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Money On TreesBy Tim Newlin
My brother, Tom, said we should make some money. I knew what money was – adults had piles of it. But the idea of making the stuff seemed crazy to me. I was 6 years old and could make paper airplanes and hammer a nail. But making quarters, nickels and dimes was a mystery.
Tom, was the businessman in the family. He seemed to know all about money because he was 13 months older than me. I was just a dummy, and Tom was good enough to remind me about that every time he felt like doling out his wealth of wisdom. He told me that you didn't make the stuff, you had to earn it. I got another dummy reminder when I asked about earn. He explained that it was all about working and sweating and thinking of stuff to sell. Thinking was okay, but I was already sweating from the heat and had nothing to sell. Tom was sure that earning was the way to get money, and that other ways would have the cops chasing us and send our souls to hell.
Tom said there was a way to earn called business and that was all about knowing what people want. He figured that people always wanted something cold to drink on a hot day, and that down on the corner there were hundreds of hot, sweaty people just waiting to buy a glass of Kool-Aid.
Even I knew what that was.
Kool-Aid was the miracle drink of America in the 1950s. Mom had a dozen packs of it in the kitchen. We loaded our wagon with a cool pitcher of strawberry Kool-Aid, some paper cups, a few boxes, crayons and paper, and sloshed down the sidewalk to the corner. We parked under a tree and used a board on the wagon for a countertop. I made the sign and Tom set the price – 5 cents a cup! With the pitcher and a stack of cups on our counter, we sat on the boxes, remembered not to pick our noses, and smiled. we were open for business.
It soon became clear that earning had its problems. The Kool-Aid was getting warm and we had to cover the pitcher to keep out the flies and leaves. People passed in a hurry. Some smiled and shook their heads. Our first customer was a man that slapped a nickel on our counter, grabbed the pitcher, filled and gulped down two cups of Kool-Aid, crushed the cup, tossed it on the ground and walked away. Tom was about to yell "Litterbug!" at the guy, when Sister Mary, a teacher from our school, patted me on the head and told Tom not to waste his breath because some people just don't care. I picked up the cup while Tom sold Sister Mary some Kool-Aid. She paid and waved goodbye, telling us to keep up the good work.
We brushed away leaves, swatted flies, and watched the cars go by on the busy four-lane that was full of Fords, Caddies, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, trucks and busses. We started competing to pick out the make, model, and year of each vehicle. The 1955 models had just hit the streets, including the Thunderbird and Corvette sports cars. 7 out of 10 American families owned a car in those days and a gallon of gas cost only 23 cents. Los Angeles was a city of cars. Today's cars would have all looked pretty much the same to our eyes back then. Cars in the 50s came in all shapes and colors with fins, headlights, tail-lights, grills, and chrome details that were brands in themselves. They also had horns that could wake the dead and big, roaring engines that belched out lung-choking, brown smog that filled the LA basin and gave me breathing problems.
Doing business was thirsty work, so we drank our product. Before long, the pitcher was almost empty. I told Tom I was tired of earning and left.
I started kicking piles of leaves as I walked towards home. The leaves had piled up pretty thick on the sidewalks and in the gutters. When I dragged my foot sideways along the gutter up against the curb I could plow out a small road. I imagined my shoe was one of those big earth movers I'd seen digging the world's biggest swimming pool out behind our property (I learned later that it was really the new city reservoir). Lost in my road-building fantasies, I got my toy truck for a test drive. That inspired me to get my dad's push-broom. I broom-plowed through gutters, up driveways and sidewalks. I made highways, side roads, and parking lots. I was several houses down the street before a neighbor snapped me out of my fantasy. Mr Benton came outside, handed me a soda and gave me 50 cents, saying that I was doing a great job. I had no idea what he meant, but I took the money and thanked him with my mouth full of soda.
Just then, Tom came back with the wagon. Mr. Benton called him over and told us we could use the wagon to haul away the leaves, then he went back inside to get out of the heat. Tom finished off my soda, gave me a dummy reminder, and demanded to know what the heck was going on. When I told him all about it, and got to the part about the 50 cents, Tom's business brain kicked in. He looked at all the leaves on our street and saw money on trees.
In no time, we had two brooms, a shovel, and another wagon. We swept all up and down our street for the rest of the day.
I swept and Tom hauled the leaves away. With two wagons, it went fast. We worked until we were dirty and sore all over. Many other neighbors gave us coins. Some weren't home and some weren't the paying type, but by suppertime we had earned $3.15 – the 15 cents was from the Kool-Aid business.
We stashed the tools, hid the money in our room, took a cold bath, and had just sat down to eat, when Dad came home from work. I was dead tired so I don't remember the meal, but I do remember that mom looked at us in a funny way and said something about an empty sugar jar (Kool-Aid needs 2 full cups of sugar with the package). We cleaned up our plates and dashed off to bed.
As we climbed into our bunkbeds, we heard dad go out to the garage like he always did after dinner. But this time he came storming back in, yelling at mom with words I was not supposed to hear. He wanted to know why a huge pile of dirty leaves had been dumped behind the garage. Tom poked his head over the edge of the top bunk and ordered me to shut my eyes and pretend to sleep – no matter what! I followed orders and snored. Just then, dad barged in ready to start yelling, when mom pulled him out and whispered to leave it until morning, because we were asleep and she was tired and wanted some peace and quiet for the rest of the evening. Dad grumbled and closed the door. It seemed that money-making and earning were full of problems. Then I remembered the nickels, dimes, and quarters in the sock under Tom's pillow.
I sure wanted to see it all just one more time before going to sleep. But I didn't want another dummy reminder. Besides, the Boss was tired and needed rest for another hard day of making money. ©2010:Tim Newlin


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"I committed to Georgia on Thursday," Jones said today. "I told Coach Garner that I was committed to Georgia, and he was very excited."
Jones is considered a four-star prospect by Scout.com. He is the anchor of arguably the best defensive line in Georgia – Northside. He makes for the seventh commitment for the Bulldogs for the Class of 2009. He is the first defensive lineman the Bulldogs have received a commitment from. Jones picked Georgia over Clemson and Miami. He had been considered a Georgia lean for some time.
"Coach Garner has been reminding me that I am their top guy at my spot for some time," Jones said. The Northside product visited Athens for spring practice earlier this year, and had a lot of focus on him from the coaching staff at the time.
"I was lucky enough to talk with Coach Richt," said Jones of his visit to Athens for their junior day earlier this spring. "He just asked me about my family. He asked me about the dates for coming tests that are coming up. He wanted me to make sure to get the NCAA Clearinghouse stuff going."

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Biology researchers discover that bacteria living in mosses on tree branches twice as effective at 'fixing' nitrogen as those on the ground. A new study by Dr. Zoë Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biology at McGill University, and Jonathan Whiteley, a doctoral student in the same department, shows that large, ancient trees may be very important in helping forests grow.
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Chance events may profoundly shape history. What if Franz Ferdinand's driver had not taken a wrong turn, bringing the Duke face to face with his assassin? Would World War I still have been fought? Would Hitler have risen to power decades later?
