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Letter To The President On The Occasion of His Second Term

Thu, Jan 1, 2013
by Drew McManus
ADAPTISTRATION-GUY-057
The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama, On the occasion of your first inauguration, I wrote to you with the request to consider building a bold program of cultural diplomacy as one answer to the problem of improving and maintaining international relations. In hindsight, I believe that we
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Louisville Begins Patching The Gaps

Wed, Jan 1, 2013
by Drew McManus
The 1/28/2013 edition of the Louisville Courier-Journal published an article by Elizabeth Kramer that reports the Louisville Orchestra has named David Hyslop to serve as interim chief executive officer. There’s no mention of whether or not Hyslop’s contract is for any specific length of time or whether or not he’ll be performing the bulk of
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What Would You Encourage President Obama To Do About The Arts?

Tue, Jan 1, 2013
by Drew McManus
My blogging colleague, Joe Patti, published a wonderful article on 1/23/2013 titled Letter To The President On The Occasion of His Second Term. I had originally planned to join Joe with a letter of my own but work has kept it in draft form but I am bound and determined to get it finalized and
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What A Great Way To Bring In New Subscribers

Mon, Jan 1, 2013
by Drew McManus
There’s nothing quite like experiencing three shows of Bugs Bunny At The Symphony in the space of two days, which is precisely how I spent the past weekend here in Chicago. It was particularly fun to sit in the audience and take in all of the ambient chatter. There were no shortage of families with
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Eliminate Password Fail Time Suck Once And For All

Fri, Jan 1, 2013
by Drew McManus
Unless you’re fortunate enough to work in an organization with a budget large enough to have one or more full time IT professionals, you’ve probably encountered this frustrating scenario at one point or another: Employee Smith either leaves or becomes unavailable with little or no notice. Smith was singlehandedly managing one or more password protected
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