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2010, 416 Seiten, Englisch, ISBN-10: 0062013122, ISBN-13: 9780062013125, Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2010
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I embedded the video for you. (Do you know how to do that?)
Are you doing anything special for World Tennis Day?
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Well, no tennis for me either, but i will be packing for my TENNIS vacation to Indian Wells! So that counts!
You lucky lucky man! Have fun! I'm green with envy
maybe so stupid of me, but i didn't even know that there was such day. such a shame!
but i will definitely remember it - the 3rd of March :)
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Yesterday morning was supposed to be a fun, special morning. I was in New York City, scheduled to do the Today show. My segment was about the growing "manny" population, a trend I reported on in Parenting's July issue. Natalie Morales was going to chat with me about the article's key findings; next to me would be Juan and Dan, two real-life mannies who would share their real-life experiences.
Back home in Florida, my wife Brandy had the Today show DVR-ed. She woke up our two boys at 8am (they're doing an A+ job sleeping in this summer) so they could see the segment live. Brandy turned on the TV, hoping to see me in my electric blue shirt and black skinny tie, an outfit she helped me pick out the day before. Instead, the screen revealed something that most of America would be staring at all day: a wide, aerial shot of a large building, colorful neon tubing criss-crossing on its façade, the parking lot filled with swirling, blinking police lights. She turned the channel before the boys could ask any questions.
Meanwhile, back at the Today show, the many guests who'd been booked for that morning's program—a woman with a poofy Pomeranian on her lap, a set of twins, a group of stylishly dressed women—piled up in the green room. They stared at the aerial shot on the flatscreen TV, and awaited word of whether their segment would run. As minutes and half-hours passed, it became clear that no of us would be chatting with Matt, Al, Natalie or Savannah. Instead, it would be a morning filled with that wide, neon-accented aerial shot.
Sadly, today is yet another day in America's recent history where we woke up to a world that seemed darker and more troubled than the day before. Columbine. September 11th. The killing spree in Arizona. The Virginia Tech shootings. The cannibal in Miami. It's yet another day where we hope our kids don't hear about the news, so we can avoid explaining the unexplainable. Yes, there are experts who can help us frame this event in a way a 4-year-old or an 11-year-old can handle. But the event itself? Unexplainable—totally, completely, wholly, absolutely. How can we water down that incident into something our kids can digest? Children suspend the real world. Their world is a place where fairies with deep pockets pay for teeth, where jolly, white-bearded men bring gifts in the middle of the night, where Jupiter is a long plane ride away. We let our kids live in that world because it's so much better than the one we live in, and we want them to have that as long as possible. In describing that loss of innocence, one of my favorite songwriters Eddie Vedder puts it this way:
At six, the boy believed the moon overhead followed him. At nine, he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact, no trade-backs. So this is what it's like to be an adult…
So I sit here thinking: how to explain the unexplainable? In my un-expert opinion, here's how to do it. Tell your kids that the mind, like the body, can get sick. We have no trouble accepting that the heart, lungs, eyes, ears, knees, etc., can deteriorate, give out, stop working. But we often don't include the mind in that discussion. The mind can deteriorate, give out, stop working, as it did for James Holmes. Jackson, remember how your stomach got sick on your birthday two years ago? Well, James' mind got sick. And he didn't have medicine or a doctor to help him get better.
The other thing to remember is forgiveness. That's the only way to get past such things. Last night on NBC's Dateline, a Columbine survivor who lost his sister in that horrible event said he was angry and vengeful for 10 years. (That's about half of this young man's life.) But eventually, he began to heal, and it started with letting go. "Forgiveness is setting a prisoner free, and that prisoner is you," he told Ann Curry. We can't let James Holmes take our joy. Sadly, there are too many horrors in life. If we give each one a piece of us, eventually there will be nothing left.
I have not spoken to Jackson or Tanner about the shooting, and I will not bring it up. Jackson, the older, savvier sibling, will eventually see or hear something. No doubt that aerial shot of the Century 16 theater in Aurora, CO, will continue to dominate TV, and at some point Jackson will ask questions. I will do my best, but I will fail, because ultimately, I'm telling him that beyond the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus's jurisdiction, there are dark clouds. And as he matures, he will learn that Mommy and Daddy have been holding a sky blue umbrella over his head all these years, protecting him from those dark clouds. One day he will tell us, I don't need your umbrella anymore. He will have traded magic for fact. No trade-backs.


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Pat Robertson and his family are just sick people.
and his followers too
Someone didn't put the choke collar on tight enough...
Hahaha Melinda, but only bad dags wear choke collars!
No doubt. LOL
Believe it or not, my problem is not so much Pat "Bat Shit Psycho" Robertson. I mean, really. You expect that type of evil drooling spittle to drip from his pie hole every time he opens his mouth.
My problem is with the guy that actually asked for his advice. What kind of brain dead idiot looks to Pat Robertson for advice? Oh, wait. Brain dead evangelical idiots, I guess. If I was his wife, and knew he asked Robertson for marriage advice, the divorce papers couldn't be filed fast enough.
I saw that a few days ago, and the funniest part is, I think he's jealous of the extremist Muslims.
Well, you can't get a divorce... And you can't beat your wife, either... Dangit! How come the Muslims get to beat their wives? Goddamn Muslims and their Sharia law... How come Christian fundamentalists don't get to have their way with the government whenever they want? *pouts*
Why go to Saudi Arabia? If the guy who wrote in was having problems with his wife, Crazy Old Pat could have saved him the trouble, and told him to move to Arkansas, a state right here in the Good 'Ol U S of A, (And part of the Buybull Belt, no doubt), where it is PERFECTLY LEGAL for a man to beat wife, albiet once a month.
And this is just another reason why Pat Robertson frightens me.
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We are sharing our love of the written word as a part of the Superb Writers' Blogathon. In partnership with Grammarly grammar checker, this series is bringing helpful hints to all kinds of students.
CCSS Writing Anchor Standard 5 says that students should be able to "develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing" with expectations for revision increasing with age.
Revision includes elaboration. One way to elaborate is to focus on getting your meaning across through the use of a variety of author's craft. Reading texts like a writer will help your students discover and use author's craft.