Historians can only speculate on what might have been, but a team of evolutionary biologists studying ancient proteins has turned speculation into experiment. They resurrected an ancient ancestor of an important human protein as it existed hundreds of millions of years ago and then used biochemical methods to generate and characterize a huge number of alternative histories that could have ensued from that ancient starting point.
Tracing these alternative evolutionary paths, the researchers discovered that the protein – the cellular receptor for the stress hormone cortisol – could not have evolved its modern-day function unless two extremely unlikely mutations happened to evolve first. These "permissive" mutations had no effect on the protein's function, but without them the protein could not tolerate the later mutations that caused it to evolve its sensitivity to cortisol. In screening thousands of alternative histories, the researchers found no alternative permissive mutations that could have allowed the protein's modern-day form to evolve. The researchers describe their findings June 16, online in Nature.
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888 poker drop Luis Suarez as an ambassador following FIFA bite ban
Luis Suarez has been dropped by 888 poker following the FIFA decision to slap a four-month ban on him for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
The forward had produced several video diaries during the World Cup as part of that role, which would have also saw him join in with several of the company's events.
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Story by Terri Queck-Matzie
Good food. Good company. Good conversation. Many a cure for the problems of an ailing world has been discovered in such a setting.
The Wallace Centers of Iowa (WCI) is taking the concept to a new level with a series of Dialogue Dinners and Civility Luncheons that utilize farm-fresh food and facilitated conversation to bring people from all walks of life together to tackle issues of the day.
"It's really about listening," says Diane Weiland, CEO and program developer of WCI. "Every conversation can plant a seed."
WCI's mission is "Building Community by Engaging Citizens in Meaningful Conversation and Active Learning," and its programming is based on the ideals of the three generations of Wallaces to call Iowa home. The organization operates from two sites: the Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center near Orient — 40 acres of prairie, gardens, orchards, and meeting facilities that mark the birthplace of the 33rd vice president of the United States and founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred — and the Wallace House in Des Moines' Sherman Hill neighborhood, home to his grandfather, Henry Wallace, agricultural activist and founder of Wallaces Farmer.
Fine linens adorn the tables at the Wallace House. The home is restored to the days of Henry Wallace; vintage furnishings and archival photos line the walls. Round tables seating five or six guests are arranged through the living room and parlor. Participants in the Spring 2012 Dialogue Dinner drift in, mingle, and hesitantly find a seat with the newly acquainted.
WCI chef Katie Routh creates magic from fresh foods. Her tools are the fruits and vegetables grown at the Country Life Center. The farm raises produce for a 67-member community supported agriculture program and the Gathering Table restaurant, as well as special events. In addition to her cooking duties, Routh conducts programming on processing and marketing locally grown foods through a USDA grant.
Fresh garden greens, lightly dressed, are followed by a fresh herb-seasoned chicken breast (meat, bread, honey, and eggs not grown on the WCI farm are acquired from local all-natural producers) on a bed of exquisitely flavored lentils. By the time the warm, bubbling rhubarb cobbler is served, the strangers who seated themselves just a short time before are becoming fast friends. The real conversation begins now as attention turns to the evening's speaker posed in front of the substantial white marble fireplace.
The presenters for this evening's discussion of immigration are Sherry Gupta, founder and director of CULTUREALL, and Carol Roh Spaulding, coauthor with Kay Fenton Smith of Zakery's Bridge.
CULTUREALL is a nonprofit organization that provides multicultural education to schools and businesses through the use of cultural ambassadors who facilitate hands-on workshops. "It provides an opportunity to get out of your head and into the experience," says Gupta.
Roh Spaulding's book highlights the story of immigrant children as they transition to a life that is often very different from the one they left behind. Both strive to increase awareness of the challenges and contributions of the immigrant and the challenges of the receiving society. "It really is a give-and-take between cultures," says Roh Spaulding, "New arrivals face and present challenges, but they also greatly enrich us."
The formal presentations are followed by facilitated conversation. Each table is given a few suggested questions to guide the ensuing dialogue with an emphasis on civility and equal participation by all. A synopsis of each table's conversation is then shared with the room for open discussion.
Iowans have traditionally adjusted to new waves of immigration with little conflict. "But we're still pretty homogeneous, and we have to be global," says Gupta.
There's consensus in the historic house that experiencing other cultures is key to acceptance as Iowa's culture becomes more global. "Iowa is unique," says Roh Spaulding, citing immigration attorney Ann Naffier. "We have the chance to do it right."
The topic and the conversation are indicative of a WCI gathering. Last fall's series of Civility Luncheons, Politics and Civility, included presenters such as Loretta Sieman, a public relations consultant and former West Des Moines City Council member, and Des Moines Register editor Rick Green.
"Iowa is the birthplace of civility," said Green. "Collegial conversation like this doesn't happen in other parts of the country. We need more of this."
Previous gatherings at the Country Life Center highlighted agriculture land use, local food systems, and rural economic issues.
"These are crucial issues," says Weiland, "and they call for civil exchange of facts and opinions. It's important to stay in the conversation."
More information about The Wallace Center of Iowa sites and programs can be found at www.wallace.org.
Terri Queck-Matzie is a Fontanelle-based writer and photographer whose appetite is whetted by good conversation.
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Von Gaylord Audio with Uni (Land Version) triode mono amplifiers $7495 set, vG One & vG One Pulse loudspeaker monitor and low extension $13,800 set. This Uni is not the liquid cooled model they have shown previously.
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New monoblock amplifiers from Dartzeel. These are the final versions ...casework still in design.
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Hudson Audio FJ Genuin 3 loudspeaker.
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'Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.' - Victor Hugo
In May I promised the details of Plan S - selling the West End Building. By adopting Plan S the city gets physical consolidation of city services, a replacement police/emergency center, lower ongoing maintenance charges, an opportunity to repurchase the WEB and a better than decent chance of recovering a significant portion of the $20 million spent to purchase the building.
Plan S follows:
2011 - Commit to selling the WEB.
2011 to 2012 - Coincident with the rebuild of city hall, move on a temporary basis, all city hall employees to the WEB.
2012 to 2014 - Rebuild and expand the existing facility. The city owns ¾ of the block on which city hall sits. Based on the most cost effective result either remodel the existing city hall to meet existing deficiencies or tear down the existing building and rebuild on the ¾ block. The city gets physical consolidation of city services, a new emergency and police center and lower ongoing maintenance charges.
2014 - All city employees at the WEB return downtown.
2014 - Sell the WEB with a right of first refusal. WEB proponents rightly point out the merits of the location. Selling the WEB with a right of first refusal gives the city the opportunity to purchase the building when it comes up for sale in the future.
Because we did not have WEB long term financing the bank is calling the tune and we are dancing to the beat of their drummer. The bank now requires principle repayment of the $20.2 million line of credit. The city must make annual minimum principle payments of $850,000. By 2014 the line of credit may be reduced to $16 million. At the same time, the commercial real estate market is more likely than not to have recovered. The city may sell the WEB for $16 million (or more). Therefore, sale of the WEB may not require additional city resources and repayment of the remaining line of credit.
The financing of city hall can be done substantially, if not completely, with Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency (LORA) monies. This is particularly the case if the new city hall is done as a mixed use facility. Rebuilding city hall may not equal economic development. But, if we make the case that Sundeleaf Plaza, Millennium Park Plaza, the replacement fire station and a new library generate economic development, then a new mixed use development city hall will too.
