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One True Friend
A Short Story by G.S.Vasu Kumar
Based on a true incident
'I want you to write a story on me.' Sawan wrote on Face book chat.
'Sure, I would.' I replied.
'You could write it when I come back to Bangalore.'
'Thank You.'
This was the last conversation with him, and I wanted him to return soon, so that I could take some details from him for the story. Unfortunately, fate had other plans in store.
Sawan Kumar Sahoo is from Rourkela, Orissa. He is 28 years old, is an MBA (Finance) graduate. He stayed with his friends in Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore and worked in a MNC. He is jovial, full of energy, kind hearted and a great friend to all.
It is his wonderful smile that stays on one's mind forever. Of course, there are numerous hindi movie songs which have his name in the lyrics. When one of us reminded him this, it would bring a broad smile on his face.
'See, how famous my name is!' He used to say, still smiling.
SAWAN = HEAVEN… derived from Sanskrit word Swarga.
He is like the lead character in my short story 'Everlasting Smile'. He is my inspiration for writing this particular story, in which the character helps those in need and all he wants in return is their smile, which he cherishes and frames in his little heart.
He used to teach computer science at Vidyaniketan School, which was run by a NGO to children from class 5th to 7th on weekends twice a month. He was the reason for their happiness as he used to give them chocolates, cakes, and other gifts once in a while.
'I try to find my joy in theirs; I just can't explain in words how I feel when I see them smiling!' He said.
'I know!' I replied smiling at him, 'They are so lucky to have a person like you!'
A few days before Christmas in December 2011, he wanted to gift these kids something. Finally, after discussing with us, he decided to give them geometry boxes, which would be helpful to them in their studies. He collected the money from his colleagues and friends to procure these geometry boxes for them.
Later, he shared with us the pictures of these kids.
Many of us think or even talk about doing good to others. Especially, to those who can't do anything back to us in return. Most of the time, we only talk and think of doing it in near future. But Sawan was actually doing it, rather than speaking about it. It made him special and different from others. He was an inspiration for many of us.
He was part of our deal cricket team. He used to play cricket regularly and had been part of the team which won many matches. Also he loved watching matches on television.
I recently had a cup of coffee with Bala Bhaskar, his team mate and colleague, who recalled the fond memories he had with him. Especially, when they both had been to UK for transition in the year 2010.
He remembered those wonderful memories of the past. Bala also told me that Sawan would have completed five years this April in the company. Also he was like a younger brother to him. They were close to each other.
Sawan liked watching movies. He loved the Harry Porter series a lot. He used to eagerly wait for the release of Harry Porter movies.
Sawan took up the birthday celebration of his colleagues at office. He used to collect money from colleagues for procuring birthday gifts, which he usually chose personally for most of them.
We had been out on a picnic to Chikmagalur on 29th July 2011. Sawan was seated beside me during the journey to this place. We were listening to music on my MP4 player. Also watching the latest hindi movie. We were total 14 people.
This trip was filled with risk, adventure, excitement, and fun. Most of us were spending more time.
This is one of the best picnics we had so far. Something told me in my heart, that a trip like this could not be repeated again. Sadly, I was right.
One more trip we had after this was when Mahesh, Prashanth, Sawan and myself went to attend our colleague Champaknath's marriage in a village after Tumkur in October 2011. We had gone in Mahesh's car. We had our breakfast on the way in a hotel. Tatte idli is famous in this place and we all had it.
It was in the month of March 2012 while playing a cricket match, he had a muscle tear and he was admitted to a hospital.
When Mahesh and Rajeev visited him at the hospital, he asked them to check with the Doctor regarding the dosage of a tablet. This was prescribed by a different Hospital He was dreaded about the dosage. Later, his friends told them not to check with any one, and the dosage was for CANCER.
Mahesh and Rajeev had to lie to him that the tablets were high dosage for Fever.
He came to office after he got discharged from the hospital, before leaving to his native place. He was as usual smiling at us. I never thought that this would be the last time I would be seeing him in person.
After going to his native place, he had been to Mumbai to get second opinion from famous cancer hospital over there. Somehow, the medication didn't work for him, so he went for ayurvedic and was in the path of recovery. As a matter of fact, I was seriously thinking of writing an inspiring story on him as soon as he came back to Bangalore, as I had promised him.
No one in office knew when he passed away on the fateful day of 9th January 2013. It was not cancer which killed him, but brain hemorrhage.
Next day, one of his friends had posted a comment on Face book against one of his snap which was taken along with his friends at Nandi Hills sometime back.
The comment read 'Miss you, Sawan!'
The thought that he was no more didn't cross my mind. I thought maybe he was away from Bangalore and so his friend was missing him like us.
It was on Saturday morning, while I was having my haircut in the saloon, that I got a SMS from my colleague Prashanth.
'Vasu, are you sleeping or awake?'
'Tell me? I am awake.'
'There is a bad news about Sawan.' He replied
'What is it? What happened to him?'
'He is no more!'
'W-what? Is it true?' I asked rather shocked.
'Yes..please check his face book profile.' He replied.
I was lost in thoughts and walked back home, with heart filled with sadness. I just couldn't believe that he is no more with us. I logged on to Face book after reaching my room. I read the RIP messages on the wall of his profile and that was one of the saddest days of my life. I had lost one good friend. I kept staring at his picture…which was taken at the shooting spot in Chikmagalur.
Then I remembered that he had given me a book to read long back. I searched for that book which I hadn't read so far. It was Chetan Bhagat's 'Five Point Someone'.
'The book is far better than the movie,' He had said, while giving me this book.
I walked to the balcony, opened the book and saw his name written by him in pencil. I gently touched his name on the page with my fingers. I looked up towards the sky and prayed silently for his noble soul.
When I returned to office on Monday evening, I still couldn't take off his thoughts from my mind. My mind just kept re-winding and playing the memories of him again and again. I took my mouse cursor towards his name on Office Communicator, which popped up a message saying that the contact is away for 304 days. That reminds me the 300 days of suffering and pain he went through. Finally, when the fateful day came, he had to give up!
'There is no death to the soul as it is immortal. The soul only changes bodies like we change our clothes.' I had read it in book published by ISKCON long back.
