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Amazon is so thoughtful, guys. They know that Prime Day is going to be a total chaos, so they've been dropping deals early for the past week in order to give Prime members less of a panic attack on July 16 and 17.
Today, the countdown to Prime Day continues: Amazon is offering a Philips Hue Smart Lighting Starter Kit (complete with two smart light bulbs, a central hub, and an Echo Dot) all for $69.99.
This bundle is the definition of a steal — $69.99 is usually the price of the starter kit without the Echo Dot. If these things were all purchased separately, you'd be paying nearly $120. So in other words, you're crazy to not take advantage of a price as low as $70. That's nearly 50% off, you guys.
As for tech specs on the lightbulbs, they're the A19 LED 60W-equivalent Energy Star Certified smart bulbs — so if you're into saving the environment and all that stuff, you should probably jump on this. The bulbs can also be dimmed to your heart's desire, either by using the Philips Hue app or by asking Alexa to do it. Either way, you won't be bothered to get out of your comfy position on the couch, and you'll never have to come home to a creepy dark house.
For even more energy saving, you'll be able to control your lights on your phone from anywhere in the world, allowing you to make sure everything was turned off if you left the house in a rush.
And speaking of Alexa, an Amazon Echo Dot is also thrown into the mix. Get hands-free voice commands or question-asking with Alexa, control other smart home devices like smart TVs or Nest thermostats (which will probably be on Prime sale as well, *hint hint*), and drop in on friends and family who also have an Echo device. Even if you already have an Echo Dot in your home, having multiple in different rooms can act as a handy household intercom.
When you're not at home or are too lazy to even talk to Alexa, the lights can also be controlled via Philips Hue app. And before you ask: No, there's no wiring necessary. Everything works via WiFi, so even the most non-tech savvy people can figure this out.
Pre-Prime Day deals aren't gonna last long, y'all, so jump on this bundle before it sells out. Learn more and make your life easier for $69.99 here.
Nearly 50% of British men have confessed that they hide in the bathroom to escape a nagging partner.
Geberit AquaClean WCs, which asked 2,000 people, revealed that fathers who are trying to escape hyperactive children or wives on the warpath, are likely to be found taking time out in the toilet.
Rather than using it for obvious purposes, nearly half admit they take sanctuary playing games on their phone, listening to sports commentary or relaxing to music.
Blokes say the bathroom is the only place where they can be sure of absolute privacy by hiding behind a locked door.
Twenty per cent said they'd been told off for taking too long and over a third confessed they spend more time in the toilet than their partner.
One in 10 men is avoiding his partner's friends or reality TV and soaps, while a third just calm down.
"The bathroom seems to be the last stronghold for guaranteed peace and quiet," the Daily Express quoted Raffaela De Vittorio, of Geberit AquaClean WCs, as saying.
Men who compete in mixed martial arts have unique ways of managing fear that actually allow them to exhibit confidence, according to a study by an Indiana University of Pennsylvania sociologist.
Men with urinary retention because of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate are hospitalized and treated differently, reveals study published online by the urology journal BJUI .
Jordan's King Abdullah has vowed to track down and bring to justice the militants who helped plan suicide bombings that killed 56 people and wounded more than 100 others in Amman.
In a speech on national television, the king said the country knows no fear and would continue fighting terrorism.
Earlier Thursday, hundreds of Jordanians marched to condemn the Wednesday attacks at three hotels. Some protesters chanted, "death to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, which claimed responsibility for the blasts.
The claim could not be immediately verified, but Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a prime suspect. He added that several people had been detained and are being questioned.
Government officials said most of the dead are Jordanians, but at least 12 foreigners have been identified, including one American.
Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich never misses a chance to take a shot at his nemesis, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. This time is no different.
Posted: 9/15/09 at 5:33 PM under News Story.
Anti-terror officers have swooped on three men at Heathrow Airport after they arrived on a flight from Oman.
