These will make you smile………

They’re Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:

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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water.’ The sermon tonight: ‘Searching for Jesus.’
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Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say ‘Hell’ to someone who doesn’t care much about you.
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Don’t let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang ‘I will not pass this way again,’ giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So that ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow..
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What Is Hell?’ Come early and  listen to our choir practice.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered..
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church.  Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. Is done.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door. -
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use  large double door at the side entrance..
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new campaign slogan last Sunday: ‘I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.

Here’s a call for music for a paint commercial.  Pay is $30000 if you can believe it!!!  Worth checking out your song catalog for a fit.  www.musicdealers.com or we will submit for you.    

Due Date:

05/03/2010 - 8:00am

TV Commercial - Paint Company

Music Call: 

Client is looking to license music for an upcoming commercial. They are looking for songs that reference change, transformation, inspiration, endless possibility, doing something new, etc…

They are looking for contemporary music with some attitude, edge, some distortion could be good as well.

The spot is very colorful and playful, they want that to be reflected but with attitude. The track should be medium - fast paced.

Genre: 

Rock / Electro Rock / Punk

Vocals/Instrumental: 

Vocal

Explicit Lyrics: 

No

Here’s a call for music from our friends over at Music Dealers.  If you have a song that fits, we will submit the song or you can upload right at their website.    

Due Date:

05/02/2010 - 8:00pm

TV Commercial - Coffee Company

Music Call: 

Client is looking to license a song for an upcoming TV commercial. They would love the music to be bouncy and fresh. Something in the singer songwriter genre with a little bit of electro, like programmed drums maybe, thrown in could work very well. The spot is about starting your day off right with a great cup of coffee. Please do not be too heavy handed, they want it to sound like a song, not a jingle!
They want the track to be about making the most of your day, doing as good as your morning coffee tastes by taking advantage of every moment in your day. Enjoying life and the challenges it presents. The track should not be slow, they are looking for something somewhat uptempo!

Genre: 

Singer Songwriter (with a touch of electro)

Vocals/Instrumental: 

Vocals - Male

Explicit Lyrics: 

No

Other Info: 

The song should be positive and upbeat, inspirational. The spot is about doing good things, and being inspired by your morning coffee.

Monday Inspirations—Here are 3 weekly ideas for song lyric, poems, instrumental titles, photos, video, short story or anything they inspire you to create.  Use the title if you like & make something!  It is yours for free.  A gift. 

106.  Goddess of the Good Place
Please keep my love, my hopes and dreams, my all … safe and warm and dender care… in the good place!!!  Goddess of the Good Place know my name as surely as the flowers open to the sun and close with the evening cool.

107.  One More Saviour
Send me One More Saviour
and then I’ll ride the train
One More Savior
Make her sing my name
One More Savior
With a heart of gold
Send me One More Savior
The night is taking hold

Under The Blue Umbrella

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Over a week now I’ve had a strong desire to make dandelion wine again.  I sat down & drafted my little Dandelion Wine Incident memoir piece & will post it once it is revised and typed up.  Today I read about dandelion flower essence.  Wow!  That is just what I need to come back to balance. 

By Jordan Lite Mar 22nd 2010 12:53PM

Categories: Healthy Living, 30 Days to a Better You

Think your genes have sealed your fate? Not so fast: While heredity holds some sway over how long you live, there is plenty you can do to improve your chances, says Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., co-author of “The Roadmap to 100: the Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Life.” Here are 10 questions to ask your doctor about how to live longer.

1. Do I have any control over my longevity? Absolutely. Most of what people think of as aging is really inactivity. The important differentiation is that you can do something about disuse, but you can’t do anything about aging.

Aging is not a disease. You can’t cure it, so you need a whole different way of thinking about it. I don’t think doctors have much to do with it. They want to fix things. Aging is not something to be fixed. It’s an energy issue, not a fix-it issue.

2. What are the proven strategies for a longer life? Long-living populations certainly do not have high-tech medicine. The recent Blue Zones series by National Geographic found commonalities between populations with high numbers of people over 90: exercising, relaxing, having spirituality or a belief system, having a purpose in life, prioritizing family, belonging to a community, drinking red wine in moderation, eating plant-based foods and stopping eating when 80 percent full.

It’s much more of a lifestyle issue. A recent study by Harvard University doctors found that smoking, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure were all associated with men dying before the age of 90, while exercising regularly — enough to break a sweat — was linked to living to 90 or older. Diabetes and obesity are largely linked to eating habits. And those men were in better physical and emotional shape than the ones who lived fewer years.

3. How big a role does genetics play in my lifespan? A number of us have done studies with twins. If genes were the master determinant, twins would die on the same day of the same disease. Genetics determine about 15 percent of the difference in longevity between people. So genes matter a little bit but not very much. It ain’t the cards you’re dealt; it’s how you play the hand.

