Green Mountain Energy is a United States company that sells green electricity products via renewable energy credits.

Green Mountain Energy was founded in Vermont in 1997 by Sam Wyly as an offshoot of Green Mountain Power to take advantage of the deregulation of the Texas electricity market.^[1] In September 2000, the company moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas. In January 2002, Green Mountain began serving the Texas market and was the first to offer alternative energy in the state.^[3] In August 2009 Green Mountain Energy expanded to New York City, serving those in the Con Edison service territory.^[4]

In November 2010 Green Mountain Energy was acquired by NRG Energy for $350 million.^[1] At that time Green Mountain Energy operated as a standalone subsidiary of NRG, but now operates as one of NRG’s brands.^[5]

In May 2009 the company launched a “Renewable Rewards” Buy-Back program, which credits customers with renewable generation facilities in their homes for excess energy their facility sends back to the electric grid.^[6]

In April 2011 the company launched a solar leasing program for residential solar panels,^[7] and announced “Pollution Free EV”, a wind electricity product for electric vehicle owners.^[8]

In January 2011 Green Mountain Energy signed a two-year agreement to provide 100% renewable energy to the Empire State Building, the largest commercial green power purchase in New York City at that time.^[9] In February 2012, the company partnered with the National Football League (NFL) to power Super Bowl XLVI with 15 million kWh of renewable energy.^[10] In June 2012, Green Mountain Energy expanded to Pennsylvania, serving those in the PECO and PPL service territories.

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I am happy to invite you to a Catskill Mountainkeeper benefit dinner on December 7th featuring a talk on the climate crisis by Robert Thurman, renowned author, academic, and expert on Tibetan Buddhism. The evening, hosted by Sarah Johnson and Greg Cornell at their spectacular White Feather Farm in Saugerties, will benefit Mountainkeeper’s work to fight the climate crisis and advance our clean energy future. It’s going to be a great night, and we really hope you’ll be able to join us.
The evening will start with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and then we’ll sit down for a delicious farm-to-table dinner in the White Feather Farm’s beautiful barn. Following dinner, Robert Thurman will present information from the Climate Reality Project–former Vice President Al Gore’s visionary effort to lead the global fight for climate solutions. He will focus on the global political crisis as the devastating impacts of climate change affect our lives more and more each day, and talk about ways we can work together to make ambitious climate action a reality.

We expect this to be a very popular event, so I encourage you to act quickly if you’d like to attend. Click here to purchase tickets online. www.catskillmountainkeeper.org

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Working initially as United Spinal’s Recreation Coordinator, he rose rapidly through the ranks reaching the title of Director of Sports Marketing. In October of 2006, Victor joined the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation as their ADA Coordinator overseeing accessibility projects throughout the five boroughs.

The parks system is a historic collection of properties, most of which were designed and built prior to accessibility laws. He coordinated with staff at all levels, improving compliance with the law while producing a transition plan to increase access in the city’s parks, beaches, recreation centers and other facilities.

In June 2012, Victor was appointed the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and then reappointed by Mayor Bill De Blasio in 2014.

He advises the Mayor on issues affecting over 900,000 New Yorkers with a Disability and 6 million visitors with a disability. He is the liaison between the disabled community and City government, works to connect with the services they need and is the disability policy advisor to City agencies and the Administration. He spearheads myriad projects, partnerships and initiatives that better the lives of people with disabilities; advocates for the passage of legislation to help the disabled community; and is the Chair of NYC Building Code Accessibility Committee.

Victor, his wife and their two children are native New Yorkers.

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Under the Regional Law, PromoTurismoFVG, in collaboration with ERSA, is the chosen organisation for the Trail’s complete management and coordination of all members. Thereby making Friuli Venezia Giulia the only region in Italy, at this time, to have a single organisation managing the wine trail projects and undertaking all actions related to the operation with its own internal resources. To this effect, PromoTurismoFVG receives funding from the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and uses it to fulfil the purposes of the system and the operators that belong to it.

