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Jewelry sale in time for Mama's Day!

Three of my very talented Star-Advertiser colleagues will be selling self-designed, handcrafted jewelry items from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday May 6 at Coffee Talk in Kaimuki. Go check it out! Betty Shimabukuro, Steph Kendrick and Joleen Oshiro make really cool/pretty/fun stuff!

20 Happiest Jobs in America

So you don't have to click through the whole flippin' slideshow (because I already did). This is from CareerBliss.com via Forbes magazine online.

The Happiest Jobs in America

The 20 Happiest Jobs
CareerBliss.com just released its new list of the Happiest Jobs In America, based on analysis from more than 100,400 employee-generated reviews between February 2011 and January 2012. Here are the top 20.

1. Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Score: 4.24

2. (tie) Executive Chef
Score: 4.15

2. (tie) Property Manager
Score: 4.15

4. Teller
Score: 4.14

5. Warehouse Manager
Score: 4.13

6. Administrative Assistant
Score: 4.11

7. Customer Service Representative
Score: 4.06

8. Accountant
Score: 4.05

9. (tie) Systems Engineer
Score: 4.01

9. (tie) Construction Manager
Score: 4.01

9. (tie) Human Resources Manager
Score: 4.01

9. (tie) Field Service Technician
Score: 4.01

9. (tie) Process Engineer
Score: 4.01

14. Financial Analyst
Score: 3.99

15. Software Engineer
Score: 3.97

16. (tie) Director of Operations
Score: 3.96

16. (tie) Loan Officer
Score: 3.96

18. Electrician
Score: 3.95

19. Machine Operator
Score: 3.94

20. System Administrator
Score: 3.93

2012 Forbes.com LLC™

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APEC USA 2011 - Hawai‘i

Honolulu Star-Advertiser Biz-section mates and I took a field trip to the Hawai‘i Convention Center to check out the set-up for APEC Hawaii 2011.

There is quite the analog message center for delegates:

A Hawai‘i Innovation welcome booth, with colleagues Andrew Gomes and Assistant Business Editor Dave Segal to the right.

Several displays adjacent to the welcome booth were the SEE-it exhibit, with pretty cool displays featuring the Hawai‘i companies selected through a juried process. They include a display by the Hawai‘i Robotics Organizing Committee depicting scene. IDK why I didn't see a display from the vaunted Waialua High School program. Displays bore the names of the University of Hawai‘i College of Engineering; Waiakea High School Micro Robotics (go Big Island!); ROC's FIRST LEGO League; Hanalani Schools' Botball and Moanalua High School.

In the news media area at the Hawaii Convention Center, our APEC 2011 newsroom door.

Guess the sign-making standard didn't allow for a second line in order to fit "Honolulu Star-Advertiser," as well as the APEC logo. The small room has two tables, chairs and electrical and Internet hook-ups. The spartan space feels a bit like being in a trailer. A trailer without windows.

Could have been worse. We could have gotten the masking tape treatment, as did this news organization:

Another one of our media-pod neighbors:

Surprising that The Associated Press and NHK would have to share a suite, though it was a "double-long," (versus double-wide. Did I mention that the media rooms seemed a bit like being in a trailer?)

Just beyond its shared suite, is the AP tech area. MUCH larger than pictured. Staffers were being instructed by the central figure in the shot as to certain local terms, including "puka" (which means "hole"). EE note: People having fun with the Hawaiian language sometimes replace the word "zero" with the word "puka," if they're say, verbally relaying a phone number.

Sorry so blurry, I was on-the-move ... heading for the non-media side (for staff, or delegates, or folks far more important, it seemed).

Oooh! Would this suite be cushy and luxe inside?

Yeah, not so much:

The delegates' side of the Hawaii Convention Center floor is nicer than the media side, as one might expect.

Just thought I'd share a preview from our field trip today.

Be sure and read the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for continuing APEC coverage. Online access to the paper is free all week!

-- Erika

 

 

Jalapenos stuffed with BACON, cheese(s) and green onion

Prepared for a party over the weekend.

Have been trying to upload it from my phone since Saturday night!

The "recipe" and method is here: http://is.gd/JalapenosBaconCheese (subscription required), but essentially it's about a dozen jalapenos, halved and seeded; an 8-oz block of cream cheese, softened, a lb of crispy-cooked bacon, crumbled, a couple handfuls of grated cheese of choice and another couple handfuls of thinly sliced green onion. WEAR GLOVES (latex, etc.), or your hands may get tingly/start burning from pepper prep!

Bake at 350 till the cheese is bubbly but not oozing out of the peppers. For additional browning, broil 'em! (Just keep a watchful eye on 'em!)

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Kaplan to This Week
Rick Kaplan has been named executive producer of This Week on ABC Television Network. He replaces Ian Cameron , who left late last year. Kaplan's departure from CBS Evening News with Katie Couric  as executive producer was covered earlier this week by The Navigator . He is a multiple award-winning news producer and executive spanning a career in broadcast journalism of more than 35 years. For further details, call This Week at 202-222-7100.

