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Miranda Lambert Had a 'Deal-Breaker' With Husband Brendan McLoughlin
Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin are nearing their one-year wedding anniversary, but they'd have never gotten past dating had he not passed an important test.
The "Bluebird" singer talked about life with her 29-year-old husband during a series of interviews with Taste of Country. Previously, she joked about having trouble giving up control of certain things in her life, like planning events. But she's working on it:
WATCH: Miranda Lambert Totally Trusts Her Husband, Except for ...
Lambert's one non-negotiable item never came between them. Currently there are 40 legs on the floor at her Nashville farmhouse, meaning her, McLoughlin and nine dogs.
"When I first met him, I realized I looked a little bit like a crazy dog lady," she says. "Which is fine with me, because that's what I am."
What if he wasn't as crazy for her furry babies?
"I was like, 'Hey, if you don't like dogs, that's kind of a deal-breaker," she says, laughing, but not joking. No worries — the New York City police officer is great with the pups. "He actually loves them to death," she says.
Aside from being country music's most decorated singer of the past 20 years, Lambert is known for being an advocate for and friend to any dog that needs help. Her MuttNation Foundation finds homes for animals in need. Every year during CMA Fest in Nashville, she hosts a downtown dog walk that raises awareness and funds for the non-profit.
WATCH: Miranda Lambert Gets Honest About Songs from Wildcard
See Inside Miranda Lambert + Brendan McLoughlin's Cozy Rural Love Nest


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Exponential growth in storage requirements is making disk-only solutions impractical from a cost perspective. IT budgets are simply not growing enough to meet today's increasing storage capacity and performance requirements with disk-based solutions. At the same time, offline tape archives are not a viable solution because compliance requirements and business usage requirements mean that data must be accessible on demand.
Implementing a tiered storage infrastructure that will help organizations keep up with user and application workloads is essential.
This white paper provides insight into a leading vendor's optimized technology for tiered storage infrastructure – offering the flexibility to scale both capacity and performance independently while also keeping storage costs low and providing reliable data protection over many years.

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Dear Lifehacker: I use Firefox and have my bookmarks toolbar on the same "line" as the back/forward buttons and Awesomebar to save space. However, my bookmarks always collapse into a drop-down list. How can I stop this from happening?
Bookmarks Go Bye-bye
Hey there, Bookmarks,
I had the same problem not too long ago. I fixed it by creating a user script for the popular Firefox customization extension Stylish to set a specific width for the bookmarks toolbar so that it never collapses into a drop-down list. Here's what the script looks like:
@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
#bookmarksBarContent { width: 55px; }
I set the width to 55 pixels, but you can change the actual width to whatever you need it to be. If you don't have Stylish and/or don't want it, you can take the last two lines above and paste them into Firefox's userChrome.css file. Don't know how to do that? See our previous post on maximizing your Firefox 3.5 viewing area for further instructions.


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Sid Harveys Wholesale HVACR , 39 Boulevard, Queensbury, NY 12804 has grown to become a network of 76 branches. Although Sid Harveys roots are in oil heating, they now supply more HVACR products than ever. Areas Served: Sid Harveys operates 76 supply houses along the East Coast from Maine to North Carolina spanning throughout the Midwest to the Rocky Mountain region. What Brands Does Sid Harvey's Sell? Sid Harveys carries name brand HVAC products from Acme, Amtrol, Aprilaire, Bell & Gossett, Bussman, Camco, Clenair, Cooper, Copeland, Danfoss, Duro Dyne, Emerson, Fasco, Field Controls, Fujitsu, Grundfos, Harris, Hart & Cooley, Honeywell, Hoshizaki, ICM, Inficon, JB, Kamco, Klein, Larkin, Lenox, Little Giant, Mars, Mitsubishi, Modine, Mueller, Nibco, Nu-Calgon, Paragon, Parker Hannifin, Ranco, Rectorseal, Rheem, Ridgid, Ritchie, Robertshaw, Robinair, Supco, Taco, Tecumseh, Tjerland, UEI, Watts, White Rodgers, Yellow Jacket and many others.


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Apple Security Update 2010-001
In an effort not to be left out, Apple has released Security Update 2010-001 which patches a dozen vulnerabilities in CoreAudio (code execution via crafted MP4), CUPS (remote DoS), Flash Player Plug-in (multiple including arbitrary code execution), ImageIO (code execution via crafted TIFF file), Image Raw (code execution via crafted DNG image), and OpenSSL (the renegotiation exploit). Details can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
Jim Clausing, jclausing --at-- isc [dot] sans (dot) org
Unpatched Microsoft Windows (all versions) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Released
In a posting to a public mailing list, Tavis Ormandy disclosed a zero day privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows kernel. All versions of Windows, starting with Windows NT 3.1 up to including Windows 7, are affected.
The vulnerability affects support for 16 bit applications. In most cases, it is safe to turn off support for 16 bit applications.
Here are the mitigation instructions (copied from the advisory):
Temporarily disabling the MSDOS and WOWEXEC subsystems will prevent the attack from functioning, as without a process with VdmAllowed, it is not possible to access NtVdmControl() (without SeTcbPrivilege, of course).
The policy template "Windows ComponentsApplication CompatibilityPrevent access to 16-bit applications" may be used within the group policy editor to prevent unprivileged users from executing 16-bit applications. I'm informed this is an officially supported machine configuration.
Administrators unfamiliar with group policy may find the videos below instructive. Further information is available from the Windows Server Group Policy Home
To watch a demonstration of this policy being applied to a Windows Server 2003 domain controller, see the link below.
To watch a demonstration of this policy being applied to a Windows Server 2008 domain controller, see the link below.
To watch a demonstration of this policy being applied to a shared but unjoined Windows XP Professional machine, see the link below.
On Windows NT4, the following knowledgebase article explains how to disable the NTVDM and WOWEXEC subsystems.
Applying these configuration changes will temporarily prevent users from accessing legacy 16-bit MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 applications, however, few users
require this functionality.If you do not require this feature and depend on NT security, consider permanently disabling it in order to reduce kernel attack surface.
This is not a good month for Microsoft. Tavis disclosed the vulnerability to Microsoft about 6 months ago. Microsoft's monthly bulletin's credited Tavis numerous times in the past for disclosing vulnerabilities.
Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
SANS Technology Institute
The IE saga continues, out-of-cycle patch coming soon
Jim Clausing, jclausing --at-- isc [dot] sans (dot) org
49Gbps DDoS, IPv4 exhaustion, and DNSSEC, oh my!
Arbor has released their 2009 Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report and it is an interesting read. The largest DDoS increased nearly 5-fold from 2004 to 2008 (and doubled from 2006 to 2008) to 49Gbps. At that size, you definitely need the assistance of your upstream service provider to mitigate. The report also shows the continuing trend of not reporting/referring attacks to law enforcement.
The report can be found at http://staging.arbornetworks.com/dmdocuments/ISR2009_EN.pdf
Jim Clausing, jclausing --at-- isc [dot] sans (dot) org
Forensic challenges
Even when I am doing some of it as part of my day job, I still enjoy participating in, and seeing the results of, the forensic/packet contests/challenges that can be found periodically being run by folks I respect. Currently there are at least 2 challenges that look interesting. The first is put together by the authors of the SANS 558 - Network Forensics course. Info on that one can be found at http://forensicscontest.com/2009/12/28/anns-appletv. Their first two contests have been kind of fun, (in the interest of full disclosure, I'll be posting my solution to #2 on my handlers page over the weekend (talking to Jonathon and Sherry last week at SANS Security East, I decided I want to make one more minor addition to my scripts)). The other is from the Honeynet Project and can be found at https://honeynet.org/node/504. Both run until 1 Feb, so if you've got some time, give them a look.
Jim Clausing, jclausing --at-- isc [dot] sans (dot) org


