I’ve been working on a project at my office to connect buildings and have been talking to the city about their fiber network.
Burbank is leading the way with fiber offerings, it is a great way to attract media companies with multiple locations within the city limits and beyond.
Basically you pay $200/mo per strand of fiber for the first mile! This is a great deal. Â Most locations can have up to 24 strands of fiber. Imagine what you can transfer with 24 strands of fiber!
Anyway, the process is fairly straight forward, and I’ll be providing more details as we progress.
Another development is that the City of Burbank will be offering internet services on the fiber network, so basically you can get an ethernet handoff and access to the internet along with the fiber. The service is said to be very competitively priced.
In other news, Charter Communications which is also striving to provide competitive internet data services is close to completing upgrades to DOCSIS which will enable Charter to offer speeds of 60mb down and 10up, which is comparable to Verizon Fios. DOCSIS 3.0.
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international standard developed by CableLabs and contributing companies that include: ARRIS, BigBand Networks, Broadcom, Cisco, Conexant, Correlant, Harmonic, Intel, Motorola, Netgear, Terayon, and Texas Instruments. DOCSIS defines the communications and operation support interface requirements for a data over cable system. It permits the addition of high-speed data transfer to an existing Cable TV (CATV) system.
The *real* L.A. isn’t about celebrities shooting guns in traffic. It’s about French dip sandwiches, nuns making pumpkin bread, free museums, canyon hikes… we’re discovering more every day. Join us! 🙂
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For someone else though, sour oranges are better than starving. So instead of bagging up the fruit for your coworkers or leaving the rotting fruit to the squirrels and gardener, try something different this year and contact FOOD FORWARD. Not only will they come to your home and pick all of your fruit trees clean at no charge, they will deliver the donated fruit to the LA Food Bank on your behalf and you’ll get a tax deduction in return. Win/win!
CHARITY NAME: FOOD FORWARD
DETAILS: “FOOD FORWARD is an all volunteer grassroots group of Angelenos who care about reconnecting to our food system and making change around urban hunger… We convene at properties we have been invited to and glean the excess fruit on their trees, donating 100% to local food pantries… Our current receiving partners are SOVA Community Food and Resource Program, a program of Jewish Family Services, and MEND POVERTY. Combined, they distribute the food we glean to over 30,000 clients a month across Southern California.”
When you’re ready to put your music to work…
Please join us for the 2010 Film & Television Music Guide – There’s still time!
There’s still time to get into the most widely used and respected publication that will expose your music to over 10, 000 Film, Television, Advertising and Video Game Music Professionals – the Film & Television Music Guide.
That is why so many Record Labels, Music Publishers, Music Libraries, Commercial Music Production Companies, Film/Television Composers, Scoring Stages and Recording Studios choose to advertise in the Film & Television Music Guide including ABKCO, ARC, Capp, Century Media, EMI Music Canada, Idol, Naxos, Megatrax, Metal Blade, Radikal, Denon, Silva Screen, Skywalker Sound, Universal Music Publishing, MPL, Ace Music Services, Think Music, Ole Music, 615, Beggars Banquet, just to name a few.
The Film & Television Music Guide will expose you and your company’s music to over 10,000 Music Decision Makers. As a Label, Music Publisher, Artist Manager, Attorney, Songwriter or Composer in today’s changing business climate, you know the value of placing music into film, television and video games.
In our 12th year of publication, the Film & Television Music Guide reaches every Film & Television Production Company, Music Supervisor, Film Studio & Television Network Music Department, Advertising Agency, Film Trailer House, Audio Post Production Facility and Video Game Developer in LA, NY, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Vancouver, Toronto & London. In all, the 2010 Film &Television Music Guide will be placed in the hands of over 10,000 Music Decision Makers. When you or your clients music need to reach the Music, Film, Television, Advertising and Video Game Communities, there’s only one choice — The Film & Television Music Guide.
We value our advertisers and know that the reason you’re advertising with us is to get your message our to our readers. That’s why, in addition to your display ad in our publication, we also augment your advertising message by scheduling regular mentions of your company in all of our social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. That puts your company’s message front and center of another 41,000 musicians and music industry professionals worldwide that follow regularly – and those numbers keep growing every day. If you have special events, promotions or announcements you’d like us to forward to our readers, you can simply email us the details and we’ll do the rest.
