A couple recovering from a fire that saw their Georgia home destroyed was struck by devastating tragedy this week when a second blaze in as many years claimed not only their house, but two of their young children, authorities said.
Michael Reeves and Chassity Carter had no choice but to rebuild when a fire that broke out in May left their mobile home inhabitable, ultimately parking a camper trailer on the same Brunswick lot for the family of five to live in.
But another fire broke out inside that home Wednesday, engulfing the structure within the three minutes it took emergency responders to arrive on the scene, officials said.
The couple's 3-year-old son, Blayden Wade Reeves, was killed in the blaze, while their 4-month-old daughter Tallie Ann Carter, succumbed to her injuries after being rushed to the hospital, police said.
Carter and their 2-year-old son, Brighton Michael Reeves, were hospitalized in critical condition, while Reeves was released from the hospital with minor injuries, cops said.
Investigators on Thursday determined the fire likely started in the kitchen of the tight space.
"There was a pot of noodles left on a hot plate on a countertop that was the cause of the fire," Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering told reporters.
He called the determination preliminary and said that the investigation is still underway.
No foul play is suspected, Doering said, adding that the previous fire was deemed "suspicious," but did not elaborate on the classification.
Neighbors on Wednesday reported hearing continuous explosions after the fire started, authorities said.
Glynn County Fire Chief Randy Jordan said the flames could have detonated something inside the camper.
"That could be easily aerosol cans that make a loud noise and increase the fireball," he said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the State Fire Marshal's Office is assisting the Glynn County Fire Department and Police Department with the investigation.
Loved ones were devastated by the loss of the toddler and infant, offering their condolences and prayers to the children's young parents, who neighbors said had fallen on hard times.
"They have been struggling and struggling," neighbor Danny O'Neal told WTOC-TV.
A woman who identified herself as Reeves' former foster mother created a GoFundMe page to offset funeral and hospital expenses, writing: "Pretty much everything they own was lost in the fire - their home, clothes, furniture, etc. They will need to completely start over.
"This is the hardest thing they have ever had to go through," she wrote on the page, which as of Friday had raised $680 if its $15,000 goal. "This family needs all the help and prayers they can get."


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A Look at Veep- Season 6, Episode 5: "Chicklet"
Let's learn more about Selina's father before watching her drive a car through a building.
The episode begins in Tampa, Florida. Selina doesn't want to set up her library in American University- even though the spot wouldn't be for the library, just her papers. The team dons their yellow volunteer shirts and Selina tells the crowd that she's ready to help out for National Volunteer Work. After one marvelous swipe with a paint roller, Selina's volunteer work for the year is done. Good work, team.
The team returns to Selina's office, where Gary reveals a surprise: there's a wax figure of Selina ready to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds. And Selina is parked right next to Gerald Ford, so she demands that Gary have her statue moved next to a game-changing icon like Lincoln or Mao instead of looking like a has-been.
Amy believes that Selina's anger and sudden depression are due to the heart attack, but Selina's just in a thick fog. Catherine suggests that her mother see a therapist, as Catherine herself has been seeing one since she was 13. I buy it. Said therapist would like to start a conversation between Selina and Catherine.
Also, it gets a brief mention, but Marjorie brings up that she and Catherine would like to move into Mee-Maw's house after the baby is born. Remember that. Oh, and since Dan turned into a dead end, Catherine and Marjorie then turn to Richard and ask if he has any hereditary issues.
While Dan is disgusted with newspapers playing up his affair with Jane, Andrew stops by Catherine's brownstone to do some money management when Selina arrives. Of course, she's not pleased to see Andrew there and that Catherine might be giving him money, but she's fine with receiving her monthly check from Catherine. Also, without going into detail, Andrew tells Mike that his investment is doing quite well.
Mike implores Selina to get back to the book, as he's just received a call from the publisher. But Selina is less interested in talking about when Hughes selected her as the his Vice President and more interested in detailing Andrew's past affairs with, among all people, Selina's press secretary, Louise Kellogg. When Louise was fired as a result, Selina hired the least fuckable press secretary.
Right around when Mike started working for her.
At a fundraising dinner, Sherman Tanz introduces Jonah, Ben, and Kent to his wife, Lia, played by Ilana Guralnik, and daughter, Shawnee, played by Mary Holland. Oh hey, it's Shelly from Blunt Talk. Tanz wants Jonah to mention crime whenever he talks about Daylight Saving Time, because it'll get dark earlier all year long, which means more crime. And more crime, in turn, means more for-profit prisons.
In private, Jonah tells Shawnee about how he's become stronger each time someone underestimated him. I can sort of see that.
The next morning, Selina and Mike look through a scrapbook and Selina remembers when her father got her a horse, named Chicklet. Roll credits. But Mom soon sold her and Dad eventually died from a heart attack. Of course. Selina gets candid, saying that on the night her father died, the secretary came around the home at two in the morning. Very personal, yes, but Selina has no problem talking about this, even with Mike.
Gary enters and finds the two making small talk and he's not happy that Mike is encroaching on his territory. Even still, Selina instead orders Gary to make them breakfast. At least Selina hasn't yelled at Mike yet
And an update on the Madame Tussauds situation: Selina is now bowing next to President Lu..buts now people are making inappropriate poses that make it look like they're trying to screw Selina up the ass. Also, it's brief, but Selina agrees to write a recommendation letter so Mike's daughter, Ellen, can attend the Harper Day School.
Catherine and Marjorie have elected Richard to be their sperm donor, but this is Richard we're talking about, so it's no surprise that he's never masturbated before. Doesn't help that he had a pretty religious family in Iowa.
Meanwhile, Jonah scored with Shawnee and the two are at his office because this is where Jonah lives. Doesn't help that rent in D.C. is insane- tell me about it- and he can't use campaign money. Anyway, Shawnee picked Jonah's outfit for the day and tells him that they'll fuck again this evening, but with less kissing. When Shawnee leaves, Jonah calls Richard to gloat, but turns out that Richard has good news as well.
Gary fills Amy in on the awkward Selina sculpture pose, which she finds quite hilarious. And since Amy needs something to do, she elects to help Gary.
Gary then tries to bring tea to Mike and Selina, but she's doing two things at once: talking to Mike about the book and checking into her virtual board meeting so she can vote. Mike notes that some of the details about Selina's father sound odd and suggests that the two of them talk to Uncle George, but Selina maintains that her father was a good family man. Peculiar, but all interesting people are.
And because of Mike's persistence in this matter, the good vibe between him and Selina is effectively ruined and all pleasant relations the two had are all but gone.
That evening, Amy and Dan catch up on their respective problems when Gary arrives to tell her that the statue situation has somehow gotten worse. Good job, Amy. The figure's hand is out, so visitors are posing to make it seem like Selina is cupping their privates.
How the hell anyone is getting away with this in a public museum is anyone's guess, but Amy, fed up with her shitty situation, leaves. Gary at least is pleased that Dan is apparently getting game with Jane McCabe.
