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Friday May 18, 2012 is:

Nascar Day(created in honor of Nascar’s many charities.

Bike to Work Day(good day to peddle to work)

Pizza Party Day(now you’re talking)

Visit Your Relatives Day

I Love Reeses Day

Mother Whistler Day

International Museum Day

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

National Defense Transportation Day

This is where we reveal the Superfest Song of the day. When you hear the Superfest song of the day be caller number nine at 337-433-0499 or 800-807-0499 and you’ll win tickets for the Sunday perfomances. This is the song for Friday 5/18/12. The Superfest Song of the Day is  Jason Aldean’s “Tatoos On This Town”.

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The Relay’s opening ceremonies are set for seven tonight with the Survivor’s lap set for seven-thirty. The event rolls all through the night and until six am tomorrow morning. According to The American Cancer Society your reasons for walking in the Relay For Life are as unique and special as the story that motivates you. This is your opportunity to not only honor cancer survivors and remember people we have lost, but also to raise funds and awareness to help save lives. Because of your support, we are creating a world where cancer can’t claim another year of any one’s life. You are helping create a world with less cancer and more birthdays! We’ll see you at the civic center tonight!

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When I am having a great dinner with my family, when I am relaxing at the beach with my wife, when i close my eyes to sleep at night, I know they are watching our enemies so we don’t have to. They serve selflessly! They are the proudest of Americans who lay their lives on the line for all of us. They don’t ask why. They only ask when. Some are far from home and often must feel forgotten. Let us never forget thier service to us. Armed Forces day is tomorrow May 19th. Please find a way to say thanks and say a prayer. The National Park service will begin issuing free annual passes to all military and their families on this special day. They deserve so much more!

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Donna Summer died on Thursday, and though she may be best known as the Queen of Disco, the ‘Last Summer’ singer’s passing and an outpouring of support from country music artists proves the influence of an icon can transcend any genre.

“So sad to hear of Donna Summer passing,” Sara Evans tweeted Thursday after learning of her sudden death. “I absolutely love her music! Had her albums as a child and memorized them! She’ll be missed!” Billy Ray Cyrus also took to his official Twitter page to mourn Summer’s passing. “RIP #Donna Summer LEGEND !!! Your music will live forever,” tweeted the singer.

Even in the wake of what most would consider a tragic loss, Jimmy Wayne chose to keep things positive, focusing on the contributions Summers made in the music world. “Did you know that #DonnaSummer was the producer & conductor on ‘We are the World,’” Wayne posted, referring to the massively successful charity single.

Born LaDonna Gaines in Boston in 1948, Summer first charted with ‘Sally Go ‘Round the Roses’ in 1971 under the name Donna Gaines. The singer soon changed her stage name and overhauled her sound before scoring a No. 2 single on the Hot 100 chart  in 1975 with the overtly sexual, ‘Love to Love You Baby.’ Summer earned an additional 13 Top 10 singles spanning 14 years, including the No. 1 hits ‘MacArthur Park,’ ‘Hot Stuff,’ ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘No More Tears (Enough is Enough),’ a duet with Barbra Streisand.

Summer also had connections to country music — at least as a songwriter. The one-time Nashville resident penned the song ‘Starting Over Again’ with her husband, and the track later became a chart-topped for both Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. According to the Boot, Summer was even a Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum board member.

A statement issued on behalf of her family reads, ”Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith. While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy.”

“Words truly can’t express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time,” writes her family.

Donna Summer died at the age of 63 after a battle with lung and breast cancer. She is survived by her husband Bruce Sudano, their daughters Brooklyn and Amanda, as well as her daughter Mimi from her previous marriage.

Source: TasteofCountry.com

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If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer who was grandfathered in with an unlimited data plan after the company eliminated the option for new customers, enjoy it while it lasts — the company will be moving you to a tiered plan soon.

Speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference on Wednesday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said customers with unlimited 3G data access will be required to switch to a data-share plan after transitioning to the company’s 4G LTE service.

“LTE is our anchor point for data share. So, as you come through an upgrade cycle and you upgrade in the future, you will have to go on to the data share plan,” Shammo said. “Everyone will be on [it]. A lot of our 3G base is on unlimited… [and] when they migrate off 3G they will have to go to data share.”

So when will that happen and how much will it cost? The data share plan is scheduled to launch in mid-summer, but pricing details have yet to be announced.

