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Guardian: Chapter 65
Posted by Krrizis Ainushi | Jul 23, 2018 | Guardian | 1 |
Chapter 65 – Ink Brush of Virtue (20)
Translator: Rainbowse7en
First Published on Wattpad, Reposted on Ainushi
When it is almost noon on the first day of the New Year, the devilish chaos at No. 4 Bright Avenue has finally subsided, and the intoxicated crowd grab their coats and queue up at the doorway waiting for taxis.
Old Li washes his face when everyone has left, takes out some cleaning equipment out of nowhere, and begins cleaning up the giant mess in the office.
Da Qing heads inside, and as it sees the room in an utter shambles, it cautiously retrieves its paws.
Old Li hastily takes out a towel and wipes the chairs clean, then proceeds to line them up. He puts master cat on to the chair with reverence, "Walk up here, it's not dirty."
"They left you here all on your own again. Youngsters these days, so inconsiderate." Da Qing mumbles with conceited venerability. It carefully bounces from the chairs on to the desk.
"Not just me, there is still someone." Old Li points towards a corner, and Da Qing sees Guo crawling up.
"Oh, perfect. Hey kiddo, come here, I was looking for you." Da Qing glares at Guo, and grabs a saucer on Zhu's desk. It paws the saucer away and finds a red packet with a few shopping coupons inside. It picks up the red packet with its mouth and hurls it towards Guo, and humphs, "Old Zhao wants you to bring this to your Uncle Two. Chief Zhao said he won't disturb the Director's New
Year holiday, so help him pass this gift, maybe buy some new clothes for his wife and children… humph, stupid human, these kinds of words are sure to disgust a cat."
The slow-witted Guo understands after a while: he stands in place, dizzied and half-conscious, and finaly remembers where he is. He picks up the red packet and puts it away with restraint, and smiles sluggishly. He turns around and sees Old Li smiling at them, holding a mop. He immediately rolls up his sleeves and walks forward, "Big Brother Li! Let me help you, let me…"
And he trips on the leg of a chair and falls flat on to the floor.
Da Qing humphs and sits upright in front of the computer. It turns on the computer, and uses its cat paws to move the mouse, inconveniently, and opens a web browser.
Old Li sees that and walks up enthusiastically, "What do you want to type? I'll help you."
Da Qing carelessly says, "Shanhai…"
"Hai" comes out of its mouth but quickly changes in tone and almost sounds like "he". Then, Da Qing shuts it, stares at the monitor with no expression, and then looks down, "Oh, I mean I want to go on Weibo."
Zhao said he is headed to handle a "big deal", and will come back to pick it up later. Da Qing sits behind someone's computer, and opens its Weibo account "No. 1 Master Cat in the World", and begins posting selfies out of boredom.
Old Li and Little Guo quietly clean up the chaos. In that moment just now, Da Qing really wanted to find out about the pavilion twenty miles outside Shanhai Pass.
But the raven elder was right. So what if you find out? A dead person is dead; all are from the dust, and to dust all return.
"Click" and Da Qing posts its fatty cake face on to the web, and adds a description: "World's Handsomest Cat". In no time, many cat lovers have left comments; some praising the cat for its pure-bred fur, others kindly suggesting: "OP, your cat might be too fat. Be careful of what it eats, and remember to take it exercising to keep it healthy."
Da Qing deletes that comment at the speed of light. It thinks angrily, "Stupid humans."
The bell round its neck wiggles to its movements, but it doesn't ring; only the occasional golden light reflects on to the snow-white walls.
Old Li can't help but block the blinding light. He turns around and looks at the unusually desolate black cat, and is about to say something. Suddenly, Chu rushes out of the wall. It seems that the first day of the New Year is the only time when he is allowed in the library. And yet, he doesn't look like he borrowed any books or read anything. He wears an incredibly bizarre expression: mocking, yet inherently wretched.
Guo instantly stands upright to greet him, "Brother Chu!"
Chu doesn't seem to hear. He heads for his bag, lips slowly curving upwards into what can almost be described as a smirk marked with grief and suffering. Then, he heads outside.
Da Qing peeks out from behind the computer, and asks randomly, "How many years?"
Chu stops walking, and says almost inaudibly, "Exactly three hundred."
Da Qing goes "ah", and says, "Well then… uh, congratulations I guess?"
After it says this, Chu suddenly takes out a black wooden plate. He doesn't turn around, and just holds up the plate and shakes it in the cat's face. Perhaps it's Guo's own imagination, but there seems to be a flash of writings on Chu's face, right on his cheeks, like the engraved words used to mark criminals in ancient times.
Da Qing's ears stand upright, and its eyes widen.
Chu's hand turn pale green as he clutches the wooden plate with tremendous force. Veins pump up on the back of his hand, oozing in ferocity.
Without a word, he heads out in hasty steps. Da Qing instantly turns towards Guo and says, "Little Guo, call a taxi for your Brother Chu!"
Guo replies sluggishly as usual, and Da Qing continues with a stronger tone, "He is drunk, go home with him and make sure he is alright before you come back, do you hear me?"
Guo rapidly takes out a napkin and wipes his hands, then sprints outside, and helps Chu carry his bag. Chu is acting like he lost his soul; Guo takes away his bag, and he has no reaction at all.
From behind, his figure is incredibly slender. For one moment, he almost appears cadaverous.
Just as Shen is carrying the drunk-as-mud Zhao home, the plump, good-for- nothing head teacher who only knows flattery suddenly calls. Apparently, he needs a document urgently.
Shen finds this very odd. Before he can ask further, the head teacher is like ants in a hot pan, and hangs up hastily after some hurried mumbling.
Shen has no other choice, so he brings Zhao the koala to his cold and tiny apartment that he rarely stays at.
He steps inside, and coincidentally, the head teacher's stubborn and resilient phone call is on to him again, urging him to send the stuff to the west gate of Dragon City University.
