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In the course of writing this blog, I come across a lot – and I mean, a lot – of music. Some of which I'll blog about, some of which never seems to get its own post.
I was organising my files recently, and came across plenty of songs that I probably should have told you all about in 2007, but which – for whatever reason – never quite spurred me to write a full post. So, in clearing out these files into the "2007 Releases" folder, I thought I would do a bit of a roundup post, and combine them all here.
In other words, please note that this is NOT a "best of 2007" compilation; it is simply a post of good songs from 2007, that you should hear.
With that out of the way, let's get onto the music!
(Once again… to all new visitors, simply click the "play" icon next to the song name to listen)
All The Way Down by Glen Hansard
One of the most talked-about soundtracks of 2007 – and deservedly so – was the Once OST. Comprised of songs by the films two stars (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova), the soundtrack was hauntingly beautiful.
This song, "All the way down", along with "Leave", was perhaps my favourite of the album. The aching line "You have broken me, all the way down" easily wins my award for most breaking lyric of the year.
You can still listen to the entire soundtrack at the Once movie site.
I managed to catch Hansard with his band, The Frames, when they were opening for Bob Dylan on his recent tour out here. They were amazing, and confirmed to me that the man is easily one of the most important voices in modern music.
Listen: Glen Hansard – All The Way Down
I Was A Daughter by Basia Bulat
I'm still surprised that this didn't make an entry. At 24, Basia Bulat is another artist that I should add to my "Artists to watch for in 2008" category.
Her youth belies an intensely creative soul, and an artist who is totally unafraid. Obvious influences include Joni Mitchell (to whom she has been compared more than once), but Basia displays a voice and style that is all her own; sometimes fragile and whispy, and at other times strong, passionate and sultry, Bulat is the master of changing her vocal delivery to suit the content of the song.
This song, "I was a Daughter", is taken from her "Oh My Darling" debut album, and was easily my debut album of the year.
Oh. And did I mention she's my musical crush for 2007?
She is.
Listen: Basia Bulat – I Was A Daughter
No One's Gonna Love You by Band of Horses
A little Morning Jacket, some Shins, and a hint of Built to Spill, and you'll end up with something like Band of Horses. This song, taken from their "Cease to Begin" album, is more emotionally direct than anything from their 2006 debut, "Everything All the Time", but despite the desperately cheese-laden title line, the song is a gorgeous slow-jam, with the cracking "If things start splitting at the seams and now / It's tumbling down hard" showcasing Bridwell's expressive voice.
Listen: Band of Horses – No One's Gonna Love You
Heretics by Andrew Bird
Well! Didn't Andrew Bird grow up in 2007? The rueful reflection of Bird's 2007 release, "Armchair Apocrypha", and in particular, this song, "Heretics", had me more excited about Bird than his past releases.
The off-kilter pop songs are still there, but there's something more about his reflection of the world as something beautiful, yet unsettling, in this album than his previous.
Here's to more of this.
Listen: Andrew Bird – Heretics
Listened On by Lightning Dust
Black Mountaineers Amber Webber and Joshua Wells side project, Lightning Dust, came out of nowhere and knocked me on my ass. While
This track, "Listened On", from their debut album (fittingly titled "Lightning Dust"), is ghostly, quivering, and beautiful.
Listen: Lightning Dust – Listened On
Nothing's Lost by Patrick Park
I came across Patrick Park relatively late, with his second album, "Loneliness Knows My Name", but at that time was undecided as to whether he lived up to the hype or not.
With his 2007 release, "Everyone's in Everyone", however, this doubt is solidly put to rest. Patrick Park is one of those artists who can reflect your emotions is a single line.
This track, "Nothing's Lost", takes your head against it's shoulder and consoles you with it's lulling rhythm.
Listen: Patrick Park – Nothing's Lost
Your Rocky Spine by Great
With it's Nickle Creek-like tones, this was one of the singles of the year for me. A mixture of indie-folk, roots melodies and alt-country, the music of Great Lake Swimmers is at once graceful, comforting, full of loss and isolation, and ridiculously beautiful.
An ethereal whisper of an album that is hauntingly beautiful, "Ongiara" (from which this song, "Your Rocky Spine" is taken) is a must-listen from 2007.
Listen: Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine
Skinny Love by Bon Iver
Skinny Love by Bon Iver is a song that grows in power the more you listen to it; as if, with each individual listen, it breaks a little more of you off. I've heard it described as a "quiet, gentle punch to the heart", and I couldn't put it better myself.
A song of desperation, loneliness, and loss such as this one resonates deep in your heart; listen to his plaintive "I told you" lines, and you'll know what I mean.
The album from which this is taken, "For Emma, Forever Ago" is one for the weepy folk-lover in all of us.
Listen: Bon Iver – Skinny Love
2007 saw Rogue Wave release their third-studio album, and the first for Jack Johnson's Brushfire Fairytales label, "Asleep at Heaven's Gate"; hopefully, this will be the one that catapaults them to the masses.
This album has a shimmer and jangle that wasn't as prevalent in their previous releases; and there is something ridiculously catchy about this handclapping single,
Listen: Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
No Cars Go by
I know, I know; Arcade Fire? How much more mainstream can this blog get?
Seriously though, Arcade Fire's 2007 release, "Neon Bible", was a ridiculously good album. Coming off their scorcher debut, "Funeral", most critics weren't expecting them to follow up with something as worthy as this.
While Neon Bible certainly sees the band taking on some big issues (particularly the religion questioning "Antichrist Television Blues"), it never lets you forget that, ultimately, Arcade Fire are about celebration.
Never more evident is this than on the single, "No Cars Go". Spine-tingling, wailing vocals, combined with drumming that punches the song along, and instrumentals that build into an almost film-worthy epic ending show that Arcade Fire are here to stay.
Listen: Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans
Well, honestly… when you get down to it, when have The Weakerthans ever disappointed us? 2007 saw them release the excellent "Reunion Tour" album, which I cannot recommend more. In fact, I'll rather let Paste Magazine's review speak for me:
"These are songs of brutal beauty, little rock n roll vignettes that perfectly capture the malaise of the peculiar, disorienting times in which we live."
This track, "Sun in an empty room", highlights John K Samson's incredible command of narrative lyrics; indeed, as much as he protests against the label, Samson really is an indie poet laureate. His weary, wry observations possess an underdog nobility that you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere.
