Teammates From East Coast's Largest Campground Compete In Christmas Challenge To Benefit Holiday Charity

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (PRWEB) November 23, 2011

Myrtle Beach?s Ocean Lakes Family Campground (http://www.oceanlakes.com), a division of The Jackson Companies, has kicked off its Christmas Challenge. This competition, which runs through Saturday, Nov. 26, has a three-fold focus on recycling, charity and saving money in today?s economy. The Christmas Challenge will enable the campground to raise and donate proceeds to Substitutes for Santa, a local charity that provides a Christmas experience to between 50 and 85 underprivileged children from the Loris and Myrtle Beach communities.

The challenge asks the campground?s teammates to decorate a tree or wreath as best they can without purchasing any decorations and only using items they find in their own offices. The Ocean Lakes Family Campground judges will cast ballots during the week for winners in three categories: Most Festive, Wow! and Most Creative Use of Departmental Supplies. Ocean Lakes? guests and teammates will vote for the ?People?s Choice.? Winners will be announced at The Jackson Companies? Teammates Awards Breakfast and on the Ocean Lakes Facebook page on Dec. 12.

Christmas Challenge entries will be sold through a silent auction during Thanksgiving week while the campground is nearly full with more than 20,000 guests. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Substitutes for Santa.

In light of the country?s tough economic times, Ocean Lakes? Marketing department came up with the Christmas Challenge idea a few years ago as a fun way to save money and help the staff get in the holiday spirit.

?We came up with this challenge in 2008 and the teammates loved it; so in hindsight, we thought we should have auctioned them off for charity,? said Barb Krumm, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Ocean Lakes Family Campground. ?We brought the Christmas Challenge back in 2011, and the teammate response has been overwhelming. They are already plotting next year?s challenge. This time we planned enough in advance to include our guests? votes and an auction for charity.?

In the past, there?s been no limit to the teammate?s creativity. The Ocean Lakes Storage and Transport Department previously made a wreath out of a blown camper tire, decorated with flashing tail lights, mangled camper parts and reflectors. Security staff at the 310-acre campground created a wreath with old uniform shirts, handcuffs, reports, confiscated items and a flashing blue light.

The 2011 challenge continues to showcase the teammates? creativity with departmental supplies including old fluorescent bulbs, orange caution cones, unused toilet plungers, iCare Program dog biscuits and mutt mitts, tools, toilet paper, and garden hose. This year, Security teammates formed the wreath itself out of caution tape. The Accounting Department crafted beautiful angels with halos out of coin wrappers and garland from dollar bill wrappers.

In all, there are 14 departments participating in the 2011 Christmas Challenge. Teammates are hoping to raise $ 1,000 for Substitutes for Santa, giving 10 underprivileged children a Christmas shopping spree with volunteer Santas.

For more information about Ocean Lakes, visit its website, follow the campground on Twitter or ?like? it on Facebook.

About Ocean Lakes Family Campground

Ocean Lakes Family Campground, a division of The Jackson Companies, is the largest campground on the East Coast and one of the largest in the United States. Located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., it has received numerous awards for excellence. In 2010, it received the Earth Day Award from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for its iCare Program. It is the 2008-2009 National ?RV Park of the Year? and has received that honor from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) four times. In 2006, Ocean Lakes received the prestigious South Carolina Governor?s Cup for making a significant economic impact on South Carolina. Ocean Lakes covers 310 oceanfront acres with nearly one mile of beachfront. It offers 3,447 sites ? 893 of which are large and pull-through to accommodate larger RVs. It was built by Mary Emily and Nelson Jackson and their five daughters, starting in 1970. It opened with 30 campsites and one bathhouse in 1971. On an average seasonal day, Ocean Lakes has 25,000 - 30,000 guests enjoying the countless amenities that have made it a local favorite and a national vacation destination. It currently holds a 9.5/9/9.5 ranking out of 10/10/10 from the Trailer Life Directory for its overall operation, recreational offerings, services and appearance.

Ocean Lakes Family Campground is a division of The Jackson Companies, a family-owned enterprise that includes Prestwick Golf & Country Club, Ocean Lakes Properties, Crystal Lake Mobile Home Village, Ocean Lakes RV Center, and the master-planned development SayeBrook.

