ELMONT, NY (May 29,2012) - Miami, home of Wet Willie's, beautiful women, and a number of celebrities is now home of the viral "zombie attack" video. The "zombie attack" occurred last Saturday afternoon on the MacArthur Causeway. Ronald Poppo, 65, was mauled by Rudy Eugene, 31 in a violent attack which left Poppo with 75-80% of his face eaten away or dismembered.
Poppo is no stranger to pain, within his lifetime he has been shot once and arrested two dozen times but Eugene's 15 minute cannibalistic attack will leave him mentally and physically scarred for life. Poppo has been fighting the elements as homeless man for the past 40 years and is now fighting for his life at the Ryder Trauma Center. Poppo's attacker, Eugene lived a much calmer life in comparison.
Eugene, a former high school athlete who dabbled in marijuana usage, was identified after being gunned down by an undisclosed amount of gunfire by the Miami Dade Police force. Eugene was on a crazed trip according to witnesses, its been alleged Eugene was ingesting bath salts and or LSD.
Sources close to Eugene claim the attack was out of character however the camera never lies.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
TAMPA, FL (April 16, 2012)- Calling all sweet tooth’s,
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day is approaching rapidly, next Tuesday,
April 24. Raisinets are a long standing creamy treat, being the third largest
selling chocolate candy in America.
Raisinets are made of sweet
delicious Thompson Seedless grapes and are primarily produced in the California
Central Valley Region. Raisinets are produced in bulk to the point where
everyone in the United States would receive 17 Raisinets if a year’s production
was divided up! Raisinets are generally healthy, gluten free and providing
fruit antioxidants and 30% less fat than leading chocolate brands.
Believe it or not, the Nestle brand is not responsible for
the 85 year old candy. Nestle did not establish this holiday but is a staunch
supporter of the holiday, giving 10lbs of Raisinets to families of farmers in
raisin growing towns. Nestle Raisinets
have even gone as far as renaming Raisin City, California to Raisinets City,
California every April 24!
Raisinets were invented by the
Blumenthal Brothers Company in 1927 and Nestle acquired the company in 1984.
Nestlé’s 84 year run with Raisinets have proved to be extremely lucrative and
successful where Nestle Raisinets are the top selling Raisinets brand and have
increased production time from the initial 150 minute single batch production
to 45-60 minute batch production times.
Nestle Raisinets are produced in Burlington,
WI and packaged in boxes and wrappers as opposed to previously being sold by
jar weight. Today a year’s production of Raisinets placed end to end would
stretch around the 2.5 times!
Raisinets are not a
strictly a theater treat but have thrived in the environment due to ease to
share the delicious morsels. Celebrate
National Chocolate Raisin Day by picking up a box of Raisinets and share with
some friends! Keep an eye out for other fun days in the month of April such as
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Day, National Karaoke Week, and National Hairball
Awareness Day!
To contact Nestlé USA for any
information about the brands and the company, please utilize the email form at www.nestleusa.com or call 1-800-225-2270, Monday through Friday, 8:00
AM to 8:00 PM EST.
John Ciotti: A Sad Loss for Elmont
ELMONT,NY (December 8,2011) - Every election in Elmont the Republican Party has employed the use of coalition politics and been successful in ingraining coalition voting by local residents. Elmont has been predominantly Democratic voters but always seems to end up with Republican Assemblymen, Senators and other direct election officials.
The local Assemblyman, Senator and their local liaison Scott Cushing have always had a force in the local community. Cushing is constantly in the community, offering high school students internships in the Town of Hempstead offices and putting together community events such as the 7 on 7 Football Tournament or the 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament. Cushing is sure to stay in contact with students via social networking and makes contact during election years to strategically place signs on the property of locals. Cushing also sends letters to the homes of locals with the written names of children in the household as a tactic for securing votes for the officials he works for. Within these letters the Republican Party does a lot of name dropping in order to create a coalition that Elmont voters elect without question just because Cushing does so much for the community.
The local 5th Precinct Police Station in Elmont announced it would be closing down, a direct result of the past election where Elmont voters did not vote for the elite candidate, they voted based on a highly publicized derogatory comment by a campaign worker. Racism still exists; it is sad but true. Carrie Solages (Democrat), the new Nassau County Legislature, was only able to seize his first term because of a derogatory remark made on behalf of his opposition, John Ciotti. The view of a campaign worker was not the view of Ciotti, Ciotti has been a veteran legislature and has done a pretty good job in the previous years he has been in office.
