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If you have booted from a Gentoo LiveCD, you are able to use
# mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
If for some reason
One thing still remains to be done before we enter the new environment and that
is copying over the DNS information in
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installed, it is time to enter our new installation environment by
This chrooting is done in three steps. First we will change the root
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Congratulations! You are now inside your own Gentoo Linux environment. Of course it is far from finished, which is why the installation still has some sections left :-)
If you haven't installed a Portage snapshot in the previous chapter, you must
download a recent Portage tree from the Internet.
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Most distributions compile their packages with support for as much as possible,
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amount of dependencies. With Gentoo you can define what options a package
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A full description on
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If you are interested in using a collection of systems to help in compiling your
system you might want to take a look at our
Now take a seat and think of your previous steps. We asked you to
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So, you want to compile everything from scratch? Okay then :-)
In this step, we will
Before starting the bootstrap, we list a couple of options you might or
might not want. If you do not want to read those, continue with
If you want to speed up the bootstrapping, you can temporarily deselect
java-support. This means that the GNU Compiler Collection and the GNU C
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the GNU Java Compiler (
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If you haven't copied over all source code before, then the bootstrap
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compilation) use the
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Table of Contents
- 1 Don't be afraid to see a dentist because of embarrassment or pain
- 2 Things your mother never told you–(about her false teeth)!
- 2.1 1. Having full dentures is like having fake hands.
- 2.2 2. As soon as the natural teeth are removed, the face begins to age rapidly.
- 2.3 3. A denture is NOT forever.
- 2.4 4. Dentures must be relined every two years.
- 2.5 5. If you are a "gagger" (and have avoided seeing dentists to avoid gagging), you can be sure that the new denture will cause you to gag too.
- 3 What are the affordable alternatives to having all the teeth removed?
Don't be afraid to see a dentist because of embarrassment or pain
I make quite a few full dentures. I do this mostly in cases where people come in with an old one that needs to be replaced. There are also cases in which people present with teeth in such bad condition that there is literally no other affordable alternative. However, many young people come to my office with numerous teeth that have what they believe are non-repairable cavities, or they may not like the appearance of their teeth because they are crooked. They expect the denture will be a simple way to correct all their problems.
Many of these people have avoided going to the dentist because they are afraid of what the dentist will think, or afraid of what will happen to them once they get there. Let me make four things very clear.
1. We see people with very bad teeth ALL THE TIME.
At least half of all our patients come to the dentist the first time only because they are in so much pain that they can't stand it anymore! They become good dental patients only because of their first few bad toothaches. You are not alone in having this problem!
2. Your fear of the pain is WAY out of proportion to the actual pain you will feel when we work on you.
Do you remember how big your dad and mom looked to you when you were a child? When you finally grew up, they didn't look so big anymore. Your memory of the pain involved in seeing a dentist is like that too. Once you actually see it with grown up eyes, it doesn't look so big and bad anymore. Many of our very best regular patients started out just like you. They sometimes come in just to say hi even when they don't have a problem because the staff is friendly, and the atmosphere makes them feel comfortable.
3. Full dentures are a last resort!
If you are used to having even diseased or ugly teeth, you cannot even imagine how disappointed you may be with full dentures. Dentures are, in fact, a sort of myth made of plastic! (Read on and you will see why.) I've been making them since 1978. I've seen it all!
4. You do not naturally lose your teeth when you get old.
This is a picture of a 73 year old man who simply brushed daily and used toothpicks to clean between his teeth all his life. He didn't eat much sugar except when he was very young (which accounts for the one visible filling you see on the upper left back tooth). With a little care, anyone can keep their teeth all their life!
Click here to read an exchange of e-mails between me and a patient who got a denture and found she could not wear it. These situations happen all the time and can be downright tragic!
Things your mother never told you–(about her false teeth)!
1. Having full dentures is like having fake hands.
They may look like real hands, but try holding a pen to write your name with them. False teeth are not real teeth. People with them can barely chew their food, You can put just 15% of the pressure on false teeth as you normally use to chew your food, before they lose the suction that keeps the top one in your mouth. The lower ones have no suction at all and they just sit there by virtue of their own weight, and the ability of the tongue to help them stay put. Many people find lower dentures so cumbersome that even if the top ones are reasonably successful, they do not wear the lowers except when they go out in public.
2. As soon as the natural teeth are removed, the face begins to age rapidly.
When new dentures are inserted for the first time, your facial appearance remains the same…at first …. But as soon as you walk out the door, the bone that held your original natural teeth begins the process of resorption (disappearing) which begins the process of collapsing your facial appearance.
It is helpful to actually see the severe bone loss that will happen after the teeth are extracted. Compare the panoramic x-ray of a normal mouth (seen on the x-ray page ) with that of a person who has been without teeth edentulous (without any teeth) for a number of years (on the implant page) and notice the amount of bone that nature can remove if the teeth are extracted at an early age. Click on the toothless skull above to read more about what happens to the bone once the teeth are extracted.
Bone resorption can be prevented by replacing natural teeth with dental implants soon after they are extracted. While implants are a much more expensive alternative than keeping the natural teeth, they are still infinitely better than the problems associated with going without teeth and ending up with a full denture!
Dentures accelerate the aging process of your face because the distance between your nose and your chin begins to decrease as soon as the natural teeth are extracted. The bone that used to hold your top natural teeth begins to retreat up toward your nose, and the bone that held the lower natural teeth "goes south", allowing both the top and bottom false teeth to ride with them in the same directions. Within a few months, your face ages several years. As a result, the denture teeth eventually begin to disappear under your lips while the lips themselves begin to flatten out. This process continues for the rest of your life.
The image on the left above shows the facial appearance of a 48 year old woman who had her teeth removed at the age of 28. Unfortunately, she kept her same denture the full 20 years. This allowed the distance between her nose and her chin to collapse (this distance is called the vertical dimension). Note the flattening or "sinking" of the lips. As the lips flatten, they begin to develop little vertical wrinkles called ragades, or perioral Lines (marked in blue on the diagram above). The diagonal lines marked in yellow are called the labiomental folds. These tend to become more pronounced as the lips, no longer supported by lower teeth and gums collapse inward, and the vertical dimension diminishes. The lips begin to blend into the labiomental folds bringing about the illusion that the lips are a great deal longer from right to left than they really are. The combination of sunken lips and pronounced labiomental fold give the mouth the appearance of a horizontal slit rather than the full lipped appearance of a person with natural teeth. In some people, the diagonal lines from the corner of the nose to the corners of the lips, called the nasolabial folds (marked in red) become much more pronounced after the loss of the teeth adding to the appearance of rapid aging.
