Gap Teams Up with Disney Family.com for a Nationwide Search to Find America's Brightest Personalities and Most Adorable Young Faces
Gap's nationwide search for babies and kids with a twinkle in their eye, charm in their smile and an expressive personality to match has officially started. On September 22nd, Gap launched its fourth annual Gap Casting Call, a nationwide contest to find the next faces of babyGap and GapKids.
This year, Gap is teaming up with online parenting site, Disney Family.com, offering phenomenal prizes and more chances to win with its first-ever America's Fan Favorite and Voters' Sweepstakes awards.
How Casting Call Works:
Entry Phase: From Sept. 22 to Oct. 22, parents across the country can enter their child in the contest by visiting gap.com/castingcall to upload a photo of their baby (ages four and under) and kid (ages five to 10) for a chance to be featured in an upcoming babyGap or GapKids campaign in Feb. 2010.
The Finalists: Once the entry phase closes on Oct. 22, judges will narrow down the field to twenty finalists -- 10 babies (five girls and five boys) for babyGap and 10 kids (five girls and five boys) for GapKids. The 20 finalists will be flown to San Francisco with their families to participate in an official Gap photo shoot and will receive prize packages, including a $500 Gap gift card and a deluxe Disney gift bag.
Voting Phase: On Dec. 7, the twenty finalists will be unveiled and voting will begin on gap.com/castingcall. It will then be up to America to decide the next faces of babyGap and GapKids for a 2010 campaign. Voters can vote once a day every day for babyGap [1 boy and 1 girl] and GapKids [1 boy and 1 girl]. And contestants won't be the only ones with a chance to win great prizes. This year, Gap and Disney Family.com are offering a special Voter Sweepstakes. For each vote cast at gap.com/castingcall from Dec. 7 - Dec. 21, voters will be entered in a contest to win a weeklong Luxury Included(R) Caribbean family vacation to Beaches Resorts in Turks and Caicos or Jamaica.
The Winners: Four children will be selected as winners of the Gap Casting Call -- one baby girl and one baby boy for babyGap and one girl and one boy for GapKids. The winners will be featured in the windows of babyGap and GapKids stores from coast-to-coast and will receive other incredible prizes from Gap and Disney including a $1,000 Gap gift card and a Disney on Broadway package in New York or Las Vegas for a two-night VIP Lion King experience.
"In addition to inspiring great ideas for family life, Disney Family.com and Gap are now giving moms a chance to showcase the kids that make it all worthwhile," said Emily Smith, vice president, Disney Online Mom and Family Portfolio.
This year, there is a new award: "Fan Favorite"
The lucky child who receives the most votes at gap.com/castingcall starting on Sept. 22 will win a weeklong Luxury Included(R) Caribbean family vacation to Beaches Resorts in Turks and Caicos or Jamaica.
Fan Favorite voting runs from Sept. 22 through Nov. 17 and the winner will be announced on Dec. 7, along with the 20 finalists. To help get the word out, parents can leverage the power of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, and good ole' fashioned e-mail to help get votes for their adorable tot.
To help spread the word about their charismatic Casting Call contestant, parents can also create a "printable," an adorable mini Gap shopping bag photo holder with arms and legs to showoff their aspiring model. When parents submit a photo of their child, they can opt to print out the printable character that sits on the edge of a table or desk and holds a "Vote for me" sign.
Visit gap.com/castingcall for official contest and sweepstakes rules and information.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Get Those 3D Glasses Prepped and Ready!
From a 1968 hit, a quiet sink and now – a modification – that takes the submerged to a shining star on the merit sash of Disney and Apple! A unique partnership between Disney and Apple is expected to take the old 1968 film “Yellow Submarine” and create a 3D adaptation! It’s reported the pending piece will include 16 of the Beatles musical pieces. Should be interesting to see!
What If THIS is the Best Shopping Tip I Ever Give U?
I don’t know about you but I just love vintage….
And I love shopping
and I love auctions too...
But if you are a collector, listen up --- er, read on! For some reason, I am not sure I care to know, about 70,000 items will be liquidated – all from prop storage at 20th Century..as in one of those BIG studios in Hollywood
AND you don’t have to be in Hollywood to shop the items! Apparently, you can just visit this website to learn more about where you can bid.
Good shopping? Great Deal? I think these folks would make a WHOLE lot more -- if they'd simply take a photo and auction it online...or maybe the piece came with a document that says where it came from - movies it may have been used for...something like that -- but that is just me.
And I love shopping
and I love auctions too...
But if you are a collector, listen up --- er, read on! For some reason, I am not sure I care to know, about 70,000 items will be liquidated – all from prop storage at 20th Century..as in one of those BIG studios in Hollywood
AND you don’t have to be in Hollywood to shop the items! Apparently, you can just visit this website to learn more about where you can bid.
Good shopping? Great Deal? I think these folks would make a WHOLE lot more -- if they'd simply take a photo and auction it online...or maybe the piece came with a document that says where it came from - movies it may have been used for...something like that -- but that is just me.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
September 2009 - Beatles on ROCKBAND?!!
As we live a life of ease, every one of us has all we need, sky blue, and sea green and a…
Well, you get the tune -- and honestly, I can’t wait to update my Rock Band with the next round of some 15 plus tracks which features that all time favorite band The Beatles ™ Rock Band ™.
Want to see a trailer of gameplay? CLICK HERE!
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The newly announced 15 songs represent a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles' storied career from Can't Buy Me Love and Paperback Writer to With A Little Help From My Friends and Yellow Submarine, bringing the total number of announced songs to 25.
Additional on-disc songs will be announced at a later date. From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in The Fab Four's footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania.
For the FIRST TIME in a music videogame, The Beatles: Rock Band introduces three-part vocal harmonies to gameplay, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of The Beatles.
I can’t help but wonder if this is kind of like current editions where you can half way say la, la, la in a monotone semi-harmony and appease the “pitch” finding arrow. BUT that’s just me.
The Beatles: Rock Band will be available September 9, 2009, simultaneously worldwide in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and the Wii. AND YES -- The game will be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero((R)) and other authorized third-party music video game peripherals and microphones.
To learn more about The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-Order Club, click here.
SOURCE MTV Games / PR Newswire
Well, you get the tune -- and honestly, I can’t wait to update my Rock Band with the next round of some 15 plus tracks which features that all time favorite band The Beatles ™ Rock Band ™.
Want to see a trailer of gameplay? CLICK HERE!
.
The newly announced 15 songs represent a cross-section of hits and favorites that span The Beatles' storied career from Can't Buy Me Love and Paperback Writer to With A Little Help From My Friends and Yellow Submarine, bringing the total number of announced songs to 25.
Additional on-disc songs will be announced at a later date. From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in The Fab Four's footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania.
For the FIRST TIME in a music videogame, The Beatles: Rock Band introduces three-part vocal harmonies to gameplay, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of The Beatles.
I can’t help but wonder if this is kind of like current editions where you can half way say la, la, la in a monotone semi-harmony and appease the “pitch” finding arrow. BUT that’s just me.
The Beatles: Rock Band will be available September 9, 2009, simultaneously worldwide in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and the Wii. AND YES -- The game will be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero((R)) and other authorized third-party music video game peripherals and microphones.
To learn more about The Beatles: Rock Band Pre-Order Club, click here.
SOURCE MTV Games / PR Newswire
Carlos Santana Lends Image and a Bit o Music to ROCKBAND
Carlos Santana, is set to appear as an exclusive in-game artist in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5.
Santana's accomplishments span four decades and more than 40 albums including the self-titled album, Santana, that launched one of the most recognizable Latin-infused classic rock anthems, "No One to Depend On." The live version of the song will be featured in Guitar Hero 5 with Carlos Santana jamming on stage as a playable character.
In addition to music from Santana, Guitar Hero 5 features a wide variety of today's hottest rock 'n' roll bands mixed with classic tracks. Brand new game features let fans tailor their experience to meet the evolving ways consumers are interacting with their favorite music and allows them to challenge themselves as a solo act or band member, or kick back with friends and enjoy their personalized set list.
This September, living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero 5. The entire set list is at players' finger tips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Vampire Weekend. Players take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows gamers to personalize and customize how they experience music by being able to play with any controller combination -- multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, in any game mode. With the game's all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier.
Players can now jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, without interrupting their jam session.
SOURCE Activision Publishing, Inc. / PR Newswire
Santana's accomplishments span four decades and more than 40 albums including the self-titled album, Santana, that launched one of the most recognizable Latin-infused classic rock anthems, "No One to Depend On." The live version of the song will be featured in Guitar Hero 5 with Carlos Santana jamming on stage as a playable character.
In addition to music from Santana, Guitar Hero 5 features a wide variety of today's hottest rock 'n' roll bands mixed with classic tracks. Brand new game features let fans tailor their experience to meet the evolving ways consumers are interacting with their favorite music and allows them to challenge themselves as a solo act or band member, or kick back with friends and enjoy their personalized set list.
This September, living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero 5. The entire set list is at players' finger tips from the start, featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, including The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Vampire Weekend. Players take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows gamers to personalize and customize how they experience music by being able to play with any controller combination -- multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, in any game mode. With the game's all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier.
Players can now jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, without interrupting their jam session.
SOURCE Activision Publishing, Inc. / PR Newswire
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sundance Gets Grant of $5 Million
The Open Society Institute announced earlier this week, The Sundance Institute will receive a $5 million grant for its Documentary Film Program to help raise awareness on human rights.
The award renews the Open Society Institute's support for the Sundance Documentary Film Program, which began at OSI in 1996 and was made part of the Sundance Institute in 2002 with an initial $4.6 million dollar gift. The Open Society Institute, founded by George Soros, works in over 60 countries to promote vibrant and tolerant democracies.
"The Sundance Institute has supported documentary storytellers since its beginning," said Robert Redford, founder and president of the Sundance Institute. "The recognition of that history by George Soros and the Open Society Institute, and the continuation of our relationship over time, speaks to our shared belief that culture -- in this case documentary film -- is having a profound impact in shaping progressive change."
As a dollar-for-dollar matching grant, the Sundance Institute aims to raise $10 million over the next five years to support documentaries on significant, contemporary issues.
