Waching daily Oct 27 2017

I had parents who believed in me and made sure I went to school—walking a long distance—and

it has always been about challenging myself to go for it.

So I was really excited to be a student.

So fast forward.

I had to work hard to get to university.

And I've been a student all my life, because even when I work I continue being a student.

I still go off.

So my activism was really intertwined because looking at how it all began when I got into

the field of human trafficking: It is in Uganda.

It is in America.

It is in your backyard.

It may manifest itself in different ways.

As I was growing up, for me I was confronted by the Lord's Resistance Army, the use of

children in conflict.

I have done some state tours.

I have done the state of Colorado, New Jersey, and I went to Las Vegas.

And wherever I've gone I've seen one of the biggest problems in America is runaway

children.

There's that age where—traffickers know that, they rely on that vulnerability—that

age when teens think that their parents are not so cool and they run away from home.

So there's always somebody, you know, to grab them and take them through a different

path.

There is trafficking in agriculture in this country, among even immigrant population.

But also among the locals themselves, sexual exploitation.

From city to city I've come across victims of trafficking whom I've spoken to.

I've spoken in various audiences, and after I've spoken I've seen these girls, especially,

come to me and confide to me what happened to them in their situation.

So it's everywhere.

We just have to pay attention.

We have to learn and empower ourselves with knowledge.

In my country Uganda we have, like I said, children in armed conflict.

We have sexual exploitation.

We have forced labor.

They use children for street begging.

We have removal of organs.

The trade in human organs.

We have removal of organs for rituals and exploitation, where somebody—to construct

a building like this, the witch doctor tells you, "you have to kill somebody and spill

some blood so that you can become rich."

People believe in things like that.

So those things are real, and they happen around the world.

We just have to pay attention and see how we can be involved.

When I got the opportunity to attend the Clinton Global Initiative and made that commitment

of action to counter human trafficking, I knew I needed to build a rehabilitation center

for survivors of human trafficking.

I knew I wanted to take books, so that even children can have an education.

And I remember then thinking, "Okay, how am I going to do this?!"

Because I had really huge goals!

I wanted to build that center.

I said I was going to train law enforcement, and I started off—I was going to train one

thousand law enforcements [to recognize signs of human trafficking], and I was a student.

And I knew that, to train my reinforcement, to take books, and to create a rehabilitation

center I had to be creative.

Because here is a student who comes from Africa, you're in America, you don't have any

money to implement this huge project.

But in my university what I found out quickly was that there was a lot of food at the university!

So you'd go for student events and many times the food just goes to waste.

So I said, "Okay, this is an opportunity for me to save money."

So I started saving money, which I would have used to buy food, and I used to eat food from

school events (and, of course, you can take takeaway), and I saved one thousand dollars.

And so with one thousand dollars I went to Books for Africa, who are based in Minnesota,

St. Paul.

So I went to them I said, "Listen, I want to take a container of books to Uganda."

That's 23,000 books, that's how I started.

And I had never done fundraising before, but thank goodness when we had the Clinton Global

Initiative they told us how to raise money for your commitment.

So before I knew it I raised money to take a container of books.

And one of the happiest, happiest moments in my life is going through the border between

Uganda and Kenya and being in this truck.

A huge truck that's 40 feet, full of books and navigating through the roads and eventually

by the time I came to this village school the kids being just so excited.

So the excitement of seeing children lifting boxes and carrying them to their classroom,

every kid having a book, you know—to own a book!

And flipping through the pictures, mathematics made easy.

So that was really an exciting moment for me.

That's when I realized, "Wow, I can actually do this."

And so that's how I approached even my other commitments.

One thing at a time, and just being creative along the way.

Find out what is happening in your community.

Find out which organizations are dealing with the problem.

And actually also find out how you can help, because believe it or not, all of us have

a stake in this.

I keep telling people, "If you have a big mouth like I do, yes, you learn about it,

and then you talk about it."

Some people have money, they'll support organizations which are doing this work.

Sometimes it's just about learning.

You tell your neighbor.

Be mindful if you see something wrong somewhere.

You talk to the police and let the authorities know.

So trafficking exists.

It exists everywhere, and we just have to be united in action.

