Fight For Preemies: 13,000 Blog Posts Reach 3 Million Readers
On November 17, 13,200 bloggers from across the globe participated in BloggersUnite: Fight For Preemies . Their posts about the rising rates of premature births raised the awareness of approximately 3 million readers. Through a mix of sobering facts, statistics and moving personal accounts, these bloggers poignantly illustrated the impact premature births have on both the individuals involved and on our society as a whole.
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Fight For Preemies: 13,000 Blog Posts Reach 3 Million Readers
As of December 1, 2009, new FTC guidelines went into effect requiring bloggers to disclose any time they are compensated for endorsing or reviewing products or services. Bloggers should now be disclosing any time they receive payment, free products or services, or perks in return for a post on their blogs. Also any relationship with a company or organization that can be viewed as creating a conflict of interest should be disclosed
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Bloggers Must Comply With FTC Disclosure Guidelines
Last week I wrote about help for people struggling with their mortgages and it got me thinking that there’s a lot of financial struggle that goes on before you lose the house. The evening news gives us the big stories of foreclosures and credit card debt, but those stories don’t mention the other necessities like the electric bill, or that tank of oil you need to heat the house. Did you know that there’s a government program that will help pay for your heating costs
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Despite apparent industry subterfuge and a last-minute effort by councillor Norm Kelly to yank out most of its teeth, the billboard tax levy bylaw passed virtually intact today. The end result is it'll generate an additional $10.4 million annually; communtiy groups had hoped it would be officially directed mostly to community art initiatives, but as it stands, it just enters the general revenue stream. Allotment will get more specific in the 2010 Budget Committe, but hey, it's a start.
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It was almost exactly eight years ago that I decided to move back to Canada as I had just accepted the position as the Director of the Canadian Craft & Design Museum in Vancouver. The museum was hidden in a courtyard at the corner of Georgia and Hornby across the street from the Vancouver Art Gallery . I was aware of some of the problems the institution had experienced over the years, and was not unaware that there were probably deeper issues than they were willing to divulge, as they were unable to cover the costs for me to fly to Vancouver for my interview
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What is it about Craft? The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery Faces an Uncertain Future
The United States Postal Service estimates that roughly 97 million customers visit the post office during the holidays. Are you going to be one of the many standing in line this year to buy your Christmas stamps, purchase your boxes, or mail your gifts to your loved ones? Well, you don’t have to! The USPS Holiday page is organized to help you streamline your holiday postal tasks.
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Handmade earrings-Handcrafted Jewelry-Hummingbird Jewelry Here are some tips to increase your handmade jewelry sales at craft shows. With over 25 years of experience selling handcrafted jewelry at craft fairs there are many important marketing techniques that many people overlook. The set up of your booth should be welcoming and open
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How to Increase Handmade Jewelry Sales at Craft Shows
Nathan Myhrvold giving a TED talk about some of his many interest (click image to see video). Photo by Neil Hunt from flickr.com (CC BY-NC 2.0). I usually don’t post about newspaper articles, but Jack Lang sent out an email on the molegular gastronomy maillinglist today about an article in New York Times: “After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens” featuring Nathan Myhrvold .
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Nathan Myhrvold in NYT – news on upcoming book
Watch the edges; yet another birth, another coming-to, another attempt at elucidation, lucid, try lucidity, for a change, just watch the edges, and also, try to aim at the opaque, but where’s the opaque in the translucid, and how, how does it Elucidation: an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on . The splendid, harsh ambiguity of words, the clustering of them, the annoying coming-to, they do not leave us they do not, they do not leave us, an act of explaining, take that, an act, ex-plain, serves, clear, clear up, cast, cast, cast, light.
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The Expecting Creator Of Matter
ARTINFO has reported on the new retail outlet of gallery mogul Larry Gagosian.. “The sleek, 2,500-square-foot, bi-level space, which opened to the public this past weekend, also inaugurates London import (and Gagosian artist) Damien Hirst ’s publishing company and retail shop Other Criteria on the lower level, making for a kind of casual art emporium with a fancy ZIP code.” ArtInfo I’m not against making money from art, but I can’t help thinking some of the super-famous art dealers and artists are taking advantage of poor rich folk. At the end of the day though, it’s a reflection of society rather than the gallery or artist
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Text-Based September 18 – November 1, 2009 Reception: Friday September 25th 7 – 9 PM “Text-based” as a term is commonly associated with computer based applications where the primary input and outputs are text rather than graphics.
