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Rockland Trust Company v. Langone (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-098-17)
SJC-12129
ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY vs. ROBERT J. LANGONE.
Suffolk. February 7, 2017. – June 1, 2017.
Present: Gants, C.J., Lenk, Hines, Gaziano, Lowy, & Budd, JJ.
Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. Practice, Civil, Counterclaim and cross-claim, Motion to dismiss. District Court, Jurisdiction, One-trial system.
Civil action commenced in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk on January 6, 2016.
The case was considered by Spina, J.
Jason W. Morgan for the plaintiff.
Dana Alan Curhan for the defendant.
LOWY, J. The question before us is whether, pursuant to G. L. c. 218, §§ 19 and 19A, a District Court judge may grant a plaintiff's motion to dismiss a compulsory counterclaim under Mass R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (10), as appearing in 450 Mass. 1403 (2008), because the counterclaim is reasonably likely to result in the recovery of more than $ 25,000. We conclude that the judge may not.
Background. The dispute between the parties stems from two promissory notes executed in 1984 and 1987 to Rockland Trust Company (Rockland) from the Aunyx Corporation, of which the defendant, Robert Langone, was a former officer and principal owner. Alleging that Langone was a guarantor for the notes, Rockland sued Langone in the District Court in 2003, after Aunyx defaulted. Langone filed counterclaims asserting damages of $ 6,500. Initially, Rockland prevailed, but, for reasons not relevant here, the judgment was later vacated in 2014.
Subsequently, Langone brought an additional counterclaim, asserting damages of $ 110,000. Citing rule 12 (b) (10), and G. L. c. 218, §§ 19 and 19A (b), Rockland moved to dismiss the counterclaim[1] arguing that the District Court could not proceed with a counterclaim in excess of $ 25,000.[2] The judge denied the motion, concluding that she had discretion to retain the case. Rockland appealed to a single justice of the county court under G. L. c. 211, § 3, who denied its petition without a hearing. Rockland appealed to the full court.
"Because the issue raised relates to the efficient administration of justice in the trial courts, we have elected to decide the case under our power of general superintendence, G. L. c. 211, § 3, second par." Sperounes v. Farese, 449 Mass. 800, 802 (2007). We affirm the single justice's denial of Rockland's petition.
Discussion. Generally, the District Court may proceed with a case "only if there is no reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $ 25,000." G. L. c. 218, § 19.[3] See G. L. c. 218, § 19A (b).[4] This limitation is, however, merely procedural, not jurisdictional. Sperounes, 449 Mass. at 806-807. See G. L. c. 218, § 19 (vesting District Court with "original jurisdiction of civil actions for money damages," but providing that actions "may proceed" only if no reasonable likelihood plaintiff will recover more than $ 25,000). If a defendant makes a timely objection to a plaintiff's claim that is reasonably likely to obtain more than $ 25,000, the judge must dismiss the claim without prejudice. Sperounes, supra. If, however, the defendant does not assert the procedural limit as a defense in a timely manner, the District Court judge may, in his or her discretion, retain the case. Id. at 807.[5]
Rockland contends that a District Court judge may not proceed with a compulsory counterclaim in excess of the $ 25,000 procedural amount set forth in § 19 when the amount is timely asserted as a defense. Because the procedural amount in § 19 applies to the potential recovery "by the plaintiff," Rockland's argument requires interpreting "plaintiff" to include a plaintiff-in-counterclaim. G. L. c. 218, § 19. We decline to adopt this interpretation. Based on the plain language of the statute and the legislative history of the one-trial system in Massachusetts, we conclude that the Legislature intended for the District Court to proceed with cases properly before it, even if a compulsory counterclaim exceeds the procedural amount of § 19.
Plain meaning of §§ 19 and 19A. Whether §§ 19 and 19A require dismissal of counterclaims seeking more than $ 25,000 in the District Court is a question of statutory interpretation, which we review de novo. Meikle v. Nurse, 474 Mass. 207, 209 (2016). Our primary goal in statutory interpretation is to "effectuate the intent of the Legislature in enacting" the statute (citation omitted). Libertarian Ass'n of Mass. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 462 Mass. 538, 550 (2012). "The language of a statute is interpreted in accordance with its plain meaning, and if the language is clear and unambiguous, it is conclusive as to the intent of the legislature" (citation omitted). Meikle, supra at 210.
"Plaintiff," as the term is ordinarily used, does not include plaintiffs-in-counterclaim. The plain meaning of the term "plaintiff" is "[t]he party who brings a civil suit in a court of law." Black's Law Dictionary 1336 (10th ed. 2014). When a defendant files a compulsory counterclaim against a plaintiff, the plaintiff is still the individual responsible for initiating the suit.
Further, when the Legislature has intended to address plaintiffs-in-counterclaim, it has done so explicitly. For example, in G. L. c. 21E, § 4A (h), the Legislature defined "plaintiff" to include an "original plaintiff, third-party plaintiff, plaintiff-in-counterclaim and plaintiff-in-crossclaim." Similarly, in G. L. c. 231, § 104, where the Legislature made removal procedures available to a plaintiff-in-counterclaim,[6] the Legislature explicitly referred to a "plaintiff against whom a claim, counterclaim, or cross-claim" had been brought. By contrast, § 19 refers only to "the plaintiff." Because of the ordinary meaning of "plaintiff" and because the Legislature has specified when procedural rules should apply to plaintiffs-in-counterclaim, we do not interpret the plaining meaning of § 19 to include plaintiffs-in-counterclaim.[7]
