The Experience Music Project - Bob Dylan - Amercan Journey 1956-1966 is coming February 8 through June 8, 2008(Getty Gallery) to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, located near the Getty, off the 405, at the top of the Sepulveda pass. With convenient parking at the center.
This exhibition is organized by Experience Music Project, Seattle Washington, and is presented at the Skirball by Steve Tisch. Photo by Barry Feinstein.
Learn more about the exhibit at:
http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&scope=exbt&task=detail&ccmenu=v2hhdcdzie9u&oid=24
and
http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?categoryID=21&ccID=83
More details:
Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966Experience Music Project presents Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966, which has traveled to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City and the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis. >> Click here for detailed exhibition specifications and logistical information. Few figures in the history of American popular music have reached the status of Bob Dylan. As the man who showed the world that popular music could be classified as art, Dylan has created a distinctly American body of work to match the legacies of Walt Whitman, Louis Armstrong, and his early musical hero, Woody Guthrie. Many people have declared Dylan’s lyrics to be poetry; his songs also unearth and revitalize the American folk and blues tradition, serving as a key link in the chain that extends from Southern work songs, blues and Anglo American ballads to the many contemporary singer-songwriters for whom Dylan is a main influence. But Dylan’s story is not simply that of a musical evolution. As a public figure and artistic innovator, he has taken and chronicled a journey emblematic of modern America’s own development. Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966, features more than 150 artifacts, including Dylan’s 1949 Martin 00-17 guitar, typed and handwritten lyrics, rare concert posters and handbills, signed albums, and dozens of photographs, as well as unique artifacts from artists such as Joan Baez, Woody Guthrie, Carolyn Hester, Bruce Langhorne and D. A. Pennebaker. The exhibition features five films exploring different facets of Bob Dylan’s career, with rare performance footage and interviews with Dylan and other key artists such as Baez, Langhorne and Robbie Robertson. In addition to the films, two viewing stations allow visitors to watch excerpts from the Dylan films Dont Look Back and Eat the Document, as well as excerpts of interviews with Dylan reflecting on his early career. Throughout the exhibition space are six listening stations that enable visitors to hear Dylan’s musical evolution and innovations during this 10-year period. Each station includes tracks from his first seven albums, as well as outtakes, bootlegs, cover versions and other songs that influenced Dylan’s work. An hour-long audio tour features Bob Dylan and other artists and individuals such as Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, Al Kooper, Robbie Robertson, Mavis Staples and Izzy Young, sharing their stories and insights about Dylan, music and the turbulent sixties. Click on a thumbnail for a larger image:
Exhibition design by Wonder Mine
Exhibition Includes:
Five exhibition films featuring rare performance and interview footage of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds, John Cohen, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk and others
Six listening stations featuring Bob Dylan’s first seven albums
A viewing station featuring excerpts from two Dylan documentaries: Dont Look Back and Eat the Document Bob Dylan’s 1949 Martin 00-17 guitar Woody Guthrie’s Martin guitar, with "Woody" and "This machine kills fascists" carved in the back Typed and handwritten lyrics for songs, including "Blowin’ in the Wind," "Chimes of Freedom" and "Mr. Tambourine Man," among others
Never-before-released recording of Dylan’s first concert, at Carnegie Chapter Hall
Albums signed by Dylan with song lyrics
Dozens of images by photographers such as Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer, John Cohen and others
Large-scale map of Greenwich Village showing the key folk clubs where Dylan and others played
Exhibition Schedule 3 times per year in 13-week cycles Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OHMay 20, 2006 – September 4, 2006 The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NYSeptember 29, 2006 – January 6, 2007 Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MNFebruary 2, 2007 – April 29, 2007 Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 2008 – June 8, 2008, last venue Tour closes
Exhibition Materials
Approximately 150 artifacts
Wall text
Structures for mini-theaters, six listening stations and one viewing station
Marketing collateral
Educational curriculum upon request
Exhibition Space Requirements 2,500-3,000 square feet
Shipping One 12 foot climate control truck for artifacts One 48-53 foot non-climate trailer for non-artifacts
Shipping Fees Hosting institution pays one-way shipping
Insurance Hosting institution is responsible for Certificate of Insurance prior to shipping
Fees Exhibition fee $90,000 plus shipping
Collateral Items Art work for exhibition poster available upon request Art work for exhibition postcard available upon request
ContactFor more information, please contact our Traveling Exhibitions Program at travelingexhibits@empsfm.org or 206.262.3170.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Bank of America to acquire Countrywide
Bank of America is set to acquire Countrywide. More details to follow.
Mozilo stands to make $115 million from the deal.
Does Countrywide have a choice? What is in for the employees of Countrywide? Many have lost their jobs over the last year as the mortgage crises continues.
Seeing the stock price of Countrywide tumble to under $8 having gone as high as almost $43 last year. Over 80% off the high.
We will see how things develop in this move. I have a Bank of America mortgage and have had no problems. I previously had a CountryWide mortgage and was not happy with the way I was treated. In addition to the class action lawsuit that is ongoing Countrywide is facing some challenges.
Mozilo stands to make $115 million from the deal.
Does Countrywide have a choice? What is in for the employees of Countrywide? Many have lost their jobs over the last year as the mortgage crises continues.
Seeing the stock price of Countrywide tumble to under $8 having gone as high as almost $43 last year. Over 80% off the high.
We will see how things develop in this move. I have a Bank of America mortgage and have had no problems. I previously had a CountryWide mortgage and was not happy with the way I was treated. In addition to the class action lawsuit that is ongoing Countrywide is facing some challenges.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
New Kodak Camera M763
The $129 Kodak EasyShare M763 has a 2.7-inch LCD and face detection technology. The camera comes in 6 colors, and the rep told me it's Kodak's answer to Canon's SD1000, though about $50-$70 cheaper.
Honda Civic Tour 2008
PANIC AT THE DISCO GOES COAST-TO-COAST IN ECO-FRIENDLY FAST LANE
AS HEADLINER OF 8TH ANNUAL HONDA CIVIC TOUR
Honda Civic Hybrid Customized by Panic At The Disco to Be Won by Lucky Fan
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2008 — Start your engines as Panic At The Disco leaves Sin City for center stage as headliner for the 8th annual Honda Civic Tour. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced the participation of the platinum-selling, MTV Video Music Award-winning band today at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Torrance, Calif. The event featured the unveiling of the Panic At The Disco customized and autographed Honda Civic Hybrid and a surprise performance by the Las Vegas-bred quartet which was hosted by Honda Civic Tour alum Mark Hoppus of +44 and Blink-182.
The Honda Civic Tour (HCT) continues to provide fans with a unique, interactive concert experience, allowing them to get up close and personal with their favorite bands. Panic At The Disco (PATD) will take the stage with material from their highly anticipated sophomore album, PRETTY. ODD., the follow-up to 2005’s A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Advance word on the new disc promises songs particularly well suited to live performance, which Honda Civic Tour fans will be the first to confirm as the band brings their dynamic stage show to intimate venues throughout the U.S. The tour kicks off April 10th in San Francisco at the Warfield Theatre and will close with an unforgettable performance at The Honda Center in Anaheim, Ca. on June 14th. Full schedule, on-sale dates and support acts will be announced at a later date.
Over the past seven years nearly two million fans have enjoyed the HCT experience, and the tour has developed a reputation for putting fans first as an entertainment brand backed by Honda. The eighth year demonstrates the consistent annual commitment Honda has made to developing and supporting emerging music artists. This commitment will be demonstrated yet again with tickets priced for maximum affordability.
Said Panic At The Disco lead singer Brendon Urie: “We’re taking advice from Fall Out Boy, who headlined the Honda Civic Tour last year, on how to make this year’s tour even better. Those guys set the bar pretty high, but we’re really looking forward to hitting the road again and are definitely up for the challenge.” Guitarist Ryan Ross commented: “We were just kids when we went to see Good Charlotte and New Found Glory in Vegas during the ’03 Civic Tour so it’s pretty amazing to now be headlining.”
Beyond great music, this year’s Honda Civic Tour is also deploying an environmental action plan. In the tradition of the past three Honda Civic Tours featuring the Civic Hybrid, the ’08 trek is aimed at effecting positive environmental change. New for this year, nonprofits Reverb (a leader in the “greening” of concert tours) and Global Inheritance (a champion of progressive causes with a tight connection to youth subcultures) have been selected by Panic At The Disco. They are collaborating to engage audiences in fun, fan-friendly, interactive exhibits during the tour. Additionally, this collective will make a substantial contribution to a cause to be determined by the end of the tour. The concept chosen will be selected on its merit to make a lasting impact on the generation-defining environmental movement in the name of the 2008 Honda Civic Tour with Panic At The Disco.
Tickets will equal action. For every Honda Civic Tour Panic At The Disco ticket purchased, $1 will go into a fund designated for non-profit tour partners Reverb and Global Inheritance. Being green does not get any easier than buying a ticket to the ’08 Honda Civic Tour!
In keeping with one of the Honda Civic Tour’s most exciting traditions, Panic At The Disco has designed a special, one-of-a-kind Honda Civic Hybrid to be showcased at each stop of the tour. Fans will have the opportunity throughout the tour to enter to win this green machine, which has been autographed by the band, making it the ultimate in HCT memorabilia. The PATD-personalized hybrid was unveiled to select Honda associates and the press at today’s announcement event.
The most up to date HCT news can be found at www.hondacivictour.com, and, on Jan. 30, beginning at 10 a.m. PST fans can register online to participate in a ticket pre-sale.
Panic At The Disco’s platinum-selling debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen), spawned multiple radio and video hits, among them “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” which went to #1 on MTV and was named Video of the Year at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The band has previously been featured on the covers of Rolling Stone, Spin and Alternative Press and is nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Boxed or Limited Edition Package” for A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out at the upcoming awards ceremony taking place on February 10th.
Past Honda Civic Tour headliners include The Black Eyed Peas, Blink-182, Everclear, Incubus, Good Charlotte and New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional, Maroon 5, and most recently, Fall Out Boy.
Produced by Marketing Factory, the Honda Civic Tour brings innovation and environmental consciousness to the masses by combining the hottest in automotive technology with the hottest in music.
For more information, visit the official Honda Civic Tour website at www.hondacivictour.com.
About Honda
Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America, began operations in the U.S. in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Honda now employs more than 35,000 associates in North America. Honda currently has 14 manufacturing plants in North America, producing automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, engines, transmissions and other components. Nearly 8 of 10 Honda and Acura cars and light trucks sold in America are assembled in North America as well. Many of these products are now designed and developed at one of Honda's U.S. R&D centers. Honda annually purchases more than $17 billion in parts and materials from suppliers in North America.
About Reverb
Reverb is a nonprofit organization helping make concert tours and the music industry safer for the environment. Aside from “greening” tours by fueling vehicles with biodiesel and promoting other earth-friendly products and practices, Reverb engages fans with its traveling, interactive Eco-Village, home to a fan carbon-offset program, green contests and educational outreach.
About Global Inheritance
Global Inheritance is a 501c3 nonprofit organization working to reinvent activism for today’s youth. Global Inheritance’s Tour de Panic allows Honda Civic Tour audiences to power their cell phones by riding bikes equipped with the latest in eco-efficient technology. By focusing on the power of creativity to communicate and push for progressive social change, Global Inheritance’s programs are able to educate and empower the individual.
Media Contacts:
Honda Civic Tour (ROGERS & COWAN)
Fran Curtis / Lauren Ceradini / Heather Lewandoski
212-445-8423 / 212-445-8418 / 310-854-8147
fcurtis@rogersandcowan.com / lceradini@rogersandcowan.com / hlewandoski@rogersandcowan.com
Panic At The Disco
Christina Kotsamanidis
212-707-2241
Christina.Kotsamanidis@atlanticrecords.com
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Chris Martin
310-783-3164
chris_martin@ahm.honda.com
Marketing Factory
Matthew Berkson
310-314-8008
matt@marketingfactory.com
Reverb
Brian Allenby
207-221-6553
brian@reverbrock.org
Global Inheritance
Eric Ritz
323-854-7061
ericritz@globalinheritance.org
AS HEADLINER OF 8TH ANNUAL HONDA CIVIC TOUR
Honda Civic Hybrid Customized by Panic At The Disco to Be Won by Lucky Fan
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2008 — Start your engines as Panic At The Disco leaves Sin City for center stage as headliner for the 8th annual Honda Civic Tour. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced the participation of the platinum-selling, MTV Video Music Award-winning band today at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Torrance, Calif. The event featured the unveiling of the Panic At The Disco customized and autographed Honda Civic Hybrid and a surprise performance by the Las Vegas-bred quartet which was hosted by Honda Civic Tour alum Mark Hoppus of +44 and Blink-182.
The Honda Civic Tour (HCT) continues to provide fans with a unique, interactive concert experience, allowing them to get up close and personal with their favorite bands. Panic At The Disco (PATD) will take the stage with material from their highly anticipated sophomore album, PRETTY. ODD., the follow-up to 2005’s A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Advance word on the new disc promises songs particularly well suited to live performance, which Honda Civic Tour fans will be the first to confirm as the band brings their dynamic stage show to intimate venues throughout the U.S. The tour kicks off April 10th in San Francisco at the Warfield Theatre and will close with an unforgettable performance at The Honda Center in Anaheim, Ca. on June 14th. Full schedule, on-sale dates and support acts will be announced at a later date.
Over the past seven years nearly two million fans have enjoyed the HCT experience, and the tour has developed a reputation for putting fans first as an entertainment brand backed by Honda. The eighth year demonstrates the consistent annual commitment Honda has made to developing and supporting emerging music artists. This commitment will be demonstrated yet again with tickets priced for maximum affordability.
Said Panic At The Disco lead singer Brendon Urie: “We’re taking advice from Fall Out Boy, who headlined the Honda Civic Tour last year, on how to make this year’s tour even better. Those guys set the bar pretty high, but we’re really looking forward to hitting the road again and are definitely up for the challenge.” Guitarist Ryan Ross commented: “We were just kids when we went to see Good Charlotte and New Found Glory in Vegas during the ’03 Civic Tour so it’s pretty amazing to now be headlining.”
Beyond great music, this year’s Honda Civic Tour is also deploying an environmental action plan. In the tradition of the past three Honda Civic Tours featuring the Civic Hybrid, the ’08 trek is aimed at effecting positive environmental change. New for this year, nonprofits Reverb (a leader in the “greening” of concert tours) and Global Inheritance (a champion of progressive causes with a tight connection to youth subcultures) have been selected by Panic At The Disco. They are collaborating to engage audiences in fun, fan-friendly, interactive exhibits during the tour. Additionally, this collective will make a substantial contribution to a cause to be determined by the end of the tour. The concept chosen will be selected on its merit to make a lasting impact on the generation-defining environmental movement in the name of the 2008 Honda Civic Tour with Panic At The Disco.
Tickets will equal action. For every Honda Civic Tour Panic At The Disco ticket purchased, $1 will go into a fund designated for non-profit tour partners Reverb and Global Inheritance. Being green does not get any easier than buying a ticket to the ’08 Honda Civic Tour!