"This critical funding at a very fragile time is a significant commitment to supporting the belief that documentary storytelling has a meaningful role in the international work toward justice and equity across a range of issues," said Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program offers funding as well as creative, production, and distribution support to documentary filmmakers through a range of opportunities and services. These include the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, the Documentary Edit and Story Laboratory, Documentary Composers Laboratory, Creative Documentary Producers Lab, as well as the Sundance Film Festival, Creative Producers Summit, work-in-progress screenings, and partnerships such as the Skoll Stories of Change partnership, the Channel Four Foundation Good Pitch partnership, and a variety of international initiatives and collaborations.
Since its inception in 1996, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund has awarded grants to more than 450 films in 54 countries, from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, China, India, Africa, North America and elsewhere. Films that have received financial and creative support include: My Country, My Country; The Devil Came on Horseback; Iraq in Fragments; and Trouble the Water.
ABOUT: Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theatre, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival. Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America, Spring Awakening, Boys Don't Cry and Born into Brothels.
ABOUT: Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute, a private operating and grantmaking foundation, works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. OSI works in over 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as the United States.
SOURCE Open Society Institute / PrNewswire
"Films can play a powerful role in inspiring action on human rights, justice, accountability, and other open society issues," said Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute. "The Sundance Institute's work helps filmmakers shed light on the most pressing challenges of our time."
The award renews the Open Society Institute's support for the Sundance Documentary Film Program, which began at OSI in 1996 and was made part of the Sundance Institute in 2002 with an initial $4.6 million dollar gift. The Open Society Institute, founded by George Soros, works in over 60 countries to promote vibrant and tolerant democracies.
"The Sundance Institute has supported documentary storytellers since its beginning," said Robert Redford, founder and president of the Sundance Institute. "The recognition of that history by George Soros and the Open Society Institute, and the continuation of our relationship over time, speaks to our shared belief that culture -- in this case documentary film -- is having a profound impact in shaping progressive change."
As a dollar-for-dollar matching grant, the Sundance Institute aims to raise $10 million over the next five years to support documentaries on significant, contemporary issues.
"This critical funding at a very fragile time is a significant commitment to supporting the belief that documentary storytelling has a meaningful role in the international work toward justice and equity across a range of issues," said Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program offers funding as well as creative, production, and distribution support to documentary filmmakers through a range of opportunities and services. These include the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, the Documentary Edit and Story Laboratory, Documentary Composers Laboratory, Creative Documentary Producers Lab, as well as the Sundance Film Festival, Creative Producers Summit, work-in-progress screenings, and partnerships such as the Skoll Stories of Change partnership, the Channel Four Foundation Good Pitch partnership, and a variety of international initiatives and collaborations.
Since its inception in 1996, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund has awarded grants to more than 450 films in 54 countries, from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, China, India, Africa, North America and elsewhere. Films that have received financial and creative support include: My Country, My Country; The Devil Came on Horseback; Iraq in Fragments; and Trouble the Water.
ABOUT: Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theatre, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival. Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America, Spring Awakening, Boys Don't Cry and Born into Brothels.
ABOUT: Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute, a private operating and grantmaking foundation, works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. OSI works in over 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as the United States.
SOURCE Open Society Institute / PrNewswire
Sigourney Weaver Narrates Documentary: ACID TEST
This week, Planet Green announced the world premiere of ACID TEST: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION on Wednesday, August 12 at 10:30PM ET.
Featuring narration and commentary by actress Sigourney Weaver, ACID TEST is a groundbreaking documentary produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) that explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge the survival of thousands of marine species.
"The other carbon problem," as many scientists refer to our oceans' changing chemistry, is at the center of this revealing documentary. Carbon dioxide pollution is the primary cause of global warming, but it also is making ocean water more acidic. Since the industrial revolution, the ocean has absorbed a quarter of all the carbon dioxide emissions produced by burning fossil fuels -- causing a 30% increase in ocean acidity. What does this mean for life in the ocean? It's a matter of chemistry, and when acidity gets too high, the shells of sea creatures dissolve, threatening the entire ocean food web.
Such conditions haven't existed since the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the recreation of those conditions so quickly is leaving many ocean animals unable to adapt. Society can take steps to ensure the health of the oceans, but time is running out. ACID TEST reveals to viewers why it is critical to take action now, and how people can become part of the solution in securing a healthier future for the world's oceans and humankind.
ACID TEST makes its debut within Planet Green's special programming event, Blue August, a robust month of on-air and online content that brings to life the wonders and mysteries of all things aquatic -- from the majesty of our oceans to the critical issue of clean drinking water. Hosted by prominent conservationists and explorers Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, Blue August features awe-inspiring documentaries including the network premiere of the Blue Planet series. In addition to ACID TEST, Planet Green will also premiere a special episode of FOCUS EARTH WITH BOB WOODRUFF on Wednesday, August 12 at 10PM ET that examines the state of our oceans and freshwater systems.
Blue August also features innovative and entertaining short-form content and commentary from world renowned partners and experts on PlanetGreen.com and TreeHugger.com to captivate and immerse audiences in a world of intrigue, real-life drama and the important choices that will shape our future. In addition to NRDC, Ocean Conservancy, Oceana and the United Nations Environment Programme have joined Planet Green for the month-long initiative.
ACID TEST: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION premieres on Wednesday, August 12 at 10:30PM ET on Planet Green. ACID TEST was produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for Planet Green, and directed by Daniel Hinerfeld and Tristan Bayer.
About Planet Green:
Planet Green is the multi-platform media destination devoted to the environment. Launched on June 4, 2008, this brand with a mission is available in 57 million homes. Planet Green is the center for a new conversation, speaking to people who want to understand how humans impact the planet and how to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle. It's for people who truly want to make a difference in meeting the critical challenge of protecting our environment.
Planet Green and its two robust websites planetgreen.com and TreeHugger.com, offer unique, original, insightful, inspiring, and entertaining content related to how we can evolve to live a better, brighter future. Planet Green's unique programming, digital tools, and content will enlighten, empower and most certainly, entertain.
Planet Green is a division of Discovery Communications.
SOURCE Planet Green / PR Newswire
Featuring narration and commentary by actress Sigourney Weaver, ACID TEST is a groundbreaking documentary produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) that explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge the survival of thousands of marine species.
"The other carbon problem," as many scientists refer to our oceans' changing chemistry, is at the center of this revealing documentary. Carbon dioxide pollution is the primary cause of global warming, but it also is making ocean water more acidic. Since the industrial revolution, the ocean has absorbed a quarter of all the carbon dioxide emissions produced by burning fossil fuels -- causing a 30% increase in ocean acidity. What does this mean for life in the ocean? It's a matter of chemistry, and when acidity gets too high, the shells of sea creatures dissolve, threatening the entire ocean food web.
Such conditions haven't existed since the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the recreation of those conditions so quickly is leaving many ocean animals unable to adapt. Society can take steps to ensure the health of the oceans, but time is running out. ACID TEST reveals to viewers why it is critical to take action now, and how people can become part of the solution in securing a healthier future for the world's oceans and humankind.
ACID TEST makes its debut within Planet Green's special programming event, Blue August, a robust month of on-air and online content that brings to life the wonders and mysteries of all things aquatic -- from the majesty of our oceans to the critical issue of clean drinking water. Hosted by prominent conservationists and explorers Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, Blue August features awe-inspiring documentaries including the network premiere of the Blue Planet series. In addition to ACID TEST, Planet Green will also premiere a special episode of FOCUS EARTH WITH BOB WOODRUFF on Wednesday, August 12 at 10PM ET that examines the state of our oceans and freshwater systems.
Blue August also features innovative and entertaining short-form content and commentary from world renowned partners and experts on PlanetGreen.com and TreeHugger.com to captivate and immerse audiences in a world of intrigue, real-life drama and the important choices that will shape our future. In addition to NRDC, Ocean Conservancy, Oceana and the United Nations Environment Programme have joined Planet Green for the month-long initiative.
ACID TEST: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION premieres on Wednesday, August 12 at 10:30PM ET on Planet Green. ACID TEST was produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for Planet Green, and directed by Daniel Hinerfeld and Tristan Bayer.
About Planet Green:
Planet Green is the multi-platform media destination devoted to the environment. Launched on June 4, 2008, this brand with a mission is available in 57 million homes. Planet Green is the center for a new conversation, speaking to people who want to understand how humans impact the planet and how to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle. It's for people who truly want to make a difference in meeting the critical challenge of protecting our environment.
Planet Green and its two robust websites planetgreen.com and TreeHugger.com, offer unique, original, insightful, inspiring, and entertaining content related to how we can evolve to live a better, brighter future. Planet Green's unique programming, digital tools, and content will enlighten, empower and most certainly, entertain.
Planet Green is a division of Discovery Communications.
SOURCE Planet Green / PR Newswire
UPDATE: Farm Aid 2009 EXPANDS LINE UP
Within days of the first announcement, Farm Aid expands its musical line up – crossing genres for its all-day music and food festival on Sunday, October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Jason Mraz, Wilco, Jamey Johnson and Phosphorescent will join Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, who will perform with Tim Reynolds, at Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic.
"We're looking forward to welcoming Jason Mraz and Phosphorescent to the Farm Aid family and having Wilco and Jamey Johnson back to Farm Aid this year," said Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid. "Every year, artists and bands donate their time to perform on the Farm Aid stage, raising funds and awareness about the critical contributions family farmers make to our country."
Family Farm identified, local and organic foods will be centered across the event by way of HOMEGROWN concessions. Village will showcase hands-on activities that give concert goers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and learn how family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water, and connecting us to our roots.
Tickets go on sale July 25 at 10 a.m. Central on one website only – to get yours CLICK HERE or grab quick from the location box office or at a participating Blockbuster stores. Pricing: $39 for lawn; $44, $54 and $79 for seats; and $169 for a limited number of premium seats.
SOURCE Farm Aid / PR Newswire
October 4th, 2009: St. Louis, Missouri
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews to headline Oct. 4 all-star concert event
Farm Aid, alongside farmers and food buyers at the Historic Soulard Farmer's Market, announces it will bring its annual benefit concert to St. Louis, Missouri. This definitely marks the first time that the organization will stage the event in Missouri.
"Farm Aid has deep roots in the Midwest that reach back to our first concert in Illinois in 1985," said Farm Aid president Willie Nelson. "I'm looking forward to bringing my friends together on the Farm Aid stage to celebrate family farmers and the crucial work they do. Farmers do so much more than bring us the good food we all want to eat. America needs family farmers to revitalize our economy and make our country healthy."
Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews on Sunday, October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo., plus other top artists to be announced. The concert event will celebrate music, family farmers and good food, and will again feature HOMEGROWN concessions--family-farm identified, local and organic foods. Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village will showcase hands-on activities that give concertgoers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and learn how family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water, and connecting us to our roots.
"Family farmers are innovative entrepreneurs who safeguard our food, environment and health," said Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid. "Since the beginning, Farm Aid has worked with family farmers in the Midwest to keep them on the land, especially in the face of factory farms that have threatened to take over food production. At Farm Aid, concertgoers will reap the benefits of this work and will experience food grown by Missouri's family farms."
St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay and County Executive Charlie Dooley welcomed Farm Aid to St. Louis and highlighted the economic contributions family farmers make to the regional economy.
"St. Louis is a destination for the country's biggest events," said Mayor Slay. "We are proud to host Farm Aid for the first time and shine a spotlight on the contributions Missouri's family farmers make to building a strong local economy and a vibrant community."
For nearly a quarter century, Farm Aid has traveled the country, staging annual concerts and supporting organizations that work locally, regionally and nationally to strengthen family farms. This year, Farm Aid has received a record number of calls to its hotline from farmers in need due to credit shortages, falling prices and the sharp increase in costs of production. Farm Aid's annual benefit concert is its primary event to raise funds in support of this work.
Tickets for Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will go on sale July 25 at 10 a.m. CDT and are available exclusively at www.livenation.com, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Box Office, by calling (877) 598-8703, or at participating Blockbuster stores. Click here for a list of locations.
There is no service charge at the Verizon Wireless Box Office for the first week of ticket sales, July 25-August 1. Tickets for Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic are $39 for lawn; $44, $54 and $79 for seats; and $169 for a limited number of premium seats.
Farm Aid will offer special advance sale tickets to Farm Aid members beginning July 17. To become a member of Farm Aid, click here.
Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family-farmed food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised nearly $35 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
SOURCE Farm Aid / PrNewswire
Jason Mraz, Wilco, Jamey Johnson and Phosphorescent will join Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, who will perform with Tim Reynolds, at Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic.
"We're looking forward to welcoming Jason Mraz and Phosphorescent to the Farm Aid family and having Wilco and Jamey Johnson back to Farm Aid this year," said Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid. "Every year, artists and bands donate their time to perform on the Farm Aid stage, raising funds and awareness about the critical contributions family farmers make to our country."
Family Farm identified, local and organic foods will be centered across the event by way of HOMEGROWN concessions. Village will showcase hands-on activities that give concert goers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and learn how family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water, and connecting us to our roots.
Tickets go on sale July 25 at 10 a.m. Central on one website only – to get yours CLICK HERE or grab quick from the location box office or at a participating Blockbuster stores. Pricing: $39 for lawn; $44, $54 and $79 for seats; and $169 for a limited number of premium seats.
SOURCE Farm Aid / PR Newswire
October 4th, 2009: St. Louis, Missouri
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews to headline Oct. 4 all-star concert event
Farm Aid, alongside farmers and food buyers at the Historic Soulard Farmer's Market, announces it will bring its annual benefit concert to St. Louis, Missouri. This definitely marks the first time that the organization will stage the event in Missouri.
"Farm Aid has deep roots in the Midwest that reach back to our first concert in Illinois in 1985," said Farm Aid president Willie Nelson. "I'm looking forward to bringing my friends together on the Farm Aid stage to celebrate family farmers and the crucial work they do. Farmers do so much more than bring us the good food we all want to eat. America needs family farmers to revitalize our economy and make our country healthy."
Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews on Sunday, October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo., plus other top artists to be announced. The concert event will celebrate music, family farmers and good food, and will again feature HOMEGROWN concessions--family-farm identified, local and organic foods. Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village will showcase hands-on activities that give concertgoers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and learn how family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water, and connecting us to our roots.
"Family farmers are innovative entrepreneurs who safeguard our food, environment and health," said Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid. "Since the beginning, Farm Aid has worked with family farmers in the Midwest to keep them on the land, especially in the face of factory farms that have threatened to take over food production. At Farm Aid, concertgoers will reap the benefits of this work and will experience food grown by Missouri's family farms."
St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay and County Executive Charlie Dooley welcomed Farm Aid to St. Louis and highlighted the economic contributions family farmers make to the regional economy.
"St. Louis is a destination for the country's biggest events," said Mayor Slay. "We are proud to host Farm Aid for the first time and shine a spotlight on the contributions Missouri's family farmers make to building a strong local economy and a vibrant community."
For nearly a quarter century, Farm Aid has traveled the country, staging annual concerts and supporting organizations that work locally, regionally and nationally to strengthen family farms. This year, Farm Aid has received a record number of calls to its hotline from farmers in need due to credit shortages, falling prices and the sharp increase in costs of production. Farm Aid's annual benefit concert is its primary event to raise funds in support of this work.
Tickets for Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic will go on sale July 25 at 10 a.m. CDT and are available exclusively at www.livenation.com, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Box Office, by calling (877) 598-8703, or at participating Blockbuster stores. Click here for a list of locations.
There is no service charge at the Verizon Wireless Box Office for the first week of ticket sales, July 25-August 1. Tickets for Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic are $39 for lawn; $44, $54 and $79 for seats; and $169 for a limited number of premium seats.
Farm Aid will offer special advance sale tickets to Farm Aid members beginning July 17. To become a member of Farm Aid, click here.
Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family-farmed food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised nearly $35 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
SOURCE Farm Aid / PrNewswire
Reeling in the Cash Flow
All eyes in the world of fantasy fishing and fantasy sports are now turning to Pittsburgh, Pa. On Aug. 1, 2009, as part of the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup championship tournament activities, FLW Outdoors will name the champion of the 2009 FLW Fantasy Fishing season and its $1 million grand prize.
The 10 fantasy fishing players who have accumulated the most points over FLW Fantasy Fishing's tournament season, which is based on the six tournaments of the Walmart FLW Tour, will be invited to the $1 million FLW Fantasy Fishing award ceremony at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The FLW Fantasy Fishing player who has accumulated the most points over the entire season will be named champion and will receive a check for $1 million. The other top nine point finishers also will receive major prizes, which include a Ranger Z20 Comanche bass boat powered with an Evinrude engine (second place), a Ranger Reata fish and ski boat powered by an Evinrude engine (third place), a Chevrolet Malibu sedan (fourth place) and a $25,000 Walmart gift card (fifth place).
The Forrest Wood Cup is the final event in the Walmart FLW Tour. To catch all of the action at the Forrest Wood Cup, watch FLWOutdoors.com, as well as the "FLW Outdoors" television program, which is broadcast in high definition (HD) on VERSUS, the network that brings anglers the best fishing programming on television featuring the most trusted authorities on the water. The Emmy-nominated "FLW Outdoors" airs each Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Richest Fantasy Sports Game
In its first season, FLW Fantasy Fishing took the fantasy sports world by surprise offering the first $1 million guaranteed grand prize for a fantasy sports game. And with that announcement, FLW Fantasy Fishing soared to the top of the fantasy sports world, gaining fans from 123 countries attracted to the game's $7.3 million in overall cash and prizes, the highest payout of any fantasy sports game in the world. In 2009, FLW Fantasy Fishing once again set a new standard, offering a $1 million grand prize again, along with 1,800 other prizes for a total of $10 million in overall cash and prizes.
For more information about FLW Fantasy Fishing and Player's Advantage, visit FantasyFishing.com.
FLW(R) is a registered trademark of FLW Outdoors, Inc. For a complete list of rules and prizes for FLW Fantasy visit FantasyFishing.com.
SOURCE FLW Outdoors / PrNewswire
The 10 fantasy fishing players who have accumulated the most points over FLW Fantasy Fishing's tournament season, which is based on the six tournaments of the Walmart FLW Tour, will be invited to the $1 million FLW Fantasy Fishing award ceremony at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The FLW Fantasy Fishing player who has accumulated the most points over the entire season will be named champion and will receive a check for $1 million. The other top nine point finishers also will receive major prizes, which include a Ranger Z20 Comanche bass boat powered with an Evinrude engine (second place), a Ranger Reata fish and ski boat powered by an Evinrude engine (third place), a Chevrolet Malibu sedan (fourth place) and a $25,000 Walmart gift card (fifth place).
The Forrest Wood Cup is the final event in the Walmart FLW Tour. To catch all of the action at the Forrest Wood Cup, watch FLWOutdoors.com, as well as the "FLW Outdoors" television program, which is broadcast in high definition (HD) on VERSUS, the network that brings anglers the best fishing programming on television featuring the most trusted authorities on the water. The Emmy-nominated "FLW Outdoors" airs each Sunday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Richest Fantasy Sports Game
In its first season, FLW Fantasy Fishing took the fantasy sports world by surprise offering the first $1 million guaranteed grand prize for a fantasy sports game. And with that announcement, FLW Fantasy Fishing soared to the top of the fantasy sports world, gaining fans from 123 countries attracted to the game's $7.3 million in overall cash and prizes, the highest payout of any fantasy sports game in the world. In 2009, FLW Fantasy Fishing once again set a new standard, offering a $1 million grand prize again, along with 1,800 other prizes for a total of $10 million in overall cash and prizes.
For more information about FLW Fantasy Fishing and Player's Advantage, visit FantasyFishing.com.
FLW(R) is a registered trademark of FLW Outdoors, Inc. For a complete list of rules and prizes for FLW Fantasy visit FantasyFishing.com.
SOURCE FLW Outdoors / PrNewswire
No Longer the Big One That Got Away: A Post for My Angler Friends
The Forrest Wood Cup: Ooooh Yeah – I’m talking fisherman! Mark your calendars if angling is your sport -- A little more than a year from now, Georgia will host the world's richest professional bass fishing tournament, the $2.5 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by BP and Castrol, Aug. 5-8, 2010 on Lake Lanier near Atlanta, in which the world's best professional bass anglers will square off in the final tournament of the Wal-mart FLW Tour and compete in the world championship of bass fishing, and its $1 million grand prize.
AND – to pacify you between now and then, yes, like most major sports out there, a fantasy fishing website will not quite offer you the full monty of the smell, the buoyant sensation of your boat or the tug on your rod, but, if it’s raining and you’re truly a fan to the point you keep up with expert professionals you can feel competitive by creating your own fantasy fishing team.
