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One of the musical highlights of our 16 hour car trip from The Outer Banks of North Carolina back home to Chicago was listening Talking Heads' live double album entitled The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads. The second half of the album features recordings from the 1980-81 Remain In Light tour when Talking Heads expanded from a quartet of David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz to a 10-piece band adding Adrian Belew on guitars, Busta Cherry on bass, Bernie Worrell on keyboards, Joe Rossy on percussion and Dolette McDonald and Nona Hendryx on vocals.
By 1979, Brian Eno's influence was felt all over the Heads' music, especially on more atmospheric songs like today's Song Of The Day originally from their Fear Of Music album. Eno's input was beginning to create a chasm within the band because the rest of the group felt that he was monopolizing David Byrne's attention. Today's song's title was changed from "Drugs" to "Electricity" by the time it was released on the album in 1979. Whatever tension Eno's presence created also resulted in the band taking off in a far more interesting direction with a brand-new funkified line-up. The video portion of today's posting shows the expanded Heads in action (particularly Belew) from a show broadcasted on TV from Rome in 1980. (Today's Song of The Day begins at 20:00 into the 64-minute clip.) Having seen this version of Talking Heads several times in concert, it is well worth watching if you have the time.
By the time we got around to hearing the The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads album at the tail end of our trip it was as a follow-up to a most-enjoyable spin of XTC's Black Sea. And it was just the tonic we needed to wield our way through Saturday night Chicago city traffic and back up to the northern suburbs. Home Sweet Home!


Mailbag: Could I Monetize My Blog?
Do you have any writing experience?
How familiar are you with blog format and how to write a compelling headline and blog post?
How much time are you willing and able to spend on your blog on a weekly basis?
How much time are you willing to invest before your blog starts generating money — months? Years?
How big do you think the target audience is for this blog?
Do you understand social media and how to promote your blog on social sites?
Do you have some design or blog programming knowledge that would make it easy for you to revise and update your blog yourself?
Are there successful blogs in your niche already? If so, how will your blog be different?
And most importantly: Have your considered exactly how you would make money off the blog?
In my experience as I begin monetizing my own blog, and in interviewing top bloggers, I've found there are basically only about ten ways to make money from your blog. ProBlogger's Darren Rowse does a great breakdown of how he makes his seven-figure income from his blog that provides a good example of the many ways you might leverage your blog content to earn.
Sell products and services. You might write an ebook or do consulting with parents dealing with autism, and gain exposure to prospects through the blog.
Monthly subscriptions. Perhaps you could create a paid community around autism.
Ads. Could you sell ads on your blog site? Who would pay to advertise, and would that turn off readers?
Affiliate deals. You might sell others' products or services to your audience for a cut of the take, as I'm doing on the right there with the Amazon books cart.
Partnerships. You could partner with other sites in your niche to jointly hold events or publish books, and split the revenue.
Sponsorships. A major autism nonprofit or product-maker might be willing to become a paid sponsor of your blog, if your audience grew large.
Email ads. If you blog enough to create a weekly email newsletter out of your content, you might sell ads on that product as well.
Sell your site. You could possibly build up your site's audience until a larger site in your niche bought it. This happened recently to FreelanceWritingGigs.com, which was bought by SplashPress Media.
Public speaking. If you are a public speaker, you might give paid talks about autism, and use the blog as a means of exposure to find possible paying speaker gigs.
Blog as audition piece for paying blogging gigs. Your work on your own blog might be noticed by others, who'd offer you pay to blog for them.
As you look over this list, do you see some likely money-making opportunities for this blog, given its subject matter and audience? If so, maybe you have something that could be lucrative. As you can see, there are too many variables here for me to able to give a quick or definitive answer.
Speaking from my own personal experience, #10 has worked best for me. I'm just starting to explore some of the other channels for earning from my blog — and I've been at it two years.
I'll throw it open to the readers — have any advice for Joanne on how to monetize her blog? Leave a comment below.
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I dive back into more HG Wells cinematic adaptations with the Sci-Fi Chronicles book, settling in to rewatch the Spielberg take on the classic invasion tale, done so well in the previously reviewed 1953 film. Spielberg's updated take on the story is a modern, post 9/11 version which tries to walk the line, mostly successfully between modern sensibilities and storytelling and the original beats, moments and of course original ending of the novel.
My two biggest issues with the film were the survival of Robbie (Justin Chatwin), and the revelation that the machines had been planted here long ago, simply waiting to be occupied. For the most part, I feel, the rest of the film works, and is still highly enjoyable.
Spielberg directs, with the requisite John Williams score, Tom Cruise as Ray, a dock worker, who, this weekend, has custody of his kids, Rachel (Dakota Fanning) and Robbie, while her ex (Miranda Otto) goes away for the weekend with her new husband (David Alan Basche).
Unfortunately this weekend is going to be a bad one… Strange storms are striking the entire planet causing massive power outages and releasing EMPs. And riding the lightning, down into the earth and into the waiting machines are invaders from Mars who quickly begin to lay waste to humanity, in a suitably shocking and disturbing sequence with their terrifying weapons, and the 9/11 mentality is conveyed perfectly in one dark moment when Rachel asks if it's the terrorists.
Spielberg proves he's still a master when it comes to creating tense scenarios and action moments, as the attack sequences are incredibly intense, as humanity realizes that there may, in fact, be nothing they can do about saving themselves or their planet. Cruise is put in the signature Spielberg role, the Everyman put into extraordinary circumstances, doing so believably, trying to balance being a father, with trying to think beyond himself and his own survival to include that of his family.
There are horrific moments throughout the film as we are given an opporutinity to view the worst and sometimes the best of humanity. Most of Wells' original beats and set pieces are included in one form or another, tweaked and slightly modified, of course, for the modern viewer. By example, Tim Robbins turn as Ogilvy is suitably creepy and still hits all the moments Wells originally created, and pushes Ray to do something he never thought he could, and leaves him numb with shock, tumbling through the red weed that seems part and parcel of the invasion. Also hinted at, is the suggestion that the Martians are using humanity as a food source of some sort, or at least enjoyably imbibing our bodily fluids.
The original ending of the book, featuring the fact that bacteria wipes out these invaders, while faithful to the book doesn't have the same resonance it no doubt did when originally published… I mean wouldn't a sufficiently advanced race who could travel between worlds know something of biology and be aware of the possibility of differences and dangers in bacteria and viruses from place to place.
On the whole, the film works rather nicely, and looks great, as Spielberg films tend to do, and makes a darker companion piece to the original novel, the 1953 version, and one of my personal favorites, the Jeff Wayne album!


