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The flood has ended. The waters have dried up. The survivors completed their aveilut (year of mourning) for all those who passed and leave the ark to attempt to rebuild the world. Noah, the captain and leader, exits and – what does he do? He gets drunk. In fact, he gets so drunk that his sons find him unclothed in his tent. Cham enters the tent, looks at his father naked and then tells his brothers, Shem and Yafet, who walk in backwards, without looking, and virtuously cover their father with a blanket.
From a psychological perspective, how do we understand these different reactions to catastrophe and its aftermath?
Noah is a survivor; having witnessed the destruction of all he knew, he has profound survivor's guilt. He is broken, so he drinks, and his sons react differently to his moment of vulnerability. Cham is able to see his father's pain and so he is willing to look upon the results of that pain Shem and Yafet, on the other hand, are unable to accept seeing their father in this condition, so they refuse to. Cham is a model for us, as he is courageous enough to see his father as he truly is at that moment – pained, ashamed, and naked. Where he goes wrong is in telling his brothers about it. He fails to help, yet sometimes we may hurt someone less by staring at her scar than by looking away.
At some point, we must realize that our parents are fallible and flawed, like all humans. We must also come to realize this about all of our role models, friends, and family members. We cannot hold close ones or heroes up as perfect; if we do, we inevitably become disappointed when we discover their imperfections, and risk becoming cruel and hurting them because we have been unwilling to see their humanity and vulnerability from the start, treating them as liars, as if they had broken promises they never made, falsely presenting themselves as perfect when in fact we were the only ones who thought them so.
This is what happens to Noah: With the flood and the destruction of the entire world, he finally discovers that the world was not a perfect place. Unlike his brothers, Cham follows this path and sees the imperfections in his father and is able to face this loss of innocence and the harsh truth that his father is, in the end, human. It takes courage to deal with this loss with equanimity, as it amounts to a loss of security. Furthermore, in looking upon his father's nakedness Cham showed that he was trying to to understand the trauma that must have led to this turn of events. Shem and Yafet may be more "modest" than Cham, but in covering Noah and avoiding looking at him, they show they prefer to avoid understanding their fellow's trauma, hide from the truth, and cover up that which they cannot deal with.
At the end of this story Cham is cursed by his father. I would suggest that he is not cursed metaphysically but practically and psychologically, in that he must now live with the pain of seeing the nakedness of his father and the cruelty of the world that led to it. The blindfold has been taken off.
Rabbi Daniel Reifman suggests that Noah gets naked because he believes he is like Adam (the first person who lived in the Garden of Eden without clothes), and that he is the new first man of the world. Cham's recognition of his nudity reminds him that he cannot (and humanity can never) return to that state of pure spiritual bliss or a life without feeling shame.
People often exploit another's vulnerability in order to shame them. In Franz Kafka's Hunger Artist, a man starves himself and locks himself in a cage. Others pay to walk by and stare, getting pleasure from observing him. Kafka teaches that a sick part of human nature causes us to enjoy, on some level, seeing the abasement of others. Similarly, the press or gossip often takes private information and makes it public, exposing someone's shame and transferring ownership of an individual's image to the public. A contemporary scholar of shame, Gershen Kaufman, wrote: "Shame is the most disturbing experience individuals ever have about themselves; no other emotion feels more deeply disturbing because in the moment of shame the self feels wounded from within." As a result, shame can isolate the individual. Legal scholar Martha Nussbaum wrote: "Shame involves the realization that one is weak and inadequate in some ways in which one expects oneself to be adequate. Its reflex is to hide from the eyes of those who will see one's deficiency, to cover it up." One example of shame is being seen when we do not know we are being observed. We may sing in the shower, and not know that someone outside can hear us, and then we discover that we were heard. We may have been comfortable with our singing alone, but ashamed that we were not in control of who heard us.
Shame should be distinguished from guilt. The root of the word shame is actually thought to derive from a word meaning "to cover." Covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame. Distinguishing between shame and guilt, researchers Fossum and Mason write in Facing Shame that "While guilt is a painful feeling of regret and responsibility for one's actions, shame is a painful feeling about oneself as a person." Shame is so painful because it's not external; rather it's about one's core personhood, the value of one's self.
Aaron Hass, an academic at California State University, Wrote: "An even more insidious and self-destructive element than guilt has also been observed in survivors of the Holocaust. One can balance guilt with restitution. Shame, however, results in a certain withdrawal, in a belief that one is not worth consideration. For the survivor who experiences shame, there is a further disbarment from humanity."
In shame, people feel exposed in their pain. We must learn to look while we simultaneously honor. If the rabbis teach that to shame another is akin to murder, then to honor the vulnerable is to save a life.
To be sure, Jewish law demands the right to privacy. Rabbi Norman Lamm explained this well: "Unauthorized disclosure, whether the original information was received by complete consent or by illegal intrusion, whether ethically or unethically, remains prohibited by the Halachah." He continues: "The Halachah insists upon the responsibility of each individual not to put himself into a position where he can pry into his neighbor's personal domain, and this responsibility can be enforced by the courts... the Halachah comprises more than civil law; it includes a sublime moral code. And its legal limit on voyeurism is matched by its ethical curb on the citizen's potential exhibitionism. It regards privacy not only as a legal right but also as a moral duty. We are bidden to protect our own privacy from the eyes and ears of our neighbors."
The right to privacy is always honored yet some realities that were meant to be private can become exposed to us. When the pain of another becomes revealed to us, we cannot hide from it. We can only look, support, and honor the dignity of the other.
Shem and Yafet teach us that there are some things we do not look at. Cham teaches us that it is precisely some of these same things that we must look at. They teach us that we must cover the vulnerable; he teaches us that we must first look at them and recognize their humanity and their trauma.
In addition to becoming more sensitive about how we talk about others' vulnerabilities, we should become more willing to share our vulnerabilities with those we care about. If we, like Noah, do not, they will inevitably become exposed at times and ways we do not want.
The rabbis teach that the flood occurred because the generation no longer had any shame for their theft or promiscuity: "There is always hope for the man who is capable of being ashamed" (Nedarim 20a). And that shame should not only be socially induced but also come from our conscience and awareness of G-d's presence: "There is a great difference between the man who feels shame in his soul and the man who is ashamed only before his fellow man" (Ta'anit 15a).
A story is told of Rav Yisrael Salanter (the founder of the Mussar movement). On Shabbat, Rabbi Yisrael was stuck in Kovno. The whole town offered to house him, but he decided to stay with a childless baker, as that way he would not take another's food portion on Shabbat. This baker, while observant, was no scholar. As he welcomed the honored rabbi into his house, he exclaimed to his wife: "The challahs are not covered! Why must I always remind you to cover the challahs?" The embarrassed wife, recognizing the rabbi, began to weep as she quickly covered the challahs. When the baker asked Rav Yisrael to honor them by reciting the Kiddush, the rabbi inquired: "Can you tell me why we cover the challahs?" "I know that answer," the baker replied. "Even a small child knows that. If at the table there are a variety of foods, then we say the first blessing over the bread, and then we do not have to make another blessing. However, on Shabbat night, the first blessing must be over the wine. We must not shame the challah, as it expects the first blessing, so we must cover her over until we have blessed the wine." Rav Salanter gave the baker a sharp rebuke. "Why do you not hear what your mouth speaks?" he asked. "Do you not think that our Jewish tradition understands that a challah has no feelings and cannot be embarrassed? You must understand that our laws seek to sensitize us to the human feelings: our friends, our neighbors, and—above all—our wives!"
Here, once again, is a primary purpose of Jewish ritual – to teach us over and over the sensitivity of the human emotions and the value of kavod habriot (honoring others). May we have the courage to see the true vulnerability of those we love and the sensitivity to cover them, honor them, and share ourselves with them as well. In this way, we rebuild the world and the human spirit after the flood.
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Founder and President of Uri L'Tzedek, the Senior Rabbi at Kehilath Israel, and is the author of "Jewish Ethics & Social Justice: A Guide for the 21st Century." Newsweek named Rav Shmuly one of the top 50 rabbis in America!"
