text: Diana Allard October 25, 2016 November 2016 - Twin Cities Family Volunteer Opportunities Diana Allard October 25, 2016 November 2016 Twin Cities Family Volunteer OpportunitiesHaving trouble viewing this email? Click here November 2016 - Twin Cities Thank you to our sponsors Free, Community-wide Doing Good Together™ Family Service Fair Doing Good Together™ Date/Time: Friday, November 18, 5 - 7:30pm Location: Midtown Global Market, 920 East Lake Street, MinneapolisDoing Good Together is hosting a free, community-wide Family Service Fair in celebration of National Family Volunteer Day. Families are invited to come together to do simple, hands-on service projects; reflect on the importance of giving back; and learn about opportunities to get more involved as a family in the community. A diverse group of nonprofit organizations will be participating - each hosting a station with a fun, kid-friendly service activity for families to complete, such as creating toys for orphaned cats; assembling hygiene kits for the homeless and making stress balls for children in crisis. Doing Good Together's National Family Volunteer Day Family Service Fair will be held in conjunction with the Midtown Global Market's Family Night, and will feature live, family entertainment from 5:30 to 7:30pm in the Market's Central Plaza, which features a wide variety of ethnic dinner options.We want to thank generationOn with the generous support of The Walt Disney Company for making this event possible Ages: All ages are welcome Time Commitment: Come for as long as you'd like any time between 5 and 7:30 pm. Contact: If you are interested in joining the team of Doing Good Together™ Family Service Fair volunteers or if your business is interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Nassim Rossi at firstname.lastname@example.com Halloween Candy Drive Kinderberry Hill Date/Time: Tuesday through Friday, November 1 - 4, 7am - 6pm Location: Candy can be dropped off at any of Kinderberry Hill's six locations. You and your family can help benefit U.S. troops serving overseas by donating unwanted Halloween candy at any Kinderberry Hill location. Your candy will be donated to Blue Star Mothers Minnesota, Minnesota Loves our Military, and other local military support locations. Children who donate candy will receive gift bags. Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies Contact: 763.557.1111www.kinderberryhill.com/ Holiday Home Care Baskets Our Saviour's Housing Date/Time: Delivery requested by Friday December 16, please contact Rachel to schedule delivery time Location: South Minneapolis, contact for addressOur Saviour's Housing has three housing programs: an Emergency Shelter serving 40 adults a night, Transitional Housing serving 16 adults, and Permanent Supportive Housing serving 100 adults. Our 100 Permanent Supportive Housing residents have all gained their own apartments after years of homelessness and health problems. The residents' limited budgets make it tough for them to afford many essential items to really make their house a home. Brighten their holidays and ease their budgets by providing a festive gift basket! Basket items should include: Package of new underwear Package of new socksPackage of plain Hanes undershirtsShower curtains and linerPackage of AA or AAA batteriesQueen sized sheet setA coffee pot or a blender or a toasterA lamp or a fanContact Rachel for a complete list. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate. Time Commitment: Varies, and can be put together at your own location! Contact: Rachel Kennedy, Volunteer Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com, 612.872.4193 x2http://oscs-mn.org/oursaviourshousing/ Homeless Shelter Holiday Meal Provider Our Saviour's Housing Date/Time: Many available dates, including: lunch on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24; dinner on New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1; a special Thanksgiving celebration on Friday, November 18; and a special December Celebration on either Friday, December 16; Monday, December 19; or Tuesday, December 20. We also have January dinner dates available! Location: South Minneapolis, contact for addressShare a meal with Our Saviour's Housing! The Emergency Shelter is home to 40 homeless adults every night of the year, and they rely on volunteers like you to provide a delicious meal and warm hospitality. Volunteers are needed who are able to purchase, prepare, serve, and clean up a meal for 40 adults. There is a full kitchen that your family or group is welcome to use. This opportunity is best suited for groups of 4 to 8, though groups of up to 12 may serve. Your group will also be able to sit down and enjoy dinner with our residents. Families, congregations, co-workers, or friends can join together for a fun and fulfilling evening! Ages: All ages are welcome with adult supervision. Our Saviour's Housing is a small, peaceful shelter with a strong community feeling! Time Commitment: Groups usually spend a total of one to two and one-half hours on-site, plus any off-site meal preparation time. Contact: Rachel Kennedy, Volunteer Coordinator, email@example.com, 612.872.4193 x2http://oscs-mn.org/oursaviourshousing/ Holiday Shelter Bingo Hosts Our Saviour's Housing Date/Time: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24 or New Year's Day, Sunday January 1, scheduled between 10am and 6pm. Bingo usually lasts between one and one and one-half hours. Location: South Minneapolis, contact for addressHosting a Bingo game is a wonderful way to connect with our Emergency Shelter residents for a fun night of volunteering! We provide the Bingo set, and we ask that your group provide the prizes. We suggest the size of a bingo host group be between one and six people; a couple of people can help call out numbers and spot winners, and other members can socialize with residents or be in charge of refreshments. Ages: All ages welcome with adult supervision! Time Commitment: One to two hours Contact: Rachel Kennedy, Volunteer Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com, 612.872.4193 x2http://oscs-mn.org/oursaviourshousing/ Walk to End Hunger The Mosaic Company Date/Time: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 7 - 10am. Event kick-off will start in the Mall of America Rotunda at 7:30am. Location: Mall of America, 60 East Broadway, Bloomington. Please park in the East Parking Ramp on level P1 or P2. Registration will take place on floors 1 and 2 of the East Broadway entrance, right by SeaLife.The Walk to End Hunger is a family-friendly 5K fun walk presented by The Mosaic Company. The walk, held on Thanksgiving morning in the Mall of America, is a great way to start your holiday off right - giving back before you give thanks! Since its inception in 2008, the Walk to End Hunger has raised over $1,500,000 to help support hunger relief organizations working to eliminate hunger in the Twin Cities metro area. 100% of the net proceeds of the Walk to End Hunger are distributed to our partner organizations. The crowds will be having fun and fighting hunger all morning. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate in the walk. Time Commitment: Walkers can participate for as long as they'd like from 7-10am. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or 651.789.9847. Walk registration is available online. www.walktoendhunger.org/ Learn more aboutfighting hunger Snack Drive Ronald McDonald House Charities Upper Midwest (RMHC-UM) Date/Time: Contact the Volunteer Office at 612.767.2788 to schedule a drop off time. Location: Donations should be delivered to the administrative office at 818 Fulton Street SE, Minneapolis or RMH-Oak Street, 621 Oak St. SE, MinneapolisFamilies can help out RMHC-UM by purchasing items that families can grab and go on their way to the hospital or clinic. Suggested items to donate include: Granola or cereal barsFruit snacksApplesauce cupsJuice boxes Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies Contact: Haley Nelson, Director of Volunteers, firstname.lastname@example.com/ Cooks for Kids Meal Providers Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest Date/Time: Volunteers serve dinner everyday at 6pm; brunch is also served on Saturday and Sunday at 11am. Volunteers typically arrive two - three hours earlier in order to get everything prepped and ready. All food must be prepared on-site or in a commercial kitchen. Location: Four metro locations.After a long day in the hospital, a fully prepared meal served by friendly volunteers makes a huge impact on families staying at a Ronald McDonald House. Volunteer groups are needed to participate in the Cooks for Kids meal program at any of our four metro locations. The Cooks for Kids meal program gives volunteers a special opportunity to support families who are staying at Ronald McDonald House. Volunteers purchase, prepare and serve a buffet style meal of their choosing, and by doing so they give families one less thing to worry about. Click here for more information and guidelines for Cooks for Kids volunteers. Ages: Families with children 14 and older are welcome to volunteer. Time Commitment: One time or recurring Contact: Catherine Beringer, firstname.lastname@example.com, 612.767.2794. Registration is available online.www.rmhtwincities.org Adopt a Family for the Holidays RESOURCE Date/Time: Gifts should be delivered to RESOURCE by December 12 Location: 1900 Chicago Ave, MinneapolisRESOURCE empowers people to achieve greater personal, social, and economic success through providing employment, training, chemical health, and mental health services to the Twin Cities. RESOURCE hosts an Adopt-a-Family program as a way to give the families we serve a chance to celebrate the holidays and find hope in their lives. The Adopt-a-Family project is a fun and meaningful holiday project for a family. You will be matched with a specific family in need that is currently participating in a RESOURCE program. Information includes children's ages and gift ideas. You purchase gifts for the family. You are not required to provide the family with everything on their wish list. The wish list is meant to be a tool to provide the donor with guidance. Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies Contact: Kristina Schenkelberg, firstname.lastname@example.com Thanksgiving Day Celebration Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Date/Time: Thursday, November 24, between 11am and 3pm, depending on volunteer activity. Location: Envision Event Center (formerly called The Prom Center), 484 Inwood Ave N, OakdaleHelp brighten the Thanksgiving holiday for isolated elders served by Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly at their annual Thanksgiving Day celebrations. There are a couple of ways you and your family can help: Drive elder participants to the dinner site, eat and visit with them during the event, and drive them home afterward. Total time commitment is from 11am to 1pm.Deliver a meal and have a brief visit with an elder participant unable to attend the dinner on Thanksgiving or Christmas EVE Day. Meal pick up time is at 11:30am - noon at Envision (formerly called Prom) Center. Total time commitment is about two hours. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate Time Commitment: Two or four hours Contact: Kate Josephson, email@example.com, 612.746.0746www.littlebrothersmn.org Christmas EVE Day Celebration Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly Date/Time: Saturday, December 24, between 11am and 3pm, depending on volunteer activity Location: Envision Event Center (formerly called The Prom Center), 484 Inwood Ave N, Oakdale Help brighten the Christmas holiday for isolated elders served by Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly at their annual Christmas celebration. There are a couple of ways you and your family can help: Drive elder participants to the dinner site, eat and visit with them during the event, and drive them home afterward. Total time commitment is from 11am to 3pm.Deliver a meal and have a brief visit with an elder participant unable to attend the dinner on Christmas EVE Day. Meal pick up time is at 11:30am - noon at Envision (formerly called Prom) Center. Total time commitment is about two hours. Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate Time Commitment: Two or four hours Contact: Kate Josephson, email@example.com, 612.746.0746www.littlebrothersmn.org Holiday Gift Delivery The Aliveness Project Date/Time: December 23, 9am - 3pm Location: 3808 Nicollet Avenue South, MinneapolisDeliver gifts to one to two or more recipients' homes in the Twin Cities metro area. Spread the joy and cheer of the holiday season to Minnesotans living with HIV and their families. This is a great opportunity for families and groups to give back during the holidays. Volunteers can enjoy breakfast on us at The Aliveness Project! Ages: All ages, as long as accompanied by an adult Time Commitment: Two to three hours or more, depending on how many deliveries you would like to make. Includes time to pick up gifts, enjoy breakfast, and make deliveries. Contact: Laura Henry, Volunteer Manager, email@example.com, 612.822.7946, ext. 221. Registration is available online or you can contact Laura to register. aliveness.org Cook for Kids Jeremiah Program Date/Time: Ongoing, Tuesday and Thursday from 4 - 7pm Location: The Jeremiah Program has two campuses: 1510 Laureal Ave, Minneapolis932 Concordia Ave, St. Paul The Jeremiah Program is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization using a proven, holistic approach to transform families from poverty to prosperity two generations at atime. Through support for a career- track college education, safe and affordable housing, quality early childhood education, and empowerment and life skills training, Jeremiah Program prepares determined single mothers to succeed in the workforce, readies their children to succeed in school, and reduces generational dependence on public assistance. Volunteers purchase, prepare, and serve a meal for families on the evenings when mothers attend Life Skills programming. We estimate meals serve 30-40 people. Ages: Families with children seven and older are welcome to volunteer. Time Commitment: This is a one-time opportunity although many groups sign-up multiple times over the course of a year. Contact: Meghan Redmond, email@example.com or 651.332.5006www.jeremiahprogram.org Friendly Visitor Volunteers The Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness Date/Time: Based on volunteers availability, six month minimum commitment Location: Seniors live in the Twin Cities west metroFriendly Visitor Volunteers will be matched with a senior to do friendly visiting on a regular monthly or bi-monthly basis. Connect with a senior in our community to brighten their day. The visit may include visiting, running errands with the elder, taking a walk, going out for coffee or a specific need. An orientation is provided at the Center, and the Volunteer Coordinator attends the first visit with volunteers. Ages: Families with children are welcome to volunteer Time Commitment: Once or twice a month for two to three hours at a time Contact: Marta Volbrecht, Volunteer Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.com Learn more abouthelping the elderly Connect the Dots Community Thread Date/Time: Flexible, on your own time Location: Drop off completed kits at Community Thread, 2300 Orleans St. W., StillwaterCommunity Thread's vision is a community where all people are engaged, enriched, and connected. Connect the Dots is a community-wide initiative for volunteers of all ages, especially for families. You can help teach the value of volunteerism to your children and strengthen our community by assembling supplies for local nonprofits. Check out the Connect the Dots Project page to pick out a project or two! Ages: Everyone can participate Time Commitment: Varies Contact: Paige Stein, email@example.com or 651.439.7434www.CommunityThreadMN.org Sponsor a Family The Box Project Date/Time: Flexible Location: The Box Project will match you with a family that lives in an area of rural poverty in the Mississippi