tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14342409471468595472024-02-22T23:43:36.103-08:00AMERICANS ON D-DAYLabyrinth Media & Publishing Limited is a new media & publishing business based in Dubland, Ireland.
We specialize in WW2 Battlefield tour dvd’s aimed directly at the United States market.
The company has just completed its new tour film and first of a series entitled The Americans on D-Day. It is presented by Ellwood von Seibold, a battlefield historian and guide based in St Mere Eglise Normandy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-5662340694390242772010-07-17T15:26:00.001-07:002010-07-17T15:26:15.791-07:00Smart Grid Technology in Green Spotlight at National Conference this week<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
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bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">Sarav Periasamy to speak to National Assn. of Utility Commissioners Conference on Smart Grids</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style:
italic;" style="font-style: italic;">“Smart grid and smart metering introduce access control, network and application security concerns at and beyond the meter,” explained Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software, who is scheduled to speak at the conference</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">Sacramento</span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">CA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>–</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Utilities need to “go beyond simple ’smart meter’ initiatives to the process of using less energy” according to a study released by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company agrees. PERI is participating in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://summer.narucmeetings.org/" mce_href="http://summer.narucmeetings.org/">National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference in Sacramento</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>July 18 – 21, 2010, at the Sacramento Convention Center.<br />
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">PERI Software President & CEO Sarav Periasamy talks to Jarrod Ulery, Consumers Energy at a smart grid conference recently. Periasamy is speaking this weekend at the national conference in Sacramento.</span></span></dd></dl></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">“Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and substantially enhances grid efficiency through improved outage detection and response helps utility customers feel good about saving energy,” said Sarav Periasamy, president and CEO, PERI Software. Periasamy is scheduled to speak at 11:15 AM, Sunday, July 18th, on “<span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic;">Cost Effective Solutions for Smart Grid.”</span><br />
"Smart Grid technology transforms the way utilities can deliver power to customers, but we need to educate and explain in layman’s terms just how it works,” he said.<br />
PERI Software is the only certified minority business enterprise in the U.S. with an end-to-end smart grid solution. The company, based in Newark, NJ, can provide both its own smart grid advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meter technology and software platform or PERI can act as systems integrators on any smart grid platform, regardless of technology.<br />
For the full story and more about PERI visit:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://bit.ly/drKebe" mce_href="http://bit.ly/drKebe">http://bit.ly/drKebe</a></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-14545137656688508162010-03-29T00:48:00.000-07:002010-03-29T00:48:51.497-07:00MAMMOJAM 2010 Comes to Hollywood with Dancing with the Stars breast cancer benefit“Dancing with the Stars – MAMMOJAM 2010”<br />
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Stars’ Louis Van Amstel and Jonathan Roberts to appear at Star-Studded Breast Cancer benefit<br />
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A Rise Club Dance Benefit for the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation<br />
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What: “MAMMOJAM 2010” Celebrity “Dancing with the Stars”<br />
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Louis Van Amstel will be demonstrating his Louis’ "Dance Blast"<br />
for celebrities dancing for a good cause<br />
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‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’<br />
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Who: Louis Van Amstel and Jonathan Roberts (confirmed)<br />
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Alyson Reed, “A Chorus Line,” ‘‘High School Musical,” “LA Law”<br />
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Erika Eleniak, “Baywatch,” Playboy Centerfold<br />
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Julia Anderson, “True Beauty,” “100 Most Beautiful People”(People)<br />
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Eduardo Garcia, “CORNERED,” “No Country for Old Men”<br />
Lissa Levin Guntzelman, “WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Mad About You”<br />
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Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation<br />
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Marcia Strassman, "Welcome Back, Kotter" "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”<br />
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When: THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 (no fooling!)- 7 PM -10 PM<br />
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6:30 p.m. media-check-in (VIP Area, Refreshments) (Bar, a view, dance floor)<br />
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Where: RISE CLUB (above the “The Highlands” on 5thfloor) at Hollywood Complex<br />
6801 Hollywood Blvd. 5th Floor, (Hollywood & Highland), Parking $2.00 for 4 hrs.<br />
Background: The event is the brainchild of Lissa Levin Guntzelman, a television writer/producer ("Mad about you," "WKRP in Cincinnati") and breast cancer survivor. “I wanted to do this for myself, my family and other breast cancer victims,” said Guntzelman for the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation’s MAMMOJAM 2010. “I’m a TV writer/producer, but also an 18-year breast cancer survivor and my mother died of breast cancer at age 60 so my experience and entertainment industry connections will help fight the disease. Louis Van Amstel will take center stage, demonstrating his Louis’ Dance Blast moves for the crowd to follow, including dance pros, and students from his Sherman Oaks and Beverly Hills dance classes – andJonathan Roberts will dance and share the dance floor with theRenowned Surgeon Dr. Susan Love. The event will feature music from the 70’s to Salsa and Disco to Today. Club DJ Prophecy. Dedications of songs will be offered on seven video screens around the dance floor. Participants will have the chance to be partnered with a professional guest dancer, free appetizers, a full no-host bar, a free neck and shoulder massage, not to mention an opportunity to mingle with lots of celebrities and surprise guests on the dance floor. To RSVP (310) 828-0060 or (866) 569-0388 or visit:www.dslrf.org/endingbc/content.asp?L2=7&L3=2&SID=382 or go to:MAMMOJAM 2010 on Facebook.<br />
[Editors: Media please call Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade for advanced interviews and to RSVP for event. @ 818-340-5300 or 818-618-9229. Publicity@mayocommunications.com]<br />
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“Dancing with the Stars – MAMMOJAM 2010”<br />
<br />
Stars’ Louis Van Amstel and Jonathan Roberts to appear at Star-Studded Breast Cancer benefit<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
A Rise Club Dance Benefit for the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation<br />
<br />
What: “MAMMOJAM 2010” Celebrity “Dancing with the Stars”<br />
<br />
Louis Van Amstel will be demonstrating his Louis’ "Dance Blast"<br />
for celebrities dancing for a good cause<br />
<br />
‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’<br />
<br />
Who: Louis Van Amstel and Jonathan Roberts (confirmed)<br />
<br />
Alyson Reed, “A Chorus Line,” ‘‘High School Musical,” “LA Law”<br />
<br />
Erika Eleniak, “Baywatch,” Playboy Centerfold<br />
<br />
Julia Anderson, “True Beauty,” “100 Most Beautiful People”(People)<br />
<br />
Eduardo Garcia, “CORNERED,” “No Country for Old Men”<br />
Lissa Levin Guntzelman, “WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Mad About You”<br />
<br />
Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation<br />
<br />
Marcia Strassman, "Welcome Back, Kotter" "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”<br />
<br />
When: THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 (no fooling!)- 7 PM -10 PM<br />
<br />
6:30 p.m. media-check-in (VIP Area, Refreshments) (Bar, a view, dance floor)<br />
<br />
Where: RISE CLUB (above the “The Highlands” on 5thfloor) at Hollywood Complex<br />
6801 Hollywood Blvd. 5th Floor, (Hollywood & Highland), Parking $2.00 for 4 hrs.<br />
Background: The event is the brainchild of Lissa Levin Guntzelman, a television writer/producer ("Mad about you," "WKRP in Cincinnati") and breast cancer survivor. “I wanted to do this for myself, my family and other breast cancer victims,” said Guntzelman for the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation’s MAMMOJAM 2010. “I’m a TV writer/producer, but also an 18-year breast cancer survivor and my mother died of breast cancer at age 60 so my experience and entertainment industry connections will help fight the disease. Louis Van Amstel will take center stage, demonstrating his Louis’ Dance Blast moves for the crowd to follow, including dance pros, and students from his Sherman Oaks and Beverly Hills dance classes – andJonathan Roberts will dance and share the dance floor with theRenowned Surgeon Dr. Susan Love. The event will feature music from the 70’s to Salsa and Disco to Today. Club DJ Prophecy. Dedications of songs will be offered on seven video screens around the dance floor. Participants will have the chance to be partnered with a professional guest dancer, free appetizers, a full no-host bar, a free neck and shoulder massage, not to mention an opportunity to mingle with lots of celebrities and surprise guests on the dance floor. To RSVP (310) 828-0060 or (866) 569-0388 or visit:www.dslrf.org/endingbc/content.asp?L2=7&L3=2&SID=382 or go to:MAMMOJAM 2010 on Facebook.<br />
[Editors: Media please call Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade for advanced interviews and to RSVP for event. @ 818-340-5300 or 818-618-9229. Publicity@mayocommunications.com]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-18639442229862004502010-03-27T12:37:00.000-07:002010-03-27T12:37:38.268-07:00PERI Software Solutions Inc. joins others for scholarship fundraising event for ABA<meta content="text/html;
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">PERI Software Solutions Inc. Tees off for charity </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: left;"><i> "It feels good when you can give back to the community in a fun way, which is why we look forward to the </i><st1:city><st1:place><i>ABA</i></st1:place></st1:city><i> Golf Tourney Benefit,</i> <i>said President and CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software Solutions Inc.<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b> </b><st1:place><st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span></b><st1:state><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">CA</span></b></st1:state></st1:place><b><i> –</i></b> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">PERI Software Solutions CEO Sarav Periasamy and staff will participate in the </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">U.S.</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Bank-sponsored Asian Business Association (ABA) 12th Annual Golf Tournament, </span><st1:date day="29" month="3" year="2010"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Monday, March 29, 2010</span></st1:date><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><st1:time hour="10" minute="0"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">10 a.m. – 8 p.m.</span></st1:time><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> at the Angeles National Golf Club, </span><st1:address><st1:street><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">9401 Foothill Blvd.</span></st1:street><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sunland</span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">CA</span></st1:state><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:postalcode><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">91040</span></st1:postalcode></st1:address><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">. The Angeles National Golf Club is the only Nicklaus Design golf course in </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">County</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> The purpose of our golf tournament is to fund </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">ABA</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">'s scholarship, educational and business training programs for the Asian business community.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUTjSjg6EhtvkZ-zGnrfHPedWE0TmFiIeuSvnLuhwE8lHEdxIms9XmiFcQuBeFbdBpdq-Pmt2APL-99DQYJtc0-gukF0sETyiPaHoaKddHDIydIFvpJA3yQVYL3FafIRivp5TQGILyMWr/s1600/Sarav+Periasamy,+Pres.+%26+CEO,+PERI+Software+headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUTjSjg6EhtvkZ-zGnrfHPedWE0TmFiIeuSvnLuhwE8lHEdxIms9XmiFcQuBeFbdBpdq-Pmt2APL-99DQYJtc0-gukF0sETyiPaHoaKddHDIydIFvpJA3yQVYL3FafIRivp5TQGILyMWr/s320/Sarav+Periasamy,+Pres.+%26+CEO,+PERI+Software+headshot.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> <i>"It feels good when you can give back to the community in a fun way, which is why we look forward to the ABA Golf Tourney Benefit,” said Periasamy. “These scholarship student recipients will be trained for jobs of the future.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> The Asian Business Association represents Asian American business owners, and creates business opportunities for its members and their diverse communities. One of the </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">ABA</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">’s goals of the non-profit membership based organization is to present the views of Asian American business owners to local, state and federal government officials in order to promote and improve the climate for small business. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> “The </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">ABA</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> brings divergent groups of Asian Americans together on issues affecting small business, and what I admire about the organizations is the fact that they also provide training and education that will improve each member’s business success.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> PERI Software, a business solutions company based in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Newark</span></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">NJ</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, recently opened an office in the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Wells</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Fargo</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tower</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> in the business district of downtown </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About Asian Business Association (</span></b><st1:city><st1:place><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ABA</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The Asian Business Association was founded in 1976 to proactively help Asian Americans gain access to economic opportunities and advancement. Asian Business Association is a non-profit membership based organization that has been proactively assisting Asian American small businesses to gain access to economic opportunities. </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">ABA</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> events include monthly mixers, golf tournaments, award banquets, business education training and seminars.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About PERI<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment. For more info visit: <a href="http://www.perisoftware.com/">www.PERIsoftware.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">PERI Software Solutions Expands Global Consulting and Technology Services </span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: left;"><i><br />
"We believe </i><st1:city><st1:place><i>Los Angeles</i></st1:place></st1:city><i> leads the </i><st1:place><i>Pacific Rim</i></st1:place><i> in just about every industry and we want to help business grow to meet the regional and international markets," said President & CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software<o:p></o:p></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><st1:place><st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span></b><st1:state><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">CA</span></b></st1:state></st1:place><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">/ </span></b><st1:place><st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Newark</span></b></st1:city><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span></b><st1:state><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">NJ</span></b></st1:state></st1:place><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> –</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> PERI Software, based in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">New Jersey</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
announced today it has opened new offices in the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Wells</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Fargo</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tower</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
in the business district of downtown </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> to offer its
advanced global business solutions to a high demand market in</span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
Southern California</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.<o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p>
</o:p></span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkfkaXJpSnAUv2tfXERHApeGOjs8mu2WaDyHuhMiG27aoR_TsQ4TnunxfGuawRPl0VkuFpFmmDIhcQ2ampydJRugOt0XqaenaDKPj4pnec9WCSUzXCdYk5rs7wOuKY_E1T-_oGy759h_-/s1600-h/HEADSHOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkfkaXJpSnAUv2tfXERHApeGOjs8mu2WaDyHuhMiG27aoR_TsQ4TnunxfGuawRPl0VkuFpFmmDIhcQ2ampydJRugOt0XqaenaDKPj4pnec9WCSUzXCdYk5rs7wOuKY_E1T-_oGy759h_-/s320/HEADSHOT.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">"After servicing clients in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">California</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> and on the West Coast, <br />
we realized it was vital to bring</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> our services closer to a <br />
rapidly growing technology market," explained President<o:p></o:p></span></div><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">and CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software. "We have just</span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">opened an office here, because, we believe </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">leads the </span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Pacific Rim</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> in just about every industry
and we want to help business grow to meet the technology needs of </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">regional and international markets."<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A recent SoCal economic forecast finds that technology, tourism and
international trade will be the leading industries to the economic recovery.
