Friday Foodie: BRUSCHETTA – Tomatoes everywhere...

Linda Kruse on stairs to her home in Italy

One of my favorite part about growing up in southern Italy was all the tomatoes. Tomatoes would grow literally anywhere – even on steps leading up to my family home in Aorivola, Italy.  

Tomato Plant growing out of the stairs

Tomatoes are perfect exactly as they are or…you can make BRUSCHETTA. 

Combine in a bowl the following:

Chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil and red onion (optional) 

Drizzle with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Add Salt & Pepper to taste 

Mix and place on slices of fresh, toasted, or grilled French Bread. 

Simple, easy and perfect for a summertime side dish or as a meal.

Enjoy!

Linda Kruse
Creator Krusing America 

Throwback Thursday: This Day in 1976 – Bruce Jenner wins Gold in the Decathlon at the Montreal Olympics

Earlier this week I wrote about the Special Olympics - but we would not have that wonderful tradition if not for the other Olympics. As an American kid growing up overseas the coolest event was THE Olympics. In our mind is was the United States of America against the World – and the Americans were the most fun to watch – at least to me. In fact, as an Army-brat instead of playing Cowboys and Indians, we played the US against the Soviets and the USSR was our arch rival. The World was a crazy place, life was complicated but Team USA coming from behind to beat the Soviets in the Olympics was something only in the movies. And in 2004 the movie, MIRACLE with Kurt Russell – was the true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach leading the 1980 US Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad. Even though it was some of my earliest memories, THAT movie re-played my childhood on-screen and still reminds me what an amazing time is was to be a kid and an American.

Now on THIS day in history it was a different American victory. Most don't remember but July 30, 1976, American Bruce Jenner won the gold in the decathlon at the Montreal Olympics. His 8,617 points set a world record in the event. Although a lot of time has passed, the world has changed, people have changed - I still think it's important to be reminded that sometimes the true victory is in the journey. And those iconic images of Bruce Jenner winning the Gold for Team USA reminds me of an amazing time in history – of hard work and perseverance and perfect to highlight on Throwback Thursday.

What you might not know, is the secret to Jenner’s success was his preparation. In the 1970s, most decathletes trained with other decathletes. Bruce Jenner, however, trained with some of the world’s best athletes in each of the 10 decathlon events. “If you train with a decathlon man,” Jenner told Dave Anderson of The New York Times in 1976, “you can’t visualize that you can do much better. But if you throw the discus with Mac Wilkins or throw the shot with Al Feuerbach, then they’re 20 feet ahead of me. You learn much more that way.”

Although the blond, chiseled, 6-foot-2-inch Nikolai Avilov, the world record-holder and 1972 Olympic champion from the Soviet Union, was considered nearly impossible to beat, Jenner’s intense training paid off at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. After the first day of competition, Jenner was in third place, 35 points off the pace and 17 points behind his rival. With all of Jenner’s best events slated for the second day, though, Jenner knew he could pull off a victory. He later admitted thinking, “If I am within 150 points of the leader after five events, I’ll run away with it.” 

On July 30, the next five events went exactly as Jenner hoped: He ran efficiently in the 110-meter hurdles, set a personal best in the pole vault, threw the discus and the javelin well and sprinted the last 300 meters of the 1,500-meter event to seal a win. Avilov finished third, almost 300 points behind the new champion.

After his win, Jenner enjoyed the unofficial title of “world’s greatest athlete” and appeared in movies, on television and, of course, adorned a Wheaties® box. He was voted the 1976 AP Male Athlete of the Year. but the 1976 Olympics was his last decathlon.

For more information click below:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-jenner-wins-decathlon

Wednesday Women: SUNDANCE'S New Women Initiative

On Wednesday each week - I write about a specific woman or female related organization that is doing good in the world but today I want to share another option.

Being a women in most industries has not always been the easiest road traveled and being a female filmmaker in an industry that has been primarily male dominated can certainly appear to be one of the more difficult paths. However, that has never stopped me - in fact, it has made me work harder.

Today with a bit of research, you can find all sorts of resources available specifically for women. This Women on Wednesday blog post I want to highlight two organizations in my field: WOMEN IN FILM and THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE.

There are dozens of resources and mentoring programs out there in any field but finding the ones relevant to you can be a hit-or-miss process. Do the research, find what works for you and by all means, please let me know if you come across someone or an organization that is special - I would love to feature them on my Women on Wednesday blog post.

