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Seattle Rep Sets June 2nd Memorial for Artistic Director Jerry Manning
A memorial service has been set to celebrate the life of Seattle Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Jerry Manning, who died at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle on Apr. 30 due to complications from surgery for a congenital heart defect. An all-around theatre practitioner, Jerry was a beloved leader, director, producer, mentor and friend. Well-regarded by his peers, he was known for his biting sense of humor, irascible spirit, and sharp mind. He was 58.
The memorial service will be held Monday, June 2, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at Seattle Repertory Theatre. In lieu of flowers, the Manning family encourages donations to the Rep to help sustain the Theatre's many artistic projects.
Manning had led the theatre since 2009 and served on the artistic staff since 2000. He was an advocate for new work, emerging artists, and the Seattle community, and his tenure as Artistic Director was defined by his passion for new play development. During his four seasons at the helm, the Rep commissioned 13 new works and world premiered eight plays. Three more will make their stage debut in the 2014-2015 season, which will be dedicated to Manning's memory.
About Jerry: Jerry was born June 15, 1955 in New Brunswick, NJ to Edward and Margaret Manning. One of five children, he graduated from Immaculata High School in Summerville, NJ in 1973 and Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI in 1977. He also served in the Navy as a midshipman for two years in the mid-70s.
A life-long avid reader and political junkie, Jerry started his career in theatre at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and worked there for 11 seasons. He joined Arena first in the fundraising department, but his native intelligence and the sharpness of his Jesuit-educated mind, coupled with his wit and good taste, soon led him to other aspects of Arena's life. He started by reading scripts, then because of his deep appreciation for and keen awareness of good writing, he moved into the literary office there. This was the beginning of what became a life habit-being led by his natural curiosity and his restless mind to conquer new disciplines and bodies of knowledge. So it was on to casting, then, to production management, assistant directing, directing and finally, to what was probably what he was destined to do-artistic leadership.
From 1995-2000, Jerry served as an Artistic Associate for New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW). He followed the EXACT same pattern at NYTW. But by this time, his open heart, and his deep affection for artists of any stripe, he became expert at the most critical element of theatre-making-creating and maintaining relationships. He was both the Literary Associate and the Casting Director at NYTW between 1995 and 2000. He was instrumental in the creation and leadership of NYTW's artistic community, The Usual Suspects.
Jerry joined Seattle Rep in 2000 as Associate Artistic Director overseeing casting and artist relations; in 2008, he was named Producing Artistic Director, and in 2010 was named Artistic Director. His tenure as Artistic Director was defined by his advocacy of new work, emerging artists, and the Seattle community. During his four seasons at the helm, the Rep commissioned 13 new works (nine by Seattle writers) and world premiered eight plays. Many of those had a life outside Seattle, including An Iliad, How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Pullman Porter Blues, and A Great Wilderness. Three more new plays, including Robert Schenkkan's second play about LBJ, The Great Society, will make their stage debut next season.
Always a champion of new work, he directed six plays at Seattle Rep including fresh plays by Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (boom). Other directing credits include work at New Dramatists, New York Theatre Workshop, The Kennedy Center, The Studio Theatre, Source, Adirondack Theatre, Washington Stage Guild, and Signature Theatre.
Jerry also did extensive casting work in film and television including Ken Burn's The Civil War, Forrest Gump, The Pelican Brief and many others. He conducted workshops at graduate theatre departments (UW, University of Montana, Yale, to name a few) and had an ongoing relationship with the National Endowment for the Arts, where he served as a reader, site reporter and peer panelist.
A gifted storyteller, Jerry knew everyone in American theatre and usually had a least one not-fit-to-print anecdote about each and every one of them. He was also a fierce fighter and advocate for all artists and staff.
He is survived by his sister Lory of Arlington, VA; two brothers: Mark and his wife Kate of Menomonie, WI, and Timothy and his wife Bernadette of Leesburg, VA; and 10 nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by his parents and his brother Edward.
Seattle Repertory Theatre was founded in 1963. One of America's premier nonprofit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.


