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Handel's "Messiah"
- Austin Symphony & Chorus Austin
- December 12, 2017 8:00 PM
George Frederic Handel b. February 3, 1685 in Halle, Germany; d. April 14, 1759 in London.
Messiah, A Sacred Oratorio Completed in 1741
The preeminent English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham wrote in his memoirs the following regarding Handel's music: "Since his time mankind has heard no music written for voices which can even feebly rival his for grandeur of build and tone, nobility and tenderness of melody, scholastic skill and ingenuity and inexhaustible variety of effect…Handel…is the undeniably great international master of all time. He wrote Italian music better than any Italians; French music better than any Frenchman; English music better than any Englishman; and with the exception of Bach, out-rivaled all other Germans."
Messiah is one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time, and very possibly the greatest work ever written in England. It is also, in all probability, the most performed work in the history of classical music. In virtually every city of the free world Messiah is performed at least once every year, and sometimes at multiple Christian holidays during a given year. Messiah, unlike other great choral works such as Brahms' German Requiem or Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, does not require a full symphony orchestra and massed choir to perform. Consequently, any church, school or civic music ensemble can mount a performance of this enduring masterpiece, almost regardless of the resources it has at its disposal. The English composer Michael Tippett once recounted that, while visiting Kenya on holiday, he stumbled onto a small village where Messiah was being rehearsed, led by a missionary from England. The chorus, consisting of twelve singers who could not speak, much less sing in English, simply memorized the sounds of the words, and having little, if any, understanding of the significance of the words. The "orchestra" consisted of a string quartet of battered instruments and a few native wind instruments whose players tried their best to mimic the sounds of the accompanying gramophone recording!
The reason for Messiah's popularity is that the music, while elegant and beautiful, is relatively easy to play, and the text comes exclusively from familiar biblical sources, the story of Christ being almost universally understood.
Handel frequently altered the musical forces in his stagings of the oratorio, based on which singers and what instruments were available at each venue. Over a period of two and a half centuries music performance standards have changed. Mozart, for example, added flutes, clarinets and trombones to Handel's sparse scoring, which was basically strings with pairs of oboes, bassoons and trumpets added to simply reinforce the sound. Each generation, it seems, has felt the need to adapt this great work in the prevailing fashion of the day. In the 20th century, instrumental and choral varieties have abounded, from Beecham's 1959 version for full modern symphony orchestra and chorus exceeding 300 singers, sung at almost operatic proportions, to the recent trend of producing "authentic," more intimate versions featuring period instruments and small choral ensembles. In England, Messiah is occasionally performed at choral festivals, where the chorus can swell to 2,000 to 3,000 singers (Handel originally called for about 20)!
In addition to the performance variable of personnel, the issue of exactly how much of Messiah is presented is also a question. Seldom is it performed in its entirety, with alternate versions of arias and all the appendices. Conductors still pick and choose exactly which selections of Messiah to program. For example, some conductors choose to end with the "Hallelujah" chorus, even though it is the concluding section of the second part of the three-part oratorio. In some versions, performers change the order of the sections, creating, if you will, a "customized" version of Handel's most famous work. Because of all these variables, no two performances of Messiah are ever exactly alike. There is no other composition in the repertoire with such a malleable and chameleon-like shape and sound.
The facts surrounding the composition of Messiah are easily chronicled. Handel began shying away from writing operas in the 1730s, his attention turning to writing concert oratorios, usually on historical or biblical themes. Messiah was the third mature oratorio composed, and in the ten years after it Handel wrote eleven more, none of them resembling Messiah in theme or treatment. Handel's frequent librettist, Charles Jennens, compiled the text, drawn from the Bible and the Prayer Book Psaltery.
In 1741 Handel was invited to give a series of oratorio concerts in Dublin and realized that an oratorio with a special message could be offered for the final performance, which was intended to be for charitable purposes. Handel's season in Dublin turned out to be all that he could wish for, and the premiere of Messiah (on April 13, 1742) was the season's triumphant conclusion, a large sum of money being raised for charities. The oratorio was then presented in London less than a year later, but its production faced great controversy when it was discovered that Handel intended that this most sacred work would be staged at a popular theater, which clerics declared anathema. It was at these performances where one of the great traditions of Messiah performances began, even though the story is probably apocryphal. Handel's patron, King George II, attended one of the performances, and according to legend, stood up in respect to the Almighty when the "Hallelujah" chorus began. As he was the monarch, the audience respectfully followed his lead, ad to this day the tradition of standing during this unforgettable chorus remains.
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Ryan Heller
Described as exciting, dynamic and charismatic, Ryan Heller leads the award-winning Chorus Austin as conductor and artistic director, having joined Austin's vibrant classical music scene in 2009. Mr. Heller and Chorus Austin were honored in 2013 as winner of the national Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award, given to recognize a chorus for programming recently composed music. The group also was twice a national finalist for the prestigious American Prize under Mr. Heller's guidance. And in 2012, Chorus Austin was named one of the Top 10 Classical Musical Treasures by Robert Faires of the Austin Chronicle. In 2008, Ryan Heller was nominated for a Portland Music Award as "Outstanding Classical Musician."
He has led ensembles across the United States with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Chicago's Symphony Hall. He has toured internationally in Italy, Germany, Estonia, Sweden and in China where he led combined choirs from Texas at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing and at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
In addition to Chorus Austin, Mr. Heller also serves as director of the award-winning Pride of Portland Chorus of Sweet Adelines International. He co-founded the Portland Vocal Consort and Columbia Choral of Oregon, serving as conductor and artistic director of both groups. He also was conductor and artistic director of the Southwest Washington Symphony.
He has served as musical director for a wide variety of productions throughout the West Coast, including the world premiere of the opera The Canticle of the Black Madonna in Portland last year. Other productions include Brigadoon, Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, Sweeney Todd, Annie, Company and Into the Woods. As an active performer, he has appeared and/or recorded with groups such as the Portland Opera, William Hall Master Chorale, Choral Cross-Ties, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Capella Romana, Lakewood Theater Company and the Broadway Rose Theater Company.
Ryan Heller is in frequent demand as a conductor, singer and coach. He has been hailed by critics and called "exciting, charismatic and intelligent – a young conductor to keep our eyes on." In his seventh season, Mr. Heller is thrilled to be leading Chorus Austin as the group continues its 50th anniversary celebration. For this artist, it is about making great music with an outstanding ensemble and sharing it with Austin and the Central Texas community.