Delta. You and your family can make a difference by sponsoring a family with The Box Project. You'll enrich the lives of a family living in poverty in rural America by establishing a meaningful, long-term relationship and providing needed supplies. The Box Project helps to create supportive, personal relationships directly between a sponsor family and a family in need living in rural America. The Box Project acts as matchmaker, pairing sponsors with carefully screened individuals or families that need help. The sponsors offer long term, meaningful interactions including encouragement, advice, and boxes of needed supplies about once a month. Box items will vary from family to family and month to month, but typically include household supplies, food, school supplies, clothing or seasonal items. Ages: Families are welcome to participate. Time Commitment: Varies Contact: email@example.com, 662.449.5002 or 800.268.9928. Sponsorship registration is available online.http://boxproject.org/ NEW FROM DGT™: OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFLECTION FROM DGT™ Whether you use our listings monthly, occasionally, or are a new subscriber, you probably already know about the awesome benefits that come with family volunteering. Now you can increase those benefits by reflecting on the experience with your children. DGT™ REFLECTION SHEETS offer useful stats, reading recommendations, and conversation starters for big-hearted discussions. We have sheets on a variety of topics such as Helping the Hungry, Caring for Animals, Healing the Earth, and more! 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Gigabyte P45-DQ6 has 4 network LAN ports
Now that the benchmarking is underway, we get our first close up look at Gigabyte's full range of P45 motherboards.
We have shown you the early samples in the previous months but the boards everyone are using today are final mass production models.
We went straight to the top shelf and took a close up look at the high-end DQ6 model. It certainly comes with all the bells and whistles and much more. We'll cover more throughout the day but first up we wanted to draw close attention to the fact that it has four networking LAN one gigabit ports on its I/O panel. You read correctly - that's a total of four gigabits of network bandwidth which can be teamed up for various home server and other networking orientated tasks that require extreme amounts of bandwidth.
Take a quick look for yourself...
More on the DQ6 very soon!

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If you create a Delegate around a function protected by security Demand, and then somebody invokes that Delegate, the following Security checks will happen in that simple scenario:
1. At Delegate creation time, LinkDemands on method passed to delegate constructor ["Target"] are evaluated against grant set of creating assembly ["Creator"]. If they fail, Security exception is thrown.
2. At Delegate creation time, various pieces of Security-related Assembly identity of the Creator are captured and stored in the Delegate.
3. At Delegate invocation time:
3.1. Creator's identity is evaluated to produce the grant set of the Creator.
3.2. Permission set demanded by the Target is compared to Creator's grant set. If it's found to be not a subset of that grant, Security Exception is thrown.
3.3. Normal Demand against Delegate caller is initiated. If it fails, Security exception is thrown, too.
These Security checks can be viewed in a simpler form: when an assembly creates a delegate to a method in another assembly, this is treated as though it created the delegate to a method in its own assembly which in turn called out to the other assembly. This guarantees that the code creating the delegate is always seen in any Security stack walks that take place while executing code called through the delegate.
Steps 2, 3.1, and 3.2 are marked with bold green because they are new as compared to .NET 1.0 and 1.1. Before 2.0, there was no Security check against Delegate Creator performed at invocation time.
Why this change has been made? The short answer is: to enable easy implementation of secure coding practices around Delegates. And if you want the longer story, here it is with some extra details.
The model which existed in 1.x times permitted untrusted code to create Delegates around virtually any code, and then to inject them into other fully trusted code, staying at the same time outside of the Security checks. At some cases, this is dangerous, since it potentially allows low-trusted code to trick higher trusted one into calling other highly trusted methods which it did not intend to invoke. While this usually does not cause Security holes per se if proper mitigating techniques are used, it certainly makes difficult to implement good Security solution in scenarios where Delegates are involved.
Consider the following pattern [note that it will work only in 1.0 or 1.1] which shows how easy it was to accidentally introduce Security issue in 1.x if some specific guidelines [explained below] were not followed:
1. SystemLib is a highly trusted library exposing methods that could be potentially dangerous if all callers are allowed to invoke them. It could be one of existing .NET APIs, or some third party plug-in which performs low-level system actions, etc. Full Trust is required to call methods of this library; for that reason, they are protected by proper Demands:
public class SystemLib
// It has the Declarative form of protection:
[method:PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Unrestricted = true)]
public static void DoDangerousThing()
// Restarts the computer, or erases system files, etc.
Then you, as a developer, define in your code the following highly trusted classes:
2.1. Assembly B is fully trusted but accepting delegates from the low-trust side. This does not represent ideal Security practices, but sometimes is needed:
public delegate void BDelegate();
public class B
public event BDelegate mOnButtonClick;
// This is the method called by other classes to notify B that it's time to execute its' delegates:
public void RunEVentDelegates()
// We can even add an extra Security check to this place, just to ensure
// that only fully trusted callers invoke mOnButtonClick() code:
(new PermissionSet(PermissionState.Unrestricted)).Demand();
if (null != mOnButtonClick) mOnButtonClick();
2.2. Assembly C is simply the caller of B, and it is highly trusted, too. This can be the code of yours, or of somebody else, doesn't matter.
public class C
public static void PingB(B pB)
At this point, everything looks safe. System method DoDangerousThing has Security Demand on it, so only fully trusted callers can invoke it. RunEventDelegates is protected by Demand, too. It seems like nobody without Full Trust grant can do anything bad. Unfortunately, that's not enough. A smart attacker can create a code which will trick one part of your [highly trusted] code to call into another fully trusted code -- by manipulating Delegates:
Evil assembly has low trust. It wants to invoke the method SystemLib::DoDangerousThing(), but can't since it does not have required permissions. So it takes different approach: it creates a delegate around desired System code, passes it for storage to highly trusted class B and then waits 'till highly trusted class C fires the event that would invoke the delegate.
public class Evil
public static void Main()
// Here we create B explicitly for demo purposes. In real life it is possible that
// an existing instance of B will be accessible for Evil:
B mB = new B();
// Then Evil "infects" class B with the system method:
mB.mOnButtonClick += new BDelegate(L.DoDangerousThing);
Evil's job is done at this point. Now it just wait's 'till something happens what will make C to call B.RunEventDelegates, which in turn will call into SystemLib.DoDangerousThing(). At the moment of the call, Security Demand will be initiated. However, it will check only B and C classes, not the Evil one, and the call will succeed, resulting in computer restart, or in whatever DoDangerousThing was programmed to do.
