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Music education helps kids learn to read — study
This makes great sense to me, along with learning dance or martial arts to help with movement. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/24/music-education-helps-kids-learn-to-read-study/
EFDSS News – World’s biggest free digital archive of English traditional folk music and dance tunes to go live
Today! - "The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) will launch a new digital archive that will allow anyone anywhere in the world to explore traditional English folk music and dances tunes on Thursday 20 June." EFDSS News - World’s...
Evening classes in sight singing and beginning music theory at The Freight
Here's something cool from my friend Ken Malucelli at Prince Productions: Greetings, all. I'm very happy to announce the Freight, in Berkeley, has assigned me to conduct a six-week series of evening classes in sight singing and...
Japanese Musician’s Million-Dollar Guarneri Violin Seized in Germany – Japan Real Time – WSJ
What a nightmare, please pass this along! Japanese Musician's Million-Dollar Guarneri Violin Seized in Germany - Japan Real Time - WSJ.
PEERS: Robin Hood Ball 2012 | PEERS: Robin Hood Ball 2012 Line-up, Ticket Info | Songkick
Join Avalon Rising at the PEERS: Robin Hood Ball on September 1st! Robin Hood, Robin Hood Riding through the glen. Robin Hood, Robin Hood, With his band of men. Feared by the bad, Loved by the good, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood....
Avalon Rising in Dublin & Alameda on St. Patrick’s Day
Avalon Rising (your local Celtic Medieval Progressive Rock band) has two performances on St. Patrick's Day for your musical pleasure: Dublin St. Patrick's Day Festival in downtown Dublin, CA (You'll find us from 1:00 to 3:00 on the Pub...
Avalon Rising is playing for the Girl Genius Ball at Renovation, the 69th Worldcon
Girl Genius Ball at Renovation, the 69th Worldcon (1). A Grand Ball Hosted by Phil & Kaja Foglio, featuring Victorian Steampunk & Gaslamp Fantasy Dancing in the Europan Style with Dance Masters James & Cathleen Myers (and...
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Cloud Accounting News EP4 – Bitcoin and Payments” from the The Sleeter Group
An interesting video on "Cloud Accounting News EP4 - Bitcoin and Payments" from the The Sleeter Group. [youtube=http://youtu.be/KT2olbN1tlg]
A Surprisingly Helpful Way to Get a Google Listing (Free)
I discovered something interesting last night. About a month ago I was Googling "Cat Taylor Bookkeeping" and found that there was an existing generic listing, with odd information. I claimed it, combined it with a Google+ page and now, if...
Considering FreshBooks but don’t want to give up QuickBooks?
Check out this post from Charlie Russell on "QuickBooks and Beyond"Integrating FreshBooks with QuickBooks March 3, 2014 | By Charlie Russell FreshBooks is a very popular online program for small business billing, and the company recently...
Intuit and Square Form Strategic Partnership – intuitiveaccountant.com
Great news for Square users! On Tuesday Intuit announced a new integration with Square and QuickBooks. The integration is designed to permit small businesses to efficiently import their transactions from Square credit card processing...
Special Free Event: Affordable Care Act Informational Meeting
Friday September 27th, 7:30-9:30 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists. Health insurance as we know it will be changing on October 1st, you need to know how this will affect you and your family so you can review your...
The Ethics of Free Webinars
"Wow, this webinar looks really helpful and it's free!" Well yes, you don't have to actually shell out any money for it, but these days nothing is really free. Be aware that along with the information will come the sales pitch, follow-up...
Splash ID Safe (Password Manager) Don’t Upgrade to 7! (Yet)
I love this software which resides on both desktop and mobile devices and keeps track of many and sundry passwords, logins, etc. I spent 1.5 hours last evening on the phone with a client who lost all her data because of their current...
QuickBooks for Mac linkRecNum Error, or Always Save Multiple Dated Backups
Late last Friday evening I was trying to fix an inventory issue in a client file - QuickBooks for Mac 2012. I wanted to have two versions of the file open, so opened a previously saved copy on my PC as well. To be safe, I ran both P&L...
