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Why the New "Interactive Album" Concept: A Bargain at Any Price?
By Mike McGuire | August 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
You've probably seen the stories (like this one) about a rumored "new" format for packaging prerecorded online music into the new digital or interactive album.
If true, the promise of some new type of content bundle could be an interesting new opportunity for music labels to redefine their roles. Or they could totally screw up this one last chance they have to find a profitable slot in the music industry. One thing is for sure, the concept is coming into a marketplace for pre-recorded music which has been completely reshaped by consumers exerting complete control over the configuration of the music they will purchase.
Unimaginative attempt to drive an average selling price-per-unit from $.99 to something more or is it a compelling new mix of content types that justifies any price above $.99? Not clear to me which way it will swing, but until somebody does something, we can speculate.
Among the ideas for what might be layered in include lyrics, "extra" or "special" songs, perhaps a video or two, maybe a coupon or code so the buyer can maybe get pre-order concert tickets for the band or artist's tour. (The pre-order-for-concert-code might actually be more important for the live-performance market than the pre-recorded market, given the ups and downs of that sector not to threatened congressional hearings into the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, the two largest concert promoters.)
It certainly has potential as a concept. Anybody can think of interesting possible bundles. Off the top of my head:
- Curated bundle: the band's mix of songs, lyric sheets, animation, video, schedule of additional songs (new or live) etc. More adventurous bands can consider things like providing stems to be used by consumers to create mash-ups or remixes using tools such as Mixmatchmusic.
- Loose bundle: basic set of songs, cover art, lyrics, future releases e.g. live cuts or new singles.
But with anything "new" in the online music industry, it would appear that this new concept has created yet more tension between Apple and the major music labels – and probably some of the independent labels, too. According to the News.Com story, Apple is taking an idea for interactive albums first proposed by the labels a few years ago. One can only hope that they figure out a single, compatible solution. Actually, what I'd hope for is that if there are going to be two formats for the interactive album, that they're not incompatible e.g. I need a "special" digital or interactive album to play on an iPod, or iPhone vs a Windows PC or mobile device.
But that just won't happen, will it? I mean surely . . . Nobody would seriously believe that would be a good thing. Right?
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New Delhi: In a Delhi court today, Yahoo! argued that a civil case it's fighting is without any merit. Lawyers for the internet giant said that "generalised social evils alleged against some of the prominent social networking websites cannot be fastened onto it (Yahoo!)." 22 internet companies in India including Facebook, Google and Orkut have been accused of hosting content that spreads religious hatred and intolerance.
The case was filed in December by a resident of Delhi named Mufti Aizaz Arshad Qazmi. He has submitted to the court and to the companies involved examples of online content that he describes as obscene and inflammatory. The CD that he has provided has morphed photos of politicians and obscene depictions of Hindu deities, the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ.
Yahoo! has argued that none of the content submitted is hosted on its site. Its lawyer said today that it's incorrect to classify it with social networking sites; the company said it is a content portal offering e-mail and messenger services. Yahoo! told the court that the lawsuit against it is "motivated and a complete abuse of process of law."
The same 22 companies are also involved in a criminal case being heard in another Delhi court. The petitioner in that case, Vinay Rai, has accused them of conspiring to host and distribute "lascivious content." The executives of all the companies had been summoned on March 13; but a few, like the CEO of Facebook, applied for and were granted exemption last week by the Delhi High Court. The government told the court in January that there are grounds to proceed against the 22 companies for charges that include " promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integrity."
The companies have asked the Delhi High Court to dismiss the criminal case against them. So far, that has not happened. In a recent hearing, the High Court warned that India could impose a China-like ban on websites if internet companies don't follow the law.

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Entering the week alone atop the WAC standings, Utah Valley University is home for two games beginning Thursday at 7:05 p.m. MT against Kansas City. The Wolverines (10-7, 4-0) are coming off road wins at Idaho and at Seattle last week.
In a 52-51 win at Seattle on Sunday, Mitch Bruneel hit two free throws with two seconds left to secure the win against the Redhawks. Bruneel finished with 20 points in the win, following up an 18-point performance in the 71-66 win at Idaho two days earlier.
The Kangaroos (6-11, 3-2) are unbeaten in two road conference games so far, sweeping the same trip in the Pacific Northwest that UVU did on its recent road trip. UMKC defeated league favorite New Mexico State on Saturday, getting two free throws from Martez Harrison with four seconds left. Harrison is averaging 16.2 points per game to lead the team.
"UMKC is playing great basketball," UVU head coach Dick Hunsaker said. "Coach (Kareem) Richardson has them playing with great energy and confidence in his system."
Nelson Kirksey is averaging 14.3 per game and has upped that to 18.4 in five league games. Richardson is in his first season at Kansas City after spending last season as an assistant for Rick Pitino at Louisville. His team has played a tough non-conference schedule that includes games against Iowa State and Louisville.Comment on this story
For Utah Valley, five players average in double figures with Holton Hunsaker's 12.0 points per game leading the way. Hunsaker leads the WAC with an average of 4.3 assists per game.
Utah Valley and Kansas City have met seven times, with the Wolverines holding a 5-2 advantage all-time. UVU won the most recent meeting last season in Kansas City, 78-66.
UVU hosts Chicago State (8-10, 3-1) on Saturday night. The Cougars are currently sitting in second place in the WAC and play at Bakersfield on Thursday.
Clint Burgi is the assistant athletic director for sports information at Utah Valley University. For more information on Wolverine athletics, visit WolverineGreen.com.


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The embattled Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has on Saturday, November 12, issued out a threat statement, vowing to win the December 10 Rivers State Legislative re-run elections at all cost.
Amaechi, who spoke at a rally in Bera, in Gokana Local Government Area, the hometown of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers South-East Senatorial candidate, Magnus Abe, vowed to resist any form of intimidation and threat from any quarters.
He promised that the APC will match whatever antics and strategies deployed by the Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers, during the exercise.
He also said all candidates of the APC, must win at all costs, urging supporters never to succumb to the threats and intimidation of Wike.
He added, that the APC cannot afford to lose any seat in the Senatorial District, especially the four Ogoni Councils of Khana, Gokana, Eleme, and Tai.
Amaechi said: "If there is one place APC should not campaign, it is Ogoniland, but Wike said he must win here."It is not as if he is God. Only God can say that, but since he is not God, he will fail."Wike can never be God. The battle is not in Ogoniland, but in the Ikwerre, and Ahoada axis."So he had better forget here (Ogoniland). He said he will deploy everything."Anything he wants to deploy, let him deploy, we will deploy our own."
Charging APC supporters to square up to Wike, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amaechi said: "Do not behave like democrats who went to sleep. Come out and vote.