This looks scary, and may represent one of the common coding mistakes in 1.x .NET. What can you do to ensure your code doesn't fall a victim of Delegates injection attack described above?
In order to exploit the aforementioned scenario, Evil code needs to enjoy the coincidence of three quite unlikely conditions. If you deprive it of one [or better all] of them, it won't succeed. What are those conditions?
First, Evil needs to be able to link to dangerous System method, in order to pass it to the Delegate constructor. So if DoDangerousThing is protected by a LinkDemand, Evil will not be able to access it directly and very likely won't be able to access it at all. This protection corresponds to Step 1 of Security checks outlined at the beginning of this post.
OK, this may work if you own SystemLib class and can modify it accordingly, but what if not?
The second and very important is that Evil code needs to find a publicly exposed Event with the signature exactly matching the signature of the System function. In the example above that was easy: DoDangerousThing was "void (void)" function, as well as mOnButtonClick event. If you change the signature of your Event and BDelegate to accept and/or return the instance of privately defined class, it will never match any system's code function. Therefore, such function won't be able to be passed as an argument for Delegate creation, and attack will fail.
Overall, if you work with highly trusted publicly accessible Delegates/Events in 1.x, it is critical that their signatures are unique, so they can't accept anything which it not explicitly designed to match them.
This rule applies to .NET 1.x itself. A big effort was made to ensure that all publicly exposed events of powerful .NET code have unique signatures. As an example, take a look at the AssemblyLoad Event of System.AppDomain class. Its' signature is
public delegate void AssemblyLoadEventHandler(
object sender,
AssemblyLoadEventArgs args
-- which is quite impossible to wrap around something like void File.Delete(string).
Finally, Evil code needs the Event to be accessible, too. So if you can put a Demand or LinkDemand on the Events of your class, it should prevent low-trusted code from adding Delegates to them.
The above seems like enough protection. Then why Secure Delegates were introduced?
The primary reason was the relaxation of Delegate signatures matching rules. In 2.0, you can create a Delegate over method with signature not strictly the same as the Delegate's one. Some restrictions [which I won't list here as being not really an expert in the area] still apply there, but the resulting effect is that now everyone can create Delegates over much broader set of targets than before. This significantly reduces the protection offered by rule #2. To compensate on that, Delegates Security was added to the game, so people are still able to create secure and robust Delegates solutions in easy and straightforward manner. Thus now, when every Delegate Creator is automatically put on the Security stack and checked against target method Security requirements, you don't need to worry about injection attack. .NET will do the checks.
As a final note please keep in mind that if Delegate creator and caller live in the same assembly no Security checks are applied against Delegate creator at calling time. This is reasonable, since in this situation Creator most likely can invoke the target method directly without bothering with Delegates.


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Weiner Spent Thousands To Investigate The Non-Existent Hack That Led To His Congressional Downfall
Anthony Weiner's clownish acts make it too difficult for us to accept him as a serious politician. Not only has his run for New York City mayor stalled because of sexting revelations (again!), but we're now discovering Weiner paid a private eye nearly $45,000 to investigate the fake Twitter "hack" that led to his downfall in 2011, reports Mashable.
Two years ago, the very-married politician accidentally tweeted a photo of his genitals to a woman who is not his wife, with his bulge appearing on his very-public timeline to 40,000 followers and in just about every tabloid in the country. In a hurried attempt to save his seat in Congress, Weiner promised he would begin an investigation to find the culprit behind this horrendous incident.
"They'll be looking into whether someone had my password," he told CNN at the time. "I was hacked, it happens to people, you move on," he lied to one reporter.
Using $43,100 from campaign funds, Weiner, who was a congressman at the time, hired a private investigator from T&M services. He also shelled out $93,350 to BakerHostetler, a law firm, for services between 2010 and 2012. He also asked the firm to look into the "hack," but it's unclear how much of that total amount went into the investigation.
The cash was pulled from his "Friends of Weiner" campaign which was funded by donor contributions. The committee is being fined by the Federal Election Commission for "failing to refund nearly $70,000" after his resignation from the House after the sexting scandal, LegalInsurrection.com reports.
"It's wrong on just so many levels," said Melanie Sloan, director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "He's wasting people's hard-earned dollars on a wild goose chase… He knew all along who did it."
Last week, it was revealed that Weiner had continued sexting after he'd copped to the tweets and resigned from Congress. His campaign manager has resigned over the continued "sexual dalliances" but Weiner has chosen to stay in the race.
"He was trying to get redemption by election. That's election with an 'L' not 'R,'" Ann Navarro, a CNN analyist told Don Lemon. "[But] this man is not going to get elected. New York voters are not that crazy."
According to polls, the mayoral candidatenow trails Christine Quinn, 25 percent to 16 percent, for the Democratic Party, the LA Times says.


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What do The Beatles, U2 and Bob Marley have in common? Even for those of you who are as musically ignorant as me, flabbergasted to discover that classical composer Bach was elegantly pronounced like the wood of a tree as opposed to the very Australian BATCH, you would immediately recognise the previously named groups and individuals as popular musicians. Artists of the medium of silence and sound that provides the background melody to our lives.
Whilst you may idolise each band for their individual talents- perhaps Bob Marley for his reggae rhythm and U2 for their rocking riffs-you may not be aware that many of their most popular hits, and in fact almost ALL of the greatest hits of the past 40 years, are based on the same four chords. Take a listen.
Welcome to remix culture. A world of "combing and editing existing materials to provide something new". A world that lives by the French concept of 'detournement'- changing the direction of a previous media work until meanings are subverted and 're-contextualised'. Facilitated by an explosion of technologies created for modifying and distributing these media works, Lawrence Lessig explains that we have shifted from a Read/Only culture, in which we passively consume media content such as music, to a Read/Write culture in which consumers can actively "re-create the culture around them".
