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This is the first time a Blizzard employee has ever commented about the issue of end-game content. They are quite aware that more is needed than the current "item hunt" and are looking to implement various systems in the future to improve upon the game beyond PvP.
We recognize that the item hunt is just not enough for a long-term sustainable end-game. There are still tons of people playing every day and week, and playing a lot, but eventually they're going to run out of stuff to do (if they haven't already). Killing enemies and finding items is a lot of fun, and we think we have a lot of the systems surrounding that right, or at least on the right path with a few corrections and tweaks. But honestly Diablo III is not World of Warcraft. We aren't going to be able to pump out tons of new systems and content every couple months. There needs to be something else that keeps people engaged, and we know it's not there right now.
We're working toward 1.0.4, which we're really trying to pack with as many fixes and changes we can to help you guys out (and we'll have a bunch of articles posted with all the details as we get closer), and we're of course working on 1.1 with PvP arenas. I think both those patches will do a lot to give people things to do, and get them excited about playing, but they're not going to be a real end-game solution, at least not what we would expect out of a proper end-game. We have some ideas for progression systems, but honestly it's a huge feature if we want to try to do it right, and not something we could envision being possible until well after 1.1 which it itself still a ways out.
Thank you very much for this informative and honest answer. Though to be honest what this answer really reveals is "we didn't have a real end game ready or in mind and aren't sure how to retain customers, the game was released before it was quite ready, possibly because of the giant outcry from the fans"
Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose, but we believed pre-release that the item hunt would be far more sustainable, and would work to be a proper end-game for quite a while. That didn't turn out to be true, and we recognize that.
Blizzard posted a blog update earlier today dealing with the issue of switching your items to a Magic Find gear set on the last few seconds of a fight. Blizzard proposes us a few changes but are very much looking for player feedback for whatever route they decide to go with.
Since release it has become an increasingly common practice to keep a Magic Find (MF) set in your inventory, and swap it in shortly before a kill. Philosophically we don't have a problem with the practice. While players getting more Magic Find for their kills isn't a game breaker for us, many players have said they don't enjoy doing it but feel the benefit is too large to ignore. Since the call for a solution really comes from all of you, we'd like to invite you to chime in with your opinion on what the solution could be.
It's worth keeping in mind that if we do implement a method to alleviate gear-swapping in combat, we'll simultaneously be looking at ways for players to get an added MF bonus to compensate.
We could set an MF cap between something like 100% and 200%. Nephalem Valor provides 75%, so you would need between 25% and 125% to reach the hard cap. Everyone could find ways to hit the cap for MF% on their gear and then stop.
Pros: Creates a gearing-game around trying to hit the "MF% cap" that some players enjoy. It also solves the swapping issue for people with enough gear to hit the cap. Players who want to min-max and gear swap can do so, and players who think it's stupid but feel "compelled" can try to hit the new cap instead.
Cons: Depending on where the cap is set, it may not actually alleviate gear swapping, and players who wish they didn't have to will feel compelled to do so. It also devalues a highly valuable stat, and desired stats mean desired gear, which helps diversify the item hunt.
When you equip an item with Magic Find, we don't let your MF% change right away. Instead your Magic Find slowly "drifts" towards the target Magic Find -- potentially something like 1% every 3 seconds. If you open up your Character Details sheet, you can see the number change "8%... 9%... 10%." Even though you could in theory switch to Magic Find gear for the killing blow and get a few extra percent, it's probably not worth it.
Pros: High degree of visibility as your stat sheet updates. Still allows you to swap your gear when you get an upgrade in the world without having to feel bad about putting the item on.
Cons: May not alleviate the problem for players who still feel compelled to get a few extra MF%. Depending on the rate, some players may just swap in an item during the last 20 seconds of a fight even though they don't want to.
We could sample your MF% every 30 seconds or so and create a moving average, or use the lowest MF% the game has seen on your character in the last few minutes.
Pros: A lot of the same benefits as Solution 2, but harder to game. Still allows you to switch gear when you get an upgrade, which is great.
Cons: Difficult to communicate. We'd have to communicate this on the Details page somehow, but during normal gameplay there could be the sense of not knowing what your "moving average" is and wanting to look at it. Magic Find is already a difficult number to feel at any point in time, so hidden rules that modify Magic Find feel that much worse.
When you swap gear, your Magic Find is disabled for 3 minutes.
Pros: Absolutely effective at discouraging gear swaps. Still allows you to swap gear when you find an upgrade, and the 3 minute duration is probably short enough that if you kill an Elite pack and get an upgrade, you can put that upgrade on and have your Magic Find active again by the time you get to the next pack.
Cons: Players who are unfamiliar with the system may open up their details page and see their Magic Find as 0% and not understand why. We could mitigate this by making the 0% MF colored with a tooltip stating the countdown until your Magic Find would work again, as well as what your Magic Find will be when the time expires.
There's a whole class of solutions that interact with Nephalem Valor. For example, we could remove a stack of Nephalem Valor when you swap a piece of gear.
Pros: Stops gear swapping just for the last kill, while still allowing the player the option to do so.
Cons: Some players will lose a stack by accident. We could put a confirmation box in to address accidental loss of a stack, but game-interrupting popups are potentially character-killing. It also causes co-op players to drop out of sync. One person may switch gear and lose a stack or two, and if it happens before a boss they'll want to clear two more packs before hitting the boss, but the other party members may not want to -- causing some tense social situations in co-op play. Finally, it tightly couples two systems together and generally tightly-coupled systems don't function over the long haul as well as loosely-coupled systems. In other words, future changes to the Nephalem Valor system or the Magic Find system (or systems related to those two systems) become harder to make as both systems would be impacted.
While we're having our own discussions and tests of how well these options could work, we're interested to hear your thoughts. We'd mainly like to hear which approaches you like, if there are any specifics you like or don't like about it, and why. Having the context of how this affects you personally really helps us.
We're going to be locking down comments in this article to focus feedback to one location, so please head to the forum thread link below to discuss.
Just a few minor changes today.
Below you'll find a list of hotfixes for the month of July which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III.
Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require a restart to go into effect. As always, please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update.
Today's hotfixes bring a large increase to item drop rates in all of Inferno, in addition bosses now drop 2 Rare items for players with 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, happy loot hunting!
Below you'll find a list of hotfixes for the month of June which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III.
Spoiler Warning: If you have not yet completed Diablo III on Normal, some hotfixes described in this list may include spoilers.
Monks can no longer infinitely stack the damage buff from Combination Strike by changing weapons.


