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Ballroom pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy sees a problem with Kate Gosselin's "Dancing With the Stars" approach, and it isn't her flawed footwork or passionless paso doble.
The mother of eight just isn't having fun.
"I've spoken to Kate, and I don't think she gets the point of this thing yet," Chmerkovskiy wrote on his TV Guide blog. "The pain on her face says it all, which is unfortunate. The show is about finding a way to come out, enjoy yourself and have fun."
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Making matters worse, Gosselin's no-fun "Dancing With the Stars" stint isn't a solo endeavor. According to Chmerkovskiy, the maudlin mood affects Gosselin's partner, Tony Dovolani, too.
"Tony is trying to relay the message while responsibly getting the routine done," the Latin Ballroom dance champ explained. "He has a plan, and she needs to focus and listen to him. The idea of a coach and a student is deeply rooted in us. We were taught to respect our teachers, so as teachers, we expect to be respected by our students. Every student is different, so we must teach differently, but we're always respectful. Kate needs to trust him. However lifeless that paso was (last week), he had her ready with the routine."
Despite the reality TV mom's rough start and the fact that she is in direct competition with Chmerkovskiy's partner, Erin Andrews (at least in theory), the pro still hopes Gosselin can turn her "Dancing" trend around.
"I hope she improves and I think she can if she realizes she has an opportunity that she won't have again," Chmerkovskiy added. "It's a chance for her to focus on something other than personal drama. How many women with multiple kids sit back and reminisce about the days they could go and dance when they watch our show? How many people vicariously live through us? You need to enjoy it."
'Bombshell' McGee apologizes
While it's doubtful that actress Sandra Bullock has interest in gaining the sympathies of any of her husband's alleged former mistresses, Michelle "Bombshell" McGee offered hers in an interview with Australia's "Today Tonight."
"I feel bad for Sandra," McGee said. "I know what she must be going through. She must be hurt, devastated, upset, embarrassed."
When asked what she would say to the Oscar winner if given a chance, the heavily tattooed model even went so far as to apologize — sort of.
"I'd like to say, 'Sandra, you know, I'm sorry,' " McGee started, before drifting into more of a general, responsibility-free apology. "I'm sorry for your embarrassment. I am sorry this is all public."
Dish on the fly
After boldly tweeting that Elin Nordegren "had 2 b a willing participant on the ride 4 whatever reason" when it came to Tiger Woods' multiple infidelities, actor Jim Carrey joked away his Twitter backlash. "So, you guys probably don't feel like talkin' about Sandra Bullock, right?" he wrote. "I'M KIDDING! JEEEZE! I'm a little on edge. Cut me some slack!" Later the funnyman hinted that his readers could expect more love-them-or-leave-them posts. "Breaking News! Jim Carrey's ambassador to the world is dead!" Carrey announced. "He is survived by me, the actual Jim Carrey, who has opinions about stuff." … According to a lawsuit filed by former Wisteria Lane resident Nicollette Sheridan, "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry struck her. It's a claim at least one insider can confirm. Well, more or less. "Marc did slap Nicollette," an anonymous cast member told E! Online's The Awful Truth. "I was there and I saw it. (Nicollette) was trying to slap somebody for a scene, and she couldn't get it right." That's when the cast member reportedly spied the ever-helpful Cherry give Sheridan some hands-on slapping advice. "But I have to say," the insider added, "it was just (Cherry's) hand barely on her head; it sure didn't seem to me to merit the suit (Sheridan has filed)." … Dr. Drew Pinsky's latest attempt at a long distance intervention advice left Lindsay Lohan feeling defensive. After the "Celebrity Rehab" host revealed to Radar Online that if the actress were his daughter, "I would pack her car full with illegal substances, send her on her way, call the police and make sure she was arrested." Lohan was quick to respond. "He's a quack and a sellout," the 23-year-old told Gossip Cop. "Please tell him to stop!"
Tabloid Tidbits is compiled by Ree Hines. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/Ree Hines.


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Metro Developer Opportunities This Week in New England
This week offers several excellent opportunities for Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers here in New England.
Metro Accelerator Labs – Waltham, June 6-8
As mentioned earlier, the Metro Accelerator Labs are coming to our Waltham offices on Wednesday through Friday (June 6-8). It is a 3-day event focused on helping you create Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with experts on hand to help you, whether you're just starting or adding the finishing touches.
We'll have a brief dev/design session each morning (agenda here), but the focus is squarely on your apps and coding. Bring your PCs, apps or app ideas, and get ready to develop!
You can join us for as little or as much of the 3-day event as you wish. Register here
Ready.Set(){Code} Challenge – Waltham, June 7
On Thursday (June 7th), the special Ready.Set(){Code} Challenge by Nokia Developer will also be running in the Waltham office. Part of a 13-city tour, this is a great opportunity to create Windows Phone apps by yourself or by forming a team.
At the end of the day, you'll have a chance to show your app and the best (in a number of categories) will be awarded prizes!
Separate registration is required. Note we'll have two rooms this day, so both the Metro Accelerator Lab and Ready.Set(){Code} Challenge will be running concurrently. Join in either as you wish!


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The following film and transcription follow the artistic expression of Annie Gusman Joly.
Annie describes her creative path and how starting in 1986—when she attended classes at the Esalen Institute—how her relationship to painting deepened and opened a door to healing.
Perhaps her journey may provide inspiration for others to move beyond fear and channel their energy into a path of healing no matter what chosen medium to fuel a space for healing.
Annie Gusman Joly's film, Healing Visions, is about how the act of painting has helped her heal emotional wounds.
Annie Gusman Joly's Healing Visions
I started painting for myself in 1986.
I took a workshop at Esalen Institute, and when I arrived I had no what I was going to paint. I had been an illustrator over 10 years, and I was just feeling the need to paint for myself to do something different. I thought maybe I would paint the scenery. I was painting in a beautiful building on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and I stood there with a giant white piece of paper and my hand just started to move. And I was totally amazed at what came out.
And the more I painted, the more came out. Even though the paintings were very dark as far as imagery, it was a great release to do them. It was discovering a whole new part of myself that I did not know had existed. When I look at the paintings now, it seems that I had some kind of awareness, some kind of precognition, because that year my mother committed suicide.
Using Intuition
People are afraid to paint because they don't know where to start. Seeing that piece of white paper is very scary, but it is also very exciting at the same time.
I don't think too much about what I am going to paint, I just try to go on intuition. Sometimes I just put a color down, and that color has a certain feeling which will make me want to put another color next to it.
After my mother's suicide I felt like I was leading a double life: the internal life and the external life. It made me feel very separate from other people. As you can imagine it was a very, very dark and very difficult time for me. But I knew that I had to do something. I started to paint again because I remembered how comforting the paintings had been to me when I painted at Esalen.
Healing Through Painting
In one of my favorite paintings called "My Healer," I realized that my healing was up to me. The paintings became a practice, like meditation…like dance…like poetry.
It's very important to suspend judgment at the painting. I still occasionally look at something and say, like, "Oh, I don't like that color. I think I'll move this." But now I think of it more as it's only a part of a painting that I don't like, and I know that's going to happen.
And maybe it's just the tension in the painting that helps me move on, that helps me finish the painting. And I really try not to judge it as though I would if I went to a museum.
It's about those early paintings…there is a lot of demons flying around. And the demons are really scary at that point, I am really afraid. They look mean. They look angry because that's really how I am feeling inside.
As the months progressed, the demons became my friends. For example, after her death, I had an incredible dream. The dream was very scary at the time, but when I actually started to work on the piece, the whole mood, the whole character, of the painting changed into one of benevolence and compassion, and kindness and healing.
Listen to the Paintings Speak
In the early nineties, I met a man named Shaun McNiff. He taught me that it's really not a good idea to talk about paintings and that so many of us judge paintings according to somebody's criteria. He taught me: don't judge the painting. Don't talk about the painting. It's just as if the painting has a soul and a being of its own. So when I look at the paintings, what I do is pretend that they are actually a person.