The Sundance Institute has compiled a great many grants, workshops, blogs, archives, film festivals, resource lists and mentoring programs specifically for female filmmakers as part of its Female Filmmakers Initiative Resource Map.

This Female Filmmakers Initiative Resource Map is a database of centralized information and storehouse of the opportunities and programs available to US-based women filmmakers.

Click below to Check out more information on the Female Filmmakers Initiative here or Visit Sundance's Female Filmmakers Initiative Resource Map to find the resources needed to take your project to the next level.

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Travel Tuesday: Second VoiceOver for SCENIC - Proud Sponsor of Joseph Rosendo's TRAVELSCOPE

The second of my VoiceOver spots for SCENIC sponsor of Joseph Rosendo's TRAVELSCOPE.

What a wonderful way to travel!

TRAVELSCOPE® is a multi-media organization dedicated to educating travelers about other cultures, as well as travel destinations, values and opportunities. Created more than twenty-six years ago by travel journalist and broadcaster Joseph Rosendo, this multiple award-winning company encompasses five major components that work in concert to provide total exposure to our viewers, listeners and readers.

For more information visit: http://www.travelscope.net

Thank you TRAVELSCOPE for choosing me to be the voice of SCENIC and representing TRAVELSCOPE.

Linda Kruse

Creator KRUSING AMERICA

Monday Media: KRUSING AMERICA wins "Award of Distinction" from The Communicator Awards

KRUSING AMERICA AMONG WINNERS OF 2015 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS

New York, NY - The winners of the 2015 Communicator Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. With over 6000 entries received from around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals. Included in the 2015 winners list is KRUSING AMERICA created by Linda Kruse of Atticus Productions, Inc. honored with an 'Award of Distinction' for Best Online Travel Series.

“The work entered in the 21st Annual Communicator Awards serves as a true testament to the innovative ideas and capabilities of communications and marketing professionals around the world. Each year our entrants continue to amaze by reinventing the ways we communicate and market in an ever-changing industry,” noted Linda Day, Executive Director of the Academy Interactive and Visual Arts. “On behalf of the entire Academy, we congratulate this year’s Communicator Award Entrants and Winners for their passion and dedication. We are humbled to be given the opportunity to recognize such amazing work,” she added.

"It is truly an honor for my series, KRUSING AMERICA to be recognized by media, advertising, and marketing professionals in our industry," said creator Linda Kruse.

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), a 600+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Condè Nast, Disney, Keller Crescent, Lockheed Martin, Monster.com, MTV, Time Inc., Yahoo!, and many others.

For more information about the Communicator Awards, please visit www.communicatorawards.com or  aiva.org for a full member list.

Sunday Saying: This is how to be in the world...

I bares repeating…

I think this is how we are suppose to be in the World – 

Present and in Awe. 

– Anne Lamott

Saturday Study & Learn: SPECIAL OLYMPICS World Games LA 2015 starts TODAY!

One of my favorite events and favorite non-profits is The Special Olympics and THIS year the Special Olympics World Games 2015 will be head in my town of Los Angeles July 25 - August 2, 2015. 

With the start of the World Games TODAY - what better Saturday Study & Learn blog post than to learn a little more about The Special Olympics.

Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015

Special Olympics, the global leader for people with intellectual disabilities, will hold the world’s largest sports and humanitarian event in the world capital for media and entertainment in 2015, uniting the world through sports in a celebration of the abilities and accomplishments of people with intellectual disabilities and forming a new global vision of acceptance.

• July 25 - August 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 6,500 Special Olympics athletes
• 165 Countries
• 30,000 Volunteers
• 2,000 Coaches
• 500,000 Spectators
• Single biggest event in LA since the 1984 Olympic Games

Their Vision:
Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015, a milestone event of a long-lasting movement, founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, to create a world that is not dominated by those who are excluded but by those who are included. The biennial World Games are the flagship event of the Special Olympics Movement, and this summer, the world’s largest sports and humanitarian event will come to the world capital for media and entertainment.

Cameron Crowe one of the 2015 World Games Global Messengers:

Cameron began participating with Special Olympics when she was 5 years old and a kindergartner at Nipomo Elementary School. She has competed every year since in the San Luis Obispo County Area Meet.

When she was 8, Cameron was asked to sing the National Anthem for a Special Olympics Opening Ceremony celebration. This began a long tradition of her singing the National Anthem at a variety of Special Olympics and community events. Cameron Crowe just one of several Global Messengers this year.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are Honorary Chairs of the Games with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and CA Governor Jerry Brown as Honorary Hosts.

