The News Of the Day 2009 Entrepreneur of The Year

Daniel won Entrepreneur of the Year for the Gwata Lunchon today. We are all very proud of Daddy. To the first of many Hon. I love you and am proud to be your partner in this venture as well as in our path in life.

Spring Break Vacation 2009

So for Spring Break we had decided to take the kids to Wolf Lodge but after a little snag in the reservations we had to come up with a Plan B.
So we decided to take them to Ocean Shores,WA.
This is the view from our Room. We really enjoyed the time with family.

All done with beach walk.

The girls comparing sand dollars.

Josh just thrilled to take a picture with his sisters.

Mr. Isaiah was collecting sand dollars and every shell that he found.

Daniel teaching the kids how to build a sand castle.

Kira was not wanting to come back home because she saw a few of her friends. Ariel,flounder,nemo,dori and Sebastien.

We are all riding horses. Mom and Kira followed in the car.

Hello to all

Well we are doing fine we can not wait for spring. We have been so busy and can't wait to be able to do stuff outside. Well the business is going great we just sign one of our biggest contract so we are fixing to be even busier. But like my mom says better work while you can. I am in school as well so it is just been a little hard for me to keep everything in order. But it is now or never right.
Well we hope to see the family in August. I will keep you all informed of the life in the Pirestani Household.

It has been fun this Winter to Say the Least!!!!

He got the silver medal!!!!!!!!!!



















He was so mad because he got second place. Which is great for it being his first year.

Now Isaiah has decided that he want to wrestle so this is his first tournament.GO MAT CATS!!

Isaiah also got to go see Handy Manny and the rest of the gang

Kira At the Disney Live.She was so trilled to see all her Favorite Disney friends.

Coach Taking to them.

Tatiana in volleyball tournaments since January

Halloween "2008" Feliz dia de Las Brujas

THE GIRLS IN THEIR COSTUMES.















JOSHUA IS A OLD MAN HE REALLY SCARED SOME KIDS.






























DANIEL AND JOSHUA READY TO SCARE THE KIDS.





























ISAIAH WAS A GORILLA HE HAD TO EAT.

BRENA WIFE OF FRANKSTEIN

DANIEL AND I DRESSED FOR A PARTY.

HERE ARE THE KIDDOS READY FOR TRICK AND TREAT.

PICTURES OF THE HUNTED HOUSE BELOW. WE REALLY ENJOY DOING THIS EVERY YEAR. WE GOT ALOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS.

Our Company made the Wenatchee World

Here are the articles that where printed today if you want to see the pictures go to www.wenatcheeworld.com


A high-tech translation at hospital

Posted October 24, 2008

Erika Tovar, an interpreter for Systematech, answers a call from Central Washington Hospital on Thursday. The local company employs 12 people who provide English/Spanish translation.
WENATCHEE — Until last month, Central Washington Hospital contracted to have a certified Spanish-speaking interpreter stationed at the hospital, and others on call to respond when needed.

This is the equipment used at Central Washington Hospital’s dialysis center for Systematech’s interpreter services. Systematech is a local company that employs 12 people and provides English/Spanish translation. (World photo/Kelly Gillin)
Now, at the touch of a computer screen, an interpreter is available immediately, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In seconds, an interpreter answers, and a live picture comes up on the computer screen, alongside a picture of the patient who’s in front of the screen.
After a one-month trial, it was an easy decision to sign up for inDemand Interpreting, said Jack Powers, the hospital’s director of human resources. Offered by a new Wenatchee company called Systematech, the program is easy to use, faster and cheaper than in-person interpreters, and surprisingly, patients seem as comfortable with a computer-screen interpreter as they do with one in the room, he said.
Community Choice, a consortium of North Central Washington hospitals and clinics, is looking to expand the service to its other members, and interpreters at those health care facilities can join in the network and interpret for others as well. Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak and North Valley Hospital in Tonasket are now planning to switch, said Jesus Hernandez, Community Choice executive director. He said it’s particularly good for small hospitals, which may not get enough business for a full-time interpreter, and whose patients may personally know their interpreter and appreciate the option of using someone they don’t know.
The Wenatchee Police Department is also testing it, with a computer in its lobby and one in a patrol car. Sgt. Cherie Smith said she’s not sure when the department will make a decision. But having an interpreter available at all times would be a big improvement over what’s available to non-English speaking residents now, she said.
“Sometimes we have a bilingual officer on duty, and some days we don’t,” Smith said. If it’s not a serious matter, police may wait until someone inside the department can handle it. “Sometimes, people have to wait a whole day for someone to be on duty. I’m thinking of one case, a lady had her dog stolen, and she found her dog and she wanted to tell us, ‘This is where my dog is.’ But no one could understand her, so she had to wait a day to get her dog back,” she said.
Powers said hospital patients sometimes waited 20 or 30 minutes for an interpreter, and now it’s instant.
He said during the testing phase, Central Washington Hospital used the online interpreters 153 times in one week, for a total of 568 minutes. That’s an average of 22 calls a day, with each call taking less than four minutes.
From that trial with four interpreter stations, the hospital is expanding to least 17 stations, including the hospital’s dialysis center and home care services. Powers said the hospital will still keep an interpreter at the hospital, particularly for emergencies, and interpreters from Systematech will also come to the hospital when requested.
He said initial costs for the online service will be higher due to set-up, but over time, the hospital will save 20 to 30 percent on its interpreting costs.
K.C. Mehaffey: 997-2512
mehaffey@wenworld.com



