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She enjoys empowering people
When Malvise Bastian scrolls through her childhood, rummaging around for the signs that first pointed her into the field of hospitality, she chuckles at a particular memory; plaiting together the loose strands of her personality with her infatuation with the industry.Whenever anyone knocked at the door of the home she grew up in, Bastian was always the one her sisters pushed forward to answer it. "I would go and shout 'who is it," she laughs. "I always had a bold spirit. I was never afraid of people."
As she grew, the layers of Bastian's fearlessness thawed to reveal a genuine love for dealing with people. She entered the hospitality industry shortly after high school, rising as steadily and as naturally as a fledgling whose wings gain strength with each flight.
Council releases list of family-friendly ads
The Parents Television Council, which monitors sex, violence and profanity in broadcasting, has released its annual list of the 10 best advertisers with high decency standards and the 10 worst.Camden-based Campbell Soup Co. took second place among the council's best advertisers after Coca-Cola Enterprises for the frequency that they both sponsor "wholesome, family-oriented shows."
Others on the list, in descending order, are The Walt Disney Co.; Ford; Cingular Wireless; Altria Group, a food company that includes Kraft, Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer and more; Dream Works; Schering-Plough Corp., a pharmaceutical firm that makes Claritin and Dr. Scholls; Darden Restaurants, parent of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Bahama Breeze; and Sears Corp.
Six of the advertisers that frequently sponsor "graphic content" are automakers.
The Blue Rose Moving Ahead Rapidly, Orlando's New Billion-Dollar ...
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--CMA Companies, the developer of The Blue Rose, Orlando's tallest and most spectacular new condo hotel, has selected PCL Construction Services, Inc. to be the official general contractor for the 1,500-room property. PCL has built some of the world's most famous entertainment destinations, including: Toronto's Air Canada Center, The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, Minneapolis' Mall of the Americas, the world's largest mall, Edmonton's West Edmonton Mall, Niagara Falls Casino Resort and The Staples Center in Los Angeles. "We selected PCL because of their expertise in building world-class entertainment facilities," according to Camilo Aguirre, principal at CMA Companies. "We want to deliver the most unique and well-built resort hotel in Florida...
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-29 06:53 GMT: US, Cuba brace amid fears tropical storm Ernesto will regain hurricane strength
MIAMI, Fla (AFX) - The US southeast braced for a possible one-two punch by Ernesto, which could slam Florida at tropical storm strength, head out to sea again and return to land to hit South Carolina as a hurricane.The storm lost much of its power as it swirled over mountainous areas of eastern Cuba, leading weather experts to revise earlier forecasts that it would regain hurricane status before its anticipated Florida landfall.
Projections by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) suggest the tropical storm would slam ashore near Miami late Tuesday or early Wednesday, head back out to the Atlantic a few hours later and barrel ashore again in South Carolina.
By the time it reaches South Carolina, the storm could have regained the strength it had reached on Sunday when it became this year's first hurricane before losing some of its power.
Abaco deathtraps fears
A senior government official fears the homes of 1,000 squatter families in north and central Abaco could become deathtraps during a serious hurricane.District Works Controller, Roland Bevans, said yesterday that all of the makeshift plywood shacks in the Mud, Pigeon Peas, Sand Banks and Hidden Valley villages could crumble if hit by a violent storm.
Though he and his team of inspectors have worked feverishly to uphold a ban on construction in the shantytowns, by executive order they are forbidden to touch the estimated 750 illegal structures that exist. Thus, on one hand the government has ordered a stop to all construction in the Haitian villages, while on the other, it has insisted that none of the existing shacks be demolished. It also plays as a host, of sorts, to many of the illegal dwellers who have built on crown land.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-11 16:05 GMT: AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 15:50 BST
2006-08-11 15:40:03 Winn-Dixie sells 12 stores in BahamasJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AFX) - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., on Friday announced that it completed the sale of 12 supermarkets in the Bahamas to a local investor group for about $54 million.
2006-08-11 15:13:04 Glass Lewis endorses KeySpan takeover
NEW YORK (AFX) - KeySpan Corp., a natural gas distributor, on Friday said the independent research firm Glass Lewis has endorsed a proposed takeover by British utility National Grid.
2006-08-11 15:12:03 Russ Berrie Shareholder Sells 8.8M Shares
OAKLAND, N.J. (AFX) - Russ Berrie & Co., designer and marketer of plush animals and juvenile gifts under the Russ and Applause brand names, on Friday said the New York investment advisory firms Prentice Capital Management LP and D.E.