Usvisa docs9/12/2023 ![]() Others often still require applicants to be interviewed regardless.”Īmid growing calls for the US administration to act to relieve visa processing times, the Cato report points out as well that there is precedent for executive intervention when wait times become excessive: “The last time visa wait times grew above a few months, then‐President Obama ordered that 80% of all temporary visas be issued in less than 21 days. Others require applicants to drop off in‐person. Some consulates simply allow renewal applicants to submit their paperwork via mail. But consulates are implementing this policy in very different ways. “The State Department has waived the need to obtain an interview for most travellers who had previously held a visa in the last four years. “These statistics also do not include what amounts to a shadow backlog of applicants seeking to renew their temporary visas,” adds Mr Bier. In contrast, those applying via consulates or embassies such as Ho Chi Minh City (6 days), Bangkok (7 days), or Beijing (2 days) will encounter wait times below pre-pandemic averages. State Department data also shows that processing times vary widely, not only by visa class but also by diplomatic post, as we see in the table below.Īs of July 2022, students applying via Dhaka (551 days), Istanbul (428 days), Abu Dhabi (310 days) will endure some of the longest delays for their visa interviews. “Currently, the first available dates for a visitor visa appointment in Nairobi are in June 2024.” This is a worldwide problem that US embassies are diligently striving to address.” As we work through the backlog of applications and address the high demand for services, we recognise that some applicants may face extended visa interview wait times. The Embassy restarted interviews at full capacity in February 2022. “Due to COVID-19 health and safety measures, nonimmigrant visa interviews at US Embassy Nairobi ceased for over a year. In one telling illustration of this cascading effect, a 25 July 2022 update from the US Embassy in Kenya explains: “You can’t just shut down an entire bureaucracy for more than a year and not expect to have a cascade of consequences,” says David Bier, the Institute’s associate director. If you are unsure, please use the Visa Wizard below to help you determine your visa type.The issue is simply the backlog of visa files that accumulated in US consulates and embassies around the world during an extended processing closure during the pandemic. Do You Already Know What Type of Visa You Need?įor nonimmigrant visas, you can go directly to the online application for the DS-160 or for immigrant visas, directly to the USCIS site for the relevant forms. citizen may need a visa issued by the embassy or consulate of the country they wish to visit. visa for travel to the United States, but when planning travel abroad a U.S. If you cannot find what you are looking for here, please visit for additional information. ![]() visas for foreign citizens to travel to the United States. The Visa section of this website is all about U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler’s passport, a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship or nationality.Ĭertain international travelers may be eligible to travel to the United States without a visa if they meet the requirements for visa-free travel under the Visa Waiver Program. A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S.
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Desk pose9/12/2023 ![]() Study 1 found that the expansive-feet-on-desk pose, compared to other expansive or constricted postures, was perceived by both Americans and East Asians as the least consistent with East Asian cultural norms of modesty, humility, and restraint. “In four studies,” she says, “the effect of each posture on participants was evaluated in comparison to a constricted body posture (e.g., sitting with hands under thighs, standing with arms wrapped around one’s body). expansive-feet-on-desk pose (i.e., leaning back in one’s chair with feet on top of the desk, hands placed behind one’s head, fingers interlocked, and elbows spread out wide. ![]() expansive-upright-sitting pose (i.e., resting one’s ankle on the opposite leg’s knee with one arm on the armrest and the other hand on the desk).expansive-hands-spread-on-desk pose (i.e., standing up and leaning over on a desk with hands spread apart).Park says the expansive postures, which were based on previous research, consisted of: In contrast, expansive postures that violate cultural norms, such as putting one’s feet on the desk, do not make all individuals feel powerful.” “Some postures, such as the expansive-hands-spread-on-desk and expansive-upright-sitting poses, ” she says, “make people across cultures feel more powerful. “Overall, these findings suggest that expansive postures have both universal and culturally specific effects on people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior,” says University at Buffalo psychologist Lora E. Researchers conducted four studies with more than 600 men and women born in the US or East Asia (e.g., China, South Korea, Japan) in order to examine the psychological experience of viewing and enacting expansive (versus constricted) body postures. You may need to include much more comprehensive stretching into your regime.