For more information on the 2015 Special Olympics World Games visit www.LA2015.org and on social with #ReachUpLA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Friday Foodie: Panzanella Bread Salad / Making use of stale bread

Fresh Baked Bread

I love fresh baked bread but I can never finish a whole loaf and then I feel terrible not eating all of it. However, being Italian there are certain things you grow up with; Two of my favorite Italian traditions is never letting anything go to waste and making Panzanella or Bread Salad. 

Bread Salad was once considered a "poor man's meal - a rustic dish, originating from Tuscany and is believed to have developed out of the custom of country folk soaking their old, stale bread in water and mixing it with vegetables from the garden.

Bread Salad is one of my favorite recipes and the perfect way to use a wonderful loaf of bread is hard as a rock. Plus a perfect way to take advantage of all the summertime producer available this time of year. 

Panzanella Bread Salad

Panzanella or Bread Salad / Photo by Linda Kruse

Panzanella Bread Salad Recipe

• Yield: Serves 6-8

NOTE: Leave the crusts on the bread chunks; they will stay chewier and give the panzanella more substance. 

Ingredients

• 4 cups tomatoes, cut into large chunks
• 4 cups day old (somewhat dry and hard) crusty bread (Italian or French loaf), cut into chunks the same size as the tomatoes*
• 1 cucumber, skinned and seeded, cut into large chunks
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 1 bunch fresh basil, torn into little pieces
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup good olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

* If you don't have hard old bread sitting around, you can take fresh crusty bread, cut it into big cubes, lay the cubes out on a baking sheet, and put in a 300°F oven for 5-10 minutes, until the outer edges have dried out a bit (not toasted, just dried). If you use fresh bread without doing this, the bread may disintegrate into mush in the salad.

Directions

Mix everything together and let marinate, covered, at room temperature for at least 30 minutes, up to 12 hours. Do not refrigerate or you will destroy the texture of the tomatoes.

Serve at room temperature.

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Thursday Throwback: International Children's Month / NATURAL LEADERS Foundation & CLU Network

In researching this topic I noticed there are so many organizations for children - I will only mention a few today but I will feature more amazing organizations specifically for kids on Thursdays in the future.

Did you know that June is INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S MONTH and although JUNE has past - every day should be a day for kids. So my Throwback Thursday highlights include: International Children's Month, Natural Leaders Foundation and The Clu Network.

• IINTERNATIONAL CHILDREN LOVE EARTH: Cultivating loving relationships with the Earth, Gardens, Water, Food, Bees... 
• CHILDREN'S ACTIVISM
• SAVING THE RAIN FOREST AND IT'S RESIDENTS
• INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S GLOBAL WAVE OF LOVE
• NATURAL LEADERS
• THE CLU NETWORK

NATURAL LEADERS FOUNDATION: 
Investing in Local & Global Community, cultivating growth through meaningful connections & inspiring children to lead. This program shows love in action:

• Leadership 
• Nutrition
• Healing
• Fun
• Community 
• Nature
• Self Love

http://youtu.be/iaP01LEr31s

http://www.naturalleadersfoundation.com

CLU NETWORK is a TV/Web Network produced by children. They direct, shoot, write, produce, host, sound engineer, light and edit highest quality magazine style productions featuring uplifting, healthy lifestyles and brands.

http://www.clunetwork.com

Millions joined together to make this the biggest year yet! World Yoga Day, World Peace and Prayer Day, Aboriginal People's Day, and Children's Global Wave of Love. An estimated 10 million + took part in a day of prayer/ meditation and intention. Each person taking care of 700+ miles per heart. Beautiful images and video will be shown on CLU NETWORK hosted by INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S MONTH.

http://www.internationalchildrensmonth.com

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Wednesday Women: Women Helping Women / The WIN: Women's Information Network CEO Paula Fellingham

WIN Founder, Paula Fellingham & Producer, Linda Kruse

Over the past 10 years I have been in contact with The Women's Information Network or The WIN because of the family-friendly content I created like GINO CUCINO and KRUSING AMERICA. Last year though I finally had the pleasure to meet Paula Fellingham, the founder and CEO of The WIN but also meet many, many other amazing women at The WIN's Women's Summit in LA. That event and those women - are truly making an impact in their own lives and all the lives they have connected with - including mine.  

Me w/ Shawn LaRe' Brinkley & Jackie Carlson

That is just one of the many reason why I am featuring Paula Fellingham and The WIN on my Wednesday Women of the World blog post. 

