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099: What are YOU hoping to read?
February 10, 2008 by David Crumm
TODAY, we're turning to one of our most popular questions at ReadTheSpirit: What are YOU reading? During the weeks that I was traveling in Asia in January, then during the series of daily articles that we've published about spiritual connections with Asia, a lot of reader emails have piled up at our Home Office.
Soon, we will run more of your recommendations of great books and films –- but, today, we'll answer some questions readers have raised.
JIM WILLS, who works for an insurance firm outside Chicago and is "trying to find my way back into a healthier balance of family, faith and work" wrote to say he enjoyed an earlier quiz we published about saints. "But I really don't find most of those guides to saints helpful," he said. "I guess I missed some of the catechism -– my own fault I'll admit –- and I went to public schools and all. … When I pick up those guidebooks to saints to learn about what I missed, they leave me flat. Any suggestions on exploring saints without feeling like I've just picked up an almanac?"
Indeed, we've got a great suggestion, Jim. Its "My Life with the Saints," by the Rev. James Martin, SJ. In 2006, it appeared in hardback and won a number of honors, including a very nice salute from Publishers Weekly Magazine. Now, Martin's book is available in a handy new trade-paperback edition.
As always in our stories, you can click on the book cover (above) or the title of the book to jump to our review in our ReadTheSpirit bookstore — and you can buy a copy, if you wish.
K.C. AMES from Ohio, who is "disappointed you haven't written more about comics," asks: "Can you suggest anything we may be missing? … I enjoy the ones best that tell Bible stories, but I also like any of them that have good stories of faith. … Tips?"
K.C. was referring to our earlier 3-part series on the spiritual side of comics, graphic novels and manga.
If you haven't been watching this section in bookstores recently, you may be surprised by how relentlessly it is expanding! And, yes, there are some great new religious titles hitting the shelves.
I can promise K.C. and our other readers intrigued by this genre that we will write more about it in coming months. Right now, though, my favorite title among in-coming review copies arriving on my desk this month is, "The Manga Bible," by Siku, which is the pen name of British-born Nigerian comic artist Ajibayo Akinsiku.
It is 200 pages of fresh, black-and-white imagery and storytelling, lifting up dramatic moments from these ancient stories in new ways. Yes, it's great for younger readers, but I'm in my 50s and found myself mesmerized for an entire evening. (Click on the title or cover to read more.)
AND — THIS IS an indicator of how timely we are at ReadTheSpirit!
I wrote today's piece, including the review and recommendation of Silu's book, on Saturday to have it completed well before Monday morning's publication on ReadTheSpirit. Then, on Sunday morning, the New York Times published an entire news story about the book.
No, this wasn't a piece in the Times book-review section — it was a news story about this landmark blending of Japanese manga elements with the Bible, the kind of coverage that Doubleday and Siku probably were thrilled to receive. (Such Times stories move over wire services to media outlets internationally.)
One piece of news in the Times story is that Siku already is planning his next manga salute to the Bible. The Times reported: "His next project is a manga life of Christ. He has 300 pages to lay it out, which means there will be a lot more action, a lot less talking, something like Clint Eastwood in the Galilee."
I, for one, can hardly wait.
Finally, we've had a number of readers ask for further recommendations on Bible study and the life of Jesus, a couple of these notes prompted by the launch of the new Our Lent series within the ReadTheSpirit family of Web sites.
JANICE from Florida asked for "something more in-depth on the life of Jesus that we could use in our Bible study class at church." And a reader from Michigan said she's "not a pastor but I want to read about what people who study these things are saying about the historic Jesus of Nazareth."
Thank you all for continuing to raise such questions. It's a sign of the ongoing importance of Bible study and the deep interest in learning more about scriptures and the life of Jesus.
The answer to such questions is: There are almost too many good books out there. For example, just last week, we featured a Conversation With Phyllis Tickle about her new book, "The Words of Jesus." That book isn't a scholarly examination of scriptures, but it is an in-depth look at Jesus' record in the gospels. We know that Phyllis' many books are very popular with readers. She's popular partly because her works often cross over between mainline and evangelical audiences.
ALSO, the Bible scholar Marcus Borg is mentioned by many of our readers — and many authors we've interviewed, who mention that they follow Borg's work. Even the red-hot young evangelist Rob Bell says that he admires some of Borg's books.
Just last week, a new trade-paperback edition of Borg's major work, "Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary," arrived in the mail. The hardback edition was a best-seller nationwide and the brand-new paperback edition is likely to fly off bookstore shelves, as well. At a cheaper price, it's now an even more practical choice for Bible-study groups.
Click on the book cover or the title of the book to read our review and see other books we've recommended on scriptures. OR, click on Borg's name above to learn more about other Borg titles.
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Monterey County Gives helped us provide free, school-based Tdap immunization clinics to 6th-grade students. With the community's support, we covered 4 middle schools in North Monterey County, Walter Colton Middle, Marina-Los Arboles Middle, Seaside Middle, Gonzales Unified School District and the Soledad District office (400 vaccinations). That program was such a BIG success, we'd like to expand it. Our clinics helped schools to comply with state law AB354 (requiring all students entering 7th grade to show proof of a Tdap immunization prior to the start of school). VNACS helped keep students in class, which also helped public schools receive critical state funds based on attendance. Our free school clinics are especially valuable to low-income families: children are protected without busy working parents having to schedule a separate and costly pediatrician visit. With support from Monterey County Gives, we will expand our clinics to serve additional area schools.
The VNA Community Services offered MPUSD students a great benefit by providing a required immunization for entry into 7th grade, at three school sites, at no cost. Parents were extremely appreciative of this service. The VNA team of nurses were professional, knowledgeable, and caring. With support from Monterey County Gives, we look forward to working with VNACS in the future to keep our students healthy and in school.


