Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/18/14, SeaWorld Entertainment (NYSE: SEAS), Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS), and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. SeaWorld Entertainment will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.21 on 7/1/14, Las Vegas Sands will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.50 on 6/30/14, and Tiffany will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.38 on 7/10/14.
Reported by Forbes.com 4 hours ago.
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Ex-Dividend Reminder: SeaWorld Entertainment, Las Vegas Sands and Tiffany
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Passenger wakes up, 'flips out' during flight
A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger's video.
Reported by azcentral.com 3 hours ago.
Reported by azcentral.com 3 hours ago.
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NYC-to-Las Vegas flight diverted over unruly man
A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger's video.
Reported by SignonSanDiego 3 hours ago.
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NYC-to-Las Vegas Flight Diverted Over Unruly Man
After passenger gets unruly, New York City-to-Las Vegas JetBlue flight is diverted to Detroit
Reported by ABCNews.com 3 hours ago.
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40-Percent Increase in Officers Killed on Job This Year
The Nationwide Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation reports a 40-percent increase in the number of officers killed on the job this year.A total of 63 officers have been killed, up from 45 from last year this time.
Fox News reports that "twenty-three of those deaths were due to firearm-related incidents."
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Vice President Richard Beary said his group supports stronger gun control, but he also admitted that it is "nearly impossible" to stop the kind of violence often directed at law enforcement.
He said attackers like those in Las Vegas, determined to die to kill police officers, are "one of the biggest challenges" officers face.
Follow AWR Hawkins on Twitter @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. Reported by Breitbart 3 hours ago.
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Watch: Flight attendants subdue agitated passenger, New York to Las Vegas flight diverted
The plane departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport around 7 a.m. and landed in Detroit at about 8:30 a.m. out of an "abundance of caution," according to a statement from a JetBlue spokesman.
Reported by NJ.com 3 hours ago.
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Fresh Taiwan - New Transformation: Showcase Top Taiwanese Brands at Licensing Expo
LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Most people's first impression of "Made in Taiwan" is usually related to computer hardware, which is understandable since many of the electronic products th...
Reported by FinanzNachrichten.de 3 hours ago.
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Comedian Jeff Dunham Announces Las Vegas Residency At Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Having toured and performed to sold-out venues across the globe over the last 28 years, comedian Jeff Dunham will be calling Las Vegas his exclusive home wi...
Reported by FinanzNachrichten.de 3 hours ago.
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Canon U.S.A. Showcases New Imaging and Display Offerings at InfoComm 2014
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At InfoComm 2014, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will exhibit its array of REALiS Pro AV LCOS Projectors in booth C6332 at the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 18-20. Within this year’s booth, Canon will feature special hands-on product demonstration areas allowing attendees to view many of the Company’s latest advances in imaging and optical technologies. The Canon booth will feature real-world applications highlighting the impr
Reported by Business Wire 3 hours ago.
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The hunt for the ever-elusive Tea Party killer leads to... Occupy Wall Street
Liberals were so excited when news broke of a husband-and-wife team of psychopaths killing two police officers and a heroic armed civilian who confronted them in Las Vegas... and threw a "Don't Tread On Me" Gadsden flag over one of their victims. At last! At long, long last! The elusive Tea Party killer had finally arrived!
They've tried to pin virtually every mass killing to the Tea Party or conservatives, of course, ever since the orgy of slander they unleashed within minutes of the Tucson shootings. The most infamous subsequent botched smear job was when Brian Ross of ABC News breathlessly reported his discovery of a Tea Party guy who had the same name as the Colorado movie theater shooter. The Boston Marathon bombings were initially portrayed as the work of anti-tax activists. On and on it went, as the Left tried to will the Elusive Tea Party Killer into existence, while studiously ignoring the ideology of such individuals as L.A. madman Chris Dorner, or the Family Research Council shooter.
But this time they finally had an open-and-shut case. The killers used a Gadsden flag! They were at the Bundy ranch! SCORE!
Wondering why the Left suddenly shut the hell up about the Las Vegas shooters? Here's why, courtesy of CBS News:
While living in Lafayette [Indiana], Jerad and his wife Amanda took part in last November’s “Million Mask March” – *a gathering of protesters from the Occupy movement, anarchists, and hacktivists.*
Nick Wertz, one of the organizers of the Lafayette march, said it attracted many people upset over a lot of issues.
