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My Name is Khan - In Beverly Hills on December 4, TelevisionWeek's Annual Syndication Roundtable features top executives from the syndication marketplace in an important panel discussion on the state of the business. Special guests are Dr. Phil McGraw and his son, Jay, executive producers of "The Doctors". Digital Video Expo West and DV Film Fest runs from December 4-6 in Los Angeles, and offers a line-up of educational forums, including Apple and Avid certification training, sessions covering digital video technology from A to Z, and specialized tracks featuring industry hot topics. Venture Summit West is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor, all happening in Half Moon Bay. The Summit gets underway with a Pre-Event Party in The Observatory on December 5. The Barbados Film Market - Film Finance Conference is organized by the Barbados International Film Festival (BIFF), with goals to set and maintain the lead as a major showcase for the exhibition of Latin America, Caribbean and Worldwide independent cinema.

Film My Name is Khan - The Department of Media Studies and Film of the New School in New York presents the 11th annual graduate student showcase this December 7. "Mixed Messages", an evening of student works selected by a panel of jurors, and emphasizing the Media Studies program's commitment to theory and practice encompassing all types of media. Reception follows. Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza is a Los Angeles event from December 7-9, featuring the creative work of Latina film directors from all across the country showing their creative work in front and behind the lens. Web Video Summit 2007 happening in New York, December 10-11, brings together the new pioneers of an expanding industry, discussing and demonstrating what you need to know about producing Internet video. David Poltrack of CBS Television and Garrick Utley of The Levin Institute preside over "FutureThink: The Media & Entertainment Industry 2008 and Beyond," taking place in New York on December 11. Women In Film and Television hold their Sixth Annual Jingle Mingle, with holiday networking and fun for Central Florida's media and entertainment professionals, December 12 in Maitland.

The Actors' Fund of America presents a December 13 gala benefit auction in New York, "Defining Elegance," showcasing glamorous evening gowns designed by award-winning costume designers using Brunschwig & Fis fabrics, all to benefit The Actors Fund. The International Press Academy puts on their annual event, the 12th Annual Satellite Awards, December 16 in Beverly Hills, and Academy Award winning actress Kathy Bates will be recognized for her 35-year career in entertainment with the Mary Pickford Award. Aspen Film Academy Award Screenings offers a sneak peek at some of the films everyone will be talking about come the Academy Awards® when it runs December 21 through January 2 in Aspen. At a New Year's Eve Holiday Bash in Port St. Lucie, aside from traditional holiday party festivities of champagne, hors'dourves, and party hats, there will be an announcement of filmmakers chosen to be a part of the Treasure Coast International Film Festival opening February 1-3 in 2008. Florida ART Film Fest is now accepting submissions for approaching film festival. Contact them for more info on submissions: floridaartfilmfest AT yahoo.com.

The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. Most of the reported events above have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to take part in. Complete details are on the "Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at most popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Bit Torrent, as well as on The Actor's Checklist video blog is a great place to get your iPhone, ipod or Apple TV download from. This month on video you will see trailers and video clips of Lando Van Herzog: Music and Muscle... The Voice and The Violin, making his return appearance to our video report with the Cologne Cathedral Boys' Choir; World Wide Cinema and Vince Bosco present new French film and Cannes candidate "LYA" featuring music from new comers to the Electro scene, Starshiphustlers; Chris Mitchell's DVD bound comedy "Life's A Joke," the story of a man who's not getting any... jokes, or the other thing; the music video by Michael Sweet, and the film trailer for holiday release "Noëlle" about a business minded Catholic priest who arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to shut down a dying parish, opening December 7 at a movie theater near you.

Teacher of Drummer’s World

There are a lot of drum instructors out there. So, how can you make sure that you are hiring a certified teacher professional and not some random guy who knows how to thump a beat? Here are some essential tips on what to look out for when you employ a drum teacher.

