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Hi Everyone!
I'm Louie, Team Captain for "Louie & The Fat Cats!" Yes, as you can guess, we all can stand to lose a few pounds, so we decided to get involved in this year's "Makin' Strides for Strays" walkathon. While we are not sure that we will all be attending, we are walking the halls at the shelter to get in shape, for our own health as well as to hopefully become more adoptable. The walkathon is an incentive for us!!
Meanwhile, we have decided to challenge Team Windy (the canine team here at the shelter) in raising funds for the upcoming "Makin' Strides for Strays" Walkathon! Like the dogs, many of us cats have medical issues, need special foods, or other special care. And…with kitten season right around the corner, our supplies will be tight and so will our space here at the shelter. A.D.O.P.T. tries to accept as many kittens as possible and meet all of their needs too!
We want to be sure all of our feline friends receive the care and attention they need, so we want to raise funds to help them. We see that Windy's Team is hoping to raise $2,800, so we will target $3,000!! There are more of us cats here at the shelter, so we hope we hit this goal. Can you help us to raise these much-needed funds for our friends here at the shelter, and those yet to arrive??? Every donation is appreciated! And please, don't let the dogs beat us in this fundraising challenge for A.D.O.P.T.'s animals! "The Fat Cats" are counting on you to come through!!
OH, by the way, allow me to introduce my "Fat Cat" team mates…Agnes, Kideo, Gizmo, Leia, Bananas, and Thelma!
Please check us out at www.adoptpetshelter.org. or, better yet, come out to meet us at the shelter! Unlike those lean cats at the shelter, there is so much more of us to love….how can you resist taking one of us home?
Thank you so much for supporting our Team! Your donation will help provide much-needed veterinary care for our shelter residents, particularly those having special needs.


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The scary injury freshman defenseman Justin Baker suffered in Game 2 of St. Lawrence's ECAC quarterfinal series with Yale may linger into the 2011-12 season.
Baker is seeking a second opinion on the injury, which was initially ruled as a dislocated knee but has since been evaluated as a torn patella tendon and requires surgery. The rehabilitation process will likely last into next season and could jeopardize his sophomore campaign entirely.
St. Lawrence is welcoming at least four players to compliment the large freshman class it brought in last season. The Saints are also hoping to land up to three more by week's end. Here's who have signed so far:
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Canton 13, Massena 5: Payton VanBibber generated four goals and Jack Elberty tallied five assists and a solo goal as Nate Gibson made seven saves in the Bears crease for the win over the Raiders. Gage Emerson scored twice and provided three assists.
Salmon River 11, St. Lawrence 7: Skylar Thomas scored four goals to help Salmon River (7-0) knock off the Larries in Brasher Falls.
Dalston Day and Kason Tarbell each scored twice for Salmon River. Marshall Burninghausen, Blake Baldwin and Ian Lynch scored two goals for the Larries (6-2).
Malone 6, Peru 5: Devon Monette and Austin LaMay (2 innings) fired a three hitter as Alec Johnson had a pair of doubles.
Massena 5, SR 1: Joey LaBelle pitched the win in relief of Isiah Dillabough as Zach Rusaw supplied two singles and LaBella and Connor Paquin each singled.
Bert Gray singled twice for Salmons only hits.
Jacob Erdman won the 3,200-meter run and was on the winning 3,200 relay as Gouverneur (5-0) earned a pair of wins in a double-dual meet in Potsdam.
The Wildcats beat Potsdam 138-92 and defeated Salmon River 177-55. Potsdam defeated the Shamrocks 119-87 1/2.
Oden Robertson won the 100 and 200 for the Sandstoners (2-2). Peter Clark finished first in the triple jump and high jump for Potsdam. Salmon River fell to 1-4.
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Gouverneur (3-2) edged the host Sandstoners 158-157 and also defeated Salmon River 219-47 in a double-dual meet in Potsdam. Potsdam enjoyed a 222-49 win over the Shamrocks (0-5).
Rachel Knowlton won the long jump and 100 hurdles and Kirstin Roberts claimed the shot put and discus for Gouverneur.
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Before I was ever pregnant my future SIL's told me that having second and third showers was inappropriate and that women typically only get baby showers for the first child. I've never really questioned that as I've only had one baby. Plus I know that people usually receive gifts after a baby is born no matter how many children they already have.
The only exception they "accepted" was when my oldest SIL had a girl after having 3 boys.
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Chevrolet is set to announce a price cut for the Volt range-extender vehicle in an attempt to make it a more viable option for families and help boost sales.
GM has already slashed $5,000 off the list price of the Volt in North America and the price reduction is likely to make its way across the Atlantic in the coming months.
The cut is likely to be in the region of around £3,000 and would echo a similar move made by Chevrolet's sister brand, Vauxhall, which has slashed the price of the Ampera by £3,500.
The Ampera and Volt share the same range-entender drivetrain, which features an electric motor backed-up by a 148bhp 1.4-litre petrol engine that acts as a power generator to keep the batteries topped-up once the car exhausts its electric-only range.
When the price cut goes ahead, the Chevrolet Volt is likely to undercut the Ampera by around £1,525 – with prices starting from £27,225 once the £5,000 Government grant has been factored in.
GM claims that both cars are able to achieve up to 50 miles on electric power alone, with the range-extender engine offering enough juice to keep it going for a further 250 miles.
Still too expensive. No wonder I've seen only two on the road so far.
Soon the eco-buyers would be able to buy range-extender i3 for less.
All the new electrics coming to market are cheaper so of course they had to cut the price.
That's strange, even before the price cut, my Ampera was cheaper than many of my colleagues' BMW 3-series and Audi A4s and has more kit. Add to the equation the 105mpg my car has averaged over 7,000 trouble free miles, step-change tech, a much better ride and having something different to every other car on the market, I am not sure you could say it is too expensive.


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The CD-ROM of the 2008/09 Catalog of Research Chemicals, Metals and Materials is now available.
The new CD version contains the full range of products from the print catalog, including over 3,000 new products. The CD includes a version of Molsearch software for structure and substructure searching allowing users to draw the molecule of their interest and find all matching Alfa Aesar products. Other searches can be conducted using a variety of fields from the full product database.
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Followers of fast fashion, we have been duped. WWD reported this morning that Swedish megabrand H&M is partnering with Lanvin's Alber Elbaz for its next designer collaboration. Not 48 hours ago were we participating in a highly produced guessing game after seeing videos of fabulous people with obscured faces and heavy accents talking about fashion. Turns out, those clips were just a carefully planned bout of misdirection. And to that, we can only say touché.
The genius of the videos is that we focused more on what the people in them were wearing than on what they were saying. Those words were classic Elbaz-isms, or very close to them, anyway.
And while knowledgeable market sources told WWD that H&M will unveil the partnership within the next week, we're still in shock. Last March, Elbaz told The New Yorker that a lower-priced line would ruin what he was trying to achieve at Lanvin.
"I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don't want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister."
Call us cheap if you want to, but if we have to be Drusilla and Anastasia to wear something that Alber designed, that's totally fine by us.
Welcome to the reality of the recession, Mr. Elbaz! We'll see you and your diffusion line this fall. Just don't mess up the pricing and we'll be all over it.
UPDATE: They're still trying to get us to think it's someone else! H&M tweeted this video about three hours ago. And to be completely honest, we can hear Elbaz saying these words.
