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Editing the journal Caelum et Terra was a rewarding experience, but it was also at times a frustrating one. We had Big Ideas, all right. But we always had a small readership. At its peak, we had around 2,000 subscribers. People would sign up after reading a positive review in the Catholic press- we got good reviews in everything from The Wanderer to The Catholic Worker- but most of them did not renew their subscriptions. Many of these folks felt compelled to write letters to the editor, often hostile and sometimes unintentionally funny, explaining just why it was that we were not what they were looking for. We were too Left, too Right, too Catholic, not Catholic enough, too hippie (the phrase "superannuated flower children" stuck in my mind).
But for those who renewed, C&T was a lifeline, a connection to like-minded people. We had an unusually devoted readership. And while we didn't appear to have much influence on the Church or the world, we did have a big influence on this small band of readers, many of whom took the ideas we wrote about much further than we ourselves did. And they in turn influenced their children , many of whom took these ideas even further.
I think of Jenny Baklinski, nee Hayden, eldest daughter of enthusiastic C&T readers. Her parents were intensive gardeners and soap makers, pioneers of humanure; the mom sewed the family's clothes. But the dad kept his day job, like most of us. Jenny, on the other hand, is farming 200 acres in Ontario -about as far north as one can possibly farm- with her husband Tim, a couple of brothers, and her small children. She married into a large and close rural family, so her life is rich in the sort of community life that most of us do without. Recently she wrote about protecting their livestock from marauding wolves. Their income is supplemented by the soapmaking she learned at her mother's knee, and by Tim's piano teaching.
Or I think of another young man, Luke Dougherty, son of a couple who hosted the Steubenville Caelum et Terra reading circle in the early 90s, and who own a small homestead and a milk cow. Luke married into a farming family in Minnesota; he is a full time farmer and part time handyman. His wife just had their first child and he is apparently a very happy man.
Now I am not saying that one has to be fending off wolves and otherwise living the pioneer life to aspire to the whole sort of life we espoused. Tom Storck's son Michael is a college professor, but he often bicycles to work, gardens, and has raised chickens.
And last week we had the rare treat of spending time with the Nickelsons, a young family living in Washington state. Sia Nickelson is the daughter of Will and Dru Hoyt, who own a small farm an hour east of here. Will wrote the wonderful article "Into the Rose", a beautiful meditation on the life of John Muir, for the magazine.
When I first met Sia, in the mid 90s, when her family moved to Ohio from Berkeley, she was 13. I was struck even then by the way she integrated the best of the hippie counterculture with her Catholic faith. T Bone Burnett may have sang that the culture kept all the bad and destroyed all the good, in his song "The Sixties" but Sia did the opposite. She was intent, from an early age, at living life in a beautiful and earthy and spiritually fruitful way. In the years before she married she became an accomplished potter, though with three little boys she hardly has time for much of that now.
Sia's husband Justin is a fine fellow, and we enjoyed the sort of good conversation that is too rare in my life. I long ago learned to avoid discussion of social doctrine and politics with my coreligionists, as it nearly always ends in total frustration. But Justin is one of those Catholics who considers the Church's teachings to be more authoritative than any ideology. He is a Catholic radical and one of the few people I have encountered with whom I agree on almost everything. You can hardly imagine what a treat this was.
What's more, Sia presented us with a copy of a new journal she has published with some friends. It is called Soul Gardening: Thoughts from the Home Front, and it is lovely. It is narrower in focus than Caelum et Terra, a small quarterly for Catholic mothers, but it very much continues the older magazine's sensibility. First, aesthetically, Soul Gardening is beautiful, with a spare and elegant look and finely rendered line drawings, many by Sia. Secondly, there is the content. There are articles about raising chickens in the city, on liturgical seasons, and on candlelit family prayer. This last is by Mary Pemberton, daughter of Catholic writer, artist and iconographer Michael O'Brien, who once did a cover for us.
Sia is asking a donation of $14 a year for a subscription but will send it to anyone who asks. But I hope you will send a little more than the suggested offering.
While most of the second generation CTers do not share the technophobia that marked the magazine, and are very comfortable with the new media in all its forms, and while the young moms who produce this little gem of a journal began with the Coffee and Diapers blog a few years ago, I think this effort to produce a tangible, real thing you can hold in your hands, a real journal, deserves our support.
You can subscribe and send your donations to: Sia Nickelson, 7314 NE 58th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98661
The byline of Caelum et Terra was suggested by a friend in Virginia, a former Baptist seminarian who later spent some years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and who devoted himself to intensive greenhouse gardening and raising free range chickens. However eclectic his background, I am struck now more than ever by the utter aptness of the line he suggested: "The Kingdom of Heaven is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground and should sleep and rise day and night and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how".
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Over Here – Day 195
Well, finally. Sorry for the extremely long delay. The Internet connection has been pretty lame here for the past month and a half. I haven't been able to get on for very long, and uploading anything is out of the question. Ever since a new unit took over the Wireless Internet, it's been absolutely terrible, and only works 20% of the time. But I don't have to deal with those bastards anymore, because I have wired satellite internet for around $45 a month. That's pretty sweet, considering that the internet cards for the wireless internet are $20 for 10 hours. The connection isn't spectacular, but it is pretty decent.
Now for an update of things that have been happening over the past month and a half. First of all, it has been a little over three months since I have been in Baghdad. Time sure has flown! I only have around a month or so before my mid-tour leave, which I'm really looking forward to, because I get to go to India for my cousin's wedding. My whole family is going to be there, so it should be a whole lot of fun.
Towards the end of January, I got to roll with 1st platoon on one of their missions, which was pretty neat. They actually had me ride along for a… well… for lack of a better term, a "tech support call". The Iraqi colonel's computer wasn't working and they needed me to fix it. We headed out at about 8 in the morning towards an Iraqi Juvenile Detention center. We basically hung about there for a while chilling in the Humvee. We bought some freshly baked bread off this Iraqi guy and ate that for breakfast. Usually people bring along stuff to munch on, but since this was my first time, I hadn't brought anything, so I went ahead and got some bread. While we were waiting there, I saw something that made my whole day. It was pretty much the sweetest and cutest thing I saw. A little girl, who couldn't have been more than two or three years old, was walking with her mother. She had a pink sweater on and pigtails and as she walked by us in our Humvee, she smiled shyly at us. We waved and smiled at her. Then as she was walking away, she turned around, flashed a huge smile and blew us all a kiss. It was a Kodak moment, and I wish I had my camera. The children here seem to like us. But I feel a little worried at times because they run so close to the Humvees, and I am afraid that they may get hit. The soldiers toss them candy and toys. They're always cheering at us and waving to us when we drive by.
After leaving the Juvenile Detention center, we headed to the IZ (International Zone) and had lunch at the Al-Rashid hotel. I bought a few DVD's there – there is a huge market in bootlegged DVD's – you can get movies and entire boxed seats for ridiculously cheap prices. The Iraqis love to haggle, so you can even talk them down a few bucks. I'm sure the RIAA and the MPAA are gritting their teeth. Or probably not, they're too concerned about American piracy – maybe if they changed their outmoded and dicatorial business practices something would change, but they're too stupid to do that. Anyway, enough of that, I feel a rant coming on.
After lunch, we headed over to the place where the Iraqi Colonel is at. Unfortunately, he wasn't there and so I couldn't fix his computer. I figure I'll go there again one of these days, I'm not sure when. Eitherway, it will be a change from what I do normally.
The other interesting thing I did was escort duty. We have Iraqis and TCN's (Third Country Nationals) who come into our base and work here. They need escorts when they move around base, and as a result we have Escort Duty. The first duty I had was escorting this kid around from one contractor site to the other. He didn't speak much English. But he would say "America Good! America Zain! Saddam Muzain!" ("America Good! America Good! Saddam Bad!") from time to time. I also escorted this other kid who actually spoke excellent English. In fact, he used to work as a translator. I asked him why he didn't go to school, and he told me that his father was killed when insurgents bombed a mosque he was praying at. He's the oldest son in the family, so he has to forgo school to make sure his sisters and younger brother can go to school, and also to put food on the table. Everyone has their opinions on this – I don't like to talk about mine because I feel that one's political views are irrelevant, especially if one is in the Military. I am here to do a job, and that's what I'll do, regardless of what I think. But at the very least I feel that the "freedom fighters"/insurgents are hardly doing anything for Iraqis. On the other hand I can see coalition forces doing things to rebuild Iraq. So whether you agree with the reason for this war, or whether you disagree – I'm just stating what I can I see here. I guess people want to know what Iraqis feel about us being there – because I do get asked that a lot. Just from my brief drive around, I saw a whole spectrum of reactions. From complete support, to indifference, to open hostility. It never is black and white. The few Iraqis I have talked to, support the coalition effort in rebuilding Iraq, but look forward to the day when they can take over and run their country on their own. But that is just my experience.
Other than that, not much is happening. The rains have finally stopped, and it hasn't rained for over a month now. Everything has finally dried up, but it also means that it's dusty all over again. But I'll take that over the mud. It's also slowly starting to warm up, but the weather right now is perfect – like Phoenix in the winter. Oh yeah, and it looks like my promotion is coming through and so hopefully, I should get my stripes soon. I'll be a Sergeant (E-5) now.
My job is just the same – each day is not much different from the one before, and they all just sort of blend together into one. We work long hours, at least 12 to 12 and a half hours a day, but it's not so bad because it makes the day go by quicker. We get one "down day" a week, where we get to sleep in, and just relax in general. I look forward to those.
I've been keeping myself busy and entertained by watching movies and reading books. I also acquired a guitar from a buddy of mine a month ago and I have been teaching myself. I wish I had more time to play, but I try to do a little bit each day. I think I am getting better. Since I know how to play the piano, I can apply some of the theory here. So it helps a little bit.
Oh yeah, and I did get my new computer – a new Alienware laptop and it totally rocks. The other one started dying on me – hard-drive failure – because of the dust, I think. Umm… yeah… so Chip… I know you're reading this… I'll uh… be needing a new laptop when I get back… I hope it's not a problem! Write this one off as WIA (Wounded In Action)!
Oh and check this out. So we spend a lot of time watching movies, right? I wanted to rent some somehow, so I figured I could try and use Netflix. I mean, we have an APO AE address, which is physically located in New York. They just route the packages from there. So theoretically, it should work. I tried to use Netflix to sign up, but the website complained that the address was invalid and wouldn't let me go any further, which was totally lame because the address is a valid one. So I figured I'd try Blockbuster, and although the website claimed the address could be invalid, it accepted it anyway. Within a week and a half, I got my movies! Pretty sweet, huh? I wonder if they know that they're shipping to Iraq! It takes anywhere frome one to two weeks for a movie to get here and around the same time to get back, so a round trip of two to four weeks. Which really isn't all that bad. But anyway, I think it's pretty sweet that I got Blockbuster to ship to Iraq!
What else… well, I can't think of much else. There really isn't much else to talk about actually. I am keeping well, eating well, taking care of myself, and all that good stuff. Oh yeah, and Keerthikutty, thanks for your care packages and the Nutella! Thanks for sending it all over! Also acha, amma, aniyammama and ammayee, thanks for all the stuff you sent over from India! All your care packages made me really happy! The simple pleasures mean a lot here, and thanks a bunch. And of course, I can't forget Michael for shipping my sweet new laptop over and all my home videos. Thanks a bunch buddy! It's much appreciated!
Oh, and an update on my mailing address. Our parent unit has changed and so there is a slight change in my mailing address. It is as follows:
Vivin Paliath
372nd MP – HHB 1/180th FA FWD
That's pretty much it for now. And as promised, here are some pictures:
Grant and I by our Humvee at the Iraqi Juvenile Hall.
Inside the Humvee.
Sunset at the Motorpool.
Iraqi Sunset.
Iraqi Sunrise.
I met this friendly doggie at the KFC we have here. He was very playful.
I didn't take this picture. I actually found it on one of the computers at the Internet Cafe. But I thought it was a really cool picture, so I'm putting it up here for all of you to see.
I have a Skype number that you can call me at. I'm usually available between 9 am and 2 pm and 8 pm and 9 pm Arizona Time. If you can't reach me, you can leave a voicemail too. The number is (602) 281-4616.

