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Trojan-Downloader:W97M/Dridex is a document file containing maliciously crafted macro code that, when allowed to run on a user's machine, drops a file onto the system. The dropped file attempts to contact a remote server.
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Trojan-Downloader:W97M/Dridex is distributed in a Word document that is sent out as a file attachment to fraudulent emails that appear to be invoice-related. These emails have reportedly misused the names and/or branding of various legitimate companies to appear above-board.
The attached document may use an innocuous file name such as 'Invoice.doc', or by randomly named. In the sample analyzed (SHA1: 8c77475defd5ee97d60727e8faec69b8eafa64fc), the attachment was simply named 'Attachment.doc':
Dridex's booby-trapped Word document
On downloading and opening the attached Word document, the document appears to be a blank page; a security warning appears saying that 'Macros have been disabled' and providing a button for the user to click and 'Enable Content'.
Dridex tricks users into enabling malicious code
If the user does so, Dridex's malicious macro code is allowed to run and a file is immediately and silently dropped in the user's temp folder. In the sample analyzed, the dropped file used the name 'pilorghpt.exe':
Dridex drops a file to the user's temp folder
The dropped file then attempts to contact a remote server and retrieve an executable file to download the infected machine. Note: if DeepGuard is enabled, this file is automatically blocked from accessing the malicious remote site.
Since the middle of 2014, Dridex malware have been reported attempting to steal users online banking credentials. The malware monitors the user's web browsing activity for visits to selected banking sites, then tries to capture the login details entered into web forms on these sites. The list of banks targeted are mainly focused on the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, though activity in other countries have also been noted.
More information about Dridex's online banking phishing email campaigns can be found at:
Macro-based malware used to be far more common in the early 2000s, when macro codes in business-related documents (primarily Microsoft Office documents, due to their overwhelming prevalence) were automatically allowed to run when a document was opened. In response, changes were made to the document programs to disable this functionality and prevent automatic execution of macro code; users now must actively allow such code to run.
Since then, the volume of macro malware has reduced significantly, and currently such malware relies heavily on deceiving the user into unwittingly running the malicious code.


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Power Balance bracelets fashion
Power Balance Wristbands or holographic bracelets consist of a silicone bracelet inside which is a small device that stored energy frequencies that would act positively in the magnetic field of the body.
According to its creators the bracelet awarded to who use balance, flexibility, strength and endurance.
Do Power Balance bracelets have therapeutic properties?
Holographic wristbands have been released to the market because their energetic frequency would have a beneficial influence on the body, through which not only benefited athletes improve their physical performance, but all kinds of people would increase their mental and emotional balance which would result in better health.
The effect of Power Balance acts similarly to acupuncture and achieving the balance of the chakras which regulate and manage power to all organs of the body.
As for the therapeutic properties of these bracelets are adherents and detractors, the first ensure that the use checked their benefits, the second claim that there are no scientific arguments that underpin these properties.
In this regard we express no opinion as to know whether or not famous bracelets have benefits for the body, what we can say is that the Power Balance bracelets became fashionable and it seems to give some status to those who carry on his wrist, perhaps due to its high cost.
Holographic wristbands come in different colors, are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
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Ireland in second place at European pony championships
Individually Ireland are headed by Chloe Fagan who is in the silver medal position
Ireland trail Britain going into Sunday's concluding show jumping phase of the European pony eventing championships. Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho
Ireland is lying in second place going into Sunday's concluding show jumping phase of the European pony eventing championships in Bishop Burton, England.
The scores are very close at the top of the leaderboard with Ireland on 99.50, just over two penalty points behind Britain (97) and marginally ahead of France (100.50). Germany are currently lying fourth (122.60) with Italy in fifth place on 167.70.
Individually, the Irish squad are headed by Chloe Fagan who is in the silver medal position on Fernhill Timbacktoo (29.20) with Sophie Foyle lying fourth on Little Miss Fernhill (32.10). Isabelle Comerford is 10th on Colour Me Fancy (34.10), Ava Banahan is 12th on Regent des Mauvis (34.90), Harry Swan is 16th on Wilderwood Storm (36.20) and Holly Love is 16th with Cloughreagh Charlie (36.70). The individual leader overnight was Britain's Saffron Osborne with the Irish-bred pony, Little Indian Feather (28).
Riding Quaprice d'Astree and Cuffesgrange Cavalidam respectively, brothers Tom and Max Wachman are in equal fifth place on four faults going into Sunday's individual European pony show jumping championships at the same venue.


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Hopes that the March report would deliver blockbuster job creation were disappointed. But the news was not all bad. The top-line job growth — 192,000 — fell a bit below the consensus of 200,000 and well below some optimists' hopes for 300,000. However, the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent despite the fact that the labor force grew by 503,000 and the labor-force-participation rate rose by 0.2 percent. That is good news.
So let's rack up the score. On the good news:
Labor force and labor force participation up strongly, weekly hours were up from 34.3 to 34.5 (recovery from the bad weather); and the index of weekly hours was up 0.7 percent.
On the downside:
The top-line jobs number was a bit on the soft side, job growth was not as widespread as in past months — concentrated in a few services categories; average hourly earnings declined slightly; and part-time employment for economic reasons rose 225,000.
Reflecting the report as a whole, the Hispanic unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent from 8.1 percent even as the labor-force-participation rate rebounded from 65.9 to 66.3 percent.
For the data junkies, the March U-6 (the broadest measure of unemployment) rose from 12.6 percent to 12.7 percent because the number working part-time for economic reasons jumped.
The bottom line: The clouds have cleared and . . . the labor market is still sending mixed signals. The much-anticipated acceleration in 2014 is still not present. The labor market is moving up modestly and the data suggest GDP growth continues in the 2.0 to 2.5 percent range. Meh.


