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Tripartite negotiations kick off in grand style
More than half of his backbenchers have effectively told Dave his EU policy is rubbish, some in as many words. Add to this the growing threat of UKIP, now polling 50 percent higher than Dave's coalition partners, and Dave must feel some drastic move is called for.
Nadine Dorries has come up with the bright idea of Tory candidates doing a deal to stand jointly with UKIP, but Dave rang up from his foreign junket to stand on principle: 'We don't do deals,' he said. Except the deal he struck with the LibDems, he might have added but didn't. Quite right too. It's a man who's in command of his principles, not vice versa.
At the same time, Dave arranged a conference call with Angela and François to start negotiating a better deal for Britain. Said negotiations, we've been told in no uncertain terms, will take at least four years but, as Dave's fellow conservative once put it, 'a journey of a thousand miles starts with a small step.'
Anyway, I've been fortunate enough to obtain the transcript of the ensuing conversation, which I'm only too happy to share with you.
D: Guten morgen, Angela. Bonjour, François.
F: Zut alors, Daveed, stop pretending you're un linguiste extraordinaire. Good morning to you too, and what do you want? Speak fast, Angie asn't ad er morning wurst yet.
A: Oh shut up, Frank.
F: C'est François, not your sale boche de Frank! And don't tell me to la fermer! Not in front of ze children!
D: Chaps, chaps, please. Actually the reason I've called is that…
F: Eez zat it's up to us whether you lose your job or UKIP it. Get it? UKIP it? You like l'esprit français?
D: Er, the joke doesn't quite work in English…
A: Ze joke is on you, my friend. You vant concessions form us, nicht wahr? Sehr gut. How about a McDonald's one? Or vould you prefer KFC?
D: Do let's be serious, please. I need something from you, chaps, some sort of gag I can shove down the bastards' throats…
F: Valérie me tells…
A: Oh shut up, Frank. No one cares vot your bit on ze side tells you. Dave here has a point. Vee don't give him somesing, it's auf wiedersehen, England, in ze near future.
D: Exactly. I can only keep the bastards at bay for so long. They're already saying I'm a lame-duck party leader and a sitting-duck PM…
F: Duck, c'est votre Cockney rhyming slang, but no?
A: Oh shut up, Frank. Let's give Dave his fish back, for example…
D: Er… that's a good idea, Angie. But I was thinking more along the lines of going back to just a free-trade deal. You know, no Court of Human Rights, no political integration…
A: Das ist ausgeschlossen! Out of ze question! Unmöglich! Im-bloody-possible!
F: Ange has reason, Daveed. Eizer in or out. Oui like you, you're a European true. So if you vant somesing fishy, like some of your fish back, we can talk dinde, turkey. Valérie me tells…
A: Oh shut up, Frank. But do pay achtung to ze tings Frank says, Dave. Vee can help, but vee don't vant to make a mess of ze EU…
Here the transcript ends. According to my source, Dave turned off his tape recorder just as he began to explain to his European partners what's what.
If I'm ousted as party leader, he said off the record, Britain will have an in-out referendum immediately, not in four years, not in five years, not when pigs will fly. Schweinen don't fly, Angela is reported to have replied. François then seemed to have suggested that taking things literally is a national German trait, only to be told to shut up by Angela.
As Valérie says, objected François, we must learn to adapt to the situation as it changes. Ach nein, said Angela as quoted by my source, you can't teach an old rottweiler new tricks, especially not after she's done half of Paris.
After that the conversation degenerated to mutual insults, with Angela calling François der Frosch, and François countering that the word rhymes with boche. During that exchange Dave stayed on the sidelines, thinking that his estimate of four years for negotiations was, if anything, too optimistic.
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Today is a very auspicious occasion. These two very wonderful devotees, Govinda Ghosh Prabhu and Maharani Bhavatarini devi have earned the respect and love of so many Vaisnavas all over the world, that New Vrndavana has become a place of pilgrimage. Actually, (it is) due to all these devotees love and respect for you .The blessings of Vaisnavas is the blessings of Krsna. With these blessings we can cross all the obstacles of this world.
Today is a very auspicious day, Govardhana Puja. There is something we could learn about marriage from the pastime of the Govardhana lila. Indra sent many obstacles, storms, lightening, high winds, massive rains, freezing cold, flying ice and from my understanding all these things will come within marriage life also. (laughter) But because the Brijbasis remained together under the shelter of Lord Krsna's mercy, they all remained united in the service of Lord Sri Krsnaand they were always protected from all these obstacles. That is an eternal truth.
Marriage is a sacred offering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Today, as Kali-yuga progresses it becomes nothing more that a legal formality. But marriage is a sacred offering of devotion. The husband and the wife come together to take vows before the deity and before the sacred fire and all the assembled Vaisnavas to live in faithfulness and dedication with Lord Krsna's service in the center. This is the key to all success in any responsibility in devotional service – to keep Krsna in the center. As long as Krsna was in the center of the Brijbasis, there was no Indra or any demigod or any factor could do anythingvto disunite them. How to keep Krsna in the center? That is a science.
In 1969 when Prabhupada was here in New Vrndavana, he performed a marriage. And in his lecture he spoke something that fascinated me a lot. He explained how the duty of the husband and the wife were to dedicate each other to make their partner happy. Because Prabhupada said without happiness there cannot really be a growth of bhakti. It is actually the responsibility of husband and wife to keep each other happy in devotional service.
And what does it take to make another person happy? We have a physical being, an emotional being and a spiritual being. And the duty of marriage is to serve the needs of our partner- physical needs, according to the particular circumstance. Traditionally the wife takes care of the house and children, the husband provides. Emotionally- affection, respect is very, very important. One of the big problems in any relationship in this world is that everybody has a very separate and distinct false ego. And the closer two false egos come to each other the more the volatile potential is there. Does anyone have this experience? Therefore, humility in this relationship is actually our responsibility. To satisfy each other emotionally people need to feel cared for, people need to feel loved. We cannot neglect each other. We cannot disrespect each other. Love is a very, very high spiritual realization; it has little or nothing to do with the romantic feelings of this world.
In the American continent, 71% of marriages are divorced within three years. That's a federal statistic. Because they base the relationship on this romantic attraction, often. But traditional marriage throughout the world is based on responsibility. Do not expect your partner to be what you want them to be, because they will not. When you marry, you have many things in common because you want things in common. But after some time, the differences begin to manifest. I want my wife to be this way and the wife wants her husband to be that way, but the fact is, every person is a unique devotee of the Lord and we have to both adjust with respect, with responsibility and through the process of going through the various storms of life, we actually gain deep spiritual realization and deep love and respect for each other and for Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. That's really what marriage is about. Human life is meant for tapasya. Marriage life is not meant for sense gratification, it is meant for tapasya. Some sense gratification may be there, but the actual realization comes when we adjust ourselves to help make the other person happy in Krishna consciousness, even if it causes difficulties to myself. And through this process over the years of sacrifice, adjustment, loyalty, faithfulness, we gain tremendous deep spiritual enlightenment. We develop a very deep connection to Krsna. That is the beauty of grihastha life.
Grhastha life is designed so that by living together in a particular spiritual environment we become completely purified and learn to become completely dependent and faithful to Krsna. Srila Prabhupada explained that the primary duty of a man is to protect his wife. This means to protect physically, emotionally and spiritually, by providing the needs of the body and the affection respect and concern of the emotions. And by providing a spiritual example by which the wife feels confident to continue forward on the path of bhakti. Srila Prabhupada explained the duty of the wife is to assist the husband, to remain chaste and faithful to the husband and to inspire the husband in his devotional service.
In Srimad Bhagavatam the wife is compared to a very formidable fort that protects the husband from maya. In Krishna consciousness, the misconception of husband being superior to wife, wife should be slave to husband, has proved to be an utter failure. The fact is marriage is a partnership of respect and responsibility. And when by the grace of God, children come to through this marriage, then what a great responsibility comes in that form,when the Supreme Personality of Godhead entrusts His own beloved devotee under our care.
So please Govinda Ghosh and Maharani Bhavatarini, take this vow very seriously and understand that by having a serious responsibility toward each other with humility, with respect, with care, to help your partner to become actually happy in Krishna consciousness. That is what this vow is all about in this ceremony, isn't it? And then you will taste the nectar of pure unalloyed devotional service. However many storms, how much thunder, lightening when the downfall comes, always remain under the sacred Govardhana hill of Krsna's will of your sacred vows, keep your gaze always upon Krsna and He will always protect you.
The holy name of the Lord is the most merciful, munificent manifestation of Krsna in our lives. I know Govinda Ghosh Prabhu is very fond of chanting the holy names. And when he chants he has the power to induce many, many people to dance and sing in ecstasy. So please make your house the spiritual world where the chanting of the holy name is the heart of your life. Prabhupada explained that when the husband and wife are responsible to respect one another and encourage one another in Krishna consciousness, then the house becomes Vaikuntha, the spiritual world. It is my great prayer that all the assembled Vaisnavas offer their heartfelt blessings on this day.


