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Project Entryway Closet Makeover: Part 2 - Design
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This blows my mind. Too awesome, too cute, and too fabulous.ReplyDelete
Can you send your dad over to my house? I live close by so it wouldn't be too hard ;) Seriously, so lucky and it looks gorgeous!! Can't wait to see the finished project!ReplyDelete
Beautiful job! I love the wall treatment that you decided on! Can't wait to see the rest.ReplyDelete
So excited to see it Shelley! It will be fabulous :)ReplyDelete
Looks so good!! What a amazing transformation. I love how the space now works for your house looking forward to seeing more.ReplyDelete
Love it so far! You guys never stop, and I'm jealous...wish I was that motivated to finish things. I have craft and remodel ADD. Ha.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Very FUN! I've been waiting for the next installment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM
WOW! I"m definitely pinning this under 'future home'. WE are in the process of getting bids for our new home so this little nook is a MUST HAVE in the mud room. Love this! Can you just come to Nashville and give me lots of ideas for my new home?!?!?!! HA!ReplyDelete
I can't wait! It's going to be awesome!!!ReplyDelete
The horizontal beadboard is pure freakin' genius!!!!!!!
this looks SO great! I can't wait to see the finished look! Awesome. :)ReplyDelete
I seriously have entry envy....looks AMAZING so far!ReplyDelete
ahhhhhhhhhh (that was me...singing!) oh my word - I love it already! the sideways planks, the color, the shelving...oooh can't wait to see it all pulled together! but you're not BUSY or anything - so we'll just have to be patient! oh & cute pet fly you showed off! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Wow! I can't wait to see it all finished!ReplyDelete
I love all the pictures and how you followed it like this! I love this it's incredible. So congrats and good job! I think I might tell my custom home builder to include a closet like this.. ;)ReplyDelete
That is looking so beautiful! Love all of your gray and white - and that shelving looks so functional and gorgeous :) Where did you get the mirror? on the right of that bottom picture? It looks so good on the gray wall :)ReplyDelete
Oh Wow! That is gorgeous. Now have I got a nook? :-) Jude.xReplyDelete
WOW!!!! I wish I had someone handy to help me with all the crazy ideas I come up with!! I can't wait to see it finished!ReplyDelete
Wow LOVE it!! This would actually be a good idea for our front entryway closet... haha...just a question what gray paint did you use? I am currently looking for a nice gray for my living room!ReplyDelete
No offense, but I'm really glad I'm not your neighbor. I would be so jealous of all the fun stuff you do to your house all the time, and envious that I will NEVER be able to do something so cool! Can't wait to see it finished :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness this is GORGEOUS!!!! I'm sure you are going to give the whole break down of supplies....but,I don't think I can wait!!!! :)ReplyDelete
What and where did you get your beadboard? AND what about that gray paint????!!! Love it! Thanks
LOVE IT!!!! So creative!! I have a coat closet right by my front door!! Hummmm...I think you have just given me some inspiration! You're the BEST!!ReplyDelete
Looks great! I can't wait to see the finished product!ReplyDelete
so fabulous. i can't wait to see the final result.ReplyDelete
I totally let out those same squeals of project happiness too. You are so lucky to have some awesome dad and hubby. I love how it is all turning out. Can't wait to see the finished product.ReplyDelete
Wow, I can't wait to see it all come together. Just curious how long ago did ya'll start this project.ReplyDelete
I love it so far! I used that same Dwell fabric for a headboard I made last year. I love it and it holds up well, you won't be disappointed. Can't wait to see the end result!ReplyDelete
looks gReat so far! can't wait until the final details! tfs!ReplyDelete
I love it Shelly! And it is great inspiration for me because I want to do something similar in our new house! We have to close in the front room to make an office for my hubby and I want to steal some of the space to make a mudroom like nook! Thanks for the ideas!ReplyDelete
oh my! this is so amazing!! i love love love love it!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 1:40 PM
wow what a difference already, looking good girl!!ReplyDelete
I really like what you're doing. I live in Florida and they don't have coat closets. I now wish I had one.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love it so far!!! Can't wait to the finished product!!ReplyDelete
I am in LOVE!!! I so wish I had a closet space like that near my front door.. I've been trying to get creative and think of how I could incorporate a spot like this is my house especially since I don't have a mudroom :( Loving how you installed the bead board horizontal instead of vertical! I would have my whole house wood plank walls if I could! Can't wait to see it totally decked out with decorative accents in the HouseofSmiths kind of way!!! LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
I am in LOVE!!!ReplyDelete
I so wish I had a closet space like that near my front door.. I've been trying to get creative and think of how I could incorporate a spot like this is my house especially since I don't have a mudroom :( Loving how you installed the bead board horizontal instead of vertical! I would have my whole house wood plank walls if I could! Can't wait to see it totally decked out with decorative accents in the HouseofSmiths kind of way!!! LOVE IT!
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Wow! This is awesome, can't wait to see it all pulled together. You have inspired me to start a few projects...what's sheen of paint do you usually use? Semi-gloss, flat, glossy? What's your "go-to" sheen for paint?ReplyDelete
Fabulous! So functional and so pretty. Excited to see it all decorated!ReplyDelete
Oh Shelley it looks absolutely stunning! Did you use the whole space that was the cupboard before, or is there still another cupboard space next to your nook? I love that you used the beadboard sideways, it has such a sweet vintage look done that way. Can't wait to see it finished!ReplyDelete
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Excited to see it, your such an inspiration!ReplyDelete
Shelley, I adore your style! If you ever get board of your house, you can come on down to provo, and give me some tips! ;-)ReplyDelete
Looks so good! Love having handy men around to make projects come to life! I am excited to see the finished project..I know it is going to be fantastic as is everything you do!ReplyDelete
WOW! I am loving this!!! Can not wait to see the finished project!ReplyDelete
Bead board sideways?! Genius!!!ReplyDelete
I cannot wait to see the finished closet. Your blog has given me the inspiration I have needed to tackle my house and make it mine. Thank you!!ReplyDelete
Love it! I've always wanted a nook...now I really want one!ReplyDelete
I love how it's coming together. Truly beautiful!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to the big reveal!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Incredible transformation, I've enjoyed the progress views along with your notes.ReplyDelete
Our home has next to no storage space, you've given me some great ideas, thank you.