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Sternberg Still "Staying the Course" of the Rays Ship
The assembled Media mob down by the Rays dugout before this game merited a quick look. You usually do not see this many assembled media talking heads without reason. Then I saw the trademark sweater, the smile that radiates towards the Trop roof and immediately knew Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg was holding court with the media minions.
On tap this day was a bucketful of concerns within the Press Box about subjects like the possibilities of Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations heading to his Houston hometown to head up the new Astros future. Also on the minds of the media was if the Rays would be "buyers or sellers" before the Trade Deadline at the end of the month.
Sternberg just showed his pearly whites, tap-danced a bit for the assembled crowd and really again made the masses fall in love with him all over again. That is the mark of a great salesman. Using his charm, personality and a bevy of great information and background materials, Sternberg tames the Media beasts once again.
Sure he might not have stabbed an issue in the heart like the attendance concerns or about Friedman, but he also did not skirt the issues at all. Some of the things that came out of Sternberg's mouth did follow the Rays " party lines" and did not surprise me in the least. But others comments did pose a slight concern, not in their rhetoric or presentation, but what was not said by Sternberg.
Still it is always refreshing to get the words straight from the "horse's mouth". Sternberg was asked about items like the Rays downward trend in attendance figures, if the Rays have the fiscal resources to "upgrade" their team before the Non-Waiver Trade Deadline.
His comments on the Rays struggling attendance was refreshing since one local media source seems to want to force-feed the public the attendance figures every night. Sternberg's statement actually instilled a bit more confidence in me that the Rays owners is really here for the long haul, not a possibility of selling the team and moving onto more fiscally "greener pastures".
"To be frank as I can about it, I'm really not focused on the attendance. I'm tired of thinking about it, talking about it, and I know you're tired of asking me the question and most importantly, everybody is tired of hearing about it. It's really all about what's going to be is going to be and what it is what it is. The numbers coming through what they are and I don't anticipate talking about it or focusing on it at all this season or any time in the near future after that."
Refreshing to hear an owner talk straight from the hip and not sugarcoat, project pessimistic intentions or evoke a sense of entitlement that fans flock to his stadium. Sternberg has always remembered that this town is a tourist-based locale, and with that comes fluctuation in the fan base, community monetary flows. There is a presence of support, a foundation to build on that is solid, plus his focal group, the youngsters growing the Rays tradition are maturing.
But so many are focused on the end of the month Trade Deadline, and Sternberg had a few great sound bytes on that upcoming event in the season:
"There's resources in money and resources in players. A lot of that depends on what player you're willing to give up and how much money you're willing to spend. Sometimes you can spend less and give up more players. So we are always willing to expand resources, but it's a question of what we get back and where that puts us. It's certainly difficult doing that in our division more so than some of the other divisions and competing with the teams that we can compete with and have to beat."
This comment by Sternberg might seem more versed in risk management assessments and terms than baseball, but you get the jest completely. The Rays are focused on getting a good return on any investment, trade or salary dump. With high profile Rays players like B J Upton, James Shields and possibly even Andy Sonnanstine on several M L B team's radar, the return has to justify the decision.
Here is where Sternberg and his henchmen Rays President Matt Silverman and Friedman have excelled in recent seasons. They understand the power of the trade, and use it to their advantage. You only have to look at the trade of Rays starter Matt Garza before the Spring of 2011 to see the team is committed to getting a return that develops into a positive flow.
In that transaction the Rays got their "legend" Sam Fuld, outfielder Brandon Guyer and a future starting shortstop who has seen his stock as a top prospect rise repeatedly this season towards a Top 10 spot. Interesting enough, one of the players the Rays trade to the Cubs, outfield speedster Fernando Perez has already been cut from the Cubs system.
Then someone in the Media addressed the elephant in the room, the Rays stagnant stadium situation. This is where Sternberg really shined and provided a beautiful oratory on his thoughts, direction and true feeling as both an owner and fan of this frustrating issue:
"We're not changing anything at this point. I've tried everything. People know that. We hear it all the time, we're winning on the field, we're putting a good product out there, the place is inviting, we've got concerts, we've got the second most affordable team. There's not much else to be done at this point. It's baseball here. I believe in the game, I love the game. And just like (Tampa Bay Lightning owner) Jeff Vinik loves hockey, or the (Tampa Bay Buccaneers owners) Glazers might love football, you follow your passion and you put everything into it that you possibly can."
But I think his last comments of the day after almost 20 minutes speaking to the media speaks volumes on his intentions and his focus surrounding the Tampa Bay region and baseball:
"There's nothing more perfect than having it all work here right now. This isn't about putting up Sternberg's palace, or my idea of a perfect ballfield. The concept when we first came here was that we were extraordinarily confident we were going to make it work. Winning the American League East twice out of 3 years, no, not necessarily. But be competitive. So I went in with this mindset and said Okay, great, we're going to be friendly, prices are going to be great, we're going to fix the place up, put all the dough in here and you know what, were also going to win. So I think it surprised each and every person here, but this is what it is. And we're still going to keep going at it day after day and doing the best we can."
Touch e` Stu. Spoken like a man, a confident business owner and beyond all of that a honest baseball fan. We are lucky to have someone like this pulling the reins on this organization. Sure he wants to make a profit, show a positive gain both in resources and even fan commitment, but he also know the product will sell itself.
Baseball fans around the country know the Tampa Bay franchise is a hidden gem with boatloads of potential and possible moments. Sternberg is the man at the top of the heap, the guy who ultimately decides the direction of this franchise…He is the perfect person to help guide this currently turbulent Rays ship through the shallow Tampa Bay shoals and sandbars unharmed before emerging into the crystal blue waters where smooth sailing will be par for the course. Oh Captain, my Captain.


