Bookstand Publishing's President, Andy Baldwin, reminds budding authors that any author can achieve the same success: "Bookstand Publishing helped 'We Can Do' become a successful book. We can help any author publish a book and show them the tools to make their book successful."

Baldwin offers authors the same tools that Moshe Kai used to become a success. One of these tools is a free book that is available to anyone who is interested in the process of self-publishing: "Moshe Kai used our paperback book, 'The Self-Publishing Checklist: How to Prepare Your Manuscript for Publication and Promote Your Book,' to prepare his book for publication. Any potential author can also request a FREE copy of this book at www.bookstandpublishing.com/pod4/ ."

Armed with a great story and "The Self-Publishing Checklist," Moshe Kai's book became a huge success. It is stories such as this that remind authors that today there are options, and that self-publishing is not a pursuit of vanity; rather, it is a way to unfetter authors from traditional publishers, keep their royalties, control the creative process every step of the way, and forge their own success that is in line with their vision, not the vision of the publisher.

About Bookstand Publishing:

Since 1996, Bookstand Publishing – www.bookstandpublishing.com – has been providing authors with the tools to publish and market their books at affordable rates. Bookstand Publishing takes a book from manuscript all the way to published book, allowing authors to maintain complete control over the process, and approve their book before anything goes to print so that their final book will appear exactly the way that they want it to. As a Print-on-Demand publisher, Bookstand prints the books as the orders come in to ensure that authors only purchase exactly what they need. They also ensure that books are available through the major book wholesalers, and offer a variety of marketing and publicity services to help promote the final product.

About Moshe Kai Cavalin:

Moshe Kai Cavalin's story is a remarkable one. At the age of 8, he enrolled in college; at the age of 11, he earned his first of two Associate of Arts degrees from East Los Angeles Community College; now, at the age of 14, as he prepares to graduate from UCLA, he wrote and published his first book, "We Can Do."

About "We Can Do":

Moshe Kai Cavalin's inspirational story asserts that he is not a genius, but rather, that every youngster can, with good planning, a strong heart, hard work, and a resilient mind, can succeed beyond all expectations.

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Learn how to raise your own chickens in your backyard and harvest fresh eggs, and all about composting and aquaponics. Enjoy sampling food from local restaurants and many of your favorite gourmet food trucks. Visit the nearby Palm Court Arts Complex where the Imagination Celebration will be in full swing, featuring art exhibitions that are exclusive to the Great Park.

“The Artisan Food & Arts Festival will inspire creativity learning and wellness. Visitors will leave with knowledge about living more sustainably and creatively,” said Beth Krom, Chair, Orange County Great Park Board Corporation. “We are proud to present this event in partnership with Arts Orange County and Imagination Celebration and with support from Slow Food Orange County, the Foundation for the Great Park, and the UCCE Master Gardeners.”

The festival will take place at historic Hangar 244, the Back 40 lawn area, Farm + Food Lab and the Palm Courts Arts Complex. Admission and parking are free.

At the Palm Court Arts Complex, hear Lyricism and Virtuosity, the closing recital sponsored by the Foundation for the Great Park, featuring the Iryna Krechkovsky/Kevin Kwan Loucks Duo, learn collage making inspired by fruits and vegetables from artist Margie Zuliani at the Taste of Art, see the final installation of Artist-in-Residence Amy Catarina’s 9 X 19- foot Palm Tree Cozy, and enjoy Marks on the Land – A View From Here, Aerial Photography by Tom Lamb exhibition in the Great Park Gallery.

The Orange County Great Park is located at Sand Canyon and Marine Way, and can easily be reached by the 5 or 405 freeways. For more information, please visit www.ocgp.org .

