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Long Beach, a Sun Resorts property located on the east coast of Mauritius, has been commended as 'Country Winner' in the 'Luxury Family Hotel' category at the 2013 World Luxury Hotel Awards held in Phuket, Thailand.
The World Luxury Hotel Awards turn on the spotlight on some of the world's most sought after hotels, lodges and resorts and is positioned as the pinnacle of achievement for luxury hotels worldwide.
Long Beach is an upbeat urban beach resort – vibrant, free and easy – with strong contrasts. Long Beach offers the best of both worlds: the upbeat buzz of the city and an escape to the freshness of beach living. A clear picture emerges of a resort that has a powerful urban feel balanced by the relaxed, natural vibe of the landscape, beach and ocean. The architecture, design and landscaping of the resort gives it a feel that no other resort in Mauritius can boast of.
Naufal Khan was a guest of World Leisure Holidays, Sun Resorts & Air Mauritius as he experienced the upmarket experience of magical Mauritius where he was a guest of award winning Long Beach resort. Read his brilliant review hotel here and find out why your next holiday should be at this family vacation resort.
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"We take pride in having been selected Best Luxury Family Hotel in Mauritius, a prime destination with numerous competitive high end properties and recognised luxury hotels brands. I am glad to associate the passionate and committed team of professionals of Long Beach to this award," says Vladimir Scanu, General Manager of Long Beach.
Nicolas de Chalain, Chief Sales Officer of Sun Resorts, and himself a former General Manager of Long Beach, welcomes this award as an opportunity to showcase even more Long Beach on the world stage.
Long Beach brings carefree piazza-style living to the longest and widest stretch of white-sand coastline of any Mauritian resort to date, with a spectacular beachfront 800 metres long and 40 metres wide. The adjacent lagoon, sheltered by a constellation of rare coral formations harbouring a rich underwater fauna, is a snorkelling and water sports paradise.
The 255 keys hotel, all with sea views, is a contemporary tropical 5 star resort for active men and women who appreciate culture and style. Long Beach is also a very family-friendly hotel, with spacious Family Rooms being offered together with an array of facilities and services. At Long Beach, there is a special feel of space. The area of the property is impressive and the architects wanted each and every guest to enjoy this unique "breathing & living space".
The chic contemporary Long Beach designs blend together open-air and indoor living and brings a totally new concept to the hotel environment in Mauritius and in the region. A never-seen-before feel which immediately strikes any guest who is stunned by the 109m² of own beach space available for each room.
The architecture of Long Beach combines tropical interpretations with a contemporary urban style softened by natural forms, local detailing and materials. The lush gardens, with 26 varieties of endemic species, are a key feature of the resort which blends seamlessly with the architectural structures and buildings.
In line with Sun Resorts' environmental positioning, Long Beach is committed to deliver exceptional services whilst taking action to reduce the impact its activities have on the environment.
Sun Resorts is a major Indian Ocean based hotel group that currently owns and manages five resorts in Mauritius – 5* Luxury Le Touessrok, its flagship and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World; 5* Long Beach; 5* Sugar Beach; 4* La Pirogue and 4* Ambre hotel. It also owns and manages one hotel in the Maldives: 5* Kanuhura, also a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
Sun Resorts has offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt and representations in China, India Japan, Madrid, the Middle East, Milan and Moscow. The company also fully owns one Tour Operator in France – Solea Vacances and one in South Africa – World Leisure Holidays.


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Buffalo, NY – The D'Youville women's lacrosse team nearly had a comeback victory on Wednesday evening against the Allegheny Gators, losing by the final score of 12-11.
Tiffany Cristofanelli (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) began the scoring for the Spartans after nearly three minutes of scoreless action. The Gators responded with three unanswered goals and six of the next seven goals as they led 6-2 nearly half way through the first half. Isabella Lucania (Webster, NY/Webster-Schroeder) then scored to make the score 6-3 in favor of Allegheny as the Gators would score the final three goals of the half to lead 9-3 going into halftime.
To begin the second half, the two teams traded goals with Margaret Merigold (Tonawanda, NY/Mt. St. Mary Academy) scoring both for D'Youville as they trailed 11-5 with 17:24 to go in the game. From that point on, the Spartans would take over the game on both ends of the field.
Allegheny would score one more to make it 12-5 with 12:58 remaining the game – the final goal from the Gators. Clarice Byrne (Boston, NY/Hamburg) tallied her first goal of the game, followed by goals from Paige Robinson (Kenmore, NY/Mt. St. Mary Academy) and Lucania to trim the deficit to four with just over 10 minutes to go in the game.
The two teams would go scoreless for nearly eight minutes until Marissa Markott (Sanborn, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) scored with 2:52 to go in the game to make it 12-9. She then added another goal just over a minute later as the women pulled to within two. Byrne then scored her second goal of the game with less than a minute to go as the Spartans furious comeback was within a goal.
Unfortunately for D'Youville, they ran out of time as the final horn sounded and they fell to the Gators by the final score of 12-11.
Markott led the team with three goals in the game, followed by Lucania, Merigold, and Byrne with two each. Lucania led the team with two assists while Cristofanelli and Robinson scored a goal each.
Julia Prychodko (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora) led the team with seven ground balls with Markott, Lucania, and Alison Gareis (Buffalo, NY/Buffalo Seminary) tallying five each. Merigold led the team with seven draw controls and four different players caused two turnovers. In goal, Megan Dulniak (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga) made 14 saves.
The next game for the women will come this Saturday as they travel to take on Cazenovia at 2:00pm. They will then stay on the road for a game on Sunday as they play Wells at 1:00pm.

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Claire wrote an essay answering the question, "What is the biggest obstacle to saving your money? What technological and/or banking solutions might help you and your friends begin to save?" After being named a finalist, Claire went on to complete the personal interview section of the contest before being named the winner!
In recognition of winning this contest, Claire will be awarded a $2000 scholarship!
CEFCU graciously provided Claire's entire homeroom with pizza, soda, and cupcakes to celebrate! What a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon! Congratulations, Claire! Thank you CEFCU!


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Thursday, May 17, 2012
U.K Financially Supporting Population Control In India
One News Now--Joseph Meaney, director of international coordination for Human Life International (HLI), explains that the Dalits, or the "untouchables", in India's culture are considered to be less than human. They are the target of this new program. According to Lifenews.com, this money comes as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation prepares to co-host a family planning summit with the British government in July.
India's supreme court recently heard evidence of coercive mass sterilizations. In filthy conditions, men and women are reportedly rounded up into rural camps, and many are left in pain with little or no care. Some women, sterilized while pregnant, suffered miscarriages. Some were reportedly bribed with less than $8 and a sari, and others were threatened with losing their ration cards. Some reportedly even died from botched abortions. Meanwhile, clinics received bonuses for doing more than 30 operations a day.
"It's very interesting to see that this sterilization program, which is not a new thing because India had a massive sterilization program in the 1970s, but it's been revived here in the '90s and 2000s," Meaney details. "But anyway, it's always been focused on the poorest of the poor and included incentives, or even threats: get sterilized or else."
Meaney says sterilizing those considered less than human fits with the original eugenics policy of Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood. Her aim was to get rid of minorities and the poor.
"In the U.S. it is completely illegal for U.S. government funds to be used in programs that have targets and incentives where basically people are being coerced or bribed into population control," the HLI spokesman reports. "The U.K., however, doesn't have the same kind of legal restraints that the U.S. government now has."
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I might have messed this up a teeny tiny bit. But it still looks awesome!
This was yet another "Eva plays with awesome stamps that can finally be centered, yay!" only I accidentally reversed the one on my pointer finger. It's still centered…just upside-down. Oops!
