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By Lise Carter, freelance writer
Back in 2011, I was feeling pretty low. I wasn't happy in my day job, didn't feel like I was progressing, and felt really bored and restless.
In August 2011, I came across a site called Location Rebel (a great site for aspiring Digital Nomads!), where I learned how to become a freelance writer. This included best practices for search engine optimization (SEO) and finding clients.
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SANDOWN – The board of selectmen once again met with the historical society to iron out an agreement for use of the town-owned Train Depot Museum, and once again the two groups made little progress on what both have agreed only needs to be a basic outline of rights and responsibilities.
At the selectmen's Monday, Feb. 3 meeting, it was unclear which document – one created by the selectmen or one created by the society – was being reviewed. It was noted that progress toward a single document had not been made.
The two groups have met numerous times in 2013, with little progress made on this issue.
While the historical society notes in its document that they want to work closely with the selectmen or their office, and to be present whenever the depot is being discussed, selectmen and town administrator Lynn Blaisdell noted that such isn't always practical.
And while at one point in the meeting it seemed as though both sides were going to move forward with the society's document, Blaisdell pointed out that nowhere in that document is it explained that the depot is a town-owned building and as such is under the jurisdiction of the selectmen.
Blaisdell argued that the selectmen's document is clearer, as it lists the state law that governs the selectmen's ability to regulate use and maintenance on the building. She questioned why both parties would have to be present for the selectmen to make decisions on a town-owned building.
"I think it needs to be declared that the town owns this building; we regulate the use of this building and maintenance that happens to the building," said Blaisdell. "Nowhere in here (the society's document) is it firmed up."
In response, society president Bruce Robinson spoke about code violations in the building and said the selectmen ought not to take such a firm stance on ownership. Blaisdell and selectman Hans Nicolaisen questioned Robinson's point but didn't get very far.
"I'm a professional in the electrical business. I'd come right back at you and say, 'These are the code violations.' What I'm driving at here is we need to take maybe small steps and say, 'What if?' Do you get what I'm driving at?" asked Robinson.
"What does the ownership of our building have to do with that?" asked Blaisdell.
While Robinson stated that everyone was working in a gray area on the issue, Blaisdell and Nicolaisen noted that the selectmen weren't operating in any gray area as the law was very clear on the matter.
Robinson argued that if the selectmen take a firm stance of ownership, they may need to rectify the code violations. Blaisdell made it clear that all were aware of the code violations and this work with the society was no different than work already undertaken and cleared up with other town buildings. She noted that many hours had been spent with this work on every other town-owned building and she wondered when all the players would come to the table ready to work.
A work session was suggested, to go paragraph by paragraph.
Society member Bob Bruder was amenable to that kind of work, noting he was seeking to settle the agreement and move forward. Important to Bruder during the meeting Monday was the fact that the society will be looking to take over utility costs at the building.
Blaisdell sought input on what specific issues the society's membership had with the selectmen's written document, but none came up except for when selectmen's office manager Paula Gulla, who primarily wrote the document, pointed out a structural issue that would need to be dealt with in the letter before it would be serviceable as an official agreement.
Nicolaisen, clearly frustrated with the lack of progress, and getting nowhere with his efforts to get an agreement firmed up, asked all society members to give the selectmen's office their email addresses so the town could be assured that the information was received by all members and that lines of communication would be opened to make sure there was an actionable document ready for the next meeting.
Robinson said that if the information went out to all members, the society would be diluted. Again Nicolaisen and Blaisdell asked for clarification, but Nicolaisen also noted that there had been communication problems in the past when everything only went through Robinson.


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Safari to Tarangire, into the Rift Valley and to the heart of the Serengeti
December 2009
The dry season of 2009 was harsh and both wildlife and livestock was hit badly. The Rift valley suffered and in September and October we witnessed dead and dying animals where ever we drove. Tarangire's elephants suffered, many babies died, and with the increase in poaching these added stresses were traumatic for this population. Generally the migratory wildlife can move as can some of the wealthier cattle herders with their stock but the resident wildlife and poorest cattle herders are just not able to move or not programmed to do so. Kenyan based Maasai drove their large cattle herds into Tanzania adding more pressure to the limited natural resources available. All environments seemed stressed and almost incapable of real recovery.