[Fierce Wireless]

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Love can get messy sometimes. Divorces can get even messier. But, what often gets the messiest is the stuff left behind after the divorce that the remaining spouse must get rid of to move on. This Superior, WI woman seems to have found the best way, and a local radio station got all the photos.

Rather than posting adds for well-priced used items on Craigslist, the woman decided to have a “sale” in front of her home. The good news for interested shoppers was that everything was free. The bad news was that everything seemed to be somewhat destroyed, including a green GMC Yukon covered in vulgar graffiti indicating the former owner of the SUV to be a “cheater.” There was also a pile of charred remains of stuff, clearly the result of a small fire.

The “X-Husband Sale” stopped traffic on the woman’s street as passers-by paused to examine the items and photograph the result of the divorcee’s wrath. The traffic back-up prompted a visit from police, who spoke to someone in the home, but did nothing further with the mess on the front lawn.

Later, the SUV was gone, but the “sale” remained open. When asked, Superior Police Sergeant William Lear explained there is no law against spray painting a vehicle in your own yard. If there’s questionable language on the vehicle, he said, “Depends on the language, there’s a fine line there. If it’s creating a disturbance, if there’s threats, if it’s blocking traffic, we can tow it.”

According to court documents, the couple filed for divorce in July of 2011. A neighbor confirmed that the divorce became final on Tuesday and that set off the preparations for the “sale.” For more photos, including some with objectionable language, head over to Mix 108.

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In 2011, there were more racial or ethnic minorities born in the United States than white babies. This marks the first time in history that minorities make up the majority of births in the US.

Of the 4.1 million babies born last year, 50.4% were minorities, while 49.6% were white. A total of 1.99 million were white, while another 1.05 million are classified as Hispanic. The remaining are black, mixed race, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander.

According to the latest census data, there are now 114.1 million minorities in the US, which comprises 36.6% of the country’s total population.

This landmark in minority births is coming at time in which Hispanic and Asian immigration is leveling off — if not going into a decline. Yet because the Hispanic population, in particular, trends young they are still having babies at higher rate than the older white population.

Demographers estimate that the entire US population will become ‘majority minority’ sometime between 2040 and 2050.

[Associated Press]

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When it comes to country music, it’s Taylor Swift‘s world and we’re all just living in it — according to Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list. The 22-year-old music mogul placed No. 11 on the exclusive countdown, making her the highest-ranked country musician.

The list ranked each celebrity based on five factors: money, television/radio, press, web and social rank. Swift’s strongest showing was in social appeal, landing at No. 7. The crossover appeal of her last multi-platinum album, ‘Speak Now,’ also proved helpful, giving the entertainer a No. 14 placement in television/radio. Swift racked in an impressive $57 million in the last year, making her the 22nd richest celebrity on the list.

But the ‘Ours’ isn’t the only powerful star in country music. Toby Keith placed No. 49 overall, earning a cool $55 million from his successful singing career, I Love This Bar and Grill restaurant brand and new line of Wild Shot tequila. Kenny Chesney follows closely at No. 53, earning an impressive $44 million on the strength of his rigorous tour schedule.

Swift’s profile will no doubt rise significantly with the release of her highly-anticipated new studio album, which is expected to be released later this year. No specific details have been released, but British rocker Ed Sheeran is the latest confirmed collaborator on the project. In an interview with the New Yorker this past fall, Swift revealed that the songs she’s penned thus far for her 2012 album are “sad.”

“Being so busy, there’s not a lot of time to stop in the middle of the day and just kind of think about this feeling that you just realized about a relationship you had a year ago,” says Swift. “The ones I love the most end up happening very quickly.”

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Sean Kenney is a full-time “professional kid” who uses LEGO toys to build anything and everything you can imagine. For years, his artwork, models, and children’s books have

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inspired kids to create great things themselves. And to show us all how good he is, he now sells Lego portraits, made entirely with LEGO bricks, fully glued, mounted on a wood backing, signed & dated by the artist.

Creating art with LEGO bricks is a lot more fun than sitting at the office! After a decade at a “serious” desk job, it was time Sean did something closer to his heart. Because unlike traditional art, kids love it; it gets them excited and creative. And seeing that makes it all worth while.

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So, getting worked up for it? Then pick out your favorite picture and contact Sean, and get ready to get the gift that you can take apart and make a spaceship with, and then put back together to look at Grandma’s mug!