In addition, as an Advertiser, you also receive a FREE copy of the 2010 Edition of the Film and Television Music Guide on-line for a year (a $450.00 value). This is a great tool for your own client’s marketing campaigns with the Film/Television/Video Game Community.
Our deadline for artwork is March 31, 2010 so please contact us right away if you are interested in reserving a space.
When you’re ready to put your music to work in what is the Industry Standard for the placement of music into Film, Television, Advertising or Video Games, give us a call. You can be assured that your message will reach those who can really make a difference. If we can be of any further assistance, please feel free to contact us. I can be reaced directly at 800-377-7411 (or 818-995-7458) or by email at ritch@musicregistry.com – I look foward to hearing from you!
Artwork Deadline is March 31, 2010
Sincerely,
Ritch Esra, Film & Television Music Guide The Music Business Registry, Inc.
Email: ritch@musicregistry.com
Phone: 800-377-7411 or 818-995-7458
The Music Business Registry, Inc. • 7510 Sunset Boulevard #1041 • Los Angeles • CA • 90046-3400
What are your plans Friday night? If you’re still trying to figure out what to do –
come by the “SUGAR part deux” event at loft 4300 on Jefferson. Up and coming
Los Angeles fashion designers and artists will be there to show off their recent
work – and urbansalt will be covering the event and photographing the street style
at our special Valentines Day Photo Booth.
$94 for Hot-Air-Balloon Ride and Picnic With Sunrise Balloon
When our highways and subterranean luge routes are overrun by traffic, we will turn to the skies to meet our transportation needs. For $94, today’s Groupon gets you a preview of the future of transportation with a one-hour, single-flight hot-air-balloon ride with a floating champagne picnic through Sunrise Balloon in Temecula. Secede from your stale relationship with the ground for a picturesque flight above wine country that’s packed with wining, dining, and professional photography to remind you what well-groomed clouds look like.
Pilot Dan Glick hasn’t put his feet on the ground once in the last 35 years, constantly ushering sightseers through the aerial beauty above Temecula and wine country. You’ll meet at the conference room in the Inn at Churon Winery for a pre-flight reception, calming floating fever with morning coffee before a champagne picnic breakfast treats your appetite while in flight. Sunrise will capture your launch on HD video and will snap more than 100 professional photographs throughout the journey so you can always cherish and treasure the moment you returned to the condor-people. For special occasions, Sunrise can hang banners proclaiming birthdays, anniversaries, or congratulations on legally adopting an adult man dressed like a panda. Your flight concludes with a round of champagne, cider, and cake and additional proof of your venture with a souvenir flight certificate. You also get two-for-one wine tasting coupons.
Spending time suspended in the air gives you ample time to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and contemplate all that gets pushed aside. With Sunrise’s gorgeous aerial tour, you’ll have the mental break necessary for brainstorming better ways to pickle eggs and how many chick peas are too many chick peas.
Be sure to make your reservation in advance.
$94 for Hot-Air-Balloon Ride and Picnic With Sunrise Balloon
The Company
- Sunrise Balloon
- www.sunriseballoons.com
- Inn at Churon Winery
- 33233 Rancho California Road
- Temecula, California 92591
- Map it!
Reviews
Reviewers love the personalized touches and dedicated staff at Sunrise Balloons. Google Mappers and three Yelpers give 4.5 stars, four Citysearchers give four, and TripAdvisors give it 4.5 owl eyes, making it the third most popular Temecula attraction on the site:
* The attention of the staff and the experience of the hot air balloon ride was a very memorable birthday for my partner. The staff really made it a special day…We were very pleased with both Megan and our pilot Dan Glick. He filled our request to travel a little higher altitude and we did, it was an awesome experience! He is very knowledgable [sic], professional and freindly. [sic] – Tanya, Google Maps
* I have been on several hot air balloon rides over the years and this was hands down THE VERY BEST. Megan met us all in the morning with coffee…We were a diverse crowd, but everyone became fast friends. As we went up over the valley, it was magical. The weather was perfect, we could see everywhere… – GracieGracieGracie, TripAdvisor
* You get a good view of the city, vineyards, and neighboring cities, mountains, and lakes…It was complete silence up in the air as sound doesn’t travel that far up. A pretty serene experience…No turbulence. – Jack L., Yelp
The Fine Print
* Expires 02/15/2012
* Reservation required. Black out dates on holidays. May upgrade value to private flight or holiday flight.
