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No it’s not an anthem, it’s a concert!

One people, one dream, one Korea is actually a special concert being held Friday, October 30th at the Christian Heritage Acadmey in Illinois. The concert is indeed very special because this concert will be giving away not only scholarships but also a contest to win a free ticket to Korea!

Asiana Airlines is the company sponsoring the event as part of continued effort to help those in need of money for school. The airline company will also be the one that will be giving away the free ticket to Korea.

The event spectacular  has requested special performances from popular artists such as:  Brian Joo, Kil Gun, and Soy to sing at this extraordinary event! Everyone is invited to come and it’s on a first come first serve basis. T-shirts will be given away to those who arrive early to the event!

To all those that are going, have fun!!

CLICK HERE to sign in to the CBR Outlaw site and sign up to win Exclusive Meet and Greets and TICKETS for upcoming CBR Tour Presented by Mahindra Events!!

Just sign in and click on the “Ticket Giveaways” tab and enter to WIN!!!

Are you seeking some serious design inspiration? Do you want some fresh ideas for your home? Or do you have a secret crush on design guru Kevin McCloud?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, then Grand Designs Live is the event for you. This year’s event sponsored by British Gas, will be held at Birmingham NEC, from 9th – 11th October 2009 and is set to be bigger and better than ever before, packed with innovative ideas for homes, interiors and beyond.

Have we whet your appetite? Well now for the exciting part! If you sign up as a new member to the mydeco community, we will give you a FREE Friday ticket worth £18 to the fantastic event. Once you become a community member, we will email you your free ticket code, and all you have to do is simply enter it in to the Grand Designs ticket website. Easy peasy!

If you are already a faithful member, fear not- you can still make a whopping discount and get your ticket half price! To book your ticket now for just £9, call 0871 230 5586 or visit the website and use promotion code MDEC09 before 4th October 2009.

This unmissable event is your chance to see hundreds of innovative and inspirational products, get free expert advice with designers, architects, project managers and learn all the tricks of the trade. The event also includes vast areas dedicated to building the best kitchens, bathrooms and gardens to suit all budgets and tastes. What’s more, you can take an exclusive sneaky peek at the inspiring GRAND village dedicated to demonstrating the eco–homes of the future.

So whether you’re building, redecorating or simply a design lover– a visit to Grand Designs Live is essential. See you there!

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Rumors are floating around that Alexander Wang is going to give 100 free fashion show ticket for his Spring Summer 2010 collection. The secret word is “FASHIONISTA” and you need to come to the people table and say “FASHIONISTA” to get an invite. I have no info if we will be seated or standing but I do know the space where is showing is huge.

Here is the address and time:

Pier 94, West Side Highway, at 55th St. – New York, NY at 5pm!

See you there candicia

Re-twitt!

• Complimentary admission for active duty military representing all five service branches, active members of a reserve or National Guard unit, and/or up to three direct dependants.
• Valid for one complimentary single-day admission per person, per year, to one of the following Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks:
  o SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego, or San Antonio
  o Busch Gardens Tampa Bay or Williamsburg
  o Sesame Place
  o Adventure Island
  o Water Country USA
• Offer valid through 12/31/2009. Operating days and hours vary by park. Please check with specific park for current operating schedule.

Click HERE for more information on this offer.  You must complete the application form HERE.

In recent years I have been flying back and forth from the east coast to the west coast quite frequently to visit loved ones. As a result, I’ve accumulated many frequent-flyer miles. It was great having free flights, but eventually the frequent- flyer miles started to expire. Afterall, how many times could I go flying around the country?  I have responsibilities —my family, work, this blog, etc.

To make sure I received the credit that was due me—my diligence in using only the Visa card associated with the airline that gave me the points for free flights and only flying with a specific airline even though it was a hassle at times to transfer in Atlanta during every trip when other airlines had more direct routes, I decided to make use of my free flights by giving them away instead of letting them go to waste.

On one occasion, the deadline for a free flight was fast approaching. I didn’t have any plans for traveling in the near future, so I decided to give away my free ticket to someone who couldn’t pay for the price of a plane ticket. I wanted to make the plane ticket a gift to someone who needed it but could not pay for it. I didn’t want any money or favors in return. I was just happy that all my hard work for the free flight could free someone of the burden of having to pay for a flight they were unable to pay for.

