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Lisa Morales

Posted by Events for Do713 Top Picks On June - 29 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Tonight featuringLISA MORALESIts music created by muses that are open vessels in which the colors and hues of so many musicalskeins beautifully interplay with words written from the crux where the heart meets the mind. And then sungwith that genetic helix of harmony that comes from growing up in a very musical family.

CINDY CASHDOLLAR
Austin-based Dobro and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar’s career has taken some surprising twists and turns that have led her to work with many of the leading artists in contemporary music including Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel, Garrison Keillor, Marcia Ball, Jorma Kaukonen, Leon Redbone, BeauSoliel, Daniel Lanois, Redd Volkaert, and Dave Alvin.
“Equally at home picking a vintage Dobro, an old National resonator guitar, or laying down fat horn voicings on a tripleneck 8-string steel, Cashdollar is a master of bluegrass, gutbucket blues, honky tonk, swampy R&B, and Western Swing.” – Frets Magazine
Cindy’s unerring ability to perfectly complement a song or step out with a tasteful, imaginative, and exciting solo – and to do it in so many musical genres – has made her one of the most in-demand musicians on the American roots music scene. Her debut CD, “Slide Show”, features guest artists comprising a Who’s Who of the contemporary roots scene.
And, in answer to her most frequently asked question, yes, Cashdollar is a real name.
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RED VOLKAERT

Redd Volkaert is a master of the Telecaster with an impressive resume that includes fronting the superstar hillbilly band the Twangbangers with Bill Kirchen and Dallas Wayne, lead guitar duties for Merle Haggard, … Read the article

AllMusic 2008 If you really miss Danny Gatton, then discovering a Telecaster slinger like Redd Volkaert is one of the few things that can assuage the abiding grief just a little bit.. Read the article

Lowell Sun, July 2008 You’re overworked. Redd’s sausage-like fingers strangle your neck over and over, wringing out, in a 20-second solo, more quality licks than 10 ice cream stands.. Read the article

HEATHER MYLES
With a voice that garnered comparisons to Tammy Wynette and Patsy Cline, it wasn’t long before Myles was receiving rave reviews on two continents and charming arena-sized crowds opening for acts like Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and Ricky Skaggs. For the past decade, she has toured tirelessly, developing a rabid following among fans of real country music throughout the US, Europe and England. Heather Myles is still proudly wearing the country flag and taking no prisoners with her new CD, In The Wind. Songs like Broke and Brokenhearted will have fans of Merle Haggard cheering in the stands, and her duet with Willie Nelson, Dont Call Me, is proof once again, that Willie is ageless. Fiddles cry, pedal steel twangs and most of all, songs from In The Wind stick in your head and you find yourself singing them over and over.

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Make Yourself a Must-Have Marketer: How to Land that Next Level in Your Career


Start Date: 29-Jun-10 7:30 AM


End Time:
29-Jun-10 10:30 AM


Location:
Marathon Oil Tower



Event Details:
AMA Houston Professional Development for Marketers SIG
Seminar

Make Yourself a Must-Have Marketer: How to Land that Next Level in Your Career

Whether you're climbing the ladder at your current company or seeking a new job in today's fast-paced work environment, you must continually position yourself for success.  Increasing the value you bring to your organization or a future employer is vital.

Join us on June 29th for a conversation with marketing professionals that have charted their path and overcome unforeseen obstacles managing to successfully find, keep, or MAKE a seat at the table.

Each expert will provide a 15-minute presentation followed by a panel discussion with audience participation in Q&A forum.  Please note that an "AMA Members-Only" round-table discussion will follow the program.

Job resources and tactical tips will be offered from thought leaders in their field, including some of the leading job-search services providers for the marketing community within the Houston metropolitan area.

Learn:

  • How to roll with the punches and how to recognize and avoid common professional pitfalls
  • Tactics to make yourself a must-have professional
  • Perspective to help form your long term strategic career plan
  • The short term tactics to that you can take home and implement today to jump start your career plan

Panelists
Roxanne Mendez - Brand Manager, Continental Airlines
Micah Kramer- Creative Services Manager, Reliant Energy
Scott Sheinfeld – Waste Management, Greenopolis Brand Manager

Moderator
Lisa Marshall – North America Executive Sales, Baker Hughes Incorporated

AMA Members-Only Round Table
Join our optional, AMA Members-Only, round-table discussions that build on the panel discussions to offer a more tactical perspective. 