“Everyone there just seem kind of like normal people. At least they were going to stick up with what they thought was right,” he said.
Whoops! Down the Memory Hole they go, as the hunt for the Elusive Tea Party Killer resumes. I don't suppose liberals are too happy with the detail that a lawful gun owner with a concealed carry permit, Joseph Wilcox, was killed trying to stop these monsters, either. They had hundreds of rounds of ammo; every moment they were delayed gave the police time to surround them, leading to their suicide, before they could hurt more innocent people.
The salient fact about Jerad and Amanda Miller is that they were drug-addled psychopaths with anarchist delusions whose malfunctioning mental hardware led them to declare a "revolution" and attack the police. Back when a large number of violent types were accumulating at Occupy rallies, it was common for apologists to insist the sleazy types were just "rogue elements" whose presence did not reflect in any way upon the organizers of the movement. Funny how that argument is never remembered when the Left thinks it can link some psycho killer to its ideological adversaries.
In truth, given its loose organization and the fact that just about anyone could stroll into one of its brief and orderly rallies, the story should be the remarkable absence of bad elements from the Tea Party movement. I guess hard-core anarchists don't like what they hear when they show up. Reported by Breitbart 2 hours ago.
They've tried to pin virtually every mass killing to the Tea Party or conservatives, of course, ever since the orgy of slander they unleashed within minutes of the Tucson shootings. The most infamous subsequent botched smear job was when Brian Ross of ABC News breathlessly reported his discovery of a Tea Party guy who had the same name as the Colorado movie theater shooter. The Boston Marathon bombings were initially portrayed as the work of anti-tax activists. On and on it went, as the Left tried to will the Elusive Tea Party Killer into existence, while studiously ignoring the ideology of such individuals as L.A. madman Chris Dorner, or the Family Research Council shooter.
But this time they finally had an open-and-shut case. The killers used a Gadsden flag! They were at the Bundy ranch! SCORE!
Wondering why the Left suddenly shut the hell up about the Las Vegas shooters? Here's why, courtesy of CBS News:
While living in Lafayette [Indiana], Jerad and his wife Amanda took part in last November’s “Million Mask March” – *a gathering of protesters from the Occupy movement, anarchists, and hacktivists.*
Nick Wertz, one of the organizers of the Lafayette march, said it attracted many people upset over a lot of issues.
“Everyone there just seem kind of like normal people. At least they were going to stick up with what they thought was right,” he said.
Whoops! Down the Memory Hole they go, as the hunt for the Elusive Tea Party Killer resumes. I don't suppose liberals are too happy with the detail that a lawful gun owner with a concealed carry permit, Joseph Wilcox, was killed trying to stop these monsters, either. They had hundreds of rounds of ammo; every moment they were delayed gave the police time to surround them, leading to their suicide, before they could hurt more innocent people.
The salient fact about Jerad and Amanda Miller is that they were drug-addled psychopaths with anarchist delusions whose malfunctioning mental hardware led them to declare a "revolution" and attack the police. Back when a large number of violent types were accumulating at Occupy rallies, it was common for apologists to insist the sleazy types were just "rogue elements" whose presence did not reflect in any way upon the organizers of the movement. Funny how that argument is never remembered when the Left thinks it can link some psycho killer to its ideological adversaries.
In truth, given its loose organization and the fact that just about anyone could stroll into one of its brief and orderly rallies, the story should be the remarkable absence of bad elements from the Tea Party movement. I guess hard-core anarchists don't like what they hear when they show up. Reported by Breitbart 2 hours ago.
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Fire damages auto repair shop near Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arson investigators are probing the cause of a weekend blaze in an automotive repair business across Interstate 15 from the Las Vegas Strip. No injuries were reported after the two-alarm fire a little after 6 a.m. Sunday behind a business called BWMs Only on Dean Martin Drive between Tropicana and Hacienda avenues.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 3 hours ago.
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JetBlue Flight Diverted After Passenger Wakes Up, Starts “Flipping Out”
It seems JetBlue had its hands full this weekend, what with the news of a little girl wetting herself in her seat after she was told she couldn’t use her plane’s restroom while it was on the tarmac, as well as an incident that diverted another flight when a passenger reportedly woke up and started “flipping out.”
