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Florida Senate -- District 16
2014 Primary
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This district includes central and western Indian River County, and Brevard County:
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Thad Altman RepublicanAs a longtime Florida resident (I moved to the state when I was 2) I grew up appreciating all that Florida has to offer. I have been serving the residents of Brevard County since 1984, starting as a County Commissioner and eventually being elected to serve in the state legislature. I know this area, know the people, and have been constantly working to protect our waterways, preserve the prestige of the space coast, and to bring high-tech jobs back to the state.
During my time serving this district, we have faced many problems: hurricanes, the decommissioning of the space shuttle, and the recession to name a few. I have stood side-by-side with my constituents, fighting to ensure that our area continues to thrive. It has been an honor to represent this area, and I look forward to earning your vote.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InDistrict 16's road infrastructure is in a sad state of repair.
Indian River Lagoon is becoming toxic to native wildlife
District 16 needs representation with no special interest attachments
Monique Miller RepublicanThe reason is simple: Thad Altman is not doing what his constituents sent him to Tallahassee to do.
His voting record does not reflect the values of a conservative, and he has been ineffective in addressing several complex problems that are critical to the future of Brevard and Indian River County residents.
The Facts:
1. Thad Altman was Chairman of the Senate Tax & Finance Committee in 2009 and, with Charlie Crist, led one of the largest tax increase our region has ever experienced: $2 BILLION. We are still paying 80% of these tax increases.
This year, he voted in favor of the largest budget Florida has ever passed: $77 billion.
2. Thad Altman has voted to use taxpayer funds to subsidize high-speed rail and sports stadiums.
Altman teamed-up with one of the most liberal members of the Senate, Senator Joyner, to sue our Republican Governor, Rick Scott, when Scott turned down $2.6 Billion in Federal high-speed rail subsidies, which had significant strings attached that were bad for Florida.
Altman voted to protect CSX and Sunrail owners from legal liability by establishing a DOT-managed insurance policy funded by taxpayers. (Amdt 626368 – 2009)
3. When given an opportunity to serve on the Select Committee on the Indian River Lagoon (IRL)and Lake Okeechobee , Thad Altman did not offer a plan to address the unique problems of the central IRL, so nearly all of the $200+ million in available funds went to other counties.
The IRL has almost no flow, so water in a given area stays in that area. Solving the Lake Okeechobee water release problems does not impact the central and northern lagoon. The committee's recommendations did not include the needs of Brevard and Indian River Counties, in which about 70% of the IRL is situated. At the last minute, Altman requested the committee's recommendation report be amended to include $20 million for muck removal.(Source: http://www.theledger.com/article/20131223/news/131229770?template=printpicart)
The legislature voted on a budget that provided even more than was requested by the Select Committee on the IRL and Lake Okeechobee, but there was one exception: The $20 million Altman had requested for muck removal, which was actually to be used to dredge a couple of canals in Melbourne. \In the end, $20 million went to District 16, and almost $200 million for the IRL went to other counties. (http://www.flsenate.gov/usercontent/topics/irllob/finalreport.pdf, 2014 Budget)
Failing to get the allocated funds for the IRL, Altman proposed raising sales taxes to pay for projects in the central IRL. (SB 1102 – 2014)
Q2. What is your plan to address the tens of billions of dollars in risk the state has taken on with regard to Citizens insurance? What will happen if the Big One hits and Florida homeowners are on the hook?
Thad Altman RepublicanTo ensure that Florida residents have access to affordable windstorm insurance we must create a single insurance pool for all Florida residents. Insurance is based on shared risk by carving out.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InIt is not up to the government to assume the risk for someone who builds a home in hurricane-prone areas. It is up to the homeowner to feather into their "can-I-afford-this-home" decision an appropriate set-aside for personal insurance protection.
Monique Miller RepublicanThe best way to address this issue is to properly align risks with costs. This can be accomplished by doing two things:
1. Increase competition in the Florida insurance marketplace.
2. Reduce useless regulations that increase the cost of conducting insurance business in Florida.
Until we spread the risk around to multiple insurers and reinsurers, we carry an unnecessary but dangerous risk to Florida's long-term financial health.
A free market enables products to be provided at the lowest possible cost and the best possible service (as defined by the consumer of that service). Lower costs will allow more people to invest in hardening their homes, which will improve outcomes when the next storm strikes Florida.
Q3. Do you think the salary for the position you're running for is appropriate?
Do you think it ought to be automatically increased, or would you favor a different pay system?
If so, what?
Thad Altman RepublicanI support the concept of a citizen legislature that we have in place today. We have even reduced our pay as a result of the economic hardships Floridians have endured in recent years.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InThe salary is a benefit, but I'd do it for free.
Monique Miller RepublicanIn the Federalist Papers, Ben Franklin voiced his concerns about paying people to be in a position of power. He believed service should be exactly that: Service in a temporary job - not a career. I agree with Ben. The pay should be just enough to cover modest expenses.
My opponent also earns $150,000 per year as President of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. The Astronaut Memorial Foundation receives significant funding from money the State of Florida collects from Challenger license plates. (http://archive.wtsp.com/news/article/175581/0/Challenger-specialty-plates-really-funding-Chief-Executives-salary)
I would be in favor of changing the system to clarify that no legislator, while in office, can be in another position (except the military) that receives state or federal government funding. Such an arrangement presents a clear conflict of interest.
Q4. Please explain your position on energy. Do you support drilling off the coast of Florida and elsewhere?
Thad Altman RepublicanI do not support drilling off the coast of Florida. We need to continue to expand conservation programs and the use of renewable energy.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI do not support drilling off Florida's coast. If there comes a time where oil is so costly that we can no longer import it, then it would behoove us to have an alternate energy source for our major needs (electricity, transportation, etc.) ready and waiting in the wings.
Monique Miller RepublicanI do not personally believe it is in Florida's best interest to drill for oil off of its coasts, but I am not going to Tallahassee to represent my personal beliefs. I will be representing the people of District 16, and I will represent their position on this issue.
To elaborate on my beliefs, I support a plan for energy independence that includes all energy sources and extraction/collection methods. How and when those methods are used should be driven by supply and demand, rather than government intervention that artificially impacts prices (subsidies for oil companies or solar companies). Floridians benefit most when politicians intervene least.
It is not a legislator's job to decide what is best for Floridians. It is to represent what Floridians in their district think is best for themselves.
