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Social Media and Crisis Communication with panelists: Timothy Coombs, Oyvind Ihlen, Chung-ju Flora Hung-Baesecke, Ratna Damanti & Stacey Anne Rodrigues; moderated by Lucinda Austin and Yan Jin, June 4, 2014.
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Perceptions of Thanks in the Workplace: Use, Effectiveness, and Dark Side of Managerial Gratitude
Crystalee Beck, MA in Professional Communication, Weber State University & MarketStar Corporation, USA
Corporate Social Media Spokesperson: Who should speak on behalf of the organization in times of crises?
Ratna Damayanti, Stacey Ann Rodriguez, Samuel Chua & Augustine Pang, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Nature and Impact of Strategic Corporate Communication in Indian Service Sector Organizations
Mala Sinha, Faculty of Management Studies & Perveen, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India
" 'AP' Stands for 'Associated Press:' Defining the Success of the World's Oldest Media Company's First Rebranding
Hal Hilliard, MA in Corporate Communication, Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College/CUNY and Associated Press, USA
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Crystallee Webb Beck in the news following her 2014 Best Theoretical Paper Award at CCI's Conference on Corporate Communication held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, June 3-6.
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WSU Student Recieves International Award for Thesis on Gratitude in the Workplace (Weber State press release)
WSU Study: Gratitude Rates High in the Workplace (Standard Examiner article)
WSU graduate receives international award for master's thesis (WSU Signpost article)
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Rowena Briones, USA
Timothy Coombs, USA
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Sabine Einwiller, Germany
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Why Storytelling Still Works
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The Power of #Moments – Redefining Marketing in the Age of Real-Time
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…Continued from Interview with Young Entrepreneur Chingkee Te (Part 1)
Chingkee: Chingkee Tea finally opened on March 2012.
Alex: How did you chose your location?
Chingkee: I just wanted a place near Xavier University. This place (referring to the first Chingkee Tea branch near Corrales St.), was a big risk for us because it's very hidden. But then it worked out. In all this, I could really see the hand of God moving. If not for His grace, I don't know where Chingkee Tea would be. I mean, the location is very hidden, but it's almost always full. Everything else just fit together.
Alex: How did you market Chingkee Tea?
Chingkee: Mainly online. I didn't know a lot of people in Cdo – only my high school friends. I made a facebook page and created online posters. It became trending because we were the first shabby chic café and a lot of people were curious. Social media was my main marketing tool – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and also word of mouth.
Alex: How was opening day?
Chingkee: The first week of opening was really great. I didn't expect to have to many customers on the first week. What I'd like to share is my testimony about tithing. It was my dad who really encouraged me to tithe and who reminded me about how important it is to give the first fruits of your labor to God. So on the first Sunday of our opening day, I gave all my sales to God. The following week, our sales doubled. It was really amazing.
Alex: Wow! That's a great testimony!
Chingkee: I know. God is really amazing.
Alex: How have your parents been through the whole process?
Chingkee: Oh, very very supportive. My parents would come here almost everyday, especially my mom. She would work as the cashier before. And even my brother, Richmond would come to help out. I love it when my brother comes over because he has a lot of fans so my sales really go up. Haha.
Alex: Wow, really?
Chingkee: Yeah. A lot of people say he looks like Xian Lim.
Alex: Oh, so your brother is your main marketing tool!
Chingkee: Haha. Yes! I would so love to keep him here. But he has to go back to Manila.
Alex: How has being a business owner changed you?
Chingkee: It made me more mature. I'm still very childish – my staff knows this. But I think, I've grown up a little. I'm a Marketing graduate but I think you're better at it! (laughs)
Alex: But you have a really likeable personality. Everyone seems to like you immediately.
Chingkee: I'm a bit awkward around people I don't know, actually. Chingkee Tea really forced me to come out of my shell.
Alex: How do you handle your staff?
Chingkee: I'm actually pretty lenient with them which is both a weakness and a strength. Many of my staff are the children of the workers we had before in our old family business. I've grown up with most of them because we all live in one compound. Most of my workers are related to each other. I've been very blessed with my staff. Without them, there would be no Chingkee Tea. That's why we close early compared to other cafés. I don't want my staff to go home so late. So on Mondays – Thursdays we close at 8PM. On Fridays and Saturdays, we close at 10PM.
Alex: What are your plans for Chingkee Tea? Are you planning to expand?
Chingkee: Yes, I am. A lot of people want to franchise Chingkee Tea but I'm still weighing the pros and cons, because it can be a headache. Right now Chingkee Tea has 2 branches: One near Corrales St. and one in Grand Central.
Alex: What's your advice for people who want to start their own business?
Chingkee: First, find your purpose in life and then do it. I believe this business was given to me by God so I can help enhance the lives of other people, like my staff and my customers. I've heard many stories about people coming to Chingkee Tea, sad and lonely and their coming in here made them feel better. Some of my customers met and became friends here in Chingkee Tea. So it gives me a sense of fulfillment. Chingkee Tea is a testimony of God's grace and how He has helped me find my life's purpose.
Second, be passionate about what you are doing. If I weren't passionate about this, I'd have given up long ago. Running a business is a huge headache and there's always so much to do.
Third, surround yourself with the right people. I call them my pillars. God, family, friends and mentors.
Chingkee Te & Alex Zeta (left to right)
Alex: Thank you Chingkee! I've learned so much from you today. Thank you for the time. Merry Christmas!
Chingkee: Thanks also Alex. It was my pleasure. Merry Christmas!


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Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?
Homer Simpson knew what he was talking about. I could make many blog posts just quoting the Simpsons and donuts. But I'll spare you.
Donuts are pretty amazing. Especially cider donuts. Not much feels more like fall than cider donuts. You can get them at the farmers market, at the orchard, and most grocery stores. Or you can make them yourself. They are pretty easy to make – the only speciality item you need is a donut pan, which you can easily buy on Amazon.
I decided pretty last minute to make these, and all of the ingredients I had on hand. Those are the best kinds of recipes, when you don't have to make a trip to the store. I'm significantly less likely to make something if I don't already have the ingredients in the cupboard. The longest part of this recipe is the baking, but only because the donut pan I have is for 6 donuts, and I was able to make a whopping 15 donuts from this recipe. Meaning I had to wait for the donuts to cool slightly, wipe down the pan & re-grease, and then bake the next round. But it's totally worth it.
You don't have to clean and re-grease the pan every time, but it's a lot easier if you do. Less likely to burn something that way.
What I also love about these donuts is that you can dress them up any way you like. Want them dusted with cinnamon and sugar? Go for it. Apple cider or maple glaze? Easy. A mixture of toppings? Whatever your heart desires.