Zhao rolls around on the cushionly sofa, opening his eyes only slightly, and says, half-awake, "It's the first day of New Year, is that fat guy out of his mind?"
Shen searches for his stuff, while sparing a hand to save Zhao's head from banging on to the coffee table. He puts a pillow under his head, "I have to go, I'll be back soon, you…"
"I need sleep." Zhao's voice sinks down like his eyelids.
Shen asks, "Want some water?"
"Uh…" Zhao turns to the side, and gently squats his hand away, "No."
His eyes glisten in watery light, cherry lips soft and fine. His long eyebrows tilt up and almost hides underneath his hair. His head is slanted a little, extending his neck, and his chin is marked with a slightly rigid outline. Buttons are undone on his shirt; his slim and long neck is bared with indescribable charisma.
Shen skips a breath, and carefully flicks his fringe away. He covers him with a blanket, thumb tenderly lingering over Zhao's lips, caressing him affectionately, and leaning forward to kiss him on the forehead. He takes what the head teacher needs and car keys, and heads out.
A moment later, Zhao hears the door close.
Zhao instantly springs up like a zombie, though he was still intoxicated and disoriented just a few moments ago. He takes out his phone and sends a message: "hold him for longer", and then he phones the moving company he contacted before.
The young man from the moving company has never received such a ludicrous order before. He hesitates, "Then… if the owner is not here, shoud we…"
"Should your head, I want everything moved today." Zhao says bossily, "Sooner or later I'll add his name to my household register, you think I'll write two addresses in the same booklet? I am pissed whenever I see all his disposables. Get your ass here in five minutes, do you hear me?"
Zhao hangs up and takes out a big pile of memo notes from his bag, and starts rapidly making a list of what to move, and what to throw away and buy again later.
Suddenly, Zhao stops at the tip of the pen, and an extremely lecherous thought sprouts in his mind… He absurdly begins to ponder: wherever might Shen's underwear be? Especially the ones he has worn… Although recently Shen has been forced to stay at Zhao's tiny apartment, half-reluctantly, he has managed to keep his fine tradition of "love shall be bound by etiquette" in such a cramped space.
Besides, Zhao has been blind for more than half a month, though he never stopped trying to actualise his perverted plots, he is nevertheless limited by the confines of his physical capabilities. He lives under the same roof with the man he loves every day, and yet it is not for him to see or eat, only to imagine… Gradually, he finds himself living very much like a monk.
"I really have no other choice, you see." Zhao rubs his hands, snickers a "hehe" to himself, and walks outside to the balcony. Perhaps it really has been long since Shen stayed here; the clothes hangers are still on the balcony, but nothing is hung. Zhao doesn't give up, and proceeds to open the big wardrobe in the living room. Yet, he only finds a few shirts, trousers and coats, and a few pairs of shoes that look basically alike; there isn't even a pair of socks.
Zhao's eyesight is still recovering, and he doesn't see a small box covered under a long trench coat. He adds "clothes" to both the "move" and "buy" lists. Still not willing to give up, his gaze rests on the eternally-shut door of Shen's bedroom, which seems to contain an otherworldly dimension.
The door does not have a handle, nor is it locked overtly. Zhao takes out a small hand torch, flashing it around through the gap and the shaft of the door. He doesn't find a pivot, nor does he find a hidden lock.
He finds this oddly suspicious. With his palm on the door, he sees subtle markings on the door with his third eye; the black door seems to contain some kind of flowing energy. It flows in a steady path, with indescribable solemnity. Each strand of marking is tightly fitted with another, and all are impeccably woven.
Zhao feels the door with his hands for a while, and finds this sensation somewhat familiar. Soon, he remembers, "Kunlun lock?"
0 These few days, behind everyone's back, he has been asking Sang for help in researching about Kunlun. But besides the fact that it is a really awesome and really ancient mountain, as well as some strange techniques named after Kunlun, he did not find anything useful.
Using his third eye, he came across Kunlun lock as recorded in one book.
It is said that the Kunlun lock is round at the top and square at the bottom, symbolising that the sky is round and the earth is square. There are fourteen pins in the middle, thus the eight direction points of the compass, and the six direction co-ordinates. At that time, the sixty-four hexagrams system had not been developed yet. The Kunlun lock was only based on Yin and Yang, and is therefore not as convoluted as succeeding lock structures. Yet, on some level, it is in fact more eccentric and capricious, and difficult to grasp.
What would require a Kunlun lock to protect?
No… what is the relationship between the Ghost Slayer and Kunlun? Why does Shen know about this ancient seal?
Zhao stands at the door for a while, his mind filled with uncertainty. Then, he gathers spiritual energy at his palm, and tries moving the Kunlun lock. The lock is instantly activated, and all fourteen pins begin propelling in and out, according to the order of Yin and Yang. It is difficult to catch up with the constant motion. Zhao has too many thoughts in his mind, he knows an ample but is an expert in none. Sometimes his imagination brings him to greatly unrealistic places. All in all, he is not as apt in dealing with such intricate structures as Chu.
However, when Zhao is faced with the Kunlun lock, for some unknown reason, a sense of familiarity boils up inside of him. He sees every change and every motion, and the shifting lock seems to be in sync with a particular rhythm ready to launch from within his heart.
Zhao's fingers rapidly run across the door, as if someone is guiding them.
Sky door, earth joint, round square, along thirty-six columns, until…
Kachunk!
The pitch-black door slowly opens a small gap. There is not a beam of light inside. Zhao stands at the doorway, and is suddenly hesitant.
For some reason, he regrets opening this door.
But after moments of hesitation, he takes off a miniature torch from his key chain and cautiously enters the room.
What the walls are congested with has Zhao effortfully squinting his eyes in the light, and instantly petrified in place.