Ciotti has never passed any laws that reflected racist values or favoritism toward any ethnic group in Elmont, Ciotti has kept Elmont clean and introduced legislature to crack down on illegal leasing of homes in the area as well as the expulsion of illegal students. Elmont has always had an issue with Queens residents claiming false addresses in order to gain entry into our public school system. These students more often cause issues within the school and are financially straining because their parents do not pay the high school taxes Elmont residents do.
Ciotti combatted this issue by placing strict guidelines for students to enroll into public educational facilities where designated school officials may come to visit the home of students if suspicion of residency arises. Solages has had no experience in suburbia, although his experience in the Bronx may have been positive, Long Island is nowhere close to the Bronx in terms of legislature. Solages is not the elite; Solages just understood how to work his angle to Elmont, a Haitian-American, and a victim of modern day racism.
So far Solages's victory has done nothing but make Elmont take steps backward and cause political tensions in the capital. Ciotti understood the issues in Elmont and Solages will have his work cut out trying to work around all of the re-elected Republicans.
The local Assemblyman, Senator and their local liaison Scott Cushing have always had a force in the local community. Cushing is constantly in the community, offering high school students internships in the Town of Hempstead offices and putting together community events such as the 7 on 7 Football Tournament or the 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament. Cushing is sure to stay in contact with students via social networking and makes contact during election years to strategically place signs on the property of locals. Cushing also sends letters to the homes of locals with the written names of children in the household as a tactic for securing votes for the officials he works for. Within these letters the Republican Party does a lot of name dropping in order to create a coalition that Elmont voters elect without question just because Cushing does so much for the community.
The local 5th Precinct Police Station in Elmont announced it would be closing down, a direct result of the past election where Elmont voters did not vote for the elite candidate, they voted based on a highly publicized derogatory comment by a campaign worker. Racism still exists; it is sad but true. Carrie Solages (Democrat), the new Nassau County Legislature, was only able to seize his first term because of a derogatory remark made on behalf of his opposition, John Ciotti. The view of a campaign worker was not the view of Ciotti, Ciotti has been a veteran legislature and has done a pretty good job in the previous years he has been in office.
Ciotti has never passed any laws that reflected racist values or favoritism toward any ethnic group in Elmont, Ciotti has kept Elmont clean and introduced legislature to crack down on illegal leasing of homes in the area as well as the expulsion of illegal students. Elmont has always had an issue with Queens residents claiming false addresses in order to gain entry into our public school system. These students more often cause issues within the school and are financially straining because their parents do not pay the high school taxes Elmont residents do.
Ciotti combatted this issue by placing strict guidelines for students to enroll into public educational facilities where designated school officials may come to visit the home of students if suspicion of residency arises. Solages has had no experience in suburbia, although his experience in the Bronx may have been positive, Long Island is nowhere close to the Bronx in terms of legislature. Solages is not the elite; Solages just understood how to work his angle to Elmont, a Haitian-American, and a victim of modern day racism.
So far Solages's victory has done nothing but make Elmont take steps backward and cause political tensions in the capital. Ciotti understood the issues in Elmont and Solages will have his work cut out trying to work around all of the re-elected Republicans.
Tampa Bay Expansion: Job Market Increases for the Tampa Community
TAMPA, FL (April 5,2012)- The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino located at 5223 Orient Road is undergoing a $75 million expansion plan
which will be completed early this summer. Currently the Seminole Hard Rock
Hotel and Casino is one of the largest employers in Tampa Bay and pays more
than $74 million annually in salaries and wages. With 3,100 team members, the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino president, John Fontana said “we are
happy to be able to offer a chance of employment in an exciting industry for
the people of the Tampa Bay area. In addition to providing more work, we are
making a fantastic expansion, making the Hard Rock a top destination in time
for the National Republican Convention.”
This expansion will impact the Tampa area by increasing jobs
in the area, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has already announced
plans to hire 400 team members and will also require 500 construction jobs. The
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will be offering an array of new career
opportunities including chefs, servers, bartenders, cocktail servers and other
hospitality positions for the new Rise ™ Kitchen and Bakery which will feature
flatbread sandwiches and fresh baked bread. Jobs in the casino will also be
offered; cashiers, Player’s Club representatives, technicians, security,
maintenance and housekeeping.
Interested persons should attend the Job Fair on April 16,
2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hosted by the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
after applying online at www.jobsforflorida.com.
Benefits for full time team members include health care, staff meals, tuition
reimbursement and more.
