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The Truth About Charlie (2002)
FILM REVIEW; Mystery Husband Turns Up Dead
Sometimes you fall in love with a movie, even when you should know better. And there's a great possibility that will happen with ''The Truth About Charlie.'' That infatuation is possible in part because the director, Jonathan Demme, uses the nervous energy that he suppressed in more formal works like ''Philadelphia'' and ''The Silence of the Lambs.'' So you may be taken by the director's enormous enthusiasm, but the picture doesn't quite work.
This knockabout, moderately successful remake of the 1963 comic thriller ''Charade'' lacks the heartless, silken cool of the original, a lustily shallow classic peopled by stars in gorgeous bespoke clothes that seemed tailored to both their bodies and their personae. This time Mr. Demme has littered the soundtrack with a compendium of world-beat pop, movie score classics and nostalgia power pop; his eclecticism ranges from trip-hop to Henry Mancini. You almost get the feeling you have to step over his music collection, scattered across the floor, to get to the picture.
But frankly, most of the film's allure comes from the sensual, butter-voiced Thandie Newton; with her, Mr. Demme has found the 21st-century corollary to Audrey Hepburn. In ''Beloved'' and the slightly condescending ''Besieged,'' Ms. Newton proved she could act. In ''M:I-2'' she displayed enough warmth to bring life to a laminated corpse, at least in the scenes she was in. And in ''The Truth About Charlie,'' which opens today nationwide, she demonstrates that she has the head-turning charisma of a movie star.
She's a gamine in touch with her sexuality instead of floating slightly above it; unlike Hepburn, she's an angel whose feet touch the ground. She's so good that when she's on screen, the movie works -- or at least you think it does. It's a spot-specific case of alchemy.
Ms. Newton plays the recently married Regina, who returns home to her spacious Paris flat to break off with her husband, Charlie, an art dealer who should be back from chasing down works that include a Basquiat and a Julian Schnabel. She finds him gone and the apartment so thoroughly ransacked that holes have been punched through the walls. The looters took everything but the rubble; the place now looks like a Schnabel painting.
When Charlie's corpse turns up and a pack of mysterious strangers pop around threatening Regina and asking questions about a treasure that he supposedly left behind, she's stunned. The truth about Charlie is that everybody knew more about him than she did, including the fact that he was American, not Swiss.
Regina's first hope is Joshua (Mark Wahlberg), a helpful American whose slightly closed-off smile doesn't hide the dimples in his cheeks. But when even Joshua turns out not to be what he seemed and the French police are vaguely threatening, she has to turn to Bartholomew (Tim Robbins) at the American Embassy for help.
The old-school fear in Peter Stone's script for the original ''Charade'' started with the concern of every newlywed: discovering that the person you married didn't exist, a potential horror back in a day when even toying with getting a divorce was almost like joining the Foreign Legion. Taking that step almost precipitated Regina's fall from grace in the original. Mr. Stone and the director, Stanley Donen, flirted with plunging their heroine into hell for claiming her freedom -- using the movie saw that a woman who rends the fabric of marriage deserves trouble -- and leaving her bereft of friends and husband.
''Charlie'' has done nothing to supplant that motif. Even the ''Charade'' dreamboat -- as played by Cary Grant, the epitome of such -- who might be able to take her away from all that, turned out to be a looming danger. (Unfortunately, Mr. Wahlberg doesn't nearly match up in comparison to Grant.) It was in keeping with the sexual politics of the 1960's for Regina to fall for the stranger who could deliver her from, or to, evil. But for her to do the exact same thing in ''Charlie'' with the Wahlberg character seems incredibly sad, a good-girls-make-bad-choices psychology that belongs on ''Oprah.''
''Charlie'' isn't helped by Mr. Wahlberg, who doesn't seem to understand the difference between a mystery and a blank. His blandness was well used in ''Boogie Nights'' and ''The Yards''; his withholding became a kind of tension. Here he's just the one person in the picture who doesn't fall for Regina the way everyone else does.
There's an extraordinarily sexy clinch during a tango at a Parisian nightclub when Regina is tossed from partner to partner while information is being exchanged.
But it's not with Mr. Wahlberg; rather it comes when Regina is cheek to cheek with the once-flinty Lola (Lisa Gay Hamilton), one of the greedy pursuers. Lola has softened toward Regina, and ''Charlie'' burns higher on the Celsius scale during their moment than in any of Regina's scenes with Joshua. Mr. Wahlberg's defiant, shoulder-first stride makes him walk like an American undercover cop; he looks not as if he's spoiling for a fight but as if he just finished one. (Though he has steamed the Boston inflections from his altar boy speech cadences, his vowel enunciation when he speaks French gives him away.)
Ms. Hamilton and the rest of the cast, notably Mr. Robbins in the Walter Matthau role from ''Charade'' and Ted Levine as one of the gang after Regina -- do very fine work. Mr. Demme has worked with most of them before or fallen in love with them from other places. Joong-Hoon Park, another of Regina's menaces, is from the Korean action picture ''Nowhere to Hide.'' And much of the French aspect is Mr. Demme's loving salute to the Nouvelle Vague: Anna Karina, Magali Noël and Agnès Varda are seen in small but important roles.
The most important cameo comes from Charles Aznavour, who plays himself crooning ''Quand Tu M'Aimes''; a clip from ''Shoot the Piano Player'' runs a little later, and one shot evokes ''The 400 Blows.'' Mr. Demme buzzes through a startling number of references to other movies, and at times it's as if he's out to defeat the Quentin Tarantino land-speed record.
There are so many film quotations that, as handsomely rendered as they are by Tak Fujimoto's dexterous cinematography, you may feel there's no there there.
The heavy scheme of reference notes brings to mind the frisky ''Amélie,'' which was so lacking in ethnicity that Paris appeared to be Euro Disneyland. ''The Truth About Charlie'' is at the very least a wondrous antidote to that; one of the cops is named Dessalines, after the Haitian ruler. This Paris is filled with people of color, and the noises and music have a cultural sophistication that gives ''Charlie'' moral authority.
