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A Roanoke, Virginia, man has been convicted in U.S. District Court on four counts of threatening and intimidating people located in the United States and Canada.
On December 18, 2009, a jury convicted neo-Nazi leader Bill White, 32, on charges relating to threatening or intimidating four individuals. Specifically, White was found to have threatened a Citibank employee in Kansas City, Missouri; intimidated tenants in a Virginia Beach, Virginia, apartment complex, in an attempt to scare them from testifying in a housing discrimination case; threatened a University of Delaware administrator; and threatened a Canadian human rights attorney.
White, whose sentence is pending, could face up to 35 years in prison. The jury, which deliberated for under four hours after an eight-day trial, acquitted White on three other counts relating to alleged threats he made against a columnist for the Miami Herald and a New Jersey mayor.
Bill White espouses a neo-Nazi ideology and his vicious and occasionally violent rhetoric targets Jews, blacks, homosexuals, immigrants and other minority communities. White also glorifies the Nazi regime and Adolf Hitler; one of his stated goals is to "keep the vision of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism alive."
Prior to his imprisonment, neo-Nazi Bill White served as the "Commander" of the American National Socialist Worker's Party (ANSWP), a small, Virginia-based neo-Nazi group that he founded in the summer of 2006. Prior to forming ANSWP, White was a leader in the National Socialist Movement(NSM), often representing the face of the group to the media.

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TNA News: Jeff Hardy on the pressure of headlining Bound For Glory with Austin Aries, whether he has issues with WWE Champion C.M. Punk, how fatherhood has changed him, new music, tag team scene
Oct 9, 2012 - 12:50 PM
The following his a recap of the Jeff Hardy conference call that was held on Tuesday to promote TNA Bound For Glory.
-Hardy spoke about the surprise of Austin Aries winning the TNA Title and his lifestyle changes and his role in the locker room.
-Hardy was asked whether there's anything he has left to accomplish in his career. He said becoming TNA Champion one more time.
-A caller asked about working with a smaller wrestler in Austin Aries and whether he needs to adapt his style for the Bound For Glory match. Hardy said it's probably the thing he's looking forward to. Hardy mentioned working with Shannon Moore back in the OMEGA days and said he's looking forward to getting back to his roots.
-Hardy praised Dixie Carter for the faith she's shown in him. He said he believes he was sitting in the slammer around this time last year wondering what his future would be. He said becoming champion wasn't important to him at that time, but his goal was to come back and have the best matches he could possible have and he feels he's done that. He said fatherhood has been the key thing that has changed him. "When it comes to my daughter and protecting, I never realized love could be so strong and that just makes life in general better," Hardy said.
-Hardy said he's never lost control of his ego even though it would have been easy to. He said he's never changed.
-Hardy was asked whether he would be interested in working with Billy Corgan on a music project. Hardy said he loves Corgan. He said they spoke about Corgan's Resistance Pro indy wrestling group the last time they spoke. Hardy said his own band has four produced songs. He said he and Corgan share the love of music. Hardy said his own band Peroxwhy?gen hope to have the music available by the end of the year.
-Hardy said he wrote a song when Matt Hardy started in TNA that turned into Reptilian. He said the song fits with what he's doing now with his face paint and he's looking forward to debuting the song as an entrance theme. He said he's debuted new entrance music two years in a row and believes he'll be the only wrestler to debut his own new entrance music three years in a row.
-Hardy said he doesn't really have a plan for when he'll leave wrestling. He said he's afraid of getting hurt more than ever because it's so cool to be a father. He said his daughter watches his matches and says, "Hardy, Hardy," and that makes him want to continue to wrestle because she enjoys it.
-Hardy said Chris Jericho is a huge inspiration due to his music career outside the pro wrestling business.
-Hardy was asked how going live on Thursdays has been. He said it's been a huge step and he hopes to take Impact live on the road whether it's a year or two away. "I think that's the next big step for us is to take Impact on the road live every week," Hardy said.
-Hardy said he is reading Booker T's book. He said he has talked with an author about writing his own autobiography.
-The subject of today's tag team wrestling scene came up. Hardy said it's important to him. He mentioned the classic TLC matches he had with the Dudleys and Edge and Christian. He said he's waiting for tag wrestling to spark again. He said the Machine Guns and Beer Money had a crazy feud.
-Hardy said working as a heel made his promos easier because it was easy to rip on the fans.
-Hardy listed Jushin Liger as a guy he would like to work with again.
-A caller asked if there's anyone he has taken any of the young high flyers under his wing in the locker room. He said he praises wrestlers and he likes watching Austin Aries' matches because he does things he never would have thought of doing. "Now my thoughts are going to meet his thoughts and there's no telling what's going to happen on Sunday," Hardy said. He said it is intimidating to get in the ring with Aries.
-Hardy was asked about his past issues with C.M. Punk. Hardy said he's great and he's so talented it's crazy. He said they are just on opposite pages with their outlook on life. He said they don't stay in touch, but he doesn't have anything bad to say about him.
-Hardy was asked about the pressure of facing Aries in the main event of Bound For Glory. He said there's a lot of pressure. He said last year he didn't have a match and only had a small spot on the show with Jeff Jarrett after spending ten days in jail. He said it's not going to be easy and he feels a ton of pressure and he hopes he can keep up.
-Hardy was asked if he has anything special in mind as far as his face paint and look for Sunday. He said he has something in mind for underneath the eyelids and it will be memorable if it looks the way it does in his mind.
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Civil War POW protests monument to a 'monster'
The Confederate prison known as "Andersonville" in Georgia is often considered the worst of all the Civil War's prisons. Its horrible reputation still provokes articles and documentaries today.
More than 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned there during its 14-month existence and at least 12,000 of them died from exposure, illness, or gunshot. (Guards shot any man who crossed the stockades' "dead line.") Andersonville prisoners of war had little or no shelter or food, and sometimes no clothes, according to the National Park Services' Andersonville: The Story of a Civil War Prison Camp, by Raymond F. Baker. "Many prisoners dug holes in the ground for protection, risking suffocation from cave-ins," it says.
General John Winder, the head of Andersonville, died before the war's end, but the prison's commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz, was arrested after the war, convicted for war crimes and hanged in Washington, D.C. Some people, mostly southerners, felt he had been treated unjustly and that the prison's horrible circumstances were beyond his control. In 1905 one southern women's group, "the United Daughters of the Confederacy," proposed erecting a monument to Wirz at Andersonville to vindicate him.
You can imagine how that made former Andersonville POW James M. Swales of Springfield feel. According to his obituary in the May 13, 1920, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Swales had been among the first to volunteer for service when President Abraham Lincoln called for soldiers to fight the South.
After serving in several battles and campaigns, his regiment's three-year term was up, but Swales and his peers re-enlisted and were sent south for the Atlanta campaign. There, in August, 1864, he and about 50 others from his unit were captured and sent to Andersonville. By that time the camp, which was built to house 10,000 POWs, was holding 32,000. Swales was released in April the following year, after the war ended. He was among the last prisoners to be freed.
