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Career Opportunities in Marriott International for Business & Tourism,Rwanda
By : Ms. Manmeet Kaur Chadha
[Kigali, Rwanda]
In an innovative partnership, Marriott works with the Akilah Institute for Women, Women for Women International and Bloomberg Philanthropies to equip Rwandan women with business skills with the opening of the Kigali Marriott Hotel
Marriott International today officially opened the doors of its first Marriott Hotel in Rwanda, bringing the signature brand's welcoming service and world-class amenities to sub-Saharan Africa for the first time in its nearly 90-year history.
"Rwanda is going through an economic transformation and we are proud to be a part of it," said Marriott International President and CEO Arne Sorenson, who attended the Kigali Marriott's opening ceremony with political dignitaries and executives including Alex Kyriakidis, Marriott's President and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa region. "Coupled with that transformation is a mutual promise for opportunity — both for Marriott as a hospitality company and for the associates and partners who will help us succeed in this market."
Highlighting the importance of hospitality's role in Rwanda, the World Travel & Tourism Council says Rwanda's travel and tourism industry generated 7.1 percent of the country's GDP in 2015 and predicts it to rise at 4.1 percent annually through 2025. Known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, Rwanda is becoming a popular destination for meetings and tourism.
The 254-room Marriott in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, is creating approximately 500 jobs and will be among the country's biggest and most luxurious properties, further enhancing Kigali's reputation as a hub for conferences and conventions. The hotel will offer world-class meeting spaces with modern amenities to cater to the demands of this rapidly growing market.
"I have the privilege of being able to open hotels in one of the most fascinating and fastest-growing parts of the world," said Kyriakidis. "But there is something about this project that is particularly fulfilling. Every time we open a hotel, we know there is an enormous positive impact on a community. But here, in Rwanda, that impact is magnified by the sustainable approach we have taken to both staffing and supplying the hotel."
Marriott has been working with community-based organizations to help staff the hotel and supply it with locally produced goods, underscoring Rwanda's goal of building up its core industries including tourism and agriculture. The hotel, for instance, has partnered with the Akilah Institute for Women to recruit and train Rwandan women for supervisory positions at its Kigali location. The Akilah Institute is an academy that enables young women from Rwanda and other East African countries to achieve economic independence with market-relevant education and training. Marriott International has invited nearly 40 Akilah graduates to work and train in Marriott hotels in Africa and the Middle East. After receiving on-the-job skills and leadership training, the first wave of graduates have returned to Rwanda to join the management team at the Kigali Marriott where they will help welcome guests from the around the world.
"Marriott's placement of our graduates at the managerial level and beyond exemplifies our mission to enable women not just to find jobs, but to develop their careers with a globally respected brand and community," says Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes, Co-Founder & CEO, Akilah Institute.
Marriott International has also been working with Women for Women International and the Relationship Coffee Institute, both of which are supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, one of the largest investors in the region. The local Women for Women Opportunity Center is equipping Rwandan women with the skills needed to apply for entry-level hotel positions or to supply the hotel with goods such as baskets, cheese and honey. The hotel has hired more than 25 women from the training center.
The Relationship Coffee Institute provides women with a new marketplace for locally sourced premium coffee, including the hotel. The Kigali Marriott's Question Café serves the locally sourced coffee, grown by local smallholder farmers and served by graduates of this economic development training program.
