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URBANA, Ill. – What social skills does a three-year-old bring to interactions with a new peer partner? If he has strong bonds to his parents, the child is likely to be a positive, responsive playmate, and he'll be able to adapt to a difficult peer by asserting his needs, according to a new University of Illinois study published in Developmental Psychology.
"Securely attached children are more responsive to suggestions or requests made by a new peer partner. A child who has experienced a secure attachment relationship with caregivers is likely to come into a new peer relationship with positive expectations," said Nancy McElwain, a U of I professor of human development.
In the study, the researchers assessed the security of child-mother attachment relationships for 114 children at 33 months, and parents reported on their child's temperament, including anger proneness and social fearfulness. At 39 months, children of the same gender were randomly paired with one another and observed over three laboratory visits in a one-month period.
Securely attached kids were more responsive to a new peer partner the first time they met, even if the new child was prone to anger. Kids with secure attachments continued to respond favorably on the second and third visits when the peer partner's anger was low—but not when the other child's anger was high, the researcher said.
When a child is paired with a peer who is quick to become frustrated or angry, the positive social expectations of a child with a secure attachment are likely not met. The securely attached child may then adapt to the situation and dampen his responsiveness to the challenging partner, McElwain said.
"A more securely attached child was also likely to use suggestions and requests rather than commands and intrusive behavior (such as grabbing toys away) during play with an anger-prone peer during the first two visits. By the final visit, a child with a secure attachment had adjusted to the controlling assertiveness of her anger-prone partner by becoming more controlling herself," she said.
The study showed that a child's level of attachment security, their partner's tendency to become angry, and how well the children knew each other (earlier vs. later visits) combined to predict a child's behavior.
"Behavior toward a peer partner depended on the partner's temperament as much as the child's own attachment. Consideration of both factors in combination is needed to understand a child's behavior toward a new peer," McElwain said.
The child's own temperament also played a role in understanding her behavior toward new peer partners. Children whose parents described them as socially fearful were less assertive overall, she noted.
"But don't confuse a difficult temperament with an insecure attachment. You may have a fussy infant, but if you respond to him sensitively, he will develop a strong bond with his parents and will likely go on to enjoy positive, close relationships with others," she said.
"Getting Acquainted: Actor and Partner Effects of Attachment and Temperament on Young Children's Peer Behavior" is available online at Developmental Psychology at http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2014-09033-001/ .
Authors include the U of I's McElwain and Brian G. Ogolsky, Jennifer M. Engle of Vanderbilt University, and Ashley S. Holland of Edgewood College. Funding was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Board.


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INDIACSR News Network
NEW DELHI: CSR is the integration of business operations and values, whereby the interests of all stakeholders including investors, customers, employees, the community and the environment is reflected in the company's policies and actions.
At the ASSOCHAM CSR Awards 2012-13, Former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam said, "CSR, if it is implemented with sustainability as a focus, enhances business sustainability, provides new opportunities, develops customer loyalty and improves stakeholder relationship," and "It should become an integral part of corporate strategy, management practices, business operations, product development and conservation of environment."
ASSOCHAM believes that exemplary work in the field of CSR deserves due accolades and should be compiled, presented and appreciated in a public forum so as to encourage more companies to follow suit. To promote the CSR among the industries and in corporate world, ASSOCHAM institutionalized the CSR EXCELLENCE AWARDS, in 2008.
In continuation of our sacred initiative, ASSOCHAM invites application for the CSR Excellence Awards 2013-14 from your esteemed organizations to be a part of this prestigious journey.
For the year 2013-14, ASSOCHAM has again chosen to base its review and evaluation of a company's commitment to CSR on the National Voluntary Guidelines for the Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business 2011. These guidelines, developed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in consultation with numerous stakeholders, broadly lay down the basic requirements for businesses to function responsibly and successfully achieve its triple bottom line objectives. The idea of adopting these Guidelines as the foundation of the awards assessment process is to promote a structured and transparent approach to fulfill business responsibility and stimulate a thought process among those who want to but are unable to devise and streamline their CSR strategy. The questionnaire and details attached for your ready use.
The duly filled application form should reach us latest by 15th July 2013.
In case of any queries, please contact Mr Hitesh Khanna,( +91 9899172904) .

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Tackling illegal money flows in Asia could bring schools, hospitals and bridges to the poorest
11 Sep 2014 by Elodie Beth
Illicit financial flows (cross-border flows of money that is illegally earned, transferred or utilised) are depriving the poorest economies in the region from vital funds for development. And the consequences of these flows on the sustainability of some of the region's strongest economies are still largely underestimated.
Globally, illicit financial flows drained roughly US$950b from the developing world in 2011 according to Global Financial Integrity. The Asia-Pacific region accounts for 39.6 per cent of total illicit outflows from developing countries, the largest share among regions in terms of volume.
It strikes me that many of the countries that struggle to finance their development needs such as schools, bridges and hospitals – might easily have access to much larger development budgets if they could prevent illicit financial resources from flowing out of the country.
This is all the more critical, since these flows are often bigger in Dollar terms than the official development assistance that most of these aid-dependent countries receive.
Even in countries with fast-growing economies the outflow of financial resources threatens the sustainability of their economic and social growth. And my experience working as an anti-corruption advisor in the region provides daily reminders that the inflows of financial resources can be similarly damaging. Inflows as a result of activities such as corruption, organized crime and drug smuggling, undermine governance, rule of law and security.
Considering the financial significance of illicit financial flows I am surprised how little attention they have received so far in the Asia Pacific region. This contrasts with other regions, for example in Africa, where governments are putting the issue high on the political agenda.
Also this issue is drawing a lot of attention at the international level with the United Nations High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals is discussing the proposal to include a specific sub-goal on illicit financial flows as part of goal 16:
"by 2030 significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen recovery and return of stolen assets, and combat all forms of organized crime".
I participated in a Workshop on Preventing Illicit Financial Flows hosted by the Anti-corruption Unit of the Government of Cambodia on 5th September, 2014, with support from UNDP, UNODC and the ADB-OECD Secretariat.
For the first time the issue of illicit financial flows was discussed in Asia-Pacific at the regional level. The event brought together perspectives of senior officials from 27 countries in Asia Pacific – including representatives from anti-corruption authorities, financial intelligence units, centers of government, ministries of finance, civil society, development partners as well as regional and international experts.
During the Workshop a groundbreaking report, Coming to Grips with Illicit financial flows in Asia-Pacific generated interesting debates on the estimates of illicit financial flows and potential solutions to prevent them in four countries in the region - Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal.
Workshop participants suggested measures to prevent illicit financial flows in the region in the following ways:
· Undertaking in-country consultations to raise awareness about the importance of illicit financial flows with different stakeholders (including private sector, media and civil society), understand better their drivers and develop counter-measures accordingly.
· Conducting more thorough studies of illicit financial flows in individual countries in the region.
· Fostering the political consensus in the region around the need to curtail illicit financial flows by organizing a high-level regional meeting whose conclusions could feed into the UN's Post-2015 discussions.
· Engaging relevant regional and/or sub-regional bodies (e.g. ASEAN, SAARC, PIF, APEC, etc.) to ensure policy coherence and improved cooperation at the regional level.
UNDP remains committed to supporting countries in this critical area for development together with UNODC and other development partners.
This is in the continuity of the global effort launched by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark during the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in 2011 with the discussion paper on Illicit Financial Flows from the Least Developed Countries: 1990-2008.