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The UK's departure from the European Union looks set to take more twists and turns after the House of Commons voted to take control of Westminster business in an attempt to halt a no-deal Brexit.
A cross-party group of MPs - supported by 21 Conservative rebels - supported allowing the discussion of a new law which would require a delay to Brexit unless there was a deal.
In response, Boris Johnson announced his intention to trigger a snap general election and his party withdrew the whip from rebels including two former chancellors.
Here, the PA news agency has an A to Z guide of Brexit terms that have dominated the agenda for the past two years - and will be heavily used in days to come.
Article 50: The process that started the ball rolling. Following the Leave vote at the referendum, the UK invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on March 29, 2017 when Theresa May wrote a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk. Subsection three says that a country can leave two years after triggering Article 50 unless an extension is agreed.
Backstop: The backstop is effectively an insurance arrangement required by the EU to prevent customs or border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A bone of contention, the backstop says that until a broader trade agreement is struck between the UK and EU, Britain must remain within the European customs area.
Customs Union: The topic at the heart of discussion about a future relationship between the UK and EU, a customs union is a group of countries which abolish import tariffs and quotas on goods traded among them. The rules of the EU customs union prevent members from striking free trade deals with other countries, which advocates of Brexit have said is among the main advantages.
Dexeu: The Department for Exiting the European Union was formed by then Prime Minister Theresa May less than a month after the Brexit vote. There have been three Brexit secretaries in the last two years; David Davis, who resigned after opting not to back Mrs May's plan, Dominic Raab, who left for similar reasons, and Stephen Barclay, who holds the post currently.
European Research Group: A group of Conservatives who are defined by their strong Eurosceptism and formerly led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the ERG previously favoured a looser Canada-style free trade agreement but many members have said they would be content to see a no-deal Brexit if that proves impossible.
Fixed-term Parliaments Act: A law introduced in 2011 which changes the way general elections are called, the Fixed-term Parliaments Act means the power to call a nationwide poll is no longer in the hands of the Prime Minister. To call an election, two-thirds of the House of Commons need to back the idea.
Great Repeal Bill: The idea of a Great Repeal Bill was first mooted by Mrs May in 2017, which would see EU law transferred onto the UK statute book to ensure what Mr Davis called "a calm and orderly exit". In the end, the law was renamed the European Union (Withdrawal) Act and has been amended to reflect the delayed exit day.
House of Commons: The site of most of the Brexit drama of late and that to come, the House of Commons will be where a potential delay to Brexit will be discussed, a potential general election voted on and all before it is closed down next week.
Independence Day: First it was March 29, then it became either April 12 or May 22 and now Britain is due to leave the European Union on October 31.
Johnson: The current Prime Minister, who was a key player in the Brexit campaign, is now the man charged with leading the United Kingdom out of the EU. He entered 10 Downing Street saying "we are going to fulfil the repeated promises of Parliament to the people and come out of the EU on October 31, no ifs or buts". He added: "The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters - they are going to get it wrong again."
Keir Starmer: Labour's shadow Brexit secretary who has repeatedly attempted to hold the Conservatives' feet to the fire over Brexit - including asking then-Brexit secretary David Davis 170 questions about the Government's Brexit strategy in 2016.
Liability: Britain has been warned that it will be forced to pay a £39 billion "divorce bill" to honour commitments made during its EU membership but Mr Johnson has said the money would not be due in the eventuality of a no-deal Brexit. Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator, has warned: "If the UK doesn't pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal."
May's deal: Also known as the Chequers Agreement, the so-called May deal was a white paper for the future relationship between the EU and UK covering economic partnership, security, cooperation and institutional arrangements, and committed to no hard border between the UK and Ireland. It was rejected by the EU in September 2018 and a new withdrawal agreement and a political declaration was rejected in the Commons.
No deal: Should Britain and the EU fail to reach an agreement before the egg-timer runs out, Britain will leave on a no-deal basis. Mrs May said that "no deal is better than a bad deal", but businesses have expressed concern about the impact of a cliff-edge Brexit.
Opt-outs: European Union law is in place across all member states, but certain opt-outs have been granted over time. The UK and Ireland were granted one to not enforce the Schengen Agreement which abolished border controls within member states, while the UK was also granted an opt-out from the Economic and Monetary union which led to the euro.
Prorogation: The term for the formal end of the parliamentary session, which was widely used last week when Mr Johnson said he would bring an end to the parliamentary term in September. While Parliament is prorogued, MPs and peers cannot formally debate policy and legislation or make any laws of their own.
Queen's Speech: The start of the parliamentary term where the sovereign reads the plans for the government in the forthcoming year. The Queen's Speech was cancelled in 2018 with Andrea Leadsom saying it would give "MPs and peers the maximum time possible to scrutinise legislation taking the UK out of the European Union".
Revocation: The Article 50 letter can be withdrawn by the UK unilaterally, without the need for EU agreement, leaving Britain free to continue as a member on its current terms. A petition set up to halt the Brexit process garnered six million signatures.
Standing Order Number 24: SO24 was used by the cross-party group to seek an emergency debate which, following a successful vote, allowed them to control the Commons business on Wednesday, guaranteeing time to debate a new law to block a no-deal Brexit.
Transition: The negotiated Withdrawal Agreement included a transition period of two years where the UK would move from being an EU member state to being outside. In one draft of the agreement, the transition period would run until December 2020 and could be extended by up to two more years. During this period, the UK would have to abide by EU laws but have no seat at the table. It would not apply in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Union: The continuing debate about Brexit has raised questions about the future of the Union after Scotland and Northern Ireland voted for remain while Wales and England voted to leave. Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scots should have the "right to determine our own future".
Veto: Any extension to Brexit has to be agreed unanimously by the heads of state of the remaining 27 countries, with all having a veto. Equally, should an independent Scotland attempt to join the European Union at a future date, then this decision would have to be agreed unanimously.