The Las Vegas … [More] Reported by The Consumerist 2 hours ago.
The Las Vegas … [More] Reported by The Consumerist 2 hours ago.
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'The Powerpuff Girls' will return to television in 2016
More than a decade after the end of its original run, The Powerpuff Girls will return to Cartoon Network with a brand new series in 2016. According to The Wrap, the announcement was made at the 2014 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas by chief content officer Rob Sorcher. Though fans should be excited, details on the production are currently thin and there's no word yet on whether or not original showrunner Craig McCracken will return.The Powerpuff Girls originally debuted on Cartoon Network in 1998, and, alongside the likes of Dexter's Laboratory, went on to garner critical acclaim and a massive cult following. By the time it ended in 2005, the show successfully blended tropes found in American superhero storytelling, science fiction, and pop... Reported by The Verge 2 hours ago.
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Toontastic: The Top 10 Animated Cars of All Time
Admit it. When you were four, your favorite car builder was Hanna-Barbera. Indeed, some of the best cars of our kid-age dreams weren’t cars at all, but drawings of cars. Saturday morning fantasies burned into our psyches through insidiously cute anthropomorphization, constant reruns, and blatant commercial toy tie-ins. Virtually all of us born in the age of television grew up loving animated cars long before the real ones gripped our souls, so here they are: the 10 greatest animated rides ever.*10) The Jack Rabbit Special, Hot Wheels (1969)*
Mattel’s line of Hot Wheels toy cars was launched in 1968 with one of the most massive marketing pushes ever aimed at children. For those of us who were subjected to it, the appeal of the fast, metalflake-painted cars with redline tires was overwhelming, as was the chance to own the era’s grown-up muscle cars and hot rods. Then Mattel pushed its advantage by creating—or at least signing off on—a Saturday morning cartoon show based on the toys called, naturally, Hot Wheels, which debuted on ABC in the fall of 1969.
The lead character of the show was Jack “Rabbit” Wheeler, and the car he drove was a rear-engine, wedge-shaped sports buggy called the Jack Rabbit Special. Of course there was a toy version available in the 1970 Hot Wheels line.
What makes the Hot Wheels show and the Jack Rabbit Special, well, special, is that they brought the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) attention to Saturday morning TV. The allegation was that the Hot Wheels show was at its core a 30-minute commercial for the toys. By 1971, the FCC was issuing a “Notice of Proposed Rule Making” that would shut down such obvious tie-ins. In order to avoid such a regulatory environment, broadcasters agreed to police themselves on the issue. (And they did—for the next decade or so.) Hot Wheels was cancelled and Mattel focused its marketing efforts on things like the sponsorship of Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen in NHRA Funny Car drag racing.
Of course, by the time of the deregulated 1980s came around, all this would be thrown to the wind and direct tie-ins between toys and cartoons would flourish. But for a moment in the 1970s, Hot Wheels was the most important cartoon series booted from network TV.
*9) The Homer, The Simpsons (1991)*
It’s the car that destroys Homer’s half-brother Herb Powell and Powell Motors way back in the glory days that were the second season of now-eternal The Simpsons. Designed by Homer, it has two domes, three horns that play “La Cucaracha,” giant cup holders, thick carpeting, a massive chrome grille, and costs $82,000. Take away the domes and horns, and that also happens to describe a well-equipped 2015 Cadillac Escalade ESV.
Although the Escalade looks more like the Canyonero.
*8) Flintstone Mobile, The Flintstones (1960)*
It’s an open, doorless, log-framed phaeton that lacks any suspension and runs massive stone steamroller wheels that couldn’t possibly be steered. But worst of all, its power comes “courtesy of Fred’s two feet.” So prehistoric modernity had its drawbacks and challenges. That said, this is all that a family car should be, isn’t it? Frustratingly, after 54 years, there’s never been a second-generation Flintstone Mobile.
*7) 1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86), Initial D (1998)*
It’s the series that brought both Japanese anime and drifting to the United States. It’s the story of a boy, his Toyota Corolla AE86, and adventures in the underground world of Japanese street racing. Derived from a series of manga comics, Initial D is the TV series companion to the entire sport-compact culture of the 1990s and 2000s.
And if it weren’t for Initial D, there never would have been a The Fast and the Furious franchise.