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As I look out the window and see mounds of snow all around it is hard to believe that summer is coming soon. Well, not soon enough but this summer in Seaside Heights is going to be great!
Some of you are coming as early as April, others in the deep summer in July and August. No matter when you come, Seaside Heights is going to be the place to go this summer. All the hype from the show the Jersey Shore will have blown over too and we can get right back to enjoying the beach for the beach, the fun games and rides on the boardwalk, biking down the boulevard or having a cocktail by the pool at your private fenced complex, Surfside Condos.
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The one who is coming into the world
"I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world." (J 11: 27)
The world seen from a different perspective: not mine but His. Media inform us about the presence of evil: acts of terror, crime, violence, wars and danger. The Bible, even if it speaks about our weakness, always proclaims the Good News about Our Lord "who is coming into the world." When "I have come to believe" that He is the Christ, the son of God, nothing is the same, everything changes: I am never alone, I am loved, protected and guided by His Angels and Saints.
"I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life." (Gospel Acclamation)

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As we all know, peopeo always prefer to wear expensive things like clothes, shoes, glassess, and so on. They think all of those things make them different form others,well, that is one of the reason why so many people are chasing the Luxury goods so much,here is a list for top 10 famous fashion glasses brand in the worldm just have a look and vote for someone.
Firstly, let us know The main competitors of Oakley, Wiley X, Costa Del Mar, Kaenon Polarize,Adiddas, nike and so on, well, these are nearly the top luxury brands in the world, racing with them, which has also proved the ability of Oakley,especially the glasses products.
As the matter of fact, the mian products are luxury handbags.as we all know, both of them are fashionable things, and it is not a difficulty that people to make a combine of this two wonderful products in the fashion field, well, in fact, Judith Leiber deos well in this.
a fashion line designed by Hilary Duff for Donna Karan New York that ran for a limited time. It was announced in the November 2008 issue of Fashion Rules magazine that Duff's previous hit fashion line Stuff by Hilary Duff would be discontinued since she didn't have full control of it anymore.
a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The founder of the brand died in 2008 and had last produced the haute couture line in 2002.YSL has became one of the leaders of fashion taste in the world thanks to its outstanding design.


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Jean Ballesdens (París, 1595 - París, 1675) fue un abogado, editor y bibliófilo francés, aunque no ha dejado prácticamente escritos.

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Abogado en el Parlamento de París y secretario del canciller Séguier, fue elegido miembro de la Academia francesa en 1648; aunque había renunciado al puesto cuando le ofreció por la primera vez a favor de Pierre Corneille. Reunió libros y formó una biblioteca que rivalizaba con la de su maestro en cuanto a número y surtido de ejemplares.

