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• Children's imaginations will come back to life.
• Each family member will become a discriminating selector and evaluator of programs.
• Parents can become family leaders again.
• Good reading habits may be substituted for television viewing.
After we shared this information, we got up and left the room. About an hour later we were invited to return for the verdict. One of our daughters later gave us the full report of what happened in that vitally important hour.
She said that after we had left the room, her brothers and sisters quickly appointed her the discussion leader. They knew she was an advocate of watching TV, and they anticipated a quick resolution.
At first the meeting was chaotic. They all wanted to speak up and get their views known in a hurry so they'd be able to get a liberal decision—perhaps to cut down just a little on the amount of TV they were watching. In order to satisfy us as parents, someone suggested that they all promise to do their household chores cheerfully and get their homework done without being reminded.
But then our oldest son spoke up. Everyone turned to listen as he told how the articles had impressed him. He said TV had put some ideas into his mind that were not what he wanted to be there, and he felt he would be better off if he watched a lot less TV. He also said he felt the younger children in the family were starting to see things far worse than what he had seen as a young boy.
Then one of the younger children spoke up. He told everyone about a show he had seen that made him feel scared when he went to bed. At that point the spirit of the meeting became very serious. As the children continued to discuss the issue, a new feeling gradually began to emerge. They started to think differently.
One said, "I think we're watching too much TV, but I don't want to give it up altogether. There are some shows I feel good about and I really want to watch." Then others talked about shows they enjoyed and wanted to continue to watch.
Another said, "I don't think we should talk about how much time to watch each day because some days I don't want to watch at all, but on other days I want to watch more." So they decided to determine how many hours each week—rather than each day—would be appropriate. Some thought twenty hours would not be too much; some thought five hours would be better. Finally, they all agreed that seven hours a week was about right, and they appointed this daughter the monitor to ensure that the decision was carried out.
This decision proved to be a turning point in our family life. We began to interact more, to read more. We eventually reached the point where television was not an issue. And today—aside from news and an occasional movie or sports event—we hardly ever have it on.
By involving our children in the problem, we made them participators with us in finding a solution. And because the solution was their decision, they were invested in its success. We didn't have to worry about "snoopervising" and keeping them on track.
Also,excessive television watching, we were able to move beyond "our way" or "their way." We were able to get into the principles involved in the issue and tap into the collective conscience of everyone involved. We were able to help them realize that a commitment to win-win is more than a commitment to having everyone temporarily pleased with the outcome. It's a commitment to principles because a solution that is not based on principles is never a win for anyone in the long run.
An Exercise in Synergy
If you'd like to see how this Habits 4, 5, and 6 process can work in your own family, you might try the following experiment:
Take some issue that needs to be resolved, an issue where people. Try working together to answer the following four questions:
1. What is the problem from everyone's point of view? Really listen to one another with the intent to understand, not to reply. Work at it until other people can express each person's point of view to that person's satisfaction. Focus on interests, not positions.
2. What are the key issues involved? Once the viewpoints are expressed and everyone feels thoroughly understood, then lo3.Determine the net results that would be a win for each person. Put the criteria on the table and refine and prioritize them so that everyone is satisfied they represent all involved.
4. What new options would meet those criteria? Synergize around creative new approaches and solutions.
As you go through this process, you'll be amazed at the new options that open up and the shared excitement that develops when people focus on the problem and desired results instead of personalities and positions.
A Different Kind of Synergy
Up to this point we have primarily focused on the synergy that takes place when people interact, understand one another's needs, purposes, and common objectives, and then produce insights and options that are truly better than those originally proposed. We could say that an integration has taken place in the thought processes, and the third mind has produced the synergistic result. This approach could be called transformational. In the language of nuclear change, you could compare this kind of synergy to the formation of an entirely new substance resulting from changes on the molecular level.
In transactional plus synergy, the cooperation between the people involved—rather than the creation of something new—is the essence of the relationship.
But there is another kind of synergy. This is the synergy that comes through a complementary approach—an approach in which one person's strength is utilized and his or her weaknesses are made irrelevant by the strength of another. In other words, people work together like a team, but there's no effort to integrate their thought processes to produce better solutions. This kind of synergy could be called transactional plus. Again, in nuclear language, the identifying properties of the substance would remain unchanged, and it would be synergistic in a different sense. This approach requires significant self-awareness. When a person is aware of a weakness, it instills humility sufficient to seek another's strength to compensate for it. Then that weakness becomes a strength because it enabled complementariness to take place. But when people are unaware of their weaknesses and act as if their strengths are sufficient, their strengths become their weaknesses—and their very undoing for lack of complementariness.
