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By Fern Gillespie To celebrate the first New York visit

by South Africa’s former first lady Graca Machel since the death of her husband Nelson Mandela, BET held a special news taping for BET at My Image Studios (MIST Harlem) on May 15 hosted by BET journalist Michaela Angela Davis.

The discussion focused on “Women and Youth: Driving Development in Southern Africa” with panelists Danny Glover, actor and human rights activist; Jo Menell Oscarnominated filmmaker and Donna Katzin, founding executive director of Shared Interest.

Machel drew an audience that included former Mayor David Dinkins and actor-activist Harry Belafonte, who like Danny Glover, were longtime supporters of Mandela from prison to presidency.

PHOTO: Panel discussion with (L-R) BET journalist Michaela Angela Davis, Danny Glover, filmmaker Jo Menell, Graca Machel and Donna Katzin PHOTO CREDITS: Bernice Green and Michael Janey

At the program, Machel thanked the Harlem community for embracing Mandela. “I know when he passed on it was a personal loss for many of you,” she said. “His body couldn’t take it anymore. But his spirit was as strong as ever.”

of children, and empower women and their communities in Southern Africa and beyond.

Machel is the widow of both former South African president Mandela and Mozambican president Samora Machel, who died in a plane crash in 1986. When she married Mandela in 1998, Machel became the only woman to have been first lady of two countries. An internationally renowned advocate for women’s and children’s rights, in 1997, she was made a British dame for her humanitarian work. Today, her own foundation, The Graca Machel Trust, works to eliminate gender inequality, uphold the rights

Machel was born in rural Mozambique. At age six, she was sent to school. Education fascinated her and she earned a degree at University of Lisbon.

Returning to Mozambique, became a schoolteacher and activist. By age 28, she was Minister of Education for Mozambique.

Nelson Mandela’s Widow Graca Machel Discusses South African Women & Children During Visit to Harlem.

“Education makes the difference between extreme poverty and opening up new opportunities,” said Machel. “Many African nations have more women in government than the U.S,” she observed

The Graca Machel Trust deals with issues from child marriages to women entrepreneurs. “Millions of girls have not been able to realize their dreams fully,” she explained.

“Girls forced into marriage at age 8, 9 , 10. I’m fighting to overcome child marriage.”

Donna Katzin, at the economic development nonprofit Shared Interest, has approximately 2.2 million beneficiaries who are entrepreneurs in Southern Africa.

“Women and youth in Southern Africa are beginning to transform their communities, countries and region,” she said. “From small businesses and farms to townships and cities – they are quietly making news and making history” Following the panel, a reception was hosted by Madiba Harlem,

the South African restaurant which is an integral part of MIST Harlem.

“We are honored to welcome Graça Machel to MIST Harlem to discuss the urgent issue of women and children in South Africa,” said Carlton Brown, owner and managing partner of MIST Harlem.

“Our institution has a mission to be a space that gives voice to and explores the larger issues of culture, justice, equality, education and economic development of the African Diaspora. These are issues that affect us all with no regard to

which continent we trace our histories.”

The panel discussion was sponsored by BET, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Shared Interest and My Image Studios in Harlem (MIST Harlem).

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OVERCOMING DIFFERENCES TO REMAIN BUSINESS PARTNERS AND FRIENDS

By Brandi Rarus and Gail Harris

book as strictly a story about Zoe’s adoption. But Harris convinced her that the book should be Rarus’ memoir and lead up to the adoption. It was through such give and take that the story, and the book, began to take shape.

Good business partnerships can lead to great things, whether it’s Ben and Jerry dishing up ice cream or Penn and Teller dishing up magic.

But sometimes partners aren’t well matched. Their personalities fail to mesh, their differing visions lead to a clash of wills and what seemed like a good idea at the beginning disintegrates quickly in a flurry of angry words and ill will.

It doesn’t have to be that way, though.

A business partnership – like any relationship – can thrive if the right ingredients are in place.

“You can be friends and business partners at the same time,” says writer Gail Harris (www.gailharrisauthor. com), whose latest project involved a partnership that brought difficult, but not insurmountable, challenges.

each had something to contribute. Rarus had a story to tell, but she is not a writer.

Harris is co-author with Brandi Rarus (www.brandirarus.com) of the book “Finding Zoe: A Deaf Woman’s Story of Identity, Love and Adoption.” The book tells the story of how Rarus, who became deaf at age 6, faced the challenges of her disability and later adopted a daughter who is also deaf.

