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The successful applicant will become a part of our production team which seeks to be a highly effective and flexible team working with the finest coffees in the world. The individual will be expected to learn and perform many of the tasks and activities associated with operating a coffee roasting facility. This position would be for our 2nd shift at our West Bridgewater, MA headquarters.
Job Description
- Employment Status: Full Time, Worker-Owner Track Position
- Hours: 10am – 6:30pm (2nd shift)
- Starting Salary: Available upon interview
- Benefits: Health/dental/vision insurance coverage, vacations, holidays, sick days, eligibility for worker-ownership
- Department: Roasting and Production
- Report to: Packaging Supervisor
- Must love coffee
- Must work well in a team environment
- Passionate about the mission of Equal Exchange
- An interest in the mission of Equal Exchange
- Experience with or interest in working for a cooperative organization preferred
- Must be able to read, speak and comprehend English
- Machine maintenance experience highly desirable
- Experience in food production environment a big plus
- Mechanical/Electrical reasoning skills highly desirable
- Basic math and conversion skills
- Ability to use basic quality measuring instruments
- Ability to solve problems
- Attention to detail
- Fanatic about producing a quality product
- Ability to create and adapt systems
- Computer literate
- Ability to lift 75lbs
- Push/pull 1400 lbs using supplied equipment
- Frequent bending, twisting required
- Applicant must be able to stand for the entire shift
A. Packaging Machine Operation
- Operating and monitoring packaging equipment such as fillers, labelers and blending equipment
- packing cases on packaging line
- palletizing cases
- coordinate with roasting team to pack out roasted product
- periodic machine cleaning
- preventative maintenance of facilities equipment
- other tasks and projects as assigned by supervisor
B. Quality Assurance
- conformance to production and administrative procedures
- performing QC protocols as required by QC manager
- continual learning for quality and process improvement
C. Materials Handling
- Assist in staging and loading of raw materials
Personnel & Worker Ownership/Fair Trade Development (approx. 10%)
- Participate in staff, team, department, and educational (Exchange Time) meetings.
- Understand our producer partners, trading policies, and the Fair Trade movement.
- Understand and participate in our worker cooperative model.
To Apply
Please provide your resume and answers to the following questions, and email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Give an example of a project that you had to complete from start to finish?
- Describe a situation when you went "above and beyond" at work: What did you do? Why?
- How would your former co-workers describe you?
- How does this position in production help Equal Exchange fulfill its commitment to small farmers?


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The continuing rise of lifestyle-related diseases and chronic disorders means that we need to take a fresh look at health and healthcare, and to remember that prevention is better than cure. Our Mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals in Eire: by preserving individuals healthy; offering the healthcare individuals need; delivering high quality providers and getting best value from health system assets. Sources say that despite its $1.2 billion valuation, Clover has struggled to navigate a highly difficult and slow-shifting health insurance business that rewards measurement and scale. The progress-hacking" tricks and aggressive gross sales and marketing methods that software begin-ups and app builders use to juice their numbers have proven less efficient in health care, which is closely regulated. To rank the call queue, Clover used risk rating knowledge from CMS, which helped decide people who had diabetes or were on key medications. But due to the software glitch, the checklist was reversed. For a number of months, Clover's representatives known as the healthiest members first.
Eat a wide range of foods to ensure that you're getting a balanced diet and that your body is receiving all the nutrients it needs. The PacificSource Healthy Life Challenge will focus on these modifiable risk factors: physical activity, healthy eating, stress management, and tobacco cessation. Breathing problems during sleep are also common among people who are overweight, and can make asthma harder to manage. If you snore or don't feel refreshed after a night's sleep, talk to your doctor.
A vegetarian lifestyle has been promoted for a healthy lifestyle and weight loss ; vegetarians should check with their physicians to be sure they are getting enough vitamins , minerals , and iron in their food. Eat a variety of different whole foods instead of eating processed foods. 10 Whole foods offer a balance of healthy carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and other nutrients.
Make sure your relationships are positive and healthy ones. Surround yourself with people who support you and who you feel good around. Your partner in life, friends and others who are in your life should respect you. If you find yourself in an unhealthy relationship, take steps to improve it or move on.
Not only has Roberts seen the problems of obesity first-hand in her family, she knows the benefits of CR better than most. For over 10 years she has been a leading scientist in the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-Term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy trial, also known as Calerie. Over two years, 218 healthy men and women aged between 21 and 50 years were split into two groups. In one, people were allowed to eat as they normally would (ad libitum), while the other ate 25{b7f934bab48c04d44f7cb3660f63e23b6544aea4032e4ee0338f06c1e13ef5eb} less (CR). Both had health checks every six months.

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Tips for how to correctly take pictures to document an Extreme Makeover
If you want to do a great job of documenting your work when you're doing an extreme makeover on a special interest car it's vitally important to do two things,
- Capture the before shots
- Captures key before & after shots with the camera and the pictures in the same position. If possible also in the same location.
Here's an example, in the pictures below the car and the camera are in the same position but only two shots are with the car in the same location.
Before in the sun
Before in the garage
After in the garage
Couldn't get an after in the sun as the sun was never around when the car was finish and this is a problem for many detailers.
This is a powerful way to capture the before and after photos and keep the proper and even perfect perspective in all your shots to completely tell your amazing before and after story.
We'll add some more pictures and develop this article as time permits but this should get the basic idea across.
If you're doing an Extreme Makeover on a Special Interest Car, especially if the paint is a heavily oxidized single stage paint finish or an extremely swirled out clear coat paint finish, the it's vitally important to capture the Before Pictures.
Because once you bring a machine polisher or even your hand down onto the paint and start removing oxidation and other defects you can NEVER go back and get these pictures. And the reason this is important is because that's where the value and the power in your pictures comes from, the before pictures. Once you've restored the finish you can always get more "After" shots, but you can never go back in time and capture the "Before" shots.
Also, don't do a Test Spot on the paint until AFTER you get all your before shots, it takes too much power away from the before shot.
Car enthusiasts in general and detailing enthusiasts in specific love to see a great write-up of an extreme makeover on a special interest car but what makes a great write up is great before and after shots.
So while yes, it takes some time and some dedication to capture these shots, it's worth it for all the car detailing joy it brings all of us.
Hope this helps...


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Saturday, January 3, 2009
The Morning After The Night Before
8 comments:
- Princess of the Universe said...
You don't drink?
Somehow that doesn't fit into the image that I have of you...
- January 3, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Reeny's Ramblin' said...
I try and avoid those mornings like the plague these days too. Did you at least have a good one?
- January 4, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Beth said...
At least you were capable of speech and movement. Some (not me!) were in rougher shape.
- January 4, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- SMARTBuddy said...
self filmed phone videos! Ive done a few drunk ones on the night before - theyre really good to keep and look back on. Youre voice has got that edge of 'yes there was some serious drinking last night' to it. Happy New Year!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Sweden said...
happy new years!!!!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Crashdummie said...
oooookie dokie, guess there is no "to be continued" there eh?
- January 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Ultra Toast Mosha God said...
I found myself wandering around Peckham about a month ago feeling much the same way.
- January 20, 2009 at 9:35 PM
- The Author Of This said...
Universal - Really? Please feel free to elaborate!
Reeny - I did indeed thank you. Most unlike me for NYE too...miserable git that I am.
Beth - Aww...was someone battered?!
Smartbuddy - And to you too fella. Actually felt like my stomach was coming out of my throat...not good.
Katarina - Thank you, and to you too.
Crash - The only follow up to that was sleep! When I eventually made it home...nightmare journey.
Toast - 1 too many Crimbo drinks eh?
- January 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM


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TROY — On Nov. 9, Ohio's Hospice of Miami County and Koester Pavilion will partner to honor veterans with ceremonies introducing the American Pride program.