OOHHH!!! SUPER DUPER excited!!!! It is looking LOVELY.. Can't wait to see the Finished Product.... :)ReplyDelete
Love it! Great work. We did a mud room and door casings (trim) too! Hope you check it out on acharmingnest.com.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous!! Can't wait to see it completely finished!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 5:18 PM
I can finally exhale! I've been holding my breath anxiously awaiting to see this . . . and it is so worth the wait! It's beautiful!ReplyDelete
Your Man is the MAN!! Looks amazing!! Can't wait to see all the fabulous touches you add!! Even your pet fly knows how great it is!! LoL!ReplyDelete
It looks so great, even without all the decorative stuff! Can you tell me what color your grey paint is?ReplyDelete
This is looking great! I love that you turned the beadboard on its side to make it look like paneling. It looks so charming and really fits well with the style of the rest of your house.ReplyDelete
OMG, Shelley I can already tell it's going to look so great! Love how you can take something that most people have, but wouldn't think of utilizing to it's fullest...and making it beautiful and functionaly. Can't wait for the final reveal. www.justhadabrightidea.blogspot.comReplyDelete
This looks amazing! Can't wait to see the finished product. Where did you purchase the fabric? I looked on line and didn't see it. I would like to buy a little!ReplyDelete
Genius! Can't wait to see the finished product. Gotta go, looking for a closet to transform! :)ReplyDelete
WOW!! And everything they ↑ said!! I can't wait to see it finished. :)ReplyDelete
Freaking amazing! Really. I'm blown away. And turning the board on it's side??...so genius! We are going to do beadboard in our 1/2 bath and now I just may be turning it on its side. Woo hoo!ReplyDelete
you guys are awesome!!ReplyDelete
Wow! I can't wait for the final reveal! This is amazing. Now I wish I had an entryway closet I could dismantle and do this to. LOVING IT!ReplyDelete
just wondering if your Dad is available this weekend...I would love some built in storage in one of our rooms:) I Love the way everything is coming together!! The beadboard set in on its side is awesome!ReplyDelete
Oh I am loving this!! I can't wait to see the final product!ReplyDelete
Loving your choices--especially the beadboard horizontal. Your home is more modern and it goes perfectly. Sometimes, we have to let those hubbies help with the decorating and Carson's gray is wonderful. Can't wait to see it done!ReplyDelete
WOW What a transformation! Goodness me! I have been trying to figure out a 'drop' spot at my house, hopefully my hubs will be on board with the ideas I have about it. Wish it could be as big and nice as yours geez. You never cease to inspire!!ReplyDelete
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Can't wait for the finish!ReplyDelete
Oh wow! Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!ReplyDelete
Looking awesome!! And yeah, your Dad is totally rad! Can't wait to see it all done! *high fives*ReplyDelete
YOu know, every SINGLE time I come to your blog my husband curses under his breath at the TO TO list forming in my head.... THANKS for the inspiration! You two rock!ReplyDelete
Oh my LANTA! Seriously?! I LOVE this. Way to attack that space!ReplyDelete
This is going to look awesome AND be super functional...the perfect storm! I love the idea of flipping the beadboard onto it's side.ReplyDelete
Awesome project! I can't wait for the big reveal! Glad I'm a subscriber :)ReplyDelete
It's looking great. I can't wait to see the finished entry nook. Of course it will be amazing!ReplyDelete
Wow! That looks amazing!!! I bet the cushion is going to be spectacular, too :)ReplyDelete
looks SO great!!! love that pillow too! you've inspired BiG ideas! get ready sam!!ReplyDelete
I've been waiting for this post and can't wait for the final product!! Great job :)ReplyDelete
Oh.my.word. I am so excited to see the finished product! You are amazing, LOVE love love your design taste. This is one of my faves so far and I haven't even seen part 3, lol. :)ReplyDelete
WOW!!! Love it!!! so awesome!!!ReplyDelete
someone may have already asked this, but what color is the gray in the nook? i just had a bout of gray paint mishaps! i am on #3!!! errr...lighting and such....anyhow, love your house. i need a dad who lives closer and a husband with more time. really, how does your husband have the time to do so many projects? mine is lucky to be home before the kids go to sleep.....such is life. can't WAIT to see the reveal! LOVE!ReplyDelete
I love this project! I choose that same fabric to use in my daughter's room! I loooove the texture of it! Great Job!ReplyDelete
Just like everyone else- so curious about the wire baskets, fabric choices, mirror, etc. Swooning over the style. Just beautiful!ReplyDelete
Just like everyone else- wondering where did you get the wire baskets, the fabric, (even the white one under the grey circles), the mirror, etc. Swooning over the style. Just beautiful!ReplyDelete
my husband will surely want to strangle me, but i am wanting to do this to our awkward entryway closet now. you, miss, are a trouble-maker!! ;) it really is amazing..ReplyDelete
I LOVE it! I need to know the color of gray you used in the closet! Do you mind sharing? If you mentioned it, I think I missed it. (reading with kids doesn't always work...haha)ReplyDeleteReplies
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the grey color? I'm wondering too!
- AnonymousApril 8, 2012 at 1:01 PM
I have started this project, but I have run into a bump in the road. I have the grid made out for the bench and screwed in the wall but the front part will fall down if someone sits on it. How do I get the front part to stay up?ReplyDelete
Where can I get a picture of your finished project. I want to show my husband?ReplyDelete
The Lady with an idea.
Where can I get a picture of your finished project. I want to show my husband?ReplyDelete
The Lady with an idea.
Awesome. such a smarter use of space. I love it, but I also really love that wallpaper that you didn't end up using. Where can I find some?ReplyDelete
This is beautiful! I'm hoping you can answer a question. I am trying to duplicate the top molding. You say it consists of only three pieces1. Flat molding turned (found that) 2. Wide board (found) 3. Brick molding. We can not find brick molding that looks like this. The brick molding we find is the same as you used in your board and batten for your bathroom. Can you tell me where you found this other brick molding?ReplyDelete
Would that "small piece of trim turned on its side" be "lattice" molding? I love the way the molding looks. When we moved into our house-a Levitt cape so already I'm behind the 8 ball- there were ugly clamshell moldings every where and flush luan doors (except for 1 original wood 2 panel which we modeled all the other doors after). We changed it to colonial casing but I want something different than the Pro-pack moldings that you see in every other house and this is what I am looking for and I am trying to replicate it.ReplyDelete
Is the small molding called Lattice molding? HD has it in 3 widths and it looks to be the same.ReplyDelete
Hi Shelley! Your nook looks fabulous! I stumbled upon your blog on Pinterest, of course! Could you tell me the hight of the bottom AND top shelf please? I plan on transforming a closet in our laundry room to give it more of a mudroom look and function, and yours is exactly what I imagined! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Hi Shelley! Your nook looks fabulous! I stumbled upon your blog on Pinterest, of course! Could you tell me the height of the top and bottom shelf please? I plan on transforming a coat closet in my laundry room to give it more of a mudroom look / function, and yours is exactly what I imagined! Thank you!ReplyDelete
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Butternut Squash Risotto
Yields 4 servings
1 cup short-grain brown rice
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, grated or chopped
¼ tsp salt
1 quart chicken stock, room temperature
1 10-oz box cooked frozen butternut squash
1 cup grated Parmesan
3 tbsp ground flax meal
Cook the rice according to the package instructions, set aside. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add the olive oil. Add the onion, garlic, and salt. Cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring often, until the onions have softened.
Add the rice and stir to coat in the oil. Add half the chicken broth and continue to cook 4 to 5 minutes until the rice softens further and lightens in color. Add the butternut squash and the remaining broth. Cook 5 minutes more until some of the liquid has reduced and the mixture thickens. Stir in the Parmesan and the flax. Serve immediately.
