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Burkmedia the Documentary… Hot Springs 50th Year Anniversary

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Michael Burke
Michael Burke

Yes, us here at BurkeMedia Productions have just launched our new Kickstater!  We want to do a documentary about the 50th incorporated year of our hometown, Desert Hot Springs!

You can go to the Kickstarter page and donate here.

We decided to launch this a bit earlier then originally planned, due to the fact Kickstarter accepted this project earlier then expected and we had a perfect opportunity to announce it at tonight’s city council meeting of Desert Hot Springs. Soon, we will have more material to share concerning this project, including a video and flyers.

We’re pretty sure this has a lot higher of a chance to go through then our previous Kickstarter, because we have way more time and are pretty well known in our community.  But, we do need your help to spread this around to make sure it happens!

Here is the information straight from the Kickstater page:

As the city of Desert Hot Springs has reached it’s 50th year of becoming incorporated, the local residents, the businesses and the leadership have never been more excited to embrace the culture, resources and people of this unique town.

From the recent ribbon cutting of the Health & Wellness Center and return of the Spa Tour, to the planning of the first ever Salsa Blast! Festival in October and 50th birthday party in October, with lots more new and continuing annual traditions, this year is going to be the most engaging yet, as the city continues it’s journey of growth and success.

As a resident growing up here, starting a business and a member of the planning commission, me and my team at BurkeMedia Productions are some of the most excited for the upcoming events and festivals, both old and new, to shape and form this city into one of the most iconic of the Coachella Valley, California and beyond.

 

We also would like to contribute our talents in anyway possible to not only make this the best year yet for the city, but capture it for the residents to relive it, and create a project that can continually market the strengths of the city, while teaching audiences about it’s history.

 

As we have already started gathering footage from events this year with the Health & Wellness Center Ribbon Cutting and Spa Tour, we would like to produce a top-notch quality, professional documentary about the events taking place in this 50th year of Desert Hot Springs, while teaching the history of its discovery, water and rich culture.  We would like to rent some higher quality cameras for the bigger events, pay our crew for their talents and time filming, graphic designing, voice acting and editing, and hopefully create a product that can benefit, educate others about, and positively represent our great city.

We can accomplish this for approximately $7,000.

This Kickstarter provides us an avenue to virtually make this a gift for the city , without directly asking the city’s government, chamber or any other identity to have to dish out the cash to produce the project. Now, any individual, business or group who is both capable and already sees and believes in this project, voluntarily pitch in whatever they can.  Best part is:  If we don’t raise the funds, Kickstarter returns every penny back to each donor.

If we surpass the funds, we will spend even more time on the editing process and marketing this project for the world to see and learn about Desert Hot Springs.

The final product would be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital Download, online and perhaps we can get some TV time, and maybe enter it in film festivals.  The more funds, the better as it allows more exposure and opportunity.  The possibilities are endless!

DHS Chamber Mixer and MSWD Ribbon Cutting of new board room

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The Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce held its monthly business mixer at the offices of Mission Springs Water District in conjunction with a ribbon cutting of the newly remodeled board room.

More photos of the event by Bruce Montgomery

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JAFL Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

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The Junior American Football League held at Volunteer Appreciation Spaghetti Dinner at Miracle Springs Hotel and Spa in Desert Hot Springs onFebruary 21, 2013.

Press Conference in Lozano Center re Avalos sentencing

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2013 02 22 Donna Lozano in press conference on day of the sentencing to death of Emilio Manuel Avalos for the killing of her son Henry Lozano All rights reserved. Please do not repost or publish without express prior permission. Thank you.

Story and report By Bruce Montgomery- A press conference was held in the Henry Lozano Center in Desert Hot Springs at 3:00 p.m on Friday, February 22, 2013 – the day Marine Corporal Henry Vellore Lozano’s killer was sentenced to death.

He had recently been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the Dec. 21, 1994, death of 17-year-old Jahi Collins and the attempted murder of Bobby Wilson shooting at Wardman Park in Desert Hot Springs in 1994.

After an official press release by Desert Hot Springs Police Commander Ken Peary the mothers of both Jahi and Henry spoke to friends, family and city leaders gathered for the press conference. Closing remarks were given by City Manager Rick Daniels.

More photos of the event by Bruce Montgomery

 

World stocks fall on possible Fed cut in stimulus

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A share price board in Tokyo on February 21, 2013. (AFP Photo / Kazuhiro Nogi)
A share price board in Tokyo on February 21, 2013. (AFP Photo / Kazuhiro Nogi)

Markets across the globe took a knock on Wednesday amid a US squabble over continued stimulus spending, which dominated a meeting of the US Federal Reserve. The plunge has raised concerns of a recurrence of the 2008 crash.

The Dow Jones index went down by 0.8% and lost 108.13 points. The S&P 500 shed 1.2%, or 18.99 points, slipping from highs it last reached in October 2007. After closing at a 12-year high on Tuesday, the Nasdaq Composite slid by -1.53% and lost 49.19 points.

Markets had been reacting positively with better-than-anticipated earnings and a short-term US fiscal deal reached in early January.

The Wednesday dive is yet another reaction to the news from the Federal Reserve. Now the Fed might end quantitative easing the markets are worried its removal might be too broad and too fast.

However, potential changes to the Fed’s monetary policy are “less bothersome than some things on the horizon,” Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets told MarketWatch.com, listing the March 1 deadline for cuts in government spending, known as sequestration, and the outcome of the upcoming Italian elections.

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Too old for Facebook: 104yo woman forced to lie about her age

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Marguerite Joseph, Image from facebook.com
Marguerite Joseph, Image from facebook.com

Facebook has banned 104-year-old American citizen Marguerite Joseph from listing her real age as part of the social network’s policy, her granddaughter said. A Facebook representative has apologized for the hiccup.

Marguerite Joseph was four when the Titanic sank, witnessed the Great Depression, and lived through several wars.

She has five children, 12 grandchildren, and “several greatgrandchildren”, as she indicates in the personal information section of her profile page. Judging by her status updates, she is also a huge hockey fan.

Her granddaughter Gail Marlow pointed out that Marguerite’s actual year of birth is 1908, but when she tries typing it, the number instantly changes to 1928. A clause regarding age policies on Facebook implies that people over 99 can’t be registered on the social network.

“I’m annoyed by facebook because I can’t add my actualy [sic] birth year. When I originally opened my account I could only enter myself as being 99 years old, eventhough [sic] I was 102…now I’m 104 almost 105 and still can’t enter in my correct DOB. And I think I’m the oldest facebook member…I’ve written fb but they don’t seem to fix it! Any suggestions???“ Marguerite Joseph wrote in a Facebook status update in January.

Marguerite Joseph is legally blind and can’t hear, but her granddaughter reads and responds to all messages the elderly woman gets.


“All of our family members always asked how grandma was doing on my Facebook page,” Gail Marlow said. “So I decided I would set up a page of her own so she could stay connected to her family in Canada.”

“Every time I tried to change the settings to the right year, Facebook came back with an unknown error message and would send us right back to a year she wasn’t born in,” Marlow said. “I would love to see her real age on Facebook. I mean, in April she’s going to be 105. It’s special.”

Marlow indicated to the local TV station WDIV-TV that she “would love to see”her grandmother’s age displayed, and regretted her own inability to fix “a glitch in the system.”

Marlow even contacted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, but he never responded to her query.

Facebook is apologizing for the problem. Spokesman Andrew Noyes told AP the company is trying to deal with the issue.

 

Marguerite Joseph, Image from facebook.com

Marguerite Joseph, Image from facebook.com