Legislative intent of the one-trial system. Allowing the District Court to proceed with a counterclaim that exceeds the procedural amount in § 19 is consistent with the Legislative intent behind the one-trial system and our prior interpretation of the enacting Legislation.
In 2004, the Legislature enacted a Statewide "one-trial system for civil cases." Sperounes, 449 Mass. at 800, citing St. 2004, c. 252. The one-trial system took effect gradually, at first applicable only in select counties, and eventually expanded to apply Statewide. See Ravnikar v. Bogojavlensky, 438 Mass. 627, 632 n.7 (2003). See also St. 1996, c. 358; St. 2000, c. 142; St. 2002, c. 70; St. 2004, c. 252. The "intent or purpose of the one-trial system [is] to increase the efficacy of trials in the District and Superior Courts over the inefficient remand-removal system that had previously been in effect." Zizza v. Zizza, 456 Mass. 401, 407 (2010).
One of the primary mechanisms for increasing the efficiency of trials is the expansion of the jurisdiction of the District Court. The one-trial system gives the District Court "the same equitable powers and jurisdiction as is provided for the [S]uperior [C]ourt" for cases that were previously subject to the remand-removal system. Herman v. Home Depot, 436 Mass. 210, 214 (2002). See Ravnikar, 438 Mass. at 634 ("[T]he District Court may exercise the same equitable powers and jurisdiction as the Superior Court to resolve the entire case"). The one-trial system further authorizes the District Court to hold jury trials, with six jurors. See G. L. c. 218, § 19B (a).
In enacting the jurisdiction of the District Court as part of the one-trial system, the Legislature rendered certain provisions of the remand-removal system, including G. L. c. 231, § 104, no longer applicable. See St. 2004 c. 252, § 22 (G. L. c. 231, §§ 102C, 103, 104, 104A, 106, and 107, "shall not apply to civil actions commenced in the [D]istrict [C]ourt, Boston [M]unicipal [C]ourt, and [S]uperior [C]ourt [D]epartments on or after August 31, 2004").[8] Section 104 allowed, among other things, a plaintiff against whom a counterclaim was brought, or a defendant asserting a compulsory counterclaim, to "file in the [D]istrict [C]ourt . . . a claim of trial by the [S]uperior [C]ourt," if the counterclaim exceeded $ 25,000. G. L. c. 231, § 104. On receiving a timely request, the District Court clerk transmitted the papers and fees to the clerk of the Superior Court for the case to "proceed as though then originally entered there." Id. If the right of removal was "not properly exercised [the case was] tried in the [D]istrict [C]ourt." Id.
By rendering § 104 no longer applicable to the one-trial system, the Legislature eliminated the mechanism by which a defendant-in-counterclaim (i.e., the plaintiff) could remove a suit to the Superior Court because the counterclaim sought more than $ 25,000. In St. 1996, c. 358, § 8, the Legislature made clear its intention that such cases proceed in the District Court by stating that, in the applicable counties, all such actions that were "formerly subject to . . . removal and appeal, pursuant to [G. L. c. 231, §§ 97-107],[[9]] shall be subject to one trial, with or without a jury of six, in the [D]istrict [C]ourt" (emphasis added). See St. 2000, c. 142 (expanding effect of St. 1996, c. 358, to additional counties); St. 2002, c. 70 (same). In 2004, the Legislature rendered § 104 inapplicable throughout the Commonwealth. St. 2004 c. 252, § 22. Accordingly, if grounds for removal would have existed under the remand-removal system, which included § 104, the Legislature's explicit command now requires that, under the one-trial system, the case proceed in the District Court.
This interpretation is also supported by the expansion of District Court's jurisdiction as part of the enactment of the one-trial system. See Ravnikar, 438 Mass. at 633-634. Significantly, § 19 grants the District Court original jurisdiction of all "civil actions for money damages," and only procedurally limits claims in excess of $ 25,000. G. L. c. 218, § 19. See Sperounes, 449 Mass. at 806. It follows that the Legislature intended the District Court to have the ability to try cases in which a counterclaim seeks more than $ 25,000. We have also interpreted the one-trial system to allow the District Court to decide a claim "which would normally fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court, as long as at least one other claim in the same action is within the traditional jurisdiction of the District Court." Ravnikar, supra at 634.
Under the old remand-removal system of G. L. c. 231, Rockland would have been able to remove the case, pursuant to § 104, to the Superior Court based on Langone's compulsory counterclaim seeking more than $ 25,000. Pursuant to the one-trial system, however, the Legislature intended that such claims remain in the District Court. Further, requiring the District Court to dismiss Langone's counterclaim and refile it in the Superior Court "would create 'the anomalous situation of requiring bifurcated claims,' at the District Court and Superior Court levels, 'with separate trials and appeals.'" Ravnikar, 438 Mass. at 634, quoting Herman, 436 Mass. at 215.[10] Such a requirement cannot be reconciled with the Legislature's goal of a "one-trial system." Zizza, 456 Mass. at 407.