About the Great Park:
The Orange County Great Park, with its more than 1,300-acre master plan, is the focal point of the redevelopment of the publicly-owned portion of the 4,700-acre former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. The Great Park features an iconic tethered helium balloon that rises 400 feet in the air, providing an aerial view of Park development. Other features include the Carousel, Farm + Food Lab, Kids Rock Playground, Walkable Timeline, Palm Court Arts Complex, North Lawn recreation area and historic Hangar 244. The South Lawn lighted soccer fields and Community Garden will be added in 2012

FAME and the AMC Cinema chain will sponsor several "Bully Movie Events" across the country, with selected theaters offering free admission to a one-night "Bully" awareness event – with the continued goal of involving parents, students, educators, and advocates in the movement to ending bullying.

In addition, with every "Bully" ticket purchased through www.MovieTickets.com FAME will provide a free download of its book "Kid2Kid, Keepin' it Safe Online" (ISBN: 978-0-675-50025-6) made available for the NOOK and Kindle eBook formats. "Kid2Kid" includes great advice for young people about staying safe online, and includes a chapter about preventing bullying in cyberspace and in everyday life.

"We are happy to join The Weinstein Company's 'Bully' campaign to help raise awareness about the serious effects of bullying. We hope to help inspire kids from around the world to stand up to bullying," said Zachary Swauger, age 13, FAME co-founder.

"This has always been a mission of the Jackie Fame network," added Joshua Swauger 11, FAME co-founder. "In 2011, we launched 'We Have the Power' at www.WeHaveThePower.net – a grass roots awareness movement about the terrible effects of bullying on school-aged kids. We recorded an original song, produced by DJ Boom and Hip-Hop recording artist G-Money. We wrote the lyrics to express how deeply concerned we are about bullying and its effect on our peers."

The FAME co-founders hope all school-aged kids and their parents will see "Bully" and join together in the fight to stop all forms of bullying.

About "Bully":

Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, "Bully" is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America's bullying crisis. "Bully" follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus.

With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals' offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children. As teachers, administrators, kids and parents struggle to find answers, "Bully" examines the dire consequences of bullying through the testimony of strong and courageous youth. Through the power of their stories, the film aims to be a catalyst for change in the way we deal with bullying as parents, teachers, children and society as a whole.

About The Weinstein Company:

The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as "Scream," "Spy Kids" and "Scary Movie." Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes.

TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards(R), the most wins in the studio's history. The tally included Best Picture for Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist" and Best Documentary Feature for TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay's "Undefeated." "The Artist" brought TWC its second consecutive Best Picture statuette following the 2011 win for Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech."

Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as "Grindhouse," "I'm Not There," "The Great Debaters," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "The Reader," "The Road," "Halloween," "The Pat Tillman Story," "Piranha 3D," "Inglourious Basterds," "A Single Man," "Blue Valentine," "The Company Men," "Miral," "Scre4m," "Submarine," "Dirty Girl," "Apollo 18," "Our Idiot Brother," "I Don't Know How She Does It," "Sarah's Key," and "Spy Kids: All The Time In The World In 4D." Currently in release are "My Week With Marilyn," "The Artist," "The Iron Lady," "Coriolanus," "W.E." and "Undefeated." Upcoming releases include "Bully" and "The Intouchables." Recently wrapped was "Silver Linings Playbook," and currently in production is "Django Unchained."

TWC is also active in television production, led by former Miramax Films President of Production and current President of Television Meryl Poster, with credits including the Emmy(R) nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series "Project Runway," spin-off series "Project Accessory" and "Project Runway All Stars," the VH1 reality series "Mob Wives," and the critically acclaimed HBO comedy/crime series "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" which also received a Peabody Award. The company is currently in pre-production on the martial-arts epic "Marco Polo" for Starz as well as production on the second season of "Mob Wives" and the newest installment in the series' franchise "Mob Wives Chicago." TWC additionally has 17 series in different stages of development, including "The Nanny Diaries," being adapted for ABC by Amy Sherman Palladino ("Gilmore Girls").

About MovieTickets.com:

MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing, offers moviegoers a quick and convenient way to purchase tickets, while serving as a top destination for movie news, reviews and trailers. The Company currently enables consumers across 17 countries/territories, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Argentina, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean to buy movie tickets online, from any mobile device or by phone at 877-789-MOVIE.

Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL), National Amusements, Cineplex Entertainment, Marcus Theatres (NYSE: MCS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and Time Warner. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents more than 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group includes 254 theaters chains, which is about 10 times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.

About Jackie Fame:

Jackie Fame (www.JFame.com) continues to expand its Jackie Fame(R) brand with the national retail launch of the FAMEbody personal care and cosmetic lines, BrandFAME apparel lines, FAME50.com merchant platform; and Face-the-Fame, FAME America!, the online music and talent contest. In 2013, FAME is launching its FAMEgirl salon in selected cities.

The mission of the Jackie Fame Network is to be the leading teen social networking destination with the largest, most engaged audience and community. The network will be supported by its unique position as one of the strongest, most valued brands focusing in the highly coveted kid-teen audience.

Jackie Fame is a privately held company and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with offices in Los Angeles, Calif.

Jackie Fame(R), FAME50(R), JFame(R), FAMEbody(R), Face-The-Fame(R) and FAMEVision(R) are registered trademarks of Jackie Fame Inc. All other trademarks acknowledged.

To learn more about Jackie Fame network, please visit www.JFame.com .

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DanceMotion USA sends American dance companies overseas to engage with audiences and communities, especially underserved youth, through dance and a variety of other means. DanceMotion USA builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy. It embraces the full use of diplomatic tools, in this case dance, to engage people and create opportunities for greater understanding.

Jazz Tap Ensemble, under the artistic direction of dancer-choreographer Lynn Dally, blends two great American traditions: rhythm tap dance and jazz music. The group, comprised of both dancers and musicians, will perform and participate in outreach and educational activities including workshops, master classes, stage and arts management sessions, media interviews, and discussions with foreign and local audiences in a wide variety of venues and settings.

The company will travel to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Maputo, Mozambique; Bulawayo and Harare, Zimbabwe.

DanceMotion USA is a public-private partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Additional sponsors include J.P. Morgan, Pfizer, and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.

For more information, please visit www.dancemotionusa.org/ .

This grant will help the Pacific Pinball Museum further its mission: "To inspire an interest in science, art and history through pinball and to preserve and promote this important part of American culture." The museum accomplishes this through the operation of the Pacific Pinball Museum, a beautifully maintained selection of 90 fully playable pinball machines. In addition, PPM hosts the world's largest pinball show: the Pacific Pinball Exposition once a year. PPM also furthers its mission through the creation of traveling pinball art and science exhibits that capture the amazing visuals and communicate the basics of physics and electricity used in pinball.

"Neotrope's recognition of PPM's dedication and focus in addition to their work with other charities and nonprofits is truly appreciated. Neotrope will be invaluable as we plan the world's largest pinball show: our sixth annual Pacific Pinball Exposition for September 21 – 23, 2012," said Larry Zartarian, the Museum's Chairman of the Board.

Americans instantly recognize pinball as an American icon along with Jazz, Coca-Cola(R), the jukebox and Elvis. The PPM ensures future generations can appreciate the American ingenuity and creativity that fueled an entire pinball industry for years to come. The museum is currently developing curriculum for students of all ages to learn the basic theories behind pinball mechanisms and concepts such as gravity, momentum and acceleration.

As part of this grant program, Neotrope is providing PR solutions, news dissemination (through its Send2Press(R) Newswire service), and search marketing for the PPM to help raise awareness of its efforts in education, community service, science, art and fundraising. The museum's goal is to move to a permanent location that can house its collection of 900-plus machines, offer larger teaching and restoration facilities, and expand its art gallery that features local and international artists.

"Having Neotrope aboard will help drive and refine our vision to become the Smithsonian of Pinball," said Michael Schiess, PPM Founder and Director. "Our growing team of artists, technicians, volunteers, enthusiasts and visionaries will now be able to spread the word and scope of their efforts."

"We're honored to be providing assistance to the Pacific Pinball Museum, in both keeping alive eight decades of pinball history, and building educational art, science and historical programs that spark interest in intellectual pursuit," said Christopher Laird Simmons, CEO of Neotrope(R).

