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Historical Safed
City Of Kabbalah
Biblical And Roman Times
Holyland 1099-1291
Crusader Period
16th Century Safed
Plagues And Earthquakes
Quakes in Safed
Safed Earthquake 1837
Historical Synagogues
Rabbi Karo
Rabbi Cordovero
Rabbi Vital
Rabbi Beirav
Rabbi Luria
Abbo Family History
19th Century Abbos
Citadel Restoration
Safed in the 19th Century
One interesting way to look at the history of Safed is to see it through the historic families who lived there. One family, the Abbo Family, traces their family heritage in Safed back five generations. Understanding their family background, and learning more about their time in Safed sheds light on the history of the region.
The Bnei Israel Affair in Safed
The first Rabbi in the Abbo line was Rabbi Shmuel Abbo. In 1817, he arrived in Israel from Algeria and settled in Safed. He traveled to India for trade reasons and stayed for several years to help to organize the Jewish community there and to be their rabbi and teacher. At this time, he came into contact with the Bnei Israel community. They wanted him to find a solution that would enable them to be recognized as Jews. When he returned to Israel, he raised this issue with the rabbis of Safed and Jerusalem. He went back to India in 1859 to verify that the Bnei Israel were fulfilling all of the Jewish obligations and religious requirements. In 1869, the rabbis of Safed wrote a ruling that stated that the Bnei Israel were fully halachic Jews. This issue is particularly interesting, since the debate that Rabbi Abbo and his colleagues answered still continues today.
French Jews
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Jews in Safed lived very difficult lives. No one was able to defend them from Arab attack. Rabbi Shmuel Abbo requested that the Jews be allowed to defend themselves. When he did not receive an answer, he travelled to Algeria, received the support of the community's leaders and then received the title of the general consul for the Galilee. This gave him the legal right to defend Safed and Tiveria's Jews in the name of France.
Jews as French Subjects
His first act as the consul was to put the Jews of Safed and Tiveria under the protection of the French government. He did this by officially registering them as French subjects. His house, the Abbo house, was seen as a refuge for all Jews who were harassed and persecuted - and for others who were as well. The Ottoman authorities never entered his house or tried to stop him since he had diplomatic immunity.
Help During the Earthquake
Soon thereafter, on January 1, 1837, the largest earthquake to hit Safed was experienced. Virtually the entire town was ruined. Only a few houses, including the Abbo home, were left unharmed. Rabbi Shmuel Abbo immediately got to work to help the people who were left in Safed. Along with the head of the Ashkenazic hassidim, Rabbi of AVritch, he had construction workers come from Damascus to repair all of the buildings. They rebuilt the Ari' synagogue and helped to make sure that regular life returned to Safed.

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Each partition of n, ordered as in Abramowitz-Stegun (A-St order; for the reference see A134278), is mapped to a nonnegative integer a(n,k)=:M32(-3;n,k) with the k-th partition of n in A-St order.
a(n,k) enumerates special unordered forests related to the k-th partition of n in the A-St order. The k-th partition of n is given by the exponents enk =(e(n,k,1),...,e(n,k,n)) of 1,2,...n. The number of parts is m = sum(e(n,k,j),j=1..n). The special (enk)-forest is composed of m rooted increasing (r+2)-ary trees if the outdegree is r >= 0.
If M32(-3;n,k) is summed over those k with fixed number of parts m one obtains triangle A000369(n,m) = |S2(-3;n,m)|, a generalization of Stirling numbers of the second kind. For S2(K;n,m), K from the integers, see the reference under A035342.
a(n,k)= (n!/product(e(n,k,j)!*j!^(e(n,k,j),j=1..n))*product(|S2(-3,j,1)|^e(n,k,j),j=1..n) = M3(n,k)*product(|S2(-3,j,1)|^e(n,k,j),j=1..n), with |S2(-3,n,1)|= A008545(n-1) = (4*n-5)(!^4) (4-factorials) for n>=2 and 1 if n=1 and the exponent e(n,k,j) of j in the k-th partition of n in the A-St ordering of the partitions of n. Exponents 0 can be omitted due to 0!=1. M3(n,k):= A036040(n,k), k=1..p(n), p(n):= A000041(n).
a(4,3)=27. The relevant partition of 4 is (2^2). The 12 unordered (0,2,0,0)-forests are composed of the following 2 rooted increasing trees 1--2,3--4; 1--3,2--4 and 1--4,2--3. The trees are ternary because r=1 vertices are ternary (3-ary) and for the leaves (r=0) the arity does not matter. Each of the three differently labeled forests comes therefore in 4 versions due to the two ternary root vertices.
Cf. A143172 (M32(-2) array), A144267 (M32(-4) array).


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The Mature Traveller: Mussels - the new pub grub of choice?
Moules frites and a glass or two of white are part of the ritual that is a weekend in northern France. Is it about to become part of the ritual that is the British pub lunch? This Easter weekend I ate Devon mussels in cider and cream sauce at Bel & the Dragon in the Surrey village of Churt. It was a late lunch. We had walked first with the grandchildren up the sandy rise known as the Devil's Jumps, for a grand view over that large stretch of heathland that embraces Frensham Ponds. Skylarks burbled but failed to drown the monotonous, two note, bicycle pump call of a chiffchaff. Vivid splashes of yellow gorse were already brightening a landscape darkened by rain clouds, but the storm held off until we had made it safely to the hotel restaurant. It's not, perhaps, a pub in the purist purists who like to grab a bar stool and down a been while hiking. It's one of a small chain of Home Counties inns with rooms,that concentrate on food, as such establishments must now in order to survive. It's certainly not the sort of place you would tramp into with mud caked boots. But the food is good and the service pleasant. Forsaking the usual mussels accompaniment of a Muscadet or something similarly crisp and dry, I had a beautifully kept pint of excellent T.E.A bitter from the Hogs Back brewery, not far away in Farnham. Ubiquitous though they are on the French coasts, mussels have remained something of a rarity on UK menus. These were delicious and as they came from northern waters (and there was an R in the month) I felt confident they wouldn't produce the dire reaction once suffered by the Mediterranean. It all led to a wandering chain of thought about how eating in Britain has changed in my lifetime, from the days when a terrine or a guinea fowl or a decent goat's cheese were pretty well impossible to find the side of the Channel. The fisherman who come to our local farmer's market already sell Dorset mussels. Might they become as commonplace as oysters in Dickensian London? Maybe it's better if they don't. Wonderful thought it is to get 50 kinds of French cheese at the supermarket it's good there's still the occasional treat you have to go abroad to find. Moles frites - mussels and chips just don't have the same ring.


The new, belated episode is here. We missed Kyle, but we had a blast talking to our dear friend from the North, Devin Bruce. The Hard Rock Zombies episode is available through iTunes or here (right-click and 'save as').
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Anything to get out of this movie, eh, bub?
Yeah. No witty caption is going to top the visual here.


German Puffs. Take 1/2 pint of New Milk, 6 Eggs leaving out 3 Whites, 2 oz of sweet Almonds blanched and beaten in a 1/4 lb of fresh butter and 1 spoonsful of Flour very fine, mix them well, and sweeten them to your taste, fill your cups half full and let them bake half an hour. Mrs G - Potatoe Flour. Grate a potatoe quite fine in water strain it twice through a fine sieve, let it stand 2 hours, then pour off the water, then stir it up, repeat this 3 or 4 times a day till the flour is quite white, then put the flour in a dish and dry it. Mrs. G - Potatoe Pudding 4 Spoonsful of potatoe flour, with 4 eggs and 1 pint of New Milk well boiled, nutmeg sugar and lemon to your own taste. Take care that the Milk boils first. Mrs G.