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NFM's Blumkin Dies at 93
Louie Blumkin, the longtime chief of Nebraska Furniture Mart and the son of founder Rose "Mrs. B" Blumkin, died this week at the age of 93, the company announced Thursday. Blumkin worked for the company for more than 75 years.
A World War II veteran, Blumkin ran Nebraska Furniture Mart upon returning from the front in 1945. He supervised the company through its sale to Berkshire Hathaway in 1983, partnering thereafter with Warren Buffett; his sons Ron and Irv run the company today.
An avid philanthropist, Blumkin is survived by his wife, three sons, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Blumkin's family has requested donations to the Rose Theater in Omaha or the University of Nebraska Foundation and Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance.


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I'm working on an epic novel divided into a series - the working title is "The Bible, Part II". It's basically "Left Behind" but with the antichrist as the protagonist who fights back against God's invasions and finds a way to save humanity.
However, while the content will eventually lead to a harsh criticism of faith (in the book, Christianity is a complex breeding system to produce meek and humble slaves for an alien race), I'd rather not show all my cards with such an outlandish title.
Instead I'd like to find a name for the series and a name for the titles that is more ambiguous, but so many names have been taken. Aliens/fallen angels, a breed of superhuman hybrids, a human revolution against a colonizing alien power, mixed with religious history, corrupt church power, vampires (Jesus giving his blood for eternal life of followers, etc.)..... Book 1, 2 and 3 are basically "beginning, middle and end".
Need some kickass names. If you supply it you'll get signed copies of every book of the series when they're out.
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It is HARD finding a title that isn't already taken. And everything I came up with that wasn't taken was total cheese. Sorry. . . got nothing.
I do want to say that I loved Jesus Potter Harry Christ, so I'm betting this is going to be a great series. Awesome plot! I can't wait till it comes out!
I don't like a stand-alone prepositional phrase as a title, but it would work great with a noun in front of it. I think a lot of great titles have used that form, like "The___ on the _____" or "The ____ of the ____". The series title is great. I had to look it up, but it has a nice ring to it.
I'll second the vote for the first cover. The second cover says "This is a peaceful, serene book about the apocalypse", but the first cover says "I'm going to be blowing stuff up", which is much better.
Third Testiment <-- I don't know if this has been used or not...
Or word play:
Like the first cover.....most eye catching :)
Just some words that were bouncing around my head:
Manuscript scrolls hoodwinked swindle doom design impact effect twisted script reckoning revelation deeds proclamation
How about,
Twisted Revelations…..the final act!!!
Have fun: )
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Both the Pentagon and the White House today disputed the report and criticized the newspaper from which it came. But they stopped short of suggesting that the photographs do not exist.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Telegraph "has completely mischaracterized the images." He added: "None of the photos in question depict the images that are described in that article."
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, meanwhile, attacked the British press.
"If I was looking for something that bordered on truthful news, I'm not entirely sure it'd be the first stack of clips I picked up," he said. Gibbs went on to say that "you're not going to find many of these newspapers and truth within, say, 25 words of each other."
Echoing Whitman, he also said that "none of the photographs in question depict the images described in the article."
But those comments leave some wiggle room.
Taguba investigated abuse at Abu Ghraib, but it is not clear that he was privy to the detainee photos the president wants kept classified. Those pictures, which allegedly depict abuse at various facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, are what Whitman and Gibbs are referring to when they discuss the photos "in question."
The Telegraph suggested in its report that the photos detailed by Taguba come from the set of photos the president wants classified, though this seems unlikely. As the Associated Press points out, the request for those photos by the American Civil Liberties Union came in October 2003, before the revelations of abuse at Abu Ghraib.
So when Whitman and Gibbs say none of the photographs "in question" depict rape and the other abuses detailed by Taguba, they appear to be on solid ground. But that does not mean that the photos do not exist – only that they are apparently not among the pictures covered by the ACLU request.
The Pentagon's Whitman said he was not aware of the pictures reportedly detailed by Taguba, though he did not say categorically that they do not exist - only that "to the best of my knowledge" all the Abu Ghraib photos are "out there." The same goes for Gibbs, who focused on the Telegraph report, not the photos themselves.
Allegations of the sort of abuse detailed by Taguba have surfaced over the past few years; in 2004, the New Yorker's Seymour Hersh, for example, suggested in a speech that the Pentagon has video of boys being sodomized by members of the military.
Taguba told the New Yorker in 2007 he had seen video of a soldier sexually abusing a female detainee. CBS News has left messages for Taguba seeking clarification, but has not yet received a response.