The edentulous (toothless) woman shown above is 48 years old. Compare her with this 53 year old woman who has retained all her natural teeth. The fullness of the lips and the lack of ragades are due to the steady presence of the natural teeth throughout her life. The nasolabial folds become apparent mostly when she smiles. The Labiomental folds are not apparent, due to the presence of the lower teeth (and their supporting structures) which support the lower lip to keep it from sinking inward. While this patient is chronologically older than the patient above, she looks physically younger because she kept her natural teeth.
The images above are drawn by hand, but they show the real world effect of the loss of the teeth. The image to the left shows the profile of a middle age woman with a full set of teeth. The center image shows what the patient would look like immediately after the extraction of her teeth. The image to the right shows what the patient would look like at the same age if the teeth had been removed about ten years before. If you have ever ridden the subway in any large city, you have seen people with this type of deformity. They were not born that way. They have simply lost all their teeth. Click on the image to go to the website of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists for more on this subject
3. A denture is NOT forever.
As dentists, we can help prevent some of the facial aging if (and only if) you return every 2 years for a reline, and every 5 to 7 years to get new dentures. If you don't wait too long, we can usually build new dentures with "longer teeth" (actually extra pink plastic that replaces the gums). We can also place the teeth somewhat further forward to fill out your lips a bit. However if you wait too long, the muscles that let you chew your food begin to shorten to accommodate the reduced space between your nose and chin (vertical dimension), and you will not be able to tolerate the increase in length of the teeth that would be necessary to restore your original vertical dimension. This is nature talking, not the dentist who will do his best to accommodate your wishes.
A denture worn too long can really do damage to the facial appearance. Long term wear of an old denture can force huge changes in the muscles of the face which affect not only facial appearance, but functional changes in the way the patient uses the jaws. Click here to read about my patient Popeye. His story comes at the end of a page written primarily for dentists, dental students and other dental professionals. The rest of the page is full of technical data on occlusion, the study of the relationship between the position of the teeth, the muscles of mastication and the corresponding position of the jaw joints. But for readers with endurance, it will provide some insight into the secret lives of dentists and just how complex the profession really is.
4. Dentures must be relined every two years.
This means that new plastic must be added to the inside of your existing denture in order to fill spaces between the denture and the gums left vacant by the receding bone. Relines do NOT restore vertical dimension, but they do keep the denture tight and stable. If you fail to reline the denture the consequences are not good.
As the bone recedes and more and more space becomes vacant inside the denture, most people will begin wearing stiff denture adhesives to maintain the dentures in their mouths. They tend not to notice that the teeth move around more and more while chewing food. When a denture retains suction, but begins to move around over the bony ridge that supports it, we say the denture has good RETENTION, but lacks STABILITY. When the hard denture base is in close approximation to the bone that supports it, the denture has maximum stability, but as the distance increases, no matter what type of goo you put under it, the teeth become less and less stable and are much more easily dislodged by chewing food.
People become accustomed to the gradually developing poor fit. They know that the appliance isn't what it used to be, and they plan to get new dentures, but simple inertia keeps them from going back to the dentist. However, if they have waited more than two years to reline or rebuild the denture, something unfortunate happens to the tissue that supports it. Nature begins to build more gums between the bone and the denture to take up the slack. At first this sounds good, but the gum tissue that nature builds after the real teeth are gone is soft and flabby. It's like a layer of Jell-O. This flabby tissue adapts to the denture and provides some suction, but it won't support any weight. In other words, the flabby new gum tissue that forms because of an ill fitting denture will not support a stabledenture. This means that when you bite food on the front or the side of the denture, it will displace causing it to move around and loose suction.
The image above shows an example of a very common form of flabby, redundant tissue that forms under an ill fitting denture. It looks like little pebbles on the roof of the mouth. This type of overgrowth is called papillary hyperplasia. It is permanent until it is surgically removed. Of more practical importance to the denture's stability are the thick layers of flabby tissue that form over the U shaped bony ridge, which is the area most responsible for supporting the denture during chewing.
The take-home lesson here is that even a new denture built over this flabby tissue will not fit much better than the old one. The new denture will have the same stability problems as the old one unless the patient goes to an oral surgeon to have the flabby tissue removed before the new denture is made.
If you need to use more than a touch of denture adhesive to retain your denture, then you need a reline. I have seen some very odd things used to take up extra space inside an old denture. Some patients use layers of tissue paper. One patient actually presented to their dental office with a neatly trimmed slice of bologna as a makeshift "denture liner". Using anything other than denture adhesive is a bad idea because the denture breath gets pretty ripe!
5. If you are a "gagger" (and have avoided seeing dentists to avoid gagging), you can be sure that the new denture will cause you to gag too.
Probably the saddest group of people we see in this profession are those people who hate dentists because they tend to gag when anyone (including a dentist) puts something in their mouths. These people have it in the back of their mind that they can just wait until their teeth get so bad that a dentist will just put them to sleep, remove the teeth and they will wake up with false teeth and live happily ever after.
Actually, the first part of the dream can come true. It is expensive, but you can get your teeth pulled under general anesthesia and have an immediate denture inserted. It's the "happily ever after" that doesn't pan out. Gaggers tend to go toothless a lot because the presence of the denture in their mouths makes them feel like throwing up all the time. They avoid eating at other people's houses, and will wear their dentures only when absolutely necessary. The only hope these people have is if they can afford full mouth implants.
Click here to read an exchange of e-mails between me and a patient who got a denture and found she could not wear it. These situations happen all the time and can be downright tragic.
What are the affordable alternatives to having all the teeth removed?
1. Missing and hopeless teeth can be replaced without extracting the good teeth.
They can be replaced using Removable partial dentures. Partial dentures are much more comfortable and stable than full dentures. They do not have to cover the entire roof of your mouth for stability because they are held in by the remaining natural teeth. Even the presence of a few natural teeth remaining on either side of the dental arch can make it possible to wear a partial denture instead of full dentures. The presence of any number of real teeth can reduce (though not completely eliminate) the accelerated aging process associated with full dentures.
In the image above, the man has only 4 natural teeth, but his all-plastic partial is as stable as a rock! The clasps are made of plastic and are visible under my fingers. This is a nylon-type flexible partial denture, and it replaces all the missing teeth, including the back teeth. The presence of the four natural teeth make this appliance very stable and comfortable.
2. Even if you are unhappy with the appearance of your front teeth, it is possible to replace only the front ones with a partial denture.