"The past elections, we took security for granted. This time, we will not take security for granted."If Wike likes, let him come out. At all times he had come out, I used to ask does this man remember that he is a Governor?"It is only a thug that can stand in front of a Judge's gate to be struggling with security men, only a thug."A Governor will go back to his house, and call the President. When SSS invaded the Presidential lounge of Akwa Ibom State government, what the Governor did, was to call the President."Instead of Wike to call the President, he was struggling with security men."In all the fight I had with the Federal Government under former President Goodluck Jonathan, nobody saw me physically battling with anybody."When I became Governor, there were many people appointed by Dr. Peter Odili."There were so many businesses by Odili people. I didn't stop any. Wike is indeed a thug, not a Governor."He doesn't know what it takes to govern. The only way to show him that, is in this election."After this election, he will not come this way again."
Amaechi also condemned the appointments of people with questionable character, including alleged cultists, and killers, into leadership positions across the State, stating they will be answerable to God one day.
"I will urge all of you if anybody threaten you, please threaten back, because all Wike does is to come on the radio, and you are scared."What are you scared of? 'Oh they are rigging, oh I will kill John', 'I will kill you, this and that'. He will kill nobody."Wike ran away when armed robbers came to attack him at Garrison sometimes back, meaning that he loves his life. He loves life and is killing people."
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RIVERSIDE - A biologist who was bitten by a 3-foot-long Southern Pacific rattlesnake in the Cleveland National Forest outside Corona was listed in critical condition today at Loma Linda University Medical Center, hospital officials said.
Mike Zerwekh, 26, of Moreno Valley, was groggy this afternoon but lucid enough to speak about his ordeal in a telephone interview with City News Service.
"I'm doing okay considering the circumstances," said Zerwekh, who is a biologist with the Western Riverside County Biological Monitoring Program.
Zerwekh said he was on his own time Saturday when he went for a walk in the mountains above Skyline Drive, west of Corona.
"I was in high grass when all of a sudden a rattlesnake jumped and bit me, in the leg," Zerwekh said. "I don't know if I stepped on it. I didn't see it strike but I did see it. It was gray with dark blotches on the back."
Almost immediately, Zerwekh sensed the rattler had bitten him hard and long enough to inject a dangerous amount of venom.
"I started driving looking for help," Zerwekh said. "I could already feel dryness in my mouth, and tingling … all over my body.
"The pain got more intense," Zerwekh said. "It felt like a huge pressure all over my body. I was losing motor skills, control of my extremities. It made it difficult to drive the car."
Luckily for Zerwekh, he chanced upon sheriff's deputies investigating a fatal crash, where a car had gone over a cliff, on Skyline Drive.
"The police there called in the helicopter," Zerwekh said. "They landed in a small clearing and got me on a stretcher and lifted me into the helicopter."
The crew of Cal Fire Helicopter 301, a military-surplus UH-1H "Super Huey," tended closely to Zerwekh during the flight to the Loma Linda hospital. The roar of the chopper's engine and rotors and the sudden sensation of flying did not drown out effects of the rattler's venom.
"I was conscious the whole way, trying to get through the pain," Zerwekh said. "It was difficult."
A snakebite-venom specialist at Loma Linda University Medical Center confirmed that Zerwekh was bitten by a three-foot Southern Pacific rattlesnake, said hospital spokeswoman Katie Ellis.
Told he was listed in critical condition, Zerwekh said it was news to him. But he admitted to feeling weak from medication and all he's been through since Saturday afternoon.
Zerwekh will remain hospitalized in Loma Linda at least until tomorrow, Ellis said.
He hasn't had any visitors yet, but he said he doesn't feel lonely.
"I'm really grateful to everybody, from the police, to the paramedics on the helicopter, and the nurses and doctors at the hospital," Zerwekh said. "They all did an excellent job."
Zerwekh said his father was flying in from Kansas today to be with him.


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Graphics card makers try to hold the line on memory costs
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A funny thing happened on the way to the graphics memory market. Graphics cards, where once the price of memory was no object, have suddenly become cost conscious.
A funny thing happened on the way to the graphics memory market. Graphics cards, where once the price of memory was no object, have suddenly become cost conscious.
That has caused some graphics card makers to make a U-turn in their previously uninterrupted race to more advanced memories, including GDDR2, to suddenly come back to the workhorse DDR1 for their next-generation products.
Case in point: analysts said Nvidia Corp., after pioneering DDR2 last year for its top-of-the-line NV30 GeForce FX, will switch back to DDR for its next-generation NV35 processor, slated to be introduced next week. A spokesman for Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., declined to comment on unannounced products.
Even when Nvidia adopted GDDR2, arch rival ATI Technologies Inc., Markham, Ontario, remained with DDR1 memory for most of its processors. ATI did switch to GDDR2 earlier this year for its new Radeon 9800 Pro, although the company said its unified controller drivers can support either generation memory.
Matthew Godfrey, an analyst with Semico Research Corp., Phoenix, said graphics chip makers' renewed love affair with DDR1 is based on their ability to get a better price for high-volume memory, which benefits from the PC market's economies of scale.
The latest DDR1 graphics memory has high enough speed to meet the demanding data rates of the electronic game and PC-enthusiast markets -- yet costs significantly less than next-generation GDDR2 and GDDR3 memories.
The cost of memories has suddenly taken on a new aspect as graphics firms find that often their own product prices are getting more scrutiny in the market.
DDR1 graphics chips are also more widely available, with more sources in the market. Only a few suppliers are in production of GDDR2 chips but are said to be able to meet the limited demand for the first graphics card adopters.
Micron Technology Inc. has declined to make GDDR2 at all, preferring to wait until GDDR3 comes on the market.
Initially, GDDR2 chips were said to run hotter than the previous generation chips. However, Semico's Godfrey said the GDDR2 thermal issue had been taken care of, and the real barrier to greater graphics maker acceptance is the relatively high chip price due to low volume orders.
Graphics vendors are still committed to the next-generation memories. DDR1, although getting a renewed lease on life, has about reached the end of the road in memory speed. And as GDDR2 ramps up to greater production, prices should come down to make the new memory more cost effective.
In the meantime, the high flying graphics card firms have shown that they aren't immune to the pricing pressures that most of the electronics industry lives with every day.
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Roger Wallace: Even with Olympics this summer, UT's Marquise Goodwin 'more football ready than last year'
Roger Wallace, the radio color analyst of Texas football, answered readers' questions about the Texas Longhorns during a live chat on Wednesday. Here are some highlights:
Do you think Marquise Goodwin's Olympic training helped or hurt his chances of being a good football player?
Roger Wallace: I don't think it hurt his football and even if it did, certainly understandable. He actually is coming into this season more football ready than last year when he joined the team after the opener because of the World Championships.
Is there a position on the team that worries you?
