Since the debut of Peanuts in 1955, Charles Schulz and United Press Syndicate (which distributed the comic strip) had gotten a steady stream of offers to adapt the characters for film and television; the artist was also directly petitioned by young readers, who would write Schulz asking when Snoopy would come to some kind of animated life. His stock reply: “There are some greater things in the world than TV animated cartoons.”
Watch Peanuts First Animation For The Ford Car Company, 1959
Since the debut of Peanuts in 1955, Charles Schulz and United Press Syndicate (which distributed the comic strip) had gotten a steady stream of offers to adapt the characters for film and television; the artist was also directly petitioned by young readers, who would write Schulz asking when Snoopy would come to some kind of animated life. His stock reply: “There are some greater things in the world than TV animated cartoons.”
Why incompetent people think they’re amazing
How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared to other people you know? Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But psychological research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities. David Dunning describes the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Why incompetent people think they’re amazing
How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared to other people you know? Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But psychological research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities. David Dunning describes the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Photo Gallery: Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience at Toronto’s Rebel Night Club
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Photo Gallery: Kim Mitchell at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre
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Photo Gallery: Thrice with Circa Survive at Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub
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Astronaut Joe Acaba To DJ From Space
A short time from now, in a galaxy not too far away, the International Space Station will go from ISS to RSS – a Radio Space Station – as NASA astronaut Joe Acaba will host his second show on Third Rock Radio from 252 miles above Earth.
Produced by Houston-based RFC Media, which created Third Rock Radio to support NASA’s outreach to young adults in science, technology, engineering, and math, “The Joe Show” will air at 5 p.m. EST Dec. 7 and features Acaba as an out-of-this-world DJ spinning tunes and talking science for a global audience.
“The Joe Show” can be streamed live from www.thirdrockradio.net.
Third Rock Radio is produced under a NASA Space Act Agreement with RFC Media. “America’s Space Station” features updates on NASA’s newest missions and discoveries, as well as some very tasty new rock/indie/alternative. Stream it live from the NASA mobile app, from TuneIn, or directly from www.thirdrockradio.net.
Pat Fant, co-founder of RFC Media, said, “the broadcast is designed to engage a broad, worldwide audience in NASA’s mission of exploration and discovery.”
“Joe returns to Third Rock after his 2012 debut from the ISS. He will spin some of the best new rock out there – really out there – which provides a disarmingly contemporary context for the stories of those who fly, build, and dream through aerospace,” Fant explained. “Listeners will get a peek at some of the remarkable work being done on the ISS and learn how NASA is engaged in adding to their lives through exploration and discovery.
“At RFC Media, our goal is to help our client brands build community and deepen their relationship with audiences. Third Rock does that for NASA, and The Joe Show is another creative example of presenting the message in a fresh new context.”
Fant credited Third Rock’s success to a seamless blend of spoken word content and largely undiscovered music – something he said is a hallmark of RFC’s BrandCasting strategy.
“Third Rock is far from your basic off-the-shelf radio playlist, run by computers, offering canned content,” he continued. “It is a live-hosted presentation by nationally known on-air talent who produce fresh and relevant information surrounded by specially curated music. The whole package helps popularize the ways NASA is taking us into the future.
“This kind of audience-specific brand focus is the future of radio. It’s what we do. And it demonstrates how on-purpose streaming radio adds to brand marketing.
Conagra Brands Partners With Chance The Rapper’s Nonprofit, SocialWorks, To Provide Grant For Chicago Public Schools
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), announced today that it will join Chance the Rapper to donate much needed funding for Chicago’s Public Schools. The Conagra Brands Foundation will partner with SocialWorks, the charitable organization founded by Chance, to provide $300,000 to SocialWorks’ New Chance Fund, ensuring more Chicago Public School students have access to arts enrichment education. The donation coincides with Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving that kicks off the charitable season when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Chance the Rapper, a Chicago native, announced earlier this year he would be donating $1 million in funding to ChicagoPublic Schools and urged local corporations to do the same. Conagra Brands is answering that call with a multi-year grant from the Conagra Brands Foundation that will provide $100,000 each year to Chicago Public Schools over the course of three years.
SocialWorks will be working with the Chicago Public School Foundation to direct funds to local schools that do not have existing arts programs, have low school ratings, and have recently had budget cuts. Conagra’s donation will go towards strengthening curriculum, providing support materials and creating enrichment opportunities for students within these schools.
“We’re eager to give back to our newly adopted hometown where so many of our employees, consumers and customers live and work,” said Jon Harris, Chief Communications Officer, Conagra Brands. “After seeing the amazing work Chance the Rapper and SocialWorks are doing to support our city’s youth who attend Chicago Public Schools, the Conagra Brands Foundation was eager to get involved in this incredible effort not only to create a better today for these kids but to reveal a future that is limitless. We encourage other major companies in our amazing city to join this very important cause.”
“SocialWorks and I are happy to know that Conagra Brands cares and is cognizant of the troubles affecting our city’s youth,” said SocialWorks’ founder Chance the Rapper. “We hope this encourages more corporations contribute and help strengthen CPS.”
SocialWorks will also provide an additional $10,000 as part of their matching donation program. To encourage other corporations and individuals to providing funding, SocialWorks has pledged to match each $100,000 donation with an additional $10,000. To learn more about how to support Chicago Public Schools, visit www.socialworkschi.org.