"The opening of this Marriott hotel is providing long anticipated market activity for Rwandan women. Their café in the hotel provides the global business community with a perfect example of how business, philanthropy and government can work together to improve people's lives," said Patricia E. Harris, CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Beyond coffee, the Kigali Marriott is weaving in an array of local goods throughout the property, including in the retail store and on menus. The hotel sources locally grown products such as beef, poultry and produce, and incorporates more sustainable materials to ultimately help reduce the hotel's overall footprint.
The opening of the hotel comes a little over a week after Marriott International completed its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The transaction created the world's largest hotel company, with Marriott International operating or franchising more than 5,700 properties and 1.1 million rooms, in over 110 countries. With the completion of the acquisition, Marriott's distribution more than doubled in the Middle East and Africa combined.
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Although some in the United States are worried about potential trade problems with Japan, countless others aren't concerned due to the strengthening military alliance between the two countries.
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Release Date and Cover Reveal - The Code
I'm thrilled to announce that the third and final novel of the New London Books, The Code, will be released on April 29th!
Writing the series has been a wonderful journey. There was never meant to be a series, but like so many other things in my writing, it just had to happen. This final story - Ryan's - is the perfect way to finish and it's given me huge satisfaction to share the stories.
Cover of The Code
NCIS Special Agent Ryan Gilmour finds himself back at the New London submarine base, the result of a posting swap with a friend. He settles in to wait for a chance to lead an investigation and for a woman who can capture his fickle heart.
When a vandal carves a Morse code message onto a building on the base, Ryan crosses paths with librarian Alex Ware. Her ability to avoid answering his questions leaves Ryan convinced she is hiding something. Determined to find out what it is he seeks her out, but his persistence only leads to conflict and frustration.
As a second act of vandalism rapidly follows, and then a third, Ryan is given the lead in the investigation. The attacks become sinister, the trail of Morse code messages with each act taunting Ryan and his team, daring them to break the code before it's too late. And at every turn is the elusive Alex Ware.
Will Ryan and his team find the key to solving the case? Will Alex let down her guard and tell Ryan her secret?
Can they uncover who is behind The Code?
Preorders are available now!
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You have time for a month, but know that My time is not like your time, and at the time of judgment I already know how much prayer will come for the given soul. I do not have to wait for a month to pass judgment on the soul. This time is given for you. My child, remember however that prayers brought to Me right after the death of the soul are for Me the most important and their power is the greatest, because then I burn with My righteous anger against the soul and prayer for her can mitigate that anger. Then you can truly implore Me, because then My suffering is the greatest, when I see the entire ingratitude of the soul and the enormity of the graces wasted by her and I need propitiation for her sins. Therefore by praying at that time, you soothe My pain, wash My wounds and My righteous anger for that soul lessens. (…) Only after a month the situation of the soul becomes irrevocable and you can not plead for her if she has been damned. And if she went to Purgatory, prayer for her will be slowly extracting her from these torments. If the soul prayed a lot for the dead then [fast], because then she has many intercessors in Heaven and they will help her a lot.


