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On Our Book Shelf
There are so many important books about work and family these days, we want to share our favorites with you in case you're wondering where to dive in.
If you've got a favorite that you think we should include on our list, let us know — just email lisa@familyforwardoregon.org. Happy reading!
Babygate: What You Really Need to Know About Pregnancy and Parenting in the Workplace, by Dina Bakst, Phoebe Taubman and Elizabeth Gedmark
"Moms-to-be get tons of advice about what to eat, which stroller to buy, and how to get their bodies back after baby arrives. What's missing is clear and comprehensive advice on how to keep their jobs during pregnancy and beyond. In Babygate, three legal experts share
practical tips, real-life stories from moms and dads, and key legal information to spotlight the protections expecting and new parents have (and don't have) in the workplace. This step-by-step guide covers everything from morning sickness to maternity leave to confronting discrimination on the job. With a clear, often witty, interpretation of the law and various employment policies, the authors explain how workers can advocate for themselves and protect their jobs and paychecks while welcoming their little bundles of joy.
Babygate arms readers with valuable tools, including a Zagat-like guide on parents' rights in each state. The authors also highlight how far the US lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to work-life policies and invite readers to join them in making America a more family-friendly nation. No baby shower is complete without it!"
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, by Joan Williams
"The United States has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world. Despite what is often reported, new mothers don't "opt out" of work. They are pushed out by discriminating and inflexible workplaces. Today's workplaces continue to idealize the worker who has someone other than parents caring for their children.
Conventional wisdom attributes women's decision to leave work to their maternal traits and desires. In this thought-provoking book, Joan Williams shows why that view is misguided and how workplace practice disadvantages men–both those who seek to avoid the breadwinner role and those who embrace it–as well as women. Faced with masculine norms that define the workplace, women must play the tomboy or the femme. Both paths result in a gender bias that is exacerbated when the two groups end up pitted against each other. And although work-family issues long have been seen strictly through a gender lens, we ignore class at our peril. The dysfunctional relationship between the professional-managerial class and the white working class must be addressed before real reform can take root.
Contesting the idea that women need to negotiate better within the family, and redefining the notion of success in the workplace, Williams reinvigorates the work-family debate and offers the first steps to making life manageable for all American families."
The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want and What to Do About It, by Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
"Women shouldn't be discriminated against simply because they are mothers…but they are! The Motherhood Manifesto shares the heartfelt stories of mothers in America who dream of jobs with flexibility and benefits, mothers who can't afford their children's health and childcare expenses, and mothers who, time and time again, are penalized for raising a new generation. From professional women who hit the maternal wall, to childcare workers who can't afford quality care for their own children, this book captures what it means to be a mother in America today. This groundbreaking book also celebrates the successes of companies that have discovered the value of good family policies, families who are making it work, model childcare programs, and legislation that supports families."
The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era or Gender, Work & Family, by Kathleen Gerson
"Despite the entrance of women into the workforce and the blurring of once clearly defined gender boundaries, men and women live in a world where the demands of balancing parenting and work, autonomy and commitment, time and money are left largely unresolved. Gerson finds that while an overwhelming majority of young men and women see an egalitarian balance within committed relationships as the ideal, today's social and economic realities remain based on conventional–and now obsolete–distinctions between breadwinning and caretaking. In this equity vacuum, men and women develop conflicting strategies, with women stressing self-reliance and men seeking a new traditionalism.
With compassion for all perspectives, Gerson argues that whether one decides to give in to traditionally imbalanced relationships or to avoid marriage altogether, these approaches are second-best responses, not personal preferences or inherent attributes, and they will shift if new options can be created to help people achieve their egalitarian aspirations. The Unfinished Revolution offers clear recommendations for the kinds of workplace and community changes that would best bring about a more egalitarian family life–a new flexibility at work and at home that benefits families, encourages a thriving economy, and helps women and men integrate love and work."
The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels
"Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers — the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more — The Mommy Myth contends that this "new momism" has been shaped by out-of-date mores, and that no matter how hard they try, women will never achieve it. In this must-read for every woman, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels shatter the myth of the perfect mom and all but shout, "We're not gonna take it anymore!""
The Custom Fit Workplace, by Nanette Fondas
"Work isn't working. In a 24/7 work culture, leaving the office doesn't necessarily mean leaving work. Men and women are struggling to balance work and life commitments: raising children, taking care of aging parents, or just making ends meet and taking care of themselves. At the same time, dual earning households are increasing in numbers, and many are having a difficult time returning to their jobs if they take time off."