In my defense, my lovely boyfriend and a friend of ours were downstairs making me cookies (yay!) but kept yelling about spilling melted butter all over the microwave, dropping milk, creating giant monster blobs of cookie dough…I was getting a bit nervous about the state and survival of our (admittedly tiny and sad) kitchen. So I messed up a stamp.
~ Multichrome: ILNP – Masquerade
~ Black: Mentality – Black Opaque
~ Stamp: B Loves Plates – Mind Blown
So anyway, please forgive the upside-down stamp. The colors of the ILNP multichromes continue to make me drool. And the cookies were decent! Although now I should maybe start cleaning the kitchen. 😀


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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Third Grade Math Part Four: Accepting Ryan
She's the child the fairies sent me. You can see it in her eyes and in her shy, quiet, crooked smile. If the slight build isn't a tip-off, I notice it when she steps back, withdraws from the action, or self-consciously stays in the action, knowing she isn't fitting in, aware she doesn't quite fit in, but not knowing what she can do about it. It's as if she's here on borrowed time, just slightly out of focus, not entirely here with the rest of us.
It's not that I'm afraid to lose her; I'm scared we never truly have her here with us at all.
This week I'm fending it off from her well-intentioned teacher. She too senses that Ryan's thoughts aren't always here with us on earth. She calls it lack of focus. Is there even a phrase for "flights of fancy" in German? Fantasy. Imagination. They have no place in a focused German grade school. Even the stories are judged - and graded - on how believeable they are, not how imaginative or creative. And of course, grammar counts way more than story line.
But my anger at the system - and although there IS plenty to be angry about, it's another essay entirely - is only an excuse for the fact that it simply has no place for someone like my Ryan. You either have it - focus, intelligence, maturity - or you don't. And this is decided for you in the first four grades, before you hit the age of 11.
Despite assurances from many friends, German and American, including a musician and two physicians, that they didn't "come into their own" until after the age of 12 or 13, I'm afraid they may be missing the point. The assurance is that everything will be okay. The assupmtion is that she will come into her own.
What if she's already there?
To be perfectly honest, I don't know that Ryan's imagination is, well, imaginative enough for long flights of fancy. It's more a lack of interest in what's going on around her. If she's decided it's irrelevant, nothing will convince her to pay attention. And if it doesn't have to do with horse, it's obviously irrelevant.
Instead of assuring myself that she WILL BE okay, I am becoming more and more convinced that she's just fine the way she is NOW.
It's a lot easier to do after watching her ride on a Saturday afternoon. Her lithe figure on top of a white pony, her total concentration and ease of movement, the comfort and self-assurance, the CONFIDENCE, she has on a horse - it's the only time I see her truly in the moment, the only time she truly is herself. I don't need to close my eyes to see her riding her unicorn across a field of flowers to the castle in her native fairyland.
Of course the Germans grade everything - if you can't rank it, then it isn't worth doing - and there is an accreditation system in place for riding just as for everything else (swimming, running, judo, cycling etc.). But my guess is that this won't hurt Ryan, that this is one grading system she'll do well in (as she did in swimming) but more importantly, that she's never really let the grades bother her up until now anyway.
Not to care what others think; this child has a courage I have yet to learn.
Of course her teacher sees it differently. And she means well. A child of this world does need to learn to read, and write (preferably intelligeably), and presumably do a modicum of arthimetic (really?).
But it's up to me to make sure that she doesn't forget how to ride a unicorn.
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Jeremy Lombardo, PresidentOrganizations are being offered complex traditional storage-area network solutions—requiring significant amount of time, staff, and cost—that they pass on to the customers. As enterprises consolidate systems and centralize global data, "Our focus is on modernizing storage infrastructure and minimizing the IT staff's time dedicated to the menial operational tasks related to traditional infrastructure," says Jeremy Lombardo, President, CyberNorth. While dealing with virtualization and cloud computing—CyberNorth has marked a disruptive presence—solely focusing on next generation infrastructures like hyper-converged infrastructure, All- Flash storage, and the infrastructure supporting virtual environments.
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According to Lombardo, this technology is just scratching the surface of virtualization, and there is a large opportunity for modernizing enterprise environments for backup and disaster recovery. Leveraging more than two decades of experience in the storage industry while continually looking at new disruptive technologies in the VM infrastructure space while at the same time maintaining the security aspect of the solution—"CyberNorth is laser focused on simplifying virtualized environments and proposing new solutions to enterprises that are going to radically improve their IT operations," affirms Lombardo. "With a limited pool of IT talent available, hyper-converged solutions are becoming much more appealing, and we expect that to continue to be a major part of our business."
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Let me sum up today in one picture...
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Tue Nov 8, 2016, 12:16 PM (18 replies)
How a real charitable organization allocates its money as
opposed to the Clinton Family Slush Fund.
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Wed Nov 2, 2016, 05:31 PM (4 replies)
Tax form Indicates Podesta Put Kremlin-Tainted Shares In Daughter's Company
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta received a K1 income tax form indicating that he was a partner sharing income with Leonidio Holdings, according to emails released Sunday by WikiLeaks. Another form was made out to Podesta's daughter, Megan Rouse, his partner in Leonidio Holdings.
Podesta has always maintained that he transferred his 75,000 shares from Joule Unlimited Technologies, a Kremlin-financed energy company, to an "anonymous" holding company named Leonidio Holdings. Not only does Leonidio share an address with Podesta's daughter, Rouse, but they share a tax return.
The other beneficiaries are all in the family too.
A June 5, 2015 email from Rouse to John, Mae and Gabe Podesta reveals the following:
"Mae and Gabe, Please see attached K1 for Leonidio. You can use this to complete your 2014 tax return. We will each report 1/3 share of what's on the form. Mom and Pa, Please see attached K1 showing the distribution to Leonidio."
EDIT: To add pertinent Wikileak link
Re: Podesta Outstanding Docs for Joule
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Tue Nov 1, 2016, 07:24 PM (7 replies)
Podesta To Mills: "We Are Going To Have To Dump All Those Emails"
In today's, 25th, Wikileaks release of hacked Podesta emails, one of the notable highlights is a March 2, 2015 exchange between John Podesta and Clinton aide Cheryl Mills in which the Clinton Campaign Chair says "On another matter....and not to sound like Lanny, but we are going to have to dump all those emails."
The email, which may indicate intent, was sent at the same time as the NYT story "Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules" - which for the first time revealed the existence of Hillary's email server - hit, and just days before Hillary's press conference addressing what was at the time, the stunning revelation that she had a personal email account, and server, in her home.
The proposed "dumping" on March 2 takes place two days before the House Select Committee on Benghazi sent Hillary Clinton a document retention subpoena on March 4, 2015, with some hinting the NYT report may have served to tip off the Clinton campaign about the upcoming subpoena.
Mills' response to Podesta: "Think you just got your new nick name."
It is unclear which "Lanny" is referred to: the infamous former DOJ staffer Lanny Breuer who quit in January 2013 after telling Frontline that some banks are too big to fail, or, more likely Lanny Davis, special counsel to President Bill Clinton, and spokesperson for the President and the White House on matters concerning campaign-finance investigations and other legal issues
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Tue Nov 1, 2016, 04:48 PM (19 replies)
This WikiLeaks Email Proves Cheryl Mills And Hillary Clinton Lied To The FBI
Hillary Clinton didn't even turn over her server to the FBI until August 12, 2015.
Therefore, if Mills wasn't asked to turn over documents before March 18, then how on Earth was she able to state the following on March 2, 2015? Here's the WikiLeaks email with the subject reading "Fwd: POTUS on HRC emails":
From: email@example.com
To: email@example.com
Date: 2015-03-07 21:41 Subject:
Fwd: POTUS on HRC emails
we need to clean this up – he has emails from her – they do not say state.gov
While attempting to cover up the fact President Obama had to have known about Clinton's server (since there was no stat.gov on Clinton's email) Mills also undermines any claim at attorney-client privilege.
