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10th "Home for Halloween" Campaign Reminds Revelers to
Keep It Close to Home on October 31

www.homeforhalloween.com

28 September 2016 – San Francisco, CA: What will you be doing in your hometown and home neighborhood on Monday, October 31 — Halloween 2016? For the tenth year, San Francisco’s Home for Halloween campaign (www.homeforhalloween.com) is urging people to celebrate the costume-filled holiday close to home in an effort to spur their local business communities and also remind revelers to keep the holiday safe and sane.

“Halloween is a fun family tradition, and I encourage all San Franciscans to be safe when they are out celebrating,” said San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee. “There are many wonderful and safe events happening in San Francisco neighborhoods and throughout the Bay Area, and we are encouraging people to celebrate Halloween in their local neighborhoods and cities.”

“We want to be clear, there will be NO street closure and NO event in San Francisco’s Castro District. The Castro, while open for business, will not be closed for a street party,” said interim San Francisco Police Chief Toney Chaplin.

The multi-layered Home for Halloween campaign was launched in 2007 to discourage individuals who live outside of San Francisco from coming into the Castro neighborhood on October 31 and overwhelming the mostly residential neighborhood and its smattering of small businesses and bars. In addition, the campaign has proved a catalyst for other San Francisco neighborhoods to sponsor activities outside of the Castro. The Home for Halloween website includes a broad list of activities occurring around the Bay Area on Halloween evening. Comprehensive transportation and public safety information is included.

“Above all, this is a public safety campaign,” says Chaplin, noting that over the years, Halloween has sometimes become an excuse for nuisance and even violent behavior. “For those people who would come into the Castro — or any part of the City — with bad intentions and exhibiting bad behavior, the message is very clear: stay home.”

Media Contact: DP&A, Inc., (415) 767-1067 / news@davidperry.com

Ten Percent. TV Listing. September – October 2016

TV Listing
Ten Percent — LGBT-TV for Northern California
Wednesdays, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursdays – Tuesday, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 10:30pm
On Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104 in Northern California and in High Def on Channel 819

Episode # 326
Wednesday, September 21, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday — Tuesday September 22 – 27, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, September 24 – 25, 10:30pm
David Perry interviews Kirk Frederick author of the book Write That Down! The Comedy of Male Actress Charles Pierce.

Episode # 327
Wednesday, September 28, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday – Tuesday, September 29 – October 4, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 1 – 2, 10:30pm
David Perry speaks with Zoe Elton, director of programming for the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival. Mr Perry also interviews The Honorable Mayor of San Francisco Edwin Lee.

Episode # 328
Wednesday, October 5, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday – Tuesday, October 6 – 11, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 8 – 9, 10:30pm
David Perry welcomes John Manuel-Andriote, author of the award winning book Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America and his first children’s book Wilhelmina Goes Wandering.

Episode # 329
Wednesday, October 12, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday – Tuesday, October 13 – 18, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 15 – 16, 10:30pm
David Perry welcomes John Cunningham, Executive Director of National AIDS Memorial Grove celebrating its 25th anniversary. David Perry also chats with Brenda Laribee Principal of BL Fund Development Consulting

Episode # 330
Wednesday, October 19, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday – Tuesday, October 20 – 25, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 22 – 23, 10:30pm
David Perry speaks with Matt O’Grady, Principal of O’Grady Consulting. Mr Perry also chats with Juicy Liu, the reigning Miss GAPA of 2016

Episode # 331
Wednesday, October 26, 7pm
Rebroadcast: Thursday – Tuesday, October 27 – November 1, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 29 – 30, 10:30pm
David Perry interviews Ned Atkins, Marketing Producer of Upload VR. David Perry also speaks with Y’Anad Burrell, founder and creative director of Fashion On The Square.

Ten Percent is also available 24/7 through the “On Demand” Feature through your Comcast Cable Network. Choose “Get Local” and “Comcast Hometown” to access Ten Percent. Past shows may also be viewed online at www.comcasthometown.com.

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About Ten Percent:

Comcast Hometown Network (CHN), Comcast’s regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, continues its commitment to quality original programming with Ten Percent, a weekly interview series that focuses on lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) issues. The half-hour show, created and hosted by long-time San Francisco media professional David Perry, airs on Channel 104 and is available to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California. Each episode will then be available online at www.comcasthometown.com as well as on Comcast’s popular ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers.  To view Ten Percent ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the “Get Local” section, then click on “Comcast Hometown.”

“I jokingly call the show ‘Charlie Rose for the LGBT world,” said David Perry, Producer/Host of Ten Percent. “We may be only ten percent of the general population, in round numbers, but our issues are one hundred percent front-and-center in today’s world. Whether it’s the fight for marriage equality or debates about gay clergy or the right to serve openly in uniform, our issues are reflective of the world at large.”

“David has a well-known and unique voice that bridges many communities,” said Jason Holmes, Executive Producer at Comcast Hometown Network. “David’s talents and the launch of Ten Percent further enhance Comcast’s commitment to our communities and Comcast Hometown Network’s compelling, community-based regional programming,”

Media Contact: David Perry / (415) 767-1067 / news@davidperry.com

Law of the Jungle Applied To Donald Trump in Viral Video Satire:

“Casino Don: Make the Jungle Great Again.”

Educator, Author, and Filmmaker John D. Murphy Thinks the Election of the Casino Titan is a Deadly Gamble with the Future of America.

