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NEW ORLEANS — The First Student school bus transportation facility here has moved to a permanent location, after having operated out of trailers since Hurricane Katrina.
First Student faced the same challenges as other New Orleans-area businesses immediately following Katrina: finding electricity, fresh water and vendors that were still operational to help them get back on their feet and back in business.
Once the inoperable buses were towed away and trailers were brought in, the New Orleans team was able to re-establish the office and resume training and limited operations, said Rick Hendricks, location manager of First Student New Orleans. After that, the team could focus on getting school bus routes up and running.
"The constant challenge for our New Orleans team has been finding adequate facilities in a town that once stood 17 feet under water," Hendricks said.
The new First Student location is a former auto auction facility with 10 bays, 5,000 square feet of office space and paved parking.
"The site is perfectly suited for school bus transportation," Hendricks said. "We are pleased to be able to continue providing the highest level of service and safety as we transport New Orleans students to and from school each day."
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A&E President and CEO Jay Saternow founded the company in 1981 as a single-man operation, serving local school districts' special-needs students.
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The Street (UK TV series)
|The Street
The Street title sequence
|Created by
|Jimmy McGovern
|Written by
|Jimmy McGovern
Danny Brocklehurst
Marc Pye
Alice Nutter
|Directed by
|David Blair
|Country of origin
|United Kingdom
|Original language(s)
|No. of series
|No. of episodes
|18 (list of episodes)
|Executive producer(s)
|Jimmy McGovern
Sita Williams
|Running time
|60 minutes
|Original network
|BBC One
|Picture format
|576i (PAL)
|Original release
|13 April 2006 – 17 August 2009
|External links
The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern, directed by David Blair, and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob Hoskins and David Thewlis.
The Street won both the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series and RTS Television Award for Drama Series twice, in 2007 and 2008.[1][2] It also won two International Emmy Awards in November 2007 for Best Drama and Best Actor (Jim Broadbent).[3] The second series was nominated for the Best Drama prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony. Though it did not win, it received Special Mention from the jury.[4] In November 2010, the third series won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama and Best Actor (Bob Hoskins).
The third series began airing on 13 July 2009 and concluded on 17 August 2009. This was the final series to be made due to cutbacks at ITV Studios in Manchester (ITV produced the series, although it is shown by the BBC).[5]
The McEvoys are the only family to appear in more than one series, with Timothy Spall and Ger Ryan reprising the roles of Eddie and Margie for at least one episode per series.
Series One[edit]
Series Two[edit]
Series Three[edit]
Series 1 (2006)[edit]
|Written by
|Directed by
|Original air date
|Viewing figure[6]
|"The Accident"
|Jimmy McGovern
|David Blair
|13 April 2006
|5.67 million
|Katy Quinn is run down in a car accident.
|Jimmy McGovern; based on an idea by Matt Leys
|David Blair
|20 April 2006
|5.47 million
|When Stan approaches 65 he is forced to retire. In an attempt to get his pension to pay out to his wife he decides to commit suicide.
|"The Flasher"
|Marc Pye
|Terry McDonough
|27 April 2006
|4.40 million
|Brian is accused of flashing in the local park. When the news goes around the school, pupils start making malicious accusations. Under pressure from the locals Brian's wife disbelieves him.
|Alan Field
|Terry McDonough
|4 May 2006
|3.74 million
|Billy steals a pair of trainers and he is sacked from his football club. He is then tempted into the lucrative life of drug dealing.
|James Quirk
|David Blair
|11 May 2006
|4.54 million
|Eddie takes a non-English speaking asylum seeker on a fare and after failing to find somewhere to drop him off he invites him to stay at his house. This causes tension between him and his wife driving her to leave him. In her absence the two forge an unlikely friendship.
|"Sean and Yvonne"
|Arthur Ellison
|David Blair
|18 May 2006
|Sean and Yvonne have an unhappy marriage - Sean regularly loses his temper and beats Yvonne up. She finds the strength to leave him, changing the locks while he's out, but the strain proves too much for Yvonne's mum, Mary, so Yvonne and sister Kerry take revenge.
Series 2 (2007)[edit]
|Written by
|Directed by
|Original air date
|Viewing figure[6]
|Arthur Ellison
|Terry McDonough
|8 November 2007
|5.38 million
Joe Jennerson envies his identical twin brother, Harry. His sibling has the freedom of a comfortable bachelor lifestyle, funded by a generous army pension, while Joe is in a dead-end job, with no money, squabbling children, a live-in mother and a wife who he thinks has fallen out of love with him.As the brothers watch a football match on television one evening, Harry chokes on a sweet and loses consciousness. As Joe waits for the ambulance to arrive, he realises that the chance of a lifetime is staring him in the face, and swaps clothes, taking on the identity of Harry. The assumed body of Joe is presumed dead at the hospital, while the real Joe is left comforting his wife, Mary, under the pretence that he is her brother-in-law.
|"Old Flame"
|Andy Lynch & Jimmy McGovern
|David Blair
|15 November 2007
|4.95 million
|Eddie McAvoy meets old friend Bob Hewitt and finds he is married to his own first love, Pat. Accepting Bob's invitation to a charity event, Eddie is out to impress Pat. Eddie's wife, Margie, discovers a lump on her breast and cancels her evening out - but Eddie is in no state to recognise her trauma.
|Jimmy McGovern, based on a story by Danny Brocklehurst.
|Terry McDonough
|22 November 2007
|Demolition man Charlie works away from home, leaving wife Roz at home with their teenage children Luke and Leah. At the end of a gruelling day, the crew get drunk before Charlie retires to the room he is sharing with fellow worker Tom, but Charlie is taken aback by Tom's actions.
|Roy Boulter
|Terry McDonough
|29 November 2007
|After a pub crawl, cousins Gary and Ian become involved in an altercation with a taxi driver. Ian stays to help the injured cabbie, but Gary runs away before he is caught. As other cab drivers arrive at the scene, they assume Ian must be guilty and he is eventually arrested. Jan, Gary's mum, suspects her son isn't as innocent as he claims but how far will she go to protect him?
|"The Letter"
|Alice Nutter
|Terry McDonough
|6 December 2007
|5.26 million
For postman Wayne, life on the street has been less than kind recently. His wife Val has left him, taking their two sons and the dog; his back is deteriorating, which makes his postal round harder by the day; and he has no money. A potentially good night out speed-dating is ruined when Wayne takes a shine to Rachel, who is crippled by a stammer that Wayne seems incapable of being sympathetic about. Now at his lowest ebb, Wayne thinks his problems could be solved if only he could have a new start, somewhere nice and hot, like Greece. With a newfound determination, Wayne adopts a new approach to his work whereby he opens the mail that is addressed to the wealthier parts of the neighbourhood and removes any cash, before delivering the rest.Meanwhile, 15-year-old illiterate truant Damien has been watching Wayne closely and confronts him. Not wanting to lose his job, Wayne suggests that Damien help him with the heavy work. Damien takes the opportunity to earn some money whilst learning how to read..
|"The Promise"
|Jimmy McGovern
|David Blair
|13 December 2007
|Paul Billerton strikes up a relationship with a local girl, but eventually drives her away when he mentions that he has a terrible secret. After catching sight of a woman one night, Paul runs home to consume a cocktail of whiskey and paracetamols, but when she follows him home it begins a journey to his redemption and their reconciliation.