For instance, if a husband's strength lies in his courage and drive but the situation requires empathy and patience, then his strength can become a weakness. If a wife's strength is sensitivity and patience, and the situation requires forceful decisions and actions, her strength can become a weakness. But if both husband and wife were aware of their strengths and weaknesses and had the humility to work as a complementary team, then their strengths would be well used and their weaknesses made irrelevant—and a synergistic result would occur.
I worked with an executive one time who was absolutely full of positive energy, but the executive to whom he reported was full of negative energy. When I asked him about this, he said, "I see my responsibility as finding out what's lacking in my boss and supplying it. My role is not to criticize him but to complement him." This man's choice to be interdependent required great personal security and emotional independence. Husbands and wives, parents and children, can do similarly with one another. In short, complementariness means that we decide to be a light, not a judge; a model, not a critic.
When people are open to feedback regarding strengths and weaknesses—and when they have sufficient internal security so that the feedback will not destroy them emotionally and also sufficient humility to see the other's strengths and work as a team—marvelous things begin to happen. Going back to the body metaphor: The hand cannot take the place of the foot, or the head the place of the heart. It works in a complementary way.
This is exactly what happens on a great athletic team or in a great family. And it requires much less intellectual interdependence than the other form of synergy. Perhaps it also requires a little less emotional interdependence, but it also requires great self-awareness and social awareness, internal security and humility. In fact, you might say that humility is the "plus" part between the two parts that enables this kind of complementariness. Transactional plus synergy is probably the most common form of creative cooperation, and it's something even little children can learn.
Not All Situations Require Synergy


The embargo included travel, which made it illegal for any American who wasn’t approved for a travel license from the U.S. government to travel to Cuba. In early 2015, President Obama’s administration announced its intentions to restore relations between the U.S. and Cuba. A flurry of excitement followed.
Similarly, at the 2016 New York Times Travel Show, travel experts Arthur and Pauline Frommer did a seminar about up and coming destinations in 2016. They encouraged Americans to travel to Cuba and were met with a barrage of questions and misunderstandings about the quickly changing rules governing Americans traveling to Cuba.
Let’s be clear from the start. Americans CAN’T freely travel to Cuba as a tourist. This means, as an American, you cannot go and relax on Cuba’s beaches for a week. That’s still illegal.
BUT, plenty of Americans are traveling to Cuba for a variety of reasons other than tourism.
Before 2015, Americans who wanted to go to Cuba needed to apply to the Department of Treasury and qualify for a travel license within 1 of 12 categories, or reasons for visiting. Approval for the travel license was a strict and long process.
A major criticism of these trips, though, is the price. A 10-day people-to-people trip to Cuba costs over $4000! As of March 2016, the only direct flights from the U.S. to Cuba are chartered flights specifically for these trips. The cost for the flight, several hundred dollars at the least, is in addition to the trip price!
You should plan and keep to the specific itinerary you organized based on your reason for visiting. Keep a journal or log of how you spend your time in Cuba and keep all receipts. You should plan to save your journal and receipts for 5 years.
Disclosure: This post is not legal advice. I am merely explaining my understanding of the new rules based on my own research. Each traveler to Cuba should check with the U.S. Government to make sure they’re in accordance with the most up-to-date rules regarding travel to Cuba.
Ommagoodness that’s all complex and well and good and all of that… and kind of funny that the requirements are so broad. Perhaps it’ll be even more simple, open, and less expensive sooner than later.
Great photos. I’ve never had US restrictions on Cuba – I KEEP meaning to visit BEFORE it’s fully open to the US, simply because I think it will be quieter.
I’ve been so excited to see all the changes happening, our policies toward Cuba has been some of the dumbest things in my opinion, especially that it’s lasted this long. I’ve wanted to go for a long time and glad it’s becoming an option for others as well. Excited to follow along on your trip.
The changes started slowly but have really picked up in the past month or so, Tess. Agreed about the travel embargo. It only strengthens a dictatorship to isolate its people. Cultural exchange and tourism bring a flow of ideas and money that uplifts a population and creates change that begins with the people. As soon as direct flights begin later this year, many Americans will be booking their trips!
Now that people can plan their own cultural exchange independently, all that is needed are direct flights. That should happen later this year, Clarie, and then the floodgates will have truly been flung open.
I think I could do some serious professional research on Varadero Beach.  This is a really helpful post for a very confusing changing – and exciting – situation – as so many people are interested in going.
It’s going to get easier and easier to go to Cuba, I believe. With that being said, I hope Americans appreciate what they are now able to see and don’t mess it up for future generations.
Thank you Jackie for responding so quickly. I am still on the fence on whether or not to go. I read that just general conversation with people wouldn’t cut it in terms of a people to people trip. I read the NY Times article that said that there is “no shortage of opportunities” but I am just wondering what constitutes as a people to people itinerary and what doesn’t, it seems very grey. Do you have anything specifically you are doing to make this connection that you can pass on to me? I need to make a decision in the next few days if I will be goinI am following your Pinterest board now.