In keeping with one of the Honda Civic Tour’s most exciting traditions, Panic At The Disco has designed a special, one-of-a-kind Honda Civic Hybrid to be showcased at each stop of the tour. Fans will have the opportunity throughout the tour to enter to win this green machine, which has been autographed by the band, making it the ultimate in HCT memorabilia. The PATD-personalized hybrid was unveiled to select Honda associates and the press at today’s announcement event.
The most up to date HCT news can be found at www.hondacivictour.com, and, on Jan. 30, beginning at 10 a.m. PST fans can register online to participate in a ticket pre-sale.
Panic At The Disco’s platinum-selling debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen), spawned multiple radio and video hits, among them “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” which went to #1 on MTV and was named Video of the Year at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The band has previously been featured on the covers of Rolling Stone, Spin and Alternative Press and is nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Boxed or Limited Edition Package” for A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out at the upcoming awards ceremony taking place on February 10th.
Past Honda Civic Tour headliners include The Black Eyed Peas, Blink-182, Everclear, Incubus, Good Charlotte and New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional, Maroon 5, and most recently, Fall Out Boy.
Produced by Marketing Factory, the Honda Civic Tour brings innovation and environmental consciousness to the masses by combining the hottest in automotive technology with the hottest in music.
For more information, visit the official Honda Civic Tour website at www.hondacivictour.com.
About Honda
Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America, began operations in the U.S. in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Honda now employs more than 35,000 associates in North America. Honda currently has 14 manufacturing plants in North America, producing automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, engines, transmissions and other components. Nearly 8 of 10 Honda and Acura cars and light trucks sold in America are assembled in North America as well. Many of these products are now designed and developed at one of Honda's U.S. R&D centers. Honda annually purchases more than $17 billion in parts and materials from suppliers in North America.
About Reverb
Reverb is a nonprofit organization helping make concert tours and the music industry safer for the environment. Aside from “greening” tours by fueling vehicles with biodiesel and promoting other earth-friendly products and practices, Reverb engages fans with its traveling, interactive Eco-Village, home to a fan carbon-offset program, green contests and educational outreach.
About Global Inheritance
Global Inheritance is a 501c3 nonprofit organization working to reinvent activism for today’s youth. Global Inheritance’s Tour de Panic allows Honda Civic Tour audiences to power their cell phones by riding bikes equipped with the latest in eco-efficient technology. By focusing on the power of creativity to communicate and push for progressive social change, Global Inheritance’s programs are able to educate and empower the individual.
Media Contacts:
Honda Civic Tour (ROGERS & COWAN)
Fran Curtis / Lauren Ceradini / Heather Lewandoski
212-445-8423 / 212-445-8418 / 310-854-8147
fcurtis@rogersandcowan.com / lceradini@rogersandcowan.com / hlewandoski@rogersandcowan.com
Panic At The Disco
Christina Kotsamanidis
212-707-2241
Christina.Kotsamanidis@atlanticrecords.com
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Chris Martin
310-783-3164
chris_martin@ahm.honda.com
Marketing Factory
Matthew Berkson
310-314-8008
matt@marketingfactory.com
Reverb
Brian Allenby
207-221-6553
brian@reverbrock.org
Global Inheritance
Eric Ritz
323-854-7061
ericritz@globalinheritance.org
Urban Network Magazine Turns 20
Urban Network Magazine Turns 20
Company Preps for Annual Entertainment-Marketing Summit, March 26-29
Premiering with its first issue back in February of 1988, the Los Angeles-based Urban Network Magazine, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary.
Originally, launched as a trade publication, servicing the Urban radio, music retail and record company landscapes, Urban Network has expanded its brand both as a print magazine and integrated website to target the consumer and music/entertainment industry enthusiast.
The Urban Network is once again proud to announce its return to the Newport Beach Hyatt in Newport Beach, California—the site of the 18th Annual Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit. This year's conference, March 26-29, 2008, promises to be bigger and better than ever.
The Summit will feature an array of seminars discussing such issues as the Music Industry's New Business Models, the State of Urban Radio, Operating a Successful Independent Label, Effectively Marketing Your Music Thru Social Networks, Radio Alternatives for the Indie Artist (i.e. Cable, Satellite and Internet), Survival as an Indie Retailer, Hip-Hop's Shrinking Market, and a New Media Digital Panel & Breakout Sessions. Starbucks Entertainment President, Kenneth Lombard, is signed on to be a keynote speaker.
The Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit will continue its tradition of celebrating the genre of Gospel Music on Thursday, March 27 with events hosted by Universal-Fontana, Verity-Zomba, and a Midnight Gospel Showcase, including some of the best independent and inspirational talent on the scene.
SonyBMG, EMI-Capitol Music Group, and Warner Elektra Atlantic Distribution are hosting showcases throughout the four-day event—highlighting many of their respective top recording artists.
The Hip-Hop community will take part in a Power Panel and Mix-show DJ seminar on Friday, March 28—while indie and unsigned artists will perform at the Annual Independent Music Festival, Saturday, March 29—capping off with an Urban Network 20th Anniversary Gala & Awards celebration Saturday evening.
"To be around for 20 years—especially in today's unpredictable marketplace—is a milestone to be celebrated, "says Miller London, Urban Network's President & CEO. "We at the Urban Network are very grateful to the industry and to those who have given their ongoing support; and, we look forward to you all joining us for our Summit in Newport Beach. I suggest you register for your Hotel rooms as well as your Conference registration, immediately; as we have a lot of great surprises in store at this year's Summit. This is an event you certainly won't want to miss."
For more information, an updated schedule of events, panelists, speakers, performers at the Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit, and registration, continue to visit www.urbannetwork.com
Company Preps for Annual Entertainment-Marketing Summit, March 26-29
Premiering with its first issue back in February of 1988, the Los Angeles-based Urban Network Magazine, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary.
Originally, launched as a trade publication, servicing the Urban radio, music retail and record company landscapes, Urban Network has expanded its brand both as a print magazine and integrated website to target the consumer and music/entertainment industry enthusiast.
The Urban Network is once again proud to announce its return to the Newport Beach Hyatt in Newport Beach, California—the site of the 18th Annual Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit. This year's conference, March 26-29, 2008, promises to be bigger and better than ever.
The Summit will feature an array of seminars discussing such issues as the Music Industry's New Business Models, the State of Urban Radio, Operating a Successful Independent Label, Effectively Marketing Your Music Thru Social Networks, Radio Alternatives for the Indie Artist (i.e. Cable, Satellite and Internet), Survival as an Indie Retailer, Hip-Hop's Shrinking Market, and a New Media Digital Panel & Breakout Sessions. Starbucks Entertainment President, Kenneth Lombard, is signed on to be a keynote speaker.
The Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit will continue its tradition of celebrating the genre of Gospel Music on Thursday, March 27 with events hosted by Universal-Fontana, Verity-Zomba, and a Midnight Gospel Showcase, including some of the best independent and inspirational talent on the scene.
SonyBMG, EMI-Capitol Music Group, and Warner Elektra Atlantic Distribution are hosting showcases throughout the four-day event—highlighting many of their respective top recording artists.
The Hip-Hop community will take part in a Power Panel and Mix-show DJ seminar on Friday, March 28—while indie and unsigned artists will perform at the Annual Independent Music Festival, Saturday, March 29—capping off with an Urban Network 20th Anniversary Gala & Awards celebration Saturday evening.
"To be around for 20 years—especially in today's unpredictable marketplace—is a milestone to be celebrated, "says Miller London, Urban Network's President & CEO. "We at the Urban Network are very grateful to the industry and to those who have given their ongoing support; and, we look forward to you all joining us for our Summit in Newport Beach. I suggest you register for your Hotel rooms as well as your Conference registration, immediately; as we have a lot of great surprises in store at this year's Summit. This is an event you certainly won't want to miss."
For more information, an updated schedule of events, panelists, speakers, performers at the Urban Network Entertainment-Marketing Summit, and registration, continue to visit www.urbannetwork.com
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Bodybuilding.com Releases Exclusive Muscle Milk Cake Batter Flavor!
NEW CAKE BATTER MUSCLE MILK! Exclusive Flavor. Only at Bodybuilding.com!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bodybuilding.com Releases Exclusive Muscle Milk Cake Batter Flavor!
Boise, ID – January 1, 2008 – Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s most- visited bodybuilding and fitness site and largest retailer of nutritional supplements, has teamed with CytoSport to release their much-anticipated exclusive Cake Batter Muscle Milk.
On November 5, 2007, Bodybuilding.com’s Vice President Jeremy DeLuca asked Bodybuilding.com Forum members to nominate a taste for a brand- new flavor of CytoSport Muscle Milk. When CytoSport extended the rights for an exclusive Bodybuilding.com flavor, they felt it was a decision only their customers could rightfully make. With over 500 Bodybuilding.com Forum posts and 11,000+ views, the votes came in and Cake Batter was declared the official Muscle Milk flavor winner.
For those of you not familiar with Muscle Milk, it is an evolutionary muscle formula that promotes efficient fat-burning, lean muscle growth, and fast recovery from exercise. Metabolically favorable ingredients stimulate growth and recovery in a similar manner to mother's milk nourishing a baby. Bodybuilding.com offers more than twenty different Muscle Milk flavors on their website, but Cake Batter is their first exclusive flavor with CytoSport.
“Muscle Milk is one of our most popular supplements, so to be able to offer another flavor option that is exclusively available at Bodybuilding.com is a great opportunity. Not to mention, this stuff tastes amazing,” says V.P. DeLuca.
To find out more about new Cake Batter Muscle Milk, visit: NEW CAKE BATTER MUSCLE MILK! Exclusive Flavor. Only at Bodybuilding.com!
Bodybuilding.com offers more than 6,000 health and fitness supplements & accessories to help people achieve their fitness goals. They offer more than 19,000 pages of FREE bodybuilding and fitness information, including more than 9,000 articles (written by 385+ writers), video & audio segments, and new content added daily.
NEW CAKE BATTER MUSCLE MILK! Exclusive Flavor. Only at Bodybuilding.com!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bodybuilding.com Releases Exclusive Muscle Milk Cake Batter Flavor!
Boise, ID – January 1, 2008 – Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s most- visited bodybuilding and fitness site and largest retailer of nutritional supplements, has teamed with CytoSport to release their much-anticipated exclusive Cake Batter Muscle Milk.
On November 5, 2007, Bodybuilding.com’s Vice President Jeremy DeLuca asked Bodybuilding.com Forum members to nominate a taste for a brand- new flavor of CytoSport Muscle Milk. When CytoSport extended the rights for an exclusive Bodybuilding.com flavor, they felt it was a decision only their customers could rightfully make. With over 500 Bodybuilding.com Forum posts and 11,000+ views, the votes came in and Cake Batter was declared the official Muscle Milk flavor winner.
For those of you not familiar with Muscle Milk, it is an evolutionary muscle formula that promotes efficient fat-burning, lean muscle growth, and fast recovery from exercise. Metabolically favorable ingredients stimulate growth and recovery in a similar manner to mother's milk nourishing a baby. Bodybuilding.com offers more than twenty different Muscle Milk flavors on their website, but Cake Batter is their first exclusive flavor with CytoSport.
“Muscle Milk is one of our most popular supplements, so to be able to offer another flavor option that is exclusively available at Bodybuilding.com is a great opportunity. Not to mention, this stuff tastes amazing,” says V.P. DeLuca.
To find out more about new Cake Batter Muscle Milk, visit: NEW CAKE BATTER MUSCLE MILK! Exclusive Flavor. Only at Bodybuilding.com!
Bodybuilding.com offers more than 6,000 health and fitness supplements & accessories to help people achieve their fitness goals. They offer more than 19,000 pages of FREE bodybuilding and fitness information, including more than 9,000 articles (written by 385+ writers), video & audio segments, and new content added daily.
NEW CAKE BATTER MUSCLE MILK! Exclusive Flavor. Only at Bodybuilding.com!
Dell Specials
Save $300 on all Inspiron™ Desktop purchases over $999 (before tax, fees, shipping & handling)- Coupon Code: P$$270BWJ6JS2X
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Limited time and quantity offer: Beginning 1/10/2008 8:00 AM through 1/31/2008 5:55 AM CT or after 6,000 coupon redemptions (whichever occurs first)
Restrictions: Offer may not be combinable with mail in rebates, dollars off, percentages, or select other promotions. One offer may be applied per cart at checkout. Coupon code expires after first 6,000 redemptions or earlier if offer is terminated earlier. The Home & Home Office site and offers contained herein valid only for end users and not for resellers and/or online auctions. Offers subject to change, not combinable with all other offers. Taxes, shipping, handling and other fees apply. U.S. Dell Home and Home Office new purchases only. Purchase limit of 5 systems per order, but coupon discount applies to only 1 system per cart. Limit of 5 systems per customer please. Dell reserves the right to cancel orders arising from pricing or other errors.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
News from Apple
Apple Store launched 3 exciting new products today. For more details and creative, please see below.
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.
New Mac Pro featuring 8-core processing power in the standard configuration.
New Xserve with 8-core processing. Important: Next week is Macworld! Historically, this has been a very exciting time for Apple - the iPhone was announced last year. The keynote given by Steve Jobs will be Tuesday, January 15th, so stay tuned for possible exciting announcements.
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.
New Mac Pro featuring 8-core processing power in the standard configuration.
New Xserve with 8-core processing. Important: Next week is Macworld! Historically, this has been a very exciting time for Apple - the iPhone was announced last year. The keynote given by Steve Jobs will be Tuesday, January 15th, so stay tuned for possible exciting announcements.
Wikia
Critics Wallop Wikia - these are the headlines we are reading....
I have been to Wikia and tried it out. It appears to need some work, but it does look promising.
I will hold out judgment on the search engine, as I know the team behind the project is more than capable of pulling off an putting together a great product. Specialized niche search results are a thing more and more people are going to be looking for.
I have been to Wikia and tried it out. It appears to need some work, but it does look promising.
I will hold out judgment on the search engine, as I know the team behind the project is more than capable of pulling off an putting together a great product. Specialized niche search results are a thing more and more people are going to be looking for.
Print Jobs stuck in spooler
Have you tried to print a document and not been able to? Perhaps there is a job in the print que holding things up.
Try this...
Turn off the Print Spooler in Services under Administrative Tools.
Use Windows Explorer to go to System32\Spool\Printers to delete the offending jobs. Stopping the Print Spooler service Turn on the Fax Service, so turn it back on after Starting the Print Spooler again.
If this fails remove and reinstall the printer driver.
Try this...
Turn off the Print Spooler in Services under Administrative Tools.
Use Windows Explorer to go to System32\Spool\Printers to delete the offending jobs. Stopping the Print Spooler service Turn on the Fax Service, so turn it back on after Starting the Print Spooler again.
If this fails remove and reinstall the printer driver.
Faith Hill new Single Red Umbrella LIVE
Watch the live video for Faith Hill's new single "Red Umbrella [Live]" here: http://streamos.wbr.com/qtime/wbr/nashville/faithhill/redumbrella/v_fl_faith_hill_red_umbrella_live_video_700.mov
Monday, January 7, 2008
MacWorld San Francisco 2008
While CES is going on in Las Vegas, Apple is having their conference in San Francisco.
At Moscone center you will find the latest gadgets and announcements from Apple.
New Mac Pro - A new Mac Pro. I'm going to buy one of these (assuming they contain 45nm CPUs), so they damn well better be introduced.