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A few good polls cannot change the fact that Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to be prime minister
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21 May 2017 • 10:00pm
The Conservatives' lead over Labour has narrowed in recent weeks Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty
The Conservatives have held such a large lead for so long over Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party that it has come to seem almost the natural order of things. So the news that the Tories, following the launch of their manifesto last week, have had a minor wobble in the polls is being greeted in some quarters as a seismic development. Here is the evidence of a major blunder over social care, the Prime Minister's critics say, and proof of the popularity of Mr Corbyn's ultra-Leftist policies.
I condemn all the bombing by both the Loyalists and the IRA. I don't quite know what point you are trying to make here Jeremy Corbyn on the IRA
It is nothing of the kind. This is barely a tremor, let alone an earthquake. For a start, it comes to something when Labour – a party that recently aspired to power – celebrates because it trails its rivals by "only" nine points. Moreover, the evidence of pollsters suggests that this bounce stems from the potential backing of new, young voters. Yet it is precisely this group which is least likely to turn out on polling day, while traditional Labour voters – profoundly antagonised by Jeremy Corbyn's unpatriotic leadership – are certainly still considering their options and may yet defect. Labour activists on the doorstep know that their party's leader is an impediment, a turn-off for many who have not dreamed of voting another way for decades. The truth is that this is probably as good as it gets for Labour.
For the Conservatives, by contrast, there is the comfort, if that is what is really needed, that dips in the polls are commonplace for the party making the running in any campaign. There have been many comparisons between the current election and the era of Margaret Thatcher. Today, it is the 1987 vote that comes to mind; in that campaign, too, Labour narrowed the Conservative lead. Then, Conservative Central Office was profoundly disquieted as things tightened up – to four points – before the Tories pulled away.
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There is no need for any panic now. In fact, wise heads in Theresa May's government may secretly be grateful for the latest survey results. For one, it helps guard against any complacency within the party ranks; for another, it will surely help galvanise any Tory supporters who thought they needn't bother voting because the result was already in the bag. For all the rows about individual issues, the fact remains that this election is about leadership: about which prime minister the electorate trusts to lead this country through one of the most important political periods in living memory. Theresa May has proved her capability time and again, and has set out a clear agenda for the Brexit negotiations. Jeremy Corbyn, by contrast, is a man not even trusted by many of his own MPs.
Yesterday, he provided yet further evidence of why he should not be trusted by the country at large. Following the revelations on Saturday in this newspaper that the security service, MI5, opened a file on the Labour leader because of his close links to the IRA, he was repeatedly asked yesterday to condemn the terrorists, but refused to do so. On five occasions, the question was put to him, and on five occasions he could not bring himself to do so, merely offering generic statements frowning on "all bombing".
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It is hard to know what is worse here: the fact of Mr Corbyn's longstanding sympathy for violent elements within the Irish republican movement, or his simple inability to see why many might find that deeply irresponsible, and even treacherous. As he was probed on the subject yesterday, he appeared to be almost baffled by the line of questioning, saying: "I don't quite know what point you are trying to make here."
If he doesn't, the rest of the nation does. The point is whether Mr Corbyn is fit to shoulder the extraordinary task of running the country in the next five years, whether he is capable of defending its strategic interests, militarily, economically and at the negotiating table. The answer to all these questions is "no", and the reason why is that, as he himself admits, he doesn't really understand why these questions are important.
There are sure to be several further ups and downs to come before polling day. Individuals and parties may blunder, and polls may fluctuate. But there is one message that will certainly remain the same: Theresa May is ready and able to lead the country. Jeremy Corbyn doesn't deserve to.
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Dillwynella sheisinmaruae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

 Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links

 To World Register of Marine Species

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That is what my wife said after I told her that I felt a burning desire that I needed to be at the TT Summit in August of 2011. I had just gotten certified a few months earlier through Turbulence Training, and that was when the momentum started – with just that one click.
It was that click that started the first step of the TT certification. The success snowball started to roll as my articles got posted on the Turbulence Training blogs. The next thing you know, I have a clickbank product online simply based on the feedback I got from the articles. Two years prior to that, it was just an idea collecting dust.
I knew I had to be there, and I was going to find a way somehow. Sure, it was a long trip from little Acworth, GA and I had an 8-month old at the time. It was a sacrifice for both myself as well as my wife. Would it be worth it? I had drained what I had left of my paypal account from recent bootcamps to find out.
First, I got to meet all the awesome people who make up the TT team. After just spending a couple of days with them, I felt like I have known them for much longer.
"So that's how you perform a Turkish Get-up", and "That dude has 5 kids… good gosh …. (dramatic pause) … FIVE".
By getting to know Chris and establishing a relationship with him at the Summit, he helped me with my Workout Finishers launch just a few weeks after that.
I not only met other great trainers, but I've established relationships with many of them as well. I've been following Bedros Keuilian for a long time, and I was finally able to meet him. As usual, he threw fitness marketing knowledge bombs and my notebook and pen absorbed them all. Josh Carter taught everyone the art of facebook, and thanks to that, I've got a better connection and interaction with my facebook fans.
But the most important moment and biggest impact for me was when Craig taught us the importance of having a vision of where we want to be. He laid out, step-by-step, of how to put one together for not only your fitness business, but for your ultimate lifestyle. This makes decisions so much easier. It was my biggest "a-ha" moment. As a matter of fact, I spent most of my plane ride home writing my vision on paper.
Before the Summit, I had not been on a plane in 8 years. As a matter of fact, I had never been in a taxi in my life. Shamefully, I've been known to get lost very easily, even in parking lots (yes, parking lots). But sometimes, you just have to get out of your comfort zone and get out of your own way.
Have helped 5 clients either win or place in the Turbulence Training transformation contests, allowing them to win a combined $3,500.
Online sales before the TT Summit (since the TT Summit – almost 1,000).
All of the things above fit perfectly with my mission and vision, which was written on that plane ride home. Every decision I have made since that weekend in San Diego has been influenced by those sheets of paper. Without that "a-ha" moment, I wouldn't have been able to accomplish what I have done.
"I don't know what happened in San Diego, but you are a changed man… and I like it". That is what my wife said once I returned from San Diego. I left for the Summit for some kind of answer, but I returned with something much, much more – a purpose and a vision.


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Pulmonary rehabilitation, also called pulmonary rehab or PR, is a broad program that helps improve the well-being of people who have chronic breathing problems.
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Posted by Shamrock Rovers on 28 May 2021
How disappointed was everybody after the defeat to Sligo on Monday?
"We're very disappointed because there was nothing in the game. It wasn't a good game in terms of quality from either team. Neither team created any clear-cut chances. It had all the hallmarks of a draw really, but we gave away a really poor goal and Sligo go and take three points."
What parts of our performance could have been better?
"There's a lot of aspects that could have been better, but it happens. The players have been brilliant for two years and we've had a bad week. That's football, that's what happens. We move on and get on with it."
Rovers didn't have a shot on target on the night, is that a stat that you can never be happy about as a manager when it happens?
"I wouldn't read into it because it can be false. You can have a shot from inside the box just go wide or they're blocked so I wouldn't read too much into that."
For Sligo's goal, is there a question of offside and even so, was it a bad one to concede from a defensive point of view?
"He's offside, there's no doubt about that but it's not about the officials. They're going to get some decisions wrong, you have to accept that. We still made really bad mistakes leading up to the goal so it's not about the officials. It's about us making those wrong decisions."
Joey O'Brien had to come off very early into the game. Have the high number of injuries been costly to results over the past week?
"There's no getting away from it, we've had injuries. We've got a lot of injuries at the same time but that's football. That's the way it goes and there's no issue. The players have been outstanding for the best part of two years. We've had a bad week. We had one bad game against Sligo and although we lost in Dundalk you take that performance every day of the week and you win quite comfortably. They've been fantastic. Yes, we have injuries but no excuses. We've had a bad night against Sligo and we move on."
How are Joey and Ronan Finn doing now?
"Both will be out. Ronan had a little operation on Wednesday so he'll be out for a few weeks."
Longford gave Rovers a good game in Tallaght. What do you think of them as a team?
"I think when you watch their games they've been in every game. They've had chances in all of them and it was a really difficult game in Tallaght, so we expect the same tomorrow night."
Is it important to respond well to these defeats on Saturday and try to go into the mid-season break on a high?
"We just need to concentrate on what we do and bring what we brought against Dundalk. If we have that level of performance the result will look after itself. We'll just concentrate on what we do and make sure we get back to our levels."
Stephen Kenny has spoken highly of Danny Mandroiu this week. How thrilled is Danny to be called up for Ireland for the first time?
"He's obviously delighted. It's a proud moment when you're called up to represent your country at any level but definitely senior level. I'm delighted for Danny and his family because he's worked really hard and he's been excellent since he's come in. He's developed as a player and a person and long may it continue. He's delighted and we're all really proud of him."
Saturday's match at Bishopsgate kicks off behind closed doors at 4pm, and is available to stream on #WatchLOI