*6) Lightning McQueen, Cars (2006)*
From a story standpoint, Cars is one of the weaker Pixar Studios films. And it’s nowhere near their biggest hit either. But from a merchandising standpoint, Lightning McQueen, the notional stock car, is a phenomenon. He’s on pajamas and bed sheets and wall stickers. He’s been miniaturized in metal, inflated as a balloon, and processed into dozens of different stuffed plush toys. He is the he-stud of all car-based marketing to children.
And all this is not bad, because there likely isn’t a single character doing more to ensure another generation of car freaks than Lightning McQueen. And the second sequel to Cars—that would be Cars 3—is under development now.
*5) Speed Buggy, Speed Buggy (1973)*
It’s a Meyers Manx given the eager personality of Scooby-Doo and the voice of—and we’re going way back here—Jack Benny’s old Maxwell. In fact, Speed Buggy’s voice was supplied by the great Mel Blanc, who was also behind Benny’s radio comedy classic Maxwell.
Speed Buggy, produced by the same Hanna-Barbera studio that also made Scooby-Doo, only lasted one year and 16 episodes. But those episodes were constantly being mixed in with other cartoons to produce shows for decades. And its Speed Buggy is still the car for people who really want a dog.
*4) Bumblebee, The Transformers (1984)*
It was the first Transformers TV show that completely obliterated the self-restraint regarding marketing that broadcasters had maintained since the Hot Wheels series. Transformers was blatantly based on the Hasbro toys, and always tied to what was flying off the Toys”R”Us shelves.
And of course, the most heroic of the Transformers was Bumblebee who, before Michael Bay made him a Camaro, was a humble VW Beetle with a modest temperament and puppy dog’s loyalty to humanity.
*3) The Jetsons’ Flying Car, The Jetsons (1962)*
In 2010, C/D explored the intricacies of exactly how George Jetson’s car—which can achieve speeds of at least 2500 mph, but folds up into an attaché case that George can easily lift—works. That groundbreaking research holds up well four years later, but we don’t seem much closer to the dream of a flying car. (Although Toyota says it’s working on it. Sort of.)
The Jetsons’ car has permeated the culture so thoroughly that it practically erased visions of any other future cars and prototypes. This is the bubbletop we all still want, a 21st-century dream machine that makes the 21st century worth living in. Damn it, where’s our flying car?!
*2) The Mystery Machine, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969)*
Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby never went anywhere if it wasn’t in the Mystery Machine. For a full 45 years, the Mystery Machine—it’s a van of some sort—has been exactly what kids imagine a great adventure-seeking truck should be.
The Mystery Machine isn’t fancy, can’t talk, doesn’t have a personality, and is painted in the same colors as the bathrooms of 1960s tract homes. But for sheer longevity, there’s never been another cartoon vehicle that can touch it.
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*1) **The Mach 5, Speed Racer (1966)*
Legend has it that Speed Racer’s Mach 5 was created as a mash up of the Elva that Elvis Presley’s character drives in Viva Las Vegas and the gadget laden Aston Martin DB5 seen in Goldfinger. Both of those wildly popular films were released in 1964, so there’s a certain symmetry that adds plausibility to that fable. But there’s a wackiness to Speed Racer that’s also distinctively Japanese.
The animation of Speed Racer is awful, the action makes even less sense in English than it presumably does in Japanese, and what the Mach 5 is best at is defying both physics and credulity. But this is the exotic car that led generations of boys and girls to crave gadgets and cars. It’s the car that has fueled our lust for exotics and racing for 48 years. It wins. Reported by Car and Driver 37 minutes ago.
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“Rock Hard Revue” Debuts In Tampa on Friday, July 11 at Tampa Pitcher Show
Be Among the First to Experience Florida’s #1 Male Revue Show and America’s Got Talent Season 9 Stars at Their Exciting Tampa Debut; Rock Hard Revue Continues Reinventing Girl’s Night Out All Over Florida
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) June 16, 2014
The Tampa Bay is about to get a whole lot hotter this summer as Florida’s #1 male revue show “Rock Hard Revue” takes the stage for the first time at Tampa Pitcher Show on Friday, July 11 starting at 9pm. Fresh off their appearance on NBC’s hit show, “America’s Got Talent,” Rock Hard Revue has been impressing audiences statewide with its 90-minute fully costumed and choreographed production featuring sexy male performers, themed numbers, live vocals and audience participation that brings the fun show to life. Directed and choreographed by David Greenhouse, former director and choreographer of “Chippendales” in Las Vegas and choreographer of Joe Manganiello’s “La Bare” in Dallas, Rock Hard Revue is a must-see for girls’ night out, birthdays and bachelorette parties.