Roger Wallace: Defensive tackle is so important, they are starting Juco transfer Brandon Moore and former RB, DE Chris Whaley. Not to say they won't emerge as very productive.
Tell me about some of the guys. If your kid was on the fence about where to go, which Longhorns player would you want him to talk to?
Roger Wallace: Never had that question before. I would say that a guy like Quandre Diggs would be a good sounding board. He has been around the program a long time because of his brother Q. Jammer so he saw it from that perspective as well as his own playing experience. You could say the same for J. Shipley and C. McCoy.
I think the Big 12 is stable. New TV deals and other schools showing interest if they want to actually go back to 12 schools. Upcoming Champions Bowl is another sign of stability.
Roger Wallace: I base it convenience. Manhattan went from worst to up there when AA started flying there rather than having to drive from KC. Tech and OSU are always electric.


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Palestinian Accused of Helping Kill Shehadeh Murdered
The body of a young Palestinian, suspected of collaborating with Israeli security and helping them assassinate Hamas' Gaza military commander Salah Shehadeh, was found dead in a dumpster in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian sources revealed to Ha'aretz.
The man, Ikram Zatma, 23, from Rafah in the Gaza Strip was charged by the PA security service last month for allegedly supplying Shin Bet operatives with information, which assisted in the assassination. The Palestinian sources said that signs of violence and gunshot wounds were evident on Zatma's body. It appears that he was murdered Monday night but an official response from the Palestinian Preventive Security was unavailable.
Zatma was arrested about a month ago and admitted at a press conference that he had called Shin Bet operatives on July 23 and informed them that Shehadeh was inside his house. An IAF fighter jet later dropped a one-ton bomb on the building in a Gaza residential area and 16 people, including eight children, were killed.
Zatma was not tried in a court of law and his execution was not based on a verdict issued by the PA State Security Court, which was established by Arafat in 1995 and is used in cases when it is necessary to bypass the PA civilian judicial system.
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Team Performance Newbie Question
I signed up last week to be a Team Performance member. I made some purchases last weekend when it was double points weekend. Today I logged on to the Team Performance website and it shows I have a large amount of points. What do the points mean and how do they equate to $ when I go to shop? Does it mean I have a credit kinda thing when I shop or do I have to redeem them? Thanks for my looking at my newbie question :p
You can redeem them...I'm not sure how it works, but normall you get 10% of your purchase back, so you got 20%...you can do teh math and figure it out.
Performance sends you coupons in $10 amounts whenever you spend enough. It's $10 for every $1000 for my Performance credit card. I can't remember what it is for purchases. You redeem them by using them like cash in their stores, or you can use them for mail order purchases. That delays the mail transaction a bit since you have to mail the coupon in .
Alright thanks for the info looks like I will wait for the coupons. I bought a $1300 bike so 20% is $260. My points total shows 25,800 so I have no idea what that means.
It means that the next time that you want to buy something online from Performance, log in, load your shopping cart, and then when you check out, it will ask if you want to redeem your Team Performance points towards the purchase. Use them to reduce the amount that you will have to pay. Then, you will also be earning points on this new purchase. They will be there for you to use next time. If you really are confused, just call their customer service. They get paid to answer questions like these. :p
$10 for every $1000? Are you sure, because I have like $400 in Performance coupons right here in my hot little hands. Surely I couldn't have spent that much money at Performance, could I?
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Mike Murphy comments on blown 'no goal' call in Sharks, Sabres game
Mike Murphy, the NHL's Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations, spoke with CBC's Elliotte Friedman on Wednesday about the blown "no goal" call which cost the San Jose Sharks an overtime winner on Tuesday night.
"We have in a week two, three or four plays when the puck goes in the net as the whistle goes. What we look for is how strong a referee's signal is, how committed he is to his call," Murphy explained.
"We don't want to undermine the referee... have people watching saying, 'See, see, see, they don't agree,'" continued the NHL executive. "So before we put him on the headset we're looking to see how strong he is on his call."
Murphy elaborated on what he saw during the sequence:
"[Referee Mike] Leggo waves it off when the puck hits the post and starts to come to the net as a scramble develops. [In the NHL's video review room in Toronto] we're still looking at the puck off the post, then see the play with Leggo approaching net, putting the whistle in his mouth and he waves aggressively.
The optics would have been better if we got him to put on the headset and asked what he was seeing... We spoke after the game, I told him it did go in, we probably would get some pushback and should have gotten him over [to the headset] for the optics of the review.
Had we called a goal against Buffalo it would have been wrong, because it shouldn't have been a goal. We should have done the headsets, because any controversy would have died. This type of play is not a rarity."
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Heavily influenced by horn players like Ben Webster, who conveyed more emotion with fewer notes, Fewell has cultivated a mature melodic approach that steers the course of this collection of four originals and fresh new arrangements of six standards, like Billy Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately" and Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight." The recording's hauntingly romantic feel centers around the title track and the cinematic daydream that inspired it, but at the same time the strong group interaction allows Fewell to take both the material and his playing to new creative places. "The soloing flows organically out of the tune, so there is individual expression within the collective identity," writes music journalist Ed Hazell in the liner notes. "The economy of line, the inner glow that radiates from each note, and the sure pacing are all signs of a mature artist at his peak."
Fewell, a Professor of Guitar at Berklee since 1977, has been called "one of the most personal guitar players of our time," by the Boston Phoenix, and Guitar Player's Andy Ellis wrote, "He's got a mature, lived-in sound that's simultaneously cerebral and blue." A former student of guitar greats Pat Martino and Lenny Breau, his recordings have received honors like the Boston Music Awards' Jazz Album of the Year, Guitar Player's Album of the Year, and numerous yearly top 10 listings in other publications. Raised in Philadelphia, where he studied acoustic blues and stride guitar before turning to jazz in the early 70's, Fewell has performed on more than 100 international concert tours and given jazz workshops around the world. He is also the author of the textbook Jazz Improvisation, and a lesson contributor to Guitar Player, Guitar Club and Axe magazines.


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Carla Richards is a lot of things. She's a waitress at Anchorage's premier dining establishment, Mexico in an Igloo; an artist who secretly makes erotic dolls for extra income; a divorcée who can't quite detach from her ex-husband; and a single mom trying to support her gifted eight-year-old son, her pregnant sister, and her babysitter-turned-resident-teenager.
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" Artist: Bang / Genre: Hard Rock & Metal / Label: Lizard / Release Date: 1971 "
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Bang is the self-titled debut album of the hard rock band Bang who take a lot of inspiration from Sabbath but still both the music and vocals retain their own sound. Released in 1971, this classic album with a legendary cover is most definitely worth adding to your collection if you are a hard rock fan.
With hard riffs followed up by pockets of melody you have quite a soothing album yet with a sense of urgency and vitality about it. Themes.