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John Howard (1726-90)
John Howard was the leading prison and hospital reformer of his age. Left a rich man as a result of his father's death, Howard bought an estate at Cardington, Bedfordshire, which he managed directly. He was an enlightened landlord, improving the labourers' cottages and encouraging efficiency and order. After being imprisoned by privateers while on a sea voyage in 1756, he put this experience to good use on becoming High Sheriff of Bedfordshire. When he discovered the condition of Bedford jail he was appalled by what he saw, and began to visit the jails of neighbouring counties to investigate their condition and management.
The investigation of prisons and jails subsequently became Howard's life's work. He went on major expeditions at home and abroad in 1774-76, 1781, 1783 and 1785-86. During this period he travelled approximately 50,000 miles, notebook in hand, visiting prisons, hospitals, lazarettos, schools and workhouses, speaking with authorities, measuring rooms and even tasting the provisions. His life can be described as one extended tour of prisons and hospitals. His investigations culminated in the publication of the State of the Prisons in England and Wales (1777) and An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe (1789). These volumes presented the layout and organisation of prisons and lazarettos, as well as conditions inmates faced, whether good or bad.
Howard died in 1790 after contracting camp fever while visiting a Russian hospital. He was eulogised by his contemporaries, and a statue was erected in his memory at St Paul's, London.


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Ostriches are large, flightless birds that live in the dry,
hot savannas and woodlands of Africa
The emu is the largest bird native to Australia.
There are three subspecies of emus in Australia.
Any time you're near a kangaroo, it's a close call. - Jerry O'Connell
It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline. - Sid Waddell
The world can't end today, because it's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz
When New Zealanders emigrate to Australia, it raises the average IQ of both countries. - Robert Muldoon
Irish boomerang: It doesn't come back, it just sings sad songs about how much it wants to. - Unknown
The fantasy of every Australian man is to have two women - one cleaning and the other dusting. - Maurenn Murphy
I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. - Steve Irwin
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz
I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also. - Todd Barry
I'm fairly adventurous with my eating. I've tried kangaroo, and Moreton Bay bugs, which are a kind of lobster, are so good. - Brian O'Driscoll
Australian Wildfire Survivor
Cassowary Warning
Ostrich Fill Up
Ostrich Genie
Ostrich Race
Runaway Ostrich
What Are You Doing?


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Inspired by this romantic month, I opted for pink and a bit of floral, and this may be a first. I can't remember painting anything pink before. My girls aren't fans of the color pink, so I haven't had the opportunity. And they certainly don't care for flowers.
As usual, I am amazed by the magic of General Finishes Gel Stain. I used an old t-shirt to apply a thin coat of gel stain all over the dark lower section, to blend away the hate scratches and revive the overall finish. I sealed my work with a coat of GF High Performance Top Coat in Satin, my personal favorite top coat.
For hardware, I was down two original knobs, so I used the remaining "good ones" on top, simply painted the same pink, and purchased two simple unfinished wooden knobs (for .79!), and stained those with the same Java Gel Stain. The goal was to make the hardware blend in.
Here is something exciting and new! I have a place to take my furniture when it's fixed and beautiful and my therapy is complete. As much as I love the process of improving furniture, my house is full, and fixing furniture does not lend itself to my new fledgling minimalist ideals and the whole effort to have less stuff. Enter my friend Amanda. We met and immediately connected at a conference last summer. We have this whole Converse, Birkenstock, ripped jeans, and Jack White thing that sparked the friendship, certainly firmed up by more important things. But every friendship has to start somewhere, right?
Amanda lives in the next state over. (that would be Kentucky) Not so close that we can have coffee every morning, dang it, but close enough that I can hop in the car for a mind-clearing drive and spend a few hours in her company, which always leaves me feeling energized and glittery. Because she throws glitter at people. Literally and figuratively. A few months ago she opened The Georgetown Makery and an attached store, by and for makers, Magpie at The Makery, with her best friend, Stacey. My girls might not want a two-toned modern pink desk, but perhaps someone who shops at Magpie will. This piece and others will be there soon!
Care to see what my friends have been up to in the past month?
58 Water Street- An Old Desk Gets a Modern Pink Makeover
J Burns Designs- Cass Toy Chest
Just the Woods- Reupholstered Painted Vanity Seat
Thirty Eighth Street- Scandinavian Inspired Nightstands
Lynn Fern- Pitch Black Buffet Makeover
That Sweet Tea Life- A Fireplace Fabulous,.. With SPiT


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Darrin WELCOME to FAST. Let us know what you are interested in doing. Maybe taking your kids fishing?
Hey Darrin! Welcome to FAST! Looking forward to meeting you at one of our next outings/meetings. Check out the website to see all that is going on. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Hey Darrin,
Welcome to the FAST online home! Feel free to jump right in and post some of your adventure photos, comment on a forum posting, or RSVP to one of the upcoming events. I look forward to meeting you and moving forward in this years activities with you. If you have any questions just let me know.


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By Jeanne Graff.
Excerpted from Vzszhhzz, a novel published by Semiotext(e).
The train has just crossed the border. I remember images of the ride twenty years ago, the LED lighting has just been installed in the Swiss wagons and on the train station's information signs didn't yet exist in Italy then; after Lake Geneva is Lake Maggiore, on the other side of the Alps, and today there are strikes in Italy so I'm hoping the train will arrive at Milano Centrale, that I will be able to attend this dinner and go home the next day. If I have understood correctly, the strikes are only stopping the regional trains and not the international lines. I'm starting to feel much better when I travel than when I'm at home, it has become the normal state. Not to move and to stay home, that's what is strange now. The body has simply gotten used to being in movement.
Impossible to set myself at the right hour last time I came back from the United States. I left my watch set to New York time for weeks and was falling asleep at impossible hours. It has become complicated to stay more than three days in the same place; every day is a different city – or it is the same city speaking different languages, a new city forming over the old ones – you don't really know anymore. Constantly travelling is like ski touring every day: you have to keep checking your gear to make sure you have everything you need, that you didn't forget anything – most important is the phone.
Sometimes you check twenty times a day to make sure if it is indeed in your pocket. You develop the skill of packing your suitcase in your head at any time of the day or night. You mentally scroll through your wardrobe, then compose outfit combinations following the genre and number of events you will have to attend. From fifteen days and up to one month, you have enough items to make a tour and the suitcase stays the same. The problem is crossing between seasons during the same trip, then it becomes disruptive to think of two moments of the year at the same time, to imagine your entire wardrobe simultaneously and without crossfading. It's like layering two years on top of each other, the past one and the one that's coming.
When I go to Milan by train, I always think of Malou. She was a writer and a translator, and we used to travel this way together in the 80's-90s, and in the 00s too. We were visiting family, Bruno and her cousin Jacqueline; they grew up like sisters in the 30s. Malou used to tell me that they would "hop their way to school," imitating the maimed, limping war casualties they were seeing everywhere. When Jacqueline died Bruno started to lose his mind: she was the love of his life, they did everything together. In the morning he was still okay, but at night he would mistake me for my mother. His mother used to visit him from Southern Italy – he would tell this story ten times a day – coming by train with live chickens in cages, which she would store on the balcony and behead for dinner, one after another according to the number of guests. It was delicious. Today this would be forbidden by the health department. In the taxi with Massimiliano, he introduces me to Alberto. I tell them the story of Malou's friend, an editor who decides one day to write his own book. He's in his house in Venice, goes out to buy fancy paper, a feather pen and ink, and when he gets back home he writes his name on the first page, then goes out again to take a walk and falls down dead. Alberto tells me I'm speaking about his grandfather.