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The Springbok comprises a relatively small antelope that live in southern Africa. They are part of the Bovidae family, along with other antelope, wildebeest, buffalo, water buffalo, impala, gazelle, and more.
You can distinguish these animals from other antelope by looking at their faces, which are white, with a dark stripe running from their eyes to their mouths. Read on to learn about the Springbok.
Description of the Springbok
This antelope species has a red-brown colored coat, with a white underbelly. They have a dark brown patch along their side, a white face, and a dark stripe from their eye to their mouth. This species stands about 2.5 ft. tall, and weighs between 70 and 100 lbs.
Both sexes have horns, which are slightly curved and point upwards from their heads. Most horns measure between 12- and 18-inches long, though females have slightly thinner and smaller horns.
Interesting Facts About the Springbok
Springboks are interesting little antelope with a variety of behaviors and traits to help them survive. Learn more about what makes these antelope unique below.
Pronking – It wouldn't be a Springbok without the "spring!" These antelope spring high into the air by bouncing up with all four feet, a behavior known and "pronking." These animals can pronk over six feet in the air, and usually jump several times in a row.
Camel-ope – Even though camels are famous for their ability to go long periods without water, Springboks take the cake in this category. Because they feed on succulent vegetation, these antelope can get all their water from their diet. They can go over a year without actually drinking water!
What's in a Name? – In short, Springbok translates to "jumping antelope," or "jumping goat." In the Afrikaans language of South Africa, "spring" translates to jump, and "bok" translates to antelope or goat.
Symbol of South Africa – In South Africa, the people view this antelope as an emblem. They revere it for its athletic ability, and hunting this species is strictly regulated. Because of these strict regulations and licenses, Springboks are one of the most prolific antelope species.
Habitat of the Springbok
Piggybacking on the strict regulations and rules surrounding hunting of these animals, we move to preferred habitat. Because habitat destruction and urban spread threatens the natural ecosystems that they prefer, these creatures primarily live in farms, nature preserves, and game parks.
Within these reserves, they live in dry savanna and grassland habitats. Because they can go long periods without drinking water, Springboks can inhabit more arid regions with less rainfall.
Distribution of the Springbok
Even though their populations are healthy and thriving, these antelope live within a relatively small range. Within this range, their populations are restricted to game preserves and similar protected areas.
These antelope only inhabit southwestern Africa, and live nowhere else in the world outside of zoos and ranches. Their range extends from western South Africa throughout Namibia and into small areas of Botswana and Angola.
Diet of the Springbok
Springboks are herbivores, and feed only on plants. Depending on the season, they both browse on leaves and graze on grasses. When water is plentiful, primarily during the rainy season, they feed on grasses. The grasses have less water in them, but are more plentiful.
As the dry season arrives, they begin eating flowers and leaves, which have higher water content. By eating foods with lots of water in them, these animals can live in arid regions without having to rely on water sources.
Springbok and Human Interaction
Humans actually benefit Springboks, and their populations are increasing. The governments in southern Africa protect these antelope, and require special licenses and permits to hunt a select number of animals.
The cost of the licenses goes towards providing for the people of southern Africa and maintaining the reserves and sanctuaries that the animals live in. Through careful regulation, the people in these regions keep the population growing year to year. The IUCN lists the Springbok as Least Concern.
Humans have not domesticated these antelope in any way.
Does the Springbok Make a Good Pet
Even though this species isn't quite as large as some other antelope species, they still do not make good household pets. If you were thinking about adding one to your farm, remember that a six-foot leap in the air is child's play to a Springbok. Strict regulations protect these antelope, and keeping them as a pet is illegal in most places.
Springbok Care
In zoos, these animals usually live in large enclosures with plenty of running (and pronking) space. Their enclosures contain a large amount of grass and shrubs for them to graze on, and lots of space for an entire herd to live and exercise.
It is not uncommon for zoos to keep Springbok in large, safari-style exhibits with other antelope species as well. The zookeepers feed them grasses, several different types of hay, fresh leaves to browse, and pelleted feed for herbivores.
Behavior of the Springbok
These mammals are primarily diurnal, or active during the day. They spend their days browsing for food, resting, and sometimes pronking or sparring when excited. Springboks have two primary social groups – mixed sex herds and bachelor herds.
A few males control a herd of females and their offspring, and hold breeding rights. Older, younger, or unsuccessful males group together in bachelor herds, looking for potential mates when they can. The dominant males guard their herds from competing males.
Reproduction of the Springbok
Females mate with the dominant male in the herd. The male mates with multiple females in his herd as the breeding season arrives. Females have a gestation period of about five or six months, and normally give birth to a single calf.
Males do not participate in rearing the calf, but do protect their herd from danger. She weans the calf off her milk when it is between six months and a year old. Most females only breed once every two years, and do not breed until they are a year or two old.
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Mikey Garcia (31-0, 27 KOs) knocked defending WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs) down four times en route a good eighth round technical stoppage at The Theater at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.
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Review: Northern Lights at the Gala, supported by Full Score
After their victory in Edinburgh over the weekend, taking first place at the at the International Championship of A Cappella quarter-finals, Northern Lights took to the stage on Monday night with their annual Gala concert, supported by Full Score; one of Durham's newest and youngest mixed a cappella choirs, centered on their love for the barbershop genre.
The evening began with Full Score's selection of barbershop favourites, conducted by Alex Mackinder. Their first piece, an 'I Love Jazz Medley', opened the concert with eagerness and an overall sense of confidence. Most noticeable was the choir's immediate sense of unity, with intonation and rhythms very precise indeed. I wonder perhaps whether the level of energy displayed mirrored that demanded by the song, but the overall character really shone through; and clearly a great start for what was to come.
To follow was their interpretation of 'Isn't She Lovely'. Clearly a very energetic piece, there were a few issues with the coherence of the faster passages, but the character was retained, and the singers clearly engaged with the emotions of the song. It was at this point that the choreography really added to the music, and this was very well displayed.
Their third piece of the night was 'Their Hearts Were Full of Spring'. Here, once again, the choir's intonation was exemplary, with a clear sense of direction from Mackinder, the result being a rounded sound which matched the song's demands well. The additions of the glissandi in the male parts was a refreshing shift in the colour of the overall sound, but I feel that at times the upper notes were not always reached. However, they were generally very well stylized.
Next up was 'The Next Ten Minutes', taken from the musical 'The Last Five Years'. With the lower energy of the song, naturally the choir had to work harder to portray the emotion and vitality of sound, and it was very carefully crafted here. The opening solo part from the male lines was well tuned and in keeping with the style of the song, if not a little unconfident in places. It was nice also to hear the choir perform repertoire which explored these slow, quiet phrases.
immediate sense of unity, with precise intonation and rhythms
Their penultimate piece was 'Sing, Sing, Sing', and here the choreography was exceptional, and truly added to the character of the performance. The energy was also highly vitalised, and the ending clearly portrayed this.
Full Score's final song of the evening was 'Go Down Moses', which displayed the choir's aptitude for close-harmony barbershop singing. It was a shame that the male vocal entry after the climax was rather untidy, but this was easily made up for with the ending, which showed the true potential of the choir's sound. It truly was spectacular!
After the interval, the headline act, Northern Lights, presented their first song, 'Go Your Own Way'. It was evident from the start that the choreography (put together by Izzy Clarke) was spectacular and worked in harmony with the group's musical talents. The solo, here sung by Naomi Cook, was well stylized and portrayed the true character that the song demanded. The sound was extremely powerful and well-focused also. It was unfortunate however, that during this particular song, the beatboxing seemed slightly overpowering. Regardless, the overall sound was truly special, and the harmony and intonation were very fine.
Up next was their rendition of 'High Five' with soloist Goya Verity. The energy here was immediately evident. Every member of the group was clearly passionate about their individual parts and coordinated them with tenacity to create the powerful sound which was the result. The solo was particularly powerful, with clear command of the style and genre in which the song was set.
Their third song was one of their classics 'Don't Look Back in Anger/Nobody to Love' with Rosie Western taking on the solo. Here, once again, the tuning was spotless; as was the harmony throughout. The beatboxing by Oscar Lingard was most effective at this point and added to the character and emotion of the song. As with the previous songs, the choreography was also very well planned here, but I sometimes felt that it impacted the vocal standards slightly. Their fourth song, 'Heavenly Father' with soloist Joe Norris, presented the audience with a truly magical atmosphere, with the harmony of the supporting parts faultless. Most notable in this song was the group's impeccable handling of joint entries, even when the group was spread across the entire stage.
Up next was a special format of just five members singing 'My Heart With You', which explored the member's ability to sing in a more intimate and musically exposed fashion. After this we saw Dewi Erwan perform the solo part for 'Shotgun', a highly energetic performance with the level of beatboxing now at a more balanced level. The group's interpretation of the song was exemplary, and it was great to see the choreography really affecting the overall performance atmosphere.
Their next song 'God is a Women', with solo by Tasmin Martin-Young, perhaps felt the freest song in the entire concert. The sheer power from the group throughout this song was highly commendable: not once did the wall of sound falter and the energy remained for the entirety. I also found it hard to find anything of fault with the harmony parts, or the way in which solo and chorus interacted. It was a fathomably spotless performance.
a truly magical atmosphere, with the harmony of the supporting parts faultless
…the level of energy from the entire group culminated in a strong, powerful, and unifying sound
'High Hopes' was next, with soloist Oscar Lingard. Here, once again, the choreography was exemplary, and the solo line was very passionately portrayed. The supporting harmony was also very well intoned, if not on occasion sitting slightly unevenly in pitch and unity. However, the overall character of the song was very well portrayed and the solo voice suited this song particularly well.
Following on from this was Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling In Love' with solo by Elle Morgan-Williams. This was perhaps the most atmospheric opening of any of the songs, with the single female voice. The balance was particularly impressive in this song, with both solo and supporting harmony working perfectly together. The bass lines were of particular strength here, which added overtly to the overall sense of command and power in this song.
Northern Light's penultimate song was 'Tears' with soloists Rosie Western and Harlem Nquyen, which clearly showed the singers command of the style and genre. The concert finished with their interpretation of 'Clarity' by Zedd, and soloist Harlem Nquyen. Here, once again the bass line was evidently strong, but this sometimes led to the harmonic backing seeming slightly muddled or 'washed' in colour. For the most part, however, the harmony was very tight indeed. This was perhaps the highlight of the concert in terms of solo lines. There was true passion throughout the solo, and the group melded extremely well, as such creating a truly powerful ending which displayed the group's total command of the genre.
a truly outstanding evening of music
Overall, a very well-presented programme, with a range of styles and genres, which was enacted with precision and clear musicality. Special mention must go to the soloists, who all performed spectacularly, their passion shining through in every song. The harmonies were very well balanced, with the intonation nearly perfect throughout. One of the highlights for me had to be the level of energy from the entire group, culminating in a strong, powerful, and unifying sound. A truly outstanding evening of music!
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Notice there's a new entry on the pull-down called 'Digital Code' in addition to the regular 'DVD' and 'Bluray' items. But when I select it, nothing shows up. Does it work for anyone out there?
Also, has anyone figured out how to insert or attach images to posts? The 'Insert Image' icon only lets you specify a http link and not from a file.
To the left of the "insert image" icon, there is a "host an image" icon. Select that and then drag and drop the picture or use "select files".
Digital code says you can download the digital version of the movie to the device of your choice. Once you download it you own it. New option. Clicked on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and it was $9.99 to own. Probably worth buying the DVD and getting the code with the DVD.
hope2k wrote: Digital code says you can download the digital version of the movie to the device of your choice. Once you download it you own it. New option. Clicked on Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and it was $9.99 to own. Probably worth buying the DVD and getting the code with the DVD.
I suspect that when Redbox is forced to buy retail copies of movies because they didn't reach an agreement with the movie distributor, they end up getting the DVD/BR and the code that anyone else would when they buy from the store. It looks like they are now trying to make a little extra money by selling that code separately from the used DVD/BR. When they get a rental version from a distributor, then they won't have those codes.
GotGv2 was one of the movies that they rented retail versions of the DVD/BR.
I bet you are exactly right. $10 seems high though. But maybe people will do it. Wonder if the are allowed to sell those. I am sure they wouldn't do anything illegal.
The price sounded high to me to, but then I checked Vudu, and they are selling the HD digital version for $19.99. The regular price for the BR/DVD/Digital is also $19.99 right now. So, someone could look at the $9.99 price and see it as a way to get a digital copy for half price. Personally, I wouldn't buy it as for this particular movie, I'll bet we see the BR at $9.99 for the holiday season.
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Thanks hope2k for the explanation of the digital code. I thought it was some way to stream the movie online as a rental like vudu or fandangonow, instead of having to pick up the physical medium.
The digital code is a way to stream the movie online. It is not being offered for rental. You can only buy it. When you buy the code, you do not have to pick it up. I have not tried it, but I would think the code will be emailed to you. You then redeem that code at a online site like UltraViolet. Ownership can then be shared with other stream sites like Vudu. It is the same process as when you buy the BR at a store and get a digital copy.