Work + Life: Finding the Fit that's Right for You, by Cali Yost
"The empowering new 3-step guide to combining work and life strategically, creatively, and successfully. The message is simple: Work doesn't have to be all or nothing. There are countless combinations of work and life between these extremes. People can change the way work fits into their lives, in a way that's good for employees and employers. Work]Life provides the tools to adjust the work portion of life in order to have more time and/or energy for personal responsibilities and interests. Even a small change can make a big difference. Industry expert Cali Yost has been working with people on all sides of the issue: employees and managers at companies such as General Electric/NBC, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, and Ernst & Young, and EAPs nationwide that help companies help their employees. They all say the same thing-Work+Life is the missing piece of the puzzle, putting readers on the cutting edge of the workplace revolution."
TORN: True Stories of Kids, Career, and the Conflict of Modern Motherhood, Edited by Samantha Parent Walravens
"Striking the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching tasks facing women today. In Torn, forty-six women examine the conflict between the need to nurture and the need to work, and reveal creative solutions for having the best of both worlds. The stories in the collection offer hope and inspiration, but they also reveal the messy realities of modern motherhood and life's inevitable crises, both small and large: from breast pump mishaps to battles with cancer; diaper blowouts to debilitating depression; competitive cupcake baking to coming home from war. In the end, the reader can take comfort in the knowledge that there is no perfect mother; nor is there a perfect balance when it comes to kids and career. The real challenge facing women today is not juggling their many roles, but realigning their expectations of what is possible and accepting that success does not equal "doing it all."
Unfinished Work: Building Equality and Democracy in an Era of Working Families, by Jody Heymann and Christopher Beem
"While many aspects of work have changed dramatically over the last few decades, society has struggled to adapt, to the detriment of working families. Work schedules and demands continue to reflect a time when at least one parent stayed home, women remain underpaid relative to men on average, and public schools still base their hours on an agrarian calendar. Unfinished Work provides insights into why we have not yet seen an effective national response to the challenges faced by most working families in America today, and offers solutions from leading thinkers in the field across the disciplines of political science, sociology, economics, history, and public policy."
Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth That We Can't Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone, by Jody Heymann and Alison Earle
"News stories on the impact of job loss appear daily in the media. Less reported is that working conditions in many countries around the world have deteriorated as rapidly as jobs have been lost—and this affects ten times as many people. Working conditions significantly impact our health, the amount of time we can spend with family, our options during momentous life events (such as the birth of a child or the death of a parent), and whether we keep or lose a job when the unexpected occurs. Inexplicably, the global community has nearly universally accepted the argument that any country that guarantees a floor of decent working conditions will suffer higher unemployment and will be less competitive.
Raising the Global Floor shatters this widely held view by presenting the first ever, global analysis of the relationship between labor conditions, national competitiveness, and unemployment rates in 190 countries. The authors' findings are dramatic. They show that there is no relationship between unemployment rates and providing basic protections in a series of critical areas. Strikingly, data also indicate that good working conditions can make countries more competitive. There are no long-term economic gains to be had if workers are denied paid sick leave, paid annual leave, paid parental leave, the right to a day of rest, and many other basic protections that would improve the quality of their lives."
The Widening Gap: Why America's Working Families Are in Jeopardy – and What Can Be Done About It, by Jody Heymann, MD, PhD
"This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups."
The War Against Parents, by Sylvia Hewlett & Cornell West
"Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a white feminist, and Cornel West, a black human rights activist, join in a rare partnership to address the burning social issue of our time: the abandonment of America's parents. A "brave and personal book" (New York Post), The War Against Parents calls for a Parents' bill of Rights that gives new dignity to the parental role and restores our nation's commitment to the well-being of children."
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued, by Ann Crittenden
"In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Second Shift, this provocative book shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those who perform its most critical work. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and research in economics, history, child development, and law, Ann Crittenden proves definitively that although women have been liberated, mothers have not."
Taking On the Big Boys: Or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Business, and the Nation, by Ellen Bravo
"Bravo argues for feminism as a system of beliefs, laws, and practices that fully values women and work associated with women, while detailing activist strategies to achieve a society where everybody—women and men—reach their potential."