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The Oliva Family Tree since 1910 stating with my Grand Mom Apolonia Oliva , She used to be married to Tiburcio Lopez she had a total of 8 children including my father Fredy Nicanor Oliva, then he went on to married my mother Eduvina Isabel Baires, from that marriage three boy were born, Wilber A Oliva, Fredy M. Oliva and Edgar M. OLiva. Fredy Nicanor Oliva was a Musician living all his life in El Salvador he was born on 05/14/1940 or 1944 there is a discrepancy on the year he was born , Eduvina Baires was a dress maker and she was born January 01, 1940, lived in El Salvador until 1976, then emigrated to United States to live in Los Angeles. They Divorce in 1974. He then re married to Gladys Aide Castillo from that marriage three kids were born, Miguel,Cesar and Liliana he also had another child outside the marriage her name is Laura Oliva.

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20.109(F12) Pre-Proposal: Engineering Biodiesel-Producing Bacteria to Optimize the Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel Fuel
Project Summary
Biodiesel fuel is both a non-toxic and renewable resource, making it a promising alternative to standard diesel fuel. Current research focuses on synthesizing biodiesel from bacteria but does not address the poor oxidative stability of the biodiesel, which lowers its shelf life to a six month span. The proposed research would address this problem by engineering pre-existing biodiesel-producing bacteria to secrete antioxidants in order to optimize oxidative stability of the biodiesel and therefore make it viable for a longer period of time.
Diesel fuel is a non-renewable resource made from a limited supply of fossil fuels, which is drawing attention towards more renewable biofuels like biodiesel (Meng). Biodiesel is made of methyl esters, which are unsaturated fatty acid chains that are prone to oxidation via the free radical mechanism. It can be found in vegetable oils, animal fats, and even in used frying oil. One problem with biodiesel, however, is not very commercially accepted because it is expensive and has poor oxidative stability (Knothe) when exposed to oxygen in ambient air when it is being stored. This degradation of fuel quality can affect properties like kinematic viscosity, acid value, and peroxide value (Dunn). Treating the fatty derivatives with oxidation inhibitors (antioxidants) (Tang) fixes this Previous research in the field has found that the addition of synthetic antioxidants into biodiesel improves oxidative stability, supported by research like that of Robert in 'Effect of antioxidants on the oxidative stability of methyl soyate (biodiesel)'. However, this process occurs synthetically through various chemical processes in laboratories. Alternatively, by genetically engineering the biodiesel-reducing E. coli to produce these antioxidants, the bacteria eliminate the need for the overly complicated and expensive synthetic chemical process. This would result in a continuous supply of antioxidants for the biodiesel, which in the long run can be more cost-efficient because it prolongs the viability and stability of the biodiesel being produced. With a more efficient and lower cost biodiesel production stability commercial acceptance of biofuels will increase and therefore make it a more effective alternative fuel source, which in the grand scheme of things emphasizes greener fuel options that are more environmentally friendly than diesel. This is really important because one day fossil fuels will run out and, therefore, there need to be other successful and feasible fuel options available, which is why the study of biofuels is so important.
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You know, when you think about it, there are few things more beautiful in the evening than candlelight. But sometimes, what you're left with the next morning, well it's not so pretty, wax drippings on your furniture. Now, there are two ways to get rid of these, the hot method and the cold method. Let's start with this one. Now, heat softens, in fact it will liquefy wax, but the trick is to put on enough heat to melt the wax without damaging the furniture, for that a hairdryer is perfect. For the cold method, you'll need some ice, or you can use frozen vegetables, i happen to like peas. The ice, or in this case, the frozen vegetables makes the wax very cold and very brittle, so that by taking something like this spatula, we can just chip it right off. So go ahead, light up those candles, enjoy a romantic evening, you've got nothing to fear from wax drips.
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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Other Vegetables "
When I can be bothered, I like to have a cooked breakfast at the weekends, and as I don't like fries, hash browns are a perfect accompaniment to my usual scrambled eggs and sausages.
I always bought McCain's Hash Browns, as I do always go for the brand name items, but seeing that these were only £1 for 700g (as opposed to McCain's £1.59), I decided to try them out.
They come in orange plastic packaging, with the Sainsbury's logo and a picture of the hash browns and some potatoes sitting on a wooden table - it gives the impression that these are full of potato, and indeed they are - being 83% potato. There is also 3% onion in them, along with seasonings and pea fibre... whatever that is!
Out of the packet, they are a pale yellow and are triangular and wedge-shaped. They are made up of shredded potato and onion, like a rosti.
You can fry or grill these, or bake them in the oven. I prefer to oven bake them as I think they would be very greasy if you fried them (not a bad thing taste-wise but I do try to be healthier).