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Escritores de París
Abogados de Francia
Miembros de la Academia Francesa
Editores de Francia
Escritores de Francia del siglo XVII
Bibliófilos de Francia
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Nacidos en París
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Stressed and tested: How the mortgage stress test is hurting first-time buyers while house prices continue to soar
Some experts say the tougher test is more about protecting financial institutions and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) than about actually making housing more affordable.
By Jacob LorincBusiness Reporter
Sat., June 19, 2021timer7 min. read
Shahzeen Jiwani had been saving for years. Toronto condo prices were finally within reach. The only number that mattered now was "20."
With a 20 per cent down payment on a home, the 32-year-old would finally be eligible for an uninsured mortgage. That meant smaller monthly payments, a longer time frame to pay off the loan, and none of those pesky insurance costs.
Since graduating university nearly a decade ago, Jiwani had been saving to buy a single-bedroom unit in Toronto's downtown. The eight years she spent living with her parents, commuting to and from their Scarborough townhouse, would pay off, and Jiwani could start a new chapter in her life. As of April, she was in a position to buy.
But then the rules changed.
In June, Canada's banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, introduced tougher measures on mortgage applications, requiring buyers seeking an uninsured mortgage to prove they could handle higher interest rates so as not to default on payments.
The tougher "stress test," as Ottawa calls it, effectively amounts to an economic Catch-22: the stricter the test, the fewer number of Canadians who can afford real estate.
The new rate was an attempt to cool the country's scorching housing market, said the federal government. By limiting demand, the theory was that there would be fewer qualified mortgage buyers, reducing competition for housing. And the move would protect borrowers and lenders from a possible wave of mortgage defaults should interest rates rise — something experts have warned could pose a significant risk to the economy.
But the decision would also prevent some prospective first-time buyers such as Jiwani from buying a home.
Under the previous rules, Jiwani would have qualified for an uninsured mortgage. But now she was just shy of affording the new rate, once again stalling her home-buying ambitions.
"I was so close," she said. "Frustratingly close."
Experts say the test is more targeted toward protecting financial institutions and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), which offers mortgage insurance, than anything else. David MacDonald, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says it comes at the expense of first-time homebuyers while doing little to cool the housing market.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to deflate prices, the cost of real estate has skyrocketed across Canada. Even condos have hit all-time highs, while prices in some smaller cities and rural areas have jumped by as much as 50 per cent in one year.
"It's a reflection of our country not caring enough to protect affordability for first-time buyers," said Paul Kershaw, a professor at the University of British Columbia.
"We've allowed our housing system to break for young people."
"I couldn't catch up"
By Jiwani's estimates, the stress test will reduce her buying power by roughly $30,000. That's how much she now needs to save, in addition to what she's already put away, to qualify for an uninsured mortgage on a roughly $500,000 condo.
And that assumes home prices remain stagnant, which is unlikely given recent trends. Even if she manages to save the extra money, she will have to save more to meet the higher cost of rising home prices.
That's the story of the past eight years, she said. "As I saved up money, the prices on homes grew and grew. And I just felt like I couldn't catch up."
The stiffer mortgage tests arrived in the wake of warnings from the central bank that households are piling on too much debt. In a recent report, the Bank of Canada said that many households have taken on large mortgages compared with their income, limiting their flexibility to deal with unforeseen financial shocks, like sudden unemployment or economic downturn.
But the new rule largely serves to protect financial institutions from borrowers who might be unable to meet their debt obligations should interest rates rise, says MacDonald.
"It takes borrowers who are more likely to default on their loans and kicks them out of the possible pool for buying houses," he said.
It also reduces Ottawa's exposure to the housing market, making it harder for consumers to take out mortgage loan insurance from the CMHC by raising the qualifying interest rate. Ron Butler, a mortgage broker at Butler Mortgage, says some buyers will likely turn to the alternative market, seeking out mortgages from non-federally regulated lenders and bearing the risk themselves.
Housing-market risks have grown for banks since the pandemic began, with low interest rates contributing to rising prices across Canada. While many Canadians have amassed significant savings during the pandemic, there still remains a high level of household debt, particularly among recent first-time buyers.
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, which regulates Canadian banks and insurance companies, says factors like the would-be buyers' debts, and interest rates that can really only go up, help create risks for lenders should economic conditions worsen.
"These factors, temporary or prolonged, contribute to vulnerabilities (for the banks), which could generate significant loan losses if economic conditions deteriorate," the agency wrote in a recent report.
The new rule requires buyers — even those with a down payment of 20 per cent or more who aren't required to pay mortgage insurance — to prove they can afford a qualifying interest rate of 5.25 per cent (up from 4.79 per cent), or at the contracted rate plus two percentage points, whichever is greater.
According to Ratehub.ca, a family with an annual income of $100,000 with a 20 per cent down payment and 5-year fixed mortgage rate of 1.74 per cent amortized over 25 years would have qualified for a home valued at $596,000 under the previous 4.79 per cent qualifying rate.
Under the new stress test rate of 5.25 per cent, the families maximum affordability would decrease to $569,800, a difference of $26,200.
Analysts estimate that the stress test reduces a homebuyer's purchasing power by roughly five per cent.
"That might not sound like a lot, but in a market that's already this hot, it can make a huge difference in terms of the type of home you're looking at, or the neighbourhood you might be looking at," said John Pasalis, president of Realosophy Realty Brokerage.
"It will make a difference especially among first-time homebuyers."
"I don't want to set expectations anymore"
Jiwani likens her home-buying ventures to one of the toughest experiences of her life.
"I've gone through a lot. Career changes, pay cuts, living paycheque to paycheque. Nothing compares to how hard this has been," she said. As a single person, all her savings have been amassed on her own.
Joshua Bassett, a 23-year-old from Ottawa, can relate. Since graduating from university, he's tried to find a starter home in the city, ideally a two-bedroom unit for himself, his girlfriend and his mother.
But he put the housing search on pause a few months ago as home prices in Ottawa blew past expectations. Residential-class homes in Ottawa sold for an average of roughly $743,000 in April, a 42 per cent increase over April 2020. Meanwhile, the average condo went for nearly $430,000 — 30 per cent more than a year ago.
Bassett says he wants to buy a home in the next five years, but there's no telling when the market will slow.
"I don't want to set expectations anymore," he said.
Even before the stress-test change, housing prices had made it very hard for first-time buyers to enter the market.
Rob McLister, an editor at Ratesdotca, says the government is "notorious" for moving the goalposts on home ownership, habitually raising the bar for entry on mortgages and down payments in the hopes of cooling the market and off-loading risk. Over the past two decades, Ottawa has raised the minimum required down payment on real estate twice and lowered amortizations three times.
The mortgage stress test itself was introduced in 2017, in an effort to address household-debt risks coupled with high real estate costs.
"Unfortunately for many first-timers who have struggled for years to save a down payment, the government has again moved the goalposts," McLister said.
Before COVID-19 hit, prices were four times greater than what most young Canadians could afford. A 2019 study by advocacy organization Generation Squeeze found that average home prices would need to fall by nearly half for Canadians between the ages of 25 and 34 to be able to afford a mortgage that covers 80 per cent of the home's price.
According to the CMHC, a house should not consume more than 30 per cent of a family's household income in order to be affordable. Yet the average house now consumes 50 per cent of an average family's income. In Toronto, it takes 68 per cent of an average family's income to own a house.
"The fact that we've let home prices leave earnings so far behind is a reflection of our country and provinces not caring enough," said Kershaw, who founded Generation Squeeze.
"We've had our eye, too often, on letting those who are homeowners enjoy the windfalls of rising home prices while we're sleeping and eating. It's making those who have homes wealthier, and those who don't poorer."
Jacob Lorinc is a Toronto-based reporter covering business for the Star. Reach him via email: jlorinc@thestar.ca