If you have two front teeth that are very crooked, it is possible to remove only these and replace them with a partial or bridge and avoid removing all the other teeth.
Having said this, there are always people who really DO need to have all their teeth extracted and have dentures made. These include people with all their teeth so badly decayed that they would all require root canals and crowns which can become extremely expensive, and not every patient can afford this. They include people with terminal gum disease which has caused the teeth to become loose or to change their positions so badly that repair again becomes too expensive, or likely to fail after a short while. They also include people who have been to dentists for years trying to save their teeth, but have finally given up and are just plain tired of all the bother their teeth have caused them. No matter who you are, they ARE your teeth, and you have a right to have them removed if you have ultimately made up your mind to do so. If this applies to you, I have prepared an entire page on the different types of dentures, and the steps involved in making them.
Yes, this man has no teeth!
At the time of writing, he was an escaped convict.
I know you're curious. Click on his image for more.
Everything about getting dentures
The different types of full dentures
Denture relines, rebases and repairs


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The availability of and access to quality health care directly affects the health of the population. This is especially true of those at high risk due to low socioeconomic status or chronic medical conditions.
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A dozen years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America had the right to exclude gays. And while the organization won that case, the ruling � and the perpetuation of its discriminatory policy � damaged its �brand� in the eyes of many.
Now comes news that the organization may drop the gay exclusion, which would then place the final decision in the hands of local charters. A spokesman says the national board is considering a change that would allow sponsoring organizations like churches, companies and schools to decide for themselves whether their Scout units would admit gays.
Under this approach, the national organization �would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units,� said spokesman Deron Smith. The change could be announced this week.
That would not end discrimination for all Scout units, but it would mark an important step in the right direction. More, it would create momentum for gradual change throughout the organization.
In Alamance County, organizations are already thinking about what they might do should the decision become final, according to a Times-News story published on Sunday.
It seems apparent the national board was reluctant to issue an organization-wide edict with the potential to create deep fissures in Scouting as a whole. Mormon, Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist churches sponsor many Scout units, and those denominations have been strong supporters of the gay exclusion. Many may well continue that policy. It�s not clear in our area how many would do so or how many organizations might leave Scout sponsorship altogether.
Yet allowing sponsoring groups to decide on their own would inevitably set things in motion. Many troops would drop the ban, as indeed some have already. Once gays are accepted at the troop level, summer camps would be expected to accommodate all as well. As time passed, the number of troops maintaining the exclusion would likely shrink.
Todd Lamphear, Scoutmaster of Troop 11 in Snow Camp, said that over the years he�s lost few potential Scouts due to the national organization�s policies. His troop is one of the few in Alamance County not sponsored by a church, but he understands how tricky the issue will be locally.
�It�s a wide variety of � religious backgrounds that are going to be affected here,� he said. �Will this deter parents? I don�t know if it will deter the parents that I have.�
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�The impact on any individual troop would probably be minimal because � youth that would be inclined to a particular belief system would already be involved with a troop sponsored by a charter with that belief system,� Parker said.
For the national organization the time is right to set this policy change in motion and remove the ban on gays becoming affiliated with Scouting. Giving local charters the freedom to make their own choices is the right first step.


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Recommended Lighting Practices for OILFIELD LIGHTING (2.4 MB PDF).
Explanatory Video for Recommended Lighting Practices.
Texas Collaboration Protects Dark Skies - International Dark-sky Association blog post.
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When Staying in the Dark is the Brightest Idea from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association Magazine (September 2017).
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About Light Pollution:
What is light pollution?
Light pollution is any adverse effect of artificial light at night, including sky glow, impaired visibility from glare, light trespass, energy waste, and more.
Does it really matter?
YES! Light pollution wastes energy and money, disrupts global wildlife and ecological balance, has been linked to negative consequences in human health, and negatively affects astronomers and scientists. Read on to learn more about specific issues.
What can I do?
There is a WIN-WIN SOLUTION to light pollution! By changing outdoor lighting practices, you can prevent light pollution while putting more light where you want it using less electricity. Read on to find out how to make a positive difference.
Negative Effects of Light Pollution
• COSTS: In the United States $10s of billions annually in electricity costs are wasted shining light upward at night. These numbers do not include the costs of producing the energy to generate electricity.
• ENERGY CONSUMPTION: Most of the energy required to power all of the wasted light comes from burning fossil fuels, contributing to other types of pollution.
• HEALTH: New studies point to dramatic health consequences from the disruption of the natural human day/night cycle. Unnatural light at night affects hormone production and reduces the strength of the immune system.
• SAFETY: Vision is impaired by "glare" from overly bright light sources, reducing sensitivity to fine details and color perception, especially in elderly people. Brighter lights cause shadows to appear darker.
• THE ENVIRONMENT: Artificial light at night has been shown to disrupt the mating, migration, and hunting behaviors of many different species, and consequently the ecological community as a whole.
• LOSS OF NIGHTTIME SKY: The view of stars and dark night skies is rapidly being lost. Generations are growing up having never seen the Milky Way. Sky glow resulting from artificial lighting dramatically hinders the science of astronomy.
The Solution
We can reclaim vast amounts of energy currently wasted inadvertently into the night sky by poorly designed outdoor lighting. We can do this by using light fixtures that are shielded to reflect light down where it is needed, as well as using the smallest number of lights and lowest wattage bulbs necessary to effectively light an area.
• START WITH YOUR OWN HOME AND YARD: Lead by example in adopting good lighting practices. Put your own house in order first.
• SPREAD THE WORD: The solution to light pollution is 90% education and public awareness, and 10% technology. Show examples of good lighting to your friends and neighbors. Once people see it in action, and understand its implications for cost savings and improved visibility, they are far more likely to adopt good lighting practices on their own.
• CREATE CHANGE IN YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT: One house doesn't make much of a difference compared to an entire city and large retail installations. The best way to make a significant difference is to help your local government create a new lighting ordinance that regulates lighting practices on a large scale.
An excellent resource is the International Dark-sky Association.
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Jessica Alba's "Aha!" Moments
The star opens up about starting the Honest Company and other ways that being a mother is shaping her life. Check out gorgeous Jessica Alba photos from her very first shoot with supercute daughters Haven and Honor Warren! Plus, watch our video interview
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Mark Liddell
"I'm so sorry!" Jessica Alba is late—and looks frazzled. "My washing machine exploded and my three-year-old fell down the stairs wearing my high heels. We had to have a chat about why we don't wear heels on the stairs."