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ClickSquared Receives Honorable Mention From ClickZ Connected Marketing Awards

Boston, Mass. (PRWEB) August 24, 2011

ClickSquared, a premier provider of cross-channel marketing software and services, today announced that it received an Honorable Mention for ClickZ?s Connected Marketing Awards 2011. The submission, titled ?Miami Dolphins' Swim with the Big Fish Thanks to Relevant Email Marketing,? highlighting a campaign in which Dolphins players? jerseys were personalized with individual fan names, garnered the accolade in the Email Marketing category.

Working with ClickSquared enabled the Miami Dolphins to create highly targeted and personalized fan communications, as well as execute lifecycle-based marketing programs based on individual fan preferences to increase fan engagement, engender fan loyalty and drive increased ticket, merchandise and sponsorship revenue.

?We wanted to engage with each fan in an individually meaningful way. Our goal was to create a complete ?fan experience? from the minute they purchased their tickets to the time they left the stadium,? said George Torres, senior director, marketing and communications, Miami Dolphins. ?ClickSquared helped us to create more personalized fan communications and provide individually relevant offers that increased the effectiveness of our e-campaigns. The result was email open rates of 20% to 30% and 30% to 50% click-through rates with some click-throughs as high as 70% among season ticket holders.?

?We are honored to be recognized by ClickZ for email marketing, which underscores our ability to deliver targeted, effective, relevant messages to each and every fan on behalf of the Miami Dolphins,? said Daniel Smith, senior vice president of marketing at ClickSquared. ?With the Dolphins, the real lesson was understanding who the engaged fans were, who the casual fans were, and how to migrate fans to different levels of participation. We wanted to encourage a single game purchaser to evolve to a multi-game buyer, and a multi-game buyer to become a season ticket holder.?

The ClickZ Connected Marketing Awards, given annually, are designed to recognize brands and organizations that have embraced innovation, creativity, and interactivity to connect with their audiences - and drive results.

About ClickSquared:

ClickSquared is a leading provider of cross-channel marketing software and services. With innovative offerings ranging from self-service campaign management to fully managed customer engagement and loyalty programs, ClickSquared?s innovative cloud marketing platform orchestrates and delivers analytics-driven, relevant and personalized customer communications across email, direct mail, social, survey, mobile and web channels. Backed by a team of marketing, technology and vertical-industry experts that are passionate about client success, ClickSquared enables organizations of all sizes to maximize the return on their marketing investment.

ClickSquared has helped to build some of the world?s best known brands including ARAMARK Parks and Destinations, The Boston Celtics, Capital One Bank, The Dallas Stars, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Greyhound, HomeAway, Hyatt, Lenovo, Leading Hotels of the World and Sovereign Bank Santander. For more information on ClickSquared, visit the company?s web site at http://www.clicksquared.com or via the links below:

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The Hollywood Museum Spotlights the Jos? Iturbi Hollywood Concert: "From Russia with Love" Featuring Classical Piano Competition Winners Oct 30 at The Hollywood Museum

Hollywood, California (PRWEB) October 24, 2011

The Hollywood Museum will transform itself into a concert hall during the afternoon of Sunday, October 30, when world-renowned classical pianists, Dmitri Levkovich and Anastasia Markina, perform a one-time recital titled, ?From Russia with Love.? The Museum is located in Hollywood?s historic Max Factor Bldg at 1660 N. Highland Avenue (at Hollywood Blvd). Both pianists are past winners of the prestigious Jos? Iturbi International Music Competition, which is organized by the Jos? Iturbi Foundation. To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206378 or http://www.thehollywoodmuseum.com

Levkovich and Markina will grace the audience with performance pieces by Chopin, Albeniz, Debussy, Millhaud, Rachmaninov, Infante, Strauss, and closing out the night with Gershwin?s Rhapsody in Blue for two pianos. The recital will take place from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will be followed by a VIP dessert reception, where attendees will have the opportunity to meet the two performers.

Tickets include admission to the Hollywood Museum?s four floors of Hollywood entertainment memorabilia spanning 100 years of Hollywood history, including a special exhibit featuring concert master Jos? Iturbi.