Unlike their inspiration, Bang tend to leave dark lyrics at home as they blast out jovial tracks like "Our Home" and the almost Beatlesque "Questions" with the effective yet bizarre lyrics "Have you ever read a book or have books been reading you?" "Have you sung a song or two or have songs been singing you?", other classic tracks form the album include Christians, Lions and The Queen.
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Fatah is willing to receive Palestinian refugees from Syria in the West Bank, a spokesman for the movement said Wednesday.
Ahmad Assaf, who made the remarks at a rally held in Ramallah in a show of solidarity with the refugees, said that returning to the West Bank is "a holy right." (Roi Kais)


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Do You Know Who You Are?
"It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me"
1 Kings 21.1-10, 15-21a; Psalm 5.1-8; Luke 7.36-50; Galatians 2.15-21 (6/16/'13)
The following is a sermon I preached at the Early Church, a Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, VA, where I am one of the elders and on the preaching rotation. The sermon is one of my many attempts to connect Jesus and Paul, grace and discipleship–so that we don't imagine that either is to be disconnected from the other.
I. The story of the centurion's brother and his wife (backstory of Lk.7.36-50)
Those of you who know the Gospel of Luke may remember the story that opens chapter 7. It is a remarkable story about Jesus healing the slave of a Roman centurion, a slave, who, the text tells us, "was near death." We are told that this Roman officer loved the Jewish people, that he had built the local synagogue. Jesus was so impressed with this man's trust in him that he said: "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." (7.9)
What if we knew the backstory of the woman anointing Jesus' feet at the end of chapter 7?
Let's suppose:
The story is told that this centurion had a brother who was much less admirable. He too was a Roman centurion. He was stationed only a short journey to the south, in the territory of Northern Samaria. Unlike his brother, however, he used his power for his own gain. Because of his lust for wealth and unquenchable thirst for power, he had often stolen people's property or killed those who stood in the way of his apparently limitless ambitions. His wife—who reveled in the pleasures of their luxurious lifestyle—passively and sometimes actively colluded in her husband's abuse of his role as a Roman officer. Many Jews saw this couple as latter-day incarnations of Ahab and Jezebel. That is to say, the abuses of this wife and her husband did not go unnoticed by the surrounding communities. They came to be hated. In fact, one of the violent Zealots of lower Galilee assassinated this man, making his wife a widow. Because she and her husband were so despised, she was quickly reduced to poverty. And before long, in desperation, she became a prostitute. [PAUSE] Someone has suggested that it may have been this woman who appears in the story at the end of the chapter, the woman who anointed Jesus' feet, a woman whose sins "were many," so Jesus informs us. (7.47)
So, let's imagine for the moment that the woman who is portrayed as anointing the feet of Jesus is this woman—or someone very much like her. It is not at all unlikely that many Jews, including Pharisees, would have had disdain for her. That she had participated in stealing land from peasants, murdering landowners and now earning her living as a prostitute—just to mention a few of her "many sins"—would understandably have earned her a reputation as "a sinner." And those schooled on the story of Ahab and Jezebel, along with Psalms such as the one read this morning—including Jesus, it should be said—would know that the LORD hates the sins committed by this woman and her deceased husband. Such behaviors are wrong, worthy of serious judgment by the LORD—and are not to be engaged in by those who know the LORD.
So, why is this woman here? What do her behaviors as portrayed in vv. 37-38 of chapter 7 indicate? We can't really know any full answers to these questions. However, we could make guesses. She had lived in luxury. Then she was not only consigned to a life of poverty, but was reduced to eking out a living selling her body to men who simply wanted to use her. Thus, as she approaches Jesus she is desperate.
She had, so we are to assume, perhaps initially heard of this Jesus from her brother-in-law. For it is not unlikely that he had told his brother and sister-in-law of this extraordinary Jew. Even though her brother-in-law had attempted to relate as positively as he could to the Jews he, as a Roman officer, was still viewed by many with suspicion. But not by Jesus. He had nothing but good things to say about this man named Jesus who had healed his slave—and commended his faith in the God of Abraham! But it was not only from her brother-in-law that she had heard of this man. She had heard of other incidents wherein Jesus had cured people of diseases, given sight to the blind and made the lame to walk. Not long ago she had heard that this Jesus was even considered to be a friend not only to Romans like her brother-in-law but even to sinners, like herself. [Jn. 7.18-35] Just yesterday she had spoken with a woman, not unlike herself, who had encountered Jesus and not only had been healed of "female problems" but also had had her sins forgiven by this man. Overjoyed—and beginning a new life—this woman said that she was sure that when she heard the voice and saw the eyes of Jesus, she was seeing the face and hearing the compassionate words of God Himself. As a result she had become a follower of Jesus. [PAUSE]
Now, as we turn again to our text at the end of Luke 7, we see this widow in the presence of Jesus. She is herself convinced that she can be healed, her life can be made whole, if she can know the God expressed in the words, in the compassionate touch of this man named Jesus—a man that some are saying is uniquely the Son of God! Then follows the scene depicted in our passage: this woman appears, lavishing the feet of Jesus with an ointment she has brought and tears she can't control. For she simultaneously experiences profound sadness—regret—for her sinful past and the overwhelming joy of the love of God—the forgiveness—made flesh in Jesus. As Jesus experiences her acts of devotion, he indeed pronounces her sins forgiven, for her "faith has saved her." (Just before I shift to focusing on Galatians I should add a footnote: In case it's not obvious: I made up the backstory for the woman who anoints Jesus feet in Luke 7. After all, there does have to be some backstory for this woman who is known and whose "sins are many." I do think the one I made up is a plausible one.)
Our epistle reading for today—Galatians 2.15-21—is one of the key texts in Paul's writings where he reflects theologically on the sort of narrative presented in Luke 7.36-50. So, let's turn to Galatians.
II. Justification is "not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ": a first glance at Galatians 2.15-21. [READ GAL. 2.15-21, NRSV]
Let's take an initial glance at this passage, a passage that, by most accounts can serve as a summary of the letter as a whole. It will help if we focus on a couple of the key verses, verses 15 and 16: "We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law."
Crucial to understanding the meaning of these verses is to understand the concern—the central concern—that shapes them. What is often thought to be the presenting issue in this passage is what is sometimes called "works-righteousness." Here is the way well-known New Testament scholar N. T. Wright names this typical understanding: "People are always trying to pull themselves up by their own moral bootstraps. They try to save themselves by their own efforts; to make themselves good enough for God, or for heaven. This doesn't work; one can only be saved by the sheer unmerited grace of God, appropriated not by good works but by faith."[1] [PAUSE] With this in mind we note that what Paul is helping us to see is that the Jews were wrong. Salvation cannot be earned. It is a gift of God. It is not by anything righteous we do; it is not "by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ." Moreover, as sixteenth-century reformer Martin Luther has helped us to see, salvation is by faith alone, not faith plus our righteous works. Once we've seen this, then we can also see what is going on in the narrative we looked at in Luke 7. The self-righteous Pharisees believe that one has to earn one's salvation. They are being shown a lesson in this story—as are all of us who read it (especially in light of Paul). This sinful woman is being saved by grace, not by anything she has done or can do. She—like each of us—is a sinner saved by grace. This profound insight is in fact what makes the Christian faith unique.