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Our weekly Divorce Care group will start back up on September 8 and run till December 15
• There is a onetime charge (per semester) of $15 to help cover materials
• To download the Divorce Recovery brochure click here
Divorce Care for adults is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life's most difficult experiences. Led by others who understand what you are going through, Divorce Care provides valuable resources to help you deal with the pain of the past and look forward to rebuilding your life.
Divorce Care for Kids (DC4K)
DC4K is a special group to help children ages 5-12 heal from the hurt caused by the separation or divorce of their parents. At our weekly DC4K group, kids make friends with other kids who understand how they feel and the things they are going through because of the divorce of their parents. Best of all, children learn how God's love can strengthen them and help them turn their tears to hope and joy! Parents are encouraged to be involved with their children as they go through DC4K. Each parent will receive a weekly "Parent Page" describing what their child has learned and offering tips to strengthen the parent/child relationship.
DC4K follows the same schedule and age-appropriate themes as the adult Divorce Care program, allowing parents and children to progress through the healing process together and providing a springboard for meaningful discussions.
Beyond DC
Meets Thursday nights at the same time as Divorce Care. Beyond DC offers various Bible-related studies for those who have attended Divorce Care in the past and for others whose life situation is relevant to the study.
Suggested Reading:
Vernick, Leslie How to Live Right, When You Life Goes Wrong
Eggerichs, Emerson Love and Respect
Chapman, Gary Hope for the Separated
Bustanoby, Andre' But I Didn't Want a Divorce
Hart, Archibald Helping Children Survive Divorce
Jones, Tom The Single Again Handbook
Richmond, Gary Successful Single Parenting
Smoke, Jim Growing Through Divorce
Yancey, Philip Where is God When it Hurts?; Disappointment With God
Allender, Dan The Healing Path
Allender & Longman Cry of the Soul; Bold Love
Crabb, Larry Shattered Dreams; Finding God
Crabb and Allender Hope for the Hurting
Cloud Changes that Heal
Townsend, John Who's Pushing Your Buttons; Hiding from Love
Cloud and Townsend Safe People Boundaries/Kids/Marriage
Feldhahn, Shaunti For Women Only
Butterworth, Bill New Life after Divorce
Bridges, Jerry Trusting God
Thurman, Chris The Lies We Believe; The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Wright, H. Norman Recovering from the Losses of Life
Stoop, David Forgiving the Unforgivable
Manning, Brennan Abba's Child
Arteburn, Steve Healing is a Choice'; Every Man's Marriage, Every Man's Battle; Every Woman's Battle, Every Man's Challenge

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OVAC mat seeds unveiled
By The Associated Press
Outside of the two remaining practice days, the coaches have done their part.
The 59th annual Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Tournament is now in the hands of the nearly 500 grapplers themselves, who will converge on WesBanco Arena in downtown Wheeling.
Monday evening, the seeds and brackets for the tournament were officially unveiled for the tournament, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday after the annual opening ceremonies at 6 p.m.
Tournament favorites Parkersburg South - which has won the last two overall titles - and Steubenville lead the field when it comes to seeded wrestlers with 13 and 12, respectively.
All told, 27 of the 39 schools competing this weekend have at least one seeded wrestler.
Martins Ferry and Buckeye Local led the local schools with five seeded wrestlers each.
"The seeds were pretty much as I expected," said Purple Riders' head coach Scott Roth. "All of our guys are in pretty good spots, and I really like the matchups we have."
The Purple Riders' highest seed is senior Jeff Oberdick, who drew the second seed at 182 pounds and is a defending runnerup in the tournament.
C.J. Williams and Damon Outward both are four seeds for the Purple Riders.
The Panthers, meanwhile, have nary a wrestler on a line higher than five, but head coach Nate Skrzypek believes his team could have upwards of eight or nine placers come Saturday evening.
"I really thought we had three other kids who could get a seed," Skrzypek said. "I am looking to place six to a best case scenario eight or nine, which is better than we have been the last few years, so I am excited. Most of our guys have dropped weight, so how they deal with that will be interesting, but I don't forsee it being a problem. I am pumped to unleash them and see how they do."
South has four number one seeds amongst their 12, while Big Red, Shadyside and Harrison Central each have two top seeds in the field.
Both the Tigers and the Huskies have only three seeded wrestlers, but two are on the top line and been proclaimed the top favorite.
Shadyside's junior duo of Ian Baker (138) and Alex Quinn (152) both advanced to the finals as freshmen before coming up short. Baker placed last season, while Quinn missed the tournament.
"It's not a bad ratio, I guess," said Shadyside head coach Scott Kinemond. "The seeding went basically how I expected. I thought (Mason) Gulash could have been a little higher (than a three seed), but the kids still have to go out and wrestle their matches. Those seeds are just positions and don't entitle you to anything."
Harrison Central owns the top seeds at 160 and 195 pounds in seniors Doug Eddy and Matt Shurina, respectively. Eddy was a top seed in 2010, but was sent to the consolation bracket in the quarterfinals.
"I kind of expected Doug to be the top seed because he's beaten most of the guys in the weight class, but Matt was kind of a surprise because he's been wrestling at 220 most of the year and just dropped, so he doesn't have any common opponents," said Harrison Central head coach Bill Bryant.
All told, the Huskies have three seeded grapplers.
"We've got tough matches ahead and the kids will just have to focus on one match at a time," Bryant said.
- TEN WRESTLERS are coming into the tournament undefeated. Of those, four wrestle for Caldwell. Shadyside boasts two of those, including Mason Gulash, who comes in with the fewest wins of the seeded wrestlers with just two.
- THE TOP senior finisher in each weight class will be chosen to represent the conference in the OVAC vs. MAC All-Star Match, which will be held at Wheeling Park in early March. One spot's already been decided. Edison's Anthony Bell is the only senior at 106 pounds, so regardless of what happens this weekend, he'll be chosen.


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Issue No.02 - Feb. (2014 vol.47)
pp: 78-81
Apostol Vassilev , National Institute of Standards and Technology
Timothy A. Hall , National Institute of Standards and Technology
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2014.47
True randomness can't be left to chance. Adopting improved entropy sources that feed into good deterministic random bit generators, together with rigorous estimation of available entropy, will help achieve the guarantees promised by cryptography to protect sensitive information.
Entropy, Cryptography, NIST, Generators, Random processes,deterministic random bit generators, security, information security, cryptography, entropy, pseudorandom number generators
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Stars Get Their "Guilty Pleasures" On
Mark Wills and Steve Azar, as well as newcomers Laura Bell Bundy and Coldwater Jane revealed—and performed—some of their favorite non-country tunes at the "Guilty Pleasures" Show at Nashville club Cadillac Ranch, Feb. 26.
The show, one of the final events of Country Radio Seminar week in Nashville, showcases country stars performing their "guilty pleasures," songs that they grew up loving but do not normally get a chance to play in their concerts.
The evening's show-stopping highlight came with Laura Bell Bundy's rousing rendition of "Proud Mary," done in the version made famous by Ike & Tina Turner in 1971. Laura Bell, currently on the charts with "Giddy On Up," was joined by two female dancers who had the sultry choreography down pat, and drawing the loudest cheers of the evening.
An additional crowd-pleaser was the duo of Burns & Poe (Keith Burns and Michelle Poe), who turned in an unexpected, but definitely spot-on, version of Australian rock band Men at Work's "Down Under." Mark offered his take on the Bon Jovi classic "Wanted Dead or Alive," while Steve Azar took the stage for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and new female duo Coldwater Jane covered the Eagles' "Heartache Tonight." Bryan White showed off his soulful side as he strutted through Wilson Pickett's "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)."
The Guilty Pleasures Show was hosted by After MidNite's Blair Garner and sponsored by Digital Rodeo.
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STOCKTON - Two families were displaced by separate single-alarm structure fires Sunday morning in which no one was injured, the Stockton Fire Department reported.
About 8:45 a.m., a fire broke out in the laundry room of a single-family residence in the 1100 block of South Hunter Street. The fire department determined the blaze to have been caused by an electrical malfunction. A family of four was displaced and was staying with relatives. Damage was estimated at $25,000.
A little more than two hours later, in the 2400 block of South Sacramento Street, a family of five was displaced by a fire that started in the garage of their house. The cause had yet to be determined. The Red Cross helped provide the family with temporary housing. Damage was estimated at $40,000.