Listen: The Weakerthans – Sun In An Empty Room
Tonight by Hard-Fi
I'll be honest: Hard-Fi's 2007 release, "Once Upon a Time In the West" didn't quite live up to their debut album "Stars of CCTV" for me. There's something about the anger in their songs that seems to have lost its authenticity for me.
However, that's not to say that the album was totally without merit; this single, "Tonight", was one of the better products from the album, and with it's ghostly strings and chant-along chorus hints that there may be life in the boys yet.
Listen: Hard-Fi – Tonight
While Wilco's 2007 release, "Sky Blue Sky" was widely criticised by fans as being a back-slide by Jeff Tweedy into the classic-rock gospel, it produced perhaps one of my favourite Wilco tracks of all-time, "Impossible Germany".
It's a warm and inviting listen, one with jazzy chords filtered through the ever-present alt.country guitar licks. There's no noise here, no strange distortions that have peppered Wilco's latest releases… and I for one think the song is perhaps one of the most powerful Wilco songs for it.
Peaceful on the surface, demented under the water; this is Wilco at it's best.
Listen: Wilco – Impossible Germany
Murderer by Low
Low is not, and never has been, for everyone. Pretty much defining the genre of "slowcore" with their appearance in 1993, they have, however, certainly displayed their longevity.
In 2005, Low attempted to break away from their slowcore label with the harder, bigger sound of their "The Great Destroyer" album. Considering the mixed reception to that album, most thought the band would return to their signature sound. Most thought wrong.
However, just as the album is not a return to their signature sound, neither is it a continuation of The Great Destroyer. Rather, this album strips the songs to the bones and sinews; it's something else entirely. Violent, scary and beautiful, with this album, "Drums and Guns", Low show that they're still kicking.
Listen: Low – Murderer
Boy With A Coin by Iron & Wine
Undoubtedly one of the albums of the year for me, Iron and Wine's
"The Shepherd's Dog" displayed Sam Beam's steady evolution from lo-fi folkster to refined popsmith.
This stonking single, "Boy With A Coin" showcases a far more lush and full sound that is employed on this album (surely a product of Sam's collaboration with Calexico in 2005), and is easily one of my favourite Iron and Wine songs.
Listen: Iron & Wine – Boy With A Coin
Thrash Unreal by Against Me!
Included more in this list due to the fact that Thrash Unreal could prove to be one of the most important songs of Against Me!'s career.
2007 saw Against Me! release their first major label debut, "New Wave", which is in stark contrast to their previously strong DIY ethos.
Lead single "Thrash Unreal" unveils a new penchant for pop sensibility, and the song shows the band's strength for anthemic, infectious choruses. And – thankfully – Tom Gabel's harsh growl of a voice remains intact here, and there still seems enough of the Against Me! punk left in the guys.
That said, have Against Me! sold out by their move away from Fat Wreck Chords, and recording with this far, FAR more polished sound?
Time will tell (I'm hoping not), but there's no denial that the 2007 release, "New Wave", and it's lead single Thrash Unreal could make or break the band amongst it's fans.
Let's hope there's still a "I Still Love You Julie" song left in the lads.
Listen: Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
My Mind by
I've heard many people describe "
With its psychedelic, bluesy prog rock tones, the album is one that you'll either love or hate; but like the below single, "My Mind", I encourage you to give it a few spins before making up your mind.
Listen: Portugal. The Man – My Mind
Yes, you read that right. Stephen Malkmus, former frontman for all-time greats "The Pavements" was back in 2007, and making delicious noise with his new band, The Jicks.
Still all crunch and fuzz – but with elegant melodies and flourishes throughout – and laced with Malkmus' literate lyrics and tender, crackling tone, the song "Baltimore" is a godsend to Malkmus fans.
Listen: Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks – Baltimore
Nikole by George Stanford
Another artist who will undoubtedly become huge in 2008, 2007 saw the debut of George Stanford. Endearingly simply titled "The EP" George Stanford's 5-song 2007 release must simply be a taster for a 2008 full album release; and what a tasty taster it is.
This single, "Nikole", showcases a piano balladry that fans of Ben Folds are sure to fall in love with.
Listen: George Stanford – Nikole
From the opening lines of "I've been wasting my days good and reckless and true, I have danced in the dark at the edge of the water, swingin my hips at the black and the blue…" you know that The Alternate Routes are something special.
Sounding alternately like Ryan Adams during the verses (and, interestingly, current Cardinals drummer Brad Pemberton features on the skins here), and then David Gray in the chorus, Tim Warren is one of the more exciting voices I heard this year.
While this single, Ordinary, may give you a mainstream image of the band, I encourage you to listen to the entire album, "Good and Reckless and True"; it is a grand, rootsy, absolutely golden album that warrants your attention.
Listen: The Alternate Routes – Ordinary
Fake Empire by The National
The National came in in 2007 and absolutely blew us all away. Far more understated than their 2005 album, "Alligator", their 2007 release, "Boxer", is perhaps the most fully realised release of the year by any artist.
A slow burn of an album, Fake Empire was the single from Boxer that grabbed my attention and held it; an absolutely crushing single, if you didn't hear it in 2007, grab this now.
Listen: The National – Fake Empire
2007 saw the 20th anniversary of the massively important Trinity Session album from the Cowboy Junkies, and to commemorate the occasion, the Junkies released a CD/DVD combo of performances in the same
As if Golden Tiger wasn't enough for us (but then again, when it comes to Ryan Adams, can we EVER get enough?), the "Trinity Revisited" recordings saw Ryan partner up with Cowboy Junkies to release this beautiful rendition of 200 More Miles.
Ryan was born to perform with the Cowboy Junkies, and I couldn't haven't been more happy.
Listen: Cowboy Junkies – 200 More Miles (feat Ryan Adams)
Josh Ritter's 2007 release, "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (with Bonus EP)" was leagues from his 2006 album, "Animal Years", and that's saying something as I was a big fan of that album.
To me, Josh Ritter is one of the most underappreciated writers in the current rock/folk scene; witty, wry, rueful and intelligent, it's time that Josh Ritter got his dues from the general public and not just music blog writers.
That said, I'm not sure that this "To the Dogs Or Whoever" will be the single, to do it. But damn it's fun.