Lehrer to step down from anchor post at PBS NewsHour
Jim Lehrer announced he will step down from his role as anchor at PBS NewsHour effective June 6. At that time, he will begin serving in a contributing role as moderator on Friday evenings. He first began working for the show in 1975 when it was named the Robert MacNeil Report. PBS NewsHour can be followed on Twitter at @NewsHour. To learn more, contact 703-998-2150.

Vieira bids farewell to Today
Meredith Vieira has announced she will step down from her role at the Today show in June 2011, where she has served as co-host with Matt Lauer since she joined the show in September 2006. She will continue at NBC News in a role to be announced in the coming months. Replacing her as co-host is Ann Curry, who has served as the show's news anchor since 1997. National correspondent and co-host of the third hour of Today, Natalie Morales, has been named news anchor of the show to replace Curry. Additionally, NBC News White House correspondent and co-host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC, Savannah Guthrie , will serve as the third hour co-host also beginning in June. Today can be found on Twitter at @todayshow. For further information, call 212-664-4602.

WaPo's Style desk shuffles staff
Ned Martel (@nedmartel) stepped down from his post as senior editor of The Washington Post's (@washingtonpost) Style section to serve as a staff writer covering the 2012 U.S. elections. He has been with the paper since June 2009 and was previously on staff at publications such as the now defunct Men's Vogue and George. Additionally, Nicole Arthur, assignment editor for Style, is now an editor for the Sunday Style and Arts section. She returned to the paper in 1998 and served her first stint at the publication in the early 1990's. To learn more, contact 212-334-6000.

Rockwood boards O
Kate Rockwood joined the staff of O, The Oprah Magazine in late April as a senior editor. Previously, she was with Fast Company, where she had worked her way up the ranks from editorial intern to senior editor. Follow O, The Oprah Magazine on Twitter at @O_Magazine. For additional information, call 212-903-5000.

Norman out at OWN
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Reuters welcomes editor-in-charge
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American Banker hedges on Weinberg
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Gizmodo editor jumps to Lifehacker
Jason Chen joined Lifehacker as managing editor. He comes to the site from Gizmodo, where he served as editor since September 2008. Prior to being named editor, he was a senior associate editor. Also at Lifehacker, Kevin Purdy left his post as contributing editor. Other titles he held while at the site include associate editor. Lifehacker is available on Twitter at @LifeHacker and Chen can be found at @diskopo. Contact 212-655-9524 to find out more.

CNET welcomes new editor
Jaymar Cabede has joined CNET News  as an associate editor covering mobile and Windows software for the website. CNET can be found on Twitter at @CNETNews and Cabede at @jaymarcabebe . For additional information, call 415-344-2000.

Feifer out at Men's Health
Jason Feifer has left Men's Health , where he served as a senior editor in its New York bureau. A replacement has not been named for him. Feifer had been with the magazine since 2008. For further details, call the New York bureau at 212-697-2040.

HuffPo brings on health editor
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Kumihimo, 16-bobbin kongo, Z & S spiral

Finished Christmas Eve morning, 2010.

The pattern/instructions for this braid are contained in the "Comprehensive Treatise of Braids VI: Kumihimo Disk and Plate" by Makiko Tada.

Tada-sama has been at kumihimo for decades, (her mother was an instructor, though she was never an official student of her mother), and has in fact designed machines that produce kumihimo braids (she is an engineer and a professor as well as a kumihimo legend).

This is only my third year of kumihimo, so please do not allow my amateurish work to reflect on Tada-sensei in any way.

My braid was made using four colors of rayon embroidery floss (single strand of 6 filaments on each of 16 bobbins). Part of it will become, very shortly, a gift for a friend.

Kikaida fans - sad news.

“SAYONARA, IKEDA-SAN”

Ikeda Shunsuke Memorial Service
November 11, 2010  5:00-7:00 pm
Blaisdell Center Hawaii Suites
Enter from Hawaii Suite 1 on the concourse
Free and open to the public*
*Parking available in Blaisdell Garage for $6
Sponsored by JN Productions, Inc.

Ikeda Shunsuke, who had the main role in the popular TV series of the mid-seventies, “Kikaida 01,” passed away on June 11, 2010. 

He is best known in Hawaii for his role as Ichiro, Kikaida’s older brother. The Kikaida and Kikaida 01 series aired in Hawaii from 1974—1976, and the characters became pop icons and superheroes to children of every ethnic background and neighborhood in Hawaii.

In 1975, the Kikaida Brothers came to Hawaii for a show at the old H.I.C. Exhibition Hall and Hilo Civic Auditorium. Crowds were dazzled, and both human and costume forms were welcomed like rock stars wherever they went.

The “Kikaida” series was revived on Hawaiian television in 2001, and the DVD Box Sets were produced locally by JN Productions between 2004—2007.  Ikeda along with Kikaida star, Ban Daisuke returned to Hawaii for many promotional and charity events, and were greeted by the same crowd, only this time, by children of original fans.

A memorial service honoring Ikeda will be held on November 11, 2010, his 70th birthday at the Blaisdell Center Hawaii Suites from 5:00-7:00 pm. 

All Ikeda Shunsuke and Kikaida fans are invited to this free event to reminisce and share fond memories of their favorite super hero from the 70’s.

He loved Hawaii so deeply that it was his wish to have his ashes scattered here in our waters.  Ikeda is survived by wife Toshie and daughter Miri.

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