Once cooked, they become a golden colour, and the outside becomes crispy. Inside, the potato is soft and tasty. They taste well seasoned, with the tiniest tang of onion. I would prefer more onion in them, in my mind 3% onion isn't really enough. They are very more-ish.
Even oven-baked, I do find they can still be a bit on the greasy side, and leave the roof of your mouth with a greasy coating. This is only a minor quibble.
I have been buying these ever since first trying them and don't think I would go back to buying McCains. They seem better seasoned.
These contain 205kcal, 1.19 saturated fat and 0.75g salt per 100g.
Thanks for reading.
I love a cooked breakfast at the weekend and love the usual bacon and eggs etc but I enjoy it more with a couple of little extra's such as these delicious little Hash Browns.
They come frozen and I bought some recently from Sainsbury's for £1.44 for a 700g bag, they come in a plastic bag which is recyclable and inside they are a long triangle wedge shaped potato filling, and they are can be either grilled or fried lightly until golden brown. They are a shredded potato blended together to make the shape.
They are 100% real British potatoes and each one is approximately 3 inches long, which is a good size and they do not taste mushy as I thought they would when I first started to eat them, they can taste crunchy if cooked for a little longer or they can be lightly cooked and then they are a little more mashed but not so much so they fall off the fork.
The texture is quite a soft one and as even though they can be crunchy they can easily be swallowed.
I place an egg sometimes on mine if I have 2 as I put 2 together and place the egg on top and if it is a runny egg it just falls into the hash brown superbly, my wife sometimes thinks I am strange the way I arrange my food at times but I like to enjoy it and the egg arrangement is one I just love lol.
They are very nice with chips or potato wedges and beans as a meal or just on their own as a snack and sometimes I eat them with sweet corn and mayonnaise and they taste super.
They can be found in the freezers of any good supermarket and there are around 10 in each bag and they can easily feed a family on a budget and they are often on special offer priced at just £1 and so I then buy more than one and stock the freezer.
They are well worth every penny and I recommend them to anyone to try.
I rate this product 5 stars.
Every couple of months I do a cooked breakfast for my family members who do not live with me and have done ever since my daughter left home over 10 years ago and she went to live with her long term boyfriend and she missed my cooked breakfasts so much she kept asking me if she could come to my home and for me to cook her one and she kept asking a few times and so I decided to do it on a regular basis and so when my son left too, he did the same and their partners used to also arrive on the doorstep and so it grew from there and I enjoy us all having breakfast together now and they are both married to their then partners which is even better.
I cook bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, and much more and a must are hash browns as my daughter and I love them the most on the plate.
These little beauties come in a plastic bag, from Sainsbury's for only 95p for a 700g bag, they are kind of shredded potatoes blended together to form a wedge shaped hash brown, they can be fried or grilled and they are nice and crunchy and taste absolutely delicious, these ones have a hint of onion added but the taste is not very strong, it is just the right amount and the onion cannot be seen as it is all shredded with the potato.
The texture is very nice and they are very easy to chew, I love mine grilled the best as they are more crunchy just as I like them but my son in law prefers them more softer and not so well done but both ways of cooking them are delicious.
For 100g they contain 205 calories, 2.7g protein, 26.0g carbohydrate, 10.0g fat, 1.1g saturates, and 2.5g fibre.
There are around 10 in each bag, and go a long way as usually only one is needed as they are generally used with a cooked breakfast but are also ideal with fries.
There are usually 6 of us now, plus a 1 year old who have the family breakfast every couple of months and 1 bag feeds us all comfortably and for the low price it is a good one to buy more than one.
They are the lower brand from Sainsbury's and they are a good tasting food in that range and very good quality and I recommend them for anyone to give a go to see if your family like them too, and maybe the family will grow at breakfast time like mine has over the years lol.
I give them a 5 star.
Thank you for reading my review.
Hash browns are a food that I really enjoy, breakfast, lunch or dinner. They are a great addition to any meal any time of the day. I usually purchase McCain's hash browns but when they were out of stock I decided to get sainsbury's own hash browns.
There was a definate reduction in quality from these, the taste was not very rich, the potatoes were not mashed togther, but rather made into little processed cubes, but worts of all they were incredibly greasy. The texture of this particular brand is very poor, the taste I can handle but not the texture. Another thing to ntoe is that the fat content of these are 10% compared to 7.6% in McCains althought they have a similar salt and carbohydrate content.
These can be purcahsed for 95p which is less than McCain's at £1.47 but you get what you pay for. I wouldn't recommend but It may have just been my method of cooking.
