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Celtic music is ever-evolving, and Fiona Ritchie's music library is ever-growing. With new tracks being added to the award-winning ThistleRadio music channel, it's time to hear what's coming on stream. Delve into it all as Fiona Ritchie curates another hour of musical surprises.

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What can an old piece of cloth tell us about the rise and fall of a kingdom? Quite a lot, if you know how to read it. That's the premise behind a new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art titled "Kuba: Fabric of an Empire." It features an array of captivating patterned textiles from the Kuba Kingdom, which between the 17th and early 20th centuries was one of Africa's largest and most powerful societies, controlling trade in ivory and rubber in what is today the southeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kuba were renowned for their artistry, and today any museum of African art in the U.S. or Europe is likely to display Kuba sculpture, masks, beadwork or especially textiles, which were commissioned by royalty and worn or displayed for ceremonial occasions. The textiles are made of woven and dyed raffia palm fronds and feature hypnotic geometric designs mostly in shades of black and tan. In some, the designs are stitched; in others, serpentine cutouts are appliquéd onto a raffia backing. Some are 20 feet long and meant to be worn as a wrapped unisex skirt; others are 2-foot-square panels meant to be hung on display behind a royal throne. The designs themselves likely didn't carry a literal symbolic meaning but were instead products of the creative invention of the artists, mostly women, who created them and whose names have been lost to time, travel and the DRC's troubled colonial and modern history. But they tell a story about how the Kuba's leaders asserted themselves in a changing world, says Kevin Tervala, the museum's associate curator of African art, who organized the exhibition. Tervala wanted to arrange the textiles chronologically and then compare them to the historical record. But as is often the case with African art that was removed from the continent during the colonial era, the provenance of each piece — the date and location of its origin and the name of its maker — is murky or nonexistent. So he sent samples of the textiles to a lab in New Zealand for carbon dating analysis. The method is imperfect: Carbon dating can have a margin of error of up to a hundred years, which is no big deal if you're dating a fossil but problematic when the item is no more than a couple hundred years old. Still, Tervala was able to make an informed guess about the order in which the pieces were produced. What he found was that the oldest pieces tended to be the simplest, often a single color with a subtle design scarcely visible from more than a few feet away. The oldest piece in the collection, which Tervala dates to the mid-1700s, is a faded blood red, with a faint border of repeating triangles.  Another old piece, a skirt, is cream-colored with a smattering of L-shaped appliqués. As time goes on, the designs become busier, and the colors dial up their contrast. Tervala's personal favorite piece, which he dates to the early 1900s, is an explosion of popping black-and-white angles arrayed in an off-kilter grid. This evolution of design is closely linked to how Kuba elites projected and even attained, political power, Tervala suggests. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, ivory made the Kuba kings fantastically rich, and they invested their wealth in bespoke ceremonial wardrobes that broadcast their wealth to their subjects and to other elites. Kuba royal succession was not always patrilineal but was instead a perpetual heated jockeying for power reminiscent of "Game of Thrones."  Royal ceremonies and parties sometimes had the feel of a runway showdown, with elites competing to see whose patterns were most unique and impressive, Tervala says. Designs needed to scream and to be heard from a distance. They were engineered to capture the eye and not allow it to rest. The best designs were reserved for the king; more quotidian patterns filtered down to the masses. Tervala argues that the need to publicly and aggressively assert power drove textile design, especially as, in the mid-to-late 1800s, the kings began to reckon with a new threat: Belgian colonizers scrambling for rubber.    "The designs become bolder at moments when visualizing power and visualizing authority become more important," Tervala says. "As the economy changes and power erodes [because of Belgian colonial pressure], the pomp and circumstance gets boosted up. That's when you see Kuba elites really doubling down on pattern and visibility and boldness." The Kuba Kingdom's wealth allowed it to resist colonization longer than other parts of the Belgian Congo, where King Leopold II's mad rush for rubber resulted in the brutal murder of up to ten million Congolese, according to Adam Hochschild's seminal history King Leopold's Ghost.  But just before the turn of the 20th century, as the king's iron fist was replaced by the more bureaucratic administration of the Belgian state, the Kuba kings gradually opened their doors and allowed freer trade with Europe. Kuba textiles have been hot commodities ever since. They were displayed a

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Question: Taliban Forces Continue Their Offensive As They Approach Kabul

The Taliban have captured another one of Afghanistan's largest cities and continue to close in on the capital of Kabul, as the government's control is rapidly shrinking. The situation in Kabul was "deteriorating by the hour," a reporter there told NPR Saturday morning, as trust in the nation's government dwindles and the insurgent group continues its sweeping offensive.  The Taliban's latest prize is the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, a crucial part of northern Afghanistan where local militias and Afghan Army soldiers had pledged to fight for the city, according to The Associated Press. With that takeover, the militant group now controls virtually all of northern, southern and western Afghanistan. The Taliban also captured all of the Logar province Saturday — just south of Kabul — and have reached the Char Asyab district, just 7 miles south of the Afghan capital, according to The Associated Press, which cited local lawmakers. The insurgents also captured the capital of Paktika province along Pakistan's western border.  In a statement issued Saturday afternoon, President Biden announced his administration would be sending additional U.S. troops to "make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown" of U.S. and allied personnel. This will bring the number of boots on the ground in Kabul to 5,000. Another two battalions from the 82nd Airborne Brigade Combat Team will be staged in Kuwait ready to act if need be. As of Saturday morning, Taliban forces had gained control of 18 of 34 of Afghanistan's provincial capitals in just eight days — putting the insurgent group in control of about two-thirds of the nation's geography.  "Some of those 18 provincial cities that have fallen in the past week have fallen without a shot being fired," journalist Lynn O'Donnell told NPR's Weekend Edition. "They are very, very close to Kabul and the conditions here are deteriorating by the hour as people are flooding into the capital from all parts of the country to escape," she said. O'Donnell said Afghan security forces have not been paid for months, food is scarce and military supplies are not available where needed. Little trust remains in President Ashraf Ghani's ability to quell the violence.  "The government of Ashraf Ghani has shown no leadership [and] has been incapable of coming up with a strategy," O'Donnell said, noting that many have expected Ghani to resign.  Addressing the Afghan public in a prerecorded statement released Saturday, Ghani said the remobilization of national security forces was a "top priority" and vowed to prevent further instability in the country.  "I understand that you are worried about your future. I assure you as your president that I will concentrate on preventing expansion of instability, violence and displacement of my people," Ghani said.  Biden had been optimistic about Afghanistan's future Much of the violence has erupted as U.S. forces continue their withdrawal from Afghanistan. Earlier this year, President Biden extended the deadline to Sept. 11 — the de facto 20-year anniversary of the war there — for troops to fully leave the nation.  Even in the face of increased Taliban offensives, Biden had remained optimistic about the future of Afghanistan.  "The jury is still out," Biden said on July 8. "The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban running over everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely." But now, little evidence remains to indicate the possibility of a secure Afghanistan with the Taliban closing in on Kabul. On Saturday, Biden warned Taliban leaders of a "swift and strong" response if U.S. personnel are put at risk. But he showed no sign of changing plans to have U.S. military forces leave the country. "One more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country's civil conflict was not acceptable to me." In an effort to partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, some 3,000 U.S. troops — including Marine and Army forces — were deployed back to the Afghan capital earlier this week. On Saturday, Biden ordered 1,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne's alert brigade out of Fort Bragg in North Carolina to head to Afghanistan as well. "This is a very narrowly focused mission of safeguarding the orderly reduction of civilian personnel out of Afghanistan," Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Thursday. According to the AP, members of the United Nations Security Council are considering issuing a statement that would urge an immediate end to the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan and would reject any government imposed by military force or restoration of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate that ruled the country from 1996 to 2001.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- 6 Headlines That Tell The Story Of The Iowa Caucus Results. -- Teens Arrested In Mass Shooting At Seattle Homeless Camp. -- Groundhog Day 2016: Punxsutawney Phil Did Not See His Shadow. And here are more early headlines:  Obama, Speaker Ryan To Meet For Lunch, Discussion. (The Hill) Shuttle Diplomacy As Syrian Peace Talks Open. (New York Times) Syria Agrees "In Principle" To Allow Aid Into 3 Towns. (VOA) Heavy Winter Storm, Blizzard Conditions Moving Into Central U.S. (NWS) U.S. Airstrikes Destroy ISIS Radio Station In Eastern Afghanistan. (AP) Occupation Supporters Meet Angry Residents In Burns, Oregon Protest. (OPB) Puerto Rico Seeks Bond Restructuring To Ease Economic Crisis. (AP)


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Hair gel finally gets its due in the week's news; just cause you're a confirmed loser, doesn't mean you have to give up; someone who had his vacation slashed to 10 measly days.