Mr. Demme, who co-wrote the screenplay, may be today's least arrogant filmmaker. And his wide-eyed sense of hippie-egalitarianism makes him nonjudgmental. This generosity extends to a pasteurizing of the chief villain's motive by the end of the film. Mr. Demme wants us to sympathize with the bad guys, but playful mercilessness is what we want from a thriller. At some point, we have to feel the villain's tart breath moistening the hair on the back of Regina's neck.
This kindness is what ties Mr. Demme to the pulse of David Byrne, with whom he collaborated on the documentary ''Stop Making Sense.'' Few directors have been as influenced by another artist's purview as Mr. Demme has been by Mr. Byrne's funky eclecticism. The world-beat soundtrack, with rhythms of many nations, plays through ''Charlie,'' giving it a lovably infectious swoon. And like most of Mr. Demme's comic thrillers, among them ''Married to the Mob'' and ''Something Wild,'' ''The Truth About Charlie'' ends with a singer delivering a tune to the camera that comments on what we've seen.
This time it's Mr. Aznavour, who puts us in mind of what the picture could have been. But Ms. Newton does something more: she makes us believe in the future.
''The Truth About Charlie'' is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It includes strong language, violence and sexuality that isn't nearly as unsettling as one might hope.
Directed by Jonathan Demme; written by Mr. Demme, Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua and Jessica Bendinger, based on the motion picture screenplay ''Charade'' by Peter Stone; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto; edited by Carol Littleton; music by Rachel Portman; production designer, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski; produced by Mr. Demme, Peter Saraf and Edward Saxon; released by Universal Pictures. Running time: 104 minutes. This film is rated PG-13.
WITH: Mark Wahlberg (Joshua Peters), Thandie Newton (Regina Lambert), Tim Robbins (Mr. Bartholomew), Joong-Hoon Park (Il-Sang Lee), Ted Levine (Emil Zadapec), Lisa Gay Hamilton (Lola Jansco), Christine Boisson (Commandant Dominique), Stephen Dillane (Charlie), Anna Karina (Karina), Magali Noël (Mysterious Woman in Black) and Agnès Varda (the Widow Hyppolite).


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WORCESTER, Mass. - Sophomore Tiffany Reid (Poughkeepsie, N.Y) has been named the GoHolyCross.com Crusader of the Week, for competition from February 4-10. Reid set a new school record on Friday, as the Holy Cross women's indoor track and field team took part in the Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass.
At the Valentine Invitational, Reid broke the school record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.57 seconds, which was good for a 21st-place finish in the event. Reid also competed in the 55-meter dash, coming in 28th with a time of 7.53 seconds.
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This is a discussion on How to Change Virtual Memory size in Windows 7? within the Windows 7 forums, part of the Operating systems category; How Change Virtual Memory size in Windows 7? Virtual memory is the memory space allocated on a hard disk that ...
How Change Virtual Memory size in Windows 7?
Virtual memory is the memory space allocated on a hard disk that is used by the operating as a RAM to enhance system performance.
You can change Virtual Memory size in Windows 7 in the following way:
1) Right click on the Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties.
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2) In the System window click the Advanced system settings link in the left pane as highlighted below
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3) In the System Properties window click the Settings button under Performance section under Advanced tab
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4) In the Performance Options dialog box select Advanced tab and then click Change button under Virtual memory section
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5) In the Virtual Memory dialog box thus opened, uncheck the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives option
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6) Now select the disk partition for which you want to change virtual memory size and click on Custom size dot.
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7) Here set the Initial size and Maximum size in MB in the text boxes provided as highlighted in the above figure
Note: Before changing the virtual memory size read the Minimum allowed, Recommended and Currently allocated virtual memory size as highlighted in the above figure
8) Click OK button
9) You will be notified to restart your computer for the changes to take place. Click OK button.
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10) Click Apply and then OK button in the Performance Options window
11) Click OK button in System Properties window
12) Close System window.
13) Restart your PC immediately or later for the changes to take effect or as per your convenience.
Great guide! But would just like to add in that if you want to tweak your settings higher than the recommended 1.5 times the RAM, it is best to do it in small numbers rather than in large jumps. Also, you shouldn't rely heavily on the virtual memory as the hard drive has a slow read/write speed and your computer's performance may be slower.
For me, buying more physical RAM is still actually the best improve memory. Virtual memory windows 7 will make it seem like you have unlimited memory, but not having enough RAM on board can affect your computer's overall performance.


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A federal adjudicator in New York is balustrade with Google in a $1 billion absorb accusation filed by media aggregation Viacom over YouTube videos.Viacom Inc. had declared that YouTube, which Google Inc. bought in 2006, congenital itself into a acknowledged video-sharing armpit by announcement the actionable use of video taken from Viacom cable channels such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.Viacom arguable YouTube's advisers accomplished copyright-protected video was actuality illegally acquaint on the Web site, but commonly looked the added way because they knew the professionally produced actual would advice allure a bigger admirers and animate acknowledgment visits.YouTube attorneys accept arguable there was no way to apperceive whether copyright-protected video was advancing from pirates or from cine and TV studios attractive to use the Web armpit as a promotional tool. If a flat issued a apprehension of a absorb violation, YouTube says it promptly removed the defined blow as appropriate beneath the 1998 Digital Millennium Absorb Act.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- Dionne Marsh scored a season-high 21 points for New Mexico, as the Lobos rolled over Norfolk State University, 83-36, Friday night at The Pit. Sophomore Amy Beggin added 11points and a team-high seven assists for the Lobos.
Marsh, a senior forward from Flower Mound, Texas, was 5 of 9 from the field, 11 of 13 from the free throw line, and added a game-high nine rebounds in 25 minutes of action. The 11 free throws made were a season-high for Marsh.
Beggin was 4 of 9 from the field, including 2 of 3 from the three-point arc in 26 minutes of play. Beggin's seven assists were one shy of her career-best eight, which she had versus Dayton earlier this year. She came into the game with a 4.13 assist-turnover ratio, currently ranked third in the nation.
After an early 11-8 Spartans lead, the Lobos went on a 27-10 run to end the first half, starting off with a Beggin three that tied the score at 11. The Spartans didn't hold a lead for the rest of the game. Marsh was the leader of the run, scoring 17 first-half points. The Lobos owned a 35-21 halftime lead.
