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Stimulus funding and aggressive educational pricing enables educators to provide students with real-world audio and video production experience TEWKSBURY, MA, June 24, 2009 – Avid® ( NASDAQ: AVID ) announced today that its wide array of audio and video solutions meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding guidelines for education and training. Configured to address the respective skill and grade level of students ranging from elementary school through college,

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Avid Audio and Video Solutions Meet ARRA Guidelines

Tonight’s post comes from Tool / A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan ’s solo side-project Puscifer .  The project has been behind 4 releases to date, including the debut full-length album “V” Is for Vagina , released in October of 2007.  The song in question, The Mission , was not released as a single-proper but instead through the Puscifer website earlier this year.  The track features vocals from musician Danny Lohner  as well as The Fifth Element leading lady Milla Jovovich .  I know I’m a little late getting this song onto the site, but I wasn’t completely in love with this tune when I first heard it.  However, it has grown on me with the persistence of a Charlie Watts drum beat (yeah, I wrote that), and has me completely hooked at this point. What do you know? The birds and the bees they’re all wise to the lies So they took to the trees and took to the skies On top of the chain and safe from the rain Whatcha’ know about the ways of the underside?

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Puscifer – The Mission

It’s T-minus just a few hours until the Nicole Miller sale on Bluefly ends and there is still some REALLY gorgeous stuff left!! If you are even entertaining the idea of buying a Nicole Miller gown or one of her bridesmaid dresses, this is SUCH a rare opportunity to buy a piece that is still in stores for a beyond low price. Just make sure to hurry, hurry, hurry because some of the designs are selling out!! © Style Me Pretty : The Ultimate Wedding Blog , 2009.

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Nicole Miller Sale on Bluefly!

So…I’ve been watching the save the date designs come in for our Minted Design Challenge and I am so hugely impressed! For those of you that don’t know what I am talking about, we’ve recently partnered up with the INCREDIBLE online stationery boutique, Minted , to host a save the date design challenge. The team at Minted chose four SMP reader, each getting married in a different season, and put it to designers to come up with a save the date that is fresh and completely original. Every style is wildly different which I love and I have yet to pick my favorites.

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Minted’s SMP Save the Date Challenge!

Archaeologists at the University of Tuebingen in Germany say a bird-bone flute discovered in a German cave was created 35,000 years ago, making it the oldest handmade musical instrument ever discovered.The find provides the latest evidence that early modern humans had established a creative and sophisticated culture in Europe.The researchers, led by University of Tuebingen archaeologist Nicholas …

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Scientists Unearth Oldest Known Musical Instrument (redOrbit)

BERLIN A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture. A team led by University of Tuebingen archaeologist Nicholas Conard assembled the flute from 12 pieces of griffon …

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Prehistoric flute found in Germany is oldest handcrafted musical instrument known (The Toledo Blade)

A few months ago, fellow blogger and friend DIY Wedding Girl asked me to model some hairpieces and earrings for a photo shoot. I jumped at the chance, figuring I needed all the modeling practice I could get leading up to our wedding, since I have quite a history of “frozenface”… you know, that “I’m uncomfortable in front of the lens” look?

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Fascinators, Photos, Friends and Fun!

There was a murmur of anticipation as the two blond Westside teenagers walked into the reception area at Taylor Home on the Southside. “It just makes my heart pound, pound, pound,” said Naomi Montuori, tapping her heart with her hand. “They are wonderful.” Montuori and other appreciative residents sat on comfortable leather chairs and floral sofas awaiting the start of a concert that some have …

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Teen brothers play piano at Taylor Home on the Southside (The Florida Times-Union)

So, if you’ve been reading the blog this week, you know that I am at Engage ‘09, which is an incredible event that the wonderful Rebecca Grinnals put together for wedding pros that are innovating in their field. It has been a beyond words experince and I’ve made some seriously great friends in some of the most well known vendors in the world. And it’s in the Cayman Islands so….umm.

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Fashion Inspired Wedding by Belathee

Carved flutes dating back some 35,000 years were discovered during a dig last summer at an upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Germany, making them among–if not the–oldest documented musical instruments, reports a study published today in Nature (Scientific American is part of the Nature Publishing Group). [More]

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Stone Age jams: Humans playing the flute for at least 35,000 years, no word yet on sax (Scientific American)

The Duhks opened up in Raleigh, North Carolina’s humble Berkeley Cafe with an unexpected cover of Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”. Freshly inked onto the night’s set-list, they explained their rendition would soon appear on a compilation with the likes of Amos Lee and Lucinda Williams also covering 1960s/70s songwriters of their choosing. Nothing like an exciting morsel to whet your appetite for the rest of the set and just like The Duhks to help you lose your footing ri

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The Duhks charm Raleigh’s Berkeley Cafe (6/21)

Mrs. Penguin here! If you’ve perused the Weddingbee Gallery recently, you might have noticed reader msblossom ’s absolutely gorgeous wedding pictures! I couldn’t get them out of my mind! I finally contacted her in hopes that she would be so gracious to share her wedding with the hive… and luckily, she said yes! Without further ado, here’s Jade (aka msblossom) with her wedding story! Throughout the week she’ll share with you all the awesome details of her gorgeous wedding to her husband Ron. Please join me in welcoming Jade to the hive this week! ~~~ I’m very honored and excited to share with you how the various ideas for the wedding came together.