Every moment was not smooth, and there were disagreements along the way, but eventually they made their shared dream a reality.

they couldn’t hash things out in a quick phone call the way many people might.

“We needed a sign-language interpreter and one wasn’t always available,” Harris says. Video calls were much easier because Harris could see Rarus and the interpreter. “We understood each other about 85 percent of the time. But there definitely were a couple of important miscommunications, once about the book’s front cover design,” Harris says.

• Communicate. Communication is paramount in any relationship. It’s what unites us. Communication was a challenge at times for Rarus and Harris because

• Be committed. Both people must be committed to the end goal. It doesn’t work if one person is passionate and the other lukewarm. Rarus saw the proposed

Like many good partnerships, the one between Rarus and Harris began because

“I decided to find someone who would work with me to write the book, so I advertised for a writer and Gail was one of the people who responded,” Rarus says.

• Avoid being judgmental. We all judge other people and other people judge us. You need to put yourself in the other persons’ shoes – in this case your partner’s – and try to understand what they are going through or where they are coming from. In a partnership, it’s important to try to understand and respect the other person’s point of view.

Having opposing ideas about how some things should be handled is inevitable, and can spark even better solutions.

What’s important is to be respectful as you work through disputes.

Whether it’s a disability or personality trait, everyone is different in some way, but those differences need not become obstacles when two people work together for a common goal.

“Our differences are minuscule compared with how we are alike,” Harris says. “Just look at the way Brandi and I came together to write this book.

Language was not a barrier. Different lifestyles were not a barrier. We became friends and worked together to produce something wonderful.”

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deliver, new and challenging solutions that might enable Caribbean nations to escape the inherent contradiction between smallness, low levels of growth and the popular expectation of a US standard of living.

Earlier this year, Owen Arthur, the former Prime Minister of Barbados, described the malaise that now affects much of the Anglophone Caribbean.

Delivering the 15th Archibald Nedd Memorial Lecture in Grenada, Mr Arthur observed that the typical Caribbean nation now has to rely for material progress on economic systems that are no longer viable.

“Conditioned for centuries to depending upon preferential access to foreign markets for their exports, on high levels of domestic protection for their industries, and on generous access to concessional financing to support their development, almost every Caribbean nation, has now to face the prospect of building economic systems without the benefit of such props,” he said.

He also observed that at the same time most Caribbean states had evolved social sectors that are too large to be carried by economies undergoing transition, and that “the entitlements now afforded to citizens must be paid for in new and sometimes traumatic ways”.

“All the evidence suggests that the transition from the age of preferences to the age of competitive self-reliance has had devastating consequences”, Mr Arthur said.

“….the age of competitive self-reliance has had devastating consequences” — Owen Arthur

Former Prime Minister of Barbados

Most Caribbean states, he said, face potentially overwhelming problems in meeting their current expenses to provide essential social services. However, because their debt service accounts for such a large part of revenue, many now do not have the wherewithal to fund the creative

things that can spur on the development of their economies.

“It is as if the regional economies are caught between two worlds; one that is dead or dying, the other that is struggling to be born”, he said.

Mr Arthur’s remarks and others made more recently in a national context by St Lucia’s Prime Minister, Dr Kenny Anthony, in his budget presentation, make clear the long-term existential nature of what Barbados’ former Prime Minister described as ‘stresses so massive as not to lend themselves to easy resolution’.

What is less certain - not least because the Caribbean Development Bank is forecasting a slow return to growth for most economies - is whether anyone in the region is politically courageous enough to set out, let alone

It is also far from clear whether anyone in power is prepared to think the unthinkable: that perfecting Caribbean integration may no longer be a relevant approach, and what may be required are new alliances and configurations buttressed by better leadership, new thinking, new infrastructure, new hemispheric relationships, improved education, and generational change.

What may now be required is a debate that is both practical and visionary. If full regional integration is not achievable, a more realistic approach may be to see the future as a process of slow steady integration at a sub-regional level between compatible economies such as those in the OECS; a deeper relationship with the French DOM; involve economic integration between the larger countries of the northern Caribbean and Cayman irrespective of language or politics; and see Panama and eventually Havana as a regional hubs of greater long-term importance than Miami, given Cuba’s emerging relationship with the US.