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Harry Styles struggles to stay afloat in gripping new trailer for Dunkirk
Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh also star in Christopher Nolan's WWII epic
By Susanna Lazarus
Saturday, 6th May 2017 at 8:57 am
With summer nearly upon us, the release of Dunkirk is looming – Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster charting the Allied forces miraculous escape from the beaches of northern France.
A star-studded cast – including Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh – has been assembled to tell the tale of the civilian flotilla that sailed to the rescue of 400,000 soldiers in the early stages of World War II.
Nolan's epic narrates the story by air, sea and land and this first full-length trailer gives a sneak peak of the sort of special effects we can expect from the big-budget production, due to land in UK cinemas on 21st July.
And as we witness enemy bombs rain down on the scores of soldiers, there's a glimpse of One Direction singer Harry Styles – in his feature film debut – attempting to avoid a watery grave.
Does he succeed? We'll have to wait a few short months to find out – but in the meantime, feast your eyes on the dramatic new footage below…
Film trailer
Cillian Murphy
Mark Rylance
Harry Styles at the BBC
Interview | Cillian Murphy talks Nazi hunters, Peaky Blinders and Harry Styles
People are seriously considering a life of crime if it means being arrested by Tom Hardy
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First look at Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Harry Styles in new Dunkirk trailer
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SimVenture Validate is an on-line platform building on thinking and methodology underpinning the world-renowned Business Model Canvas. Simple to use, Validate lets anyone develop and test business ideas, measure market demand, and check all key assumptions that fit within a self-constructing business plan. Take a look on this site to see how Validate is applied.
As an on-line resource, Validate offers a 'block by block' structured approach to learning. Working much like a detective on their own business idea, users build a portfolio of information that identifies gaps and assumptions that have to be filled and proven. Whilst Validate is easy to start, the questions (which are all carefully structured around the segments within the Business Model Canvas) become increasingly challenging and importantly, users quickly discover what they don't know.
By being asked the right questions, completing market research, seeking expert advice and critically, getting out of the building, users are able to properly validate their own business idea. At the same time, tutors and teachers are able to view and assess user progress through the on-line environment.
SimVenture Validate also has an ideation feature for people who are yet to establish their own business idea. By combining on-screen questions and a varied selection of images, Validate lets users develop a better understanding of where personal interest and opportunity might intersect.
The platform works for both commercial and social entrepreneurship business ideas and suits college, undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Validate can also provide excellent support for 'intrepreneurship' thinking and projects within larger organisations.
The learning solution can be used intensively over a day or more. Alternatively, users of the software can build their portfolio over a period of time to fit in with any course of module at college, undergraduate, graduate or corporate level.


Programs in Whole Person Care, McGill University, Department of Medicine, Montreal, QC.
A growing number of psychosocial interventions are being offered to cancer patients during and after their medical treatment. Here, we examined whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a stress management course, helps women to cope better with stress and illness once their breast cancer treatment is completed. Our aim was to understand how MBSR may benefit those who participate in the course.
Our cohort study enrolled 59 women in an 8-week MBSR program. They completed "before and after" questionnaires pertaining to outcomes (stress, depression, medical symptoms) and process variables (mindfulness, coping with illness, sense of coherence). Paired t-tests examined changes from before to after the MBSR course. Changes in mindfulness were correlated with changes in post-MBSR variables, and a regression analysis examined which variables contributed to a reduction in stress after program participation.
Adherence to the program was 91%. Participants reported significant reductions in stress (p < 0.0001), depression (p < 0.0001), and medical symptoms (p < 0.0001), and significant improvements in mindfulness (p < 0.0001), coping with illness (p < 0.0001), and sense of coherence (p < 0.0001). Changes in mindfulness were significantly related to changes in depression, stress, emotional coping, and sense of coherence. Increases in mindfulness and sense of coherence predicted reductions in stress.
It appears that learning how to be mindful is beneficial for women after their treatment for breast cancer.
Participant recruitment and attendance. Program drop-out: One woman dropped out of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (mbsr) program but returned to provide post-mbsr data. Protocol drop-out: One woman dropped out of the study and did not return, thus failing to provide post-mbsr data.


SAN FRANCISCO — Police in the district of Pisac, in Cuzco, Peru are investigating the death of a Filipino tourist who died during a ceremonial session of Ayahuasca in a locale called "Etnicas" in the city of Taray.
Ernest Villaroman, 33, a tourist, died last Saturday, Aug. 20, apparently due to the "Ayahuasc" he had being given by Rosa Rojas Nunta during the ritual.
Nunta, 50, is now under investigation for the alleged crime of wrongful death, according to a report by Latin America Current Events & News. A prosecutor has ordered her detention.
The doctor on duty at the health clinic of Taray said Villaroman arrived without a pulse at a health clinic, according to the doctor on duty. The body will remain in the morgue until the investigation is finished.
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian plant mixture that is capable of inducing altered states of consciousness, usually lasting between 4 to 8 hours after ingestion. The effect ranges from mildly stimulating to extremely visionary.
Ayahuasca is used primarily as a medicine and a shamanic means of communication, typically in a ceremonial session under the guidance of an experienced drinker, according to Ayahuasca-info.com.


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What Does BMW Stand For?
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If you've ever seen a BMW zoom past on San Marcos roads, you may find yourself wondering what BMW stands for. BMW is a German acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke–in English, Bavarian Motor Works. Explore more trivia on the Ultimate Driving Machine the BMW name at BMW of Escondido near San Diego, and contact us if you have any questions!
How Did BMW Get Its Name?
BMW grew out of a few companies that started as aircraft manufacturers over a century ago, in Munich Germany. Here is how the luxury car brand got its start:
The Rapp Motorenwerke company was founded in Munich by Karl Rapp in 1913 to manufacture aircraft engines.
In 1917, Rapp Motorenwerke was changed to Bayerische Motoren Werke when Karl Rapp left the company.
"Bayerische" (Bavarian) was chosen for the new name because Munich, still the company's headquarters, is the capital city of Bavaria, which is a federal state in southeastern Germany.
The BMW logo is a blue and white checkered circle designed in 1917 to resemble flag of Bavaria–a blue and white checkered diamond pattern.
BMW AG is the official full name of the company. "AG" stands for Aktiengesellschaft, which indicates that it's an incorporation owned by shareholders.
What Does Bimmer Mean? What Does Beemer Mean?
While "Beemer" and "Bimmer" are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to either a BMW motorcycle or BMW automobile, some people do make a distinction between the terms. In the U.S., car enthusiasts maintain that "Beemer" should only refer to motorcycles and "Bimmer" should only refer to cars. In Canada, they tend to use "Bimmer" for both motorcycles and cars, and not use "Beemer" at all.
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wall retaining the hill, a lush green space is created from a steep, unusable slope.
while not competing with a view over Mill Valley.
This stairway seems "alive" as it weaves around the house and rock garden.
as plants leave the canopy of the redwoods.


The Navy's delayed plan to build a fleet of shallow-water warships took a big step forward yesterday when the first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, set sail for builder's trials on Lake Michigan. The Lockheed Martin-built ship is one of two competing prototypes: General Dynamics' striking trimaran version is lagging about six months behind Freedom. The Navy wants to build around 50 of the 3,000-ton ships.
Originally, many LCSs were supposed to operate in groups "anchored" by stealthy DDG-1000 fire-support ships. (Others would act as fast minesweepers.) But last week the DDG-1000 program got sliced to just two ships, pending Congressional approval. What's the new concept for operating the LCS? If the Navy knows, it's not saying.
Regardless of who wins the U.S. Navy LCS competition, it appears Lockheed Martin will build a variant for Israel, with one significant change over the U.S. version: much heavier weaponry.