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From a concert recorded eight days ago during the 10th anniversary season of the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival in La Jolla (La HOY-a), California, pianist Wu Han is the soloist in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 9 by Mozart. Heiichiro Ohyama, the Festival's artistic director, conducts. (Klinginsmith Recordings)

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John Powers, Fresh Air's critic at large and the movie critic for Vogue, returns with the second part of his report from this year's Cannes Film Festival.  On the conversational agenda: his impressions of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and the South Korean vampire flick Thirst — both due out in the United States later this summer. Also: The festival's biggest disappointment. For Powers, it was Taking Woodstock, an Ang Lee comedy about the circumstances surrounding the legendary '60s concert. It's an amiable film and fun to watch, he says, but ultimately rather wan. "You want a film about this great cultural event to have real oomph," Powers says. "But instead it winds up being this small, even kind of dinky film that doesn't make you feel anything — when of course what you want from Woodstock is something that makes you feel something, even if it's disapproval or nostalgia or regret." DAVE DAVIES, host:  Today we continue with Terry's conversation with our critic-at-large John Powers about this year's Cannes Film Festival that ended on Sunday. John is also film critic for Vogue.  TERRY GROSS: I want to start by asking you about Quentin Tarantino's new film. Tarantino's new film is a World War II film called "Inglorious Basterds." And for what I was reading, it kept seeming like it was really expensive and it kept being postponed and may be re-edited. And now I was thinking, oh it's probably a real problem film but it seemed to be really popular at Cannes. How did - tell us about the movie.  JOHN POWERS: "Inglorious Basterds" was probably the hottest ticket of the festival. In its first screening - you know, anywhere, was 8:30 in the morning and people were lining up at 7:00 in the morning to see a World War II film by Quentin Tarantino. And no one knew quite what to expect and there's much talk that it was insanely violent and all sorts of things. In fact, it's a very amusing film. What Tarantino has done, I think, is take us back to a different era. If you look at the history of World War II movies, you know, the ones during World War II were largely very serious because they were fighting World War II.  That switched a bit in the 60s where you actually had things like "The Great Escape" or "The Dirty Dozen" where World War II became a back-drop for sort of - for action and excitement. Now that might hit some sort of peak probably in that silly sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" where a prisoner of war camp in World War II is the place we have a sitcom. In the 80s, things got serious again. You know? And Steven Spielberg, in particular, was the person trying to take people back to the serious appreciation of World War II, both in "Schindler's List" and its handling of the Holocaust, and then later in his film "Saving Private Ryan," which was going to show us about what it was a really like to be, you know, at the D day invasion.  Tarantino takes us back to the 60s, with the films that are more or less romps or capers, set during the backdrop of World War II. And that story basically follows three major characters. One of them is a young Jewish woman whose family has been murdered, one is the evil Nazi, beautifully played by the guy who won best actor, a guy named Christoph Waltz, the evil Nazi, and the third one is Brad Pitt's character who leaves a group of guys called Inglorious Basterds who basically go around slaughtering Nazis. And these three people eventually come together at a movie theatre in Paris for a big climax.  The film, from the beginning, is extremely funny, very, very entertaining. Tarantino is a wonderful writer of scenes, and almost every scene is filled with sharp dialog and good acting and good jokes. I don't think the film adds up to very much. It's a bit of a romp in the way that something like "The Great Escape" is a romp. But in fact, as you're watching, it's a really, really good time. And it's so far away from being serious about World War II that you don't feel offended by the silliness and violence in the way that would have if Tarantino was trying to make a serious World War II movie like "Saving Private Ryan."  GROSS: Vampires are making a really big comeback in American popular culture. There's a South Korean film about vampires that showed at the Cannes Film Festival, tell us about that one.  POWERS: The film is called "Thirst." It's by a guy named Park Chan-wook, who you - people might know from a film called "Oldboy." The film is coming out later this summer and so it's very-seeable.  GROSS: Coming out in the States?  POWERS: It has - in the States, yes. It has one of the great - I think one of the great premises, I think, for a vampire film I've ever seen, which is that it's about a South Korean priest who, because he loves humanity, goes off to a special clinic where they're doing medical research and he gives his body up to medical research. The problem is that he gets a disease that turns him into a vampire. So you have a guy who goes from metaphorically drinking the

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he might accept damaging information from foreigners about political opponents. After Stephanopolous pressed him on whether he would hand this information over to the FBI, the president said, “I think maybe you do both.” “I think you might want to listen, there isn’t anything wrong with listening,” President Trump continued. “If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] ‘we have information on your opponent’ — oh, I think I’d want to hear it.” While the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded, House Democrats have vowed to continue examining the Trump campaign. “I think [the remark] gives us a pretty clear idea of how the president related to the offer of dirt when it came to elements of his campaign in 2016,” NPR’s Ron Elving told us earlier this week. “The president welcomes this kind of cooperation, and we are going to have a legal battle because there are many people who feel that this is foreign interference in our elections and it is an extraordinarily serious matter.” Would it be legal for a campaign to accept dirt from foreign actors? Meanwhile, the president exerted executive privilege over subpoenaed documents related to the potential addition of a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. The House Oversight Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas related to the census question inquiry. House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) had this to say about the attempt to defy these subpoenas:  We must protect the integrity of the census and we must stand up for Congress’ authority under the Constitution to conduct meaningful oversight. This does not appear to be an effort to engage in good faith negotiations or accommodations. Instead, it appears to be another example of the administration’s blanket defiance of Congress’ constitutionally mandated responsibilities.  White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who has defended President Trump and his ability to invoke executive privilege on many occasions, will leave her post at the end of June.
After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019   We’re also following the latest on the request to extend funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund — a program established in 2011 to aid first responders who were exposed to toxic chemicals in the aftermath of 9/11. After a powerful statement from comedian Jon Stewart, the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to extend the compensation fund. Plus, we’ll cover the Southern Baptist Convention’s national meeting, where faith leaders addressed widespread sexual abuse in the church, as well as the issue of whether women can be ordained as preachers. “I’m not sure they’re going to get to the root of the problem without dealing with this theological issue,” Professor Jersuha Neal of Duke Divinity School told us about women’s role in the SBC. “When you systematically silence a group of members, you’re going to have problems.” We wrap up the week’s top domestic stories. Text by Kathryn Fink. GUESTS Reid Wilson, National correspondent, The Hill; author, “Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak”;  @PoliticsReid Kimberly Adams, Correspondent, Marketplace; @KA_Marketplace Naftali Bendavid, A political editor, The Washington Post; @naftalibendavid For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2019 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

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Robert Siegel talks with Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, about President Bush's speech to the U.N General Assembly. (4:30)
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The Re-Structuring of Comair, Field Notes: Crystal Clear Science, Essencha Tea House, Isabella Moon, Focus on Technology


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Question: Carbondale Limits Number of Residents Per Square Foot

Many towns and counties across the country are enacting stricter laws regulating how many people can live together in a home. Often, these measures are driven by an influx of immigrants who are crowding into homes and apartments so it's more affordable for them. Now, Carbondale, home to a large number of Latino immigrants, has begun enforcing its own anti-crowding measure. Aspen Public Radio's Sarah Hughes reports for KCFR News.