The group, all from Birmingham, were arrested on suspicion of possessing articles and documents with intent to use them for terrorist purposes overseas.
Officers from West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit travelled to Oman last week to liaise with the authorities there before deciding to arrest the men as they touched down in the UK.
The pre-planned operation was intelligence led and the men were arrested under Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
It is not clear why the men had travelled to Oman, but West Midlands Police said the arrests had not been made in response to any immediate threat to public safety.
Two of the men, aged 33 and 39, are from the Small Heath area of Birmingham, while the third, aged 33, is from the Alum Rock district.
There were being questioned by anti-terror officers at Heathrow Airport.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Houthi forces fighting a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen fired a missile over the border targeting the Jizan Industrial City in southern Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but Saudi air defense forces said they had intercepted and destroyed the projectile.
“The rocket force fired a Badr ballistic missile at the Industrial City of Jizan,” the Houthis’ al-Masirah TV said.
The Saudi state news agency quoted the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen as saying the missile had been heading for residential areas and had been intercepted over Jizan.
“No casualties or damage were recorded when the missile was intercepted,” Colonel Turki al-Maliki said.
The Iran-aligned Houthis regularly announce they have fired missiles over the Saudi-Yemeni border into Jizan province in an effort to hit important facilities, including an oil refinery operated by Saudi Aramco.
The Houthis say their missile attacks on the kingdom are in retaliation for air raids on Yemen by the Western-backed coalition, which entered Yemen’s war in 2015 to try to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Hadi was ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Houthis in 2015.
First, dishonesty. There is, to be sure, a smidgen of candor in the fact that the plan does not purport to balance the federal budget within the next decade, though it does suggest that balance may be achieved by 2034; so much for the pretense that growth sparked by the 2017 tax cuts will solve the United States’ fiscal problem. The budget claims instead that trillion-dollar annual deficits over the next three years will taper off thereafter, such that overall national debt will decline from 78 percent of gross domestic product today to 71 percent in 2029. However, it reaches that modest achievement for fiscal responsibility by projecting 3 percent growth through 2024 and near-3 percent growth thereafter. More realistic forecasts produce an estimated debt of 87 percent of GDP by 2029, according to the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington think tank on fiscal issues.
Second, warped priorities. Such budgetary savings as Mr. Trump does claim to achieve over the next decade come disproportionately from domestic programs, including those targeted at the neediest people in our society. It adds work requirements — difficult to administer and sometimes counterproductive — to key safety-net programs such as Medicaid, housing assistance and food stamps. At a time when evidence of dangerous harm from climate change is mounting, the budget proposes to gut the Environmental Protection Agency, to the tune of a 31 percent cut in its budget next year. Defense comes in for a 5 percent increase, meanwhile, which might indeed be necessary — but which the president would achieve by invoking a special uncapped warfighting account, an obvious gimmick Congress won’t countenance.
There’s more: cuts to refugee assistance while asking $8.6 billion for a border wall; decreasing scientific research while freezing the maximum Pell Grant for low-income college students. Here and there, the Trump budget proposes valid reforms to expensive programs, such as its suggestion for “site-neutral” Medicare payments (i.e., similar fees for services either performed in a hospital or not), which the Obama administration also backed. But you get the picture. This is a document whose good ideas can’t get traction because its bad ones simply swamp them.
A new video captures the chaos and destruction that ensued in the community of Beit Meir last night following the arson.
A new video captures the chaos and destruction that ensued in the community of Beit Meir last night, after Arab arsonists lit the community on fire.
The video follows firefighters as they enter the community.
The deadline extended till March 31, 2019.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Saturday extended the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking to March 31 next year.
This is the fifth time the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number to their biometric ID, Aadhaar.
The policy-making body of the tax department issued an order, under Section 119 of the Income Tax Act, late night, extending the deadline.
The CBDT had last extended the deadline on March 27.
The latest order said the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking for filing I-T returns was being extended after "consideration of the matter".