I have a feeling that Sawan would come back soon. Also one of his friends had written in his Face book profile wall 'RIP' for Sawan stands for 'Return It's Possible'…
Yes, I believe in rebirth at least for his sake.
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As long as people from unlike parts of the world have been communicating there has been a necessitate for translators. As the world has go a smaller place and globalization has brought peoples into greater contact, the necessitate for translators has turned and so too has the assorted misconceptions and myths about translation. Translators must cognize more than merely the vocabulary and grammar of a language. It's not as elementary as sitting downwards with dictionaries and translating content word for word.
What follows is a list of some of the most common myths about translation:
1) Bilingual People Can Translate
Being raised bilingually is not something that makes one a translator by nature. You can't merely wake up one day and decide to do choice Spanish / English translation just because you understand the languages, are fluent with them, or are fifty-fifty a native speaker of both.
Spoken language is different from written language and those who tin fluently speak a language aren't necessarily good writers. Translation, however, is much more than writing and an understanding of translation theory is a necessity. One necessitate to understand the problems and issues that are inherent in translating languages.
A translator needs to know such things as when it is important that the cultural elements of the original text be transferred to the translated version and when they should not be. Different approaches need to be taken when translating technical texts, legal documents, philosophical writings and fiction.
2) Translation Can Be Done Quickly
Translation is a process that takes a considerable amount of time. It isn't reasonable to assume that translators can easily translate material in a flash. Far too many people think that translation is a simple task that can be accomplished quickly, as if one just substitutes Spanish words for English words.
A competent typist may be able to finish copying a 3,000 word document in under a hour. However, you would be hard pressed to find anyone capable of typing thousands of words in a hour where translation is concerned. The actual number of words that a translator can produce in a hour can vary depending on the type of text that they're dealing with. However, a good rule of thumb is about 3,000 words per day. For comparison, this article (including the title and subheadings) has 1,092 words.
Translators must spend a great deal of clocked to ensure that the ruined product looks wish an original work. They spend time on:
Looking up definitions, synonyms, word usage, etc.Considering context, concepts, semantics, ambiguity, cultural influences, verbiage, etc.Editing and proofing grammar as well as mechanics such as punctuation and capitalization
3) A Translator Can Translate Both Directions Equally
Translating from English to Spanish as well as Spanish to English is something a translator generally should not do. While there are some gifted translators in the world who can handle both directions, most translators limit themselves to one direction for good reason. It's not like a highway where traffic flows easily in two directions.
Regardless of how well a translator has learned additional languages, 1 language will be dominant. It is generally preferred for a translator to interpreted into his primary language. A skilled and trained individual translating into his dominant or native language will be able to more adequately understand the subtle nuances of his own language than a non-native speaker would.
4) Translators Can Translate Anything if They Know the Language
People specialize for a reason. No one can be an expert in everything. Knowledge of a language is obviously necessary for translating but understanding a language doesn't make a translator an expert in all things. To be able to translate a particular subject area, a translator should have an intimate knowledge of that field. Medical translators, for example, develop a large vocabulary of medical and biological terms and have an understanding of human anatomy and medical procedures. A translator who doesn't understand what he is translating is doomed to produce a poor translation.
5) Computer Translation is Pretty Reliable
While translation software may be utile for certain tasks – it might help the reader get the cosmopolitan gist of the text – it is far from being a reliable source for translation. The problem with computer translation is that the software doesn't have a deep knowledge of the language. It doesn't understand ambiguity, know how to deal with irregularities in the language, and is prone to inaccuracies due to multiple mean for a single word. A human translator is able to comprehend context and has an understanding of the culture that has helped shape the language.
Computers have been known to come up with some pretty funny (or scary) translations. The same can be said for so called translators who are nothing more than bilingual. This writer once saw an English language sign that stated something to the effect of "No Vandalism – Violators will be prosecuted." The Spanish translation stated something wish "Victims of rape will be prosecuted." Not a good translation to say the least.
6) Translators Can Interpret And Interpreters Can Translate
While it may seem like the two would be interchangeable, there is a distinct difference between translating and interpreting. Writing and speaking are two very different things, and one skill set is very different from the other. Just because someone is skilled at one does not mean that he or she is skilled at the other.
Translation deals specifically with translating into a text format, whether the source material is another document or speech (audio translation). Translators need to be good writers and depending on the individual's area of expertise, a background in technical, creative, academic, or other forms of writing is necessary. A translator also needs reading and comprehension skills, along with knowledge of linguistics and a high proficiency for editing and grammar. For those who are involved in audio translation, listening skills are also important.
Interpreting deals specifically with producing the final product orally. An interpreter will listen to a Spanish speaker and then express what he hears in English. A knowledge of linguistics and phonetics is important as well as a background in interpersonal and intercultural communication. Interpreting can be a mentally exhausting task as one needs to accurately express what the speaker is saying as he is saying it or just after. There is no time to use dictionaries or to carefully craft a statement. Listening and comprehension skills are a must as are public speaking, voice and diction skills and an understanding of non verbal communication.
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Students Against Israeli Apartheid (University of Toronto, St George campus) Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian-Syrians
and Denunciation of a Zionist Apologist
While Palestinians and Syrians need and continue to liberate themselves from the Israeli colonization of Palestine and the Syrian Golan, the Assad regime continues to launch military attacks and sieges including but not limited to the siege on the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk. While the Assad regime continually practices criminal violence against the bodies of Palestinian-Syrians and all the People of Syria, against our mothers, brothers, sisters, infants, fathers, families and communities, and as the People remain steadfast against such tyranny, certain organizers decide to invite Agnes-Mariam. While the Assadist collective punishment is not even limited to mass starvation, torture, sieges, knives, bombs and missiles, displacing millions and millions of Syrian refugees, perpetuating the Nakba for Palestinian-Syrians in particular, certain organizers decide to invite a Zionist apologist to deny the crimes of the regime, hence contributing to the crimes of the regime.
Agnes-Mariam is a veteran propaganda tool of the Assad regime. She has been denounced by "Syrian Christians for Peace" for claiming there had never been a single peaceful demonstration in Syria. "Syrian Christians for Peace" has also accused her of failing to disburse any of the money she raised in the name of their beleaguered community. They have asked "that she be excommunicated and prevented from speaking in the name of the Order of Carmelites."