Listen: Josh Ritter – To The Dogs Or Whoever
Four Winds by Bright Eyes
Who would have thought it? Despite the fairly lacklustre album released by Bright Eyes in 2007, "Cassadaga", Conor Oberst somehow managed to get me interested in his material once again, thanks to the one redeeming single from that album, "Four Winds".
You've brought me back from the brink of abandoning you Conor; and I hope that I stick around for a while.
Listen: Bright Eyes – Four Winds
And there you have it; a choice selection of mp3's that somehow never made it to a full post here.
Consigned to the "Released in 2007 folder", it's now onto 2008.Here's to a great year everybody!
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Hey everyone,
Hope you are all well. I am enjoying the beautiful cooler weather (in the 70s and super sunny, no humidity...girl can get used to that!) and spending more time in DC this weekend. Things are definitely picking up at work...I've even stayed late a couple days this week to finish up assignments I couldn't finish during the day. Hence, I haven't had as much time for blogging, etc. On Monday, I met with staff members of Texas Congressmen and women - Senator John Cornyn, Rep. John Culberson and Rep. Ron Paul (Galveston County) - to discuss increasing financial aid to preventive medicine residencies. That was interesting and I think our points were well taken. I don't think it will make too much of an impact, however, on what happens in the legislature, but you never know. On Wed, I joined a national conference call put on by the CDC on the Flu virus, which was interesting and yesterday, I went and heard a briefing on children's health insurance coverage put on by the Human and Health Services (HHS) Department. The head of the Department, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (up there with the Surgeon General), spoke along with the Secretary of Education, Arnold Duncan, the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the President of the United Way. The room was filled with people involved in health care reform and children's health advocacy (as well as press and a plethora of photographers). It was very exciting to see what is being done all over the country to ensure that America's children get the health coverage they deserve! This week, I also began working on a project with the former director of Preventive Medicine residencies at Emery, Dr. Erica Frank. She now works in Canada and I will be working with her to finish up internet-based Adolescent Medicine, Preventive Medicine and eventually, Cancer Prevention, curricula to be used by health care professionals all over the world to improve upon their credentials. After completion of the internet course, people qualify for a certificate in a particular area. This is a pretty big deal, especially for people in rural areas who have limited access to educational resources, and I look forward to working with Dr. Frank to increase the knowledge base of health care professionals everywhere. In other news, I have officially applied for a 3-4 year cancer prevention fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) here in the DC area to start next August. NCI is the largest branch of the NIH, with millions of research dollars funneled through it yearly...so it would be an excellent opportunity for me in that it will allow me to explore the research world for a while. Will let you know what happens with it as things progress :) I've also added www.drashleymaltz.com to my list of websites/blogs and hope you will use this website as an access point through which to follow me. Have an incredible and restful Labor Day weekend and I hope to talk with you all soon! Don't forget to email me with questions or recommendations...I'm all ears! Until next time, Ashley |
AuthorDr. Maltz earned a Medical Degree and Master in Public Health from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, TX. She completed a combined Internal and Preventive Medicine Residency at UTMB in June, 2011. She then completed a 2-year Integrative Medicine Fellowship at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT, during which she simultaneously underwent an intensive 1000-hour curriculum created by The University of Arizona Integrative Medicine Program founded by Dr. Andrew Weil. Archives
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By Russ Bynum
Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Shifting forecasts raised the threat to the Southeast from fierce Hurricane Irma and prompted emergency declarations in the Carolinas and coastal Georgia, including areas that haven't suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Wednesday for the state's 100-mile (160-kilometer) swath of Atlantic coast, which was last struck by a hurricane of force Category 3 or higher in 1898. His South Carolina counterpart, Gov. Henry McMaster, declared an emergency for that neighboring state as officials assessed the chances of receiving a major hurricane strike there for the first time in nearly 28 years.
"It is a precaution. This is not an order of evacuation," McMaster said in Columbia, South Carolina's capital, adding evacuations could be ordered as early as Friday — if needed. "Assume it's arriving tomorrow morning and get ready. When that hurricane is coming, when it gets close, it's too late."
The last major hurricane to hit South Carolina was Hugo in September 1989. It slammed ashore just north of Charleston with winds of 135 mph (215 kph), causing 13 deaths in the state and $6.5 billion in damage in 1989 dollars.
Also, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency taking effect at 8 a.m. Thursday for the entire state. He added that all swift-water rescue teams the state had sent to Texas for Hurricane Harvey were expected back in North Carolina by Wednesday night.
Irma had winds of 185 mph (295 kph) on Wednesday, making it the strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever measured, as it raked across Caribbean islands nearer to South Florida. Forecasters said tropical storm force winds could reach Georgia over the weekend and possibly South Carolina soon after, though Irma's exact path remained uncertain still days away.
In Chatham County, Georgia's most populous coastal county that includes the historic tourist city of Savannah, emergency management director Dennis Jones told reporters Wednesday that many first responders and emergency planners probably won't stick around if Irma arrives with the fury it has been showing in the Caribbean.
"We don't have a sturdy enough facility to support a major category storm," Jones said, adding that "first responders, critical workforce" and others would establish operations further inland in Statesboro, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) west of Savannah.
Officials sounded similarly dire warnings Wednesday across the Savannah River from Georgia's oldest city in South Carolina.
Beaufort County Sheriff's Lt. Col. Neil Baxley said that South Carolina county was preparing for the worst case scenario, which would be a landfall near Hilton Head Island with a storm surge of up to 15 feet (5 meters) of water. He added that police and firefighters, in a dangerous major hurricane, would have to evacuate until wind and surging waters abate.
"While every one of them is a hero, they are not superheroes," Baxley said. "They are not immune to trees falling on them."
In Georgia, Deal's emergency declaration covers the state's six coastal counties. It ensures aid for coastal communities and prohibits price gouging for fuel and other goods and services. It also relaxes regulations on trucking to allow increased deliveries of storm relief supplies.
"I urge Georgians in the affected counties to remain vigilant and be prepared," Deal said in a statement.
Emergency officials said they worried that a dangerous storm surge would leave Georgia's Tybee Island on the Atlantic coast especially vulnerable, as well as those living along marshes and streams in the Savannah area. Savannah's downtown historic district, however, sits on a 40-foot (12-meter) bluff above the Savannah River.
Both Georgia and South Carolina had brushes last October with Hurricane Matthew. In Georgia, three people died and damage from falling trees and flooding in low-lying areas caused an estimated $500 million in damages. South Carolina also evacuated much of its coast as Hurricane Matthew skimmed past, coming ashore north of Charleston with winds of 75 mph (100 kph).