The Lobos opened the second half with a 13-0 run to the 14:10 mark and pulled ahead to a 48-21 lead. The Lobos shot an impressive 58.3 percent from the three-point arc for the game. The 45-point win over the Spartans was the Lobos largest margin of victory of the year. Every Lobo contributed to the 83-36 win.
New Mexico, now 6-2 on the season, will play Towson in the championship game of the Comcast Lobo Shootout tomorrow, 7 p.m., at The Pit. Norfolk State, now 1-4 on the season, will play Southern, 5 p.m., at The Pit. The championship game will be available through All-Access on GoLobos.com and can be heard on 610 AM The Sports Animal.


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WAKEFIELD, Mass. – Sophomore forward Mike Sislo (Superior, Wis.) of the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team was named Inside College Hockey's National Player of the Week. The announcement was made on Monday night. Sislo becomes the first UNH player to win this award since Mike Radja earned the honor on February 11.
Sislo, who had just three goals all of last year, potted a hat trick in the third period as part of a four-goal, two-assist effort. The four goals by a Wildcat player was the first four-goal performance since Jan. 23, 2004 (Steve Saviano). Sislo is first on the team, second in Hockey East and fifth nationally in goal scoring with 11. Additional, he became the first UNH player to record six points in a game since Darren Haydar had six (3g, 3a) against Brown on Dec. 28, 2001.
New Hampshire is idle until Jan. 4, 2009, when the Wildcats play at Maine (4 p.m.) The game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPNU. UNH's next home game is Jan. 10 (7 p.m.) against UMass.


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Life gets complicated in Muswell Hill
A middle class couple are throwing a dinner party in London's fashionable Muswell Hill. He's having trouble finding a publisher for his novel set amidst the racy world of fashion catwalks. She needs to find suitable sustenance for a recently herbivorous houseguest. AND her younger sister has turned up with a much older fiancé. Life is SO complicated. Meanwhile an earthquake in Haiti leaves a hundred thousand people dead and almost two million homeless.
This is a gimmick-free piece of theatre with something to say, and it isn't afraid to say it with gusto. Bourgeois goings-on initially appear prescient and involving, but petite pinpricks of news concerning the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Haiti effectively burst the mirage of meaning, and the diners' self-involved importance is exposed as fatuous fancy. They are cogs spinning in servitude of a corrupt and ugly system – one that is out of sight and out of mind – and content to griddle while Rome burns.
As hosts Jess and Matt, Annabel Bates and Jack Johns are suburbanly superb, entirely encapsulating the materialistic multitudes that colour their lives by number. Gregory Cox is hilarious, and chillingly familiar, as Tony, the pompous drama-school tutor who's partial to prawns AND avocado, and shacked up with Jess' fame-hungry younger sister Annie – brought vividly to life with merciless observational wit by Nicole Abraham.
Dinner guests Karen and Simon, played by Fiona Rodrigo and Alastair Natkiel, are the only two characters to exhibit any signs of being awake and alert to the reality alterity. Rodrigo uses understatement with sizable success and gives us a comic creation to truly cherish. Natkiel acts as the conscience of the piece and delivers a final monologue on the desperate need to urgently address global crisis with memorable potency and passion.
The kitchen set, with its extreme proximity to the front row of audience seating, works well, adding immersion to the layers of artifice. Rubble and detritus strewn across the stage is pointedly ignored to great effect.
A tasty dish, full of fibre – with plenty of meat to devour and digest.
GT gives it: 4/5
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Navy Captain Kathlene Contres has been selected to serve as commandant of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) replacing navy Capt. Robert Watts in March 2005. Watts will retire after 32 years of active service. Contres was selected from a field of Army, Navy and Air Force officers nominated by their respective service secretary for their proven leadership skill, business acumen, and the ability to advocate for institutional change.
Contres, the Navys highest ranking active duty hispanic female, has served in a variety of support, command, and leadership positions. Most recently, she headed the Navys diversity recruiting programs and successfully reversed a declining trend in minority officer accessions.
The Defense Department established the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, originally chartered as the Defense Race Relations Institute, in 1971, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. in response to recommendations from an inter-service task force examining the causes of racial turmoil on military installations and aboard ships. In its early years, the institute trained military members and DoD civilians to lead mandatory seminars on race and human relations issues throughout the military departments to improve mission readiness.
Through the years, DEOMIs human relations and equal opportunity education and training programs have provided service members in leadership positions with the insight to deal constructively with unit and organizational equal opportunity and human relations issues. In January 2004, DEOMI held a grand opening ceremony for its 92,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art training center funded by Air Force, the institutes executive agent.
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HOUSTON Yolanda Nowlin, 42, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, four counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit kickback fraud and aiding and abetting Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The verdicts were returned late yesterday afternoon following seven days of trial and less than three hours of deliberations.
Nowlin, of Bryan, ran two durable medical equipment companies - Yellabone Medic Care Express Equipment Supply Company and Yellabone Medical Equipment Inc. Nowlin was arrested in December 2012 along with co-defendant Carla Parnell, 50, also from Bryan. Parnell pleaded guilty earlier this year to Social Security fraud and testified against Nowlin at the jury trial.
The evidence at trial showed that between July 2003 and December 2009, Nowlin engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Nowlin submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for durable medical equipment (DME) and incontinence supplies that were not delivered, not wanted and not needed by Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries and were often the result of illegal kickbacks. During the alleged conspiracy, Nowlin submitted approximately $3,391,771.90 in claims to Medicare and Medicaid and received $1,108,316.82 for those claims. Approximately $750,000 was identified as fraudulently paid.
The evidence at trial also showed that Nowlin paid kickbacks to a large number of recruiters over the course of the scheme in return for the referral of beneficiaries to Yellabone.
Nowlin was additionally convicted of aiding and abetting the theft of government money from the Social Security administration. Nowlin and Parnell concealed Parnell's employment with Yellabone in order to continue Parnell's receiving Social Security disability benefits to which she was not entitled.