These donuts were fluffy yet cake-y, and tasted like cider. I find so often that cider donuts taste like old fashioned donuts with a cinnamon sugar topping, but with these I could taste the cider. Always a win in my book. There are a couple things I want to tweak in the recipe (like adding more spice), but that is for another time.
The only real requirement for these donuts that it be fall, and even this is forgiving. But cider donuts just taste that much better when the leaves have fallen, the air is crisp, and you're wearing your favorite hoodie.
Apple Cider Donuts with Cider Glaze
Adapted from Foodie Misadventures
Difficulty: Medium
- 1 3/4 cup white (AP) flour
- 1/4 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- pinch cloves
- 1/2 cup cider
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup cider
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- Donut pan
- Large bowl
- Whisk
- Spoon
- Wire rack
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease donut pan
- Melt butter over low heat (or in a microwave if you have one)
- Beat the eggs in a small bowl
- In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, both sugars, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves
- Stir in cider, milk, eggs, vanilla and the melted butter. Beat together until well blended
- Fill each donut section (cup? circle?) ¾ of the way full. I filled each section with a spoon, but you can use a pastry bag if you want. If you don't have pastry bags, fill a Ziploc bag with the batter and cut off a corner; pipe through that hole
- Bake 10-12 minutes until donuts spring back when touched
- Cool slightly before removing from pan. Remove them by turning them over on to a wire rack
- Once the donut pan has cooled slightly, wipe down and re-grease
To make the glaze and glaze the donuts:
- In a small pan, combine all of the ingredients. Heat over a low flame, stirring, until the glaze becomes smooth and slightly thickens. Sometimes you need to add a bit more powdered sugar – I always find it takes a while to get the ratio just right
- Use a fork or the handle of a long spoon, or anything really, to transfer one donut at a time to the pan. Turn the donut over to glaze the other side, and then remove from the pan using the fork and return to the wire rack (definitely put something under the wire rack that can go in the dishwasher, otherwise you'll be washing dried glaze off your counter for a while!)
- Obviously, stick the fork or whatever implement through the donut hole, so you don't prick the donut. No big deal if you do, I just find it easier to not
- Repeat until all donuts are glazed. You might need to make more glaze, in which case just follow the same ratio
See how easy it is to glaze the donuts? Once I figured out to combine everything over the heat, rather than just stirring together off the heat, it made a world of difference. Heating the glaze ingredients got rid of those pesky powdered sugar clumps, and the glaze dried to a nice, crisp texture.
You'll have to eat these quick – after a few days they start to get a bit mushy. Store in an airtight container and bring some in for your coworkers. They will thank you.


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Exploration Drill Results Report Gold Mineralisation at Officer Hill
The best assayed results to date are from diamond drillhole OHD0003 with 4m @ 2.49 g/t Au, including 0.5m @ 12.6 g/t Au. A second intersection below this returned 1m @ 19.69 g/t Au (see Table 1 and Figure 1 in link below).
Mineralisation within OHD0003 is quartz-chlorite-pyrite vein hosted. Veins are present within variably bedded sandstone and laminated siltstones. Alteration is dominated by the regional green schist facies metamorphic assemblage.
An aeromagnetic and gravity survey was acquired across the entirety of the project area and will be used to assist the geological interpretation.
NVA Managing Director, Mr. Avi Kimelman said:
"We are encouraged by the initial results returned from the diamond drilling program on the Officer Hill Gold Project.
"Concurrent with Officer Hill exploration program, Nova is in the process of planning its next stage of exploration and reconnaissance activities for 2019 at the Estelle Gold Project and Thomson Brothers Lithium project operations and corporate development strategy which will deliver a parallel approach to enhance shareholder value across our company's project portfolio."
Nova will separately update the market on the current and proposed 2019 exploration and corporate development programs across the company's project portfolio in due course.
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- Capitalise on the growing demand for energy storage and the resulting demand for lithium, cobalt and nickel by fast-tracking exploration and development activities in our North American assets with particular focus on our flagship lithium project and prospective Chip-Loy Nickel Cobalt Sulphides project.
- Diversification by gaining exposure to base and precious metals through our farm-in JV at our district scale Estelle gold copper silver project and our Northern Australian gold exploration assets.
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Chapter 251 "Retired Knight"
After the passing of all the motion with the military spring drill, Loulan City once again returns to its bustling and hustling.
Taking advantage of its geographic location closer to the border, this "City of Miracles" has gradually surpassed Governor Bohan's capital as the trading epicenter in the Northwest.
It's worrying for the citizens that there are prairie marauders on the prowl, but nothing was more frightening than the flaunting encirclement by the Northwest Army. Fortunately, the news came quickly regarding the beheading of the prairie general. At the very least, this act by the treasonous bastards over at the Northwest Army conveyed one meaning; they didn't rebel.
Currently in Loulan City, Dadaneier C chief mander of the city garrison C was busily carrying out the "loose in tight out" policy instructed by Du Wei before he left. Scattering their forces across the province, this will ensure that trading and travel remains open between cities and towns. At the same time, loosening the grip inside the city wall will give the impression all remains well for the public. However, this was all a farce. Anyone remotely suspicious would be quickly tagged and secretly monitored the moment they stepped through the gates.
Also, notices of conscription were being posted all across the bulletin boards set along the city entrances. For to this reason, crowds of people would constantly huddle around the boards for information.
Exactly on an average evening like this, a lone middle aged man wearing nothing but mon wear was making his way over from the main roads in the North East direction. Although the man was already in his late forties, the martial physique he honed through many years of training could not be hidden behind that firm and tight grip of his over the horse reign.
He should have been nothing but a mon traveler in everyone's eye, but, there was one thing that stood out from him: he didn't carry a weapon.
One must know, the Northwest is a place of danger where it's not unmon to find roadside bandits lurking at every corner. For this reason, merchant groups would always employ large numbers of guards to protect their caravans while traveling. So, the fact that there was someone unarmed while traveling in this barren landscape was quite unusual, woman and children excluded of course.
Like this, this lonesome man along with his horse made their way up to the city gate.
"Halt, where you from?" One of the soldiers asked.
"…… The North. "
"North? The North is big! I'm asking you a question so be more specific. Where in the North?"
The man smiles in return to this stern looking soldier. Without anger, he softly utters these few words:
"The frozen forest. "
At the answer, the interrogating soldier was even more confused. Fortunately, one of the officers nearby came up to ask: "Frozen Forest? I've never heard of someone living there…. I'm guessing you were a mercenary? Looking at your getup, you should be a warrior?"
The middle-aged man's patience sure is good. In a modest smile, he answers: "I was once upon a time, but now… I'm retired."
