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Did you know that introductions are proven to be more effective than cold calls? When you're making cold calls, you're calling someone you don't know, hoping to get their attention long enough to listen to what you have to say. When someone introduces you, it comes with a personal recommendation. The person will listen to you because you've been personally introduced.
LinkedIn makes it easy to request introductions. Let's say you want to meet John Smith, who is a potential client. You've worked with executives like him, and the results have been excellent. You want to talk to him about how you might do something similar for him and his company.
Go to LinkedIn and look up John's profile. You can see how you're connected to John. That is, you can see who knows both you and John. Look for someone you know well. Pick up the phone, and tell them, "Bob, I want to meet John Smith. We've worked with companies similar to his, and the results were excellent. I want to talk to him about how we might do something similar for him and his company. Do you mind introducing us?"
Be sure to tell the person who's introducing you why you want to meet the other person. Not only is it polite and courteous to do that, it makes it easier to make the introduction. Also, when someone is introducing you to someone else, it comes with some responsibility on the part of the person introducing you. He wants the introduction to work out well, too.
I find it more effective to make the phone call first, and then to use LinkedIn's steps to an introduction. So after I make the phone call, I go back to LinkedIn and request the introduction.
With introductions, I've been able to reach people I wouldn't have otherwise, and we're now working together. It may take a few extra minutes to do the research to find out who knows the people you want to meet. The return on your investment is high.


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Today our blog puts the Spotlight on Author Robert J. Renteria, Jr. He writes Reality Novels and Comics. He works with youth across America to replace violence, delinquency, gangs and drugs with education, pride, accomplishment, and self esteem.
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Robert J. Renteria, Jr. is a successful businessman turned author of "From the Barrio to the Board Room, Mi Barrio and Little Barrio" who is using his books and curricula with youth across America and many communities around the world, to replace violence, delinquency, gangs and drugs with education, pride, accomplishment, and self esteem.
Robert has dedicated his life to sharing his story with millions of others so that they, too, can help break the vicious cycle of poverty through hard work, determination and education. His book series and the accompanying school based and faith based curriculum's, are forming our "leaders of tomorrow" by helping them to find their identity, establish core values, set goals for themselves, prioritize education, and strive to reach their full potential.
Renteria has been the keynote speaker at the Hispanic Heritage Reception for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, where he was recognized for his achievements as a civic leader and Latino author. He has also presented at the Illinois Association of School Social Workers, McDonald's Hamburger University, the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association annual conference, the Hispanic National Bar Association in Chicago, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation, the 40th and 41st Annual Rainbow Push Coalition Conferences, and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He has been profiled in major media, including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, The Chicago Sun Times, NBC 5, WGN, Univision, and Chicago Public Radio. Robert has worked with political figures (at the local, state and national level) as a "Latino" voice. He has been supported by business owners, corporations, University Professors, and middle and high school teachers and principals who share his universal message that everyone has the right to live the American Dream!
Robert's Awards:
2013 - PUSH Excel Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for his work as a Civil Rights Leader
2013 - Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations (ICDHR) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Educational Reform
2012 - Latino Literacy Now 2012 International Book Award recipient of the BEST comic/graphic novel across Latin America, Spain and the USA addressing youth issues
2012 - Award Recipient from Congressman Danny Davis for his work Supporting Education and Anti-Violence.
2011 - Sole Recipient of Central Asia Institute's Outstanding International Humanitarian Award
SPOTLIGHT Questions and Answers with the Author
First things first. Let's start with what's next. Do you have another Novel or Comic on the horizon? Can you tell us the timeline for its release and give us a little tease?
Yes, we are in the process of developing a super hero comic book named "El Barrio", we are scheduled for release for Christmas 2013. El Barrio will be a super hero that is a power of influence, a comic book that teaches character and help with our kids critical thinking skills.
You have a good following on Facebook. How important have your social media relationships been? Do you see a carry over to your writing success?
Social media is essential if you are looking for a global reach. We have received lots of attention from the media as a result because Barrio are tools that are helping our kids that are walking around lost in a culture of darkness. I believe that social media has helped me in my writing success.
You do a lot of speaking and personal appearances? When and where is the next place your readers and followers can see you? Where can they keep up with your personal contacts online?
I have done several speaking engagements and also multiple books signings across the country over the past five years. We are currently working on a tour to visit 10 states over the next 12 months hitting 100 schools in total and delivering Barrio books to over 50,000 students. People can follow me on my website: www.fromthebarrio.com and also facebook. You can learn more about The Barrio Movement simply by typing my name on Google.
You have great covers. How does your book cover creation process work? Do you hand over the basic theme or do you have more of a hands-on approach? Do you get your readers involved in its development? That could be a good project.
The general idea is molded from images from my past and shared with my publisher, he and his team then jumps in and brings my visions to life. The readers do not get involved with the book cover process at-least not yet.
You have several great videos. (See links below.) Tell us about the process that you used to create your videos? They look very professional.
The video's have typically been taken live and in real time. We have had photographers and video coverage shooting at various events.
Between your book writing, blogging, marketing, family and all the other things that can get in your way, how do you manage your time? Do you have a set schedule or do your sort of play it by ear?
We stay extremely busy and because I am single with no kids that makes it possible for me to help kids across America and in many communities around the world. It is truly a labor of love.
Has the advent of ebooks changed anything in your writing, your marketing and the relationship with your readers and fans?
I believe the ebook world will only enhance our exposure and reach other demographics deal more with technology who do not have to time to sit and read the print copies of the Barrio book series.
What has been your experience in giving your books away free? What was your main goal in doing this?
I have given away over 20,000 books personally (100,000 plus in circulation) to underfunded schools and social service agencies. My goal has been, is and will continue to be to put the Barrio books into the hands of as many kids as possible! And to exchange the Barrio books for all the gun's, knives, drugs, needles, booze and even the cigarettes.
Have you considered publishing your novels as Audio Books?
Actually yes, we are all set and ready to go. Just need the money to get that project off the ground.
The 'From the Barrio Foundation' is working with the schools around the country to implement From the Barrio to the Classroom, a dynamic two week curriculum/teacher's guide. Tell our readers how they can get involved in your Sponsor a Classroom project.
We offer a FREE school based and faith based curricula to all schools, social services, jails, youth detention centers, churches and all youth based organizations. We need your support financially to help deliver The Barrio Program to our teens and at-risk youth so that we together can help inspire and motivate them to make better life choices. We are a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization so your donation is tax deductible.
To get involved and help us to help our kids please call me personally at: 312-933-5619 or email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Again, to learn more visit our website at: www.fromthebarrio.com
Also Google Robert Renteria to learn more about The Barrio Movement!