Selina and Mike go to Uncle George to clarify details on Dad's death. The body wasn't flown back because he died on the barn, not while away on business. And worse, he died right on top of the secretary, Barbara Valeski, so she had to go to the loony bin after that. However, it wasn't just Barbara, so this is why Mom converted the barn in order to prevent embarrassment if Dad got caught. So that's why Selina didn't get that snow globe.
Over at Small Joy Hill, a now drunken Selina and Mike arrive at Chicklet's old house, where Selina proceeds to fuck shit up while ranting about her father. She encourages Mike to join in and he does, but be careful of Selina's pencil holder.
But then Selina goes the full nine yards and crashes the damn car into the house. Selina realizes that this is her book: the girl who triumphed over her parents' toxicity and had no choice but to go into politics, where she became an American icon. Secret Service agents arrive on the scene, so Selina leaves with them. Not Mike, though, because he crashed the car.
At CBS the next day, Stevie shows Dan a photo in the newspaper- said photo refers to Dan as Jane's boy toy, who was supposedly palling around with Amy, even though there's no real context for the photo. Jane won't tell the Post that the rumors of them being together are false because if she stops looking fuckable, she'll be Grandma and replaced by Brie Ramachandran, played by India de Beaufort.
So yeah, Jane is the one spreading the rumors about the two of them screwing.
Ben, Kent, and Shawnee talk Jonah through his day and how they'd like him to vote on certain bills, but Shawnee tells Jonah to vote against H.R. 2029, even though that's 300 jobs right there. True, but, as Shawnee sees it, those jobs are for people who wouldn't vote for Jonah anyway. And being against waste would look good statewide or even nationwide. A 'No' vote it is.
Selina tells Catherine, Richard, and Marjorie that she's turning Mee-Maw's home into the Selina Meyer Presidential Birthplace and Library. Well, so much for Catherine and Marjorie's moving plans. On the phone, Sherman Tanz is fine with the location, but he's needs a favor, as he's trying to get his son into Harper Day School and would like a letter of recommendation.
Since Selina isn't about to write more than one letter, she uses the one intended for Mike's daughter.
Hey, it's for the library.
Catherine speaks with her therapist, Diane, played by Susan Isaacs, about her ongoing issues with her mother, but even Dr. Diane here seems fed up with Catherine. It doesn't help that Catherine has apparently been voicing these complaints for 14 years.
Gary and Amy tell Selina that the statue has been moved again, this time to the Truman Balcony, and she guesses correctly that people were trying to have sex with her statue. Well, it's better than standing next to Gerald Ford.
We're at the halfway point of the season and Selina Meyer hasn't made much, if any, progress in her post-presidency career. She's made strides and ambitious moves, but nothing has translated into success or anything noteworthy. Nothing noteworthy and positive, anyway.
While Veep is great when skewering the political process, there's just as much heart and laughs to be gained from dealing with the personal and seeing what the characters do when they aren't getting screwed over by Washington. Last season's "Mother" was a good example of that and "Chicklet" was another great opportunity to explore Selina's personal life.
But what makes it work in hindsight is the sequence of events in which we arrived here. We know that Mike has been badgering Selina to work on the book, and it's the combination of that and Andrew's random appearance that prompts Selina to start remembering her father. And as the episode progresses, we see her view of her father change from a fond memory to a nightmare.
Sure, Selina is just as awful of a person, but it's interesting to see her worldview shattered when someone she had such a positive impression of turn out to be as sleazy as Andrew. More so because Selina's been fed such bullshit all this years. It's a cathartic experience for her to wreck the barn and then go as far as crash a car through it, as if to destroy most of the memories of her father- minus the mug.
Selina mentions early on that she's in a fog, and that's true both for her post-presidential life, but also being lost for so long when it comes to her parents. She'd been going by one impression for so long that for her to learn about her father's shady lifestyle brings things to a screeching halt.
However, in her infinite 'wisdom,' Selina manages to turn a negative into a positive by converting the barn into the location for her library. Sure, it's not American University, but again, Selina is able to make the most of a terrible revelation now that she has clarity on her father's past and the reason her mother converted the barn.
And the entire destruction of the barn is, for my money, the Julia Louis-Dreyfus' best scene of the season thus far, as Selina just lets loose with this pent up rage. I'm not a betting man, but screw it: if Dreyfus gets an Emmy for Veep, I'd be willing to bet it would be for this scene.
This episode made good use of both Selina and Mike, who hasn't had much to do aside from badger Selina for money and the book. And with him on Selina's good side, he has more to do and it's a change of pace for him the two to get along like friends, even though it's over by episode's end. For a moment, Selina sees Mike as a colleague instead of a punching bag and it makes me wonder what that relationship would be like over time.
And even though Ellen won't get into Harper Day School, at least Mike has content so he can start the book. Also, at this point, since Mike's still not getting paid, maybe he and Wendy should just consider home-schooling their kids. If just to save some money.
It was also interesting to see how this affected Gary. Sure, the relationship between him and Selina has gone up and down this season, but we're talking about someone being the close confidant that Gary fills so well. Here, Selina is laughing and sharing stories with Mike instead of Gary, so of course he'd be offended by this.
Sticking with Gary for a moment, it would've become tiresome if he just spent this episode glaring daggers at Mike for taking his space. As such, I liked his and Amy's attempts to improve Selina's wax figure, only for them to make it worse. It's not enough that Selina got screwed over by Washington- now she's getting metaphorically screwed by random tourists and kids to boot.
With Dan out of the running as a sperm donor, Catherine and Marjorie's options are limited, so for them to go to Richard is a recipe for comedy. Richard is so straight-laced and innocent that of course he never shook hands with the devil. But, as Catherine points out, Richard has a good heart, so even if it takes some time, she and Marjorie have at least picked someone who is somewhat honorable. Compared to Dan, anyway.
In addition to providing laughs from this scenario, this also builds upon Catherine and Marjorie's attempt at starting a family, both with the baby and their potential move. A move that's now on hold thanks to Selina using Mee-Maw's house for her library. Between this and Catherine's money management, she's becoming very independent. It's character growth I appreciate, even if she's still getting shit from everyone, including her therapist.
And Catherine even having a therapist for over a decade makes a ton of sense, though it doesn't look like Dr. Diane is of much help. If anything, she sounds like a second Selina.
Also, just when it seemed like Dan managed to charm Jane, it's a great reveal that she's been the one playing him with her spreading this news.
But he's not the only one getting twirled around a woman's finger this week, as Shawnee looks to have major influence on Jonah. In effect, this makes Ben and Kent sort of pointless since no way would Jonah listen to them over someone he can screw, but the idea of Jonah being pulled in two sides sounds fun.
And Jonah's line about becoming stronger each time someone underestimated him just proves what Ben said about disaster just elevating him instead of being a hindrance.
"Chicklet" was a great episode that gave more time to the side-characters and delved deeper into Selina's relationship with her parents and gave us Dreyfus' best performance of the season thus far. It was great to watch Selina and Mike interact like good pals, but like most victories on Veep, that happiness was short lived.
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package com.belonk.crypt;