The “Tastes of Friuli Venezia Giulia Food and Wine Tour” project also brings another important change to the Italian wine tourism world: Friuli Venezia Giulia is in fact the first region in Italy to regulate (art. 6 of the Regional Law 22/2015) the administration of traditional agro-food production, and speciality and quality non-cooked production along with tastings during wine cellar visits.

The SVS aims to give tourists a true holiday experience, surrounded by the wine and food of Friuli Venezia Giulia, just like a genuine, authentic and quality sample of the “Made in Italy” taste. Among the targets of SVS are the creation of products and bespoke services for the wine-tourist, organised either individually or in groups, the development of activities related to wine and other local products, the implementation of promotional activities aimed at placing the offer in the market, the communication and promotion of a single receptacle that holds all of what the region and its partners have to offer, the integration of the SVS contents with PromoTurismoFVG’s sales promotion strategy and all regional partners’ strategies.

The key word characterising SVS’s first actions is synergy: in fact, PromoTurismoFVG has worked closely with a work group, composed of the regional food and wine world’s main players, to build a product that can easily be shared within the region. The fruits of our labour came from the
experience and work done when managing the previous tourist wine trail..

SVS, which involves the community as a whole, is not a physical journey but a single receptacle in which six different life experiences areprovided in related areas, which will benefit from unique promotion.
The following categories and subjects can only, and exclusively, join Tastes of Friuli Venezia Giulia Food and Wine Tour: wineries, i.e. cooperative wine cellars and private wine producers; agro-tourism operators with accommodation and board or one of the two activities; restaurants, trattorias, osterias with kitchen, restaurants located in hotels of at least 3 stars; farms producing and processing traditional food products. From 2018, membership of the following will be available: tasting shops, bars and other similar places with or without kitchen (bars, breweries, bakeries, cafes, wineries); arts and crafts companies which focus on items linked to the rural, wine and food world, food and wine museums, eco-museums and structures with inherent local traditions linked to food, wine and craft products; the environment, culture and infrastructure of artistic and cultural interests or parks; service companies (travel agents, tour operators, transport hire firms, cooperatives of tour guides) and professionals and entertainers linked to tourism, culture and local traditions

The “Tastes of Friuli Venezia Giulia Food and Wine Tour” participants benefit from promotion provided by PromoTurismoFVG, which includes web marketing, media relations, advertising investments, participation in trade fairs and specific marketing aimed at improving the identification and enhancement of structures. SVS will also have a logo and corporate image.
To ensure a high standard of quality, the required minimum qualities for participating are listed in
individual membership cards, by each category.
These requirements, along with other relevant details as to how SVS operates, can be found within the regulations that govern the project.

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Here is some background on each of the shows.

一、 A Magic Land -神奇的土地 A MAGIC LAND
This film tells the formation and development of the civilization and literature achievements of this northeastern province as well as the fantastic landscapes and fertile farmlands.
一、 Falcons and Swans龙兴金源 FALCONS AND SWANS
This film tells the historical stories taking place in Heilongjiang in ancient times dating back 1000 years ago. Different ancient dynasties mushroomed and perished from time to time in the past long years. And in the meantime, the special civilization was created in this northeastern province.
一、 Oriental Paris东方小巴黎 ORIENTAL PARIS
This film tells the historical, cultural and religious histories and development of Harbin, capita city of Harbin. Harbin has some 100 years of history and within this period of time, it has become a modern city with international appeal due to its characteristics – adopting advanced western trends and cultural diversity.
一、 The Last Tribes Of HeiLongJiang -最后的部落 THE LAST TRIBES
This film tells the modern lives of the three ethnic groups living in Heilongjiang, namely namely the Oroqen, Hezhen and Dau. The Oroqens make a living from hunting in the forests of the Greater and Lesser Xing’an Mountains; The Hezhen people mainly live on fishing and hunting along the Songhua, Heilong and Wusuli rivers; and the Daurs living in fertile Sanjiang plain, are good at singing and dancing. They are called the “last tribes” in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang.

一、 White Mountain, Black Water白山黑水 WHITE MOUNTAIN, BLACK WATER
This film tells the stories of how ancient Heilongjiang was formed in the geographic movements as well as the geographic and topographic conditions of the northeastern province. The film is aimed to bring a brief introduction to audience members the history, the development and vastness of Heilongjiang.

Schedule: Episode #1 will air on June 2; #2 on June 9; #3 on June16, #4 on June 23 and #5 on June 30. Each half-hour will air a total of 2 or 3 times over the course of each Thursday.

CUNY TV, the City University of New York TV station, is broadcast in the New York metropolitan area on digital Ch. 25.3 and is cablecast in the five boroughs of New York City on Ch. 75 (Time Warner and Cablevision Brooklyn), Ch. 77 (RCN Cable), and Ch. 30 (Verizon FiOS). The station has a potential reach of 7.3 million households. Broadcast times are Thursday, 6/2/2016 @ 7:30AM, 1:30PM, 7:30PM, Saturday, 6/4/2016 @ 3PM

Milestone Broadcast Corporation (MBC), est. 1985, a New York City based Multi – Media Corporation and its Chinese team was able to secure the premiere broadcast of this historic series. MBC has been working with the Chinese for over 30 years and has a broadcast, www.goodnewsplanet.com with a Chinese category.

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I want to Thank You all so much for your love and support. I have wonderful News, The KYLE Foundation (Keep Your Light Expanding)has raised enough donations to incorporate as a non-profit foundation in the state of Pennsylvania and file for 501c3 status with the IRS; also The KYLECenter will qualify for a federal community center grant because of its location.

Also Awake 2 Oneness Radio and The KYLE Foundation will be sponsoring its first community event on the 6th Annual GlobalOneness Day, Saturday October 24th, at the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, PA.

Global Oneness Day is an annual event that is sponsored by Humanity’s Team a global organization, offering a Free 12 hour Live Virtual Summit with over 40 world leaders, scientists, entertainers, spiritual leaders, activists and business leaders.

I wrote my first Press Release for the community event that we will be sponsoring.

GLOBAL ONENESS DAY 2015 CELEBRATION IN THE POCONOS

By: Caroline Chang
October 19, 2015

Tobyhanna, PA – Come Celebrate the 6th Annual Global Oneness Day! We Are All One, Let’s Live That Way!

Awake 2 Oneness Radio and The KYLEFoundation (Keep Your Light Expanding) will be hosting a Global Oneness Day celebration at the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, PA on Saturday, October 24th from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT.

There will be refreshments, live music, video presentations and we will listen to the first three hours of the Streaming Live Tele-Summit with over 40 world leaders, scientists, entertainers, spiritual leaders, activists and business leaders who will be speaking, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Michael Bernard Beck with, Neale Donald Walsch, Panache Desai, Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber and many more speakers.

Humanity’s Team works year-roundto sponsor Global Oneness Day worldwide. It is an “Earth Day” for an awakened humanity. Its function is to awaken the whole of humanity to our Oneness with each other and all of life. Humanity’s Team is a registered 501c3non-profit organization.

To learn more about Global Oneness Day and to register for the Free 12 hour Live Virtual Summit go to:
https://vg165.isrefer.com/go/AffG1D2015Reg/Awake2OnenessRadio/

About Awake 2 Oneness Radio

A new Internet Talk RadioShow/Podcast! Awake 2 Oneness Radio’s mission is to inspire the World to awaken to the Universal Truth of Oneness. Spirituality and Science are telling us we are literally all connected, we are all ONE and when the world awakes to this Truth there will be peace on earth. The show will feature guest experts in Spirituality,Metaphysics & Quantum Physics. Theshow airs live on Fridays at 7:00 PM EST.
http://www.awake2onenessradio.org/

About The KYLE Foundation

In dedication of my son’smemory, Kyle R. Chang, who passed away on July 1, 2014, I am starting anonprofit foundation, The KYLE Foundation (Keep Your Light Expanding).

The KYLE Foundation (KeepYour Light Expanding) will raise funds for The KYLECenter. The non-profit community center will be a gathering place for ALL, of all religions, cultures and backgrounds. There will be lecture halls,classrooms, library, meditation garden, community rooms, book & gift store and cafe. The center will be open FREE to the public.

All events, classes,lectures, workshops, and seminars will be FREE of charge. The KYLE Center will operate 100% on grants and donations. All donations to The KYLE Foundation will be tax deductible even though 501c3 status is pending, the IRS will retroactivetax exemptions for up to 27 months.

http://www.gofundme.com/juyjek

Contact

To learn more about this please contact:

Caroline Chang
123 Saint Regis Walk
Tobyhanna, PA 18466

Home Office: (570) 894-3056

Cell: (570) 972-4399

Email: cbchang@verizon.net

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AlwaysOn’s Silicon Valley Innovation Summit (SVIS14) is a two day executive gathering where you’ll Meet the Captains of Innovation. This event highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. SVIS features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. SVIS’ goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

Yes, please reserve my ticket for AlwaysOn’s Silicon Valley Innovation Summit on July 29th-30th.

We have an amazing program lined up, including Bill Gurley, General Partner at Benchmark, who will be joining us for a fireside chat to discuss Unleashing The Instant Economy.

Josh James, Founder and CEO of Domo, and his two-time VC backer Mark Gorenbergwill have a conversation on July 29th about the current state of the big data and analytics boom.

Chegg CEO, Dan Rosensweig and Michael Moe, ‎Founder and CEO of GSV Capital, will be joining us for a fireside chat to converse on how the current disruption in the the education market will leave a better educated world.

Francine Hardaway, Partner at Stealthmode Partners, Kevin Morrow, VP of Content Services & Corporate Development at Samsung, and Greg Biggers, Chief Product Officer at SenseLabs, will be discussing the Wearables Boom 2.0?

Bill Cleary, Founder of Cleary Partners will host a panel discussion on the $25 billion mobile advertising opportunity.

Jay Samit, Serial Entrepreneur and Disruptor will present a Lunch Keynote on Disruption Decoded: Strategies for billion dollar success in the Era of Endless Innovation.

Additionally, Mihir Jobalia, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Corporate Finance at KPMG will host a panel discussion on The venture capital outlook for 2014—boom or bubble?  He will be joined by Andrew Scharf, Vice President, OurCrowd, Norm Fogelsong, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners, Ryan Caldbeck, CEO, CircleUp.com, and Ramneek Gupta, Managing Director, Citi Ventures

See the full list of speakers and agenda here.

At SVIS you meet the New Captains of Industry before they become household names. Previous speakers include:

• Larry Page, CEO, Google

• Chad Hurley, Founder & CEO, YouTube

• Niklas Zennström, Founder & CEO, Skype

• Tim Draper, Managing Director, DFJ

• Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Facebook

• Marc Benioff, Founder & CEO, Salesforce.com

• Jack Dorsey, Founder, Twitter & Square

• Michael Dell, Founder & CEO, Dell

• Ray Lane, Managing Partner, KPCB & Director, HP

• Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit Here are some of the companies and organizations attending SVIS14:

• 1World Online, Inc.

• 451 Research

• 7Echo

• Ace Learning Company, Inc.

• Addison Marketing

• AdRoll

• Affluence

• Agari

• AirBlade

• AlienVault

• Alpha Software Corporation

• Altimeter Group

• AlwaysOn Ventures

• appbackr inc.

• AppEnsure

• Applied Materials

• Appnomic Systems, Inc.

• Areamarketing

• Argus Insights

• Arrayent

• Aryaka

• Associated Press

• BA Securities

• Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Development, LLC

• Benchmark

• BeyondCore Inc

• Big Data, Cloud and Mobile

• Bluebox Security

• BlueLine Grid

• Boost

• BootUp Ventures

• Brandscreen

• Breakthrough Venture Partners

• Bridge Bank

• BSkyB

• Bullpen Capital

• C9

• CampVentures

• Canadian Trade Office in Palo Alto

• CareerArc Group

• CashStar

• Chahil.com

• Chegg, Inc.

• CinemaShares.com/MediaShares

• CircleUp

• Cisco Systems

• CitiVentures

• Cleary & Partners

• CloudFlare

• CloudVelox, Inc.

• clypd, inc.

• COMPELLA Executive Search

• Consulate General of Luxembourg

• Continuum Education

• Cooliris

• CRANIUM, LLC

• Cresta Partners

• CrowdCurity

• DataFox

• Diamondhead Ventures

• Digital Ventures LLC

• DogVacay

• Domo

• DoubleRock

• Draper University

• E-Cubed Ventures

• Eduvize, LLC

• Epic Web Solutions

• Ericsson Inc.

• etouches

• Etransfr- Making Secure Communication Simple

• Events.com

• Examiner.com San Francisco

• Expensify

• FEM Inc.

• Findly Talent

• Forbes.com

• Game On Mobile Inc.

• GANELES AND ASSOCIATES

• George Washington University

• Getynet Innovation AS

• Gigaom

• Global 3C Newsletters/Topology

• Global Asset Capital

• Globaloria

• GMB Consulting LLC

• GoCoin

• goDog

• GridGain

• GSV Asset Management

• GSV Capital

• GSV Partners

• GSVAM

• GSViQ

• Hand of God Wines

• HealthTech Capital

• HEC – Polytechnique

• HeyWire

• HP

• Idea to IPO

• Indus Tech Reports

• Influitive

• InFlux Partners

• Innovation West

• InsideTrack, Inc.

• Instart Logic

• Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)

• Integration developer news

• IT Newswire

• Kalinda Software

• Keiretsu Forum

• KPMG LLP

• KSC

• Labrador Ventures

• Legacy Venture

• LGTCA

• LRG Rewards Inc.

• Manatt

• MassIntent

• Mateo’s Tech Travels

• Maven

• MC10 Inc.

• Medroster

• Mergermarket

• Microsoft

• Mocana Corporation

• Multicoreware, Inc

• MySuccess.com, Inc.

• N2N Global, Inc.

• NestGSV

• Octopi Network

• Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade & Employment

• Opus Bank

• OurCrowd

• Palantir Technologies

• Papitv.com

• Pashadelic

• Pearltrees, S.A.S.

• Peritus Partners

• Phunware

• Pluribus Networks

• PMWC Intl

• PocketMath

• Quarrio

• Racklive

• Rackspace

• Resiligence Inc.

• Retailigence

• Rivers Companies, Inc.

• Rivetz Corp.

• Roly Mobile Marketing Ltd.

• Rosetta

• Samba Ads

• Samsung Electronics

• Sand Hill Angels

• SAP

• Savoy Magazine

• Scoot Networks, Inc.

• ScreamingBox

• SenseLabs

• SF Examiner

• Silicon Bai

• Smaato

• SOLiD

• Sony Electronics Inc.

• StartupTrek TV Inc.

• Stealthmode Partners

• strategic artistry XFRM

• StudyPad, Inc.

• SugarSync

• Synaptop

• Sys-Con

• TAMCI

• TEAM COTE Dâ€AZUR

• Tech Central SF

• Technology Crossover Ventures

• tempCFO, Inc.

• The Angels’ Forum

• The Trade Desk

• ThirdLove

• Thismoment

• Thomvest Ventures

• Tis R and D Center Inc.

• Toyota Motor Sales

• Travel Tech Consulting, Inc.

• Trinity Capital Investment

• UCSF

• Ulterius Technologies, LLC

• Unboxed Media

• Unified

• USVP

• Uversity, Inc.

• Vasona Networks, Inc.

• Vaurum

• VinCompass

• voicebase

• Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year

• WebsiteBox

• WhichBox Media

• WirtschaftsWoche Germany

• Woodside Capital Partners

• World Beacon Technologies

• Zeetings

• Zoom Video Communications

• Zyante This event sells out each year, so we encourage you to take a moment now to secure your seat for SVIS14. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at AlwaysOn’s 12th annual Silicon Valley Innovation Summit 2014 at the Computer History Museum on July 29th – 30th!

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