Thad Altman RepublicanI believe Governor Scott is doing a great job. He is leading us out of the recession (by implementing pro-business environment, creating jobs, for our region). A strong supporter of quality education and access to our colleges and universities. As our Governor he has totally supported our efforts to clean up the Indian River Lagoon.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InYou can please all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. Knowing full well that the government's chief executive makes decisions based on advisor inputs, it is hard to say his performance is representative of his capabilities.
Monique Miller RepublicanI am not clear whether this question is about Governor Rick Scott, whose reelection I support in November, or President Obama, who, for the first time in my life, is testing the limits of my ability to respect the Office of the President of the United States.
Q6. What steps should be taken to improve citizen, parent and/or public access to your court's/board's/commission's deliberations and actions? Do you support live TV coverage of court/board/commission meetings?
Thad Altman RepublicanTo improve public access to meetings we need to simplify and expand notice provisions for meetings, primarily by expanding the use of new technology. I support TV or video streaming for legislative, board and commission meetings. I feel public broadcast of court proceedings should be left up to the discretion of our judges.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI am a firm supporter of open government.
Monique Miller RepublicanI firmly believe there should be as much government transparency as possible. I also believe that everything has a value and a cost, and the cost should not exceed the value.
To that end, it is up to the public to decide what level of transparency they want and how much they are willing to spend to enable it. I will support whatever decision Floridians make.
Q7. Please explain your level of commitment to Florida's open-records and sunshine laws? Do you think they are worthwhile?
Thad Altman RepublicanI am strongly committed to Florida's open-records and sunshine laws. I have served under them on both the local and state levels and believe they play a vital role in ensuring quality government.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InOpen records and Sunshine Laws are a good first step to limiting cronyism. I am fully committed to open government and constituent representation...and not to special interests.
Monique Miller RepublicanAs a businesswoman, I have managed lots of people, and I've learned an important lesson from these experiences: For every rule I can create - or even imagine, some people can and will always find a way around it.
Similarly, every piece of legislation has unintended consequences, and lawyers to get around it. Transparency is really a means of ensuring the integrity of a process. Unfortunately, integrity is about the people involved in the process, rather than the process, itself. It is impossible to create integrity in people through legislation or transparency. The best way to ensure transparency is to elect legislators with integrity.
In the business world, our value, as an individual - whether an employee or a leader - is defined by our personal integrity. When you buy something on eBay, aren't you willing to pay more for something if it is sold by someone with a history of happy customers, compared to someone that has a history of negative feedback?
Good people follow rules. Bad people do not. Rules do not help make bad people good. I don't suggest getting rid of the rules. I simply recommend electing people that will actually follow them.
Q8. Do you believe that all employees should be given raises based on job performance, or do you think that salary/wage increases should be given just because an employee has been on the job for another year?
Thad Altman RepublicanWages should be based on qualification and job performance.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InDuring my military career, we received very small pay raises that were below the inflation rate. As a result, our military was sadly underpaid and unable to afford many basic needs. A promotion deserves a pay increase; doing your job for a year should warrant a raise commensurate with the inflation rate. Doing an extremely good job should warrant a bonus. Being on the job for 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years should warrant a longevity pay increase. However, just being in the seat from year to year does not. If that were the case, minimum-wage laborers could make CEO pay if they stuck with it long enough.
Monique Miller RepublicanAccountability and performance metrics are critical to the success of anyone in any position. Without attainable goals and a means by which to validate their achievement, there is no sense of accomplishment or pride of workmanship. No one feels good about a raise that isn't earned. We all want to be successful and rewarded for that success. It is human nature. Ideally, compensation models should be aligned, accordingly.
Thad Altman RepublicanI believe the right to form political parties and elect candidates to represent that party is basic to our constitutional right of assembly. Open primaries violate that right.
Monique Miller RepublicanI do not believe in open primaries. Primary elections exist exclusively to allow each party to choose their best candidate to submit to the general election.
Q10. Where do you stand on issues like abortion, gay rights, sanctity of marriage, and home schooling? (User submitted)
Thad Altman RepublicanI am pro life.
I believe in the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman.
Parents should have to right to education their own children.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI do not place judgment on others for their thoughts and choice. Ultimately, it is the chooser who must live with their decision. My personal values relating to these issues will be different for each situation because each situation is unique. I will represent the District...I will used input and intellect as my guide...but my moral compass is just that...mine. I will not force my morals on any person or group.
Monique Miller RepublicanThere cannot be the rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness without, first, the right to life.
Q11. What do you think is/will be the most important mission in the elected position you are seeking?
Thad Altman RepublicanFor me, the most important mission will be the preservation of the Indian River Lagoon. The Lagoon is at a tipping point and if actions are not taken soon the damage will be very difficult to reverse.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InDelivering on my promise of representation to District 16
Monique Miller RepublicanMy mission is three-fold: 1. Convince my Republican colleagues to stop spending money. 2. Educate our legislators on the problems created by Common Core and do what I can to get rid of it. 3. Stop using Floridians' tax dollars to subsidize projects for multi-billion-dollar companies (such as All Aboard Florida's high-speed rail and new stadiums for sports team owners).
Thad Altman RepublicanThe legislature has increased the openness of our budget process by requiring increased notice for meetings and amendments to the budget. We have increased reporting requirements for lobbyists and their principles and expanded access through the use of computer and internet technology. Florida is the most open and transparent government in the world.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InAs a former City Councilman for Satellite Beach, I always ensured any side discussions with fellow council members remained strictly within the bounds of the Sunshine Law. I provided all my official email for one public records requestor and made numerous public records requests myself while investigating our Community Redevelopment Agency spending activities.
Monique Miller RepublicanI recently used the Sunshine law to determine whether or not my opponent is against the train, as he claims. I requested his office's communications about the train with County Commissioners in his district over the last two years. Surely, he would be coordinating his efforts with our local leaders to effectively stop All Aboard Florida's plans to devastate our coastal communities.
So far, 3 of 5 Commissioners in one county have responded. There were exactly ZERO communications from Senator Altman's office about All Aboard Florida in the last two years.
I will update this response as I get additional information from the remaining Commissioners.
Q13. What is your position on All Aboard Florida's proposed high-speed passenger rail service through the Treasure Coast? Is your local government prepared to handle the potential impacts?
Thad Altman RepublicanI do not support the All Aboard Florida's rail proposal. This train runs through our communities with all of it associated negative impacts. It provides no stops and has absolutely no benefit at all to our region. It is a great injustice. For Treasure Coast and Space Coast residents it would be better called "You Are Not Allowed to Board".
