How to Plan a Wedding in 30 Days

June is almost here! As everyone knows, June is the biggest wedding month of the year. If you are just getting engaged or deciding to get married quickly, can you plan and schedule a wedding in 30 days?

Apparently you can. So says Candace Morehouse in an article for Associated Content.

Some of the tips from the article include:

1. Pick and confirm a venue BEFORE confirming a date. Makes sense.
2. Contract with nearby hotels for out of town guests.
3. Buy your tux and gown asap.
4. Pick reliable friends for the bridaly party.
5. Keep things simple overall and pick one thing to splurge on.
6. Rely on family and ask for help.

Scheduling problems lead to missed immunizations

By Anne Harding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Making sure kids get all their shots has a lot to do with convenience and communication, new research shows.

Children whose parents have difficulty scheduling appointments or who have a tough time communicating with their child's doctor are more likely to be under-immunized, Dr. Melissa Stockwell, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and population family health, Columbia University Medical Center, and her colleagues found.

Stockwell reported these findings today at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in Baltimore.

'Under-immunized' means the children were missing at least one of the shots making up the basic early childhood vaccination series given to children 19 to 35 months old, Stockwell explained in an interview. "Any time kids are under-immunized, it does put them at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases," she said.

...Children whose parents had rescheduled appointments were 3.8 times more likely to have missed an immunization visit, while those whose parents had doubts about the importance of vaccines were 3.3 times more likely to have missed an appointment.

Read complete findings here!

Scheduling mix-up ruffles feathers at City Attorney's Office

San Francisco's City Attorney, Dennis Herrera was in Washington DC when he was expected at a press conference with the Mayor back in San Francisco.

It seems that Mayor Gavin Newsom's office and the City Attorney's office had worked together for four months drafting a plan to streamline the nonprofit sector in San Francisco.

The Mayor’s Office said the absence of any representative from the City Attorney’s Office was because of a scheduling issue.

Mayor Gavin Newsom also began the press conference with thanks and appreciation for Herrera’s efforts.

Volunteer Readers Needed!

The Southeastern North Carolina Reading Service is looking for volunteer readers.

This organization now uses The Calendar Planner to schedule their volunteer readers.

Their online calendar is color coded to communicate open slots for volunteers.

BLUE - These slots can be filled on an as needed basis. During these slots, volunteers can read magazines or novels at their own pace. This is not a weekly commitment.

YELLOW - These slots show volunteers who have made a commitment to come on these certain days and times.

GREEN - Thease are available reading times for new or existing volunteers! SIGN UP!

ORANGE - Slots that have been filled. Names may vary as volunteers choose their dates

To sign up, email the director at rrsvolunteers@gmail.com or call the office at 910-672-1600 to sign up for available reading slots.

Online June/July calendar!

Summer Schedule for Kids

ThriftyFun.com offers great resources for families looking for ways to engage and entertain kids for the upcoming summer. No personal calendar for the summer is complete without events that are set up with the children and family in mind.

Here are just some of the articles with summer scheduling information for kids that available at ThriftyFun.com:

Summer Survival
House Cleaning Schedule
Keep Kids Busy With Summer Movies

Find the links for these additional articles at ThriftyFun.com:
-Free Summer Kids Movies At Regal
-Summer Crafts For Bored Kids
-Back To School Breakfast Schedule
-Summer Book Club and Book Swap
-Craft Project: All-American Desk Sitter Kids
-Painting on a Tight Schedule
-Schedule the First Appointment
-Schedule for Vaccinations
-Summer Adventure: A Neighborhood Kids' Yard Sale

How to fairly schedule staff’s summer vacations in advance?

This was the question posed by one HR staffer to the HR Specialist Forum at Business Management Daily. This HR staffer was worried that staff schedules in the summer months could interfere with delivery schedules. Here were some of the suggestions offered by other HR professionals on how to approach scheduling staff for summer vacations:

1. Set a minimum time period for notice. eg. at least 3 days advanced notice.
2. Establish black out dates for the summer period ahead of time.
3. Communicate concerns to staff and ask if possible that they would be willing to collaborate on a schedule that would not have multiple staffers off at the same time.
4. Consider a first come-first served approach and a maximum number of staff who can be off at the same time.

The key was flexibility, with the understanding that staff should be encouraged to take earned vacation time. They will be more productive when they come back and the company will be better off.