Julia Taylor
Referred to as the quintessential singing-actress, Julia Taylor, is making a name for herself through her vivid character portrayals and technical prowess. Recently, Ms. Taylor made her company debut as Curley's Wife in Austin Opera's production of Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men and performed Ginastera's String Quartet No.3 with the world-renowned Miró Quartet. She has been recognized as "Best Singer" by the Austin Critics' Table Awards for the past two seasons for the roles of Mimì in La Femme Bohème with LOLA Opera and Beatrice in Jake Heggie's Three Decembers with the Butler Opera Center. Upcoming engagements include solo recitals with LOLA Opera, the Puccini Foundation, and the Butler School of Music, Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte with the Butler Opera Center, and a role TBA with Austin Opera. Past engagements include soprano soloist in the Fauré Requiem and performances of Handel's Messiah in Guatemala City and Antigua, Micaëla in Cabaret de Carmen(Bizet) with LOLA Opera, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Baby Doe in Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Josephine in HMS Pinafore. Ms. Taylor is currently working to complete her DMA in opera performance at The University of Texas at Austin.
Cindy Sadler
Heralded for her rich, satiny voice as much as her impeccable characterizations, mezzo-soprano Cindy Sadler is a force to be reckoned with on the operatic scene. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times called her "wonderful" as Baba the Turk where she "made every phrase count", and the press raved about her standout performance in which she "surpassed expectations" (NJ Star-Ledger), "made you forget she was a bearded lady … you loved her from the first note" (Philadelphia Inquirer), and "took this role to the bank, to several financial institutions, and then to various jewelers" (Princeton Packet).
The 2015 season found Ms. Sadler revisiting several signature roles, including her "smartly sung and portrayed" Marquise de Berkenfield in La fille du regiment in her company debut with Mill City Summer Opera; her "amusingly overripe" Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro with the New Orleans Opera Association; and Gertrude in Romeo & Juliette in a "standout performance" with Austin Opera. She also made her company debut as Mrs. Quickly in Odyssey Opera's Sir John in Love, where Boston Classical Review praised her as a "dark-toned presence" and stage directed The Magic Flute, with her own new translation of the dialogue, for Spotlight on Opera, a summer program in Austin, TX. Upcoming engagements include reprises of her Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette with Atlanta Opera and Marquise de Berkenfield with Austin Opera. In addition, she will stage direct Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi at the Mediterranean Opera Studio & Festival in Caltagirone, Sicily in the summer of 2016.
Steven Brennfleck
Praised by the New York Times as "dramatically astute" and a "stand out" performer, tenor Steven Brennfleck has been consistently acknowledged for his consummate artistry, vocal flexibility, and moving interpretations on the operatic and concert stage. His operatic credits include Laurie in Adamo's Little Women, Dr. Binch in Aldridge's Elmer Gantry, El Remendado (Carmen), The Madwoman in Britten's Curlew River, Cégeste in Glass' Orphée, Beppe (I Pagliacci), Testo in Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Pang (Turandot), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Gonsalve (L'Heure Espagnol), Tobias Ragg (Sweeney Todd) with companies including American Opera Projects, the Caramoor Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Opera Piccola of San Antonio, Portland Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, The Tanglewood Festival, Theatre Nohgaku, and the Westminster Opera Theatre.
Mr. Brennfleck made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2012 in Handel's Messiah and returned during the 2014/15 season for a performance of Charles Wuorinen's cantata It Happens Like This with the MET Chamber Ensemble. Equally at home on the concert stage, he has collaborated with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Princeton Baroque Orchestra, LA International New Music Festival, June in Buffalo Festival, Temple Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Festival Orchestra, and Princeton Pro Musica in works such as Bach's B Minor Mass, Magnificat, and St. John Passion, Britten's Cantata Misericordium, Haydn's Creation and Missa St. Nicholas, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Mass in C minor, Requiem, and Vesperae Solennes del Confessore, and Saint-Saen's Christmas Oratorio.
His performances during the 2016/17 season include appearances with the American Bach Soloists, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and as Ramiro in La Cenerentola with the Alamo City Opera.
A native of Ewing, NJ, Mr. Brennfleck is also conductor of the Ars Longa Ensemble and a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.
Kerry Wikerson
Kerry Wilkerson's solo career has taken him up and down the east coast performing renowned oratorios and exciting recitals. A resonant singer with unique evenness in register, the Washington Post has described him as an 'exuberant' performer having the 'amber tone of a lyric baritone with the imposing weight demanded by Handel's low-lying writing'. He has enjoyed a celebrated career as a member of the United States Army Chorus; singing and conducting for world leaders, Supreme Court Justices, politicians and dignitaries of many nations during official ceremony and protocol events.
In addition, Kerry has sung professionally with the US Air Force Singing Sergeants and the critically acclaimed Robert Shaw Festival Singers in many of the most prestigious concert halls throughout the United States and Canada. Kerry is well known to Washington, DC audiences through his solo recitals and regular guest appearances with choruses and orchestras such as the Handel Choir of Baltimore, the National Philharmonic Chorale and Orchestra, City Choir of Washington, Choralis, and the Oratorio Society of Virginia. Recent performances include Dvorak's Stabat Mater with the North Carolina Master Chorale and Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Air Force Symphony Orchestra at the acclaimed Kennedy Center. The 2016/17 season includes return appearances as Bass Soloist with Choralis in the Brahms Requiem and Gloria Musicae (Sarasota, FL) in the Verdi Requiem. He is thrilled to be making his debut with the Austin Symphony and Chorus Austin in Händel's Messiah.
Kerry is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (B.M.) and George Mason University (M.A.).
- where: Hyde Park Baptist Church directions
The Austin Symphony once again presents its Christmas tradition, Handel's Messiah, accompanied by Chorus Austin for you and your family at Hyde Park Baptist Church. This will be the fourth season that the ASO has brought this performance to Hyde Park. HPBC has great parking and plenty of superb seating.
We hope you will move with us and enjoy this holiday classic and a city favorite. This night of musical magic will comfort you through its familiarity and fill you with the joy of rediscovery. Let us begin your winter celebrations with a performance full of rejoicing!
Seating is general admission within purchased section.
Hyde Park Baptist Church
3901 Speedway
Austin, TX 78751
Seating chart can be found here
Parking map can be found here.
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Last Thursday, a photo ran with this column and readers were invited to tell us where the photo was taken.
Last Thursday, a photo ran with this column and readers were invited to tell us where the photo was taken. The third correct entry was to be named the winner of a small, but useful prize. Why the third correct entry instead of the first? Because not everyone receives their morning newspaper at the same time and choosing the third correct entry not only levels the playing field, it adds a timing element to the strategy of winning the contest.
Winners are, in addition to their modest prize, allowed to claim all the bragging rights they want!
The photo in last Thursday's edition was taken in Ocala's Tuscawilla Park on a breezy, chilly day.
The first correct answer was logged in at 5:38 a.m., sent in by Warren Thompson, Ocala. At 6:16 a.m., I received a correct response from Mary Ann Hames McIntyre, Belleview. At 6:53 a.m., I got the third correct answer — and the winning entry — from Chris Barnes, Ocala.