Research reveals that the business demand for technology products was </span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">very weak in the first three quarters of 2009, when
businesses were reducing costs drastically in order to survive the recession. </span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But, demand picked up noticeably during the fourth quarter and sales of</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">technology products held up better on the consumer side.</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">“PERI</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span class="apple-style-span">delivers technology-based business solutions to help organizations
worldwide control costs and cultivate growth by drawing on our deep industry </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">expertise,” said Periasamy. “We help companies facing growing pains by </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">blending a strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">creative solutions that brings the best returns on IT investments.” </span></span></pre></div><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">PERI is a global consulting and technology services company specializing</span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services.</span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The company was f<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">ounded in 1999, and has grown to more than 700 </span></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">employees worldwide. In addition to the new </span></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> office, it </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">also has offices in </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">San Jose</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, offshore facilities in </span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Chennai</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span></span><st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">India</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> and</span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">the PERI headquarters in </span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Newark</span></span></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span></span><st1:state><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">NJ</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Technology will be one of the strongest industries to lead the recovery,”</span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">said Periasamy. “PERI is confident that we can play a vital role in meeting </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">the technology industry business solutions needs, which is why we have </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">expanded in </span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Los Angeles</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sales of technology products held up better on the consumer side </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">according to published reports. Purchases of products like computers, </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">flat TV, and cell phones increased last year despite the recession and </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">will continue to grow in 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> “There’s always demand for the well-designed personal gadgets </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">like iPods and smart cell phones with media players, but business</span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">is in transition to smart technology products, too, of which we produce </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">so business can cut costs and get the job done in less time,” </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">said Periasamy.
“We are constantly hiring software engineers and employees to </span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">meet growing technology demands.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">About PERI<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">a high value-cost effective technology based business solutions
along with software and smart-intelligent hardware products. </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">PERI Draws on deep industry expertise and has a portfolio of </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">interrelated consulting, business processes and application </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">development. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">on IT investment. For more about PERI visit: </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.perisoftware.com/">www.PERIsoftware.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 150%;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.perisoftware.com/" mce_href="http://www.perisoftware.com/"><img alt="" class="alignleft" height="28" mce_src="http://silvertorustproductions.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/100-peri-logo.jpg?w=82&h=28" src="http://silvertorustproductions.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/100-peri-logo.jpg?w=82&h=28" style="border-width: 0px; float: left;" title="100 PERI logo" width="82" /></a> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Los Angeles</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">CA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
bold;" style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>–<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">PERI Software, based in New Jersey announced today it has retained MAYO Communications, an international Los Angeles based full service public relations agency for branding and media relations.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">PERI is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. The company was founded in 1999, and has grown to morethan 700 employees worldwide. PERI has offices in San Jose and Los Angeles with offshore facilities in Chennai, India.</span></div><div class="mceTemp" draggable="" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<dl class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_246" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 92px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.perisoftware.com/" mce_href="http://www.perisoftware.com"><img alt="" class="size-full
wp-image-246" height="112" mce_src="http://mayocommunicationsinternational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/headshot.jpg" src="http://mayocommunicationsinternational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/headshot.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Sarav Periasamy, CEO & President, PERI" width="82" /></a> </span></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Sarav Periasamy, CEO and President, PERI</span></dd></dl></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">“MAYO Communications came highly recommended, and they are a good match for our company needs,” said President & CEO Sarav Periasamy, PERI Software, at his downtown Los Angeles office. “They have a niche in media relations,national media and social media experience. In coming to Los Angeles, there is no better firm to position our company nationally and in Southern California than MAYO.”<br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">MAYO Communications has launched several successful high tech company campaigns over the last decade in the U.S., including Linux 6.0 operating software; IcChina.com; Webvision hosting and data center; PowWeb hosting, Los Angeles; C.I. Host, Dallas and SafeMedia Corporation, Boca Raton, FL.</span></div><div class="mceTemp" draggable="" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<dl class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_248" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: right; margin: 10px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 122px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/" mce_href="http://www.mayocommunications.com"><img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-248 " height="150" mce_src="http://mayocommunicationsinternational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_0558.jpg?w=112" src="http://mayocommunicationsinternational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_0558.jpg?w=112" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Aida Mayo, president, MAYO Communications" width="112" /></a> </span></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Aida Mayo President</span></dd></dl></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">“The technology industry is on the rebound,” said President Aida Mayo, MAYO Communications.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">“There are so many new products and services that are coming so fast, that positioning and branding are top priorities for high-tech companies. The Technology industry is always looking for the next new thing and PERI Software as a global leader recognizesthis critical moment.”<br />
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About<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight:
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Ripple Effect of Lost Revenues in Southern California Could Cost More Than 9,280 Jobs and $1.5 Billion in Economic Output, Along With Reduced Contributions to Guild and Union Pension Plans<br />
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Los Angeles – The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) today unveiled a new economic study entitled “The Economic Implications of Low Cost DVD Rentals” which illustrates the negative impact that low cost, new-release DVD rentals could have on the Entertainment industry and the Southern California economy. <br />
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The LAEDC study, which utilizes the Redbox model of $1 DVD rentals available at the street date, shows the ripple effect of $1 billion in lost revenues to the domestic home video industry in the Southern California region – the entertainment capital of the world – would lead to an additional $500 million in reduced economic activity. The loss of motion picture production in and around Los Angeles would result in the loss of more than 9,280 jobs with annual earnings of almost $395 million, according to the LAEDC’s study.<br />
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“The economics of the motion picture industry are based on exclusive release windows which allow price differentiation - that is - some earlier transactions take place at higher price points," said Gregory Freeman, vice president of Consulting and Economic Policy for the LAEDC. "Redbox, or any other distributor that weakens the release window model, could reduce overall industry revenues. Lower revenues will likely lead to lower production activity, hurting the Southern California economy.” <br />
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Of the 9,280 jobs, more than half of the losses will occur in the Information Sector, the LAEDC found. In addition to motion picture and sound recording industries, this sector includes publishing industries, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications industries and Internet service providers. Other industries impacted will be retail trade, accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services, and manufacturing, among others. <br />
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<a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com">MAYO PR - "We don't guarantee media, we just get it!"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-13169235912230240582009-07-28T10:23:00.000-07:002009-07-28T10:46:34.706-07:00Victory in Europe on VE Day Featured in new film<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ellwood von Seibold Hosts film</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><st1:city><st1:place><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Hollywood</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >, CA – </span></b><st1:date year="2000" day="1" month="8"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >August 1, 2000</span></b></st1:date><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" > –</span></b><span style=";font-family:";" > <span style=""> </span>Filming will begin in September for Part 2 of The Battlefield Tour Series <span style=""> </span><i style="">The Americans D-Day to VE Day. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >According to WW2 Reflections, </span></b><st1:city><st1:place><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Dublin</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" > </span></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Ireland</span></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" > it will include: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The Americans at </span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=";font-family:";" >Hells Highway</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=";font-family:";" > (Operation Market Garden)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Presenter Ellwood von Seibold will guide us through the U.S paratroopers actions in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Holland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The daylight drop zones , the bridges that were taken and held and the famous </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Waal</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" > river crossing of the 504 p.i.r<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >“There are some of the actions that will be featured,” said Director Richard D. Lanni, who recently toured </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" > with his latest film <a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">The Americans On D-Day. </a><span style=""> </span>“Veterans of the campaign will add to excitement of the battlefield tour, which continues to chart the American forces advance from D-Day to VE (Victgory in </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Europe</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >) day .” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Lanni plans to use the same battle tour host and talent of the first film, Ellwood von Seibold, who grew up with a dream of giving tours of </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" > as a kid.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >"I feel privileged to have this opportunity to present these tours,which help people understand just what these valiant soldiers went through" said Seibold who has been hired by WW2 Reflections to present the whole series.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >WW2 Reflections recently filmed the entire St. Mere Eglise ceremonies on the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, where the French Government handed out medal of valor and recognized soldiers for one of the worst battles in War history.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The tour film will also illustrate the daylight drop zones, the bridges that were taken and held, <span style=""> </span>and the famous </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Waal</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" > river crossing of the 504 p.i.r<span style=""> </span>in an action packed educational project. Veteran interviews will add to excitement of the battlefield tour, which continues to chart the American forces advance from D-Day to <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veday1.html">Victory in Europe Day</a>