A flag ceremony and honor pinnings will be offered, beginning at 10 a.m., to patients, residents, and staff at Koester Pavilion who have served the nation as part of the armed forces. Ohio's Hospice of Miami County volunteers who are also veterans will perform pinning ceremonies thanking veterans for their service as part of the event.
The presentation marks the premier of American Pride activities that will earn Koester Pavilion status as a Veteran Centric facility, indicating their commitment to education and engagements geared toward thanking and recognizing veterans. American Pride is a program unique to Ohio's Hospice affiliates recognizing the unique needs of veterans who are facing life-limiting illnesses. As a Veteran Centric facility, Koester Pavilion has committed to serve every veteran with the American Pride focus of care.
As an affiliate of Ohio's Hospice, Ohio's Hospice of Miami County offers American Pride services that helps assure access to all the benefits to which Veterans are entitled, provides spiritual support and addresses individual post-traumatic stress challenges Veterans may face. Veterans are honored through pinning ceremonies, special observances and celebrations, opportunities to participate in Honor Flight and other recognition ceremonies. The goal is the celebrate the lives of veterans and honor their contributions.
"Koester Pavilion and Ohio's Hospice of Miami County are working together to honor Veterans from our community and celebrate their contributions," said Glenn Costie, chief of Veterans Services with Ohio's Hospice. "Our American Pride program is committed to honoring the service of every veteran in our community is an important part of our mission and commitment to this community."
"We are proud to partner with Ohio's Hospice of Miami County and are committed to enhancing the lives of our veterans at Koester Pavilion through the American Pride program," said Greg Nijak, administrator at Koester Pavilion. Koester Pavilion offers short-term rehabilitation and recovery care, long-term nursing care, memory care, hospice care, and respite care services. "Our team is dedicated to helping our patients and residents achieve their personal best, enhancing their quality of life and well-being."
Affiliated with Premier Health and managed by AdCare Health Systems, Inc., Koester Pavilion is conveniently located on the campus of Premier Health's Upper Valley Medical Center.


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Family Checkup 5
Do you monitor your teenager to assure that he or she does not spend too much unsupervised time with peers?
Childhood is a period of major growth and change. Youth tend to be uncertain about themselves and how they "fit in," and at times they can feel overwhelmed by a need to please and impress their friends. These feelings can leave children open to peer pressure. Knowing your child's friends and peers helps parents improve communication, reduce conflict, and teach responsibility.
Unsupervised Time with Peers and Monitoring
- Negative example: Dad doesn't pay attention
- Positive example: Dad follows up
You can help your child and increase your influence by:
- knowing your child's friends in the neighborhood and at school
- staying involved in your child's activities
- talking to your child when a concern comes up
Extra Tips
- Keep lines of communication open.
- Be patient and observe; don't react—it may pass.
- Stay involved.
- Spend time listening to your child.
- Know who your child's friends are and watch your child interact with them and others.
- Talk to the parent(s) of your child's friends.
Peer Influence
Youth do not always make wise choices in picking friends. Help them see what qualities they should value in friends—such as honesty, school involvement, and respect.
When youth begin to spend more and more time away from home, monitoring their behavior and whereabouts is challenging. Supervision helps parents recognize developing problems, promote safety, and stay involved.
The 4 Cs of supervision can help you with this difficult task:
- Clear Rules—Have a few non-negotiable rules about your child's behavior and state them clearly!
- Communication—Regular communication with other parents and teachers keeps you involved in your child's activities, creates resources to deal with problems by building a strong safety network for your child, and informs you of dangerous places or people.
- Checking Up—This lets your child know that you care about his or her safety and that your rules are important. This is hard for some of us because we want to trust our children and they may resist our efforts.
- Consistency—Supervision is most effective when parents set clear limits and follow through with consequences for misbehavior. Also, be consistent with giving praise and incentives when a rule is followed.
How do you supervise when you are not at home?
- Know your child's schedule.
- Call your child at varying times.
- Have your child check in with you or other caregivers when he or she reaches home.
- Have your child check in when he or she reaches his or her destination.
- Surprise your child with a random visit or call.
- Remain in communication with adults who interact with your child.
Practice Skill
Video: Questioning
When asking your child questions:
- Choose a good time.
- Use a neutral or positive tone.
- Show interest and understanding.
- Paraphrase what your child says.


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Be sure to HYDRATE
Drink plenty of water during the day, before and after your class. If you are drinking enough water out of class, you may not even need any during your Bikram yoga class.
Start Healthy
Make sure you are in reasonably healthy condition before you undertake the 4 for 4 challenge. If you have any serious health concerns please see your doctor. However, you can also give the challenge a go and see how you feel – you may be stronger than you think and might just surprise yourself.
Pace Yourself
This is probably the most important piece of advice. Take each day as it comes without any expectations. Some days you will fly thought a class, other days it will feel like you're pushing a boulder up hill – this is all part of the process.
Vary your position in the room
We all get attached to your own favorite spot in the room. If you like the front row, challenge yourself by putting yourself in the back. If you've never been in the front row, give it a try and see how it feels.
Know your body
If you are feeling exhausted from your day, don't push yourself to hard. Have a relaxed class where you position yourself in the back row.
Eat healthy, eat strong
As you progress into your challenge you will gain a great mind/body awareness to the point where you'll become extremely aware of what foods will help you get through the next 4 weeks. Foods that won't help you are such items as white sugars, excessive wheat-based foods and too much dairy. Foods that will help you are fresh vegetables and fruit, legumes, nuts, fish and chicken.


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Go Slowly When it Comes to Taking a Quick Settlement
You've been in a car accident near Wilmington or Wrightsville Beach. Soon enough, car insurance adjusters are at your door or calling on the phone. They see you've been hurt, and so they make you an offer: "Sign here, and we'll have a settlement check in your hands tomorrow. That way you won't have those medical bills hanging over your head."
It's a tempting offer. You can't see any catch. What's wrong with taking a quick settlement and avoiding all the fuss later on?
There's a Catch, Even If You Don't See It
Your North Carolina insurance adjuster is not your buddy. His job is to settle insurance claims quickly, efficiently… and as cheaply as possible. Although the insurance policy obligates the company to make a payment for every legitimate claim, the company has wide discretion about how much it pays to compensate an injury. If the adjuster can persuade a Wilmington traffic accident victim—such as you—to accept a lowball payment, then the company will have bigger profits this year, and the adjuster might earn a fat Christmas bonus or even a promotion.
So the adjuster has every incentive to take advantage of your inexperience, and no reason—other than human compassion—to cut you a good deal. If you ask any Wilmington auto accident attorney, he will tell you that the compassion side is always going to lose that contest.
Watch Out for Insurance Adjuster Tricks
The insurance adjuster desperately wants you to sign a release that says, in exchange for their settlement offer, you give up forever your right to sue for more money. He may use any of the following ploys to encourage you to sign:
- Early on, he may make an offer that looks generous. The reason? It often takes months to determine the full extent of your injuries, the cost of rehabilitation you may need, and the value of the work you will miss—or the loss of your earning potential for the rest of your life. The adjuster doesn't want you to have the time to learn about these costs, because that would increase your demands for a larger settlement.
- The adjuster will press you to name the amount of money you want for your injuries. He has no intention of giving you that much, but knowing your demand gives him tremendous leverage in negotiations. That amount becomes the absolute maximum he will need to pay out. And if you specify an absurdly high amount, he knows he's dealing with someone who hasn't done enough research.
- The adjuster is happy when you haggle. Every time you're willing to drop your demand a couple hundred dollars, he figures that you're not really seriously injured and that you don't know how much your claim is worth. He will stretch out negotiations, chipping your settlement demand down as low as possible.
- The adjuster will discourage you from hiring an experienced North Carolina personal injury attorney. He will ask, "Why do you want to share your settlement with someone else?" Of course, the adjuster knows that if you start getting advice from someone who knows how to deal with insurance companies, he can't rely on his usual tricks to win.