Congratulations, Chris! By the time you read this, your prize should be in the mail if you haven't already received it.
Carolee Carter, Ocala, sent in her correct answer at 7:39 a.m., followed at 8:15 a.m. by Meghann Fodor, Belleview. Dee Jenkins, Ocala, sent in her correct answer at 9:04 a.m. Linda Breske, Ocala, tried her luck at 9:08 a.m., with Beverly Byrne's answer rolling in at 9:48 a.m., while Nona Wigginton's answer arrived at 11:36 a.m. Peg Jones, Ocala, sent in her entry at 3:33 p.m.
RIBBONS AND BOWS: Ocala's Pat Schmidt wrote: "This is in response to Jean Luther, who was seeking an organization to accept her ribbons and bows. When I lived in Miami I worked with a nice Jewish lady whose Jewish Women's Club did Christmas wrapping at a reasonable price. They got permission to set up a table in front of Burdine's department store if I remember correctly. The ladies would ask for box donations throughout the year that they would pre-wrap and then use ribbons and bows when somebody bought one of the boxes. In any case, Jean might call a Jewish synagogue to inquire if their women's club does this sort of thing."
MS SUPPORT: Ocala's Theresa Grimes wrote: "March is National Multiple Sclerosis Support Month and I would love to hear from those in Marion County who have it or know someone who does. There is a walk taking place on March 29 in The Villages and they need more walkers. Also, I would love to see a Bike MS ride done in Beautiful Marion County in the near future. I have MS but that has not stopped me, I love to walk, I love to ride and I have competed on horseback. I have MS but it doesn't have me. If people need more information they can go to www.nmss.org."
GRITS BUSHES: I had asked, a few columns ago, when was the best time to plant grits bushes.
Carol Turnbull, Ocala, wrote: "Well gee whiz, Emory, everybody knows you can plant grits bushes at any time of the year. They are cold and heat tolerant as well as drought tolerant, and if you talk to them occasionally, to encourage them, they'll happily produce enough grits for your entire neighborhood to enjoy all year long."
Martin Stephens, Ocala, wrote: "Everyone knows you never plant grits bushes until you have all the spaghetti crop picked from the trees. My wife and I learned that years ago when Jack Paar had a newsreel of a record-breaking spaghetti harvest in Italy. It showed crews picking from the trees, trucks being loaded, warehouses, etc. The segment was 'If people see it on the news, they will believe it.' "
QUESTION: Do you know what melody, originally adapted by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is probably his most widely recognized work today, although people wouldn't necessarily know it was connected to him?
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When the government charges Possession with the Intent to Deliver (PWID), the prosecution is usually based on one of three factual patterns that depict a possessor of narcotics who does not intend to use all of the narcotics for themselves, or the prosecution is based on a conspiracy.
In the first type of Possession with the Intent to Deliver charge the accused has narcotics in his possession and is observed by the police or their agent selling narcotics.
The second type of Possession with the Intent to Deliver prosecution occurs when a person is stopped with narcotics and not observed selling any narcotics, but the amount of narcotics they possess would be too great to think they would use all of the narcotics for their own personal use; the prosecution is based on quantity alone.
The third type of prosecution for Possession with the Intent to Deliver is for social distribution of narcotics. In that case someone brings some marijuana or cocaine to a party and shares it with everyone at the party.
The police often use confidential informants, direct sales, or plain out observations through surveillance. The police either make an on scene arrest or they obtain and execute search warrants on the premises previously under surveillance and make the arrest at the time the warrant is executed.
Most warrants include all persons in and about the home and allow the police to search the entire house and any drawers, closets, attics, storage areas, etc. Even if the police are searching for marijuana, if they find firearms and cocaine, they are allowed to seize all contraband found within the property.
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THE GREAT GAME: A Professor Moriarty Novel
In this deliciously complex and abundantly rewarding novel from the author of The Infernal Device (a novella collection featuring Moriarty), Europe in the 1890s is on the brink of political cataclysm. Well before the Nazis, an Aryan brotherhood is bent on toppling Europe's major governments. Meanwhile, on the Continent, a loose group of young English aristocrats uses the privileges of class to gain entry to royal courts and the uppermost echelons of power. Without official imprimatur, they begin "the Great Game," a nascent counter-intelligence movement. Disconnected information prompts Professor James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes, separately, to depart England and hasten to Vienna. That such material entertains for page after page is a tribute to Kurland's remarkable talent. Multiple plots leapfrog across chapters in perfect pace. Surprises abound. The characters—whether European nobles, Americans abroad, anarchists plotting the new world order or a scene-stealing dwarf—are richly and convincingly portrayed. Dialogue sparkle with wit, erudition and unerring diction. The dwarf's cockney slang holds especial delights. This is no ordinary Holmes pastiche. Indeed, the Great Detective has little more than a cameo. Fans already acquainted with the author's brilliantly reconceived Moriarty, who is as much an advance over Conan Doyle's "Napoleon of Crime" as Shakespeare's Hamlet is over the historical Danish prince, likely pre-ordered this first full-length novel in the series as soon as they caught wind of it. Uncommon are the pleasures such writing affords. (Aug. 13)
Forecast:The Holmes pastiche label will be a turn-off for some, but the author's high reputation ( The Infernal Device, as well as a novel, A Plague of Spies, have been Edgar award finalists) should ensure sales far beyond those of the average Holmes spinoff.
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The disparity in sentences for crack versus powder cocaine had long been criticized as racially discriminatory. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Reduced crack sentences to free many
2010 law change means release for thousands
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Darryl Flood thought he would have to wait until 2013 to get out of prison, more than a decade after he pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. But if all goes as planned this week, the 48-year-old will walk out of a Kentucky prison two years early, one of thousands of federal inmates to benefit from a change that went into effect yesterday reducing recommended sentences for crack cocaine crimes so they are in line with those for powder cocaine.
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Nets forward Jason Collins said that in his first weeks back playing officially in the NBA since coming out, another player called him a gay slur on the court.
"One player, one knucklehead from another team," Collins told the New York Daily News. "He's a knucklehead. So I just let it go. Again, that goes back to controlling what you can control. That's how I conduct myself just being professional."
Collins said he did not want to identify the player, because it would give him attention.
The Brooklyn Nets will head south for the team's first games in the Bible Belt (Dallas, New Orleans, and Charlotte) since he signed on in February. But Collins says his mother's family is from Louisiana, and he's looking forward to the trip.
Since the Nets have extended his contract to finish out the season on the team, the media attention around Collins has died down. He said that this was a positive thing, since it disproves the argument that having a gay player in the league would be a distraction.