<br />(VE Day).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Earlier this year, the premiere of <i style="">The Americans on D-Day</i> was shown at the American Legion Post 43 in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Hollywood</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >CA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >, where all the military dignitaries involved in the film and who provided testimony in the first film series provided more stories of valor.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The American Legion has posted exclusive footage Online filmed by WW2 Reflections, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Dublin</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >, of the 65th anniversary ceremonies of D-Day in St. Mere Eglise, </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >France</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >. (<span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lx6gvk">http://tinyurl.com/lx6gvk</a>)<b> </b></span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >At the epicenter of D-Day anniversary activities each year is the small town of </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Ste. Mere Eglise</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, made famous by the 1962 hit movie "The Longest Day." Each year, even today, veterans, historians, tourists and re-enactors swarm to the </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" > town to see history come alive. Active-duty paratroopers jump from C-130s in the countryside surrounding the town. Parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and activities at the town's </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=";font-family:";" >Airborne</span></st1:placename><span style=";font-family:";" > </span><st1:placetype><span style=";font-family:";" >Museum</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The stars of the world's largest production - a film on the invasion of </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, "The Americans on D-Day," premiered in the French language earlier this year. (</span><st1:date year="2007" day="7" month="5"><span style=";font-family:";" >May 07, 2007</span></st1:date><span style=";font-family:";" >.) Several hundred local officials, visiting military dignitaries and stars of the film attended.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >"We decided to show it in St. Mere Eglise, </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, because it was the first town to be liberated," explained Richard D. Lanni, film director, WW2 Reflections, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Dublin</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >. "We are thrilled with The American Legion's support, endorsement and now posting of our historical recordings of the French government ceremonies honoring veterans for those heroic days."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;color:black;" >In April, about 100 people saw the film in Hollywood at the American Legion Post #43, Hollywood, CA. "It was well done, and the reproduction of the Normandy scenes were pretty darn powerful, and the overlays of graphics were very good," said Adj. Finance Officer Terry Duddy, American Legion Hollywood Post 43. "It was well received by our members attending here. We have posted a link for </span><st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;color:black;" >DVD</span></st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;color:black;" > sales, and five dollars goes to paralyzed veterans on each film sale on our website (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mcnh9v" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">http://tinyurl.com/mcnh9v</span></a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;" >[Editor's note:</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;" > EPK </span><st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;" >DVD</span></st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;" > with extras like uniforms and weapons used are available upon request. For more information contact Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade, call 818-340-5300, or email: Publicity@mayocommunications.com or visit: www.mayocommunications.com. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12pt;" >(Press Clips are available at: www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com or Blog: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/asavgj">http://tinyurl.com/asavgj</a><b style="">]<span style=""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-90656709627982236192009-07-03T16:59:00.000-07:002009-07-03T19:30:12.824-07:00Independence Day is One To Remember America's Hero Says Battle Tour Film Director<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sk6czoMbnrI/AAAAAAAAP6M/Z-4-RGfu9MU/s1600-h/474BEACHRichard-Lanni-High-.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 207px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sk6czoMbnrI/AAAAAAAAP6M/Z-4-RGfu9MU/s320/474BEACHRichard-Lanni-High-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354389417766919858" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Director Richard D. Lanni (right)
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<br />Remembering Fallen Soldiers and Heroes Who Fought</span></span> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:12;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">For Our Freedom</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">On This 4th of July</span><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="color:black;"> ***
<br />Filming to start in September for Part 2 of The Battlefield Tour
<br />Series The Americans on D-Day to VE Day. The Americans D-Day
<br />to VE Day and will feature popular Battle Tour Guide Host
<br />Ellwood von Seibold</span></i></span><span style=";font-size:9;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:city><b style=""><span style="color:black;">
<br /></span></b></st1:city></st1:place></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:city><b style=""><span style="color:black;">Hollywood</span></b></st1:city><b style=""><span style="color:black;">, </span></b><st1:state><b style=""><span style="color:black;">CA</span></b></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" > - </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2009" day="4" month="7"><span style="color:black;">July 04, 2009</span></st1:date></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" > – </span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="Edit-Time-Data" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso"><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="stockticker"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Book Antiqua"; 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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;} pre {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:windowtext;} span.apple-style-span {mso-style-name:apple-style-span;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in .75in .4in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >“As </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" > begins celebrating the birth of its country, they should also remember the soldiers who fought for our freedom that everyone enjoys,” said Director Richard D. Lanni, who recently toured </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" > with his latest film The Americans On D-Day.<span style=""> </span>The film was shot on location in </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Europe</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=""> </span>"The battle tour film helps people understand exactly what these brave soldiers experienced at war," said Ellwood von Seibold, who has been hired by WW2 Reflections to present the whole series. Filming for Part 2 of the Battlefield Tour Series The Americans on D-Day to VE Day begins in September and is expected to be completed just in time for the 66th Anniversary of D-Day in June next year. “The 4<sup>th</sup> of July highlights the freedom of a model country for the rest of the world,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The new film will include: The Americans at Hells Highway (Operation Market Garden) with Presenter Ellwood von Seibold guiding viewers through the U.S paratroopers actions in Holland, WW2 Reflections recently filmed the entire St. Mere Eglise ceremonies on the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, where the French Government handed out medal of valor and recognized soldiers for one of the worst battles in War history.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The tour film will also illustrate the daylight drop zones, the bridges that were taken and held, <span style=""> </span>and the famous </span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Waal</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" > river crossing of the 504 p.i.r <span style=""> </span>in an action packed educational project. Veteran interviews will add to excitement of the battlefield tour, which continues to chart the American forces advance from D-Day to <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veday1.html">Victory in Europe Day</a>
<br />(VE Day).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Earlier this year, the premiere of <i style="">The Americans on D-Day</i> was shown at the American Legion Post 43 in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Hollywood</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >CA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >, where all the military dignitaries involved in the film and who provided testimony in the first film series provided more stories of valor.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The American Legion has posted exclusive footage Online filmed by WW2 Reflections, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Dublin</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >, of the 65th anniversary ceremonies of D-Day in St. Mere Eglise, </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >France</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >. (<span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lx6gvk">http://tinyurl.com/lx6gvk</a>)<b> </b></span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >At the epicenter of D-Day anniversary activities each year is the small town of </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Ste. Mere Eglise</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, made famous by the 1962 hit movie "The Longest Day." Each year, even today, veterans, historians, tourists and re-enactors swarm to the </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" > town to see history come alive. Active-duty paratroopers jump from C-130s in the countryside surrounding the town. Parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and activities at the town's </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=";font-family:";" >Airborne</span></st1:placename><span style=";font-family:";" > </span><st1:placetype><span style=";font-family:";" >Museum</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The stars of the world's largest production - a film on the invasion of </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, "The Americans on D-Day," premiered in the French language earlier this year. (</span><st1:date year="2007" day="7" month="5"><span style=";font-family:";" >May 07, 2007</span></st1:date><span style=";font-family:";" >.) Several hundred local officials, visiting military dignitaries and stars of the film attended.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="line-height: 150%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >"We decided to show it in St. Mere Eglise, </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";" >, because it was the first town to be liberated," explained Richard D. Lanni, film director, WW2 Reflections, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >Dublin</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";" >, </span><st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:";" >Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >. "We are thrilled with The American Legion's support, endorsement and now posting of our historical recordings of the French government ceremonies honoring veterans for those heroic days."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;color:black;" >In April, about 100 people saw the film in Hollywood at the American Legion Post #43, Hollywood, CA. "It was well done, and the reproduction of the Normandy scenes were pretty darn powerful, and the overlays of graphics were very good," said Adj. Finance Officer Terry Duddy, American Legion Hollywood Post 43. "It was well received by our members attending here. We have posted a link for </span><st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;color:black;" >DVD</span></st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;color:black;" > sales, and five dollars goes to paralyzed veterans on each film sale on our website (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mcnh9v" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);">http://tinyurl.com/mcnh9v</span></a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;" >[Editor's note:</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;" > EPK </span><st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;" >DVD</span></st1:stockticker><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;" > with extras like uniforms and weapons used are available upon request. For more information contact Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade, call 818-340-5300, or email: Publicity@mayocommunications.com or visit: www.mayocommunications.com. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-size:12;" >(Press Clips are available at: www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com or Blog: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/asavgj">http://tinyurl.com/asavgj</a><b style="">] <span style=""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <pre style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></pre><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-43780231918610130482009-06-20T21:57:00.000-07:002009-06-20T22:12:46.751-07:00Publicity in Sports, Music and Book Publishing – Sky’s The Limit Say EPPS Workshop Panelists<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj2-MdI0VgI/AAAAAAAAPxo/3xaOnIitYuI/s1600-h/350+JanetteBaxa,SethBurton,FloSelfman,HowardBrodwin.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 285px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj2-MdI0VgI/AAAAAAAAPxo/3xaOnIitYuI/s320/350+JanetteBaxa,SethBurton,FloSelfman,HowardBrodwin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349641053575337474" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:.5in .7in .1in .8in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(L-R Janette Bax, Seth Burton, Flo Selfman and Howard Brodwin at EPPS workshop in Hollywood)</span>
<br /></p><p><span style="color:black;">About 75 entertainment publicists huddled in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Hollywood</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color:black;"> at the International Cinematographers Union Local 600 auditorium to learn about “word of mouth, social media, networking and how to use the web” with the traditional publicity tactics. The breakfast media workshop was sponsored by the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS), LA Chapter. The Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="color:black;">Everyone’s Blogging
<br /></span></b><span style="color:black;">“When we had a mixer a year ago January in downtown LA, Jack O’Dwyer’s George (Mc Quade) was going around with his tape recorder asking everyone what they thought about blogs. My comment at that time was, ‘the jury is still out.’ Before the ink was dry on the magazine, blogs went from iffy, to something we can’t do without,” said PR Consultant Flo Selfman, proofreader/copyeditor, president, IWOSC iwosc.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj2_M_KXb-I/AAAAAAAAPxw/a08t4GoAZtA/s1600-h/150-Flo+Selfman,+Selfman+%26+Others+PR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 113px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj2_M_KXb-I/AAAAAAAAPxw/a08t4GoAZtA/s320/150-Flo+Selfman,+Selfman+%26+Others+PR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349642162220265442" border="0" /></a><span style="color:black;">One of the books Selfman is working on right now, <i style="">“The Wicked Wit of The West”</i> by the late Screenwriter Irving Brecher, who died at age 98 a few months ago continues to live Online thanks to the Internet. “It is so amazing. What happened is the gentleman died just before the book came out. So the younger co writer was doing all of the publicity, but Irving Brecher died in November, so he was in all of the year-end wrap-ups in the blogs. Some of them even mention the book before it came out and it was completely done on the Internet. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="color:black;">Policing the Internet is “Tough”
<br /></span></b><span style="color:black;">“We use our website primarily as our news source,” said EPPS Panelist Seth Burton, asst. director of Communications, Los Angeles Clippers. “There’s just not enough space in newspapers, if you follow the LA Times Sports section for example.<span style=""> </span>It is more like a sports pamphlet than sports section of the paper these days. For some reason its all about the Lakers (victory) parade. So if anything happens we have to get it out there on our own. We post video on our website, audio interviews along with new media like Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="color:black;">Twitter, Facebook, MySpace – No space for control
<br /></span></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3AUoiWQMI/AAAAAAAAPx4/BU9Tcv5Aqkc/s1600-h/150+Seth+Burton+LA+Clippers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3AUoiWQMI/AAAAAAAAPx4/BU9Tcv5Aqkc/s320/150+Seth+Burton+LA+Clippers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349643393097416898" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style="color:black;">“</span></b><span style="color:black;">We have had a number of fake Twitter accounts and we are dealing with one right now about our coach. And recently there was a fake Twitter player’s account, where the activities were reported in the LA Times. A fake player had requested a trade on a Twitter account that was not true,” said </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Burton</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color:black;">. “A lot of NBA players are on Twitter, twittering<span style=""> </span>about everything. We also use FaceBook to drive traffic to our website. We offer a lot of tickets and programs through the new media platforms to give fans a sense of ownership that drives them there.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Burton</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color:black;">, who started working as a sports reporter for a couple of newspapers on the East Coast, moved into the media relations at the Washington Redskins. He also worked for the Galaxy soccer team before joining the Clippers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">“The Internet is one of the primary ways to get the word out,” said Janette Baxa, director of Publicity, Nederlandar Concerts. Baxa, who made the transition from a record label to music and concert publicity said, “We also employ the Facebooks, the Twitters and MySpaces of the world. For me it is very important for all the bloggers from Perez Hilton to LAist.com, LosAngeles.com, and who would of thought I would be email Perez Hilton. A lot of writes and editors have turned to the web as well, so I have establish more relationships with them Online in getting the word out on my shows. The great thing about pitching Online, they can turn it around right away and post it, obviously one of the great advantages. We still rely on advertising, but again it is selective. Where it used to be a full page, it is now a strip, she said.”