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Learning Analytics | News
Several schools are piloting Blackboard's new learning analytics solution, Blackboard Analytics for Blackboard Learn, in an effort to provide feedback and help shape the final product.
Built on the Blackboard Analytics platform, the new product is designed to track usage patterns and data from both the learning management system and the student information system in an effort to improve student engagement and learning outcomes and assess online learning tools.
The institutions testing the tool include universities, four-year colleges, and two-year community colleges, all of which currently use Blackboard Learn 9.1. Pilot schools include:
Scheduled for public release in early 2012, the solution is designed to track and "present both course-specific and institution-wide data over time. The information would also help individual instructors better identify and help at-risk students at the course level, while enabling administrators to better understand the impact of online learning and justify expenditures and investments at the institutional level," according to information released by the company.
"For years, we've sought ways to understand student performance and course effectiveness in our online learning programs," said Kevin O'Halla, chief information officer at Grand Rapids Community College. "Blackboard Analytics for Blackboard Learn gives us greater insight, not just in a static semester-by-semester fashion, but over time, and in real time. While still in the trial, we're already seeing how Grand Rapids can make better decisions about our course delivery to help ensure student success through a tool that is easy for end user analysis."
According to information released by the company, Blackboard Analytics for Blackboard Learn will be capable of integrating with all leading student information platforms and customizable for integration with other solutions.
More information is available at blackboard.com.
About the Author
Joshua Bolkan is contributing editor for Campus Technology, THE Journal and STEAM Universe. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Assisting companies between Prague and Paris
Ondrej Svoboda is a young Czech entrepreneur living in France since 2001. His passion: create businesses to generate social interactions and meetings.
The perfect integration in Descartes' country
He grew up in Prague, but arrived in France as a teenager. At 16 years old, Ondrej Svoboda continued his studies at the Carnot high school in Dijon, an institution that accepts Czech students. This would be his first opportunity to experiment and understand cultural differences: "here, in the country of Descartes, they teach much more deeply how to search for information, and analyse it and summarise it". A school boarder, he went to two different families on weekends. This total immersion and "perfect integration" would encourage him to create "lasting relationships" with a few families of the region.
At the time, the young Czech liked to discuss with other, organise events. Civic engagement became a matter of course for him. When facing an obstacle, he looked for solutions, offered them, and enjoyed defending them even at the highest level. When he found out that he was not eligible to a scholarship based on social criteria like any other French student, he didn't think twice about what he had to do, because his studies at the ESC in Grenoble were compromised. He sent a letter to the French prime minister to protest against this injustice, and won the argument. Even today, he likes to think that it was no coincidence that regulations changed a few months later!
Putting his knowledge of two culture at the service of others
After travelling all over the world for five years as internal auditor at Adecco, Ondrej Svoboda was asked to help a Czech company settle in France. After all, didn't he understand the cultural codes of both countries? "In Czech Republic, you do business like the British or Germans: you're direct. You have products, prices, and you can start the negotiation step quickly. In France, the social aspect is much more important. You first need to establish contact, create a relation built on trust. And it takes time."
With such experience in putting people in contact, Ondrej Svoboda launched French Commerce in 2014 to assist Czech companies who want to trade or produce in France. His know-how is to help start contacts and set meetings, assist during all processes and take care of the follow-up process. In short, he is a relationship creator and an exchange facilitator, the perfect role for somebody who has been living for ten years in this country and has mastered its customs.
Three companies, one passion
In parallel, he's very committed in the local life in Troyes, the city he is currently living in. After realizing that no space can be used for local entrepreneurs (including him) to meet, use an office, exchange good practice or just share a friendly time, Ondrej Svoboda founded the "Rucher creatif" (creative apiary) with his wife and other entrepreneurs. Launched in September 2017, the structure now registers about 400 members. The coworking space is divided in three floors at the heart of Troyes, and includes a company restaurant managed by an insertion company. Conferences and workshops are also held, always in the spirit of creating relationships.
Open on the world and on the spirit of initiative, Svoboda organised the first "Start-up Safari" in 2017. The concept was inspired by a Berliner initiative, and consists in opening the doors of the Parisian start-ups environment for three days. "In a professional fair, you speak for five minutes here and there, and you end the day with a pile of business cards you'll just shove in a drawer back home. In our Safari, every stakeholder holds a one and a half hour event onsite: conference, workshop, product presentation and more. It's a real exchange and discovery moment." In 2018, 300 people participated in the Safari, which brought them in more than 46 locations in Paris. The third edition should be held in March 2019. Alumni entrepreneurs, you got it: feel free to contact Ondrej, he's waiting for you!


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Two layers of latigo leather combine to make a statement of sophistication. Adorned simply with structural rivets in either brass or silver and with two D-rings, one next to the buckle and one placed opposite, this collar is as functional as it is beautiful. The 1.25″ Deluxe version is 1.25″ wide with a 1″ top-strip. Our high-quality latigo leather provides enough collar combinations to complement any dog's fur.


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Stafford, William, 1914-1993
Dates Of Existence
- Existence: 1914 - 1993
Howard Nemerov Papers
Identifier: MS-MS-ms089
Scope and Contents
The Howard Nemerov Papers are a large group of materials which help document the career of this important American poet. The collection includes a great number of worksheets, drafts, and notes towards poems, essays, lectures, stories, collections, and novels. Nemerov corresponded with numerous important literary figures and their letters are housed in the Nemerov Papers. Kenneth Burke, Maxine Kumin, Kay Boyle, and Reed Whittemore, in particular, have been long-time correspondents with...
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David Wagoner Papers
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The David Wagoner Papers consist of two accruals. The first consists of correspondence (1953-1965), notebooks (1944-1959), individual poem and essay drafts, material toward plays including Everyman for Himself, and material toward books including The Escape Artist (1965) and Rock (1958).The second accrual occurred in 2012, in which nearly 80 additional linear feet was added to the...
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Files will be delivered via email immediately after purchase.
Pull Up (+Full background vocals)
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World Social Forum opens - continued campaign 'Against Fundamentalisms, People Are Fundamental'
World Social Forum Over 70,000 women, men, youth and children marched through the streets of Porto Alegre on Thursday for peace and to oppose war and neo-liberal economic policies.
A lively women´s contingent of several hundred women continued last year´s WSF campaign, "Against fundamentalisms, people are fundamental." Their campaign, organized by Articulacion Feminista Marcosur is co-sponsored by 28 of September, Campaign for the Convention, Catholics for the Right to Choose, CFCH, Center for Women's Global Leadership, CLADEM, WICEJ, DAWN, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, REPEM, Women and Habitat, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws. The campaign challenges both the dogma of the free market and religious or ethnic fundamentalisms, and draws links between them. Women took to the streets with a carnival float, drummers and dancers, large balloons and t-shirts, all with giant lips, calling on people to speak out. Thousands of paper lips were worn by men and women alike, covering their mouths, as a symbol of those who are silenced, those who can speak and but do not, and those who have chosen to speak out.


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Advercan Introduces Biodegradable Can-Top Label
Back in October of 2004, we wrote about Advercan, a company that affixed labels to soda can tops so marketers could place advertising on cans. While we liked the idea, we chided the company pointing out all those labels would do a good job keeping landfills busy. Making nice, the company has now introduced a new labeling product that is pulp-based, biodegradable and completely hygienic. Advercan is working with Innovia, 3M and Alcan as well as beverage companies pepsi, Coke, Cadbury Schweppes, Miller and others to make cans a viable advertising medium. Not a bad idea since no one watches TV anymore but everyone still drinks flavored sugar water from a can.