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why IntPtr instead of unsafe struct *?Posted Saturday, 10 August, 2013 - 04:43 by jeske in
I'm fishing around trying to get true precise mouse-wheel info to work on MacOS, and I'm surprised that OpenTK uses IntPtr instead of unsafe struct * to type foreign datatypes.
Any particular reason for this? It makes the code really hard to read, and also makes mistakes pretty easy. I know MSFT advocates IntPtr, though I have no idea why. It's not as if they are "safe".
Years ago I wrote an article on the technique of using "unsafe struct *", in-case this is unfamiliar to someone.
I know MSFT advocates IntPtr, though I have no idea why.
'Unsafe' pointers aren't CLS compliant and hence cannot be used in every CLI language (e.g. VB.Net).
Ignore the above, I misread something.
I'm not sure.. I don't think the idea of using unsafe struct * ever occurred to me when I was writing the MacOS bindings way back when. It seems like a nice idea for type safety though.
Mono used to have serious issues when marshaling structs back in the old days. OpenTK has been around since the Mono 1.x days, and it wasn't until the 2.x releases that these issues were fixed (2.6 and later were generally ok, but some issues remained until 2.12 or so, IIRC. Callback functions and structs were the biggest offenders.)
In any case, the choice between IntPtr and unsafe pointers in the internal platform APIs is not critical, runtime bugs notwithstanding.


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Both teams and individuals compete, aiming at a 122cm-diameter target 70m away. There are three separate archery classifications: Archery Standing (ARST), Archery Wheelchair One (ARW1) and Archery Wheelchair Two (ARW2).
Athletes: 140
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Medal events: 9
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Paralympic archery was first given a global audience back in 1992 when Spain's Antonio Rebollo had the honour of shooting the arrow that lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Barcelona Games.
Great Britain sent a 12-strong team to the Beijing Games in 2008 and they did not disappoint, finishing second in the final medals table with two golds, a silver and a bronze.
There will be a total of 140 archers (88 men and 52 women) competing at London 2012, with nine gold medals up for grabs over seven days, at the historic Royal Artillery Barracks in south-east London.
Archery has been at the heart of the Paralympics since it was introduced to the Games in Rome 1960. Britain swept the board in Italy and came home with a big old haul of 10 medals, including gold for Margaret Maughan in the Women's Columbia round.
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A couple of months ago, I asked Julie of The Little Kitchen for recipes involving coffee and she responded with a very enthusiastic, "YOU MUST MAKE THESE CUPCAKES!" As if her insistence wasn't enough to convince me, her recipe was titled, "Best Homemade Chocolate Cake Ever!" The cake is made with brewed coffee, something I've never tried before. Since I've been in …
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the mean wrote: He has taken a "voluntary leave of absence" and was not suspended according to Cox. Take that for what you will.
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was born on November 5th 1959 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Over his career he
has toured the world, been nominated for several Oscars, been awarded the honour
of British Columbia, sold millions of albums, campaigned to help save the whales
and so much more... but it wasn't always that way... He grew up in a military
family with his brother Bruce and throughout his childhood travelled the world
with his family going to school in Portugal for 4 years in the early 70's and
also countries like Israel too. As Adams neared his teens the family settled in
Vancouver, Canada
that's where it all started to begin.
with a guitar as a kid
with his brother Bruce
his Mother and little brother Bruce in Israel
up with school, Adams showed a greater interest in music and initially wanted
to be a drummer but never got a drum kit because he could never afford one. He
set his heart on a playing the guitar and eventually saved up enough money to
buy a Fender Stratocaster by working at the Tomahawk restaurant washing dishes.
started writing his own music but started going into clubs performing with friends
as a band called 'Shock' doing covers. As Adams recalls from an interview in 1996
"we were shocking!". By this time at around the age of 17 to 18 Adams'
songs were getting better which included 'Straight From The Heart' which was written
when he was just 18.
1977 though he went to see a band called 'Sweeney Todd'
the lead singer at
that time wasn't meant to be that good and word has it that Bryan told him so
during the gig. The singer said that if he could do any better he should come
Adams did just that and remained the bands lead singer. In all honestly
though the band were not that good and Adams still had a desire to make it on
his own.
(Left) Sweeney Todds producer with Bryan.
Bryan's departs from Sweeney Todd to persue a solo career. (Above) Bryan onstage
for Sweeney Todd
In 1979 he
got a deal with A&M records who signed him for just $1! (He always said he
wasn't in it or the money!). He released his first single that year which was
a disco tune called 'Let Me Take You Dancing'
not Adams' style and it was
a massive flop! He returned the following year though in 1980 with his first self
titled solo album
'Bryan Adams'. In the same interview mentioned earlier
from 1996 Bryan refers to this album as "just a bunch of glorified demos!".
Granted by his standards today it could be better, but back then it was a massive
improvement from the awful disco tune the previous year, and was more Adams' style.
He had teamed up with fellow Vancouver resident Keith Scott on lead guitar because
as he says "we decided to ask Keith to come in the band because all the women
loved him, and you would always get those extra people in the club every night
who would just be there for Keith!". Better songs off the album included
a ballad called 'Give Me Your Love', a rocker called 'Remember' and 'Wastin' Time'.
The album was put together in about a week and isn't that bad considering.
saw the release of the 'Cuts Like A Knife' album, which gained Adams major recognition
in Canada at the Juno awards where he stole the show picking up numerous awards.
The album included 'Straight From The Heart', 'This Time', 'The Best Was Yet To
Come', 'I'm Ready' and of course 'Cuts Like A Knife'. He was now a star in rock
circles and his touring proved that
gigging across the globe. He also got
his first taste of stadium life supporting 'Journey' on a massive stadium tour
across the USA. His live performances were energetic, raw sounding and unlike
anything people were used to at the time. Everyone could see there was something
special about him and that was about to be confirmed!
was released in 1984 and it instantly made Adams a household name throughout the
world. It was the first million seller by a Canadian Artist and was very ahead
of it's time
in my opinion still rocking harder than any album released today.
Literally EVERY track is awesome. Nearly the entire album was a released as a
single or promo item at sometime or other and Adams regularly performs 8 out of
the total 10 tracks live at each gig to this day. MTV loved airing tunes like
'Run To You' while 'Heaven' and 'It's Only Love' increased his profile yet further
with the latter being a duet with Tina Turner (who he also toured Europe with).
Other songs on the album such as 'Kids Wanna Rock', 'Somebody' and 'Summer Of
'69' instantly became rock anthems.
such a big album though the pressure was on him to produce another one. Along
came 'Into The Fire' in 1987 which sold a few million copies but in not the same
way that 'Reckless' did
because of this the album was considered a flop by
his standards although remains a favourite with many fans. It takes a more political
view on life than other albums and doesn't have the 'feel good factor' that 'Reckless'
still a very good album though. 1987 was once again full of soldout tourdates
though with everyone knowing that he was an amazing live act to go and see.
was very quiet from then on from 1988-1990 apart from the odd tourdates here and
there because he was working on the next album, which had to be good. He did however
play 'The Wall' gig though in Berlin infront of 120,000 people
the most people
he has ever played infront of. They played the famous 'Live! Live! Live!' gig
in 1988 at Werchter Festival also. The next album was coming along very slowly
meanwhile and Bryan was getting pressured by his record company for it to arrive
worked with Steve Lillywhite for a while and nearly got a full albums worth of
.but he ditched them all because he didn't feel they were good enough
and started all over again with Def Leppard guy Robert John 'Mutt' Lange. Finally
in 1991 the album was nearly ready
Adams had wrote one song though as a b-side
for the album, but it eventually made it onto the record via the film soundtrack
of 'Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves'
That song
was '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' and it became one of the biggest singles
of all time in music history. It notched up a record 16 weeks at #1 in the UK
and 7 weeks at #1 in the US as well as topping the chart in literally nearly every
country in the world. Bryan Adams was now a megastar around the world and the
whole planet it seemed was waiting for the new album to be released.
Up The Neighbours' was released in September 1991 and like it's leading single
went straight to the top of the charts around the world again. The media was going
crazy over Bryan and wrote a lot of crazy stories about him (which explains his
reluctance to do interviews today) but he just let the music do the talking and
started a world tour that would last for 4 years none stop around the world. The
album produced great rock hits like 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started', 'Thought
I'd Died And Gone To Heaven' and 'There Will Never Be Another Tonight' as well
as many more.