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<br /><b style="">Hard to Keep Up with New Media
<br /></b></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3AZ6yzTCI/AAAAAAAAPyA/JH2ZAnBk70Q/s1600-h/150-MadelynHammond.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3AZ6yzTCI/AAAAAAAAPyA/JH2ZAnBk70Q/s320/150-MadelynHammond.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349643483897613346" border="0" /></a><span style="color:black;">“We are doing it right by getting it out there on the websites, but it is hard sometimes to keep up with,” said Moderator, Madelyn Hammon, Madelyn Hammond & Associates, who said when she inquired about an event involving the cast and crew of <i style="">Saving Grace</i> (her favorite TV show) occurred when she called and asked ‘why it wasn’t posted somewhere?’, they said, <span style=""> </span>‘well, we posted it on our website.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;"><span style=""> </span>“Everybody is writing a blog, it’s true. And there are some magnificent writers doing a blog. The blogs that I come in contact with has excellent research and writing. There is much dedication to their topics and a lot of write about </span><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Hollywood</span></st1:place><span style="color:black;"> history, and where the author Rosenfeld finds them he’ll send a comment, I’ll send a comment and it just keeps going. They call it viral marketing, but it is still like the pebble in the stream. You start something, then someone else tells somebody else and the circles keep getting bigger and bigger. And what you hope is that it will inspire someone to actually go out and purchase the book or products,” Selfman.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">Added </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Hammond</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color:black;">, “Anyone can write a book, but Online it’s about selling books, about getting people to attend games or to buy concert tickets.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3Adqwhw3I/AAAAAAAAPyI/uklzLaF7dDE/s1600-h/150+Howard+Brodwin,+Team+Marketing+Systems.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sj3Adqwhw3I/AAAAAAAAPyI/uklzLaF7dDE/s320/150+Howard+Brodwin,+Team+Marketing+Systems.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349643548312585074" border="0" /></a><span style="color:black;">“I think one of the greatest things about Internet is not having all the technology, but how it is used and how it works,” said Howard Brodwin, managing director, Team Marketing Systems.<span style=""> </span>“It has really forced everybody from the biggest of companies all the way down to the most local of businesses to be as upfront and transparent as possible about who you are, and what you do, as possible. If you’re trying to get out into the publicity world, there has always been that question of spin.<span style=""> </span>And these days if you are trying to spin something, whether something is going to happen at a concert or somebody is getting traded or not traded and something is going on with whatever you are promoting that information gets transmitted immediately and you can’t get it back. There is something new (technology) that is coming that will allow you to resend your emails that you have already sent out.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">“The good thing about what word of mouth provides now is you are forced to get it right when you’re getting your message out, because you know as soon as it gets out there it’s going to spread virally. The same goes for when you are uncomfortable with the situation like the Twitter incident, you have to get out in front of that message as fast as possible to notify people with the correct information. The good news is now we have all of those channels to get that information out there.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">Brodwin, when asked about which sites are best said, “Depending upon the target audience, but it is better to have five really good blog or websites to target than blasting 500.” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">To contact the EPPS panelists or if you have a question they prefer you contact them via email:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">Janette Baxa, <a href="mailto:janette@nederlander.com">janette@nederlander.com</a>; Howard Brodwin, <a href="mailto:hkb@teammarketingsystems.com">hkb@teammarketingsystems.com</a>; Seth Burton, <a href="mailto:sburton@clippers.com">sburton@clippers.com</a>, Flo Selfman, <a href="mailto:floself@aol.com">floself@aol.com</a> and Madelyn Hammon, <a href="mailto:Madelyn@madelynhammond.com">Madelyn@madelynhammond.com</a>.
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<br /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">At the epicenter of D-Day anniversary activities each year is the small town of Ste. Mere Eglise, made famous by the 1962 hit movie “The Longest Day.” Each year, even today, veterans, historians, tourists and re-enactors swarm to the Normandy town to see history come alive. Active-duty paratroopers jump from C-130s in the countryside surrounding the town. Parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and activities at the town’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.musee-airborne.com/eng/home.php" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Airborne Museum</b></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>
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padding-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" valign="top">O'Sullivan report<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/figleaf/mp3filegenerate.cfm?filepath=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evoanews%2Ecom%2Fmediaassets%2Fenglish%2F2009%5F06%2Faudio%2Fmp3%2FBKG%20OSullivan%20D%20Day%20Film%20562548%20060109%20vb%5F0%2Emp3" onclick="dcsMedia(event);" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">Listen (MP3)</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td><td style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" valign="top" align="left"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="body" style=";font-size:12;color:black;" ><p size="14px" color="black" style=""><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="210" align="left"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibm_45dh5I/AAAAAAAAPu4/NPw5JC63QBo/s1600-h/VOAamericapage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 195px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibm_45dh5I/AAAAAAAAPu4/NPw5JC63QBo/s320/VOAamericapage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343211993201215378" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td class="imagecaption" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">U.S. troops landing on the beach during the Normandy invasion, 06 Jun 1944</td></tr></tbody></table>Saturday is the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the day in 1944 when American, British, Canadian and other allied forces launched an air and sea assault on the coast of Normandy. British filmmakers have highlighted the stories of some aging veterans who took part in the crucial battle to free Europe from the Nazis.<br /><br />One hundred sixty thousand Allied troops landed on the desolate stretch of coastline, which was heavily fortified by the Germans. More than 5,000 Allied ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the operation.<br /><br />It was called D-Day, a military term for an unspecified target date. American Mort Schechter was a tail-gunner with the 467th bomb group, based in Rackheath, England, and he flew on D-Day.<br /><br />"We flew the first mission about 3:30 in the morning," said Mort Schechter. "We bombed a port in France."<br /><br />He says the skies were quiet.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibn3O-DJiI/AAAAAAAAPvI/Nusx-f39SbI/s1600-h/DSC04339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 179px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibn3O-DJiI/AAAAAAAAPvI/Nusx-f39SbI/s320/DSC04339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343212944018843170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"There was no flack and no fighters," he said. "The Germans must have been sleeping, and we were thankful for that."<br /><br />He says the English Channel beneath his B-24 aircraft was like a busy highway.<br /><br />"We were flying over the channel and I looked down and there were thousands and thousands of ships," said Schechter. "Like if you say cars were bumper to bumper, that was what the ships looked like."<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >(Above Photo: Mort Schecter, his son, film Director<br />Richard D. Lanni, Terry Duddy, American Legion,<br />and Grandson Ben (11 yrs.). Photo by<br />George Mc Quade.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Photos below by Mike Forster.</span></span><br /><br />Another American, Jerry King, was on the ground at his U.S. base in England, helping to load planes with paratroopers and supplies.<br /><br />"It was chaotic, believe me," said King. "There was a lot going on."<br /><br />Off the Normandy coast, Earl W. Norwood was a 17-year-old sailor who operated a landing craft between the ships and Omaha Beach, one of the beaches where the Americans landed. There were 36 on board his landing craft.<br /><br />"Around 7:30 in the morning, we were hit by a round that come into starboard side, proceeded to kill two soldiers and wound two very severely," said Norwood. "And here I'm just talking about it in about 15 or 20 seconds, maybe a minute, but it was a lifetime."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />He kept heading for the beach. The soldiers disembarked and he took the dead and wounded to the hospital ship.<br /><br />"I was driving the boat, and a lot of people think that was a great thing and so forth," he said. "But the real heroes that day were those 32 men that after they saw their comrades, the first four me on the boat cut in half or shot to pieces, two very severely and two dead, they still climbed over the bodies and did their job."<br /><br />At least 9,000 Allied troops were killed or wounded in the invasion. German casualties are thought to have numbered between 4,000 and 9,000.<br /><br />The costly D-Day battle would mark a turning point in the war, and would change the lives of survivors like Earl Norwood.<br /><br />"That morning when I went in I was a 17-year-old kid," said Norwood. "I came out a 40-year-old man."</p><p size="14px" color="black" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibo-jRF7bI/AAAAAAAAPvQ/OuTsDzG0qOw/s1600-h/Ellwood_in_Bunker.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 128px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sibo-jRF7bI/AAAAAAAAPvQ/OuTsDzG0qOw/s320/Ellwood_in_Bunker.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343214169238138290" border="0" /></a>The story of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who landed in Normandy is told in a documentary by two British filmmakers. Ellwood von Siebold grew up fascinated with the Second World War. He turned his passion into a career when he moved to the French village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first town that was liberated by the Americans in Europe. Today, he gives tours to visitors, including some aging D-Day veterans and their families.<br /><br />He also hosts the video tour of historic D-Day sites in the documentary The Americans on D-Day, which he made with British producer and fellow Normandy resident Richard Lanni.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SibpYa9ny_I/AAAAAAAAPvY/_LsgYicXeJM/s1600-h/EllwoodGrenande+thrower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 186px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SibpYa9ny_I/AAAAAAAAPvY/_LsgYicXeJM/s320/EllwoodGrenande+thrower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343214613685586930" border="0" /></a>"The most important motivating thing for us was to perpetuate the memory of these great men who are sadly dying away before our very eyes," said von Siebold. "We wanted to make sure that their achievements will live on forever, and this is our small contribution towards doing that."</p><p style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br />The bloody assault on the beaches of Normandy would change the course of the war, allowing the Allies to liberate occupied France and advance into Germany, as Soviet troops advanced against the Germans from the East.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://americansondday.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-06-03T14%3A09%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=1">Film Review by Steve Shepard (more)</a><br /></p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-61592477602280855462009-06-01T12:15:00.001-07:002009-06-01T12:39:58.632-07:0065th Anniversary of D-Day Celebrated on Film<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 265px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SiQpEjaWigI/AAAAAAAAPuo/D2BujklWNak/s320/200-AmericansOnDDayFilmPoster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342440216170236418" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="stockticker"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />"The Americans on D-Day" is a compact and concise examination of the </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color:black;">United States</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color:black;">' part in the </span><st1:date year="1945" day="6" month="6"><span style="color:black;">June 6, 1945</span></st1:date><span style="color:black;">, Allied invasion of </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="color:black;">.
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;"> Considering the enormity of the actual D-Day undertaking it might sound hopeless to present a comprehensive account in a documentary with a running time of 44 minutes, but producer-director Richard Lanni has come up with a well organized documentary that provides a clear outline of the events of D-Day, punctuated along the way with a somewhat more detailed account of specific moments in the battle that turned the tide of World War II in Europe.