Nowlin faces up to 10 years for aiding and abetting Social Security fraud, up to 10 years for each count of health care fraud, up to 10 years for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and a maximum of five years for conspiracy to commit kickback fraud. She could also face the possibility of up to a $250,000 fine.
Nowlin's sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 13, 2013, while Parnell is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 20, 2013. Both women were permitted to remain on bond pending their respective hearings.
The United States is additionally seeking forfeiture of approximately $750,000 to be paid as restitution to Medicare and Medicaid.
The case was the result of a joint investigation conducted by agents from Texas Attorney General's Office – Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations. Special Assistant United States Attorneys Adrienne E. Frazior and Suzanne Bradley prosecuted the case.
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Robert Hess leaves two trash bins outside his house: one for his family and another for Rowan University students who live nearby.
A few years ago, his son, then 5, was playing barefoot in the front yard when he stepped on a broken bottle, presumably left by an inconsiderate student. "I remember pulling glass out of his feet," Hess, 38, said Tuesday.
His situation reflects the relatively new reality Glassboro residents face.
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March 8, 2012
SCHEDULE CHANGE: In anticipation of inclement weather this weekend, the Lobos and Red Raiders will play a doubleheader starting at 10 a.m. MT on Monday, March 12. The weather report for Monday looks promising: Sunny with a high of 77 degrees.
No. 23 New Mexico at Texas Tech - Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas
Monday: Lobos vs. TTU, starting at 10 a.m. MT
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - No. 23 New Mexico heads to Lubbock to face Texas Tech for its first true away contest on Monday, March 12. The Lobos and Raiders will play a doubleheader, with the first game starting at 10 a.m. MT.
Originally the trip to Tech was supposed to feature one game on March 9 and another on March 10, but in anticipation of inclement weekend weather, the teams will play a doubleheader on Monday.
For the first month of the season, the Lobo played five games each weekend at tournaments, and will welcome a two-game series with the Raiders.
New Mexico is 17-3, coming off a 4-1 weekend at its home UNM Invitational, a performance that moved UNM up one spot in the national ranking. Erica Beach and her Lobos topped the Fighting Sioux and CSU Bakersfield twice each before falling to Utah on Sunday, March 4 for only their third loss of the season.
"We're taking a lot of positives from the weekend," Beach said. "We battled in all of the games and really, Sunday's game was the only game I felt we didn't play the way we play. Other than that, I'm really happy with the 4-1 finish and I think that we'll take a lot of that into this coming weekend against Texas Tech."
Beach acknowledged the Lobos' Sunday slump.
"I guess we have a Sunday curse," she said. "We're having a hard time closing out those tournaments."
It's true--all three of UNM's losses have been on a Sunday, and the Lobos are just 1-3 on the final day of tournaments.
Thankfully the Lobos and TTU play on a Monday.
Texas Tech is 17-7, coming off two tough losses against No. 6 Texas on March 6 and 7. The Red Raiders managed only five hits over the two-game series in Austin. Prior to opening Big 12 play this week, TTU had won 16 of its last 17 contests, including a perfect 6-0 showing last weekend during its home-opening Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic.
The Red Raiders' only blemish during that 17-game stretch was 3-1 to Texas State Feb. 26 in the championship game of the Texas Shootout in Waco. Since the start of the season, TTU has played eight schools that advanced to an NCAA Regional in 2011, posting a 5-3 record in those games with two of those losses coming to schools ranked in the top 10 nationally.
The Red Raiders and New Mexico have four common opponents this season in Northwestern, Cal Poly, Idaho State and Texas State. TTU faced the Wildcats at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. 10 and lost 14-6. The Lobos faced the Wildcats the next day and won, 13-5 (6). Texas Tech also lost to Cal Poly in Tempe by a score of 3-0, while the Mustangs defeated the Lobos 4-2 at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. on Feb. 26.
Like New Mexico, the Raiders beat Idaho State -- 8-4, while the Lobos decision was 9-8. Texas Tech split with Texas State, taking the first game 6-0 and dropping the second, 3-1. UNM beat Texas State, 5-3 on Feb. 12.
This will be encounters no. 48 and 49 for New Mexico and Texas Tech, with the Lobos owning the advantage 27-20. The two teams met last year in Lubbock for a doubleheader on March 9 with the then-No.19 Red Raiders making a sweep of UNM, 9-6 and 5-3.
"We played really good games against them last year," Beach said. "They're a competitive team and they play in a tough conference. They're well coached and in the top echelon of teams. We're expecting a good battle in Lubbock."
Even though Tech had two tough games midweek, Beach and the Lobos are going into the series expecting a full fight.
"With us being ranked and having a target on our back, every team is going to come out and show up to play," she said. "Whether they are tired, whether they are injured, they are going to play their best games against us."
Texas Tech is led in the circle by Cara Custer. The freshman hurler is 10-5 with an ERA 2.05. Lefthander Brittany Talley also throws and is 5-2 with a 1.91 ERA.
The Red Raiders hit .272 as a team--compared to a Lobo lineup that owns a .347 batting average.
Leading Tech offensively are Adriana Perez, Sandy James and Mikey Kenney with averages of .357, .333 and .294. Perez has 25 hits, including five home runs and two doubles. James also has five home runs and two doubles in 24 hits, while Kenney has seven homers and one double and 20 hits.
New Mexico has six players hitting .309 or better with Jessica Garcia, Shenise Cox and Stefanie Carramusa leading the way with averages of .479, .417 and .414, respectively. Eight different Lobos have hit a home run, while the team has a total of 38 long balls.
Garcia has 12 extra-base hits--four doubles, one triple and seven home runs--and 34 hits total. The senior boasts a .494 on-base percentage and a .859 slugging percentage, and has driven in a team-high 30 runs.
Cox leads the Lobos in homers with 10, and also has five doubles and one triple with 25 hits total. The senior has an on-base percentage of .557 and a 1.033 slugging percentage. Cox is second to Garcia in RBIs with 27.
Carramusa is the queen of doubles, boasting a team-high of eight. She is second on the team in home runs with nine and has 29 hits. The junior has 25 RBIs and an on-base percentage of .506, as well as a slugging percentage of .914.