When you try to control too much, you enjoy too little. Sometimes you just need to let go, relax, take a deep breath and love what is.
This morning I met up with an old friend, someone whom I care about deeply but have internally struggled with for years because I've always been worried about her health.
I want to help her heal, because I feel I'm losing her.
I want to teach her the time-tested tools for living a happier, simpler, healthier life that I've helped so many other people with — so she can give up her addictions, take up exercise and mindfulness, nurture her needs, and suddenly be transformed into a healthy person again.
But that's not reality. I want to control something that frightens me, but I can't do anything about it. Because I'm not in control of anyone but myself. I want to help my friend, but she's not interested in being helped. She's actually told me so a dozen times in the past.
So today, I let go.
Not "let go" as in "let her go." I "let go" as in I stopped trying to control, stopped trying to change her, and instead took a deep breath and accepted her for exactly who she is.
And guess what? Who she is — is a blessing. Who she is — is something so ridiculously special and unique I have a hard time expressing it. She's hilarious and passionate and compassionate and wise and wild and thoughtful and loyal and did I mention wild?
I let go, and accepted her whole truth, and only then could I actually enjoy all of HER, instead of worrying about losing her or changing her ways.
You can stop trying to change people, and just let go and dissolve into their presence, just notice who they really are, just appreciate every idiosyncratic quirk. You can stop complaining about your life circumstances, about your losses, about how the world is, and just let go and love what is.
Just be. Just accept. Just appreciate.
1. You fall in love with people for who they really are.
It's OK to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by those you love. But that doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse them of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they're saying. Learn to recognize interesting perspectives, lifestyles, and opinions, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what's comfortable.
Truth be told, we don't know most people half as well as we believe we do; and truly knowing someone is a big part of what makes them amazing.
Love is about letting those we care about be unapologetically themselves, and not distorting them to fit our own egotistical ideas of who we think they should be.
2. You grow beyond everyone's perpetual misunderstandings.
How often have you been misunderstood? How often has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings?
Think about it. How many opportunities have you been denied — or, for that matter, been granted — because someone failed to understand you completely? How many friends have you lost, and how many have you gained, because they saw a glimpse of some part of your personality that shone through for only a short time, and under circumstances that could never be reproduced on a regular basis?
How often has your life been driven by misunderstandings and illusions — like someone seeing mirages of water shimmering at the far bend of a highway, and then vanishing moments later? And how often have these misunderstandings and illusions disappointed you or stressed you out because you thought you could control the way everyone sees you?
The truth is, people will see what they want to see whether you worry about it or not.
It's time to let go of trying to control how everyone perceives you.
It's time to just do the best you can.
3. You get to enjoy the peace that's already within you.
Modern behavioral science agrees too. American psychologist Albert Ellis has proven that how people react to events is determined predominantly by their view of the events, not the events themselves.
4. You learn more about how life really works.
When you attempt to control the uncontrollable you automatically block yourself from the truth. You resist how everything works rather than learning about it. So here's a simple challenge for you: Instead of trying to make things work exactly the way you want them to work, just watch them work today.
I bet you'll learn much more about human nature and the inner workings of the world. As you see things working without you controlling them, the way you see what you see will gradually change. Because YOU will gradually change. You will begin to understand that things are a little different than you wanted them to be. And that's perfectly OK.
5. You experience more of life's pleasant surprises.
Would you really want to be in 100% control of everything, and know your future every step of the way?
If you're thinking, "yes," think again. Not knowing is one of the greatest gifts.
Do you really want to miss out on that feeling for the rest of your life?
6. You free your mind from needless worries.
No matter what happens, no matter the outcome, the sun will rise and set. The world around you is going to spin one way or the other. So why not allow the universe to bless you in surprising and joyful ways?
What if, instead of pushing so hard to make life happen every second, you decided to let go a little and allow life to happen to you sometimes?
What if, instead of trying to be in constant control, you simply surrendered control to something bigger than yourself?
What if, instead of working so hard to figure out every last answer, you allowed yourself to be guided to the solution in perfect timing?
And what if, there was no solution needed at all?
7. You get more of what you want, by doing less.
"If you want to control your animals, give them a larger pasture." This is a quote I heard at a meditation retreat several years ago in a group discussion focused on the power of changing your thoughts.
I see "the animals" and their "larger pasture" as a form of letting go and allowing things to be the way they are — instead of trying to tightly control something, you're loosening up, giving it more space, a larger pasture. The animals will be happier — they will roam around and do what they naturally do. And yet your needs will be met too — you will have more space to be at peace with the way the animals are.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the mind is your battleground. It's the place where the greatest conflict resides. It's where half of the things you thought were going to happen, never did happen. It's where your expectations always get the best of you. It's where you fall victim to your cravings to control the uncontrollable.
And if you allow those thoughts and cravings to dwell in your mind, they will succeed in robbing you of peace, joy, and ultimately your life. You will think yourself into a nervous breakdown, into depression, and into defeat.
Truthfully, there's so much about life that you can't control, it makes no sense waste your energy on these things and then neglect everything you CAN control.
And most importantly, you can choose to let go of control and adjust your attitude in an instant, which dictates pretty much everything else.
In what area of your life do you need to loosen up and let go of control? What worries you about this? Leave a comment below and share your thoughts and insights.