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Police Patrol: Powell River RCMP report
Police responded to 97 calls for service between November 25 to 30, 2021
Dec 1, 2021 9:49 AM
Powell River RCMP detachment.Peak archive photo
Powell River RCMP reported the following for November 25 to 30, 2021.
Total calls for service: 97
Thefts: 6
Impaired driving: 8
Mischief: 5
Break and enter: 2
Assaults: 3
November 26; Massett Street, 7000 block
At approximately 11:40 am, police responded to a report of a break and enter. Sometime between 8 pm on November 25 and 11 am on November 26, someone removed a padlock to a shed at a residence and stole a Honda generator, a Husqvarna weed eater, and a yellow RV power cord. Value of the items stolen was in excess of $4,700.
November 27; Highway 101, south
At approximately 2 am, RCMP were making patrols on Hwy 101 near Rifle Range Road when they observed a vehicle swerving in and out of the lane. Police stopped the vehicle and spoke to the driver, a 43-year-old female from Powell River, who showed signs of impairment; a standardized field sobriety test was completed. The driver performed poorly and as a result, a drug recognition exam was completed. She was issued a 24-hour driving prohibition and may be facing impaired driving charges at a later date.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact Powell River RCMP at 604.485.6255, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477) or online at bccrimestoppers.com.
Powell River RCMP seek public assistance to identify robbery suspect


This is Part 1 of a year long series that shares foundational tools and earth-based knowledge to facilitate relationship building with the abundant medicine of the natural and plantcestral* worlds. These relationships are the key to cultivating self-healing and self-development that is resonant, authentic, and foundational to deep healing. We will work with plantcestors as medicine to address specific themes with a natural affinity to each element and season, and will also explore the healing capacity of the elements themselves in helping us address these particular themes of healing. Through embodied experience with plants, medicine making, the elements, our bodies, and an exploration other relevant traditional healing methodologies, we will empower and re-member our own personal ways of communicating and relating to the natural, spiritual, and plantcestral realms for our own healing. We will learn from each other as we learn about ourselves, with the masterful help of our sacred allies and their particular lessons and teachings for each of us respectively, as well as through each other's reflections and shared wisdom.
This class is open to anyone who would like to participate. This original series was designed in response to the traumas and healing needs expressed by the Arab community in a time of strife. It is taught through a lens that especially attunes to the needs, challenges, and histories of communities of color. I STRONGLY encourage and welcome QTPOC, WOC, and POC to come to this class and reclaim connection to our self-determined and traditional earth-based ways of healing. This class was truly designed with this intention in mind.
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Report: Wenger, Allardyce both considering returns
By Kyle BonnApr 27, 2019, 7:02 PM EDT
According to a pair of reports by the Daily Mirror, former Premier League managers Arsene Wenger and Sam Allardyce are both considering opportunities to return to positions in the coming months.
The first report claims that Wenger, after taking a year off following the end of his 20 year run at Arsenal, is ready to make his return in the French top flight. Wenger is reportedly being watched by both Lyon and PSG, with both clubs wanting him in a general manager position.
Lyon could part ways with manager Bruno Genesio once the season comes to a close, with the relationship strained between the two parties. According to the Mirror report, Lyon is interested in bringing Wenger on in an executive role with his first duty being to hire the next manager. PSG, meanwhile, has been reportedly looking for a technical director for some time, with Thomas Tuchel under fire given the Champions League failure and poor finish to the league season. He would likely have a heavy role in transfer scouting and recruitment, relieving some pressure on Tuchel to manage the team.
Allardyce, who was spent just 67 days in charge of England before he was relieved of his duties, he is reportedly being watched by the Indian national team after they saw Stephen Constantine resign earlier this year following the country's elimination from the 2019 Asian Cup in the group stages.
According to the report, Allardyce is interested in the position and has contacts in the country, including Phil Brown, current manager of Indian Super League club Pune City and Allardyce's former number two at Bolton. India currently sits at 101 in the latest FIFA rankings.
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Home > News > Property News > The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster Partners with STM Development & Paquin Design/Build, Inc.
The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster Partners with STM Development & Paquin Design/Build, Inc.
Model home at St. Michael's Pointe
Real estate team now representing new construction community in historic St. Michaels, Maryland
STM Development, a D.C.-based real estate developer, has selected The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster Real Estate to represent and sell its new community in historic St. Michaels, Maryland. The Maryland and Delaware Group is a top-producing real estate sales team that serves clients on the Eastern Shore, in southern Delaware and throughout the state of Maryland. STM Development has also partnered with Paquin Design/Build, Inc., a local design and build firm, to build on the 10 remaining lots.
Known as St. Michaels Pointe, the new construction development is located at 300 Talbot Street in the heart of St. Michaels, a popular and scenic harbor town on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Named one of the top small coastal towns in America by USA Today, St. Michaels, its harbor and some of its homes date back to the mid-1600s. The quaint town is also recognized for its sailing, golfing, bicycling and many exceptional restaurants and shops.
"We are so excited to represent and partner with STM Development and Paquin Design/Build, both of which are known for excellence in quality, design and craftsmanship," said Brandon Brittingham and Doug Gardiner, who lead The Maryland and Delaware Group. "Being within easy walking distance to downtown St. Michaels, these homes are sure to be a hit among people looking for a primary residence or second home within an easy drive of Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia."
St. Michaels Pointe offers a choice of floor plans, ranging from over 1,600 square feet to more than 2,600 square feet of open-concept living. There are designs to fit everyone's lifestyle – some with first floor master suites, two to four bedrooms and up to three full and one-half bathrooms, depending on the model chosen. In addition, several of the designs include balconies and covered porches to enjoy the warm summer breezes from St. Michaels harbor. Paquin Design/Build, Inc., also welcomes custom designs outside of the provided floor plans.
Prices at St. Michaels Point range from $499,900 to the low $700,000s and feature many upgrades in the standard homebuilding package, including nine-foot ceilings and hardwood floors on the main level, kitchen islands, granite counters, garages and more.
More information about this community is available at stmichaelspointe.com. Learn more about The Maryland and Delaware Group by visiting www.easternshorehomesolutions.com. For more information about Long & Foster, visit LongandFoster.com.
To view downloadable high-resolution images of this property, click here.
Categories: Property News
Regions: Eastern Shore of Maryland
Tags: Brandon Brittingham, Doug Gardiner, new home community, New homes, Paquin Design/Build, st. michael's md, St. Michael's Pointe, STM Development, The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster
Douglas Gardiner with The Maryland Group of Long & Foster Lists Unique Luxury Development in Frederick, Md.
Seven lots, one custom home available in the exclusive Baker Park Estates neighborhood, which is located in the popular Baker Park neighborhood of Frederick, Md.
The Maryland-Delaware Group to Represent Springtown Farms New Home Community from Insight Homes
The Springtown Farms community is nestled in farmland, wetlands and tall trees but is still convenient to the Delaware Shore.
The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster Set Records in 2016 with Over $86M in Volume
The top-producing team settled 414 transactions, had a total sales volume of $86 million and continued to grow its property management business.


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Q: Getting link from Mechanize/Nokogiri I am trying to discover the best way to retrieve the a href link from a Nokogiri Node. Here is where I am at
mech = Mechanize.new
mech.get(HOME_URL)

mech.page.search('.listing_content').each do |business|
  website = business.css('.website-feature')
  puts website.class
  puts website.inner_html
end

output =>

Nokogiri::XML::NodeSet
<a href="http://urlofsite.com" class="track-visit-website no-tracks"  onclick='omniture.callClick({"eVar6":6,"eVar9":1,"eVar21":"search_results","eVar50":null,"prop17":"cars","prop26":"64c15af0-a558-012f-a041-00215a4685f6","eVar42":"64c15af0-a558-012f-a041-00215a4685f6","prop27":6,"prop38":"search_results","prop39":1,"prop46":null,"events":"event6,event7","eVar51":optimostIDs.trialID.toString(),"eVar52":optimostIDs.segmentID.toString(),"eVar53":optimostIDs.creativeID.toString(),"eVar54":optimostIDs.subjectID.toString(),"prop47":null,"prop51":optimostIDs.trialID.toString(),"prop52":optimostIDs.segmentID.toString(),"prop53":optimostIDs.creativeID.toString(),"prop54":optimostIDs.subjectID.toString(),"prop56":"Saint+George%2C+UT","prop57":null,"prop58":false,"prop59":null,"eVar60":"relevancyTest2","prop60":"relevancyTest2","prop61":false,"prop62":null,"prop64":null,"prop67":null,"prop68":null,"prop70":null,"prop71":null});; atti_logs.attiClick({"iid":"651691e0-a558-012f-2ca7-18a9053c171a","lt":6,"ptid":"www.yellowpages.com","rid":"vendetta-236e7298-3a4f-4744-8ff5-4eb5fcc8e188","ypid":3848879,"lid":3848879,"vrid":"64c15af0-a558-012f-a041-00215a4685f6","nav":null});' rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Executive Service Ctr Website">»  Website