State Finances in the Black at $3.1 Billion. More Californians Traveling Abroad for Essential Surgeries. End Music.


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On Saturday's docket in sports: the Penn State scandal, college basketball and the kidnapping and rescue of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks sports with NPR's Tom Goldman.

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There are plenty of reasons to despair: increased partisanship, a warming planet, the Doomsday Clock's recent tick closer to midnight. But Steven Pinker is one person making the argument that not only are times not as bad as they appear, but we've in fact, never had it quite so good. He even says he has the data that prove it. His new book "Enlightenment Now" makes the case that the world is improving, and that it can improve further if we embrace the right principles. What principles does he mean? Is he on to something or will he be left hugging those principles on his own this Valentine's Day? | Want to support 1A? Subscribe to our podcast and give to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/1A. Email the show at 1a@wamu.org.

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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the state of the detained Palestinian suspects captured during Israel's armed sweep through the West Bank last month.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes To Step Aside From Russia Probe. -- In 'Important Step', U.S. Women's Soccer Team Reaches New Labor Deal. -- Ethics Panel Sends Case Against Alabama Governor To Prosecutors. And here are more early headlines: Baltimore Police Consent Decree Hearing Will Proceed. (Baltimore Sun) Study Says 1 In 10 Deaths Globally Due To Smoking. (Guardian) Colombia To Investigate Deadly Mudslide. (BBC) Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleaning Charges. (Sydney Morning Herald) Hundreds Of Migrants Rescued Wednesday In Mediterranean. (VOA) Gambia Holds First Parliamentary Election Under New President. (Al Jazeera) Vegas Man Charged With Possessing Weapons Of Mass Destruction. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Former Astronaut, Senator John Glenn To Be Buried In Arlington Cemetery. (VOA)


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Question: Funding U.S. Athletes in the Olympics

U.S. Olympic hopefuls say they're having trouble making ends meet because of dwindling support from sponsors. Shotputter and two-time silver medalist Adam Nelson went on eBay to find a new sponsor when he lost a couple of deals. Now that deal is about to run out and he needs to get creative again.

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There was a distinct feeling of history in the air when Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley took his place in our office with his band, and it wasn't just the legend behind his surname. For fifteen minutes, we were treated to the same socially relevant reggae that his father, legendary Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley, made popular when he put the genre on the international music map. With eyes shut, Marley dug deep into the healing power of music with songs from his 2017 album Stony Hill. "So A Child May Follow" addresses the troubles youth confront around the globe and how to persevere to succeed. "Speak Life" sums up the message of his music and his turn behind the Tiny Desk: live a life that will enable us to survive life's slings and arrows with dignity and love. But what makes his music stand out on this session is the prominence of the acoustic guitar and piano in the arrangements, which makes the familiar sound somewhat new. And let's address the elephant in the room: Damian's father cast a giant, magnificent shadow on the world and it can't be easy to follow in those footsteps as a songwriter and musician. "Jr. Gong" (after his father's nickname of "Tuff Gong") seems to be undaunted by that legacy and instead draws on it for inspiration and guidance. Not to mention there is more than a hint of his father's unmistakable singing voice that so often preached the same messages of self-identity and self-determination that his youngest son is now doing so successfully. SET LIST  "Slave Mill" "So a Child May Follow" "Speak Life"  MUSICIANS Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley: vocals; Roselyn Williams: vocals; Sherieta Lewis: vocals; Sean "Pow" Diedrick: keys; Courtney "Bam" Diedrick: drums; Shiah Coore: bass; Elton "Elly B" Brown: guitar CREDITS Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin, Andy Huether; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Bronson Arcuri, Jeremiah Rhodes, CJ Riculan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assistant: Paul Georgoulis; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Shuran Huang/NPR

This blog was conceived as a way for us to tell listeners about any music, videos or thoughts that excite us but can't fit into a weekly half-hour podcast. But there's a lot that goes on at other parts of NPR Music that excites us, too. Digging through everything the site has to offer can take time, though, so we'll publish a post like this periodically in an effort to keep readers up to date. Here's a list of our top picks:  Hammock Jams: Party in Your Backyard Here's Your Late Pass: Right Music, Wrong Time (Monitor Mix) First Listen: Regina Spektor, 'Far' Heat Wave: A Summertime Mix Metric in Concert Dirty Projectors: Balancing Head and Heart (CD review) Vocal Styles: Whiny, Tiny, or Just Fine-y (Monitor Mix) White Rabbits: Something Novel (Song of the Day)


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Question: Who's Bill This Time

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Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Hoosier Boo-sier, The Okay Satan, Egg McRib.

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Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news ... Moving on Up, Prez Charming, and Who's Big Gulping now?


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(Sorry for the long absence with all of last month¿s big political news¿ as mentioned before, the new little one in the family has kept me away from the hustle and bustle.  Look for more frequent blog entries this month! ¿JM)
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2006 Live Concert Highlights: Mogwai, Neko Case, Sleater-Kinney, more.

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Critic Ted Libbey joins Martin for another of their weekly visits to the PT Basic Record Library. Today they discuss, and Ted recommends recordings of, the two suites for band written earlier this century by English composer Gustav Holst.

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Question: Biden Has A Plan To Curb Gun Violence Using COVID-19 Aid Money

With gun violence on the rise, President Biden is talking about his plans to let states use funding from the COVID-19 aid package to help address it.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Trump to Detail Tougher Line On Iran's Nuclear Program. -- 31 Killed In Deadliest Week For Wildfires In California's History. -- Trump Administration To End Obamacare Subsidies For The Poor. -- Poll: Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions.  -- 'The Taliban Can't Win', Says Commander Of U.S. Forces In Afghanistan. And here are more early headlines: Speaker Ryan Heads To Puerto Rico, Says Island Needs Aid. (The Hill) Next Year's Social Security Increase To Be Announced Today. (AP) Small Quake In North Korea Suggests Instability At Nuke Test Site.  (Reuters) Regulator Warns Slides On Some Airbus Jets May Be Faulty. (Bloomberg) Man In Police Car Chase Had That On "Bucket List". (KCCI)


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Drug manufacturer Merck is applying for FDA approval of Arcoxia, a painkiller that it hopes will replace Vioxx. But is Arcoxia safer than Vioxx, which was taken off the market after being linked to heart problems?