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Jason David Frank's cause of death: Wife confirms that the Power Rangers star killed himself
December 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments daily Mail, tvshowbiz
His wife confirmed that the cause of death of Power Rangers star Jason David Frank was suicide.
David Frank was confirmed dead on November 20 during a weekend away with his wife at the age of 49, although no cause of death was given at the time.
The actor is best known for playing Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers franchise, with his latest movie – Legend of the White Dragon – set for release next year.
His wife Tammy Frank spoke to PEOPLE on behalf of their family, who said they had a frank and emotional talk and were in the process of reuniting after a breakup when he killed himself during the flight.
His wife, Tammy Frank (pictured right), confirmed that Power Rangers star Jason David Frank's cause of death was suicide. Tammy filed for divorce from the actor earlier this year
Jason was also a trained martial artist off screen and fought professionally from 2008-2010
Jason has portrayed many different Ranger colors over the years, including green, white, and red, as he has returned to the franchise for a few films.
Jason (third from left) pictured with the original cast of the children's show, from left to right David Yost, Thuy Trang, Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, Amy Jo Johnson, Walter Jones
While Jason was a household name to some, we lived pretty normal lives with ups and downs, just like everyone else. It shocked and incredibly saddened me to see that the media has turned my family's tragedy into a tall story.
She added, "Since Jason's death, I have been subjected to online harassment and can no longer stand to watch my husband's good name be defamed." I loved my husband, and we were trying to work out our problems. His death shocked me as much as anyone else.
"The truth is, I had no idea Jason was even considering ending things," she said. "Yes, he had struggled with mental health issues and depression before, but I couldn't predict what would happen that night."
Tammy remembers what happened on the evening of November 19, the night her husband died.
She had filed for divorce earlier in the year after accusing the actor of infidelity, having been married to Jason since 2003.
But at the time of his death, they had called off their separation and were in the process of reuniting.
The previous year, Tammy's daughter, Shayla, who said Jason helped raise her as his own child, had died unexpectedly.
Jason found her when that happened, emotionally devastating the family.
"Between losing her and helping raise her infant son, Jason and I started having marital problems," she said. "For anyone who knows the pain of losing a child, I know you understand how that loss changes things in your marriage."
Tammy said the two decided to separate at that time, not knowing what to do.
But six weeks ago, they decided to rekindle their romance after a close family friend intervened in their attempt to reunite.
Jason has planned a two-night getaway as part of his plan to reconnect, attending a country dance event.
She added that they stayed in two separate hotel rooms because of Jason's snoring.
Jason (right) has made frequent martial arts and Power Rangers appearances at conventions around the country. Pictured above during a performance at Wizard World Austin Comic Con in 2013
"We danced and stayed at the party until the pub closed. When we got back to the hotel, Jason and I were having a frank, passionate talk in his room," she recalls.
To help Jason relax and wake up before he fell asleep, I went downstairs to get snacks from the lobby. I must have gone more than 10 minutes. I went back upstairs and started knocking on the door with no answer. I repeatedly knocked on the door and kept asking him to open the door with his name.
She continues, "I don't know if the hotel staff or the guest called the police, but after I was taken away by the police, they were able to open the door and find that Jason committed suicide."
Jason is survived by his four children, sons Hunter and Jacob, as well as his two daughters, Skye and Jenna.
Concluding her statement, Tammy asked people to leave her family to grieve in peace.
Expressions of appreciation poured in from fans and friends as they shared their memories of the movie star.
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, help is available by calling 988, texting "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741, or going to 988lifeline.org to connect with a certified crisis counsellor.
The Samaritans Hotline can also be reached toll-free at 116123, or by email at jo@samaritans.org. Alternatively, text SHOUT to 85258 for support, or visit www.samaritans.org to find a branch nearby.
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The twinkling city lights, charming neighbourhoods and elegant green spaces make London a city of love.
Romance and London go hand-in-hand. The combination of incredible history, royal sites and beautiful green spaces, combined with amazing restaurants, entertainment and nightlife makes the city a perfect spot for romantic city breakers. Every love story is beautiful, but yours will always be the best.
When it comes to romantic things to do in London, the city is definitely ready for you. Firstly, embrace London's romantic history by paying a visit to St Bride's Church, which dates back to 1672. The design of the church steeple inspired a local baker to create the world's first tiered wedding cake in 1703 – a design which is still a global tradition to this day.
Wandering around with your loved one is a pastime in itself in London. Little Venice is considered to be one of the most romantic spots in the city, while its name makes reference to its romantic Italian namesake. This is a place to stroll along the pretty canals, stop for a coffee in a waterside café and take a boat trip. Other romantic London pastimes including visiting Columbia Road Flower Market, stopping off at the Royal Observatory to do some stargazing and watching a classically romantic opera at the Royal Opera House.
Spending time in any of London's parks is a must during romantic trips too. Go rowing on Hyde Park's Serpentine, discover the hidden-away Kyoto Gardens in Holland Park and enjoy the views over London from Hampstead Heath. Be sure to stop at Keats House too, where the romance of John Keats' poetry can still be found.
Also enjoy a meander through Green Park to catch a glimpse of Buckingham Palace. Green Park has a romance-related story of its own. In the 17th century, King Charles II's wife demanded all formal flowerbeds to be removed from the park after she caught her husband picking flowers for another woman. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…
Staying in the heart of Mayfair at The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences during a romantic break is the icing on the cake. Our new 'Suite Romance in Mayfair' offer includes all the trimmings to make a London mini-break an intimate affair. With rose petals on turndown, a free bottle of Champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries, the scene is set for a London break with the one you love. Put the music you love on too using our Bose docking stations, then simply kick back and relax. Head down to the gym and spa free of charge for yet more relaxation. In the morning, enjoy breakfast from your comfy beds by Hypnos and ease yourself into the day with a late check-out (subject to availability).
There's no doubt that London is a city of love. Explore hand-in-hand during the morning before relaxing in plush and discreet surroundings into the evening at The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences. When your heart yearns for both the city and your loved one, there's no place in the world that could suit the occasion more.
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ShorthandCase Study:University of Queensland
How Shorthand has revolutionised the University of Queensland's online storytelling across communications, marketing and e-learning
From sharing research to delivering online learning, the University of Queensland has harnessed the power of visual storytelling through Shorthand.
They are now able to create a rich variety of stories, in a short space of time, and draw people into the university's activities through compelling online experiences.
It all started with UQ's Small Change blog. Looking to transform its online articles, the team turned to Shorthand — which coincidentally is led by UQ alumnus Ricky Robinson.
Use of Shorthand has since spread to other university publications, such as Research Impact, which features Shorthand article releases once every month.
"Shorthand has provided a slick, modern, interactive and media-rich interface to liven up UQ's magazine content," UQ corporate publications manager Camille Layt said.
"Shorthand has provided a slick, modern, interactive and media-rich interface to liven up UQ's magazine content"
Camille Layt
Other stories by the marketing and communications team include articles to promote the university's ChangeMakers, as well as taking audiences behind the scenes.
"It's a dream for our feature stories in online publications," Camille said. "We've found ways to standardise stories and give each publication its own distinct identity, with embedded mastheads, and consistent sections across stories, without interfering with the quality of the content or imagery."
"Shorthand has opened new doors when it comes to image-rich material," UQ's corporate relations manager Carolyn Varley added. "And we are learning more all the time, just as Shorthand is being refined to give us greater flexibility and more options.
"Shorthand is playful and colourful and allows a more intimate connectivity to the text, and liberates the images to play a major role in telling the story."
"It's playful and colourful and allows a more intimate connectivity to the text, and liberates the images to play a major role in telling the story."
Because the teams do not require a design or developer resource to create the pages, Shorthand has sped up the creation and approval process – which is particularly valuable when compiling an online magazine of up to 20 stories at once.
"The stories can be remarkably quick to produce once the images and text have been finalised," Carolyn said.
A selection of sections from the University of Queensland's stories
"The speed of the production process is great for tight deadlines and also for that last-minute story that we need to get up before a conference, or just as new research breaks. In most cases we will use Shorthand on our blog – if the images warrant it."
The assembling of a story in Shorthand takes UQ around two to four hours in total, but as well as a fast turnaround, the end result is beautifully compelling.
"It's certainly more efficient than our previous method of sending copy and images to a web designer for upload," Carolyn said, "and produces a much more impressive visual that we have complete creative control over (and ability to easily correct errors as well, which is a godsend!)"
"I'd call it revolutionary. It's completely changed the way we create digital content, and our engagement has increased dramatically for the better, with people going out of their way to tell us how beautiful the Shorthand stories are."
Engagement has been a key measure of success for the team, but as well as that, the team is enjoying the chance to get creative.
"I'd call it revolutionary," Camille said, "It's completely changed the way we create digital content, and our engagement has increased dramatically for the better, with people going out of their way to tell us how beautiful the Shorthand stories are."
Beyond marketing and communications, the university is also using Shorthand to apply visual storytelling techniques to the e-learning arena.
Their masterclass stories feature bite-size modules, driven by videos and animations that develop as the reader scrolls, as well as links out to wider reading.
"We normally create online courses with lots of different media and interactivity," UQx course project manager Catherine Bennett said. "Shorthand lets us use the same types of media but present them in a different and engaging way."
The top-to-bottom scrolling of a Shorthand story allows the team to deliver an easy-to-follow route through the information that the reader can travel through at their own pace.
"The presentation and navigation is very attractive, easy to use and responsive to different device types and sizes. The interface is minimalistic which is good for learning as there are fewer distractions when engaging with the content," Catherine explained.
The e-learning narratives are kept relatively trim, offering an introduction to a concept, theory or strategy, and the analytics show that the materials are resonating with readers, with average dwell times of more than five minutes.
"The format encourages users to dip in and out, and its optimisation for mobile is a big selling point for our target market of undergraduate students," Catherine said.
"It's incredibly user-friendly and there are lots of best-practice guidelines to help you make a good story."
How VG is using Shorthand to tell brand stories with Link premium feel
How the Barbican sought to turn reading Link story into an experience, with Shorthand


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This toy costs approximately £9.99 (for the latest and best prices make sure you check our retailer list for the Paint Your Dream World Princesses and Flowers above).
In our review of Paint Your Dream World Princesses and Flowers we classed it as being suitable for ages 6 years, 7 years, 8 years but recommend you check the manufacturer specific advice before purchasing.


