| Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami Meets With President Bush and ...
This morning, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group President, Cyma Zarghami, joined the President and Mrs. Bush, along with other food and beverage industry and entertainment executives and CEOs, the Ad Council and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the White House to discuss the current effort towards the fight against childhood obesity. The meeting stemmed from the recent announcement by HHS, the Ad Council, Dreamworks SKG, Nickelodeon, and others about the launch of a new series of public service advertisements designed to help prevent childhood obesity featuring characters from the movie SHREK. Nickelodeon will premiere the SHREK "Be A Player" PSA on February 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and air it throughout the year as part of the network's on-going "Let's Just Play" campaign, which strives to encourage kids and families to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Caribou Coffee to Present at Restaurant Finance Monitor Conference
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBOU), the second largest U.S.-based company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based on the number of coffeehouses, today announced that it will be presenting at the Restaurant Finance Monitor Spring Restaurant Investment Conference taking place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 5 - 6, 2007. George Mileusnic, the Company's Chief Financial Officer will be presenting on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Pacific). The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed from the company's website at www.cariboucoffee.com in the Investor Relations section under Webcasts & Presentations or by clicking on the following link: http://event.netbriefings.com/event/franchise/Live/investconf/.
Pepperdine Set to Defend Title at 30th USC Collegiate Invitational
The Pepperdine men's golf team returns to action on Monday when it opens defense its title at the 30th USC Collegiate Invitational at North Ranch Country Club in nearby Westlake Village. LIVESCORING: The USC Collegiate Invitational can be followed live on the Internet at www.Golfstat.com. THE COURSE: The North Ranch Country Club is a par-71, 6,900-yard course. The 54-hole tournament format calls for 36 holes to be played on Monday with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. and the final 18 holes set for Tuesday. Teams will start off on the first and 10th holes with play beginning at 7:15 a.m. THE FIELD: The 15-team field includes Brigham Young, California, Coast Carolina, Loyola Marymount, Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas Christian, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC and Washington State.
Public Lives ‘The Rats Will Not Win,’ Chief Varmint Hunter Vows
Actually, when it comes to food safety, rats are not our biggest concern, but they do cause a more violent reaction: nobody wants to eat in a place with rodents running around. While the rats were pursuing video stardom, Mr. Marcus, a father of four daughters and grandfather of six, was vacationing in Jamaica with his wife, Jackie, a fifth-grade teacher. He returned on Sunday and instantly got down to the dual business of external damage control and internal knuckle-rapping. The errant inspectors supervisor was chided for not requesting a full inspection after signs of rat activity were confirmed. Which didnt require a magnifying glass. Rats, Mr. Marcus notes, are notorious for not cleaning up after themselves: Theyre terrible that way, just like men. Mr.
Cat Columnist Likes Open Door Policy
Editor's Note: The late Morning News cat columnist, Boat Dock, left behind a legacy of columns before he passed on to Life No. 10. This column first ran in 1999.The question isn't whether I'm in hot water, but how hot the water is.Get out the shrimp boil. It's time to peel 'em and eat 'em. This time I've ticked off my cat butler and his blood is boiling.Part of my contract with the two-leggeds is to amaze these servants of mine with amazing feats of feline skill.My manservant has his Dockers in a wad over a teensy episode that doesn't amount to a kibble in a sack of cat food. But it nearly cost me a life.Unlike you humans, we superior species of this planet do our hunting at night. Why you inferior ones consider night hunting illegal baffles us. .
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