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI think we were poorly represented in the decision process for this rail system. If there isn't a stop in District 16, we should not invest a dime of funding or moment of manpower to support it. I am saddened at the increase in noise pollution this will bring (rails and signals) to those who already endure early-morning freight trains and their whistles.
Monique Miller RepublicanI have been working hard to stop All Aboard Florida's plans to devastate our coastal communities. While I would never interfere with private business being conducted in a free market, that is not what this is.
I have written extensively on this subject and documented the billions of dollars in subsidies and benefits All Aboard Florida and its affiliate companies have already enjoyed, thanks to Florida's taxpayers. (http://spacecoastdaily.com/2014/06/your-opinion-monique-miller-on-all-aboard-florida).
Taxpayers in both counties - particularly seniors on fixed incomes - are neither prepared nor willing to "handle the potential impacts" of All Aboard Florida: higher property taxes with no benefits to them.
Q14. Is converting local residents from septic tanks to sewer systems a priority for you? What can/should be done to facilitate this process?
Thad Altman RepublicanConverting from septic tanks to sewer is a priority for me. I have sponsored legislation to facilitate this process in a affordable and cost effective way.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InSewer systems are more sanitary than septic systems. Public Works-installed lift stations with a subsequent special assessment may be one answer. Untreated septic outflow is a contributing factor to the declining health of our water resources.
Monique Miller RepublicanAny efforts in this vein should meet two requirements before anyone imposes cost and/regulation at any level of government: 1. There must be a solid scientific basis for the recommended action. 2. There must be expected outcomes and related metrics defined and validated before making any recommended action is imposed on widespread basis.
Because of my work on the Indian River Lagoon, I am very familiar with this subject, and I have seen no credible scientific basis for imposing septic regulation.
Thad Altman RepublicanI do not support the new Common Core standards. If elected I will support education standards that have the support of our parents and local educators.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI support standards that incrementally challenge developing minds. Not every mind will develop to a single "standard" ... it is a fact of life. If elected, I will review data, listen to constituent input, interact with the District, and vote based on majority input. The overarching goal of education should be to develop minds, bodies, and outlooks to sustain our brain and skill trust in perpetuity.
Monique Miller RepublicanI do not support Common Core.
- I am concerned about any program that takes decision-making authority away from local government. Top-down educational programs do not have a history of success. One-size-fits-all education leads to mediocrity. Florida should strive for educational excellence.
- It also concerns me that Common Core was not tested prior to its implementation, which will cost over $2 billion.
- I believe it is wrong to take away a parent's right to educate their own child as they wish.
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI am a firm believer in open government...period.
Q17. Would you support acceptance of federal funding to provide health coverage for uninsured Floridians?
Lloyd Stanton French Write InI will support the majority of District 16 on this issue. At times, federal funds come with strings attached; but think of it this way: Where do federal funds come from? ANSWER: The taxpayer...ones in this state and every other state. So, by accepting federal funds, are we not just taking back the money we already paid?
Monique Miller RepublicanNo. Taking money with strings attached to provide insurance that few doctors will accept is not a solution to Floridians' healthcare needs. Providing coverage is not the same as providing care. We should be focused exclusively on finding the best way to provide the latter.
Q18. Do you believe the state should take over maintenance and operation of Lake Okeechobee from the Army Corps of Engineers?
Lloyd Stanton French Write InOur nation's waterways are a critical component of our peacetime and wartime transport infrastructure. Federal agency control of channels, locks, dams, ports, and other waterways seems to be working. The condition of our Florida inland waters is testament to the effectiveness of the USACE efforts to remove invasive vegetation, improving access, increasing flow and water quality, and establish long-term plans for continued maintenance.
Monique Miller RepublicanYes. The Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the locks on Lake O. Their singular objective puts them in conflict with our best interests, in some situations. For example, if water levels in Lake O pose even a minor threat to the operation of the locks. the Army Corps of Engineers will dump fresh water into the nearby river system, regardless of the impact such a discharge will have on downstream water bodies, such as the southern Indian River Lagoon. Florida needs to be in charge of making the decision of what is best for Florida. That can only happen if the Army Corps of Engineers is either removed or placed under State control, which is likely impossible.
The Army Corps of Engineers owes Florida tens of millions of dollars for its contributions to the Lake O upgrades. It also is responsible for completing the project associated with those upgrades. We will need a 3 - 5-year plan to transition the Army Corps' responsibilities to the State of Florida.
Q19. The temptation to use one's elected office as gateway to enriching oneself by becoming a lobbyist after leaving office is real and often abused.
Florida Statutes Chapter 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers,..., Section (9) 3.b only calls for a moratorium of 2-years before engaging in lobbyist-like activities.
Would you personally commit to extending that to a minimum of 4-years and if not, why? (reader submitted 2014)
Monique Miller RepublicanI would be supportive of extending the minimum to four years.
I would request that any pro bono or other voluntary lobbying efforts be exempt to ensure this would not prevent people from helping not-for-profit organizations as a community service.


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The Executive Director of the Ghana National Museums and Monument Board (NMMB), Dr. Zagba Narh Oyortey, has commended Takoradi Polytechnic for its indigenous technological inventions to help solve local economic problems.
According to him, Ghana needs such indigenous technological innovations to accelerate the necessary socio-economic development envisaged by various governments to permanently solve the numerous challenges facing the country.
Dr. Oyortey made these remarks at the Science and Technology Exhibition held in Accra, to showcase science and technological inventions developed by Ghanaians to resolve local challenges
He said the material Takoradi Polytechnic presented at the exhibition has proven that there is hope for the country, and that when things are done right, there will be no need to depend on expatriates to solve our problems.
He urged the State to show interest and invest in local scientists, in order to boost their confidence and motivate them to come up with more innovations to help Ghanaians.
"The time has come for the people to appreciate things generated by locals for every technology consumed or used, give employment to a Ghanaian,' Dr. Oyortey added.
Some of the items displayed at the Exhibition by the Polytechnic included self-powered canoe for fishing, automatic sun solar tracking system, sound/wind activation lighting system, solar powered canoe for fishing, and a mobile telecommunication jammer.
The rest were automatic traffic control system, ceramic, sculpture, textiles and graphics works meant to ease life and create jobs for the Youth.
The Deputy Minister of the Environment, Science and Technology, Dr. Bernice A. Heloo, reckoned that the development of every nation greatly depended on the development of its science and technology sector.
She, therefore, assured the sector of government's support to help place science and technological innovations at the forefront of the national agenda.
The Deputy Minister of Trade, Ibrahim Mutala Mohammed, also called on the educational sector and the general public to help demystify science, so that lots of the Youth study the subject.
