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Demand for sophisticated, transformational MVAS is on the rise
The continuous innovation in mobile technologies, services and applications is bringing newer opportunities to the mobile value added services (MVAS) segment. In an exclusive interaction with CXOtoday, Arun Tanksali, CTO, Mahindra Comviva explains how the MVAS market is becoming more customer centric and how MVAS players and telecom operators should constantly bring in sophisticated and innovative solutions to offer enriched experiences to customers. Excerpt.
The company has been rebranded as Mahindra Comviva only a few months back? What are the advantages of being part of the Tech Mahindra?
There have not been many changes as far as internal operations are concerned. We have always added innovative platform based solutions to our portfolio that has enabled operators to differentiate our brand, create and sustain new revenue streams and drive ARPU. Of course we now have expanded to some of the larger markets and domain. Moreover by leveraging Tech Mahindra's strong technology framework and network, we will continue to help operators achieve growth and bottomline benefits by maximizing their operational efficiencies.
What are the key challenges MVAS players currently face?
Impractical regulation, absence of localized content and lack of services innovation is currently plaguing the VAS segment. The industry needs a collaborative effort among mobile network operators, telecom equipment vendors and mobile service content providers in order to attain widespread growth. The other challenge is from a plethora of MVAS offerings that are hot and exciting, it often becomes a challenge to select a niche. Once these players can choose their domain, it is not really challenging to build innovative solutions based on their chosen area.
In which areas of MVAS do you see maximum growth opportunity? How is Mahindra Comviva capitalizing onto this opportunity?
While traditional mobile VAS services including ring tones and infotainment will continue to exist, we have found that consumers are increasingly demanding sophisticated and transformational services in the areas of mobile education, mobile health and mobile payment. While mobile education has the potential to expand the reach and quality of education in the country, mobile health will improve healthcare access and affordability through remote diagnostics, chronic disease management and maternal care. The other area where we see a significant opportunity is the market for vernacular content, on-demand music and video content. We are already working in these areas, bringing solutions that cater to segments such as finance, health and education. We are also working on customization and localization of content and building innovating solutions with a compelling consumer value proposition.
How do you map consumer behavior and how are you planning to bring some of the customer centric innovations in this segment?
We use analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) tools to understand customer behavior and accordingly develop apps and innovative solutions that engage and deliver better convenience to customers, enhance their experience and also support the goals of out operators. In order to foster customer-centric innovations we are working in the areas of mobile data management. With broadband operators and telcos often finding it challenging to handle explosive data growth and ensuring a positive user experience. We are focusing on data analytics by developing a range of innovative apps. For example, last year, we launched Hola, a one-stop application to access social networking sites. Customers can experience smartphone like experience even on their feature phones. With the help of these and many more new solutions we are planning to carve a niche in the emerging markets, help operators to build brand loyalty in those markets and create new revenue stream. To offer convenient and affordable services to customers, we are coming up with an incubation lab by partnering with a leading telecom operator. This move will allow us to build and test new and innovative services on new network.
Where do you see the MVAS market in india heading in the next 2-3 years?
The MVAS market has a huge growth opportunity. It is estimated to reach $9.5 billion in 2015, at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 per cent since 2012. Over the next few years, multiservice offerings will be dominant in the MVAS market. There will be a greater opportunity to offer services that depend on video or image based content. These include opportunities in e-learning, video and tele conferencing and telemedicine. The video streaming market in particular is an area that will generate considerable revenue for mobile operators. Mobile banking and commerce will also be game changers for the MVAS market. Much of the growth in this market is also expected to come from 3G/4G roll outs and a thrust from the rural and remote markets.
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The market for the Vbox version is not the same its actually really well how do you put it...dull as all the apps from the phone can't run from it..as that makes sense. the offcial market goes by model of the phone build number etc so if you think bout its not gonna have no build for the PC ported version.
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Need help with accessing wireless network on Android VM
This is the first time that I am playing around with Android VM on Win 7. I have followed the instructions and tips in this thread and have gotten it up and running - a big thanks, everyone!
However, I have a problem. I am not able to access the wireless network setting in Android (tried with Ethernet, that worked). Would like to know if that is a general problem with the version or some settings that I can tweak in the VM network settings?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Dell Latitude XT (touch-screen enabled laptop), running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit; with 'Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card'
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That may be a vBox setting problem. Check whether you have a similar vBox network setting like the picture below. A big problem with Android (versus e.g. Ubuntu that I am running now) is that there are no guest additions.