Author's Book List
Little Barrio
- The Coloring Book
ROBERT RENTERIA'S book "From the Barrio to the Board Room" and his graphic novel "Mi Barrio from Smartercomics" have both resonated with audiences worldwide. The graphic novel, which has won numerous awards, was created when principals and teachers told Robert that he needed to reach kids at a younger age. Now, these same principals and teachers have asked Robert to help engage children in this conversation when they are even younger. And so Little Barrio, the activity coloring book has been born. All of Robert's books are his way of reaching out to the people he can't meet personally. Little Barrio stays true to Robert's experiences and the lessons he teaches young people about hard work, persistence, education and family. For more information about Robert and the From the Barrio Foundation, please visit www.fromthebarrio.com or Google "Robert Renteria."
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Today Robert Renteria is a successful business owner and civic leader, but he grew up as an infant sleeping in a dresser drawer. This poignant and often hard-hitting memoir traces Robert's life from a childhood of poverty and abuse in one of the poorest areas of East Los Angeles, to his proud emergence as a business owner today.
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Don't let where you came from dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you become. Successful entrepreneur Robert Renteria grew up sleeping in a dresser drawer. This hard-hitting comic memoir traces Robert's life from a childhood of poverty and abuse in one of the poorest areas of East Los Angeles, to his emergence as a business owner and civic leader today.
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Anyone can throw together this simple snack. I realize that it is not a super creative recipe, but given I am sharing many of the foods I am eating during 30 for 30, I decided to share this too! My tolerance for things sweet has definitely changed. The pineapple in this recipe tasted like the sweetest thing I have ever tasted. No more white sugar for me! What I like about this snack is how the protein packed
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Elite Georgia shooting guard Kevin Ware signed a letter of intent to play for UCF Monday night, picking the Knights over Louisville and Georgia.
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The U.S. Bank allows customers to manage money online and deposit checks electronically. The customer merely has to endorse the check, log into his account on a mobile device, select the photo capture option to take a picture of both the front and the back of the check, verify that all the information is correct and select "Submit." The Bank of America not only has online and mobile banking, but also allows customers to set goals and track spending.
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Should school kids be paddled?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
What the research shows
One of the most controversial topics in education is whether or not kids should be paddled in school as a form of discipline.
Alabama ranks third in the nation for most students paddled—behind Mississippi and Texas.
Nearly 19,000 kids were paddled in Alabama schools during the 2013 and 2014 school year. That's according to the U.S Department of Education.
Alabama is one of 19 states that allows paddling in public schools. But is it the right thing to do?
One Selma school paddled nearly 65 percent of its students
We traveled to Selma, Alabama. Population: Less than 20,000 people.
This city is best known for its place in civil rights history. But these days, it could also be known as the Paddling Capital of Alabama.
That's because the R.B. Hudson Middle School, which used to be called Selma Middle CHAT Academy, had the highest percentage of students paddled in Alabama during the 2013-14 school year. That's according to the most recent U.S. Department of Education statistics.
Nearly 65 percent of the 7th and 8th graders at this school were spanked with a paddle for disciplinary reasons. That's a higher percentage than any other school in Alabama.
Parents of students at the school didn't want to talk on camera about this hot-button issue.
But off-camera, they had mixed opinions on school paddling. As for the principal, LaShonda Morer, she didn't return repeated phone calls.
Mixed opinions
On the streets of Selma, opinions vary about school paddling.
Harry Saulsberry has two kids. He's engaged to Betty Thompson who has four kids. They are a house divided because they have opposing views on school paddling.
"Sometimes it takes that to get their attention," Saulsberry told ABC 33/40 News Investigates. "They know that they're going to get paddled, then they'll be in line and they'll be disciplined to that. They won't do the wrong thing."
"When my kids were in school, I sent a note to school saying no spanking, because I did the spanking at home," Thompson said.
What the research shows
Recent national research on corporal punishment in schools uncovered some interesting facts.
In Alabama and Mississippi, African American children are more likely to be paddled than white children in over half of school districts. That's according to a study released last month by the Society for Research in Child Development.
The author of the study says that doesn't mean there's discrimination. But it does mean paddling is more prevalent in predominately African American schools.
Meantime, more than 30 organizations oppose corporal punishment in schools, including the American Psychological Association. The association wrote in 2012 that many studies have shown that spanking, hitting and other means of causing pain, can lead to increased aggression, anti-social behavior, physical injury and mental health problems for children.
"On average, it is not the most effective way to curb behavior," said Josh Klapow, Ph.D., a UAB clinical psychologist. "School administrators, school systems, and parents have to realize that the margin for error—the opportunity to do this wrong—and when I say do it wrong, meaning it's not effective, and the opportunity to potentially harm a child both psychologically and physically — is very high."
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of public schools to administer corporal punishment nearly 40 years ago.
Alabama law allowed for paddling in 1995. It prohibits excessive force and cruel and unusual punishment. The state law directs local school boards to adopt their own codes of conduct and procedures.
In the meantime, Alabama State Superintendent of Education Michael Sentence—who came here from Massachusetts which doesn't allow paddling—has no plans to lead the charge to change the law here in Alabama.
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01-20-06 Indians shake off early struggles to down Redskins
By Robb Hemmelgarn
ST. HENRY -- It was early in the second quarter last night at the St. Henry Middle School, and Fort Recovery coach Jeff Roessner was in a quandary. With his two starting point guards on the bench for much of the first half in foul trouble and an aggressive St. Henry defense muzzling Holly Stein, his Indians trailed St. Henry by six points and the momentum was clearly in the Redskins' favor. As the contest progressed, the Indians eventually took the lead, but had to fight off a late scoring surge by the Redskins to escape their battle with a 59-52 victory. "Before this game, I was talking to my assistant coach Doug Bihn and I told him I was scared to death of this team," Roessner candidly explained. "I was concerned about their size and they're playing very loose right now. They're not a bad team at all, and it was a battle the whole way." The Redskins opened the first two periods with 6-0 runs with senior Brenda Hemmelgarn collecting seven of the quarter-opening 12 points. Down 21-15 with 6:54 left in the second period and Sara Fortkamp and Vicki Roessner forced to watch from the bench, the Indians needed an answer in a hurry. Just then junior Sam Staugler drained a bunny shot and went on to hit for all seven of her points in the period to keep her team within two points at the intermission, 28-26. "Our game plan tonight was to pressure them early and board with them," said Roessner. "Our early pressure got three fouls on both of our point guards, and we had to play a freshman for a large part of the game early on. I have to give Joanna Snyder a lot of credit for stepping in there and taking over. "I also want to get a word in for Sam Staugler," continued Roessner. "She went into the game and made some big buckets for us. If that didn't happen, we would have been in big-time trouble. We had kids score for us tonight that normally don't get the chance, and I was very proud of the way they took advantage of the opportunity they had." Both teams traded blows in the early going of the second half, but at the 4:45 mark, the Indians regained the lead and closed the period with a 6-0 spurt to push their lead to seven points at 42-35. The Redskins took it right to the Indians for much of the fourth period, eventually cutting their deficit to one point at 50-49 with 3:25 to play. Several turnovers and missed scoring opportunities came back to haunt the Redskins in the closing minutes, though, and they were forced to foul the Indians, who in turned sealed the deal by hitting the game's last five points -- all from the charity stripe. "We've shown many times already this season that we're able to play with anyone, it's just a matter of getting confidence during the game and learning to finish things off," explained Redskin coach Charles Maier. "We did a lot of things well and took some very good shots on offense. We got to within a point in that fourth quarter, and then we went down and made bad passes, or we traveled, or missed shots that should have went in. This game is another learning experience for us. Fort Recovery is one of the best teams in the state, and to play with them the way we did makes me proud of our effort, we just have to learn to avoid errors at crucial times." The Indians were led in scoring by Tiffany Gaerke, who worked the paint aggressively all night, finishing the contest with 18 points and 14 rebounds. She was joined in scoring double figures by Vicki Roessner who had an outstanding second half with 12 of her 14 total points. The Redskins were led in the scoring column by Brenda Hemmelgarn who drilled a game-high 22 points. Junior Gail Hartings added 13 points as she hit six of her eight shots from the field. The Redskins (4-8, 2-4 MAC) are back in action Thursday when they travel to Coldwater to face the red-hot Cavaliers. The Indians (10-2, 3-1 MAC) will play host to the Wapakoneta Redskins tomorrow at the Fort Site Fieldhouse.