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Chinese news readers may have some new competition - artificially intelligent robot anchors that can mimic human facial expressions and mannerisms while reading out reports.
The AI anchor, developed by state news agency Xinhua and tech firm Sogou Inc was on display at the World Internet Conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen, drawing in curious passers-by.
The anchor, modeled on real-life Chinese news reader Qiu Hao and sporting a black suit and red tie, is part of a major push by China to advance its prowess in AI technology, from surveillance equipment to self-driving cars.
In another video presentation from Xinhua, a different robot presenter said it was his "very first day" at the news agency and promised to "work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted".
At the internet summit, Sogou marketing staff said it wasn't clear when the technology would actually go into use, but crowds gathered nonetheless to take selfies with the digital anchor and Qiu himself who was at the event.
The conference is China's top tech event of the year, and has in the past attracted names like Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc head Sundar Pichai.
This year's iteration, however, which opened on Wednesday, was more muted and has a less glitzy global line-up, even as battle lines for control of the web have hardened amid a biting trade war between China and the United States.
Foreign websites such as Alphabet's Google and Facebook Inc are blocked in China, where authorities also tightly control online content and censor or punish those who post material seen as opposed to "core socialist values".
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Case No.: IT-95-14-A
Before: Judge Fausto Pocar, Pre-Appeal Judge
Registrar: Mr. Hans Holthuis
Order of: 29 January 2002
Counsel for the Prosecutor:
Mr. Norman Farrell
Counsel for the Appellant:
Mr. Anto Nobilo
Mr. Russell Hayman
Mr. Andrew Paley
I, FAUSTO POCAR, Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the International Tribunal"),
NOTING that the Appeals Chamber is seised of the "Defendant's Notice of Appeal" filed by Tihomir Blaskic on 17 March 2000, from the Judgement of Trial Chamber I in the case of Prosecutor v. Tihomir Blaskic, dated 3 March 2000;
NOTING that sub-Rule 65bis(B) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("the Rules") requires "[t]he Appeals Chamber or an Appeals Chamber Judge" to "convene a status conference, within one hundred and twenty days of the filing of a notice of appeal and thereafter within one hundred and twenty days after the last status conference, to allow any person in custody pending appeal the opportunity to raise issues in relation thereto, including the mental and physical condition of that person";
CONSIDERING that Tihomir Blaskic is currently in detention at the United Nations Detention Unit in The Hague pending the hearing of the appeal;
CONSIDERING that the last hearing in this case was a status conference held on 18 October 2001;
PURSUANT to sub-Rule 65bis(B) of the Rules;
ORDER that a Status Conference shall be held before Judge Fausto Pocar on Thursday 14 February 2002 at 15:00 hours.
Done in both English and French, the English text being authoritative.
Fausto Pocar
Pre-Appeal Judge
Dated this twenty ninth of January 2002
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.
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Both Homer Mariners basketball teams took part in the 2012 Grace Christian Grizzly Basketball Classic in Anchorage last weekend. The four-team tournament featured Homer, Grace, Dimond and Soldotna for the boy's bracket.
The Mariners lost against Grace, Soldotna and Dimond to secure their last place finish while the Dimond Lynx went on to defeat the Mariners on Saturday to protect their first place winnings.
Despite the Mariner losses, Kenneth Schneider and Drew Brown were selected for all-tournament honors for the boys.
The Lady Mariners, however, had success during their games as they were matched up against Grace, Bethel and Service in their three-day tournament.
After losing to the Grizzlies in the opening day of action, the Lady Mariners made television by defeating the Bethel Warriors 40-38 in overtime. Homer then defeated the Service Cougars in the final game which tied them with the Grace Christian Grizzlies for first place.
Due to their lower combined free-throw percentage throughout the tournament, the Lady Mariners took second place in the 2012 Grizzly classic.
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Since language evolves over time — the best example I can think of is slang where it mostly doesn't follow grammar rules — why is there a need to preserve grammar or stress that proper grammar be used?
My second question is if someone can get their exact point across to another person without using proper grammar, then why does grammar matter? Could the reason be that if grammar is used then it implies that there is a standard way of communicating, thus people would be able to spend the least amount of effort getting their point across? Wait! Doesn't slang already do this?


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When's the last time you played a good game of Tic Tac Toe? I've seen numerous versions of it.
Align Puzzle - 3 in a Row comes from Adefemi Adeyemi. (interesting name!).
Play against a friend or against the computer. You place your 3 stones, the computer does its 3 stones. After that, you may slide one of your stones to an empty square by travelling along one of the lines.
Look at the second image. See the blue stone in the bottom row? It's trapped and cannot move. The blue stone in the upper right has only 1 possible move. While the blue stone in the middle has 2 options.
Align Puzzle 3 in a Row seems to combine Tic Tac Toe with Nine Men's Morris, which is another very old game that's actually very sophisticated. Do check that game out. Some versions of that have diagonal lines drawn at the corners, others do not.


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You know the saying right? When in Rome, do as the Romans do. There are several must-eat dishes in Korea – and one of them is live octopus. I also had a dish that is…er, decidedly canine in flavor but that's another post. Live octopus (octopi?) is served with the eight armed creature still squirming with the suckers trying to stick on your tongue.
It's surprisingly good – videos up soon, I just finished working, am so tired I'm about to pass out.
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NCFM NOTE: Mr. Svoboda is one of the world's leading anti-circumcision experts and advocates. He is a Human Rights Attorney and President of Attorneys for the Rights of Children. You can follow his work more closely at the ARC website.
Neonatal Circumcision Violates Children's Rights, Needlessly Amputating Functional Tissue
The long awaited circumcision policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) may be most notable for what it does not address. The statement steadfastly omits any analysis of the foreskin, its erogenous, protective, and immunological functions, or crucially, the impact its removal has on normal sexual functioning and on the health and quality of life.
The AAP's Task Force on Circumcision ignores a child's well-established human and legal rights to decide for himself at an age of understanding whether he wants to part with his foreskin. Instead, the Committee says—with more honesty than ethics–that the common reluctance of an older child or adult to be circumcised justifies parents forcing a partial penile amputation upon him at an age when he is too small to effectively resist.