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I’m a Spanish teacher. I am trying to arrange a trip to Cuba for the end of Feb, 2017. Can I just interact with people talking Spanish as my reason for going? I want to improve my Spanish and learn about the Cuban culture. I have found a cheap flight with Copa through Panama. Do I just buy the ticket and go without getting a visa ahead of time?
It’s so exciting to have a trip to Cuba coming up! As for Visa, you should be able to get that at the airport, either from where you are departing or from the airport in Panama. If you check with Copa, they should be able to let you know. You don’t need any U.S. government approval as long as your visit falls within one of the acceptable category reasons. Learning Spanish and studying the Cuban culture should count. In addition to talking to people, why not stay in a casa particulare where you’ll have the chance to interact with locals. You could also include historic and cultural landmarks and museums. This way, you’ll have some proof should you ever have to verify your reasons for going to Cuba, rather than simply saying you interacted with the people. Be sure to keep records like a museum stub or a confirmation email showing you stayed with a local family via Airbnb or something similar. Please remember that although I have researched this subject, I am not a lawyer or a government official. You should absolutely check forfor the time you want to take your trip. Hope that helps, Kristina! Enjoy your trip!
I’m very excited about my trip to Cuba! I believe there are at least 2 of the license provisions I’d fit under. I checked the cfr section governing educational activities (which I figured people to people falls under because it’s not listed as one of the 12) and did not see the option re: self-guided people to people travel which you referenced. Can you please point me to the part of the regulations that says that is now the case? Thanks!
A trip to Cuba is very exciting, Denise! So, just to be clear, I’m not a lawyer, nor am I qualified to interpret legal statutes. However, from my research, if your trip falls into one of the 12 categories and your activities match then you are planning/going on your own people to people trip. There’s no need to pay for a guided people to people if you feel confident you can plan activities that match your Cuba travel category. Be sure to keep records of your activities while there for several years should you ever be asked about it. Have a great trip!


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If thinking about how the Presidential Election actually works, and trying to understand it physically makes your brain hurt – think no further.
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The number of electoral votes given to each state stems from , combined with the two senate seats.
The members of each state’s House of Representatives delegation is proportional to the population of each state, whereas the number of senators always stays at two.
For example, Colorado has two members in the Senate and seven members in the House of Representatives, so Colorado has nine electoral votes total.
So, how are D.C. voters counted if it’s not a state?
Until the 23rd amendment passed in 1961, D.C. residents could not vote for the president. After the amendment passed and for the purposes of the presidential election, D.C. was then considered a state and receives just three electoral votes total. The first president elected when D.C. votes were included was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
In order for a candidate to be elected, they must get 270 electoral votes out of the 538 total throughout the United States.
Each state decides if they want to have a caucus or a primary before the general election.
A caucus usually takes place at an auditorium and is a congregation of like-minded individuals. Democrats will all get together somewhere and Republicans will all meet somewhere else to support their respective candidates.
At a Democratic caucus, a representative for each candidate will arrive and voters who support that candidate will go to that candidates designated area of the room. Supporters continue to move around the room and whichever candidate has the most in their area wins. A Democratic caucus can take much longer than a Republican one. If a Democratic candidate has less than 15% of voters total in the caucus, then those voters must either leave the caucus or choose another candidate to support.
A caucus is generally controlled by specific parties (Democratic/Republican) instead of the general public.
Primary elections are different from caucuses and have private ballots. There are closed primaries and open ones.
But what is a jungle primary?
General election season is controlled by the general public. Many more people participate in the general election than nominating season.
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Jakiyah Bradley is not the sentimental type. When you’re the most powerful student on campus, you can’t let your emotions get in the way.
In her office in Kimmel, she spends about four hours a day seated in front of a white board that reads in big, blue letters, “MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK” and “JAKIYAH BRADLEY, REMEMBER THE NAME.” She leads conversations with students experiencing food insecurity, as well as billionaire trustees who have never even heard the term. As the chair of student government, she is at the helm of up to seven meetings each week and is perhaps the only undergraduate who has the ear of President Andrew Hamilton.
“How’s everybody doing?” she said at the end of a recent Student Senators Council meeting, and the sleepy-eyed students looked up at her expectantly. “You guys are so quiet sometimes.”
Jakiyah sits in her office while waiting for a conference call. (Photo by Marva Shi)
The first time I met Jakiyah was at by CHLOE. on Bleecker Street. She’s not completely vegan, and she doesn’t go there a lot, but the warm mac and cheese was calling her name that day. It was the first flurry of the season; a few snowflakes wet the top of her head as she came in from the cold. This is the girl who, as a sophomore, first brought the term food insecurity to the table at NYU. Now, it’s in the daily lexicon of university bigwigs like Hamilton and. Naturally, I was nervous to meet her.