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Universal backs free music rival to iTunes — Universal Music, the world's largest music company, is backing a start-up that will allow consumers to download songs for free. It will rely on advertising for its revenues, offering a different business model from that of Apple Computer's popular iTunes music store.
Carlo Longino / MobHappy: Universal's Free, Ad-Supported Music Downloads Have Quite The Hill To Climb
Brian Ward / TechEffect: SpiralFrog to offer free music downloads, legally
Ethan Kaplan / blackrimglasses.com: FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Universal backs free music rival to iTunes
Jimmy Daniels / Alice Hill's Real Tech News: Universal to Back SpiralFrog — The world's largest music company …
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0: Everything Is Media: The Digital Music Edition
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Universal to try ad driven music downloads through SpiralFrog - still with DRM
Universal to try ad driven music downloads through SpiralFrog - still with DRM
Discussion: Engadget, GigaOM, Boing Boing, Fast Company Now, CrunchGear, Good Morning Silicon Valley and Digital Music News
Liz Gannes / GigaOM: Ad-Supported Music Downloads?
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing: SpiralFrog, Uni launch "free iTunes alternative." DRM, other restrictions apply.
None / Fast Company Now: Music for Free
Blake Robinson / CrunchGear: Universal Embraces Internet, DRM
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley: Apparently, "legal" is a synonym for "annoying"
Red Herring:
Universal Offers Free Music
Universal Offers Free Music
Discussion: paidContent.org
Jimmy Hsu / DigiTimes:
Blu-ray and HD-DVD to freeze competition until 2007 due to laser diode shortage — Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives in the market …
Discussion: HD Beat, HDBlog.net and Slashdot
Richard Lawler / HD Beat: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD on hold for blue laser shortage?
ScuttleMonkey / Slashdot: Laser Shortage to Stall High-Def Disc War?
Microsoft Taiwan: Xbox 360 external HD-DVD drives will not be available in Asia
Microsoft Taiwan: Xbox 360 external HD-DVD drives will not be available in Asia
Discussion: Gizmodo, CrunchGear, New Launches and Kotaku
Blake Robinson / CrunchGear: Xbox 360 External HD DVD? Not in Asia.
Dhiramshah / New Launches: Xbox 360 external HD-DVD drives not for Asia
Stewart Butterfield / FlickrBlog:
Geotagging - one day later — The First Day — When we were doing our projections for how many photos Flickr members would geotag, we though that we'd hit a million in the first month, maybe even as fast as two weeks. Instead, 24 hours in, there were 1,234,384 geotagged photos …
Discussion: Ramesh Jain's Blog, Clique Communications, People Over Process and Bradley Horowitz's Blog
Ramesh Jain / Ramesh Jain's Blog: Events: Flickr and Upcoming
Cote / People Over Process: Upcoming.org Now More Useful — Sure, I said I was on vacation, and I am.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
1.2 million Flickr Photos Geotagged in 24 Hours
1.2 million Flickr Photos Geotagged in 24 Hours
Discussion: CyberNet Technology News, SEO BlackHat, IrishEyes, Google Operating System and digg
QuadsZilla / SEO BlackHat: The Importance of Yahoo Geo-Tagging Photos
Bernard Goldbach / IrishEyes: Don't Expect Accurate Flickr Geotags
Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System: Flickr Adds Geotagging
Kevinrose / digg: Flickr's Geotagging Reviewed by Thomas Hawk
These three bloggers want to get you a job — Takeaway: Several big tech bloggers recently launched job boards. Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has the best board, but his competitors rejected his partnership offers, fearing he'd take over the partnership. — It feels good to get someone a job.
Discussion: Hitchhiker's Guide to 650
Red Herring:
Blogs Start Job Boards
Blogs Start Job Boards
Discussion: blackrimglasses.com
Ethan Kaplan / blackrimglasses.com: RED HERRING | Blogs Start Job Boards
Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable:
Reaction from the Search Community on Danny Sullivan's Departure — This morning I wrote that Danny Sullivan To Leave Search Engine Watch :: Search Industry Shocked (someone dug the story), I promised to let the search community digest this information and then summarizing that buzz.
Aaron Wall / SEO Book.com: Danny Sullivan Moving On?
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog: Stepping Down From Search Engine Watch
Lisa Barone / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog: Danny Sullivan to Leave SEW and SES
Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle: DANNY SULLIVAN LEAVING SEARCH ENGINE WATCH /STRATEGIES
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Vista Priced at $100 to $399 on Amazon.com (Update1) — Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is selling its new Windows Vista operating system for $100 to $399 and will make the program available on Jan. 30, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site.
Discussion: PVR Wire and Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
Martin Conaghan / PVR Wire: Vista prices released - MCE capable versions at $239
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog: Amazon lists Windows Vista prices
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Microsoft already on their way to patching FairUse4WM
Microsoft already on their way to patching FairUse4WM
Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley, Podcasting News and Bink.nu
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley: Cough up the cash or the data gets it
Jenstar / JenSense:
Microsoft adCenter inviting selected advertisers into ContentAds pilot — Interested in the Microsoft ContentAds beta? Selected advertisers just received invitations to participate in the new ContentAds pilot, which begins running this fall. — The email invited advertisers received mentioned …
Discussion: TechCrunch, ProBlogger Blog Tips and Search Engine Watch Blog
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch: Pilot invites go out for Microsoft's AdSense competitor
Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch Blog: Microsoft ContentAds Inviting Advertisers into Pilot
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
A Watchdog Group Warns Against AOL's Free Software — Dealing yet another blow to AOL, a leading software watchdog group warned users away from AOL's free client software yesterday on the ground that it displayed characteristics consistent with "badware." — The term badware describes …
Discussion: Google Operating System and GigaLaw.com Daily News
Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System: Badware (True Beauty Lies Within)
Doug Isenberg / GigaLaw.com Daily News: Group Labels AOL's Free Software "Badware"
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
No End to Features to Win Over Sports Fans — ESPN Mobile plans to announce today that it will broadcast full-length college football games on its wireless phones. — ESPN, which this year launched its brand of phones on the Sprint Nextel network, plans to carry as many as 25 games a month in the 2006 season.
Discussion: Lost Remote and MocoNews.net
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote: ESPN Mobile to carry college football games
Brian Gorman / Motley Fool:
An Odd Buy for New York Times — Headlines about the newspaper business have been nothing to cheer about lately, and the news at New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is no exception. Rising newsprint costs remain a drag on profitability, and revenue growth hasn't exactly been robust …
Discussion: ContentBlogger
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Three Ways to Ride the Long Tail — The following is also my column in this week's Advertising Age. — Three Ways to Ride the Long Tail — What Marketers Should Know About Reach, Niches and Big Media in the New Landscape — One of this summer's hottest beach reads is "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson.
