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so supportive of each other.
“With (the Exiled on Main
Street Sessions ) we wanted to do
something that can take advantage
of that culture and get the entire
community involved.”
Skip promises that anyone who
comes to the recording sessions
will have a chance to be a part of
the album contributing cheers,
melodies or even hand claps.
It’s that kind of audience inter
action that makes live recordings
so special and unique.
“They just add an entirely new
level of excitement,” lead guitarist
Nick Jaeger said. “With a live show,
ADOPTION
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all this ... when we were a little
worried about her and Ryan,” said
David Walmer, who works at the
medical center with Gaudet.
Gaudet has had limited access
to the Internet, arranged by jour
nalists who were living in the hotel
to cover the uprisings.
She and Liebowitz also are able
to speak over the telephone. “I
found out how expensive it is to
call Haiti,” Liebowitz said.
Gaudet has sent several e-mails
to friends and family who are
awaiting her arrival home. In a
message she sent April 8, Gaudet
gave an update about Ryan’s new
discoveries.
She wrote that Ryan rolled over
for the first time, pushing hard
with his head and feet to turn over.
He also has discovered his feet and
likes to hold on to them with his
hands, she wrote.
Liebowitz said that he would
like to be there to see Ryan discov
er new things but that somebody
has to be home to go to work.
After returning from his second
trip to visit his wife and son in Haiti,
Liebowitz said Ryan is the center of
attention everywhere he goes.
“He couldn’t know for anything
that he’s in the middle of a war
torn country,” Liebowitz said.
And there has been a silver lin
ing to the story, he said.
Because his wife and baby have
been prevented ftom returning
home, Gaudet is able to spend all
her time with Ryan instead of hav
ing to return to work soon after
adopting him.
The couple first considered
adopting a child from Haiti after
Liebowitz returned from a med
everything depends on the audi
ence.”
Tickets for any of the three
nights are $8 and can be purchased
by contacting the Speakeasy at
929-6881. Only 40 seats are avail
able for each performance.
“These shows are just going to
be totally honest,” said Logan
Matheny, drummer and Skip’s
younger brother. “In the studio, we
can always go back and do it again
until we get it like we want it. Live,
there is no telling what could hap
pen. There are no boundaries.
That’s scary, but also really
thrilling.”
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“The minute you
hold the baby in
your arms ... oh
yeah, it’s all
worth it!*
RICH LIEBOWITZ, DURHAM RESIDENT
ical missions visit there last sum
mer.
After seeing the poverty-strick
en country and talking to Walmer,
who also adopted a child from
Haiti, Liebowitz and Gaudet
decided to adopt a child from
there.
Two years ago, Walmer and his
wife, Kathy, adopted a daughter
from a Haitian orphanage run by
Catholic nuns.
Through Walmer’s contacts in
Haiti, Liebowitz and Gaudet were
put in touch with a pregnant 16-
year-old living in Port-au-Prince’s
poorest slum. The couple have
been in contact with the girl since
before she gave birth to Ryan, and
Liebowitz and Gaudet will pay for
her to finish school in Haiti.
On Thursday, Liebowitz will
take his third trip in two months to
Haiti to see his wife and son.
“We’re hoping that when
(Liebowitz) comes home this time,
he’ll be coming home with TYacy
and Ryan,” Kathy Walmer said.
In spite of not knowing when
Gaudet and Ryan will return to the
United States, Liebowitz said the
adoption is worth the uncertainty.
“The minute you hold the baby
in your arms ... oh yeah, it’s all
worth it.”
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Officials to stockpile flu shots
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ATLANTA Caught off-guard
last year by a flu vaccine shortage,
the government will begin stockpil
ing flu shots for the first time ever
and target them toward children.
“We were caught with our pants
down,” Dr. Lance Rodewald, head
of immunization services with the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, said Tuesday. “The
pressure on CDC to find vaccine
was enormous.”
The government plans to spend
SBO million during the next two
years to pay for the 4 million-dose
stockpile, which will be set aside
for children up to 18 years old, said
Retail sales leap may bolster economy
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
shoppers, buoyed by an improved
job climate and tax refunds,
indulged themselves in March and
boosted sales at the nation’s retail
ers by the largest amount in a year,
a promising sign the economy is
back in the groove.
The stunning 1.8 percent gain
in retail sales reported Tuesday by
the Commerce Department added
to evidence that the economy has
closed out the January-March
quarter of this year on a strong
note and was entering the current
quarter with good momentum,
analysts said.
“The picture clearly emerging is
that of a resurgent economy,” said
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Also excited about his award
was In Joon Hwang, who received
the James M. Johnston
Distinguished Senior Award in the
Undergraduate Program, given by
the Johnston Undergraduate
Awards Program.
Hwang said he felt blessed when
he found out he won the award.
“My experience at Carolina was
just great. Winning this award was
the cherry on top.”
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the CDC’s Dr. Stephen Cochi.
Congress could allow adults to
tap into the supply during a crisis,
Rodewald said.
This past winter’s flu season got
off to an alarming start with emer
gency rooms filling up and parents
lining up at doctors’ offices seeking
the shots for their children. Flu was
blamed for dozens of children’s
deaths by Christmas.
Most state health departments
and doctors told the CDC they had
run out of flu shots, or had few
doses left. The sudden demand in
late November also surprised the
nation’s vaccine manufacturers,
which already had ended produc
Bill Cheney, chief economist at
John Hancock Financial Services.
Shoppers splurged on a range of
goods in March, including cars,
clothes and building and garden
supplies. January’s and February’s
overall sales figures, meanwhile,
turned out to be better than previ
ously estimated, increasing by 0.5
percent and 1 percent, respectively.
The latest snapshot of retail
activity showed that consumers
have a hearty appetite to spend.
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tion of last season’s vaccine.
At the same time, the CDC and
health officials were urging people
to get their shots when there were
none available.
“Had we known that, we would
have changed our message a little
bit in terms of how we promoted
vaccinations,” Rodewald said.
CDC officials hope the
announcement of its planned vac
cine stockpile will prompt manu
facturers to make more flu shots,
Cochi said.
But there are potential prob
lems. The flu vaccine only is good
for the year that it is made and flu
shot makers have to find a way to be
That’s good news for the economy
because consumer spending
accounts for about two-thirds of all
U.S. economic activity.
Economists said stronger job
growth, tax refunds and super-low
borrowing costs probably made
shoppers feel more inclined to
treat themselves. Those forces
blunted the negative impact of
soaring energy prices, especially
gasoline, analysts said.
“It was a blowout report,” said
able to provide the reserve without
affecting the regular supply. About
83.1 million doses of flu shots were
distributed in the United States this
flu season, the CDC said.
“It’s going to be a challenge to
use this stockpile in an optimal
way,"Cochi said.
Despite its early start, this past
flu season turned out to be fairly
typical, the government said last
week. This season 143 children
died of the flu, which is about aver
age, Cochi said.
Most of the children had no
health problems before getting the
flu, and most had not received a flu
shot.
Stuart Hoflman, chief economist at
PNC Financial Services Group.
“Consumers were shopping them
selves silly in March. The whole
first quarter was a barn burner for
consumer spending.”
But on Wall Street, the retail
sales report made investors worry
that the Federal Reserve might
move to raise interest rates sooner
than some anticipated. The Dow
Jones industrials lost 134.28 points
to close at 10,381.28.
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