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I go out on Friday night and I come home on Saturday morning. But what happens when I go out on Saturday night? Sunday brunch. And this Sunday, the Revlon Run/Walk For Women team, The MissFitz, are presenting a MUSICAL BRUNCH EVENT at Safari Sam's that will cure your hangover, and possibly cancer. Hosted by Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, “Brunch For A Cause" will feature performances by The Aggrolites, theSTART, Vonyse, The Stoats and DJ Ashknuckles. There is also a non-stuffy raffle with prizes you actually want (including tickets to Coachella, a Paul Frank bicycle, RVCA gear, iPods...), team merchandise, and that warm fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you did something good for your fellow human. All this, just for listening to bands and eating brunch. A portion of food and beverage sales, and all door money, raffle proceeds and merch sales go toward the team's goal of reaching $50,000.
Masons give Community Builders award to Houseman
Local homebuilder Tony Houseman was presented the Community Builders Award recently by Madison Lodge No. 126 of Orange.The award — presented annually to a person who has positively impacted his or her community — was established by the Grand Lodge of Texas in January 1991 to enable the Masons to recognize non-Masons who have benefited their communities."The Masons have had a presence in Orange for over 150 years," Orange Mayor Brown Claybar said. "Its members have been involved in community life all over Orange."Previous winners of the award include former Orange Chamber of Commerce president Betty Harmon, Orange police chief Sam Kittrell and Claybar, who said of the award, "It's one of the highest honors I've received in my life."A Port Arthur native, Houseman left Southeast Texas in 1966 for Los Angeles, where he went into investment banking.
Software giants square up over Web 2.0
Currently Adobe leads the market with its Flash player, which facilitates rich web content such as moving images, web-based video players and slideshow applications. But with the launch of Silverlight, which has been in production from 2005, Microsoft is hoping to enter the market. The program will feature as a plug-in for internet browsers such as Microsoft's internet explorer, Mozilla's Firefox and Apple's Safari. The main advantage of the program is that content can be played on any format from small mobile screen to high definition TVs without the need for recoding. Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the server and tools business at Microsoft, said: "Silverlight is the only solution in the market today that enables content creators to tap into the broad ecosystem for Windows Media technologies while taking the web's rich interactive application experience to new levels."Meanwhile, Adobe has revealed details of a novel new media player that allows users to view high quality videos both online and offline.
Places to visit: A fenland refuge
WICKEN Fen is a great place to visit for everyone. Families will enjoy strolling around the 3/4 mile boardwalk, designed for all weathers and wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Bird lovers, nature lovers and walkers can select a host of routes that will take them into the tranquil beauty of this last piece of original fenland. Visitors can experience the fens as they were, full of dragonflies and the hum of insects, birds such as marsh and sedge warblers, wild flowers like yellow flag, ragged robin and rare marsh pea. There are nine bird hides with views over the different habitats. Look out for the konik ponies and highland cattle that have recently been introduced.The children's events at Wicken Fen are excellent, but book early to avoid disappointment, there are also boat trips and evening wildlife safaris on offer.
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