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It's official! Radio personality Frank Ski is returning to the morning show airways.
About 2 weeks ago Ryan Cameron announced that he would be leaving his cushy morning show position at Atlanta's V-103 radio station to persue his "yacht dreams" in corporate america (click HERE if you missed that).
And just as I predicted, Cameron's predecessor will now be his replacement beginning Monday, February 12th.
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As educators in natural health and wellness, we teach our students in massage therapy and personal training to be both logical about their skills but also intuitive about what their clients' needs. We also teach them to listen to their own bodies and hearts when it comes to their own lives. And, no surprise, many of them come to school here based on their heart's desire to help others, instead of working in a cubicle all day.
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While the Cotuit Fire Annual Meeting warrant is shorter than most years, a return item to nix health benefits for elected district officials may keep things lively, May 30 .
Fire commissioner race; health benefits on warrant
While the Cotuit Fire Annual Meeting warrant is shorter than most years, a return item to nix health benefits for elected district officials may keep things lively, May 30 .
Article 10 represents the third time removing such benefits has been sought. All have been brought by citizen petition.
Past meetings have seen both passion and some parliamentary confusion and maneuvering around the matter, resulting in its failure. The revamped and cleaned-up language adds some clarity to what is being sought and why.Elections
Incumbent Brenda Nailor was first elected as a fire commissioner in 2010, filling the remaining term of Don Campbell, who stepped down less than a year into his latest term. She retired as a firefighter/EMT from the Cotuit Fire Department after close to 30 years of service in 2009.
"I was born and brought up in Cotuit and I have a very deep commitment in this district," Nailor said in a May 24 phone interview.
She said that after retiring, joining the board "seemed like a logical transition."
While she acknowledged that there have been trying times over the past two years, she's always been grateful to the voters of the district.
"I think the Cotuit Fire Dept. has been very fortunate to have very supportive district members. We've been able to have just about anything we wanted."
Looking ahead, Nailor said that she would like to ensure the department is ready for the growth in population that some new developments will bring, and can see the need for additional personnel in the future.
She is married, has four children and expects that she will always be a resident of the village.
Jim Gardner has been a fire commissioner before, serving from 1994 to 2006. While he's stepped away from the board, he didn't go too far and has been a regular attendee of commissioner meetings as a member of the public.
He said he is frustrated by the responses, or lack thereof, to questions he poses to the board, sometimes 10 at a shot. Gardner admits that he can come off a little rough at times, but said what he's looking for is to ensure the best firefighters and equipment are put on the street for the district. In his opinion, that's not the case and he lays blame at the feet of the current members of the board of fire commissioners.
The fire department has seen its share of divisiveness over the past two years regarding different lawsuits brought against it by two of its members. Gardner sides with the firefighters in that case, but said it's based on right and wrong, not his friendship with the litigants.
He holds a master's in public administration and has been a member of the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department since 1982, full-time since 1985.
The annual election will be held May 29 at Freedom Hall from 4 to 8 p.m.
Also on the ballot are Prudential Committee chair Laurie Hadley and Water Commission chair Rick Kiely. Both are unopposed for three-year terms.


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Forced marriage app
A new smartphone app, for young people at risk of being forced into marriage, has been launched by a charity and the Metropolitan Police.
Live updates
Met: no-one should be suffering and be unheard
The app was developed with support from the Metropolitan Police Child Abuse Command.
Detective Superintendent Reg Hooke said he would "commend it to all young people and professionals who work with the young."
He said: "It recognises that often their best and most immediate support comes from friends and others who see them every day.
"In this day and age, with our level of social networking and communication, no one should be suffering and be unheard and the app gives another voice to young people."
"The 999 of apps"
The app lists the "warning signs" to look out for in cases of forced marriage and so-called "dishonour-based violence".
At the touch of a button, the user can also be directed straight through to the emergency services.
Aneeta Prem, founder of Freedom Charity, said:
App for youngsters at risk of forced marriage
A new smartphone app, for young people at risk of being forced into marriage, has been launched today by Freedom Charity, the Government's Forced Marriage Unit and the Metropolitan Police.
The app has been designed to reach out to young people, aged 16 to 25, who are most at risk from forced marriages. It looks like a game, making it attractive to use and helping to avoid suspicion from parents. But the charity says it contains information which could be "life-saving".
Watch Freedom Charity's video about the new app below.


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Police: 2 beaten to death in Houston nursing home
HOUSTON — Police say a resident of a Houston nursing home will face capital murder charges for using the armrest of his wheelchair to beat two of his roommates to death.
The 56-year-old man was in custody pending charges, police spokesman Victor Senties said.
Police aren't saying what provoked the attack Tuesday night at the Lexington Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. But Irma Chavez, the daughter of one of the victims, 77-year-old Antonio Acosta, said her father had long complained about the man scaring him — as recently as earlier Tuesday.
She said the man would cut himself, often talked to himself and would argue with other people in the facility.
The Associated Press is not identifying the man pending formal charges.
According to Chavez, when she reported those complaints to nursing home management, she was told she could move her father to a different facility.