Now, knowing just enough about fantasy football, golf, basketball and baseball – studying up pays off. So, you have a year to bone up on your professional fisherman before you get truly competitive on FantasyFishing.com .
There, you’ll be able to select 10 professional bass fishermen competing. So far the website’s peep’s report about 123 different countries represented online – in the game.
Okay – yes we’re talking fantasy – you earn points based off the pro’s performance like any other fantasy league. There are bonus points for somethings, and then from there – beyond the whole getting hooked on yet another “FANTASY LEAGUE”, those playing hard core – there’s money to win.
A native of Ft. Madison, Iowa, this guy named “Lawrence” has already won once – and is gearing up for the next round. He says that he dreams of getting a new bass boat to replace the bass boat he bought four years ago with his prize money. But, it's likely that his wife Stacy will have first say on his $100,000 prize.
"I'd love a new Ranger bass boat," Lawrence said, "but I think my wife has her eye on a new kitchen. And, she's also hinting that it's time to expand our family."
While Lawrence and his wife may have to "sleep on" what they'll eventually do with their prize winnings, one thing they know they'll do for sure is take their two daughters to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
So there you go – Should be fun for my fishing friends!
SOURCE: FLW Outdoors / PrNewswire
Monday, July 13, 2009
Chat With MLB's Commissioner Selig!
Baseball fans know how big THIS week is in the world of Baseball!
With All-Star Baseball and the big FanFest, Commissioner Selig to Hold Town Hall Chat on MLB.com!
Tuesday, July 14th, the ever illustrious business mind and watchful eye of baseball will will host an online Town Hall Meeting exclusively on MLB.com from Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest in St. Louis tomorrow, Tuesday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
A live video stream of the interactive chat session with baseball fans will be carried on MLB.com, the official Website of Major League Baseball.
A transcript of the dialogue, as well as an archived replay of the chat will also be available.
The Commissioner will make brief opening remarks and then answer e-mailed questions from fans.
With All-Star Baseball and the big FanFest, Commissioner Selig to Hold Town Hall Chat on MLB.com!
Tuesday, July 14th, the ever illustrious business mind and watchful eye of baseball will will host an online Town Hall Meeting exclusively on MLB.com from Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest in St. Louis tomorrow, Tuesday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
A live video stream of the interactive chat session with baseball fans will be carried on MLB.com, the official Website of Major League Baseball.
A transcript of the dialogue, as well as an archived replay of the chat will also be available.
The Commissioner will make brief opening remarks and then answer e-mailed questions from fans.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Local Film Producer Brings America's #1 Film School To Detroit
I love reading about strides communities and everday people make in the industry of Film.
That’s why I may have gotten a little too excited when I read this press release below. Oh Well – My intrigue leads me to share it anyhow in case you are near Detroit or have the ability to travel there.
Local Film Producer Brings America's #1 Film School To Detroit
Small businesses not only help sustain the US economy, they represent 99.7% of all employer firms. The same holds true for Michigan's newest industry, film. Thus, in order to sustain the industry, it requires more Michigan-based independent producers (Joe the Producer).
It will take three steps before Joe the Producer can help sustain a filming economic base:
1) Train more Joe the Producers
2) Train screenwriters how to write "HI-CONCEPT" movies that will make money
3) Provide a means to fund Joe the Producer's film projects.
The first step takes place this month. On July 25-26, Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and FilminDetroit.com bring America's #1 Film School to the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit.
"Everything you need to know about filmmaking can be learned in two to three days." - Orson Welles
Dov SS Simens, a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran teaches this intensive 2-Day Film School -- July 25-26 (8:30AM-6PM).
He boils down four years of training into only two days, with as many bathroom breaks. Some of Simens's former students are Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan (the Dark Knight), Emo Phillips (Meet the Parents) and Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). Over the last ten years, his students have grossed over $8 billion dollars in the film industry.
Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and beneath the underdog Films have awarded 15 scholarships (valued at $395) to students at Covenant House Life Skills School in Detroit, a second-chance high school.
They are also in the process of duplicating this with Detroit Public High Schools. The youth are our future, no matter where they come from.
Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and beneath the underdog Films requested that the No Worker Left Behind Program pay for the tuition of "displaced auto workers" that want to attend. The request was denied.
Therefore, Delta Quadrant Entertainment and beneath the underdog Films have initiated their own, No Worker Left Behind Program.
The first 100 displaced autoworkers to pre-register (at a different location - to be determined) will be granted entry for only $50. After that, they will be discounted by $100.
The only thing better than seeing the next great film producer come out of Michigan, is to see that producer stay in Michigan.
For information: http://www.dovindetroit.com/ or
info@DovInDetroit.com
313.333.8330
Source: Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC /PR NEWSWIRE
(See -- I thought it was pretty interesting!)
That’s why I may have gotten a little too excited when I read this press release below. Oh Well – My intrigue leads me to share it anyhow in case you are near Detroit or have the ability to travel there.
Local Film Producer Brings America's #1 Film School To Detroit
Small businesses not only help sustain the US economy, they represent 99.7% of all employer firms. The same holds true for Michigan's newest industry, film. Thus, in order to sustain the industry, it requires more Michigan-based independent producers (Joe the Producer).
It will take three steps before Joe the Producer can help sustain a filming economic base:
1) Train more Joe the Producers
2) Train screenwriters how to write "HI-CONCEPT" movies that will make money
3) Provide a means to fund Joe the Producer's film projects.
The first step takes place this month. On July 25-26, Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and FilminDetroit.com bring America's #1 Film School to the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit.
"Everything you need to know about filmmaking can be learned in two to three days." - Orson Welles
Dov SS Simens, a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran teaches this intensive 2-Day Film School -- July 25-26 (8:30AM-6PM).
He boils down four years of training into only two days, with as many bathroom breaks. Some of Simens's former students are Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan (the Dark Knight), Emo Phillips (Meet the Parents) and Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). Over the last ten years, his students have grossed over $8 billion dollars in the film industry.
Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and beneath the underdog Films have awarded 15 scholarships (valued at $395) to students at Covenant House Life Skills School in Detroit, a second-chance high school.
They are also in the process of duplicating this with Detroit Public High Schools. The youth are our future, no matter where they come from.
Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC and beneath the underdog Films requested that the No Worker Left Behind Program pay for the tuition of "displaced auto workers" that want to attend. The request was denied.
Therefore, Delta Quadrant Entertainment and beneath the underdog Films have initiated their own, No Worker Left Behind Program.
The first 100 displaced autoworkers to pre-register (at a different location - to be determined) will be granted entry for only $50. After that, they will be discounted by $100.
The only thing better than seeing the next great film producer come out of Michigan, is to see that producer stay in Michigan.
For information: http://www.dovindetroit.com/ or
info@DovInDetroit.com
313.333.8330
Source: Delta Quadrant Entertainment LLC /PR NEWSWIRE
(See -- I thought it was pretty interesting!)
Look Ma – My Made Up Word’s in The Dictionary!
No really – how often do you truly hear of new words going into a dictionary – and I don’t mean the self-published slang dictionaries that keep coming and going through some sort of fly by night little ditty.
This year, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary added a new word – a word we are truly familiar with – thanks to economic “crisis” reporting and haute little mags promoting local community and family togetherness: “STAYCATION”
I love it. It’s fun to say – and easy to imagine. And now it’s in the official dictionary!
"Our language evolves in many ways," said John Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster Inc. "As we've seen from our Open Dictionary feature on Merriam-Webster.com, people enjoy blending existing words, like combining 'stay' and 'vacation' to make staycation. Staycation is a good example of a word meeting a need and establishing itself in the language very quickly. Our earliest record of use is from 2005, but it seems to have exploded into popular use in 2007."
You ever hear the phrase – “keep your friends close and your enemies even closer”?
"Another example of this kind of creative wordplay from this year's list," said Morse, "is frenemy: one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy. But, in addition to these 'portmanteau words,' we have added new words from more predictable categories, like science, health, technology, and popular culture, which have also seen widespread use across a variety of publications."
Many of the new words reflect the importance of the environment (carbon footprint, green- collar), government activities (earmark, waterboarding), health and medicine (cardioprotective, locavore, naproxen, neuroprotective), pop culture (docusoap, fan fiction, flash mob, reggaeton), and online activities (sock puppet, vlog, webisode). Other words added include haram, memory foam, missalette, and zip line.
For a sample blend of the latest Collegiate Dictionary entries -- and their definitions -- please visit Merriam-Webster.com.
wonder what this means for the spelling bee word list?
This year, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary added a new word – a word we are truly familiar with – thanks to economic “crisis” reporting and haute little mags promoting local community and family togetherness: “STAYCATION”
I love it. It’s fun to say – and easy to imagine. And now it’s in the official dictionary!
"Our language evolves in many ways," said John Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster Inc. "As we've seen from our Open Dictionary feature on Merriam-Webster.com, people enjoy blending existing words, like combining 'stay' and 'vacation' to make staycation. Staycation is a good example of a word meeting a need and establishing itself in the language very quickly. Our earliest record of use is from 2005, but it seems to have exploded into popular use in 2007."
You ever hear the phrase – “keep your friends close and your enemies even closer”?
"Another example of this kind of creative wordplay from this year's list," said Morse, "is frenemy: one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy. But, in addition to these 'portmanteau words,' we have added new words from more predictable categories, like science, health, technology, and popular culture, which have also seen widespread use across a variety of publications."
Many of the new words reflect the importance of the environment (carbon footprint, green- collar), government activities (earmark, waterboarding), health and medicine (cardioprotective, locavore, naproxen, neuroprotective), pop culture (docusoap, fan fiction, flash mob, reggaeton), and online activities (sock puppet, vlog, webisode). Other words added include haram, memory foam, missalette, and zip line.
For a sample blend of the latest Collegiate Dictionary entries -- and their definitions -- please visit Merriam-Webster.com.
wonder what this means for the spelling bee word list?
Partying Under the St. Louis Lights for an All-Star Game?
It’s a pretty big rounder of events for sports enthusiasts traveling to the Show Me State! That’s right – I said it! I know it – and We’re talking about the All-Star Baseball Festivities happening in St. Louis, Missouri.