Basically, I just need to get the http://urlofsite.com out of the inner_html, and I'm not sure how to do that. I've read about doing it with CSS and XPATH but I can't get either to work at this point. Thanks for any help

A: First, tell Nokogiri to get a node, rather than a NodeSet. at_css will retrieve the Node and css retrieves a NodeSet, which is like an Array.
Instead of:
website = business.css('.website-feature')

Try:
website = at_css('a.track-visit-website no-tracks')

to retrieve the first instance of an  node with class="website-feature". If it's not the first instance you want then you'll need to narrow it down by grabbing the NodeSet and then indexing into it. Without the surrounding HTML it's difficult to help more.
To get the href parameter from a Node, simply treat the node like a hash:
website['href']

should return:
http://urlofsite.com

Here's a little sample from IRB:
irb(main):001:0> require 'nokogiri'
=> true
irb(main):002:0>
irb(main):003:0*   html = ''
=> ""
irb(main):004:0> doc = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(html)
=> #<Nokogiri::HTML::Document:0x8041e2ec name="document" children=[#<Nokogiri::XML::DTD:0x8041d20c name="html">, #<Nokogiri::XML::Element:0x805a2a14 name="html" children=[#<Nokogiri::XML::Element:0x805df8b0 name="body" children=[#<Nokogiri::XML::Element:0x8084c5d0 name="a" attributes=[#<Nokogiri::XML::Attr:0x80860170 name="class" value="this_node">, #<Nokogiri::XML::Attr:0x8086047c name="href" value="http://example.com">]>]>]>]>
irb(main):005:0>
irb(main):006:0*   doc.at_css('a.this_node')['href']
=> "http://example.com"
irb(main):007:0>

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It's basically the brick ruler packed with a brick separator (set no. 852690). Yes, I know I can count the no. of studs and brick height myself, or even DIY a ruler but I figured since it's not expensive (RRP: S$10.90) and I could save some time and effort during building then why not?
For those interested, the ruler can measure up to 10 bricks tall, 20 studs length, 15 technic lengths (the ones with holes) and 12 technic axles lengths.
I love my brick separator. It has saved me countless times from painful fingers and cracked nails (tho I still can't play with Lego when I have manicures).
It's something I wish I knew about when I first became an AFOL, which is why I think I should create a post about it even though experienced AFOLs probably have several.
First, how do you get one? If you stay in a location where S@H is available, you could very easily get one. It's set #630.
It's trickier if like me your country's toy shops don't stock the brick separator. Ebay is always possible, as is Bricklink, but for instant gratification, you could get Lego Deluxe Brick Box set 5508 that comes with one.
Next, how do you use one correctly so you don't damage your bricks/tiles? A great "how-to" use brick separator site is Philohome. The images are animated to show you how to use the brick separator for various scenarios.
The brick separator is also mentioned in the Unofficial Lego Builder's Guide, and you can get a preview of the book's contents from google books.
So there you go, the trick of how to separate two hard to get apart plates without resorting to nails, teeth, pliers, or any other tools you have been using (and probably damaging the bricks in the process!). I'll recommend getting 2 so you can use one on top and below for tricky bits, but 1 is already really helpful. It's probably really good for kids too for those who get Lego sets for their kids to play.


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Q: Mule Cookbook Anypoint connector - build failed pull this from this directory and perform a maven build
git clone https://github.com/mulesoft/mule-cookbook.git
The following is the error received towards the 2nd last step
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin:1.3.1:enforce (default-enforce) on project cookbook-connector: org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.RequireJavaVersion failed with message:
[ERROR] Detected JDK Version: 1.8.0-77 is not in the allowed range [1.7,1.8).

I have tried to change POM.xml to [1.7, 1.9)
such POM is located under "mule-cookbook-parent"
There is no other POM pointing to the jdk range except this POM which is tagged as "archive"
Really have no idea where to go from here. Please help.
pC

A: The mule-cookbook has a sub-module, cookbook-connector, that uses DevKit 3.7.2. The problem here is that DevKit 3.7.x is not compatible with JDK 1.8 but DevKit 3.8.x is.
So, either you use Java 1.7 to compile the mule-cookbook, or you modify the POM of the cookbook-connector project to use the latest DevKit:
<parent>
    <groupId>org.mule.tools.devkit</groupId>
    <artifactId>mule-devkit-parent</artifactId>
    <version>3.8.2</version>
</parent>


I wanted to share what Greg and I believe deep in our hearts, in our bones, and in our bodies.
Our Bodies Know Everything. They are our Oracle of Wisdom, our truth teller, the Sage of our lives.
Who was there when you were taunted by your classmates?
Or when you parents got divorced?
Or when you were assaulted?
Who was there when you weren't the smartest one in the class.
Or when you lost that important game.
Or when you broke your arm or was in that bad car crash, drunk.
Or when s/he broke your heart.
Who knows more than anyone how those events impacted you? Your Body.
Your brain may not remember everything from when you were young or when you passed out or were operated on. Your brain's job is to keep you safe. So, if something is too painful, or too hideous, or too scary, it will lock that memory away until you're ready. And maybe you'll never be ready by your brain's assessment.
But your body remembers: all of that history is in your tissues.
Your body is the keeper of your history. It inscribes your actions and responses into your DNA, upon your heart, into your lymphatic system, and onto a billion other chemical and physiological processes that occur in your body in every second. Your liver holds your anger, and your lungs hold grief. And they know when it started.
And they can tell you how to change it.
All we have to know how to do is ask.
Ask and you shall receive the answers. Ask your body and it will tell you the answers to your biggest questions. It knows what's the best action for you to take, when's the best time for you to take it, what you will do and what you won't, what you like and dislike, and who you love.
So if you want to change something in your life, ask your body, and it will give you the answer.


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Temporarily halting petrol and oil imports must be considered carefully: ministry
Dung Quất Refinery. Careful consideration would be given to the proposal of temporarily halting the import of petrol and oil, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. —VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI — The proposal of temporarily halting the import of petrol and oil must be carefully considered to ensure national energy security and harmonise benefits between producers and consumers, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đỗ Thắng Hải said.
In mid-April, the Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) urged relevant ministries to halt petrol and oil imports to support Dung Quất and Nghi Sơn refineries as domestic sales struggled, resulting in high inventories, sometimes at more than 90 per cent of their storage capacity.
Hải said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade was working with PVN and the Steering Committee on Price Management before making a decision.
Benefits between producers, distributors, consumers and companies which used petrol and oil as inputs, must be balanced and most importantly, any decision made must be to ensure the national energy security.
Hải said that halting import of petrol and oil products could violate Việt Nam's commitments in free trade agreements.
If petrol and oil imports were halted, this would also affect fuel prices, which might have impacts on enterprises, especially those using petrol and oil as inputs.
Thus, careful consideration must be given, Hải said.
There were 33 companies in Việt Nam permitted to import petrol and oil.
In the first four months of this year, Việt Nam imported 2.4 million tonnes petrol and oil products, worth US$1.12 billion, representing a drop by 21.6 per cent and 40.6 per cent over the same period last year, respectively, customs statistics showed.
Average import price was $466.3 per tonne, 24.2 per cent lower than the same period last year.
On May 13, petrol prices increased slightly after eight consecutive decreases to VNĐ11,520 (US$0.49) per litre of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 and VNĐ12,235 for RON 95. — VNS
https://nsrp.vn/latest-article/temporarily-halting-petrol-and-oil-imports-must-be-considered-carefully-ministry/