It's a sun-soaked Santa Monica day at the offices of the Honest Company (honest.com), Jessica's latest project: a nostalgic monthly diaper and babywipe delivery service that's anything but old-school. The plant-based disposable diapers and other products contain no toxic chemicals whatsoever—and they're cute with a capital C! The former Dark Angel and star of both Fantastic Four and Spy Kids reaches across the table and grabs some diaper designs to show me. There are funky skulls for baby boys and ice cream cones for little girls. "I don't know why people think natural products have to be ugly," she says. If you've ever run out of diapers ("It's the worst moment ever, especially when it's late at night," says Jessica), you'll love her new website. Just log on, shop, and poof! A box of adorable baby goods shows up on your doorstep a few days later.
Mark Liddell
As I listen to her talk about babies, I'm reminded she gave birth to her second daughter, Haven, a mere five months earlier. She looks, well, a-ma-zing. Her hair is pulled back into a high bun, showing off the chiseled cheekbones and pouty lips that have helped land her on lists reserved for some of the world's most beautiful people. "I put on a lot of weight with [my firstborn] Honor; it took a long time to get back in shape," she says, only half-jokingly. "My husband [producer Cash Warren] made bacon for me every morning, and at night we ordered a minimum of five desserts." Now in slim leggings, combat boots, and a loose-fitting black coat with deep pockets, where she's hiding her hands (a tiny tattoo peeks out from one wrist), it's hard to imagine she had that same experience with baby number two. "[By then] I had a toddler to take care of and I was starting this business, so I made healthier food choices, did prenatal yoga." When I ask how she maintains consistency, she says she eats mostly organic and fresh, and considers her triple nonfat latte her biggest indulgence. It's not like it's that hard to figure out why she looks so good. As she relaxes into her chair and friendly chatter ensues, she slowly reveals what life is really like for an A-list–star mom and entrepreneur. Believe it or not, her big business idea was inspired by a load of baby laundry. Here, some of her other major "aha!" moments—for now.
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 1: Don't put a brown paper bag on your kid for nothing.
When I was pregnant with Honor, my mom said, "You have to pre-wash all the baby's clothes in such-and-such brand detergent, because it's for infant wear." So I did…and I had a massive allergy attack. I had hives, sneezed my head off, and my eyes were tearing. And this detergent was geared toward babies! There was no way I was putting clothes washed in this on a newborn! If it made me feel that bad, imagine how a baby with no immune system would react! Then I did some research and learned there are petroleum-based chemicals in a lot of babycare products, even some of the so-called "earth-friendly" brands. Once I had bought brown diapers, telling myself, "You know what, they're not cute, but they're all-natural." I was resigned to the fact that anything healthy wasn't going to be attractive. But then I found out that the inside of the diaper had that same petroleum-based stuff in it that the other diapers had. I'd put an ugly brown diaper on my kid for nothing!
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 2: Sometimes, you have to do things yourself.
I went to see Christopher Gavigan—he's a leader in environmental health, and his book, Healthy Child, Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home, had taught me so much. I asked him if he'd be interested in starting a babycare-products company with me. Cash thought it was a great idea, too, so Christopher and I set about building the Honest Company. We deliver diapers, wipes, cleaners, and toiletries—all free of harmful chemicals—right to your door. And they're cute! No brown diapers here!
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 3: Kids don't always have to know the truth.
I serve Honor flavored sparkling water—she thinks that it's soda, and that's what I let her think. I told her that "brown soda" is only for adults, and she believes me. Ha! And when the paparazzi follow us, and she asks me what they're doing, I tell her "They're just taking pictures. Isn't that silly?" I don't want her to have anxiety, so I tell her they do that to everyone, not just our family.
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 4: Nobody else has to know the truth either.
You'd think that the best way to protect my family from the lies and criticisms the press can print about me would be to angrily deny them at every turn. But I've found out it's better to do nothing, as long as it doesn't deeply affect my family and their happiness. Whether it's true or false, I won't say anything. I think that's just feeding into it, and it's going to create more press than it needs to. My mom's like, "It's not true! That's an outright lie!" And I tell her, "Yeah, but if I come out and say that's an outright lie, then it's going to be circulated again."
Jessica Alba
Aha Moment 5: I'm turning into my mom!
When I was a kid, I told myself, "When I become a mother, I'm never going to say 'Do it because I said so!' to my children. I'll definitely give them my reasons." Yep, I've totally said it—and without giving reasons.
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 6: In our house, I'm the bad cop.
I'm the disciplinarian. I think it's because I was kind of a naughty kid myself: I'd push my parents' buttons and test them to see how much I could get away with. Cash, meanwhile, was always the perfect kid—the straight-A student who was everyone's sweetheart. It was never in him to be naughty. I think I just know, from me being that other kind of child, how to cut off bad behavior and redirect it. So when Honor tries to do something she shouldn't, I have to say to Cash, "Let her know right from the beginning that she can't." I'll put her in time-out and tell her, "Think about the choices you've made." Then I'll come back and say, "Now it's time to stop crying and think." Then I'll come back again and ask her, "Now, what did you learn?"
Mark Liddell
Aha Moment 7: Getting nominated for a Golden Globe is cool. Saving the planet? Even cooler. But nothing seems as monumental as being a mom.
Before I had kids, I was always so focused on my career, and it was always such a big thing for me. But once I had kids, it changed. That's probably the thing that's surprised me the most about motherhood—just how secondary everything else is. Nothing else really matters to me aside from my children and their well-being.
Mark Liddell
Oh, and another thing...
Going from one child to two is easier. Having your first baby is just a complete and total mental shift!
To prep Honor for big sisterhood, we'd say things like, "You know, when the baby comes, babies can't have lollipops or go on a swing. They can't play dress-up." Honor realized she was going to be the cool sister. Now, she's really into being my helper. When I change Haven's diaper, I ask her, "Can you throw this away for Mommy?" or "Can you get me the wipes?" She's really into it. I tell her, "Oh, you're such a good big sister!" and give her a high five.
My husband, Cash, is a super dad. If I'm with Haven, he'll make Honor's lunch or take her to the park. They see movies or draw together—she'll even watch sports with him.
On weekends, we wake up and go to our favorite deli, where Honor has pancakes, bacon...and matzo ball soup. She's obsessed with that soup!