My mother spoke Swiss German to me until I was five years old but I've forgotten everything. I could speak Italian but it's a bit remote in my head, I can't really find the words anymore. I'm listening to Liscio, who's sitting next to me at this dinner, and when he speaks Italian I understand everything. He explains that he buys back businesses to help them develop, mostly by exporting themselves. Those enterprises are active in industry, they have a high expansion potential but no vision for that. Most of them are family businesses and have this potential but they just don't even think about it! So Liscio helps them to enlarge their thoughts. He tries whenever possible to keep the same employees in their jobs, as well as the management, which is generally more efficient but not always. Then he adds his knowledge like an additional layer, like frosting on a cake. His own company has seven thousand employees around the world. For the ones he purchases he provides the contacts as well as the knowledge they need so they can increasing their market shares by transplanting somewhere else – usually in India and China – depending on what they produce: you have to find the right product for the right place, a product that translates from one culture to another. This would have interested Malou. Then he asks me in English: "So who are you? What's your essence? What's your flavor?"
Coming back from Vietnam, Massimiliano wakes up in the middle of the night and falls off his bed. He took a dive that almost killed him. He'd simply forgotten where he was after having slept in a dozen of places over a dozen days, or maybe it was a hallucination due to jetlag sleep which can sometimes create a kind of fever, like a really deep sleep in the afternoon, where it's difficult to distinguish reality from dream.
Born in Bergamo, he now lives between New York and Milan. His work takes him to Hô Chi Minh City and Poland, and he's just decided to rent another flat in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, he's moved his office into a church which is split in two by a wall, creating two mirrored spaces with similar dimensions: one for the cloistered nuns, the other for the public. Behind the church there was once an adjoining convent which disappeared two hundred years ago to make room for buildings. The sisters used to travel between the convent and the church several times a day, their only movements consisting of these back-and-forth walks.
They went back and forth from the convent to the church to attend the mass on the other side of the wall. Cloistered, observing through the iron bars of a small window behind the altar, all they could see were the priest's raised hands as he presented the host during the Eucharist. Upon entering the convent, the young women added the prefix "angelic" to their surname and they had to be silent most of the time. The second half of the church, explains Massimiliano, will remain open to the public: half office, half exhibition space. He wanted to build a structure that didn't damage the original building and was resistant to earthquakes, a kind of boat permanently parked inside the church. The top floor pitches slightly as it spans the wall that splits the church in two, and from up here you can overlook the entire public half. You feel like a captured bird, zooming in on murals painted by the Fratelli Campi four hundred years ago, a slight vertigo feeling.
The church was deconsecrated two hundreds years ago. It still belongs to the Vatican, who is Massimiliano's landlord. Signing the contract took seven months to finalize: seven months compared to eternity is not that long. Around 1550, the countess Ludovica Torelli di Guastalla founded the Order of Angelic Sisters, who inhabited the adjoining convent of the Chiesa di San Paolo Converso. It seems she built this place in order to transgress her own rules. Women born in the wrong position were usually placed in a convent against their will so as not to divide the family's fortune. It was a jail made for women you didn't know what to do with. All contacts with the outside was forbidden. The countess's changes consisted in establishing some sort of visiting hours, thereby deregulating love relationships: not a total lock up, offering partial captivity.
Carissa started to have a claustrophobic crisis a year ago. In the subway at rush hour, on her way to the doctor, the train stopped between two stations. Since then she always takes a pill with her, a tranquilizer. For a year she's managed to get along without the pill but she just took one this afternoon when the subway stopped inside a tunnel. It only lasted a minute but for her it was an eternity.
The Northern Line in London is the worst one. You access it by going down a series of four, five, six escalators. It's possible to find alternative paths to avoid this line, but when you don't have a choice you have to take a deep breath and just go. What's particularly horrible, worse than the endlessly swallowing escalators beneath the city, is the train's architecture. This unbearably thin tube becomes a nightmare when it's crowded. One day Stefan tells me that you shouldn't worry, because in case of a problem, there's always a way out the train: you have to push back the doors with your arms very forcefully and walk along the tracks. This may sometimes be the case, but not on the Northern Line.
With Stefan in Wakefield passing by the jail – for life sentences only – we hear prisoners from the outside, and we think about what Anne would say if she were with us now: "If you don't want to have problems, avoid eye contact." Separated from the men, the Angelic Sisters were locked up in silence within the adjoining convent of La Chiesa di San Paolo Converso, the church of Saint- Paul the converted. The "conversion" is the most difficult position in ski touring because you have to transfer your entire weight from one leg to the other and it's just at that moment that you can lose your balance and fall into the void.
I'm discovering techniques to lessen the crises that threaten to emerge on various occasions: tunnels, subways, planes. The crisis never blows up but the body remembers. The first crisis, some years ago in a minaret in India, the women were given a kind of ugly shapeless coat or apron which we had to wear to cover ourselves: the spiral staircase suddenly seemed endless to me. You always have to be very careful because the crisis can appear when you least expect it. Recently I was a bit annoyed because there were no more aisle seats and the steward made me wait near the door while he found a free seat. I had just bumped into Adam at the Berlin airport. We passed through the security check together and he had his computer controlled, as always, supposedly a random search but we all knew exactly why. Switzerland had just been voting on a new law in order to increase the emigration restrictions and Adam had been thinking seriously about adopting a second nationality: it's a good way to avoid problems and systematic controls. Our planes were taking off three minutes apart, the doors were side by side and we could see each other in the distance on the tarmac before boarding: he was going to Basel, I was going to Paris.
Last week with Anne in New York, we went to Gavin's on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Always in different places, always in the same city, Uptown, Downtown, Eastside and Westside. An opening and then: the dinner. Apparently he plays an important role, he's feeding us. The food always tastes pretty good, a bit the same but not quite, depending on the target audience, the average age and the neighborhood. So Uptown was really fancy, Downtown West more party and young but a bit linked to the past and faded, which is why the new East space has just opened, like a newborn little brother. Time travel across two decades, traveling through a world that always tastes a bit the same. It's just boring enough to be reassuring. You feel good and at home, but a bit watched. Everybody notices where you sit, with whom you speak. We spent a really nice evening there on Saturday with Loren. Loren's laugh sounds exactly the same as Olivia's. So every time Loren is laughing – and she is laughing all the time – I think for a second that Olivia is sitting next to me. It's really important to leave at the right time, quite early because you're busy. So on Sunday Anne and I drive to Boston.
Back from Boston, we arrive at Ericka's loft where we're staying, right next to the Manhattan Detention Complex. You access the place through a series of three long stairways painted green, the upper floors are sinking toward the inside of the building so you have to watch your steps carefully and focus in order to not lose your balance. It's also possible to take the elevator around the corner: you have to stop on the fourth floor, which is in fact the second, climb some stairs in order to arrive at the third, but first you have to walk two blocks through the inside of the building, follow a corridor, an endless, zigzag labyrinth covered in grey carpet. When the grey carpet ends to become green painted wood, you climb one last stairway, then pass through two doors and arrive at the door of the loft. It's huge, and a cube has been built inside to make a small room at the end. Three hundred square meters and only two windows: the first one on the left near the entrance opens onto an airshaft and doesn't really let any light in, the second one is at the very end of the space. All day long, the loft remains in darkness; after a few days, the eyes get used to it. You have to force yourself into a precise daily rhythm, and most of all go out every morning as soon as you wake up so the body understands it's daytime. The light from outside is dazzling after forty-eight hours inside. After thirty years, the entire outside world must dazzle you coming out of this black box.
Construction of the Simplon Tunnel started in 1898, it was inaugurated in 1906, today you cross it in twenty minutes. Watching out the windows – you can't open them anymore – you see that the mountain's rock has been dug by hand with picks. Still complicated to handle: the conditions at the center of the mountain, the heat, and rock so dense that it suddenly becomes sand as soon as you try to dig it, it melts into itself, becomes almost liquid. It took eight years to dig twenty kilometers.
