Bob Costas Goes One on One with Baseball Legend Willie Mays for HBO Sports Season Debut of Costas NOW!
Emeryville, CA (ContentDesk) April 20, 2006 -- One of television's most accomplished sports broadcasters, Bob Costas, interviewed baseball legend Willie Mays at Mays' new East Bay Restaurant and Entertainment venue, Willie Mays' Skybox Lounge. Bob was in town taping the season debut of his HBOSports flagship show, COSTAS NOW airing on HBO May 2nd. This one hour show gives us the opportunity to treat serious topics with appropriate depth says Costas. Mays show will examine the home run debate that is engulfing Major League Baseball today . Willie Mays turns 75 next month and this show comes in perfect timing to pay tribute to one of baseball's true living legends says Mindy Kreis, Director of Marketing for Willie Mays' Skybox Lounge it was a special treat to see Bob and Willie both candid and comfortable at Willies new venue and we look forward to airing the debut show on May 2nd. COSTAS NOW focuses on the fast-breaking, topical news stories that continually emerge in today's sports arena.
Production elements include one-on-one interviews with sports figures in the news; a look at hot-button news maker issues; enterprising journalistic and feature stories; roundtable forums; essays and commentaries from Costas; and a sprinkling of humor and history.Customers of Willie Mays' Skybox Lounge can come in and enjoy a game and dinner, stay for Comedy, or relax on a plush couch and watch one of the many oversized televisions.
The lounge will also be available for private parties, corporate events, and fundraisers.Willie Mays' Skybox Lounge is expected to open to the public May 1st, 2006 and is located in the Old Brick Building at the Emeryville Public Market Place: 6005 Shellmound Street. For additional information, please contact: Mindy Kreis, Director of Marketing, Willie Mays' Skybox Lounge. 925-743-8882..
Back to the Future: New Exhibition at BYU Museum of Art Explores Relationship of Nostalgia and Technology
(ContentDesk) November 4, 2005 -- At first glance, the terms nostalgia and technology make an unlikely, even incompatible combination. Technology invites change. Nostalgia resists. Technology looks to the future. Nostalgia clings to the past.
But for centuries, these adversarial ideas have been harmoniously fused together, facilitating the acceptance of change and innovation by appealing to the past. Nostalgia & Technology: Embracing the New through Art and Design, at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art from Dec. 2, 2005 through May 13, 2006, explores the role of art as a mediator in societys acceptance and use of new technologies through objects, art, and ephemera representing a selection of domestic technologies. From the scientific instruments that shared shelf space with art objects and taxidermy in the collections of 17th-century nobility to cabinet radios and televisions disguised as period furniture,
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Reno Hotel Poker Jackpot Now Over $85,000
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The winner will take home $42,000 if their four of a kind is beat out by a better hand, while the rest of the jackpot is split by the other players at the table. The Peppermill's smoke-free Poker Room is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and features 17 plasma screen televisions and tableside food service. With a jackpot like this now is the time to get in on the poker action in the Peppermill's Poker Room.
For more information call the Peppermill's Poker Room at 775-689-7275.Poker is the hottest game going and the Reno Peppermill's smoke-free Poker Room is playing host to some the game's top players this February 26 ? March 6, 2005 for the prestigious Peppermill Reno Spring Poker Tournament.
A field of 1,500 players is expected to take part in the nine days of heated poker action. Each day will feature two new tournaments, one at...
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CTL Corporation Introduces Media Center PC Using Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
CTL Corporation introduced a new Media Center PC model today at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The CTL M900 incorporates Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, a dual TV & FM tuner and a 9-in-1 card reader.The CTL M900 is designed to aesthetically coordinate with CTL's line of Nexus? 17" to 32" LCD Televisions."We believe that the market is ready for a high-end e-pc device that looks as good as it performs," said Erik Stromquist, CTL Executive Vice President. The M900 will be available for purchase online at major Retailers and Ecommerce sites in the near future. CTL is introducing a 37" and a 40" Nexus LCD TV/Monitor in the 2nd Quarter of 2005.About Computer Technology Link Corporation Computer Technology Link Corporation (CTL) is a global corporation with offices throughout North America and Asia. CTL's various facilities manufacture, market and distribute Personal Computers, Workstations, Laptops, Monitors, LCD TV's and Servers.
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A Huddle For Righteousness by Marsh Reggie White
(ContentDesk) August 9, 2005 -- It seems whenever we turn on our televisions, we are bombarded with stories about the sexual abuse and/or misconduct of a priest and clergyman against innocent victims. Due to the high number of abuse cases being reported today, US religious leaders are going through one of the most traumatic periods in religious history. In his timely new novel, A Huddle for Righteousness (AuthorHouse, May 2005, $12.95 paperback, 1-4208-1587-3), Marsh Reggie White presents a dramatic and creative story involving a Priest's fall from grace and God's justice for him and, ultimately, for us all.A Huddle for Righteousness is a narrative taken from the lives of biblical characters from Hebrews Chapter 11, and the hall of fame of faith. It involves a court room scene played out in heaven whereby Joshua, a High Priest, has been caught in a sinful act by Satan. God presides over the proceedings, Satan is the prosecuting attorney, and the Angel of Jehovah is the defense counsel....
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