Mother Agnes is documented to have met with Mihrac Ural. Mihrac Ural is an Assadist paramilitary leader of the "National Defence Force" and a war criminal who has carried the massacres at Baniyas and Bayda. The massacres were documented by Human Rights Watch in a report titled "No One's Left", published September 13, 2013. The report says most of the killings took place after clashes between government troops and rebels had ended. At this point both regular government troops and National Defence Force militia "entered homes, separated men from women, rounded up the men of each neighbourhood in one spot, and executed them by shooting them at close range", and, "in some cases, government and pro-government forces executed, or attempted to execute, entire families".
What this shows us is that while Mariam Agnes claims to be a humanitarian, she exposes her affiliation with tyrants, war criminals and the massacres they commit by sitting and meeting with Mihrac Ural. Mariam Agnes' performance of sympathy with the oppressed has all the credibility of statements of regret made by officials in the Israeli army after the massacres of Deir Yassin and Sabra and Shatila, which is none.
Mariam Agnes spoke on March 21st 2013 at an event organized by the France-Israel committee, where she repeated sectarian islamophobic racism and Zionist apologetics appealing to the Zionist-organized event. Mariam Agnes is an islamophobic racist who portrays the situation in Syria as one of faithful Christians being attacked by "Barborous" muslims who are "without faith or law". Her islamophobia is also explicitly zionist because she claims that Israel "must be the recourse for the protection of faith and of believers" and that "Israel must remain a light for people of faith of the world, an example that for her she accepts to follow without reservation".
Moreover, Mariam Agnes spoke in defence of the "democratic character" of Israel, and praised Israel's "inclusion" of Arab minorities in "Parliament and in the Supreme Court and in all spheres of society". Mariam Agnes' Zionist apologetics normalize Israeli colonialism in the Golan and Palestine. They are an insult to the Syrian refugees displaced from the Golan who still await their right of return and have been targeted and massacred by the regime. Just as they are also an insult to the victims of Zionism. The Occupied Golan is under the hegemony of Israeli apartheid, and as such the apartheid analysis and the BDS movement are accountable to the Golan and its people, just as they are to Palestine and its people. Despite this, some people who call themselves anti-war and "anti imperialist", and who claim to be allies of the Palestinian people and supporters of the BDS movement and the apartheid analysis are shamefully bringing and promoting her, presenting a defender of oppression to speak on behalf the oppressed.
The actions of the organizers who will stoop to endorsing someone who repeats Zionist discourse and affiliates with war criminals are beyond divisive and threaten harm to the Palestine solidarity movement. Palestine is more than land, Palestine is also the People including the exiled, ethnically cleansed Palestinians living and exiled once more from Syria. For the organizers who say they want "Freedom for Palestine" and at the same time bring a Zionist apologist for the Assad regime, the word "Freedom" is misused to mean replacing one oppressor with another. Because crimes committed against Palestinians in Syria are crimes committed against Palestine, because we all should take a stand against oppression and not retreat into inaction, we in the student movement opposing Israeli Apartheid, along with the brave and steadfast people of Syria and Palestine, oppose all oppressors. We are both anti-colonial and against state tyranny, and we recognize that Assad's forces are the dominant, but not the only, perpetuators of killing inside Syria. Among our other solidarity duties, we must and will organize to break the sieges and stop Assad from using mass starvation, checkpoints, torture, detention, killing and all forms of collective punishment as methods of pacifying the Syrian and Palestinian people's undying desire for dignity and social justice.
We denounce the organizing of the Mariam Agnes events. We demand that the organizers repudiate their support for a Zionist apologist and for someone who affiliates with the war criminal Mihrac Ural, and that they affirm the analysis of Israeli Apartheid in the Golan and Palestine. We demand they affirm the right of return for refugees of the Golan, and that they oppose Israeli colonialism in the Golan including but not limited to the construction of Israeli settlements and theft of Syrian natural resources including oil, gas and water. We demand the organizers acknowledge and oppose the war crimes committed by the Assad regime against Palestinian-Syrians.
*all quotations are translated from Josiane Sberro's summery of Mariam Agnes' talk "Situation des Chrétiens en Syrie, quel message pour Israël et pour la France ?" which took place on march 21st 2013. Sberro's article is entitled "France-Israël reçoit Mère Agnès-Mariam de la Croix" and was published March 25th 2013 on http://www.france-israel.org
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – University of Toronto, St George Campus
Endorsers thus far:
Students for Justice in Palestine – Ryerson University
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – York University
Yarmouk Local Coordinating Committee – the Syrian Revolution- Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp, Syria
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) – York University
Syria Solidarity Collective – Toronto
Blog Post in English explaining Mariam-Agnes' Zionist apologetics:http://northernsong.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/mother-agnes-a-zionist-apologist-for-the-assad-regime/
Article in French by Josiane Sberro describing Mariam Agnes' talk for the France-Israel organization: https://www.france-israel.org/articles.ahd?idart=5012
Haaretz article in English by Gideon Levy in which Levy says that Mariam Anges told him "she loved Israel and that the Jews should serve as a light unto the nations." http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/.premium-1.544616
Syrian Christians for Peace statement on Mother Agnes: http://www.inewsarabia.com/485/Syrian-Christians-for-Peace-'Mother'-Agnus-is-an-Assad-agent-in-the-clothes-of-a-nun.htm
History and objectives of the France-Israel organization (in French): https://www.france-israel.org/page.ahd?idrub=5
Human Rights Watch Report "No One's Left" http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/09/13/no-one-s-left-0
Protest to Demand Freedom for Middle East Political Prisoners!
Saturday, December 14, 12 noon
Assemble at the Syrian Consulate,
820 Second Ave. (between 43 and 44th Streets).
At 1pm we will march to the nearby Bahraini, Egyptian, Israeli and Iranian missions, stopping at each to protest.
Throughout the Middle East and North Africa the continuing revolution for freedom, social justice and dignity has been met by regime detention, beatings, torture, sexual harassment and military attacks.
• Before the revolution there, Syria's Assad regime was used by the U.S. in its program of "extraordinary rendition," sending captives there to be tortured. Now tens of thousands now sit in regime jails for having protested against Assad. The dictatorship released from its prisons many Al Qaeda-aligned jihadists in order to divide the mass movement and defame it as a terrorist plot. Now groups like Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are detaining and torturing revolutionary activists as well.