Now a nice fry-up is something that is thoroughly enjoyed in my house from time to time and the trimmings that we have will vary from time to time depending on what we have in the house to use up and what is on special offer as well! Therefore, when I spotted these 'New' Sainsburys Hash Browns reduced from 95p down to 71p (25% off) I just could not resist picking up a packet of these & hoping they were as good as the McCain ones I would usually purchase which are a fair bit more expensive per 700g back (£1.29 at present).
Each 125g serving contains 246 calories, 3.2g protein, 31.2g carbohydrate (of which 0.6g sugars), 12g fat (of which 1.3g saturates), 3g fibre & 0.9g of salt so providing these are enjoyed in moderation there really is no reason why you can't enjoy a nice serving now and again, particularly if you bake them and bake the rest of your fry-up too!
The hash browns really are the same as any others in that they are made from shredded potato and a small amount of diced onion and can be grilled, fried or baked & my personal preferred method is to bake them as they turn a lovely golden brown colour after around 25 minutes. They are then not saturated in fat so slightly healthier this way.
Ingredients: Potato (83%), Sunflower Oil (8%), Dried Potato, Onion (3%), Potato Starch, Pea Fibre, Salt, Pepper, Onion Powder.
These hash browns are very well held together & bake very well indeed. The shredded potato is very ample & when you cut in to them they don't fall apart or turn to mush which I always find very off putting indeed! The hash brown cooks nice and evenly and is lovely and crunchy on the outside yet soft and perfectly cooked in the middle. The outer batter is crispy and delicious and everything about this hash brown is truly delicious & it goes so well with a fry-up or as an accompaniment to a main meal. The small amount of onion is a lovely addition to these hash browns and helps to give it a nice crunchy feel.
These really are comparable to the McCain ones and the quality is very high. I would definitely recommend these as they are cheaper & wonderfully crisp yet soft on the inside (repeating myself now!) and they have a lovely slight seasoning to them that makes them work very well with fry-ups, in particular beans and bacon. Yum! These hash browns get a delicious 5/5 from me as they taste yummy & I will be purchasing them again!


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County runners place in Tuesday meets
Prescott's Amanda Murphy had another top place finish at the Amery Invitational Tuesday.
Murphy finished fifth in a time of 17:04. Teammates Annika Carlson and Emmie Carpenter were also in the top 25 as they finished 23rd and 25th respectfully. As a team PHS took seventh out of the 16 teams competing. Elmwood/Plum City was 11th led by a 43rd place by Josie Tiffany in 19:09.
EPC's Noah Wells finished 18th in the meet in 18:49. Prescott placed 11th out of 16 schools competing with Phillip Pena's 41st in 20:13.
Ellsworth's Carter Schultx placed 30th at the Black River Falls Invitational in 19:34 while the Panthers Kelsey Betthauser was 17th in 18:57. That helped EHS place eighth in the girls meet with a score of 202.
Both Ellsworth and Prescott compete in the Arcadia Invitational this Saturday at Schutz Farm.


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Did you know?
Khuwana Tavern is reputed to sell more beer than any other pub in the country.
Khuwana is an African word meaning beer pot and one could not hope for a better name for what is reputed to be South Africa's biggest single outlet of beer, the Khuwana Tavern just north of Pretoria.
Located in Mandela Village, a sprawling jigsaw of informal settlements and tribal communities, this Pretoria tavern is the brainchild of former Mozambican farmer Wilson Vuma, who turned a rundown Pretoria shebeen in to one of the prime pubs in the country.
Vuma fled the turmoil of war-ravaged Mozambique in the late 1970s and came south looking for work. After a series of odd jobs, he had scrounged together enough cash to invest in a dilapidated shebeen and the Khuwana Tavern was born.
But as political change swept through South Africa in the 1990s, the fortunes of the country's informal shebeens waned as black South Africans, freed from restrictions, flocked to upmarket venues in the cities. Vuma, however, was quick to spot the gap in the market.
'Shebeens,' he explains, 'were seen as lowbrow venues, appealing to the cheapest clientele. Business declined and I had a choice: close the tavern or reinvent it as a place that combined the best of the informal shebeen vibe with the class and quality of more upmarket pubs."
And he did just that, bucking the trend and creating one of the most popular drinking holes in the country, as famed for its food as it is for its beer: the Mozambican peri-peri chicken, done over an open flame, is easily the best in the country, and very affordable too.
