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Book Notes: Alison Krupnick's Ruminations from the Minivan
January 15, 2013 By domani spero in Book Notes, Foreign Service, FSOs Tags: Alison Krupnick, FS books, Ruminations from the Minivan	1 Comment
Alison Krupnick is a former world-traveling diplomat, turned minivan-driving mom and writer. As a Foreign Service officer with the State Department (March 1986-September 1995), she served in India, Thailand and Vietnam and in Washington, D.C. on the country desks for Egypt, Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Her writing has been published in Harvard Review, Brain, Child, the magazine for thinking mothers, Seattle magazine, Crosscut and other news and trade publications, literary journals and anthologies. She is the author of the blog Slice of Mid-Life (http://www.sliceofmidlife.com). Alison lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters. She is also the author of a newly released book, Ruminations from the Minivan: musings from a world grown large, then small.
Book by Alison Krupnick
(image used with permission)
Below is an excerpt from the book (republished with permission). This story, Benefit of the Doubt was originally published in the Harvard Review.
I am standing in the lobby of the former Majestic Hotel trying to make a break for it. At the hotel entrance, a throng of fans is waiting for my companions and me. They've been waiting there all day, ever since they broke away from the roped off area at the airport and began to chase us. Chase us on foot, chase us by bicycle, chase us on mopeds. They chased us as we left the decrepit airport and drove into town. They chased us as we passed billboards for state-run enterprises and posters with Soviet-style artwork celebrating the workers' struggle that look out of place in this tropical environment. They chased us as we attempted to enter the hotel. They chased us and they called out to us by name and tapped us on the shoulders, trying to hand us scraps of paper with names and numbers written on them. Now, hours after our arrival, we want to go to dinner. But if we leave by the front door we will be mobbed. We are ushered out of the hotel via the service entrance and manage to slip away to Maxim's, a nearby restaurant. We are given a private room. We enjoy a dinner of crab farci, while musicians serenade us with traditional songs of old Vietnam. Then I have a moment to digest what has happened. This is the closest I'll ever come to knowing how it feels to be a rock star, I think. Nobody has ever wanted me so much in my entire life.
It's December 1988. Twenty-seven years old, fresh from a year of intensive Vietnamese language training, I have arrived in the former South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, renamed Hồ Chí Minh City by the post-war Communist Vietnamese government. I am part of a team of U.S. government officials. Our mission is to interview and decide whether to grant visas to Amerasians (the wartime offspring of Vietnamese women and American men); former prisoners of Communist "re-education camps;" and beneficiaries of immigrant visa petitions filed by family members already in the United States. We do so as part of the Orderly Departure Program (ODP), which was created under an international agreement to stop the dangerous flow of "boat people," who had been risking their lives to flee Vietnam. The United States has had no diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1975, no Embassy where Vietnamese people can simply apply for a visa. The ODP makes it possible for qualified applicants to meet face-to-face with a U.S. government official in Vietnam. The alternative is to take their chances with escape, which, even if successful, could leave them languishing for years in one of the many overcrowded refugee camps of Southeast Asia.
For nearly four years, I will participate almost every month in these ten-day interview trips, which are physically exhausting and emotionally draining. Despite my extensive training and the fact that I have experience conducting visa interviews in India, the stakes are higher in Vietnam. As I find myself in the uncomfortable position of making decisions that will literally change another person's life, the responsibility to do the right thing, sometimes with very little to guide me, is daunting. Ultimately the guilt that I have not done enough, that nobody can ever do enough, that we are being asked to do too much, will take its toll on me.
Click here to read more about the Orderly Departure Program from Vietnam which was established in 1979-1994 to provide a safe and legal means for people to leave Vietnam rather than clandestinely by boat.
We asked Alison to sum up what it was like being female and single in the FS during the time she was in and below is her response:
"I felt that there was a double-standard for single female FSOs during my era, especially in the developing world. Several of my male peers dated and eventually married local women, but dating locals was frowned upon for female FSOs and I felt our behavior was more scrutinized. The opening chapter in the book (Junior Officer) touches on this."
Why she left the Foreign Service in 1995?
I left the Foreign Service to marry an American traveler I met in Vietnam 1991. After we each returned to the U.S. in 1992 (him to Seattle, me to D.C.) we had a three-year, pre-Internet long distance relationship. This was at the time that Sleepless in Seattle had come out and I think I saw that film at least twice on trans-continental flights. He was reluctant to follow me into the Foreign Service, so I tried some creative solutions so we could be together (including creating a Pearson appt. in Seattle, which the Department assigned to someone else). Finally, since we had never spent more than two weeks in the same place, an understanding boss gave me a few months of LWOP, just prior to my having to bid on my next overseas assignment. Summer is deceptively dry and beautiful in Seattle. The weather and my boyfriend convinced me that Seattle should be my next "assignment."
We also wanted to know what made her write this book. If this book is mostly about her experience during her FS years or is this more about her transition back to life outside the FS/the beltway. Here is what she said:
My experience in the Foreign Service was life-changing and continues to influence me. The book is divided into four parts. The first part deals with my Foreign Service life and pre-Foreign Service international awakening. I was living in Paris in 1979-1980, a pivotal year when the U.S. hostages were taken in Iran and the U.S. boycotted the Summer Olympics in Moscow. I decided to study international relations at Monterey Institute of International Studies, and later join the State Department, to make sense of situations such as these and because of my exposure in Paris to a wide range of nationalities and their impressions of Americans and of U.S. foreign policy.
Other sections of the book are about post-Beltway life. I often joke that being in the Foreign Service is like being in a leper colony and it can be challenging to transition out of the fold. Few outside of the community understand the unique facets of this life, or fully appreciate the role FSOs play in promoting international understanding. During my early years with kids I didn't travel internationally, was acutely frustrated by this and missed being a player on the world stage.
I eventually figured out that just because your world shrinks, your world view doesn't have to. The Internet and the massive changes in information technology have made it much easier to stay informed and connected from almost anywhere.
If you're in the DC area, you'll get a chance to see Alison when she visits to promote her book sometime this year. The book is available at amazon.com here. The Kindle edition should be available in the next few weeks.
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Some nice book PR from the mysterious Diplopundit, the anonymous chronicler of Foreign Service life. There's an interview with me at the end.

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Replay: Live chat with Tigers broadcaster Jim Price
Jim took fans' questions Aug. 28, 2012
Hey, everybody. Staying at a beautiful place in Kansas City today. Life is good. Looking forward to the rest of the season, and I think we're getting right where we need to be.
by Jim Price 8/28/2012 3:01:04 PM
Jim does it seem they are playing with a sense of urgency? Are they fired up enough?
by bcjamesgang 8/28/2012 3:01:34 PM
Always a tough question to answer. If you don't score a lot and don't hit, you kind of look lethargic. I think our best chance to win is what's happening right now. If I'm a manager, I want my pitching ready for the last month of the season. And I think our starting pitching is ready, and our bullpen is getting close. Our hitting isn't where we want it to be, but as you get down to the nitty-gritty, it usually gets down to pitching. I think that's our best chance to win the championship.
I have talked about the Art of Hitting -- just not as much as the Art of Pitching. I talk about how you use your legs. You're constantly trying to stay on balance, and the pitcher is trying to get you off-balance. The Ted Williams theory of hitting is that you wait for the ball, but you go get it. That means you swing the bat, not the body. You have to stay balanced. As far as waiting for a pitch in your zone until you get two strikes on you, I've talked about that a lot, too. I'm old-school but also realize there's some pluses and minuses of getting video and things like that. When you get in that box, you have to react. If you're in there thinking, you're in trouble. I think the first four guys in our lineup are pretty good. The bottom of the order will be the key.
I don't know about him, but I would say probably not. That's Dave and the gang's decision. I'd say there will be a limited number of guys coming up, because if you're trying to win, you don't want to be cluttered up. There's Don Kelly, and then some pitchers like Rondon, the hard-thrower. They would be eligible for the playoffs.
how is the trade for omar infante and anabal sanchez working out
by Sammy Kay 8/28/2012 3:08:10 PM
Omar has been a real plus defensively and offensively. Everybody is disappointed in Sanchez, but everyone I talk to who has seen him says there's a lot more there. This next outing in Kansas City will tell a lot. There must be something more. Our scouting staff thought he would fit in with our hard throwers here. Turner was highly thought of. Real young. Was he ready? Probably not. If Sanchez can come through, then you would say it was a good trade.
Believe it or not, I've had some feelers about things. But I'm happy with where I'm at. I love Michigan. I played for one of the greatest teams in Tigers history. And the way I'm treated, I'd hate to leave. I think I could manage, no question about that. But managers these days work really long hours. There's always things you're working on. Mr. Ilitch has put me in position where I'm happy and satisfied, and I want to keep broadcasting for a long time.
That's a good question. I may be wrong, but I don't think so. Once you get a taste of the big leagues, and then you get sent down, your bubble kind of bursts a little bit. I've seen it so many times throughout the years. Toledo is only an hour away but still eons away. It's jarring. But I like his stuff. He has a good arsenal and knows the art of pitching.
Hey Jim .... A big September coming up. What do you see as the key for the Tigers to overtake the Sox ... and flipping the coin, what could be our downfall in the chase?
by Mayner 8/28/2012 3:13:18 PM
Brennan Boesch has certainly been a frustration for the Tigers this year. In your opinion, how talented is he, and is there a past Tiger player that you can point to to give us hope that the potential of Brennan Boesch will yet emerge with consistency?
Considering your experience as a Tiger including the '68 champs, and how much has changed since then, as a commentator, at times during broadcasts it must be difficult to refrain from criticism of players and even management decisions. While its mostly good, there must be times, where you have to bite your tongue? BTW, I think you're the best.
by Rocco 8/28/2012 3:17:30 PM
I think it is great that you are opening up for comments and questions. I keep expecting the WhiteSox to cool off but they are on some kind of role right now and have been. What makes them different than the Tigers and do you think we can catch them?
by Al 8/28/2012 3:20:04 PM
An ESPN report showed the Tigers have the second worst production out of the 5 spot in the entire AL. Young's been hitting well lately and hopefully will continue, but it seems lke Dirks would provide more productivity and better protection for Fielder in that role. I know th skipper likes to alternate lefty, righty, etc. but so far it hasn't worked out very well.
what a great season austin jackson is having what do you attribute his improvement to?


