When we began thinking about this year's parade and what had happened in New Orleans we realized we were two cities that had experienced trauma. After all the grief New Orleans had, they have not been able to stage their jazz funeral. We realized we could provide the venue.

Their lives are in bits and pieces, they're spread all over. But on the night of Halloween, we'll all come together. When this band comes down the street and they're playing their music, it's going to move energy and spirit. People are going to feel the mourning that needs to be done for New Orleans.

This is the night when people dance, that's what this holiday is about. It's about dancing in the face of death.

These homes tell this story about what we were thinking about life and how we were shaping it. They show how important it was to us as Americans that everyone had a home.

There are lots of different stories where kids are really thinking about their own lives and interests. The idea is not all kids may become scientists, but all kids will be impacted by science.

The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.