“With the huge popularity of ‘Magic Mike’ in theaters, the subject of a male revue went from taboo to much-talked about, and we have successfully jumped on the band wagon and delivered a high-energy, highly-entertaining and memorable show,” says Greenhouse. “We are thrilled that the positive response of Rock Hard Revue has now allowed us to expand our show to Tampa this summer, and we cannot wait to bring our incredible level of dance, performance and production value to the area and create a loyal fan base.”
Since launching in Central Florida in December of 2012, Rock Hard Revue has quickly grown to selling out monthly shows in Orlando, performing all throughout the state and most recently being recognized nationally as a featured contestant on “America’s Got Talent.” In addition to the success of the show, the Rock Hard Revue fellas are also largely involved in the community having volunteered, performed and participated at numerous charitable, social and industry events including Making Strides, Autism Speaks, AIDS Walk, American Cancer Society, Walk MS, Quest Kids, Pet Rescue by Judy, Brides Against Breast Cancer and many more.
Don’t miss Rock Hard Revue’s Tampa debut on Friday, July 11 at Tampa Pitcher Show located at 14416 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33618. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors open at 8pm, and the show starts promptly at 9pm. For more information about Rock Hard Revue’s whereabouts all over town, future performance dates and to purchase advance tickets, preferred or VIP seating, visit http://www.rockhardrevue.com or call 407-347-5035 to make a reservation.
MEDIA CONTACT: Ilene Lieber, 321-277-7812, ilene(at)passionprconsulting(dot)com Reported by PRWeb 24 minutes ago.
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) June 16, 2014
The Tampa Bay is about to get a whole lot hotter this summer as Florida’s #1 male revue show “Rock Hard Revue” takes the stage for the first time at Tampa Pitcher Show on Friday, July 11 starting at 9pm. Fresh off their appearance on NBC’s hit show, “America’s Got Talent,” Rock Hard Revue has been impressing audiences statewide with its 90-minute fully costumed and choreographed production featuring sexy male performers, themed numbers, live vocals and audience participation that brings the fun show to life. Directed and choreographed by David Greenhouse, former director and choreographer of “Chippendales” in Las Vegas and choreographer of Joe Manganiello’s “La Bare” in Dallas, Rock Hard Revue is a must-see for girls’ night out, birthdays and bachelorette parties.
“With the huge popularity of ‘Magic Mike’ in theaters, the subject of a male revue went from taboo to much-talked about, and we have successfully jumped on the band wagon and delivered a high-energy, highly-entertaining and memorable show,” says Greenhouse. “We are thrilled that the positive response of Rock Hard Revue has now allowed us to expand our show to Tampa this summer, and we cannot wait to bring our incredible level of dance, performance and production value to the area and create a loyal fan base.”
Since launching in Central Florida in December of 2012, Rock Hard Revue has quickly grown to selling out monthly shows in Orlando, performing all throughout the state and most recently being recognized nationally as a featured contestant on “America’s Got Talent.” In addition to the success of the show, the Rock Hard Revue fellas are also largely involved in the community having volunteered, performed and participated at numerous charitable, social and industry events including Making Strides, Autism Speaks, AIDS Walk, American Cancer Society, Walk MS, Quest Kids, Pet Rescue by Judy, Brides Against Breast Cancer and many more.
Don’t miss Rock Hard Revue’s Tampa debut on Friday, July 11 at Tampa Pitcher Show located at 14416 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33618. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors open at 8pm, and the show starts promptly at 9pm. For more information about Rock Hard Revue’s whereabouts all over town, future performance dates and to purchase advance tickets, preferred or VIP seating, visit http://www.rockhardrevue.com or call 407-347-5035 to make a reservation.
MEDIA CONTACT: Ilene Lieber, 321-277-7812, ilene(at)passionprconsulting(dot)com Reported by PRWeb 24 minutes ago.