Malhar and Kalyani celebrate their unity in Sampada's party. Sampada and Atharv also perform in the party along with Malhar and Kalyani. The dance competition goes on well. Kalyani wins in the competition and makes Sampada taste failure. Malhar feels proud of Kalyani. Sampada gets angry on Kalyani. She tries to insult Malhar, but Kalyani protects Malhar's respect. Kalyani and Sampada have a heated argument in front of everyone. Kalyani makes Sampada jealous by acting romantic with Malhar. Kalyani fails Sampada's humiliation plan.
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Instrumental Music can be categorized into three significant streams- vocal music, western instrumental music and oriental classical music. The vocal Instrumental Music is both complicated and critical. The intricate work of high pitch and low pitch voice is an amazing experience. As opined in the words of Tagore, vocal Instrumental Music is "a marriage of two forces".
The singer does not create his song alone; it is the duty of the listener to complete the song. Vocal music is an archaic form of Instrumental Music. Previously, Instrumental Music in the vocal form was used in the oriental societies for spiritual and sacred harp.
Instrumental Music was popular in the ancient civilizations. There are different classical traditions of Instrumental Music such as: Andalusian classical music, Arab classical music, Gagaku, Gamelan and Classical Korean music to name a few. Andalusian classical music is found across North Africa. Theorists assert Arab classical music is substantially rooted in the classical age of the Arab Empire. The roots of Gagaku classical music is in the sweet soils of Japan, China and Korea. Gamelan is a musical compilation by Indonesian musical instrument. This variety of classical music is based on mainly xylophones, gongs and drums. Classical Korean Instrumental Music is subdivided into folk and classical music. The strength and intensity involved in Instrumental Music is heart melting.
The classic period of western Instrumental Music falls between the Baroque and the Romantic periods. The lists of the renowned composers from this specific phase were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Emanuel Bach and so on. The Vienna School of Instrumental Music is soul pondering. This particular variety of Instrumental Music will out brim tears from the innermost marrows of your heart. Instrumental Music can be a pleasant gift in this Valentine's Day to your lady love.
They Deserve It will offer you an insight into the world of Instrumental Music from nook and corners of the globe.


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79790 Private William John Moore
Dated added: 01/01/2016 Last updated: 19/05/2020
Regiment/Service: 11th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (British Army)
Died: 18/09/1918 (Killed in Action)
William John Moore was the son of William and Mary Ann Moore. William was born about 1892 in Desertmartin. William Moore enlisted in Manchester on 3rd November 1914. While in the field with the Manchester Regiment in Salonika, he contracted malaria and was admitted to hospital in Corfu. His health remained poor and it was not until 5th August 1918 that he returned to Salonika. He joined the 11th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment on 7th September 1918. Private William John Moore was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment when he was killed in action on 18th September 1918.
Cemetery Details
Cemetery: Doiran Military Cemetery
Doiran, Thessaloniki
Grave Ref: Grave III-F-22
CWGC Casualty 334667
Doiran Military Cemetery is situated in the north of Greece close to the Macedonia border and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran. It is approximately 2 kilometres north west of Drossato village.
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1 National Archives UK Medal card of Private William John Moore can be purchased here
2 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Private William John Moore's grave can be purchased here
Magherafelt District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2014-2021