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During storage, the properties of elastomer products can be damaged either by chemical reactions or by physical processes. Chemical reactions are basically caused by the influence of heat, light, oxygen, ozone or contamination by chemicals. The physical processes, which are called physical ageing, are either due to the influence of external stresses leading to cracks and permanent deformation, or due to the migration of plasticizers, which makes the material more brittle and can lead to deformation of the parts.
Therefore, elastomer products only maintain their characteristics for several years without major changes, if they are properly stored. The ageing behaviour of elastomer products and their reaction on storage conditions depend considerably on their chemical structure. Unsaturated elastomers (e.g. nitrile rubber) age more quickly under improper storage conditions than saturated elastomers (e.g. fluorocarbon rubber).
Storage conditions
Elastomer products should be stored in accordance with the following recommendations, which are in line with the recommendations provided in ISO 2230:2002 or DIN 7716:1982.
- Rubber and plastic products should be stored in a cool and dry room. The relative humidity should be < 65%. Storage temperature should be around 15 °C (60 °F) and not exceed 25 °C (75 °F). If the storage temperature is below 15 °C (60 °F), care should be taken during handling of stored products because they may have stiffened. They should be warmed up slowly at ambient temperature.
- The storage room must not contain any ozone-producing devices, such as electric motors or high-voltage devices.
- Rubber and plastic products should not be exposed to direct sunlight or artificial light with a high UV content (bulbs are preferred to neon lamps).
- Rubber products should not be exposed to drafts. They should be stored in airtight packaging. The package material must not contain plasticizers. Polyethylene is the most suitable package material.
- Contact between rubber products of different compositions should be avoided.
- Contact between rubber and plastic products and chemicals or dangerous metals (e.g. copper, manganese) should be avoided.
- Rubber and plastic products should be stored as tension-free as possible, i.e. the parts should not be subject to tension, pressure or bending. Rubber products, especially seals, must not be hung on nails or tightly folded or rolled for reasons of space.
Shelf life
When stored under the conditions mentioned above, elastomer products retain their typical properties for several years (table 1).
The typical shelf life may be prolonged based on the actual product conditions at the end of the typical shelf life. Trained and experienced experts can approve a prolonged storage period based on a visual inspection of representative samples. The samples should not reveal any permanent distortion, mechanical damage or surface cracking. The material should not show any signs of hardening or softening nor any kind of tackiness.