For example, you wouldn't talk about a friend who came into the room and said, "Wow, that dress looks really bad with those shoes," you know, or, "That hat is really the wrong color."
What I like to do is have the paintings speak to me.
Most of the time, I stand when I paint. I feel like if my whole body is involved rather than my hand and my brain, things seem to flow better.
When you paint with no judgment, things happen that you don't expect. And it's a journey. It's like going on a trip to a foreign country, a place like you had never been before.
It's almost like a door. It's really not the grief any more; the grief is turned into a door. Where I know that these images will come . . . I just know that.
Speaking Truth
I think it's easier to speak your truth when you are not doing something for money. These paintings were created for me; they came from a flow that was inside. So I feel free . . . I feel free to create what I want to create without worrying about the end result.
When I first started doing these paintings, I was a little nervous to show them to people, because I thought they would think I was really strange, kind of crazy. Slowly, but surely, when I started to share them with some people, it was really amazing to hear their reaction. I think everybody relates to them in some manner in their own life. Everybody's had a loss, everybody's had some problems.
I never feel like I run out of things to paint. I have an endless well of imagery that I feel now can come out at any time. I never felt like this before I started these paintings.
When I'm in a room full of my paintings, I feel that I am with my best friends. It's like something else is at work and things are not as they appear, and that there is another force going on within us. And that if we just can connect with…I don't know, just makes me smile.


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Pandora Media Names New CEO
Pandora Media Inc. named Brian McAndrews, a former aQuantive and Microsoft Corp. executive, as its new chief executive and chairman, a move that comes six months after Joe Kennedy said he would be stepping down from the Internet-radio company's helm.
Shares jumped 2.8 percent to $21.99 after hours Wednesday.
McAndrews's appointment is effective immediately. Pandora said that in the search for a new CEO the board had sought a candidate who could build on the company's leading position in Internet radio and accelerate its fast-growing advertising business.


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At a memorial service that celebrated both his landscape-altering legacy and his big-hearted if crusty-shelled persona, the William Donald Schaefer nation gathered one last time on Wednesday — friends and one-time foes alike, Maryland politicos past and present, Baltimoreans who shared his undying love for the city.
"Don Schaefer was a person who changed politics," former Rep. Kweisi Mfume said at a funeral for the former mayor, governor and comptroller that drew both tears and laughter at Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Baltimore. "He put a human face on it."
The historic church was filled with leaders in Maryland politics, business and community life: Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the state's congressional delegation and Baltimore City Council members joined many of their predecessors — and perhaps some who would succeed them as well.
Among them were former governors Marvin Mandel and Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.; former mayors Sheila Dixon and Thomas J. D'Alesandro III; current and former lieutenant governors Anthony Brown and Michael Steele; former and current attorneys general J. Joseph Curran Jr. and Douglas F. Gansler; Maryland Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch; Comptroller Peter Franchot; Chief Judge Robert M. Bell of the Maryland Court of Appeals; former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes; and former and current Baltimore County executives James T. Smith Jr. and Kevin Kamenetz.
They were joined by CEOs Edwin F. Hale Sr. of First Mariner and Mark R. Fetting of Legg Mason, lobbyist Bruce Bereano, Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop Edwin O'Brien and beloved Baltimore Colt Lenny Moore. The former football player last saw Schaefer when he was hospitalized with pneumonia at St. Agnes Hospital about a month ago.
"He hollered out to me from the bed, 'Spats, Spats,'" Moore said of the nickname he got for the way he taped down his high-top shoes. "He was just grinning from ear to ear."
After the service, in which speakers such as close aide Lainy LeBow-Sachs and U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski shared poignant and funny memories of the often irascible Schaefer, many were similarly smiling as broadly. Spilling out onto Charles Street, where crowds of onlookers had gathered, there were reunion-like hugs, chatter and reminiscences among those whose lives and careers had intersected with Schaefer during his nearly five decades in public office.
"I think it was a wonderful service that celebrated an extraordinary life," said Rep. Steny H. Hoyer. "This is a person who genuinely, deeply, passionately cared, not just for the city, or the state, but for the people.
"He was a warm and compassionate human being who sometimes hid it very well."
As they have since Schaefer's death April 18, the memories flowed freely and fondly. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland. Baltimore County, said Schaefer last visited the campus about a year ago.
"He sat by the Walter Sondheim statue," he said, referring to the Schaefer compatriot and hero of Baltimore's downtown revitalization, "and he held his hand."
Students walking by were excited to meet him, Hrabowski said, delighting Schaefer, who at that point had been out of office and the public eye for several years. "They really love me," Hrabowski recalled Schaefer saying in a tone of wonder. "He was so touched."
That the service was held in the midst of the downtown that Schaefer, Sondheim and their partners rebuilt wasn't lost on those who helped carry out their vision. Mark Joseph, who was Schaefer's development director, paused before entering the church to gaze at the nearby Park Charles high-rise apartment building, which was constructed under his watch.
Joseph recalled Schaefer ordering him to quickly raise money and find a sculptor to create a statue of former Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro Jr. for Charles Center. "That's how he operated," said Joseph, who also served as the city school board president and deputy housing commissioner under Schaefer. "When something was on his mind, nothing would stop him.
"How dare he die," Joseph added wryly. "I'm very angry at him."
Schaefer's former mayoral and gubernatorial aides reunited to plan the three-day sendoff that began with Monday's crowd-drawing tour of city landmarks and neighborhoods. The skills they learned in his demanding offices, it seemed, served them well in this final endeavor for the boss — to the point that even the weather seemed to bend to their will.
On a partly overcast morning, the sun broke through just as Schaefer's casket emerged from City Hall for the trip to the church.
Heralded by police color guards, motorcycle units and a pipe-and-drum corps, the procession arrived at the church, and the flag-draped casket was carried in by pallbearers as a Maryland National Guard band launched into a jaunty "Stars and Stripes Forever."
Inside, several hundred mourners, some of whom lined up outside the church as early as 7 a.m. for the 11 a.m. service, sat in the glow of stained-glass windows and were welcomed by the Rev. Mark Stanley. They listened to music, by the Maryland Boychoir and the Morgan State University Choir and others, and readings by former aide Mark Wasserman, Schaefer's former chief of staff; close political ally Nancy S. Grasmick, the state schools superintendent; and Ron Rogers, a former city employee who became Schaefer's close friend and neighbor at the Charlestown retirement community.
"This is the day William Donald Schaefer was elected to the highest office obtainable," Rogers said afterward, smiling and raising his eyes to the sky.
To appreciative chuckles, the eulogists recounted anecdotes about Schaefer's famously bristly personality.
"The first time he yelled at me, slammed the door and wouldn't talk to me for a week, right then and there I knew he liked me," LeBow-Sachs said.
LeBow-Sachs said Schaefer was a father to his aides, stern but determined to pull every "shred of untapped potential" out of them. But one offspring was his most beloved, she added.
"Baltimore was his favorite child," she said. "If you dared talk negative about Baltimore, he would go nuts."
Both she and Mikulski imagined how even more demanding the writer of "action memos" could have been had BlackBerrys been around during his mayoral years. But, Mikulski noted, he still would have been the Don Schaefer of hand-to-hand politicking.
"How many of us have been at a church supper and seen Schaefer sitting there?" she asked, going on to list the ravioli suppers and sour beef dinners and pancake breakfasts and fish fries that he would attend — not for the food but for the chance to rub elbows.
"He loved the front steps. He was grouchy because they invented air-conditioning," Mikulski said, recalling how Schaefer would go "door-to-door and say, 'Hi, what's going on?'"
Mikulski, a city councilwoman when Schaefer was mayor, remembered speaking with him right after she was elected to the Senate to ask what he needed. "Bucks to Baltimore!" Mikulski said, quoting Schaefer's attitude. "'The buck stops here, and the more the better."
Drawing the biggest laugh and a round of applause was Mfume's remembrance of the head-butting relationship he and others had in the past with Schaefer.
"No one irritated me more than him, and nobody irritated him more than me," Mfume said. "Well, maybe Parris Glendening."