Īlso, you may find it useful to include Active Isolated Stretching which I find to be more effective for the sustained lengthening of muscle tissue than static stretching.University Columbia University, University at Buffaloīody posture can send powerful signals, but several recent studies suggest that the effect varies based on the type of posture and cultural background. ![]() The reason yoga asanas such as the camel pose and table pose may be relieving your pain is because these poses can help to lengthen the iliacus and psoas muscles, collectively called the iliopsoas. Response from Stephen at Lower Back Pain Answers: Is it possible that I may be causing this pain myself due to an improper warm up routine? I find using specific yoga poses such as camel and table tend to ease the pain significantly. I normally exercise about four to five times a week doing a range of different things including yoga, resistance training and cardio work. Most of my pain occurs when rising from sitting to standing or when bending over at the waist. My doctor thinks it’s a bowel condition and so did I until I read this web page. This develops by the next day into a very severe pain which shoots from my lower left back through to the front of my abdomen. From time to time I get the sensation of a slightly pulled muscle. My bitch a choosy lover9/12/2023 ![]() Need a real street stalker (stalker) to walk a green mile ![]() When I say my girl I don't mean my woman, that ain't my style I show you shit you never seen, the Seven Wonders of the WorldĪnd I can make you the eighth if you wanna be my girl The grass is greener on that other side, if you know what I mean Your bitch chose me, you ain't a pimp, you a fairyīaby you been rollin' solo, time to get down with the team Some hoes wanna choose but them bitches too scary I smashed up the gray one, bought me a redĮvery time we hit the parkin' lot we turn head She be cross country, givin' all that she gotĪ thousand a pop, I'm pullin' Bentleys off the lot Top notch hoes get the most, not the lesserįuckin' up the game, bitch it gets no love Never in the sheets, like it on top of the cover My bitch a choosy lover, never fuck without a rubber Man these girls is smart, Three Stacks, these girls is smart Hey keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart Keep your heart, Three Stacks, keep your heart I know you ain't a pimp, but pimp remember what I taught ya: If that bitch do you dirty we'll wipe her ass out in some detergent You know we got your back like chiroprac-tic Like a preemie out the womb, my partner yelling "too soonĭon't do it! Reconsider, read some liter. When I shoot the moon, high jump the broom So the light from the sun would not burn me on my bum They dip as quick as they can, the atmosphere is now ripped Spaceships don't come equipped with rear view mirrors Give up all this pussy cat that's in my lap, no lookin' back Peninsula maybe, it makes no sense, I know crazy Wetness all around me, true but I'm no island Then I CC'ed every girl that I'd see-seed 'round townĪnd hate to see y'all frown but I'd rather see her smilin' Sayin' that I chose this cutie pie with whom I wanna beĪnd I apologize if this message gets you down So I typed a text to a girl I used to see Nexomon extinction starters locations9/12/2023 It can be chosen at the beginning of the game as one of the starter Nexomon. If you found them, or have information on more areas to find the others, feel free to add it. Basic Information Sprunk is a Fire-type Nexomon that evolves into Expunk at Level 17 and into Fetidoom at Level 34. Still looking for Fruzard, the water type, and Spink, the grass type. If you have a wish what info is missing, or should be displayed different leave a comment. Please comment if you found a Nexomon in a Zone where it was not listed, I'll gladly add it. Enjoy catchy chiptunes while travelling the charming 2D. I found it in the smaller patch above the Nexomon trainer. This guide should provide overall information about Nexomon Locations, Item Locations, Vaults, Quests, Healer Locations and so on and so on. 7 Images Summary In the monster-catching RPG adventure Nexomon: Extinction, there are over 300 unique Nexomon to trap, tame and evolve. It can also be found in the large patch of grass to the right of the Pixekai Research Lab.įerosera, the fire type, can be found in the patches of grass west of Ignitia, near lava. Most seen are from other tamers you battle. Ponirius, the wind type, can be found southeast of Ignitia, in the brown grass above the girl with the cool hair. Noki via PQube The first few locations in the game aren’t filled with fire Nexomon as much as you’d think. There is a well and lumberjack north of it that you should be able to see while searching. Perchara, the electric type, can be found east of Mountain Village, in the green patch of grass. ![]() You can also find Vulazy here.