Cheryl Mills clearly states her concerns about Clinton's private server on March 7, 2015.
Here's What Probably Led to Blow Up During Cheryl Mills' FBI Interview
During the deposition, Mills' attorney, Beth Wilkinson, objected to a number of questions on the basis of attorney-client privilege and instructed Mills not to answer various questions. It was further explained that Clinton left the State Department in 2013, she then hired Mills to serve as part of her personal legal team. In that capacity, Mills claimed she helped coordinate Clinton's response to the demand that she return her emails to the State Department. Therefore, Mills would claim attorney-client privilege prevented her from answering questions about how they decided to turnover documents.
However, Mills could not claim attorney-client privilege covered information she learned during her time as Clinton's Chief of Staff. So, as Shannen Coffin, a former DOJ attorney, recently explained in an article at the Weekly Standard, "To fix that problem, Mills conveniently claimed that she did not know anything about Clinton's email setup during her tenure at the State Department and only learned of relevant facts in her later capacity as Mrs. Clinton's personal lawyer."
This essentially allowed Mills to claim attorney-client privilege covered any question, so long as Mills either first learned the information or refreshed her recollection about the information in her capacity as part of Clinton's legal team, after leaving the State Department.
The Curious Case of Cheryl Mills
Why did the DOJ coddle a witness in the Clinton email investigation?
Mills's knowledge of facts learned while serving in a non-legal capacity at the State Department could not possibly be protected by an attorney-client privilege. To fix that problem, Mills conveniently claimed that she did not know anything about Clinton's email setup during her tenure at the State Department and only learned of relevant facts in her later capacity as Mrs. Clinton's personal lawyer. Mills's implausible claim she was unaware of the nature of Clinton's email setup during her tenure at State is undermined by documents showing that Mills was deeply involved as chief of staff in resolving questions regarding Clinton's email use. A March 2009 memo addressed to Mills from the assistant secretary for diplomatic security, for instance, advised against Clinton and her staff using BlackBerry devices in the executive suite, known as "Mahogany Row," because it was a secure area. Similarly, an August 2011 email chain addressed "communications issues" flagged by Mills, including a suggestion from State Department IT officials (later rejected by Huma Abedin) regarding the possibility of a State-issued BlackBerry for Clinton.
Even more specious is Mills's assertion that certain facts she became aware of as Clinton's chief of staff—such as why she knew that Clinton had transitioned her email to a clintonemail.com address very early in her tenure—were off-limits because she had "refreshed her recollection" as to those facts during her time representing Clinton in the private sector. Mills could only "refresh" her recollection because she had knowledge of those facts during her tenure as Clinton's chief of staff, putting those facts well beyond the protection of any privilege.
Especially given its criminal investigation into Clinton's email use, the Department of Justice had every reason to challenge an overbroad assertion of attorney-client privilege by a critical fact witness such as Mills. Indeed, Mills's very representation of Clinton in the criminal investigation raises question under both legal ethics standards and federal criminal law. 18 U.S.C. 207(a) makes it a crime for any former government employee to communicate with the government on certain matters "in which the person participated personally and substantially while in government."
Rather than contest Mills's questionable privilege claims, the Justice Department actually supported them. The Washington Post reported that when the FBI interviewers broached the question in her May interview of how the email server was set up, Mills and her lawyer walked out. Clinton and her lawyers had demanded that that topic be off-limits to the FBI because of Mills's more recent role as Clinton's lawyer. The Justice Department apparently agreed. Department lawyers were reportedly taken aback that their FBI colleague had ventured beyond what was anticipated.
NOTE: All this was taken from an original post at Caucus99percent.com. Go read the entire post to see how well it all fits together. When Comey first said 'intent' couldn't be proven he was 'WRONG'. The intent to cover Hellery's lies and sneaky unethical behavior by Hellery and all her little acolytes is open, obvious, and there for every honest person to see/
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Tue Nov 1, 2016, 03:09 PM (4 replies)
(About those wall lamps...): GUNMEN TRY TO ASSASSINATE HEAD OF LIBYAN ARMY (AP)
I got this from Caucus99% who got it from Jackpine Radicals who got it from Wikileaks.
It's funny in a sad way. Total disconnect or priorities?
From: Hillary Clinton
To: Huma Abedin
Date: 2011-12-10 07:49
Subject: GUNMEN TRY TO ASSASSINATE HEAD OF LIBYAN ARMY (AP)
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05788624 Date: 10/30/2015
From: H <hrod17©clintonemailcom>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:49 PM
To: 'firstname.lastname@example.com'
Subject Re: Gunmen try to assassinate head of Libyan army (AP)
Did you look at all the ones in the link to the brand? Can you call me at home?
From: Abedin, Huma
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 02:38 PM
To: H
Subject: Re: Gunmen try to assassinate head of Libyan army (AP)
She did send me link. They are beautiful but way out of my price range!
From: H
REMINDER: Start from the bottom and work your way up. It
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:58 PM
To: Abedin, Huma
Subject: Re: Gunmen try to assassinate head of Libyan army (AP)
Did you get info from Chelsea about the wall lamps?
From: Abedin, Huma
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:59 AM
To: H
Subject: Fw: Gunmen try to assassinate head of Libyan army (AP)
From: OpsNewsTicker
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:19 AM
To: NEWS-Mahogany
Subject: Gunmen try to assassinate head of Libyan army (AP)
TRIPOLI (AP) - A spokesman for Libya's military says gunmen tried to kill the head of the army in a bold
daylight attack in the country's capital.
Infantry spokesman Sgt. Abdel-Razik el-Shibahy says the army chief of staff was in a convoy Saturday
traveling from his home in Tripoli to the military headquarters when a group of armed men at a fake checkpoint
tried to stop them.
He says Gen. Khalifa Hifter's convoy swerved from the checkpoint and drove over a nearby bridge where
they were shot at by two gunmen positioned on the other side.
The spokesman says no one in the convoy was harmed and that soldiers arrested the two gunmen, who are in
military custody for questioning.
Hifter's son, Belgasim, blamed a rival group of ex-rebel fighters.
News Tickers alert senior Department officials to breaking news. This item appears as it did in its original publication and does not contain analysis or commentary
by Department sources.
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Sun Oct 30, 2016, 02:42 PM (10 replies)
'Alice's Restaurant' is a Thanksgiving anthem, this is Halloween's
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:28 PM (5 replies)
Clinton Global Initiative made secret deal with Big Pharma to keep AIDS drug prices high
in 'rich' countries. This won't make a difference in the outcome of the election but it shows how foul a (*^$# Hellery is and how there's nothing to low that they won't sink to to pad their own nests.
In a way, this is like the pay-to-play politics the family slush fund is already know for except this time they're screwing really sick people.
We were taken by surprise by President Clinton's comments on world AIDS day and wish that someone had consulted with us before he made these comments. As you will see when you read this memo, we think that publicly pressuring the US and European AIDS drug companies to lower prices and bringing pressure to allow generic AIDS drugs into the United States will have limited if any success and could seriously jeopardize our negotiations to continually lower prices in poor countries. We also believe that there are other more impactful ways to address the US AIDS crisis today.
We have always told the drug companies that we would not pressure them and create a slippery slope where prices they negotiate with us for poor countries would inevitably lead to similar prices in rich countries. If we were going to change our view on this, we should have informed the companies before President Clinton went public with his statement and attempted to negotiate a way for them to participate in and get credit for whatever steps we could have persuaded them to take to help the crisis in the states. We might or might not have been successful in getting them to do something, but we believe the chances of success would have been higher than by trying to pressure them through a public campaign. It has taken us many years to build positive relationships with these companies while at the same time pushing them to continually lower their prices. We will now have to try to repair these relationships.