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Washington, DC – Last night, Muslim Advocates, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Covington & Burling LLP, in collaboration with the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, announced two lawsuits against the Trump administration's latest efforts to unlawfully block the entry of Muslims into the United States and to carry out President Trump's long-promised Muslim ban. A recording of today's event is available here.
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Iranian Alliances Across Borders v. Trump
Iranian Alliances Across Borders v. Trump is the first major lawsuit to be filed against the latest iteration of the Muslim ban. It was filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Maryland, Southern Division, on behalf of the Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) and six individual plaintiffs, all of whom are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents with Iranian relatives who will be blocked from coming to the United States when the latest Muslim ban goes fully into effect on October 18.
This legal action challenges President Trump's September 24, 2017, Presidential Proclamation – which imposes broad restrictions on entry into the United States for nationals of several predominantly Muslim countries – as a violation of the United States Constitution and other federal laws.
Click here to read the complaint.
Brennan Center for Justice v. U.S. Department of State
Brennan Center for Justice v. U.S. Department of State was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel the Trump Administration to release critically important details on how it came to choose which countries would be covered by Muslim Ban 3.0.
Over the summer, federal agencies purportedly conducted a worldwide review of visa issuance and data collection processes, the results of which determined which countries were included on the final list of banned countries in President Trump's September 24 Proclamation. The process and results of that review have been completely hidden from public view, yet they are being used to determine the fate of millions of individuals across the world.
In July, a number of civil rights organizations, including the Brennan Center for Justice, Muslim Advocates, and Americans United, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on various "extreme vetting" measures enacted by the administration, including information regarding the worldwide review process. The administration has yet to comply with any part of that request, even though the statutory deadline for a response has long since passed. This litigation seeks immediate disclosure of just one element of this multi-part request: the report on the basis of which the Muslim Ban 3.0 countries were selected.
Click here to read the original FOIA.
Click here to read the Brennan Center's report on Extreme Vetting and the Muslim Ban
According to Johnathan Smith, legal director of Muslim Advocates: "President Trump's latest Muslim ban remains as unjust and unlawful as the prior versions. Banning people because of their religion or national origin doesn't make our country safer; all it does is tear apart families and propagate bigotry and discrimination. Through these two legal filings today, we seek to hold this administration accountable and make clear that no one – including the President – is above the law. You shouldn't have to file a lawsuit to see your fiancé or grandmother, but that's what we have to do so that our plaintiffs can be reunited with their loved ones."
According to Shayan Modarres, legal counsel for the National Iranian American Council: "Iranian Americans, and other affected communities, have had to familiarize themselves with ambiguous new laws and policies every few months because of this president's obsession with fulfilling a flawed campaign promise to ban Muslims from the United States. This erosion of fundamental American values must stop. We are using every tool and legal remedy available to us to stop xenophobia and bigotry from becoming the official immigration policy of the United States."
According to Mana Kharrazi, executive director of Iranian Alliances Across Borders: "Over the past year, our members have been subject to discrimination in their schools and subways. We have been separated from our loved ones and had to endure this administration's continued campaign to divide our families. Our youth are witness to a rise in hatred that puts our country in jeopardy of ushering in a dark chapter of bigotry. We have a right to exist and be protected in the US without becoming pawns in an agenda that has little to do with safety and security."
According to Richard B. Katskee, legal director of Americans United: "This is the third time that President Trump has tried to implement the Muslim ban, and it's still designed to exclude people because of their religious beliefs. The only thing that's really different here is that the Trump administration is now trying to make this appalling ban permanent. Religious freedom is about fairness. When we treat one group of people unfairly because of their religious beliefs, that's a threat to the religious freedom of all Americans."
According to Faiza Patel, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University: "We need more information on the president's decision to blacklist certain countries. Given his repeated insistence that he wants to ban Muslims from the United States, we cannot take his word that the most recent version of the ban is motivated by national security considerations rather than prejudice."
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Discussion in 'Headphones (full-size)' started by SHAMuuu, Feb 15, 2019.
HoloSpice, legopart and nick n like this.
Looks like a heart shaped box, for Valentine Day.
Wilashort, HoloSpice, Brooko and 1 other person like this.
"THIS, is the Kaldas Research RR 1 "Conquest". It employs an Electrostatic Transmission system, making it India's first High-End Headphone in History.
The Conquest is a fully in-house developed Electrostatic Headphone, which is manufactured 100% in India.
To show how proud we are of the Conquest, the Conquest will be individually serialised and will be come with Measurement Certificates including Metrics such as Frequency Response, %THD, 30/300Hz Square Wave and Impulse Response. On top of that, all those Measurements will be available for cross-reference on our website to verify our QC and Transducer matching potential. This is unheard of in the Headphone industry and isn't even done by a certain Manufacturer making $50,000 Electrostatic boutique headphones.
All measurements will be done on our State of the Art G.R.A.S. and Audio Precision instruments.
The RR 1 Conquest is a precision instrument, the Electrostatic Transducer inside it is in our opinion and objective proof is among the very best ever Manufactured by man.
The Conquest will become the first production Electrostatic Headphone to utilise over 50% 3D Printed components for Manufacturing reasons, our shells are to complex to make on CNC or Injection Moulding systems.
It is also the first Electrostatic Headphone to employ a fully removable/swappable cable.
The entire Headband assembly of the RR 1 is CNC Aluminium with the highest grade Spring Steel which we harden in-house.
The heart of the Conquest is the Driver. We are extremely proud to make our own Driver. It is 100% in-house unlike other Manufacturers who simply can't Manufacture their own.
We will release our remarkable %THD results next week.
We have dedicated over two years of R&D into the Conquest. As it sits. It is the first Made In India Headphone of the highest Acoustic caliber ever Manufactured by man."
Wilashort, HoloSpice, TYATYA and 4 others like this.
Its finally happening bois... been waiting a long time for this.
Pricing will start at $500 with further customization options. Bespoke RR 1's can be commissioned for the Customer. More information to follow. All RR 1's are 100% Made In India by hand.
HoloSpice and Philimon like this.
I wonder what is the cheapest amp that will properly drive the headphones.
Looks like it is $1599 Woo GES on that Instagram picture?
Edit: The two published measurements below are done by two different entities but on the same(?) measuring rig - However because it was measured on the same rig, user Oratory1990 on Reddit was able to duplicate the response in relation to the Harman target response.
Keep in mind, the second set of measurements linked above are in relation to the Harman target.
Philimon and GREQ like this.
The published measurements are a little confusing. Seems like it's expected that the user must use a custom EQ profile with their specific headphone, unless I'm misunderstanding it.
The second set of measurements showing the EQ is just showing how it would look like if one were to EQ it to the Harman target, which would give out the "Preference rating" at the bottom. The Preference rating is not a personal rating but IIRC more of an "estimate" based off of a group study. Something among those lines.
Since the measurements are made on the same(?) G.R.A.S. system, user Oratory1990 was able to duplicate the points or the frequency response and compare it to the Harman target. Basically, the two published measurements are done by two different people but on the same measuring rig - However because it was measured on the same rig, Oratory1990 was able to duplicate the response in relation to the Harman target response.
Wilashort and GREQ like this.
Hmmm... this is a little disheartening I must say.
I'll wait for more information (or an audition ... maybe one day) until i pass judgement.


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Q: Not able to load the data in JavaRDD I am very new to spark
i could see the data using loadrisk.show() method but when I am creating the object JavaRDD balRDD = loadrisk.javaRDD(); I am getting null pointer.
public class LoadBalRDD implements Serializable {

  public JavaPairRDD getBalRDD(SQLContext sqlContext) {

    Dataset<Row> loadrisk = sqlContext.read().format("com.databricks.spark.csv").option("header", "true")
            .option("mode", "DROPMALFORMED").load("/home/data/test.csv");

    loadrisk.show(); // able to see the result

    JavaRDD<Row> balRDD = loadrisk.javaRDD(); // here not loading
    JavaPairRDD<String, Balrdd> balRDDMap = balRDD.mapToPair(x -> {

        String aml_acc_id = "";
        if (!x.isNullAt(x.fieldIndex("aml_acc_id")))
            aml_acc_id = x.getAs("aml_acc_id").toString();

        Tuple2<String, Balrdd> tp = new Tuple2(x.getAs(x.fieldIndex("aml_acc_id")).toString(),
                new Balrdd(aml_acc_id));
        return tp;
    }).repartitionAndSortWithinPartitions(new CustomAcctIdPartitioner());
    return balRDDMap;
  }