There is an instinct here—regarding the extraordinary saving grace of God—that is exactly right. Then there is a way of elaborating on this instinct that can—and too often does—go profoundly wrong, legitimating what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called "cheap grace." Is there an alternative that takes the instinct on board while not creating this problem? Is there an alternative to saying that after we become Christians we are still "sinners saved by grace?"—a phrase, by the way, that Paul never uses for Christians.
III. Galatians, a second glance: "Do You Know Who You Are?"
One of the problems with the standard interpretation of Galatians 2.15-21 we just gave is that it doesn't contextualize these verses within the letter. [PAUSE] As we begin Galatians we see almost immediately that there is a vital issue is at stake here. Paul's language is urgent: "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another gospel." (1.6-7a) Because Paul is claiming so much is at stake, he feels compelled to defend his authority and provide background. So, it takes him a while to get to the point of naming directly what is profoundly wrong. But by verses 11-14 of chapter two, the paragraph immediately preceding our passage, Paul names the problem. It relates to Cephas. And when we read this paragraph, it's clear that it's not that Cephas imagines that he, as a Jew, needs to earn his salvation, it is rather that he is refusing to eat with Gentiles, a refusal that is traditional with Jews, and rooted in the law. However, Paul, a Jew, but called as an apostle to the Gentiles, has passionately articulated the view that in Christ there is no Jew or Greek [3.28]; Christ has broken down such dividing walls. [Ephesians] And yet Cephas is re-erecting such walls by refusing to eat with non-Jews (which is probably what Paul is alluding to in verses 17-19 in chapter two). This, says Paul, is a violation of "the truth of the gospel." [2.14] The rest of the letter offers theological reflections to show why this is so. Our passage, verses 15-21 in chapter two, offers a quick summary of what is to come.
I've come to believe that it is very important to see that identity is the crucial issue being named in this passage in Galatians.
"A well-known story is told of Margaret Thatcher during the time she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She was visiting an old people's home, going from room to room and meeting senior citizens who had lived there a long time. One old lady showed no sign of realizing that she was shaking hands with a world-famous politician. 'Do you know who I am?' asked Mrs. Thatcher. 'No, dear,' replied the old lady, 'but I should ask the nurse if I were you. She usually knows.'"[2]
Do you know who you are? That is the key question in this passage (and also in our story in Luke). Our passage in Galatians begins: "We ourselves [i.e., you and I, Cephas] are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners." Contrast this with the way Paul ends the passage: "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Paul is saying here, as well as elsewhere in his letters, that whether Jew or Gentile, if we have come to know the love of God through Jesus Christ and have come to trust Him, then we are being made new, given a new identity in Christ. Our old selves have been crucified; our new lives in the flesh are lived by "faith in the Son of God."
You see, when it is put this way we still see salvation as a gift of God. Paul did not save himself! Neither did the woman in the story in Luke 7. No, both of them had their lives transformed because of their encounter with the wondrous and glorious love of God made flesh in Jesus Christ. But it's not as if once they are "in Christ" they are free to continue being sinners, but now "sinners saved by grace." That is to say, it's not as if the key difference for the woman in Luke 7 after she encounters Jesus is that now she has a warm relationship with Jesus joined to a boost in her self-esteem, but she can thoughtlessly go back to being a prostitute and if she can re-gain her power she can once again be involved in stealing people's property and having them killed if they get in the way of her ambitions. And it's not as if Paul can go back to "breathing murder" as he had done previously, but again, now with a warm relationship with Jesus and a daily devotional time.
No! Now, they have new identities. They live their lives in the flesh by trusting in the Son of God who loved them and gave himself for them. (Gal. 2.20) If the woman in Luke's Gospel became a follower of Jesus then she, like his other followers, would hear him say things like: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself." (Mtt. 22.37-39) "If you love me you will keep my commandments." (Jn. 14.15) "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." (Lk. 9.23) And if anyone finished Paul's letter to the Galatians, they would hear him say that "through love" we are as brothers and sisters in Christ to "become servants to one another." (5.13) Moreover, they would hear him give detailed lists of moral behaviors that are consistent with living by the Spirit and an alternative list of behaviors that are forbidden because they are works of the flesh—prohibited behaviors that if regularly indulged in will keep someone from inheriting the kingdom of God. (5.16-26)
One of the reasons we have difficulty holding these things together is because of a long history—beginning with Martin Luther—of misunderstanding justification by grace through faith. Now I don't want you to think that too much depends on what I am about to say. But it is helpful and clarifying to have an alternative translation of certain key words in our Galatians passage. Let me simply give verses 15 and 16 as an example. "We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is rectified[3] [i.e., being made or set right, including given right relationships] not by works of the law[4] but through the faithfulness[5] of Jesus Christ.[6] And we have come to trust in Jesus Christ, so that we might be rectified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be rectified by the works of the law." This being rectified, i.e. being set right—made righteous—moves toward verses 20-21 I've already quoted: "it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me."
So, the alternative to saying Christians are still "sinners saved by grace" is not to point to my or our own righteousness or justice; it is rather to say "the life I now live in the flesh I live by trust in the faithfulness of the Son of God." In other words, our identity is "in Christ." This new identity—clearly rooted in the salvation given to us in Jesus Christ—entails being rectified, being made righteous/just through living in Christ (including living in the body of Christ).
One of the reasons I've become convinced that this is at least on the right track is it helps us to strongly affirm that salvation is indeed a gift of God—not something we can do for ourselves while also affirming that we are crucified with Christ and then given a new way of life in him. [PAUSE] I close with some of my favorite quotes that communicate this well.
G. K. Chesterton: "Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious." Charles Simeon: "Truth is not in the middle, and not in the extremes, but in both extremes."[7] Dietrich Bonhoeffer connects such claims to grace and discipleship:
"Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which has to be asked for, the door at which one has to knock.
"It is costly, because it calls to discipleship, it is grace, because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly, because it costs people their lives; it is grace, because it thereby makes them live. It is costly, because it condemns sin; it is grace, because it justifies the sinner. Above all, grace is costly, because it was costly to God, because it costs God the life of God's Son—'you were bought with a price'—and because nothing can be cheap to us which is costly to God. Above all, it is grace because the life of God's Son was not too costly for God to give in order to make us live. God did, indeed, give him up for us. Costly grace is the incarnation of God."[8]
[1] N. T. Wright, What Saint Paul Really Said (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997), 113.