By 1906, Swales was a proud Civil War veteran and custodian of "Memorial Hall," a room (now Room 100) on the first floor of the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield which housed Illinois' battle flags and other war artifacts (according to www.ilstatehouse.com).
He wrote a letter to the editor of the Illinois State Journal expressing his dismay at the idea of building Wirz a monument. It was printed in the Aug. 18, 1906 issue.
"In the month of August, 1864, Union soldiers died like flies…," he wrote. "Under the fierce rays of the blistering sun their skin became withered and parched as if drawn through a furnace in the devil's dominions…. Hundreds more were driven insane and became a dangerous menace to others who were compelled to look upon these soul-harrowing scenes from day to day….
"At the time I was taken prisoner I weighed about 185 pounds," he continued. "When I was released the April following, I tipped the beam at 82 pounds — just simply a human skeleton.
"I very naturally feel indignant when I read of a proposition to erect a monument
to perpetuate the memory of a man who was the author of such untold human
suffering and unparalleled misery which would require the invention of new
language to describe." Swales called Wirz an "in-human monster" and said he was not blameless, since "Gen. John H. Winder (the head of Andersonville) telegraphed Jeff Davis (the head
of the Confederacy) in the summer of 1864 that, 'Captain Wirz was doing more execution at Andersonville than any two corps in Lee's army.'"
Other POWs echoed Swales' feelings. Still, in 1908 the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected their monument to Wirz. One side of it says: ""Discharging his duty with such humanity as the harsh circumstances of the times, and the policy of the foe permitted, Captain Wirz became at last the victim of a misdirected popular clamor," (according to the Web site of the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school, whose students analyzed the still controversial Wirz trial.)
Swales died 12 years after the monument was built, in 1920, in his hometown of Jacksonville at the age of 79.
Just six weeks ago, on May 16, 2009, the United Daughters of the Confederacy gathered at Andersonville to commemorate the bicentennial of the Wirz memorial dedication.
At the same time, there were probably others at the historic site viewing Illinois' large memorial to Andersonville POWs, which was erected at least partly, if not largely, thanks to Capt. James Swales, who had been appointed by the governor to attend its dedication in 1915.
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I. Lit., of the voice, to begin to change, to become manly: "coepit Caelo vox insolescere," Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12; "of the womb: uterus insolescens," i. e. swelling up, Hier. in Helv. 18.—
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Iran and global powers will begin negotiations on a comprehensive agreement to end the decadelong dispute over Tehran's nuclear program in mid-February in New York, Western and Iranian officials said on Monday.
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Amazon Video Direct Distribution Sets Streaming Release Dates for the post-apocalyptic web series VAPE WARZ
July 26, 2017 – LOS ANGELES, CA – Amazon Video Direct Distribution will be streaming VAPE WARZ via their SVOD (streaming subscription video-on-demand) service August 4th, 2017 in the United States. International release is set for August 3rd in Japan, Germany and the UK.
Vape Warz Trailer https://youtu.be/CEEjFh0BnbA
About Vape Warz
Directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker Christy Oldham (Barracuda), VAPE WARZ is a wild three episodic original web series, produced by DemiGoddess Pictures, in association with Paradox Studios Productions and Photomundo Entertainment, with guest appearances by pop culture icons Ron Jeremy, Jeff "The Dude" Dowd aka The Big Lebowski and Scott Schwartz (A Christmas Story, The Toy).
After the Vape Juice factories were shut down in a post-apocalyptic ghost town known as Disco City, a DIY manufacturer is hired to create a custom secret elixir and deliver it to a dangerous cloud-chaser known as the Vape Cloud Queen, played by Natasha Blasick (The Martial Arts Kid, All-Star Weekend with Jamie Foxx.) But things are not typical in this desert vortex and staying alive soon becomes first priority.
The ultra-low budget Indie VAPE WARZ is in consideration at multiple 2017-2018 film festivals including Sundance and Cinequest.
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Guide to the Ettrick & Yarrow Valleys, Activities & Accommodation, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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The famous novelist Sir Walter Scott spent time here and James Hogg, the celebrated Scottish poet and novelist, known as the Ettrick Shepherd, was born and lived here all his life. Tower Houses dotted around the valleys are evidence of a turbulent past of raiding and Ĺreivingĺ across the Scottish - English border. Standing stones and bronze age settlements are links to even more ancient times.
There are walks for all ages and abilities and a variety of outdoor pursuits such as horse riding, fishing, cycle touring and mountain biking, watersports and even paragliding ľ or you can simply explore the rolling landscape at your leisure.
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The oldest and biggest enclosed bazaar in the world, also known as the Grand Bazaar, is one of the most enticing and mesmerizing attractions in Istanbul. Consisting of a vast labyrinth of 65 twisting streets crammed with more than 4,000 shops, teahouses, hamams (Turkish baths), mosques, storehouses and fountains. It is a fascinating experience to wander around the alleyways, looking and enjoying, or bargaining and purchasing.
Here you can find almost anything, from meerschaum pipes, carpets, and jewellery, to Turkish Delight, textiles, spices, clothing, and hand-painted ceramics. Protracted bargaining over a cup of tea is an important institution. Built during the rule of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1461, the bazaar grew by covering an increasingly large area of shops and streets with roofs, arches, and domes. Eventually it became the centre of trading during the Ottoman period. Caravans of silk traders traditionally stayed here and rested their camels while selling their merchandise, and many of these caravanserais still exist as storehouses today.
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Gnomeadeaden leveled at Unholy, with a side of Blood when I was taking too much punishment.
Gnomeaggedon was Fire, only Fire. PvE – Fire, PvP – Fire.
Gnomeadeaden has never been good at either spec, but being the hero class, it really didn't matter too much. So slowly my fingers learnt which buttons to press independent of thought and sight.
Of course, just as I was getting the hang of it, I swapped Unholy for Frost.
Frost and Blood are great for PvP. Blood is great as you can hold a node, or tank a Battleground boss for a long time without healers. You may not do much damage, but you are damn hard to kill… while you are alive, no one is touching that flag.
Frost on the other hand is great for stopping and killing. Chains of Ice don't just snare, but also trap. Hungering Cold will Iceblock a bunch of folks, giving you time to pick your target, or a chance for your flag carrier to get away.
If only I could remember the keybinds!
There are times I find myself flailing ineffectively, like swatting a swarm of Aussie flies on a hot summer day. Facerolling just doesn't cut it sometimes.
Other times it all comes together, but bugger me if I know what I did… Whatever it was worked… I just wish my fingers remembered what it was.
Gnomeaggedon has done the unforgivable (I have already confessed my dirty secret to Krizzlybear, but please don't tell Zupa)
Fire PvE has become Frost PvP.
Two PvP specs, both completely different.
I've changed from a Fire spec that can make it from one end of WSG to another, relatively unscathed to a Frost spec that leaves me thumping my desk in rage after falling before even leaving the flag room.
From what everyone tells me, that is not the way it is meant to be!
I blame mobile scorch for part of the problem. I am now so used to casting on the run, running in circles, circles around my opponent.