"My father told us yesterday, 'Who can we talk to to take this man out of the room? He is very violent,'" she said, standing in the parking lot of the nursing home.
An employee of the nursing home refused to identify herself and declined to comment.
Chavez said Acosta had lived in the facility for two years and was recovering from two strokes. A guitar player who performed around Houston, Acosta was starting to use a walker and was looking forward to the day he could leave, she said.
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text: BUCKLEY, Mich. (AP) -- You've heard about Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, but what about Jupe Youker? Unlike the well-known mythical lumberjack and cowboy, Youker, whose real name is David Youker, is a real person and a retired farmer who lives near Buckley. But his granddaughter, Amanda Youker, 11, gave him a superhuman persona for a reading-class assignment. "Some say he invented farmin' and could plant 150 acres o' wheat, corn, and hay all in one day," she wrote in a colloquial style to enhance the tone of the story. David Youker, known in the area as Jupe -- the meaning or origin of which he's not sure -- said he doesn't remember how many acres he could plant in a day, and it depended on what he was planting. But he knows he never planted 150 acres in a day. "Not with the equipment we had then," he said. Amanda wrote the story in the "reader's theater" style, meaning it was meant to be read in parts by her and fellow students. Her teacher, Beth Bynum, said she was impressed with the story because it went above and beyond what other students did with the assignment. Some of the students expanded on already familiar mythical characters. "But she set it in Buckley and used what was right here at home and involved her family," Bynum said. And his biggest accomplishment was inventing a farm sprinkler. Her grandfather said he never invented anything quite like that -- "Not any that worked." Amanda said she likes to write stories and she knows her grandfather's life in farming meant a lot of hard work. Some of it she knows firsthand. Her family has five horses and three mules and grows hay to feed them. "I help, but my mom does most of it," she said. "I take care of my chickens, but they don't take that long."


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Brazil's Neymar announces transfer to Barcelona
Rising Brazilian football star Neymar announced on Saturday on his Instagram account that he is about to sign up with Spanish powerhouse Barcelona.sports Updated: May 26, 2013 13:24 IST
Rising Brazilian football star Neymar announced on Saturday on his Instagram account that he is about to sign up with Spanish powerhouse Barcelona.
"On Monday, I sign a contract with Barcelona. I want to thank the Santos fans for nine incredible years," wrote Neymar, 21, who is currently a forward for the storied Brazilian team Santos.
Santos had received offers for Neymar – full name Neymar da Silva Santos Junior – from both Barcelona and its rival Real Madrid, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais, quoting the club's vice-president.
Despite his tender age, Neymar has been a first-team regular for Santos for the past four years, scoring 156 goals and providing 77 assists in 256 matches.
In 2011, he guided them to their first Copa Libertadores triumph since the days when Pele represented the club in the 1960s, and has already established himself at international level, scoring 20 times in 32 appearances with Brazil.
"It's a different moment for me, sad (bidding farewell) and happy (new challenges)," he wrote.
Neymar plays his last game for Santos on Sunday against rivals Flamengo, at the opening of this year's Brazilian football season.
"I want the chance to enter the field one more time... and hear the fans cry out my name," he wrote.
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Bebe Nodjomi 's Iran: A Memory is a found footage, experimental, performative documentary currently featured on the website for the Farhang Foundation 6th Annual Short Film Festival (http://www.farhangfilmfest.org).
Oscillating between New York and Iran, Nodjomi searches for the meaning of home and identity through her father's documentation of Iran, reflecting on the past that she otherwise could not remember were it not for the medium of film.
Nodjomi was born and raised in New York and has made frequent trips to Iran with her family but has not returned since 2009. She is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Film Studies at Columbia University. She plans on writing her Master's Thesis about Post-Nationalist Iranian Cinema. Below are excerpts from a recent conversation between Bebe Nodjomi and IndependentFilmNow.
Mike Fishman: Bebe, in Iran: A Memory you utilize film footage that your father shot of Iran and of you and your family when you were much younger. Did the idea for your film grow out of that footage or did you have the idea for the film and realized that you could incoprorate the footage to explore your themes?
Bebe Nodjomi: I first began assembling this film for an experimental class back in 2012. I was inspired by a lot of work we were watching by filmmakers who explored their respective heritages. I decided to go and look back at what my father had filmed on your basic homevideo DV camcorder and came across footage of the roads, mountains, family outings, and of course myself as a younger girl. I think looking back at this image of a younger me inspired me to "find myself" and better understand who was in the past when I traveled to Iran and who I am now in New York, having not traveled back since 2009. The addition of my cousins footage came in a year later when I was looking through the completed short and I realized I needed something light to make it more relatable and comedic, however, the dialogue still ties into the general theme of blood shed in Iran.
MF: Is that where the images came from of you painting grass blades red?
BN: Yes, the grass sequence is a continuation of this blood shed in Iran theme. It refers specifically to the 2009 Green Wave Movement that attempted to outcast the fraudulent votes that made Ahmadinejad the president again for four subsequent years. The mini revolution was swiftly kept at bay with harsh violent sanctions from the government and I wanted to portray that as best I could without specifically referring to the event but rather subtextually referencing it in a poetic manner such as painting.
MF: As with most experimental filmmakers you utilize sound to comment and expand upon your images, such as the sound of cars on a highway and judicious use of music and ambient sound. Tell us about your approach to creating the soundscape for this film.
BN: For my soundtrack, I simply kept using snippets of pre-existing sound from the footage I had of Iran and constantly pasted them over various images. In particular I used the sound of cars zooming by to establish a sense of time and disorder, for example when I have the sound of cars passing by while my father dances with my cousin. Originally I had wanted to use a traditional Iranian pop song, but because of copyright issues I decided to use the car sound which perhaps even creates an alienative quality about the moment. I tried my best to use Godard's sound technique of dropping sound down every now and then to help the viewer truly pay attention to what is happening on screen.
For more information about Bebe Nodjomi, please visit her Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/bebe.nodjomi


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THE most striking character in Pat Barker's new novel is a centenarian war veteran named Geordie, who in his dying days manages to frighten, frustrate and charm everyone who comes near him. Geordie returned from the Great War with a bayonet wound in his stomach and a head full of guilty memories -- memories that readers of Barker's Regeneration trilogy will instantly recognize. Those novels, like ''Another World,'' owe at least part of their inspiration to Barker's childhood.
Born in 1943, in the thick of World War II, in the industrial northeast of England, Barker never knew her father. She was told that he was in the R.A.F., that he had died. She and her mother lived with her grandparents until, seven years after Barker's birth, her mother moved out to start a new family. Barker remained with her grandparents -- and so her grandfather's war, which had left him with scars from a bayonet wound, became part of her own stock of memories. So too did the memory of what it was like to care for an invalid: after getting her university degree, Barker returned to nurse her dying grandmother, who had herself tended her husband for many years.