Katie Wood Ray in her book Wonderous Words says,
When we read with the eyes and ears of a writer, we focus less on what the writer is trying to say and more on how the writer is saying it. Specifically, we look at the craft moves the writer makes to get his or her message across and the way those moves affect us as readers. When we notice an author's intentional use of craft we have a window into the mind of the writer and we can begin to teach our students how to use these techniques in their own writing and stand on the shoulders of professional writers.
It is during close re-readings of texts that you can shift your instructional focus from what the piece is about to how the author wrote it. This type of reading will help students apprentice themselves to great writers, taking apart the writing to see what they can learn from it.
Reading like a writer does not come naturally to everyone. In his book, LIVE Writing, Ralph Fletcher compares it to watching a magic trick.
Don't be surprised if this kind of reading feels new and awkward at first. It may be a kind of reading you've never done before. Then again, you may not respond to a piece of writing in the same way I do. That's okay. Writing is not an exact science. Each of us will learn something different from the same piece of writing. Reading like a writer is like watching a magic act. The magician cuts a rope into three pieces, puts it into a hat, wave the wand, and pulls it out: Presto! The rope is back in one piece! Our first reaction to a magic trick is: "Whoa! Awesome!" But that is quickly followed by a second reaction: "How did he do that?" And a split second later there is usually a third reaction: "Do it again so I can figure out how to do it myself."
How do you teach students to read this way? Use the CCSS Language Arts standards to provide you and your students a focus for the close reading.
Here is an example.
The focus of this series of lessons will be CCSS Anchor Standards W-5, RL-4 and L-5a, more specifically grade 5, with the goal of having students recognize and interpret figurative language and to then be able to elaborate in their writing using what they've learned. We are going to focus on metaphors, similes, and personification.
We chose the book Owl Moon because it is so rich in figurative language. If you haven't read the book before, make sure that you first read it to your students for enjoyment. After the first read, ask "What did you think? Did you like it? What were you thinking about or wondering as I read it?"
Explain to students that they will now be reading the story again but this time like a writer. During the first re-reading, ask students to highlight words and phrases that help them to see, feel, and hear what is going on in the story. "What are the words that helped you feel like you are right there, in the story?" Then ask students to turn and talk with a partner. "Tell your partner what the word/phrases were and tell him or her what the word/phrase did for you as a reader." This important step helps students to not only solidify their own understanding but to also gain another person's perspective.
Introduce similes and metaphors as one of the techniques that authors use. Ask students to go back to their highlighted phrases and find metaphors or similes. Have them share whole class. Create a list of the metaphors and similes they've found. Explain to students that they will be creating a writing tool for the class writing center, a Similes and Metaphor book.
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Have students read a piece of writing that they've been working on to a peer. Together they will find places where the writer could elaborate with similes or metaphors and then add similes or metaphors to the piece.
After these introductory lessons, continue to observe your students' understanding and use of figurative language. Are they noticing similes and metaphors in the texts they read? Are they able to interpret what they mean and what impact they have on the reader? Are they using similes and metaphors in their own writing?
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
More Rehab!
25 comments:
- Lady Di Tn said...
Glad to see you are back posting again. Those are very kind people who take in animals to rehab at their own expense. Is that a bobcat? For their size they are the fierces cat alive. I would have it in a cage too. Peace
- September 2, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Beckynsc said...
He is a beautiful critter! Even if he does bite.
- September 2, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- fishing guy said...
Michael: It also looks like he wasn't happy with you.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:30 AM
- The Birdlady said...
Hey Michael! I was beginning to worry about you! (That's the only drawback I've found in this blogging - people "disappear" and you have no idea what happened to them. Anyway - I'm glad you're back.
- September 3, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- Jean Chia aka Ms.Yummy~licious said...
wow, he look so fierce! ><
- September 4, 2008 at 11:07 PM
- Marja said...
Ah nice bad pussycat
- September 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
- Indrani said...
It bites?
Scary. Nice to know, they are taking care of the animals at their own expense.
- September 5, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Yeah, he looks vicious, but what you DIDN'T say was you & Uncle Jon were also playing w/him, & got to pet him! Is this the one from Maine, or at the exotic animal place here in MS?
Lv you!
- September 5, 2008 at 3:18 PM
- Photo Cache said...
LOL, thanks for telling me he bites.
- September 5, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- Louise said...
But he LOOKS so sweet!
I just found your blog again today. It was in my reader, but the last feed I got was June 14. I thought you shut down, moved or something. Today I saw on another blog that you got an award, and lo and behold, here you were. I don't know what was up with my reader, but I deleted what was there and resubscribed, so hope I don't miss anything in the future! I'll go back a little ways to catch up anyway.
- September 7, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- babooshka said...
Beautiful creature.
- September 8, 2008 at 5:36 AM
- Alex said...
Wow...great photos!!
- September 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- The Texican said...
How do you know he bites Michael? Pappy
- September 9, 2008 at 7:09 AM
- Alex said...
Hey stranger, where you be? I'm recovering well from my liver surgery. I hope all is well. I have not heard anything from you in so long. =/
- September 11, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- Dorothy said...
Hi Michael,
Nice blog! I just saw the link to it on someone's blog and "Mississippi" caught my eye. See, I'm another Nature lover from MS. Come by and visit my blog sometime.
- September 12, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- The Woman said...
Very nice
- September 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- raccoonlover1963 said...
What a beautiful cat! It is my dream to have a wildlife reserve/rescue, but unfortunately, it takes money, and I don't have any! Maybe I'll hit the lottery one of these days. Yeah, right!
Great shots on both posts. I finally got my internet back up after being without for nearly a month. Hope to see you visit soon.
- September 18, 2008 at 12:52 AM
- The Texican said...
How the heck have you been Michael? How are things in the old Magnolia State? Come by soon and leave me a little newsy soon. Pappy
- September 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM
- Marja said...
Just came to say bye I am leaving for a while. Take care
- September 25, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Chrysalis Angel said...
That look he's giving you makes me want to say, "Bad kitty." Hope you are doing well, Michael. It's been a while, I see, since you've posted.
- September 27, 2008 at 6:45 AM
- Travis said...
Great shots. Glad you are back posting.
- October 13, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- Madison Richards said...
Hi there! Just wanted to let you know it's finished...and I'm so sorry it took so long.
Your last comment stayed with me for a long time, and even though I can't explain to you what has happened between then and now, I want you to know that I didn't leave the story hanging... In fact, I might still have more to say but I think this is a pretty good way to end it. What do you think?