The City’s Mayor says, "St. Louis is proud to be the home of America's best baseball fans, and this year's All-Star Game is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our love for the sport," said Slay. "An important part of that includes promoting responsible behavior and ensuring a great experience for fans. We thank Anheuser-Busch and its partners in the community for their efforts to promote a fun, yet safe time."
So, why is a politician thanking a major beer brewer? Well, apparently, Anheuser-Busch has partnered with Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals, Sport service and TEAM Coalition to implement the Budweiser Good Sport program at events being held at Busch Stadium. Good Sport is a comprehensive action plan designed to promote a positive environment by reminding fans to act responsibly, respect the rights of others and use a designated driver. Participants who sign up to be the designated driver for their group as part of the Good Sport program receive a free soda or non-alcohol O'Doul's and promotional beads.
The press release says “Consumers” (– which makes me wonder if you have to prove you were drinking an Anheuser-Busch product - )interested in receiving a ride for both themselves and their vehicles can call ScooterGuy, which will be stationed outside of Busch Stadium and at area bars and restaurants.
When ScooterGuy is notified that someone needs a safe ride home, a ScooterGuy representative rides a foldable scooter to meet the customer at his/her vehicle, places the scooter in the trunk of the vehicle and then drives that person home. After delivering the customer to his/her residence, the ScooterGuy representative returns to area bars to help the next patron.
OH YES, the press release on this little ditty also lists the phone number – in case your traveling to the game and need to program it in your cell – “ScooterGuy's number in St. Louis is 314-255-1800. The rate is 35 miles for $45.”
The City’s Mayor says, "St. Louis is proud to be the home of America's best baseball fans, and this year's All-Star Game is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our love for the sport," said Slay. "An important part of that includes promoting responsible behavior and ensuring a great experience for fans. We thank Anheuser-Busch and its partners in the community for their efforts to promote a fun, yet safe time."
So, why is a politician thanking a major beer brewer? Well, apparently, Anheuser-Busch has partnered with Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals, Sport service and TEAM Coalition to implement the Budweiser Good Sport program at events being held at Busch Stadium. Good Sport is a comprehensive action plan designed to promote a positive environment by reminding fans to act responsibly, respect the rights of others and use a designated driver. Participants who sign up to be the designated driver for their group as part of the Good Sport program receive a free soda or non-alcohol O'Doul's and promotional beads.
The press release says “Consumers” (– which makes me wonder if you have to prove you were drinking an Anheuser-Busch product - )interested in receiving a ride for both themselves and their vehicles can call ScooterGuy, which will be stationed outside of Busch Stadium and at area bars and restaurants.
When ScooterGuy is notified that someone needs a safe ride home, a ScooterGuy representative rides a foldable scooter to meet the customer at his/her vehicle, places the scooter in the trunk of the vehicle and then drives that person home. After delivering the customer to his/her residence, the ScooterGuy representative returns to area bars to help the next patron.
OH YES, the press release on this little ditty also lists the phone number – in case your traveling to the game and need to program it in your cell – “ScooterGuy's number in St. Louis is 314-255-1800. The rate is 35 miles for $45.”
Benefits of Chasing A Little White Ball
Found this interesting -- and a great argument for my love a this game! All of the following information was found on a press release promoting a website about playing golf!
Health and fitness experts advocate taking 10,000 steps per day, the equivalent of five miles. Walking a 9-hole course enables a golfer to take approximately half the recommended daily steps. Walking the course also enables golfers to burn calories.
A player can burn around 2,900 calories by walking 36 holes a week, or two 18-hole rounds. A visit to the driving range can burn 200 calories per hour. According to a study conducted at the Rose Center for Health and Sports Sciences, burning 2,500 calories a week showed an improvement in overall health and a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Even riding in a golf cart for 9 holes will burn around 400 calories, help oxygenate the body, improve posture and renew your spirit.
To further reap the benefits of the game, David Donatucci, fitness director for the PGA of America, recommends including golf-specific strength and flexibility exercises with driving range and course time. "Training your body to use the right muscle groups will increase your chances of avoiding injuries, improving your swing and saving strokes." Including weight-bearing exercise in a fitness regime also helps strengthen bones and creates lean muscle mass.
Also, remember:
1. Don't stress about how well you play. Keeping the focus on having fun
and enjoying the outdoors will provide an endorphin release, which
leads to improved mental and emotional health.
2. Fuel up for your game with a healthy diet. Bring nutritious snacks such
as dried fruit or nuts to help keep you energized. Stay hydrated.
Health and fitness experts advocate taking 10,000 steps per day, the equivalent of five miles. Walking a 9-hole course enables a golfer to take approximately half the recommended daily steps. Walking the course also enables golfers to burn calories.
A player can burn around 2,900 calories by walking 36 holes a week, or two 18-hole rounds. A visit to the driving range can burn 200 calories per hour. According to a study conducted at the Rose Center for Health and Sports Sciences, burning 2,500 calories a week showed an improvement in overall health and a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Even riding in a golf cart for 9 holes will burn around 400 calories, help oxygenate the body, improve posture and renew your spirit.
To further reap the benefits of the game, David Donatucci, fitness director for the PGA of America, recommends including golf-specific strength and flexibility exercises with driving range and course time. "Training your body to use the right muscle groups will increase your chances of avoiding injuries, improving your swing and saving strokes." Including weight-bearing exercise in a fitness regime also helps strengthen bones and creates lean muscle mass.
Also, remember:
1. Don't stress about how well you play. Keeping the focus on having fun
and enjoying the outdoors will provide an endorphin release, which
leads to improved mental and emotional health.
2. Fuel up for your game with a healthy diet. Bring nutritious snacks such
as dried fruit or nuts to help keep you energized. Stay hydrated.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Seeking Balance and Burning My Race Card
For years networks have reached out with polls and seeking television consumer vantage points. You could assume after a decent web search that Article after article have been published, stories broadcast or even aired – with results indicating a need for more of a visible or audible Latino presence, more of a black or African-American presence or even for that matter more actors or talent of Asian descent.
So, newsrooms across the nation quietly sought out their “token” personalities – without ever admitting then or now to profiling – that they felt it was something that must be done in order to more easily appeal to a viewer or to relate and convey a message to an audience; and even further more casting companies and network executives brought race friendly sitcoms, comedians and dramas to the television sets of millions of viewers – More so – into theaters “near you”.
The viewers asked for it right? It is what the focus groups surmised, right?
But here, I read the LATEST CONTROVERSY from the entertainment industry --- RACIALLY LOADED CRITICISM of a the new TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen, movie!
The criticism surrounds the verbal dialect chosen by the voice over actors portraying the characters of “Skids” and “Mudflap” -- twin bots right?
One movie goer is quoted by The Associated Press, saying the character portrayals are “a slap to the black community’s face”.
C’mon! Take it with a grain of salt! ONE voice over actor is actually black or of African-American descent (Reno Wilson). I can’t help but wonder if the voice over actor, he as an individual, is going to take the criticism personally? If I were him, I would.
If Jackie Chan had been the actor providing the voice over for one of those bots, his fandom would be proud. Asian born Americans would find him, his voice rather, easily relatable.
Say if George Lopez provides the voice over? Do you really think Latin America would step up and slap filmmakers for their alleged disregard for politically correct sensitivity?
AND WHILE you are truly ponder on that, consider for once the groups in those television industry focus groups and polls – as they asked for a better representation in the overall media!
Plus – it’s all intended for entertainment value – not out of malice and not to alienate. I surmise major studios are in it for the bottom line and for the joy of entertaining the masses. So, tell me why would they throw a rug out for you to pay to walk on only to turn around and yank it, point and laugh? C’mon!
We’ve got a war, hunger, homelessness, an economic plethora of issues, a democracy we should be more proactive about –
Do you really want to focus on little things that YOU subject yourself to and feel so suddenly compelled and worthy of becoming a critic – waving a race card – and basing it on dialect?
Before you fire off that comment your fingers are itching to pound out on that keyboard, Yes, I know the other twin was made by a Caucasian male voiceover actor (Tom Kenny).
Two Words, three guys:-- BEASTIE BOYS!
So – now we’re talking regional dialect verses the race card– and while racial generalizations and stereotypes are commonly pegged with skin color, regions or even neighborhoods – we often pick up the accents we are most frequently around or are comfortable speaking.
Besides – do you hear southerners crying out and raising a posse every time we hear an awful emulation of a dialect so remarkably unusual it sours the sugar in our sweet tea? And what about the Bostonians who suffer through the horrific butchering of their native tongue?
Really,-- TV, Radio, and Movies – it’s something you have a bit of control over when it comes to consumption. If you don’t like it, you find yourself offended – turn it off, change the channel or just walk away.
If you prefer, take the necessary steps to write, make and create a version more suitable to your interpretation or liking…
But don’t pull some lame little race card out on menial moments ---
Do you really want to be remembered as “that guy”?
NOTE: THIS ENTRY WAS WRITTEN BY A FEMALE, BORN IN ALABAMA, RAISED PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH – RACE: ASIAN / CHEROKEE – SPEAKS WITH STRONG SOUTHERN DRAWL.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Releasing June 25: The Back Nine
Can an average 42-year old golfer, husband and father of two become an elite athlete? Can he do it after beginning his own "back nine?" And once he starts the journey, what will become of his dream?
It is a journey independent filmmaker Jon Fitzgerald couldn't wait to find out and he left nothing to chance in assembling the best team he could find to stack the cards in his favor.
With celebrities such as George Lopez, Meat Loaf and Chris O'Donnell helping bring the action to life, "THE BACK NINE" documents Fitzgerald's quest to the answer of the question of how he balances a full-time job and family commitments with an enduring dream he's had as long as he can remember - to play professional golf.
Fitzgerald brought in distinguished PGA Professional instructor Tim Suzor of the Kinetic Golf Academy in Scottsdale, AZ to work on his swing, distinguished author Dr. Joe Parent (Zen Golf) to work on his mental game, and yoga guru Katherine Roberts - a Golf Channel favorite - as well as a team of physical coaches to help with fitness and nutrition.
The strategy works, as Fitzgerald sees his handicap go from 15 to 8 in the first year. Ready to test his progress, he joins Golf Channel's Amateur Tour and remarkably, manages to win his first event. Later, he receives an invitation to the National Championships in Orlando, Fla.
Fitzgerald currently plays to a 4 handicap as he works on fine-tuning not only his game and his life, but his dream through "THE BACK NINE".