WTO Rules: Should the UK leave without a deal, the legal basis for the free movement of goods between Britain and the EU would disappear and instead the UK would have to abide by World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. This would mean a new tariff regime as well as new customs and regulatory checks.
X -Cross party agreement: There have been a number of examples of parties working together to further their cause for either Leave or Remain: the Green Party and Plaid stood aside to give the Liberal Democrats a better shot at the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, while there have also been calls for the Brexit Party to join forces with the Tories in the event of a general election.
Yellowhammer: A codename used by the Government relating to no-deal planning, Operation Yellowhammer detailed the "most likely aftershocks" of the UK crashing out of the EU. Published by The Sunday Times, the documents warned that Britain would be hit with a three-month "meltdown" at its ports, a hard Irish border and shortages of food and medicine if it leaves without a deal.
Zero: It could be argued there is next to no certainty about what will happen over the coming days, with question marks over the future of Brexit negotiations, the Johnson government and the position of those who rebelled against the party.


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RFP: Graphic Design, Creative and Strategic Communications Services Needed
The New Orleans Business Alliance is looking for creative marketing and design experts to help us grow the New Orleans economy.
The local public/private economic development organization plans to engage a full-service marketing agency or full-service virtual agency to assist with creative services and strategy. Together, we will execute key marketing deliverables for both short-term and long-term projects to meet strategic goals.
The consultant(s) will work directly with NOLABA leadership to develop and execute specific marketing/creative initiatives that align with the organization's intentional, inclusive strategy.
Please see the attached Request For Proposal.
All RFPs are due by close of business on November 12, 2018. Direct all questions to Morgan Stewart, email@example.com.
Independent Contractor(s) Marketing and Consulting Services
As we receive questions from interested respondents, we will post them here.
Questions and Answers:
- Are you looking for a heavy focus on media relations and traditional ad buying?
- NOLABA has an experienced media relations team, but a small percentage of the winning team's time would be expected to provide strategic input and assistance. In addition, NOLABA expects a modest budget for strategically-placed traditional advertising, but in the overall scheme, while this represents an important component of the overall strategy, it realistically represents a smaller percentage of time than a traditional media buying strategy.
- What is the budget for the services provided?
- We have a budget for reasonably priced, non-profit rates, for a year or more. We are not revealing details at this time.
- Do you have any research that exists now that they may be able to share?
- Some brand comparisons. Not sure of your context.
- You reference a website redesign. What are some of the goals (conversions) they are looking for in a website? Will it need to process transactions (donations) or will it simply be an information portal?
- Overall, the website (as per our entire effort on the whole) must play an important role in marketing the city and attracting new business investment and job creation, while helping local businesses grow through the tools we provide. The ultimate conversion would be new jobs, business investments, local business growth, local small business growth, and higher earning opportunities for local residents. On that front, a critical conversion would be calls or inquiries from business leaders or brokers interested in bringing new jobs and investments to New Orleans. We must be successful in promoting resources to help our local small businesses, including a special focus on entrepreneurs of color, to develop and grow their businesses. Also, we must be a resource for redeveloping the Claiborne Corridor and other underserved neighborhoods. And, we must be successful in attracting citizens to our programs that can better their economic security through workforce/talent development.
- Other website conversions like processing donations would be ideal. Most of the remaining "conversions" would be e-mail addresses, social followers, event management, form submissions (for events or business tools), etc.
- Please confirm you're not looking for a rebuild (design, programming) but are looking for some brainstorming / ideation about potential changes that could be made.
- We currently use a website developer that many local marketing agencies use. We are not envisioning a new developer, nor are we looking for the agency to perform the programming. We are confirming that we are looking for brainstorming/ideation and messaging based on research and brand audits.
- The winning firm must have an understanding and be able to help us develop and execute a data driven strategy (SEO, key word focused messaging, etc.) in addition to a beautiful, intuitive website.
- Do you have an email database? If so, are you currently using it? What program do you use, i.e. MailChimp, Emma?
- Yes. Mailchimp. We use it for announcements, and a semi-monthly newsletter.
- Can you provide additional details on the following elements:
- PowerPoint presentation design – How many do you anticipate needing designed throughout the year? Can this be a shell that will be updated by NOLABA throughout the year? Or will you need assistance with copywriting?
- We generally use a shell / template that can be updated by our staff. However, as an economic developer, you can imagine that there will be times in which a specially-designed presentation is needed for a) a potential project (business interested in moving to or expanding in NOLA) or b) special event with special partners.
- Creative for Dept Specific Projects, Digital Products – What are you referring to?
- Social media ads, digital ads for websites, e-mail products, logos designed for special products, "buttons" that lead website visitors to key pages.
- Creative for Dept Specific Projects, Brochures – How many brochures are you envisioning? What is the purpose of the brochures? Will printing need to be assumed within the total budget?
- Printing is a separate cost.
- We publish an annual report, and create brochures to promote the city overall as a business location, promote specific business assets (port, rail, office buildings, quality of life), sections of the city, tax incentives and/or business growth tools NOLABA develops (small business information tools, for instance), strategic neighborhood development and workforce development programs.
- Creative for Dept Specific Projects, Signage – What type of signage are you referring to?
- Examples would be signage displayed on site for the Economic Development Ambassadors Programs (our version of NORLI or Leadership Jefferson), or the upcoming BioMedical District Conference, or our New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge and Finale.
- Creative for Dept Specific Projects, Creative products, etc. – We would need some additional detail here to determine what would need to be included.
- Each year we attend key conferences that connect us to business leaders, decision makers and consultants that have led to our successful recruitment of retailers to NOLA. At this type of conference, we use a 1st class booth to meet with decision makers and market the city. We also are developing small business growth tools that will require print and digital marketing products (brochures and website "buttons" or ads).