Thank you so much to those who have emailed and reached out through Social Media to make sure I was okay! Everything is fine and the power and internet are back.
I sincerely hope you can say the same.
Back in action ... everything okay ... lots of work to catch up on ... talk to you soon!
1) Mail pick-up resumed in the area as of Wednesday -- I was operational here as of late Friday -- I've now shipped all packages paid through Saturday morning at 3 am.
2) I don't think I'm going to do my usual TCM previews for November. It turned out harder to read/write by flashlight than I recalled from Irene last year, plus I kept pretty active around here anyway. So, we'll move forward and plan on resuming normal preview activity come December (Stanwyck!).
My pal Kristina at Speakeasy has a link round-up of other TCM in November previews though - Check it out here!
Once more, thanks much to all who wrote or otherwise reached out. Following is a little bit I typed up about operations here after the lights came on but before internet access returned.
Since I don't have a digital camera on hand to show off storm damage, we'll illustrate with my previously prepared group of TCM Star of the Month Constance Bennett collectibles!
As noted prior to the storm all orders paid through Monday morning, October 29, at 9 am have shipped.
Then the weather took a turn.
I am once again fully operational and all orders paid from October 29 to present are being packed and will ship have shipped Saturday, November 3.
All buyers whose orders ship Saturday will also receive a short separate notice from me either via direct email or through eBay's messaging system, or possibly both, to let them know what's going on.
I've saved the long version for here.
Boy, did the weathermen ever call that one perfectly!
Me and mine are all okay, largely inconvenienced more than anything by the storm and we're thankful for that because Sandy was much worse for others including those very near on the map to me.
Our biggest issue was wind. Rain was negligible. In fact, Sandy was the rare storm which did not involve flooding in my immediate area.
It did, however, provide on 80-foot surprise when a large tree went down and spread across the neighbor's yard. Even that had a bright side though as not only was no one hurt, but not even a house was grazed. The fence is another matter, but, oh well.
While this may be the tree that passers-by slowly roll by pointing at with mouths agape, there are other backyards on the block with just as much lumber to deal with. I had a few beers around a fire with one neighbor who had eight trees fall either from or into his yard. The tallest one leans on a corner of his house, but again, no major damage.
While the winds were gusting throughout Monday the power didn't cut until about 5 pm.
That was the exact time that the weathermen had predicted an increase in gustiness.
Shortly after my next door neighbor knocked on the door with news of a generator and his willingness to share a line. Alas, his generosity got the best of the equipment as I wasn't the only neighbor he extended this courtesy to and we were all back in the dark in about an hour.
It was a pretty scary night. Didn't hear that big tree go down. Given it's harmless path I'm thankful for being spared the panic of watching it drop as well. After having noticed it was down anxiety spiked a bit, yet at the same time the most threatening object looming over the house was no longer a threat.
The winds whipped violently until, again, as predicted, about midnight. A little while later I was able to fall asleep.
No lights on Tuesday; only confirmation that the neighbor's generator was fried for good. No power.
Strange weather Tuesday: Mostly sunny and still, yet the skies darkened about once per hour preceding 15-20 minute periods of rain which almost predictably ceased to bring back the sun until the next hour.
A quiet day, walking up and down the block, surveying the local damage. My block lost many trees, but again, most of them appear to have missed houses. I haven't heard of any injuries. Beyond the fences that is.
Cleaning up. Meet and greets with the neighbors. Quaint and quiet. Tuesday and Wednesday end at at sundown.
The lights came back just after sundown Wednesday.
Wonderful! But I'm still out of commission: No Cablevision. And so no phone or internet. No cable TV either, but at least the DVD player works. The neighbor uses Verizon, which is up, but they are not wired for the internet.
I don't know who has bought what but I am sure I'm going to have some work to do once the cable boxes stop telling me to "Hold on" and register a channel instead. The modem at my left shows power and one of the lights is blinking, but I need that blinking light to go steady and two more besides to light up.
Sandy was the worst storm I've ever seen on Long Island, easily topping Hurricane Gloria back in the '80s and last year's Irene. The flooding being reported on each shore is frightening. Friends of friends have lost their homes. I don't know anybody, friend or family alike, who has returned to work yet as of Friday.
As I write this on Friday current reports from LIPA, our power company, have outages at Irene levels. That means they've restored power to about 400,000 customers.
Luckily I was one of the first 100,000 or so restored, but there are nearly 600,000 people still without power here. The selections at the grocery stores are spotty but improving. There are long lines and reports of short tempers at the gas stations.
Cell phone service was completely out until Wednesday evening. To be honest it seemed to work better on Thursday than it does on Friday. I haven't seen some voicemails until 24 hours after they were left and a few of those were too garbled to understand anyway.
Until Cablevision returns it's really a combo of spotty cell service, newspapers, radio and word of mouth around here.
Postscript: Other than that tree out back everything is now back to normal. I hope you can say the same as well!


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I've loved art for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I remember toting my dad's old briefcase full of art supplies around with me on vacation to draw different sights. My mom would take art classes with me and organize creative projects from craft painting to ceramics.
Mesmorized by the movie Toy Story, I went to the Savannah College of Art & Design (1998-2002) to earn a degree in Computer Art so I could create similar animations. It turned out that cartoon work wasn't my forte; but a new passion emerged during my time living in Savannah, Georgia. Historic buildings were everywhere, and I fell in love with the craftsmanship and detailing, they were truly works of art! A degree in Historic Preservation and a minor in Computer Art was the result of the newfound love.
For 13 years, I worked for the Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program. Through computer renderings and technical advice, I have assisted building and business owners on how to respectfully adapt their historic buildings for current uses. A Main Street city resident myself, I have helped implement successful Main Street practices as a board member of Georgetown, Texas' Main Street Program and Architectural Review Commission. A favorite, well known project of mine was the design and painting of a downtown mural on the Georgetown square. This work was done while volunteering with Georgetown's Main Street Program.
In 2006-2007, I took a hiatus from the Texas Main Street Program to work with my passions for painting with a company called In Your Space. The company specialized in custom wall finishes, artwork, murals, and furniture finishes.
This hiatus was fulfilling, but lasted only a year due to my pregnancy with my first child (the fumes and heights of a painting job were not conducive to pregnancy). Since then, our family has grown to include two children, and I have fully enjoyed exploring art mediums and artists with them. I hope to teach workshops or summer camps for children in the future.
Today I am a full-time muralist and sign painter. I enjoy taking on a variety of new art projects— from murals, children's rooms, graphic design, sign painting, commercial interiors, to canvas commissions. Please contact me if you have a project in mind and let's make it happen!


Adrak Ka Achar is a tasty pickle recipe and is very helpful in improving the digestion. Learn how to prepare Adrak Ka Achar just by following this simple method.
Firstly shred ginger and then add some carom and cumin seeds and salt and lemon juice to the shredded mixture and mix it properly.
Now place this pickle recipe in sunlight for round about 15 days.
After that period keep the pickle in an air tight jar.


I write to you concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that almost all employers, including Catholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs and contraception. Almost all health insurers will be forced to include those "services" in the health policies they write. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that coverage as a part of their policies.
As a result, unless the rule is overturned, we Catholics will be compelled either to violate our consciences or to drop health coverage for our employees (and suffer the penalties for doing so). The Administration's sole concession was to give our institutions one year to comply.
We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom.
Therefore, I would ask of you two things. First, as a community of faith we must commit ourselves to prayer that wisdom and justice may prevail and religious liberty may be restored. Second, I would also recommend visiting the Iowa Catholic Conference website or USCCB websites to learn more about this severe assault on religious liberty and how to contact Congress in support of legislation that would reverse the Administration's decision.
Thank you for your prayers and attention to this critical issue.


What are the true rewards of maturation? Ever wondered what a wine might taste like 6, 8 or 10 years after bottling? Want to understand better how to treat these wines in Service?
Join Sommeliers Australia's Liam O'Brien and Luke Campbell (Vinified), as they answer all these questions! They will also cover decanting and serving, and simply how to appreciate aged wine in general.
During the masterclass, you will taste several examples of current release wines vs their aged counterparts to gain an understanding of how a wine matures. Australia Riesling, Pinot Noir and Cabernet, plus Burgundies, are just some of the styles we will taste on the day. You will learn what styles you prefer with age, how to tell if a wine will age and will be Q and A with special guest on the day to discuss their opinions on aged wine in Australia.
PLEASE NOTE: Bookings are essential, and will be taken until Monday 19 March, 5pm unless booked out prior.
Thanks to Torbreck, Mac Forbes and Crawford River for their support of this event.


Julian Edelman said he has to protect himself better after getting blasted by the Raiders in the fourth quarter.
FOXBOROUGH — There was hardly a doubt Tom Brady would be locked in on Julian Edelman.
Brady already had linked up with Edelman for a pair of third-down conversions in Sunday's 16-9 win over the Oakland Raiders, but at the start of the fourth quarter, the Patriots desperately needed another.
The Patriots, hoping to extend a 1-point lead, were facing third and 3 from the Oakland 12-yard line when Brady hit Edelman in the left flat. Edelman gained 10 yards and plunged toward the goal line, only to be violently upended by a defender at the 2.
The gritty effort underscored a strong performance by Edelman, who finished with 10 catches for 84 yards — his fourth regular-season game with at least 10 receptions. It was also his ninth straight with at least six catches, the longest such streak in the NFL.
But for Edelman and the Patriots, it's hard to shake the gloomy feeling that the offense is merely good enough. While the unit has been searching desperately to find a rhythm, Edelman knows there's more to be desired.
Globe staff photographers' best shots from New England's win over Oakland.
What happened after Edelman picked up that first down early in the fourth quarter was an indication of where the Patriots' offense stands. With a fresh set of downs, Shane Vereen was stopped for no gain, both Rob Gronkowski and Danny Amendola had touchdown passes in their grasp but couldn't secure the ball, and the Patriots settled for a Stephen Gostkowski field goal to take a 13-9 lead.
For Edelman, the lack of consistency is most troubling.
"My job is to get open and catch the ball, work hard in the run game, make blocks in the run game," he said. "There were a few times I didn't do my job. I have to go out this week, I really have to go out and try and do my job better. If everyone does their job better, the collective unit will be better.
Edelman is never one to indulge in his own stats and success.
He chose to focus on the inconsistencies and improvements the team could make after Sunday's win, but the truth was he was one of few bright spots on the Patriots' offense.
Edelman didn't haul in his first catch until the team's first possession of the second quarter, when he opened the 15-play scoring drive with a 12-yard gain. After that, Brady was locked in.
Three plays later, Brady hit Edelman for an 8-yard catch to convert a third-and-4, then went right back to him on the next play for a 4-yard gain.
Near the end of the drive, Brady hit Edelman on second and 11 for a 9-yard pickup to the Oakland 6 that set up a touchdown pass to Gronkowski on the next play.
Raiders cornerback Carlos Rogers, who covered Edelman most of the game, said he was challenged by the speedy receiver. Rogers, who as a 49er two years ago faced the Patriots and former receiver Wes Welker, said he reflected on that game as he prepared to cover Edelman.
"With that offense and those guys, you work on stuff you see on film, but they have another move out there," said Rogers. "Guys like him are so quick and so fast, getting in and out of his cuts. As long as you keep the big plays off him and keep everything short and in front of you, you have a chance.
Edelman is a key to the equation as the Patriots try to find their way on offense, so the team needs him healthy and on the field. The 5-foot-10-inch, 200-pound receiver was lucky to come away unscathed after his dive in the fourth quarter. Linebacker LaMarr Woodley also hit Edelman hard over the middle on a play later in the quarter that initially was ruled a 6-yard catch but was challenged and ruled an incompletion.