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del *.cf *.vcd
ghdl -a ../src/common.vhd ../src/decode_pkg.vhd ../src/compare_unit.vhd compare_tb.vhd
ghdl -e compare_tb
ghdl -r compare_tb --vcd=compare_tb.vcd

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Morning Jolt: Last 'Twilight' film almost got R rating
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2" almost got an R rating, the Los Angeles Times reported. The filmmakers desperately wanted a PG-13 rating to hold on to its audience, but its vampire beheadings almost got it an R. The final "Twilight" film opens in theaters Friday.
In the news: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2" almost got an R rating, the Los Angeles Times reported. The filmmakers desperately wanted a PG-13 rating to hold on to its audience, but its vampire beheadings almost got it an R. The final "Twilight" film opens in theaters Friday.
Happening today: Today is World Diabetes Day, a day designed to highlight diabetes issues around the world. Learn more at http://www.idf.org/worlddiabetesday/.
Opening bell: The Dow Jones opened at 12,756.18 after finishing down 58.90 points Tuesday.
Motivational quote: "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." - Peter F. Drucker
Watercooler talk: Man has no regrets over Romney face tattoo
Eric Hartsburg auctioned space on his face for a tattoo. The winning bid was a person who slapped a Romney-Ryan tat on Hartsburg's temple. For reasons that go beyond having a face tattoo that's pretty awkward, although he remains optimistic. Patrick Jones has the details.


Luck may not be the first thing you think of when you consider tequila -- in fact, you may be more inclined to recall bad decisions and regret -- but the design for the latest Tequila Herradura collection is centered around the symbol of none other than the proverbial lucky horseshoe.
The tequila is bottled in small glass containers embossed with a horseshoe, which again appears on the matte box. Speaking of the Colección de la Casa, Reserva 2014, the brand explains, "This limited edition tequila is aged to perfection in charred American oak casks for eleven months."
The tequila is then aged in single malt scotch casks for an additional three months before they are finally bottled and distributed.


Pyritinol is also known as pyridoxine disulfide or pyrithioxine (plus a number of additional names under which it is marketed in Europe).
This supplement is a semi-natural water soluble analog of vitamin B6. The supplement was developed by Merck Laboratories in 1961 when they bonded two vitamin B6 compounds together with a disulfide bridge.
Pyritinol has been both a prescription and an over-the-counter supplement since the 1970's for the use of cognitive and learning disorders, especially in children.
Since the early 1990's it has been considered a Nootropic dietary supplement within the United States and it is approved for the treatment of certain types of dementia and other brain impairments in a number of different European countries. It has been estimated that more than 100,000 people have used Pyritinol dosages in the EU countries within the last five years.
Although the exact mechanisms of action for this supplement are not entirely understood, we do know that it is closely related to vitamin B6, which is considered to be one of the most important nutrients for proper brain function.
As a supplement, this is able to easily cross over the blood-brain barrier and reach the central nervous system where it begins to exert its influence.
Once here, Pyritinol is thought to boost the level of Acetylcholine, which is a neurotransmitter critical in the development and consolidation of memory, learning, and a number of other cognitive processes.
Pyritinol is also thought to work by improving a number of other neurological processes. Many of these are influenced by the increase in Dopamine levels which is a brain chemical associated with pleasurable feelings as well as enhanced motivation and focus. Pyritinol is a highly efficient precursor to this neurotransmitter.
This supplement has also been shown to increase glucose utilization by the brain. This helps supply the brain with a constant stream of fuel and energy, resulting in baseline improvements to cognitive performance.
Some of the most sought after benefits of Pyritinol are those related to improved cognitive functions and mental processes. Choline uptake into the neurons is enhanced, which serves to increase the level of circulating Acetylcholine within the brain.
This leads to improvements in memory, learning capacity, and even a faster speed of memory retrieval. You may feel like it is easier to recall details and facts when they are needed and you grasp connections between different concepts more readily.
A number of user reports also indicate that this supplement produces greater mental clarity, concentration, and focus, along with increasing their mental agility. There is evidence suggesting that higher Acetylcholine levels are associated with faster visual processing (which may also explain the faster reaction times noticed in other studies).
Pyritinol is further known to boost mood and feelings of well-being. This is most likely connected to the higher levels of Dopamine.
Low levels of Dopamine have often been associated with anxiety and even depression. It is also thought to help with focus and concentration and relieving stress.
This supplement has a number of anti-oxidant benefits as well. Pyritinol can protect the brain against free hydroxyl radicals which can damage red blood cells, DNA, lipids, and proteins. It also releases Norepinephrine to boost working memory, alertness and drive.
Finally, Pyritinol is known to be an effective remedy for hangovers. A British study suggests that taking this supplement after a night of drinking can actually reduce the inflammation in your cerebrum. According to the study, this can alleviate the characteristic morning after headache and possibly even keep the brain cells healthier, leading to less neuron damage and premature cell death.
There is a fairly wide dosage range used with Pyritinol. Generally, people have recommended anywhere between 100 and 1200 mg per day.
Most people seem to fall within the 400 to 600 mg range on a daily basis. The best idea is to split this into two equal administrations, morning and then again in the afternoon or early evening.
Many users have also noticed some improvement with digestion and absorption when taking their Pyritinol dosage with meals.
There are some side effects which have become associated with use of this supplement. These include irritability, loss of appetite, rashes, nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, itchy skin, and difficulty falling asleep. Some of these side effects have also been the result of allergies that are quite rare. In fact, all of these side effects are quite rare, and Pyritinol is thought to be very safe and generally well-tolerated.
The main thing to be concerned about is that it has also shown to lead to tolerance when used on a consistent basis, over time. The best way to avoid this is by following a cycled schedule such as two weeks of use, followed by one week of non-use.
Is Pyritinol available in South Africa?


Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference, which has never modelled itself on the lines of a political party in J&K, is trying to build a mass base for the first time in the Valley since its inception in 1993. With the state poised for Assembly elections anytime in 2008, the moderate faction of the secessionist group is planning to establish several offices in districts and appoint ground level workers to be in touch with the masses. The Hurriyat, an amalgamation of various social, political and religious organisations in the Valley, is also trying to become a leaner grouping by reducing the number of constituent units. With the breakaway faction of Hurriyat led by Syed Geelani keeping aloof, the doves have started holding delegate sessions across the Valley in a conscious "effort to connect with the grassroots". "I think the Hurriyat now needs to go directly to the people, know their feelings and respond to them," its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told The Indian Express. With this in mind, Mirwaiz is also planning a complete overhaul of its organisational structure. He has already asked some "two men parties" to merge into bigger ones. "This is necessary to make Hurriyat better equipped to deal with the new political challenges," he said. The new strategy has come as a radical departure from the Hurriyat's approach to mass politics in the state. Despite its claim of being in the vanguard of the 'Azadi' campaign, it has never made any effort to become a mass- based political party in the state. Hurriyat, according to its former chairman and executive member Abdul Ghani Bhat, represents "the anger, alienation and the separatist sentiment of Kashmiris". Such a stand takes people's support for granted and makes Hurriyat, in absolute terms, a kind of "spiritual representative" of the "ongoing struggle." Hence the conglomerate expects a "resurgent public wave" in its favour if its mass base is put to test. But Hurriyat leaders believe that the elections should be for the resolution of Kashmir issue. However, it is also bracing for an eventuality in which polls become a part of the process for the resolution.


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High court rejects New Hampshire-Massachusetts tax dispute
WASHINGTON (AP — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow New Hampshire to sue neighboring Massachusetts over an income tax dispute involving people who have been working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
The justices rejected New Hampshire's complaint without comment. The state objects to Massachusetts' collection of income tax from roughly 80,000 New Hampshire residents who are employed by Massachusetts companies, but who have been working remotely.
New Hampshire wanted the justices to declare Massachusetts' collections unconstitutional and order a refund to people who are paying taxes of just over 5%.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that the court was "setting a costly precedent."
"This decision will have lasting ramifications for thousands of Granite State residents," he said in a statement.
The issue is especially sensitive in New Hampshire, which lacks a state income tax. New Hampshire also drew support from New Jersey and Connecticut, among others.
Residents of those states who are employed by New York businesses also generally pay state income tax to New York.
The Biden administration recommended the justices stay out of the dispute. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas said they would have allowed the lawsuit to go forward.