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RECAP: Sips 4 Sandy Party and Fundraiser
What an amazing night! BusyBeeBlogger.com could not have asked for a greater group of guests at the #Sips4Sandy event December 14th at Fifty Barrels Winery.
Happy Party People! Maegan from ChronicallyDistracted.com & Fifty Barrels' winemaker with The Body Bartender raffle gifts
Bloggers and community members came to have a great time, as well as help families hit by Super Storm Sandy. New York and New Jersey were both helped on this fabulous boardwalk themed party.
Balloons, hot dogs, cotton candy, sangria, popcorn!!
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Match 11
January 30, 2008
Blue Eagle Gym
Ateneo De Manila University
The giddiness brought by early wins in the women's volleyball tournament seems like a long time ago. With several injuries to key players that have prevented them from running at full tilt and a couple of huge meltdowns it has become perilously close in the words of one veteran watcher, "to becoming a jinxed year."
And with the team falling to fifth place after losing to La Salle in their eleventh match of the season, the days are slipping by real fast with so few games left to spare. Time may be running out on their best bet to compete for a championship. And these are the last days before the team rebuilds after it will be losing more than their three super seniors who came in together in 2004.
So the De La Salle Lady Spikers met their counterparts from Ateneo. The league's best blocking team versus the league's most perplexing team. Yes, sadly it is so for you'll never know which Ateneo team will show up. Will it be the team that shocked powerful UST by taking the first set before faltering? Will it be the team that put the fear of the Almighty in the giant-killing FEU team before succumbing to a heartbreaking fifth set loss? But does anyone remember those games? The season that was dubbed early on as a farewell party for those loveable favorites BST (Bello, Soriano & Taganas) & Company will also be partly remembered for Bea Pascual's unfortunate injury and the other injuries that have hobbled the team and had an affect on their performance.
But if it isn't that gritty team of Ateneo Lady Spikers who gives it that old one big fight, will it be the one that didn't show up twice against Adamson?
The two teams are heading in separate directions. While DLSU coach Ramil De Jesus' team is gathering momentum, Ronald Dulay's squad is heading… well, it's anyone's guess and it depends on what happens. Unfortunately matters aren't exactly in their own hands.
Ateneo on the other hand still has to face UP, NU, and FEU. In case you've just emerged from a remote Pacific island, none of them – even the game against the Lady Bulldogs – is a sure winner. There's the saying after all, bilog ang bola. Go ask the Ateneo men's team. They know it all too well.
They also have to closely monitor the fate of DLSU which will go through the eye of the needle with FEU and UST waiting in the wings.
Even if Ateneo makes it to the final four, the established goal all season long, why stop there? The team has to play better lest it become a sparring partner for the powerhouse teams.
Against La Salle, the defense wasn't that good. The receiving was terrible (it added to the 23 points won by DLSU on errors). For a while there the only points were coming from two players: Charo Soriano and Crystal Ballentyne. Cara Acevedo and Patty Taganas later picked up with their points to help the team battle back, but the game was a complete reversal of their first round match against La Salle.
After the game, we waited for a few of the players to come out of the dugout (we weren't going in lest we be finagled as peeping tom wannabes) to offer some encouragement. Kaya pa. Laban lang. They nodded and managed painful smiles (understandably so since they were coming off another loss).
But you wonder if they believe in it.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Missing the Forest for the Trees
But I wonder if he missed something. The point of the story I was telling was that a Christian friend had shouted out loud, "God you suck!" and did not fear God's retribution because her relationship with him is based on love. A Muslim woman, I suggested, would never dare shout openly, "Allah you suck!" because her relationship with her Deity is fear-based. Throwing in the Arabic phrase as I did was simply for fun; it added nothing but a little spice to the story. And like a cougar pouncing on its prey, the editor leaped at my mistake and completely missed the point of the story.
It wasn't the first time. In two recent posts, available here and here, I noted that the Quran, believed my Muslims to be perfect in every way, contains at least one if not several apparent grammatical mistakes in Quran 5:56. I noted, as I describe in detail here, that Muhammad thought the structures carved from the rocks at Madayn Saleh were houses built by the Thamudians when in fact they were tombs built by the Nebateans. I suggested that the Quran's explanation of fetal development is unscientific, and asked Muslims how Muhammad's "marriage" to Safiya (discussed at length here in my review of a book by Omid Safi) can be considered anything other than rape.
Responses from Muslim readers were predictable. I was insulting the Prophet, said some, while others condemned my alleging the Quran contains mistakes. Others thought I was ignoring the issue of whether Translating-Jihad had mistranslated the Arabic word Nikah. But no-one even tried to answer my questions.
Speaking of Nikah, Translating-Jihad initially translated the word as meaning Sexual Intercourse, and Loonwatch replied that it means Marriage. Although I don't have a pony in this race, I would simply suggest it means both. Correct me if I'm wrong but in Muhammad's time there were only two kinds of sex, Nikah which was sex within marriage that was Halal (permitted), and Zina or sex outside of marriage that was Haram (prohibited).
When Translating-Jihad says that Nikah means sexual intercourse, and Loonwatch replies that it means marriage, they are both correct. The Aqd Al Nikah is the Marriage Contract - give one point to Loonwatch. On the other hand incest in Arabic is known as Al Nikah Al Maharim, or illegal sexual activity within the family - give one point to Translating-Jihad.
Of much more significance to me is that marriage in Islam equals the permission to have sex. When the Prophet allowed his warriors to "marry" female captives of war, he was allowing them to have sex with them. It granted sexual gratification to soldiers far from their homes, and had nothing to do with love, faithfulness, or mutual respect.
Marriage is viewed much differently in Christian and Muslim societies. Christians view marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman in which they both vow faithfulness to each other for the rest of their lives. Marriage in Islam is not a covenant but a contract, the Aqd Al Nikah, which allows a man to have sex with a woman. As far as the legal aspect is concerned, it's not that much different than purchasing a camel. Just as he can purchase a second or third camel without informing the first, he can yuzawwij alayha, or marry a second wife without even informing the first, much less receiving her permission. Just as a man beats a disobedient camel, the Quran commands him to beat a recalcitrant wife. And just as a man can sell his camel anytime he wants to purchase a better one, all he has to do is pronounce his wife Mutalaqa three times and she is divorced. Shaykhs have even recently issued Fatwas that this can take place on Facebook and as text messages on mobile phones.
Loonwatch's argument with Translating-Jihad also included whether sex with young girls (call it marriage if you will) was encouraged or discouraged within Islam. Again that seems to be missing the point. The problem is not that it is encouraged or discouraged, but simply that it is allowed. The reason it is allowed is that Muhammad did it.
The question to be asked is, "Is sexual intercourse between a 50-year old man and a nine-year-old child ever justified, in any circumstance?" My answer is "No", Muhammad nonwithstanding. The second question is, "Is a man ever justified in beating his wife, in any circumstance?" My answer again is a firm "No", the Quran nonwithstanding.
16 comments:
Well done; thank you.
And Al Mutarjim has done great work in providing a translation of the whole fatwa, so that readers can judge it. This certainly doesn't look good for Dawood's and Danios' credibility, which I've already found to be highly suspect.
- March 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM
I posted a response on loonwatch criticizing their approach in rebutting al-mutarjim's translation, essentially saying I thought their points were good but invalidated to a degree by their tone and black and white philosophy (either you agree wholeheartedly, or your a racist Nazi right-wing nutcase). However, my comments weren't very well received, and Danios implied that because I didn't agree with his approach I should go hang out with a white supremacist, despite that I had complimented his language ability and expressed that I study Arabic because I love the language, history, culture, and people of the Middle East. Another commenter (Nassir) even made fun of my Arabic name! How's that for tolerance and multi-culturalism?
Recognizing a complete failure of Danios' ability to empathize with some of the frustrations we all face from time to time when studying a foreign language, it occurred to me that the reason Danios avoided my compliments and responded only with hostility to my responses might be that perhaps Danios doesn't speak Arabic at all. When I asked Danios if he spoke Arabic, he didn't respond - but several of the commentators jumped in immediately suggesting that I am one of several other posters (as well as al-mutarjim himself) infiltrating loonwatch in an effort to divide them.
Since Danios never responded, I don't know if he speaks Arabic or not - but I have a feeling that, if he did, he would have responded. So how would that be for fraudulent and misleading, if the primary author of the article (Dawood being the "guest" contributor) criticizing al-mutarjim's transliteration doesn't even speak the language in question?
Later Dawood (who seemed to be the only person who responded with anything other than outright hostility toward me for my opinion) posted a comment on loonwatch about Observant Observer's "mistake" in transliterating "astaghfir" and I pointed out that he was doing exactly what observant observer said loonwatch would do - point out errors in an effort to discredit the author while suspiciously avoiding the authors points and questions. Dawood at this point joined the chorus, saying that even if he addressed these questions I'd only come back with something in return, as he had seen me do on that and other threads (except that was the only thread I had ever commented on). Having nothing more to talk about, I left the conversation.
So according to loonwatch, if you aren't one of the people who fall near lockstep in line with what they think and how they present it, you are a "loon". Way to make friends and influence people, loonwatch!
Also, I'm not sure Danios is a Muslim. He posted a comparison between Moses and Muhammad, and in the caption was a picture of Moses. I'm not an Islamic scholar, but I'm pretty certain that isn't halal. He later changed it after receiving complaints from readers. Congratulations Danios, your cute little stunt might have cost you your life in a predominantly Muslim country.
So, he's probably not a Muslim and possibly doesn't speak Arabic, and he's calling al-mutarjim a misleading fraud?
- March 8, 2011 at 7:44 PM
> Christians view marriage as a covenant ...
Or, in some quarters: a *sacrament*.
(Just a thought, as we enter Lent ...)
- March 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM
Islam, A concise introduction Dennis Roberts
p. 143 "The Arabic word for marriage and sexual intercourse is the same: nikah."
Muslim women in changing perspective
Talat Ara Ashrafi
p. 51
"According to Muslim Law, 'Nikah' is a contract of union between two strangers of opposite sexes which legalizes their sexual intercourse and mutual co-existence and imposes certain duties on and confers certain rights upon the two partners."
Sharia – The Islamic Law
Corinna Standke
"In Islam, marriage is a civil contract which legalizes sexual intercourse and pregnancy."
Sexual ethics and Islam: feminist reflections on the Qur'an, hadith, and jurisprudence
Kecia Ali
"Nikah, the term used by jurists for the marriage contract, literally refers to sexual intercourse, so closely is marriage linked to sex."
The Nigerian Legal System: Public Law
By Charles Mwalimu
p. 542 "Marriage under Islamic law in Nigeria is known by its Arabic name, Nikah or joining together, the same meaning as sexual intercourse…"
p. 673 "Under the Maliki code applicable in Nigeria the word Nikah signifies "the contract of marriage for the legislation of sexual intercourse…"
Muslim women in law and society: annotated translation of al-Tahir al Haddad
al-Ṭāhir Ḥaddād, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman
p. 182
2 Marriage in Islam
235 "The Arabic word for marriage is zawaj or nikah, the latter being derived from the verb nakaha ('to have sexual intercourse'): cf. Qur. II: 230. Nikah is also used to denote the marriage contract (cf. 'aqd, 'aqd qiran)."
The Muslim family : a study of women's rights in Islam
Tove Stang Dahl
p. 52 "The legitimate form of sexuality is therefore an outcome of marriage - nikah (the concept nikah means both marriage and sexual intercourse)."
- March 9, 2011 at 1:46 AM
Sexuality in Islam
Abdelwahab Bouhdiba, Alan Sheridan
"Nikah and unconsummated marriage are mutually exclusive. Abstinence of a hundred and twenty days is a maximum not to be exceeded in any circumstances. Sexual intercourse is one of the pillars of nikah."
Women and international human rights law: Volume 3
Kelly Dawn Askin, Dorean M. Koenig
"In the medieval treatises, marriage was known as nikah, referring to licit sexual intercourse, and the marriage contract was understood as an agreement permitting the husband sexual access to the wife in return for his commitment to pay ..."
Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Oussama Arabi
p. 150
"In the Muslim normative universe, love and sexual emotions between the sexes ought to acquire a lawful form, a fact which is echoed in Islamic law where legal sexual intercourse (nikah) could only be in the form of a contract ('aqd): "Legal union according to the Law is the contract of marriage (al-nikah fi'l shar' 'aqd al-tizwij). Sexual intercourse (wat'), without a contract, is illegal intercourse (safah, laysa bi-nikah)."
Fundamentals of Ijtehad
Muhammad Taqi Amini
"[...] Imam Abu Hanipha [...] argues that the verse uses the word Nikah and it literally means the 'union' therefore it means 'sexual intercourse' [...]"
- March 9, 2011 at 1:53 AM
Yes ...Danios ..Danios.
I looked in on Loonwatch once to see what it was all about. Perhaps I followed a link back from somewhere else who had been hammered by Danios: It is a few years ago, I cannot remember the details, nor the subject. Please trust my word on this, lol.
But I looked at what Danios had written, and I looked at what he had responded to and set out to prove or refute. And there was no connection! Untrue premises are clearly no guarentee for correct conclusions. It was a very strange experience. As was the number of those who professed to hate hatred ("hatred" as in anything remotely critical of Islam or LW). It settled Loonwatch for me.
- March 9, 2011 at 10:13 AM
SATV says Loonwatch and Al Mutarjim are both correct, that nikah can mean marriage or sexual intercourse.
True, but...
Loonwatch was wrong in their main assertion, which was that nikah didn't mean sexual intercourse. In contrast, Al Mutarjim of course does accept the fact that nikah means marriage too.
Loonwatch = 0
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Loonwatch was wrong in their assertion that the mufti outright forbade sexual intercourse, or any kind of sexual contact, with prepubescent girls. Their own translation (and Mutarjim's) show(s) that the mufti only advised (or "admonished") against it; he did not declare it to be haram, much less recommend punishments for those men who do it.
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Loonwatch to their credit did initially raise a valid point, namely, that Al Mutarjim should have included the mufti's concluding personal opinion admonishing against sexual intercourse with prepubescent girls. However, Loonwatch no longer has an advantage on this point, because Al Mutarjim has addressed it, and has indeed provided a translation of the entire fatwa. Al Mutarjim's translation shows that the mufti's comments were much more ambivalent than Loonwatch had suggested. Loonwatch clearly excluded material that would have conveyed a very different impression to their readers. In other words, Loonwatch has committed sins of omission far more serious than any they had alleged against Al Mutarjim
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- March 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM
When the issue of excluded material was raised by Loonwatch, with their extremely critical remarks and harsh allegations about the exclusion, uses of ellipsis "[...]", etc., Loonwatch should have realized that to address this issue properly for their readers, one thing they'd have to do is provide a translation of the whole fatwa (and perhaps include it in an appendix). However, they did not provide one; they only provided a few parts, carefully cut to give the impression of unmitigated support for their allegations. In contrast, Al Mutarjim has provided a complete translation of the whole fatwa.
Loonwatch = 0
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Loonwatch did not bother to explain, or perhaps wished to avoid, the key issue of what the mufti meant in light of the meaning and implications of the "verse" (65:4) he cited in his fatwa while saying (roughly) "...we can take from this verse the permissibility of nikah with prepubescent girls". In addition, Loonwatch did not address the relevance (to the translation) of the mufti citing, as acceptable, Muhammad having intercourse with Aisha when she was 9 years of age. In contrast, Al Mutarjim has taken the verse 65:4, and Muhammad's conduct, into account in explaining what the mufti probably meant, and thus providing the justification for the translation decision that he made.
Loonwatch = 0
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- March 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM
What? No word from Dawood and Danios? Shouldn't they be trying to refute Al Mutarim's explanation and full translation of the fatwa?
It was also interesting that Dawood posted some quotes from his sources here, including some which mentioned nikah meaning sexual intercourse (and none which denied that meaning), but he didn't present those quotes at Loonwatch. I wonder why that is? Is he afraid that Loonwatch readers might get "the wrong idea," or might get "confused" by such a presentation? I also note that the descriptions of his sources that he gave over there (again, without quoting them over there) were much more sweeping and dismissive than the ones he gave here.
I also note that he failed to acknowledge his obvious errors, a couple of which I pointed out in the Loonwatch and defending Muhammad thread.
Dawood's and Danios' article against Al Mutarjim on the word "nikah" was little more than a crude confidence job. They came out very confident, declaring themselves correct and Al Mutarjim wrong, without presenting a shred of objective evidence to support any of their allegations. The few posters who seem to know a bit of Arabic went along with the ruse, while most of the rest just unthinkingly accepted the line they were fed.
- March 9, 2011 at 10:54 PM
"One should never strike a woman; not even with a flower." (Hindu, Janet, i.8)
I came across this reading C. S. Lewis last night. Now Hindus may not always follow this prescription, but at least it exists. I'm not finding these sentiments in Islam; instead there are numerous justifications for brutality. Your overall point is well taken.
Getting caught up in grammatical distractions really does miss the fundamental philosophical point of the narrative being analyzed.
- March 10, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- Susanne said...
Interesting post! The only thing that struck me as wrong was the dowry part. In Islam the money is actually given to the woman. Or it's supposed to be.
- March 10, 2011 at 10:39 AM
isn't the more correct arabic word for marriage zawag?
- March 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Not being an Arabic speaker myself, I can't tell you, in general, if zawaj (see below)
would be better or more frequent than nikah as a word for marriage, but certainly both terms are used for marriage. And nikah can mean either, or both, marriage and sexual intercourse.
However, in the context of the translation by Al Mutarjim, where the mufti wrote "from this verse [65:4] we can take...", the implications of the verse indicate that the mufti, in using the word nikah, may be referring to both sexual intercourse and marriage. (The verse 65:4 implies that a prepubescent girl has been already married and that sexual intercourse of some sort has already taken place in that marriage). He is almost definitely not referring to a marriage without sexual intercourse, or sexual intercourse without marriage.
p. 60 [...] "In Muslim countries where Arabic language and culture predominate, marriage is referred to as zawaj, literally, "pairing.""
From: Voices of Islam: Voices of life : family, home, and society
By Vincent J. Cornell. From Chapter 3, Marriage in Islam, by Nargis Virani
- March 11, 2011 at 3:35 PM
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Susanne, you are correct, the dowry is to be given to the bride and not to her parents. Actually, I just realized this is specified in Quran 4:4. Thanks for your correction, and I'll remove that sentence from my post.
- March 11, 2011 at 5:26 PM
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Joe, there are several common words in Arabic that mean marriage - just as in English we talk about marriage, tying the knot, performing the nuptials, etc.
The word jawaz has the meaning of a couple. Another common word is ars, with the bride and the groom being the related words of the arous and the areesah. The word nikah is more the legal term.
- March 11, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Hesperado said...
As the article implies rather indirectly, nikah is obviously the redefinition of rape into permissible sex. One would then accord Muslims the minimal intelligence to recognize that they need to add some kind of structure to this legitimized rape situation in order to organize the ongoing procreation and pedagogy of future warriors in the context of the relative coherence of a warrior society whose mission is a never-ending fanatical lust for Lebensraum.
That's the sum of Islamic romantic love & marriage: Fucking and Baby Factories for the Reproduction of Warriors against the world. (Exceptions to this rule which one may anecdotally hear of, or experience first hand during jaunts in the Middle East where one may have been the honored guest of some lovely household full of hospitable Muslims, are just that.)
- March 12, 2011 at 12:43 AM