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Tuareg refugees in Niger herd their livestock to safety
Tuareg refugees in Niger herd their livestock to safety
INTIKANE, Niger, May 7 (UNHCR) - The long column of animals - flanked by men sitting high in the saddle - headed eastwards at a steady pace, raising clouds of dust on the trek towards new pastures.
It may sound like a scene from a Western, but this drama was being played out thousands of miles away and across an ocean in the West African nation of Niger. The cast includes 800 animals, ethnic Tuareg nomads from Mali and the UN refugee agency.
In late April, the caravan of camels, cattle, donkeys, goats, sheep and three horses left the refugee settlement at Agando, about 10 kilometres from the border with Mali, and began the three-day trek to Intikane, a vast area where the Tuaregs will be able to live in an open area and lead their traditional nomadic lifestyle in safety.
All of the 8,000 refugees at Agando and nearby Chinourawen village fled to western Niger with their animals to escape the fighting that erupted in northern Mali early last year or because of continued insecurity or fear of reprisals since January this year, when a French-led counter-attack pushed back rebel forces.
The Niger government's decision to move the Tuaregs to Intikane was based on security grounds: Agando is located just 10 kilometres from the border in an area that remains unstable. It was also a way of letting them lead a more normal life.
"Helping refugees to move their animals will allow them to maintain their livelihoods and to continue living as pastoralists and nomads rather than ending up in a refugee camp dwellers and dependent on aid," noted Karl Steinacker, UNHCR 's representative in Niger.
The Tuaregs were involved in the relocation process from the start. "We held several meetings and we worked out an itinerary," said Mouhamoud Abdoulaye Al Kan Afi. "We were able to go and see Intikane. It is suitable for us and for our animals," added the respected refugee elder, who rode his horse like a young man and was one of the chief herdsmen.
UNHCR brought in local partner, Akarass, to help organize the caravan, which was a major logistical operation. "We worked on every detail: there were water points along the way and food for the herdsmen," said the NGO's Oumarou Danni Saadou, adding that gendarmes on camel-back provided security.
The health of the animals was looked after by a vet, and on arrival at Intikane all the animals were given vaccinations to prevent the spread of disease among livestock owned by the local community.
The three-kilometre-long train of animals arrived in Intikane to a warm reception from the local community. "The refugees and their animals are welcome. What happened to them could happen to anyone," said the village headman, Alghadawi Ilhouda. "We have to support them by sharing our water and pasture," he added in an arid area of scrub and sand.
Some of the Malian herders were delighted to discover that there was a well at Intikane, operated by powerful pumps and generators that had been rehabilitated by UNHCR. "This is simply like rain," said one refugee, Omar Mouhamadou. The 700-metre-deep well also benefits the local community in this part of Niger's Tahoua region, where the Sahel region meets the Sahara.
The Niger government, with help from UNHCR, plans to bring other communities of refugees to safer pastures deeper inside the country over the coming weeks. But unlike the animals and their drovers, most of the refugees will make the journey on convoys prepared by UNHCR's partner, the International Organization for Migration.
UNHCR is protecting and assisting some 50,000 Malian refugees in Niger. They are among more than 175,000 Malian refugees in surrounding countries, including Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
By Bernard Ntwari in Intikane, Niger


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"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God" (Rom 8:19)
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Each year, through Mother Church, God "gives us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed… as we recall the great events that gave us new life in Christ" (Preface of Lent I). We can thus journey from Easter to Easter towards the fulfilment of the salvation we have already received as a result of Christ's paschal mystery – "for in hope we were saved" (Rom 8:24). This mystery of salvation, already at work in us during our earthly lives, is a dynamic process that also embraces history and all of creation. As Saint Paul says, "the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God" (Rom 8:19).
In this perspective, I would like to offer a few reflections to accompany our journey of conversion this coming Lent.
1. The redemption of creation
The celebration of the Paschal Triduum of Christ's passion, death and resurrection, the culmination of the liturgical year, calls us yearly to undertake a journey of preparation, in the knowledge that our being conformed to Christ (cf. Rom 8:29) is a priceless gift of God's mercy.
When we live as children of God, redeemed, led by the Holy Spirit (cf. Rom 8:14) and capable of acknowledging and obeying God's law, beginning with the law written on our hearts and in nature, we also benefit creation by cooperating in its redemption. That is why Saint Paul says that creation eagerly longs for the revelation of the children of God; in other words, that all those who enjoy the grace of Jesus' paschal mystery may experience its fulfilment in the redemption of the human body itself. When the love of Christ transfigures the lives of the saints in spirit, body and soul, they give praise to God. Through prayer, contemplation and art, they also include other creatures in that praise, as we see admirably expressed in the "Canticle of the Creatures" by Saint Francis of Assisi (cf. Laudato Si', 87). Yet in this world, the harmony generated by redemption is constantly threatened by the negative power of sin and death.
2. The destructive power of sin
Indeed, when we fail to live as children of God, we often behave in a destructive way towards our neighbours and other creatures – and ourselves as well – since we begin to think more or less consciously that we can use them as we will. Intemperance then takes the upper hand: we start to live a life that exceeds those limits imposed by our human condition and nature itself. We yield to those untrammelled desires that the Book of Wisdom sees as typical of the ungodly, those who act without thought for God or hope for the future (cf. 2:1-11). Unless we tend constantly towards Easter, towards the horizon of the Resurrection, the mentality expressed in the slogans "I want it all and I want it now!" and "Too much is never enough", gains the upper hand.
The root of all evil, as we know, is sin, which from its first appearance has disrupted our communion with God, with others and with creation itself, to which we are linked in a particular way by our body. This rupture of communion with God likewise undermines our harmonious relationship with the environment in which we are called to live, so that the garden has become a wilderness (cf. Gen 3:17-18). Sin leads man to consider himself the god of creation, to see himself as its absolute master and to use it, not for the purpose willed by the Creator but for his own interests, to the detriment of other creatures.
Once God's law, the law of love, is forsaken, then the law of the strong over the weak takes over. The sin that lurks in the human heart (cf. Mk 7:20-23) takes the shape of greed and unbridled pursuit of comfort, lack of concern for the good of others and even of oneself. It leads to the exploitation of creation, both persons and the environment, due to that insatiable covetousness which sees every desire as a right and sooner or later destroys all those in its grip.
3. The healing power of repentance and forgiveness
Creation urgently needs the revelation of the children of God, who have been made "a new creation". For "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (2 Cor 5:17). Indeed, by virtue of their being revealed, creation itself can celebrate a Pasch, opening itself to a new heaven and a new earth (cf. Rev 21:1). The path to Easter demands that we renew our faces and hearts as Christians through repentance, conversion and forgiveness, so as to live fully the abundant grace of the paschal mystery.
This "eager longing", this expectation of all creation, will be fulfilled in the revelation of the children of God, that is, when Christians and all people enter decisively into the "travail" that conversion entails. All creation is called, with us, to go forth "from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God" (Rom 8:21). Lent is a sacramental sign of this conversion. It invites Christians to embody the paschal mystery more deeply and concretely in their personal, family and social lives, above all by fasting, prayer and almsgiving.
Fasting, that is, learning to change our attitude towards others and all of creation, turning away from the temptation to "devour" everything to satisfy our voracity and being ready to suffer for love, which can fill the emptiness of our hearts. Prayer, which teaches us to abandon idolatry and the self-sufficiency of our ego, and to acknowledge our need of the Lord and his mercy.
Almsgiving, whereby we escape from the insanity of hoarding everything for ourselves in the illusory belief that we can secure a future that does not belong to us. And thus to rediscover the joy of God's plan for creation and for each of us, which is to love him, our brothers and sisters, and the entire world, and to find in this love our true happiness.
Dear brothers and sisters, the "lenten" period of forty days spent by the Son of God in the desert of creation had the goal of making it once more that garden of communion with God that it was before original sin (cf. Mk 1:12-13; Is 51:3). May our Lent this year be a journey along that same path, bringing the hope of Christ also to creation, so that it may be "set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God" (Rom 8:21). Let us not allow this season of grace to pass in vain! Let us ask God to help us set out on a path of true conversion. Let us leave behind our selfishness and self-absorption, and turn to Jesus' Pasch. Let us stand beside our brothers and sisters in need, sharing our spiritual and material goods with them. In this way, by concretely welcoming Christ's victory over sin and death into our lives, we will also radiate its transforming power to all of creation.
From the Vatican, 4 October 2018
Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi


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Design: Getting Back to the Grid
What you need to know about the 960 Grid system
Linda never thought she'd live long enough to see a magazine layout applied to Web design. She talks about the 960 Grid system in this article.
Grid Layouts and Cave Paintings
Sometimes, when I write articles about Web design, I feel very, very old – almost as old as a cave painting.
Back when I was a production manager for a business magazine on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi, I was using wax and linotype. That was well before computers. Then, we were grilled on the grid – the layout that made sense for newspaper, magazines and any other print medium.
But, with computers came layout software, and the learning curve was excruciating. Still, it was better to learn the software than lose your job to someone younger (and who would cost less to the boss). I think I was about age 35 at the time. I would have lost my job to a nineteen-year-old with pimples on his or her face.
Then, came Web pages, along with online sales. No one admitted, at least publicly, that Web design was conducive to a grid system. Oh, we tried...and tables were the result.
But, nearly all of the presentational attributes of HTML documents were contained within HTML markup; all font colours, background styles, element alignments, borders and sizes had to be explicitly described, often repeatedly, within HTML code, and the application still did not seem to work when applied to various browsers and operating systems.
Additionally, tables remain a horrid way to create an accessible and usable Web site.
Enter CSS
The first CSS specification to become an official W3C Recommendation is CSS level 1, published in December 1996. While I – and a million other Web designers – swung immediately to CSS in its simplest form, browsers and operating systems still refused to cooperate. From the beginning, all CSS did was create more confusion in interpretation of the code – what you saw in code was not what you'd get in the final design.
It wasn't until about three years later – about 2000 – that any Web browser achieved near-full implementation of either the CSS1 or CSS2 implementation. According to Wikipedia (I have to rely on something here, as my memory is foggy):
When later 'version 5' browsers began to offer a fairly full implementation of CSS, they were still incorrect in certain areas and were fraught with inconsistencies, bugs and other quirks. The proliferation of such CSS-related inconsistencies and even the variation in feature support has made it difficult for designers to achieve a consistent appearance across platforms. Some authors resorted to workarounds such as CSS hacks and CSS filters to obtain consistent results across web browsers and platforms.
Oh, right – it's all coming back to me now. The hacks. The workarounds. The misery.
I remember when (but not exactly when) Rachel Andrew wrote an article for DMX, entitled, "Many Boxes: a CSS Layout." I downloaded that article and tried to recreate a Web site. It took me a week and three bottles of Port, but I did it (I never once said I was a programmer in my resume). Still, this attempt at grids was not the perfect solution for some Web browsers.
Then, in 2005, David Shea came up with an article that inspired designers to try and make sense of browser incompatibility and grid design yet again. If that name doesn't ring a bell, Dave Shea is a Canadian Web designer and co-author (with Molly Holzschlag) of The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (which led to the development of the css Zen Garden Web site). It was time to start over, to try and make sense of browser incompatibility, varying operating system snafus and CSS (with a touch of tables).
About four years before Shea's article, I gave up on Web design and went back to college to obtain my undergraduate degree in visual communications (where the GREAT GRID was emphasized – still) and then on to earn my masters in history. I was as far afield from Web design as I could get – and very happy about it, too.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.