Now, unless I am icelance spamming, I need to remember to stop and cast.
Let's not even talk about the fact that I need to think for two now. Where the f*#k is my Elemental and why is it attacking the other player?
So I'm brimming with frost novas, snares and lockdowns yet I can't save myself, let alone stop a flag carrier.
Once again, I am thumping the keyboard madly in the vain hope that I might start to remember some of my keybinds.
Ahhh well… That will teach me to try to retrain my tired old brain.
The only solution is to try and fail until I fail less, a lot less. It's very uncomfortable for me a I don't remember the last time I was this ineffective in a BG, bit I'm sure there was a time.
Try, try and try again…
Practice till it's natural…
Then I'm going back to fire!
Gnomer and Out!
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Getting started with extension development
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This page is part of the extension development documentation project.
Ask your questions in MozillaZine Forums. Also try browsing example code.
Note: development documentation is in process of being moved to Mozilla Development Center (MDC).
Two new major extension developers' features introduced in Firefox 1.1a are the greatly simplified chrome registration scheme and reworked Extension Manager. It is now even easier to start writing extensions than it was before.
This article describes steps needed to get started with extensions development. Last two sections have a few development tips and packaging information. Most of it is targeted at beginners in extension development, although the setup tips should be useful for everybody.
It's a wiki page, so feel free to make improvements to this page and to add your feedback on the Talk page. However questions and requests for help are better suited for the forums.
Extensions created in this way will only work on Firefox 1.1 and later, but you should be able to make changes to make your extension compatible with Firefox 1.0 quite easily later.
Setting up your environment
This article focuses on Firefox extensions, although it also applies to other Toolkit applications, such as Thunderbird.
The first thing you need to do is download a recent version of your application. You can get Firefox here. As it was mentioned above, you need Firefox 1.1a or later, setup tips from this article may not work in earlier versions.
For further instructions, see Setting up extension development environment.
Creating stub extension files
As you should already know extensions usually modify application's UI ("chrome") and behavior by providing overlays to already existent windows/documents. Those overlays are a part of extension's content package (content provider). Most extensions also have one or more locales and skins. (If you didn't know that, we advise you to read XUL Structure chapter from XULPlanet's XUL Tutorial and Configurable Chrome document).
This section describes what directory structure and what files are needed in order to make Firefox register your extension's files.
You can download the ZIP file with all needed stub files and appropriate folder structure and skip to Registering your extension in the Extension Manager. It's recommended that you still read the subsections below though, as they contain explanations of what is the function of each file in the package and provide links to other resources.
Folder structure
Below is the folder structure we will use. You may use different structure, as long as you update your chrome.manifest (see below) accordingly. Create this in the folder where you intend to develop your project:
helloworld/ chrome.manifest install.rdf content/ overlay.js overlay.xul locale/ en-US/ overlay.dtd skin/ overlay.css
The folders are traditionally named "content", "locale" and "skin", and you should follow the tradition. You may call the files inside those folders whatever you want (except chrome.manifest and install.rdf).
Note: This folder structure is for development, you'll need different folder structure when packaging your extension.
Stub files
Recent versions of Firefox read simple plaintext chrome.manifest file (instead of old and confusing contents.rdf) to determine what packages and overlays your extension provides. The format of this file is described in the Configurable Chrome document, we'll create an example chrome.manifest file for our folder structure.
It looks like this (assuming your extension's package name is "helloworld"):
content helloworld content/ overlay chrome://browser/content/browser.xul chrome://helloworld/content/overlay.xul locale helloworld en-US locale/en-US/ skin helloworld classic/1.0 skin/ style chrome://global/content/customizeToolbar.xul chrome://helloworld/skin/overlay.css
What each line of the file does:
Note: this file will be a bit different when you create an XPI for your extension, see the Packaging section below.
overlay.xul is a simple XUL overlay. You can read more about overlays at XUL Planet, although that page describes using overlays for a different purpose.
An simple overlay looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://helloworld/skin/overlay.css" type="text/css"?> <!DOCTYPE overlay SYSTEM "chrome://helloworld/locale/overlay.dtd"> <overlay id="helloworld-overlay" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"> <script src="overlay.js"/> <menupopup id="menu_ToolsPopup"> <menuitem id="helloworld-hello" label="&helloworld;" oncommand="HelloWorld.onMenuItemCommand(event);"/> </menupopup> </overlay>
What each line of the file does:
As you may know, JavaScript files are used to define application's behavior. Please refer to the list of JavaScript development resources for information on JavaScript in general.
An important issue you should be aware of is that all scripts that are loaded for a given document (the scripts used by the window itself, and scripts loaded from overlays to that document) share the same scope. This means you should use unique names for global identifiers in your extensions to avoid clashing with other extensions. It's usually accomplished by prefixing all global identifiers with the name of your extension or by putting most/all of your variables and functions in an object with an unique name.
Typical JavaScript file for an overlay looks like this:
var HelloWorld = { onLoad: function() { // initialization code this.initialized = true; }, onMenuItemCommand: function() { if(this.initialized) alert("Hi!"); } }; window.addEventListener("load", function(e) { HelloWorld.onLoad(e); }, false);
DTD files are used to make XUL/XBL/XHTML and other XML files in Mozilla chrome localizable. Basically, instead of hard-coding the strings in your XUL file, you use XML entities, which expand to the values declared in the DTD file referenced at the top of the XUL file.
It makes your extension localizable, because there may be a few different locale providers for your extension, and Mozilla is able to choose between them at run-time.
DTD files used for localization purposes consist of entity declarations like the one below:
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install.rdf file is used by the Extension Manager when installing an XPI file and when registering an extension at specified location. In Firefox 1.1a and later it's only used to provide EM metadata, such as extension's GUID, version, description, author etc. For more information, see install.rdf article.
Registering your extension in the Extension Manager
Once you created the files described above and put them in the appropriate folder structure, registering them in the Extension Manager is trivial. Just create a file with the same name as your extension's GUID in
E.g. helloworld's GUID is {71e95839-6f7e-470d-be54-77012fec6313} and we would like to register it in X:\Dev\helloworld\ (i.e. there is X:\Dev\helloworld\install.rdf file etc.), I just put a single line in file located at profile folder/extensions/{71e95839-6f7e-470d-be54-77012fec6313}:
(But note bug 291807 and bug 291791 (dataloss).)
Development cycle
Once you have registered your extension following the steps above, developing your extension is quite easy. If you've set the development preferences, your development cycle will be like this:
It's much more convenient compared to the edit-rezip-restart cycle many extension authors were using or the pleasure of editing chrome.rdf file or similar setup tricks.