Filling up the entire walls: some large, some small, some angry, some laughing, all are… Zhao's hand trembles and the torch almost drops to the ground. His subtle intoxication quickly wears away.
In a while, the torch light slowly moves towards an antique painting on the western wall. It is gigantic, almost taking up the entire wall. Made with some unknown material: as light and delicate as cicada wings, and as smooth and clear as snow. On it is a portrait.
The man is painted with fine and detailed eyes and brows; his presence vivid as to almost coming to life, with lengthy hair extending to the earth and in a long turquoise gown that cannot be more simplistic. He looks to the side slightly, and appears to be wearing a hint of a smile… Zhao feels like he is looking into a mirror.
On the side of the painting, a line of small words are written. It is not in simplified or traditional Chinese; in fact, it is not in any script that he is familiar with. Though he has never seen these characters before, for an uncertain reason, he understands what is written instantaneously:
Beneath the umbra of peach woods
First encounter with Lord Kunlun
One fleeting glance from astounded allure
The aria of my heart had stirred
Ten minutes later, the young man from the moving company arrives and knocks on the door. A strange man comes out of the apartment.
He does not explain anything at all. All that he says is there is no need to move anything. He grabs his wallet and pays. He apologises for having troubled them for nothing.
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Nuclear Iran
Iran is one of the important countries in the world. For several years, a serious foreign policy controversy has been brewing in the mid east concerning the nuclear ambitions of the Iranian authorities[1]. Neighbours like Israel, and in fact the international community, have repeatedly voiced concern about these efforts. In recent months, the leaders of Israel have stated that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons it will be a serious threat to peace and stability in the region. Consequently, Israel has declared its preparedness to strike at Iran in an effort to destroy these capabilities, much as it did by bombing the Osirak nuclear facilities in Iraq in 1981. Iran has already developed its own long range missiles capable of carrying such weapons.
Based on the national horoscope for Iran, with the pesent collective identity seen to be originating in the event when the Islamic Republic was proclaimed, significant difficulties are seen ahead for the country during the summer of 2009. Similar difficulties are seen in the horoscope of its secular leader, President Ahmadinejad. Significant strains are also seen in the charts of Israel and USA in the Autumn of 2009 involving foreign policy.
Origins of Iran
The name Iran derives from Aryan, and means "Land of the Aryans"[2]. The country has special geostrategic significance due to its central location in Eurasia, being bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and on the west by Turkey and Iraq. Iran is a regional power and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Spanning 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), Iran is the 18th largest country in the world and with a population in excess of 70 million people it is among the larger ones. Tehran is the capital and largest city (35°N41'; 51°E25'). In 2008, the per capita income is estimated to be around $10,000, which is one fifth of the income levels in in Europe and North America.
The Islamic Revolution
Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC. Persia was unified under the Median kingdom in 625 BC and reestablished under the Safavid dynasty in 1501. "Persia's Constitutional Revolution" established the nation's first parliament in 1906, within a constitutional monarchy. The monarchy was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution and an Islamic republic was proclaimed at 15.00 hrs on 1 April 1979 in Tehran. A Supreme Leader is the highest state authority, while a President is the head of the government. The original Supreme Leader was Ayatollah Khomeini. The present SL is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The horoscope of Iran
The sign Cancer is rising with the most effective point of the ascendant being 23° 42' Cancer. The 1st lord Moon is exalted at 13° 11' Taurus and 11th house, where it receives an afflicting aspect from Saturn as 8th lord of obstacles and endings at 14° 43' Leo and 2nd house. This aspect suggests danger to the self.
The functional malefic planet Rahu at 23° 40' Leo is conjunct the most effective point (MEP) of the 2nd house of wealth and status and relations with neighbouring countries. From there Rahu also afflicts the 6th house of conflict, 8th house of obstacles and endings and 10th house of the cabinet, foreign trade and presence in the world. This placement suggest manipulation by the authorities will bring a crisis to the above indications. Also, as Rahu exactly afflicts the MEP, problems were there from the birth of the Islamic Republic, with Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, ordering an invasion of Iran on September 22, 1980, thereby starting a war that lasted until August 1988.
During the summer and early autumn of 2009, transit Ketu will be stationary at 6° 11' Cancer, where it is closely conjunct natal 6th lord Jupiter at 5° 30' Cancer and 1st house. At that time, a sudden violent event would be likely.
The placement of the 2nd lord Sun in Pisces and the 9th house, suggests a state that has strong religious foundation. With the 10th lord Mars and 3rd lord Mercury conjunct in the 9th house, but in infancy where they become weak and afflicted through an aspect from Jupiter as the 6th lord of controversy and conflict in Cancer and the 1st house, the initiatives and expression in the world are liable to create controversy or conflict, even if they have a religious basis.
The 8th lord Saturn also afflicts Venus as 4th lord of land and natural resources, which is placed at 10° 22' Aquarius and thus in the 8th house of obstacles. Adding to the strain of this placment is Ketu being at 23° 40' Aquriaus and thus exactly conjunct and afflicting the MEP of the 8th house, making the energy suggesting loss of life through sudden violent events more pernicious. Indeed, this configuration involving Venus and the 8th house shows the frequent and harmful major earthquakes that have struck the country.
On SAMVA list on April 18, 2009, astrologer & author V.K. Choudhry, said that "[the problems ahead would be] more than tension and outright hostility is seen. Iran is in the sub period of the Moon in the main period of Rahu. Rahu is on the MEP of the house while the Moon is under the close aspect of the MMP. Rahu will not allow Iran government to make efforts to settle the matter for avoiding outright hostility[3]."
