This new Florida Fantasy Make Believe Political Game is just like NFL Fantasy Football League or the NBA Fantasy Basketball League except with local & national hot political characters. Wow you can have a team of many different professional politicians all wanting to get to the top of the board as they work to become President of the United States.
How the Internet game works; You get a chance to pick any local political leader, 2 state legislators (any state), 1 governor, 2 PAC lobbyist groups, 2 aspiring Congressional Members and 1 U.S. Senator. No presidential choices, that is where your leader has to win to become the president. You choose 3 topics that you would fantasize you want passed by your state and 3 topics then go on to the national congressional floor for discussion. 3 discussions get to the Congressional floor and win…. You win!!! A great way to play and not listen to needs of the constituents and you are fighting against high profile online political powerhouses.
Beware of the included 20 radical right and left wing constituent Wild Cards who work against anything that you would imagine would be great for the people and of course yourself! 4 Independent constituents work always in your favor and trump anything against your fantasy political team. The winner of 3 state topics goes onto the next level of national fantasy importance. Remember PACs can’t talk to any elected official (wink wink) but can get your topic to the different legislative floors (state & national) through Independents or constituents or by paying off other top leaders. Your fantasy mission is to have your team win the make believe presidency by having your leader win. (All the rules & kinks of the game of course are not all worked out).
TAMPA, FL, January 4, 2012 – Community Stepping Stones, a nonprofit creative learning center in Sulphur Springs, announces the launch of an innovative adult arts education program: “Inside The Creative Studio.” The 20+ teaching artists who are offering classes are among some of Hillsborough County’s best known and loved professionals. There will be an Open House to meet the artists from 2-4pm on Sunday, January 15 at Community Stepping Stones (1101 E. River Cove St. in Sulphur Springs.)
Planned as a distinctive departure from the standard “how to” art class, these workshops are designed to inspire participants to view art as a chance to practice thinking as much as acquiring a skill. Class sizes are small, mostly 10 or less.
Workshop offerings include popular watercolorist, Taylor Ikin teaching “Is Yupo for You”; Dominique Martinez, the creator of those intriguing metal rooftop dragons with “Creative Welding”; and jewelry makers Brenda Gregory and Audrey Parramore. Nationally-acclaimed portrait photographer, Pepito, features his talents; but if your preference is more towards animals, Dianne Blyer offers pet photography. Elizabeth Mitchell teaches silk painting; Joyce Lazzara shares the joy of oils and Terry Klaaren offers rain barrel and plein air classes. There will also be storytelling, script-writing, basket-making, ceramics, creative thought and papermaking. Historic preservationist, Linda Saul-Sena, will even guide architectural walking tours of the city.
Aside from their format, what makes these workshops unique is the artists are working as part of a social enterprise to support Community Stepping Stones – a creative learning center that helps at-risk teens become successful adults. Half of the registration fees helps the center support art programs for these youth.
Many workshops are held (not surprisingly) inside the creative artist’s studios. Others will take place on the tranquil, wooded campus of Community Stepping Stones, along the Hillsborough River.Classes begin in mid-January and run continually.
Just before Christmas I spoke to about 100 homeless at Heaven’s Kitchen at the Oak Grove United Methodist Church on Waters Avenue. I don’t get that far north very often.
You know me, I am more likely to be in SOHO than at a church in North Tampa.
I recognized one guest, but couldn’t place from where. I will call her Mabel.
She spoke to me afterwards, Mabel is a lady in her 70’s that lives in a condo on Bayshore Blvd. I have known her for years. She asked me not to let anyone know she was there. She told me she has meals at several churches a month because it is her only way to have enough money to pay her electric bill. Mabel owns her Bayshore condo but can’t sell it in today’s market and is upside down in the value anyway.
Mabel has been able to find some help by eating a few times a week at some of the churches and meal providers.
Our purpose is to help people to help themselves by creating their own small business of newspaper distribution.