Male circumcision violates a child's right to bodily integrity, not to mention numerous civil and criminal laws. Malpractice awards are mounting up, including a recent $700,000 settlement reported in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The AAP's repeated suggestion that, "In most situations, parents are granted wide latitude in terms of the decisions they make on behalf of their children" badly misstates the law. In fact, starting in 1944 with Prince v. Massachusetts, courts have repeatedly affirmed that: "Parents may be free to become martyrs themselves. But it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children before they have reached the age of full and legal discretion when they can make that choice for themselves."[1]
Additionally, and perhaps even more egregiously, the AAP's policy statement contradicts its own bioethics policy statement, which affirms that parental wishes cannot justify unnecessary surgery and that "providers have legal and ethical duties to their child patients to render competent medical care based on what the patient needs, not what someone else expresses." Moreover, according to this same bioethics policy statement, a "pediatrician's responsibilities to his or her patient exist independent of parental desires or proxy consent." [2]
One puzzling aspect of the AAP policy statement is a contradictory dance performed on the question of how strong the alleged benefits of the procedure are. On the one hand, there is no recommendation for universal neonatal circumcision, and it is admitted—as it previously stated in its 1999 policy statement–that the "health benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision of all male newborns." Moreover, nowhere are the benefits and risks numerically compared, and the AAP repeatedly states that complication data is unknown. How then can it rationally conclude that, "Evaluation of current evidence indicates that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks…?" And how can pediatricians be tasked by the AAP to "assist parents by explaining in a nonbiased manner, the potential benefits and risks…" despite the fact that the AAP says the risks are unknown?
The US has both the highest rate of circumcision and the highest rates of HIV and AIDS in the industrialized world, so a claim that the first can prevent the other two doesn't pass the smell test. The AAP admits as much by saying that "key studies to date have been performed in African populations with HIV burdens that are epidemiologically different from HIV in the United States." Moreover, the African studies were closer to a lowest common denominator than a "gold standard," suffering from numerous critical flaws including selection bias, randomization bias, experimenter bias, inadequate blinding, supportive bias, participant expectation bias, lack of placebo control, inadequate equipoise, attrition of subjects, failure to investigate non-sexual HIV transmission, lead time bias, and time-out discrepancy. Additionally, the "60%" figure refers to the relative risk and seems calculated to deliberately mislead; the absolute risk reduction is only a measly 1.3%. As the AAP itself concedes, given vast differences in health conditions and modes of transmission between the US and Africa, the results can hardly justify infant male circumcision in the United States. Babies don't get HIV and AIDS from sexual contact.
In fact, not a single study has ever proven that circumcision has actually decreased any disease in the United States. Over a hundred boys die each year from this needless procedure, yet the AAP fails to attach much significance to the deaths stemming from the practice.[3] Rather than objectively evaluating all available evidence, the AAP selectively quotes and references highly contested and controversial studies to attempt to justify an entrenched yet outmoded cultural—not medical—practice.
We were surprised to witness the reappearance of disproven justifications for circumcision such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), penile cancer, and even syphilis. The AAP also ignores the showing by Chessare that even if claims about UTIs are valid, the complications from the procedure exceed the benefits in preventing UTIs.[4]
From there, matters become even more interesting and even less defensible. The AAP fancifully claims at several points, using slightly different language, "It is reasonable to take these non medical benefits and harms for an individual into consideration when making a decision about circumcision." In fact, few things are less reasonable and more unprecedented than physicians making medical decisions based on non-medical factors and vagaries of their infant patients' parents' culture and religion as central to whether to do a procedure. It is ironic that harms are improperly mentioned here but not properly discussed elsewhere. The other procedures that get cultural validation when medical basis is lacking can be counted on the fingers of zero hands.
Moreover, a huge logical hole appears when the policy statement suggests that, "Parents should weigh the health benefits and risks in light of their own religious, cultural, and personal preferences, as the medical benefits alone may not outweigh these other considerations for individual families." One cannot coherently argue that circumcision is elective and of variable value at the individual level yet terribly important in a larger public health context.
The AAP selects, sometimes out of context, bits of language that seems to lend its position support, and completely ignores contradictory data. Thus the policy statement cites a study that proves that male circumcision removes the most sensitive part of the penis, then proceeds to ignore that inconvenient truth.[5] The policy statement cites a study suggesting that circumcising men actually increases the HIV risk to heterosexual women and similarly ignores that uncongenial finding.[6] Another study is introduced as evidence for circumcision helping prevent HIV, yet the AAP omits to mention that it also demonstrates that intact males who wait at least ten minutes after intercourse before wiping have a much lower rate of contracting HIV than do circumcised men.[7] The policy statement cites a study showing that smoking and a narrow foreskin, not a normal one, contribute to penile cancer, yet the AAP ignores those findings as not supporting the circumcision juggernaut.[We question why the AAP is effectively recommending an unnecessary surgery at a time when the US faces a crisis in not being able to provide even necessary care for all our children. As was just demonstrated in a report by the Institute for Medicine, an astonishing $750 billion is wasted on health care each year in this country.[9] Recently it was estimated that close to $2 billion of that amount may arise from this unnecessary and harmful procedure.[10] In these days of rising medical costs and scarce resources, we simply cannot afford to continue to carry out such a harmful and outmoded practice.
Given the many virtues claimed for male circumcision by the AAP, one may be forgiven for wondering why European men are not falling down dead in the street and are even enjoying better health indicators than American men including in the areas the statement cites as improved after circumcision? Neonatal circumcision is a gross violation of children's rights. It inevitably causes pain when performed on infants, amputating tissue having erogenous, protective, and immunological functions. The AAP should immediately retract its policy statement and replace it with a document reflecting such critical concerns as the functions of the lost tissue and the importance of respecting non-consenting children's rights.
[2] American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics, "Policy Statement: Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice," Pediatrics. 1995;95(2):314–317, 315. Reaffirmed May 2011.
[3] Bollinger D. "Lost boys: An estimate of U.S. circumcision-related infant deaths," THYMOS: Journal of Boyhood Studies. 2010;4(1):78-90.
[4] Chessare JB. "Circumcision: Is the risk of urinary tract infection really the pivotal issue?," Clinical Pediatrics. 1992;31(2):100-104
[5] Sorrells ML, Snyder JL, Reiss MD, et al. Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis. BJU Int. 2007;99(4):864–869.
[6] Wawer MJ, Makumbi F, Kigozi G, et al. Circumcision in HIV-infected men and its effect on HIV transmission to female partners in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2009;374(9685):229–237.