On the sultry Mediterranean just off the coast of Africa is the tiny Isle of Jerba.
which seduced Ulysses into staying forever.
Inside is an oasis of calm.
you may not want to go home.
Find the sumptuous hotel and some panoramic pics here.
...funny thing to focus on with all that beauty, but i am so on a search for an unusual and old door knocker to dress up my front door...i want that one!
So dreamy and peaceful looking! I love that little cafe, I can just imagine sitting there all night talking and enjoy the night breeze.
Wow! What a beautiful, elegant hotel. I would love to do paintings there.
I love dogwoods too... Now I need to paint some Palm Trees... my other favorite!
oooh...all your posts put me in vacation mood...especially if a moorish cafe is involved! Love it!
and i wanna be there !
sun splashed hotel- thanks for sharing!
oh wow so so so so beautiful.
I want to be in warmer weather right not! Thanks fro stopping by!
I could live there forever. All the elements that my heart desires!
very cool, very relaxing, love the colors and the exotic feel...blink..I am there!
I love your posts. They are mini vacations that allow us to dream.
It would be a relaxing place to spend the weekend.
If I managed to get there I think I would not want to leave, xv.
I wonder if Ulysses had it this good??
Thanks for posting something for me to dream about!!!
You're soooo right I may not want to go home... lovely chaise there by the pool to lounge!
just checking............where are you ? are you ok ??
I may not want to go home? I would definitely not want to go home!


Philadelphia, PA - Eating is an essential part of everyone's lives; it fuels us to continue doing what we need to in order to accomplish our goals in life. What would be wonderful is to combine the benefits that food supplies us with a charitable cause. This February 24th and 25th Turning Point (https://theturningpoint.biz) and The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) have partnered up in order to raise funds to help support childhood brain cancer research (http://thekortneyrosefoundation.org).
This is The Kortney Rose Foundation's 9th Annual Dundraiser, and it directly funds the pediatric brain tumor research conducted through the Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) operated out of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). So this weekend, when you dine at any of the 16 Turning Point Restaurant locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on the above dates between 8am and 3pm, for every $25 donation to KRF receive a gift card for two free entrees at Turning Point on your next visit.
"Everyone knows someone who has experience with a child who has needed to go CHOP. It's one of the greatest hospitals around, so everyone knows who they are. Our regular customers who come in ask, "When is the Kortney Rose Foundation coming in?" They also ask if they can make a donation even if they can't make it that weekend," explained Corrine Raleigh, the manager of Turning Point's Marlton, New Jersey location.
Last year KRF and Turning Point raised over $57,000 for research through the Great Food for a Great Cause event. That brought the total over the last 8 years for that event alone to over $250,000. This year the goal is to reach $60,000.
I am sure that Turning Point and the Kortney Rose Foundation will be successful at raising those funds for the research and treatment of pediatric brain tumors this weekend. It will succeed because not only is the event benefitting a great cause, the atmosphere of the restaurant is full of energy and welcoming.
Walking in, you see the gas-lit fireplace, and the busy but always-friendly staff is ready to greet you. And no matter what you eat, it is always fresh, healthy, and delicious; even the Tropical Crunch Waffle that I ordered was loaded with fresh fruit and granola. And that is only one of the plethora of dishes you can choose to order this weekend. So I know that donating to a great cause will already lift your spirits, but the added benefit of eating a nice meal will satisfy your zest for life too.
For more information on Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium, please visit https://cbttc.org and for more information on Children's Hospital of Philadelphia please visit http://www.chop.edu.


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Q: Circular plots and circular statistics I have the following data sets ( year, month, frequencies of species records). I would like to produce a circular plot in R and check ( statistically) whether there is a significant variation across months and years.
I have tried with ggplot to produce a circular plot showing my frequencies by month and years, but it does not work
Any help?  Here below are my datasets.
year    month   frequencies
2013    Jan 0.214285714
2014    Jan 0.073170732
2015    Jan 0.073170732
2016    Jan 0
2017    Jan 0
2018    Jan 0
2013    Feb 0
2014    Feb 0.101694915
2015    Feb 0
2016    Feb 0
2017    Feb 0
2018    Feb 0.168539326
2013    Mar 0.044117647
2014    Mar 0.666666667
2015    Mar 0
2017    Mar 0.051724138
2018    Mar 1.244680851
2014    Apr 0.406779661
2015    Apr 0
2017    Apr 0.1
2018    Apr 0.923076923
2013    May 1
2014    May 0.047619048
2015    May 0.233333333
2017    May 0.066298343
2018    May 0.512195122
2013    Jun 0.260869565
2014    Jun 0.033519553
2015    Jun 0.085714286
2016    Jun 0.025641026
2017    Jun 0.137755102
2018    Jun 0.093023256
2013    Jul 0.154639175
2014    Jul 0.0703125
2015    Jul 0.18404908
2016    Jul 0
2017    Jul 0
2018    Jul 0.048648649
2013    Aug 0.068965517
2014    Aug 0.02
2015    Aug 0.060402685
2016    Aug 0
2017    Aug 0
2018    Aug 0.052631579
2013    Sep 0.090909091
2014    Sep 0.078431373
2015    Sep 0
2016    Sep 0
2017    Sep 0
2018    Sep 0
2013    Oct 0.151898734
2014    Oct 0.035714286
2015    Oct 0.023622047
2016    Oct 0
2017    Oct 0
2018    Oct 0
2013    Nov 0.092307692
2014    Nov 0
2015    Nov 0
2016    Nov 0.094488189
2017    Nov 0
2018    Nov 0.049180328
2013    Dec 0
2013    Dec 0
2014    Dec 0
2015    Dec 0
2016    Dec 0.047244094
2017    Dec 0
2018    Dec 0

A: Here's an option.
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(dat, aes(monthnum, frequencies)) +
  geom_line(aes(group = as.factor(year), color = as.factor(year))) +
  coord_polar() +
  scale_x_continuous(limits = c(1, 13), breaks=0:12, labels=c(month.abb, ""))

Data
I integerized your month with
dat$monthnum <- match(dat$month, month.abb)