How much of Geordie derives from this slice of Barker's personal past? In a telephone interview from her home in Durham, not far from Thornaby-on-Tees, the town where she was born, Barker reflected on ''all the tributaries'' that flow into a character. The main similarity between Geordie and her grandfather, she decided, was that Geordie, who has cancer, is convinced that the bayonet wound is responsible for his increasingly unbearable pain -- a diagnosis her grandfather had earlier made for himself. ''I was fascinated,'' she explained, ''by the idea that in each case the man needs to believe that the war is what's killing him.''
And what of Geordie's steely flirtatiousness? As a widower in his late 70's, Geordie acquired a new girlfriend with an ''opulent bosom'' and a penchant for leopard-print blouses. Over 20 years later, as ''Another World'' draws to a close, he somehow summons the energy to rise from his deathbed and spruce himself up for one final meeting with an attractive university professor who has interviewed him for a book -- a woman closer to his grandson's age, who is definitely not immune to his charms. Barker laughed. ''No, that's not my grandfather,'' she said. ''My grandfather wasn't flirtatious.'' That part of Geordie put her more in mind of an elderly Billy Prior, the character who as a young man gradually comes to dominate the Regeneration novels.
Some of the physical aspects of Geordie's character were derived from yet another source, a World War I veteran Barker met on the battlefields of France while filming a documentary for the BBC. ''He was 103,'' she recalled, ''and had perfect hearing, perfect memory. He stood upright; he had no arthritis. He seemed physically indestructible.'' But when she put her arms around him, she was surprised by how fragile he was. ''You felt he could crumble away before you, in your fingers.''Continue reading the main story
That eye for the delicate, often puzzling balance of human strength and weakness, both physical and mental, has been at the core of Barker's work from the beginning. Her first two novels, ''Union Street'' and ''Blow Your House Down'' (originally published in the early 1980's and recently brought back into print in a one-volume paperback), were generally praised -- and generally pigeonholed as ''regional'' and ''feminist'' -- for their gritty, unsentimental depictions of the lives of working-class women in the north of England. Although her next two novels, ''The Century's Daughter'' and ''The Man Who Wasn't There'' (which Barker said would also be combined in a forthcoming paperback), moved her closer to the critics' idea of the literary mainstream, it wasn't until 1991, with the publication in Britain of ''Regeneration,'' a historical novel about mentally ill World War I soldiers, including real-life figures like the poet Siegfried Sassoon and his doctor, William Rivers, that her place there was staked out. With the succeeding volumes of the trilogy, ''The Eye in the Door'' and ''The Ghost Road'' (which won the Booker Prize in 1995), that place was firmly established. Barker appears to have found the whole process both frustrating and satisfying.
''The early criticism -- that I wrote mainly for and about women -- is an artificial one in some ways,'' she remarked. ''My early books were published by a feminist publishing house, so naturally they were perceived in a particular way; they got that artificial perspective.'' When ''Regeneration'' appeared, ''I did seem to be setting off at right angles, which wasn't actually true. The themes in 'Regeneration' are also the themes of books like 'Union Street' -- they're about trauma, whether it's experienced by working-class people or aristocrats. Women were also central to the Regeneration books, even though they didn't figure as largely in them. They are, together with Rivers, a sort of moral center.''
Does ''Another World,'' which takes place in the present day and is set in the north of England, in a Newcastle still partly blighted by industrial decline, represent a more obvious melding of her early work with the Regeneration trilogy? ''I do think I'm trying to knit the two strands together,'' Barker agreed. Nick, the middle-aged schoolteacher whose point of view dominates much of the action, is a kind of clearinghouse for a good deal of the novel's speculation about memory and identity, but at the same time ''a lot of the force of the book is deflected from him onto the two generations on either side.''
Thus Nick figures in a pair of pivotal scenes: a late-night tussle in a garbage-strewn back alley with Geordie, who has escaped from his bedroom and is hallucinating a return to the trenches, and a frantic search for Nick's 11-year-old stepson, Gareth, who has run away from home and wound up in a nocturnal wasteland of derelict factory buildings sectioned off by barbed-wire fences. Clearly, Barker wants us to think about how the combat of (and with) the past is mirrored in the domestic skirmishes of the present -- to consider, as a passage early in ''Another World'' has it, ''the power of old wounds to leak into the present.''
The reader is also meant, Barker said, ''to be comparing Geordie's fantastic memory, his belief in remembering the past and using the past as a guide to the present, with Gareth's total ability to reinvent the past, even down to what happened the previous day.'' Gareth, like many boys his age, is obsessed with violent computer games. Unlike many boys his age, he shows signs of erupting into real violence. ''The point with Gareth is that you don't know how dangerous he is,'' Barker remarked. ''He could turn out to be a fine, upstanding computer analyst or he could turn into someone you read about in the newspapers.''
At school, Gareth has been reprimanded for bullying and threatening younger children. During a family outing, Barker positions him on a cliff, hurling rocks down onto a sandy beach. Below, unobserved by their parents, is his 2-year-old stepbrother, Jasper. The temptation is obvious.
''In that beach scene,'' Barker recalled, ''I tried to make much of the fact that Gareth sees the child from above. From up there on the cliff, what he sees has some of the impersonality of video games. From there, his brother looks like a piglet, not a child. It's easy to dehumanize someone at that point.'' Writing that scene, she was also thinking of grown-up video games, of modern technological warfare, with its ''precision siting, puffs of smoke behind which actual human beings are blown to pieces. The reader is not meant to get off too lightly. I also meant the reader to be thinking of a disturbed society.''
What will she want readers to be thinking of next time around? She's reluctant to talk about the novel she's working on now, beyond saying that she has completed a first draft. ''By the end of the first draft, it's full of wrong turnings,'' she explained. ''By then I've seen the book I ought to have written instead of the book I have written.'' Might it resemble the novel she talked about in an interview in late 1995, just after ''The Ghost Road'' won the Booker Prize? Set in a rundown housing project, the book was going to focus on young joy riders who steal cars and then burn them to destroy the evidence. No, Barker said, with a laugh, that one isn't likely to make it into print. ''I had problems understanding their feelings about cars. I just couldn't get it.''Continue reading the main story


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BYU Student Designer Plans and Directs Fashion Show
Contributed By By Michelle Garrett, Church News staff writer
Article Highlights
- Karstin Lake, a piano performance major at BYU, founded, organized, and directed a fashion show held at BYU on February 9, 2013.
- Despite the campus lacking a fashion design program, Karstin was able to find 12 designers and one guest designer to participate in the show.
- Karstin encouraged others to follow their dreams and become involved in every industry.