Series 3 (2009)[edit]
|Written by[7]
|Directed by[7]
|Original air date
|Viewing figure[6]
|"Episode 1"
|Jimmy McGovern
|David Blair
|13 July 2009
|5.65 million
|Paddy Gargan, landlord of the Greyhound pub, bans Calum Miller for smoking on the premises. This antagonises the boy's father, Tom Miller, a man with a violent reputation who threatens Paddy if the ban is not lifted by the next afternoon. But when Paddy tries to rally support from the other locals, he finds it difficult to find anybody who is prepared to stand up to Miller.
|"Episode 2"
|Jan McVerry & Jimmy McGovern
|Terry McDonough
|20 July 2009
|5.74 million
|Dee is a single mother with two children, facing endless financial hardship and having to work two jobs to make ends meet. Mark is a plumber, also a single parent, who comes out to fix Dee's heating system. They date and he introduces her to his parents, Nessa and Joe. Though Nessa welcomes Dee, Joe is less welcoming because he knows Dee secretly works as a prostitute at a strip club as he has been one of her clients.
|"Episode 3"
|Esther Wilson & Jimmy McGovern
|Terry McDonough
|27 July 2009
|4.91 million
|After a Muslim suicide bomber attack whilst on duty in Afghanistan, soldier Nick Calshaw returns home with half of his face terribly scarred. His family and schoolteacher girlfriend Gemma are horrified but try to act normally for his sake, however Nick cannot cope with his situation or come to terms with the horror that he went through. Following a row with Gemma he tries to kill himself by deliberately stepping in front of a taxi, the driver of which happens to be a Muslim.
|"Episode 4"
|Peter Lloyd & Jimmy McGovern
|David Blair
|3 August 2009
|4.70 million
|Kieran Corrigan resents all foreigners, abuses Polish bus drivers, barks at the African staff in the kitchen where he is head chef, and walks out of a blind date with a black woman. He then becomes a local hero when he takes the credit for saving a 7-year-old Polish girl from a house fire. This in turn leads him into a romantic relationship with the girl's mother, Olenka, a Polish immigrant. However he finds it difficult to tell her that her daughter's real saviour was Duffy, his friend who dare not take credit for the act of heroism as he is claiming Invalidity Benefit.
|"Episode 5"
|Jimmy McGovern & Anthony Gannie
|David Blair
|10 August 2009
|4.55 million
|Shay Ryan is the alcoholic manager of a betting shop. One day, ex-girlfriend Madeleine turns up out of the blue to tell him he has a 16-year-old son, Otto, who wants to see him. Shay is elated that his empty life may finally have some meaning, until he sees that Otto has Down's Syndrome. After initially rejecting him, Shay then tries to be a good father to the son he never knew he had but his alcoholism costs him his job, then his home, and perhaps Otto himself.
|"Episode 6"
|Jimmy McGovern & Andy Lynch
|David Blair
|17 August 2009
|4.88 million
|Former taxi driver Eddie McEvoy is annoyed when wife Margie opts to spend time with her abusive father after he has suffered a stroke, leaving him and his young son at home. Having lost his driving licence, he now works on the phones at Alpha-Zero Cabs, along with lonely Sandra. The two of them grow closer and end up in bed together, unfortunately on the night Margie returns home early. Unable to live with the guilt, Eddie confesses all to Margie, which leads to tragic consequences.
The Street was critically applauded during its three-year run. TV critic Nancy-Banks Smith writing for The Guardian praised The Promise episode from Series 2: "Everyone involved seems to have appreciated the little gem they had here. Jodhi May, acting half the time with only half her face, was almost too powerful for peace of mind. David Blair directed like a particularly gifted spider, filling the screen with holes, cracks, doorways, windows...This, the last and best play in The Street series, must have been as painful and exhilarating to write as it was to watch. I wouldn't say it was plausible. I'd say poetic."[8]
- ^ "Victoria Wood scoops Bafta double". BBC News Online. 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ^ "TV Winners in 2008". BAFTA. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "International Emmys Awards to honor Al Gore". USA Today. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "Rose d'Or Winners 2008" (PDF). Rose d'Or AG. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "'The Street' to end after current series". Digital Spy. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ a b c Weekly Top 30 Programmes. See relevant week. BARB.
- ^ a b "The Street Press Pack – Cast and Production Credits" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Banks-Smith, Nancy (2007-12-14). "Last night's TV: The Street". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
External links[edit]
- The Street at the Internet Movie Database
- The Street at TV.com
- 2006 British television programme debuts
- 2000s British television series
- 2009 British television programme endings
- Television shows set in Manchester
- BBC television dramas
- International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series winners
- Television programmes produced by Granada Television
- English-language television programming


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Off-screen the actor was thought of as eccentric. He almost always dressed in black, had an exotic bug collection, and kept a shark in his home aquarium. He slept by day, prowled at night and made outrageous statements in interviews.
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"We view our role as serving academics, industry, and government. If everyone in R&D is able to move forward more quickly, then patients will benefit," said Helen Moore, Ph.D., biospecimen research network program manager, office of the director, NCI. A lack of standardized, high-quality biospecimens has been widely recognized as one of the most significant roadblocks to the progress of cancer research.
NCI published its first Best Practices in 2007 to provide guidance for Biobanking, including standardized procedures for collection, processing, storage, and distribution. These guidelines were expanded this year and now include a management and operations section with an expanded informed consent and custodianship section. It is open for public comment on the Federal Register. Dr. Moore said the guidelines will keep changing because the science will continue to change.
"We did a survey of investigators before deciding to build caHUB, and the results were remarkable—the issue of accuracy of research data was resounding. Investigators were clear they really weren't sure if their results were solid due to variation in specimens."
The Biospecimen Research Network is funding a study that is evaluating how pre-analytical variables affect the molecular integrity of specimens. There are currently seven investigator-driven studies and one larger study with several investigators. Areas of interest include blood processing, mass spectrometry, as well as protein and gene expression in fixed and frozen tissues.
caHUB will ultimately serve as a centralized, nonprofit public resource for human biospecimens and associated high-quality data acquired via an ethical framework, as well as a source of high-quality Biobanking services. NCI has issued several RFPs—the most recent for collection of cancer tissues, as well as one for informatics and a comprehensive biospecimen resource, which will be awarded to one or more existing facilities. According to Dr. Moore, the initial part of this project is being paid for via stimulus funding. "This is not an area that has been funded in the past, but now there is a lot of job creation by putting these opportunities out to the world."
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The Cleveland Browns and the Miami Dolphins kick off their 2013 seasons against each other in Cleveland on Sunday. Both teams are going into the season with playoff expectations and plenty of hype, so with two similar teams facing off it could come down to a last second field goal or miraculous play. The little things matter in games like this, especially certain matchups on the field. The matchup that could prove crucial is the one that takes place in the trenches, so who has the upper hand?