Pitcher Kaela DeBroeck is 10-1 with an ERA of 5.45. Freshman Carrie Sheehan has a 6-1 record and 3.57 ERA, while junior Kari Gutierrez is 1-1 with an ERA of 4.94.
Fans can follow the action in Lubbock via GameTracker, box scores and recaps on GoLobos.com.


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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2007 Every time he meets someone -- be it the newsboy, the bagger at the local grocery or the spectator at the high school football game -- Army Sgt. Charles "Rob" Myers mentally puts them into one of two categories: those he can recruit into the Army and those who can help him recruit someone else.
"When I go out and talk to people, if they're between the ages 17 and 41, I automatically assume that they're somebody who could join the Army," he said. "If they're outside that age group, I consider them somebody who can help me find somebody to join the Army."
That mindset, along with an affinity for straight talk, has proven to be Myers' key to success as an Army recruiter. Now 27 months into a 36-month assignment at the Martinsburg, W. Va., recruiting station, Myers is the Baltimore Recruiting Battalion's No. 1 recruiter.
Despite operating in one of the toughest recruiting environments in decades, he enlisted 36 soldiers during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 -- 50 percent above his personal mission of two recruits per month.
This fiscal year is looking positive, too, with all signs pointing to Myers doubling his personal mission. Two weeks into the year's first recruiting month, which runs mid-October to mid-November, he'd already signed up three soldiers. Another prospect had agreed to enlist and taken all the initial steps, but Myers isn't one to count his chickens before they hatch.
Every recruiter knows the heartbreak of something going awry before a potential recruit leaves the Military Entrance Processing Station with a signed contract in hand, he said. "I never count on it until they're in," he said, hesitantly adding, "but I should have four by the end of the month."
Myers said he had a lot to learn when he arrived in Martinsville for his first recruiting assignment. He credits Army Staff Sgt. Devin Duckworth, his station manager, and others with teaching him the ropes. "When I came here, I knew only the very basics, and I was trained along the way," he said.
With solid mentoring behind him, Myers attributes his recruiting successes to hard work, straight talk and an ability to show people that they stand to benefit from serving in the Army.
Admitting he doesn't like "to be second in anything," Myers said the only way to succeed as a recruiter "is never to stop." He pulls long hours, typically 8:30 in the morning until about 7 at night.
"There are a lot of myths about recruiting, that you never see your family and all you do is work," he said. "The flip side of that is that if you do your job well and you do what you're supposed to do on a daily basis, you don't have to work 13 hours a day, seven days a week. You can actually set time in for your family."
Myers spends most of his family time in the mornings, when he helps get his 10-month-old baby dressed, gets his other two kids off to school, and eats breakfast with his wife before heading to the office. Once a week, on his designated "family day," he leaves work at 5 p.m. sharp to have dinner with his family.
Myers has become something of a fixture in Berkley, Morgan and Jefferson counties, which make up his recruiting station's territory. He's frequently seen setting up a table at Martinsburg High School to distribute fliers and key chains and talk to the students. He and his fellow recruiters often go to Friday night football games to throw Army footballs into the stands. They get to know people at the area unemployment office and local employers who pass along referrals.
"I know many people in the community, and they have my business card. They know my number," he said. "And if they're willing to help me, they will hand (a potential recruit) my business card or call me and tell me they've got somebody."
When he talks to prospects, or the parents, teachers, coaches and other adults who may influence their decisions about the military, Myers knows he has to overcome two big hurdles: concerns about the war and Washington politics.
Myers concedes he's lucky to be stationed in an area that's open to recruiting. Community members tend to support the military and see it as an opportunity for advancement. "Overall, I say we are in a decent area where people are receptive to us. For the most part, they'll let us into their homes to talk to their sons or daughters," he said. "But we also have parents who say, 'There is no way in hell I will let my son or daughter join the Army with the climate in the world right now.'"
Anyone looking for assurances that they won't go to Iraq won't get it from Myers. "CNN is out there. You can't hide the fact that someone joining the Army has a chance of going to Iraq," he said.
On the other hand, he said, some potential recruits want nothing more than to deploy to Iraq right away so they can take part in exciting missions like those they see on TV. He tells them they've got a good shot at going to Iraq, but again, offers no promises.
The official philosophy at Myers' recruiting station matches his own. "You be up front. You tell the truth completely. You don't sugarcoat it," he said. "And if they join, they join. And if not, you haven't dented your credibility in the community."
Myers is quick to correct anyone who insinuates that he's "selling" the Army. He sees himself as an advisor who helps people focus on their future and explains how the Army can help them reach their long-term goals. "You're sort of a counselor more than a salesman," he said.
When he talks to potential recruits, Myers recognizes that patriotism or family tradition drives some to military service. But rarely does he try to spark their interest by telling them they're doing something great for their country.
The biggest motivator, he said, is showing them how the Army can benefit them personally. "We say, 'Here is what the Army is going to do for you: They're going to give you this much college money. They're going to let you pick your own job, and it's guaranteed. They're going to give you this much of a cash bonus.'"
Myers said the Army's generous options and benefits plans help potential recruits decide to enlist for duty that could include a combat deployment.
Much of Myers' success boils down to his deep-seated belief that he's offering potential recruits a great opportunity. "For whatever someone's goal is, the Army has an option or benefit to help them reach their goal," he said.
He said he understands his recruiting base and remembers when he enlisted in the Army while living in West Virginia, a few hours away from Martinsburg. Like many of his typical recruits, Myers went to college for a year. He soon found himself working as an assistant warehouse manager at a home-improvement store in Charles Town, W.Va., until the local economy took a nosedive and he got laid off.
When Myers started looking around for options, the Army offered him an opportunity to build a career, work toward a retirement, go to college with all expenses paid, and see places many of his recruits have only dreamed of. "The Army opens the door to the world," he said.
After spending most of his career in finance and accounting, Myers said he believes he's found his calling as a recruiter. He submitted paperwork to become a permanent recruiter and hopes to extend his assignment at the Martinsburg recruiting station another 18 months to serve as its next station commander.
In that role, he'll help train other new recruiters as they take to the schools and streets and neighborhoods of West Virginia to recruit the next wave of military recruits.