Plan S has costs. It is the operating costs in retention of the building between now and 2014 and the cost of moving employees to and back from the WEB. There are limits as to how much LORA money can be used. The city will want very good legal counsel. Some LORA projects will not be done. The biggest risk remains prolonged recession in the commercial real estate market, not the carrying cost of the property
The benefits are a new city hall, physical consolidation of city services, a new police and emergency center, lower ongoing maintenance charges and an opportunity to repurchase the WEB. Lastly, the city gets back to what it needs to do, like the Lake Grove Village/Boones Ferry plan, parks, library services, pathways and road maintenance.
The time for Plan S has come.
Jeff Gudman is a member of the Lake Oswego City Council. He notes that his views are his alone and not those of the council.


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My Love Affair
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DEN Summer Institute – THANK YOU!!!
Let's face it, gather over 100 educators, stir in some DEN-tastic professional development and you have the makings of a fairly AWESOME week. It's taken me a while to process the tips and tricks I picked up from my colleagues (and I'm still finding notes hidden in various iPad apps!). The purpose of this post
EdCamp Hudson Valley 8-14-12
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In a previous life, I was a Bible-thumper, and I lived in Nashville, the buckle of the Bible Belt. After three years of life amongst my believing buddies, I began to ask a few too many questions. Before I fully lost my faith, however, I moved away (another story) and most of the people I knew were none-the-wiser to my doubts.
I've kept in loose contact with a select few, and one of them is attempting an internship at a university in Washington DC, which is very near where I am. She's really looking forward to our reunion, and so am I. In reality, she was one of the most intellectual Christians I knew; she was what kept me sane when everyone else just floated through their faith without any critical thought. Most of my friends told me I thought too much.
Without going into any more detail, my real question is whether I should bother to tell her I'm now atheist. Should I wait and let it come out in conversation? I feel like if I write her a message, it should be at least somewhat explanatory rather than just, "I'm atheist. Just thought you should know before you get here."
I'm not really afraid she's going to turn on me, I guess I'd just like to know if it's appropriate. Would you be weirded-out in a similar situation?
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I'm definitely not ashamed, but it does feel weird to have to insert it into conversation where there's this unspoken understanding you both believe the same thing. So, she'll be talking along about all the things God has done in her life, and that seems like the wrong time to say, "Oh, I don't believe that stuff anymore." For one, it seems as though I'm asking she stop talking about it. Also, it's just unnatural. The only thing to do is smile and nod, but that seems dishonest, too. Well, I mean... the "smile and nod" probably happens more often than we realize; this just happens to be a topic we're more sensitive to. Oh well... I'll figure it out.
I don't see why it would be important to "confess" your atheism. If it comes up, it comes up. If they are there to visit Cara, then it should be an unimportant detail. If they are there to visit a Christian, then maybe you should offer a forewarning.
You're right, I shouldn't be "confessing" it. I suppose I would be offering up a justification, which I shouldn't have to do. I'm not really sure if the friendship hinges on shared beliefs though; I think my lack of belief is hard to miss on FB. Do you think so? You're my friend there! lol
No, I don't think it is hard to miss, but it isn't blatant either. As it should be, atheism is just but a small part of who you are and your interests. Hopefully your friend sees it that way as well. I wouldn't fret too much unless your friend makes it a point of contention.
I agree that it's best to just let it come up in conversation. If you make a point to tell her you are an Atheist right off the bat, it could look like you are being pushy or such to her. However, if you enjoy your reunion and the topic comes up, I see no reason not to tell her where you stand. That way, your true feelings of friendship will be front and center, rather than your Atheism being the central focus. After all, this meeting really is all about catching up with an old friend, so let that be the focus. But bay all means, if the topic rears it's head in one of the many ways it can, be honest to yourself.
i think Robert already gave the best advice. let it come up.
I've seen some good advice here so far, just thought I'd throw this out too.
As the BNL song "Be My Yoko Ono" says: "If there's someone you can live without, then do so."
If you are concerned that she will turn on you, then she might not have been a good friend to begin with. I've had to cut quite a few off in these few years after my own deconversion.
... I feel fairly certain she won't turn on me. The worst I can think of is it just remaining what it is now: not much contact with the occasional "how are you?" We're not close anymore. I wouldn't be losing much if we didn't pick up where we left off. There is a hope I harbor that maybe we'll get into some lively debates and she'll denounce God's existence... but I definitely won't be attempting that.
Yep, Robert is right. Let it come up, if you mention it at all. I also find that it is better to avoid the "A" word as much as possible with believers because they have been so thoroughly conditioned to think of us as evil. In addition, they have their own ideas about what the word means and those ideas don't agree with ours. Just explain that you don't believe in that stuff any more and have become highly skeptical of all supernatural claims. If she asks "Are you an atheist?" reply by asking what exactly SHE means by that term before you say yes.
I think she's someone who wouldn't be turned off by the "A-word"... I kind of hope she'll just be intrigued like she once was years ago. But you're right. I think it is important to ask the person how they define atheism, because it definitely varies... and is usually incorrect.
Cara, I also think you have an opportunity here to model what "being an atheist" is like for this old friend of yours. I understand your goal isn't to convert her, but on the chance that she, too, is battling those doubts, spending your time together casually before the subject of your lost faith comes up, you will have demonstrated that you're still the same you -- not an angry, self-loathing, confused, lost, empty, etc. atheist. Show her how comfortable you are in your "new" skin, and you might just build the bridge she needs to cross into the light of rational thinking herself. Good luck!
This is true... I have a Christian friend who readily admits I actually display more confidence and seem to be better off without religion, but--strangely--she still tries to insist I "turn back to God". She doesn't believe I don't believe. But, I guess it's good she thinks I'm a better person now. HA!


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Pumps & Systems, January 2009
Editor's Note: This is part three of a three part series about variable speed pump selection. To read the previous article, click here.
Last month we reviewed the pump selection criteria for a closed loop circulation system (Vp-Vf). This month we will take a look at a similar application that adds some elevation to the equation.
Open loop applications are similar to closed loop systems in that friction in the loop varies with flow. The major difference between the two is that the static heads are unbalanced in the up and down legs of the open loop system. Simply stated, the discharge elevation is usually greater than the supply elevation. Figure 1 is an example of a simple open loop application.
Figure 1 shows a pump circulating water through a piping system that includes a heat exchanger and a cooling tower. In this example, friction will arise from two sources-the flow in the piping and the flow through the heat exchanger passage. These values will be added, as in last month's application, to produce the frictional component of the system curve.
The elevation component is composed of Ha and Hb. Ha is the balanced elevation in the loop. The lower (solid blue) portion of the cooling tower is the pan or reservoir that collects the cooled process water. The distance from the surface of the water to the bottom of the down leg will produce the same elevation in the up leg. Therefore, no energy is required to produce the static elevation of Ha. Hb is the unbalanced elevation and is the distance from the surface of the water in the reservoir to the piping entrance in the upper (solid blue) portion of the tower. Consequently, Hb becomes the elevation head that the pump must produce.
