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About NAMI Putnam County
NAMI Putnam is dedicated to providing support, education, and advocacy to individuals and families of all ethnic backgrounds affected by mental illness in Putnam County and its environment. We come together for a common purpose – to share our experiences in order to understand and advocate for our relatives and friends.
Recent Activities
NAMI Putnam continues to focus on Mildred's dreams and enthusiastically established a set of goals in order to educate family members, County Legislatures, law enforcement and the community about mental illness.
In 2005, through our perseverance, NAMI Putnam obtained over a thousand signatures on a petition requesting our County Legislatureto re-establish a 24/7 Crisis Hot Line and a Mobile Crisis Intervention Team. As a result of our petition a Task Force was created by the Legislature and a County Crisis Hot Line (845-225-1222) funded by the County was placed in operation.
Our efforts for a Mobile Crisis Team resulted in an invitation to participate in Project Summit, a conference of mental health providers and law enforcement officers held in June 2009. Our County was one of twelve selected in New York Stateto participate and produced a greater understanding and developed a protocol between mental health providers and law enforcement in dealing with a 911 call in an emergency situation.
Subsequently, our efforts led us to the creation of Putnam Rose House. Rose House is a peer-run hospital diversion service and is designed to accept people experiencing crisis or emotional distress.
In late 2007 we wrote a letter to the Administrative Judge in our area requesting the establishment of a Mental Health Courtin our County. We are proud to have been involved in the creation of the Mental Health Courtin 2009 and graciously accepted an invitation to the first graduation in early 2011.
In 2010 our affiliate received an award from NAMI-NYS for our Wellness Program.
The Wellness Program was attended by twenty consumers and provided them with an eleven-week course of instruction on nutrition, meal planning, cooking workshops, smoking cessation and stress management. It was a great success and we are looking forward to offering another series.
The "In Our Own Voice" and "Family-to-Family" programs continue to provide the support and education to the community and families. Information about these valuable programs is available on our web site.
Of course, all of our achievements and success has been the result of our dedicated and passionate member volunteers. NAMI Putnam is also extremely thankful to our County Executive and Legislature, Commissioner of Mental Health, Michael J Piazza, Jr., Law Enforcement and Providers who have been involved in our efforts. We deeply appreciate their cooperation and assistance.
NAMI Putnam invites you to join us in continuing our journey to support, educate and advocate for those families and loved ones who are coping with mental illness. We also need each other for mutual support and compassion, in order to cope with the effects that mental illness has had on every person in our families.


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Ryan Martin rejoins the Gauchos after a stellar career which culminated under Oregon's Historic Hayward Field lights, in the 2012 Olympic Trials 800m final, where he went on to finish 4th with a 1:44.90 effort.
Spectators at Big West Championships meets from 2010-2012
witnessed some of the best 800m battles in NCAA history with Martin
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The Gaucho men were in the middle of a team title hunt when Martin and Jock took the line at the 2012 Big West 800m final. The field events stopped and the crowd fell silent as two of the best 800m warriors in NCAA history traded punches in another classic Big West showdown. Jock took it out hard with Martin in close contact through the first quarter. As Jock accelerated down the back stretch he put a few meters onto his lead, which seemed to grow into the last curve. Martin started building at the 200m to go mark and steadily built steam into the final straight- both men now wide open and holding the smooth form of world-class mid-distance runners. Martin made one final surge at the tape but it was Jock who held on for the victory.
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Martin will assist with the Gaucho cross country and distance groups and currently runs for Asics. Martin graduated with degrees in Business Economics and Art History.


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About three times each week, an enterprising researcher at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, takes a step toward patenting an invention. Each year, that results in the creation of about five new high-tech firms, the kinds of businesses often credited with creating good jobs.
That's a good start, but the school's goal is to double that rate in the next few years. With a small but smartly focused investment by the state, we can get there — and all Marylanders can benefit.
Gov.Martin O'Malley's proposed Maryland Innovation Initiative offers a significant advance to our state's tech-based economic development. It commits $6 million to boost commercialization of university research and creates incentives for statewide collaborations that will strengthen our high-tech sector. Additionally, through tax credits, InvestMaryland will raise $70 million to replenish the state's venture capital fund. This gives vital support to start-up firms.
These initiatives recognize that Maryland can do much more with its impressive research power.
Three major research universities — University of Maryland, College Park (UMD); University of Maryland, Baltimore(UMB); and the Johns Hopkins University — along with several dozen federal labs and billions of dollars in funded research give Maryland a distinct edge in creating new high-tech jobs. But we must get much better at converting these assets into new products and businesses to power our knowledge-based economy.
Across industries and between institutions, we need improved coordination and collaboration, suffused by an ethos of innovation and entrepreneurship. A phased increase in resources and a unity of purpose will improve our state's technology transfer and commercialization.
The availability of more small, targeted grants will help entrepreneurial academic researchers demonstrate their work's potential and cross the so-called "valley of death" — from patenting a great idea to successfully selling a new product or process.
Nurturing start-ups requires an "ecosystem" that includes research universities and their pool of human capital; federal funding for basic research, the seed corn of commercial innovation; partnerships among academic, federal and industry labs; physical facilities, business planning and intellectual property services; and access to public and private venture financing.
Take the case of Flex-El Inc., a Maryland start-up that is developing innovative, ultra-thin batteries attractive to industry and the military, and recently hired about a dozen new workers.
Its technology began in a UMD lab. It was nurtured in our Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) incubator, the region's oldest. The Maryland Proof of Concept Alliance — a partnership with theU.S. ArmyResearch Laboratory — will likely provide the technology's first buyer.
Over the past 25 years, Mtech has accounted for $25 billion in business for the state by incubating new companies and helping old ones innovate. Our Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship provides business services and access to private venture capital. It has helped more than 20 companies launch, including several by our students.
Together, UMD and UMB generate more than $1 billion in research each year. Additional resources — such as the Maryland Innovation Initiative and InvestMaryland — are necessary but not sufficient.
We need to expand our partnerships with government, business and other academic institutions. Our new Maryland Cybersecurity Center, for example, partners with about a dozen businesses to promote commercialization. Our Joint Quantum Institute does fundamental research with the National Institute of Standards and Technology that might someday lead to commercially viable quantum computing.
UMB and UMD have complementary research strengths. Under the aegis of the University System of Maryland, we are establishing a strategic alliance so that we can magnify the scale and impact of our education, research and commercialization.
In College Park, we need to nurture a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship institution-wide. We have established ourselves as a top public research university; we also must become a premier innovation and entrepreneurship university.
We are developing a new Maryland Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to coordinate the campus' multiple educational, research and commercialization programs. We will incentivize faculty and students in all fields to engage in innovation as well as research. Our goal is to equip every student with knowledge and skills to develop innovative solutions that create economic and social value.
Our greatest knowledge transfer occurs every June, when we award degrees to some 7,000 graduates, the skilled workforce of the future. In the long run, they will make the greatest contribution to innovation and job creation.
With new resources and collaboration, plus an intensified culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, Maryland can transform its amazing educational and research assets into a turbo-charged economic engine.
Wallace Loh is president of the University of Maryland, College Park. His email is email@example.com.