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Are you wondering how to obtain small business financing so that you can turn your dream business into a reality? Would you like to know the best ways to obtain small business loans? Or maybe you want to know more about angel investors or venture capitalists. We highly encourage you to read our review of three solid resources that can help you with your new business financing in our article, Small Business Financing: How to Obtain the Capital You Need to Start Your Business.
Business Overview:
If you're looking for a good part-time business that offers a useful service to a broad spectrum of customers, learn how to start a knife sharpening business. Knives of home cooks and professional chefs need to be sharpened from time to time. And although there are some home sharpening devices that work well enough, if you want a sharp edge that will last, you need to turn to professional equipment. Many different types of sharpeners are available for professional use and the type you select will depend on the types of blades you will sharpen. Restaurant knives are one area you could focus on, but if you decide to broaden your business beyond knives you could also add in lawn tools and salon sheers. Once you have selected your target market and have purchased your sharpening equipment, you can start practicing your craft. There are training programs available if you don't know how to get started. Without the proper care, sharpening can actually damage blade surfaces so you need to be sure you have the proper training and experience before handling your customers' knives and scissors. How you market your business will depend on what type of blade sharpening services you will offer. If you will focus on sharpening salon sheers, print up business cards and travel around town visiting local salons. If your customers will be in the lawn care industry, call local lawn care and landscaping businesses or mail them information about your business. Knife sharpening is one of the most versatile business ideas since it can be run from home, from a storefront or from the road. Consider offering mobile sharpening services to increase the convenience factor for your customers. Place advertising on your vehicle to boost the visibility of your new business. Regardless of who your customers are and how you choose to run your business, it is crucial that you stick to the turnaround time you give your clients. Using their knives, scissors and hedge trimmers is how they make their living and they cannot do without them for very long. Keeping an item longer than promised will not only eat into your customer's profits, it will reflect poorly on your business and you are less likely to see that particular customer in the future. Excellent sharpening skills and customer service will turn this part-time business into a success.
A Day in the Life of a Knife Sharpening Business Owner:
This article brought to you by Business Ideas! If you enjoyed this article, make sure to subscribe to the Business Ideas Newsletter to get ideas sent straight to your email inbox.Your day will begin with a check of any appointments you have. If you offer pick-up services, you will travel to your customer's home or place of business and take the items that need to be sharpened back to your home or office. You will also accept items brought to your home or office. You will spend most of your day sharpening various items and either returning them or arranging a pick-up time with your customers. When you're not working on any items, you will call and visit potential customers in your target market and let them know about your business.
About Your Customers:
Your customers will be individuals in need of blade sharpening. They could be chefs, hairdressers, lawn care professionals, etc.
What You Need to Start:
- Blade sharpener
- Sharpening skills
- Marketing plan and materials
- Vehicle (if offering pick-up and delivery services)
- Computer with finance software
The Good:
- Demand for blade sharpening will always be high.
- You can select from a variety of customers to target.
- The start-up investment needed is low.
- You can easily run this business part-time.
- You can choose to run this business from home, from a storefront or operate a mobile business.
The Bad:
- It can take some time to build your client list.
- You must be properly trained to ensure you don't damage your customers' items.
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How do Microphones Work?
Microphones are a type of transducer - a device which converts energy from one form to another. Microphones convert acoustical energy (sound waves) into electrical energy (the audio signal).
Different types of microphone have different ways of converting energy but they all share one thing in common: The diaphragm. This is a thin piece of material (such as paper, plastic or aluminium) which vibrates when it is struck by sound waves. In a typical hand-held mic like the one below, the diaphragm is located in the head of the microphone.
When the diaphragm vibrates, it causes other components in the microphone to vibrate. These vibrations are converted into an electrical current which becomes the audio signal.
Note: At the other end of the audio chain, the loudspeaker is also a transducer - it converts the electrical energy back into acoustical energy.
Types of Microphone
There are a number of different types of microphone in common use. The differences can be divided into two areas:
(1) The type of conversion technology they use
This refers to the technical method the mic uses to convert sound into electricity. The most common technologies are dynamic, condenser, ribbon and crystal. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and each is generally more suited to certain types of application. The following pages will provide details.
(2) The type of application they are designed for
Some mics are designed for general use and can be used effectively in many different situations. Others are very specialised and are only really useful for their intended purpose. Characteristics to look for include directional properties, frequency response and impedance (more on these later).
The electrical current generated by a microphone is very small. Referred to as mic level, this signal is typically measured in millivolts. Before it can be used for anything serious the signal needs to be amplified, usually to line level (typically 0.5 -2V). Being a stronger and more robust signal, line level is the standard signal strength used by audio processing equipment and common domestic equipment such as CD players, tape machines, VCRs, etc.
This amplification is achieved in one or more of the following ways:
Dynamic Microphones
Dynamic microphones are versatile and ideal for general-purpose use. They use a simple design with few moving parts. They are relatively sturdy and resilient to rough handling. They are also better suited to handling high volume levels, such as from certain musical instruments or amplifiers. They have no internal amplifier and do not require batteries or external power.
How Dynamic Microphones Work
As you may recall from your school science, when a magnet is moved near a coil of wire an electrical current is generated in the wire. Using this electromagnet principle, the dynamic microphone uses a wire coil and magnet to create the audio signal.
The diaphragm is attached to the coil. When the diaphragm vibrates in response to incoming sound waves, the coil moves backwards and forwards past the magnet. This creates a current in the coil which is channeled from the microphone along wires. A common configuration is shown below.
Earlier we mentioned that loudspeakers perform the opposite function of microphones by converting electrical energy into sound waves. This is demonstrated perfectly in the dynamic microphone which is basically a loudspeaker in reverse. When you see a cross-section of a speaker you'll see the similarity with the diagram above. If fact, some intercom systems use the speaker as a microphone. You can also demonstrate this effect by plugging a microphone into the headphone output of your stereo, although we don't recommend it!
Technical Notes:
Dynamics do not usually have the same flat frequency response as condensers. Instead they tend to have tailored frequency responses for particular applications.
Neodymium magnets are more powerful than conventional magnets, meaning that neodymium microphones can be made smaller, with more linear frequency response and higher output level.
Condenser Microphones
Condenser means capacitor, an electronic component which stores energy in the form of an electrostatic field. The term condenser is actually obsolete but has stuck as the name for this type of microphone, which uses a capacitor to convert acoustical energy into electrical energy.
Condenser microphones require power from a battery or external source. The resulting audio signal is stronger signal than that from a dynamic. Condensers also tend to be more sensitive and responsive than dynamics, making them well-suited to capturing subtle nuances in a sound. They are not ideal for high-volume work, as their sensitivity makes them prone to distort.
A capacitor has two plates with a voltage between them. In the condenser mic, one of these plates is made of very light material and acts as the diaphragm. The diaphragm vibrates when struck by sound waves, changing the distance between the two plates and therefore changing the capacitance. Specifically, when the plates are closer together, capacitance increases and a charge current occurs. When the plates are further apart, capacitance decreases and a discharge current occurs.
A voltage is required across the capacitor for this to work. This voltage is supplied either by a battery in the mic or by external phantom power.