It is working.
We put together a 300 person vendor sales force of Tampa area homeless and near homeless in less than 60 days that has made over 20,000 sales.
Mitch Perry at Creative Loafing tells you all about it in this week’s issue here.
Why ? Because we had the capability to do it and because it was the right thing to do.
On average a vendor receives about $2 for each paper they sell. With 20,000 papers sold in 60 days it means we have put about $40,000 in the hands of the homeless and near homeless.
And of course that means money being spent at local businesses.
It takes us $30 to equip a vendor with his first batch of papers, a safety vest, a photo id, sign, carry bag, and supervision and training.
We are overwhelmed with the response and urgenly in need of your help. Please help by sponsoring a vendor or placing an ad in our February issue. You can get information and sponsor a vendor online at TampaEpoch.com.
Why ?
Tampa Epoch is near to becoming a self sustaining entity and because it is the right thing to do.
Please help now by sponsoring a vendor online here. It is only $25 but can mean a life change for someone like Mabel.
Bill Sharpe, Publisher
Tampa Epoch
Publisher, South Tampa Community News
President, Tampa Marketing Company
813-283-0760
Happy 2012 Carrie!
Keeping all you kewl kats & kittens up to date on what’s happenin’ around the
The JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 issue is our “Valentine’s” edition!
Includes 48 pages of full color beautiful photography and articles on:
-Cover & Centerfold: Miss Muddy Roots-Erin Belle
-Page 3 Pinups w/ Ink – Rachel Anne Aust
-Puttin’ the Rock in Rockabilly: First Bass-Man of Rock-n-Roll, Marshall Lytle
-Time Flies: Photo Gift Ideas
-Diary of a Tattoo: Austin’s Dank Henk
-Burlesque Around the World: Angie Pontani, the NYC bump and grinder!
-The Pin Up America Show – Special Guests and Shows
-Correspondents Corner – Poland’s Body Art Convention
-How to be a Pinup: My Valentine’s Day with Lux De Ville)
-Honeys in a Hearse – Meghan Murder from Chicago’s Murder Pinups Speaks!
-Feature Artist – NYC’s Santiago
-Pin Up From Down Under: Miss Pinup Australia
-Winners of the Jan/Feb ’12 International Photo Contest
-All Dolled Up – Queen of Hearts
-“Past” Events Photo Pages
-“Future” Events Around the World
-The Retro Corner: Humorama, Recipe and Slang Dictionary
Now available in 6 SELECT major book store chains around the world! Barnes & Noble, Books-a-million, Book World, Hastings, Walden Books, and Chapters/Indigo.
Available digitally through iPhone, iPad, and Android App Stores
(We want to meet you! email us a pic of you with a copy of Pin Up America Magazine, name and location! You may be published in our special “fan column”! magazine@pinupamerica.com)
INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST!
Accepting Submissions Now
-10 Chances to be Published!
Pin Up America is holding their next
international photo contest!
Enter to win a full feature page in the
MARCH/APRIL 2012 issue of
Pin Up America Magazine ($750 value)
BradCooperGallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by WILLIAM PACHNER: SELECTED WORK, images created between 1960 and 1970. The works will be on view from January 27, through March 17, 2012. An opening will be held Friday, January 27, from 2pm until 7 pm.BradCooperGallery is located at 1714 E. 7th Ave in YBORCITY. PLEASE NOTE: Limited Gallery Viewing Hours are Friday and Saturday, 12 noon until 5pm; viewing is also available by special appointment 813-248-6098. This exhibition runs simultaneous with the Tampa Museum of Art exhibition of William Pachner: Work from the 1960’s.
See information on attached press release.
IMAGES:
“Winter Landscape”, 1968 ink / gouache, 15 x 19 inches
“Mirror”, 1965 oil on linen, 70 x 68 inches
“Nature Morte I” , 1961 oil on linen, 28 x 40 inches