There have been two installments since you last commented: The Final Reward, and "What's In a Name".
Madison Richards
- October 18, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Robert V. Sobczak said...
I would bite too if I was stuck in that cage! In comparison, the fox has it good (other than having to find his own food). I really like the photos on your blog. I'm especially intrigued by the ones of the cypress swamp.
- October 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM
- Merisi said...
Beautiful creature!
Will he be released into the wild again?
I hope all is well at your side of the pond!
- November 17, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- Stacey Huston said...
Hey you.. just checking in and see you still have not been around.. hope all is good with you and your wonderful family...
- December 13, 2008 at 4:27 PM


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What's in a name?
Posted 08 February 2008 - 12:26 AM
SO what's in a name? Personally, I hate when someone calls me a ghosthunter. I do not hunt for ghosts. I consider myself a paranormal investigator. And here's why:
Ghosthunter: Someone who hunts ghost for sport, for fun, to get kicks, an enjoyment, a thrill. Ghosthunters are in it for themselves. Generally, they are younger, they break rules to seek out the best possible thrill (like tresspassing), they try to coerce spirit into manifesting, they hit it and split (show up, take pictures, and never come back), they are quite often unprofessional in their approach to hauntings.
Paranormal Investigator: A person who tries to find answers in the paranormal field, not confined to just hauntings, but all aspects of the paranormal. Will attempt to find natural causes before jumping to conclusions and labeling paranormal, have methods, do not break laws, generally more professional, generaaly more experiecned and most of all, is not doing it for self-gratification, yet to help people in search of answers.
Now I know there are many people out there that call themselves ghosthunters yet are not many of those things I believe ghosthunters to be. But if you simply think about the context of the two names. If someone is looking for a group to invite into their home because they are experiencing some frightening things, and they have a choice between "Local Area Ghosthunters" and "Local Area Paranormal Investigators" who do you think they will call?
Some people call themselves "ghosthunters" because it's popular. Heck there's a TV show called that. But are you really doing yourself a favor by jumping on a bandwagon term?
Furthermore, when you think about the term "hunter". What is a deer hunter? What is a big game hunter? What is a rabbit hunter? All of these people do it to capture something for sport. If you are in this field for any other reason other than for sport, calling yourself a ghosthunter is doing yourself a big disservice.
Yes...they are just names. But, names are imortant. Ask the President if it is important to be called the Presedint instead of "the hillbilly who runs the country". Ask a CEO if he prefers CEO or the head guy.
I am a paranormal investigator. I do this to help people. I am not and never will be a ghosthunter.
Posted 08 February 2008 - 08:39 AM
It's all semantics and perception anyway. Try not to let it bug you. Ghost Hunter, paranormal researcher, hey, they all call me crazy anyway.
Posted 08 February 2008 - 09:02 AM
I use the term hobby hunter interchangeably with ghosthunter. If you do it for fun, than that's what you are.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying this can not be fun at at times. But, ugh, I hope you catch my drift.
Posted 09 February 2008 - 10:06 AM
Would you choose London Paranormal Investigations or London Ghost Hunters?
Posted 09 February 2008 - 11:44 AM
Posted 09 February 2008 - 04:48 PM
13th century
1 a: a person who hunts game b: a dog used or trained for hunting c: a horse used or adapted for use in hunting with hounds; especially : a fast strong horse trained for cross-country work and jumping
2: one that searches for something
3: a pocket watch with a hinged protective cover
Posted 10 February 2008 - 07:53 AM
I never knew that.
3: a pocket watch with a hinged protective cover
Posted 10 February 2008 - 03:09 PM
I assume that this is the root of your dilema, is that people who are unaware of the differences in our field of paranormal investigation do not understand the correct terms we recognize. I'm sure that there is even a layered hierarchy within ghost hunters; those who wish to acy more like Investigators, and those, and you mentioned who hit it and split it! Unfortunately, we appreciate a field of study that does not quite garner the respect from the everyday-Joe/Josphine, so the terms and viewpoints they use, as I have witnessed myself, can be rather narrow, some times insulting and most often amusing! Yet another reason why I smile so often!
Edited by rayzrwyre, 10 February 2008 - 03:10 PM.
Posted 10 February 2008 - 08:21 PM
Posted 10 February 2008 - 10:07 PM
I like the term "Seeker of Truth",....as being one of the "common folk" I had always percieved that ghosthunters and paranormal investigators were of the same ilk. One seeking the truth and proof of spirit/ghostly existance, and the other seeking the truth as to the circumstances of why this existance exists.
I would guess thats it boils down to one's perception of the two names, as everybody has different ideas on what they mean , most will agree that's it's to do with spirits, hauntings, and the paranormal, and most will agree that it's for the better good that these "ghosthunters"/"paranormal investigators" do what they do . I don't feel any disrespect would attach to either name.
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Posted 12 February 2008 - 09:15 PM
My personal thought on it is this. An investigator will go through great lengths to first to rule out mundane, natureal causes for a haunting. They will spend a ton of time and devote a ton of resources at a case. In my opinion, ghost hunters are the weekend groups that like to go through cemeteries and old buildings actively looking for ghosts, whether it's known to have them or not.
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Paranormal researcher. These are the people that went through schooling in the field of parapsychology. I think these people are in a class by themselves. Perhaps these are the kinds of people that give the investigators the general rules to be guided by. Guidelines, but not necessarily law... hehe
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An Andrews University student in the J.N. Andrews Honors Program took home the first place award in her category from the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference held in Boston, Mass., in mid-November.
Samantha Snively, a senior English major, presented her senior Honors project research poster. It is titled, "'I account this world a tedious theatre': Foucauldian Theatricality and Female Subversion in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi." The poster won first place for Best Poster in the Arts & Humanities category. About 50 other Arts & Humanities posters also competed.
Snively was accompanied to the conference by L. Monique Pittman, director of the J.N. Andrews Honors Program, and fellow Honors program student Chrissy Lairson. Lairson, a senior English major, also presented at the conference. Her paper is titled, "Female Agency and the Critique of Social Conduct through Letters in Sense and Sensibility."
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Wild rally past Red Wings for 3-2 victoryby Dan Myers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Just 20 seconds into the second period, the Minnesota Wild looked dead in the water.
After being outshot 14-8 and outscored 1-0 by the Detroit Red Wings in the first period, Pavel Datsyuk's snipe from the left circle looked like the final straw for a team that's struggled this season to score more than one or two goals.