1992 started where 1991 left off
tour! The band ploughed through mega-sized venues around the world night after
night after night stopping off at places like the Werchter Festival, Wembley Stadium
and Madison Square Garden. Every single concert was soldout and the demand was
unreal. This prompted a 'best of' album the following year in 1993 with 'So Far
So Good' and the continuation of the world tour. 2 new singles were also released,
'Please Forgive Me' and 'All For Love (from 'The 3 Musketeers' soundtrack with
Rod Stewart & Sting)
By 1994 'So Far So Good'
was still a success, a proven one at that having notched up in excess of 25 million
sales. The world tour carried on although Bryan was thinking about the next new
album already and infact penned one of the new tracks in Australia during a soundcheck
that January. The tour was taking the band to places where nobody had even played
before, let alone Bryan. He became the first western artist to perform in Vietnam
since the war early on in the year and by May he played at Wembley 6 sellout nights
in a row, other stops on the tour were in Malaysia, New Zealand, USA, Germany
and finally Canada where Adams soldout the Vancouver Coliseum infront of thousands
and thousands of adoring fans.
1995 saw Adams go to
Jamaica in his mobile studio unit to write and record the next album. With all
the touring the past few years the fans had got no new material to listen to since
1991 so it was time to deliver again. 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?' was
released for the film soundtrack 'Don Juan De Marco' which kept fans amused but
the actual album was still some time off yet.
in May 1996 'The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You' was aired on MTV and
radio stations around the world, it was the rock track the fans had been waiting
for. A full world tour was announced and BA hit the road again with a new colourful
look and a full set of new rock tracks under his belt. The album '18 Til I Die'
was released on June 4th to a mixed reception from the critics
Bryan let
the sales do the talking though once again hitting #1 around the world. In July
he played the best gig he admits to this day was his best ever in Wembley Stadium
favourite venue. Further singles from the album followed including 'Let's Make
A Night To Remember', '18 Til I Die' and 2 other soundtracks songs from the album,
'Star' and 'I Finally Found Someone'.
The tour continued
in 1997 once more with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland,
UK (including another 5 soldout nights at Wembley!), Ireland, Spain, Portugal,
Italy, Russia, Denmark, France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, USA, Japan the
list goes on and on and on
the guy is just a touring machine! By the end
of the year a surprise new album came in the form of 'MTV Unplugged' including
3 new songs
the best of which, 'Back To You' was an instant hit. 'I'm Ready'
was resurrected from the 'Cuts Like A Knife' album for the show and was released
as a single in 1998 before the band went into the studio again for the next album
came about pretty quickly in comparison to other long waits for albums. Bryan
said he realised with the 'MTV Unplugged' record that it shouldn't take that long
to write an album! 'On A Day Like Today' was released in the fall of 1998 with
the title track of the album being the leading single. 'When You're Gone' was
released sooner after reaching #3 in the UK and staying in the top 10 for weeks
and weeks well into the next year.
hadn't toured with the release of the new album which was to become apparent when
he did start in 1999
.there were only 3 of them! From now on until late 2002
Bryan and the band would perform as a trio with Bryan on bass, Keith Scott on
guitar and Mickey Curry on drums. They started with small clubs around Europe
until they felt confident to take the album on the road in big venues. In May
Bryan and the band performed to big sellout gigs in South Africa at the same time
that 'Cloud #9' was released
this was another big hit in the UK, but it seems
Bryan's popularity had dwindled in the fickle US market. This is down to Bryan's
record company not giving him the promotion he deserves. For the rest of the world
though it was business as normal
particularly in Europe where he did another
monster tour through every major city and festival ground.
end of that year resulted in another 'best of' album
'The Best Of Me' which
contained a new song of the same name, and a secret track 'Don't Give Up' with
Chicane. In May 2000 this was released as a single and became a massive hit throughout
Europe topping the charts at #1 in most places including the UK. One highlight
of this year was Bryan playing to 80,000 at Slane Castle in Ireland
the most
people they had played to so far since the trio band started.
BA having fun with guitar best mate Keith Scott
saw Bryan on tour constantly again like most years, however by the end of the
year he had a side project going
'Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron' which
was an animated film about a horse. Bryan had to provide the whole soundtrack.
He did an amazing job and actually got nominated for another Oscar. 'Here I Am'
was released in July 2002 and got to #5 in the UK charts with no airplay at all
was clear the fans were still there.
Bryan still tours the world and sells out huge arenas and stadiums
2003 saw Bryan on the road again while recording
his next studio album, hence the name.... 'Room Service'. It reflects
life on the road and was recorded in hotelrooms while touring in
2003 and 2004. It was released on September 20, 2004 with 'Open
Road' being its first single followed by 'Flying' and 'Room Service'.
May '05 saw the album released in the states with leading single
'This Side Of Paradise'. By the end of '05 'Anthology' was released
to celebrate 25 years in the business as a solo artist. Bryan is
currently working on getting a new studio album out by early 2007.
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growing up while living in Israel
high school photo!
posing in his Sweeney Todd days... click on the image for a better view (if you
are of a nervous disposition do not do so!)
with a ginger permed mullet at the Junos in '77 and the Sweeney Todd producer
(must have had a thing for chipmunks!)
first single in 1979... the disco song 'Let Me Take You Dancing'
young Bryan in the early solo days post disco era... well at least the hair had
Turner helped break Bryan as a live act in Europe when he supported her on her
'Private Dancer Tour'
and Bryan in '93 working on the song they did with Rod Stewart
the Oscars
says his show at Wembley
Stadium '96 was his best ever
and Mel C at TOTP's in Sheffield performing their hit 'When You're Gone'
breaking his arm in 2002 Bryan is the type of artist that loves the stage... nothing
will stop him going onstage.
in the pouring rain above. He frequently ignores everyones advice and goes out
onstage despite risk of electrocution. If the audience gets wet... so does he!
is a keen photographer and often photos his own album sleeves and many celebrities
raising money for charity, Bryan's 'American Women' book helps people with breast
uses his photography for other things such as 'Zoo Magazine' in Germany which
he publishes for
and Nick Bracegirdle (Chicane) hit #1 in the UK with Don't Give Up
with childhood hero Paul McCartney
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How To Live Off Your Garden
Generations ago, living off the land was common, and that practice is coming back into fashion. If you've got property to work with, you may be able to grow a garden that takes care of a significant portion, or perhaps even all of your family's food needs.
Why Live off the Land?
Buying food in the supermarket is convenient and the selection is plentiful. So why grow your own food instead? Here are just a few reasons:
- Freshness: Your food doesn't have to fly half way around the globe to get to your table.
- Better nutrition: Just picked food retains more nutrients than produce that has to travel for weeks to your grocer.
- Sustainability: The food you grow has a much smaller carbon footprint than factory farmed and processed foods.
- Peace of mind: You'll be sure the food you grow doesn't contain any unwanted pesticides or chemicals.
- Personal satisfaction: Growing your own food will help you feel more in touch with the earth and give you a sense of confident satisfaction.
- Savings: You'll get a great return on your initial investment when you don't have to deal with the ever-rising prices of food.
How Much Space Do You Need?
Surprisingly, a good-sized suburban yard may be enough to sustain a family of four completely. These guidelines based on the average American's food consumption should help you determine if you've got enough space for this type of endeavor:
- In order to grow enough fruits, vegetables and grains to sustain a family of four on a vegan diet, you'll need at least 76,666 square feet of land.
- If your family enjoys wheat, you'll have to reserve 12,012 square feet of your land to grow enough wheat for a family of four.
- Corn also requires a good deal of your garden's space. If you plan to grow your family's corn, reserve 2,640 square feet.
- Perhaps you'd also like to add eggs to your family's diet. If so, plan on caring for 13 chickens and having an additional 65 square feet to devote to your birds.
- Garden fresh milk is a treat for the whole family, but keeping a cow requires more land than most families have available. Goat milk is a great alternative. A Nubian goat produces lots of delicious milk and needs only about 100 square feet of land as well as your loving care and companionship.
- Non-vegetarians who'd like to grow their own meat might want to consider bringing some pigs onto their land. Three pigs will feed a family for four, twice a week for a year. Additional piglets each need an extra nine square feet.