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Ever wondered what GIS is?
Join us on 11th May (10am-4pm) and find out about its uses in archaeology as part of Pennine Prospects' Celebrating Our Woodland Heritage project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Learn how to create maps, import survey data, use LiDAR, georeference historic maps and create shapefiles using QGIS an OpenSource software package.
Join us between the 16th and 29th July in the excavation of a series of First World War practice trenches located within the Calderdale Countryside and Woodlands Team Long Wood, Copley, Calderdale. The site was initially recorded during our woodland survey in Winter 2017 as part of the Pennine Prospects National Lottery Heritage Fund project. However, very little is known about when the trenches were formed, and who excavated them. This is your chance to learn some #archaeological skills and help us to explore the #history of this site.
The following list of reports were undertaken by Pennine Prospects with the help of volunteers as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Yorkshire Water, Newground Together and Green Bank Trust funded Celebrating Our Woodland Heritage project.


It's been a while since we shot this film. We are very proud to show you an example of what it is like to work with Just Arrived. More employers are joining every week. Contact us at https://justarrived.se and discover how we can help your company.
Why not start this day by investing 2 minutes in listening to when one of our investors, Jonas Nordlander, talks about his investment in Just Arrived! Listen to the podcast here: http://aca.st/142e40.
Are you or your company determined to create a better, more inclusive Swedish society? The concept Näringslivsuppropet that has been running in both Malmö, Helsingborg and Gothenburg is finally coming to Stockholm. Bring a colleague and show up. Facebook event.
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Barton: Here's to you, Mr. Robinson
Last Sunday's excellent news article by veteran Savannah Morning News reporter Jan Skutch about public school desegregation here 50 years ago triggered an awful memory:
The murder of Robbie Robinson.
Robinson, as Skutch noted, was one of 12 black students who entered all-white Savannah High School on Sept. 3, 1963. It was a brave act of a young man who made history.
Two decades later, that same young man had grown up and become a lawyer. He handled civil rights cases, represented a lot of poor people and got himself elected to City Council at the ripe young age of 35. Then voters sent him back a second time.
Many viewed him as a rarity - a city alderman who got things done, could convince most people to do the right things for the right reasons and didn't make a big deal about doing either.
Then, on Dec. 18, 1989, this quietly courageous up-and-comer was killed by a coward.
The then-42-year-old attorney was working late is his law office on Abercorn Street near Henry Street. A package arrived in the mail. He opened it.
The explosion shook an entire city block.
Many young people may know Robbie Robinson only as a name on a downtown parking garage. That's a pity. He was more than that.
Robinson was elected city alderman in 1982. He defeated Joe Bell in a runoff. Bell is the husband of current At-large Alderwoman Carol Bell, elected in 2011, proving the past in Savannah isn't really past.
Robinson's 5th District included some of the city's worst slums, some middle-class black neighborhoods like Liberty City and Tatemville and a portion of the largely white Historic District. Robinson moved easily among the different demographics. He was a team-player, not a boat-rocker. He was smart and cool. Even bookish. He'd rather get things done, like paving streets and improving drainage and building parks, than make headlines.
Or, as it seemed, make money as a lawyer.
Robinson was a man from the streets who paid attention to what went down on the streets. He was one of the city's first officials to start connecting dots between the crack epidemic and the growing violence in the black community. His vigilance paralleled the rise of the notorious Ricky Jivens gang, which was eliminating its rivals in this dirty but lucrative trade."Little Ricky" and his cold-blooded crew would seize control of an estimated 70 percent of the city's marijuana and crack cocaine sales. They even had a veteran Savannah cop on the payroll to provide protection.
The gang was taken down in 1991, thanks to the feds.
But the big question after Robinson was murdered in 1989 was this: Why Robbie?
My theory was the drug crowd bumped him off. I was wrong. The FBI pinned his murder to a white supremacist who also murdered a federal judge in Alabama with a mail bomb.
Robinson's murder was a double-tragedy. It took a man's life and robbed the city of a public servant who had the skills to make more history as the city's first African-American mayor.
Instead, that title would go to a man who, like Robinson, was first elected to City Council in 1982: Floyd Adams Jr.
Adams won the mayor's race in 1995, promising to represent all of Savannah.That's something Robinson, who practiced the same equality that he preached, might have pledged.
Yet Adams remembered what happened to Robinson. One of the first orders of the new mayor was this one: Handle incoming packages with care.
Had Robinson lived, he would be 66 years old today. My guess is that he'd still be in politics in some form. Perhaps he's be practicing law. And probably not striking it rich.
He seemed to understand that some things are more important than money. Besides, you can't take it with you.
And sometimes, you get taken too soon.
Tom Barton is the editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News. tom.barton@savannahnow.com


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A number of town employees will be out of the office tomorrow Thursday, January 21, 2016 from about 10:30 AM to early afternoon for the funeral of Bill Carter, who passed away on Friday. The service begins at 11 AM at Union Baptist Church 31 Manhattan Ave White Plains, NY. If you need to meet with town officials please understand the reason why they may not be in the office between 10:30 till after 1 PM. Bill was Commissioner at the Theodore Young Community Center for the past eight years. And, highly respected and liked. The entire town misses him!


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2021 Analysis of the Jewish Vote: Swing States, Young Adults and Independents
At the request of the non-partisan Jewish Electorate Institute, researchers at the American Jewish Population Project at Brandeis University's Social Research Institute conducted an analysis of hundreds of national surveys of US adults to describe the Jewish electorate in each of the 435 districts of the 116th US Congress and the District of Columbia. Surveys include the American National Election Studies, the General Social Survey, Pew Political and social surveys, the Gallup Daily Tracking poll, and the Gallup Poll Social Series. Data from over 1.4 million US adults were statistically combined to provide, for each district, estimates of the number of adults who self-identify as Jewish and a breakdown of those individuals by age, education, race/ethnicity, political party self-identification, and political ideology.
The following reports present a portrait of the Jewish electorate in eight states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as a portrait of Jewish adults ages 18 to 34 and political independents.
Full Arizona Report
The majority (~80%) of Jewish adults in Arizona resides in five congressional districts that include parts of Tucson, Phoenix, and other metropolitan areas within Maricopa County. The majority (55%) of Arizona's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally.
Full Colorado Report
The majority (~56%) of Jewish adults in Colorado resides in three congressional districts that include much of the metropolitan areas of Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. Nearly two thirds (64%) of Colorado's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally.
Full Florida Report
The majority (~73%) of Jewish adults in Florida resides in seven congressional districts on the southeastern coast that include the metropolitan areas around Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach. Over half (59%) of Florida's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally.
Full Georgia Report
The majority (~68%) of Jewish adults in Georgia resides in congressional districts within the Atlanta metropolitan area. More than half (54%) of Georgia's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party.³ This is lower than the Jewish electorate nationally (65%)
Full Michigan Report
The majority (~77%) of Jewish adults in Michigan resides in congressional districts that include the metropolitan areas around Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Lansing. Nearly two thirds (61%) of Michigan's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally.
Full Ohio Report
The majority of Jewish adults (~60%) in Ohio reside in congressional districts that include the metropolitan areas around Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati. The Jewish electorate predominately identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party (56%). About one third (32%) identify with or lean toward the Republican Party.
Full Pennsylvania Report
The majority (~78%) of Jewish adults in Pennsylvania resides in eight congressional districts. All, with the exception of PA-18, are located in an Eastern region of the state known as the Delaware Valley. About two thirds (67%) of Pennsylvania's Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally.
Full Wisconsin Report
Over half of Jewish adults in Wisconsin (~57%) reside in just two of the state's congressional districts, spanning the metropolitan and suburban areas of Milwaukee and Madison. Two thirds (66%) of the Wisconsin Jewish electorate identifies with or leans toward the Democratic Party compared with 65% of the Jewish electorate nationally
Full Report on Political Independents
The American Jewish electorate has a reputation of being stalwart supporters of the Democratic Party and indeed, estimates of political identification show that three times as many Jewish adults are Democrats than are Republicans (50% vs 16%, respectively).
Independents comprise the second largest group. Of the 32% of the Jewish electorate who are Independent, when asked if they lean toward either the Democratic or Republican Party, most lean Democrat (45%). Just 16% of Independents, or about 5% of all Jewish adults, lean neither Democrat nor Republican.
Full Report on Jewish Young Adults
Identification with the Democratic Party is highest among Jewish adults ages 25 to 34 compared with the youngest age group of 18 to 24 year olds (49% vs. 42%, respectively). Few young adults in either age group are Republican; 14% of 18 to 24 year-olds and just 12% of 25 to 34 year-olds are Republican.
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Warner Robins är en stad (city) i Houston County, och  Peach County, i delstaten Georgia, USA. Enligt United States Census Bureau har staden en folkmängd på 68 500 invånare (2011) och en landarea på 90,8 km².