• In Egypt, the military has followed its massacres of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in July and August by broadening the targets of its repression to also include democracy activists, leftists and the independent union movement. Recent protests against military trials of civilians and a new law banning protests were met with regime violence, and each day more key activists who have played leading roles in the revolution are being detained.
• In Bahrain, largely under the radar of not only mainstream but even progressive media, demonstrations against the regime occur every day – as does the monarchy's repression and imprisonment.
• Israel continues its decades-old policy of jailing those resisting Zionism, no matter how young, and using tear gas and live ammunition to try to crush dissent.
• The election of a "reform" President in Iran has not meant freedom for its political prisoners, some of whom are on hunger strike, nor did it prevent the execution in November of Kurdish prisoners.
Meanwhile, the US continues to give billions in military aid to repressive regimes in the region, including providing U.S.-manufactured tear gas used to disperse, wound and kill protesters. And of course the US has its own political prisoners, such as Mumia Abu-Jamal, the victims of the Islamophobic "war on terror," and the millions of Black youth suffering incarceration to quell dissent over social and economic injustice.
In what can only be called poetic injustice, other forms of mass detention and imprisonment are rife in the region: Syrian refugees in Egypt are detained en masse in abysmal conditions; entire populations of towns in Syria are imprisoned by regime siege and bombing, as are the Palestinians in Yarmouk refugee camp; and Gaza continues to exist as the world's largest prison – a prison now denied the most basic essentials of life. Meanwhile tens of thousands of Bedouin are being sent into internal exile under the Prawer Plan.
Yet despite all this, millions in these countries continue to rally, strike, occupy their campus or workplace, knowing they could be detained or attacked.
Please join us in demanding freedom for political prisoners in all these countries. Show their people that their sons and daughters have not been forgotten. And build the movement of solidarity with the revolution of Syrians, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Palestinians, Iranians and others for Freedom, Justice and Dignity!
Saturday, December 14, 12 noon
Assemble at the Syrian Consulate,
820 Second Ave. (between 43 and 44th Streets).
At 1pm we will march to the nearby Bahraini, Egyptian, Israeli and Iranian missions, stopping at each to protest.
Called by the MENA Solidarity Network – US
For more information or to endorse:
https://www.facebook.com/MENASolidarityUS https://menasolnetus.wordpress.com/
Stop the Repression in Egypt!
Free all political prisoners and detainees, end the beatings, sexual assault and detention of peaceful protesters.
No to military trials of civilians, no to repressive constitutional measures
Statement initiated by the MENA Solidarity Network-US
(To sign on to this statement please post at https://www.facebook.com/MENASolidarityUS or leave a reply at https://menasolnetus.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/stop-the-repression-in-egypt/ )
On November 24th the Egyptian government passed a law regulating protests which would end the right of assembly. To prove that they were serious about ending protest, two days later, on November 26th, the regime violently attacked a protest in Cairo called to demand an end to military trials of civilians, a longstanding demand of the revolution. In recent weeks we have also seen passage of clauses for the proposed new Constitution which several limit the right to protest and organize, as well as ensuring further subordination of the rights of workers, students, women and all oppressed groups to the regime and its foreign backers in government and business.
The attacks by the regime against the anti-military trial protest in Cairo resulted in dozens of arrests. 21 arrested women were driven out to the desert and dumped after having been beaten and sexually harassed by the police. 24 men arrested with them remain in jail, and a kangaroo court announced they would be held for 15 days. Arrest warrants were issued for leading movement figures such as April 6th Youth Movement co-founder Ahmed Maher, as well as leading blogger and organizer Alaa Abd El Fattah. Even though the latter had announced publicly two days before that he would turn himself in on Saturday as part of taking credit for helping to organize Tuesday's protests, on November 28th police burst into his house, beat his wife, and stole phones and computers from his home. (For more information, see Kareen Fahim, "Egyptian Riot Police Attack Peaceful Protests in Cairo," http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/world/middleeast/egyptian-riot-police-attack-peaceful-protests-in-cairo.html)
These attacks follow the military's ongoing repression of the Muslim Brotherhood, including violent attacks on protests by its supporters and the imprisonment of peaceful protesters. For example, a court handed down prison sentences of 11 years each for 14 young women simply for participating in a peaceful protest against repression. Seven more, girls too young for prison, were sent to a juvenile detention center until they reach legal age. (For more information, see Maggie Michael And Sarah El Deeb, "Egypt: Heavy prison sentence for Islamist women," Nov. 27, 2013, http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-heavy-prison-sentence-islamist-women-220632317.html.)
Numerous reports of torture of the above detainees have already come out, and as Alaa's mother pointed out, if they would brutalize the family so viciously in their home, what will they do to detainees in prison?
Other prominent figures arrested include Mona Seif (sister of Alaa Abd El Fattah), founder of the campaign against military trials of civilians, and Ahmad Harara, a dentist who lost an eye to regime guns in an anti-Mubarak protest and then had the other shot out in a protest against military rule the following year.
In response to these attacks protests have broken out in several Egyptian cities already, including Suez, Alexandria, Fayoum, and of course Cairo. On November 28th the regime fired into a crowd at the University of Cairo, killing one student and putting out another's eye.
It is important to understand the context of these attacks. The Egyptian people have never given up hope that the Revolution's goals of freedom, social justice and dignity can be achieved. Their determination to do so is abundantly evident in such recent actions as the two week old strike of Samadoun textile workers, whose sit-in on rail tracks was violently dispersed by police on November 16th. It is also seen by the sit-in which began November 26th at the Hilwan Iron and Steel Co. plant. Meanwhile a wave of student strikes and occupations has spread in recent days to several campuses in Cairo and Alexandria, and likely beyond. This determination to continue the revolution is what the regime fears most of all and is the main motivation behind their new repressive legislation and their vicious attacks.
Supporters of the Egyptian Revolution in the US note with outrage the fact that US tax money pays for, and manufactures, the weapons used to wound, blind and murder peaceful protesters.
In response to all the above, we demand:
Free all prisoners and detainees; end beatings, torture, sexual assault and detention of peaceful protesters; rescind the anti-protest law and repressive constitutional clauses.