"I hope this shows all players that you can still have your life off the court, and not have to hide anything," he said. "And still have your life on the court on the field or on the ice, I guess, in hockey. That's a credit to my teammates and the entire Nets organization from ownership to coaching to teammates to everyone."


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Israel: We'll Swap Two Jailed Lebanese for Captive Soldiers
Israel will release two Lebanese prisoners in return for the two soldiers abducted by Hezbollah, as part of a cease-fire agreement, government and defense officials said yesterday.
The sources added that the UN Security Council would call for a cease-fire in Lebanon on Friday, and it could take effect as early as Saturday. Alternatively, the fighting might continue for a few more days.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told British Prime Minister Tony Blair that as soon as an international force deploys along the Israel-Lebanon and Lebanon-Syria borders, "it will be possible to implement a cease-fire."
Immediately after soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were captured, Olmert said that Israel would not negotiate a prisoner exchange for their release - a position he also took following the abduction of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip. Olmert's position received international support in the concluding statement issued by the G-8 summit, which called for the unconditional return of all Israeli captives.
However, with the fighting still ongoing, government and military sources said recently that Israel would find it difficult to insist on this position in negotiating a cease-fire.
The sources said that Israel would apparently agree to release Abu Amra Mamad, convicted of weapons possession, plus one illegal alien. It will not agree to release Palestinians. A government source added that Israel would also refuse to release Samir Kuntar, who murdered the Haran family and a police officer in Nahariya in 1979. In the last prisoner exchange with Hezbollah, the "Tennenbaum deal" of January 2004, it was agreed that Kuntar would be released only in exchange for information about missing airman Ron Arad.
On Saturday, Olmert rejected a proposal by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Israel agree to discuss a withdrawal from Shaba Farms, on the slopes of Mount Hermon, as a gesture to strengthen the Lebanese government headed by Fouad Siniora. Olmert told Rice that there was no reason for an Israeli concession on Shaba, since Israel has already completely fulfilled the UN's demand that it withdraw from Lebanon - a fact affirmed by the Security Council in 2000.
In his talks with U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac a few weeks ago, Olmert signaled a willingness to discuss Shaba to facilitate the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for disarming Hezbollah and deploying the Lebanese army in the south. However, his position changed after the outbreak of war in the north.
Yesterday, Rice met with Defense Minister Amir Peretz before winding up her visit in Jerusalem and returning to Washington. The two discussed a suspension of Israel Air Force attacks and efforts to ease the humanitarian situation in Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni made a round of phone calls to her European Union counterparts and Security Council members yesterday, ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers today and Security Council discussions later this week. Livni told them that Israel should not be pressured into an immediate cease-fire, and the harsh pictures from Israel's bombing of Qana on Sunday should not distract attention from the main goal - implementation of Resolution 1559.
Meanwhile, differences of opinion emerged yesterday during preliminary talks among the U.S., France and other Security Council members regarding the priorities for a cease-fire.
Lebanon has asked to express its position during the deliberations, and a senior minister allied with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is expected in New York.
A draft resolution is to be proposed by France, although sources at UN Headquarters said that the U.S. is also considering proposing a resolution of its own. The differences of opinion revolve mainly around the centrality of a cease-fire and when it should take effect.
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Feast your eyes on these humble liner notes: "THIS is an event. Not merely the release of more 'product,' but a major milestone in the annals of Rock." What could it be? A recording of Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley singing together? A Sgt. Pepper outtake? Dylan's Royal Albert Hall concert? Actual film footage of the time Jerry Lee Lewis set fire to his piano and told Chuck Berry to "follow that, nigger"? Nope.
"What you hold here are eight songs recorded in 1973 by Queen, one of the great names of postwar international music." Okay. Everybody, back to your seats.
Some might argue that Queen was more a major millstone in the annals of rock, if only for inadvertently influencing some of the worst "postwar international music" imaginable: Styx, Angel, Boston, Kansas, Foreigner, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman. And as for the release of Queen at the BBC being an "event," this collection of 22-year-old BBC performances has been readily available as a British import since 1989. Unlike the recent Beatles Live at the Beeb, which captured the embryonic Fab Four's sound in the raw, very little of Queen's BBC set is revelatory or, indeed, live.
The band's first performance on BBC Radio utilized the identical backing tracks found on Queen's eponymous debut album, albeit with different vocals. And while the four songs Queen performed on its second broadcast were recorded specifically for BBC transmission, they were "sweetened" with a cavalcade of vocal overdubs. That's cheating! (This musical sleight of hand would continue later on in the quartet's career whenever it performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" live. The boys would dart offstage midway through the number, leaving fans to grumble in a darkened sports arena while a ballroom light spun around and a tape screamed, "Galileo! Galileo!")
Queen's singular greatest achievement wasn't its live shows. Nor was it Freddie Mercury's uncanny Zsa Zsa Gabor impersonation; extravagances in the recording studio are what made the group the stuff of legend. One thing is certain: Queen never made a truly boring album because it exhibited more sins of excess than Sodom and Gomorrah combined. Among the band's stock-in-trade specialties: kitchen-sink overproduction, hammy operatic shenanigans, pinch-nosed vaudeville crooning, bad recital piano playing and, of course, Brian May's homemade guitar, which sounded like the horn on a Model T Ford half the time. All this served to make Queen the feyest heavy-metal group that ever pranced across the Earth.
Sure, the Sweet wore more eye makeup, Bowie was more androgynous and Ray Davies had the limpest wrist in all of rock. But only Freddie Mercury and company had the balls to graft the daintiness of Gilbert and Sullivan's "They Call Me Buttercup" onto recycled Hendrix and Zeppelin riffs.
Queen at the BBC offers the earliest proof that the buck-toothed Mr. Mercury was off his fruity rocker in the grandiose "My Fairy King." It starts off harmlessly enough, with backward-swirling guitars and drummer Roger Taylor's high-pitched, eerie squeals. But once Mercury begins spinning his tale of "horses born with eagle wings" and "rivers made of wine so clear," you feel as if you're listening to that "I am the good Prince Lancelot, I like to sing and dance a lot" operetta from I Love Lucy. Only there's no croaking Fred Mertz to puncture the pomposity of Mercury's admission, "Someone has drained the color from my wings/Broken my fairy suckled wings." Queen had balls, all right. More balls than a Christmas tree.
Queen actually considered calling its second album Over the Top before settling on Queen II, which is unfortunate since it had more in common with the ridiculous Sylvester Stallone film of the same name than the Roman numeral two. The Zeppelin and Hendrix riff-offs subsided somewhat, but those regal and operatic overtones continued to rage on like an undetected cancer. A concept album of sorts, Queen II neatly divided into a "Side White" and "Side Black," odd, as the album was pressed on black vinyl. "Side White" concentrated on Brian May's kinder and gentler compositions, while "Side Black" was the longest uninterrupted stretch of Freddie Mercury poisoning in the band's catalogue.