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Judgment Search Results Home > Cases Phrase: patents Court: chennai Year: 1969 Page 1 of about 16 results (0.033 seconds)
Mar 28 1969 (HC)
The Union of India (Uoi) Represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Com ...
Court : Chennai
Decided on : Mar-28-1969
Reported in : (1970)1MLJ19
..... would thus appeal to be equitable that there should be a discrimination between individual private subscribers and firms, commercial concerns and corporation that would be a reasonable discrimination, which is patently equitable. the individual subscriber could be charged at lower rates, and the corporations of firms at higher tariffs. this seems to have been contemplated at one stage.49. in ..... (f), and the test is not that the person advancing this right should hold the entire proprietary interest. incorporeal rights can well be forms of property, including decrees of courts, patents, copyrights and even choses in action.39. it is in this context, and with this background of the development of the law, that we have to view the question, whether ..... in salmond on jurisprudence (12th edition), the broad division is 'corporeal' and ''incorporeal', corporeal property comprising land, chattels, and incorporeal property having two broad division, namely, jura in re propria (patents, copyrights, trade marks) and jura in re aliena (or encumbrances), namely, leases, mortgages and servitudes. the development of the case-law in the supreme court, on this aspect, is highly ..... an expression like ' as if enacted in this act ', which is not to be found in the case before us. that expression was examined, at some length, in institute of patent agents v. lockwood (1884) a.c. 347. but it is unnecessary for our present purpose to proceed, into the ramifications of the law here. certainly, such a clause is .....
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Dec 19 1969 (HC)
Pamela Williams Vs. Patrick Cyril Martin
Decided on : Dec-19-1969
Reported in : AIR1970Mad427; (1970)2MLJ539
..... apply to a proceeding for custody under section 25 of the act. that apart, the jurisdiction of the court is all embracing and wide under clause 17 of the letters patent and it is not controlled by the restrictions imposed on the court exercising jurisdiction under the act. so, we are of the view that the fact that the appellant is .....
Maimoon Bivi and anr. Vs. O.A. Khajee Mohideen and anr.
Reported in : AIR1970Mad200
..... property was for the exclusive benefit of the first defendant and not as representing the co-heirs, and concluded.)9. in the result, the letters patent appeal is allowed and the decree and judgment of the trial court in regard to the second schedule property are restored. the parties will bear their ..... there is a specific inhibition under section 100, civil p.c., against interference on facts in second appeal, there no such inhibition under clause 15, letters patent. clause 15 is differently word-ed from section 100, civil p.o., and the appeal before us is from a judgment in a regular appeal under section ..... to this court, our learned brother, kailasam j., allowed the appeal upholding the plaintiffs claim for partition of the second schedule property also. the letters patent appeal is directed against the variation of the decree in respect of the second schedule property.2. the short question for consideration is whether the second schedule ..... by a single judge of the high court in first appeal, is not open to be challenged on facts under clause 15 letters patent. of course, in a letters patent appeal, this court will give the utmost consideration to an inference of fact made by learned single judge of this court and will be ..... the evidence of p.w. 2 should bo accepted or not are pure questions of fact, in respect of which this court in letters patent appeal would not reassess the evidence. it is said that the matter is now at the second appellate stage. we cannot agree. the appeal under .....
Abdul Kareem and anr. Vs. Zuleika Bi and ors.
..... that the suit is barred by limitation.22. for the foregoing reasons, the decree and judgment of ramakrishnan j. in s. a. 302 of 1963 are confirmed and the letters patent appeal is dismissed with costs.23. appeal dismissed.
Aug 12 1969 (HC)
K.M. Mohammad Abdul Kader Firm Vs. Labour Court and anr.
Decided on : Aug-12-1969
Reported in : (1971)IILLJ130Mad
..... against on grounds which were not accepted by the labour court or on other grounds which might not have been taken notice of by the labour court, while they were patent on the face of the record. this position is made clear by the supreme court itself in northern railway co-operative credit society ltd. v. industrial tribunal, jaipur [1967] 31 ..... that case took the view that a decision reached by the labour court could be justified on another ground to which the labour court has not referred, but which is patent on the record. that was a case where the order of the labour court was the subject-matter of appeal before the supreme court under article 36 of the constitution ..... not supported by that evidence, it is not open to the 2nd respondent to support the finding of the labour court with reference to some other material not at all patent on the record, and not referred to by the labour court, whose attention was probably not drawn to the same. mr. k.v. sankaran for this purpose relied on the ..... was payable. on the other hand, the labour court proceeded on the basis that seven months' pay as bonus for each of the years was payable and this conclusion is patently erroneous on the part of the labour court. secondly, the 2nd respondent himself in his evidence before the labour court stated that he became a gumastha of the petitioner in .....
Feb 12 1969 (HC)
P. Narayana Pillai Vs. S. Nagamoney
Decided on : Feb-12-1969
Reported in : (1970)1MLJ161
..... of the holdings (stay of execution proceedings) act, 1950 and also basing his claim under sections 144 and 151, civil procedure code. that application was dismissed by venkatadri, j., and the letters patent appeal, before us, arises in this connection.6. in our view, there is a very broad principle of justice relating to the processual law, upon which an application of this ..... procedure to be adopted, either by a landholder or a tenant, in respect of that act, and what the forum and form of application have to be.8. the letters patent appeal is accordingly allowed to the extent directed above. no order as to costs.
M. AllauddIn Vs. P.S. Lakshminarayanan
..... to annie besant v. narayaniah, ilr mad 807 : air 1914 pc 41 , which held that the powers of the high court, in dealing with suits transferred under clause 13 letters patent, would be the powers which, but for the transfer, might have been exercised by the court, from which the transfer was made, and posed the test, in view of that .....
In Re: Sister Gemma
ismail, j.1. this petition has been presented under sections 4, 10 and 17 of the guardians and wards act 1890 and clauses 17 and 20 of the letters patent. the petitioner is a member of a christian religious congregation known as the salesian missionaries of mary immaculate. the members of the congregation are devoted to social work and care .....
Konappa Mudaliar Vs. Kusalaru Alias Munuswami Pillai and ors.
..... limitation act of 1908 applies. it is true that against the order of remand made by this court on the earlier occasion, no appeal lay. an appeal under the letters patent would have been preferred to a bench of this court and an appeal to the supreme court would be open only with special leave of the court. therefore, this is .....
Apr 18 1969 (HC)
L.M.S. Sadak Thamby and Co. Vs. the Appellate Assistant Commissioner o ...
Decided on : Apr-18-1969
Reported in : [1969]24STC468(Mad)
..... distinct commodities, then ordinarily no question of discrimination can arise, while such goods are meted out with differential treatment by a fiscal law. it would therefore normally follow that the patent distinction so maintained by the madras act in item 7 of the second schedule thereto, is quite justified. the argument however is that because of the differential rate of levy .....
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is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing.
in rising seas with every tide.
with this year's "Blue Planet Revisited"
Why we think (as a species) we'll get away with things like this is beyond me. Pretty short-sighted. Difficult reality nicely addressed JT.
In the days before I wrote this I came across an Al Jazeera news report showing the crumbling sides of the dome cap awash accompanied by the story that all the old nuclear trash that accompanied the Bikini tests were dumped into the biggest crater they'd created and concreted over. In the same week BBC were trailing Blue Planet Revisited which is expected to centre on Ocean degradation and much hand wringing.


