Posted: July 29th, 2010 | Author: Ross Everett | Filed under: Fitness | Tags: entertainment, Fitness, hobbies, marketing, recreation, roller derby, sports, travel | No Comments »
Roller Derby was never really a big deal in the US, but has been around forever and was a staple of the early days of television. It was similar in its promotional format to its better known “sports entertainment” cousin, professional wrestling. It was frequently seen in the same bad timeslots on the same low powered UHF TV stations, and it was run by the same loose confederation of promoters and businessmen that characterized the regional territory era of pro wrestling. That’s where the similarity to wrestling ends–it’s storylines made pro wrestling angles look like high drama. While there is a definite history to the sport–great teams like the LA T-Birds and Bay Bombers, and legendary skaters like Ann Calvello it never really stuck in the public consciousness like the pre-Hulk Hogan era of pro wrestling.
When the original purveyors of the sport quit promoting in the early’80s most thought it was dead and gone until a ‘new school’ of roller derby surfaced on cable TV via the A&E reality series Roller Girls. It featured a local, all-girl roller derby league in Austin, Texas and followed the lives of the players on and off the track. While much of the show dwelled in Lifetime style drama about binge drinking and bad relationships, it was the first clue that many had that roller derby had risen from the dead. A sport that had faded into the lowest level of obscurity had been rediscovered and embraced by an eclectic group of young women. They had kept the same essential format, thrown in a healthy dose of burlesque camp and Varga pin-up inspired glamour and made it into their own vibrant subculture. They changed the competitive format and renamed the competitions “bouts” a la MMA or boxing. The result was a compelling mixture of glamour, toughness and athleticism driven by a healthy dose of punk rock “do it yourself” mentality.
Today, roller derby is a full blown worldwide phenomenon. There are hundreds of local roller derby leagues not only in the United States, but Canada, Australia and Europe. Most of the local groups similarly play up the campy retro pin-up/hot rod iconography and everyone involved sure looks like they’re having a good time. Between teams there’s a vibe of good natured competitiveness and camaraderie. In the US, these groups exist under the auspices of a national organization called the Womens Flat Track Derby Association. Las Vegas has the ‘Sin City Roller Girls’, Portland, Oregon the ‘Rose City Rollers” and Seattle the ‘Rat City Rollers’. There are now groups in not only the larger and traditionally “hipper” cities but also smaller communities such as Birmingham, Alabama and Omaha, Nebraska.
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Roller Derby was never really a big deal in the US, but has been around forever and was a staple of the early days of television. It was similar in its promotional format to its better known “sports entertainment” cousin, professional wrestling. It was frequently seen in the same bad timeslots on the same low powered UHF TV stations, and it was run by the same loose confederation of promoters and businessmen that characterized the regional territory era of pro wrestling. That’s where the similarity to wrestling ends–it’s storylines made pro wrestling angles look like high drama. While there is a definite history to the sport–great teams like the LA T-Birds and Bay Bombers, and legendary skaters like Ann Calvello it never really stuck in the public consciousness like the pre-Hulk Hogan era of pro wrestling.
Posted: April 7th, 2010 | Author: Stanley Lang | Filed under: Health | Tags: Emotional Health, Financial Health, Health, Home Based Business, Internet Marketing, marketing, Network Marketing, Physical Health, Spiritual Health | No Comments »
Almost everyone you talk to will think that health is very important and that it can not be replaced by anything. It is a wonderful thing to be healthy. However, the majority of people do not act as though they value their health. Instead, they seem to believe that they have some right to be always healthy and when suddenly they become ill, they act as though some terrible injustice has been done to them.
Here you will be shown several ways that we can remain well, and also some of the endless ways that people tend to succumb to illness. Let us explore the possibilities that can aid us in avoiding poor health.
Unlike many programs or systems that study health and it’s many parts, I will also be teaching how financial health is connected to our overall health. The reason I am going to do this is because I have discovered over the years that loss of financial health is one of the main reasons that people loose their physical, emotional and spiritual health. Think “chronic stress”.