You Need Speaks Law Firm
Most traffic accident cases are settled out of court. Anecdotal evidence suggests that settlements are three and a half times larger when an auto accident victim hires an attorney, compared to cases where the victim does not have legal representation. That, in itself, is a compelling argument to call Speaks Law Firm at 877-593-4233 (toll-free!) today.
Don't just take our word for it. If you have been injured in a car accident near Wilmington, call us and we'll send you a FREE copy of The North Carolina Auto Injury Book as our way of introducing the firm. Whether you want someone to help you negotiate a settlement or take your case to trial, we can match you with a Wilmington car accident attorney who will treat you with compassion and fight relentlessly to get you the compensation you deserve. Remember, the first consultation about your case is always free and confidential, so you have nothing to lose by contacting us today.


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Training Tips
Basics on the ground
Make it easy for your horse to choose to do the right thing, and make it difficult for him to misbehave. Make this your mindset – and always be thinking of ways to apply this as you handle your horse. YOU ARE A TRAINER if you handle a horse. For better or worse, you are training him to react to you.
If you don't have the time to handle him correctly – leave him in the pasture. Rushing a young or new horse and pushing them beyond what they are prepared for calls for an expert – if you are an expert go ahead. An expert can read the horse and solve the problem or avoid it before it happens in many cases. If you push to square 3 and get in trouble back up to square 2 and let him complete a task for you and do it well.
The horse is bigger and stronger than you are. So don't plan on getting into a physical battle – you'll probably loose and if you win, you'll hurt so bad you'll regret the whole encounter, plus you get angry and make mistakes that may cause a bigger problem in the future. In most cases you need to figure out
what the behavior problem is, why the horse is doing it, and the easiest way to change his mind. He has the muscle – you have the brain, use your strong point. Also, ask someone who works horses often and whose horses behave well and you admire, they will have some answers for you. Occasionally you may end up in a physical struggle. If possible end it as quietly as possible. Remember it's better to loose and take the problem on another day than to get injured.
Use common sense working around a horse. A kick can kill – never walk behind, or nearthe rear of a horse you are not familiar with. Never surprise a horse even if it is gentle and used to you- a surprise can bring a kick. Ifmyou are working on him, when you move to the rear, start with your hand on his neck and run it softly to his hind quarters speaking to him as you do. If you are not real familiar with the horse, you need to watch his eyes, ears , and body as you do this to see if he is comfortable with you. Remember a horse can kick forward towards his shoulders as well as backward. He can also swing toward you as he kicks forward, so you can be in range of a kick before you know it. When handling your horse around other horses, be aware that a horse may kick at another horse and you might be in the middle. Sometimes a horse that would never kick when ridden will do so when you are of their back.
When you stand in front of your horse, be aware that he can strike out with his front foot. Some horses do this because they are mean, some because they are anxious, some because they have been fed treats and they are begging. If your horse shows any thoughts of pawing at you, keep a short crop in hand, and as soon as he just starts to paw, crack him on his leg. In all cases, start with as little force as necessary and ratchet it up until the horse respond properly. To start with too much force is to create a whole new problem. Some horses are very soft to deal with and some are very pushy and bracey. Read your horse and let him decide what is necessary.
If you stall your horse – always make him back away and allow you entry and exit. A horse that tries to rush and push through a gait or door is a danger. Again a crop works good – or a quick kick to the chest will work. I try to never smack a horse in the face or head.
Do not feed treats as a habit – most horses become obnoxious and few people are good enough and consistent enough with their horses to hand feed treats and maintain a well behaved horse. If you must give a treat – feed it from a bucket as a rule. The rare hand fed treat to a horse is not a big deal – it's a horse that expects and demands his treat that becomes the problem. Do not allow your horse to come up and steal food from a bucket uninvited, nor allow them to grab hay you are carrying. These are all signs of disrespect, and a horse that doesn't respect you on the ground will not trust your leadership in the moment of trouble. He knows that he can push you around, so if something scares him, he figures you aren't capable of dealing with it either!
If you have a problem behavior you need to correct – set aside an entire afternoon and do the job right. If your horse won't load, or cross water, whatever, most people just say it's a proble mand fight the battle each time they need to accomplish the task. Each fight that becomes a battle strengthens the horses resistance. Most horses will accept anything given the time and proper training. So set aside the time – go into it with a GOOD plan, and tell yourself that when you get upset, you will take a break. The average horse will usually give in and voluntarily accomplish the ask in about 45 minutes the first
time and then you need to repeat it until it becomes simple. The more aggressive and pushy you become, the more bracey the horse will become.Problems on the ground or in the saddle – think on it. Analyze when
Problems on the ground or in the saddle – think on it. Analyze when and why it happens. Try to think with a horse type mindset.


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for my mother, Madgel Miranda, 4/16/1935-11/21/2001
I was still in grade school. My mother worked there, at Soos Creek Elementary, as a part-time Playground/Lunchroom Lady. We were on welfare.
Frank, my mom's boyfriend, lived with us; he was a self-professed "Okie from Muscogee" complete with black beard, curly black hair, and a cowboy hat he wore everywhere, tipped politely at the ladies. He delighted in calling a paper bag a "poke" and kept the radio tuned to real old-school country music by Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Even-tempered, sweet, illiterate, Frank was the kind of guy who subsisted on day jobs, brute labor, anything that required strength and could be explained orally.
Once my mom sent him to the store to buy something, canned sweet potatoes, maybe. He came back with canned carrots. It wasn't the first time I'd seen Frank's illiteracy at work, but he was so embarrassed and angry at himself that I remembered it. "I'm so sorry, hon," he said to Mom, over and over. He called everyone hon, but the way he said it, you could tell he really meant it. He didn't have a mean bone in his body, and I hated him with all my heart and soul. He'd stolen my mom's attention, and I was inordinately furious with him most of the time.
I think it was not long after that, Mom started sitting with Frank at the kitchen table at nights, going over the alphabet, spelling out basic words. It was she who named his problem: dyslexia, not just stupid. "He can't tell a b from a d," she told me, "that's a brain problem, not lack of trying." Still, she kept at it. But as long as I knew him, the only think Frank could write or read was his name. He signed his name in cursive, with a flourish. Someone, somewhere, had made sure he could do that.
So it was Thanksgiving, and we were broke. We were always broke, but this was a bad time, when we counted out dimes and pennies at the grocery store, checked out the price of hamburger at several stores before making our small purchase. But as often happened, someone came through with a small turkey. Perhaps my mother saved up her food stamps, or Frank got a good job for a couple of days. At any rate, we had it defrosting on the counter, a pink, plucked, all-ours turkey. It was early Thanksgiving morning, and my mom hadn't yet put it in the oven, when we heard someone coming up our long dirt road.
The dogs, Duffy and Elijah, a Bull Mastiff and Weinerheimer respectively (both dumped by former owners), rushed out to greet and defend. My mother followed, curious, wiping her hands on the cloth dishtowel that seemed to be a permanent part of her wardrobe in those days. Her hair was covered with a scarf, her pin curls still setting. She didn't have any makeup on; she wore a baggy button-up blouse and the 70's ubiquitous stretch-slacks that were every housewife's uniform before sweatshirts and sweatpants took over.
Frank hung back – a woman on welfare could lose her benefits if she had a man living with her. We pretended to everyone that he lived with a friend over in Auburn. It made perfect sense to me that a lie to get food stamps was not really a lie.
We weren't expecting anyone. My older brother Kacey was still at home, a pot-smoking, tender-hearted teenage rebel, always trying to grow out hair that was too curly to be anything but a shaggy mess. Even he stuck his head out of his room down the hall. Kacey probably had his own reasons for being wary of unexpected cars pulling up. He had a little secret garden going in his bedroom closet; our mother hadn't yet made him choose between his plants and his housing.
As Mom reached the doorway, I heard her intake of breath. "Oh my God. It's the Thanksgiving Basket people from school."
Frank, thinking fast, said, "Quick! Cover up the turkey!"
