59: September 5, 2015: Au Courant Weekly
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2015
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
President Obama renames Mt. McKinley, migrants stop a Eurostar train for hours near Calais, France, experts discover more trees on the planet earth than expected and much more!
In this week's French Word of the Week it's all about wrapping up vacations and returning to the regular routine. Can you guess what word is the focus?
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the simple Sophisticus weekend edition Aqurant 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 Aacorant 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 thank |
| 0:46.2 | you for joining me and in fewer than 15 minutes I will have you a kurra. Let's get started. |
| 0:54.0 | Good morning and welcome to the |
| 1:00.0 | good morning and welcome to the 59th episode of the Simple Sophisticate Saturday, September 5, 2015. |
| 1:10.0 | For us in the States, it is the long Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end to summer and beginning |
| 1:16.6 | of fall, something that is a beautiful season just about anywhere you go. We have some interesting stories to get to today, so we're |
| 1:25.8 | going to get right into it. In international news, Eurostar trains were turned back to Paris and Britain late Tuesday and early Wednesday |
| 1:35.7 | due to migrants climbing onto the tracks and some even onto the top of the trains. |
| 1:41.6 | Migrants at the Port City and France of Calais are attempting to flee to England, as France has far |
| 1:46.0 | more stringent immigration expectations. |
| 1:48.8 | Two trains were sent back, three were delayed, and one was stopped to Calais as migrants are trying to sneak |
| 1:55.1 | through the tunnel which is as you may know 31.4 miles in length. In another |
| 2:01.7 | international story China announced that they will be decreasing |
| 2:04.9 | their military by 300,000 personnel. On Thursday, China's president Xinjing Ping announced that the 2.3 million man military would be reducing its size. |
| 2:17.0 | Due to modern military demands and an ongoing anti-corruption probe into certain military individuals, the need for revamping was deemed |
| 2:24.1 | necessary by the government. |
| 2:27.1 | In national news, here in the United States, President Obama visited Alaska this week and |
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