About the Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM):

PPM unlocks the imagination of visitors with pinball back glass art that features themes such as fantasies of the future, beautiful women, sports heroics, outer space, the Wild West and many more. A key member of the museum's collection of one-of-a-kind exhibits is the Visible Pinball, a fully functional pinball machine housed in a clear cabinet. The Visible Pin mesmerizes anyone who has ever wondered what goes on inside a machine while it's being played and gives instructors an opportunity to point out the details of the machine's operation while it is being used. Other exhibits discuss magnetism, momentum, statistics and the patented inventions that several ingenious Americans have devised just for pinball.

Giant (sometimes 10-foot by 10-foot) hand-painted acrylic mural reproductions of original pinball back glass art cover vast swaths of PPM's walls. From Space Ship to Sea Ray, from Majorettes to Jungle Princess, these unique pieces of art created just for PPM are also available as an off-site exhibit or simply as an eye-popping example of the depth of skill pinball artists and designers employ while promoting individual games. Artists working at pinball companies Gottlieb, Williams and Bally unintentionally captured highlights of history while designing the art that decorate pinball games.

Christian Marche's pointy people and Gordon Morison's over-the-top psychedelia capture the mood of the '60s and '70s while the content of various pinball artists' work often captures historic moments like the moon shot, the British rock invasion or the patriotic spirit following World War II.

PPM is popular with families, couples on their first date, school groups and local companies who hold special occasion parties there. The museum offers a party room for rent by the hour while guests enjoy the historical selection of games that range from 1878 to 2012. Parties at PPM are like having access to an entire arcade or someone's massive game room to celebrate a personal occasion. Also among the regulars at PPM are some of the world's highest-ranked pinball players and most experienced repair technicians.

For more information on the Pacific Pinball Museum, located at 1510 Webster Street, Alameda, CA, 94501, visit www.pacificpinball.org or write to mschiess@pacificpinball.org or call 205-9793. For more information on the Pacific Pinball Exposition, visit: pacificpinball.org/events/ .

About Neotrope:

Since 1983 Neotrope(R) has delivered services to raise organization awareness including brand identity, marketing, public relations (PR), and SEO services. Neotrope is also an entertainment publishing company involved in books, music, software, and online content portals. Neotrope also offers targeted news dissemination and press release writing through its unit, Send2Press(R) Newswire (Send2Press.com). The company pioneered the concept of search optimization of press release content back in 1997 (verifiable via archive-dot-org). Neotrope was an Inc. 5000 company in 2009. More information: www.Neotrope.com .

Neotrope's annual Non-Profit PR Grants(TM) Program was originally launched in 2000 by company founders Christopher Simmons and the late Dr. JL Simmons, with the goal of providing a "better donation" for worthy U.S. charitable 501(c)3 non-profits than simply writing a small check; instead utilizing the company's capabilities to grow awareness to media and the public, attract halo sponsors/donors, and bring together disparate resources not generally affordable to small organizations.

Additional information regarding the Neotrope 2012 PR Grants for U.S. charitable non-profits and grant recipients can be found at: send2press.com/non-profit/index.shtml .

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"These charity balls are always a huge success with about 500 singles attending," said Phil Seyer, director of Professionals Guild. "Many singles groups come together and promote this charity ball, which focuses on curing blindness in the poorest countries of the World," Seyer explained. "This is the first time such a ball has been held at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel. The newly remodeled San Ramon Marriott ballroom makes an ideal venue for this event."

Professionals Guild is also slated to host one of their New Year's Eve Balls inside the San Ramon Marriott Hotel Ballrooms.

Party guests are urged to dress in their finest at this ball. "Men! Be a prince for the evening. Wear your best party outfit!" said Seyer.

This East Bay singles party offers DJ dancing to music from 70's, 80's, and 90's to the best current hits. The party also includes no host bars and complimentary casino blackjack with prizes.