As it was mentioned, the folder structure and chrome.manifest file must be changed before packaging. Cf.:
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1) San Diego Chargers – The story of the year for San Diego may end up being Billy Volek. I'm always reluctant to predict an injury, but I would consider Phillip Rivers somewhat vulnerable considering his knee issues. The Chargers may also have to deal with the shifty injury situation with Shawn Merriman. When he's not 100% or he's absent, this is a different team. They still have some monsters on their D (Shaun Phillips continues to be underrated), but his absence will alter their chances. They still have LT, the dynamite Darren Sproles (who will have a more significant role in the offense which will benefit the Chargers greatly), Chris Chambers and of course Antonio Gates. They still have too much fire power to totally chunk it this year, but look for the rest of the division (teams most experts expect nothing from), to keep it close. 11-5
2) Oakland Raiders – Crack pick alert. Oakland is my crack pick this year. JaMarcus Russell will be a beast. It will help him a great deal having the solid Justin Fargas and the spectacular Darren McFadden behind him. There may be some issues at receiver, though Ronald Curry is not bad (don't expect much from Javon Walker). Oakland has the best cornerback in the NFL – aljqowhepohaspohapghp. He is very very good and even though I think DeAngelo Hall is not that good, he is the kind of player who makes QBs pay for mistakes – so at corner they are solid. Solid linebacking will also help this year. Again, it won't be a full breakout year, but it will be a solid one. 9-7.
3) Denver Broncos – Denver will fall shy of expectations this year unless Jay Cutler busts out with a 110+ QB rating year. My guess is that it's more likely Cutler will be just OK and unless Brandon Marshall goes nuts or Scheffler pulls an Antonio Gates, Cutler may not be totally at fault for not putting up big numbers. Selvin Young could be decent as most RBs are for Denver, but I get this feeling Mike Shanahan's philosophy and job as coach will go down with the ship. Hard to pick against such a good coach – kind of like picking against Mike Holmgren, but I just don't see the talent to get the job done. 6-10.
4) Kansas City Chiefs – Everyone knows KC and lead man Brodie Croyle will suck this year. This, even in the face of the reminders of encouragement from Brodie Croyle's hammered frat brothers "Croyle dude, you're like the best QB ever, not just for Bama, but in college and pro history. Dude, you are soooo incredible. Dude, no, no, don't believe them, you're not that skinny, you're strong, like you kicked my ass, like in arm wrestling and in the like intramural tug-o'-war." They will win 4 games because they could put 22 fat barbeque cooks out there and still win at least a few at Arrowhead. 4-12.


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Not sure if there needs to be a one-thread-per-person feedback thing, but I don't see a general one set up, so here's my dump after playing for many hours today
Doesn't indicate my progress along individual missions (where I have to do finish several dungeons to complete it)? (either in the mission descriptions in the tavern or the level select map)
finding the positioning (pisorf) puzzle hard
an option to turn off text popups would be nice, I'm on my >8th playthrough now.
got it eventually, after lotsa tries
made some sense : )
experience puzzle was much easier for me (first go)
the game didn't remember that I beat it (there was a connection error when I was going back to the world, but I hit 'retry' and it proceeded ok, except that it forgot what I had done)
tried again, got acknowledgement.
I wonder if this is why I'm not making any recognised progress on the proper quests
i can't upgrade the blacksmith's but it doesn't tell me why
advisor tells me that there're new adventures in the explorer's guild, but there aren't
Not being able to see race descriptions when upgrading from level 0 made me far more wary about buying level 1 race holds [and, now that I have, I don't fully appreciate the varied uses of the different classes and haven't had any external incentive (in the form of a mission, say - so far the ones that I've seen have all been class based) yet to try them out.
Went to an altar of light - it tells me all the shit I'm doing wrong, but I can't figure out how to earn piety :/ (also i picked up a full heal potion and got some slap on the wrists - don't know if that nullifies everything or not ) [ok, I found pointers on the wiki]
At the kingdom map, it rarely occurs to me to click on the city to go back to the city - I keep on clicking on the menu option - might be clearer when the graphics are in though : )
I wish the quest lists on the kingdom view listed the class you need to complete them
Sometimes (quite rarely) the 'save/dead' preview doesn't work right - I die after killing someone that says 'safe', or sometimes if I have something like that and mouse-over it again the status is different (I've only ever noticed it changing from dead to safe)
On one level with the glowing guardian I was only able to decrease my level once - on other levels I was able to do it many times - I don't understand why...
Feeling a bit fatigued now. Too much desktop dungeons for me today. I've stopped making progress and amn't in my current state of mind much appreciating the intricacies of the current frontiers - have 7 dungeons completed. Will play some more tomorrow, for sure.


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Redlands, California — Team Exergy had a strong showing at the March 22-25 Redlands Bicycle Classic in Southern California, with three top-three stage finishes and a run at the GC that was only ended by an untimely flat tire.
The three-day stage race began with a 5km prologue time trial. Morgan Schmitt came out swinging, finishing thir in the stage, which climbed 213 meters to its finish on Sunset Drive. The next day, Stage 1, was for the sprinters, and Fast Freddy Rodriguez rode his Felt F1 to a second-place in a circuit race in the city of Beaumont.
On Stage 2 Carlos Alzate rose to the occasion, finishing third in the bunch sprint at the end of the traditional Redlands Criterium. That finish earned Alzate the green points jersey.
Stage 3 saw stormy weather for the tough 157-kilometer Sunset Road Race. The good news for Exergy was that Alzate locked down the points jersey. The bad news was twofold: an untimely puncture ended Schmitt's run at the overall, relegating him to 10th overall. And Rodriguez had a hard crash, breaking two ribs in the fall.
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I've said it many times before on this blog and I'll say it once more: chicken thighs rock. All over Asia (and Europe, for that matter), this is considered a prime cut that has all sorts of uses, from stir-frying to deep-frying to braising. But for some reason most of America still treats it with suspicion.
Instead we revere chicken breast (not as flavorful IMHO), with is often double or triple the price of chicken thighs in grocery stores and contain only marginally less fat and fewer calories than thighs. But to each his own. The low demand just means that even at my relatively expensive neighborhood butcher shop, chicken thighs are always available and plenty affordable.
Today I had an urge to stir-fry dark meat chicken for lunch and decided to update this spicy cashew chicken recipe from last summer. Enjoy!
If you're a regular reader of the blog, you may have already tried to recreate some of your favorite takeout dishes from Chinese restaurants. Kung pao chicken and General Tso's chicken have been two of the most popular recipes on Appetite for China for the past few years. And recently I've added new favorites, such as Orange Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry, Shrimp Lo Mein, and Almond Chicken.
Cashew chicken is, of course, another favorite takeout dish. And once you try making it at home, I guarantee you'll find it better-tasting and even quicker than picking up the phone and ordering takeout. Marinating and cooking the chicken takes just 15 to 20 minutes, faster than delivery.
This version of cashew chicken is for the spicy food lovers out there. I like using about 2 teaspoons of chili sauce for 1 pound of chicken, but you can always increase the dosage to 3 teaspoons (or more!) if your tongue can handle it. The chicken is marinated in soy sauce and rice wine for flavor and corn starch to lock moisture in, resulting in a tender, juicy chicken. Which is more than you can usually hope for inside the white takeout cartons!
Try pairing this spicy cashew chicken with sides such as Vegetable Fried Rice, Sichuan Cucumber Salad, and Baby Bok Choy with Braised Shiitake Sauce.