Since President Clinton's comments were made, we have been contacted by a number of advocacy groups who are now intending to wage a public campaign to bring in generics and lower drug prices. We do not feel we can participate in this without jeopardizing our work around the world. We cannot oppose what they might do, but we also cannot be publicly supporting it either. This campaign will not get started until January, so we have some time to figure out and act upon our own strategy.
If we do try to do something in this area, we suggest that we approach the innovator companies that can currently sell products in the US with the idea of making donations to help clear the ADAP lists. For a variety of reasons, the companies will likely favor a donation approach rather than one that erodes prices across the board. I would guess that they would also likely favor a solution that involved their drugs rather than an approach that allowed generic drugs from India to flood the US market at low prices or one that set a precedent of waiving patent laws on drugs. This will be complicated to work out, but it might be possible. We would have to initiate discussions with multiple state health officials as well as HHS in addition to talking with the drug companies. If President Clinton wishes for us to be proactive, we suggest that we try a cooperative approach first. We can go to war with the US drug companies if President Clinton would like to do so, but we would not suggest it. Whatever we decide, we need to make a decision quickly and President Clinton and CHAI need to be in synch. I do not think it is a good idea for President Clinton to be taking one position and CHAI another.
Such fucking scum. All of them. You don't get any lower than this.
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Tue Oct 25, 2016, 10:16 PM (21 replies)
Donald Trump Calls for Debate Co-Chairman to Step Down
Donald J. Trump demanded on Monday that the Republican co-chairman of the Presidential Commission on Debates step down, intensifying a clash that could precipitate Mr. Trump's withdrawal from the third and final debate in Las Vegas next week.
The move followed an extraordinary backstage confrontation on Sunday night between Mr. Trump's campaign and the commission co-chairman, Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., who blocked Mr. Trump from giving his V.I.P. box seats to a group of women who have accused former President Bill Clinton of making unwanted sexual advances.
The situation de-escalated only after the commission threatened to call security to remove the women if they tried to sit in the box, where they would have been right next to Mr. Clinton and in Hillary Clinton's line of sight from the stage — a spectacle that Mr. Trump and his top advisers tried to engineer for maximum shock effect just as tens of millions of people would be tuning in from around the world.
"He said, 'I will get security and yank them out of there,'" said one Republican with firsthand knowledge of the episode.
Geeze, he's a fucking walking natural disaster.
So....this is the best the right could do against the Clinton creature?
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Mon Oct 10, 2016, 09:46 PM (8 replies)
Best debate video evah!
Posted by AmandaMatthews | Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:49 PM (2 replies)


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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester echoed a call by many democrats for Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta's resignation Wednesday during a Facebook Live town hall.
"More and more is coming to light every day. I just think that this guy is a predator that should not be Secretary," Tester said.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: After publishing this story, we received this clarification from Sen. Tester's staff: "Senator Tester misspoke here and meant that Epstein is a predator, and Acosta's handling of his case means he should not be Secretary.")
Acosta is under scrutiny for his involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's 2007 plea agreement, after Epstein was accused of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Since then, Epstein has been indicted for dozens more cases of abusing minors, many of which date back to before the plea deal.
"Whether it was because of political pressure, or whether it was because of money, or whether it was because Epstein hired a bunch of people that used to be his boss to represent them, lawyers, I don't know," Tester said. "I can't say why it happened, but it's unacceptable."
Tester voted to confirm Acosta as Secretary of Labor in 2017. He said he would not have voted for Acosta if he'd known about his actions in the Epstein case.
Montana's Republican Senator Steve Daines held a telephone conference call with the public yesterday, but did not talk about Acosta. None of the participants in the call brought up Acosta. Senator Daines did not take any questions from reporters during the call.


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Have You Been Injured On Another's Property?
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An owner or occupier of property with right of control has a duty of care to maintain the property in a safe condition. His or her duty, however, varies according to whether the victim was a trespasser, a person invited onto the property or a customer. The duties of the owner and occupier also vary and one or both may be liable for an accident. The jury may consider whether the owner or occupier acted with reasonable care to inspect and correct hazardous conditions or to erect security measures to warn or prevent injury to the victim.
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Tips for Choosing the Most Effective Body Shops
The current generation has been faced with many changes where everyone would like to have the best and effective services. The acquisition of the cars and other auto devices has been at its peak lately, and it is because of the many benefits and factors that have promoted it. It is not hard for people to have their best auto devices since there are many different ways of accessing them with the much affordable prices. However, the source of the auto devices is not one and everyone has a right to choose for themselves provided that they have the right financial resources. There are many shipping activities which have been promoted by developments and ordering of the cars is done.
However, the online ordering of the cars does not mean that one will need to take back the car to the origin for the repairs and maintenance practices to be done. It is something very much normal for the cars to encounter damages and repairs has to be administered with immediate effect to prevent them from damaging, and the services are available locally. With the auto devices, the services provided have to be the best and can only be enhanced by looking for the best services by considering the effective factors. There are many reviews online and recommendations from close individuals about the best body shops to attend to and is essential to follow such.
There are ways in which one can observe and discern the quality of the services doe in the various body shops. Those body shops which are very dormant with maybe one car being serviced cannot be trusted and would be best to have those which are ever at work. To add on that, the type of the mechanics handling the cars at the shop should be skilled with relevant professional qualifications. Every asset a person has which are auto have to be taken good care of and handled only by those who know the parts well.
Everyone desires to hire the service which are effective and can help them interact well be even identifying the cause of the problems. It is very much easy to point out the type of the customer services offered at the body shop and the mere replies gotten are even enough. Most importantly, the amenities provided by the body shop and space for relaxing and waiting for the services to be completed are essential. The maintenance services done on the body shops take some time and people will need to have a place for relaxing and the environment should be conducive enough with many services available.
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Some really fun character moments, but it takes two issues to beat a lame villain in an exoskeleton. So let's stick to those character moments. First, Angel inherits millions and reacts by throwing the pages of the will in the air. This will end up being a defining characteristic of him, and it happened first here in Champions.
Second, Hercules plays football. Or, more precisely, he dares a football team to try to stop him from getting a touchdown.
Naturally, they can't.
And no sooner does Black Widow become team leader than Angel hits on her.
Creators: Tony Isbella and George Tuska
Grade: D+
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ROSETTA Restaurant Mexico City | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico City has reminded me so much of Barcelona. Such a fabulous upcoming gourmet scene. Perfect balance between the traditional Mexican recipes and dishes, and the innovative fusions and techniques. In this case Rosetta Restaurant, lives to this concept, combining the best of local fresh produce and vegetables, with unique North Italian-influenced dishes by Chef Elena Reygadas. The venue is beautiful and ideal for a lunch al fresco, or even better a romantic evening in Colonia Roma Norte, one of the iconic gastronomic hubs of Mexico City along with Polanco and Condesa. Ranked number 33 of the top Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants.
My lunch consisted on a degustation of five-steps plus a little palate cleanser, all suggested by the Chef, which included: Oysters to open the appetite. Chicozapote (a local delight. Carrot Ravioli. And my absolute favorite, Apionabo (which I guess it translates as celeriac), with octopus, mussels and robalo. My dessert consisted on a Pulque foam, with pineapple and tarragon sorbet. I had indeed a lovely afternoon and lunch, and I would strongly recommend trying ROSETTA during your visit to Mexico City. The venue is lovely and the combination of flavors, colors, textures and presentation, is IMPECCABLY executed, to make you feel in the north of Italy, right in the trendy district of Colonia Roma, Mexico City.