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Gtech in talks with International Game Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Italian lottery operator Gtech says that it is in preliminary talks with Las Vegas casino gaming company International Game Technology about a potential deal. IGT makes slot machines for casinos.
Reported by SeattlePI.com 22 minutes ago.
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Galtronics' New 30/30⁰ Narrow Beam High Gain LTE MIMO
LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- - Stadium Antenna Allows High Sectorization for Venues with High Data Capacity Galtronics Corporation Ltd., a Baylin Technologies (TSX:BYL) company, has unveiled its newest EXTENT™ D5777i...
Reported by PR Newswire 56 seconds ago.
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Heat, not Spurs, is early favorite to win 2015 NBA title
The San Antonio Spurs have got to be wondering what an NBA team has to do to earn some respect from Las Vegas.
Reported by L.A. Times 2 hours ago.
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Sparkroom and Nelnet Foundation Make Donation to Imagine America Foundation's Promise Scholarship Program
Scholarships Awarded to Dedicated Career College Students
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
Yesterday at the annual convention for the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU), Sparkroom and the Nelnet Foundation presented the Imagine America Foundation (IAF) with a $25,000 donation to provide scholarships to help students continue their studies at career colleges nationwide. The donation will help fund the Imagine America Promise scholarship program, which provides grants to students who show a strong dedication to their program of study through good grades and consistent attendance records.
"We are pleased to continue our annual tradition of donating to the Imagine America Foundation Promise Award fund,” said Ben Kiser, President of the Nelnet Foundation. "Nelnet’s mission is focused on making educational dreams possible, and we happily partner with likeminded organizations.”
Nelnet has been providing grants annually to IAF since 2009. To date, they have contributed $170,000 to the Imagine America Promise scholarship program.
"Every Promise Award scholarship allows a deserving student to get closer to reaching his or her educational and career goals,” said Todd Eicher, CEO of Sparkroom. “And in the end, that is our primary focus every day.”
Every year, IAF awards scholarships to dedicated students to help fund their education. Since its inception in 2002, the Foundation’s Promise scholarship program has provided more than $650,000 in grants, supporting nearly 800 students in their educational endeavors. The Promise scholarships are funded entirely by sponsors like Sparkroom and the Nelnet Foundation.
“IAF is pleased with Sparkroom’s continued support of IAF and career college students,” said Robert L. Martin, President and CEO of the Imagine America Foundation. “Annually, IAF uses these funds to support scores of enrolled career college students with direct cash grants.”
About Sparkroom
Sparkroom is the leader in performance marketing for the higher education industry, providing fully transparent, analytics-based strategies that are customized to meet school enrollment objectives. Sparkroom provides Marketing Services and Marketing Software, the combination allowing for improved efficiency and efficacy of enrollment marketing campaigns. Sparkroom Marketing Services include PPI Vendor Management, PPC Enrollment Campaigns, Marketing Analytics, Compliance Monitoring, Email Marketing, SEO, Social Media and Targeted Display. Sparkroom Marketing Software integrates marketing data, automates processes based on performance and provides robust, multidimensional reporting and analytics. Sparkroom is owned by Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) and part of the Nelnet Enrollment Solutions family of brands. For more information, go to http://www.sparkroom.com.
About the Imagine America Foundation
The Imagine America Foundation (IAF), established in 1982, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing scholarships for education, research and training support for the career college sector. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than $100 million in scholarship and award support for graduating high school seniors, adult learners and U.S. military personnel attending career colleges nationwide through its award-winning Imagine America® programs. The Foundation also publishes vital research publications for the higher education sector, honors achievement in career education and offers faculty development training. For more information about the Imagine America Foundation’s programs, please visit http://www.imagine-america.org. Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 17, 2014
Yesterday at the annual convention for the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU), Sparkroom and the Nelnet Foundation presented the Imagine America Foundation (IAF) with a $25,000 donation to provide scholarships to help students continue their studies at career colleges nationwide. The donation will help fund the Imagine America Promise scholarship program, which provides grants to students who show a strong dedication to their program of study through good grades and consistent attendance records.
"We are pleased to continue our annual tradition of donating to the Imagine America Foundation Promise Award fund,” said Ben Kiser, President of the Nelnet Foundation. "Nelnet’s mission is focused on making educational dreams possible, and we happily partner with likeminded organizations.”