I was having my quiet time with God this morning. I started out by thanking God for all His blessings. I thanked Him for His salvation, His love. I sat and just praised Him for who He is. I then prayed for all the prayer requests my friends and family had requested via the telephone, e-mails, and in person.

After I made these prayer requests known to God on behave of my loved ones and friends, it became very quiet. I sat and sat quietly. Waiting, waiting upon God.

It was during that quiet moment that the the metaphor for giving my frequent-flyer miles away to someone who could not pay for his own flight came to me. The Holy Spirit made the connection for me—

God in the same way has paid for my freedom now and heaven in the future. He paid the price for my sins just like I paid the price for someone’s free plane ticket. I did all the work ahead of time so I could give someone a free plane ticket. God in the same way did all the work by sending His Son to die on the cross for me so that I could go free. All I had to do was to accept the free plane ticket. Spiritually speaking, all I need to do is to acknowledge and receive the gift, what God has done for me that I could not do for myself. The price was too high. I had no ability to pay for my sins, For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23). God did it for me out of His love for me. What a wonderful God!

It’s wonderful to pray in the Spirit. It is that quiet moment during prayer that God speaks to me. Sometimes it’s an audible voice. Sometimes it’s a knowing that something else is happening that is beyond space and time. Sometimes it is a name of someone I’ve only met once who is in trouble and needs God’s intervention. I never know what the problem is until after the prayer is over, and I contact the person.  Sometimes it’s the recalling of a past event in my life that needs healing and forgiveness. Sometimes it is direction for my life. Sometimes it is a warning. It is always a knowing that the Holy Spirit is at work. It is beyond my words. It is always refreshing, peaceful, and calm afterwards. I am in timelessness.

At the time that prayer becomes praying in the Spirit is when it is no longer my requests made known to God, but God’s requests being made known to me. It is an amazing, awesome event when prayer becomes listening to God.

How about it? Would you like to accept this free gift that God is offering you? A relationship with Him through Jesus Christ?

I’d like to pray with you.

Free Screening
Sunday 9 August
3pm
Movie rated PG

Who knows how many people are going to print out these tickets, but this is based on first come first serve.

Like to see a free movie?  I know, silly question.  Well, if you’re a Hoyts Movie Club Member you can get free movie tickets to a free screening of BAND SLAM.

A high school outcast’s bond with a popular girl over their shared love of music results in them assembling a rock group that looks to win their school’s upcoming battle of the bands competition.
Director:  Todd Graff
Vanessa Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, David Bowie, Gaelen Connell, Alyson Michalka

Print out your free ticket here

Not sure what the movie will be like, but with actors such as David Bowie and Lisa Kudrow – I guess it’s encouraging to see some well known names.  Failing that, look upon it as a couple of hours of escapism that cost you nothing.  I’ll just keep my fingers crossed you don’t have to queue too long and that you get in.

Participating cinemas – Bankstown, Blacktown, Broadway, Chatswood, Eastgardens, Erina, Entertainment Quarter, Penrith, Warringah Mall, Belconnen, Chadstone, Eastland, High point. Watergardents, Tea Tree Plaza Carousel, Garden City, Rockingham.

My birthday just got better this year.  For both new or existing members of Hoyts, receive a free ticket on your birthday.

Because Hoyts are celebrating 100 years of their existence, by being a member of the Hoyts Movie Club, they’re  giving you a free movie ticket on your birthday.
Existing Members will need to update your birthday details.
New Members will need to join the Hoyts Movie Club.

Once you have registered, Hoyts will send a confirmation email within 48 hours, then a reminder email with your voucher 10 days before your birthday.  Print out the voucher and present it with your photo ID at the Box Office to redeem your ticket.  Then on your birthday, sit back, relax and enjoy your Hoyts movie.

We thought we would offer you a very special opportunity to take off by making off with some miles. Yes, that’s a round trip ticket to anywhere in the sweet USA. How can this be, you ask?

Here’s the deal. Over the summer, you get to become our test kitchen, our baker, our griller, our creator and/or our crafter! You make, bake, grill, and even drink your way through our cook and craft books and we will reward you for all your hard work! Just send us a video or photo of your finished concoction.

When all entries have been submitted, we will compile a list – put everyone’s name in a hat and draw the winning entry.