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Westlife are set to play Wembley Stadium for the first time ever
Westlife have announced a massive gig in Wembley Stadium, with the boys set to play the iconic venue for the first time ever in their 20-year career.
Mirror Online reports that the Irish boyband announced the once-in-a-lifetime show this morning, following the success of their Twenty Tour celebrating their two decades in the music industry.
Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Shane Filan sold out shows in 13 different countries and 27 cities.
The momentous concert will take place on Saturday, August 22, 2020 and will see the global pop stars perform their greatest hits.
Swear It Again, Flying Without Wings and You Raise Me Up are on the setlist, as well as brilliant new songs from their upciming album Spectrum, such as Hello My Love, Better Man and Dynamite.
James Morrison and All Saints will support the boys, who have achieved phenomenal success during their comeback.
Mark Fehily exclusively told Mirror Online: "Wembley Stadium will be the biggest show of our lives.
"Twenty years after we started, it is unbelievable that the demand is still there for us to put on a huge show at Wembley. It is going to be absolutely fantastic."
Mark is expecting his first child with fiancé Cailean O'Neill, mentioning: "Cailean and I will have our baby with us then. It is likely it will be her first Westlife show.
"That will make it even more special. 2020 is a big year in so many ways. Wembley will be the icing on the cake as we celebrate starting a family and 21 years in music."
Manager Louis Walsh says he's over the moon with the achievements of the band;
"All of the big music greats have played Wembley Stadium so it is a proud moment to announce this news today.
"I'll be proud of the boys when they take to that giant stage next August. It will be the biggest and best concert of their careers."
The rest of the band told the Irish Mirror: "Headlining Wembley Stadium is a dream come true for all of us."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we're incredibly excited for a show which will be different and more spectacular than anything we've ever done before," they added.
"This will be our biggest ever concert in the UK." Westlife's new album, Spectrum, will be released on November 15.
Tickets for the Wembley Stadium gig go on sale on Friday, September 20 at 9am at LiveNation.co.uk
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The OSGi Service Platform Service Compendium specification defines a
number of additional services that may be supported by OSGi
implementations. Spring Dynamic Modules supports an additional
"compendium" namespace that provides integration with some of these services.
By convention, the prefix osgix
is used for this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:osgix="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi/spring-osgi.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium/spring-osgi-compendium.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd"> <!-- use the OSGi namespace elements directly --> <service id="simpleServiceOsgi" ref="simpleService" interface="org.xyz.MyService" /> <!-- qualify compendium namespace elements --> <osgix:cm-properties id="cm" persistent-id="com.xyz.myapp"/> </beans:beans>
Compendium namespace declaration (bound to | |
Schema location (namespace URI) | |
XML schema to use for the compendium namespace |
At present this namespace provides support for the Configuration Admin service. Support for other compendium services may be added in future releases.
One of the most important compendium services, is the Configuration Admin which, as a name implies, provides configuration to interested bundles through the OSGi service registry. Spring DM provides dedicated support for Configuration Admin (CM), allowing consumption and injection of the configuration data in a declarative way.
In its simplest form, the CM can be seen as a configuration source, namely a Dictionary
keys are always String
s. Spring DM can expose entries in the CM as a Properties
through the cm-properties
element. A minimal declaration looks as follows:
<osgix:cm-properties id="ds.cfg" persistent-id="data.source.office.1"/>
The configuration above, exposes the properties available in the CM under data.source.office.1 entry as a bean named ds.cfg.
Note | |
The |
Those familiar with Spring's
util namespace will
find <osgi:cm-properties/>
element similar to <util:properties/>
It is possible to specify a default set of property values to be used in the event that the configuration dictionary does not contain
an entry for a given key. The declaration is similar to the props
element inside the Spring beans namespace:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:osgix="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium/spring-osgi-compendium.xsd"> <osgix:cm-properties id="cfg.with.defaults" persistent-id="data.source.office.2"> <beans:prop key="host">localhost</beans:prop> <beans:prop key="port">3306</beans:prop> </osgix:cm-properties> </beans:beans>
By default, the properties found in the Configuration Admin entry will override the local properties. Thus, for the previous example, if the
configuration contains a host entry, its value will override the locally defined
. For cases where this behaviour is undesired, the attribute local-override
(default false
) allows one to revert the merging algorithm, forcing the local properties to override the entries in the CM.
Since cm-properties
exposes the CM entries as Properties
, it can be used with Spring's
and PropertyOverrideConfigurer
to externalize and customize environment-specific properties:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:osgix="http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium" xmlns:ctx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium http://www.springframework.org/schema/osgi-compendium/spring-osgi-compendium.xsd"> <!-- Configuration Admin entry --> <osgix:cm-properties id="cmProps" persistent-id="com.xyz.myapp"> <prop key="host">localhost</prop> </osgix:cm-properties> <!-- placeholder configurer --> <ctx:property-placeholder properties-ref="cmProps" /> <bean id="dataSource" ...> <property name="host" value="${host}"/> <property name="timeout" value="${timeout}"/> </bean> </beans>
An important aspect of cm-properties
is does not reflect
any that any subsequent changes made to the entry it represents, made through the Configuration Admin API.
That is, once resolved, the cm-properties
content remains the same, regardless of any updates
made the to CM entry it represents.
Based on a configuration admin entry, Spring DM can autowire by name, the properties of a given bean. To use this feature, define
a nested managed-properties
inside the bean definition:
<bean id="managedComponent" class="MessageTank"> <osgix:managed-properties persistent-id="com.xyz.messageservice"/> </bean>
For each key in the dictionary stored by Configuration Admin under the given persistent id,
if the bean type has a property with a matching name (following JavaBeans conventions),
then that component property will be dependency injected with the value stored in Configuration Admin under the key.
If the definition of SomeClass
from the example above is as follows:
public class MessageTank { private int amount; public int getAmount() { return this.amount; } public void setAmount(int amount) { this.amount = amount; } }
and the configuration dictionary stored under the pid com.xyz.messageservice
contains an entry
, then the setAmount
method will be invoked on the bean
instance during configuration, passing in the value 200
If a property value is defined both in the configuration dictionary stored in the Configuration Admin service and in a property element declaration nested in the component element, then the value from Configuration Admin takes precedence:
<bean id="managedComponent" class="MessageTank"> <osgix:managed-properties persistent-id="com.xyz.messageservice"/> <property name="amount" value="100"/> <property name="threshold" value="500"/> </bean>
Property values specified via property elements can therefore be treated as default values to be used if none is available through Configuration Admin.
Warning | |
Do not share the same persistent-id (PID) between multiple bundles or definitions, as only one
of them will receive notifications. managed-properties relies on org.osgi.service.cm.ManagedService
contract which mandates that each ManagedService instance must be identified with its own unique PID.
Please see the Configuration Admin spec, specifically section 104.3 and 104.5 |
A powerful feature of Configuration Admin is the ability to update (or delete) entries at runtime. That is, the configuration data
stored in Configuration Admin may be updated after the bean has been created. By default, any post-creation updates will be ignored. However,
one can configure managed-properties
element to receive configuration updates through the update-strategy
attribute, which can have a value of either bean-managed
or container-managed
strategy will pass all the updates made to the configuration to a callback present on the bean, specified
through the update-method
attribute (which becomes required). The update method must have one of the following signatures:
public void anyMethodName(Map properties) public void anyMethodName(Map<String,?> properties); // for Java 5
In contrast, the container-managed
update strategy will re-inject bean properties by name based on the new properties
received in the update. For container-managed
updates, the component class must provide setter methods for the component properties
that it wishes to have updated. Consider the following class definitions:
public class ContainerManagedBean { // will be reinjected (since it has a setter) private Integer integer; // will not be reinjected (no setter present) private Long waitTime; public void setInteger(Integer integer) { this.integer = integer; } } public class SelfManagedBean { // update callback public void updateCallback(Map properties) { System.out.println("Received properties " + properties); System.out.println("Props can be used as a Dictionary " + (Dictionary) properties); // do more work ... } }
and configuraton:
<bean id="containerManaged" class="ContainerManagedBean"> <osgix:managed-properties persistent-id="labX" update-strategy="container-managed"/> <property name="integer" value="23"/> </bean> <bean id="beanManaged" class="SelfManagedBean"> <osgix:managed-properties persistent-id="labY" update-strategy="bean-managed" update-method="updateCallback"/> </bean>
Any updates made to the CM entry labX
will be automatically reinjected on existing instances of
bean while the labY
updates will be passed to updateCallback
The update options are summarized in the table below:
Table 10.1. Managed Properties Update Options
update-strategy | update-method | Behaviour |
container-managed | ignored | Reinjects the bean properties, using the properties present in the update. The re-injection will be applied while locking (through
a synchronized instruction) the bean instance. If the locking or re-injection strategy is not suitable, consider using
the bean-managed approach. |
bean-managed | required | Invokes the update-method callback on the bean instance, passing the updated configuration (as a
Map object that can be safely cast to a Dictionary if needed). No locking is
performed. |
The Configuration Admin service supports a notion of a managed service factory(see section 104.6 in the Compendium Specification).
A managed service factory is identified by a factory pid which allows multiple Configuration
to be associated with the factory. Configuration
objects associated with the factory can be added or removed at any point.
The main intent of a factory is to create an OSGi service for each configuration: adding a new Configuration
entry results
in a new OSGi service being registered, removing a Configuration
, unregisters the service.
Spring DM provides support for the managed service factory concept through the managed-service-factory
element. Once
defined, the configuration associated with the factory pid will automatically create (or remove) bean instances which will be registered (or unregistered)
in the OSGi space based on a template bean definition and the CM configuration.
This might sound more complicated then it actually is, so let's look at a simplistic example:
<osgix:managed-service-factory id="simple-msf" factory-pid="com.xyz.messageservice" auto-export="all-classes"> <bean class="com.xyz.MessageTank"/> </osgix:managed-service-factory>
factory persistent id (pid) | |
Shortcut flag used to determine under what interfaces the OSGi service is published (more info below) | |
bean definition template. For each detected configuration, a new service will be created using the bean definition template. |
In its simplest form, the managed-service-factory
requires the factory pid, a bean definition
used as a template and some information on how possible bean instances are published as services. Basically, the definition above instructs Spring DM to
to monitor the given factory pid (through a dedicated ManagedServiceFactory
implementation (see the Compendium Spec for
more info)) and for every Configuration
object associated with the factory pid, to create a new, anonymous instance of
the nested bean declared and export that instance as an OSGi service. The lifecycle of these beans instances is tied to the lifecycle of the
associated Configuration
objects. If a new configuration is added, a new bean is created and exported.
If a configuration object is deleted or disassociated from the factory pid then the corresponding bean instance is destroyed.
In many regards, managed-service-factory
acts as a specialized service exporter, similar to the
element but supporting the concept of
managed properties. In fact, many of
's attributes that indicate how a bean is exported, are found in managed-service-factory
(as you saw in the
previous example with auto-export
) as are the managed-properties
The list of attributes can be found below:
Table 10.2. Managed Service Factory Options
Name | Values | Description | |||
interface | fully qualified class name (such as java.lang.Thread ) | the fully qualified name of the class under which the object will be exported | |||
context-class-loader | unmanaged | service-provider | Defines how the context class loader will be managed when an operation is invoked on the
exported service. The default value is unmanaged which means that no management of
the context class loader is attempted. A value of service-provider guarantees that
the context class loader will have visibility of all the resources on the class path of
bundle exporting the service. | ||
auto-export | disabled (default) | interfaces | class-hierarchy | all-classes | Enables Spring to automatically manage the set of service interfaces advertised for the
service. By default this facility is disabled . A value of interfaces advertises all
of the Java interfaces supported by the exported service. A value of class-hierarchy
advertises all the Java classes in the hierarchy of the exported service. A value of
all-classes advertises all Java interfaces and classes. |
update-strategy | none (default) | bean-managed | container-managed | Defines the update strategy for configuration modifications made after the associated beans have been created. |
Similar to the service
element, a list of interfaces or/and registration listeners can be declared to be notified when a
service is being registered/unregistered. For more information on the semantics, please see Section 7.1.1, "Controlling The Set Of Advertised Service Interfaces For
An Exported Service" and
Section 7.1.7, "Service Registration And Unregistration Lifecycle" chapters.
Now that the managed-service-factory
options have been explained, let's look at a more complex configuration:
<bean id="queueTracker" class="org.xyz.queue.QueueTracker"/> <osgix:managed-service-factory id="data-msf" factory-pid="org.xyz.labX" update-strategy="bean-managed" update-method="refresh"> <osgix:interfaces> <value>java.util.Collection</value> <value>java.util.Queue</value> </osgix:interfaces> <osgix:registration-listener ref="queueTracker" registration-method="track" unregistration-method="untrack"/> <bean class="com.xyz.ResizableQueue"> <property name="size" value="100"/> <property name="concurrency" value="10"/> <property name="fair" value="false"/> </bean> </osgix:managed-service-factory>
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how should Spring DM behave when a | |
the method to invoke when for | |
the interfaces under which the nested beans are published as OSGi services | |
listener notified when a service (based on the CM | |
custom (optional) service registration method | |
custom (optional) service unregistration method | |
bean definition template |
The example above, creates a imaginary ResizeableQueue
instance for each Configuration
present under the org.xyz.labX
factory pid. Each instance has default values assigned to size
, concurrency
and fair
parameters. However, just like managed-properties
, during the bean creation, the values received from the
Configuration Admin will be injected by name, possibly overriding existing settings. Once created and configured, each nested, anonymous bean instance
is registered as an OSGi service under the java.util.Collection
and java.util.Queue
interfaces. The OSGi service lifecycle is monitored by a registration listener, namely the bean queueTracker
Finally, due to the specified update-strategy
, any updates executed to each CM configuration will cause the
callback to be invoked on the associated bean instance.
The simplest way to work directly with the configuration data stored under a given persistent id or factory persistent id,
is to register a service that implements either the ManagedService
or ManagedServiceFactory
interface and specify the pid that you are interested in as a service property (for more information, see the Configuration Admin chapter
in the OSGi compendium spec). For example:
<osgi:service interface="org.osgi.service.cm.ManagedService" ref="myManagedService"> <osgi:service-properties> <entry key="service.pid" value="my.managed.service.pid"/> </osgi:service-properties> </osgi:service> <bean id="myManagedService" class="com.xyz.MyManagedService"/>