Also unforgettable are the erotic, 3-D murals, created by Vuma's cousin Vasco, that adorn the tavern's walls.
The Khuwana Tavern pumps, especially over weekends when live music performances take place. Go with a tour guide, or a big group, then let your hair down and try gumboot dancing.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Khuwana Tavern
Tel: +27 (0)12 711 1208
Kwalata Game Lodge
Tel: +27 (0)12 711 8200.
How to get here
The Khuwana Tavern is approximately 30km outside central Pretoria, on the N1 highway north, in the Mandela Village settlement.
Best time to visit
Any time of year.
Around the area
Nearby is the Carousel Hotel and Casino for those who feel lucky. There are also a number of nature reserves in the area.
Tours to do
The Kwalata Game Lodge nearby offers tours of Mandela Village that finish off with lunch at Khuwana Tavern.
What will it cost
Khuwana Tavern offers great value for money and sells some of the cheapest - and coldest - beer in the country.
What to pack
Your party mood.
Where to stay
Pretoria has accommodation options to suit all tastes and pockets. There are also a number of guest houses, lodges and B&Bs in the immediate area.
What to eat
Khuwana Tavern serves simple, reasonably priced tavern fare. The spicy Mozambican peri-peri chicken is best washed down with an ice-cold beer.
What's happening
Live music and/or discos over weekends. Otherwise there's always a party vibe at the Khuwana.
Best buys
Look out for handmade arts and crafts on sale in Mandela Village.


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Get an overview of this hotelUpscale hotel on the beach, with 2 outdoor swimming pools
Popular property highlights
Nestled on the beach, this Jericoacoara hotel is just steps from Nossa Senhora de Fatima Chapel and Jericoacoara Beach. Malhada Beach and Central Square are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
At My Blue Hotel, relax by one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools or spend the day at the beach where you can enjoy surfing/boogie boarding.
Room Amenities
All 81 rooms offer free WiFi, minibars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Room service, first-run movies, and in-room massages are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Refreshing pool
My Blue Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
My Blue Hotel features 2 outdoor swimming pools and 2 spa tubs along with a health club and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This beach hotel also offers spa services, a library, and tour/ticket assistance. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
My Blue Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 81
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- Health club
- Bar/lounge
- Arcade/game room
- Library
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Garden
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Year Built 2005
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 5
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room massage available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- First-run movies
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Oceano - This beachfront restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
2 outdoor swimming pools and 2 spa tubs are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
- Ecotours on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Horse riding/rental on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Windsurfing on site
Spa Services
- Body treatments
- Number of treatment rooms 3
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
Hotel Name
- My Blue Hotel
- My Blue Hotel Jericoacoara
- My Blue Jericoacoara
- My Blue Hotel Jijoca de Jericoacoara
- My Blue Jijoca de Jericoacoara
We should mention
Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information. Guests must transfer to the property via required shuttle and must arrange the transfers by contacting the property before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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A monthly feature about a U.S. Men's, Women's or Youth National Team player whose performance demands that bright, shining spotlight. This month, the spotlight is once again on Heather Mitts. By now, she's getting used to it, having been through a few gigs on live TV and several photo shoots in guy mags like FHM and Maxim. But she's temporarily left it all behind for a shot at the 2004 U.S. Women's Olympic Team.
Heather NovaHeather Mitts is nothing if not versatile. She possesses qualities that someday may make her a top international defender: she's feisty, fast, skillful, fearless and loves to get forward from the back.
But after she finishes her soccer career, she also possesses qualities that may make her a star in a different arena: Television. Mitts is well-spoken, funny, attractive, driven and creative. All qualities that served her well during her stint as a co-host of "The 10 Show," a fun, laid-back morning show that comes on, appropriately, at 10 a.m. on channel 10, after the "Today" show on Philadelphia's NBC affiliate WCAU.
After the WUSA suspended operations last fall, like many players, the former Philadelphia Charge star was ready to jump back into the real world, (and we don't mean what happens when seven strangers are picked to live in a house…). We mean a job that didn't include these prerequisites:
--Must be able to chase down Mia Hamm every day in practice.
--Must be able to bang bodies with German star Birgit Prinz.
--Will wear shorts every day and get paid to work out.
--Will likely suffer cuts and bruises on shins and knees.
--Must be able to head a soccer ball descending at high speeds over great distances.
All those she could handle. Live morning television was another matter.
