by boparker | Aug 5, 2016 | Plastic Bottles
A lot of people worry about whether it is safe to reuse plastic bottles for drinking water. In this new modern era, most people are using plastic bottles or any other type of container to keep their drinking water. This is common sense because it is much more convenient compare to using mug or cup. And in this article, you will discover the right and safe way to reuse plastic bottles…
Most people are afraid about bacterial infection and the possibility of getting cancer due to the reuse of plastic water bottles. Here are some facts you should know. It is true that if you are using plastic bottles for drinking purposes, there are chances of having the chemical from the plastic to mix with your drinking water. This is especially true if you have been reusing the bottle for some time due to wear and tear.
However, some plastics made by HDPE or LDPE, are safe for reuse. You have to make sure that you wash it clean with hot and soapy water after every use. And try to change to a new bottle after some time. Do not reuse the same plastic bottle for the long-term. You can get yourself a proper water bottle that is made of aluminum or stainless steel. Buy yourself a good quality drinking bottle and practice standard hygiene.
Furthermore, if you use the water bottle to store drinking water, make sure you do just that. If you want to store other beverages, try to use other bottle; do not use the same one that you use for your daily drinking activity.
As for tackling with the issue of bacterial infection, no matter what type of Plastic Bottle Manufacturers you are using, you will face this problem. The best solution is to wash your water bottles regularly. Remember, you are using the same bottle again and again, thus, if it is dirty, you are actually drinking all the bacteria directly into your body. Therefore, wash your bottle after every use to make sure it is clean and bacteria free. Use hot and soapy water to wash it if possible.
What you need to do in order to have a healthy drinking lifestyle is to get yourself a quality water bottle. It will be fine even if it is made of plastic. Wash it regularly and after every use. If you are using a plastic bottle, change it once a while.
by boparker | Sep 16, 2013 | JFK Tribute News
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50 YEARS LATER: FORT WORTH REMEMBERS
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
Fort Worth to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary
of President John F. Kennedy’s Visit to the City |
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| FORT WORTH, Texas (September 12, 2013) – This fall the city of Fort Worth, Texas, will remember the life and legend of President John F. Kennedy. Events surrounding the highly anticipated 50th anniversary of JFK’s historic visit to Fort Worth will include two exhibitions, an honorary Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast and more.Recognizing Fort Worth’s important place in history, the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (FWCC) will hold a commemorative breakfast on November 22, 2013, 7:30 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel for Chamber members. Formerly known as the Hotel Texas, the Hilton Hotel is the location where President Kennedy spent his last night and delivered one of his final two speeches. The first, an extemporaneous speech delivered to a crowd who had gathered just outside the hotel with hopes of catching a glimpse of the president. The second, a formal address inside the hotel at the FWCC breakfast held in President Kennedy’s honor.FWCC’s special guest speaker will be United States Secret Service Agent Clint Hill. Agent Hill was assigned to Mrs. Kennedy and was in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of President Kennedy. During the breakfast, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright, who also accompanied the president on that morning in Fort Worth and Dallas, will be honored with the Chamber’s High Impact Legacy Award. Prior to the breakfast, attendees will hear the Texas Boys Choir perform selections from the repertoire they sang at the 1963 breakfast. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price will close the FWCC breakfast by placing a memorial wreath at the JFK Tribute to pay homage to the memory of President Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth.
“Fort Worth shared a rare and intimate moment in time with President Kennedy,” said Bill Thornton, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Chamber. “This event is especially meaningful for the chamber because of our historic role in the president’s appearance, the warm welcome he and the First Lady received at the chamber breakfast, and the crowds he likewise embraced in our streets.”
While the breakfast is expected to sell out to FWCC members, the public is welcome to gather at the JFK Tribute in General Worth Square.
“Fort Worth welcomes all who wish to pay tribute to the life of President John F. Kennedy,” said Bob Jameson, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau (FWCVB). “President Kennedy’s historic visit to Fort Worth is one that has resonated within our city and residents since that monumental day. We are proud to recollect the positive impact JFK had on Fort Worth and commemorate his fateful visit.”
