Without a doubt, one of the coolest people I've ever talked to! Found out we are both hypochondriacs and worried about getting the swine flu! Also talked about what his granddaughter calls him and about his favorite cartoon The Simpsons! The entire interview will be podcasted at magic95.com by noon (pacific time) Enjoy!
-Austin
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Lots of stars on the show...
So far this week, we've landed Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Matthew McConaughey and now tomorrow...Lionel Richie on the Magic Wake-Up Call! I'm starting to think I'm a pretty big deal but Tina says no!! LOL! :)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Austin's Appetite!
Why is it that I can eat a full meal and 30 min. later be hungry again??? I think it's about time to name my tapeworm...let's call him Tom!
London Getaway...
Well today we had the big announcement...and in case you missed it,. here it is, we are giving you a chance to go to London to check out an amazing show at Hyde Park right across from the original Hard Rock Cafe! The show features Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers and more! Airfare, hotel, tix for the show Listen weekdays @9am for the cue to call and be number 10 to instantly qualify!
Swine Flu Info...
Swine Flu Q&A
What you need to know and how to protect yourself from infection.
Swine flu in the U.S.? If you're worried about the flurry of news on pandemics, epidemics, and public health emergencies, here are some key facts provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention to help you understand how swine flu is spread and what you can do to prevent infection. Current updates on the spread of swine flu are available at the CDC's Swine Flu web site.
What is swine flu?
Swine flu is a respiratory disease normally found in pigs and caused by type A influenza viruses. While outbreaks of this type of flu are common in pigs, human cases of swine flu do happen. In the past, reports of human swine flu have been rare—approximately one infection every one to two years in the U.S. From December 2005 through February 2009, only 12 cases of human infection were documented.
How is it spread?
Humans with direct exposure to pigs are those most commonly infected with swine flu. Yet, human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses have been documented, however it's not known how easily the spread occurs. Just as the common flu is passed along, swine flu is thought to be spread by coughing, sneezing, or touching something with the viruses on it.
If infected, a person may be able to infect another person one day before symptoms develop and up to seven or more days after becoming sick. Thus, a person is able to pass the flu on before they know they are sick. Those with swine flu should be considered potentially contagious as long as they are demonstrating symptoms and up to seven days longer from the onset of their illness. Children might be contagious for longer periods of time.
Can I catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. The CDC says that swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food. Properly cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills all bacteria and viruses.
What are the symptoms of swine flu?
Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of a regular flu: fever and chills, sore throat, cough, headache, body aches, and fatigue. Diarrhea and vomiting can also be present. Without a specific lab test, it is impossible to know whether you may be suffering from swine flu or another flu strain.
What precautionary measures should I take?
The same everyday precautions that you take to prevent other contagious viruses should be used to protect yourself against swine flu. "The best current advice is for individuals to practice good hand hygiene. Periodic hand washing with soap and water, or the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when hand washing is not possible, is a good preventive measure. Also, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth, as germs can more easily gain entrance into your body through those areas," suggests Dr. Rob Danoff. Covering your mouth with a disposable tissue when you cough and sneeze is also a good practice.
The CDC recommends avoiding contact with sick people and keeping your own good health in check with adequate sleep, exercise, and a nutritious diet.
What should you do if you think you are sick with swine flu?
Contact your health care professional, inform them of your symptoms, and ask whether you should be tested for swine flu. Be prepared to give details on how long you've been feeling ill and about any recent travels. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed. If you feel sick, but are not sure what illness you may have, stay home until you have been diagnosed properly to avoid spreading any infection.
Watch for these symptoms in children. Seek emergency medical care if your child experiences any of the following warning signs:
Fever with a rash
Dehydration
Fast breathing
Bluish skin coloration
Slow to wake or sluggish interaction
Flu-like symptoms improve, but then return and cough worsens
Severe irritability
For adults, emergency medical care is needed if you experience these warning signs:
Difficulty breathing
Dizziness
Confusion
Severe or persistent vomiting
Pain/pressure in the chest or stomach
Remember that the symptoms for swine flu are almost identical to those you might experience with the regular flu. Only your doctor can give you the correct diagnosis.
Are there medicines effective in treating swine flu in humans?
The swine flu responds to the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza) for those infected. For treatment, these antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).
What you need to know and how to protect yourself from infection.