He didn't have to explain to me why; he was worried that if we already had a turkey, we wouldn't be eligible for another. And yet another turkey meant another week's worth of meals.
I raced into the kitchen and tore off a stream of paper towels, draped them over the turkey, and winced at how ridiculous it looked. It didn't look like anything but a turkey covered up in paper towels – but I didn't know what else to do, chuck it under the sink?
In the end, it didn't matter.
The nice people from my school ("maybe one of the teachers put our name on the list," Mom guessed) handed us a cardboard box right there in the driveway. They still had a lot of deliveries to go, the young man said; no, they couldn't stop for coffee. The box was thrillingly heavy, full of the necessities: a turkey, wrapped in plastic; a bag of potatoes; a can of cranberry sauce. I don't remember there being a pumpkin pie or can of pie mix, but at that point, it didn't matter. We were rich.
We gathered in our small trailer kitchen, the box on our little table, and gloated. "This one will go into the freezer," Mom decided, "we'll cook ours this week, that one next week." She rested a hand on each turkey as she spoke, her scarred skin contrasting with the white towels and white plastic.
"And we have enough potatoes for breakfast tomorrow!" Frank crowed in his rich, Southern tenor. He grinned, as delighted as if he'd laid that turkey himself.
"You bet!" Mom smiled. She sat down like she was exhausted, or dazed, and reached for her pack of Pall Malls. She so rarely smiled, but she and Frank were radiant. I think we all were, reveling in our unexpected bonus.
I was disappointed with Mom's pronouncement – I'd wanted to cook BOTH turkeys at once, an impossible feat given our small trailer propane oven – but reluctantly conceded the sense of planning for later. At the same time, I just wanted to stand there and stare at both turkeys on the counter, two whole turkeys, never cook them, just have them, forever.
Kacey, leaning over to peer inside the box, asked in his suddenly deep man-voice, "Are there any sweet potatoes?" That was his main criteria for Thanksgiving dinner, canned sweet potatoes with melted marshmallows on top. His Levis hung low on his skinny hips, and his white T-shirt was wrinkled from sleep.
Frank reached into one corner and pulled out a big can with an orange, glossy picture of sweet potatoes wrapped around it. "You mean these?"
"YES!" Kacey let his cool slide long enough to give a little jump, then grabbed at his loose waistband. We all laughed, at his rare enthusiasm, at our own giddiness.
That's what I remember. I don't remember the meal itself. I don't remember if we had pie, or Cool Whip for the topping. I don't remember cleaning up, or storing leftovers, or starting the inevitable turkey soup. I just remember that moment of sheer joy when, having started with a spare cupboard for Thanksgiving, we suddenly became the owners of not one but two Tom Turkeys.
What was it we felt that day? Lucky? Remembered?
There was something about those two turkeys, one small, one nice and big, perched in our kitchen like trophies, like membership badges. I think what it was – was that we belonged. We belonged to the American Holiday now, because we had all the right equipment, the trappings, the correct symbols of being American.
We belonged in that Norman Rockwell painting.
We belonged in those Safeway commercials with the gorgeous golden bird in the middle of the table and the family oohing and awing all around.
We weren't hiding out in our little trailer in the middle of nowhere, scraping by Thanksgiving with our food-stamp turkey and a little bowl of mashed potatoes. We had LOTS. We had TOO MUCH.
We were finally inside Thanksgiving, instead of just peeking over the sill from the outside. We were Americans.
It felt so good.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Jacinta's Medicine
photo of Jacinta Gonzales courtesy of Monterey Free Public Libraries
Jacinta's Medicine
Jacinta Gonzalez worked at the restaurant frequented by Robert Louis Stevenson in Monterey, and was called on to nurse him during one of his severe illnesses in 1879. She also recorded gambling songs and a coyote myth for Alfred Kroeber in 1902. She passed away in the Influenza Epidemic of 1917.
It was the same old story:
witless white man gets lost, plants
himself face-first in the Carmel hills, dreamy head
translating scent of oak into black words.
But mean spirits hunt the soft breath
of lonely men like that, take what's left.
They pierce the body like knives, leave
a man swollen with poisonous stories.
Now he lies abed, fevered, breath
rattling his throat like a dried up plant.
They call for me: Jacinta, you know words.
Come lay your hands on his forehead.
But what I know are medicines from heads
much older than mine; crushed leaves
gathered from windswept hills, not words
so much as roots, not roots so much as story.
I made a plaster for his chest, planted
a mugwort bundle under his pillow. Breathe,
I hummed into his glittering eyes, breathe.
Heard the dark buzzing inside his head,
knew the spirits wanted to supplant
his soul. Between his fingers I left
the sticky cobwebs of a story.
The only cure for ghost words
are salty cleansing waves of words.
Sail oceans, I said, dream islands, give breath
to your own cure. Make up a story,
scare the poison out of your head;
I'll catch it in my hand when it leaves,
strangle it, burn it, plant
the ashes under a redwood. I planned
to sit up all night. He muttered words
in his sleep: pirate, treasure, shore leave.
When the sun rose, his breath
turned easy, his pale creased forehead
cooled. Just one more hard-luck story.
My plants gave him back his breath.
Together, we dreamt words to clear his head,
ordered poison to leave. The rest is history.
Jacinta's Medicine
Jacinta Gonzalez worked at the restaurant frequented by Robert Louis Stevenson in Monterey, and was called on to nurse him during one of his severe illnesses in 1879. She also recorded gambling songs and a coyote myth for Alfred Kroeber in 1902. She passed away in the Influenza Epidemic of 1917.
It was the same old story:
witless white man gets lost, plants
himself face-first in the Carmel hills, dreamy head
translating scent of oak into black words.
But mean spirits hunt the soft breath
of lonely men like that, take what's left.
They pierce the body like knives, leave
a man swollen with poisonous stories.
Now he lies abed, fevered, breath
rattling his throat like a dried up plant.
They call for me: Jacinta, you know words.
Come lay your hands on his forehead.
But what I know are medicines from heads
much older than mine; crushed leaves
gathered from windswept hills, not words
so much as roots, not roots so much as story.
I made a plaster for his chest, planted
a mugwort bundle under his pillow. Breathe,
I hummed into his glittering eyes, breathe.
Heard the dark buzzing inside his head,
knew the spirits wanted to supplant
his soul. Between his fingers I left
the sticky cobwebs of a story.
The only cure for ghost words
are salty cleansing waves of words.
Sail oceans, I said, dream islands, give breath
to your own cure. Make up a story,
scare the poison out of your head;
I'll catch it in my hand when it leaves,
strangle it, burn it, plant
the ashes under a redwood. I planned
to sit up all night. He muttered words
in his sleep: pirate, treasure, shore leave.
When the sun rose, his breath
turned easy, his pale creased forehead
cooled. Just one more hard-luck story.
My plants gave him back his breath.
Together, we dreamt words to clear his head,
ordered poison to leave. The rest is history.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Angel in a Pink Plymouth
The surgeon told us to be at the hospital by 11:00 a.m., and we are. But my father is nervous. His blood pressure is too high for someone about to have three hours of IV fluids. Nurses come into his hospital room several times in an hour to wrap the black band around my father's tattooed upper arm and shake their heads. Finally a doctor okays some high blood pressure medicine, but by then it's been 13 hours since Al last ate. His stomach is upset.
"Can't I have just a couple sips of soda-pop?" he wheedles Cheryl, his current nurse. Standing aside, I witness the time-warp of genetics: Al is my five-year-old son, begging me for candy; my 20-year-old brother, borrowing gas money to get to work on the day after payday.
"One sip," Cheryl finally agrees, "7-Up or ginger ale. Just swish it around in your mouth a little, make it last."
I empty the pockets of my jeans onto the beside table, looking for change for the machine down the hall. I'm impatient, too. In my backpack is an un-read letter from a woman I recently met at a writing workshop. Living over one thousand miles apart now, we have a rich and voluminous friendship-by-mail. I am anxious to read her response to my last letter, but don't want to bring it out until I'm alone. For my father, a private letter is like Pandora's Box – he can't wait to open it, the temptation to know is more than he can bear.