[7] Gray RH, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, et al. The effects of male circumcision on female partners' genital tract symptoms and vaginal infections in a randomized trial in Rakai, Uganda. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009;200(1):42.e1–e7.
[8] Daling JR, Madeleine MM, Johnson LG, et al. Penile cancer: importance of circumcision, human papillomavirus and smoking in in situ and invasive disease. Int J Cancer. 2005;116(4):606–616.
[9] Smith M, Saunders R, Stuckhardt L. Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences; 2012.
[10] Bollinger D. "Cost of Circumcisions." 2012. Available at: http://www.icgi.org/information/cost-of-circumcisions/


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Maddie & Tae's 'Die From a Broken Heart' Lyrics Come From Personal Heartbreak
Maddie & Tae were hoping to hide the hurt when they sat down to write with Jonathan Singleton and Deric Ruttan. It didn't work, as you can tell from listening to the lyrics of "Die From a Broken Heart," a very personal, very effective heartbreak song from their One Heart to Another EP.
The country duo say Singleton suggested the title, which felt like fate.
"Personally, I was like 'I feel that way right now," Maddie Marlow tells Taste of Country. "That sounds like a phone conversation between me and my mom."
"I felt like I was dying," Tae Dye adds, laughing at her own melodrama.
"Sometimes," Marlow continues, "you're in so much pain and your heart hurts so bad that you just don't if you're going to come out of it. We just wanted to capture what that phone call's like."
"How does he sleep at night / Mama, the nerve of this guy / To leave me, so easy / Am I gonna be alright? / I wanna kick myself for fallin' so hard / Mama, can you die from a broken heart?" they ask at the chorus.
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Marlow was set to marry her longtime boyfriend at the time, so her heartbreak wasn't personal in that sense. Dye didn't expand on hers, but she and longtime boyfriend Jackie Lee broke up around the same time they transitioned from the shuttered Dot Records to UMG Nashville, which was when "Die From a Broken Heart" was written. They were at a career crossroads.
"Can your knees give out from praying so hard / Can you go blind from crying in the dark / Was it ever really real / If he don't feel like I feel," Maddie & Tae sing at the bridge of "Die From a Broken Heart."
"For me at that time, it felt like a failure when really it was just a stepping stone to get where we are now," Marlow says. "Sometimes you have to fall on your butt a little bit and like fail to get to that success that you want."
They're better for it — they agree — and would do it all over again to get to today. Dye's personal heartache eventually led to a new relationship, so now both women know what it looks like on the other side of a storm. Fan stories have come the same way. One fan sent a thank you note to the duo, sharing her breakup story. The were engaged, but it all blew up.
"I was like 'Oh my gosh,'" Dye recalls. "I had gone through my own breakup so I was like 'Girl, I feel ya. Stay strong. You got this!' A month ago she messaged us and told us that the engagement worked out and they got back together and she was happy ... I just have chills thinking about it."
Maddie & Tae's "Die From a Broken Heart" Lyrics:
Hey Momma, how do you get a red wine stain / Out of your favorite dress / Black mascara off a pillow case / Cure a one-too-many headache / Momma can I come and maybe stay a few days / This weekend or next / And hey, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress.
How does he sleep at night? / Momma, the nerve of this guy / To leave me so easy / Am I gonna be alright? / I wanna kick myself for falling so hard / Momma, can you die from a broken heart?
Can you ask Daddy if he's got time / To come and look at my front door / It got slammed last night and now it don't close right / And just promise that you won't tell him everything / And keep that pistol in the drawer / Momma, please don't say
I'm gonna laugh about this someday / You didn't see the way he drove away.
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Can your knees give out from praying so hard / Can you go blind from crying in the dark / Was it ever really real / If he don't feel like I feel.
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Zebra Mussels Hang On While Quagga Mussels Take Over
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- The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days -- not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the quagga mussel. But zebra mussels still dominate in fast-moving streams and rivers.
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The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days — not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the quagga mussel. But zebra mussels still dominate in fast-moving streams and rivers.
Research conducted by Suzanne Peyer, a doctoral candidate in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Zoology, shows that physiological differences between the two species might determine which mollusk dominates in either calm or fast-moving waters.
"Zebra mussels quite rapidly colonized rivers close to the Great Lakes right after their introduction, within a year or two," Peyer explains. "Quagga mussels were introduced in the Great Lakes around 20 years ago, but they are still not found in the rivers or tend to be present in low numbers."
The mussels are similar in many ways. Their habitats overlap, and both are suspension feeders that filter water to extract their food. But the cousin species are different in many ways, too. Zebra mussels prefer to attach to a hard surface, while quagga mussels can live on soft bottoms, such as sand or silt. Zebra mussels also prefer warmer water temperatures and do not grow as big as quagga mussels.
Peyer's research focused on the ability of the mussels to attach to underlying material. Both species attach to rocks, sand, silt or each other by producing tiny but strong "byssal" threads, string-like strands of protein. These threads act as an adhesive that enable the mussels to attach to surfaces, regardless of how slippery the surface is. Byssal threads are the reason mussels are so difficult to remove from boats or water intake pipes.
Peyer collected both mussel species from Lake Michigan. In the lab, she subjected the mussels to different water velocities that simulated river flow conditions. Her research results supported her hypothesis that zebra mussels are able to produce more byssal threads than quagga mussels, enabling them to attach more securely to underlying material. They are also better able to hang on where water is flowing, such as in a river or stream.
"The results were that zebra mussels produced byssal threads at about twice the rate of quagga mussels," Peyer says. "Zebra mussels can ramp up their byssal thread production under different flows."
A statistical model Peyer developed also predicted that, with increasing velocity, zebra mussels produce more threads than quagga mussels.
According to this model, the zebra mussels show high plasticity, or the ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Plasticity can be an adaptive characteristic that allows an organism to survive under new conditions. In this case, the new condition is increased flow.
Zebra mussels are also able to stay attached better. At the highest velocity, only 10 percent of the zebra mussels detached, but 60-70 percent of the quagga mussels detached.
Results from her research, funded by the UW-Madison Sea Grant Institute, is published in the July 1 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology.
According to Peyer's research adviser, Professor Carol Eunmi Lee at the UW-Madison Center of Rapid Evolution, no one has previously looked at differences in attachment between these species as an explanation for their distribution patterns in North America.