Electret Condenser Microphone
The electret condenser mic uses a special type of capacitor which has a permanent voltage built in during manufacture. This is somewhat like a permanent magnet, in that it doesn't require any external power for operation. However good electret condenders mics usually include a pre-amplifier which does still require power.
Other than this difference, you can think of an electret condenser microphone as being the same as a normal condenser.
Directional Properties
Every microphone has a property known as directionality. This describes the microphone's sensitivity to sound from various directions. Some microphones pick up sound equally from all directions, others pick up sound only from one direction or a particular combination of directions. The types of directionality are divided into three main categories:
To help understand a the directional properties of a particular microphone, user manuals and promotional material often include a graphical representation of the microphone's directionality. This graph is called a polar pattern. Some typical examples are shown below.
Captures sound equally from all directions.
Uses: Capturing ambient noise; Situations where sound is coming from many directions; Situations where the mic position must remain fixed while the sound source is moving.
Cardioid means "heart-shaped", which is the type of pick-up pattern these mics use. Sound is picked up mostly from the front, but to a lesser extent the sides as well.
Uses: Emphasising sound from the direction the mic is pointed whilst leaving some latitude for mic movement and ambient noise.
This is exaggerated version of the cardioid pattern. It is very directional and eliminates most sound from the sides and rear. Due to the long thin design of hypercardioids, they are often referred to as shotgun microphones.
Uses: Isolating the sound from a subject or direction when there is a lot of ambient noise; Picking up sound from a subject at a distance.
Uses a figure-of-eight pattern and picks up sound equally from two opposite directions.
Uses: As you can imagine, there aren't a lot of situations which require this polar pattern. One possibility would be an interview with two people facing each other (with the mic between them).
Variable Directionality
Some microphones allow you to vary the directional characteristics by selecting omni, cardioid or shotgun patterns.
This feature is sometimes found on video camera microphones, with the idea that you can adjust the directionality to suit the angle of zoom, e.g. have a shotgun mic for long zooms. Some models can even automatically follow the lens zoom angle so the directionality changes from cardioid to shotgun as you zoom in.
Although this seems like a good idea (and can sometimes be handy), variable zoom microphones don't perform particularly well and they often make a noise while zooming. Using different mics will usually produce better results.
Microphone Impedance
When dealing with microphones, one consideration which is often misunderstood or overlooked is the microphone's impedance rating. Perhaps this is because impedance isn't a "critical" factor; that is, microphones will still continue to operate whether or not the best impedance rating is used. However, in order to ensure the best quality and most reliable audio, attention should be paid to getting this factor right.
If you want the short answer, here it is: Low impedance is better than high impedance.
If you're interested in understanding more, read on....
What is Impedance?
Impedance is an electronics term which measures the amount of opposition a device has to an AC current (such as an audio signal). Technically speaking, it is the combined effect of capacitance, inductance, and resistance on a signal. The letter Z is often used as shorthand for the word impedance, e.g. Hi-Z or Low-Z.
Impedance is measured in ohms, shown with the Greek Omega symbol Ω. A microphone with the specification 600Ω has an impedance of 600 ohms.
What is Microphone Impedance?
All microphones have a specification referring to their impedance. This spec may be written on the mic itself (perhaps alongside the directional pattern), or you may need to consult the manual or manufacturer's website.
You will often find that mics with a hard-wired cable and 1/4" jack are high impedance, and mics with separate balanced audio cable and XLR connector are low impedance.
There are three general classifications for microphone impedance. Different manufacturers use slightly different guidelines but the classifications are roughly:
Note that some microphones have the ability to select from different impedance ratings.
Which Impedance to Choose?
High impedance microphones are usually quite cheap. Their main disadvantage is that they do not perform well over long distance cables - after about 5 or 10 metres they begin producing poor quality audio (in particular a loss of high frequencies). In any case these mics are not a good choice for serious work. In fact, although not completely reliable, one of the clues to a microphone's overall quality is the impedance rating.
Low impedance microphones are usually the preferred choice.
Matching Impedance with Other Equipment
Microphones aren't the only things with impedance. Other equipment, such as the input of a sound mixer, also has an ohms rating. Again, you may need to consult the appropriate manual or website to find these values. Be aware that what one system calls "low impedance" may not be the same as your low impedance microphone - you really need to see the ohms value to know exactly what you're dealing with.
A low impedance microphone should generally be connected to an input with the same or higher impedance. If a microphone is connected to an input with lower impedance, there will be a loss of signal strength.
In some cases you can use a line matching transformer, which will convert a signal to a different impedance for matching to other components.
Frequency response refers to the way a microphone responds to different frequencies. It is a characteristic of all microphones that some frequencies are exaggerated and others are attenuated (reduced). For example, a frequency response which favours high frequencies means that the resulting audio output will sound more trebly than the original sound.
Frequency Response Charts
A microphone's frequency response pattern is shown using a chart like the one below and referred to as a frequency response curve. The x axis shows frequency in Hertz, the y axis shows response in decibels. A higher value means that frequency will be exaggerated, a lower value means the frequency is attenuated. In this example, frequencies around 5 - kHz are boosted while frequencies above 10kHz and below 100Hz are attenuated. This is a typical response curve for a vocal microphone.
Which Response Curve is Best?
An ideal "flat" frequency response means that the microphone is equally sensitive to all frequencies. In this case, no frequencies would be exaggerated or reduced (the chart above would show a flat line), resulting in a more accurate representation of the original sound. We therefore say that a flat frequency response produces the purest audio.
In the real world a perfectly flat response is not possible and even the best "flat response" microphones have some deviation.
More importantly, it should be noted that a flat frequency response is not always the most desirable option. In many cases a tailored frequency response is more useful. For example, a response pattern designed to emphasise the frequencies in a human voice would be well suited to picking up speech in an environment with lots of low-frequency background noise.
The main thing is to avoid response patterns which emphasise the wrong frequencies. For example, a vocal mic is a poor choice for picking up the low frequencies of a bass drum.
Frequency Response Ranges
You will often see frequency response quoted as a range between two figures. This is a simple (or perhaps "simplistic") way to see which frequencies a microphone is capable of capturing effectively. For example, a microphone which is said to have a frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 kHz can reproduce all frequencies within this range. Frequencies outside this range will be reproduced to a much lesser extent or not at all.
This specification makes no mention of the response curve, or how successfully the various frequencies will be reproduced. Like many specifications, it should be taken as a guide only.
Condenser vs Dynamic
Condenser microphones generally have flatter frequency responses than dynamic. All other things being equal, this would usually mean that a condenser is more desirable if accurate sound is a prime consideration.


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79The niggard prodigall that praisde her so:
80In that high taske hath done her Beauty wrong.
81VVhich farre exceedes his barren skill to show.
82Therefore that praise which COLATINE doth owe,
83_Inchaunted TARQVIN aunswers with surmise,
84_In silent wonder of still gazing eyes.
85This earthly sainct adored by this deuill,
86Little suspecteth the false worshipper:
87"For vnstaind thoughts do seldom dream on euill.
88"Birds neuer lim'd, no secret bushes feare:
89So guiltlesse shee securely giues good cheare,
90_And reuerend welcome to her princely guest,
91_VVhose inward ill no outward harme exprest.