Meanwhile, my pockets yield up mints, hairbands, pennies …
"What the heck is that?" Al asks, pointing to something brown, teardrop-shaped, not much bigger than a silver dollar, that has emerged out of my pocket.
I surprise myself. I hand him the soft leather pouch that my friend recently sent me. A few years ago I would have been angry at my father for asking, and at myself for inadvertently revealing something dear to me.
Al picks up the pouch, pulls on the drawstrings with the delicacy that always seems so unexpected from those huge, calloused hands. He shakes out a round medallion. Even with his glasses, he squints down through bifocals, rotates the disk in his palm.
"It's an angel," I explain. I'm not sure how much sight he has left. He's good at faking it.
He pauses, lets his eyes focus. I know the exact second he finds the angel imbedded in epoxy, the gold, purple, blue and silver glitter, foil hearts and stars swirling around her, because my father says in almost startled recognition, "That's for protection!"
After a second, he asks, "Is this a magnet on the back?"
I say yes. "I guess it goes on a refrigerator." I don't say, it's been living in my pocket as a talisman instead.
"No," Al states positively, "It's to go in your car. For protection."
Suddenly he is remembering.
"We had a station wagon once, a pink Plymouth with black trim, big fins on the tail like that, eh?" Thick hands craft a curve in the air by his hospital bed. "Tepa, your grandfather, bought it for us … you were just a baby then, not more'n nine months. We were living down on Barrington, your mother and I. One morning I drove that car to work when I was still hungover from the night before." His voice lowers as he speaks, mindful of the man in the next bed, as if the thin curtain between us was capable of blocking any sound.
"And I musta fallen asleep at the wheel. On the freeway! Next thing I know, man, I was off the road and that station wagon was flipping over, rolling over and over through the bushes, this tall grass. And then it landed on one side, on the driver's side, and kept sliding. And I went down, down about nine or twelve feet, into a ravine, and hit a concrete overpass coming down like that –" again, his hands diagram angles and motion. Carpenter's hands.
"I landed on a cyclone fence, man and I couldn't get the door open! I turned the engine off but I could smell the gas, you know? And I couldn't get out. Then I thought, this thing has electric windows. I pushed the button for the back window and it went down! So I crawled out that way, crawled up the embankment to the road. A lotta people stopped, they seen me go off the road and come running. I was in shock, didn't know nothin' …"
Al's round, flat face is distant. He is on the shoulder of the freeway again, his knees pierced by gravel, his guts heaving.
". . . and these people were yelling get the babies out, get the babies out, and I was like, 'Okay Al, go back, get the babies out' and starting to slide back down.
"Then I remembered. I had two big dolls in the back, I won them for you at the bar – and I tol' them people, no, no, it's two dolls, dolls, not babies …"
Now the IV team comes in to do the needle, and Al tells me to forget the pop. He hates the IV, always complains about being "poked too goddamned many times" without success. I know he is afraid. This same man still bears the gang tattoos of his youth, walked the girders of skyscrapers in L.A. for a living, did eight years in San Quentin and emerged alive.
This time, though, there is no problem; the technician is smooth and practiced, and Al grunts "Good," as if it's the least they could do. Soon his dark, compact body is strapped onto a cot and waiting for a ride to surgery. He has long since handed back my angel. I stand with my hands in my pockets, flannel shirt untucked, a question on my mind.
"Your mom almost killed me," Al says suddenly from the doorway.
He looks at me sideways from under his carefully combed silver mane. He doesn't use Tres Flores anymore – maybe he's been too far from home too long – but I still smell it in his presence.
He measures me with his half-blind eyes, says, "Your mother used to be different –" smiles, shamefacedly, "she used to yell at me. Oh, she read me the riot act. 'What are you going to tell Tepa, how will you get to work, what about the baby's appointments …'"
I laugh at the absurd image of my quiet mother letting her temper fly. I don't remember ever seeing that happen in my thirty years, but then, there are a lot of things from that time I don't remember.
I forget to ask my question.
My father's gurney is rolling down the hall. His thick glasses lie on the bedside table. He can barely see without them. Glaucoma. There is no choice but this last-ditch operation.
The leather bag is a hard lump in my pocket. I touch it gently with my fingertips. Can't believe I let him hold it, open it; can't believe I'm even in this hospital as his next-of-kin. I used to hate this man; fear him so much that I couldn't eat, couldn't stand to be in the same room with him. His demons contaminated all of his children, but especially my brother, his last child, ten years younger than me.
I raised Little Al until he was six. We had each other on those crazy nights, Al's hand like a paw in mine as we listened together to the sound of that old red pickup truck barreling down the dirt road away from us again. Though I was not allowed to interfere when our father pulled off his belt to discipline, I snuck into Little Al's room afterwards as he cried what we both knew had to be perfectly silent tears. In the long summers while I was home all day, we walked the woods and pastures together.
I was Little Al's big sister, surrogate mother, friend; he was my first child.
When my parents separated for the last time, my father took his son with him. Fathers had that right in Al's universe.
What it really meant was that at age six, my brother was on his own.
He could use a guardian angel of his own.
But it's just a bottlecap filled with glitter, a paper angel, and clear epoxy; it fits snugly inside a smooth 2" pouch with tiny crimson beading around the top lip.
I think about the friend who gave this angel to me: a good poet, a strong woman who has worked hard to live her mixed-blood heritage with dignity and love. In my heart, I call her sister. A woman who looks like me, my brother, my son. Like my father. I'm thirty years old; she is the only other California Indian I have met.
I think of everything: the Maidu song her mother sang in a scale she couldn't learn – her mother's early death – the way things get lost. My last letter to her, confessing, "I don't have an enrollment number, I don't have stories. All I have is my father's face, my grandmother's hair, these Chumash hands …"
I find an unoccupied sofa in the waiting area by the picture window. The white envelope rips open across the postmark. Pages of fine, precise handwriting slide out.
You do have stories … those stories your dad tells are connected with older stories, stories that might not have been passed down to you, but which existed and maybe even still exist in a world that isn't this one … It is a fragment in one way, but like the shard of a pot that can be restored ..Sitting cross-legged, I feel the hard edges of an angel pressing into my thigh. I pull out themedallion, set it down on top of the envelope beside me. Look at her, all sparkles and glitter, hearts and stars, hands held out – in warning? Greeting? Pronouncement?
Angels. They show up in the strangest places.
I wonder what it was about this pop-art medallion that brought back that memory to my father. Was he thinking of a St. Christopher stuck to his dashboard, a Virgen de Guadalupe swinging on a chain from the rearview mirror, as he saw that concrete pillar coming towards him? When he was trapped against the cyclone fence unable to get the door open, did he hear a celestial voice say, Try the rear window release?
What did my father see that day?
There is an angel in this story somewhere. In the pocket of my jeans at a hospital in 1994. In a pink Plymouth station wagon on a Los Angeles freeway in 1962?
Outside, the pines and rhododendrons of Western Washington glow green under midsummer sun. I know the names of all these Northwest plants, yet I am a long way from home. My father's surgery will last about two hours.
I unpack my journal, find a pen. If I hurry, there's time to write this down.
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In this movie, Florent Groberg discusses the importance of knowing your own value as you transition out of the military. Identify your personal value so that you can leverage it for a potential employer. Take an inventory to determine your value. Review the skills the military teaches, working with diverse people, stress management, developing technical expertise and teamwork to identify your strengths.
- As you begin thinking about your transition, you must understand your value and the value you can bring to your potential employer. During my transition, I learned that my most valuable and challenging lesson was to understand my own value. What could I bring to a potential employer? How can my experiences in the military translate to the civilian world? Understanding your value starts by taking an inventory. Here's what I want you to do. Look at your performance reviews and identify your leadership skills and the military technical expertise you've obtained.
