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Set in romantic countryside surroundings with beautiful views of Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs Mountains, there are many beautiful and historic sights in the South East of Ireland, including Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford. Serving the arts and literary festivals in the area, there are open spaces for walking and hiking and excellent nearby golf courses, as well as a mix of artisan shops, restaurants and cafes.

Sandbrook is a family home, ensuring guests feel truly welcome during their stay. The kitchen offers Sandbrook guests both BB and self-cooking options for exclusive hire, for family parties of all ages and elegant weddings. There is a very pretty stove in the garden.

The house is wonderfully adaptable to suit wedding party needs. Personalize your wedding to make a larger gathering with a marquee (帐篷) for 120 people or more. Alternatively create a more comfortable day by using the house. It easily accommodates a buffet style up to 100 guests or you can have a sit-down wedding breakfast for 30 people in the dining room.

Facilities Services:

·Hiking in the Blackstairs Mountains Mount Leinster

·TV and WI-FI (Internet)

·Sonos Sound System

·Gardens

·Barbeque

·Golf and horse riding

·Car Parking

·Bed Breakfast on request

·Dogs welcome

·Part sponsors of the Borris House Literary Festival

·Food supplies sourced from Carlow Farmers' Market, Coolanowle Food Hall and Organic Meat Shop and Carlow Farmhouse Cheese.

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Determined to make a difference, Ujjwa embarked on an ambitious water conservation project. The project adopted a water conservation method, pioneered by an expert Rajendra Singh. By building small specific dams, they were able to capture and store rainwater effectively. These dams, which were built across 204 villages, not only provided a reliable water source during dry months but also enhanced groundwater recharge.

Besides, the villagers built a reservoir (水库), the capacity of which was first set at 10 crore litres but eventually went beyond the expectation, reaching 14 crore litres. Volunteers, organized as the ‘Panch Patil' group, played an important role. They were responsible for various tasks, such as raising villagers' awareness of protecting water and establishing water committees to manage the surface water.

The project made a big difference to the villagers. Economically, farmers' incomes doubled, enabling them to invest in their future. Socially, improved living standards led to better health and education. Environmentally, the once-dry rivers started flowing again, and biodiversity was gradually restored.

This project, which was not only about storing water but also about promoting communities, soon inspired neighbouring villages. What Ujjwa achieved was not just a technical success but a victory of the human spirit. His story shows that with perseverance and community support, we can overcome even the most challenging obstacles.

These researchers, based at the University of Edinburgh, have developed something they call ELLMER (Embodied Large-Language-Model-Enabled Robot) This extraordinary robot doesn't just understand words, it can feel pressure when pouring water and see when objects move.

How does the robot do the tasks? The researchers combined powerful language-understanding computer programs, called algorithms (算法), with robots that can "see" and "feel" their surroundings. Once, they gave the robot a tricky task. They said, "I'm tired, and my friends are coming over for cake soon. Can you make me a hot drink and draw a random animal on a plate?" The robot was so smart! It knew that coffee could make the person less tired. Then, it found all the things it needed. It opened drawers, scooped coffee, poured water, and even drew a cute bird on the plate. The secret behind this robot's cleverness is based on an idea called "embodied cognition (具身认知)". This means that our thinking is not just happening inside our heads. When we move around, touch things, see what's around us, and pick up objects, these actions are all part of how we think.

What makes this robot unique is that it uses a range of different technologies together. It has a language model called GPT-4 that understands what people want. It also has a special way of finding the right way to move, like opening a drawer or pouring liquid. This helps it deal with real-life situations, like when someone moves the cup it's using.

However, the robot isn't perfect. Sometimes, when the place is cluttered with many items out of order, its "eyes" (vision system) can't work very well. And it can't change what it's doing by itself. But scientists are already thinking about how to make it better in the future.

The roots of nocebo effect are difficult to manage. But in a paper in Health Psychology Review, researchers in Australia have gathered and ranked the contributing factors. Misinformation on social media seems to come on top. Social learning — drawing inferences (推断) from the views of others — was found to be powerful, and more effective than information given by a doctor.