I want to be the kind of person who cuts her own hair and goes without makeup and grows her own vegetables (and actually eats them). But that's not who I am. And I'm not sure how this challenge is supposed to turn me into that person.
I want to be the type of person who is active every day and looks and feels strong instead of thin. Instead, I'm the type of person who hates to sweat and is lucky to have a good metabolism.
I want to be the type of person who doesn't have a bunch of extraneous clutter lying around her home. Instead, I "collect" free stuff and continue to buy clothes while not wearing everything in my closet.
I want to be the type of person who has a nicely designed home, where things match or at least look interesting, and with cool art on the walls. Instead, I have no sense of design and read Apartment Therapy and get frustrated with people who do. Even if I'm able to come up with a theme or a plan, I have a hard time spending the money on something so "frivolous".
I want to be the type of person who has experience a lot of cultural things in her city, who goes to museums and understands what she's looking at. Instead, I spend my weekends at home playing video games.
I want to be the type of person who is creative and makes things, whether it be food or crafty things or whatever. Instead, I spend my time trolling the internet.
The thing is, none of these desires are truly out of my reach. Each one of the bullet points above could be achieved with a few simple, identifiable steps. Do ten minutes of yoga every day. Declutter one or two items every day. Go to a museum once a month. Make something -- anything.
How much of blogging is us publicly trying to achieve goals like this? I've noticed at the beginning of any given month, many of my fellow PF bloggers post fitness, weight loss or health-related goals in addition to their financial goals. Are those of us dealing thoughtfully with money more likely to be interested in health and fitness? Or is it that those of us who blog are more likely to envision being a particular type of person and therefore we talk about it - in all its facets - in an open forum? We create challenges for ourselves in order to achieve these perfect selves, but what would happen if we got exactly what we wanted? We'd have to face the fact that we'd still want something more, something different, something better. Or to BE someone more, someone different, someone better.
But that's only normal, right? We humans are always trying to better ourselves, and that's what gave us fire, and cultivated agriculture, and the iPad. So it's fine to set goals and challenges for ourselves (and to do it in full view of the anonymous internet) but as Red points out, we have to carefully consider how we go about it. Is Red's challenge going to turn her into the type of person she wants to be, or is it simply going to be a ban on non-necessary spending which will give her more money to throw at debt? Neither option is wrong, but complications ensue when we set out to do one thing without realizing that we're actually doing another or subconsciously wanting some other outcome.
I've been thinking a lot about my future lately, and what I want that to look like. Much of it involves a better version of myself, someone who is physically stronger, emotionally calmer, and weighed down with less stuff. When I did my New Year's Resolutions, I envisioned a version of me who can do headstand and owns less stuff, but I failed to take into consideration that the type of person who can do headstand is the type of person who does yoga on a regular, committed basis. Am I willing to be that type of person? The type of person who has a crafty hobby is the type of person who spends time on that crafty hobby. My time feels more and more pinched and precious with every day that goes by -- am I willing to be the type of person who spends time sewing quilts? Or do I just like the idea of it?
Maybe a better way of doing this, for me, rather than posting goals, is to think of myself as already the type of person I want to be. When I'm debating between getting on the internet and doing a few sun salutations, I know that the type of person I want to be am goes for the yoga. When I'm in a store, I remember that the type of person I want to be am already owns two black cardigans, and even though this one has different buttons or whatever, I don't need it. There's no perfection in this life, but maybe that's a way to both get closer to my end goal and end the frustration of getting there.
Excellent points. We all want to be a certain type of person but it all starts with the mindset of being that type of person to begin with.
I think [of it] and therefore I am.
Great post!! I'm a big goals/list/'to do' person, and it's easy to get wrapped up in getting-it-done mode. Something my friend taught me is to step back every time I'm about to take something on, and check if I'm enjoying who I AM while doing it (am I doing something with integrity, joy & a compassionate heart).
If I continually struggle & get frustrated (& faced with roadblocks), I revisit the WHY: why do I want to accomplish this, or why do I want to be this - is it for me? is it for someone else? is it for society? That usually either motivates me more, or puts things in perspective at least!
Excellent post. I think an easier way to approach this is to have a vision. This definitely is stolen from my b-school studies, but bear with me here. First outline your vision. Then define your strategy, which will be measures you take to execute that vision. Then also think about structure. How will your organize the steps in your strategy to make sure that you are realizing your strategy? Simply put, knowing yourself will dictate your actions and your actions should re-inforce who you are. So, if you want to be a person that designs, then act like a designer.
The thing that makes this difficult is opportunity costs (um, some designers have way more money than others...) as well as the fact that we're humans. We're dynamic beings. Who we want to be today is not who we'll end up being in 10 years. Depending on the experiences we have, we might decide to drastically change the course that we've been diligently trodding on for several years.
So, I don't actually have a solution, but those are some nuggets for you to chew on!
These are all things that I want to be too. I've noticed that people who write pf blogs are very goal oriented and I think that makes them more prone to want to improve upon other aspects in their life as well. I'm always striving to be a better version of myself. I wouldn't say I'm a perfectionist, I am just never content to not be improving in some way all the time.


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What makes these requests towards my site?
Is it maybe Windows 10?

A: It's an AdForm configuration request for Google's DoubleClick Ad Exchange Real-Time Bidding Protocol.
-- https://developers.google.com/ad-exchange/rtb/response-guide/expandables#vendor