Conclusion. Given the plain language of §§ 19 and 19A and the purpose of the one-trial system, the District Court may proceed with a case properly before it, where a counterclaim exceeds the $ 25,000 procedural limit. We therefore affirm the single justice's denial of Rockland's G. L. c. 211, § 3, petition.
[1] The parties do not address whether Langone's counterclaim is compulsory or permissive. Langone's allegation of fraud, seeking $ 110,000, stems from purported collaboration between Rockland and another Aunyx employee to issue a "loan proceeds check payable to [the employee], instead of Aunyx." It appears that the loan proceeds check relates to the same promissory notes at issue in Rockland's allegations. Accordingly, we treat Langone's counterclaim as compulsory and do not address the application of Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (10), as appearing in 450 Mass. 1403 (2008), and G. L. c. 218, §§ 19 and 19A, in the context of permissive counterclaims.
[2] The parties do not dispute that Langone is reasonably likely to receive more than $ 25,000 should he prevail on the counterclaim. See G. L. c. 218, § 19.
[3] General Laws c. 218, § 19, provides, in relevant part:
"Except as otherwise provided by law, the [D]istrict [C]ourt and Boston [M]unicipal [C]ourt [D]epartments shall have original jurisdiction of civil actions for money damages. The actions may proceed in the courts only if there is no reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $ 25,000, or an amount ordered from time to time by the [S]upreme [J]udicial [C]ourt."
[4] General Laws c. 218, § 19A (b), provides, in relevant part:
"If it appears to the court from the statement of damages by the plaintiff that there is no reasonable likelihood that the estimated damages will be consistent with the civil money damage limits of the court, as set forth in [§] 19, the judge, after receiving written responses from the parties and after a hearing, if requested by any party, may dismiss the case without prejudice for failure to comply with the requirements of said [§] 19 regarding the amount necessary for proceeding in the [D]istrict [C]ourt or Boston [M]unicipal [C]ourt [D]epartments."
[5] The parties also dispute whether Rockland's assertion of the procedural amount defense was timely. Because we conclude the rule 12 (b) (10) motion was properly denied on other grounds, infra, it is unnecessary to resolve the timeliness of Rockland's response.
[6] As discussed infra, the Legislature has since rendered this mechanism for removal unavailable.
[7] Rockland also argues rule 12 (b) (10) explicitly applies to counterclaims. We disagree. First, rule 12 (b) (10) allows, in relevant part, a motion to dismiss based on an "[i]mproper amount of damages . . . in the District Court as set forth in G. L. c. 218, § 19." Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (10). The basis for dismissal under rule 12 (b) (10) is coextensive with § 19. Thus, because our interpretation of "plaintiff" in § 19 does not include plaintiffs-in-counterclaim, neither does rule 12 (b) (10).
Second, this interpretation does not render meaningless the reference to counterclaims in rule 12 (b), as suggested by Rockland. By stating that the defenses enumerated in rule 12 (b) may be used in defense of various claims, including counterclaims, rule 12 (b) does not purport to expand the circumstances in which each defense may apply. Rather, rule 12 (b) allows a party to assert by motion one of the enumerated defenses when the defense is substantively available. Because rule 12 (b) (10) is coextensive with § 19, a motion to dismiss pursuant to rule 12 (b) (10) is not substantively available for counterclaims. The term "counterclaim" is not rendered meaningless in rule 12 (b) because one of the ten enumerated defenses does not apply to compulsory counterclaims.
[8] The one-trial system as set forth in St. 2004, c. 252, § 23, applies to all proceedings in the enumerated trial court departments subsequent to August 31, 2004, even if the suit commenced before 2004.
[9] Prior to St. 2004, c. 252, the one-trial system legislation rendered G. L. c. 231, §§ 97-107, ineffective. St. 1996, c. 358, § 8. That act rendered G. L. c. 231, §§ 102C, 103, 104, 104A, 106, and 107, inoperable, while making modifications to other sections of the former remand-removal system. See, e.g., St. 2004, c. 252, §§ 13, 14.
[10] Rockland argues that the Superior Court would have the ability to consolidate the smaller, original claim from the District Court with the Superior Court claim. Although Rockland did not specify the appropriate mechanism, counsel appears to have been referring to G. L. c. 223, § 2B. Section 2B provides that the Superior Court "may" order the transfer of an action from the District Court if the actions are "between the same parties" and "aris[e] out of . . . the same . . . event or transaction" (emphasis added). G. L. c. 233, § 2B. Section 2B presumes that the separate claims are already filed in different trial court departments and cannot be fairly read to require dismissal of a properly joined compulsory counterclaim pending in a single trial court department, so that the counterclaim may be refiled in another. Further, the transfer rule under § 2B is permissive, not mandatory, meaning that Rockland's interpretation could result in two actions stemming from the same facts proceeding in separate departments of the trial court. Such a possibility is plainly contrary to the Legislature's goal to increase efficiency and the expansion of the District Court's jurisdiction under the one-trial system. See Zizza, 456 Mass. at 407.
Posted by Massachusetts Legal Resources - June 2, 2017 at 7:38 am
Categories: News Tags: 1009817, Company, Langone, Lawyers, Rockland, Trust, Weekly