"We [Latter-day Saints] have a unique perspective, and we need to permeate the world." — Karstin Lake, student fashion designer
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Karstin Lake was in ninth grade when her friend told her about a local sewing class. Karstin decided to attend the class and found out she loved it. Soon, she was filling her time sketching fashion designs. She lost contact with her friend after a few months, but that sewing class changed her life.
Today, Karstin, 21, is a senior at Brigham Young University who single-handedly planned, directed, and designed a clothing line for a fashion show at a school currently without a fashion program.
Karstin's family always wanted her to do something practical. She came to BYU as a piano performance major, but she intended to go to graduate school in something "useful."
"Fashion design was always just a hobby," Karstin said. "My mom told me it was something to do on the side, not a career."
Karstin started to learn about fashion design from her ninth-grade sewing class taught by Nancy Gray in Mission Viejo, California. Mrs. Gray didn't follow the traditional method of having the whole class follow one design, but rather allowed them each to bring in their own designs and showed them how to make each design a reality. Mrs. Gray has a big impact on Karstin's life.
"She's one of the top three people in the world I look up to," Karstin said. "Whenever I'm home I visit Nancy."
Karstin still uses Mrs. Gray as her mentor, saving up her sewing questions for when she can go home and ask her former teacher.
As her enthusiasm for fashion design grew during her college years, Karstin decided to spend a summer working at the costume design shop at BYU. There, she learned to work on an industrial sewing machine, which she said is a lot different—and scarier, at first—than a home sewing machine. She was able to help design costumes for BYU's productions of Arabian Nights and Phantom of the Opera.
A little over a year before her graduation, Karstin decided that, despite its impracticality, she wanted to follow her passion for fashion design. But she found herself in a school that didn't have a fashion program. She knew the fashion industry was a competitive one, and she would need experience if she wanted to get a job after graduation.
"I wanted something to help me stand out, not just 'here are my sketches,'" Karstin said. Though she enjoyed drawing and designing her own clothing, Karstin knew she would need more to get ahead.
She had the idea to put on a fashion show. She presented the idea to both the BYU Student Association (BYUSA) and the Provo Towne Center mall. She anticipated having to present to several institutions before someone would be willing to sponsor her fashion show. To her pleasant surprise, both BYUSA and the mall came back and told her they wanted to do it. As an added bonus, the mall offered her a job as a marketing assistant.
Once she had BYUSA and the mall on board for the show, Karstin held auditions for fashion designers among the students at BYU. Applicants came in slowly, but eventually Karstin had 12 total designers from BYU, plus one guest designer.
Karstin said she felt a little uncomfortable interviewing designers.
"It was interesting interviewing students and having this authority," Karstin said, "when I didn't have any experience, just personal drive."
Karstin also auditioned models, which got a much bigger reaction from the BYU student population—a hundred people signed up. However, Karstin found that their best models were the ones they stopped on campus and asked to model for them. They ended up with 75 models, which meant they never had to worry about changing clothes, hair, or makeup.
On top of all these auditions, Karstin designed her own line for the fashion show. She also worked hard arranging for photographers, videographers, and lighting and sound technicians. She met weekly with BYUSA members to plan the details and map out the timing of the show. She worked on it 10 to 40 hours a week from September until the shows in February.
Karstin Lake, founder and director of the fashion show held at BYU on February 9, 2013.
"It took over my life, but in a good way, because I love it," Karstin said. "I would definitely do it again."
Unfortunately, because of her upcoming graduation this year, she will not have another chance to run a fashion show at BYU. Karstin said she is excited to graduate, but it's hard to imagine someone else running her show—her project, her creation.
As for post-graduation plans, Karstin hopes to get an internship with a fashion designer to gain more experience. She ultimately wants to set up her own academy that will teach every aspect of the fashion industry to younger students.
As a member of the Church, Karstin knows it's important for members to be involved in every industry.
"We have a unique perspective, and we need to permeate the world," she said.
Her family always wanted her to go after a practical career, and she wanted that too. Now, she knows that with the Lord's help she can go after her dreams and find success.


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2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab LT1 4dr Crew Cab 4WD LB (6.0L 8cyl 6A)
I've had mine for 2 years now and never had a problem with mileage - 15/18. I use it a lot in the woods and never had a problem on or off road. I do agree the tires are too small for the truck (that was the very first thought when I saw it). But it's been a good truck that handled well on a WA to NJ road trip of 4000+ miles with a motorcycle and stuff in the bed ranging from twisting turning roads in Yellowstone to 90+ MPH straightaways in SD (milage goes to 14-15 at 90MPH).
Engine - Powerful and quiet. I constantly get comments on how quiet it is. I also like the 40/60 split rear seat.
BIGGER Wheels and tires.
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab LTZ 4dr Crew Cab LB (6.0L 8cyl 6A)
This is the first non big block gas truck that will actually tow and haul large loads without having a gear too high and a gear too low to tow with. The 6 speed with 4:10 gears works great and doesn't hunt. I can haul my slide in camper with a towed or hook on to the 30ft enclosed 6 place sled trailer and head to the mountains 1200 miles away. It handles remarkably well for its hulk size and the ride quality is excellent. I get 12-13 in the city and 14-16 on the highway which I can't complain. I had a 1500 5.3 which did great but I couldn't do anything with it. I have had absolutely no issues with this truck and love it.
The whole truck is a total package. I ordered it with everything heavy duty. Dual batteries, camper mirrors and had to throw is the sunroof and power slider. I opted out for the DVD system as I can't watch it while I'm driving and deleted the cd changer as I just don't use them.
Heater controls were a step backward to operate but they do everything for you. I just have to learn to keep playing with it. The heated wiper fluid is sweet on those frosty days as well as the remote start being standard.
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 4WD LB DRW (6.0L 8cyl 6A)
This truck I bought last year new. I have already 65,000 miles on it. It broke at about 56,000 and now I'm getting 18MPG without the trailer on the highway. At first it got 12 and 14 at best with out the trailer. I haul 10,000-13,000 pounds all the time. You can go up and down moutains and it just keeps on moving forward. The Allison Trany and the Duramax makes the truck tougher and more reliable. It never broke down on me/never had a problem. I am always going to be a Chevy fan. The tow command is simple and very good to have. It helps out buy being easier on my truck brakes. Always has power to spare. I would recommend this truck to anyone that needs a tough reliable truck that will never stop.
The Duramax and the Allison. The comfort and quality of the materials. The toughness of the truck. Also the Bose sound system.
The truck's tires are too small. The rims need to be upgraded to the now style. Ford and Dodge have nice rims. The wheel wells are huge in the back. And the truck sits like a wedge.GM level your trucks!