Mfume said they were so antagonistic, Schaefer used to call him Councilman Muffin. But, Mfume said, when he was headed to Congress and Schaefer to the governor's office, they buried the hatchet.
In the way of two old fighters, they became close, Mfume said, recalling two experiences in which he saw the "shy and very private" Schaefer break down in tears after his heart was broken: When the Colts left town and when his mother was buried from the same church.
In what was an often poetic eulogy that gave a nod to everyone from Shakespeare to Ted Kennedy, Mfume began by quoting Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." He ended with the same poem as he left the lectern, pausing to pat Schaefer's casket as he returned to his seat.
Moments after the service ended, Beverley Koehler-Schmidt, 46, of East Baltimore rushed out of the overflow space set up at the Tremont Grand hotel next door to the church, where she and several dozen others watched the service on a projection screen. She wanted to see the casket of the man whose administration she credits with helping her out of homelessness in the mid-1980s.
"They aren't going to get a better person than that," she said. "He was a beautiful person in life. He will be missed."
From the church, some headed to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, where light showers fell on the sweeping lawns. As the Fire Brigade Pipes & Drums of Greater Baltimore played and beat a slow cadence, the cortege arrived; among those escorting the hearse was a riderless horse, symbolizing a fallen leader.
Soldiers and airmen from the Maryland National Guard carried Schaefer's casket to a grassy courtyard at the mausoleum. As it arrived, Guardsmen fired a thunderous, 19-gun salute by four howitzers as the 229th Army Band played.
The casket was placed on a bier in front of a tent sheltering 10 of Schaefer's close friends. About 120 people, including O'Malley and Brown, stood just behind the tent.
The casket team then lifted the American flag from Schaefer's casket as Stanley began the brief service of committal. A three-volley rifle salute followed, and then a bugler played taps. The flag from the casket was presented to LeBow-Sachs by Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard.
Schaefer's remains were later interred in a mausoleum, next to longtime companion Hilda Mae Snoops, who died in 1999.
For those he left behind, particularly former aides and those who succeeded him in office, there was a sense of the big shoes that they are inspired to fill.
"It made me proud to be a Marylander," Rawlings-Blake said after the service. "I was just thinking, 'I hope he thinks it was enough, that it was big enough and grand enough.'"
Baltimore Sun reporters Laura Vozzella, Julie Scharper, Frank D. Roylance, Annie Linskey and Jacques Kelly contributed to this article.


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Compact Plain Paper Fax and Copier with Digital Answering System
Compact Plain Paper Fax and Copier with Digital Answering System
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All Digital Answering System
The KX-FP215 answers all your calls, records messages and receives faxes while you are away. The all digital system makes operation virtually silent and offers almost instantaneous response time.
Digital Duplex Speakerphone
Digital compression technology helps to reduce annoying echo, drop-out or clipping. Enjoy clear, natural two-way conversations!
Up to 28 page Document Memory
The system can store up to 25 pages in its built-in memory for transmission, ideal for broadcasting multi-page documents to multiple locations. If you run out of paper, don't worry. The reception memory can hold up to 28 pages.
Enhanced Copier Function
This fax performs a range of advanced copier functions including; enlargement, reduction, collate and multi-copy.
Informative 2-line LCD screen
The 2 x 16 character LCD readout indicates operating modes, memory contents, date/time and number dialed. It also helps during programming the system features or when entering numbers in the telephone directory.
Caller ID Compatibility
You can view the name and number of all of your incoming callers right on the LCD readout. You can also print the list for your records.
- Compact Full-featured Fax
- Convenience copier functions
- Fully featured facsimile
- Digital Answering System
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- Recording Capacity Max. 18 greetings in total
- Paper Tray Capacity Max 20 Sheets
- Modem Speed (Kbps) 14.4 kbps
- Transmission Time (sec./page) 8
- LCD Display 2-Line, 16-character LCD Display
- Navigator Key Yes
- Quick Scan Yes
- Telephone Directory Navigator Yes, 50 entries
- Out of Paper Reception up to 28 pages
- Automatic Document Feeder (pages) 10 pages
- Electronic Film Indicator Yes
- 64-Level Halftone Resolution Yes
- Print Method Thermal Transfer
- Broadcasting Yes, 20 Locations
- Multi-Copy up to 20
- Help Function Yes
- Reduction Copy 92%/86%/72%
- Enlargement Copy 150%/200%
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Dual-Port USB Car Charger - 24W/4.8A - White
Charge two tablets simultaneously, in your car
Product ID: USB2PCARWHS
- Ensure all your mobile devices are charged while you're commuting
- Deliver the fastest possible power output required for each connected device - up to a total of 24 watts (4.8 amps) shared between both ports
- Charge almost any mobile device that supports USB Battery Charging Specification 1.2
This 2-port car charger lets you charge two mobile devices simultaneously, while you're driving.
High-powered charging
The charger can deliver 24 watts of power in total, sharing 4.8 amps of power between both ports. This means that you can charge two tablets at the same time.
Shared power output
The dual-port charger features Smart IC technology, which enables it to identify what type of device is connected to each port. By recognizing the attached device, the charger delivers the optimal charge that's specific to each device.
One charger for all of your mobile devices, compatible with most phones and tablets
The charger supports USB Battery Charging Specification 1.2, which ensures compatibility with a broad range of mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone and iPad, the Microsoft® Surface™ tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab™, Nexus™ phones and more.
When you're traveling with a passenger, this means that you can charge their device as well as yours, and ensure that both of your mobile devices are ready when you arrive.
The USB2PCARWHS is backed by StarTech.com's 2-year warranty to ensure dependable performance.
- Charge two tablets at once
- Charge two phones at once
- Charge one phone and one tablet at the same time
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Port 2 - 2.4A
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|44 g [1.6 oz]
|What's in the Box
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Chancellor Angela Merkel is according to Der Spiegel planning a new "economic government" for the eurozone in order to avoid the euro crisis to escalate:
Plans by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to introduce an economic government in the euro zone are taking concrete form, SPIEGEL has learned.
The chancellor intends to propose a "pact for competitiveness" to the 17 member states of the monetary union. The planned agreement will "contain concrete commitments to strengthen competitiveness that are more ambitious and more binding than those that have already been agreed by the EU-27," reads a Chancellery document, referring to the wider group of the 27 European Union members. The paper, which has been seen by SPIEGEL, argues that "closer integration of national financial, economic and social policies is necessary" in order to dispel financial markets' concerns about Europe's common currency.
Read the entire article here.
No matter how hard Merkel would like e.g. Greece, Ireland, Spain and Italy to start acting like Germany, it will not succeed. The euro group of countries will never be able to act together in an effecient way, unless they are a part of the federal state of Europe - and even then it would be quite a challenge! But this talk about economic government maybe buys a few months of time ahead of important elections in Germany.


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Apparently, vampires don't just live for the taste of fresh blood after all. They need their cold cash, which seems to explain the holdup in the final announcement for "Breaking Dawn."
Salary demands are stalling an announcement that would make the final "Breaking Dawn" installment two movies, the Hollywood Reporter claims.
Most everyone is on board for the two-movie option -- which makes sense for everyone from the insatiable fans to the studio, which loves the guaranteed extra payday.
And most of the talent is on board as well. Director Bill Condon is all set for two films which would be shot back-to-back in November 2011 and summer 2012 respectively.
Importantly, Summit has also locked in its star Holy Trinity -- Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Some of the key, but smaller players have come aboard as well -- everyone from Peter Facinelli (as Dr. Carlisle Cullen) and Billy Burke (Sheriff Charlie Swan).
But at least two Cullen kids are holdouts seeking bigger paydays, according to the report -- Kellen Lutz and Ashley Greene. Apparently Summit's offer for the final film -- at least 10 times what the actors made in the first movie -- was deemed "offensive" to the stars in light of the money machine which the "Twilight" vehicles are.