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LIFETIME BRINGS LADY PROPHETS TO THE NETWORK

By Deardra Shuler The Lifetime Network approached me about their upcoming docu-series “Preach,” produced by Core Media Group and slated to air on the network Friday, June 5th at 10:00 pm, EST/PT. “Preach” features four women prophets called by God to do his work on earth. These prophetesses are Belinda Scott, Taketa Williams, Linda Rourk and Kelly Crews.

Belinda Scott hails from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Belinda gives council to celebrities and politicians throughout the country and specializes in child birth and blessing the wombs of barren women. She also has a protégé who grew up Muslim but converted to Christianity.

Linda Rourk is from Trenton, Ohio. An evangelist, pastor, co-pastor and mother of two, she came into her prophesy ministry 15 years ago. Rourk works with the homeless and the drug addicted, feeding the communities she works with both spiritually and physically. She is known for her timid personality yet fiery style of preaching that gets her congregation to their feet.

From Columbus, Ohio, Taketa Williams is a prophetess, pastor, author, televangelist, wife, international speaker, revivalist, mother of 2, and someone who says she has been delegated and assigned by God to speak on God’s behalf on the earth.

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has commissioned her to help people deal with their problems in life.

And lastly, there is Kelly Crews from Cleveland. Kelly is Belinda’s former protégé now building a ministry of her own. She is the only single Prophetess in the group. Being a prophetess requires sacrifice and meeting the kind of strong man who can handle her gift.

I had the opportunity to talk to two of the prophetesses, Taketa Williams and Linda Rourk who shared their calling, their gifts and how it affects their lives and the lives of those to whom they minister.

“I was a Church secretary over 20 years ago at that time my husband prophesied for me.

He said God told him that one day I would be prophesying for many people all over the world, including Hollywood. At that time I was happy working my corporate job and being a part-time Church secretary.

However, I am now walking in the manifestation of what my husband prophesied for me. It has not been an easy journey but God has appointed me to do what I have been called to do.

And now a fire burns in me to preach,” said Taketa.

“22 years ago I was praying in my prayer closet, asking to understand what my mission in life was, then I heard an evangelist preach. There was such a power coming from her, I decided I wanted to possess that. I knew I wasn’t living, only existing. I started to pray and then the Lord spoke to me and validated that I too was called to

preach,” explained Linda Rourk.

“Much of my work has been among the homeless and drug addicted. There are people in my family who are addicted. I feel privileged to be able to help people and to turn their lives around. I did not go looking to be a prophet. God chose me as a vessel to give his word. I am called the Blue-eyed Soul sister. Usually I am quiet and timid, but when God uses me the anointing comes on my life.

Jesus uses the prophetesses as a vessel. Through my ministry, I use all 9 spiritual gifts: faith, knowledge, wisdom, layingon-of-hands, interpretation, prophesy and healing, etc.

Sometimes when I lay my hands on people, people say they feel fire or heat, some fall out under the power of God. Sometimes the Lord has me blow on people and I have blown on people. All that I do, comes through God, I am merely a vessel. The Bible says we should desire spiritual gifts but I did not desire the office of a prophetess because there is a price that comes with it.

The price may include a lot of loneliness, rejection, hurt and betrayal. There are many sacrifices you have to make to follow the call. It is not what I want to do but what I have been called and chosen to do for such a time as this. My protégé, Angel Pound, had a rough start in life. She danced the poles and was a former drug addict. It has been hard for her but she has invited God into her life and I see how God is affecting her life,” explained Prophetess Rourk.

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Having qualms initially about doing a reality show due to the stigma associated with them Taketa shunned the idea, telling her staff not to return the calls of Core Media Group. However Lifetime was persistent and eventually Taketa listened to Lifetime’s vision for the show.

“We are not psychics. Psychics see, but prophets see and resolve,” explained the prophetesses.

“Lifetime has been very respectful of our privacy and film around our schedules.

Knowing the stigma associated with Reality shows, it caused me to initially shun the idea of anything of that magnitude but as I heard Lifetime’s vision of helping people find answers and deal with their problems, I recognized that is what I do as a prophetess. My role as a prophetess is to help people meet life challenges and find a resolution. I thought “Preach” would be a good vehicle to reach out to others. It is not like I want to be on TV. I am already on two Christian networks. My passion is to help others. I want to be a go-between between the people and God,” said Taketa, who is also mentoring her protégée, Rebecca Hairston, a single mother with three children, who is turning her life around with the help of God and encouragement of Taketa.