Spicy Cashew Chicken
Serves 4 as part of a multi-course meal
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 to 3 teaspoons chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon peanut or vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- ½ cup salted roasted cashews, or substitute raw cashews
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- If you're using raw cashews, toast them in a dry skillet for 1 to 2 minutes, until they become golden on both sides and aromatic. Transfer to a plate to cool.
- Marinate the chicken: In a medium bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of the rice wine, and the cornstarch until the cornstarch is dissolved. Add the chicken and stir to coat. Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1 tablespoon of the soy sauce, remaining 1 tablespoon of the rice wine, the hoisin sauce, sesame oil, and chili sauce.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over medium high heat. Add the peanut oil and swirl to coat the bottom. Add the garlic and ginger and cook until just aromatic, about 20 to 30 seconds. Add the marinated chicken and stir-fry until no longer pink on the outside but not yet cooked through, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook until the onion starts to become translucent, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Pour in the sauce and stir gently to coat the chicken. Allow the sauce to simmer for 1 to 2 minutes to thicken. Stir in the cashews. Transfer to a plate, top with sliced scallions, and serve.


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One loss so far this year (to Andy Murray) should be encouraging to Marin Cilic; after winning Chennai, the Croat made his way to his first major semifinal at this year's 2010 Australian Open and stared down some big guns along the way, including the slicey (and un-retired) Fabrice Santoro, hometown fave Bernard Tomic, fellow beast Juan Martin Del Potro, and the hard-serving Andy Roddick (whom TSF picked as the men's titleist this year). Here's hoping for an exciting 2010 for Marin. Maybe a crack into the top 10?
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Usually our awesome volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.
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Dateline Mar. 22, 2003: S4e May Be OverJanuary 26th, 2011
Heather Hawkins, on again, off again publicist for Search4e released a statement on behalf of [truecrimepress.com True Crime Press] formally severing their relationship with S4e.
What is puzzling if whether this spells the official end of the game or merely acknowledges the loss of funding that became very evident late last year. TCP is the game related website affiliated with Bizincu, the New York business that provided much of the early support for Search4e.
Contact: Heather Hawkins
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New York (March 22, 2003) — It is with deep regret that True Crime Books announces that it is ending all formal ties with the Ed Sobian case. Effective immediately True Crime Books will cease to have any further financial or legal arrangements with the website [www.search4e.org search4e.org], which was established to create public interest in the investigation. The partnership with its principals, first announced in September 2002, is dissolved. This decision was not taken lightly. However, because of current developments, a sponsorship of this kind no longer fits in with the company's long-term business strategy. We believe that we should focus exclusively on publishing high quality books in keeping with the original vision of our late publisher, Owen G. McCleary.
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You see, the 2012-13 Charlotte Bobcats are actually pretty good and, yes, a pleasure to watch. Alright, maybe "pretty good" ought to be graded on a curve, but 4-3 for a squad whose unconscionably inept predecessors found a win in every nine outings a bridge too far is cause for optimism, if not out and out celebration. Playoff talk is a bit premature, but a meteoric (yes, meteoric) rise to 11th, even 10th, in the East is not out of the question. Given the state of affairs in Washington and Detroit, the forthcoming slap of reality heading for Orlando and the prospect of injuries derailing a mid-pack squad (like you can't see the Sixers losing Holiday while Bynum YOLO's his rehab into February), as many as five East teams could end the season look up at the 'Cats.
Beyond the strong start, the Bobs boast a perimeter trio (apologies to former Lakerland hero Ramon Sessions and future poor man's Jason Terry, Ben Gordon) capable of serving as the foundation for, I dunno, something positive. Gerald Henderson (currently out with a sprained left foot, but due back by December) is not a star, but the fourth year man is a solid defender and possesses a mid-range game that should make him a solid glue guy for some time. Then there's the 2011-12 preseason Hype Rookie of the Year, Kemba Walker. A disappointing rookie year under his belt, Kemba's a different player this year (a great read on his improvement from Ben Swanson at Rufus on Fire), both statistically, where he is more productive (19 points, 5.1 assists and 2.9 steals per game, compared with 21.1, 4.4 and 0.9 a year ago) and more efficient (51.4% True Shooting, 86.5% FT, 25.1 USG, compared with 46.4%, 78.9% and 25.2 a year ago), as well as in presence. The team is looking to Walker be its star, and this year he's down to give it his best shot.
As valuable as Walker has been to this team, however, the most valuable member of the Bobcats might be a man whose NBA resume consists of just seven NBA contests, largely against subpar competition. It's worth noting, however, that this "subpar competition" is even a thing, given the rust standard for subpar competition set by this franchise over the past decade.
That Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's efficient, all-around contribution from the starter's pistol has contributed to a world in which the Charlotte Bobcats are no longer dismissed out of hand is an achievement unto itself. You might once again point out that it's only been seven games. I'd counter that small samples are more likely to work against a 19 year old at the start of his rookie campaign than they are in his favor. In barely two weeks, Gilchrist has not only shown himself to be NBA ready, but made a huge impact at both ends of the floor. He's not a polished offensive player – as evidenced by a .67 Assist/Turnover ratio and a Turnover Rate (13.75%) well above the league average (~10%) for a swingman – but does an excellent job of playing to his strengths – setting screens for others, crashing the boards and getting to the bucket.
At 6'7"-230, MKG is built for the NBA game. Beyond that, he is a hypercompetitive workaholic that just knows how to play the game. He's rarely rattled or out of control. Absent are the mental lapses and boneheaded plays that are so common in players this young and inexperienced. In short, bad stuff seems to happen less frequently when MKG is on the floor. Do the numbers bear it out?
Join me if you will, at center stage of the Comically Small Sample Size Theater, where we will consider…
In just under 28 minutes per game, Gilchrist is averaging 11.1 points with a True Shooting Percentage of 54.5%. He's attempting 3.4 free throws per game, connecting on 79.1%. More impressive is his .46 Free Throw Rate (FTA/FGA), nearly double the league average for swingmen (.242) and tied for fifth (with Manu Ginobili) among 2s and 3s.
Of his 8.7 field goal attempts per game, nearly two thirds (5.6; of which he's making 64.1%) are at the rim. In fact, of his 27 made field goals, all but three have come from within four feet. The only other shot he's dialing up with any frequency is the dreaded "long 2," though he's attempting just 1.9 shots per game from 16-23 feet out. He'll do well to avoid a Josh Smith-esque fetish for the feel of the 3-point line on his heels, but reality is that an 18.5 Adjusted PER is not bad for a guy with a sub-20 Usage Rate that wasn't supposed to contribute much offensively right away. And we haven't even grazed the good stuff!
On the boards, MGK already ranks among the best at his position, and is potentially one of the best offensive rebounders of the non-big lot. Of his 6.9 rebounds per game, 2.4 – best among NBA swingmen – are corralled at the offensive end. His rebounding rates do little to hurt the argument: his 13.3% Total Rebound Rate ranks in the top 10 among swingmen and his 17.6% Defensive Rebound Rate places him in the top 20 among wings. Again, however, it's on the offensive glass where he is at his best, sports an 9.1% Offensive Rebound Rate, more than double the 3.5% league average for swingmen (15+ minutes per game), trailing only Phoenix's P.J. Tucker (12.6%) and Magic rookie Moe Harkless (12.5%).