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Uganda – New Beginnings
Dear Friends, supporters of my work in Uganda,
I apologies again for not keeping in touch over the past few months. I have had a lot of thinking to do and decisions to make about St James. As you know there have been problems over the last eighteen months with lack of latrines after a big tree demolished them in a storm causing the school to be closed for a year with the exception of a few older children who were due to take their national Leavers Exams, which they did last November. Well the very good news is that the new latrines are now complete, including ones for the disabled, so that the school has been able to re-open.
Latrine block with hand washing facilities
Latrines for the disabled
Since February the children have gradually returned to the school. Many had been travelling to other schools and others not attending school at all during the last year, so the re-opening of St James is a blessing.
Thank you for all your support since the founding of St James in 2008 when there was no local school and James set one up. He gave the first lessons under a mango tree and then you came on board to build the first classrooms and eventually a whole school, registered with the Government and also qualified as National Exam Sitting Centre! I can't quite believe it but we did! We have achieved so much and we did it with love and enthusiasm and have already provided hundreds of children with an education they would otherwise not have had. Some children have even progressed to Secondary School, which is so pleasing. Congratulations to you all!
Joy Clinic
Over the nine years we have built classrooms, a library, an office block, latrines, dormitories, a kitchen with a wood-saving stove and a canteen. Our latest achievement is completing the building of Joy Clinic. With the basic structure complete the community can now apply for help from local government to staff and equip the clinic which will enable the community to have medical help for the first time in many years, and once again babies will be born at St James as they were when James' late wife Joy, a midwife, served the community.
We have also secured the school with fences and a big metal gate. We've donated cows, goats, pigs and chickens for the animal projects that raise funds and subsidise the children's feeding.
You have given the school desks & blackboards, educational materials and equipment for games, tools for cultivating the land to help provide a meal for the children every day, clothes and shoes for those who have so little and, significantly, donated hundreds of mosquito nets that must have saved many in the village from the terrible sickness of Malaria, and undoubtedly saved lives.
Innocent's neighbours will sleep safer now. The two children were very sick with Malaria during my stay in October 2016.
Solar power has been installed so that many of the buildings have light so the children can study at night and to power computers etc. And of course the most valuable of all a borehole has been sunk 80 metres down, providing freshclean water for many, many years ahead!
Together we have given the village of Nakakabala a wonderful school that has infrastructure and facilities way above the standards of most other schools in the district, enabling St James to earn its own income.
James has retired and new administration is now in place. After much thought and discussion with my family and close friends I have decided that it is now time for me to move on and leave the School Management Committee, the PTA and the community to take the school forward. Self-sufficiency was always my intention and with good management it can be achieved. We've done all we can to provide the community with all the facilities a school in Uganda needs and it is now time for them to run it themselves which was always my aim.
While I look forward to hearing news of the schools' ongoing development I believe my knowledge and skills can be now utilised at other under resourced schools doing small projects. For instance if the school/s I get involved with now have small problems such as a hole in their corrugated roof sheets or need reading books I could try to help them out. But I will not be building another school! I am still a big believer in providing mosquito nets too so this will be an ongoing project. £5 can save a family's life. Not a lot is it!
I also want to get back to what I love doing and that is spending time with the children, helping them improve their English through art, crafts, drama, song and games. Basically having fun! That is the reason I first went out to Uganda in 2002, fifteen years ago, and that is where I am most happiest.
Visiting one of the schools I hope to help and have some fun! Starting with the Hokey-Cokey of course!
An appropriate message. Uganda is much better at support the girl child now.
You do the hokey-cokey
Whisper-Woo-oh the hokey cokey!
And then raising the sky woo-oh the hokey cokey, knees bent, arms stretched rah rah rah!!
The teacher and I exchange mobile numbers and I promised to return.
As I move on from St James I am still going to be visiting Uganda annually as the country has become my second home and I have my Ugandan 'family' who mean a lot to me. I look forward to continuing my work to help those less fortunate than ourselves, and to this end would ask if you might consider sticking with me whilst I identify the needs of new schools or communities and build up a relationship with them. I would love the opportunity to help another Ugandan school deliver much needed education to a rural community but, as I mentioned previously, I will not be building another school from scratch!
So to find out what my future in Uganda will be, watch this space! I would love to receive responses from you too.
Sending smiles across the miles!
Reminder! Tomorrow raising funds for Uganda!
TODAY! I'm at St Paul's Catholic Primary School Poynton – raising funds for Uganda
12 thoughts on "Uganda – New Beginnings"
Jean Drinkwater says:
Dear Gerry,
Thank you for the update. My admiration for you knows no bounds. It is quite easy to give money but another thing altogether to give so much time and effort into helping build and maintain a school such as St James. I know you have mostly enjoyed the work but I also know there have been times when you have been extremely concerned about the school, and that occasionally it has affected your health. Thank you for all that you have done in, and for, the children of Uganda.
Love Jean
Thank you so much Jean. Its taken a lot of soul searching to come to this but I am now very happy with my decision. Its been wonderful to have your faithful support thoughtout my time in Uganda and I'm sure you will come forward with me too. Lots of love Gerry xxx
brookcol says:
Wow Gerry such achievements! I'm happy to support you any way I can. The cake you got for Siobhan was lovely. I know she really appreciated it. Take care. Love Sue xx
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Thanks Sue. I'm so pleased that Siobhan had a happy birthday celebration. It was lovely to see all her family together too. x
Mrs L Orchard says:
Hi Gerry, what a lovely e mail you have sent, made me quite tearful and also very proud to know someone who has done such an enormous amount to help people who have nothing. You are amazing and a force to be reckoned with!! Watch out any Ugandan officials who drag their feet when you embark on your next project and yes I'll gladly continue to support you in the wonderful work that you do.
Lots of love Lesley Xxx
P.S. I also agree with the decision you have made. Job done at St James's, now time for others to benefit xx
Thank you so much Lesley. I'm so lucky to have the love and support of friends like you. It's been a difficult 18 months!Hope to see you soon! xx
Sue Lindsay says:
Hi Gerry,
Congratulations on making such a HUGE difference where it really counts…You much be so proud of your achievements. I know how much the Ugandan people and your adopted family mean to you and I also know how much it is reciprocated. I think you decision to stand aside at St James is a good one at this point in time…they have solid bricks and mortar with which to continue your legacy.
Thank you Sue. I have always valued your support both at St James and by sponsoring Paul who you have taken right to A Level andwho knows what he will end up achieving. I wouldn't have had half the success or satisfacton if it was not for wonderful people like yourself. xx
cheadleheathprimary says:
Wow! What a read! You are a true inspiration Gerry. I salute you.
Thanks Chris for all your support and that of your school. If Cheadle Heath Primary would still like to keep in touch and involved in Uganda in some way then I am very willing to come and visit.
Gerry, when I see the effects of what you have done, written in the way you have delivered this synopsis, not only am I full of admiration for you, I can't believe you have delivered so much in such a relatively short time. Uganda owes you so much, but I do see it would be exceedingly difficult to start from scratch somewhere else.
I applaud what you intend to do and have my wholehearted support.
I await to hear what exactly you have in mind for the future.
Kath A
Thanks Kath, whatever I do will be on a very small scale compared to St James. Thank you once again for your support. x


