23 October. He was advanced to vice-admiral on 14 February 1799 and admiral on 23 April 1804.
Calmady died on 15 March 1807 and was buried in the Calmady family vault at Wembury, South Devon.
In September 1783 he became the second husband of the heiress, Pollexfen Calmady of Langdon in Wembury, and he took her surname as his own in 1788. Prior to 1783 he had lived at Headley Park in Hampshire. The couple had three children, two of whom survived infancy.


Supporting collaborations between major research institutions and Microsoft Research Connections, this program intends to build the foundations for a unified game layer for education. By instrumenting our everyday experiences, we can transform them into gameful experiences and, by doing so, provide the inputs for entirely new capabilities such as eportfolios, adaptive learning, and project-based learning.
We look forward to inviting you to the game!
Microsoft research has a long-standing commitment to games for learning, beginning more than a decade ago with our support of Henry Jenkins and the MIT Education Arcade through programs like Games to Teach and iCampus. This work complemented games research being performed by Michel Pahud, Andy Wilson, and other Microsoft researchers. More recently we founded the Games for Learning Institute, a consortium of 8 universities, 14 principal investigators, and a small army of graduate students whose mission is to find out what makes games fun, what makes them educational, and develop patterns to assist developers in the creation of effective educational games.
One of those principal investigators is Professor Andrew Phelps, founding director of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) School of Interactive Games & Media (IGM) within the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at RIT. Andy began his experiments with games for learning as far back as 2003 when he created MUPPETS to teach computational thinking through 3-D graphics and animation. More recently, he and Jessica Bayliss began pushing the boundaries of games in the classroom by conducting an experiment to award experience points to students in lieu of grades. In collaboration with Elizabeth Lawley, professor of IGM and director of the RIT Lab for Social Computing and creator of the citizen heritage experiment Picture the Impossible, and Elouise Oyzon, associate professor of IGM, he began to develop a much more ambitious idea: create a "frame game" that wraps around the most common activities inherent to student life at RIT.
Use this platform and the resulting experiences to gather data on student activities, improve student motivation, and reduce attrition in the IGM freshman class.
Our first official project is Just Press Play, an experiment to craft gameful experiences for the students of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) undergraduate programs in Game Design and Development and New Media Interactive Development. You can get an even deeper dive into the project by visiting the Just Press Play developer blog.
The vision: We intend to build a pervasive game system that engages our students more fully (or, as McGonigal might put it, gamefully) in activities that will improve their ability to manage the college experience, help prepare them for careers in game development and new media, give them a sense of accomplishment and progress along the path to their goal of graduation, and provide them with a way to meaningfully demonstrate and record the variety of skills they have mastered.
The goal: Our immediate goal is to develop a game-based achievement system that helps our students navigate the intellectual, social, and developmental challenges of their undergraduate experience, and provides them (and us) with a clearer picture of their progress. We are designing this system specifically for students in the School of Interactive Games and Media, but are cognizant that future development should take into account the need to adapt the content for other contexts and communities.
Just Press Play pilot program launched in October 2011.
The Just Press Play experiment is an important first step in bringing gameful experiences to education, but it is only the beginning. Throughout the year we intend on announcing additional partnerships with other researchers and organizations to build out the foundations of a unified "game layer" for education. This layer is similar to the social layer developed in the first decade of the twenty-first century to support a unified representation of identity and social networks across websites and applications. The social layer is arguably complete with the creation of the Open Graph protocol and applications such as Bing Social Search. Now we need to begin work on another layer, one that will instrument our everyday experiences, transform these experiences into gameful experiences and, by doing so, provide the inputs for entirely new capabilities such as eportfolios, adaptive learning, and project-based learning.
Intrinsic motivation is a primary goal of the game layer, but there are other benefits as well. Because a great deal of data is needed to power these gameful experiences, we are encouraging participants to instrument their digital and analog lives in a way similar to how Foursquare encourages players to keep track of the places they visit. This instrumentation provides entirely new insights into the worlds of students and educators. It enables large-scale longitudinal studies that span the many institutions of learning that we travel through over the course of our lives. It is the promise of true K-Gray learning environments to teach twenty-first-century skills and guide our students along a "hero's journey" of lifelong learning.