}

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Arthur Moses SC & Dr Matt Collins AM QC
President of the Law Council of Australia & President of the Victorian Bar
'The Slippery Slope: How eroding freedoms impacts people and press'
In Australia, there is a creeping erosion of human rights and freedoms.
A steady procession of national security and other laws threaten our basic rights and there is an urgent need for greater scrutiny of legislation passed by Parliament.
Law Council of Australia President, Arthur Moses SC, and defamation law specialist, Dr Matt Collins AM QC, will address the National Press Club about these threats, sharing their insights and concerns.
Mr Moses SC will discuss the vital role of the National Press Gallery and its duty to scrutinise all legislation that impinges civil liberties. He will consider key national security laws which pose a threat to press freedom and personal liberties, reinforcing the pivotal role the press plays in upholding our democracy.
Dr Collins AM QC will address the ways in which Australia's current defamation laws fail plaintiffs, publishers and the community; critique the current process for reform of those laws; and propose some solutions that would both better protect plaintiffs and reduce the chilling effect of defamation laws on investigative and public interest journalism.
Arthur Moses SC
Arthur Moses SC, President of the Law Council of Australia, has practised at the NSW Bar for more than 25 years and, in 2008, was appointed Senior Counsel in the state of NSW. He is the immediate past President of the NSW Bar Association and has been a Director of Law Council since July 2014.
A fierce defender and vocal advocate of the rule of law, access to justice and civil liberties, Mr Moses SC practises in a wide range of areas including administrative law, coronial inquests, corruption inquiries, proceeds of crime litigation, military law, work health and safety prosecutions, employment and industrial law, discrimination, restraints of trade, commercial, equity and appeals in all jurisdictions.
Mr Moses SC regularly appears before the Supreme Court of NSW, the NSW Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia as well as appellate Courts in other states and territories.
Dr Matt Collins AM QC
Dr Collins AM QC, is President of the Victorian Bar and one world's foremost defamation and media law experts. He represented actor Rebel Wilson in her landmark defamation case against Bauer Media and is currently acting for the journalists and media organisations facing contempt charges as a result of the George Pell trial, as well and the ABC and its journalists involved in the Afghan Files media raid.
Dr Collins AM QC holds a PhD in law from Melbourne University and is the author of Collins on Defamation (Oxford University Press, 2014) and all three editions of The Law of Defamation and the Internet (Oxford University Press, 2001, 2005, 2010), the standard international text on the application of principles of defamation law to online publications.


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Former Senior Housing Executive Building 'At-Home CCRC' Business
By Robert Holly | March 12, 2019 March 12, 2019
A North Carolina startup company launched by a former senior housing executive is trying to move the for-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) model into the home.
Launched at the beginning of February by CEO Katie Davis, CarePods groups older adults looking to age in place into relatively small, 25-member "pods," with seniors typically living within a 15-mile radius of one another. Each pod is overseen by a dedicated registered nurse (RN) case manager who helps coordinate members' clinical needs, including medication education and scheduling trips to the doctor, in addition to providing other services.
For a monthly subscription fee of $1,595, CarePods members also gain access to a virtual assistant whose duties include arranging transportation through ride-hailing platform Lyft and finding qualified handymen for any potential household fixes, as well as a geriatric pharmacist and wellness trainer.
The average monthly cost for assisted-living housing and services, in comparison, is more than $4,000, according to the latest Genworth Financial cost-of-care survey.
"We're taking the for-profit CCRC model, with some combination of services you would traditionally receive in assisted living, and delivering that into an individual's home for less than half the price," Davis told Home Health Care News. "We take the economies of scale approach. Members are all close to each other, which gives them opportunities to socialize and builds a sense of community around aging in place, but also helps us manage costs and retain staff because they can have a more regular schedule."
In addition to being tended to by a team of well-being professionals, CarePods members receive meals prepared by a local chef, delivered two times a week in bulk.
A 24/7 urgent care response line — powered by wholly owned Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) subsidiary GreatCall — is likewise rolled into the monthly package.
While Davis broadly compares CarePods to the CCRC model, it's not entirely dissimilar to the more grassroots, community-driven senior villages concept that has slowly gained steam over the past few decades. There are nearly 240 active villages and 150 in development across 45 states and Washington, D.C., according to the national support organization Village to Village Network.
CarePods currently has one active community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. But the startup has nationwide ambitions and has already seen plenty of interest from potential investors, Davis said.
"We're self-funding at this point, though we have had what I would qualify as pretty broad interest from private equity as well as angel investors," she said. "The goal right now is to prove the model. I don't want to take anybody's money until we can prove the model, and the way we're structured is to be lean and cost-efficient. If we prove the model and consumers sign up — and we have a great deal of success — then absolutely we will be evaluating regional and national expansion."
Goodbye to senior housing
After graduating from college in 2008, Davis spent a couple of years working for marketing and PR agencies, then got a job with Maxwell Group, a company that develops, owns and manages luxury retirement communities, as well as other related senior living care entities across a handful of states.
Davis worked her way up to the operations side of the business, ultimately landing a role as Maxwell Group's chief operating officer. She left the company in 2016 to serve as chief strategy officer at Sherpa, which provides an interactive CRM sales solution for the senior living industry.
"After working for Sherpa through May of 2018, I moved back to North Carolina and started playing around with the idea of CarePods," Davis said. "I wanted to take a shot at founding my own company, so I started putting the business plan together in August of last year."
In general, building CarePods on a monthly-subscription-fee basis reflects Davis' CRM background.
The benefits of a set monthly cost structure, she said, include more price transparency for consumers — and more predictable, higher-paying jobs for CarePods employees.
"I love flat fee because I think it makes the most sense for the customer and is transparent to the client," Davis said. "Certainly it allows us to normalize revenues so we can guarantee people jobs."
CarePods' entry-level position — the virtual assistant — pays $20 per hour.
"I'm really passionate about caregiver wages," Davis said. "I don't think we have a labor shortage. I think we have a customer cap on price. I'm all for innovative models that can help improve that."
CarePods' big plans
CarePods may be a young business, but it's starting to gain the attention of other industry players for its innovative framework.
In October 2018, Bain Capital Double Impact acquired and combined two regional health care companies — Arosa and LivHome — to create a new national in-home care provider. The combined enterprise is branded as Arosa+LivHome and led by CEO Ari Medoff.
From a big-picture perspective, CarePods stands a shot, Medoff told HHCN, because it is providing a multi-disciplinary team-based service at a reasonable cost.
"In terms of innovation in home care and aging in place, significant money and energy has flowed to technology startups," he said. "Traditional business models need to be changed to meet changing customer needs. For example, changing the pricing model to go from an hourly cost to a monthly subscription may not be as sexy as the newest gadget, but it could have more meaningful benefits for our industry and the clients we serve."
Winston-Salem was an ideal place to launch CarePods due to its proximity to top medical schools and research centers, according to Davis. Eventually, she said, the plan is to secure about 10 pods in the city of about 250,000 total people.
CarePods needs to capture roughly 2.5% of the age-and-income qualified market to outperform or meet its financial benchmarks, according to Davis. The startup's approximate margins "are in the 30% range," she said.
As CarePods expands, Davis hopes to one day team up with more traditional home-based care providers.
"Some of the first visits I've made in this market have been to home care and home health providers," Davis said. "I'm telling them, 'I really want to bring you in on these cases and on these clients where you may not be a good fit short-term because they don't meet your minimum.'"
Some home care companies have hourly service minimums that leave clients shut out. Connecting them to a group of 25 older adults living in the same area would allow providers to potentially bypass those minimums by drastically reducing travel requirements.
Instead of visiting two clients who live miles away from one another for eight hours each, for example, the provider in a CarePods relationship could visit with eight neighboring clients for two hours apiece.
"I think the future of aging is in the home," Davis said. "The reason I stepped away from a lucrative career in senior housing was because I was inspired by people thinking about models differently, even if they failed. I think we need to continue encouraging that type of innovation."
Arosa+LivHome, CarePods, Maxwell Group, Sherpa CRM
Robert Holly
When Robert's not covering the latest in home health care news, you can likely find him rooting for the White Sox or roaming his neighborhood streets playing Pokemon Go. Before joining HHCN, Robert covered everything from big agribusiness to the hottest tech startups.
CMS's Proposal to Eliminate RAPs, Increase PDGM's Behavioral Adjustment 'Death by 1,000 Cuts'
[Updated] CMS Proposes Elimination of RAPs, $250 Million Medicare Payment Increase


On Monday, December 18, 2017, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for NEXALEARNING. The USPTO has given the NEXALEARNING trademark serial number of 87725014. The current federal status of this trademark filing is STATEMENT OF USE OFFICE ACTION, CLARIFICATION NEEDED. The correspondent listed for NEXALEARNING is RANDY MICHELS of TRUST TREE LEGAL, P.C., 1321 ADAMS STREET, NASHVILLE, TN 37208 . The NEXALEARNING trademark is filed in the category of Advertising, Business & Retail Services . The description provided to the USPTO for NEXALEARNING is Retail store services featuring software that features electronic learning courses in the field of leadership development, sales, customer service and team building; Retail store services featuring software that features online personality style assessment profiles, facilitator guides, facilitator certification courseware and related training materials.
NEXALEARNING is providing Retail store services featuring software that features electronic learning courses in the field of leadership development, sales, customer service and team building; Retail store services featuring software that features online personality style assessment profiles, facilitator guides, facilitator certification courseware and related training materials.