The officer gave him a glance and thought: so little luggage and not even a weapon. If he's a retiring mercenary then that make sense."
"Hearing your accent, you're also from the Northwest?" After a simple check, the officer's tone softened: "Our Dukeship just so happens to be looking for talented individuals. Since you know some martial art, why not try your luck? Far better than going home and watching over a few crops of land."
The middle-aged man only smiled and bid his thanks before heading into the city.
Once inside, the middle-aged man slowly made his way through the busy streets as he curiously assessed the scenery. From the traveling businessman to the local residents, everything was far different from what he remembered of this place.
"To think the Northwest would have such a prosperous city after so many years away from home. Teacher … … Perhaps the advice you gave me was correct. Du Wei, he can really change the Northwest."
Randomly asking some passersby's for the Duke's residence, he was warmly received by the strangers and some even offered to guide him along the way. From their genuine attitude when speaking about this Duke Tulip, the middle aged man can tell these people wholeheartedly respected their lord.
Continuing along his path towards the Duke residence, it wasn't hard for him to locate the building for it was the tallest structure in the city. Adding in the flaunting flag atop of the castle tower, it would be truly difficult to miss.
And when he finally came into the vicinity of the castle grounds, the middle aged man noticed something quiet peculiar. Unlike the ruckus back in the markets, the area around the Duke's residence was oddly quiet. However, it didn't take long for him to understand why. Anyone passing through the streets here would consciously lower their volumes like it was a crime.
Looking at the suspension bridge littered with heavily armed guards, middle aged man was just about to head over when the sound of laughter drifted into his ears.
"Mrs. Dean, don't listen to what he say. I'm sure you know the Dean's personality already. In this world, only the dean will scheme against others, not the other way around!"
A somewhat calm voice came from the side: "Watch your mouth while in public! Don't forget you still haven't finished your homework for today. If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll punish you by making you do a couple of hundred trips around the city with the broom!" Pausing, this steady and calm voice continues: "Mrs. Dean, I think it's getting late. Why don't we hurry back inside?"
Looking over at the source, the first thing to e into middle aged man's sight was a group of youngsters surrounding a girl around the age of fifteen or sixteen. They were all dressed in mage robes, but the girl in the middle of the group was clearly different from the rest. Like the slightest mishap would offend this cute little girl, the boys all looked at her with awe and respect whenever they talked to her.
The girl was beautiful to begin with, but because of her shyness, those plump little checks made her big watery eyes even more attractive than ever: "You … … You guys. Don't call me … … Mrs. Dean……. " The girl protests embarrassingly.
Watching the group, middle-aged man got a good idea of who they were by now. Instead of making way, he intentionally steps in front of the group's path.
"Who are you?" The calm young man was the first to call out and was also the first to shield the young girl behind him. His efforts may be valiant, but he seems to have forgotten how powerful the girl behind him truly was.
"May I ask." Middle-aged man's voice was very calm: "The 'Dean' you mentioned is probably Duke Tulip right? I happen to be here to meet the Duke on a friend's remendation."
Needless to say, the youngsters here are of course the magic apprentices and the girl was our stuttering genius Vivian.
Ever since that night where Vivian got drunk and made declaration of love, these students had pletely recognized her as the future wife. And because of her thin skin, Vivian would blush with great shame at her own brave confession whenever she was called out as Mr. Dean by these kids.
Vivian originally intended to procure some ingredients in town today, but because these students kept calling her Mrs. Dean while she was ing back, she ended up wasting a lot of time blushing on the street. Then all of a sudden, a strange man came up to her and caused her to blank out for a second.
The reason was because her instincts picked up something from the middle aged man. While standing in the middle of the street, the man acted casual, but the focus of the surrounding seems to be drawn towards this person. There's no doubt about it, this man was not ordinary.
"Please, may I ask … … Who are you……" Vivian takes a step forward.
"Ah……" Middle-aged man looks at the shy girl and smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, you are Master Vivian? My friend told me about you and there's nothing but praises from his mouth."
Vivian blushes again at the pliment. Giving a curious look at the middle-aged man, she determines the person was not a bad person: "I … … I'm Vivian. You, you are… …"
Middle-aged man rummages through his pocket and pulls out a badge: "This was given to me by my friend. He and I met in the frozen forest, but because he was in a hurry and I was injured, he came back first."
Vivian takes the badge and immediately recognized it belonged to Hussein. Beaming with light in her eyes, she cried out: "AH! You are……"
"My name is Rodriguez." Middle-aged man chuckles: "I used to be a knight, but now, I'm just a cripple."
With that, he raises his right hand to shock Vivian. The right hand, no…. There wasn't a right anymore!
Watching Vivian's shocked eyes, Rodriguez laughed very calmly: "I've been pondering what a cripple like me should do after parting with my knighthood. Fortunately, the owner of this badge said Duke Tulip might be able to take me in, so…… After thinking it over, I decided to e to the Northwest."


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It's been said that community associations offer the greatest single extension of homeownership opportunities since the housing reforms of the New Deal and the provision of GI Bill benefits after World War II. In 1970, there were an estimated 10,000 community associations nationwide, and today there are more than 200,000, housing more than 40 millions Americans.
In the Community Associations Factbook, you'll find a compendium of important information about community associations, including:
Background ------------------- * Glossary Covering Key Community Associations Terminology * Core functions of Community Associations * Community Associations Around the World
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Community ------------------- * Who is Attracted to Community Association Living * Amenities * Making Community Work * Community Spirit and Homeowner Satisfaction * Participation in Public Affairs
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Well, something had to give. Sony Ericsson, once one of the most successful mobile manufacturers in the world, has become a bit of a laughing stock of late. It's about a year behind rivals when it comes to dual-core, and the much-hyped Xperia Play – once touted as an "iPhone killer" – is languishing in bargain bins at £150.
It'll come as little surprise then that Sony is reportedly in talks to buy out Ericsson from their ailing joint venture.
A source "with direct knowledge of the matter" told Reuters that Sony hopes to go it alone in future. At present, tablets (including the Tablet S and Tablet P), gaming devices (such as the PSP), and consumer electronics come from Sony, while smartphones come under Sony Ericsson.
"Up to now Sony's products and network services have all been separate. Unifying them would be positive," said Yoshiharu Izumi, analyst with JP Morgan Tokyo. "If they can leverage their games and other network services I think they can lift their share." Hmm, we'll see.
"The talks are not something that have been announced by Sony. We are declining to comment," said a Sony spokeswoman in Tokyo. Not denying the existence of the talks then?
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North, South void has been filled
The 34-year-old's side became the first Northern Hemisphere side since England in 2003 to beat all three Southern Hemisphere teams (New Zealand, Australia and South Africa) in a calendar year.