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Judge Ann Marie McDonald ruled Wednesday that the agreement violates Canada\'s charter because of what happens when the refugees are taken into U.S. custody. Refugees are returned to the U.S. "based on the understanding that they will have access to a fair refugee determination process," McDonald wrote. "However, the evidence demonstrates that the immediate consequence to ineligible STCA claimants is that they will be imprisoned solely for having attempted to make a refugee claim in Canada." It\'s a clear penalty imposed on refugees for merely attempting to seek asylum, the judge said. "The penalization of the simple act of making a refugee claim is not in keeping with the spirit or the intention of the STCA," McDonald wrote, citing "cruel and unusual detention conditions" upon returning to the U.S.  The agreement runs afoul of the Canadian constitution\'s promise of "life, liberty, and security of the person," the judge wrote. "Imprisonment and the attendant consequences are inconsistent with the spirit and objective of the STCA." The legal challenge was brought by citizens of El Salvador, Ethiopia and Syria, all of whom sought refugee protection in Canada. Some said they were fleeing gang violence, some persecution based on their gender. But because they arrived from the U.S. at an official port of entry, they couldn\'t make refugee claims — and were immediately returned to the U.S. and imprisoned for weeks or months. \'Scared, Alone, and Confused\' In sworn affidavits, asylum-seekers explained how they found themselves in the U.S. — and spoke of psychologically brutal conditions they encountered upon being turned away from the Canadian border.  Nedira Jemal Mustefa, a Muslim woman from Ethiopia, came to the U.S. for medical treatments when she was 11 years old. She entered the country on a visitor\'s visa and ended up staying for several years, graduating from a Georgia high school in 2015. Because she had arrived in the U.S. after the cut-off date to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, she couldn\'t get proper documentation to continue her studies in the country. But she also didn\'t want to return to Ethiopia, as she was a member of the Oromo ethnic group, which faced persecution by the Ethiopian government.  She asked Canada for refugee protection, but — after being questioned for 30 hours at the port of entry — was returned to the U.S. There, officials placed her in detention at the Clinton County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania. She was held in solitary confinement for a week to await results of a tuberculosis test. Mustefa called her time in solitary confinement "a terrifying, isolating and psychologically traumatic experience." She wasn\'t told how long she would be kept in solitary. She believes the guards were feeding her pork, despite telling them she couldn\'t consume it for religious reasons. She skipped meals and lost nearly 15 pounds.  Upon her release from solitary, she spent the next three weeks among the general prison population, where she said was held in a "freezing cold" facility with people who had been convicted of crimes. Mustefa said she "felt scared, alone, and confused at all times." Her imprisonment upon being returned to the U.S. "is a clear illustration of the limitation on liberty" faced by refugees found ineligible under the STCA, the judge wrote. Significant Victory For Refugees Advocates involved in the case, as well as asylum experts familiar with the ruling, praised the decision as a significant win for the rights of refugees — and a damning indictment of U.S. policies under President Trump. "A Canadian judge heard the stories of people who had been in immigration detention in the US and she found that their treatment shocked the conscience and violated fundamental human rights," said Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, which challenged the agreement along with Amnesty International and the Canadian Council of Churches. The judgment striking down the STCA won\'t take effect for six months. The judge said this would give the Canadian Parliament time to respond. If the decision ultimately stands, refugee processing at the U.S.-Canada border would go back to what it was before the U.S. was designated a safe country in 2004. Asylum-seekers won\'t have to risk entering Canada in between official c']' != '['Represent this subtitle to find a title that might be right above it on NPR', "Post-9/11 Border Security Strains U.S.-Mexico Relations. Farmers Seek Relief for Summer's Heat Damage to Crops. End Music."]'

Question: 1. Voices In The News

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-Ga); President Bill Clinton at the 50th anniversary celebrations in honor of baseball player Jackie Robinson, and golfer Tiger Woods on winning the Masters tournament.

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The Re-Structuring of Comair, Field Notes: Crystal Clear Science, Essencha Tea House, Isabella Moon, Focus on Technology


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Question: The Nuts And Bolts Of Training An Afghan army

A key part of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan that President Obama announced Tuesday is the training of Afghan security forces. Army Lt. Gen. (retd.) James Dubik, a senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, says training troops in Afghanistan is similar to U.S. efforts in Iraq.In his new Afghanistan strategy, President Obama is counting on an accelerated 18-month surge to reverse the Taliban's momentum and make a dent in the spiraling violence. The most visible portion of the new effort will be the 30,000 additional U.S. troops that will start flowing into Afghanistan in the next few weeks.  But many military experts remain skeptical that the extra soldiers will be enough to change the fundamental dynamics, particularly if Obama sticks to his new July 2011 target for beginning a drawdown. The new deadline is emerging as the most controversial part of Obama's strategy. The president said the timeframe is aimed at creating a sense of urgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan to act more aggressively. But critics worry that it sends the wrong signal to the Taliban and al-Qaida, and to U.S. allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Setting a date could allow insurgents to bide their time and take up their offensive after U.S. troops leave. "Anyone who knows Afghanistan says you might be able to make the beginning of a difference there, but once you start telling people you're out of there, it's going to affect people's behavior," says Eliot Cohen, the director of the strategic studies program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. "That actually incentivizes bad behavior. If you think the Americans are headed out of there, the obvious thing to do is do things in the old Afghan way." Not Locked Into Leaving Senior Obama administration officials insist that the pace of withdrawal will be determined by conditions on the ground.  "I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday. "But what we have done ... is to signal very clearly to all audiences that the United States is not interested in occupying Afghanistan." The plan is designed so that the lead responsibility for security will be handed over gradually to Afghans on a local basis, depending on the quality and reliability of security forces and government institutions.  "In my own mind, July 2011 is a reasonably well-set timeline to get the Afghans to a point where at least in some portions of Afghanistan, we can start withdrawing," retired Lt. Gen James Dubik, who oversaw training of Iraqi forces in 2007 and 2008 and spent the past summer observing training of Afghan troops, told NPR's All Things Considered. Deep Skepticism But given that U.S. forces have spent the past eight years trying to build up the Afghan army, police and government ministries, there is deep skepticism about how much of a difference another 18 months can make, even with an additional influx of resources. "I have no doubt that with 30,000 troops, Gen. McChrystal can put the Taliban on their back foot in 18 months, but those gains will not be sustainable," says Robert Grenier, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan who worked extensively on issues in Afghanistan. "At best, you will make marginal progress in the next 18 months at building up the Afghan national army. That will be a very long project." The U.S. military plans to accelerate its training efforts by requiring all U.S. combat soldiers to actively partner with Afghan forces in a training capacity.  Senior administration officials say that there are currently 92,000 capable Afghan national army forces, but that too many of them remain garrisoned on bases rather than actively protecting the Afghan people.  McChrystal has said privately that Afghan security forces need to eventually number 400,000 if they are going to be able to secure the entire country. That would include about 260,000 army soldiers and another 140,000 police officers.  Objectives Too Small? "One of the mistakes the Bush administration made, and I hope we will not make it again, is to set our objectives too small for Afghan security forces," says Cohen, who served as counselor to the State Department for the last two years of the Bush administration. "If you want your real ticket to withdrawal for American combat forces, it's going to be the effective development of Afghan security forces, which will probably have to be paid for by the international community for decades to come. But that's worth it." Obama's review, however, shied away from endorsing any specific target, with aides saying they prefer to set year-by-year targets that are more achievable. "We are going to take this in bite-size chunks," a senior administration official told reporters.  But there are persistent doubts about whether the training of effective forces can be sped up all that much.  "If push comes to shove, we may be able to recruit enough people on this advanced

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Commentator Frederick Starr challenges what he says is the pretentiousness of the term "maestro" for the conductors of America's orchestras.

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Guest host  Melinda Penkava reads from your letters.


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Oh those secret prisons! Goodbye  to a man who made "crikey" a household word; and finally  a woman reads the news.

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Pope-ularity; Emission Admission; It's Over Now That It's Over.


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Question: Feds Reject Barstow Casino Plan

Another big blow was struck late last week against the embattled plan for tribal gambling in the desert city of Barstow, as federal officials rejected the land applications of two out-of-the area tribes.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected requests from both the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the [...]

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San Diego County Sues to Overturn Legal Marijuana. High School Exit Exam Settlement. End Music.