But far from being Queen's foray into R&B (there'd be plenty of time for such embarrassments as "Soul Brother" later on in its career), "Side Black" was awash with gongs, glockenspiels, harpsichords, triangles, castanets and the most gobbledygook, Lewis Carroll-inspired lyrics since "I Am the Walrus."
At least John Lennon had enough of a track record to make you believe "yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye" actually meant something. The songs on Queen II didn't even add up to a decent chess match, since its White Queen and Black Queen never meet, stuck on their respective sides of music as they were. Amazingly, what took Queen an entire album to convey, Yes' 1970 hit "Your Move" covered in just two and a half minutes. This marks the only time in its overblown career that Yes actually beat out another group in the brevity sweepstakes.
If there's one Queen album everyone remembers fondly, especially the faction of fans enamored of the group's heavier side, it's Sheer Heart Attack. Besides giving Queen its first U.S. hit with "Killer Queen," the album contained "Now I'm Here," "Brighton Rock" and "Stone Cold Crazy," bone-crunching crowd-pleasers that remained in the band's live act until Queen ceased performing in 1986. Fans of May's "Brighton Rock" guitar solo can hear an early working version of it on the BBC album, as part of an extended version of "Sons and Daughters," a sort of Glen or Glenda? blues number.
Queen became the world's only novelty heavy-metal band with A Night at the Opera. If anything, it was an even more confusing listening experience than Queen II, prompting Creem magazine to write how listening to Opera was like "watching color TV before it was invented." The hard rock that dominates Queen at the BBC was now sidelined in favor of "Fairy King" material like "Bohemian Rhapsody," which featured an incredible 180 vocal overdubs. In the book Wacky Top 40, zany Brian May proudly recalls that "we ran the tape through so many times, it kept wearing out. Once we held the tape to the light and could see straight through it." Most people saw right through A Day at the Races, Opera's shameful look-alike/sound-alike sequel; it sold in the expected droves, anyway. Besides appropriating another Marx Brothers movie title, Races contained yet another mushy Mercury ballad, a "Bohemian" rewrite called "The Millionaire Waltz" (complete with a Strauss swipe and Freddie sending up Julie Andrews and Marlene Dietrich) and a single which went against current fashion and still wound up being a hit. What "Bohemian Rhapsody" did for opera, "Somebody to Love" did for gospel--it made it sound sillier than shit.
Despite its predilection for opulence and ostentatiousness, Queen was instrumental in expediting the punk movement in Britain. When the regal lads canceled a scheduled TV appearance on Bill Grundy's Today program at the last minute, EMI sent Queen's labelmates the Sex Pistols to rattle the host instead. The resulting broadcast touched off a national furor. British dailies had a field day with the punk group's foul language, Grundy lost his job and EMI dropped the Pistols. Under this heady influence of punk, Queen dropped its pearls for swine and began recording its next album.
News of the World was completed in 16 days, a far cry from past lush productions. Though punks continued to slag off Queen as old farts, the veteran poofs proved they could give the Damned and the Buzzcocks a run for their money with speed-punk like Taylor's "Sheer Heart Attack."
Coincidentally, while Queen was finishing up the album, the Sex Pistols were recording "God Save the Queen" in the adjacent studio. Now here's a real EVENT in the annals of rock; when Sid Vicious met Mercury, he graciously congratulated Queen's lead singer for bringing ballet to the masses. Mercury endearingly referred to Sid as "Mr. Ferocious!"
By now Queen's fans had come to expect the unexpected, so it came as no surprise that its seventh album, Jazz, had nothing even remotely resembling jazz on it. Its leadoff track, "Mustapha," was a Middle Eastern muddle that sounded like Freddie had too much baklava caught between his teeth. Having long ago exhausted his desire to write hard rockers, Mercury was churning fluff like "Don't Stop Me Now," which owed more to the Laverne and Shirley theme than Led Zeppelin.
Like News of the World, Jazz also contained a double-sided hit. While the former's "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" shared a similar "fight, team, fight" theme, there was nothing to link Mercury's infantile "Bicycle Race" with May's offensive "Fat Bottomed Girls" except sheer lunacy.
In 1980, Queen achieved its first two stateside No. 1s with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust." The latter funk tune, written by bassist John Deacon, drew criticism for being nothing more than a rip-off of Chic's "Good Times." It's a credit to Chic that no lawsuit was ever filed. Queen was far less understanding when Vanilla Ice sampled the band's 1981 collaboration with David Bowie "Under Pressure" for his "Ice Ice Baby." After putting pressure on Ice, subsequent pressings of "Ice Ice Baby" carried a Queen/Bowie co-writing credit.
Up until The Game, there were enough head-bangers per LP for people who liked Aerosmith and Zeppelin to still have a soft spot for Queen. But clouds were growing on the pink horizon; the band's success in the field of dance music spelled trouble for the group and its closet homophobic following. Old fans began dropping Queen so rapidly with its next album, it probably should've been named Hot Potato instead of Hot Space. Sure, in the past, Mercury wore nail polish, Cleopatra eye makeup, Zandra Rhodes designer outfits and entertained live audiences with a bump 'n' grind version of "Hey Big Spender." At least the band still rocked! Now Freddie was singing to disco synths and dressing up like one of the Village People.
American fans are funny that way. They abandoned Billy Squier simply for dancing like a flaming tart on his "Rock Me Tonight" video. Who could forget how Elton John's massive popularity in the States shriveled once he admitted to Rolling Stone that he was bisexual? It took a short-lived marriage, two hair transplants and a string of bad records before Yanks would take him back. Mercury remained ambiguous about his sexuality 'til the very end, but few gave him the benefit of the doubt after seeing the 1984 video for "I Want to Break Free." The sight of all four Queen members cross-dressing was too much for weak American hearts to bear.
Mercury's drag antics even alienated South American fans at the Rock in Rio festival. When he performed "I Want to Break Free" in garters, a wig, black panties and strap-on boobs, they pelted him mercilessly with debris. Was Mercury that out of touch with his fans that he didn't know these people had adopted his song as an anthem against military dictatorship? Queen went on to show equal disregard for its devotees throughout the world when it violated the UN ban on performing in South Africa. After the excursion, May was busy backpedaling ("We're totally against apartheid, but I feel we did a lot of bridge building") and Mercury was busy inserting his ballet slipper into his mouth ("But there's so much money to be made, dahling!"). Queen was hardly the champions of the world to the United Nations, which placed the group on its list of unfavored performers.
Meanwhile, back in the States, it mattered little that Queen stopped performing after 1986. The band hadn't set foot on American soil since the "Hot Space" tour in '82. Although the group remained immensely popular throughout the rest of the world, its last three albums charted embarrassingly low here.