The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood & Social Change, edited by Shari MacDonald Strong
"Exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change, The Maternal Is Political features forty-four powerful, hard-hitting literary essays by women who are striving to make the world a better place for children and families—both their own and other women's—in this country and globally."
The Politics of Parenthood: Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother, by Mary Frances Berry
"American society still clings to a family model in which child care is a woman's responsibility. But this trailblazing book by a prominent historian and former official in the Carter administration suggests that behind the rhetoric of maternal responsibility are issues of power, resources, and control."
The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family, by Madeleine M. Kunin
"Feminists opened up thousands of doors in the 1960s and 1970s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they'd be? The answer, it turns out, is a resounding no. Surely there have been gains. Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. But combining a career and family turned out to be more complicated than expected. While women changed, social structures surrounding work and family remained static. Affordable and high-quality child care, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive for the vast majority of working women. In fact, the nation has fallen far behind other parts of the world on the gender-equity front. We lag behind more than seventy countries when it comes to the percentage of women holding elected federal offices. Only 17 percent of corporate boards include women members. And just 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by women.It's time, says Madeleine M. Kunin, to change all that. Looking back over five decades of advocacy, she analyzes where progress stalled, looks at the successes of other countries, and charts the course for the next feminist revolution–one that mobilizes women, and men, to call for the kind of government and workplace policies that can improve the lives of women and strengthen their families."
Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, by Mary Ann Mason, Nicholas H. Wolfinger, and Marc Goulden
"The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the doctoral student ranks in nearly equal numbers and most will experience both the benefits and challenges of living in dual-income households. This generation also has new expectations and values, notably the desire for flexibility and balance between careers and other life goals. However, changes to the structure and culture of academia have not kept pace with young scholars' desires for work-family balance.
Do Babies Matter? is the first comprehensive examination of the relationship between family formation and the academic careers of men and women. The book begins with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, moves on to early and mid-career years, and ends with retirement. Individual chapters examine graduate school, how recent Ph.D. recipients get into the academic game, the tenure process, and life after tenure. The authors explore the family sacrifices women often have to make to get ahead in academia and consider how gender and family interact to affect promotion to full professor, salaries, and retirement. Concrete strategies are suggested for transforming the university into a family-friendly environment at every career stage."
You can download our June 2016 Books We Love list right here.


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To Write Love On Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to delivering hope - finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. To Write Love exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and directly invest in treatment and recovery. This is a topic that is very personal to Tommy Harden, an award-winning broadcast commercial Editor and friend of Revery. He approached us with a beautiful treatment and deep personal connection to the material.
From the first conversation, we were hooked. Working with a first-time Director on this emotional story was a balance of how to realize his vision on a shoestring budget, while creating space for Tommy and cast to honor the challenging material. With a modest budget and aggressive schedule in hand, we brought on a small, dedicated crew including the talented and amazingly collaborative Cinematographer Sean Porter. We led casting in-house, desiring to work with a small group of actors that related to the material and to create an intimate energy around the project.
The shoot was quiet, focused, and full of experimentation. For post, we leveraged relationships with Company3 for color grade and music supervision - in doing so, we negotiated tracks from Loscil and Juliana Barwick. Parker Fitzgerald shot stills and Public Library created titles and a poster for the film. This was a project where we were able to make a little magic happen, to bring a special group of people together around a unique story.
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Welcome to summertime. I will be at Camp Mid-High later this month and would greatly appreciate any prayers that can be sent for all the counselors and campers for the full run of Camp Christian. This year we have seven young people attending camp. Beginning June 2-6, Andrew Hebenstreit starts with Junior. Ethan, Taylor, Andrea, and Savanna will attend CYF June 9-14. Olivia will attend Chi Rho June 16-21. I am at Mid High June 23-28 and Teresa Nolde will wrap up camp at Chrysalis July 14-16. Please consider sending them a letter while at camp. The mailing address is Camp Christian, (camp session such as CYF), camper's name, 3735 Dennard Hardy Road, Gordon, GA 31031. Please remember not to send mail after Wednesday evening if you expect them to get the letter. You can also mail a letter before camp starts and it can be there waiting or the day camp begins.
Another event of summer over the past few years is to set aside July and even August to take requests for themes or questions to be the focus for the sermons over the next few weeks. Please write down your requests or email them to me at pastor@fcc-wr.org over the next few weeks. I will sort through them and post the sermon topics in the July and August newsletters.