Discussion: Socialtwister 2.0
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Webshots Redesign Launches, Video Coming — CNET owned Webshots, a massive property with 420 million photos, relaunched moments ago with a new interface and a number of feature changes. — The most notable changes are to the limits on photo uploading. Free accounts are now able …
Liz Gannes / GigaOM: Webshots Beautifies... Who Next?


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Welcome to my website all about Wartrol. What might surprise you is almost every other website has outdated information on what Wartrol is and how it can help you treat warts. I tried this product without finding a review on it that I could trust since it was obviously outdated. The bottom line is those other sites don't respect you enough to stay up to date!
Click Here for The Official Wartrol Website
I believe that you deserve better. I have recently used this Wartrol as shown and can give you a proper and honest take on it.
The Way Wartrol Works…
Wartrol is now a more accepted form of salicylic acid wart remover specific for treating warts caused by HPV.
If you are a victim of genital warts, please I know the feeling. I have had the same issue and I wasn't sure what to do. Then I was confused since the product on the review sites was clearly not the same as on the official Wartrol Website.
You may want the concrete information on how to use Wartrol if you are unfortunate enough to be having genital warts like I was. The problems with this illness is much more then skin. You may be depressed or not feeling as confident as you used to. You might also be afraid or embarrassed to talk to a doctor about this issue.
While these warts are a sensitive issue and should be discussed with a doctor, whatever you choose to use to treat this condition must be a safe and effective treatment for HPV.
I saw that there were all these reviews on Wartrol, but I wasn't sure if they were all legitimate. When I saw that it has a money back guarantee then I figured there really is no good reason not to try it. When it arrived, it was in a discrete box and my privacy through billing to delivery was very much respected.
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How to use Wartrol
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After using Wartrol…
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Customers could hardly be called empowered these days, but they certainly have more power than they ever have had before. If thousands of people receive poor service, it may not affect the brand or company responsible, or even reduce their number of sales. For example the first Kindles had a habit of dying just over a year after purchase; Estimates indicate around as much as 20% of units sold had this fault, and yet sales were still robust and the Amazon brand has not been damaged. However, it is far easier for larger seemingly untouchable companies to be damaged by online opinion, and larger companies do not have as much of a stranglehold over advertising mediums as they used to.
In the age of digital disruption, the competitive edges that larger companies had have been eroded a little. Distribution power, manufacturing strength, competitive advantage and information mastery are still powerful tools, but they are not as powerful as they once were. A smaller company can make serious dents in a larger company's customer base with nothing more than the ability to engage with customers on the Internet in a big way. Content marketers with no budget can affect sales in a massive way. For example, there is PewDiePie, a social media influencer that has dramatically affected the sales of all the games he has ever posted about on YouTube.
Suppliers, industrial companies, manufacturers and most traditional commercial sectors have embraced online content marketing. Sadly, most of them see a big gap between the amount of engagement they maintain and the conversions they see. Part of this may be because they misunderstand the content marketing process. It is easy to create plenty of funny content online and quickly gain a large amount of followers, but unless you are selling comedic digital entertainment, you are going to have a very poor conversion rate. Traffic and engagement doesn't always mean sales! On the other hand, if you fail to engage with your target audience at all, you are doomed to failure in an online environment.
What may be called more traditional advertising can be replaced with something such as advertising on mobile apps and both have the same amount of penetration and similar conversion results. Free mobile games are so common that it costs many companies money to get people to play a game they are giving away for free.
Some of the best industrial digital-marketing tactics are: "Ask an Expert" forums, online product configurators, product comparison guides/matrix, part number builders, parametric search, engineering kits, mobile apps, dynamic content including personalization, downloadable CAD files, sizing programs and calculators, and video marketing.
Mobile apps and video marketing seems to apply to a great many sectors. Mobile apps are not all about Farmville and Candy Crush. There are a massive number of industry-specific apps that are helping suppliers and service providers reach a broader online audience. Mobile apps also create a high degree of engagement in these cases, with the user seeing the content-marketer's branding almost every day while the app is used.
Video marketing is a little more difficult, but the success of some YouTube influencers is nothing short of epic. The YouTube influencer PewDiePie earns more than Barack Obama from his affiliate advertising on YouTube alone, and he has more YouTube subscribers than anyone ever. He didn't have corporate backing or an advertising budget, plus he has not gone viral in the strictest sense of the word.
The age of disruption is led by the consumer. You can run a well-timed and expertly-planned campaign and build up quite a following, only to have it taken from you once the users decide not to engage. The online community can turn on a brand very quickly. Many times a big PR crisis is well deserved through either the company thinking more about money than the user, such as with Daily Motion, or with the company Applebee's that fired a waitress for posting something on social media and then tried to suppress the massive wave of negative feeling on social media (read story here).
Paid content marketing has the potential to push your business to the top in the same way it can burn through money with no result. You can expect fewer viewers/users/customers but you can get them to engage more, which means a company can survive with 80% of income coming from repeat sales. In the age of digital disruption, companies have to change quickly to adapt to what the customers want or their more nimble competitors will take their customers.
About the author: Mark Knight is a Director at Broadgate Mainland the London PR agency.
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We're pleased to present this guest post by Teddy Hunt. Read on for concrete ways that B2B marketers can work Pinterest into the mix with good effect.
The concept of social media being used in B2B marketing strategies has simply exploded in recent years. Some marketers hopped on the bandwagon years ago and have perfected the art; others are just coming around to the idea, and still fewer utilize the power that is Pinterest.
Pinterest is a unique form of social media through which users share (or "pin") content they find throughout the web to virtual bulletin boards. It's a great way for people to share ideas with each other about projects, plan events, share recipes and words of wisdom, and simply express themselves. Users typically organize their pins by assigning a certain theme to each board, which also makes it easier to sort through.
Twitter and Facebook certainly dominate in the social media marketing atmosphere, but there's plenty of room for Pinterest too. Here are some ways you can grow your business through the powers of Pinterest.
1. Pin Daily and Humanize Your Company
The world of social media seems to move faster than the real world. Pinterest is no exception. If your goal is to build up your business's visibility and brand image, you'll need to get into a groove of pinning daily. These daily pins will establish your credibility and make your page more appealing to users than one that pins sporadically.
To maximize the pins you make every day, plan on making daily or weekly themes that are relevant to your brand image. This way, your business followers will have access to new and interesting content that will keep them engaged with your work, but also keep your brand at the forefront of content as it relates to their world. Interact with followers and other businesses by sharing their relevant pins and commenting on threads.
One of the easiest ways to stay current is to align your goals with those of other innovative companies. Do this by pulling inspiration from their conceptual successes; question the status quo. Pinterest is a great place to experiment with your advertising initiatives, since the interface is so closely tied to niches, and it's so easily adaptable. T-Mobile's new CEO is listening to his customers, and is really changing things up with the company's private and business wireless plans. While T-Mobile doesn't have their own Pinterest account, plenty of their supporters do. T-Mobile monitors the activity and the platform is a lens to what the fans like and an outlet to once again humanize a brand.
You can do the same on a smaller scale by using your Pinterest page to engage with your audience and interpret their concerns. If you really focus your energy on interacting and listening to your audience, they may help you pinpoint flaws in your customer service strategies, or your product itself.