As an El Nino year was predicted hopes were high of good early rains, so when the rains finally did fall in early December we looked forward to the scenes of fresh grass and recovery for our safari, Oliver's Camp Tarangire was our first stay and the park looked green and flush. Elephants were enjoying the grass and the mud wallowing seemed to be going on all day, these scenes of wildlife regaining condition and weight were a joy. Our three day stay included two walks through short green grass and leisurely drives in a landscape determined to regain health. As the head guide Alex and the manager Simon were in camp we had a jolly time as well. One day we visited my old Oliver's Camp site and walked the country to the East of the Park. It was a joy to see that no signs of my previous camp showed and that the area looked healthy.
Silale swamp was starting to recover and wildlife was busy putting on weight
Starting out on a morning hike and Alex and Simon enjoying the camp fire
We continued on to Lake Natron and stayed at the Ngare Sero Tented Camp which is out on the open grasslands near the lakeshore. In other words, in a very hot spot! Thankfully the spring near camp provides much needed cooling during the heat of the day. Or even after a long drive. A cold beer lying in the stream with a view of the active volcano 'Oldonyo Lengai' or mountain of God, never tasted quite so good!
This unusual camp tries to shade the visitor from the blazing sun as Lake Natron is only 610 meters above sea level. Fortunately for us the cloud cover during our visit made it more bearable.
The shade netted tents and the volcano Oldonyo Lengai make for a quite unusual setting
500 meters from the camp the oldest known evidence of modern humans was recently found.
These footprints are fascinating and more were being uncovered as we watched!
After Lake Natron we spent the next 7 days exploring 3 quite different sections of the Serengeti system and stayed in 3 different camps. Wildlife was everywhere and the many lions we saw were all well fed!
Herds of migrating animals and the space out on the plains meant for a wonderful week of exploration, the mud and rain nearly got the better of us a few times but that's the price you pay to see such scenes!
We finally caught up with leopard and cheetah and enjoyed the atmosphere in all the camps.
The plains turned green in front of our eyes and all the lions seemed well fed
Including this bunch of cubs near Ndutu Marsh
Traveling with 5 Australians is rarely dull but this gang was such fun! We laughed a lot, we enjoyed every day with each other and as they had packed the most important thing for a safari, namely a sense of humor, we were constantly laughing out loud! It was a fine way to finish off 2009 as it had been a tough year for many, either financially or environmentally.
So long 2009, and in many ways, good riddance!
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Want to visit Tiberius - it'll cost ya!
At the foot of Tiberius' villa in Capri (still remarkably in tact) is this ledge and about 150m below is the ocean.
After climbing countless steps in 35 degree heat we reached the top.
The paranoid Emperor would invite anyone whom he suspected was planning his assasination up to 'visit and marvel at my marvellous villa' and would show them the view (pictured) and push them off the edge.
Politics at its best - maybe George B should try this with Osama!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Kenners and Louise
Kenners made it to Dublin recently - pictured here with Louise - in an Italian wine bar in Dublin, the place is great it feels just like you are in some place in Italy - nice wine, warm atmosphere, brushcetta, proscuitto and cheeses, quite addictive actually. We had a wicked couple of days with Kenners and Kenners and I managed to go to an outdoor Kaiser Chiefs concert in Dublin Castle fantastic!
Lake Como, Italia
I haven't written on this blog for a long while... about four months - what's been happening? Well a lot, I have had Mum over to stay and her, Louise and myself shot off to Italia to Mum's Dad's village - Villa di Tirano and we met up with Yerbs and Alex. Also went to LA for Easter and going to Capri and The Amalfi coast in two weeks with Louise. Work has just been too crazy to write anything but I will start to add a bit more in my spare time.
Summer has finally arrived in Dublin although at times it feels like winter - but at least there are days where you can go outside without a jacket, such a relief.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Xavier Rudd at the Village
I saw Xavier Rudd, for the third time, last night at The Village in Dublin and he did not disappoint, the crowd a cocktail of Aussies and Irish "ring-ins" were in awe of him, except for the female Irish college student next to us who wouldn't stop talking - Louise had to tell her to shut up, it was quite funny.
It was not as good as when I saw him at Jive in Adelaide or at WomAdelaide with my cousin Mark but nonetheless, I momentarily felt as if I was home and that felt great.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Doesn't matter where you are!
My brother Jarred's car was stolen Christmas eve, taken for a joyride, the inside smashed etc etc. So he ended up getting a new one.
Louise was driving to work on Sunday morning at 5am up the East Wall road in Dublin, a notoriously bad area (liken to to Salisbury in Adelaide) and was sitting at the traffic lights only to have some knacker, feral, bogan, tinker (get the drift - depends where you are from to what they are called) trying to get in her car and abduct her, her handbag or her car and/or all of it.