No to military trials of civilians, no to repressive constitutional measures.
What you can do:
* Call the Egyptian consulate/mission/embassy in your city; hold a picket in front of it; text/email/message/tweet a statement of protest to the Egyptian authorities. Their contact information can be found here: http://eg.embassyinformation.com/
* Send copies of your protest messages to the Facebook or WordPress addresses above.
… and in Bahrain, Egypt, throughout the region… and in the US!


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The Family Dollar about an hr away from me where my family lives went out of business. I actually had no idea they were going out of business till I stopped there to check on a deodorant deal and they only had two shelves of merchandise left!
It was mostly Christmas items left. I got some wrapping paper for myself for only .25 a roll! I also got some wrapping paper and puzzles to resell.
I also stopped at another FD and found some clearance deodorants.
Christmas Wrapping Paper(Bought 10)
Regular Price $3.00
Clearance to $.75
Final Price + Tax = $.80
(Marked $2.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 5 for $2.00 each on FB on 11/25/18
*ETA - Sold 5 for $2.00 each on FB on 12/2/18
Profit = $12.00
Puzzle Party Pack (Bought 4)
Regular Price $5.00
Clearance to $1.25
Final Price + Tax = $1.33
(Marked $3.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 on FB on 6/24/18
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 on FB on 12/2/18
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 on FB on 11/24/19
Suave Clinical Deodorant (Bought 2)
Regular Price $5.00 (Unsure as it was not on my receipt)
Clearance to $1.00
Final Price + Tax = $1.07
(Marked $3.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 on FB on 6/24/18
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 on FB on 7/15/18
Profit = $3.86
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Steelers always look for the best available athlete, but that hasn't been an offensive lineman three of the last five years.
Just like the quarterback position, the Steelers are set up front for a few more years. But, I would have to think if a good tackle or guard fell at the right spot, the Steelers could make a play.
I am fairly confident that the Steelers would not address the offensive line early in this year's draft. They have much bigger needs.
Notre Dame has a couple top end prospects up front and both guys could go early in the first round. Guard Quenton Nelson and tackle Mike McGlinchey are considered to be the best at both of those positions. Oklahoma's Orlando Brown is another guy that should go in the first round. They're all expected to go before the Steelers pick in the first round.
More Eye On The Draft: QBs | Special Teams | Offensive Line | Tight End | Defensive Line | http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/04/19/pittsburgh-steelers-outside-linebacker-options-nfl-draft/ | Cornerbacks |
That shouldn't matter because an offensive lineman is the last thing they need in the first round.
The Steelers lost Chris Hubbard in free agency. Hubbard signed a big contract with the Cleveland Browns to be a starter. Jerald Hawkins is expected to assume Hubbard's former role as the sixth man off the bench and top backup.
If the Steelers were to draft an O-lineman, a guy they should look at is Pitt's Brian O'Neill.
He could definitely fill the void of Hubbard's loss. O'Neill is one of the most athletic offensive lineman to enter the draft in years. He told KDKA's Rich Walsh during Pitt's Pro Day he would love to stay in Pittsburgh and play for the Steelers.
That's not likely to happen, but if O'Neill would fall to the right spot, you never know.
More than likely, the Steelers would have to use an early draft pick to get him. O'Neill is projected to go sometime before Saturday.
If the Steelers were to draft a lineman, it would happen on Saturday.


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Residential Property - Condominium in Placida
Listing Price: $739,900
Description of Property
This stunning top floor penthouse property exudes true luxury in one of the areas premier communities.As one of the developer's original models, the property was customized and styled by a professional designer, and built with only top end premium finishings.The property enjoys fantastic views in all directions, with great vistas over the ICW and pool area.The layout of this penthouse is sensational with a grand open feel and also excellent privacy.The property greets you with views immediately as you enter, offers an immense gourmet kitchen with large pantry, vast great room and dining area; all designed for quiet comfort and group entertaining.Tall ceilings, 8ft Andersen impact rated sliding glass doors cover the rear of the property allowing the coastal beauty and light to pour into the home.Some of the premium finishings include engineered wood flooring, travertine stone tile, exotic granite and marble counter tops, all top end plumbing fixtures, custom solid wood cabinetry, and California closet and pantry organizers.The development's low density is spread out over 23 acres of beautifully manicured tropical landscaping. Enjoy the endless first class amenities that include 2 large pools, spa, 2 clubhouse, community boat dockage, fitness facility, and pickle ball and tennis courts.The full service Aqua Marina facility with dockage and ferry service is just a short walk next door. Just minutes to historic Boca Grande, world class fishing, and tranquil sandy beaches. New A/C system.
Property Details At A Glance
Property Type: Residential
Property Use or Sub Type: Condominium
City: Placida
County: Charlotte
Subdivision: Hacienda Del Mar Ph 01 / Hacienda Del Mar
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
Half Baths: 1
Sq. Ft. Living Area: 2,560
Cost per (heated) sqare foot: $289
Year built: 2005
Annual Tax: $8,424
Homestead: Yes. This property has homestead exemption. Property tax will be adjusted to reflect market value upon sale of the property.
Condo Fee: $793 Monthly
Taxes and fees can change periodically, and other fees may apply. Please check with your Realtor for more details.