Nelnet has been providing grants annually to IAF since 2009. To date, they have contributed $170,000 to the Imagine America Promise scholarship program.
"Every Promise Award scholarship allows a deserving student to get closer to reaching his or her educational and career goals,” said Todd Eicher, CEO of Sparkroom. “And in the end, that is our primary focus every day.”
Every year, IAF awards scholarships to dedicated students to help fund their education. Since its inception in 2002, the Foundation’s Promise scholarship program has provided more than $650,000 in grants, supporting nearly 800 students in their educational endeavors. The Promise scholarships are funded entirely by sponsors like Sparkroom and the Nelnet Foundation.
“IAF is pleased with Sparkroom’s continued support of IAF and career college students,” said Robert L. Martin, President and CEO of the Imagine America Foundation. “Annually, IAF uses these funds to support scores of enrolled career college students with direct cash grants.”
About Sparkroom
Sparkroom is the leader in performance marketing for the higher education industry, providing fully transparent, analytics-based strategies that are customized to meet school enrollment objectives. Sparkroom provides Marketing Services and Marketing Software, the combination allowing for improved efficiency and efficacy of enrollment marketing campaigns. Sparkroom Marketing Services include PPI Vendor Management, PPC Enrollment Campaigns, Marketing Analytics, Compliance Monitoring, Email Marketing, SEO, Social Media and Targeted Display. Sparkroom Marketing Software integrates marketing data, automates processes based on performance and provides robust, multidimensional reporting and analytics. Sparkroom is owned by Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) and part of the Nelnet Enrollment Solutions family of brands. For more information, go to http://www.sparkroom.com.
About the Imagine America Foundation
The Imagine America Foundation (IAF), established in 1982, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing scholarships for education, research and training support for the career college sector. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than $100 million in scholarship and award support for graduating high school seniors, adult learners and U.S. military personnel attending career colleges nationwide through its award-winning Imagine America® programs. The Foundation also publishes vital research publications for the higher education sector, honors achievement in career education and offers faculty development training. For more information about the Imagine America Foundation’s programs, please visit http://www.imagine-america.org. Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.
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Tupac Musical Star, Christopher Jackson, Reflects On Iconic Rapper's Influence
NEW YORK (AP) -- Christopher Jackson remembers exactly where he was on Friday, Sept. 13, 1996.
That was the day Tupac Shakur died from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, and Jackson honored the rapper the only way he knew how: with music.
"I remember putting his CD in my CD player and walking through Central Park and weeping and being angry," Jackson recalls. "I didn't know that he held such a place in my heart. I mourned the fact that I wouldn't ever get to work with him."
Eighteen years later, Jackson has found himself as close to that dream as possible. He's singing Shakur's songs on a Broadway stage in "Holler If Ya Hear Me," including the heartfelt "Dear Mama," the first song Jackson listened to that sad day in 1996.
The musical, which opens Thursday at the Palace Theatre, uses Shakur's songs - including "Me Against the World,""California Love" and "Keep Ya Head Up" - to tell an original story by Todd Kreidler about two young men dealing with life and tragedy in a Midwestern industrial city.
If gangsta rap on Broadway seems an improbable thing, Jackson points to such groundbreaking shows as "American Idiot," which used Green Day music, and the rock musical "The Who's Tommy."
"I think Broadway is waking up to the idea that rap is an incredible tool for telling a musical story," he says. "The essence of it is storytelling, so why wouldn't it be on a Broadway stage?"
If Shakur was one of the most dynamic stars of the 1990s, Jackson is perfectly qualified to interpret songs by the late actor and singer. This will be Jackson's third Broadway show in six months and he's an Emmy Award winning music composer for kids and a freestyle rapper.
"He has a great sense of character. He has charisma. He has a wonderful singing voice and he has edge. And he listens," director Kenny Leon said. "He's the real deal. I just love his heart."
Raised in Cairo, Illinois, Jackson sang in church each Sunday and moved to New York when he was 17. He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, studying acting and musical theater. He also taught himself piano, having spurned lessons as a kid. "I was going to be a St. Louis Cardinal. I didn't have time to play piano," he explains.