4. What eating habits are associated with long life? It’s the standard high plant food, low animal fat emphasis. Mediterranean diets that are high in fruits, vegetables, fish and olive oil have been shown to be better for lifespan than, say, meat-heavy diets. The National Cancer Institute found that people who eat lots of red and processed meat have a higher risk of death, especially from heart disease and cancer, than those who eat little meat.

5. Are there drugs or supplements I can take to live longer? There’s no way you can go down to Walgreens and buy a “don’t get old” miracle pill. Nobody has yet shown that antioxidants and vitamins do any good at all.

6. How can exercise help me live longer? Exercising turns on the good genes and turns off the bad ones. Research at the University of South Carolina found that men could reduce their risk of dying by an estimated 37 percent and women by 50 percent over an eight-year period just by becoming physically active.

The President’s Council of Physical Fitness recommends at least two and a half hours a week of moderate-intensity exercise, such as brisk walking or gardening. The most important step is the first step. Every successive step after that further helps.

7. Does too much stress shave years off my lifespan? Of course. The Greeks taught, “Everything in moderation.” When you’re stressed, you’re overexpressing your anxiety. Not only has research linked stress to worse immunity, but studies have found that people who experience prolonged stress die sooner than those who aren’t chronically anxious.

8. Will having sex help me live longer? Sex is good for longevity, too. A study in Wales showed that people who had good sex lived longer. Middle-aged men who had two or more orgasms a week were less than half as likely to die over the 10 years they were followed than other men. And a study at Duke University showed that more sex for men and better sex for women were associated with longer lives. Why would that be? It’s part of the quality of life.

9. What do relationships have to do with longevity? Obviously, people live longer if they’re in a social environment. A study that followed people 65 and up for 13 years found that those who volunteered, got together with friends and even ran errands saw just as much benefit to their lifespan as those who exercised. Other research has found that people who are socially isolated are less able to fight infection. When you stop being engaged, you withdraw from work, you withdraw from sex, you withdraw from reading magazines, and when you do that, your body goes into an inactive, boredom mode and you don’t do well.

10. Even if I manage to live a long time, am I doomed to lose my memory as I get older? There have been studies on supercentenarians, people over 110. Madame Jeanne Calment — the oldest living woman on record, who lived to 122 — didn’t have dementia. So if people over 110 don’t have dementia, does that mean it’s not an inevitable consequence? Certainly the incidence goes up: More than 5 million Americans 65 and older have Alzheimer’s, and by 2050, anywhere from 11 to 16 million Americans will, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. However, it’s not necessarily inevitable.

Your brain is a muscle, and it behaves just like one when used appropriately. Exercise increases blood flow to the brain, and a study published last year by Columbia University doctors who followed around 2,000 elderly people for 14 years found that those who were physically active had a 29 to 50 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than those who didn’t move around, depending on how active they were. Some scientists believe having more education lowers your risk, and reading the newspaper regularly has been associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s. Writing letters to the editor, running for public office, having a pet and reading good magazines all are ways of exercising your brain.

TV Commercial - Dish Detergent - Happy Work DUE April 22 - 9:00am Chicago Time - upload submissions at www.musicdealers.com or contact Roberta@Songs2Share.com if you want us to upload under our account.

Music Call: 

Client is looking to license music for an upcoming TV commercial. The client wants music that is happy, noble, cinematic, marvelous, powerful, classy, magical, yet… simple. The spot has people doing tasks that you would not normally associate with feeling light, happy and industrious so the music should be light and playful to create the juxtaposition the spot needs. The lyrics are also important. They NEED to be in Spanish. If the lyric is NOT in Spanish they need to be simply “La’s” humming or whistling. Think about songs like “Whistle While You Work,” “I’ve Been Workin’ On The Railroad” and “Heigh-Ho (Its off to work we go).” Work songs like that that are positive, fun and have that magical feel yet remain somewhat simple are best. The piece must be at least :30!

Genre: 

Musical, Happy Work Song, Cinematic

Vocals/Instrumental: 

Vocal

Explicit Lyrics: 

No

Duration: 

Short Clips

Other Info: 

Vocal - Must be Spanish language! The lyrics should definitely stop after :15 for the VO to come in. Maybe just a simple chorus can come in around :05 and end at :15. The piece must be at least :30! Remember, the piece should be magical and classy, like a Disney theme almost. The lyric must be in Spanish, if it is not in Spanish it needs to be simply “La’s” or humming!

Here’s a call for music from www.musicdealers.com due tomorrow early am.  If you’ve got one, go to that website, make a free account and you can then click on Deal Board and submit the 320kbps music file.  Good Luck in earning the placement.