To truly meet all of your family's food needs, you probably need about two acres of land in total. But home gardening isn't an all or nothing prospect. For example, if you're willing to buy your grains, you can take care of all your family's needs for produce, dairy, eggs and meat on only an acre and a half.
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You'll need to grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables to provide a varied, nutritious diet for your family. Be sure to include staples such as peppers and tomatoes, as well as some foods from all these categories:
- Fruit trees: Choose a selection of trees for the orchard section of your garden, perhaps apples, pears, cherries, peaches, or if your climate permits, citrus fruits.
- Berries: Reserve an area of your garden for sweet berries including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or mulberries.
- Cruciferous vegetables and leafy greens: Offer your family super nutrition packed meals by growing kale, collards, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, arugula, Brussels sprouts, dark green lettuce or spinach.
- Root vegetables: Don't forget root staples such as beets, carrots, potatoes, yams, radishes or parsnips.
- Vined vegetables: Your family might enjoy squash, pumpkins, peas, cucumber, beans and melons.
- Onions and their relatives: Include onions, scallions and garlic to add flavor and nutrition to your garden meals.
- Herbs: Herbs such as mint, chives, basil and rosemary allow you to make truly gourmet homegrown meals.
Some types of produce require much more space to grow than others, so be sure to research the needs of each plant before mapping out your garden and planting seeds.
Becoming a Home Farmer
Are you ready to start growing some or all of your family's food? These tips will help you get started:
- Make sure you have enough land for your garden project.
- Take a good look at that land to insure that it gets enough sunlight, has proper drainage and has good access to water.
- Clear your land of any large rocks, weeds or wild plant life.
- Purchase the tools you'll need. A good starting tool set might include a hoe, spading fork, bow rake, round shovel, shears, gloves and a watering can with a spray head for seedlings.
- Prepare your soil by treating it with organic fertilizer and breaking it up to give roots room to spread.
- Purchase good quality seeds and plant them, following packet instructions carefully.
- Water seeds and seedlings gently at first, then as plants get stronger you'll be able to use a hose or sprinkler system.
- When seeds sprout and grow to one to two inches in height, thin out your garden according to seed packet instructions to be sure your plants have the space and nutrition they need to grow and be healthy.
- If you're planning to keep animals in your garden, be sure to obtain any necessary permits, build safe and comfortable housing for them and purchase nutritious feed.
Whether you're able to live entirely off your garden or just grow a good portion of your own food, you and your family will enjoy lasting health and financial benefits. You may even end up with some extra food to share with friends and neighbors.


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The excitement was palpable ahead of Belgium's Group H encounter with Russia. The stage was set for Belgium, fresh from their late heroics against Algeria, to unleash their attacking firepower on their fellow Europeans.
But what followed was a dreary episode, one only enlivened in the final 10 minutes when Belgium belatedly imposed themselves on the clash to snatch a 1-0 win.
Needless to say that many people on Twitter were not impressed.
Belgium and Russia must be competing for the most boring match in World Cup History
— All Arsenal (@NewsOfTheAFC) June 22, 2014
Watching Belgium vs Russia like.. http://t.co/axL8tHCsJz — Football Vines (@FootballVines) June 22, 2014
I want Russia to win by the way. At least they are actually trying to do something. Belgium as a team, are as boring as a party in morgue.
— Gari Clark (@GariClark) June 22, 2014
The Belgium vs Russia game was so boring. It felt like watching Chelsea vs Chelsea — Lëvi (@LeviTheGooner) June 22, 2014
Some fans were left contemplating some pretty drastic measures.
This Belgium vs Russia game is so boring that it has me contemplating switching channels to watch 'catchphrase: celebrity special' instead.
— AnfieldKick (@AnfieldKick) June 22, 2014
While others were hoping for a return of the officiating which blighted the beginning of the tournament.
Referees getting all the decisions correct. Helping to ensure this is the most boring match played in World Cup history. #belgium #russia — Shaheryar Mirza (@mirza9) June 22, 2014
Fortunately, the neutrals were rewarded with a fine exhibition of football from Algeria and South Korea.
I've must say I've been looking forward to South Korea v Algeria since the World Cup started. Game of the tournament.
— Boring Tweeter (@b0ringtweets) June 22, 2014
And in the late kick-off, a late Silvestre Varela header stunned USA and kept Portugal's faint World Cup hopes alive. It led to some pretty mild responses.
I am in utter disbelief. Wait.. just reminded myself how little I cared about soccer 2 weeks ago. I'm fine now. #USAvsPOR — Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) June 22, 2014
George RR Martin wrote this soccer game
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) June 22, 2014
And some pretty severe ones.
USA fans watching that Portugal goal like. http://t.co/HMX4OuWul4 — Cristiano Ronaldo (@ronaldosus) June 22, 2014
If Obama doesn't declare war on Portugal I'm gonna have a problem
— Alex Haws Kuresa (@Its_Rufio7) June 22, 2014
Just don't tell this guy.
THE EUROSPORT APP IS GREAT! But we hope this guy's turned off his goal alerts. https://t.co/KOLyHSz0di pic.twitter.com/HNTwJ9BceE — Eurosport.com EN (@EurosportCom_EN) June 22, 2014
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- He's and award-winning actor known for his role as Lt. Dan Taylor in "Forrest Gump" and as Detective Mac Taylor on "CSI: New York." Today, Gary Sinise was right here in Augusta to pay tribute to local soldiers. News 12 was there as the actor visited at the V.A. hospital and met patients with the Wounded Warrior Project.
Sinise says the visit was all about expressing thanks. "It's a dangerous world out there and we need our military. We need them to stay strong. This is a difficult time." Outside of acting, Gary Sinise has made a name for himself by promoting various humanitarian projects, especially for wounded veterans. His friend, a decorated veteran who was injured in combat, told him about the Wounded Warriors Project, he explains. "I've been meaning to get down here for a while."
"You cant help everybody all at once or anything," Sinise adds. "But you can help a few and you're gonna chip away and do some good. And that's what I'm trying to do." Sinise met with all of the Wounded Warrior patients at the V.A., eating lunch with them and sharing stories of his own visits with soldiers overseas.
Dr. Dennis Hollins is the Medical Director of the V.A.'s active duty rehab program. He appreciated Sinise's visit. "He could be anywhere right now. He could be on a tropical beach feeling good about himself. But instead he chose to come here."
Thomas was in the Army for three years before being injured in Afghanistan last December. He's now a Wounded Warrior patient. "I didn't really know what to expect but he's a real nice guy, real down to earth. Your average, every day guy," he says of Sinise.
Hollins says more than 25,000 soldiers, like Thomas, have been injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan Thomas says he will, fortunately, be out of a wheelchair in a few months, thanks to his rehab. "For every soldier that we loose, three or four more are wounded. And we just sort of get lost in the system." Sinise adds, "It does help a little bit when people come to visit them. So if I can do that as an entertainer, come in and show my support... I've seen it helps a little bit just for them to know that people care."
They point out, as deployments continue, so will injuries overseas... and rehabilitation back here in Augusta. Thomas believes, "Programs like Wounded Warrior and people like Gary Sinise really help bring a light to that, let the public know there are still soldiers out there who are affected by the war and have a story to tell and a life that they still have to carry on no matter what their wounds are."
Of course the soldiers couldn't help joking with each other, "Run, Forrest, Run!" as they were working on their rehab today on treadmills. Sinise is also a musician. His band is playing in Savannah this weekend, so he tells News 12 it was the perfect opportunity to swing by Augusta.
Tonight, Sinise will be sitting down for a special dinner. The Georgia 319th Transportation Company Vietnam Veterans are having a special dinner to honor Wounded Warriors. It will be at Richmond on Greene in downtown Augusta. The sold out-dinner starts at 7 p-m. Members of the 319th say they are honored to have Sinise join them for dinner.


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Cyber Defense
With talk of the potential use of cyber weapons in the Syrian conflict, discussions inevitably have turned to the U.S. arsenal of cyber capabilities. Both the use of cyber weapons against Syria and the defense against Syrian attacks would raise serious questions -- not just about U.S. capabilities but the policies behind their use.
Those involved in debate have plenty of fodder, but some are looking even further ahead to future conflicts – including whether Syria could be a run-up to Iran or another future cyber war.