The film covers this inspirational journey from many angles, beyond merely tracking his golf progress. Fitzgerald must also come to terms with who he is, balancing the experience and guidance of his two father figures - polar opposites as people and influences in his life. Now with children of his own, Fitzgerald senses an opportunity.
Recognizing where his life's mentors have fallen short, Fitzgerald sees his turn at fatherhood as a chance to "break the cycle" and establish a new approach to life, family and golf. "THE BACK NINE" presents the challenges inherent with finding the right balance between Fitzgerald's personal and professional goals.
Shot with Digital Camera's, the festival favorite that reached critical acclaim across the nation,"THE BACK NINE", takes you into one man's devotion to divergent paths in his life, will open for theatrical release June 25.
Granted, it will open up in select golf communties in 23 different states, producers plan to release "THE BACK NINE" on DVD and video-on-demand, as well as pursue other avenues of new technologies.
Do as I say or Do as Do?
June 22, 2009 -- A shift in power governing tobacco products took place on Monday, after U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate the tobacco industry.
It is an action Democrat and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi was quick to chime in on.
Speaker Pelosi states, "All Americans have benefited from the oversight of the FDA on foods that we eat and medicines we take. Yet, despite the fact that tobacco is one of the deadliest products in America, the FDA has had no authority to regulate it. Today, this new law corrects that wrong.”
It’s called the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act:
• Gives FDA authority to regulate tobacco products and marketing;
• FDA will create a new Center for Tobacco Products to oversee the science-based regulation of tobacco products in the United States;
• Bans flavored cigarettes by October 2009;
• Forces tobacco firms and importers to submit information to the FDA about ingredients and additives in tobacco products;
• Places strict limits on tobacco advertising in publications with a significant teenage readership;
• FDA will now have to enforce a rule banning outdoor tobacco advertising within a thousand feet of schools or playgrounds;
• Bans the use of words like "mild" or "light" in ads that makes tobacco products seem safer.
• Ends all tobacco-brand sponsorship of sporting or entertainment events;
• Requires tobacco companies to disclose ingredients to the FDA (and the FDA can require changes in the ingredient list in the name of public health – BUT the FDA cannot reduce nicotine content to zero or ban a class of tobacco)
Of course – non-profit organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association backed the passage of the bill into law.
Monday, June 15, 2009
My favorite Picture of the Week
Above you are seeing an iphone photograph courtesy of Director, Rob Luketic. This may or may not be from the set of his upcoming film Five Killers starring Kathrerine Heigle,Ashton Kutcher and Tom Sellick.
Honestly, I just can't stop looking at it -- as I love a well lit image! =) So I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. And I am hoping I followed the correct courtesy and protocol to share this! =) Please shoot me an email if the link back to the Twitter source does not work!! Many thanks!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
SHOP TIL YOU DROP! and other not very well thought out ramblings...
COURTESY and SOURCE: CHATTANOOGAN.COM
Friday, the website Chattanoogan dot com published an interesting article written by Ms. Judy Franks.
So, the economy is down. The general revenue coming in -- is down. Governments are trying to balance budgets with shortfalls. While white knuckling a wallet seems like a very smart thing to do -- I sometimes wonder if the whole "SHOPPING" thing is now out of style?
Remember when "SHOP TIL U DROP" was on logo gear everywhere? AND the movie industry focused on the sociology of mall life?
I wonder if trends to "shop local" truly pinch the larger retailers? as moms and pops make very strong efforts to rock it out in the local markets.
Apparently, savy shoppers have cornered an area of retail that not allows one to shop but to DODGE prices by clipping AND USING - coupons.
I say the AND USING part because clippin the buggers is only a third of the actual task of savings.
Ms. Franks article says that the retailer KMART is doubling coupons with values UP TO $2. -- Got a two dollar coupon -- well, by the time it's all said and done, the saving is $4! Very nice!
So, this Sunday -- when you're sorting through your paper -- or even cruising the web to supplement your shopping list with coupons -- it's an interesting tidbit to keep in mind. But don't forget to visit your local fresh markets too!
Friday, the website Chattanoogan dot com published an interesting article written by Ms. Judy Franks.
So, the economy is down. The general revenue coming in -- is down. Governments are trying to balance budgets with shortfalls. While white knuckling a wallet seems like a very smart thing to do -- I sometimes wonder if the whole "SHOPPING" thing is now out of style?
Remember when "SHOP TIL U DROP" was on logo gear everywhere? AND the movie industry focused on the sociology of mall life?
I wonder if trends to "shop local" truly pinch the larger retailers? as moms and pops make very strong efforts to rock it out in the local markets.
Apparently, savy shoppers have cornered an area of retail that not allows one to shop but to DODGE prices by clipping AND USING - coupons.
I say the AND USING part because clippin the buggers is only a third of the actual task of savings.
Ms. Franks article says that the retailer KMART is doubling coupons with values UP TO $2. -- Got a two dollar coupon -- well, by the time it's all said and done, the saving is $4! Very nice!
So, this Sunday -- when you're sorting through your paper -- or even cruising the web to supplement your shopping list with coupons -- it's an interesting tidbit to keep in mind. But don't forget to visit your local fresh markets too!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Is it Day 3 in a North Korean Labor Camp?
This week, in the moments I am not asking questions and contemplating the next big step …I’ve been thinking of what I would have once considered an unimaginable fate.
It’s been at least three days since headlines translated a frightening fate for two American Journalists.
I don’t know about you but I haven’t seen much about 32-year-old Laura Ling and 36-year-old Euna Lee since it was announced they’d spend twelve years in a North Korean labor camp.
According to a journalism festival website, where Ling was scheduled to appear, the two journals were arrested while filming near the North Korea-China border.
The site states: "The two journalists, together with a cameraman and a guide, were headed to the town of Yanji where they planned to interview women forced into prostitution, according to sources.
Laura Ling was due to appear at the International Journalism Festival on Saturday 04 April as part of the presentation of the Current US Vanguard journalism unit."
The website goes on to share: "Laura Ling currently serves as Vice President of Current TV’s Vanguard Journalism unit, the network’s journalism division dedicated to covering global issues that are relevant to young adult audiences. Ling also serves as an on-air correspondent for Current TV. She has covered subjects including the avian flu crisis in Asia, slave labor in the Brazilian Amazon, China’s booming sex industry and marijuana cultivation in California’s national forests. Prior to joining Current in 2005, Ling worked as a series producer for Channel One News where she produced reports from over two-dozen countries. She has posed as a tourist in North Korea, covered underground youth culture in Iran and interviewed the leaders of the United Wa State Army in Myanmar—one of the largest armed drug trafficking organizations in the world. Ling co-created Breaking it Down, a documentary series on MTV that aired between 1999 and 2001. Her work has also appeared on ABC's Nightline, NBC, PBS and the WB."
Busting rocks in a labor camp for twelve years? I wonder.... I did find this interview and thought I'd share the link in case you wanted to read that. It's pretty incredible.
Where do they sleep? How often do they get to sleep? Why are they being punished? What story were they on? AND twelve years may be the longest assignment ever….
More questions continue for me. Why? From what I’m reading in the New York Times, there is one indication they inadvertently crossed the North Korean border…however the only headlines I’m seeing as of late, talk of US and China sanctioning.
It goes on and on. But this is what I think of today.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
ENCORE: TN Travel Tips -- Bonnaroo Weekend
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Traveler Tips as Bonnaroo Time nears:
FOR TRAFFIC INFO:
Cell: 511
web: www.tn.gov/tdot
TDOT is also on Twitter:
TN511 are statewide tweets
Nashville511 are tweets for Nashville
Chattanooga511 are tweets for ....well -- you get the picture!
Memphis511
Knoxville511
Need trooper assistance? simply dial *THP from your cell phone.
(automatically connects to THP's operator at nearest dispatch)
Traveler Tips as Bonnaroo Time nears:
FOR TRAFFIC INFO:
Cell: 511
web: www.tn.gov/tdot
TDOT is also on Twitter:
TN511 are statewide tweets
Nashville511 are tweets for Nashville
Chattanooga511 are tweets for ....well -- you get the picture!
Memphis511
Knoxville511
Need trooper assistance? simply dial *THP from your cell phone.
(automatically connects to THP's operator at nearest dispatch)
WOW - You've gotta be kidding me!
Just imagine -- you're at work. You get a call from an "authority" asking you to test your fire alarm by pulling it, then to turn it off -- break out all your windows and set off the sprinkler system. At what point do you have a red flag this may not be an "authority" on the phone?
Last night, my dear uncle in Arkansas shared a very interesting story with me about a PRANK CALL that led to 50-thousand dollars in damage to a hotel in my hometown of Conway, Arkansas. AND yes, same hometown as American Idol, Kris Allen. And no, I do not know him.
SERIOUSLY! The police report indicates: a person called the front desk of the Holiday Inn Express and said they were an employee at a fire sprinkler service. Supposedly, the caller told the clerk there was a problem with the sprinklers and that there was an immediate need to reset them - by pulling the fire alarm. Naturally, the alarm goes off. Caller says pull the fire lever down to cut it off. Nothing happens, so she's told to break out the windows to keep the sprinklers from firing off their watery spray. Now, keep in mind, alarm goes off -- everyone staying there evacuates because they have NO idea what is going on.
In the meantime, this clerk proceeds to break out the front windows, asking a bystander to assist her in the glass busting task! OH and this is not the end. THE caller then says, take part of a sprinkler head off -- again to prevent them from doing what they're there for. Again, doing as told -- the FLOOD began...
AND yes...the story continues: Apparently the next instruction was to reset the control panel -- but again -- unsuccessfully because the water showering down caused the POWER to shut off.
By the time police got there well over a hundred guests, the clerk and her glass breaking bystander were hanging in the parking lot.
Last night, my dear uncle in Arkansas shared a very interesting story with me about a PRANK CALL that led to 50-thousand dollars in damage to a hotel in my hometown of Conway, Arkansas. AND yes, same hometown as American Idol, Kris Allen. And no, I do not know him.
SERIOUSLY! The police report indicates: a person called the front desk of the Holiday Inn Express and said they were an employee at a fire sprinkler service. Supposedly, the caller told the clerk there was a problem with the sprinklers and that there was an immediate need to reset them - by pulling the fire alarm. Naturally, the alarm goes off. Caller says pull the fire lever down to cut it off. Nothing happens, so she's told to break out the windows to keep the sprinklers from firing off their watery spray. Now, keep in mind, alarm goes off -- everyone staying there evacuates because they have NO idea what is going on.