I played around a bit with Android, but I then deleted it because it was really too limited.
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Re: Need help with wireless network on Android VM
Thanks for a quick response, WHS.
Yes, I have been trying out the different options there for the past few days. I have tried NAT and Bridged Adaptor type attachments, and within those tried a couple of Intel Server Adapter Types. Latter was after reading the VB Help, which suggested that Vista and Win 7 support Intel Server adapter type by default -
As for Android versus Linux, I have dual-boot Ubuntu on other machines; but wanted to get a hang of the Android O/S, and see whether it was worthwhile stumping up for a dedicated Android (or Android/ Win7 dual-boot) tablet.
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I don't think you will get a good idea on Android in vBox. The operation is really too restricted. I went to the stores and played around with it on different devices (2.2 and 3.0). That is very different
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So far, other than this VM, my experience with Android (xdAndroid) has been limited to running Android via HARET.exe on my Windows 6.1 mobile phone, thanks to the smart folks at XDA Developers. But good as that is, that too is restricted and various functions don't work.
So off to the stores, then. Thanks for pointing this out, WHS.
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Michigan: home to Motown, manufacturing, and more than 25,000 inland lakes. It is also home to a population whose religious ideals largely mirror national norms — 23% of the population is Catholic; 53% is protestant, and 17% are unaffiliated. More than seven in 10 Michigan residents are certain God exists, and more than half find religion to be "very important" in their lives.
Education in Michigan
Michigan has one of the highest six-year college graduation rates in the country at 60.7%, compared to 56% nationally. It graduates every race of students except for blacks at rates much higher than the national average. While the state's college enrollment increase from 2005 to 2010 was only 11.4% compared to 20.2% nationally, state enrollment has increased steadily and now sits at just under 700,000 students.
Michigan is home to some of the country's most well-known and respected universities, including the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. It is also home to several private colleges. Christian colleges in Michigan span the state and the population's religious preferences, able to cater to every student's religious, academic, and social needs. Catholic students may find Aquinas College, a Roman Catholic college in Grand Rapids, to be the perfect fit.
Students interested in colleges with fewer than 1,000 students might be interested in Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing, Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, or Concordia University in Ann Arbor. Those who prefer a slightly larger environment might like Cornerstone University or Calvin College in Grand Rapids, or Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor.
Like the state's public and religiously unaffiliated private schools, Michigan Christian colleges offer online and campus-based degree programs in a variety of subjects, such as business, communications, education, nursing, and engineering. But the state's Christian colleges offer something others can't: high-quality education from a Christian perspective. At Michigan's Christian colleges, students can also earn degrees in fields such as Biblical studies, missions, Biblical languages, and youth ministry.
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Michigan was one of the states hit hardest by the recession that began in the late 2000's. As it struggles to recover and rebuild its once-booming economy, many jobs in a variety of fields are expected to grow by 2018. As is the case across most of the country, the dominant fields for employment growth are information technology and health care. The state of Michigan predicts that the career that will see the greatest percentage of growth by far is biomedical engineering, at 72.02% growth between 2008 and 2018. Other jobs expected to see a lot of growth include network systems and data communications analysts, at 53.36%; financial examiners, at 41.15%; medical scientists, at 40.35%; and athletic trainers, at 36.94%.
Colleges in Michigan are at the forefront of educating the state's new and existing workforce. Students may benefit from earning degrees in computer science, engineering, finance, or exercise science in order to thrive in Michigan's upcoming economy. To find the Christian college in Michigan that is right for you, search our list below.


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Join us for morning of gentle and weight-inclusive yoga practice, suitable for beginners and those who want to work out how yoga can be suitable for their particular needs. Our aim is for this 90 minuted workshop to allow you to find freedom, self-confidence and self-love in your yoga practice.
Be inspired by Donna, who runs Curvesome Yoga, to practice regardless of your age, size, shape, ethnicity, physical ability or your fear. Start on your journey to empowerment, self-acceptance and change. Learn how to practice safely and effectively to your specific needs. Above all, this is a chance to have fun with your yoga. This gentle class will focus on running into our inner GPS (voice) – helping you to realise that everyBODY is a yoga body, creating a practice based on self-care.
You will come away feeling empowered taking your yoga off the yoga mat into you every day life. And this is where the true yoga begins.