Advance tickets are recommended because this singles party is expected to sell out. Advance discount tickets may be purchased at www.PGuild.com or over the phone anytime day or night by calling 800-838-3006 and asking for the "Singles Party to Cure Blindness." When calling in, people may place their orders in English, Spanish, or French languages.

All profits go to the Seva Foundation which focuses on helping the blind to see. "This is a wonderful party to meet people who want to help others," said Phil Seyer. "The party fee is fully tax deductible; all of the party fee of $20 will be given to The Seva Foundation."

The Seva Foundation gives sight to blind people with eye surgery with at an average cost of only $50 per eye surgery. They do this in the poorest countries of the world!

This East Bay singles party is hosted by the Society of Single Professionals and is co-sponsored by Professionals Guild and many other singles organizations in the Bay Area.

The Seva Foundation's website is www.Seva.org .

More information about the Society of Singles Professionals is available at the www.ThePartyHotline.com .

Information about Professionals Guild can be found at www.PGuild.com .

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“San Francisco is excited to launch the ‘Treasures from the Muni Archive’ exhibit to engage the City about Muni’s rich past and begin the celebration of Muni’s centennial,” said Mayor Lee. “The high-tech features of this exhibit make history come alive and represent San Francisco’s commitment to innovation.”

“With nearly 30,000 photos in the SFMTA archive, we are pleased to have such a unique way to share them with residents and visitors,” said SFMTA Director of Transportation Edward D. Reiskin. “We are grateful to our long-standing partner, MSR, and one of our newest partners, Historypin, for making this exciting exhibit possible.”

“Our City has one of the richest transportation histories in America,” said MSR President Rick Laubscher. “We salute Muni for the work it is doing in preserving its own precious archives and sharing them with San Franciscans and visitors alike through this project. We’re proud to help on this and other activities marking Muni’s centennial.”

The SFMTA’s civic art project takes visitors from a traditional exhibit of approximately 20 archive images at the MSR Museum that were featured in the book, “San Francisco’s Municipal Railway: Muni,” to the city’s streets where semi-transparent, site-specific images have been mounted on the backs of Muni wave shelters along Market Street between the Museum and the Powell Cable Car turnaround. The physical exhibit is supported by an extensive online collection from Muni’s archives at Historypin.com.

“The SFMTA Photographic Archive’s innovative displays have turned bus shelters into free history museums,” said Historypin CEO Nick Stanhope. “While San Francisco may be the first city doing it, I fully expect this trend to catch on around the world.”

With the help of Historypin, the SFMTA can now share a tour of site-specific images. Shelter displays have a QR code that allow viewers to access a summary of the exhibit and a link to the free Historypin.com app. The app allows the viewer mobile access to Historypin’s site where they can explore numerous photos of their current location, explore the full Historypin collection or post their own photograph from that location. The SFMTA Archive’s page on Historypin will also be available on interactive monitors at the MSR Museum.

The Municipal Railway was founded on December 28, 1912. During Muni’s centennial year there will be several events to provide people with information about Muni’s world-renown transit history, including additional photography exhibits from Muni’s archive that dates back to the 19th century, vintage vehicles in City events and, in collaboration with MSR, a revival of the popular trolley festivals. Centennial events officially kick off in the Spring.

About Market Street Railway
Market Street Railway is the nonprofit preservation partner of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), the city agency that owns and operates San Francisco’s transit system, including its historic streetcars and cable cars. The 1200-member organization’s leaders were a driving force in making vintage streetcars a permanent part of the San Francisco scene. Today, besides supporting Muni’s historic streetcar and cable car service, Market Street Railway operates the San Francisco Railway Museum across from the Ferry Building at 77 Steuart Street as part of its mission of preserving historic transit in San Francisco.

About Historypin
Historypin is a way for millions of people to come together, from across different generations, cultures and places, to share small glimpses of the past and to build up the huge story of human history. Everyone has history to share: whether it’s sitting in yellowed albums in the attic, collected in piles of crackly tapes, conserved in the 1000s of archives all over the world or passed down in memories and old stories. Each of these pieces of history finds a home on Historypin, where everyone has the chance to see it, add to it, learn from it, debate it and use it to build up a more complete understanding of the world. Historypin has been developed by the not-for-profit company We Are What We Do, in partnership with Google.