Because traffickers are so organized, are very organized.

So they have the operations within countries, but they also cross borders.

And when they cross borders, that's when we need to really collaborate.

Internally collaborate: Law enforcement, social work.

So everybody is important.

But also internationally to know how they are.

Because there's a lot of money to be made within trafficking of human beings.

So to really pay attention on what is happening in your community and how trafficking manifests

itself.

And to know that whichever problems we have, like human trafficking, there's always help.

I'm also speaking to survivors out there, because

I work with them a lot and they go through really so many challenges.

That's the reason I even decided to build a center for survivors of human trafficking.

Because I know that they need rehabilitation.

They have rights.

They need people to pay attention to them and to really listen to what they need as

they go through life to make a better life for themselves.

I remember one victim especially, whom I took to my house because I didn't have anywhere

to take her.

And she was circumcised and forced to marry somebody even before she healed.

And when she flee from her husband's home, her parents didn't want to take her back.

They called her names, they said she has shamed the family.

And I remember her calling me at midnight and me picking her up from where she had run

to bring to my house.

And after three days she disappeared, and I've never seen her again.

Just because I did not have a rehabilitation center to take her.

So pay attention to survivors.

For more infomation >> How a Ugandan Is Fighting Human Trafficking in Africa—and in the US - Duration: 9:10.

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Maserati is planning a new SUV — but its Levante is still worth a look - Duration: 11:06.

Maserati is planning a new SUV — but its Levante is still worth a look

Oooo, yes.

The Levante was Maseratis first SUV.

It helped increase sales for the brand in 2016 and 2017.

Now it will be joined by a small SUV.

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the Levante SUV for Maserati.

The brand came back to the US over a decade and a half ago, but since the financial crisis and amid an SUV boom, its been selling only stylish luxury sedans and sexy GT sports car.

That all changed in 2016, and it couldnt have happened at a more important time for the Italian automaker, part of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles empire.

Its down at the bottom of the luxury sales hierarchy in the US, with a puny 0.1% overall market share (Porsche sells five times as many vehicles annually).

The Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans have their fans (me, for example).

But in the US and increasingly China, you really need a strong crossover offering.

Porsche established the template for an automaker that had never built an SUV crossing that river in the early 2000s when it created the Cayenne, a hugely successful vehicle.

Maserati took the same plunge, and its paid off as sales have steadily risen in 2017.

Now FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne will greenlight a second SUV, smaller than the Levante but that continues the trend.

We first saw the Levante when it was revealed at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show and later in the flesh at the New York auto show.

 Last year, we got some time behind the wheel, from a working farm and restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, about an hour north of New York, to Bear Mountain.

I arrive at the driving site.

Its the rustic Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, home to the well-known and highly regarded Blue Hill restaurant.

The scenery is spectacular.

This is a working farm.

There are cows and sheep in the fields, a beekeeping area, and lots of farming plots and pastures.

Gorgeous.

A fine day to drive an Italian luxury SUV.

This is not an Italian luxury SUV.

The actual stone barns come into view as I head up the driveway.

The stones are dappled, weathered gray.

The weather vane is a cow! The scene set for.

my first look at the Levante in the wild.

Built with pride, entirely in Italy.

For me, the sharpest luxury SUV coming in a wave of such vehicles is Jaguars new F-PACE.

But it only took a few seconds for the Levante to steal my heart.

What can I do? I have a weakness for Maseratis.

I would be driving this one, in a lush brown paint job.

For the record, I love brown cars.

The design is aggressive, but in creating an SUV, Maserati worked hard to avoid compromising the essential sexiness that its cars have always projected.

The airy grille might bother some: you can see right through to the fins.

The Maserati trident badge is large and in charge on the grille, but more subdued on the hood.

From the rear, as with all luxury SUVs, the effect is more utilitarian.

A giant hatch is hard to make sensual.

Lots of cargo space!.

Theres a nice rise and curve to the rear haunches.

The Levantes center of gravity is purposefully low and although the vehicle has a strong road presence, it doesnt seem tall.

The Levante name originally belonged to a warm wind that could change from gentle to a gale force in an instant, according to Maserati.