- PowerPoint presentation design – How many do you anticipate needing designed throughout the year? Can this be a shell that will be updated by NOLABA throughout the year? Or will you need assistance with copywriting?
- Have you placed any traditional and digital media in the past? If so, what have you liked? Disliked?
- We recently placed traditional advertising based on a standing commitment, and a high-profile event. And intend to do so again where appropriate, but with a limited budget. We like the exposure, need to hone our reach, and determine the appropriate targets and markets. The same goes for digital.
- New Orleans is open for business. How best do we convey that message (and with what message through what channels and which markets)?
- What does your team structure look like? How much are you planning to rely on an agency partner for implementation of a plan? How much will be handled internally?
- Morgan Stewart, VP, marketing and communications, handles strategy, policies and procedures, department management, media relations and is mildly digitally capable. He has 30 years corporate marketing and communications experience with two Fortune 500s, including economic development experience with the governor of Virginia.
- Dana Alsen, manager, marketing and communications, is our digital star in both practice/production and strategy. She manages all aspects of key projects.
- We work to successfully implement inclusive economic development and deliver economic security for all New Orleanians. To be successful, we are and expect to be very active. However, we need to be intentional in our activity and result-oriented…with the measurements to back up our work.
- We will want the agency to help us determine the best strategy based on research and experience designing the best messages. We also want assistance creating a plan to execute that strategy and assistance in executing it. That said, we expect the largest percentage of work over the course of the contract to be the creative piece (graphic design for traditional and digital products). We expect to manage much of the digital/social messaging execution in-house (i.e. scheduling posts), but fully expect to need occasional assistance with execution. We expect some assistance in content creation, messaging and SEO. We expect some issues to pop up be they marketing opportunities, crisis communications, unexpected opportunities to market our successes, or messaging (earned media or content on other channels).
- Is this a public bid, or invite only?
- We sent this out to 34 local agencies large and small (including 11 DBE or minority-owned firms). In that total number, we included a handful of specialists that may want to consider putting together a virtual team. We've already had a couple, large and small, decline.
- How many respondents are you anticipating?
- No idea.
- Are you holding interviews / Q&A before receiving responses?
- We will happily answer any questions. Prefer to respond to written questions for consistency.
- Do you have a fixed / maximum budget / range yet for this project?
- Basically, we have some room to maneuver but we aren't ready to publish that.
- Is this something that is definitely happening, or are you just collecting information at this juncture?
- Yes, we recently lost our graphic designer and other strategic help.
- What does the approval process look like for the RFP and how will your decisions be weighted?
- A team here will review the responses and we will bring in our top choices for interviews/presentations. Decisions will be weighted by the following: branding creativity, strategy design and measurable results. Also, knowledge / understanding / experience of / with our mission as an economic development organization; samples of your work; your DBE designation or DBE participation; and, budget/cost.
- When is your anticipated date to sign contracts and kick off?
- If we could do it tomorrow we would, but realistically we would expect Jan. 1. If we can get started sooner, we're all for it.


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The MOOC Revolution That Wasn't Editor's note: Dan Friedman is the co-founder of Thinkful. Three years ago this week, Sebastian Thrun recorded his Stanford class on Artificial Intelligence, released it online to a staggering 180,000 students, and started a "revolution in higher education." Soon after, Coursera, Udacity and others promised free access to valuable content, supposedly delivering a disruptive solution that would solve massive student debt and a struggling economy. Since then, over 8 million students have enrolled in their courses. This year, that revolution fizzled. Only half of those who signed up watched even one lecture, and only 4 percent stayed long enough to complete a course. How To Build A Startup: The Lean Launchpad When does the course begin? This class is self paced. You can begin whenever you like and then follow your own pace. It's a good idea to set goals for yourself to make sure you stick with the course. How long will the course be available? This class will always be available!
Learning Online: Learning and Collaborating - University of Leeds This course is just one of a series about 'learning online'. You can sign up to the other courses in this series through the Going to University collection. You are probably used to learning online on a daily basis, including turning to your phone for information rather than referring to books. More formal online learning is likely to be important for you in the future, either at university or in the workplace. Learning online is different to learning in the classroom, it needs different skills. This course will help you to develop those skills, showing you how to learn and communicate effectively in an online environment.
Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines — Basic income Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines (An alternate version of this article was originally published in the Boston Globe) On December 2nd, 1942, a team of scientists led by Enrico Fermi came back from lunch and watched as humanity created the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction inside a pile of bricks and wood underneath a football field at the University of Chicago. Known to history as Chicago Pile-1, it was celebrated in silence with a single bottle of Chianti, for those who were there understood exactly what it meant for humankind, without any need for words. Now, something new has occurred that, again, quietly changed the world forever.
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Learning Online: Searching and Researching - University of Leeds This course is just one of a series about 'learning online'. You can sign up to the other courses in this series through the Going to University collection. In this course, you'll explore the rich and diverse range of information available to you online, how to use search tools effectively, and the ways in which you can begin to assess information that you might want to use in your studies. Using a wide range of learning activities, you will be challenged to dig deeper and think critically about the information that you find online. Note for students This course is part of a collection from the University of Leeds which have been specifically designed for those studying at school or college.
Cosmopolitan democracy Cosmopolitan democracy is a political theory which explores the application of norms and values of democracy at the transnational and global sphere. Cosmopolitan democracy argues that global governance of the people, by the people, for the people is possible and needed. Writers advocating cosmopolitan democracy include Immanuel Kant,[1] David Held,[2][3] Daniele Archibugi,[4] Richard Falk,[5] and Mary Kaldor.[6] In the Cosmopolitan Democracy model, decisions are made by those affected, avoiding a single hierarchical form of authority. According to the nature of the issues at stake, democratic practice should be reinvented to take into account the will of stakeholders.


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Creating peace and balance after an abusive relationship
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Is Buying a Historic Home Right for You?