92For that he colourd with his high estate,
93Hiding base sin in pleats of Maiestie:
94That nothing in him seemd inordinate,
95Saue sometime too much wonder of his eye,
96VVhich hauing all, all could not satisfie;
97_But poorly rich so wanteth in his store,
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October 30, 2010 Sir Michael Caine is the only actor, along with Jack Nicholson, to have been nominated for an Oscar every decade since the 1960s. His second autobiography tells tales of working with Steve Martin, how his marriage has survived 40 years, and what it's like to make people laugh. Host Scott Simon speaks with Caine about his new book The Elephant to Hollywood.
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October 30, 2010 Our conversation with Oscar Andrew Hammerstein drove many of you to your keyboards last week. Host Scott Simon reads listeners' letters about his interview last week with the author about the biography of his famous Broadway family.
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October 30, 2010 Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi has inspired millions of athletes, coaches, salesmen , politicians and sports fans. Now he has inspired a Broadway play. With help from the NFL, Lombardi: A New American Play, has debuted, and its backers hope it will attract a new crowd to theaters.
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Happiness is a good rhyme: Stephen Sondheim's new memoir takes its title from a lyric that captures what songwriter Paul Simon -- in a New York Times review of the book -- describes as "that feeling of joy, the little squirt of dopamine hitting the brain" when an artist is at work.
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October 28, 2010 The musical-theater titan tells the stories behind some of his most famous work, from West Side Story to Gypsy. And he offers some surprising criticisms of other theater greats, including his mentor Oscar Hammerstein.
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Anthony Perkins and Charmian Carr starred in Stephen Sondheim's 1966 made-for-TV musical, Evening Primrose, about people living in a department store after-hours.
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October 26, 2010 Evening Primrose, Stephen Sondheim's made-for-TV musical about a poet and the girl he discovers living after hours in a department store hasn't been been televised since its 1966 premiere. David Bianculli says the musical, out Tuesday on DVD for the first time, showcases Sondheim's "early brilliance."
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October 22, 2010 When Oscar Hammerstein II died 50 years ago, the lights of Broadway were dimmed in his honor. He was part of a family that helped build Broadway with hit shows like Oklahoma!, and some of the first theaters in Times Square. Oscar Andrew Hammerstein's new book tells his family story.
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October 15, 2010 Robots share the stage with singers in a new opera called "Death and the Powers." The production was composed by Tod Machover, head of the MIT Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.
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October 1, 2010 Since its publication in 1925, F. Scott's Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has been adapted for film, stage, television and even opera. Now, one ambitious New York theater company has decided to put every word of the novel onstage in a 6 1/2-hour adaptation -- and it's getting rave reviews.
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September 23, 2010 President Andrew Jackson, author of the policies that lead to the Trail of Tears, may seem an unlikely subject for a Broadway musical -- but Michael Friedman, co-creator of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, feels differently.
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September 20, 2010 Tony award-winner Patti LuPone is best known for her roles in the Broadway hits Evita, Les Miserable and Gypsy but she's also seen her share of flops and feuds. In Patti LuPone: A Memoir, LuPone shares the ups, downs, firings and other dramas of the Great White Way.
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September 18, 2010 A tiny London theater company has taken on an enormous project -- to tell the story of Western involvement in Afghanistan over the last century and half in an all-day production. The Great Game: Afghanistan was a hit in Britain and has just opened a US tour at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.
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Miss Daisy Rides Again: Vanessa Redgrave returns to Broadway to take on a character Jessica Tandy made famous on film.
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September 12, 2010 Famous names and compact stories add up to at least two must-see plays this fall: In A Life in the Theatre, Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight explore the relationship between an old actor and a promising newcomer. And come October, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones turn the key on a Driving Miss Daisy revival.
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September 11, 2010 The new Broadway season is about to start, and it's likely some of this year's biggest hits -- or biggest flops -- will be from London. Trying out shows before they hit Broadway goes back a long way, and the West End is the ideal backdrop for fostering new productions.
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July 31, 2010 Shakespeare in the Park is a common summer event, lending outdoor picnics a touch of classic drama. In Portland, Ore., a local theater company has taken the concept from Elizabethan England to the 23rd century. Atomic Arts is midway through its second year of Trek in the Park, faithfully re-enacting episodes of the original Star Trek for an outdoor audience.
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July 31, 2010 Deep in Wisconsin is a midsummer night's dream. The home of late theater legends now welcomes actors to refresh their art under the guidance of today's biggest Shakespearean stars. Guest host Jacki Lyden visits Ten Chimneys to watch the Bard reborn.
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SLIDESHOW: Veterans and serving airmen gather at American cemetery in Madingley for Memorial Day
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Veterans and serving airmen gathered at Madingley American Cemetery for a poignant memorial service.
As the 70th Anniversary of D-Day approaches on June 6 hundreds gathered at the cemetery yesterday.
In Britain it was a Bank Holiday, in the United States it is Memorial Day – a national holiday created to remember Union soldiers killed in the civil war but extended to include all service men and women killed in military action.
For Aaron Boxer of the Eighth Air Force, 491st Bomb Group that didn't just mean his fellow Americans, that meant his friends.
Wearing the same jacket he wore during daring bombing raids over occupied Europe in 1944 the 92-year-old said: "It's a moving event, really moving. It means a great deal to me.
"Your mind goes back to those days. People being shot down around you."
Mr Boxer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was based at North Pickenham in Norfolk during the Second World War.
As a navigator he flew over France to bomb the German line after D-Day. "We smashed it to bits," he said.
Yesterday he lay a wreath at the ceremony against Madingley's Tablets Of The Missing – vast stone monuments inscribed with the names of 5126 people whose bodies were never found.
He said: "I was thinking of my friends. Most of my crew survived but they're gone now. There aren't too many of us left, only seven out of hundreds."
Like most of the American Air Force he flew daytime bombing raids over France and Germany – the British tended to fly at night. "They thought we were crazy," he added.
There are 3,812 graves in the cemetery. Every one has a story to tell and some of them are brought to life in a new £3 million visitors centre opened after the memorial service yesterday.
Sgt Katrina Siapno, 33, is serving with the US Air Force at RAF Mildenhall.
During the service she picked up three red flowers which had fallen on the path and placed them on a nearby grave.
She said: "It's important to me to remember the hardship that they went through so we can be here today.
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Ask the Dog Trainer: Introducing Treiball, a new canine sport
VERO BEACH - One of the great things about dog training is new canine sports are always being invented. As one sport fades from popularity, another rises to take its place.
Treiball is the new rage in the dog world. This sport, virtually unknown a year ago in the US, is making a booming entrance to our national dog scene. I think of it as a combination of sheep herding and soccer. My friend and fellow trainer, Christine Scott, made a trip to Germany last year to learn about Treiball from its creator, Dutch trainer Jan Nijboer.
In Christine's words, large exercise balls are used as a substitute sheep in a fun activity to "herd" the ball or multiple balls over field into goal. This sport has the benefit of being able to be played basically anywhere without the expense of special equipment. Treiball provides physical and mental stimulation of dogs of all breeds, ages and size.
Since its formation the sport has grown, diverged and diversified. Because it is low impact it can be enjoyed by older dogs or those with modest mobility limitations. The real value of this sport is more than exercising the dog. It is in developing a working cooperative communication in achieving a goal.
One of the best things about Treiball is the training is motivational. For many dogs, just the fun of the activity is motivation enough. Other dogs can be rewarded with food or toys. Treiball fits in nicely with my desire to train dogs using humane methods.