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Telecenters, Information Technology and Rural Development: The Australian Experience
by Perry Share
Australia is a land of contradiction. It has a public image as a rural-based economy and culture. Typical popular images are of kangaroos in a bushland setting or macho bush workers staring grimly into the sunset. However, most Australians live in urban or semi-urban environments in a 200km-wide strip along the east coast of the continent with settlement also on the southwest coast, around Perth in Western Australia. The remainder of the Australian land mass (about 90%) can be defined as rural or remote. These areas contain about a fifth of the total population, which ranges in density from 0 to 5 people per square kilometer. About two thirds of the rural/remote population live in or near country towns, with the remainder very sparsely settled on farms, very small settlements, Aboriginal outstations or on transport routes. In remote areas about 60% of the population is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
Providing telecommunications services to rural and remote Australia has always been a technical and financial challenge. Huge distances between settlements and the sparseness of scattered rural populations have created a difficult business environment for governments and service providers alike, with high capital infrastructure costs and apparently limited revenue opportunities. As a result there has been an overt policy of cross-subsidization, through a legislated Universal Service Obligation. This has meant that rural and remote communities have been ensured of at least basic telephone services.
The final phase of the development of the POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) saw the installation of the final links in the telecommunications chain through the $530 million Rural and Remote Areas Program. (Note: All monetary figures are in Australian dollars AUS$1 = US$0.75.) These included provision of services to remote farms, homesteads and Aboriginal communities through the solar-powered Digital Radio Concentrator System. With the deregulation of the communications sector and the increase in competition, it is unclear whether telecommunications companies will voluntarily continue to make the investments required to bring the new generation of telecommunications services to all rural and remote communities.
Australians are known for their enthusiastic and rapid embrace of new technologies, such as color TV, VCRs and mobile phones, but farmers have been noted for their relatively low adoption of computer technology, particularly in comparison to their urban business counterparts. At the same time, international developments, for example in the global trading of wool, mean that Australian farmers are in effect forced to adopt new communications technologies. A number of rural interest groups - including farmer organizations and rural research bodies - have sought to respond to this situation.
Recently the federal government, conscious of concerns in rural communities at being left off the Information Superhighway, has announced a number of special initiatives to encourage the development of advanced communications infrastructure in rural areas. Political deals designed to secure the partial sell-off of the publicly owned telco also influenced these decisions. New spending has included two million dollars for projects to enhance public access to online services through public libraries and similar institutions (the Online Public Access Initiative) and $250 million for the much larger Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund, designed to help stimulate and aggregate demand for online and other advanced telecommunications services in rural and remote areas. Though these schemes are dwarfed by the billions of dollars being invested in the roll-out of advanced fiber and cable networks in urban and regional centers, they may help rural and remote communities to respond to the opportunities promised by advanced communications systems.
In May 1997, the federal government's Information Policy Advisory Council (IPAC) released the report rural®ional.au/for all. This report set out a rationale for the development of online services in rural and remote Australia and featured an audit of the technological and organizational solutions and initiatives already underway. It embraced a future where everyone is location independent in terms of access to affordable services, closeness to each other and to the worlds of learning, commerce, healthy living and entertainment. In this future, it was hoped, there would emerge regional and rural development based on new job and new business opportunities.
Given the rapidity of change in both the technological arena and policy environment, it is very difficult to confidently predict the nature of telecommunications development in rural and remote areas. Much faith is being held in new wireless and satellite technologies and a range of other technological fixes. It is confidently asserted by the federal government that continued deregulation and competition will open up the market, as smart companies see the profits that can be realized in targeting rural and remote consumer niches. At the same time it is recognized that occasional government intervention might be needed to stimulate and aggregate demand and to administer and enforce universal service mechanisms.
A key challenge identified in the IPAC report is to stimulate interest
amongst rural people in the benefits that might accrue to them through
involvement and investment in advanced communications technologies. A
justified skepticism exists amongst rural dwellers, many of whom have seen
a continuing downgrading of social and capital infrastructure in their
communities, in technologies that may in fact lead to a diminution of
available services. Country people remain to be convinced that online
technologies have anything to offer, particularly in light of the high
access costs that many of them must incur.
Partly as a response to such concerns, in 1992 the federal government
initiated the telecenter program, part of the RCAP suite of programs
mentioned earlier. Developed by some enthusiastic individuals within
Telstra (the publicly-owned telecommunications company) and the Department
of Primary Industries and Energy (DPIE), the Australian telecenter program
drew much inspiration from developments in Scandinavia in the 1980s.
A telecenter is a publicly accessible space (the premises used to house telecenters have ranged from purpose built units to abandoned convents) fitted out with a range of computing and communications equipment. This might include computers, satellite dishes, faxes, scanners, printers, Internet connections, videoconferencing equipment, photocopiers and other office fittings.
Telecenters are funded to the extent of equipment purchases and some salary component to pay a (usually part-time) coordinator. Typical funding is in the order of $25,000 per annum for two or, in exceptional cases, three years. Additional funds are derived from sale of services to the general public or to government and private bodies. There is also a significant input from local communities, either as cash support, or as in-kind support in the form of provision of buildings, voluntary labor, utilities or other services.
DPIE has supported 43 telecenters, of which 41 are still in operation. The Western Australian telecenter network was established in 1993 and now consists of 68 linked telecenters, with funding provided by local communities and a range of government bodies (including 14 DPIE supported centers). None of the other states has yet funded their own telecenters, though Queensland has committed considerable funds to the development of telematics-based learning facilities, some of which are co-located with DPIE supported telecenters. Telecenters were designed to help rural communities adopt new communications and computing technologies, to expand local employment and business opportunities and to explore new ways of delivering services, such as education and training.
The activities that take place in telecenters are varied. The most common are computer and other training - especially under the sponsorship of labor market programs for unemployed people; desktop publishing; and support of distance education. Other activities are highly diverse, from book publishing to accountancy and secretarial services to provision of Internet services and WWW page design. Telecenters also act, in some cases, as community centers, providing spaces for meetings, local tourist and community information and a focus for other community activities such as barter schemes. Telecenters also assist local people in developing applications for other government funding programs. Very few telecenters have provided substantial telework opportunities. The range of activities carried out - and not carried out - in Australian rural telecenters are similar to those reported for similar enterprises in Scandinavia, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The telecenter program joins two aims: rural community development and
(small) business stimulation. The extent to which these are compatible or
complementary has been a constant source of tension within the development
of community-based telecenters, not just in Australia.
Telecenters and Economic Development
There has been considerable debate over the extent to which
telecommunications may be linked to rural economic development and/or
decline. It is certainly the case that enhanced communications links
(whether road, rail or electronic) have the capacity both to bring business
and services into rural communities, or to leach them out to other, larger
On the positive side, use and understanding of modern technology can help rural businesses and rural labor stay competitive. Business and land management, market contact and financial information and professional networking are but a few of the advantages that rural dwellers can obtain through computing and telecommunications networks.