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An optional brunch will be held after the 90 min class upstairs at The Book Club. Please book the ticket 'with brunch booking' if you'd like to be included on the table, although this DOES NOT include the cost of the brunch will you need to pay for separately at the till. To get your tastebuds tantalised, check out the brunch options and delicious 'zero-proof' drinks menu.
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The Day will start with yoga to get everyone warmed up and into the spirit of the day.
A lovely light buffet lunch will also be provided.
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The next time someone tells you that bankers got off scot-free from the financial crisis, tell them they're wrong. Really. The truth is that lots of bankers are sitting in jail for bubble- and post-bubble era crimes.
Just not bankers who worked at giant banks. HSBC admitted laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for drug cartels, but no bankers in its employ were prosecuted. Instead, its executives agreed to cough up $1.9 billion to make the problem go away.
The Obama Justice Department showed no such mercy at Georgia's Tifton Banking Co., where Gary Patton Hall Jr. was convicted in a book-cooking scheme that cost taxpayers and the bank $2.8 million. Or at Ocean Bank in Miami, Fla., where Danilo Perez was sentenced to 37 months for taking bribes and evading $91,000 in taxes.
The DOJ's failure to bring charges against any high-level executives at big banks was dissected to devastating effect by Jed S. Rakoff, a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of New York in a recent essay.
Rakoff, a Harvard Law School grad who headed the Southern District's securities fraud unit in the late 1970s, has been a frequent critic of the feds' recent fondness for allowing big banks to wiggle out of legal troubles by writing checks, while allowing to carry on with business the individuals in their midst who actually broke the law.
A few years ago, Rakoff famously sought to kill a deal between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup. The parties were seeking his court's approval for the bank to settle claims that it had defrauded investors by admitting nothing, even as it coughed up $95 million in punitive damages and another $190 million in settlements.
"I won't get cute and ask what portion of Citi's net worth $95 million represents because I don't have a microscope with me," Rakoff deadpanned during a hearing. His conclusion: "The proposed Consent Judgment is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate, nor in the public interest." The Second Circuit ultimately overturned the judge on grounds that he'd overstepped his judicial authority.
Undeterred, Rakoff recently took his case to the court of public opinion. Writes the judge:
If...the Great Recession was in material part the product of intentional fraud, the failure to prosecute those responsible must be judged one of the more egregious failures of the criminal justice system in many years. Indeed, it would stand in striking contrast to the increased success that federal prosecutors have had over the past fifty years or so in bringing to justice even the highest-level figures who orchestrated mammoth frauds. Thus, in the 1970s, in the aftermath of the junk bond bubble that, in many ways, was a precursor of the more recent bubble in mortgage-backed securities, the progenitors of the fraud were all successfully prosecuted, right up to Michael Milken.Again, in the 1980s, the so-called savings-and-loan crisis, which again had some eerie parallels to more recent events, resulted in the successful criminal prosecution of more than eight hundred individuals, right up to Charles Keating. And again, the widespread accounting frauds of the 1990s, most vividly represented by Enron and WorldCom, led directly to the successful prosecution of such previously respected CEOs as Jeffrey Skilling and Bernie Ebbers.
Rakoff takes pains to avoid declaring, based on his own observations, that fraud occurred or accusing any one party of wrongdoing. But he also notes that the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission discovered what it deemed evidence of rampant fraud leading up to the financial crisis. He then debunks the standard claims that this crisis was different than past scandals and the evidence of wrongdoing too sketchy or the legal hurdles were too high to go after big game.
Instead, Rakoff's draws a complex, convincing portrait of what's behind the absence of prosecutions that goes beyond the usual simplistic and often ideologically motivated finger-pointing.
No, the judge writes, prosecutors did not pull punches because they were too cozy with bankers. Echoing an argument I've heard elsewhere, he makes the case that any prosecutor bucking for a lucrative private gig will be doubly motivated to make a name for himself by taking the biggest scalps possible.
Instead, Rakoff concludes that the lack of prosecutions resulted from the confluence of several other factors. Among them: the DOJ's preoccupation with terrorism; its focus on insider trading investigations, which offered prosecutors quicker and easier routes to legal victories they'd find trying to unravel the complexities of the junk-mortgage factories operated by brokers, bankers and ratings agencies; and the government's reluctance to shine a light on a crisis that it played a leading role in creating--involvement that included everything from the repealing of Glass-Steagall to the Federal Reserve's low interest rates to bank regulators' dereliction of duty to the roles of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as pushers of subprime mortgages.