Which got me thinking, Kimba is safe. It always will be apart from the odd farm accident (my mum ran over my head when I was two with the Ford 5000 front end loader), there is fresh air, I now live in Dublin where the air isn't so fresh, there is space, we now live in an apartment, albeit in a trendy area in Dublin, in Kimba I had 7,000 acres, in Kimba we leave our house unlocked, our keys in our ignition to all our cars, utes and machinery and we can drive around at 5am and only worry about hitting Kangaroos, in Dublin I have just bought a bike so if I am coming home late at night I can speed away from any protential attacks.
It wasn't until I left Australia, left Adelaide and left Kimba to Europe, where I have run with Bulls, drifted through Venice, prayed in the Vatican, swam in Capri, stole some Berlin Wall, climbed the Eiffel tower, excavated in Pompeii, been annoyed by the swarm of stupid questions from European summer American tourists (very funny), witnessed the mayhem in Times Square New York, that I realised just how good home is, the beach at Pt Neill, the isolation, the space, the freedom
Maybe you have to step out of your safety zone to realise that.
P.S. I am not homesick just yet!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Edda Antwoneta Morelli and Me
Getting back to the story of me in Villa di Tirano. Here is the distant relative Louise and I stumbled across. She was living in the street my Grandpa was born, on, Via Morelli. In broken English and very bad attempts at Italiano, Louise and I ended up getting the story across. Her father went to Australia in the early 1900's to Townsville, just like Mum's Dad did, so we concluded that they were cousins. She kept touching my face saying Morelli, Morelli. Took us up to her house, feeding Expresso's into us with shots of Sambucca, begging us to stay the night and meet the rest of the family, however we had to go to Verona that day.
Typically Italian, just picture the ones in Adelaide with their vegie gardens etc, and multiply it by ten. By the time we left we had a full bag of fresh Pomodori (tomatoes) and figs etc.
Was great.
Dooger is lucky
One of my good mates, lets call him Andrew Baldock for the sake of it, attending the Melbourne Cup last year got himself into a bit of trouble. After going out on the 'drink' all day and night he decided to retire to his hotel room before the rest of the boys did.
He was later surprised when he was awoken, naked, by a couple of Melbourne Cops asking him why he was in this room. He told them it was his room. What he didn't know was that, he went to the wrong door, his key wouldn't open so he smashed the door down and went to sleep. The 'proper' occupiers of the room came home and called the police. Still in a drunken state the cops told him he would have to pay for a new door, to which he replied don't worry, I'll fix it, I'm a carpenter!!!
He ended up having to pay for the door and accomodation of the occupiers of the room. He got away scot free as it seems when juxtaposed to a story I read in the paper today.
Hector Soto (21) had recently moved into a new apartment complex when he went out drinking to celebrate his upcoming graduation from trade school (wonder if he was a carpenter too). Soto got into the wrong apartment through an open window and headed to the bathroom - where he was SHOT by the resident, a 65 year old state prision officer. The local Sheffif in San Bernardino, California, described the incident as "a real mess"...
I'm just glad my mate Dooger was at the Melbourne Cup that day and not the Kentucky Derby...


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The four-acre demonstration project, one portion of a 300-acre thinning project designed to protect nearby homes, was intended to illustrate the differences between commercial and non-commercial, non-mechanized thinning. The National Forest Protection Alliance, Native Forest Network, Wildlands CPR and the Sierra Club—assisted by the on-the-ground work of Vander Meer's Wildland Conservation Services—designed and carried out their vision in July, carefully documenting the plot and their work for future monitoring and comparison.
But in early March, after a mix-up with Forest Service officials, the Plum Creek Timber Company contractor thinning the remaining 296 acres re-logged the demonstration project, leaving behind a handful of skid trails about 15 feet wide and 100 yards long.
"It's unfortunate when things like this happen—I was disappointed," says Seeley Lake District Ranger Tim Love, who says it was the Forest Service, not the contractor, who confused the demonstration project with another unit.
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Well I'm pretty stoked for this. My Christmas vacation is the about the same as the season at Fennville farm. And I'll turn 17 on Dec 1st so I won't have to only go on the weekends with my dad. This is gonna be sweet.
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Mount Sinjar rises from a vast expanse of the barren border region of northern Iraq: a near vertical ridge reaching a rocky plateau of baked earth and jagged rocks. Small groups of men, women, and overwhelmingly children, wave at the sky as a Kurdish helicopter carrying food and water descends, throwing up clouds of dust. As the helicopter lands, a crowd appears on the horizon. A human train of the Yazidi of Sinjar province – persecuted in today's Iraq controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) – together with Christians of Mosul and Qaraqosh.