Dmitri Levkovich has performed all over the world and has graces six continents with his piano. He has been the recipient of multiple awards and has appeared in some of the most prestigious concert halls and festivals worldwide, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Marinsky Theater?s Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Beijing?s National Center for the Performing Arts.

Russian pianist, Anastasia Markina, has won multiple prominent music competitions, including Grand Prize at the Young Texas Artists Music Competition in 2007 and 2nd Prize at the Jos? Iturbi International Music Competition in both 2007 and 2008. She has been training under famed Russian pianist, Vladimir Viardo, for over 10 years and continues to show off her artistry at events such as the Barge Music Series in New York and the Vetta Chamber Music Festival in Vancouver, BC. She released her album, ?Russian Romances ? Joys and Sorrows? in 2010, accompanied by famed cellist, Eugene Osadchy.

?The Jos? Iturbi Foundation showcases the world's greatest classical music talent of tomorrow,? said Donelle Dadigan, Co-Founder of the Jos? Iturbi Foundation. ?Each year the Jos? Iturbi Foundation awards more than $ 250,000.00 and is the largest cash prize classical music competition in the world,? she adds. Dadigan considers the Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood treasures, the perfect place for the Jose Iturbi Hollywood Concert. ?It is an intimate setting reflecting Hollywood?s Glamour years, the 1930?s and 40?s,? she adds, ?which is when Jos? Iturbi?s music graced the Hollywood movies.?

The next Jose Iturbi Foundation International Music Competition will be held June 9-15,2013 at UCLA Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles. http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org

Concert Ticket prices: $ 50 per ticket, $ 85 per pair. Students Discounts available with valid Student ID or 21 yrs or younger.

Website for ticket info:

http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org/

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206378

Tickets can also be purchased at the door

"Jose Iturbi Concert" - PROGRAM at the Hollywood Museum

Manuel Infante - Danses Andalouses, III, Gracia (El Vito) for two pianos

ANASTASIA MARKINA and DMITRI LEVKOVICH -
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Fr?d?ric Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

Isaac Alb?niz - Asturias/Leyenda from Suite Espa?ola, Op. 47, No. 5

Claude Debussy - Claire de lune from Suite bergamasque

Fr?d?ric Chopin - Etude, Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind)

ANASTASIA MARKINA -

INTERMISSION

Darius Milhaud - Brazileira from Scaramouche (Mvt. 3) for two pianos

ANASTASIA MARKINA and DMITRI LEVKOVICH -
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Isaac Alb?niz - Rumores de la Caleta: Malague?a from Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71, No. 6

Fr?d?ric Chopin - Scherzo No. 2 in Bb minor, Op. 31

Sergei Rachmaninov - Prelude Op. 32, No. 5 in G minor

Fr?d?ric Chopin - Etude Opus 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary Etude)

J. Strauss-Adolph Schulz-Evler Paraphrase: "On the Blue Danube"

(Abbreviated by Jan Smeterlin)

DMITRI LEVKOVICH -
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George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue for two pianos (transcribed by the composer)

ANASTASIA MARKINA and DMITRI LEVKOVICH -

ABOUT THE JOS? ITURBI FOUNDATION The Jos? Iturbi Foundation showcases the world's greatest classical music talent of tomorrow in conjunction with Iturbi Hollywood Concerts featuring extraordinary compelling and dynamic performances from the world's most gifted and talented pianists in an intimate setting reflecting Hollywood's Glamour years (1930s & 1940s). Each year the Jos? Iturbi Foundation awards more than $ 250,000.00 and is the largest cash prize classical music competition in the world! http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org

ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM

The Hollywood Museum http://www.thehollywoodmuseum.com, the official museum of Hollywood, has the most extensive collection of Hollywood Memorabilia in the World. The museum features four floors of breathtaking exhibits and is the home of more than 10,000 authentic Showbiz Treasures, one of a kind costumes, props, photographs, scripts and vintage collectibles from favorite movies and TV shows. The museum includes costumes from Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson; Props from ?Gone With The Wind,? ?Twilight: New Moon,? ?Star Trek,? ?Transformers,? ?Revenge of the Fallen,? ?High School Musical 2,? ?Dancing with the Stars,? ?Glee,? and more. The Hollywood Museum is located in the historic Max Factor Building on the corner of Hollywood & Highland, where Max Factor, the legend of movie makeup, worked his magic on motion picture stars since 1935. The Hollywood Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Playboy's Hugh Hefner, Who Helped Define American Pop Culture for Six Decades, Will Accept a Lifetime Achievement Award From LA Press Club on Nov. 17

(PRWEB) November 09, 2011

The tables will be turned when the legendary editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine, Hugh M. Hefner, is interviewed onstage by NBC4 news anchor Robert Kovacik in the incisive and entertaining long-form style pioneered by the popular men?s magazine for over 50 years.