In a previous blog I discussed the benefits of a collaborative approach towards creativity. We see further by "standing on the shoulders of giants" as Isaac Newton stated. If we relate this idea to the remix culture of music it is easier to understand the necessity of "borrowing" from previous works. Music is an unpredictable industry in which commercial success is not guaranteed. Exploratory works risk failure, whilst remixing previous songs provides an insurance policy- if it worked before, it will work again. The Amen Break and the 4 Chord progression are only two examples of riffs that have been continually remixed by various artists over the years due to their ongoing success in pop-culture. Furthermore, amateur musicians such as Justin Bieber take their first shaky steps towards fame by producing covers of songs, by COPYING.
So while many may argue that U2 'riffed off' the Beatles, Bob Marley, or vice versa, the truth is that this process has been happening on all levels of the music industry since the days of Bach. It is essential to its evolution. Audiences are comfortable with the familiar; we like what we know and, like spoilt children, are hesitant to try something new. Only by building on the success of other artists can musicians guarantee the ongoing popularity of modern compositions.
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Just recently, the news of the suicide of a particular university student surfaced on the internet, and it pulled a lot of attention as news of this nature usually did. People sought information as to what the situation surrounding his death was, his family background, the signs he showed of being suicidal, and some other cheesy details that left me wondering at some point. I cannot say that I too wasn't involved in this search for 'gist' concerning his suicide (and believe me the 'gists' were plenty), but then as time went on and I observed myself and others that were interested in this suicide case, my interest in the case was replaced with a certain level of sadness that had its root in what I observed.
As the story lingered on the news, it wasn't hard for anybody to notice the air of tension and drama that followed conversations(especially in online forums) about this suicide victim, and with every new discussion, new explanations and new stories appeared, and soon I realized that people had begun to cook up conspiracy theories just to keep the news fresh in the ear, and the gossip fresh in the mouth.
Another thing I noticed was that people used the story to feed a side of themselves that gave me great concern.
Despite the many circulating lies concerning the reason for the boy's suicide, there were some of the stories that convincingly passed across as true due to the credibility of the sources that told them. Like the case where his best friend told the press that he had received a puzzling text from the suicide victim, where the victim had said that this new year was the end for him, and then the best friend went ahead to present a screenshot of the conversation as evidence.
Another story that was verified as true was that the boy had posted on one of his social media accounts on New Year's Eve.
In the post, he had wished his friends and followers a happy new year, and went on to add a haunting phrase that simply read 'this is the end'
As more true stories of the signs he showed about him being suicidal surfaced, I observed the reaction that it got from human beings who were following the case, and it was a mixture of alarm, curiosity, I don't know whether I can comfortably say pity and sadness, but yh a little of it, and lastly that did-you-know nature that turns everything into gossip as long as it stays fresh to the ears: That nature of humans that only derives pleasure from listening and talking about tales of misfortune, while being camouflaged to look like it is talking about evil because it is genuinely saddened by it.
I hope you observe my switch from the use of past tense to a continuous use of present tense to describe this nature of man?
This nature of man that makes it look like it is for a good cause that evil is being analyzed, when really the only reason why such sad news is making the papers and is trending, is because there is something about bad news that just excites this nature we all seem to have.
It is this nature of human beings I find quite sad and tragic; this nature I can't completely understand, neither should we appreciate nor enjoy; this nature that every individual must strive to get rid of.
Well, true to my predictions as time went on, the attention the suicide attracted lessened, and after a while it faded completely and everybody was back to their business.
Everybody was back to waiting for the next news of this nature to surface, so they…WE, could turn to conspiracy theorists and discovery world presenters again.
Quite sad
The more reasonable questions we should have asked ourselves though was why nobody saw the signs before it was too late, and why those that claimed to have suspected something lingered till he was dead and unable to be helped any longer.
While he was alive and sending subliminal signs, nobody considered it a big deal, nobody considered it to be worth any news, and then he died, and everybody suddenly got interested and stories started flying.
As you should have already discovered, I have this theory in my head that states that there is this nature of man that is only appealed to by sad news and tragic incidents; a nature of man that lies dormant and is only triggered when something negatively out of the ordinary happens, but yet this nature is devoid of any credible virtue that would be able to make man resolve to prevent such tragic incidents from happening in the future.
It's like this nature is an all talk and no do affair, a nature that demands that everybody should be still and wait for the suicide to occur first, so that the story would be interesting.
A nature that doesn't prevent, even when events that would spell doom have been foreseen.
It is this nature that most times comes out to say stuffs like "I knew this was going to happen, but…", "Do you know that the first day I saw this man, my spirit reached out to him blah blah blah" or "I knew her behavior was out of the ordinary, she was just weird and she gave me creeps" or the personal favorite "I just knew something was wrong with him/her"
This nature makes sure that we all continue with our business while being insensitive to the warning signs, but still taking note of them, so that when the bad thing happen, we can have something to say about it. After all, that is good publicity.
This nature makes it that bad news is somehow interesting to listen to.
Bad news is interesting to listen to, until it involves someone close to you.
After all that is why criminal news sell, and news with more violent details and videos sell more than normal ones. A typical journalist knows that when covering an accident scene, the more blood and wreck you cover vividly, the more audience it would get.
The more inhumane the scene is, the more exciting it is to watch, but to look human while we feed ourselves with sad news, we scream out loud… "This is just bad" "Why is there so much evil in the world?" "Why did this have to happen" Or a Nigerian's personal favorite "Chai, see this young boy with bright destiny"
This is wrong.
If you find yourself overly interested in the wrong kind of news, the negative ones that has to involve woe and misfortune, you need to understand that this it is not normal, and maturity demands that you train yourself to be past this stage.
If it is only the news of that girl contracting HIV/AIDS, or that boy now smoking and drinking that you find interesting to listen to, then you still have this sadistic nature of human beings that you ought to get rid of.
Now I am not saying that you should instead be ignorant of the evils of this world, and not listen to cases like this, no. After all you can't even fight evil if you aren't even aware of its existence in the first place, but then it is important to understand what motivates you; is it a part of you that is just merely intrigued by the evil, or a part of you that feels the need to change things and to prevent another mishap from occurring?