It is understood that the fresh CBDT order has come against the backdrop of the Supreme Court earlier this year directing extension of the March 31, 2018 deadline for linking Aadhaar card with various other services.
The apex court had ordered that the deadline be extended till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgment on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law.
As per updated data till March, over 16.65 crore PANs, out of the total about 33 crore, have been linked with Aadhaar.
The earlier deadlines for linking the two databases were July 31, August 31 and December 31, 2017, March 31 and June 30 this year.
Aadhar data breach: Is your information safe?
Millions of social media followers of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta are unable to access his official accounts as at Friday morning (March 22).
The official reason for the ‘blackout’ on Twitter and Facebook was due to both accounts having been compromised, Kenyatta’s Chief of Staff confirmed.
“On account of unauthorized access to the official social media handles of H.E the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. All official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken,” Nzioka Waita said.
He also added that the incident was allied to the president’s anti-corruption fight. “It seems the President’s stand on corruption has generated all manner of reactions,” he added in a second tweet.
The Star newspaper, a privately-owned outlet reported however that the deactivation was because of a tweet that was deemed politically sensitive hence the move.
The president’s closest political ally is believed to be the Deputy President William Ruto who has serially been accused of corruption.
Mr Ruto, who has refuted the allegations, is believed to be eyeing the presidency when Uhuru’s current term ends. He has been Uhuru’s deputy since 2013, the duo won a second term in 2017.
It is not the first time such a measure has been undertaken, in July 2018, the Chief of Staff announced official Twitter handles for presidential communication at the time as part of efforts to streamline information flow. Two official handles at the time were subsequently deactivated.
From log cabins and renovated barns to new builds with loads of country charm, rustic style draws its inspiration from the woods and lakes of the great outdoors. Here are some tips to make the most of a rustic home’s natural good looks with design ideas for porches, paint colors, pathways, and more.
Rustic color and texture. Pull your color palette inspiration from the countryside scenery: smooth logs, rough stone, weathered wood, a pop of barn red or pine green. Natural materials should be the star of the show, so choose a clear finish for exterior woodwork and always choose the real deal (wood, stone) when possible over a synthetic alternative.
A porch for sitting. No rustic home worth its salt should be without a porch, and the bigger, the better. An open, wraparound porch is ideal, as it provides ample outdoor living space and doesn’t block any views. Complete the picture with a pair (or two) of chunky wooden rockers.
Get the details right. Choose a handsome door (either left natural or painted to match the trim) with hefty hardware, and a mailbox and house numbers in a matching medium-to-dark metal with a matte or weathered finish. Rustic porch lanterns and a few simple pots or bark-covered planters of flowers are all you need to pull the entry together.
How rustic can you go? When choosing the details, take a cue from the rest of your home’s architecture: If it’s a log home, weathered wood cabin, or stone structure, you can go with very rough, rustic hardware and accessories. If your rustic home is shingled, choose more classic pieces with a matte or weathered finish.
Natural plantings. A rustic home is not the place for fussy plantings. Think native, natural, and slightly wild. Check out a local nursery or plant sale that features local plants to find varieties that will thrive in your climate, and plant beds to attract bees, birds, and butterflies. Curved planting beds filled with flowers, rocks, and natural mulch provide a welcome softness to a rustic structure.
Winding paths. As with planting beds, when it comes to walkways, choose curved over straight. Natural stone with irregular shapes look right at home with a rustic house.
Rustic fencing. A picket fence would look out of place in front of a rustic home. Instead, enhance the natural character of your home with a “wattle” or woven twig fence, a split-rail fence, or any other rustic wooden fence. Extra credit for including wood with the bark still attached.
Bringing rustic into town. New rustic-style homes are being built in towns and suburbs all the time. The key to make your in-town rustic home look its best is to find a balanced approach — it is possible to overdose on willow branch furniture and rusted wheelbarrows! Combine natural elements like a stone path, window box, and weather vane with crisp and clean elements such as a paved driveway and neat grass.