Swine flu in the U.S.? If you're worried about the flurry of news on pandemics, epidemics, and public health emergencies, here are some key facts provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Conrol and Prevention to help you understand how swine flu is spread and what you can do to prevent infection. Current updates on the spread of swine flu are available at the CDC's Swine Flu web site.
What is swine flu?
Swine flu is a respiratory disease normally found in pigs and caused by type A influenza viruses. While outbreaks of this type of flu are common in pigs, human cases of swine flu do happen. In the past, reports of human swine flu have been rare—approximately one infection every one to two years in the U.S. From December 2005 through February 2009, only 12 cases of human infection were documented.
How is it spread?
Humans with direct exposure to pigs are those most commonly infected with swine flu. Yet, human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses have been documented, however it's not known how easily the spread occurs. Just as the common flu is passed along, swine flu is thought to be spread by coughing, sneezing, or touching something with the viruses on it.
If infected, a person may be able to infect another person one day before symptoms develop and up to seven or more days after becoming sick. Thus, a person is able to pass the flu on before they know they are sick. Those with swine flu should be considered potentially contagious as long as they are demonstrating symptoms and up to seven days longer from the onset of their illness. Children might be contagious for longer periods of time.
Can I catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. The CDC says that swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food. Properly cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills all bacteria and viruses.
What are the symptoms of swine flu?
Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of a regular flu: fever and chills, sore throat, cough, headache, body aches, and fatigue. Diarrhea and vomiting can also be present. Without a specific lab test, it is impossible to know whether you may be suffering from swine flu or another flu strain.
What precautionary measures should I take?
The same everyday precautions that you take to prevent other contagious viruses should be used to protect yourself against swine flu. "The best current advice is for individuals to practice good hand hygiene. Periodic hand washing with soap and water, or the use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when hand washing is not possible, is a good preventive measure. Also, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth, as germs can more easily gain entrance into your body through those areas," suggests Dr. Rob Danoff. Covering your mouth with a disposable tissue when you cough and sneeze is also a good practice.
The CDC recommends avoiding contact with sick people and keeping your own good health in check with adequate sleep, exercise, and a nutritious diet.
What should you do if you think you are sick with swine flu?
Contact your health care professional, inform them of your symptoms, and ask whether you should be tested for swine flu. Be prepared to give details on how long you've been feeling ill and about any recent travels. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed. If you feel sick, but are not sure what illness you may have, stay home until you have been diagnosed properly to avoid spreading any infection.
Watch for these symptoms in children. Seek emergency medical care if your child experiences any of the following warning signs:
Fever with a rash
Dehydration
Fast breathing
Bluish skin coloration
Slow to wake or sluggish interaction
Flu-like symptoms improve, but then return and cough worsens
Severe irritability
For adults, emergency medical care is needed if you experience these warning signs:
Difficulty breathing
Dizziness
Confusion
Severe or persistent vomiting
Pain/pressure in the chest or stomach
Remember that the symptoms for swine flu are almost identical to those you might experience with the regular flu. Only your doctor can give you the correct diagnosis.
Are there medicines effective in treating swine flu in humans?
The swine flu responds to the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza) for those infected. For treatment, these antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Party on Saturday...you're invited!
That's right, we will be at Dorado Confections on Saturday for our $25,000 Purse Madness giveaway and even if you did not qualify...you can come out and join the festivities. Tom The Psychic will be on hand giving out free readings and hopefully somebody will leave with a really cool purse AND be $25,000 richer. We'll get the party started at 9am! See ya there!!
-Austin
-Austin
Disco and Idol...GOOD TIMES!
I'm just giddy over the disco theme on Idol this week...ALSO last year's runner-up David Archuletta will be debuting his new song. Tonight 8pm, elimination show tomorrow on FOX! I want to see one of the dudes do some Bee Gees!!
-Austin
-Austin
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tonight is the night...GO ACES!
Tonight is going to be a huge night for the city of Reno with the home opener for the Aces. With so much excitement and anticipation in the air, there is ONE thing that is going to be a bit of a pain and that's parking...UGGHH!! Here's a lowdown of what's going on... thx rgj!
Decades-long tradition of offering free parking in downtown Reno casino garages will end at the Club Cal Neva and Harrah’s with Friday evening’s opening game of the Reno Aces. Both garages will be charging $10 to park.