įrulf, the rock type, can be found in every grass patch from when you exit the cave from Parum town, all the way until Mountain Village. There should be a painter to the right, and it is next to where you meet the shopkeeper for the first time. Fleecius, the normal type, can be found in the grass patch right before Parum Town. Rent spectre movie9/11/2023 The two Stan Bush songs are the most famous, but the hair-metal version of the actual Transformer’s main theme, performed by the band Lion, is pretty amazing. The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack is brazen and singular, it would be like if Queen had written songs for Masters of the Universe instead of Highlander. Name another ‘80s movie, made for kids, that had rock opera moments like this. But, the second use of “The Touch” in the film, when Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime, and says “This is the end of the road, Galvatron,” is equally awesome. Most people reading this sentence probably remember the first time the song plays in the movie slightly more: Optimus Prime says “Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost,” then transforms from robot to truck mode, and gets down to business. There’s an “Eye of the Tiger” quality to both tracks, encouraging a hero to get things done, with a silly mix of metaphors that barely makes sense in the context of the song, but somehow crystallizes when the song plays in the movie - twice. Ebayīoth “The Touch” and “Dare,” are the kinds of ‘80s rock earworms that could also have easily appeared in some kind of Rocky spin-off. The original vinyl release of Transformers: The Movie. This is the hero theme for Transformers the movie, and though it was famously (infamously?) rerecorded by Mark Wahlberg for Boogie Nights, and remixed and recorded by Bush himself in 20, the original version, written and recorded for the Transformers soundtrack album remains a fist-pumping rock anthem, which can really only be described as a song Kenny Loggins probably wishes he’d written. The big song we’re talking about here is the Stan Bush hit “The Touch,” in which the lyrics You’ve got the touch/you’ve got the power/yeaaah! were burned into the brains of various kids, forever. ![]() But why? There are many theories, but the most compelling reason why the ‘86 Transformers is still so great is both simple and unique: Its rock soundtrack is amazing, and, gives that famous Tom Cruise airplane movie soundtrack (released the same year!) a run for its money. Still, the 1986 animated movie holds up better than any Transformers artifact, ever. Of all the movies that have been spun out of the Michael Bay Transformers films, Rise of the Beasts (along with, maybe Bumblebee) feels the closest to the kind of movies we’d all hope for from this franchise. The brazen decision from Hasbro and the Transformers powers-that-be in the ‘80s was brilliant and probably helped more kids understand grief than any other movie released in that decade.Īlthough Rise of the Beasts has plenty of charm and feels like the perfect summer movie for a parent and their 7+ kids, it’s still hard for any Transformers movie to top the 1986 accidental masterpiece. You remember Unicron devouring a peaceful robot planet in the opening scenes, and you remember, crucially, Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), dying in the first 20 minutes. But, these famous names are likely not the reasons you remember this movie as a kid. Eric Idle of Monty Python fame appears late in the movie as a junk robot named Wreck-Gar, the legendary Robert Stack plays Ultra Magnus, Leonard Nimoy plays the other villain, Galvatron, and ‘80s Brat Pack star Judd Nelson leads the cast as Hot Rod, the Autobot who would be king. It was one of Welles's last movies ever, but the rest of the voice cast was just as impressive. Sound familiar? If you’re pushing 40, it should! Back in 1986, Unicron first appeared in the beloved Transformers: The Movie, and at that time, he was voiced by the late great, Orson Welles. Not only does Optimus Prime look boxy and trucky the way he should, but the movie also features the live-action debut of the planet-destroying Transformer, Unicron. ![]() And, if you’re a child of the eighties or nineties, the latest live-action epic, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, will remind you of your childhood in one specific way. Those robots in disguise, the Transformers, have returned to movie theaters. Phoebe cates now and then9/11/2023 ![]() ![]() “If I had married someone my own age, the possibility of progeny would have been very slim. ![]() “ I was 40-ish, when I finally stopped obsessing about acting and thought it would be nice to have a life and actually got married,” the award-winning actor told The Guardian. When asked about the endurance of their relationship, Kline interestingly notes that the couple’s age gap was actually an advantage when it came to starting a family. Clearly, it all begins with support and respect for one another’s personal goals, just it is necessary for that support and respect to work with the pair in forging a successful marriage and family life. Though Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates were both working actors when they met, romanced and married, Phoebe Cates took a different direction in her personal and professional life, dedicating herself to raising their children and then abandoning her previous career to embark on one as a merchant and businesswoman!Ĭates and Kline are proud of their own personal successes as well as each other’s. RELATED: Kristen Bell’s Secret to a Healthy Ten-Year Marriage Is One Simple Phrase – And It Is Eye-Opening The store was an instant smash and continues to be successful as it begins its 18 th year of business, just as Cates and Kline’s marriage approaches the 34-year mark. Re-inventing herself as a retailer and starting up Blue Tree was Cates’ passion project ( she has described it as a “mom-and-pop store without the pop”), which she immersed herself in after raising her two children. While Kline added to his acting resumé, Cates opened the women’s clothing and jewelry boutique Blue Tree on New York City’s Upper East Side in 2005. 