In the meantime, this clerk proceeds to break out the front windows, asking a bystander to assist her in the glass busting task! OH and this is not the end. THE caller then says, take part of a sprinkler head off -- again to prevent them from doing what they're there for. Again, doing as told -- the FLOOD began...
AND yes...the story continues: Apparently the next instruction was to reset the control panel -- but again -- unsuccessfully because the water showering down caused the POWER to shut off.
By the time police got there well over a hundred guests, the clerk and her glass breaking bystander were hanging in the parking lot.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
So then she says...Do you wanna pay with credit,, cash or check?
Reading through the piles of news stories and headlines I’d missed in ONE day…I found a tidbit about a doc having to give up her psych license. Why you say? The dialogue is just playing through my head – “YOU wanna CHARGE ME FOR THAT?!!!”
The whole thing falls on the lines of a made for television movie and maybe even an bad after school special...but just to put a positive spin on this...I'll start by saying:
One of my Favorite movies -- is What about Bob?
So, that was your set-up if you didn't catch it -- the whole dependency on the doc thing.
NOW:
Fact verses fiction -- There's a psychologist out there that handed in their license that was under scrutiny -- THIS COMES, after taking a patient SHOPPING and on extended trips. Maybe, hmmmm...maybe the red flag was the good doc charging the patient for the retail therapy!
While even a "non-psyche pedigreed" could observe the unnatural order of that relationship and ethic....but really -- how weird is that?
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Traveler Tips as Bonnaroo Time nears:
FOR TRAFFIC INFO:
Cell: 511
web: www.tn.gov/tdot
TDOT is also on Twitter:
TN511 are statewide tweets
Nashville511 are tweets for Nashville
Chattanooga511 are tweets for ....well -- you get the picture!
Memphis511
Knoxville511
Need trooper assistance? simply dial *THP from your cell phone.
(automatically connects to THP's operator at nearest dispatch)
Cell: 511
web: www.tn.gov/tdot
TDOT is also on Twitter:
TN511 are statewide tweets
Nashville511 are tweets for Nashville
Chattanooga511 are tweets for ....well -- you get the picture!
Memphis511
Knoxville511
Need trooper assistance? simply dial *THP from your cell phone.
(automatically connects to THP's operator at nearest dispatch)
BONNAROO: TO IT or AROUND IT!!!
It's that time of year for those living and traveling the proximity of Bonnaroo's Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN -- Ticket holders are making mad preps, stocking up on the essential camp items, mud boots, fan gear...
AND for the other demographic -- your thoughts or at least mine -- turn to planning drive times. I mean really -- some 80,000 or so people come from all over the world just to find their way to Manchester, Tennessee.
What you may want to know:
June 11th 7:00 AM Central - GATES OPEN
Juen 11th is the heaviest traffic
Exit 111 (SR 55) will be used as the main festival exit.
Exits: 97, 105, 112 (temporary exit on westbound side only), 117 and 127 are alternate exits IF congestion occurs on the interstate.
HELP TRUCKS thanks to the Tennessee Department of Transporation: posted throughout the festival region, and maintenance personnel on call all weekend.
TDOT will have message signs up -
NOTE: Festival traffic will be kept in the right lane and/or on the shoulder of the interstate, allowing through traffic to utilize the left travel --
ALSO -- for those attending and for those who wish for the convenience of those quick off ramp stops: ICE, Beverages, etc -- WELL, let's just say - if you don't stock up somewhere PRECEDING your arrival there -- exits as far as Chattanooga (east of Manchester) and Murfreesboro (west of Manchester) have been known to run out of those gallon jugs of water, beer, ice. So, again, STOCK UP on those essentials.
AND for the other demographic -- your thoughts or at least mine -- turn to planning drive times. I mean really -- some 80,000 or so people come from all over the world just to find their way to Manchester, Tennessee.
What you may want to know:
June 11th 7:00 AM Central - GATES OPEN
Juen 11th is the heaviest traffic
Exit 111 (SR 55) will be used as the main festival exit.
Exits: 97, 105, 112 (temporary exit on westbound side only), 117 and 127 are alternate exits IF congestion occurs on the interstate.
HELP TRUCKS thanks to the Tennessee Department of Transporation: posted throughout the festival region, and maintenance personnel on call all weekend.
TDOT will have message signs up -
NOTE: Festival traffic will be kept in the right lane and/or on the shoulder of the interstate, allowing through traffic to utilize the left travel --
ALSO -- for those attending and for those who wish for the convenience of those quick off ramp stops: ICE, Beverages, etc -- WELL, let's just say - if you don't stock up somewhere PRECEDING your arrival there -- exits as far as Chattanooga (east of Manchester) and Murfreesboro (west of Manchester) have been known to run out of those gallon jugs of water, beer, ice. So, again, STOCK UP on those essentials.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
This Intrigues Me:
It's been a pretty busy day for lawmakers in Tennessee -- or at least it appears that way. First, you may have heard a bill allowing permit holders to carry their guns on their person into establishments passed the House and Senate -- THE condition written is that the gun carrier DOES NOT consume alcohol. THEN, last week, Tennessee's Governor Phil Bredesen VETOED the bill. If I remember correctly, Wednesday's vote of 69-27 resurrects it -- into law.
On the flip side -- State financial guru's say they're thinking that about 100-million dollars MORE is needed from Tennessee's "Rainy Day Fund" to shore up this year's budget. Well, at least that's what they told the State House Finance committee -- this comes as estimates of May's tax receipts are tallied up -- Wasn't MOTHER's DAY in MAY?? AND Memorial Day -- the big white sales and shoes and the sale of all the season transitionals?
hmmm....could this translate into a whole different idea -- we just don't spend on mom? We just don't spend?
What does this translate to? More cuts? Or rather DEEP CUTS next year? I certainly do not envy, those wielding the ax and having to drop it on the chopping block.
On the flip side -- State financial guru's say they're thinking that about 100-million dollars MORE is needed from Tennessee's "Rainy Day Fund" to shore up this year's budget. Well, at least that's what they told the State House Finance committee -- this comes as estimates of May's tax receipts are tallied up -- Wasn't MOTHER's DAY in MAY?? AND Memorial Day -- the big white sales and shoes and the sale of all the season transitionals?
hmmm....could this translate into a whole different idea -- we just don't spend on mom? We just don't spend?
What does this translate to? More cuts? Or rather DEEP CUTS next year? I certainly do not envy, those wielding the ax and having to drop it on the chopping block.
HOLY CRACK BAG
Scanning through my radio frequencies this morning I caught a unique little story that caught my attention. According to NPR's Morning Edition law officials in CHILE discovered two suitcases at the airport. Now, now, before you start wondering if it's YOUR LOST BAGGAGE: The reporter indicates a woman carrying, checking or claiming them, happened to be booked to fly from Chile to Spain. The Bags: Made of Cocaine. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE -- YOU ASK? Well, I wondered the same. Imagining a square-- made of pillow-ee, bricks of white. However, NPR cites an AP report too -- saying the suitcases were MADE by combining resin and glass fiber and cocaine -- and that the drug could be separated in a chemical process later. Do you think the luggage was a gift -- and she really had a clue? HOW she got caught -- well, the suitcases weighed MORE than their contents! Particularly -- as a woman who prefers to take EVERYTHING with me on trips -- EVEN I KNOW that would be suspicious. There ya go!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Recycling Opportunities INCREASE within City Limits
(CHATTANOOGA) — Plastic, paper and metal - RECYCLING is a BIG issue within the City of Chattanooga. June 2009, At the open of his second term, Mayor Littlefield announced an increase in curbside recycling -- increasing the city's service from once a month to twice a month beginning in September of 2009.
When the current mayor, Ron Littlefield, took office -- budget discussions eventually brought about a significant decrease in the Scenic City's curbside pick-up routine. Though, that cut in budget left recycling buffs piling up the cans and bags in their garage or pantry - the City launched an education campaign (2007) complete with mascot and began implementing recycling drop sites throughout the city limits.
With the announcement of the curbside recycling increase also comes a call for REGISTRATION! That's right -- in order to join the biweekly collection list - you'll have to visit the recycleright.org website or call 643-JOIN
Courtesy: Association of Visual Arts: Press Release Issued April 2008
THIS INFORMATION FOUND at avasource.blogspot
Association of VISUAL Arts shares some great TIPS on promoting your "Happenings" in Tennessee!PRESS RELEASES: HOW TO
If you plan on promoting your opening, artist call or art happening, you will probably need to do a press release. A press release is a brief statement issued to local media to describe your event. It is extremely important to present the information in the format the publication requests. In most cases, your press release should include:
The following information can help you determine what format to use for publications located in the Southeast including Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta, Birmingham and Chattanooga.
Nashville
Nashville Scene
The Nashville Scene covers an eight-day period beginning with the Thursday of publication. All notices should reach the office by 5 p.m. Thursday, one week before publication date. Information may be mailed, hand-delivered, e-mailed (listings@nashvillescene.com) or faxed. No listings accepted by phone. Please include the venue's street address and phone number. Ongoing events must be resubmitted monthly. Listings are free and subject to available space; we cannot guarantee publication. www.nashvillescene.com
Tennesseean
Knoxville
Knoxville News Sentinel
www.knoxnews.com
Metro Pulse
www.metropulse.com
Open Call : Lists theater/dance audition notices, and calls for artists and volunteer opportunities. Req'd: Name of sponsor group, play/dance title/event title/whatever, date or deadline, venue (if applicable), time (if applicable), brief description or explanation, contact phone number and/or website. Deadline for the calendar is Thursday at noon, i.e., seven days before publication. (Metro Pulse is published every Thursday.) Listings received after deadline will not be accepted. However, if appropriate, the listing will be printed in a subsequent issue. Email listings are strongly preferred and can be sent to calendar@metropulse.com
Listings are also accepted via mail:
Metro Pulse
attn: Calendar
602 S. Gay Street
Mezzanine Level
Knoxville, TN 37902
or via fax:
865.522.2955, attn: Calendar
Atlanta
Creative Loafing
atlantahappenings.creativeloafing.com/gbase/Events/EventSubmit
You can also submit your event via:
FAX: 404.420.1402
MAIL: Creative Loafing HAPPENINGS
PO Box 54223, Atlanta GA 30308
To ensure the most complete listing, please include all relevant information below (e.g. description, type, location, time, contact info, etc).