That can probably be generalized better for non-English locales using format.
Here is the actual data I used:
dat <- structure(list(year = c(2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2017L, 2018L, 2014L, 2015L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L, 2013L, 2013L, 2014L, 2015L, 2016L, 2017L, 2018L), month = c("Jan", "Jan", "Jan", "Jan", "Jan", "Jan", "Feb", "Feb", "Feb", "Feb", "Feb", "Feb", "Mar", "Mar", "Mar", "Mar", "Mar", "Apr", "Apr", "Apr", "Apr", "May", "May", "May", "May", "May", "Jun", "Jun", "Jun", "Jun", "Jun", "Jun", "Jul", "Jul", "Jul", "Jul", "Jul", "Jul", "Aug", "Aug", "Aug", "Aug", "Aug", "Aug", "Sep", "Sep", "Sep", "Sep", "Sep", "Sep", "Oct", "Oct", "Oct", "Oct", "Oct", "Oct", "Nov", "Nov", "Nov", "Nov", "Nov", "Nov", "Dec", "Dec", "Dec", "Dec", "Dec", "Dec", "Dec"), frequencies = c(0.214285714, 0.073170732, 0.073170732, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.101694915, 0, 0, 0, 0.168539326, 0.044117647, 0.666666667, 0, 0.051724138, 1.244680851, 0.406779661, 0, 0.1, 0.923076923, 1, 0.047619048, 0.233333333, 0.066298343, 0.512195122, 0.260869565, 0.033519553, 0.085714286, 0.025641026, 0.137755102, 0.093023256, 0.154639175, 0.0703125, 0.18404908, 0, 0, 0.048648649, 0.068965517, 0.02, 0.060402685, 0, 0, 0.052631579, 0.090909091, 0.078431373, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.151898734, 0.035714286, 0.023622047, 0, 0, 0, 0.092307692, 0, 0, 0.094488189, 0, 0.049180328, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.047244094, 0, 0), monthnum = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L)), row.names = c(NA, -69L), class = "data.frame")

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All issues Volume 3 (2016) EPJ Applied Metamaterials, 3 (2016) 10 Abstract
Design of cloaked Yagi-Uda antennas
Alessio Monti1*, Jason Soric2, Andrea Alù2, Alessandro Toscano3 and Filiberto Bilotti3
1 Engineering Department, "Niccolò Cusano" University, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, 00166 Rome, Italy
2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
3 Department of Engineering, "Roma Tre" University, Via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy
Exploiting the appealing features of the mantle cloaking approach, we propose a general procedure that allows designing Yagi-Uda antennas with low scattering profile. The proposed radiators are able to operate efficiently within a given frequency band, while being electromagnetically undetectable in another desired frequency range. The general design procedure of such cloaked antennas is first presented, considering that both antenna and cloak requirements must be simultaneously fulfilled. Then, we prove that a cloaked Yagi-Uda antenna can be installed in close proximity to other radiators without affecting their performance. Due to these unprecedented characteristics, the proposed radiators may have a strong impact in the design of compact overcrowded platforms for both terrestrial and satellite applications.
Key words: Electromagnetic cloaking / Yagi-Uda antennas / Metasurfaces
© A. Monti et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2016
Manipulating scattering features by metamaterials
Homogeneous anisotropic dielectric invisibility carpet cloak made of Al2O3 plates
EPL, 104 (2013) 14003


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More info on Leo Núñez
Leo Núñez: Wikis
Leo Núñez
Florida Marlins — No. 46
Relief pitcher
Born: August 14, 1983 (1983-08-14) (age 26)
Jamao al Norte, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
May 9, 2005 for the Kansas City Royals
(through 2009 season)
Win-loss
Kansas City Royals (2005-2008)
Florida Marlins (2009-present)
Leonel Núñez (born August 14, 1983 in Jamao al Norte, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Florida Marlins. He bats and throws right-handed.
Núñez was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an undrafted free agent on February 16, 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he was a mainly used as a starting pitcher in the Pirates system. On December 16, 2004, he was traded to the Kansas City Royals for catcher Benito Santiago.
After being traded to the Royals, he was converted to a full-time relief pitcher. He began the 2005 season with the Single-A High Desert Mavericks. He was promoted to the Double-A Wichita Wranglers after posting a 9.00 ERA in eight games. He had his contract purchased by the big league club on May 9, 2005, and made his major league debut on the same day.
Along with teammates Ambiorix Burgos and Andrew Sisco, they were the first trio of rookie pitchers in major league history to throw at least 50.0 innings each without making a start. Núñez finished the 2005 season with a 3-2 record and a 7.55 ERA in 41 games.
In 2006, Núñez played for the Double-A Wranglers, Triple-A Omaha Royals, and at the major league level. He only played in seven major league games in 2006, with a 4.73 ERA.
In 2007, he was converted back into a starting pitcher.
On June 22, 2007, Núñez would have been traded to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Milton Bradley. However according to the Royals report, Bradley was injured at the time, and the trade was voided.[1]
After the 2008 season, Núñez was traded by the Royals to the Florida Marlins for first baseman Mike Jacobs.[2] In 2009, Nunez became the Marlins closer after Matt Lindstrom was placed on the disabled list in late June. He finished the season with 26 saves.
^ Kaegel, Dick. "Bradley-to-Royals deal voided", MLB.com, June 22, 2007. Accessed September 10, 2007.
^ KC acquires power-hitting Jacobs
Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Florida Marlins current roster
1 Emilio Bonifacio | 2 Hanley Ramírez | 3 Jorge Cantú | 6 Dan Uggla | 8 Chris Coghlan | 9 Brett Hayes | 12 Cody Ross | 14 Gaby Sanchez | 18 Wes Helms | 19 Aníbal Sánchez | 21 John Baker | 23 Andrew Miller | 24 Cameron Maybin | 25 Brett Carroll | 27 Jai Miller | 29 Ronny Paulino | 31 Burke Badenhop | 37 Renyel Pinto | 40 Jorge Jiménez | 41 Chris Volstad | 44 Brian Sanches | 45 Sean West | 46 Leo Núñez | 47 Ricky Nolasco | 48 Hayden Penn | 50 José Ceda | 51 Cristhian Martínez | 52 Chris Leroux | 53 Dan Meyer | 54 Hunter Jones | 55 Josh Johnson | 56 Rick VandenHurk | 57 Taylor Tankersley | 61 Brett Sinkbeil | 64 Tim Wood | 65 Scott Cousins | 66 Jay Buente | 68 Kris Harvey
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Q: How can I delete this apparently undeletable/invincible 0 byte desktop icon in Windows 7? I'm running Windows 7 and I have an icon on my desktop called _USAJ-PRDDSFS1_Candidate_6334_13727_7FF2294F-9C5D-462F-818D-B3903872BAF8.doc
When I try to remove it I get the message:

Could not find this item. Verfy the items location and try again.

This thing has been pestering me since 2012 and will not go away. Can help me out?

A: *

*Open Command Prompt as Administrator

*cd to target directory

*use dir /a /x /p

*in the third column, look for the file name. Then find its name in column two.

*use del [filename found in step 4]


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Q: How do i make this exit in the command promt if the word "exit" is typed? I am having to write a program that asks the user to type a sentence into the command prompt. If the user typed the word "exit" or "Exit" (without quotes and all lower case), then the program should exit. Otherwise, the program should print what the user typed back to the screen and ask the user to type something else. I understand how to get the sentence in, but I do not know how to make the program exit the command prompt. Help please?
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string data;

    cout << "Type a sentence and press enter."
        "If the word 'exit' is typed, the program will close." << endl;

    getline(cin, data);
    cout << data;

    return 0;
}

A: You could compare the value receive data with "exit".
If you want just display type back the user data, try this:
int main() {
    string data;

    cout << "Type a sentence and press enter."
            "If the word 'exit' is typed, the program will close." << endl;

    getline(cin, data);

    // validate if data is equals to "exit"
    if (data.compare("exit") != 0) {
        cout << data;
    }

    return 0;
}

If you want type back use input while "exit" is typed, try this:
int main() {
    string data;

    do {

        cout << "Type a sentence and press enter."
                "If the word 'exit' is typed, the program will close." << endl;

        getline(cin, data);

        // validate if data is not equals to "exit"
        if (data.compare("exit") != 0) {
            // then type back
            cout << data  << endl;
        } else {
            // else interrupt while
            break;
        }
    // will run while break or return be called
    } while (true);

    // terminate the program
    return 0;
}

A: You can try following code:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    string data;
    while(true) {

    cout << "Type a sentence and press enter."
        "If the word 'exit' is typed, the program will close." << endl;

    getline(cin, data);
    if ( boost::iequals(data, "exit") )
        exit(0);
    else
        cout << data;
    }
}