New displays - New Apple external displays. I have grave doubts about this one (see later square), but the existing line desperately needs updating.
HD video somewhere - High-definition video appears on some piece of Apple hardware or software. It must be explicitly described as "HD" or "high-definition." HD video for sale in the iTunes store counts.
MacBook Thin - A new subnotebook from Apple, regardless of its actual branding or product name. What's a subnotebook? Use your own judgement. The only restriction I'll add is that it must have a hardware keyboard.
New MacBook Pro - Any revision to the MacBook Pro product line.
Multi-touch Mac - Any Mac that includes a feature described as "multi-touch" or even just "touch." It can be a screen, trackpad, whatever.
"Wouldn't it be great...?" - Steve Jobs begins his favorite rhetorical question.
MacBook Thin has flash - The subnotebook (described in the "MacBook Thin" square above) contains some nontrivial amount of flash RAM.
"One more thing..." - Steve Jobs says there's "one more thing." A slide containing the phrase is also acceptable, even if Jobs does not actually say it.
New Apple TV - The moribund Apple TV is revised or replaced with a new product that does the same sort of things.
Movie Rentals - Apple rents downloadable movies from the iTunes store.
"Boom" - Steve Jobs says the word "boom" while demonstrating something.
Existence of Xserve acknowledged - The Xserve or Xserve RAID is mentioned by a presenter, listed on a slide, or even just appears in a photo, illustration, or screenshot.
Blu-ray - Sony's Blu-ray disc format is mentioned by a presenter. (Text or a logo on a slide does not count.)
iPhone SDK details - Significant new information about the iPhone SDK.
New displays have cameras - New Apple displays with built-in or otherwise attached cameras.
New iPhone - New iPhone hardware. Even minor revisions count.
Mac market share touted - Good news about the market share of Macintosh computers is presented.
Optical drive sold separately - An Apple-branded external optical drive is introduced and is available for individual sale.
Schiller - Phil Schiller appears on stage or in live video. (Pre-recorded segments do not count.)
Leopard vs. Vista - Mac OS X 10.5 is compared to Vista in some way. Showing one of the Mac/PC TV ads does not count. The comparison must be part of the live presentation.
Dockable Mac - Some hardware product that runs Mac OS X docks to some other piece of hardware.
Native third-party iPhone app demo - A demonstration of an OS X application written by a third-party, or written by Apple as an example of what could be written using the new iPhone SDK.
No new displays - No new Apple external display products are introduced. (Rioting optional.)
At Moscone center you will find the latest gadgets and announcements from Apple.
New Mac Pro - A new Mac Pro. I'm going to buy one of these (assuming they contain 45nm CPUs), so they damn well better be introduced.
New displays - New Apple external displays. I have grave doubts about this one (see later square), but the existing line desperately needs updating.
HD video somewhere - High-definition video appears on some piece of Apple hardware or software. It must be explicitly described as "HD" or "high-definition." HD video for sale in the iTunes store counts.
MacBook Thin - A new subnotebook from Apple, regardless of its actual branding or product name. What's a subnotebook? Use your own judgement. The only restriction I'll add is that it must have a hardware keyboard.
New MacBook Pro - Any revision to the MacBook Pro product line.
Multi-touch Mac - Any Mac that includes a feature described as "multi-touch" or even just "touch." It can be a screen, trackpad, whatever.
"Wouldn't it be great...?" - Steve Jobs begins his favorite rhetorical question.
MacBook Thin has flash - The subnotebook (described in the "MacBook Thin" square above) contains some nontrivial amount of flash RAM.
"One more thing..." - Steve Jobs says there's "one more thing." A slide containing the phrase is also acceptable, even if Jobs does not actually say it.
New Apple TV - The moribund Apple TV is revised or replaced with a new product that does the same sort of things.
Movie Rentals - Apple rents downloadable movies from the iTunes store.
"Boom" - Steve Jobs says the word "boom" while demonstrating something.
Existence of Xserve acknowledged - The Xserve or Xserve RAID is mentioned by a presenter, listed on a slide, or even just appears in a photo, illustration, or screenshot.
Blu-ray - Sony's Blu-ray disc format is mentioned by a presenter. (Text or a logo on a slide does not count.)
iPhone SDK details - Significant new information about the iPhone SDK.
New displays have cameras - New Apple displays with built-in or otherwise attached cameras.
New iPhone - New iPhone hardware. Even minor revisions count.
Mac market share touted - Good news about the market share of Macintosh computers is presented.
Optical drive sold separately - An Apple-branded external optical drive is introduced and is available for individual sale.
Schiller - Phil Schiller appears on stage or in live video. (Pre-recorded segments do not count.)
Leopard vs. Vista - Mac OS X 10.5 is compared to Vista in some way. Showing one of the Mac/PC TV ads does not count. The comparison must be part of the live presentation.
Dockable Mac - Some hardware product that runs Mac OS X docks to some other piece of hardware.
Native third-party iPhone app demo - A demonstration of an OS X application written by a third-party, or written by Apple as an example of what could be written using the new iPhone SDK.
No new displays - No new Apple external display products are introduced. (Rioting optional.)
Yahoo Life! Yahoo Go!
Starting today, any publisher can make “widgets” that plug into Yahoo! Go! Showing some icons on screen of eBay (EBAY), News Corp.’s (NWS) MySpace, and Viacoms (VIA.B) MTV. Been working in partnership with eBay, Viacom and News for past few months, have some widgets developed with them.
A “widget” is a fully fledged mobile app, Boris is insisting — “Everything I do on my PC I can now do on my mobile phone.” Showing off MySpace, friend requests. Yang: “We have the potential for many, many developers to join this.”
Yahoo! Go! available on over 300 devices. Yahoo! Go 3.0 will be offered on over 30 devices when it goes live. As part of the developer strategy, also manage to runs the widgets on any phone with a Web browser, which means a phone doesn’t have to have the Yahoo! Go! code on it. Able to call up one’s personalized list of widgets from any phone.
Working with LG Electronics and other phone vendors to make widgets run natively on phones.
Yang points adds are running on the user interface of the phone, segueing into mobile advertising. Taking technology for widget developers and giving it to advertisers to make “rich ads.” In the demo, clicking on the “stores” link for an advertisor leads to a scrollable map of store locations.
You’ll be able to check out a beta version of 3.0 later today by directing your phone’s browser to http://beta.m.yahoo.com
A “widget” is a fully fledged mobile app, Boris is insisting — “Everything I do on my PC I can now do on my mobile phone.” Showing off MySpace, friend requests. Yang: “We have the potential for many, many developers to join this.”
Yahoo! Go! available on over 300 devices. Yahoo! Go 3.0 will be offered on over 30 devices when it goes live. As part of the developer strategy, also manage to runs the widgets on any phone with a Web browser, which means a phone doesn’t have to have the Yahoo! Go! code on it. Able to call up one’s personalized list of widgets from any phone.
Working with LG Electronics and other phone vendors to make widgets run natively on phones.
Yang points adds are running on the user interface of the phone, segueing into mobile advertising. Taking technology for widget developers and giving it to advertisers to make “rich ads.” In the demo, clicking on the “stores” link for an advertisor leads to a scrollable map of store locations.
You’ll be able to check out a beta version of 3.0 later today by directing your phone’s browser to http://beta.m.yahoo.com
CES Show Las Vegas 2008
CES is off! Lots of new stuff coming out of Vegas.
I'll try to bring you some of the interesting announcements.
I'll try to bring you some of the interesting announcements.
S&W Followup
A rep from S&W called me this morning. Very concerned about the condition of the cans of diced tomatoes. She offered to refund the purchase price.
Kudos to S&W for they way they handled themselves.
I will continue to purchase their products.
Kudos to S&W for they way they handled themselves.
I will continue to purchase their products.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
iPod-iPhone display protection invisible zagg
Thanks to Steve Bass for this:
I'm at the Consumer Electronics Show, finding the products that you
(and I) can use. I spent three hours at CES Unveiled last night --
along with 40,000 other journalists crammed a too-small banquet room.
(Oh, what I do for you…)
I spotted the Invisible Shield, a super thin transparent film that
protects electronic devices -- the ubiquitous iPod, iPhone, cell
phones, digital cameras… you get the idea.
It has a lifetime warranty and purported to be scratch-proof. I
watched as a company rep used a ballpoint pen and tried scratching
the Invisible Shield. From the short demo, it worked.
The invisible shield is cheap -- anywhere between $10 and $25,
depending on the device. You can buy one on their site and get a
50-percent discount one week after the CES show closes.
< http://www.zagg.com/showspecial >
I'm at the Consumer Electronics Show, finding the products that you
(and I) can use. I spent three hours at CES Unveiled last night --
along with 40,000 other journalists crammed a too-small banquet room.
(Oh, what I do for you…)
I spotted the Invisible Shield, a super thin transparent film that
protects electronic devices -- the ubiquitous iPod, iPhone, cell
phones, digital cameras… you get the idea.
It has a lifetime warranty and purported to be scratch-proof. I
watched as a company rep used a ballpoint pen and tried scratching
the Invisible Shield. From the short demo, it worked.
The invisible shield is cheap -- anywhere between $10 and $25,
depending on the device. You can buy one on their site and get a
50-percent discount one week after the CES show closes.
< http://www.zagg.com/showspecial >
Botulism - canned tomatoes S&W
This morning I was looking through some cans in the garage and pantry and found that the S&W Premium Ready-Cut Diced Tomatoes cans was bulging. I sent an email contact to http://www.swfinefoods.com/ to see how they handle these sorts of situations.
Call 800- 252-7033
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
Write
S&W Fine Foods Consumer ServicesP.O. Box 193575San Francisco, CA 94119-3575
The cans I have are Best By Mar 31 09
With a code 5B 6228H8 19:54
Then I did some research and found the following.
Cans bulge primarily because of a potentially deadly bacteria fermenting in it, which causes a type of food poisoning known as Botulism. DO NOT PURCHASE A CAN WITH BULGES. Botulism can kill you.
botulism /bot·u·lism/ (boch´ah-lizm) an extremely severe type of food poisoning due to a neurotoxin (botulin) produced by Clostridium botulinum in improperly canned or preserved foods.
There is lots of info about this topic. They all say the same thing, do not purchase or eat a can that has expanded/bulged it could make you very sick or ill.
Call 800- 252-7033
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
Write
S&W Fine Foods Consumer ServicesP.O. Box 193575San Francisco, CA 94119-3575
The cans I have are Best By Mar 31 09
With a code 5B 6228H8 19:54
Then I did some research and found the following.
Cans bulge primarily because of a potentially deadly bacteria fermenting in it, which causes a type of food poisoning known as Botulism. DO NOT PURCHASE A CAN WITH BULGES. Botulism can kill you.
botulism /bot·u·lism/ (boch´ah-lizm) an extremely severe type of food poisoning due to a neurotoxin (botulin) produced by Clostridium botulinum in improperly canned or preserved foods.
There is lots of info about this topic. They all say the same thing, do not purchase or eat a can that has expanded/bulged it could make you very sick or ill.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
AT&T Poor Customer Service Experience
I must say that I have not been too happy with the folks at AT&T.
Recently my wife decided to switch over to t-mobile from AT&T, to try to save some money and be on the same service as me.
Last month we received a bill for $7.95, after we closed the account. I tried to go online to pay the amount and the account was no longer active. So I called AT&T and asked them why they make it so difficult, I guess that was a dumb question.
So I asked the representative if he could credit the balance and close the account. He said he would see what he could do and within a few minutes he said it was all set. I left with a good feeling about AT&T, they tried to leave things in good standing with a customer(I am still an AT&T customer for home phone and DSL service, although not sure how much longer, based on this treatment).
So in the mail yesterday we received a bill for $1.00!!! I was shocked. So I called AT&T and asked why we received the bill, 90 cents + 10 cents tax! I said you have to be kidding, you want me to send a check for $1 and spend $.41 cents to send it?
The rep said they could accept the credit card I had used on the account. At this point I thought, you know I don't have the patience to deal with this just pay it, so i did.
Then I started thinking about it more and how the call was handled by the rep.
The fact that one rep can close the account and tell me that everything is closed and I will not be receiving any more bills. The other rep tells me that I owe money.
Here's the message to AT&T, there has to be some reasonable consideration for customers and the general public.
Recently my wife decided to switch over to t-mobile from AT&T, to try to save some money and be on the same service as me.
Last month we received a bill for $7.95, after we closed the account. I tried to go online to pay the amount and the account was no longer active. So I called AT&T and asked them why they make it so difficult, I guess that was a dumb question.
So I asked the representative if he could credit the balance and close the account. He said he would see what he could do and within a few minutes he said it was all set. I left with a good feeling about AT&T, they tried to leave things in good standing with a customer(I am still an AT&T customer for home phone and DSL service, although not sure how much longer, based on this treatment).
So in the mail yesterday we received a bill for $1.00!!! I was shocked. So I called AT&T and asked why we received the bill, 90 cents + 10 cents tax! I said you have to be kidding, you want me to send a check for $1 and spend $.41 cents to send it?
The rep said they could accept the credit card I had used on the account. At this point I thought, you know I don't have the patience to deal with this just pay it, so i did.
Then I started thinking about it more and how the call was handled by the rep.
The fact that one rep can close the account and tell me that everything is closed and I will not be receiving any more bills. The other rep tells me that I owe money.
Here's the message to AT&T, there has to be some reasonable consideration for customers and the general public.
The Picture Mug
For Christmas we received a picture mug from the folks at The Picture Mug.
Apparently we are not the only ones as they are out of stock due to popular demand, although they should have them available any day now.
Order yours today and place a photo in the mug. You can easily update the picture.
The Travel Picture Mug
They also sell mugs.
About the Picture Mug Co.
The Picture Mug Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of An Open Heart Co. located in Santa Rosa, CA.
Our mission is reflected in all the choices we make in our business: How we treat each other as people, the type of products we design, the materials we choose to work with, the factories we choose to manufacture our products, the environment we choose to work in, the people we choose to assemble our products, and what we choose to do with our profits.
Create your own Picture Mug!
Our personalized Picture Mugs allow you to insert your favorite photos, artwork, scrapbook collages into the mugs and change them as often as you'd like. If you like, you could have a different personalized coffee mug for every day of the week!
In this site we offer the best quality personalized photo mugs available. Click here to see what our customers have to say about the Picture Mug.
The Travel Picture Mug is made with a stainless steel inner cup, has sturdy construction, and is waterproof to protect your photos and artwork. Personalized photo mugs make great personalized wedding favors or gifts for other occasions.
If you're looking for fundraising ideas, our personalized photo mugs are perfect fundraising products.
DVD Play Promo Codes
I've been using DVDPlay for a few months. I go to the Vons in Pasadena, usually on Colorado and Sierra Madre. They seem to have a pretty good stock.
Apparently they have taken down all the promo codes from the kiosk and none of the ones that I recently received worked, so I decided to do a search online and found a few links and codes which I will try next time.
http://www.dvdplay.com/dvd-rental-machine/kiosk-promocodes.html - I don't see any promo codes currently listed.
Other promo codes:
bday419
bday920
PromoCode "PLAY" for a FREE rental.