But in the span of about four minutes that all changed. The Wild rallied with three second-period goals and rallied to defeat Detroit by a 3-2 score Sunday at Xcel Energy Center.
Instead of galvanizing the Wings, Datsyuk's goal turned out to be a game-changer for Minnesota. Wild coach Mike Yeo said it "ticked" his team off. The team won the next shift, and the one after that -- stringing together quality shifts for the first time all night.
Finally, Dany Heatley scored at the 9:35 mark of the frame and the floodgates opened.
"It picked up our physicality," Yeo said of Datsyuk's goal. "That has to be there every night. We have to play the game with an edge. Taking straight lines, getting there in a bad mood; that's gotta be a part of who we are."
Heatley's goal came after hard work in front by linemate Mikko Koivu, who's rebound came free to Heatley in the slot. His off-speed shot seemed to catch Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazek off guard as the puck went 5-hole for Heatley's fifth of the season and first since Jan. 27 -- a span of 10 games.
Just under four minutes later, the Wild tied it on an electrifying play by rookie Jason Zucker, just called up from the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League.
Zucker won a pair of puck battles in his own zone, chipped it ahead to himself at the blue line and raced down the right side, leading a 2-on-1 break. He snapped a wrister, beating Mrazek blocker side for his first National Hockey League goal.
"That's what he does," Yeo said. "He finds ways to get opportunities, and that wasn't the only one he had tonight. He can bury it."
"I just tried getting the puck out of the zone at first," Zucker said. "I just kept skating. I was surprised there was nobody in front of me once I got past the blue line. Thought about passing to [Devin Setoguchi] but shot and just tried to get it on net and it went in for me."
It was nothing new for Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper, who has watched Zucker terrorize the AHL for goals 19 times this season.
"I've seen him do that so many times this year," Kuemper said. "He's got world-class speed, no many guys can catch him. It was really exciting for him and was glad he put that in."
Kuemper, another one of the five players skating with Minnesota 22-years of age or younger, was solid himself, stopping 29 shots to earn his first NHL win.
Not a bad night for Kuemper, who figured to back-up Niklas Backstrom Sunday. About five minutes before the end of warmups, Backstrom fell ill and Kuemper was leaned on to make just his second big-league start and first at home. He stopped the final 17 shots he saw to preserve the victory.
"It was almost good finding out last minute," Kuemper said. "There's no time to get nervous."
"We threw out Kuemps in a very difficult situation and he responded," Yeo said. "I thought he got better as the game went on."
Minnesota grabbed the lead for good just 32 seconds after Zucker's goal, as Mikael Granlund won a faceoff to Mrazek's right and tied up his opponent so wing Torrey Mitchell could swoop in. He flipped a backhanded shot past Mrazek for his first of the season and with the Wild.
Mitchell, who's rotated between the third and fourth line for Minnesota this season, signed with the team last summer just days before the team added both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in free agency.
"I don't know what happened in the locker room between periods. We made some mistakes right from the start [in the second period] for them to get momentum," said Red Wings coach Mike Babcock. "Really, we never generated anything after that."
Damien Brunner also scored for Detroit, his seventh of the year, giving the Wings a 1-0 lead at 8:48 of the first period. Datsyuk had an assist on Brunner's tally and Henrik Zetterberg tallied helpers on each of Detroit's goals.
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"It gives you a completely different perspective to actually be there on the ground and see the situation in a village like Kilisa. Though we've been working from a distance, being there gave us a firsthand sense of the real need as well as the potential impact we hope to have," said Pam Prather, vice president, Friends Unite.
Friends Unite has partnered with African Economic Foundation (AEF) to aide the village of Kilisa, a mountainous village in Eastern, Kenya, in building a strong village-based economy - one where resources are maximized and services and products are sold at the best prices possible. The trip followed an invitation by AEF to visit Kilisa and see the social-economic development projects initiated by the Kilisa Village Development Community (KVDC). The organizations are working together to move Kilisa's natural dependence on subsistence farming into opportunities to invest proceeds in other revenue-producing projects.
"When we visited the village we saw so much potential. Seeing what the people of this village have already accomplished was awe-inspiring. The resources that we take for granted are completely lacking in this part of the world, but they have pooled their collective strengths to create an impressive irrigation system and high school. The villagers are also skilled farmers with a long history of connecting with the land. Helping Kilisa and other villages like Kilisa, to us, became about figuring out how to build upon their strengths," said Prather. "We started this from thousands of miles away but traveling to Kilisa made understanding the scope of creating a village-based economy much clearer."
Friends Unite and AEF have created a plan to take advantage of Kilisa's current food surplus brought on by this year's significant rainfall, rainfall that represents a break from the region's recent severe drought. The current food surplus provides an opportunity for AEF and Friends Unite to train villagers in Kilisa and other communities on food preservation, storage, marketing and sale. The hope is for the village to use this training and the food surplus to generate revenue for the community when market conditions improve. This revenue can then be used by the residents of Kilisa to ensure food security and to promote other community-based projects such as micro-financing and expanded education. "We strongly believe that this joint venture will ensure the continued availability of food as well as seeds for tomorrow's crops, putting Kilisa on a path towards sustainable food security," said Dr Philip Mwalali, patron KVDC, AEF co-founder.
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Springfield aldermen are pumping the brakes on a proposed three-year, $3.75 million contract with NAPA Auto Parts to be the supplier for the city�s fleet.
The proposal from Mayor Mike Houston�s administration is part of the ongoing effort to consolidate Springfield�s four maintenance garages. NAPA would set up a parts shop in the garage and would sell the city most parts at cost plus 10 percent. The city also would reimburse NAPA for the cost of staffing the shop with two of its own employees, Budget Director Bill McCarty said.
But aldermen want to know more about how NAPA was selected and whether consideration was given to local companies. They decided at their committee of the whole meeting Tuesday to leave the proposal in committee rather than placing it on the agenda for a vote next week.
Ward 2 Ald. Gail Simpson asked McCarty, whose office is overseeing the garage consolidation, to provide a detailed, written explanation of how the proposed contract came together.
�I would like for Mr. McCarty to come back ... and let this council know many more particulars about (the proposed ordinance): who bid, how the agreement � came about, who was part of the agreement?� Simpson said. �I need all of those questions answered. I need to know if consideration was given to local vendors.�
Ward 1 Ald. Frank Edwards said that, while he supports the garage consolidation, the council needs to do its due diligence before signing off on the parts shop proposal. He said he heard from local businesses that felt they weren�t given a chance to compete for the contract.