President Ahmadinejad
On August 6, 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became President of the Republic. Since assuming office, Ahmadinejad has injected himself into the Israel - Palestine conflict and made many statements that have been disturbing to Israel and its western allies, including predicting the destruction of Israel. President Ahmadinejad has maintained the Iranian nuclear development program only has ambitions to develop a civilian or non-weapons related nuclear capacity in order to "conserve the country's [abundant] oil and gas reserves", but there is scepticism about this claim. "The USA and many of its allies have deep suspicions about the potential military aspects of the program".[4]
The horoscope of Ahmadinejad
Based on a 10° Cancer rising chart tentatively rectified for Ahmadinejad, we can predict that he is likely to come under signficant strain this summer. In particular, there is a natal placement of Rahu at 5° 58' Scorpio conjunct Saturn at 8° 38' Scorpio, whch suggests major obstacles. Moreover, as the chart is currently running the Rahu-Saturn period, this energy in the chart is active and this summer it will be activated by difficult aspects of the transit nodes.
In particular, a few weeks from now, this natal combination will come under strain from the transit nodes, while transit stationary 8th lord Saturn in the 2nd house afflicts his 10th lord Mars in the 8th house. The tension regarding these aspects are seen from the present time, when the transit nodes move past 9° 38' Capricorn and Cancer, and into the Autumn of 2009. The greatest tension associated with the nodal station of Rahu in his 7th and Ketu in his 1st houses, which are closely afflicting his natal nodes in the 5th and 11th house, is from July 6 to August 24. At that time, the transit nodes will be stationary at 6° 11' Capricorn and Cancer. In particular we can also note that in addition to the mutual affliction of transit and natal nodes, natal Saturn as 8th lord is closely afflicting transit Rahu this summer, more so in the month of May. As this is a tentative chart for Ahmadinejad, the prediction of a significant event in coming weeks or months is offered as a test of this chart for him.
[1] Iran could produce first nuke in 60 days (April 21, 2009)
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6035
[2] Information about Iran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
[3] Message #17077 on SAMVA list on April 18, 2009
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAMVA/message/17077
[4] CNN : Iran could have enough material for nuke in months
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/07/iran.nuclear/index.html
Posted by Cosmologer at 8:45 AM
Cosmologer said...
An accurate prediction for both Iran and President Ahmadinejad, based on the horoscopes presented, was the onset of the Iranian election protests in the summer of 2009.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2009_Iranian_election_protests
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Q: What view function can I call to determine if a user owns an nft minted on paras I know from the zero to hero nft tutorial if I know the contract account id that minted it I should be able to call:
near view example-nft.testnet nft_tokens_for_owner '{"account_id": "'$NEARID'"}'
But what is the account id for a nft that was minted using paras? Do I need to search through a list of all paras tokens or is there a way to simply check for a single collection?
I'm thinking about making a fan game for an nft I like only accessible to users with that nft.
Currently reading these docs, but if anyone wants to answer might speed things up for me.
https://docs.paras.id/getting-started

A: If you want to see which NFTs a user owns on Paras, you can call the view-function from the near-cli like this:
export NEAR_ENV=mainnet # make sure you switch from testnet to mainnet
near view x.paras.near nft_tokens_for_owner '{"account_id": "'$NEARID'"}'

Paras.id also has a method called nft_tokens_by_series (found it on their GitHub repo), which takes one (string) argument, token_series_id. You can use the near-cli to get all NFTs for your series, and then see if the user owns one of your tokens.
near view x.paras.near nft_tokens_by_series '{"token_series_id": "id"}' # try id 49585 to get my own Mirror Crystals series

You can find the token_series_id in the URL when you inspect the details of an NFT on Paras.id (e.g. my own series https://paras.id/token/x.paras.near::49585/49585:2).
You can also do something similar with the near-api-js if you need to call the API from a browser or a Node.js application.

A: I'm not sure of understand completely your question, but you can list all the stores of any account with a simple "http get" call:
https://helper.mainnet.near.org/account/jeph.near/likelynfts

*Just change my account below for the user account.
And then knowing that the user has (or not) paras NFT you can make the next "http post":
To: https://rpc.mainnet.near.org/
Body:
{
    "method": "query",
    "params": {
        "request_type": "call_function",
        "account_id": "x.paras.near",
        "method_name": "nft_tokens_for_owner",
        "args_base64": "eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjoiamVwaC5uZWFyIn0=",
        "finality": "optimistic"
    },
    "id": 158,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}

*Below "args_base64" are: {"account_id":"jeph.near"} , again, change my account and encode to base64.
It will return the info from all the NFTs that the user has from Paras.
The first get is not 100% necessary, but better be sure the user has or not NFTs from Paras, and then make the post.

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46 seats flipped in the 2018 midterm election. The Blue Wave flipped 43 seats, taking control of the House. The flip was expected, but what was not were the "firsts" that the Democratic representatives brought to the House. This Congress is also the most diverse, with a record number of female, minority, and LGBT+ representatives.
2018 marked the most female House of Representatives, with more than 100 women being sworn in and the first female congresswomen from Iowa. From the first two Muslim congresswomen and the first two Native American congresswomen to the reelection of the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the so-called "Pink Wave" marked the 98th year of many American women earning the right to vote. This change, however, is far from bipartisan, with a majority of the women taking their seats on the left side of the aisle. The Democrats also brought more ethnic diversity to the 116th Congress, with more representation of Muslim, Palestinian, Native American, Black, and Latinx people. This diversity will lead to the de-biasing of decisions, consideration of a wider range of solutions, and more perspectives on issues pertaining to certain people. Having a more diverse group of decision-makers will also make Congress better able to tackle ethical challenges and big problems like immigration and structural violence. Once again, this change isn't bipartisan; while the percentage of Democratic white men in Congress dropped to 38 percent, the percentage of white, male Republicans rose to almost 90 percent.