The train comes out of the tunnel creating a weird sensibility to the colors at nightfall, when the public lighting competes with the daylight. I have some difficulty seeing properly, sitting in the wagon lit by LED lights while gazing at the sunset on Lake Maggiore while an advertisement for the World Expo 2015 scrolls simultaneously on about fifty screens on the wagon's ceiling. My vision blurs for a few minutes: "Y aura-t-il encore des fruits et des légumes dans 40 ans? Parmigiano o Sbrinz? E questo il dilemma! 9 Milliarden Menschen in 2050, können wir alle ernähren? Combattere contro le sprechi alimentari! Si, ma come? In the expo the most amazing pavilions! Italy, China, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Estonia, Chile, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Rice, Spices, Cocoa, Cereals & tubers, Coffee, Legumes & fruits, Arid zones, Bio mediterraneum islands & sea. The thematic pavilions! Future food district, Pavilion zero, Biodiversity's park, Children's park, Arts & Foods!"
Having dinner at the Triennale, Massimiliano is cooking Pho. He brought the ingredients a few days ago on his way back from Vietnam. The building was built in 1933, Malou went there as a child with Jacqueline, the fascist architecture and the name Triennale remained. A building named "every three years." Massimiliano was born on December 6th, the same day as Malou, during the dinner, he explains that the Milan Cathedral was built with marble from a single mountain. The mountain is near Lake Maggiore, you could certainly see it from the train, and today it's in the center of Milan, its roof covered with hundreds of marble figures who watch over the city and must see the planes from a little closer up.
You don't really think about the people in planes. It was strange to imagine Adam in the plane which I could see on the runway taking off just before mine, I was following it with my eyes for few minutes. Passing somebody you know in a car on the highway: twice this has happened. In the subway it happens more often. Once, Marie was sitting next to me on the same bench, and after two minutes we turned to each other and jumped.
Ski touring with Olivia and Mai-Thu in the Alps, we arrive at the top of a mountain overlooking the entire valley. We can see Lake Geneva; Lake Maggiore must be a bit further off. The weather changes really suddenly at this altitude so we have to hurry back down before the snow gets too soft. Olivia has been mountaineering for years, it allows her to clear her head: always mind your center of balance and move forward very slowly while staying focused. Like Massimiliano, she enjoys high altitudes.
At the Tea Room Chez Quartier one afternoon with John and Mai-Thu: she is about to take her driver's license exam and tells us she will practice driving tonight. John says she's right, that it's a good idea to practice on the moon. The acoustics are pretty bad, the neighbors to the right and left are very loud, when Mai- Thu repeats her sentence a second time we understand that flying breads are driving cars in apesanteur de lune. How was it before? In the plane, on the last day of the year, I had just come down from the Alps, which I saw once again after take-off. Passing over the mountain range, the plane continuing its ascent, I saw Australia, Japan, Vietnam, India, all of Asia, Africa, then Europe changing years on my screen. I think about John and Mai-Thu and try to see the flying breads from the porthole. I look around me and can't help seeing the passengers as different kinds of bread: French baguettes, German Vollkornbrot, Swiss rye bread, New Yorker bagels, Jewish braids.
John has always worn his hair in a long braid which he ties in two places, at the top and the bottom. He hasn't cut his hair for several decades. He says he once went diving in the sea with Olivier whose long grey beard, floating weightless in the water, surrounded him like jellyfish tentacles. John's braid was floating too. They are now waiting in a hotel lobby for Genesis before going out to dinner. Genesis has long blond hair and walks with a stick from Benin. The Pandrogyne project, a fusion between Genesis and Lady Jay, began a few years ago: they wanted to become one person. After several operations, the face and body have completely changed. Genesis's old friends say "he" when they talk about him, more recent friends say "she" when they talk about her, Genesis says "us" instead of I.
Nicolas is talking with Mai-Thu about a trip in India at two thousands meters' altitude in a house perched on a mountaintop. It has been snowing all night and the village has been cut off from the world for two days. She notices that Corinna Bille once lived in a chalet not so far away, about a hundred years ago. He checks his phone for some good addresses: the problem today is that when you plan your trip too much, you have the feeling that you've already done it. In India it was like this, you've already seen everything in advance in photos, and when you arrive you recognize the hotel, the restaurant, and like a regular you ask for the table at the far left corner of the room because you already know it's the best one.
Composed between destinations, in airplanes, trains, museums, and bars over three years, Jeanne Graff's Vzszhhzz captures the slight intersections of a loose group of artists and lawyers, restaurateurs, philosophers, wine-makers and boxers whose lives are conducted almost entirely in a second language. A loose chronicle masquerading as a novel, Vszhhzz – like Michèle Bernstein's All The King's Horses, the Bernadette Corporation's Reena Spaulings, and Natasha Stagg's Surveys – couches Graff's sharp observations in a laconic and ambient style. By not saying too much, Vzszhhzz says everything about the relation to time, cities, weather and smog that has become the lingua franca of a creative and transient life.
"There's an art of writing amidst the energies and languages of others, and Graff's ear for existential specificity finds momentum in even the most glancing encounters. Always on the move, Graff's phototropic texts incline toward human heat, hallucinating characters upon contact" – John Kelsey
To read an interview with Jeanne Graff by Juliana Huxtable click here.
Writer and curator Jeanne Graff was born in Lausanne, Switzerland and lives in New York. She is a columnist for May Revue (Paris), works in a vineyard, and teaches at HEAD art school in Geneva. In 2014, Graff founded 186f Kepler, an art space without walls. She has organised numerous international exhibitions, and performs with her band Solar Lice. Graff recently completed a writing residency at Villa Noailles in Hyeres, France.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Wordless Wednesday ~ School Time Fun!
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I did this for the first time this year, the kids loved it! We also did a balloon countdown the last 10 days of school, it was so much fun!ReplyDelete
Frampton's FUNdamentals
I've never done this with my students, but I remember doing it in elementary school. We used to do it to practice writing our spelling words. I loved it! I might have to try it this year. I'm not sure I do anything really crazy.... we played Minute to Win it games the last day this past year, which was hysterical. I have a video of my students all playing the cookie game.... you put a cookie on your forehead and try to get it to your mouth only using facial expressions. haha. It's a good thing I brought extra cookies, because it was their favorite game and took a LONG time to figure out how to do it.ReplyDelete
Dirty Hands & Lesson Plans
I've done this with students... So fun! I have also let students write directly on their desk with a dry erase marker. Not too crazy, but if they have never done it before, they are in awe that they get to write on their desk with a marker!ReplyDelete
I do this every year and the kids and I both love it! It is so much fun. :)ReplyDelete
Miss King's Enchanted Kingdom
Last day fun! We do too! Wendy 1stgradefireworks 1stgradefireworksReplyDelete
We did shaving cream during our shapes unit (so fun!), and on the last day like you guys!ReplyDelete
First Grade Stampede
When I taught middle school social studies, I did seed maps of Africa. They made a massive mess, but the kids loved them.ReplyDelete
Kovescence of the Mind
I haven't done this yet, but I am thinning of adding it to my second to last day of school activities! In the month of May we do something fun every day, and the kids love coming up with ideas of things that we should do! One year they decided we could chew gum in class all day, and our principal gave the okay!!ReplyDelete
Mrs. 3rd Grade
I've done this, and the kids always love it! I tried to make homemade bouncy balls with my kids this year which was a MESSY epic fail. They had fun and we learned that science experiments don't always work!ReplyDelete
A Very Curious Class
LOVE the shaving cream for both sensory play and cleaning! #twobirdsonestone At the end of the year we always have a field day, at which time, I get crazy and run the DJ/Dance booth. The kids (and even some teachers) get footloose! Thanks for linking up and sharing.ReplyDelete
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Every so often you come across a recipe that whether you know it at the time or not, will become a regular in your meal line up. I ran into one of these types of recipes over 20 years ago, when I had dinner at the home of my college choir director.