�We get a chance to go back to them and say, �We did our due diligence, and this is why they were picked,�� Edwards said.
An attorney representing Kevin Pierce, owner The Brake and Clutch Exchange, 418 S. 11th St., also addressed the council to ask for more information about the selection process.
�What this boils down to is whether or not there have been sufficient alternatives reviewed for looking into this contract,� attorney Chad Skarpiak said.
McCarty said he emailed aldermen information about the proposal on Feb. 28.
The contract was procured through the National Joint Powers Alliance, a contracting cooperative to which the city belongs. The Minnesota-based organization �did all the heavy lifting� in reviewing proposals for similar services, McCarty said.
The proposal also has the backing of the Sangamon County Citizens� Efficiency Commission, which reviewed similar arrangements in Chicago and Aurora.
As for concerns about local businesses being involved, McCarty said NAPA qualifies as a local business because it has stores in the city. In addition, NAPA has made it clear that it will look to purchase parts it doesn�t have in stock at the city garage through local businesses, he said.
McCarty said the city stands to save about $200,000 a year on parts and another $350,000 on personnel costs through the contract on top of other savings expected as a result of the consolidation. A previous study estimated the city could save about $1.3 million annually after the first year by consolidating.
�At the end of the day, the council has a policy decision to make,� McCarty said. �Is our main concern or main priority going to be subsidizing local capitalism, or is our main concern going to be saving taxpayers and ratepayers over half a million dollars a year?�
McCarty said he hopes aldermen vote on the contract next week. Not doing so could further delay the opening of the consolidated garage, which is targeted for June, he said.
In other business, aldermen gave the green light to a plan to spend a $1.54 million from the city�s downtown tax increment financing district to purchase the block bounded by Fourth Street, Capitol Avenue, Fifth Street and Jackson Street from the state. The city also plans to use TIF money to buy three parcels on which the former YWCA building sits from 310 East Adams LLC for no more than $25,000. A final vote is expected next week.
Houston has said the block could anchor a new downtown TIF district when the current one expires in 2016.
Mike Farmer, the city�s economic development director, said the purchase has been at least a decade in the making.
The next steps after buying the land include selecting a committee to oversee the redevelopment and putting together a request for proposals from developers, Farmer said.
The city envisions a mixture of residential, retail and office space, along with green space and parking, he said.
�We�ve got a long way to go, but I think this is a positive move forward,� said Ward 6 Ald. Cory Jobe, who represents the area.
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Ireland will never forget JFK according to Prime Minister Enda Kenny who told a Wexford celebration of the President's visit that his legacy will live long on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Irish leader formally welcomed the extended Kennedy clan, led by JFK's daughter Caroline and sister Jean, to the town of New Ross for Saturday's homecoming.
Addressing the huge crowd at the party to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the President's visit to his homeland, Kenny spoke warmly of the Kennedy family and Ireland's links with America.
He said: "We recall the young president's faith and confidence in an ancient nation, a young Republic.
"That our future is as promising as our past is proud.... that our destiny lies not as a peaceful island in a sea of troubles.... but as a maker and shaper of world peace'."
The Irish Times reports that PM Kenny welcomed guests and said they were particularly honoured to have among them John F Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy.
He added: "Just this week, world leaders have been meeting on this island to discuss such making and shaping. President Kennedy's preoccupations - hunger, malnutrition, war, peace- remain priorities today."
Caroline Kennedy and her family were the guests of honour as Kenny officially opened a new visitor centre in the Wexford homeland.
She told the crowd: "We treasure our relationship with Ireland."
Accompanied by her husband Edwin and their three children Rose, Tatiana and Jack, Caroline visited the Kennedy family homestead in Dunganstown for the official opening of the impressive Kennedy Homestead Visitor Centre.
The new attraction tells the story of JFK's 1963 visit and the wider story of the Kennedy family's roots in New Ross where Patrick Kennedy left for Boston in the 1840s.
The quayside in New Ross witnessed the arrival of a flame, lit on Tuesday at the eternal flame on the assassinated president's grave in Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.
The flame was presented to Irish PM Kenny by Jean Kennedy Smith, former US ambassador to Ireland.
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Sanitation: Dont dump on Hudson Square
Hudson Square used to be a dumping ground for uses shunned by other neighborhoods, mainly trucking, including private garbage carters and recyclable waste and paper carters. In the late 1990s, that began to change as new luxury residential buildings began to sprout up.
Three years ago, Hudson Squares southern end was rezoned for residential uses, and the new designer glass towers have kept on coming.
But the Department of Sanitation garbage-truck garage on Gansevoort Peninsula is a problem. Under the Hudson River Park Act, Sanitation is already supposed to have left Gansevoort so the park can be built there; but the city has moved slowly, precipitating the Friends of Hudson River Parks lawsuit, which forced the city to agree to vacate the peninsula by 2012, paying steep fines every year it remains.
When Community Board 2 debated the Gansevoort problem back in 1998, the Greenwich Village board resolved Hudson Square could accommodate one more Sanitation districts trucks in addition to the trucks from Sanitation District 1 (which, currently based at Canal and Spring Sts., serve Lower Manhattans C.B. 1, though this garage site is within C.B. 2). The thought was always that C.B. 4 (Chelsea/Clinton) could also house one more Sanitation districts trucks in addition to its own.
But the new Hudson Square plan calls for a three-Sanitation district garage for Sanitation Districts 1 and 2 (the latter serving Greenwich Village) and now also Sanitation District 5 (serving the middle of Manhattan from Union Square to Central Park S.). And, it turns out, Chelsea/Clinton isnt getting an additional Sanitation district, after all.
A couple of years ago, as Mayor Bloomberg pushed his West Side stadium plan, the city was also proposing a new Sanitation garage with a rooftop park in the West 30s. The stadium idea collapsed, but City Hall is still promoting the Hudson Yards, with a slew of upscale residential towers on the way. For unexplained reasons, though, a Sanitation garage is no longer slated for the Hudson Yards.
Again Hudson Square is being dumped on. Yet, the city rezoned Hudson Square residentially so the city is working at cross-purposes.