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Almost everyone you talk to will think that health is very important and that it can not be replaced by anything. It is a wonderful thing to be healthy. However, the majority of people do not act as though they value their health. Instead, they seem to believe that they have some right to be always healthy and when suddenly they become ill, they act as though some terrible injustice has been done to them.
Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: Phillip Guye | Filed under: News, Women | Tags: advertising, communication, education, entertainment, how to's, marketing, movies, multimedia, News, television | No Comments »
In this world with decreasing resources and a stressed economy that’s trying everything it can to remain afloat, there are many medical doctors, attorneys and business specialists who’re doing all that they can to market their particular services to the world. They’re doing their finest to make people consider that their method of performing things are the best and that there can be no doubt that the fees that they demand are justified. Where then, does the green screen LA fit into the world of these ambitious people? It is certainly simple enough to imagine how and why these professionals must utilize one of the most innovative techniques of film-making to further their own ends, in financial terms and otherwise.
Take the case of the ambitious lawyer; here is a professional who has graduated from a really good law school. His lone intention is to make it big not simply on the legal front, but in politics also. Law and politics are always interlinked and any literate person, with a level of intelligence will be able to understand why the attorney hopes to just use the very best cameraman in the business. He knows the individual concerned should be an innovative genius when it came to making use of the green screen LA. He also knows that this cameraman must create a video clip for him that will drive his career to higher heights as an attorney.
So there he is, this attorney at law whose motto is To Save Everybody… all suited up, with a look of practiced shrewdness in his face, awaiting for his potential clients to be seduced by his dialogue: hook, line and sinker. Fall, they did as he succeeded in getting at least 10 new customers the very first week after the recording was released. How did this happen? Where does the green screen LA come in? The cameraman had used the green screen approach to capture the legal professional in front of the basic green screen. The backdrop was digitally taken out and a picture of the court (complete with judge, jury and witnesses) was superimposed. The potential customer got a first-hand taste of what it was like to be in a courtroom with a smart and experienced legal representative arguing his case.
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In this world with decreasing resources and a stressed economy that’s trying everything it can to remain afloat, there are many medical doctors, attorneys and business specialists who’re doing all that they can to market their particular services to the world. They’re doing their finest to make people consider that their method of performing things are the best and that there can be no doubt that the fees that they demand are justified. Where then, does the green screen LA fit into the world of these ambitious people? It is certainly simple enough to imagine how and why these professionals must utilize one of the most innovative techniques of film-making to further their own ends, in financial terms and otherwise.
Posted: January 18th, 2010 | Author: Phil Guye | Filed under: News | Tags: advertising, communication, education, entertainment, how to's, marketing, movies, multimedia, News, television | No Comments »
In the last five years as a pro snapper, i have had the good fortune to shoot at Hollywood Green Screen quite a few times. The level of professionalism exhibited by the staff I worked with should be appreciated. This has prompted me to pen this for folks like me who have an interest in knowing more about professionals who are in the business of providing green screens, backdrops, lighting fixtures and other types of kit that is needed to make a shot come out really well.
If you are studying this piece, I am presuming you are also in the movie making business or in the photography business. Chances are that you are concerned in making different kinds of videos too. As an example, if you are concerned in either music or commercial videos, you could approach Hollywood Green Screen for the use of the production hardware these studios have. You might even use the actual studio if you want to do some part of a documentary or to try out your casting and video auditions.
Hollywood Green Screen apartments are especially good when it comes to providing the necessary infrastructure for corporate videos where you are making an attempt to project a genuine pro look. If there is a certain need to have a shoot that is employed in company brochures and advertising material, this could be shot with the help of the Hollywood Green Screen staff, who are absolutely competent to help you.
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In the last five years as a pro snapper, i have had the good fortune to shoot at Hollywood Green Screen quite a few times. The level of professionalism exhibited by the staff I worked with should be appreciated. This has prompted me to pen this for folks like me who have an interest in knowing more about professionals who are in the business of providing green screens, backdrops, lighting fixtures and other types of kit that is needed to make a shot come out really well.