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Unfortunately, it took Mercury's dying from AIDS in 1991 to remind Americans that Queen was a group it had once taken to heart. Many sought out those later, untried albums like A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and the band's swan song, Innuendo, paying special morbid attention to Mercury's signing-off anthems like "Was It All Worth It," "Love Kills," "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On." The excess that ran through Queen's long body of work was no longer a laughing matter when it spilled into Mercury's personal life.
Which brings us up to the present day in back-to-front style. Though Queen at the BBC is certainly no "event," it is an interesting listen, as it bears little resemblance to the overblown act the band would become. There're snippets of decadence, snatches of arrogance, but it's like looking at Caligula's baby pictures. You read too much into a mischievous gleam in the eye. Although it goes against the grain of Queen at the BBC's ridiculously highbrow liner notes, Freddie Mercury didn't set out to change the world with songs like "Keep Yourself Alive," "Great King Rat" or, for that matter, "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Bicycle Race."
"I write songs for fun, for modern consumption," he once remarked. "People can discard them like a used tissue afterwards. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop, yes."
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MPAA to Warn Colleges Of Copyright Infringement
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will issue warnings to universities and colleges about illegal downloading activity by its students, the organization said in letters to the schools.
"We will ... be forwarding you notices related to our members' movie and television content, in order to make you aware of specific instances of illegal activity on your campus' network," wrote Daniel Mandil, senior executive vice president at the MPAA.
The letters, sent to university presidents, note that the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requires schools that receive federal aid to develop and implement a plan to combat piracy.
"We can help you to ensure that your institution is abiding by the law," Mandil wrote.
The MPAA, however, will not be suing individual students for copyright infringement. "The universities themselves will decide what steps to take in response to the notices based on their own rules concerning the misuse of university networks for illegal purposes," according to an MPAA spokesman.
The HEOA was enacted in 2008, but the bill's regulations did not go into effect until July 1, 2010. As part of the bill, schools that receive federal funds must develop a plan that includes: details about one or more tech-based deterrents they will use to combat piracy; plans for how they will educate students about copyright infringement; procedures for handling instances of piracy; and procedures for reviewing the effectiveness of their piracy plans, according to a June letter from the Department of Education.
In his letter to schools, Mandil appealed to the mass of upcoming graduates without jobs lined up. "The Act was passed in recognition of the fact that more than 2.4 million workers in all 50 states depend on the entertainment industry for their jobs," he wrote. "Online theft is a job-killer that also reduces the number of opportunities for graduates of your institution to make a living in the creative sectors."
Meanwhile Educause, an IT policy think tank, has named 10 schools with exemplary piracy crackdown plans: Baylor University, Bowling Green State University, Cornell University, Illinois State University, Pomona College, Reed College, South Texas College, Texas State University-San Marcos, University of California Los Angeles, and University of Delaware.
Cornell University, for instance, blocks the IP addresses of students with outstanding violations, and issues cease and desist statements. Repeat offenders must pay a $35 "service fee." Baylor University and South Texas College use Audible Magic software in their technical safeguards layer to issue warnings to students caught preparing to download illegal copyright material from P2P sites, and the University of Delaware hosts a website with a laundry list of legal download alternatives.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the MPAA's music counterpart, sued individual users over illegal downloads for years before announcing in December 2008 that it would abandon its practice of suing individuals in favor of working with Internet service providers to track down offenders; a tactic the MPAA has taken for some time.
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MAF seizes $100,000 of logged rimu in Wairoa
24 March 2006
MAF seizes $100,000 of logged rimu in Wairoa
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has seized over two hundred cubic metres of rimu logs it believes have been illegally harvested from a property near Wairoa.
The Ministry's Indigenous Forestry Unit (IFU) searched the property under a warrant and seized the logs which it believes were taken in a significant illegal over-harvest.
IFU Manager Rob Miller says his team has initiated a full investigation into the felling of the trees in the privately-owned forest and he expects that criminal charges will be considered on completion of the IFU's investigations.
Mr Miller says the logs, which have a present value of around $100,000 and a potential sawn value of $300,000, have been moved into secure storage while investigations continue.
Harvesting of native timbers from private land is permitted under the Forests Act 1949 provided a sustainable forest management plan or permit is approved by the IFU and the harvesting is in accordance with that authority.
The IFU is currently clamping down on illegal harvesting and has been conducting operations in both the North and South Islands over recent months. These operations have resulted in MAF taking court proceedings and suspects facing criminal charges.
"New Zealand's remaining indigenous forest is a scarce resource which must be protected," Rob Miller says.
"Rimu is a valuable, highly sought after timber species. It takes over 200 years to mature and it doesn't easily regenerate in many forest sites. Illegal harvesting threatens the future of this iconic native tree."
Rob Miller says everyone in the industry including harvesters, millers, transporters and purchasers should be aware that their activities must be in compliance with the requirements of the Forests Act to ensure a sustainable resource for all.
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I was holding out, don't really know why, but I have to now.
We had an oral financial agreement from the moment he moved out, and he honored that, and even helped on some occasions with extras. We never had anything legal, because I thought he was being fair - not generous - fair.
Now that we sold the house, my son turn 18 last month, he felt that he should cut my support quite a bit, oh and this was done without the courtesy of a phone call, or a discussion. Hey I've only been his wife for 23 years - why would he give me that respect?
Made an appoitment with Lawyer for the week after DS's graduation.
He's in for a surprise, because I have been paying for OUR life insurance, OUR Car insurance, including my for my son's -which went up 250.00 a month. I also pay for both kids cell phones (both iphones) - and most kids activities/trips fees. with me making 1/2 of what he makes!
I'll be asking for all of that, plus Alimony.
And he has the nerve to say, he doesn't know how I spend the money that he "gives me" Fuck.this.Guy.
I told him, he should of thought about all of this, when he was looking for the "unknown" - his one and only excuse as to why he had the affair, to this day! These are called CONSEQUENCES buddy!
I am not looking forward to any of it.
Any advice on what to also not to forget to ask for, or what's not worth fighting for, would be greatly appreciated.
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Divorced 8/2015
Anyhoo, sorry for the rant.
I think you are the right track and just need to get some reassurances from your lawyer on what things to be asking for, what to forget about, etc.. I think your meeting with the lawyer will clear a lot of that up for you. And I recommend meeting with a couple of them.. If you are in for a fight, you need a bulldog. I made the mistake of hiring a mediating puppy dog of a lawyer and wasted $5,000 on him since he kept wanting me to suck it up. I'm thanking the heavens for my new lawyer. He is MUCH stronger and ready to fight for me. And unfortunately, my divorce is war. How reasonable you think your ex will be will determine what type of lawyer you need..