Convert or die is the ultimatum issued by Isis to other religions. Those stranded atop Mount Sinjar are those that fled before being killed, now stranded as fighting intensifies in the mountain range that separates Kurdish-controlled Iraq from the Isis advance. Isis considers the Yazidis apostates and has vowed to exterminate them.
A crush forms. Hundreds are desperate for sustenance, arms raised for a small bottle of water, a bag of flour. A man points towards his child, who is crying, asking for more food. The boy is soon lost in the throng.
Of the tens of thousands of Yazidis stranded on the mountain top, only 20 manage to squeeze into the Kurdish helicopter. On board, a woman with her eyes barely open cradles her child; a young man weeps – they all attempt to eat what is offered, a dry biscuit. They pray quietly as they protect their ears from the roar of the rising helicopter.
The thousands of Yazidis had spent a week on the mountain, reliant on aid deliveries and air drops from the West. Yesterday, many were reported to have sought refuge in another country ravaged by conflict, Syria.
Some managed to collect water and food, dropped overnight by US planes, before heading north-west on a 12-mile walk across mountains and desert to the Syrian border. Another US aid drop yesterday included more than 28,000 meals and more than 1,500 gallons of water.
At the border, Syrian Kurdish forces waited to transport them to refugee camps or to safe crossings back into the Kurdish region of Iraq. Many of those taken to safety came from hideouts near the mountain, few from its summit.
As few as one-in-ten of those on the mountain managed to leave, said Serbast Babili, the commander with Iraqi Kurdish forces overseeing the evacuation as Kurds fought running battles against Isis near the Sinjar village of Sinoon.
Saleh Mehdi Abbas, 31, said his family was one of around 300 trekking toward the Syrian border on Friday. He had left his area of the mountain at 3am then walked for about an hour to pick up food and water in an area where US planes made food drops overnight, before moving on. "We can't go much longer," he said.
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
5/74 Isis kidnapping
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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6/74 Isis kidnapping
Haruna Yukawa after his capture by Isis
7/74 Isis kidnapping
Khalinda Sharaf Ajour, a Yazidi, says two of her daughters were captured by Isis militants
Washington Post
8/74 Isis fighters
Spokesperson for Isis
Vice News via Youtube
9/74 A pro-Isis leaflet
A pro-Isis leaflet handed out on Oxford Street In London
Ghaffar Hussain
10/74 Isis fighters
Isis Jihadists burn their passports
11/74 Isis controls Syrian Aid
A man collecting aid administered by Isis in Syria
12/74 Isis controls Syrian Aid
A woman collecting aid administered by Isis in Syria
13/74 Isis controls Syrian Aid
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
14/74 Iraq crisis
Iraqi security forces detain men suspected of being militants of the Isis group in Diyala province
15/74 Iraq crisis
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
16/74 Iraqi refugees
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
17/74 Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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
18/74 Islamic extremists destroying mosques in Iraq
Shiite's Al-Qubba Husseiniya mosque explodes in Mosul
19/74 Islamic extremists destroying mosques in Iraq
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
20/74 Islamic extremists destroying mosques in Iraq
A bulldozer destroys Sunni's Ahmed al-Rifai shrine and tomb in Mahlabiya district outside of Tal Afar
21/74 Iraq crisis
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
22/74 Iraq crisis
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
23/74 Iraq crisis
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
24/74 Iraq crisis
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
25/74 Iraq crisis
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
26/74 Iraqi refugees
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
27/74 Iraqi refugees
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
28/74 Isis fighters in Syria
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
29/74 Isis fighters in Syria
Isis fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province
30/74 Isis fighters in Syria
Isis fighters travel in a vehicle as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province
31/74 Isis fighters in Syria
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
36/74 Isis fighters in Syria
A member loyal to the Isis waves an Isis flag in Raqqa
37/74 Iraq crisis
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
38/74 Iraq crisis
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
39/74 Isis fighters in Iraq
Isis fighters parade in the northern city of Mosul
40/74 Iraq crisis
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
41/74 Iraq crisis
Kurdish Peshmerga troops fire a cannon during clashes with militants of the Isis group in Jalawla, Diyala province
42/74 Lieutenant General Qassem Atta speaks during a press conference
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
43/74 A police station building destroyed by Isis fighters
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
44/74 Isis fighters in Iraq
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
45/74 Iraqi refugees
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
46/74 Iraqi refugees
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
47/74 Iraqi refugees
An Iraqi woman, who fled with her family from the northern city of Mosul, prays with a copy of the Quran
48/74 Isis fighters in Iraq
The body of an Isis militant killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces on the outskirts of the city of Samarra
49/74 Iraq crisis
Iraqi civilians inspect the damage at a market after an air strike by the Iraqi army in central Mosul
50/74 Iraq crisis