"It's the first time somebody actually went and systematically looked at functional differences between the two species that would explain the different kinds of substrate that they could invade," she says. "In that sense, Suzanne has produced a really elegant and clever study. It has very concrete hypotheses and results."
Zebra mussels were first introduced in the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, hitchhiking their way into North America in the ballast water of ships from the Caspian and Black Seas. Within a few years, zebra mussels had colonized shallow water, beaches, and water intake pipes in layers up to eight inches thick. Although quagga mussels came onto the scene a few years later, they have recently become the dominant species in calm waters of the Great Lakes.
These mussels have permanently changed the ecosystem. Before the mussels invaded, Lake Michigan water was mostly cloudy and millions of tiny microorganisms provided a food base for fish. Because the mussels filter the microorganisms, the waters today are surprisingly clear, allowing light to penetrate to greater depths, which in turn promotes prolific, nuisance algae blooms.
Quagga mussels may be the reason Diporea, a small shrimp-like species that serves as a food source for larger fish, is no longer abundant. The whitefish that feed on Diporea are growing to less than half of their expected size.
Both Peyer and Lee hope that understanding the biological differences between the two mussel species will help those who manage the Great Lakes.
"We need to be aware of the distinct differences between the two species," Peyer says. "If we understand the differences in their biology, we might help to make management more efficient and more effective in the end."
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And now let's turn to NPR's Peter Kenyon, who covered the nuclear deal and continues to cover Iran. Peter, what struck you about what you just heard?
PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Well I think it was clear that the congressman supports the Trump administration's position and also clear that he doesn't want to get too far out in front of this process. I mean, he said the terms must get tougher dramatically. But he didn't say how. I mean, for instance, will Congress pass something that says if Iran launches another intercontinental ballistic missile, the sanctions come right back on? That's one of many options that could happen. So it sounded to me like some fairly hardline talk. But I think he also is acknowledging that there's some pretty serious debate still to come.
INSKEEP: In a sentence, is Iran open to changing this deal?
KENYON: No, they're not.
INSKEEP: OK. Peter, thanks very much.
KENYON: Thanks, Steve.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Peter Kenyon speaking with us from Istanbul.
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Bon Iver's Bon Iver is Justin Vernon returning to former haunts with a new spirit. The reprises are there – solitude, quietude, hope and desperation compressed – but always a rhythm arises, a pulse vivified by gratitude and grace notes. The winter, the legend, has faded to just that, and this is the new momentary present. The icicles have dropped, rising up again as grass.


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SSBC Quality Includes Brake Light Switch and Wiring Harness Includes 5 3/16 Stainless Steel Fittings Has Two Inlets From The Master Cylinder Has Two Outlets To The Front Brakes Has One Outlet To The Rear Brakes Used With Dual Bowl Master Cylinders Only This Is NOT A Direct Replacement For Original Blocks Some Modifications To The Brake Lines Is Required Polished Finish If you are having issues with the front brakes having to much stopping power and you want a more equal braking system then this is the adjustable proportioning valve you need. This is the lastest valve design available. Not only is it adjustable by turn the control knob but in also includes a brake light switch. This is a universal proportioning valve and can be used in any brake system. Included are wiring for the switch and 5 stainless steel 3/16 fittings. The valve has 2 inlets from the master cylinder, 2 outlets to the front brakes and 1 outlet for the rear brakes. This valve is to be used with dual bowl master cylinders only.
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God Hates Divorce. He hates it because it always involves unfaithfulness to the solemn covenant of marriage that two partners have entered into before Him, and because it brings harmful consequences to those partners and their children (Mal. 2:14-16). Divorce in the Scripture is permitted only because of man's sin. Since divorce is only a concession to man's sin and is not part of God's original plan for marriage, all believers should hate divorce as God does and pursue it only when there is no other recourse. With God's help a marriage can survive the worst sins.
In Matthew 19:3-9, Christ teaches clearly that divorce is an accommodation to man's sin that violates God's original purpose for the intimate unity and permanence of the marriage bond (Gen. 2:24). He taught that God's law allowed divorce only because of "hardness of heart" (Matt. 19:8). Legal divorce was a concession for the faithful partner due to the sexual sin or abandonment by the sinning partner, so that the faithful partner was no longer bound to the marriage (Matt. 5:32; 19:9; 1 Cor. 7:12-15). Although Jesus did say that divorce is permitted in some situations, we must remember that His primary point in this discourse is to correct the Jews' idea that they could divorce one another "for any cause at all" (Matt. 19:3), and to show them the gravity of pursuing a sinful divorce. Therefore, the believer should never consider divorce except in specific circumstances (see next section), and even in those circumstances it should only be pursued reluctantly because there is no other recourse.
The Grounds for Divorce
The only New Testament grounds for divorce are sexual sin or desertion by an unbeliever. The first is found in Jesus' use of the Greek word porneia (Matt. 5:32; 19:9). This is a general term that encompasses sexual sin such as adultery, homosexuality, bestiality, and incest. When one partner violates the unity and intimacy of a marriage by sexual sin—and forsakes his or her covenant obligation—the faithful partner is placed in an extremely difficult situation. After all means are exhausted to bring the sinning partner to repentance, the Bible permits release for the faithful partner through divorce (Matt. 5:32; 1 Cor. 7:15).
The second reason for permitting a divorce is in cases where an unbelieving mate does not desire to live with his or her believing spouse (1 Cor. 7:12-15). Because "God has called us to peace" (v. 15), divorce is allowed and may be preferable in such situations. When an unbeliever desires to leave, trying to keep him or her in the marriage may only create greater tension and conflict. Also, if the unbeliever leaves the marital relationship permanently but is not willing to file for divorce, perhaps because of lifestyle, irresponsibility, or to avoid monetary obligations, then the believer is in an impossible situation of having legal and moral obligations that he or she cannot fulfill. Because "the brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases" (1 Cor. 7:15) and is therefore no longer obligated to remain married, the believer may file for divorce without fearing the displeasure of God.
The Possibility of Remarriage
Remarriage is permitted for the faithful partner only when the divorce was on biblical grounds. In fact, the purpose for a biblical divorce is to make clear that the faithful partner is free to remarry, but only in the Lord (Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Cor. 7:39).