QuickBooks Negative Inventory is BAD : QuickBooks and Beyond
I love the Sleeter Group's "QuickBooks and Beyond" blog, here's another good one. QuickBooks Negative Inventory is BAD - QuickBooks and Beyond : QuickBooks and Beyond.
Special Deal on QuickBooks Today July 22nd Only!
1 day sale, July 22nd 12:00 AM (PST) - 11:59 PM (PST) QuickBooks Desktop will be discounted 40% to $149.95 (MSRP $249). Free Shipping!
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36th Great Dickens Christmas Fair Tickets Onsale Now!
Tickets onsale now! Step into a Victorian wonderland of waltzing, feasting, laughing and singing! Purchase "Print at Home" tickets now through October 15th and save $5 off the box office price of $25 Adult tickets (good weekends 1 thru...
A Tale of Two Scrooges (Three, Actually)
The face of London’s favourite curmudgeon will look both different and familiar at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair this year. Don Hardy, who stepped into Martin’s large and well-loved shoes for Dickens 2012, will be snarling his way...
Entertainment Proposals for The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, 2014
Yes Virginia, it's already time to start talking about the entertainment for the Great Dickens Christmas Fair for 2014. If you have a new show or group that you'd like to propose, please visit this webpage to find out more about...
Our own Phyllis Patterson, in a nice write-up in the New York Times.
Phyllis Patterson, Who Revived the 16th Century, Dies at 82 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/arts/phyllis-patterson-who-revived-16th-century-dies-at-82.html?ref=arts&_r=0
GiveForward Site for Don Kelly’s Chosen Family
The Renaissance Faire, Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Northern California Pirate Festival lost a very dear friend this week, Don Kelly. I did too. The GiveForward site for Don's chosen family is up and available at...
Dickens Fair: Innkeeper, Another Round of Auditions for Dickens Characters! 10/22
The next round of Dickens Character auditions will take place at pre-arranged times at Mission Alchemy Event Space on the evening of Tuesday, October 22nd. Although we are not limiting our search to these roles, these are the characters...
Dickens Fair 35th Anniversary Tickets go on sale today – order early and save $5 per adult admission!
Discover a lamplit city of feasting, laughing, dancing, & shopping for treasures. Over 700 performers sweep you into the sumptuous world of Charles Dickens' London. JOIN US OPENING WEEKEND NOVEMBER 23rd and 24th (the weekend BEFORE...
Dickens Fair: Dickens Character Auditions September 24th in Pacifica
The Dickens book character groups are ensemble casts that pride themselves on showcasing the vast panoply of Dickens' brilliantly wrought characters. Dickens' characters are big, bold and quirky with a lot of theatrical and interactive...
Workshops for the Great Dickens Christmas Fair 2013
Workshops for Dickens Fair 2013 will begin November 2nd. If you are interested in performing at the fair, please see this page for more information: http://dickensfair.com/performerinfo
Odd Fellows Vallejo Renovation Project Phase 1 | Indiegogo
This is a pretty great project, combining the efforts of an older generation of Odd Fellows with a new one and trying to revitalize a hall from the 1870's to benefit the current Vallejo community. The term "Odd Fellows" does amuse me when...
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Our own Phyllis Patterson, in a nice write-up in the New York Times.
Phyllis Patterson, Who Revived the 16th Century, Dies at 82 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/arts/phyllis-patterson-who-revived-16th-century-dies-at-82.html?ref=arts&_r=0
GiveForward Site for Don Kelly’s Chosen Family
The Renaissance Faire, Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Northern California Pirate Festival lost a very dear friend this week, Don Kelly. I did too. The GiveForward site for Don's chosen family is up and available at...
Dickens Fair: Innkeeper, Another Round of Auditions for Dickens Characters! 10/22
The next round of Dickens Character auditions will take place at pre-arranged times at Mission Alchemy Event Space on the evening of Tuesday, October 22nd. Although we are not limiting our search to these roles, these are the characters...
Dickens Fair 35th Anniversary Tickets go on sale today – order early and save $5 per adult admission!