Please read on to learn more about The WIN, their upcoming Special Olympic Event this weekend and their Global Women's Summit. 

“Women Helping Women Live Our Best Lives”

Speaker, Norma T. Hollis (middle)

The WIN mission is to strengthen women and families worldwide through education, enlightenment, and entrepreneurship, in an effort to eradicate illiteracy, poverty, and hunger, and to increase the level of love, prosperity, and peace on earth.

The WIN is at the forefront of the present global women’s movement. The WIN provides women worldwide with online and on land education and empowerment in their personal lives and in their businesses. The WIN invites all women of all ages, all cultures, and all religions to participate.

Dr. Paula Fellingham founded and is now the CEO of The Women’s Information Network (The WIN) an online educational and social network for women and an on land global community of women in 152 countries. See www.theWINonline.com. The WIN hosted the largest gathering of women in the history of the world on March 8, 2011: 377 live events in 152 countries. The WIN is now presenting 1,000 Global Women’s Summits worldwide.

Internationally-acclaimed speaker, Dr. Paula Fellingham has given presentations at the United Nations, for the World Movement of Mothers in Paris, at the International Conference of the Worldwide Organization for Women, and numerous other conferences across the world. Paula participated in the World Congress on Families in Geneva, and at the World Movement of Mothers International Conference at NATO Headquarters.

SPECIAL WIN EVENT – CELEBRATING CHAMPIONS!

July 25-26, 2015

LA Convention Center/LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA USA

At this event for women The WIN will honor the magnificent Special Olympic women athletes AND the “Champion” in every woman. Featuring Fabulous Live Entertainers! Amazing Networking!! 

Event ticket includes admission to the Special Olympic Opening Ceremony on Sat, July 25th, at the LA Coliseum (while Ceremony tickets last). $80 for two-day “Celebrating Champions” event AND Special Olympics Opening Ceremonies. $50 for two-day event, not including the Special Olympics Opening Ceremonies. $30 for one of the two event days…FIND OUT MORE »

GLOBAL WOMEN'S SUMMITS:

Global Women’s Summits are part of a spectacular, historic Global Women’s Initiative to educate and enlighten women worldwide, and to engage in discussions (in every country) about women’s issues and needs, and then to support women as they create positive change in their personal lives, families, businesses, communities and nations.

To read more about Global Women’s Summits, click here. We invite you to also watch “The WIN Story” ~ a 3 min. video. This will help you truly understand The WIN mission and our unprecedented Global Women’s Initiative.

For more information on The WIN please visit:   https://www.womensinformationnetwork.com

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Travel Tuesday: Linda Kruse The Voice of Scenic River Cruises: Proud Sponsor of Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope

Check out one of my latest VoiceOver clients:

Scenic. Proud Sponsor of Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope.

What a wonderful way to travel!

TRAVELSCOPE® is a multi-media organization dedicated to educating travelers about other cultures, as well as travel destinations, values and opportunities. Created more than twenty-six years ago by travel journalist and broadcaster Joseph Rosendo, this multiple award-winning company encompasses five major components that work in concert to provide total exposure to our viewers, listeners and readers.

For more information visit: http://www.travelscope.net

Thank you Travelscope for choosing me to be the voice of Scenic and representing Travelscope.

Linda Kruse

Creator Krusing America

Media Monday: Director, Linda Kruse wins Best Travel Film for KRUSING AMERICA at LA Indie Film Festival

This is our 20th Award to date - I am absolutely in awe of everyone who worked on this project and the people and organization that continue to honor our work. 

Thank you LAIFF!

Hi Linda,

Congratulations of such a spectacular film!
Here's a copy of your well deserved Award Certificate.

Best,
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

www.laiffawards.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAIFFAWARDS

Twitter: @AwardsLaiff

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/laiffawards

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Sunday Saying: The size of the audience doesn't matter...

Saturday Study: HelpGuide.org - Strengthening Mental & Emotional Health

I was looking for something to write for my Saturday Study and since it was the one year anniversary of the death of my sweet cat, Rikki - I did a search for "grieving the loss of a pet" and came across this website: HealthGuide.org 

Their mission is to help our readers strengthen their mental and emotional health, build better relationships, and take charge of their lives. They serve over 65 million people a year – free to all, and free of advertising or corporate influences. 

I found some really useful tools not just for grieving the loss of a Pet but for most everything type of situation one might find themselves in…I am also the Consulting Producer on a feature film called NO LETTING GO due out next year based on a true-events about a family dealing with Mental Health issues with one of their 3 sons. 