A popular and effective approach
When it comes to social media, users aren't in the mood to shop. They don't appreciate being pitched products and services while they attempt to peruse their specialized interests. The idea is to blend into their overall user interface, and serve as a resource they can use to find information they're already interested in, which benefits them; seeing that it comes from your company increases their awareness of your brand, which helps you.
Chances are your Facebook page is pretty polished and put together, and your Twitter feed is brief and direct. Pinterest is a humanistic platform that flourishes best when human nature is allowed to shine through. One of the best ways to do this is to appeal to the human emotions of empathy, happiness, and nostalgia.
A company that does an excellent job of this is Marketo, a company that produces marketing software. The company creates multiple boards to display the company's culture, and masters the art of nostalgia through the creation of memes that feature pop icons from the 90s and early 2000s Marketo's Working@Marketo board has 60+ Pins with a direct intent of giving you a glimpse of the people within the organization.
You don't have to share details about your personal life. Rather, give your audience insight into the things that make you human. These humanistic posts will be well received, as those things are relatable to people of all walks of life.
2. Focus on Educating and Entertaining Viewers
Don't overlook the importance of sharing new information with your social media following. People engage most with content that educates them about things they wouldn't know otherwise, or otherwise entertains them. It's okay if the pins directly pertain to your operation, but for the most part, offer information that is useful to your audience but inspires people to want to learn more about your company.
Take General Electric (GE), for example. More specifically take a look at their board titled "Badass Machines." This board showcases GE's ingenuity. It's creative and leads viewers directly to the company's homepage, which is a positive side effect of social media.
3. Take Note of What Others Are Doing
Often the best sources of inspiration come from looking to other pages and drawing from their successes. That's not to say that you should copy what others are doing. Instead, just look at what your competitors are doing and think of ways to look at it from a different angle so that your followers will relate to it. As with many areas of life, if you find yourself struggling, look to successful Pinterest boards for inspiration.
Consider how HubSpot generates leads by posting whitepapers, infographics, eBooks, Webinars, and other content on its Pinterest page.
Regardless your industry, the following are some best practices to keep in mind:
- Post about events, projects or current work
- Include keywords from your research intertwined with the content you're posting
- Promote your pinned content on other social channels
- Measure traffic. Track your leads.
There's no reason your company can't be a social media marketing titan. Just focus on posting relevant, informative content that you've tailored specifically to your audience and your online brand will improve exponentially. Adding Pinterest to your social media strategy will strengthen your brand across the board.
*Image source: Shutterstock
About the author: Teddy Hunt is a freelance content writer with a focus on technology. When not behind a computer, Teddy spends the majority of his free time outdoors, exploring the Tampa Bay area, where he currently resides.
We're pleased to present this guest post by Sam Narisi of Frost & Sullivan. Read on for concrete tips to help unite sales and marketing.
All business units are under increasing pressure to show the real value they provide to the organization, and marketing is no different. That means marketers are no longer being asked simply to deliver a bunch of leads – they're being held accountable for making sure those contacts turn into actual revenue.
What can marketers do to meet those new demands? One of the keys is to work more closely with the sales team to ensure marketing strategies and sales goals are aligned.
Doing so will help both marketing and sales improve their operations and ultimately boost the company's bottom line.
Break down the silos
In too many organizations, marketing and sales teams operate separately, with little collaboration beyond marketers stuffing leads into the sales pipeline. However, there are some steps marketers can take to break down the silos and open up the lines of communication.
Here are five tips outlined by Rob Butters, Principal Analyst with Frost & Sullivan, during a recent webinar:
- Align schedules – A lot of benefit can come from a fairly simple change: Get marketing and sales operating on the same cycle, with all planning geared toward the same goals. However, in many companies, marketing and sales do their planning and hold their big kick offs at different times of the year. Aligning those schedules will help get everyone on the same page.
- Get sales reps involved – Marketers can gain a lot by including members of the sales team in their planning sessions. And that means not only the sales director or VP of sales, but also the "voices on the street" – i.e., the sales people who are interacting directly with customers. Those people can share valuable opinions and insight that will help marketing do a better job at nurturing leads until they are "sales ready". For instance, they can shed light on potential customers' top concerns, what types of content attract the best prospects, and what kinds of feedback they're hearing straight from customers.
- Share information – Likewise, marketers have access to a lot of information that can help the sales team improve its results. For example, marketing should be able to know what actions leads have taken before they're contacted by a sales rep, for example, what white paper they downloaded, what video they watched, etc. Knowing those details will help sales reps conduct their conversations with prospects more effectively.
- Speak the same language – If marketing and sales are going to share information back and forth, it's important that both sides keep track of the right data. The two teams should meet to decide which metrics to track as well as decide on a common terminology so that everyone can understand each other.
- Review and refine the strategy – Getting marketing and sales aligned doesn't happen with one quick meeting. It's a never-ending process that requires continual effort by both sides to stay on the same page and working toward the same goal. That's why it's critical for leadership on both the sales and marketing sides to be on board and put in the effort to keep the collaboration going.
What is your experience getting sales and marketing working in tandem? Please share your successes and struggles!
About the Author:
Sam Narisi is the publications editor for Frost & Sullivan's Integrated Marketing Solutions practice. For more information on how marketing teams can improve their results and create more real value for their organizations today, download the Executive Summary of Frost & Sullivan's eBroadcast, Marketing's New Paradigm: Show Us the Money!
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Four Things That Cause Marketing & Sales Misalignment and How to Fix Them
Can't Sales and Marketing Just Get Along?
Innovation. We all know it's important for business growth but how do we get to it? Where does it come from and how do we grab that elusive minx?
In a recent TED Talk Martin Villeneuve explained the process and solutions he used to make his long-held dream of creating a science-fiction movie based on his vision of the future come to pass. He explained how passion in his group led to people coming up with answers.
Villeneuve explained how, if a person couldn't be there for the movie, well then they created a hologram of him. How futuristic instruments not yet made were cleverly pre-sold to an investor "because he thought it was such a good idea." In essence Villeneuve worked with what he had to create something better. Much better.
"See problems as allies and not enemies and life will begin to dance with you," he told his audience.
See problems as allies. It's this type of attitude that I see all the time in successful groundbreaking companies. It's this sense of dance that makes one get noticed.
Recently I was asked to take a look at Kona DataSearch's Salesforce app add-on. What could possibly be so exciting about that, I thought to myself as I watched the demo. I mean, seriously – it's a search of data. Its goal is to help sales people better find their key sales content.
Yawn, right?
But then I was surprised. Kona describes its application as: KonaSearch™ provides a single, universal search application within Salesforce® that searches all Salesforce data along with content from external sources including Box, SharePoint® and Google Drive™.
What Kona did was take on a well-established platform and made it better. By increasing the search speed, organizing by relevance, adding additions like phonetic look-ups ("Jeff" will result in "Jeffs" as well as "Geoffs" ), and adding lookups based on "concepts." They managed to create something that enhances what is already there. Simply put, Kona's search is bigger, stronger, and faster.