Desmond Bryant was one of the better defensive lineman in the NFL last season, and he'll probably end up opposite John Jerry for most of the game. Jerry hasn't played much recently as he's been nursing an injury, so if he comes out rusty Bryant will have a field day.
NT Phil Taylor took a step up last season, but comes up against Mike Pouncey, the best center in the NFL in a lot people's minds. If you like watching the line play this battle is for you, but in the end I expect Pouncey to get the better of Taylor.
Ahtyba Rubin one of the Browns better DL men will not suit up Sunday which is great news for the OL and Lamar Miller. The news for Richie Incognito is welcoming, who has turned into one of the better guards in the league. Second year pro Joh Hughes will fill in should it be required. Both Hughes and Rubin are similar players, Hughes showed some promise in his rookie season but will need to be even better on Sunday as he has the most important job on the Browns defensive line. Disrupting Tannehills' blindside will be key if the Browns are going to come away with a win.
On the other side, new signing Tyson Clabo will have a similar role. His speciality is pass protection which will be huge for a Dolphins offense that intends to go to the air more frequently than they did last season. He will also come up against either Kruger or Sheard often, but should have no problem with them for the most part.
The team who has the upper hand in the Dolphins OL vs Browns DL battle will be determined by how Jonathan Martin copes. If he plays like he did in preseason the Dolphins should be fine, whereas a step back to last season's form would be disastrous. If the Browns can get pressure from Martin's side it will make things uncomfortable for Tannehill, who may be forced into costly mistakes. But in 2012 Tannehill shone against the blitz, and generally coped with pressure well, so even if the Browns get to him frequently the Dolphins will still have a good shot at winning the game if the play of the Browns middle linebackers and defensive backs is not up to the level of the pass rushers.


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The SEC makes it official about Missouri's admission in 2012, minus the Barnhart commentary.
And then there were 14.
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Why does it feel like we just asked a couple of slightly overweight, homely girls to our Sec party?
In the immortal words of Flounder, "I hope I score!"
If we're homely … then what's Ole Miss?🙂
I'm pretty sure he was talking about Mizzou and TAMU. Where does the Mizz get it's zs from anyhow?
I think he is a Mizzou fan Scott. Welcome Bill!
1. The sleeping sound that comes from the student section during Missouri football games (just kiddin', Bill! Welcome aboard)
2. The original halftime show "The Mizz", a (sub)urban take on the Wizard of Oz, upon which Tennessee based it's Rockytop Oz halftime show on this year.
Interested to see what our conference schedule looks like next year now. I wonder if we will play one of the new members instead of Bama next year?
I would assume they will put Mizzou in the East and have them play A&M every year to make it simple.
Has it been announced which division Mizzou will be in?
I don't think so. it just seems to me it would cause less chaos on scheduling to put Mizzou in the East instead of say moving Auburn and breaking up some of their traditional rivals. Obviously if the Aubs did move East they would have Bama as their constant West opponent but then would lose playing LSU every year.
Plus Bama would lose playing UT every year.
Guess nobody studies geography anymore.
The Arkansas AD tweeted earlier today that Mizzou will be in the East, at least initially.
Best guess is that if the SEC ends up expanding to 16 by adding 2 eastern teams, Mizzou will then be relegated to the West.
Great, now that east and west divisions don't really make sense, lets rename our divisions "the justice league" and "league of extraordinary gentlemen". Yup I like the sound of that.
The SEC Pork BBQ and the Beef BBQ divisions?
+1 – makes a much sense as anything else.
The only real BBQ is pork. It would have to be the "Pulled" and the "Sliced" Divisions.
True, but eliminate sliced please! Pulled, or chunked only. I love my beef, but not barbequed…ever. I welcome Mizzou and A&M, wish SEC fans would quit pouting, it isn't going to change. I am OK with both but still not pleased with the Mizzou officals' earlier comments. If you don't want to come, don't, we will survive. Apologize and everyone will treat you better. A&M had no issues, but they didn't at badly at any stage of the process.
Correct. "Pulled and "Chopped"" Divisions. My mistake.
The Brown Liquor division and the Clear Liquor division.
That would fit right in with "I AM" and "Mighty Mo", Z. These schools with their athletic traditions and academic credentials are good additions. Maybe we can challenge them in football while they challenge us in basketball. Hope we get them both on our schedule next year in order that the training can commence.
Now, what was the name of the division that Nebraska belongs. Oh yeah, isn't it The Legends? And Michigan? Wow, I get so mixed up trying to remember all the self-aggrandizing names that raise goosebumps on my skin.
3 Tigers, 2 Bulldogs.
Shouldn't it be 2 1/3 Tigers?
Then 1/3 Wah Regals and 1/3 Plainsmans?
How about "Poisoned Water" and "Dawg Food" Divisions?
I don't like it. Feels like when someone marries into your family and you just know it'll end in divorce but no one dare says it.
What I wonder is: are they after our recruits or our women-folk?
Uh…..I worked in Columbia, Mo(CoMo) for a month….trust me, they don't need our women.
I am not sure of how much of this will play out, but there is one thing I ain't putting on the table against ANY school, and that is our women. There are many great examples on womanhood on college campuses around the country, but this is one category UGA is undefeated in based on my travels, and that is fairly extensive.
I do look forward to new venues since we have stopped playing decent OOC schedules and traveling to new places. Shame CFB can't figure this out, but Superconferences leading to a playoff will make that possible again. All we have to do is eliminate the political/BS beauty contest we have now.
Mac, not sure if you made it out there, but we lost to Ole Miss this season.
Depends on your preference, Puff. Ole Miss has always had the edge with classic beauty, Miss America types—-UGA is the queen of cute. I prefer cute to beautiful, not just to look at either….they are more fun. This isn't to say Ole Miss and The Grove ain't top drawer, just my own discriminating taste and preference in ladies.
You know, I think I've finally warmed on this whole conference expansion thing. If the financial considerations necessitate it (and they seem to), then I'm fine with adding TAMU and MU to the West and East, respectively. Doing so would 1) maintain traditional rivalries, 2) add football teams of comparable quality to each division, 3) allow for some new travel venues, 4) conflict little with UGA's current essential geographical recruiting footprint (though, see Aron White and Logan Gray), and 5) add in schools that (from the reports I'm hearing) are "culturally similar" to the rest of the SEC. I'm usually slow to embrace change and didn't consider anything about the current arrangement to be broken and in need of fixing, but I think I've finally come to peace with the change. Welcome, TAMU and MU!
The real question is what happens to the 4 non-conference games on the schedule. Will they be kept?
I would like to see us play everyone in your division and 2 from the other division (one permanent, one rotating).
This makes the move a net gain. Everyone picks up another respectable foe, while most years having one less juggernaut to play. Increases the odds of us always having top ranked teams.
I don't like the 7 team divisions…it may not add appreciably to the struggle to get to the top on any given year, but good grief, it sure feels like it just got a lot harder.
I hope we add a couple more teams, just so you can win your 4-team division every once in a while. These teams are respectable, certainly, but don't make automatic sense to me in the same way, say, a Clemson would. However, now that they're here, we need to add two more.