Scheduling Mix Up for South African Cricket Team

A scheduling mix up at the cricket grounds in London last week, left the South African cricket team with no place to practise as they ramped up for the start of the ICC World Twenty 20 tournament.

"We had a scheduled training at Southgate and when we rocked up there it wasn't scheduled in their books so we had to make our way from Southgate to Lord's to train," said captain Graeme Smith.

The ICC World Twenty20 tournament schedule is here!

Texas Living History Online Calendar

The Texas Living History online calendar is another great example of how The Calendar Planner can be used to publish web calendars for very little cost.

Nonprofit organizations get a 20% discount on The Calendar Planner and so for less than $80 an organization can have a calendar online with no recurring costs.

Texas Living History calendar
More about web publishing with The Calendar Planner

Sample Student 24-Hour Clock

Ever wonder how college students schedule their day?

Take a look at this 24-hour clock time management tool at Study Guide and Strategies to help college students see how they schedule their days.

Here are the categories that students are expected to schedule time for in any 24-hour period.

- Classes
- Studying
- Sleeping
- Exercise/sports
- Work/internship
- Family commitments
- Personal care/grooming
- Meal preparation/eating/clean-up
- Transportation (school, work, etc.)
- Relaxing/TV/video games, etc. (alone)
- Socializing/entertainment (with friends)
- Other

Scheduled Your Oscar Party Yet? Time is Running Out!

Hollywood's biggest night of the year, the 81st Oscars will take place on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre.

If you haven't planned your Oscar viewing party yet, time is running out.

These Oscar party menus might help:

-All Recipes
-Epicurious
-Reader's Digest Oscar Party Menu for 6
-About.com: Cooking for Kids

Forrester High School Schedules Annual Events with The Calendar Planner

Forrester High School in the United Kingdom is only one of many schools worldwide, able to publish an online web calendar with an entire year's worth of activities.

Forrester High School uses The Calendar Planner to not only schedule and plan activities but to communicate an entire year's worth of activities with staff,students and families through a web calendar.

With the 20% education discount, Forrester was able to save money and get their calendar online for less than USD$80 and no recurring costs.

Check out the Forrester High School Calendar of Events here.

Tips for Scheduling a Wedding Date

Chick flick, Bride Wars, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway opened last month. Hathaway and Hudson play best friends who are feuding because they have planned their weddings on the same date. Per Eloise Parker for the Daily News, selecting a wedding date "can be just as cut-throat" as depicted in the movie. After all there are only so many Saturdays in June and October, prime wedding planning months. Parker's article shares some tips for scheduling a wedding date:

- Remember that the hot venues are scheduled at least a year in advance. Start event planning early.
- Saturdays in June and October are big wedding days. Be flexible.
- Unique dates are typically the first to go. Example 09.09.09, Valentine's Day, July 4th and Halloween all fall on Saturdays in 2009.
- Friday nights and Sundays are cheaper than Saturdays.
- January is the best month for savings.
- Consider a waiting list if a prime venue is not available and you are flexible.
- If your heart is set on a specific date, consider flexibility with time of day.

Once you set your wedding date, The Calendar Planner is one inexpensive way to keep you on task as you move towards the big date.

Photo - Courtesy of NY Daily News

2009 World Series of Poker Schedule Features $40,000 No Limit Event

Poker News Daily reports that the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule was unveiled by Harrah’s on January 26th. Participants at the 2009 WSOP will be able to partake in a $40,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament, the second richest tournament on this year’s slate of events. A total of 57 bracelet events will make up the festivities, up two from 2008. One major change involved the elimination of all five rebuy tournaments that were held last year.

The 2009 WSOP lineup is the 40th anniversary and promises viewers who watch the action unfold on ESPN a much wider assortment of poker tournaments.

The final table of the Main Event will once again be scheduled for November beginning on November 7th for three days. The finale, featuring the November Nine may air on ESPN on Tuesday, November 10th after the event concludes from the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. No official television schedule has been announced.

Potential Headaches of School Schedule Change

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP)
Posted: 11:37 AM Feb 9, 2009
Last Updated: 11:51 AM Feb 9, 2009

A proposal to push back high school start times in Fairfax County is making some parents, students and teachers nervous that extra sleep isn't worth the headaches of a scheduling change.