Others are dubious that the United States would roll out cyber weapons against Syria, given the reluctance already shown on the question of a conventional attack.
"If you use it, you've exposed it," said Thomas Rid, reader in war studies at King's College London and author of "Cyber War Will Not Take Place," Published by Oxford University Press earlier this month. "The question is whether [a strike on Syria] is so difficult to do with conventional capabilities that you'd want to depend on cyber, and secondly, whether you want to give away that capability if indeed you're confident that you're willing to apply that."
Rid, speaking on a Sept. 9 panel at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., noted that the United States walks a fine line, since a cyberattack on Syria would have broader implications on foreign and national security policies.
"The key question is the balance between offense and defense," Rid said. "Some of these capabilities essentially would be a one-shot weapon; you could only use them against one specific target. So that's one example of how investments in the offense are not necessarily making us any safer on the defense. The [leaked National Security Agency] black budget showed that the U.S. is spending too much money on the offense and not enough in the defense."
The emphasis on cyberspace as a military domain puts greater pressure on the balance between offense and defense – and the policies that govern both. The central role of the Pentagon in cyberspace affects more than just Syria or any hot issue of the moment, others said.
"We've allowed our cyberspace policy to be taken over on the ground and in the network by Fort Meade," said Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, referring to the military complex in Maryland that houses NSA and U.S. Cyber Command. "American cyberspace policy is not made by the Homeland Security Department or White House anymore. Our international posture is not decided by the State Department. We've made it predominantly a place about our immediate national security questions in the short term, rather than what we need the Internet and cyberspace to be 10 years or 20 years in the future."
That future portends an era of increased cybersecurity threats amid the rise of the so-called Internet of things: the online connectedness of what we use in everyday lives that is designed to make life easier, but also creates unprecedented security concerns. It represents the beginnings of a society that increasingly will rely on cyber policy in ways that the current concept of cyber warfare does not cover, the panelists said.
"Now you're connecting things made of concrete and steel to the Internet. And when concrete and steel fail, it's not just a short-term disruption...it's real failure, real destruction, real death," Healey said. "We're going to remember these days not as the days of cyber war, like some people want to scare you into believing – but as the halcyon days when all you had to worry about was credit card theft."
But for now, as the United States juggles Syria, formal cybersecurity policy and a changing technological reality, it is critical not to overlook history and the lessons that still apply today.
"We've been having these things that are understandable as [electronic] national security conflicts since 1986. And that includes things that range between espionage and sabotage to high-end attacks that don't cross into war," Healey said. "We still haven't seen anyone die from a cyberattack. But there is this conflict that's happening at the technology level with these very strong national security implications that we can look at and learn from, and most importantly, try to understand what's happening next."
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No, no we are not ready. But hey, who cares? How can we be asking such a goofy question while people are actually thinking "cloud" computing is an option. We can't even avoid being sold snake oil, so what makes anybody think we can understand that it's going to be our undoing? So no, we're not ready, we don't even accept, really, that there's a war, we just talk about understanding it.
Government and critical systems comms should never have been on public IP universe in the first place. The .mil and a subset of the .gov domain should have been moved to a private network when internet took off. Any links should have been through a very few very tightly controlled gateways. Hard to attack through an air gap.
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We will also briefly discuss some applications of the CTRL semantic engine, such as semantic news filtering, semantic search, semantic advertising, and others.
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Dr. Saba also spent over 7 years in academia teaching Computer Science at the University of Windsor, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the American University of Beirut, and the American University of Technology. His research interests are in computational semantics, ontology and intelligent agents. He has published over 30 technical papers that appeared in international journals and conference proceedings, including an award winning paper that was presented at the 31st Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2008).


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Iain Davidson gave Dundee the lead eight minutes from the break, but County hit back strongly and substitute Gary Glen fired home a deserved equaliser with 16 minutes remaining.
Both sides took time to settle and it took until the 15th minute for the first real effort on goal. County's Alex Cooper, who was making his second start of the season, got behind the Dundee defence and his cross into the box was knocked back by Colin McMenamin for Mark Fotheringham, whose low drive flew wide of the upright.
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You cannot imagine how much it thrills me to be able to tell you all that A STORM OF SWORDS is finally finished.
The manuscript is being xeroxed at Kinko's even as I type, and should be winging its way to my various editors, publishers, and agents by tomorrow.
I do feel as though as I have given birth to a wooly mammoth -- this is a BIG beast, with a nasty disposition, and pretty damned hairy too. It weighs in at 1521 manuscript pages, some 350 pages longer than A CLASH OF KINGS. There are 79 chapters, a prologue, =and= a epilogue.
I fear I lied about the four weddings and the funeral. Now that I am done, I see there are four weddings, =two= funerals, and a wake. Four trials as well. And three dragons, four bears, many mammoths, an unkindness of ravens, and a turtle of unusual size. More battles, swordfights, and deaths than I can count, but two births as well, just to remind us all that life goes on.
There's plenty more work after this, of course; editorial revisions, copediting, proofreading,correcting galleys, notice to mention the maps and the appendices, to which I must now turn my attention. But the mammoth is at least on its feet; the rest is just a matter of polishing up its tusks.
Thank you all for your patience, and your continued enthusiasm. I hope you'll feel the book was worth the wait.
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Ozone Warning
Experts with the Department of Health and Environmental Control say conditions are likely for increased ground-level ozone concentrations in some areas of South Carolina.
That could cause breathing problems, aggravte asthma, and impair your body's immune system.
The following counties are under this alert today:
Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, and Saluda.
Record-Breaking Electricity
As the temperatures go up, so does electricity usage, and we could set another record with that today.
Wednesday, Georgia Power set an all-time record peak in demand at 17,745 megawatts.
The previous record was set Tuesday.
Autopsy Today
An autopsy is expected this morning for a man found dead in a car Wednesday at the Evans Walmart Supercenter.
The Columbia County Coroner says he believes the 46 year-old from Athens died of natural causes.
Missing Sex Offender
A sex offender could be roaming the streets near your children, and the Edgefield County Sheriff's Department needs your help tracking him down this morning.
Deputies say 30 year-old Charles Dozier failed to notify the sheriff's office of a change of address.
Wanted Man Behind Bars
This morning, Marion Lonnelle Pope is charged with domestic violence, carrying a gun, and resisting arrest.
Aiken police and deputies have been looking for him for a quite some time.
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Occasionally, you run across a quietly perfect musical that pushes all the right buttons without once being big, brassy and sassy. Instead, "She Loves Me" is small, sweet and stupendous.
The show is now playing in Pleasanton's Firehouse Arts Center in a jewel box of a set that unfolds to reveal the interior of the perfume shop where love blossoms between two employees who have no clue what fate has in store for them among the sweet-smelling potions.
Pacific Coast Repertory's production of "She Loves Me," directed and choreographed by Lois Grandi, is a wonderful story of young(ish) love aimed at anyone -- which is probably everyone -- who feared they'd never get to play the romantic lead in the story of their own lives. In short, it's a tale for ordinary people who find themselves suddenly in the midst of the romance they never imagined they'd have and luxuriating on the perfumed cloud it creates.
Yes, it's a guilty pleasure, filled with romance and tender feelings you ought not share with the guys at the pool room. But even tough guys fall in love; so just go, and if push comes to shove, at intermission tell people you thought it was supposed to be a boxing musical.
The story is about those who work in a perfume store that holds enough secrets to fuel a soap opera for years. There are ongoing affairs, suspicion that the owner's wife is seeing one of the clerks and all sorts of eye-rolling and knowing glances. The one romance that isn't suspected is between Georg and Amalia (David Judson and Amy Baker), who are in the midst of a courtship by correspondence.
It's so secret that even Georg, the chief clerk, and Amalia, a newly hired clerk don't know it. They just sigh over the letters they receive and go about their business of selling fragrances and creams.
Then, the time comes to meet, and even that is botched -- of course, because that's how these stories work.
Grandi took six months to cast the show, and the work paid off -- each member of the cast is a delight.
Judson and Baker create a wonderful first-love couple with equal parts innocence and lust.
Baker has an unforgettable voice, which alone is worth the admission price.