- Cable TV
- Community Pool
- Insurance
- Maintenance Exterior
- Maintenance Grounds
- Manager
- Pest Control
- Pool Maintenance
- Private Road
- Recreational Facilities
- Sewer
- Water
Interior Features:
- Ceiling Fans(s)
- High Ceiling(s)
- Kitchen/Family Room Combo
- Living Room/Dining Room Combo
- Open Floorplan
- Solid Wood Cabinets
- Stone Counters
- Walk-In Closet(s)
- Dishwasher
- Disposal
- Microwave
- Range Hood
- Refrigerator
Fireplace: No
- Carpet
- Travertine
- Wood
Pool & Waterfront Info
Private Pool: No
Water Front: Yes
Water Frontage: Intracoastal Waterway
Water Access: Yes
Water Access Type: Intracoastal Waterway
Waterfront Feet: 1500
Water View: Yes
Water View: Intracoastal Waterway
Water Name: INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
Water Extras:
- Dock - Composite
- Dock - Slip 1st Come
- Fishing Pier
- Sailboat Water
- Seawall - Concrete
Exterior & Construction
Property Features: Mid Rise
Architectural Style: Spanish/Mediterranean
Rooms: 7
Construction: Block
Foundation: Slab
Roof: Tile
Exterior Features: Outdoor Kitchen, Sliding Doors
Parking Features: Under Building
Floors Total: 4
Floors in Unit: One
Cooling: Central Air
Heating & Fuel: Central, Electric
View: Water
- Cable Connected
- Electricity Connected
- Public
- Sewer Connected
- Underground Utilities
Sewer: Public Sewer
Water Source: Public
Community Features:
- Association Recreation - Owned
- Fishing
- Fitness
- Gated Community
- Irrigation-Reclaimed Water
- Pool
- Sidewalk
- Tennis Courts
- Water Access
- Waterfront
- Wheelchair Access
Lot Information
Lot Features: Cul-de-sac
Flood Zone Code: AE
Flood Zone Date: 2003-05-05
Flood Zone Panel: 12015C0356F
Acreage Description: 20 to less than 50
Lot Size (acres): 0.05
Lot Size (sq. ft.): 2,017 square feet
Legal Description & Other Information
Pets Allowed/Pet Policies: Number Limit
Number of Pets: 2
Zoning: RMF12
Tax Legal Desc.: HDM 001 000A 0403 HACIENDA DEL MAR PH 1 BLDG A UN 403 3774/1649
Parcel Number: 412033676009
Section: 33
Range: 20
Township: 41
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Speak. Listen. Learn.
The Use of Audio & Spoken Response Technology in Modern Day Assessment.
Part 2 of a 5 part series exploring the benefits of technology-enhanced items in education & assessment. Brought to you by Learnosity and A Pass Educational Group.
The demand for new assessment technologies is continuing to grow on a global basis.
This paper takes a look at the many uses and benefits of audio within assessment—both in terms of playing audio stimuli to students, but also in relation to spoken response capture. The audio and spoken response TEIs enable educators to upload an audio file that is then played back to the learner. Students then have the ability to respond via spoken response, the captured audio response can be saved and the assessor can play the recording back as needed. Assessors can also use the Audio TEI functionality to provide oral feedback to the student.
Advantages of the Audio TEI
1. A Real-Life Experience
Possibly the most distinct advantage of this item type is the way in which it enhances learning experiences by creating a real-life scenario for the student.It is particularly beneficial from a language-learning perspective as a conversation-like experience can be created between the educator and learner. This contributes to a more relaxed and natural experience for the student and a more thorough assessment for the teacher.
2. Better Assessment of Certain Skills
A related advantage is that the assessor can experience both the vocal tone and inflection of the learner, which would otherwise be lost if the learner were to write or type their response. This is particularly important in language learning, but is also of relevance in other subject areas, such as literature and public speaking.
3. Higher Teacher Efficiency
Another significant advantage of the audio TEI from an educator perspective is its ability to save time. Consider oral examinations, for example, whereby the teacher makes conversation with each individual student to assess their knowledge of a particular lesson that the entire class has just completed; the conversations from one student to the next are likely to be very repetitive and not an efficient use of limited class time. With the audio TEI, the educator can record a series of questions for the students to respond to after the lesson, thereby saving valuable face-to-face time for additional instruction. This eliminates speaking with every individual student. Not only that, the group of students can respond to the assessment simultaneously, which also saves time that could otherwise be utilized more effectively.
In assessing student responses, teachers also have greater control over the review. They can pause the audio if they need to step away or can replay the audio, allowing for a more thorough assessment conducted at times that are more convenient for the teacher.
4. Higher Assessment and Student Efficiency
Similarly, utilizing the audio TEI for oral examinations saves time for students. Speaking is generally faster than writing, or even typing. Instead of spending valuable time typing out the first stanza of a poem or the last lines of a play, students can speak these types of content. This allow students to answer certain questions more quickly, thereby allowing teachers to conduct a more thorough assessment in the same amount of time.
Additionally, students can, at the teacher's discretion, have more latitude in when and where the examination is conducted.
5. Alleviation of Performance Anxiety
Use of the audio TEI for assessment and practice alleviates the anxiety sometimes felt by students in a group or one-on-one dynamic. This more natural and relaxed environment allows students to better present their skills and allows instructors to better assess them.
6. Accommodation for Hearing Impairments and Auditory Sensitivity
There may also be benefits for students who struggle with auditory issues, such as hearing impairments or sensitivity to sound. The teacher may record the audio at a normal volume and students may adjust it as needed to a level that is comfortable for them, creating an atmosphere for these students that is more conducive to accurate assessment.
Potential Uses of Audio TEI
Although there are a multitude of possible uses of the audio TEI, this item type lends itself particularly well to several specific scenarios.
1. Foreign language assessment
a. Pronunciation Instruction and Assessment
Teachers can record words, syllabic units, and phrases. Then, teachers can instruct students to repeat the recorded message and assess their pronunciation.
b. Comprehension
Instructors can assess a student's ability to understand the foreign language when spoken. Teachers can record audio and then ask students questions, such as to translate the recorded material or to respond to it. Teachers are using the audio TEI in a student-facing way to gauge student comprehension of the spoken language.
c. Speaking
Conversely, the audio TEI can be used in a teacher-facing way to assess a student's speaking ability. Language instructors can have students speak words, phrases, or passages written in the foreign language or written in the student's native language, requiring students to translate the material first. Teachers can instruct students to answer specific questions or give them an open-ended prompt, such as to articulate their daily routine in the foreign language.
d. Conversation
Most dynamically, the audio TEI can be used to combine both of the former methods of assessment. Teachers can create a conversation-like dynamic in which they speak to the student and the student responds. This creates a highly organic environment, mimicking real-life interaction.
e. Feedback
Finally, teachers can use the audio TEI to provide feedback to students. Teachers can provide correct pronunciations of words or syllabic structures. This method can be employed so that the student hears the teacher-recorded audio automatically as part of the instruction, or such feedback can be prepared after the teacher has reviewed the initial audio session and provided as part of a student-specific review.