Signs of impending woe and misfortune shouldn't only make sense after it is too late, and when it can be valid for nothing other than discussion and analysis.
That's why they're called signs, and that is why they are there; to serve as predictions and pointers to something yet to happen.
Let's not jump into the issue only after he has committed suicide.
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Collective girl power in San Miguel
By Jade Arroyo
November 25 is the worldwide celebration of the Day to Eradicate Violence Against Women, honoring the struggle of girls and women throughout the world and the work done by all those who fight to improve a woman's right to live free of violence, abuse and discrimination.
One of the most pro-active organizations on this is CASA A.C, working through its anti-violence programs. To commemorate this important date, a whole week of women-empowering activities was organized (November 25 through 29), which included a photography contest and exhibition showcasing the topic, murals and information tables created by the community, support groups and counseling, a basketball and soccer tournament at Parque Juárez and a collective self-defence class for women and girls. The class was taught by Victor Manuel Hernández Mora and Alejandro Mendoza, instructors from the Academy Muay Thai in León and held at the Plaza Civica, before the eyes of supporting husbands, boyfriends, friends and family, the curious and some photographic lenses (Atención's among them). The day concluded with a walk against violence through the streets of town. This was the second year that the Violence Prevention Program at CASA offered a self-defence class.
CASA's multiple peer teams have integrated violence prevention, rights awareness, and referral services into their outreach programs. In 2007, the CASA psychologists began an outreach program to work with nine rural church groups who, once trained, will work with other communities. CASA also creates and runs numerous annual educational events dedicated to women's rights and the eradication of domestic violence. For more information or to get involved, contact Dulce Ortiz at CASA, 154-6060 or for English, contact Trish Snyder at 121-0612.


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The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is sending emergency funds to its partner organisations in Gaza to help them respond to the humanitarian crisis.
The move follows the recent temporary ceasefire by Israel and Hamas, announced on 18 January after more than two weeks of bombardment by the IDF which killed nearly 1,300 Palestinians, and a continuing flow of rockets from militants into southern Israel which cost few lives but caused fear and damage.
The Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) plans to distribute emergency food baskets to the most vulnerable families in Gaza.
The organisation will buy the bulk of the food from local farmers and women cooperatives. PARC has experience in implementing similar programmes during previous emergency situations.
The PARC headquarters in Zeitun took a direct hit and were then used as an Israeli military post. All its computers and furniture were destroyed.
In addition, all the PARC greenhouses, trees, plants, water sources and agricultural facilities were bulldozed. It is now working from a rented apartment in Gaza City.
The Culture and Free Thought Association has received £30,000 to provide emergency food to 200 displaced families in Khan Younis. They will also receive flooring carpet and blankets.
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society is providing emergency healthcare and 24-hour medical and ambulance services.
The Near East Council of Churches (NECC) has re-opened its clinics in Daraj and Rafah. The NECC clinic in Sujaya has been completely destroyed.
"We need the international community to do all it can to ensure the ceasefire holds," says a spokesperson from NECC. "People in Gaza are tired of violence.
"Many houses have been destroyed, families have lost loved ones, industry and farming is devastated; people are in a miserable state now.
"People are not sure that the ceasefire will continue. They are afraid that it will be broken and we will return back to the war and the destruction."
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Robert Schuman, (born June 29, 1886, Luxembourg, Lux.—died Sept. 4, 1963, Metz, France), Luxembourgian-born French statesman who founded the European Coal and Steel Community and worked for economic and political unity designed to lead to the establishment of a "United States of Europe."
Schuman, a member of the French National Assembly from 1919, was arrested by the German Gestapo in September 1940 after the German occupation of France. He escaped in 1942 and worked in the Résistance until France was liberated (1944). A founder of the Popular Republican Movement (Mouvement Républicain Populaire; MRP), he served as minister of finance (July–November 1946), premier (November 1947–July 1948 and August–September 1948), foreign minister (July 1948–December 1952), and minister of justice (1955–56).
While foreign minister he developed the Schuman Plan (1950) to promote European economic and military unity and a Franco-German rapprochement to prevent another war between the two nations. The economic aspects of his plan were realized in 1952 in the European Coal and Steel Community, a six-nation western European economic union, the first in a series of economic agreements leading to the formation of the European Economic Community (Common Market) in 1958. He served as president of the Common Assembly, the consultative arm of the Common Market, from 1958 to 1960 and was an Assembly member until February 1963.


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Anybody else going cold turkey at the minute? Could do with some one to talk too in same shoes?
Iv'e gone cold turkey too and today is my third day. I'm 30 years old and have been taking solps for approx 8 years now. Iv'e always suffered with migraines and I have a busy work/ life schedule and found that solps helped with the relief. I would take approx 2- 4 a day so not a high consumption but still unhealthy all the same.
To be honest I'm struggling at work I feel really tired and I'm craving a solpadeine however I will try and stick at it. How are you feeling and what's your story?
Hi MGooders and 73dreamer - I've never really used forums before but found myself searching for info on Solpadeine addiction when I realised (or admitted) I had a bit of a problem. I just wanted to share my experience, which is simply my view.
MGooders - my habit was almost identical to yours. I took one or two doses every day (2-4 tablets) and sometimes more (if I had been out the night before!). I'd been doing this for about 8 years too and blamed stresses at work with long commuting etc.
This year, I decided to give up and go cold turkey. I started on 5 January and I've now gone six weeks without taking any. I hope you're still doing ok and thought I'd write with just a couple of thoughts that have really helped me…
For me, I think you can attribute Solpadeiene-taking to two things…
1. NEED - this is obviously where you have symptoms or ill feeling and believe that Solpadeine will help you overcome this.
The first thing I noticed is that, simply by forcing yourself to go without for a few days (3 or 4) you WILL feel better - it might take longer for some, I don't doubt that, but you really will. There'll be occasions when you feel tired or think you have a headache but, by and large, the NEED to take tablets will reduce. It's also important to remember that, in my opinion, while Solpadeiene can give you that buzz or warm feeling to mask pain, it's also responsible for the times you feel bad - it's important to realise this. In my mind, it was important to blame Solpadeiene for feeling ill - not thanking it for being the remedy - which it is not. I now see the tablets in a different light, thinking that I don't want to take them because they will make me feel bad.