PromoCode “MISSU50” for a 50¢ rental
You can also get DVDPlay promo codes for free and discounted rentals from InsideDVDPlay [ http://www.insidedvdplay.com/ ].
Also, if you happen to have a Redbox (same idea as DVDPlay) nearby, you can get codes from InsideRedbox [ http://www.insideredbox.com/ ].
One of the things I don't like about the service is having to return the rentals by 7pm the next day, if they are not returned at 7pm you get charged the full price rental. So last week we rented two movies. I had a promo code, so two movies came out to $1.60, we did not return by 7pm and my credit card was charged twice for $1.07. Perhaps DVDPlay can offer another day for $.50 extra, or some way to not have to pay the full rental price, or at least offer a grace period of an hour. I don't know how they came up with 7pm.
Apparently they have taken down all the promo codes from the kiosk and none of the ones that I recently received worked, so I decided to do a search online and found a few links and codes which I will try next time.
http://www.dvdplay.com/dvd-rental-machine/kiosk-promocodes.html - I don't see any promo codes currently listed.
Other promo codes:
bday419
bday920
PromoCode "PLAY" for a FREE rental.
PromoCode “MISSU50” for a 50¢ rental
You can also get DVDPlay promo codes for free and discounted rentals from InsideDVDPlay [ http://www.insidedvdplay.com/ ].
Also, if you happen to have a Redbox (same idea as DVDPlay) nearby, you can get codes from InsideRedbox [ http://www.insideredbox.com/ ].
One of the things I don't like about the service is having to return the rentals by 7pm the next day, if they are not returned at 7pm you get charged the full price rental. So last week we rented two movies. I had a promo code, so two movies came out to $1.60, we did not return by 7pm and my credit card was charged twice for $1.07. Perhaps DVDPlay can offer another day for $.50 extra, or some way to not have to pay the full rental price, or at least offer a grace period of an hour. I don't know how they came up with 7pm.
Fastest Clapper!
The world's fastest clapper!
14 claps per second....
Kent "Toast" French, The World's Fastest Clapper
Kent(Toast), holds the record for 'Most claps in a minute' 721. Finally, a video of it happening. (less)
14 claps per second....
Kent "Toast" French, The World's Fastest Clapper
Kent(Toast), holds the record for 'Most claps in a minute' 721. Finally, a video of it happening. (less)
World Record Drummers
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2007/11/12/news.to.me.extreme.drumming.cnn
http://www.worldsfastestdrummer.com/
Over 1000 beats per minute! WOW!
1119 per minute - Matt "the kid" Smith
1126 per minute was the record
On News To Me Matt did 1042 beats! Wow.
Check out this video of the world's fastest drummer.
Extreme drumming 3:44
'News To Me's' Eric Lanford checks out the sport of extreme drumming and even takes a shot at the title!
Drumometer
WFD
Alan "Boo" McAfee - developed a machine to
Buddy Rich
Barry Deans
http://www.worldsfastestdrummer.com/
Over 1000 beats per minute! WOW!
1119 per minute - Matt "the kid" Smith
1126 per minute was the record
On News To Me Matt did 1042 beats! Wow.
Check out this video of the world's fastest drummer.
Extreme drumming 3:44
'News To Me's' Eric Lanford checks out the sport of extreme drumming and even takes a shot at the title!
Drumometer
WFD
Alan "Boo" McAfee - developed a machine to
Buddy Rich
Barry Deans
Top Viral Videos of 2007
Human sling shot and more. Watch this weeks episide on CNN's site.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/news.to.me/
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/news.to.me/
Blaine Baggett - JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age
Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM Beckman AuditoriumFREE; no tickets or reservations required
Our premier public screening of the new documentary JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age, almost exactly 50 years after the launch of Explorer 1, will be followed by discussion and Q&A with writer, producer, and director Blaine Baggett, JPL's Executive Manager of Communications.
At the end of World War II, the fledging efforts of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory were at a crossroads. Should this outgrowth of Caltech, involved in building rockets for the U.S. Army, continue on in peace time? The answer came with the coming of the Cold War. JPL would continue its Army rocket development, culminating with the Corporal and Sergeant missiles, which were deployed in Europe as a nuclear deterrent to the Eastern Bloc.
But by 1956 JPL was already seeking a new, non-military role and had set its ambitions on teaming with the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama to launch the first satellite into space. Denied that opportunity in 1956 by the Eisenhower administration, JPL and the Von Braun rocket teams could only watch in frustration as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, in October 1957.
Following the explosion of the U.S. Vanguard rocket just weeks after Sputnik, the White House in desperation turn to the JPL and Huntsville team, which successfully launched Explorer 1 into orbit less than 90 days after being given the go-ahead. The discovery by Explorer 1's instruments of what came to be known as the Van Allen radiation belts was the world's first space science, and set JPL on the path to become the world's preeminent explorer of the solar system and beyond.
jpl.nasa.gov
Season Sponsors:
Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union Los Angeles Times
Voices of Vision Series
Our premier public screening of the new documentary JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age, almost exactly 50 years after the launch of Explorer 1, will be followed by discussion and Q&A with writer, producer, and director Blaine Baggett, JPL's Executive Manager of Communications.
At the end of World War II, the fledging efforts of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory were at a crossroads. Should this outgrowth of Caltech, involved in building rockets for the U.S. Army, continue on in peace time? The answer came with the coming of the Cold War. JPL would continue its Army rocket development, culminating with the Corporal and Sergeant missiles, which were deployed in Europe as a nuclear deterrent to the Eastern Bloc.
But by 1956 JPL was already seeking a new, non-military role and had set its ambitions on teaming with the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama to launch the first satellite into space. Denied that opportunity in 1956 by the Eisenhower administration, JPL and the Von Braun rocket teams could only watch in frustration as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, in October 1957.
Following the explosion of the U.S. Vanguard rocket just weeks after Sputnik, the White House in desperation turn to the JPL and Huntsville team, which successfully launched Explorer 1 into orbit less than 90 days after being given the go-ahead. The discovery by Explorer 1's instruments of what came to be known as the Van Allen radiation belts was the world's first space science, and set JPL on the path to become the world's preeminent explorer of the solar system and beyond.
jpl.nasa.gov
Season Sponsors:
Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union Los Angeles Times
Voices of Vision Series
Armory Center Upcoming Event
I am planning to attend this event and will report back with some pictures.
Northwest Passage:
An Armory Northwest Celebration
At Armory Northwest, 965 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena
Saturday, January 12, 7 p.m. - midnight
Witness a conglomeration of music, performance and video. Plus food and lots of viewable excitement. A community event featuring Skip Arnold, Conjunto Los Pochos, Luis Hernandez, Stan Hunter, Instrumental Women’s Lady Jazz Ensemble, Gian-Martin Joller, Douglas Lee, Billy Mitchell presents The Minority Report, Anna Oxygen, Nancy Popp, the Keith Walsh Experience, plus a video program curated by Catherine Taft and Nikhil Murthy. Organized by Matt Wardell.
Free
Northwest Passage:
An Armory Northwest Celebration
At Armory Northwest, 965 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena
Saturday, January 12, 7 p.m. - midnight
Witness a conglomeration of music, performance and video. Plus food and lots of viewable excitement. A community event featuring Skip Arnold, Conjunto Los Pochos, Luis Hernandez, Stan Hunter, Instrumental Women’s Lady Jazz Ensemble, Gian-Martin Joller, Douglas Lee, Billy Mitchell presents The Minority Report, Anna Oxygen, Nancy Popp, the Keith Walsh Experience, plus a video program curated by Catherine Taft and Nikhil Murthy. Organized by Matt Wardell.
Free
Friday, January 4, 2008
Foo Fighters My Grammy Moment
Foo Fighters Announce My Grammy Moment
Calling all unsigned instrumentalists!
Foo Fighters are proud to announce the “My Grammy Moment” contest. A select group of lucky and talented individuals will have the chance to perform as part of Foo Fighters’ orchestra when the band plays “The Pretender” at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The grand prize winner will perform a solo during the song.
Enter the contest and view all details here
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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New Law for phones and driving
Thanks to the News-Sentinel staff for this overview of the new law coming July 1.
New cell phone laws at a glance
The countdown to New Year's came and went this week, and now a new clock is ticking: In six months, it will become illegal to drive while holding a cell phone to the ear.
In other words, you have until July 1 to buy a hands-free device, or buy a whole new phone if it doesn't work with such devices. Teenagers cannot use any communication device, even with hands-free devices.
The July 1 date has been widely publicized since the law was passed a year ago, but law enforcement officials say they are still being deluged by calls from people who think the law started this week. Some thought it started in July 2007, and some even thought it went into effect a year ago.
The bottom line is that, after July 1, if a cop sees you holding a cell phone while driving, you can be ticketed. You must use a hands-free device so that you do not have to hold the phone while driving.
Most phones have a place to plug in an earpiece, and many now use Bluetooth technology, which does not require wires. Headphones won't work, as California law does not allow drivers to use headphones on both ears.
But teenagers don't need to bother investing in hands-free equipment — on July 1 it will become illegal for those under age 18 to use any kind of communication device while driving.
The only exception to both laws is during an emergency.
The base fine for each offense starts at $20, which doesn't sound too steep, but that doesn't count various state and court fees. Once they are tacked on, the total fine will be well over $50. For subsequent violations, the fine will more than double.
— News-Sentinel staff.
New cell phone laws at a glance
The countdown to New Year's came and went this week, and now a new clock is ticking: In six months, it will become illegal to drive while holding a cell phone to the ear.
In other words, you have until July 1 to buy a hands-free device, or buy a whole new phone if it doesn't work with such devices. Teenagers cannot use any communication device, even with hands-free devices.
The July 1 date has been widely publicized since the law was passed a year ago, but law enforcement officials say they are still being deluged by calls from people who think the law started this week. Some thought it started in July 2007, and some even thought it went into effect a year ago.
The bottom line is that, after July 1, if a cop sees you holding a cell phone while driving, you can be ticketed. You must use a hands-free device so that you do not have to hold the phone while driving.
Most phones have a place to plug in an earpiece, and many now use Bluetooth technology, which does not require wires. Headphones won't work, as California law does not allow drivers to use headphones on both ears.
But teenagers don't need to bother investing in hands-free equipment — on July 1 it will become illegal for those under age 18 to use any kind of communication device while driving.
The only exception to both laws is during an emergency.
The base fine for each offense starts at $20, which doesn't sound too steep, but that doesn't count various state and court fees. Once they are tacked on, the total fine will be well over $50. For subsequent violations, the fine will more than double.
— News-Sentinel staff.
Cell phones and your commute
New study came out that our commutes are extended 10-15min on average due to people talking on their phones.
Remember that you must use a hands free device starting July 1, 2008, at least in the California.
Here's a link to the various stories on the topic.
http://news.google.com/news?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ&hl=en&resnum=1&ct=title&ncl=1125675333
Remember that you must use a hands free device starting July 1, 2008, at least in the California.
Here's a link to the various stories on the topic.
http://news.google.com/news?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ&hl=en&resnum=1&ct=title&ncl=1125675333
More Street Racing News
Over the weekend, there was another street race in Hollywood. One killed, and multiple injuries.
Witnesses ; Firey street racing crash in Hollywood
One person died and another seriously burned in a collision at a Hollywood intersection. In all, four people were involved in the 3-car crash. Authorities on the scene suspect street racing is to blame. (Dec. 29)
John Bisnar has a good blog post about this topic. This type of behavior needs to end. The roads are dangerous enough without having people racing!
http://www.californiainjuryblog.com/2007/12/two_killed_in_fiery_hollywood.html
Here's the video:
Witnesses ; Firey street racing crash in Hollywood
One person died and another seriously burned in a collision at a Hollywood intersection. In all, four people were involved in the 3-car crash. Authorities on the scene suspect street racing is to blame. (Dec. 29)
John Bisnar has a good blog post about this topic. This type of behavior needs to end. The roads are dangerous enough without having people racing!
http://www.californiainjuryblog.com/2007/12/two_killed_in_fiery_hollywood.html
Here's the video:
CalTech Enterprise Forum
The next CalTech enterprise forum is coming up next Saturday.
Looks like a good one.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall
Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking: 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost: $40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 12:00 noon the day prior to the event. There are no refunds for no-shows.
As a business and investment vehicle, is it farfetched to credit social networking with value and staying power? The rise and demise of Friendster begs the question whether MySpace will be similarly dethroned by FaceBook. Meanwhile, might LinkedIn emerge as "tortoise" in the race? And might one of today's many soc-net startup alternatives emerge to be the Google of the genre? Whatever you thought were answers, the appearance of OpenSocial as a platform giving common access between entrepreneurs and network members adds a dimension threatening to squelch the skeptics. For example, by adopting this model (long ago used by dBase-Lotus), Facebook has cultivated thousands of third party applications.
Our keynote speakers and panelists will look at the soc-net paradigm from the vantage point of successful entrepreneurs and investors in this arena. They will wrestle with the many-faceted answers to these and related questions.
Keynote Speaker
Jason Feffer
Chief Executive Officer/Founder
SodaHead.com
Former Vice President of Operations and founding team member
MySpace
Former Vice President of Operations
Fox Interactive
Entrepreneurial Venture
Mark Jeffrey
Chief Technical Officer
Maholo.com
Author of "Max Quick Book One: The Pocket and the Pendant"
Co-founder
ZeroDegrees, Inc., a Variety "50 to Watch"
Panelists
Joe Jasin
Vice President, Corporate Development
SK Telecom International
Policy Advisor to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce
and key mobile wireless insider
Tony Karrer, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer/Chief Technical Officer
TechEmpower
Founding Chief Technical Officer
eHarmony
Award winning elearning blogger
Stuart MacFarlane
Managing Director
Momentum Venture Management
Former Chief Executive Officer
Insider Pages
Former Vice President, New Ventures
Idealab
Andrew Shaindlin
Executive Director
Caltech Alumni Association
Board Member of Higher Education Experts
Noted blogger/commentator on social
networking and alumni relations
Moderator and Producer
Michael M. Krieger Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Willenken Wilson Loh & Stris L.L.P.
Co-Producers
Lynn Foster
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Traurig L.L.P.
Stephanie Yanchinski
Executive Director
Entretech
Richard Hsu
Partner
Townsend and Townsend and Crew L.L.P.
Date
Saturday morning, January 12, 2008
Location
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Cost
$40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 12:00 noon the day prior to the event. There are no refunds for no-shows.
Register here:
https://secure.entretech.org/com/register/o/events/oid/52
Looks like a good one.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall
Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking: 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost: $40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 12:00 noon the day prior to the event. There are no refunds for no-shows.
As a business and investment vehicle, is it farfetched to credit social networking with value and staying power? The rise and demise of Friendster begs the question whether MySpace will be similarly dethroned by FaceBook. Meanwhile, might LinkedIn emerge as "tortoise" in the race? And might one of today's many soc-net startup alternatives emerge to be the Google of the genre? Whatever you thought were answers, the appearance of OpenSocial as a platform giving common access between entrepreneurs and network members adds a dimension threatening to squelch the skeptics. For example, by adopting this model (long ago used by dBase-Lotus), Facebook has cultivated thousands of third party applications.
Our keynote speakers and panelists will look at the soc-net paradigm from the vantage point of successful entrepreneurs and investors in this arena. They will wrestle with the many-faceted answers to these and related questions.