All 10 openly LGBT+ members of the 116th Congress are Democrats, with the first openly bisexual person, Kyrsten Sinema, elected to the Senate. The first same-sex mother in Congress, Angie Craig, is also the first openly gay married woman in Congress. The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, which was formed in 2008, currently has 115 members, two of whom are Republicans. The caucus's mission is to ensure "the extension of equal rights, the repeal of discriminatory laws, the elimination of hate-motivated violence, and the improved health and well-being for all regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression," according to its website. If this goal plays out, it will mean huge changes during this year's congressional session with more reforms on hate speech and discrimination.
There are several things to take away about the types of people who represent us in our government. With almost five percent of the adult population being openly LGBT+, it's great that there is more representation of these people in our government. It's also great that there are now so many young girls and boys who, for the first time, can see themselves in the House. With the 40% of homeless youth identifying as LGBT+, it's essential for them to know that there are so many options for them. However, people should still keep in mind that a diverse left side of the aisle won't be a cure-all for hate and discrimination. Many staffers who work for these representatives are far from "diverse." Regardless, this change will not only bring in a variety of people but a greater diversity in political opinions. This diversity reflects the great melting pot of America.
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The ESXi Dump Collector service is an extremely useful feature to have enabled, this is especially important in a stateless environment where there may not be a local disk for storing core dumps generated during a host failure. By configuring ESXi hosts to send it's core dumps to a remote vSphere Dump Collector, it still allows you to collect core dumps which will help VMware Support analyze and determine the root cause of the failure.
In addition, by leveraging the vSphere Dump Collector, it allows you centrally manage core dump collection in your vSphere environment in the rare occasion a host may generate a PSOD (Purple Screen of Death) without having to go out to the host and manually copying the core dump file. A potential challenge that may come up when configuring the ESXi Dump Collector service is how do you go about validating the configuration is correct and that everything will work if a host crashes?
In the past, there was not a very user friendly way of validating ESXi Dump Collector configurations, you had to either resort to triggering an NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt) to force a PSOD or even using an unsupported command in the ESXi Shell to forcefully crash a host. In both scenarios, it required a user to crash a host to test the network core dump feature which is not very ideal in my opinion. This can especially be a challenge if you need to validate hundreds if not thousands of ESXi hosts in your environment.
We can see there is an acknowledgement from the vSphere Dump Collector that it can properly communicate with the ESXi host and it is posting a reply back to the host. Hopefully with this new check command in ESXi 5.1, you no longer have to crash your host to just verify that dump collector service on ESXi is properly configured and working.
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John was a kind and generous man. He had little, but the little he had he was always willing to share. His wife Beatrice on the other hand was far more protective of their scarce resources. Having grandparents who survived the great depression and parents who lived through the mild panic attack, she was decidedly careful about money. John however, was undecidedly uncareful. Beatrice understood that money didn't grow on trees, a lesson clearly learned when their money tree was destroyed in the great currency storm of '07. They had fallen on hard times and were struggling to get by. That is why she became increasingly irate as one knock on the door looking for help turned into three progressively larger and stranger requests.
The first knock was from a kindly young man named Thomas. He explained that his car had run out of gas a mile down the road. John didn't hesitate to give the man his spare gasoline canister he kept in the shed for emergencies. That didn't bother Beatrice greatly, however she was a bit concerned when Jonathan also gave poor Thomas, who he thought looked hungry, the lunch that Beatrice had just prepared to take with him. "That's the last spam burger! " she scolded John. But he knew it was better to give than to receive, even when it came to spam.
Not five minutes later, as Beatrice scrounged through the cupboard, cobbling together a relish and soy sauce sandwich, with packets reminiscent of better days, there was another knock on the door. This time, a gentleman who introduced himself as Richard, but Beatrice would later claim was really a dick, stumbled into the house, bloodied and beaten. He explained that he had been roughed-up by a couple of hoonigans (he was unable to properly pronounce the letter "l" due to swelling in his tongue). He was on his way to a job interview for a position with the local bank he desperately needed in order to support his family, following a layoff from his previous position as a used carp salesmen. The market for previously owned fish just wasn't what it used to be. John cleaned Richard up and offered him his Sunday suit. "Sunday suit?" Beatrice questioned. "It's your 365-days-a-year suit!", rationalizing that he had no other decent clothes. "What will you wear at the funeral/ice cream parlour?", she questioned him questioningly. "I'll figure something out" he replied, more concerned with Richard's future than his own. Richard put on the new clothes, thanked them profusely, and headed off for the interview, leaving a dreadful mess behind. Beatrice was left to clean up the stains and tattered remnants of his clothes.
By the time of the third knock Beatrice was livid. "We don't want any!" she bellowed, but John opened the door just as swiftly as before. This time it was their old friend Harold. Now Harold was know to get himself wrapped up in plenty of schemes as well as occasionally in bubble wrap, so it was no surprise to find out he was in trouble. "I owe Big Bert a thousand bucks, and if I don't pay up today, he says I won't live to see yesterday!" he blurted out. For most this would be a confusing exchange, however John and Beatrice knew of Harold's many failed attempts to create a time machine. Now Harold was heavily in debt to the smarmy loan shark who lived on Upagus Road. Despite Beatrice's protests, John went to get the last of their savings from under their floorboards (the mattress having been sold off months before). Handing over their last thousand dollars, Harold thanked them profusely and shuffled off to Upagus to pay Big Bert.