I remember thinking his wife was one of the most exotic cooks I had ever met. Their ice box was full of condiments, but not regular, every day condiments...they had exotic stuff in there...gourmet ketchups and mustards, odd pickled veggies, etc. I ate asparagus for the first time at their table. I also learned a tomato based marinade for chicken that unfortunately, I don't remember and apparently never wrote down. But of all the wonderful things I consumed in their company, this salad recipe was my favorite. Perhaps because it started with something so lowly, so humble...a package of chicken flavored ramen noodles.
I think every college student on the planet has eaten ramen noodles. Most of us survived on them the majority of the time. But I had never eaten them like this.
The salad part is simple. The base is shredded napa cabbage. I always add some slivered sweet onion,some chopped scallions and sliced English cucumber. Other good things to add include toasted sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and toasted almonds. You even use the noodles, but instead of boiling them, you break them up and toast them with the almonds and sesame seeds. But the magic...the truly delicious part of this dish...is the dressing.
2 tbsp. sugar
4 tbsp. vinegar
1/2 c. salad oil
few shakes soy sauce
few shakes toasted sesame oil
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Flavor pkg. from Ramen
Put all that in a mason jar or tightly sealed plastic bowl and shake the crap out of it. The better the emulsification, the better it will taste. Making it the day before makes it even better.
After you make the salad part, you toss everything with the dressing and serve. Over the years I've learned to keep the almonds and noodles separate. That way you can have leftover salad the next day and sprinkle the still crunchy noodles and almonds on it again. If you don't, the noodles and almonds will soften, which doesn't taste bad, but doesn't have the same flavor and texture impact. To make this a main dish (as I did in the above photo) just add grilled chicken or shrimp on top.
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Just Like Before, Only Totally Different
With all apologies to John Kennedy Toole, I wanted to introduce you to a new idea here at Rarasfarm. We are a rock music blog who have been toiling around the rock music scene for years. As it turns out, no one really cares about my long-winded reviews from the past, so we will be shaking things up a bit.


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Worrying about sinkholes may seem a new nightmare for insomniacs following the tragic Florida story of a sinkhole fatality earlier this month. The ground opened as the man slept, and it continued to expand, making his rescue impossible. With sincere condolences to his family, this sad situation brings an opportunity for perspective.
Cracking the code on sinkhole claims
The Tampa Bay Times launched its new name and the New Year with a three-part series on the Great Sinkhole Lottery, titled "Cracks in the System." Here, at last, is the "big picture" on what the cost of dubious sinkhole claims is doing to the availability and affordability of property insurance. It was a well-researched and balanced series on how and why people are cashing in on what may or may not be actual sinkhole damage—because they could.
Tale of 2 town hall meetings: Home vs. Auto Insurance
Within two weeks' time, two town hall meetings were held in Tampa related to insurance. One got a lot of attention from the media and the public, while the other not so much. In mid-September, at least 250 people came to voice concern over proposed sinkhole rate increases for Citizens Property Insurance. Last week, a town hall meeting was held to hear the public voice on rising auto insurance rates, and about 75 people showed up. Considering that both sinkhole AND auto insurance rates are rising by nearly the same amounts in parts of Florida, this difference in attendance is curious.
Sanity for sinkhole rates, but sinkhole claims still insane
Come on. Did you really think Citizens Property Insurance would get approval to raise statewide sinkhole rates an average of 447 percent? I'll bet they didn't think so either. So why would our state-run insurance company ask for such an increase, you may ask. Because that is what their data showed. Insurance rates = insurance costs. Citizens' documents from its rate hearing show it paid nearly eight times more in claims than it collected in premium. It also showed that sinkhole claims this year are twice what they were last year. How are they (we) going to pay those rising costs? A little bit at a time is the answer in the hope that it will all go away.


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Executive Placements takes pride in the fact that we want what's best for our community. To do our part in achieving this, we make it a point to take part in community service projects. We try to stay involved in a multitude of events such as Coats for Kids, Food Drives, Stuff-a-Bus, and Reach-a-Child among others. If you, or someone you know, become interested in joining us in our next community service venture, please contact us immediately! We look forward to hearing from you!


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XLrator Media will be releasing director Mike Mendez and writer Guy Stevenson's serial killer thriller 'The Last Heist' in theaters, on VOD and iTunes on June 17. The film about a hostage situation developing in an unexpected direction starrs Henry Rollins. Come on inside for details and the official trailer.
A bank heist descends into violent chaos when one of the hostages turns out to be a serial killer. Trapping the well-organized team of bank robbers in the building, the killer is now picking them off one by one… Actor, writer and musician Henry Rollins (Black Flag) stars in this dark suspenseful thriller.
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With each new F1 title Codemasters releases, we're promised improved mechanics, graphics and audio, new must-have features and, generally speaking, the best F1 experience possible in a video game. The latest release also promises to be more "accessible" to new racers, so let's strap in and see if F1 2012 hits the mark.
This leads me to a complaint that any "pro" F1 gamer will disagree with (as they already believe Codemasters is catering to newbies). The regular career mode doesn't have a difficulty level, but the Season Challenge does. There, "Easy" is most certainly not easy. From first place to last, there's at most a 4 or 5 second delta. This is accurate to a real F1 season, but for an inexperienced racer? They'll see more 24 than Jeff Gordon.
Adjustments could be made to the game to cater to newer players but not affect the pros. It'd be best to truly ease people into it, if you will. While the AI does manage to mess up their own laps on occasion, coming anywhere in the top 12 on some tracks requires some serious skill or abuse of the restart button.
But I digress. While the difficulty has been heightened, there are a slew of other improvements to help make this the best F1 game ever released. Some of the camera modes, for example, have been tweaked. Cockpit view has a wider FOV, and the result is fantastic. So is the backwards view, where you can quickly check on your wings.
Other changes involve your engine and tires, and more than ever, you'll need to pay attention to your configuration and strategies. I managed to blow out my tires twice over the weekend on short races and kill my engine from switching gears too quickly – neither of which I ever accomplished in F1 2010. On the upside – maybe – I found 2012 to be far more lenient with cutting corners. Corners I cut that I felt I should have been penalized for, I wasn't.
A change I'd be remiss to mention is the addition of fuel added to your race strategy. You can choose whether to be cautious or aggressive with your fuel supply, which complements the already-existing strategy of choosing when to take pit stops and which tires to use where and when.
Finally, while not a major change, much like DiRT: Showdown F1 2012 gets off of Games for Windows Live and moves into Codemasters' own Racenet for online action. For a multitude of reasons, I could certainly live without GfWL, so this becomes a simple yet seriously appreciated move.
A common request from fans to Codemasters is to put a realistic pit stop in, where you are in control. Unfortunately, this didn't happen in F1 2012, and its implementation is much the same as last year. You can drive as fast as you want into pit lane and then the game will take over, put you exactly where you need to be and then hold your hand until you reach the track. For those who like a richer F1 experience, this is very disappointing. Making matters worse, Codemasters decided to cinematize it more than last year's game, which just seems out-of-place in the middle of a race.
When all said and done, is F1 2012 a worthy successor to the previous title? Yes, absolutely. There are of course some downsides that seem to carry from game to game, such as the lack of manual pit stops, but overall, there's quite a bit added here that will give you extra things to play around with, add strategy to your long-haul races and, if you don't mind re-programming a part of your brain, learning how to best handle understeer-baiting corners.