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<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;"> The film benefits immensely from the presence of Ellwood von Seibold as host-narrator-tour guide. Donning authentic military uniform and accessories – down to the "pineapple" style hand grenade hanging from his utility webbing – von Seibold shares a wealth of knowledge on the subject, presenting it with an elegance that provides an effective counterpoint to the brutality that is, after all, at the center of the D-Day story.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />"The Americans on D-Day" strikes a tone appropriate to the nature of D-Day, offering a matter-of-fact account that acknowledges the powerful emotional component of its subject matter while stopping short of romanticizing or idealizing an event that was as bloody and brutal as it was essential to the Allies' success in </span><st1:place><span style="color:black;">Europe</span></st1:place><span style="color:black;">.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />The production deftly blends archival footage and stills with contemporary footage. Early on, we see black-and-white images of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color:black;">U.S.</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color:black;"> forces, including Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower – as we hear audio of Ike's sendoff to the D-Day forces.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />"You are about to embark upon a great crusade," he tells them. "The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. You will bring about the destruction of the German war machine.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />"We will accept nothing less than full victory"</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />The film then goes on to function as a battlefield tour, offering close-ups of German fortifications along the beaches of Normandy, arms – including the MG-42, a heavy machine gun that could fired upwards of 1,200 rounds per minute – and bridges and structures that played key roles in the Allie invasion.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />Interviews with both </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color:black;">U.S.</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color:black;"> and German veterans of the operation provide further personal insight into the significance of D-Day and its human toll.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color:black;">
<br />Many of the images presented in "The Americans on D-Day" will be familiar to those who have seen the feature film "Saving Private Ryan," the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," or any number of other filmed projects that touch on D-Day.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>
<br />The <st1:stockticker>DVD</st1:stockticker> package has extras including the film's trailer, a making-of feature, a segment on weapons training, another on uniforms and a collection of stills. <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>===================================================================
<br />Editors note: If you would like a copy of Americans of D-Day to review at your publication or media news website contact:
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-70231545668422468722009-05-26T12:38:00.000-07:002009-05-27T12:47:10.244-07:00American Legion Endorses and Posts The Americans On D-Day Film Link<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hollywoodpost43.org/v2.0/main.asp?p=links"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/ShxHCWKuh3I/AAAAAAAAPss/9BlJPInSPnY/s320/graphic+AMericans+on+DDay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340221363790448498" border="0" /></a>The American Legion Post 43, Hollywood, CA, board of directors voted to endorse and post a link on its home page for the film: <a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">The Americans On D-Day.</a>
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<br />For every DVD sold on this site, $5 will be donated to paralyzed veterans of California.
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<br />The film premiered last month at the Post 43 auditorium, where stars of the film, including
<br />Ellwood <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">von</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Seibold</span> autographed posters and spoke with Film Director Richard D. Lanni, WW2 Reflections, Dublin, Ireland.
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screenings, employment information, veteran’s benefits information and legal assistance. The purpose of the event is to ensure service men and women, veterans and their families receive vital information on May 23 from <st1:time hour="10" minute="0">10 a.m.</st1:time> to <st1:time hour="15" minute="0">3 p.m.</st1:time> at <st1:place><st1:placename>Arcadia</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>. There were skydivers, flyovers, a Wall of Remembrance for attendees to place photos, displays of military vehicles and equipment, food booths,live music, free immunizations, haircuts, manicures, health screenings. MAYO Communications booth gave free DVD's of the Movie American's on DDay at the event. www.theamericansondday. com battle tour films. <br />
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Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families – About 3,000 people attend the annual “Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families: Past, Present and Future” event sponsored by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and the County Department of Parks and Recreation. More than 120 agencies participate, offering immunizations, haircuts, manicures, health </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Look for MAYO Communications display, where we will be giving away each half hour the new battle tour film, <i style="">
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">"The Americans on D-Day"</i> produced by Director Richard D. Lanni, WW2 Reflections, <st1:place><st1:city>Dublin</st1:city>, <st1:country-region>Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place> and was filmed on location in <st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tour Guide Ellwood von Seibold is the host of the 45 minute film and it features real interviews with survivors of the 81st Airborne and Veterans who risk their lives to liberate <st1:country-region><st1:place>France</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Veteran Howard Manoian, of the 81st Airborne is featured in the film and was present for the Hollywood Premiere of The Americans on D-Day, last month at the American Legion Post #43. Also present was Morton (Morton) Schecter of Northridge, along with his son and grandson.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“When we flew over the English Channel, there were a million ships in the water, and I have yet to meet any of those guys who were on those ships,” said 85-year old retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Morton (Mort) Schecter, Northridge, CA, who flew as a United States Army Air Corps tail gunner in a B-24 Liberator warplane, the most produced U.S. military aircraft during World War II. He was assigned to the 467th Bomb Crew and 791st Bomb Squadron in <st1:country-region><st1:place>England</st1:place></st1:country-region>. “I’m lucky to still be here,” he said.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Schecter, who flew 35 missions out of <st1:country-region><st1:place>England</st1:place></st1:country-region>, is amongst the American Veteran heroes, who flew on D-Day <st1:date month="6" day="6" year="1941">June 6, 1941</st1:date>. Schecter and his son plan to attend the premiere showing of the new battle tour film The Americans on D-Day, Monday, 7:00 p.m. (Cocktails 6:00 - 7:00 pm), Cabaret Room, American Legion Post #43, 2035 N Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA., 90068.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“We were never shot down, but we did crash-land with six 1,000 pound bombs on board. We flew the first mission on D-Day and bombed at <st1:time hour="15" minute="30">3:30</st1:time> in the morning, and it was the easiest mission, because we never saw any fighters or opposition. Then on June 8th, two days later, we went to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>, we couldn’t drop our bombs due to a malfunction. When we aborted the mission, we returned, but the plane landed on its belly in the field after the landing gear struts broke. We landed with the bombs onboard, which did not go off. So I’m still here, he said.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Schecter said he had an angel on his shoulder that day, and still has his list of the missions he flew. “Actor Jimmy Stewart was in our division, and he flew 28 missions. He entered the service as a buck private and when he died he was a General,” he said.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is WW2-Reflections’ first tour film for its parent company, Labyrinth Media & Publishing Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. Labyrinth specializes in WW II battlefield tour DVDS for the U.S. Market.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“We are thrilled to have the chance to recognize American Heroes of D-Day this year, on the 65th Anniversary of Normandy, and what better place to do it than at the historical American Legion Post 43 building," said Producer and Director Richard Lanni, WW2-Reflections on the night of the premiere.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The Americans on D-Day" -- which is on sale Online now -- makes extensive use of smart graphics and veterans' recollections, as well as invaluable assistance from Dale Dye, a retired U.S. Marine captain who founded Warriors Inc., which specializes in training actors for war-themed film and television productions. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">'The Americans on D-Day" provides an exciting insight into one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century," Dye said. "I'm really proud to have a hand in this effort to provide a foxhole-level view of what happened in <st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state> on <st1:date month="6" day="6" year="1944">June 6, 1944</st1:date>.”I've seen a lot of tour videos that purport to give viewers an insight into what gallant Americans endured and accomplished on D-Day, but this one really hits the mark," Dye said.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The event is free and open to the public, and MAYO will be giving away 300 posters, autographed by Veteran Howard Manoian, who will be honored by the French Government on <st1:date month="6" day="6" year="2009">June 6, 2009</st1:date> in <st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state>. It is the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. Manoian was also in <st1:city><st1:place>Hollywood</st1:place></st1:city> for the <st1:country-region><st1:place>USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> premiere last month.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Film Director Richard D. Lanni who has agreed to film all European activities for the American Legion as his way of giving back to Veterans will be interviewing live with CBS/KNX Radio and WOR, <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state> during the ceremonies in <st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Next week, the DVD goes on this week on the American Legion Post #43 homepage. $5.00 from every DVD sold will go toward Paralyzed Veterans of California through the American Legion. To order or buy your own copy of The Americans on D-DayVisit: <a href="http://www.TheAmericansonDDay.com">www.TheAmericansonDDay.com</a> or the American Legion Post #43 homepage<a href="http://www.hollywoodpost43.org"> http://www.hollywoodpost43.org</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">What:<span style=""> </span>Remembering Our Veterans & Their Families Past, Present & Future </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Michael D. Antonovich Invites you to the 12th Annual Veterans Event</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Who:<span style=""> </span>Michael D. Antonovich, LA <st1:place><st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype> <st1:placename>Supervisor</st1:placename></st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Skydivers, Flyover by WWII Fighter Planes</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>A Special Tribute To Armed Forces </p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: <span style=""> </span>SATURDAY – May 23, 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><st1:time hour="10" minute="0">10 AM<span style=""> </span>- 3 PM</st1:time></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(<st1:time hour="11" minute="30">11:30 AM</st1:time>) A Special Tribute To Armed Forces <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Where: <span style=""> </span><st1:place><st1:placename>ARCADIA</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>COUNTY</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>PARK</st1:placetype></st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><st1:address><st1:street>405 S. Santa Anita Ave.</st1:street> <st1:city>Arcadia</st1:city>, <st1:state>CA</st1:state></st1:address><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families Between 4,000 and 5,000 people attend the annual “Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families: Past, Present and Future” event sponsored by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and the County Department of Parks and Recreation. More than 120 agencies participate, offering immunizations, haircuts, manicures, health screenings, employment information, veteran’s benefits information and legal assistance.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of the event is to ensure service men and women, veterans and their families receive vital information regarding benefits, entitlements and services available to them.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The 2009 event will be held on May 23 from <st1:time hour="10" minute="0">10 a.m.</st1:time> to <st1:time hour="15" minute="0">3 p.m.</st1:time> at <st1:place><st1:placename>Arcadia</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>. It will include skydivers, flyovers, a Wall of Remembrance for attendees to place photos, displays of military vehicles and equipment, food booths and entertainment. Photos on this page are from the 2007 event. There will be live music, free immunizations, haircuts, manicures, health screenings, employment info, Vets Benefit info, legal info.