Discover a lamplit city of feasting, laughing, dancing, & shopping for treasures. Over 700 performers sweep you into the sumptuous world of Charles Dickens' London. JOIN US OPENING WEEKEND NOVEMBER 23rd and 24th (the weekend BEFORE...
Dickens Fair: Dickens Character Auditions September 24th in Pacifica
The Dickens book character groups are ensemble casts that pride themselves on showcasing the vast panoply of Dickens' brilliantly wrought characters. Dickens' characters are big, bold and quirky with a lot of theatrical and interactive...
Workshops for the Great Dickens Christmas Fair 2013
Workshops for Dickens Fair 2013 will begin November 2nd. If you are interested in performing at the fair, please see this page for more information: http://dickensfair.com/performerinfo
Odd Fellows Vallejo Renovation Project Phase 1 | Indiegogo
This is a pretty great project, combining the efforts of an older generation of Odd Fellows with a new one and trying to revitalize a hall from the 1870's to benefit the current Vallejo community. The term "Odd Fellows" does amuse me when...
Dickens Fair Extended Show/Group Proposal Deadline, July 13
The days are long, the weather is warm (well mostly) and our friends are dressing funny in Sacramento. You know what that means... It's time to start thinking about Dickens Fair! Well, some of us have already been thinking about it and...
As of today, over 5000 people “like” the Dickens Fair Facebook page!
As of today, over 5000 people "like" the Dickens Fair on Facebook - Likable, loveable, laudable London in San Francisco! https://www.facebook.com/DickensFair Here's a fun "historical" video to celebrate! http://youtu.be/JrrAQ2Sz4BU
Map of Dickens’ London | dickensfair.com
Chart your course through London in advance with our fabulous new map! Map of Dickens' London | dickensfair.com.
Cat’s Mewsings
Comic Book Art Slam on Thursday October 17th in San Jose!
Like comic book super heroes? Like to draw? Join us for round two of the Comic Book Art Slam, this time in San Jose at 7:30 on Thursday, October 17th at the SLG Art Boutiki. All levels of experience are welcome! Just come and draw...
Cosplay Before It Had a Name
In honor of the furor over "Heroes of Cosplay", here are some photos of cosplay decades before it had a name. The ears were putty, the necklace was my Mom's and the dress was an adapted orchestra performance dress. Early Star Trek...
A Better Way to Endorse Skills on LinkedIn
You know that blue box that often appears at the top of the page on LinkedIn? The one that asks if a connection has certain "skills and expertise"? And you click on "endorse" because you want to be nice or would like to get an...
How To Self-Publish A Bestseller: Publishing 3.0
A really great primer on self-publishing your next great American novel... or whatever great idea that's been lying dormant, but you've always meant to write about...
How does this help? “Oakland restaurants damaged in weekend protests”
Think people, how does damaging local businesses help Trayvon Martin or anyone else? How does it help your community or the people you care about? Why not get involved in local politics and create positive change? Inside Scoop SF »...
Watch: How to wash your hair in space – CBS News
Something most of us don't have to think about... Watch: How to wash your hair in space - CBS News. This also reminds us why NASA popularized velcro, although they did not actually invent it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro
Broken Twitter Widgets (Say that five times fast)
Great, now I have to figure out how I did the Twitter feed widget the first time, in order to fix it... https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/18458
Seems like a good idea to me: A Big Push
Seems like a good idea to me: A Big Push for Mandatory Personal Finance Classes in School - TIME.com "With nations like Australia and the U.K. having voted to make financial education mandatory in their school systems, the U.S. is moving...
Meet the creator of a ‘next-generation Lego’ – What’s Next – CNN.com Blogs
Imagination meets electronics! Meet the creator of a 'next-generation Lego' – What's Next - CNN.com Blogs.
French Startup SigFox Has Developed a Wireless Internet Service for Gadgets and Appliances | MIT Technology Review
Cool or creepy? French Startup SigFox Has Developed a Wireless Internet Service for Gadgets and Appliances | MIT Technology Review.