Good luck!
My lawyer is a tough biatch, but I had been thinking of switching to a mediator, thinking it would be less expensive. But you are right, it would end up costing me more, bc I am too nice, and and I would probably give in too easy.
Reasonable is not how I would describe the ex, so yes tough biatch it is....


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In the not-so-distant past, charcuterie-making was limited to fancy-pants French restaurants and old-school butcher shops. These days, pâtés, terrines, rillettes, sausages, salumi and a number of other meaty specialties are popping up on restaurant menus all over town—and we couldn't be happier. Vegetarians, consider yourselves warned.
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It may have been a culinary trip to Rome back when he was working at Vie that first sparked chef Nathan Sears' interest in cured meats, but these days it's the traditional wursts of Germany that are keeping him plenty busy at his new Logan Square restaurant. Sears does his homework researching recipes before creating the smoked pork knockwurst, boarwurst, jagdwurst (beef, pork belly and cardamom) and other tubular treats for which the beer-hall-esque spot has quickly become known. And while we never thought of sausage as a salad ingredient, we're sure glad Sears did. His summer sausage salad with pea puree, fermented red onion and clam vinaigrette will make a believer out of you too. $4-$16, 2375 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773.276.0270
Ceres' Table
Growing up in Palermo, Italy, chef Giuseppe Scurato ate some type of salumi almost every day. "It's part of who we are," he says of his childhood cured-meat habit. At the recently relocated Ceres' Table, Scurato is happy to see that diners are just as excited about the Lakeview restaurant's housemade lonza cotta (cured pork loin), nduja (spicy spreadable sausage), porchetta di testa (cured pig face) and pork liver sausage as he is. "Charcuterie making is about passion," says Scurato. "You get a bit more in touch with your chef skills and with the old techniques. That's what interests me." $14, 3124 N. Broadway St., 773.922.4020
Old Town Social
"It doesn't make good business sense to open a restaurant that makes charcuterie," says chef Jared Van Camp of the labor- and time-intensive process. But, thankfully, that didn't stop him and his partners at Old Town Social from doing just that in 2009. As the first Chicago chef certified to dry-cure salumi, Van Camp has helped pave the way for the many chefs that have since followed. Five years later, he shows no signs of slowing down, with the restaurant offering a rotating daily selection of 14 or so cured meats, ranging from mortadella and potted pork rillete to chorizo and soppressata, a spicy Italian salumi that's earned a devoted following. $5-$21, 455 W. North Ave., 312.266.2277
There are good reasons the daily changing selection of housemade pâté, sausage, mortadella, smoked meat, bologna, rillettes and more has been on the menu at Sepia for more than five years and can rack up close to 200 orders a week. "I like doing it, and it tastes good," says chef Andrew Zimmerman, adding that it's also a great way to use leftover meat parts that don't make it onto the plates at the chic West Loop restaurant. "There's nothing more exciting than that." We totally agree, especially when we find one of his charcuterie-filled wood boards in front of us. $17, 123 N. Jefferson St., 312.441.1920
Tête Charcuterie
As if the name of this new West Loop restaurant didn't tip you off that it takes its charcuterie program very seriously, a peek into the open kitchen's sausage-filled glass cases and temperature- and humidity-controlled curing chamber packed with aging meaty goodness should do the trick. Or, better yet, try some of chefs Thomas Rice and Kurt Guzowski's refined, handcrafted products, such as chicken liver pâté; veal boudin blanc; and its namesake, fromage de tete (head cheese). Best option: Order one of their charcuterie boards, available in small and large, which include samplings of that day's offerings. In the works are butchering demos and sausage-making classes. Meat heads, indeed. $10-$46, 1114 W. Randolph St., 312.733.1178


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By: Marla Spivak, Eric Mader, Mace Vaughan, and Ed H. Euliss Jr.
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Some environmental issues polarize people, producing weary political stalemates of indecision and inaction. Others, however, grab hold of our most primeval instincts, causing us to reach deeply into our memories of childhood, and our first direct experiences with nature: the bumble bee nest we poked at with a stick; the man at the county fair with the bee beard. Those memories expand backward in time to our barefoot ancestors who climbed trees and robbed honey. They help define the human experience and provide context to our own place in the world.
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First Business Financial Services, Inc. (FBIZ - Free Report) made several announcements On January 31, 2012 concerning changes to its Board of Directors and the issuance on a new subordinated debt issue.
On January 30, 2012, FBIZ increased the size of its Board of Directors from a fixed nine members to a range of seven to eleven members. The following day, the Board was increased to ten members to accommodate the addition of Mr. John J. Harris to the Board. Mr. Harris, a senior financial services executive with over 25 years of experience providing financial advisory services to publicly traded companies, has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions and the execution of public capital raises. While Mr. Harris's expertise regarding public companies expands the Company's knowledge base, it does not signal a change in strategy. FBIZ intends to focus on organic growth and does not expect to issue any new equity over the intermediate term.
At the same time, FBIZ announced the retirement of Mr. Gary Zimmerman on May 14, 2012 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70, in accordance with the Company's director retirement policy. At that time, it is expected that the Board of Directors will decline to nine members, within the newly established range of seven to eleven members.
On January 26, 2012, FBIZ sold $3.06 million of 7.50% 10-year subordinated debentures, maturing on January 15, 2022, to certain accredited investors and may sell additional debentures upon the same terms and conditions prior to February 29, 2012. The debentures, which have been structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital, repaid a portion of FBIZ's existing $39.0 million of subordinated debt that matures in five years. Though the interest rate on the new debt is a bit higher (7.50% interest rate on the new debt versus 7.00% on the old debt), FBIZ extended the maturity structure of is debt obligations.
We do not expect this change to have any impact on our diluted EPS estimates, which remain at $2.90 for 2011 and $3.40 for 2012, representing year-over-year gains of 104% in 2011 and 17% in 2012.
First Business Financial Services, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, with $1.1 billion in total assets at September 30, 2011. FBIZ specializes in business lending for small-medium-sized companies with sales ranging from $2-50 million. As an adjunct to these services, FBIZ also offers banking services to business owners, executives, professionals, and high net worth individuals, though this is a less significant part of its business.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, said Sunday that the country's civilian government and courts are pursuing a vendetta against him, days before his landmark treason trial is set to begin.
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The Chicago tradition of sharing on Thanksgiving was carried out again Tuesday, with more than 800 turkeys and 450 boxes of trimmings given out to homeless shelters and families across Chicago.
"There's no reason for anyone to go hungry in this city," said Mary Ellen Caron, Chicago's Commissioner of the Department of Family and Support Services.
This year's program kicked off at the Garfield Community Service Center Tuesday morning.