2. WANT - for me, this is different to the above in that sometimes I would just WANT to take Solpadeiene - even if I didn't have any pain or ill feeling. It might be me thinking I need to relax or simply looking forward to that sensation. But, by trying to overcome the NEED - I kept a record of how long it had been since my last dose, adding hours to the count every day (this was just my approach and kept me going) - I became proud of my progress. And I didn't want to throw this away. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I still feel the WANT, even if there is no pain, but the progress I've made outweighs this.
I still think it's early days for me - I want to go half a year without taking - that's my goal.
I still have a box at home (in my bedside table) and sometimes I'll find some in an old pair of jeans or coat pocket. For me, I quite like the fact that I have them close to hand - it sounds odd because the natural tendency would be to make sure you've got rid of them all! But this is the challenge!
Final tip (honest - sorry, I've been rambling) but there has been the odd moment over the last six weeks when I've had a headache (caused by booze normally!) or for some other reason. I've taken a paracetamol (part of the ritual) but only if really needed. I think I've taken three since 5 Jan.
I hope this is of some help - I know my doseage wasn't huge to start with but, as I say, I had been taking it for so long. Hate to think of what it was doing to me!
Best of luck with your cold turkey!!! Would be nice to hear from you.
I went cold turkey last year (Tuesday 22nd April to be exact)I had been on Solpadeine for around 10 years taking 6-8 per day. I tried gradually reducing the dose but always found an excuse to have 'just one more'. My whole life revolved around these things. Making sure I had some in my bag at all times. My giving up wasn't really planned. I just mis-calculated my 'stock' and ran out. Instead of panicking I just decided OK, that's it, no more. I was very fortunate in that I didn't suffer any side effects. I still had the urge to take them but instead drank a small amount of water (about the same amount I would dissolve a tablet in). I rarely even think about them these days. I think I have been lucky to give up relatively easily having looked at what some people go through. All I can say is, keep it up. It's definitely worth it to get that monkey off your back.
Kerry x


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Photographer at Large: Michael Thiaener, A shift in perspective
Architecture, Purpose and Interaction
Note from Adam:
Anyone who reads the blog regularly knows that I am a huge advocate of mentors. I'm not talking about slavish devotion or fan-boy admiration of someone. That won't do anything for your photography. Mentorship is about working together to achieve your new goals, not just reinforcing the success of the mentor.
It is an approach I've used over the years. It allowed my own work to take astronomical leaps forward because a mentor is there to push you. A good one should apply just the right amount of pressure to move you along without completely breaking your spirit. There may be a few tears and bruises along the way, but that is just part of the game.
Having been on the receiving end of some very good, but very tough mentorship over the years gave me the idea to start the One on One program. It lets us focus on the individual needs of a photographer and sets them up to be responsible to continue with their work. There is a simple beauty in saying, "Yes, I'm going to do that," and having someone in the background to keep you honest. It prevents the temptation of excuses and procrastination that plagues almost every human on the planet. It is natural, which is why a mentor is a great way to get you past the habit. The letter below is from One on One photographer and Matera Workshop participant Michael Thiaener, and the story is about his shift in perspective.
Hi Adam,
Recently we discussed how my photography has been progressing and I took the opportunity to reflect on what was said. A lot will sound obvious to you, but the process has been revealing for me. I can now understand, at a much deeper level, ideas we discussed but was not sure how to apply.
When we set out, my focus had been around architecture. Pure form was my highest goal. I was enthralled with the photographic interpretation of shapes and structures. It was all very abstract, free of people, and all geometry.
Over time, while being very attached to the subject, I felt something was missing yet I could not tell what. The uneasiness grew; me wanting to add a layer to the pure form.
Ultimately, this has been a very personal search. I felt that taking photos like someone else would not bring me closer. I was going to have to find my own way to understanding myself. Similarly, when looking for themes to focus on I grabbed the concepts technically, but then could not really connect to them on a deeper level. The feeling that I had an interest inside of me but could not access it was painful. If I could not connect with the picture, no matter how clean it was technically, I felt like the photo would show its shortcoming.
Experimenting with what to "add", you had sent me Movement in Architecture. This made me consider movement as lines, lights and direction, and it has greatly increased my attention to light. Also, movement could come from people in the image, so those entered the frame yet remained passive and small. The people were a key element that I did not want to consider. Approaching people was always intimidating. If my next steps were going to include shooting people too, then it meant taking a very big leap off a very scary cliff. But as you and I looked at the early attempts, like the image of the Kölner Dom (Cologne's main cathedral), I saw that people could play a role that moved me. All of the sudden the picture became more about the role of the person in relationship to the massive scale of the building. Something clicked.
My next step has been (and I regularly revert back to earlier phases, what is written here as a sequence is all but that) to aim at extracting what a place meant, both the intention from an architect's perspective and what the visitor's interpretation is and how this contrasts. This gave me a frame to think about and search. I pushed myself to create a small book, called Places of Purpose, to bring this all together. This put me on the spot and regardless of the result, is a worthwhile exercise; it is something physical, not vanishing with a swipe on the screen.
Attending the Matera workshop this past May with a group of other photographers and trying to break self-inflicted limitations helped. By working side by side with you and the other photographers it let me experiment in real time and get immediate feedback. Certainly, there is a lot of fascinating places within Matera, but I wanted to go beyond and do this differently: My idea, we discussed was to flip the theme around and show people in a place – what would be the worst that could happen if I tried, right?!
Two things happened
- I realized that people define a place equally. It sounds obvious now, but it was a turning point for me. Capturing them and their interaction, sometimes with me (I am not that much into portrait), a small nod of approval to take the picture and the scene comes to life. After seeing you approach people on the streets and break the ice it made the whole transition much easier.
- I used to feel that sneaking up on someone was like stealing a picture. Now I try to interact more when the opportunity presents itself. Much to my surprise it happens often. When I get noticed with a camera it is no longer a big deal. Sometimes we talk, other times there is a complicit nod, and other times they never see me at all. This is a new element to master, but then it can be very rewarding.
To step into this new style of shooting, over the summer I went to a few vintage car events. An admittedly easy theme I can relate to and where many people and many cameras are around, bringing down the entry hurdle. The pictures are working out in a totally new way. While I have not lost my architecture roots, I feel like the tree is growing a new branch.
I'm excited to see how it develops. The nice thing is that I have more material, more options, and more ways to shoot. Some days I still feel like spending quiet time in buildings, but it is nice to know that I now have a balance to that equation. The days out meeting and photographing new faces opened up a new horizon for me. It shifted my perspective on how to define a place. I clearly feel that it is a stepping stone that enriched my photography.