The best way to sum up F1 2012 is that it's a fine-tuning of the series. Everything seems to have been given a tweak, and the end-result makes this game better than last year's. Then there's new modes, including challenging scenario races, and overall, most everything feels right. You will have to plan on re-learing some of your race strategies, so whether or not that's considered a good thing will depend entirely on your opinion of things. I am confident most will enjoy all of these changes / additions, even if some of them get ignored.
As for the game becoming more "accessible" to newer gamers, I call bullocks on that. The "Young Driver Test" mode is truly simple, and it's basically the entire reason Codemasters has used the word "accessible" at all. A simple 15 minute mode doesn't do much to prepare someone for the challenges that await them.
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Gaëlle enjoys soup but is impatient. Instant soups are great satisfiers of children and parents alike for their relatively good taste, variety and ease of preparation. The only problem still present is the impatient daughter part or how to cool the boiling soups rapidly, and relevant to this QotW, to the correct temperature. Ice cubes are the solution but how many should you put?
Although I would like the QotW to be more applied I sometimes consider interesting proportions between geometric shapes. Imaging you have two perfect spherical oranges on a table. They are touching and there is a compressed Eiffel Tower shape between them and the table. You have a bowl of grapes and would like to roll the biggest one possible through this hole. In terms of the size of the oranges, what is the largest grape that will pass through the whole without pushing apart the oranges?
Introducing the new series of 'Question of the Week' (QotW) where I pose physics and math questions to myself and others. These QotW are meant to explore concepts and generally have a little fun. I am no expert in these so it may very well be that my solutions are wrong and I invite criticism and scrutiny.
QotW #1
When I clean dishes (I do!) and encounter a dirty jam jar, milk bottle or similar container I occasionally consider how much water to put in the container before shaking it. The idea being that the more water (mass) I have inside the more force the water will hit the dirty corners with. The catch is that the more water I put in the jar the less distance it will have to accelerate when I shake the jar and hit the other end. So the question is how much of the container should be filled with water to maximize the force with which the water hits the other side of the jar.


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Usually running air conditioners isn't the best choice when it comes to wanting to save energy while cooling your house. But sometimes, darn it, it just gets so HOT that you can't stand it. In towns all around the country, electric bills are sky high on those hot and humid days, especially in the middle of the summer. Now with GO AC Green's new Cool-n-Save™ unit for your air conditioner, you don't actually have to think twice before flicking the switch. Our own Ed Begley, Jr. said it's "One of the most cost effective and simple ways to save energy." Here's how it works:Installed in less than five minutes with no tools required, the Cool-n-Save system affixes to the top of most home air conditioning units. The system is activated only when the AC unit turns on; hot air from the condenser unit's fan raises the flap on the Cool-n-Save control valve, allowing water to flow to the misters that surround the AC unit. When the ultra-fine mist is released into the air, it evaporates almost instantly creating what is known as a "Flash Evaporation," which literally sucks heat out of the air as water absorbs the energy it needs to evaporate. The result of the immediate evaporation constitutes a substantial drop in ambient temperature without wetness--up to 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
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All Statues Must Face East
This belief goes back to the early days of the Moroni statues. The very first statue on the Salt Lake temple faced east, as did the temple itself. But one occurrence of something does not make a rule. This tradition really begins with the second Angel Moroni being placed on the Los Angeles Temple.
Original plans for the temple had the Moroni facing in line with the front door, to the south east. After the statue had been placed, President David O. McKay, on site for the placement, asked that the statue be rotated 90 degrees to face north east. People assumed there must be a doctrinal reason for the move, though no reason was given and it is equally likely that it was an aesthetic one. The tradition of 'Moroni must face east' was born, despite the fact that Seattle Washington, the fourth temple to receive an angel statue, has both the temple and the statue facing west. For more information on which direction Angel Moroni faces, see this section.
More thoughts on East
The turning of one statue is not the only basis for this belief. East holds significance in scripture. Some temples have doors on the east side, which is symbolic of the east gate of the temple in Ezekial"s vision:
"And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east." – Ezekial 43:4
There are other references of the Lord appearing from the east and moving towards the west in the scriptures, as he is to do when he comes again.
"For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." – Mathew 24:27
There is a symbolism in the movement. When Adam and Eve were removed from the Garden of Eden they were sent our eastward. This is movement into the east. Moving into the east became a symbol for falling, apostasy and wickedness. Having Moroni Face eastward then becomes more symbolic of the righteous in the West (Nearest the Garden of Eden, the first temple) preaching to the wicked world in the East of the Garden of Eden.
You will often find moving from east back into the west being used in the scriptures to represent renewal, return, restoration and repentance. A symbol of returning to the Garden or the Temple, and a symbol of the return of Christ.
Wendy Kenney "Looking Up to Moroni" New Era, November 2009.
Clayton Norlen "Lightning hits Oquirrh Mountain Temple" Deseret News, 15 June 2009
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Email Marketing
There's Always a Time for Preferences
Following up on David Daniels' discussion on what preferences to know about your subscribers, Chip House spoke on when marketers can capture preferences. Of course, a natural place to start capturing preferences is at the time of opt-in. The opt-in moment is great time to ask a subscriber about their category and product interests, the frequency they'd like to receive messages, their location and any other info specific to your business that will enable you to send more relevant messages. Don't stop capturing preferences after opt-in though. You can increase the effectiveness of your marketing programs by appending your subscribers' preferences over time. Every interaction a subscriber has with your business is an opportunity to build more preference data on that subscriber's file.
- Did a subscriber talk with your sales team or customer support team? – What info did they provide that tells you more about their preferences?
- Did a subscriber visit your website? – What pages did they view and what does that tell you about their preferences?
- Did a subscriber just tweet about your business? – What does this tweet tell you about the subscriber's preferences?
Your subscribers are leaving digital info about their preferences all over cyberspace. The more you can build programs to capture this info and intelligently classify it into preferences the more relevant you will be. And we all know what more relevance means…


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Denver Sports 760 To Launch January 4
iHeartMedia has confirmed that it will flip "Real Talk 760" KKZN Thornton CO to "Denver Sports 760" KDSP on Monday, January 4.
The new format will feature a mix of local hosts with an emphasis on the Denver Broncos and Fox Sports Radio programming. Dave Logan and Susie Wagrin, who co-host the afternoon news block on sister News/Talk 850 KOA will add a 10am-12pm talk show on KDSP. Logan also is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Broncos and a former NFL player. Another KOA host, Andy Lindahl, will also pull double-duty as afternoon host on 760 from 3-6pm. Lindahl will continue anchoring "Prime Time Sports" on KOA from 7-8p.
The rest of the "Denver Sports 760" lineup will feature Fox Sports Radio network programming including Dan Patrick from 7-10am, Colin Cowherd from 12-3pm, Jay Mohr Sports on delay from 6-9pm. CBS Sports Radio's Ferrall On The Bench will be heard from 9pm-12am.
The launch of 760 KDSP will be the final step in a network affiliation switch taking place on January 4. Bonneville's 1600 KEPN will pick up ESPN Radio in place of Fox and CBS as Front Range Sports' "ESPN Denver" 105.5 KJAC goes dark in preparation of its sale to Community Radio For Northern Colorado.
– iHeartMedia announced today the debut of new sports radio station, Denver Sports 760 (KDSP-AM), which will begin on January 4.
Denver Sports 760 will feature daily shows hosted by well-known Denver Broncos experts, including Dave Logan and Susie Wargin (10 a.m.-Noon) and Andy Lindahl (3-6 p.m.). In addition, Lindahl will be heard evenings 7-8 p.m., hosting PrimeTime Sports on KOA NewsRadio 850 AM & 94.1 FM.