[2] N. T. Wright, Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians (Lousiville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press), 24.
[3] Dikaioutai: from dikaioo: justify/rectify (the former word being connected to English words related to justice; the latter word being connected to English words related to righteousness; the context helps us to know which word is most appropriate)
[4] Paul is speaking of the Mosaic law, the law given by God to Israel.
[5] Pisteos, from pistis: faith/trust/faithfulness/belief (contexts help determine which English word is better)
[6] It is legitimate to translate pisteoos Jesus Christou as faith in Jesus Christ or the faith or faithfulness of Jesus Christ. The translation "the faithfulness of Jesus Christ" puts the primary emphasis on the act of God through Jesus Christ on our behalf (encapsulated in the cross and resurrection). The whole paragraph within which the phrase appears (i.e. 2.15-21, esp. 19b-20) makes it clear that this profoundly affects our identity and thus our way of life.
[7] Quoted in Philip Yancey, Reaching for the Invisible God (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002), 92, 93.
[8] Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 4, trans. Martin Kuske and Ilse Tödt, ed, Geffrey B. Kelly and John D. Godsey (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001), 45.


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Former India coach Gary Kirsten is not interested in taking up the role of England Team Director and has distanced himself from the job.
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While sharing the link to the above video, SRK wrote, "Managed 2 do the video.Not the best effort as I was rushed but creativity sometimes takes a backseat to feelings."
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Thursday, October 15, 7:00 p.m.
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According to Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist who sees everything in terms of solvable design problems, three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization--half the world's population now lives in cities, and eighty percent will by midcentury--is altering humanity's land impact and wealth. And biotechnology is becoming the world's dominant engineering tool. In light of these changes, Brand suggests that environmentalists are going to have to reverse some longheld opinions and embrace tools that they have traditionally distrusted. Only a radical rethinking of traditional green pieties will allow us to forestall the cataclysmic deterioration of the earth's resources.
Stewart Brand trained originally as an ecologist. His legendary Whole Earth Catalog (1968-1985) won the National Book Award in 1972. Brand, whose previous books include The Media Lab, How Buildings Learn, and The Clock of the Long Now, is president and cofounder of The Long Now Foundation and cofounder of Global Business Network.
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PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Below are company-related news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks.
CAC-40 October futures up 0.46 pct at 0604 GMT
France will review all its defence cooperation with Poland after the country's new government scrapped a multi-billion dollar helicopter contract, a French source close to the matter said.
Air France-KLM September traffic rose 0.9 percent while September passenger load factor fell 1.0 percentage points to 86.3 percent.
Aeroports de Paris is now forecasting a growth of Paris Aéroport traffic of between 1.0 pct and 1.5 pct in 2016 compared to 2015, against 2.3 pct previously. ADP is now forecasting a stable EBITDA in 2016 compared to 2015, versus a slight growth previously.
Aéroports de Paris also said it had completed the sale of its 4.3 percent equity interest in Mexican airport operator OMA .
Masmovil Ibercom SA said it has reached an agreement with Orange Espagne SA for national roaming, site sharing and FTTH (Fiber to the home).
The supplier of industrial gases said it had completed a 3.3 billion euro capital increase.
The French carmaker and other Avtovaz shareholders are expected to approve a 1.2 billion euro capital increase for the Lada maker on Monday, increasing Renault's stake and its exposure to a Russian market beset by weak oil revenues and sanctions. The vote comes a day after Moscow vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to air strikes in Aleppo, Syria.
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NiSource Shareholders Elect 2014-15 Directors at Annual Shareholders Meeting
May 13, 2014, 13:57 ET from NiSource Inc.
MERRILLVILLE, Ind., May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) shareholders today elected the company's Board of Directors for 2014-15.
As part of NiSource's commitment to contemporary governance practices, shareholders elect members of the NiSource Board of Directors for one-year terms at the company's annual shareholder meeting.
NiSource Board of Directors members elected today for the 2014-15 term include: Richard L. Thompson, Chairman; Richard A. Abdoo; Aristides S. Candris; Sigmund L. Cornelius; Michael E. Jesanis; Marty R. Kittrell; W. Lee Nutter; Deborah S. Parker; Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.*; Teresa A. Taylor; and Carolyn Y. Woo.
In addition, NiSource shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the year 2014, approved a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the company's named executive officers and rejected a shareholder proposal.
Additional information about NiSource's Board of Directors and the company's corporate governance practices is available at www.nisource.com.
* With the exception of Robert C. Skaggs, Jr., all board members are independent.
About NiSource
NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), based in Merrillville, Ind., is a Fortune 500 company engaged in natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well as electric generation, transmission and distribution. NiSource operating companies deliver energy to 3.8 million customers located within the high-demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England. Information about NiSource and its subsidiaries is available at www.nisource.com. NI-F
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moving from iphone TO blackberry - anybody done it?
- Looking to take the plunge from my iphone 3g to a Torch (or Torch 2 when it's out) - based in UK.
Not iphone-bashing (not my scene), but I've fallen out of love with it - I've had to jailbreak it to get it to do the things I want it to do "out of the box".
Wife has just moved over to a Torch from Android and is very happy. But her expectations from a phone and interaction is different to mine. I like to tweak/mess!
I suppose my question is regarding the change of culture from Apple to 'berry. Have ex-iphone users had a good experience using a 'berry? If so, how?
If not, why?
Personally, I can live without a load of useless apps (a la Apple App store), but I do like the syncing of calendars/contacts (my house runs with Macs anyway)....
I've got time on my side anyway (Torch 2 - UK release September-ish?) - iPhone 5 (meh). Android phones just don't seem bolted together from a software aspect..... Windows phone - don't know enough about it to comment.
Thoughts? opinions?
Dan05-28-11 11:52 AM
- jep, i did. i owned the iphone classic and the iphone 3GS and went to the BlackBerry 9700.
first things first, mac support for blackberry is horrible. i own a macbook and i am nearly unable to do anything with my blackberry on it. even for os updates you will need a windows system or at least a virtual machine...
The os is of course nowhere near as intuitive as iOS although it has it's benefits, you can change nearly anything and i personally like the way a blackberry works.
really, it is just a matter of type, i do not regret anything and love my berry and have an ipod touch as well, which is just not as appealing as my bb to me. when the 9900 is going to hit germany it will already be the third berry i will get.05-28-11 12:25 PM
- I started with BlackBerry, went to iPhone, then went back.
If you like to tweak/mess, you will love BlackBerry for this. I find that they are infinitely more customizable, from layout, wallpapers an themes to actual coding and behavior. (I installed some .cod on my 9780 that put text under the home screen icons, for instance.) blackBerry supports developers, so there are many programs available to make your own apps.