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Oracle needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are looking to have an image (900pixels x 150pixels) created to use on Oracleseo.co.uk.
It should include a company logo which you will create, the tagline "An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion;" plus anything else you feel appropriate for the type of site it is. I don't want to restrict too much what you can/can't do, feel free to be as creative as you like.
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We have recently left our jobs as in-house SEO for a major UK company to go it alone and set up our own seo company.
I am looking for a professional looking image, it needs to be 900 x 150 pixels exactly. The outside edges of it need to be white to blend in with the design. You can check the site now, there is place holder image in that place to show you where it will go.
We want the image to feature a company logo which you will create, as well as the tagline "An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion;"
You can add anything else to the image you like, I'm not a design person so I feel trying to tell a designer what they should or should not do is only going to hinder them from being able to do the job well.
The design needs to look professional and modern. You can use any colours that you think will fit in - don't bother matching them to text/link colours in the site as I will change the colours of those later to match the winning design.
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A Florida-based developer has submitted a proposal to build a six-story, 210-room Hilton hotel in downtown Burbank, city officials said.
At roughly 40,000 square feet, the proposed Hilton Garden Inn for the corner of South San Fernando Boulevard and Verdugo Avenue would replace an existing retail building, auto repair shop and an auto sales lot.
According to the application submitted by FPG Development Group, the hotel would include a restaurant and bar in the lobby, and a pool and fitness center on the second floor.
The design features streetscape and landscape improvements to highlight the walking culture of the area.
"This development will help continue the retail, dining, and residential feel of the area to the northwest and contribute to the revitalization of this portion of San Fernando Blvd.," the developer said in its application.
City officials are reviewing the proposal to make sure it conforms with codes and regulations, said Deputy City Planner Patrick Prescott.
A hotel of its size requires 210 parking spaces, but the proposal includes 168 parking spaces, which means the developer will need to secure a variance from the Planning Board.
Prescott said developers could argue that many people arrive to hotels from the airport in taxis, or that not all 210 rooms will be occupied at once.
The Planning Board will also have to vote on a conditional use permit for alcohol sales in the lounge, which will be mainly for hotel guests, Prescott said.
The developer has 10 months to obtain the necessary approvals, according to its website.
-- Alene Tchekmedyian, Times Community News
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James Bailey, UK Roads Board Chairman and Staffordshire County Council's commissioner for highways and the built county.
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Duchene's OT goal lifts Avalanche past Jetsby Rick Sadowski
DENVER -- Playing with 10 forwards for virtually the entire game Monday because of injuries, the Colorado Avalanche outlasted the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in overtime in a physical game at Pepsi Center.
Matt Duchene scored at 2:27 of the extra period after skating from the left corner while being checked by Jets left wing Dustin Byfuglien. The puck came loose when Byfuglien tugged at Duchene's elbow, but Jets defenseman Tobias Enstrom accidentally poked it back to Duchene, who backhanded a shot over goalie Al Montoya.
"I beat him with a move out of the corner and I was taking it to the net," Duchene said. "I saw (Ryan) O'Reilly for what I was hoping was going to be an open net. (Byfuglien) got my elbow, and the puck bounced off my stick. It bounced back to me and I took a whack at it. I didn't know it went in . I just heard the crowd cheering. Good bounce, nice to get that one."
The winning play spoiled the game for Byfuglien, who scored both Jets goals 1:48 apart in the second period.
"He got position, and the puck ended up back to him," Byfuglien said. ""A guy like that's never going to miss those."
Montoya finished with 31 saves.
"I don't remember it," he said of Duchene's goal. "I know the puck bounced in front of me, was poked in front of me."
Two days after losing center Paul Stastny to a back injury on his first shift Saturday, the Avalanche lost right wing PA Parenteau to a right-knee injury on his first shift. He is expected to miss the rest of the regular season.
"We showed a lot of character against a team that was playing very desperate," Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. "It's a tough team to play against. They gave us a hard time. Just don't try to feel sorry for yourselves, this is what I said to the guys. We have to remain positive. All year we battled through adversity and tonight was another example. Our guys never stopped working. We played most of the game with three lines. Everyone chipped in, everyone played hard. It was a hard-fought game, no doubt about it."
Colorado (42-18-5), third in the Central Division, moved to within one point (90-89) of the second-place Chicago Blackhawks, who visit Pepsi Center on Wednesday.
"We're not out of the race for the division lead or No. 1 in the NHL," Duchene said. "We're right there. We just have to keep working hard here. I mean, that's a character win tonight. There's no other way to describe that. Guys just played their hearts out."
Winnipeg (30-28-8) earned a point to close within four points of the eighth-place Dallas Stars, who hold the second of two wild-card positions for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference.
"It was a good battle," said Jets coach Paul Maurice, whose team killed all six of Colorado's power plays and scored on its lone man advantage. "The penalty kill was outstanding, the power play -- what little we saw -- was 100 percent. I don't have a lot of complaints. I didn't think we gave up a whole lot. If you factor in the power play and penalty kill, both teams had some really good chances. We've got to find a way to draw as many (penalties) as we get."
The Avalanche's John Mitchell moved from third-line center to the second line with Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon after Parenteau was injured, and he had a goal and an assist.
"When guys go down, it's an opportunity for a lot of guys to step up in the lineup and try and contribute and make things happen," Mitchell said. "I knew I would be given more of an offensive role and try and play hard and play strong. I'm happy with the effort I put forth and I'm really proud of all the guys in here. We stuck with it even though we were shorthanded."
Mitchell set up Andre Benoit's goal with 11.2 seconds to play in the second period to tie the game 2-2. Mitchell won a draw from Olli Jokinen in the left circle and swept the puck back to Benoit at the point. Benoit moved in a few strides and fired a shot by Montoya, who was screened.
"Going into the third period being down one would have been tough," Mitchell said. "That was a huge goal for us and a big one for him to put home."
Byfuglien's two goals in the second period gave his team a 2-1 lead.
The Jets scored 23 seconds into their only power play of the game at 15:48 after Avalanche defenseman Cory Sarich was penalized for holding. Bryan Little took a shot that Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped, but the puck squirted in front and Byfuglien was able to reach around defenseman Jan Hejda with his stick to sweep the puck inside the right post.
Byfuglien scored again at 17:36 after Varlamov made a save against Michael Frolik. The puck went behind the net, and Byfuglien poked it inside the near post by Varlamov's right skate.
Mitchell was credited with a goal, his first point in 12 games, to give the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 4:38 of the second. He skated down the left wing and attempted to pass to MacKinnon driving to the net. MacKinnon and Jets defenseman Zach Bogosian got their sticks down, and the puck went in off Bogosian's blade.
"I don't score if Nate doesn't drive the net," Mitchell said. "Whether it went off a D-man or his skate, I made the pass, and Nate created the scoring chance by driving hard to the net."
Varlamov made a glove save against Jim Slater on a penalty shot at 13:01 of the first. Slater tried to pick the top corner of the net with his shot, but Varlamov knocked down the puck with his glove.
Varlamov made another big stop against Evander Kane with 1:30 to go in the period. Kane used his speed to skate down the left wing past Hejda. He cut across the slot for a shot that Varlamov stopped with his left pad.
"He made some clutch stops," Roy said of Varlamov, who finished with 33 saves for his 32nd win.
Jets center John Albert left the game at 6:11 of the second period with an undisclosed injury. He did not return.