Telecenters have sought to realize this positive potential in a number of ways:
Telecenters also expect to make a significant contribution to rural community development. Experience of the telecenter program suggests that they can perform a useful function in their community. In particular, telecenters provide a focus for community activity and mobilization. The telecenter committees may become catalysts for other development projects. Conversely, telecenters seem to work best in communities where there is a commonality of purpose -- where members are able to work together cooperatively and, crucially, where suitable management skills can be mobilized. They may help publish local newsletters and brochures or provide electronic bulletin boards to support the community. They may also provide a center where people without other means of access to computers can develop new skills. It is clear that a number of Australian telecenters, especially those in very small or remote communities, such as Tumby Bay in South Australia, have been fulfilling such functions.
In the rural context it often makes little sense to differentiate between
business and community activities. Many businesses undertake work at
reduced cost or for free for local community organizations. For instance,
accountants will carry out auditing for local service clubs, or banks will
supply free checking services. Similarly, telecenters often find it
difficult to differentiate between business and community functions. This
can be a cause for friction in local communities, where legitimate
businesses fear undercutting by publicly-funded competitors and also
between telecenters and funding bodies who wish to see the organizations
move toward financial self-sufficiency.
Are Telecenters a Success?
It is difficult to assess the extent to which telecenters have succeeded.
External evaluators have tended to judge them in terms of the telecenters'
own stated aims. Furthermore, it was difficult to establish specific
performance indicators for telecenters prior to their establishment, given
the novelty of the enterprise. Thus the purposes and directions of the
telecenters have evolved, particularly in response to rapidly changing
If continued existence can be taken as a measure of success, then Australian telecenters have been remarkably successful. Only two DPIE supported telecenters have failed as have two of the Western Australian government funded centers. In three of these four cases failure has largely been due to the activities of a rival public sector training provider or overlap with private business.
Telecenters also appear to have been successful in involving rural women who have made up over two-thirds of DPIE-supported telecenter coordinators, though men dominate management committees by similar proportion. Women have also been enthusiastic users of telecenter services, accessing education, training and work opportunities previously unavailable or difficult to access in rural and remote areas. For instance, telecenters have apparently supported a strong growth in the number of women accessing Technical and Further Education distance education courses; previously such courses were dominated by men.
A key measure of success (particularly for funding bodies) is whether
telecenters can achieve self-sufficiency. In Britain and Ireland research
has indicated that no more than 15% of telecenters were returning a profit
on operations. The trend in Australia has been for telecenters to replace
one form of government support with another. Ongoing DPIE funding has
ceased for most telecenters. They are now dependent on other sources of
income, for example as providers of training courses for labor market
programs or the sale of Internet services to public bodies. There is also a
measure of private income through a broad range of services (as discussed
above), but without some form of continued public funding, most telecenters
would not survive.
Future Directions
In Europe telecenters have either been closed or kept alive largely
through public funding. The question then arises: are telecenters a
valuable service that should be supported (perhaps like public libraries)
or are they an irrelevant and expensive drain on the public purse, a
utopian notion that has failed? This is, not surprisingly, a difficult
question to answer. The key lies in the nature of the service being
provided by telecenters, and whether such a service is economically,
socially or ethically desirable. The future directions of the telecenter
idea also rest on how policy makers respond to the challenges of rural
economic and social development.
In Australia the future of telecenters is not clear. At the federal level
a decision is yet to be made (as of June 1997) whether to continue funding
such initiatives. The Western Australian government has decided to sustain
and indeed expand its telecenter operations, basically by turning
telecenters into a channel for the delivery of a range of government services.
When telecenters were first established in 1992-93, they were perceived
very much as stand-alone operations, but networking is now seen as the key
orientation of telecenters. However, they have yet to develop their
potential in this direction. The telecenter coordinating body, the
Australian Rural Telecenter Association, has yet to develop as an effective
coordination or marketing organization, and the Western Australian
telecenters are still highly dependent on a centralized, state- provided
Support Unit.
There is hope in Western Australia that telecenter 'clusters' will
encourage interchange among telecenters in the same geographic area. Such
cooperation should facilitate access to technical support and assistance;
common training sessions; and the opportunity to plan and bid for
collaborative ventures and projects. Ultimately telecenters or networks of
telecenters could form the basis for rural-based telecommunications
cooperatives. Telecenters at Wangaratta in Victoria and Cloncurry in
Queensland are already moving in this direction.
Technological Change: Privatization
Australian telecenters emerged at a specific point in the development of
electronic communications and information technology. They provided
services such as laser printing, photocopying, dispatch and receipt of
faxes and Internet access, at a time when the vast majority of rural
households had no private access to such services. However rapid
technological change and reduced costs of some electronic equipment has
meant that at least some of these services are now within reach of the
private consumer. This obviously raises question about the viability of
many telecenter operations. On the other hand, rural Internet access is
still very limited.
Provision of Government Services
In Western Australia the telecenter network could deliver information and
services on behalf of different government agencies. The DPIE is pushing
for a similar function for federally supported telecenters, and this was a
recommendation of the recent evaluation of the broader RCAP program.
Duplication and unevenness of service delivery has always been a problem in
rural and remote communities. Telecenters could provide a first stop shop
or single window through which public (and private) services could be
provided. There is already evidence that the private sector is providing
similar types of information brokerage services in rural areas.
Real and Virtual Communities
Global communications must be understood as something that happens locally
as well as globally. There are fundamental questions about the relationship
between real rural communities and the virtual electronic communities that
may be emerging on the Internet -- facilitated in some ways by the
development of telecenters. People are increasingly engaging in activities
with people of like interest who are not located in physical proximity to
them. Electronic networks have the capacity to both connect people on the
basis of shared interest, but also to isolate them from their immediate
spatial community. If rural dwellers can find social stimulation and
sources of information in cyberspace, they may cease to interact with their
neighbors in rural settings. The role of the rural community in economic
production may then be diminished by electronic networks. The crucial issue
may become the extent to which a local face can be put on Internet services
at the local level.
The challenge, then, is to provide the benefits of electronic communication in such a way as to support and enhance, rather than destroy, rural localities and communities. Telecenters provide specific community focus and structured involvement of local community groups and individuals. They can evolve into local information providers, brokers and creators. As such, they are well placed to facilitate the use of modern communications technologies to help Australian rural communities grow and survive into the next century.