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A warp in the Milky Way linked to galactic collision
When most of us picture the shape of the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our own sun and hundreds of billions of other stars, we think of a central mass surrounded by a flat disc of stars that spiral around it. However, astronomers know that rather than being symmetrical, the disc structure is warped, more like the brim of a fedora, and that the warped edges are constantly moving around the outer rim of the galaxy.
"If you have ever seen the audience making a wave in a stadium, it's very similar to that concept," said Xinlun Cheng, an astronomy graduate student in the University of Virginia's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. "Each member of the audience stands up and then sits down at the correct time and in the correct order to create the wave as it goes around the stadium. That's exactly what stars in our galaxy are doing. Only in this case, as the wave is going around the galaxy's disk, the galaxy disk is also rotating around the center of the galaxy. In terms of the sports-fan analogy, it's as if the stadium itself is also rotating."
What caused that warp to occur has been the subject of debate. Some researchers suggest that the phenomenon is a result of the instability of the galaxy itself, while others assert that it is the remnant of a collision with another galaxy in the distant past.
A recent article published in the Astrophysical Journal by Cheng, who studies the movements of the stars, and his colleagues, Borja Anguiano, a post-doctoral research associate at UVA, and Steve Majewski, a professor in the College's Department of Astronomy, may finally put that debate to rest.
Using data from the Gaia space observatory, a satellite launched in 2013 by the European Space Agency to measure the positions, distances and motions of billions of stars and information from APOGEE, an infrared spectrograph developed by UVA to examine the chemical composition and motions of stars, astronomers now have the tools to observe the movements of the stars in the Milky Way with an unprecedented degree of accuracy.
"By combining information from the APOGEE instrument with information from the Gaia satellite, we're starting to understand how the different components of the galaxy are moving," said Anguiano, who is interested both in the movements of those components and what phenomena may have originally caused those movements to occur.
"It is now possible to characterize those movements with unprecedented accuracy because of the precision and statistical robustness of the huge catalog of stars that has been probed by the Gaia satellite," Majewski explained. "Meanwhile, our own large database of stellar chemistries generated by APOGEE gives us the unique ability to infer stellar ages. This allows us to explore how stars of different age participate in the warp and lets us zero in on when it was created. Knowing this, then, gives us an idea of why it was created."
Using those data, Cheng and his colleagues have developed a model that characterizes the parameters of the galactic warp, where it begins in the outer disk, how fast the warp is moving and the shape of the warp. The model has helped them determine that the warp, which doesn't affect our own sun, but is passing our solar system now at speeds that allow it to make a full rotation around the galaxy every 450 million years, is not a result of the Milky Way's own internal mass. Instead, it is the relic of gravitational tugging on the Milky Way's disk by the nearby passage of a satellite galaxy, possibly the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, about 3 billion years ago.
"We can still see the disk of our galaxy shaking as a result," Anguiano said.
The data the team collected from the new tools available to astronomers may be just the beginning of a new wave of discoveries about our universe and how it came to be.
"We're entering an age in astronomy, especially in galactic astronomy, in which we are measuring the movement of the stars at such a level of precision that we can map their past orbital paths and start to understand how they may have been affected at earlier times and how other galaxies approaching our own interacted with stars as they were being born," Anguiano said. "This level of precision has opened a new door to understanding our galaxy's past and how it was assembled."
The article, "Exploring the Galactic Warp through Asymmetries in the Kinematics of the Galactic Disk," by Cheng and his colleagues, was published in the December issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
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The World in U.S. Courts: June 2017 Special Issue
US Supreme Court Limits Jurisdictions Where Non-US Businesses May Be Sued
The World in U.S. Courts: June 2017 - Special Issue | June.23.2017
RETURN TO The World in U.S. Courts Home Page
By Robert P. Reznick and Kathleen O'Connor
On June 19, the US Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, a case that may make efforts to litigate national product liability and consumer protection suits against non-US companies much more difficult to bring.
Here are the key facts: Eighty-six California residents and 592 residents from 33 other US States sued the drug make Bristol-Myers Squib (BMS) in a single action in California. All alleged injury from ingestion of a drug that they argued had been promoted and sold through a national marketing campaign. The drug was not developed or manufactured in California, and the campaign was neither designed nor implemented in that State. BMS argued that the claims of the 592 plaintiffs who were not California residents should be dismissed because they lacked any connection with California, and that a California court thus could not assert jurisdiction over the company for those claims under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The California Supreme Court disagreed, but the US Supreme Court, which has the final say in this State case because a federal constitutional right is at issue, sided with the drugmaker and limited the case to the 86 California plaintiffs.
The decision turns on the peculiarly US concept of "personal jurisdiction"—the authority of a court to require a defendant to participate in a case and to order relief if warranted. Two types of personal jurisdiction exist. First, "general" personal jurisdiction over a defendant is hard to obtain but very broad in scope: it can support a claim brought by any plaintiff no matter where located and no matter where the conduct giving rise to a claim occurred. The parties in this case agreed that general personal jurisdiction over BMS did not exist in California because the US Supreme Court's 2015 Daimler decision essentially limited that type of jurisdiction to States where a corporate defendant is considered to be "at home"—generally just where it is incorporated or maintains its principal place of business, neither of which was California in the case of BMS. By contrast, "specific" personal jurisdiction may generally be asserted over a defendant in any US State (i) with which the defendant had contacts satisfying minimum criteria established by courts and (ii) where the defendant engaged in conduct "giving rise" to the claim. (Forcing the defendant to defend against a claim must also satisfy a third "fairness" requirement, which usually is satisfied where the first two requirements are met.)
Specific personal jurisdiction concededly existed as to the claims of the California plaintiffs. But BMS argued that the non-California plaintiffs' claims did not arise from the company's contacts with California and thus requirement (ii) for jurisdiction described above was not met. The company acknowledged that it conducted research in the State, but maintained that work was unrelated to the drug or its marketing that allegedly caused the plaintiffs' injuries. BMS likewise admitted that it had contracted with a California distributor to resell its drugs, but argued that neither the act of contracting nor the distributor's subsequent activities in the other States established the required connection between California and the claims of out-of-State plaintiffs.
The California Supreme Court disagreed. It applied a "sliding scale" test under which the greater a defendant's contacts with California, whether or not related to the plaintiff's claims, the less factual connection would be required between the defendant's activities in California and the injuries alleged for specific personal jurisdiction to exist. Applying this "sliding scale," the court first concluded that BMS's California research activities were substantial. That permitted a reduced showing to be made in order to establish the required connection between the out-of-State plaintiffs and California, and the court found that link in the fact that the claims of all plaintiffs, no matter where located, were based on the same alleged conduct.
In an 8-to-1 decision, the US Supreme Court rejected the California Supreme Court's expansive "sliding scale" rule of specific personal jurisdiction. The highest US Court held that specific jurisdiction required each and every named plaintiff's claims to have arisen from conduct by BMS in California, without reference to BMS's unrelated research activities in the State. Because BMS did not develop or make the drug in California, and marketing of the drug likewise was implemented elsewhere, the 592 non-resident plaintiffs could not assert specific personal jurisdiction over BMS and their claims were dismissed. In reaching this conclusion, the Court did not specifically address what it means for a claim to have "arisen from" the contacts of a defendant, the standard for which has been the subject of disagreements in the courts of appeals. It did, however, reject the contention that specific personal jurisdiction could be based on BMS's having engaged a California distributor, potentially for sales in States where non-California plaintiffs resided. Even if evidence showed that the distributor supplied the pills taken by the out-of-State plaintiffs, the "bare fact" that BMS contracted with a California company could not in any event fairly be said to have "give[n] rise to the claims," nor could the distributor's California conduct be attributed to BMS. The result, in the Court's view, was that the only locations where BMS could only be sued by all of the plaintiffs together were the jurisdictions outside of California where BMS could be considered to be "at home."
As relevant here, Justice Sotomayor, the lone dissenter, observed that the Court's holding meant that a non-US defendant might not be subject to suit anywhere in the US in connection with a "nationwide mass action" brought in State court—a common venue for such claims. She observed that the Court's holding would rule out specific personal jurisdiction in cases analogous to BMS and that, because of the Daimler ruling, general personal jurisdiction would not exist for non-US companies, as they are unlikely to be "at home" in any US jurisdiction. Justice Sotomayor also sought to limit the Court's holding to cases, such as the one at bar, in which multiple individual plaintiffs had sued, leaving open the question whether a class action could be brought on behalf of a class including plaintiffs whose claims had no connection with the forum.
Justice Sotomayor seems to be right that the BMS decision will make litigation against non-US companies in State courts more difficult because only specific personal jurisdiction would likely be available, and that would limit cases to those cases to States (if any) where the non-US company engaged in conduct giving rise to all of the plaintiffs' claims nationally. Whether she is right that the case will be found not to control class actions as well as suits by groups of individual plaintiffs is less sure.
The Court's majority also made a point of reserving judgment on whether a different rule for specific personal jurisdiction would apply to certain claims brought in federal court based on alleged violations of federal law. At least where the claim implicates a federal statute that provides for "nationwide service of process" (e.g., the securities and antitrust laws, and RICO, the statute targeting organized criminal activity), courts have historically recognized some differences in jurisdictional principles to be applied, as issues regarding the sovereign rights of individual States are not presented. In such cases, the relevant constitutional question is whether a defendant's contacts with the US as a whole, not with the particular State, are sufficient to satisfy Due Process requirements of fairness. Whether and how the BMS opinion will be applied to federal claims remains to be seen, although there is much reasoning in the opinion itself that appears not geared toward claims under federal statutes with nationwide service of process. Companies incorporated and based outside the US should also bear in mind that a special federal rule already makes them amenable to suit anywhere in the US for alleged violations of federal law, if their contacts with the US in the aggregate satisfy the "minimum contacts" standard, and there is no other US forum where the contacts are sufficient to support jurisdiction.
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Europe Stocks End the Week Lower Amid Omicron Fears; U.S. Jobs Data Disappoints
By Elliot Smith, CNBC	• Published December 2, 2021 • Updated on December 3, 2021 at 8:50 am
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European stocks are looking to rebound from Thursday's pullback, which saw the tech sector on the continent drop 3.8% to lead losses across the board.
Fears over the potential impact of the omicron variant appeared to abate slightly on Friday after scientists in South Africa, where the variant was first discovered, said existing vaccines should still offer protection against severe cases and deaths from Covid-19.
LONDON — European markets closed lower after another volatile session on Friday, wrapping up a tumultuous week following the discovery of the new omicron Covid-19 variant.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally closed down about 0.8%, having fluctuated either side of the flatline earlier in the day. For the week, the benchmark is down more than 1%.
Mining stocks led the losses on Friday, slumping 2.8%, as almost all sectors and major bourses dipped into negative territory.
European stocks began the day looking to rebound from Thursday's pullback, which saw the Stoxx 600 fall 1.1% and tech sector on the continent drop 3.8% to lead losses across the board. However, early momentum was short-lived.
Shares in Asia-Pacific closed mostly higher on Friday, though the Hong Kong market was weighed down by tech after ride-hailing giant Didi announced Friday that it will begin taking steps to delist from the New York Stock Exchange — less than six months after it made its debut stateside. Shares of Didi sank as much as 14% on the news.
In the U.S., stocks fell after the release of disappointing jobs data. Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 210,000 in November, well below the 581,000 predicted by economists polled by Dow Jones. Still, the unemployment rate fell sharply to 4.2%, better than expectations.
Investors are still searching for clues as to the severity of the new omicron Covid variant. The World Health Organization said Friday that the new strain, which was first spotted in South Africa, has now been detected in 38 countries, up from 23 just two days ago.
Numerous countries are tightening restrictions on travel and leisure in an attempt to curb the spread of omicron, with Germany even barring its unvaccinated population from all non-essential businesses. In the U.S., the government is moving to tighten travel testing requirements and mask mandates. At least five U.S. states have now confirmed cases of omicron.
GlaxoSmithKline announced on Thursday that lab tests indicated that its antibody-based therapeutic drug will be effective against omicron.
The S&P 500 is testing a critical chart level that could determine whether there's a year-end rally
Cathie Wood says these 3 health stocks will be the backbone of $1 trillion opportunity
JPMorgan's stock guru says buy the omicron dip, keep betting on reopening
Jim Chanos reveals short position in DraftKings because of 'insane' marketing spend
Along with monitoring omicron developments, European investors were also digesting final November PMI (purchasing managers' index) readings from the euro zone. The composite PMI, which captures manufacturing and services, came in at 55.4, up from 54.2 in October but below an earlier flash estimate of 55.8.
IHS Markit chief business economist Chris Williamson warned the growth pickup signalled by the PMI reading looks likely to be "short-lived," with demand growth weakening and businesses' expectations for future growth declining on the back of pandemic concerns.
Euro zone consumer price inflation in November hit a record high 4.9% annually in November, data showed this week, while producer prices surged 5.4% in October for a 21.9% year-on-year climb.
CPI inflation is expected to stay above the ECB's 2% target in 2022, but two European Central Bank policymakers on Thursday maintained that inflation is "transitory," despite U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell retiring that adjective earlier this week.
In terms of individual share price movement, Dassault Aviation jumped 6.5% after the UAE bought 80 of its Rafale F4 jets.
At the bottom of the Stoxx 600, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum shares plunged 24% after U.S. private equity firm Advent and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund withdrew their $8 billion offer for the Swedish drugmaker.
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Q: java script can't change the content of a label What is wrong with this script?
I'm trying to make the text in the label the same as the button clicked.
if a + button is clicked, the label will have + written in it.
<form name="frm">
    <button name="plus">+</button>