What does the winner get? Well, that’s the beauty of this – you get a free trip to anywhere in the continental USA, you “make-off” with our miles! A round trip ticket to anywhere you want to go from sea to shining sea!

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Rules & Regs (because we must):

• The photo or video must include you in it in some fashion.  And, that would be a discernable you – not just a hand or foot shot!
• The finished “product” must come from an Andrews McMeel title – from Crobots to Baking Kids Love to How to Drink.
• One entry per title – we want variety here folks.
• You may enter as many titles as you wish – there is no limit on the variety you send it.
• All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2009.

So, go bake, craft and yes, drink (responsibly of course) your way through our catalog and it could be worth your while!

Email Natalie Alexander for an entry form when you have something you wish to submit. That would be nalexander@amuniversal.com.

No AMP employee is eligible.  All submitted entries become the property of AMP.
Last submission date is September 1, 2009.

I’ve 1 free ticket to Deerhunter @ Scala tonight. The show is completely sold out and promises to be a great one from a band whose live performances have been described as ‘a religious experience’ by Karen-O of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. Email info@musicmule.co.uk to join the mailing list and request the ticket…

Support comes from Baby Venom of Baltimore and Extra Life of Brooklyn.

Stage times: Baby Venom 8.20, Extra Life 9.10, Deerhunter 10, finish 11.

mp3: Deerhunter – Nothing Ever Happened

mp3: Baby Venom – Take Out Breakfast

Hey you! You may know we are having a lil party on 29 & 30th of APRIL in Tilburg? No? Well, we do! We’re having AC SLATER, REBEL UP SOUNDCLASH, DMDN, SAXIXIA over for some GLOBAL TECH! the second day of this thang is free, the first day is 5 eurodollaz, but you can win tickets right HERE

Ok everyone, here’s the deal:

My friend Dane and I are going to the Cardinals-Mets game in St. Louis on Thursday (12:40 Game Time).

We are giving away an extra ticket to just about anyone that wants it. If you want a free ticket, post a comment to this blog as to why you deserve the free ticket. We’ll choose a winner. Make sure you put an email address in your comment so that I can get in touch with you. Hint: Funny/Creative counts, and extra credit may be applied to anyone that submits a link to a video application that they make on Youtube or some other hosting site.

I’ll announce a winner on Wednesday. And maybe, just maybe, there will be multiple winners if they’re good enough?

Good Luck!

Dan Deacon is going green and needs our help.  His tour bus runs on veggie oil and he is asking his fans to help him fill it up.  If you bring 5 gallons of veggie oil to the show, you can get a free ticket (arrangements in advance).  If you bring 30 gallons, DAN DEACON WILL COOK YOU DINNER ON THE BUS!  He was just in Nashville on the 7th and the next time he comes close to Louisville will be the Chicago show at the Metro on May 7th (The Urbana show on the 6th is 3.7 hours away).  Not a bad trip, but the 30 gallons of veggie oil sloshing in the back of your car might slow you down.  See below for more details.

From Dan Deacon via Myspace:

hello,

the school tour bus the 20 of us are riding in runs on veggie oil. we need help gathering that oil to fuel our bus. if anyone can bring at least 5 gallons of waste veggie oil to one of the shows we will put you on the guest list. it is easily found behind almost all restaurants.

if the oil looks dark and full of crud we can’t use it. the lighter the color and the less viscous the better. if you can bring us CLEAN and filtered oil we can put you + 1 on the list.

an easy way to filter the oil would be to stretch a tight sheet or t-shirt over a bucket and pour the oil into the bucket through the sheet to get all the gunk out. a slower way, but better way, would be to tie one of the pant legs of jeans into a tight knot and hang that over a bucket and pour the oil into the jeans, and clean oil will slowly pass into the bucket.

to arrange the grease for list swap you can call geoff at 862-266-6130. don’t message me hear. call or text him. he is our oil master. the more oil the better. we have enough storage for 100 gallons of oil. if you can get us 30 gallons we’ll cook you dinner on the bus (we have a little kitchen and many great cooks).

please repost this to anywhere you think it might help.
thanks you!

dan

Tour Schedule:

April 9th – Athens, GA @ 88/cp
April 10th – Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum
April 11th – Tallahassee, FL @ FSU/Club Downunder
April 13th – New Orleans, LA @ The Candle Factory/The Heavy
April 15th – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
April 16th – Houston, TX @ Orange Show
April 17th – Austin, TX @ Emos
April 18th – Fort Worth, TX @ Fort Worth Modern Art Museum
April 20th – Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
April 21st – San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
April 22nd – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
April 23rd – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
April 24th – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
April 25th – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
April 26th – Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
April 29th – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
April 30th – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
May 1st – Kansas City, MO @ Pistol K.C.
May 2nd – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club (early and late show)
May 4th – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
May 5th – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
May 6th – Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club/Club Void
May 7th – Chicago, IL @ Metro
May 8th – Mount Pleasant, MI @ CMU / The Wesley Foundation
May 9th – Detroit, MI @ TBA
May 10th – Toronto, ON @ The Deleon White Gallery
May 11th – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
May 12th – South Burlington, VT @ HG Showcase Lounge
May 13th – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
May 14th – PROVIDENCE, RI @ RISD Market Square (FREE)(EARLY 11:30AM-1:00PM)
May 14th – MOUTH PLACE, ZN @ FABULOUS CAKE MOUTH (LATE SHOW)
May 15th – Brooklyn, NY @ Venue TBA
May 16th – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
May 17th – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club

There are many ways to get free air tickets; if you do some review on the Internet and learn some articles on the subject, you will get to know some amazing ways to get some free air tickets most times you fly. Everybody who flies knows about frequent flyer programs, where people who use an airline frequently get some bonus points each time they buy tickets, which are then redeemed for future tickets. But the problem with a frequent flyer program is, enough points to get a free ticket will collect only later you fly some times with the airline. By that time, it will not make much of a dissimilar even if you get a free ticket, because you will already have spent several thousands of dollars in getting your previous tickets till those points piled up.

That is indeed it is very attractive to know that you can actually fly for free the very foremost time you fly. You might never have flown in an airplane, but you can get a free ticket, only if you knew how. Your credit cards are one way. Mainly gold and greater credit cards have airline miles reward points on them with all buy. These points are redeemable for flight bookings. Check the brochure that came with your credit card if these points are applicable on your card. Chances are, they will. If not, you can call up your bank and switch over to a card which provides the facility. The interest rates on these cards would be no different, but you will be getting reward points redeemable for air travel.

One more way to get a free air ticket the first time you fly is to get your bookings done through a travel agency. Ask them for their available packages. In most vacation packages, which include travel, lodging and food, there are some freebies. The collective rates are much lower than if you were to do these bookings individually. In all probability, you will pay a lower price, which would mean a drastic reduction on your air fare.

If you are attentive enough, you might stumble upon these superb promotion offers that airline services often post on their websites. An airline may have started a new route and may promote it by offering flights at jaw dropping low rates. If you are in the right point at the right time, you could economize a pretty bundle by booking such tickets.

Let the costly flight rates not intimidate you. People who fly too frequently, like me, would vouch for the fact that you can practically fly for free if you know how to go about it.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

This evening I was lucky enough to be able to go to a college baseball game between WVU and KY at Appalachian Power Park. It was awesome. The crowd was large, the people friendly, and the Eers were ready. While at the game I wanted to be a good friend and bought myself and my buddy something to drink at the game. This was the least I could do in return for the kind act that had been given to me. My friend who had invited me to the ball park had actually given me a free ticket for the baseball game. It was a great evening – and WVU won!!

Now I, along with everyone else, understands there are issues in Montreal. I think you’d have to be blind not to notice. However, I don’t necessarily think the problem lies with Guy Carbonneau.

Have there been off-ice incidents? Does a bear shit in the woods?
Did this impact the on-ice product? Uh, I would think so.
Unless Gainey was willing to PAY someone to babysit his stars how much impact does the organization really have on their lives. You can tell them not to do something, but it is ultimately their decision. Les Habs could have punished their players for their actions. Team suspensions? I don’t remember seeing any. Florida didn’t have a problem suspending Boynton for exchanging a few words with the coaching staff. I could be wrong but a few words with the coaching staff is NOTHING compared to les parties and les friends a few of the Habs have been keeping. Did Gainey suspend any players? Nope.

Gainey mentions the team has been relatively stagnant in the last 8 weeks. No offense, BOB, but you did NOTHING on March 4th. Nothing. What impact do you think this had on your team? You had the opportunity to try and trade some of the “cancer” you had in the room and did nothing. You could have sent these people to the AHL and replaced them, yet you did nothing. So, onto the Sabres/Habs game on the 4th. You have the Sabres who got a back up goalie to support Patty, a center that can handle faceoffs who’s not named Goose, and re-signed the Glassman. The Sabres were energized by what happened on March 4th, your team, not.so.much. AND IT SHOWED.