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 4WD LB (6.0L 8cyl 6A)
Great truck if you want to turn people's head. Mileage not as good as the 2005 I traded in. Both were equiped the same way. Maybe it will get better. My 05 keep improving till about 35,000 miles. Interior much improved. The navagation is really nice to have, I also have it on my 07 1500. My crew that works out of it really do love driving the 08 LTZ dully. It does every thing we ask and more.
Power and six speed trans. Comfort of the big buckets.
As usual I would prefer beter mileage. We are getting 12.9, but we also have a body on it that weighs 3,800 pounds with our equipment. we averaged 13.6 over 3 years on the 05.


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DEAR FRIENDS, WELCOME TO THE 16th EDITION OF TIFF 2018!
Tirana International Film Festival is the most important cinematographic event that takes place in Albania. Not only because is the oldest and most experienced but also for the highest number of applications, selective films' capability, the rich program, fascinating discoveries and premieres of the most important cinematic films' market today in the world.
For all mentioned reasons, Tirana International Film Festival after applying was qualified as Festival from the Academy of Art and Sciences USA with the right that the winner of Best Short Live Action/Animation to rank in the list from which will come out the Oscar® winner for this categories.
This recognition ranks TIFF among 94 most prestigious festivals in the planet such as: Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Sundance, Tribeca, etc. giving this way a bigger chance to the movies produced in Albania, Kosovo, in the region and not only, to compete for this big Award.
This news drew the attention of directors and producers, which brought a significant increase in applications this year, to a record number of 4000 films.
The International Selection Committee has suggested 128 movies in competition for these categories:
Feature, EYE on TIFF (debut feature film competition), Short Live Action, Animation, Student and Video Art & Experimental, Documentary, Balkan and In Albanian competition.
Furthermore TIFF offers even a rich and special program of 127 movies.
To mention such as Special Screenings, film premieres assured by our partner distributors, that are circulating in this moment worldwide and Europe as:
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by Gus Van Sant, Suspiria by Luca Guadagnino, The House That Jack Built by Lars von Trier. Such names and winners make the TIFF honorable and significantly increase its international quality and reputation.
You will have the opportunity to follow exclusively in TIFF the 10 short movies nominated for the 2018 Oscar®.
TIFF's FOCUS this year will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1968 events that changed the world, but not the dream for a better and fairer world. That is why "FOR ANOTHER DREAM", will come with lectures and films of that era, for the interested audience at KINO bar every evening from 19:00 with a rich scheduled program curated by Federico Rossin, Arber Zaimi and Edon Qesari.
Following the last year's initiative, TIFF will offer KIDs, an exclusive program for children at the Puppet Theater at 10:30 am. This initiative comes as a long-term investment to raise and educate future cinematic audiences with artistic films through acquired projects in Creative Europe for the distribution and promotion of European films.
PANORAMA section will have such programs as: GENERATIONs, NEW WORLD, DIVERGENT MINDs, PARADE, REFLECTING ALBANIA and DOC+ that includes not only the artistic values in cinema,but sharp social and political issues.
Daily Program of TIFF 2018 following the link:
Except a fulfilled program of movies, the guests and all the accredited participants of TIFF will have the possibility to enjoy the Happy Hours from VENA, drink & food, every day at 19:00 o'clock in the terrace of Cinema Millennium.
KINO bar will be the coolest place of TIFF by Night, where every night after FOR ANOTHER DREAM program, will be offered special local and original drinks.
You are pleased to do the accreditation in the following link, to have the possibility of becoming a badge and to follow for free all the screenings of TIFF 2018 in Cinema Millennium and also to participate in all events that will be organised for this occasion.
You may do the accreditation till 30 October 2018.
After this date the accreditation will be obligatory with payment toward a value of 2.000 Lekë (15 Euro) valid for all the TIFF screenings. The daily accreditation will be offered with a payment of 500 Lekë.
The tickets in Cinema Millennium will cost from 100-500 Lekë depending on the program and the time of the screening.


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I just discovered that Jay Brannan is performing in Sydney on October 30th. I also just discovered that October 30th is a Thursday and I have 2 work commitments I can't change for that date, which is typical. I don't see a lot of live musical performances, but if I could I would see Jay live - damn it.
So your job, superchilled readers, is to make sure the first performance is a sell out and that way they might be inclined to offer more performances! That's my vain hope anyway. You can see an example of a performance below for Half Boyfriend. You may recall him from the highly recommended film, Shortbus.
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When it's 30 minutes to tip-off and you show up at a restaurant right next door to the venue (EnergySolutions, in this case), you better plan on being late to the game.
That was our plan. California Pizza Kitchen beat our expectations, though, and we were pleasantly surprised at that.
It was obvious when we walked in that the restaurant was full. People were loitering inside and out of the entrance, waiting for their table, and there was a line just to get on the list. When we got our turn, we were told it was at least a 25 minute wait, which, actually, probably isn't so much. But our indecisiveness showed on our faces, and the seater suggested that perhaps we would be interested in the counter, instead? We could seat there on a first come, first serve basis, and put our order in right away.
We took her up on it, and in the next two minutes we went from a twenty-five minute wait to ordering and sipping on drinks. We also had the added fun of watching the kitchen (as well as the Yanks get beat by the Rangers on the overhead television). The waitress behind the counter was quick and friendly. She took our orders right away, and kept our drinks topped off for the whole meal.
The only reason I would rate this a four out of five instead of a five is because the pizza I ordered was only average. I've had the Siciliano, which I love for its meat and spiciness, but tonight we tried the carne asada, which was not as good. In fact, it was slightly bland. The meat on it was ok, but the sauce was average and the green peppers lacked any flavor at all.
With our pizza, we ordered an asian salad, which we shared, and it was fantastic. Just enough chicken, just enough sauce, just enough crisps, and just enough fresh lettuce. It was a great salad.
If you go, then, and you're in a hurry, try the counter for something different, and something quick.


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how do you say " they are" in spanish???
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"Son playas tán bonitas..".. but it all depends on exactly what you want to say. Don't every be afraid to give context.
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In this case we would just say son unas playas tan bonitas. We would ommit ellos.
They are= ellos/ellas son
There are, there is = hay
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Hay muy linda playas acá (o allí). Hope this helps.
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Son playas tantas bonitas. I think.
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Have I misunderstood??
The question asked was "how do you say 'they are' in spanish?"
I would have thought the answer to be either of :
─ son (del infinitivo "ser"), o
─ estan (del infinitivo estar)
"Hay" as I understand it means "there is" or "there are" which is not the same a THEY are.
If "dhartland201's" example needs to be dealt with, wouldn't it be:
they are such beautiful beaches ─> Ellas son las playas preciosas (o, bonitas).
I'll wait for feedback from others.