import javax.crypto.*;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.SecureRandom;

/**
 * 高级加密标准(英语:Advanced Encryption Standard,缩写:AES),在密码学中又称Rijndael加密法,
 * 是美国联邦政府采用的一种区块加密标准。这个标准用来替代原先的DES,已经被多方分析且广为全世界所
 * 使用。经过五年的甄选流程,高级加密标准由美国国家标准与技术研究院(NIST)于2001年11月26日发布
 * 于FIPS PUB 197,并在2002年5月26日成为有效的标准。2006年,高级加密标准已然成为对称密钥加密中
 * 最流行的算法之一。
 * <p>
 * Created by sun on 2017/6/15.
 *
 * @author sunfuchang03@126.com
 * @version 1.0
 * @since 1.0
 */
final public class AES {
    //~ Static fields/initializers =====================================================================================

    //~ Instance fields ================================================================================================

    //~ Constructors ===================================================================================================

    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    /**
     * 加密字符串。
     *
     * @param content  被加密字符串
     * @param password 密钥
     * @param charset  字符串编码
     * @return 16进制密文
     */
    public static String encrypt(String content, String password, String charset) {
        try {
            byte[] bytes = content.getBytes(charset); // 原始字符串转为字节数组
            byte[] result = encrypt(bytes, password, charset);
            return parseByte2HexStr(result); // 加密后的字节数组转换为16进制字符串,这里不能直接new String(result, charset),不可逆
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 加密字节数组。
     *
     * @param content  被加密字节数组
     * @param password 密钥
     * @param charset  字符编码
     * @return 加密后的字节数组
     */
    public static byte[] encrypt(byte[] content, String password, String charset) {
        try {
            KeyGenerator kgen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
            kgen.init(128, new SecureRandom(password.getBytes(charset)));
            SecretKey secretKey = kgen.generateKey();
            byte[] enCodeFormat = secretKey.getEncoded();
            SecretKeySpec key = new SecretKeySpec(enCodeFormat, "AES");
            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");// 创建密码器
            cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key);// 初始化
            byte[] result = cipher.doFinal(content);
            return result; // 加密
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (BadPaddingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 解密字符串。
     *
     * @param content  15进制密文字符串
     * @param password 密钥
     * @param charset  字符编码
     * @return 解密后原始字符串
     */
    public static String decrypt(String content, String password, String charset) {
        try {
            byte[] bytes = parseHexStr2Byte(content);
            byte[] result = decrypt(bytes, password, charset);
            return new String(result, charset);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 解密字节数组。
     *
     * @param content  加密的字节数组
     * @param password 密钥
     * @param charset  字符集编码
     * @return 解密后的原始字节数组
     */
    public static byte[] decrypt(byte[] content, String password, String charset) {
        try {
            KeyGenerator kgen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
            kgen.init(128, new SecureRandom(password.getBytes(charset)));
            SecretKey secretKey = kgen.generateKey();
            byte[] enCodeFormat = secretKey.getEncoded();
            SecretKeySpec key = new SecretKeySpec(enCodeFormat, "AES");
            Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");// 创建密码器
            cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key);// 初始化
            byte[] result = cipher.doFinal(content);
            return result; // 加密
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (BadPaddingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * 字节数组转换为16进制字符串
     *
     * @param buf 字节数组
     * @return 16进制字符串
     */
    public static String parseByte2HexStr(byte buf[]) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
            String hex = Integer.toHexString(buf[i] & 0xFF);
            if (hex.length() == 1) {
                hex = '0' + hex;
            }
            sb.append(hex.toUpperCase());
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * 16进制字符串转换为字节数组
     *
     * @param hexStr 16进制字符串
     * @return 字节数组
     */
    public static byte[] parseHexStr2Byte(String hexStr) {
        if (hexStr.length() < 1)
            return null;
        byte[] result = new byte[hexStr.length() / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < hexStr.length() / 2; i++) {
            int high = Integer.parseInt(hexStr.substring(i * 2, i * 2 + 1), 16);
            int low = Integer.parseInt(hexStr.substring(i * 2 + 1, i * 2 + 2), 16);
            result[i] = (byte) (high * 16 + low);
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        String content = "abctest11123asa这里有中文";
        String password = "12345678";
        String charset = "utf-8";
        //加密
        System.out.println("加密前:" + content);
        String encryptResult = encrypt(content, password, charset);
        System.out.println("加密后:" + encryptResult);
        //解密
        String decryptResult = decrypt(encryptResult, password, charset);
        System.out.println("解密后:" + decryptResult);

        byte[] src = content.getBytes(charset);
        byte[] res = encrypt(src, password, charset);
        System.out.println("加密后:" + parseByte2HexStr(res));
        // 错误,这里的res与原始字节数组不可逆
        System.out.println("加密后:" + new String(res, charset));
        byte[] decrypt = decrypt(res, password, charset);
        System.out.println("解密后:" + new String(decrypt, charset));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Evert Gott
Groendyke Transport
DRIVER AIDS FELLOW DRIVER AFTER TRUCK HAULING HOT ASPHALT ROLLS OVER
The Truckload Carriers Association has named Evert Gott, from Lacassine, Louisiana, a Highway Angel for aiding another driver who was injured after his truck rolled over, dumping hot asphalt.
It was mid-afternoon on May 1, and Gott was heading to Fort Worth, Texas when he saw a dump truck carrying hot asphalt roll over in the eastbound lanes of I-20 just outside Vicksburg, Mississippi. "He was going into a curve," shared Gott, "blew a tire, lost control and flipped over—the guardrail stopped him." Gott pulled over as quickly as he could and ran back to the scene. "I did my best Dukes-of-Hazzard jump to get over the guardrail," he quipped. "By the time I got to the truck he was barely walking and trying to move around the front of the truck toward the guardrail." Asphalt had spread all over the road and in the truck. "He had tar on his side. He was in pain and his skin was peeling off," recalled Gott. "I helped him to my truck to get him in the shade where he could sit down." He gave the man a bottle of cold water. A deputy arrived and called an ambulance. "It took what seemed like hours to arrive," the driver shared.
Gott did his best to help and comfort the driver until paramedics and police arrived. The man's wife arrived before emergency vehicles. She thanked Gott several times for stopping and helping her husband. Gott stayed at the scene for over three hours until the cleanup was done. "The asphalt had spread from shoulder to shoulder, about two inches thick all across the highway," he said. "I couldn't move until they were done." As he reflected on the accident, he noted that it happened on Friday, May 1, at 2:30 p.m., exactly two weeks after his mother died. "It made me wonder," he says, his voice trailing off. "I was thinking about her."
For his willingness to assist a fellow driver, TCA has presented Gott with a certificate, patch, lapel pin, and truck decals. His employer, Groendyke Transport, has also received a certificate acknowledging their driver as a Highway Angel.
Since the program's inception in August 1997, more than 1,250 drivers have been recognized as Highway Angels for the exemplary kindness, courtesy, and courage they have displayed while on the job. EpicVue sponsors TCA's Highway Angel program.


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From the geostrategic point of view, Slovakia has an important location at the heart of Europe. No wonder then that whenever the opposition claims things are not developing to their liking, some influential circles abroad readily address sharp criticisms to Slovakia. Very much in the same way as in the past, the only difference being that this time it is not Moscow who is lecturing the Slovaks, but rather the West.
One should bear in mind several important facts. First of all, the president joined two separate referenda into one. The National Council of the Slovak Republic approved three questions regarding NATO membership. The so called "blue coalition"- the opposition parties - initiated a petition, eventually collecting enough signatures that called for direct election of the president.
The signatures were then checked out in the president's office by his staff and, subsequently, the president set the same date for the second referendum, deliberately adding the "presidential" question to the three NATO membership questions. However, according to the ruling by the nation's Constitutional Court, which cam shortly before the referendum, the fourth question, the one on the direct election of the president- was in contradiction with the existing law, namely article 3, clause 2 of Law No. 564/1992 Corpus Juris, specifying the procedure for holding a referendum as set down by Article 100 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic.
As regards the issue of the direct election of the president by the people, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) made it very clear several times, as early as in 1994, that it is in favor of the idea of enabling the people to decide as to who should become the head of state. Provided of course, that such an arrangement would not violate the nation's Constitution. Consequently, a bill is now being prepared to this effect for deliberation at the next session of the parliament. At least 90 Deputies will have to say "yes" if it is to become law.
Although it is true that only about 10 percent of the electorate turned out to cast their vote in the percent referendum, it is indeed absurd to try to hint that democracy "isn't working". Different people hold different views on what precisely is democratic and what's not. Democracy should not be mistaken for anarchy, and if some claim, as they do, that breaching the Constitution is democratic, they should be reminded that they are wrong.
The law is the same for everyone, for the coalition and the opposition alike. It is the citizen, and no one else, who takes the final decision at free election which political party and which politicians should be in power for the next four years. The results of a democratic general election give a clear signal who the electorate really trust. With 35 percent of the vote HZDS was the clear winner in the last general election. The second strongest party, incidentally an opposition one, got only 10 percent of the votes. What is then the whole fuss really about? Don't worry democracy in Slovakia is alive and well in spite of the democracy "game" played by the opposition through the media. The opposition lost the chance to come in power in the last election but they can try again at the next general election to be held in 1998. The trust of the electorate can only be won through hard and hones work. The final judge is the citizen, no none else. To think otherwise, for instance that "help" can come from outside the country, would be political insanity.
Integration is a long-term process, requiring more than just a year or two to accomplish it successfully. Not so long ago the Slovak Republic was part of the Warsaw Pact. Many can still remember the sight of the last foreign troops leaving the country for good. The damage, ecological, moral and economic, has been enormous. One cannot help asking who can possibly be afraid of Slovakia militarily, irrespective of whether the nation will become a member state of NATO or not.
The Warsaw Pact is dead and buried. What sense does it make then to go on bragging about this or that country's nuclear arsenal? Would it not be wiser to allocate the resources spent on arms to other, more human purposes?
Membership of the EU is indeed an attractive prospect for many countries including Slovakia. However, clear rules are absolutely necessary in order to know exactly what are the benefits and disadvantages of joining the club. The same of course applies also to NATO membership.
The elections in this country take place every four years. As you will know, no one can inherit power in Slovakia. It has to be won through the support of the electorate, and if the voters think that the HZDS represents their interest best it is by no means without reason. The voters are wise enough, and they will speak their mind in he 1998 democratic general elections.


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Remarkable Bicycle Rides
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Remarkable Bike Rides features over 50 of the most spectacularly scenic, exhilarating, and challenging rides from around the world.
The latest title in the bestselling Remarkable series, this is a fully illustrated collection of some of the most spectacular and life-affirming cycling trips from around the world. There are the classic mountain climbs beloved of followers of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, such as the climb to Alpe D'Huez in France and the Stelvio Pass in Italy. Gentler touring routes include the Hadrian's Cycleway, which crosses from Britain's Solway Firth to the North Sea following the line of Hadrian's Wall.
For those wishing to push themselves to the very edge, there is the North Yungas Road, also known as El Camino de la Muerte (Death Road), in Bolivia; bike trails round some of the world's most spectacular national parks, such as the Canyonlands National Park, and a journey through the forests and mountains of Transylvania.