Most Fairfax high schools start at 7:20 a.m. Middle and elementary schools start later.

Under the proposed change, most high schools would start an hour later. Elementary schools would start between 7:50 and 9:25 a.m., and middle schools would start at 9:40 a.m.

One parent group says research shows more sleep makes teenagers healthier and higher performing. But others worry the different start times could force cancellations of extracurricular activities such as swimming, which relies on coordinating schedules with county pools.

School officials plan to hold meetings and conduct surveys to decide on the proposal.

Source - Potential Headaches of School Schedule Change

Football Scheduling Problems Tackled at School Board Session

01/16/2009
DuBOIS - Some changes may be on the horizon for the DuBois Area School District's football program. Athletic Director Pam Murdock told the school board at Thursday's work session about the scheduling problem over the last 12 years.

She said the issues with the District 9 scheduling began when Clearfield refused to renew its four-year contract for football. "At that time, the league took a stance and said if you don't play DuBois we might not play you in other sports," Murdock said. "To make a long story short, after some board meetings and people talking to Clearfield, within a month we had a letter stating they would play DuBois again. That lasted one year."

In 2006, Clearfield withdrew from the league, which left five teams to play against one another. Many roadblocks were enountered when trying to find different configurations of teams to make a schedule.

"In 2006, Bradford, Brookville, DuBois, St. Marys and Punxsutawney . . . realized we were in trouble as a league. Only having five teams, that would only give us each four games a year," Murdock said. "That left us having to find six games to fill in."
Clearfield had been accepted into the Mountain Athletic Conference. Brookville and Punxsy were accepted into another league, leaving the District 9 league with two teams. Bradford participated with District 10 for the first time this year.
When DuBois applied to the MAC, it was accepted and rejected within a 48-hour period due to a misunderstanding. DuBois was accepted to the MAC was given a schedule of five games for 2008-09.

"We still have a schedule for next year," Murdock said. "Unfortunately, we just met in December and then in January and now we have a two-game schedule. We probably looked at no less than 10 to 12 different schedules."
This lack of games in 2009 is caused by discontent among the majority of its members.
Murdock said 10 teams will leave the MAC in 2009 to re-form what was previously known as "The Big Eight," which may include one or two more teams.
"Since that time, I have spoken to District 10 representatives again. Four years ago, we had discussed the possibility of going to District 10," Murdock said. "When we left we had more ties with District 6, but unfortunately that is not going to work for us."

Murdock said District 10 has seen very receptive and can offer a seven-game schedule for the varsity team, as well as a junior varsity football schedule. It will not be able to provide a junior high schedule, but the school plays in an intercounty league with Hollidaysburg, State College and Altoona.

A letter will be sent to District 10 from the district saying DuBois is interested in joining the league. The district will meet in February to review the letter and make a decision. If DuBois is approved to join District 10, this would take effect in 2010.

"Travel wise, it is not going to be that much different because we are going to Lewistown, Chestnut Ridge, Pittsburgh, Erie, Bellefonte. If you look at the travel time and the teams in District 10, there may be a slight increase in transportation, but I don't think it is going to be that drastic," Murdock said. "At this time we don't know which region we would be put in with." Murdock said the change of district would affect football only.

2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival January 6-19, 2009

Special to The Press-Enterprise
Making its American premiere, "$5 a Day" stars quirky character actor Christopher Walker, right, as a con-artist father.

DAILY FILM SCHEDULE
Tuesday, January 6 - Black Tie Awards Gala
Wednesday, January 7 - Student Screening Day
Thursday, January 8 - Opening Night Gala
Friday, January 9
Saturday, January 10
Sunday, January 11
Monday, January 12
Tuesday, January 13
Wednesday, January 14
Thursday, January 15
Friday, January 16
Saturday, January 17
Sunday, January 18
Monday, January 19 - Best of the Fest

Find out More About Upcoming Film Festivals at http://www.reelproductioncalendar.com/festivals.php

Reel Production Calendar used in Production of Fox's 24

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Need Time Management Tips for 2009?

Found a great website offering all kinds of time management tips for 2009 - Patty Kreamer's Organizing Tips.

Patty Kreamer, CPO® is the President of Kreamer Connect, Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA -based company that works with residential and corporate clients to become more productive and perform better while at the same time simplifying their work and lives.