Alright, we hear leadership all the time. But what does that mean when it comes to military leadership? There are the typical traits associated with military leadership. Discipline, integrity, work ethic, and selfless service. And, though that is enough by itself, is that all that we bring to the table? Well, let's look at it. The most important trait that I took back from my military was the ability to work with individuals from all over the country and the world.
In the civilian world, these are known as diversity skills. To find success in our military, it is necessary to train, follow, support, and motivate a diverse team with many different cultural backgrounds. This is important. As you transition into the civilian world, you already know how to follow, lead, and support others from different backgrounds. This experience alone sets you apart from other candidates in the job markets.
Another important trait is how good you are at dealing with stress. That's a fact. From day one, we are put in stressful situations to teach us one particular lesson. To be successful, we must learn to work as a team and leave our selfish ambitions at the door. Personal success will always come to those who are willing to put in the work as a member of a team. We learn that in our military.
And it holds true in the civilian world. Except that, while learning that lesson, you also learn how to deal with the most stressful situation. So much so that, when things are calm, you probably feel a bit uncomfortable. I went through this myself. My team was at our best under combat and our worst in garrison when things were slow. Another important thing to consider is your technical expertise.
This is an add-on for you. Another tool to put in your kit bag. The ability to manage your workforce as a technical expert. What do I mean? Here's an example. Companies are looking for network security engineers. They want people who can protect their networks and sensitive information. They need an Army 35 Quebec enlistee. They need you. Here's another example. Companies need project managers to guide projects from inception to conclusion, to keep people on task, insure deliverables are met, and to hit deadlines.
They need an 11 Bravo. What you learn as a team leader directly translates into what these companies are looking for. Look, don't fail yourself by believing a misperception that your military career does not translate into a civilian career. You, above all, are the most qualified person to transition. Corporate America needs your leadership skills, your technical expertise, and the warrior ethos tat is embedded in all of us.
They want a person that knows how to work in a team, how to follow, and, most importantly, lead when it is their time to do so. Yes, you're special. Not only because you chose to serve your country, but because you learned to operate under the most stressful situations while always remaining a professional. And that is something that you only learn through experience.
Discover how to understand your strengths and value, where your skills fit into today's job market, and how to translate your experience into a solid resume. Learn how a mentor can help you navigate the transition and open up new opportunities. With Flo's advice, you can find a new purpose and continue the journey you started in the military—bringing your talents to bear on a whole new mission in life.
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Amy Rogers, associate professor of musical theatre and creator of the BFA musical degree program at Pace, and music director Joel Waggoner are collaborating with the authors to develop the new work.
The cast for the staged reading features Sarah Hollands, Ethan Carlson, Katy Rea, Kevin Shotwell, Andrea Ross, Ragan Pharris, Bethany Perkins, Melanie Wildman, Claire Charland, Samantha Grossman, Hannah Grace Forsley, Jacob Pincus, Nick Zients, Spencer Clark, Jimmy Larkin, Lexi Rabadi and Michael Hughes.
Little Miss Fix It, according to PNM, "tells the story of Nan, a gloriously precocious and imaginative 11-year-old free spirit who drinks black coffee for breakfast, and tries to bend spoons with her mind. The one thing Nan fears most: disorder. With her parent's marriage crumbling, Nan dedicates herself to 'fixing' her friends problems. When Nan meets David, a 12 year-old Impressionist in the park, she is even more overwhelmed by the highly unorganized feelings that come with first love. As she tries to save her parent's marriage and the problems of everyone around her, Nan embarks on a hilarious and heartwarming journey, discovering that you can't always control what happens in life; but that sometimes great things happen when you let go, simply trust your instincts, and take a step not knowing where you're going to land."
The show was conceived at NYU's graduate musical theatre writing program and through a grant from The Collaborative Arts Project in New York.
Other members of the creative team include production stage manager Connor Santos and lighting designer David Shocket. Little Miss Fix-It is offered Jan. 29 at 7:30 PM, Jan. 30 at 7:30 PM, Jan. 31 at 7:30 PM, Feb. 1 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM at Schaeberle Studio Theatre (41 Park Row, 10th floor). For reservations, call (212) 346-1352 or email email@example.com.
Additionally, the second Pace New Musicals Lab will present work by Pace student writers, including a concert reading of Confirmed, featuring a book by Will Sasso and music and lyrics by Kailey Marshall; and a table reading of Oasis, featuring a book by Jen Littlefield and music and lyrics by David Gomez and John Michael Lyles.
PNM will also present a piece featuring the work of composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz. The cast will include Aaron Albert, Chandler Reeves, Cory Jeacoma, Marissa O'Donnell, Tony Clements, Kerri George, Devin Lewis and Aury Krebs. This project will be closed to the public.
Confirmed, according to PNM, "is described as a pop-rock, teen spiritual journey. When Lana, a rebellious, but misguided teen, finally goes too far with a sexy end of summer bash, she issent to Catholic school to change her ways. While there, she will struggle to find love, redemption, and raise some hell while she's at it! This off beat story tells of adolescents grappling to find what to believe in, who to believe in, and most importantly, how to find faith in oneself."
Directed by Rebeca Radoszkowicz with music direction by Marshall, the cast for the concert reading will feature Carly Grayson, Adam Levy, Paige Mobley, Amanda Braun, Tatiana Lofton, Mary Claire Miskell, Mike Egan, Adam Salazar, Toren Nakamura, Billy Goldstein and Liana Wright-Mark. Jennifer McMahon is the production stage manager.
Confirmed will play Jan. 25 at 7 PM and Feb. 1 at 11 AM at Pace University's Schaeberle Studios (41 Park Row, 10th floor). Tickets are free for the PNM Lab.
Oasis, a musical creation myth, "tells the story of Adam, a man living in an Edenic place without crime or despair and also without love," according to PNM. "Adam falls into a forbidden love with Helen who rejects him when her own life is put at risk. Adam embarks on a journey to discover the dark truth of this seemingly perfect place, risking his life to save Helen, and eventually the people. This musical begs the question: is it better to live in ignorant bliss or to face our own violent humanity?"
The cast for the table reading will include Joe Ogren, Emily Rogers, Ian Fairlee, Sarah Hamaty, Jamen Nanthakumar, Emily Hughes, and Chris Nolan. Sean Potter serves as dramaturge and assistant director. Oasis will be closed to the public.
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By seeing how time flies,
i'm getting excited towards the days that are coming.
I always
hate July. If you wonder why,
it's really stupid.. because i use to get ditch on
every July of the year... or should i say it was just dumb
things that i believe that bad karma always come every JULY
i-dont-know-why i'm such a freak of it.
Another reason is that i'm always an emo shit at this month,
probably my ex birthday fall at this month and then i had lousy
break up fall by this month, like seriously straight for
3years already.
But thanks bullshit,
Yes i'm flying away from this continuously
this year !!!! Yes and i'm still waiting.
Praying hard everything will goes well
and so gonna enjoy this travel trip with my new friends.
It's cool to have feel like a grown up and travel
without family hahaha. wth.
Can't wait till the day arrive,
i had started to feel excited like since 2months ago..
okay and one more month to go..
Kayyy enuff with my crap,
will come up with a new post soon.
Yes it will be a food one hahaha !
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As I mentioned last week, this Saturday was my first Saturday off in nine weeks. Insane! But of course, even on my day of rest, I could not tear myself away from the restaurant. In fact, Honey Bunny and I invited twelve of our nearest and dearest to join us for a celebratory dinner. It was a lot of fun and a huge relief to be on the "other side" so to speak, but it also felt strange not being in the kitchen.
We had planned a three-course prix fixe menu in advance and decided to supplement it with a few orders of truffle frites to share as a starter. What we hadn't expected was a surprise course from the guys — four orders of truffle capellini to share. As usual, they shaved the truffles table-side, and it was absolutely decadent. You could hear an audible gasp ripple across the table, followed by the sounds of camera shutters and then hushed silence as we all devoted our complete focus to devouring our treat. So. Awesome.