* Read the Deal FAQ for the basics.
Highlights
* Pre-, mid- & post-flight dining
* Breath-taking views
* Professional photography of your trip
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We’ll be having appetizers, drinks, raffle and silent auction items. The funds raised at this event go towards leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma research plus provide patients with financial aid, educational seminars, and peer support groups. Invite your friends, family, and co-workers to this event.
Free to attend, but space is limited! sign up here: https://androidcharity.eventbrite.com/
We’re always looking for help with food, drinks, and raffle/silent auction items so contact Randy Ksar at rksar@motorola.com or John Yamasaki at yama@seesmic.com for more information.
Thanks and we look forward to meeting everyone and helping a great cause.
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* TECHNOLOGY
* FEBRUARY 11, 2010, 9:52 P.M. ET
Veoh Networks to Liquidate
By ANDREW MORSE
Veoh Networks Inc., a video-sharing Web site backed by high-profile
investors, said on Thursday it is closing and would liquidate under
bankruptcy protection.
“The distraction of the legal battles, and the challenges of the
broader macro-economic climate have led to our Chapter 7 bankruptcy,”
Dmitry Shapiro, the company’s founder and chief executive, wrote on
his personal site. “This chapter of our lives has come to an end.”
A spokesperson for Veoh didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
The closure was earlier reported by the All Things Digital blog, which
is owned by News Corp., which also publishes The Wall Street Journal.
San Diego-based Veoh, founded in 2004, was one of many promising
video-sharing start-ups and attracted funding from a host of
well-heeled investors. Those included the venture-capital operations
of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Time Warner Inc., and Intel Corp. Veoh
also received funding from Tornante Co., Michael Eisner’s investment
vehicle.
The site, which had tried for years to carve out a niche by offering
both user-generated content and professional shows, was eclipsed by
rivals like Google Inc.’s YouTube and Apple Inc.’s iTunes. Veoh said
it attracted more than 28 million unique users per month world-wide.
Veoh’s shutdown comes despite a ruling in September that handed it a
victory in a closely watched legal battle with Vivendi SA’s Universal
Music Group. The music label had accused Veoh of infringing on its
copyrights by distributing online videos that featured music from its
artists, but a federal judge ruled the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act protected Veoh.
At the time, Mr. Shapiro said the site wasn’t yet profitable but
expected to be in the second quarter of 2010. Last year, the company
had informal talks with a number of companies to explore a sale or
investment, according to two people familiar with the talks.
Write to Andrew Morse at andrew.morse@wsj.com
Copyright ©2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Wine of the day: Hitching Post Pinot
PINOT NOIR – Cuvees
Hartley-Ostini Hitching Post Winery
P.O. Box 2009
406 East Highway 246
Buellton, CA 93427
(805) 688-0676
• HIGHLINER, Santa Barbara County
With this, our top-of-the-line bottling, we blend our best barrels from our best vineyards. Our goal is to achieve balance and complexity in a graceful and elegant, yet compelling and complete expression of Pinot Noir from our region.
Highliner Pinot2003 was a warm vintage that on average set a very small crop of one ton/acre. We let this small crop hang extra long, so as to obtain optimum levels of ripe fruit flavors. We were able to pick each clone from each vineyard at full maturity (25+ degrees brix) between September 7th. and Sept 24th.
Our grapes were picked in perfect condition during the coolness of early mornings. We destemmed into 1.5 ton open top fermenters, and allowed a cold maceration over a 3 day period. We then innoculated with Assmenshausen yeast. We did many manual punchdowns of the grape skin cap during the early stages of the ferments, to achieve maximum extraction of color and flavor. After an 18 day fermentation, we pressed off the juice and went straight to barrel with lees. In barrel the wines completed malolactic and rested until racking just before bottling (unfiltered) in Feb. 2005. 2003 Highliner
For this Highliner, we chose a cuvee that was barrel aged in 65% new Francios Frere French oak barrels, sourcing 90% of the fruit from the Santa Rita Hills. This blend combines clones 777, 667, 115, 2A & 4. As we increase our vineyard sources and expand the clonal selection from each site, we have so much to work with in the blending process. With this full palette we have a tremendous opportunity to test our skills at crafting what we think is our best wine. To arrive at this, our favorite cuvee, we tried no less than 8 test blends.