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Linspire, the distribution originally launched as Lindows, is no more, says Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos.
Xandros purchased Linspire, the company, earlier this summer. This week, the company announced that it was going to revamp community distribution Freespire, basing its next version on Debian instead of Ubuntu, and using it as a precursor for Xandros Desktop Professional, in much the same way Red Hat uses Fedora and SUSE uses openSUSE. But the company didn't need multiple for-pay desktop distributions, so Linspire is getting the boot.
"A principal advantage of Linspire, its codec licensing agreement with Microsoft, no longer applies," Typaldos says. "With the Linspire acquisition we had three desktop brands and two distinct code bases. From joint discussions with our respective engineering teams it made eminent sense to combine our efforts with a single code base and two brands.
"Freespire is returning to Debian because we need to build all of our desktop products upon a single code base," Typaldos says. "Xandros has always worked closely with the Debian community where the emphasis is stability and consistency over the bleeding edge. Besides, it's not that big a switch since Ubuntu is based on Debian as well."
Both Xandros Desktop Professional and Freespire will be built on a Debian "Lenny" code base. Typaldos says that some familiar elements from Linspire, such as the CNR client, will probably show up in Xandros.
Linspire, originally known as Lindows, was the Linux distribution that took on Windows with its "choice is good" motto and too-close-for-comfort moniker, which brought Microsoft attorneys running and prompted the change to Linspire. Founder Michael Robertson also attracted the scrutiny by the Free Software Foundation by playing fast and loose with GPL licensing terms. Lindows' main claim to fame was its status as the first pre-installed Linux to be sold in Wal-Mart, or any other major US retail establishment.


text: Durban - New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum admits they face a "monumental task" against the Proteas after arriving for their six-week tour of South Africa. The Black Caps have been arriving in small groups ahead of their opening fixture next Tuesday -- a Twenty20 warm-up against South Africa A in Pietermaritzburg -- and the final members of their squad were due to touch down in Durban on Saturday. The tourists were dogged by off-field controversies prior to their departure from New Zealand after the much-publicised axing of batsman Ross Taylor as captain. Taylor, one of their best batsmen over the past 12 months, has since made himself unavailable for the trip, leaving a big hole in their line-up, although McCullum was adamant the void could be filled by some of their inexperienced players. "There's obviously been some distractions that have gone on back home over the last week or so, but we're trying not to let it worry us too much," McCullum said on Friday. "We have a monumental task ahead of us and to do it without some of our better players is disappointing. "But it opens the door for some of our young players coming on their first tour to take on a very good South Africa team. "We can't control what has happened and we need to control the things we can, which is on the field." They face the Proteas at Kingsmead next Friday in the first of three T20 Internationals. The hosts have named an inexperienced squad, including four debutants and a new captain in Faf du Plessis, and McCullum believed it was something the visitors could possibly exploit. "Twenty20 is where our focus is at the moment," he said. "We know they're going to possess some very South African traits, they're going to be uncompromised and they're going to be very fit, very strong and very disciplined. They're a very skilled team. "They've got some young and inexperienced guys coming in and a new captain as well. "They're resting some players too, so that gives us some positives heading into the series, knowing that if we do put them under a bit of pressure we may be able to come out on top." New Zealand, often South Africa's nemesis in one-off matches at major tournaments, are rank outsiders to win any of the three series --including two Tests and three ODIs -- and McCullum was happy to head into the tour that way. "I think historically we have performed better when we've gone in as underdogs and with our backs being against the wall. "I think we want to try and continually improve our performances, not just in those situations, but also when we go into a series level pegging. "South Africa has some slight form over what we do at the moment, but we're excited about this opportunity."


