Karl's Kids Program, Inc. Blog » News letter http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog A section of Karl's Kids Program, Inc. Information Site Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 New Site in the Family http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/2009/08/12/new-site-in-the-family/ http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/2009/08/12/new-site-in-the-family/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:13:22 +0000 TJ http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/?p=318 Our old Animal Services 2000 website has moved to its own domain and and has upgraded many of its features. With the move it also got a new look.

www.AnimalServices2000.org

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From Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Within ) comes the following: 

The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past. As a young man, Pimentel (Ron Livingston) realized he had a remarkable gift for public speaking. Pimentel’s idol is College Bowl founder Dr. Padrow (Hector Elizondo), but upon trying out for Dr. Padrow, the ambitious young speaker is informed that he won’t have anything to talk about until he has lived a full life. …

But it is not as much about changing others’ perceptions of persons with disabilities as it is about altering their perceptions of themselves, and with a little help from foul-mouthed genius Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen)(who has cerebral palsy), free-spirited beauty Christine (Melissa George), and mercurial, hard-drinking veteran Mike Stoltz (Yul Vázquez), Pimentel will play a pivotal role in creating the Americans With Disabilities Act, and finally discover his inner music.

I enjoyed hearing some of the music from the Vietnam era and seeing a small glimpse of life in the public for people with disabilities before the ADA.

~ T. Jennings

]]> http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/2009/08/07/music-within-and-richard-pimentel/feed/ 0 Changes at karlskidsprogram.info Domain http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/2009/08/07/changes-at-karlskidsprogram-info/ http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/2009/08/07/changes-at-karlskidsprogram-info/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:03:17 +0000 TJ http://www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog/?p=233 Along with the website and forum, admin has now installed a blog. It is still in the development stage and will be undergoing more additions and changes in looks.

Website – www.karlskidsprogram.info / forum – www.karlskidsprogram.info/forum / www.karlskidsprogram.info/blog

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