I thought we were the SoutEASTERN conference. Boy was I wrong.


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My first fabric line, the first of many I hope, is here!
I liked seeing my name on the end of the bolt--though it is misspelled! Ramsay is AY not EY- oh well it's on there and I am thrilled.
It is terribly fun to see in person the end result of a year of work on this little project. I suppose it is a BIG project in my world, but in the grand scheme of things it may be little for many folks.
Oh and I saw it at my local shop and a shop in Georgia told me they got theirs too. Ask for it at a shop near you-- but if you can't find it there I do have some available in my Etsy store.
My free downloadable project called TidBits on the Vine is on the Henry Glass website.
I have kits available in my Etsy shop now for the project. Fabric for the top and binding is included in the kit and it is priced at $78.00 USD
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I also have 5" charm packs of 36 charms for $8.00 each available in my Etsy store, and fat quarter bundles (18 fat quarters) also available on my Etsy site for $40.00.
Bear with me though on the Etsy site-- my photos are not great testimonies to these new items-- the photos will be edited shortly!
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This is my current favorite painting.
I would like to introduce you all to my uncle Ian Ramsay who is a world renowned watercolor artist.
Ian was an architect by trade, and in 1979 began his true desire to paint watercolors for a living. His popularity has grown throughout the years, and he continues to gain acclaim for his work. His beautiful work is inspiring, and he is so talented that I am often in awe of him. His work has been featured in galleries around the US but also in Japan and England. He also participates in Art and Soup here in Salt Lake City every spring which is an event that helps support Community Nursing Services. This service provides charitable nursing and hospice care to people who are housebound. If you have a chance to attend Art and Soup, it is a wonderful event with many talented artists. This years event will be on March 23rd and 24th at the Sheraton hotel downtown.
This is another of his paintings, another favorite of mine right now. I wish you could see the wonderful detail in person, it is magnificent.
I helped him set up his blog last week. This is his first time having a blog or really having a website at all, so it's a big deal for him. So if you would check out his blog for me I would appreciate it, and I know he would too.
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KAHULUI - Amid of the recent scandal surrounding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and subsequent resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki last week, ongoing dissatisfaction with VA services on Maui also is coming to light.
U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard visited the Valley Isle on Thursday as part of a statewide "Veterans Listening Tour" this week to see how veterans in Hawaii feel about their services. Most of the Maui veterans who spoke at the meeting held at Pomaikai Elementary School indicated that they were "fed up" with the hurdles they have to jump just to get their benefits.
"In 2007, I filed for my (VA) benefits," said veteran Ron Tamashiro. "I took all these tests. I didn't get any results or compensation, no nothing. Till today, I'm still waiting."
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Veteran Ron Tamashiro shares his frustrations with the Department of Veterans Affairs during Thursday's meeting at Pomaikai Elementary School. Looking on is U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
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The Kahului resident served in the Vietnam War 40 years ago, but his DD Form 214, a critical document used by the VA to secure veteran benefits, had missing information about his deployment. For several years, Tamashiro filled out forms, took medical exams and talked to VA officials, a tiring and frustrating process for "(someone) like me."
"I not getting any younger," he said.
Other residents echoed Tamashiro's frustrations with trying to apply for and to receive medical care on Maui from the VA.
"My mom's 93, and we've been waiting three years to try to obtain VA pension benefits on behalf of my dad," said Kihei resident Paul Corarito. "To wait 24, 36 months to get a response is just terrible."
One veteran said that the system "is made up so veterans get frustrated and they quit" trying to obtain the benefits to which they are entitled.
"Our staff is always short on the medical side, what can you do to change this so we have a full staff not only from the VA system, but the local doctors and nurses who can do the job?" said Vietnam veteran Bernard Garcia, who lives in Haiku.
"Lots of Vietnam vets, World War II vets who died without their benefits, what can you do?" he asked. "I'm tired of hearing the same old stories."
Disgruntled residents also voiced lingering concerns about ID card renewals, eyeglass prescriptions, record-keeping and outreach.
One of the main concerns was that veterans on Maui, especially seniors who are not tech savvy, do not know how to properly apply for their benefits. Veterans said more outreach and information is needed, especially in the Neighbor Island communities where benefit counselors come only once a month.
Tracey Betts, VA director of the Honolulu regional office, said that the agency is trying to create more methods for people to get in touch with benefit counselors. One method is to create monthly workshops that a lot of people can participate in at the same time, instead of one-on-one interactions. A group of counselors would travel to the Neighbor Islands and host the workshop, Betts said.
The VA is also in the early stages of developing teleconferencing with benefit counselors; counselors will be able to answer questions via online videoconferencing.
"This is part of our effort to create more methods for you to get in touch with us until we get a facility here to put a full-time counselor," Betts said. "The reason we don't have a full-time benefits counselor here is because we don't have the dedicated space."
Last year, the VA approved $9.9 million to build a 15,000-square-foot veterans center on Maui. Currently, an estimated 2,000 Maui veterans rely on a community-based outpatient clinic run by the VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System.
For Andy Suzuki, whose son suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving two tours in Iraq, the shortcomings of the VA system only can be helped by a community effort.
"I quite frankly didn't know what to do, and the system wasn't there to help. The VA medicated him over and over again until one day he just didn't wake up," said Suzuki, about his son who died.
Suzuki, a veteran himself who served 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, also saw other young men who came back from the war with severe PTSD, who resorted to drugs, alcohol and violent behavior.
"Nobody is there to help them, so my wife and I decided we have to go out on our own and set up something to help these guys coming back. . . . Our family is extremely close so we brought everybody into our family and by doing that, we've been able to pull some of these guys from destructive behavior," he said.
"I think in Hawaii, the spirit of ohana is what you can do to bear against this problem. It's not 'what problem do I have with the VA?' It's 'what can I do as a citizen, as a veteran, to help those guys coming back?''' Suzuki said.
Gabbard agreed. She ended the meeting by saying, "We've got to figure out how to do things better." The freshman congresswoman agreed that wait times, both on the benefits and health care sides, is a problem that should've been resolved "yesterday, last year, a decade ago." But she also touted the power of Maui's close-knit community.
"This is our family, and it is personal for all of us," Gabbard said. "We have an incredible community here of veterans in Hawaii, and I know together we can figure out how collectively we can be stronger and continue to take care of each other, and to try to fix this not only for those of us in the room, not only for the most recent generation of veterans, but for those who will come after us.
"The support each of you provides to each other is priceless and has the opportunity to save lives."
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It was an evening of firsts Friday night at King Kekaulike High School - starting with the school's first performance of "Footloose," and its first-ever sellout with more than 200 people in attendance, plus another two dozen that had to be turned away. "Footloose" is also the school's first-ever production featuring a live orchestra, lead ably by musical director and conductor Casey Nagata.
Director Chris Kepler used the evening to make his first official announcement that King Kekaulike will soon embark on a 400-seat performance facility. When dealing with first efforts, things aren't always perfect, but one thing is apparent to me: Kepler and his students know fundamental acting and possess superior dramatic skills.