Myers said he's confident that, with solid mentoring, the recruiters he leads will experience the same successes he's had. "For me, there wasn't any magic. I wasn't born a recruiter. It just took a lot of encouragement and mentoring," he said. "And for whatever reason, I've really taken to this recruiting thing."


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Saturday, November 3, 2012
The high school football season is over after all four Georgetown County teams lost on Friday night.
Final scores for Nov. 2:
Mullins 18, Andrews 7
Hemingway 20, Carvers Bay 14
Marlboro County 37, Georgetown 3
Battery Creek 21, Waccamaw 13
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Ray Underwood, 96 died Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Highland Park Care Center in Alliance, Ne.
Ray was born on September 26, 1917 to Alex and Lillian (Hunt) Underwood in Alliance, Ne. He was the last surviving sibling and the second youngest of nine children. From an early age Ray showed that he would be an asset because of his work ethic and often told about how he was a hard worker.
He married Irene Vogel September 26, 1938, on his birthday and they shared 56 years of marriage together. To this union a son and twin sons were born. Ray and Irene ranched and farmed 16 miles southwest of Alliance until they decided to move 11 miles outside of Crawford where they enjoyed owning and operating Pine Canyon and Rock Museum. Here they displayed their many treasures of rocks.
Ray married Marie Hill in June of 1996 after the death of Irene in January of 1995. Marie and Ray lived at the Museum by Crawford until 2011 when Marie went to live at a nursing home in Hot Springs, SD.
When Ray told a funny story or heard a funny story his whole body laughed and you couldn't help but laugh along with him. He lived his life exactly how he wanted to; spending time with his boys in the country, family trips "rock hunting" to places others would never venture, spending hours polishing old rocks into beautiful treasures, and building petrified wood miniature buildings.
His is survived by his wife Marie, his three sons, Ted (Shirley) Underwood, Garry (Jo Ellen) Underwood, Jerry (Connie) Underwood of Alliance, and step-son Richard (Beverly) Hill. Along with eight grandchildren, Lisa (Chad) Hauger, Dana (Aaron) Fintel, Dawn (Nick) Salitros, Kyle Underwood, Kathy Underwood, Jay (Mindy) Underwood, Tom Underwood (fiancé Anna Yant), Crystal (Brian) Buskirk. His great-grandchildren, Whitney and Kellon Hall, Kel Underwood, Christopher and Charlie Salitros, and a great-grandson due in May. Many nieces and nephews also survive him.
His parents, eight siblings, first wife Irene, stepson Alan, and numerous cousins preceded him in death.
Graveside services will be held Monday, March 31 at 11:00 a.m. at the Alliance Cemetery with Jeanie Sedivy officiating. A luncheon will follow at the United Methodist Church in Alliance. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-7 p.m. at the Bates-Gould Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Prairie Haven Hospice, 1118 Flack Avenue, Alliance, Nebraska, 69301, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Online condolences may be left at www.batesgould.com. Bates-Gould Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


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Located in Chengdu City Centre, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Tianfu Square, Sichuan Museum of Science and Technology, and Renmin Park. Chengdu City Sports Center and Wuhou Ci are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
3 restaurants, a full-service spa, and a restaurant are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
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In addition to a full-service spa, Minshan Hotel - Chengdu features a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
A business center is on site at this 4.5-star property. 6 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, coffee/tea in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, a shuttle from the hotel to the airport (available on request) is offered to guests.
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Conference space
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Bar/lounge
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- Total number of rooms - 305
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 21
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
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- Tours/ticket assistance
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- Luggage storage
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1988
Family Friendly Amenities
- Separate living room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Free newspaper
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Phone
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- In-room safe
- Air conditioning
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- Designer toiletries
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- Separate bedroom
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Separate living room
- Private spa tub
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- Soundproofed rooms
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
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The River House - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
Minxuan - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Gigi Cafe - This buffet restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open 24 hours. Reservations are required.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool.
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa.
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Check-in time starts at 12:30 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 10 per person (one way)
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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- Genes—People with rheumatoid arthritis may have a specific genetic defect that increases their risk for developing this condition
- Defects in the immune system may cause the immune cells to fail to recognize the body's own tissues
- Infection with specific viruses or bacteria that kick off an abnormal immune response
- Chemical or hormonal imbalances in the body
Risk Factors
- Family members with RA
- Excess weight or obesity
- Heavy or long-term smoking
- Increased pain and stiffness in the morning and after inactivity
- Morning stiffness and pain that lasts more than 30 minutes
- Red, swollen, warm joints
- Deformed, misshapen joints
- Intense fatigue, decreased energy
- Muscle aches
- Decreased appetite
- Weight loss
- Fever and sweats
- Insomnia
- Small lumps or nodules under the skin
- Relieve pain
- Reduce inflammation
- Slow down joint damage
- Improve functional ability
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Cyclooxgenase-2 or COX-2 inhibitors
- Nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
- Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
- Corticosteroids
Rest and Exercise
- Maintain a balance between rest and exercise
- Attempt mild strength training
- Participate in aerobic exercise, such as, walking, swimming, or dancing
- Avoid heavy-impact exercise
- Control weight
- Participate in a physical therapy program
Joint Care
- Zipper extenders
- Long-handled shoehorns
- Specially designed kitchen tools
Stress Reduction
American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org
Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org
Canadian Orthopaedic Association http://www.coa-aco.org
Canadian Rheumatology Association http://rheum.ca
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Who gets RA? Arthritis Foundation website. Available at: http://www.arthritistoday.org/about-arthritis/types-of-arthritis/rheumatoid-arthritis/who-gets-ra-and-why/who-gets-ra/how-do-you-get-ra.php. Accessed June 29, 2015.
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Verstappen SM, Bijlsma JW, et al. Overview of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients as observed in cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;51:488-497.
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- Review Date: 06/2015 -
- Update Date: 04/24/2014 -
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Menu - MN Neptunia, Lloyd Triestino Line, Dinner, 3 Jan 1952. Reg. No: HT 1557
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- Dinner Menu from the ship MN Neptunia on the Italian Lloyd Triestino Line. The Menu is printed in Italian and English and was used on the 3 January 1952. It is part of a collection of ship menus collected by Margaret Wood an officer in the Department of Immigration from 1951-1960. As part of her role Margaret often met migrant ships arriving at Station Pier in Melbourne if the ships arrived at mealtimes, she would be invited on board to join people for a meal.