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Q: lambda@edge timeout and s3 image processing I use a lambda@edge function to resize images on the fly. this works quite well - except when calling this function f.e. 5x at the same time. then the lookup for the image on s3 takes ~4 seconds. since lambda@edge functions only have a max. timeout of 5s, I have only 1s left which is way too little to process an image.
So I was asking myself, why is the limit sooo low at 5s?
Maybe I can optimize the s3-lookup for the image which takes 4s when calling the function multiple times (when only calling it for 1 image, its really fast at 200ms).
s3 lookup:
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A: Ok, I just found out, that the an origin response can have a timeout up to 30s. So I can increase it.

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All Objects Great and Small
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The Farmland Museum is home to a wide variety of objects that reflect farming and rural life in Cambridgeshire. Take a closer look at some of the smallest and one of the largest items in our collections.
Buttons and buckles on display in the Village Shop
In the mid-twentieth century, most women would have made their own clothes. Picking up a card of buttons from a village shop would have allowed the amateur dressmaker to complete their creations.
Carded set of red buttons from the Village Shop display. Each button measures no more than one inch in diameter
These red round buttons have an incised decoration. On one side there is an eight-pointed flower, on the other a four-leaved flower. The manufacturer claims that these designs are not only 'fashionable' but that their reversibility also offers 'two in one' value. The shortage of textiles for civilian clothing during the Second World War (1939 –1945) and the government's 'make do and mend' message encouraged people to refresh old garments. Replacing the buttons would be one relatively quick and affordable way of achieving this. Buttons could also be recycled and were frequently stored at home in a tin for re-use.
Carded set of black buttons
The backing card for these three square black buttons assures the buyer that they are of the 'latest design'. Whilst many women in rural areas did not have access to city boutiques and department stores, they could create new styles of dress at home. Sewing was part of a girl's elementary education, newspapers carried advertisements for paper patterns, and magazines would sometimes include a free pattern.
Carded set of green buttons
This set of four round green buttons labelled 'Glamor' were manufactured by Welsh Products Limited in Glamorgan. The company made a range of buttons in different, colours, designs, and materials. Former female employees report that they were paid by the gross for sewing the buttons onto the backing cards.1 Priced at one shilling, these small pieces of decorative history open a window onto the lives and material world of women in the mid-twentieth century.
Turning now to one of the largest items in the Farmland Museum's collections, the McCormick International Harvester Farmall M tractor.
McCormick International Harvester Farmall M row-crop tractor
American International Harvester Corporation (IH) was one of the largest and most successful producers of tractors. It opened factories in Liverpool, Doncaster, and Bradford to assemble tractors for the British market.
One reason for the company's success was its early standardisation of power take-off which connects the tractor's engine to other attached machines including ploughs and seed drills. This gave IH a lead on its competitors who were slower to use this technology.
The decal (label) on our tractor shows IH's trademark which was designed by Raymond Loewy in the late 1930s.2
Detail of McCormick International Harvester Farmall M
The streamlined, rounded radiator grille shell and horizontal barred grille were also styled by Loewy and were to become considered a design classic.
IH changed its traditional grey paint scheme in 1936 to red. This bright colour made the tractors more visible to other motorists as they became increasingly used on public roads. The effect of the high specifications and design made the tractor popular with buyers and, more recently, with visitors to the museum.
1 Old Merthyr Tydfil Website Forum, www.oldmerthyr1.proboards.com/thread/204/button-factory [accessed 06/12/2020].
2 John Carroll, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Tractors & Farm Machinery, Lorenz Books, 2013, p. 162.
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Four decades ago a massive uranium deposit was discovered in southern Virginia. This gave rise to one of my first assignments as a lawyer in private practice.
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We are more than any of the states we enter into, no matter how highly we may have considered any of those states. Even if we imagine that we have reached, or can reach, the highest state of intelligence and action - that which we call the divine - it is we who enter it. So an understanding of the states into which we go cannot be had until we recognize that there is That in us which goes through them all; then we must try to understand what that something is, and in this endeavor begin right where we now are; we cannot start from any other place or position than where we are at any time.
Dreaming state is known to be a very short state as contrasted with the waking state. It is known that we can dream and experience through what seems to represent a very long period of time in the dream, though the state last but a few seconds by the clock. There is a portion, by far the greater portion, of the "night's rest" which is only known to us (in waking state) as "dreamless sleep." This is merely the slumber of the body. The body is then almost as if one had left it entirely. Yet the entity must be in contact somewhere, for he is existent all the time, and is conscious - the same identity. Were this not true, we would not wake, or on awakening there would be a new being altogether.
We know nothing about sleep, although we say that we experience it. What we know is that we are getting sleepy - that is, that the body is growing exhausted - but sleep never comes to us. We are awake in the day-time; we are conscious; we think. But our power to see and know when awake is applied almost exclusively to external things of a material kind, so that what we call knowledge - waking knowledge - is, practically, an application of all our powers to physical existence, and to that alone. When we sleep, what takes place?
We have within us in abeyance, but not forgotten, not inaccessible, all that knowledge. It is recorded, impacted, in our imperishable nature as truly as any record can possibly be made - everything that we have been through, every degree of experience, of knowledge, that we have ever acquired. When we sleep - that is, when the body sleeps - we go back to that fountain of knowledge which is within ourselves; and "wake up" in the morning none the wiser. How can it be that, possessing such knowledge, possessing the powers that belong to immortal Spirit, to divine Intelligence, we nevertheless cannot use them, are not even aware of their existence in us?
We have so thought and acted while in the body as to produce finally an instrument that is not in accord with our own real nature. We have put the power of our intelligence upon a consideration and use of material things - things that appertain to a lower state of being than our own - and so have become involved in them. The brain that we use is responsive almost entirely to these lower ideas; so that when we return into it, upon awakening, there is nothing in that brain which will take the slightest impression or record of those states of consciousness through which we have passed.
If we are beings who have passed through higher states during sleep, how are we ever going to regain a knowledge of these possessions? If we are told that we are divine in nature, not earthly; that we have an immense past; that we have planes of consciousness higher than this and powers of action on those planes - what does that do for us? What does that impart to us? What does that arouse in us? Does it not make us look at life from a different standpoint than the one we have hitherto been accustomed to take?
It is not what we go through that counts; but what we learn from it. Knowledge is what we should desire; not comforts nor station. We desire to know, for in knowing we perceive the right things to do, the right thoughts to hold. As we are thinking all the time, we are thinking either good or evil or indifferent thoughts; our actions are good, evil or indifferent according to our thoughts. If we begin to think aright, we give direction to that Spiritual Force which is the very essence of our nature. Let a man think aright, let him think and act unselfishly, and just so surely as he does that he opens up the channels of his brain to a greater and greater perception and realization of his own nature. When he reaches a certain point he is able to perceive that whether the body is awake or asleep or dreaming, or whether the body has passed through the state called death - there is no cessation for him.
Supposing we were able to pass from waking to dreaming, from dreaming to sleeping, from sleeping to death, from death to re-birth in another body - and able to go through all these states and changes without a single break of memory, so that we could not only carry the memory intact from lower to higher states, but bring it through with us from higher to lower states, through every plane, bringing back the knowledge into this or another body - what would we be? Then we would know just what we are. We would know the relation of this plane to every other. We could read the hearts of men. We could help them to take a greater and higher stand. We should no longer be deluded by the ideas which impel the majority of men. We would no longer struggle for place or position. We would struggle only for knowledge, for possessions of every kind in order that we might be the better able to help and teach others. We would sojourn with Deity all the time, whether in a body or out of it.
It is to arouse man to an understanding of his own nature and to the right use of his powers that Theosophy has been brought to him again, as it has been brought in period after period by Those who are greater than we are - Those who have passed through the same stages we are now passing through - our Elder Brothers, the Christs of all times, the Divine Incarnations. It is They who come to remind us of our own natures; to remind us and to arouse us to action, so that what we really are may be known to us and expressed by us here on this lowest physical plane, on which we are working out our destiny - a destiny made by ourselves, a destiny which can only be changed by ourselves, by the very power of that Spirit which we are.
No one can know anything for another. Each one has to know for himself. Each one has to do his own learning. The object of Theosophy is to teach man what he is, to show man what he is, and to present to him the necessity of his knowing for himself. No vicarious atonement, no vicarious transmission of knowledge, is possible. But the direction in which knowledge lies may be pointed out; the steps which will lead us in that direction may be shown, as can be done only by those who have passed that way before. It is exactly what is being done. It is the course of all Saviors of humanity. It is the doctrine of Krishna, of Buddha, of Jesus, no less than the doctrine of H. P. Blavatsky. The two teachings that the West is most urgently in need of are those of Karma and Reincarnation, the doctrines of hope and responsibility - Karma, the doctrine of responsibility means that whatever a man sows he shall also reap -; Reincarnation, the doctrine of hope, means that - whatever he is reaping - there never will be a time when he may not sow better seed. The very fact of suffering is a blessing. Karma and Reincarnation show us that suffering is brought about by wrong thought and action; through our suffering we may be brought to a realization that a wrong course has been pursued. We learn through our suffering.
Life is one grand school of Being, and we have come to that stage where it is time for us to learn to understand the purpose of existence; to grasp our whole nature firmly; to use every means in our power in every direction - waking, dreaming, sleeping, or in any other state - to bring the whole of our nature into accord, so that our lower instrument may be "in line" and thus more and more fully reflect our divine inner nature.
The above text is reproduced from the book "The Friendly Philosopher", by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Company, 1945, 416 pp., pp. 258-263.