This week is American Craft Beer Week(so let’s go to the Beer Fest at the Civic Center this Saturday)

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Thursday May 17,2012 is:

Pack Rat Day

World Hypertension Day

World Information Society Day

World Telecommunications Day

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The Superfest is the 26th and 27th … less than two weeks away! It’s like a who’s who of Country Music artist in concert at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. Today we give away tickets for the Saturday May 26th concerts featuring Eric Church (among others). When you hear “Drink In My Hand” be caller number nine at 337-433-0499 or 800-807-0499 and you’ll win the tickets!

This Saturday: Beers, definitely. Beards, optional.

The Louisiana Beerfest is back in Lake Charles this weekend.
The second annual festival — which is scheduled to be held at the Lake Charles Civic Center 12 noon to 6 p.m.– will kick off this Saturday (May 19) with more than 200 featured beers.

The festival is also a competition for many home brewers– who compete in this year’s Second Annual Cajun Classic Home Brew Contest– both local and Texas brewers.

General Admission tickets are $35 dollars while VIP tickets are $65 dollars.
Tickets available at www.louisianabeerfest.com and Macfarlane’s Celtic Pub in Lake Charles, Gallery Fine Wines & Spirits, Hokus Pokus Liquor on Country Club Road and As-Is Brewing in Sulphur.

Festival organizers said the goal of the Louisiana Beer Fest

is dedication to bringing the world of beer to the Bayou State.

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There are so many types to choose from and I won’t claim any particular one as my favorite but I do have a certain style that I choose, or that I am offered.I have the Reptile style as you can see from the Dragon & Cobra rings:

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Then I have the ones that just look fancy, when I have someone that I want to impress with my white trashness:

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and of course you can never go wrong with the good old reliable skulls, White Trashness at it’s best!

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But there is so much out there that I wish some of the vendors of Contraband Days would sell that would top even the Trashiest of the White Trash Rings! such as

…Glow in the Dark Jeans,

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Lace-up Boots,

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The Chest Hair Tie,

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The Ever-handy Credit Card Knife,

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and Fancy White Trash Champagne Glasses!

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But nothing will ever fill the void that lays in my heart, until I am able to find the one item that will not only bring smiles to faces and deep repressed disgust to the pits of stomachs. The item that you know 200 years from now will still be displayed on mantles of the future, the one thing that is more mysterious than the Ark of the Covenat,

The Chunk With Antlers Dinnerware Set!

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I KNOW, RIGHT???

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The weather has been perfect so lets get out and enjoy it after work on Fridays … it’s time for Downtown at Sundown!

The concert series starts this Friday at six on the six hundred block of Ryan street. Come on down when you get off work. This weeks band is Boomerang.

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 is:

Biographer’s Day

National Employee Health & Fitness Day

National Sea Monkey Day

Turn Beauty Inside Out Day

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The Bayou Country Superfest is coming up on the 26th and 27th in Tiger Stadium. We know you want to be there. You just need to be caller number nine (337-433-0499 or 800-807-0499) when you hear the Superfest Song of the Day. To win ticket to Saturday’s performances be listening today (5/16/12) for Keith Urban’s “Days Go By”.

The track isn’t the first time that Nelson has collaborated with Snoop –who first appeared with Nelson on-stage as a guest vocalist in 2008 for an Amersterdam performance.

The new album, Heroes, reportedly led the new country releases this week in sales.

The 14-track album also featured Nelson’s son, Lukas Nelson, on most of the tracks and a duet with Merle Haggard on the song, “A Horse Called Music”.

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Are you addicted to checking your work email? Well, knock it off. A new study says it’s bad for your health.

Researchers at the University of California-Irvine conducted a study and found that people in constant contact with their email accounts tended to have steady “high alert” heart rates, while those who weren’t had more natural, variable heart rates.

What’s more, after five days of not constantly reading and responding to messages, the latter group reported they had more time to complete work tasks and felt more in control of their work overall.

The bottom line? People who check their work email regularly exhibit higher states of stress and are less focused than people who do their jobs while being cut off from email entirely.

Lead researcher Gloria Mark, a UC-Irvine informatics professor, said that while it’s impossible for people in some professions to ignore their email, everyone else would be well-advised to take a break now and then.

“I could see people taking a day off of email if they could afford it … It would be good for their health,” she said. “We are heading towards a 24/7 connectivity [and] I think we have gone a little too far.”

[Ottawa Citizen]