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Since 2011, Chris has written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than 500 million times---and that's just here at How-To Geek. Please be sure to check your junk and spam folders. All Rights Reserved. A visitor tries out an Apple iPhone 7 on the first day of sales of the new phone at the Berlin Apple store on September 16, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Affected users must submit a claim online or via mail by October 6 to be eligible for a payout. All information provided on this Claim Form is subject to verification. Case Name: In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation. The exact amount that owners of the older iPhones will receive may vary slightly, depending on the number of claims submitted under the settlement. If you do not know the Serial Number of your iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7 or 7 Plus, and/or are unable to locate your Serial Number using the Search Tool, you may mail in a completed Claim Form. 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Settlement Website: Apple iPhone 6 or 7 Series Performance Settlement Website. Please provide any additional information about your inquiry. Please note: Your Confirmation Email for your initial claim will come from the Claims Administrator at Confirmation@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com, which is a different address than the email sent to you with information on how to file your additional claims. That's how these settlements work. Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus vs. iPhone 11 Pro Max: Get Plus or go Max? If you are the owner of more than one eligible device, you must fill out a separate Claim Form for each device. By the way, this problem has been solved in newer versions of the iPhone's iOS operating system: Apple now informs you if it's slowing your iPhone down due to an old battery and lets you make a choice. Chris Hoffman is Editor in Chief of How-To Geek. Learn more The final payout amount could be higher or lower, depending on the number of claims submitted to the court. 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Apple is being accused of creating a faulty performance management feature introduced for iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, and SE devices in iOS 10.2.1, and introduced for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices in iOS 11.2, slowing down some of those devices. Attn: Claims Administrator Please check your email for information on your additional device(s). ), You may be contacted at the Email Address you provide here, Questions@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com, Assistance@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com, Confirmation@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com, iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, or SE device running iOS 10.2.1 or later, iPhone 7 and 7 Plus running iOS 11.2 or later. Please complete your Claim Form for the randomly selected serial number assigned by this search. ", You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles. 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Unless you're up to speed with tyre technology – which most people aren't – it can be a tough decision to know which tyres to pick. After all, to the untrained eye, they all look rather alike. And, to make matters worse, choosing new tyres often happens at a moment of stress; after a puncture, a road accident or a discovery that the previous season's winter or summer tyres are no longer fit for purpose.
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Since we first invented the rain tyre in 1969, we've continued to grow our reputation as rain experts. We're fascinated by different weather conditions, and their relative effects on driving, and have made it our business to develop tyres that keep you safe on the road at all times – even when conditions are wet.
Our tyre range caters for every individual need. So no matter what type of car you drive, where you drive or how you drive, we'll have a tyre to suit you. Our tyres range from 13 to 21inch rim diameter and widths of 145mm up to 295mm. The RainSport3 is the ideal summer tyre for sporty cars. The Snow Max 2 is the perfect winter tyre for people carriers while SUV drivers can't go wrong with the Rallye 4 x 4 street. And if you're after an all-weather tyre, we have the AllSeasonExpert. The list goes on. Whatever the weather throws at you, we'll make sure you enjoy every journey.
Technology and innovation have always played a pivotal role in our business. We've been committed to continuous progression since our very earliest days back in 1868. Our founder's son, Oscar Englebert Jr, was a truly visionary entrepreneur and his commitment to invention remains part of Uniroyal's DNA. By constantly improving our products, we can achieve another of our ambitions – to increase your driving pleasure.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) — A poll released Monday suggests 58 percent of Americans believe Donald Trump would have won the U.S. presidential election regardless of Russia's alleged interference.
If the allegations by the U.S. intelligence community are proven true, about 65 percent of Americans said the interference would be a crisis or major problem for the United States. About 56 percent of Americans said the United States should work to improve relations with Russia instead of taking a hard-line stance through economic and diplomatic means.
The CNN/ORC telephone survey was conducted from Thursday to Sunday on a random national sample of 1,000 adults and has a margin of sampling error of 3 percent.
Nearly 80 percent said they have been following news about Russia's alleged interference to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton since last year, a claim which 43 percent of people said was extremely or very likely to be true.
About 32 percent of people said the U.S. intelligence claims are somewhat likely, while 24 percent said it is unlikely the claims are true.
When divided along party lines, 74 percent of Democrats think it is extremely or very likely the claims are true, while 17 percent of Republicans believe the same.
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The Vučedol Museum increases the number of visitors via social networks
PS The Museum of Vučedol Culture is open on weekends, even on Sundays. It is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.Development plan of the Vučedol Museum Anyone can open profiles on social networks, you don't need a budget for that, it's all up to you. Take advantage of all the free tools that are offered to you and communicate. The Vučedol Museum has recognized this and they are constantly communicating through all channels. " Social networks are our main marketing tool and we use it as much as we can. I use the knowledge I have to improve my awareness of the Museum of Vučedol Culture, Vučedol Culture and museums in general, and of course I am constantly educating myself through professional seminars as well as interesting and educational content offered by YouTube. I believe that we have a quality web presence to help our profiles on all relevant pages for us: Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube and TripAdvisor. All these tools are still free and as such very useful especially for two-way communication with our visitors. The best part of our story is our visitors and their enthusiasm for the story of Vučedol culture as well as the museum itself. "In addition to communication on social networks, the Vučedol Museum presented Adorant first museum online magazine in Croatia, which aims to promote museums and archeology. Adorant magazine presented various significant objects found in Vučedol so that the public could get better acquainted with the Vučedol culture, which is the cradle of European culture. " Few museums in America or Europe do so, we plan to introduce various innovations in the presentation of museums and museum activities and thus improve general awareness of museums, history and archeology and make museums entertaining for the general public. In the first issue of Adorant, we presented the creation of the Museum of Vučedol Culture, which is the result of many years of work and research of the Vučedol site. The goal is, in addition to education, to draw visitors more and more into our