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AtoZ 2017: K is for King's Quest
Jamie Lyn Weigt / April 13, 2017
K is for King's Quest
Continuing on in the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, let's revisit a computer (and later console) video game franchise that I haven't thought of in years — the King's Quest series.
The Green Dragon guarding a magic mirror above is from the 1990 EGA-graphics remake of King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown, which originally came out in 1984 (you can see the original dragon below). Since then, there have been many more games in the series, including a new 2015-2016 remake.
According to the King's Quest Omnipedia:
King's Quest is an adventure game series made by the American computer game company Sierra. It is widely considered a classic title of the golden era of adventure games and was … the first "3D" adventure game. Roberta Williams, co-owner of Sierra, designed all the games in the King's Quest series. [Bonus points for a female creator!]
The world of King's Quest encompasses many different kingdoms and supernatural realms, [and the] main characters in the series are Sir (later King) Graham and members of his family: his wife, Valanice, and his twin son and daughter, Alexander and Rosella.
The main character is often motivated by a desire to protect his or her loved ones, or protect the innocent from evil. The villains of the series have been characters who threatened the safety of Daventry or sought to rule other kingdoms as tyrants.
The dragon from the 1984 version was a lot less detailed, of course. Fellow blogger Syp at Bio Break played through the original Kings Quest I and posted his adventure in five parts, including these screen shots of the dragon encounter:
Interestingly, there was more than one way to beat the dragon — you could stab it with your dagger, of course, but if you doused it with a bucket of water instead, then this happened…
The water hits the dragon squarely in the mouth, extinguishing its roaring flames. No fire! How mortified and embarressed the dragon is! Moving a huge boulder in leaving, the dragon creeps off to sulk. –KQI
Beginning in 2015, an updated version of the game was released in five parts and called King's Quest: Adventures of Graham. Created by Sierra Entertainment and The Odd Gentlemen for PC, PS3, PS4, XBox 360, and XBox One, the first part was called King's Quest, Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember and got generally positive reviews, as did the entire series. While I didn't play it myself, the initial trailer looks pretty amazing — and Graham will have to face an interesting looking dragon, too!
There isn't much in the way of fanart for this series, but I did find a couple pieces. They both feature Hornswaggle, the dragon from the new King's Quest and that 2015 trailer.
In this first by American deviantartist Bri, posting as BluNobody217, the dragon is searching for the interloping heroes in the interestingly-titled I'll Be Murdering Him Later. I think that means one of the heroes there is Achaka, so it'll make sense in a minute… See Bri's gallery for more artwork.
Interestingly, just like in the first game where there are a few options for defeating the dragon, there are three options to defeat Hornswaggle as well. The first path is bravery and blinding it with an arrow, which leads the dragon to attack the kingdom later. The second path is compassion, so that if you free him from his chains, the dragon will help you escape the cave. The third path is wisdom, where you ring a bell to distract the dragon, so it leaves on it's own. All three paths lead to continuing the story, but will have different consequences later.
This next is also Hornswaggle, looking very angry as it attacks a character named Achaka for stealing the dragon's eye. This piece is called A Knight to Remember by American deviantartist Sevilai, who captions it, "Achaka is beautiful and doesn't deserve this." Find her gallery here.
If you'd like to check out the original DOS-based King's Quest games for yourself, and are computer-savvy enough to follow the step-by-step Abandonware How-To, you can find them all at the My Abandonware website. Try them at your own risk!
Thanks for reading and keeping up with my AtoZ Challenge! Tomorrow I'm going to feature a sweet story from 1925 and more interesting art as always, so come on back!
Green Dragon screen shot from King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown from the King's Quest Omnipedia
Screen Shots from the original Kings Quest I by Syp at Bio Break
King's Quest – Trailer (2015) HD posted by JoBlo Video Game Trailers
I'll Be Murdering Him Later by BluNobody217
A Knight to Remember by Sevilai
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4 thoughts on "AtoZ 2017: K is for King's Quest"
Tamara Narayan says:
Those old computer graphics look so quaint in comparison to today's games.
K is for Kevlar—Gift From Aliens?
Jamie Lyn Weigt says:
True, true. Brings back a lot of memories tho! 🙂
kataar says:
I've really enjoyed this series of posts! I don't know how you do it, though: I sometimes struggle just to keep up with one post per week! Very impressive 🙂
Thank you so much! I had a lot of practice last year doing a post each day, although I did struggle and have to stop eventually… This year I'm only doing one a week for every month except for April.
For this challenge, I started prepping and writing posts back in March, but I've quickly caught up to my pre-written material and, I'll be honest, I'm scrambling to keep up here at the halfway point!
But I'm enjoying it too, so I'll do my best, and I hope you and everyone else continue to come back! 🙂


The features you want in your new house depend on your needs and lifestyle. However, there are some of the basic features that must be available in any home be it a two, three or four bedroom house. Whether you are working with a builder to build your new house or you are in search of a new property for sale in Perthshire, a home without these features can never really qualify as an ideal place to live. Apart from having these standard features, you should be able to upgrade them if you decided this is going to be your new home.
You do want to lower your water, electric and other utility bills, don't you? If it has 5-star rated refrigerator, oven, cooling/ heating systems and other appliances, you can make some savings. However, there are some additional features often available in new houses for sale. Make sure that these appliances and equipment are also 5-star rated. Apart from appliances and equipment, the structure of the house can also save you money. If you have a decent amount of daylight coming through the windows, you can keep the lights turned off during the day. Adequate airflow can regulate the temperature in the house, and this can reduce your heating bills.
If you want a house of your preferred design, you will need it to be custom built. However, when it comes to features for beautifying your new home, you can do anything you want in the house you have purchased. You can add new style elements to the property. It may not be the right thing to do if you are planning to change the shape of the roof or changing the dimensions of the rooms. You can use different color combinations to beautify the exterior and interior of the property. Make sure that there is a provision to add new design elements to the house.
It should keep you warm and cozy during bone-chilling cold days. There should be warm air locked in and cold air locked out of the house. When the summer arrives, there should be cold air locked in and warm air locked out of the house. If you are in search of a new property for sale in Perthshire, make sure that there have heating, and cooling systems or good ventilation installed in the home.
A house is supposed to be comfortable. If your budget allows, you can buy a luxury house. However, some quick little additions can make a home more comfortable and luxurious. Many 4 bedroom houses in Irvine come with one or two en-suite bathrooms. You may also want a shower in the bathroom. The kitchen must have large and spacious cabinets featuring soft-close dampeners.
You can incorporate any feature you want when you are building a new home. Prepare to dig deep into your pockets for that. This is also going to take time. However, houses available for sale in Irvine even come with these four basic features. All you have to do is find the right property for you.