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<br />MAYO Communications will be giving away the new battle tour film The Americans on D-Day (<a href="http://www.theamericansonDDay.com">www.theamericansonDDay.com</a>) each half hour. The Premier of the film was held at the American Legion Post #43 and is selling it Online. $5 goes to paralyzed veterans for every <st1:stockticker>DVD</st1:stockticker> sold at <a href="http://www.hollywoodpost43.org/v2.0/main.asp">http://www.hollywoodpost43.org/v2.0/main.asp</a>.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[For media interviews contact George Mc Quade 818-340-5300. For questions about the event call 626-967-1441 or 90-394-2264 and look for our table and display of WW2 Reflections - The Americans on D-Day (<a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com">www.theamericansondday.com</a>/)]
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<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/GEORGE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-36108410338773493202009-05-04T18:24:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:37:46.460-07:00The Americans on D-Day Featured on WOR-AM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sf-hYc4UKzI/AAAAAAAAOs4/BaO0cRdq7RI/s1600-h/DSC04339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/Sf-hYc4UKzI/AAAAAAAAOs4/BaO0cRdq7RI/s320/DSC04339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332157925271284530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >New York, NY</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> - Director Richard D. Lanni, on the Joey Reynolds show, told a live audience that people in the southern states are more patriotic than the rest of the country. He talks about his media tour during an encore interview on WOR AM 710 in New York, before<br />his return trip to Europe. Lanni is interviewing Veterans for his second film TBA. If you missed the interview click on the link below to hear the segment. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3677512">Hear the Entire New York Interview</a></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; list-style-type: none;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;" >(l-r) Morton Schecter, son Glen, Producer Richard Lanni,<br />Terry Duddy, The American Legion Post 43 and 9 year<br />old Grandson Ben Schecter.</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtYJIt7w-jNeXtZ6lZz2wqIF6H04BcXTorTr7VoSPu4EWUkyOOWmdc91LoJA3_CfP8V0bt5dJwrOHQDecCow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Also at The Americans on D-Day premiere<br />Pin-up Calendar Girl Gina Elise talked about<br />here benefit for all Veterans.<br /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; list-style-type: none;font-size:130%;" ><br />Veteran 82nd Airborne Paratrooper<br />awarded with highest French Honor</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:16;" ><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:100%;" ><p style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Veteran Normandy paratrooper Howard Manoian,who fought at the famous battle of The La Fiere Bridge, has been awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Howard, who was wounded three times during the Normandy campaign will be presented with his award during the 2009 D-Day celebrations in Ste Mere Eglise.</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:16;" ><p style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img src="http://www.ww2-reflections.com/images/veteran-thumbs/howard-and-son.jpg" alt="h" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; max-width: 500px; max-height: 600px;" width="283" height="175" /></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Howard and his son Chris who was also a member<br />of the 5 05 P.I.R WW2-Reflections will be there<br />to record the event on film.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; list-style-type: none;">Knights Cross winner dies at 89.</span></span></p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:16;" ><p face="Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="13px" style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Alexander Uhlig a former member of the legendary Fallschirmjager Regiment 6 has died at the age of 89 at his home in Essen. WW2 Reflections visited Alex in September and spent several days filming him for our forthcoming production “A green devil”.</span></p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:16;" ><p style="margin: 10px 140px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(234, 234, 234); text-align: justify;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.ww2-reflections.com/images/uhlig_2.jpg" alt="h" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none; max-width: 500px; max-height: 600px;" width="87" height="142" /></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-14872550386144019562009-04-29T00:53:00.000-07:002009-04-29T01:42:59.592-07:00The Stars of the World’s Largest Production Are Spotlighted in Premiere of The Americans on D-Day Film In Hollywood<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CGEORGE%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="stockticker"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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<br />Hollywood’s American Legion Post 43 rolled out the
<br />red carpet this week for the stars of the world’s largest
<br />production – a film on the invasion of Normandy, <i>
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<br />Hollywood</st1:place></st1:city></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" > to see the debut of a first of its kind film,
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<br />York today (Wednesday) to appear on the Joey
<br />Reynolds Show, </span><st1:stockticker><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><st1:stockticker>WOR</st1:stockticker></span></st1:stockticker><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" > AM, New York,
<br />(10:00 PM EST) told the Hollywood American
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<br />Legion audience, “I am honored to be here in
<br />America to salute U.S. soldiers on this 65<sup>th</sup>
<br />anniversary and to show our film that captures
<br />an accurate and powerful illustration of D-Day.”</span><o:p></o:p></pre><u1:p></u1:p><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >“It’s great to see friends and veterans of the
<br />world’s most intense and largest production,”
<br />said Morton (Mort) Schecter, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><st1:place><st1:city>Northridge</st1:city></st1:place></span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ></span></st1:place>, <st1:state><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><st1:state>
<br />CA</st1:state></span></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >, who brought his son, and nine-year old
<br />grandson,
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<br />ceremony in the flag salute and pledge
<br />of allegiance. </span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SfgH9aHRWnI/AAAAAAAAOVs/QUYWqRQWe1Q/s1600-h/DSC04339.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SfgH9aHRWnI/AAAAAAAAOVs/QUYWqRQWe1Q/s320/DSC04339.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330018910556215922" border="0" /></a></span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
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<br />Glen Schecter (son) with 9-yr. old
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<br />“When we flew over the English Channel,
<br />there were a million ships in the water, and I
<br />have yet to meet any of those guys who were
<br />on those ships,” said 85-year old retired U.S.
<br />Air Force Staff Sergeant Schecter, Northridge,
<br />CA, who flew as a United States Army Air Corps
<br />tail gunner in a B-24 Liberator warplane, the
<br />most produced U.S. military aircraft during
<br />World War II.
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<br />He was assigned to the 467th Bomb
<br />Crew and 791st Bomb Squadron in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >England</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >.
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<br />“I’m lucky to still be here, because and the
<br />second day we had to abort our mission, and
<br />ended up crash landing in a field with six
<br />1,000 pound bombs onboard,” he said.
<br />Schecter said he had an angel on his shoulder
<br />that day, and still has his list of the missions
<br />he flew.<span style=""> </span>Schecter, who flew
<br />35 missions out of </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >England</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >, is amongst the
<br />American Veteran heroes attending the premiere.
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<br />He was assigned to the same division as Actor
<br />Jimmy Stewart.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >“Actor Jimmy Stewart was in
<br />our division, and he flew 28 missions. He entered
<br />the service as a buck private and when he
<br />died he was a General,” he said. “He used to
<br />visit veterans hospitals and the American Legion
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<br />film star Ellwood von Seibold, who has spent
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<br />"D-Day became a focus point of my interest
<br />in life, and I decided to live a dream and move
<br />to </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >France</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" > and take people all around these areas,"
<br />explained Seibold. "And the producer and director
<br />of WW2-Reflections said 'why don't we
<br />put one of your tours on film in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >'." <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >"The Americans On D-Day provides an exciting
<br />insight into one of the most pivotal events
<br />of the 20th century," said Captain Dye, was a
<br />drilled sergeant in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Vietnam</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" > and told the
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<br />proud to have a hand in this effort and film
<br />that provides a foxhole-level view of what
<br />happened in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" > on </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="1944" day="6" month="6"><span style=";font-family:";" >June 6, 1944</span></st1:date></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >."
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<br />give viewers an insight into what gallant
<br />Americans endured and accomplished on
<br />D-Day, but this one really hits the mark<i style="">.
<br />The Americans On D-Day</i> provides a stirring,
<br />GI-level look at one of the most momentous
<br />battles of World War II," explained Dye.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SfgIGVaS4qI/AAAAAAAAOV0/WfYNZs58sqg/s1600-h/DSC04248.JPG">
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<br />alarming rate each month," Producer
<br />Richard Lanni told <a href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508">WOR AM News Talk
<br />Radio Host Joey Reynolds</a> during his
<br />first visit earlier this month. Tonight he
<br />plans to share his tour of duty,
<br />which included new veteran interviews,
<br />museum visits and reactions from veterans
<br />from </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" >New Orleans</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > to </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" >Los Angeles</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > wrapping
<br />up his one month media and fact-finding tour
<br />in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" ><st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >.</span></h3><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span><h3><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:stockticker><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" >WOR</span></st1:stockticker></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >'s Historian Albert Wunsch, and Producer Myra</span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > Chanin will join
<br />Lanni to talk about the making of the film, which is a first of a series
<br />on this 65<sup>th</sup> Anniversary year of D-Day in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" ><st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state></span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >. The European
<br />film premiere is set for May 7<sup>th</sup>, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" ><st1:place><st1:city>Sainte-Mere-Eglise</st1:city></st1:place></span></st1:city></st1:place>, <st1:country-region><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;" ><st1:country-region>France</st1:country-region></span></st1:country-region></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > and it is the film debut of the French language version of <i>The Americans on D-Day.</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <span style="font-size:100%;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><pre style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><u1:p><span style=""> </span></u1:p></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span>It is WW2-Reflections’ first tour film for its parent company,
<br />Labyrinth Media & Publishing Ltd. Of </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" >Dublin</span></st1:city><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" >,</span><st1:country-region><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" >Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" >.<span style=""> </span>Labyrinth
<br />specializes in WW II battlefield tour DVDS for the U.S. Market.<span style="">
<br /></span>The film is now on sale at the official website: <i><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">
<br />www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com</a>.</i>
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<br /><u1:p></u1:p>Other veterans attending the event were Earl Norwood and
<br />Howard Manoian. Manoian will be honored by the French Government
<br />in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" ><st1:state><st1:place>Normandy</st1:place></st1:state></span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" > on </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2009" day="6" month="6"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" ><st1:date year="2009" day="6" month="6">June 6, 2009</st1:date></span></st1:date></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" >, the 65<sup>th</sup> anniversary of D-Day. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->
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<br />soldiers and paratroopers from the National Historical Society and
<br />Gina Elise, the Pin-Up For Vets nonprofit Calendar Girl. </span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Elise,
<br />nicknamed "<i>The Betty Grable of a new generation" and
<br />"The Calendar Angel"</i> sold her T-Shirts and Calendars at American
<br />Legion Hall to raise funds. Elise, who has donated $20,000 to aid
<br />veteran hospital patients, has received numerous community awards
<br />for her volunteer work.
<br />“I want to raise $20,000 for veterans this year,” said Elise, who
<br />has made countless personal visits to ill and injured veterans in
<br />hospitals and facilities across the country.
<br />She was featured on Fox News last January.<b>
<br />[Editor's note:</b> To obtain a media preview copy of The Americans
<br />on D-Day or for media interviews in New York contact Aida Mayo or
<br />George Mc Quade, call 818-340-5300, or email:
<br />|<a href="mailto:Publicity@mayocommunications.com">Publicity@mayocommunications.com</a><span style=""> </span>or
<br />visit: <i><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com</a>.</i><span style="">
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<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lanni will be in </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state style="font-weight: bold;"><st1:place><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state></span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > until May 1st, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:time style="font-weight: bold;" minute="0" hour="17"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><st1:time minute="0" hour="17">5:00 PM</st1:time></span></st1:time></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please call to arrange for media interviews.)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Vets donate proceeds for</span></span>
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<br /></span></i></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;">Premiere Screening of </span></i></b><st1:city><st1:place><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;">Battle</span></i></b></st1:place></st1:city><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;"> Tour Film <span style=""> </span>“Americans on D-Day”
<br />for Veterans <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">Who:<span style="">
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<br /></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">Ernest Borgnine, <i style="">“Ernie”</i></span></b><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(</span></i></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:12;">Autobiography), </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">“<i style="">Wishing Well</i>,” TV-2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">Gina Elise, “<i><span style="color:black;">Pin-Ups Calendar
<br /></span></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;"><i><span style="color:black;">Girl” nonprofit for Vets</span></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style=";font-size:12;color:black;" >(Confirmed)</span></i></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;"><span style=""> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">
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<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:14;">Commander Bill Mc Taggart,
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:14;">American Legion Post 43, </span></b><st1:city><st1:place><b><span style="font-size:14;">
<br /></span></b></st1:place></st1:city></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1in; text-align: left;"><st1:city><st1:place><b><span style="font-size:14;">Hollywood</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">
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<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:14;">Captain Dale Dyle, Warriors,
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:14;">Inc., Band of Brothers</span></b><span style="font-size:14;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14;">(confirmed)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1in; text-align: left;">
<br /><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span>Morton Schecter, B-24 Tail Gunner, Northridge, Ca </span></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(Confirmed)</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
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<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><b>Richard D. Lanni,
<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><b>
<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><b>Director/Producer, The Americans on D-Day </b></span><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(Confirmed)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span>
<br /></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;">Howard Manioan, Retired, </span></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><span style="font-size:14;">U.S.</span></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><span style="font-size:14;"> Army 82nd Airborne who landed in </span></b><st1:state><st1:place><b><span style="font-size:14;">Normandy</span></b></st1:place></st1:state><b><span style="font-size:14;"> on D-Day </span></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(Confirmed)</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14;">
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<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;"><b>Ellwood von Seibold, Tour Film Host of <i style="">The Americans on D-Day </i></b></span><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(Confirmed)</span></i></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:14;">
<br /><span style=""> </span></span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;">
<br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;">Other Military Dignitaries TBA </span></b><b><i style=""><span style="font-size:12;">(Confirmed)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:11;" ><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:16;" >When:</span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" > <span style="">
<br /></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >MONDAY – </span></b><st1:date month="4" day="27" year="2009"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;" >April 27,2009</span></b></st1:date><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:16;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><st1:time hour="18" minute="0"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" >6:00 - 7:00 p.m.</span></b></st1:time><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" ><span style=""> </span>Cocktails, </span></b><st1:stockticker><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" >VIP</span></b></st1:stockticker><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" >, Refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" ><span style=""> </span></span></b><st1:time minute="0" hour="19"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" >7:00 - 8:00 p.m.</span></b></st1:time><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" ><span style=""> </span>Film Screening (limited seating)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:14;color:#000000;" >Media please RSVP with MAYO Communications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:16;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:16;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:16;" >Where:</span>
<br /></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style=""> </span><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:14;" >The American Legion Post 43</span><span style="font-size:14;"> – </span><st1:place><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:14;" >
<br /></span></st1:place></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><st1:place><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:14;" >Hollywood</span></st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:14;" >RSVP with Terry Duddy
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal;font-size:14;" >323-851-3030</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<br /><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">
<br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:16;">Background</span>:</b></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span style=""> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:11;">About 200 military, media and movie industry executives are expected to attend a special screening of Americans on D-Day, the first of a series of tour films produced by WW2 Reflections, </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-size:11;">Dublin</span></st1:city><span style="font-size:11;">, </span><st1:country-region><span style="font-size:11;">Ireland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-size:11;">. Director Richard Lanni has just completed his first of a series of battle tour films entitled,
<br /><b style=""><i style="">The Americans on D-Day</i></b> (<a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">www.theamericansondday.com/</a>),<span style=""> </span>which will premiere
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<br />Monday, April 27th, 7:00 p.m. (PDT), (Cocktails 6:00 - 7:00 pm), at the American Legion Post #43, 2035 N Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA., 90068.