Here are some short videos of Christine demonstrating Treiball.
If this looks like fun, I have good news for you. Best Behavior Dog Training is taking advantage of Christine's expertise and knowledge by offering a three hour Treiball Workshop at the Humane Society of Vero Beach. This event will be held Sunday, March 24, 2013 from 10 am to 1 pm. Please contact me at 772-978-7863 or Christine at 321-482-7451 for additional details.
Cissy Sumner of Best Behavior Dog Training is Vero's first Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge and Skills Assessed and Certified Behavior Counselor Canine-Knowledge Assessed as well as a Consulting Trainer and Behavior Counselor for the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County. If you have a training or behavior question, email Cissy at email@example.com or visit www.bestbehaviordogtraining.org for additional information.
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Jesus Christ famously said that the poor would always be with us. No doubt He was right about that, as well as about our responsibility vis-a-vis the poor -- namely, to feed the hungry and clothe the naked.
In that spirit, I'm sending a box of my old extra-large T-shirts to the Kardashian sisters.
But the fact is, in the United States today, poverty is largely preventable. It's simply a matter of knowing what behaviors lead to poverty and avoiding those behaviors.
In other words, poverty isn't like polio. There's no vaccine that will eliminate it altogether. It's more like lung disease or diabetes: most people can live free of it if they understand the risk factors.
For years now -- decades, even -- one of the primary risk factors for poverty has been having children out of wedlock. And yet that dangerous behavior not only continues, it's on the rise. According to a recent report in The New York Times, "about 41 percent of births in the U.S. occur outside of marriage, up sharply from 17 percent three decades ago."
Meanwhile, a separate study -- this one by the Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund -- found that "two-fifths of single-mother families are poor, triple the poverty rate for the rest of the population" and that "the majority of poor children are in single-mother families."
Another long-standing risk factor for poverty is lack of education -- which also, as it turns out, correlates strongly with the out-of-wedlock birth rate. The Times reported that "less than 10 percent of the births to college-educated women occur outside marriage, while for women with high school degrees or less the figure is nearly 60 percent."
Clearly, for women, the formula for avoiding poverty is to go to college, earn a degree, and put off having children until after marriage. And since this formula would also remove millions of children from the ranks of the poverty-stricken, it would likewise benefit society.
I know it isn't necessarily that easy. I recognize that there are young women all across this country, living under deplorable conditions, for whom getting pregnant at a young age is not so much a choice as a matter of survival.
I also understand that many mothers are single due to no fault of their own. Most of them are coping as best they can with a less-than-ideal situation, and they deserve our respect and support.
But in most cases, having unprotected sex is a choice. Common, effective forms of contraception are available at little or no cost, and abstinence is absolutely free.
Somehow we've got to get the word out to our young women: stay in school and don't get pregnant, unless you want to doom yourself to a life of poverty, in much the same way that smoking three packs a day would doom you to a life of disease.
Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and college professor. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter@rjenkinsgdp.
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23 Outstanding Social PR GuidesTuesday, July 22nd, 2014
As noted in several of the posts highlighted below, the PR professional has changed considerably over the past few years. The audiences, topics, tools, and tactics employed in PR have evolved.
Foremost among these developments is the shift from communicating primarily to a closely-guarded list of traditional "media' contacts (editors and paid journalists) to working with an amorphous and expanding pool of influencers in specific industries and specialties: vendors, buyers, brand advocates, bloggers, freelance writer, peers, and others.
This shift has led to today's emphasis on "social" PR. But it's not merely about using social media platforms and outreach; as one of five pillars in the web presence optimization framework, PR now impacts SEO, content marketing, website design, and other marketing disciplines.
What role do press releases play in PR today? Are they still important for SEO? Is blogger outreach still an effective PR strategy? What are the best practices for social PR?
Find the answers to these questions and others here in almost two dozen noteworthy social PR articles, posts, and guides from the past 18 months.
Social PR Strategies and Tactics
What Brands Can Learn From @TODAYshow in 2014 by #SocialPR Chat
Social PR expert Lisa Buyer writes about the transition of the TODAY show's social media presence from awkward to awesome, and offers four related tips, including the importance of inspiring and training your own team first: "Brands of all sizes have the strongest army of brand advocates closer than they might think, with the right direction and structure – employees make the best brand cheerleaders."
Why the News Release is Alive, and Well, and Thriving in the Wired World by Strategic Objectives
Deborah Weinstein expertly explains how the news release have evolved over time, why news releases serve as a pillar of content marketing (news releases are "a tool we PR pros use to communicate with mainstream and social media journalists who share their stories, AKA "earned media," with your brand or organization's key audiences – be they consumers, stakeholders, shareholders, regulatory authorities, and/or, all of the above"), and what opportunities this creates for PR professionals today.
The Soft and Subtle PR Pitch of Content Marketing by Sword and the Script
The brilliant Frank Strong says he's "reached a point in my career where my best PR efforts aren't made with a telephone or email, but rather with useful content that's made freely available," and explains six ways content marketing is invaluable for PR, among them "credibility" in the form of social proof as well as how "people, including the influential, look at us as individuals when they weigh a pitch." Quality content and engagement matter.
Breaking PR: The Essential Elements of PR by PR News
Caysey Welton showcases graphical "PRiodic Table of Elements," which lays out "several important elements that a PR pro needs to consider on a day-to-day basis," from the basics of jumaity, logistics, and budgeting through ethics, framing, media relations, and negotiation, in this quick-read post.
Why PR Agencies Should be Great at Social Marketing, But So Few Are by SocialSteve's Blog
Steve Goldner explores why many PR professionals and agencies struggle to get results with social media, despite the fact that "PR companies are very well suited for driving social marketing success because their entire success is based upon relationships (and) relationships are what drive social success." Among the reasons: PR professionals have traditionally carefully guarded their contact lists, and have historically dealt almost exclusively with professional journalists. The world has changed.
Forrester #CMO REPORT: Embracing Digital and Delivering Brand Experience by #SocialPR Chat
Carah Von Funk reveals research findings that "By 2016, Forrester predicts advertisers will spend more than $77 billion on digital marketing, more than they spend on television today and that interactive marketing…will comprise a full 26% of their total spend," then presents four tips for marketers and social PR professionals to capitalize on these trends, including "CMOs need to take stock of this digital disruption and embrace it by working across departments to assess their digital readiness and identify every area their brand experience can be improved including messaging, actions and product."
Guides to the Evolution of PR
You Know You Are in PR When… by B2B PR Sense Blog
The awesome Wendy Marx provides an entertaining and video-rich look at how the PR industry has changed over the past decade. For example: "You knew you were in PR when you wined and dined a reporter over a 1 1/2-hour lunch with much camaraderie and laughter (while today) You know you are in PR when the reporter you previously worked with is now heading up editorial for a major brand."
Quick Refresh on Untapped Opportunities for PR by Ishmael's Corner
Lou Hoffman offers "three thoughts for pushing out of the comfort zone and generating greater results" with PR, such as using tools like HARO and ProfNet to build lists of freelance journalists, because "As media properties have reinvented themselves to make the economics work, they have greater dependence on freelancers. Yet, many consider freelance journalists as second-class citizens when they deserve the same treatment as staff writers. In fact, one could make an argument for spending more time with freelance journalists since they're NOT getting crushed with pitches and tend to be more open to input from PR."