Since divorce is only a concession to
man's sin and is not part of God's
original plan for marriage, all
believers should hate divorce
as God does.…
Those who divorce on any other grounds have sinned against God and their partners, and for them to marry another is an act of "adultery" (Mark 10:11-12). This is why Paul says that a believing woman who sinfully divorces should "remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband" (1 Cor. 7:10-11). If she repents from her sin of unbiblical divorce, the true fruits of that repentance would be to seek reconciliation with her former husband (Matt. 5:23-24). The same is true for a man who divorces unbiblically (1 Cor. 7:11). The only time such a person could remarry another is if the former spouse remarries, proves to be an unbeliever, or dies, in which cases reconciliation would no longer be possible.
The Bible also gives a word of caution to anyone who is considering marriage to a divorcee. If the divorce was not on biblical grounds and there is still a responsibility to reconcile, the person who marries the divorcee is considered an adulterer (Mark 10:12).
The Role of the Church
Believers who pursue divorce on unbiblical grounds are subject to church discipline because they openly reject the Word of God. The one who obtains an unbiblical divorce and remarries is guilty of adultery since God did not permit the original divorce (Matt. 5:32; Mark 10:11-12). That person is subject to the steps of church discipline as outlined in Matthew 18:15-17. If a professing Christian violates the marriage covenant and refuses to repent during the process of church discipline, Scripture instructs that he or she should be put out of the church and treated as an unbeliever (v. 17). When the discipline results in such a reclassification of the disobedient spouse as an "outcast" or unbeliever, the faithful partner would be free to divorce according to the provision for divorce as in the case of an unbeliever departing, as stated in 1 Corinthians 7:15. Before such a divorce, however, reasonable time should be allowed for the possibility of the unfaithful spouse returning because of the discipline.
The leadership in the local church should also help single believers who have been divorced to understand their situation biblically, especially in cases where the appropriate application of biblical teaching does not seem clear. For example, the church leadership may at times need to decide whether one or both of the former partners could be legitimately considered "believers" at the time of their past divorce, because this will affect the application of biblical principles to their current situation (1 Cor. 7:17-24). Also, because people often transfer to or from other churches and many of those churches do not practice church discipline, it might be necessary for the leadership to decide whether a member's estranged or former spouse should currently be considered a Christian or treated as an unbeliever because of continued disobedience. Again, in some cases this would affect the application of the biblical principles (1 Cor. 7:15; 2 Cor. 6:14).
Pre-conversion Divorce
According to 1 Corinthians 7:20-27, there is nothing in salvation that demands a particular social or marital status. The Apostle Paul, therefore, instructs believers to recognize that God providentially allows the circumstances they find themselves in when they come to Christ. If they were called while married, then they are not required to seek a divorce (even though divorce may be permitted on biblical grounds). If they were called while divorced, and cannot be reconciled to their former spouse because that spouse is an unbeliever or is remarried, then they are free to either remain single or be remarried to another believer (1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14).
Repentance and Forgiveness
In cases where divorce took place on unbiblical grounds and the guilty partner later repents, the grace of God is operative at the point of repentance. A sign of true repentance will be a desire to implement 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which would involve a willingness to pursue reconciliation with his or her former spouse, if that is possible. If reconciliation is not possible, however, because the former spouse is an unbeliever or is remarried, then the forgiven believer could pursue another relationship under the careful guidance and counsel of church leadership.
In cases where a believer obtained a divorce on unbiblical grounds and remarried, he or she is guilty of the sin of adultery until that sin is confessed (Mark 10:11-12). God does forgive that sin immediately when repentance takes place, and there is nothing in Scripture to indicate anything other than that. From that point on the believer should continue in his or her current marriage.
For a fuller treatment of divorce and remarriage, see The Biblical Position on Divorce & Remarriage from Grace Community Church's Elders' Perspective Series, from which this paper was adapted.
© 2001 Grace Community Church. All rights reserved.


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A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals and snoopers seeking access.
If the claim is verified, it will be embarrassing for Apple which is betting on the scanner to set its smartphone apart from new models of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and others running the Android operating system of Google Inc.
Two prominent iPhone security experts told Reuters that they believed the German group, known as the Chaos Computing Club, or CCC, had succeeded in defeating Apple's Touch ID, though they had not personally replicated the work.
One of them, Charlie Miller, co-author of the iOS Hacker's Handbook, described the work as "a complete break" of Touch ID security. "It certainly opens up a new possibility for attackers."
Apple representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
CCC, one the world's largest and most respected hacking groups, posted a video on its website that appeared to show somebody accessing an iPhone 5S with a fabricated print. The site described how members of its biometrics team had cracked the new fingerprint reader, one of the few major high-tech features added to the latest version of the iPhone.
The group said they targeted Touch ID to knock down reports about its "marvels," which suggested it would be difficult to crack.
"Fingerprints should not be used to secure anything. You leave them everywhere, and it is far too easy to make fake fingers out of lifted prints," a hacker named Starbug was quoted as saying on the CCC's site.
The group said it defeated Touch ID by photographing the fingerprint of an iPhone's user, then printing it on to a transparent sheet, which it used to create a mold for a "fake finger."
CCC said similar processes have been used to crack "the vast majority" of fingerprint sensors on the market.
"I think it's legit," said Dino Dai Zovi," another co-author of the iOS Hacker's Handbook. "The CCC doesn't fool around or over-hype, especially when they are trying to make a political point."
Touch ID, which was only introduced on the top-of-the-line iPhone 5S, lets users unlock their devices or make purchases on iTunes by simply pressing their finger on the home button. It uses a sapphire crystal sensor embedded in the button.
Data used for verification is encrypted and stored in a secure enclave of the phone's A7 processor chip.
Two security experts who sponsored an impromptu competition offering cash and other prizes to the first hackers who cracked the iPhone said they had reviewed the information posted on the CCC website, but wanted more documentation.
"We are simply awaiting a full video documentation and walk through of the process that they have claimed," said mobile security researcher Nick DePetrillo, who started the contest with another security expert, Robert Graham. "When they deliver that video we will review it."
The two of them each put up $100 toward a prize for the contest winner, then set up a website inviting others to contribute. While the booty now includes more than $13,000 in cash, it was not clear that the CCC would receive the full payout, even if DePetrillo and Graham declared them winners.
A micro venture capital firm known as I/O Capital, which had offered to pay $10,000 of the prize money, issued a press release late on Sunday saying that it would make its own determination about who won the contest.
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