And a better idea on top of an existing idea is something that gets my attention. That, right there, is the cooling breeze of innovation in action.
Kona made allies of their enemies. It's a perfect example of working with an existing idea to make it better. By then layering their product on Salesforce's platform, Kona created a combined voice that speaks far louder than any individual sound ever could.
Let's be honest, is there anything earth-changing about a sales database? I'm thinking not. But is there something intrinsically exciting about one company's effort to make allies of its enemies in an effort to dance with life?
You betcha there is, now and always.
If you are like one of our 5-year-old daughters, you're very excited to see May is finally here. The flowers, the baby animasls, everything so new! Speaking of new, here are our favorite new posts from the week. Enjoy!
Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Staple Yourself to a Lead via @PointClearPD
A wrap up of terrific reads for our wrap up.
The B2B Website Audience Litmus Test by @ardath421
Don't waste time designing your site for those who aren't likely to visit it.
How to Use EBooks Strategically to Reach Your Content Marketing Goals - by @writemartpam via @copyblogger
You say eBooks, I say eBooks, but what does that mean? Learn the difference between PDF and EPUB-style eBooks.
Which is the Most Secure, Fully Featured Web Browser for Modern Marketers? - via @eloqua
Which browsers are most people using? If you are designing websites, it helps to know what your users are using so you can test.
It's Fun to be a Marketer Again! - Introducing the Big Marketing Activity Coloring Book by @JasonMillerCA
Marketo delivers 30 pages of pure, unadulterated marketing activity fun!
April is flying by! But we've managed to catch some real gems in our nets this week from around the blogosphere. Here's hoping they reinvigorate you as much as the new life springing up all around us!
For Brands, Small Is The Next Big Thing by @davidbrier via @FastCompany
This is an interesting concept that has some relevance for B2B (especially software) businesses.
19 Warning Signs Your Infographic Stinks by @neomammalian via @KISSmetrics
Please, please don't publish stinky infographics.
Write drunk; edit sober. How to blog like you mean it by our own @suddenlyjamie
Being "authentic" and "honest" is not territory reserved only for solopreneurs and artistic types. There's a lot to be said for putting your B2B out there in a "real" way, especially since so few B2B companies have the courage to make the leap.
10 Things That Work Better Than SEO In The Connection Economy by @bernadettejiwa
It's not always about technology, widgets, or workflows.
What You Should Know About Branding When Digital Marketing [podcast] @jonbuscall hosts @craigmcbreen
Back up on the branding soapbox and well worth the listen.
We are pleased to present this guest post by Clare Moorhouse, Search Manager for Torpedo Group in the UK, named one of the top B2B marcomms agencies in 2012. Read on for ways you can set yourself up for lead-gen success.
Lead generation is the lifeblood of any business. Yet many companies struggle to capture, manage and convert meaningful leads for their business. Effective B2B lead generation requires strategic planning and persistent monitoring.
Whatever type of B2B lead generation campaign you are planning, the basic principles of generating quality business leads remain the same. In this post, we're going to cover ten important questions you need to ask before you embark on any lead generation campaign, to ensure you get the results your business deserves.
1. Has your campaign been thoroughly planned?
Are you putting your campaign out at the right moment, in front of the right person and with the right message? A clear strategy and well-planned campaign means clever targeting with a much better chance of generating quality leads.
2. Is the campaign clearly targeted with a well-researched and in-depth understanding of your target market?
Your starting point for any B2B lead generation campaign should be audience understanding. You could divide your market by what they do, how they behave and operate, and by their buying patterns. Just make sure you are absolutely clear about who your ideal customer is.
3. Does your database contain accurate, up-to-date data?
Ensuring your database contains the most current data is crucial; you will need to contact the correct people at the right level. Validated and well-managed data should be a top priority so your message lands in front of the right person.
4. Have you set critical performance indicators to measure the success of the campaign?
This needn't necessarily be a monetary ROI. Click-throughs, voucher returns, social shares, incoming enquiries or sign-ups are all effective ways to measure the ROI of a campaign. It's important to set up metrics from the start in order to analyse the success of the campaign from day one.
5. Are you using intelligent and creative content that engages with your audience?
Businesses are now realising the power of content, but the real challenge is deciding what type of content best engages your audience. Online videos, white papers and how-to guides are all common tactics for B2B marketing.
6. Does the campaign align with your overall marketing strategy and integrate with other marketing initiatives you've got planned?
Make sure your lead generation aligns with other campaigns you've done in the past, or have planned for the future. Your campaign may need to integrate with secondary or even multiple marketing channels to support and reinforce your message.
7. Is the campaign tried and tested?
Always allow sufficient time to test your campaigns, and where possible, set up multi variant testing of the same campaign running side by side to measure which message is delivering the best conversions.
8. Does your campaign include strong calls to action that are easy to follow and measure?
Is it clear from the campaign what you want your audience to do? Often readers only scan a message, so be sure that it's both clear and compelling about what action you want them to take.
Make sure you have the systems and reporting in place to measure the results of your efforts. Tracking cost per lead is one indicator of success, but measuring the cost per sales opportunity is also a valuable ROI indicator, as lead generation is about "harvesting opportunity" not just short-term wins.
9. Is your creative brief clear?
A brilliant creative concept is what's going to grab audience attention, keep them engaged, and entice them to take action. This all starts with providing your agency with a full and clear creative brief that takes into account time, resources and available budget. Getting the most from your Creative Agency means preparing a detailed brief that includes what you want to achieve, your target audience, unique selling proposition and a central marketing message. The more detailed the brief, the better targeted the creative concept will be.
10. What's your lead nurturing strategy?
After all the hard work spent planning and implementing your campaign, it's often all too easy to lose contact with those prospects you've worked so hard to attract. A clear follow-up and lead nurturing strategy will ensure you continue a meaningful dialogue and build trusted relationships with the people that matter.
As with all marketing campaigns, better preparation will lead to better results. With that in mind, identify precisely the aims of the campaign from the outset and follow the guidelines within this article to achieve optimum results and a better response.
About the author: Clare Moorhouse is Search Manager for Torpedo Group, a B2B creative marketing agency. Torpedo provides bespoke B2B lead generation services integrated across digital, print, event and social channels. Contact Torpedo to find out more.
Have spring fever? Want to try something new? For some great inspriration, check out favorite posts from the week. What else do you have to add?
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This is a question you need to ask in terms of your brand's value to your customers.
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Lots of great lessons here!
Double Your Leads Instantly With This Simple Evergreen Tweak by Garrett Moon of @todaymade via @KISSmetrics (it's a two fer!)
This is a great tactic, IF it's used properly.
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Hemingway's advice is a perfect fit for bloggers. Do you know how to use it to make your blog a more vital and valuable part of your content marketing mix?
Don't Think Like a Publisher. Think Like a Publishing Start Up by @rskin11
Ryan Skinner has an inspirational post to help you think about providing experience instead of content.