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MOUNTAIN VIEW — Sanjeev Agrawal thinks there's a better way for college grads to find a job. The former Google product marketing head and entrepreneur is CEO of Collegefeed, a year-old startup that helps students and recent graduates connect with employers online.
Collegefeed tries to make that happen in part by promoting the traits in each that are likely to interest the other: For students, that means creating online profiles to highlight skills and projects when their job history is limited. For employers, especially less-known companies, the service helps emphasize goals or features that talented millennials may find appealing.
With graduation season approaching, Collegefeed has also begun working with university career centers by hosting "virtual" job fairs and providing online tools including job and résumé data. It's a hot market: LinkedIn recently launched its own drive to sign up students and universities. Agrawal spoke about Collegefeed in this interview, edited for clarity and length.
Q: You're sort of a cross between a social network and a job board. What does Collegefeed try to do?
A: We've all heard that so many recent graduates are unemployed or underemployed. There are many systemic reasons but we believe the process of connecting students or young alumni to companies, and getting them in front of the right people, can be improved significantly.
Students can put their résumé on a (traditional) job board and nothing happens. And as a hiring manager, I used to post jobs and get 100 responses and I'd be lucky if five of them were qualified. So we view this as a matching problem.
Q: What got you thinking about this idea?
A: I graduated at the top of my class from MIT. I went to work for McKinsey, which was a great company. Five years later I started at Cisco (and met CEO John Chambers). John came up and said, "Aren't you that guy who graduated at the top of your class? We were looking for people like you back in 1992." I said, "John, I had no idea you existed." And he said, "We didn't know you existed, either."
How many of those missed connections are happening all the time? Most college students can only name the top (biggest) companies. They end up randomly applying to companies they may not be qualified for, when there are many other companies that potentially have jobs for them.
Q: Your service is free to students and colleges. How do you make money?
A: We make money from employers on a "freemium" model. Companies can sign up for (free) generic feeds, like "send me names of 10 software engineers a week." We charge for more customized feeds, with more specific criteria. We also charge for branding services, where companies can create (pages on the Collegefeed site) to tell their story and improve their image. We can give them a sense of how their brand is doing because we ask students which companies they want to work for.
Q: When it comes to reviewing student profiles and finding a match, how much of your process involves subjective judgment by your staff and how much of it is automated?
A: It started as 80-20 and now it's 20-80. Kathy Cardozo (who is Collegefeed's "head of client engagement") was my head of recruiting at Google. We're taking things like Kathy has done and putting it into software. We take a lot of signals from the (students') profiles, to get an idea of who the person is and how to describe their talents. We also sit down with employers and ask what they are looking for.
Q: What's the market look like for college grads this year?
A: The economy seems to be picking up. If you're a software engineer, chances are you have much less of a problem. But everybody else has to network really well. I do think the job market remains very hard. It's very competitive for new grads.
Q: How about for us liberal-arts majors?
A: Writers are in pretty hot demand. Tech companies realize that good design and writing is not always something you can just assign to an engineer. Finance, accounting — those areas are doing better, too.
Q: What's one thing that college grads don't realize they need to do to get a job?
A: One thing is making sure that, whatever profile you use, you tell a story — even if the story is, "I don't quite know what I want to do, but here are my skills and strengths." Be as specific as you can so it's easier for employers.
Q: Does your service allow interaction between students on the site?
A: There are ways to connect with another user who you may want to learn from, or work with. We share information, like interview notes from students (describing job interviews at different companies). But there are other sites where students can be social. We don't want this to be a dating site.
Follow this reporter at Twitter.com/brandonbailey or google.com/+BrandonBaileyOnline or on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/ULIOfb
Sanjeev Agrawal
Age: 44
Job: CEO of Collegefeed
Education: Bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, MIT
Career: Consultant for McKinsey; senior director of business services group at Cisco; co-founder at Mainstay Partners marketing and strategy firm; head of product marketing for Google; vice president for products and marketing at TellMe; co-founder of TheStoreBook; CEO of Aloqua
Family: married, two daughters.
1. He grew up in Kolkata, India, and came to the United States for college at age 17.
2. After studying English and history as a freshman at Yale, he transferred to MIT because he "realized I was better at math and physics."
3. He fondly recalls the first time he encountered an early version of email on the computer network at MIT.
4. Once an avid squash player, he still plays occasionally.
5. His favorite pastime these days is "doing writing and math with my 9-year-old; it's more fun than anything else I can do."