Your suggestions can be anything from questions regarding faith or church life, challenges of life, or scriptures that raise questions or difficulties for you. Think about the questions you want answered or the things that have puzzled you. Let's share in our understanding and growth.


Dip into one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools or enjoy other recreational amenities including a health club and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a hair salon.
The preferred airport for Ace Hotel and Swim Club is Palm Springs, CA (PSP-Palm Springs Intl.).
The preferred airport for Ace Hotel and Swim Club is Palm Springs, CA (PSP-Palm Springs Intl.) - 3.8 km / 2.4 mi.


Awwww yeah . . . The NCAA Basketball Tournament really starts today (those play-in games do not count). For me, filling out my brackets and the first weekend of games are better than Christmas, my birthday and St. Patrick's Day combined. And even if I'm forced to miss the late afternoon games today and tomorrow due to my own tennis coaching responsibilities (would it kill y'all to pray for rain for me so I can cancel practice?), my three TVs in my basement bar (I refuse to call it a "mancave") will be working overtime for the next four days.
Oh yeah . . . music. Here's some G Love to get you in the mood.


New prospects for Mozambique gas.
The recent joint venture between JCI and an American oil and gas company could provide the much needed market for gas from Mozambique's Manica province and at the same time give an impetus to the region's iron and steel industry.
The recently announced joint venture between the South African mining house, JCI, and the Texas-based oil and gas company, Atlantic Richfield Co (ARCO), to build a $650m iron reduction plant in Mozambique's Manica province is the latest manifestation of a number of attempts by multinational gas companies to find a market for the country's gas reserves. If the plant is successfully implemented it will generate 2m tonnes of reduced iron per year for export to the Middle and Far East markets and will use 2.8m tonnes of Zimbabwean iron ore.
The plant was conceived as a means of providing an anchor client for the 0.85 trillion cubic feet (TCF) Temane gas field. Zarara Petroleum, a United Arab Emirates concern, have entered the project as a minor partner and hold the concession for the field. The two hydrocarbons companies are confident of finding further gas deposits and will attempt to sell surplus production to the Zimbabwean industry through the border town of Mutare. Gas will be carried to the proposed site of the plant and to Mutare through a 450km pipeline which ARCO intends to build from Temane, 450km to the south.


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Raising the question: Should the Southern Hemisphere have their own Lions?
Ben Darvill
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In the rugby calendar there are two events that have the world ablaze with excitement. The World Cup and a Lions tour of either New Zealand, Australia or South Africa.
With England being the second best team in the world, Ireland having already beaten the All Blacks recently and Wales supplying some genuine talent, it seems as though the gap between the Lions and New Zealand is not as wide as it would have been even a year ago.
The excitement that the tour generates and the fans it pulls in, not just from rugby, but from everywhere, is something truly unique. So, why should the Southern Hemisphere not have their version of the Lions?
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SEE ALSO: Gatland's already made his first glaring mistake as Lions boss
This is something that would appeal massively to the fans of the home nations, who would be able to see the best players from the Southern Hemisphere play in their stadiums, in what would likely be a hugely entertaining tour.
For the home nations themselves, it would constitute a spike in revenue, while it would also raise the profile of the game another step, with more games involving the best players in the world.
With respect to the game itself, it would be a positive step for the home nations in their continued pursuit of their southern counterparts.
Where the Lions have always struggled, bar the obvious gap in skill and cohesion between themselves and New Zealand, is because of the conditions. In the United Kingdom, the wet weather does not inhibit running play due to the slippery conditions most British teams are subjected to.
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This means that the majority of their season prevents honing the correct skills to adequately play running rugby; teams focus more on their forwards, their defence and their kicking. By contrast, the warmer climates in the south mean the pithes are dryer, which allows the players to perfect their style of attacking running rugby.
For the teams from the north, their summer tours and the Lions tour is their best chance of playing on surfaces that really encourage running rugby, which is part of the reason why the Lions are so unsuccessful on their tours.
For the southern hemisphere sides, it would be a massive test for them too. They would be forced into a side with the majority of players from New Zealand, and some from Australia and South Africa, with the lack of total cohesion that hinders the Lions potentially playing a massive role in their own success.