Walking by Colonia Roma, and just around the corner from Rosetta, I found Casa Tassel. A small and quaint tea-house, with only a few chairs, but lots of tea options from around the world. It was the perfect digestive stop, after my fantastic lunch at Rosetta. Thank you Chef Elena Reygadas and all her staff for the invite and the warm professional service. If you need more information or would like to book this experience, do not hesitate to contact me. This journey was made possible thanks to the support of the following companies: Las Alcobas Boutique Hotel + St Regis Mexico City + United Airlines and First in Service Travel. I will be posting much more on the next few days on my five days visit to Mexico City. Carlos Melia Luxury Travel Curator – www.carlosmelia.com
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Most outdoor lifestyle photographers get a bit of vacation during December – February. It's just too cold outside. At Hoof N Paw or "rachel L moore PHOTOGRAPHY" (my people photography business),I'm out and about whenever I can in the snow. And, I can be found inside working through new photography seminars, creating new magic with older photos. The digital darkroom is my daily obsession. Editing is phenomenally fun stuff to do. If I get in holiday orders for drawings, I'll often be at my easel working on a graphite portrait.
We had a few days where the white stuff arrived and stuck around. It always turns our neutral, drab Winter tones into a beautiful fairyland.
These are the latest edits I have re-done from a variety of shoots over the past year. All thanks to some great instructors and classes at Creative Live. Yes, that is a railroad track in the first image. I took that photo nearly 2 years ago before finding out taking photos on tracks is not acceptable. Just, don't do it. I'm proud of how well the image came out, though.
Meanwhile, a couple images from my favorite Fall session has been gaining traction in the world of photography competition. Decidedly, my top photos of 2015.
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text: 2018 at Teamwork: our year in review Posted by: Ray Coppinger / December 18, 2018 And we thought 2017 was a big one! 2018 has been an exciting year for us all here at Teamwork, full of growth, innovation, and big plans. We couldn't do it without you — so we want to say a massive thank you for being with us on the journey. Here's a look back at some of the highlights from this year. We started off the year with a win when we were named Cork Large Company of the Year back in February… …and in October, we were delighted to see our founders, Daniel and Peter, win big at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards! We hired 90 new people to join our ranks, bringing our team member total to 223. (And we're always looking for more.) We gave 1% of our profits to some really worthy causes. We had our biggest Grand Council* ever and laid out our ambitious plans for the coming year. (*What's a Grand Council, you might ask? It's like an All Hands, but way better.) We opened 6 new offices: Limerick, Belfast, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Boston, and our third in Cork. Our team went on 31 customer visits to meet some of our customers around the world IRL, hopping from Nashville to NYC to Norway to the Netherlands. We had 2 Hackathons where we dedicated 24 hours to working on mini-projects that would benefit the products or company in any way. Some of our favorite features started out as Hackathon projects once upon a time, so watch this space for more to come! We shared 103 blog posts and 4 ebooks (which was your favorite?). We brought the next generation of Teamworkers on a special day out to the zoo and, more recently, Spiderman taught us how to floss at our Christmas party. 2018 was our biggest and best year to date, but we can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2019. So once again, from all of us at Teamwork, and from all of us at the blog: thank you. Here's to another year of working together to deliver the results that matter. We'd love to hear about your 2018. Did you hit any major milestones? How are you hoping to grow your business in 2019? What would you like to see more of from us next year? Leave a comment and let us know. View more posts


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The Top Holiday Gifts for Every Guy on Your List
With the holidays fast approaching, the best favor you can do yourself right now is to get ahead of gift shopping. We've rounded up the top gifts for every guy on your list so that you can beat the November rush, and lock down the items he really wants before they undoubtedly sell out — we're looking at you, Sony PlayStation Classic Edition.
Whether you're in the market for a romantic gift for your better half, or a heartwarming gift for dad, we've found the perfect gift for him. Read on below to find our top holiday picks for every man in your life.
Best Gifts for Husband: Mac Knife Professional Hollow Edge Chef's Knife
This excellent kitchen tool has been dubbed the "Best Overall Chef's Knife" by Food & Wine, and what better way to encourage a new, bonding activity like cooking than with a shiny new toy? If you're at all superstitious, make sure to collect a penny from your husband when you give him this gift — that way, he's technically 'paying' you for it, and you won't 'cut' the relationship off.
Best Gifts for Husband: Linjer The Classic Watch
The makers behind the bag with a 3,000 person waitlist are actually better known for their watches. These classic, understated timepieces have the same Everlane-meets-Mansur Gavriel minimalist quality, so we obviously love them for him.
Best Gifts for Husband: Dave Matthews' The Dreaming Tree Cork Speaker & Crushed Red Blend Wine
This limited edition set from Dave Matthews' vineyard features a bluetooth cork speaker that will let you rock out and prevent your wine from spoiling. He'll love kicking back with a bottle of Dreaming Tree Crush Red Blend and listening to "Crash into Me."
Best Gifts for Boyfriend: Everlane The Chore Jacket
It's kind of impossible to go wrong with Everlane. Its Twill Weekender Bag ($98; everlane.com) has been a go-to men's gift of ours for years, as have their reliable gift cards ($25-$200; everlane.com). This newly released jacket, though, is an instant favorite for its year-round wearability, style, and great value.
Best Gifts for Boyfriend: Krewe Breton Polarized Aviator Sunglasses
The sunglass market is predominantly filled with frames made by optics giants like Luxottica and Marcolin, so when you see a totally independent brand emerge making frames by hand — each pair can take up to two weeks to finish — in unique styles, it's worth paying attention. Plus, many of Krewe's frames (including these) are unisex, so when you forget your own pair at home, just steal his gift back for the afternoon, and you'll look just as polished.
Best Gifts for Dad: Patagonia 'Better Sweater' Quarter Zip Pullover
If we know dads, we're guessing yours doesn't want to be flashy, but still cares about style (even if he won't admit it.) This super comfortable layer will become the piece he reaches for all of the time, whether dressing it up with some nice slacks, or dressing down with an old pair of jeans.
Best Gifts for Dad: 23andMe DNA Test
Best Gifts for Brother: Nike Atmos Air Max 1
These sneakers speak a language everyone can understand. The retro colorway adds flair to an otherwise simple outfit, and whether your brother cares about style, and comfort is the added benefit, or he's into comfort, and style is just a bonus, it's a double win all around.
Best Gifts for Brother: Oars + Alps Hydrating Cedarwood Forest Beard Oil
Best Gifts for Brother: Hill City Grid Fleece Hoodie
Men's athletic brand Hill City has the perfect fleece hoodie for winter sports. What makes it special? The ventilated hand pockets to help with temperature regulation and zipped storage to keep his essentials secure. It also looks great on.
Best Gifts for Son: VAVA MOOV 28 Wireless Headphones
Once you experience the ease and comfort of wireless headphones, there's really no going back. The only problem with the pod models is that they can so easily fall out and get lost. This set solves that problem with a helpful connecting cord between the two sides. These are also totally affordable at under $35, and have over 1,600 five-star reviews on Amazon.
Best Gifts for Son: Sony PlayStation Classic Edition Console
This miniature version of a '90s-era PS1 comes preloaded with 20 games, including Final Fantasy VII, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms. Whether you're buying for an adolescent or someone who wants to relive adolescence, the PlayStation Classic will keep him entertained for hours on end.
Best Gifts for Male Friend: Trtl Travel Pillow
Best Gifts for Male Friend: Instant Pot
Best Gifts for Male Coworker: Chemex Classic Series, Pour-Over Glass Coffeemaker
Best Gifts for Male Coworker: Four Roses Bourbon
Best Stocking Stuffers for Men: Tile Mate Key Finder
Best Stocking Stuffers for Men: VIM & VIGR Compression Socks
Everyone loves tools that help them travel better, more comfortably, and with fewer hiccups. Compression socks are like a constant, low impact foot massage for the wearer, and can help alleviate unpleasant travel symptoms like restless leg syndrome and poor circulation.