Best was especially proud that his patchwork Irish side, which saw replacement players playing out of position after three key backs were substituted, had somehow eked out a victory.
The Irish had seen a 17-0 advantage evaporate, with the Australians taking the lead after an hour only for Keith Earls to grab a third try for Ireland and Paddy Jackson convert it.
"It's obviously a pretty big achievement to do that and with so many players who have played in those games, is a good sign of our ability and depth.
"Especially after the World Cup last year when it was said there was a big void between north and south [all four semi-finalists were from the southern hemisphere]. We feel we can compete with all the best teams now and since Joe [Schmidt] has come in, it has been about consistency and we feel we have shown that consistency," Best said.
Best, who has done his chances of captaining the British and Irish Lions on the daunting tour of New Zealand next year no harm at all, said he had been especially proud to win his 100th cap with such a bunch of teammates.
He was, though, quite surprised to hear that his father had been overcome with emotion before kick-off.
"I hope you have got my father being emotional on tape because I haven't seen it in 34 years," joked Best, who walked out in front of the 51,000 spectators accompanied by his two young children.
"We talked about a squad ethic and to lose guys early in the week [Jonathan Sexton and Robbie Henshaw] and then Sean [O'Brien] on the morning of the match, you just hope the replacements will step up.
"The changes in personnel you make during the game, you ultimately ask them for a real want and desire and they did that today. The good thing is, it wasn't perfect but it was good enough. For me as a day for 100 caps it is really, really special.
"Even more so because they are a magical bunch of guys to have as teammates."
Schmidt, who had an immediate impact on an out-of-sorts squad when he took over in 2013 winning two successive Six Nations titles in 2014 and 2015, said the victory was special.
"Certainly for me since, I've been associated with the Ireland team, this is one of the proudest days. They have shown immense character, Kieran Marmion, who is a scrumhalf and had to play on the wing, well his tackle on David Pocock was phenomenal.
"Simon Zebo [who came on early for injured fullback Rob Kearney] said it was like a creche out there and he felt like the old guy. It says a lot about how he looks after kids because they were all over the place," Schmidt joked.
Schmidt, who guided Leinster to two European Cup trophies before taking the Ireland post, said it spoke volumes for the squad that Josh van der Flier, the replacement in the starting XV for O'Brien, had been named man of the match.
"I think we got the edge because the boys up front did a great job. When you lose a player like Sean O'Brien so shortly before the match and his replacement is man of the match that is just what you want," Schmidt added.
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Brest oblast: Jack of all trades Nina Fedaruk
On 23 august the state newspaper Narodnaya Trybuna (distributed on the territory of Brest oblast) published an article With relish! Mushroom salad in which Nina Fedaruk, a pretender for candidate at Mukhavets electoral constituency #4 and a deputy of the present parliament, told the readers that she liked household choirs, her family and home… She even proposed to the readers the recipe of her mushroom salad.
The same an article There is no more important concern was place in the front page of the state newspaper Zara nad Buham (distributed on the territory of Brest district). In this article the reader are informed about the political briefing in the region and a meeting of Nina Fedaruk with the working collective of the Zakhodni state enterprise about the achievements of the contemporary medical service to the population.
On 27 August the front page of Zara nad Buham was occupied by an article I admire you and am proud of you about the state festival Dazhynki in the village of Vistychy. The participation of Nina Fedaruk in the festival is mentioned. In the third page, in the article There has not been such success before Nina Fedaruk offers her opinion concerning the results shown by the Belarusian athletes at this year's Olympics.
On 30 August the front page of Zara nad Buham features an article Universality, accessibility and quality are the main principles of education informs the readers about a conference in Brest district, at which Nina Fedaruk delivered a speech. 'Education is one of the main priorities of the state policy in our country. This year it ascends to a new level,' she said.
The same day an article Nobody was left without attention was published in the fifth page of the newspaper Selskaya Prauda (distributed in Zhabinka district of Brest oblast). The author in a laudable tone describes the reception of citizens by the deputy Nina Fedaruk.
On 30 August an article New questions – to deputy's notebook about Nina Fedaruk's meeting with the dwellers of the village of Khatsislau was published in the second page of the newspaper Holas Chasu (distributed on the territory of Malaryta district).
On 3 September Zara nad Buham dedicated two front pages to an article First grader, you have a holiday today! about the festive measures on the occasion of the first day of school classes, attended by Nina Fedaruk as a honorary guest. Here the deputy also speaks about the 'importance of education in our country'.
We can continue drawing the examples of the 'multilateral activities' of Nina Fedaruk and support it all with excerpts from the articles about her which appear in the local press almost everyday, but instead we would like to draw your attention to the provisions of the Electoral Code where it is stated that candidates for deputies must have equal conditions. Fedaruk' rival, member of the Party of Communists Belarusian Anatol Novik is not mentioned by the local state newspapers. Even now we can speak about a catastrophic disproportion of the candidates; opportunities at Mukhavets electoral constituency #4 which includes Brest, Zhabinka and Malaryta districts.
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Melody Chapin (Tufts University)
Opera and Modernity in Brazil: Camargo Guarnieri and Mário de Andrade's Pedro Malazarte
The ethnomusicologist Gerard Béhague defined Brazilian modernism as coinciding with Brazilian nationalism whereby a musical brasilidade was developed by shedding European influences and legacies. Yet a modernist work such as the one-act comic opera Pedro Malazarte (1932) offers a different account of early twentieth-century Brazilian national style. This paper argues that the composer Camargo Guarnieri and the librettist Mário de Andrade hybridized, rather than rejected, European heritage with national musical traditions. Their one-act comic opera aspires to bring the traditional character of Malazarte out into an international avant-garde.
This paper focuses on three musical moments crucial to understanding Pedro Malazarte's cultural project, corresponding to three musical genres firmly rooted in the Brazilian tradition which are inserted into the dramatic texture of the opera. First, Baiana sings a modinha, the traditional art song; then Malazarte, a character related to commedia dell'arte types, sings an embolada; and then the townspeople sing a ciranda in the town square, voicing and enacting vox populi by way of a playful collective circular dance.
Lastly I argue that a close look at Pedro Malazarte affords a new way of discussing Brazilian modernism in relation to issues of Brazilian national identity. In turn this work undoubtedly offers new perspectives on the history and historiography of twentieth-century opera.
Melody Chapin is an MA candidate in Musicology at Tufts and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a BM in Voice Performance. She has also studied at the University of São Paulo, Brazil with a US Student Fulbright Grant (2012) and with a research grant from the University of New Hampshire (IROP, 2009). Her prior research concerned the performance and diction technique of Brazilian art song. Melody's Master thesis focuses on aspects of brasilidade in M. Camargo Guarnieri's opera Pedro Malazarte. She is also interested in issues of accessibility of Latin American and Iberian art music and in English poetic translation from the Spanish and Portuguese languages.