Keynote Speaker
Jason Feffer
Chief Executive Officer/Founder
SodaHead.com
Former Vice President of Operations and founding team member
MySpace
Former Vice President of Operations
Fox Interactive
Entrepreneurial Venture
Mark Jeffrey
Chief Technical Officer
Maholo.com
Author of "Max Quick Book One: The Pocket and the Pendant"
Co-founder
ZeroDegrees, Inc., a Variety "50 to Watch"
Panelists
Joe Jasin
Vice President, Corporate Development
SK Telecom International
Policy Advisor to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce
and key mobile wireless insider
Tony Karrer, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer/Chief Technical Officer
TechEmpower
Founding Chief Technical Officer
eHarmony
Award winning elearning blogger
Stuart MacFarlane
Managing Director
Momentum Venture Management
Former Chief Executive Officer
Insider Pages
Former Vice President, New Ventures
Idealab
Andrew Shaindlin
Executive Director
Caltech Alumni Association
Board Member of Higher Education Experts
Noted blogger/commentator on social
networking and alumni relations
Moderator and Producer
Michael M. Krieger Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Willenken Wilson Loh & Stris L.L.P.
Co-Producers
Lynn Foster
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Traurig L.L.P.
Stephanie Yanchinski
Executive Director
Entretech
Richard Hsu
Partner
Townsend and Townsend and Crew L.L.P.
Date
Saturday morning, January 12, 2008
Location
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Cost
$40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 12:00 noon the day prior to the event. There are no refunds for no-shows.
Register here:
https://secure.entretech.org/com/register/o/events/oid/52
Attempt to Stop Spam
How many of you have tried to stop spam? Most likely many of you.
I am working on one of my accounts that does get emails that I don't want. So I am making an attempt to unsubscribe to as many of the emails as possible in an attempt to reduce all the unwanted emails.
I'll report back.....
A cool tool would be one that would flag the emails as spam/junk email and also make all attempts to unsubscribe you from the list. If you can do this with one click that would be great.
I am working on one of my accounts that does get emails that I don't want. So I am making an attempt to unsubscribe to as many of the emails as possible in an attempt to reduce all the unwanted emails.
I'll report back.....
A cool tool would be one that would flag the emails as spam/junk email and also make all attempts to unsubscribe you from the list. If you can do this with one click that would be great.
Street Racing in South Pasadena
I'm watching the news this morning. Two street racers going through South Pasadena at high speeds at the intersection of Freemont and Monterey crashed into a innocent driver.
What are the authorities doing to catch these people and punish this sort behavior? Not enough, because the behavior continues. I hear about this daily in the news.
I say if you are caught street racing your license and car should be taken away for life.
There are places like the Irwindale Speedway that offer people a chance to race against others in a safer environment.
The streets is not the place for racing of any type.
More details at:
http://cbs2.com/local/South.Pasadena.crash.2.622242.html
What are the authorities doing to catch these people and punish this sort behavior? Not enough, because the behavior continues. I hear about this daily in the news.
I say if you are caught street racing your license and car should be taken away for life.
There are places like the Irwindale Speedway that offer people a chance to race against others in a safer environment.
The streets is not the place for racing of any type.
More details at:
http://cbs2.com/local/South.Pasadena.crash.2.622242.html
Costco and recycle your old computer
Old PC in the closet? Here's a way to get rid of it: Sell it to Costco.
Costco, has partnered with Greensight to recondition or recycle your old, but still working, PC. They'll pick up the tab on shipping the PC to them and pay you for the computer.
They take notebooks, MP3 players, LCD monitors, camcorders, digital cameras, game consoles, and phones.
It's gets better yet: There's no trade-in value, but if you have an old CRT, printer, or fax machine, Greensight will recycle it for you and pay to ship the item to them.
The catch: You get "paid" with a Costco cash card. If you're not a Costco member, you can use the cash card towards the membership fee; members can use the card to buy merchandise.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Jobs: Monster.com
Are you looking for a job? Do you have a position you are looking to fill?
Monster's Post-a-Job(s) service allow companies to reach millions of quality candidates and represents the best hiring solution for small businesses. Resume Search allows employers to search the world’s largest talent pool of Resumes and quickly zero in on the exact candidates they will need. Job Posts and Resume Search Bundle combine Monster's two most popular products for one low price. Resume Job seekers can store their Monster Resume online to apply for jobs. Register to MyMonster and gain access to Monster's custom tools.
Post Jobs and Search Resumes on Monster.com
Monster's Post-a-Job(s) service allow companies to reach millions of quality candidates and represents the best hiring solution for small businesses. Resume Search allows employers to search the world’s largest talent pool of Resumes and quickly zero in on the exact candidates they will need. Job Posts and Resume Search Bundle combine Monster's two most popular products for one low price. Resume Job seekers can store their Monster Resume online to apply for jobs. Register to MyMonster and gain access to Monster's custom tools.
Post Jobs and Search Resumes on Monster.com
Hothouse Studios
Richard Morales who owns and operates Hothouse Studios(rehearsal studios) in Santa Fe Springs has been doing some very cool stuff on his site. Check it out: www.hothousestudios.com.
Recently an interview with the band Chiodos went live. Chiodos has a big following.
Stay tuned as we talk more about what is happening at Hothouse Studios.
Hothouse is centrally located in Santa Fe Springs, between LA and OC.
Recently an interview with the band Chiodos went live. Chiodos has a big following.
Stay tuned as we talk more about what is happening at Hothouse Studios.
Hothouse is centrally located in Santa Fe Springs, between LA and OC.
Touchscreen Mac Tablet
We are getting reports that the Mac Tablet we heard about last year is finally available.
The Axiotron™ Modbook™
The Modbook is the first and only tablet Mac® computer solution! Ideal for: Mobile Users, Business Professionals, Artists, Students, and Technology Leaders.
• Write and draw directly on screen!
• True pen & handwriting recognition
• The ONLY Mac solution with WAAS enabled GPS Built-In
• Aircraft grade magnesium alloy for all terrain use
Designed in California, the Modbook's condensed form factor and integrated pen-based user experience makes it the ultimate solution for applications and situations where a keyboard only gets in the way.
Now it appears that the official site for Modbook is down, probably getting hit pretty hard with people wanting to order.
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Axiotron : ModBook
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Use this site link to order:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Modbook
The Axiotron™ Modbook™
The Modbook is the first and only tablet Mac® computer solution! Ideal for: Mobile Users, Business Professionals, Artists, Students, and Technology Leaders.
• Write and draw directly on screen!
• True pen & handwriting recognition
• The ONLY Mac solution with WAAS enabled GPS Built-In
• Aircraft grade magnesium alloy for all terrain use
Designed in California, the Modbook's condensed form factor and integrated pen-based user experience makes it the ultimate solution for applications and situations where a keyboard only gets in the way.
Now it appears that the official site for Modbook is down, probably getting hit pretty hard with people wanting to order.
Error!
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Axiotron : ModBook
With its condensed form factor and integrated pen-based user experience the Axiotron ModBook is the ultimate companion for applications and situations where ...www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook - 36k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this[ More results from www.axiotron.com ]
Use this site link to order:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Modbook
Digital TV and the FCC Coupon
Today you can start to visit the http://www.dtv.gov/
This site has all sorts of info including a coupon you can ask form where the government has set asside 1.5 billion in funds to help consumers purchase and upgrade to digital tv.
This site has all sorts of info including a coupon you can ask form where the government has set asside 1.5 billion in funds to help consumers purchase and upgrade to digital tv.
Big storms moving in
Jan 2, 2008
We are receiving reports that Southern California will be receiving between 2 and 5 inches of rain over the next 4-5 days. That's significant rain fall.
Right now we are hearing reports of major winds in the passes with overturned trucks on the 5 and 14 fwys.
Here in Pasadena, it is a little cold, but no wind yet.
We are receiving reports that Southern California will be receiving between 2 and 5 inches of rain over the next 4-5 days. That's significant rain fall.
Right now we are hearing reports of major winds in the passes with overturned trucks on the 5 and 14 fwys.
Here in Pasadena, it is a little cold, but no wind yet.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year 2008
Happy New Year Everyone!
It is now 2008 and the weather here in Southern California, Pasadena is amazing. Some high clouds but very nice.
This morning we attended(Victor Caballero, Jennifer Caballero, Justin Caballero and Gracie Bradley) the 119th Rose Parade, we saw the begining of the parade from our seats in section 399, near the Norton Simon Museum.
The seats are pretty good, but not as good as being on the other side of the street, as that is the side the cameras are on. They have to have the best side there.
I'll have some more pictures and even some video of the parade coming.
It is now 2008 and the weather here in Southern California, Pasadena is amazing. Some high clouds but very nice.
This morning we attended(Victor Caballero, Jennifer Caballero, Justin Caballero and Gracie Bradley) the 119th Rose Parade, we saw the begining of the parade from our seats in section 399, near the Norton Simon Museum.
The seats are pretty good, but not as good as being on the other side of the street, as that is the side the cameras are on. They have to have the best side there.
I'll have some more pictures and even some video of the parade coming.
Monday, December 31, 2007
iPhone that works on T-Mobile
There have been people to claim that their iPhone works on T-mobile. I am going to soon be trying it out as I am with T-mobile for two more years as part of my contract.
Figured it might be a good experiment. I'll report back what I find.
Figured it might be a good experiment. I'll report back what I find.
Signatures Custom Wine Bottles
Every wonder how to get that custom bottle of wine to give to friends and family as a gift?
Now you too can create your own bottle of wine with Signatures.
Personalized Beverages Great For Any OccasionFrom Birthdays to Holidays, Weddings to Corporate Events, Signature Wines & Beverages makes it easy for you to add a personal touch to every occasion. Choose from our huge selection of label templates or create your own. It’s so easy to do with our new and improved online custom label tool.
Personalized wine, water, and champagne make great gifts for family and friends and are also perfect options for large gatherings, holiday parties and Corporate events. Create special memories for family or class reunions. Fundraise for schools, sports programs, or religious organizations. Create one-of-a kind memories for bridesmaids and groomsmen gifts, enhance event decorations, or give unique wedding favors. Promote your business and stand out from the crowd. Send a special thank you to a new client or say “Congratulations!” on a job well done. Personalized wine, water, and champagne make great promotional items too…the options are endless.
Get started now! Create professional looking labels for gifts, holiday parties and events and much more. You’ll be amazed at what you can do.
Now you too can create your own bottle of wine with Signatures.
Personalized Beverages Great For Any OccasionFrom Birthdays to Holidays, Weddings to Corporate Events, Signature Wines & Beverages makes it easy for you to add a personal touch to every occasion. Choose from our huge selection of label templates or create your own. It’s so easy to do with our new and improved online custom label tool.
Personalized wine, water, and champagne make great gifts for family and friends and are also perfect options for large gatherings, holiday parties and Corporate events. Create special memories for family or class reunions. Fundraise for schools, sports programs, or religious organizations. Create one-of-a kind memories for bridesmaids and groomsmen gifts, enhance event decorations, or give unique wedding favors. Promote your business and stand out from the crowd. Send a special thank you to a new client or say “Congratulations!” on a job well done. Personalized wine, water, and champagne make great promotional items too…the options are endless.
Get started now! Create professional looking labels for gifts, holiday parties and events and much more. You’ll be amazed at what you can do.
Chef's Corner
Chef's Corner is a leading online retail website offering a wide range of cooking, dining and entertaining products. The site carries cookware, bakeware, kitchen tools and accessories, as well as tableware, appliances and more. ChefsCorner.com caters to consumers looking to take their food preparation and presentation to the next level.
Shop Chefs Corner for Kitchen Tools and Save
Shop Chefs Corner for Kitchen Tools and Save
Vinturi Wine Aerator - review and info
Vinturi Wine Aerator
Includes: Vinturi, no-drip stand, and carry pouch.
Wine Needs to Breathe Wine which has been allowed to breathe tastes better. As wine breathes, it opens up, and releases its intended aromas and flavors. traditionally, decanters were used to aerate wine. However, decanting is time consuming, cumbersome, and inconvenient. Vinturi's patent pending design speeds up this process with ease and convenience. Perfect aeration in the time it takes to pour a glass. All the taste with none of the wait. Simply hold vinturi over a glass and pour wine through. vinturi draws in and mixes the proper amount of air for the right amount of time, allowing your wine to breathe instantly. You'll notice a better bouquet, enhanced flavors and smoother finish. It's that fast. It's that easy. When wine is poured in the vinturi, its design creates an increase in the wine's velocity and a decrease in its pressure. This pressure difference draws in air, which is mixed with wine for perfect aeration. What really matters is vinturi's affect on wine. Better Bouquet Sample the nose. You'll appreciate the subtle aeromatic differences and the full aroma of the wine. Vinturi allows wine to display its intended aromas. Enhanced Flavors Go ahead, take a sip. Vinturi's wine tastes better. It is more flavorful and has better mouthfeel. It tastes like a richer, more expensive wine. It tastes like it was intended to and is more enjoyable. Smoother Finish Ahh. Vinturi's aeration is very effective at softening tannins which results in a much more pleasant finish. Any bitterness or bad aftertaste is reduced or eliminated.
Approx. Price: $39.89
Includes: Vinturi, no-drip stand, and carry pouch.
Wine Needs to Breathe Wine which has been allowed to breathe tastes better. As wine breathes, it opens up, and releases its intended aromas and flavors. traditionally, decanters were used to aerate wine. However, decanting is time consuming, cumbersome, and inconvenient. Vinturi's patent pending design speeds up this process with ease and convenience. Perfect aeration in the time it takes to pour a glass. All the taste with none of the wait. Simply hold vinturi over a glass and pour wine through. vinturi draws in and mixes the proper amount of air for the right amount of time, allowing your wine to breathe instantly. You'll notice a better bouquet, enhanced flavors and smoother finish. It's that fast. It's that easy. When wine is poured in the vinturi, its design creates an increase in the wine's velocity and a decrease in its pressure. This pressure difference draws in air, which is mixed with wine for perfect aeration. What really matters is vinturi's affect on wine. Better Bouquet Sample the nose. You'll appreciate the subtle aeromatic differences and the full aroma of the wine. Vinturi allows wine to display its intended aromas. Enhanced Flavors Go ahead, take a sip. Vinturi's wine tastes better. It is more flavorful and has better mouthfeel. It tastes like a richer, more expensive wine. It tastes like it was intended to and is more enjoyable. Smoother Finish Ahh. Vinturi's aeration is very effective at softening tannins which results in a much more pleasant finish. Any bitterness or bad aftertaste is reduced or eliminated.
Approx. Price: $39.89
VOIP ebook from AVAYA
Avaya is offering a free VOIP for dummies, limited edition.
You can get your copy here.
click here
eBook: VoIP for Dummies
This Avaya limited edition of VoIP For Dummies shows how converging your traditional voice and data networks can save money and increase efficiency and productivity throughout your organization—just what it takes to remain competitive in today's marketplace.
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You can get your copy here.
click here
eBook: VoIP for Dummies
This Avaya limited edition of VoIP For Dummies shows how converging your traditional voice and data networks can save money and increase efficiency and productivity throughout your organization—just what it takes to remain competitive in today's marketplace.