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Virginia Tech Instructor: Ready to Move Forward
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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
The president of Virginia Tech is responding to a report about the mass shooting on its campus. That report examined the action of school administrators both before and during last spring's killing of 32 people. It found many problems, starting with the university's failure to handle a mentally ill student who became the shooter.
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger is emphasizing what the report did not say.
Dr. CHARLES STEGER (President, Virginia Tech): Nobody can say for certain what would have happened if different decisions were made; however, to say that something could have been prevented is certainly not to say that it would have been.
INSKEEP: After receiving the report, Virginia's governor said the university president should not lose his job. Still, the panel made more than 70 recommendations for changes in mental health education and law enforcement practices.
After the shootings last April, we called Dr. Ishwar Puri, head of Virginia Tech's engineering department.
Dr. ISHWAR PURI (Virginia Tech): We've lost two very distinguished and beloved colleagues. Several of our students were injured. The building that we work in was violated. So it's been a very difficult time.
INSKEEP: We asked Dr. Puri to join us again to describe how it's been for Virginia Tech faculty and students to return to campus, to go back to Norris Hall, where the shootings occurred.
Dr. PURI: Most of the individuals who've gone back have adapted, but there are some who are having difficulties in attending to their work simply because they're in the building, walking past reminders of what might have happened - hallways, doorways, et cetera.
INSKEEP: What's it's like for you just walking through that building now?
Dr. PURI: You know, I go in there with resolve. I go in there with a vision for the future. I go in there with a rededication to our mission, to encourage and to mentor the best human resources for the future young people becoming good citizens, productive members of society.
And I think I've been focus on that. I'm not quite sure if those who have passed away would have done this, but I think that they would have encouraged me to go on. I view this as a defeat on April 16. There was an incident. I was defeated and I admit that.
But I did not want to face defeat again. I did not want to be transplanted from that building. I did not want our program to die. The engineering science mechanics program at Virginia Tech is in its 99th year and I did not want it to in any way be weakened even more than it was on April 16 and not go on for another 100 years.
INSKEEP: We're sitting here with a copy of this report that came out from the state. It does not go so far as to say that all of this could have been prevented, but it is very critical of the way that Virginia Tech handled a mentally ill student who gave lots of signs, and there's also some criticism of security on the morning. What are people making of all that?
Dr. PURI: Frankly, the emotions are mixed. There was some judgment calls made on April 16 and prior to that. I don't think that there were any sins of commission. And really we are at the fork today. This can either be a story of recrimination or this can become a story of redemption.
INSKEEP: You've described decisions that were made before the shooting or even during the shooting as judgment calls that people made, that you don't seem to want to criticize too much. Is it necessary, though, has it been necessary to examine those judgments and draw some conclusions about them?
Dr. PURI: Absolutely. Absolutely. I don't deny that fact. But you've got to see my viewpoint as someone who was in the middle of the shootings in Norris Hall. I was working. There were gunshots fired on my floor, steps away from where I was. I was evacuated by the police. The assassin had, I believe, about 175 assault rounds that he shot off. But he had another 260 rounds on hand.
And you know what? He was working his way down the corridor and he would have come to my office. And from my window in my office, I saw the SWAT team trying to come in. I saw them struggling with various things. And they had my best interest at heart. And I think for me to go back and to be critical of the law enforcement response frankly would make me an ingrate.
The theme of redemption is that we seek to find out what could have been done and institute strategies that might help us or even others around the country in the future.
INSKEEP: Do you notice any signs of different security when you walk around campus today?
Dr. PURI: Certainly, and certainly in Norris Hall. In terms of hours, one has to have a valid Virginia Tech I.D. to get in. Visitors have to be escorted. Part of this is antithetical to the university culture of the academic culture, which promotes the free exchange of ideas, where people walked in, they talk in the corridors.
But we are working our way to those things. I asked the university to not raze the building, not build a memorial there, because I want it to be a working building; that's the best way to give tribute to those who have fallen.
INSKEEP: You lost colleagues and friends.
Dr. PURI: I did.
INSKEEP: But you do not want a memorial for them there. You want the building to be their memorial.
Dr. PURI: Well, the building and the legacy, really. There is a memorial on campus, it's not in Norris Hall. As human beings we seek tangible physical symbols for memorials. But there are other kinds of symbols - a legacy, a program, excellence. Those could be symbols that could be used for a memorial. And that's how I approach my work every day, with humility in my heart and resolve in my mind, simply out of respect for my fallen colleagues - Kevin Granata, Liviu Librescu - great friends of mine, great scholars. And you know, I remember them every day. I really do.
INSKEEP: Dr. Ishwar Puri, thanks very much.
Dr. PURI: Thank you.
INSKEEP: Dr. Ishwar Puri heads Virginia Tech's Engineering Department.
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HEGINS — A Tri-Valley school board member resigned from her posts as director and board secretary.
Kelly M. Carter is moving out of state and resigned, effective Wednesday.
The board voted to accept her resignation, and elected director Carl D. Shankweiler to the board secretary post for a four-year term, effective Sept. 12, 2019, to Wed., June 30, 2021.
Carter's departure leaves a vacant seat in Region 3. She also headed the budget and finance committee.
Jerry R. Beaver, board president, said the district wanted to thank Carter for her service.
In other business, Beaver also thanked the district's two new principals, Robert L. Felty Jr. at the high school and Derek M. Stehr at the elementary schools.
Beaver said the Facebook pages the schools launched have been well-received and he's been hearing positive comments from the public. He was happy to see the administrators willing to try something new, he said.
"You guys are getting us off to a great start," Beaver said.
In other action, the board:
• Appointed the following as instructional staff at a rate of $23.40 per hour for the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 ACHIEVE afterschool program: Jessica Allvord, Lisa Bilansky, Alexis Ketner, Ryan Klinger, Ashley Miller, Elizabeth Otto, Kimberly Schmeltz and Jamie Schwalm. Beaver cast the lone dissenting vote, noting he was not in opposition to the staff hired, but to the program itself.
The program is grant funded by the state Department of Education, and there are no benefits included with the position.
• Retroactively approved the course addition to the 2019-20 high school electives titled, STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Amanda Killian-Shiffer serves as instructor.
• Retroactively approved Felty and Rick Otto as co-head athletic directors, effective July 1.
• Approved Robert McDonald to attend a "Be the Best You Can Be" baseball coach's conference in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, from Jan. 16-17, 2020. Reimbursement is not being requested.
• Accepted the intent to retire from Michael Ulicny, high school teacher, effective at the end of the 2019-20 school year.
• Approved several substitutes and volunteers.
• Approved the Title III consortium memorandum of understanding between the IU 29 and the district for the 2019-20 school year. The district's allocation is $428.
• Approved the IU's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act sub-grant agreement for the 2019-20 school year. Tri-Valley's allocation is $138,759.
• Approved the federal IDEA-Section 619 Pass Through Funds in the amount of $590.
• Retroactively approved adjusting the rate of Donna Coleman to $45 per day to provide student transportation for the 2019-20 school year, effective Aug. 26.
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Our employees call New Brunswick home. We are a diverse and ambitious group of individuals who all share a passion for a cleaner environment and a more prosperous future for generations to come
Amit Virmani
Founder & CEO
Amit is a serial entrepreneur from Fredericton, New Brunswick. His first experience in the energy sector was through a position at New Brunswick Power, conducting cost-benefit analysis. Then, after the further study of cognitive science and finance at Queen's and operating his own business for several years, Amit moved back to New Brunswick from Toronto, Ontario. When first returning to New Brunswick, he was responsible for facilities management of the family's commercial property holdings and identifying opportunities to increase their energy efficiency.