Both sides are clearly playing hardball. You don't want to switch key characters for the final movie. But Summit has shown in the past a willingness to switch actors. Rachelle Lefevre was knocked out of the third installment "Eclipse" for Bryce Dallas Howard with only a minor protest from fans -- a protest long forgotten as that movie looks to open big on June 30.
Vampire Salary Dispute Holding Up Final "Twilight" Announcement
Apparently, vampires don't just live for the taste of fresh blood after all. They need their cold cash, which seems to explain the holdup in the final announcement for "Breaking Dawn."


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Where are they supposed to go after Croatia? I'll look for mountains!Is it Florence?
Italian Lakes for instance:
The switchback behind the city doesn't look any wider than a footpath. The only workable auto route seems to be south, up the hill, then cut back through the village of Bosanka. Trivia: the area caught fire not long after the race (see the album).
Trivia: the area caught fire not long after the race
Well if the "permanent" change from next episode is a FF then that can't be a FF either!
finally a gap in meetings, darnit work interferring with detective work I think I have found the route taken to Dub by the front teams.LO0774 6.25 6.50 VNO WAWLO0223 7.55 9.15 WAW VIEOS7059 10.10 11.20 VIE DBVIf TK and Rachel missed the connection in Vienna the next flight would beOS731 13.15 14.40 VIE DBVyou know those crazy hippies.This is all dependent on them getting out of the pitstop in time to get a 6.25 flight.
I'm wondering....for no reason ( ) if we see any pirates....or tall ships... in this episode?
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Un-Go is one of the series I've picked up for Fall 2011. The first episode is out and it's time for a little feedback.
Un-Go is in the detective anime classification right now (see: Dantalian no Shoka, Gosick, etc.) and in the first episode we find ourselves in a murder mystery at an elaborate period ball. Rumors abound that the victim, Kaoru Kanou, was about to be arrested. Who wanted him silenced?
The challenge to solve the mystery falls to two competing parties -…
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Since the Fall 2011 anime season is just kicking off, it's a bit hard to make a recommendation from what I'm watching currently. So, we'll take a look back at some older series.
This week, I'd like to recommend Ergo Proxy to those of you who have yet to see it. Unfortunately it seems like it's been pulled from Hulu, but this -is- the internet and I'm sure you're all familiar with how Google works by now. If not,…
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I'll hand it to AIC. Taking on anything as complicated as an SMT game is ambitious. I was really excited to hear that P4 was getting an anime and wanted nothing but the best from it. Now, my fangirlish glee has been tempered by actually watching the first episode.
Quick synopsis of the game/anime for those not familiar with it:
The protagonist (renamed Yu in the anime) moves from Tokyo to a small town called Inaba, where he…
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Androids have become commonplace in society, and are held to Asimov's Laws. All androids are identified by rings above their heads. While checking the household android's location records, a teenage student notices an anomaly. A message reading, simply "Are you enjoying…
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Surreal can be good, when writing. You just have to go everything afterward and see what still makes sense, after you're off of the mind-altering substances.
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During a joint meeting between city and county commissioners June 4, Mayor Dick Clapp asked the county to help fund the Newtown Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA).
When County Commissioner Carolyn Mason, whose district includes Newtown, said she supported the city's request, but questioned if the time was right because of the economy, City Commissioner Fredd Atkins said it was time the county did something for a part of Sarasota that it has ignored for years.
"The county can look at this and say, 'You know, we can stimulate the economy of the city of Sarasota and Sarasota County by investing in the community that has been the most neglected by Sarasota County throughout the years,'" Atkins said.
That statement started a long and passionate debate about what responsibility the county had to blighted areas.
"The characterization of neglect is inappropriate," said County Commission Chairman Jon Thaxton. "We have in Sarasota County other Newtown-like areas."
"Where?" asked Atkins.
"Osprey, Laurel, Nokomis," said Thaxton. "It's very much an area in need."
The county has taken a position against CRAs, but when the city requested that its downtown Sarasota CRA be expanded to include Newtown, the commission gave its approval.
County Commissioner Shannon Staub, whose district is in southern Sarasota County, said she had to defend herself to those in Englewood and North Port who had unsuccessfully asked the county to create CRAs for them.
"We didn't want to take money from other parts of the county and put them toward one area," she said. "So we created the Community Reinvestment Trust, where we write a check for the project."
Staub said the county has allocated about $29 million to Newtown through various programs, but Atkins said that money is coming late in the game.
"We are so grateful for the county to contribute to the greater Newtown area for the last two or three years," Atkins said. "I've been living in Newtown for 51 years now, and we didn't have a lot of contributions those first 45 I lived in Newtown, so there's some catching up the county has to do. The reality is Sarasota County could have stepped to the plate a long time ago. So, we thank you all for coming in the last three years, but the reality is we are in pain. Laurel, Nokomis, Englewood, we're all in pain, and you all need to give us the opportunity to improve our conditions."
City Commissioner Kelly Kirschner said he wanted the county's priorities to be more aligned with the city's.
"The city's top priority is Newtown, and I'd like to see the county say the same thing," he said.
• Wayne Appleby, county criminal justice coordinator, said the search for a new jail site continues, with serious consideration being given to five sites around the county, including the Osprey Inn and the Jewish Community Center. The Community Corrections Center would be a minimum-security facility that focuses on treatment and rehabilitation, rather than incarceration. If it has to be built from the ground up, it's expected to be ready to accept inmates in 2014. If the corrections center goes into an existing building, that timeframe could be quicker.
• At the request of the City Commission, county commissioners voted to look into funding for a downtown transit-circulator system.
• Anthony Beckford, Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) general manager, said SCAT was prepared to send the federal government the one final document required before the bus system can begin design work on a $79 million rapid-transit system.
During a joint meeting between city and county commissioners June 4, Mayor Dick Clapp asked the county to help fund the Newtown Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA).


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D-Day thoughts
I always think back on this day – the anniversary of the allied beach landings on the Normandy coast – about a trip that I did with a good buddy of mine, Andy Wootten, a few years back. (I want to say 2004, but my memory is shocking and that could be wrong).
Andy's Dad took part in the Normandy landings as part of the British/Canadian landings at Juno Beach and we set about following in his footsteps and also having a good look around the entire landing site and surrounding areas. Andy had some photo's of his Dad taken in the area and we managed to find the exact spots the pictures were taken and take our own, modern versions of the photos, which was fantastic. To this day it is one of the most amazing trips I have ever been on. There is history and stories every where you look, from bunkers to gun emplacements to war cemeteries, memorials and of course the beaches themselves. Just standing on the beach, looking out to sea, and then looking at the coast and still seeing bunkers and guns and knowing that just a few short years ago, men (actually most were mere boys) actually walked up that same beach you are standing on with what felt like half the German army lobbing bombs, shells, grenades and machine gun fire in their general direction. There are not many places in Europe like it. You can almost taste it in the air when you breathe.
The American cemetery above Omaha Beach is one of the most moving places I have ever been, Pointe du Hoc is awe-inspiring and some of the gun emplacements are just mind-blowing. If you have never been, I strongly urge you to go and visit – it is a remarkable piece of France.
I have been asked a few times if I would have liked to have been there as it was all kicking off. It is an interesting question. Part of me is perhaps a little bit jealous of these men that they witnessed at first hand, indeed were intrinsically part of, such an important historical day. They must all have amazing and often sad personal stories and memories. I am not sure I would have behaved so impeccably, so calmly, so professionally as these guys did. I would probably have become hysterical with fear and no good to man or beast. Perhaps if I could have been invisible so the Germans couldn't shoot me then I would give it a go.
All of the soldiers and men from the Allied forces who took part in the landings should be remembered today – the anniversary of D-Day. They are all heroes. All of them.
I'm not sure even invisibilty would have saved you!!! Great blog by the way.
Hi Richard, I think you are probably right, invisibility wouldn't necessarily have helped with such a concentration of fire. It is a micracle how anyone got off those beaches alive.