The moments the Lions have written in time are ones that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, with the most recent being George North's exploits:
SEE ALSO: The Lions who will get the BOD treatment from the All Blacks
North's carrying of Israel Folau was an explosive reminder of how entertaining the Lions tour can be.
It is more than likely that with players like Sonny Bill Williams coming to these shores, that there would be of these sort of moments.
With the way world rugby is right now, a southern Lions team would basically be the World's XV against a northern hemisphere side.
Perhaps it would be better to leave the Lions' tour itself alone though, as it is such a fantastic institution, and instead have a north versus south series. This would potentially see a northern XV tour the south, and vice versa. This would be a big draw for the game, seeing the very best the world has to offer come together and battle one another.
Ben	Darvill
English and creative writing graduate and Sports Journalist. I am a lifelong England fan, although, I'm not sure why I put myself through it sometimes.


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Bret McKenzie (ur. 29 czerwca 1976 w Wellington, Nowa Zelandia) – nowozelandzki muzyk, autor tekstów, aktor, członek zespołu Flight Of The Conchords.

W 2012 roku otrzymał Oscara za piosenkę "Man or Muppet" do filmu Muppety.

Filmografia
 Hobbit: Niezwykła podróż (2012) – Lindir, elf z Rivendell, sługa Elronda
 Flight of the Conchords (TV) (2007, 2009)
 Crow (TV) (2008, gościnnie)
 Władca Pierścieni: Powrót króla (2003) – elf Figwit (imię nadane mu przez fanów, abrewiatura z ang. Frodo Is Great Who Is That)

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1976
Nowozelandzcy wokaliści
Nowozelandzcy aktorzy filmowi
Laureaci Oscara za najlepszą piosenkę oryginalną
Ludzie urodzeni w Wellington

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'Sinfully Delicious' Dawn McGill tells Charlie Blackwell that if he does not give her an account of where her money is going she will fire him as her financial advisor. Blackwell tries to use the situation to persuade Dawn to join the SEC- she flatly refuses.
Men's Champion 'Tin Cup' Ray McAvay steamrolls past the Millennial Man. Then at the contract signing for McAvay's title defense at MVWA 78 against Blackwell, Charlie drops a bombshell by revealing that Ray had a one night stand with West Texas Adult Entertainment Legend Dark during the time he was separated from then-wife McGIll last year.
Bo Stevens interrupts 'Cowboy' Dan Butler's promo and tells him that it's his turn to have a TV title shot against 'Redneck' Bill Dickinson. Then Stevens and Ted Tebow- Tim Tebow's long lost black sheep brother no one know ever existed, attack Butler.
The Sports Entertainment Corporation: P.M.C. Banks and 'Canadian Bad Boy' Justin Beaver punch their ticket to a title shot at MVWA 78 with a win over Perfectly Average Company: Average Joe and Brad Company.
SNAFU and Coach E.J. Flack come out next. Flack states the SNAFU has bided his time and waited patiently for his opportunity to get a TV title shot against Bill Dickinson- he should be next.
'Extreme Pizza Delivery Girl' Tessa Martin defeats 'Queen of the Trailer Park' Lani Harlot to earn a title shot at MVWA 78 against Women's champion Lisa Barbosa-Stevens.
The Kardoucheians invade Jill Berg's office. They don't want to put their world famous, highly rated reality show 'Krampin' Up with the Kardoucheians' at risk during Khris Kardoucheian's match with Dawn McGill at MVWA 78. Jill rejects their entreaties and tosses them out of his office.
Women's Champion Lisa Barbosa-Stevens destroys Shea Ghackerman in half a minute. Barbosa-Stevens debuts her new finisher…the vintage Ken Shamrock version of the Ankle Lock.
Khris Kardoucheian reluctantly signs off on the contract for his match with McGill. McGill had signed off on the match earlier in the night.
The Kardoucheian Empire cut a promo on Khris Kardoucheian's MVWA 78 opponent- 'Sinfully Delicious' Dawn McGill.
Ken Worth-The American Trucker and 'No Frills' Chris Escondido defeated The French Connection: Jobber D'Hut and obnoxious French sports talk host Dan LeBasterd- Worth pinned LeBasterd with the Jake Brake.
The Beer Bellied Softball Playing Ninja: Hank and Tiny with Stan and April O'Neale defeat the Mr. Wrestling XXXIV and the Mononaghelian Stomper- Tiny pinned Mononaghelian Stomper after hitting the Big Belch.