Heather De Savage (University of Connecticut)
Before and After Debussy: Gabriel Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande in New York and Boston, 1902 - 1912
Maurice Maeterlinck's play, Pelléas et Mélisande, inspired diverse musical settings following its French premiere in 1893, including those by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Arnold Schoenberg, and Jean Sibelius. Today, Debussy's opera is by far the most familiar of these, particularly in the U.S., where it gained steady popularity following its New York premiere in 1908. However, it was actually Fauré's setting with which American audiences first became acquainted in the early- twentieth century, in both its original context as incidental music, and as a suite for orchestra. Audiences in New York and Boston first heard the score in 1902 as part of an English staging of Pelléas by the famed actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for whom Fauré had composed the music four years earlier. It was particularly appreciated in Boston, a Francophile city that had embraced Fauré's music since the 1890s. The Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the suite for the first time in 1904, and in the following years included it on numerous programs, at home and on tour. This offered critics various opportunities to discuss Fauré's approach to Maeterlinck's text, eventually in comparison to Debussy's opera, and to express a clear preference between the two.
This paper considers the reception of Fauré's Pelléas music in the U.S., with a focus on New York and Boston, 1902–1912. Critical writings illustrate the response to Fauré's setting as it was first heard in Campbell's production, and extracted as concert music, as well as the gravitation toward Debussy's opera in the following years. The ten-year anniversary performance of Maeterlinck's play in Boston (1912) offers a unique point of comparison, as his wife, Georgette Leblanc- Maeterlinck, performed in both Debussy's opera and in the play (featuring Fauré's score), at the Boston Opera House that year.
Heather de Savage recently completed a Ph.D. in music history and theory at the University of Connecticut; she holds a master's degree in music history from the University of New Hampshire, and a bachelor's degree in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music. Her doctoral dissertation examines Gabriel Fauré's American reception, with a particular focus on Boston, 1892−1945. She recently presented a portion of this research at the conference Effable and Ineffable: Gabriel Fauré and the Limits of Criticism, and at the North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music. She has also presented on the topic of embedded elements in the late motets of Heinrich Schütz, at the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, and AMS-NE. Publications include a contribution to the Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams, and co- authored articles on harmonic text painting in the lieder of Franz Liszt (Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society, with Richard Bass and Patricia Grimm), and historical performance practice in fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish chanson repertoire (Early Music, with Peter Urquhart). She is currently assisting on the Oxford critical edition of Vaughan Williams' Ninth Symphony (ed. Alain Frogley). In addition to her research activities, Heather teaches a variety of courses at UConn's Storrs, Avery Point, and Greater Hartford campuses.
David Ferrandino (University of Buffalo, SUNY)
Getting "Satisfaction" from Others: Cover Songs, Irony, and The Rolling Stones
After being released as a single in the U.S. in June 1965, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" quickly established The Rolling Stones as the archetypical rock stars by succinctly articulating the sense of irreverent rebellion crucial to the rock discourse. For this reason, "Satisfaction" remains one of the most frequently recorded songs in rock history, though not all of these covers are faithful recreations. "Satisfaction" has been covered by a number of artists, from Otis Redding to Britney Spears, but this paper will focus on two versions that challenge the legacy of the Stones: one by the avant-garde collective the Residents from 1975 and one by new-wave band Devo from 1978. The Residents obsess over the iconic guitar riff, layering it with inversions and harmonization while obligerating the singer's vocal timbre with heavy distortion and compression effects. Devo takes an opposite approach, preserving the lyrics verbatim, while drastically altering the musical setting. These two groups are both indebted to and repulsed by their rock and roll predecessors and their versions of "Satisfaction" demonstrate that cover songs can be the perfect vehicle for ironic critique.
Cover songs are necessarily intertextual artifacts, with the reproduction both borrowing from and bringing additional meaning to the original. Though normally associated with homage or nostalgia, a cover song can also critique, drawing attention to defects or excesses in the previous version or insinuating things about the performer or their audience. Using Deena Weinstein's concept of "stereophony," I aruge that the way we listen to a pop song is greatly impacted by our knowledge of its creation, familiarity with the original, and our own previous listening experiences. A song as influential as "Satisfaction" will have accrued many layers of signifcation and many different interpretations are not only possible, but unavoidable.
David Ferrandino recently received his Ph.D. in musicology from the University at Buffalo, SUNY where he studied post-1945 American music under Dr. Stephanie Vander Wel. Ferrandino's research interest focus on the socio-political implications of popular music in American culture, the performance of musical identity, and musical minimalism. His dissertation, entitled "Irony, Mimicry, and Mockery: American Popular Music of the Late Twentieth Century" discusses the ways in which irony has become a driving creative force in popular culture at the end of the twentieth century and explores methodologies for using irony in the analysis of popular music created during this time.
Erinn Knyt (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"A History of Man and His Desire": Ferrucio Busoni and Faust
Relying on knowledge of Karl Engel's edition of the Volksschauspiel, Karl Simrock's version of the puppet play, Gotthold Lessing's Faust fragments, and versions of the Faust legend by Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, among others, Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) crafted his own hybrid libretto for Doktor Faust that depicts a mystical and broad-minded Faust. Busoni's music corresponds to the richness of Faust's mind, combining heterogeneous timbres, forms, and styles, including a Gregorian Credo, Palestrina-style choral settings, a Reformation hymn, a Baroque dance suite, an organ fantasia, operatic recitatives, impressionistic symphonic writing, and experimental passages. At the same time, Busoni sought to write "a history of man and his desire" rather than of a man and the devil. It is Faust's own dark side, rather than the devil, that distracts him and prevents him from completing his greatest work. With Kaspar removed from the plot, Mephistopheles, who as spirit, is not always distinct from Faust the man, becomes Faust's alter ego. This duality is expressed musically when Faust assumes Mephistopheles' characteristic intervals.
Although Doktor Faust has already been studied by several scholars, including Antony Beaumont, Nancy Chamness, and Susan Fontaine, there is still no detailed analysis of Busoni's treatment of Faust. Through analyses of autobiographical connections, Busoni's early settings of Faustian characters, and the text and music in Doktor Faust, with special attention on the Wittenberg Tavern Scene that has no precedent among the versions of the Faust legend, this paper reveals Busoni's vision of Faust as a broad-minded, and yet conflicted character, shaped idiosyncratically to convey Busoni's personal artistic ideals. In this way, the essay not only contributes to ongoing discourse about Doktor Faust, Busoni's chef d'oeuvre, but also expands knowledge about ways the Faust legend was interpreted in the early twentieth century.