A place to unwind. Most of all, when you spy your rustic home from across the street, you should immediately think, now that looks relaxing. A good way to mark your home as an R&R hot spot is with an icon of relaxation: Hang up a hammock, install a porch swing, or set out a rocker or Adirondack chair.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday that Trump has not released his tax returns because he feared that public scrutiny would lead to an audit and tax penalties.
In congressional testimony that could aid efforts by House Democrats to obtain Trump’s returns, Cohen also said he does not believe the president is under audit, despite repeated claims by Trump that he could not release his returns because they are being audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
Members of the House of Representatives tax committee also pointed to other segments of Cohen’s testimony as topics likely to draw further scrutiny, including claims that Trump deflated the value of his properties to lower his tax bill and called the government “stupid” for giving him a $10 million tax refund in 2008.
As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump broke with a decades old practice of making his tax returns public and continues to refuse to release them as president.
“What he didn’t want is to have an entire group of think tanks that are tax experts run through his tax return and start ripping it to pieces, and then he’ll end up in an audit and he’ll ultimately have taxable consequences, penalties and so on,” Cohen told the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee.
“I presume that he is not under audit,” he added.
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, the tax oversight panel that plans to request Trump’s returns from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has considered focusing on the IRS audits that Trump cites as the reason for not releasing the documents.
Democrats are trying to back up their looming request with an iron-clad legal argument for what is expected to be an unprecedented court battle.
But Republicans say that obtaining Trump’s returns would “weaponize” the confidential tax documents for political purposes. “This is about an abuse of power by Congress,” Representative Kevin Brady, the committee’s top Republican, said earlier this month.
But Democratic committee members on Wednesday said they were struck by Cohen’s remarks about Trump receiving a multimillion-dollar refund from the IRS after slashing wages for his employees.
“That is of concern. Because that means there’s potential cheating on his taxes,” said Democratic Representative Judy Chu.
Cohen said Trump was able to lower real estate tax bills by deflating the value of his golf courses and requesting a tax deduction.
“There are three or four things of a financial nature that Ways and Means could be interested in and that the IRS should be looking into,” Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said.
Say Anything has announced a very special tour in honor of the tenth anniversary of the release of their album In Defense Of The Genre. To celebrate, the band is performing their first three albums in their entirety over two nights in nineteen different cities. Dates kick off on November 25th, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ at the Crescent Ballroom.
General tickets will go on sale this Friday, August 25th at noon local time. Fan Club presale will start on Tuesday, August 22nd at noon local time at this link: http://sayanything.shofetti.com. Special guests will be announced soon.
Say Anything is confirmed to perform at this year’s Riot Fest on Sunday, September 17th. Tickets are at www.riotfest.org.
Featured in Say Anything’s upcoming tour lineup will be Parker Case (keys, guitar), Kenny Bridges (guitar), Reed Murray (drums), Garron DuPree (bass) and of course, Max Bemis (vocals).
January 13th – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live!
A baker in Spain's Basque region has been shot dead by an off-duty policeman for his refusal to put up a sign in honour of Madrid's bomb victims.
The 61-year-old man, who ran a shop in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, died on Saturday after being taken to hospital.
He had refused a request by the policeman's wife to hang a black ribbon in his bakery as many other stores had done to commemorate the 200 people killed in Thursday's train blasts.
He did so because he belonged to an association of parents of youths suspected of links to the Basque separatist group ETA, initially blamed by the government for the attacks.
The woman ran upstairs to her nearby apartment to tell her husband, who came down and shot the baker. The policeman was arrested.
Suspicion against ETA had provoked assaults on jailed members immediately after the blasts, but those stopped once clues emerged suggesting Islamist fighters could be behind the attacks.
Batasuna, a banned political party tied to ETA, called for demonstrations on Sunday to protest against the baker's death.
The baker was the "201st victim" of the Madrid attacks, a Batasuna leader said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent fighter jets to Syria, U.S. officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between U.S. and Russian defense chiefs in over a year.