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The Betty White phenomenon. What are the chances that an 88-year-old woman would get a two-book deal to write her memoirs? Have the most popular Super Bowl commercial? Launch her own line of hoodies and T-shirts? Play beer pong with Jimmy Fallon and be the beneficiary of a social media campaign to have her host Saturday Night Live? Never happen, right? Betty White has done all that proving that cool can be ageless and that all of us are capable of laughing at ourselves and doing “the impossible.”

Boy, I'm feeling tired today. End of a busy week. Only five hours of sleep last night. I'll catch up on sleep tomorrow. Too much to do today. You know how that feels, right?

~ Steve Harrison
Index of Media Opportunities This Issue
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Business & Finance

1.  Is Fast Food Out Of Control?  (AllBusiness.com)
2.  Superangel Investment Bubble?  (Business Magazine)
3.  How Far Do Employers Dig Into Your Background?  (Coastal Business Life Magazine)
4.  Why Aren't Banks Using Federal Mortgage Mod Program More Often?  (Interest.com)

Health, Nutrition & Fitness

5.  Moms - I Need Your Input  (Book)

Parenting

6.  Ideas For Using Math In Everyday Life With Kids PreK-Grade 1. Massachusetts Responses Preferred  (Boston Parents Paper)

Psychology & Self-Improvement

7.  Weight Prejudice  (WCCO Radio)

Travel & Leisure

8.  Hottest Senior Travel and Retirement Destinations  (Boulder City Review, The Shopper)

Other / Miscellaneous

9.  Contact By The Not Yet Born  (Book)
10.  Teens Texting  (CBN News)


Full Listings
1) Is Fast Food Out Of Control?
 
Submitted By: Tom Stein
Title: Senior Editor
Media Outlet: AllBusiness.com
Website: http://www.allbusiness.com
Deadline: Wed, Sep 01, 2010 - 06:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

Call it the rise and gall of stunt food. Today, in the midst of the Great Recession, Americans are infatuated with...stunt food. From the KFC Double Down to the Denny's Fried Cheese Melt, Americans' love of fatty foods and urge for escapism have congealed in we-dare-you meals that would infarct a bull elephant. Why these menu items? Why now? And can a fast-food chain compete without them? I'm looking for food, marketing and franchise experts, including franchise owners, to get the answers. AllBusiness.com is an online media company that operates one of the premier business sites on the Web. The site offers a variety of resources, including how-to articles, expert advice, blogs, business news, and more.

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2) Superangel Investment Bubble?
 
Submitted By: Anonymous
Business Magazine
Deadline: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 - 05:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

Freelance writer for a business magazine is seeking sources who can talk about whether or not a bubble is forming in connection with superangel investments and sources who can provide interesting insights into the phenomenon. So-called 'superangel' funding has supplanted traditional VC funding in the beginning rounds, and appears to be growing rapidly, especially now that start-ups, many Web-based products and services, don't need as much capital to evolve into the exit stage.

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3) How Far Do Employers Dig Into Your Background?
 
Submitted By: Jo Ann Mathews
Title: Freelance Writer
Media Outlet: Coastal Business Life Magazine
Company: A&W Productions
Website: http://www.coastalbusinesslife.com
Deadline: Wed, Sep 01, 2010 - 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Specific Region: Southeastern U.S., and Grand Strand area of S.C.

1) What percentage of employers do a criminal check for prospective employees?

2) What percentage of employers do credit checks?

3) Do employers check accuracy of resumes and application blanks?

4) Do employers call references listed?

5) What should job seekers know about background checks?


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4) Why Aren't Banks Using Federal Mortgage Mod Program More Often?
 
Submitted By: Sally Herigstad
Title: Writer
Media Outlet: Interest.com
Website: http://www.interest.com/
Deadline: Ongoing

They say for every mortgage modified through the government programs, 7 are modified by the banks outside those programs. Also, many homeowners are not getting modifications of any kind, and borrowers and lenders are blaming each other. What's really happening?

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5) Moms - I Need Your Input
 
Submitted By: Camille McConnell
Title: Author and Blogger
Media Outlet: Book
Website: http://stopovereatingtips.com/
Deadline: Ongoing

I am writing a sequel to my book Stop Overeating Today! called Stop Overeating Tips for Moms. I want to know what challenges, as mothers, you have had with overeating. Do you overeat due to stress? Do you feel guilty throwing food away so you eat what your children don't finish? Please go here to find out more: http://www.stopovereatingtips.com Please respond by COMMENTING on the blog. That way I can go to one source to get all of the answers. I really appreciate your help with this. Thank you!

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6) Ideas For Using Math In Everyday Life With Kids PreK-Grade 1. Massachusetts Responses Preferred
 
Submitted By: Amanda Dobbins
Title: Freelance Writer
Media Outlet: Boston Parents Paper
Deadline: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 - 05:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Specific Region: Massachusetts Preferred

I'm writing an article for Boston Parents Paper Education and Enrichment Guide on ways parents can use Math in everyday life to reinforce foundational Math skills. I would like fun, effective, ideas from experts (especially teachers/administrators) and parents that help Math become part of life and help children develop a personal connection to what they are learning in the classroom.

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7) Weight Prejudice
 
Submitted By: Susan Blanch
Title: Producer
Media Outlet: WCCO Radio
Company: CBS Radio
Website: http://www.wccoradio.com
Deadline: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 04:00 PM Central Standard Time

I am looking for someone who can speak on weight prejudice in the workplace. The hook is Hooters bar not hiring overweight women. It doesn't stop at Hooters but happens in other job industries too.

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8) Hottest Senior Travel And Retirement Destinations
 
Submitted By: Jennifer Rakestraw
Media Outlet: Boulder City Review, The Shopper
Deadline: Ongoing

Looking for experts in the travel industry to provide information, statistics regarding top travel and retirement destinations for Seniors and why those locations are so hot. Special emphasis on what characteristics are most important for retirement destinations. If valuable and unique, your information may be published in Nevada newsprint media.

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9) Contact By The Not Yet Born
 
Submitted By: Candace Talmadge
Title: Author
Media Outlet: Book
Deadline: Ongoing

Have you ever been contacted by someone who is not yet born? I'm looking for expectant mothers and fathers, grandparents, siblings, good friends. Did you have a dream about the child? Hear a voice? See a vision? I'm writing a spiritual self-help book that teaches a method for contacting the not yet born as well as the dead. I am looking for personal examples. Please, no professional mediums or psychics unless you provide clients to interview.

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10) Teens Texting
 
Submitted By: Charlene Israel
Title: Reporter
Media Outlet: CBN News
Company: The Christian Broadcasting Network
Website: http://www.cbnnews.com
Deadline: Ongoing

A study just found that teens who text are just as addicted to texting as drug users to drugs. I'm looking to interview experts, doctors, about this issue.

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