This is a problem, says Cosette Saunders, lead author of the study. Social learning may not cause new disease, but it can drive harmful side-effects. And managing these side-effects costs health systems around the world billions of dollars.

Take cancer treatment. In recent years, new drugs have appeared to control the side-effects on people receiving chemotherapy (化疗), but vomiting (呕吐) hasn't been reduced in cancer patients. Social learning may be responsible. "They'll say, their mother-in-law had chemo twenty years ago and she was vomiting every day," Dr. Saunders says. "Those kinds of long-held thoughts are influencing them now, even though the medical landscape has changed."

Though the impact of the placebo effect has been recognised for centuries, work on the nocebo effect is new. Only in the past two decades have many scientists learned how a negative attitude can lead to physical symptoms. Dr. Saunders' lab is one of many now trying to find ways to reduce the damage. One possibility is to balance warnings of bad side-effects with positive words from patients who had no problems. If Dr. Saunders finds something that works, she'll pass it on.

Leaning and turning away.

People are likely to get close to or lean to things that interest them. If someone leans towards you, then they're probably interested in what you're saying. If they're turning away, then they might like an opportunity to end the conversation.

Raised eyebrows.

When someone raises their eyebrows, they might be feeling any of these emotions. Raised eyebrows are another common facial clue that someone is feeling uncomfortable.

Crossed arms and legs.

For example, if you're in a business negotiation and the other party has their arms crossed, they might not be liking what you're proposing. Many people cross arms and legs involuntarily, which is a symbol of being mentally, physically, and emotionally blocked off from someone. It could also mean that a person feels insecure or guarded.

If someone is copying your body language, it can be an unconscious sign that they're feeling a connection with you. It is a good sign that a conversation or interaction is going well. For example, someone leans their head the same way as you when you're talking or shifts their legs in the same direction as you.

A. Repeated language.

B. Mirrored body language.

C. However, it shows they could be cold.

D. It can even help you connect better with people

E. Worry, surprise, and fear are all types of discomfort.

F. Instead, they stay away from things they aren't interested in.

G. In a conversation, the non-verbal clues can show disagreement.

A summer camp in eighth grade served as the3 of Hsiao's fencing journey. Because the4 required demanding skills, she disliked it at first. But her passion for it was5 by the camp. Then fortunately she was6 to the school fencing club and began with the foil (花剑), which is the smallest and lightest of the three fencing weapons.

However, an unexpected injury put her in a(n)7 in her senior year. "I once doubted whether to return to fencing after the accident," she said. But after going through treatment and nine months of8 recovery, she got back on track9. Compared with her previous training, she was10 to move her leg carefully. The special experience, which strengthened her determination, would get11 in her mind.

Now, as the newly elected president of the Fencing Club, she showed12 in leading her team to win the United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs Championship in April. With a full team of 19 fencers for the first time in the school's history, they felt confident and13. Looking back on her journey, she learned that having a positive mindset was14. "If you think negatively, it will15 a bad performance," she emphasized.

Dream of the Red Chamber, a famous 18th-century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin during the Qing Dynasty, has been translated into Turkish for the first time in significant step for cross-cultural literary exchange. Dream of the Red Chamber tells the tragic stories of the house of Jia, (reflect) the rise and fall of Cao's own family.

(publish) in January, the translation was the result of a five-year effort by Giray Fidan, a Sinologist at the Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University. Fidan described the translation process a dialogue across time and space. The work was composed of 120 chapters, so the effort involved in translating such a work was considerable. His research included consulting experts in (variety) of fields, such as classical Chinese architecture, herbal medicine, and so on (ensure) that both language and cultural differences are captured accurately.

The novel's structure, Fidan said, was (extreme) modern: each chapter ends with a cliff-hanger (悬念), a writing method used in today's popular TV series. For over 250 years, Dream of the Red Chamber (cause) a dedicated academic discussion, in scholars mainly focus on its symbolism and even cooking details.

Fidan hopes the Turkish edition will fuel similar passion, holding the (believe) that Turkish readers, too, will find interest in this book. To aid readers, he plans a guidebook to explain the novel's cultural meaning.

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