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Think. Prepare. Act.
Are you prepared for a disaster in your community? Come to Be Prepared: Emergency Preparedness Seminar on Saturday, June 9th in the Princeton Public Library Community Room.
It was only a few years ago that a disease named Anthrax sent the entire region into a state of fear. That was a very isolated incident, but bioterrorism is still a very real threat. Last year, thousands of Princeton residents were taken by surprise when Hurricane Irene rolled into the Northeast. Concerned citizens bought out grocery stores for supplies, and many were left without power for over a week. That was only a mild part of the storm. Imagine if Princeton had really been at the center of a disaster. Whether it's a hurricane, a massive fire, or even a biological attack, the government is ready to act. But do you know what would happen? Do you know what you would have to do to protect yourself and your family?
Come to the Princeton Public Library on Saturday, June 9th, from 4-6 PM to hear from experts in the fields on what to do in these situations. Dr. Laura Kahn is a research scholar at Princeton University and the author of Who's In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises. She will be speaking about what would happen, and who would be in charge, in the event of a biological attack. Doug Rega is a Career EMT for Princeton Rescue Squad, who has had years of experience handling all types of emergency situations. He will be speaking about what the local emergency personnel do in the event of an emergency and what you can do to prepare yourself.
This seminar has been developed for the community by William Meyer, as an eagle service project. William is a Junior at Princeton High School where he serves as Captain of the Debate Team and President of the Democrat Club. He has been a member of scouting since the age of eight. He currently serves as Senior Patrol Leader of Princeton's Troop 43 which meets Monday nights at Littlebrook Elementary School from 7-8:30, September through June. More information about the troop can be found at http://www.princetontroop43.org/home .
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Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA's Mother Named Administrator Of His Estate
According to TMZ, late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza's mother, Rose, has been named the administrator of his estate. This means that she is now in line to collect any royalties owed to her son, who was in MEGADETH during what many associate as the band's "classic" era.
Last May, Nick collapsed after suffering a heart attack during a concert with the progressive rock/fusion group OHM: at The Baked Potato in Studio City, California and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said Menza died of natural causes. The cause of Menza's death was listed as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
According to TMZ, Nick's death certificate — which was filed by Rose in probate court — gives the cause of death as heart disease and blood pressure.
Shortly after Nick's passing, Rose expressed her "enormous gratitude for the outpouring of love and condolences from Nick's many friends and fans," adding that she was "so happy and excited" that MEGADETH leader "Dave Mustaine has chosen to help celebrate Nick's life and help the boys."
A special collection of Menza's first — and, sadly, only — series of artwork was unveiled July 23, 2016, on which would have been his 52nd birthday. The collection is available through the art team and publisher SceneFour's dedicated web site, NickMenzaArt.com.
Nick's memoir, "MegaLife: Nick Menza - The Book", will be published in October 2017, having been delayed and drastically rewritten in light of Nick's passing. According to a press release from Menza's manager Robert Bolger, the book will reveal "how poorly Nick was being treated by MEGADETH founder Dave Mustaine and the brutal truth of why there was never a MEGADETH reunion with the most successful lineup of the thrash metal band."
Mustaine told Kerrang! magazine about Menza's passing: "The Nick that I know, at the end, I think that he… he went to heaven doing what he wanted to do: play drums. And I think that instead of us all mourning and shit, we should celebrate his life, celebrate his legacy. He doesn't want people to sit down here and bellyache about that; he wants people to go and buy his pictures. He had some wonderful artwork. He had a lot of music that he's done. He wants his legacy to be remembered, to support his kids. That's the best way to celebrate Nick, I think. And all these people that are saying, 'Oh, bummer. Nick's gone.' Show up."
According to Mustaine, he didn't realize how much he cared about Menza until he paid tribute to the late drummer during MEGADETH's performance at the inaugural Rock'N Derby festival the day after Nick's death.
"The craziest thing was, when we dedicated a song to Nick, I got about halfway through the song and I couldn't sing anymore; I just started crying," he said. "And I turned around and I stood next to the drum riser with my back turned, 'cause I didn't want anybody to see me. But it was heavy."
He added: "With all the stuff that was going on at the end, with Nick talking about me in the press and stuff like that, I had no idea how much I really, really love him. And that was what was evident when I sang about him. And that's the Nick I'll always remember: the guy that made me smile, that made me happy and was a little bit of an annoyance, but somebody that I'll always love."
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THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD by Agatha Christie ★★★★★ | Kara.Reviews
Review of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Spoiler alert! This review reveals significant plot details.
There's nothing quite like a good Agatha Christie novel, hmm? I find reading one of her mysteries so comforting. It's like the perfect intellectual beach read: you know what to expect, yet there are still surprises (even if you manage to guess whodunit, which I seldom do). The Hercule Poirot novels in particular must be among my favourites. Mystery was my first genre love, even way back before I got into science fiction and fantasy, and in mystery, Christie made history. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , sensational and controversial and regarded by so many as her best work, definitely attests to her skill as a writer.
We start, as we often do, in a quaint English country village. This is set sometime after Poirot has retired "to grow the marrows." But just when you think you're out, they pull you back in! Poirot finds himself neck-deep in the murder of the eponymous Ackroyd, with a whole household of suspects. In the place of the faithful Captain Hastings we have a Watsonian Dr. Sheppard, who not only narrates the book and assists Poirot but also found the body.
For the first part of the novel, Poirot figures very little. We learn about Sheppard's practice and life, how he attended to Mrs. Ferrars after she died, and we see him meet with Roger Ackroyd. During this time Christie lays the groundwork, scattering clues—or clews as they are spelt here—that will be significant much later in the story. Poirot is just a batty old "Frenchman" who has taken the cottage next door and who is so opaque that not even Caroline, Sheppard's sister and the town gossip, can divine his identity.
That all changes, of course. But I love the idea that Poirot wants out of the limelight in his retirement—just as I find it eminently believable that he wouldn't be able to resist the thrill of the mystery. Although there is a little bit of the, "Oh, poor M. Poirot is past his prime and really should go back to growing marrows," in general the other characters treat Poirot with a little bit of veneration. He is known, here.
Of course, it's the identity of the killer that ultimately resulted in this novel receiving so much acclaim (and controversy). Christie was the first to employ "the narrator did it!" I find her use of an unreliable narrator itself enjoyable, regardless of the fact he also happened to be a murderer. I like to think that in any of the books narrated by Hastings, part of the reason I don't solve the crime is because I'm forced to "wear a Hastings cap" and see everything through his eyes. Here, the narrator isn't just omitting or garbling information that Poirot readily receives first hand: he is actively deceiving both Poirot and the reader.
I want to take a moment to emphasize what a technical feat this is. Separated from this book by just shy of ninety years, and exposed to countless derivative plot devices since then, it's tempting for a modern reader to shrug their shoulders and go, "Meh," when they read those final chapters. Even if you aren't impressed by Sheppard's guilt (if, indeed, he is guilty—we have only his word to go on here, and he has already lied to us!), just think about what Christie had to do to write this book.
I like think of murder mysteries as n-dimensional objects. The writer of a mystery necessarily must perceive it from a different perspective than the reader: the writer knows, from the beginning, who did it and why. All the pieces are apparent to them, whereas the reader only discovers this as a function of time. But that's not all a writer does. She has to rotate this mystery and perceive it from other angles. She has to consider how it looks to the detective—how does Poirot fit all the pieces together to get to the solution? Then she has to consider how the mystery looks to the narrator (and thus, usually, to the reader) at a given point in time.
In other words, writing mysteries be complex, yo.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd stands out because Christie took it a step further, having to consider how the mystery looks to the narrator and then how the narrator makes things look to the reader. That must have required a lot more thought and planning. So my hat off to her.
I'll also just add that I love how as these novels age they become intricate studies in the attitudes of the day. Christie's characters have so much unexamined class privilege. I just find it so fascinating that our ideas of class have changed so much with time. Back then, to be considered reasonably well-off, you had to have some servants. Even Sheppard and his sister, who live alone in a little house, have a servant! Servants are a curious fixture in Christie novels, because they tend to be invisible and nameless (think of the Breton-capped woman who waits on Poirot in the Larches) unless they are relevant to the mystery, in which case they are naturally suspect.