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
51/74 Iraq crisis
Shia tribesmen gather in Baghdad to take up arms against Sunni insurgents marching on the capital. Thousands have volunteered to bolster defences
52/74 Iraq crisis
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
53/74 Iraq
Fighters of the Isis group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul
54/74 Iraq
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
55/74 Iraq
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
56/74 Iraq
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
57/74 Iraq
Militants from the Isis group parading with their weapons in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province
58/74 Iraq
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
59/74 Iraq
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
60/74 Iraq
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
61/74 Iraq
Fighters from the Isis aiming at advancing Iraqi troops at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
62/74 Iraq
Fighters from the Isis group taking position at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
63/74 Iraq
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
64/74 Iraq
One Iraqi captive, a corporal, is reluctant to say the slogan, and has to be shouted at repeatedly before he obeys
Sky News
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
Sky News
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
Sky News
67/74 Iraq
Militants of the Isis group force captured Iraqi security forces members to the transport
68/74 Iraq
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
69/74 Iraq
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
70/74 Iraq
Militants of the Isis group executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province
71/74 Iraq
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
72/74 Iraq
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
Getty Images
74/74 Iraq
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
There were conflicting reports about whether the Kurdish forces co-ordinating the evacuation were allowing men of fighting age to leave the mountain. Ziad Qasim, 27, whose family was about a mile from the start of the evacuation route, said he had been told by a militiaman that whoever could carry weapons had to stay to fight.
"My wife and my father say they won't leave without me," he told The Washington Post by telephone. "What are we going to do?"
Even as the evacuations continued yesterday, reports said hundreds of Yazidi women had been captured by Isis militants.
Kamil Amin, the spokesman for Iraq's Human Rights Ministry, said Yazidi women below the age of 35 were being held in schools in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul. He said the ministry learned of the captives from their families. "We think that the terrorists by now consider them slaves and they have vicious plans for them," Mr Amin told the Associated Press. "We think that these women are going to be used in demeaning ways by those terrorists to satisfy their animalistic urges in a way that contradicts all the human and Islamic values."
Welid Ömer, from Sinjar's Xana Sor village, was one of those to join the Kurdish forces, the Firat News Agency reported yesterday. "Our children died of thirst on Mount Sinjar, our people can't find a slice of bread to eat," he said. "I am going to fight for those people. We are going to liberate Sinjar and bring our people back to our city."Reuse content


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Attached is a picture of some siding on the front of my home that is beginning to rot out. I am assuming that is is called lap siding? My question is, only the bottom board is rotting so how do remove to replace. Are the boards seperate or do they attach together to the one above it? Thanks!
Looks like that cement was poured after the house was sided
There should be a gap between the bottom of the siding & the cement
The bottom piece is pulling moisture from the slab & rotting
Had the same problem here, had to rip out the siding that was rotting
If its not too bad you might be able to fix it
They should be separate pieces
Don't be surprised if the sheathing and the bottom of the framing members are also compromised.
To remove the bottom slat, cut it horizontally about an inch below the upper slat and remove it. Place a small pry bar under the remaining piece and pry it away from the wall. Move along the entire length of the wall, end to end. Once you get it away from the wall, cut the nails underneath.
The paint on your horizontal cedar bevel lap siding is blistering from the moisture of the new concrete pour as Dave said. If the wood isn't rotted and just the paint peeling, I would lay a reciprocating saw on it's side to cut a channel out of siding back to the sheathing, including the inside corner 2x2, install a pre-formed metal L-flashing just under the cut siding bottom edge. This will divert the rain water away from the house onto the slab. Remember to cut the caulking at the corners of the bottom board to bend it out slightly when installing the flashing.
Be safe, Gary
I actually had an entire row that was covered with cement
In addition the patio sloped back towards the house
So rain water was running back to the house & sitting there or running down in between the siding & cement
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New Gymboree coupon in Parenting magazine
Just got the July issues of Parenting in my mailbox today. Am happy to report there is Gymboree 20% off coupon in the Parenting, The Early Years betwen pages 52 and 53, good through July 31, 2010.
Oddly, Parenting, The School Years doesn't have a coupon!
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According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt is out for today's game versus the Texans. Britt suffered a sprained ankle in the late stages of Week 3's win over the Texans, but he was unable to practice at all this week.