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Brad Paisley Relives Young Romance in 'Beat This Summer' Video
Summertime is just a few short weeks away, but if you're jonesing for salt, sand and summer love, Brad Paisley's 'Beat This Summer' video has got you covered. In the music video for his latest tune, Paisley reminds fans just how fun a summer romance can be.
And the best part about his new clip is that you don't have to watch another model-worthy couple flirt with each other in the sand. This clip is all about young love -- the adorable stars of the video can't be more than 12 years old or so.
It starts out with a young boy noticing a young girl. With a Ferris wheel spinning in the background, he starts scheming up ways to break the ice. In the end, he buys her an ice cream cone, and that seems to do the trick.
The young lovebirds spend the afternoon playing carnival games, riding roller coasters and playing around in souvenir shops. Even though their time together is going to be short, these two kids know how to make the most of their day.
After playing in the waves and running on the shoreline, the boy shows off his romantic side again. He plans a candlelit dinner on the beach for his new girl, completely with a teddy bear and wine glasses -- filled with milk, of course. Before their night draws to a close, the young couple takes a ride on the carousel and the girl kisses the boy on his cheek.
It's in the last few seconds of the video that you realize the entire storyline is supposed to be a flashback to one of Paisley's former flames. As the boy watches his summer fling drive away in her mom's car, the screen cuts to a full-grown Paisley staring off into the distance.
By most standards, the end of the video is a little cheesy, but it's nice to see a young, innocent summer romance for a change.


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Words by Kevin Duffel, photography by Dave Chami.
Give any team manager a minute and they can effortlessly rifle off ten million reasons why certain flow guys never move up the hierarchical ranks to am status: "Talks too much shit; can't handle the tour van; drank one too many brewskis a while back, and presumably thinking he was Vin Diesel, tried to flex on the veteran pros." You know, just kooking it. Yet, unlike those who have unforgivably blown it, Jon Nguyen–the ever-stylish Tilt Mode ripper who once ran with the likes of Toy Machine and enjoi–was ostensibly slated for perma-flow for no real reason. But now, with Blueprint properly hooking him up, Jon can finally call himself a legit am. And seriously, it's about goddamn time.
So you're finally am now, huh? That's like going pro nowadays.
Yeah [laughs].
Does this mean you can go another five years without having a proper job?
I hope so, man. I haven't had a proper job in five years. I've just been bumming it, basically, so hopefully I can keep it going.
Yeah, you've been on summer vacation for five years or so–just floating around and staying on people's couches, right?
Pretty much. Basically, just eating shitty [food] and selling product, getting odd jobs, and just hustling, I guess.
Is there an art to bumming it that you have to perfect?
Kind of [laughs]. You just have to go with it. Sometimes I'm super broke, and then something will happen that day, and I'll just end up making some money somehow. But I also have some support. My sister and girlfriend help me out.
So is that whose couch you're crashing on nowadays–your girlfriend's?
Yeah, I'm staying at my girlfriend's house right now in San Francisco.
How'd you swing that one? Did she just ask you to move in?
Yeah, basically. I'd float around San Jose and then just come back here, and I've just been staying here more and more I guess. I like SF a lot. I miss all my friends and stuff in San Jose, but I go back there once in a while, so it's not too bad.
What are you doing for money right now?
I was working with my neighbor. He was trying to remodel his house and I was helping him with that. That was kind of steady. But yeah, it's pretty random–just sell stuff, basically. And photo incentive.
Damn, you're doing the full on ramen diet, huh?
Well, I get food stamps too–E.B.T. So that pretty much helps me a lot. I just go and buy groceries.
How did you manage to get food stamps? Did you have to go through some lengthy process to become eligible?
Not really, you just go down to the office, and tell them you're broke. I mean, I am broke. I showed them my bank account, and it had zero dollars for the past year [laughs]. And then they were like, "Yeah, you're good."
So do you have to stash all your cash under a mattress so it keeps your bank account at an even zero?
I mean, yeah, if I make checks–I probably shouldn't say this–then I don't tell them.
Going into a different topic, you've been around for years, even getting photos in the mags, but it seemed like you were always destined to be forever-flow for some odd reason.
Yeah, man. It definitely felt like that.
Why do you think it took you this long to get properly hooked up?
I had to find where I fit in. I definitely feel like I fit with these dudes [Blueprint]. It's a good match. It just took a little while.
How long were you flow for?
Five years on the flow-gram.
That's a long time.
Definitely. There was a little while when I thought it wasn't going to happen. I was just over it. But it's a good thing I stuck with it.
Who'd you get boards from before Blueprint hooked you up?
Toy Machine.
Was enjoi ever an option? It seems like that would be the logical choice, seeing as how you lived in San Jose and hang out with those guys on a regular basis.
Yeah, that was like the first flow I had. I wasn't really in the right state of mind when I was that age. I didn't really get what I had to do, and wasn't doing what I should have been doing.
So how did riding for Blueprint ultimately come about?
I was riding for Toy Machine for a while and realized it wasn't really going anywhere. I was with my friend Dave Ashley, and we were just talking about companies I might be down to ride for. He mentioned he knew [Paul] Shier, and so I was down, like, "Blueprint's sick." So, I sent him a tape and started getting boards. We went on a little trip soon after that to Ohio.
I'm sure it must be pretty nice to finally see yourself in an ad. Do you feel like all the hard work finally paid off?
It's pretty f–king awesome, man. It's been a long time waiting. It's kind of weird. I've been doing the same thing for forever, but it's finally coming together.
I don't think you took off your beanie during the whole "Welcome To Blueprint" part.
Yeah, dude. I need to get a haircut [laughs].
Is that why you keep it on?
Yeah, I've just had long hair for forever. And it's hard to skate with it out. I just tuck it in the beanie.
How bad does that thing smell? I'd think you could probably kill a young child just with the stench of it.
It gets pretty stinky, yeah. That's funny. My girlfriend just talked about that–how much it smells, yesterday.
So if you had to get rid of one of the two, what would you get rid of: food stamps or the beanie?
Probably the beanie, I guess. I need those food stamps right now, until I start getting some checks, maybe.
For anyone who's struggling and sleeping on couches, what's the best way to keep warm in the middle of a cold night?
If blankets are at a minimum, wear those clothes. Put your socks on, put a hoodie on. Maybe get a two liter bottle and fill it up with hot water if you're that cold. And then make sure to be nice to whoever's letting you crash. Wash their dishes, or do whatever you've got to do.