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Midnight in the Pacific
Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War
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A sweeping narrative history — the first in over twenty years — of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal
From early August until mid-November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat — close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the Marines who stubbornly defended it.
The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. And losses were heavy. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a draw, but at a cost of more than 4,500 sailors. More American sailors died in these battles off Guadalcanal than in all previous US wars, and each side lost 24 warships. On land, more than 1,500 soldiers and Marines died, and the air war claimed more than 500 US planes. Japan's losses on the island were equally devastating — starving Japanese soldiers called it "the island of death."
But when the attritional struggle ended, American Marines, sailors, and airmen had halted the Japanese juggernaut that for five years had whirled through Asia and the Pacific. Guadalcanal was America's first major ground victory against Japan and, most importantly, the Pacific War's turning point.
Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with Marine Corps and Army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual Marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history.
"Current-day readers, accustomed to an era of perpetual war with no end in sight, will find this expert, nuts-and-bolts history of a famous victory thoroughly satisfying."
"[Wheelan] does an excellent job of highlighting the desperate fighting on all fronts."—New York Journal of Books
"Very enjoyable."—Open Letters Monthly
"Written with scholarly precision, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds."—Midwest Book Review
"Highly readable and provides a comprehensive examination of America's first offensive operation in World War II. This would be an excellent addition to the library of any historian or student with an interest on the subject."—Army University Press
"An entertaining, fast-paced, adventure wrapped in stories of valor, horror and survival while remaining a necessary contribution to the history of Guadalcanal."
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"Midnight in the Pacific brings to life the qualities of those who endured one of the critical struggles of World War II...Wheelan delivers the story in meticulously researched, chilling, riveting, and often gruesome detail...It will not only captivate those with a serious interest in the Pacific War, but it will also intrigue and inform a much broader audience."—Marine Corps Gazette
"Midnight in the Pacific is a highly detailed account of the battle for Guadalcanal that those with a love of military history are sure to enjoy."—On Point: The Journal of Army History
"An impressive chronicle of one of the critical campaigns of the war."—WWII History


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Piggs Peak este un oraș în partea nord-vestică a statului Eswatini. A fost întemeiat în anul 1884, de către căutătorii de aur, activitatea economică dominantă în oraș fiind legată de exploatarea pădurilor. Nu departe de oraș se află cascada Phophonyane.
În 2001 a fost finalizat zidul de 115 m înălțime al barajului Maguga, de pe râul Kormati.