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Updated at 6:19 pm ET Scott Gessler isn't a household name in national politics, but could become famous in a hurry, just as Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris did during the 2000 presidential recount.
Colorado's swing state pattern in the last five presidential elections makes its nine electoral votes loom large this November.
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In this file photo, Mica Rickman, 1, reaches out to his mother, Carly Fridlich as she votes at the Gilpin County Community Center on November 2, 2010 outside of Central City, Colorado.
And, as Colorado's Republican secretary of state, elected in 2010, Gessler could have a decisive influence on the November outcome in the state. He has launched efforts to remove ineligible people from the voter rolls. And if it's a close vote, he would preside over any recount and be the official who certifies the state's electoral vote to the U.S. House of Representatives after the election.
Gessler scored a victory last week when the Department of Homeland Security agreed to let his agency to use DHS databases of non-citizens to cross-check the list of Colorado voters to ensure that non-citizens are not registered.
Gessler spoke on voter fraud Thursday at the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in Washington along with two of his fellow Republicans, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
He said in an interview afterward that his agency hasn't yet signed a memorandum of understanding with DHS on using its SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) system. "I'm hoping we'll get it done in the next week or two," he said.
One of Gessler's starting points was a list of Colorado voters who had driver's licenses which indicated they were not U.S. citizens. For voters who come up as positive matches in the SAVE system as non-citizens, Gessler said, "I anticipate what we're going to be doing is sending them a letter and giving them yet another opportunity to correct any error there may be."
The 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) bars states, within 90 days of an election, from conducting a systematic program to remove ineligible people from its voter lists.
Under NVRA, Colorado might face an Aug. 8 deadline to remove names from its list, but Gessler said "there's a real question as to whether that Aug. 8 deadline even applies" because if the state sends a letter to each person asking him or her to clarify their status, the voter verification effort won't be a systemic voting list purge and therefore won't fall within the NVRA's window.
And a recent decision by federal district court Judge Robert Hinkle in Florida said the NVRA deadline applies only in cases of people who were originally properly registered – they were U.S. citizens – but were subsequently removed from the voter rolls due to their death or moving out of the state or having been convicted of a felony. Hinkle's ruling makes clear that the NVRA deadline doesn't apply to non-citizens who never should have been registered in the first place, Gessler said.
One of Gessler's critics, Joanne Schwartz, executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, said someone's name might be in the SAVE system "because they accessed federal benefits while here on a green card, but since then have become citizens. Certainly it is not designed to be a voter database, it was created in order to address another nonexistent problem - that of unauthorized immigrants accessing Medicaid and welfare."
When will the partisan politics end? NBC's Mike Viqueira takes a look at the divided land that is the district, and the nation as a whole.
Gessler said that the fact that someone has subsequently become a U.S. citizen will be reflected in the SAVE system.
Schwartz asked, "What will happen with the names that aren't able to be crosschecked against the SAVE database? Do those names remain in question and what is Gessler's process (for dealing with such voters)?"
He promised, "I'm not going to strike someone from the voter rolls unless I'm very confident that they're not a citizen…. I need very strong evidence on an individual basis before taking action."
Gessler's critics accuse him of obstructing eligible voters in an effort to hold down voter turnout. He's engaged in a dispute with some county clerks in Colorado over sending ballots to inactive voters (those who missed one election); some Democrats say he's depriving people of their vote, Gessler says he's enforcing the law.
In his remarks at Heritage, Gessler scoffed that "some of this disenfranchisement hysteria is frankly silly." He called ProgressNow Colorado part of "the professional angry left" and "who do their ankle biting stuff which is what they always do against Republicans."
His pungent rhetoric is a reminder that the state officials in charge of administering elections in an impartial way are elected by the voters and run on a Democratic or Republican line. University of California, Irvine law professor Richard Hasen notes in his new book The Voting Wars, "Other modern democracies, such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, put nonpartisan officials in charge of their elections."
Schwartz said in a recent Denver Post op-ed that Gessler has "gone to great lengths and expense to put obstacles in the way of eligible voters -- without evidence that voter fraud is a problem at all in Colorado." Gessler maintains that not only does fraud occur, but in a close election it could be decisive. He decried what he called a "see no evil, hear no evil culture"-- people who refuse to admit that vote fraud has happened.
"Some of the same people who see massive corruption when it comes to the campaign finance system" just assume that "our hearts have become pure" when to comes to balloting. But he said most Americans "intuitively understand" that in complicated endeavor like conducting an election with a voting population of 3.4 million, "there is a small proportion of people who will when tempted do the wrong thing." And he said, "Political power as gained through elections is a temptation."
To one critic in the audience at the Heritage Foundation event who asked why states are requiring additional steps such as proof of citizenship when people register to vote, since the current system in most states works fine, Gessler replied, "The system doesn't work and we have plenty of evidence of that in state of Colorado." He said there were more than 400 cases of people in Colorado in recent years who asked to be removed from the voter rolls because they weren't citizens and people who attempted to register to vote even after having checked the "I am not a U.S. citizen" box on their application.
No matter how low his national profile has been so far, Gessler is becoming part of the 2012 campaign theme of voter fraud and vote suppression. For some Democrats, efforts such as Gessler's are one more reason to turn out and vote.
But Gessler's view is that by using the voter suppression argument, "people on the left are manipulating their base" to divert attention from what Americans really care about: the economy.
"People care that unemployment is horrific. The African-American community, in particular, has been hit by unemployment and loss of family wealth. Economically we are an absolute basket case with no bright prospects down the road…. So that's the context. What are they (his opponents) arguing? 'Pay no attention to our economic malaise. The other guy is evil.' And frankly I think it's demagoguery and manipulation," he said.
Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Alan Wilson as South Carolina's secretary of state. He is South Carolina's attorney general.


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Green Your Garden to Save Cash
Changing a few habits in your garden can save you a wad of cash.
The next time you head over to a garden store, consider what you are paying to maintain your garden. Lawn and garden watering make up a large percentage of our total household water use, directly impacting our utility bills. Whether you're planning your spring garden, landscaping a new house, or just wanting to make your yard more environmentally friendly and affordable, these tips are for you. Selecting native plants, using specific landscaping materials, and changing small habits in caring for your yard can mean significant savings on heating, cooling, and water bills throughout the year - as well as a positive impact on the environment. Here are a few insider tips for a garden that's as sustainable as it is affordable.
Plant native plants
If you haven't heard the term "naturescaping," it means creating a beautiful, low-maintenance garden using plants that are native to your area. Native plants tend to be more cost-effective because they tend to require little water and fewer pesticides and fertilizers. Since many non-native plants are grown elsewhere and imported, they require more care and, often, transportation from other regions, which has a negative impact on the environment. As an additional benefit, native plants tend to better support and attract local birds, insects, and wildlife. And if your garden is already chock full of non-native plants, don't worry. You can slowly replace non-native plants with native options over time.
Lose the lawn–or minimize it
According to U.S. News and World Report, a 1,000 sq. ft. lawn requires 10,000 gallons of water per summer to maintain. Using that much water for a lawn carries a big price tag—in terms of your water bill and the environment. If you're thinking of planting a large lawn, consider enlarging planting beds or installing patios or a rock garden instead. If you have a large lawn already, consider replacing all or part of it with other landscaping.
Landscape with green materials
Before deciding to use specific materials in your garden landscape, it's important to not only look at the price tag, but also ask yourself: how long with this material last? Will it help absorb or retain storm water? Is it free of toxins that could leech into the soil, plants, or air? Is it reusable or recyclable? Generally, using salvaged or recycled materials makes for more cost-effective landscaping. Stone and gravel have smaller carbon footprints than brick or concrete. And mulch is very useful in garden beds because it inhibits weed growth and reduces water needs.
Minimize your use of pesticides and fertilizers
Not only are they expensive, but pesticides and fertilizers also consume significant energy and emit carbon gasses. A more eco- and cost-conscious approach is to add plants and flowers to your garden that will detract insects, like marigolds, chrysanthemums, lemon grass, and citronella. If your garden is composed of all or mostly native plants, you are also less likely to need pesticides in order to keep plants healthy and insect-free. Natural and low-cost alternatives to pesticides and fertilizers are boiling water and vinegar, both of which can kill most weeds if applied directly, or 10 ounces of 3% hydrogen peroxide in 1 quart of water. This can be used as a fungicide and insecticide on trees and plants, as well as a weed killer. Most of these materials are incredibly affordable—and available in most household cupboards or at a local grocery store.
Create your own compost
With just a tightly sealed compost bin and some food scraps and other materials, you can begin to create your own natural fertilizer. Not only will it be low-cost to free, but it can also potentially save you waste management fees. And because it will be completely free of chemicals, you will ensure a healthier garden for yourself and the environment. You can use composted materials in place of potting soil and as natural fertilizer for your yard.
Plant trees and shrubs near windows
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that planting trees in specific places around a home can lower energy consumption (and costs) by up to 25 percent. Shading your air conditioning unit, walls, windows, and roof and blocking direct sunlight coming into your home are two ways to keep your home cooler without using energy in the summer. Similarly, blocking wind can help reduce the costs of warming a home in winter. Dense, low evergreen trees such as camellia bushes and oleanders are excellent options for shielding windows.
While you may not be able to employ all of these tips at one time, slowly incorporating them into your landscape and garden care routine will pay off.