“It’s so cold outside,” she said, greeting me with a smile and a hug. I was immediately put at ease.
As we stood in line waiting to order, we made some small-talk about food, and she revealed her enthusiasm for fries and the house-made chipotle aioli sauce at by CHLOE. She pulled up the leg of her jeans to reveal long, red socks with french fries drawn on them and laughed.
“Food insecurity is a weird term. It’s a very technical term. But I experience it and I know a lot of other students experience it,” she said. “There were times where I was like ‘Oh, I’ll just skip this meal because I’m running low on cash or funds for the week or the month.’”
Advocating for the issue, however, wasn’t something Jakiyah had planned on. During a presentation for NYU Leadership Fellows as a sophomore, she was tasked with creating a project about anything she wanted. After disagreeing on idea after idea, her group settled on food insecurity. She did some research and, in collaboration with Share Meals founder Jon Chin, hosted an open forum about food insecurity on campus.
“I think the Food Insecurity Working Group last year was the moment where I was like ‘I just need to start telling administrators specifically what students feel,’” she said.
A fellow SGA member wears a “My Student Body President is a Black Woman” T-shirt at the Student Senators Council meeting in support of Jakiyah. (Photo by Marva Shi)
Very few students will ever come within inches of a member of NYU’s Board of Trustees, but Jakiyah has met with Chair William Berkley five times this semester. She told me about how she approaches her conversations with him — and those with the likes of Hamilton and Wais.
“You just have to explain things to them. They’re not students,” she said. “Also William Berkeley is like a billionaire. When I first talked about food insecurity with him, I couldn’t start on the level that I maybe start with students — because he’s a billionaire. So I had to back it up a little.”
“I would say, ‘Alright, William,’” she chuckled. “‘Let’s look at the cost of tuition. It’s $75,000. Think about the average salary for a family of four. Think about how many years they would have to work just to pay one year of tuition. Think about how much people have to save to pay for one year of college. How much money do you think they have left over for things that are essential? Like rent, utilities, cell phone bills. Think about those things. If you were, you know, not a billionaire.’”
“She’s very comfortable in any of those meetings,” SSC Vice Chair Kosar said. “Administrators respect her. I’m always in awe at the way she’s been able to navigate these spaces. She always has an agenda ready; she always has stuff to talk about.”
“Do you consider yourself a perfectionist?” I asked her.
“Yeah,” she said. She paused for a few seconds. “Yeah.”
“I was always very serious about school,” Jakiyah said. “I don’t know where I got it from. Whenever I was given a task, I wanted to be really good at it.”
“When I was younger I would talk to my grandma a lot,” she said. “My grandparents didn’t get past maybe elementary school. My grandmother would say, ‘If you know more, maybe you’ll do more.’ And I was like, ‘Alright, well I want to do something.’”
It’s a balancing act that’s hard to fathom, but according to her friends and coworkers, she makes it seem easy. She considers the effectiveness of everything she does, and every action she takes is to maximize progress for those she represents — including me, you (probably) and the thousands of NYU students spread across the world. And when she sets out to get something done, her first instinct isn’t to speak.
“It’s just not effective to always be the one who’s talking,” she said.
Her humility doesn’t stop her from pushing people to make change, but it does ease the tension that comes with the job of a student leader.
Kosar describes Jakiyah’s impact as “generational.”
As much of a natural as she seems, Jakiyah says her leadership skills developed over time.
“I wasn’t raised to take up a lot of space,” she said. “I think that’s based on race and gender and all those other social constructs. Some people do naturally take up a lot of space and don’t realize it, and I think for me it was the opposite. I didn’t take up enough space and I had to realize that.”
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Reporters from Chinese and Russian media outlets visit the headquarters of WeChat in Tianhe district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Oct 28, 2016. (Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn)
Monthly active users of WeChat, a popular social networking app run by internet behemoth Tencent Holdings Ltd, rose to 889 million last year, up 28 percent year-on-year, ac.
The report,number of active WeChat users last year helped directly drive 174.3 billion yuan (.3 billion) of information-sector spending, an increase of 26.2 percent on the previous year.
The government has urged to expand consumption to create new sources of economic growth and to help drive industry upgrading.
The report added that the popular messaging app, which provides a wide range of services, from hailing taxis to paying bills, created jobs for 18.81 million people in 2016, up 7.7 percent year-on-year.
Those aged over 55 using voice messages accounted for 22 percent of the total, while their average length of time spent on audio and video calling service reached 82 minutes, higher than other groups of users.
The report also found that WeChat has quickened the transmission of information, changed people's paying habits and the channels with which people get information.
More than 50 percent of users spend more than 1.5 hours daily on WeChat and more than one-third of users often use WeChat for more than four hours, the report said.