~ Roberta  

  Due Date:

04/20/2010 - 9:30am

TV Commercial - Department Store

Music Call: 

The client is looking to license a song for a new campaign. They have expressed interest in a modern bossa nova track with a cool new edge. However, they are open to other genres as long as they have a sophisticated “cool” element to them. Vocal themes need to be similar to “lifting up” or “taking it to the next level”. Something that conveys this sentiment.

Genre: 

Various but have suggested a “modern spin on a bossa nova”

Vocals/Instrumental: 

Vocal

Explicit Lyrics: 

No

Duration: 

All

Other Info: 

Make sure it is at least 1 minute. Vocal themes need to be similar to “lifting up or “taking it to the next level”. Something that conveys this sentiment.

Rolling Stone’s archive going online — for a pricet

AP – In this screen shot provided by Rolling Stone magazine, the RollingStone.com website is shown.(AP Photo/Rolling …

By ANDREW VANACORE, AP Business Writer – Fri Apr 16, 6:52 am ET

NEW YORK – For the first time Rolling Stone is inviting its readers on the long, strange trip though the magazine’s 43-year archive, putting complete digital replicas online along with the latest edition. But you’ll have to pay to see it all.

With a new site launching Monday, Rolling Stone will become one of the most prominent magazines to decide that adding a “pay wall” is the best way to make money on the Web.

To many publishers and media analysts, charging for Web access is the fastest way to drive readers to free competition, where advertisers will follow. But even free sites with lots of readers haven’t been able to charge the kind of rates for advertising that print still commands. As one of the few major consumer magazines now asking readers for an online fee, Rolling Stone is likely to get a close look from the rest of the industry.

The magazine’s revamped home page will remain mostly free. The kind of material that seems to work best on the Web — quick updates on who’s breaking up, slide shows of popular bands on tour — won’t cost readers anything.

But there will be reminders planted throughout the site that full access to Rolling Stone’s latest issue is just a few clicks and a credit card number away.

A one-month pass will cost $3.95 and annual access is $29.99. Online subscribers will automatically get a print subscription, which normally costs $19.95 a year. But print subscribers don’t automatically get Web access.

The magazine has never put a full issue online except to tease an article here and there. On the new site, readers can flip through, search and zoom in on a complete replica of the print edition.

The same goes for every issue since the magazine launched in 1967. If you’re willing to pay, you can peruse a big grid with thumbnail views of every cover.

In an interview, Steven Schwartz, who is heading the revamp as chief digital officer for the magazine’s parent company, Wenner Media, referred to the archive as “the collected history of everyone who’s grown up over the past 40 years.”

So is there a touch of mid-life crisis in all of this? A music magazine that planted itself in the countercultural zeitgeist of the 1960s now trying to prove that it’s still relevant? The first thing a public relations representative pointed out to a visiting reporter recently was that the average age of Rolling Stone’s readership is 30. It’s not just old hippies!

Like every print product these days, Rolling Stone faces an array of Web-savvy competition. Young music fans are as likely to find new bands or artists on sites like RollingStone.com had about 1.3 million unique visitors in March but only 9 million page views. Pitchfork had 906,000 visitors but 19 million page views.)

But while Rolling Stone and the rest of the publishing industry had a painful 2009 — it sold nearly 20 percent fewer ad pages than the year before — it can still boast about its print readership. It had an average paid circulation last year of about 1.5 million, up from 1.3 million in 2000, and it is still profitable.

It also ran one of the most widely cited stories of last year — Matt Taibbi’s excoriating look at Goldman Sachs, “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.”

Rolling Stone’s relative health could give the magazine more flexibility than most publications to experiment with a new business model online.

“We’re taking control of our digital destiny,” Schwartz said.

The whole look of the site is being updated. The layout is getting broader and features more and bigger photos. The Rolling Stone masthead, which occupies a small corner at the upper left-hand side of the existing site, is ballooning across the top of the page.

Schwartz said the magazine’s reporters will produce daily updates on music, culture and politics for the site’s blogs. He wouldn’t reveal how big of an editorial staff is devoted to the Web, but he said, “there is a commitment to it and it is growing with the launch of the new site.”

It will also take advantage of Rolling Stone’s access to musicians for a Web video series called “Live at RS.” One segment already prepared features a performance by singer-songwriter Jason Mraz that was shot in the magazine’s New York offices.

Album reviews will include audio samples.

Implicit in Rolling Stone’s approach to the Web, however, is a major bet on the future of print. The magazine’s feature articles are available online in a way that appears exactly as they do on paper. And the new digital subscriptions are bundled with the kind that come in the mail.

“This is not, let’s rush to the Web because print isn’t strong,” Schwartz said. “This is our brand’s ability to tap into a new medium.”

Source: AP