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Q: Exception in monitor thread while connecting to server localhost:27017 while accessing MongoDB with Java I have the following exception when running Java app for MongoDB:
[localhost:27017] org.mongodb.driver.cluster : Exception in monitor thread while connecting to server localhost:27017 while accessing MongoDB with Java

Call stack is follows:
com.mongodb.MongoSocketOpenException: Exception opening socket
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStream.open(SocketStream.java:63) ~[mongodb-driver-core-3.0.4.jar:na]
    at com.mongodb.connection.InternalStreamConnection.open(InternalStreamConnection.java:114) ~[mongodb-driver-core-3.0.4.jar:na]
    at com.mongodb.connection.DefaultServerMonitor$ServerMonitorRunnable.run(DefaultServerMonitor.java:127) ~[mongodb-driver-core-3.0.4.jar:na]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_45]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:85) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:345) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStreamHelper.initialize(SocketStreamHelper.java:50) ~[mongodb-driver-core-3.0.4.jar:na]
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStream.open(SocketStream.java:58) ~[mongodb-driver-core-3.0.4.jar:na]
    ... 3 common frames omitted

Neither of these names belong to my application. Also I have NO MONGODB server on local host. I am using remote host and setting it later. An exception occurs BEFORE any of my statements concerning Mongo.
UPDATE
This is probably some Spring provided beans accessing Mongo. How to disable them?
My config contains following dependencies:
dependencies {
    compile('javax.media:jai_core:1.1.3')
    //compile('jai_core:1.1.3')

//  compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb')
    compile('org.mongodb:mongodb-driver:3.0.4')
    compile('org.mongodb:bson:3.0.4')

    compile('org.geotools:gt-api:14.2')
    compile('org.geotools:gt-shapefile:14.2')
    compile('org.geotools:gt-geometry:14.2')
    compile('org.geotools:gt-referencing:14.2')
    compile('org.geotools:gt-geojson:14.2')
    compile('org.geotools:gt-mongodb:14.2')

    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
    providedRuntime('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat')
    testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
}

i.e. I have removed org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb and was thinking will use Mongo myself...
UPDATE2
I found related question: How to disable spring-data-mongodb autoconfiguration in spring-boot

A: Try adding
spring.data.mongodb.host=hostIpOnWhichMongoIsRunning
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017

into application.properties.
If Mongo is not running on localhost, this should fix the issue.

A: I was to add exclusion annotation to my main annotated class,
i.e. instead of
@SpringBootApplication

I should have
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude={MongoAutoConfiguration.class})

A: My IDEA suggested that I do this.
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {MongoAutoConfiguration.class})

A: I can't say for sure. It's kind of not enough information question.
I can say that: Mongo driver by default tries to connect to the local host.
Probably you haven't specified the Mongo host/port.
So you'll have to configure the MongoDB host/port/credentials (if you have those).
Maybe it's network related issue or firewall (try to connect to MongoDB from your machine directly with cli / even running a basic program that uses only mongo driver).
From the stacktrace I don't see any usage of Spring, so more information is required to say for sure.
In general you can analyze the dependencies in Gradle by using gradle dependencies command (see here).

A: I had the same exception when trying to connect MongoDB with spring-boot.
In my case, I forgot to add the @Configuration annotation in the MongoDB Configuration class I created.
After adding this it worked for me.

A: I changed the scope(It was Test before)
<dependency>
<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
<scope>4.2.3</scope>
</dependency>

A: In my case the mistake was not to have authorized my development environment. So I allowed connections from any IP (not a good idea for prod env) by adding the rule 0.0.0.0/0. You add this rule from the Network Access section from the atlas dashboard.

A: In my case mongoDB internal port was not mapped to external. Using command docker run -p 27017:27017 -d mongo resolved my issue.

A: check your mongo with cmd "mongo" if mongo is deathed follow step
1: open search windown
2: search "services"
3: find MongoDB Service and right click then click start on popup

A: It seems your server is not running.
Also if it running,  it is doing so on a different port.

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College Football News came out with their Boston College preview. In the past this site has been lacking in quality and full of inane comments and polls, so I was very surprised with this solid and for the most part, accurate preview. Hats off to the writer Pete Fiutak.
The Army game will be on national TV. I wonder if ESPN Classic will break out the old fonts and graphics like they did during live basketball coverage.
As I mentioned earlier in the week -- don't pay for recruiting content. As the Notre Dame signing of John Ryan proved, local papers will get the news to the web for free. Some BC fans were upset about being trumped by the Irish again, but as I have stated before, I no longer get emotional about recruiting wars. I wait until they get on the field to get worked up.
They're playing football in Canada and BC alums Marc Parenteau and Paul Peterson are getting some snaps.
Michigan Blogger Brian Cook has started a blogger poll. I am participating. We'll see how it goes. His work has led me to other college sports bloggers like Every Day Should be Saturday, who have interesting things to say about their teams and about BC. Non-BC fans seem to be more optimistic about our chances this year.