Finally, what's some good advice for other struggling flow guys hoping to finally get the golden ticket into am status?
Just keep doing what you're doing. Don't fall into the fad of tricks and whatever's going on. Keep it basic. Don't go too combo-guy. Quality over quantity. It just looks sicker when you have a sick spot, not just some boring set of stairs.


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The city's three-day Artscape festival came to a close Sunday as the rain held off and the biggest crowds of the weekend jammed streets transformed into galleries, performance space and picnic areas.
After a slower-than-usual, rainy Saturday, "All of our fair-weather friends came out today," said Bill Gilmore, executive director of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, which produces the event. "We're at capacity."
Artscape, which bills itself as America's largest free arts festival, featured roughly 145 artists and vendors and was expected to have attracted about 350,000 people.
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DNR Warns of Changing Ice Conditions
UNDATED -- The Minnesota DNR is asking anyone who plans to head out onto the ice to take some extra precautions.
Because the temperature has been well above freezing for a few days, the ice conditions can change rapidly.
DNR Water Safety Specialist Kara Owens says if we get rain, it will complicate things. She says the weight of the rain can cause ice to weaken and when it re-freezes, the ice will be layered and ultimately weaker too.
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Al Spoler, well known to WYPR listeners as the wine-loving co-host of "Cellar Notes" has had a long-standing parallel interest in cooking as well. Al has said, the moment he started getting serious about Sunday night dinners was the same moment he started getting serious about wine. Over the years, he has benefited greatly from being a member of the Cork and Fork Society of Baltimore, a gentlemen's dining club that serves black tie meals cooked by the members themselves who are some of Baltimore's most accomplished amateur cooks.
His most rewarding immersion in cooking came through his work as a television director at MPT. Spoler served as off-line editor and assistant director on two series featuring the legendary French chef Pierre Franey. He also worked with Mexican chef Patricia Quintana, and with Bed and Breakfast expert Gail Greco on her series "Country Inn Cooking". Al says traveling all over the US visiting country inns and taping recipes that they prepared in little makeshift television kitchens was an incredible education.
Spoler's tastes in cooking are influenced by regional tradition and contemporary casual French fare. Never slavish to recipes, he is never happier than improvising a Sunday dinner with whatever ingredients come to hand.


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Dave Letterman Asks Kim Kardashian: 'You're Married To Two Guys Right?'
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian opened up about Kim's problems with her estranged husband Kris Humphries on Wednesday's edition of the Late Show With David Letterman.
Letterman opened the can of worms, jokingly asking Kim — who's expecting Kanye West's baby in July — if she was married to two guys
'Now, you're still married to the former husband, Kris Humphries? You're still married to him?" he asked Kim, which she confirmed.
The two got then into specifics about Kim's ongoing legal battle with the star forward for the Brooklyn Nets, who wants to have their infamous 72-day marriage annulled based on fraudulent circumstances.
Kim said she "would love to give him [an annulment,] but then that would make … the only legal way to get an annulment is if fraud were involved, so that's what tricky … he is suing me for an annulment based on the fact that I frauded him into marrying him for publicity."
Letterman asked, "Oh, so he's claiming that he was the victim of fraud?"
The 32-year-old mom-to-be confirmed that "that's the only way to get an annulment, is if one person was frauded."
That's when Kourtney, 33, sprang into action in defense of her younger sister, saying, "I think if she was going to do it for publicity, she'd pick someone that people knew!"
Later on in the chat, Kim told Letterman his ongoing jokes about her notoriously brief marriage to the NBA star "have to stop" because, technically, her marriage has lasted much longer than 72 days.
"Those jokes really can't work, because I've really been married for almost two years," said Kim, clad in a tuxedo-style outfit. "So it hasn't been 72 days, it's been almost two years."
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The SGAA Stained Glass School has long been known for offering workshops and seminars in conjunction with the Stained Glass Association of America's Annual Summer Conference. However, in April of this year, the SGAA Stained Glass School took a new step forward in offering top-quality classes at its facility in Raytown, Missouri.
It was fitting that the first class offered should be Stained Glass 101, an introduction to stained glass fabrication and painting. The class was taught by Jerome Durr, then SGAA President, and Bob Markert, SGAA School Director. Students came from all over the Kansas City metro area to take part in the class, which included trips to the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kathy Barnard's Kansas City studio, and Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral for an afternoon spent studying photographing stained glass in the field.
The next workshop to be offered at the SGAA Stained Glass School facility is A Focus on Enamels with Jim Berberich. At the time of publication of this magazine, this class was already at capacity, and a waiting list had been created in case of vacancies. Students will be coming from around the world to study painting with enamels on glass with painter Jim Berberich, who has taught at past SGAA Annual Summer Conferences and whose work is widely known and respected.
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Adobe Patches Critical Flaw in Flash Player
Adobe released an emergency update to patch a critical security flaw in Flash Player. Attacks are already exploiting the vulnerability in the wild, according to the company.
The bug exists in all editions of the Flash Player, but attackers are currently targeting only Internet Explorer users, Adobe said in an advisory released May 4. Adobe flagged the update with a priority rating of "1," which means users should install the patch within 72 hours.
Triggering the "object confusion vulnerability" bug can cause the application "to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system," Adobe said. The company did not provide any information about the exploit itself beyond saying it was part of a "targeted" attack. That would imply a small number of victims as the attackers went after specific individuals or companies.
"There are reports that the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious file delivered in an email message," Adobe said.
Users who opted into the silent background update mechanism will not be prompted to install this 18.104.22.168, as the company will roll out the fix automatically. In March, Adobe shipped Flash Player 11.2, which offered users the option to turn on silent updates so that the software could download and install updates whenever new ones were available.
Security Watch checked two Windows 7 computers on different networks and verified the latest update had been installed on one machine, but not the other. The update mechanism is set up to ping Adobe's servers once a day to see if there are any updates available. It is likely the machine had pinged Adobe's servers before the update was posted to the servers at about 10 AM Pacific, an Adobe spokesperson said. The update would likely be downloaded in 24 hours, according to Adobe. Users who want to install the update manually can download it from the Adobe Website or Google Play for Android versions.
The patch is available for Adobe Flash Player 126.96.36.199 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, Adobe Flash Player 18.104.22.168 and earlier versions for Android 4.x, and Adobe Flash Player 22.214.171.124 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x.
This emergency patch marks the fourth time Flash Player was updated in 2012 so far. If you don't have silent updates turned on for Flash, apply the fix immediately.
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