The JFK Tribute in General Worth Square is a permanent open air exhibit built within a 1.5 acre site where President John F. Kennedy presented his last speech to the general public on the morning of November 22, 1963. The tribute was designed around an eight-foot, heroic scale Lawrence Ludtke bronze sculpture, John F. Kennedy, cast in bronze in 2009 and installed in General Worth Square in 2012. The JFK Tribute offers a downloadable audio tour and mobile app at www.jfktribute.com.
In addition to the commemorative breakfast, multiple exhibitions will be held in Fort Worth and Tarrant County through November and beyond. Activities include:
September 19 – December 6, 2013
Fort Worth Library presents JFK in Fort Worth: A Lasting Impression
The Fort Worth Library presents a photo exhibition documenting Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth, Oswald’s connection to Fort Worth and the recently opened JFK Tribute in General Worth Square. Admission is free.
September 9-February 8, 2014
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections presents “Howdy, Mr. President” A Fort Worth Perspective of JFK
Eighty-one black-and-white photos shot by Star-Telegram photographers chronicling the Kennedy’s visit. Admission is free.
October 12, 2013 – January 12, 2014
Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy
This amazing exhibit features the works of art installed in the presidential suite of Hotel Texas, together for the first time since November 22, 1963. The original installation included works by Thomas Eakins, Lyonel Feininger, Marsden Hartley, Franz Kline, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso, among others, and was orchestrated by former Amon Carter Board President Ruth Carter Stevenson (1923–2013) and a small group of Fort Worth art collectors. Admission is free.
November 9-17, 2013
Casa Manana presents Oswald, The Actual Interrogation
Based on the interrogation notes of Police Captain Will Fritz, this compelling new play delves into the history and controversy surrounding the 48 hours Lee Harvey Oswald was in the custody of the Dallas Police Department.
November 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Fort Worth Library presents An Evening with Bob Schieffer: Remembering John F. Kennedy
In conjunction with the exhibit, CBS 11 News anchor Tracy Kornet will interview veteran journalist and host of Face the Nation Bob Schieffer about the day the president was assassinated and how the tragedy continues to affect us today. Admission is free. www.fortworthtexas.gov/library
November 21, 2013 at 6:30PM
The Fort Worth Opera presents JFK: A Final Day in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Opera and General Director Darren K. Woods will present a first look at their newly commissioned opera premiering in 2016, JFK (working title), at a special evening of drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the west promenade of the historic Hilton Hotel. Join FWOpera Producing Director Kurt Howard and JFK Artistic collaborators David T. Little and Royce Vavrek for an intimate conversation and exclusive reading of the opera’s near complete libretto. Tickets are $50, to make a reservation call 817.288.1215 or email jen@fwopera.com
November 22, 2013 at 7:30AM
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Commemorative Breakfast
A media hospitality room will be set up in the Members Lounge of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art from November 19-22. A full Fort Worth JFK press kit is available for download here: www.fortworth.com/JFK. For additional information or high-resolution photography, please contact Sarah Covington at SarahCovington@FortWorth.com. Downloadable press release available here.
About the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau (FWCVB) The FWCVB is the official destination marketing organization of the 16th-largest city in the United States. The organization is dedicated to promoting Fort Worth as a premier business and leisure destination, with thriving centers of culture and commerce. For more information, visit www.FortWorth.com.
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Jessica Dowdy, Sr. Manager, Marketing and PR
817.709.7601 or JessicaDowdy@FortWorth.com
Sarah Covington, PR Coordinator
817.730.5022 or SarahCovington@FortWorth.com |
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by boparker | Sep 2, 2013 | JFK Tribute News
For release August 19, 2013
FORT WORTH, Texas—In commemoration of the 5oth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art will exhibit the artworks installed in the president’s suite at the Hotel Texas during his visit to Fort Worth in 1963. On view from October 12, 2013, through January 12, 2014, Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy is presented in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, which organized the exhibition.