The parking fee will be charged for all 72 home game days this year for the Reno Aces, which costs $7 for a general admission ticket. No parking is available at the stadiumOther parking garages are offering special deals to fill up their spaces.At the Fitzgeralds parking garage, the rate will drop from $7.50 to $5 for 10 hours of parking as of Friday, said Hossein Minaie, a parking garage official. The garage, north of the railroad tracks from Harrah’s, has about 750 spaces available for public parking.“We are ready for the crowds,” Minaie said.Even closer, Basin Street Properties is offering a new special events parking rate of $5 for six hours of parking at its building, known as the Truckee River Tower. It’s on the south side of Second Street, across from the new stadium at Second. For disabled or elderly people, it would be the closest place to park and has about 750 spaces.“That’s great,” Mayor Bob Cashell said, of the new baseball rate. “Those guys are super to work with and great community partners.”Harrah’s and the Club Cal Neva are the two closest casinos with parking garages and officials say sell-out crowds could take over parking used by their regular customers. But they also have offers to get baseball fans inside. At Harrah’s, parking ticket stubs can be used for a $10 discount on $50 worth of food or items at its gift shop, said John Packer, marketing director for Harrah’s Reno and Tahoe. The garage has 480 parking spaces for non-valet customers.At the Club Cal Neva, drivers can put their parking tickets into a slot machine and get $10 worth of free play, said Clint Johnson, slot and marketing operations director.At both casinos, the offers are good for that day only. Those with club memberships, hotel guests or VIPs will be allowed to park free. At Harrah’s, those favored customers are asked to use valet parking for free on game days.Given the economy, Cashell said he expected some casinos would start charging. Cashell, a long-time casino owner, chuckled at the clever Cal Neva promotion. “Just getting people in the door, that’s the name of the game,” he said.Those looking for free parking will have to walk a little farther to parking garages operated by Circus-Circus and Silver Legacy, which together have about 3,000 spaces. Parking at the large Washoe County lot, south of the District Court house on Virginia Street, is free on weekends and evenings.In all, downtown has 15,704 parking spaces on the streets, in parking lots and garages, according to a city parking study completed in late 2006. Parking rates for street parking is not enforced after 6 p.m. or Sundays or holidays.Police are bracing for about 4,000 extra vehicles downtown for the opening game and the games this weekend. Six officers, a sergeant and two community service officers have been hired on overtime by the stadium to work the streets, directing traffic and pedestrians. For Friday’s opening night, the stadium has sold out, selling 9,100 tickets.
Decades-long tradition of offering free parking in downtown Reno casino garages will end at the Club Cal Neva and Harrah’s with Friday evening’s opening game of the Reno Aces. Both garages will be charging $10 to park.
The parking fee will be charged for all 72 home game days this year for the Reno Aces, which costs $7 for a general admission ticket. No parking is available at the stadiumOther parking garages are offering special deals to fill up their spaces.At the Fitzgeralds parking garage, the rate will drop from $7.50 to $5 for 10 hours of parking as of Friday, said Hossein Minaie, a parking garage official. The garage, north of the railroad tracks from Harrah’s, has about 750 spaces available for public parking.“We are ready for the crowds,” Minaie said.Even closer, Basin Street Properties is offering a new special events parking rate of $5 for six hours of parking at its building, known as the Truckee River Tower. It’s on the south side of Second Street, across from the new stadium at Second. For disabled or elderly people, it would be the closest place to park and has about 750 spaces.“That’s great,” Mayor Bob Cashell said, of the new baseball rate. “Those guys are super to work with and great community partners.”Harrah’s and the Club Cal Neva are the two closest casinos with parking garages and officials say sell-out crowds could take over parking used by their regular customers. But they also have offers to get baseball fans inside. At Harrah’s, parking ticket stubs can be used for a $10 discount on $50 worth of food or items at its gift shop, said John Packer, marketing director for Harrah’s Reno and Tahoe. The garage has 480 parking spaces for non-valet customers.At the Club Cal Neva, drivers can put their parking tickets into a slot machine and get $10 worth of free play, said Clint Johnson, slot and marketing operations director.At both casinos, the offers are good for that day only. Those with club memberships, hotel guests or VIPs will be allowed to park free. At Harrah’s, those favored customers are asked to use valet parking for free on game days.Given the economy, Cashell said he expected some casinos would start charging. Cashell, a long-time casino owner, chuckled at the clever Cal Neva promotion. “Just getting people in the door, that’s the name of the game,” he said.Those looking for free parking will have to walk a little farther to parking garages operated by Circus-Circus and Silver Legacy, which together have about 3,000 spaces. Parking at the large Washoe County lot, south of the District Court house on Virginia Street, is free on weekends and evenings.In all, downtown has 15,704 parking spaces on the streets, in parking lots and garages, according to a city parking study completed in late 2006. Parking rates for street parking is not enforced after 6 p.m. or Sundays or holidays.Police are bracing for about 4,000 extra vehicles downtown for the opening game and the games this weekend. Six officers, a sergeant and two community service officers have been hired on overtime by the stadium to work the streets, directing traffic and pedestrians. For Friday’s opening night, the stadium has sold out, selling 9,100 tickets.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Best movie songs...