Knyt specializes in 19th and 20th century music, aesthetics, and performance studies and has written extensively about Ferruccio Busoni. She has articles in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, American Music, the Journal of Musicology, the Journal of Music History Pedagogy, and Twentieth Century Music, and has presented papers at conferences throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her book, which is under contract with Indiana University Press, explores Busoni's relationship with early and mid-career composition mentees, including Jean Sibelius, Edgard Varèse, Otto Luening, Louis Gruenberg, and Philipp Jarnach. She received a Faculty Research Grant for archival research related to her book.
Nona Monahin (Five College Early Music Program, Mount Holyoke College)
A Tale of Three Sciolte: Triple Meters in the Danced Suites of Fabritio Caroso
My paper concerns tempo relationships between the movements of danced suites in two treatises by the distinguished Italian dancing master Fabritio Caroso: Il Ballarino (1581) and Nobiltà di Dame (1600).
Caroso's suites—most of which are labelled balletto—consist of an unnamed movement in either duple or triple meter followed by one or more sciolte. In Caroso's usage the term sciolta refers to a triple-meter rendition of musical material initially presented in the opening movement. Although the sciolte are often based on dance types, and are labelled accordingly (sciolta in gagliarda, sciolta in saltarello), it is clear that Caroso uses the term to refer to the music only. In fact the choreography that accompanies such a sciolta need not necessarily contain any of the steps normally associated with the dance type on which it is based. At times the different sciolte appear to have been selected for purely musical reasons, in particular for the temporal and rhythmic contrasts they provide, rather than for the wish to display a particular dance attribute.
The question of tempo relationships between different meters is one of the thorniest areas of Renaissance music research, yet it is of crucial importance for performance practice. Musicological studies dealing with this topic have tended to focus on the writings of music theorists, composers, and practitioners. The theoretical portions of dance treatises should also be considered as many of them address questions of relative tempo, meter, and tactus (albeit somewhat indirectly or using specialized terminology) in ways that correlate with the writings of music theorists such as Martin Agricola and Adriano Banchieri.
In my paper I apply such combined information to a choreomusical analysis of a mock tournament dance named Barriera, which employs three different sciolte—grave, saltarello, and gagliarda—that appear to have been selected for their contrasting tempos in order to underscore the choreographer's particular dramaturgical vision.
Nona Monahin teaches early dance in the Five College Early Music Program at Mount Holyoke College, and works in the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College. Originally from Australia, she received her Ph.D. in Musicology (with a focus on 16th-century Italian dance suites) from Monash University in 2014. Nona has given presentations at meetings of the Society of Dance History Scholars, the Shakespeare Association of America, the International Shakespeare Association, the Symposium of the International Musicological Society, and the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society, and has taught workshops on historical dance and music-dance interactions in Australia, Europe, and North America. In addition to Renaissance music and dance theory, Nona's interests include dance in Shakespeare. She has choreographed for many theater productions and will co-teach a dance workshop at the upcoming World Shakespeare Congress in Stratford-upon-Avon in August of this year. She has a chapter in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Dance (expected 2017), and is currently working on a project focusing on music and dance relationships in ballets choreographed to Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet score.
Sean Parr (Saint Anselm College)
Vestiges of Virtuosity: Origins of the French Coloratura Soprano
From the origins of opera, singers were expected to have the vocal facility to sing melismas, a tradition especially prominent during the so-called "bel canto" period of the early nineteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, coloratura had become a rare feature in Franco-Italian operatic vocal writing. I focus on the end of this transition, when the coloratura soprano had become an established dramaturgical "type" in French opera. My paper proposes that the role pairings in Meyerbeer's nineteenth-century repertory operas serve as precursors to the marking of the virtuosic soprano as a type in late nineteenth-century operas by Offenbach, Delibes, and Massenet. As observed by Mary Ann Smart (2003), Meyerbeerian role pairings and musical characterization manifest in Les Huguenots (1836). This very popular nineteenth-century repertory opera serves as a starting-point for understanding the transition from coloratura as a normative singing style to one that functions as an uncommon and conspicuous gesture in late nineteenth-century operas: Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann (1881), Delibes' Lakmé (1883), and Massenet's Manon (1884). The soprano roles in these operas hark back to the zenith of coloratura singing at mid-century, when high notes and melismas were a kind of aural analogue to the ornamental decadence of Second Empire Paris. In building on previous studies (2011 and 2012) of mid-century coloratura and on a pivotal créatrice, Caroline Carvalho, I argue that coloratura became gendered feminine and became identified with a particular tradition of French voice typing. This argument is supported by an exploration of the original soprano creators of the roles and their reception history, as well as the musical evidence. Coloratura arias in these operas are the late-century exceptions that prove the rule; they are echoes of the virtuosic vocalism so prominent earlier in the century.
Sean M. Parr is Associate Professor of Musicology at Saint Anselm College where he teaches music history and voice performance, as well as humanities courses in the core curriculum. With a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, his research interests focus on nineteenth-century French and Italian opera, dance, the operatic voice, and gender. His work on coloratura and the female singer in Second Empire Paris has been published in the Cambridge Opera Journal and 19th-Century Music. He is currently completing a monograph on the history of the coloratura soprano. He is also founder of Morningside Opera, a New York City company dedicated to challenging the boundaries of opera, and acclaimed by the New York Times for its "bold imagination and musical diligence" and for having a "serious foundation in rigorous musicology."
David Schulenberg (Wagner College)
Between Frescobaldi and Froberger: From Virtuosity to Expression
The discovery of new sources and the re-evaluation of previously known ones has led to revised work-lists for Frescobaldi and Froberger, two of the most original composers of keyboard music in the early Baroque. Toccatas and contrapuntal compositions which Frescobaldi published in a series of widely influential volumes are now supplemented by many additional works preserved in manuscript. Comparable works by Froberger, although not published during his lifetime, were gathered by the composer in several authoritative manuscripts whose contents are now also joined by further works. The quadricentennial of Froberger, born in 1616, is a fitting time to reconsider the music of both compsoers.
The "new" compositions are preserved in relatively unauthoritative sources, and their chronology as well as their attribution is accordingly less certain. Especially problematical are three toccatas, transmitted anonymously in the Roman manuscript Chigi 25, which have long been considered transitional between Frescobaldi and his pupil Froberger.