In an overwhelming 375-34 vote, the House of Representatives today passed a massive $611 new military spending bill. Though presented as the National Defense Authorization Act for 2017, the bill is only a portion of what the US will ultimately spend on the military in fiscal 2017.
Despite being far more money than the Pentagon and the administration sought, and despite being several times more than any other nation spends on their own military in a year, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R – TX), the Armed Services chair complained that the bill was much too small, and expressed hope that President-elect Donald Trump would push through another major spending bill in the early part of 2017.
Subsequent spending bills were expected at any rate, with the current spending caps theoretically limiting just how out of control the spending can get in an individual bill, and Congress having already decided to circumvent that cap by funding the wars only for a fraction of the year, necessitating an "emergency" supplement be passed to continue wars that no one in this administration or the next has any intention of ending.
The bill still has to pass the Senate, which it is expected to do early next week. With the removal of controversial riders authorizing military contractors to discriminate against gays and requiring women to register for the draft, the bill is expected to pass the Senate easily, as someone the unsustainable military spending itself is considered completely non-controversial.
Because we must keep up with the massive & modern weapons technology of ISIS, Somalia & Togo.
The US needs a consitutional amendment banning 'lame duck' sessions of Congress.
After all, its not like the new members of Congress still need time to ride a horse to DC. The 'old' Congress should be out of business on Election Day. The 'new' Congress should be able to serve much sooner than January. Although, to be honest, I wouldn't mind a gap of several months where there is no Congress to waste our money on boondoggles.
Oh boy, with Trump we can still have a massive bloated military but maybe at less cost. Making America great again.
Only time will tell. Raimondo's hope are pinned on this quote which I don't mind hoping on myself, subject to further data.
How do you stop or change a trillion dollar death cult with 3.2 million members that feeds off blood and fire and will destroy anyone or anything in its way?
By devaluing the currency when you have to default on the debt.
More money, bigger government, and less freedom. Yeah this bill will "make America great again".
The old Reagan hat trick: increase defence spending, cut taxes and balance the budget.
Reagan never balanced the budget.
I know that. It was sarcasm.
I don't think #MAGA deserves a demerit. That budget has nothing to do with Donald Trump & Co.
Thane, Trump has explicitly and repeatedly stated he wants to increase the military budget.
Yes… but still Trump had no hand in that bill. I will offer blue ribbons to those that voted against the bill includingTulsi Gabbard, Thomas Massie, Justin Amash, John J. Duncan, Raúl Grijalva and Barbara Lee.
Mac Thornberry would never vote to improve the economic security of those he doubtless thinks of as the losers, which is to say the broad swath of Americans whose earnings have declined since 1976. The armed forces and the weapons makers can never have enough. Thus, cruelty, a disdain for the ideal of equality, and a twisted view of patriotism come together in the brain of another upward-striving Panhandle parasite.
Just pouring money down in the swamp!
House Passes Massive $611 Billion Military Slush Fund … would have been a better title.
Best antiwar.com be factual rather than spinny. Others can spin. I value having the facts. Spin can always be added later. Non-spun news is uncommon enough that I value it highly.
There is some sort of grammar typo in the last sentence, "as someone the unsustainable military spending itself is considered completely non-controversial." >someone< looks like it was meant to be some other word.
Seriously, people, $611 is not going to break the bank.
That's only a portion of the Pentagon budget, which in turn is not the complete military budget, as many things of a military nature are taken care of in the budget for other agencies.
Did you not read this part "the bill is only a portion of what the US will ultimately spend on the military in fiscal 2017.
I guess it all depends on whose account at the bank it is being withdrawn from. Plenty of Americans have accounts that are looking mighty meager. Those that work at building bombs and bomb accessories are doing pretty darn well. That fact is atrocious.


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Soil: lean and chalky, with a red-brown cover layer of clayey marl.
"With a beautiful deep rubis colour, the wine develops complex aromas of small red and black fruits, spices and liquorice. The mouth is generous. It shows a good structure and is powerful with silky tannins".