The Sports Entertainment Corporation's Charlie Blackwell cuts a promo on 'Tin Cup' Ray McAvay.
'Extreme Pizza Delivery Girl' Tessa Martin cuts a promo on her opponent- MVW Women's Champion Lisa Barbosa-Stevens.
Bo Stevens comes out with Ted Tebow- Tim Tebow's long lost black sheep brother no one ever knew he had and cuts a promo on 'No Frills' Chris Escondido. Tebow 'Tebows' a lot during the promo.
Weapons of Mass Destruction: A. Tom Bomb and Hy Drogen Bomb with Daisy Cutter-Bomb defeat MVW Tag Team Champions: Rah and 'The Luchador with Insanely Poor Oral Hygiene' Halitosis- A-Bomb pinned Halitosis after hitting the Atomic Powerbomb.
MVW Men's Champion 'Tin Cup' Ray McAvay cuts a short promo on Blackwell.
Ninja Kitty and Yosemite Samantha won big matches last month at MVWA 77. Now, they're trying to move themselves into Women's title consideration. Ever since Regina McGill was dumped from the SEC in September, she's been trying to find her way back. The winner of this match will get a leg up in their quest for a Women's title shot.
Still smarting following a loss to the WMD, the BBSPN have been trying to enact revenge on A-Bomb and H-Bomb without any luck. At MVWA 78, the two teams meet again in an Extreme Deathmatch which pretty much means anything goes.
Can the BBSPN get the payback they are looking for? Or will the WMD find a way to outfight and outsmart them again?
Bo went to school in his match against 'No Frills' Chris Escondido at MVWA 77. At MVWA 78, Stevens looks to graduate by defeating Escondido outright and put himself in title contention.
Can Stevens take the next step up or does Escondido have one more big fight in him?
McGill hasn't wrestled in over two years. Khris Kardoucheian has never wrestled in his life. With so much riding on the match, can McGill somehow roll back the years and put an end to the Kardoucheian's TV empire? Or will she be forced to be a part of the reality show?
The SEC brought in a big time wrestler in Scott Stevens to team with P.M.C. Banks but Dawn McGill saved the day for the Island of Misfit Wrestlers at MVWA 77. Now, Mr. McMann has signed Beaver as Banks's tag team partner will an eye on dethroning the tag team champions.
Does McGill have one more miracle left in her or is this the end of the road for the Island of Misfit Wrestlers?
At MVWA 76, Christa Carmondy broke through to finally win the title. At MVWA 77, Lisa Barbosa-Stevens did the same thing. Now at MVWA 78, is it Tessa Martin's turn to win the Women's title? Since aligning with the SEC, Barbosa-Stevens has exhibited a more aggressive style and now has the Ken Shamrock vintage Ankle Lock in her arsenal as a finisher. Since being replaced in the SEC by Barbosa-Stevens, Tessa has redoubled her focus on the reason she joined up with the SEC in the first place- one more run at the top.
Will Tess somehow find a way? Or will Barbosa-Stevens cement her hold on the MVW Women's title?
Two former friends and allies in the Les Miserables clash in a rematch from MVWA 77. Charlie Blackwell saw money signs and a chance to become financially secure when he stunned everyone by joining up with Mr. McMann's Sports Entertainment Corporation. Now, he looks help fulfill the SEC's corporate objectives by winning the Men's title from McAvay. Blackwell has also found himself embroiled in a tug of war of sorts over his cousin/McAvay's former wife Dawn McGill. Blackwell is angling to bring McGill into the SEC by cutting off her money. McAvay helped his ex-wife out by supporting her financially the past couple of weeks. Blackwell dropped a bomb on McAvay by revealing a one night stand with Dark last year. How will McAvay respond when both men step into the ring at MVWA 78?
Can Blackwell use the turmoil in McAvay's life to take the Men's title from him? Can McAvay block out the disorder enough to deny Blackwell his first ever title?
These questions and more will be answered at MVWA 78 on Bro-Slam tomorrow night.


Just a tip for everybody here, don't know how important it is but watch your English when you spell place or peoples names use a CAPITAL letter.
When using the word 'I' a capital is always used. I do not know how important it is but it might help if you can show you can write good English.
Yup.. i agree wif u.. coz its juz straight all the way then u-turn.. IF really running.. grabbing a cab frm Tanah Merah mrt station is the fastest..