Denver Sports 760 will be home to the biggest names in national sports talk, including The Dan Patrick Show (7-10 a.m.), The Herd with Colin Cowherd (Noon-3 pm.), Jay Mohr Sports (6-9 p.m.), Ferrall On The Bench (9 p.m.-Midnight), The Ben Maller Show (Midnight-4 a.m.) and FOX Sports Daybreak with Andy Furman & Mike North (4-7 a.m.).
"Denver Sports 760 will quickly become the premier destination for sports fans," said Tim Hager, Market President of iHeartMedia Denver. "We're excited to serve our listeners, partners and advertisers with a new station featuring original Denver Broncos content and the biggest names in sports."
All Denver Sports 760 programming will be available on DenverSports760.com as well as the iHeartRadio app.
iHeartMedia is a leading media outlet in the Denver market and its programming and content are available across multiple platforms, including its broadcast stations; online via its branded digital sites; mobile; and social, with nationwide listening through iHeartRadio — with its more than 700 million downloads, more than 75 million social media followers and 87 million digital uniques across the Network.


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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) Orange County prosecutors have charged an Uber driver with raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl after picking her up in Huntington Beach.
Investigators say 23-year-old Samer Mahran picked up the drunk teen near a bar over the weekend and failed to drive her to her Laguna Beach home.
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday (http://lat.ms/2fF3Cpb ) that family members used the Uber application's GPS tracking tool to locate her.
The newspaper says a relative approached Mahran's car and found him with the girl in the back seat.
Prosecutors allege Mahran raped her while she was unconscious due to intoxication.
Once the girl was rescued, prosecutors allege, Mahran jumped into the driver's seat and drove off. He was arrested at his Huntington Beach home and released after posting bond. It wasn't known if he has an attorney.
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Mexican Heritage Corporation's education programs consist of two major efforts: the annual VivaFest! Mariachi and Folklórico Workshops and the Mariachi Youth Program's in-school, standards-based mariachi and folklórico instruction in San José public schools.
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2017 SJMFF "Tres Grandes Idolos" will honor the cultural legacy of three giants of Mexican music who recently passed—Joan Sebastian, Juan Gabriel & Jose "Pepe" Martinez. Mariachi music & Folklorico dance workshops will take place from January 13 & 14 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza at the School of Arts & Culture, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose 95116 and culminate on January 15 with Mariachi Mass with Mariachi Mexicanisimo at 10:00am at the Cathedral Basilica of San Jose located at 80 S. Market St, San Jose, CA 95113 at 10:00am; and then continue in a day of onsite rehearsals and a tardeada performance at 3pm at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater. Mariachi Music classes are spearheaded by Musical Director, Maestro Juan Reyes; Folklorico dance workshops are lead by Dance Director, Jose Tena. All classes will be taught by directors and instructors based in the SF Bay Area and will be taught at multiple levels of instruction in order to meet the skill level of each student. Register today!
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Orthodox Christians often celebrate the lives of various saints. They're often mentioned during church services and their icons are often on display in various places throughout the church. Many Orthodox Christians are even named after saints! Who are the saints exactly and why do we honor them in the Orthodox Church?
Sainthood is a Gift
According to Webster's Dictionary, a saint is "a person who is officially recognized by the Christian Church as being very holy because of the way he or she lived." The Orthodox Church maintains that there is only one who is truly holy and that is God. That is why the church looks at sainthood as a gift that is given to a human being by God through the Holy Spirit. In other words, these individuals are honored as saints because they lived their lives in an exceptionally holy way and they serve as examples to others as to how Christians should truly live their lives.
Christians Are Saints
Technically speaking, all Christians can be called saints, as long as they received the Holy Spirit through Holy Chrism and were baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity. In this way, each Orthodox Christian has become "sanctified" or made holy, through these gifts. This was especially true in the early days of the church when the word "Saint" actually meant "Believer". However, in today's terminology, saints are different from every day folk because the church has made a special effort to honor them.
Types of Saints
However, the Orthodox Church has gotten away from calling all Christians saints. This term is largely reserved for a select group of people who led exceptionally holy lives. Here are the categories as to the types of saints that can be found in the Greek Orthodox Church:
- Apostles. These individuals are mentioned in the Holy Bible and were the first to spread the news about Jesus Christ. The term "apostle" and "disciple" are used interchangeably. However, Judas isn't really considered an Apostle since he is the one who betrayed Jesus.
- Prophets. Some of the saints were considered prophets. One of the best examples of a saint who was a prophet was John the Baptist because he preached to crowds about Christ's true identity of being the Son of God.
- Martyrs. These are people who valiantly lost their lives because they were Christians. Saint Catherine, for example, is considered a Holy Martyr because she died because of her faith.
- Church Fathers. Church Fathers came about in the early days of the church. They are known for being exceptionally wise and devout and their teachings are still adhered to today. Saint John Climacus, who wrote The Ladder of Divine Ascent, is an example of a church father.
- Monastics. These are saints who lived their lives in solitude in order to live holy lives and contemplate the existence of God. Many of them wrote, prophesied, and prayed diligently. They're a model example of true holiness.
- Just. All other saints are called "the Just" because, even though they weren't martyrs, monastics, or church fathers, they lived exceptionally holy lives.
By studying whom the saints were, Orthodox Christians can better understand what it truly means to be holy.
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Here Comes Another Music Service Not Designed For Businesses
Posted by John on October 22nd, 2015
Every few weeks we read of another music service that's offering "uninterrupted listening", "ad-free music", "offline listening", "free, no subscription", "curated radio", "the latest albums and singles", "35 million songs" and more, more, more!!!
The latest offering is YouTube Red. Google is rolling its Play Music on-demand music into YouTube (owned by Google) for a bundled video/audio subscription service. There are many music services out there trying to appeals to millions of users, each offering the most, fastest access EVER in the history of recorded music (that's true). It's a great time to be a music listener. But what if you're a business owner?
Google Play Music (soon to be YouTube Red) and other music services have one major, unpublicized drawback: they're for individual listeners, not for business use. They have many, well publicized benefits that are attractive, entertaining and easy to use making the logical conclusion for business owners and mangers: "I use it personally, so I'll use at my business."
As we've written before, these consumer services, including Spotify, are not licensed for business use. Federal law outlines different copyright and licensing rules for a song you listen to on your own versus a song that's played as a "public performance", aka in-store, in-restaurant, in-business play where the song adds to the atmosphere and esthetics of the business space and many people can potentially hear it.
"Not for use in business" is specifically detailed in the terms of use of consumer music services. As of this writing, YouTube Red had not launched but the Google Play Music terms of use states: "…for your personal, non-commercial use only" and "No Public Performance. You must not display (in part or in whole) the Content as part of any public performance…"
Personal music services are designed to be used for people in their apartment, on public transportation, in their bedroom, or at a party.
So what's a business owner or manager to do? If you like using iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music or YouTube Red, you'll need to seek out a music service that's licensed for business, not only to avoid fines and copyright violations but to get songs and sounds that are tailored for your business, not for somebody's commuter ride on public transit.
Here at Custom Channels, we have services that are similar to consumer grade streaming services and yet quite different and better suited for retail and restaurants. That's because we're designed for businesses, not for personal use.Share this:


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Owners approve settlement to end lockout; Players turn to act
NFL owners, including Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen, overwhelmingly voted to approve a settlement proposal to end the lockout with players in Atlanta on Thursday, considered a precursor to the two sides ultimately agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement.
The final vote was 31-0, with the Oakland Raiders abstaining.
