Tom Cruise fans slip into Oblivion - another action thriller movie

Oblivion , the Tom Cruise Sci-filler thriller film has shown he still is a great box office draw if given the right stuff for a movie. It also stars Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.

He knocked 42 the movie out of first place with a  $38.2 million debut, according to studio executives keeping track over the weekend..

Oblivion brought in more than $33.7 million domestically and a whopping $112 million overseas for a grand global taken of $150.2 million receipts.

"Oblivion" grabbed $13.3 million on opening day Friday and almost $15 million on Saturday. 

Morgan Freeman told CBS one main reason he accepted the role was a chance to work with Tom Cruise.  

Tom Cruis and Morgan Freeman "Oblivion" leads
at the box office ( Courtesy Universal Pictures)

"That was one great, great draw for the project," Freeman told CBS News. "I've been wanting to work with him since I don't know when. I'm a big fan of his. A big, big fan."

Freeman has a lot of fans, too, including this writer, who saw him receive so many Lifetime achievement awards, Cruise was probably saying the same about working with Freeman.

The cast is awesome, too. We'll see if fans slip into Oblivion
this weekend, too. 

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High speed rail heads for derailment as taxpayer pricetag skyrockets

Courtesy SFist

For the last several years, the Obama Administration has promised more green jobs by approving $45 billion in federal funds to create what he and California high speed rail supporters say will create hundreds of thousand of jobs and green jobs, too.

But a closer look might surprise you, and some opponents are even saying the California taxpayers are being taken for a multibillion train ride.

California High Speed Rail Authority says California's electrically-powered high-speed trains will help the state meet heavy demands on its transportation infrastructure. First running  speeds of 220 miles per hour  from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim via the Central Valley, and later to Sacramento and San Diego. Then the bullet trains will travel between LA and San Francisco.


It all sounds great, but California needs those jobs today, not tomorrow. The government reports no new jobs were created in August, not one green job. New jobs numbers reveal layoffs doubled in September and hiring’s were also down.

And several Republican Congressmen like Devin Nunes (Visalia, CA), from the 21st District wants to put the brakes on the expensive train of so-called green jobs going nowhere fast.

“When you’re pouring concrete how can you call them green jobs?” said Nunes. The CHSR claims the project will create “as many as 100,000 construction-related jobs each year that the system is being built,” and lay the tracts down for potentially “for 450,000 permanent new jobs statewide,” from the economic growth of a high-speed rail over the next 25 years.
Different cost estimates have been circulated in the media, even one out today in the Los Angeles Times (more) pegs it at $95 billion, double the earlier estimate. But wait there's more figures, and higher, too.


Former chairman Curt Pringle of the California High Speed Rail Authority Board said every rail project creates green jobs and reduces carbon monoxide pollution.
Although early official reports estimate the rail project will cost around $60 billion, Congressman Nunez contends it will cost more like $145 billion dollars, when and if it's ever finished.

"My phones have been ringing off the hook from folks who live in the path where this is train will be is going to go," said Representative Nunes. "When you start looking at the homes, the business, the farms that this thing is going to cut through just here in the valley, it's going to be hugely expensive."


California High Speed Rail Authority is already planning to cut the ribbon and break ground for the rail next year, but it may only be a grounder breaker for the real debate.


Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) is introducing new legislation that freezes federal funding for the bullet train project for one year so that auditors can review its viability. Stay tuned for the next trainload of information and debates.



 For more info about the proposed bullet train visit: FACTS ABOUT THE RAIL
(http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/)

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Michael W. Allman, president and chief executive officer of Southern California Gas Company (The Gas Company) honored by SCMBDC for Leadership

George Mc Quade, a former Gas Company Media and Corporate Communications Mgr. will MC SCMBDC Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills.

"Back to the Future"

A note from the author

George S. Mc Quade III

It is like going back to the future for me, and I never underestimated the power of networking and public speaking.  I have been asked to be master of ceremonies for the Southern California Minority Business Development Council at their 26th Annual Awards honoring President and CEO Michael W. Allman, Southern California Gas Company, a Sempra Energy Company.