2014 tumblr grunge9/11/2023 The trend, which has made the rounds on TikTok and Instagram, has honed in on the indie sleaze aesthetic, bringing to light positives and negatives about the trend. 24.4K me gusta,154 comentarios.Video de TikTok de Samantha Costantini (samanthacostantini): «Responder a gurutze20 Moda SoftGrunge Tumblr Egirl».VUELVE EL SOFT GRUNGE 2013/2014 SOFT GRUNGE SKINS PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. This trend has created a newfound buzz for clothing items like low-waisted denim and mini shoulder bags. For example, the Y2K and 2000’s aesthetic recently had a major comeback and has impacted popular culture in 20. Just like “2014 Tumblr Grunge,” other fashion trends are cyclical as well, which means that they can come back in style every so often. Many celebrities are also adopting the trend, donning the coveted black Dr. The appearance of not really trying with a mix of neutral colors and patterns has become what this era is most known for. This trend largely took its inspiration from the music of the time, devolving into a mixture of grunge, minimalism, and internet culture. When looking for color inspiration to style this trend, think of grungy, dark tones like black, grey, dark blue and white. See a recent post on Tumblr from carm3n-carm3n about 2014core. Items that fit this aesthetic include tattoo chokers, black fishnet stockings, and flannels wrapped around the waist. 2014 revival 2014 soft grunge tumblr aesthetic 2014 aesthetic 2014 tumblr ultraviolence lana del rey soft grunge arctic monkeys aesthetic. With her alternative style of dark eye makeup, tights, platforms, spikes and a blend of girly with. ![]() More than likely, some younger millennials have pieces from this era in the back of their wardrobes already. One of the most unforgettable aesthetics of 2009-2014 Tumblr was that of Charli XCX’s. Given the recent shift in trends, it’s time to dust off your favorite platforms and American Apparel tennis skirts and lean into that Tumblr-using, cigarette smoking, angsty teen aesthetic from 2014. ![]() 6 Fashion and Shoe Trends Showing Up For Resort remembers? | follow for daily fashion content #tiktokpartner #learnontiktok #2014tumblr #tumblrgirl #arcticmonkeys #the1975 Still life movie9/11/2023 ![]() He was born in New Zealand and then moved to Manhattan. Henry is a Brooklyn-based contemporary photographer who is famous for his still life and food photography. His work is often confronting, and you need to take a second look to understand what is going on in his images. He attended Goldsmiths’ College and had various solo and group exhibitions in the past three decades.Ĭollishaw’s work is showcased at many famous art institutions like the Center Georges Pompidou, Paris Museum of Contemporary Art and Tate, London. Mat is a British contemporary artist who also creates still life photography. She also took up painting a few years ago and started to create paintings showcasing bananas during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. And she has quite a reputable clientele including like Apple, Nike, Audie and Hermes. Her images are quirky, fun and innovative. Today, she is working and living in London. ![]() Jenny is an award-winning still life photographer from Sydney. His work won him several awards, and Jonathan worked with clients like Coca-Cola, Smirnoff, Nescafé and Guinness. When I bought my first camera, two of the frames on my first roll of film were of splashing milk.” For the next few years, I carried this inspiration with me. “ When I was eight years old, I was awestruck by Harold Edgerton’s iconic milk splash image, which was on the wall of my school science laboratory. He likes to focus on drinks and liquids because they have been inspiring him since his childhood. He has a unique style and lighting technique. Jonathan is an outstanding advertising photographer specialising in still life photography. Still Life Photographers: Jonathan Knowles Filebeat and elasticsearch9/11/2023 ![]() In this setup, we install the certs/keys on the /etc/logstash directory cp $HOME/elk/ Next, copy the node certificate, $HOME/elk/elk.crt, and the Beats standard key, to the relevant configuration directory. Convert the Keys to Standard Elastic Beats PKCS#8 Key formatįor Beat to connect to Logstash via TLS, you need to convert the generated node key to the PKCS#8 standard required for the Elastic Beat – Logstash communication over TLS openssl pkcs8 -in $HOME/elk/elk.key -topk8 -nocrypt -out $HOME/elk/ Configure Filebeat-Logstash SSL/TLS Connection You should now have these files ls $HOME/ca/ -1 ca.crtīe sure to keep you private keys as secure as possible. In the command below, we extract to my home directory. Read more about the elasticsearch-certutil tool on Elasticsearch reference page.