Loads of Fun in May

May 2008 looks to be loaded with live sports and exciting concert events.

Sports
On May 3rd legendary boxer Oscar De La Hoya takes on Steve Forbes at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA in preparation for a rematch against "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The NBA and NHL playoffs pick up steam this month with much of the NBA fan base hoping for a Celtics-Lakers Finals.

AND... there will be fun at the racetracks in May!
Indy Fans can go to the Indianapolis 500 on May 25th
NASCAR fans can look forward to races in Richmond, Darlington, Concord, NC and Dover. - Thoroughbred horse racing fans have the 134rd annual Kentucky Derby scheduled to be held May 3rd and the 133rd Running of The Preakness Stakes scheduled to be held May 17th.

Click here for tickets to these and more exciting sporting events!

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Concerts Galore!
Kenny Chesney, Eric Clapton, Kanye West, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Rush, The Police, Alan Jackson, Alicia Keys, REM, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, James Taylor, Panic At The Disco, Stone Temple Pilots and Tim McGraw are just a few of the high profile performers on tour this month.

Other events this month include the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Sasquatch Festival, the Country Music Stagecoach Festival and the annual Jammy Awards return to Madison Square Garden this year as they honor Phish.

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USCITY.NET Searches on Your IE Toolbar

For those of you who like to search uscity.net for businesses and services, I came across this easy way to search uscity.net without going to our home page.

It is fairly simple. It may seem like a complicated process if you just read through this, but when you go step by step, you will see it is fairly simple.

First, find the small address box (right next to the main address bar - it may say Google in very light gray lettering).

If you cannot locate the small address bar, look for the magnifying glass.

Locate and click on the little down arrow right next to the magnifying glass to right of the address bar. Click on FIND MORE PROVIDERS

On the next page that pops up, under the Create Your Own yellow box go to step 3 and paste this URL:

http://search.uscity.net/search?q=TEST&btnG=Go+Search&ie=&site=uscity_net&output=xml_no_dtd&client=uscity_net&lr=&proxystylesheet=uscity_net&oe=

On step 5, which says specify the name (NAME:) type in " USCITY.NET SEARCH "

Next click on Install (step 5) and a box will pop up - just click on Add Provider and you are ready to start!

Now if you want to search uscity.net without going to the home page, you simply type in your search word, click on the down arrow and choose USCITY.NET SEARCH - You are there!

I hope this saves you some steps and time... Happy Searching!

What Going Green Means to USCity.Net

USCITY.NET added a new category in December that we hope will help us all. “Go Green” is the new category and it is listed on all of our state pages - Alabama through Wyoming. I gave the job of researching the category to Carol. She decided on the category name, content and any subcategories we might need. Carol tells me she learned from this and she says: “What I do to go green is recycle, ride my bike to the store, shop on the internet (at uscity.net, of course) and turn off lights and open window to conserve energy.”

After I gave her the project, I sent out an informal survey, mostly to our employees, I asked them “What do you think of when you hear “Go Green” and what does it mean to you?” Here are a few of the answers I received.

From Our Seniors:

Going Green.... for me is beginning the process of eliminating products we use that might be harmful to the elements or to ourselves and our families. It is a little more difficult as a senior to “let go” of all the “tried and true” products that we have used for over a 1/2 century, but we are doing it. Probably the older population will be the “foot draggers” in this new environmentally safe era.

When I think of someone that has “gone green”, I figure the products they use probably don’t work as good as the “non green” but are safer. I know that’s not a good attitude, but it’s honest. I am slowly, “going green”. What it means to me is that the entire world is going to be in agreement on at least one thing, we need to clean things up for our grandchildren and their children!!!

From the Boomers:

When I think of go green I think of how happy I am that I bought my Prius two years ago, long before the gas got to this point. I also think of recycling, which I do and conserving energy in other ways - but definitely the number one thought is my Prius.

I think it means doing stuff instead of owning stuff! And doing stuff without using Earth’s resources – like biking, hiking, swimming.

Solar Power and recycling are the first things that I think of when I hear “go green”. My biggest heartbreak is what we have done to nature, in particular the waters – like the ocean and the lakes and springs and the piney forests (I’m a Florida girl).

I visited Denmark a year ago and it looked like half of their population was riding bikes instead of taking cars. That was going green to me.

From the Young Adults:

From a recent college grad: I think of the green recycling bin that I'm going to have to put out to the road when I move back home. I enjoy recycling items such as the grocery bags at Publix, but when it comes to recycling bottles and boxes at home I don't necessary do it. It is something you forget to do after you live in a dorm, or apartments for a few years.

I think about not buying stuff that has a lot of packaging – even though it makes my life easier – I am using fewer paper plates, napkins and frozen dinners. I am eating more fresh vegetables and fruit and that is healthier too!

I think about how I am riding my bike more and driving less. Going Green to me means hybrid cars, recycling and of course “We have got to save the planet for our children’s children’s children.”

- (NOTE: This last sentence may have been a little tongue-in-cheek, I am pretty sure he was mimicking me!)

"Gypsy" Revival on Broadway

The revival of Gypsy, a play set during the vaudeville era, about a relentless stage mother, Rose who travels the country with her two daughters. and their manager. While June and Louise wish their mother would settle down and marry Herbie, Rose continues to pursue dreams of stardom for her girls. When June deserts the act, Rose turns her attention to the shy Louise, whom she hopes to fashion into a star. When the act is booked into a burlesque house by mistake, Louise is forced into the spotlight and Gypsy Rose Lee is born.

The New York Post reports that the production — directed by its co-creator, Arthur Laurents — took in $425,000 the day the reviews hit the papers on March 28. The classic American musical grossed more than $1 million over the first weekend.

Following a critically acclaimed limited engagement at City Center in summer 2007, Gypsy — starring LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti — began previews at Broadway's St. James March 3 and officially opened March 27.

Click here for tickets to this smash Broadway revival.