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Hollywood Babylon Revisited
The grand solarium speaks to the elegance and craftsmanship seen throughout The Cedars. The ornate ceiling is banded by a bas-relief featuring lions, thought to represent the MGM symbol. Sue purchased a set of four emerald-green velvet Art Deco chairs that had once decorated the luxurious ocean liner the S. S. Normandie, a monument to Art Deco before it caught fire and capsized in 1942. From Paris, she purchased a sixty-five-inch round Madagascar ebony Art Deco chamfered table with gilded legs. She designed the chaise, additional chairs, desk, and end tables in the style of Deco Master Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879–1933).
Palm trees, the iconic Hollywood symbol, shelter an antique fountain by the pool at the rear of the house. A view overlooking Los Angeles is beyond the hedges. Photography © Tim Street-Porter.
"A neglected house gets an unhappy look; this one had it in spades." Joe Gillis, the doomed screenwriter protagonist of Sunset Boulevard, could have been talking about The Cedars in an earlier incarnation, when he said those words. Indeed, some interior scenes from the classic film noir were shot in the house, which was built in 1926 for film director Marcel Tourneur.1 The hilltop villa in Los Feliz, which looks over Los Angeles, has been, variously, a home, rock stars' play pen, movie location, and a book repository before being rescued by its present owner, fashion designer Sue Wong.
The Cedars comeback was initially orchestrated by Xorin Balbes, a real estate developer and designer who specializes in restoring historic or architecturally significant houses. He bought the house in 2003, and began the restoration process, reinforcing the structure of the property and updating its plumbing and the electricity; turning back the tide of decay, and reviving its livability. Sue Wong has artfully completed the process by restoring the original aesthetic beauty of the house and preserving its intricate frescoed and bas-relief ceilings, gilded columns, and massive fireplaces.
An affinity for Hollywood's golden age and the creativity that characterized the early twentieth century drew Sue to The Cedars, and inspired her to restore its faded grandeur.
"The 1920s and 1930s are my favorite decades. I do a lot of period adaptations in my work, I'm a romantic at heart," explains the diminutive China-born designer whose gowns are known for their alluring, timeless style that mix fantasy and feminine beauty. The evocative mood of The Cedars is the perfect complement to Sue's design sense, and, since her line speaks to the Hollywood glamour of yesteryear, she frequently uses the house as a backdrop for her fashion shoots.
A painting by contemporary artist Jayme Odgers represents three of the seven chakras; a painting across the room represents the other four. The console table was designed by Zoltan Papp of Artisan Restoration, who paid tribute to both the Art Deco and Second Empire styles.
The living room has saffron-tinted walls of Venetian plaster and stunning architectural details, including painted and gilt Corinthian columns, ornate moldings, and a baronial fireplace original to the house, restored by Zoltan Papp and framed by a gilt bronze screen. The mantel displays the first of many emblematic lions seen throughout the residence. "They're supposed to represent the MGM lion," explains Sue. "There are over 140 of them in the house." The room is lit by natural light as well as by wrought-iron chandeliers; the torchères were used to dress the set of the movie Titanic. The painting beside the fireplace, Three Goddesses, by contemporary artist Jayme Odgers, represents Creativity, Abundance, and Wisdom. Painted in the 1920s Cubist manner, Sue notes "I wanted it to look like a 1920s mural." Other works in Sue's collection include a painting by Anna Wollenska, a contemporary of Picasso, in the media room; lithographs by the Art Deco master Erté, as well as numerous fine early twentieth-century paintings purchased in Paris. Sue designed the Art Deco inspired bordeaux velvet channeled club chairs, the velvet tufted circular banquette, and the Art Deco style "ziggurat" sofa.
The elegance of the living room is complemented by an exquisite rococo throne; one of a suite of three in the room. Originally from Europe, the chairs were deaccessioned from a museum in Canada. Sue purchased the chairs from a French antiques dealer and brought in Artisan Restoration to restore the frames and gold leaf. Sue designed the gold metallic hand-embroidered fabric.
The arched colonnade between the living room and solarium is echoed in the windows looking out over the hills of Los Angeles.
Locals call the sprawling Venetian-inspired house "The Talmadge Estate" in honor of actress Norma Talmadge who reputedly lived there. Talmadge was a top box office draw in the early days of cinema, acting in the first silent version of "Camille" among other films. She and husband, Joseph Schrenk, formed the Talmadge Film Corporation, becoming one of the nascent industry's first power couples, with Schenck ultimately becoming the president of United Artists. Talmadge also spent time in New York because there she had easier access to the best clothing designers on Seventh Avenue. She helped to create the enduring nexus between Hollywood and fashion, and became one of the first celebrity style icons.
This history appealed to Sue Wong. "I'm in the business of glamour: of creating it, of selling it; I'm immersed it in," she says. Even in desuetude, the residence spoke to that sensibility; so she purchased the house in 2004 and committed herself to restoring the house to its full glamour.
In late 2004, Sue embarked on a two year creative odyssey and commissioned Zoltan Papp, whose Los Angeles-based company, Artisan Restoration, specializes in repairing, restoring, and re-creating fine antiques, art, and historic buildings and interiors.2 A skilled artisan, Zoltan's meticulous approach appealed to Sue, known herself for the technical excellence and ornate detailing present in her gowns. The results of this close collaboration are breathtaking, with the rebirth of six ceilings, the creation of a new ceiling, and all of the intricate aesthetic beauty reinstated.
The entrance to the living room features an elaborate vaulted and painted ceiling, from which hangs a baccarat chandelier original to the house. Sue has included some extraordinary pieces of traditional African art in her vision of The Cedars, since tribal art from that continent was hugely popular in Paris in the 1920s and had a significant influence on Art Deco and cubism. "I have two-hundred-year-old statuary from the Ivory Coast that harmonizes perfectly with the Art Deco pieces," she says. Here, male and female fertility figures are placed on French Art Deco pedestals from the 1920s.
The French console chest is dated 1932 and signed by Christian Kass, reputedly a protégé of French Art Deco master Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann. The façade features carved running deer, a popular decorative motif of the era.
Doors of wrought iron and frosted glass, original to the house, lead into the dining room. Arranged around the table are Spanish-style chairs from the 1920s. A pair of seventeenth-century period Spanish chairs, restored and upholstered with embossed leather, are also in the room, though not illustrated.
As one climbs the stairs from the foyer to the second floor, the stained glass window, original to the house, leads the eyes to an elaborate twenty-eight-foot tower, decoupaged with Old Master paintings and ornamented with thousands of gold cherubs. A Baccarat crystal chandelier, original to the house, is suspended from the tower ceiling. As with all the ceilings in the house, they were restored by Artisan Restoration of Los Angeles.
The interior and furnishings of The Cedars provide the perfect backdrop for Sue's elegant fashion designs. Photography by Ming Wu.
Zoltan Papp is more than a restorer, he's a wizard. Trained at the Hungarian Fine Arts School in Budapest and later apprenticed to Friedrich Ott Smith in Vienna, Zoltan has restored chateaus and churches in Europe, and furniture, porcelain, paintings, and statuary for clients around the world. Recalling his first visit to The Cedars, Zoltan says, "It needed lots of attention, structural restoration had been done, but nobody had cleaned the ceilings in decades. This is fortunate because the layers of dirt had preserved the painting beneath." Zoltan and his team removed layers of grime from the ceilings, uncovering elaborate frescoes and peeling gold leaf, repainting and regilding where necessary. He added a mantelpiece to the library fireplace to match its counterpart in the living room, and worked closely with Sue to custom build furniture, including an ormolu-mounted Second Empire-style console table for the living room.
The house is very much a theatrical construct. "The 1920s and the silent era were the hey-day of art direction and set design," says Sue, an avid student of history and art. "Movies weren't shot on location as much as they are today, so studios had artists and craftspeople on staff who could design and build anything: whatever was necessary to fabricate any reality the directors wanted to put on screen." The art directors and designers who were the creative forces behind The Cedars—reputedly inspired by a Venetian palazzo owned by the Duke of Alba—were responsible for many of the fanciful houses that still dot the surrounding hillsides and canyons. Integrating elements of Venetian architecture and Byzantine flourishes in a playful pastiche, the house was a Hollywood fantasy for its original owner, Marcel Tourneur. As a director, Tourneur was an influential theorist, instrumental in defining film as an art form separate from theatre, with its own techniques and aesthetics. With a background in fine art and art direction, and access to the industry's top studio artists, it is no surprise that Tourneur's home was a visual masterpiece.
The fact that its original architect and designers are unknown lends a touch of mystery to the house, an atmosphere in which Sue clearly revels. From the twin stone figures of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, flanking the front door, to African fertility figures, the house is filled with slyly invoked spiritual and mythological references that cross epochs and cultures. There is a strong Jungian subtext to her design of the house, with its recurring themes of goddesses, Deco Green Men, guardians, and heroes.
Upstairs, the master bedroom is an exercise in yin and yang: light and dark colors, weighty, magisterial furniture, and ethereal drapery. Sue designed an Art Deco-style cabinet that conceals modern electronics; the other cabinet in the room is an authentic Gothic Revival piece. The antique bedstead, in the 1920s–1930s style, is by English designer Theodore Alexander. Sue designed the embroidered silk tussah drapes. The lace fabrics, frosted with iridescent beads and used as window treatments and to veil the four-poster bed, are from English Home of London. The beading and lace were hand-sewn in China at the factory that produces textiles for the dresses Sue creates. The bed is crowned by a canopy of Fortuny-inspired pleated silk.
A 1930s slipper chair, upholstered in silk damask, is one of a pair in the room. Says Sue, "I had them in storage for twenty years, awaiting the perfect location; they were ideal for the space." The corner fireplace features carved baroque-style columns and gold leaf trim.
An exquisite antique Italian gilt mirror hangs above a recamier with velvet and gold embroidered pillows.
Down the hall, one of several guest rooms is decorated in masculine shades of burgundy and dark blue. Of all the restoration done in the house, its indigo ceiling took the longest. "This room was very difficult to restore," Sue recalls. "A fire back in the 1930s left a thick layer of smoke and soot that had never been properly cleaned. You couldn't see all the small painted details before Zoltan restored it. He brought all the colors back to life and made it glow." The room's baroque features inspired the velvet draperies and heraldic banners depicting angels and saints and, of course, lions. The bed is draped in burgundy and gold velvet; the headboard was once part of an antique Italian door. The furnishings are antique, as is the Oriental carpet. Close to the ceiling, emblematic shields are painted with cheeky aphorisms in Gothic lettering that read "Never Trust the Advice of a Man in Difficulty," "Boldness is a Mask for Fear, No Matter How Great," and "When the Candles Are Out All Women Are Fair."
In the library, a mask of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry, looks down from a deep port-colored Venetian plaster wall. A nineteenth-century painting Compassion, is by an unknown English artist. The ceiling shows a bas-relief of a Roman chariot race finished in gold leaf. Sue designed the desk, capacious bookshelves, and the console table. The chairs are Spanish, from the 1920s.
A stylized depiction of Eve from the 1930s by French artist Leon-Laurent Galand (1872–1960) looks over a sofa with pillows upholstered in vintage fabric. The 1920s French Art Deco Madagascar ebony table is bordered with mother-of-pearl.
Sue created the furnishing plan herself, working on it, she says, "In small increments of stolen time" when she was not busy designing the intricately embroidered and beaded cocktail dresses and ballgowns that bear her name. There is a direct connection between the aesthetic of her clothing and the interior of the house: it is the natural habitat of flappers and philosophers, sirens and vamps.
Sue's extensive knowledge of fabrics and design served her well during the restoration. She designed the opulent draperies in the living room and library: hand beaded velvet panels embroidered in Borghese gold thread, custom-made by the same artisans in China who create the textiles for her gowns. She also designed the elaborately scrolled gold embroidered velvet fabric used to reupholster a suite of three rococo thrones once owned by European royalty, now in her living room. A round, tufted banquette, upholstered in cerise velvet, and a black velvet "ziggurat" sofa, trimmed in burgundy bullion and swags, were designed by Sue for the living room.3 Other pieces were acquired at auction or on shopping trips to Paris. "I couldn't find the Art Deco pieces I wanted in Los Angeles," she explains."I did a lot of research and found that examples are still available in France, so I went on some wonderful shopping sprees there. Paris is my favorite city on the planet; it has great architecture, beauty, and a wonderful sense of romance."
Sue delights in the rich lore that surrounds The Cedars. "Errol Flynn practiced his 'wicked, wicked ways' here," she says. "Marilyn Monroe was a frequent party guest; Howard Hughes played the grand piano in the solarium. Johnny Depp lived here to do research for his role in Ed Wood because Bela Lugosi had lived here. The wrap party for Easy Rider was held here; Dennis Hopper shot some of the scenes for the movie here. It was also a big rock 'n' roll party pad. Arthur Lee of the band Love lived here for a while, and he told me he couldn't find his way from his bedroom to the kitchen because the place was so full of groupies and assorted hangers-on! Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground also stayed here for a while, as did Jimi Hendrix."
A Moroccan-themed room with a vaulted ceiling painted a faded shade of desert rose serves as another guest bedroom. It adjoins an authentic 1920s bathroom with original tile, the only period example remaining in the house. Once painted a vivid purple, the room remains a playful memorial to the late rock star Jimi Hendrix, who allegedly composed his drug-addled classic, "Purple Haze," while locked inside. A large antique center table from North Africa is inlaid with metal ornaments and henna-stained bone-inlay. An elaborate Moroccan mirror hangs above an antique Indian cabinet; the mirror is a smaller version of the large full-size antique looking glass in the corner. The room is furnished in teak and antique Moroccan pieces; the room appears as a desert seraglio.
The banquette in the sitting room leading to the Moroccan bedroom has an alluring, exotic quality, filled with voluptuous pillows in mixed patterns and brocade fabric. The feeling of foreign intrigue is enhanced by an Indian jewel-encrusted, carved doorway suspended from the ceiling. Two of the inlaid Moroccan tables are surmounted by ceramic lamps.
The wild times came to an end when the house was purchased by a UCLA psychology professor, who used it mostly as a library and repository for his books. Sitting in the ballroom of The Cedars, listening to Sue Wong recount stories of the rock stars and reprobates who have passed through its gates, the history of the house is palpable. The patchouli oil, incense, and marijuana scent are gone, yet the house is still a piece of pure Hollywood Babylon.
"When you buy a house of this nature, you have the feeling that you have a responsibility to preserve it for the next generation. I am merely its temporal caretaker," she says. "I am very honored to be chosen for that role."
Lynn Morgan is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Modern to Classic: Residential Estates by Landry Design Group (2006).
Photography © Erhard Pfeiffer, 2007.
By Lynn Morgan
Contributors Erhard Pfeiffer Photography
1. Information on the film personas, movies, and historic events in this article were gathered from David Wallace, Dream Palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age (Abrams, 2006); and www.wikipedia.org.
2. Zoltan Papp of Artisan Restoration, 8556 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
3. The furniture designed by Sue Wong was fabricated by Beverly Home and Hotel Manufacturing, 225 N. California Avenue, City of Industry, California.
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Isaiah Pittman V (a.k.a IP5) is not your ordinary 14-year old singer and dancer. He has been singing and dancing since the age of 2, and at 4 years old he was enrolled in the Chicago Multicultural Dance Academy where he excelled in hip-hop and tap. At barely more than a decade old his musical style reflects that of current artists as well as generations before his time, often being called the "perfect combination of Usher, Sammy Davis Jr., and superstar Michael Jackson". These comparisons are not lost on Isaiah who repeatedly proved to be capable of giving show stopping live performances, leading to Isaiah being signed to Johnny Wright and Melinda Bell of Wright Entertainment Group (WEG) at the age of 12.
Isaiah's talent, hard work, and dedication have afforded him the opportunity to sing and dance in venues across the country. In Indianapolis he opened for the renowned Patti LaBelle. He has also performed for Angie Stone, then Senator - now President Barack Obama, and received a standing ovation in the packed 10,000-person Steelyard Stadium after Isaiah sang his rendition of "Got To Be There" at the Gary, Indiana Memorial Service for Michael Jackson. Isaiah has professionally recorded several projects and has been involved in co-writing several songs. Currently working on material for his solo debut Isaiah has recently worked in the studio with award winning producer Nate Butler (BSB, *NSYNC). In addition to his music, Isaiah currently trains privately in tap with Hiroshi Hamanashi in Los Angeles, and his Choreographer, Angela Elgani.
Isaiah is a triple threat who is about to take the world by storm.
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Rio es el segundo álbum de estudio de la agrupación británica Duran Duran, lanzado originalmente en todo el mundo el 10 de mayo de 1982, pero relanzado en noviembre de 1982 en los Estados Unidos. Alcanzó el puesto # 2 en el Reino Unido y # 1 en Australia.