It was awesome seeing friends whom I hadn't seen in weeks, months, and even years. It was a mish-mash of friend circles, and I was so excited to see them all. I had been anticipating this evening for over a month, so I was glowing with happiness (or maybe it was the dark & stormy). I was also excited to show off the amazing food — even though I only prep and plate for the pantry station one day a week, I'm so proud of the whole menu. Seeing the food making others happy made me feel great!
At the end of the night, I headed back to the pass to say hi to Chef and the guys. It was the first time a lot of them had seen me when I wasn't wearing my apron and cook's shirt, so I got a double-take and a "Woah!" in response. ;) They wished me a happy birthday and hoped my friends enjoyed the meal (they did, of course!). They sent me off on my way with the promise that I return to the kitchen next week. I'm already looking forward to it!
One Saturday a week is a small price to pay for this incredible opportunity. I've already learned so much about cooking in large quantities and developing a creative eye for plating. I'm also grateful for the people I've met who have been so graciously teaching me along the way. Excited to see where this adventure takes me next!


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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a comprehensive emergency preparedness rule in 2016 that applies to nearly every healthcare provider in the nation, and outlines steps those providers must take to improve their preparedness and ensure sustainability in the face of a disaster. The rule compels healthcare providers to devote resources – human and fiscal – to emergency planning. This may be seen as burdensome by some but should effectively improve their levels of readiness and improve the quality of healthcare for all. This rule will make providers – from general hospitals to transplant centers and long-term care facilities – safer for patients and visitors.
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As a freshman at Vanderbilt University, Hunter, now 26, slept through his 9 AM Italian class every day and went to the 12 PM class instead, which probably had something to do with his future wife, Megan, attending the lunchtime session. The two started dating a year later, in the fall of 2006, and on May 5th, 2012, Hunter took Megan, now 27, to their favorite spot in Nashville's Cheekwood Gardens and proposed on bended knee with an engagement ring made from her great-grandmother's diamond.
Sixteen months later, on September 1st, 2013, the college sweethearts tied the knot at Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington, D.C., then followed the traditional church ceremony with a garden-inspired reception at a private club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Using gardenias, magnolias, and a blue-and-ivory color scheme, Megan and Hunter created their vision for an outdoor summer party with the help of Ritzy Bee Events. "I always wanted my wedding reception to feel like we've invited good friends and family over for an elegant, festive dinner," Megan says.
Keep reading to see all the details, captured by the talented Abby Jiu.
Megan and Hunter kept their paper goods classic and simple, using their ivory, grey, and slate blue colors on everything from the Save the Dates to the table numbers.
Megan selected two pairs of peep-toe Ferragamo heels, choosing to wear the blush patent wedges for the ceremony and the delicate lace stilettos for the reception.
For the ceremony, Megan wore her grandmother's wedding gown, an Alfred Angelo dress by Edith Vincent from 1957. Made entirely of Chantilly lace over white satin, the dress featured a scalloped neckline, pearl and iridescent embellishments, and a beautiful line of ivory buttons down the back. While both her mother and grandmother wore the dress with a hoop underneath, Megan chose a crinoline lining instead.
Megan's sister surprised her with three embroidered patches for the underskirt of the heirloom dress. The beautiful pale blue-and-ivory patches featured the names and wedding dates of the bride, her mother, and her grandmother, framed with an intricate border design.
A true Texas boy at heart, Hunter gave his groomsmen, father, and father-in-law custom black cowboy boots made in Nashville.
Megan added soft touches of greenery to her white bouquet of David Austen roses, spray roses, gardenias, and larkspur. For a pop of color, the stems were tied with a blue satin ribbon.
Megan's bridesmaids, who wore soft blue Ivy & Aster gowns, carried white hydrangea bouquets accented with dusty miller and a dove grey ribbon. They kept their necessities in delicate straw clutches embroidered with blue and white flowers.
Two urns of hydrangeas and greenery framed the altar. Clusters of white hydrangeas were set on the end of every pew.
During the Catholic ceremony, Father Jim Greenfield read letters that Megan and Hunter had written about each other prior to their wedding day. Family was a major theme of the carefully-planned ceremony, with Megan's two aunts reading from the Old and New Testament and Hunter's aunts reading the intercessions.
The bride and her groom took a moment in the middle of the ceremony to listen to Ave Maria. "We got to soak in all our feelings and the wedding ceremony," Megan says, "and glance out at our family and friends!"
After taking pictures inside the church, guests surprised the newlyweds with blue and white streamers and the sound of a hundred mini wedding bells — and, of course, lots and lots of cheering!
Megan changed into a fitted V-neck gown by Liancarlo, made of Alençon lace, for the reception. After meeting Carlos Ramirez, the Liancarlo designer, twice by happenstance, Megan says wearing the modern, cap-sleeved dress felt "serendipitous and wonderful."
Hunter worked with Alton Lane in Washington, D.C. to make his classic tailored tux. He accessorized with a Ledbury shirt and white suspenders from Albert Thurston. For a personal touch, he had the date of the wedding sewn into his jacket's inside pocket.
Growing up close to the reception venue, Megan fell in love with the club's stone walls, gardenia bushes, and indoor-outdoor space. The outdoor space was transformed with Adirondack chairs, linen sofas, and cozy pillows in the couple's wedding colors. A string quartet played during cocktail hour as guests sipped on His & Hers signature cocktails, a Dark and Stormy for the guys and Prosecco with lemon and basil for the ladies.
Inspiration came from the couple's homes in D.C. and Texas, as well as the time they've spent together in Italy and Tennessee. Round tables were covered with Belfast linens and the mantles were accented with Southern blooms of magnolias and hydrangeas in shades of blue and white.
Wooden farm tables were mixed in with the round dinner tables for a soft, comfortable look. After collecting Ralph Lauren's "Megan" dishes for years, the bride says the dessert plates bearing her name made the perfect table numbers.
Tone-on-tone embroidered runners lined the long tables, accented by clusters of low vases of hydrangeas, garden spray roses, lisanthus, and dahlias. Small gift boxes of Baci chocolates were set on each place setting with a label that read con amore.
Guests enjoyed a lemon cake with buttercream icing and fresh berries, topped with fresh flowers. Megan surprised her groom with another sweet treat: dulce de leche served with vanilla gelato in mini Texas Ranger's baseball "caps."
"Our band, The Source, was beyond fantastic," Megan says. She and Hunter danced to Michael Bublé's "You and I," a song request straight from the groom.
After exploring the Amalfi Coast on their week-long honeymoon, the newlyweds have settled in Dallas, Texas with their springerdoodle puppy, Dash. Megan advises future brides to spend as much time planning the ceremony as you do the reception. "Enjoy every moment," she says. "Remember what the day is all about—and take lots of pictures!"
Want to see even more of Megan and Hunter's wedding? Click here to see their adorable Super 8 video by A Bryan Photo.
Wedding Team
Ceremony Venue: Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Reception Venue: Private Club in Chevy Chase, MD
Wedding Planners: Maria Baer and Kelly Seizert of Ritzy Bee Events
Bride's Ceremony Wedding Dress: Alfred Angelo
Bride's Reception Wedding Dress: Liancarlo
Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo
Hair: Barbara Zuhowski of Appearance Workshop, Toms River, New Jersey
Makeup: Pamela Dennison
Bridesmaids' Dresses: LoveLane by Ivy & Aster from Bella Bridesmaids
Groom's Attire: Alton Lane
Wedding Bands: I. Gorman Jewelers
Florist: Amaryllis Floral & Event Design
Invitations & Paper Goods: Susan Song of SIMPLESONG Design
Music: The Crystal Strings and The Source
Catering & Cake: Private Club in Chevy Chase, MD
Rentals: Party Rental and Amaryllis Floral & Event Design
Favors: SIMPLESONG Design
Videography: Branden Lower of A Bryan Photo
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Cone Beam: 3D Imaging for Dental Implants
At University Periodontal Associates we are able to create a precise map of your mouth using 3D radiography. Until a few years ago, the presence of 3D radiography was relatively unknown and unused in dentistry, but increasingly, Specialists, including Dr. Dennison, are seeing the importance of this technology.