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Craig Isenberg led an interesting discussion about low-level chemical exposure cases and the challenges inherent in presenting such complex, expert-driven cases to the courts in the Environmental Law and Toxic Torts Committee lunch meeting on Tuesday, February 11th. Issues such as what is the standard of proof and what are Louisiana courts doing were explored. Some courts are receptive to claims even when exposures are low and there is no present injury.
This was the first-ever meeting of the Environmental Law and Toxic Torts Committee today. The turnout was good as members discussed the Committee's plans for the year. They also discussed plans for a continuing legal education program for our next lunch meeting, which we plan on having in the Spring. Craig Isenberg is chair of the Environmental Law and Toxic Torts Committee and a partner at Barrasso Usdin.


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ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A Jacksonville man is accused of strangling his former roommate Wednesday night in an Orange Park motel and stealing the victim's wallet, cell phone and van.
Andrew Stiekman, 49, was found dead in the Rodeway Inn on U.S. Highway 17. The Orange Park Police Department, working in conjunction with the Clay County Sheriff's Office and the Jacksonville Medical Examiner's Office, determined that John Buskager killed Stiekman.
Buskager, 22, was arrested early Friday morning on charges of murder, robbery and grand theft and booked into the Clay County Jail.
According to the arrest report, Buskager used to live with Stiekman in Jacksonville. Deputies said the motel room was straightened up before the killer left.
The arrest report redacts the information Buskager gave them when he was questioned by detectives, but says, "Given the numerous lies during the interview... his indebtedness, the victim's pension for carrying cash, the photos and moneygram, it appears the defendant met with the victim with the intent of robbing him. During the course of this robbery, a struggle ensued and the victim was killed."


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Moving on now to another creepy crawly bug!
Mom! What happened to a "hands on" Report? What kind of Big World Reporter are you? Are you a Scaredy CAT?
Thats a big bug, JB
I mean, you could put a saddle on it and ride it, very scary!
I don't think I could sleep in Costa Rica with those things crawling around.
That is one big bug or a small hand or both! Your Mom is very brave!
OMC!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mom did not like that ONE BIT!!! MOL!!! Is that your mom's hand?!? If so, she's CRAZZZZZZZYYYYYYYY! You wouldn't catch our mom with something like that! Oh yeah, our mom said it looks like it can be used as a can opener! Be lucky you're not near that thing...it could eat ya for breakfast!
Very scary. I've seen doggies smaller than that. I don't blame your mom for not wanting it on her hand!
I just fainted!
Those are huge. I think I would be ok seeing one if I knew it was there, but as soon as I found one crawling in my bed....yuck.
What kind of mom lives with KHATS and is afraid of a beetle like that?!?
JB, that's HUGE! I'm glad your Mom didn't hold it. I would've been scared!
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JB omg this bug is giant, I wouldn't hold one too for life of me, lol. But you know this is actually interesting bug to photograph. Thanks for sharing, now I know that bugs can be that big. Anna :)
Our Mummy has run away to hide.
Hope you had a good weekend.
Jazzi and Simba xxx
What a cool beetle! Our Ma would love to have held one (so she thinks, but we bet we should be a scaredy bean if she actually had the opportunity.)
Yikes! You so brave to hold it!!!
Yikes! You so brave to hold it!!!
Yikes! That is super scary! I would be afraid! Love, Dino


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Sam Nelson's roots in the grooming industry began in 2006, when he worked in sales for a grooming supply distributor. After working for two major distribution companies, Sam took a leap of faith in 2015, and with just three product lines, he opened Love Groomers. Over the last three years, Sam has spent countless hours attending product training workshops, pet expos, AKC dog shows and grooming trade shows all over the country, broadening his knowledge and understanding of grooming products and equipment. Making customer service and strong relationships with his customers and peers a top priority, he has become a staple in the grooming industry. His hard work and dedication to those customers paid off, earning Love Groomers two back to back Barkleigh Honors Awards for Vendor of the Year in 2017 and 2018.
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Nadia Bongelli has been grooming pets since 2009 and competing since 2012. Her accolades include Barkleigh Honors Up and Coming Groomer of the Year in 2016, Best All Around International Groomer at Intergroom 2017, five Rising Star Gold Medals, Rising Star of the Year award at Intergroom 2016, two Canadian BIS awards and had numerous Open Level placements in Canada and several in the United States. Nadia's proudest moment was being awarded Canadian Groomer of the Year at the very first Canadian Grooming Industry Awards. She is a Nationally Certified Master Groomer with the National Dog Groomers Assoc. of America, Inc. and a certifier with the Intellectual Groomers Association. Her ultimate goal is to represent her country on Groom Team Canada with her peers.
Dave Campanella is an informative and entertaining seminar speaker, contributing trade columnist and genuine grooming enthusiast. He is Best Shot Pet Products sales and marketing director and has over 25 years of pet industry knowledge and experience. He and his wife Tracy co-owned a full service pet salon and self-wash in Ohio prior to relocating with Best Shot to Kentucky. Together they enjoy exhibiting at grooming shows, being industry ambassadors and showing their Kerry Blue Terrier and Samoyed dogs.
Laverne Campbell, known by her students and clients as the certified master groomer/instructor has been in the grooming field for over 30 years. Her early works included studying under and working alongside Sam Khol, in one of the first grooming schools established in New York City. Over the years Laverne has fine tuned her approach and focus, making her an expert handler with dogs that are disabled, with skin disorders and behavioral issues. Campbell now retired consults for grooming shops, educating experienced and first time groomers with her individualized curriculum. Her methods can be found in her book, Laverne's Approach, in which she presents at workshops, one on one training sessions and group lectures. For more information contact Laverne at email@example.com (646) 944-1119.
Dana got her start as a lead veterinary technician at the North Peninsula Humane Society from 1998. While working there she witnessed firsthand the importance of basic care for our pets. She worked in many areas of the veterinary world before becoming a groomer in 2005 and founded A Purrfect Groomer. After 10 years in the brick and mortar salon she decided to go mobile and has been at it ever since. As a feline grooming expert, Dana was a founding member of the Intellectual Groomers Association and she wrote the guidelines that were used in feline certification. Now a Global Educator with Andis, Dana brings her vast knowledge of feline grooming to the everyday groomer.
As the owner and managing partner of Sunstone Bookkeeping, LLC, Jeri Ann Cook combines her financial management and organizational skills with her love of animals to provide cloud-based bookkeeping services to pet professionals around the country from her office in Stratford, Connecticut. Jeri Ann received her M.B.A. from A.B. Freeman School of Business, is a certified advisor of both QuickBooks Online and Xero, and is a member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers and the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers USA.
Multi-award winning creative stylist and instructor, Lori Craig has placed in almost every creative competition she has entered. She is best known for her "Lion King" design, which was undefeated and garnered her a Barkleigh Honors Award. Lori's work has been featured on The Today Show, TLC, Regis and Kellie, ABC Nightline and on the cover of Groomer to Groomer magazine. Lori has owned Doggie Styles in Moore, Oklahoma for thirteen years and is Vice President and certifier for the National Society of Creative Stylists. Lori is also working with the Creative Groomers Association to help educate and promote creative styling worldwide.
Jonathan David has been the recipient of multiple scissoring awards, multiple Best All Around Groomer awards and Best in Show earning him a position on Groomteam USA in 2008 and 2009. Jonathan was also a contestant on Animal Planets "Groomer Has It" and has been featured as a grooming expert on multiple television shows. Currently, Jonathan owns and operates his salon, Lap of Luxury Dog Spa in Delray Beach Florida and is a board member of multiple dog clubs.
An industry veteran, Teri has owned and operated successful salons and mobiles in Florida and California. A winning grooming contest competitor, Teri was a member of three groomteam USA Gold Medal teams. A multiple Barkleigh Honors and Cardinal Crystal Award winner, Teri is a regular columnist for Groomer to Groomer Magazine as well as a popular speaker and judge at seminars and trade shows across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Mindy Dinwiddie owns Classy Canine in Litchfield, Michigan. She began grooming in 2007, having her own shop by 2008. She started in a back bedroom of her house, growing her business to a storefront. Her experiences include daycare, boarding and training. All while consistently furthering her education by attending expos, seminars and private lessons from top stylists in the industry, Mindy has been competing for three years. With a passion for learning and teaching, she began speaking in 2017 after having one of her grooms published in Doodle Modern Styles Special Edition. Mindy is also a Brand Ambassador for Evolution Shears.