About Me, in a nut shell.
How we deal with our way of life in the military, the things we have tried while dealing with deployments and being away from family.
Yippie his CCAF (Community College of the Air Force) is complete! I'm so proud of my husband!
He wasn't so excited about the dressing in his blues and putting on a gown to walk for the graduation, but I know that he holds his head high. I know that he is glad that this long chapter of his education is complete. I also know that he is going to take a few more classes so that he can get his degree.
So this is just a post to let you know how proud I am of my husbands newest accomplishment! And he has already started telling the kids why he has worked so hard, and that he expects them to work as much on their education as he has!
We went with my sister and her family this year to watch fireworks. The kids loved watching all the lights. I think Schyler enjoyed dancing to the view more than having a sitting view. The tree seemed to make a great partner for her!
This year has been so hot in Ohio, I don't think I ever remember it being so hot! However the 4th really was nice out! We had a great time, 3 adults 7 children, what's not great about that! I sure hope that the kids will keep getting the chances to know one another over the years!
While my mom was visiting we (her, the girls and me) made a trip to Bellagio. I honestly believe this is the first time that I have been to the Bellagio and didn't see the fountain show. However we did make our way into the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. Have you ever been? 1st let me say… FAMILY FRIENDLY and then let me use the words… FREE! What could possibly keep you from visiting? I am pretty sure that if you were traveling alone or just as a couple you will still get the enjoyment from the view!
Then you add the fact that they do change the Conservatory several times, so it is really nice when you go back as a local every few months. You get to see something so beautiful and breath-taking. The flowers are beautiful! My girls as you already know, love getting their pictures taken, this just puts a few extra smiles on all of our faces. Seeing all of the different beautiful colors, and varieties of flowers. The theme right now is: Spring Celebration and this will be the display until May 13, 2012. Since that is just around the corner, go for a visit and enjoy the colors, and NON desert view! According to their exhibit schedule May 21, 2012, will be the start of the Summer Garden!
This was probably the best smiles we had all wk! And now…. I have SMILES OF BEAUTY… from my girls, to enjoy forever, thanks to the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens at the Bellagio! I hope you enjoy the view as much as we did!
My trip to Tiffany & Co.
When my mom first came to town, I asked her what all she wanted to accomplish while she was here. She told me that there was only 1 thing that she really wanted to do and that was to take me to Tiffany & Co.
If you have read my past posts then you know that there is a lot of history between my mom and I. We don't really have the best history or the best present for that matter, but I suppose that the dysfunction of our relationship will always be there. You see my mom when she does finally visit us, she brings gifts and about everything and anything imaginable for gifts for Sean and the kids. So, for me she decided that she was going to take me to Tiffany and Co.
We ended up at Las Vegas – Crystals at CityCenter, Tiffany & Co. The store is unbelievably gorgeous! And the staff is very friendly! Of course these are 2 very important factors for me! When we went to the store, my husband kept the babies out in the hallway, so that my mom and I could look around without all of the little fingers touching everything. Not that they cared in the store, in fact I was told that they have a little Tea Party set up, for when the little girls do make their visit. So, when I ever do make another stop into the store, I know I can take the babies without fretting the entire time!
There were so many exquisite pieces. You see I am a jewelry fanatic, I have so many pieces I don't even want to tell you. However, I can tell you when I did get each piece and what each of them mean to me. Most of them have some type of reasoning behind them. And now…. I have my first piece from Tiffany & Co.
I think this piece means something a little different to me, than what it does to my mom. However I think that each time I wear it, and look at it, this is what I will remember.
I will remember the year, 2012. I will remember this was the start to my mothers retirement, they year that she says that she is going to be more involved with my family. This is the year that my Papa passed away, the year that Papa was taken by God and removed of all his sufferings. This is the year that my dad is retiring also. This is the year that I actually put a voice to my moms ears about how much she has hurt me over the years. This is the MOMENT that I have accepted that I can not expect for her to want to be as large a part of my family as I want her to be. However, I think that this bracelet, might mean to her of me thinking about her each time I look at it ( I don't think she realizes that I think of her way more often than that).
The sales associates were great, and Peter, when you read this, please know that you did make for "A day to remember at Tiffany" Thank you for giving us a great journey!
I think my wish list is going to start adding up. I have already decided what I want for my next piece to be!Tiffany 1837™ ring in RUBEDO™ metal. This is a special edition ring that has the signature inside of it for 2012 only, so I guess my savings account will need to learn to grow pretty quickly! With the time crunch and all! So let's hope I get it!
Do you have a dream list? I may be for Tiffany & Co. or maybe something else! Leave me a note, let's see!!!
To work or not to work, has been my question the past few days. I have thought on and off about it the last few years, but have not done anything but just contemplate!
You see, unlike a lot of military spouses I had a job already lined up several months before our move here to Vegas. I was working in the insurance industry and the agent that I worked for made a few calls, and found an agent that was interested in hiring me. In turn after being mostly sold by my agent, I had to complete selling myself to the new agent over the phone. We went back and forth, and I was offered a NICE salary!
When I first got to Vegas, within the first couple of days, I drove to the agent's office to introduce myself in person. Then when I got back to where we were staying I immediately started in on trying to find daycare for our almost 3-year-old! My goodness it was outrageous the cost per month. Then on top of the price, that I of course was going to have no choice but to pay, I could NOT find anyone that had an opening for him. I called 32 providers on base alone, and then also tried calling everything daycare out of the phone book. I had NO options, everyone was full. After several wks, I had to let the agent know that I was NOT going to start work with her. I did not jump out of the blue with this, I had been giving her wkly reports, so she knew that I was having problems.
A couple of months later I was in the agent's office that we have ALL of our policies with (same company, just different agency). We spoke briefly, and he mentioned about if I was ever interested in working, he would be interested in hiring me. Then about a year later we spoke again and he mentioned it again. We actually went more in-depth about the offer, and talked about me being able to work from home. It was still just a thought at that time, and then upon investigation, I found out that I would have to take all my tests again ( I was previously licensed for… Life, Health, Property and Casualty), and it turned out that I was prego with Shyla too. That was going to be a lot of work! So I decided, I did not want to take on the obligation.
Then when I got back from Ohio, and had Schyler (3 babies total now), I was in the office when we were buying this house. He talked with me again, he said I could still work from home, and to think about it.
Now, many years later! I was in the office picking up the girl's life insurance policies that I just bought, and we actually spoke more in-depth about it. He asked me if I would be interested in coming and working on selling Life Insurance. Not that I have ever written on here, but I am a FANATIC on Life Insurance. We talked about me mostly working from home again, and on my own schedule. He knows that we are military, and won't be here for ever.
So, basically I am undecided. I have been praying that God will lead me to the right direction. I'm still undecided. Good and bad these have been my thoughts.
1. Many people are searching for jobs, and this one keeps knocking, when I'm not even looking.
2. Does this job offer keep falling on me for a reason, is God telling me that it's here and I should quit being stubborn and take it?
3. Do I really want to take the time to get licensed again? The studying and testing I spent ALOT of time on, and I didn't even have kids yet.
5. It would be commission only, so of course the more effort I put in the more goes in my pocket.
6. I am a perfectionist when it comes to work. Will I mistakenly put work before my family?
7. At the moment both of the girls are in a program that will put them both in a 1/2 day preschool, next year. That would give me a couple of hours a day, that I would not feel bad working, and might actually enjoy having something to do.
8. I would not only be making phone calls, but I would be setting appointments to discuss the Life Insurance in person. I would have to depend on Sean taking care of the kids, and most of the time I can't even count on him being home when I don't have anything scheduled. If I'm going to work, I can not be cancelling appointments.
1. to see where my priority is with my family vs. work?
If you have any great ideas for me to mull over, please let me know! And I should mention that he told me that there is a class for a wk, that they have you go to now (they didn't do this when I tested before) so I would have to get someone to watch the kids. However, he did say he would pay for the class!
Seriously, I really don't understand people who have sticky fingers! If you have sticky fingers, please don't come anywhere near me or my family. My house and my beliefs do not go along with those that live in the land of entitlement. However, somehow and in someway, someone had the intention of using their sticky fingers around my property.
I had this list of things going on with my car. I needed to take it in to get it looked at, because I went to open my driver's door to leave for school, last wk. What did I see? Another problem with my rig. The door handle looked like it was coming off, and because I have had issues with my car… I thought "great, something else coming off my car" not to mention that there was just a bit of paint under where the door handle is that was missing. Then I had a very small oil leak, that had started this wk. Now comes the part that was like… 3 item wrong definitely time to take it in, before they think I am the crazy lady making all this up with my car! The thing that made me take it in yesterday was that my dashboard had 2 places cracked.
I get my car to the shop, and give my wonderful lady, my list of what is wrong with my car. So, we walk to the car, and she looks at the dash and says "that is covered under the warranty, don't worry!". Then I show her the door handle, she gives me this smile ( I think I have gotten to know her well, from being in there) so I thought to myself… I bet she has an idea, no way she will blame it on my critters! No, she did not blame them at all!! Better yet she begins to explain to me, that it is NOT going to be covered under the warranty, because someone had tried to break into it using a screw driver. What the heck??? Why would someone want to break into my rig? Seriously, what kind of moron are you? So she (with her finger) starts to show me exactly what they do, and is explaining the different steps that they take to keep from triggering the alarm system. Seriously people? People work pretty hard with those little sticky fingers, it takes much patience and time to work at this. If you have that much of both of those things on your schedule, YOU COULD GET PAID HUGE to work at a job! So as you can see…. some sticky fingers are in my neighborhood trying to either take my entire car, or possibly just the stereo that is in it. Either way… stop go away, and earn your own, I worked hard to buy that thing and earn it honestly! Please go do the same for yourself!
Then this morning around 9am (so I've heard from the neighbors). Someone broke into the neighbor's house. I don't know if they got anything or not, but I do know that their security system is what notified the police to come to their house. Really, another land of entitlement try there!
So, tonight I have spent my time looking for security systems. Do you have any suggestions? Any certain companies that you have had that you LOVE or companies that you would suggest to NOT consider? Any companies that would absolutely LOVE to give a military family a discount??!!! Either way, we are looking for a security company and would prefer to do something MUCH sooner than later! And I really think that I would like the video camera system.
Again, any suggestions about companies or even options that we should consider, would be greatly appreciated!
Today I did something DIFFERENT! Ok, so this may not be cool to some of you, but it was to me and mine!
Looking around on my nifty NEWER, Apple IPhone 4S. I found the FaceTime, button. Ok, ok it really wasn't that hard to find because it is on the first area that comes up. With that being said, I am one of those people that over look the features of something that is not really important to me. However, this is now going to be a great feature that I will use more often! So what I found… learned it this feature lets you not only talk, but see the person in real time. It's pretty much the same thing as Skype… which if you look at some of my earlier posts you will see I LOVE during deployments.. A fantasic thing that I learned and was able to use on Sean's last deployment!!
First I tried it on my phone! I let the kids call my SIL, she lives in Michigan, and they haven't seen her since she and her boyfriend came to Vegas last year for their Spring Break! So it was cool, they got to see her, and she got to chat with them face to face, this is really cool for a 2, 3 and 7 year old. I don't know about your kids but for some reason even my 7 year old forgets that people can't see through the phone all the cool things he wants to show off.
When we were done, my mom was finaly back at her house and I talked her through hooking her phone up to the Wi-Fi. When we were all done, we were talking over the phone on the FaceTime. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever, being able to talk and see our family at the same time. We even had the chance to talk to Mama (my grandmother). It was only on the phone, so having a 86 year old woman look at a little IPhone, was probably a bit hard, but I think she really liked seeing the kids.
Then came the fun! Did I tell you that for Christmas my husband bought me an IPad 2? Holy cow, do I like that thing! I know that a lot of people say that once you have the IPhone, that the IPads really aren't that cool, however, I can surely tell you that I only had the phone a few wks before Christmas and I absolutely LOVE them both.
Anyways, back to the fun! I tried calling my mom back again on the IPad, but to my suprise!!! My sister answered, and like a dork, I was wanting to figure out how I could call my mom's IPad. So, I had my sister call me back from it instead of mom's phone. And since I was not smart enough to read the directions before calling, my sister informed me that I just needed to use mom's email address! Now that is sooooo cool. So we started chating IPad to IPad and face to face!!!
My sister has never been to my house, and she asked to be taken on a tour! I was kind of excited, but then as I started taking her around…. I realized how imbarrassed I really was. I truly have not cleaned my house since I got back from the funeral… not that I was being lazy, I have just been so sick, and the kids have been so sick, that I just have not hardly had the energy to do ANYTHING. I kept saying " this is…., but don't look it is a mess" she would just laugh and say "you are showing me and saying don't look??!!" This was so much fun! I also got to see some throws that my mom and Mama were making. I think she said that they are making 20 to give to the nursing home that Papa was at. How awesome is that?? I am sure that all the Alzheimers and Dementia patients, will love the fact they have something warm to lay across them, and of course what person young or old doesn't absolutely LOVE something that was just made for them? Even if they don't remember where they got it from!!! Then Mama also got to see the kids on yet a bigger screen, much easier for her to see than the little phone screen!
So, even though I have been sick for almost 5 wks now, and I can not stand being confined. I have so loved trying out something DIFFERENT and new! And Apple!!!! If you read this!!! Thank you so much for making a product, that I can use to keep my kids even closer to my family now! Being 2k miles away from family, is often heart breaking and people change so much between times that we MILITARY FOLK, get to go home. That this will surely make that time a bit less alarming when the kids see family face to face….!!!!
So, again I am totally happy with my purchases, and exstatic that I got to spend FaceTime with my sister, mom, Mama and SIL!! What a great way to spend my afternoon!!! How did you spend yours??