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Britt is just a constant injury concern. In standard leagues, I think Nate Washington gets the biggest fantasy bump, but he might also see a lot of Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph, which is not a good thing. Speedy rookie WR Kendall Wright should also see more targets as well as tight end Jared Cook if he's active. Wright would be the guy I want in PPR leagues has seen more targets and has caught more passes than Washington; he just hasn't been as productive in the end. We'll check back on Britt in Week 5 when the Titans travel to Minnesota.


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It's been a tough week with most days spent at home alone... well, obviously not alone, alone, but alone with our new baby Naly.
Ryan had to work in Europe, and my mum had to go back to work, suddenly I was left all by myself with my precious little bundle of joy. It felt particular hard because I was used to the help I'd had for the first two weeks.
It's quite exhausting having to do everything myself. Naly is more active between feeds now, so I have to entertain her as well.
When she is asleep, sometimes I have to decide whether I really want a nap, have something to eat or have a shower? I can't have it all.
Now I know what they mean when they say being a stay-at-home mum is a full time job. It really, really is by far the hardest job I've ever had!
Because there is no break time and you can't switch off mentally or emotionally, and there are no weekends. But no matter how tough it felt at the time, somehow I managed to push through it. Just to see Naly's smile was all worth it... Good news too, as I don't get maternity leave pay from my old job. Damn the crunch!
Whenever I've felt tired or if everything got too much, I always reminded myself that my parents had no luxuries when I was a baby in the late 70's back in China. It was just a couple of years after the cultural revolution when I was born. EVERYBODY was poor, food supplies were low.
There were no central heating in the winter, just a coal burner in the middle of the room, and no air-con in the summer which was always hot and humid.
They also had to hand wash all the nappies, and cooked in a communal kitchen.
Yes, my life is a lot easier now in comparison!
Breastfeeding feels a lot easier now too, it could be because I'm used to the pain or my nipples have toughened up, plus Naly is always latching on properly these days, so it doesn't hurt so much.
I used to stamp my feet on the ground every time she latched on because it was so painful. I'd literally have to hold my breast with one hand to relief the pain.
Now I can actually read a book or eat a little something - I keep my hands free and balance little Naly on a feeding cushion while she suckles. It's like a half-moon shaped thing which I put round my waist. I've got two. I use the other for my back so I'm like a one-ringed Michelin man.
I think you have to learn to multi-task very fast, otherwise nothing gets done. My how things have changed within 4 weeks.
I've also used a Baby Bjorn (a kind of front or back rucksack that you use to carry your baby) a couple of times so I can have my hands free, but I don't always feel comfortable in it at the moment.
You are supposed to have newborns facing you, and Naly is still quite small, she almost disappears into it. Her neck is not strong enough to stay upright all the time, so her head flops onto my chest and I worry about her nose pressing too much against me... can she breathe properly in there?
Eating for two
When I was pregnant, I never felt the urge to 'eat for two', but now I have to produce breast milk for Naly, I've noticed my appetite has increased enormously, I'm always hungry. Ravenous, infact.
I highly recommend eating lots of small to medium meals, frequently throughout the day, it helps to keep your energy level up and your milk supply regular.
I had a couple of days not eating enough food, purely because I chose to nap when I got the chance rather than to eat and I noticed my milk flow was a lot less. Naly was not happy! And I ended up feeling even more stressed and frazzaled than if I'd just stayed awake.
Here are a couple of my mum's delicious Broth Recipes to help produce breast milk:
Chinese Soup for New Mums
Broth base:
- chicken stock, quantity depending how much broth you would like, I say fill up whatever size pan you are using.
- add a couple chunks of ginger (about thumb size)
- 2 - 3 sprigs of spring onions, cut in half.
- carrots
- mushrooms
- turnips
- potatoes
- tomatoes (not too much)
- or any vegetables of your choice
- Pork ribs (my favourite)
- Or Chicken (with bones for flavour. A Chinese favourite is to use old hens as they have better flavours and more nutritious, available in Chinese supermarkets as whole)
- Or Fish (Sea bream or salmon are good, with bones if you can to keep the flabour)
- Or Vegetarian option: Tofu or mixed mushrooms, use vegetable stock.
Cut the vegetables and the meat of your choice into bite size chunks, add to the broth base, put in a slow cooker for 6-8 hours.
Best to do it over night so you'll have the delicious broth ready in the morning, and your house will be filled with comforting smells.
If you don't have a slow cooker, bring everything to the boil, then turn down the heat to low and slowly cook for 3-4 hours, add a bit of salt to taste if needed.