Congratulations to Mr. Allman. To read more about him and his achievements visit: S.C.M.B.D.C. website: http://www.scmbdc.org/

October 1992 – 1995, I joined The Gas Company as media relations manager, later doing coporate communications. There I created the Employee Grapevine, a 3-5 minute dial-in voicemail newscast about events of the day or upcoming stuff.  What was interesting is every day something new happened at The Gas Company.  One day there was the first shooting of a female meter reader, the next day there was an armed robbery at a bill payment center, another day a vote on whether or not to do away with  Disneyland night for Gas Co. employees vs. taking coffee stations out of the Gas Co. Tower. It was all about cutbacks and reducing costs, and downsizing.

The Gas Co.  had to moved the phone line onto a new trunk, because during reorganization, The Grapevine overloaded the customer lines, an it skyrocketed in calls from 50 per week to 375 per day, 18,500 in four weeks and without advertising.

So, it’s fun to return to your roots and see old friends and employees you worked for in years past.  Ironically, after I left the gas company I later provided media relations for the S.C.M.B.D.C. and now I am the MC of an annual awards dinner we promoted more than a decade ago. So I feel like Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future.”

I look forward to a fun evening.  The event will be held at The Beverly Hills Hotel, located at 9641 Sunset Blvd.  The reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m.  You should never turn down a speaking engagement if it fits your schedule, because for a public relations specialist or anyone for that matter,  it sharpens one’s speaking skills, presentation skills and helps brand your company and attract media to a nonprofit. They rarely get any media exposure without help. We do a lot of celebrity charity work, and often get brought in for social media. You feel good about helping others, and later they return the favor, but one should never expect it.

Michael W. Allman
Pres. & CEO SoCal Gas Company

 Los Angeles, CA– Michael W. Allman, president and chief executive officer of Southern California Gas Company (The Gas Company), will receive Southern California Minority Business Development Council’s (SCMBDC) 2010 Leadership Award at its 26th Annual Leadership Award dinner on Friday, October 15. (http://www.scmbdc.org/)

The Gas Company’s business excellence and strong commitment to working with diverse suppliers and vendors make it an outstanding choice, and Michael Allman, as president and CEO, the ideal executive to honor as our 2010 Leadership Award recipient,”  said to SCMBDC President John W. Murray, Jr., noting the company is a longtime corporate member of SCMBDC.

“Michael joins a prestigious group of prior recipients whose outstanding work make a substantial contribution to not only Southern California’s economy but also to diverse businesses, which are a cornerstone of our economy,” Murray added.

PERI Software Solutions (www.perisoftware.com), which has offices in Downtown Los Angeles and San Jose, CA is A MBE table sponsor and  the VIP Reception sponsor this year.
About SCMBDC

Southern California Minority Business Development Council (SCMBDC) is the largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization in Southern California, serving 1,300 minority business enterprises and 300 corporate members throughout 13 counties. SCMBDC seeks to support and develop minority owned businesses.

Legendary Hollywood Publicist Julian Myers to produce first movie - "NIGHTHAWKS: 90 MINUTES AND NINE LIVES "

Legendary Hollywood Publicist Julian Myers showing his Amingo Day cufflinks at a breast cancer charity in Hollywood.

Hollywood, CA -92 year-old Hollywood Publicist Julian Myers will compete in 13 track and field events in Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, October 4, 5, and 6, drawing attention to the movie he is producing, "NIGHTHAWKS: 90 Minutes and Nine Lives."

Wearing his "NIGHTHAWKS, THE movie" T-shirt, Myers is seeking a co-producer to finance this "dramatized" drama (!) of conflict between artist Edward Hopper and his painter wife as Hopper completes Nighthawks, which is regarded as the second most "followed" American painting. It came out just after America entered World War II, the moment of great life-style changes in the US and the world. Nine Lives are forever altered, in 90 minutes real time, in this film.

Myers and screenwriter Arlene Clendenin are making this micro-budgeted feature (in two sets) which they plan to premiere October 27, 2011, for the weekend before Halloween "When it may be the only new valuable movie opening at that time, and will qualify then for Oscar consideration," Myers, an Academy member, points out.
Myers, whose publicity career began with Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Clark Gable, and Natalie Wood graduated from the University of Southern California in Cinema in 1939, which he followed at Columbia Pictures in the story department. "I've been working in Hollywood seventy-one years and now I'm ready to make my movie. Guess I'm a slow learner..."
Mrs. Myers and Julian are founders, seven years ago, of the international holiday AmigoDay, which has been mentioned in the media and was presented at length four times on Voice of America. AmigoDay: Just greet anyone anywhere, your way, any month's first Sunday. Julian's T-Shirt will feature "Nighthawks," and his cap will keep reminding about AmigoDay.

