Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet

MENENDEZ STATEMENT ON HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF CUBA TRAVEL BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the House Agriculture Committee’s markup of legislation to lift the Cuba travel ban (H.R. 4645):

“The legislation being considered today in the House Agriculture Committee would enrich a regime that denies its own people basic human rights. So let me make this clear: I oppose and will filibuster any attempt to pass the bill in the Senate. The big corporate interests behind this bill couldn’t care less about whether the Cuban people are free or not — they only care about padding their profits by opening up a new market. The very fact that a travel bill is going through an agriculture committee makes one wonder why agriculture interests even care about travel to Cuba, unless it is to generate money for the Castro regime to buy agricultural goods. The rest of the world travels to and invest in Cuba, none of which has brought democratic change. In fact, the Castro regime continues its abuse of pro-democratic forces and allows dissidents to die from futile hunger strikes in the face of one of the world’s harshest dictatorships. Those who lament our dependence on foreign oil because it enriches regimes in places like Iran should not have a double standard when it comes to enriching the Castro regime, simply because Cuba offers white sand beaches 90 miles from our coast.  Repression is repression and dictatorships are dictatorships, no matter where they are located or whether you want to use their resorts.”

So I decided to test the new Windows Live Writer, which is part of Windows Live Essentials. To be honest, seems the same to me. I ran the install and it updated my previous version of Live Writer with my configuration for my self-hosted WordPress blog, which is hosted on Media Temple.

Click here to read an article on the new features.

Click here to read a blog post by Microsoft on Windows Live Essentials.

Talk about “easy reading”. This book is a compilation of one or two page suggestions for a variety of business topics including: resumes, meetings, hiring, culture, and workaholism. My highlighting and note taking was out of hand….if you are an entrepreneur or someone that feels overwhelmed by emails, meetings and managers, then this book is for you.

Book web site: http://37signals.com/rework/

I have to admit, the artwork is pretty cool too!!

If Seth Godin and Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet say to read this book – then sign on to AMAZON and pick this one up!

"Guardian of Justice" – Miami Herald

My good friend, Karen Gievers is running for Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit. From the moment I met Karen I knew she was a true leader and wonderful human being. Her background is impressive and she is a true advocate for children. Below are a few points from Karen’s web site:

• The majority of Karen’s clients since 1990 are or were foster children abused while in state foster care.
• When a bank misused funds to pay for a child’s organ transplant, Karen won the case, providing funds for the Governor’s Children’s Transplant Lifeline Program.
• Karen serves on the board of the Children’s Advocacy Foundation, which supports children who have witnessed or been the victim of a crime.
• Karen Gievers has extensive courtroom experience. She knows how our court system works, and is ready to manage complex cases and large judicial dockets.

The Gonzalez Loumiet Family supports Karen Gievers

You can learn more about Karen at her web site: http://www.karenforcircuitjudge.com/