There are master drum instructors and then unskilled drum teachers so carefully determine the best of the best teacher. You can ask for credentials and diplomas to ensure his or her credentials. A perfect drum teacher would be one who has a diploma in Music Education and with ABRSM certifications as well.

But it is still nice to be vigilant. Certified or not, these are only pieces of paper one can show. And there are instructors who have no experience teaching young youngsters or a particular genre. Carefully select the one that fits the student’s age or musical genre.

There are those drum teachers who are referred to as “cowboys”. These types of drum teachers are commonly inexperienced or are not qualified to be drum instructors. A very good example of a cowboy would be a drummer for a rock band.

Unskilled drum teachers are also unsuitable in some basic drum knowledge. Observe some of their drumming techniques. Commonly have very poor understanding of drumming basics such as stick techniques and will usually only teach beats in the 4/4 time. Some do not know how to teach proper coordination, wrist movement, thumb and finger grips and pedal work and no musical theory knowledge and cannot even properly tune a drum.

A basic knowledge of the drums is very important to drummers. So a professional drum teacher must be able to answer simple questions such as "I'm done with the stock cymbals that came with my sons' first set, what should we buy him now?" As a matter of fact, a very good drum instructor does not only focus on one genre but can teach a multitude of other music styles such as jazz, funk, reggae, odd time (unusual time signatures), Latin, fusion, marching and others.

It will still be good to search more as much as you can about the drum teacher, because your potential to become expert depends on them.

LPG Car Performance Issues

It is believed by many car owners and consumers that if they decide to convert their car to run on LPG fuel this will lower the cars performance – this is untrue and in fact if there is any change in performance it will be negligible and most drivers would be unlikely to detect the difference.

If car owners decide to convert their vehicles to run on LPG they will find that power outputs from their cars engine will be slightly reduced than when the car is running on petrol. This slight decrease in power output from the cars engine will mean that top speeds and acceleration times will be reduced but the reduction will be of such a slight margin that as stated before it is unlikely that drivers will be able to notice any drop in their cars performance.

Car owners should be aware that to make sure their vehicles performance is not affected by the conversion process, LPG kits should only be installed by qualified mechanics in approved installation centres that can be found all across the country.

Cium Bibir Manis Jennifer, Sunan Enak Juga

Video Jennifer Dunn Ciuman sedang banyak dicari orang di dunia maya ini. Ciuman yang cukup hot itu memang tidak berlangsung lama, karena terjadi dalam sel tahanan. Kedekatan antara bintang FTV Jenifer Dunn dan kuasa hukum muda yang mendampinginya, Sunan Kalijaga, SH, semakin menunjukkan titik terang saja. Keduanya pun berani mengumbar kemesraan sebelum sidang berlangsung di Pengadilan Negeri (PN) Jakarta Barat (Jakbar), Kamis (11/2/2010).

Jenifer Dunn dan Sunan, yang sudah beristri dan memiliki dua orang anak, terlihat saling berciuman bibir ketika Sunan menghampiri Jenifer yang tengah berada di balik jeruji besi, sebelum sidang dimulai.

Menanggapi hal itu, Jenifer mengaku apa yang dilakukannya itu adalah sesuatu yang wajar. "Kayaknya ciuman itu wajar, kalau lagi berhubungan," aku Jenifer seusai sidang di PN Jakbar. Secara tegas, ia juga mengaku bahwa ia sedang terpanah asmara Sunan. Menurut dia, sosok Sunan yang bijaksana telah membuat hatinya luluh. "Dia bijaksana, dia perhatian sama aku. Dia benar-benar perhatian penuh dan men-support aku, akhirnya aku merasa sayang sama dia," ungkap Jenifer.

Terkait kapasitas Sunan yang menjadi kuasa hukumnya dalam kasus dugaan kepemilikan tujuh pil ekstasi, Jeje (sapaan akrab Jenifer) mengaku tak perlu memikirkan biaya yang harus dibayarkan untuk jasa Sunan. "Saya membayar dengan cinta saja," tutup Jenifer.