The original installation, orchestrated by former Amon Carter Board President Ruth Carter Stevenson (1923–2013) and a small group of Fort Worth art collectors, was created especially for the president and first lady in celebration of their overnight visit to the city. It included paintings by Thomas Eakins, Lyonel Feininger, Marsden Hartley, and Franz Kline, and sculptures by Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso, among others. The exhibition highlights the diverse and thoughtful installation of artworks brought together for the presidential couple.
“It was important for the Amon Carter to partner with the DMA on this project,” says Andrew J. Walker, museum director. “The story has roots in Fort Worth, and our former Board President Ruth Carter Stevenson was closely involved. She helped activate the city’s cultural leaders to donate great artworks to outfit the presidential couple’s hotel suite so that it represented Fort Worth’s hospitality and cultural sophistication. The unexpected tragedy that followed has overshadowed this great expression, and we appreciate the opportunity to tell the story of the Kennedy’s visit to Texas from a different, more uplifting perspective.”
Hotel Texas will reveal for the first time the complete story of the presidential suite 850 installation and examine the significance of art both to the Kennedys and to the Fort Worth and Dallas communities. It will bring to light related materials, most of which have remained in private collections since 1963, including photographs, videos and other archival materials ranging from images of the suite prior to the couple’s arrival to documentation relating to the president’s assassination.
“In reuniting these works of art and unveiling this story, we hope to inspire some historical reflection about the Kennedys’ keen interest in and appreciation of the arts, as well as the significance of presenting for the first time to the public this wide-ranging group of masterworks,” says Olivier Meslay, associate director of curatorial affairs at the Dallas Museum of Art and curator of the exhibition. “Hotel Texas also reveals a signature moment in the history of art, as half a century ago American art was receiving worldwide acclaim.”
Five days prior to the presidential couple’s arrival in Fort Worth, descriptions of the presidential suite at the Hotel Texas were released to the public. Unhappy with the couple’s accommodations, Owen Day, the art critic for the Fort Worth Press, proposed the idea of the installation to prominent art collector and leader of the Fort Worth Art Association Samuel Benton Cantey III. With the support of Ruth Carter Stevenson, collector Ted Weiner and Amon Carter Director Mitchell Wilder, Cantey conceived a three-part exhibition that would unfold in the parlor, master bedroom and second bedroom of suite 850. Drawing on local private and public art collections, each room of the suite was outfitted with works of art that befitted the tastes and interests of President Kennedy and the first lady:
- The Parlor featured a work by the impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840–1926), alongside works of modern sculpture and painting, including the bronze sculpture Angry Owl by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973); an oil painting of Manhattan by American expressionist Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956); an oil-on-paper study by Franz Kline (1910–1962); and a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore (1898–1986).
- The Master Bedroom, which was designated as Jacqueline Kennedy’s bedroom, was adorned with impressionist masterworks per her well-known affinity for the genre. The room included Summer Day in the Park by Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924); Road with Peasant Shouldering a Spade by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890); Sea and Rocks by John Marin (1870–1953); and Bassin de Deauville by Raoul Dufy (1877–1953).
- The Second Bedroom, the president’s room, featured late 19th-century and early 20th- century American art, including Thomas Eakins’ (1844–1916) Swimming, Marsden Hartley’s (1877–1943) Sombrero with Gloves and Charles M. Russell’s (1864–1926) Lost in a Snowstorm, among others.
Within the exhibition visitors will be able to reflect on Kennedy’s assassination and the legacy of his presidency by viewing a film that chronicles his and Mrs. Kennedy’s two-day trip to Texas, listening to oral histories of the event by local residents, and sharing their own thoughts and memories in a collaborative journal. The video and oral histories appear courtesy of the Oral History Collection, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, published in association with Yale University Press, that includes illustrations of the presidential visit to Texas never published before now. It retails for $24.95 in the Museum Store + Café.
Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art in association with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The Fort Worth presentation of the exhibition is supported in part by generous contributions in memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson from Shirlee J. and Taylor Gandy and Bob and Patricia Schieffer.
FREE PUBLIC PROGRAM
The Kennedys in Fort Worth
Gallery Talk by Scott Grant Barker
November 21, 6 p.m.