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A vulnerability could be observed at the end of May on a specially designed honeypot, which exploited this vulnerability of the Samba server (CVE-2017-7494). Thus the SambaCry gap (also known as EternalRed) is used to run malicious code, a "cryptocurrency mining utility" on vulnerable Linux servers, and conceal the cryptowogy BitMonero (XMR).
First, the attacker tries to write a file with eight random characters over the SambaCry/EternalRed gap on the faulty server. If successful, this file is also deleted immediately. Thus, the attacker knows the susceptibility of the system. Only now the attacker starts to write the malicious code with root privileges on the server. However, he must guess the path of the file that has just been created, using BruteForce to try different paths.
If the file is found again, the malicious code can be loaded and executed within the Samba server process using the SambaCry vulnerability. Then the file is deleted immediately. From this point onwards, the Trojan runs only in the working memory of the server.
Two files have been uploaded and run:
INAebsGB.so (349d84b3b176bbc9834230351ef3bc2a - Backdoor.Linux.Agent.an)
cblRWuoCc.so (2009af3fed2a4704c224694dfc4b31dc - Trojan-Downloader.Linux.EternalMiner.a).
This file saves the simplest reverse shell. It connects to the specific port of the IP address specified by its owner and gives it remote access to the shell (/bin/sh). As a result, the attackers have the ability to remotely execute any shell commands. They can literally do anything they want, from downloading and running programs from the Internet to delete all data from the computer of the victim.
The main functionality of this file is to download and run one of the most popular open source cryptocurrency mining utilities - cpuminer (miderd).
Cpuminer is used to digest and multiply XMR according to the crypt diet. It has always been possible to detect that the attacker has been able to tap 98 XMR (about 46 EUR / 1 XMR on 13.06.2017) or 4,498.00 EUR
Thus, an affected server becomes legal to a milking cow for the hackers. In addition, hackers can access and exploit the server with other types of malware through shell access.


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The outcome of the upcoming election will have huge implications on the lives of young people. Decisions on the budget deficit, welfare spending, job creation, house prices, tuition fees, climate change, and swathes of other issues will have more repercussions on the young than anyone else. It's a travesty therefore that young people are so disempowered. The following two passages in the Conservative Party manifesto typify this.
The first:
We will replace the Jobseeker's Allowance for 18-21 year-olds with a Youth Allowance that will be time-limited to six months, after which young people will have to take an apprenticeship, a traineeship or do daily community work for their benefits. It is also not fair that taxpayers should have to pay for 18-21 year-olds on Jobseeker's Allowance to claim Housing Benefit in order to leave home. So we will ensure that they no longer have an automatic entitlement to Housing Benefit.
The second:
We will keep the triple lock pension system. From April 2016 we are bringing in a Single Tier Pension; this will effectively abolish means-testing the pensions of people who have contributed all their lives. We will maintain all the current pensioner benefits including Winter Fuel Payments, free bus passes, free prescriptions and TV licences for the next Parliament.
The Conservative Party want to end housing benefit for people under 21 who do not work or study, yet will allow pensioners to claim additional benefits on top of their ring-fenced state pensions, regardless of if they need them. Young people would argue that this is unfair, but their interests are not likely to be given primacy. Why? Not enough young people vote. Only 44% of young people voted in the 2010 General Election, and since then we've seen tuition fees triple, Education Maintenance Allowance cut, and young people struggle disproportionately with jobs and housing. The outlook for the upcoming election looks similarly bleak; a poll in the Hansard Society's Audit of Political Engagement found that just 16% of 18-24 year olds are 'certain to vote'. 30%, on the other hand, say they are 'certain not to vote'.
Research by Demos however, shows that this disengagement with the electoral process is not symptomatic of indifference. Indeed, in a study on voter apathy, they found that 80% of people aged 18-25 campaigned on an issue in the past year, whether this involved health pharmacy no prescription signing a petition or boycotting a product. Young people apparently do care.
So why doesn't caring translate into voting? One reason for this is the parochial nature of Westminster politics. It's difficult for young people to engage seriously in the electoral process when attempts to engage them look like this. Another reason is that young people simply don't see what their vote means to them and the issues that they care about. The same study by Demos found that 58% of people aged 18-25 felt that they were not well informed enough on electoral politics to cast a vote, despite 69% of young people in a vInspired poll disagreeing with Russell Brand's encouragement of abstention. 71% stated in the same poll that they wanted 'basic politics' to be taught in schools to help them make informed choices at the polling booth.
The current education system, however, does precious little. There is no such thing as a Politics GCSE (one wonders how politics can be overlooked in a curriculum that teaches geography, history, music, drama, art, literature, and religion); A Level Politics is discretionary, and rarely offered; and citizenship classes that involve discussions on political affairs are both too broad and too sparse. Young people leave school without much of an understanding of how political processes work and what their roles are within them.
Politics should at least be offered at GCSE level, with a course that aims to spark an interest in electoral politics. A basic insight into the Westminster model; the EU; devolution; elections and referenda; ideologies; the roles of MPs, councils, lobbies, unions, the media, and NGOs; and other key elements of British politics can help young people make informed enough decisions to stand up for their interests and the causes that they care about. It can enable young people to understand how they can be influential, be that through supporting, challenging, or changing the status quo.
Universal participation should be a goal for any healthy democracy, but not enough is being done to facilitate the political engagement of young people. National issues are as relevant to young people as ever, and the youth vote has the potential to shape decisions made in Westminster in a much more meaningful way. It's time the education system gave young people the means to making their voices heard.


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Art of Life is a new form of intuitive healing that creates the pathway for liberation from our Core Patterning belief systems. The Core Pattern Reading is the foundation for this work. Art of Life also offers other healing therapies such as Essence Chakra Clearing, Healing Hands, Oracle Poetry, and Essence Relationship Reading. Please read further for more information.
Know the patterns that affect your life and find the missing PEACE to your liberation.
About the Core Pattern Reading
The aim of the Art of Life Core Pattern Reading is to assist you in reclaiming your true essence by recognizing life patterns and learning how to grow beyond them. This process allows you to heal your deepest wounding and find liberation and joy in life.
During an intuitively guided session you are given the circumstances surrounding a past life event that is responsible for the creation of your Core Pattern. The Core Pattern is held in the body's cellular memory. By working with the gestures of Choice and Grace you can let go of the pattern and the limitation it has on your evolution.
Our Body Remembers
Stored in our body's memory is the imprint of all our experiences as well as those of our ancestors. This information is encoded in the non genetic part of our DNA.