It added that the number of users of WeChat Pay, the mobile payment platform, has surpassed 600 million, and more than 1 million offline stores get entry points to the platform.
More than 30 percent of users said the WeChat Pay had changed their paying habits as they only need to take their mobile phones when going out to shop.


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The Comiket 75 release for I’ve is “The Front Line Covers.”
02. DROWNING / Eiko Shimamiya
03. 季節の雫 / KOTOKO
05. そよ風の行方 / Kaori Utatsuki
07. I will… / Eiko Shimamiya
I think it’s safe to say that SAVIA might have serious competition for Album of the Year if this holds up. I don’t think there’s one track on this album that I am not looking forward to. Note that every single song was originally done by vocalists no longer in I’ve, four songs of which were done by AKI, three by SHIHO, one each by MOMO, R.I.E, Mary, Lia, and MIKI.
Wanted an album like this since i heard the KOTOKO & Eiko version of Kisetsu no Shizuku form Trush Vox 3.
This news got me to listen the old compilations, just noticed Takase’s voice in Dream to new World around 3:17, never noticed that.
By: 冷月 on 12/14/08
hope this one is good ^^
more Mami xD
less KOTOKO :P *not that i dun want KOTOKO in this album though*
Mami-3
Eiko-2
MELL-2
i haven’t got these 3 albums unfortunately so the songs i’ve known are the songs that were performed in budokan 2005:
well, looking forward for Mami’s version of birthday eve ^^ cuz i like SHIHO’s version too ^^
and shimamiya-sensei singing DROWNING huh ?? well gotta say i like the original version by MOMO, so i hope shimamiya-sensei make it sounds different but in a good meaning x3
at 01.42
I don’t know what to say about this album, because is not what I really want from I’ve, in fact, I’d like to see new material from them and if this is that new material, fine.
By: Pedropinilla on 12/15/08
“Disintegration / MELL”
Looks like we’ll be hearing more engrish songs from her. =3 And not that I’m comparing MELL’s voice with Lia’s but their voice range are rather different so I don’t really know about this one but I’ll still look forward. =3
By: NumberXIII on 12/15/08
I like MELL’s Engrish a lot, I like MELL… MELL… MELL… KILL KILL KILL ^^…
I also like the fact than this album is gonna have three songs performed by Kaorin but I’d be pleased with a full brand album from her instead.
By looking at the tracklist, I think it’s gonna be a good album after all ^^.
Uhm maybe that’s the answer to the readers who were recently listening to the old school I’ve songs. xD Ye know who ye are haha! Oh well I also found myself listening more to SHIHO in my mp3 together with some songs from her DIVARATS. :D
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Profiling of trafficking victims: Women migrants who 'look like prostitutes' or 'act out'
This entry was posted in migration, Rescue Industry, trafficking and tagged migration, psychology, rescue industry, trafficking on 17/03/2011 by laura agustin.	6 Replies
Before you can rescue victims of trafficking you have to find them. Everyone likes to talk about the cowboy raids in which police storm a brothel and arrest/rescue everyone. But less exciting procedures are necessary, as described below in an abbreviated version of guidelines included in a 2008 UN report, Identifying Cambodian Victims of Human Trafficking Among Deportees from Thailand.
Note the use of profiling, according to which looking like a prostitute gets you an interview. Lady Gaga, Madonna and many other women are said to look like prostitutes, on and off – it is a grand sexist tradition. Therefore I am not sure how far such stereotyping will get those trying to distinguish the real victims from the ordinary, everyday migrants. The profiling also names a type called women who act out. This psychotherapeutic (or psychobabble) term means something like
expressing unconscious feelings and fantasies in behaviour; reacting to present situations as if they were the original situation that gave rise to the feelings and fantasies.
Women who are not submissive, docile and quiet, then. Many readers of this blog, and its writer, are undoubtedly women who act out – at least I hope so.
Victim Identification Procedures
. . . It is clear from the research findings that . . . many victims of human trafficking and exploitation have been treated and identified as irregular migrants and deported.
. . . An interview at the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in Suan Plu, Bangkok revealed that approximately 200-500 individuals arrive per day for deportation, from countries including Cambodia and Myanmar. After processing, which includes fingerprinting, photos, and general background information, approximately 10-20 of them are selected to be screened for human trafficking victim identification. Whether or not a person is selected to be screened is determined by certain profiling cues such as: women whose dress suggests that they were prostitutes, men with lashes on their back, women who act out, or children who do not look like their mothers or fathers, such as with different skin tone.
The IDC police officer on duty at the time of the survey reported that no one had ever self-identified as a trafficking victim. The IDC officer also believed that many deportees do not expose the full truth of their experiences or exploitation during these initial screenings. It was alleged that deportees fear that being identified as a trafficking victim would delay their trip home. This view has been echoed by the Cambodian NGOs who work with deportees.