Staden grundades 1942 som Wellston och fick sitt nuvarande namn 1956 efter den närbelägna Robins Air Force Base.

Kända personer från Warner Robins
Bobbie Eakes, skådespelare

Källor

Externa länkar
 State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau.

Orter i Georgia
Houston County, Georgia
Peach County


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use crate::{crypto::keys::{encryption::{primitives,
                                        PUBLIC_BOX_KEY_VERSION,
                                        PUBLIC_KEY_SUFFIX,
                                        SECRET_BOX_KEY_SUFFIX,
                                        SECRET_BOX_KEY_VERSION},
                           AnonymousBox,
                           Key,
                           NamedRevision},
            error::{Error,
                    Result},
            fs::Permissions,
            origin::Origin};

/// Given the name of an origin, generate a new encryption key pair.
///
/// The resulting keys will need to be saved to a cache in order to
/// persist.
///
/// This function should only ever be used in Builder; origin
/// encryption keys should never be created in the Supervisor or the
/// CLI.
pub fn generate_origin_encryption_key_pair(
    origin: &Origin)
    -> (OriginPublicEncryptionKey, OriginSecretEncryptionKey) {
    let named_revision = NamedRevision::new(origin.to_string());
    let (pk, sk) = primitives::gen_keypair();

    let public = OriginPublicEncryptionKey { named_revision: named_revision.clone(),
                                             key:            pk, };
    let secret = OriginSecretEncryptionKey { named_revision,
                                             key: sk };
    (public, secret)
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

gen_key!(/// Public key used to anonymously encrypt secrets for
         /// subsequent upload to Builder for use in package builds.
         OriginPublicEncryptionKey,
         key_material: primitives::PublicKey,
         file_format_version: PUBLIC_BOX_KEY_VERSION,
         file_extension: PUBLIC_KEY_SUFFIX,
         file_permissions: crate::fs::DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_PERMISSIONS);

impl OriginPublicEncryptionKey {
    pub fn encrypt(&self, data: &[u8]) -> AnonymousBox {
        let ciphertext = primitives::sealedbox::seal(data, self.key());
        AnonymousBox::new(self.named_revision().clone(), ciphertext)
    }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

gen_key!(/// Secret key used to decrypt anonymous secrets messages.
         ///
         /// This key will only ever be created or used in Builder for
         /// decrypting secrets that users anonymously sign with an
         /// `OriginPublicEncryptionKey`.
         ///
         /// Nothing in the Supervisor or the Habitat CLI should ever do
         /// anything with this type.
         OriginSecretEncryptionKey,
         key_material: primitives::SecretKey,
         file_format_version: SECRET_BOX_KEY_VERSION,
         file_extension: SECRET_BOX_KEY_SUFFIX,
         file_permissions: crate::fs::DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY_PERMISSIONS);

impl OriginSecretEncryptionKey {
    /// Decrypt an anonymous secret encoded with the corresponding
    /// public key. Returns the decoded bytes.
    ///
    /// Only works on anonymous secrets because origin encryption keys
    /// are only ever _used_ for anonymous secrets.
    pub fn decrypt(&self, secret: &AnonymousBox) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
        // Recover the public key material from the secret key, so we
        // don't have to pass unnecessary arguments to this function.
        let pk = self.key().public_key();

        primitives::sealedbox::open(secret.ciphertext(), &pk, self.key())
            .map_err(|_| Error::CryptoError("Could not decrypt origin encrypted secret".to_string()))
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::crypto::test_support::fixture_key;

    #[test]
    fn encryption() {
        let key: OriginPublicEncryptionKey =
            fixture_key("keys/fhloston-paradise-20200813211603.pub");

        let secret_message = "Leeloo Dallas Multipass".to_string();
        let anonymous = key.encrypt(secret_message.as_bytes());

        // Not a whole lot we can specifically test here, since the
        // ciphertext will be different each time. If we've got the
        // right key identity, and haven't raised a panic before now,
        // assume we're good.
        assert_eq!(anonymous.key_pair(), key.named_revision());
    }

    #[test]
    fn decryption() {
        let key: OriginSecretEncryptionKey =
            fixture_key("keys/fhloston-paradise-20200813211603.box.key");

        #[rustfmt::skip]
        let encrypted = "ANONYMOUS-BOX-1\nfhloston-paradise-20200813211603\nyCye2Rg/LtNwrNzVapYj8rrkbZpTnI3ld7oFTwGzGnsEhsxtebyW2CQDwB1IeZ2eDkNxqAQnD8AaQjK6M42fFCmadBNSMsp+AMFqnH2c".parse::<AnonymousBox>()
            .unwrap();

        let decrypted_message = key.decrypt(&encrypted).unwrap();
        let decrypted_message = std::str::from_utf8(&decrypted_message).unwrap();

        assert_eq!(decrypted_message, "Negative, I am a meat popsicle");
    }

    #[test]
    fn encryption_decrytpion_roundtrip() {
        let pk: OriginPublicEncryptionKey =
            fixture_key("keys/fhloston-paradise-20200813211603.pub");
        let sk: OriginSecretEncryptionKey =
            fixture_key("keys/fhloston-paradise-20200813211603.box.key");

        let secret_message = "Super-green".to_string();
        let encrypted = pk.encrypt(secret_message.as_bytes());

        let decrypted_message = sk.decrypt(&encrypted).unwrap();
        let decrypted_message = std::str::from_utf8(&decrypted_message).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(decrypted_message, secret_message);
    }
}