It takes place Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles as part of the Los Angeles Press Club?s Award Dinner for the finalists in the Club?s 4th Annual National Entertainment Awards competition that attracted hundreds of entries from all over the U.S.

The live interview follows Hefner?s acceptance of a Lifetime Achievement Award in entertainment journalism. The LA Press Club Board cited Hefner?s ?huge, unmatched footprint on popular culture and his unflinching support of First Amendment rights for the average citizen as well as the press.?

Locally, Hefner helped save the landmark Hollywood Sign--twice, is a major contributor to USC?s Film School and has executive- produced the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl for 34 years.

Making a special appearance at the dinner gala will be comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory. Hefner booked Gregory at the Chicago Playboy Club in 1961. He replaced a white comic.

Tickets for the reception, dinner and silent auction are available online @http://t.co/m1j35N1z

or call Diana @ 323.669.8081 to purchase tables or buy ads for the Tribute Book.

Twenty-two of the best entertainment reporters and photographers in the country will take home coveted first-place trophies for their finest work in 2011 and part of 2010. Bloomberg Business News, The Hollywood Reporter, Parade magazine, Hollywood Deadline, the Los Angeles Times, RadarOnline, LA Weekly, NBC4 LA, Antelope Valley Press, KPCC, ABC7LA, Geekweek.com, Jewish Journal of LA and KUSC are represented by multiple finalists.

Other single finalists file for Parade magazine, Vanity Fair, TheWrap and WCBE, among others.

Complete list @http://bit.ly/tinwrq

The winner of the highly competitive category of entertainment journalist of the year will receive a $ 500 check.

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Next-generation Multimedia Devices Get a Boost from Paragon Software Group

Freiburg, GERMANY (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative mobile device and embedded system solutions, announces that the Paragon Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology is now available to OEMs of consumer multimedia devices seeking cross-platform file system support. With Paragon?s UFSD support for all popular file systems built into modern digital devices, consumers can enjoy issue-free compatibility between file systems used on their media centers, digital televisions and set-top boxes, and those used to format storage media, such as portable HDDs, in order to freely play back recorded video and audio regardless of file system type.

Critical for reliable HD audio/video recording and playback, Paragon?s UFSD technology guarantees high-performance, cross-platform read/write access and speedy file transfer in digital multimedia devices. Paragon UFSD technology can be fully integrated into the VFS (Virtual File System) stack of the operating system, including ThreadX devices, enabling OEMs to ensure end-user access to files stored on externally attached NTFS, HFS+ and exFAT file system-formatted media.

With its deep focus on cross-platform technologies for all existing embedded operating systems, Paragon is recognized as the first software developer to provide full read/write access between incompatible file systems. According to Konstantin Komarov, CEO, Paragon Software Group, ?File system incompatibility can be a real issue for a wide range of consumer products, often delaying or even halting consumer product development. We offer chipmakers an elegant, cost-effective way of solving the issue and meeting increased customer demand for high-performance access to large data files, such as HD video.?

Key Features include:

????Full read/write access: Existing files can be read, modified or deleted, while new files can be created or copied.
????Easy to use: Mount any NTFS, HFS+ or exFAT partition like a native one ? no need to perform special commands to get access.
????Non-Roman characters and languages: File and folder names in national languages, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian.
????Low system requirements: low CPU utilization during data transfer and small memory footprint
????No limitation to maximum file/partition size.