Depending upon the tower design, another head component can be required. Some cooling towers have a collection pan in the upper portion of the tower that distributes the water to the cooling area via gravity. Others rely on nozzles to spray water into the cooling area. When nozzles are used, a certain amount of pressure is required to create a spray pattern. In our example, we will assume that gravity distributes the water. We will also ignore the potential siphon effect that can be produced by the so-called "down comer" that was often used on older cooling tower designs.
Figure 2 is a graphical representation of the components that comprise the system curve for the open loop system in Figure 1. The blue and green curves are the frictional components and the horizontal black line is the elevation component. The red system curve is the sum of the other three curves at each flow point. The total head required to operate the loop ranges from 13-ft at 1-gpm to about 58-ft at 560-gpm. The resulting system curve is similar to the one we saw last month in our closed loop example. The difference is the influence of the elevation component. We will see later that a combination of friction and elevation can affect the operating points of the H/Q curves produced at lower frequencies.
Figure 3 plots the H/Q curve of a pump, selected for this application, against the system curve we generated in Figure 2. The application calls for a flow range of 240- to 480-gpm. The data labels show that this pump will meet the maximum flow at a hydraulic efficiency of 75 percent and requires 7.5-hp. As expected, HP drops as flow is reduced. At minimum flow, efficiency drops to 69 percent, and the power required is reduced by about 2-hp from that required at maximum flow.
Figure 4 shows the same pump operating under VFD control. The data labels show a major reduction in HP at each of the flow points. For example, the power required at minimum flow (38-Hz) is reduced from 5.6 (constant speed) to 1.7-hp.
I mentioned earlier that the elevation component can affect the operating points of the lower frequency H/Q curves. In last month's closed loop example, the system curve (friction only) closely followed the H/Q isomer of the 60-hz flow point as speed was reduced. This occurred because friction changes as nearly the square of a change in flow and thus closely matches the change in head. In this example, the linear elevation component changes the shape of the system curve as flow is reduced. Thus, the system curve moves farther and farther to the left as pump speed is reduced. This is typical of systems composed of both elevation and friction.
In our example, it does not matter because the peak 60-hz efficiency occurs at 400-gpm. Therefore, the system curve moves toward and eventually through that efficiency isomer as speed is reduced. However, there are times when it can have an effect on lower speed efficiency and pump selection.


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Handel & Haydn Announce 2012-2013 Season, To Include Bach's Magnificat
The Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) and Artistic Director Harry Christophers announce the 2012–2013 Season, featuring the Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus performing works of the masters of the Baroque and Classical. The 2012–2013 Season continues H&H's exploration of historically significant works introduced and premiered in the US by the Handel and Haydn Society as part of the preparations for the Bicentennial celebrations in 2015. The cornerstone of the upcoming season is Handel's Jephtha, premiered in America by H&H in 1855 and last performed in 1867.
"I take great pride in revisiting H&H's repertoire and bringing back gems that have not been heard by audiences in several years - Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 - alongside works that have not been performed, such as Haydn's G Major Violin Concerto and Henri-Joseph Rigel's Symphony in C Minor. I'm also gratified to highlight works that are connected to our Bicentennial celebrations. This is reflected in our performances of two great Handel oratorios next season: in addition to our 159th annual performances of Messiah (which we premiered in 1818), we will present our first performances of Jephtha in over 150 years. The work is as dramatic as Messiah and exemplifies the genius of Handel's writing. It particularly pleases me to have the chance to present Purcell's The Indian Queen, one of my personal favorites by the greatest English composer." – Harry Christophers
The season will showcase a wealth of established artists such as Bernard Labadie and Richard Egarr, frequent guest conductors at H&H; H&H harpsichordist Ian Watson and Associate Conductor and Chorusmaster John Finney; and an impressive list of established guests, emerging artists, and H&H musicians featured in solo performances. With Christophers remaining at the helm through the Bicentennial in 2015, the Handel and Haydn Society continues to flourish under his leadership; it is expanding its musical and education efforts, growing its Boston community partnerships, and increasing audience development. Partnerships include a chamber music series at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; lectures at Boston Public Library branches; academic programs and performances at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a conducting fellowship with the New England Conservatory's Master's program in Orchestral Conducting. The Karen S. and George D. Levy Educational Outreach Program brings a comprehensive music education program to students in grades 3 through 12 through four distinctive program components, including school visits, the Vocal Apprenticeship Program (encompassing the Singers, Youth Choir, Young Men's and Young Women's Choruses, and High School Soloists), Collaborative Youth Concerts, and masterclasses. The program brings Baroque and Classical music to well over 10,000 children each year in underserved communities in Greater Boston.
2012–2013 Season Highlights:
H&H opens the 12–13 Season with Harry Christophers conducting the resplendent Bach Magnificat, featuring the Handel and Haydn Society's Chorus, considered one of the finest in New England. Among other works by the master composer featured on the program are the Orchestral Suite No. 3, which contains the "Air on a G String," and Sinfonias from Cantatas 18 and 75, never before performed by H&H. The program closes with Cantata 71, the first of Bach's cantatas to use trumpets and timpani. "This will undoubtedly prove to be an uplifting opening to a truly enlightening season and one that showcases the collective and individual qualities of both of our Orchestra and Chorus alike," said Christophers.
Bernard Labadie, who last conducted H&H in 2010, returns to conduct Mozart's towering Symphony No. 41, Jupiter -his final symphony. Considered one of the greatest works of the 18th century, Jupiter foreshadows the work of Beethoven. The program pairs Mozart with another German composer, Henri-Joseph Rigel, who spent most of his adult life in France composing symphonies, string quartets, concertos, and 14 operas.
December brings the return of two H&H holiday favorites. Harry Christophers conducts the Chorus, Period Instrument Orchestra, and internationally acclaimed soloists in the 159th annual performance of Handel's dramatic Messiah. Canadian superstars soprano Karina Gauvin and countertenor Daniel Taylor, British tenor extraordinaire James Gilchrist, and local baritone Sumner Thompson will be featured in this season's unique rendition of the Boston holiday tradition. Later in the month, Associate Conductor and ChorusmasterJohn Finney leads Cantatas I, II, and VI from Bach's inspiring Christmas Oratorio.
H&H begins 2013 with Henry Purcell, considered "quite simply the greatest English composer of all time" by Artistic Director Harry Christophers. Purcell's last major work, The Indian Queen, will receive specialtreatment in this dramatic interpretation. Last performed by H&H in 1995, this semi-opera surrounds Queen Zempoalla of Mexico and focuses on her resistance against Montezuma's invading Peruvian army. Adapted from John Dryden's and Sir RoBert Howard's 1664 play, Purcell's brother Daniel completed the opera after his brother's death. "In this concert we are presenting scenes from [Purcell's] major works for the London stage - the hilarity of the Drunken Poet, being tormented by two mischievous fairies, from The Fairy Queen; the pictorial tour de force of Cold Genius with its extraordinary dissonances and literal stammering from King Arthur; and the last major work he wrote for the stage, The Indian Queen, which includes the conjuror Ismeron's 'You twice ten hundred deities,' perhaps the greatest 20 bars of recitative ever written in Baroque music. If you have never encountered Purcell's music before, this is a must," said Christophers.