Le fue otorgada la certificación de disco de oro en los Estados Unidos el 1 de marzo de 1983 y de platino el 26 de abril de 1983, alcanzando finalmente el reconocimiento de doble platino. Ocupó la posición número seis en la lista Billboard 200 estadounidense el 12 de marzo de 1983, permaneciendo en las listas durante 129 semanas.

Lista de canciones
 Todas las canciones compuestas por Duran Duran.

Edición original
 "Rio" – 5:33
 "My Own Way" – 4:51
 "Lonely In Your Nightmare" – 3:50
 "Hungry Like the Wolf" – 3:41
 "Hold Back the Rain" – 3:57
 "New Religion" – 5:33
 "Last Chance on the Stairway" – 4:21
 "Save a Prayer" – 5:33
 "The Chauffeur" –5:13

Sencillos
 "My Own Way" (1981)
 "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982)
 "The Chauffeur" (1982)
 "New Religion" (1982)
 "Save a Prayer" (1982)
 "Rio" (1982)

Créditos
 Simon Le Bon - voz principal y coros, guitarra acústica y ocarina
 Andy Taylor - guitarra eléctrica y coros
 John Taylor - bajo y coros
 Nick Rhodes - sintetizadores, secuenciador y caja de ritmos
 Roger Taylor - batería híbrida

Referencias

Álbumes de 1982
Álbumes de Duran Duran
Álbumes número uno en Canadá
Álbumes de pop-rock
Álbumes de música new wave
Álbumes certificados de multi platino por la Recording Industry Association of America
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Find Out Where You Are Most Likely To Get Find For Driving In A Bus Lane
Drivers in London have been hit with almost one million penalty charge notices for driving in bus lanes, contributing almost a third of the total penalties across the UK.
The Connected Future Of Cars
Cars of the future will be connected to the net, with a 270 per cent growth in connected cars by 2022 according to a new report.
Prolonged periods of driving behind the wheel of a car can heighten incidences of neck and back pain for drivers and Citroën have teamed up with the British Chiropractic Association to raise awareness of the problem.
Are You One Of Nine Million Drivers Ignoring A Basic Law Of The Road?
As many as nine million British drivers are ignoring one of the most basic laws of driving and risking a £1,000 fine and three penalty points, according to a latest study.
Could Motorway Petrol Prices About To Be Slashed?
The cost of refuelling at motorway petrol stations can be one of the most frustrating elements of having to drive long distance journeys.
The 2018 World Car of the Year Is Revealed – And It Could Shock You
The 2018 World Car of the Year has been revealed at this week's New York International Auto Show, with the Volvo XC60 claiming the top honour.
The Classic Mini Is Back – And It's Gone Electric
The classic Mini car is back, with a new electric engine, but don't get your hopes up as it's only a one-off version, to help demonstrate zero-emission technology.
Peugeot Boss Warns That Europe Must Build Own Electric Car Batteries
Peugeot's Chief Executive Carlos Tavares has warned against allowing Asian dominance of the electric car battery market continue.
Used Car Sales At Six Year High Say Latest Figures
The British car buying public are putting their faith in used cars with latest figures showing the strongest year since daily data was introduced in 2012.
Skoda Set For Electric Revolution
Czech car manufacturer Skoda used to be butt of all motor-related jokes in the 1980s – but no more, the brand is now going strong and is promising an exciting electric future.