Chen comes to Sample Digital from senior CTO/CIO posts at digital media company Tokyopop, Wheels Financial Group, and QubeMedia where he was a founding member of the team building a prototype for delivering video to home devices in alliance with TV manufacturers to embed the software created in a partnership with Reality Check Studios (interfaces for the NFL, FOX Sports, NASCAR, and DIRECTV graphics). With expertise in streaming media, content management and delivery systems, Web security and e-commerce, Chen has served as senior consultant to Microsoft, handling the software giant's engagements with companies such as Gap.com, eBay.com, and DVD Express. For Grammy-winning artists and Oscar-winning actors he has designed and built digital post-production platforms customized to enhance the creative process. Chen is a UCLA graduate with a Master's Degree in Computer Science.

"Chris comes aboard as our new iPad app is extending our dax platform to the mobile world," said Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO Sample Digital. "Chris is a seasoned IT professional and the perfect team leader to oversee the expansion of our services due to overwhelming demand from top film and TV producers and distributors for tapeless digital workflows. We will continue our growth further upstream into the studio ecosystem and Chris's experience and vision we will get there faster."

Sample Digital has seen 50 percent growth over the past year due to an increase in demand for automation of the production process and the launch of dax|Mobile(TM) with iDailies(R), a subscription service exclusively for Apple's iPad. The new iPad app, available on the iTunes App Store, is an innovative collaborative workflow tool for professional film/TV production, post-production and marketing creatives and executives who require working access 24/7 to in-progress content.

Sample Digital's enterprise level customers include such companies as Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, CBS, A&E, Showtime and Lionsgate. Shows currently using dax include: CSI, Two and a Half Men, Dexter, Glee, The Mentalist, How I Met Your Mother, Terra Nova, NCIS, Person of Interest and Mad Men. Recent feature film productions include Ides of March, Rise of the Apes, Dolphin Tale, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man and Immortals. Sample Digital's customers include most major Hollywood studios and network/cable channels.

Sample Digital's patented dax|D3(TM) system is a media production workflow accelerator and content management application platform. The new dax|Mobile with iDailies(R) service enables authorized users to connect via their iPads and securely stream media and navigate between titles, projects, dailies reels, photos, and documents (such as scripts and production reports) via Sample Digital's secure network.

About Sample Digital Holdings LLC:

Hollywood-based Sample Digital (www.sampledigital.com) delivers production workflow and media management applications and services to companies who produce, distribute and license audio-visual and rich media content.

Sample Digital's suite of applications, including dax|D3(TM), Digital Dailies(R) and iDailies(R), optimize business process in content production and distribution management for such creative leaders as 20th Century Fox, CBS, Warner Bros., Showtime, Lifetime Television, Summit Entertainment, and Lionsgate. Our clients have found using Sample Digital's platform reduces production and distribution expenditures, improves time to market and minimizes risk – both creatively and financially.

Sample Digital's core platform, dax, is a highly secure web-based environment where users can share ideas, information and content created throughout the production or campaign lifecycle, or as required for trafficking and distribution of final product. dax incorporates media production workflow and collaboration, transcoding, distribution and security services into one robust, extendible solution available via desktop, set top box and mobile applications.

dax|D3(TM) and dax|Mobile(TM) are trademarks of Sample Digital Holdings LLC, the makers of dax, the production workflow accelerator, and Digital Dailies(R). Digital Dailies(R) and iDailies(R) are registered trademarks of Sample Digital Holdings LLC. All other trademarks acknowledged.

For more information: see contact info at www.sampledigital.com .

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“Sunday Streets not only showcases San Francisco’s commitment to sustainability and innovation, it is a proven cost-effective way to better health for San Franciscans,” said Mayor Lee. “We’re committed to ensuring the program’s continued growth and success in 2012 and beyond. We look forward to returning to Chinatown, doing a more frequent Mission route, and adding a new route in the Southwest neighborhoods of our City to bring the benefits of Sunday Streets to more San Francisco neighborhoods.”