And then we've got the defensive end, where Gilchrist was supposed to earn his NBA stripes – and has not disappointed. He's averaging more than a steal per game, though this is owed almost entirely to five against the Mavericks on November 3. He has, however, immediately established himself as one of the NBA's best shot blockers on the wing. MKG is averaging 1.7 blocks per game (only Andrei Kirilenko's 2.0 is higher among non-bigs), swatting 5.1% of the shots with which he's presented – 15th in the league, ahead of both Josh Smith and Joakim Noah – and has blocked a shot in all but one game thus far, with multiple blocks on four occasions.
Impressive in a vacuum, certainly, but what's truly incredible has been MKG's impact on the overall performance if the Bobcats – who have ascended from historical atrocity to, well, loftier heights. It's frankly staggering. Credit where is it due to his teammates for their work, but man…
Per NBA.com, when MKG is on the floor the Bobcats secure 51.7% of available rebounds, compared to just 43.3% when he's on the bench. Interestingly, on the offensive glass the dropoff is slightly less pronounced – 32% with MKG on the floor; 27.5% when he's off – while at the defensive end, Charlotte is grabbing an awesome 71.8% of available boards with MKG on the floor, and 60.7% when he is not.
Crazier still, in the 194 minutes in which MKG has seen the floor, the Bobs' offense is a fantastic 13.8 points per 100 possessions (106.6 vs. 92.8) better than in the 147 in which he's sat, while at the other end the Bobcats are a whopping 11.5 points per 100 possessions better (97.9 surrendered, compared with 109.4) when he plays, compared to when he does not. If my math is correct – well, actually, assuming the gift of reading numbers has not yet deserted me – the Charlotte Bobcats are a silly 25.3 points per 100 possessions better when Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is on the floor than when he is not.
For the sake of comparison, the New Orleans Hornets are actually a point per 100 worse – TWENTY points per 100 worse on D – with Anthony Davis on the floor (Note: Davis has played v. the Spurs, Bobcats and Rockets and got hurt 14 minutes in against the Jazz, while sitting against the Bulls and 76ers), and Portland – they of the "war crime against competitive endeavor" second unit – is nearly eight points per 100 better with Damian Lillard on the floor, though it's worth noting they've been outscored when Lillard is on the floor (-2.2/100) as well as when he is on the bench (-9.9/100).
Now, unless Gilchrist has immediately hit the ground running as one of the greatest players in NBA history, the impact of his presence on the floor is likely to regress some. The overarching fact, however, is that MKG – drafted as much for his capabilities without the ball as for those with it – has delivered all the Bobcats dared hope for as they spent the #2 overall pick to secure his services, and in so doing is playing a vital role in inspiring hope in a situation that very recently was completely desolate.


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The Virginia Half-Shell Oyster Tasting returns from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the parking lot adjacent to Kelsick Specialty Market, 6632 Main Street, Gloucester Courthouse.
Sponsored by the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association, the annual event gives participants an opportunity to sample and rate a variety of locally harvested oysters and helps promote oyster aquaculture in Virginia waters.
Six commerical oyster companies who work in waters surrounding the Middle Peninsula will be shucking and serving up their catch. The list includes Rappahannock River Oyster Company, Rappahannock River; Deltaville Oyster Company, Piankatank River; Chapel Creek Oyster Company, Piankatank River; Winter Harbor Oysters, Winter Harbor; Mobjack Bay Oysters, Mobjack Bay; and Chessie Oyster Company, York River.
People will be able to taste four oysters from each grower, and use their rating card to judge them on aroma, saltiness and other qualities. Kelsick will offer wine and beer for sale, and there will be other foods on site.
Growers will have additional oysters for sale to take home and will take orders for oysters for future pickup.
Founded in 1997, the non-profit oyster gardeners association is made up of about 500 members who are working to restore the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay. There are about 350 licensed oyster growers in the state.
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Twitter Cartoon Video Shows How to Set Up Profile, Header Pictures
Twitter released a how-to video on Friday with tips on how to best dress up your page with header, profile and background pictures.
Although these steps may seem elementary to the Twitter lovers of the world, the social network is still growing its user base and many newer users are likely still trying to get a hold on how the platform works. (Even Pope Benedict XVI is gearing up to launch his own personal account).
In response, the company has posted a short and sweet YouTube clip that walks you through how to add pictures to an account page.
Here's a quick rundown: Visit the settings icon at the top of the your account and click "Edit Profile." Here, you can upload a picture or take one directly from your computer's webcam. You can also scale and position the picture based on how you want it displayed.
In September, Twitter rolled out a new header photo feature which is displayed across the top of a profile page. In the same "Edit Profile" section, you can upload a header and scale it to size. Meanwhile, the "Design" tab in "Edit Profile" hosts where you can add a background picture. You can select from some of the highlighted wallpapers or upload your own to reflect your personality, brand or interests.
Changes can also be made via mobile devices with the "Me" tab, following the instructions above.


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The data retention judgment, the Irish Facebook case, and the future of EU data transfer regulation
On April 8 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its judgment in the case C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland. Based on EU fundamental rights law, the Court invalidated the EU Data Retention Directive, which obliged telecommunications service providers and Internet service providers in the EU to retain telecommunications metadata and make it available to European law enforcement authorities under certain circumstances. The case illustrates both the key role that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights plays in EU data protection law, and the CJEU's seeming disinterest in the impact of its recent data protection rulings on other fundamental rights. In addition, the recent referral to the CJEU by an Irish court of a case involving data transfers by Facebook under the EU-US Safe Harbor holds the potential to further tighten EU rules for data transfers, and to reduce the possibility of EU-wide harmonization in this area.
In considering the implications of Digital Rights Ireland for the regulation of international data transfers, I would like to focus on a passage occurring towards the end of the judgment, where the Court criticizes the Data Retention Directive as follows (paragraph 68):
"[I]t should be added that that directive does not require the data in question to be retained within the European Union, with the result that it cannot be held that the control, explicitly required by Article 8(3) of the Charter, by an independent authority of compliance with the requirements of protection and security, as referred to in the two previous paragraphs, is fully ensured. Such a control, carried out on the basis of EU law, is an essential component of the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data…"
This statement caught many observers by surprise. The CJEU is famous for the concise and self-referential style of its opinions, and the case revolved around the legality of the Directive in general, not around whether data stored under it could be transferred outside the EU. This issue was also not raised in the submission of the case to the Court, and first surfaced in the advisory opinion issued by one of the Court's advocates-general prior to the judgment (see paragraph 78 of that Opinion).