Some home buyers want new, modern and move-in ready. Others prefer older homes, with character and charm they can't find in new construction. If you're interested in historic homes, take these factors into consideration as you shop.
Historic neighborhoods often impose restrictions
Many towns and villages throughout the country have zoning and planning commissions that, among other things, set out to preserve and protect historic homes and neighborhoods.
As a result, renovating and altering a historic home — particularly the building's façade — will require a separate layer of approval, and sometimes bureaucracy. If you buy a 100-year-old home, you may not be able to renovate it the way you want, and that is a serious consideration.
Some landmark or historic districts retain an immense amount of control. As a result, renovations and planning can take longer and cost more. If you're purchasing a historic home with intentions to renovate, you should consult both an architect and town officials.
Re-creating architecture from the past can be challenging — and expensive
Let's consider the example of Victorian-era homes. Contractors and homebuilders constructed Victorian homes through the mid to late 20th century, often with materials that are no longer in use today.
If you buy a home in less-than-perfect condition, finding the wainscoting, picture rails, crown moldings and richly decorative and ornate features common in Victorian architecture can be tricky. Architectural salvage companies can track down these materials, but there's often a steep cost attached.
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Most buyers want move-in ready homes because they don't have the time, money or energy to embark on a renovation project. These buyers also don't want to be burdened with systems going out or having to live with older or outdated technology. For them, it's a quality of life issue.
If you want a historic home, you need to have a maintenance strategy for the home. Unless you plan to do a major renovation or updates (subject to any landmark or historic area regulations), you have to be ready to address issues that arise. Broken systems, leaks or flaws equate to time and money.
For history buffs, no amount of time commitment or money will stand between them and a "one of a kind" home. That person appreciates the architecture and knows that intensive maintenance is par for the course. If you don't share that appreciation, a historic home is not right for you.
People fall in love with historic homes for their charm, character and personality. If you are that buyer, you likely understand that buying a historic home comes with a commitment.
- Historic Homes: Is 'Owning Old' Right for You?
- Crumbling Mansions for Under $100,000
- Like Gingerbread Houses? A Victorian May Be the Home for You
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The seminar / workshop is aiming to explore what our attitude (as performers or listeners) towards a mixed artistic language might be and not to define what is polystylistics today. However, it is suggesting a way to perceive this language, and - above all - to avoid theoretical traps in the field of musicology and art-theory in general, which denigrate or deify these aesthetics. It is also aiming to identify the artistic event as result of mixed-aesthetics and to draw a line where this understanding could be overpowered by the theoretical approach. In other words the power of theory over act is unacceptable!
The seminar / workshop evolves in three stages:
Theory: Getting to know what polystylistics in music is. History, appearances, levels of understanding and interpretation of its concept. The problematics bound with the polystylistics and the idea of "postmodernism" as opposed to the idea of "pure aesthetics".
Analysis: Presentation of works easily be described as polystilistic "face to face" with works that one could not immediately tell them as such. Confrontation with other works that clearly do not indulge in the aesthetics of polystylistics and compare to each other. When do borderlines disappear and a work can be interpreted regardless its stylistic language?
Creation: Composition-seminar with works of students and presentation of works by Liakakis. (Way of thinking, approach, composer's concerns, sketches compared to the final results).
All workshops will be interacting with one another during some time of the day.
Periklis Liakakis
Periklis was born in Athens, Greece. He has received prizes and scholarships for his work by the City of Vienna, the City of Graz, the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna, the Austrian Office of the Federal Chancellor, the Greek Friends of Classical Music Society, the Thüringen Philharmonie etc. The growing interest for his "very unusual music language" (Thomas Daniel Schlee) that "has a very musical and distinctive sound" (Rodion Shchedrin) is revealed in his collaborations with renowned ensembles such as Ensemble modern, Ensemble "die reihe", the greek National Orchestra, the greek radio symphony orchestra, Ensemble PHACE, Ensemble "Oktoplus", dramagraz etc. He has been commissioned to compose works by, among others, the city of Trossingen in Germany, the Ensemble Modern International Academy, the Wiener Saxophonquartett, Sirene Operntheater etc. In 2017 his opera "Chodorkowski" was nominated as the best new production for music theatre in the Austrian Musiktheater awards.
In his work he blends different musical styles such as orchestral, operatic, electronics and pop/rock. The mix of this polystylism together with his dedication and deep understanding of the art of sound design as used in film and/or on the stage has led him to a very personal musical style.
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to anyone who saw a post titled "unknown" that went up last night, that was in error. I was working on a new post and it posted just the beginning of it. All is good with the little guy, as the matter of fact, i will be putting up a bunch of new material about him over the weekend,
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The Mountbattens is the first dual portrait of two of the most glamorous figures of their time. Earl Mountbatten of Burma, assassinated 40 years ago by the IRA, had a distinguished military career before becoming the last Viceroy of India. His wife Edwina, a rich society heiress when they married, found new purpose in her life during the Second World War and after with her humanitarian work. From high society in Britain and the south of France, to the battlefields of Burma and the Viceroy's House, this is a rich story of a marriage between two people closely linked to all the key contemporary figures, exploring many important and controversial issues of the 20th century.
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Bourbon Smash cocktails are some of my favorite cocktail recipes. I experiment with a wide variety of fruits and berries when making Bourbon Smash recipes. One of my all-time favorite summertime cocktails is my Peach Bourbon Smash! Sweet, cool, and refreshing, it's easy to drink and easy to make. I use peaches in this cocktail, but all stone fruits are excellent with bourbon. Apricots, plums, and nectarines have all been amazing as substitutes for my Peach Bourbon Smash recipe, and I mix it up quite a bit. I usually just go by what looks best when selecting the fruits.