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Welcome!My name's Turnip and I'd like to give you a warm welcome to The Lunch Box. Since 2010, TLB has brought you a large selection of resources and graphics for any occasion. Whether it's a welcome sign for your shop, a wallpaper for your iPod, or a blank banner to spur your creative ideas, TLB has it!
Not only that, this is a site with a bit of a twist. Be on the lookout for the story that is scattered throughout the pages. There's no particular order that you have to read it in, but the first part is below this introduction and the last part is on the sitely page. TLB isn't a site you can rush through, so take your time, relax, and enjoy your journey because you'll never know what you'll find in the box!
You were sitting on the beach...when suddenly a box washes up to the shore. Strange, you think to yourself, it's a lunch box. The edges appear worn, as if it's been dropped on the ground multiple times. You open up the lid and upon looking inside, you notice that it's filled with treasure. Poking around, you pick up a small note. If you're reading this, then it must mean that I've lost my lunch box. Again. Well, it's unfortunate for me, but not for you! You see, I always pack the best so feel free to take a look around the lunch box.
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The way some of my people fear sunlight makes me think vampires originated from Asia, not Transylvania.
We've all seen it. The middle-age Asian woman hidden underneath an umbrella during bright, beautiful days. The Chinese grandma sheltered by a colossal hat. Girls wearing detachable car sleeves so they don't get driver's arm.
Pale, translucent skin is a status symbol in places such as China, Japan and Korea. In ancient China, only people with power or money could afford to relax indoors and in private gardens. The hoi polloi had to work the fields, lug a rickshaw or hold umbrellas for the elite. Commoner skin could never be milky white.
It's different in America, where having a tan means we have sufficient money to step away from our office computer screen long enough to get sun-kissed. Wine tasting, rooftop pool parties, family barbecues — all leisure activities under a smiling sun.
Imperial China may be extinct, but some things remain deeply rooted in traditional Chinese society. Westerners who crave tans still have a hard time buying facial products in Beijing. Most creams and lotions include whitening properties.
Usually men don't care about vampire skin as much as women do. And, boy, are women willing to look silly on the street so they could look sexy in the bedroom. Face masks serve many purposes in Beijing. They protect lungs from airborne particles, shield riders from fierce wind and block out ultraviolet rays. Some women wear what I call Darth Vader headgear. Really, though, it is the mutant child of a card-playing visor and a welding mask. Then, of course, there are those who wear jackets or detachable sleeves even in sweltering weather to protect their arms. Beauty doesn't come easy, man.
The absurdity is not confined to Asia. In Honolulu, Japanese tourists take their children to Waikiki Beach and let them roam carefree while the mothers themselves sit underneath a giant umbrella. To avoid a ray of light striking bare skin, some of these women turn themselves into mummies covered by white hotel towels.
At least these women are willing to go out during the daytime. I've hung out with boys who worry the sun will prematurely age them or give them skin cancer. One guy wouldn't go hiking with me unless it was nighttime hiking. Another likes to use SPF 100 sunscreen.
Then there is "Chef Ho," a guy I dated for almost four years. He's a homebody who doesn't like going into the sun for fear of tan lines and wrinkles.
We couldn't spend all of our time indoors. Early in the relationship, I dragged him to Disney California Adventure Park. You would think this is the one place we could let our guard down, be silly and dance in the middle of the street for no reason, right? Wrong.
Chef hated the heat and lines. He dragged his feet and grumbled. I thought my spirits would be lifted by doing a couple-y thing, but that was probably when I should've realized we wouldn't work out in the long term.
Turns out, Chef doesn't like theme parks, lounging at the beach, hiking or a full gamut of daytime outdoor activities. He religiously applies so much sunscreen on his face that some of it inevitably meanders into his eyes toward the end of the day and turns those orbs red. He simply insists on maintaining his youthful appearance.
To each his own. I know my pleasant looks are going to disappear. Hopefully, by then, I would have lassoed someone who likes me beyond the superficial. Regardless, I would rather have wrinkles from sunshine and laughter than have translucent skin free of the marks of a life well-lived.