I also prefer the organizational capabilities of BB, which was ultimately the reason I switched back from iPhone. I have my calendars, apps, and memos available in one app (called PocketInformant, a smaller-featured version is also available on iPhone!) I don't have to switch between apps, and all sync with both my native calendar app, and my computer!05-28-11 12:48 PM
- Most ppl I know don't have a "berry" good time and end up switching to the iphone. Its uncommon to hear one switching from the iphone to bb lol.
But the iphone rly isn't a true phone imo. Messaging, emailing and bbming is what the bb is all about. Its all a cinch w the keyboard. For customization, a jb iphone is rly still the best option. Join the bb network with 9900.. Already advertised on voda uk website. The torch isn't great I feel bcos its got all sorts of problems with the sliding mechanism. Torch 2 shld be better I think but its way too shiny lol.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-28-11 04:56 PM
- Thanks for the comments so far.
Agreed though - it IS a strange way of doing it.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple stuff, and use them heavily throughout the house (I also use them with my music), but I don't like how the phone is SO locked down. A great iOS, agreed, but I think it's a bit childish.....
I bought iphone as I (thought I) wanted an all-in-one device, of which iphone does this relatively well. But I'm realising now that I don't want this.
I guess that my beef is more so that I've "fallen out of love" with iphone. I'm bored of it.
The text "bubbles" that I thought were quirky, I now find to be juvenile.
Being picky, it is a GREAT media player (ipod), but I feel it is a pretty mediocre phone.
FWIW, I only use the ipod part in the car - something that I can use anyway (got an old ipod). So the phone/comms device aspect is something I'm quite interested in.
Make sense? (again, not knocking iphone, but I think I need a change of scenery!)
ps I think I need something a bit more mature - I'm 38, not a teenager - no offence!05-28-11 05:11 PM
- I started out with a blackberry then went to iphone for 2 years now back to blackberry 9800 and love it i dont miss my iphone one bit. This phone is a phone a great machine for email,bbm and work stuff unlike the iphone with there slow email time and tons of apps if you like games get an iphone thats what them seem to be focusing on05-28-11 07:11 PM
- I did the switch from the iPhone 3G (got it when it launched in Canada in 2008) to the BlackBerry Torch two weeks ago and so far, I don't regret the switch. Having both a physical keyboard and a touch screen is so much better than either or, and the OS layout is better organized than the iPhone. My only major beef is the inability to sync my Yahoo calendar with the BlackBerry, which the iPhone can via CalDAV.05-28-11 11:20 PM
- I have had several BBs with an iPhone and Windows mobile phone stuck in there somewhere. I jail broke my iPhone basically because Apple told me not to. My hubby still loves his iPhone, and we both use macs (he has iMac and I have macbook). We stay synced by way of google sync. He still uses mac apps to sync to his computer, but i use google for everything. In short, blackberry thinks more like i do than does Apple.05-29-11 08:45 AM
- If you're a device tweaker, you should seriously consider a rooted Android. They are highly customizable. If i was to give up my BB it would be for a 'Droid.05-30-11 02:28 AM
- I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore tweaker (that sounds SO wrong! ), but I had to jailbreak my iphone to get it to do some of the things that it doesn't do as standard, unlike other phones. Ironically, despite the opportunity to put dodgy .ipas on it, I haven't - not really my "scene".
I tweaked because I had to, not necessarily out of choice.
Android just doesn't seem very well bolted together - unlike the Blackberry, which imho, does have a very polished and professional-looking UI.05-30-11 07:21 AM
- I upgraded my wife and I's phone from iPhone 3g to Torch 9800 - we're with O2uk and these were a free upgrade on a cheaper tariff - an upgrade to the iPhone 4 would have been 140 and 10 per month more for each phone.
We have Macs at home and I am synching both 9800s to the iMac without a problem using the desktop software.
So far I'm impressed - the 9800 does everything I need it to do with its strengths in calls, email and messaging. I've found phone signal strength better than the iphone.
The phone only syncs one calendar to ical (unless someone can point me to a way round this) and can't sync to MobileMe - I haven't looked into Google synch yet. For now I have had to merge 4 calendars into one, but this is a minor inconvenience.
The one significant glitch has been the email setup update which won't run on either of our 9800s. I have managed to set up BIS online so I get email pushed to the 9800 - far better that the iPhone, although I haven't found a way to keep the IMAP email on the desktop i
in sync with the phone. Hopefully a solution will be found to this.
Apps are generally much stronger on the iPhone, and there are a few that I had that I have been unable to replicate on the Blackberry, although in a couple of case I have found web workaround - e.g. tide charts and depth of field calculator.
Overall the 9800 has impressed me and I don't regret changing, although if the iPhone 4 had been free I might well have stayed with Apple given my mac environment and I probably wouldn't have looked at the 9800.
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| Install xbox mod 1.0 works
Install update 1 / Steam fix and update 2 all fail.
update 1 error Cannot open d3d9.dll
Steam fix error Cannot open d3d8.dll
update 2 error cannot open enbseries.ini
NONE of these files are marked as read only. And tried running as Admin.
Actually I'm surprised that the mod worked on a Steam version of the game at all.I have heard that Steam games can't be modded,idk if it's true.


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The Office for International Students and Scholars provides the following support services:
- Advising and assisting students through the complexities of the U.S. immigration, visa and travel regulations, both prior to their arrival and throughout their stay at Smith.
- Assesses the needs of international students and facilitates their smooth transition to life at Smith and the U.S. Conducts programs and workshops on various topics throughout the year.
- Acts as a liaison and an advocate with governmental agencies and various college offices. Maintains links with departments and various college offices who work with international students.


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Last summer, as a 72-year-old friend exited from a strip mall in Connecticut, her car was struck broadside by an van she had not seen coming. She died three days later of complications related to her injuries.
Just one year earlier, a 70-year-old woman I know was in a similar accident. She pulled out of a filling station on Long Island into the path of a semi. Her husband eventually died from his injuries; she survived, but after many hospitalizations and with permanent disabilities.
Both of these accidents could have happened to younger drivers, to be sure. But the chances are much greater that an older driver will fail to see an oncoming vehicle and be able to react in time to avoid a collision.
And as the population ages -- by the year 2020, one in five drivers will be 65 or older -- the potential for debilitating and fatal accidents among older drivers (and their innocent victims) will grow accordingly unless everyone recognizes the limitations inflicted by advancing age and takes steps to compensate for them. No group but teenagers has more accidents or a higher vehicular fatality rate per mile driven.