6 Developing Trends in Content Marketing by @lieblink
Rebecca Leib fills us in on what's next in content marketing.
They say April showers bring May flowers. So while you're whiling away the time indoors waiting for all those new blooms, inject new life into your reading with these picks from around the blogosphere.
Content marketing lessons sm companies can steal from big brands by @annhandley via @EntMagazine
Actually, these are great lessons for ANYone.
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Why Are B2B Companies Ignoring B2C CX Practices? by
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Why it's faulty to think you can't learn from your B2C counterparts when it comes to delivering a customer experience that matters.
B2B Marketing's Measurement Problem by
Eric Wittlake lays out the key reasons why B2B orgs tend to stick with simple measurements when it comes to gauging the impact of marketing on the business -- and sparks a great discussion in the comments.
Is Social Selling in Need of Sales Enablement? by
Here's what it takes to create a "social sharing" support program for your sales teams (and if you know your prospects well and are engaged in social media, you're well positioned to succeed).
42 Hot Tips for Compelling Content Marketing by @michelelinn via
This round up of gems from the Content Marketing Institute is a treasure trove of terrific tips.
It's hard to underestimate the impact that social media has had on the world of business. From curry houses to house painters, it seems like everyone and their dog now has a social media presence of some kind. That could be an active Facebook profile with hundreds of 'fans' interacting each day, or it could be a near-devoid Twitter account with just one or two tweets a month. In any case, it's clear that social media is here to stay. But while it may come naturally for a clothes designer or skateboard manufacturer, judging the value of social media can be tricky for those in more established areas like financial services. So the question then has to be, for companies who are in the financial industry – what's the point of social media?
Why Social?
If you've been trying to weigh the pros and cons of getting social, there's a good chance that one or more of your clients has asked you the question already. Beyond the more obvious uses for social media (as a customer service channel, for example), why should they be investing their time into sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and even Instagram? There are some answers which may jump instantly to mind: increased customer engagement, boosted brand recognition, and so on. All of these factors are important and can, cumulatively, lead to an increase in your financial service company's core metrics – but can social media offer any measurable benefit? The answer to this one, it seems, may be completely subjective.
Getting Going - Try a Trial
The catch-22 faced by financial service institutions is this: in order to know the value of social media, they must first try it out. But not having tried it out, they can't be sure it'll be worth their time. Quite the dilemma! The answer, then, is simply that in order to know whether or not social media is right for you, you need to run trials. Perhaps start with a small presence, choose a number of metrics to track (new customers, returning customers, etc.) and judge whether or not there has been a positive uplift in these metrics over your chosen period. In this way, financial services companies will be able to get their feet wet without having to dive head-first into the murky waters of the social explosion.
Your Network Can Work For You
There are plenty of inevitable business benefits from conducting social media activities. But a stumbling block to getting started for some maybe resourcing. Given the right steps, your social networks can actually perform some of your business functions for you. Connecting with influencers in your space by first identifying them and then figuring out what content they want (via a survey, for example) can lead to them selling your content and your services well beyond your own reach.
Get Specialized Help
While it's important to get the steps right before starting there's also a real element of learning on the job when it comes to social. With the constant threat of falling foul of the inevitable regulation in financial services there are always specialist financial PR companies to help you dig you out!
Tim Aldiss writes on behalf of Broadgate Mainland, financial services PR experts


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Bachelor of Music
The Bachelor of Music degree in Composition, with special areas of interest in instrumental, vocal, and piano, provides training in composition, orchestration, and arranging and prepares students for professional work in music.
The Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education, a five-year program, with areas of interest in instrumental and vocal, prepares the student for a career in public school music teaching while earning Nevada teacher certification.
The Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, with special areas of interest in instrumental, vocal, and piano, prepares the student to begin a professional career in music. All Bachelor of Music degrees in performance provide thorough preparation for further study in music at the graduate level.
For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.
Learning Objectives
- Perform in one primary performance medium, at a level appropriate for the area of specialization, with sufficient technical and musical skills requisite for artistic self-expression.
- Demonstrate broad working knowledge of the solo repertoire for their primary performance medium, at a level appropriate for the area of specialization, and display essential skills to interpret a range of styles within that repertoire.
- Perform in solo and ensemble (large and small) settings at a level appropriate for the area of specialization, with sufficient technical and musical skills requisite for artistic self-expression.
- Read solo and ensemble (large and small) literature at sight with fluency demonstrating both general musicianship and, in the primary performance medium, a skill level relevant to professional standards appropriate for the area of concentration.
- Demonstrate in written, verbal, aural, and visual methods knowledge of styles, composers, genres, forms, and processes of Western European art music through present time, including contributions to this tradition made by composers of both genders and multicultural societies.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of harmony, musical form, and compositional process, and the ability to use this knowledge in written, verbal, aural, and visual analyses.
- Demonstrate fluency in written fundamentals and aural comprehension of music theory (including aural dictation).
- Utilize the piano for personal music study and instruction.
- Synthesize performance, historical, stylistic, analytical, and technological information to solve artistic problems and form musical interpretations, and convincingly communicate these solutions and interpretations in written, verbal, aural, and visual methods.
- Develop and plan for instruction in P-12 settings (Music Education Only).
- Facilitate the technical development and artistic growth of students' musical skills through appropriate pedagogical techniques and methodologies (Music Education Only).
Career Possibilities
The Bachelor of Music in Performance (Instrumental or Vocal concentration) prepares the student to attain the knowledge, competencies, and skills to enter many professional careers in music.
- Performer
- Composer
- Contractor
- Teacher
- Arts administrator
- Music technologist
Performers find employment as:
- Conductors
- Solo and chamber musicians
- Commercial or studio musicians
- Ensemble players
- Freelancers
- Military ensemble performers
Composers work as:
- Arrangers
- Orchestrators
- Film Composers
- Copyists
Music Educators
Music educators teach in:
- Private studios
- Public schools
- Colleges and universities
- Community music schools
- Early childhood music programs
There are many other positions in arts administration; artist management, media music, music retailing, instrument repair, manufacturing, and design, and the recording industry.
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marketingsolutions brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 22 Designs von 8 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I need a mock up of a site for a client that supplies restaurant and kitchen equipment to locally owned and independent restaurants, as well as commercial kitchen ware to the average consumer.
Gusti Restaurant Equipment
A local restaurant equipment supply company is looking to expand their web presence with a detailed site that features many of their wares. The main focus of the site will be to have customers call for consultation. The site will be divided based on the following two possible categorization scenarios:
A. Main Navigation
- Refrigeration
- Stoves & Fryers
- Countertop Equipment
- Smallware
- Prepware
- Restaurant Furniture
- Home Kitchens
- New & Used EquipmentB. Main Navigation
- Cool It
- Cook It
- Prep It
- Serve ItC. Main Navigation
- Equipment
- Tabletop
- Smallwares
- Food Storage & Shelving;
Current ideas for the centerpiece (below the nav) of the home page:
An assortment of images that reflect the navigation, for example, a cooking line within a restaurant kitchen that shows prepware, stoves, fridge, etc.