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El jacinto (en latín Hyacinthus) es un género de plantas perenne y bulbosas perteneciente a la subfamilia de las escilóideas dentro de las asparagáceas. Es originario de la región mediterránea y África meridional.

El jacinto común u holandés y la especie de jardín H. orientalis fueron tan populares durante el siglo XVIII que se cultivaron más de dos  tipos en los Países Bajos, el principal productor.

Los jacintos producen una única y densa espiga de fragantes flores en tonalidades rojas, azules, blancas o amarillas. Una variedad de florista más delicada y más pequeña del jacinto común es el jacinto romano (var. albulus) de pétalos azules o blancos.

En la actualidad, se reconocen solamente tres especies en el género Hyacinthus, aunque algunas autoridades colocan H. litwonowii y H. transcaspicus en el género emparentado Hyacinthella, dejando el Hyacinthus como monotipo.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Carlos Linneo  y publicado en Species Plantarum 1: 316. 1753. La especie tipo es: Hyacinthus orientalis
Etimología
Hyacinthus: nombre genérico que proviene de Jacinto, amante del dios Apolo según la mitología griega.

Especies
 Hyacinthus litwinowii
 Hyacinthus orientalis L. - bretaña de jardín, jacinto legítimo.
 Hyacinthus transcaspicus

Galería

Véase también
 Historia de la botánica
 Terminología descriptiva de las plantas
 Descripción de las asparagáceas

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Fl. Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi

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Plantas bulbosas

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Menehune shake up KIF paddling
By Dennis Fujimoto | Monday, January 11, 2016, 1 a.m.
First finishes by Waimea High School varsity boys and varsity girls teams shook up the standings in the Kauai Interscholastic Federation paddling standings Saturday following the sprints regatta at the Wailua River.
Mia Pauletteo, a KIF paddling official, said the long distance races preceding the sprints were effective.
"I think the long distance program that we have this year is working," Pauletto said in an email. "Saturday was the best high school canoe races I have ever seen on this island. Each event for the A crews was very, very close. I feel the training the crews have done during the long distance races allowed for the caliber of Saturday's very, very exciting races."
During the varsity girls race, the Menehune crew paddled across the line on 8 minutes, 28.83 seconds for the one-mile run, nearly a minute ahead of Kapaa (8:29.45), and Kauai (8:30.28).
The results move Kapaa to tie Kauai for the lead in the varsity girls standings with just one more regatta Saturday ahead of the KIF championships. Kapaa and Kauai hold 10 points followed by Waimea with eight points.
Waimea boys powered its canoe to a solid first finish during the finals of the varsity boys' race, crossing at 7:42.83 over Kapaa (7:49.18) and Kauai (7:52.01).
These results keep Kapaa in the lead of the division with 11 points, followed a point back by Waimea at 10 points and Kauai at seven points.
Kapaa retained its dominance in the varsity mixed division, crossing the short one-mile course on an 8:06.09 paddle followed by Waimea (8:13.65) and Kauai (8:25.13).
Kapaa controls the varsity mixed standings with 16 points followed by Waimea at eight points and Kauai at four points.
During the junior varsity races, Kapaa controlled both the JV girls (4:14.17) less than a second ahead of Kauai (4:14.58), and the JV boys (3:50.44) over Kauai (3:52.85).
Kauai took the JV mixed division on a 4:09.02 paddle when the Kapaa JV crew suffered a huli (capsizing) and crossed at 5:42.36.
The KIF regatta continues with sprints Saturday at the Wailua River starting at 9 a.m.
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"...Johnson voted on conservative principle rather than pragmatism." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/24/2015].
It's an acknowledgement of Senator Johnson's failure in the U.S. Senate and an inability to do anything but serve the interests of the billionaires and big corporations who back him.
To remind Wisconsinites of Senator Johnson's real priorities the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is spending the week highlighting the times Senator Johnson put his political views ahead of pragmatic solutions and the people of Wisconsin.
In June 2014, Senator Ron Johnson put politics ahead of Wisconsin veterans by voting against a to help veterans receive care outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The legislation received broad bipartisan support on a vote of 93 - 3 and enacted serious reforms to improve health care accessibility for Wisconsin veterans.


I had the great honor of being interviewed by David Gardner of One Thought Podcast. We talked about my practice, influences, and a whole range of digressions. It was a lot of fun, and I think I don't come off sounding completely incoherent. Have a listen! David is a great host.