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Q: How sk_buff points to sk_buff_head sk_buff data structure in linux kernel is organised into a doubly linked list, but the last member and first member of this list are pointing to a sk_buff_head struct . However next and prev members are declared as pointers to sk_buff not sk_buff_head. How is this possible?
struct sk_buff {
  struct sk_buff  * next;
  struct sk_buff  * prev;
  struct sk_buff_head * list;
  struct sock  * sk;
  struct timeval  stamp;
  struct net_device * dev;
  struct net_device * real_dev;
  union private;
  #endif#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED__u32   tc_index;
  #endif
  unsigned int  truesize;
  atomic_t users;
};

struct sk_buff_head {
  /* These two members must be first. */
  struct sk_buff * next;
  struct sk_buff * prev;
  __ U32 qlen;
  spinlock_t lock;
};

A: every sk_buff structure in that doubly linked list must be able to find the head of whole list quickly. that's the purpose of sk_buff_head structure, which is inserted at the beginning of the list. so, sk_buff_head is a special sk_buff. it wouldn't make any sense to point to another sk_buff_head inside. i think that you would point to the head of whole different doubly linked list, if next and prev members where sk_buff_head...
see the image below for understanding this concept.

A: As David Miller discribes it in his website, the sk_buff_head structure is used to place an sk_buff in several lists and make them easy accessible:
struct sk_buff {
    /* These two members must be first. */
    struct sk_buff      *next;
    struct sk_buff      *prev;

    struct sk_buff_head *list;
 ...

The first two members implement list handling. Packets can exist on several kinds of lists and queues. For example, a TCP socket send queue. The third member says which list the packet is on.

A: It's ugly, but it works because "next" and "prev" are in the same place (first fields) of both sk_buff and sk_buff_head. The list handling code knows that it might actually be either structure, and casts (coerces) it when necessary to maintain the ring of pointers with one sk_buff_head in the ring.


Originally called "The Freebirth Webring", this ring is made up of sites about unassisted homebirth. Some of these sites include stories and images of families having their babies at home, without medical assistance. Other sites provide information and resources that are valuable to parents planning home births.
An alternative take on conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. No hospitals, no rules, no limits. Provides resources and information on different types of alternative pregnancy and birth choices and experiences, with a strong focus on unassisted pregnancy and birth for "alternative" populations.
I discuss many things from my world view. I am a Witch, a Womon, a birthing Mother. We are an unschooling, freebirthing attached family who live int he woods.
We are in East Tennessee now, and are interested in Midwifery, Homebirth, Unassisted Birth, and Homesteading.I have taught childbirth classes for years and am a Doula and Midwife Assistant.
This is my home. You will find my birth stories.. Links to wonderful sites on the web. Information on unassisted birth, cancer and poetry by myself and others..
My site attempts to provide information on unassisted homebirth with an idea toward what the father's would want to see. The idea is to encourage the men out there to be more open to unassisted homebirth.
This site is dedicated to providing education and support to those choosing natural childbirth, home birth, unassisted childbirth, and pregnancy issues of all kinds. Progress through the links to receive a complete childbirth education class.


The issue of zero liquid discharge production is becoming more and more important. Particularly new regulations and laws effect that more and more companies are concerned about wastewater free production. The visitors of this year's environmental technology fair IE expo in Shanghai can look forward to the latest trends and exciting innovations. From May 3 to 5, the experts for zero liquid discharge of H2O GmbH will be presenting their efficient solution for sustainable wastewater treatment, too.


Family events are fun and enjoyable to participate in. But they offer a number of challenges in the planning. The host of the event will usually select the date, and have some ideas about preferred locations. The host's home isn't usually a good choice due to parking constraints, so another location may be preferable.
to be accessible. Facilities costs and amenities may widely vary, and some public facilities may require reservations up to a year in advance.
Food may be provided by the host, Outside Caterer, or the caterer affiliated with the facility where the event is to be held. The menu can consist of simple refreshments or a meal. There may not be a lot of Decorations; there may, instead, be souvenirs such as t-shirts, memory books, or cups printed with family Photographs.
The family may want to have games or entertainment. Games can range from quiet table games to family sports competitions that can include everything from three-legged races to softball games. And entertainment may be impromptu skits or a sing along with a talented family member providing the music.
Invitations are usually prepared and sent by the host. Double check about a week before the event to make sure it's been done.
Many family events are held Outdoors. Be prepared with a contingency plan for bad weather. Will you choose an alternate "rain date"? Or erect canopies to give shelter to guests? In extreme heat, some foods may spoil, and cold drinks will require extra ice.
Family events can be a memorable, fun occasion. But sometimes the details don't come together, and they turn into a nightmare. The host doesn't have time to visit with guests, because he's busy scrambling to attend to the latest crisis. A professional event planner can attend to the details, leaving you to enjoy the party.