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A Python library for accessing the Quickbooks API.
Complete rework of [quickbooks-python](https://github.com/troolee/quickbooks-python).

These instructions were written for a Django application. Make sure to change it to whatever framework/method you're using.

## Connecting your application to Quickbooks Online

1. Create the Authorization URL for your application:

        from quickbooks import QuickBooks

        quickbooks = QuickBooks(
            sandbox=True,
            consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
            consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
            callback_url=CALLBACK_URL
        )

        authorize_url = quickbooks.get_authorize_url()

    Store the authorize_url, request_token, and request_token_secret for use in the Callback method.

2. Handle the callback:

        quickbooks = QuickBooks(
            sandbox=True,
            consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
            consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
            callback_url=CALLBACK_URL
        )

        quickbooks.authorize_url = authorize_url
        quickbooks.request_token = request_token
        quickbooks.request_token_secret = request_token_secret
        quickbooks.set_up_service()

        quickbooks.get_access_tokens(request.GET['oauth_verifier'])

        realm_id = request.GET['realmId']
        access_token = quickbooks.access_token
        access_token_secret = quickbooks.access_token_secret

    Store realm_id, access_token, and access_token_secret need to be stored for later use.

## Accessing the API

QuickBooks client uses a singleton pattern. Just be sure to create the QuickBooks object before you make any calls to QBO.
Setup the client connection using the stored `access_token` and the `access_token_secret` and `realm_id`:

    from quickbooks import QuickBooks

    QuickBooks(
        sandbox=True,
        consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
        consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
        access_token=access_token,
        access_token_secret=access_token_secret,
        company_id=realm_id
    )

List of objects:

    from quickbooks.object.customer import Customer
    customers = Customer.all()

Filtered list of objects:

    customers = Customer.filter(Active=True, FamilyName="Smith")

List with custom Where Clause (do not include the "WHERE"):

    customers = Customer.where("Active = True AND CompanyName LIKE 'S%'")

Filtering a list with a custom query (See [Intuit developer guide](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0300_developer_guides/querying_data) for supported SQL statements):

    customer = Customer.query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Active = True")

Get single object by Id and update:

    customer = Customer.get(1)
    customer.CompanyName = "New Test Company Name"
    customer.save()

Create new object:

    customer = Customer()
    customer.CompanyName = "Test Company"
    customer.save()

## Batch Operations

The batch operation enables an application to perform multiple operations in a single request
(See [Intuit Batch Operations Guide](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0300_developer_guides/batch_operations) for full details).