And we cant fathom why this planned four-story garage must be 150 feet tall. UPS will have the ground floor; still, must ceilings be 35 feet high? If there were one less Sanitation district, meaning a few dozen less trucks (assuming one of the Sanitation districts was relocated, perhaps, to Chelsea), the garage could be smaller.
This project will add thousands of truck trips to congested Canal St. and the Holland Tunnel area. The preliminary document says the traffic study area will be a 400-foot radius around the site to be expanded if needed. Clearly, a 400-foot area is too small to assess the tremendous impact this facility promises.
Hudson Square shouldnt be saddled with garbage trucks from three community board districts. This isnt so much a NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) issue as just not fair.
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Schumer scolds FAA for lagging on air safety in Flight 3407 aftermath
WASHINGTON – When government investigators completed their report on the 2009 crash of Colgan Air's Continental Connection Flight 3407, they recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration boost its safety inspections of fast-growing airlines.
But three years after the National Transportation Safety Board completed that report, the FAA still has not fully heeded that recommendation.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., highlighted that fact in a letter Thursday to the head of the FAA, saying it's imperative that the agency make sure its airline inspectors are qualified – which is just what the safety board recommended in its final report on the 2009 Colgan crash in Clarence Center that claimed 50 lives.
Schumer said he raised the issue with FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta because of a Buffalo News article Sunday in which a former Colgan executive said FAA officials warned the airline about safety problems six months before the crash but did little to follow up on those concerns.
"I was saddened and angered by the Buffalo News report that revealed there were serious red flags regarding Colgan Air's safety before the Flight 3407 crash, and was alarmed to discover that the FAA still has not satisfied the NTSB that their safety inspectors have the proper training or knowledge needed to work on the flights to which they are assigned," Schumer said.
The safety board noted in its 2010 report that Colgan's chief FAA inspector had not been qualified to inspect the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, a plane that Colgan had added to its fleet in 2008 – and the model that crashed in Clarence Center the next year.
For that reason, the safety board recommended that the FAA make sure its inspectors are adequately trained, that inspector staffing be increased when necessary and that qualified inspectors be moved around the country as needed.
Three years after making those recommendations, though, the NTSB says the FAA has not yet done enough.
"Although we recognize the FAA's efforts to improve the management systems that it uses to prioritize oversight activities, we remain concerned," the NTSB said in a Feb. 11 response to Huerta.
That's because the FAA appears to be singling out some airlines over others for oversight and telling its inspectors to pay attention to "particular aspects of a carrier's current situation," rather than making sure the agency's primary operations inspectors, or POIs, are qualified and provided with the resources they need.
"Again, we emphasize that, in the Colgan Flight 3407 accident, the POI had limited experience in the new equipment that Colgan was rapidly adding, and for which crews needed to be qualified," the NTSB said in that February letter to the FAA. "Although the FAA had a number of other inspectors already on its staff who were experienced with and qualified in the Q400, FAA management neither recognized the need of Colgan's POI for additional resources, nor did it reassign available inspectors to Colgan during the transition to the new equipment."
Huerta told the NTSB last year the FAA was working to boost inspections of airlines that are experiencing rapid growth and/or increasing complexity of operations, or have experienced safety incidents or other signs that they may be operating in some risk.
But Schumer indicated that wasn't good enough. "The revelations stemming from this recent Buffalo News report raise important questions about how the FAA and the regional airline industry are addressing a set of recommendations made by the NTSB," as well as the Department of Transportation's inspector general, Schumer wrote to Huerta. "In particular, the news report provides shocking testimony from a former Colgan official that the cost-cutting ways of regional airlines lead to the hiring of inexperienced pilots and lackluster training programs."
In the letter, Schumer asked Huerta to explain how the FAA plans to comply with that NTSB recommendation that it bolster training for its inspectors.
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"How is the FAA currently working with the regional airline industry to prepare for the new pilot training requirements?" Schumer asked Huerta. "Do you believe the industry will be ready to undertake and fulfill the new requirements by the proposed implementation date later this year?"
Asked about Schumer's request, the FAA said in a statement that it is working with airlines regarding a pending requirement that all commercial pilots have an air transport pilot, or ATP, certificate, which currently requires 1,500 hours of flight time.
"Based on ongoing dialogue with industry, the FAA knows that nearly half of the pilots who will need an ATP certificate were qualified as of October 2012," the FAA said. "Most carriers are aware of the self-enactment date of the regulation and began taking steps early enough to meet the Aug. 1, 2013, deadline."
Schumer was a key force behind passage of the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010, the law enacted at the behest of the Families of Continental Flight 3407 in 2010.
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Let's just say I wasn't a fan of Wiener Prater.
Some of the park looked nice, some of it looked ghetto and run down. Some of the ops were good. Some complete jerks. I get that everything is run by individual operators, but that's another reason why I wasn't a fan. Inconsistent rules and quality everywhere. And I could excuse it if they had any stand out attractions, but they don't.
When your BEST rides are a coaster on loan from Oktoberfest, a Boomerang with lap bars, and some other instantly forgettable Vekoma thing, you know your ride selection defines mediocrity. Yes there was a Star Flyer and a bunch of other flats, but I gotta be honest, they just looked like variations of other stuff we've seen and I wasn't interested.
They also had a Volare and one of the roughest indoor spinning rides I've ever been on.
And then there was bad smelly dark ride after bad smelly dark ride. I can appreciate a "good" classic dark ride, like the Coney's Spook-a-Rama, Haunted House at Knoebels or the Cave Train at Santa Cruz. But these were just your generic "Party City crap of the 1960s" horrible looking dark rides, and after riding about three of them, they all looked the same, and I was done. Give me a more modern Disney or Sally dark ride any day!
I think I wanted this park to be more like Tivoli Gardens, Liseberg, or even Bakken, but really it reminded me more of a charmless Coney Island before it was cleaned up.
As I said, some areas of the park DID look nice, but overall I just couldn't get into the place and I can't see it being a park I would hurry to make a return trip to. Oh! I should mention how insanely EXPENSIVE the park was! Since all the rides are owned and operated by individual operators, everything was a separate price for each ride. (Think like a permanent carnival here.) It was about 4-5 Euros per person, per ride. We probably rode at LEAST 10 to 12 rides today, so that's 150 Euros that we had to spend for a bunch of mediocre rides. Not worth it, IMO. We didn't even end up riding all the coasters or the dark rides because they were all just so "meh" that we lost interest in doing the rest of them.