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<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;">The film</span><span style="font-size:11;"> is available for any American Legion Post or veteran organizations upon request will be shown for free.<span style=""> </span>Lanni is meeting with military dignitaries, museum officials and veterans of World War II.<span style=""> </span>Lanni is researching </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size:11;">California</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size:11;"> veterans of WW II for future interviews<span style=""> </span>and plans to interview historians, museum officials in a series of films on </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size:11;">Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size:11;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;">
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"> <b style="">[Editors: Credential Media must RSVP with MAYO Communications, 818-340-5300.] <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> Drinks, food and film premiere provided by Producer/Director Richard Lanni. Limited seating.
<br />There will be a Spanish Speaking (2) at the event.
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-5619440949695111222009-04-20T13:34:00.000-07:002009-04-20T14:13:18.137-07:00Film-The Americans on D-Day Gets Warm Reception In America - and Great Reviews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SezdDA_4eKI/AAAAAAAAODM/YCWhNNaLiZ8/s1600-h/BOWonthebottomby+Marco+Patino.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SezdDA_4eKI/AAAAAAAAODM/YCWhNNaLiZ8/s320/BOWonthebottomby+Marco+Patino.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326875503149742242" border="0" /></a><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title">U.S. Navy, Army and Marines Vets To Be Treated To “Pin-Ups Calendar Girl,” Who Plans to Attend Premiere of The Americans on D-Day Film </h3><br />Photo by Mark Patino<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gina Elise, Pin-Up For Vets<br />proceeds of sales for Veteran<br />Hospitals<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:arial;font-size:13;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:12;"><br />Atlanta</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';">, GA</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';">-</span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:12;">"The American Legion Post 134 in Atlanta, Georgia is proud to be the first American Legion Post to purchase a quantity of the DVD “The Americans on D-Day”. The Post will, in turn, offer these for sale as a fund raiser. Also under consideration is to approach American Legion Posts throughout the State of Georgia and offer the DVD for purchase.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:12;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:12;">In addition, we feel as though this may prove beneficial as an educational tool to enlighten students on events of WWII. We plan to contact Atlanta area schools to offer these, at no charge, for their use<span style="color:navy;"><span style="color:navy;">. </span></span>Other educational applications are currently being discussed."<br />Film Director, Richard D. Lanni, <a href="http://americansondday.blogspot.com/">(www.theamericansondday.com)</a>.<br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Century Gothic';"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:180%;">DVD Review Milweb online</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJIjD-MaRJw"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><i>The Americans on D Day</i></b></span></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Ellwood Von Siebold had been collecting military vehicles and militaria for 20 years and a few years ago moved to Sainte Mere Eglise, from where he started offering tours around the battlefields. He wanted to take his passion for D Day to another level and embarked upon a remarkable project.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">In as much secrecy as the real Normandy landings, Ellwood filmed, presented and produced a very different documentary which is released on May 8<sup>th</sup>. He takes us on a comprehensive tour of the US landing areas in his Dodge Command Car. But this is no “amateur enthusiasts” project, this is a highly professional and innovative film.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">“<i>….The boys from Easy Company came right through this hedge…</i>.” says our intrepid presenter as he struggles his way through a medieval hedgerow, fully equipped as a paratrooper. With endless costume changes, we are given detailed insights into what happened on precise spots - the film actually being made at the right time of day for even greater effect.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">“….<i>This is scary – you have got to be young, fit or stupid to do this in the face of determined resistance….”</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>says Ellwood as he appears dressed as a breathless Ranger, scrambling over the top of the cliffs at Point du Hoc. This is how history needs to be portrayed – it’s visual, exciting and very informative.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12px;">With innovative graphics and use of original footage – much of which is rare and unseen, Ellwood interviews veterans to tell their stories of the invasion. It is well planned, superbly narrated and Ellwood’s enigmatic presentation style makes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Americans on D Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>an unmissable<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>film for both the serious enthusiast or those with just a casual interest.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12px;">Saving Private Ryan spearheaded a new genre of high quality war films and without doubt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Americans on D Day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>has set a new benchmark for documentaries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />If you want to get the bes t from your Normandy visit, this film will make a huge difference and take you to places you could otherwise miss. But it doesn’t stop at the end of D Day – the extra features on the DVD include Ellwood’s special features on the weapons, uniforms and equipment the GI’s used and an insight into how the film was made.<br /><i>The Americans on D Day</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is truly outstanding.<br />If you would like to go the premiere call MAYO 818-340-5300 this week.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJIjD-MaRJw">FILM TRAILER (HERE)</a></span><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; 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<br />Veterans of American Legion Post 43 in </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >Hollywood</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >, will enjoy some nostalgia
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<br />During World War II pin-up calendars boosted moral of U.S.
<br />Soldiers fighting overseas, and that spirit comes alive again
<br />with the California’s “Calendar Angel” Gina Elise on Monday,
<br />April 27, 2009. That’s when the American Legion, post # 43
<br />will show the battle tour film Americans on D-Day.
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<br />Elise will join, surviving American Legion veterans of D-Day
<br />in Normandy, Richard Lanni, Film Director, The Americans on
<br />D-Day and film Host Ellwood von Seibold. One of the stars of
<br />the battle tour film Howard Manoian, a veteran of the U.S.
<br />Army 82nd Airborne will attend the event. He landed in Normandy
<br />on D-Day and returned many years later to live in the country that he helped liberate.
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<br />Gina Elise, nicknamed "The Betty Grable of a new generation" and "The Calendar Angel" will be selling her T-Shirts and Calendars at American Legion Hall event. Elise, who has donated $20,000 to aid veteran hospital patients has received numerous community awards for her volunteer work. “ I want to raise $20,000 for veterans this year,” said Elise, who has made countless personal visits to ill and injured
<br />veterans in hospitals and facilities across the country. Elise was featured on Fox News last January.
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<br />"I now truly believe, three years after launching this project,
<br />that one calendar, included with a special message, purchased for a young recruit, can make all the difference in the world,” she said. “Just to let him know that others are thinking of him.”
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<br />Film Director Richard Lanni has also trekked across the country
<br />meeting with military dignitaries, museum officials and veterans
<br />of World War II about Normandy. He‘s researching D-Day and
<br />interviewing veterans in a series of films on Normandy. The next
<br />film will be “A Soldier’s Journey” to be released around Memorial
<br />Day.
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<br />“It is the 65th Anniversary of D-day,” said Lanni, WW2 Reflections,
<br />Dublin, Ireland, who arrives in Hollywood this week. “We have
<br />filmed interviews with surviving veterans of Normandy that will
<br />be showcased in Hollywood later this month to relive those days.
<br />I am here to meet more veterans and visit museums so our films
<br />will be accurate.”
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<br />The first film premieres Monday, April 27th, 7:00 p.m. (PDT),
<br />(Cocktails 6:00 - 7:00 pm), at the American Legion Post #43, 2035
<br />N Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA. 90068. The film is available for
<br />any American Legion Post or veteran organizations upon request
<br />and will be shown for free. Veterans need to RSVP with the
<br />American Legion.
<br />
<br />Veterans who would like to RSVP to the event on April 27, 2009
<br />need to call 323-851-3030 and leave your name, your city and
<br />phone number. Media must RSVP with MAYO 818-340-5300.
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<br />[Editor's note: EPK DVD with extras like uniforms and weapons
<br />used are available upon request. To obtain a preview copy contact
<br />Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade, call 818-340-5300, or email:
<br />Publicity@mayocommunications.com or visit:
<br />www.mayocommunications.com.
<br />
<br />(Press Clips are available at: www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com
<br />http://www.ww2-reflections.com/the-americans-on-d-day-press.html)
<br />For more about Gina Elise visit: www.PinUpsForVets.com or contact
<br />PinUpsForVets@aol.com.