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Abibatu Mogaji ( - ) est une femme d'affaires nigériane et la   de l'association des commerçants de Lagos.

Biographie
Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji naît le  dans la colonie de Lagos.

Elle est la mère du chef national du Action Congress of Nigeria et ancien gouverneur de l'État de Lagos, Bola Tinubu. Sa petite-fille, Folashade, lui succède en tant que « Ìyál'ọ́jà ».

Abibatu Mogaji est d'abord la leader de l'Association des femmes du marché dans l'État de Lagos, puis elle est présidente de l'Association des commerçants femmes et hommes du marché de Lagos. Elle est une pionnière du développement d'un commerce jusqu'alors plutôt tenu par les négociants libanais et grecs.

En reconnaissance de ses contributions au commerce Abibatu Mogaji reçoit plusieurs distinctions et doctorats honoris causa d'universités nigérianes, l'université Ahmadu Bello et l'université de Lagos.

Elle meurt le  à l'âge de  à son domicile d'Ikeja, dans l'État de Lagos. Elle est inhumée le lendemain dans le cimetière privé Vaults and Gardens à Ikoyi, Lagos, après des prières à la grande mosquée de Lagos. En témoignage de solidarité, les activités commerciales sont suspendues dans différents endroits de Lagos les lundi et mardi suivants.

Distinctions
 Ordre de la République fédérale
 Officier de l'ordre du Nigeria (OON)
 Docteure honoris causa de l'université Ahmadu-Bello de Zaria

Références

Femme d'affaires
Personnalité féminine africaine
Naissance en 1916
Décès en juin 2013
Décès à Lagos

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This richly conceived and tightly plotted psychological exploration of family and tragedy will have you racing toward its shocking and thought-provoking conclusion.
Fantastic and engaging story of the aftermath of a tragic accident. Very insightful and sharp writing. This story would make a great movie!
This heartfelt and emotional story starts off with an almost unbearable tragedy. Two young people returning home from a party are involved in a relatively minor accident. But one of the people in the car dies. It was Chrissy, the stepsister of the alleged driver, Kip. How can their parents deal with this? When Kip is charged with manslaughter as a result, the family is broken apart. The author then raises the question: is there such a thing as a "good" lie?
But the parents, Peter and Leigh, differ on what it means to deal with Kip's arrest and the death of young, beautiful Chrissy. I loved the questions raised by this thought-provoking book especially in light of the fact that Leigh is an experienced divorce attorney who has seen her share of broken families. Not only did she think that she and Pete had the perfect blended family, she thought she knew what it took to make a second marriage work.
Family loyalties are divided as Peter and Leigh must wrestle with their grief over losing Chrissy, but with the harsh reality of Kip's arrest. Leigh does not believe her stepson's account of the night of the accident. But Pete is determined to stick by his son and will do whatever is takes to keep from losing his promising future.
I was fascinated by Leigh's clients and the way all of the threads of the plot came together in the end. While 'House on Fire' is a sharp family drama, it is also a smart legal thriller, providing plenty of intrigue and heart-stopping action. I was rooting for Peter and Leigh's marriage to survive Chrissy's death and Kip's arrest while at the same time devouring the juicy details of Leigh's clients' own family dramas. The author explores what it means to be truthful and how grief operates on its own timeline.
Smart, clever and engaging, this was my kind of book. I loved this page-turner and can't wait for more books from Ms. Kistler!
Sounds really good! Need to check this out!


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A 71-year-old man was fatally shot at San Francisco's Twin Peaks on Sunday morning, police said.
The man, identified by the medical examiner's office as San Francisco resident Edward French, was found shot shortly before 8 a.m. in the Twin Peaks lookout area, according to police.
Police have not released any suspect description or information on a possible motive for the shooting, and no arrest had been reported as of Monday morning.
The last homicide at the Twin Peaks lookout took place on Valentine's Day last year, when two Santa Rosa residents, Julio Peraza, 21, and Rene Mora, 19, were killed and a third person was injured in a 2 a.m. shooting.
Richmond resident Richard Contreras, 28, was arrested in the case and faces multiple felony charges including murder, attempted murder, carjacking and vehicle theft. He remains in custody without bail and his next court date is Aug. 4.


I'd like to think that I possess a modicum of common sense.That I would not earn a Darwin Award for stupidity, as I punch out of this life, from a stupid activity.
I nearly became a statistic on Thursday night, when I became a victim of Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning!
I know the most important thing to remember is to start a snow-blower in a well-ventilated area in order to prevent CO poisoning. Starting it in a closed-up space such as your shed or garage is a bad idea.
In my rush after work on Thursday to pick-up kids, have supper, prepare for my 7:00 class at Memorial, I unwisely decided to spend a few minutes ensuring the snow blower was in working order for Friday's anticipated storm.
One of the doors was wide-open on my shed, allowing fresh air and ventilation. I could not pull-it over manually, so I plugged it in. After a couple of attempts, the auto start worked and the shagging thing came to life. I pulled the choke down a little, deciding to let it run a little and headed into the house for a cup of tea and a bite to eat before class.
20 minutes later, I put my notes in the van and went out back to the shed to shut down the snow blower, satisfied it was ready for the anticipated snowfall.
I did not have a flashlight, just my iPhone to find the key to turn it off. Unfortunately, turning the key and taking it out did nothing to shut it down. The shed was dark and full of fumes and all I could think of was being late for class - how was I going to get this machine to stop running. No thoughts at all of moving it outside the shed.
I used my iPhone to read the instructions for turning off the snow- blower. Eventually (20 minutes later), finding the choke, I cut off the flow gas causing the machine to sputter and shut-off. I felt a little light headed and noxious but figured some fresh air would shake it off.
I jumped in the van, drove to class, parking the car on the other side of the campus to ensure a longer walk get some fresh air. As I entered the Education Building, I became a bit disoriented, started seating, developed a headache and started profusely sweating. I found my class, found a seat, started taking notes and tried to focus on the causes and effects of price controls on the in-elasticity and elasticity of supply/demand, but my focus wavered.
After class, I felt very flu-ish, disoriented and tired, attributing it to skipping supper and forgetting to take my diabetes medication. A quick prick later showed my sugar levels were fine. At about this point I started feeling a stitch in my chest and shoulders and some vertigo.
My wife called my sister-law, our go to medical expert who said do not mess around with Carbon Monoxide - the only fix is pure oxygen!
Reluctantly, still sort of fighting a trip to the emergency where I was bound to big up some bug or another, Kristine convinced me to head to the Health Science Center. I did manage to squeeze in a call with Johnathan on Night Line on the way over!
Within ten minutes of registration I was given a bed, a gown, given a breathing mask with %100 humidified oxygen, an EKG was done and the blood samples started flowing. Fortunately, I did not have a seizure or need the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber.
Four hours later, my blood samples were still testing positive for CO poisoning and I was being told that I had the blood of a heavy smoker (i do not smoke). I had dodged the bullet! The egg-salad sandwiches at Caul's Funeral Home will have to wait!
Short of a little bit of grogginess and a slight nagging headache, I am feeling fine.
A chronic poisoning that is even at a low level can not be cleared up with a bit of fresh air. You may get some relief but the deterioration may be gradual so it could be some time before you notice. If you begin to feel sick, dizzy, or weak, you should leave the area at once and get some fresh air. These are the initial signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. Call your local medical emergency number for aid.
What did I learn? That will make for a another post, but it is vital to know that carbon monoxide poisoning is an important factor in the operation of snowblower! . Starting it in a closed-up space such as your shed or garage is a bad idea! Do not leave a snowblower unattended after it has been turned on - even in a well-ventilated area.
Respecting snowblower safety guidelines regarding CO poisoning will ensure that no harm comes to you or your family.