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A Seaside man was found guilty of weapon and drug charges after police allegedly found nunchucks wrapped in a pornographic magazine on him.
DA: Man guilty of hiding nunchucks in Hustler mag A Seaside man was found guilty of weapon and drug charges after police allegedly found nunchucks wrapped in a pornographic magazine on him. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2017/11/02/da-seaside-man-found-nunchucks-wrapped-hustler-magazine-convicted/827764001/
Joe Szydlowski, The Californian Published 5:43 p.m. PT Nov. 2, 2017 | Updated 5:44 p.m. PT Nov. 3, 2017
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A Seaside man was found guilty of weapon and drug charges after police found nunchucks wrapped in a pornographic magazine inside in his jacket, authorities said Thursday.
Donald Wayne Vierra, 64, had been arrested in March after Seaside police found him stumbling in traffic and holding a 6.25-inch knife in the area of Fremont Boulevard and Francis Avenue, Monterey County prosecutors said in a news release.
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Officers stopped him and searched him, finding a methamphetamine pipe and the nunchucks in his jacket.
The pipe was in his breast pocket while the nunchucks were wrapped in a Hustler magazine and stuffed up Vierra's sleeve, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 14, prosecutors say.
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James from Handsome Alvin, the Australian, acoustic duo band who perform in pubs and clubs around Brisbane, wants to teach you an acoustic guitar lesson.
This beginner guitar lesson is for how Handsome Alvin plays "Let It Be" by The Beatles. If you want to learn how to play "Let It Be" by The Beatles on acoustic guitar, this is the video tutorial for you.
Strumming for this song: D DDU
Intro (once)/Verse (twice)/Guitar Solo (twice) Chords:
C; G; Am; F
C; G; F CG; C
Chorus Chords (once or twice):
Am; G; F; C;
Solo lead in (twice)/Ending (once) chords:
F C; GF C
PLEASE NOTE: This acoustic guitar lesson is for Handsome Alvin's interpretation of the song. It could be very close to the original song, or it could be very different. Their covers are designed to be played by an acoustic duo in live performances, therefore they cannot play the songs as a full band can. Please appreciate the songs for their arrangements and enjoy.
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If you have read any of my previous blogs you will know I'm a very big animal lover, and would have loved to have had a career working with them. You will also know and maybe even have read my blog that I am anti Seaworld. So when I found out that they did Dolphin boat tours just 20 minutes from our hotel, I couldn't contain my excitement! We decided to do a morning tour which set off about 8am, we got the boat from the Good Time Charters 4765 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931, USA. There must have been about 20 people on our early am cruise, although the boat was pretty spacious so it didn't feel cramped at all, and everyone had a great viewing spot. Our captain and his mate were great (I think their names were Captain Steve and Captain Ryan) they were very friendly, interactive with us all, and very very informative. Telling us about the Bay and the wildlife that is found around these areas and the surrounding waters, as well as the importance of unique ecosystem. It really didn't take too long until we were lucky enough to see a pod of dolphins, including a baby, swimming behind the boat in the waves that were made. You have to keep your eyes glued to the water to see them, because they are so quick, and there was one point where I kept missing them! When I did get them in my sight, I was actually overwhelmed, seeing these beautiful animals in there natural habitat, playing in the waves with there pods up close, is something that I probably will never forget.
The boat takes you to a small island and you then get an hour to explore and look at the amazing shells on the beach, maybe have a swim if you want, and just have a bit of relaxing time. There are strict rule as to what you can and cannot touch OR take in the way of shells and I believe that taking some shells can carry a $500 fine! Click here to read more information on this. We saw the most amazing shells and starfish whilst we were walking along the shore, the beach was full of the prettiest shells I had ever seen!
Whilst myself and Luke were wading in the shallow part of the Bay there was a dolphin playing about 10 meters away from us, Okay at first I'll admit Luke was like "is that a shark?" but we soon established that it wasn't a shark, but was in fact a little dolphin playing around. We stayed and watched him for about 10 minutes until he Disappeared further out to sea, such an unforgettable moment.
Our experience all together lasted around 90 minutes, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it, and it was lovely to have your own time to go off and explore and too. A highly recommended tour if you are lucky enough to visit Fort Myers.


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Urinary tract and kidney problems are extremely common in both cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is a common complication. This means that your kidney loses its ability to function the way it should. The first laboratory sign on a urinalysis is proteinuria, (protein in the urine). Another medical term for this condition is also known as Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease, or diabetic glomerulosclerosis. As I had mentioned in a previous article link to this one, each of your kidneys is made up of hundreds of thousands of nephrons. The nephrons are a cluster of blood vessels called a glomerulus. The glomeruli is supposed to filter blood and then form your urine. The urine in turn, should drain down into the ureter.
When the glomerulus thickens, the kidney may begin to dysfunction by allowing more albumin which is protein to slip out. There is a simply test to detect this problem called a microalbuminuria test. If the level is over 30 after a 24 hour urine collection, this indicates a problem within the kidneys.
When diabetic nephropathy goes on progressing, the glomeruli are destroyed in increasing numbers. Thus, the levels of albumin increases.
Protein released into the urine may show up many years before you actually have other symptoms. Hypertension will often go with nephropathy. As more time passes, the kidney's abilities to work properly start declining, sometimes rapidly. Diabetic nephropathy can then get into chronic kidney failure until you have reached ESRD, which is End Stage Renal Disease. This happens usually within a 2-5 year time period after proteinuria.
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The big fashion news of the week is a peer reviewed article from PLoS One that a perfectly preserved 5,500 year old shoe was found in a cave in Armenia. Its owner was nowhere to be found lending credence to the rumor to have been heard saying "I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that old thing". Purportedly fashioned by a "professional", a discriminating fashionista could only describe the shoe's stitch quality as capricious primitivism at best -and not so far removed from what is found in many online craft venues today. Expect inspired renditions coming soon to a runway near you.
The weather is cooperating nicely, a respite from last week's record temperatures. Today I'll be cleaning the shop and hope to install shelving and maybe even unpack a few boxes.
Should you find some time to kill, here's this week's entries from the archives. Have a great weekend.
June 4, through June 10, 2005
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Vionnet book on Amazon
Smoking & Drinking: cherished industry traditions
The Clothing Broker
I hate Tommy
Relabeling garments
3D body scanning question
Hats UK
A rock and a hard place
Literary women quiz
Sleeve cap ease is bogus pt.2
The influence of authority
Prevent sewing defects
Nag Nag Nag (EN 13402)
Hiring a virtual assistant
What will become of us?
Swim Lessons report pt.1
Procrastination Quiz
Lessons in calculating fabric use & pattern engineering
A Big Ball of Mud
How to make men's ties
News From You 6/6/2008
Intentional Technical Debt
Japanese dress forms
Fashion-Incubator: a good idea while it lasted
How to make a tech pack web seminars
How to check for nap & one-ways
What to do if a competitor in Asia orders your product
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ken simmons says:
The "wouldn't be caught dead" line was very funny.
Lisa Bloodgood says:
Do note that, in reference to the upper squared off section and further down to where the foot would go in, this is the part of the shoe that was laced up. So stitching or "stitching" wouldn't look so hot. This is what shoes even from the 14th or 15th Century looked like. I wonder why the heel stitching looks so bad: the later shoes had smaller, neater stitches.
Oh, that's where I left it. The other one's still at the back of the wardrobe….
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