On top of all that, of course, came the government's role in presiding over the shotgun marriages of the likes of Bank of America with Countrywide Financial and JPMorgan Chase with Bear Stearns. Thus, did banks that were already too big to fail, jail or behave properly become even bigger.
The fact that these banks were above the law in the eyes of the nation's top law enforcer trickled out last March. That's when Attorney General Eric Holder admitted while testifying on Capitol Hill that his DOJ had avoided going after big banks over concerns about the possible negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy.
Says Rakoff of this Obama administration bombshell: To a federal judge, who takes an oath to apply the law equally to rich and to poor, this excuse sometimes labeled the too big to jail' excuse is disturbing, frankly, in what it says about the department's apparent disregard for equality under the law.
The result of these many factors has been a government that has satisfied itself with following the playbook that Rakoff tried to burn during the Citi case one in which executives at big banks write checks and return to their fancy offices.
Just going after the company is ... both technically and morally suspect, Rakoff writes. It is technically suspect because, under the law, you should not indict or threaten to indict a company unless you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that some managerial agent of the company committed the alleged crime; and if you can prove that, why not indict the manager? And from a moral standpoint, punishing a company and its many innocent employees and shareholders for the crimes committed by some unprosecuted individuals seems contrary to elementary notions of moral responsibility.
Actually, it's even worse than that. Lately, the government has been shaking down big banks for selling Fannie and Freddie crummy mortgages during the housing bubble. There's little doubt that the banks did precisely that, but by satisfying itself with big financial settlements the government is not only compounding the cost foisted on innocent shareholders while letting guilty execs get away; it's also whitewashing the involvement of many guilty parties within its own ranks.
Even more disconcerting than our government's moral cop-out is the message its failure to prosecute individuals is sending to Wall Street's decision makers today. One interpretation would be that it's open season to continue unethical and illegal behavior.
It's no surprise, then, that bubble-era scandals have given way to those involving robo-signing of foreclosure documents, Libor, currency trading, physical commodities dealing and consumer debt collections and corrupt hiring practices in China. The message JPMorgan Chase's board appeared to send this week in hiking CEO Jamie Dimon's pay to $20 million is that it's unbothered by what such troubles say about internal controls and corporate ethics as long as the bank keeps making billions each quarter, it's mission accomplished.
Under such conditions, bank executives would be crazy to hold back. If they get caught, they can pay their way out of the problems with shareholders' money. And if their misdeeds pay off as expected, the profits will goose their pay.
In other words, for bankers it's a lucrative, one-sided trade enabled by our federal government. And Unless Uncle Sam starts enforcing the law, it's one that financiers will continue making.
Neil Weinberg is the editor-in-chief of American Banker and co-author of Stolen Without a Gun: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud - the collapse of MCI Worldcom (Etika Books: 2007). The views expressed are his own.


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Conservatives found a reason to hate France again after John Kerry brought James Taylor — who was made a Chevalier of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2010 for his "significant contribution to the enrichment of French culture" — to a meeting with French officials.
The performance was met with a rousing applause by the dignitaries present, but in the United States, conservatives took to Twitter to mock it:
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Democratic President's show of support: James Taylor.
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After James Taylor, I'm really looking forward to them turning this failing presidency into a live-action musical. Let's put on a show!
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I really think this James Taylor bit might be the most cringe-inducing example of American tone-deafness in history
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I just woke up. You wouldn't believe the nightmare I was having–Kerry brought James Taylor to sing "You've Got a Friend" to the French
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It feels like you're inside a washing machine's spin cycle. You are pushed from side to side, front to back. You can't see anything clearly, and every time you think you're about to orient yourself, you get jostled again. Eventually, you give in and just allow yourself to be shoved through the masses.
What is it like? "It" being on the inside of all that is Ronda. Or perhaps it's actually being on the outside, within the inner circle, but having the perspective of those not quite inside the bubble. There are so many questions. What is she like? What has this journey been like? How have things changed? More than anything, people what to know what's happened since "then": that night in Australia, the moment the world learned she wasn't invincible. But this story is not about what she thinks or her reflections on that night, or this year, or whatever. That's for her to tell in her words. That's for her to share when she's ready.