story in order for them to visit the museum in person and see all its beauties and sights. "Sometimes you don't need to waste too much time, you just need to look around, open your eyes and see how it's done in the world. You look at good examples from practice and according to your abilities you make something similar according to your story. In addition to its importance, the museum recently received the award and recognition "Viktor Kovačić" for the most successful achievement in the field of architectural creation for 2015. " Authors of the Museum are architects from the Bureau of Architecture Workshops – Iva Pejić, Goran Rako, Josip Sabolić and Mario Škarijot who won the recognition of the profession, which also means a lot to us. The promotion of the museum as a building is certainly a complete success, and this recognition speaks for itself. Many world magazines have written about the architectural solution of the museum, which has certainly brought us quality free PR"The potential of continental tourism in Croatia is completely neglected and it participates in the total share with only 5 percent. The situation is as it is, but it is only an opportunity for growth and development. Proof that Vukovar has tourist potential, apart from war tourism, is in new tourist products such as the Museum of Vučedol Culture, but also the Vukovar City Museum, which recently won the Silletto Award from the European Museum Forum, pays special attention to cooperation with the local community and volunteer involvement. in the work of the museum institution. Also, in Vukovar, since last year, you can ride on the beautiful Danube on the panoramic tourist boat Waterbus Bajadera, the first DMC agency in Croatia Danubium tours. " I think that Vukovar definitely has something to offer, without it being related to war tourism. The Vučedol Museum is a world story because the Vučedol culture is the cradle of European civilization. In addition, in Vukovar we have the Vukovar City Museum, which has recently received European recognition, and there is also a panoramic tourist ship Bajadera, for which a pier on the Danube will be built next to the museum. Definitely a positive story for local and foreign visitors who have something to see in Vukovar. "Bilandzic points outIn addition to promotion on social media, much of the revenue that museums generate through souvenirs. The Vučedol Museum is also developing this segment and the offer is expanding day by day. "The plan for the future is to create a web shop, while the offer of the souvenir shop is growing day by day. We currently offer various magnets, T-shirts by Croatian designers, car fragrances and the like. We also achieved a successful collaboration between Jor Art Jewelry, which significantly raised the offer in our souvenir shop with unique souvenirs inspired by the Vučedol culture and our exhibition. The offer grows from month to month, and in accordance with the reactions to visitors and surveys that we do online and offline, we plan new souvenirs. Everything is based on our enthusiasm and we are all a walking advertisement. So we started on our own and proudly wear T-shirts and other souvenirs with Vučedol motifs. "The project of the Vučedol Museum is not over and in the future it is planned to complete the whole story. It is planned to further expand through the construction of bungalows, restaurants, docks for river boats, observatories, as well as the expansion of the info desk and souvenir shop in front of the parking lot. Of course, the construction depends on the financial resources of the Ministry of Culture, and according to the plan, everything should be ready by 2020.In the end, Bilandžić pointed out that we want to provide a true Vučedol experience to all visitors who come to the museum. "Visitors should experience a positive emotion from the first to the last contact with the museum and become our ambassadors to the world after the tour." concluded BilandzicWord of mouth has always been and always will be the best marketing, and turning a visitor into your ambassadors is an imperative of every museum. In the long run, it will definitely pay off, and it's free again, ie it's all up to you. Start with yourself, see what your strengths are and make a story and start communicating. If you stagnate then you fall because the competition is vigilant.The youngest national museum in Croatia, which, due to its importance, should be visited by every citizen of Europe, deserves every praise for its promotional activities and they are real proof that a lot can be done without money. It is always up to the people, and primarily without will and desire as well as proactivity there are no results.Be sure to visit the Museum of Vučedol Culture, and until then follow them to www.vucedol.hr Do you know about the museum Vučedol cultures in Vukovar? If you don't know, you're missing out on a lot because it's a museum that tells the story of the cradle of European civilization. Yes, that's right, the Vučedol culture is the first developed and most advanced European civilization that set the standards of living in Europe, and it is responsible for many things in Europe, even Greek culture partly originates from Vučedol. From the first European calendar, the world's first serial production of metal, left and right shoes and much more.But the reason for this positive tourist story is the way of promotion and communication on social networks, which serves as a great example of how without marketing budget, only with enthusiasm and proactivity can achieve a lot. Unfortunately, it is unusual to see a state museum that is active in the field of marketing, social media and communication open to the public. That this is an imperative and the right way to develop towards self-sustainability, as evidenced by world museums as well as the example of private museums in Zagreb. Of course, the main focus of the museum is not commercialization, but the preservation of cultural heritage and education of citizens, but we should certainly strive for sustainability, increase visitors and openness to the public.Museum of the Vučedol Culture it opened last year in June and has so far been visited by over 40.000 visitors, both domestic and foreign. "Since the opening, over 40.000 guests have visited us, which I consider a great result. We had five buses by noon today and five more are coming in the afternoon. We are most pleased that we receive various profiles of visitors from associations, foreign groups, citizens, schoolchildren… while we have the most foreign guests from Italy, Germany, France, Austria … " Darko Bilandžić, marketing manager of the Vučedol Museum in Vukovar, points out and adds that they have daily inquiries from various interested groups to visit the Museum of Vučedol Culture.What especially attracted my attention was the excellent promotion and communication of the Vučedol Museum on social networks, which is more than positive, especially if we take into account that it is not a private museum. " I think that only through our joint work and our creativity we have done a good job in presenting the museum in both domestic and foreign markets without a specific marketing budget. We have great stories that we can and want to tell and that we are sure will ultimately have the effect of increasing museum attendance. We have a great relationship with our visitors both in the museum and through social networks, and every inquiry makes us happy and we are happy to share knowledge " Bilandzic pointed out read more
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South Korean court delivers latest blow to e-cigarette makers
Cigarette packs to carry graphic health warnings
Starting Friday, graphic warnings about the harmful effects of smoking will be attached to cigarette packs sold in South Korea.
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According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, all cigarette packs sold here, including those sold at duty-free shops, must carry one of 10 designated full-color and disturbing photos with warnings on the adverse effects of smoking.
Some of the photos depict the body parts of smokers suffering from fatal diseases such as lung cancer, oral cancer, heart attack and strokes. Text warnings include those about the dangers of secondhand smoke, smoking while pregnant, as well as possible side effects such as sexual dysfunction, skin aging and premature death.