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Cosmic Forensics Confirms Gamma-ray Burst/Supernova Connection
A 21-hour Chandra observation of the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 020813 revealed an overabundance of elements characteristically ejected by the supernova explosion of a massive star. The afterglow is thought to be produced by the interaction of a jet of high-energy particles with the expanding supernova shell (see illustration).
Narrow lines, or bumps due to silicon and sulfur ions were clearly identified in the X-ray spectrum of GRB 020813 (so named because it was discovered by the High-Energy Transient Explorer satellite on August 13, 2002). The High-Energy Grating Spectrometer aboard Chandra allowed a team of astronomers to study details of the X-ray lines. Two gratings dispersed X-rays from the source much like a prism disperses visible light to produce the crossed bands shown in the image below the illustration - the narrow bright regions are the spectral lines.
An analysis of the Chandra data showed that the ions were moving away from the site of the gamma-ray burst at a tenth the speed of light, probably as part of a shell of matter ejected in the supernova explosion. The line features were observed to be sharply peaked, indicating that they were coming from a narrow region of the expanding shell. This implies that only a small fraction of the shell was illuminated by the gamma-ray burst, as would be expected if the burst was beamed into a narrow cone. The observed duration of the afterglow suggests a delay of about 60 days between the supernova and the gamma ray burst.
The data appear to support the supra-nova model for a gamma-ray burst, in which the burst occurs soon after, but not simultaneously with the supernova. The collapse of the core of an extremely massive star precipitates an explosion that ejects the outer layers of the star at high speeds, while the collapsed core forms a black hole surrounding by a swirling disk of matter.
A short time later, this black hole-disk system produces a jet of high-energy particles. Shock waves within this jet are thought to produce a bright burst of X-rays and gamma rays observed to last only a few minutes. Interaction of the jet with the shell produces the X-ray afterglow, which can last for days or even months. The reason for the delay between the formation of the black hole and the production of the jet is not understood.


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The rollback feature is a part of the MediaWiki software. It is a way to quickly undo vandalism made by the last user to change the page. It is given to administrators as part of their work.
Rollback can also be given to people who are not administrators. Such people are referred to as rollbackers. You may ask for rollback at Wikipedia:Requests for rollback or on an administrator's talk page.
Rollback is available to all 17 Wikipedia administrators, and there are 411 users with the rollbacker permission locally. In total, 428 editors have rollback rights. Apart from them, global rollbackers and stewards also have access to rollback.
Using rollback
Rollback is a tool normally only used to reverse obvious vandalism. This is because it does not let you leave a change summary. Instead, the summary reads, "Reverted changes by X to last version by Y". It is done at once and does not need you to make sure you are doing it, which is different from the undo feature.
Rollback may also be used to rollback changes by yourself. Unhelpful changes made in your userspace may also be rolled back. If you are not sure whether to use this tool on a single change, please use the undo feature. If you make an obvious mistake, or you need to revert your changes quickly, using rollback on yourself is also allowed. Generally, a person with rollback may also use it to revert their own edits in mainspace as long as those edits are a mistake and also not likely to cause a dispute.
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Darshan Of Deity
After the passing away of Ramananda Swami, Shriji Maharaja arrived at last to Manglore after long wondering. The King of this state was a Mohammedan. Banias were also in great in numbers. The Hindus who resides there were also different sects.
Much was talked about Shriji Maharaja in the town. Some said that Maharaja was a magician. While others said that Maharaja was a Mahayogi. While others regarded them as God.
On hearing such talks, some Baniya youths were curious to know the reality of Maharaja. Once all together went to Maharaja and said, " People say that you are capable of putting people in trance; and while in trance, they have a glimpse (DARSANA) of their deity. If it is true, we want to have glimpse of our deity called Tirthankara".
Maharaja seated them before him. He, then, gave a favourable look (KRIOADRISHTI) to them. All their eyes got closed. they fell in deep trance. Their bodies turned wooden and fell on the ground. Thus nine hours passed. There spread humour that the Bania youths died, so their relatives, parents, brothers, and sisters rushed to the spot. On seeing their young boy's dead, they started weeping and wailing.
They began to supplicate Maharaja; `'give them their lives back". Now Shriji Maharaja smiled and once again threw a favourable look at the youths. At once they got their lives back. They sat up and said, `' How wonderful, how lucky we are ! We had a glimpse of all twenty four Tirthankaja gods".
Everyone was surprised to hear this. Now the youths who worshipped Shri Krishna were eager to have a glimpse/Darshana of Balkrishna as Maharaja did. The worshippers of Lord Shiva were eager to have a Darshna of Shiva. Ganpati worshippers were eager to have a Darshana of their god Ganapati. The worshippers of Maataji were eager to have the Darshana of their goddess. Suryanarayana worshippers thought of having Darshana of their Sun God. Hanuman Bhakta wishes to have Darshana of their god Hanumana.
All together formed a company and came to Shriji Maharaja. They requested Maharaja, " Please give us glimpse of our gods ".Maharaja was very kind and merciful. He asked them to sit infront of Him. Then He shot a favourable look at them. On merely seeing Shri Hari, their vein streched and their breaths(PRANA) mixed with God's. Every one had a Darshana of their beloved god. Krishna Worshippers had a glimpse of Balkrishna sporting with Gopys in Brindavana. Some had the Darshana of Lord Vishnu Along with Lakshmi. Some saw god Rama seated on the golden throne with Sitajee, and Laxmanji and Hanumanjee serving God Rama.
Shiva Devotees had the Darshana of god Shiva and goddess Parvati. Ganpati devotees had the glimpse of VAKRATUND and EKDANTI Ganpati ( The idol of Ganpati having a deformed body with an elephant head & with one tusk. ) Sun devotees had the Darshana of the god Sun with a celestial luster. Maataji devotees had the Darshana of the Mahishasur Mardinee Goddess. Hanuman devotees had the Darshana of the Bajarangbali carrying a mountain. Thus everyone had the Darshana of her deities.
The trance was of long duration. Then Maharaja threw once again glance at them and they came to their senses. They shouted; `'Blessed are we ! Blessed are we !`' They fell at the feet of Maharaja and said, `'Now we are sure that you are the incarnation of God who we show in different forms in the trance. This is your own Leela."
This tale of trance reached the ears so Muslim Nawab of Mangrole. He sent-for his brother-in-law and said, "go yourself and find out the truth."
The Nawab's brother-in-law was a judge [KAJEE]. This arrogated Kaji thought ; " I am capable of arresting criminals. Similarly I will be able to arrest the criminal if there is any cunningness/treachery ". He, accompanied with some assistants, went boldly to Maharaja. But Oh ! On having the Darshana of Maharaja all his arrogance was dissolved. He spoke politely to Maharaja, " Oh, you are an oliya ( God's nearest ) you have arranged for the Darshana of their deities to them. Similarly, kindly arrange for the Darshana of our Prophet Mohmend ".
Maharaja asked him to sit infront of Him and said, " Look at me ". The Kaji stared at Maharaja. No sooner did he look at Maharaja he turned wooden. He remained in this posture for a long time. When he regained his consciousness with the help of Maharaja, he began to dance with joy. He told his companions, " Wonderful, wonderful, I had the Darshana of Hajarat Mohemed".
Nawab himself came to Maharaja and was pleased to have Maharaja's Darshana. Now Maharaja began to think to leave Mangrol. But the Nawab insisted; " Stay here for the next four months of monsoon (CHATURMASA) ". Maharaja accepted the Nawab's prayer and decided to spend the next four-month of the monsoon. Thus, all the Hindus, the Muslims and the Jains had love for Maharaja. They all had full faith in Maharaja.