As a second-generation entrepreneur, Amit is building upon a 40-year business history in Fredericton by founding Naveco Power. For the company, he is responsible for securing local investment for renewable energy projects that can provide long-term social and economic benefits.
Tarek Abbasi
Operations Director
Tarek moved from Montreal to Fredericton to become Naveco Power's Operations Director. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering, and has recently completed a Master's in Engineering Economics.
He is currently developing and implementing business models that show fiscal and monetary benefits to diversifying from emitting energy sources.
Sarah Arsenault
Marketing & Communications Manager
Sarah was born and raised in New Brunswick, originally from Saint John. She moved to Fredericton to complete a four year double major in Journalism and Communications at St. Thomas University.
Quickly realizing her interest in the world of digital media and marketing, Sarah has pursued opportunities to further her interests by taking on previous roles in the areas of social media, and nonprofit fundraising.
Oriana Cordido
Business Development Manager
Oriana is Naveco Power Inc.'s current Business Development Manager. She is originally from Venezuela and came to Fredericton to attend St. Thomas University. She completed a double major in International Relations and Economics with a concentration in Business.
Apart from her academics, she was the President and Co-Founder of the Enactus UNB Fredericton, a social entrepreneurship team, and a Resident Advisor on St. Thomas campus. She loves getting involved with people, new ideas and anything challenging. Her main passion is to use entrepreneurial action to ignite social change.
Mariah Belyea
Energy Analyst
Mariah was born and raised in New Brunswick, moving to Fredericton from Darlings
Island. She attended St. Francis Xavier University to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in interdisciplinary studies in Aquatic Resources with Public Policy and Social Research.
She then went on to further her education by enrolling in the University of New Brunswick, where she graduated with a Master of Environmental Management.
Gerry Holle
Assistant Project Coordinator
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Angel Ward
Indigenous Sustainable Development Associate
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Angel graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick with an Honours in Accounting, concentration in Finance. She is has completed year one of the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) program. She possesses a First Nation Business Certificate from the University of New Brunswick. Other certifications include AFOA Financial Analysis of Financial Statement certifications: Sage Accounting Software training, Martin Foundation Entrepreneurship facilitator training.
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September is Pain Awareness Month. Anyone suffering from chronic pain knows the devastating effect it can have on quality of life. Many medical professionals define chronic pain as lasting 3 to 6 months, or longer. Here are 5 facts to keep in mind when applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits with a chronic pain condition.
- Your age and work history are important.
In order to qualify for SSDI benefits, you must be between 21 and full retirement age, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). You also must have worked at least five of the last 10 years and paid FICA taxes during that time.
- Having chronic pain, by itself, is not enough.
Your chronic pain must be severe enough to keep you from working for at least 12 months, or longer. Part of Social Security's 5-step evaluation process for SSDI benefits is to confirm that you are unable to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA). Social Security's rules allow you to earn up to $1,180 per month and is strictly enforced. To apply for SSDI involves proving that your medical condition prevents you from working and earning more than SGA. Your medical records must include specific information, such as lab tests, x-rays, or physical exam results.
- Pain related to a condition on SSA's Compassionate Allowances (CAL) list can speed up your approval.
The CAL program has grown to a list of 233 conditions. Qualifying impairments include brain disorders and types of cancer that can put your application for SSDI benefits on the fast track for approval. Approval for disability benefits can happen within weeks of medical confirmation of a diagnosis, versus months or years.
- Documenting how chronic pain affects your life is critical.
It's important to explain how your chronic pain disrupts your activities of daily living (ADL), which can include personal hygiene, meal preparation, shopping and other activities. Your state Disability Determination Services (DDS) office gathers information through the ADL questionnaire to know more about the nature of your condition on a day-to-day basis.
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Martin Clunes - pictured as Warren - reveals all about his new sitcom
Martin Clunes will be back with his ITV drama Doc Martin in 2019, but he's keeping busy this year with new BBC1 sitcom Warren.
"For ages I said I didn't want to do any more half-hour comedy," Martin, 56, revealed to TV Times
"If you've been in Men Behaving Badly, well that's pretty good… I felt like I'd done sitcom. But I read the script and it was just really funny. I knew if they offered it to me, I wouldn't want anyone else to do it."
Martin, who also starred in a BBC revival of Reggie Perrin, will play a pedantic driving instructor, Warren, who hates everyone around him except his partner, Anne.
Warren and his two step-children are forced to move up North to Preston when Anne's father becomes unwell. "He's horrible and you like him because of that!" laughed Martin.
"He's horrible to everyone but Anne, but he's always at great pains to point out that he's not actually married. He's grumpy but in a very different way to Doc Martin – he's really not as smart! I liked the script because it's just like an old-fashioned sitcom, except it's not done in front of a live audience."


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Ford Wins Five Awards at 2015 VansA2Z Awards
Ford's Transit Courier won five major awards at the 2015 VansA2Z Awards in the UK, including the Editor's Choice award and a Lifetime Achievement Award for the Transit brand proper.
The Transit Custom took home the Small Panel Van of the Year award for the third straight year while the Transit won Large Panel van of the Year. The Fiesta's van variant was also named the Best Small Van in the land.
Transit Connect, Ranger, and Transit Minibus were also highly-rated in the Best Light van, Best Pick-up, and Best Minibus categories, respectively.
More from Ford: New Predictive Ford Anti-skid Technology Available in the 2015 Focus
The Transit took home a Lifetime Achievement Award for its 50th anniversary, but its current iteration is by no means an old-timer.
"It's astonishing to think that it has been 50 years since the first Ford Transit rolled off the production line. Since then it has become a genuine automotive legend and the foremost player in an always hard-fought UK van market. Where Transit leads, others follow."
The Editor's Choice-winning Transit Courier enters its first full year of sales in 2015, and it's been a hit with customers since its arrival last year for its unique combination of utility, comfort, technology, and efficiency.
More from Ford: Ford Fusion Hybrid is Best Hybrid Car for Families


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Short description of Mauritius Hotel & Therme
This 4-star hotel is located beside the Mauritiuskirche Church in the Old Town district of Cologne. Guests enjoy free use of the 3,500 m² spa, which includes an indoor and an outdoor pool.
Rooms at Mauritius Hotel & Therme are individually designed and furnished in modern style. All rooms include a flat-screen TV and modern bathroom. Wi-Fi is also available.
Free facilities at the Mauritius Therme spa include 7 saunas, a steam room, 3 hot tubs and a fitness centre. Massages and cosmetic treatments can be booked, the guests can also relax on the rooftop terrace.
Regional and international specialities are served in the Mauritius's restaurant, and the spacious bar offers Cologne's traditional Kölsch beer.
Mauritiuskirche Underground Station is 100 metres from the Mauritius Hotel. Cologne Cathedral is a 20-minute walk away.


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Ready to enjoy the lifestyle you deserve? Schedule a tour today!
Poolside Grilling Area
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On-Site Maintenance
On-Site Management
Separate Dining Rooms and Breakfast Bars
Tubs with Grab Bar and Curved Shower Rods
9' Ceilings
Oversized Closets
*Granite Countertops
*Wood Plank Flooring
*Beautiful Sunset Views
*Vaulted Ceilings
*Garages and Storage Available
Certain floor plans may have different amenities depending on when they were updated, what building they're in, etc. To tour our floor plans and see what amenities may be available, please call us at (352) 243-6338.