Julian Myers with six medals

Julian hopes to be contacted regarding "NIGHTHAWKS: 90 MINUTES AND NINE LIVES " and/or AmigoDay at his office, 13900 Panay Way, Suite R 217, Marina del Rey, California, 90292. He has been fastest in his age group "for the last three or four years" in America in the 3,000-meter run. In the World Senior Games he will compete in the 3,000 again plus 1,500, 800, 400, 200, 100, and 50-meters, also running and standing long jump, triple jump, javelin, discus, and shot put.

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FCC & NARUC Launch a major national education campaign for September

“National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week” to benefit 25 million Americans

Lauren H. Kravetz, FCC

“There are 5 million people in a  America, who still do not have a  phone,” explained Lauren H.  Kravetz, Office of  Intergovernmental Affairs,  Federal Communications  Commission. Kravetz also notes  that only 32 percent of 25  million low income consumers  who qualify actually apply for  phone service discounts.

NATIONAL TELEPHONE DISCOUNT
LIFELINE AWARENESS WEEK IS COMING
IN SEPTEMBER TO HELP MILLIONS COUNTRYWIDE

Sacramento, CA - NARUC, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates are designating September 13-19 -the first week after Labor Day - as “National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week.”

Spread the word and increase participation in the Lifeline and Link-Up telephone assistance programs! Help us connect neighbors, friends, and family to each other and emergency services.   Click here for more information

 Kravetz was in Sacramento to present the national education campaign Lifeline Awareness Week to the National Assn. Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

PERI Software Solutions Inc.was also a speaker spotlighted who talk about smart grid technology as the wave of the future and its cost effectiveness allowing consumers to have more control of the energy consumption from learning how much their microwave, oven and refrigerator uses to what appliances might need replacing with more energy efficient ones.

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Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment.

The true life of Kung Fu TV Legend David Carradine revealed in new book by exwife Actress Marina Anderson

Actress Marina Anderson held her first book signing at the Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA, July 23, 2010. About the Late TV Series Kung Fu Legend David Carradine as told by Actress Marina Anderson: David Carradine - a world icon, had a volatile, dark and brilliant personality. His acting career spanned four decades on stage, television and cinema. He became an international sensation as Kwai Chang Caine in the ‘70s hit television series Kung Fu.
Further cementing his icon status, he starred in the classic movies Death Race 2000, Bound for Glory and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, which vaulted Carradine back onto the Hollywood A-list. David Carradine died in a Bangkok hotel room, on June 3, 2009, an apparent victim of autoerotic asphyxiation. Amid sensational media speculation, Marina launched her own investigation into the death of her ex-husband. Suicide? Foul play? A sex act gone wrong? Was he alone? Was there a cover-up? Her conclusions are startling. MAYO PR exclusive TV interview at first book signing. 

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Marina Anderson presents and sign David Carradine: The Eye of My Tornado.

Publisher Comments: Accomplished American actor David Carradine was both an enigma and a chameleon. As the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, he appeared in over a hundred feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. On June 4, 2009, Carradine was mysteriously found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. He left many unanswered and disturbing questions behind...

Dividing her time between Toronto, Canada and Los Angeles, Marina Anderson is an established actress with an extensive background in journalism as a professional freelance writer.

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Global Solutions Company PERI Software talks smart grid tech with NARUC

 (L-R) Satish Chetty, CTO, Sarav Periasamy, Pres.& CEO, PERI Software and Daniel Zargoza, SDGE at a smart grid conference in San Diego

PERI Software CEO Sarav Periasamy to speak to National Assn. of Utility Commissioners Conference on Smart Grids

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“Smart grid and smart metering introduce access control, network and application security concerns at and beyond the meter,” explained Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software, who is scheduled to speak at the conference

Sacramento, CA – Utilities need to “go beyond simple ’smart meter’ initiatives to the process of using less energy” according to a study released by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company agrees. PERI is participating in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference in Sacramento July 18 – 21, 2010, at the Sacramento Convention Center.            
“Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and substantially enhances grid efficiency through improved outage detection and response helps utility customers feel good about saving energy,” said Sarav Periasamy, president and CEO, PERI Software. Periasamy is scheduled to speak at 11:15 AM, Sunday, July 18th, on “Cost Effective Solutions for Smart Grid.”