Each Maui high school theater department has a forte, and King Kekaulike has real characters, emotions, arc and stage commitment down. Musically, I must acknowledge the especially talented band featuring Clayton Logue (piano), Mickey Johnson (piano), Perry Gragas (drums), Alesha Menor (drums), Joshua Hearl (bass), Cy Leal (clarinet), Rusty Higa (guitar), Benny Uyetake (guitar) and a monster guitar solo by student, Adam Brantley.
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The Seabury Hall Dance Ensemble will present its 24th annual Dance Showcase beginning Friday at the Upcountry campus. Pictured are members Isabelle Olivit (clockwise, from bottom left) Lindsey Gomez, Ariella Brandon and Makena Wright.
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On occasion, I feel compelled to single out a truly exceptional high school performance. James McCain as Ren McCormack was just that, particularly on "I'm Free/Heaven Help Me" and "Almost Paradise" with Angel Fergerstrom. In contrast to the dramatic skills that this teen cast has a gift for, McCain has natural musical stage charisma worthy of performing alongside Maui adults in community theater. Equally impressive was Jairin Brantley's portrayal of Willard, Ren's best friend. Brantley was funny, present, consistent and has a very pleasant Harry Connick Jr. style voice. His lilting "Mama Says" was a musical highlight of the production.
The true strength of King Kekaulike's "Footloose" is the dramatic scenes. Rosie Kulhavy-Sutherland is believable and funny as Ren's mother Ethel. Fergerstrom, as Arial, the preacher's daughter, hits all the girl-gone-wild moments with a genuineness, but never lets the audience lose sympathy for her. Elizabeth Marian, whom I've seen perform several times, has grown into a strong young adult actress and plays Ariel's mother, Vi, with the maturity one would expect from a college performance. The finest performance of the evening however, comes from alumnus Shawn Burger, who plays the Rev. Shaw Moore. Burger has also evolved into a very accomplished adult actor and I hope to see him onstage in an adult drama in the near future.
There are many fun scenes involving the large chorus of more than 20 additional singers and dancers, but of particular note was Ariel's posse of Carlyn Leal, Kayla Bounds and Monica Paterson. Dara Reckford as Rusty, Willard's girlfriend, also steals a few stage moments playing out of character as a wallflower. In addition, Reckford admirably takes the musical lead (another first) on "Let's Hear it for the Boy."
Whatever growing pains King Kekaulike may need to overcome taking on large-scale musicals is alleviated in all the ensemble numbers. When all 33 teen voices are together in full volume "Footloose" shines. When combined with technical aspects I've never seen attempted at King Kekaulike, drama advisor Chris Kepler deserves some very high praise for taking a drama program that didn't exist to this level in just five years.
* The King Kekaulike High School production of "Footloose," continues through Sunday. Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the cafetorium at the King Kekaulike campus in Pukalani. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 students and available at the door 30 minutes before the show.
Once in a blue moon I mention a particular Maui OnStage "ONO!" that moved me. Coincidence or not, its Alison Mikes that compels me most of the time. Mikes performed her farewell concert Monday night at the Historic Iao Theater, captivating the audience in the palm of her hand. Much of the evening of song was a solo concert accompanied by pianist Vania Jerome, but she was joined by Steven and Alexis Dascoulias on a handful of numbers.
Frankly every song was fantastic, my personal favorite being "Can't Help Loving Dat Man" from "Showboat." What made the evening was her comedy and a laissez faire approach to the performance.
Mikes has the same type of quality that a true professional such as Kristen Chenoweth in concert posses. Her dynamic voice and talent will be sorely missed on Maui. Aloha Alison, and seeing as you're a Southern gal, y'all come back now ya hear?
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Seabury Hall Performing Arts presents its 24th annual Dance Showcase 2013, in concert under the direction of David Ward. The redesigned showcase features Seabury's top dancers, the Seabury Hall Dance Ensemble, in a newly reimagined concert of progressive, sophisticated dance featuring the work of Ward and his fellow teacher/choreographers Andre Morissette, ballet mistress Vanessa Cerrito and guest choreographer Tito Reyes, from Oakland, Calif.
Alumna, Julia Cost brings Seabury's most experimental work of the year, "The Sensation of Falling Forwards," exploring teenage angst in a pedestrian style dance-theater piece. Alumna Amelia Nelson will also be performing with guest artist company, Adaptations Dance Theater.
* Performances are Friday through April 28, showing at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the A'ali'ikuhonua Creative Arts Center on the Seabury Hall campus in Makawao. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 seniors, $5 students. For information and reservations, visit www.seaburyhall.org or call 573-1257.
Greg Wilson, voted as one of High Times magazine's "Best Pot Comics," will perform on Saturday at Stella Blues Cafe in Kihei. Presented by Power Up Comedy, the evening's bill will also feature Maui comics Sunny Dennis, Chino La Forge, Doc Titanium and Jason Strahn. The one-night-only performance is at 10 p.m. in the Stella Blues Cafe lounge. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information, visit www.powerupcomedy.com.
Maui OnStage presents the Tony Award-winning "Hollywood Arms," by Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett April 26 through May 5. Set in a dingy one-room apartment in 1941 and 1951, and based on the Burnett autobiography "One More Time," the play was adapted from the book by Burnett's late daughter Hamilton, and completed by Burnett upon her daughter's passing. This Maui OnStage production is the Hawaii premiere and stars Cat Hayes, Kristin Jones, Julianna Scharnhorst and Marley Mehring. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Historic Iao Theater. Reserved seating tickets range from $17 to $28. For tickets or more information, call 242-6969 or purchase reserved seats online at www.mauionstage.com.
ProArts presents Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" May 3 through May 19. Mel Edison is a well-paid executive of a high-end Manhattan firm, which has suddenly hit the skids, and he gets the ax. Then he's robbed, and his psychiatrist dies with $23,000 of his money. Mel does the only thing left for him to do - he has a nervous breakdown.
"The Prisoner of Second Avenue" is directed by Kristi Scott, starring John Peterson as Mel and Jennifer Rose as his devoted wife, Edna. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at ProArts Playhouse in Kihei. ProArts offers reserved seats for $20. Kamaaina nights feature discounts for Hawaii residents and are scheduled for Saturday, May 4 and Thursdays, May 9 and 16. For tickets or more information, call 463-6550.


text: Ill add one more thing...you say things like judged correctly yet fail to see the problem within the current judging system. The bullet points which they provide needed to satisfy positive GOE are flawed. Read them. Then notice it says meeting 2pts is +1 GOE and I think 4pts gets +2 or and so on. My point is this....after all that it then says "these are just suggested and a judge may use different criteria" or something to that affect. It's a loaded gun for a narrow mind. I think this is the elephant in the room that leads to these ridiculous fights about judges protocols. Can't we just say Caro was great but Julia barely scrapped by on home ice and move on.


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As the 2011 World Series reaches its conclusion sometime in the next week to 10 days, the general managers of all 30 MLB teams will get to work on what is essentially their season in baseball—the offseason.
While players will take time off to spend with their families and wind down from an exhausting seven to eight months of baseball, the GMs will be busy preparing their teams for the upcoming season. They go to work identifying team needs, and then addressing those needs via trades or free-agent signings.