Margaret first worked in the Department of Alien Assimilation which focused on migrants post arrival, before moving to the Assisted Division which handled the reception of assisted European migrants arriving in Melbourne. Her final position was working for the General Assisted Passage Scheme, assisting migrants from the US, Scandinavia and Switzerland who came individually on general ships as opposed to migrant ships. She recalls her time with the Department with great pleasure. She was a young single woman and had just finished an Arts degree at Melbourne University. When she applied to the Public Service, she was placed with the Department of Immigration, as she spoke German. She left when she married in 1961 as per the policy at that time.
- Description:
- White card menu featuring a sepia toned image of a castle high up on a hill. The inside of the menu has the menu printed in Italian on the left hand side and in English on the other.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Margaret Wood, 2003
|19.40 cm (Width), 24.70 cm (Length)
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|immigration, shipping, station pier, women s work, immigrant shipping, immigration policies, menus, ship memorabilia, shipping lines
|Themes this item is part of:
|Margaret Wood, Department of Immigration Officer (1951-1961), Transport Collection, Margaret Wood Immigration & Shipping Collection
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|Secondary Classification:
|Travel - Shipboard Life
|Tertiary Classification:
|On Front cover: ORIA (Puglie) - Il Castello.
|Manufactured For:
|Lloyd Triestino Lines, Italy, 1952
|Place & Date Used:
|., 3 Jan 1952
|Mrs Margaret Wood, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1952
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Many of the top high school basketball players will descend upon Riverview Park once again this week for the Nike EYBL Finals at the Peach Jam. There are an abundance of storylines for this year's tournament through Sunday.
"The best part about the Peach Jam is that when Nike brings the best talent to North Augusta it is 'the show' versus if they're in one of the bigger cities where they compete with other events," said Rick Meyer superintendent for North Augusta Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services. "It makes for a great atmosphere at the event."
Adding to that atmosphere will be the talent displayed on the hardwood. The top national tournament will have much to offer.
There's the storied Houston Hoops program, which boasts three of the top 25 players in the 2014 recruiting class. Another Texas squad, Team Texas Elite out of Dallas, will have the challenge of competing with a roster of mostly sophomores in the 17U division.
Houston Hoops program director Hal Pastner says fans will have a chance to see some future college stars playing in the tournament. The program has been a staple for years, and they've come to North Augusta before with stacked rosters featuring the likes of Emeka Okafor and Kendrick Perkins.
Okafor's cousin and top prospect Jahlil will be in action at the Peach Jam this year with the Mac Irvin Fire.
While watching this years Houston Hoops 17U team spectators will get to see Justin Jackson, Justice Winslow and Kelly Oubre. All three are among the top 25 recruits in the 2014 class. Jackson has committed to North Carolina, while Winslow and Oubre are both undecided. Winslow is currently competing in the 19U World Championships in the Czech Republic.
"All three of them are dangerous and can put on a show," said Pastner, who started the Houston Hoops program as a way to get his son, Memphis coach Josh Pastner, involved in basketball. "Fans are in for a treat when they see the team play."
The talented young athletes are what Meyer likes about the being a part of the tournament each year which has been hosted by North Augusta for a decade.
"You're going to get a chance to see the future college All-Americans and NBA talent," Meyer said.
While the Peach Jam will also feature a 16U tournament, the EYBL Finals portion of the event will feature some of the younger talent also. Wes Grandstaff's Team Texas Select squad is one of the youngest teams playing in the EYBL Finals; only three of his players are juniors, and their top stars, Elijah Thomas and Austion Grandstaff, are a pair of stars from the 2015 class. Grandstaff said both play an exciting brand of basketball.
No local teams qualified for the EYBL Finals, however, South Carolina native L.J. Peak will be in action as a member of CP3 All-Stars. Peak, a member of the Gaffney high basketball team, recently committed to Georgetown.
Eric Russell covers sports for the Aiken Standard.
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The Rushdie Affair
To the Editor:
In "The Ayatollah, the Novelist, and the West" [June], Daniel Pipes, writing from an American point of view, notes the threat to our values from the militant fundamentalists of Islam and says only that our response depends more on us than on them. Quite. In the United Kingdom, where a libertarian tradition of tolerance has imposed amazing restraint in this matter—the accusation of "racism" is something politicians will do almost anything to avoid—the response has been violence from the Muslim community, public fear, and a determination by the authorities to be virtuous about all this.
But except for a ridiculous public performance by Harold Pinter, there has been relatively little of the pompous and absurd literary playacting in the American style described by Midge Decter in "The Rushdiad," also in the June COMMENTARY. The British situation has a practical seriousness which brushes such gestures aside. Large sections of important cities—Birmingham, London, and above all Bradford in the north of England—are populated by Muslims from the Indian subcontinent, many of whom are militant fundamentalists. They have responded to British restraint with book-burning, rioting, and flagrant violation of the law which forbids incitement to murder, calling for the killing of Rushdie and stating their readiness to carry out his "execution" themselves. "Moderate" Muslim spokesmen and leaders have made no real effort to control their bigots. On the contrary, they have inflamed them by blaming their excesses on Rushdie, on British intolerance, and on the publishers of the "offensive" book. . . .
In mid-summer, a fire-bombing campaign began in British bookstores. A number of public figures, notably the Asian Labor MP Keith Vaz, have championed Muslim demands for the extension of Britain's antiquated blasphemy law to "protect" Islam. Important Muslim political blocs in Yorkshire, the large Midlands city of Birmingham, and London have threatened electoral sanctions against local members of Parliament, including the deputy head of the Labor party (Muslims vote almost exclusively Labor), if Labor disowns Vaz. . . .