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Contrary to Obama's Claim, the Three U.S. Free Trade Agreements Passed a Year Ago Today Have not Boosted U.S. Exports
October 12, 2012
U.S. Exports to Korea Are Down While Imports From Korea and Colombia Have Surged, Expanding Job-Killing U.S. Trade Deficit; Panama Deal not Even in Effect
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Contrary to President Barack Obama's claim in last week's
presidential debate that passage last year of free trade deals with Korea,
Panama and Colombia have expanded U.S. exports, U.S. exports to Korea have
declined, imports from Korea and Colombia have surged, and the Panama deal has
not even gone into effect, Public Citizen said today on the anniversary of the
deals' passage.
During the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, Obama boasted that the three
trade deals, which he supported despite overwhelming opposition from
congressional Democrats, "are helping us to double our exports and sell more
American products around the world." Republican nominee Mitt Romney, meanwhile,
named further expansion of such trade pacts as the second pillar of his U.S.
jobs creation plan. However, yet another month of Department of Commerce trade
data, released Thursday, supports the views of a majority of Americans who see
these deals as destroying – rather than creating – U.S. jobs.
"Corporate donors to both political parties love these deals because they
provide new investor protections to offshore jobs and rights to import products
that do not meet our safety standards," said Lori Wallach, director of Public
Citizen's Global Trade Watch. "But, as the government trade data again show,
the actual outcomes prove that the majorities of independents, Democrats and
Republicans who think that these deals hurt their families – and the country –
have it right."
Obama's claim – that the three trade deals are boosting exports – does not
survive a basic fact check. The Panama deal has not even taken effect. Since
implementation of the Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), U.S. goods exports to
Korea have declined by nine percent (a decrease of more than $1.2 billion) in
comparison to 2011 levels for the same months, while exports to Colombia since
implementation of the Colombia FTA have barely increased (by $358 million).
Under the FTAs, the United States has suffered a six percent fall in combined
exports to the two new U.S. FTA partners.
Meanwhile, imports from both Korea and Colombia have risen substantially since
implementation of the pacts. As a result, the combined U.S. trade deficit with
Korea and Colombia under the deals has jumped 29 percent above the 2011 levels
for the same months. Using the same ratio employed by the Obama administration,
this trade deficit expansion implies the net loss of more than 15,000 U.S. jobs
in just the first few months of the new trade deals.
"In a presidential campaign dominated by the urgent agenda of job creation, it
is a sorry statement about the domination of corporate money in American
elections that both presidential candidates would tout NAFTA-style deals that
most Americans oppose and that already have begun to cost more American jobs,"
said Wallach. "Polls show that opposition to these NAFTA-style deals is one of
the only issues uniting Democratic, Republican and independent voters in an
otherwise extremely polarized electorate. Public Citizen will continue to track
the damage of these pacts as we push for a new trade agreement model that
actually creates American jobs and does not threaten our environmental, health
and safety policies."
Two-thirds of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives opposed the Korea
FTA, and 82 percent opposed the Colombia FTA – the largest percentages to ever
vote against a Democratic president on trade pacts. The Obama administration
promised a concrete benefit for each of the pacts on the date of their passage:
"greater U.S. access to the Korean auto market, significantly increased labor
rights and worker protections in Colombia, and enhanced tax transparency and
labor rights in Panama."
But the facts show otherwise:
- U.S. Auto Exports to Korea Down: According to additional data released
today, U.S. automotive exports to Korea have dropped by $26 million, a seven
percent decline, since implementation of the pact, as compared to 2011 levels
for the same months. Meanwhile, in the months that the Korea FTA has been in
effect, imports of cars and auto parts from Korea have soared $1.8 billion
above 2011 levels for the same time period – a 25 percent increase. The U.S.
trade deficit with Korea in autos and auto parts has already climbed to $7.9
billion in five months under the Korea FTA – a $1.9 billion, or 28 percent,
increase over 2011 levels for the same period.
- Unionist Assassinations in Colombia Up: A year after passage of the
Colombia FTA and 18 months after the Obama administration announced a Labor
Action Plan with Colombia to improve Colombia's labor protections, Colombia
remains the world's deadliest place to be a union member. In 2011, four of
every 10 unionist murders in the world occurred in Colombia, with 29 slain.
This year, a reported 35 Colombian unionists already have been assassinated,
more than in all of 2011, the year the Labor Action Plan was announced. Sadly,
Colombian unions and human rights organizations predicted on-the-ground
realities would not change, denouncing the action plan as a series of cosmetic
changes. Since implementation of the FTA, imports from Colombia have increased
by nine percent relative to the same period in 2011.
- Panama Tax Haven Status Continues: To counter criticism that the
Panama FTA would assist corporations seeking to dodge U.S. taxes via secretive
Panama-based subsidiaries and bank accounts, the Obama administration announced
implementation of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Panama. However, a
large loophole in that agreement allows Panama to sidestep new tax transparency
provisions if they are "contrary to the public policy" of Panama, a country
that earns much of its revenue by providing strict banking secrecy and tax-free
status for foreign firms incorporated there. In June 2012, the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, which tracks countries' tax haven
statuses, reported that Panama remains one of a handful of countries in the
world that has not passed a first-stage review of its tax transparency measures,
due to nearly unparalleled nonconformity on six of nine regulatory checks
against tax evasion. Even the Cayman Islands did not earn that dubious
distinction. Despite the lack of progress, the Obama administration has
indicated its desire to implement the Panama FTA "very soon."