The police who do the screening try to help bring out the truth by showing the deportees a video about human trafficking that was developed by IOM, with complete screenings including a second form used by NGOs and IDC officers. Changes in the trafficking law have resulted in both men and women being screened; detainees who are identified as victims are sent to a shelter, while those detainees who are not identified are deported within a two-day turnaround.
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Maggie McNeill 18/03/2011 at 02:19
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But obviously, we can't believe THAT because it contradicts our theory.
For this reader, "act up" is probably a closer description. 😀
Laura Agustín 18/03/2011 at 07:05
what a difference a preposition makes, eh? but actually, maybe the women are only acting, no preposition required.
asehpe 18/03/2011 at 14:09
Actually an adverb or particle (or verbal satellite in Leonard Talmy's nomenclature), but I am certainly in awe of the power of those little English words to completely change the meaning of the words around them.
Laura, I'm curious. You've had yourself experiences with true trafficking victims. Would you be able to give these people advice about how actually to find them? (I assume in most cases true trafficking victims are not going to contact the authorities, out of fear for the consequences or even sheer ignorance.)
by looking for the true victims amongst migrants being deported the cops are not entirely wrong, but probably such victims have no motivation to be found out – they won't get to stay except in a shelter and they might not want the sort of counselling they will get, not to mention the pressure to denounce a trafficker.
most trafficked people don't look different from anyone else, which is why i am harsh about the profiling. in the situation described the police can't do anything else, however. i am more interested in promoting skepticism, strength of character, self-reliance and research skills amongst people who want to migrate and will need the services of a smuggler.
this is a good story: https://www.lauraagustin.com/sex-trafficking-victims-help-themselves-to-escape-thais-in-spain
Passerby 30/09/2013 at 13:12
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Reward people for lying, and they're going to lie. I'd make up a bogeyman too if it spare me legal consequences. When you're arrested you're at the police's mercy; it's only logical to try to appease them and it's no secret they love the story of oh-help-I-have-a-bad-man-making-me-do-this.
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Morrison says that behind all the showmanship of music and the live concerts is an underlying process of healing. How does this healing work?What's going on there?
But the point of Jesus the healer goes beyond just this dimension of physical healing. There's a deeper theological point being made, a different level of wisdom being pointed to. Jesus is also soul healer. We can start by noting that scripture abounds with references to God as a healing force. Psalm 30 says, "e" (30:2). Psalm 107 says, "He sent His word and healed them" (107:20). Jeremiah se" (17:14).And in the book of Chronicles God says to his peoplSo the Bible clearly communicates that God is a healer, and can heal us too. But how do we access this healing?That was the burning question for me this week. Howcan we be healed by God?And what dowe needto do for this to happen?It's no good just talking about this stuff, how does it work?
And it's this opening up to the channels of the Holy Spirit that I think is part of the process of healing that Van Morrison says goes on at concerts. The music can open us up. Maybe we clap, maybe we dance, maybe we just close our eyes and listen, but music can open up our closed channels and let the healing flow in. And in his song 'Did Ye Get Healed?"
I wanna know did you get the feelin?Did you get it down in your soul?I wanna know did you get the feelin?And did the feeling grow?
Morrison wants to know, when we started to feel the spirit flowing in us, did we open to it and let it grow?And what happens if we do?
It makes you feel whole. That's exactly right. That's what God's healing does, it restores us to wholeness. But we must open to it first. Like Morrison says, "did the feeling grow?" It can be easy to close off, even in those moments of grace. We've all had various levels of trauma and pain in our lives. There are many parts of us that are hardened. We have so many fevers. Will we allow ourselves to be healed?
When the spirit moves youAnd it fills you through and throughEvery morning at the break of dayDid ye get healed?
- Van Morrison, 'Till We Get the Healing Done'
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I’m ready for the Braves to go home and get some better weather and the home field advantage. It’s Kyle Hendricks vs. Sean Newcomb tonight at 7:10, Jon Lester vs. Julio Teheran Wednesday night at 7:20, then Yu Darvish vs. Max Fried Thursday night at 7:20.
As it stands, I think the Braves are better than last year, but 3 teams in their division will be much better than last year. I’m looking for 82 +/= 4 wins. Trades and bullpen improvements can up their wins by 4 to 6 . Unfortunately I’m not sure if 90 wins even gets us a wildcard.
@ 4 – Agreed. I know Snit wanted to throw righties at the Phillies lineup, but one of the few good points from the broadcast last night were that both Hoskins and Realmuto actually carry reverse platoon splits for their careers.
Throwing Newcomb Saturday seems like it would’ve been a viable option.