This presentation supports a proposed attribution of these toccatas as late works of Frescobaldi. It argues further that they hint at an ongoing transition also also evident in other late works of Frescobaldi from early-Baroque virtuosity to a style that placed greater emphasis on subjectivity or expressivity. This trend was crucial for the even more personal style of Froberger, Frescobaldi's pupil, whose early development is tentatively traced through a number of works that possibly preceded his first securely dated compositions (in an autograph of 1649). Yet Froberger also cultivated an ostentatiously learned type of contrapuntal writing modeled on that of Frescobaldi, at times going beyond the latter in the use of chromatic subjects and newly invented modes. The juxtaposition in Froberger's autographs of subjective music to be played "à discrétion" with abstruse "scientific" experiments in counterpoint made explicit the shattered subjectivity characteristic of the European Baroque, which is only implicit in the music of the previous generation.
David Schulenberg is the author of The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach and The Music of C. P. E. Bach as well as the textbook and anthology Music of the Baroque, now in its third edition. He has also edited keyboard sonatas and concertos by C. P. E. Bach and is a contributor to the new Breitkopf & Härtel edition of the organ works of J. S. Bach. A performer on harpsichord and other early keyboard instruments since his college days at Harvard, he has been heard as a soloist across North America and on chamber music CDs on the Naxos, Hungaroton, and Albany Records labels. He chairs the music department at Wagner College in New York City and is, additionally, a faculty member in the Historical Performance program at The Juilliard School. He has also taught at Boston University. Further writings, editions, and recordings are online at faculty.wagner.edu/david-schulenberg.


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This week: IBM tour, Board meeting planning and project proposals, Regional Network, F&A divisional reorganization, divisional cell phone policy, VCET/PIEMatrix presentation
On Monday, a group of us took a site visit at the IBM-Essex Junction facility. [Mike Austin, Deane Dudley, Keith Kennedy, Randy Spooner, David Todd] We got an overview of what the "fab" plant does (makes chips, mostly), how large it is (3.5M sq ft, 6000 employees), and who its customers are (everyone — no longer a captive supplier to IBM). We talked a bit about how interdependent UVM and IBM are here — they supply part time faculty, and their employees enroll as UVM students. Then we took a tour of the site — mostly one of the large clean-room areas. Very impressive. IBM uses process automation to streamline operations extensively, and the carrier system that transports the wafers is really cool. Couldn't take photos of the operations, but here are some shots that might amuse you. http://www.uvm.edu/~hdtodd/PhotoGallery.html
There has been a change in the plans regarding funding requests to be put forward at the Board meeting on 19 May. We had earlier expected to request funds for (among other things) the Regional Network (Fiber Ring) that would link the Colchester Research Facility, Tech Park, and a few other off-campus sites back to campus with a redundant network link. Late the prior week, the President's Executive Council decided to hold off on that and other requests, as requests, and just present the items for Board review at this meeting. [That's generally a prudent strategy for working with a Board, as it is with any audience: tell 'em what you're gonna tell them; tell them; then tell them what you told 'em. 🙂 ]
As a result, we spent some time late in the week working with Greg Kelly from TelJet to consider alternative approaches. Greg has developed a set of alternative plans that I believe we will be able to execute on. So while this change was a distraction, I think we'll remain on course to implement the Regional Network as planned.
As a side note, I'm trying to switch the terminology from "Ring of Fiber" or "Ring of Fire" to "UVM Regional Network" for a reason. I think in the long term we might well bring other network projects under that umbrella. For example, we might supplement the fiber ring with long-range 802.11 wireless service for the region. Or if UVM acquires the Union Institute property in Montpelier, we might link to that site with a fiber connection (expanding our "region"). I'd like us to be anticipating that UVM (and in its support, CIT) will be looking for other ways to expand its influence in the region.
The Finance and Administration Associate VPs continue to meet to discuss divisional reorganization. I was surprised to learn that CIT is a "division" in the Peoplesoft definition of the world. The Finance and Administration organization as a whole is called an "Executive Group". Actually, that makes good sense as you look across the range and size of groups that report to the VP F&A … I was just surprised at the sudden promotion of the CIT organization. 🙂
At the VP's staff meeting on Wednesday, we completed the final revisions to the Division's cell phone policy statement. The language was relaxed substantially relative to the version that a number of you might already have seen. I think those authorized for cell phones for University use would now feel comfortable carrying just one cell phone, for example, and would not feel the need to carry a second one for personal calls. (Thanks to those of you who raised concerns about that early draft.)
Al Turgeon and I visited (my second visit) with Paul Dandurand, an entrepreneur working out of VCET in Farrell on a system called PIEMatrix (PIE=Performance Improvement Excellence or something like that). It's a hosted, web-based system for framing major projects and then tracking execution on the project. We think we'll next ask Paul to do a demonstration for the VP and his direct reports since we think this could be of value in helping us develop and manage projects more effectively.
We had our fifth and last interview of candidates for the VACC Director's position and forwarded our recommendations to the VP for Research.