He was educated at Ystrad Wallter or at Swansea and ordained at Llan-y-bri, 1688. He was given £2 by the Presbyterian Board, 16 January 1690, to encourage him in his work at Crug-glas (Pantêg); it is confirmed, in the minutes of the 'Common Fund' or the Presbyterian Fund Board, 1690-2, that he was at Crug-glas, that he was a freeholder, and that he had received £1 from his congregation in acknowledgement of his services. He was present at Tirdoncyn, 17 November 1697, on the day that Llewelyn Bevan was instituted to Cwmllynfell and Gellionnen. According to a report by the churchwardens of Henllan Amgoed, 4 September 1705, he used to preach to Lewis Thomas's congregation, a body of Calvinists [see under Owen, Jeremy ]. He died during that year.
Henllan Amgoed churchwardens' accounts, 4 September 1705.


I feel stupid asking this since I've been searching the ETK up and down trying to find the bulb, but... I can't find the factory number for the bulb that goes to the temperature selector behind the center vent! It's the one located above the radio and it's never worked in my car since I've owned it. I know it's probably the same for all the years, but if there is a difference it's for a 95' 540i. If you have any information about the factory number for that bulb, PLEASE contact me at estonbach@aol.com because I'm on winter break from school and trying to get my house and life together for Spring Semester! Thanks SO much for just reading this, you're feedback is greatly appreciated! If you need access to an online ETK, just go to technoBMW.com and it's there (the link) for you're use!
We just had this (long) discussion about this over on another board...and it came to light that the early e34s have them and the later e34s (starting with 01/1994 mfg date) don't. A real easy way to tell is if the dial (in the center of the vent) has red & blue painted indications...then the dial is not lit...if there is a white dash in the center of that dial...then the dial is illuminated (like in the pic on Don Gales web site).
Also, if you go to the online parts database www.realoem.com/bmw (no need to go to another site...you can go directly to the database)...you will see that the 01/94-on e34s have a different center dash grill than the earlier e34s. Look under Heating and AC (main group) Air Duct (sub group)...or part number 64 22 1 384 041 (1989-01/94) and 64 22 8 390 314 (01/94-up).
Thanks Guys for the dynamics of whether I have a bulb or not, I feel like I can put this behind me and not get all jealous about another guy's E34 in my car group for all those cool glowing lights! You are ALL a wealth of information, THANKS!!!!