In February, Christophers infuses new energy into Haydn with a program that showcases one of his Paris Symphonies, The Bear, a festive and jubilant work commissioned by a Parisian orchestra in the 1780s. After the smashing success of her Vivaldi The Four Seasons performances in 2012, H&H's fiery and expressive Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky again takes the spotlight with Haydn's Violin Concerto in G Major, No. 4. The concert will be recorded for commercial release in September 2013.
Richard Egarr, returning after acclaimed sold out performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in 2011, takes Symphony Hall by storm in March with Beethoven's masterful Symphony No. 7. Renowned as one of the finest period clarinetists in the world, H&H principal Eric Hoeprich brings Mozart's playful clarinet concerto to life. Often considered the quintessential concerto for clarinet, Mozart wrote the piece for Anton Stadler, who premiered the work in 1791. Hoeprich will perform the concerto on a replica of the basset clarinet, the instrument that would have been used by Stadler for the premiere.
As spring arrives, H&H harpsichordist Ian Watson leads a dynamic program of Vivaldi and other Baroque luminaries.H&H's principal players demonstrate their virtuosity in a magnificent chamber concert of 18th-century music from Italian masters both at home andabroad. Each composer featured held a strong tie to Italy. Torelli, Locatelli, Durante, and Geminiani were all born in Italy; and Charles Avison based his 12 concerti grossi on music by the Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti.
The season culminates with Harry Christophers, considered one of the finest Handelians in the world, bringing Handel's Jephtha to Symphony Hall audiences for the first time since 1867. Premiered in the US by H&H in 1855, the Handel and Haydn Society's masterful Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus bring a legend to life: the oratorio tells the story of Jephtha, a commander for the Israelites against the Ammonites, and his daughter Iphis, who is betrothed to one of Jephtha's soldiers, Hamor. With a stellar cast, Christophers will enliven this dramatic story of passions and redemptions, and showcase the transformative powers of Handel's music. Robert Murray, tenor, will perform the title role. The cast also includes mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Storge), soprano Joélle Harvey (Iphis), and countertenor William Purefoy (Hamor).
Mozart Coronation Mass, the third in a trilogy of Mozart CDs, will be released on the CORO label in September2012. Recorded live at Symphony Hall at the final concert of the 2011–2012 Season, the Coronation Mass will join the live recordings of Mozart's Mass in C Minor (September 2010) and Requiem (September 2011). The CORO label was launched in 2001 to record conductor and founder Harry Christophers' UK-based ensemble The Sixteen.
2012–2013 Season Subscription Information:
Subscriptions to the 2012–2013 Season are now available. Options include nine- and six-concert series as well as "Choose Your Own" packages. Packages range from three to nine concerts; package prices begin at only $60. Subscriptions may be purchased through the Handel and Haydn Box Office by phone at 617 266 3605, online at handelandhaydn.org, or in person at Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston (M–F 10am–6pm). Single tickets go on sale in August 2012.


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A meta-analysis of after-school programs that seek to enhance the personal and social skills of children and adolescents indicated that, compared to controls, participants demonstrated significant increases in their self-perceptions and bonding to school, positive social behaviors, school grades and levels of academic achievement, and significant reductions in problem behaviors. The presence of four recommended practices associated with previously effective skill training (SAFE: sequenced, active, focused, and explicit) moderated several program outcomes. One important implication of current findings is that ASPs should contain components to foster the personal and social skills of youth because youth can benefit in multiple ways if these components are offered. The second implication is that further research is warranted on identifying program characteristics that can help us understand why some programs are more successful than others.


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After leaving a friend's house Sunday at around 1 a.m., Sal Avila was attacked by a group of teenagers.
The attack happened near New York University's campus around Washington Square Park. Avila says he was passing the group of teens looking at his cell phone when he was unexpectedly punched in the face. He was punched so hard he had to get surgery for a fractured nose.
The attack was quickly diffused by passersby, and a 16-year-old boy was arrested for attempted robbery, but Avila believes the attack was random because the group of teens did not take or seem to be after any of his belongings.
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Whichever wit was first to suggest that Twitter consists of nothing but people talking about what they had for breakfast had a point; but he may not have known that his observation would hold true for the murderous extremists in Islamic State (IS). There they are, rolling forward on a swell of violence, revelling in the world's horrified gaze, and what do they do? Post pictures of themselves posing with jars of Nutella. They note the passing of Robin Williams: "Shame. I like Jumanji."
Initially, the discussion of these preferences may seem baffling. They have been the subject of some amusement and fascination in the press. I suppose that's because we like to think that the evil is alien. In fact, of course, banality is universal, and a powerful recruiting tool for an organisation that goes out of its way to persuade prospective recruits that there is really nothing so strange about joining up.
The effect of the easygoing conversation about movies and marriage and language lessons is the same wherever it springs from. It creates a kind of continuum, a sickening false syllogism: I know decent people who eat Nutella, who like Robin Williams, and so these must be decent people, too. This is one critical distinction between IS and al-Qa'ida: where the latter asked you to hide amongst your enemies, the former asks you to come and join your friends. So far, more than 12,000 foreigners have heeded that call.
"People find the group attractive," said Richard Barrett, former head of the al-Qa'ida and Taliban Monitoring Team at the United Nations and author of an authoritative Soufan Group report on the flow of foreign fighters into Syria and Iraq. "They draw people in through social networks, through videos, and they think, yeah. Look at what fun they're having."
There are lots of pictures of fighters posing with kittens, punningly referred to as little mewjahideen. "And then, slowly, the bubble gets bigger, and they aren't really open to counter-messages any more."
That awful progression was given a frightening new shape last week, in the figure of the man who murdered the American journalist James Foley.
"Jihadi John," a few newspapers called him: a man with a London accent, and surely not chosen for his task by coincidence.
"That video was staged in every way," said Haras Rafiq of the anti-extremist lobby group Quilliam Foundation. "The orange jumpsuit for Guantanamo and the small knife to instil as much fear as possible. And his accent says to people over here on the verge: look, we're doing something. Come and join us."
Twitter is suspending accounts which post the video of James Foley's death, and rightly so. But there are any number of other, less regulated venues. VKontakte, Europe's second biggest social network after Facebook; or Diaspora, a decentralised social network whose founders are powerless to stop anyone using it for any conversation they choose. The US news website Vocativ suggests that IS has urged the creation of LinkedIn profiles for its leaders.
This absurd LinkedIn story – there are no such profiles – is evidence of how precarious this all is as a line of inquiry: focusing on such fancy-thattery hauls the perpetrators of the most grotesque violence into the same sort of territory as the ice bucket challenge, making their crimes not news – real, dismaying news – but a mere input to the News Machine. Appropriate, then, that a great many of the social media accounts created by those who claim to be jihadis in Syria and Iraq may be the efforts of less ambitious fools: home-grown trolls, to be sure, but not terrorists.
I wondered how this played out for the ingénu mujahid, and so I did what I suppose a lost teenager might: I googled "How to join isis". Page after page of news stories turned up – an indication, perhaps, of the weight of the media's role in assuring IS's status as the most likely subject of a curious zealot's interest. The only interruptions were pages on an Oxfordshire dressage club and a Wikipedia entry for a "spiritual organisation devoted to promoting awareness of the Goddess".