Batch create a list of objects:

    from quickbooks.batch import batch_create

    customer1 = Customer()
    customer1.CompanyName = "Test Company 1"
    customer1.save()

    customer2 = Customer()
    customer2.CompanyName = "Test Company 2"
    customer2.save()

    customers = []
    customers.append(customer1)
    customers.append(customer2)

    results = batch_create(customers)

Batch update a list of objects:

    from quickbooks.batch import batch_update

    customers = Customer.filter(Active=True)

    # Update customer records

    results = batch_update(customers)

Batch delete a list of objects:

    from quickbooks.batch import batch_delete

    customers = Customer.filter(Active=False)
    results = batch_delete(customers)

Review results for batch operation:

    # successes is a list of objects that were successfully updated
    for obj in results.successes:
        print "Updated " + obj.DisplayName

    # faults contains list of failed operations and associated errors
    for fault in results.faults:
        print "Operation failed on " + fault.original_object.DisplayName

        for error in fault.Error:
            print "Error " + error.Message

__Note:__ Objects and object property names match their Quickbooks counterparts and do not follow PEP8.

__Note:__ This is a work-in-progress made public to help other developers access the QuickBooks API.
Built for a Django project running on Python 2. It has not been tested with Python 3.


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Q: What's the Intuition behind divisors? I am currently studying Algebraic Geometry (by Hartshorne), for the first time, and had attended/am attending to some lectures related to it. (Commutative Algebra, Complex manifolds, ...)
As I learn more and more about algebraic geometry, It seems to me that the notion of divisors and their usage is a fundamental tool. However, it seems to me a bit confusing because of its diverse usage in different contexts. So, I felt it would be helpful to get some intuition for further progress.

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*Why do we only consider codim 1 subvarieties, not furthermore? Is it because it's enough? Or rather is it the case that the theory fits in only for codim1 case, but not furthermore?
(In cotext of Weil divisors)

*My idea is that weil divisor is a classical object, which later developed to cartier divisors in algebraic sense (Which matches when the underlying scheme is "good enough", so in general we use cartier divisors). And the relation between cartier divisor and invertible sheaf is fundamental. Is this viewpoint correct? Or Am I misunderstanding the concepts?

*I understand the fact that Linear system gives rational function to projective space which cannot be defined on common base. However, this fact confuses me, because it feels to me the notion of divisor is "Intrinsic" object which relate codim1 subvarieties, But the rational map (or morphism, embedding) defined by the divisor seems to be an "extrinsic" setting. Can I get some intuition as to why these two objects are related?
My current state of knowledge is in Beginner step in AG. But It feels to me that any intuition will be helpful, regardless of its difficulty.
Thank you very much :)

A: Divisors are set up so that the external objects become internal. The two sources of external ambiguity in a projective map are that the map is only defined up to a ratio, and this is the reason for looking at equivalent divisors. Further the automorphism of the projective spaces correspond to the different basis for the space $L(D)$. Another way of saying this is that the set of all external mapping is an internal object.
Given the image of a variety in a projective space we can look at the intersections with all hyperplanes, these pull back to subvarieties of codimension 1. It turns out this is sufficient to determine the embedding, up to the ambiguities specified above.
Its a pretty rough answer, but that basically the classical picture.