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Businesses today are trying everything to retain and acquire the best talent. From free alcohol to paid vacation expenses, companies have tried to create a work environment that their employees would love. Even though these fun perks are great to have, it's not a substantial reason for a quality employee to stick with a company.
So what is?
Work perks that support something almost everyone secretly wants, even if they don't know it at the time. A family. A work environment that is family-friendly can do wonders for employees and the company.
A family-friendly culture shows that the company truly cares about the well-being of their workers when it comes to starting a family. It is human nature to want to reproduce, so a business that supports that quality shows that it views their workers as more than just employees. Therefore, here are 3 unique benefits to consider when promoting a family-friendly culture in the workplace.
Paid Parental Leave
Many businesses utilize paid maternity leave, but a majority of them don't offer paid parental leave. The largest difference between the two perks is that parental leave is supports the role of both parents while, while maternity leave focuses on mothers. Parental leave allows fathers and mothers to take care of their child after he/she is born. Hence, it allows both genders to spend quality time with their newborn.
Along with maternity leave, a generous paid parental leave will attract quality employees looking to create a family in the near future. Another asset to this perk is the participation between both the mother and father in their child's life. Usually the mother takes care of the child while the father works, but this benefit will close the gender gap by allowing men to spend more time with their child and allowing women to work more for their career.
Compensated Child Care
Child care is a superb way for employers to show their support for new parents. Companies can provide an internal daycare program, so their employees can bring their child to work. That way, they are able focus on their work, while being in close proximity to their child in case of emergencies.
An alternative to internal child care is to compensate employees to use an external daycare program. Employers can reimburse their workers for any expenses required to place their child into an outside daycare school. Whether it's an external or internal daycare system, employees will have a peace of mind to know that their child is in proper care. Also, they will have less financial burdens since the firm will compensate for all of the daycare expenses.
Flexible Schedule
A flexible schedule is a perk that many parents should have because it allows parents to arrange their schedule to find time for their child and for their job. Employers can provide this perk in a variety of ways. They can create a set of schedules that their employees can choose from, so the employer will know exactly when they'll be working and when they'll be off.
Another option is to let the employees create their own schedule, as long as they work the required amount. Either option will allow the employees to work at a productive level, while caring for their newborn. Also, depending on the job, employers can allow their employees to work from home. That way, they are able to work and care for their child in the comfort of their own home.
These job perks will help companies retain and acquire top talent. That's because these perks provide a family-friendly atmosphere that nearly every employee wants. It's human nature to want to create offspring, so a business that supports that nature shows that they care about their employees. Remember, companies that encourage the well-being of their employees will have a better ROI than those that don't.


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Southern League: Bright start for Welwyn Garden City washed away by second-half deluge at Thame
PUBLISHED: 11:54 17 December 2018
A shocking second-half collapse saw Welwyn Garden City ship four goals for the second time in a week and slump to a 4-2 defeat at Thame United.
The reverse came hot on the heels of the 4-3 loss at Yaxley four days earlier but for almost an hour there was no indication of what was to follow.
The Citizens had raced to a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to goals from Dave Keenleyside and Stuart Zanone.
But the Meadow View Park hosts pulled one back on 57 minutes and 15 minutes later the comeback was complete, leaving WGC in a state of shock.
The first half was a much happier time though and with a bit of luck they could have added more than just the two they did.
Home keeper Steve Caro denied Zanone with a sharp save and Keenleyside was just over the bar with a snapshot after a flowing WGC move involving five players.
Charlie Smith also had a goalbound effort charged down before City took the lead.
Jon Sexton played a long ball down the left that Keenleyside collected.
He then slipped inside a defender and made progress along the by-line before driving a low shot into the far corner.
And like buses, the second was only just behind.
Jay Rolfe swung in a tempting cross from the right that Zanone met in trademark fashion with a flashing header beyond Caro.
WGC held that advantage fairly comfortably and keeper Dan Green didn't have a single troubling moment in the opening half.
In fact the biggest problem seemed to be the clash of kit, worsened by the visibility in the gathering gloom.
It led to a change of kit, with City donning their bright orange change shirts for the second period.
But the change of strip brought with it a change of fortune.
Thame got back into it with a looping header from Dan West and he would add two more, with Lynton Goss scoring the other.
The fourth goal proved the final nail in the WGC coffin and although manager Adam Fisher threw on Dan Bond, Ashley Kersey and new signing Ramone Cassidy-Sinclair, the game was beyond retrieving.
The result means WGC are six points behind the play-off places.
Their busy Christmas period begins with a home game against Corby Town on Saturday.
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Swedish raw thrashers Entrench come back after three years away with this tasty little thrasher. If you are a fan of the faster (Razor) and rawer (early Slayer, Kreator and Sodom) side of the sub-genre then you will embrace this release wholly.
There's a couple of instrumental piece splitting some tracks, 'White Light' which 'Precedes Black Rain' and opener 'The Coming Storm' with 'Dawn of War'; but thoroughly heavy ones not light weight totally acoustic based numbers here. This perhaps could have been augmented with more vocal lines, but hey, what you have here is good enough. 'Dead End' and 'Iron Coffin' have me thinking of Razor, mainly for their speed but also due to the vocal delivery like a certain Bob Reid but singing the "sheepdog" tracks sometimes when you spin this, for me anyway! There's some tracks that are so raw that you could easily take 'Scream Bloody Gore' Death into comparable situations.
It's not a complicated release, it's straight to the point. Where sections are expanded musically there's no flash point, no real look at me bits, just a cool cohesive unit trashing the shit out of their instruments. What I like too is that is doesn't try to be retro, that simply seems deluded to me at times the amount of bands that do that. No, 'Through the Walls of Flesh' may have other influences but it has its own unique fast character that's pretty easy to get along with.
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Many look books are story books. They talk of fables, or recent events,
or places visited, or things overheard. Recently, Starfish looked at the work
of artist Len Lye to create a story-based collection, while Sophie Burrowes
visited a dark, but sometimes silvery, London for her look book.
And, like a sub-genre, the world of nostalgia has increasingly become a big,
warm engine for storyline inspiration. Nostalgia isn't riding back centuries to
epochs we never knew like the court of Eighteenth Century France or the
horse-racing events of Edwardian times. More, it is a brief trip back into our
own memories. It can be a glance at things we're just on the cusp of forgetting
about: psychedelic patterns, quaint sayings, black and white TV, sitting around
a cheese fondue.
With such effort going into the look book, it is great to see print versions still
being produced along with the online presentations. The printed books are
distinctively tactile. We spot them sitting on counters, we take them away for
perusal at our leisure, and we can show them to friends. The print medium
allows for a huge variety of size from the jumbo like a Sunday newspaper
through to a pocket-edition. All types of paper stock are used from newsprint
One such pocket-edition look book is the Voon Winter 2011 collection: "How to Make a Bath Bomb". Immediately we are in the realm of story-telling (the 'how-to' manual), and nostalgia
('I haven't heard of that for ages'). Voon's book takes us through instructions of how to make these scented tablets which fizz when they hit water at a delicious, illustrated pace. Oh no, we won't be rushed.
This image is called 'Sprinkle with Dried Petals'. We are about half way through the recipe, and illustrated is the collection's Bow Wow jacket and skirt. This is a fine weave of polyester/wool, with the white cotton bows being felted and weaved into the bolts of fabric. The bows are arresting and fanciful; not unlike the black tips of ermine tails seen across the dazzling white of coronation robes.
We are now ready to deliver the bath bomb to a friend. Illustrated here is the Cupcake Dress -- its confectionery pink colouring and glorious rose blooms done in velveteen. Over the dress is the Frosting Jacket. Although entirely synthetic, the material has exactly the same texture and feel as the Astrakhan wool used for centuries as collars, hats and facings.