Ohio State Band

Ohio State University is on a roll – check out their tribute to Hollywood!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNe0ZUD19EE#t=142

Move Over Silver…….

White Replaces Silver as Favorite Car Color

After more than a decade as the world’s favorite car color, silver is falling in popularity to white. PPG Industries, the leading supplier of automotive paints, says 25 percent of the vehicles it supplied in the 2013 model year were white, up 3 percent from the prior year. Silver and black tied for second, with 18 percent each.

White dominates in Europe, North America and Asia. Only in South America is silver still king.

Apple Inc., with its all-white stores and gadgets, made white a high-tech color. The variety of whites — from flat shades to creamy pearls — is also contributing, says Jane Harrington, PPG’s manager of automotive color styling.

But if you don’t relish a whiteout on the freeway, never fear. Automakers are currently scouting colors for the 2016 and 2017 model years, and Harrington is showing them some eye-popping options, from a pink-tinged bright red developed in Asia to a rich dark gray with faint green highlights.

Eleven different browns — from light copper to dark chocolate — and an equal number of grays are part of PPG’s annual color show for automakers at its automotive center in the Detroit suburb of Troy. There are six yellows and seven greens, from seafoam to dark olive. One notable absence: Powder blue, which is increasingly confined to electric cars or hybrids.

Harrington and her international team determine color trends by watching fashion, architectural paint colors and other predictors. She thinks we’ll see more deep jewel tones like teal and more earthy metallics, like reddish orange, in the coming years. With the end of the recession, drivers don’t mind being showy again, she says

Car buyers could also see taxi-like yellows and other flat, bright colors, which are growing in popularity thanks to small, funky entries like the Kia Soul.

Pastel tones, like mint green and very light pink, are also in the mix.

PPG will take its color tour on the road to Los Angeles, Europe and Asia and will then start working with individual automakers on their choices. Companies typically choose eight to 10 colors for every model. PPG won’t say how many cars it supplies paint for each year, but it works with every major car company.

“They think about the vehicle and how that color will translate,” Harrington said. “That color, sparkle and finish helps define the car’s character.”

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/white-replaces-silver-favorite-car-color-20647523

Watch an entire band (Ohio State University) moonwalk in tribute to Michael Jackson

It’s hardly impossible to teach someone Michael Jackson’s famed moonwalk. You can probably even get 192 people proficient at it. But getting 192 brass-playing musicians to moonwalk as one person? That’s a job for Ohio State University’s marching band, also known as The Best Damn Band in the Land. For a special homecoming show, the band worked up a medley of Michael Jackson’s hits, but the real thriller was in the choreography. Check out their performance and see if you can resist tripping over yourself in admiration.

http://now.msn.com/michael-jackson-tribute-by-ohio-state-band-includes-the-moonwalk-in-viral-video

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Soldier thought to be unconscious salutes upon getting Purple Heart

There wasn’t a dry eye in the hospital room during last week’s Purple Heart ceremony for Army Ranger Josh Hargis. Hooked to a breathing tube in a military hospital in Afghanistan, Hargis had lost both his legs in battle, and doctors thought he hadn’t yet regained consciousness when the ceremony began at his bedside. However, Hargis lifted his bandaged hand, with a little help from an attending doctor, in order to salute a commanding officer who had presented him with the medal. “I cannot impart on you the level of emotion that poured through the intensive care unit that day,” the commander wrote in a letter to Hargis’ wife, according to Fox News. “Grown men began to weep, and we were speechless at a gesture that speaks volumes about Josh’s courage and character.”

Source: http://now.msn.com/josh-hargis-wounded-army-ranger-lifts-arm-to-salute-in-purple-heart-ceremony

McDonald’s Greenhouse Corn Maze

Can you defeat the five acre corn maze? Ah haa…. Come join the fun and try it! You’ll also find a huge sand box, hay wagon rides, lasso a longhorn, cute baby farm animals, and choose a cool pumpkin!

You even get to go home with a pumpkin roll or caramel apple and fresh apple cider!

The season runs from the last weekend in August until Halloween. Fall hours are:
Corn Maze and Fall Farm Fun
Saturday: 10AM to 7PM
Sunday 1PM to 6PM
Weekdays and/or Groups: by appointment

Location: 3100 Adamsville Road, Zanesville, Ohio
(Located on State Route 93, just 2.5 miles north of the Adamsville Exit #157)
Information: E-mail: mcdonaldsgreenhouse@columbus.rr.com – Phone: (740) 452-4858
– See more at: http://in-and-around-columbus.com/columbus-halloween.html#sthash.hzFqNLnR.dpuf

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

All Hallow’s Eve

Enjoy an old-fashioned, haunted Halloween at Ohio Village’s All Hallows’ Eve with spooky stories by bonfire, pumpkin carving and period entertainment, fortune telling, Halloween crafts and games plus creepy characters and lost souls like Krazy Kate, the Ohio Village grave digger and more!

Don’t miss out on the spooky fun! Halloween highlights include: Fortune Telling Tents – Runes – Tarot – Palm Reading – Dominos – Astrology – Sortilege – Sand – Oracles – The Grand Finale.

Funeral procession at 8:45 p.m. in the Village Square
Visitors can join the funeral procession as it makes its way to the recently departed’s final resting place.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
7:30 and 9 p.m. in the Teacher’s Park
Following the lighting of the bonfire, watch for the Headless Horseman’s ghostly apparition, as our storyteller retells Washington Irving’s classic Halloween story.

Date: October 12 and 19, 2013 from 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: Ohio Village, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio – Phone: (614) 297-2266
Admission: Admission: $12/adult, $9/youth (ages 6 to 12), $10/OHS member adult, $7/OHS youth member and FREE to children 5 and under.

– See more at: http://in-and-around-columbus.com/columbus-halloween.html#sthash.Bsj3sP3K.dpuf

It’s Official!

It’s F R I D A Y !!!

Source:  http://now.msn.com/strangely-photogenic-turtle-has-the-sunniest-smile

 

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Dates: October 16 through October 19, 2013
Location: Circleville, Ohio (30 minutes south of Columbus)
For everything pumpkin! You’ll find many displays, contests, and much more! –

For complete schedule see:
http://www.pumpkinshow.com/schedule/