Inherent in this memory, is a tremendous source of Wisdom as well as an assortment of predetermined automatic responses or Patterns. These responses (patterns) are unconscious and may be triggered at any time by situations in which the emotional or physical body feels its existence being threatened. These patterns work like magnets and constantly attract situations in our life, that produce repetition and emotional turmoil.
These triggered responses impose limitations where "for some reason" we feel we cannot manifest the desired outcome, impeding our ability to live life to its fullest. The purpose of this work is to clear (heal the pain) within the patterns, and access the inherent knowledge or wisdom in this memory. By working with the gestures of Choice and Grace one can let go of the pattern and the limitation it has on one's evolution. This process allows us to heal our deepest wounding and find liberation and joy in life.
All patterns exists as a choice inspired by Love or Survival.
Information and Energy
During the Art of Life Session we work with two major components: Information and Energy
The Information is given, revealing the Causal Moment in which the pattern was created. When the secret held deep in the cellular memory is brought to consciousness we access the healing power of Awareness. From here we can use Choice to let go of our identification with this memory as the reality of our life.
The Energy is brought forward to clear the pattern at the level of the DNA and to help break up old habits and belief systems lodged in the cellular memory of the body.
Types of Sessions Available
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Core Pattern Reading
Transform your life from fear to joy !
The Core Pattern reading is the foundation of this work. One of my clients recently called this reading CPR for the Soul and I couldn't agree more with her. It brings you back to life ! Releasing the karmic boundaries of your life and liberating your life force energy. The Core Pattern reading will give you insight into your deepest karmic pattern and the past life impression creating the pattern. This impression is being held on a cellular level and is the source of fear, doubt, pain, anger, grief, illness etc. in your life. The mystery of the core patterning is that left unconscious it your biggest obstacle, It affects every life choice ! But brought to consciousness it provides your biggest potential for transformation and for discovering your Souls purpose and path. The Core Pattern reading inspires deep personal transformation and understanding of the karma that creates your personality and life circumstances.
During the session the pattern or archetype, which is stored in the non-genetic part of the DNA is rewritten this creates Cellular Healing to take place, which is the inspiration for true transformation. From that moment on your life will never be the same, you will never need to be bound by the past, you will now have choice to live in Joy rather than fear, doubt, pain etc. and you will be assisted in making this choice by Universal energies. Clearing the Core Pattern is like pulling the weeds out by the roots. Its stops the seeming endless cycle of new versions of the old pattern and creates profound life changes, by liberating your life force energy and Joy.
Readings are offered on line, pre recorded, written, by phone and some situations in person.
Core Pattern Session $250
This includes the Core Pattern Reading and an integration session which is offered approximately two weeks after the Core Pattern Reading.
Core Pattern Package $575
Includes Core Pattern Reading and 4 follow up Integration Sessions, a $75 discount.
Core Pattern Integration Sessions are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
The Integration Session are one hour counselling sessions that are highly recommended as part of the Core Pattern Reading process. During these sessions you will have a chance to ask all the questions you have pertaining to the Core Pattern and you will be further assisted in the recognizing your Core Pattern in your day to day life and be supported in the clearing process.
To assist with the depth of the Core Pattern Clearing Process it is recommended to have 4 Integration Sessions.
Individual Core Pattern Integration Session $100
Karmic Extractions
Your body and cells hold memories in the form of impression or stories and also as objects related to those stories. When the objects are removed or extracted then the story is also released in the name of love and your life force energy and new life perspectives awakened and renewed. An example of a Kamic object is, a shield from a warrior that now keeps him or her shielding from life and love or memento from a lost beloved that keeps one in a waiting pattern and unable to fully open to love.
A Karmic Extraction is a deep healing session. Each session includes 3 extractions and the session is recorded. In each session 3 karmic objects and stories will be removed with your permission each time. You should book your session on a day when you can have a fairly quiet time afterwards as you will be in a sublte state of awareness and healing.
Single Session
cost $150 per session
If you wish to book three sessions which will complete a cycle of healing there is a discount.
Book all three sessions together there is a savings of $50, making the package of three $400.
Oracle Readings and Spiritual Counselling
Oracle or Spiritual Counselling readings give insight into patterns that are currently active in your life and provide answers to your specific questions that will give you the insight to understand the spiritual purpose of the circumstance and how to make the best choices and discover the deepest healing available through the circumstance.
Wisdom Words
A unique and deeply moving type of reading that comes in the form of written poetry. These readings cover all the same topics that a follow up reading does.
Relationship Readings
In these readings we look at the joint karma between the individuals involved, what are the old wounds that you have come together in this life time to heal? and what are the strengths and lessons in love you have come together to share? What is the potential? How do you create harmony? This can be any type of relationship, lover, friend, parent/child.....
$150 one person present
$200 two people present
Soul Massage
A deeply relaxing treatment that unwinds the physical, mental and emotional tensions then uses shamanic and angelic techniques to extract the karmic pieces stored in the cellular level. (this healing can also be performed long distance)
Children's Readings
These reading provide insight and guidance, and healing suggestions for parents, when their children are going through difficult times.
Words from the Deceased
These readings are written communications from dear ones that have crossed over. They bring reassurance, dispel grief and help everyone move on.
I have had treatments from many healers and modalities in my life. Some - a few - have been great. No one has come close to Xenia. She is vibrating at a higher dimension and brings authenticity, truth, clarity, integrity, equanimity and humility together in such a balance as to offer a most pure kind of healing. It truly is life changing. The sessions I've had with Xenia have provided me with what I've been looking for my whole life (I'm 50). They have illuminated the way gently and smoothly, with great support and love, so that I can assimilate the changes in a profoundly flowing, dignified and beautiful way. She is what we are looking for at this time of change to provide the information we need to move forward, and to hold us steady, as we open to the light.
~Many thanks Xenia, Sally Smith
Without a doubt, getting my 'Core Pattern' reading done with Anandashakti changed my life. Pure and simple. The results from working from an Art of Life perspective has been the most healing achievement of my life so far. Not only do I recommend it, but I believe that it is a pre-requisite for anyone who is taking this life seriously. It's an amazing opportunity to evolve, love, and live fully.
~Shivani Howe, Puraluna Yoga . Lifestyles . Art
I consider the numerous readings that I have received from Anandashakti as nothing less than life changing. The nuanced and profound guidance of these transmissions continue to unfold as the
years pass and my own awareness grows in pace. Her work initiates profound shifts in consciousness and deep physical release like nothing else I have experienced, bringing understanding and healing to every major challenge of my life. I am so grateful for her presence as a guide and friend on this path.