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A méh (uterus) rendeltetése a megtermékenyített pete befogadásában áll, hogy benne a magzat kifejlődjön, majd érettségét elérve megszülessen. A méh egyrészt fellazult nyálkahártyájával és a méhlepény anyai részének alkotása útján táplálja a fejlődő magzatot, másrészt pedig a magzat érettségének elérésekor, izomfalának összehúzódásaival biztosítja annak világra jöttét, megszületését.

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Az emberi méh (uterus), nem szült állapotban formára nézve némileg körtéhez hasonlítható; homlokirányban lapult, körülbelül 1 centiméter vastag erős, tömött simaizomsejtekből alkotott fala van, mely az aránylag igen szűk, háromszögletű, haránt irányba résszerűen ellaposodott, méhüreget (cavum uteri) fogja közre. Megkülönböztetjük rajta a felfelé domború méhfenéket (fundus uteri), egy alsó keskenyebb részt méhnyak  (cervix uteri) és az ezek között fekvő méhtestet (corpus uteri). A nem szült méh átlagosan 7 centiméter hosszú, szülés után 1 cm-el hosszabb marad , fenekén 4 cm, nyakánál 2,5 cm széles; a kis medencében a húgyhólyag és végbél között fekszik, a kismedence oldalfalához a számos fontos képződményt tartalmazó hashártyaszalag, a  széles méhszalag (ligamentum latum uteri) rögzíti. Üregének három nyílása van: kettő oldalt és fent a méh fenekénél, amelyekbe a két oldalról jövő petevezetékek (tuba uterina) nyílnak, alsó részében pedig a méh nyakánál az ún. belső méhszáj,(orificium internum uteri) mely a nyakcsatornán (canalis cervicis) át a hüvelybe (vagina) nyílik. A méh nyaka körülbelül 3 cm hosszú, ürege az előbb említett nyíláson a méh üregével, másik nyílásával, az ún. külső méhszáj (ostium uteri) útján a hüvellyel közlekedik. A méh nyakának alsó vége a külső méhszájjal egy rövid darabon szabadon benyúlik a hüvely üregébe, ez a méhnyak hüvelyi része (portio vaginalis uteri). Az egész uterus a hüvely tengelyéhez viszonyítottan előredőlt helyzetben van (anteversio), ezen túlmenően a méhnyak hossztengelyéhez képest a méhtest előrehajlik (anteflexio). Ebből adódik a méh jellegzetes anteverziós-flexiós helyzete, aminek következtében a méh ürege közel a vízszintes síkban helyezkedik el. (Normál húgyhólyagteltség mellett.)