Still, it isn't hard to find your way to more authentic temptations. Though many Twitter pages are suspended, new ones keep popping up; one leads me to ask.fm, a site popular with IS's propagandists, where prospective recruits can anonymously ask whatever they like about the life of a jihadi. One such user has answered more than 1,200 questions. Quite a lot of them have the ring of journalistic query, and it's hard to know how seriously to take it all. "I have seen pic of u in the news," one says. "You are very good looking. Did u have a girlfriend back home? Would u consider marriage to a sister in the West who has converted?" "Lol," our man replies. "In sha Allah."
In one answer, he lists his username for an anonymous mobile messaging app that appears to be popular with claimed members of IS. Using a bogus name I sign up, and send him a couple of questions. In the past, arriving fighters have come across the Turkish border quite easily; Richard Barrett tells the story of a Swedish couple that hitched a ride with a humanitarian convoy heading to Idlib, contacted a local battalion, and explained that they had "come for 'jihad'". The battalion handed them an AK47 and a pistol.
In pictures: The rise of Isis
In pictures: The rise of Isis
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Fighters of the Islamic State wave the group's flag from a damaged display of a government fighter jet following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria
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Fighters from Islamic State group sit on their tank during a parade in Raqqa, Syria
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Fighters from the Islamic State group pray at the Tabqa air base after capturing it from the Syrian government in Raqqa, Syria
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Fighters from extremist Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria
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A video uploaded to social networks shows men in underwear being marched barefoot along a desert road before being allegedly executed by Isis
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Haruna Yukawa after his capture by Isis
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Khalinda Sharaf Ajour, a Yazidi, says two of her daughters were captured by Isis militants
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Spokesperson for Isis
Vice News via Youtube
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A pro-Isis leaflet handed out on Oxford Street In London
Ghaffar Hussain
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Isis Jihadists burn their passports
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A man collecting aid administered by Isis in Syria
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A woman collecting aid administered by Isis in Syria
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Local civilians queue for aid administered by Isis. Since it declared a caliphate the group has increasingly been delivering services such as healthcare, and distributing aid and free fuel
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Iraqi security forces detain men suspected of being militants of the Isis group in Diyala province
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Mourners carry the coffin of a Shi'ite volunteer from the brigades of peace, who joined the Iraqi army and was killed during clashes with militants of the Isis group in Samarra, during his funeral in Najaf
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An Iraqi Shiite Turkmen family fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, arrives at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region
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A photograph made from a video by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared an Islamist caliphate in the territory under the group's control in Iraq and Syria
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Shiite's Al-Qubba Husseiniya mosque explodes in Mosul
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Smoke and debris go up in the air as Shiite's Al-Qubba Husseiniya mosque explodes in Mosul. Images posted online show that Islamic extremists have destroyed at least 10 ancient shrines and Shiite mosques in territory - the city of Mosul and the town of Tal Afar - they have seized in northern Iraq in recent weeks
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A bulldozer destroys Sunni's Ahmed al-Rifai shrine and tomb in Mahlabiya district outside of Tal Afar
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Iraqi security forces celebrate after clashes with followers of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi, in front of his home in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad
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Iraqi security forces arrest a follower of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi after clashes with his followers in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad
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Iraqi security forces arrest a follower of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi at his home after clashes with his followers in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad
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Iraqi security forces arrest a follower of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi after clashes with his followers in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad
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A vehicle burns in front of a home of a follower of Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi after clashes with his followers in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad
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An Iraqi woman holds her exhausted son as over 1000 Iraqis who have fled fighting in and around the city of Mosul and Tal Afar wait at a Kurdish checkpoint in the hopes of entering a temporary displacement camp in Khazair
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Displaced Iraqi women hold pots as they queue to receive food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, north Iraq
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A militant Islamist fighter waving a flag, cheers as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa. The fighters held the parade to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighbouring Iraq
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Isis fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province
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Isis fighters travel in a vehicle as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province
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Fighters from the Isis group during a parade with a missile in Raqqa, Syria. Militants from an al-Qaida splinter group held a military parade in their stronghold in northeastern Syria, displaying U.S.-made Humvees, heavy machine guns, and missiles captured from the Iraqi army for the first time since taking over large parts of the Iraq-Syria border
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Isis fighters during a parade in Raqqa, Syria
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Fighters from the Isis group during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. Militants from the splinter group held a military parade in their stronghold in northeastern Syria, displaying U.S.-made Humvees, heavy machine guns, and missiles captured from the Iraqi army for the first time since taking over large parts of the Iraq-Syria border
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Isis fighters hold a military parade in their stronghold in northeastern Syria
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Isis fighters during a parade in Raqqa, Syria
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A member loyal to the Isis waves an Isis flag in Raqqa
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Iraqi anti-government gunmen from Sunni tribes in the western Anbar province march during a protest in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. The United Nations warned that Iraq is at a "crossroads" and appealed for restraint, as a bloody four-day wave of violence killed 195 people. The violence is the deadliest so far linked to demonstrations that broke out in Sunni areas of the Shiite-majority country more than four months ago, raising fears of a return to all-out sectarian conflict
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Iraqi security forces hold up a flag of the Isis group they captured during an operation to regain control of Dallah Abbas north of Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad
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Isis fighters parade in the northern city of Mosul
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Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Isis group, demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony after completing their field training in Najaf
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Kurdish Peshmerga troops fire a cannon during clashes with militants of the Isis group in Jalawla, Diyala province
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Iraqi Prime Minister's security spokesman, Lieutenant General Qassem Atta speaks during a press conference about the latest military development in Iraq, in the capital Baghdad. Iraqi forces pressed a campaign to retake militant-held Tikrit, clashing with jihadist-led Sunni militants nearby and pounding positions inside the city with air strikes in their biggest counter-offensive so far
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An exterior view of a police station building destroyed by gunmen in Mosul city, northern Iraq. Iraq's new parliament is expected to convene to start the process of setting up a new government, despite deepening political rifts and an ongoing Islamist-led insurgency. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani issued a decree inviting the new House of Representatives to meet and form a new government
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Smoke billows from an area controlled by the Isis between the Iraqi towns of Naojul and Tuz Khurmatu, both located north of the capital Baghdad, as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces take part in an operation to repel the Sunni militants
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An elderly Iraqi woman is helped into a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul in Khazair
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An Iraqi Christian woman fleeing the violence in the village of Qaraqush, about 30 kms east of the northern province of Nineveh, cries upon her arrival at a community center in the Kurdish city of Arbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region
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An Iraqi woman, who fled with her family from the northern city of Mosul, prays with a copy of the Quran
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The body of an Isis militant killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces on the outskirts of the city of Samarra
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Iraqi civilians inspect the damage at a market after an air strike by the Iraqi army in central Mosul
