Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship

Hey guys, I found another story today that touched my heart and thus wanted to share with you.

This story comes out of Dekalb, IL - not too far from where I grew up. It's times like these that make me proud to be a human being (proud to be from the midwest!), and proud to be a Christian. It also gives me hope for our future. I think we could all stand to learn a lesson from these folks:

Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship

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Hey guys,

I found something neat today that I wanted to share with you all.

I've been hearing about the controversy of text and picture messaging come up a lot, both on the radio and through co-workers with young children. It seems that with all of this new technology arising, childhood seems to be ending prematurely for a lot of kids. They start using their cell phones to text and picture message friends and boyfriends/girlfriends - a method of communication which is hard for parents to keep tabs on.

Well, while doing some updating and researching artists today on Myspace, I stumbled across a website that I thought was really really cool. Funnily enough it is called www.thatsnotcool.com.


Sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, with the tagline "Your cell phone, IM, and social networks are all a digital extension of who you are. When someone you're with pressures you or disrespects you in those places, that's not cool", this website is dedicated to helping young kids and teens find a way out of pressured situations created by this new technology. The best part about it I think is the way that they go about it, using "Call out cards" which are comical, honest, effective, and dare i say "hip".

I think you should all check it out - especially those of you who program children's shows, or have children yourself. I am trying to figure out a way that AristoMedia will be able to work with this campaign. I'll let you know as things progress, but in the mean time let me know what you think!

~Rachel@aristomedia

Cleaning Out My Closet

Hey all!

Rachel here in a slightly frustrated state because I am going on the 15th week of promotion for these reel 64 clips and am STILL having trouble tracking down a few people. Thus, with a new year coming around I figure now is as good a time as any to start cleaning out my closet (aka my call book of outlets).

Over the next month or so I will be going through my call book and weeding out any outlets who have failed to keep up with constant communication. This is a bittersweet event for me. Bitter in the fact that I love talking with all of you guys and you produce great shows so i'd hate to lose you. Sweet in the fact that it will make my job a lot easier and a lot less stressful. You see no matter how great the shows are, if they don't give me information as to which videos they are playing, they don't do me any good because my clients won't know that their video is being played. So even if they are airing it 15 times a week, if I don't know it doesn't help. That's why we put this 2 week communication clause in the contract every outlet signs when they fill out the Outlet Application. Sorry if I seem to be unloading on you all, its been a stressful week both professionally and personally.

In conclusion, 80% of my outlets are completely wonderful and chances are if you are reading this you are in that 80% :) And it is my hope that the other 20% will come around before I have to stop servicing them. Thanks for listening, y'all :)

~rachel@aristomedia