What's Changed, What Hasn't in Media Relations by Business2Community
Acknowledging that "the news media has changed enormously in the last 10 years," Jon Greer astutely details five characteristics of media relations that remain constant (e.g., "There are still hundreds of pitching targets: While the mainstream media sector has shrunk, online-only media and blogs have risen up to fill much of the void") and five that have clearly changed (i.e., "There are fewer reporters and less space in traditional media outlets…Those that are left are being bombarded with pitches" – so your pitch to one of these individuals had better be exceptional).
Guides to the Intersection of PR and SEO
A Guide to Press Release Optimization by Business Wire
Acknowledging that "inserting targeted keywords with unnatural links is no longer a best practice for your organization's communications plan," this guide offers 10 alternative tactics for maximizing the SEO value of news releases, such as that Google's Hummingbird update rewards good writing: "Focus on writing for humans and creating a good user experience, and Google Hummingbird will take note. Including relevant terms continues to be important, but they need to be in context with your story."
Enduring Questions on Press Releases and SEO by Sword and the Script
While the days of using marginal-quality, link-filled press releases to game SEO are clearly over, Frank Strong (again)here explains why strategic, newsworthy, well-crafted news releases still do have SEO value, and supplies five tips for getting better search results from press releases, such as "Use multimedia (photos and video)…Multimedia is important for two reasons. First because search engines return a blend of search results, or 'blended search'…Second, because visuals draw viewers in…viewers will stay on page (with multimedia) for up to 30 seconds longer."
7 Ways to Obtain "Unicorn" News Links to Your Site Using PR by iMedia Connection
Noting that "PR and SEO are becoming converging marketing practices" (yes, within the context of WPO), Allison Freeland walks through "seven ways to obtain juicy links from news organizations to your website," including press release distribution through the reputable news wire services; producing unique issue / research studies; and producing / distributing infographics (which "still have value").
Guides to Influencer and Blogger Outreach
How to Find Niche Influencers in Google+, Twitter and the World at Large by Bruce Clay Blog
Chelsea Adams details half-a-dozen techniques for identifying influencers in any market segment or topic area, from checking out who speaks frequently at relevant industry conferences to finding authors on Amazon.com ("Are they on Twitter? Are they on Google+? Do they have a lot of followers?") and using tools like FollowerWonk to analyze the key influencers on your key influencers.
GroupHigh.com – The "Blogger Outreach" Multi-Tool by Justice Mitchell
Justice Mitchell writes a glowing and detailed review of GroupHigh, a tool that helps identify bloggers for outreach by topic (along with supplemental information about each blogger including location, associated/guest bloggers, Moz rank, and other attributes); analyze competitor blogs; and track and measure outreach campaigns.
The 10 best ways to pitch a blogger by ragan.com
Author and PR guru David Meerman Scott, who (not surprisingly) receives "several hundred pitches a week from well-meaning PR people," offers 10 do's and don'ts for getting the attention of influential bloggers, among them understanding that bloggers can provide coverage in multiple ways ("I might tweet about your product. Maybe you have a story worth adding to a book I'm working on, or including in a speech. Don't limit yourself") and not offering guest posts unless the blogger actually accepts them.
Bad Outreach Examples – How Not to Secure a Guest Blogging Spot by SteamFeed
Charlotte Varela shares five examples of awful blogger outreach, explaining why each goes beyond ineffective to the point of offensiveness (e.g., "Rule number one of guest blogging – never talk about or ask about links in the initial outreach email! This clearly demonstrates that you're after a link and nothing else"), as well as six helpful tips for maximizing your odds of success.
How to Find Key Online Influencers by MyBeak Social Media
Noting that "Active web users create about 500 million impressions or data points on products and services per year, yet 80 percent of these user impressions were made by a mere 6 percent of users on social media," Laura-Lee Walker explains how to use tools like Klout for Business and Traackr to identify and effectively engage key influencers in any realm to "get them sharing stories about your brand."
Streamlining Blogger Outreach With Inkybee by Soulati-'TUDE!
The smart and delightful Jayme Soulati explains how to use Inkybee, a platform that helps identify bloggers by topic or niche to facilitate blogger outreach activities. She notes that beyond just building lists, the tool also enables PR professionals to set up, track, and measure results from blogger outreach efforts.
Guest Blogging Guides
How Guest Blogging was Affected by Penguin 2.0 by AudienceBloom
Ignore the obnoxious pop-up here and you'll find a helpful post from Jayson DeMers explaining how changes to Google's search algorithm have impacted the value and practice of guest blogging, along with four tips for continuing to get value from this practice, such as focusing on content rather than links ("Google will begin to recognize mentions of a company or its website on other sites, even if that site isn't directly linking to them. This is known as a citation, and is currently thought to play a major role in helping Google understand the buzz or importance of a particular brand").
5 Tips for Guest Posting on Higher End Blogs by HigherVisibility
As Amanda DiSilvestro points out, techniques that work fine for obtaining guest-posting opportunities on smaller blogs don't work with the large A-list blogs. She then steps through five tactics that must be approached differently for outreach to larger blogs, among them: "Take your time and form connections, and then use those connections. As with most things in business, who you know will come in handy. Authoritative blogs want to see that you have made connections to other important figures in the industry (or even in their specific company). If you can name drop, I highly recommend it."
Guides to Creating Social Media Newsrooms
Why (And How) Brands Should Build Newsrooms by Contently
Shane Snow publishes wisdom gleaned from his interview with former New York Times editor Neil Chase, regarding the value of buiding a brand newsroom ("Today, a business can create and distribute quality content that engages people…But creating content is a new skill for most companies, so it requires new capabilities and expertise. Building a brand newsroom gives the business control over its messaging and content — and the ability to create and distribute content quickly"), how it should be staffed, common pitfalls to avoid, and more.
The Social Newsroom – How To Make It Happen by MindJumpers
Jonas Klit Nielsen outlines "the ingredients you need to leverage" in creating an online brand newsroom, from (of course) your news itself ("The key is to catch the specific news that people talk about when standing by the digital water cooler that is the Facebook news feed…Just remember – the conversational topics must be in context with your brand") and social behavior to understanding the creative skills required and measuring performance.
Brands with online newsrooms still lack SEO, content plans by Brafton
This post reports on research from Newsdesk showing that "98 percent of the world's largest brands have their own online newsrooms,' but also spells out how brands are struggling to keep content fresh, use relevant and high-quality images, and capitalize on the SEO potential offered by online newsrooms.
The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. What is it? The answer may come from the email marketing field. According to a recent study by email service provider Aweber, four simple words virtually guaranteed to get an email opened are: "You are not alone."
That is what has driven social media adoption. From freedom seekers living under oppressive regimes connecting with each other and with people around the world who support them, to individuals with uncommon viewpoints or highly specialized professional interests connected with the like-minded anywhere on the globe, social media is about not being alone. It's a way to find and form relationships with others who share our particular interests and passions, whether down the street or on other continents; interesting people with whom there has been no practical way to engage before.
Talking recently with Cheryl Burgess (@ckburgess)—partner and CMO at Blue Focus Marketing, a B2B social branding consultancy firm in Bridgewater, New Jersey; 2011 & 2010 winner of the Twitter Shorty Awards in Marketing; and author of the Blue Focus Marketing Blog—we were both struck by how many of the same people we know through social media (and we both learned about some interesting new people to follow as well). Many of these were other B2B marketers, but others were social media experts, journalists, PR professionals, or just plain fascinating personalities.