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text: Tom Sweterlitsch's first novel, Tomorrow and Tomorrow was published in 2014. He has co-written several short films with Director Neill Blomkamp for Oats Studios including Rakka, Firebase, and Zygote. Before becoming a writer, he worked for the Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for twelve years. His new novel, The Gone World, is due out in February from Putnam Books.


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Announced at the Nintendo Direct live stream earlier today, a crossover game for the Nintendo 3DS between Capcom, Sega and Bandai Namco is in development. The last of these three is also doing the publishing and one of their developers, Banpresto, best known for the Super Robot Wars franchise, is making the title.
That's all that there's known at the moment. Any details like what franchises appear in the game or if the game will even hit stores outside Japan still need to be announced. You can visit the teaser site here, but there's not much there to discover besides the company logos. Still, whatever this is may be worth keeping an eye on.


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The group bringing CFL football back to the capital in 2014 has yet to pick a team name, but it appears "Ottawa Rush" is a leading candidate.
Earlier this month, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, which is embarking on a half-billion-dollar partnership with the City of Ottawa to redevelop Lansdowne Park and start expansion franchises in the CFL and North American Soccer League, launched a contest asking fans to help "name our teams."
The Citizen has learned an OSEG subsidiary company created to operate the CFL team has already applied to trade mark a handful of variations of the Rush name, including Rush Football Team, Ottawa Rush Football Team and Rush.
The company is also in the process of trying to secure the trademarks FC Ottawa and Ottawa FC — potential names for the NASL team — though efforts to grab those started back in 2009. It's unclear whether or not they're being considered for the soccer franchise.
Applications for the Ottawa Rush monikers were filed with the federal Canadian Intellectual Property Office Nov. 29, about a week before the team name contest started.
Sports franchises commonly snap up potential trademarks and Internet domain names before squatters can get to them and flip them for a big markup, and some of the marks and sites are never used. The Ottawa Senators, for example, created a logo during a recent redesign that never made it onto a jersey.
The football company hasn't moved to register any other possibilities with the intellectual property office yet, however.
According to an Internet database search, the domain name www.ottawarush.com is currently registered to the Ottawa 67's hockey club.
In an interview Thursday night, 67's owner and OSEG partner Jeff Hunt confirmed Ottawa Rush is a strong candidate.
"I can say that that's a name that's been suggested," he said from Las Vegas, where he was attending CFL presidents' meetings. "I think it's a good name and one worthy of consideration."
So far, there have been more than 3,000 potential names submitted to the website nameourteams.com.
Hunt said OSEG is in the process of whittling the names down to the strongest dozen or so possibilities before representatives from the branding company it has hired arrive in Ottawa for meetings early next week.
"Obviously, it's our intention to select a name that we think is most representative of what we're trying to achieve and go forth, and really the branding company can't start to do their real magic until we have the name," Hunt said.
"That's going to be one of the first orders of business. Let's choose a name and let's start building a brand around it."
The second order of business for Hunt and Co. will be making a final call on who serves as general manager of the re-born football franchise.
"We're going through a process and, just like the names, there was many great applicants that have come forward, and some people that we've approached and we're starting to narrow down our focus," he explained.
"We expect the timing of the naming of our brand and the unveiling of a new general manager to be January, perhaps early February."


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The production of ingots used to provide billets for many forging operations is a highly evolved process. However, it is very difficult to find additional improvements to maximize the useable volume of the ingot. The goal is to minimize the areas affected by shrinkage defects and to avoid segregation, as it leads to inhomogeneous material properties.
The processing conditions for ingots appear quite simple initially, but are very challenging for simulation tools, as they sometimes involve very low melt velocities, significant solidification during the filling process, and melt movement throughout solidification due to solutal and thermal convection effects. Therefore, only simulation tools considering these aspects throughout the entire process can be used. MAGMASOFT® satisfies these requirements and is currently used by ingot casters to optimize process parameters, filling processes, alloy composition, and cooling processes to squeeze even more out of ingot casting technology. The increasing cost of raw materials is one of the drivers for continuous improvement of this process.


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Whether it's Italian exotics, British roadsters, or American muscle cars that get your motor running, the fact is these kind of performance vehicles don't come cheap. They are bought for aesthetics and driving pleasure, rather than utility or economy.
For young adults at varsity, we know how hard it can be to practice patience when it comes to owning the car of your dreams. But unless you're a trust fund baby, you're going to have to make peace with the fact that your first car is probably not going to be a Mustang!
That said, if you're serious about your studies, you're already on the road to success. Because as a graduate in an increasingly competitive world, your tertiary education is likely to secure you a higher future income as a skilled professional. Which in turn means that the shiny new set of wheels you have your heart set on now could one day be well within reach.
Safety first
While affordability is a huge factor in the purchasing decision for most young people buying their first car, equally important should be the safety factor. In fact, the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) says that safety should be the number one priority when buying either a new or used cari. It should also be a make and model with a good resale value. Keeping your car well maintained, both aesthetically and mechanically, will help ensure its value.
Buying used
If you're considering buying a used car, you do need to be aware of potential pitfalls. There may be mechanical problems, body damage, replacement parts may be harder to source, and warranty benefits will expire sooner. Besides all that, second-hand pricing is going up. New vehicle sales feed into the second-hand market a few years down the line, and because there are fewer new vehicles being sold, there is a decrease in second-hand stock, and prices are increasing.
Buying new
Some people might say that a car isn't worth getting into debt for because it depreciates in value over time. But remember, not all debt is bad. Using your credit card irresponsibly is definitely considered bad debt, because if you fail to make a payment, it will have a negative impact on your credit score. A student loan, on the other hand, is considered good debt because it can be used to generate long-term value – giving you the edge over your peers, not only as you all enter the job market, but throughout your career. A tertiary qualification is a big accomplishment, and something which can never be taken away from you.
Then there is something called necessary debt. In the absence of safe and reliable public transport to and from campus, for example, and where you don't have the cash to buy a new car outright, then vehicle finance would be considered a necessary debt. Owning a car also expands your employment options both during and after your varsity career, which actually nudges it closer to the good debt category.
Ford Figo
"If you've decided to buy new, and value for money and reliability are your primary purchase considerations, but you also aren't willing to compromise on comfort, safety features, driving dynamics, and good looks, then the funky little Figo should definitely be on your shortlist of cars to test drive," says Doreen Mashinini, general manager for marketing at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa.
"Starting at under R200k, it represents the entry point to the brand for South African customers, and is consistently one of the country's best-sellers in the budget car segment," she adds. "In 2019, we launched the trendy Figo Blu, with its distinctive sporty Blu package, for those who want to really stand out from the crowd."
Based on the 1,5 Trend hatchback model, the Figo Blu can easily be distinguished from the standard Figo by a number of model-specific styling enhancements. Most noticeably, the exterior sports a black roof, black mesh grille, black mirror housings, and black multi-spoke 15-inch alloy wheels, with eye-catching blue accents, inside and out.
All five-door hatchback and four-door sedan models, including the Figo Blu, come with driver and passenger airbags, ABS brakes with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), remote central locking, electric front windows with one-touch operation on the driver's side, a factory-fitted immobiliser, electric power-assisted steering, tilt adjustment for the steering column, headlight level adjustment, a built-in Ford Audio unit with an integrated display, Bluetooth connectivity, a USB slot, and Ford's unique Device Dock for connecting and powering smart phone devices.
All Figo models are powered by Ford's latest-generation 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine. And all come standard with Ford Protect, comprising a four-year/120,000km comprehensive warranty, three-year/unlimited distance roadside assistance, and a five-year/unlimited km corrosion warranty. A four-year/60,000km service plan is included, with 15,000km service intervals.