~Cynthia Long,
Poet, Musician and Intuitive Healer
Magic! and the perfect path to getting more in touch with your spirit. Xenia's healing touch and intuitive insights have brought so much to my life, spirit, and entire being. Her treatments have brought me a greater connection to 'self' and the divine, and each treatment continues to bring deep healing to my physical, mental, and emotional being. If you are open to deepening your spiritual awareness and have yet to experience a session with Xenia, then wait no longer. You will get all and more than you ever hoped from each session.
~Catherine McFaddon,
The Holistic Way
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Some Words in Memory
Coupla things in memory of Josh (whom I never met, nor have
I met any of your family, although I've read your websites a
for my mother
Just when it has seemed I couldn't bear
one more friend
waking with a tumor, one more maniac
with a perfect reason, often a sweetness
has come
and changed nothing in the world
except the way I stumbled through it,
for a while lost
in the ignorance of loving
someone or something, the world shrunk
to mouth-size,
hand-size, and never seeming small.
I acknowledge there is no sweetness
that doesn't leave a stain,
no sweetness that's ever sufficiently sweet. ...
Tonight a friend called to say his lover
was killed in a car
he was driving. His voice was low
and guttural, he repeated what he needed
to repeat, and I repeated
the one or two words we have for such grief
until we were speaking only in tones.
Often a sweetness comes
as if on loan, stays just long enough
to make sense of what it means to be alive,
then returns to its dark
source. As for me, I don't care
where it's been, or what bitter road
it's traveled
to come so far, to taste so good.
Stephen Dunn, from New and Selected Poems 1974-1994
and something I always quote when death comes around:
THAT is not born, neither does it die.
It sprang from nothing, nothing sprang from it.
Unborn, eternal, everlasting, ancient,
THAT is not killed though the body is killed.
If the slayer thinks he slays,
If the slain thinks he is slain,
Both are deluded.
THAT slays not nor is slain.
Greater than great, smaller than small,
In the heart of all creatures THAT resides,
seen only by one who is free from desire
and from grief.
Sitting still he walks far, lying down he goes everywhere,
bodyless within bodies, unchanging among changes...
How can one who is not tranquil or subdued, whose mind
is not at rest, understand THAT through mere knowledge?
How shall an ordinary person conceive THAT being, for
whom both a buddha and a warrior are as food, and death
a condiment?
The Katha Upanishad
And yet we love the form, the particular form...
the quirky smile, the tilt of the head...
We can't help it, despite the tearing grief that attaches...
Wisdom says we are nothing.
Love says we are everything.
Between the two, our life flows.
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Looking For You
Take a seat here
Ice and vodka slide in glass across
A single, undivided
Slab of wood
One slice down the middle of a massive tree
Rested upon by unbridled troubles
Vexation and
We could collect tears in buckets like rainwater
pouring down from a leak in the roof
A napkin from a stack and
A pen from a stranger's pocket
Help to work out the problem
There is a door, but
It can't lock out the things I have seen
A sidewalk stretches
Down to rocky edges
Of eastern waters
Where my urgent call is
Swept to the other side
On a filthy wind
Boats glide
This island to
That island
Bridges suspend above the choppy waves
Turnpikes and
Freeways and
Highways run between
Tollbooths with
Sweet or surly operators
Factories exhaust diabolical jet-streams
Of black smoke and flame
Industrial wastelands fester
A stone's throw from
Glittering rivers
Hickory, hemlock and ash
Blanket Pennsylvania
Spindled charcoal trees
Like coarse black hair on the
Wintry back of Chicago
Are you out there with the
Motionless cows
Big sky?
Rolling hills and
Apathetic windmills
Hundreds of hotels and motels
Spilling over with
Seedy propositions and
Unconquerable self loathing
Faces of anguish
Faces of bliss
Dreams of mercury and steel
Wishes hinged on dandelion fluff
Various realities that morph with
Each gust of salt out of Utah
Every aggressive wind
From Brooklyn to Santa Monica
Exalts my declarations of grief
Where are you?
In the Colestine Valley
Dipping far below the California Interstate
Tucked beneath the dirt of our childhood
Among the wildflowers and star thistle
Whizzing over
Row after row of corn and wheat
Drifting past a thousand and one clouds
Crossing patches of ice
Tumbling in tunnels of dust
Living among the stars
[Copyright 2007]
1000 Oceans
by Tori Amos
These tears Ive cried
Ive cried 1000 oceans
And if it seems
Im floating
In the darkness
Well I cant believe that I would keep
Keep you from flying
And I would cry 1000 more if thats
What it takes to sail you home
Sail you home sail you home
Im aware what the rules are
But you know that I will run
You know that I will follow you
Over silbury hill through the solar field
You know that I wil follow you
And if I find you will you still remember
Playing at trains
Or does this little blue ball
Just fade away
Over silbury hill through the solar field
You know that I will follow you
Im aware what the rules are
But you know that I will run
You know that I will follow you
These tears Ive cried
Ive cried 1000 oceans
And if Im floating
In the darkness
Well I cant believe that I would keep
Keep you from flying
And I will cry 1000 more if thats
What it takes to sail you home
Sail you home sail you home
For Joshua and Beauty
She said
As she fired a shot into the sky
One of the most beautiful things I've ever
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I love
Fellini. When I need real comfort, I go to Fellini. He's a true
brother. A real heart.
An authentic human being.
Satyricon, by Federico Fellini
[Eumolpus] Poets
may die, Encolpius. But it doesn't matter, if poetry
remains. My friend, companion of my final moments here ... you'll
able to say, "I knew Eumolpus, the poet." What can I
say? If I were as
rich as Trimalchio, I'd leave you some land or a ship. But I can
leave you what I had myself.
I leave you poetry. I leave you the seasons,
especially spring and
summer, I leave you the wind, the sun,
I leave you the sea, the good
sea. The earth is good, too.
The mountains, streams, and rivers. And
the big clouds that move by,
solemn and light. You'll look at them and maybe remember our brief
And I leave you the trees and their agile inhabitants.
Love, tears,
joy, stars, Encolpius. I leave you sounds, songs, noises. The voice
man, which is the most harmonious of music. I leave you.
There couldn't be something tautological about it, could there?