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3D Cone Beam Imaging offers Dr. Dennison much more information than he is able to get from a simple flat x-ray. This new technology provides us with a more complete visual map to create a plan for your situation from every angle. As a full mouth exposure, we receive a 3D digital dental x-ray of your entire oral cavity. This is ideal when placing single tooth implants, or plotting the placement of several implants for implant retained dentures, known as All on 4.
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Spain: A Landing at Cañada de los Garabatos (1982)
A Report by Joaquin Mateos and Manuel Filpo
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Geographic Location: Property of the "La Alegria" farm at the gorge known as "Los Garabatos" within the municipal confines of Sanlucar La Mayor, Province of Seville (Spain). The landing site is practically at the center of the triangle formed by Aznalcollar, Gerena and Olivares. This is an area in which multiple sightings have occurred over the last 15 years.
Time and Date: 30 January 1982 at 21:00 hours (Saturday)
Sighting Information: It was seen at a distance of 300 meters. It was on land or close to it, in a horizontal position. The observation lasted five minutes.
Information on the Surroundings: The terrain is nearly flat. A few meters away there is a relatively small reservoir used by the Aznalcollar Mine. There are some scattered cortijos (farmhouses) in the area. The remains of an ancient aqueduct used by the Romans to bring water to Italica are nearby.
Physical Characteristics of the Sighting: The object was cigar-shaped and the witness defines it as a fluorescent tube measuring some 30 meters long. The object was fully illuminated by an intense white light and surrounded by a haze of a similar color. The entire location was so thoroughly illuminated by it that the slightest details were clearly visible: plants, shrubs and stones. It produced no sounds or smells. No traces were left behind. After the sighting was over, as the witnesses returned to their homes, they noticed that their television sets suffered transient problems, with a great black dot appearing in the middle of the screen. No animal anomalies have been ascertained in the neighboring farmhouses.
Weather Conditions: Completely clear
Witnesses: Don Manuel Morato, married, around 30 years old, native of Cabezas de San Juan (Sevilla), and a tractor operator at the farmhouse. The overseer also saw the object as it flew over both of them.
Description of the Events: Mr. Morato was carrying out agricultural duties on his tractor and the vehicle became stuck as a result of recent rains. He abandoned the tractor and returned to the farmhouse on foot to ask for help. He and the overseer decide to go find another tractor to pull it out. No sooner do they step out, they see a light that draws their attention. They wait for it to fly past and remark that it's longer than an airplane, aside from being fully illuminated like a fluorescent tube. Its velocity was slow. They witnessed its trajectory until it vanished behind some hills. They then continued toward the stuck tractor and extricate it, each man riding a separate tractor. While the overseer goes ahead, the main witness decides to take a look at the hills and ascertains, to his astonishment, that the object is on the ground or close to it, surrounded by the mysterious haze that enveloped it as it went past. The main witness observed the phenomenon for five minutes before deciding to advise his companion, in order that he may also see it. They go back but there is nothing to he seen. Perhaps it turned itself off – remarks the tractor operator – but both men decide to return to the farmhouse. Subsequently, interruptions occur on both men's TV sets.
Remarks: Yet another sighting occurs in this "hot spot". We must also note that the witnesses are serious people, not big talkers, pleasant and educated. There are no reasons that we could see as justifying a falsehood. Both men are confused, stunned.
The area has, in theory, attractive features for hypothetical extraterrestrial visitors: mines, archaeological ruins, a variety of crops...and even a distinguished researcher such as Don Manuel Osuna. The possible hypothesis of the "magnet" effect exerted by researchers of the phenomenon should not be dismissed. It may someday be confirmed, as Don Ignacio Darnaude has suggested.
The possible relationship between sightings and the presence of eucalyptus trees should is also worthy of further study, as these have seldom been absent from areas where such incidents have occurred. Our colleagues Hermida and Valls are working on a report on the subject.
The interference caused to the TV sets is also very interesting, as it is unique. A black dot that takes up nearly the entire TV screen can only be produced by a serious breakdown. It is true that after some research, we were able to ascertain that classic interference took place that night. It can be supposed that the object remained in the area for some time, confirming the tractor's suspicions about how the object "turned itself off".
The uncertain nature of the white light is also confirmed. We often hear descriptions such as "it was like nothing we'd ever seen" or "it lit the entire area like daylight but without blinding us."
When we tried to survey the area in detail, we could see that it had been plowed over, thus making it impossible to find possible landing marks or ground traces.
In Gerena, 6 February 1982
(Translation (c) 2012, S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Jose Manuel Garcia Bautista)
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Soundtrack review: The hateful eight (Ennio Morricone – 2015)
At first when I heard that Ennio Morricone was finally going to write an original score for a Quentin Tarantino movie I couldn't believe it. QT had been using the mastero's masterpieces for his movies for two decades but he had never commissioned a full original score. Until now. It is a dream come true. And when the movie in question is also a Western the stars seem to be fully aligned. "The Hateful Eight" is a 2015 American Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern. The film is set some years after the Civil War in Wyoming, and revolves around eight strangers who seek refuge in a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass during a blizzard. The movie seems to be a best of gala for Tarantino since he brought all his fetish actors around. I can't wait to see it. There's been a bit of controversy around the score as about 25 minutes of it was actually written for John Carpenter's "The thing" 30 years ago but never released. Regardless, after hearing Morricone's previous score "En mai, fait ce qu'il te plait" written this year my hopes are very high. At first glance the album also contains dialogue and for a Tarantino movie this is something that hits the spot. I also like that the titles of the cues are in Italian.
And there come the first notes for a Western written by Morricone in 40 years. They are dark, they sound a little sharper than they used to but boy do I recognize the Ennio sound; the beauty of it is that the opening theme "L'ultima dirigenza di Red Rock" also mixes a little of the Morricone suspense percussion. In fact this entire theme sounds as if taken from one of his noir police thrillers rather than a full blooded Western movie. Regardless this massive opening is classic Morricone and I can't believe it's new. This theme alone would be enough because towards the end it also brings the sarcastic tone I would expect from a Tarantino film and also the vocal cries that bring the Western wind.
The sneaky Pink Panther like musical tip toe dominates the start of the score. I identify a theme which is starting to recur. Morricone doesn't let the music dwell in the same territory for long though and agitates the waters. A furious string motif here, a few question marks made of piano key strokes and we have variety.
Morricone's Western sound has two main parts for me: the spectacular riding themes, inspirational and loud and the parts that played over the darker moments when it was more about sneaking around and hiding rather than riding and fighting. "The hateful 8" comes from those shadows and raises a menacing hand which I as a listener see too late.
Just as the cowboys of those times sometimes ran into a huge obstacle so I find myself facing a mountain of a cue. "Neve (versione integrale)" is 12 minutes long and I can't remember another Morricone theme like it, except for suites. It's a thick and dense cue designed like the deceiving quicksand in which the more you move the more you get sucked in. I get lost in the repetitive tones of this piece but the sound is addictive and I am kept on my toes. The music never loses me.
As the score got towards the end I had only one regret: that I didn't get the shot of nostalgia I usually get from a Morricone score. I should have waited for the final cue, because "La lettera di Lincoln" gave me everything my nostalgic self needed…
If you were looking for a spectacular and fiery Western return from Morricone you will be surprised. This is a dark, tense and aggressive composition that makes me think there might actually be no humor in "The hateful 8". There are a few moments when the flute play makes me think of romance but that's about the only time the cloud blanket is broken. I love a dark score and this one hit the spot. The maestro continues to surprise even at 86.
Cue rating: 95 / 100
Total minutes of excellence: 41 / 49
Album excellence: 82%
L'ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock (Versione Integrale)
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