In US constitutional law, the question "does the constitution follow the flag?" generally arises in the context of whether the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution applies to government activity overseas (e.g., when US law enforcement abducts a fugitive abroad and brings him back to the US). In the context discussed here, the question is rather whether EU data protection law applies to personal data as they are transferred outside the EU, i.e., "whether the EU flag follows EU data". As I explained in my book on the regulation of transborder data flows that was published last year by Oxford University Press, in many cases EU data protection law remains applicable to personal data transferred to other regions. For example, in introducing its proposed reform of EU data protection law, the European Commission stated in 2012 that one of its key purposes is to "ensure a level of protection for data transferred out of the EU similar to that within the EU".
EU data protection law is based on constitutional provisions protecting fundamental rights (e.g., Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights), and the CJEU has emphasized in cases involving the independence of the data protection authorities (DPAs) in Austria, Germany, and Hungary that control of data processing by an independent DPA is an essential element of the fundamental right to data protection (without ever discussing independent supervision in the context of data processing outside the EU). In light of those previous cases, the logical consequence of the Court's statement in Digital Rights Ireland would seem to be that fundamental rights law requires oversight of data processing by the DPAs also with regard to the data of EU individuals that are transferred to other regions.
This conclusion raises a number of questions. For example, how can it be reconciled with the fact that the enforcement jurisdiction of the DPAs ends at the borders of their respective EU Member States (see Article 28 of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46)? If supervision by the EU DPAs extends already by operation of law to the storage of EU data in other regions, then why do certain EU legal mechanisms in addition force the parties to data transfers to explicitly accept the extraterritorial regulatory authority of the DPAs (e.g., Clause 5(e) of the EU standard contractual clauses of 2010)? And how does the Court's statement fit with its 2003 Lindqvist judgment, where it held that EU data protection law should not be interpreted to apply to the entire Internet (see paragraph 69 of that judgment)? The offhand way in which the Court referred to DPA supervision over data processing outside the EU in the Digital Rights Ireland judgment gives the impression that it was unaware of, or disinterested in, such questions.
On June 18 the Irish High Court referred a case to the CJEU that may develop further its line of thought in the Digital Rights Ireland judgment. The High Court's judgment in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner involved a challenge by Austrian student Max Schrems to the transfer of personal data to the US by Facebook under the Safe Harbor. The High Court announced that it would refer to the CJEU the questions of whether the European Commission's adequacy decision of 2000 creating the Safe Harbor should be re-evaluated in light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and widespread access to data by US law enforcement, and of whether the individual DPAs should be allowed to determine whether the Safe Harbor provides adequate protection (see paragraphs 71 and 84). The linkage between the two cases is evidenced by the Irish High Court's frequent citation of Digital Rights Ireland, and by the CJEU's conclusion that interference with the right to data protection caused by widespread data retention for law enforcement purposes without notice being given to individuals was "particularly serious" (see paragraph 37 of Digital Rights Ireland and paragraph 44 of Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner). The High Court also criticized the Safe Harbor and the system of oversight of law enforcement data access in the US as failing to provide oversight "carried out on European soil" (paragraph 62), which seems inspired by paragraph 68 of the Digital Rights Ireland judgment.
The Irish referral to the CJEU also holds implications for the possibility of harmonized EU rules regarding international data transfers. If each DPA is allowed to override Commission adequacy decisions based on its individual view of what the Charter of Fundamental Rights requires, then there would be no point to such decisions in the first place (and the current disagreement over the "one stop shop" in the context of the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation shows the difficulty of reaching agreement on pan-European rules where fundamental rights are at stake). Also, one wonders if other data transfer mechanisms beyond the Safe Harbor could also be at risk (e.g., standard contractual clauses, binding corporate rules, etc.), given that they also allow data to be turned over to non-EU law enforcement authorities. The proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation could eliminate some of these risks, but its passage is still uncertain, and the interpretation by the Court of the role of the Charter of Fundamental Rights would still be relevant under it. Whatever the CJEU eventually decides, it seems inevitable that the case will result in a tightening of EU rules on international data transfers.
The referral by the Irish High Court also raises the question (which the High Court did not address) of how other important fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to communicate internationally (meaning, in essence, the freedom to communicate on the Internet), should be balanced with the right to data protection. In its recent jurisprudence, the CJEU seems to regard data protection as a "super right" that has preference over other ones; thus, in its recent judgment in the case C-131/12 Google Spain v. AEPD and Mario Costeja Gonzalez involving the "right to be forgotten", the Court never even refers to Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights that protects freedom of expression and the right to "receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers". In its zeal to protect personal data transferred outside the EU, it is important that the CJEU not forget that, as it has stated in the past, data protection is not an absolute right, and must be considered in relation to its function in society (see, for example, Joined Cases C-92/09 and C-93/09 Volker und Markus Schecke, paragraph 48), and that there must be some territorial limit to EU data protection law, if it is not to become a system of universal application that applies to the entire world (as the Court held in Lindqvist). Thus, there is an urgent need for an authoritative and dispassionate analysis of the territorial limits to EU data protection law, and of how a balance can be struck between data protection and other fundamental rights, guidance which unfortunately the CJEU seems unwilling to provide.


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Richard Lounsberry & Elizabeth Pennoyer geneaology
The summer issue of the L-Tree is finished and just waiting for me to do the final processing and post it.
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This is fantastic! But, would you like any corrections? I know the original source was incorrect and it has been transferred here. Also I was wondering if you would list where the information came from, perhaps just as a bibliography?
thanks so much,
Sarah Stevens
- September 12, 2010 at 10:07 PM
- Jared Olar said...
It seems that my wife's mother has Lounsbury and Pennoyer connections during the 1800s. She is descended from Albert Riggs (born 1815) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Pennover, a.k.a. Mary Paneer, born circa 1820. Albert and Mary were from New York but ended up settling in Madison County, Illinois. I believe Paneer and Pennover are variants of Pennoyer. Albert and Mary had a daughter Martha who married an "R. Lounsbery." In our records the surname is also spelled Lonsbery, Lonsberry, and Lounsbury. Martha's brother Albert Riggs had a son named George Lawnsberry Riggs, or George Lonsberry Riggs, named for his aunt and uncle.
We don't know who Mary Pennover/Paneer's parents were, or anything else about Martha's husband R. Lounsbery, but no doubt they belonged to the Pennoyer and Lounsbury families of the Connecticut and New York areas.
- January 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Just as a follow-up to my comment yesterday . . . . I decided last night to check the Mormons' International Genealogical Index for any women named "Mary Elizabeth Pennover" or "Mary Elizabeth Pennoyer" born circa 1815-1825 in New York. I found a few possible candidates, but was able to rule out all but one, based on date and place of death. The only remaining candidate was a Mary Elizabeth Penoyer, born 21 July 1816, baptised 6 June 1823 at the Garden Street Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. Her father is listed as Robert McFadden Penoyer, born 13 June 1781 in New York State, who married on 13 May 1815 in New York to Maria Van Buren, born circa 1785 in Flatbush, Long Island, New York, daughter of Henrij Van Buren and Marij Cropseij. The IGI has nothing on Robert M. Penoyer's ancestry, but traces Maria Van Buren's genealogy back for a few generations.