Joshua was our first-born child. Though Tara
and I are both from Arizona, Josh was a local boy from the start
-- conceived in a peach orchard on Wagner Creek. He was born in
County Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. After a week of watching Josh
struggle for every breath, the doctors declared he was going to
die. We signed Josh out against medical advisement, and after being
duly threatened with prosecution in the event of Josh's death, took Josh to Dr. Ray Brown, a legendary homeopathic genius. Thanks to Dr. Brown, Josh lived, and also on his advice to seek a cooler climate, we moved to Ashland. From 1980 to 1983, we lived in Colestine Valley, where Josh spent the days playing with his sister Maria on the floor of a yurt lit with kerosene lamps and warmed with wood. Eventually, by the light of a kerosene lamp, I filled out an application for law school, which led us to move to Los Angeles. The first night we glided down the L.A. freeways in our old Econoline church van, seeing the endless streams of white and red electric fire crawling over the hills, Josh leaned forward from the back seat and asked me, "Are we really going to live here?" We
did, for ten years.
In L.A., Josh suffered an enormous health setback when he was
poisoned by Dursban, a pesticide applied to our student housing
apartment. Paralyzed up to the neck for a week, over the course
of a year, he reacquired the use of his limbs. As soon as his
strength allowed, he became a fearless skateboarder, earnestly
punishing his body against the West L.A. concrete. When we moved
to Santa Monica, near Venice Beach, Josh discovered street art.
We didn't watch TV, but he figured that being in L.A., we were TV, and played his role with elan. While still in middle school, he had customized a set of spray-paint tips to control his line, feather and shade pigments. He rode the buses and became streetwise. He was fiercely loyal to his two sisters, Maria and Ana, and loved our summer trips to Ashland and Colestine. When we moved back in 1993, Josh connected with his Oregon roots, snowboarding, roaming the woods and railyards as he'd roamed L.A.'s
streets. Formal schooling never really took with him, but a look
at his work shows a lifetime of learning. Old barns and abandoned
walls were his canvases in a studio open to the sky. His poems,
both worldly-wise and innocent, are those of an adventurous mind.
Josh created photo-resist silkscreens with photography and computer graphics, printing on everything from sheet steel to t-shirts and paper bags, often highlighting with brilliant paint. As the Ashland Free Press illustrator, he developed a mature voice, serving the community he loved with enlightening images. His legacy has begun.
"Sarsparilla" Magic
One of the most recent dreams I've had about
Josh actually occurred several years ago, when I was still living
in the Colestine in my own little yurt next to my parent's big
Yurt. At that time Josh and Maria had moved out of the Colestine
and the yurt that I occupied, but I dreamt that Josh was there,
outside the house. The first thing that struck me was that he looked
like Jesus. There was a glow about him, and his hair was long and
flowing. His face had a tragic yet blissful look to it. I also
felt very blissful, like I was on the moon or something, buoyant
and vividly aware of my surroundings. He told me that he had drunk
some "sarsparilla" and I thought to myself, "oh that is why I feel this way," as if I had drunk some too and it had intoxicated me. That was pretty much all there was to the dream, but I woke up with a wow at the feelings the dream gave me. I thought about why I had chosen this word "sarsparilla" and
thought that I had heard Josh rolling the word off his tongue
when we were
younger, living in Santa Monica. I wasn't sure what it was but I was curious. Later I told the dream to my boyfriend, and he told me that sarsparilla (or sarsaparilla according
to Wikipedia) was used in root beer, which he used to bottle and
sell. Since Josh died, I have thought about the dream frequently,
and how he reminds me of Jesus now. His hair was almost as long as
mine when he died...in fact, he had gone through a transformation
that was at times disturbing, and at other times filled me with wonderment.
Now, reading his words, I know what it was that had frightened me.
Josh was a martyr. And that makes him so transcendent as an individual,
that I feel more than honored that he is my brother. I am filled
with awe and amazement. He seemed to be excited by the smallest things,
someone told me. It was Padmasambhava who wrote, "With a view as
vast as the sky, act with attention to things as small as particles
of barley flour."
Similarly, Josh wrote in a poem called "Mother to Son"
So do not speak today, nor tomorrow, or the next.
Contemplate a maze, then a painting, then a puzzle of glass convex.
All at once, you will see all of the pieces connect.
The drawbridge will be opened for you, then.
And you must then depart.
Carrying the truth in your possession.
It is your life's dependence.
It will be your art.
Who am I to say Josh left this world before his time? As much as I sit here grasping at his ghostly presence, Josh is part of a mystery so great that I can only try to begin to understand where he came from and where he has gone to. He has left us all to ponder an incontrovertible truth: there is more than this. There is more.
Another of Josh's poems, "Hog Bristle Blues" talks about the senseless
cruelty of the world we inhabit
Ya see if man an' hog cooperate, things would be just fine, that's true.
But people gotta be so great, an' take a bristle before it's time.
Which is why I come into the situation at hand, ya see?
Cuz I take a young fool, an' I shake 'im by all his limbs.
To make the young man unnastand that I'm trying to help him.
Josh identified with this young man, this young "fool" who was being shaken by all his limbs. He knew that he both was and wasn't a fool. Because you are only as foolish as you allow yourself to be. See, "You Can't Kid a Kidder" and
he learned that the maze is only a distraction from the center,
which simply is. The pain of being shaken by all his limbs was
an exhortation to transcend all pain.
God, why do you fear a fair fight?
A duel between two equals.
Are you afraid of who or rather what might defeat you?
Because I was born a soldier.
One mind and two fists.
I have always been waiting for the moment to do this.
~Josh Carreon
A Dream With A Smile
When I was a very little girl, I used to have
nightmares all the time...usually repeated visions of some vaguely
threatening entities. But there was this one dream I had that I remember
I thought was "funny." This was around the time or after I went to a Christian pre-school, and I thought about "God" a lot, consciously and subconsciously. From Josh's poetry, I see he thought about God too. But it is important to understand that we didn't see God as many others saw Him. God was just what everyone called the Creator. We were raised among Buddhists and intellectuals. But at the time of my dream, to return to the matter at hand, I was so young that I didn't
really pay attention to the words as much as the symbols and the
big ideas.
So I had this dream, where myself and my family stand before God. We are tiny and he is at the end of a very long hall, with a great axe
extending forward and resting near me where I stood next to my brother,
Josh. Being that I was a Buddhist, I said to God, "you're nothing special" or something like that, as I had told my friends in school. I guess I had a conversation about how if God was merciful there wouldn't be so much suffering in this world. This stems from my understanding of the first of Shakyamuni Buddha's Four Noble Truths, the Truth of Suffering. So there I was before God, in my dream, trying to stand up for my beliefs and ending up sounding like an impudent little girl. God was
wrathful and lifted up the giant axe and it came down on me. I stood
there for a moment and then Josh turned to me and said, "Ana, you're dead." And I looked at him and said, "Oh, okay," and
fell over dead.