2. Literature and Other Oral Material
a. Comprehension and Analysis
Some forms of literature are intended to be read. Others, however, are most authentic when they are delivered orally. Plays are generally meant to be performed, speeches meant to be heard, and songs meant to be sung. Audio TEI, used in a student-facing way, gives students these intended experiences. Teachers can provide audio from a variety of different sources and have students answer questions based on the recording. Students can also be provided with transcripts for more visual learners, or as a learning exercise in which students must compare and contrast hearing versus reading the material.
Even in historical perspective courses, famous speeches were originally heard by audiences, either in person or through some form of media. Providing the audio rather than a transcript, places the material in its original context, creating a more authentic experience, as well as a more true-to-source assessment.
3. Public Speaking and Other Performance Skills
a. Presentation of Skills
Classes involving the development of oratory skills are another great venue for use of the audio TEI. Teachers can use the technology teacher-facing to assess students' speaking ability—whether it be public speaking, dramatic reading, or another oratory skill—efficiently and effectively.
b. Critique
One component of courses such as these can be critique. Students are sometimes asked to critique their own performance or that of another. Instructors can record audio performances for student critique. Saving the recordings can also help students and teachers assess a student's improvement over the duration of the course.
Implementing Audio Capture within Assessments
Spoken response assessment has traditionally been perceived as more difficult than many other technology-enhanced item types to implement and indeed can be inherently complex to build in-house. This has, in part, been due to larger file sizes as well as the infrastructure and bandwidth limitations found in many schools.
Performance has always been a top priority at Learnosity, and several key features have been implemented to ensure not only that our audio questions and features are suitable for use in low bandwidth environments, but also that the system can easily scale to cope with fluctuating demands.
Suitable for Use in Low Bandwidth Environments
By breaking up and sending the audio in small chunks, we provide a resilient transfer mechanism that has been proven to work in countries and regions with low/poor-quality Internet connections. Once uploaded, the initial WAV recording is converted by Learnosity to MP3, providing a smaller format perfect for integration and transfer to third-party audio analysis and scoring tools.
"Chunking" provides a superior alternative to streaming. With chunking, we can ensure that the student response is preserved exactly as is. Streaming focuses on immediate real-time data transfer first, whereas chunking puts the fidelity of the student response first.
Multi Device Support and Web RTC
At Learnosity, we keep a close eye on new and emerging technologies to ensure our products provide the optimal user experience. Our latest version of the Audio TEI uses WebRTC, an API that, among other things, supports browser-to-browser applications for voice calling and video chat without the need for internal or external plugins. This allows us to remove the Flash dependency, an additional point of failure, and allows us and our clients to make audio recordings available as a fully HTML 5 compliant solution. Try Demo.
Audio Quality Checks
To ensure the optimum experience for the user and to ensure that all audio files submitted are high quality (this is particularly important where the audio recordings are machine graded), simple audio quality checks can be implemented before the user enters the assessment process.
This algorithm quality checks the recorded sample to see if it is too loud, too quiet, or whether the level of background noise is having a detrimental impact on the quality of the recorded audio. The results are then fed back to the user, which gives them a chance to adjust their hardware settings to ensure optimum audio quality during the assessment period. Try Demo.
Layout Configuration Options
All of the Learnosity question types are designed to seamlessly integrate visually into third-party products. To this end, the design is deliberately pared back and minimalistic. However, to increase client flexibility, we also offer a wide array of configuration options, including configurable user controls and layout options.
Integration with Third-Party Audio Analysis Tools
The recorded audio files can be submitted for simple grading or advanced rich feedback, either manually or via advanced third-party linguistic scoring tools.
The audio TEI has the flexibility to be used in teacher- or student-facing ways, or as a combination of the two. This customizable nature provides an almost unlimited number of ways in which the technology can be employed in a variety of disciplines to help teachers more thoroughly and economically assess student performance. As such, audio TEI has the potential to create more authentic and productive learning and assessment experiences From a technical perspective, the continued performance improvements and advances in modern Web-based technologies means that we can expect to see higher usage of the Audio TEIs in assessments in the years to come.
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Partnering with companies across a range of sectors—including K-12, Higher Education, and Corporate Education—Learnosity provides the technology framework for authoring, assessment delivery, and reporting for many of the world's best assessment solutions. Leveraging the Learnosity offerings enables clients to enhance any digital product, new or existing. It also reduces the need to reinvent the wheel, significantly increases speed to market, and decreases the overall cost of ownership.
Learnosity offers one of the widest ranges of technology-enhanced items on the market, with over 55 distinct question types currently available, ranging from the more basic fill-in-the-blank question types to spoken-response capture, Cartesian graphing, handwriting-recognition technology as well as advanced Math and Chemistry formulas. The authoring experience is designed to allow any user—professional content author or the more casual teacher author—to create advanced technology-enhanced items in minutes. It's as simple as using any word processor. A wide range of implementation and storage solutions are also available. Clients can choose to use the Learnosity item bank, which uses a flexible, tag-based system for organizing Items as well as providing test-construction facilities. Alternatively, clients can choose to simply add the Learnosity TEI editor to their existing Content Management System.
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text: Wi-Fi® is a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) technology. It primarily provides short-range, high-speed data connections between mobile data devices (such as laptops) and nearby Wi-Fi access points (special hardware connected to a wired network).Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit industry association. The IEEE technical specification for Wi-Fi is 802.11.There are several variants of 802.11. The most common is 802.11b, which provides speeds up to 11 mbs. 802.11g and 802.a are faster versions. Many 802.11g and 802.11a products are backward-compatible with the original 802.11b.Range for Wi-Fi is typically around 100 to 300 feet indoors and 2000 feet outdoors.Most Wi-Fi operates in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed frequency band. This is the same band as Bluetooth and some cordless phones, although the technologies are designed to co-exist and not interfere. 802.11a operates in the 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band.Wi-Fi networks can be set up and operated by anyone, with different networks allowing different kinds of access. A public "hot spot" at an airport or coffee shop might charge an hourly rate for access. A hotel might offer free wi-fi to guests. A company or university might offer on-premises free access for verified employees/students. Or a home user could set up their own network to which only they had access.While most Wi-Fi connections are between a mobile device and an access point, it is also possible to create an "ad-hoc" network directly among two or more devices, without an access point.


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WASHINGTON — William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of the special counsel's findings to make public.