Sarah Drouin, NCMG, has been in the grooming industry since 2010, where she started as a bather in a corporation, and through years of hard work, dedication and continued education, has moved her way up the ranks to get to the top of her game. Not only is she an Award-winning groomer, she also makes videos to help other groomers advance their skills. Sarah has won multiple first, second and third place awards in grooming competitions and was nominated for Barkleigh Honors Up & Coming Groomer in 2018. Her strengths are creating Sustainable Pet Styles that separate her to be the best in her community.
Michell Evans is a milti-Best in Show and Best All Around winning groomer and a Certified Master Groomer through National Dog Groomers Association of America. She is the proud recipient of the Barkleigh Honors Awards for "Competitive Groomer of the Year" Award 2011, "Up and Coming Judge of the Year" 2013, "Contribution to the Industry" 2014 and "Journalist of the Year" 2016. Michell was a GroomTeam USA member 2009-2013. She was the hand stripping member of the Silver Medal Winning team in Belgium in 2011 and the Gold Medal Winning team in Spain in 2013. Her business "The Grooming Tutor" has been educating groomers since 2000.
Dr. Cliff Faver, a 1987 graduate of CSU, is the founder/owner of Animal Health Services (7 doctors, 4 groomers, 50 employees) in Cave Creek, Arizona. He is the US distributor for Iv San Bernard products. He uses the two businesses as a means of merging the grooming and veterinary professions to pursue his life's passion of healing and helping pets. Dr. Faver is an international speaker and teaches the ISB Pet Aesthetician Certification program. He is a member of AVMA, AAHA, AZVMA, a sponsor for the CPPGA, a Board member for the Burbank Kennel Club, and previously served on the Novartis Lead Committee (with top dermatologists from USA), Hill's International Global Veterinary Board, and is still active in a Veterinary Management Group.
Anne has been a professional pet stylist for over 20 years, joining the team at The Village Groomer & Pet Supply in Walpole, Mass in 1995. Anne was the recipient of the Cardinal Crystal Award for Journalist of The Year for her work on the instructional article in Grooming Business Magazine, "The Grooming Table." She was a member of GroomTeam USA in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and winner of "Taxi Award" at the NEPGP for the best expression and character on a mixed breed. Anne is excited to share her knowledge she has gathered over the years as she transitions into being an educator in the industry that she loves.
Jennifer Greene, CVT is a certified veterinary technician with over 10 years of experience in small animal practice and over 12 years in the veterinary sales industry. Jennifer joined Pet King Brands in 2011. Along with her technical experience, she has gained a great deal of experience in client education and provides insight on how to recognize and give recommendations to manage infections of ears and skin. Jennifer enjoys helping others to improve the health of pets. When Jennifer is not working she enjoys spending time with her dogs and cat and riding with her husband on their two horses they rescued.
Evan, Social Media Coordinator for Barkleigh Productions, is a social media strategist with over 8 years of professional experience. Responsible for developing an online presence for countless businesses, he has designed digital campaigns to increase online sales and generate new clientele. He graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Advertising & Digital Marketing, with additional certifications in Google Ads, the Facebook Blueprint, and other brand certificates. In his free time, he enjoys writing, creating visual media and traveling.
Laura Civello Hearn's first job was at a veterinary clinic and she discovered that she fainted at the sight of blood. She moved to Petco to "make dogs pretty" and graduated from the academy in 2007. She has since worked in a variety of grooming settings including a corporate salon, doggie day care, and as an employee of a mobile grooming company. In 2011 she started her house-call grooming business, Lazy Daisy Mobile Grooming in Texas. In 2013 she started giving educational seminars about house-call grooming. She wrote and self-published her first book, "A Practical Guide to House-call Grooming" in 2017 which was nominated for Barkeligh Honor Awards "Book of the Year" for 2018. Laura has since relocated to New York. She lives with her husband, Gentry, two dogs, Lilli and Lucky, and Bob the cat!
Blake Hernandez, NCMG, is a passionate and valued industry leader. Blake has worked tirelessly to go from complete novice to nationally ranked competitor in record pace. This certain determination and love for dogs and their care has led him to multiple State-Level Groomer of the Year awards and five Barkleigh Honor Nominations. When he is not managing his own Salon in San Diego, he is most commonly found exhibiting Bichon or Standard Poodles at his nearest Conformation Show. Blake is also a Brand Ambassador for Foxy Roxy Supply Co. with whom he partnered to develop his very own line of shears. He has recently garnered an additional Brand Representative position with iGroom.
Barb Hoover has been in the grooming industry for 28 years and is certified with the National Dog Groomers Association of America. She owns the Groomers Lounge website, www.groomers.net. Barb won the David Salzberg Cardinal Crystal Award in 2007 and the Groomers Lounge was nominated for a Barkleigh Honor in 2011.
Judy owns Groomingtails mobile pet grooming in Nashville, Tennessee, a mobile business. Judy has multiple best in shows and best all-around groomer awards is one of Groomteam USA's top 10 groomers for four years. In 2002 she received the Sybil trophy for the most harmonious relationship with her dogs. Judy is an ambassador for Jarden consumer solutions, manufacturer of Oster professional products and Hydrosurge products.
Popular speaker Melissa Jepson has owned and operated the award winning grooming salon Pupscale Pet Salon in Montclair, California since 2013. As a founding member of the Association of Holistic Pet Professionals she believes deeply in creating a soothing, well rounded environment for all aspects of the grooming salon. She also enjoys teaching easy to access webinars at Pawsitive Educational Training when she is not traveling to teach at trade shows. A life-long learner with the heart of a teacher and the soul of an artist, Melissa excels at communicating and is passionate about sharing knowledge with others.
Nicole Kallish is a Certified Master Groomer and the Global Education Manager at Andis Company. Nicole attended the Academy of Dog Grooming Arts and then successfully ran her mobile grooming business for six years prior to starting a shop in Sarasota. Nicole had worked her way up the ranks in the ring earning many 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placements in entry and intermediate levels, including Best Groomed Dog. Nicole won "Rising Star of the Year" at Intergroom in 2013 and was a Barkleigh Honors nominee for "Up and Coming Groomer of the Year" and a nominee for the Cardinal Crystal Achievement Awards "Mobile Groomer of the Year" 2011 and 2012. Nicole is now a judge, speaker and educator since selling her shop if Florida and joining Andis full time.
Milena started off in graphic design and direct sales before realizing that she wanted to do more with animals. So, she went into grooming in 2013. She is now the owner of Driving Me Knots (Mobile Grooming), DMK Bowtique (Pet Accessories), and DMK Marketing Solutions (Custom Graphic Designs). She started competing in Extreme Creative Styling & Creative Abstract grooming contests in 2015, and won Up-and-Coming Creative Groomer that same year. Her creative work has also been seen on "The Greatest Showman" with Hugh Jackman and "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix. She was awarded the Barkleigh Honors Creative Groomer of the Year in 2018.
Jameson has a degree in International Business Management & Marketing, and has always had interests in working with animals at a young age. After working for a massive online retail company, managing over 300+ employees amongst 7 different call centers both domestically and internationally, he decided to jump right into the world of grooming with his wife, Milena. Now the proud owner of Driving Me Knots (Mobile Grooming), DMK Bowtique (Pet Accessories), and DMK Marketing Solutions (Custom Graphic Designs), his ability to multi-task and market the companies since 2013 is only the beginning for the DMK branding.