             "Smart Grid technology transforms the way utilities can deliver power to customers, but we need to educate and explain in layman’s terms just how it works,” he said.

            PERI Software is the only certified minority business enterprise in the U.S. with an end-to-end smart grid solution. The company, based in Newark, NJ, can provide both its own smart grid advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meter technology and software platform  or PERI can act as systems integrators on any smart grid platform, regardless of technology. 

For the full story and more about PERI visit:  http://bit.ly/drKebe

Angelina Jolie and Salt imitate a real spy case in progress

Angelina Jolie stars in Salt, a contemporary action thriller from Columbia Pictures.
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who Is Salt?"
Visit http://www.WhoIsSalt.com/

  This movie is very timely, due to the fact that  the  SALT trailer became available about the  time that  the Spy Ring was broken up.
 The media says it was  beauty that brought  down the Russian spy ring.
 A nervous Anna Chapman's phone call to her  father in Moscow lit a fire under federal  investigators, and sparked the arrests of her  and her fellow secret agents, the Washington  Post reports.
 Federal officials were starting to round up the  suspected spies in early June, and were  monitoring the movements of several  members of the elaborate ring, when the alarming phone call occurred.
According to the report, Chapman became suspicious after a meeting with an FBI informant, who misled her as to who he was and then asked her to perform a task that was more elaborate than her usual missions.
The full report (Daily News) 

 

This movie should play big in Russia in the   worldwide release. Here's the global showings

 

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Global Solutions Company PERI Software talks smart grid tech with CNN

Smart Grid Technology interview with PERI Software Solutions

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“Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green, it makes customers feel good about saving energy,” Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software told CNN Headline News Local Charter Edition this week

            Los Angeles, CA – There is a lot riding on successful smart grid technology, which is why PERI Software Solutions Inc. is doing its part to educate the public and media on its deployment.  PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company will be featured in a CNN Headline News local edition interview July 5^th and July 11^th, in Los Angeles and Southern California (check local TV Guide listings.)

            Last October, the Dept. of Energy allocated $11 billion for smart grid creation, and utilities are investing millions of their own funds to electric grid improvements in their service areas. While smart grid development is being tested nationwide, PERI has been offering smart grid technology after testing and measuring successful cost saving results over the last two years.

            “We are the Asian business-owned smart grid technology leader in this space providing end-to-end smart grid business solutions,” President and CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software told TV Host Tracy Young, CNN Headline News local edition. The interview airs on Charter Communications, Inc. SoCal cable stations, servicing millions of viewers from Ventura County, Los Angeles County, San Bernadino County, Riverside County and Big Bear to Victorville, CA.

            “Smart grid technology is mainly used by utilities, and thanks to the Obama Administration it will be more affordable to customers and consumers,” he said. “Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and does not cost more, customers will feel good about saving energy and the planet.” For the full story visit:
http://tinyurl.com/25vwbbo  

Sarav Periasamy gives examples of smart grid
technology at a recent smart grid tech conf.

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LAEDC's Founding Economist Jack Kyser Retires

Jack Kyser, LAEDC

LAEDC will continue to provide the region’s most up-to-date and timely economic information, analysis and forecasting under the ongoing leadership of Chief Economist, Dr. Nancy Sidhu

Los Angeles — Jack Kyser, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation’s (LAEDC) Founding Economist, today announced his retirement effective June 30th after nearly 30 years as the chief interpreter of the L.A. County economy. Kyser will retire from full time work, but will remain as a consultant to the organization.
The LAEDC’s economic research department, the Kyser Center for Economic Research, will continue under the leadership of Chief Economist, Dr. Nancy Sidhu, to provide critical economic analysis and insight on topics related to the L.A. County economy, as well as produce unbiased analytical research about the industry sectors leading the Southern California five-County economy.
“It was the right time to retire as the department has never been stronger in terms of its economic research capabilities than it is now,” said LAEDC Founding Economist Jack Kyser. “The department is in good hands under Nancy’s leadership. She has done an extraordinary job leading the team and will continue to provide important analyses, opinions and interpretations about the region.” For the full story, bios and images visit:
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