Can you guess what they had in mind by picking that moniker? (The Ghibli sedan, by the way, is also named after a wind.).

The classic Maserati script, in chrome.

The script is also nearly hidden above the headlight and turn-signal cluster.

It isnt hidden when you step into the SUV.

All Maseratis get these ventilation ports on the fender: three per side.

The trident is also tastefully applied, again in chrome.

Here it is on the steering wheel.

More chrome: quad exhaust pipes are a foretaste of what will happen when the engine is fired up.

Serious calipers and serious ventilated rotors will provide ample stopping power.

The 0-60 mph time is a Maserati-claimed 5 seconds with the 424-horsepower engine option.

It also has a top speed of 164 mph (the 345hp motor will do it in 5.8 and top out at 156 mph).

Italian rubber on those alloy wheels.

The powerplant: a 30-liter, twin-turbocharged V6, built by Maseratis illustrious stablemate, Ferrari.

I have to say that they could have done a better job dressing up the plastic cowling.

But they got the details right.

Ready to roll? This key fob is a hefty thing.

You wont forget its in your pocket.

The steering is hydraulic — old-school, not electric as on so many luxury SUVs these days.

The wheel itself has a great feel, and on the road the steering tightens up and gets heavier as you pick up speed.

Oh, and a word about those paddle shifters: superb.

Only Ferraris feel better.

Shifting with them is crisp and quick.

Apple CarPlay in the house.

Android Auto, as well.

We wound up defaulting to CarPlay, as the learning curve on Maseratis improved infotainment system was too steep for a short media drive.

CarPlay made for some interesting tunes.

Not my iPhone! But Id forgotten that I kinda like Howard Jones.

The sounds were piped through a Harman/Kardon audio setup.

Some trim levels of the Levante, which starts at $72,000 and can be optioned up north of $100,000, get a Bowers & Wilkins premium system.

The Harman sounded pretty sweet, though.

The front seats get some nice contrast stitching and are quite comfortable, yet adequately bolstered for spirited driving.

You can get a Zegna Luxury Package which brings some snazzy silk to the leather seats.

We experienced it in the Quattroporte and decided that it was the best interior offering in the auto business at the moment, so it was good to see it available on Levante.

The back seat is roomy.

Large adults will be happy.

The shifter is a tad annoying, but I got used to it.

We kept the Levante in Sport mode for the most part, but it does have a Normal cruising mode; something called ICE, which serves up better fuel-economy at the expense of performance; and and Off-Road setting.

The SUV can also be raised or lowered to five levels (and it will do so itself based on speed).

The knobs control the infotainment screen, which also has touch functionality.

Theres a very snappy eight-speed transmission — weve had some issues with these gearboxes, but in this case, theres was no detectable confusion in shift programming, although I couldnt get the Levante to downshift with the paddles when I wanted it to a couple of times.

We also couldnt get the slowpoke in the pickup to get out of the way!.

When the road did open up, the driving was heavenly.

Man oh man! Maserati has just crushed it with the Levante.

I thought it was brilliant.

This was easily one of the best luxury performance crossover SUVs to hit the market in 2016 and worthy competition for the Cayenne.

Maserati set a tall order for itself with that one, but they appear to have pulled it off.

I drove the 424-horsepower-engined Levante and when I kicked it into Sport mode, the engine made growling, joyful, and at-times sorta nasty music.

The all-wheel-drive system can interpret your driving style and keep most of the traction on the rear wheels or move some grip farther forward, if you need some help.

I was used to this from the Ghibli, and it continues to do a fine job with the Levante.

The suspension is taut without being overly stiff, and bodyroll is limited in the corners, which the Levante gobbles up smoothly for a vehicle that tips the scale at over 4,500 lbs.

In a straight line, the SUV from Modena flat-out cooks.

That dropped center of gravity and the 50-50 weight split gives you more control than youre probably accustomed to, if youve been piloting traditional SUVs.

It might give you more control than you get from some sports cars! I like the way I feel in a Maserati, and the Levante did not fail to make me feel those feelings.

This is a masterpiece of Italian SUV-ness.

For more infomation >> Maserati is planning a new SUV — but its Levante is still worth a look - Duration: 11:06.