I've found that peaches are usually at their peak roughly around the first or second week in August. They're sweet, juicy, and just about the most perfect thing you've ever tasted. Mix in a little ice-cold bourbon, and some lemon and you've got yourself a party. I always taste a slice of the peach before making my Peach Bourbon Smash cocktail in order to determine how sweet it is. Not all peaches were created equal and some will be sweeter than others. I vary the amount of simple syrup based on the quality of the peach to get the best result.
There is a lot of fruit being muddled in this cocktail and it will clog up your cocktail shaker in the blink of an eye. For best results, muddle the fruit and liquor together in a tall glass without then strain the mixture into a cocktail shaker over ice. You'll save yourself a big mess!
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Peach Bourbon Smash
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- 1 Lemon Juice only
- 2 Mint Sprigs
- 2 Slices Lemon
- 4 Slices Fresh Peach
- Slice the peach in half and remove the stone, slice each half into 6-8 slices (depends on the size of the peach), taste a slice to determine how much simple syrup to use.
- Reserve 4 slices for garnish
- Place the remaining peach slices into a tall glass, add the liquor and simple syrup, muddle the mixture well
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1/2 cup instant brown rice
1 small green pepper, chopped
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup no-salt-added diced tomatoes
4 ounces fat-free cream cheese, cubed
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon ground coriander
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
6 whole wheat tortillas (8 inches), warmed
3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
Cook rice according to package directions.
Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, sauté pepper in oil until tender.
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Oz, to make this vegan, simply substitute vegan cream cheese (Tofutti is the best I've found) and vegan Cheddar cheese (frankly, I haven't found one my children are "crazy" about, they prefer that I just SKIP the pseudo-cheese). I imagine with experimentation, you'll be able to find some Jennifer likes!


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Our memories tell more about NOW than THEN.
Yiyun Li, the author of Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life, knows this too well. In this books she explains how deceptive our minds can be about our past. She writes:
"Our memories tell more about now than then. Doubtless the past is real. There is no shortage of evidence: photos, journals, letters, old suitcases. But we choose and discard from an abundance of evidence what suits us at the moment. There are many ways to carry the past with us: to romanticize it, to invalidate it, to furnish it with revised or entirely fictionalized memories. The present does not surrender so easily to manipulation."Since our past memories are like dough in the hands of our present self. We must be careful as to how we knead and shape them.
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International tuition at a glance
Undergraduate Tuition
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Annual total (30 credit hours): $25,251
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Annual total (36 credit hours): $23,828.40
The numbers above represent undergraduate tuition at the Manhattan campus. View the university's comprehensive fee schedule to see rates at our individual campuses and for our graduate students.
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Agriculture courses
Students enrolled in a College of Agriculture course pay an additional $20 per credit hour course fee.
Architecture, Planning & Design courses
Students enrolled in a College of Architecture, Planning & Design course pay an additional $55 per credit hour equipment fee.
Arts and Sciences courses
Students enrolled in a College of Arts & Sciences course pay an additional $16.70 per credit hour course fee.
Business courses
Students enrolled in a College of Business Administration course will be assessed an additional $65 per credit hour course fee and $100 per semester maximum in career development fees.
Engineering courses
Students enrolled in a College of Engineering course pay an additional $80 fee per credit hour and an equipment fee of $19 per credit hour.
English Language Program
English Language Program students will pay an additional fee of $55 per credit hour.
- English Language Program students will also be assessed the College of Arts & Sciences course fee of $16.70 per credit hour.
Health and Human Sciences courses
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- Kinesiology courses have an additional course fee of $15 per credit hour.
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- Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design courses have an additional course fee of $30 per credit hour.
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Caelestis: IP, it's time for us to get on our cat creature ears and tails. Do you know why?
Insomnia Princess: No, why?
Caelestis: Because today we are talking about Ratchet and Clank, the new movie from Sony. Let's start off with a basic warning that spoilers are involved and a basic question: have you ever played any of the Ratchet and Clank games?
Insomnia Princess: Well, I suppose that's an acceptable reason. Yes, I have played the games.
Caelestis: How did you like them?
Insomnia Princess: I enjoyed them. I have not, however, played the newest game that is supposed to feature the same story as the movie. What about you? Have you played any of the games?
Caelestis: The only one I've played is Up Your Arsenal for the PS2. I quite enjoyed it. I never finished it because it belonged to a friend and I only could play it when visiting him, but it was definitely something I had fun with when I was playing. There: now we can't have anyone say that we are just haters on Ratchet and Clank. In fact, I'd play more of these games if I had a chance, and that's kind of why I was interested in seeing the movie.
Insomnia Princess: Agreed.
Caelestis: Did you know anything about the movie before going in to see it?
Insomnia Princess: Aside from the fact that it existed, no.
Caelestis: Even that was something I was only dimly aware of for most of its production cycle. For a media conglomerate, Sony did not advertise this movie very well.
Insomnia Princess: For all the good sense that makes.
Caelestis: Incongruous marketing strategies aside, what did you think of the film?
Insomnia Princess: I felt they did a good job of keeping with the source material.
Caelestis: What did you think about it as a standalone product?
Insomnia Princess: The story itself is one that has been done time and time again and I don't feel they did anything unique with it. It was, however, a very beautiful movie. The animation was great and the voice acting was pretty good, too. Otherwise, it was kind of bland. Not bad, but not the kind of movie you talk about years later. I did enjoy it though. What about you?
Caelestis: I liked it. Like you, I think it was bland. In this era of media saturation, that's probably the worst that can be said for a movie, but it's true. It was an average film catered to a younger crowd than us, and it was exactly what one might expect with that in mind. All of that did not stop it from being lighthearted and fun, which is becoming increasingly uncommon, especially with video games, movies, and combinations thereof.
Insomnia Princess: There was nothing offensive about it. I did find parts of it cute and funny, even if it was more suited to a younger audience. I wanted to see more gadgets and weapons, which they really only alluded to with the scenes of Ratchet as a mechanic, but what they did show was fun.