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Procedural dramas have flourished on television over the past decade plus, and while the success of the CSIs of the world are good for both viewers (some procedurals are pretty cool) and TV networks' bottom line, there is an unpleasant pattern that has long been developing with regards to these kind of shows. Namely, that when it comes to procedurals, any female actor not named Mariska Hartigay seems to be eminently disposable. Deadline now reports that CBS is ready to jettison most if not all of the female regulars on "Criminal Minds":
Heading to Season 6, CBS' successful crime drama Criminal Minds is trimming the female portion of its cast for what I hear are financial reasons. I'm told the option of series regular A.J. Cook has not been picked up and co-star Paget Brewster is being made an offer to stay for only a reduced number of episodes next season, leaving fan favorite Kristen Vangsness as the only remaining full-time female cast member.
This kinda thing isn't new. "Law & Order," of course, was infamous for swapping out female assistant DA's whenever it suited Dick Wolf's fancy. Carey Lowell begat Angie Harmon begat that one blonde lady begat you get the idea. "House" tabled Jennifer Morrison's Cameron in favor of Olivia Wilde's Thirteen, a character the show can easily do without. And Jorja Fox was fired "CSI" (then rehired before she left again) for asking for a raise.
Keep in mind all these female actresses on "Criminal Minds" are being cut away for budget reasons while CBS happily renews Charlie Sheen's "Two And A Half Men" contract for $2 million an episode. Sheen, as you may know, was arrested earlier this year for allegedly threatening to kill his wife. He's indispensable. Paget Brewster? Not so much.
These are all talented actresses, but they work on shows run primarily by male producers and writers, and thus their roles on the show almost always take a backseat to the lead male characters. Only Hartigay, Marg Helgenberger of "CSI," and a handful of other actresses are critical enough to their show's brand identity to give them the leverage needed to demand higher salaries or, at the very least, not be fired on a whim.
And that's kinda lame, given the success so many big-name actresses have found in lead roles over in the safe haven of cable TV. It's odd that Glenn Close and Kyra Sedgwick can thrive on cable, yet female actresses have such little staying power on the main networks. Surely, this will change one day. I really don't want my kid growing up in a world where the biggest female character on network TV is Meredith freakin' Grey.