Of course I have no idea if that information is accurate, and no way of knowing if this Mary Elizabeth Penoyer is my Mary Elizabeth Pennover/Paneer. I do know that my Mary and her husband Albert Riggs were living in New York City at the time of the 1850 U.S. Census, whereas this Mary Elizabeth Penoyer was baptised and lived in New York City. Some quick internet searches found a reference to a licensed auctioneer named "Robert M. Penoyer" in the 1837 book, "New York As It Is" -- presumably the abovenamed father of Mary Elizabeth Penoyer.
So, I may have made a discovery on the Pennover/Paneer end of things . . . but still don't know anything about Martha's husband R. Lounsbery.
- January 6, 2011 at 2:29 PM
I have found the death record of Martha E. Lounsbury/Lounsbery. It says she was born 13 Aug. 1844 in New York City, daughter of Albert Riggs (born in Dutchess County, New York) and Mary Elizabeth Penoyer (born in Orange County, New York). Martha died 17 Aug. 1925 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, at the age of 81, and was buried 20 Aug. 1925. Her husband's name is given as RICHARD LOUNSBURY. So now I know what the "R." stands for.
- January 27, 2012 at 1:26 AM
Well, back to the drawing board. I found at Find-A-Grave that the Mary Elizabeth Penoyer, born 1816, daughter of Robert M. Penoyer, was definitely not the Mary Elizabeth Penoyer/Pennover/Paneer, born circa 1817-1821, who married Albert Riggs. These two Marys were no doubt cousins, both being Penoyers from the Orange County, NY, area, but how exactly they were related I have yet to find. Perhaps Mary E. Pennover's death certificate will supply the names of her parents . . . .
- January 28, 2012 at 11:07 AM
There is a newest hero who has the direct descendant of Richard Loundsberry: Michael T. Landsberry.
Here are his descendants:
Richard LOUNSBERRY
John LOUNSBERRY
Samuel LOUNSBERRY
Benjamin LOWNSBERRY
John Carpenter LOWNSBERRY
Benjamin LOWNSBERRY
Benjamin Lansberry
William E Lansberry
Cloyd Lloyd Lansberry
Ward James Lansberry
Ward James Landsberry II
Michael T. Landsberry
- October 24, 2013 at 4:36 PM
We at last have been able to identify the parentage and ancestry of my wife's ancestress Mary Elizabeth Penoyer Riggs (1818-1908). She was the eldest daughter of Jacob Pennoyer (c.1792-1867) and Martha Scott, who lived in Montgomery and Newburgh in Orange County, New York. As for Mary's daughter Martha E. Riggs Lounsbury, we've learned that her husband Richard Lounsberg (Lounsberry, Lounsbury) must have died by 1885, because Martha and her son George Lounsberg are listed in the Iowa State Census that year in Burlington, Iowa, and Martha is designated as "widowed." In fact, Richard may have died by Aug. 1882, because an Alton, Ill., newspaper that month describes a Riggs family reunion in Godfrey, Ill., that Martha and George attended -- the rest of Martha's siblings brought their spouses, but Martha came without her husband, most likely because he was already dead by then. Perhaps Richard is buried in or near Burlington, Iowa.
- January 15, 2016 at 8:20 PM
- Lauren Mendelson said...
Anyone have any information on Richard Cornelius Lounsbury born 12/8/1930- died 10/17/1997?
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Stocks tumbled again in the final hour of trading to close near session lows in heavily volatile trading Wednesday, with the Dow posting its sixth-straight day in the red, as investors digested the minutes from the latest Fed policy meeting.
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Egyptian Wall
Pen And Ink
Contemporary Art
Egyptian Wall
Pen And Ink by Meyer Sherman
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Egyptian Wall
Pen And Ink by Meyer Sherman
11″ x 14″
Meyer Sherman (1929 - 2013) was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 1, 1929, the first baby born in NY that year. The youngest of four, he grew up in a tenement apartment, drawing on paper bags his mother would bring him.
After serving in the Korean Conflict, he earned his Bachelor of Arts at Wichita State University, the first in his family to achieve a college degree. Initially pursuing a career in commercial art in New York, some of the techniques of which would influence his entire career, Sherman found the work creatively constraining and too irregular.
He chose to continue his education at New York University, attaining a Master's in Education. It was at NYU that he met Naomi Ullman, also pursuing her degree. They were married shortly after graduating, moved to Bay Shore, NY on Long Island, started a family with two sons, Barnet and Jonathan, and shared a creative life together for 55 years. The family lived in England for a year where he studied for and graduated with a Master's in Ceramic Design at the Staffordshire Institute of Technology. They retired to Carlsbad, CA before finally moving to Nashville, TN.
While he worked in numerous mediums and experimented with various styles, his primary focus—and personal favorites—were ceramics, water color, pen and ink, and pencil. His watercolors were presented at numerous showings, including at the prestigious Salmagundi Art club in New York, where he was extended a membership. Influenced by his surroundings, his travels across the United States and the world, including France, Turkey, China and Newfoundland, were reflected in his works both in content and style. Fascinated by the faces of the peoples and landscapes of the places he saw, he drew and painted each extensively.
His work reflects his unique ability to capture the inner emotion of the subject, be a man, woman, event or locale—and evoke an emotion in the viewer. In that, his work rises above mundane reproduction; it grasps the essence of what it truly means to be an artist.
Naomi Sherman (1920 - 2012) was born in Bronx, NY. She received her under graduate degree from Goucher College and earned her Master's Degree in Art Education from New York University, where she met her future husband, Meyer Sherman.
A gifted artist, she turned her attention to various mediums and creative outlets over the years. She wrote poetry, started a literary magazine, designed and made clothing and hats, dabbled in pottery and ceramics, glass, painted in oil and watercolor and drew in pastel. She even studied with renowned expressionist artist Willem De Kooning briefly. But perhaps her best known works were in her jewelry creations. She could take gold, silver and precious stones and bring out vibrant and unique forms that were more art-to-wear than traditional jewelry. Broaches, pendants, rings, necklaces, cufflinks—nothing was out of her range. There were gallery showing and some awards, although she insisted art competitions were ridiculous, since in her view was that art was too broad and subjective to be judged for awards. She continued to do jewelry and metalsmithing well into her 70s and was quite a sight: wearing safety goggles and holding a jeweler's torch in one hand while tapping away with a forming hammer in her other on her latest work.


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They don't just occur in chemistry catalogs, they can be something in real life too (though the :
I will contrast this with the same reaction when I first did it, wherein the layers were darker, murkier and had more insoluble muck in them. The reaction conditions have been slightly tweaked, but broadly the chemicals in the flask are the same, so it is as much about the hands that do the chemistry getting better at it as it is the reaction going on in the flask. Though I did learn some things about the accuracy of the thermocouple of my heating/stirring plate at higher temperatures – this reaction was run at a high enough temperature that the cooling from the air in the hood was enough to prevent the oil bath reaching the desired temperature and the oil temperature measured by thermometer was a little lower than the reading on the dial as well.
Anyway, I thought it was a nice shot to share.