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POSTED: Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOOK » Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore, who tours the country exploring the climate in different regions, visited the Big Island for the episode entitled “;Hawaii: Island of Adventure”;. The local episode of “;Cantore Stories”; will air Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on the Weather Channel.
LISTEN » New albums out today: “;One Left Stand,”; Hot Chip; “;Heligoland,”; Massive Attack; “;Crows,”; Allison Moorer; “;Reggie Noble 9 1/2,”; Redman; “;Soldier of Love,”; Sade; and “;Thug Motivation 103,”; Young Jeezy.
DO » Find new ways to get fit at the Great Aloha Run Sports, Health, and Fitness Expo Friday through Sunday at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.
Ex-isle resident misses ad mark
Former Haleiwa resident Alana Littler's Doritos commercial wasn't one of the four that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl.
Though Littler didn't claim the top prize, her final-six commercial, “;The Smackout,”; created with her boyfriend, Brendan Hayward, did win $25,000 and a trip for the pair to the Super Bowl.
It was “;Underdog,”; created by Joshua Svoboda of Raleigh, N.C., that took the No. 2 spot in USA Today's Super Bowl Ad Meter, netting him a $600,000 first-place prize. (The No. 1 spot was worth $1 million, if it were a Doritos ad.)
The ad features a dog who sees a guy eating a bag of Doritos on a park bench (and refuses to share it), sneaks up behind him and puts his bark collar on the fellow to steal the chips. The ad was created on a shoestring budget of $200.
The four ads were narrowed down from six finalists chosen by Doritos for its annual “;Crash the Super Bowl”; competition, based on public voting.
Clean beach, get fest tickets early
STAR 101.9 is offering an opportunity to buy two tickets for the Kokua Festival by participating in various beach cleanups on Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Cleanup locations are:
» Malaekahana Beach Park (by Goat Island). Look for signs. Contact Megan Neal at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» At Keaau Beach Park (past Makaha). Contact Maile Shimabukuro at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» Third beach at the end of Sand Island Access Road. Contact Steve Mazur at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
» At Kahalui Harbor on Maui. Contact Matt Lane at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Participants are encouraged to bring reusable water bottles, grocery bags for picking up small items, sunscreen and hat.
The sale begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, ends Monday and is accessible through the STAR 101.9 Web site with a beach cleanup pass code. All participants will also be entered in a drawing for two free tickets to the festival.
Fitness classes at Magic Island
Nia Oahu and lululemon athletica are presenting complimentary fitness classes, “;Nia in the Park,”; through February. Classes are held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Magic Island.
Nia is a fitness program that uses a combination of martial arts, dance and healing arts. Nia is done barefoot and intended to teach practitioners to move consciously and gracefully.
Some of the benefits Nia claims include weight loss, increased muscle definition and tone, stress relief, improved cardiovascular function, increased flexibility, mobility, agility and stability, and alleviation of emotional problems including anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
For more information, visit www.nianow.com, call 946-7220 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).