Internationally renowned creative stylist and instructor, Angela Kumpe has more placements in creative styling than anyone, worldwide. She won the first ever Barkleigh Honors Award for Creative Competitor. She is the author of A Creative Collection, a step-by-step guide to creative styling. Angela's work has been featured on Animal Planet, TLC, The Today Show, Regis and Kelly, and ABC Nightline as well as in The New York Times and on the cover of Groomer to Groomer magazine. Angela is the owner of Angela's Grooming and Pet Spa in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Lisa Leady NCMG, CMG, a Barkleigh Honors Award winner, qualified for Groom Team USA in 2000. Lisa is a certifier for National Dog Groomers Association. Lisa breeds and shows Smooth Fox Terriers. Lisa was a member of Groom Team USA from 2000 - 2006. In 2005 she qualified for the traveling team to France, where she helped bring home the Silver medal, in 2007 she qualified again for the traveling team to Italy. Lisa is the proud owner of Primp My Pooch Mobile in Genoa, IL. Lisa was honored to be a contestant on Animal Planet's Groomer Has It 2.
Melissa Mitchner is the CEO and founder of The Bark Shoppe, located in Harlem, NY. Melissa has over a decade in business management and expansion. Prior to entering the pet care industry, she worked for one of the largest retail companies in the nation and was responsible for hiring over 6,000 + people. She has 7 yrs experience in owning and managing a profitable salon. Since opening in 2012 she has expanded her services from grooming, to boarding, daycare and self-service facility and has also created private label products for her brand. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs grow and establish their brands. And is currently a license grooming instructor by NY State.
Joshua is a Master Certified Groomer with The NDGAA and a Certified Member with the ISCC. He is a trend setting artist and President of The Dog Beautician Company and Founder of the Puerto Rican National Grooming Team, Grooming Team of Puerto Rico (GTPR), and a brand Ambassador for Hydra Cosmetics, Loyalty Pet Products and Liberty Star Equipment, as well as a 2017 and 2018 Barkleigh Honors award winner and nominee. Now a Learn2groomdogs.com educator for thousands of professional Groomers worldwide and the Co-Owner of the world renowned Päsh The Canine Boudoir located in South Florida, Joshua has become an internationally celebrated, respected and popular speaker/educator in the pet grooming industry.
Literally raised in a grooming shop, Ryan started working as a bather at the age of 12 and has been an industry professional for the past 15 years. He currently owns and operates The Great Lakes Academy of Professional Pet Styling with his wife Jacquelyn.
Mackensie Murphy is a second-generation pet stylist, following in her mother's footsteps and becoming the very first second generation GroomTeam USA. In 2005, Mackensie started her own grooming career at the young age of 18. Mackensie began her competition career in early 2011 and has been awarded multiple Best in Show awards, Best All Around Groomer awards and is a five-time winner of the prestigious Liz Paul Memorial Best Scissored Poodle Award. Mackensie consistently stayed among the top three competitors and earned herself a position on GroomTeam USA in 2012 which she has sustained up to this current year.
Chrissy Neumyer Smith CPG, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA started Happy Critters in 2000 providing house call grooming and private dog training. As a groomer, behavior consultant, and trainer she understands the unique needs of the grooming setting. She started the Creating Great Grooming Dogs podcast in October of 2018 to help groomers, trainers, Veterinarians, Veterinary Technicians, owners, and all other dog pros to teach dogs be good for grooming, vet visits, and other types of husbandry.
Julie owns Best in Show Pet Salon in Gloucester, MA and has been in the Grooming world since 1994. Since Graduating Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute's Grooming and Kennel Management program, she has worked in many different venues including Schutzhund, Obedience, Agility, Tracking, Breed conformation and of course grooming. Julie has won Multiple Best Groomed Dog and Best All Around awards over the years, was ranked in the top 10 on GroomTeam USA for multiple years from 2003 on, and qualified to compete in Milan Italy in 2007. Julie has always had a passion for Poodles and is very active in the Conformation ring showing many Toy, Mini and Standard Poodles to their AKC Championships.
Christina is a certified master dog groomer (NDGAA), certified feline master groomers (CFMG), breeder of poodles and Brussels griffons was a professional handler for over 15 years finishing many different breeds to their championships. She has owned the pet connection in warren, Ohio since 1985. She won the first ever Barkleigh honors award for speaker of the year. She has won multiple best all-around and best groomed dog in show. Was on groomteam USA three different years. After winning the Oster international invitational tournament of champions in 1995, she retired from competitive grooming. With exception of being invited to and winning the les pooch poodle challenge 2008. She now works for Jarden consumer solutions/manufacturer of Oster professional products as their national training manager.
Jill Pipino started grooming in 2000. She bought a turnkey operation, turning it into a successful business offering her clients everything from daycare to spa services and personality trims to show styles. She began regularly attending seminars and trade shows at the beginning of her career, and started competing in 2007. She has been a regular in the competition circuit ever since. In an effort to further her understanding of pet styling, she has trained privately with top stylists and breeders. She also works with breeders and handlers at dog shows and is looking forward to showing her field spaniel, Brucie.
As a second-generation groomer, Macie has been immersed in the dog world her whole life. She has been grooming professionally since 2010. Macie started competing in 2014 and quickly rose to the top, becoming one of the youngest competitors in open division. In 2016 she was nominated for the Barkleigh Honors Up and Coming Groomer of the Year Award. She will continue to travel and compete nationally until she achieves her dream of making GroomTeam USA. Macie co-owns the Laundromutt in Kenmore, NY.
Adriane Pope is an award-winning Pet stylist in Breed Profile and Creative Grooming. Her specialty is extreme creative styling and creative abstract design. Adriane is owner/groomer of Adriane's Groom and Go Mobile Grooming in Conway, SC., and also the owner of Rivertown Bed and Biscuit Luxury Kennel since 2004. She has 24 years of grooming experience, and has been mobile for 22 years. She started competing in breed profile in 1997 and started the creative world in 2004.
Cheryl A Purcell Nationally Certified Master Groomer: groomteam USA Member from 2002 to 2007. Cheryl retired in 2010 to become the groomteam USA Coordinator from 2011-2014, She captained the 2013 Gold World Grooming Champion Travel Team. In addition to being a five time Cardinal Crystal nominee and a Barkleigh Honors Awards nominee. Cheryl and her dog River where the 2014 Kerry Blue Terrier BOB at Westminster. Cheryl is a sought after Lecturer, Judge and Mentor. Cheryl owns and operates Pooch Paws Pet Grooming with her husband Ron, in Hanover MA.
Chris Quinlan grew up in a family business that has specialized in hospital hygiene, sanitation, laundry, and floor care since 1958. While earning a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic University, Chris also received extensive training in the areas of chemistry, microbiology, hospital infection control principles and practices, institutional hygiene, environmental sanitation, odor control, floor care, and OSHA compliance. Today Chris is president of Health Technology Professional Products, a leading brand in the pet care industry, and owns the Riverwalk Pet Resort with his wife Gia, the Riverwalk Pet Resort Inc. a grooming, boarding, daycare and retail business. Chris has been a speaker on sanitation for the Pet Services Association national meeting, as well as speaking on hospital hygiene and sanitation at several veterinary schools and associations.
With 26 years of experience in professional grooming and conformation, Victor Rosado is a NCMG with NDGAA, ICMG, and is a certifier with IPG, as well as a Grooming Contest Judge and a Licensed All Breeds Conformation Judge for FCPR/FCI. As a competitive groomer, Victor Rosado is a multiple Best All Around and Best in Show winner, and one of the top groomers on GroomTeam USA. Victor is a member of American Spaniel Club, an AKC Breeder of Merit, and an exhibitor of American Cocker Spaniels for 20 years with multiple Best in Show and Best in Specialty Shows wins. Victor is also an Oster Ambassador in Latin America and owner of Davis Puerto Rico.
Dr. Sanson studied at the University of Missouri, Columbia and obtained a doctorate in Organic Chemistry. He is a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemistry and has been developing animal grooming products - from shampoos to leave-on cologne sprays - for the professional and consumer markets. As an avid animal lover, he doesn't develop any products that he would not use on his own pets.