He got a gig right out of college in 1995 - the off-Broadway revue "Time and the Wind" - and never stopped working. He has played Simba in "The Lion King," Benny in "In the Heights," and Delray in "Memphis." Jackson most recently performed "Diga Diga Doo" in "After Midnight" and Derek Jeter in "Bronx Bombers."
He is also a composer and songwriter for the "The Electric Company" and "Sesame Street," writing the music for the touching song "I Love My Hair" for a white father of an African-American child, and the lyrics for "What I Am," a fun song featuring will.i.am and puppets.
"I've never wanted to do just one thing," he says. "I don't have an attention span for that. I can focus really well on one thing - what's in front of me."
He and his wife, Veronica Vazquez-Jackson, who starred in "Selena Forever," are the parents of a 9-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. In his spare time - if he has any - Jackson is also a member of the improv hip-hop act Freestyle Love Supreme.
The group, which creates impromptu rap songs often from single-word audience suggestions, also includes "In the Heights" composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and new Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart of "Aladdin." Cable TV outlet Pivot has ordered 10 episodes of their concerts.
"Not to overstate what we're doing - because we're just a bunch of dudes being stupid onstage - but it really is the essence of the creative process," he says. "You come in with nothing. It's like a freehand drawing." Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
That was the day Tupac Shakur died from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, and Jackson honored the rapper the only way he knew how: with music.
"I remember putting his CD in my CD player and walking through Central Park and weeping and being angry," Jackson recalls. "I didn't know that he held such a place in my heart. I mourned the fact that I wouldn't ever get to work with him."
Eighteen years later, Jackson has found himself as close to that dream as possible. He's singing Shakur's songs on a Broadway stage in "Holler If Ya Hear Me," including the heartfelt "Dear Mama," the first song Jackson listened to that sad day in 1996.
The musical, which opens Thursday at the Palace Theatre, uses Shakur's songs - including "Me Against the World,""California Love" and "Keep Ya Head Up" - to tell an original story by Todd Kreidler about two young men dealing with life and tragedy in a Midwestern industrial city.
If gangsta rap on Broadway seems an improbable thing, Jackson points to such groundbreaking shows as "American Idiot," which used Green Day music, and the rock musical "The Who's Tommy."
"I think Broadway is waking up to the idea that rap is an incredible tool for telling a musical story," he says. "The essence of it is storytelling, so why wouldn't it be on a Broadway stage?"
If Shakur was one of the most dynamic stars of the 1990s, Jackson is perfectly qualified to interpret songs by the late actor and singer. This will be Jackson's third Broadway show in six months and he's an Emmy Award winning music composer for kids and a freestyle rapper.
"He has a great sense of character. He has charisma. He has a wonderful singing voice and he has edge. And he listens," director Kenny Leon said. "He's the real deal. I just love his heart."
Raised in Cairo, Illinois, Jackson sang in church each Sunday and moved to New York when he was 17. He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, studying acting and musical theater. He also taught himself piano, having spurned lessons as a kid. "I was going to be a St. Louis Cardinal. I didn't have time to play piano," he explains.
He got a gig right out of college in 1995 - the off-Broadway revue "Time and the Wind" - and never stopped working. He has played Simba in "The Lion King," Benny in "In the Heights," and Delray in "Memphis." Jackson most recently performed "Diga Diga Doo" in "After Midnight" and Derek Jeter in "Bronx Bombers."
He is also a composer and songwriter for the "The Electric Company" and "Sesame Street," writing the music for the touching song "I Love My Hair" for a white father of an African-American child, and the lyrics for "What I Am," a fun song featuring will.i.am and puppets.
"I've never wanted to do just one thing," he says. "I don't have an attention span for that. I can focus really well on one thing - what's in front of me."
He and his wife, Veronica Vazquez-Jackson, who starred in "Selena Forever," are the parents of a 9-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. In his spare time - if he has any - Jackson is also a member of the improv hip-hop act Freestyle Love Supreme.
The group, which creates impromptu rap songs often from single-word audience suggestions, also includes "In the Heights" composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and new Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart of "Aladdin." Cable TV outlet Pivot has ordered 10 episodes of their concerts.
"Not to overstate what we're doing - because we're just a bunch of dudes being stupid onstage - but it really is the essence of the creative process," he says. "You come in with nothing. It's like a freehand drawing." Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.
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