57: August 29, 2015: Au Courant Weekly
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2015
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, firefighters from Down Under come to help the west, Serene begins the pursuit of wrapping up the grand slam and much, much more.
In this week's French Word of the Week, Géraldine is sharing the differences in language when it comes to friendships and romantic partnerships.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the simple Sophisticus weekend edition Aq Curran Weekly. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm your host Shannon Ables and part of living well is being in the know. |
| 0:20.3 | Whether it's being knowledgeable of news from around the world or informed of goings on right in your own community |
| 0:26.4 | Because it's not what you think it's that you think all of the information shared in each week's Aukorant Weekly will enable you to go forth into the weekend |
| 0:35.8 | ready for either an engaging conversation or being mindful of the most recent current events. |
| 0:41.3 | From that point it is your job to formulate your very own opinion. So |
| 0:45.6 | thank you for joining me and in fewer than 15 minutes I will have you a kurra. |
| 0:51.7 | Let's get started. |
| 0:54.0 | Good morning and welcome to Saturday August 29th 2015. |
| 1:06.4 | We are enjoying the last few days of August and while typically August is a slow month |
| 1:11.9 | everyone's still on vacation Congress is out of session. |
| 1:15.8 | We actually have a pretty full docket today. So let's get right into it. |
| 1:21.1 | In international news, three Americans, one Breton and one French American, received |
| 1:25.9 | France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor on Monday in Paris from President |
| 1:30.6 | Francois Hollande for the heroic thwarting of a terrorist attack last |
| 1:34.7 | Friday on a high-speed train traveling to Paris from Amsterdam. |
| 1:38.5 | Mark Mulligan, a 51-year-old French-American academic who was wounded in the attack also received the |
| 1:44.4 | medal. However, his wife attended the ceremony as he had to remain in the hospital. |
| 1:48.8 | Airmen First Class Spencer Stone, age 23, Alex Scarlados, age 22, a specialist in the Oregon National Guard, |
| 1:56.4 | and their friend Anthony Sadler, 23, received their medals in the Alizee Palace, |
| 2:01.7 | where they were joined by Chris Norman 62, a British consultant. |
| 2:06.0 | Also in international news, 71 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand arrived in Boise on Sunday to help with the wildfires on the West Coast |
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