Caelestis: You raise a point worth exploring: there was nothing offensive about it. Many of the games' subtitles are double entendres of some kind – Up Your Arsenal, A Crack in Time, Going Commando, Quest for Booty – and yet this movie was incredibly devoid of anything of the sort. It's strange to me that the writers behind the movie, who were the same writers behind the first game, either did not put or did not fight to keep in any naughty little jokes of that sort. I don't know if Sony sanitized the final product but Ratchet and Clank never struck me as plot-heavy, so I was expecting more mischievous words from the characters.
Insomnia Princess: That is true. I would guess they wanted to play it safe and make it child-friendly, which they did, but it was also lacking even the adult humor slipped in that even Disney films can get away with. It's almost as if they were afraid to go in that direction at all, which seems odd, given the history with the games.
Caelestis: I can't fathom why. The first game came out in 2002 or so. By my estimations, then, most of the fans who have been with the series since its inception are at least in the teenage range. I suppose that's the difficulty of trying to make a movie that can appeal to a broader audience with source material from a video game. On the one hand, this movie feels like it's trying to be self-explanatory to newcomers, and on the other hand, it seems like a film only the fans wanted and so the decision not to be snarky or to tread new ground appears misguided.
Insomnia Princess: Indeed.
Caelestis: The humor, such as it was, was not awful. I definitely had a laugh at the Wilhelm scream gag, but there was strangely little of it in general. I remember this movie whizzing by because it was almost all action all the time. That might be fine in a video game, but a movie usually requires more structure than that.
Insomnia Princess: That's a good point. There was not enough character building for my taste. You didn't really get a good sense for why the characters were doing the things they were doing. The movie was basically just saying, "Because we say so. Now, look at these fast-moving shiny things!"
Caelestis: Very true. Ratchet's desire to join the Galaxy Rangers was never delved into, Clank's motive to warn the Galaxy Rangers was never explained, Dr. Nefarious's betrayal was an abrupt left turn when he went from having nominal screen time to becoming the final villain…I think this movie suffered the same problem that most video game movies do, which is that the absence of a plot in the games translates to the big screen, where the passivity of the medium makes that stand out to a glaring degree.
Insomnia Princess: I think they had some good opportunities that were missed. Still, I enjoyed it. It was good, but it could have been great.
Caelestis: It certainly could have. They funneled in some big name stars: Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Rosario Dawson, and even Sylvester Stallone, perhaps giving his most eloquent and articulate performance of his whole career.
Insomnia Princess: No one will recognize him because you can actually understand what he's saying.
Caelestis: I certainly didn't. Plus, anime fans will appreciate the presence of several notable Canadian voice actors, including Brad Swaile, Brian Drummond, Alessandro Juliani, and Tabitha St. Germain. They all turned in excellent performances. You might have expected Sly or Giamatti to phone this one in, but both delivered at least B+ material. That was probably the movie's greatest strength: the actors were into this.
Insomnia Princess: This is true.
Caelestis: It's regrettable that we have another cinematic adaptation of a movie that has failed to shake off the stigma of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, though. I would say that lens is the one through which many critics look when weighing a movie like this. If it were a kids' film, independent of ties to any franchise, it would be shrugged off without a lot of comment all around. Since it's a video game movie, it feels like another setback for getting video games to be taken seriously in cinema.
Insomnia Princess: Yes.
Caelestis: So, any final thoughts, IP?
Insomnia Princess: No, not really. I think anyone interested in seeing the movie should ignore the critics and give it a shot so they can form their own opinions. What about you?
Caelestis: I agree with you. It's a harmless production and one that is probably going to be judged much more dismissively than it ought to be. The best mindset for enjoying Ratchet and Clank is that of a 12-year-old, which is definitely why I enjoyed it. 🙂
Insomnia Princess: I can definitely agree with that. 🙂
Ratchet and Clank: A Dialogue
Caelestis: IP, it's time for us to get on our cat creature ears and tails. Do you know why?


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For years I wanted to be that woman meditating.
I wanted to feel that peace. I wanted to be mindful and purposeful in my everyday moments.
But getting myself to the meditation cushion was so hard, and the more I didn't do it, the more guilt I felt.
So after a while I gave up on it.
And even now that I can easily sit and meditate for up to 40 minutes at a time, I am reminded of those days when I released meditation as my goal.
Instead, I took up daily meditation in other places and spaces because that was more possible with my busy mom schedule.
You don't have to sit on a cushion for hours to stay awake and be mindful.
You can simply focus on every moment of your day as if it is your last one. Your day as a mother, in fact, has many moments that are ripe for meditation and attention.
Zen is the art of noticing, observing, paying attention to the moment you are in right now — not thinking about the past or the future, which is where so many of us spend our mental energy.
It's actually much easier for really busy moms to meditate without formally sitting and meditating, as long as you put yourself fully into the moment.
In fact, you can meditate without sitting on a cushion in any moment in your day.
I want to inspire you to find the least likely spaces in your day when you can reduce the noise and the thoughts in your mind and just be. When you find yourself doing any of these everyday tasks, make a point to give yourself permission to slip into a meditative state of not thinking, not doing, not dreaming, not planning and just being one with your body and mind.
Taking a shower
Normally, a busy mom doesn't think of a shower or bath as a place of meditation. Refuge, maybe, but not necessarily meditation. However, in this one moment of our days, we are given the one thing we need most: privacy. At least for some of that time. Physically imagining the water washing over your mind and rinsing away your worries is a powerful way to start — or end — a busy day. Letting fears wash away can open new spaces in your mind so that when you are done and dry and ready to go about your ordinary routine you will feel more grounded and centered. The key, though, as to all of these unique spaces, is to be in the moment fully for as long as you can be there.