British willingness to abet illiberal Muslim bigotry has extended even to Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, who in a letter published in the Times of London (March 4, 1989) called for censorship of material which abused freedom of speech by "offending the genuine faith of many millions of devout believers." Rabbi Jakobovits included Khomeini in his condemnation of such abuse, but he also placed Salman Rushdie's book in virtually the same category as the Ayatullah's open call to murder an author for apostasy. . . .
If Chief Rabbi Jakobovits's call for less tolerance were isolated, it would not matter much. But it has been heard from many quarters in Britain; its background is the reluctance of British authorities to respond to statements like that of Dr. Kalim Siddiqui of the Muslim Institute on June 7: "I still believe absolutely that the Imam's [i.e., Khomeini's] ruling was quite correct. But if Salman Rushdie withdraws the book, then the British Muslim community will leave him alone." One commentator in the Sunday Times remarked that no one, including the police, had asked Dr. Siddiqui what not "leaving him alone" means. The same article pointed out that the Crown Prosecution Service had turned a Nelsonian (blind) eye to public incitement to murder a British citizen. . . . And yet the British, politicians and law-enforcement authorities alike, remain determined to pursue a course of tolerant goodness. Fiat caritas, and if it will make us look saintly, let our own forces—that means here not just the tradition of free speech, but the law itself—be destroyed.
Such passivity is strong in the West, and more so today in America than anywhere else, because such threats as we face are seen as purely notional, to be neutralized by notional means. This conviction lies close to the roots of the left-wing liberal tradition. It has, for another instance, resounded through American and European demands for Israeli restraint in the face of PLO violence, and in the willingness to take the PLO at its European-language word, ignoring its Arabic statements of lethal intent against Israel.
As the postwar threat to the West is fading in the memory of the young, making "cold war" into a term of abuse, our very willingness not only to support our allies but to defend ourselves is being submerged in a wash of public-relations enthusiasm for "peace," as though the conflicts of a half-century and the enormous abyss between our world and that of a rabidly militant bigotry can be made to vanish by a display of friendly gestures and good intentions, and by ignoring the lethal intent of those who hate us.
Herb Greer
Manchester, England
To the Editor:
Both Daniel Pipes and Midge Decter accurately portray different aspects of the Salman Rushdie affair. Miss Decter, with her usual insightfulness, forcefully analyzes and describes the feckless and self-serving behavior of the literati. Yet there were at least two other aspects of the affair which were not discussed, and which disclose a great deal about the current state of Western civilization.
The first of these is the weak response of the Western nations to the Khomeini threat. Within months, the diplomats who had been noisily recalled from their posts were quietly reinstated. In this respect the Rushdie affair calls to mind the behavior of the Western nations during the so-called oil crisis of the mid-1970's, when there seemed to be a despicable competition as to which country could genuflect more often and more deeply at the altar of the PLO and the Saudis. . . . The failure of the West to respond to Khomeini's death threat by specific counter-threats involving the destruction of Iranian military bases or population centers . . . makes the Khomeinis of this world successful at mocking Western values and revealing their shallowness.
The second aspect of this affair . . . is the continuing and frightening role of irrational, fundamentalist belief systems in society. By failing to confront such absurdities, the Western nations are undermining their own religious heritage and their own commitment to rational thought and are thereby giving credence to fundamentalist extremism as a valid way of life. . . .
Sheldon F. Gottlieb
Mobile, Alabama
Daniel Pipes writes:
Sheldon F. Gottlieb writes that I left out of my account the lame response of the Western states, but I did devote considerable space to this topic (pp. 13-15). Still, his letter provides an opportunity to update the story since late March, when the European Community authorized the return of chiefs of mission to Teheran. Within a month, all but the British, French, and West German diplomats had returned to Teheran. The latter two were back in place in June, just after Khomeini's death. Their Canadian counterpart, who had also been withdrawn, returned along with the majority of the EC representatives. By summer, only the British ambassador remained absent. One almost wonders why they bothered with the whole diplomatic brouhaha in the first place.


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Mystical Explanations for the Existence of Evil
According to the kabbalists, evil is a bi-product of the relationship between humans and the sefirot, God's manifested attributes.
By Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok
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In the following article, the authors discuss various mystical explanations for the existence of evil. All the explanations relate in some way to the sefirot, the ten attributes of God. The sefirot are essentially dynamic; thus the authors can discuss one sefirah separating from another. Indeed, the sefirot are constantly interacting with each other and with humanity. Human sin engenders fragmentation in the world of the sefirot, which can have a negative impact on the human world. Conversely, positive human activity encourages unity in the sefirot, which, in turn, positively affects the human world. The following is reprinted with the permission of The Continuum International Publishing Group from Jewish and Christian Mysticism: An Introduction.
For the kabbalists [the medieval mystics] the existence of evil was a central issue. According to one tradition evil has no objective reality—human beings are unable to receive all of the influx from the sefirot [the emanations/attributes of God], and it is this inability which is the origin of evil. Created beings are therefore estranged from the source of emanation and this results in the illusion that evil exists.
Another view, as propounded in the Bahir [the earliest kabbalistic work], depicts the sefirah of power as an attribute "whose name is evil." On the basis of such a teaching Isaac the Blind [13th century] concluded that there must be a positive root of evil and death [i.e. evil does not arise from the inability of humans to receive the emanations of the sefirot]. Following this view, most kabbalists believed that evil is "the other side" (Sitra Ahra) which is opposed to divine abundance and grace. According to some kabbalists, the Sitra Ahra should be conceived of as counter‑sefirot, a realm of dark, unclean powers opposed to holiness and goodness. Thus the Zohar [the most important kabbalistic text] states:
"At the beginning of the night, when darkness falls, all the evil spirits and powers scatter abroad and roam about the world, and the 'other side' sets forth and inquires the way to the King from all the holy sides. As soon as the 'other side' is roused to this activity here below, all human beings experience a foretaste of death in the midst of their sleep. As soon as the impure power separates itself from the realm above and descends to begin its rule here below, three groups of angels are formed who praise the Holy One in three night watches, one following another, as the companions have pointed out. But whilst these sing hymns of praise to the Holy One, the 'other side,' as we have said, roam about here below, even into the uttermost parts of the earth. Until the 'other side' has thus departed from the upper sphere, the angels of light cannot unite themselves with their Lord."
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