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Sleeping habits affect children's behaviour
Sleeping Habits Affect Children's Behaviour. Children with irregular bedtime habits are more prone to behavioural problems but adhering to a defined sleep regime improves behaviour, says a study.
London: Children with irregular bedtime habits are more prone to behavioural problems but adhering to a defined sleep regime improves behaviour, says a study.
The study published in the Journal Paediatrics, found that irregular bedtimes could disrupt natural body rhythms and cause sleep deprivation, undermining brain maturation and the ability to regulate certain behaviours.
"Not having fixed bedtimes, accompanied by a constant sense of flux, induces a state of body and mind akin to jet lag" and this affects healthy development and daily functioning, said Yvonne Kelly, professor at University College London Epidemiology and Public Health.
Jet lag is a physiological condition which results from alterations to one's daily cycle of activity. It is classified as one of the circadian rhythm sleep disorders.
"We know that early child development has profound influences on health and well-being on life. It follows that disruptions to sleep, especially if it occurs at key times during development, could have lifelong impacts on health," said Kelly.
As children progressed without a regular bedtime, their behavioural scores -- which include hyperactivity, behaviour, problems with peers and emotional difficulties -- worsened.
However, children who switched to a more regular bedtime had clear improvements in their behaviour, reports a Science Daily.
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MANTOLOKING, N.J. - For the first time in almost four months, residents are living again in Mantoloking, a well-off New Jersey beach town that suffered some of the worst of Superstorm Sandy's wrath.
Town officials allowed residents to return Friday to stay. It's the last New Jersey community to hit that milestone since the storm.
"It's a wonderful feeling to be back in your own home after four months of not knowing what your future is," said Sandra Witkowski, who returned with her husband, Stan.
But it's also difficult to be in a place with such devastation. When she looks out her window, Witkowski sees one house wrecked by the storm and bare land where another used to be.
All 521 homes in the community an hour and a half's drive south of New York City were damaged. About 60 were swept away entirely and hundreds more will have to be demolished. Most of the homes are grand summer getaways. Only about 100 residents typically stay through the winter.
The community, 2½-miles long and just a couple blocks wide with the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Barnegat Bay on the west, was cut in two by an inlet during the storm. That was fixed quickly, and Route 35, the main road through the barrier island community, has also reopened after repairs.
Across New Jersey, the storm destroyed about 30,000 homes and caused an estimated $37 billion in damage.
The destruction in Mantoloking meant that not many residents were able to take advantage of the permission to return on Friday.
"It's quiet in the winter, which we like," Sandra Witkowski said. But now? "It's really quiet."
The Witkowskis' home needed major repairs to the electrical and other systems, but because it's built on pilings, water did not get into the house.
The retired couple has been staying with their daughter's family, which meant adjusting to living with two teenagers.
Doug Popaca said he was full of anticipation about returning. He said he and his wife, Joyce, awoke every hour through the night before deciding at 5 a.m. that it was OK to get up and head home.
"It was almost like Christmas, you know, when you're expecting a good gift," Popaca said. "You can't sleep. You keep waking up hoping it's daytime."
Popaca said all of the utilities in the house are up and running, a requirement for residents to be able to inhabit their homes permanently again.
The Popacas had been staying in a small summer cottage in nearby Brick that they rented on a month-by-month basis.
Popaca said while the cottage was warm and dry, it was much smaller than their home. He said they are looking forward to using their full-size appliances and shower.
"And of course sleeping in your own bed," Popaca said.
He said the first thing they did after going home was laundry. The next step would be cleaning - a relatively easy task considering what others in the area are dealing with.
"While we're very happy and very lucky to be back," Popaca said, "there is still that feeling that other people are suffering."
Associated Press writers Rema Rahman and Geoff Mulvihill in Trenton contributed to this report.


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In a brief conference call a spokesman for Steve Cooley said the Los Angeles County DA has conceded in his race for AG. He called Kamala Harris and spent the day in his Los Angeles office, officials said.
"While the margin is extremely narrow and ballots are still being counted, my campaign believes that we cannot make up the current gap in the vote count for Attorney General. Therefore, I am formally conceding the race and congratulate Ms. Harris on becoming California's next Attorney General.
"We started this campaign late but we won an exceptionally tough Republican primary by a decisive margin. In the general election, we emerged as California's top Republican vote getter and carried 39 out of the state's 58 counties. We also cut by more than half the margin of loss by the GOP ticket in heavily Democratic Los Angeles County. It was gratifying to have received the votes of over 4 million Californians.
"It is unfortunate that someone who is a non-partisan non-politician could not overcome the increasingly partisan tendencies of the state, even for an office that by its nature necessitates a non-partisan approach.
KQED's Capitol Notes Blog says Harris won't declare victory until all the votes are counted sometime next week.http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/


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|Pallets and containers used in air transportation; the igloo shape fits the internal wall contours of a narrow-body airplane.
|In Gate
|The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.
|Set of international rules compiled by the International Chamber of Commerce for interpretation of predominant terms used in foreign trade contracts. See Incoterms 2000.
|Inland Bill of Lading
|The carriage contract used in transport from a shipping point overland to the exporter's international carrier location.
|Inland Carrier
|An enterprise that offers overland service to or from a point of export.
|Inspection Certificate
|A document certifying that merchandise (such as perishable goods) was in good condition immediately prior to shipment.
|A system of protection against loss under which a number of parties agree to pay certain sums (premiums) for a guarantee that they will be compensated under certain conditions for specified loss and damage.
|Insurance Certificate
|A document issued to the consignee to certify that insurance is provided to cover loss of or damage to the cargo while in transit.
|Intermodal transportation
|The use of two or more transportation modes to transport freight; for example, rail to ship to truck.
|A detailed statement showing goods sold or shipped and amounts for each. The invoice is prepared by the seller and acts as the document that the buyer will use to make payment.
|Issuing Carrier
|The carrier whose name is printed on the bill of lading and with whom the contract of carriage exists.
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Loss of a Dear Friend
The phone rang at home this morning at 8:30. It was Dan Roberts, one of four sons of Robin Roberts, calling from Florida. It was a message I didn't want to hear, "Dad died." Weeping took over for the two of us, the only sound for a little while.
One of the game's greatest pitchers and one of the game's greatest human beings has left us to join his wife, Mary, who died nearly five years ago.
Last time I saw Robbie was at a spring training game in Clearwater's Bright House Field in March.
He loved to sit in a booth in the press box there, watch the game and talk baseball. For an 83-year-old, he had an amazing memory. The details of each story used to blow my mind.
Her loved going in the clubhouse to talk to the players.
He loved the Phillies and the city.
He loved his family.
He loved the current Phillies. He didn't miss a game on TV. He'd often call the next day, "Did you see that play Jimmy made last night?" Or, "My man Jayson, what a great athlete."
He loved being at the World Series the last two years. Wouldn't leave the game until the last pitch. The ovation he would receive when he threw out the first ball told you how much the fans loved and respected him.
He loved coming to Philadelphia off and on during the season. He was more than willing to help the ballclub. He'd play golf and have dinner with suite holders or sponsors and then watch a game at Citizens Bank Park. He was going to be here June 4-5 to have dinner with some of our suite holders. He called a couple of weeks ago, "Larry, I'm coming up on June 1 for a golf tournament, will stay with young Robin and I'm available if you need me for something else."
When I arrived at the park this morning, I walked over to his statue and held his hand. I swear I could still feel his warm heart. We placed a big wreath at the base of the statue, a large white P with a red 36 in the middle. Many fans weren't aware as they arrived. They'd stop by the statute, see the wreath and their heads would drop.
The moment of silence before the game was touching. Seeing the 1950 pennant at half-mast really got to me.
Robbie and Jayson are both from Springfield, IL. They developed a very close bond. Then, wouldn't you know it, Werth hit a three-run homer in the first inning. As he crossed home plate, Jayson pointed to the sky in honor of Robbie.
Down in Tampa, some of the family was watching the game. One of the grandchildren said when Jayson came to bat in the first inning, 'He's going to hit one for Pop."
Hollywood couldn't have written a better script.
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I have been a true Phillie's fan since age 4, (1969). by 1972, I knew every players number and middle names, and what their career averages were, As the years past, i realized that as players come and go, here and there, a former player would "stop by the booth"occasionally, but Robin Roberts seemed to always be around the team. In the booth, as a roving instructor, or the like, and every time he stopped by, he always was right on top of what the teams current situation was. it dawned on me that while some players do their required duty and are gone in a flash, or have to be coerced to attend an old-timer event, Robin Roberts loved it. He was that kind of man who realized that he was blessed to be able to live out his dream, play a little boys game for a living, and get to be the elder statesman. he loved this team, and city, It showed, as they will always love and remember him. Chances are we won't see his likes again, RIP Robbie.
Larry, I am so very sorry for your loss. I know you two were close. This is a huge loss for the entire Phillies family. Please send my deepest condoences to his family and friends.
I am actually going to that golf tournament; the Hall of Fame people asked me to come and take photos for them. The one person I was really looking forward to talking to was Robin. It is such a very sad time; I will keep you in my prayers.