You want plenty of liquid if there are lots of contents.
Lucy x
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door frame not even with drywall
I installed a new entry door in my house and i made sure it was level and plumb. In order for the door to be plumb and seal right the frame of the door now sticks out(into the living room) about a 1/4" farther than the drywall at the top corner. Guess my wall is out of plumb a little, older house. What is the best way to trim this out to make it look nice? Thanks for your advice
Just sheet rock to the door frame and when you put the trim on it will more than likely cover it up fairly well.
I have to deal with this all the time. Some are worse than others and I have had to mud back 12 inches or so to get a nice transition when molding won't cover it good enough.
When you get ready to put the trim on...you can always shave the drywall back a bit with a rasp so the shaved area will be hidden under the trim. 1/4" isn't anything...my last house was out 3/4" from top to bottom in a std 6-8 door....that was UGLY.
Thanks for the advice, the door and frame actually are sticking into the living room by a 1/4", past the drywall so i am afraid that when i put the trim on there will be a gap between the trim and drywall?
Cut a furring strip to fill the gap, and then just caulk it in as usual:)
Ponch: Just pad the back of the trim with 1/4" lattice. Flush it to the back edge and trim as normal.
If it's your house and want to make is look like a perfect fit go with what Marvin Gardens says to do. This will mean plastering and painting of course. Start with feathering out joint compound around the jamb where needed. This will probably take more then one application. After the plastering is finished check to see your trim sits nice and flush. Finish off the plastering to smooth it out and then apply your trim. As an extra bonus you'll now have to paint the wall that you just plastered.
Best of luck with the project, rredogg
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UPDATE 3-Truck, luxury car demand drive record June sales in Canada
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By Susan Taylor
TORONTO, July 2 (Reuters) - A healthy appetite for trucks and luxury cars pushed auto sales in Canada to a record high for June, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles the top seller, according to data released on Thursday.
Overall sales nudged 1.2 percent higher to 177,857 cars and light trucks, making it the strongest June on record. Year-to-date sales were up 2.7 percent at 933,439 vehicles.
"Ongoing gains being enjoyed by the luxury manufacturers in the Canadian market turned into a veritable feast in June," DesRosiers Automotive Consultants wrote in a note to clients.
A handful of luxury brands exceeded gains of 25 percent, the automotive research firm said. Land Rover and Acura sales both rose 28 percent, with Porsche sales 26 percent higher.
The strongest-performing full-line manufacturers included a 15 percent jump for General Motors to 24,226 vehicles, a 10 percent lift at Nissan to 11,623 vehicles, and a 10.5 percent gain at Toyota to 20,689 vehicles.
GM and Toyota recorded big increases in pickup-truck sales, while Fiat Chrysler's Dodge and Chrysler minivan sales rose 14 percent.
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Before going with the G26, at least give the XDsc a hold. It feels infinitely better in my hand than the G26, plus is comes with that extended mag that holds 16 rounds of 9mm.
You should buy the one that fits you best, though.
Im looking for a compact to carry, I mostly carry with in the belt holsters. I am thinking about G26, G27, PPS, or P2000c. As of right now I am leaning towards the G26 because of the cheap ammo, less recoil for a compact and because the dependability and reputation of the Glock for the money spent on them. I have a reg P2000 9mm but I need a smaller gun to carry. I love the HKs but the Glock also seems like a good buy. What Would You Get????? Thanks for any input.
Before going with the G26, at least give the XDsc a hold. It feels infinitely better in my hand than the G26, plus is comes with that extended mag that holds 16 rounds of 9mm.
You should buy the one that fits you best, though.
Predictably, I would get the Glock because of its lower bore axis, shorter trigger reset, greater availability of holsters/magazines/accessories, and long and deep track record of excellent reliability.
I'm loving my little Kahr PM 40
Touche` Spartan. I have an XD40SC, and for me there was no comparison in comfort between the XD and the Glock. The Glock is a great gun and has many years of proven reliability, however I feel (as do many others) that the XD is a Glock...just better
I'd check out the XD too. Though I carry a G23 i looked at a XD a while back and 'bout got ....well... It was nice! My next handgun will probably be a XD. I just not sure if it will be a 9mm or 45.
Glock, XD, M&P, Sig, HK, Walther -- they are all great and reliable handguns, so get the one that fits your hand the best and don't look back.
Of the models you mention -- if I didn't have any ccw to begin with, I would get the PPS as it is quite thin, and I'm a Walther fan. I don't own one however because I already have a Glock 26, and it is a wonderful handgun. IOW, the PPS is nice, but not nice enough to warrant the extra cost of switching. But then again, I am a Walther fan, so there's a good chance I'll end up with a PPS anyway.....