Helen is a successful competitive groomer, nationally ranked (2017/18) and NCMG. Over the span of her almost 15 year career she has done everything from Housecall and Corporate to Mobile Grooming. She is the former owner of the award winning The Groom Studio, whose slogan, "Where every dog is a work of Art" has become Helen' s personal Mantra, and what she hopes to pass on through teaching. She currently works at one of the highest rated salons in Mainline Philadelphia while focusing on her competitive career, teaching, and goal of obtaining a spot on GroomTeam USA.
Philip Schafmayer, NCMG was a Professional All Breed AKC Handler for over 18 years. Philip has been a professional pet stylist since 1997 and became a Certified Master Groomer with NDGAA in 2017. He was awarded Best in Show and Best All Around Groomer at NEPGP 2017 at his very first competition, then again at NEPGP 2018. Philip made the GroomTeam USA Top 10 Pet Stylists for 2017 as well as 2018, and earned the #5 GroomTeam USA spot for 2018, as well as being announced as the 2020 World Travel Team Alternate. In February 2018 Philip retired from Professional Handling and opened Dogs by Design Pet Salon in Danielson, CT, and is getting ready to open his second salon in Cranston, RI.
Jay and his wife, Michelle, own Here Comes the Groom, a highly successful mobile grooming salon in Germantown, Tennessee. Jay has won multiple Best in Show and Best All-Around Groomer awards and helped Groomteam USA win the Gold medal in Calgary, Canada, in 2001. Jay was named American Groomer of the Year in 2001, Groomer of the Year Award at Westminster Dog Show in 2002, and Grooming Judge of the Year in 2004. In 2003 Jay won an International Gold and Bronze medal in Barcelona, Spain, helping groomteam USA win the silver team medal. He and Sue Zecco offer seminars nationally. Jay won a Barkleigh Honors Award at the event that he emceed.
Susan has been grooming dogs and cats for over forty years and has taught grooming for fifteen years. Her first love of dogs began very young while on the television set of Rin Tin Tin and then in her teens on the set of Hogan's Heroes. Like many groomers, Susan turned a "hobby" into her life work. Her career began with showing and grooming her own dogs, progressed to showing and grooming for others as a Certified Professional Handler and, in 1997, Susan turned in her show leash for a judge's book. She now judges breeds in five groups and has judged grooming competitions. Susan is presently an AKC Delegate for the Black Russian Terrier Club of America, where she holds the office of Recording Secretary and serves as Chairman of the Judges Education Committee.
Corina stumbled into the dog grooming industry by chance, but has brought fresh eyes and new ideas. She opened The Laundromutt, a self-service dog wash and grooming salon, on the concept that washing your own dog should be easy and fun. She believes that your dog should always be in the most educated hands, and in the cleanest and calmest environment possible. Corina is a college biology instructor and is currently in graduate school for Biotechnology.
Joey had 35 years of experience under industry visionary John Nash. He trained thousands of groomers as an instructor and director of Nash schools. In 1995, he became the owner of the Nash Academy of Animal Arts, New Jersey. Joey is an IJA judge and four-time nominee for Judge of the Year. Joey has appeared on numerous television shows, including Animal Planet's Dogs 101, NBC's The Today Show, and Fox's The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. As a judge on Animal Planet's Groomer Has It, a grooming-based reality TV show, Joey brought a technical insight to the show.
Suesan, a third generation pet stylist, began working with dogs over 39 years ago. She is a Certified Master Groomer, and owns a mobile grooming business, Best All Around Groomer, serving the Chicago area. She was the winner of the Wahl 2003 Groomer of the Year Award at Westminster Dog Show and the Cardinal Crystal Grooming Achievement Awards for American Groomer of the Year in 2002 - 2004. Suesan has been nominated two times for the Cardinal Grooming Contest Judge of the Year award. Since she began competing in 1995, Sue has received Best in Shows and Best All Around Groomer awards. She has been a member of the 2000 – 2005 Groom Team USA teams. She is a representative of the Wahl Clipper Corporation who is sponsoring her at Groom Expo.
Olga is a Certified Master Groomer and owns two grooming salons, Elite Pet Spa & Boutique in Madison, NJ and Grooming Gallery in Morris Plains, NJ. She has multiple BIS and Best All-Around Groomer wins as well as two prestigious Winners Circle Champion titles. Olga is 2009 and 2010 American Groomer of the Year by Cardinal Pet, and was awarded the Lynne Carver Memorial Award as Best All Around Stylist 2009. Olga was born in Russia where she had a Master Degree in Engineering and finished law school. Olga was a GroomTeam USA member 2008-2012 and won the Silver medal in Belgium, 2011 as a part of the traveling team. Olga co-hosts many pet fundraising events.
Sue is a 2011 Barkleigh Honors Award winner. She is a Certified Master Groomer with both the National Dog Groomers Association (NDGAA) and the International Professional Groomers (IPG). She has been grooming for over 30 years. She has won multiple grooming awards, including her biggest show accomplishments: 1998 International Groomer of the Year and 1999 Oster Invitational Tournaments Grand Champion. Sue has been a member of GroomTeam USA since 1997 and broke all records in 1999, earning 113 points. She is also a Wahl Clipper Corporation spokesperson. With Jay Scruggs, she conducts a series of full-day seminars called Super Styling Sessions. Sue breeds Standard Poodles under the "Dreamcatcher" prefix.
Joe's journey in the pet industry started in 1986. Joe helped advance one of the World's most prestigious Pet Resorts for nearly 20 years. Joe then began a 10-year focus on grooming product development as Director of Innovation and Product Development. In 2018, Joe joined the team at Paragon, the leading pet professional development and education solutions company. Joe leads the company's efforts in providing learning solutions for the pet grooming services industry which are used by individuals, pet salon owners, and multi-unit retailers as their core training tools for new groomers and enhancing the skills of existing staff.


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In 1930s New York jazz was the pop of its day and the music emanating from Manhattan's radio stations, nightclubs, bars and dance halls was at its most swinging and exciting. Recreating the music of stars such as Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday are some of the greatest names on today's classic jazz scene, pianists Martin Litton and Keith Nichols, trumpeter Enrico Tomasso, singers Joan Viskant and Julia Biel and from Germany, the brilliant saxophonist and clarinetist Matthias Seuffert.
We begin in 1937 with music from The Madhattan Room at Midtown's Hotel Pennsylvania where Chicagoan Benny Goodman, The King of Swing, is resident. Benny's effervescent playing is captured perfectly by German clarinet star Matthias Seuffert. From here, a cab ride to Greenwich Village and Nick's Club where Eddie Condon and his band are cooking up a storm with their freewheeling Chicago jazz style.
Keeping with our Chicagoans in New York theme we then feature our very own Chicago Chanteuse, Joan Viskant, paying tribute to the great singers Lee Wiley and Mildred Bailey. The first set finishes with the music of Harlem's 'Cheerful Little Earful': Fats Waller. Keith Nichols leads his six-piece through some of the most well-loved Fats compositions such as Your Feet's Too Big and The Joint is Jumpin'.
Vibraphone virtuoso Anthony Kerr kicks off the second set performing as Lionel Hampton and taking us to New York's RCAVictor studios in 1938 where Hamp's dizzying small band sessions included some of the top New York jazzmen of the day such as Benny Carter and Harry James.
2015 is the centenary of the ever-popular Billie Holiday and we celebrate with singer Julia Biel who captures Billie's sound and style perfectly in a set of some of Billie's marvellous recordings with Teddy Wilson and Lester Young. Pianist Martin Litton takes on the role of Duke Ellington and we're back in the RCA studios with Duke's small band starring such luminaries as Johnny Hodges and Cootie Williams.
The concert finishes with a tribute to the biggest name in jazz, Louis Armstrong (played by maestro Enrico Tomasso reprising his role as the great 'Satchmo'). In 1938 Louis was joined by Fats Waller, Bud Freeman, Jack Teagarden and a hotter-than-hot rhythm section on a Saturday Night in Harlem session on radio station WNEW. The wonderful music that ensued makes for a fitting climax to this round-up of jazz in 1930's New York.
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