I feel like we’re treading water with the position player talent, and the pitching situation has such a high variance of outcomes that it’s impossible to predict better/worse than 2018.
no sweat today for Newk…presumably.
I don’t think we regressed. With Donaldson at third and Camargo as a super utility guy I think we’ll be improved at 3rd and on the bench. Gausman replaces Sanchez, which should be a slight upgrade. With maturing of our young guys, we may have a sophomore slump or two, but I think we’ll find some better starting pitchers from the rookies. I agree with you on catching. Bullpen is about as bad right now as it was to start the year last year.
You guys, Liberty Media is finally selling the Braves — and Ted Turner’s buying the team back!
15 — Not even tempted.
Predictably, Darren O’Day still has forearm pain and shut it down again.
Meanwhile, John Gant is throwing 95 mph darts in relief for the Cardinals. I had to look to see who we traded him for (Jaime Garcia).
Acuna has had some really impressive at bats so far. He’s going to have to be so patient b/c they are going to pitch around him quite often. That was a very good walk.
That’s an uncharacteristically bad throw from Baez.
Cubbies have been handing out a lot of gifts this inning. After the weekend, I’ll take ‘em.
Acuna’s eye seems to have improved greatly , even if the hits aren’t falling yet.
And right on cue, leadoff walk by Newcomb after being given a 4 run lead.
And the walk to the pitcher with the runner on third with two outs. Newcomb drives me crazier than any of the relievers do.
Newk is tough to watch.
One of the ESPN guys said, he threw ten fastballs in a row, six of those were thrown with a different arm angle.
@35 — Russ Ortiz leaps to mind. He routinely walked 100 guys a year but was an effective innings-eater for half a decade or so.
Four walks in 2 and 2/3 innings. Even if he gets out of this (which I don’t expect), Newk will force Snit to go the bullpen early once again.
He’s such a tease. His stats on balls in play are crazy good. The question is whether this is the Year of the Walk or the Year of the TOOTBLAN.
I said I was looking forward to us getting to a better environment, and it’s looking good so far. I hope we can look back on our Philly series like we did the Chicago series last year: cold, terrible, and not a way to evaluate the entire season.


, Tenn. – .8 million of your tax dollars went to keeping Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium in business last fiscal year, but is the venue drawing enough big names to make your investment worthwhile? Nashville leaders set out 3 basic goals for the historic venue: increase revenues, increase usage and bring in more events. Tonight we take a look at their progress, as auditorium operators try to keep up with larger and newer venues. Elvis, Michael Jackson, Queen. All of them played at Municipal Auditorium in its heyday, but 51 years after opening its doors, the venue is struggling to draw big name performers. The winter months are the hardest. There isn’t another public ticket event on the schedule until January 10.Whether the seats are full or empty, the utility bills keep on coming.To increase the profile of the Municipal Auditorium, the city teamed up with the Musician’s Hall of Fame, which opened its museum on the first floor of the historic venue in August. The museum features a world class collection, but faces a literal uphill climb.Municipal is getting a lifeline next Spring after landing the brand new arena football franchise the Nashville Venom.So back to those city goals, a new football team with 6 scheduled home games promises to increase revenue and repeat events. The permanent museum promises to increase usage. Supporters say that’s proof the venue is worth the line on the city’s budget and the cost of the lights under the dome. The auditorium’s budget for this fiscal year is about a half million dollars less than last year. That’s because of a new system where the amount of money the auditorium generates in revenue is equal to the budget they receive from the city. You can find all our WASTE WATCH stories on Fox17.com.Just CLICK HERE. You can also submit your ideas for WASTE WATCH stories in that same section..


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Just past 12 a.m. Saturday, someone called 911 and alerted Whitman police that there was an unresponsive child at a Washington Street apartment,The unidentified girl was taken to Brockton Hospital and later flown by aon, the statement said.
On Monday, according to Cruz, the girl was declared brain dead, and around 3 p.m. Tuesday she was taken off life suppthe death.
Whitman police and State Police detectives assigned to Cruz’s office are also investigating, according to Cruz’s statement, and the state Office of the Chief Mer death.


WASHINGTON, DC — On 4 May 2017, the U. S. House of Representatives overcame fear-mongering from opposition party members to pass the American Healthcare Act. The American Healthcare Act is a bill that begins the process of repealing and replacing the prior Administration’s signature healthcare law. Noteworthy within the prior Administration’s law were a large number of taxes, mandated benefits to be included in all health plans, employer mandates and the prohibition against health insurance companies pricing health plans by the health of the customer.
Without the mandates, philanthropists, public-spirited organizations and religious denominations will have to step in to ensure that noone falls through the cracks.
The bill passed the House by a margin of 217 to 213, with no members of the Democrat Party voting for it.