All I know is that she has never been invincible. Not to me. You think of your parents as invincible. But you forever think of your younger sibling as the scrawny little kid who you roll up your sleeves to protect and fight whoever is picking on them—even if, years later, your sibling has several inches on you (not to mention a fair amount more muscle) and is more than capable of beating up anyone on her own.
Ronda meeting her nephew, Cal, in early January. Before he was born, Ronda said she was going to "push him around" to toughen him up to be a fighter. Her teary-eyed first words upon seeing him were, "Awww, I could never push you over."
Ronda has risen to be one of the biggest stars in sports. A rising name in Hollywood. An endorser, a spokesmodel, a role model, and a lightening rod for controversy—loved and hated equally by those who will never meet or know her, which is all very surreal because I see her as none of those things. She is just Ronda. She is the kid who went to the mall for Pokemon tournaments. She is the one who left sweaty judo gis in the bathroom that I'd have to kick out of the way when I got out of the shower. She is the one we made ride down the stairs in a laundry basket to see if she would crash through the window at the bottom. (She didn't, but that did not prevent my mother from yelling at us all for such "stupidity.") She lives in a Venice Beach bungalow that—despite her having hired a cleaning lady—still looks like her closet has exploded all over the living room. She is fearless and sensitive and hilarious and "just Ronda." Nothing that has happened in the past year or the past 20 years or the next 20 years will ever change that.
Of course, no one wants to hear that. They want to see the drama. They want to understand what it's like inside the spin cycle, in the constant churn that was the Year of Ronda—a year that saw her ascend to nearly god-like status as she won two fights, starred in movies, signed endorsements, graced magazine covers, inspired murals, published a best-seller, and be almost inescapable, crossing over in ways that perhaps no athlete ever has. It was a year that saw her eventually lose in the ring—not for the first time in her life, but on a bigger stage than ever before, in front of scores of people who wanted to see her fail. But also, I remind her often, in front of millions of people who wanted to see her succeed.
This is just one of my favorite pictures of Ronda from this year. It's in the minutes before we left Rio. That's Copacabana Beach in the background. It was the end of a wonderful week that we got to spend together (mom and sisters), which we never get to do with everything going on in our lives.
It's loud. Everyone shouting, hoping to be heard above the noise. And there are hands everywhere, reaching out, straining to touch just a piece of her. It is a strange combination of a dim arena before the lights have been turned up on the crowd and the brightness of the camera lights, thrust into her face, broadcasting her image to the world.
I am often asked if I've read this Ronda story or that one, or seen this SportsCentersegment or that morning show appearance. There is disappointment when my inevitable answer is no. I'm busy. I have three kids, a dog, and a startup, and what is an article going to tell me about Ronda that I don't already know? I mean, I literally wrote the book on her. So I don't read it, I don't watch it, and I don't know what anyone says about her because nothing said about her is going to be completely accurate, and seemingly, more often than not, it's going to be completely wrong.
But I hear things, third-party. I hear that people say insensitive, hateful, disgusting things about my sister—and my mother—and I don't try to make sense of it, because you can't. There's something very strange, though, when the world seems to think they know someone—this idea that society suddenly owns a right to build someone up or tear them down because they are a public figure. To watch that happen to someone you love is enough to drive you insane—unless you tune it out, which I do.
Occasionally I wonder how people could say such awful things about someone they don't even know, someone they've never met. I attribute it to the fact that their mothers probably didn't love them enough, and then I briefly curse out the part of the Internet that allows people to hide behind anonymity as they let out the worst parts of themselves.
Sometimes, all you can do is think, "What the fuck is wrong with you people?"
Then I move on with my life, because you can only waste so much time on other people's stupidity.
Before we left for Australia, my daughter Eva told me she was excited about two things: 1) seeing Ronda (it had been maybe a week since we'd seen Ronda last), and 2) feeding kangaroos. This was a sweet moment I snapped between the two of them at the open workout.
And then you break through the tunnel, turn, and expect it to be quiet. But there is a constant motion, not the screaming frenetic chaos of the crowds but a bustle of people among the cement, cinderblock and fluorescent lighting. They are being directed here, then there. The surge of adrenaline is wearing off, but you know it will be hours before the night is over.
Three fights on three continents in the span of nine months. A book tour. Hollywood meetings. Scripts to read. Photo shoots. The cover of Sports Illustrated, Self, Shape, and magazines I've never even heard of. Hosting on ESPN. A pair of ESPYs. Film premieres. UFC promotion. Training camps. Flights. Appearances on Ellen, Kelly and Michael, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Her image plastered on TV screens everywhere. Interviews and interviews and interviews. Training camps. It's a lot. It's not an excuse. It's just a fact.