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Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the city
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Shia tribesmen gather in Baghdad to take up arms against Sunni insurgents marching on the capital. Thousands have volunteered to bolster defences
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A van carrying volunteers joining Iraqi security forces against Jihadist militants. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the Iraqi government would arm and equip civilians who volunteered to fight
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Fighters of the Isis group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul
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An Islamist fighter, identified as Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni from Britain (R), speaks in this still image taken undated video shot at an unknown location and uploaded to a social media website. Five Islamist fighters identified as Australian and British nationals have called on Muslims to join the wars in Syria and Iraq, in the new video released by the Isis
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Al-Qa'ida inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint belonging to Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad. The fighting at Beiji comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Isis group. While U.S. President Barack Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said
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Militants attacked Iraq's main oil refinein Baiji as they pressed an offensive that has seen them capture swathes of territory, a manager and a refinery employee said
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Militants from the Isis group parading with their weapons in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province
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A smoke rises after an attack by Isis militants on the country's largest oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. Iraqi security forces battled insurgents targeting the country's main oil refinery and said they regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border, trying to blunt an offensive by Sunni militants who diplomats fear may have also seized some 100 foreign workers
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Militants of the Isis group stand next to captured vehicles left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. For militant groups, the fight over public perception can be even more important than actual combat, turning military losses into propaganda victories and battlefield successes into powerful tools to build support for the cause
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An injured fighter (C) from the Isis group after a battle with Iraqi soldiers at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis aiming at advancing Iraqi troops at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis group taking position at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis group inspecting vehicles of the Iraqi army after they were seized at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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One Iraqi captive, a corporal, is reluctant to say the slogan, and has to be shouted at repeatedly before he obeys
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
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Militants of the Isis group force captured Iraqi security forces members to the transport
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Militants of the Isis group transporting dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members to an unknown location in the Salaheddin province ahead of executing them
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A major offensive spearheaded by Isis but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others
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Militants of the Isis group executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province
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Isis militants taking position at a Iraqi border post on the Syrian-Iraqi border between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah
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Isis rebels show their flag after seizing an army post
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Isis militants waving an Islamist flag after the seizure of an Iraqi army checkpoint in Salahuddin
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Demonstrators chant slogans as they carry al-Qa'ida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. In the week since it captured Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, a Muslim extremist group has tried to win over residents and has stopped short of widely enforcing its strict brand of Islamic law, residents say. Churches remain unharmed and street cleaners are back at work
But analysts say it's much harder now. So I introduce myself to him as a hopeful admirer of his work, and ask: "How do I join u? Is the border still ok?" The messages go through to the server, but I never get the delivery report to confirm it has arrived. Perhaps his reception is patchy.
It's strange to think of that message in limbo between Britain and the Middle East, if that's really where he is. It's strange, too, to think of just how easy it is for a person to make the same uncertain journey. Even today, and even though it is out of date, most of the stories we tell ourselves about the cruelties of war – not least those of the First World War – are bound up in the paraphernalia of the establishment: great phalanxes of men, marching off together, assembling in neat lines and mowing each other down on command. Today, while it's harder than it was, it is possible to buy a plane ticket, meet someone sympathetic, hitch a lift, and find yourself close to atrocity. There is a reason those tweets resonate: Nutella and violence have never been so close together.
Radicalism, argues Haras Rafiq, springs up when the conditions are right – conditions that may have little to do with ideology. "People tend to have had some form of personal crisis," he said. "They could be searching for an identity, or a group, or they're facing racism, or they're rebelling, or they can't get a job. They're looking for solutions. And sometimes recruiters can exploit these opportunities." An imaginary answer, in other words, to real problems: the fantasy of those unwilling or unable to find the means for improving an ordinary life, searching instead for an extraordinary one.
I didn't hear back from my respondent, and so I sent similar messages to the instant messaging accounts of five other supposed British members of IS I found online. None received a reply, but one, so my phone told me, got through. Is he reading it, I wondered, in northern Iraq? Or is he here? There is no way to know. In a funny sort of way, it doesn't matter if that particular zealot was in his bedroom or in a faraway land. He is still imagining himself into being, still making it easier for others to do the same. It is awful to think that even "John the Jihadi" may have fancied himself the hero of a Hollywood movie. Not Jumanji, perhaps, but a fantasy all the same.Reuse content


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I tried some polyurethane satin clear on another resin model and it worked pretty well on that. I think it was the finish of the resin kit that helped (and whatever paints they used). I guess the scary part is sinking in so much time and money into a helmet build and paint-up -- and then to screw it over with a clearcoat -- its not exactly a trivial thing.superjedi said:
Thanks for the props, brothers. Finishing up the overall build this weekend (What? Halloween already? How'd that happen?). Hopefully more pix to follow.


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Cam'ron Issues Statement Concerning 60 Minutes Appearance
Cam'ron has issued a statement explaining the anti-snitching stance he recently took during an appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes. In an interview with reporter Anderson Cooper, the Harlem MC stated that he would never cooperate with police in an investigation, even if it meant turning in a serial killer that lived next door to him. Since the report aired last Sunday (April 22), a public outcry has arisen over what people see as a lack of respect for the law. Today, the rapper released the following statement through the 5W Public Relations firm.
"In 2005, I was a victim of a violent crime. I was shot multiple times without provocation by two armed men who attempted to carjack my vehicle. Although I was a crime victim, I didn't feel like I could cooperate with the police investigation. Where I come from, once word gets out that you've cooperated with the police that only makes you a bigger target of criminal violence. That is a dark reality in so many neighborhoods like mine across America. I'm not saying its right, but its reality. And it's not unfounded. There's a harsh reality around violence and criminal justice in our inner cities.
"But my experience in no way justifies what I said. Looking back now, I can see how those comments could be viewed as offensive, especially to those who have suffered their own personal tragedies or to those who put their lives on the line to protect our citizens from crime. Please understand that I was expressing my own personal frustration at my own personal circumstances. I in no way was intending to be malicious or harmful. I apologize deeply for this error in judgment."


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There is a new sign in the laundry room at our apartment complex that says washing cloth diapers is a public health hazard.
I prewash all of mine by hand before I wash them in the machines; then I run an extra cycle of hot water after i take the diaper load out.
Does anyone have info on the truth of the public health hazard idea and what I could do if I need to use public washing machines? I don't mind going to a laundry mat outside our complex, but I don't know if there is any rule or regulation in Florida that says you can't wash CD in a public machine.
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What if I lived in your apt building and I had a really bad cold and threw up all over my sheets? where am I supposed to wash those? What if I was at the park and slipped on the grass and fell in a pile of dog doo-doo? What if I am gross and launder my towels INFREQUENTLY....so that 3x a year, I am washing SUPER gross nasty bath towels? What if I use a dishrag in my sink and it gets really funky every week and I wash that in the washers? What about my personal lice infestation? I have to wash my bedding and clothes!
There are plenty of things that are, in my mind, way grosser than rinsed cds. Furthermore, hot dryers kill a LOT of bugs.
The CDC offers this advice:
for dealing with your nasty Staph. bacteria infestations....
Also, this advice for infectious disease control in disaster settings (I highlighted my favorite parts in red for ya):
Excellent! Thanks for the links ... should come in handy when I approach the office management about this.
Like PP, I wondered why diapers are more of a threat to public health than other pieces of fabric with poo and other bodily fluids on them.
Thanks, mamas!