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Jade and Ron: Let’s Start From the Beginning…

Lisa Hoffman of Ceci New York is stopping by today and is taking a complete departure from her usual stationery themed features to give you some tips on hair and make-up. Sounds crazy, I know…BUT, Lisa just got married in a destination style affair, doing her OWN hair and make-up, so she has some great tips in her back pocket. * * * Hi SMP readers! I’m back from my wedding and honeymoon and I can honestly tell you getting married is the best thing ever! I cannot deny it, I am truly and entirely blissfully happy.

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Beauty Tips by Lisa Hoffman

On the Little Black Book Blog, we strive to bring you more of the stellar work of our LBB members … the event planners, the photographers, the cinematographers … the cake designers, the floral designers … We show you their work, not because we think they’re terrific, but because we know they’re terrific! Carla Ten Eyck is just that … amazing … When you hire a photographer for your wedding, you’re not just hiring a picture-taker. You’re gaining a friend. You’re hiring someone who will be by your side on one of THE most important days of your life.

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Sensational Multi-Cultural Wedding From Carla Ten Eyck

What happens when a crafty offbeat bride doesn't like cake but doesn't want to miss out on the aesthetics that a “wedding pie” just doesn't quite provide? She crochets one… Wow. OBT member Corinne is responsible for this amazing wedding creation (as well as the fabulous crocheted flower embellished bouquet from last week).

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You can have your cake and & NOT eat it too.

I just discovered a fellow wedding blogger Sabrina and OBT member Blablover5 's amazing talent for re-creating wedding dresses on canvas! It all started when she realized “the most expensive piece of clothing I have ever owned was sitting in the closet, I decided to create a painting of it.” And she did a phenomenal job . She then started doing paintings of other people's wedding dresses and groom's suits, much to the delight of the brides. And that's when she realized that she had a good thing going here and opened an etsy store

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Sabrina’s Amazing Wedding Dress Paintings

If you cannot lift the load off another’s back, do not walk away. Try to lighten it. Author: Frank Tyger Shocka! not…New York Times Poll Showing 72% Support for Obama ‘s Health Care Plan Was Stacked With Obama Supporters http://twurl.nl/zc8qys RT @NBCMiami : Obama ‘s New President Aura Begins to Fade: President Obama ‘s Tuesday press conference shows that the http://tinyurl.com/mgzzyr It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Barack Obama !: Coolheid http://tinyurl.com/m2cs

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Obama – If you cannot lift the load off another’s back do not…

James Whorriskey (Delbert Jackson) posted a photo: The mayor of Derry/Londonderry, Sinn Fein’s Paul Fleming pictured with Donegal counterpart Lee Tedstone (Fine Gael) – mayor of Buncrana – during Tuesday afternoon’s official launch of Drive 105.3fm at the Spencer Road studios. Drive broadcasts locally on 105.3fm and on the web at www.drive105.co.uk Join me for the afternoon focus show every Tuesday and Thursday between 12 and 2PM – have your say on 028 7131 3477.

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Mayor Meets Mayor !

News International will need to wait for mayoral approval even if it gets council approval for its Wapping redevelopment plans. Tower Hamlets Council officers have urged committee members to green-light the media giant’s plans for a “modern campus style office building” complete with shops, restaurants and a museum. The application will be heard tonight (Thursday), but Boris Johnson has demanded that it should be referred back to him if approved.

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Mayor wants say on News International scheme

In the first quarter of 2009, world trade volumes fell by 15% according to the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and down by a staggering 30% in value according to the World Trade Organisation.The fall in world trade activity is unprecedented in post war history and is worse than the collapse in world trade during the Great Depression, according to Eichengreen and O’Rorke. ( 2009)Why is the collapse in world trade so dramatic?

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World trade down by 15% in 2009 Q1 : four reasons why it is worse than the Great Depression

“The mass-marketing practices that the Record Industry adopted and mastered in correlation with file-sharing’s rise into predominance may have, in turn, created the ultimate paradox.  Wherein the more the major labels focused on producing music that could be highly and quickly popularized, the more expecting  fans perceived these artists negatively, perhaps, avoided buying their albums, and preceded to file-share their potentially ‘short-lived’ songs instead.”Don’t miss Kyle Bylin’s latest essay

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How The Record Industry Committed Suicide

The Wine Ladies posted a photo: Newest winery…. Red Tail Vineyard opens in Prince Edward County We were joined in studio June 20th with the founders, husband and wife team Gilbert Provost and Pauline Jolcey of Prince Edward County’s newest winery, Red Tail Vineyard. Red Tail is one of the new “garagiste wineries”, organic in the vineyards and poised to continue to transform the county.

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According to a new NPD Group study, Twitter users are much more likely to be interested in discovering and engaging with music than the average internet user.  And in some good news for the music industry, they are also far more willing to pay for it.According to NPD’s consumer tracking, 33% of Twitter users reported buying a CD in the prior 3 months, and 34% said they had purchased a digital download. That compares positively to overall web users at 23% and 16% respectively.. When Twitter users

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Study: Twitter Users Want To Discover And Will (Gasp!) Actually Pay For Music

Today I am turning the blog over to our guest blogger Erica O’Brien of Erica O’Brien Cake Design , who you might remember from the exclusive announcement I made last week introducing her new line of couture cupcakes . Erica is one of the many talented cake designers from across the US and Canada I’ve had the priviledge to meet via twitter . ————– From Erica, “Brides are often at a loss when it comes to their cake, so I have compiled a list to help brides focus on the important aspects of their wedding cakes and avoid the typical cake pitfalls.” 1.

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Miscakes: 10 Ways to Avoid Common Wedding Cake Mistakes