Paragon?s UFSD technology has been chosen by the number-one SoC provider to the U.S. DTV market to tackle the incompatibilities between its ThreadX-based digital multimedia devices and portable storage devices formatted for popular file systems that are not natively supported by the ThreadX operating system. For more information on this and other cross-platform solutions, please contact technology(at)paragon(hyphen)software(dot)com

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group is an innovative software developer focused on two dynamic growth markets. The company's comprehensive product line for the data storage market addresses the needs of data security, storage and management for PCs, servers and networks. A second portfolio of products focuses on mobile productivity applications for handheld devices. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Russia, delivering its solutions to consumers, small business and enterprise clients worldwide through a network of Value Added Resellers, distributors and OEMs as well as online through the company website. Paragon Software provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including Cisco, Dell, Toshiba, NEC, Siemens, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and more. For more information please visit the company website at http://www.paragon-software.com.

Paragon Software is a trademark of Paragon Software Group. All other trademarks are the

property of their respective owners.

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Kevin Smith: Live From Behind Hits Movie Theaters Nationwide For First-Time Live Audience Interactive Event

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

Following his highly popular one man show format, director/writer/podcaster Kevin Smith will discuss anything and everything when he takes over the big screen with Kevin Smith: Live From Behind Featuring ?Jay and Silent Bob Get Old?, a one-night-only in-theater event on Thursday, February 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p. m. CT / 7:30 p.m. MT / 6:30 p.m. PT / 9:30 p.m. Alaska & Hawaii. Broadcast to select movie theaters nationwide live from the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, this special three-hour event will begin with Smith and frequent co-star and long-time friend, Jason ?Jay? Mewes, hosting their highly rated podcast, ?Jay and Silent Bob Get Old.? The evening will then switch gears as Smith takes the stage to tackle a wide variety of topics and issues during a live interactive, fan-generated Q&A with theater audiences across the country. For the first time, fans will have the opportunity to drive the conversation as they submit their questions and interact simultaneously with Smith live via social media networks throughout his unique ?tell it like it is? stage show.

Presented by NCM Fathom and AK27 Productions, tickets for Kevin Smith: Live From Behind Featuring ?Jay and Silent Bob Get Old? are available at participating theater box offices and online at http://www.FathomEvents.com and http://www.ak27productions.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom website (theaters and participants are subject to change). The event will be broadcast to more than 300 select movie theaters across the country through NCM?s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.

?Doing something like this means you can get the event into a theater in a very small town. We may have never been to that small town, but we can be with this Q&A event,? said Smith. ?I can be like ?Hey man, I?m going to be on the screen soon, pop into a theater and check it out.? That?s kind of magical. The very ability to do that on a wider level now, instead of just doing it one night only in this city, in this theater, ? I look forward to it!?

Smith is a screenwriter, actor, film producer and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and Internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob. He is most famous for his cult film catalogue including Clerks, Mallrats,Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks II, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and his newest film Red State, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Smith also sports three DVD releases of his various college Q&A's (An Evening With Kevin Smith, An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, A Threevening with Kevin Smith, as well as an EPIX Original Q&A special Kevin Smith: Too Fat For 40). Smith has also published two books full of essays and blog postings, Silent Bob Speaks and the New York Times Best Selling, My Boring Ass Life, as well as Shootin' the Sh*t with KevinSmith ? a collection of the best material from SModcast, Smith and producer Scott Mosier's weekly podcast at http://www.smodcast.com.

?Since the release of his debut film in 1994, Kevin Smith has been a veritable force in the entertainment industry,? said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of NCM Fathom. ?Fans won?t want to miss this unique stage show, as well as their chance to interact with him live from the comfort of their local theater.?

About National CineMedia (NCM)

NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation?s largest digital in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM?s theater advertising network covers 176 Designated Market Areas? (49 of the top 50) and includes over 18,300 screens (17,300 digital). During 2010, approximately 700 million patrons attended movies shown in theaters in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising agreements in place. The NCM Fathom Events broadcast network is comprised of nearly 700 locations in 165 Designated Market Areas? (all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema, encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a 48.7% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit http://www.ncm.com.

About AK27 Productions

Toronto-based AK27 Productions is the combined effort of Adam Kreeft, of Kreeft Booking and Katie Clark formerly of Underground Operations. Formed in spring 2011, AK27 specializes in live events and production on the ground and online. For more information, visit http://www.ak27productions.com.

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