Falszerkezete
Az uterus testének fala főleg tömött, hálózatos szerkezetű simaizomból, áll ami nagyon sok eret tartalmaz. Az izomzatban leíró anatómiai módszerekkel nem lehet jól meghatározott rétegeket megkülönböztetni. Elől és hátul hashártya borítja, üregét nyálkahártya béleli, amelynek alaprétege (stratum basale) részben be is terjed a belső izomrostok közé és nem lökődik le, a fölötte lévő réteg (stratum funkcionale) állandó változásokat mutat (ösztrogén és progeszteron hatás) a menstruációs ciklus során, amelynek végén vérzés kíséretében lelökődik. Ezt követően a visszamaradt sebfelszín behámosodik, és megkezdődik a méhnyálkahártya újraépülése. A méhnyak falszerkezete és nyálkahártyája szövettanilag és funkcionálisan is lényegesen eltér a méhtest falszerkezetétől és nyálkahártyájától. A méhnyak falában sok a kötőszövetes rost, ami hormonális hatásra történő fellazulásával szüléskor elősegíti a méhszáj tágulását. A méhnyak nyálkahártyája nem lökődik le menstruációkor, és olyan mirigyeket tartalmaz, amelyek a nyakcsatornát elzáró nyákdugót hozzák létre. Ez megakadályozza a kórokozók felhatolását, ugyanakkor nem képez áthatolhatatlan gátat a spermiumok előtt.