So I wonder if we're reaching a point where Christie's novels are beginning to go the way of the Regency romances. That is, the writer assumes cultural knowledge the reader no longer has, so that which is left unsaid, or implied, is almost entirely lost on us. Just as modern readers have a hard time really comprehending the world of Jane Austen without some historical grounding first, I suspect that most of us don't have as full an understanding of the world Christie depicts here either. Unlike Shakespeare, where this problem has a great deal to do with language drift, this is almost entirely a function of cultural assumptions.
While I lack some of the understanding to completely immerse myself in her world, however, I still fully enjoy these novels. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is no exception. It is every bit as clever and charming and compelling as you might be led to believe.
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Babcock, K. (2015, Jun 24). [Review of the book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , by Agatha Christie]. Kara.Reviews. https://kara.reviews/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/ Chicago/Turabian 17
Babcock, Kara. Review of the book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd , by Agatha Christie. Kara.Reviews, June 24, 2015, accessed January 21, 2021. https://kara.reviews/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/ MLA 8
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OYUB Radio Play
Duration: 1:18:42 | Added: 17 Jun 2020
OYUB is a Russian documentary play about the life of Oyub Titiev, a human rights activist in the Republic of Chechnya, Russia.
'How much longer are we going to kill and imprison human rights defenders?'
'With every passing year, there are more and more restrictions, and less and less rights.'
Oyub Titiev, Shali Town Court, Chechnya, Russia, 18 March 2019.
Oyub Titiev's arrest and subsequent show trial in Chechnya in 2018-19 caught worldwide media attention and drew broad international criticism. Titiev was sentenced to four years imprisonment, but was released on parole three months later, having served out two years in detention since his initial arrest. In 2018, Oyub Titiev was awarded the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. He now lives in Moscow, where he continues his human rights work.
This radio play is read by current human rights activists, not actors (although one of the participants is both). It was recorded by the participants from their homes in the U.K. and Europe during the COVID-19 lockdown. The play was not rehearsed or directed, and is performed as a reading, rather than acted out. Emphasis is placed on the professional connection between participants and Titiev himself, and for this reason their biographies are included below.
The play features an introduction by Julie Curtis, who is a Professor of Russian Literature at the University of Oxford. Her work on contemporary Russian drama has been pursued in association with two AHRC (OWRI) research projects hosted by the Universities of Oxford (Creative Multilingualism) and Manchester (Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community). She is the editor of a volume of essays and interviews on this subject called New Drama in Russian: Performance, Politics and Protest in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), to which the translator of the play, Alex Trustrum Thomas, is a contributor.
The play text of OYUB is published by Bookmate Originals and is available as a free e-book in English and in Russian. This is part of a forthcoming anthology of Russian documentary plays being published later this year by Common Place (Moscow).
This project was supported by Creative Multilingualism, as part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Open World Research Initiative (OWRI).
N.B. Headphones are highly recommended for playback to hear the full range of sounds.
Participant biographies, in order of appearance:
Peter Wieltschnig is a human rights lawyer, focusing on human security in crisis and conflict as well as the right to water. He has worked on projects including: the protection and empowerment of refugees and displaced persons in Lebanon and Syria, the development of due diligence legislation to regulate the arms industry and States' arms export regimes, the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance in Europe, and the human rights impacts of counter-terrorism legislation in Ireland and the UK.
Jacob Burns is a writer, researcher and journalist who has worked across the Middle East. Currently the Communications Advisor for Yemen, Iraq and Jordan at Médecins sans Frontières, he has previously worked for Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture.
Mistale Taylor conducts research into various areas of international criminal law and human rights law to provide pro bono legal advice for states, governments and NGOs in conflict/post-conflict situations in her role as Counsel at Public International Law and Policy Group. She has advised on, amongst other things, maritime piracy; the invocation of state secrets privilege to bar third party access to information in torture cases; and life sentencing practices in Europe. In her work at Trilateral Research, Mistale contributes to ongoing projects related to law, technology, privacy, data protection, human rights and ethics.
Sorcha Thomson is a PhD Fellow at the University of Roskilde, Denmark, researching anticolonial struggle, internationalist solidarity and revolutionary movements in Cuba and Palestine. She is a member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Youth and Student Committee, working to build and organise the next generation of support for Palestinian human rights and justice in the UK. She has worked with Amnesty International in Israel, Palestine and Scotland across a number of campaigns.
Rea Eldem lives in Berlin where she works as a gender equality strategist with a focus on working culture under the name in-visible. To her, addressing gender equality in the workplace means making visible normalised cultural practices, institutionalised dynamics and organisational structures that hinder women and other marginalised groups to strive forward. Although equal treatment and access to opportunities are basic human rights the discrimination of individuals based on aspects of their identity continues to persist in the workplace today.
Matthew Romain trained as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after studying philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He has worked extensively in theatre throughout the UK including Shakespeare's Globe and the Donmar Warehouse; screen credits include BBC's 'Sherlock' and 'World on Fire'. Matthew performed in the Calais 'jungle' and other refugee camps as part of a two-year tour of 'Hamlet' to every country in the world. He has taught theatre in the community and run workshops on theatre and censorship for 'Index' magazine. Matthew is a founding member of Earth Ensemble - a theatre group for climate activism born out of Extinction Rebellion.
John Farndon is an author, playwright, poet, songwriter, literary translator and activist. As a translator, he champions the literature of Russia and Central Asia and is chairman of the Eurasian Creative Guild. He was joint winner of the EBRD literary prize 2019 for his translation of Uzbek poetry in Hamid Ismailov's The Devil's Dance and finalist in the 2020 US PEN Translation award for the Kazakh epic Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seysenbaev, about the ecological disaster of the Aral Sea. He is also a founding member of Earth Ensemble, the theatre and music company associated with Extinction Rebellion, which has brought climate activist performances to the streets of London and the Edinburgh Festival.
OYUB was created by
Elena Gremina
Anna Dobrovolskaia
and Zarema Zaudinova
Alex Trustrum Thomas
Sound and original music by
Josh Field
With thanks to
Zarema Zaudinova
Alina Anufrienko
Scarlett Woolfe
and Oliver Tobin
Mikhail Ugarov
and Sasha Rastorguev
Additional audio sources
Chistyi chetverg, dir. by Sasha Rastorguev and Susanna Baranzhieva (Rossiia, 2003)
'Nur-Zhovkhar. The ancient Chechen folklore' by Petites Planetes/Vincent Moon, licenced under CC BY 3.0
(Image reproduced with permission, courtesy of Kazbek Chanturiya/OC Media)
Julie Curtis
Peter Wieltschnig
Jacob Burns
Mistale Taylor
Rea Eldem
Matthew Romain
John Farndon
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
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Oyub Titiev
The University of Oxford is home to an impressive range and depth of research activities in the Humanities. TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities is a major new initiative that seeks to build on this heritage and to stimulate and support research that transcends disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Here we feature some of the networks and programmes, as well as recordings of events, and offer insights into the research that they make possible.
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The Ruling Center is a new concept that falls within the scope of the Ivory Coast Government reform strategy, namely to strengthen the role of Customs and further align with World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Customs Organization (WCO) best practices as regards import and clearance of international cargo. As a result the Ruling Center integrates core Customs business functionalities such as valuation and classification along with more modernized Customs procedures such as risk analysis throughout the entire import process. This is underpinned and supported with a variety of e-technologies that allow for smart risk management and automated access to relevant classification and valuation tools and databases.
The Ruling Center, managed in close collaboration with Ivorian Customs is responsible for the e-documentary processing of all goods imported through designated places of entry into Ivory Coast, utilizing the WTO international principles of valuation (Agreement on Customs Valuation or ACV) and the WCO system of goods classification (Harmonized System or HS) Given the strategic objective of Government to align with internationally agreed practices of WTO and WCO including the simplification of Customs procedures, risk management to balance facilitation and control plus the introduction of various technologies to enhance both documentary and physical inspection, the Ruling Center is ideally placed to provide the necessary skills and tools to carry out this mandate of Government by Customs.
The Ruling Center is also tasked with increasing economic operator awareness as to the modern principles and expectations of Customs in the 21st century. The objective is to create a trade environment that encourages self-compliance and mutual cooperation between economic operators and Customs. This in turn provides the full benefits of e-commerce such as reduced import costs, simplified procedures, facilitated clearance and faster more efficient processing of transactions.