Like every year, this was a collection of highs and lows, where you don't so much remember the details of the events but instead remember the emotions those moments evoke.
We celebrated Ronda's February win over Cat Zingano in UFC 184, singing "Happy Birthday!" at a restaurant in Hollywood as she devoured platefuls of chicken wings. We spent the week in Rio in a penthouse overlooking the beach, praying at the shrine inside Christ the Redeemer, and feeding monkeys after she knocked out Bethe Correia in August in UFC 190. Those are the parts I remember far more than the actual fights.
Our family Thanksgiving. My mom demanded we have a theme, so we went with hats. All hats were courtesy of my sister Jennifer (in the bowler) and her husband, Chris (in the aviator cap).
Then there was Australia, where we expected Ronda to win. Just like we always do. Just like we always will. But she didn't. I haven't rewatched it. I haven't read about it. I won't. I don't see a point in reliving the moment when a part of my loved one died, when I saw someone I cared about have her soul crushed. I saw how horrible people can be to someone they don't even know, which made me even more appreciative when I saw how wonderfully Ronda's friends and family treated her. Those are the people that matter.
The world watched Ronda fall, but I have had the opportunity to watch her get back up. To be proud of her and happy for her when she wins, and to be proud of her and concerned for her when she loses. To tell her that I loved her just as much in the moments after the fight as I had in the moments before. To put my arm around her and try to protect her. To push aside the negativity. To help her get back up. Not just in the past few weeks but in the past 28 years.
When some people reflect on Ronda and 2015, they will see it defined by a single event. They see it as the end. And in some ways, they're right—but that only means we're at a new beginning.


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Gearlog took a brief detour to the International wing of ces to check out some of the cool technology that's not yet available in the States. As expected, the two halls that housed the exhibits were full of amazing, bizarre, and above all, eye-catching tech.
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The following story showcases one of The Corps Network's 2015 Award Winners. Harris Cox will be recognized as a 2015 Corpsmember of the Year at The Corps Network National Conference in February. More stories for our 2015 Award Winners can be found here.
A staff member at Oakland, California's Civicorps writes that "Harris Cox came to Civicorps at 21 years old with low self esteem and a lack of trust, seeking a community where he could thrive… We watched a young man who struggled with anger, insecurities and pain, blossom into a confident and productive member of our community."


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Author Notes: Even though it's technically fall when the muscadines and scuppernongs appear in our Georgia farmers markets, it still feels enough like summer to make this sorbet a refreshing treat. The sorbet may be made with either or both of the cultivated wild grapes, but muscadines yield a prettier hue. This sorbet was inspired by Ritz-Carlton Atlanta chef Brian Jones ~ sorbet made with the juice of the crushed fruit. —Lucy Mercer
Serves: 8
cup water
cup sugar
slice lemon
quart muscadines or scuppernongs, or both
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water and sugar and lemon; stir until sugar is dissolved. Let cool to room temperature remove lemon slice.
- Place clean grapes in a food processor, pulse to a coarse grind. Set a fine mesh strainer over a bowl and transfer pulp to strainer. With the back of a spatula, press juice from the pulp. Be patient and gentle; this step takes time to get all the juice out of the pulp. Discard solids.
- Combine juice and syrup. Place in refrigerator to chill, then freeze according to ice cream maker's instructions. Store frozen sorbet in an airtight container in the freezer.
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WASHINGTON — The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's first public hearing on Wednesday gave the industry's top leaders an opportunity to express remorse for their role in the collapse of the financial markets but did little to enhance the public's understanding of the meltdown.
Much of the hearing examined topics that have already been noisily debated during the crisis, including executive compensation, risk management and the threat posed by institutions that are considered "too big to fail." Though executives from Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley made no new revelations during the hearing, panel members said the real digging will take place behind closed doors.
"Seven-eighths of this is going to happen underwater," the panel's vice chairman, former Republican Rep. Bill Thomas, said during a brief interview. "This is just one-eighth."
Thomas added that members of the commission have struggled to determine the scope of their investigation.
"One of the biggest problems was to figure out how far back do we go," he said.
Today the commission will question top officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department.
