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The sale of this property includes all furnishings, central heating with units in each room and air-condition in each room. It also has its own garage and emergency electricity generator.
Elounta was a small fishing town on the Mirabello Bay, on the island of Crete. Although fishing is still a large part of life in this very picturesque area, tourism has taken over as the main industry of Elounda. It is part of the municipality Agios Nikolaos. It is popular with European tourists and has many hotels inc...
Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the county Lasithi and is located at the Mirabello Bay, north-east Crete, only 45 mins away from the international airport of Heraklion.
Geographically the town is well protected from strong winds allowing sea sports and swimming nearly all year round.
Although Agios Nikolaos has a population of less than 20,000 it has a several banks, supermarkets, shops of every kind, doctors, a modern hospital of high standard, public swimming pool and tennis courts, yacht marina, harbour, cinema, theatre, gyms, a 9-hole golf course, schools ranging from nurseries to 6-level high ...
The microclimate is one of the best in Greece and the moderate temperatures rarely exceed 30c in summer or fall below 15c in wintertime. This wonderful dry climate together with the natural beauty of the area has attracted most of the high class hotels of Greece to operate here.
The U.S. Navy firefighting robot SAFFiR passed a major test, battling and beating a real fire on a real ship.
Okay, this wasn’t exactly like a scene from Backdraft. The 5'10", 140-pound bipedal robot accomplished the task very, very slowly and with a good assist from the programmers at Virginia Tech not to mention a couple of handlers who were nearby to catch the lumbering bot if it happened to fall over.
Oh, and the robot actually put out the burning chair aboard the decommissioned USS Shadwell back in November 2014. SAFFiR (or Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) is a joint project of Virginia Tech and the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
The video of SAFFiR’s feat, which you can see above, was held until Wednesday of this week. A Virginia Tech spokesperson told Mashable that the Navy wanted to release the news after the holidays and really wanted to highlight their robot accomplishment at this week’s Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO in Wash...
Engineering graduate students and Professor Brian Lattimer from the Terrestrial Robotics Engineering and Controls (TREC) Lab demonstrating THOR the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR) for the Office of Naval Research on board the ex-USS Shadwell, the Navy's fire fighting training ship in Mobile, Alabama.
None of this, however, diminishes what SAFFiR was able to do. The robot, also known as THOR, stood and walked on its own, navigating the tight corridors of USS Shadwell, which was docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama. It then approached a shipmate, turned to detect a heat source behind a closed door and, after someone opened ...
THOR the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (aka SAFFiR) holds a real fire hose as it battles a real fire.
SAFFiR without its protective gear on.
Despite four years of development and this shipboard fire success, SAFFiR is still a prototype (without its protective outfit on, it looks very much like a walking science project) and it will be, according to the Virginia Tech spokesperson, years before it is deployed.
Cost may be a limiting factor, as well: Last year Tom McKenna, a program manager with the Office of Naval Research, told Mashable that a single firefighting robot could cost about $1 million. Even if and when the Navy figures out how to manage the costs of these robots and SAFFiR does start roaming U.S. navy ships and ...
“These robots can work closely with human firefighters without firefighters being directly exposed to steam or heat, fire and smoke,” said McKenna.
Opening act: P. Jeffrey Black, IRS "whistle-blower."
A sign is seen as protesters wait for President Obama’s motorcade on June 12, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla.
The story of P. Jeffrey Black goes some way toward explaining why Republicans want to expand the IRS investigation from the nonprofit branch to individual audits.
P. Jeffrey Black bumped up against his bosses in the Federal Air Marshal Service, eventually becoming a whistle-blower and testifying to a closed-door congressional hearing before his retirement in 2010. … The year-long investigation included the placement of a $24,000 lien against his home. In the end, the IRS found o...
Isaac Chotiner gets all cynical about Marco Rubio’s ideal immigration politics.
Radley Balko is always worth reading on the police-industrial complex.
Robert Draper goes long on an expensive military contract that didn’t live up to its price or promise.
Democratic sheriff candidate Quentin Miller handily defeated Republican Shad Higgins and will become Buncombe County's first black sheriff.