Sans-Serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,3p24,1,1vx1,g395,1pyx,ljot" target=_blank>eBook: VoIP For DummiesSponsored by AvayaThis Avaya limited edition of "VoIP For Dummies" shows how converging your traditional voice and data networks can save money and increase efficiency and productivity throughout your organizationb�just what it takes to remain competitive in today's marketplace. Get your copy now. Click here.
Google Print Ads - in newspapers
Google has announced Print Ads, print adwords. There is no competitors bidding and each newspaper apparently will review the ads and communicate with you directly.
http://services.google.com/training/adwords/printads/print_adwords/
http://services.google.com/training/adwords/printads/print_adwords/
Prosper for Lending and Borrowing money
I've been on Prosper.com for about a year. Recently I have started to use it more actively.
Right now you can earn $25 when you signup as a lender.
In addition to those who want to lend money and earn good returns, you may want to borrow money.
Right now you can earn $25 when you signup as a lender.
In addition to those who want to lend money and earn good returns, you may want to borrow money.
Rose Parade Audio
A more direct link:
This is an audio tour of the floats featured in the 2008 Rose Parade. It begins with details about the making of a float and continues to provide interesting details about each of the 46 floats featured in the 119th Rose Parade.
2008 Rose Parade Floats.m4a
This is an audio tour of the floats featured in the 2008 Rose Parade. It begins with details about the making of a float and continues to provide interesting details about each of the 46 floats featured in the 119th Rose Parade.
2008 Rose Parade Floats.m4a
Pasadena Rose Parade 2008
We are going to the Rose Parade in Pasadena tomorrow we have seats in pretty much the same location as last year, near the Norton Simon Museum.
I'll be taking lots of pictures to share with you.
I was very interested to learn that this year the parade will feature audio tour of the floats. This is a good addition for those that want to learn more about the floats as the go by. Especially since those at the parade are not able to hear what those at home are hearing, unless then bring a radio or tv.
Contact:
PASADENA TOURNAMENTOF ROSES ASSOCIATION-->Vanessa Flores(626) 449-4100
Devon Gebhart
(316) 371-1500
Brianne Lunzmann
(949) 280-5513-->
ROSE PARADE® INTRODUCES FIRST-EVER AUDIO TOUR OF FLOATS ATPOST PARADE: A SHOWCASE OF FLOATS
Audio for walking tour available for free download
PASADENA, Calif. (December 26, 2007) – The Pasadena Tournament of Roses® announced plans for an audio tour of the floats featured in the 119th Rose Parade today. The audio files, which were created to enhance the viewing experiences of visitors at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats, are available for download on iTunes® and Amazon MP3.
The free audio tour is the first-ever produced by the Tournament of Roses. It begins with details about the making of a float and continues to provide interesting details about each of the 46 floats featured in the 2008 Rose Parade in the order that they appear in the Parade. Tracks on the tour are matched to float numbers, which are displayed on the floats at Post Parade and are available in advance from the Tournament of Roses website at www.tournamentofroses.com.
The entire tour is approximately two hours long and is the perfect companion for the Rose Parade fan who wishes to learn more about each float while watching the Parade, visiting the float Decorating Places, or while taking the self-guided walking tour at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats.
“We are very excited about this new way for our guests to enjoy Post Parade and the entire Rose Parade experience. We often hear that guests want to know more information about the floats and our audio tour provides an easy way to do just that,” said Pam McNeely, Chairman of the Post-Parade committee.
The script for the tour was written by Alfonso Robert Guerrero of Red Fish Productions, narrated by TJ Jones, and recorded and edited by Henry Correa of Dailey & Associates Advertising, West Hollywood. Studio and recording equipment was donated by Dailey & Associates Advertising, West Hollywood. The audio tour can be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon MP3.
Direct links to download the Audio Tour:
iTunes (can be found in the iTunes podcast directory): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/ wa/viewPodcast?id=270401288
Amazon.com/MP3 (can be found in the miscellaneous/spoken word category): http://www.amazon.com/2008-Tournament-Roses-Audio-Tour/dp/ B0011TTC5I/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic& qid=1198265498&sr=102-1
The 119th Rose Parade themed Passport to the World’s Celebrations will take place Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 at 8 a.m. (PST) featuring majestic floral floats, high-stepping equestrian units and spirited marching bands from throughout the nation. Following the Rose Parade, at 2 p.m. (PST), the 94th Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi will feature an exciting match-up between two championship teams, showcasing the best of collegiate football. For additional information, please call (626) 449-ROSE, the 24-hour hotline, or visit www.tournamentofroses.com.
I'll be taking lots of pictures to share with you.
I was very interested to learn that this year the parade will feature audio tour of the floats. This is a good addition for those that want to learn more about the floats as the go by. Especially since those at the parade are not able to hear what those at home are hearing, unless then bring a radio or tv.
Contact:
PASADENA TOURNAMENTOF ROSES ASSOCIATION-->Vanessa Flores(626) 449-4100
Devon Gebhart
(316) 371-1500
Brianne Lunzmann
(949) 280-5513-->
ROSE PARADE® INTRODUCES FIRST-EVER AUDIO TOUR OF FLOATS ATPOST PARADE: A SHOWCASE OF FLOATS
Audio for walking tour available for free download
PASADENA, Calif. (December 26, 2007) – The Pasadena Tournament of Roses® announced plans for an audio tour of the floats featured in the 119th Rose Parade today. The audio files, which were created to enhance the viewing experiences of visitors at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats, are available for download on iTunes® and Amazon MP3.
The free audio tour is the first-ever produced by the Tournament of Roses. It begins with details about the making of a float and continues to provide interesting details about each of the 46 floats featured in the 2008 Rose Parade in the order that they appear in the Parade. Tracks on the tour are matched to float numbers, which are displayed on the floats at Post Parade and are available in advance from the Tournament of Roses website at www.tournamentofroses.com.
The entire tour is approximately two hours long and is the perfect companion for the Rose Parade fan who wishes to learn more about each float while watching the Parade, visiting the float Decorating Places, or while taking the self-guided walking tour at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats.
“We are very excited about this new way for our guests to enjoy Post Parade and the entire Rose Parade experience. We often hear that guests want to know more information about the floats and our audio tour provides an easy way to do just that,” said Pam McNeely, Chairman of the Post-Parade committee.
The script for the tour was written by Alfonso Robert Guerrero of Red Fish Productions, narrated by TJ Jones, and recorded and edited by Henry Correa of Dailey & Associates Advertising, West Hollywood. Studio and recording equipment was donated by Dailey & Associates Advertising, West Hollywood. The audio tour can be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon MP3.
Direct links to download the Audio Tour:
iTunes (can be found in the iTunes podcast directory): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/ wa/viewPodcast?id=270401288
Amazon.com/MP3 (can be found in the miscellaneous/spoken word category): http://www.amazon.com/2008-Tournament-Roses-Audio-Tour/dp/ B0011TTC5I/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic& qid=1198265498&sr=102-1
The 119th Rose Parade themed Passport to the World’s Celebrations will take place Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 at 8 a.m. (PST) featuring majestic floral floats, high-stepping equestrian units and spirited marching bands from throughout the nation. Following the Rose Parade, at 2 p.m. (PST), the 94th Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi will feature an exciting match-up between two championship teams, showcasing the best of collegiate football. For additional information, please call (626) 449-ROSE, the 24-hour hotline, or visit www.tournamentofroses.com.
Lithium Batteries on airplanes
There's new regulations going into effect tomorrow for those traveling with batteries, in particular lithium ion batteries.
The Wall Street Journal has a good summary of the new law.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119911051123859361.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Most travelers will not be affected.
The Wall Street Journal has a good summary of the new law.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119911051123859361.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Most travelers will not be affected.
Outlook and IE Error
Today I finally spent a few minutes and resolved this issue. It appears to happen when you install and set another browser as the default.
This is from the Microsoft site:
The Locate Link Browser dialog box appears when you open a Web link in an e-mail message in Outlook 2003
View products that this article applies to.
function loadTOCNode(){}
Article ID
:
821692
Last Review
June 22, 2007
Revision
SYMPTOMS
When you click a Web link in an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, the Web site opens in a browser window and the Locate Link Browser dialog box appears.
Back to the top
CAUSE
This problem occurs on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer that has a third-party browser that does not support Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), such as Netscape Navigator and Mozilla.
Back to the top
RESOLUTION
loadTOCNode(1, 'resolution');
To resolve this problem change the registered file type for the URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol file type to use Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:
1.
On the desktop, double-click My Computer.
2.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab.
3.
In the Registered File Types list, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol, click Advanced, and then click Edit.
4.
In the Actions box, type open.
5.
In the Application used to perform action box, locate Internet Explorer (Iexplore.exe), and then click Open.
6.
In the Application box, type IExplore, and then click OK.
This is from the Microsoft site:
The Locate Link Browser dialog box appears when you open a Web link in an e-mail message in Outlook 2003
View products that this article applies to.
function loadTOCNode(){}
Article ID
:
821692
Last Review
June 22, 2007
Revision
SYMPTOMS
When you click a Web link in an e-mail message in Outlook 2003, the Web site opens in a browser window and the Locate Link Browser dialog box appears.
Back to the top
CAUSE
This problem occurs on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer that has a third-party browser that does not support Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), such as Netscape Navigator and Mozilla.
Back to the top
RESOLUTION
loadTOCNode(1, 'resolution');
To resolve this problem change the registered file type for the URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol file type to use Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:
1.
On the desktop, double-click My Computer.
2.
On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab.
3.
In the Registered File Types list, click URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol, click Advanced, and then click Edit.
4.
In the Actions box, type open.
5.
In the Application used to perform action box, locate Internet Explorer (Iexplore.exe), and then click Open.
6.
In the Application box, type IExplore, and then click OK.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thankfully the grave site situation is resolved
Upon our return to the Prairie Cemetery we found that the dirt and mess was removed from our aunt's grave site, and we were able to pay proper respects and say a prayer together as a family. It was unfortunate to have had this experience but we will be returning in years to come.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
free virtual radio on your mobile.
Now get a free virtual radio on your mobile.
VirtualRadio brings Web radio stations to your phone. Listen to Internet radio stations from all over the world on your mobile phone with VirtualRadio software on your phone. VirtualRadio connects to the Internet through your mobile phone operator's network and links to more than 800 radio stations from all over the world. If you have a modern phone, you can directly connect to the Internet by using Wi-fi (WLAN or hotspots) and you can hear radio without being charged by your mobile phone operator. Just type www.vradio.org in the browser of your mobile phone and download the software to your phone. Enjoy and tell your friends! Please make sure you have either a S60 3rd edition or a UIQ 3 phone. Some Nokia S60 2nd editon are supported too. For mor information, visit the official website.
Labels: Mobiles, Software
VirtualRadio brings Web radio stations to your phone. Listen to Internet radio stations from all over the world on your mobile phone with VirtualRadio software on your phone. VirtualRadio connects to the Internet through your mobile phone operator's network and links to more than 800 radio stations from all over the world. If you have a modern phone, you can directly connect to the Internet by using Wi-fi (WLAN or hotspots) and you can hear radio without being charged by your mobile phone operator. Just type www.vradio.org in the browser of your mobile phone and download the software to your phone. Enjoy and tell your friends! Please make sure you have either a S60 3rd edition or a UIQ 3 phone. Some Nokia S60 2nd editon are supported too. For mor information, visit the official website.
Labels: Mobiles, Software
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook air Museum, See one of America's finest collection of over 30 War Birds including our P-38 Lightning, F4U-Corsair, P51-Mustang, PBY Catalina and ...
6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141
Map of 6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141
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Gift Shop
Kids like the Air Museum too
Cafe
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Tillamook air Museum, See one of America's finest collection of over 30 War Birds including our P-38 Lightning, F4U-Corsair, P51-Mustang, PBY Catalina and ...
6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141
Map of 6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141
www.tillamookair.com/ - 20k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Craft List
Information
BLDG
How to Get Here
Gift Shop
Kids like the Air Museum too
Cafe
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Blue Heron Cheese and Wine Tasting
Tomorrow we hope to go visit the Blue Heron Cheese Factory.
This is the site:
http://www.blueheronoregon.com/
Open 7 Days a Week, All Year!Summer Hours: 8am to 8pm (by Memorial Day)Winter Hours; 9am to 6pm
Address:
Blue Heron Cheese & Wine Company2001 Blue Heron DriveTillamook, Oregon 97141
email:
blueheron@oregoncoast.com
Numbers:
Tel - 1.503.842.8281Tel - 1.800.275.0639Fax - 1.503.842.8530
This is the site:
http://www.blueheronoregon.com/
Open 7 Days a Week, All Year!Summer Hours: 8am to 8pm (by Memorial Day)Winter Hours; 9am to 6pm
Address:
Blue Heron Cheese & Wine Company2001 Blue Heron DriveTillamook, Oregon 97141
email:
blueheron@oregoncoast.com
Numbers:
Tel - 1.503.842.8281Tel - 1.800.275.0639Fax - 1.503.842.8530
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Funeral Home and Cemetary Situation
My wife Jennifer Caballero and I are in Astoria, OR visiting my Uncle Felix who recently lost his wife Eileen Caballero. So today we decided to take some flowers to the grave site where Eileen was buried. She was buried last month at the Prairie Cemetery in Knappa, Oregon, which is located between Astoria and and Clastskanie. It's a small cemetery with less than 100 plots. There really isn't even parking.
At about 12noon we drove out and to our shock and dismay the grave site was covered with about 5' of dirt from a grave site next to the one for our family member. To top things off the tombstone had about 4' of sod stacked on top.
To say we were a little upset is an understatement. There is no contact info at the cemetery or office, nothing. There is a private road next to the cemetery where people drive to get to a private residence.
So we decided to stop by the funeral home, Caldwell Funeral Homes in Astoria. Owned and operated by Renee Caldwell.
Caldwell's Luce-Layton Mortuary & North Coast Crematory
1165 Franklin Ave. • Astoria, Oregon 97103 Phone (503) 325-1811 • Fax (503) 325-2275 The Caldwell family has owned and operated the funeral home since 1976.
As a principal of the business, Renee acted very unprofessionally in my opinion, basically handing the phone to my wife to leave a message for the "manager" of the cemetery. Renee, get with the program on customer service and being proactive. We brought pictures and video of the situation. Why Renee didn't take control of the situation and have an immediate resolution is beyond me. I decided to confront Renee and speak up, asking her to take control and resolve the situation, and yes I was a little angry and emotional about it. She basically walked away and said that she would call the police if I didn't stop demanding her to take action.
Wow was my blood boiling when she walked away. What kind of coward is Renee, more importantly, what kind of business is she running? Where when a customer who is still grieving brings a situation like this to her attention and she reacts as she did? Basically walking away from the situation trying to wash her hands of the situation and passing the buck to someone else.
Later in the day my wife did speak with the wife of the gentleman who runs the cemetery where Eileen is buried. We received assurances that the situation was being resolved tonight. We are going back Saturday to pay our proper respects.
Apparently the they have no backhoe and did the plots by shovel(hand) and stack the sod on top of the tombstones, to keep them from getting muddy. That's at least the answer we received.