As public anger toward the industry continues to mount and the White House plans to levy new fees on banks, the executives testifying Wednesday took pains to shoulder at least some responsibility for the crisis.
"I want to be clear that I do not blame the regulators," said Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's chief executive. "The responsibility for the company's actions rests with the company's management."
Morgan Stanley's chairman, John Mack, told reporters that Wall Street "needs to be more attuned to what's going on with the economy."
Brian Moynihan, the new CEO at Bank of America, said it has never been "clearer how mistakes made by financial companies can affect Main Street."
Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein acknowledged there was "a systemic lack of skepticism" in the industry during the boom years. He said one of the industry's biggest mistakes was rationalizing poor decisions made earlier in the decade.
"While we recognized that credit standards were loosening, we rationalized the reasons with arguments such as: the emerging markets were more powerful, the risk mitigants were better, there was more than enough liquidity in the system," Blankfein said. "We rationalized because a firm's interest in preserving and growing its market share, as a competitor, is sometimes blinding — especially when exuberance is at its peak."
But those explanations are unlikely to allay feelings of animosity toward Wall Street.
"They said some of the right things, but I don't see anything in place at Wall Street firms to prevent another crisis," said Jacob Zamansky, a New York securities lawyer who represents investors who have lost money during the financial crisis. "It's all lip service."
Michael Mayo, a managing director and financial services analyst at Calyon Securities Inc., chided banks for concentrating so much business in real estate.
"No one understood the risks," Mayo told the commission. "I compare it to bad sangria. A lot of cheap ingredients packaged together might taste good for a while, but eventually it leaves you with a headache."
The executives offered different explanations for what triggered the crisis. Blankfein said it was fueled by a combination of growth in foreign capital that came as low long-term interest rates and policies from the U.S. government that supported and sometimes subsidized housing. Dimon, meanwhile, pointed to excessive leverage and a large trade imbalance as principal factors.
All the executives offered general support for reforming financial regulation. Moynihan supported rules that are "clear and globally consistent" for resolving complex firms but said "we can never write rules on liquidity or resolution that will cover every crisis." Mack supported greater consolidation of financial regulators, though he did not call for a single banking supervisor as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has advocated.


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This week, Archpriest Alexander Webster of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church in Virginia gave an edifying lecture to our seminarians entitled "To Think as a Moral Philosopher / To be a Moral Theologian." A former army chaplain, published author, professor, and priest for the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Fr. Webster connected the methodology of philosophy with the content of theology.
He used the words of Christ, St. Paul, and the Church Fathers to develop a concept of absolute morality derived from our final goal (teleological orientation) toward relationship with the Trinity, an ever-deepening journey from glory to glory as we try to love, comprehend, and live with our God. As Christ is the Logos of the universe, His traces are intimately felt in the reasonable order of the world that He created, and as such, we are to read the book of nature to discover the truth within it. To live according to this truth is one way of approaching moral philosophy.
From this foundation, Fr. Webster used philosophical thought puzzles to problematize simple morality with concrete, particular situations when moral solutions are ambiguous. He used the example of the execution of Socrates, who was condemned to death by the laws of the state and compelled to drink poison hemlock. Should he have drunk the hemlock of his own will? Should he have fled? Should he have fought back? Similarly, Fr. Webster invoked the famous moral question of hiding the Jews from Nazis. Should one lie to protect a life? After a lively and engaging debate with the students over these questions, Fr. Webster drew important distinctions within moral choices between motivation, the act itself (the matter/means), and the end.
With this very informative and pastorally-relevant lecture, we thank God to have had such an accomplished speaker spark intellectual curiosity in our seminarians.
Read an article by Fr. Webster by clicking the link: Transfigure or Die Trying


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A few days after the close of Rhythm of the Home, I was contacted by Debbie of My So Called Life and Other Lies to let me know about a new magazine that she was launching into the universe, Tend. In the words of Debbie "This magazine hopes to nourish the head, the hands and the heart – by providing articles for our intellect, projects to keep our hands busy, and moreover beautiful, aspirational things to inspire our hearts." . It was music to my ears, as one heart felt project was coming to a close, perhaps a new one was just beginning. The magazine is full of projects, tutorials, recipes, and much more to keep our lives full and our creativity flowing.