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- I understand the question but the problem is people do not use "they are" for There are. Just letting you know. - Jason7R Sep 15, 2009
- Nor do they use "there are" when "they are" was intended. Consider, "They are students". "They are going to the beach". "Hay" does not work in those sentences. - Moe Sep 15, 2009
- I think Moe's right: the original poster meant to say something like "[oh, look, honey ] They are such beautiful beaches." - --Mariana-- Sep 15, 2009
I agree with Moe here. Lazurus "CID" rule applies and the use of "ser" should be used. "Hay" is from "haber".
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- That's what I was saying. The question should actually read "How to say there are" in spanish not "they are" for this particular statement. - Jason7R Sep 15, 2009
- Jason, we must answer the question that was asked. We must not answer a different question from the one first entered in the thread. - Moe Sep 15, 2009
- I can also relate to Jason's point also, however "there are" was not the question posed to us. The question has another problem with the word "such". This is tough to translate into Spanish as used here. Do you agree? - Daniel Sep 15, 2009
- Daniel-If we focus energy on "such" we divert our attention from how to translate "they are". - Moe Sep 15, 2009
They are -
they - ellos, ellas, ustedes
are verb after ellos, ellas, and ustedes - son
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Well. I wonder if it should be "Son bonitas playas" because putting the adjective first indicates that "bonitas" is a comment that reflects on playas. Otherwise "Son las playas más / tán bonitas" seems the way. (for, of all the beaches, they are the most beautiful etc..... ) Of course "Son playas bonitas" works but it's not making as much of a statement about the beaches, as much as it is just talking of the existence of the beaches. I hope a native can correct me if I am wrong. Gracias....


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East Timor: Amnesty proposal aims for free, 'national debate' PM Alkatiri
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has rejected domestic and international criticism of a government amnesty and sentence reduction bill under discussion in the East Timorese legislature, saying the proposal aimed precisely to encourage "national debate".
Alkatiri, in comments to Lusa in Dili Friday, also said his ruling Fretilin party would not impose partisan discipline over the issue in parliament, permitting lawmakers to vote "their conscience".
"If there is an issue that deserves national debate it is this, because it touches the family nucleus", Alkatiri said of the controversial proposal.
Foreign critics should "shut up" and "not try to influence the national debate", he added, saying he was "not worried by the criticism".
The amnesty and sentence reduction bill for certain offences, excluding crimes of blood, was proposed as a compromise between the tougher government stance and the more forgiving position of President Xanana Gusmao, according to officials.
The bill has been criticized at home and abroad, including by US- based Human Rights Watch, for allegedly hobbling justice in East Timor's search for reconciliation between adversaries in the quarter- century struggle for independence from Indonesian occupation.
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Editor's note: This is the final installment in Bleacher Report's CFB 250 for the 2013 season. National College Football Lead Writer Michael Felder ranks the top 250 college football players, based on his scouting evaluations and scoring for his rankings at each position.
In this overall ranking, Felder lists players across all positions. Where players had the same score, he breaks the ties based on which player he'd rather have playing for his team right now.
In this slideshow, players ranked from 201 to 250 are included in list form. An individual breakdown is offered for each of the top 200 players.
As with the entire series, the evaluations and rankings are based on players' performances as collegians in 2013. They are not based on players' pro potential.
However, B/R NFL Draft Lead Writer Matt Miller does offer a draft projection for each of the top 200 players (including players who would not be in the 2014 draft).
You can read more about the series in this introductory article. See the CFB 250 page for all the position rankings, with full evaluations for each player.


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"The pursuit of our collaboration with the APTHQ is in line with the Government of Canada's efforts to facilitate access to foreign markets and help our enterprises take full advantage of that access," said Minister Lebel.
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I'm sure you love David Hockney as much as I do. Well, here's your chance to own one of his works, "Afternoon Swimming."
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Buffalo Meatballs with Homemade Blue Cheese Dip
Are you ready for some serious football food? These Buffalo meatballs with homemade Blue Cheese Dip are a real crowd pleaser. But don't tell, they are actually healthy!
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I've got serious snack fever these days! My husband and I love buffalo wings. Of course, boneless wings are even better!
Today's recipe is a healthier version of our favorite snack. But don't tell anyone! Health food and football can be a scary combination in some households!
The meatballs are made using low fat ground turkey. I love substituting ground turkey for beef in many recipes. Especially meatballs! There is so much flavor in the meatball and buffalo sauce, you won't miss the heavy ground beef.
And the dip? I substituted Greek Yogurt for the sour cream in this recipe. There is still some mayonnaise, but only because my brood of children like full fat blue cheese dressing, and they didn't like the zing that greek yogurt without mayonnaise left in this dip. I liked it without the mayo, but you decide as you make this recipe which way you prefer your dip!
A big plate of these buffalo meatballs paired with some Reese's peanut butter dip, and I think you've got your Superbowl menu!
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Buffalo Meatballs with Homemade Blue Cheese Dip
Yield: about 48 meatballs
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
For the Meatballs:
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 6 cranks fresh black pepper
- 8 oz buffalo wing sauce
For the Blue Cheese Dip:
- 6oz plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- For the meatballs: Combine ground turkey with egg, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix with hands until fully blended. Scoop into desired size meatballs (I use a 1 Tbsp scoop) and place on a foil lined baking sheet.
- Bake in a 425 degree oven for 25 minutes. Allow to cool about 10 minutes on pan, then remove and place meatballs in a large bowl.
- Pour buffalo sauce over meatballs and serve in a bowl or on a platter with toothpicks.
- For the Blue Cheese Dip: In a small bowl combine all the ingredients for the dip. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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While the Tony Hawk license has popped up on a lot of different platforms, there is one Tony Hawk title that is making an exclusive debut on the Wii console system, and the formula is rooted in nothing but fun. Downhill Jam is purely arcade-like in set-up and overall design and you are racing downhill over varied courses. You can take shortcuts, you can perform tricks to fill the Zone Bone (hehe!) – which in turn will give you a power boost – and use a variety of attacks to take out the competition and finish first in the race. This is no-holds-barred racing.
And to make this even better, in regards to the Wii controller, you merely have to hold it loosely in both hands, as though it was a standard console-controller, and tilt it to turn (a nice break down the arm-swinging madness of other Wii games). The axis sensors in the controller make steering an absolute breeze. To activate the Zone Bone (or to get back on your board after a spill), all you have to do is shake the controller.
The game sports 10 environments and 12 characters (yes, there is a customisable character) to choose from as your in-game personality. There are also different types of races, including the downhill runs and the slalom races. In the latter you have to hit blue rings/gates to accrue more seconds in the timed event.
There are a few launch titles for the Wii that cross the age barriers. Downhill Jam is certainly in that group – it is easy to pick up and play and everyone, young or old, and of any skill level will find challenge in the game. But Downhill Jam may distinguish itself as a title that provides a reason to buy the Wii – it is that much fun.