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The UK: There's growing optimism that June 21 will see total freedom, as fears about the Indian variant recede and the jabs continue to mount up.
Spain. A warning from the British government: In some parts of Spain – i. e. the Canary Islands – a negative COVID-19 may be required when checking in to tourist accommodation. You should check this prior to travel.
This comment risks misinterpretation . . . The UK's media obsesses about pedophilia and the Spanish media does the same about 'gender violence', even though – as far as I can tell – the stats here are no worse than elsewhere and are lower than in, for example, the UK. That said, last week saw 6 women die at the hands of men. Experts speculate that the surge in murders may be related to the easing of lockdown restrictions. Gender-related murders fell to a historic low last year because, it is thought, men were able to control their partners without the need to use violence or kill them. Once mobility curbs were lifted and women sought to escape their captors the killings increased.
To my astonishment, they're going to use DNA testing to prove which of 5 candidate places really saw the birth of Christopher Columbus. Here in Poio, we know he was a Gallego, born just down the road. Where there's a museum dedicated to him on the site of his birthplace.
So, was the computer item waiting for me at the IT shop last night? Of course not. After waiting 20 minutes, I was told it hadn't been sent because, on someone's reflection, it didn't do what I needed it to do. So, against my will, I resorted to Amazon and will have to wait another week.
María's Level Ground: Day 51. A different Santiago.
It's suggested that up to 100,000 desperate Brits will ignore government injunctions and go on pilgrimage to Amber Spain this week. Which will cost them at least and arm on tests and quarantine costs, and will probably de at the expense of medical insurance.
A propos . . . Here's the BBC on the current travel rules.
Boris Johnson might well be a global laughing stock but: The clock is ticking on Johnson's people-pleasing. The prime minister's brand of matey nationalism wins plaudits from fans but hides an emptiness behind the masquerade. See the harsh article – from a right-of centre -paper – below.
In case you live in a (British) cave . . . As of 'quite soon', there'll be a right-of-centre-but-certainly-not-Fox News-type TV news channel in the UK – GB News. To be available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView and Virgin Media. It won't provide rolling news but, instead, is expected to be a mix of news, opinion and debate. A la France 24? Or Moscow's RT?
'Main character energy': Generation Z uses this to positively describe themselves or others. While it originated as a meme, the idea of thinking of yourself as the primary character and romanticizing your own life actually has cognitive benefits. They say.
The answers to yesterday's conundrums:-
Don't worry if you didn't get them right because . . . One's quotient of rational ability has been called RQ, as opposed to IQ and this correlates imperfectly with IQ. You might still be clever. Sort of.
Backcloth: Starting in the 20th century, psychologists began to realize that people use their analytical ability not to analyze, but rather to rationalize — that is, to conform observed facts to their preconceived biases. Understanding the two main reasons why humans do so lies at the heart of both individual and mass delusions. The first reason for the proclivity all of us—the smart, the dumb, and the average—have for such irrationality is that true rationality is extraordinarily hard work, and few possess the ability to do it.
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The clock is ticking on Johnson's people-pleasing. The prime minister's brand of matey nationalism wins plaudits from fans but hides an emptiness behind the masquerade: Max Hastings, The (right-of-centre,Tory-supporting) Telegraph
Eight years ago Tim Montgomerie penned a Times column citing the Danish TV series Borgen, in which lead character Birgitte Nyborg breaks the political mould to form a Free New Democratic party. Montgomerie asked: "Don't we need something like that in Britain?" He proposed a grouping of the centre right on crime, welfare and migration, committed to extending home ownership and cutting taxes on the poor.
Today, his dream has sort of come true. Britain is ruled by a government that, though called Conservative, is nothing of the sort. Trending right on culture, left on economics, it represents instead Johnsonian nationalism. People like me, who deplore the prime minister, nonetheless cannot dispute that he has remade British politics. This is an achievement that ensures his place in the history books, although it remains to be seen whether he winds up nudging his idol Winston Churchill, or instead Lord North.
The new party's mastery derives from the prime minister's personal popularity, rejection of Europe, a willingness to embrace any other policy that pleases a quorum of voters, and the brutal suppression of dissent. Even when the government incurs public wrath, as it has done by the chaos of its foreign holiday guidance, anger attaches to ministers rather than to their leader.
This evokes the wartime German catchphrase in the face of disaster: "If only the Fuhrer knew!" It explains Johnson's stubbornness in indulging on his front bench proven inadequates and rogues. They serve as lightning conductors for failure; emphasise his own stature by their lack of political inches; rely for their bread upon his patronage. It is hard to imagine Gavin Williamson or Robert Jenrick, to name but two, reaching a shortlist for town dogcatcher if they lost their jobs.
No one can aspire to displace the prime minister who lacks a generous measure of his star quality, which argues that Rishi Sunak remains the only plausible contender. Johnson's future troubles will come not from the opposition, but instead from Conservative MPs who recoil from his personality cult and from policy-making on Strictly voting principles.
As long as the pandemic persists, which seems likely to be many moons yet, so will the invisibility of other issues and of lesser politicians. Johnson's licence to address the nation at will, without facing tough scrutiny from a shamefully tame media that defers to the national emergency, confers a huge advantage upon him. He has borrowed from the Trump playbook a contempt for rules and precedents: if he has the power to adopt a course, to promote a favourite or ignore a hostile regulatory verdict, he uses it, judging that his base does not care.
I wrote earlier this year that all politics has become vaccine politics. We remain so preoccupied with personal circumstances that our capacity to engage with other issues is slight.
In the historic narrative of Britain, the pandemic represents a temporary crisis alongside the enduring challenges: education, the post-Brexit threat to the financial services sector, infrastructure, climate change, incompetent policing, health and social care. But scarcely anybody outside think tanks is addressing these things.
The prime minister and his chancellor have drowned short-term discontents beneath a tidal wave of public money. Johnson offers pledges on social levelling-up, global trade deals, resolution of the post-Brexit Irish threat, improving education, reforming the railways. There is no evidence, however, that he possesses substantive policies for any of these things, nor even that he thinks deeply about them. He merely persists with doing what he does best: telling every audience what it wants to hear, not least that he will not attack their pockets.
"To govern is to choose" has been a truism since the phrase was first attributed to Pierre Mendes-France in 1954, though it is probably a couple of millennia older. Johnson, however, has transformed that principle into "to govern is to fudge". He is a fundamentally weak man, save in his personal ambition, who hates to be forced to make decisions.
I do not doubt that he would like to make Britain a better place, where the trains run faster, schools educate, the north flourishes and carbon targets are met. But while he excels at articulating such objectives, he lacks the application, and sincere concern for others, to pursue them effectively. The government's Integrated Review of defence exemplified this. It represents an admirable statement of where Britain would like to go, bereft of plausible explanations of how it might get there, especially since the prime minister has led us into isolation. Many British people feel more disdainful than for decades towards foreigners. A cynic might suggest that Johnson bribed French fishermen to blockade the Channel Islands on the eve of the Hartlepool by-election.
As a nation we are cursed by self-importance, a belief in our exceptionalism fed by recent events. How could the vaccinated British not feel smug when they gaze across the Channel towards so many unvaccinated Europeans?
Nobody much cares that, since Brexit, 10 per cent of bank assets have been transferred from London to the EU. Few people have read last month's paper from the US Council on Foreign Relations, proposing a "concert of major powers" to conduct ongoing discussions about global issues. Its six-strong membership would comprise America, China, Russia, India, Japan and the EU. We are not mentioned. Practically, this does not matter, because the "concert" will never happen. But we should be sobered by the revelation that an influential transatlantic body is so dismissive of "global Britain".
I wrote three years ago that, if Boris Johnson ever achieved his ambition to become prime minister, Britain would forgo any claim to be considered a serious country. I stick with that. The day will come when the British people again feel obliged to be serious, but probably not soon. With heroic complacency, many today think that, if we can only get the masks off, we shall be in a pretty good place. Would that this looked likely for our children.
Part of me hates myself for writing like this. Bleak reflections win few friends when there is a craving for good cheer, which the prime minister uses his remarkable blokeish gifts to assuage. But such thoughts demand expression if we are to retain some grip on reality, as distinct from the parody of it dispensed by No 10.
The pandemic is causing much that is not normal to happen all over the world. But some uniquely British not-normal stuff is also taking place. It seems important to keep flagging the weirdness of the presidential imposture and abolition of accountability that characterise the Johnsonian age, from which honesty, and thus moral authority, have sailed away on a balloon ride.
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Those of you who want a Golden Retriever but aren't ready to go through the trials and tribulations of a puppy, should look into adopting an older Golden. Older Golden Retrievers are mature, and prove to be great in homes where they need to spend a quality amount of time by themselves. They are a very adjustable breed, being good tempered. No matter how old the Golden may be, he will quickly become a valued member of your family in little to no time at all.
Many times, breeders will have older dogs for sale. There are several reasons for this, which include show dogs that have lost their potential, studs that have been used for breeding, female Golden's that have been bred a few times then retired, or other types of special conditions where a breeder is helping a friend get rid of his Golden Retriever. There are other reasons as well, although whatever they may be - the adult Golden Retriever will be available for anyone who wants him.
Most older Golden Retrievers are already housebroken, and known a lot of behavior patterns and how to adapt to a new and loving family. Although it will be a little hard on your new dog at first, if you give him plenty of love, attention, and patience, he'll be just fine. You need to keep reassuring your new Golden on a regular basis, and let him know that you are his new owner and that you love you and you are glad he's a member of your family.
If you have been thinking of adopting an older Golden Retriever, you should make sure that you learn everything you can about him. You should also determine his temperament, and whether or not it's compatible with your family. You should also learn important things as well, such as his diet, likes, dislikes, daily routine, and his habits. Before you decide to take him, you should always make sure that the members of your family meet him as well, so you can talk it over and decide whether or not everyone wants the dog to be a member of your family.
With an older dog, you need to take care of him for the first days, and let him know where everything in your home is. You'll need to show him where he sleeps, where he should use the bathroom, and where his food is. Take your time and be patient with him, as will normally take him a few days to learn how things in your home work.
You should always give your new Golden Retriever at least a month or so to get used to his new environment, before you start his new obedience training. Even though your new dog may have some prior obedience training, you should still enroll him in a new class. This way, he can brush up on training and you can work with him to help him understand. Once you have finished training, he'll understand your commands better and you and him will get along just fine.
All Golden Retrievers, regardless of their age, love attention. Older Golden's on the other hand, may have medical problems that you aren't aware of. You shouldn't let this stop you from getting one though, simply because the rewards that you'll find are far greater than any cons that may come to mind. Although many people don't give a lot of thought to getting an older Golden Retriever - they are perfect for families who don't want to put up the time and troubles of raising a puppy.
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Thank You to Our Troops
Thank you to the men and women who've served our country in the wake of America's darkest hour.
On this fifteenth anniversary of September 11th, we at Ivy Coach wish to reaffirm our longstanding commitment to helping as many of America's troops as we can, on a pro bono basis, earn admission to the colleges of their dreams. Each and every year, we take on some pro bono cases of our men and women who honorably serve America in uniform and it's work we are immensely proud of. These men and women are some of the most memorable young people we come across each year and they're always so appreciative of our help.
We've even found that they say "please" and "thank you" more than most. Even if we can't take them on as clients because we're at capacity for the year and we just offer them advice on what they can do to improve their case for admission, they appreciate all the help they can get. They appreciate our time. They so often even send "thank you" notes. While this may seem silly or outdated, it's something we've noticed from working with America's brave men and women in uniform. It's an observation about the little things in life.
We used to offer pro bono services to students from low-income families, to underrepresented minorities, and more. But once we realized how satisfying it was to help our brave men and women who serve America in uniform — many of whom are from low-income families and are underrepresented minorities — get into their dream colleges, we decided to offer our pro bono services exclusively to them. And we make no apologies for this singular commitment.
So on this fifteenth anniversary of America's darkest hour, we reaffirm our commitment to helping these courageous and kind young people who risk their lives to protect our very freedoms. If you're an active duty service member or veteran of our armed forces, check out Ivy Coach's pro bono service offerings and do be in touch. Our pro bono service offerings are reserved exclusively for you because we don't just believe in lip service. We believe in doing what we can to help you achieve your dreams upon the completion of your military service.
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Huge congratulations to all the children that took part in the cycling on Tuesday. The YR 3/4 girls team came 2nd out of 8, YR 3/4 boys team came 7th out of 8, YR 5/6 girls team came 1st of out of 6, and YR 5/6 boys team came 3rd out of 7. Special mention goes to Faye came 1st in her race, Josie who came 2nd and Hazel who came 3rd all three girls winning medals. The YR5/6 girls team won a trophy which can be seen on display in the entrance hall. Well done team Ilsington!


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Murchison est un nom propre qui peut désigner :

Patronymes

 Ira Murchison (1933-1994), un athlète américain spécialiste du 100 mètres ;
 Loren Murchison (1898-1979), un athlète américain ;
 Roderick Murchison (1792-1871), un géologue britannique, (voir aussi Médaille Murchison).

Toponymes

Le comté de Murchison, une zone d'administration locale dans l'est de l'Australie-Occidentale ;
 Murchison, un village de l'État de Victoria.