Round Table Participants
Robin Schawe - Aquent
Michelle Acosta – Clearpoint Creative
Steven Leeper - Freeman Leonard
Susan Leonard – JHL Communications, Inc.
Scott Sheinfeld – Waste Management Brand Manager

When
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
7:30am-11:00am

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Register online at
regonline.com/musthavemarketer

by Fri., June 25, 2010, 12 noon

Seating limited. Register now!

Please keep in mind that no shows will be billed for this event. Pre-payment will be accepted by credit card. Registration will also be available on-site at the Marathon Oil Tower.

Where
Marathon Oil Tower 
5555 San Felipe Street
Houston, TX 77056

Schedule
7:30-8:00am - Registration and networking (coffee and light breakfast served)
8:00-8:15am - Announcements and introduction of presenter
8:15-9:15am - Presentations
9:15-9:45am - General Q&A
9:45-9:55am - Closing remarks and 1st session wrap-up
10:00-10:50am - Round tables for AMA Members – Optional
10:50-11:00am - Workshop wrap-up and closing remarks

Admission & RSVP
Advance Registration
AMA Members: $35
Non-Members: $55
Students: $25
(student ID required)

Paying at the Event
AMA Members: $55
Non-Members: $75
Students: $25
(student ID required)

Questions
For more information on this event, please contact  Kerry Fellers or Brenda Brahmill.

For questions or help with registering for this event, email us at info@amahouston.org.

 

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Change your diet and the environment with a home garden!

Posted by Brad Pritchett - noemail@changecorps.org On June - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Change Your Diet and the Environment with a Home Garden!

If you’re a beginner vegetable gardener, remember this: It’s better to be proud of a small garden than to be frustrated by a big one!

One of the common errors for beginners is planting too much too soon and way more than anybody could eat or want. Unless you want to have zucchini taking up residence in your attic, plan carefully. Start small.

The Very Basics

Here are some very basic concepts on topics you’ll want to explore further as you become a vegetable gardener extraordinaire:

  • Vegetables love the sun. They require six hours (continuous, if possible) of sunlight each day, at least.
  • Vegetables must have good, loamy, well-drained soil. Most backyard soil is not perfect and needs a helping hand. Check with your local nursery or county extension office about soil testing, soil types, and soil enrichment.
  • Placement is everything. Like humans, vegetables need proper nutrition. A vegetable garden too near a tree will lose its nutrients to the tree’s greedy root system. On the other hand, a garden close to the house will help to discourage wild animals from nibbling away your potential harvest.
  • Vegetables need lots of water, at least one inch of water a week. In the early spring, walk around your property to see where the snow melts first, when the sun catches in warm pockets. This will make a difference in how well your vegetables grow.
  • Study those seed catalogs and order early.

Deciding How Big

A good-size beginner vegetable garden is 10×16 feet and features crops that are easy to grow. A plot this size, planted as suggested below, can feed a family of four for one summer, with a little extra for canning and freezing (or giving away).

Vegetables that may yield more than one crop per season are beans, beets, carrots, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, radishes, rutabagas, spinach and turnips. For the plan below, your rows should run north and south to take full advantage of the sun.

Make your garden 11 rows of 10 feet each of the following veggies:

  • Tomatoes — 5 plants staked
  • Zucchini squash — 4 plants
  • Peppers — 6 plants
  • Cabbage
  • Bush beans
  • Lettuce, leaf and/or Bibb
  • Beets
  • Carrots
  • Chard
  • Radish
  • Marigolds to discourage rabbits!

Leave 2 feet between bush beans, 1/2 foot between bush beans and lettuce, and 1 foot between all of the rest.

(Note: If this garden is too large for your needs, you do not have to plant all 11 rows, and you can also make the rows shorter. You can choose the veggies that you’d like to grow!)

If you’re interested in planting potatoes, just remember that tomatoes and potatoes are not ideal companions and need “distance.”

 

28-Jun-10 10:00 PM

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Dave Koz & John Butler and special guest Shelia E.