Founded in 2008, Sunday Streets has grown from two events to 10 and creates miles of car-free space on City roads. San Francisco was the third city in the United States to premier this free, community-oriented initiative. Since then it has become the nation’s largest, and one of the City’s most exciting initiatives promoting benefits such as biking, walking, recreation, and community-building. The program was one of only eight programs in the country to be selected for possible inclusion in Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign.

Highlights this year include:
· Continuing and possibly expanding the new Chinatown event;
· Increasing the popular Mission District event to four consecutive events held on the first Sunday of May, June, July and August; and
· Introducing a new route in Southwestern neighborhoods.

Sunday Streets is presented by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Livable City, Sunday Streets’ non-profit fiscal partner. The 2012 season is co-presented by Bank of America. The Mayor’s Office, San Francisco Police Department, Department of Public Works and the Recreation and Parks Department.
“We are proud to host our most ambitious Sunday Streets program to date,” said SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin. “The Sunday Streets program has a tremendous impact on San Franciscans and visitors alike, who have started to envision the streets in a whole new way; not just as a means to get from place to place, but as an opportunity to create a healthier, more connected City for all.”

“Sunday Streets brings tens of thousands of people outside to explore more than 20 distinct neighborhoods of San Francisco. As a global company founded in San Francisco, Bank of America is proud to support this wonderful event,” said Bank of America San Francisco and East Bay Market President Martin Richards. “Sunday Streets and Bank of America share a commitment to building economically strong, connected, healthy communities in San Francisco and to celebrate the many diverse communities that benefit from the program.”

Financial partners include: AT&T, Shape Up SF, Kaiser Permanente, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, California Pacific Medical Center, PG&E, Lennar, Park Merced, The Seed Fund, The California Endowment and UCSF. Neighborhood sponsors include Sports Basement, Mikes Bikes, REI, CH2MHILL, Clif Kid, The New Wheel, Darling International, Bi-Rite Markets, and The Exploratorium. Major in-kind support is provided by The American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter, which provides Emergency Medical support, City CarShare and Parkwide LLC. The San Francisco Examiner and Clear Channel Radio are media sponsors. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition runs Sunday Streets’ volunteer program.

Business community support includes Fisherman’s Wharf, Tenderloin and Fillmore Community Benefits Districts, Lower 24th Street (Mission), Bayview, Taraval and Outer Sunset and Valencia Corridor Merchant Associations, San Francisco and Chinese Chambers of Commerce, and dozens of community groups representing host neighborhoods along Sunday Streets routes.

Sunday Streets 2012 Season Schedule (subject to change):
· March 11: Embarcadero- Season kick off
· April 15: Great Highway/Golden Gate park- new route through the park
· May 6: Mission
· June 3: Mission
· July 1: Mission
· July 22: Bayview
· August 5: Mission
· August TBA: Chinatown
· September 9: Western Addition/N. Panhandle Alamo Square
· October 21: Outer Mission/Excelsior

Sunday Streets Information: SundayStreetsSF.com. Volunteer Information: SundayStreetsSF.com/volunteer. MUNI routes and vehicle access, call 311 or go to sfgov.org/311.

During my years as Mayor, I was fortunate to have the chance to meet and know Whitney. Not only was she the most awarded female recording artist of all time, but she was one of the world’s best-selling singers.

These stunning achievements are not only hard to overstate, but they will unlikely be eclipsed in our lifetime. Her music inspired millions and the power of her voice was hard to match in its depth and crystalline beauty.

I am thankful that we will have her beautiful music as a constant reminder of the light she brought with her.

My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time.

On the eve of the Grammy Awards, and as we celebrate Black History Month, it is important to pause and honor Whitney, Etta James and Don Cornelius, who have all passed in recent weeks. We recognize their departures have left a wake of sadness and loss, but know that their legends and accomplishments will live on.”