Got a lot of great calls with this one...my favorite personally was the one for Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider from the 1985 movie Vision Quest. I love Eye of the tiger from the Rocky movies too and I would be remissed if I didn't mention Lookin' For Love by Johnny Lee from the movie Urban Cowboy! Tina mentioned her favorite as In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel from Say Anything. Here's a list of the Top 10 movie songs that we found on aol...agree, disagree??? Let us know!
10. Chad Kroeger (Nickelback) Hero (Spiderman)
9. Jennifer Warnes, Bill Medley- Time of my life (Dirty Dancing)
8. Survivor- Eye of the Tiger (ROCKY)
7. Bob Seger- Old Time Rock and Roll (Risky Buisness)
6. Peter Gabriel- In your Eyes (Say Anything)
5. Celine Dion- My Heart Will Go On- Celine Dion ( Titanic)
4.Bee Gees- You Should Be Dancin' (Saturday Night Fever)
3.Don't Wanna Miss A Thing- Aerosmith (Armageddon)
2.Goo Goo Dolls- Iris (City Of Angels)
1.Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne's World)
10. Chad Kroeger (Nickelback) Hero (Spiderman)
9. Jennifer Warnes, Bill Medley- Time of my life (Dirty Dancing)
8. Survivor- Eye of the Tiger (ROCKY)
7. Bob Seger- Old Time Rock and Roll (Risky Buisness)
6. Peter Gabriel- In your Eyes (Say Anything)
5. Celine Dion- My Heart Will Go On- Celine Dion ( Titanic)
4.Bee Gees- You Should Be Dancin' (Saturday Night Fever)
3.Don't Wanna Miss A Thing- Aerosmith (Armageddon)
2.Goo Goo Dolls- Iris (City Of Angels)
1.Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne's World)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Go Green with Magic 95.5
April 20th is Earth day! Magic 95.5 takes pride in being your "Go Green" station! Listen all this month for "go green" tips and find out how you can help us save the planet one step at a time!
Here are a few things you can do-
Only take napkins in fast food places if you are going to use them
Use those squiggly light bulbs
Invest in a water bottle you can reuse
If you have any green tips that your family would like to share, let the Magic Wake Up Call know. 829-0955!
Here are a few things you can do-
Only take napkins in fast food places if you are going to use them
Use those squiggly light bulbs
Invest in a water bottle you can reuse
If you have any green tips that your family would like to share, let the Magic Wake Up Call know. 829-0955!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
More FREE concert tix!
Magic 95.5 welcomes...Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire to Harvey's Outdoor Ampitheater Saturday Night August 1st! We'll have more tix to give away tomorrow morning during the Magic Wake-Up Call from 6-10...Geesh that's early! Good luck!!
I'm a grown up now! Sort of...
Yes, no more sleeping on a mattress on the floor!!!!! We actually have a REAL bed now, queen size too!! No more feet dangling off the end of the mattress...we actually can "climb" into bed now and we have some distance between us and the floor during...uhhh, nevermind, I just hope I don't fall out of bed now...i'm up pretty high!! YIPPPEEEE!!! That's our bed...isn't it bee-yoo-tee-ful!! :)
Pet Travel...
Starting Monday if you like to take your pets on rides...well you're going to have to make sure they are restrained in these new pet harnesses that the govt. is making you purchase. The cost is $100 and if you don't have you're pet in one and you get pulled over...you will be fined up to $150!! For more details or to voice your opinion on this go to restrainyourpet.gov... OUTRAGOUS!!!
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