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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the ..., Volúmenes51-52
Snooks to enjoin him from proceeding with his reasonable step by advertisement and otherwise suit in West Virginia. Snooks disregarded the has been taken that the fund is ordered to be injunction and prosecuted the West Virginia paid to the Crown. The mere fact that there suit to judgment and collected the debt. will be great difficulty and expense in ascertainSnelzer then sued Snooks in the Ohio court to ing the equitable owner of a fund is not of itself recover back the sum so subjected in the suit ground for declaring the Crown entitled. The in West Virginia, and recovered judgment. claim of the person appointed to represent the Snooks appealed to the Supreme Court of deceased members generally is founded upon Ohio, which court after a careful and thorough the doctrine of resulting trust. Where a man consideration of the case and the authorities, provides a fund by way of trust for payment of affirmed the judgment."
a specified annuity to his widow during her life
and makes no further declaration of trust affectA novel case recently was decided in Enging the fund, the beneficial interest in the fund, land by the Chancery Division of the High or so much of it as is not required for payment Court of Justice in Cunnack v. Edwards, 72 of the annuity, results to himself. The same L. T. Rep. 386. It appears that the Helston doctrine would apply to the case of several perEquitable Annuitant Society was formed, the sons agreeing to provide and providing such object of which was to raise funds to provide annuities for their widows; there would be an annuities for the widows of members. The ultimate trust in their favor when the purposes last annuitant died and the suit was instituted of the fund had come to an end. Nor can I by the trustees so as to have a judicial deter
see how any difference could justly be made by mination of the question as to the person who
reason of their raising by common agreement was entitled to the funds of the society since such a fund in different but prescribed proporthe rules did not provide for the disposition of tions as among themselves. Inasmuch, then, as the property after the death of the last bene all the purposes for which the funds of the soficiary. Chitty, J., delivered the opinion, and ciety were raised by contributions of the memthe question is discussed in this way: "There bers have been exhausted, and there is no indiis nothing in the rules or in any principle of cation to be found in the rules as to what was equity applicable to the case in which this
to be done with the funds when the specified claim can be rested. It was said that the last
purposes were worked out, I am constrained to surviving member might have held a meeting hold, according to the principles of equity, that under section 26 of the statute of George IV, the doctrine of resulting trust applies. It is and voted the funds to himself. To this propo- immaterial that no actual declaration of trust sition, extravagant as it is, it is sufficient answer
was made by the trustees in pursuance of Rule to say that the last survivor never attempted 17 of the society. Had any such declaration to do anything of the kind. The contention
been actually made, the only trusts which could for the attorney-general was that the funds
properly have been declared by the trustee were bona vacantia, and that the Crown was en
would have been those manifested by the rules. titled to them by virtue of its prerogative. It Nor is it necessary to consider what could have is in virtue of this prerogative right that the been done by a general meeting of the members Crown takes the personal estate of a man who, under section 26 of the Act of George IV; no being a bastard, dies intestate without leaving such meeting was ever held. My reasons for issue. Such a bastard can have no next of kin. saying I am constrained to hold that the docThe Crown's right attaches on proof of the bas-trine of resulting trust applies are to be found tardy and no lawful issue of the bastard — sub- in what follows. The books of the society ject, of course, to the right of any widow he may prior to 1850 are not forthcoming, and apparhave left. But in the case of the death intes- ently are lost or destroyed. The number of tate of a person born in wedlock the Crown members of the society from the beginning, in does not take merely because there is a diffi- 1810, is not known beyond this, that it exceeds culty in finding the next of kin; an inquiry is several hundreds. The difficulty and expense directed, and sometimes repeated, to ascertain of ascertaining who were members and who are who are the next of kin, and it is not until every I their legal personal representatives will be enor
mous.
costs.
Besides this, inasmuch as the contribu- public, less injury upon the whole, arises from tions were of varying amounts, the share of letting the bad rule stand. Everybody has aceach representative in the funds will depend quiesced in the rule, everybody knows it to be not merely on the amount of the contribution the rule, everybody has acquired his property of the member whom he represents, but also on under the rule and made his contracts under the various amounts contributed during up- the rule. But what right or reason is there for wards of eighty years by the other members its application to a constitutional provision refrom time to time. It requires no great experi specting the power of government in the matter ence in matters of this kind to foresee, as I do, of taxation ? Let the learned attorney-general that in the endeavor to discover who are the point to one man in the United States, to one persons entitled, the greater part, and probably woman, to one child, who will be affected detthe whole, of the funds will be consumed in rimentally, whose rights will be in the least im
There are no means al my disposal for paired, by a correction of that former error cutting this gordian knot. I make a declara- here - if such error has ever been committed, tion that in the events which have happened and I do not believe it has been." the funds are subject to a resulting trust in favor of the ordinary members of the society from
The case of Roberts v. Northern Pacific R. time to time or their respective legal representa-Co. decides the question that the United States tives, in shares in proportion to the amounts courts will not adopt the decisions of State contributed by each such ordinary member to
courts as to the rights of corporations created the funds of the society. The amounts, if any, by a law of the United States for national purpaid as fines or forfeitures and the annuities re
poses and interstate commerce, and subjected ceived by widows need not be taken into ac
by its charter to important public duties and to count.
the control of Congress. A portion of the One of the most powerful arguments made opinion, which is written by Mr. Justice Shiras, by Joseph H. Choate, Esq., against the income is as follows: tax, was in relation to the doctrine of stare de- It is contended, on behalf of the plaintiffs in cisis.
This principle naturally was adopted error, that where the question involves the from the necessity of having fixed rules and powers of a State corporation, and the meaning maxims of law as precedents, but the utility and effect of the constitution and laws of a of former adjudications exists only so long as State, it is the duty of this court to adopt the the determinations of legal tribunals conform decisions of the courts of such State.
But we to the changing needs of the times. The clause do not perceive that the doctrine of Whiting v. in the argument to which we refer is as follows: Sheboygan & F. du L. R. Co. supra, and of the
"The reason of the rule is, that it is often cognate Wisconsin cases, is fairly applicable to better on public grounds, where a question of the case before us. There are two very imlaw has been decided — where it has been re- portant particulars in which the present case peatedly decided — that the court should let it differs from those adjudicated by the Wisconremain rather than, by the declaration of an- sin courts, and which, we think, warrant an other though a better rule, dispense with it. opposite conclusion. In the first place, the Where is that chiefly applied? Where ought it transaction between the county of Douglass and chiefly to be applied ? Where has it always the Northern Pacific Railroad Company did been applied ? When the former decision has not involve the exercise of the taxing power grown into a rule of property, and vested rights of the county. The county did not issue in a trusting community, relying upon the past bonds, or seek to subject itself to any obligadecision, have become fixed, where rules of tion to raise money by taxation.
The case, as conduct have come to be governed by it, as in already stated, was that of a sale. The county the making of contracts and other arrange- authorities had ample powers to sell and conments between man and man and between citi- vey such of its lands as were not used or dedizens and corporations, I acknowledge that there cated to municipal purposes. The ratifying may often be cases where less damage to the act of the Legislature of Wisconsin, alone considered, avails to remove any doubt upon that the railroad company, as a corporation created point. Nor can the plaintffs in error consist- for public and national purposes. The Wisently deny such a power in the county, as their consin courts were dealing with corporations only title is based on its exercise. It is, indeed, of their own State, and they went upon the urged that the county authorities could only proposition that the construction and maintesell its lands for money. We do not accede to nance of railroads did not constitute a public this proposition. If they possessed the power purpose, because the corporations created to to sell for money, we are pointed to no express build and run railroads were strictly private provision of law that restricts them from sell- corporations formed for the purpose of private ing for money's worth. Even upon such a gain. If the making and maintaining a railnarrow view, it may well be contended that road in Wisconsin by a State corporation was the consideration received by the county in- not a public use, it was thought to follow that cluded a money payment. The deed recites such an enterprise could not receive municipal the payment of money by the company to the aid. And it may be conceded that, when we county at the time of the conveyance, and it is are called upon to pass upon the legal rights of a conceded fact that the lands since they came a Wisconsin railroad company, we should folinto the possession of the company have yielded low the law laid down by the State courts. considerable sums as taxes to the county. It But the queston now arises whether such a is straining no principle of law or of good proposition is applicable to the case of a corsense to regard the payment of an annual tax poration created by a law of the United States, as equivalent, for the purpose of our present and subjected by its charter to important public inquiry, to the payment of a rent. The
duties. The Northern Pacific Railroad Comamount, as well as the nature of the considera-pany was incorporated by an Act of Congress tion received by the county in exchange for its approved July 2, 1864. (15 Stat. at L. p. 365.) lands, if it had the power to sell them, was a
It was authorized to lay out, construct, and matter that concerned the county only. The
maintain a continuous railroad and telegraph State, as we have seen, did not only not com
line, with the appurtenances, from a point in plain, but fully ratified the sale.
the State of Minnesota or Wisconsin on Lake The courts of Wisconsin have, in a series of decisions never overruled, held that it is com
Superior to some point on Puget's Sound, and
"for the purpose of aiding in the construction petent for municipal corporations, if authorized so to do by the Legislature, to aid the of said railroad and telegraph line to the Paconstruction of railroads by subscribing to the cific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy stock of companies formed for that purpose, transportation of the mails, munitions of war, and paying therefor by bonds, and, of course, and public stores over the route of the said line to raise the means of paying the latter by taxa