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Deere & Co. cut its profit expectations for the second time this year as beleaguered farmers and an escalating trade war with China cut into sales.
Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S.
With suicides on the rise, the U.S. government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help.
July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for man-made climate change.
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk candidate Michael Cabonargi, Illinois Supreme Court candidate P. Scott Neville and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will have the coveted endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party in next year's elections.
According to the latest findings from a citywide survey, Chicago parents who live in a community with limited access to grocery stores were more likely to report challenges in providing healthy meals to their children.
No makeup was necessary for a pair of fuzzy sea otter pups the aquarium showed off to the media this week. "They get cuter every day," said Tracy Deakins, a senior trainer of otters and penguins.
A Cook County jury has found Jovan Battle, 32, guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm for the March 23 killing of Chicago Officer John Rivera.
It's back to the drawing board for a Chicago casino. Two longtime Chicago politicians decide to hang it up. President Trump is still considering clemency for former Gov. Blagojevich. And the Cubs nose-dive on the road.


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As in any criminal case, after a defendant is found guilty, the court moves on to sentencing. But things operate differently when the defendant faces a possible death sentence.
A federal lawsuit says Mississippi is violating free-speech rights by banning makers of plant-based foods from using terms such as "meatless meatballs" and "vegan bacon."
A trio of cyclists who have been touched by leukemia are traveling across the country to raise money and awareness for Be the Match, a nonprofit that helps patients who need bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplants.
Fifteen Kenyan families of people killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia in March on Friday rejected a proposal by Boeing to compensate them, saying they will pursue their claims in court.
President Donald Trump said Friday he is "very seriously" considering an executive order to try to force the inclusion of a citizenship question as part of the 2020 Census.
Police said a false report of gunfire set off a stampede that trampled more than a dozen people at Chicago's annual July 4 fireworks display Thursday at Navy Pier, where thousands of revelers had crowded the Lake Michigan shore.


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Plummeting 80 feet from a tree might have cost Fortunate the cat one of her nine lives, but veterinarians at the Marion Animal Hospital said she was doing just fine.
MARION — Plummeting 80 feet from a tree might have cost Fortunate the cat one of her nine lives but, other than a couple of pulled muscles, a possible parasitic infection and lots of pent-up stress, veterinarians at the Marion Animal Hospital said Wednesday she was doing just fine.
"I don't see anything wrong with this cat; it's unbelievable," veterinarian Dr. Rachel Francis said as she prodded every inch of the feisty feline. The cat, which evaded four rescue attempts earlier this week, tried three times to flee the exam room, once breaking out of the room and running down the hall, where a technician cornered her.
"She's certainly a survivor," Francis said.
It's All About the Animals pet shelter founder Pam Robinson found Fortunate — a temporary name until someone adopts her — on New Year's Day in a trap she set the day before to catch the poor puss.
The cat had vanished into the brush after falling out of a tree off Mary's Pond Road in Rochester Sunday night when Marion firefighters cut the branch she had perched on for eight days.
Sunday night's attempt came after three other unsuccessful tries to recover the cat by the Rochester Fire Department and local tree services.
"She's not bad compared to how long she was out there," Robinson said, referring to Fortunate's condition.
No one has stepped up to claim the black, brown and white kitty but Robinson and Francis said there is little doubt Fortunate belonged to someone.
"Feral cats are cats that have been out in the wild; they don't act like this," Francis said as Fortunate nuzzled anyone who came close enough to the examination table.
Francis pegged Fortunate's age at two years due to her lack of broken teeth and prescribed two weeks of isolation — in case she's sick and contagious to other cats — and plenty of vitamins for the underweight kitty. Francis also said Fortunate is likely spayed but decided not to check for sure because that would involve shaving the cat's stomach and stressing her out even more.
As for how she survived an 80-foot fall, Francis chalked it up to "high-rise syndrome," a phenomenon in which cats falling from more than six stories have higher survival rates than those falling from two to five stories. Falling farther gives the cat time to right itself and land on its feet, Francis said.
Robinson, sporting her usual "Rescue a Friend" T-shirt, said she intends to keep Fortunate for at least six weeks to recover and regain weight before allowing anyone to adopt the cat.
But Robinson is not giving Fortunate away to just anyone. Interested families will need to submit an essay on why they should be able to take Fortunate home with them. Children interested in giving Fortunate a permanent name can also write to Robinson with their ideas.
Anyone interested in adopting Fortunate can write to It's All About the Animals at 103 Marion Road, Rochester, MA 02770.


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DETROIT – With all that debt in the city residents wonder what impact the new Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing will have on city services that are already stretched thin, like police and fire.
"It has been a travesty to see how the financial affairs of the city have been so corrupted," said Detroit resident Cortez Myers.
People living in Detroit are very concerned, they worry crime will go up as retirees lose their pension payouts.
It takes police more than 50 minutes now to respond and residents worry what will happen next.
"There's enough police out here on the streets to keep everybody safe so no one has to come here to the transit center and worry about their safety, said another Detroit resident.
The busses don't always come and go on time and there are fewer routes. Residents are worried.
"I have to catch the bus to go to work, so if I don't get to work on time, you know I depend on the City of Detroit," said Rachel Thomas.
Too many lights don't work in the city, many homes are burned down and garbage especially illegal dumping isn't always picked up; again residents worry.
"Whoa Gratiot and Chene, look in front of those bus stops they got cans, bottles and everything just piled up," said Detroit resident Lou Rankins.
The emergency financial manager says he hears residents and assures them that sweepers are still sweeping, flowers are being planted and police and fire won't be touched.
Orr says the commitment stands and every city service is safe and not only will it continue, but it will improve.


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Happy 5th birthday, Cody! Since 5 is a prime number, let's have some fun looking for other prime numbers.
Given a positive integer x, find the nearest prime number. Keep in mind that the nearest prime may be less than x.
nearestprime(5) = 5 nearestprime(36) = 37 nearestprime(200) = 199
NOTE: You may ignore cases in which two prime numbers are equally close to x. (e.g., x=12 --> 11 and 13 are both primes).
Test case No. 5
x = 911;
y_correct = 911;
Should the nearest prime number for 911 have been 907?
I feel for you, typing in those endless arrays of prime numbers.
You have probably figured it out by now, but instead of typing in manually the vectors prim0 and prim1 and then checking memberships, you can just run the function 'isprime(x)' which will save you lots of space and time
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First, create a bowler with maximum Strength, 13 points on Accuracy, and the remaining 6 points on Curve. Also use a ball with a weight of 16 lbs. During a game, turn the spinning of your ball to 100%. Aim with the red line exactly on the right edge of the third arrow from the right, as indicated below:
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Choose the character with the red shirt and give him no Power, full Curve, and the rest Accuracy. Pick the 20 pound ball that looks like a pirate's ball. When you first start out on the alley, keep pressing the right arrow until it is on the left side, so that it is going into the gutter. Then, press A and move it all the way over to the right. Put it at about 100 Power and full Accuracy. You should get a strike.


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