Film Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan Tak Layak Tayang

Film Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan telah gagal tayang karena memang film tersebut tak pantas serta tak layak untuk bisa ditayangkan di bioskop - bioskop di negeri ini. Dengan adanya adegan setengah telanjang yang ditampilkan Andi Soraya, yang memang sudah tak malu lagi beradegan buka - bukaan serta telanjang di blantika perfilman tanah arir kita ini.

Jika kita bandingkan Film Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan ini, dengan Film Suster Keramas yang dibintangi Rin Sakuragi, film ini lebih vulgar serta lebih seronok, padahal Rin Sakuragi merupakan salah satu bintang film porno Jepangyang sudah malang melintang di dunia adegan ranjang. Memang kesintalan Rin Sakuragi tak bisa ditandingi oleh kemolekan Andi Soraya yang sudah janda serta beranak dua yang tubuhnya sudah agak me;lorot tidak seindah tubuh Rin Sakuragi .

Namun penampilan yang seronok serta sangat vulgar dari Andi Soraya di Film Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan yangtelah menyebabkan film ini tak bisa tayang. Kita harapkan tidak ada lagi film yang sepetrti ini, yang dibuat produser kita untuk sekedar meraih keuntungan tanpa memperhatikan faktor - faktor yang lainnya.

Digicel subscribers in 2010

Blackberry Gemini - Tuesday, 12 January 2010 – Road Town, Tortola: Digicel, the BVI’s Bigger, Better Network, wants to ensure that its subscribers continue to win big in the New Year 2010.

Digicel launched its Drive, Dream, Relax promotion on the company's first anniversary on November 28th, 2009, featuring three major prizes – a brand new red Suzuki Swift, an all expenses paid cruise for two and a 50 inch flat screen television. To win, Digicel subscribers were required to Top Up $20 or more, buy a Digicel phone, make a call, send a text or pay their bill in full and on time.

“The response to this promotion was awesome,” stated Senior Marketing Executive Angela Burns. “We had thousands of customers who qualified to win and everyone was just excited to see who would win the car. So, it was a very special Christmas for us at Digicel and of course for our customers.”

The winner, randomly pre-selected via a computerized process, was Dennis Haggerty, while several others won BlackBerry Gemini 8520 smartphones, digital cameras, iPods, free credit, and Digicel goodie bags.

Burns said the two other major prizes are still up for grabs – the all expenses paid cruise for two and the 50” television. She said every Digicel subscriber is eligible to win, simply by sending five texts to 340 3444, Topping Up $20 or more, buying a Digicel phone or paying your bills in full and on time.

Some lucky subscriber will win the cruise at the end of January, while the television will be given away at the end of February. Persons who are not yet Digicel customers still have a chance to switch to the Bigger, Better Network TODAY and WIN!

The Digicel official thanked all Digicel subscribers to signing up and encouraged others to come on board and benefit from the great value packages Digicel offers. She also said Digicel looks forward to a Bigger and Better future.

For more information, visit http://www.digicelbvi.com; call +1 284 300 2273; or drop by any store.

Opiate Detox’ attracts celebrities to Palm Beach

Oscar Nominations 2010|Oscar Nomination Predictions For 2010 - People from various walks of life such as business executives, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians, and even the armed forces and the religious world are flocking to Palm Beach from different parts of the globe, and not necessarily to enjoy the spectacular beaches, but rather to save their lives. They are coming to break harmful dependencies to a variety of addictive substances-- medical conditions which until recently were considered taboo to such people.

Oscar Nominations 2010 - Recently substance abuse and its treatment have risen in the consciousness of society. With recent television shows such as A&E’s Intervention, a general acceptance of substance abuse as a medical not moral issue is developing. Couple this with the recent liberal trends in dispensing opiate pain medications and anti-anxiety medications results in a trend of sorts. According to the most recent nationwide survey conducted in the United States by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), an estimated 6.3 million persons, or 2.7 percent of the population age 12 and older had used prescription psychotherapeutic medications non-medically in the month prior to being surveyed. This includes 4.7 million using pain relievers, 1.8 million using tranquilizers, 1.2 million using stimulants, and 0.3 million using sedatives. The problem is on the rise. According to this survey carried out in 2003, the increase in rates of addiction to prescription medication is significant when compared to previous survey results.