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New Exhibition at Brayham Contemporary Art — Text-Based: Brown, Campbell, Juliusson, Koester, Will & ArtEXCHANGE
Okay, it took me slightly longer than a day, Jose, my apologies. (For those not intimately engaged in our comment conversation, Jose, a reader on this blog, asked why I came to India. Something tells me he would prefer to ask why the heck haven’t I left yet—and he’d be happy to show me the door—but, as is his way, he was very polite.) I think about this question—why India?—a lot because I get asked it a lot
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Why I live in India.
Travel News and Deals – May 25, 2009 – To Travel Abroad – Volunteer, Scared Straight For Travel, Win 100 Days in Oz Travel news and deals of interest to YOU from around the Web compiled and edited by NoDebtWorldTravel.com: If you know any great travel stories or tips we all should read, please send it to me and I will put an acknowledgment of your contribution in the posting. Mexico Tries to Woo Back Tourists Thanks to Loyal Reader Andy! With swine flu hysteria leveling off, Mexico’s job is now to get back all the tourists who are suddenly afraid of the country to get to its sunny shores to spend dollars, euros and pesos. Slap on your face mask and drive to the airport right now, because there are incredible deals to be had.
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Travel News and Deals – May 25, 2009 – To Travel Abroad – Volunteer, Scared Straight For Travel, Win 100 Days in Oz
Getting The Most From Your Trip To Menorca Menorca (also known as Minorca) – situated east of Mallorca – is one of Spain’s own Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of about 82 thousand Spanish-speaking people, you’re sure to find a wide variety of interests to enjoy should you decide to travel here – especially on January 17. January 17 is a nationally celebrated day that marks when Alfonso III of Aragon conquered the island.
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Getting The Most From Your Trip To Menorca
Travel News and Deals – July 14, 2009 – Free Trip to Antarctica, Tokyo Love Hotels, Running With the Bulls, Budget Paris Travel news and deals of interest to YOU from around the Web compiled and edited by NoDebtWorldTravel.com: If you know any great travel stories or tips we all should read, please send it to me and I will put an acknowledgment of your contribution in the posting. Love hotel business zooms despite downturn Someone I met at the hostel in Tokyo stayed in a love hotel.
Home Business Tips – How to Survive and Thrive Even in a Worldwide RecessionOne thing that that the media rarely talks about in this recession is that small online businesses are doing better than ever. It’s the big guys who are struggling. There are entrepreneurs who are making a killing online so the question is whether you want to give in to the negative news being put out by the media or do you want to take matters into your own hands
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[edit] History In A Peep at Christies’ (1796), James Gillray caricatured actress Elizabeth Farren and huntsman Lord Derby examining paintings appropriate to their tastes and heights.The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England on 5 December 1766, [1] and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766. However, other sources note that James Christie rented auction rooms from 1762, and newspaper advertisements of Christie’s sales dating from 1759 have also been traced.[citation needed] Christie’s soon established a reputation as a leading auction house, and took advantage of London’s new found status as the major centre of the international art trade after the French Revolution. Christie’s was a public company, listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1973 to 1999, after which it was taken into private ownership by Frenchman François Pinault.
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Filed under: Skin Care , Must Haves Fran Drescher and HSN’s new skincare collaboration: FranBrand! Photo courtesy of HSN This fall, HSN is adding to its already impressive lineup of skincare offerings with the launch of new, cutting-edge products designed to give your skin a fresher, younger look. And since it’s HSN, not only can you undo some of the inevitable summertime sun damage without a trip to the dermatologist, but you don’t even have to leave the couch. The big news at HSN is the exclusive partnership with actress and international health advocate, Fran Drescher, and her all natural skincare line called FranBrand (launching November 10).
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Sneak Peek – HSN’s Fall Beauty Programming
Filed under: Style in the News Lorenzo Martone, left, and Marc Jacobs, right, are reportedly getting married this weekend in Massachusetts.Photo: Stephen Lovekin, Getty Images We’d love to get our hands on this wedding registry! Marc Jacobs and his Brazilian boyfriend Lorenzo Martone are planning to wed this weekend in Provincetown , MA., reports the New York Post . There will be no guests at the Cape Cod nuptials, but in typical Jacobs fashion, there will be an after-party , the article says. Jacobs, 46, was set to marry Martone in July, but the wedding was reportedly pushed back due to work issues.
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Marc Jacobs to Marry Brazilian Beau This Weekend
Filed under: Style in the News PUNK POSERS Three people accused of selling fake Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren vintage 70′s classic pinned and punked out clothing will stand trial in London and face fraud charges. [ WWD ] DRESS LIKE “GOOP” Gwyneth Paltrow’s slim and chic clothing line hit stores. The collection is full of minimalist designs like draped grey dresses and basic blazers, but don’t think she didn’t drop in a sequin piece.
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Breaking News – Gwyneth Paltrow Hits Stores, Avril Lavigne Wants Pro-Bono and Jean Paul Gaultier’s Bomb Scare