Kenneth Baggott is outstanding as the boss, Mr. Maraczek. Tim Johnson has a small but delightful turn as a waiter. And Patrick Wallace, as Arpad Laszlo, angles slyly as the young bicycle delivery boy who wins a job as a clerk.
Contact Pat Craig at email@example.com.
By Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, presented by Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre
Through: April 28
Where: Firehouse Arts Center, 5555 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton
Running time: 2 hours,
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In 2006 the Mimbres Region Arts Council embarked on a project to bring outdoor sculpture to public places in and around the downtown area of Silver City. With close collaboration between MRAC, the Town of Silver City, various local artists and New Mexico Arts, MRAC made its goal a reality with its first piece by Cecilia Stanford (no longer on display.) This was followed by "Ole" by Jeff Turner.
The project was built upon in 2008 when the New Mexico State Collection loaned three pieces to MRAC and in 2009, the most recent piece, "Athena" by Tim Read was added.
If you are interested in having your sculpture displayed through the program, please contact the MRAC Artistic Director at 575-538-2505.


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In this section we discuss the compatibility of f (R) models with local gravity constraints (see [469, 470, 245, 233, 154, 448, 251] for early works, and [31, 306, 134] for experimental constraints on viable f (R) dark energy models, and [101, 210, 330, 332, 471, 628, 149, 625, 329, 45, 511, 277, 534, 133, 445, 309, 89] for other related works). In an environment of high density such as Earth or Sun, the Ricci scalar is much larger than the background cosmological value . If the outside of a spherically symmetric body is a vacuum, the metric can be described by a Schwarzschild exterior solution with . In the presence of non-relativistic matter with an energy density , this gives rise to a contribution to the Ricci scalar of the order .
If we consider local perturbations on a background characterized by the curvature , the validity of the linear approximation demands the condition . We first derive the solutions of linear perturbations under the approximation that the background metric is described by the Minkowski metric . In the case of Earth and Sun the perturbation is much larger than , which means that the linear theory is no longer valid. In such a non-linear regime the effect of the chameleon mechanism [344, 343] becomes important, so that f (R) models can be consistent with local gravity tests.
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The phenomenon of child refugees is an unhappy constant in human history, although the modern iteration of the child asylum seeker has had some novel features for Australia. In recent years, the number of children seeking asylum alone or in the company of family members has risen sharply and the routes they have taken to travel to Australia have become increasingly long and dangerous.
By Mary Crock and Hannah Martin
More troubling still is the fact that more children than ever are being held in immigration detention. Overlaying already bad practice is a new 'no advantage' test which operates to prolong time spent in detention and to dramatically reduce the entitlements of asylum seekers faced with years living on temporary visas carrying no rights to work or family reunification.
Few issues provoked as much public debate and communal angst as that of children in immigration detention in the mid-2000s. The campaign to free the children was spearheaded by lawyers and advocates who prosecuted a series of cases in the High Court and other forums, arguing that Australia's laws and policies were either unlawful under Australian law or in breach of Australia's obligations under international law.
The High Court provided no succour for any of the detainees - adult or child. Indeed, it seems that lawyers all but exhausted the options for arguing against the detention of non-citizen children. The law still provides that no matter how damaging detention may be to mental and physical health, mandatory immigration detention is valid for the purposes of Australia's Constitution.
In the absence of legal redress using arguments of constitutional and administrative law, the Australian Human Rights Commission took up the fight. Its National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention in 2004 made a conclusive case against mandatory detention of children as a matter of both international law and basic human decency. Finally accepting the imperative of Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government responded in 2005 by amending the Migration Act to provide that children should only be detained as a measure of 'last resort'.
The Minister for Immigration was empowered to make a 'residence determination' which allows a person to be held in community detention. The changes were a step in the right direction, but a very timid step, for the simple reason that the Minister's power to release children was expressed as a non-compellable, non-reviewable power. In effect, this has made the provision unenforceable at law. Successive Ministers have made pronouncements underscoring a desire to see children released from detention: in 2008, Minister Chris Evans and in May 2013 Minister Brendan O'Connor issued statements to this effect.
While repeated claims have been made since 2005 that 'no children are detained under the Migration Act', few people are persuaded that this is true in practice. While residence determinations have been and are being used to see families and children released into the community, most children travelling to Australia in search of protection as refugees are still taken into immigration detention as a default measure. The claim that no child is in detention is based on the fact that children are being housed in places referred to as 'Alternative Places of Detention' or APODs. The facilities converted for use as APODs include demountable housing (on Christmas Island), hotels and other residential buildings. The problem is that persons kept in these places are not free to leave or to move about. Indeed, in many cases the families placed in APODs have access to fewer facilities than they would in a formal detention centre.
The truth is that the number of children in immigration detention - viewed in terms of restraint on personal liberty - has skyrocketed since 2008. By early 2013, 7000 asylum seekers were living in detention (down from more than 10,000 in December 2012). Of these, 1062 were children living in immigration detention facilities and APODs. A further 946 were living in the community under residence determinations. To these figures one must add the 34 children who are not included in the Australian statistics because they are held outside Australia's jurisdiction, but entirely at its behest, in a 'Regional Processing Centre' on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The conditions in which these children are being held would make a crow blush.
On 7 May 2013, Minister Brendan O'Connor announced that asylum seeker families would be released into the community on bridging visas - but only after spending four months in APODs. We can put to one side the inordinate length of such detention (in Europe the norm is closer to six weeks' detention for health, character and identity checks). The most alarming aspect of the announcement is that Curtin detention centre in the remote Kimberley region and Wickham Point near Darwin are to be reconfigured as APODs for children and families.
As Human Rights Commissioner (and former Dean of Sydney Law School), Professor Gillian Triggs has been quick to point out, the features of these centres most damaging to children cannot be changed. These are the geographical isolation, the physical harshness of the climate and the inaccessibility of the centres to support services. The view from inside is as hopeless and soul-destroying to young lives and futures as has ever been the case.
After years of public outcry, how can Australia still be acting in such disregard of its international legal obligations and of basic precepts of human rights? It is now indisputable that detention, particularly long-term and indefinite detention, does great damage to children. Is the still-harsh effect of Australia's immigration policies on children the product of shortcomings in Australia's legal framework or have Australia's lawyers simply failed to explore and invoke the protective force of the law as it should apply to refugee children?
Australia's legal framework certainly could do more to recognize and protect children. In its 2012 Concluding Observations on Australia, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child noted its deep concern and urged Australia to reconsider mandatory detention and to ensure that the incarceration of refugee children is subject to time limits and judicial review. The Committee noted that Australian law still fails to acknowledge that children are entitled to special treatment simply because they are children.
Asylum seeker children are not being detained because they pose health risks or threats to national security. They are incarcerated to send a political message that asylum seekers arriving by boat without visas are unwelcome. Blind acceptance of deterrence theory has left many people thinking that the detention of men, women and children is a (regrettable) necessity.
The simple truth, borne out in many refugee receiving countries around the world, is that detention is not a necessity. Nor has it ever worked as a deterrent. The surge in arrivals that has occurred since the reopening of Nauru and Manus Island is but the most recent manifestation of this truth. In fact, the reintroduction of the 'Pacific Solution' has brought a dramatic increase in the percentage of boat arrivals who are women and children.
While the law is a powerful shield, the real battle for children's liberty is being fought in an arena where the law has little sway: that of party politics. As Australia braces for another federal election, one can only hope that good sense and decency will one day prevail so that refugee children can be offered the protections to which they are entitled - for no other reason but that they are children. And they need protection.
Professor Mary Crock's main field of research is migration, citizenship and refugee law. Through her work with her husband, Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, she has been involved in internal United Nations initiatives for the reform of the UN Human Rights treaty body system. She is currently working on research projects on: comparative law and policy, in conjunction with Harvard University and the London School of Economics (and a range of other universities both in Australia and overseas); refugee children and youth; and a study of refugees with disability, conducted in collaboration with UNHCR and the Women's Commission for Refugees, and funded by AusAID.
Hannah Martin (BA 2011, LLB 2013) graduated from Sydney Law School with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons I). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons I) from The University of Sydney. Before commencing a job in legal practice Hannah is working as a research assistant to Professor Mary Crock and Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum, across a variety of projects, focusing particularly on administrative and public law.