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Air Products & Chemicals Inc Chief Executive John McGlade will retire next year and the industrial gas producer appointed three new independent directors, avoiding a fight over board membership with activist investor Bill Ackman.
Air Products shares rose as much as 6.9 percent, taking gains to almost a quarter since Ackman's Pershing Square starting building up a $2.2 billion holding in June.
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Ackman argued the company was undervalued and lagged peers after Pershing Square revealed a 9.8 percent stake that made it Air Products' largest shareholder.
In a deal on Thursday, Air Products said it would add the three new independent directors immediately and three unnamed directors would retire before the company's 2014 meeting.
The departure of McGlade in 2014 was not spelt out in the agreement, revealed in a regulatory filing by Air Products, but analysts said he was a prime target for Ackman.
"The main thing that Pershing Square wanted was a change in management and they have got that without a proxy fight," said SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst James Sheehan.
"Pershing will probably make other demands as well, but the fact that they are going to have a role in selecting a new CEO means that they will have a friendly management team to deal with."
Two years ago, McGlade set a target of $15 billion in annual sales and a 20 percent operating margin by 2015, but the company's revenues have remained stuck at just under $10 billion a year.
Ackman has previously pushed for CEO exits at J.C. Penney Co , Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd , Procter & Gamble Co and several other companies in which he has invested in the past.
The hope is that Ackman can replicate his wildly successful turnaround strategy for Canadian Pacific at Air Products by focusing on efficiency.
Pershing Square was supportive of the company's actions, McGlade said in a statement.
One of the new directors, Matthew Paull, is an adviser to Pershing Square. He will serve on Air Products' finance and corporate governance committees.
The others are Emerson Electric Co Chief Operating Officer Edward Monser and Rockwood Holdings Inc CEO Seifi Ghasemi.
Pershing Square agreed not to present any proposal for action by Air Products shareholders or to present any nominees for the company's board at the 2014 annual shareholder meeting or at any interim special meeting.
Without a deal, the hedge fund could have submitted at least four director nominees at the meeting.
Air Products has lagged rivals Praxair Inc , Linde AG and Air Liquide SA .
At the end of last year, Air Products had a 14.5 percent operating margin, well behind Praxair's 22 percent and Linde's 23.1 percent. By focusing on volume growth rather than pricing, Air Products has harmed profit, analysts say.
Pershing Square started building up its Air Products holding in June and unveiled the holding at the end of July, as rumors swirled and Air Products adopted a "poison pill" takeover defense to stop Ackman going beyond 10 percent.
"Poison pills" are designed to forcibly dilute holdings of an investor by issuing more shares, should the investor's stake exceed a given threshold.
A committee of the board and an executive search firm will begin the search for a new CEO immediately, Air Products said, adding that McGlade would serve as chairman for an agreed-upon transition period in 2014.
Air Products shares hit a high of $114.74 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange, before easing back to $110.51.
(Additional reporting by Ernest Scheyder; Editing by Kirti Pandey and Rodney Joyce)


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Many anti-fraud professionals experience easily avoidable pitfalls because they are unfamiliar with elementary legal concepts of a fraud examination. A fraud examiner who acts irresponsibly, without a valid basis on which to take each step in the examination, or in violation of the rights of the subject can be liable for several civil actions. This online self-study course will introduce you to the fundamental legal concepts associated with a fraud examination.
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I want to stay longer! Robin van Persie talks Manchester United future
ROBIN VAN PERISE has refuted claims he's looking to leave Manchester United.
Recent speculation has linked the Dutch international with a move away from Old Trafford, suggesting he is unhappy.
However, Van Persie has refuted the rumours and claimed he would be happy to sign a new deal with the Barclays Premier League champions.
His current contract runs until summer 2016.
He told United Review: "I don't mind if my performances get dissected and people criticise what I've done on the pitch. They can talk about my game 24/7 for all I care... and a lot of those opinions and criticisms may actually be right. So I don't mind that.
"What I need to address are the situations when people are taking it upon themselves to think for me, make assumptions, or interpret things as if they are me.
"Last time I checked my head was still attached to my body, so I'm the only one who knows exactly what I'm feeling and that is not what I or the fans have been reading.
"The truth is I'm very happy here at this club"Robin van Persie
"The truth is I'm very happy here at this club. I signed for four years and I'd be delighted to stay even longer, beyond the next two years I have left on my contract.
"This is how I feel, although it's not what has been suggested in the media."


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Morneau Has Two Hits In Twins' Win
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Justin Morneau is finding his hitting touch early in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.
Morneau had two hits, including an RBI double, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Tuesday.
Morneau and teammate Joe Mauer, both taking part in next month's WBC, made the 2½-hour trip from Fort Myers.
"Just to get my legs underneath me," Morneau said. "There's a big difference between playing five innings and playing nine. Knowing we're going to start earlier with the WBC, crank it up a little bit earlier."
Mauer singled and walked twice. He scored on Morneau's third-inning RBI double.
Morneau, who will be playing for Canada in the WBC, received a nice cheer when he was introduced during the announcement of pregame lineups. The first baseman hit a three-run double in Minnesota's 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh on Monday.
Both starting pitchers, Toronto's Ricky Romero and the Twins' Mike Pelfrey lasted just 1 2-3 innings in their spring training debuts.
Romero allowed two runs -- both coming on Joe Benson's second-inning homer -- and two hits. The left-hander had an arthroscopic procedure during the offseason to clean up his left elbow, and also received platelet-rich plasma treatments to both knees to help the recovery of his quadriceps tendinitis.
"I'm going to use this spring to work on my sinker," Romero said. "I think that's basically about 90 percent of what we threw, maybe 95. I'm just trying to get that pitch back and get it under control."
Romero said his percentage of sinkers thrown last year decreased. He went 9-14 with a 5.77 ERA in 2012, and left his final start of the season on Sept. 30 after three innings due to an injury to his left leg.
Pelfrey gave up three runs and five hits. The right-hander made only three starts for the New York Mets in 2012, a season cut short by elbow ligament-replacement surgery on May 1.
Adam Lind hit a two-run homer off Pelfrey during a three-run first.
Before the game, Toronto manager John Gibbons said a decision on whether J.P. Arencibia will catch knuckleballer R.A. Dickey this season will be made after the pair return from the WBC.
"When they come back, we've got to made a decision one way or the other," Gibbons said. "You don't want to let this linger. If he's the guy, or it's one of the other guys, that individual, he's got to work with him the rest of the way."
Arencibia caught Dickey in Monday's game against Boston. Other candidates include Dickey's former teammates on the Mets -- Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas -- and Henry Blanco.
Dickey is scheduled to start the Blue Jays regular-season opener against Cleveland on April 2.
"Whoever is going to be his catcher is going to start opening day, regardless," Gibbons said. "That's the right way to do it."
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The agent for Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin told the Palm Beach Post that Martin's camp will meet with team officials at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis next week.
Martin left the team Oct. 28, claiming he was bullied and harassed by offensive guard Richie Incognito and other players.
NFL investigator Ted Wells released a report Friday on the Dolphins' workplace that concluded Incognito, and fellow linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey were part of a pattern of harassment toward Martin and others on the team.
Martin's agent, Kenny Zuckerman, said the meeting is to discuss Martin's future with the team.
"Right now they have his property, they have his rights," Zuckerman said.
Zuckerman told NFL Network on Friday that Martin plans to play this year.
"Jon called me on Wednesday, said he 'can't wait to play again. I'll play anywhere for anyone,' " Zuckerman said.
Zuckerman also said Martin has "taken the necessary steps to get back on the field."
Incognito, who was suspended in November for conduct detrimental to the team, will not be back with the Dolphins, according to NFL Network.