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Investigation announced for Investors of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXB) over Takeover
Press release from: Shareholders Foundation
An investigation on behalf of investors of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXB).
An investigation on behalf of investors, who currently hold shares of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXB), was announced concerning whether the takeover of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. is unfair to NASDAQ: STXB stockholders.
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The investigation by a law firm concerns whether certain officers and directors of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. breached their fiduciary duties owed to NASDAQ: STXB investors in connection with the proposed acquisition.
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On November 19, 2021, Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC) ("Simmons" or "Company") and Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXB) ("Spirit") announced the execution of a merger agreement (the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which Simmons will acquire Spirit, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank SSB (the "Proposed Transaction"), in a transaction consisting of a mixture of cash and Simmons' common stock with an aggregate value of approximately $581 million, based on the Simmons' closing stock price of $31.73 on November 17, 2021.
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Many people who are trying to dream up a domain name for their business discover just how common a unique idea might be. Welcome to the web! Trying to find a domain name that has not been taken is classic needle in a haystack. You can short-cut the process by doing your keyword research first.
If you know what search terms people are using to find your products and services you can back your way into a domain name that gets more credit in those searches. And that's just the beginning of understanding how to take an idea online.
What I have also come to discover is that there is a proliferation of people out there with great ideas and many of them may even have an idea similar to yours. EXECUTION is what turns an idea into an enterprise. And that is what separates the men from the boys (and the girls from the women).
Execution is a matter of process. I mean process in the literal sense. A successful business needs a roadmap. No successful business that I know of flies by the seat of its pants and many may get there after a lot of failures, trial and error and sometimes costly ventures. But ultimately, a successful business lands on a formula, a process that allows them to deliver consistent results for their clients.
I work with a lot of people who want to start an ecommerce business for many reasons. For the most part, they all have good ideas and most have a good general knowledge about their wares. But very few know how to manifest their ideas online.
There are two roads to take in light of this. The first is to "jump in" – wing it! The second is to find a process that will work for your business. Even if you have to pay more money initially for the second option, you will save time, money, head-aches and heart-ache by the time your business begins to generate a return. If you go the first route, you may in fact never get there. By our conservative estimate, 70% of new online ventures fail.
The good news is that the process for developing your online business is quite easy to execute if you get a little guidance. Here are some of the basic things you should research and understand before embarking on an ecommerce business.
Keyword research equals market research. People that skip this step are not only shortcutting the process planning stages, they are undermining their ability to succeed! There are plenty of free resources on the web to not only do your research but also educate you with respect to what you should be looking for.
For example, if you decide that the most general search term in your category is one of the ones you'll focus on, you might as well just beat your head against the wall! The point is, there might be a LOT of searches relative to that keyword BUT you may never show up in the search engines for it. The scope of this article doesn't afford time to explain the process of choosing keywords that you can rank for, so I'll save that for a future article. But rest assured that this is one of the most important steps in the process.
Once you have your keywords, you should begin site planning. We recommend you build your site outline first and then see where your chosen keywords fit into the site map.
Your site outline generally mirrors your site map. You'll find that the keywords that you have chosen fit under certain headings in your site map. You may have to plan separate pages for specific keywords, and that's OK. Part of your business planning will be to understand how to write for the web. Plan on a 500-700 word article, appropriate pictures, and apply basic on-page SEO. This gets most of my new clients glassy-eyed again and it will take another article to explain "basic on-page SEO".
Your keywords define a set of articles. These articles don't all have to go on your site. You should plan to write articles for distribution as well to help promote your site and start building links to your site. "Article Marketing" is one of the most effective means to promote your products or services and get links referring back to your site. The links, by the way, are keywords hyperlinked to appropriate pages in your site.
Start blogging. Set up a You-Tube channel specific to your business. Set up a social media business page on Facebook. Set up a Twitter account and start following people in your demographic. They'll start following you too! Get on Linked-in if it makes sense (B2B).
Marketing and gaining business exposure is a function of being a part of the web community. Once your site is set-up with basic SEO guidelines, the search engines will start to find it (if you've chosen your keywords carefully). But that's not enough. You business is not simply just having a website. Start engaging in as much of the social web as makes sense and plan on a significant amount of time reaching out, helping and contributing. The return on your effort will pay off.
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Keaton Williams scored 11 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, as Tri-Valley defeated Zanesville 54-38 on Tuesday.
DRESDEN - Keaton Williams delivered what Tri-Valley needed on Tuesday.
The junior collected 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, helping the host Scotties pull away for a 54-38 victory on Zanesville.
Tri-Valley was up 30-29 entering the fourth, as Williams had the Scotties' first seven points of the final frame.
"Keaton stepped up and led us late," Tri-Valley coach Todd McLoughlin said. "We were able to get a few stops and get out in transition, and that got our energy level up."
Defense helped the Scotties (9-5) overcome a 2-of-13 shooting effort in the third quarter, as they the Blue Devils to a 3-of-12 performance in the fourth, along with forcing several key turnovers.
Williams felt the defensive effort was the difference, while also crediting his teammates in aiding his performance.
"Our foundation is our defense. That's our strong suit and leads to our offense," Williams said. "My teammates were able to get a few steals and that led to a few breakaways for me. I also played strong against my defender."
Zanesville (5-10) came out of the break with momentum. After Matt King scored off a steal to put the Tri-Valley ahead 27-18, the Blue Devils answered with 10 straight points.
Cory Norris scored six of those, including the go-ahead jumper for a 28-27 lead with 2:51 left in the third. Avery Parmer added a score off a steal and Cobe Curry hit a short jumper to round out that scoring surge for Zanesville.
Tri-Valley, which was just 3 of 16 behind the arc, finally hit one from the outside. Luke Lyall knocked down a 3 from the corner later in the third to put the Scotties ahead for good, 30-28.
"Luke's shot was huge. That gave us energy," McLoughlin said. "We were in a funk in the third. We missed some layups and open shots, but I told our guys we had to stay aggressive. If we get beat playing that way so be it, but our guys went back to attacking."
Williams found his rhythm early in the fourth. He got to the rim to after a Zanesville miss then knocked down a 3 on the ensuing possession to give Tri-Valley a 35-29 lead.
Clayton Foreman split a pair of free throws and Norris knocked down a jumper to get the Blue Devils back within three, 35-32, but Williams answered with a hoop down low for a five-point lead.
The Scotties then put it away. Luke Lyall made the first free throw and missed the second, but Skye Bryan collected the loose ball after Norris tried to save it and scored for a three-point possession.
Williams then scored the next time down for, and Jack Lyall stole the ensuing inbound pass and laid it in for a 44-32 lead with 4:40 remaining.
"We've been up and down on offense all season," Williams said. "But, we get going when our defense is at its best. We did that in the fourth."
Zanesville raced out to a 7-0 lead and was up 9-2 before Williams sparked a 9-0 Tri-Valley run.
The teams were tied at 11 after one quarter, and back-to-back hoops from Williams got the Scotties going in the second, while Jack Lyall scored late in the half to make it 25-17.
Jack Lyall chipped in 12 points with three assists, Ty Smith grabbed a team-high five rebounds and King had four steals for the Scotties, who were 23 of 52 from the field with just six turnovers.
Norris and Curry scored 11 apiece for the Blue Devils, who had 10 first-half turnovers. They finished with 16 turnovers and were only 14 of 33 from the field, including 1 of 9 behind the arc.
Both teams had 25 rebounds.


We have all experienced "drops" in our lives. Learning to juggle creates an excellent metaphor for resilience and emotional "grit." Juggling demonstrates how failures create opportunity for further development. Very few people completely succeed on their first attempt – it requires a cycle of failures and successes until the skill becomes more comfortable. Like many skills, juggling requires practice and is a process of continuous improvement.