Unless this is a ploy to get Patty Roy behind the bench, Les Habs just threw the baby out with the bathwater. Not good, monsieur, not good.

On a completely different note, I was supposed to be in Nashville this evening attending the Preds/Caps game. Unfortunately, my business trip got cancelled last minute. So, if you know anyone that’s in Nashville and may want to go tonights game. Have them e-mail me at ISHMTC[at]yahoo[dot]com. I have the ticket in email format and will send out to the first person that emails me. It is one ticket in section 206, row E, seat 7.

Congratulations to Joe for winning the Crystal Stilts ticket for their Barden’s Boudoir gig this Thursday.

Look out for another competition coming up soon to win tickets to Beirut’s sold out London gig. Again this will be exclusive to those on the MusicMule mailing list so sign up if you haven’t already.

I have one ticket to give away for the Crystal Stilts gig in East London next Thursday, all you have to do is provide your email address for the free mailing list. I’ll pick the winner at random by next Monday so that you still have a chance of buying a ticket should you not get your hands on this one.

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This site is all about generosity and giving. This site is all about proving that good people exist. This site is all about total strangers sharing and collaborating in order to make a point. I believe in making our fellow humans’ lives happier without expecting anything in return. I just launched the site a few minutes ago and I did it tonight because I had to act quickly. You see, I am placed in a dilemma. I’ve been given an open ticket valid for one admission to any of Cirque du Soleil shows. That’s right, I can go see one of the dozens of CDS shows: the very recent Criss Angel BeLIEve, La Nouba, Zumanity, Alegria, Varekai, Zed, Dralion, Ka, O, Mystère, LOVE and all the others. The ticket must be used by December 31st, 2008 and I don’t think I will be able to attend.

So I should just waste the ticket and throw it in the garbage, right? No, I should just sell it and cash on it! Hmmm… I think not! For one, I hate wasting and for two, I just know such a Cirque du Soleil perk would make someone very happy. So what to do? I will give away the ticket to someone who wants, and can attend a show before the end of the year…

The prize:

• 1 open ticket to any Cirque du Soleil shows currently being performed throughout the world
• valid for Las Vegas, Orlando, Tokyo resident shows as well as to all touring shows
• to be used by December 31, 2008
• electronic ticket
• entitles the holder for one admission to any of the Cirque du Soleil shows
• no blackout dates; good for all shows, all dates and all times (as per seat availability)
• pre-assigned seats but from experience, these are generally among the best in the house

The contest:

I didn’t know how to attribute such an interesting prize. I didn’t want to waste it or sell it. So why not use it as a reward for people on my new generosity project. I know, I know… this is supposed to be a site where people demonstrate disinterested generosity towards a total stranger by giving without having anything in return. But what the heck, the first few people who will surf their way on my brand new site and read this will be rewarded!

So from now until December 11th, any person who stumbles on my page and participates in the Generosity Contest by making a donation by PayPal will be entered in the draw. Naturally, everyone will also be counted and included in the Hall of Fame and rankings. Although you are encouraged to participate in the project by regular mail, due to the limited time on hand, I am unable to consider snail mail/postal participation for this contest. I will attribute the ticket on December 12th among all people who send in their donation. I will contact the winner shortly after in order to make arrangements and determine the show and dates. Please note that you should know what show you intend to see and on what dates/times (please give me at least 2-3 dates/times in case your first choice is sold-out). I will then book and send you the electronic ticket by email. You simply print it and attend a great show!

Participate Now!

Google’s new G1 Google Android mobile phone and is one of the latest great release from GOOGLE with QWERTY keyboard with a wide boy structure.

Keypads are hidden behind the sidebar; in the front panel of the phone it has five buttons for default operations like call, shortcuts and main navigation. Track ball is placed well at the middle, which make it very easy scroll over a long list of contacts and playlists. And the special part of this mobile phone is that it uses a new OS, since we are only familiar with symbian,windows,palms operating system’s. This new platform work better with fast responses and really good integrating with Google applications. Wish!! This new mobile platform OS makes a change in the market.

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