<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-3740625274477357882009-04-09T16:40:00.000-07:002009-04-09T19:07:08.491-07:00WWL-TV, New Orleans To Feature Film Director Richard Lanni of The Americans On D-Day Released in April<span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Director Richard Lanni will be New Orleans April 10-12th and L.A. April 16 - 28 LA. WW2-Reflections, Dublin, Ireland plans to show the battle tour film to American Legion Post #43 in Hollywood</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdJ6wYfCDPI/AAAAAAAAN8o/NDex0p7IXHQ/s1600-h/175-BEACHRichard-Lanni-.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 136px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdJ6wYfCDPI/AAAAAAAAN8o/NDex0p7IXHQ/s320/175-BEACHRichard-Lanni-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319449081502895346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Producer Richard D. Lanni (R)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Talks to Elwood von Seibold</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo by Mike Forster</span><br /><br /> NEW ORLEANS/LOS ANGELES, CA, April 10, 2009 — Producer/Director Richard Lanni, of The Americans on D-Day will be a featured guest live 7:30 a.m., on WWL-TV, Eyewitness news, Friday, April 10, 2009, New Orleans. The morning news show airs 6:00 – 9:00 a.m.<br /><br />Lanni is meeting with military dignitaries, museum officials and veterans of World War II. Lanni is researching Louisiana, for future interviews with veterans from WWII and plans to interview historians, museum officials in a series of films on Normandy.<br /><br />“It’s been 65 years since the end of World War II and remnants of Louisiana's Prisoner of War Camp remain amongst the 175 Branch Camps that was serving 511 Area Camps containing more than 425,000 prisoners of war,” said Producer Director Richard Lanni, WW2 Reflections, Dublin, Ireland, who arrives in New Orleans this week. “We have film interviews with surviving veterans of Normandy that will be showcased in Hollywood later this month to relive those days. I am here to meet more veterans and visit museums so our films will be accurate.”<br /><br />Lanni has just completed his first of a series of battle tour films entitled, www.theamericansondday.com/, which will premiere Monday, April 27th, 7:00 p.m. (PDT), (Cocktails 6:00 - 7:00 pm), at the American Legion Post #43, 2035 N Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA., 90068. The film is available for any American Legion Post or veteran organizations upon request will be shown for free. Veterans need to RSVP with the American Legion. (details below)<br /><br />"2,000 D-Day Soldiers are dying at an alarming rate each month," Producer Richard Lanni told WOR AM News Talk Radio Host Joey Reynolds, New York, Lanni, WOR's Historian Albert Wunsch, and Producer Myra Chanin discussed the making of the film, which is a first of a series on this 65th Anniversary year of D-Day in Normandy.<br /><br />WW2-Reflections’ first tour film for its parent company, Labyrinth Media & Publishing Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. Labyrinth specializes in WW II battlefield tour DVDS for the U.S. Market. The film goes on sale later this month at the official website: www.TheAmericansOnDDay.com.<br /><br />“We are thrilled to have the chance to recognize American Heroes of D-Day this year, on the 65th Anniversary of Normandy, and what better place to do it than at the historical American Legion Post 43 building," said Lanni, WW2-Reflections.<br /><br />"I grew up in the early 1950's, and I have always been fascinated by the second World War," said Ellwood von Seibold, battlefield guide of Americans on D-Day, the first battlefield tour film of WW2-Reflections, a division of Labyrinth Media & Publishing Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. For the full story and trailer visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cee8zn">http://tinyurl.com/cee8zn </a><br /><br />The Americans on D-Day film trailers:<br /><object width="120" height="75"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="240" height="145"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/"><object width="240" height="150"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYhIg8CetIQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYhIg8CetIQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="240" height="150"></embed></object></a><a class="iconsphere" href="http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:http://americansondday.blogspot.com/2009/04/2000-d-day-soldiers-are-dying-at.html/" onclick="'return"> </a><br /><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/home.htm"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">MAYO Communications - "We don't gurantee media, we just get it!"</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-80563102902524483662009-04-06T11:55:00.001-07:002009-04-06T12:17:05.174-07:00Los Angeles County Remembering Our Veterans & their Families<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdpQ6byCKnI/AAAAAAAAN84/efvjPVekGgw/s1600-h/Vets-Event-2009-Photos-%26-Su.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 202px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdpQ6byCKnI/AAAAAAAAN84/efvjPVekGgw/s320/Vets-Event-2009-Photos-%26-Su.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321654874511911538" border="0" /></a>Between 4,000 and 5,000 people attend the annual <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families: </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Past, Present and Future.”<br /><br /></span></span>The event sponsored by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and the County Department of Parks and Recreation. More than 120 agencies participate, offering immunizations, haircuts, manicures, health screenings, employment information, veteran’s<br />benefits information & legal assistance.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Image courtesy LA County</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Supervisor Zev Yaroslasky</span></span> <br /><br /><br />The purpose of the event is to ensure service men and women, veterans and their families receive vital information regarding benefits, entitlements and services available to them. The 2009 event will be held on <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />May 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at<br />Arcadia County Park.</span><br /><br /></span>It will feature skydivers, flyovers, a <span style="font-style: italic;">Wall of Remembrance </span>for attendees to place photos, displays of military vehicles and equipment, food booths and entertainment. Photos on this page are from the 2007 event.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">MAYO Communications niche: "We don't guarantee media, we just get it!"</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-36583013230167051232009-04-02T18:07:00.000-07:002009-04-03T00:49:56.972-07:00"2,000 D-Day Soldiers are dying at an alarming rate each month," Producer Richard Lanni Told WOR AM News Talk Radio, New York<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;" ><a title="WOR AM NEWSTALK RADIO JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW" href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" mce_href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" target="_blank">WOR AM NEWSTALK RADIO -<br />JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW<br /></a><br /><a title="WOR AM NEWSTALK RADIO JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW" href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" mce_href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" target="_blank"> Film Director Richard Lanni,<br />WOR's Historian Albert Wunsch<br />and Producer Myra Chanin Talk<br />About D-Day</a><span mce_style="font-weight:normal;" style="font-weight: normal;">.<br /><br /><a title="WOR AM NEWSTALK RADIO JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW" href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" mce_href="http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3606508" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">(click here to hear)</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdVjaVVdT3I/AAAAAAAAN8w/dUcxJ5PfyQQ/s1600-h/150-Ellwood_on_Omaha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdVjaVVdT3I/AAAAAAAAN8w/dUcxJ5PfyQQ/s320/150-Ellwood_on_Omaha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320267838863003506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scene from the new</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Film "The Americans</span><br /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/">on D-Day" </a><br />(photo by Mike Forster).</span></span><br /><br />Producer Director Richard Lanni, WW2 Reflections told WOR AM<br />he made the new film<a href="http://theamericansondday.com/">"Americans on D-Day"</a> because, "I was concerned<br />that the youth of today would forget what American Soldiers did in<br />Normandy, and I wanted to produced something simple, something<br />they can remember," he said. Lanni is in New York on a media tour to<br />help make American and especially, veterans of all wars to see or buy<br />the film coming out on DVD later this month.<br /><br />Lanni plans to show the film free to all veterans at the Hollywood<br />American Legion Post #43 on April 27th, Hollwood. Veterans must RSVP<br />and Media must RSVP with MAYO Communications, Los Angeles,<br />811-340-5300 or PR@MayoCommunications.com. A trailer of the film is<br />posted at the bottom of this page. Below is a video of a surviving D-Day Soldier.<br />The WOR AM interview with Richard Lanni on the Joey Reynolds show is also posted below.<br />Veteran Howard Manioan Trailer Interview on D-Day<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12;" ><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/video/flvplayer/flvplayer.swf?v=4.0.6.1%3A19639" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fmarketingandpr.ning.com%2Fvideo%2Fvideo%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fid%3D1985294%253AVideo%253A1564%26ck%3D237798798&video_smoothing=on&autoplay=off" bgcolor="#4C4C4C" scale="noscale" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="260" width="456"></embed><br /><small><a href="http://marketingandpr.ning.com/video/video">Find more videos like this on <em>Entertainment Publicity Marketing Public Relations Advertising</em></a></small><br /></span><br /><br />James R. Lockhart, 29th Division:<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><object height="170" width="214"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XkX9-QcmxYI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XkX9-QcmxYI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="170" width="214"></embed></object></span><br /><br />The Americans on D-Day film trailers:<br /><object height="75" width="120"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="145" width="240"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.theamericansondday.com/"><object height="150" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYhIg8CetIQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYhIg8CetIQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="150" width="240"></embed></object></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-37491682074028538832009-03-31T13:17:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:22:55.005-07:00Producer Coming To America To Show Americans on D-Day Film<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdJ6wYfCDPI/AAAAAAAAN8o/NDex0p7IXHQ/s1600-h/175-BEACHRichard-Lanni-.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 136px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AamccRMrJJw/SdJ6wYfCDPI/AAAAAAAAN8o/NDex0p7IXHQ/s320/175-BEACHRichard-Lanni-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319449081502895346" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Producer Richard D. Lanni (R)</span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Talks to Elwood von Seibold</span></span>
<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo by Mike Forster</span>
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<br />Wednesday, April 1<sup>st</sup>, to appear on the <i style="">Joey Reynolds </i>Show on </span><st1:stockticker><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >WOR</span></st1:stockticker><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >’s
<br />network in New York at 10 p.m., EST. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >Lanni, who works for WW2 Reflections, Dublin, Ireland has just completed
<br />his first of a series of battle tour films entitled, <i style="">The Americans on D-Day</i>,
<br />which will premiere Monday, April 27<sup>th</sup>, 7:00 p.m., (</span><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >Cocktails 6:00 - 7:00 pm</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >),
<br />at the American Legion Post #43, 2035 N Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA.,
<br />90068.
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<br />The film is available for any American Legion Post or veteran organizations
<br />upon request.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > </span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >This is WW2-Reflections’ first tour film for its parent company, Labyrinth
<br />Media & Publishing Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. Labyrinth specializes in WW II
<br />battlefield tour DVDS for the U.S. Market.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >“We are thrilled to have the chance to recognize American Heroes of D-Day
<br />this year, on the 65th Anniversary of Normandy, and what better place to do
<br />it than at the historical American Legion Post 43 building," said <span style=""> </span>Lanni,
<br />WW2-Reflections.<b> </b></span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > </span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >The Americans on D-Day</span></i><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >-- which will be on sale Online in April --
<br />makes extensive use of smart graphics and veterans' recollections, as well
<br />as invaluable assistance from Dale Dye, a retired U.S. Marine captain who
<br />founded Warriors Inc., </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >Los Angeles</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >, which specializes in training actors for
<br />war-themed film and television productions.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > </span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >"'The Americans on D-Day" provides an exciting insight into one of the
<br />most pivotal events of the 20th century," Dye said. "I'm really proud to
<br />have a hand in this effort to provide a foxhole-level view of what happened
<br />in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >Normandy</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > on </span><st1:date month="6" day="6" year="1944"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >June 6, 1944</span></st1:date><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > </span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >"I've seen a lot of tour videos that purport to give viewers an insight into
<br />what gallant Americans endured and accomplished on D-Day, but this one
<br />really hits the mark," Dye said.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" > </span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >Ellwood von Seibold, battlefield guide of "The Americans on D-Day,"
<br />donning American and sometimes German uniforms, hops into an early
<br />model Army Jeep much like Gen. George Patton rode in, to show viewers
<br />what soldiers endured in one of America's bloodiest battles.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" >For the full story: </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:black;" ><a href="http://tinyurl.com/d6upaa">http://tinyurl.com/d6upaa</a> </span></b></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434240947146859547.post-91105071552083914782009-03-25T10:29:00.001-07:002009-03-27T13:18:17.873-07:00Americans on D-Day Preview on Cal-State Dominguez Hills at 1:00 PM today<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Coming Soon! A Brand New Website for </span></span><a href="http://www.americansondday.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Americans On D-Day!</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div>WW2 Reflections and MAYO Communications would like to thank Van Bridgeman at DHTV at Cal-State Dominguez Hills University for broadcastng on Ch. LA 36 today (Wed) the new film The Americans on D-Day. It will be repeated during Memorial Day weekend, too. The film was also airing Online <a href="http://dhtv.csudh.edu/">http://dhtv.csudh.edu/</a> in a live stream at Cal State Dominguez Hills TV station.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:21px;"><br /><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/2009-NewsReleases/NR-255-2009-AmericanLegionHollywood-3-16-09-FINAL.htm" target="_blank">World War II Tail Gunner Recalls<br />Bombing Mission On D-Day</a><br /></span><br />View The Trailer<br />Americans on D-Day ---<br />(click on small screen to enlarge)<br /><br /><div class="resultDiv_gsvb" title="The Americans on D-Day ( 6m 42s )"><object height="148" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJIjD-MaRJw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="240" height="148"></embed></object><br />---<br /></div><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mayocommunications.com/" style="font-style: italic;">MAYO PR -"We don't guarantee media, we just get it!"<br /><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0