There are six taped episodes of “Preach,” however the Lifetime Network hopes the series featuring the 4 prophetesses will entice viewers to want to see more episodes. www.newyorktrendnyc.com

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RETURNS TO THE NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY

The annual HAPPY TOGETHER summer tour returns the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. starring The Turtles, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams, and The Cowsills! Tickets are

the tour with their unique brand of power pop hits that defined them as artists. We also welcome back The Buckinghams whose “Chicago Sound” made sure that the Windy City was well represented during that crazy, turbulent, artistically rich time.

New to the “Happy Together” family are The Cowsills. Bob, Paul and Susan are brothers and sister from that famous singing family that inspired the ‘60’s smash TV hit, The Partridge Family.

head up the bill and act as your musical hosts along with the legendary Scott Shannon with their crazy antics, satire and boatload of hits. We are thrilled to have The Association (“Never My Love”,”Cherish”,”Windy” and “Along Comes Mary”) on this year’s tour. Back by popular demand is Mark Lindsay, the former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders. Mark will be performing all of those Raiders’ hits along with his solo gems as well. The Grass Roots return to

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Trey Songz Joins 2015 St. Kitts Music Festival

Award-winning R&B artist and Hollywood film actor Trey Songz will be performing at the 19th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival, which will take place from Thursday, June 25 to Saturday, June 27, 2015. He joins Bounty Killer, Christopher Martin, Aswad, Roy Cape, T-Vice, Tono Rosario, Ricardo Drue, Kerwin DuBois, Patrice Roberts, Blaxx and Benjai, who will all be performers for the event.

This announcement was made

by Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Mr. Lindsay F.P. Grant, who noted that he was thrilled to welcome Trey Songz to St. Kitts for the first time. “Trey Songz is a renowned R&B artist, with international appeal. Having him

perform at the St. Kitts Music Festival will certainly reinforce the event’s reputation as a dynamic Caribbean music festival with exhilarating performances and an experience like no other.”

Born Tremaine Aldon Neverson, Trey Songz is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Having been consistently nominated for awards since making his debut on the musical scene, he won a BET Award for Best Male R&B artist 2010 and a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Artist, Male, 2010. That same year, he was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won a MuchMusic Video Award for MuchVibe HipHop Video of the Year. He won a second Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Artist, Male, in 2014. In 2013, he appeared in feature roles in the films Texas Chainsaw 3D and Baggage Claim.

Trey Songz is best known for his hits Bottoms Up featuring

Nicki Minaj, Say Aah featuring Fabolous, I Need a Girl, Gotta Go, I Invented Sex featuring Drake, Girl Tonite, Can’t Help but Wait, Gotta Make It and Heart Attack. His seventh studio album, Slow Motion, debuted earlier this year.

Now entering its 19th year, the St. Kitts Music Festival attracts both locals and visitors alike. It features a wide range of musical styles on the popular market, including R&B, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soca, Calypso, Gospel and Contemporary music.

Past artists have included such prominent acts as John Legend, Lionel Richie, T-Pain, Michael Bolton, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, UB40’s Ali Campbell, Wyclef Jean, Ne-Yo, Air Supply, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Shaggy, Kelly Rowland, Tessanne Chin, Toni Braxton, Beenie Man, The Commodores, Dionne Warwick, Billy Ocean, Sean Paul, Boyz II Men, King Konris, Stephen Marley, Regina Belle, Maxi Priest, Beres Hammond, Roberta Flack, Biggie Irie, Bunny Wailer and Lord Nelson. For more information about the St. Kitts Music Festival, visit www.stkittsmusicfestival. com or “like” the St. Kitts Music Festival’s Facebook page.

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of the University of Chicago, aldermen, community members, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Plan Commission, Senate President John Cullerton, and House Speaker Mike Madigan.”

The Barack Obama Foundation announced today that the future Barack Obama Presidential Center – which will include the library, museum, as well as office and activity space for the Foundation – will be located on Chicago’s South Side.

The Foundation – led by close family and friends of President Obama – will be responsible for all aspects of the building, construction, design, and planning processes for the Obama Presidential Center.

In the coming months, the Foundation will look to enter into an agreement with the City of Chicago to develop the Center in either Washington Park or Jackson Park. As a future neighbor and collaborator on the Center, the University of Chicago has pledged to make resources and infrastructure available to the Foundation in the near term for its planning and development work.