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Astronomers Discover More Than 300 Possible New Exoplanets
The term "exoplanets" is used to describe planets outside of the solar system.
Published: Monday, 29 November 2021
An international team of astronomers has identified 366 new exoplanets, using data from the NASA Kepler Space Telescope's K2 mission.
The findings, described in a paper published in the Astronomical Journal, showed a planetary system that comprises a star and at least two gas giant planets, each roughly the size of Saturn and located unusually close to one another.
The discovery is significant because it's rare to find gas giants -- like Saturn in the solar system -- as close to their host star as they were in this case.
Govt Health Expenditure Share In GDP Increases From 1.15% To 1.35%
Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Repeal Three Farm Laws
Horoscope: From Taurus, Gemini To Pisces, Things You Need To Be Careful Of This Week
The researchers cannot yet explain why it occurred there, but it makes the finding especially useful because it could help scientists form a more accurate understanding of the parameters for how planets and planetary systems develop.
"The discovery of each new world provides a unique glimpse into the physics that play a role in planet formation," said lead author Jon Zink, a UCLA postdoctoral scholar.
The findings could be a significant step toward helping astronomers understand which types of stars are most likely to have planets orbiting them and what that indicates about the building blocks needed for successful planet formation, acoording to the study.
"We need to look at a wide range of stars, not just ones like our sun, to understand that," Zink said.
The term "exoplanets" is used to describe planets outside of the solar system. The number of exoplanets that have been identified by astronomers numbers fewer than 5,000 in all, so the identification of hundreds of new ones is a significant advance.
Kepler's original mission came to an unexpected end in 2013 when a mechanical failure left the spacecraft unable to precisely point at the patch of sky it had been observing for years.
But astronomers repurposed the telescope for a new mission known as K2, whose objective is to identify exoplanets near distant stars. Data from K2 is helping scientists understand how stars' location in the galaxy influences what kind of planets are able to form around them.
Science Hubble Captures Stunning Image Of Star-Forming Prawn Nebula
"Hubble's gaze shows a small section of the nebula in both visible and invisible infrared light, capturing dazzling detail of the nebula's structure, including bright areas of...
Science NASA's InSight Lander Makes First Ever Map Of Mars' Underground
The data suggested the presence of a shallow sedimentary layer sandwiched between lava flows beneath the planet's surface.
Science NASA's DART Asteroid Defence Mission Lifts Off
The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small car, will strike the smaller body at about 4 miles per second.
Science ISRO Working On Futuristic Technologies, Intelligent Satellites
K.Sivan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space said ISRO has started working on reducing the space debris with its technologies like self eating rockets, vanishing satellites...
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Surprising reveal of unexpected 2018 BMW M2 Facelift
May 05, 2017 | Same topic: Car sneak peeks - Check it out!
The revealing images of the facelifted BMW M2 were accidentally published yesterday.
The "accidental" leak comes from the brand's iPad edition of its Belgian website.
It can be easily seen that the BMW M2 Facelife renderings by Monholo Oumar looks the same as the current version. However, if you take a closer look, you may find some noticeable styling tweaks.
The M2 Facelife renderings by Monholo Oumar looks the same as the current version.
Specifically, the facelifted version is redesigned with new full-LED adaptive headlights which have a different design for the "angel eyes". It's a minor change, yet effective refresh.
>>> View more: BMW, Honda, Toyota and others being probed in the US for patent violations
At the rear, the taillights are also updated in just the same way with new graphics and a different lamp positioning.
The taillights are also updated with new graphics and a different lamp positioning.
Although the images of the cockpit are not available at this time, according to car news, it is likely that the German car manufacturer will update its new M2 with the latest version of BMW's iDrive infotainment system.
Under the hood, the facelifted M2 is said to be powered by the familiar turbocharged 3.0-litre inline-six engine packing 272 kilowatts (365 horsepower) and 343 pound-feet (465 Newton-meters) of torque. It will need 4.2 seconds to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) and reach a maximum speed of 150 mph (250 kph).
>>> View more: Long Wheelbase BMW 5-Series Li revealed at 2017 Shanghai Auto Show
Apart from the facelifted M2, Oumar also created some renderings of the M2 CS featuring more power and less weight with many carbon fiber details.
Oumar also created some renderings of the M2 CS.
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Kamaljeet Rana who has done a plethora of mythological and episodic shows in the likes of Suryaputra Karn (Sony TV), Karamphal Daata Shani (Colors) and Gumrah (Channel V) has always opted to essay characters which are edgy and out-of-the-box.
The current project he has bagged is Discovery JEET's Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897. Produced by Contiloe, the show will feature Mohit Raina and Mukul Dev in central roles. The story will explore the scenario of the North-West Frontier Province (in modern-day Pakistan) in 1897 where 21 Sikh soldiers, a part of the British Indian Army stood their ground during an attack by 10,000 Afghan tribesmen even though they were vastly outnumbered.
Kamaljeet also mentioned that he has high expectations from the show as nothing so distinguished has been brought on the small screen.


In their last ad, Samsung is making fun of the over promised better iPhone.
In the commercial one friend ask the other one if he heard the rumour that iPhone will launch a new better and bigger phone. After his friend is looks suprised, he's telling him that the product that he's waiting for so long, is already on the market, it's about Samsunt Galaxy S5.
This rivality is continuing year after year, Samsung doing it more proeminently.
Apple said that will unveil the new iPhone 6 in the fall one with 4.7 inch display and one with 5.5 inch display.


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Ashley Mabery, Director of Retail Performance at ZMOT Auto, will be sharing her knowledge at the 2017 Digital Dealer Workshop on Tuesday, October 17 at 10:00 AM in the Grand Ballroom A. Having an effective BDC is should be an extremely important aspect for every dealership and Mabery wants to provide the tools and strategies needed to build an effective and highly profitable BDC from the group up.
Ashley will teach you how to transform your Business Maintenance Department into a highly successful Business Development Department. Developing a successful BDC consists of focusing on structure, pay plans, managing long-term effectiveness, profitability, and much more. She will walk you through all of the key aspects of your dealership that must be addressed. Aside from building a BDC as a whole, you will improve your management skills, acquire strategies for long-term success, and gain more knowledge in profitability metrics and guidelines. It is time to start building your best BDC.
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Why Can't All Dealership and Vendor Relations Be So Good? Find Out How To Make The Most Of It!


As the title already indicates, it's a very special setting that he has chosen for this endeavour: The jungle of Maui seems to have acted as a stimulus for this exercise in concentration and trance. The intertwining of the electronic instrument that meets the sublime sounds of nature, opens up an intimate resonant chamber. Birds, insects and raindrops are allowed to break through, while you can sense the thick, humid air and deep colours of the surrounding resonating in the pastose synth lines. Some tracks offer beautifully built overtone-drones, others are structured by playful arpeggios that create a shining bright texture and seduce us into a state of disintegration. At the same time Child gives priority to the graininess of the instrument to emphasise the haptic quality and inner tension of the sounds themselves. In the end these minimalist procedures have been compiled to an unpretentious collection of sonic and atmospheric micro-jewels, inviting us to give ourselves over entirely and exclusively to listening.
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"I would like to respond to the negative 'Blast at the past,' smoke signal regarding Papa Dan, printed in CI News several weeks ago," a smoke signaller writes.
"There is no need for Papa Dan to reveal what he did during his time as an MP for Tupapa Maraerenga. He is a well-respected, humble and helpful man to everyone. During his time everyone worked together, supported each other, had respect for each other and the whole community be it with sports or church. It was a really happy time and the village was kept nice and clean. People in the community were doing their bit while the government did their bit, so everything was running smoothly and peaceful and we had respect for our elderly people in the village. Papa Dan had his own ways of rewarding or giving back to the community through the Constituency Fund or people seeking assistance. He didn't let people know what his left hand was giving to his right hand. He did it quietly. So why shouldn't Papa Dan deserve an award?
A note for columnist Thomas Wynne regarding his story in Saturday's CI News about the history of the "back road." If you are wondering where all the ancient road paving on the Are nui a Toi went, just check some of Rarotonga's church construction records. For a greater good?
SS: If this was indeed the fate of the historic road paving, it continues a long tradition on the island. Materials from the abandoned Sheraton building are also rumoured to have found a home in at least one church on Rarotonga.


What does it mean to be human? How did we get to be the way we are? What will become of humans in the future? Students in the School of Anthropology try to answer these questions – and many more – about our species.
You can obtain either a B.A. or a B.S. degree in anthropology. With the B.S. major, you can concentrate in Human Biology or Archeological Science.
The skills you learn in anthropology will prepare you for a variety of occupations.
Join an archaeological dig. Study abroad in Italy, Greece, Colombia, and several other locales. Intern at the Arizona State Museum, the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, or with any number of organizations. Hands-on learning opportunities are plentiful!
The school offers training in the four subdisciplines of the field: cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.


This course provides students with the opportunity to apply the skills developed over their program to an open-ended engineering problem of their choice. Projects are supervised by a member of the academic staff and may be experimental, computational or practical in nature. An important goal is to help students develop project and time-management skills, and the ability to communicate through the report and seminar.
10. Demonstrate an advanced capacity for self-directed learning.