ASHEVILLE — Democrat Quentin Miller staved off a surge of campaigning from his Republican opponent to become Buncombe County's new sheriff and the first-ever African-American to hold the position.
The 25-year veteran of the Asheville Police Department clinched the seat Tuesday after a hard-fought battle with Shad Higgins, the owner of a Weaverville tire and wheel shop.
Unofficial results show Miller earned 61.5 percent of the vote; Higgins 35.5 percent; and Libertarian candidate Tracey DeBruhl, who was jailed on a stalking charge in September, trailed both major-party candidates with 3 percent.
"We now must work together as a community," Miller told the Citizen Times late Tuesday. "We must come together with the local government, with the communities and law enforcement as one. We have to address our issues in that fashion, in that way. And we all must have a place at the table and we must learn to work toget...
Though retiring Sheriff Van Duncan did not publicly endorse a candidate in the race to replace him, Miller promised during his campaign to pick up where Duncan left off. Miller has no plans to clean house, but that doesn't mean he will leave the upper administration untouched.
Chief deputy Terry Rogers actively campaigned for Higgins during the election and was present at the Republican election results party at Twisted Laurel in Leicester Tuesday night.
Miller promised during his campaign to focus on de-escalation training, jail diversion and increased community interaction — all recommendations of former President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He also said Tuesday night that he wants to quickly organize some "town hall meetings" to gauge the mos...
Higgins thanked his supporters Tuesday and congratulated Miller on his victory. Higgins said he was surprised by the results, including Republican losses in other local races.
"We've done everything we could," Higgins said. "I don’t know we could've done anything different to make up that kind of margin."
Melody Koebernik donned a Make America Great Again hat and an American flag scarf as she handed out conservative sample ballots in Woodfin on Tuesday. She had only recently voted for Higgins at Brookstone Church — the polling place of the Flat Creek district she and Higgins both call home.
Koebernik, the 32-year-old GOP chair of that precinct, said called the sheriff's race "the most critical one for Buncombe County" because it impacts all county residents, she said.
The county's drug problem was chief among Koebernik's concerns when she cast her ballot for Higgins.
"Addiction is a big problem in our county, but that doesn't mean (addicts) should get a free pass," she said, echoing sentiment held by Higgins and many of his supporters.
She told the Citizen Times before the results came Tuesday that "it's not the end of the world" if Miller wins.
"He's just one man," she said. "In another four years, we'll be able to see what he's done and vote again."
In a victory speech at Highland Brewing in East Asheville and afterward in an interview with the Citizen Times, Miller stressed the importance of representing all of Buncombe County, and its entire political spectrum.
Dana Corn, 56, and her son, Evan Corn, 26, voted a straight Republican ticket, including for Shad Higgins. While they like Higgins, they had a larger political figure in mind when voting Tuesday.
“I’ve never been in politics; I’ve never voted before in my life,” Evan Corn added.
His mom said 2016 was the first year she voted, spurred on by her enthusiasm for Trump. Evan Corn said he would've voted for Trump in 2016 but registered too late to vote.
“So he’s really on fire this time,” Dana Corn said with a laugh.
For Joe Chandler, a machinist and Arden resident who's registered as "unaffiliated," the sheriff's race came down not to party but to experience. Higgins has no law enforcement background, while Miller spent 25 years with the Asheville Police Department.
Chandler also said he was moved by the Millers' long-term commitment to taking in more than 100 foster children over the years.
"He understands the root causes of the problems in Buncombe County from a perspective that a lot of people don’t see,” Chandler said. “He understands how the system works, and he understand how it’s broken. I’m not trying to say the whole thing’s broken; I’m just saying it’s not functioning as well as it could. He know...
Leni Sitnick, the first female mayor of Asheville, attended the Democrats victory celebration Tuesday night and said Miller's victory is yet another milestone for Buncombe County.
Matthew Bacoate, an adviser to Miller and a lifelong friend, said Miller’s victory does signal a new era in Buncombe County.