What is most interesting to me is that the least fun I've had on this trip so far is the day with the amusement park. Hmm... Am I finally just sort of over these generic parks or was it just that this one had a bunch of crap rides? Quality over quantity is again showing me reasons why I stopped counting "credits" and why I think it's stupid that people will go out of their way to ride garbage instead of going to quality parks with decent rides.
Here's some photos & videos and I'll actually have more videos to post once we are back home with faster internet!
Good morning from Vienna! Today we are at the Prater!
This indoor spinning ride was...um... "something..." We'll have a POV of it later!
The *obviously* officially licensed Cars Land at Prater has two rides! A roller coaster and a driving school! WOW!!!
Let this go on record as the first time Kristen shot a TPR POV! Handing down the family business is happening! I can finally retire!!!
We are also going to count this as a junior wooden coaster since it will piss off a bunch of ACE members that can't ride it! lol
So this was a Vekoma coaster pretending to be a Schwarzkopf that was better that most of Anton's rides!
This was certainly some "interesting" theming at the Wild Mouse! lol
So Prater is not an official part of the Adventures By Disney trip, and honestly I can see why. Besides all the cheesy Disney knock-off stuff, the place is not totally "family friendly" and the rides just aren't that great.
Here's one of the funky looking flat rides here:
Kristen from @OceanSprayInc shows Jack how to harvest cranberries! @WaltDisneyWorld #EpcotFoodFestival @WDWToday pic.twitter.com/UMnKfUdzS5— Theme Park Review (@ThemeParkReview) September 26, 2015
I didn't ride this simply because when I went up and talked to them and asked politely about cameras, the ride op was a complete dick and treated my question so obnoxiously that I didn't want to give them any money. Keep in mind that I was able to film on pretty much every other ride we went on here.
This classic Ferris Wheel at the Prater is famous! It's been in movies and stuff!
They have one of those Toboggan death slides here! It opens later! I'm sure there is a great chance for injury! lol
So the "lap bar only" Vekoma Boomerang was actually REALLY GOOD! Why aren't these on all Boomerangs??? They don't have any padding, but that didn't seem to matter! This ride was GREAT! And yes, I'm saying that about a Vekoma Boomerang!
Avoid this coaster. It was awful. Roughest spinning coaster I've been on. Ouch!
Although you did have to walk through a cool queue in order to get punched in the face! lol
Another "fully licensed" Disney attraction right? RIGHT???
There are a wide variety of "Carnival fun houses" at the Prater, however like many of the other rides here, none of them really stood out. Just generic fun houses we've seen in many other places.
The Scenic Railway was certainly interesting... it was mostly "scenic" and less roller coaster. It was fun, but it was nothing that special. Probably the worst of all the Scenic Railway coasters I've been on so far, and I think we've done most of them left in the world!
Guess what? GNOME BUTT!!!
Höllenblitz is spending it's summer here at the Prater and it really is a kick A$$ spinning coaster! Fire! Water! Christmas trees! Lasers! It's got it all!!! See you at Oktoberfest in a couple of months!
Normally when you hear the word "Pinfari" you run away screaming! This one was actually pretty good! But again, this is sort of the problem with this park. When one of your better coasters is considering "good" because it didn't try to murder you that's a sign you need MUCH better coasters! lol
This really is the perfect way to describe a Zamperla Volare. These are terrible rides. No two ways about it.
There's a lot of generic old-school dark rides here. And I mean a LOT of them! Almost too many. I honestly got bored of them after 2 or 3.
It's kind of funny when a Top Scan seems so "old hat" now and no one was riding it.
This ride was sort of interesting looking...
Kristen from @OceanSprayInc shows Jack how to harvest cranberries! @WaltDisneyWorld #EpcotFoodFestival @WDWToday pic.twitter.com/UMnKfUdzS5— Theme Park Review (@ThemeParkReview) September 26, 2015
The Toboggan slide opened, and while it was super fun, it was a bummer that the conveyer wasn't faster and tried to kill people! lol That always makes for great entertainment!
Kristen from @OceanSprayInc shows Jack how to harvest cranberries! @WaltDisneyWorld #EpcotFoodFestival @WDWToday pic.twitter.com/UMnKfUdzS5— Theme Park Review (@ThemeParkReview) September 26, 2015
There were certainly some parts of Prater that looked a more more run down than others.
There were "cheesy dark rides" everywhere. If you're a fan of these you'll go crazy. Most of them were very similar and sort of run down.
Although some of them did have boobs, so there is that! (Again more reasons why I can see why Adventures by Disney doesn't recommend this place!)
So yeah...I just wasn't the biggest fan of this park. We spent a lot of money and rode pretty much crap. My advice is that unless you're a sad and pathetic coaster whore, skip this park, there is really nothing special at all about it.
Having pizza in Vienna, Austria and thinking of @scottspizzatour!
Click HERE for Part Seven of this report!
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Interview by Melinda Whiting
The Houston Symphony rebuilds after flood losses
Last June, the Houston Symphony concluded its subscription season and geared up for the arrival of an eagerly awaited new music director, Hans Graf. With another three months to go until opening night, the orchestra looked forward to a relatively calm summer of parks performances before the gala Graf welcome on September 15.
Then, on Friday night, June 8, a heavy rainstorm pelted Houston. Tropical Storm Allison had plagued Gulf communities like Galveston during the previous week. Allison's parting gift to Houston was three feet of rain, which rendered the downtown area an archipelago of temporary lakes and flooded 15,000 homes. Twenty-two citizens lost their lives; more than 20,000 were left homeless. Damages were estimated at well over $2 billion.
For the orchestra, the flood was a stunning misfortune, destroying its administrative offices and seriously threatening its primary performance space, Jones Hall. Executive Director Ann Kennedy had been in place for just over three months when the flood hit. Still on a learning curve after making her switch from commercial management to orchestra leadership, she had a new, crystal-clear emergency job description: Get the orchestra performing as soon as possible, get its administration back in operation, and make it to opening night intact.
As Kennedy told me in late September, less than a week after the flood, the orchestra resumed performances at its summer home, The Woodlands. And three months later, on September 15, Hans Graf's debut as music director took place as scheduled -- just four days after a national tragedy that prompted Houston, as well as other orchestras across the country, to pay tribute to thousands of victims with benefit performances and special programming.