Posted by Events for Do713 Top Picks On June - 27 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Athlete, Carney

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Extremely Shorts 13: Works 3 Minutes and Under

Posted by Events for Do713 Top Picks On June - 25 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Aurora Picture Show presents Extremely Shorts 13: Works 3 Minutes and Under, Friday, June 25, 7PM (screening) and Saturday, June 26, 7PM (screening followed by picnic). Location: Molly Gochman’s Studio, 2442 Bartlett Street.
Tradition dictates that lace is the traditional gift for a thirteenth anniversary, so we are gonna pass on any gifts you might want to bring (or wear) and ask you to bring your pint glass instead. Auroras most popular annual event returns with the 13th installment of juried short shorts submitted from around the globe.
Anifty guest juror will be in attendance to introduce his selection and announce the winners. Enjoy karaoke and good food by moonlight on the final night of the festival.
Sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Whole Foods Market, Ruggles Green, and Cafe Brazil.

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Marketing Wellness Inside: Spread the Work/Life Word, Get Employees Jazzed


Start Date: 25-Jun-10 7:30 AM


End Time:
25-Jun-10 10:30 AM


Location:
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX 77054



Event Details:
AMA Houston Healthcare Marketing SIG
Seminar
Marketing Wellness Inside: Spread the Work/Life Word, Get Employees Jazzed
On June 25, find out how to market wellness successfully to company employees.

This critical marketing is driven by a simple – and proven – fact: Wellness pays. Inside a company, the physical and mental health of the firm's employees has a direct effect on healthcare costs, first of all; and on the profitability of the company as a whole.

Join us as four real experts reveal the secrets of their successful programs – winners that have gained employee-participants to wellness in huge numbers.

Each expert will provide a 15-minute presentation followed by a panel discussion with audience participation in Q&A form. Jonathan Lack, executive director and founding board member of the Houston Wellness Association, moderates.

LEARN 

  • How to choose health and wellness programs to generate employee group acceptance.
  • How to create marketing campaigns that get the attention of your employees – in groups and in person.
  • How to make certain you measure success by identifying the right metrics for your internal wellness marketing program.
Panelists
Janelle Ewing
– Benefits Communication Manager, BP America
Andrew Lowe, CWP – Health and Wellness Director, Frost Insurance Agency
Michele Nelson-Housely, M.S., CHES – Program Coordinator/HR – Employee Health and Well-being, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shellie Perez – Human Resources Generalist, Mustang Engineering
 
Schedule Your Blood DonationOnline!

  • Special Group Code to Credit upon making a donation: AMASFOO
  • AMA members can donate at your local Neighborhood Donor Center from June 18 through July 2 (7 days prior to this event and even 7 days after) using the Special Group Code
  • Commit for Life donors who successfully complete two donations or a single double red cell donation between May 1 and August 31, 2010, will be eligible to order a $15 Kroger gift card from the Commit for Life Store, using 200 Commit for Life store points as a handling fee. More Info
Or Make A Financial ContributionToday!
 
 
When
Friday, June 25, 2010
7:30am-10:30am

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Register online at
www.regonline.com/wellnessinside
by Wednesday, June 23, 2010,
12 noon

Please keep in mind that no shows will be billed for this event.
Pre-payment will be accepted by credit card. Walk-ins will not be guaranteed seating. Registration will also be available on-site.

Where

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Gulf Coast Regional Center
1400 La Concha Lane
Houston, TX 77054
(Click for directions)

Parking
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center should be able to handle parking inside their parking lot. Should parking reach capacity, extra parking spaces are available in the Holiday Inn Parking Lot. 

Admission & RSVP
Advance Registration
AMA Members: $25
Non-Members: $45
Students: $20
(student ID required)

Paying at the Event
AMA Members: $35
Non-Members: $55
Students: $20
(student ID required)

 
Schedule
7:30 – 8:00 a.m. – Registration and networking
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Announcements/speaker intros
8:15 – 9:45 a.m. - Speaker presentations
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. – Q&A
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Closing remarks and networking
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.  - Tour Blood Center and donate blood (optional)
 
Questions
For more information on this event, please email us at healthcaremarketing@amahouston.org

For questions regarding registering online, please email us at info@amahouston.org

 

 

 

 


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Loaves and Fishes on 24-Jun-10 11:00 AM

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Loaves and Fishes


Start Date: 24-Jun-10 11:00 AM


End Time:
24-Jun-10 12:30 PM


Location:
Magnificat House



Event Details:
 
Loaves and Fishes
Thursday, June 24 | 11 am – 12:30 pm
Magnificat House

Join us for Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen duty.  Donate your lunch hour to serve those in need of a warm meal. This is a recurring event, every 4th Thursday of the month. They welcome donations (i.e pastic ware, cups/plates, loaves of bread)
 
To volunteer or for more details contact Deborah at
dperdi@yahoo.com
 
 
 


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