Now, nearly half of older drivers live in suburban areas and more than a quarter live in rural areas where motor vehicles are needed to reach shopping and services and where public transportation is either sparse or nonexistent. And there are often no family members nearby or friends available to provide the needed rides.Continue reading the main story
Many groups -- AAA, AARP, city and state departments on aging and traffic safety, the National Institute on Aging, among others -- have developed informative packets, booklets and safe driving courses. And, they continue to press for improvements in vehicular design and road safety features, all intended to keep older drivers on the road safely.
If you know which physical and mental changes that accompany advancing age can affect the ability to drive in comfort and safety, you can better appreciate the value of the recommendations and have an easier time assessing whether it is wise for you or the older people in your life to continue driving.
Common Effects of Aging
You need not have any chronic illnesses or obvious disabilities for the effects of aging to affect your driving skills. Here is what happens to virtually everyone:
VISION DEFICITS -- Driving experts say that 90 percent of the information needed to drive safely is visual. Yet, as people get older, four crucial visual abilities diminish: visual acuity -- the ability to see clearly what is ahead of you, especially at night; peripheral vision -- the ability to see what is happening to the left and right while looking straight ahead; accommodation -- the speed with which your eyes adjust to changes in light and dark and near and far images, and depth perception -- the ability to judge how fast other cars are moving.
Furthermore, older people are more prone to being temporarily blinded by the glare of headlights, either from cars and trucks coming toward them or in their mirrors from vehicles behind them. A 55-year-old person takes, on average, eight times longer than a 16-year-old to recover from glare. Colors, especially red, become harder to see with age. Some older drivers take twice as long as younger drivers to recognize the flash of brake lights.
Other common age-related deficits include eye muscle dysfunction, which impairs the ability to scan the driving environment, and poor contrast sensitivity, which can make it hard to detect curves in the road, see a gray vehicle at an intersection or a pedestrian at a crosswalk or see clearly in bad weather.
According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the amount of light needed to drive doubles about every 13 years. That means a 60-year-old driver needs about 10 times as much light as a 19-year-old to see clearly.
BODY CHANGES -- Few people over 65 need to be told that with advancing age joints tend to stiffen, making it more difficult to turn one's head when pulling out of a parking area or when backing up. Muscles gradually weaken, and that weakening can impair a person's ability to steer and brake. Reaction time slows, increasing the response time when faced with any sort of road hazard, especially a vehicle that suddenly stops or turns in front of you.
And hearing deficits common in older people can affect their ability to detect and respond appropriately to the sirens of emergency vehicles, railroad crossing signals and the warning horns of other drivers.
COGNITIVE CHANGES -- Your mind may be just as sharp but it works more slowly as you get older. Thus, in addition to having slower reflexes, older people tend to have greater difficulty doing more than one thing at a time -- absorbing new information from their surroundings and reacting accordingly. Older drivers also are more easily distracted by noise or other disturbances, including the radio and the conversation of others in the car.
COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS -- Then there are a host of disorders that become increasingly common with age that can further limit your ability to handle a motor vehicle safely.
To the normal effects of aging on the eyes may be added such problems as cataracts (a clouding of the lenses that impairs visual acuity and increases sensitivity to glare), macular degeneration (a gradual loss of central vision) and glaucoma (increased eye pressure that limits peripheral vision). Other common age-related disorders that can impair driving skills include arthritis, diabetes, insomnia, Parkinson's disease, heart rhythm abnormalities, stroke, depression and dementia.
Movements needed to handle a motor vehicle safely can be limited in someone with arthritis or Parkinson's disease or a person who has suffered a stroke.
Diabetes can cause vision-impairing eye damage (diabetic retinopathy) and, among those with widely fluctuating blood sugar levels, can sometimes result in a loss of consciousness. Irregular heart rhythms can cause dizziness while driving, and chronic insomnia can diminish alertness and increase the risk of dozing off at the wheel.
Depression, which may limit a person's ability to pay attention and to obtain restful sleep, can also impair driving skills. And the gradual onset of dementia can cause memory problems and behavioral difficulties that make safe driving problematic, yet dementia and its effects are usually not recognized by the affected person.
Many of the medications taken to treat the various infirmities of age can further diminish driving skills.
Older drivers are likely to be taking many more prescription and over-the-counter drugs than their younger counterparts.
Although people over 65 represent about 11 percent of the population, they use 25 percent of all prescription drugs, plus a host of nonprescription remedies.
Drugs that can interfere with safe driving include sleep aids, antidepressants and antianxiety drugs, painkillers, antihistamines, cough and cold remedies and insulin and other drugs used to treat diabetes.
Alcohol, which is also a drug, can have an ever worsening effect on driving skills as people age. With advancing age, tolerance for alcohol steadily declines -- a person gets tipsy on less and less alcohol -- and the effects of alcohol last longer.
Next week: Compensating for the effects of age on driving ability.
For More Information
These organizations can provide information and, in some cases, courses to enhance the safety of older drivers:
AARP, 601 E Street NW, Washington, 20049, (202) 434-2277, (800) 424-3410, www.aarp.org.
AAA, 1000 AAA Drive, Heathrow, Fla., 32746-5063, (407) 444-7000, www.aaa.com.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 1440 New York Avenue NW, Suite 201, Washington, 20005, (202) 638-5944, www.aaafoundation.org.
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, 927 15th Street NW, 6th floor, Washington, 20005, (202) 296-8130, www.n4a.org.
National Association of State Units on Aging, 1225 I Street NW, Suite 725, Washington, 20005, (202) 898-2578; Eldercare Locator, (800) 677-1116.
National Institute on Aging Information Center, P.O. Box 8057, Gaithersburg, Md., 20898-8057, (800) 222-2225; (800) 222-4225 (TTY), www.nih.gov/nia.Continue reading the main story


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Wilson clinches first signing
Sheff Utd boss Danny Wilson has made Lescinel Jean-Francois his first signing on a two-year contract.
Last Updated: 20/06/11 8:45am
Sheffield United manager Danny Wilson has completed his first signing after bringing in Lescinel Jean-Francois from former club Swindon Town.
Skysports.com revealed last week that Jean-Francois was set to reject a new contract at Swindon in favour of a reunion with Wilson at Bramall Lane.
The Haitian defender has now signed a two-year deal with the League One club and Wilson is looking forward to working with the 24-year-old again.
"Lecs will thrive on the pressure and expectation and hopefully we will see that we have got a very good player on our hands," Wilson told the club's official website.
"He was out of contract and we had contact from his agent, as did a lot of clubs, and we just asked him if he fancied coming in.
"The upside is I know Lecs very well, he is very athletic, terrific left foot, comfortable at both left-back and centre-back, so he gives you good options.
"His age is good at 24 and we all thought that if we could get a deal sorted then it would be a good addition to the squad.
"What we will see is an aggressive and competitive character and I am very much looking forward to working with him."