This dream was so vivid that I never forgot it and thought of it frequently in the following years. It was also one of several dreams that I had of being with Josh or about Josh that impacted me greatly. It also expresses how Josh and I shared some similar questions about this world, death and God.
Yeah I vandalizm for Josh (R.I.P.)
I remember we were hanging out at that house you guys used to live
at in santa monica one
night...just me and him bored...all the sudden he was like "lets
run around the entire block in our underwear!"...so we did LoL!!!!!!!! Good
Times!!! Josh was fearless and a unique soul...
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My brother died in a car accident recently.
I still can't believe he's really gone. He called me a few days
after my birthday and asked me to drive him to the gas station
because he had run out of gas. I still have the message on my message
machine. Less than a week later, he had died. I didn't even know
he was gone. I knew life was fragile and precious, but I had no
idea my brother would be taken from me so quickly. He was just
thirty years old. Five years older than me. He had so much life
left in him. He had seen so many things, and he had more to see.
Now all I have left of him are some words he left written on scraps
of paper, and a message on my message machine. I find myself grasping
at the ghosts that are left behind...his name, "Josh," the
words "my brother" and
the aching feeling of just wanting to hold his tall, fragile form
which so resembled my own.....
I stumbled across some old poems where I claim to be sad, or aching
and I want to crush them in anger at how little I knew about sadness.
I want to go back in time and tell him that I would do anything for
him...but he knew that. There is nothing more to say, nothing more
to do but mourn his absence. I am left with one small consolation:
maybe he was just too good for this world. Maybe he has found somewhere
else, a kinder, gentler place, where his virtues will continue to blossom...and
maybe traces of his breath will travel from some far-off universe
to kiss my cheek.


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After a barbed suggestion that the Saying I love you post signalled 'grumpy old man' – like that bit of beard missed when shaving – I was further impaled this morning by this (daily Google quotes), 'The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.' Dostoevsky.
Oh dear. There is a gravity of ageing. If not resisted, it carries us deeper into the familiar and comfortable collection of our polished, chrome-hard views, and away from the new and the unknown.
What to do? Well, I won't be abandoning strongly held views without a fight. But I do recognise hardening of the attitudes as an age-related condition that, like cholesterol levels, must be monitored closely. No one wants wimpy 'I dunno, what do you think?' responses to questions, but I will try to get better at waiting for the question before offering my amazing experience.
The least attractive aspects of the grumpy old guys and gals on the telly are their certainty and self-satisfaction – fellow travellers of ageing. Even though I may agree with them, I fear that what young people in particular pick up is their self-assured, patronising manner, not their humorous take on things. 'It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.' HL Mencken,
Some time ago, after hearing a particularly enlightening, albeit unasked for, piece of fatherly wisdom, one of my daughters asked, "dad when was the last time you ever changed your mind?"
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The wonderful newly renovated Loews Miami Beach exudes an air of luxury and sophistication befitting its location and historic past. A delightfully modern yet Art Deco landmark, this resort-style hotel enjoys an enviable location on Collins Avenue in the very heart of South Beach. With an enviable beachfront setting, directly on the soft white sands of Miami Beach, it enjoys some stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean. Most guestrooms and facilities are located in a modern 17 storey tower, but the Loews also incorporates the historic St. Moritz Hotel, which has been restored to its original Art Deco glory. There's a generous oceanfront swimming pool, a well-equipped gym and a fabulous new health spa which offers a range of exotic treatments. When the soul is replete and the body needs refreshment choose from a range of eating and drinking options to suit your mood.
Hotel Facilities
3 restaurants - lounge - poolside bar - free-form oceanfront swimming pool - 2 whirlpools - health spa - gym - aerobics - private stretch of beach - watersports - kids club (4-12 years) - bike and rollerblade rental
Room Facilities
790 exquisitely appointed rooms - mini-bar - flat screen TV - in-room movies - CD player - iPod dock - Internet - air-con - coffee maker - 24hr room service


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Humans are trained to think the more, the better. But too much choice can prevent decision-making, and cause usability issues.
User testing is essential, but it shouldn't have to be complicated. Sometimes keeping things simple can give the best results.
Presentation I gave for UX Camp Brighton 2017. A rant about one of my least favourite trends in web design, and how you can apply mobile-first information architecture to avoid it.
It's one of the most common patterns in web design… But it could be a sign that your navigation needs a diet.
A lot of influential web designers are heralding the end of tools like Sketch and Photoshop. But I'm going to keep using them. Sorry.
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Passion Fruit The fatty acids are an excellent moisturizer for skin, The oil has a high antioxidant content which protects your skin from any environmental stressors. Helps to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles.


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In the kitchen!
The Longscroft kitchen is a dedicated on-site building. Here we cook fresh meals daily for the children using locally bought ingredients. Our delicious menu changes on a rolling 4-weekly basis and offers the children a hot main and pudding. We like to incorporate vegetarian into our weekly menus, but if your child would prefer a daily vegetarian option, then we can also provide this. If your is child is staying at the nursery for tea, or for those in Grasshoppers, then we provide a light hot tea time snack such as beans on toast or home-made soup.
All bread is 'Best of Both' or 50/50
AM snack will consist of 2 fruits or vegetables such as banana, apple, orange, pear, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, carrots.
Some dishes contain hidden veg such as carrots, peas, peppers, onion, mushrooms, and we offer a variety of veg such as peas, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, swede, runner beans, kidney beans, or whatever is in season.
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My second trip to New York, this time I stayed for a week and my schedule quit busy there. So I thought I will have no time to shopping around and look for what I want it, but at the end I was still can manage to get what I want it. I just love everything that I got and want it to share with you.
All the product quit random from beauty, skincare, make up, fashion, snacks and more. So I thought to make a video that I show all goods. Actually in this video I forget to mention candles that I bought at "Henri Bendel" store in 5th avenue, so I will put the pictures of it bellow.Also for the video I am still learning, please forgive me for the editing :)
✴Just want to tell you that both of them smell so good. I already had the vanilla bean from my first trip to New York and since I love it so much I bought it again to stock up my candle for fall/winter.
① Vanilla Bean (sweet but in a good way)
② Jasmine (smell exactly like jasmine, the floral scent just perfect)
Hope you enjoy it
let me know your favorite product :)
Also let me know if you have recommendation for beauty, skincare,
make up, fashion or lifestyle goods.