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ON THE GO GADGETSMarch 22nd, 2008 . by Steve Greenberg
Over the next few weeks I'll be appearing on TV talking about some cool ON THE GO gadgets
Some of the products are in my new book GADGET NATION www.gadgetnation.net
Rear View Mirror Bluetooth Speakerphone— this mirror displays incoming calls on the mirror and has a removable wireless earpiece–so you can use this mirror as a speakerphone or for in-ear use. It will also record voice memos ($140) www.hammacher.com
Razr-2 cell phone–it's the only cell phone with unique technology that really takes out background noise during phone conversatons–from Motorola www.motorola.com (there's an 18K gold edition, that I'm trying to secure for the segment)
BlackLine GPS – GPS Snitch By combining high-sensitivity GPS technology with the wireless data capabilities of the cellular telephone system, GPS Snitch provides real-time location tracking over the internet. GPS Snitch is completely self-contained, requires no installation, and is small enough to be hidden within any car, truck, motorcycle, ATV or snowmobile. Simply arm GPS Snitch, hide it, and then track it through www.gps-snitch.com, or through text message from a mobile phone. GPS Snitch is available now from www.gps-snitch.com and www.jcwhitney.com ($400 plus monthly payment options for the tracking service)
Life+Gear Personal Safety Device: PSDTOOLS: Magnetic 6-Bit Tool Kit Included Inside Flashlight. One minute of cranking will yield approximately 1 hour of flashlight power. Innovative Technology- never needs replacement batteries. Powercrank can be turned either clockwise or counterclockwis
Life+Gear 6-n-1 PSD NOAA: The 6n1 PSD NOAA Flashlight is perfect to have at home, in the car or on a trip. This innovative flashlight features two super bright RED emergency LED flashers, NOAA National Weather Service alerts, Weatherband, Emergency Radio and AM/FM radio. It also has a cell phone charger, hand crank, battery and DC power options. ($50) lifegearcompany.com, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Target
iRecord Take movies, TV shows off your DVR and put them on your iPod http://www.irecord.com/ ($200)
The Accelerometer–much better than a pedometer (which measures steps taken) this actually calculates calories burned from physical movement. Has 9-day memory feature so you can track progress ($50) www.Hammacher.com
Ropeless Jump Rope–allows you to skip rope in limited space and will not interrupt your workout routine by getting caught in your feet. Perfect for travel/suitcase. Let's you know calories burned and has "talking" mode to let you keep track of your progress. 10-minutes of jumping rope burns about the same calories running an 8-minute mile ($60) www.Hammacher.com
USB FAN–on the road, slaving over your laptop–its hot–but not if you plug in your USB Fan. Just plug it into your USB port and you have a cool breeze while you work ($15) www.techotoys.com
USB Vacuum–to keep your work area clean, this mini-vac plugs into your USB port for instant power ($15) www.techotoys.com
Planon'sDocuPen RC800 color handheld scanner – is capable of storing 100's of pages into memory and it takes just seconds to scan a page. Choose the mode you want to scan: black and white, standard color or high 24bit color and the resolution from 100 to 400 dpi. You can scan your letters, color documents, pictures and bring them into Paperport software (included with the Docupen). An entire page including text and graphics can be scanned in as little as 4 seconds. $300 http://www.planon.com/docupen_rc800.php
Royal Two-Way Watch Radios ($80): The cool way to stay in touch this summer is with Royal's Two-Way Watch Radios, which let you talk up to 1.5 miles between radios. The sleek looking wrist radios feature 22 scan channels, 12 hour AM/PM wrist watch, and a backlit LCD display, Enjoy hours of adventure and fun with the lithium-ion rechargeable battery. www.royal.comAgent 18 Eco Cases: These eco-friendly cases are made from recycled materials & are packaged in enclosures that are also made from recycled materials. Agent 18 makes Eco Cases for the iPhone, iPod nano, iPod touch. Agent 18 cases are available in Apple Stores nationwide and range from $20 to $25 www.agent18.com
Agent 18 FlowerVest Cases: pink with pink flowers and brown with blue flowers. Designed for the iPod nano and iPod touch, FlowerVest cases are designed to provide maximum protection for the iPod while also adding style with a floral print featured on both sides of the case. Agent 18 FlowerVest cases are available in Apple Stores nationwide for $20 (Nano FlowerVest) and $30 (Touch FlowerVest) www.agent18.com
Re-pillable card* (John Higgins) Let's you take your pills with you in your wallet www.repillable.com (6-pack for $15 and a 2-pack for $6) This product is profiled in GADGET NATION www.gadgetnation.net
TAKE-OUT TIME-OUT Mat* Invented by a mother of two boys (Lisa Bogart Carvajal) http://www.take-out-time-out.com/ Let's you take your time out area ANYWHERE. This product is profiled in GADGET NATION www.gadgetnation.net


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Angélica Maria Millán Lozano is an artist from Bogotá, Colombia currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She creates abstract and figurative compositions on distressed fabrics that question the social injustices that affect Latinas in the home. She received her MFA in Visual Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Millán is also a co-founder at cvllejerx, a poc focused fashion, poetry, and performance collaboration. Millán has presented work at Disjecta, Williamson | Knight, Nationale in Portland, OR; Gas Gallery in L.A., CA; and Bridge Productions in Seattle, WA.
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As I drove into the garage after work this evening, some dark areas under the picture window at the front of our house caught my eye. I couldn't think what they could be -- from a distance I wondered if some dark ivy was suddenly growing up the brickwork. When I approached, I could hardly believe what I was seeing: thousands, surely, thousands of boxelder bugs. Take a look.
We routinely do get clusters of boxelder bugs on our south-facing house, especially on sunny fall days following a cold spell. I've taken photos and written about them before: in October 2007 and in October 2009. I've never seen swarms anything like what I saw today, and certainly never such huge swarms in the spring. This is such an odd season -- today, a rainy day in the 50s, would normally be a warm day for the second week of March. Instead, it was a relatively cool day in a string of days in the 60s and projected to reach 70 later this week. No wonder the insects are behaving strangely. Maybe we'll have frogs and locusts next.
Here's a short video clip of this extraordinary sight.
Update, March 14: At about 10:30 yesterday morning when I stopped at home briefly, the large clusters were still there, looking very much as they did above. However, the sun was shining fully on the bugs in the left-most clump and there was a lot of activity, with bugs crawling over each other predominantly in a downward direction toward the ground. The clusters that were still shaded were completely still. When I returned at around 5:00 the clusters had completely dispersed. There were still some bugs here and there on the front of the house, but there were no longer any clusters.


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By Lp
A break up is not the end of the world, and instead of wallowing in self pity or burning with rage, you really should be working on moving on with your life after a break up.
How do we learn to have better relationships? Well, strangely, when the student is ready, the master appeareth… thus goes an old Chinese proverb.
When we need to learn a hard lesson, and have taken things for granted, or have not been able to read a situation well enough, then life itself becomes the teacher. We always remember the time we experienced pain. Avoiding such painful recurrences in future becomes a reflex action that protects us.
But, remember… A break up is not the end of the world and you can always move on after a break up!
A break up is a consequence of what we did, or did not do. It is a time for introspection. It is not a time for instant decisions. This is nature's way of saying learn from the experience and see that it does not recur.
Here are some tips for those who might be on the terminated side of a relationship:
Understand the Pain
Do not get into revenge mode, what's done is done. Do not blame yourself for what has happened. Do take time to figure out what went wrong, and what you could have done better. You have lost love, but you have gained a lesson.
Pain is nature's way of saying that something was wrong. Pain is therefore our best teacher.
Let's learn from this. Do understand that everything in life doesn't last forever. Some things will fail, in spite of our best efforts. Look at the other significant relationships in your personal life (siblings, parents, friends, colleagues). Try to enhance these, because some of these may have been neglected when you were high on love.
Refocus on your Life
Look at all the things in your life that you had not focused on while you were in a relationship. Revisit your goals and dreams. Have these slipped over the years? Start looking ahead, and planning for the other aspects of your life like your career, your health, etc. Join a gym, go for dance classes, start a new hobby. Do something different.
Celebrate Life
Life is a celebration. But every celebration costs something. How much are you willing to pay life to learn and to evolve? And how would it be if you could understand to read people's minds and help them back, instead of taking them for granted or getting annoyed with them? Would you then be a better person, or would you instead continue being your old self and try another roll of the dice in the game of love?
You can lock yourself up and wait for the inevitable breakdown in your life, or you can move on after a break up into a better life. The choice, fortunately or unfortunately, is entirely your own!


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