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Guest: Karen Ordahl Kupperman, the Silver Professor of History at New York University

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Question: Pentagon Budget May Put Next President in a Pickle

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The Pentagon will unveil its budget request to Congress next week. The request totals about $500 billion. If approved, it will be the largest military budget — adjusted for inflation — since World War II.  But one thing is missing: most of the money to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense officials now say they'll only ask Congress to provide enough money to fund the wars through the end of the Bush administration.  Critics say the decision could present a political dilemma for the next president. ROBERT SIEGEL, host:  You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.  Next week, the Pentagon will send its annual budget to Congress. The request totals about $500 billion. If approved, it will be the largest military budget adjusted for inflation since World War II. But one thing is missing - most of the money needed to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  NPR defense correspondent Guy Raz reports.  GUY RAZ: Every year, the United States spends more money on defense than the rest of the world combined. And this year's Pentagon budget will account for around a third of all federal spending. Or put another way, add up total spending on education, veterans' benefits, housing, transportation, agriculture and energy, and you still don't reach the total spent on defense in one year. So this year, the Pentagon will try something different. It'll ask Congress for $500 billion, the amount it takes to run the military, and then on top of that, another 70 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  But that $70 billion is only a quarter of what it actually costs to fund those wars each year. And Chris Hellman, an analyst with the Center for Arms Control, says it's a deliberate move to obscure just how much money the Pentagon will actually spend in total.  Mr. CHRIS HELLMAN (Analyst, Center for Arms Control): If you bundle those together and you send Congress a three-quarter-of-a-trillion-dollar budget request, even the American people are going to go ugh.  RAZ: So the Pentagon will ask Congress for just enough money to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - again, that $70 billion - through roughly February 2009, just a few weeks after the next president takes office.  And Winslow Wheeler, a budget analyst with the Center for Defense Information, says it…  Mr. WINSLOW WHEELER (Budget Analyst, Center for Defense Information): Stiffs the next president with a urgent requirement to scrounge for money to pay for war expenses that will be unavoidable.  RAZ: Now, last year, Congress required the Pentagon to request all war funding upfront. The idea was to make it easier to track just how much money the wars cost. But this year, the Pentagon decided not to ask for all of it at once. And Chris Hellman believes it'll put the next president in an awkward position.  Mr. HELLMAN: Whoever the next president of the United States is going to be, is going to be forced for budgetary reasons to make some very important policy decisions about the future U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. And they're going to have to do it right at the beginning of their administration.  RAZ: Even, he says, if that next president takes a completely different position on the wars.  Mr. HELLMAN: Even if an administration, be it Democrat or Republican, were to pull our troops out the day after the inauguration, they were going to announce the troops were coming home, money for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan wouldn't stop that day.  RAZ: Because money would still be needed to pay for salaries and supplies and food and maintenance for the troops in the field, not to mention the cost of bringing them home.  Guy Raz, NPR News, the Pentagon.

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Question: Responding to Your Letters

Farai Chideya is joined by producer/editor Christopher Johnson to read from listeners' letters. This week, they tackle feedback on our coverage of  pop culture's influence on the election, economist Julianne Malveaux's take on the challenges facing African-American women, and kudos for our mental health series.

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In the aftermath of catastrophic events such as a mass shooting or natural disaster, politicians often offer up their thoughts and prayers to victims. Critics then hit back, condemning the phrase as meaningless — with no real value or impact. Now a new study from economists finds that prayers might have an actual dollar value, and they may also have real consequences for charitable giving in the wake of catastrophe, but not in the way you might think. Source: Thunström, Linda and Shiri Noy, "The Value of Thoughts and Prayers", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.  Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts and NPR One.


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Question: Week In Review With Daniel Schorr

This week there were changes to the U.S. missile defense strategy and health care legislation got picked apart on the Hill. Host Scott Simon reviews the week in the news with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

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Week In Review, On the Money with Chris DiSimio, Queen City Classic Chess Tournament, Forgive Me, The Front Row with Betsy Ross, The Big Screen: City of Men


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Question: Arthur Andersen Trial

John Ydstie talks with NPR's Cheryl Corley about the Arthur Andersen trial in Houston. Andersen is charged with obstructing justice by destroying documents related to Enron. The last witness of the day was the executive assistant to David Duncan. Duncan was the firm's head auditor on the Enron account and has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. The defense wants to make the case that Duncan was pressured into his plea.

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Question: Descendants Of Enslaved People Get Checks In One Of The 1st Cash Reparations Programs

The Virginia Theological Seminary has launched one of the U.S.'s first cash reparations programs. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ian Markham, president and dean of VTS, and Gerald Wanzer, a shareholder.

Good morning - here are some stories we're following today: Luxury Cars Do Poorly In New Type Of Crash Test. Unsealed Documents 'Hint At The Evidence' In Colorado Shootings. N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Fla. Senator Marco Rubio To Give Key Speeches At Republican National Convention. (National Journal) Western Wildfires Destroy Homes, Leave One Firefighter Dead. (AP) Defected Syrian Prime Minister Claims Assad Regime Is Collapsing. (BBC) In A Change, Iran Now Welcomes Aid For Earthquake Victims. (VOA) French Youths Clash With Police For Second Night. (Reuters) Violence Turns Deadly Between Two Unions At South African Platinum Mine. (AllAfrica.com) Educational Accrediting Agency Issues Warning To Penn State. (USA Today) Conn. Woman Wrongly Billed For 25 Years For Streetlights, Gets Refund. (Hartford Courant)


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Question: Helen Forrest - Obit

Helen Forrest, one of the most famous big band singers, died yesterday in California at the age of 82. She had been hospitalized with pneumonia since April. We hear one of her best known recordings: "All The Things You Are," from 1939, performed with Artie Shaw and his orchestra.

The Alf Files, Naked Faces, and Hunky Homers.


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For several years, StoryCorps booths have allowed ordinary people relate their own stories to be preserved in a huge and growing collection in the Library of Congress.

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Question: Miracles Of Modern Science: No Guitars Necessary

A lot of rock bands visit the NPR studios with maybe a fiddle or two in tow. But Miracles of Modern Science are not a typical rock band. The group boasts a mandolin, upright bass, cello, violin, drums — and absolutely no electric guitar. Evan Younger, Josh Hirshfeld, Kieran Ledwidge, Tyler Pines and Geoff McDonald met in college, where they bonded over a shared love of jazz, rock and classical music. But even more important to their chemistry, McDonald says, is a belief that those genres can play nice together, with satisfying results. "There's sort of a thaw in the music community now between people who play classical music, or whatever you want to call it — concert music, art music — and what we do in music clubs," says McDonald. "And that's a really great thing. You see lots of people doing imaginative things from both sides of what was [once] a divide." Miracles of Modern Science piled into NPR's Studio 4A to speak with Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish, and to perform songs from their debut album, Dog Year.

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Stories: 1) Turning Poverty Into A Multibillion-Dollar Industry 2) John Prine: Midwestern Mind Trips To The Nth Degree


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Question: From One Of Ted's Recommended

From one of Ted's recommended recordings, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a setting of the 121st Psalm, part of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. The recording was made in St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, the magnificent space for which Monteverdi composed his music. (Archiv 429 565-2)

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Question: Former Field Hands Spearheading Relief For Florida Migrant Workers

In Immokalee, Fla., a former migrant farm worker has set up an impromptu aid station for farm workers who lost their homes and livelihoods to Hurricane Irma.

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Question: A Mile In Another?s Shoes

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When Elisa Della-Piana shows up at a firehouse door not looking her best, she experiences the scorn endured routinely by people living on the street

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Stories: 1) Blackwater: Private Army In The News Again 2) What's The Word? How English Evolved This Decade


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Yoel Levi (yoh-EL LEV-vee) conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of the Symphony in C major by Georges Bizet. Recorded earlier this year at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. (ACA Digital/Horton Systems Co.)