Every GM signs a player with the thought that each player signed will bring back value in the form of production. However at times, not every signing turns out that way. In fact, some signings have saddled teams with outrageous contracts for practically nothing back in return whatsoever.
So, as the GMs get to work, we will get to work as well, identifying the one big signing for every single franchise that was without a doubt their worst signing in team history.
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Editor's Selection of Reviews for Cherrybomb (2009)
"Directing team Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D'Sa have put together a great example of a dark teen film taken seriously. The film takes place in 3 crazy, wild, and extraordinary days. We open with Malachy during an interrogation, all bruised and bothered. Some flashes of Luke throughout, its obviously after the tragedy that takes place at the end of the film, but upon first glance you're wondering where Michelle is and we hear a voice over of something like "She made you get the key?" then we kick into the film."
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"After seeing Cherrybomb you won't look at Rupert Grint and just see Ron Weasley. This film completely ripped out the image of Rupert Grint as Harry Potter's best friend, and changed into something fresh and exciting. Rupert had a complete makeover for the movie. He had a nice new hairstyle (The quiff) and a great Northern-Irish accent."
Jen for Snitch Seeker
"We are familiar, of course, with Grint's work in the Harry Potter movies as Harry's funny and fiercely loyal best friend Ron Weasley. So it is particularly interesting to watch his performance as a Belfast youth, caught between a stable, comfortable home life and his desire to prove himself a dangerous 'bad boy' to impress the alluring Michelle and keep pace with his truly wild best friend Luke...With an insouciant smirk and latent intensity behind a calm exterior, Grint is convincing as Malachy, a hard-partying guy who is essentially a good kid with a rebellious streak, an "A" student and a poet armed with a can of spray paint."
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In the wake of the tragic shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 14 on January 9, 2011, CBC Radio interviewed author Alan Korwin about the availability of guns in U.S. society. Korwin told his interviewers that it's time to stop confusing sport shooters with criminals.
Korwin wrote his first book, The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide, in 1989. It is now in its 24th edition with more than 150,000 copies in print. He went on to write or co-write nine more books on gun laws, including state guides for California, Florida, Texas, and Virginia, the unabridged federal guides Gun Laws of America and Supreme Court Gun Cases, his 11th, which debuted in 2008, is The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed!, and his latest, After You Shoot, about the deadly loophole in self-defence law.
With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield Press, which has grown into the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in America. His website, gunlaws.com, features a free National Directory to every gun law in the country and more than 220 books and DVDs for gun owners and the freedom movement. Alan's blog, PageNine.org, is carried by scores of paper and online outlets.
Here is a transcript of that CBC interview:
Jeff Douglas: Much of the discussion south of The 49th has been about the nature of political discourse in The U.S., but there's also been talk about guns, especially about gun laws in The State of Arizona. Alan Korwin knows these laws well. He's the author of The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide, which is updated regularly since he first published it in 1989. We reached Mr. Korwin in Phoenix.
Carol Off: Mr. Korwin, is there anything in the gun laws of Arizona that might have stopped Mr. Loughner from owning and concealing that weapon?
Alan Korwin: If this person had a record of being certifiably mentally disturbed, he could not legally buy a firearm. There's a whole list of prohibited possessor categories: a previous felon, user of illegal drugs, dishonourable discharge (from the military), that would prevent him from getting a gun legally. But that said, you can buy cocaine in this country in every city in America 24 hours a day, and there's no legal channel for that whatsoever. So preventing people from getting illegal things through law isn't the easy solution that people would like to see.
Off: What exactly did he have to do to qualify to purchase a Glock 19 semi-automatic weapon?
Korwin: He can buy a firearm in this state the same as you can buy any legal property. He could go into a firearms store, fill out a lengthy form—it's then submitted to the FBI by phone or by fax or by Internet. They do a background check. If there are any disqualifiers, he cannot buy the firearm, and if there's any question, his purchase will be delayed. But, if he appears to be like you, or I, or any other honest, law-abiding adult, he would be able to buy a firearm the same as any other law-abiding adult.
Off: A Glock is a handgun. You can't use it for hunting. What would be the point of having a weapon like that?
Korwin: Actually, the shooting sports are the number two participatory sport in the nation—ahead of golf and just behind exercise. And handguns are used frequently to stop crime and deter criminals. One of the greatest travesties of this situation was that there was nobody else there with a Glock 19 or any other gun to stop this perpetrator from this heinous act. That would have been a perfect use for a firearm. Imagine how different the story would play If this guy had attempted an assassination and a citizen had stopped it. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
Off: A citizen did attempt to stop him by trying to knock the clip out of his hand and he was about to reload. You're suggesting that there should have been a shoot out? With citizens shooting at each other?
Korwin: You make it sound like the Wild West. We're a very civilized place down here. The whole purpose for your earlier question, "Why would a person want a gun?" Guns save lives. That's why you have them. Not for committing assassinations or being a crazy person. If a citizen was there with a firearm, and this guy started doing what he did, what would you do? Have the guy just stand there and watch? Or should he use a legally-owned firearm to stop the perpetrator? Which would you prefer?
Off: But there are a lot of people around, including the nine-year-old who was also killed. What happens if people start to shoot each other? Isn't it better just not to have concealed handguns inside shopping malls?
Korwin: There is a risk of harming other people, but those other people are at a deadly risk right then at that moment. This maniac, psychological crazy guy is shooting people: you would say, "Nobody should act to stop him?" Is that what you would say?
Off: But how did the psychological crazy guy get a gun?
Korwin: That's a great question. At what point do you say somebody is crazy? The issues necessary to deny a person his civil rights, certify them as crazy, are complex. They have a right to appeal, and to have an attorney. They need doctors to study them. Courts have to make decisions to actually deny a person all his civil rights. You'd lose your right to vote, to hold office, as well as lose the right to keep and bear arms.
Maybe you're suggesting that we should give psychological testing to every youngster who ever did anything a little wacky. And then, give everybody a card that says, I'm certifiably sane, and it expires in a year, and you have to go back for more tests. Would you do that?
Off: Your Governor, Jan Brewer, just in this past year, I guess, passed a law that allows for a concealed weapon without having to have permit. Why did so many people want that law to be passed?
Korwin: That law has been a very good law. It has led to a reduction in crime. I understand that in Canada, it's a difference in the culture that makes it a little hard to understand why a person might even want a firearm, as you asked earlier. We've had open carry in the state of Arizona since Statehood in 1912. You could own a firearm, wear it on your hip, go about your business all day long, for almost a hundred years now with no government permission or tax, photograph, fingerprints, entry in a criminal database, or a plastic-coated permission slip that says you're OK. What the Constitutional carry law does—it allows your shirttails to fall over your firearm and you haven't committed a crime. Prior to that law, with your sport coat or jacket if it's cold—if the firearm is concealed in any way, you automatically became a criminal without actually doing anything wrong, with nobody harmed, with no victim. That didn't seem like a proper way to go if you value freedom.
Unfortunately, there was nobody there that day--which would have saved the day—if only somebody would have been there and could have acted.