Jana Kettner, from the Czech Republic and head barista at Sofitel in Queenstown, says every cup of coffee should be made with passion, focus, knowledge and love.
Gemma Thomson has been crowned the top barista for the Night ’n Day chain of stores.
You exchange daily chat-chat, the odd joke and they know what you want before you ask, but what do you actually know about the person who makes your coffee every day?
You exchange daily chat-chat, the odd joke and they know what you want before you ask, but what do you actually know about the person who makes your coffee every day? This week we quizzed Vogel St Kitchen barista Emma Wogan.
Adam Yauch (MCA), Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) of the Beastie Boys.
The legal beef between the Beastie Boys and Monster over the energy drink company’s unauthorized use of the band’s music will likely head back to the courtroom this year after the band filed another suit asking for $2.4 million more in restitution.
Although a court ruled in favor of the Beastie Boys and a jury awarded them $1.7 million in June 2014, the group claims they lost money after ringing up a large lawyer tab due to Monster’s evasive legal techniques. As a result, the Beasties are asking Monster to shoulder some of that financial burden.
“Monster’s tactics significantly increased the costs for Beastie Boys to vindicate their intellectual property rights, such that, absent an award of attorney’s fees and costs, plaintiff’s success at trial would become a Pyrrhic victory,” the Beastie Boys’ legal team wrote in their legal filing Saturday (via Billboard).
Attorneys for Monster were not immediately available for comment.
After two years of litigation and an eight-day trial, the Beastie Boys accuse Monster in their filing of failing to engage in a good-faith negotiation and then attempting to overturn the verdict, an appeal that accrued even more legal bills for the band.
At the time of the trial, Monster owned up to using snippets of four tracks – “Sabotage,” “So What’cha Want,” Make Some Noise” and “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun” – without authorization in a promotional video that was online for five weeks. However, the energy company countered they should only owe the band $125,00...
Since the June 2014 verdict, a pair of Universal Records subsidiaries – Capitol Records and Universal-Polygram International Publishing – have also filed their own lawsuit against Monster pertaining to the company’s use of the Beasties music. In that copyright infringement suit, Universal is seeking $1.2 million.
What's new, what's classic, and what's on tap.
Including the newest things to know and our favorite classic haunts.
We've got recommendations for every type of hike, from wildlife spotting to scenic views.
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Organizations continually adapt to external organizational imperatives such as technology, population, knowledge and values. The increasing rate and intensity of these imperatives necessitates fhanges in services irrespective of the organization's formal intentions to change. It is suggested that organizational charact...
Cohen, Alan M. (1973) "Change and Social Organization," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 , Article 11.
Microsoft was unavailable for comment but Searle did confirm that the zero-day exploit is in-the-wild.
Symantec's recent IT Risk Management Report found 77 percent of all Web browser attacks targeted Internet Explorer.
The vulnerability cannot be used for remote code execution because IE7 runs most of its local resources such as navcancl.htm in its "Internet Zone.
IE7 (Internet Explorer 7.0) reached its 100 millionth installation mark almost two months ago with this figure rising rapidly.
It is the last figure made available from WebSideStory, the company Microsoft uses to measure browser usage.
Kane Brown's star continues to rise. His sophomore album Experiment debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, making him one of only three country artists to top that chart in 2018 (the other two were Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean). According to a press release, the album also debuted at No. 1 on the B...
Jimmie Allen's "Best Shot" is officially in the history books! Allen is the first black country artist to hit No. 1 on country radio with his debut single. “If someone asked me two years ago if I thought that this would be my life today -- that I’d be on the red carpet at the CMAs or my song would be the No. 1 song on ...
Kacey Musgraves will be honored at Billboard's 13th annual Women in Music event, with the "innovator" award, in recognition of her country success on her own terms. According to the publication, Musgraves will be presented with the honor, which "recognizes female artists who challenge musical convention, create positiv...
Sad news for Easton Corbin, who lost his grandfather recently. According to Taste of Country, Corbin's grandfather, Cecil Corbin, died on Nov. 14, in Corbin's hometown of Trenton, Fla., of undisclosed causes. He was 92 years old. The elder Corbin was laid to rest on Nov. 19.
CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Dan + Shay and Devin Dawson are teaming up for a UK tour in 2019. on a series of concert dates across the United Kingdom. According to a press release, Dawson will join Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney for a sold-out show at the Garage in Glasgow, Scotland, on Jan. 17, after which the two acts will ...
Also headed to the United Kingdom is Chris Young, who's set to bring his Losing Sleep World Tour to locations in England and Scotland during Spring 2019. Starting on May 5, Young will hit Manchester, England, alongside special guest Lindsay Ell before performing in Glasgow, Scotland; Birmingham, England; and London, En...
Country singer Ira Dean became a Good Samaritan on Nov. 19, when he helped pull a man from the wreckage of a serious car accident. According to a press release, Dean was on the set of his upcoming movie Deep River when he heard the crash and "immediately took off running towards the car." "I found it upside down and ma...
Congratulations are in order for singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith, who's welcomed a new baby to her family! Smith announced the arrival of her son Lewis "Louie" James on Nov. 13 in an Instagram post. "We are so in love," Smith wrote before quoting a classic Elton John lyric: "How wonderful life is now you're in the worl...
Forecasts take Tropical Storm Arthur farther offshore, after brushing N.C.
The latest forecasts for Tropical Storm Arthur show it well off the coast of the Delmarva peninsula as it passes by on the Fourth of July, but before that it could brush the Outer Banks as a Category 1 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center's predictions show the storm well off Maryland and Delaware's Atlantic coasts during the day on Friday. That could lead to dangerous rip currents and rough surf for the Independence Day holiday, but should keep strong winds out to sea.
The North Carolina coast is meanwhile under a tropical storm warning, with a hurricane watch in place as well. Arthur is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday, after taking a turn to the northeast.
Earlier forecasts Wednesday suggest it would make landfall in the Outer Banks, but later updates suggested Arthur will stay out to sea, meaning North Carolina may not feel the brunt of hurricane force winds and rain.
The storm was still developing and moving slowly Wednesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph as of 2 p.m. and was 175 miles east-northeast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunter aircraft are closely monitoring Arthur.
At Category 1 hurricane strength, Arthur would have sustained winds of between 74 mph and 95 mph.
In Maryland, however, the biggest weather concerns remain heat and humidity and the thunderstorms and downpours they could generate Wednesday and Thursday, with limited impact expected from Arthur.
David Fisher, 64, Zanesville, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering children, a third-degree felony. $50,000 bond continued upon passing a drug test.
Marcus L. Mayle, 28, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of escape, a fifth-degree felony. $100,000 bond continued.
Michael L. Moore Jr., 20, New Lexington, pleaded guilty to one count of breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, one count of theft, a fourth-degree felony. $10,000 bond continued upon passing a drug test.
Scott E. Gainer, 50, Heath, pleaded not guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond set and posted at $25,000.
Anthony E. Chandler, 28, Zanesville, pleaded not guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond set and posted at $10,000.
Bradley G. King, 24, pleaded not guilty to possession of methamphetamine and possession of oxycodone, felonies of the fifth-degree, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $25,000.
John A. Beatty, 31, Roseville, pleaded not guilty to aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and felonious assault on a peace officer, felonies of the first-degree, failure to comply, a third-degree felony, vandalism over $7,500, a fourth-degree felony, and fifth-degree vandalism and possession of criminal tools. Bond ...
Cody A. Belcher, 25, Newark, pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery and three counts of kidnapping, felonies of the first-degree, tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, safecracking, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanor theft. Bond was set at $250,000.
Robert L. Richmond, 53, Zanesville, pleaded not guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a fifth-degree felony, and illegal conveyance of methamphetamine, a third-degree felony. Bond was set at $50,000.
William R. Wilson, 49, homeless, pleaded not guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a fifth-degree felony. Bond was set at $100,000.
Kyler W. Mangold, 20, Zaneville, pleaded guilty to a prosecutor's bill of information on one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony. Bond was set at $100,000.

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