of railway," there was granted a large amount tion. The task of reconciling this class of de- of public lands and a free right of way through cisions with that holding that municipalities, the territories of the United States. It was even with legislative sanction, cannot promote made the duty of the company to permit any railroads by donating money or credit to them, other railroad which should be authorized to is not ours. It may, perhaps, be said that be built by the United States, or by the Legiswhat is forbidden is a resort to the taxing lature of any territory or State in which the power where the municipality has received no same may be situated, to form running connecconsideration. But, as
But, as we have shown, the tions with it on fair and equitable terms. The county in the present case paid no money and company is authorized to enter upon, purchase, issued no bonds requiring any exercise of the or condemn by legal proceedings any lands or taxing power. It was the case of a sale, in premises that may be necessary
and proper
for consideration of money paid down and to be the construction and working of said road. It paid in the form of taxes, in addition to the is enacted that all people of the United States great advantages to enure to the public, shall have the right to subscribe to the stock of
There is a second important feature that dis- the company until the whole capital is taken tinguishes this case from those relied on by the up; that no mortgage or construction bonds plaintiffs in error, and that is the character of 'shall ever be issued by said company on said road, except by the consent of the Congress of roads." (Const., art. 1, $ -, par. 3 and 7-) As the United States; that said railroad, and any was said in Pensacola Teleg. Co. v. Western part thereof, shall be a post route and a mili- Union Teleg. Co., 96 U. S. 10:
" The governtary road, subject to the use of the United ment of the United States, within the scope of States for postal, military, naval and all other its powers, operates upon every foot of territory government service, and also subject to such under its jurisdiction. It legislates for the regulations as Congress may impose restricting whole nation, and is not embarrassed by State the charges for such government transportation, lines. Its peculiar duty is to protect one part and that said company shall obtain the consent of the country from encroachments by another of the Legislature of any State through which upon the national rights which belong to all;" any portion of said railroad line may pass pre- and it was held that a law of the State of Florvious to commencing the construction thereof; ida which attempted to confer upon a single but said company may have the right to put on corporation of its own the exclusive right of engineers and survey the route before obtain- transmitting intelligence by telegraph over a ing the consent of the Legislature.
certain portion of its territory, was inoperative By an act approved April 10, 1865, the legis- ; against a corporation of another State, where lature of the State of Wisconsin declared that Congress had enacted "that any telegraph orfor the purposes set forth in said act of Con-ganized under the laws of any State should gress, and to carry the same into full effect, have the right to construct, maintain and opethe Northern Pacific Railroad Company was rate lines of telegraph through and over any vested with all the rights, powers, privileges, portion of the public domain of the United and immunities within the limits of the State States, over and along any of the military or of Wisconsin, which were given by said act of postroads of the United States," and where Congress.
such other corporation had secured a right of It is obvious that the effect of this legisla- way by private arrangements with the owners tion of Congress was to grant the power to con- of the land. This principle has been repeatstruct and maintain a public highway for the edly recognized by this court in numerous deuse of the people of the United States, and cisions. Western Union Teleg. Co. v. Texas, subject, in important respects, to the control of 105 U. S. 460. Congress. That portion of its road that lies
In this issue we print the address of Carrie within the State of Wisconsin is of the same Carrington, M. L., on * Master and Servant," public character as the portions lying in other delivered at the woman's law class of the UniStates or territories. Whatever respect may be versity of the City of New York, at Madison due to decisions of the courts of Wisconsin de Square Garden, on April 4, 1895. The rapid fining the character and powers of Wisconsin increase of the members of the gentler sex in corporations owning railroads, the scope of professions and business in America has been those decisions cannot be deemed to include watched with great interest by the rest of the the case of a national highway like that of the world, and it is recognized that in a great maNorthern Pacific Railroad Company. All of jority of cases the success of women has been the great transcontinental railroads were con- the result of tireless energy and careful attenstructed under Federal authority, through ter- tion to their occupations. We have been obritories which have since become States. S:ch servant, and have perceived that some men can States are possessed of the same powers of sov- more deftly rock the cradle and better attend ereignty as belong to the older States. Hence, to domestic pursuits than practice physic and if the contention were true that the State of law, while there exists a considerable number Wisconsin, through its judiciary, can deprive of women who possess peculiar abilities to folthat portion of the railroad within its borders low the recognized callings of the sterner sex. of its national character, and declare the North- This proportion of one or the other sex who ern Pacific Railroad Company to be a private could more properly follow the occupations of corporation not engaged in promoting a public the other is not so considerable as to necessipurpose, the same would be true of the other tate an evolution of the sexes so far as their work States through which the road passes.
Such a is concerned, but is large enough to attract atcontention, we think, cannot be successfully tention and to increase the earning capacity of maintained.
the country if the change is consummated. It Congress has power "to regulate commerce is, therefore, with pleasure that we print this with foreign nations and among the several address of one of the graduates of a woman's States," and to "establish post-offices and post-class in a law school.
ADDRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT EX-| be truthful, to assure a lawyer entering upon the
ERCISES OF THE BUFFALO LAW practice of his profession, that there are no ideal SCHOOL
courts, or ideal judges, or ideal lawyers; but that By GEORGE B. WELLINGTON, Esq., Troy, N. Y.
human sympathies and passions and frailties are to
be found even upon the bench wbich a young lawThe privilege of participating in these, the Sev
enth Commencement exercises of the Buffalo yer is apt to fancy stands for and actually manifests Law School, is deeply appreciated by me.
I take invariably rational and ideal justice. It might be pleasure in congratulating the graduating class said, with the intention of saving one from disapupon reaching the intermediate goal of their stu- pointments, to assure one about to enter upon the deut life, which, while it recognizes and honors practice of the law, that practical law—that is, their fidelity appropriately, is most valuable because the law of legislatures and the law of judges—is
not always to be known in advance by any process it marks their matriculation into the larger university of life, in which they will find their struggles of strict logic; but that a practical element, learned for supremacy endurable by reason of the discipline only by experience, must be considered by every of their school days. I congratulate the school be- lawyer who ventures an opinion to a client. Some cause of its honest and efficient work in education,
of these things, I say, might be pleasurable and and that it has the services of so many busy law profitable, and some might be truthful and scienyers freely given for its advancement. At this time tific, though, perhaps, almost disheartening to one
who has not learned devotion to an ideal which can of felicitations and of that unspeakable pleasure,
never be realized upon this earth; yet, for various mingled with chastened regrets, which absorbs the
reasons, chiefly the immediate practicability of the mind of a man who feels that his student days are
theme that I have chosen, I shall pass them by and over, that the time of his dependency is at last beg to draw your attention and fix it upon the duty past, and that the stern work of life, with its exhil
of a lawyer, as a citizen, to his State and country. arating ambitions, is finally his "for better for
What does the State expect and demand from worse" in an indissoluble bond, it seems almost out
you, an educated citizen? What do you owe to it? of place for one to attempt to interest a graduate, What has our civilization done for you? What will whose attention is fixed upon his diploma, in any of
you do for it? You have enjoyed up to this time the sober problems which will soon be thrust upon exceptional privileges. You have been breathing him for solution. But although our student days the strong, pure air of civil and religious liberty, in school are numbered, yet in a larger sense we are
with perhaps no more than a passing thought as to students still, and should ever so continue; and remembering that our future depends upon our apti- which seems so eminently just and right, and which
its source, with possibly only the feeling that that tude to learn quickly and accurately from every is so freely enjoyed and on the surface so easily source, whether books recording the past experi- maintained, must always have been the possession ences of men or the present signs of the times, it
of civilized communities -- Unmindful of the frightmay be that a glance around us just now will be
ful struggles between freedom and oppression, beuseful, and, if we understand what we see, will sug
tween right and might, which made heroes and gest a principle of action both ennobling and profit-martyrs possible and necessary in the too often forable.
gotten past. It took heroic industry to conquer It might be interesting at this time to review the
the savagery of nature and the savagery of man, career of some great lawyer, and try to learn the and it has taken ceaseless toil and indomitable rule or rules of life which he followed in his ascent steadfastness to keep for the uses of man that which to the vantage point of fame or prosperity. It
was gained. The savagery of the world's aboriginies might be profitable to discuss the various principles has passed away only to make place for the selfishof action bearing upon a successful lawyer's practi- nese of unscrupulous and designing men, who find cal life. It miglit be inspiring to set forth the high the institutions of freedom calculated to increase ideals of the law which is founded upon eternal their power and widen their blighting influence. justice, and has for its object the sway of justice The liberties which you enjoy are a bequest charged among men. It might be in the interest of truth
with a trust. Your privileges are not yours abto picture that side of life which is turned toward the solutely, to be enjoyed or squandered, or neglected, Jawyer's office, though probably it would be worse or sold, or given away at your pleasure; but you than valueless to those whose buoyant hopes have are charged to hold and use them so that they shall idealized life, and have never known through actual increase in power and beneficence for the sake of contact with men the selfishness and sordidness your fellow men and posterity, and for your stewardwhich govern so many, and which are the occasion ship a strict account will be demanded. of so many of the disputes which engage a lawyer's It has been felt in the past, and perhaps may be time. It might perhaps be worth while, as it would now, that an exhortation to men to regard seriously