Today we have more resources so I wanted to share this one on my Saturday Study Blog.
http://www.helpguide.org







HelpGuide is dedicated to Morgan Segal whose tragic suicide could have been avoided if she’d had the hope that comes with access to better information and the tools needed to balance her emotions and regain control of her life.

Morgan Leslie Segal, died in 1996 at the age of 29. For six years, she grappled with a condition that started as low self-esteem and evolved into major depression. In her last years, Morgan’s only real friend was her laptop. She wrote stories and poems and researched information to try to understand her condition.

Jeanne & Robert Segal of HealthGuide.org

The messages she got from both her therapist and the Internet were clear and consistent: the best remedy for emotional problems is antidepressants. She was given a variety of SSRIs and other medications. She stuck with this therapy even as her condition deteriorated. Finally, in desperation, she committed suicide.

HelpGuide was launched in 1999, inspired by our belief that Morgan’s tragedy could have been avoided if she’d had access to unbiased, reliable information, the right tools to help her understand her emotions, and a sense of hope that comes from being provided different ways to overcome problems.

Our mission is to provide research-driven, impartial tools and information to help our readers strengthen their mental and emotional health, improve their relationships, and take charge of their lives. HelpGuide now serves over 65 million people a year—free to all, and free of advertising or corporate influences.

– Jeanne and Robert Segal

Coping with the Loss of a Pet

Given the intense bond most of us share with our animals, it’s natural to feel devastated by feelings of grief and sadness when a pet dies. While some people may not understand the depth of feeling you had for your pet, you should never feel guilty or ashamed about grieving for an animal friend. Instead, use these healthy ways to cope with the loss, comfort yourself and others, and begin the process of moving on. 

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Friday Foodie: Seared Watermelon - Summertime grillin'

Seared Watermelon with Basil, Feta, and Balsamic

Do exactly that:

Food and Food-o-Graphy by Linda Kruse

• Slice Watermelon into long strips (Approx. 2 inches wide and thick and 4 inches long)
• Place on hot grill - Sear front and back 
• Top with sliced basil, crumbled feta cheese and drizzled balsamic vinegar
• Serve

Check out my other Foodie Friday posts in the Category List on the HOME page of this Blog.

Let me know what you think,

Linda Kruse

Creator Krusing America

Throwback Thursday: NO KID HUNGRY: End Child Hunger in America – Summer is the hungriest time of the year!

When I was a child growing up - we would play outside all day and then run into the house and find something to eat. Growing up in an Italian household - there was always enough food to go around. In fact, our house was the place all the kids hung out because my Mom always had enough food for everyone. Today kids aren't as fortunate. The statistics of hungry children in the US are astounding. In fact, 1 out of 5 kids go hungry. 

My friend, Billy Harris of HANGING WITH HARRIS has been involved with the NO KID HUNGRY campaign for years. 

Childhood hunger is a major problem in America, but it is a solvable one. NO KID HUNGRY is building a nationwide network of problem solvers to end childhood hunger and we all should help. 

www.nokidhungry.org

Using proven, practical solutions, we are ensuring that every child gets enough healthy food every day. NO KID HUNGRY developed public-private partnerships made up of elected officials, corporate and community leaders, parents, educators, chefs, and concerned citizens to generate the will and skill to help communities feed children in need every day of the year.

When we stand together and take action to connect kids to the nutritious food they need, we're also creating a stronger, healthier, smarter America.

BE APART OF THE SOLUTION

Join us and help end childhood hunger in America.

WATCH THE VIDEO
Together We are Feeding the Future 

IN THE SUMMER,  SCHOOL MEALS DISAPPEAR AND KIDS GO HUNGRY

Many kids who rely on school meals struggle to get enough to eat during the summer months. It's time to improve the way we feed kids when school is out of session.

THE FACTS

• The summer meals program was created in 1968 to help kids in need get healthy food when school is out.
• The current program operates under a set of one-size-fits-all regulations that don't work in many communities.
• Transportation challenges, inclement weather and bureaucratic hurdles means five out of six kids who may need these meals aren't getting them.

AS CONGRESS CONSIDERS THE REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM SO IT HELPS LOW-INCOME KIDS NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.

Visit the Website: NO KID HUNGRY

On Twitter @nokidhungry

On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nokidhungry

DONATE TODAY AND YOUR GIFT WILL BE MATCHED 

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BY THE ARBY'S FOUNDATION, UP TO $150,000.

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