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A major roadblock in the negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and port employers has been overcome, averting a crippling strike that threatened to shut down 15 ports along the East and Gulf Coasts starting on Saturday.
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The container royalty payment, or the amount of money port workers receive based on the size of the containers coming into port, was the largest point of contention between the port workers' union and the Maritime Alliance that represents port operators.
The two reached an agreement regarding the royalty payment on Friday, a day before an existing contract was set to expire and port workers in major U.S. ports, including The New York-New Jersey port, the second largest in the U.S., threatened to walk off the job.
The two also agreed to extend the existing contract through Jan. 28, 2013 in an effort to tie up the remaining loose ends in the negotiations.
George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which had been serving as mediator throughout the talks, said he was extremely pleased with the agreement, though he gave no further details as the negotiations remain ongoing.
The National Retail Federation, which oversees hundreds on U.S. retailers and led a coalition of trade groups calling for an end to the negotiations, said it cautiously welcomed the news.
"We continue to urge both parties to remain at the negotiating table until a long-term contract agreement is finalized," NRF CEO Matthew Shay said.
While the contract extension – and not an agreement regarding a brand new contract – does not completely stymie uncertainty among retailers, it is nevertheless a better result than had the massive strike ensued and port activity slowed to a halt, he said.
The last time a strike of similar size occurred in the East and Gulf Coast, the U.S. economy lost some $1.0 billion a day, according to reports. There has not been a strike in those ports in 35 years.
"Throughout the process, NRF has stressed the vital economic importance of keeping the ports open to international trade and commerce," Shay said. "Our ports and the cargo and containers that flow through them are truly our economic lifelines to the world."
The shipping industry has been hit hard this year, first by Hurricane Sandy and then by an eight-day strike among the Longshoremen in Los Angeles, and that has inevitably tricked down to the multibillion-dollar retail industry.


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A jagged mountain like this one on the southwestern tip of Mauritius would probably look a bit ominous elsewhere. But the row of swaying palm trees and the turquoise lagoon make all the difference: Le Morne Brabant is the most picturesque spot on the island.
If you can tear yourself away from the comfort of the beach resorts at the foot of Le Morne, you will be rewarded with a wide variety of activities. The area offers the best surf spots around the peninsula and is perfect for riding through the waves on horseback. The most exciting activity is the steep hike to the top of the mountain.
In 2008, Le Morne was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage site. It didn't earn this designation just for its natural beauty or the rare plants that grow on the steep hillsides. The location is first and foremost of historic importance for the role it played during slavery. At the beginning of the 19th century, Mauritius was also known as the 'Maroon republic', because of the large population of runaway slaves — the so-called maroons — who had escaped the houses and estates of their local masters. They sought a safe haven on the isolated and inaccessible mountain top, surrounded by steep and densely overgrown cliffs. Over time, the maroons were successful in setting up small settlements here.
The story goes that when slavery was abolished, an expedition was sent out to Le Morne to bring the good news. However, the sight of the arriving troops caused great panic among the maroons, who ran themselves off the cliff. The name Le Morne, French for 'the Sad One', refers to the tragic fate of these slaves.
Near Le Morne we can admire one of the most spectacular natural attractions of Mauritius. However, to see this you have to take to the sky. A helicopter is one option but Google Earth is another alternative. Just off the coast, you can see how the sea bottom suddenly gives way to a steep depth. Along the edge there seems to be the flow of an underwater waterfall. Although nothing more than an illusion, the effect is stunning: what we see is the constant flow of sand sucked into the ocean's depths by the currents.


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FEW, if any Wanderers fans knew the name Yannick Bastos before he cropped up on the club's radar a fortnight ago.
Football in Luxembourg does not get much press on these shores and only one player from the tiny landlocked country has ever featured in English football.
But a name that Wanderers fans will most certainly recognise was instrumental in convincing the talented young midfielder to put his studies on hold and try his luck at Bolton.
Gretar Steinsson – the Icelandic full-back still so fondly remembered among Whites fans – played the part of negotiator in this particular deal.
Dougie Freedman watched the youngster in action for his amateur club Differdange 03 and saw enough raw talent to invite him over on an 18-month stay, which will start with a spell in the development squad.
The multi-lingual Steinsson then played a pivotal role in speaking with the player and his family and then the club to make the move happen.
And the signs are that the popular former defender could be used again in a similar role to secure untapped resources from around the continent in the future.
Luxembourg sources who have watched Bastos regularly in domestic and European competition for Differdange report favourable on the player, saying he is a quick, right-sided player with good feet, who would suit Wanderers' counter-attacking style under Freedman.
The challenge now for Wanderers is to get the 20-year-old used to the hurly burly of professional football in England.
Players in Luxembourg train as many hours as those in the Championship, and are paid fairly well, but the game is still regarded as semi-professional as the protagonists also tend to hold down second jobs.
"It is a dream that really came true and I am very proud to be here," Bastos told the club as his signing was finally confirmed yesterday.
"Dougie Freedman asked to see me which was a wonderful feeling. He is a great manager, so to hear that he likes the way I play is fantastic.
"It is a great opportunity for me.
"I met some of the players briefly and they were all very welcoming. I'm very excited to get going."


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This past weekend I was able to spend time crafting in Blue Ridge, Georgia with these amazing women (from left to right): Lindsay, Alison, Autumn, Angie
I can't wait to share with you all the fun things we made (and the fun we had), but first I must address something special for you. Upon arriving at the cabin, we were each greeted with a basket full of goodies. It was like Christmas! I mean, this basket had some fantastic treats! And lucky for you, we have one to give away! Here's a glimpse of what you could win...
Each of the items in the giveaway:
Ball Mason jar, wooden clothespins, wooden spools, scrapbook paper, 2 rolls of washi tape, supplies for geometric, wooden bead necklace.
And a special thanks to Baby Boy Bakery who provided yummy goodies for each of our swag baskets!
Enter through rafflecopter below.
The winner will be announced on Saturday, September 22nd