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Seneca's consolation letters, part II: to his mother Helvia
Landscape in Corsica
Seneca wrote three famous letters of consolation to friends and relatives, which were a vehicle for articulating some of the fundamental points of Stoic philosophy. Last week I have examined the letter to Marcia, who had lost her son and was still grieving after three years. This week I will discuss the letter to Seneca's mother, Helvia, and we will wrap up this series next week with the letter to Polybius.
The letter to Helvia, composed of 20 sections, was written in 42 CE, when Seneca was 46 years old and had just been sent in exile to Corsica by the emperor Claudius, after having be condemned to death and then pardoned by the previous emperor, the madman Caligula. The charge was to have engaged in an extramarital affair with Julia Livilla, Caligula's sister. The accusation was likely trumped up for a personal vendetta: Julia had provoked the jealousy of the empress Messalina, Claudius' wife. Julia also was exiled, but she wasn't as lucky as Seneca, since her uncle Claudius ordered her death, probably by starvation.
As he did with Marcia, Seneca does allow for an initial, natural phase of grief in her mother: "I knew that I must not oppose your grief during its first transports, lest my very attempts at consolation might irritate it, and add fuel to it: for in diseases, also, there is nothing more hurtful than medicine applied too soon." He then goes on to say that it is now time for him to attempt to console her, hoping that the effort will succeed since it is her own son — who is, after all, the one experiencing the exile — that is trying to persuade her.
At II Seneca reminds his mother that she has been through worse, and that her past experiences have forged the temper of her character: "Let those whose feeble minds have been enervated by a long period of happiness, weep and lament for many days, and faint away on receiving the slightest blow: but those whose years have all been passed amid catastrophes should bear the severest losses with brave and unyielding patience." Apparently, some of these previous experiences, which Seneca recounts in some detail, had been quite recent: "less than twenty days after you had buried my child, who perished in your arms and amid your kisses, you heard that I had been exiled."
At III he reminds Helvia that "you have gained nothing by so many misfortunes, if you have not learned how to suffer," but at IV Seneca begins to reassure his mother: "I will make it clear to you that the events by which you think that I am overwhelmed, are not unendurable. … I will add, for your greater comfort, that it is not possible for me to be made miserable."
At V Seneca begins to explain Stoicism to his mother: "External circumstances have very little importance either for good or for evil: the wise man is neither elated by prosperity nor depressed by adversity; for he has always endeavoured to depend chiefly upon himself and to derive all his joys from himself. Do I, then, call myself a wise man? far from it." But he is, nonetheless, capable of applying Stoic doctrines to his current predicament.
We need "always to stand as it were on guard, and to mark the attacks and charges of Fortune long before she delivers them; she is only terrible to those whom she catches unawares; he who is always looking out for her assault, easily sustains it … No man loses anything by the frowns of Fortune unless he has been deceived by her smiles." (V)
In section VI Seneca engages in a discussion of what, exactly, his current predicament is: "let us consider what is meant by exile: clearly a changing from one place to another. That I may not seem to be narrowing its force, and taking away its worst parts, I must add, that this changing of place is accompanied by poverty, disgrace, and contempt." He then engages in a version of the view from above, to help him put things in perspective for his distraught mother: "'It is unbearable,' men say, 'to lose one's native land.' Look, I pray you, on these vast crowds, for whom all the countless roofs of Rome can scarcely find shelter: the greater part of those crowds have lost their native land: they have flocked hither from their country towns and colonies, and in fine from all parts of the world." (VI) Indeed, he even turns things around on his own position: "examine wildernesses and the most rugged islands, Sciathus and Seriphus, Gyarus and Corsica: you will find no place of exile where someone does not dwell for his own pleasure." (Gyarus, incidentally, is where Musonius Rufus, Epictetus' teacher, will later be exiled by Nero, the same emperor, of course, who got Seneca killed.)
That line of thought is continued at VII, broadening the perspective even more: "you will see that whole tribes and nations have changed their abodes. What is the meaning of Greek cities in the midst of barbarous districts? Or of the Macedonian language existing among the Indians and the Persians? … In all cases it is clear that nothing remains in the same place in which it was born: the movement of the human race is perpetual: in this vast world some changes take place daily." Seneca then zoomed back onto Corsica itself, telling his mother that "the Ligurians came over into this same island, and also the Spaniards, which is proved by the resemblance of their customs: for they wear the same head-coverings and the same sort of shoes as the Cantabrians, and some of their words are the same: for by association with Greeks and Ligurians they have entirely lost their native speech."
VIII presents us with an interesting list of metaphysical possibilities regarding who or what is responsible for the happenings of the universe: "Believe me, this is the work of whoever was the Creator of the universe, whether he be an all-powerful deity, an incorporeal mind which effects vast works, a divine spirit by which all things from the greatest to the smallest are equally pervaded, or fate and an unalterable connected sequence of events," the latter being a direct reference to the Stoic notion of a cosmic web of cause-effect. Whoever or whatever the cause, "no place of banishment can be found in the whole world in which man cannot find a home."
At IX he tells Helvia that "no place can be narrow, if it contains such a company of the greatest virtues ; no exile can be irksome in which one can be attended by these companions," which is a statement of the sufficiency of virtue for a eudaimonic (if not necessarily pleasant) life.
True, says Seneca at X, Corsica doesn't offer all the luxuries and delicacies of Rome. But "how unhappy are they whose appetite can only be aroused by costly food! And the costliness of food depends not upon its delightful flavor and sweetness of taste, but upon its rarity and the difficulty of procuring it … Food is to be found everywhere, and has been placed by Nature in every part the world, but they pass it by as though they were blind, and wander through all countries, cross the seas, and excite at a great cost the hunger which they might allay at a small one … Why do you amass fortune after fortune? Are you unwilling to remember how small our bodies are? Is it not frenzy and the wildest insanity to wish for so much when you can contain so little?"
XI has one of the nicest summaries of the Stoic take on the subject at hand: "Even a place of exile suffices to provide one with necessaries; whole kingdoms do not suffice to provide one with superfluities." Remember that, the next time you think your life is ruined because you couldn't get the latest iPhone model yet…
At XV Seneca uses the well known Stoic metaphor of our lives being a battle with Fortuna, later put to use also by both Epictetus and Marcus: "the harder these things are to bear, the more virtue you must summon to your aid, and the more bravely you must struggle as it were with an enemy whom you know well, and whom you have already often conquered."
I find XVI particularly interesting because it is yet another textual disconfirmation that the Stoics counseled the suppression of emotions: "while it is a foolish weakness to give way to endless grief when you lose one of those dearest to you, yet it shows an unnatural hardness of heart to express no grief at all: the best middle course between affection and hard common sense is both to feel regret and to restrain it." To feel regret, but to restrain it seems both very human and very sensible.
At XVII he tells his mother that it is to no avail to simply try to get distracted from grief: "a grief which has been deceived and driven away either by pleasure or by business rises again, and its period of rest does but give it strength for a more terrible attack; but a grief which has been conquered by reason is appeased forever."
Finally, at XX, he tells Helvia that there is no cause for distress, because he is more than well, given the circumstances: "I am as joyous and cheerful as in my best days: indeed these days are my best, because my mind is relieved from all pressure of business and is at leisure to attend to its own affairs, and at one time amuses itself with lighter studies, at another eagerly presses its inquiries into its own nature and that of the universe." Intriguing that Seneca should try to turn around his misfortune and use it to his advantage (reminiscent of Marcus' "the obstacle is the way" approach): being exiled, he doesn't have to deal with the usual annoyances and social niceties of life in Rome. He can focus on what matters most to him: his philosophy and the cultivation of his virtue.
This entry was posted in Seneca, other on January 13, 2017 by Massimo.
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