I don't know much about cemetery regulations and what is allowed and not allowed, but this whole approach seems wrong. You don't pile a heap of dirt on a plot that has just been closed less than two months ago. And why in the world is the only way to keep dirt or mud off a tombstone to stack sod on top?
Here's the text from the Caldwell Web Site:
http://caldwellsmortuary.com/about_us
The Care That Our Family Can Offer Yours, Simply Knows No Bounds"
Our Business
We pride ourselves on doing the best job for you possible. We advise and educate our customers so that they know their options and make the best and most meaningful arrangements for them, no matter how complex or how simple. We are adaptable to meet the wishes of all.
Why are we the best choice for you and your family?
I feel that is a question best answered by a trusted friend, medical professional, minister, or just the neighbor next door. After serving this community for 30 years I have the pleasure of letting my name and reputation speak for me. I accept the challenge of letting others give you the information that you are seeking about me, rather than me printing it for you to read here.
Renee' Caldwell
Who We Are
Funeral Directors
Renee' Caldwell
Brian Dutton
Devon Skelton
Our staff are all dedicated to the profession of caring for families in need of kindness, compassion, and advice at any time. These are caring people in a caring profession, available at a moments notice to offer their assistance.
Renee, please read your own site and take a refresher course on how to address these types situations. Remember the customer is always right! In this case the FAMILY is #1 anything you need to do, do it!
I hope to have closure to this in the next day.
More to follow.
At about 12noon we drove out and to our shock and dismay the grave site was covered with about 5' of dirt from a grave site next to the one for our family member. To top things off the tombstone had about 4' of sod stacked on top.
To say we were a little upset is an understatement. There is no contact info at the cemetery or office, nothing. There is a private road next to the cemetery where people drive to get to a private residence.
So we decided to stop by the funeral home, Caldwell Funeral Homes in Astoria. Owned and operated by Renee Caldwell.
Caldwell's Luce-Layton Mortuary & North Coast Crematory
1165 Franklin Ave. • Astoria, Oregon 97103 Phone (503) 325-1811 • Fax (503) 325-2275 The Caldwell family has owned and operated the funeral home since 1976.
As a principal of the business, Renee acted very unprofessionally in my opinion, basically handing the phone to my wife to leave a message for the "manager" of the cemetery. Renee, get with the program on customer service and being proactive. We brought pictures and video of the situation. Why Renee didn't take control of the situation and have an immediate resolution is beyond me. I decided to confront Renee and speak up, asking her to take control and resolve the situation, and yes I was a little angry and emotional about it. She basically walked away and said that she would call the police if I didn't stop demanding her to take action.
Wow was my blood boiling when she walked away. What kind of coward is Renee, more importantly, what kind of business is she running? Where when a customer who is still grieving brings a situation like this to her attention and she reacts as she did? Basically walking away from the situation trying to wash her hands of the situation and passing the buck to someone else.
Later in the day my wife did speak with the wife of the gentleman who runs the cemetery where Eileen is buried. We received assurances that the situation was being resolved tonight. We are going back Saturday to pay our proper respects.
Apparently the they have no backhoe and did the plots by shovel(hand) and stack the sod on top of the tombstones, to keep them from getting muddy. That's at least the answer we received.
I don't know much about cemetery regulations and what is allowed and not allowed, but this whole approach seems wrong. You don't pile a heap of dirt on a plot that has just been closed less than two months ago. And why in the world is the only way to keep dirt or mud off a tombstone to stack sod on top?
Here's the text from the Caldwell Web Site:
http://caldwellsmortuary.com/about_us
The Care That Our Family Can Offer Yours, Simply Knows No Bounds"
Our Business
We pride ourselves on doing the best job for you possible. We advise and educate our customers so that they know their options and make the best and most meaningful arrangements for them, no matter how complex or how simple. We are adaptable to meet the wishes of all.
Why are we the best choice for you and your family?
I feel that is a question best answered by a trusted friend, medical professional, minister, or just the neighbor next door. After serving this community for 30 years I have the pleasure of letting my name and reputation speak for me. I accept the challenge of letting others give you the information that you are seeking about me, rather than me printing it for you to read here.
Renee' Caldwell
Who We Are
Funeral Directors
Renee' Caldwell
Brian Dutton
Devon Skelton
Our staff are all dedicated to the profession of caring for families in need of kindness, compassion, and advice at any time. These are caring people in a caring profession, available at a moments notice to offer their assistance.
Renee, please read your own site and take a refresher course on how to address these types situations. Remember the customer is always right! In this case the FAMILY is #1 anything you need to do, do it!
I hope to have closure to this in the next day.
More to follow.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
SHALLON WINERY in Astoria, Oregon
THE BUILDING AND THE WINERY:
SHALLON WINERY is located in downtown Astoria, Oregon, two blocks from the Maritime Museum and across the street from the Heritage Center. You will pass the winery at the bottom of the hill on 16th street if you come down 16th street from having visited the Astoria Column. The address is 1598 Duane Street, but the main entrance is on 16th street.
The winery building was built and owned by a well known architect, John E. Wicks, in 1925, after the Astoria fire in 1922, in the Mediterranean style for which there are other examples in Astoria. It first opened as an automotive showroom for Packard, Pontiac, and Oakland automobiles. In 1939 it was remodeled into a freezer-locker for the public and has six inches of solid cork in all the walls and under the concrete on the floor, and two feet of ground cork overhead. The sub-basement is at original Columbia river beach level which is below street level (after the 1922 fire, Astoria's wooden streets on pilings were returned to the original elevation with concrete chair-walls and concrete streets, leaving extensive underground chambers conveniently used for utilities).
The building remained a refrigerated locker rental business for 30 years until 1969. It was a bicycle shop from 1973 to 1977. The winemaker started a complete remodeling of the upper street level in 1977; the one floor now containing the manufacturing room, a full laboratory, office, storage room, printing room, tool room, and tasting room.
The tasting room looks out over the four to five mile width of the Columbia river and the green hills of Washington state across the river. The Columbia River flows west to the Pacific Ocean another ten miles. Visitors may also view the lab and manufacturing room that has a green floor, pink and grey walls, a lot of hospital white and stainless, and no windows except four "trope l'oeil" windows.
The "windows" view three things separated in time and space. One is of Fort Astoria as it actually would have looked through the winery window - if the window were there after 1811. One is of the airship Akron as viewed by Paul from Astoria when he was a youngster. The third view is of the Hawaiin Islands - at a great distance - in the direction they are from the winery. (The next two wineries southwest of Astoria are on Maui and on Hawaii.)
The TASTING and SALES room in the winery is open most every afternoon in the year, even Christmas and New Years. The sign says "1 to 6 p.m.," but as the winemaker gets older, the one o'clock opening gets pushed a little later. (365 days a year for some 26 years is devotion!) If Paul misses one day and can't get anybody to stand by for him, there will be a nasty note on the door, "We drove 200 miles to get to your winery, and you weren't open!"
You can call the winery at (503) 325-5978 or e-mail to paul@shallon.com
THE NAME OF THE WINERY:
The winemaker's favorite local wild plant is the Salal with it's flowers and unusual berries. The Latin name for Salal is Gaultheria shallon. Salal grows from southern Alaska to northern California usually west of the Coast Range mountains. It is used in landscaping and flower arrangements, much of its wild foliage is picked and shipped to florists throughout the country where it is known as "lemon-leaf". It grows all along the highways, low to the ground and again taller in the woods. It has a small urn shaped pinkish white drooping flower and a round black berry with not much juice. Half the people that grow up here do not know what it is, and the other half's mothers and grandmothers told them it is poisonous. The fruit is not poisonous; the Indians used it all the time; it makes an excellent jam, jelly, or pie, but we cannot make wine from it, because it needs to be diluted with water, and the government wouldn't let us add that much water to a wine. The evergreen leaves are sturdy and leathery, making nice Christmas wreaths, the older leaves dark green, the younger leaves light green.
This is a good botanical drawing of the Salal (Gaultheria shallon):
SHALLON WINERY is located in downtown Astoria, Oregon, two blocks from the Maritime Museum and across the street from the Heritage Center. You will pass the winery at the bottom of the hill on 16th street if you come down 16th street from having visited the Astoria Column. The address is 1598 Duane Street, but the main entrance is on 16th street.
The winery building was built and owned by a well known architect, John E. Wicks, in 1925, after the Astoria fire in 1922, in the Mediterranean style for which there are other examples in Astoria. It first opened as an automotive showroom for Packard, Pontiac, and Oakland automobiles. In 1939 it was remodeled into a freezer-locker for the public and has six inches of solid cork in all the walls and under the concrete on the floor, and two feet of ground cork overhead. The sub-basement is at original Columbia river beach level which is below street level (after the 1922 fire, Astoria's wooden streets on pilings were returned to the original elevation with concrete chair-walls and concrete streets, leaving extensive underground chambers conveniently used for utilities).
The building remained a refrigerated locker rental business for 30 years until 1969. It was a bicycle shop from 1973 to 1977. The winemaker started a complete remodeling of the upper street level in 1977; the one floor now containing the manufacturing room, a full laboratory, office, storage room, printing room, tool room, and tasting room.
The tasting room looks out over the four to five mile width of the Columbia river and the green hills of Washington state across the river. The Columbia River flows west to the Pacific Ocean another ten miles. Visitors may also view the lab and manufacturing room that has a green floor, pink and grey walls, a lot of hospital white and stainless, and no windows except four "trope l'oeil" windows.
The "windows" view three things separated in time and space. One is of Fort Astoria as it actually would have looked through the winery window - if the window were there after 1811. One is of the airship Akron as viewed by Paul from Astoria when he was a youngster. The third view is of the Hawaiin Islands - at a great distance - in the direction they are from the winery. (The next two wineries southwest of Astoria are on Maui and on Hawaii.)
The TASTING and SALES room in the winery is open most every afternoon in the year, even Christmas and New Years. The sign says "1 to 6 p.m.," but as the winemaker gets older, the one o'clock opening gets pushed a little later. (365 days a year for some 26 years is devotion!) If Paul misses one day and can't get anybody to stand by for him, there will be a nasty note on the door, "We drove 200 miles to get to your winery, and you weren't open!"
You can call the winery at (503) 325-5978 or e-mail to paul@shallon.com
THE NAME OF THE WINERY:
The winemaker's favorite local wild plant is the Salal with it's flowers and unusual berries. The Latin name for Salal is Gaultheria shallon. Salal grows from southern Alaska to northern California usually west of the Coast Range mountains. It is used in landscaping and flower arrangements, much of its wild foliage is picked and shipped to florists throughout the country where it is known as "lemon-leaf". It grows all along the highways, low to the ground and again taller in the woods. It has a small urn shaped pinkish white drooping flower and a round black berry with not much juice. Half the people that grow up here do not know what it is, and the other half's mothers and grandmothers told them it is poisonous. The fruit is not poisonous; the Indians used it all the time; it makes an excellent jam, jelly, or pie, but we cannot make wine from it, because it needs to be diluted with water, and the government wouldn't let us add that much water to a wine. The evergreen leaves are sturdy and leathery, making nice Christmas wreaths, the older leaves dark green, the younger leaves light green.
This is a good botanical drawing of the Salal (Gaultheria shallon):
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Tomorrow we are going to the:
Welcome to the Columbia River Maritime Museum
Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon 97103 Telephone: 503.325.2323 Fax: 503.325.2331. Open Daily 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Admission ...
1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR 97103
Map of 1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR 97103
Victor Caballero
Welcome to the Columbia River Maritime Museum
Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon 97103 Telephone: 503.325.2323 Fax: 503.325.2331. Open Daily 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Admission ...
1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR 97103
Map of 1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR 97103
Victor Caballero
Tillamook Air Museum
We are going to try to make it to this museum in Tillamook.
Tillamook Air Museum
Museum is located in Tillamook, Oregon in a WWII blimp hangar. The museum showcases combat aircraft
Tillamook Air Museum
Museum is located in Tillamook, Oregon in a WWII blimp hangar. The museum showcases combat aircraft
Tilamook Cheese Factory
Today we went to the Tilamook Cheese Factory. A pretty popular place right off the 101 in the town of Tilamook.
We got to sample some cheeses, including a new Garlic Cheddar and Pepper Cheddar.
I'll post some video of the factory later.
There are people that find it interesting to see the kiosks at facilities with errors or crashed. Well I report that one of the kiosks at the Tilamook Cheese visitor area had an error and dumped out to Windows. I'll post the screen picture later.
We got to sample some cheeses, including a new Garlic Cheddar and Pepper Cheddar.
I'll post some video of the factory later.
There are people that find it interesting to see the kiosks at facilities with errors or crashed. Well I report that one of the kiosks at the Tilamook Cheese visitor area had an error and dumped out to Windows. I'll post the screen picture later.
In Oregon
We are in Oregon for the next few days and the weather has been something to write about.
We have seen hail, snow, rain and sun. Cold! In the 30's at night and daytime maybe 40.
Today we had breakfast in Cannon Beach, a lovely place.
We then went on to Tilamook to see our Uncle and his new wife. Manolo and Sheila Garcia. They live on 3rd Street near the town center. They have a beautiful home that and she is a great cook. She didn't stop feeding us. What a great host and Manolo can carry a discussion on any topic. Today we discussed a book my Carroll Quigley, who carries many credentials and tells the histor of events. Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (1966) ISBN 094500110X
More to follow on our trip. Stay tuned.
We have seen hail, snow, rain and sun. Cold! In the 30's at night and daytime maybe 40.
Today we had breakfast in Cannon Beach, a lovely place.
We then went on to Tilamook to see our Uncle and his new wife. Manolo and Sheila Garcia. They live on 3rd Street near the town center. They have a beautiful home that and she is a great cook. She didn't stop feeding us. What a great host and Manolo can carry a discussion on any topic. Today we discussed a book my Carroll Quigley, who carries many credentials and tells the histor of events. Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (1966) ISBN 094500110X
More to follow on our trip. Stay tuned.
Apple's Stock
Apple is doing an amazing job of exceeding investor expectations as illustrated by the performance of the stock. In one year the stock is approaching almost 300% growth. Many speculate that it will continue.
52 - Week Range
76.77 - 200.96
12/27/06 - 12/26/07
The iPod has become an integrated instrument of life for many of us. The iPhone is the latest introduction making great headway into that area as well. If the price comes down and the phone is sold unlocked to work on any network, WOW, that would be a major score for Apple!
Nokia is doing this and people are responding very favorably to this.
More to follow.
Victor Caballero
52 - Week Range
76.77 - 200.96
12/27/06 - 12/26/07
The iPod has become an integrated instrument of life for many of us. The iPhone is the latest introduction making great headway into that area as well. If the price comes down and the phone is sold unlocked to work on any network, WOW, that would be a major score for Apple!
Nokia is doing this and people are responding very favorably to this.
More to follow.
Victor Caballero
Monday, December 24, 2007
2007 Holiday Shopping Season
Reports are coming in that sales in 2007 are up only 19% over 2006 and that this year is one of the worse in the past five years.
December 26, the day after Christmas should offer some good sales as retailers attempt to make up some sales.
More details are coming in.
December 26, the day after Christmas should offer some good sales as retailers attempt to make up some sales.
More details are coming in.
Bible on a pinhead!!!
Wow now this is pretty impressive.