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How a Major Adjustment Sped Up the Lafayette Co-op's Gas Fix
Sue Treiman in Building Operations on December 27, 2019
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The Lafayette's new gas piping (image courtesy McCready & Rice Plumbing).
THE SHUTDOWN. Toaster-oven coq au vin, anyone? How about lobster thermidor, hotplate style?
Shareholders at the Lafayette co-op in Forest Hills, Queens, have been innovating home-meal preparation since their cooking gas was shut off last January. But with a year-long, roughly $650,000 re-piping project set to end, there's finally (gas)light at the end of the tunnel – months ahead of schedule.
This adventure began when National Grid's state-mandated inspection uncovered a small leak in a gas pipe – and then another and another. Lenny Williams, owner of McCready & Rice Plumbing, initially believed he could fix the breaches. "But when 69 to 75 percent of 128 units showed a leak," he says, "it didn't pay to repair them all."
Gas provider National Grid – extremely cautious after several deadly gas explosions years earlier – immediately shut down Lafayette's cooking gas on January 4, 2019. Luckily, veteran co-op board president Albert Marengo had experience as a real estate development company's finance officer, and senior property manager Pamela Silver of Charles H. Greenthal once handled the same challenge at another property. The seasoned pair assembled a team, considered options, and agreed to seal the 62-year-old original pipes and install new gas lines alongside them – with one major adjustment.
"Instead of re-installing a gas meter in every apartment, we decided to connect the pipes to just two meters, one for each side of the building," Marengo says. "Gas bills could be included in monthly maintenance, and construction costs could be dramatically reduced." Eliminating the minimum per-meter charge also trimmed shareholders' bills.
THE FIX. The project – with roughly $450,000 earmarked for plumbing, $150,000 for a general contractor, $50,000 for engineering services, and $12,000 for an architect – was pricey, but Lafayette's healthy $1.2 million reserve fund could absorb the hit without the need to assess shareholders or borrow money. Marengo and Silver convened the shareholders, unveiled the plan, and promised regular updates. Then they sweetened the deal with a gift.
"We gave everyone a two-burner electric hotplate to boil water and do some cooking," says Silver.
They explained that the project would require sophisticated coordination. Work teams would proceed up each of Lafayette's 23 apartment lines from the first to the sixth floor, spending about three days in each unit. They would open walls to expose pipes, reposition kitchen appliances when needed, install new piping, and repair and spackle the drywall.
"Most people were cooperative," says Silver. Some were not. Several shareholders hesitated or didn't want crews in their apartments, so Silver pledged to assign a building employee to "babysit" units where shareholders were unavailable. And when a handful still balked, the board got tough.
"We issued an ultimatum – a $1,000 fine per day of delay," Marengo says. "The keys came flooding in."
Throughout the job, inspections and approvals were quick, construction delays were minimal, and mitigating factors – lead or asbestos – were blessedly absent. The initial completion date of March 2020 moved to the current holiday season – three months ahead of schedule, and a scant 12 months after launch.
THE KEY. The team credits collaboration, focus, and weekly project meetings for the success, along with monthly building-wide shareholder sessions, at which residents asked questions and the building team provided honest answers.
"My advice to other boards is to coordinate early, stay on top of everything, and find the best contractors, plumbers, carpenters, and engineers possible," says Marengo. "Then check in with everyone regularly."
Some people adapted almost too well to the shutdown. "One woman told me she'd gotten so good on the hotplate, she didn't need her gas oven anymore," Williams says with a laugh. She'll have a working gas oven anyway.
PRINCIPAL PLAYERS – ENGINEER: Meszaros Engineering. PLUMBER: McCready & Rice Plumbing. ARCHITECT: Melone Architects. CONTRACTOR: Rite Way General Contracting. PROPERTY MANAGER: Charles H. Greenthal & Co.


Learn the secrets and variations of the half-guard from the pioneer, Roberto Gordo. This program teaches, in a thorough manner, the essential concepts for maintaining the position, as well as sweeps and submissions applied according to the most common reactions.
Roberto "Gordo" Corrêa Lima became famous for popularizing the half-guard -- formerly considered to be a mere transition -- in the mid-nineties. A champion of multiple editions of the Worlds, Brazilian Nationals and Pan, Gordo is among the greatest BJJ competitors of that decade.
Gordo introduces himself and explains what are the key concepts you will need in order to use the half-guard effectively.
Here Gordo uses his knee as a shield and the rocking chair motion with a grip on the neck to sweep.
Variation on the knee shield when the opponent resists and tries to break your grip or tries to posture.
When you are in this position, you should have the hook. Always push the knee and make it push back.
In the X-guard situation act fast and take the back. Don't forget to squeeze your knees and make the second grip.
Gordo shows guard players how to go to the deep half-guard when their opponents sprawl and prevent them from wrapping the leg.