Best regards,
Michael Thiaener
5 Responses to "Photographer at Large: Michael Thiaener, A shift in perspective"
Good for you Michael!
Michael, good to read your letter and share your experience. With me it happened the other way around, I started with people and wanted to do more abstract photos. At the end of the day I concluded I needed to be able to do both at the same level of competence (see if you agree at http://www.chbertoni.com ). Adam has helped me a great deal as well. Keep at it.
@ Dirk – thank you
@ Carlos – thank you for sharing your experience from the "other side", I will certainly not let go of the form(alistic) approach, it is indeed complementary and I have really enjoyed the images on your site.


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Topic: Tranzport stopped working and midi died in Logic
Hi, after never having any problems with tranzport it stopped working with Logic, light comes on but it does not respond otherwise or show any information in the led screen. I tried deleting from the CS Setup in Logic and it actually made things worst, now no midi input device works in Logic.
I uninstalled and re-installed Tranzport, works fine with PT but not Logic, it will simply appear as a control surface but does not work, no midi works and when I exit the session it freezes.
Any guidance will be appreciated.


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The September 2012 issue of Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology contains an interesting article by Hejna, et al., analyzing a case of complex suicide. The article defines complex suicide as one "in which more than one suicide method is applied either simultaneously or successively (one after the other)" and distinguishes complex suicides by two variations: planned, where two or more methods of suicide are combined simultaneously; and unplanned, where a second method of suicide is attempted to compensate for some unsatisfactory aspect of the first, i.e. unbearable pain, or inadequate severity.
This particular case was an instance of planned complex suicide, with the 39 year-old victim employing both a firearm and hanging. While this combination tends to be the most common in planned complex suicides, what makes this case salient is the use of a black-powder derringer. In what was likely an attempt to improve lethality, the gun was loaded with a powder charge far exceeding manufacturer specifications. This resulted in instantaneous death and atypical markings circumscribing the ballistic entrance wound. The effectiveness of the shooting rendered the secondary method of suicide ineffectual, as evidenced by the lack of indicators which are normally present in hanging deaths (such as bleeding into the intevertebral discs).
Hejna, et al. conclude with five key points for forensic investigators to take away from this case:
"1. The combination of hanging and gunshot injury is the most common arrangement involved in primary complex suicides.2. Injuries and fatalities resulting from the use of black powder handguns are relatively rare compared to other firearms.3. Black powder weapons produce entrance wounds with extensive sooting and powder tattooing (in close range and intermediate range shooting).4. The wounds from black powder firearms may have a characteristic sulfurous odor and the soot deposits may have a yellowish color.5. The atypical morphology of the entrance wound with extensive back spatter in this presented case was conditioned by the excessively short barrel of the derringer, a higher amount of black powder charge and by artificial incision of the projectile ogive."
View of the victim as found, with prominent atypical entrance wound. [Hejna, Fig. 2]
"The handgun used– black powder muzzle loading doublebarreled derringer." [Hejna, Fig. 6]
Hejna, Petr; Šafr, Miroslav; Zátopková, Lenka; Straka, Luboš. Complex suicide with black powder muzzle loading derringer. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology (2012) 8: 296-300.


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We are in such a fun place right now with books- Henry is officially reading on his own and Charlie is loving it more than ever. If you've been following along for awhile you know what a big role reading plays in our lives (see our special hashtag on IG here), and the rotation of books on the boys' nightstands is always changing. Together we picked out these five books to share with you all- they're our current go-tos for bedtime and everything in between! I hope that you pick some up for any kiddos you have in your life, and enjoy the happiness to come.
1. The Pout-Pout Fish. This book brings the LAUGHS every time we read it. The first time we read it (the blub, blub, BLUB part- you'll know what I mean when you read it), they were dying from laughter. Each each time we've read it they laugh just as much. I love it. It's a cute book with smart writing, and a great addition to any home library.
2. Gaston. This is the best book ever and aside from it being one of the kids' long-running favorites, it's my most favorite kid's book too! The illustrations are phenomenal, the story is so enjoyable for kids and adults alike, and there's a totally sweet message too. If you get one book from this list, let this be it! And great news, there's a second book in the series coming out this February.
3. We love ALL Mo Willems books in this house, but recently The Pigeon Needs a Bath has taken front and center as the favorite. Another book that will have your kids laughing so hard, and you'll be right there too. I love books like this that appeal to all ages, and it's just a sweet, funny story that keeps little ones entertained from beginning to end.
4. Leonardo the Terrible Monster. This is another Mo Willems book but totally different than the Pigeon series. It's a cute story about choosing to be a good friend. And like all Willems books, the illustrations and story are equally fantastic.
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- the illustrated edition. Henry and I are about to start this, and it will be our first chapter book that we'll read together! We're both so excited. I've had the book on hand for awhile, and the other day he spotted it and asked if we could start it. So fun, right? I'll keep you posted on how it goes.
Happy reading! xo
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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba feels his decision to leave Manchester United on a free transfer in 2012 has been vindicated after reaching the Champions League finals with the Turin giants.
The Frenchman will line up for the Serie A side against Barcelona in Berlin for the right to be called champions of Europe on 6 June.
Pogba joined Juventus on free transfer from United in 2012 after rejecting a contract extension offered by then manager Sir Alex Ferguson after failed promises regarding playing time with the first-team.
The French midfielder has gone to shine in Italy and apart from just reaching the Champions League final, has also won three consecutive Serie A titles with the Turin based outfit. He has gone on to become one of the best midfielders in the world and after three years in Juventus, he is currently being pursued by all of Europe's top clubs including former club United.
The 23-year-old midfield star has admitted that he is happy in Turin and does not have any regrets about turning his back on the Premier League for the Serie A, where he has won three domestic titles and could also be a Champions League winner if Juventus manage to beat favourites Barcelona.
"Yes, for sure, I am happy with how my time has gone in Turin. I don't regret it at all. I am very happy here and I enjoy it," Pogba said, as quoted by the Telegraph.
"I am in a Champions League final with Juventus, not Manchester, so things have worked out very well for me," the French international added.
Meanwhile, the former United midfielder has distanced himself from all the speculation regarding his future and made it clear that his focus is only on the clash against the Catalans in Berlin.
"Let people think what they want to think. This is a final, it is a huge final for me, and I am just focused on that," Pogba concluded.