The expansion will be under the planning of internationally
acclaimed Klai Juba Architects, gaming resort specialists, and the interior
design will be carried out by the impeccable eye of Cleo Design. The expansion
will include an additional 32,000 square feet of gaming space, taking the
current building space from 190,000 to over 220,000.
Parking will not be an issue at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel
& Casino Tampa where a new five-story parking garage will provide 1,300
spaces, increasing parking capacity to over 5,000 spaces. Hotel guests will
also enjoy a newly renovated pool area and bar with lush tropical landscaping
and other rock star worthy amenities.
The last major expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel
& Casino was in 2007 which added 55,000 square feet to the casino, 1,000
new gaming machines, and the grand opening of
the popular Council Oak Steaks & Seafood restaurant. In 2008, new
gaming tables added 1,000 new jobs to the payroll and December 2010’s opening
of a new poker room brought a lot of high rollers and fanfare to Tampa Bay.
Penny slots have also brought in more gamers to the location.
Tampa Bay will be home to the eight largest casino in the
world by the fall and will have been successful in giving back to the
community. For more information , please call 813-627-ROCK (7625),
1-800-937-0010 or visit us online at www.eminolehardrocktampa.com or www.facebook.com/seminolehardrocktampa.
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Genetically Modified Foods: What's the Big Deal?
ELMONT,NY
(March 4,2010) – Genetically modified food continues to spark debate worldwide
due to its lack of long term testing and standards. Thanks to a rapidly growing
global community and medical advances, the life span of the average human has
increased from 52 years in the 1960s to 70 years in 2009; making for obviously larger
populations and larger demand for food. Nations now more than ever, must have
faster turnaround times for food distribution.
Genetically
modified foods include crops that are insect resistant and make up a large
majority of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s food aid. Food aid is more or
less the United Nation’s global solution to fulfilling its past due Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) which includes "eradicating world hunger". So why is food aid, a conceptually positive idea, being met with opposition by nations like Nicaragua?
Nicaragua’s
position on the use of GM foods has been complicated throughout the years.
Nicaragua required aid from the WHO following
famines in the Central America region. This aid was not revealed to be genetically
modified foods which have in turn led to the nation’s mistrust in food aid by
the global community. Representative Victor Campos from Friends of Earth
International has highlighted Nicaragua’s main issue with the allocation of
genetically modified crops to developing nations when developed nations outlaw
the distribution of such products in their own borders.
Nicaragua’s Center for Health Information and
Advisory Service representative, Ana Quiroz has also cosigned Campos’s
statement. Nicaragua's sentiments are similar to a number of nations where it has been asserted that WHO should not misrepresent food aid, meaning the nature of the seeds as well as the products should be
clearly iterated to receiving nations.
Nicaragua President, Daniel Ortega’s vision
for the advancement of Nicaragua has been to become a breadbasket for Central
America due to rich volcanic soils. Nicaragua is one of the most arid areas of
Central America with about 1 million acres of land waiting to be farmed on.
Nearby neighbor in Central America, Guatemala, was provided with starling corn by the World Food
Programme (WFP) which has been deemed as unapproved for human consumption by
the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). Genetically modified foods are not the only
option to combat hunger and environmental disasters but the
cost of utilizing mildly tested food to feed our global community may not be the best plan especially when universal standards have yet to be set.
Technological Advances at Coachella Stirs the Pot of Uncertainty for Future Generations
TAMPA,FL (April 19,2012) – Tupac
Shakur’s performance at the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts festival last
Sunday, April 15, was quite the eye opener, considering the artist has been
dead for over 15 years. Thanks to careful planning, strategic lighting and the
work of the Digital Domain Media Group, Shakur was resurrected to perform
alongside current heavy hitters Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Shakur stole the show,
leaving current big up and comers as well as veterans in the music world
limited media attention worthy of a no name stage opener.
Shakur’s
resurrection team, the Digital Domain Media Group, is primarily a special
effects company based in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The most noteworthy work of
the Digital Domain Media Group includes complex fight scene effects in X-Men:
First Class, the morphing of vehicles in Transformers: Dark of the Moon and the
aging of Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Digital Domain
Media Group’s stock has sky rocketed 48% within a week of the Tupac hologram
display, leaving the public unsure of the implications of where holographic
technology will take us but surely demonstrating to the world that holograms
will change the face of entertainment.
“We must be
willing to understand the difference between tasteful reverence and playing God
when it comes to performers”, says Joscelyn Cooper, philosophy graduate of the
University of Tampa.