Today I want to talk about the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie!
My sister and I are huge Agatha Christie fans. My sister owns practically all her books and while I was living with her, I couldn't stop reading the books over and over again. At first, it was nice coming back to a book after reading several of the others and remembering what the plotline was all over again, rediscovering the mystery all over again.
And whether it's old Miss Marple investigating village crime or the dashing '60s duo, Tommy and Tuppence, swinging it at nightclubs while running their detective agency, or Hercule Poirot assisting the wealthy and the political in solving their mysteries, whenever I read an Agatha Christie book, I feel this great sense of comfort as if I've just been tucked up in a comfy flannel blanket next to a roaring fire while the rain howls outside and someone (a butler?) is about to bring me a good old-fashioned English breakfast – a cup of tea with some fried ham and eggs on toast!
Here's an easy pick – Murder on the Orient Express. Just the words 'the Orient Express' alone brings a sense of romanticism to the story. An assortment of different people riding on a train through Eastern Europe that comes to a standstill in a snowdrift – and a dead body discovered! Leaving those very same assortment of people asking among themselves – whodunit?
The Pale Horse is another one of my favourites – mainly because of its spooky themes – village witches, occult rites and the inn with its picture of a pale horse and its ghostly rider. Here, I don't think it's so much the supernatural element hinted at in the book that's scary but the way Christie writes it – the way her characters experience the spookiness as they investigate some mysterious and seemingly innocuous deaths which appear to be completely unconnected in any way – except in one – they are all connected in some way to the mysterious Pale Horse Inn.
The Man in the Brown Suit combines hilarity with crime against the backdrop of London and South Africa. The protagonist, Anne, a young, penniless orphan with plenty of charm and chutzpah, sets sail to South Africa in pursuit of adventure, romance – and a dangerous killer known as the Man in the Brown Suit. Anne's dry manner lends plenty of humour to the story but it's really Sir Eustace Pedler's hilarious diary entries that steal the show.
Rounding out my top four is Crooked House. Charles Hayward is back from the war and ready to marry his fiancé, Sophia Leonides. But before he can do so, he must confront Sophia's large and peculiar family, and find out which one of them killed Aristides, the cunning Greek millionaire who was Sophia's grandfather and the highly influential patriarch of the family.
And if you're like me and just can't get enough Agatha Christie, then you're in luck because the Agatha Christie official website and Facebook page are some of the most active fan communities on the web. There's book covers, illustrations and pictures, writing competitions, anagrams and trivia questions and so much more!
So brew a nice cup of tea and pull up a chair, wrap a rug around you and lose yourself in some of the best whodunit mysteries in the world!


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The ICC Prosecutor Reports to the Security Council on the Situation in Libya
By Gentian Zyberi on 5 November 2011
On 2 November 2011, the ICC Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, reported to the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya. This is an important report because it shows the steps taken so far by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP or Office) to investigate the crimes committed in Libya, the interaction with Libyan authorities and issues of complementarity, steps taken to track down assets of the accused to be used for reparations for the victims, issues of State cooperation and the support by the Security Council, and so on.
The ICC was seized of the situation in Libya through UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) to investigate crimes committed there since 15 February 2011. On 27 June 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued warrants of arrest for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al -Islam Gaddafi, and Abdullah Al-Senussi for murders as a crime against humanity under article 7(1)(a) of the ICC Statute and persecution as a crime against humanity under article 7(1)(h) of the ICC Statute. On 20 October, Muammar Gaddafi was killed at the hands of opposing Libyan forces, so the case against him will have to be discontinued. The OTP has been in informal contacts with Saif Al -Islam Gaddafi, to ensure his transferral before the ICC. In the meanwhile, the OTP continues to search out the personal assets of Saif Al -Islam Gaddafi and Abdallah Al-Senussi for the potential benefit of the victims, through reparations awarded by the Court.
Moreono-Ocampo reported to the Security Council that the current focus of the Office investigations is twofold: firstly, it continues the collection of evidence against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi in preparation for their eventual trial. Secondly, the Office is continuing its investigations into gender crimes in Libya. The OTP will continue investigations into Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdallah Al-Senussi and into rapes and in May 2012 will evaluate the possibility for further investigations. Ocampo clarified that the possibility to carry out all of these investigations will depend on the budget available to the Office. He informed the Security Council that this is a matter currently under discussion and it will be decided during December 2011 in the upcoming session of the Assembly of States Parties.
The Chief OTP Prosecutor also stated that allegations of crimes committed by NATO forces, allegations of crimes committed by NTC-related forces, including the alleged detention of civilians suspected to be mercenaries and the alleged killing of detained combatants, as well as allegations of additional crimes committed by pro-Gaddafi forces will be examined impartially and independently by the Office.
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Q: JavaFX - Issue when including another fxml to a border pane center of a main fxml I'm trying to include an additional fxml in a main fxml, border pane center. When I do this, the fxml gets included and shows in the center, but the fxml does not occupy the full width and height of the main fxml window.
In the SceneBuilder, if I add the TableView in the center of the borderpane, it acts as it should. Only when I include the fxml via code it does not.
Please help, what am I missing? Any help will be appreciated!
This is what I need:

This is what I get:

Main FXML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import javafx.scene.effect.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>

<TabPane fx:id="TabPane" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="800.0" prefWidth="1300.0" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
  <tabs>
      <Tab fx:id="lecturersTab" closable="false" text="Lecturers">
         <content>
            <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">

                  <TableView prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
                    <columns>
                      <TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C1" />
                      <TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C2" />
                    </columns>
                  </TableView>

            </BorderPane>
         </content>
      </Tab>
      <Tab fx:id="membersTab" closable="false" text="Members">
        <content>
            <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">

       <fx:include fx:id="memberPage" source="GUImembers.fxml"/>

            </BorderPane>
        </content>
      </Tab>
  </tabs>
</TabPane>

FXML I want to add:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>

<BorderPane fx:id="memberPage" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="700.0" prefWidth="1300.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="GUImembersController">

      <TableView BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
        <columns>
          <TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C1" />
          <TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C2" />
        </columns>
      </TableView>

</BorderPane>

Main:
import java.io.IOException;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class MainClass extends Application
{
public FXMLLoader loader;

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    launch(args);
}

public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception
{
    loader = new FXMLLoader();
    loader.setLocation(getClass().getResource("FXML/GUImain.fxml"));
    loader.setController(new GUImainController());

    Parent root = loader.load();
    Scene scene = new Scene(root);

    stage.setTitle("VIA - Event Management System");
    stage.setScene(scene);
    stage.show();
}
}

A: Finally, after long hours of fighting with java fx, I got the sollution, which was quite simple. Thanks to this question : JavaFX Borderpane without left and right children


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package com.google.api.gax.core;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * ExecutorAsBackgroundResource wraps an {@link ExecutorService} so that it can be used as a {@link
 * BackgroundResource}.
 */
public class ExecutorAsBackgroundResource implements BackgroundResource {

  private final ExecutorService executor;

  public ExecutorAsBackgroundResource(ExecutorService executor) {
    this.executor = Preconditions.checkNotNull(executor);
  }

  @Override
  public void shutdown() {
    executor.shutdown();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isShutdown() {
    return executor.isShutdown();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isTerminated() {
    return executor.isTerminated();
  }

  @Override
  public void shutdownNow() {
    executor.shutdownNow();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean awaitTermination(long duration, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
    return executor.awaitTermination(duration, unit);
  }

  // NEXT_MAJOR_VER: remove 'throws Exception'
  @Override
  public void close() throws Exception {
    shutdown();
  }
}

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