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What It Is Like To Balance Your Career with Your Side Hustle: NBC Left Field | On the Fringe - Duration: 2:11.

I guess my whole life has been a side hustle.

I work in publishing and,

I moonlight writing dating profiles.

You're asking me if I pick up dog ... as a passion?

You can't be afraid, you just got to go for it.

This is a visual footnote to our story about Latasha Alcindor, who left her

full-time job to go full-time in her side hustle.

So let's talk about the side hustle for a minute.

The truth is, the side hustle, that other thing you do

outside of your full-time job is everywhere these days.

it's reported that

over 44 million Americans, most of whom are Millennials, have at least one.

So why is it becoming the norm?

At the end of a cloudy workday in

Manhattan, we talked to some folks to find out.

I restore furniture for a living,

but my side hustle is, I'm a drummer.

If I don't play music, my bones hurt.

I sell advertising and for my side hustle, I throw parties.

The side hustle is my art.

Last year only 29 percent of Millennials were engaged at work.

By day I'm a dog walker and by night I'm a stand-up comedian.

I've worked in customer service,

I've mopped floors, it's New York, it costs money.

But for some lucky folks,

their hustles both a passion and a paycheck.

I can afford rent a little bit

better with my moonlighting gig.

But I also have to do the regular job just in

case the side hustle doesn't work out.

Maybe it won't work out, maybe it will.

But regardless, it's just part of the way we work in today's world,

especially here in New York.

New York is a place where,

if you're coming here, you want to be a part of the big show.

You know move to New York to sit on your couch.

For more infomation >> What It Is Like To Balance Your Career with Your Side Hustle: NBC Left Field | On the Fringe - Duration: 2:11.

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The Making of Everything Is Recorded's "Close But Not Quite" With Richard Russell - Duration: 7:02.

I work with really young artists and producers who've got so much focus and direction.

It's incredible.

And you can have that.

You can have that when you're 16, 17, 18.

And you can not have that if you're 30, 40, 50.

It has nothing to do with age any of it.

But I didn't really have it.

I needed to get a bit older and have more experience because to have the patience to

work with an artist and listen to them and really understand them and then help them

be them.

Often you need a bit of help to get to that.

I am a musician, but I'm not a very good musician.

I like working with very good musicians.

When you've got someone in the room who's got a sort of simpler approach, that's got

a value in the studio.

When I heard "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" by Sampha something to do with the

fact that the opening lyric of Sampha's song where he says, "No one knows me like"

"the piano in my mother's home."

"It's taught me that I have something some people call a soul."

It made me think of Curtis Mayfield, from the Curtis Mayfield song, "The Makings of You."

"These words I've tried to recite, they are close, but not quite."

It's something so meaningful and expressive about that.

"The Makings of You" by Curtis Mayfield to me is one of the greatest songs of all time.

I didn't want to mess with it much.

So I played the pattern on the MPC, with a kick and a snare.

But I realized afterwards, it's very similar to the song, "Keep It Movin."

That in itself was referencing something.

The Biz Markie drums are themselves from, "Graham Central Station."

The chain is endless.

I'm into that.

I'm into those threads.

I collect samples.

I've always collected samples and sounds.

I record stuff on my phone.

I think these spoons…

It's like a pair of spoons sampled through the Kaleidoloop, which has got a sort of distortion.

It adds a bit of a crust to something.

So that, that sounds old.

I put breaths on it.

And I put sandpaper on it.

I also did a session with a musician called Baluji, who is a master sitarist and percussionist.

We tried sitar, which didn't work on this.

We did use some of his percussion.

He's playing a bell.

He's playing something called a naal drum.

We did a pass of live claps.

Small, subtle touches.

Too much of that it would have been too pronounced.

The next step really was to ask Sampha if he wanted to hear it.

'Cause even that is not a given with anyone, and he was up for coming around and hearing it.

He was into it.

We put a bit of piano down.

And MS20 bass, so live analog bass.

I play bass sometimes, but sometimes it's good when someone who can really play bass

plays bass.

And Sampha is very, very good.

He got on the mic and he basically freestyled for I think 16 minutes.

So this is the kind of stream of consciousness.