“Performers and
artists are not meant to be manipulations of light; they are supposed to be
real life people who have dreamt big and achieved what dreams are made of. By
continuing the holographic projections of celebrities and noteworthy people we
are robbing ourselves of the responsibilities of being a famous individual and
picking and choosing what responsibilities we must fulfill”, Cooper has since
began to organize a technology and moral awareness event through her sorority.
Cooper hopes to gather the opinions of others and be able to extrapolate the
future of morals in the international community.
The projection of
Tupac Shakur was eerily life like and most definitely shocking to the world. In
the northeast, students like Clark Brereton, a junior at West Virginia University,
see the development as a “great display of respect in the music community
especially after hearing that Dr. Dre asked for permission to do the display of
Tupac.” Brereton, like many rap fans, is concerned about the misuse of the
technology falling into the wrong hands. “When you have a powerful visual image
of someone and the ability to replicate them, you stand a chance of someone
defiling the memories of the person as well as someone using the technology as
a tool of disrespecting and slandering one another”, Brereton remarked.
The
hologram was created using an overhead projector which reflects down onto a
tilted piece of glass that is on the stage floor, the glass then reflects the
projection into a mylar like screen and then projects a 3-D image. The hologram
cost a reported $100,000 and future plans for a Tupac Shakur tour are in the
works, leaving much room for the reemergence of the Shakur death conspiracy.
The technology is
not yet fully developed but many are unconvinced that it was a mere coincidence
that Shakur was chosen as the first “hologram”.
Since Shakur’s
death in September of 1996, multiple theories have surfaced claiming the
rapper’s existence and strategic faking of his death in order to evade his rape
charges as well as prove his following of the teachings of Nicolo Machiavelli.
Shakur’s extremist
fan sites such as www.2014tupac.com , have correlated the original Machiavelli falsifying
death plot and “disappearance” where they have a countdown for Shakur’s return
at age 43 at 4:03 p.m.
Death conspiracies
of the artist have since been built off of the cremation of Shakur’s body, a
day after his death as well as the speculation of Suge Knight’s lack of injury
and relative size to Tupac Shakur himself as well as the specificity of
Shakur’s lyrics both prior to death and recent releases. The list conspiracies
have since stretched as far as the anticipation for the appearance of Shakur in
the flesh in 2014 from his hiatus in Cuba.
Tupac Shakur’s rumors
will surely not stop with the presence of holographic technology and will
continue to expand as holographic technology expands a sure example of what
will happen for future celebrity projections.
Holographic
projections will not help dispel the rumors that celebrities face and will
definitely place the value of live artists as liabilities. If each and every
artist were able to be recreated to simultaneously perform and “appear” in
places, it would be easier for record labels to make money without tour mishaps
such as acid reflux and unexpected injuries.
The integrity of
touring itself can also be questioned. Holograms are designed to look real, can
the audience tell if their favorite artists are actually in the flesh or will
it solely be determined based on the honor of the record labels?
Tupac Shakur will
surely not be to be final artist to be recreated. Rumors of a similar display
of the late Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson have been in the
air.
Michael Jackson
fans, old and young seem to share the same sentiments on holographic artist
projections. University of Tampa marketing major, Alesia Wilson, 21, is one of
many people who have staunch oppositions of the recreation of their favorite
artists. Wilson stated “where do we draw the line of respect for the dead and
reverence? Personally I don’t think that holograms of artists are positive for
the world, we are teaching everyone that it is possible to manipulate artists
to perform any and everywhere, even after death”; a reputable response to
concerns of the morality of holographic projections.
Artists could opt
out of shows if they are not feeling the part that day and simply take the day
off without suffering the consequences of responsibly handling business and
pleasure.
Shakur’s
resurrection leads us into unchartered territory, what is off limits for this
technology? Can we consider it a leap in technological communication?
International students have found special
excitement when it comes to the technology. International student, Candice Diah,
19, believes “holograms can really help in comforting people since humans are
visual creatures by nature, I for one would really have enjoyed having hologram
technology during my first year of college. I was so homesick and it would have
been really nice if I could have been able to utilize a life size projection to
talk to my mother.”
Holograms will
soon fulfill the dreams of Diah and other wishful thinkers. Apple is rumored to
have included hologram technology for their next iPhone prototype which is
speculated to encompass a feature for a holographic keyboard, paving the way
for the possibility of holographic telecommunications.
Technology is by
no means at a standstill. Morality and technology have been consistently at
odds. Holographic technology is coming faster
than we have anticipated, the true question is, are we responsible enough and
ready for what this technology brings? Coachella has brought into fruition,
technology of our wildest dreams that will change the face of live
entertainment and telecomminications.
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