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What do you intend to achieve? This is the most question people fail to ask themselves before starting the project. You should have the results at the back of your mind before you start putting anything down on the spec sheet template.Do not input just a bunch of stuff in the Sheet Templates really. I promise you they will be just normal useless pieces of paper if you do not know what your data is. Whether you are doing a system or describing a product, knowing what data to use will help you end up with the correct specs details for your project.
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Download Spec-Sheet-Templates either free-of-cost or for a price. The internet is flooded with options. Starting from varying formats to designs, you can get anything and everything without much hassle. All you need is to make an informed choice. These templates are out-and-out popular these days as more and more people around the globe are constrained by time. You may also see Sheet Templates in Word.


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Acanthogonatus peniasco is een spinnensoort in de taxonomische indeling van de bruine klapdeurspinnen (Nemesiidae).

Acanthogonatus peniasco werd in 1995 beschreven door Goloboff.

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There is a growing body of compelling evidence that some food is now so refined, so calorie dense and highly flavoured it is no longer behaving like food in our bodies, it behaves more like a drug. Brain imaging seems to be confirming this, showing changes in the brains of people who are eating large amounts of sugar. We have known for a long time that MSG increases the amount of food we eat, but now we are unlocking just how compelling combinations of sugar, salt and fat can be. Some of us love sweet things, some savoury but nearly always these foods that we find so addicting, contain refined carbohydrates and fat.
If your brain is wired up this way, overeating can become worse over time and contribute to weight gain, or even ever more desperate attempts to deal with the extra calories like purging.
If you think that your desires for food overwhelm you and makes you keep eating even when you don't want to then have a look at the Yale food scale, and see what you think. This questionnaire ideally should be done "blind", that is, you shouldn't know what it is looking for, so bear that in mind when you answer the questions, be really honest with yourself. If you feel compulsive eating is something that is affecting your health and peace of mind, then diets are not the solution for you. There are dozens of food addictions questionnaires on the market but most of them are really just sales tools and this is the only evidence-based and validated one. Use it as a way to think about your eating, not to judge yourself and not to attack.
I can help with the food side, helping you find ways to eat that will help you deal with your cravings, getting to know your patterns, and your "trigger" foods (the ones you can't stop eating once you start). Even in the face of serious health challenges, it can be astoundingly hard to eat differently consistently enough to impact our health. Sometimes when the stakes get higher our eating can get worse! I understand.
Addiction does NOT mean you are helpless or a victim. Does adding addiction into a self-diagnosis means you can give up? No. It means you approach things differently. A more effective way for you to regain your health is to get help with the craving and compulsion around food, not to memorise calories and go on another diet. The food industry isn't going to change (overnight anyway), so those temptations are not going to disappear and neither will your sedentary job or the other things affecting your health.
There is no cavalry so, you are going to have to mount your own horse and ride to your own rescue. Understanding a little about food addiction might help you ride in the right direction.


and I'm an Australian writer who lives in San Francisco.
In 2001, Antonia Hayes had what she now describes as "a pretty lousy Christmas". Outside, the world was grim enough (September 11, anthrax, the beating drum of an impending war). But indoors, Hayes was facing a far more personal ordeal: sitting bedside in a Sydney hospital, coming to terms with the idea her infant son, Julian, might die.
Stop motion video made for coffee pop-up, Albert Tucker Small Coffee.
Video interview with Ben Law for EWF.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life on Zahia Dehar.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life on Lena Dunham's book deal.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life on the new Bat for Lashes album artwork.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life on teenage parenthood.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life about hens nights and bachelorette parties.
Opinion piece for Fairfax website Daily Life about being Santa.
Lipdub video made for Peri & Justin's wedding on 31st May 2012 in New York City.
Antonia Hayes talks about her debut novel, Relativity, with Sophie Cunningham.
Vanguard Readings is a monthly series of short readings by new writers and established authors. Faber Academy alumni Matthew Blakstad, Antonia Hayes and Laura Powell read from their debut novels.
New Faces of Fiction introduces two new writers as they prepare to unveil their first novels to the world; Rebecca Thornton and Antonia Hayes. Discover how they successfully negotiated the turbulent world of publishing to make it.
Lecture: Antonia Hayes tells us we can dare to disturb the universe before A Room of One's Own turns 100.
Steve Toltz will talk about Quicksand, his follow-up to the Man Booker Prize shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole, with San Francisco-based novelist Antonia Hayes.


Due to the forecasts of strong winds and big waves we are forced to cancel all our bird, dolphin and whale watching trips and dolphin swimming trips from Thursday, 18th until Tuesday 23rd of October 2012. We are sorry for this but Wind Birds company always plays safe. From Thursday to Saturday the wind will be NE which means that where our boat "Oceanodroma" is based, in Quinta do Lorde marina, on the East tip of Madeira, the wind will be strong though Funchal may get protected from the mountains. From Sunday to Tuesday the forecasts say the wind will be from SW which means all the South coast of Madeira will have very rough sea and strong wind.
For the customers who we are not able to provide the trip after Tuesday we will refund you the deposit paid or, if you booked through partner companies we will contact these to refund you.


What Does the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) Mean for Employers and Businesses?
On May 11, 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the "DTSA") was signed into law. Although the DTSA provides greater protection for trade secrets under federal law, it also will require employers to change their confidentiality agreements with employees and contractors in order for your company to avail itself of all the remedies under the DTSA (e.g., obtain attorney's fees or exemplary damages if your company brings a suit under the DTSA). The DTSA allows trade secret theft victims to seize property without prior notice (but only in extraordinary circumstances) to prevent the propagation or dissemination of the stolen trade secret.
As part of this law, the DTSA immunizes employees from civil and criminal liability (under state and federal law) when disclosing trade secrets as a "whistleblower," in certain situations. To qualify for this form of immunity, the disclosing person or entity must have made the disclosure under one of two alternative situations.
However, if neither of the above situations applies, then the disclosing party will not be protected from liability under the DTSA for such disclosure (but check with your local counsel, your state laws may provide additional protections).
Starting May 12, 2016, the DTSA requires employers to notify their employees and their independent contractors of these immunities. If an employer fails to provide this notice, the DTSA specifically provides that the employer cannot obtain increased damages or attorney fees against an employee or contractor who discloses the company's trade secrets.
Fortunately, it may be a simple fix to update your company's confidentiality agreement to comply with DTSA. Your company could copy the relevant immunity provisions into their non-disclosure agreement (and have the employee acknowledge the provision and applicability). Alternatively, the employer may comply by providing a cross-reference to a document which includes the employer's policy for reporting suspected violations of law (such as the employer's written whistle-blower policy or confidential information policy).
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The High Priest of Technology - Issue 312, Spring 1983 - Fifth Estate Magazine
The High Priest of Technology
Anti-nuke protests worldwide
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 1983
The High Priest of Technology: "Dominate, dominate, dominate" (drawing by Stephen Goodfellow)
The High Priest of Technology still holds the high cards of death, but throughout the world mass opposition to his plans are taking place. Easter week-end in Europe saw at least half a million people in Scotland, England, the Netherlands and W. Germany carry off demonstrations, die-ins and blockades. Hundreds of other small actions like trespassing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by churchpeople on an Air Force base go largely unreported, but are examples of a wave of resistance to the annihilation which waits in the wings.
Several groups have issued calls in advance of the October 22-23 international days of protest planned by the European peace movement, to make June 20th a day of demonstrations against first-strike and Euromissiles. The original call came from the Livermore Action Group (3126 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94703, (415) 644-3031) which plans a third blockade of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California where 1,300 were arrested last June. They will try to shut down the nuclear weapons lab once again. In the Midwest, the Disarm Now Action Group (407 S. Dearborn, Rm. 370, Chicago IL 60605, 312/427-2533) has proposed coordinated actions at as many Euromissile and other first-strike production sites in the Midwest as possible on that date. They have an extensive list of targets available with one undoubtedly in your area.
American resistance coordinated with deployment site demonstrations in Europe could be what overcomes the still lethargic U.S. response to nuclear madness. None of the groups mentioned above have yet been able to make the full connections between nuclearism and the nature of the political state, technology, etc. Many of them propose odious slogans about the government providing jobs and the like. As those who oppose the state in its entirety we are once again left with the choice of joining the actions of reformists who still hold onto the delusion that the state can be persuaded, or independent actions which, though small, would reflect libertarian principles. To us, small actions minus political, religious or trade union mystifications would be a good beginning to an anti-nuclear movement which refused to surrender to the reigning reality. Any ideas? If so, write us and we'll try to publicize them.