From a newly reissued C-D of a recording first made in 1963, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Abravanel, (ab-RAHV-uhn-uhl) performs "In the Village" by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (MEEK-aisle ipp-awl-ITOFV - ee-VAUGHAN-ofv). (Vanguard Classics SVC-8)


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Question: Good News, Bad News: Japanese Economy Surges, But Likely Will Slow

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In a classic example of "on the one hand, on the other hand" economic analysis, the word that Japan's economy grew at a strong 4.1 percent annual rate in the first quarter is being followed by cautionary talk of slower growth for the world's third-largest economy in coming quarters. "Japan's economic growth probably peaked in the first quarter and analysts forecast the pace of expansion will halve by year-end as the boost from earthquake reconstruction fades," Bloomberg News says. "Prospects remained uncertain for the current quarter because of fears about the European economy and other factors that could crimp expansion," Bloomberg BusinessWeek adds. Reuters writes that "the figures underlined expectations that growth would slow down during the rest of the year, partly as the impact of the rebuilding effort fades." Japan's northeast coast was shaken by a massive earthquake, and then pummeled by a tsunami, on March 11, 2011.

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Stories: 1) Is Wall Street At Fault For Mortgage Meltdown? 2) Economy's Woes Mean Housing Crisis For Pets, Too


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Question: What Exit Polls Reveal About the Electorate

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NPR's Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, breaks down voting patterns across the country, and says the outcome does not deliver a mandate to President Bush.

Good morning. Our early headlines: -- U.S. Families Stunned By Russia's Ban On Adoptions. -- Remembering Gen. Schwarzkopf, 'Military Hero Of His Generation'. -- Secretary Clinton Due Back At Work Next Week, 'Foreign Policy' Reports. And the other major story of the day, as we reported late Thursday: -- White House To Host Congressional Leaders Friday For Fiscal Deadline Talks. Meanwhile, other stories making headlines include: -- At Least 17 Deaths Blamed On Winter Storm That Crossed Much Of Nation. (The Associated Press) -- Former President George H.W. Bush Remains In Hospital, But Would Urge Folks To "Put The Harps Back In The Closet," Spokeswoman Says. (Houston Chronicle) -- Shooting Appears To Be Chicago's 500th Homicide This Year. (Chicago Tribune)


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Question: For Syrian Migrants, Many Reasons To Leave Turkey For Europe

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International sympathy for Syrians, Iraqis and other migrants traveling toward Europe at great cost has not stilled a persistent debate: Are these refugees fleeing persecution, as the asylum laws say? Or are they economic migrants seeking a better life in a developed country? And if they make it to Turkey or Jordan or Lebanon, as some 4 million Syrians have to date, why don't they stay there? A visit to both ends of the short, treacherous voyage from Turkey across the Aegean Sea to Greece provides some clues. In Turkey, Waiting To Risk Everything Izmir, long known as Smyrna, is a melting-pot city of 3 million on Turkey's Aegean coast. Its reputation is secular, hedonistic, sun- and fun-loving. But these days, Izmir's working-class district of Basmane is filled with the sights and sounds of Syria and Iraq. Women in scarves or full-length burqas comfort squirming children as their husbands, sons and brothers speak anxiously into cellphones or negotiate with taxi drivers. Basmane is Grand Central for migrant smugglers and their customers. Make a deal here and your family could soon be risking its life in an overloaded, underpowered, inflatable boat to Greece. Muhannad Dasur, a 24-year-old Syrian, was studying for his master's degree in engineering when he decided to bolt for Europe. Like many, he wants to go to Germany — not because of its strong social welfare benefits, but to continue his studies. "This is my dream from about five years, to study in [Germany]," he says. "But I have no money. This is a chance to go there." In other words, he can't afford to go to Germany legally, so he's joining the migration north. Dasur sounds like a classic economic migrant. But dig a little deeper, and you find out he's from Homs, a city devastated by the Syrian army and various rebel groups. Dasur would probably qualify for asylum in most Western countries. It's a murky case, one of thousands of stories that asylum officials will have to sort through. In Greece, Elation And Uncertainty At the port in Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, the main transit point to Europe, there's a rare scene of refugees and water that doesn't involve tragedy: Adults wash themselves and their clothes, while letting their kids have some fun and forget the trauma they've been through to get here. Mohammed, a stocky, balding Syrian who's afraid to give his last name, sits with his feet dangling in the warm water. He says he traveled from Deraa, a ravaged area in the south of Syria, to Turkey. Within days, he got on a boat to Lesbos with his aunt. His plan is to go on to Germany or Sweden, so he's startled to hear that the Hungarian border is closed. "They closed? When, yesterday? Today? Closed? What about the people there?" he asks. When he learns people are staying, "We are going to be with them!" he says, laughing. As a Syrian from Deraa, Mohammed would likely be eligible for asylum. But he says he left there because he couldn't find work, and his wife is pregnant with their second child. His dismay at hearing of the border closing bumps up against his stoic, Middle Eastern sense of humor. "Why did they do this? Oh my God," he says. Then, with another laugh: "I will find my luck!" 'No Hope, No Future In Turkey' Mohammed can't answer the question 'Why didn't you stay in Turkey?' — he only transited through — but another Syrian, Adil Mohammad, can. Adil is a 28-year-old mathematics teacher from Syria's Hasakeh province. He spent several months in Turkey before deciding he had to leave. He wound up swimming to Lesbos when the motor died on the boat he was in. As to why he didn't stay and build a life in Turkey, his emphatic reply is that he did try, but quickly found out that he wasn't allowed to. "The big problem for anyone in Syria, you live in Turkiya, Turkiya it's very bad," he says, using an Arabic pronunciation for the country. "You can't rent a house, 'cause you are from Syria. And [they] didn't give you anything to be legal in country in Turkiya." For Adil Mohammad and nearly 2 million other Syrians in Turkey, that's the core of the problem. Turkey doesn't allow non-Europeans to apply for asylum. Instead, they get "temporary protection" — very generous protection, given to vast numbers of people, but it never leads to legal status. Renting a house or finding a job must be done under the table, putting refugees at the mercy of unscrupulous landlords and business owners. Adil says his experience in Turkey made him more determined than ever to keep going: "No future, no hope in Turkiya," he says. "[Because] of that, I will go to Europe. I will work and I will make my future." It's a sentiment shared by many on both ends of this perilous trip.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Latest On Paris Attacks: French War Planes Keep Pounding ISIS In Syria. -- Advocate: States Can't Shut Doors On Refugees. -- Russian Officials Say Plane Crash Was A Terrorist Act. And here are more early stories: Dozens Arrested In Minnesota After Deadly Police Shooting Of Black Man. (CBS) In Philippines, Obama Promises Maritime Aid To Asia-Pacific Allies. (VOA) Baby Is Last Ebola Patient To Recover, Be Released In Guinea. (BBC) Hundreds Of New U.N. Peacekeepers May Go To C.A.R. Ahead Of Pope's Visit. (AP) Exiled Yemeni President Returns As Anti-Rebel Offensive Continues. (AFP) Several Migrants Killed Off Greece When Boat Capsizes. (AP) From Blizzards To Flooding: Strong U.S. Storms Possible Today. (NWS)


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Question: Gas Leak At BP Oil Well In Alaska Has Been Stopped

