i interviewed and was placed at 170 otis as a public-service trainee performing administrative duties. [cheers and applause] after being employed -- after being unemployed for what seemed an eternity, the program gave me a new sense of being and i felt like myself again. my kids seemed happier and told me they were proud of me because i never gave up. working as a public-service trainee, i was able to brush up on my asman skills, attend staff trainings, and become a part of the team within the human services agency. it is good to bring home a paycheck i finally turned. all along, we understood this was a federally funded program that would last until september, 2010, unless it was extended. my supervisor at that time, john murray, encouraged us to look for permanent employment, requiring us to apply to least five jobs per week. in december, 2009, received an alert for a job opening with the city and county as a 2903 eligibility worker. [cheers and applause] i applied and because of my experience in the human services agency as a trainee, i was notified that i met the minimum experienc

event will now doesn't simply just work out your romanian side in a rare as a trainee in the third qualifying round of the champions league on tuesday night was despite the russian side being clear favorites that coach and china's for letters says his men have to beat a dangerous team so let's have been training at the star stadium in bucharest which is being used for the match as only raise ground only holds seven thousand fans and statistics suggest this should be an easy win for the same petersburg team who top the russian premier league and on a ten day winning streak despite that it's well at least being cautious having seen the red play his former club last season which is under supervision but here's the thing and it's going to dish you would have to have lots of good qualities and know you know very good team who deserved to be here because this last year when they played a strong one in the first. so it looks like you know i have a big child on their hands and know if they have a chance of reaching the playoffs they have to get something from this match before the return leg next wee

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. >> at the world renown culinary institute of america, trainee chefs who are learning their craft in 6 cooking and baking suites are taught several things, including the fact that their day often starts early-- like 5:00 in the morning early. even before the rooster crowed, karl diehn was feeding chickens at the institute's 1.5-acre student-run farm in st. helena, 2 hours north of san francisco. >> make sure they have plenty of water. we usually change it twice, at least twice a day. >> then it's time to harvest the potatoes he planted a few months ago. >> last year, we had a lot of different crops, but we didn't have potatoes. so this season, it was definitely something that i wanted to try. >> he came to the institute from the east coast hoping to become a chef, never realizing he'd end up laboring on a farm, learning first-hand all about farming and growing local produce like squash. these colorful blossoms are harvested as well, even if they're not fully open. >> we have a dish which--it's a squash blossom risotto, and with the open ones, we just kind of stir it into the risotto

trainee a matter of months those who worked with russian investigation teams say laying the blame on them is not fair there was in essence a joint investigation under way which i think was very wise sides so i know that there have been an old going series of conversations and efforts because we do need to understand what happened to that replay so where does the doubt in the transparency of the investigation and the causes of the crash come from some believe politics could be playing their feet. are fond of believing that it was the russian factor and that the second major. major factor is that there is a strong media coverage on this issue and the. political fight between parties using this crash as it often goes it was a tragedy that broke the ice between two people which instant death but moscow in warsaw closer than they've been in decades and now that relationship will have to withstand conspiracy theories to dollars bar to moscow. other top stories from around the globe at this hour and a key piece is the mouth it appears on its ruptured well in the gulf of mexico appears to be

every trainee has to score a 90% or better to become an engineer. >> you got an 87. >> in a nutshelland in the way of my dream of working on the railroad. so, like most conductors, i worked my way up. and like any job, every day is in a dream. >> it takes a lot more than conductors andiers to run a railroad. bfsf has close to 40,000 employees who keep this operation running. >> reporter: today it's 40,001. >> when is it time for a coffee break? >> reporter: with a new appreciation for how the railroad really works, the romance of my dream job really came to life as i stepped foot on a locomotive for the first time in seattle at daybreak. our goal, transport 50 cars of freight, full of appliances, frozen reg tabls and electronics eastward toward chicago. >> so my responsibilities today are what in. >> getting to know your territory, from point a to point b. getting to know your signals and what they mean. writing down any delay they we may have along the trip. >> reporter: conductor tom has been a railroader for over three decades. >> if you keep your eyes and ears open, you'll learn

further the commission will provide recommendations for trainees to prevent and deter crime and violence. the recommendations should also help to reduce recidivism, improve cost effectiveness and ensure the interest of justice at every step of the criminal justice system. h.r. 5143 expresses the sense of congress that the commission should work toward unanimousity in making its findings and recommendations. senator jim web of virginia introduced legislation to establish this in the senate. the bill has co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 39 senators in the house, my friend from massachusetts, bill delahunt, a colleague on the judiciary committee, and a former district attorney himself, introduced the house companion legislation to establish the commission. the senior member of the judiciary committee, mr. dul delahunt, reached across the aisle to republican members, including mr. issa and mr. rooney as well as myself to co-sponsor this important piece of legislation. i must confess initially to having some concerns about the bill. why do we need another commission to do the work and co

several trainees have become excellent regular ncat employees. i cannot stress enough how positive the experience works program is for an organization such as ours. ncat normally recruit nationally for positions. however, we had the opportunity a few years ago to conduct energy efficiency audits in montana, we needed to staff of more quickly than our normal hiring process would allow. we targeted our recruitment to a group of experienced into the engineers all over 50, who had either retired or been laid off from our local utilities. we now have a team of 12 staff with the older engineers mentoring the number staff. ncat as a multigenerational, diverse work force of 82 regular staff, 36 of whom are over 50 years of age. we value their experience and expertise and make every effort to remove any barriers to the employment of older workers. including allowing flexible work schedules. many of our staff are working in encore second careers. i myself started at ncat just before my 50th birthday. this is my encore career. my bat -- my past professional

second, we provide $190 million to new troop housing for army trainees. over 60,000 of who are presently living in barracks that don't even meet minimum d.o.d. standards. 18 and 19-year-old military recruit, they don't have many lobbyists running around the halls of capitol hill. but they deserve our nation's respect and support for their decision to serve in our military during a time of war. third, we provide $200 million for a guard and reserve construction initiative, recognizing the vital role these troops are playing in iraq and afghanistan. fourth, the bill provides $1.3 billion in emergency appropriations for military construction at facilities in support of our military operations in afghanistan. fifth, recognizing the mental wounds of war can sometimes be more painful and long lasting than the physical wounds of combat. we provide $5.2 billion for the v.a. to continue its improvements in ptsd and mental health care for america's veterans. sixth, this bill includes funding for 4,048 new permanent v.a. claims processors in order to help veterans r