Now the ball is in the players' court to recertify as a union and sign off on the agreement that calls for the two sides to divide up an estimated $9.3 billion in gross revenue.
That might be easier said than done.
The players have a meeting scheduled via conference call at 5 p.m. Pacific time.
However, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, speaking to reporters at his organization's headquarters in Washington, D.C., hinted that recertifying the union – a needed step toward an agreement – was not imminent. "Here in America, every time an employee makes that decision about whether he wants to be a part of a union, it's something that is serious, significant and should be done in a very sober way," Smith told reporters in Washington.
According to a NFLPA source that Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network spoke to, the players want to use a system of signed cards and follow certain bylaws in order to recertify, which could take more time and push back the start of free agency and training camps.
Here's an excerpt from a report on the league's web site:
"The issue between the parties is mainly one of time, specifically how long it would take to collect approximately 1,900 signatures. Getting those signatures takes time, and the league obviously is looking to open for business as soon as possible. There is the possibility the National Labor Relations Board could help speed things up, even if the recertification process is done by actual signature.
"The parties also could come to a compromise, according to a source, whereby the lockout is lifted before a full global settlement is reached -- which would have to include recertification in order to have a full CBA -- to allow players to report in the interim.
"That would make it easier to collect signatures and cards of players currently under contract since they would be centrally located at team facilities. If that takes place, in theory, then the signatures needed could be obtained over weekend and allow the league year to begin next week."
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Title: Please Look After Mom (엄마를 부탁해)
Author: Kyung-Sook Shin (신경숙)
Translated by: Chi-Young Kim (김지영)
Softcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Knopf (April 5, 2011)
Seemingly effortlessly translated into English, Please Look After Mom unabashedly attacks the heart and leaves the speechless reader in a state that can only be remedied by picking up the phone and calling your mom. Internationally recognized author Shin Kyung-Sook's unforgettably poignant 2008 novel is the recipient of several literary awards. However, is it all just culturally specific schmaltz lost on American readers or is there enough literary substance to warrant its international acclaim?
The story is about an elderly woman who accidentally becomes lost amidst a busy Seoul subway stop and her selfish family's frantic, consequential search. The book is contextually divided into four narratives: the critical eldest daughter, the favorited eldest son, the nomadic absentee husband, and finally the saint-like mother herself. Each chapter delves more into the tender, borderline naive characterization of the mother and the subsequent guilt felt by those who ultimately failed to live up to their proper familial roles. The characters are humanly flawed but forgivingly empathetic. You find yourself criticizing almost each family member for their insensitivity but then apologetically root for their redemption.
Culturally speaking, the setting is a striking contrast between socially progressive Seoul-centered modernization and war-torn traditional country-side values that are more and more lost with each passing generation. The mother's poverty-stricken childhood is but a dim memory to her doted children who knew little of her sacrifice and sorrow. Other than a few culturally contextualized moments, the narration needs very little pretext for the average non-Korean reader to appreciate the depth of this story. After all, everyone has a mother.
That's the general consensus with this touching story. At some part in most people's lives, like the characters in the story, we all have an epiphany and realize that our own mothers were not born mothers but instead chose to be mothers. Even though my own mother's personal sacrifices were naturally different than the ones described in the book, her loving presence is echoed in this story, as many other readers, too, have expressed.
It's indeed a sentimental Korean tear-jerker but thankfully it's also well-written enough to be almost effortlessly appreciated by an international audience. Having read the English version, I'm anxious to read the Korean version in hopes to further pick up on certain nuances that were likely to have been inescapably lost in translation, such as the subtle differences between "Mom (엄마)" and "Mother (어머니)" and the title's ambiguous message (엄마를 부탁해) which could be interpreted as either a dutiful order or a spiritual request.
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This novel doesn't exactly pertain to Korean studies, but it is a work that deserves to be talked about. It's got me wondering what else I'm missing in Korean literature, that's for sure.
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SALLISAW, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation hosts its 13th annual Traditional Native Games competition Saturday, May 19, at Sequoyah's Cabin Museum near Sallisaw.
Competitions include a cornstalk shoot, Cherokee marbles, horseshoes and blow gun, which all start at 10 a.m., with chunkey beginning at 12:30 p.m. and hatchet-throwing beginning after the youth cornstalk shoot.
"All of our games are open to the public, and we encourage everyone to come and watch the action. You'll have a great time fellowshipping, and there is no cost to watch the games or to participate in the games," said Competition Director Bayly Wright. "If you want to participate as a player, you'll want to pre-register with the coordinators of the competitions."
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April tends to be one of the best months every year. I celebrated my birthday! My sister took me out for a delicious diner (Indonesian food <3) and I spend all evening with my boyfriend, sister and parents. I will be celebrating it with my family May 3rd. I spend Easter with my boyfriend's family and my own. I went shopping with my sister and one of the best things I got was a legging with Marvel print. When we had our 'Koningsdag' me and my boyfriend went to three different markets and I found one of the best bargains ever: a sealed GOT season 3 box for 5 euro! I had another bookclub meeting where we ate delicious pannenkoeken, talked about Eon (for the first time we talked longer than 5 minutes about the book, haha) and other (book related) things. Not so fun was my dentist who told me I had to make an appointment with the surgeon to get my wisdom tooth revoved.. May 16th. And I went for the weekend to my boyfriend's father & girlfriend with his brother. It wasn't so bad, seeing I don't have the best relationship with my parents in law.
School wise: I went on my birthday together with my partner in crime to the internship to talk with our supervisor. It's a nice woman, so I have a good feeling about it. I also nailed my Infection disease test! It was very important. We got 75 questions about all the different topics (and you could only make 19 mistakes for a 5,5) and failing this one would mean a 6-months delay on my study. But I got it! I also finished writing my review and I'm currently waiting to hear if I passed it. I have a good feeling about it.
41. Jane Austen - Emma. 3/5.
42. Kimberly Derting - The taking. 3.5/5
43. Alyssa B. Sheinmel - Second star. 2/5.
44. George R.R Martin - A clash of kings. 5/5.
45. Sarah J. Maas - The assassin's blade. 5+/5.
46. Veronica Roth - Allegiant. 3.5/5.
47. Jennifer Donnelly - Deep blue. 2/5.
48. Cassandra Rose Clarke - The wizard's promise. 3/5.
49. Anne Blankman - Prisoner of night and fog. 5/5.
50. Sarah Raughley - Feather bound. 3/5.
51. Alison Goodman - Eon. 5/5.
52. Alethea Kontis – Hero. 3/5.
-Homefront, was a typical Jason Statham movie.
-Finished The office season 6 + 7. Still hilarious, although I miss Michael in season 7.
-47 Ronin, disappointing.
-Captain America: The winter soldier in 3rd. AWESOME.
-Finished re-watching Game of Thrones season 1, 2 + 3. Completely obsessed this month.
-Up to date with Once Upon a time.
-Django Unchained for the second time. Still good.
-Peter Pan with the DisneyJourney group.
-Colombiana, okay movie.
TBR pile: 14 / 21. (67%)
Review pile: 24 / 21. (114%) COMPLETED.
Dystopian: 8/19. (42%)
Series: 4 / 12. (33%)
Fairy tale: 14 / 16. (88%)
Bingo: 22 / 25 squares. (88%)
So far, I got from my boyfriend for my birthday:
Maggie Stiefvater - Dream Thieves. Reading it at the moment, it's good!
Susan Ee - Angelfall. Can't wait! I've heard so many good things about this book.
Rae Carson - Crown of Embers. I love this series. I still need to last one though.
And I requested two books from Netgalley:
How was your April? Did you read any good books/saw some good movies or TV shows? Let me know!


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