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. We decided to recognize and share the names of some of these noteworthy individuals with our respective readers and followers, starting today with 50 remarkable women (just in time for Mother's Day, as we're pretty certain that every woman on this list either is a mom, has a mom, knows someone who's a mom, or some combination thereof).
One source of inspiration was Twitter's Top 75 Badass Women by Diana Adams (@adamsconsulting) and Amy D. Howell (@HowellMarketing), a list on which Cheryl was honored. Though it's a remarkable list, to keep ours distinct we haven't duplicated any of Diana and Amy's picks.
Next month, we are following up with our list of 50 men, just in time for Father's Day. This list will be posted on Cheryl Burgess' Blue Focus Marketing Blog. Whatever your role in social media, we hope you find this list valuable in expanding your knowledge and your network.
Jennifer Aaker
Jennifer is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School or Business, and author of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change.
Diana Adams
Diana is a USC grad now based in Atlanta. She heads up Adams Consulting Group, a technical services firm specializing in Apple Macintosh desktops, servers and laptops. Diana writes for BitRebels.com and InkRebels.com, and as noted above, her post on Twitter's Top 75 Badass Women was one source of inspiration for this #Nifty50 list. She's smart, personable, sometimes controversial and never dull.
Alicia Arenas
Hailing from San Antonio, Alicia is founder and CEO of Sanera, a professional development and training firm for sales and business leaders. She describes herself as a "small business coach, speaker, corporate trainer, blogger, singer, lover of life, dreams, family and God." Alicia is a warm and outgoing social media pro and creator of March Marketing Madness.
Allison Mooney
Allison lives in the New York City area and works with the Marketing team at Google to explore the changing face of media, mobile and consumer behavior, drive new thinking internally, and communicate Google's visionary concepts to wider audiences.
Ambal Balakrishnan
Ambal is co-founder of ClickDocuments, based in Silicon Valley. She's an entrepreneur, marketer, blogger, and alum of Wharton and Purdue. Her Connect the Docs blog—frequently featured on the B2B Marketing Zone—is a platform for her own thought leadership content as well as frequently solicited insights from other B2B bloggers.
Amber Buhl
Director of Sales for @klout. Though fairly new to Twitter, Amber is active and highly engaging, and her following is likely to grow quickly. A USC grad, Amber's past includes stints at Hulu, Yahoo!, and the E! Entertainment Network.
Amy Nelson
Amy serves as social media editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press as well as the Features/Travel editor for the newspaper. She's an informative and prolific Twitterer, and active in Twin Cities social media.
Ardath Albee
A B2B marketer, strategist, writer and Author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale. Friend, mentor, and source of inspiration. Also an expatriate Minnesotan now living in southern California (we miss her, but can't blame her).
Angie Schottmuller
Interactive Minnesotan skilled in web strategy, conversion rate optimization (CRO), e-commerce, SEO, social media, QR codes (she knows a lot about QR codes), design, UX, analytics and inbound marketing. Angie is also a Search Engine Watch columnist and speaks at national events including SMX, SES, and OMS.
Becky Denniston
Expert Community Manager with the Focus Expert Network, a network of thousands of leading business and technology experts who answer questions and post thought leadership content. Becky is also an MBA Candidate at San Francisco State University with a strong appetite for Social Media and Marketing.
Jenara Nerenberg
Jenara is an Asia-based filmmaker, organic farmer, and freelance journalist for Fast Company magazine and CNNGo, as well as a Harvard and Berkeley grad. She's interviewed the famous and not-so-famous from high fashion superstars to up-and-coming designers to UN leaders, literary giants, cashmere producers, and royal mistresses, and her work has also appeared in TIME, BlackBook Magazine, and NextBillion.
Maria Popova
Brooklyn-based Maria calls herself an "interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with design, storytelling and TED." She's also the editor of Brain Pickings and writes regularly for Wired UK magazine, The Atlantic and Design Observer.
Connie Bensen
Connie is the Community Strategist for the Alterian (formerly Techrigy) SM2 social media monitoring platform. She's been named by Forbes.com as one of 20 top Women Social Media & Marketing Bloggers. Connie recently migrated from the frozen tundra of northern Minnesota to much balmier climate of Minneapolis.
Deirdre Breakenridge
Diedre is the president of Mango! Marketing, author of PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences and Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR, an adjunct professor in the New York city area, and co-founder of #PRStudChat.
Deborah Weinstein
Deb is a journalist-turned-PR pro. She's president of Strategic Objectives, an award-winning PR agency in Toronto. And she's energetic and inspirational on Twitter.
Eileen O'Brien
Eileen has more than 14 years of digital healthcare marketing experience. She is an opinion leader on social media, and has been invited to speak at industry conferences and quoted in publications. As @eileenobrien she moderates the #SocPharm tweetchat on Wednesdays at 8 pm EST which discusses pharma marketing and social media.
Ekaterina Walter
Oregon-based Ekaterina is a corporate social media strategist as well as a "speaker, connector (and) passionate marketer." She's also a frequent guest-poster who's written bookmarkable pieces like 9 Ways to Sell Social Media to the Boss.
Ellen Hoenig Carlson
Based in New Jersey, Ellen is focused on simplifying consumer and healthcare marketing for "elegant solutions in a complex world." Though she writes mainly on pharma-related subjects, her blog topics also include branding, family, fundraising, innovation, leadership, and Twitter.
Ellen McGirt
Ellen writes for Fast Company magazine and helps run the 30 Second MBA site.
Elise Segar
Connecticut-based Elise is active in social media, an enterprise technology sales and business development pro who is passionate about inside sales and sales strategy. She's a fellow member of the #Lebronians team "drafted" by Robert Rose in FollowFriday & Who's The Lebron In Your Strategy – Maybe It's You.
Gail Nelson
CMO with Siegel + Gale, a brand strategy, customer experience and design consulting agency in New York.
Gini Dietrich
CEO of Chicago PR agency Arment Dietrich, author of spinsucks.com, Vistage member, author, speaker, communicator and writer of amazingly entertaining and insightful rants like Get Rich Quick! Lose Weight Tomorrow!.
Gretchen Rubin
Based in New York City, Gretchen is the best-selling author of The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, the account of the year she spent test-driving studies and theories about how to be happier. On her blog, she shares her insights to help readers create their own happiness projects.
Heidi Cohen
Heidi is a fascinating marketer who shares practical advice about marketing and life from New York, NY.
Jill Konrath
Minnesota-based keynote speaker, sales trainer, motivator, creator of fresh strategies for selling to crazy-busy people; author of SNAP Selling (#1 Amazon sales book) and Selling to Big Companies.
Judy Grundstrom
Minnesota social media rock star, Business Development Director at Pixel Farm Digital, founder of the annual Twin Cities Top 10 Titans in Social Media awards, talk show regular on myTalk 107.1, and never boring.
Karen Emanuelson
Karen heads Reciprocate LLC, a small business marketing consultancy in Minneapolis. She's an expert in social media marketing (particularly LinkedIn optimization), a small business advocate, trainer, speaker and coach. She's active in local community and business organizations as well as social media.