Le promontoire Murchison, le cap le plus septentrional du Canada continental.

Murchison, une ville située dans le Texas.

Murchison, une ville de l'île du Sud.

Le parc national Murchison Falls, un parc situé au nord-ouest de l'Ouganda.

Hydronymes

Le fleuve Murchinson, second plus long cours d'eau de l'Australie occidentale.
 Le lac Murchison, un réservoir dans l'Ouest de la Tasmanie.

Murchison, rivière de l'Île du Sud en Nouvelle-Zélande.

Les chutes Murchison, chutes sur le Nil en Ouganda, entre le lac Kyoga et le lac Albert.

Astronomie

L'observatoire de radioastronomie de Murchison, un observatoire situé en Australie occidentale.
 Le Murchison Widefield Array, un radiotélescope situé en Australie occidentale.

Objets naturels
 La météorite Murchison : tombée le  près de ce village australien, cette météorite primitive en prend le nom selon la tradition suivie par la société savante meteoritical society chargée de ces dénominations.

Autres
 La médaille Murchison, une distinction dans le domaine de la géologie.

Homonymie d'hydronyme


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Q: VPS CentOS partition full, but my data is half of the space I have a partition (EXT3 Journaled) mounted in /var/www/html/fcls with size
df -h gives

/dev/sdc1             197G  195G     0 100% /var/www/html/fcls

I wrote about 100GB of files (many many files) and partition is full
I can see free inodes with df -i

/dev/sdc1            26214400  570576 25643824    3% /var/www/html/fcls

Then I run du -h --max-depth=1

16K    ./lost+found
62M    ./ml3_debug
350M   ./ols5_debug
100G   ./ols5_dr
100G   .

Cannot understand why is full? (I have to mention that I am not sys admin, just a dev with some linux knowledge)

A: lsof -ns |grep deleted

Started to kill those processes and space appears :)


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Romney "turns the page" for a stronger, more united America
Brooke Weenig
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney addresses delegates before speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
BYU students gathered around televisions Thursday night to watch Mitt Romney formally accept the Republican Party's nomination for president and then pledge to restore the American dream.
Since Romney is the first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU alumnus to be a presidential candidate for a major party, it is not surprising that many BYU students have been inspired by Romney's vision to "turn the page" for America.
"Romney's vision of the America dream is about the fact that if you work hard you get results—you build it," Kate Keenan said. Keenan is a junior from Los Altos, Calif., studying communications. She worked for the Romney campaign during the summer at the Boston headquarters. "Obama promised that he would create more jobs, and that hasn't happened, nothing has changed. Romney and Ryan are about creating jobs and going back to the American people, doing what the country was founded on."
In Tampa on Thursday, cheers erupted as Romney walked down the aisles shaking hands with people on his way to rally the Republican convention. Although he discussed economy, religion, women's rights, jobs, foreign affairs and taxes, Romney emphasized his goals for a renewal of the American Dream and discussed his vision of a united America.
"The America we all know has been the story of many becoming one," Romney said, "united to preserve liberty, uniting to build the greatest economy in the world, uniting to preserve the world from unspeakable darkness."
The popular Twitter hashtag #WeBuiltIt, the theme of the convention, trended all across the country. Here people could share their experiences of the times they built something to better America. Many BYU students participated, as the tag was a representation of an effort to unite the Republican viewpoint and Romney's speech into one central idea.
"Romney challenged us on Twitter to tell Obama that we take control of our own lives and we reap the rewards," said Jorden Mortensen, a junior from Florida studying exercise science. Mortensen is a Republican and a supporter of Romney and his candidacy. "Romney's vision is that we need to take charge of our own lives and take credit for it too."
In his speech, Romney also focused on his goals to encourage success because of hard work. He also emphasized that he, as president, will keep sight of and implement the values that have built the nation.
"The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, and our faiths," Romney said. He later stated, "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is that I will help you and your family."
Not only did Romney have the goal to unite, but he also gave many Americans a reason to vote for the Republican Party as he acknowledged the importance of creating jobs in a broken economy.
"I am running for president to help create a better future, a future where everyone who wants a job can find a job," Romney said. He then announced his plan to create 12 million jobs for the American people.
Despite contention from Ron Paul, Romney and his campaign team were confident that the convention would bring the party together. In an interview before the convention with the Financial Times, Russ Schriefer, Romney's convention planner, promised that the party would unite.
"The one thing we know is we're all united in defeating Barack Obama and at the end of the day, I guarantee you on Thursday as we walk out of this convention we will be 100 percent united behind Mitt Romney and defeating Barack Obama for the good of the country," Schriefer told the Financial Times.
The theme of the convention was "We Built It" in effort to remind Americans of how they, the people of America—not the government—made the nation what it is. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, another Republican speaker at the convention, spoke about the theme of the conference and its influence. Chaffetz is also a BYU alumnus and represents Utah County in Congress.
"The American Dream was built on the sweat and blood of Americans who took pride and personal ownership in themselves and their country," Chaffetz said on Tuesday. "When times were tough, generations before quietly rolled up their sleeves and built a stronger, more prosperous nation. The government didn't build it. They built it."
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Holly Springs National Forest: Puskus Lake
Holly Springs National Forest is a 155,661-acre property in two non-contiguous parcels in northern Mississippi. The Forest Service proclamation zone is significantly larger but that's because the Forest Service land is a patchwork of abandoned properties interspersed with privately held farms and ranches. The Forest was established in 1936, an amalgamation of abandoned, over-worked farmland that was being heavily eroded after decades of bad agricultural practices.
The Civilian Conservation Corps planted loblolly pine seedlings all over the place, in addition to building various facilities in the campgrounds and recreation areas. Loblolly pine seedlings were used because they were easy to transport and plant, they were suitable for the depleted soils they would be growing in and they dropped massive amounts of needles, which were good for controlling the erosion problem.
In 1983 the Reagan Administration proposed auctioning off the entire forest area as a means of raising money without raising taxes. He ended up cutting Health Services and Education and raised taxes any way.
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In this country, you never know whose nud3s will leak next. While we were getting worried about kidnaps and surprised that many have now resorted to kidnapping themselves, Judith Heard's nud3s and s3xtape, out of the blue, kidnapped our attention!
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Home / Memory / Reliving Karbala martyrdom in South Asian Memory
The Journey of Tears
The Rising of al-Husayn_Its Impact on Consciousness of Muslim Society
Reliving Karbala martyrdom in South Asian Memory
Author: Syed Akbar Hyder
Publisher  :  OUP USA (1 September 2008)
Categories: Imam al-Husayn, Karbala, Ashura, Memory
In 680 C.E., a small band of the Prophet Muhammads family and their followers, led by his grandson, Husain, rose up in a rebellion against the ruling caliph, Yazid. The family and its supporters, hopelessly outnumbered, were massacred at Karbala, in modern-day Iraq. The story of Karbala is the cornerstone of institutionalized devotion and mourning for millions of Shii Muslims. Apart from its appeal to the Shii community, invocations of Karbala have also come to govern mystical and reformist discourses in the larger Muslim world. Indeed, Karbala even serves as the archetypal resistance and devotional symbol for many non-Muslims. Until now, though, little scholarly attention has been given to the widespread and varied employment of the Karbala event.
In Reliving Karbala, Syed Akbar Hyder examines the myriad ways that the Karbala symbol has provided inspiration in South Asia, home to the worlds largest Muslim population. Rather than a unified reading of Islam, Hyder reveals multiple, sometimes conflicting, understandings of the meaning of Islamic religious symbols like Karbala. He ventures beyond traditional, scriptural interpretations to discuss the ways in which millions of very human adherents express and practice their beliefs. By using a panoramic array of sources, including musical performances, interviews, nationalist drama, and other literary forms, Hyder traces the evolution of this story from its earliest historical origins to the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Today, Karbala serves as a celebration of martyrdom, a source of personal and communal identity, and even a tool for political protest and struggle. Hyder explores how issues related to gender, genre, popular culture, class, and migrancy bear on the cultivation of religious symbols. He assesses the manner in which religious language and identities are negotiated across contexts and continents.
At a time when words like martyrdom, jihad, and Shiism are being used and misused for political reasons, this book provides much-needed scholarly redress. Through his multifaceted examination of this seminal event in Islamic history, Hyder offers an original, complex, and nuanced view of religious symbols.
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