I would go to management and ask them to explain their "theory" of the health hazard. Then when their done giving you some un-researched bullsh*t reason, you can tell them that you'll be more than happy to stop washing your CD if he also puts up a note stating that anyone with - blood, puke, pee sheets or clothes can't use the washers either- because by his definition they are also a health hazard!
our neighbor has lately been putting dirty (as in the solids) disposables on her back porch. They are not wrapped and they have stayed for days, with new ones getting added to the pile. My husband already spoke to her about it and she just shrugged him off. Hmm seems more likely to be a public health hazard than washing a few pre-washed diapers in the machines.
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The Cougars met the media here at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee today, participating in the NCAA-mandated interview sessions with the media and practicing for the first time in the place that usually houses the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.
There were a few BYU fans in attendance at the free, open practice, but most of the 500 or so folks in attendance were there to watch Wisconsin, which took the court when BYU was finished.
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So, first let me just prewarn you that this story is gonna be alittle on the long side, but worth every reading moment, I assure you, given a chance ... Karma will come your way, and here is my story.
My true father John passed away when I was 22, and I had that as a void for several years. 6+yrs ago my Father-In-Law Kevin came into my life. BIG MAN, ... made me look small. LOVED hunting and family. Would do whatever he could to help you out, anytime. Last year, Kevin, my daughter and I made the trip over to the Portland Sportsman's Show, and even though Kevin had a very hard time with his feet at the time, we made the day trip over and back. For 4hrs+ we did nothing but talk about hunting, family, and good times. Man that trip brings back some very good memories ... Even though my Dad wasn't a "bird" guy, he loved hearing my stories of hunting. It wasn't all about the kill for him, rather a love of the outdoors that we had a bound with.
So, on the way back home, I was but wasn't surprised when he reached around the truck seat and handed me a box, ... a brand new pair of Bushnell Waterproof h2o 8x42 binocs that he worked out a deal for through a guy he knew ... for the record, my Dad knew everybody. I thanked him and was very excited to use them in my new boat, and for the upcoming waterfowl season.
April 14th that excitement took a backseat as my Father In Law Kevin, ... passed away suddenly of a blood clot. He left behind 3 very heart broken daughters, ... but also a son in law that lost his Dad for the second time, ... and a very close friend. Love and miss ya Dad.
Fast forward to the week before Thanksgiving along the Yakima River. I'm sitting with my cousin and his friend, as I'm taking them on a diver hunt, along with my dog/boy Gauge. A huge Drake Goldeneye swings into the spread, cousin pops him, but the bird dives ... Gauge is on him, but in a swift current, the chase is on. As Gauge keeps getting to the bird, it would dive into the current, and head farther, and farther, and farther downstream. In less than 5min, my dog is over 300yrds, and out of his collar range ... and I suddenly realize, I could lose my dog, I can only see a speck in the binocs now, and a fear has come over me, along with PANIC! I start to run down the shore, yelling ... Nothing, ... run more ... Nothing. Then, as an oylmpic sprinter, I run back to the blind, ... grab my car keys ... and sprint 300yrds up to the truck ... jump in ... and drive 1.2 """"MILES"""" down river only to see my boy swimming back to shore ... holding a drake goldeneye. PROUD PAPA, PROUD PAPA ... WAY TO GO BOY!!!!
I tell you that story because that's the last time I saw those binocs. Somewhere between running the shoreline down, ... and back up ... then up to the truck, ... running down the hill to met my dog and grab the duck, ... somewhere the binocs fell off my lanyard. Talk about a high and low moment. Those were PRICELESS and here I lost them in less than one season! Came home and cried like a baby over them, felt like I let dad down, not taking care of his gear.
Off I head to Big5 for another pair, after Thanksgiving sale, ... cheap, waterproof and nowhere near as nice as the ones I just left on the Yakima. Everytime I look through these new ones, it kinda reminds me of how nice those Bushnells were.
Don't know if you all know, but a week AFTER Thanksgiving while scouting, I found a brand new Berreta A4 Camo'd shotty worth about $1,500. After several thread and hints, I found the owner, we met up ... I returned it to its rightful owner Sean. He explained how he was very grateful, explained how he left it on the shore, and how he'd never forget the jesture of me returning his shotty. This gent's, is where the Good Karma circle started.
Fast forward to the last day of the 13-14 season. 3 of us in the same blind where I lost the binocs. Bittersweet really. End of Season, time flies by way to quickly. We are doing ok, but around the 8th-9th-10th bird, a Drake Buffy comes along ... Lung shot, he glides down the shore 85-100yrds and crumples. Cody has his dog Dutch, their outta the blind & off down river. A couple feet from where the buffy landed, in the sand, he bents down and picks up ... that's right ... a pair of Bushnell Waterproof h2o 8x42 binocs. He comes back to the blind and just hands them to me ... I'm shocked, truly SHOCKED ... start crying like a baby, don't care if they even work or not ... I gott'em back! Call Mama on the phone, crying, just to tell her I gott'em. THANK GAWD I HAVE THEM BACK!
So today, after work I come home and put the Noc's in the dishwasher, THATS RIGHT (Waterproof, right?) the dishwasher for 3 or 4 cycles. I then grab about 30-40 Q-tips, a WAD of cottonballs, a bottle of windex, a can of WD40 and an old toothbrush. I soak the lens with windex, toothbrush the crap outta everything, and slowly but surely, they come back to life ... Probably ruined on the inside right ? .... """"NOPE""""" ... These things are just perfect. After spending about 60 days on the bottom of the Yakima, no leaks ... a couple scraps, but no leaks ... PERFECT!
First, I wanna thank Cody, or on DHC a.k.a. "Columbia Basin Local" and my partner in crime for the season. Great guy, and even better friend. For our second season, first full as a team, we did pretty freakin good and only gonna get better! Next, odd to say, but thanks to Sean for losing that shotty and throwing "Good Karma" my way when I did the right thing. Last but not least ... Thanks Dad ... First for giving these Noc's to me, but maybe for even letting that Drake land in eye sight along the river, and for making the Army Corp of Engineers for dropping the Yakima on the last day so 30-45yrds of shoreline were exposed. Lowest level I have ever seen it .... WICKED low!
Last, ... For the record ... I will NEVER buy another pair of Binoc's if they aren't Bushnells ... Man those guys have me sold!
So, without further ado ...


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Bob Burrell of Chelmsford, Essex, holds the keys to the only remaining Edison electric car and, for almost half a century, that vehicle languished in a London Garage. Now, after eight years of renovations, the 1912 Edison is ready to hit the streets again. With an estimated value of at least £1 million ($1.58 million U.S. at the current exchange rate), Burrell's pride and joy could very well be the most valuable historic electric car around, and it makes the Tesla Roadster look downright cheap by comparison. The 1912 electric car, packing 15 two-volt batteries and a 30-volt electric motor, could reach speeds of 25 miles per hour, remarkable for the time. But with a price tag nearly double that of a typical gasoline-powered vehicle back then, Edison's dream car was simply too pricey to catch on (some things never change). Burrell sums up the vehicle and Edison's dream like this:
Yeah, if only we had listened.Edison's vision was to make the longest-lasting battery in the world and the cars he built were a part of that quest. A hundred years ago, Edison said electricity was the future because all of the oil would be pumped out of the ground, but it was decided that more money could be made from taxing petrol. Imagine what we would have now if Edison had been listened to a century ago.
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