"Through this support, approximately 600 families will be able to prepare and enjoy a full thanksgiving dinner, complete with cornbread stuffing mix, cranberry sauce, yams, corn and potatoes," said Caron.
The turkey giveaway is funded every year with $25,000 in community service block grants, and Caron said there are a lot more services and programs to help those in need.
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We decided to make DIY bridesmaid wedding jewelry so that each of the bridesmaids' jewelry would be slightly different. I have a weird disdain for all things matching – I'm pretty sure it dates back to when my mom made my sister and I wear duplicate themed outfits every single holiday. All the bridesmaids' bracelets and earrings have the same beads (ordered from Fire Mountain Gems), but each jewelry set is slightly different.
This project looks intimidating and does take a bit of time, but it's pretty simple with just two basic beading techniques as the foundation.
How to Make Bridesmaid Jewelry
- You'll need:
- Earring hooks
- Jump loops of varying sizes (these are the metal circles that loop through each other to form a chain)
- Bracelet clasps
- Metal circles (for the set with the earrings sitting in metal circles)
- Metal ovals (for the set with the earrings sitting in metal ovals)
- Head pins (for stringing through earrings)
- 20 gauge wire (for wire-wrapped beads)
- Pliers (roundnose, chain nose AND needlenose pliers are helpful for precise loops, but I've made loops with any of the above)
1) The basic pattern of each bracelet is three interlooped jump rings (directions for opening jump rings are available at Fusion Beads), followed by a bead with a simple loop on each end. I like to use a head pin with the top trimmed off for loops, but you can also use a section of 20 gauge wire.
2) Repeat the above pattern until you reach the correct length for your bracelet, and then use a small jump loop to add a bracelet clasp to one end.
3) Earrings are all created similarly to the bracelets, with the head pin looping through the beads and onto the earring hooks.
Metal Oval variation: simply loop a metal oval through the jump loops on each end of the bead with simple loops, so that the metal oval is spanning the length of each bead as pictured.
Metal Circle Variation: place the bead through the metal circle so that the holes of the bead and metal circle line up. String the wire through the holes of the metal circle and bead, then finish the simple loops and continue the bracelet as normal.
Wire-wrapped beads: The wire-wrapped bracelet and earrings are the most difficult of the set, requiring a little trial and error with the wire and pliers. Instructions for wire-wrapped beads are available at Fusion Beads. After being wrapped, the beads are incorporated into the bracelets as normal.
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Morris Area will be well represented at this weekend's state track and field meet at Hamline University.
Seven Tigers advanced by placing in the top two at the Section 6A meet at Minnesota State University, Moorhead on Thursday, June 3.
As a team, the Tiger boys placed first of 28 teams participating at the meet by earning 107 points. Perham came in second with 70 points. Staples-Motley placed third, Pequot Lakes took fourth, Pillager finished fifth, and West Central Area was sixth.
Lincoln Arnold set a new school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.66. His time also broke the Section 6A record of 49.70 previously set by Tony Casper in 1982 and tied by Josh Smith in 2004.
Arnold also won the 200-meter dash in 23.25.
Stefan Lemke won both the 800 and 1600-meter runs with times of 1:59.96 and 4:29.34.
Jackson Henrich won the discus event with a throw of 159-6 and the shot put with a 47-3.5.
The 4X400 relay team needed a first-place finish to advance to state, and they succeeded with a time of 3:29.21. The team includes Cody Cannon, Corey Nohl, Arnold, and Lemke.
Conor Arnold also qualified for the state meet with a second-place finish in the shot put of 44-10.25.
Rachel Moser placed first in the pole vault with a 9-7 and will compete at state.
Cannon just missed qualifying for state in the hurdles by placing third. He had a time of 16.35 in the 110-meter race and 41.27 in the 30-meter.
Daniel Tiernan also came close to a state finish taking third in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:24.44.
Cannon placed fourth in the pole vault with an 11-6.
Tristan Michealson placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a 17.06.
Corey Nohl finished fifth in both the 100-meter dash in 12.00 and the 200-meter in 23.89.
Moser took fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.6.
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EIGHTY-SEVEN Conservative MPs voted to stop foreign criminals using human rights law to avoid deportation, defying No.10 advice that the move is illegal.
The rebels backed an amendment to the Immigration Bill to give ministers, rather than judges, the final say on whether foreign offenders should be kicked out.
The proposal failed when Labour joined forces with the Liberal Democrats - amid the extraordinary sight of David Cameron ordering his ministers to abstain on his own Bill.
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But the vote was immediately seen as triggering another bout of damaging 'Tory wars' over the toxic issues of immigration and European human rights laws.
Downing Street was forced to give ground just hours before the vote, faced with the biggest revolt of the Coalition's four years in power.
No.10 first tried to avoid vote, then spent many hours twisting arms – and then ordered Government troops to retreat, to avoid further embarrassment Yvette Cooper, Labour's shadow Home Secretary, accused the Tories of being "scared of their own backbenchers" - attacking a "car crash" for the Government.
Criticising the Home Secretary Theresa May, she said: "She sat on her hands because she was scared. What kind of Home Secretary is that? What kind of government is this?"
And one Liberal Democrat backbencher, John Pugh, said: "Conservative ministers are abstaining on their own legislation. Not even John Major looked this weak. Pathetic."
However, many Tory rebels were delighted to have forced Labour into a position where the Opposition failed to back a populist measure, with an election approaching.
None were from the North-East or North Yorkshire. And none of the region's Labour MPs were among the ten rebels in Ed Miliband's party.
The Tory backbencher who put forward the amendment, Dominic Raab said foreign criminals were using their right to a family life as the "joker" to escape deportation.
Many crime victims were being put at risk because their attacker remained in the UK, while human rights had become "dirty words", he warned ministers.
Mr Cameron said he shared the rebels' aim - deporting more foreign criminals - but feared the amendment would breach European human rights legislation and be unworkable.
But, later, MPs did vote in favour of the Home Secretary's equally controversial plan to strip foreign-born terror suspects of UK citizenship.
Labour abstained and Nick Clegg threw his weight behind the measure, despite warnings that it would leave some suspects stateless.
Pat Glass, the North West Durham MP, acknowledged that abstaining made her feel uncomfortable, but said the vote would have been lost regardless.
She added: "I don't feel great about that vote. There is something unpleasant about leaving people stateless.
"These are dangerous people, but leaving anybody stateless doesn't fit in with out history of liberty and freedom in Britain. We would not have won the vote anyway."


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Moxie and Decker will not eat the plain non-fat yogurt the vet told me to feed them. It's only a little bit each day but they refuse to eat it and Moxie squints and runs from it. Is there something I could use to flavor it that won't make their diarrhea worse? Moxie won't eat can food so that is no use. Any suggestions? They are suppose to be on a bland diet, very low fat.
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