Hashártyaviszonyai, rögzítése

A méh elülső felszínét a méhtest-méhnyak határáig, hátsó felszínét a hátsó hüvelyboltozattal (fornix vaginae posterior) való kapcsolódásáig hashártya (peritoneum) borítja. Az utóbbi helyen a hashártya a hátsó hüvelyboltozatra is ráterjed (excavatio rectouterina; Douglas-üreg). Ennek fontos jelentősége van, mert így a hashártyaüreg (cavum peritoneale) legmélyebb részén felhalmozódó folyadék (vér, gyulladásos folyadék) kitapintható, illetve megfelelő  lecsapoló (punkciós) tűvel abból minta vehető, vagy gyógyítási céllal lecsapolható. Az uterus rögzítésében függesztő és alátámasztó rendszert szokás megkülönböztetni. Az előbbiekhez tartoznak a különböző szalagok, amelyek a széles méhszalag állományában futnak. Ezek közül a legfontosabbak az uterust a kismedence falához illetve az ott található képződményekhez rögzítő haránt kötőszövetes köteg (ligamentum transversum seu cardinale uteri), valamint a tubaszögletből kiinduló kerek méhszalag (ligamentum teres uteri) és a petefészekhez futó szalag (ligamentum ovarii proprium). A hátra futó - Douglas- üreget határoló - két hashártyaredő (plica rectouterina) szintén tartalmaz a rögzítést szolgáló kötőszövetes rostkötegeket. Ma a legfontosabb rögzítő rendszernek az uterus alátámasztó készülékét tartják. Ez a sajátosan merev falú hüvelyen keresztül a gát elülső részére (diaphragma urogenitale) történő támaszkodást jelenti. (Nem véletlen, hogy szülések után is a gát helyreállítására helyezik a fő hangsúlyt.)

Vérellátása

Az uterus vérellátását a belső csípőerekből kapja, nőkben az utóbbiaknak ezek a legerősebb ágai. Az anyaméh fő verőerei (arteria uterina) a belső csipöverőerekből (arteria iliaca interna seu arteria hypogastrica) eredő fő méhartériák a kismedence oldalfala felől  - a széles méhszalag alsó részén - vízszintesen a méhnyak-méhtest oldalsó határához futnak. Itt kisebb ágat adnak le a hüvely felé, majd a méhtest két szélén fölfelé futva látják el a méh állományát. Ez utóbbi szakaszuk jellegzetesen erősen kanyargós lefutású, ami lehetővé teszi, hogy kövessék a terhességkor erősen megnövekedő anyaméh méretváltozásait. Fent ágakat adnak a petevezetékhez és a petefészekhez, utóbbi ágakon keresztül kapcsolatba kerülnek a petefészket ellátó artériával (ateria ovarica). Visszerei egy kiterjedt kismedencei vénás fonatrendszeren keresztül a belső csípővénába ömlenek (vena iliaca interna seu hypogastrica).

A széles méhszalag
A széles méhszalag (ligamentum latum uteri) az anyaméh két oldalán elhelyezkedő, lefelé szélesedő (háztetőszerű) hashártyával borított képződmény. Felső szögletében a petevezeték (tuba uterina) fut kísérő artériájával együtt. A hátsó lemezéhez rögzül a petefészek (ovarium) és részben benne futnak az ovarium erei. Ugyancsak állományához tartoznak az uterus függesztő készülékeinél említett szalagok (ligamentum ovarii proprium, ligamentum teres uteri, ligamentum transversum uteri). Nagyon fontos képlete az előbb tárgyalt méhartéria (artéria uterina). A két hashártyalemez között található, a méh két oldalán lévő kötőszövetes teret - amelyek az előbbi képződményeken kívül - a méh nyirokelvezető rendszerét is tartalmazza, parametriumnak is nevezik. Klinikai jelentőségét az adja, hogy a méhből kiinduló kóros, gyulladásos vagy daganatos folyamatoknak ez a fő terjedési iránya. Részt vesz az uterus előtt (excavatio vesicouterina) és mögött (excavatio rectouterina; Douglas-üreg) hashártyával bélelt gödrök határolásában.