Įxtract the certificate files to some directory. Listing the contents of the archive file unzip -l $HOME/elk-cert.zip The command will create the CA key and certificate, the node key and certificate archived in a $HOME/elk-cert.zip file which is valid for an year. usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert -keep-ca-key -pem -in $HOME/instances.yml -out $HOME/elk-cert.zip -days 365 ![]() Once that is done, run the command below to generate the ELK Stack TLS Certificates. To silently generate the node certificates, create an YAML file to define you nodes distinguished names (can be hostname) and the node FQDN in the format shown below vim $HOME/instances.yml instances: However, in this demo, since we are just running a single node Elastic Stack with all the components in place, then we will just generate the certificates for just this single node. With elasticsearch-certutil, it is possible to generate the certificates for a specific node or multiple nodes. ![]() In this demo, we will be creating TLS certificates using elasticsearch-certutil.Įlasticsearch-certutil is an Elastic Stack utility that simplifies the generation of X.509 certificates and certificate signing requests for use with SSL/TLS in the Elastic stack. Install and Configure Filebeat 7 on Ubuntu 18.04/Debian 9.8 Generate ELK Stack CA and Server Certificates Install Filebeat on Fedora 30/Fedora 29/CentOS 7 Install and Configure Filebeat on CentOS 8 You can follow any of the guides below to install and setup Elastic Stack ĭeploy a Single Node Elastic Stack Cluster on Docker Containers Install and Setup Filebeatįollow the links below to install and setup Filebeat This needs a little bit of processing to make it Elasticsearch / Kibana friendly but can be achieved within Elasticsearch by using a processor.Using Docker+Portainer to Install Open Source Password Manager Bitwarden Easy way to configure Filebeat-Logstash SSL/TLS Connectionīefore you can proceed, we assume that you already have installed and setup ELK stack as well the Filebeat on the end points from where you are collecting event data from. The Log4j2 JSONLayout adds a timestamp field named timeMillis which is UNIX time (seconds since epoch) formatted. The compact and eventEol settings are necessary for Filebeat to be able to parse the log file as JSON. Scroll further down to where all the existing appenders are defined and add your new JSON appender: # JSON log appender In order to enable JSON logging in OH, edit the etc/.cfg file (usually in /var/lib/openhab2) and amend the Root Logger section near the top to add the new appender ref: # Root logger We’re going to configure OH to emit a JSON log file which will then be picked up by Filebeat and sent off directly to Elasticsearch. The guide assumes you already installed Elasticsearch (+ Kibana) as well as Filebeat. The following steps have been tested on OpenHab 2.4 and the 7.3 version of the Elastic stack (according to the documentation this should work all the way back to 5.0 though). In my work life I found socket appenders to be quite unreliable - every now and then they will just stop working… Then you need to grep and tail your logs as if you’ve never had centralised logging in the first place!.Logstash is quite heavy on resource usage (being a JRuby JVM both CPU and memory).There already are a couple of great guides on how to set this up using a combination of Logstash and a Log4j2 socket appender ( here and here) however I decided on using Filebeat instead for two reasons: The purpose is purely viewing application logs rather than analyzing the event logs. This tutorial walks you through setting up OpenHab, Filebeat and Elasticsearch to enable viewing OpenHab logs in Kibana. Panda pop crashes9/11/2023 There’s excellent vision out of the Fiat Panda thanks to the deep windows all around and large-ish (for the size of the vehicle) wing mirrors. And, if you drive a long distance to work each day like me (100km each way), then an armrest can be vital to making a drive less tiresome, but of course you can’t have everything in a modestly-priced package like the Panda. What it does, do, however, is work well as a handbrake… but that’s as far as it goes. That said, you can sit them in the door pockets without hassle.Much has been made of the Panda’s handbrake with some outlets suggesting it makes a good armrest. The storage compartment ahead of the front passenger, and the glovebox below it, even if it is a little on the small side, are both neat, but I couldn’t get an iPad or Microsoft Surface tablet to fit comfortably. Finding a place to stash your keys, wallet and phone, etc, can be tricky – and the square shape of the cup holders can make storing some cups and bottles difficult. That may well be true, but I couldn’t find all 14 and, some of the storage spaces that are there aren’t the most useful. All of the dials are well laid out so they’re easily read and understood with just a glance, and the overall feel from the interior is one of utilitarian rather than basic.Īpparently there are 14 hidey holes stashed around the Panda’s cabin. For instance, despite only being 3650mm long and with a wheelbase of just 2300mm, the Panda is able to seat five adults, although the three in the back would need to be very close friends.The dashboard is functional looking and, clad in hard-wearing but quality plastic which should suffer the knocks and bumps of everyday life without showing too much wear. ![]() Fiat has worked hard to eke out as much room inside of the Panda as is possible and they’re to be commended for the effort. AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |