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canada goose deals But in Crossways, geese are not a leisure problem. They are a labor problem. Geese surround the office buildings. «They peck at the front door,» Alan Karp of Standard Funding Corporation said. «I don’t know whether they Canada Goose Online want to come in or they see themselves in the glass door and figure there buy canada goose jacket cheap are too many geese here already.»

This a business complex with goose crossing signs. And the sound of honking geese is more common than honking cars, which honk to move geese out of the roadways.

canada goose clearance sale The only goose loving employees in the park may be smokers like Mr. Durand who have been cast outside along with the geese. «We keep each other company,» Mr. Durand said as he smoked https://www.clevelandregionalmedicalcenter.com and a goose stared. «They honk at me. So I honk right back at them.»

canada goose coats Employees of Standard Funding loved canada goose factory sale and fed Canada Goose Parka the geese last year. «We had a goose lay eggs right by the front door,» Mr. Karp, the company president, said. «We had 12 eggs.» Which eventually led to four goslings, and 21 employees’ taking their lives into their hands each morning as they tried to enter the front door.

canada goose Two of the geese became extremely protective. «One could Canada Goose online have been the mother,» Mr. Karp said. «One could have been the father. I don’t know the difference when it uk canada goose outlet comes to geese. All I know it that one sat on canada goose uk shop the eggs. The other hovered and cheap Canada Goose tried to take a bite out of my leg when I got canada goose black friday sale too close.»

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Still, there must be something positive about the geese. «Absolutely nothing,» Mr. Karp canada goose how does viagra work video. uk black friday said. Except maybe that it’s not his office next to the front door, but that of his partner Dave Fisher. «He’s down on his hands and knees cleaning his carpet every morning,» Mr. Karp said. For a ‘Fancy’ Lunch

In a private dining room where multimillion deals have been made and broken, several movers and shakers were involved in a debate. The subject what size cookies Canada Goose sale to serve at the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting Folio luncheon.

Canada Goose Jackets «The cookies should be smaller,» said the executive director of the coalition, Abby Kenigsberg, holding up a large chocolate chip.

buy canada goose jacket «Why should they be smaller?» Frank Pelliccone of Citibank asked, grabbing an even bigger cookie.

Canada Goose sale «They look too clunky,» Ms. Kenigsberg said, waving her cookie. «Smaller seems Canada Goose Outlet more select.»

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«Oh, we must have smaller cookies,» Suzy Sonenberg of the Long Island Community Foundation said. «And more fruit.»

The Folio luncheon, where cookies and fruit are served and awards are bestowed on members of the New York City and Long Island press corps, is a must attend for most of the Island elite. So much so that last year, when the coalition increased the price of the fund raising luncheon, to $125 a person, few of the 600 attending seemed to mind. canada goose coats Until they saw the $125 a plate meal. The cold chicken and the too few cookies brought a few grumbles.

So this year the coalition put together a tasting committee, and canadian goose jacket the Marriott put on a presentation of dishes that could be served preset, meaning that the food would be on the table when the guests arrived.

Canada Goose online This was not the Marriott’s first taste panel. «We do them often,» the catering director, Charles Oddone, said. The most demanding group canada goose coats on sale «is probably the Nassau County Bar Association.» Would they uk canada goose fight over cookies? «No,» he said, «because they wouldn’t be having cookies.» The association has a dinner.

The coalition, however, canada goose clearance clevelandregionalmedicalcenter serves lunch. «The lunch should be elegant but efficient,» Mr. Oddone said.

canada goose black friday sale The banquet chef, Richard Moeller, offered four creations that he felt were efficient and elegant. The first was a Cajun London broil. «Cold beef?» Mr. Borsuk asked. «Beef is a tricky proposition.»

But the presentation is so attractive, Ms. Kenigsberg said.

cheap Canada Goose «Notice that the cherrystone tomatoes are cut in half,» Mr. Moeller said. «So we don’t have tomato juice spurting across the table.»

canada goose clearance Ms. Sonenberg liked the salad nicoise with tuna. Mr. Borsuk felt that tuna was too unconventional. He preferred the chicken Caesar salad. The marinated chicken tasted remarkably good, Ms. Kenigsberg said.

What to do? The committee debated while buy canada goose jacket it devoured. Finally a compromise was reached. When Cokie Roberts, cheap canada goose uk Chuck Scarborough and others attend, the Folio event on May 6 they will break lunch serving ground. Guests will be fed a mix of two entrees, marinated chicken with strips of the Cajun London broil. «It’s a merger,» Mr. Borsuk said, «like Northrop and Grumman.» Wine for a Cause.