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A Powerful Market Force Investors Often Ignore
MANISHA THAKOR: "Should I invest in last year's top performer?"
One of the most powerful forces in investing (and in life) is: regression to the mean. If you've ever heard the phrase "what goes up must come down" you are already acquainted with the concept.
Years ago when information about companies moved slowly–via phone calls and quarterly reports that were delivered via snail mail–periods of excess returns could persist more easily. The two key ingredients to produce mean reversion–information and rational thinking–traveled around more slowly.
Today, information and opinions (often "group think" rather than reasoned thought) move nearly instantaneously around the globe. While the more rapid flow of information serves as a positive force to push more quickly towards mean reversion, the more heightened distribution of group think (via 24/7 financial news) can raise the heights and extend the duration of interest in outperforming areas far beyond what information and rational thinking would support.
This is all to say, be extremely careful before investing in the top performer over the past year. The odds are against you. Questions to ask include:
What drove the outperformance?
- Is that likely to continue?
- Has the rest of the market caught on to this opportunity yet?
- How much money is flowing in?
- Has the management team built a new headquarters?
If you discover that the rest of the market is not focused on this area and money is flowing in, you are now betting that "group think" will continue long enough for you to reap value beyond the point that the information gap would support. And if the management team of the fund (or key company in the fund) has just build a new HQ–be very wary. History is littered with examples of market tops being punctuated with architectural designs!
Manisha Thakor (@ManishaThakor) is founder and chief executive of Santa Fe, N.M.- based MoneyZen Wealth Management LLC.
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How to Use Textures in Your Designs the Right Way
Textures are a wonderful tool to use for all kinds of design. Not only can textures make something look more interesting, they also add a sense of material realism that people can connect to. There are very few materials in the "real world" that do not have some kind of texture to them.
A lot of us know how to find great textures and throw them into Photoshop and set the layer blending mode to overlay.
But sometimes, this doesn't give the desired result. In this particular instance, the color in the texture is causing the color in the main composition to look a little off from what I had intended it to look like. The texture itself isn't having as much of an effect as I'd like for it to on the edges of the composition, but I don't want it to affect the middle as much either. Also, I'd like it to be a bit more grainy.
All of these things can be achieved right inside Photoshop. To fix the color issue, the first thing we need to do is desaturate the texture. (Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + U)
This removes all hue properties, and leaves only luminance (grayscale) properties.
Now, we want the image to have more of an effect on the edges of the main composition. What we want to do is increase the contrast of the texture in its original form, but also keep another less contrasted version. We will get to how to make the edges more affected after we bring the texture over onto our main composition.
First, we want to duplicate our layer (Shortcut to duplicate layer: Cmd/Ctrl + J) twice, and delete our background layer. We can name these two new layers "contrasted" and "flat". Then we will apply Curves to our "contrasted" layer. Make sure this layer is on top, or else you will not see the effects of Curves. (Shortcut for Curves: Cmd/Ctrl+M)
The amount of contrast you use will depend on your project, but I usually like to keep quite a bit of mid-tones in textures I use. (See the curve created for an idea of how to increase contrast with Curves.)
We now have our original desaturated texture and our higher contrast texture. we can bring these layers over to our main composition. Select both layers by holding Shift or Cmd/Ctrl and clicking. Now drag from the layers palette of the texture composition into the main document composition.
One of the first things we want to do at this point is make both of our texture layers smart objects. This basically will allow us to scale them without doing irreversible damage to the resolution.
Next, we want to set both layers to overlay for the time being, and turn off the "flat" layer. We can immediately see the difference that adding contrast has made. But again, we are looking for the texture to be a bit more grainy, so we are going to scale down the "contrast" layer so that more detail can be seen. Transform the layer, and zoom out until you see the edges of the texture.
This could mean zooming out quite far, depending on how high resolution your texture is. Holding Opt/Alt + Shift, you can scale the texture layer towards the middle. You then can zoom in and take a look at how the texture is affecting the composition before you accept the transformation. Once you are satisfied with the look of the texture, press Enter to accept the transformation.
We will now add a layer mask in order to remove some of the texture from the center of the composition. Unlink the layer from the mask by clicking the chain between the mask and layer. (This will allow us to move the texture beneath the mask if we decide we want to scale it again, etc).
Take a basic brush with a fairly low hardness between 10-20%, and set the foreground color to black. Make sure that the mask is selected, and paint in the middle of the composition to remove parts of the texture. If you remove more than you intended, simply change the foreground color to white and paint over that portion again to restore it. This stage is very subjective, and can't really be covered step-by-step; the main idea here is that you can use the mask to create changes, but that also you can undo those changes if you need to.
Once you get the contrast texture the way you like it, turn off the layer for now. Turn on the "flat" layer. If it doesn't seem grainy enough, scale it in the same manner as the contrast layer was scaled. This will be the texture we apply to the inner portion of the composition, so that it doesn't look too "cold" in comparison to the higher contrast edges.
Now duplicate the layer mask from the contrast layer by Opt/Alt-Clicking and dragging it. With the layer mask selected, invert it. (Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+I)
Now turn on all layers.
The "flat" texture towards the middle is a bit too strong for what we are going for; change the opacity of the layer from 100% to 30-50%. Do the same for the "contrast" layer if it is too strong. This is based on taste as well.
Adjust the masks and opacities until your desired affect is achieved. It is better in most cases to use textures in a subtle manner rather than as strong as possible. In this case, I ended up bringing the opacity of both texture layers down even further, and adjusting the masks slightly. The final product again is a matter of taste; this article's purpose is to show you the flexibility that photoshop offers with regard to textures; now, instead of simply dropping a grunge texture onto a file, you can refine your use of textures.
Other tips:
- Only use textures if it makes sense to use them. If the interface doesn't call for grunge elements, don't use them.
- Expand your texture library to include color-based textures, fabric and paper, liquid, wood, metal, grunge, lens blur, lights, and many of thousands of other textures by researching for free texture sites online. The texture used in today's examples is part of Andrew Kramer's Riot Gear, which you can find here. Other great places to get textures include Lost and Taken, Bittbox, and CG Textures.
- Don't be afraid to create your own textures! Sometimes, you can't find the best one to suit your particular project. Pull out that digital camera, or borrow your buddy's, or use a scanner.


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NEW DELHI: The US on Tuesday described Gujarat as a "very important market" for American companies and said chief minister Narendra Modi was free to apply for a visa anytime but the system will take its course.
"We have very good relations with Gujarat. It's obviously a very important market for our American companies. And we'll continue to have those kinds of relations. We do every thing we can to promote trade, and not just with Gujarat but with all states in India, and in terms of Mr Modi, I don't want to speculate. He's free to apply for another visa, whenever he chooses, and you know, the system will take its course," US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said in an interview to Times NOW on Tuesday when asked if the US will warm up to Modi, after the UK.


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> packets need to be retransmitted In Sequence. Your help is great
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I'm not sure what you're asking for. Reordering packets into sequence
is handled by TCP, not SMTP. The TCP layer ensures that the SMTP
application will always receive the data in sequence, with no gaps.
If you want to know how TCP accomplishes this, read RFC 793.
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
The Stranger Women and Femininity Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph). We used Matthew Ward's translation, published by Vintage International published in 1989.
Quote #1
"It was clear that she was cheating on me. So I left her. But first I smacked her around. And then I told her exactly what I thought of her. I told her that all she was interested in was getting into the sack." […] He'd beaten her till she bled. […] What bothered him was that he "still had sexual feelings for her." (1.3.9-11)
Raymond hates his girlfriend because he feels his sexual attraction to her makes him powerless.
Quote #2
He [Raymond] asked if I thought she was cheating on him, and it seemed to me she was; if I thought she should be punished and what I would do in his place, and I said you can't ever be sure, but I understood his wanting to punish her. (1.3.11)
While Meursault doesn't feel normal sex-related emotions himself (like love, or jealousy, or possession), he rationally understands when others feel them.
Quote #3
Marie came over as we'd planned. I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress and leather sandals. You could make out the shape of her firm breasts, and her tan made her face look like a flower. […]
[…] I kissed her. We didn't say anything more from that point on. I held her to me and we hurried to catch a bus, get back, go to my place, and throw ourselves onto my bed. […]
[…] She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so. She looked sad. But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her. (1.4.1-3)
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