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On Friday, employees of BP Exploration Alaska discovered an uncontrolled gas leak in an oil and gas well on Alaska's North Slope, near the community of Deadhorse. Soon after, they determined that the well was also spraying a mist of crude oil. BP reported the leak and formed a "unified command," which included responders from Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the North Slope Borough. The well vented gas throughout the weekend. By Sunday, the crude was no longer spraying, and workers were able to activate a safety valve that reduced the pressure of the gas. On Monday, nearly three days after the leak was found, ADEC announced the unified command had to managed to "kill" the well overnight and end the gas leak. "The area impacted is limited to gravel," says Candice Bressler, spokesperson for ADEC. "There have been no reports of impacted wildlife." Oil droplets were found on about 1.5 acres of the well's drill pad, according to The Associated Press. The community of Nuiqsut, 50 miles west of the site, had been notified of the incident, but was not evacuated. "Responders determined that the well had 'jacked up,' or risen, approximately 3 – 4 feet; this vertical movement of the well caused the pressure gauge to break off and prevented operations from pumping into the well to kill it," ADEC reported. BP began drilling at the massive Prudhoe Bay oil field in 1968. It has generated more than 12 billion barrels of oil, according to BP, and remains one of North America's largest oil fields. The leak happened amid efforts to boost output from aging wells and reach new supplies in the North Slope's oil fields, reports Bloomberg:  "North Slope production rose to 565,000 barrels a day in March, its highest level since December 2013. That's still down by almost three-quarters from the peak of more than 2 million barrels in the late 1980s."  In a 2011 settlement with the Department of Justice, BP agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty and carry out a "system-wide integrity management program" after it spilled more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil from its pipelines on Alaska's North Slope in 2006. Five years later, BP agreed to pay more than $20 billion in penalties for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Series Of Deadly Bombings Hit Tourism-Heavy Areas In Thailand. -- 2 Resign From Panel Set Up To Rehab Panama's Financial System. And here are more early headlines: Dozens Of Republicans Ask RNC To Cut Spending On Trump. (Politico) Obama Administration Diverts Funds For Zika. (New York Times) Huge Fire At Louisiana Oil Refinery Put Out, No Injuries. (Weather.com) Michigan Plant Fire Coming Under Control. (Port Huron Times Herald) Polio Cases Discovered In Nigeria. (UPI) Tsunami Warning Canceled For Pacific Island After 7.2 Quake. (ABC Online) Deep Fried Twinkies Are Coming To Your Home Freezer. (AP)


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Question: Feds Reject Barstow Casino Plan

Another big blow was struck late last week against the embattled plan for tribal gambling in the desert city of Barstow, as federal officials rejected the land applications of two out-of-the area tribes.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected requests from both the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the [...]

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Story of the Week from The Environment Report.  Hosted by Mark Brush.

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Guest: Arthur Allen, a Former Associated Press Foreign Correspondent and Journalist with Slate (Archive from 3/13/07)


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Question: Who's Bill This Time

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Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...It Ain't Over Even When It's Over, I'm Wiki Her, Nobel Effort

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Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news ... Moving on Up, Prez Charming, and Who's Big Gulping now?


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Question: Study: Revamp Workday To Combat Obesity Problem

A new study suggests that efforts to address the obesity epidemic should  include dramatically changing the workday. Some are already dong so,  using treadmill desks at work to burn calories. And in Portland, Ore.,  city officials are trying to get desk-bound workers up and about. RENEE MONTAGNE, host:  We've all heard for years how the modern diet is making us obese. A new study suggests there's another big problem: the modern workplace. Here's NPR's Jennifer Ludden.  JENNIFER LUDDEN: Researcher Tim Church was lecturing on the demographics of obesity when he noticed high rates in both Mississippi and straight north, Wisconsin.  Mr. TIM CHURCH (Researcher, Pennington Biomedical Research Center): And I kind of lost my train of thought in the middle of the talk. I said why would Wisconsin and Mississippi have similar obesity rates?  LUDDEN: His first idea, both were big farming states. Church is with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana and eventually delved into decades of settling federal employment data. He found a link to not just the decline of agricultural jobs, but also the huge loss of manufacturing.  Mr. CHURCH: One out of two jobs in 1960 were associated with at least moderate intensity physical activity, now less than one out of five jobs. So where we used to make a living on our feet being very physically active, now most Americans make their living sitting down.  LUDDEN: Church translated changing employment trends into calories and estimates that the average man now burns 140 fewer calories per day, the average woman, 120. He says that closely matches American's average weight gain in recent decades. Of course, Church says, there are many factors behind the obesity epidemic, but he says his study suggests efforts to address it should include revamping the work day. That's something physician Elizabeth Joy at the University of Utah has already done.  Dr. ELIZABETH JOY (University of Utah): This morning I've already walked about two and a half miles since arriving at work and I suspect I'll walk about six miles today.  LUDDEN: Joy is walking as we speak from her treadmill desk. She stands at a table with two laptops, her phone and papers, and all day long she walks, 1.2 miles per hour.  Dr. JOY: I don't feel out of breath. I'm very comfortable. And I'm actually one of three people in my office who now have treadmill desks.  LUDDEN: Soon after the switch Joy dropped five pounds. But she mostly does it on principle to practice the active lifestyle she preaches. She says it's amazing how successfully we've engineered physical activity out of daily life.  Dr. JOY: We can walk through an airport on a moving sidewalk. We have clickers for almost every imaginable device. And certainly the workplace is no exception to that. You know, why get up and talk to a coworker, even in the office next door to you or down the hall when you can simply send that person an email.  LUDDEN: In Portland, Oregon city officials are trying to get deskbound workers up and about. They examined employees' most expensive medical claims for back and joint pain, hypertension, cardiovascular problems. Cathy Bless is Portland's benefits and wellness manager.  Ms. CATHY BLESS (Benefits and Wellness Manager, City of Portland): A lot of the diseased states that we're looking for really have obesity wrapped in and around it.  LUDDEN: So a year ago, the city launched a wide ranging wellness campaign complete with a slate of onsite activities.  Ms. BLESS: We provide a boot camp, we provide Zumba.  LUDDEN: That's an aerobics class to Latin rhythms. There's also...  Ms. BLESS: ...yoga and stretching.  LUDDEN: An online video even guides workers through stretches at their desks. A one year review did not show much change in worker's weight. Still, Bless says, Portland is hopeful for long-term impact and to sticking with its effort to put a little more activity into a day at the office.  Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.

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Question: It's ScuttleButton Time!

This Friday, we celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. So today, one day early, we celebrate another great American tradition: ScuttleButton. And here's how to play the game. It's a rebus. Simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.) And don't focus on a political answer. It doesn't necessarily have to be political, though it could be. A correct answer chosen at random gets his or her name in this column. Personally, I can't imagine a greater honor. You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state -- you won't win without that) to politicaljunkie@npr.org. Here's the answer to last week's puzzle. And, by adding your name to the Political Junkie mailing list, you will be the first on your block to receive notice when a new puzzle goes up on the blog. Sign up at politicaljunkie@npr.org. Or you can make sure to get an automatic RSS feed whenever a new Junkie post goes up by clicking here. Good luck, have fun, and have a happy and safe 4th.

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Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news: It's a Bird! It's A Plane! It's Amazon!; The Holy Doorman; Father Stealthmas.


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Question: From A Concert Last Month

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From a concert last month at Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, pianist Jean- Yves Thibaudet (zhah(n)-eev too-boh-DAY) and the Colorado Symphony, conducted by Marin Alsop, perform the Piano Concerto in G by Maurice Ravel. (Fred Johnson)

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Question: Gee, Mr. Schubert: Commentator

GEE, Mr. Schubert: commentator Linda Kobler (KOHB-ler) reflects on the extraordinary power, delicacy and simplicity Franz Schubert packed into his Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 78, and attributes it to his use of the G major chord more than 50 times in the first movement.

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Carl reads three quotes from the weeks news: Herman's Her-mistresses; I Love The '70s: Iran; and Onward to Mars!


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Question: The Week In Politics

Donald Trump softened his stance on deportations this week, or did he? And questions on the Clinton Foundation continue to fly in a week when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump called each other bigots.

Stories: 1) Blackwater: Private Army In The News Again 2) What's The Word? How English Evolved This Decade


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Question: Kurt Tong, Former U.S. Consul General To Hong Kong, Discusses City's Local Elections

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kurt Tong, former U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong, about the U.S. stance toward Hong Kong after landslide victories by pro-democracy advocates in local elections.