Doing the laundry
The second you pull a warm towel out of the dryer and bring it in close and smell it, that moment is a potential for meditation. To let every worry and fear go and just relax into the bliss of folding towels. When I fold laundry with all of my senses, I am in that moment and nothing else really seems to matter.
Washing the dishes
Just like doing the laundry, washing the dishes is a perfect time to awaken all of your senses, a perfect time to stare out the window or at a beautiful painting you've hung near the sink. We need to make more time for sinking into a moment like this where our hands are busy doing and our minds are allowed to rest and be idle for a while.
Watering the flowers
Anyone can have plants, though, I haven't had indoor plants in a long time. The art of watering flowers or plants, indoors or out, is a mindful one as well. You have to pay attention to how much or how little, and you will also notice the other details of what is for these living beings. And while you do all of that, your mind has instantly detached from your other to-dos for a while.
Putting a child to sleep
Many little children want their parents to stick around for a while after lights out. They are afraid or worried or just reluctant to be alone from us. This is a great time to get settled into a comfortable position and sit with your quiet thoughts and breathe. You are doing a good thing for your child by being there, and you are doing a good thing for yourself by just being.
Walking to the mailbox or around the block
Walking anywhere is a great time to put away the worries and to-dos and just live in the moment. As you are walking, notice what you are doing and what you see and say it all in your mind — or even out loud. Noticing and paying attention to what you see all around you allows your mind to rest. This kind of walking can be done while walking to get the mail or walking a dog or walking around the block or along the beach or in the woods. The location matters not at all, but the quality of your mind on that walk matters a ton.
This is an excerpt of "The Abundant Mama's Guide To Savoring Slow" from the Replenish Yourself chapter. The book also discusses the 12 Habits of Savoring Slow in your family.
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We had a storm last night. It hadn't rained here in quite a while and somewhere around 8:30 pm, the sky got weird. By 9 pm we had a wild storm going on. The thunder was booming, the lightning was kind of magnificent and the rain was torrential. Fifteen minutes in to the storm, the living room cable went out.
Yes, just the living room.
And the phone.
See, about 6 weeks ago, in an attempt to lower our monthly bills, I switched over to a bundle deal with Time Warner where I get my home phone (digital) with unlimited local and long distance, my internet and digital cable. It was going to save me $65 a month. Sweet deal, right? I was feeling the same way. We had a clearer picture on our new HDTV, we had more channels, our internet was faster...other than taking some time to get used to the complex remote, things were good.
First storm we have and the box gets fried.
I am NOT impressed.
We had no phone for FIFTEEN HOURS. Ironically, we had internet. Last night, about two hours in to the outage, I went on-line to tech support. She tried to reboot everything from her location and basically, there were outages due to the storm. Okay, fine. She was very helpful and I understand that things are sometimes beyond our control. By 10:30 AM when things still weren't working, I went back on to online chat and this guy...not so helpful. He tried rebooting the system twice. We got the phone back but with quite a bit of static and after multiple attempts, we realized that the box was fried.
All of the TWC offices close at 1:00 on Saturdays and by the time I got done with the online guy it was pushing noon. So I called what I THOUGHT was the local office and it turns out (after being on hold for TWENTY FIVE MINUTES) that that local office closed two weeks ago.
I got a very nice woman on the line and she worked it out that we will have a technician here at the house on Monday morning between 7 am and 9 am to replace the box and get it all up and running again. AND she offered me the solution of bypassing the cable box so that we can at least watch the TV with our basic cable. I wish someone on the online chat could have mentioned that option earlier.
So over the course of this whole thing, we lost cable service on the ONE TV with the cable box and phones BUT had cable on the bedroom TV's. I had to do two online chats, five cable box reboots, moved furniture to get to all of the cable wires and modems and was without phone service for 15 hours while Michael was out in the storm (oh, and our Verizon cell phones were out for a while too during the storms) and here I am sitting here and having to wait until Monday morning for repair because ONE STORM FRIED THE BOX.
No, no, let me re-state that, the FIRST STORM to hit fried the box. That doesn't make me hopeful for our future relationship with TWC...and basically, I think they suck.
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I want SPACE…a space to feel, to express, to be accepted and embraced. I want to be TRUE in expressing my feelings. I want to be able to stay in a moment with my emotions and sensations. When I feel ashamed I want to be able to stay with the feeling, to watch temperature of my body raising, chicks burning. I want to feel anger and express it, clench fists, speak it out. Not throwing it to others, but simply letting the feeling out into accepting space. I want to be fully present when feeling sadness and grief, I want to let my tears to run, let my body shake, sentences to be broken from overwhelming emotions. I want NOT to be afraid of this all happening to me in front of others. I want to be brave to share my pain, anger, shame, joy, peace, love. I want to be true in sharing my wounds, my obsessions, my envy.
I know these all is not real me! The emotions, feelings are coming and going like clouds in the pure blue sky. I am letting them to be there as a sky allows anything to pass it.
I want to have no more secrets! I want to be free.
And what do I need for that?
I want to have other people's presence when I am experiencing emotional turbulence.
What do we miss when it comes to expressing our emotions? I often missed presence of others. I was seldom given a space to simply be myself, but I was often given an advice or encouragement. Did I really need it? No, not really. Once I was given a space, a presence, I was able to fully feel and express, I felt accepted and loved. I didn't need to know what they think about the situation or how to improve it. And do you know why? Because I was given so much more, I felt love and everything just becomes clear after this.
Because the situation doesn't need to be repaired, it is just a reflection of what is inside me. But I need a space to express these wounds and emotions, so I can be empty of them. In order to create a space in me for a change, a transformation occurred.
And the essential for this process is TRUST. Expressing myself can be difficult and impossible without trusting people around me. I am trusting if I see a silent presence and acceptance in your eyes. I feel the connection which comes from the heart. I see a reflection of myself in you, my pain is your pain, my joy is your joy. I feel this oneness and inseparability.