Off: This semi-automatic weapon that he had, had about thirty rounds in it. Wasn't there an effort to try and limit the number of rounds…
Korwin: How many rounds would you allow a person to have, Carol? Your question presupposes its answer. If the logic is that we can limit the amount of ammunition you can have, or the size of the round, or the size of the magazine, then we might as well limit them down to zero and outlaw guns for every decent, law-abiding citizen—by that logic. It's a free country.
Off: But Mr. Korwin, if the only solution to what happened this weekend is to have more people with guns, where does that stop? Doesn't that just become a bigger problem when people are armed and able to have shootouts in public places?
Korwin: The ignorance behind that question is monumental. I don't even know how to begin to address that. We know that when criminals go crazy, you send in people with guns to stop them. More guns, less crime. When the citizens are armed, they are a deterrent to crime. When the citizens are disarmed, the criminals have no controls of any practical nature. And that's what we saw in that great tragedy.
You're assuming that if a person has a firearm, they automatically go crazy and shoot people. That's very typical of the political left in this country. The anti-right bigots keep saying that if we have firearms, we'll kill people.
We've had open carry banquets with 400 people—all carrying firearms—and the service is slow—and the waiters all get out alive. It's not about having a firearm and the gun makes you psychotic. It's about having a firearm to be able to stop a person who is a psychotic.
Off: Mr. Korwin, thank you.
Korwin: Thanks very much.


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Sure, They Squabble and Are Sleep Deprived. But Raising Twins and Sextuplets in Front of Millions of People Turned This Pennsylvania Couple into Stars
Welcome to the real world of Jon and Kate and their multiples: twin 8-year-old girls (Cara and Madelyn, whom they call Mady) and 4-year-old sextuplets (that would be Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Joel). Together they have captured the fascination of 2 million weekly viewers who have followed their exploits on TLC since Kate delivered six babies in 2004. Now in its fourth season, the show has become the network's highest rated series.
Much of the program's appeal comes from its warts-and-all approach. When kid stress gets overwhelming, the Gosselins respond like cranky parents the world over: They turn on each other. Kate's no-nonsense style, more Old Mother Hubbard than Carol Brady, makes her a favorite target for bloggers. "It does bother me," she says of online criticism. "Sometimes they get real personal and cruel. I'm not mean and horrible and ugly. We work hard all day, every day. I'm sorry if it's grouchy and we're yelling and complaining, but that's life."
And life Gosselin-style means rising at the crack of dawn to feed a platoon of tots, rushing the twins onto the school bus by 7:30 a.m. and starting the first of three daily loads of laundry while the little ones finish eating. Then playtime—with plenty of time-outs for those who misbehave—followed by lunch, naps, snacks, dinner, baths and bedtime. Eight hours later it's time to do it all again. "We're doing the best that we know how. We love our kids to death," says Kate. "All these people who have time to write about us, I wish upon them eight children."
Still, for Kate, 33, and Jon, 31, having kids at all was a wish come true. Both grew up in central Pennsylvania and met at a picnic. When she first saw Jon, a network engineer, holding a baby, Kate, a labor and delivery nurse, was hooked. For his part, Jon says he was drawn to Kate's driven nature. They wed in June of 1999 and wanted children right away, but Kate had a condition, polycystic ovary syndrome, that affected her fertility. Three months after their wedding, the couple tried intrauterine insemination (IUI), in which Kate's ovaries were stimulated with drugs and sperm was injected directly into her uterus. The result was twins, born in October of 2000.
Within a few years the couple longed for one more baby, and they decided to try IUI again. The first attempt failed; the second more than worked. "We figured we would have twins again," Kate says. Five weeks later, at an ultrasound, a doctor counted six embryo sacs. Even though the Gosselins, who are devout Christians, never considered reduction, Kate sobbed, while Jon couldn't look at the screen. Kate soon went on bed rest until the sextuplets were born, remarkably healthy, just shy of 30 weeks. But by that time Jon, who had been taking care of the twins and Kate while trying to work, had lost his job. "They had nothing except the kindness of their church and neighbors," says Joan Brenner, a friend of the family. "You could see the worry in their eyes."
Then TLC discovered the clan and filmed a one-hour special on them. A year later the network returned to catch up and proposed a reality series. Says Brenner: "The TV show was a blessing." Jon was able to leave the new job he had found and do consulting work. And thanks to a viewer who was married to a plastic surgeon, Kate even got a free tummy tuck. (She continues to stay trim by spending an hour and 15 minutes on a treadmill every morning.)
Now, raising their brood—on camera—is the main priority. "We call it the family job," explains Kate. She has asked her kids if they would rather be a "normal family" with parents who worked while their kids were in day care. "Unanimously, they all say they would rather have the family job," says Kate. And although no one will discuss dollar amounts, that job is lucrative: In addition to being paid to do the TLC show, the family has earned thousands from DVDs, a book, speaking engagements and endorsements.
Like most celebrities, they also get freebies: that trip to Maui last August, which was also taped for an upcoming episode of the show. Though Kate is often shown berating Jon (while he rolls his eyes), the pair say their union is rock solid. "The things we've been through, it almost tore us apart. But in the end, I realized he was the one standing next to me through everything," Kate says. "Big news: We love each other, and our marriage is not about to crumble." Agrees Jon: "I'm not running away." So both were eager to say "I do" once again. "It's been our dream to get married in Hawaii," says Kate.
Despite the perks, the Gosselins maintain that they would never force their kids in front of the camera. Certain rooms in their home outside of Reading, Pa., are off limits, including Cara and Mady's. The sextuplets are so used to being filmed year-round, three to four days a week for several hours at a time, that Jon says, "It's natural, normal." It's tougher on the twins, who recently started second grade in a small private school. "Sometimes their classmates make comments," reveals Kate. "Cara doesn't care, but Mady doesn't like to talk about it."
Even Kate tires of the attention, especially now that strangers ring the doorbell at all hours and take pictures of the kids at play in the front yard. The Gosselins say they will soon move to another house, perhaps in a warmer climate, due to a need for both more space and added security, plus their desire to abolish snowsuits—times eight.
For now, Kate refuses to contemplate how she will deal with life when her sextuplets—who started preschool in September—are in school full-time. "I can't talk about it," she says. "We take it one day at a time." At night, though, with the cameras gone and the kids tucked in bed, Kate and Jon rock in a swing on their back porch and imagine the future. They wrap themselves in blankets to guard against mosquitoes, sip decaf coffee and talk about their kids—including one who may still be on the way.
Their dream is to adopt a baby from Korea, where Jon traces much of his ancestry. "I can't wait," says Jon. "We want another little girl." Adds Kate: "I've figured out her middle name." It's one challenge they have yet to conquer: raising a child that is not a multiple. Kate confesses, "We still want to know what 'one' is like."
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TANGERANG: People of Chinese-Indonesian descent, known as the Cina Benteng (Chinese of the Fort) in Neglasari district, Tangerang municipality, received free healthcare on Monday.
The one-day service was provided by Kampung Benteng Community Forum (FMKB) in cooperation with Tangerang water operator PDAM Tirta Benteng, the Relawan Benteng Bersatu organization and the Indonesian Chinese Church Union (PGTI).