The President and First Lady recorded a video announcing their decision to bring the Obama Presidential Center to Chicago’s South Side.President Obama said, “With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and affect change locally, but what we can also do is to attract the world to Chicago.” The President NewYorkTrendnyc

continued, “All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago. That’s where I was able to apply that early idealism to try to work in communities in public service. That’s where I met my wife. That’s where my children were born.”

I’m thrilled to be able to put this resource in the heart of the neighborhood that means the world to me.

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Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama said, “I’m thrilled to be able to put this resource in the heart of the neighborhood that means the world to me. Every value, every memory, every important relationship to me exists in Chicago. I consider myself a South Sider.”

“The city of Chicago was instrumental in demonstrating

to the President and First Lady the advantages of locating the future Obama Presidential Center in the city, and the University of Chicago brought to life the broad potential and vital energy of the South Side,” said Foundation Chairman Martin Nesbitt. “The Obamas have so much more to do in the White House and beyond, and we are excited to create a platform for their future work. Our goal will be to establish a Center that will exist not merely as testament to the President and First Lady’s legacy, but as a dynamic, vibrant forum for civic participation, education, action, and progress.

We are especially looking forward to engaging with the vibrant South Side community in the years to come.”

“The Obama Presidential Library is a once in a lifetime opportunity that will bring tremendous cultural, economic, and educational benefits to the South Side and the entire City of Chicago for generations to come. Over the past months, the City has come together to bring the library to its rightful place in Chicago,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “I want to thank President Obama and the First Lady, who made the decision to bring the library home to Chicago, but this couldn’t have been done without the collaborative efforts

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Over the last 15 months, the Foundation has considered a number of key factors in locating the future Center, such as transportation and accessibility, local economic development opportunities, community interest and the potential for academic collaboration. The South Side offered several unique advantages, including its significant community support for the project, proximity to the University of Chicago’s hub of activity, strong economic development potential, and its rich history that helped shape President Obama’s worldview.

The Curious Autobiography of Elaine Jakes by H.R. Jakes Summer is here for schoolchildren across the nation, meaning if they run into teachers, they probably get that curious feeling that something is not right. Wait, teachers exist outside school?

In The Curious Autobiography of Elaine Jakes, H.R. Jakes tells sometimes-embellished stories from his mother’s life. Elaine Jakes was a real schoolteacher searching for her way home, a journey that required effort, creativity, and faith.

“She was more than a teacher, more than a wife, more than a mother,” H.R. Jakes said. “And luckily, she had an amazing sense of humor.”

Elaine Jakes lived in the eccentric community of New Hope, Penn., and in the 1970s and 1980s set out to discover her Welsh heritage, herself, and her God. “My mother’s heritage, her Welshness, symbolizes something greater than itself, in this case the Church,” H.R. Jakes said. “She finds not only her way home, but also the redemptive nature of God.” For more information, visit http:// www.curiousautobiography.com/. www.newyorktrendnyc.com 9

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CHICAGO HOSTS 2015 NATIONAL RESTAURANT SHOW fresh cut herbs; each ingredient is hand-selected for optimal taste. Bungalow 23 uses real fruit instead of flavorings and concentrates creating a naturally balanced yet complex cocktail.

Bungalow 23’s creative, allnatural flavors have a unique, but approachable taste profile. Their three flavors are Blueberry Lemon Drop, Pear Ginger Martini and Prickly Pear Margarita.

A new trend at this year’s 2015 National Restaurant Association Show, taking place this week in Chicago, is an emergence of craft cocktail mixers. As the craft beverage market exploded from beers to spirits, craft cocktails are the latest trend in both restaurants, bars and at home. The following companies

are in the forefront of this movement, exhibiting new ways to create premium craft cocktails at the NRA Show: Bungalow 23: FABI awardwinning Bungalow 23 premium cocktail mixers are full of fresh fruit purees, real fruit juices and homemade extracts made from

Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water: Artisan-crafted in glass bottles to ensure premium freshness and high levels of carbonation, Fever-Tree HandPicked Elderflower Tonic Water uses only the best natural ingredients—handpicked elderflower from the UK, real quinine from Africa, and pure cane sugar—making its refreshing floral flavor both light and subtle in character, a true standout among mixers.

Monin’s: Monin’s line of fruit purees are perfect for making

a variety of cocktails, including their two new flavors, coconut and watermelon. These highly concentrated, pre-sweetened purees are created with high quality fruit and natural ingredients.

Owl’s Brew: Owl’s Brew mixers are made with tea and intended to be paired with a variety of spirits including vodka, tequila, rum, whiskey, gin and Champagne. Flavors include the Coco-Lada, made with black tea, chai spices, pineapple and coconut as well as the White and Vine, made with fresh-brewed white tea, pomegranate, lemon peel and watermelon.

DRY Soda: With a clean ingredient panel and exotic flavors, DRY is a sparkling beverage worthy of premium mixology. Their line of natural, lightly sweetened flavors includes blood orange, lavender, rainier cherry, juniper berry and ginger.

Gaylord Palms Resort...Orlando’s Best Gaylord Palms Resort, greater Orlando’s top location for everything under one roof, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest restaurant, MOOR. With a selection of regionally-inspired dishes and a focus on fresh seafood, MOOR’s innovative menu and unique dining experience is certain to leave diners wanting more.

MOOR came to fruition through the desire to serve fresh local food in a lifestyle casual dwelling. The story began organically with the relationships the resort’s chefs have built with local purveyors and fishmongers through their own farming and fishing expeditions.

Chef Paul Player, the resort’s Executive Sous Chef, is deeply involved in the local farming movement, serving integral roles in the following communitybased food clubs: Slow Food Orlando, Osceola County Grown and Eat Florida Fresh.

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says Chef Paul. “We want to share the bounty of our regional fare with the world.”

MOOR is proud to offer guests an ever-changing menu complete with a blackboard of daily specials including linecaught fish, fresh cuts of local beef and signature delighters such as rock shrimp cocktail with tomato chow chow and seasonal risotto.

Specialty Chef Phillip Fisher, who will be overseeing the restaurant’s kitchen, designed the menu in its entirety. Prior to opening MOOR, Fisher was the Executive Chef for Ocean Key Resort and Spa in Key West, Florida. Fisher was born and raised in North Carolina where he spent the bulk of his childhood honing his future career in the kitchen. ”I learned at a young age that fresh food tastes better,” says Chef Fisher. “I am thrilled to be a part of a team that cares about where their food is sourced and how it is ultimately served to our guests.”

MOOR features an open floor plan, 60-foot sailboat, layers of neutral tones, elegant wood flooring and several private dining areas including a chef’s table with interactive capabilities.

The bar area extends into an outdoor terrace that overlooks the property’s beautiful 12,000 square foot Coquina Lawn.

The opening of MOOR also marks the launch of Gaylord Palms’ movement to grow and source their own food. The hotel is working with local farmers to incorporate an on-site garden and a boxed produce program for their STARS (Gaylord Palms employees). This project is slated in three phases with the first phase to include a culinary garden and outdoor kitchen, and the second and third

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phases to include a multitude of gardens, herb sculptures and flowering trees.

“We currently have over 500,000 live plants including an herb garden and fruit trees inside of our glass-enclosed atrium,” says Johann Krieger, General Manager of Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. “It just makes sense for us to expand our home-grown resources to support our restaurants.”

MOOR is in the Key West Atrium at Gaylord Palms Resort located at 6000 West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34746. The restaurant is open daily for lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and for dinner from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The bar is open 11:00 a.m. to midnight. For more information on MOOR, please visit www.facebook. com/DINEMOOR, www.GaylordPalms. com or call the restaurant directly at 407-586-1101.

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New York City Friday, June 12, 2015 8:30am to 1:30pm

Have partnered to host women business owners for this special contracting event to empower the success of the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.

Featuring:

The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

REGISTER HERE Location

200 Vesey Street

Denise Pickett President, American Express OPEN

(3 World Financial Center)

WOSB federal contractors can have a unique opportunity to: • Learn from Federal Buyers how to do business with their agency • Learn about the WOSB set aside program and how to market your business using this set aside.

• Network with peer mentors and other WOSB and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) firms working in your field.

• Participate in one-on-one matchmaking sessions and WOSB workshops.

This event is free to attend; seating is limited.

New York, NY

For registration or event inquiries, please email:

Procurement@wipp.org

Cosponsorship Authorization # (15-4040-68). SBA’s participation in this cosponsored activity is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of any cosponsor or other person or entity. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance, by contacting: Aditi.Dussault@sba.gov.

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