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(ASHBURN, VIRGINIA) - Ashby Ponds retirement community in Ashburn, Va. has recently welcomed Elisabeth Longworth as the new Community Resources Coordinator. She joins a staff of over 200 at the community, which will further expand with the opening of Red Robin View, an additional residential building, in April 2012.
Elisabeth Longworth spent three years at The Jefferson, another area continuing care retirement community (CCRC), as the Director of Lifestyle and Leisure. During her graduate studies, she was also a canvass volunteer coordinator with the Obama for America Campaign and an intern on Capitol Hill for Congresswoman Donna Edwards. Longworth holds a bachelor of social work degree from James Madison University and a master of social work degree from George Mason University, where her focus was on nonprofit leadership and public policy.
"I hope to bring a sense of enthusiasm and a spirit of service to all that I work with here in the community," said Longworth. "Ashby Ponds is on the verge of tremendous growth and I am excited by the opportunities that growth will bring."
As the Community Resources Coordinator at Ashby Ponds, Longworth will provide a variety of support functions within pastoral ministries, wellness, community resources, volunteerism, and community television.
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Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines.
John Gordon compellingly presents the relatively neglected story of the role played by navy and marine corps personnel in the defense of the Philippines. As might be gathered from its title, a central objective of the work is to depict the frustrations of navy and marine leaders who found themselves subject to General Douglas MacArthur's misjudgments and army-first mentality. Gordon does not withhold blame from the navy when warranted, finding much human error in the poor performance of US Navy submarines during the initial Japanese invasions, for example, but he seems never to miss an opportunity to return to the failings of MacArthur. Though some of these criticisms thus are a bit extraneous to his narrative--e.g., MacArthur's exaggerations (or, as Gordon calls them, lies) about Japanese troop numbers--the author on the whole succeeds in adding to rather than repeating at length charges that other authors have brought. He offers such specific cases as that of Admirai Hart, who far-sightedly moved much earlier than the army to concentrate resources and put his men on reduced rations, only to find himself ceaselessly undermined and criticized by his rival commander.
Although Gordon has scarcely a grudging good word to say about MacArthur, he is careful to illustrate the limited reach of MacArthur's antipathetic attitude toward rival services by depicting the many instances in which members of the army, navy, and marines came to one another's aid during the mounting crises. Indeed, Gordon's major achievement is to add a human dimension to the accounts of lesser-known events, such as the destruction of the naval base at Cavite, as well as such well-known ones as the fall of Bataan and Corregidor: navy gunboats rescue soldiers from the beaches of Bataan; sailors return to their ships at night to use onboard equipment to produce fresh water for Fort Hughes; marines on Corregidor work to incorporate enfeebled Bataan refugees along with many Filipinos and sailors untrained for ground combat into a defending force.
Such accounts mean that although Gordon's book is somewhat detailed for a general audience (though useful as a reference work for the specialist), it nonetheless is a "good read." It succeeds in conveying the great suspense and drama of events as they unfold. In his narrowly focused account, each vessel--however small--is a dramatic actor for whom readers cheer, and many service members appear by name in a way that makes us care about their individual fates. Indeed, because the book succeeds so well in highlighting the determined and often heroic actions of marine and navy personnel, this reviewer ultimately has to question the author's choice of title. Although, as noted, it does introduce a theme to which he regularly returns, and he plainly feels that there are grievances still to be settled, "Fighting for MacArthur" grants "the General" center stage even as it seeks to criticize him. Perhaps better would have been "Defense of the Philippines: The Navy and Marine Corps Confront the Japanese and Endure MacArthur."
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Home / India News / 4 held for raping 21-yr-old woman, spot 500 metres away from Noida police post
4 held for raping 21-yr-old woman, spot 500 metres away from Noida police post
Four people have been arrested while two are still at large. The arrested persons have been identified as Ravi, a resident of phase 3, Brij Kishore, Pitambar alias Pritam and Umesh-- all three are residents of Noida Sector 63. The two absconding accused have been identified as Guddu and Shamu.
india Updated: Nov 15, 2019 19:19 IST
Preety Acharya
Hindustan Times, Noida
Four people have been arrested in connection with the case while two are still at large. (Police hangout)
A 21-year-old woman was gang-raped by five men on Wednesday when she had gone to meet a person known to her to explore a job opportunity. The incident took place at a park in Sector 63 of Noida.
According to the police, the victim had gone to meet Ravi who had called her under the pretext of a job opportunity. Ravi then tried to rape her but she started shouting following which two people approached them. The duo started assaulting Ravi and he ran away.
After Ravi fled from the spot, Guddu and Shamu raped the victim and called Brij Kishore, Pitambar and Umesh, who then sexually assaulted her. All the five accused then fled from the spot after which the victim approached the police and lodged a complaint.
The victim was immediately rushed to a district hospital where she is undergoing treatment and is out of danger. The victim was critically injured when she approached the police. The girl was raped inside an empty plot near the park following which she was also brutally beaten up by the accused.
"The victim was bleeding and needed medical attention when she approached the nearby police station. She was rushed to the hospital immediately. She is out of danger now but she was beaten up badly by the accused. Two accused are still at large and will be arrested soon," Vaibhav Krishna, senior superintendent of police, Gautam Budh Nagar said.
The Noida police immediately constituted two teams of police officers from Phase 3 police station under whose jurisdiction the incident took place and sector 24 police station. Additional teams of police officials and informants were also formed simultaneously to nab the accused.
Noida police arrested Ravi with the help of information provided by the victim. The police then prepared the sketches of other five accused with the help of Ravi and the victim. Three more accused were arrested within 12 hours after Ravi's arrest.
The police have now launched a manhunt to nab the remaining two accused and have announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for information on any of them.
"The park where the incident took place has a boundary around it and it is not developed properly like a park. It is next to the service lane. There are people who do small time farming over there and few people use it," Devendra Singh, Station House Officer, phase 3, police station said.
The police post is around 500 meters from the spot where the victim was raped.
According to the police, the victim is out of danger and her counselling is underway after which she will be discharged. The police will refer the name of the victim for compensation under the Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/other Crimes 2018.
Ravi has studied till class 7 and works as a peon at an export company in sector 63. Brij Kishore has studied till class 11, Pitamber till class 8 and Umesh till class 5, the trio work as contract vegetable farmers at a farm in Bahlolpur village.
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Under the America Invents Act, manufacturers possess a powerful tool for combatting overly broad competitor patents: inter partes review (IPR). IPR allows any party to challenge one or more patent claims by filing a petition with the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), showing that the challenged claims are likely invalid on specific grounds. A petitioner is not required to show that it has suffered actual injury due to the challenged patent. This means that anybody can challenge patent claims by IPR.
Accordingly, IPR is an attractive option for a manufacturer concerned that its forthcoming product might trigger a patent infringement suit. If the PTAB agrees with the petitioner that one or more claims are invalid, it will cancel the challenged claims, clearing the way for new product development. A petitioner unhappy with the Board's decision to uphold challenged claims, on the other hand, may appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
But the Federal Circuit isn't for everybody. Although any party can file an IPR petition, not just anybody can appeal an IPR decision in federal court. Instead, the Federal Circuit requires that IPR appellants establish standing to appeal by showing actual injury, or injury-in-fact. Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit began to address this requirement as it relates to IPR appeals in JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd.
GKN Automotive Ltd. owns U.S. Patent No. 8,215,440 ("the '440 patent"), which covers a drivetrain for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The drivetrain at issue contains primary and secondary drivetrains, and it can be switched between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive modes.
JTEKT Corporation, which had been working on its own drivetrain concept, petitioned the PTAB for IPR of claims 1-7 in the '440 patent. After GKN disclaimed claims 1, 4, and 5, the Board concluded that claims 6 and 7 were invalid. However, the Board upheld claims 2 and 3. Concerned that the surviving claims presented a litigation risk for its drivetrain concept, JTEKT appealed the Board's findings on claims 2 and 3 to the Federal Circuit.
JTEKT makes clear that the Federal Circuit's doors are not always open to IPR challengers. Judge Dyk, writing for a three-judge panel, stated that even though U.S. patent law allows petitioners to appear before the PTAB without showing actual injury, the law "cannot be read to dispense with the Article III injury-in-fact requirement for appeal to this court." Therefore, the burden is on the IPR petitioner to show actual injury before appealing to the Federal Circuit.
Our cases establish that typically in order to demonstrate the requisite injury in an IPR appeal, the appellant/petitioner must show that it is engaged or will likely engage in an activity that would give rise to a possible infringement suit or has contractual rights that are affected by a determination of patent validity.
[W]here the party relies on potential infringement liability as a basis for injury in fact, but is not currently engaging in infringing activity, it must establish that it has concrete plans for future activity that creates a substantial risk of future infringement or likely [will] cause the patentee to assert a claim of infringement.
In this case, JTEKT had begun developing its own driveshaft concept in 2015 but had not finalized its design. Instead, the record indicated that JTEKT was in the process of validating its driveshaft concept and conducting customer demonstrations, leaving open the possibility that its design would further evolve. Without a final product to analyze for infringement, the Federal Circuit was unwilling to recognize an injury-in-fact. Furthermore, the court noted that estoppel based on participation in the IPR does not constitute injury when the appellant/petitioner is not engaged in activity likely to spawn an infringement suit. Finding no such activity, the court dismissed JTEKT's appeal for lack of standing.
But the Federal Circuit left the finer contours of the injury-in-fact requirement unclear. Although the court asserted that an appellant need not go so far as to concede infringement, it did state that an appellant must show "that its product creates a concrete and substantial risk of infringement or will likely lead to claims of infringement." Without offering many clues about what constitutes "concrete and substantial" risk of infringement, the Federal Circuit refused to recognize such a risk in JTEKT, absent a final product design that could support an infringement analysis.
To recap, IPRs undoubtedly are a useful tool for invalidating patent claims that obstruct new product development. A manufacturer can initiate these proceedings without establishing actual injury. It is a different story, however, if a petitioner appeals an adverse IPR decision to the Federal Circuit. In that case, the Federal Circuit seems to require that an appellant/petitioner possesses a final product design which creates a "concrete and substantial" risk of infringement.
(2) sink research and development dollars into designs that pose a higher infringement risk but create standing to appeal an adverse IPR decision.
In either case, automotive manufacturers challenging competitors' patents by IPR should be prepared to show that their product designs are mature enough to support an appeal, should the Board side with the patentee. At the same time, it may be tricky to make this showing without conceding infringement. Nonetheless, IPR remains an effective tool for challenging overly broad patents that stymie automotive product development, provided that petitioners challenge competitor patents sufficiently late in the design process to underwrite standing for appeal, without sacrificing the flexibility required to change course if problematic patent claims survive inter partes review.
 See 35 U.S.C. § 114(c) (2016).
 JTEKT Corp. v. GKN Auto. Ltd., No. 2017-1828, 2018 WL 3673005, at *1 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2018).
 Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540, 1545 (2016).
 Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992).
 JTEKT, 2018 WL 3673005, at *2 (internal citations and quotations omitted).