I am honored to be joining the staff of Tend this coming autumn as the preschool editor, and I look forward to seeing the magazine grow. The beauty on it's pages are certainly a sight, but the content is what makes it unique. I hope that you will head on over to the Tend website to take a look, and stop in to the facebook page as well. There are some lovely freebies to take advantage of that will give you an idea of the goodness available in this first edition.
Along with the free goodies, one lucky reader will also receive a free copy of this first edition.
Simply leave a comment and I will choose a winner through the random number giveaway this coming Friday. I hope that you enjoy looking through the website as much as I have, and if you are interested in purchasing a copy, Tend is offering 20% off for Shivaya Naturals readers. Simply enter the code SHIVNATURALS20 at checkout. I am the final stop of the blog hop tour for Tend, so be sure to take advantage of the coupon soon!
I look forward to seeing each new edition of Tend come to fruition, and certainly of being a part of such a beautiful publication.
Thank you to the other participants of the Tend Blog Hop.
Heather of Beauty that Moves
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Merry at Patch of Puddles
Rachelle at Tales of Ted & Agnes
Tif at Dottie Angel
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Allison March 11, 2014 at 2:44 pm
Can't wait to check this out – it looks so inviting!
Debbie will contact the winner directly.


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Isn't this Vintage Inspired Baby Shower by Lina of A Stunning Affair absolutely gorgeous?! I love colorful florals paired with kraft paper decor and beautiful script by Calligraphy Katrina… and of course that creative mommy-to-be sash! (And for more inspiring baby shower ideas go here and here!)
PARTY HIGHLIGHTS to look out for:
- Dessert table with flower sugar cookies, book risers & Kraft paper "BABY" banner
- Bright & whimsical floral arrangement centerpieces in mason jars wrapped with kraft paper & colorful yarn
- Brown Bag "Nibbles", Fondant Floral Cake & "Baby Talk" Advice for mommy-to-be!
- Kraft paper pinwheels + table runners with gorgeous hand lettering
- Vintage inspired place settings with pretty menus and eclectic tea cups
PARTY DETAILS, as told by Lina…
When I found out my dear friend and fellow event planner was pregnant I immediately started planning and gathering ideas for her baby shower.
The baby shower took place at a quaint tea house, in Orange County, CA . When the guests arrived they were greeted in the lobby with a vintage beverage station completed with striped straws and mason jars and nibbles to snack on. Each guest was also given a pacifier and invited to play a "baby" game. We also created small cards where guests could write well wishes for the mother to be.
Later, guests were asked to enter the lunch portion of the afternoon. Upon entering the room, the guests were greeted with an escort card sign and directions to their assigned tables.
The décor of the room had a garden theme with a hint of playfulness. Nursery rhymes were written on each kraft paper table runner, and the centerpieces were placed in mason jars wrapped in kraft paper and trim and wood boxes and filled with hydrangea, ranulculus, raw cotton, roses, thistle and blue delphinium. The desert table was filled with delicious deserts and was decorated with baby books that were stacked above one another and sprinkled with baby blocks.
The guests sipped on a variety of teas in adorable china tea cups and snacked on delicious sandwiches, scones and mini tea cakes. Everyone had an amazing time and it is a day that Heather will never forget!
- Event Designer: Lina Wallace of A Stunning Affair
- Coordinator: Mary Sushinski of Occasions
- Photographer: Suthi Picotte of Picotte Photography
- Florals: Susan Tom-Nellis of Peony and Plum
- Cake and Desserts: Leslie Maynor of Fantasy Frostings
- Location: Spring Tea Garden
- Linens and Napkins: Dahlia Wexler of Designer Specialty Linens
- Invitation & Stationary: Jen Wick for Minted
- Calligraphy: Calligraphy Katrina
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Shower looks amazing! Just to clarify, the baby shower invitation above is from Minted.com. I know because I designed it :) http://www.minted.com/product/baby-shower-invitations/MIN-67Y-BSH/rustic-ribbons-and-flora
Great post. Jen! We love Heather and love working with Lina. That's for letting us take part!
Thanks so much Jen for featuring Heather's Shower! We're so excited to share the details with everyone!
It was such a memorable & wonderful day. It had all my favorite people there & the best vendors I know! Thank you to everyone that made the day so very special for me!
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My daughter is due May 25th. My first. She miscarried a year ago at 5 months a devastating time for out family and I am so excited that I get to throw her a baby shower. This would be a great theme for her. I would like to know what goes in the "Nibbles" bag? And how to I make the topper for the cake?
Thank you.