Wenatchee company saw need for translators on demand

Posted October 24, 2008

"WENATCHEE — Daniel and Elena Pirestani combined their careers and a five-year dream to develop inDemand Interpreting, an online translation service operating day and night in downtown Wenatchee.
Eleven certified interpreters, as many as four at a time, sit at computers ready to take calls and translate from English to Spanish and back again.
Daniel is a computer technician and Elena is a certified interpreter.
Daniel said he attempted to develop online interpreting five years ago, when his wife traveled long distances to interpret for state Labor and Industries. But the technology wasn’t good enough at the time. When he tried again, inDemand Interpreting was born.
The cost is $1 to $2.75 a minute.
For Elena Pirestani, improving the availability of translators is a personal venture as well as a business one. She grew up in California, and as a child was often called upon to translate for the adults in her family.
She remembers having to tell her grandmother that her aunt had leukemia.
“That’s hard when you’re growing up. But you’re the only one they have” to translate for them, she said.
Having affordable, online interpreters will prevent many Latino families from having to rely on their children, she said.
Pirestani said it’s not surprising patients are comfortable talking to an online interpreter.
“In our culture, we’re not against the technology. It’s knowing there’s somebody there who cares that matters,” she said. “We can actually see the other person on the other side. And we don’t have to wait for 15 or 20 minutes.”
— K.C. Mehaffey, World staff

It's Official Summer is Over Fall is Here!

So the Summer is over and fall is here we are now getting ready for the holidays and some of you might know that Daniel and Mom's favorite holiday is Halloween so this year we actually found a pumpkin patch to take the kids to. In this pumpkin patch there is also a corn maze.So we took the whole family to pick their own pumpkins as well as to go through the maze. So Daniel and Mom decided to rent Children of the Corn last night and then take the kids here. All went well and the kids had a blast the didn't even remember the movie.Here are some pictures. We also took the kid to the Carnival this weekend.

The kids all done ready to go home after all the walking.

House at the end of the corn maze.

The Girls done looking all ready for maze.

Here is Nana Diane and Kira looking for a pumpkin.

The kids looking for their pumpkins and they all were looking for the big ones.

Kira ready to go. She has her sling shot ready to enter the corn maze.

Isaiah looking his pumpkin.

Kira and Yesenia at the Pumpkin Patch. We took the kids to pick their Pumpkins and go through the corn maze. That was after they say Children of the Corn last night.

All the kids at the end of the carnival 2008

They all had fun and Isaiah got on the Ring of Fire!!!!

Yesenia and Kira also going to Space.

Here is Isaiah and Brena getting ready to go to space.

Isaiah looking at us to see if we see him on the ride.

Here is Kira in the Fish ride at the fair Oct. 2008

HOLA TO EVERYONE

Hola to all-

Well the summer went really fast and we had lots of fun. We enjoyed spending the time with the family and our kids. We want to thank my parents and siblings for making this a wonderful summer for our kids they enjoyed their time with their tios and tias. We can't forget their cousins. We also enjoyed the time spend in Disneyland with all of you. I will post some pictures soon. As you all know we have started our new venture in business ownership and it has been a busy month we are now moving to a new location because we have outgrown or first office space.
I am learning so much and still learning even though I don't have as much time off as I thought I was going to have. But hopefully it won't be for to long since the kids do miss us and are so use to having all of our attention. Well we will post pictures soon and we love you all and hope to see you all soon.

OUR LOVELY FAMILY 2008

OUR GIRLS THEY ARE GETTING SO BIG AND ARE GOING TO BE OUR HEART BREAKERS SOME DAY

OUR BEAUTIUL FAMILY!

The RULERS of the HOUSE.

BETTER KNOWN AS THE PIRESTANI GIRLS!

My Two Heart Breakers they are getting so big.

My Handsome Three Men.

As young as fourteen years ago. Daniel and Elena