This became the pre-chorus.

If you have that level of talent that he has, which I think is the top level, normally you

want to be the center of attention.

And that's understandable.

And he doesn't really.

But he's got a huge amount of natural humility, which coupled with the immense talent makes

him a treasure really.

I got a serious illness in 2013 called Guillain-Barré syndrome.

I had full-body paralysis.

I couldn't move anything when I was in the hospital.

This turned up in the hospital as a gift from Geoff Barrow, he's the guy from Portishead.

When I first started to get a bit of movement back in my hands, this is what I started playing

with.

And the physio was looking at it and said, "Oh yeah, we were going to give you something"

"to start exercising your fingers with, but this is better."

"You couldn't really have something better than that to use."

This was part of recovering and getting movement back in my hands, so it does have quite a…

That means a lot to me.

Then we did backing vocals.

It's Beach Boys level really.

Some more piano on the chorus.

It's about a feeling.

It's all got a lot of feeling.

I thought, "If I sample that Curtis Mayfield line and Sampha performs on that"

"that would be something."

I could have been wrong about that because the theory is only a theory, but it was definitely

like, "That's the theory, so now I'm gonna try and do that."

And it worked.

It's a massive sample.

So when we got to the end I thought I'd just let it run.

I feel like that's the most respectable thing you can do in a way.

This is like a direct tribute to Curtis Mayfield.

Because we used the samples. But I feel this is like

making it as specific as possible in a way that I think might make people

think, "Oh, maybe I should listen to Curtis Mayfield."

For more infomation >> The Making of Everything Is Recorded's "Close But Not Quite" With Richard Russell - Duration: 7:02.

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Why Dark Chocolate Is Better Than Milk Chocolate - Duration: 2:54.

Welcome to Retirement Millionaire Daily's Weekly Update, where we answer questions from

readers like you.

Today, we're getting into the spirit of Halloween by talking about one of our favorite

topics – Chocolate.

With me today is my coworker and fellow chocolate enthusiast, Laura Greaver.

LG: This is a great time of year to be talking about chocolate.

That's because on Halloween, Americans buy more chocolate and sweets than at any other

time of the year.

That includes 90 million pounds of chocolate, which is over 930 million Hershey's chocolate

bars.

AC: Now that is a lot of chocolate.

And I'm pretty sure about half of it's in my house right now.

So, our regular readers are probably familiar with how many times we've written about

chocolate because of its great health benefits.

But it's very important that you pay attention to the type of chocolate.

That's because dark chocolate has the highest amount of antioxidants and that's what you

really want to be indulging in, not the Snickers bar out of the candy bowl.

For instance, one study out of Australia showed that people who ate dark chocolate had lower

blood pressure.

They were actually able to start eating dark chocolate and lower it over time.

This is probably because the antioxidants help expand your blood vessels and allow the

blood to flow more freely.

LG: We've also written about chocolate lowering the risk of irregular heartbeats too.

AC: Right.

And chocolate also helps with dementia.

A study a few years ago out of Harvard showed that folks who were drinking hot chocolate

actually improved their memory scores on different tests.

LG: And there's evidence that chocolate makes you feel good too.

That's because it triggers the release of endorphins.

These are the chemicals that make you feel happy.

AC: Right.

And one of those chemicals is also oxytocin, which we've written before is the so-called

"love" hormone.

Really, oxytocin's great for a lot of things, including stress relief.

And oxytocin we just found out has receptors in the brain that vary from person to person.

That's why you can actually blame your genes for how much you want to eat chocolate.

People who eat more chocolate have more of these receptors.

It's a brand new study – it's really fascinating research.

LG: Interesting.

So when you want to pick up some chocolate to enjoy at Halloween or throughout the year,

you want to be sure to buy the dark chocolate.

It has a lot more of the benefits and milk chocolate has so much sugar, you don't get

as much out of it.

AC: That's right.

And we like brands such as Lindt or Ghirardelli that have higher contents.

Anything with 70% or higher cocoa is usually what we look for.

So that's about it.

Please keep in mind that when you are indulging this season, to keep it in moderation.

That's it for now.

Please keep your comments and questions coming.

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And we'll see you next week!