There’son “fish where the fish are“. For sports stations there’s a distinct advantage compared to other formats when it comes to trying to attract new people to sample the product. You simply promote your brand at stadiums, on television during game broadcasts, on popular websites and social platforms that are sports focused and on trains or buses that are going to be visibly seen around the locations where sports fans travel. I’m sure there are many other examples I could provide but you get the point.
So if placement is so simple then why doesn’t the marketing always work? Well the answer is different for each situation. Sometimes the creative just isn’t good enough. Other times it can be that the campaign wasn’t long enough or didn’t have any call to action behind it. The other reason that I believe is equally as critical is whether the message you’ve built your campaign around is in line with what your brand stands for.
Last year, my former station decided to do some marketing to try and further grow the brand. In the video sample below you’ll see that it’s pretty straight forward. We could’ve gone with a funnier spot or did something more outside the box and shocking that may have created a stir in the marketplace, but instead we took a simpler approach and focused on showcasing our people and what they were best known for.
That may not always feel as cool to those involved in the creative process, but when you’re battling for people’s attentionthing that gets them to take notice and can be executed on your airwaves.
In the video above the station focused on 4 personalities and the traits that made each of them unique. Passion defines what Damon Bruce brings to the airwaves. Insight is what Ric Bucher has provided during his 25+ years of covering professional sports. Access is what Greg Papa has more of than anyone in the San Francisco market and Game is a play on Aubrey Huff’s 13 year career in the Major Leagues and the swagger that he brought to the former morning show.
The station also wanted to illustrate that the crew have fun and enjoy being around one another because when it comes down to it, listeners want to feel like they’re attending a party with their friends on the radio. The reason I thought the spot worked was because it was a fair representation of who the talent were as individuals, and what the brand stood for, which made it easier to live up to audience expectations.
In looking at some other marketing examples, I noticed some different tactics which I also believe work effectively. Case in point this TV ad from Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. In this piece the radio station is trying to generate buzz for their switch to the FM dial and the use of different team graphics and the positioning of words such as “Insights and Opinions, Insider Access and the Biggest Games” all reflect what the station is able to provide once the listener checks out the product. Very short and sweet and absolutely effective.
The one thing I caution folks to avoid when marketing their brands is creating a position that isn’t a reflection of what they actually deliver. For example, you can tell the general public your station offers the most controversial personality on the planet, and they will stop by to see what the buzz is about, but if they turn on the radio station, and find Bob Costas hosting the show instead of Howard Stern, you’re going to piss a lot of people off because you’ve provided false advertising.
Risk taking is fun, and being creative keeps us all sane and invested in the concepts we create, but sometimes simplicity and showcasing your best assets in a way which is consistentt. It’s also more effective.
No better example of doing it the wrong way comes to mind more than the defunct football league, the XFL. It was the year 2000 when this league was created by WWE’s Vince McMahon and the marketing suggested that the league would be edgier, harder hitting, sexually graphic and much more extreme than the NFL.
The first game featured on NBC drew a huge 9.5 TV rating so one could say that the marketing didn’t do what it was supposed to, which was to get people to tune in and discover what the league was about. Except there was one major problem – the entire country showed up and came away with the same opinion – it was really bad football and not an accurate portrayal of what they were promised in the promos.
As a result, ratings dropped 60% from the first week to the second week. They then dropped another 40% the week after. A few weeks later, the league would become responsible for generating the lowest rating for a prime time program on a major network in television history.
Due to being rejected by the audience, the league folded after 1 season. The lesson learned was that you can lead a horse to water but if the water is dirty they’re not going to drink it. Here’s a sample of one of those XFL promos.
To summarize, here are my 3 key takeaways. Start with these simple rules and you’ll be on the right track to doing some smart and effective marketing to help your brand.


Theresa from KraftyGrannysHome is hosting our sneak attack today at 2pm. Theresa is a long time member and a frequent host. She loves surprising new Etsy shops!
Ever wonder how a shop got it's name? Here's Theresa's answer...
The name was tough I knew I like being crafty, so I went with a "K" instead of the "C" - Granny just because that is want I am, and Home because that is where the Heart is.
And she is indeed Krafty!! Theresa loves to try new patterns -
Lots of wonderful creations in Theresa's shop - feel free to browse.
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Sandi from HandmadeBySandi is hosting our sneak attack today at 2pm. A long time member, Sandi loves to find great new Etsy shops to surprise.
While Sandi has been hosting for a long time, she wants you to know how easy it is to find new shops that can use a little boost, host a sneak attack, and have lots of fun at the same time.
We have a lot of members in our Handmade Movement team, many of whom have hosted sneak attacks in the past. Others help finding shops, co-host, and help the team as well. Not everyone can host - but for those who can, it's very rewarding.
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Come join us in our Sneak Attack thread today - to meet many of our members, and have fun greeting our 'victims' at 2pm today.