16 September 2016 – San Francisco, CA: With less than seven weeks until election day, John D. Murphy believes he captured the essence of the Trump candidacy for president by dubbing him “Casino Don.” “Donald Trump has gambled with other people’s money his entire career, and his behavior as the Republican presidential candidate portends that, if elected, he will gamble with the lives of all Americans.”

Murphy penned and produced his homage “to our high quality presidential campaign,” starring a proboscis monkey he christened “Casino Don.” Framed in nine short political advertisements: “I’m Casino Don and I approve of this message,” Casino Don bloviates on the pressing issues of the day. Among those are the following:

Immigration: “I will deport all Meer Cats and put an end to their radical voyeurism.”

Guns: “Every gun will have a breathalyzer to make sure you’re legally drunk before you shoot.”

Casino Don University: “Not having a mind is a terrible thing to waste.”

Terrorism: “I will drop a million pornographic magazines in Syria and Iraq. ISIS will be so busy strangling the monkey, the war will be over in a week.”

Tongue-in-cheek, Murphy allows: “We share virtually the same DNA as our simian ancestors, and the banana is the favorite fruit of homo sapiens. Murphy, 70 (he and Trump born same year) is a founder of the University of Phoenix, then exacting critic in his book: Mission Forsaken: The University of Phoenix Affair with Wall Street. Murphy is also the filmmaker of the award-winning feature Valley of the Heart’s Delight about a 1933 San Jose, California lynching politically engineered by the then governor of California, James “Sunny Jim,” Rolph.

Humor aside, Murphy asserts this election must taken seriously. “Whether or not Hillary Clinton would be our first choice for president, a vote for the second choice is the foundation for the profound disintegration of America’s role as the economic and political leader of the free world.”

Casino Don: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9-odlQ_kbVjvPHeHaj0ZQ

media contact: David Perry / (415) 767-1067 / news@davidperry.com

Blue Willow Systems Highlights Innovative Wearable Technology for Elders
Debuts at National Investment Center (NIC) in Washington, DC

14 September 2016–Washington, DC: “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old,” famously said George Burns. Also, as you get older, sometimes you may not be able to prevent a fall. However, thanks to the innovative new Blue Willow System (www.bluewillowsystems.com), the danger from falls can be drastically reduced. Just as importantly, if your beloved George or Gracie does fall, help is on the way: instantly, automatically and specific to their needs.

“Blue Willow Systems is a strikingly innovate disruptor in the senior wearable health systems space,” said Vikram Devdas, Founder and CEO of Blue Willow Systems. Devdas founded the company after the tragic loss of his father due to an undetected fall. As he learned more about the issue, the highly-regarded computer engineer and successful entrepreneur, found that undetected falls account for a significant proportion of the hospitalizations of seniors in senior care communities. However, he was surprised to learn that new technologies weren’t being used to solve the problem, and decided to change this. The result, Blue Willow Systems, is an innovative fall detection and alert system designed to allow seniors’ facilities to automatically monitor the health and location of their residents using a variety of wearable and non-wearable sensor devices.

“Previous technologies required the wearer to pull a string,” Devdas continues. “What if your mother has a stroke and is incapacitated, or your grandfather has a heart attack and is unable to move? The automatic features of geo sensing in the Blue Willow device make previous technologies obsolete. Our patented technology is the future of senior and disability care delivered now: safely, securely and via the cloud.”

Blue Willow Systems makes fall detection and health monitoring into an easy-to-implement solution. Its innovative, cost-effective system provides significant benefits to meet all the challenges of helping seniors to stay independent:

“Blue Willow has cracked the  detection and elopement problem,” said Steve Moran of the respected Senior Housing Forum. “Blue Willow Systems has figured out how to take advantage of technology and capabilities.  They have created the system you have been looking for.”

“We are very excited to get our SaaS based platform for senior safety care to market,” said Richard Heaton, Blue Willow Systems CTO & COO, noting that the company has already started to install the Blue Willow System in care facilities in both the US and Canada.  “This is ground breaking technology in senior care and we are ready to share it with the world.”  

• Provides an integrated and modern platform: Blue Willow Systems offers an end-to-end solution that uses wearables and sensors within a resident’s living space, and sends information instantly to mobile and desktop dashboards for caregivers and operators.

• Cloud-based delivery proves ample mobility and flexibility: Multiple locations and on-the-go staff members require a solution that can be managed from anywhere, at any time. Blue Willow Systems is cloud-based, so you can access your data and tools whenever you need them.

• SaaS model gives you affordability and just-right functionality: No need to purchase an expensive software solution that’s packed with features you don’t use-not to mention getting hit with fees for upgrades and support. Software-as-a-service allows you to buy only what you need, making it an extremely budget-friendly option that still has all the functionality you require.

• Automatic monitoring, reporting, and alerts give you real-time insights: Fall prevention and health monitoring are a 24/7/365 responsibility, but few organizations can staff up to those levels. Now there’s no need. With Blue Willow Systems, you have always-on monitoring, which issues alerts when risks are detected. You also have reports that can give you insights on trends and issues worth watching.

“I am very excited about how this is designed, with older individuals for older individuals,” said Dr. Christy Lane, Professor at Stanford University’s Wearable Health Lab. “It is a vital tool for care situations with a variety of sensors for fall detection, location detection, monitoring and messaging to staff and families.”

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