Katie Rosman
Katie reports on technology and pop-culture for one of the world's greatest newspapers—the Wall Street Journal—and is the author of If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Reporter's Notebook.
Eve Mayer Orsburn
Eve is the author of Social Media for the CEO: The Why and ROI of Social Media for the CEO of Today and Tomorrow and CEO of Social Media Delivered, a firm that helps companies leverage LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook & blogs. And yes, she really knows LinkedIn.
Lisa Petrilli
Based in Chicago, Lisa is CEO of C-Level Strategies Inc, CEO Connection Co-Chair, Leadership & Executive Marketing Consultant, and #LeadershipChat co-Founder. Like Elise Segar and Cheryl Burgess, Lisa is a star of the #Lebronians team.
Liz Strauss
Liz is the founder of SOBCon, a brand strategist and leadership trainer based in Chicago. She's also an insightful, prolific and generous social media presence.
Lorna Li
Officially, an expert in inbound marketing, online visibility and personal branding, via social media, SEO and SEM. Also big on green business marketing. Unofficially – friendly, smart, and writer of many highly bookmarkable blog posts.
Lucretia M. Pruitt
Living in and tweeting from beautiful Denver, Lucretia refers to herself as a "random muse, speaker, ex-CIS Professor, social media devotee, geek, mom, wife, & insomniac." Lucretia is a highly engaging and sophisticated observer of technology developments.
Lisa Grimm
Digital PR Specialist for the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, Lisa describes herself as "a gal constantly awed by the intricacies of human behavior. Love my family, peeps, dogs, film, food and learning."
Mari Smith
Mari (like Ferrari) describes herself as a "passionate leader of social media, relationship marketing and Facebook mastery," but most of us know her as the ultimate guru-ess of Facebook marketing and co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day. Formerly Canadian, now living in San Diego (nicer weather, but even worse taxes).
Missy Berggren
A phenomenally busy yet amazingly prolific blogger, Missy is a marketing pro at healthcare network Allina, co-founder of the Minnesota Blogger Conference, and is also active social media as the MarketingMama.
Martine Hunter
Idea generator, b2b marketing professional, creative director, process engineer and writer at MLT Creative in Atlanta, as well as a mother, friend, sister, daughter, diabetic, crocheter and jazz fan. She's also really nice.
Sally Church
Sally is a scientist with Icarus Consultants in New Jersey, a pharmaceutical / biotechnology-focused marketing strategy firm. She blogs about marketing strategy, market research, science, oncology, hematology and immunology.
Michelle Tripp
Working and tweeting from New York, Michelle is a creative director, brand strategist, and author of The BrandForward Blog. She spends her time exploring the future of advertising, social media, and emerging technologies and just being pretty cool.
Jennifer Preston
A staff writer for the New York Times, Jennifer writes about the use of technology and social media in politics, government, and real life.
Susan Kang Nam
Splitting her time between New York, Andover (MA) and elsewhere, the dynamic Susan Kang Nam is founder of Cebisu Research Inc., a member of Andover's Harvard Club, founder of Boston-based career club Salty Legs, "an entrepreneur, former recruiter and non-profit advocate who grew up in Asia (Korea, Japan) and US (Hawaii, California, New Jersey, NYC) and since 1994…using the world wide web exploring different platforms to engage in various of conversations"—and a classical pianist.
Laura Fitton
Prolific Twitterer, Bostonite, CEO and founder of the oneforty social business software hub, as well as co-author of Twitter For Dummies.
Rebel Brown
Rebel has been a marketing and business consulting for more than 20 years, is a popular speaker and author of Defy Gravity. She's also a self-described "spiritual seeker, horse crazy, ski freak, and animal lovin' nature gal."
Rebecca Corliss
Based in Boston, Rebecca is a singing Inbound Marketer with all-in-one marketing software platform developer HubSpot. She's also a founder of a cappella group Common Sound. And yes, she is a rock star.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Harvard Business School Professor, author of SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good – a look at how a new generation of values-driven businesses do well by doing good, and a living legend in the world of business strategy.
Stacey Acevero
A social media communications manager for PR/social media monitoring provider Vocus in Washington DC, Stacey runs the popular monthly #prwebchat on Twitter. She is a former model, auxiliary member in the U.S. Air Force, and a self-proclaimed "SEO nerd" who loves NASCAR, steak and rock n' roll. Definitely one of the most awesome and unique bios in social media.
Anita Campbell
CEO of Small Business Trends, an online small biz community reaching over 250,000 each month. Anita tweets from Cleveland, Ohio, the hometown of rock n' roll.
Liana 'Li' Evans
Liana describes herself as "an online marketing geek girl who loves all things social media." She's a top expert in social media and SEO, and the author of Social Media Marketing.
Wendy Blackburn
Wendy is a blogger and digital marketer focused on the pharmaceutical industry. She's an executive vice president at at Intouch Solutions, a marketing agency serving the pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device, and similarly regulated industries.
Wendy Marx
Based in Trumbull, CT, Wendy is an award-winning PR and marketing communications executive who helps B2B companies become well-known brands, and a truly engaging social media personality.
There you have it, the Nifty 50 Women of Twitter for this year. To keep it to 50, we had to leave off some deserving names—it was a tough call. Maybe next year…
Watch next month (close to Father's Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011.


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Today I want to introduce you to Meg Spaeth – 2011 Whipup Calendar's Miss October: www.elsiemarley.com
I asked all the calendar girls a few questions:
1. What were your early craft influences/experiences?
There wasn't a lot of craft making in my house growing up, but there was a lot of cake making. What doesn't seem like much (flour, sugar, eggs, fabric, thread) can become something amazing with a little bit of time and effort. That idea is still with me: what do I have and what can I make out of it? Often it is cake.
2. When did you start getting serious about making stuff – what wasthe 'light bulb' moment for you?
Like so many others, I got more into making things when I had children. When you make a human being, suddenly making a quilt doesn't look so hard.
3. Name three of your favourite artist/maker/designers who have influences your artistic direction or your craft practice?
shiso mama– she has a sense of humor and a spot on sense of style :: tamar mogendorf – she makes the most fantastic plush: fish skeletons, sprouting avocados, dying swans :: chez beeper bebe – she is always colorful and always full of amazing new ideas.
4. What is your favourite material/product to work with? And what three things could you not do without in your craft room?
Linen. I love it when it is crisp and hot off the iron and how it softens and drapes after it's been handled. So my iron would be one thing I couldn't live without–though you'd never know it seeing my rumpled mess of a self. And a good pair of scissors, actually many good pairs: a nice little pair of snips, a big cutting scissors, an all purpose pair and a very sharp little embroidery scissors (I've always wanted the pair that is shaped like a bird). And the third thing would be my sewing machine, I guess. It's nothing fancy: not computerized, barely motorized and cost about 100 bucks, but it keeps making the things I tell it too.
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Calendar girls
January: www.lilfishstudios.com
February: www.lavenderlimes.blogspot.com
March: www.dottieangel.blogspot.com
April: www.JammerSage.Etsy.com
May: www.filminthefridge.com
June: www.cozymemories.com
July: www.abitofpillipilli.blogspot.com
August: www.lauraleeburch.com
September: www.oneflewover-oneflewover.com
October: www.elsiemarley.com
November: www.myrtleandeunice.com
December & Cover: www.loulouandoscar.com