The position catapults him from Justice Department outsider free to theorize and speculate on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to the man at the center of the legal and political firestorm that will accompany its looming conclusion.
With Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein preparing to exit after supervising the day-to-day investigation for nearly two years, and with Trump loyalist Matthew Whitaker now replaced in the top job, Barr is in the hot seat: He is responsible for navigating the department through congressional and public demands for details of Mueller's findings while dealing with a White House that may challenge, or even stifle, the conclusions.
Friends say Barr is accustomed to pressure-cooker situations by virtue of his experience as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush, and other senior Justice Department jobs. He oversaw the department's response when Los Angeles erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict and when Cuban inmates took hostages at a federal prison in Alabama. He blessed Bush administration pardons in the Iran-Contra scandal and offered legal advice on the White House's ability to invade Panama.
In this case, though, no less than the fate of Donald Trump's presidency may hang in the balance of whatever Barr decides.
"I'm sure it's going to be a tough set of decisions and circumstances, but Bill doesn't shy away from tough situations," said former Justice Department colleague Timothy Flanigan. "He's not likely to sit there fretting over what does this mean for his legacy or his long-term political viability."
Although Barr carefully weighs difficult decisions and consults others before making them, once he's made them, "he doesn't kind of circle and fret," Flanigan said.
Key decisions are expected soon as Mueller shows signs of concluding his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible coordination with the Trump campaign.
Mueller is required to produce a confidential report to Barr that explains his decisions to pursue or decline prosecutions. That could be as simple as a bullet point list or as fulsome as a report running hundreds of pages. Barr will then have to decide how much of Mueller's findings should be disclosed to the public.
At his confirmation hearing last month, Barr was noncommittal about what he would do, though he said repeatedly that he supported making as much public as possible, "consistent with the law." He said in his congressional testimony that he will write his own report summarizing Mueller's findings for Congress and the public.
"I can assure you that, where judgments are to be made by me, I will make those judgments based solely on the law and will let no personal, political or other improper interests influence my decisions," he said.
Barr has noted that department protocol says internal memos explaining charging decisions should not be released. The attorney general is required only to say the investigation has concluded and describe or explain any times when he or Rosenstein decided an action Mueller proposed "was so inappropriate or unwarranted" that it should not be pursued.
Democrats could use Mueller's findings as the basis of impeachment proceedings and have threatened to subpoena them if they are withheld from Congress. It's not clear what the White House or Trump's lawyers may do to learn details of Mueller's findings. But they may try to block the public release of any report that they believe could expose private conversations between the president and his staff.
Hovering in the background is the 2016 decision by then-FBI Director James Comey to break Justice Department norms in the Hillary Clinton email investigation by publicly criticizing the Democratic presidential candidate even while saying she wouldn't be charged. Barr has said repeatedly that he disagrees with Comey's decision and considers it a mistake.
It's unclear what Mueller will place in his report and how far it will go in answering the central question of the investigation — whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia — or how much he will reveal about whether the president sought to obstruct justice through firing Comey and other actions.
Barr made clear at his confirmation hearing that he agreed Russia had meddled in the 2016 election and that Mueller's investigation, contrary to Trump's claims, is not a "witch hunt."
But his view on the obstruction question is more nuanced. As a private citizen, he sent the Justice Department a memo last June arguing that Trump couldn't be investigated for firing Comey because a president has discretion to hire and fire subordinates. He has since sought to make clear that he believes that a president can be guilty of obstructing justice in other ways, such as by destroying evidence or instructing witnesses to lie.
It's not clear if Mueller will make recommendations about the president, though Barr has said he sees no reason to revisit Justice Department legal opinions that say a sitting president cannot be indicted.
Barr, who friends say was reluctant to return as attorney general, has made clear that at age 68, he feels empowered to do the right thing and not care about the consequences. But that doesn't mean it will be easy.
"I'm kind of glad it's him," Flanigan said, "and not me."
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Thank you for the tool of The Lifeboard so that I could create a bridge for possibility for over 100 children who have been told to be quiet and stop doing this or that way too many times. It was great to give permission to enjoy, celebrate, experience, grow.
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Ever wonder about driving/piloting flying cars like them sci-fi movies and old school cartoons like the Jetsons?!, have a look at the X-Hawk Flying Car!
Urban Aeronautics Ltd. the company founded by Dr. Rafi Yoeli , says that the X-Hawk will initially be implemented " as a workhorse vehicle that could be used by firefighters, rescue teams, and the military to aid in the recovery of people stranded in hard to reach places."
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Hola de Mexico Part 2
On Thursday we ventured out of the compound and hired a taxi who drove us 40km down the coast to Tulum (pronounced too-LOOM) which has Mayan ruins (the main ones are 2hrs away at Chichen Itza) plus incredible bohemian beachfront hotels as featured in Gourmet Traveler (our driver took us to a very laid back one called La Vita e` Bella), facing warm turquoise water, white coral sand and iconic palm trees. But away from the beach, Mexico appeared to be a poor, drought-striken, third world country. It's obviously hardscrabble eking out an existence there. Any wonder Mexicans work menial jobs for a pittance in NYC...
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- Irina Schmidt
- Christmas market
This December, the CRIE (Centre Régional d'Initiation à l'Environnement) will be celebrating Christmas with a market at the Mariemont estate. The atmosphere will be, as always, magical.
Come and discover this stunning setting, decorated for the occasion. There will be workshops for children and adults, guided tours of the park, a mini-exhibition on Christmas trees and their secrets and a few 100% recycled Christmas trees.
Worry not about finding presents this year: we have that covered too. We took inspiration from Santa himself! Home accessories, candles. jewels, ethnical objects, beauty products, Alep natural soaps... and of course delicious, fair trade chocolates. Our Chrismas stall will be filled with nature-inspired treats on all themes: food, gardening...
What's new?
There will be 3 fantastic activities to enjoy:
- The "(almost) zero waste this Christmas" workshop for families: December 8,12,15, 19
- The free guided tour of the Ecorces Park, December 8 (please book)
- The free guided tour of the Mariemont Park, December 16 (please book)
To finish on a delicious note, why not try artisanal savoury and sweet snacks? They will taste even better matched to a mulled wine or Christmas tea: a real foodie's delight.
10 am to 5 pm.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until 6 pm.