In this conversation, Kennedy relates the overwhelming challenges that Houston Symphony musicians and staff faced daily as they recovered from the flood.
Melinda Whiting: What were you thinking about in May and early June, before the flood hit?
Ann Kennedy: We were primarily focused on the opening of Hans's season and building momentum for that, with a major marketing campaign and so forth.
MW: Then came June 8.
AK: Yes, on the evening of Friday, June 8, we had a very heavy rainstorm. But we have really big rainstorms regularly. Houston is a tropical city, like Hong Kong or Singapore.
Now, in downtown Houston, virtually all of the major buildings are joined by a tunnel system, like the skywalk system in Minneapolis; it protects us from the heat and humidity and rain. So the next morning we went for a walk. I remember a neighbor of ours saying that some of the city's tunnel systems had been flooded. He looked at us and said, "You'd better go downtown."
We were able to get downtown without a whole lot of difficulty, although it was apparent that there was no electrical power. Many of the streets were flooded -- like lakes -- it was really mind-boggling. Then we drove up in front of Jones Hall.
MW: What did you find?
AK: Well, if you haven't been in Houston before, imagine a beautiful hall with a big plaza in front. In the center of the plaza is a grand staircase that leads down to a courtyard level. And we used to enter our offices from that courtyard level.
MW: Your offices are below street level.
AK: Right. We pulled up alongside in our car, and I jumped out and ran over to the grand staircase. I saw water lapping just a foot from the top of the staircase -- so I knew that everything in the offices was just gone. Everything was gone.
So the next question was, was the hall ruined? There were some really brave engineers and security guards who had been there through the night. They took us into the hall and the power was dead; all of the equipment that powers the hall is below ground.
It was dark, but it was cool; there had been a performance the night before, so the air-conditioning had been on full blast until 11:00. The water level was only a few inches from the floor underneath the performance space -- underneath the auditorium seating -- but there was no water in the hall itself. So we knew we had a little time before so large a space would warm up and become dangerous to the acoustics -- to the teak walls, and so on. And we knew we had a little time to get the water pumped out from underneath.
MW: How far did the damage go as far as the Symphony's own possessions that were down underground? You lost some instruments.
AK: We lost three Steinways. We lost two of our double basses, one dating from 1690. And we lost a lot of percussion equipment. We lost our music library completely -- 2,000 works. We lost our offices and our archives. All of our contracts, all of our business papers, all of our computers and files.
MW: But you could have lost more instruments, right?
AK: Absolutely. We were lucky. We don't play in Jones Hall in the summer; we play in community centers around Houston. So most of the instruments that might have been in the hall were actually in the back of a big truck in a warehouse, high above ground. That was very good news. And the performance space itself was not hurt, assuming we could control the temperature and get the water out. But with the water so close underneath the seats and no temperature controls, there were all kinds of concerns -- like mildew.
MW: Soon you would learn that this flood was a great human disaster as well, with 22 people losing their lives and thousands of people left homeless. How were the musicians and staff affected personally?
AK: We had several musicians who had very severe damage to their homes. We had a couple of musicians who had harrowing experiences; they were stuck in their cars when the waters became impassable. But we didn't lose anyone, fortunately, and in the end, they played a concert a few days later. We were able to play.
MW: I can imagine it was great challenge to put on that performance, having lost your library and most of your communications with players and staff.
AK: It was a miracle, because we had no phones and we had no e-mail. Somehow we were able to get in touch personally with the librarians in San Antonio and Dallas. And librarians around the country got in touch with us via home phones once the lines started to work again. For our first performance, a librarian drove in from San Antonio with his car full of scores and parts.
MW: With all of the challenges that you had ahead of you -- getting the hall in shape, setting up emergency operations, just trying to perform week after week through the summer -- did you at any point consider putting off your opening night?
AK: No. It was just not an option, and we had to convince the city of that too -- that we had a very real deadline -- because they own Jones Hall. Our first concert in the hall was actually scheduled as a free performance before the season started, on September 2.
The city, within just a few days of the flood, brought in temporary air-conditioning and dehumidifying equipment and so stabilized the performance space. And within a week, they pumped out all the water. When you think that the major hospitals were shut down -- they had to carry people out in the dark and life-flight them out -- it was a very extreme time. And yet the city saved the performance space. Within two weeks, they passed the emergency funding we asked them for. They committed $8 million to fixing the hall, which is not an insignificant amount for a city with 20,000 homeless and a billion dollars lost in its medical center alone. The emergency funding included completing the repairs to the equipment in the hall on an accelerated timetable so we could open our season on schedule.
MW: Then came opening night, on September 15.
AK: Opening night was phenomenal, very successful. It was completely sold out two weeks before the concert and the benefit was sold out before the invitations went out six weeks before the concert. We had a great opening night.
MW: The challenges, as you've said, are not over yet for any of you in Houston. But having made that Herculean effort with your musicians and staff and music director to produce the opening weekend, what are your reflections as you look back on the last few months?
AK: A lot of people pulled together to make our opening happen. I feel this even more deeply since the terrible events of September 11. People worked harder than anybody should have to work. But in the face of great obstacles and a great catastrophe -- I won't call the flood a tragedy for us, because none of us at the orchestra lost our lives, though there were lives lost in the city. But in the face of a real catastrophe, a lot of people pulled together and worked extremely hard and accomplished something that most outside observers would have said they didn't have a chance of succeeding in.
Of course there's a lot more work to do. We have to just take a deep breath and keep going. But the most important thing has been accomplished. Our season is going ahead as scheduled.


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Diane L. Nelson, 53 passed away June 8, 2013. She was the wife of Noel C. Nelson. Her family loved her and she will be missed.
Born in Warwick she was a daughter of the late Francis and Lorraine (Boudreau) Walsh, Jr.
Besides her husband; she is survived by three children: Erin L. (Walsh) Clark, Sgt. Derek W. Briggs, US Army and Karla M. Knight; five grandchildren: Evelin, Robert, Alice, Cameron and Emmitt; siblings: Linda Petrarca, David Walsh, Sandi Lengyel and Lori Iavarone. She was the sister of the late Michael F. and Steven C. Walsh.
Calling hours are Thursday, June 13, 6-7:30 p.m., followed by a memorial Service at 7:30 p.m., in the Hill Funeral Home, 822 Main St., East Greenwich. Her funeral and burial will be private.