This bottling shows the best of a well structured, graceful yet flavorful vintage. Full body, intense dark fruits, white pepper spice and earthiness, all tightly wound in a seamless package that is sure to give more and more as it opens with age.
The name “Highliner” comes from partner Gray Hartley’s 25 years of commercial fishing of Alaskan salmon. It was there that he worked along side the best fishermen in the fleet, and they were called “Highliners.” It seems only fitting for us to call the best wine of our lineup – “HIGHLINER.”
900+ Cases Produced
Hartley Ostini Hitching Post wines are available by the taste, glass or bottle at the Hitching Post II restaurant where they are sold to take home. They can be found at several retail outlets and, of course, from our website order form. When the winery is sold out of these wines, some may still be available elsewhere, we are leaving the descriptions here to assist you with your choice. Winery prices are listed on this site’s order form.
Brand: Hartley-Ostini Hitching Post
Style: Red Wine
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Region: Santa Barbara County
Category: California
Size: 750 ml
More Details:
- Shipments will usually occur shortly after January 1, Â April 1 and October 1
- Members can opt out of the club by notifying us 30 days prior to the next shipment. Members agree to receive a minimum of three shipments
- Your card will not be charged until wine is shipped. Each shipment will be approximately $60-$75, plus tax and shipping
- Regular shipping restrictions apply (our order form will show  will let you know if we can ship to you
JOIN THE CLUB by clicking the box on our regular order form
Information
- Location:
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Buellton, CA, 93427
- Phone:
- 805.688.0676
- Mon – Fri:
- 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
- Sat – Sun:
- 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm
CONSCIOUS LIFE EXPO ***
Feb. 12-14, 2010, all day event at the LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045.
Innovative business leaders from LA’s vibrant green community will share the projects, events and the communities that they have created. This year’s Expo features an awesome lineup of world-class speakers and leaders, and the exhibit hall is filled with over 175 vendors selected for their cutting edge products and services. Free lectures run continuously in 4 rooms for 3 days. Get your tickets early as many of the events will sell out.
Be sure not to miss “Creating A Thriving Green Economy for Greater LA” panel, 3 – 5:30 pm, Friday, February 12, Plaza Ballroom.
Learn about the groups and events that help create a profitable green economy for Los Angeles. Green business leaders from LA’s vibrant green community will discuss opportunities, events and the communities that they have created, the emerging efforts to support green entrepreneurs, and how green businesses are working together for our green economy.
PANELISTS:
Greg Wendt – CFP, moderator, is a financial advisor and the co-founder of Green Business Networking.
Susy Borlido – Director, Business Greening Program for Sustainable Works, a non-profit promoting sustainable practices in urban environments.
Jennifer Gooding is an Ambassador for Eco Tuesday, the Sustainable Business Leaders Networking Forum in LA.
Rob Kramer, the Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles, a non-profit founded by a group of sustainable business executives.
Ferris Kawar, Green Business Networking, is the co-founder of Greenopia, a consumer-friendly guide to help locate local eco-friendly products and services.
Jennifer Regan is the organizer for the Downtown Chapter of Los Angeles Green Drinks and Manager of Sustainability Programs for AEG, one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world.
Click here for additional panel information.
General info and registration is here.
The mobile Food court with several food trucks are rolling into a newly created mobile food court at Alameda and Traction in Los Angeles. Trucks will be rolling in around noon today.
Put together by the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association
The monthly Art Walk but it will remain open daily, said Matt Geller, vice president of the association. Initially there will be about 3-4 trucks at the lot.
Mobile Food Courts are becoming more common as customers look for places to try different types of foods. In Downtown, the police department and the neighboring businesses are in support of the food court as it brings people in and they have places to eat.
Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association
1401 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA
info@socalmfva.com
GreeNeWorlds
12345 Elm Street
Anytown, AA 12345
(123) 123-4567
FAX (123) 234-5678
info@greeneworld.com