Források

 Donáth Tibor: Anatómiai nevek (Medicina Kiadó 2005) , helyes
 Henry Gray: Anatomy of the Human Body (Bartleby.com; Great Books Online)
 Lampé László: Szülészet-nőgyógyászat (Medicina kiadó Budapest 1987 )
 Szentágothai János - Réthelyi Miklós: Funkcionális anatómia (Medicina Kiadó 1989) .)
 Eldra P. Solomon - Richard R. Schmidt - Peter J. Adragna : Human Anatomy & Physiology Ed. 2nd 1990 (Sunders College Publishing, Philadelphia)

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Méhrepedés
 Női nemi szervek
 Méhlepény
 Petefészek
 Petevezeték
 Terhesség

További információk
 A Pallas nagy lexikona – Méh
 Blue Histology

Belső szervek
Urogenitális rendszer
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Masha Svyatogor: I create multi-layered narratives through photography
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"I create multi-layered narratives through photography, and in particular through collage, both digital and analog." In this interview, meet Masha Svyatogor, nominated for Futures by Fotofestiwal Lodz in 2020.
Masha Svyatogor (b. 1989) is a Belarusian visual artist based in Minsk. She debuted in 2017 with the solo exhibition 'Kurasoushchyna, My Love' in Minsk, Belarus. She works on personal long-term art projects relating to contemporary issues, post-soviet history, society, identity.
In her latest projects, the artist creates works, using official photos from magazines published in the USSR and her own photographs. Newly created images, based on communist symbols and typical forms of propaganda messages, show the Soviet culture in a surrealistic mirror.
Below, she told us more about her practice and inspirations:
Can you tell us a little bit about your inspirations? Which themes do you often work with?
I find inspiration in daily routine, in unattractive and weird things. Things that do not lend themselves to linear, unambiguous interpretations. My daily observations, my impressions and my imagination feed me a lot. I am also interested in things that are on the border between logic, order and absurdity, aesthetics and ugliness. In my work I seek to find the line where the rational, logical and reasonable transitions into the irrational and insane.
My works mainly refer to the Soviet and post-soviet history, society and identity. Although I deal mostly with everyday life in my practice, the result of my works sometimes look like fantastic and fictional worlds.
How do you see your relationship with the medium? How do you use photography to express your art?
My thesis at the university, for instance, was devoted to the study of the literary game in one of a modern novel. I think as an artist I also play with images, contexts, different historical and aesthetic traditions. I create multi-layered narratives through photography, and in particular through collage, both digital and analog. I believe that the possibilities of photography are enormous and so far I am interested in using this medium in my practice.
Do you have any ongoing (or more recent) project that you would like to share with us?
My recent work refers to the events taking place in my home country – Belarus. As in my previous project, I continue working with archives from the Soviet era.
For this work I collect the images of Soviet workers. The original pictures look very inspired and joyful, people on these portraits are full of enthusiasm and energy, they are ready for the hard work and production. So, I put these groups of people and individuals in the opposite context – strike, resistance and struggle, related to the situation in Belarus after the presidential elections. We exist now in a tough political and humanitarian crisis. Six months of the protests demanding new and fair elections and stopping state violence.
Unfortunately, the general strike of workers did not happen, largely due to harsh repression against people by the state. Nevertheless, Belarusians do not stop protesting, they take to the streets in different parts of our country even in severe weather conditions and show their position. Through this work I wanted to support Belarusian workers on strike.
We have been facing a lot of challenges this year. How do you see this moment for art? Is it changing your practice?
For me now, it's quite difficult to assess and articulate the impact of the ongoing changes on art and our life. Certainly, this negatively influenced the financial situation of artists. Their position is more precarious than ever, and they really need support. At the same time these challenges can set new tasks and open up unpredictable opportunities and prospects. The current changes are so rapid, that I just do not have time for reflections.
As I mentioned, the pandemic coincided with the political crisis in Belarus, so Belarusians are really affected due to the state terror and violence in my country. Apart from the fact that because of the pandemic it seems like you are stuck in one endless day, you have to overcome and deal with the daily stress and anxiety. Therefore, the most important thing for me now is to take care of my mental health in order to find energy for making art and producing new work.
Can you share with us some of your plans for the future? Do you have any new project in mind?
To be honest, I do not have any ambitious plans at the moment. I'm going to make a zin with my work "Everybody dance!" and most likely I'll produce a new work for the next edition of Fotofestiwal Lodz. I was invited to Lodz for a 1-month residency, but due to the Covid situation I will stay and work at home.
What do you expect from this experience as a Futures talent?
I really expect new possibilities and propositions, collaborations, experiments. It also would be great to increase my visibility, to showcase my work to a wider audience, to get support and establish networking with institutions.
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