The graphic health warnings must be placed on the upper part of both sides of cigarette packets. The photos are required to cover more than 30 percent of both sides of each packet, the ministry said.
The ministry also plans to resume anti-smoking TV ads, introducing real cases of victims of smoking. It had stopped doing so 14 years ago.
It will take one month before the cigarette packs with the warnings will appear in the market due to production and distribution procedures. However, some of the cigarette packs with graphic warnings will be released at retail stores starting Friday for promotion purposes near crowded downtown areas such as Gwanghwanmun, Yeouido and Gangnam, the ministry added.
Anti-smoking campaigns that use such visual images were first introduced in Canada in 2001. Such practices are currently adopted by 101 countries around the world.
"After reviewing figures from 18 countries which adopted the graphic health warning labels, it was found that the smoking rate fell by 13.8 percent in Brazil, while the average for these countries was around 4 percent, after these labels were attached," said the ministry official.
In June, the National Assembly approved a bill that makes it obligatory for tobacco-makers to display graphic warnings on cigarette packs to promote people's health.
Under the law, the graphics will be replaced every 24 months and a notice about the next 10 photos will be announced six months ahead of the replacement. Violators of the law will face up to a year in jail or up to 10 million won ($12,000) in fines, or revocation of the company's business license.
The smoking rate among South Koreans, aged 19 or older, dropped to 39.3 percent last year from 43.1 percent in 2014. It marked the first time that South Korea's smoking rate fell below 40 percent.
The decrease came after sharp hikes in tobacco prices here. The government raised tobacco prices by 2,000 won per pack in January as part of an anti-smoking campaign.
The ministry announced last year that it aims to lower the smoking rate among South Korean men to 29 percent by 2020.
By Kim Da-sol (ddd@heraldcorp.com)
NTS probing foreign tobacco firms' suspected tax dodging
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SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) — South Korean tax authorities are investigating foreign tobacco companies over suspicions that they evaded taxes on huge profits from a tobacco price hike last year, industry sources said Tuesday.
Citing the need to discourage smoking, South Korea marked up taxes levied on cigarettes by 2,000 won (US$1.79) in January last year, raising the price to 4,500 won per pack.
Cigarette makers are said to have raked in tens of millions of dollars in so-called inventory profit by keeping products shipped out before 2015 in stock and selling them after the tax hike for a huge gain.
According to the sources, the National Tax Service (NTS) has been conducting an extensive tax probe into Philip Morris Korea, which sells the Marlboro brand, and British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea, the vendor of Dunhill cigarettes.
NTS investigators are focusing on suspicions that some tobacco companies, aware of the expected price hike beforehand, pocketed "excessive" profits by stocking up on products and selling them after the tax increase, they said.
"A tobacco price hike can give cigarette companies large profits by enabling them to sell some products in inventory, which were shipped out before a price hike," an industry source said. "The NIS seems to be investigating their suspected tax evasion or hoarding during the process."
An NTS official refused to confirm the tax probe, citing an office policy that it can't "comment on a tax audit into a specific taxpayer."
Tobacco companies got a lot of flak for their inventory profit last year. Faced with a growing public outcry, South Korea's sole tobacco maker KT&G Corp. announced in April last year that it would donate 330 billion won for social contribution activities. KT&G spent 80.8 billion won last year and plans to fork out 70 billion won this year.
Some watchers said KT&G may have been spared a tax audit because of its donation.
Philip Morris and BAT Korea complain that it is unfair and discriminatory against foreign tobacco companies for the NTS to exclude KT&G, which they argue reaped the largest inventory profit from the tax hike.
Philip Morris, British American Tobacco under tax audit
PMI, BAT criticized for failing to pay taxes despite huge amount of profits
The National Tax Service (NTS) has launched special audits of foreign tobacco makers here, according to industry sources on Tuesday. The move comes amid allegation that the companies did not pay taxes though they enjoyed tens of billions of won of "inventory profit" after the price hike in January last year.
However, the companies complain that the investigation is unfair because KT&G, the country's homegrown cigarette maker, also enjoys massive profits but was not included in the special probe.
According to a source close to the matter, Philip Morris International (PMI) Korea, which manufactures Marlboro, and British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea, which makes Dunhill, are under the tax agency's scope.
Tobacco makers pay taxes when they are shipping products. Since many of the tobacco products which were shipped before the price hike were held in inventory, those sold after the hike generated greater profit for the companies. The NTS is looking into whether the tobacco makers have paid the due amount of taxes and whether any illegalities were involved in generating the profit.
Three tobacco manufacturers, PMI Korea, BAT Korea and KT&G reportedly enjoyed the tax margin worth 150 billion won, 24 billion won and 330 billion won, respectively, from tens to hundreds of billions of won, respectively, after the price of a pack of cigarettes increased by 2,000 won.
Amid controversy, KT&G last year announced a plan for corporate social responsibility projects worth 330 billion, pledging it will return such profits to society. The company spent 80.8 billion won last year and will spend around 70 billion won by the end of this year.
Observers say that KT&G's move influenced the NTS to launch occasional audits on the foreign companies. Both PMI Korea and BAT Korea finished regular audits in the first half of this year.
However, the foreign tobacco makers say that the government's decision is unfair.
"Not only the NTS but also the Board of Audit and Inspection has been investigating foreign tobacco makers over the tax margin, but the fairness of such audits is questioned because they were just focusing on foreign tobacco makers," said a PMI Korea official.
"Due to the nature of the tobacco industry, there is always stock in inventory. To return the tax margin to society, PMI Korea lowered the price of its products by 200 won and absorbed the loss," she said, adding that PMI Korea has already announced a 21.5 billion won project for social contribution last year.
An NTS official said the tax agency does not affirm an individual company's tax audit, but added that it launches an audit on numeric analysis.