A rotating banner using javascript or similar technology that shows an image that reflects the items that may sit within a category and a brief description.
These are just some brainstorm ideas and not hard and fast rules, so let your creativity go to work.
Ancillary / Footer pages should include: About Gusti, Buy / Sell / Trade, Financing, Contact Us
Current logo located here: http://gustikitchensupply.com/ - does not need the tagline "The Foundation of Restaurants Large and Small".
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An index of resources is provided for individuals and organizations on how to 1) combat animal rights extremism and 2) promote public awareness of the value of animal research and the ethical guidelines in place to ensure appropriate care and treatment of laboratory animals.
Selected Resources
Extremism and Targeted Action Resources
Public Awareness and Outreach Resources
Animal Research Statements
Some individuals and groups resort to illegal, threatening, and violent action in support of their goal to abolish the use of animals in research. While rare, incidents by extremists cause great distress to researchers and their institutions and may disrupt and cause setbacks to research projects.
To combat this extremism, FASEB has developed the best practices report: "The Threat of Extremism to Medical Research: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk through Preparation and Communication." Guidance in this document is organized into two main categories: 1) Mitigation of the extremist threat through preparation and 2) Communication and outreach to educate the public. This document can serve as a starting point for organizations and individuals to tailor their own preparedness and outreach policies.


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A group of four South Asian community activists met with members of the press earlier this week to discuss the disparity in their schools and governmental offices, calling for political leadership and cultural recognition.
Sharon KhunKhun, a founding member with SEVA Immigrant Community Advocacy Project, said she has been encouraging community involvement in local politics for the last several years, and says her ethnic group is no longer in the minority.
"The kids growing up in Richmond Hill, their parents aren't going to college," KhunKhun said. "So they're not out there saying, 'hey fill out this form or take this exam.' The information is just not coming to the community."
Representing Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Sikh and numerous other populations that make up their community in Queens, the panel of local advocates said while they have yet to choose their support for the upcoming re-election campaign, they are enthusiastic for what local attorney and activist Ali Najmi could bring to the table.
"Our community would love a candidate that looks like us, but everyone does, that's human nature," she explained. "But we have to also be objective to say, does this person have the skills?"
Muhammad Rashid, an owner of the Smart Academia at 165-23 Hillside Ave., a test prep establishment where the meeting was held, called out current Assemblyman David Weprin for being out of touch with his new constituents.
"We should have a representative from the south Asian community," Rashid said. "There is almost zero, as you can see, but the Asian and South Asian communities are united."
Rashid said that although Weprin recently announced plans to open his first district office in Richmond Hill, he said that his efforts were, "Too little too late."
"The best thing is that, if a South Asian leader comes, and he becomes an Assemblyman of this district, that will be history," he said. "Who does not want to be a part of history?"
Richmond Hill became part of the 24th District in the 2012 redistricting. A representative from Weprin's office said they have been working hard to open an office in the community and are planning on doing so on June 8.
"This is a very diverse district, and I'm proud of my work representing every community and every ethnicity in our neighborhoods," Weprin responded in a statement following the meeting. "I've been a leader in Albany on issues important to the South Asian community, opening the first-ever district office on Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill."
He added that he has in fact long fought for all of his constituents.
"I've sponsored legislation to require schools to provide Halal food for students, spoken out against hate crimes and bias, and I've worked to make sure that no one faces workplace discrimination for wearing religious apparel, no matter what their faith," Weprin said.
Sarabjit Sawhney, an accounting officer at Tax Raja Management Associates in Richmond Hill, said that while Rashid is just looking for a South Asian to represent the district, he plans to advocate for anyone who can do a good job.
"Our thought is more open, and if Weprin can come forward with a good proposal to make this community stronger, because he has a lot of experience and he is a very senior member in the community, then he should come with that plan," Sawhney said after the meeting.


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CADASIL is a genetic disorder that affects the brain. A gene mutation affects the muscle cells surrounding small blood vessels in the brain. The muscles cause damage to these blood vessels. It can reduce blood flow. This can lead to migraines, strokes, and dementia.
For some people with CADASIL, symptoms develop around age 30. Others do not have symptoms until much later in life.
These symptoms may include:
- Migraine headaches
- Strokes—may have multiple strokes
- Mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety
- Seizures
- Memory problems
- Confusion
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. It will focus on whether or not your parents or another family member has or had CADASIL or early onset strokes, dementia, seizures, or migraines. A physical exam will be done.
Images may be taken of your brain. This can be done with an MRI scan .
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
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Treatment is focused on relieving your symptoms. This may include medication to treat:
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Being diagnosed with CADASIL is a life-changing event. It is normal to have a range of emotions as a result. To help manage this change:
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- Become educated. Learn about CADASIL and ways that you can stay healthy.
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Clay Crafts
Crafters are discovering new and exciting ways of using clay to create impressive home décor, one-of-a-kind jewelry, and exciting embellishments. All ages enjoy working with this versatile medium. Crafting options include both water-based and oil-based clay, while the incredible flexibility of polymer clay has made it especially popular. Start exploring the possibilities with these imaginative books!


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Topic: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
There is a new game coming guys!And I tell you if I don't take it I'l become depressed!
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a next-gen Star Wars videogame that takes place between the films Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Being the centerpiece of the 'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed multimedia project, the game is to be released on the Xbox 360, and PS3, as well as the PS2, PSP, and Nintendo DS. LucasArts is working in conjunction with Industrial Light & Magic, Pixelux Entertainment, and NaturalMotion to create a next-gen Star Wars experience. The game will showcase Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), an extremely detailed and realistic material physics engine developed by Pixelux, and euphoria, a realistic bio-mechanical A.I. engine by NaturalMotion. The Force Unleashed was originally slated for release in November 2007, but is now delayed to the Spring of 2008.
You will play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice and will help him exterminate the last of the Jedi.
"The young man has a knack for the Force and a dark slant to his attitude - making for a less-than-typical lead character for a Star Wars title." —IGN
"While your character is plenty evil-looking and wields a red lightsaber, company reps were quick to point out that he isn't a Sith at all. In fact, concept art shows the character wearing a sort of shackle on his wrist that Vader apparently uses to control him…" —GameSpot
Vader finally came to realize that the Emperor had tricked him into turning towards the dark side, but he thinks he knows it's too late to go back, so the only thing he can do is destroy Lord Sidious with another apprentice--i.e. the player.
You start off as a Dark Side Adept with the majority of powers at your disposal, from Force Push to Lightning. Throughout the game your powers can and will evolve to legendary strength.
The choices that the player makes will affect the outcome of the game resulting in several alternate endings including the "true" ending.
In the game, the player shares a love interest with Juno Eclipse, an Imperial who pilots your ship, the Rogue Shadow.
By the end of the game, you will supposedly have a deeper understanding of Darth Vader and how the events in the game affect his behavior in the original trilogy.
The story revolves around "redemption."