"We don't mind queuing for hours as it's a rare opportunity to get free healthcare," said Leni, 26, who had took along her 4-year-old daughter for treatment.
The organizing committee's chairman, Edi Lien from FKMB, said that they had brought five doctors from Jakarta's Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM). "Residents who need further medical treatment or surgery will be referred to RSCM and will receive treatment free of charge."
Tirta Benteng president director Ahmad Marju Kodri said that the company had an allocated budget as part of its corporate social responsibility program to assist underprivileged residents living in the area.
"We hope that those who joined the free healthcare service will be cured soon and do better in their lives," he said.
Kan An, 53, one of the residents suffering from a hernia, said that he was very thankful for the service. "We really need this kind of program. I hope it can be held regularly."
Neglasari, which is located near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, is the poorest among the municipality's 13 districts. It is home to some 10,000 Cina Benteng people.


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Ah, yes, um, on the second day of our convention, ah, we had a visit from one of our leaders from Mississippi, um, and he had asked that we would, if he could speak with us, meet with the Mississippi delegation, so we met with this leader from Mississippi, and we were, you know, I really, when I think of our representatives, were disappointed because we had thought that this person was gonna coming up in support of our being there, but it turned out that this person was totally against our participating in the convention. In fact, he had made remarks of our being there in opposition to what we were doing in Mississippi, the whole fact that we were fighting to end segregation in Mississippi, to gain more participation in the Democratic Party, and he viewed our trip there as being totally against what we were fighting for there. But, it was, you know, it wasn't. We didn't view our trip there in that way, in that manner at all. As a matter of fact, we felt that there, going there would help us to be more participa- as leaders and as citizens to the Democratic Party and to the whole notion of ending segregation in Mississippi.


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by Chuck Szajkovics, Employment Consultant, Firstsearch Inc.
In just a few years from now, more people will be accessing the Internet through wireless devices than through
the use of wired computers at home or the office. The flexibility, convenience and sophistication of wireless technology
is great for consumers. But finding skilled wireless workers to design, build and maintain all this new technology is
a real problem for employers attempting to surf the wireless wave.
The wireless industry is booming because wireless technology is the ideal way to connect to the Internet. Consumers
are checking stock quotes and email, buying movie tickets, making reservations for dinner and scheduling drinks
afterwards, all from their wireless devices, and all without talking.
Yes, you can still talk on these phones. But the new generation of wireless phones have computer capabilities which
cell phones do not possess. A small keyboard, a larger computer display screen, and a built-in web browser are standard
on many of today's wireless "devices."
This technology is being driven in part by marketing, which is telling consumers they can do or get anything from their
wireless devices. In Japan, consumers actually walk up to vending machines, input information into their phones, and the
machine in front of them pops out a soft drink. Or imagine walking down the street, tired from shopping, and your wireless phone automatically alerts you to a relaxing
corner coffee shop where you can rest your feet and get your thoughts together.
Features such as these have created a boom in customer demand for wireless services. Plus, wireless systems must
still handle the large amount of voice traffic that consumers will still be generating. As more and more new
wireless applications are developed, more and more information is being piled on the wireless systems.
This consumer demand means capacities have to be increased, and new systems must be designed, built and maintained. All of these
things require skilled employees, which this ultra tight labor market can't adequately supply - especially since the wireless
industry is in its infancy and the skill sets needed are entirely new in many cases.
Surviving in this fast-paced industry means employers must adopt nontraditional hiring practices. Two such practices are
contracting and cross training - sound solutions for talent-hungry employers. Contracting is a unique relationship between
employer and employee. It's an arrangement where a worker performs specific tasks for one person or organization through
the interface of a third party. The third party handles all of the employee's taxes, insurance, government filings and benefits,
acting as the company's "back office."
This flexible hiring system allows companies to staff up for short-term projects, seasonal growth, or to meet tight deadlines
affecting their bottom lines. Companies enjoy the talents of qualified individuals for a short timeframe without worrying about
adding them to their corporate payroll, only to lay them off later. Contracting is also a good way for an employer to see how
several contractors perform for them. Thus, the company can choose from a skilled group of candidates should it decide to add permanent staff.
Contracting has many benefits for employees as well. They can check out companies before committing to them as regular
employees. Contract employers also get training and exposure to new technologies and methods that enhance their r�sum�s. And hourly
wages for contractors are usually higher than the salary they'd receive as "direct hire" employees. In fact, many "techie"
employees work as full-time contractors, moving from position to position and increasing their skill sets as they pull in good
money, and work in a variety of dynamic work environments they've hand-picked.
Cross training is another solution to the shortage of high tech and wireless employees, but it requires a shift in the thinking of hiring managers.
"In essence, cross training means employers must loosen up their position requirements to allow skilled individuals from similar
fields to step in and undergo necessary training for these new high tech positions," said Mike Kappel, president of Top Echelon,
the nation's largest network of recruiters. "Being too rigid on position requirements means talented workers will be overlooked,
and wireless positions will remain unfilled."
The average degreed RF engineer's (radio frequency design engineer) salary has doubled in the past four years. This makes
keeping these techies a chore, and a costly chore at that. A company looking for an RF engineer should consider hiring a person
from a related industry that utilizes radio principles. Candidates from the broadcast, land mobile, dispatch radio, satellite,
and armed forces communications systems industries would all be great places to look for a skilled, adaptable employee.
Candidates from these fields are eager to break into the wireless racket, and are willing to accept lower salaries than experienced
wireless personnel. This influx of new talent is healthy for the industry and offers a great future for the candidates as well.
Surviving in today's high tech environment requires employers to rethink their hiring strategies. Consumer demand and dollars will
continue to drive the wireless industry, but only flexible companies possessing top talent will reap the benefits of this dynamic field.


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Today was our two year anniversary!
And what better way to celebrate than with a gluten-free picnic in the park.
We started off the fiesta with gluten-free hot dogs and chicken apple sausages. And nestled them in our house-made gluten-free sesame buns.
Also on the menu were watermelon and strawberry fruit salad, cauliflower cheese salad, grilled salad full of corn, potatoes, peppers, mushrooms, and asparagus, merlot chicken bacon chili, chips and mango salsa, and of course cake.
For whatever reason, I've been craving strawberry shortcake and thought it would make the perfect summer celebration cake. Cynthia made two vanilla cakes with a layer of tangy cream cheese frosting and strawberries sandwiched in between. I topped it with super cute flags that read happy 2nd birthday (it was a little windy and the letters wouldn't fully cooperate in the photos :-p).
We had so much fun reminiscing about how far we have come and even got the chance to spend time with some of our customers. One of our good friends even showed up with a vintage Zest Bakery pin from the grand opening! So rad!
It's been so fulfilling to turn this seed of an idea into a full fledged business and have you all there encouraging us right along. There have been many people who have been with us since the beginning and so many more that have remained loyal customers since finding out about us. I'm looking at you Anne, Tracie, Isabel, Barak, and countless others we've enjoyed getting to know by name. It's because of you that we enjoy what we do!
Thank you all for sharing the journey with us!
And remember: "Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake!"
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Happy Birthday! :D


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