Substance abuse providers are seeing a new profile of patients; that of apparently normal professionals often successful in all other aspects of their lives. Dr Mark G. Agresti, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia Hospital explains that most of today’s addicts are hooked on prescription medication—pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants and sedatives—not illegal drugs purchased on a street corner somewhere.

James Bevell, Director of Admissions for Poinciana, at Palm Beach, a facility that treats patients presenting with this profile, explains that these programs are adapted specifically for high functioning, motivated people who need individual attention and guidance. “Patients can free themselves from chemical addictions and continue with their lives”, he says.

Bevell states that ‘Executive Detox’ is an emerging service being provided to this new patient demographic.

“Many people who have been otherwise successful in their lives yet find themselves addicted had found their choices limited and unacceptable when seeking treatment. In years past the only alternatives were psychiatric hospitals or free standing substance abuse hospitals. They used to find themselves thrown into a system which was often overburdened and understaffed. Some found themselves misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mistreated. These patients could not tolerate the treatment and therefore went largely untreated,” he says.

According to Bevell, the concept includes an important component of luxury and confidentiality.

“Even though Poinciana is a hospital-based program, patients are discretely separated from regular hospital patients and other clinical facilities. At this center, they are offered exclusive concierge services for patients and family members. Upon request, they are even provided a private escort to accompany the patient to the facility”, he says.

The creators of the plan promise that this method allows patients, while under the supervision and care of a medical team of experts in addiction, to withdraw in comfort from substance dependency as they continue to work or study. They add that this method is different from other treatment programs because it is individually modified for each patient, taking into consideration not only their medical history, but also their personal issues as well. It is a holistic, bio-psychosocial approach.

“This is not cookie-cutter medicine. It is a program created to suit the needs of the individual—one patient at a time,” Dr. Agresti clarifies.

Dr. David J. Stern, an internist who practices in West Palm Beach, explains the general procedure as follows: “Patient arrives for assessment and medical examination by a Board Certified physician and substance dependency specialist. Then he/she is diagnosed and treated according to his/her specific needs. Patient receives a regimen of safe and effective medications, such as Buprenorphine, that promptly eliminate symptoms of withdrawal, including anxiety, sleeplessness as well as debilitating aches and pains normally associated with detoxification.”

Throughout course of treatment, patient's physical and psychological progress is monitored daily by a team of addiction specialists. Bevell adds, “This safe and carefully controlled program may allow patients to return to their daily schedules within 2 or 3 days, and is a much safer alternative to the Rapid Detox Programs being offered.”

After detox, patient returns home, to work or to his or her studies. Although consideration of further treatment options is recommended, hospitalization or confinement to a rehab facility is not strictly necessary.

According to the initiators of this new curative method, recurrence rates are minimal, and that is important because recurrence is the greatest obstacle detoxification treatments have encountered so far.

The new methodology is even applied, with some variations, for conquering addiction to Methadone, a drug used in treating addictions.

Dr. Agresti explains: “Treatment for Methadone is different than our standard treatment for conventional opiate dependency. Methadone poses additional problems and the course of treatment is longer. But the good news is we can help. Here's how it works. Utilizing a medical protocol called Rapid Receptor TransitionTM (RRT), the doctor will safely and comfortably switch your medications, monitoring your progress daily. After 7 days, when Methadone is out of your system you will be switched over to Buprenorphine. You may return home. Where you can follow up with an outpatient provider who will wean you off the Buprenorphine over the next 4 to 6 weeks. You may go back to work, your studies, or daily chores immediately. You will have energy. You will no longer crave Methadone or opiates.”