Technion researchers have succeeded in putting a full version of the Hebrew Bible, with vowel points, on 0.5 square millimeters – an area smaller than the size of a pinhead.
The nano-Bible was written as part of an educational program developed by the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. The program aims to increase interest, on the part of youth, in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The idea to write the entire Bible on an area smaller than a pinhead was conceived of by Prof. Uri Sivan, head of the Nanotechnology Institute. The project was managed by physics’ doctoral student Ohad Zohar, the institute’s scientific advisor for educational programs, together with Dr. Alex Lahav, former head of the FIB laboratory in the Wolfson Microelectronics Research and Teaching Center.
The nano-Bible was written using a scientific device called FIB – Focused Ion Beam. With the aid of this device, it was possible to send focused beams of tiny particles (gallium ions) towards a specific object. When the particles hit the object, they cause the atoms of that object to bounce off of it, thus etching it. This is similar to digging a small hole in the earth using a water jet from a hose.
The nano-Bible was written on a silicon surface covered with a thin layer of gold (20 nanometers thick). “When we send the particle beam toward a point on the surface, the gold atoms bounce off of this point, thus exposing the silicon layer underneath. The diameter of the exposed point is about 40 nanometers. When we look at the written example using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the exposed silicon point looks darker than the gold surrounding it. By sending a particle beam towards various points on the substrate, we can etch any pattern of points, especially one that represents text,” explains Ohad Zohar.
The structure of the nano-Bible was built using a special software developed in the project’s framework, which enables etching text on the surface layer.
The nano-Bible project is part of an educational program that asks the following question: “How small can the Bible be?” The program uses this intriguing question in order to investigate modern methods of creating miniature structures and imaging on a nanometric scale, to present advanced technology for high-density information storage and to discuss future topics such as information storage using DNA molecules or other bio-molecules.
“The fact that the Bible contains a lot of information (some 10 million bits) – is the main thing. We are aware of many ideas for high-density information storage, but almost always, an attempt to apply these ideas for large quantities of information exposes new challenges and, in the end, leads to deeper understanding of the proposed method and its limitations,” say the Technion researchers.
“The nano-Bible project demonstrates the ability of miniaturization at our disposal. We are working hard at present on photographing the nano-Bible using the SEM, with the aim of enlarging the photo by 10,000 times and displaying it on a giant wall in the Technion’s Faculty of Physics. In this picture, which will be 7 meters by 7 meters, it will be possible to read the entire Bible with the naked eye (the height of each letter will be some 3 millimeters. Near this picture, the original – the nano-Bible itself, which is the size a grain of sugar – will be displayed,” explains Ohad Zohar.
Source: Technion
Technion researchers have succeeded in putting a full version of the Hebrew Bible, with vowel points, on 0.5 square millimeters – an area smaller than the size of a pinhead.
The nano-Bible was written as part of an educational program developed by the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. The program aims to increase interest, on the part of youth, in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The idea to write the entire Bible on an area smaller than a pinhead was conceived of by Prof. Uri Sivan, head of the Nanotechnology Institute. The project was managed by physics’ doctoral student Ohad Zohar, the institute’s scientific advisor for educational programs, together with Dr. Alex Lahav, former head of the FIB laboratory in the Wolfson Microelectronics Research and Teaching Center.
The nano-Bible was written using a scientific device called FIB – Focused Ion Beam. With the aid of this device, it was possible to send focused beams of tiny particles (gallium ions) towards a specific object. When the particles hit the object, they cause the atoms of that object to bounce off of it, thus etching it. This is similar to digging a small hole in the earth using a water jet from a hose.
The nano-Bible was written on a silicon surface covered with a thin layer of gold (20 nanometers thick). “When we send the particle beam toward a point on the surface, the gold atoms bounce off of this point, thus exposing the silicon layer underneath. The diameter of the exposed point is about 40 nanometers. When we look at the written example using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the exposed silicon point looks darker than the gold surrounding it. By sending a particle beam towards various points on the substrate, we can etch any pattern of points, especially one that represents text,” explains Ohad Zohar.
The structure of the nano-Bible was built using a special software developed in the project’s framework, which enables etching text on the surface layer.
The nano-Bible project is part of an educational program that asks the following question: “How small can the Bible be?” The program uses this intriguing question in order to investigate modern methods of creating miniature structures and imaging on a nanometric scale, to present advanced technology for high-density information storage and to discuss future topics such as information storage using DNA molecules or other bio-molecules.
“The fact that the Bible contains a lot of information (some 10 million bits) – is the main thing. We are aware of many ideas for high-density information storage, but almost always, an attempt to apply these ideas for large quantities of information exposes new challenges and, in the end, leads to deeper understanding of the proposed method and its limitations,” say the Technion researchers.
“The nano-Bible project demonstrates the ability of miniaturization at our disposal. We are working hard at present on photographing the nano-Bible using the SEM, with the aim of enlarging the photo by 10,000 times and displaying it on a giant wall in the Technion’s Faculty of Physics. In this picture, which will be 7 meters by 7 meters, it will be possible to read the entire Bible with the naked eye (the height of each letter will be some 3 millimeters. Near this picture, the original – the nano-Bible itself, which is the size a grain of sugar – will be displayed,” explains Ohad Zohar.
Source: Technion
Happy Holidays
Want to wish everyone Happy Holidays!
I am hoping to launch two new ventures in 2008.
One is sure to be a hit with everyone who drives a car, especially in LA.
Wishing you the best 2008.
I am hoping to launch two new ventures in 2008.
One is sure to be a hit with everyone who drives a car, especially in LA.
Wishing you the best 2008.
McDonalds Wi-Fi
A while back McDonalds started to offer wi-fi in their restaurants. I have yet to try it. I am going to try it on my trip to Oregon. Apparently if you are an AT&T DSL Pro subscriber you can use the service for no additional charge. We will find out how that works!
McDonald's - More Than 15,000 Wi-Fi Enabled Restaurants Around the Globe!
We believe in bringing you innovative and convenient services that enhance your McDonald's restaurant visit, and Wi-Fi is a perfect example. As McDonald's continues to deliver fast and friendly food service at more than 30,000 convenient locations around the world, you can now enjoy the possibility of staying connected with friends, family and co-workers. Just find a Wi-Fi ready Golden Arches (click here for Wi-Fi enabled locations in your area) and you can check e-mail or chat with your friends while your kids are having fun in the Playplace.
To access the Wi-Fi services in a restaurant, you need a Wi-Fi enabled device, such as a laptop or PDA. If you are unsure whether your laptop or PDA is Wi-Fi enabled, click here to determine what hardware is required.
Our local service providers provide high-quality Wi-Fi service through several convenient connection options: on-line credit card payment, subscriptions, prepaid cards, or (sometimes) promotional coupons. If you have questions or need technical help, the Wi-Fi provider's customer support number should be handy in the restaurant.
Please note that currently there are no roaming capabilities between different countries, neither for customers nor McDonald's employees. You will have to connect separately with the respective Wi-Fi service provider.
Enjoy surfing and working in your local McDonald's!
McDonald's - More Than 15,000 Wi-Fi Enabled Restaurants Around the Globe!
We believe in bringing you innovative and convenient services that enhance your McDonald's restaurant visit, and Wi-Fi is a perfect example. As McDonald's continues to deliver fast and friendly food service at more than 30,000 convenient locations around the world, you can now enjoy the possibility of staying connected with friends, family and co-workers. Just find a Wi-Fi ready Golden Arches (click here for Wi-Fi enabled locations in your area) and you can check e-mail or chat with your friends while your kids are having fun in the Playplace.
To access the Wi-Fi services in a restaurant, you need a Wi-Fi enabled device, such as a laptop or PDA. If you are unsure whether your laptop or PDA is Wi-Fi enabled, click here to determine what hardware is required.
Our local service providers provide high-quality Wi-Fi service through several convenient connection options: on-line credit card payment, subscriptions, prepaid cards, or (sometimes) promotional coupons. If you have questions or need technical help, the Wi-Fi provider's customer support number should be handy in the restaurant.
Please note that currently there are no roaming capabilities between different countries, neither for customers nor McDonald's employees. You will have to connect separately with the respective Wi-Fi service provider.
Enjoy surfing and working in your local McDonald's!
t-mobile wireless
T-Mobile USA, Inc. is a leading global provider for mobile communications services across America. T-Mobile offers the best in wireless price plans that give customers big buckets of minutes that can be used anytime during the day, nights and weekends.
Additionally, our nationwide rate plans feature free nationwide long distance and free nationwide digital GSM roaming.
T-Mobile services and technology and how it's changing the mobile communications industry while providing consumers nationwide coverage and rates for their mobile devices.
Toothbrush Sanitizer Germs: Germ Terminator Steam & Dry Heat Toothbrush Sanitizer
Now here's a product that has some uses in todays time of people being so concerned with germs.
The Germ Terminator Steam & Dry Heat Toothbrush Sanitizer and Clean Storage System (GT100 System) is the only FDA 510(k) cleared medical device of its kind designed for household use that kills greater than 99.9999% of all germs tested. After killing the germs on toothbrushes the system stores toothbrushes in a germ-free environment.
Here are the major bullet points regarding this fantastic, patented and revolutionary health-care system:
The GT100 System has been tested at three major independent laboratories.
Total kill rate against E. coli, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella, listeria, gingivalis, meningitidis, candida, herpes, HIV, flu virus, cold virus, hepatitis, and s. mutans.
The system is recommended by dentists, doctors, and dental hygienists.
Invented by James Song, author of the book "Why Your Toothbrush May Be Killing You Slowly
– How chronic, silent infections from toothbrush germs cause damaging, long-term and silent inflammation throughout the body."
Seen on TV by over 30 million people worldwide on PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer.
Approaching nearly one million units sold worldwide.
In a recent consumer study, over 92% of current GT100 customers would recommend the product to a family or friend.
When you hear it steam, you know it's clean. Finally, there is a safe, simple and completely effective solution to the dirty problem of toothbrush germs, and it makes perfect sense. There are actually a few methods floating around out there, but only one is the safest, most reliable, and most effective: the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer. Using the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is hands-down the best way to make sure that your toothbrush is completely germ free. The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer uses the proven power of steam to kill all germs, bacteria, viruses, fungi (molds and yeasts) and any other disgusting microbes that may have collected on your toothbrush. Most importantly, the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer also provides a clean, germ-free environment where your toothbrush can be safely stored until the next time you use it.
The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is entirely unique with its patented steam-sanitization and germ-free storage system. Using the pre-measured Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer cup, you just add a little water to the sanitizing unit. The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer generates a burst of continuous germ killing steam that safely, efficiently, and effectively wipes out greater than 99.9999% of all germs tested in major laboratory testing with absolutely no germs detected after any test! Again, all you need to do is add water!
You may have heard about other methods for cleaning your toothbrush, like soaking it in bleach, hydrogen peroxide, or mouthwash, boiling it, placing it in the dishwasher, exposing it to ultra-violet light radiation or ozone, or simply leaving it out to dry to get rid of the germs. A few of these techniques might work to kill some of the germs, but they are either essentially ineffective and/or potentially hazardous to your health.
With numerous worldwide patents and patents pending, the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is the most effective, natural, simplest to use and safest device ever created to sanitize your toothbrush. It takes only seconds of your time and it might be one of the most significant health decisions you can make for you and your family. It just makes sense. When it comes to something you put in your mouth, the bottom line is "CLEAN has got to be better than DIRTY". How can anyone argue with that logic?
The Germ Terminator Steam & Dry Heat Toothbrush Sanitizer and Clean Storage System (GT100 System) is the only FDA 510(k) cleared medical device of its kind designed for household use that kills greater than 99.9999% of all germs tested. After killing the germs on toothbrushes the system stores toothbrushes in a germ-free environment.
Here are the major bullet points regarding this fantastic, patented and revolutionary health-care system:
The GT100 System has been tested at three major independent laboratories.
Total kill rate against E. coli, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella, listeria, gingivalis, meningitidis, candida, herpes, HIV, flu virus, cold virus, hepatitis, and s. mutans.
The system is recommended by dentists, doctors, and dental hygienists.
Invented by James Song, author of the book "Why Your Toothbrush May Be Killing You Slowly
– How chronic, silent infections from toothbrush germs cause damaging, long-term and silent inflammation throughout the body."
Seen on TV by over 30 million people worldwide on PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer.
Approaching nearly one million units sold worldwide.
In a recent consumer study, over 92% of current GT100 customers would recommend the product to a family or friend.
When you hear it steam, you know it's clean. Finally, there is a safe, simple and completely effective solution to the dirty problem of toothbrush germs, and it makes perfect sense. There are actually a few methods floating around out there, but only one is the safest, most reliable, and most effective: the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer. Using the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is hands-down the best way to make sure that your toothbrush is completely germ free. The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer uses the proven power of steam to kill all germs, bacteria, viruses, fungi (molds and yeasts) and any other disgusting microbes that may have collected on your toothbrush. Most importantly, the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer also provides a clean, germ-free environment where your toothbrush can be safely stored until the next time you use it.
The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is entirely unique with its patented steam-sanitization and germ-free storage system. Using the pre-measured Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer cup, you just add a little water to the sanitizing unit. The Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer generates a burst of continuous germ killing steam that safely, efficiently, and effectively wipes out greater than 99.9999% of all germs tested in major laboratory testing with absolutely no germs detected after any test! Again, all you need to do is add water!
You may have heard about other methods for cleaning your toothbrush, like soaking it in bleach, hydrogen peroxide, or mouthwash, boiling it, placing it in the dishwasher, exposing it to ultra-violet light radiation or ozone, or simply leaving it out to dry to get rid of the germs. A few of these techniques might work to kill some of the germs, but they are either essentially ineffective and/or potentially hazardous to your health.
With numerous worldwide patents and patents pending, the Germ Terminator Toothbrush Sanitizer is the most effective, natural, simplest to use and safest device ever created to sanitize your toothbrush. It takes only seconds of your time and it might be one of the most significant health decisions you can make for you and your family. It just makes sense. When it comes to something you put in your mouth, the bottom line is "CLEAN has got to be better than DIRTY". How can anyone argue with that logic?
Visa Gift Cards
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Give a unique Visa® Gift Card using your own image or photo GiftCardLab.com
About Visa Gift Cards
The Customized Visa Gift Card
Perfect for any occasion or holiday - makes the impersonal gift personal again
Upload your own photo or choose one from our huge design gallery
Customize your card with an embossed message
Cards are available in denomination of $10 to $250 and are accepted anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted
Online access lets you easily check your balance and transactions
Cards are only $5.95 and are delivered in 5 to 10 business days
Customized Visa Gift Cards are Perfect for:
Birthday and Thank You gifts
Holidays and celebrations
Employee incentives
Company holidays
Sales promotions
Custom Birthday Gift Card --
Give a unique Visa® Gift Card
using your own image or photo
GiftCardLab.com
Customized Visa® Gift Cards are the ideal way to send the right gift every time. They're completely hassle free, fully customizable, and they're accepted at millions of locations worldwide - anywhere in the U.S. Visa debit cards are accepted. Visa Gift Cards can be selected from our online catalog or designed to meet every gift card need. Gift cards are available in various denominations: $10 to $250. GiftCardLab.com offers Web access for cardholders to check their balance and see transactions. The turn-around time is 5 business days.
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