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50 Things That Shaped Our World in 1969

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military communications project with the goal of connecting computers. Two computers, one located at UCLA and the other at Stanford, sent the first electronic communication to each other on Oct. The New York Mets defeat the Baltimore Orioles four games to one in the World Series. Average Cost of new house: $15,550.00.

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Meet a Trade Group That Stands Up for Utilities

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Read more about the industry below: A famous inventor: The history of the utility pole dates to the 1840s , when telegraph inventor Samuel Morse found that his efforts to bury a cable between Baltimore and Washington, DC, were ineffective. Supreme Court to Baltimore on May 24, 1844.

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2011 MMCC - BlogClump

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I was proud to present at the 2011 ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference this week in DC. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Friday, April 29, 2011. 2011 MMCC. Over 800 attendees was a record for ASAE - Congrats! Our (@kikilitalien, @MissLynn13, @sterlingraphael ) was standing room only.

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Voting for Sessions - BlogClump

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I got an email from ASAE asking me to vote for sessions for the 2012 Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Voting for Sessions. What a great idea. Crowdsourcing at its best.

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Google TV Ads Update #5 - BlogClump

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One setting in Visual Communicator is to playback in action safe mode. In the meantime, I did get a notice this morning from another person that the video failed because not everything was in the Action Safe Zone again. However, I guess it doesnt save that way. I do have photos in the video that need to be cropped down to be "action safe."

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Testing Google TV Ads - BlogClump

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I used Adobes Visual Communicator product (originally created by Serious Magic). I just used still shots with my voice recorded over them using the mic in a webcam. If I really wanted to put some time and effort into this, I would have used a much better sound setup. I really like this tool. You can make cool video very simply with it.

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Catching Back Up with Shirky - BlogClump

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Have you looked at your membership offerings/benefits/communications to see if they are intuitive or just familiar? But last weekend I had a chance to read a little bit more, and wanted to share my favorite nuggets. Shirky quotes investor Esther Dyson: "When we call something intuitive, we often mean familiar."