After playing to solid reviews as a studio commentator on ABC and ESPN's coverage of the 2003 Women's World Cup, Mitts was approached by the station and jumped into the co-hosting role at "The 10 Show" with admittedly little experience in that field.
"Hosting a show without any experience was tough, and a little bit scary," said Mitts, who would co-host on Monday and Tuesday and do a feature out in the community on Fridays. "The past TV stuff I had done had all been soccer related, so I pretty much had to start from scratch and they kind of just threw me in there. I felt like I could do it, but it's not so easy when the cameras go on. It was easier in that I had co-hosts that were experienced and comfortable on TV and we could interact, but the most nerve-racking thing was when I had to host a segment on my own."
Mitts was making solid progress in her new field, until she received something almost as coveted as a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory – an invite to train with the U.S. Women's National Team in their first major camp of 2004.Mitts, who has five caps for the USA, had kept herself fit in case that chance arose. In fact, she had written into her contract at WCAU that if U.S. WNT head coach April Heinrichs called, she could go. Well, Heinrichs called, and she went, so the TV gig is on hold for now.
"They were very supportive and understanding of me going after my dreams," said Mitts of her co-workers at the TV station, who sent a reporter all the way from Philly to interview her and other U.S. players during the USA's training camp in Los Angeles. "They didn't think I would leave this soon; they thought maybe I would leave in April, but the time was now. I had learned a little more each day, but I have a lot more to learn about the TV business. Whenever I get an extended time off, I plan to go back. They are great people."
Mitts' very first segment by herself was an interview with Zora of "Joe Millionaire" fame, who spurned Evan Marriott and admitted that reality TV isn't so real at all, with all of the editing and story molding.
Mitts handled the four-minute segment with aplomb and was off and running, even though her new job involved no running. But that doesn't mean she didn't sweat.
"They understood that I was a rookie, but I know it had to be frustrating for (the cast and crew) at times because I didn't know what I'm doing," said Mitts. " It was certainly frustrating for me as there were simple things I should know how to do like putting together a package, coming up with story lines, doing voice-overs, and then the cutting and editing. Someone had to guide me through it all. I'm naturally hard on myself, so it was stressful if I thought I'd had a bad show, just like when I think I've had a bad game."
But that won't be the case for long if and when Mitts gets the chance to spend more time on her second career.
"I definitely like it and it's one of those things where I enjoy a good challenge," said Mitts, who was also training to anchor the evening sports cast. "I want to keep improving to a point where I'm good at it, just like I work at soccer or anything else in my life."
Mitts actually did have some preparation for her work on "The 10 Show," serving as a roving reporter for the Philadelphia Eagles pre-game show, "The Tailgate Show." Mitts was charged with roaming the parking lot during home games, interviewing Eagles fans and sampling way too much tailgating cuisine, raising the as-yet-unanswered question, "how many Philly cheese steaks can a 5-foot-5 soccer player eat?"
Often, the fans had consumed a half dozen too many adult beverages and had "unkind" words to say about the opposing team, their quarterback, the quarterback's mother, and the sexual preference of the opposing head coach.
Still, Mitts became so popular with the fans that in an un-scientific poll asking which Eagle player the fans would most like to tailgate with, a landslide 45% chose Eagle back-up QB A.J. Feeley, who just happens to be Mitts' boyfriend, but with this caveat: "only if he brings Heather along."
But for now, though, Mitts' focus is inside the stadium, as she works to solidify a spot on the national team.
"Soccer is my first priority," said Mitts. "After the WUSA folded, it really hit home that soccer might not always be there for me, and that I needed to appreciate every opportunity I got to play at the top level. Once soccer is over, TV is something I can take more seriously. For now, I am really enjoying playing and competing with great players every day."
Download this issue of Center Circle (.pdf).
Table of Contents
1) Armchair Midfielder [The U-23 Class of 2000: Then and Now]
2) In Threes [w/ MNT midfielder Chris Klein]
3) Making it in the Show [w/ U-23 MNT midfielder David Testo]
4) Queries & Anecdotes [w/ U-23 MNT forward Conor Casey]
5) Mark that Calendar [U-23 MNT vs. Group A – 2004 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying / Live on MatchTracker]
6) Superstar!!! [w/ WNT defender Heather Mitts]
7) Point/Counterpoint [Who will be the Breakout Players for U.S. Soccer in 2004?]
8) You Don't Know Jack (Marshall) [General U-23/Men's Olympic Trivia]
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