Join Fort Worth art historian Scott Grant Barker to explore artworks in the Hotel Texas exhibition and discuss the cultural, political and historical events surrounding the Kennedys’ 1963 trip to Fort Worth. No reservations are required.
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**The Amon Carter Museum of American Art will host a Hotel Texas media hospitality room from November 19–22.**
CONTACT: Tracy Greene at 817.989.5067
tracy.greene@cartermuseum.org
Jessica Poole at 817.989.5065
jessica.poole@cartermuseum.org
by boparker | Dec 27, 2012 | JFK Tribute News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION
December 27, 2012 Becky Fetty, (817) 870-1692, beckyf@dfwi.org
JFK Tribute in Fort Worth, Text Panels Replaced
Fort Worth, TX – Construction crews from AUI replaced the original JFK Tribute text panels, replacing the English and Spanish translations of Speaker Wright’s words with panels featuring letters 50% larger.
“After opening the Tribute and watching how people interacted with it, we decided that the letters were too small to read comfortably.” Said Andy Taft, President of Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc.. DFWII developed the Tribute.
“We are also working on refining the glass plinth panels and putting the finishing touches on the water wall. Working with water, natural stone and glass requires a work in period. These issues should be fine tuned in a few weeks,” Taft added.
About Downtown Fort Worth Inc., and Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc.
In the early 1980s, Fort Worth began the urban revitalization of its downtown central business district aided by a private sector voice, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. (DFWI). DFWI was established by a group of dedicated downtown property owners in December of 1981. This membership-based, 501(c)(6) organization has evolved into a significant champion for progress and excellence in downtown Fort Worth. In 1988, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. formed Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc. (DFWII), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to provide a pathway for foundation grants, philanthropic donations and other contributions to help fund charitable, educational and public-purpose downtown projects. They are on the web at www.dfwi.org.
by boparker | Nov 8, 2012 | JFK Tribute News
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For Immediate Release 11/8/12
Contacts: Jessica Dowdy 817-698-7842 jessicadowdy@fortworth.com
Melody Fritz 800-776-9720 mfritz@phprinc.com
Unveiling event & photos available for media download.
Permanent, public installation honors President’s historic final speeches
(Fort Worth, Texas) — In a public ceremony that began at 9:00 a.m. this morning, the clear, youthful voices of 51 members of the Texas Boys Choir underscored the solemnity and respect that resonated throughout the formal dedication of The JFK Tribute, a permanent open air exhibit that fills a 2,000 square foot section of General Worth Square in Fort Worth. The event recognized the significance of President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth and his final speeches given on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Today, as then, a large crowd gathered at the intersection of 8th and Main to hear dignitaries and civic and community leaders speak about the ideals of our nation.
“The events of that day in 1963 have imbued the Fort Worth visit with extraordinary significance,” said Taylor Gandy, JFK Tribute Co-Chair. “President Kennedy’s vision and the impact of his leadership are as relevant now as then.”
The JFK Tribute is the culmination of over a decade of work by a public-private partnership spearheaded by Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives Inc. (DFWII), and Shirlee J. and Taylor Gandy to create a tribute to Kennedy commemorating his historic visit to Fort Worth and his immutable ideals of freedom, courage, discovery and leadership, which he shared in his speeches delivered here.
The JFK Tribute extends beyond the outdoor site: there is an internet-based multi-media platform available for visitors through cell phone-accessible audio tours and on the web: www.jfktribute.com.
About Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. and Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc.
In the early 1980s, Fort Worth began the urban revitalization of its downtown central business district aided by a private sector voice, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. (DFWI). DFWI was established by a group of dedicated downtown property owners in December of 1981. This membership-based, 501(c)(6) organization has evolved into a significant champion for progress and excellence in downtown Fort Worth. In 1988, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. formed Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc. (DFWII), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to provide a pathway for foundation grants, philanthropic donations and other contributions to help fund charitable, educational and public-purpose downtown projects. For information on both organizations, please visit www.dfwi.org.