HK PSP. Several good used (read less expensive) PSPs on the market right now.
I looked into the XD in the 9mm and I like it, now I have to go hold one. thanks. still unsure if I should get a 9mm or 40cal.
go with the 9mm
I have the G26
for backup it can take the G17 clip with 19 rounds
the others can't do that
it does have the longest history of reliability and availability of parts and accessories but
i love the PPS!!
Get the XD9SC... Fantastic, accurate, reliable, simple, safe, low-recoil...
Under $500
What tha' hell. Just get one of each!
From the article:The more I looked at this gun, the more I found myself comparing it to a Glock. The trigger safeties are very similar, but the XD's trigger is made of metal. Its sights are metal, too. The XD also has a superior trigger pull. The grip angle is improved, which enables more intuitive target acquisition for most shooters.So to learn more about what this gun is capable of, we replicated the Glock USA 1,000-round torture test. But instead of performing it with a new gun, we began the tests only after we'd put 17,500 rounds through the gun.During that first shooting session, it quickly became apparent that it is especially easy to shoot with the XD. In fact, toward the end of the match, one of my friends put away his Glock and used my XD. Despite owning a Glock for 10 years and having no prior familiarity with the XD, his shooting immediately improved. This same experience was repeated with many shooters throughout the test.
I own 2 XDs.
Never a failure to fire. Hundreds of rounds. Wait... ONE out of round Win WhiteBox 45... but tha was the bullet, not the gun.
The 45 did fail to FEED an occasional last round fromthe mag, leaving an open slide, like the mag was empty. I removed and deburred/lubed the follower. No more issue.
They are simply awesome, except for that annoying 1/1,000,000th of an inch higher bore axis problem Mike hates... But then, I think the recoil spring configuration is superior to the Glock...
I think Mike and I should go head-to-head... Glock vs XD when he gets home. Then after the smokeless smoke clears, we'll argue over a few ice cold beers, and still resolve nothing.
Who's joining us?
Before ytou leave the gun store w/ your new XD9SC, spend an extra $9.95 on the Pearce Grips mag extension for your pinky finger. Swap the mag base-plate on the flush fit mag immediately.
Springfield should make this a standard piece.
That was my first thought after laying eyes on Springfield Armory's XD9 pistol. Closer inspection of the slide revealed the words "Made in Croatia." Those are words that, when stamped on the slide of a handgun, aren't known to inspire the consumer's confidence.
--- They say USA all over them, thats a big trun away for me when a gun says Springfield armory USA but are made else where. They only guns I own that are not made in US are the german guns my Walther and HK, and well my Browning but I know the place of origin is not a problem with some but its still a trun of to me to see USA all over a gun and then hear they are made over seas. thanks.
When you purchase a Walther P99 A/S full-size or compact model in 9mm, you IQ goes up 20 points, and legions of Germans cheer your name as you walk down the street.


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Forget Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds at Tate Modern, Wolfgang Laib's ambitious plan is to carpet MoMA with millions of even tinier grains – of pollen.
The German artist will take over the Marron Atrium at the New York museum from 23 January with "Pollen from Hazelnut", a bright yellow floor work measuring 18 by 21 feet.
Laib, 62, has been collecting the material for this, his largest installation to date, from the area around his village in south Germany since the mid-1990s.
He will painstakingly sift it on to a low platform over two evenings ahead of opening. "Pollen is the potential beginning of the life of the plant. It is as simple, as beautiful, and as complex as this... ", he said. "I think everybody who lives knows that pollen is important."
Due to the weight and make-up of the pollen, it does not move or drift away once it is in place, a MoMA source tells me. Nevertheless, visitors will only be able to get within six feet of the work. Which is probably good news for art-loving hayfever sufferers.
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For Super Bowl ads, it's go viral or go home
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For years, Super Bowl commercials were closely guarded secrets until they aired on the biggest ratings day of the year. These days, companies have discovered that teasing them online in advance of the big day is a more efficient way of getting their brand message in front of the masses. Steve Posavac, E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing, is quoted.


text: Any of you seasoned planners have a dual degree? If so, what are they in and have you found them to be beneficial to your career? I ask because after my internship this summer in the county planning department, I have decided that this facet of planning is not for me and that I enjoy the public policy creation aspects of planning. Considering pulling off a dual degree option in grad school since it would only require one extra class per semester and one additional semester. It would be a joint Master of City & Regional Planning and Master of Public Policy.