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
www.accessatlanta.com
Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to verify if your event has been received or selected for publication. Other questions? Corrections? Contact calendar manager John Reiter, 404.526.7420.
Option 1: Submit Events by email
Click here to use this option if:
• You have more than one event, or
• You have a Correction to an event submission
Option 2: Use the Form to Submit Events
This ensures vital information is not omitted.
Please note:
Please fax typed press releases. Ideally, press releases should be submitted two weeks in advance of publication. If an event in your press release is cancelled, please contact us as soon as possible. If the information has already been published, a note about the cancellation can be printed. Press releases should be faxed to the appropriate department:
@issue/Opinion: fax 404-526-5611
accessAtlanta: fax 404-526-2621
ajc.com: fax 404-526-2720
Business News: fax 404-526-2764
Calendar/Events: fax 404-526-5500 or 404-526-2720
Features: fax 404-526-5509
Metro News: fax 404-526-5746
National/International News: fax 404-526-5974
Sports: fax 404-526-5977
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Times Free Press
www.timesfreepress.com
Organizations in the tri-state area may submit meeting notices for our daily calendar, On Tap Today. Notices will appear on the day of the meeting. If your event is one that requires advance reservations, we will also publish it in Mark Your Calendar, a Monday listing that previews events the remainder of the week. The Times Free Press does not retain notices of ongoing meetings. A new notice should be submitted prior to each meeting so that information may be updated. Entertainment events are published in Out and About, which appears each Friday in Weekend. Photos of performers may be emailed to ncarney@timesfreepress.com in jpeg format, six inches wide at 200 DPI. Deadline for submission to On Tap Today is four days in advance of the event. Deadline for Out and About is Tuesday noon. All items in the form must be completed for publication
Pulse
For calendar and event listings:calendar@chattanoogapulse.com
NOTICE: To ensure that your calendar listings have the best chance of making it into our Calendar, please submit your listing by noon on the Wednensday before publication date! Listings are published in our print edition as space allows.
For general press releases and information:info@chattanoogapulse.com
Enigma
Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: Calendar Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com.
Birmingham
Birmingham News
www.bhamnews.com
Got a news tip? Call 325-2444.
How do I submit information to Education Notes?
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City Scene
Friday's City Scene has calendar listings for music, dance, theater, lectures, special events, festivals, galleries and family events. Sunday's Pop & Culture section includes those listings and also announces upcoming book signings by visiting authors. Deadline for both calendars is Friday at 5 p.m. for the following week's publications (that's seven days in advance for City Scene, nine days in advance for Pop & Culture). Items, including author signings, may be emailed to aharvey@bhamnews.com, faxed to 325-2494 or mailed to Alec Harvey,The Birmingham News, P.O. Box 2553, Birmingham, AL 35202. Also, post your listings at www.activeculture.info
- Business Name
- Business Address
- Contact Person Name
- For immediate release:
- YOUR HEADLINE (big and bold)
- A paragraph describing the who, what, why, when and where of the event.
The following information can help you determine what format to use for publications located in the Southeast including Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta, Birmingham and Chattanooga.
Nashville
Nashville Scene
The Nashville Scene covers an eight-day period beginning with the Thursday of publication. All notices should reach the office by 5 p.m. Thursday, one week before publication date. Information may be mailed, hand-delivered, e-mailed (listings@nashvillescene.com) or faxed. No listings accepted by phone. Please include the venue's street address and phone number. Ongoing events must be resubmitted monthly. Listings are free and subject to available space; we cannot guarantee publication. www.nashvillescene.com
Tennesseean
- Submit a press release - datebook@tennessean.com
- Submit a calendar of events item - calendar@tennessean.com
Knoxville
Knoxville News Sentinel
www.knoxnews.com
Metro Pulse
www.metropulse.com
Open Call : Lists theater/dance audition notices, and calls for artists and volunteer opportunities. Req'd: Name of sponsor group, play/dance title/event title/whatever, date or deadline, venue (if applicable), time (if applicable), brief description or explanation, contact phone number and/or website. Deadline for the calendar is Thursday at noon, i.e., seven days before publication. (Metro Pulse is published every Thursday.) Listings received after deadline will not be accepted. However, if appropriate, the listing will be printed in a subsequent issue. Email listings are strongly preferred and can be sent to calendar@metropulse.com
Listings are also accepted via mail:
Metro Pulse
attn: Calendar
602 S. Gay Street
Mezzanine Level
Knoxville, TN 37902
or via fax:
865.522.2955, attn: Calendar
- Notes on Emailing Listings:
- Paste or type listing information within the body of the email message itself.
- Do not send listing information in attachments. If you send an attachment, we cannot guarantee that your info will appear in the calendar.
- We accept—and encourage—pictures/images as email attachments. Pictures must be in JPEG or TIF format, and have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Please email ahead if you are going to send an extremely large image or multiple files.
- Due to the large volume of e-mails we process, we may not respond to requests for e-mail receipt confirmation.
- Listings (new, corrections, etc.) are NOT accepted via voicemail/phone messages.
Atlanta
Creative Loafing
atlantahappenings.creativeloafing.com/gbase/Events/EventSubmit
You can also submit your event via:
FAX: 404.420.1402
MAIL: Creative Loafing HAPPENINGS
PO Box 54223, Atlanta GA 30308
To ensure the most complete listing, please include all relevant information below (e.g. description, type, location, time, contact info, etc).
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
www.accessatlanta.com
Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to verify if your event has been received or selected for publication. Other questions? Corrections? Contact calendar manager John Reiter, 404.526.7420.
Option 1: Submit Events by email
Click here to use this option if:
• You have more than one event, or
• You have a Correction to an event submission
Option 2: Use the Form to Submit Events
This ensures vital information is not omitted.
Please note:
- Contact Name, Contact Phone and Contact Email are required fields. (If you do not have an email address, put "NA" in that field.) This helps us to contact you if there are questions about your event.
- This is not an automated process. Events are not automatically posted, but rather are selected by our editors for inclusion.Problems submitting this form? Contact Customer Care at 404-526-2003
- Have a change or correction? Please send to John Reiter, calendar editor, and thebigalist@ajc.com noting CORRECTION or CHANGE in subject line and call 404-526-7420 as soon as possible.
Please fax typed press releases. Ideally, press releases should be submitted two weeks in advance of publication. If an event in your press release is cancelled, please contact us as soon as possible. If the information has already been published, a note about the cancellation can be printed. Press releases should be faxed to the appropriate department:
@issue/Opinion: fax 404-526-5611
accessAtlanta: fax 404-526-2621
ajc.com: fax 404-526-2720
Business News: fax 404-526-2764
Calendar/Events: fax 404-526-5500 or 404-526-2720
Features: fax 404-526-5509
Metro News: fax 404-526-5746
National/International News: fax 404-526-5974
Sports: fax 404-526-5977
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Times Free Press
www.timesfreepress.com
Organizations in the tri-state area may submit meeting notices for our daily calendar, On Tap Today. Notices will appear on the day of the meeting. If your event is one that requires advance reservations, we will also publish it in Mark Your Calendar, a Monday listing that previews events the remainder of the week. The Times Free Press does not retain notices of ongoing meetings. A new notice should be submitted prior to each meeting so that information may be updated. Entertainment events are published in Out and About, which appears each Friday in Weekend. Photos of performers may be emailed to ncarney@timesfreepress.com in jpeg format, six inches wide at 200 DPI. Deadline for submission to On Tap Today is four days in advance of the event. Deadline for Out and About is Tuesday noon. All items in the form must be completed for publication
Pulse
For calendar and event listings:calendar@chattanoogapulse.com
NOTICE: To ensure that your calendar listings have the best chance of making it into our Calendar, please submit your listing by noon on the Wednensday before publication date! Listings are published in our print edition as space allows.
For general press releases and information:info@chattanoogapulse.com
Enigma
Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: Calendar Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com.
Birmingham
Birmingham News
www.bhamnews.com
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City Scene
Friday's City Scene has calendar listings for music, dance, theater, lectures, special events, festivals, galleries and family events. Sunday's Pop & Culture section includes those listings and also announces upcoming book signings by visiting authors. Deadline for both calendars is Friday at 5 p.m. for the following week's publications (that's seven days in advance for City Scene, nine days in advance for Pop & Culture). Items, including author signings, may be emailed to aharvey@bhamnews.com, faxed to 325-2494 or mailed to Alec Harvey,The Birmingham News, P.O. Box 2553, Birmingham, AL 35202. Also, post your listings at www.activeculture.info
Monday, June 1, 2009
A FREEBIE for ya --
Alright -- So, Chattanooga, Tennessee's BIG music festival is in just a matter of days. It's the same one, that happens about this very same time - hosted by the Friends of the Festival -- and IF YOU do not know about this event, Click on the google search to the right and it'll pull up FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL with the event line-up and schedule.BUT TODAY -- Rolling through the latest "happenings" on the Chattanoogan.com -- I see a nice little article about PARKING! YUP -- Thought Chattanooga Festival goers would want to know, that according to the web report, "Unum Offers Parking Lots For Riverbend Festival"
THAT is about enough room for around 600 vehicles -- that is if PEOPLE park in between the little painted lines -- Imagine: IF festival goers were to carpool -- (ponder....ponder....think...imagine...awwlrigght).
Unum is offering its parking lots for Riverbend festival fans. Unum’s lots include 600 parking spaces that neighbor the festival sites making Unum’s lots convenient for festival-goers.
Now, the Chattanoogan.com indicates there are restrictions -- because the parking is needed for regular work hours.
Here is what I'd want to know: "Beginning June 5 and ending June 13, Unum’s parking lots will be available after 4 p.m. Parking is available all day on the weekends." SOURCE: chattanoogan.com
Beyond that -- If you're vehicle gets towed -- just check the aforementioned website and their detailed article in "HAPPENINGS" section, for the tow company details.
Monday and a TRYING!!
COOOFFFEEE - My oh - My!
One can never get enough of it when it's needed! So, this is a big week for everyone! Yes You! and Me too! Let's rock it out with a little bit of optimism and start scratching things off the list!!
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