SINGAPORE : Singapore Airlines is still weighing proposals from both US-based Boeing and its European rival Airbus, and no decision on the purchase of new passenger jets is imminent, the carrier's spokesman said Tuesday.
"We are still evaluating proposals from both manufacturers and we are not leaning one way or the other at this stage of the process," Stephen Forshaw, the airline's vice-president of public affairs, told AFP.
Neither has there been any decision on the number of aircraft, he said.
"The decision isn't imminent," Forshaw added.
Boeing shares hit an all-time high Friday after a report that Singapore Airlines was leaning to Boeing over Airbus for a big order of long-range jets.
But the airline, one of Asia's biggest carriers, could still be swayed by price cuts from Airbus, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The deal could involve firm orders for 66 to 80 Boeing jets, unidentified sources told the business newspaper.
"This is one of the last major Asian campaigns to be resolved and Airbus, whose A340 Singapore currently flies, will no doubt be slashing their prices to regain some market share after a triumphant year in the region for Boeing's wide-body offerings," Bank of America Securities analyst Nick Fothergill said.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Australia's Qantas both recently booked major orders for Boeing jets, after the company won a succession of big orders from China.
As of December 20, Boeing's net orders for 2005 stood at 870 planes, trumping Airbus, which in recent years has overtaken Boeing in numbers of planes delivered to customers.
While its young 90-plane fleet is mostly Boeing, Singapore Airlines will be the first to fly Airbus's new A380 superjumbo.
SIA has ordered 10 A380s with another 15 on option and will be the first airline to take delivery of the double-decker jet in November 2006. The company also operates five Airbus A340s.
Airbus is also counting on orders in Asia, announcing this month its biggest deal yet in China, for 150 mid-range planes worth nearly 10 billion dollars.
An interesting piece of news. More FAs are needed eh?
they are in demand for FAs cause of new flights to new destinations. plus new order of flights.good luck to all of you!!
Hi all anyone going for the 10am slot? I have tried many times, think I'm too immune to it liao. But nonetheless, as long as I still have the interest towards it, I'll still go for it.
CamilleBax wrote: Hi all anyone going for the 10am slot? I have tried many times, think I'm too immune to it liao. But nonetheless, as long as I still have the interest towards it, I'll still go for it.
do not give up. this is my second attempt. i failed my management round. so close yet so far.imagine the disappointment i had.anyways, do not really want to talk bout it. just be positive and look forward to it.
me me me! go together???
trish, mind over body. on the faithful day, mingle around with the rest of the girls and engage in conversations. this will distract you from your focus and hopefully, you will find your calmness on the day. it isnt that bad for the 1st round interview with 10 in a room, excluding the 2 interviewers, so basically just give your best shot. tension might be high, but learn to control yourself.
dont prepare too much for the interview. just learn and understand what might be posed to you, and just let your flair bring you through on that day itself.
tks for ur encouragement n easement. Words fr u guys definitely make me feel much more better. I will rem wat u say. Hope tt i will have more confident in myself on tt day thinking tt I am one step closer to my dream. God bless all of us!
pls dont ever tink of backing out!! If you do...tink of those who r waiting badly wanting and waiting to receive the email invites. You must stay focus. Tell you the truth, I do face the same problem...stammering at my words whenever I speak infront of many ppl...its the tension n the feeling of nervousness tat will dampens us down thus we got to fight tat negative vibes n give our best shot!! We have ample time from now to get prepared for ourselves, infact all these while I'v been tinkin all sorts of possible questions tat might be posed to me. So I'm practising...practise n practise.....SInce Trish and julie havin the same time slot...n me staying at Tampines we can meet somewhere to head down the place togeta. Cab sharing?
Don't worry!!! Since SIA is employing more FAs for the new year, i believe all of us here have a higher chance tis time round regardless of all factors.
To all who have not got their invitation.
Anyone who r like me who hasn't received any invitation by SIA? I sent my application form through snail mail on the Wed of the week. Inside the application form, I had declarded that I last applied for the position was in October 2005. I wonder if it is because of this that I am not invited.
anybody on 07/01/06, sat 8.40am please pm me, let's brave it together!
mine is the earliest!!! Trish, wawa and Julie...bestest luck! and we will fly our dreams high to reality.
anyone, anyone..i am so excited!
who says what blacklist previously?