Good morning, here are the stories we're following today: Anti-U.S. Protests Spread; Attack Against U.S. Embassy In Yemen. (AP) Hints Of Progress In Chicago Teachers' Strike. (AP) Federal Reserve Ends Policy Meeting; Investors Wait For News On Possible Stimulus Action. (Wall Street Journal) Dutch Voters Back Pro-European Prime Minister; Centrist Leader To Form New Government. (Reuters) New U.N. Peace Envoy Arrives In Damascus, Syria. (Voice Of America) Cambodian Special Court Deems Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' Too Sick To Face Genocide Trial. (CNN) New York City Officials To Vote On Plan Reducing Super-Sized Sodas. (NBC New York) New Apple Smartphone Could Become Fastest Selling Tech Device Ever. (Businessweek) Atlantic Tropical Storm Nadine Close To Hurricane Strength, No Threat To Land. (National Hurricane Center) New Species Of Monkey Discovered In Democratic Republic Of Congo. (Telegraph)


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Question: Health Care Financing Initiative Filed

Late word this afternoon that the initiative has been filed for funding the health care reform plan now awaiting state Senate approval, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as its official authors.
The initiative asks voters to approve a financing plan to pay for the $14 billion a year reform proposal, and includes [...]

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Question: 'Miss Me Yet?' Billboard Mystery Partly Solved

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The "Miss Me Yet?" George W. Bush billboard near Wyoming, Minn., was paid for by "a group of small business owners who feel like Washington is against them," a spokeswoman for the sign company tells our colleague Bob Collins of Minnesota Public Radio. Thanks to the Drudge Report, the post we put up yesterday about the billboard and the mystery about who paid for it has generated quite a bit of attention. Bob stayed on the story and posts that:  Mary Teske, the general manager of Schubert & Hoey Outdoor Advertising reports, "The Bush Miss Me Yet? billboard was paid for by a group of small business owners who feel like Washington is against them. They wish to remain anonymous. They thought it was a fun way of getting out their message."

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Question: Some Environmentalists Warming Up to Nuclear Power

Are new technologies such as the pebble-bed reactor able to make nuclear power cleaner and safer than in the past? And how best should policy makers weigh the pluses and minuses of nuclear power, offsetting reduced greenhouse gas emissions with the long-term safety and storage problems posed by nuclear wastes? Guests:  Andrew Kadak, reactor physicist; professor, nuclear engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Thomas Cochran, nuclear physicist; director, nuclear program; Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)  Kevin Crowley, director, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; National Academies of Science IRA FLATOW, host:  Last week, President Bush went to Pennsylvania to promote his view that more nuclear power plants are the answer to global warming, because they don't release greenhouse gasses. Last year, Congress authorized $13 billion to help utilities build new reactors in the United States, and there are more going up in other countries around the world.  Some environmentalists, who had previously opposed nuclear power, have supported the nuclear option reasoning that given the two choices, rampant global warming or rising ocean levels, versus the hazards posed by the handling and storage of nuclear materials, that nuclear power is the lesser of two evils.  This hour, as we continue our series on alternative energies, we're going to look at this continuing tug-of-war over nuclear power. Nuclear designers say they can build safer nuclear reactors with new technology that won't allow the core to melt down as the one at Three Mile Island did 26 years ago, effectively stopping the nuclear power industry in this country; or the way the Chernobyl disaster, where we had the basically the core just burning up and releasing all that nuclear waste into the atmosphere.  Opponents disagree, pointing to flaws in nuclear design and the radioactive waste problem that has not yet been solved ala Yucca Mountain. What do you think? Has nuclear power really changed? Do we really need more of it? Has nuclear power turned green? Here to debate the issues are my three guests, veteran observers of the nuclear power technology and politics of it. Dr. Thomas Cochran. Cochran is Director of a Nuclear Program at the National Resources Defense Council, the NRDC. Dr. Cochran holds the Wade Greene Chair for Nuclear Policy. He won numerous awards for his work in clarifying questions about nuclear weapons and nuclear power for the public, and he joins us today from our studios in Washington D.C.  Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.  Dr. THOMAS COCHRAN (Director, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council): Thank you.  FLATOW: You're welcome. My next guest is Dr. Andrew Kadak. He is professor of nuclear engineering at MIT. Dr. Kadak is part of an international consortium that is designing a new kind of nuclear reactor. It's called a pebble bed reactor. We're going to be talking about whether that offers a solution to some people minds. And the first two are being built in South Africa and in China. Dr. Kadak joins us from MIT. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY, Dr. Kadak.  Dr. ANDREW KADAK: (Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Hello.  FLATOW: Hello. Dr. Kevin Crowley is a geologist and Director of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board at the National Academies of Science. He studied one of the biggest headaches nuclear power gives us, and that is what to do with radioactive waste those plants produce. Dr. Crowley joins us from our NPR studios in Washington. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY, Dr. Crowley.  Dr. KEVIN CROWLEY (Director of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, National Academies of Science): It's a pleasure to be here.  FLATOW: Our number is 1-800-989-8255 if you'd like to talk about nuclear power. 1-800-989-8255. Surf over to our website, it's sciencefriday.com; where we have all kinds of links, and also where you could send us e-mail there.  Dr. Cochran you are - you have been dead set against nuclear power for years, and you're still dead set against it. Give us your reasoning on that?  Dr. COCHRAN: Well, you're wrong on that point, but I'll give you my reasoning.  FLATOW: (Soundbite of laughter)  Dr. COCHRAN: The rub for nuclear power today, particularly in the United States, is that it's uneconomical compared to alternative energy sources for producing electricity.  There was a very fine study done by Andy's colleagues at MIT, published in late 2003, that concluded that just looked at the cost of the nuclear plant in the U.S. versus a coal plant or a gas fired plant. And that study concluded that nuclear plants were about 60 percent more expensive than coal or gas, assuming moderate gas prices.  Now, that study was before this recent spike in energy prices, particularly gas prices; but the conclusions are still valid that unless some major changes occur, for example, sustained high gas prices and a severe regulation of carbon emissions from fossil plants, which would economically

Good morning - here are some of our early headlines: Protesters Attack U.S. Diplomatic Buildings in Egypt, Libya; One American Worker Killed. (CNN) Chicago Teachers' Strike Starts Third Day, No Breakthrough Seen. (Chicago Tribune) German Court Backs European Bailout Plan. (Wall Street Journal) Two Factory Fires In Pakistan Kill At Least 191. (Voice Of America) Obama Administration Approves First Group Of Immigrant Children Applying To Stay In U.S. (AP) That Big Stink In Los Angeles? It's Decaying Matter From The Inland Salton Sea. (Los Angeles Times) Apple Expected To Unveil New Smartphone Today. (WHEC) FAMU Blames Hazing Victim For His Own Death; Parents Outraged. (ABC) Calif. Refinery Pipe Was Corroded, Thinned Just Before Explosion Last Month. (San Francisco Chronicle) Tropical Storm Nadine Strengthens Far Out In Atlantic, No Threat To Land. (National Hurricane Center)


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Question: NGOs On Trial In Egypt

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The trial of more than 40 foreigners involved in democracy-building and civil society projects in Egypt begins Sunday in Cairo. The foreigners face a long list of charges, all of which they have denied. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

Good morning, here are our early stories: Panetta: Don't Leap To Conclusions About Gen. Allen. Should Petraeus Scandal Be A Big Topic At Obama's News Conference Today? And here are more early headlines: Long Island Utility Chief Quitting Over Superstorm Sandy Response. (Newsday) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi To Announce Decision On Her House Post. (Los Angeles Times) Anti-Austerity Strikes Underway In Several European Countries. (NBC) Chinese President Hu Jintao Leaves Political Office As Part Of Power Transition. (VOA) Second Day Of Protests In Jordan Over High Gas Prices. (Jordan Times) African Union Seeks U.N. Authorization To Invade Mali And Fight Islamist Militants. (AP) Pakistan To Release Some Afghan Taliban Prisoners To Help Peace Process. (Reuters) Car Bombs Kill Many In Iraq Ahead Of Islamic New Year. (BBC) Contraception Is A Human Right, Says U.N. Agency. (AP)